"Ah! I'm sorry!" Kanda apologizes as he runs into Krory.

Krory, with a confused expression, replies quickly, "No, no, I'm sorry. I wasn't looking where I was going."

"No, it was my fault," Kanda shook his head, "I just didn't get much sleep last night."

Krory paused, then said, "Why is that?"

Kanda thought for a minute, "I'm not exactly sure why. I have dreams and I'm sure they're memories from not too long ago, but I can't seem to grasp them."

Krory nodded, "Hm…maybe you should ask Komui-no. Reever. Or lenalee?"

"Yeah…anyway, sorry I ran into you so early in the morning," Kanda nodded and headed towards the cafeteria, which Krory had been leaving.

Kanda settled down with his usual breakfast order, but didn't eat. He spaced out, looking towards the ceiling as if hoping the answers to his problems would float in from the ceiling and land in front of him.

"Kanda?"

Kanda sat up straight and looked towards the person who had called to him. Bak Chang was who had, but it seems Kanda did not remember him.

"Um…you…hi," Kanda said, looking back to his breakfast and beginning to eat.

Bak, unfortunately, settled down across from Kanda, "Hey, how's Mugen? Is it working fine and everything?"

Kanda nodded, his mind reeling. Who is this guy? I have to remember him.

"Are you feeling okay?" Bak asked, "You in a bad mood again or something?"

"What? No. No. I'm fine," Kanda said quickly, stuffing his mouth with food to have an excuse not to talk.

"Are you sure?" Bak asked again, "You don't seem like your usual self, if you pardon my bluntness, you seem more polite today. Do you have a fever?"

Kanda shook his head, swallowing, "No. I'm okay. What are you doing here?"

"I need to tell Komui something, it seems they've sent the wrong thing to me and Central was suppose to send it to here," Bak pulled out a letter from his jacket.

"Oh, that's nice. You should get it to him soon, you know. Big business and all," Kanda said, standing. "He should be in the science office place. Probably working over time again. I'll see you around, probably. Bye."

Kanda had avoided using that guy's name. He hoped that that guy hadn't noticed.

Kanda quickly left the cafeteria to find Lavi or Lenalee or Allen. Instead, he found someone he really should remember, but doesn't.

General Tiedoll walked up to Kanda, a large grin on his face, "Hey there Yu!"

"Yu?" Kanda turned around to look at the General. "Um…hi."

"I heard you hit your head earlier? You feeling fine and dandy?" Tiedoll patted Kanda on the back.

Kanda retreated a few steps, but nodded, "That was last month, but yeah I'm fine."

"I wish I could have come to visit, but I was kind of busy," Tiedoll sighed.

"No! I didn't mean it like that," Kanda said quickly, then covered his mouth. "I mean. Yeah. I understand. Have you seen Lenalee?"

"Lenalee?" Tiedoll thinks for a moment, rubbing his chin, they he said, "Nope, haven't seen her. Aren't all the normal folks still asleep at this time?"

"Yeah. You're right. Sorry, I shouldn't ask stupid things," Kanda wanted to bang his head on the wall for acting so… "out of character".

Tiedoll examined Kanda behind his glasses, then says, "How's Marie been?"

"She-he," Kanda caught himself quickly, "He's been fine. Perfectly fine. Better than me anyway. Not that many injuries, you know the usual."

Kanda was starting to panic. This person seemed to know him best, if not any of the Exorcists. If Allen and Lavi wanted to keep his amnesia a secret, this could be the blow point of it all.

"Yu, could you perhaps have-"

Kanda backed away, hoping to leave before this guy figures out something.

"Amnesia?"

"Um…" Kanda touched his injury, then looked around and whispered, "Don't tell anyone, please."

"You're being polite," Tiedoll noted.

Kanda nodded urgently, "Just don't. Please. Really. I'm getting better, I can do some things I couldn't have done last month."

"Well, I believe you, but I think I should still tell Bak this," Tiedoll said. "He's here today, right?"

"Wait, why Bak?" Kanda assumed it was the blonde man he had met earlier.

"Why?" Tiedoll shrugged, "He seems more sensible, but not sensible enough to do anything."

Kanda's confused expression caused Tiedoll to laugh, "Well, see you later Yu. Hopefully you'll be normal again. This type of personality just doesn't suit you."

Kanda wandered to the garden's lake. He kneeled next to the water, staring into his reflection.

"What was I like?" Kanda questioned himself. The puzzled expression that looked back up to him gave no answer.

Kanda sighed and laid down, looking up at the sky. Lotuses. That was the first thing that came to mind when he first woke. The Second Exorcists. Kanda knew he was one of them, but…he couldn't quite pinpoint what they were, who they were. He was afraid to look back into his past. He didn't want to know what was there, but staying as naïve as he was…he knew that he just couldn't. They were in a middle of something, a war and Kanda had to recover in order to help.

"Kanda?"

Allen peered at the Japanese man that laid by the lake, "Here you are. We were looking everywhere for you! Tiedoll said you could have gone to the garden."

"I just needed some time to think," Kanda turned to his side so he could look across the lake. In the middle of the lake, he saw a lone lotus. It looked so…strange that Kanda questioned himself whether it was real or not.

"You have a mission waiting for you. On top of that, Bak and Komui want to talk to you," Allen said, still standing above Kanda.

"Can't I just not do anything for the day?" Kanda mumbled, "I'm not feeling too well."

There was a pause, making Kanda hope that Allen had left, but then Allen responded, "Okay. I'll tell someone else to take your mission. I hope you feel better soon."

"Sorry," Kanda said.

"For what?" Allen's footsteps stopped.

"Everything I guess. I probably won't remember any of this when I regain my memories," Kanda said. "So…I'm sorry."

Allen chuckled, "It's fine. Like I said, hope you get better soon."

As soon as Allen's footsteps disappeared, Kanda took off his shoes and rolled up his pants and the sleeves of his shirt. He walked into the lake and towards the strange flower. He reached out his hand to touch it, but as soon as he made contact, it vanished.

"An illusion, huh?" Kanda stood up, looking around. He went back to shore and sighed, looking up at the sky. "I want to remember. I don't care anymore…"

He felt sleepy, his eyes began to close by themselves and he fell into a slumber that couldn't be waken by just a call.