Nero: Yay!! The sequel to Possibly Impossible is here!! Please enjoy the fruit of my labor!!

Two months have passed since the Akuma attack....

Kanda stared at his lazy pupil, annoyed beyond anything he felt for the Moyashi. It was well past noon in the Black Order HQ and Gabriel was snoring away when there were drills to be done and lessons to be taught. Kanda had accepted Gabriel as his responsibility and student. As much as he hated to admit it, he enjoyed passing on his skills, but one thing he couldn't tolerate from anyone was tardiness. He had specifically told Gabriel to meet him at their 'classroom' at the crack of dawn, but here she was sleeping the day away.

"Oi, Chibi....." Kanda growled.

"Hey...."

Kanda'shead was about to poop from blood pressure when Gabriel answered him by saying: Mommy, please five more minutes. He gripped the sheets that wrapped his 'beloved' pupil and with a sure fire yank, Gabriel came tumbling out of bed and onto the floor.

"What the hell, Kanda!!"

"You are going to work harder than you ever have before," Kanda said with venom dripping from every word, leaving Garbiel in a horrified silence. "Now, suit up. Be down in ten minutes or I'm chasing you with a cattle prod for fifty laps."

Kanda left the room and Gabriel to change in privacy. And if you think Kanda was kidding about the cattle prod thing, you got another thing coming. After Kanda saw Gabriel's fighting style, he calculated a perfect way to make her faster and a way for her stamina to be extended for longer periods of time. For the last two months, Gabriel's life had been one lap after another. Around the training grounds, around the halls of HQ, around the whole damn town!! And each time she completed a set of fifty laps, she had to do it in a faster time than before. Her current record is five minutes for a lap around town(about three miles). Yes, an impossible act for the normal human being, but Kanda wasn't training someone who was normal. No, his pupil was an exorcist and he was going to make her the best or kill her trying.

xxx

Gabriel was dressed and downstairs in three minutes and thirty seconds and the training grounds were a good two minutes away if she ran. Speed and stamina had become everything to her in the last two months. Every time she felt herself slow down or tire, she recalled the talk Kanda gave her while she was in the infirmary after her first fight with the Akuma.

'Flashback'

Gabriel lay in a starch white room, waiting for the Head Nurse to let her go. Evidently, being responsible for the soldiers of the Holy War had made the woman crazy. Gabriel had a scrape or cut here and a bruise there. Nothing serious, but she was still held here. Kanda, her new 'teacher' was sitting with her. Oh, how Gabriel would love to slice off his ponytail for leaving her like that.

"May I ask why you are disrupting my rehabilitation with your presence?" she glared daggers at Kanda.

"Rehab my ass. You're not even hurt. I'm waiting for that damned woman to let you out so we can continue your training."

"Training!? You nearly killed me, you crazy sword wielding idiot!!"

"Faster," Kanda mumbled, ignoring Gabriel.

"Huh?"

"We have to make you faster. At least to the point where you can fight a horde of pathetic Level Ones and not end up in the infirmary. For now, that would be enough."

"What are you talking about!? I'm plenty fast!! I need more muscle!!" Gabriel pumped her arm to make a point.

"That would slow you down, idiot. Listen, you're small. If anything, you're microscopic!! Strengthth is important in a fight, but not if you are barely breaching the five foot line. If you were pinned down by an enemy, even as big as the Moyashi, you'd be mince meat." At this point, Gabriel's mouth was gaping. Who knew Kanda could actually be......smart...and did he just compliment Allen? "Speed is the key to, not ony your survival, but also harnessing your Innocence. I had the Baka Usagi tell me about your toothpick. Not much of a weapon compared to Mugen, but that's all we have to work with. The rapier isn't a weapon for a lumbering giant, Chibi, but It suits a speedy mouse like you much better."

Gabriel sat still, taking in all the information and holding back the nasty comeback she had for Kanda for calling her a mouse. Okay, maybe Kanda did care. If he went to all the trouble. Gabriel sighed in defeat. Might as well learn something, she thought.

"If you think I'll go easy on you because you're a girl, then guess again, Chibi."

Gabriel shot Kanda a glare, but switched to a mild smile, "I wouldn't expect it from you, Sensei," she smiled in a sly fashion.

'End Flashback'

Kanda was waiting for Gabriel in the middle of their clearing with a stopwatch. Gabriel made a note and sprinted the last hundred meters, but it wasn't till she stopped panting and stood at attention before him did he stop the watch. Kanda scowled at the watch and then at Gabriel.

"7 minutes and 13 seconds!! How dare you slow down when you've been sleeping all day!!" he fumed.

"Sorry, sir. I'll try harder," Gabriel said, not skipping a beat. She took Kanda's lessons as seriously as the war itself and if he saw it fit to scold her, she would take it knowing that she should reserve her energy for his punishment rather than argue.

"Hmph, there is no trying!! There is only the right way and the wrong way!! Is that clear, Chibi!!"

Gabriel gave Kanda a sharp nod, knowing that talking at this point was not to be tolerated.

"Good, now give me fifty laps!!" he ordered and Gabriel was off at the drop of a hat.

xxx

"Wow. He sure is pushing her today. Don't you think?" Lavi chuckled as he and Allen watched Gabriel in her laps.

"Yes, but is it really necessary? I mean, they haven't even touched the Innocence yet!! Just conditioning, day after day. I would have cracked by then."

"I believe you there, Moyashi-chan-"

"Its Allen!!"

"-but Gabriel isn't you. You know, if you really want to compare her to something, I think she fits the description for a dog pretty well."

"Lavi!! That's a horrible thing to say about Gabriel!!"

Lavi shrugged, understanding Allen's reaction. "But just look at her. No matter what Kanda puts her through, she never fails to come back for more. Her goal, whether she wants to admit it or not, is to be acknowledged by Kanda."

"Ha!!" Allen mocked. "Well, good luck to you, dear Gabriel." He raised his hand in a fake toast. He had been with the Order for more than two years and he had yet to hear his name from the Ice Prince.

"Ah, but she can hope can't she? Come on. I'm bored. Let's help out, shall we?" Lavi sported a wicked smile.

"Hm, I think we shall," Allen mirrored Lavi's smile as they sauntered to Kanda and Gabriel, who had finished her laps.

xxx

Gabriel panted in front of a judging Kanda. "You don't have time to be tired, Chibi."

"Oi, Yuu!! Give her a break, why don't ya!?"

"Baka Usagi!! What are you and the Moyashi doing here!?" Kanda snarled.

"I have a right to visit my charge!! How are you, Gabriel? Is Kanda being an abusive bastard to you?" Allen smiled sweetly at Gabriel which kind of freaked her out.

"Um, well," Gabriel was put in an awkward position.

"Listen up, you idiot Moyashi. While the Chibi is under my teachings, you have no power over her training. You can't talk to her without my permission."

The tension in the air could be cut with a butter knife. Not the best feeling.

"Aw, come on, Yuu!! You still own me one for all the info!! Let us help!! Just for today!?" Lavi begged.

"Che. Do what you want."

"YAY!!" Allen and Lavi cheered. "Alright, Gabbie-chan, how about we work on your Innocence!!?"

"Really!?" Gabriel was ready to burst with adoration for Lavi.

"Certainly. Now Gabriel, prepare yourself."

xxx

Kanda retreated to the edge of the clearing, not that he cared if the Chibi got her behind handed to her. But he didn't expect his pupil to be defeated very easily. If the Usagi and Moyashi beat her under ten minutes, then he knew he would have to push her harder, but then again it didn't matter if she passed the ten minute mark. He'd still run her halfway to hell.

"Looks like someone cares," Lenalee giggled. She had been standing there for a few minutes, letting Kanda mull over whatever he had on his mind.

"Che. As if."

"She seems to have improved. Must be your stubbornness rubbing off."

"You need your eyes checked."

Lenalee just giggled and continued watching.

"Oh!! By the way!! Niisan needs you and Gabriel for a mission. Bring Allen and Lavi, too."

Kanda grunted. After Lenalee left, Kanda did a very rare thing for him. He relaxed. Kanda watched his pupil handle her Innocence. Instead of blockng, she evaded an attack from Usagi's hammer. Her speed had improved and it shone through when she dodged the bindings of Moyashi's Clown Belt, but only by a hair. Then Kanda observed her attacks. She stabbed and cut at Moyashi, who read and evaded her offense with a noted ease. Chibi was too predictable, Kanda growled in his mind. Another thing that needed work. Kanda huffed when Usagi knock Chibi for a loop.

"Damn," Kanda growled.

xxx

"Ack!! Lavi you bastard!!"

"Gabriel!! Where did you hear that word!?"

"You said it to Kanda in the cafeteria a couple times."

Allen paused. "Well... You shouldn't say things like that!!"

"Aw, Moyashi-chan is all motherly!!"

"Shut up, Eyepatch!!"

Lavi fell down holding his heart in mock hurt. "Ouch, Allen. How cruel!!"

"Che, you idiots done? Komui wants us in his office. Chibi!!"

Gabriel jumped at her name and hurried to attention. "Follow!!" Kanda barked the order and strode away with Gabriel at his heels.

"...She really is like a dog," Allen admitted.

"Yeah, for now, maybe," Lavi chuckled.

Nero: Now who wants to give me a review!? Please? x3