AN: Hello! I'll make it quick; I had a dream and I thought it would make a great fanfic. This is only the first chapter, and might not make a ton of sense. PM me if you have any questions/ideas, and please be kind in reviews!

Disclaimer: I don't own D. Gray-Man

Kanda lifted his sopping bangs out of his eyes, searching for shelter through the storm. In the dark, he could barely make out an old ramshackle hut at the edge of the woods. He could see a well off to the side.

"Hey, stupid rabbit! I found a place to stay for the night! Get a move on!"

Lavi turned to Kanda, nodded, and turned back. "Lenalee!" He shouted through the wind. "Yuu found us a place to-" he stopped as he felt a sharp poke in the middle of his back.

The redhead pivoted slowly on his heel, finding a fuming samurai wielding a deadly katana. Said katana was shoved under Lavi's nose threateningly.

"Oh, Yuu, I didn't- Ah!" He ducked instinctively as Kanda swung the sharp object at his head, aiming for decapitation.

Lenalee burst onto the scene at that moment, brandishing her lethal clipboard and whacking them each on the head.

"Stop messing around! We need to get inside before it gets too cold!" She finished scolding them and jogged to the door of the hut. She raised her hand and pounded on the door. After a few moments, she knocked again. When no one answered, she tried the handle. The door swung open easily. Lenalee stuck her head inside, looking around warily.

"Hello? Is anyone home?" She pulled back and waved the other two neared to her. "Guys, I'm gonna go in. It doesn't look like anyone is here. We'll tidy up when we leave. Until then, goodnight!" She pulled a crisp sheet from the futon and used a few of her hair pins to tack it to two walls, creating a makeshift door for privacy. She shrugged off her soaked exorcist jacket and slung it over the back of a chair.

She heard the boys arguing about who would sleep where, and chuckled lightly to herself. They were so childish sometimes.

Lenalee pulled off her top, pulling on a long tee. Next came her pigtails, green hair falling over her shoulders. She found a small blanket in the depths of her pack and dragged it over to the futon with her. She flopped inelegantly onto it, wrapping the blanket tightly around her. Her last thought as sleep enveloped her was the innocence that she had left unprotected in her pack.

The sunlight shone brightly through the dirty window into Lenalee's eyes, forcing her awake. She blinked sleepily, propping herself up on her elbows. The storm from last night had ended, at least. She yawned widely. Lenalee flipped the blanket off her body and stood. She walked over to her pack and searched for the Innocence. She couldn't find it. With growing panic, she rummaged through each and every pocket.

She groaned and crouched on the balls of her feet, burying her head in her hands. What would Kanda and Lavi do when they found out? Then she perked. It wasn't very early; maybe one of them woke up and put it in a safer place! But, wait, they wouldn't dare, with Komui's protectiveness. They knew he would send out the hundredth Komurin if he knew they had entered her sleeping quarters, however poorly established they were.

She took deep breath and faced the facts. It was her fault that the Innocence wasn't in their possession. She would have to take her punishment. But first, she had to tell Kanda and Lavi.

Lenalee sighed as she snatched her clothes and roughly yanked them on. She pulled the sheet she had hung up to the side, and walked to the other room. And immediately blushed and 'eep'ed.

Kanda was suspended from the ceiling by his bound hands, a rag tied tightly in his mouth and balancing on the tips of his toes. His shoulder looked like it was dislocated from holding the rest of his weight, and he was sweating heavily. Lavi, on the other hand, was hog-tied and tossed in the corner, his headband pushed around his mouth and nose. That wasn't even the bad part. The bad part was that neither of them was wearing their shirts. Kanda was clothed in a pair of loose sweatpants, the waistband falling slightly and revealing starry boxers. Lavi was only wearing his underwear, which were decorated in cute bunny faces.

Without thinking, Lenalee's hands flew up to her eyes, trying to block the image. She heard a 'whump' behind her and felt a warm hand on her shoulder, then a sharp pain in her neck and all went black.

Kanda grumbled to himself, annoyed. He had woken up to find himself tied up and gagged, the baka usagi still sleeping soundly. His Mugen was nowhere to be found. He didn't know how he had let this happen, but he was angry at himself and the usagi. He tugged once more at the ropes around his wrists, letting his feet fall from underneath him. He bit down on the rope as he felt the muscles and ligaments straining under his weight. He pushed his toes back under him.

Kanda cursed that stupid usagi for being such a heavy sleeper. He tried to swing himself at the redhead and kick him awake, but he couldn't quite reach. He had also tried flipping himself upside down and pushing against the beam he was tied to, but there was something up there knocking his feet down when he tried. It was warm and soft, and he didn't like the idea that there was something alive up there.

He tried once more to break the rope, and managed to dislocate his shoulder. He managed a strangled scream through the gag, and Lavi twitched in his sleep. 'What does that stupid rabbit dream about to keep him asleep for so long?' Kanda wondered through the pain. 'Come on, Lavi! Get your fat ass out of bed and smell the trouble!' He actually used the rabbit's first name. That wasn't a good sign.

He swung his foot out at the sleeping teen and got an idea. He had only been an inch or so away from kicking the boy before, so now with his shoulder, he might be able to reach! It would hurt a lot, though. Kanda contemplated, and made up his mind. He bit down on the gag firmly, his jaw cramping with the pressure. He pulled his feet as far behind him as he could and lifted them. He used his good arm to support himself as long as possible, and kicked out with the foot nearest Lavi using as much force as he could.

Kanda felt his toe scratch across Lavi's cheek and smirked to himself. 'Success!' He watched as Lavi squeezed his eyes tightly and opened them. Lavi blinked twice at Kanda, who glared dangerously at the redhead. Lavi opened his mouth to speak, and a small black and white bundle fell on him.

Lavi cried out sharply, but was cut off by his headband being shoved over his mouth. His eye patch was skewed in the process, and he kept his eye firmly closed. He struggled as the attacker looped a rope around his wrists and pulled it tight. He managed to kick the person in the shin, and it was forced to wrap the rope around each individual ankle and add them into the mix of limbs and rope. In the process, it managed to steal Lavi's hammer from the holster on his leg, throwing the weapon next to Mugen.

The attacker, whose face was hidden, fit its arms under Lavi and tossed him into the nearest corner. It jumped forward, stopping only to adjust Lavi's eye patch so it was back in its original position. Then, in a flash, it was back up in the rafters, out of sight.

The two captives stared at the ceiling as best as they could, then glanced down at the other. Lavi grinned through the gag, enraging Kanda further.

Now, they stared, concerned, at Lenalee. She was unconscious, set nicely in a chair, though her hands were tied above her, much like Kanda's. Apparently, the attacker couldn't get Lenalee's Innocence off, so it tied her legs together, ankle to knee, with thick rope and chains. There was a chain that snaked around her middle, keeping her back against the hard wood of the chair.

Lenalee groaned and opened them, focusing on the trapped exorcists. They were just as they were when she last saw them, tied up and uncomfortable. Kanda's shoulder looked worse than before, grossly out of place. She didn't know what to do now.

"So, how are you two holding up?" She asked, finding her mouth free and unrestricted. Kanda closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Lavi chuckled and smiled through his headband.

A figure jumped down from the rafters, startling them all. It stood slowly, revealing their captor.

Before them stood a young boy, not even Lenalee's age, clothed in tattered finery. The only thing he wore that weren't filled with holes and tears were the white gloves on his hands. He had snow white hair, bangs coming to just above his eyes. His eyes, which were soft, shimmery gray, looked curiously at him, his head tilted to the side. A thin red scar ran down the left side of his face, cutting to the side and back down to his jaw line, another crisscrossing the first.

He opened his mouth slightly, and spoke, the sweetest sound they had heard projecting out. "What are you three here for? You haven't come here before."

Lenalee deadpanned, mouth opening and closing like a fishes. After a long minute, she finally found her voice. "What do you mean, we haven't been here before? Do you live here?" She would have believed it, too. His old, shabby clothes fit closely with the old, shabby house.

He nodded, an innocent gesture that sent a warm stone into the pit of Lenalee's stomach. He took a step forward, and in a much more serious voice, asked; "What are you three doing here? People don't just come out here to have a nice vacation."

Lenalee looked warily at Kanda, who nodded firmly. She turned her head to Lavi, who did the same. She sighed and stared the boy dead in the eye, all nervousness gone. "We are exorcists of the Black Order, and we are on a mission to retrieve Innocence. We were on our way back to headquarters when we were met with a bad storm. We were forced to take shelter in this building. You know the rest."

The boy thought hard. "Innocence? That glow-y green stuff?" Lenalee nodded eagerly. He walked to the pile which contained Mugen and Odzuchi Kodzuchi, and snatched up the katana. Kanda let out a muffled sound of protest that was ignored by the white-haired boy.

He jumped up to the rafters, taking sure steps across boards that were laid horizontally. He came back, dropping into a crouch, the Innocence held on the tip of Mugen's sheathe. "Is this what you were talking about?"

Lenalee nodded again, relieved at seeing the Innocence whole and safe. "Yes, that's it! Why are you holding it on Mugen?"

He set the sword down carefully, resting the Innocence on the ground. He pulled his right glove off by the fingertips, and held his hand out to the three of them. "For some reason, I can't touch this stuff." His palm was bright red and blistered, and his fingertips were black with heat.

Lenalee stared, confused. Why couldn't this boy touch Innocence, but everyone else could? Even akuma could touch it with no repercussions.

"Um, before we talk anymore, could you maybe, let us go?" The boy glanced up at her, realizing he hadn't freed them yet.

"Are you sure you just came here on accident? No one sent you here to hurt me?"

Lenalee furrowed her brow, and saw Lavi do the same. "No, we didn't even know you existed before you tied us up this morning." He nodded firmly, then went to Kanda first to untie him. He undid the knot with nimble fingers and caught the teen around the middle when he fell heavily to the side.

He pushed Kanda against the wall and moved to his arm, saying, "I figure you'll still want that gag to bite while I'm doing this, so I'll leave it for now." His hand shot out to the injured limb and twisted it roughly, back into the socket. Kanda's eyes widened considerably, but as soon as the 'pop' resounded through the room, he leaned his head against the wall and let them flutter closed.

The white-haired teen moved his arm slowly now, to Kanda's lap. He reached his hands behind Kanda's head and quickly undid the knot, freeing him from the gag. Kanda took in a grateful breath and clutched his shoulder with the other hand, glaring at the boy.

The boy, unfazed, moved quickly to Lavi and set about freeing him as well. He deftly untied the ropes and left him to remove his headband. He moved over to Lenalee, and unwound the chain from her legs, then the rope, then the rope from around her waist, and finally loosened the knot around her wrists.

Lenalee quickly brought them to her chest, rubbing her hands to get the blood flowing. She leapt on the Innocence, still on the floor where it was, and cradled it in her hands. She examined the Innocence, checking for any damage, then shoved it in a pocket and stood up. Lavi joined her, moving to snatch his hammer from the far corner and also grabbed Mugen, placing it near Kanda.

The boy held his hand out to Lenalee. "I'm sorry I didn't introduce myself earlier. I don't normally have much need for manners. My name is Allen Walker."

Lenalee reached out hesitantly and shook his hand once. She pulled back from Allen and introduced herself and her companions.

Kanda stood and rotated his shoulder, feeling the newly healed ligaments adjusting to his movements. He bent down and unsheathed Mugen, leaping on Allen and putting Mugen millimeters from his neck. Allen went down without a sound, staring Kanda dead in the eyes the whole way.

"You lying bastards. You said you weren't here to hurt me, and I believed you. Well?" he said, his face growing red with anger, "Go on, then! Kill me, get it over with."

Kanda hesitated at his willingness to die. He shoved the blade closer to his neck, nicking the skin. "If you ever try anything like that again, I will kill you. Got it?" He stood up, grudgingly sheathing his katana. Allen looked up at him from his position on the ground.

"Why didn't you kill me? That was your job, wasn't it?" Lavi jumped in.

"Nah, buddy! Yuu's just got some anger management issues, don't ya, Yuu?" He ducked the sword as it was swung for his head, losing a few strands of his bright red hair in the process. "See? What'd I tell ya?" He ran to the other side of Lenalee, using her as a shield.

Lenalee growled, pulling a clipboard from the folds of her exorcist jacket, whapping each of them on the head with it. Allen watched, still lying on the floor, with slight interest. He jumped when Lenalee focused on him, still holding the clipboard menacingly. She lowered it to her waist, a sad look adorning her face.

"Allen, why did you think we were here to hurt you?" He got to his knees and looked at the ground, bangs covering his eyes, and shook his head.

"No reason…" He trailed off. Lenalee tapped him gently on the head with her clipboard. It was just hard enough to get his attention.

"Allen, we're the good guys. You can tell us." Allen shook his head once more, then pushed himself to his feet. He smiled broadly.

"Would you three like to stay here for lunch?"

Lenalee paced the room anxiously. She really did hate to intrude on other people. But she just had to figure out why this boy was so different.

Allen had gone into town a few miles off to get groceries. They had declined staying, but he insisted. He took off with Lavi once the redhead got dressed, explaining that he would need someone to help him carry the bags. Now, Kanda was meditating in the other room and Lenalee was wearing the floorboards thin with her pacing.

She felt so useless, worrying and thinking and worrying. Kanda was training, in his own way. And Lavi made himself useful, getting dragged along to get groceries. Lenalee decided to try and clean up a little, at least to make herself feel less useless.

She grabbed a rag from her pack and set about dusting everything on her side of the hut. When she was finished, she searched the closet for a broom. Boy, she hoped those two were okay!

Lavi hefted the bags higher in his arms, craning his neck to peer around them. Allen walked in front of him, carrying twice as many bags. He had them draped over his forearms, and more held tightly against his chest. As they walked through the streets, Lavi noticed the nasty looks the people threw over their shoulders at Allen. He didn't understand it, but Allen didn't seem to be affected by it at all.

"Hey, Lavi? Could you go back to the market and grab some apples? I forgot them." His voice was strained. Lavi looked in his bags and spotted a bag of apples.

"What are you talking about? We have some right here, see?"

Allen shook his head. "I was hoping to get two kinds. See if you can find some green ones this time. I'll wait for you here. Just leave the bags with me."

Lavi hesitantly lowered the bags to the ground, and turned away. He walked back to the marketplace, taking his time to browse the apples. He wondered about Allen. He had been acting weird when Lavi left. He decided to hurry back to the main road.

Lavi picked up the pace. He spotted their bags, left nicely upright and bunched together. But there was no Allen.

Lavi heard a muffled cry coming from a nearby alley. He pulled Odzuchi Kodzuchi from its holster and walked to the entrance of the alley. He peeked around the corner, keeping an eye out for akuma.

Instead, he found Allen, who was being beaten thoroughly by five full-grown men. He was curled into a ball to protect himself from their damaging kicks. Lavi could see blood on his shirt and dripping down his chin; there was a small pool of the sticky stuff beneath him.

Allen cried out as a particularly hard kick to the ribs connected. Lavi heard a sickening snap, and rushed forward to protect the kid. He had to admit it, even though they met on bad terms and hadn't known each other very long, the kid had grown on Lavi. He didn't even know how.

Lavi leaped at the nearest man, sending his fist deep into his gut. He didn't want to use Innocence on a not-so-innocent citizen, and had to resort to hand to hand fighting. The man hunched over, holding his stomach tightly. The other four stopped kicking at Allen and turned to face Lavi. They grinned and cracked their knuckles.

Lavi took an offensive stance, crouched slightly with both hands out in front of his face. Lavi started forward, pulling his hand back in a fist.

"No Lavi, WAIT!" Lavi stopped short of the men by a few feet and tripped forward. He found his balance and looked pleadingly down at Allen's beaten form. The white-haired teen was struggling to his knees, holding his ribcage.

"Why? Why won't you let me defend you?" Lavi rushed forward and caught the younger gently by the shoulders. He propped Allen up and looked him in the eyes.

Allen coughed and groaned. "Because they already hate me. Once you leave, I don't want them to have another reason to hurt me. I have to convince them that I'm not the bad guy, that I can be trusted. Please, just let them do this."

Lavi hesitated, not wanting to abandon his new friend. Allen shot him another begging look, and Lavi couldn't take it anymore. He stood slowly, glaring at the five men as he shoved his way through them. He stopped at the end of the alley and stood guard. He winced as the men started to beat on Allen again. He fought the urge to smack the crap out of the men every time he heard Allen cry out.

After a few minutes, he resignedly started gathering the groceries they had bought. He grouped them in piles all around him. He watched in disgust as the townspeople hurried by, not even sparing a glance for the boy. He scowled at them as they hurried by.

When an hour had passed, the men emerged from the alley, sweating and panting. The one that had been punched by Lavi pointed backwards with his thumb.

"Have fun with that sorry excuse of a person."

Lavi's eyes widened, and he struggled for a long time with himself before leaping at the man, driving his fist into the other's cheek this time. The man stumbled and fell to the ground. Lavi proceeded to pound each and every one of them thoroughly.

He stood and brushed his hands off, leaving the men in a pile. He rushed back to Allen's side.

He took one glance at the state his new friend was in, and forgot about the groceries entirely. The teen was bleeding from multiple gashes all along his body, and his left arm was twisted at a grotesque angle. Lavi gingerly lifted the boy's now unconscious body into his arms and shook his slightly.

"Allen? Hey, Allen, come on! You gotta wake up, buddy!" Lavi gave up on trying to wake the boy. Instead, he slid his arms under Allen's knees and shoulders and heaved him up into the air, making sure not to jostle his arm. He marveled at how light the boy was. He took off at a trot down the road.

As they passed bystanders, the people shied away from the two. Mothers pulled their children behind them, men blocked their wives from view, and everyone avoided looking at Allen. Lavi ignored all of them, sprinting as fast as he could with the slight weight in his arms.

Lenalee couldn't take it anymore. It had been four hours; plenty of time to get groceries and get back, even walking through the woods. It was well past lunchtime, anyway. They had a mission to complete and Innocence to deliver. Lenalee had all her stuff packed up and ready to leave as soon as Lavi got back, as did Kanda.

She was getting ready to leave in search of the exorcist when the door slammed open, startling the two inside. Lavi ran inside, panting and dripping sweat. In his arms was Allen, bloody and unconscious. His head lolled to the side as Lavi set him on the futon.

"What the hell happened, rabbit?" Kanda was there in an instant, looking over Lavi's shoulder as the redhead lifted Allen's arm.

"I'll explain once we get him fixed up. Right now, I'm more worried about what will happen than what did." He pressed a few areas on the arm, around the break, and twisted it suddenly. Lenalee shuddered as the bones ground against each other and slid back into place. Lavi tore off a long strip of cloth from Allen's shirt and wound it around the teen's arm tightly.

Kanda quickly ran outside to the well, dragging back a bucket of water. He grabbed the top sheet from the bed and tore it up, handing a soaked square to Lenalee. She started wiping the blood away from his wounds and the corners of his mouth, pausing to put a hand to his forehead.

His skin nearly burnt her as she brushed the hair off his brow, and she noticed an inverted pentacle connecting with the scar on his face. Her fingers lingered on the star, tracing the line. She had known from the beginning that the scar wasn't normal, but know she was dying to know just how he got it.

Lavi finished binding Allen's wounds and sat back on his heels. His shirtsleeves were covered in blood from carrying the boy here. He yanked the shirt over his head, throwing it next to his pack. He grabbed another shirt at random from inside and pulled in on.

Lenalee put a hand on his shoulder. "Now will you tell us what happened?" Her better sense told her not to ask, but she had to know.

Lavi bent his head, shadows covering his eyes. "He knew it was coming. He saw something that tipped him off, and he sent me away. Told me to go get some more stuff. When I got back, there were five of them, all around him in an alley. They were kicking the shit out of him. I tried to stop them, got as far as punching one in the gut, but he stopped me, said he had to convince them, or something. He was already in bad shape, and that was five minutes in.

"I waited for an hour, Lenalee, for them to be done." He looked up, distress clear in his one eye. "An entire hour of listening to them beat him up. I listened to what they said. They didn't even have a reason to beat him up! It was just for being alive that they did this." Lenalee's breath caught.

He sniffed and choked out a chuckle. "I ended up whooping them all, anyway, no matter that he told me not to. That man, he insulted Allen, called him a sorry excuse of a person. What a hypocrite…" he muttered angrily. "He wouldn't wake up. I tried to wake him up, but he wouldn't. I carried him straight here." Tears welled up in his eye.

"This has happened before, I just know it. The way he acted about it, like it was all okay for him to be treated this way… it was really scary, Lena. More so than any akuma I've ever seen before."

Kanda 'che'd and stood. "If the brat doesn't want to stand up for himself, you shouldn't. It's his job, and he needs to do it himself. Otherwise he's no better than a sniveling child." He cast a sidelong look at Allen. 'But he could've died just now. I wonder what really made him put up with that.'

Lenalee sighed. "Okay, guys, I don't think it's right to just leave him like this. I'm going to stay with him until he gets better. You two go on ahead and take the Innocence with you."

Lavi shook his head. "No way am I leaving this little guy behind here. Plus, Komui'd kill me if I went back without you."

They looked at Kanda. "Che, I don't figure you two would do the job right, so I'll stay and make sure it gets done." Lavi cheered like a fangirl and jumped up, wrapping his arms around Kanda's neck.

"Yay, Yuu-Chan's gonna stay with us!" He froze as a cold blade was pressed to his throat.

"Don't call me that, baka usagi, unless you want to find your entrails removed and shoved up your ass!"

Lavi gulped and nodded, releasing the older.

"Wait! I left all his groceries at the market! Now what are we gonna eat!?" He looked pleadingly at Lenalee. "Do you think you could use your Dark Boots to fly back and grab them quick? It's a long way on foot…" He gave her the puppy dog eye.

"Ooohh, fine!" She growled. "Where did you leave them?"

"Yay! They were on the main street of the marketplace; you can't miss 'em! There's a ton of bags all around the entrance to an alley." His eye darkened. "That was where they beat up Allen."

Lenalee nodded, not liking the intensity Lavi had. "Alright, I'll be back in a jiffy!"

She jumped out the door and took to the skies, Dark Boots glowing in the darkening sky.

She bounced to and fro on the sound waves, making her way to the center of the market. When she got there, Lenalee slowed and stopped. She glanced around for a pile of bags. There!

She jogged over to the entrance of the alley, keeping her eyes down and away. She didn't want to see it. She grabbed a few of the bags on each arm and leaped back into the sky. She wondered why the items hadn't been stolen.

On her fourth trip, she only had three bags left to carry. She lifted them into her arms and steeled herself. She looked up at the alley.

There was blood everywhere. It was hard to believe any one person could have so much of the stuff in them. It was smeared on the bricks, near dried. She looked closer, forcing down her rising nausea. There were layers upon layers of dried blood; some there for a long time, some more recent.

'Lavi was right! This has been going on for a long time! Why doesn't Allen ever stop them?'

She picked her way around the puddles of blood, moving to the center of the mess. There were gouge marks in the dirt, like a blade had been plunged in. The soil that had been upturned was still fresh.

'They used knives on him!' She nearly dropped the groceries to cover her mouth. 'So this is why he figured we would hurt him! People must have gone out to his house before and tried to kill him in his sleep!' She couldn't understand why anyone would do such terrible things to such a young boy.

Lenalee hitched the bags higher up on her arms and leaped into the air. She went as fast as she could back to the house. She felt the tears well up in her eyes, and finally let them flow. She burst into the front of the house sobbing.

"Lenalee? What's wrong? Did something happen?" Lavi jumped to his feet and rushed to her side. She let the grocery bags fall to the floor and launched herself into his arms.

"What the hell, Lenalee! Tell me what happened!" Lavi shook her slightly in his arms. Even Kanda stood from his spot on the floor and came closer with a worried air.

"I-It was terrible! All the blood, a-and they used knives!" She buried her head deeper into Lavi's chest.

"What? Who used knives? Did someone hurt you?" She shook her head. Lenalee sniffed strongly and took a deep breath.

"N-no, those men that attacked Allen! I looked in the alley even though you told me not to, and there was just so much blood! Everything was covered in it… How could there be so much blood in such a small person?" Lavi closed his eye.

"Damn, I shouldn't have let you go. I'm sorry, Lena, that you had to see that."

"See what?" Kanda asked, interrupting them. "What the hell did you see to freak you out so badly?"

Lavi shook his head solemnly, and Kanda for once complied. He backed into the other room awkwardly, saying, "I'm gonna go make sure the Moyashi's still asleep."

When Kanda pulled the blanket back over the 'door' to the other room, Lavi pushed Lenalee off of his chest and looked her dead in the eyes. "Tell me exactly what you saw. Start at the beginning."

Lenalee wiped the last of the tears from her face as she finished telling Lavi what she had been privy to at the marketplace. His eye was wide with shock, and he fell heavily onto his butt on the floor. "Jeez. Knives. What the hell did this kid do to those guys?"

At that moment, Kanda poked his head back into their side of the hut. "I think I know the answer to that one." Lavi stared at Kanda, not quite comprehending what the taller teen was saying. "Che, usagi, I'm saying I know why those idiots in town beat up so much on Moyashi here."

Lavi jumped back to his feet. "Good! Maybe we can solve the problem!"

Kanda shook his head. "I don't think we can fix this one. No one could ever really make this go away." Lavi stepped back, suddenly fearful. He didn't know why, but he had a bad feeling about intruding like this. He took a deep breath and shoved the curtain aside.

AN: Okie dokie, please review with that lovely button down below! I'm sorry if some of them seemed a little OOC, but I didn't see much of the anime, just up till around ep. 50. Please be kind, and if you have any grammar fixes I would love to hear them!

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