Usual, normal mornings at the Black Order consist of two things; Allen and Kanda bickering over manners and Kanda stomping out all angry. Today, Lavi was expecting Allen to come in, ask for food, and sit down next to Lenalee and him. Instead, when he comes through the door, Kanda was next to him and Allen was holding Mugen.

Lenalee and Lavi exchanged nervous glances. What could this mean?

Allen came over, Mugen tucked under his arm, with two trays in his hands. One of the trays contained a small cup of Soba and the other was Allen's usual mountain of food. Kanda stared at Allen with a strange curiosity.

Allen sat down next to Lenalee and Kanda took a seat next to Lavi. He looked extremely uncomfortable sitting next to us for some odd reason. What was up with him today?

"Here, Kanda," Allen pushed the Soba towards the Japanese man.

Kanda looked at it and then up at Allen, then back at the soba, "I'm not really hungry…"

Lenalee stared at Kanda, "Kanda, are you okay?"

Kanda looked up and stared at Lenalee with a perplexed expression, "Who are you?"

Lenalee turned to look at Allen, "Allen, what did you do?"

Lavi cleared his throat, drawing the three pairs of eyes towards him, "You see kids, this is what we adults call amnesia. In the simplest cases, he would usually forget certain events, but instead he forgot everything. Hey, Yu-chan, did you remember your name earlier today?"

"Yu-chan-?" Kanda looked at Lavi strangely, then he proceeded to answer Lavi's question, "No. Not until Allen came…"

"Allen," Lavi repeated and smirked, "This is worse than I thought."

"Should we tell Komui?" Lenalee asked.

"If we do, I'm afraid your brother might dissect him," Lavi said, rubbing his chin.

"For now," Allen interrupted nervously, "We should go business as usual. As much as I hate to say it."

"But Yu-chan over here doesn't remember how he acts," Lavi said.

"Maybe we should give him a crash course on Jerkanda manners," Allen sighed, obviously reluctant.

They turned towards Kanda.

"Um…" Kanda looked around at them, "Why do we have to lie?"

"Because if we don't, Allen might get hurt," Lenalee said. "Just lie until you remember things, okay?"

Kanda looked more confused than he did all of his life, but he just nodded.

"OK, first off, you hate me," Allen said.

"But I-"

"No. You hate me. You feel like gutting me with Mugen," Allen pushed the sword towards him, "and feeding me to the fish."

"That sounds horrific," Kanda said, eyes wide with alarm.

"That's how much you hate me," Allen said. "You think I'm short so you call me Bean Sprout."

"You're only nice to Lenalee," Lavi added.

"And you hate it when Lavi calls you Yu-chan," Allen said.

"But he still keeps a cold demeanor," Lenalee pitched in.

Kanda stared at the three "strangers", "Okay…Um…"

"The Black Order searches for things called Innocence. Innocence is our power and we're called Exorcist," Lenalee said. "You're Innocence is Mugen. That katana."

Kanda looked at the sword before him, "Do I have to kill people?"

"No," Lenalee and Allen said.

"You're saving the Akuma by slicing them," Allen said. "It frees their soul."

"Shouldn't we talk more about his personality?" Lavi suggested. "I just don't feel the rage."

After ten more minutes of trying to tell Kanda he's a horrible person, they sighed and gave up.

"Well, you usually just finish up your soba and leave," Lavi said.

"I'm not used to having such a long conversation with him," Allen sighed, drinking some water.

"We should just tell Komui and-"

"If we tell him that the most heartless Exorcist in the Order has become soft, he'll have my head!" Allen said.

Lenalee sighed, "But Kanda needs help right now…"

"That is true," Lavi nodded, "but let's just play this game a bit longer."

"We need Kanda to play this game though," Allen said, staring at the spot where Kanda had last sat.

Lenalee and Allen rushed through the Order, looking for Kanda.

"Where do you think he went?" Allen asked.

"If Komui and the others find him, we'll be in real trouble," Lenalee said, nervousness seeping into his voice.

There was a loud crash from around the corner.

"Hey watch it, you stupid Exorcist!" bellowed the voice of a finder.

Lenalee and Allen exchanged looks, skidding to a halt. They peeked around the corner and found Kanda picking himself up off the floor, gathering some papers that the finder had dropped and handing it back to him.

"Sorry," Kanda said, maneuvering past the large finder.

The finder stared after him, "S-sorry?"

Lenalee and Allen rushed after Kanda, finally having a trail on him.

"Good morning, Kanda," Krory said, smiling.

"Um…morning," Kanda said, nodding with a slight smile and then moving past.

Krory stood still, as if fazed by what had happened.

"We'll explain later, Krory," Allen said as they moved past him.

"Sorry!" Lenalee said, both picking up their pace.

Kanda stopped in front of the science department, looking both ways before going inside.

"Oh gosh," Lenalee said, alarm in her eyes.

Allen followed in after Kanda and grabbed his arms.

Kanda turned around, his eyes flashing, but dulled down when he saw it was only Allen, "Oh…hi."

"What are you doing?" Allen whispered.

"Getting help," Kanda said.

"I could do that," Allen said.

Kanda shook his head, "You don't understand. It's frustrating. This feeling…it's like I'm being crushed by heavy weights. Every time I try to recall an event…I just can't."

"Oh! Kanda, Allen! Good timing," Reever walked over, "You guys have a mission."

"A mission?" Kanda questioned.

"You are feeling better, correct?" Reever asked Kanda, gesturing towards the wound on his head.

"Um…yeah," Kanda nodded.

"Good. The two of you slip on that Order uniform. You guys are going out to fight some Level Ones. Shouldn't be too much of a burden on you guys, but there is a town nearby where people have been going missing and Komui suspects it's the doing of an Akuma."

"Okay, will do, sir!" Allen smiled, "Thanks! Come on, Jerkanda."

Kanda followed after Allen without another word.

Lenalee waited just outside, her hands clenched tightly around Mugen. Kanda backed away when he saw the weapon in her hands.

"Um, our mission is to visit a cathedral in Paris, France. Shouldn't be that hard," Allen said, grabbing the sword and shoving it into Kanda's unwilling hands.

"Do we…have to kill people?" Kanda asked.

"No! In fact, if we kill the Akuma, then we'll be helping the townspeople and the Akuma's soul!" Allen said, smiling.

Kanda looked unconvinced, but followed Allen out anyone.