Disclaimer: I don't own anything in -Man, It all belongs to Hoshino Katsura.

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The Circus, It was a place where families took their children for a family day out, and where it had performances that people of all ages could enjoy. The Clowns, the Trapeze artists, the fire eaters, they had it all. The death defying acts that attracted people in to see whether the skilled performers could actually pull it off, to see whether they would walk away alive or in a coffin.

The circus was a means for escape for some people; with nowhere to go and no one to turn to they go to the circus, for a bed, for food, and for money. Some people joined the circus merely because of their love for performing, whilst others were brought up under the shelter of the big top.

Yu Kanda however, was forced into it. He glared up at the large tent, telepathically cursing his so called "Foster Father" for sending him here because his brother, Noise Marie was currently here. Marie wasn't even blood related to him.

Froi Tiedoll, his "Foster Father" had adopted Noise Marie, Daisyia Barry and Himself from the Orphanage they all had lived in. He would always dote on them even though Kanda had made it clear that he disliked it and Tiedoll made it a routine to often called Kanda "Yu-Kun", a name that Kanda disliked with his whole body and soul.

Froi Tiedoll was an Artist, he loved to paint landscapes and buildings but he also loved to paint the circus. The movement of the performers, the grace, the style of it all. The variety of colours that came along with it, he loved it all. Which is why he made all three of his sons partake in lessons to help define their skills and able to get into a Circus so that he could one day paint his own sons in the grace and motion of a circus.

Marie, even though blind, was a very skilled Knife thrower, and his blindness made him seem more amazing at it, he had entered "The Black Order Circus" after Tiedoll met the Ringmaster, Cross Marian and had asked if Marie could join, which he did In the end.

Dasiyia was still practicing into becoming a juggler, and was practicing a certain skill called "The Rolling Globe" in which he balanced on top of a ball larger than himself, though he wasn't very good the last time Kanda saw him.

And finally, Kanda. He was a high wire act and quite the acrobatic. Tiedoll thought that it was finally time for Kanda to join Marie in the Circus much to Kanda's distaste. Kanda wanted to pursue something along the lines of sword fighting but Tiedoll insisted that Kanda did tight rope, which annoyed him greatly. He was still quite the skilled sword fighter and always had his trusty sword, 'Mugen' at hand.

And that's basically what led to Kanda standing in front of the Big Top of "The Black Order Circus" with a scowl planted on his face. Cautiously, he approached the tent's entrance; only to have a clown run from the entrance and in his direction, nearly knock him down in the process.

The clown stops his mad dash and gazed at Kanda, whose scowl only deepened as his mood worsened. The clown approached him, staring him up and down, which made Kanda want to shove Mugen down his throat. The clowns appearance was strange, though any clowns' appearance is strange this clown just looked even stranger than that. Dressed in the usual clownish garb and makeup, the strange part was that he was also wearing a beret and square glasses while having shoulder length hair that flicked out at the ends, to Kanda it made him look like a gay clown.

"I don't suppose your Yu Kanda?" The strange clown asked Kanda Curiously, interest flickering in his eyes as he gazed at him. Kanda glared at him, before looking off to the side with a "Tch. What's it to you?"

"Aha! We've been expecting you! Though we didn't think you would come this early, we weren't expecting you until noon." The clown said before ushering the Japanese male into the tent who snapped at the clown for touching him. The clown though, brushed it off easily. When the clown finally stopped pushing him, he glanced around the tent. It was large, as expected for any travelling circus troupe, though the only performers he could see at the moment were a group of more strange clowns and a male with fiery red hair.

The clown clapped his hands, gaining the attention of the present performers and shouting out "Gather round! Gather round!"

They all approached and stared at Kanda as though he was some foreign object.

"Is this the new guy, Komui?" The red haired male asked the clown, now identified as Komui.

"Yes it is! Let me introduce you all! Guys, this is Yu Kanda. Yu Kanda, these are Lavi' he said pointing at the fiery haired boy, 'Reever Wenham' he said pointing at the bored looking clown, 'Johnny Gill' he pointed at the small mousy looking clown, 'and that's Tapp Dopp' he finished, pointing at the chubbier clown.

Kanda glared at them, wanting to get the hell out of the circus right now and murder Tiedoll before hiding his remains and escaping to Japan. Though he knew none of this was going to happen.

"First, don't you dare call me 'Yu' if you want to live to see tomorrow. Second, don't talk to me as if you know me. And third, if you don't bother me, I don't bother you. Got it?" he said, venom laced in every word spoken, all the clowns shuddered and silently agreed to the terms, except for the flame haired young man who was smiling at Kanda with mischief in his eyes.

The Red-Head, Lavi, approached him and put his arm over Kanda's shoulder. "Hey, Yu-Chan, I think we're going to be good friends! So from today on we're best friends! Okay?" he said enthusiastically.

Kanda scowled and pushed the boy off before pointing Mugen at his throat. "Try that again if you don't value your life, Baka-Usagi." He hissed.

Lavi started sweating and fidgeting. "Yu-chan! No need to get so sensitive. Why do you have a sword anyway?". Kanda then proceeded to put his sword closer to his throat.

"Gah! Where's Allen when you need him!" Lavi cried out before jumping back and hiding behind Reever, who had switched from his bored casual look to one of panic as soon as Lavi his behind him. "Don't use me as a shield! You dumbass!" Reever shouted before sidestepping away from Lavi. Komui then cleared his throat to stop the mischief from carrying on.

"Since you two seem to be getting along' he said looking pointedly at Kanda and Lavi ' Why don't you show him around the circus, Lavi?" He said with a smile, before turning to his fellow clowns and announcing they had more practice to do, he turned back to Lavi and said "I leave him to you." To which Lavi saluted.

"Tch. I don't need anyone to show me around." Kanda muttered.

"Don't be a Grumpy pants! I'm going to show you where we sleep, where we eat, where we hang out and I'll introduce you to the other performers! Follow me." He said before confidently marching off. Kanda gazed after him, before slowly following the enthusiastic bunny.

"Tch."

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First -Man story.

What do you think?

I think it could be better.

Could be longer too....Oh well.

I've always loved the Circus and I've wanted to do a DGM fic of one for ages! I've been researching everything I could on Circus Performers and stuff like that so that the story seems a bit better because I know what I'm talking about.

Though, I'm very uncreative with titles.

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