"Wh...Where am I?" Kenna said,coming to and starting to slowly open her eyes. She looked around the room,and saw that she wasn't in the mess hall. She was in another room,one that looked like a bedroom. There was a painting on the wall,and there were some bottles in the medicine cabinet a few feet away from her,which she assumed were used to heal people. She then looked down,realizing that she was in a bed,with one thirds of her body covered by a blanket. She was still in her suit. "How did I get in here?" she went to ask,but she looked up and saw a familiar man,and a teenager with black pigtails. Her eyes widened.

"Allen?" she said,and turning to face the girl,"And Lenalee?"
Lenalee smiled,but looked surprised that Kenna recognized her. "How do you know my name?"
Kenna felt a few beads of sweat run down her face,and she laughed nervously,",,,I just happened to guess correctly,that's all."
Kenna looked back down at her covered feet. "But anyways, how did I get in here? What happened?"

"You fainted,Kenna," Allen spoke up. "I don't know why,but your face was beet red."
When Allen mentioned that, Kenna remembered what had happened. She had seen the young man while Tiaoshi and her were going to eat,and as a result,she's now in here.
Kenna felt her cheeks turn pink,and she slowly put her head on her hand. "Oh god. Did anyone else see that?"

"Only your friend did,m'am," Lenalee said. "Allen was helping me retrieve some of the Innocence that we found,hoping to heal Helvaska,and we both happened to see you on the floor,passed out."
Kenna sighed in relief,"Oh,okay."
"And sorry if I sound rude or anything...but why did you pass out?"

Kenna felt her face turn red right when Lenalee said that. She went to answer,but kept on stuttering,so Tiaoshi came in and interrupted,"She saw an exorcist nearby and fell in loooove!"
That made Kenna's face look like a tomato again,and also made her flinch. "B-Be quiet,Tiaoshi!"

Lenalee and Allen looked shocked,but burst out laughing. "Wait...you have a crush on another exorcist?" Allen asked.
Kenna didn't say anything at first,and looked down at the bed. "No. I don't."
"Yes, you do!" Tiaoshi said,teasing Kenna some more. "It is a man with dark blue hair,put into a ponytail,and he had the same suit that you had on."

"...A man,with dark blue hair?" Allen said. He then smiled,and started to laugh. "You mean Kanda? Yu Kanda?"
Kenna gave him a confused look. "Is that who that guy was?"
Allen nodded. "I've known him for a few years now. We've hated each other ever since I was new here at the Black Order."
Kenna went to ask what Allen meant by that,but guy that Tiaoshi described barged in.

"You're talking about me,beansprout?" the surprsingly deep voice asked.
Allen sighed in anger,his face showing how tired he is of that nickname. "My name's Allen,Kanda,and you know that. And yes,we were talking about you. Why,do you have a problem?"
"No." Kanda said,the irritation showing in his face as he looked away. "But I still call you "beansprout" or "short stack" whenever I want to." He glanced over at Allen. "But I heard that someone had fainted in the hallway. Who was that?"

There was awkward silence,and Allen,Lenalee and Tiaoshi all point at Kenna,whose face is now red,staring at Kanda. Kanda looked over at Kenna,not surprised. "That was you,m'am?"
Kenna didn't say anything at first,she was starting to get nervous,with the young man that she saw earlier now looking at her. Stammering,she answered."Yes,i-it was."
Kanda sighed. "I should have known. I was talking to someone when the blond-haired woman was trying to get your attention,but you ended up fainting instead. Thanks for interrupting me!"

When Kanda yelled the last sentence, Kenna flinched. She didn't expect him to get so angry over that,not to mention annoyed. Her face faded to red,and she gave him a dirty look,her anger growing, "You're welcome. But you don't have to get so mad over that. Really."
Kanda exhaled in frustration,"Don't get mad over it? You interrupted my conversation!"
"Well,excuse me,sir. Was it even that important for it be cut off like that?"
Kanda's cheeks started to turn a little red out of anger. He huffed and looked away. "Never mind!"

Kenna could now see why Allen had said that he and Kanda hate each other. They argue a lot,like she and Kanda did just now. Kenna wondered why he is in such of a foul mood,which seems like his mood all the time,due to his anger. Kanda could feel her eyes looking at him,and turned to face her. "Why are you here,anyways?"
"...I'm here because my friend,Tiaoshi and I have decided to stay here as exorcists."
"Exorcists?" Kanda asked. "Why didn't you tell me this before?"
Kenna stared at him for a few seconds, then looked away. "Tiaoshi and I had just gotten here a while ago,and were accepted by head officer Komui as exorcists of the Black Order. For some reason,Helvaska is not feeling well because most of the Innocence has been taken away from her,or what I've heard from Komui. Someone, or something, did this."
"What?!" Kanda was surprised. Allen and the others haven't told him of this. Allen sighed and explained the story. When Allen finished, Kanda sighed. "Well that's just great. We will have to go and retrieve the Innocence again,after going around the world to find it again!" He looked back at Kenna.

"And you said that you and that blone-haired girl are newbies?" he asked the brunette,wanting to change the subject so the Innocence wouldn't nag at his mind.
Kenna nodded. "Yes. We're new here. My name's Kenna,and the girl over there is Tiaoshi." She stuck out her hand to Kanda,who,to Kenna's surprise,stuck his hand out and shook hers. ",,,,,It's nice to meet you two." he said. "I'm Yu Kanda,or Kanda Yu. If I hear you use my first name,then I swear that I will kill you. I'm not kidding." And without saying goodbye, he left the room,slamming the door behind him.

There was a moment of silence once again. "What was that for?" Kenna said,breaking the silence.
Lenalee shrugged. "I don't know. He sometimes does that when he's in a hurry."
"Or he hasn't eaten his soba yet." Allen snickered.
Lenalee shot him a dirty look,and Allen looked at her and shrugged,as if to say, iWhat? He's been addicted to soba ever since he's been at the Black Order./i
Kenna's stomach growled at the sound of Allen mentioning food. Looking up,she asked Allen if the mess hall is still open.

Allen nodded,and seeing that Kenna is okay now,led her,Tiaoshi and Lenalee to the mess hall,where they ordered their food. Kenna ordered dango,which she has heard of,and seeing the picture of it on the wall above her made her drool. Allen,as usual, ordered a bunch of food. Jerry,the person in charge of the food,sighed and laughed,and went on to making their food. As they waited,Kenna,Allen,and Lenalee sat down at one of the tables.

Kenna looked over her shoulder,and saw that Kanda was two tables away from them,minding his own business,and eating his noodles. He looked up,and glared at her,which made her yelp and turn back around,looking at the table again. Gosh...he's scary... Kenna thought, and to think I have a crush on him...
"Kenna,are you okay?" Allen glanced over at Kenna,seeing that her face is beet red like it was earlier.
The brunette looked up at him,"Yeah. Why?" Allen snickered.
"Now I know why you fainted!" he laughed. "I know Tiaoshi told us that you had a crush on Kanda...but to swoon over him? Oh my god!"

Kenna could feel Kanda's eyes looking at the three,and covered Allen's mouth,since his voice rose when he spoke. "Please, not so loud..." Kenna's voice was low. "I...don't want him to hear that."
Lenalee looked up,and saw Kanda standing right behind Kenna and Allen,and she got nervous. "Uh...I think he already has."
Kenna and Allen slowly turned their heads to look at Kanda,who looked like he was about to take a huge piece of the wall and throw it at the trio.

"What did you just say,beansprout?" Kanda asked,looking at the white-haired man and the brunette.
"Uh...nothing." Allen said,feeling beads of sweat run down his face. "Nothing at all."
"Yeah,what he said." Kenna added,laughing nervously.
"Are you sure?"
Allen nodded. Kanda glared at him,then huffed and turned back around,his ponytail swaying with his walk.

As she watched him go back to eating,then look back at the table,she saw that their food was already on the table,and she began to eat.

Well,this is going off to a very rocky start... Kenna thought.