I've updated! Hooray! Don't start expecting it... I'd hate to disappoint, so no hoping. It's small by the way...

Disclaimer: I do not own Ao No Exorcist or -Man.

Musician could only feel pain, half conscious of what happened around him yet not able to do anything about it. A cold, metal object pressed itself against him, a sharp piece digging into him and the tender stroking of a soft wing. He recognized Timcanpy quickly and was happy, but the feeling of being carried was unnerving. He somehow felt calm and safe, remembering the welcomed appearance of his fellow Accommodater. The way he was carried was unusual in itself, cradled like a small child. It sounded like something Kanda would do in order to tease his size and it made sense. Kanda was carrying him.

"As of this moment, I will demonstrate how dangerous the Musician is," Kanda voice stated just above his head, too loud for Kanda to normally talk. A quiet murmur of voices buzzed against his ears and he really just wanted to go to sleep. Kanda talking to a crowd of people, Musician tried to bury his face into the crook of Kanda's arm as the Second Exorcist tried to dislodge him from his comfortable spot. Just no... He wanted nothing to do with it. And he voiced his opinion about it.

Yuri, Shiro, and Mephesto watched as Kanda tried to vouch for the Musician who seemed peacefully unaware. Kanda had showed the Grigori how frail and weak the Musician was in order to justify how he was no threat to the True Cross Order and should be left in the specialist's care if they were worried about the hybrid. Kanda was now trying to show the Grigori how dangerous he was.

"Tired..." came the Musician's small voice. This voice carried weight though and was easily heard. Shiro frowned, he had thought that the Musician was a cold-hearted killer, but this behavior was childish and unreal to the powerful destructive creature he saw in the dungeon.

"I don't care. Now, wake up, Moyashi," Kanda responded, shaking the Musician slightly. Kanda needed the moyashi awake for this. "If you stay awake long enough, I'll get you something to eat." Musician slowly opened his eyes, letting them adjust to the light. It took awhile considering how bright it was, but slowly his eyes adjusted. The first thing in his sight was a large opera house with many people sitting in the balconies and three judges sitting slightly lower, in front of Kanda and himself since Kanda was holding him. His eyes darted away from them and up to the Second Exorcist's face, were his gaze stopped and his eyes began to water.

"Moyashi," asked Kanda, "Are you alright?" He was confused by this reaction. Wasn't the moyashi happy to see him just awhile ago? He slowly struggled in his arms until he was sitting up with his arms wrapped around Kanda's neck, the Second Exorcist still only using one arm to hold up the moyashi.

"I missed Yuu," stated the Musician, causing Kanda to frown, "Does your face hurt still?"

Kanda shook his head, "I still don't understand why you did it, but I've stopped asking a while ago." The five-fingered claw mark had been caused by Crowned Clown's claw, a scar of the battle that ended the Millennium Earl, a fight that did not involve Kanda. Musician had basically ripped Kanda's eyes out and forced him, Timcanpy, and Johnny through an Ark Gate and to the abandoned Mater. It was always to Mater, thought Kanda.

"Also," continued Kanda, a snarl on his face, "If you ever call me by my first name again, I'm throwing you across the room." Musician was too tired to care. He had heard worse from the hot-headed Japanese man and throwing him had never been one of the threats. Mostly cutting, stabbing, or dismemberment had been his cup of tea when it came to threats. He began to drift to sleep, a familiar song sung quietly from Neah.

Watashi wa inori tsuzukeru

Douka konoko ni ai no

Tsunaida te ni Kiss wo

"Oi," started Kanda, as the moyashi's head lulled into sleep, "Are you really falling asleep now? Che." The trick to showing how dangerous the Musician could be was to show how dangerous he was to other people, but not Kanda. The second part of this he had just demonstrated. Kanda suddenly got an idea.

"Sir Pheles," Kanda called, getting the akuma's attention, "would you hold him for a minute? My arms are getting tired." Without waiting for a response, Kanda shoved the Musician into his arms and began to walk away, leaving Mephesto there and the hybrid wide awake in an awkward position. The rough movement of being shoved into someone else's arms woke the Musician up and he was scared to look up. The fear gripped him, making the hollow flame rear its ugly head. Musician's powers could always be traced to these feelings, one being 'flames' where his power was set to Damage. Damage was the ability to harm someone or to heal them. 'Hollow flames' meaning someone was about to get hurt. Badly, as he began to tremble with the force that was behind it.

"Let go," the hybrid whimpered silently. Mephesto could hear him, however the demon knew Kanda would never convince someone to allow the poor creature to stay with him. Musician tried distancing himself, but nothing worked.

The 'hollow flames' grew and began to appear around him, his skin turning grey. A deadly, black fire that radiated a purple glow was formed and Mephesto braced himself while the others stared in shock. A kind of growling started in the Musician's throat, no sound something human could make, eyes turning into a burning gold. Mephesto set him on his feet, but refused to let the hybrid completely go. Musician struggled and then snapped.

"GET OFF OF ME!"

The voice broke the air, cracked the ground under their feet, and everyone was thrown back differently. The Grigori's chair moved slightly but did not fall over, Shiro and Yuri was pushed back softly, Mephesto was thrown back as the hybrid collapsed, but Kanda was not moved. The Second Exorcist simply walked over to the Musician and picked him up, the hybrid instantly falling into sleep.

"See," stated Kanda, looking up at the Grigori, "He's dangerous to Sir Pheles. What could he do to a normal human being?"

"And you're not?" asked Shiro, frowning at the specialist.

"If you had ever heard of the Second Exorcist Project, you wouldn't of asked," Kanda stated, keeping his gaze on the Grigori. Slowly, one by one, the judges nodded.

"Very well, Kanda. We agree to your proposal," stated the female judge, "But, this young girl being an Accommadater is something we can not look over and she is in Sir Pheles' care. So, you must be responsible for her training with Innocence and reside in Academy Town."

I'll try to write something every month, but don't get your hopes up.