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Day 3

"It doesn't feel right." I trailed off as I tugged at the black finger less gloves that went to my elbows that matched with my new Exorcist coat. As soon as the briefing was over, me and Kanda had a half an hour to get ready so I had to spend twenty minutes of my time getting fitted for a new outfit. I received a black short sleeved turtleneck that fit pretty well, dark trousers that were tucked into my knee high black combat boots, and the black coat that went down to the back of my knees also had the Black Order symbol on my left. All in all though, it was a good fit and a pretty good style, it just felt weird to wear a uniform.

"Che, stop complaining." Kanda muttered, still staring out the the window. I threw him a annoyed glare as I looked towards the door blocking us from the hallway. This train ride was getting boring, and I still didn't get the objective and I sure wasn't going to ask Butter-knife over there.

"Hey Herald, you know you don't have to wait outside the door, you know." I called as I knocked on my side of the door. I heard a moment of shuffling and he peeked his head from the other side of the door. He was a short guy, about 20 years old and sporting the tan trench coat and black shaggy hair. He was pretty shy, never really looked me in the eye and didn't seem like a fighter. No wonder he was a Finder, I couldn't picture him with a weapon warding off a herd of Akuma.

"You needed me?" Herald asked as he stood partially in the doorway, still not looking me in the eye.

"I don't want him in here." Kanda retorted as he glared in my direction, making Herald take cover behind the door.

"Well I want him to be in here, you can't boss me around forever." I replied bitterly as I got up and headed towards the door. Suddenly I felt Kanda grab my shoulder forcefully and spin me towards him. He wore a pissed off look on his face and his teeth were bare.

"That kind of attitude is going to get you killed in battle! So why don't you cut the crap and act like a warrior?!" Kanda yelled as he gripped my shoulder with a powerful amount of force. I just stared back into his steel black eyes and held my ground, I wasn't just going to bend at this guy's will. So I gave my own death glare and yanked myself away from his grip.

"You should watch your own back in battle, not mine. I don't need anyone's help in battle, but I'll be glad to save your ass if you deserve it." I spat out as I walked out the door and met Herald, fidgeting with worry. I heard Kanda grunting with frustration when the door slammed shut.

"You've made him angry Ms. Wright." He said as he slid to the floor and rested against the wall. I sighed and sat next to him, smirking all the way.

"Well he should know better than to mess with me." I called back. "Now, what does a Finder do, because I haven't been briefed about them." I asked Herald as he turned to face me.

"Finders search the globe for Innocence and when they discover the shards, they call in for an Exorcist. When they arrive, the collect the pieces and report back to the Black Order. That's how it generally works, without Akuma I mean."

"Hmm, interesting. The world just can't let us be can they? The bastard that gave birth to the idea of Akuma is sick." I muttered as I rested my elbows on my knees and propped my head back. Herald blushed lightly and turned away.

"You mean the Millennium Earl?"

"Who now?"

"The Earl is the mass creator of Akuma. He abuses the sorrow of humans and manipulates them to produce Akuma by the dozen. Then the new offspring roams off to cause more pain and suffering to create dozens more. The cycle just continues on and on." Herald trailed off as he looked up at the at window, sunlight pouring through as the occasional burst of sand flew by.

"Tell me about it." I muttered under my breath as I knocked my head back into the wall and closed my eyes.

"Pardon?"

"Nothing." I replied as I felt the train come to a halt and make a loud hissing sound. Suddenly the door to the secluded room slide open and out came a frowning Kanda. He strut down the hallway and stopped at the doorway that lead outside the train.

"It's time to go. Don't slow me down." He hissed out as the doors opened and he stepped off. I glared at his back as I got up and followed Herald out the doors as well.

When my eyes adjusted to the blazing sun, I noticed a small town some miles away and large pyramids dotting the area. I turned back to the train that blew its whistle and started to chug away. Well, no turning back now.

"Where to guys?" I asked as I saw Herald pull out a map and Kanda fold his arms.

"The Innocence is located near that cluster of pyramids, over there is a village called Cybordis." Herald said as he pointed off in each direction. I personally thought we should go and get the Innocence and catch the next train back, apparently that's what Kanda had in mind too.

"Then lead us there, Finder." I rolled my eyes at Kanda's rudeness and followed their lead towards the largest pyramid. In about twenty minutes, partially spent on arguing, we were a couple dozen feet away from the base of the crumbling structure. Suddenly an enormous gust of wind swept by and kept getting stronger by the minute. It got so strong that it swept the map out of Herald's grip and swirled into the huge sand cloud forming around the pyramid.

"A sand tornado!" Kanda shouted over the whistling wind as the sunny sky was blotted out by tan sand. The wind was pulling me in so hard that I activated my Innocence arms, and shoveled them deep into the sand as an anchor. I saw Kanda do the same with his sword but it wasn't as effective and his feet left the ground but he stayed planted with his sword. Herald on the other hand was clawing at the sand but failed to stay with gravity and fell back towards me.

"Herald!" I shouted as we reached out for each other, trying to grab each others hands. Well my clawed hand squeezed down on his fragile one and he was suspended in mid air as the tornado got stronger and more violent. He was wearing a scared expression on his face as his hand was slightly slipping out of my grip. Suddenly I saw Kanda's sword slip from the sand and he gasped as he barreled towards the tornado.

"Kanda, grab on!" I screamed as I threw my arm out, Herald shifting himself onto my dangling leg. Kanda noticed my distorted arm and latched onto it with one hand, his sword in the other. His weight jerked my body back and my anchor shifted, making Herald lose his grip on my shoulder, he let go.

"No Herald!" I screamed through the wind as I watched him disappear through the sand. As he went, I saw him mouth out a sentence with a smile on his face and a tear in his eye but I couldn't hear over the noise. Kanda noticed the commotion and muttered a swear word as his hands reached up onto my biceps for a better grip. Herald's gone. It was my fault that he went through that skin splitting sand storm! What if... What if he's dead?

"Sasha!" I was called back to my senses when Kanda yelled out my name. I found out the reason when I felt my claw slip through the sand, letting the wind draw us in. I quickly let go of the sand and dug my two foot long spike into the sand for a better handle on our situation. But it was no use, I saw Kanda's feet get caught in the tornado and forced me to bring my elbow up or else my arms would be detached from my shoulder.

"Brace yourself!" I yelled as we were thrown back in the sand storm. Kanda threw his arms over his face as I wrapped my activated arms around his back and protected his face more, because my skin is used to this kind of weather.

We passed through the barrier of sand with a surprising amount of ease. We landed pretty hard in the sand, my face was half buried and Kanda seemed to be physically fine besides a few scraps and welts on his face from the projectile sand. Actually, there was no trace of disturbance but the tornado still went on, making a perimeter around the pyramid and a few yards more. There was no sign of Herald but Kanda was still here as he turned to face me as we sat up.

"You idiot!" Kanda barked as he shot to his feet, glaring at me again. I felt anger fume up inside me again as I shot up to his face.

"I'm the idiot?! I saved your sorry ass when you deserved it! God, why can't you ever be grateful?!" I shouted as I poked him in the chest. "Because of you I lost Herald!" I called again. He just stood there with no other emotions but anger and seriousness.

"We're going to keep going no matter what happens. We've got a mission to complete and I'm following through. If you're not with me, then stay here." He replied coldly as he turned his back to me and started to walk towards the pyramid.

I took a step forward, aiming to make a remark but before I could utter a single word, I felt the ground beneath my combat boots rumble and shooting out of the hot sand came a huge hand, about the size of one of the Black Order's dinning tables. It grabbed hold of my whole leg and tried to crush it. Then the body erupted from the ground too- big round feet and a thick torso decorated with beads and jewelry. Its face was plastered with a wide grin and had a crown that was supposed to be worn by a Egyptian king. This was an Akuma, a level two Akuma at that.

He flipped me upside-down and I dangled in the air as I bared my Anti-Akuma arms. Kanda turned around abruptly and stared in shock, his hands already held his sword. Suddenly I spotted several level 1 Akuma popping out of the sand as well, about twenty of them. The level 2 sneered as the level ones prepared their cannons.

I wasn't going down without a fight, not this way!