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Lenalee strolled slowly from her room with a sigh. Komui was being annoying again. He had threatened to kick one of the exorcists out for talking to Lenalee with a red face. The boy had actually had a sun burn but, Komui was convinced he was having perverted thoughts. Lenalee was getting sick of his over protectiveness but then again, he had watched out for her in her time of need so she must put up with his problems.
She was too busy thinking and didn’t notice Lavi coming around the corner. She bumped into him and fell back on the floor with a thud.
“umph…oh sorry, Lavi,” she muttered, blushing brightly. Lavi’s eyes widened as he realized who it was and glanced around for her brother. He didn’t come.
“Its fine, Lenalee,” he told her with a smile and offered a hand to help her up. She brushed off her skirt and kept her eyes on the ground.
“So, what have you done lately?” asked Lenalee hesitantly.
“I haven’t been busy. Allen and I got back from a mission last week but, other than that, I haven’t done much.” He shrugged and Lenalee bit her lip nervously.
“I guess I’ll see you around,” she told him, flashing a smile. He noticed her timid movements and waved good bye quickly.
Lenalee watched him go then quickly began cursing herself under her breath. She was becoming more and more clumsy around Allen and Lavi, and to top it off, she couldn’t decide who she liked. Stupid polite boys! She thought angrily.
Allen rushed down the stairs, dodging people as he went. He skidded to a halt in front of the window to order food. He was first again, for the 134th time.
“Yes!” he cried happily as he turned to order, “I’ll have two dozen rice balls, bean soup, chicken tenders…” he listed off about ten different things as the line behind him formed.
Kanda entered and sighed angrily as he saw the line. Idiotic, pig of a human, Bean Sprout! He ranted, silently and walked slowly up to the line. Everyone shrank back from him and allowed him to cut in front.
He rolled his eyes and took his place behind Allen. The people behind him made sure to leave three feet of space between them.
“Hurry up, Bean Sprout!” Kanda growled and Allen glanced over his shoulder, smiled, and turned back to receive his food. Kanda glared at the back of his head. You cursed imbecile! Why don’t you get yourself killed already with your soft heart! He continued to glare at Allen as the exorcist made his way to a table where Lenalee and Lavi would soon meet him.
Kanda got his food silently and wondered off to an empty table. He poked at his plain rice with indifference before taking a bite.
Lavi arrived noisily. He banged the doors open and strutted in whistling. He was twirling his hammer as he went.
“Kanda!” he cried, waving at the blue haired exorcist. Kanda looked up slowly, glared, and went back to poking his rice. Lavi didn’t seem to notice. He continued to the food window and ordered some soup before going to sit next to Allen.
Allen was already half way through his lunch.
“You eat all that and never gain a pound!” cried Lavi, smiling. Allen laughed and began choking on his rice ball. Lavi handed him a glass of water that he had on his tray and Allen took it gratefully.
“Thanks,” he choked out as he wiped his streaming eyes.
“Hey,” Lenalee greeted them as she sat down. Allen’s face reddened slightly but he smiled anyway.
“Hi, Lenalee!” Lavi almost yelled. Lenalee glanced around. Almost everyone was staring at the odd group. She sighed and began eating.
“Hey, who is that?” asked a small girl as she pointed at Lavi. Terra looked over to where Sayoi was pointing.
“That’s Lavi, he has a hammer as his weapon,” Terra explained as Sayoi stared.
“How does it work?”
“Well…I’m not sure but I do know that he can make it bigger if he wants to,” she took another bite of her sandwich. Sayoi continued to stare.
Lavi sensed her gaze and glanced over. He smiled brightly at the new finder. She blushed and covered her face with her hands. Lavi’s smile faded and he looked back to his friends.
“Sayoi, you don’t have a chance with him, he’s an exorcist!” Sayoi sighed and went back to her food. She glanced at Terra and noticed her gazing at someone.
“Who are you looking at?” Sayoi asked as she noticed the white haired boy that Terra was watching.
“No one!” Terra said too quickly as she turned red.
“Who is that white haired boy over there?” she asked, deciding to get an answer.
“Um…he’s Allen Walker, an e-exorcist,” she stuttered.
“Who’s the girl he keeps staring at?” Terra’s brow furrowed.
“That’s Lenalee, Komui’s sister,” she heard the disgust in her voice.
“It’s not her fault if he likes her,”
“So! How can she possibly attract him? She’s all popular and too perfect!” she viciously took a bite of her sandwich. Sayoi watched the group with interest as Lavi said something funny and Allen sprayed water across the table at Lenalee who squealed.
Kanda looked around at the people in the library from behind his book. He counted them, naming each. He knew them all. He turned back to his book and began reading about the akuma virus. He was examining a picture of one of the victims when the sound of the door brought him to look around.
“Everyone!” called Komui, waving his hands frantically to get everyone’s attention. Kanda rolled his eyes, sighed, and began to turn back to his book when the figure behind Komui caught his attention, “Everyone, I would like to introduce Aya Ki, she is the newest member of the Order and I want her to be fully welcomed,” Kanda watched the red haired woman with curiosity, unsure why he was showing interest in a new recruit.
Komui came trotting over to where he was sitting, a bright smile stretched across his face.
“Guess what kind of weapon she has!” he cried, jumping excitedly. Kanda sighed impatiently before responding.
“What kind of weapon?”
“A katana!” Kanda blinked, taken a back.
“What?!”
“A katana, the sister blade of Mugen to be exact.” Kanda’s hands had balled into fists.
“Why?”
“Well because the innocence accepted her silly!” he bounded off leaving Aya and Kanda alone. There was a long silence.
“So are you just going to sit there or are you going to introduce yourself?”
“What?….pretty irritating for a girl aren’t you?”
“So the mute man talks…figures you’d be the one I have to work with.” Kanda glared at her.
“Hmph, think you’re better than me, do you?” She laughed coldly.
“Ha! And how am I not Mr. No Name?” Fire leapt into his eyes.
“Rude, aren’t you?”
“So…what’s your name,” He remained silent as she scrutinized him with her burgundy eyes.
“Kanda,” he muttered, grudgingly.
“So where do we practice, Kanda?” he glared at her again before answering.
“The practice area of course,”
Allen, Lenalee, and Lavi walked slowly toward the practice arena. Lavi was chatting happily about how different sized hammers are important in different situations. Allen and Lenalee were nodding, pretending to understand his logic on it all.
“And so a larger hamm-“
“Hey, who is that?” asked Allen, interrupting Lavi. Lenalee glanced over to see Kanda standing across from a lovely red haired woman. She took a hacking swing at Kanda and he easily brushed it aside, weaving the blade so that it was an inch away from her neck.
“How did you…”
“Yield.” He commanded.
“Fine, I yield,” she snapped venomously.
“Good, now do it again.”
“What? We’ve been doing this for two hours!”
“Yes, the more practice the better you get and the less likely you are to be killed!” he replied tartly.
“Why you little…”
“Shut up and swing the blade!”
“Gah! Fine!” she swung with all her might at his head. He brought his blade up in a flash, pushing it aside.
“No! You do not use both hands and do not, I repeat, do not commit yourself to just one swing! You have to have the opening to pull back and try again!” Aya growled slightly, glaring at Kanda as the sweat dripped down her face.
“Why the heck did I have to wind up with you?”
“I wondering the same thing, woman!”
“You little…” she whispered threateningly.
“We are done for the day, good bye,” he murmured, turning his back on Aya.
“Hey! Don’t walk away from me!” she cried, throwing her sword at him. It glanced off of him, “What the?” she asked before realizing that he had flashed his blade up behind his back blindly and had blocked her throw.
“Don’t ever do that again, woman,” he hissed before continuing to walk from the room.