Memory's Tsubasa

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Chapter nine: The feather of Hatred?

Kanda watched as the finder patched up Allen. They returned to the inn without being noticed. Kanda had to carry him back on his back and his exorcist coat was covered in the Allen's blood. He had still had it on and when he placed the boy onto the bed, he pulled a chair to the wall on the other side of the bed. The finder got out the supplies and started to work on Allen, leading to the now scowling Kanda. He was agitated that the Akuma got away. And he was confused what the emotion he felt when he was staring at Allen when he was on the ground, staring at him with glazed over eyes. They both were silent until the finder finished. The finder washed his hands in a bowl and while drying them, turned to Kanda.

"I think we should take him back to the order Kanda-san…" Kanda heard the grave tone in his voice.

"Is his condition that bad?" The finder let out a sigh and tossed the towel on the table the bowl was on.

"I'm afraid so. It'll take a bit to take him back, so I will probably have to take him back myself to cut the time." Kanda wanted nothing more than the hunt down the Akuma and kill it, but it was probably long gone by now. He thought about tracking it, but then he thought of something else. It targeted Allen before, maybe it will again. After all, it seemed that the white haired exorcist was a magnet for Akuma. There really was no reason for him to stay in Kenya. There wasn't any sign of innocence and it seemed that the Akuma was only here just to level up.

"Get his things, I'll call Komui." He got his black golem and turned it on. It kept flying around his head and annoyed him so he turned it off. He walks out of the room and goes to a phone. He plugs the golem in and calls the order. The golem opens it mouth and a screen like thing appears with Komui in it.

"Komui here~"

"Komui we…" Kanda was cut off.

"Kanda! Glad to hear from you. How is the mission going?~" Komui smiles. Kanda felt himself twitch in annoyance from being interrupted.

"We have a problem." Komui's eyebrows furrow and he frowns as he looks Kanda over noticing the condition that his coat was in. It was obvious that he didn't want to ask, but he had to.

"What happened?" Kanda told him and he frowned even more. "I want you to bring Allen back immediately. Crowley has finished his mission not too long ago and can take things over at that location. The Akuma might come and attack Allen while he is being brought back cause of his weakened state and I want you to protect HIM as well as the innocence." Kanda nodded. "Alright I'll see you when you guys get back." Komui hung up.

Kanda unplug the golem from the phone and walks back to the room. He opens the door and the finder looks up at him as he shut Allen's suitcase.

"We're leaving." The finder nodded and picked up Allen's suitcase.

After a day's travel they were back in the country where their headquarters was at. They decided to board a train for the rest of the trip and they were able to get the injured exorcist onto the train without anyone noticing. As the train went the finder sat outside the car. Kanda was sitting across from Allen, his hand never straying too far from Mugen. They were about halfway back to the order and there wasn't any sign of an Akuma. Kanda couldn't decide if he was happy or disappointed about it. The door suddenly opens and Yen walks in, shutting the door behind him. He walks over to Allen and reaches up. When he brings his arms back down he was holding onto a box.

"I need to change Allen-san's bandages." He told the dark haired exorcist as he glanced at him. Kanda gave him a 'who is stopping you' look and looks out the window. Kanda ignores the sounds of the finder as he watched the scenery go by. They were currently passing through the countryside. Every now and then he would see a farm and little forests. He suppressed the need to yawn. He has been up for almost three days straight and can slowly feel the fatigue get to him. With an Exorcist out and a useless finder, he had to be ready at all times just in case they were attacked. He looks back to the finder who is working on Allen's normal hand. His shirt was off and he let a very tiny wince when he saw Allen's torso. When he watched the finder change the bandages yesterday and saw holes in his torso. Kanda knew he was lucky to be alive right now.

"So far nothing is infected, but there is still a chance that it could happen." He heard the finder say. Kanda "tched" and looked back out the window. The sun was going down, showing that another day was about to end. His thoughts wandered back to Kenya and he felt a light tug in his chest. Kanda let out an annoyed sigh and ignored it.

He let his mind wander to the feathers that they so far have collected. The first was green, where he got normal day to day memories. Next was Yellow, happy memories...well what little he had. The last one though...he couldn't figure out. It was fully black, but when he thought back it also had a tint of red on it. He also knew he felt hatred along with... a slight fear? What he couldn't figure out was that even though the feather came out of the white haired boy, he knew that the emotions were geared at him, but at something else. If the emotions weren't aimed at him, then why did it come out of him in the first place? Kanda held in a sigh. Some days he wished that the Akuma and the Earl would just suddenly die so that he wouldn't have to deal with all this.

His thoughts drifted back to the feathers and he wondered how many were left. He knew that he had most of his memories back, but there were still some missing. Kanda heard shuffling as the finder put the medical kit back in the spot he took it from.

"He started to heal, but there isn't much improvement. It's obvious that wound is going to scar." he heard the finder say. Kanda looked over to him and the unconscious exorcist. He was pale as a sheet and he had the expression of pain on his face. There was another tug from the back of his mind. He felt his eyebrow twitch in annoyance. He keeps feeling that tug ever since they went to Kenya and it was aggravating him. The only explanation for it is that it's a missing memory that he is trying to remember, but can't for obvious reasons. Why would it happen every time he looked at Allen? After all he already got the feather from him. He never saw a feather like that before. He suppressed a shiver. Though he won't admit it out loud, he was kinda worried about it.

The rest of the trip went uneventful and soon the arrived back at headquarters. Allen was carted off to the infirmary with a worried Lenalee in tow. Kanda was on his was to Kamui's office to report when he ran into said man, quite literally. He didn't realize he was deep in thought when he felt the impact of running into him and he reached out to steady the both of them to prevent from falling. Kamui fixed his glasses and looked at Kanda with a contemplating look.

"How uncharacteristic of you to walk that halls deep in thought." Kanda went to roll his eyes, but froze. As much as he hated to admit it (and he never will out loud), Kamui was right. Not that he thought about it has been doing a lot of uncharacteristic things since the start of this whole feather thing. Even as he was getting his memories back he was showing more or almost showing more emotions then he let himself do in the past.

'Stupid Akuma messing everything up,' he thought with a sneer.

Kanda continued to walk towards Kamui's office with the man following beside him, ignoring his statement.

"You know Kanda, it's not that bad." Kanda lifted an eyebrow. "Showing emotions I mean, other then your famous temper that is. You would get along with others better when you show emotions other than that anger of yous."

"Who said I wanted to get along with others?" came a emotionless reply.

They arrived at Kamui's office and entered, closing the door behind him. "In a way you did." Kamui sat in his chair. "People are starting to see you in a new light with this whole feather situation. The feathers prove that you have other emotions other than anger and being basically like a samurai robot. I also noticed that you were being a snarky as you usually are with the other when you arrived."

Kanda sat down on the couch while Kamui was talking and he resisted tapping his foot in annoyance. Looks like he was going to have to train himself all over again.

"I hate to burst your bubble, but I don't want to get along with others in anyway in shape or form. Especially since I got another feather."

Kamui sat up and rested his head on his hands looking interested. "Another feather? What color was it?"

Kanda hesitated before saying, "Pure black with red tint."

There was a moment of silence. "I have a feeling I know the answer to this question, but what memories did you get back?"

"Memories of hatred and bloodshed." Kamui suppressed a shiver. "It came from Allen, which has me slight worried."

Kamui rose an eyebrow when he heard Kanda say Allen's actual name. From the looks of it, Kanda hasn't realized it himself that he was using it or just admitted that he was worried. Maybe if he pushed a little bit and played his cards right.

"Hmm, that is a bit troubling. A black feather stained in red of memories of hatred and blood."

"What I don't get is the location that the feather came from. While I was angry at the time, it wasn't directed at Allen, but it still came from him, which is why it doesn't make sense to me."

Kanda pauses. Realizing that he was answering Kamui's questions. He suddenly felt the urger to bang his head on something. The wall looked very inviting.

"Here is my theory." He heard Kamui start to say and snapped him out of his thoughts. "I think that the reason the feather came from Allen was the fact of what condition he was in." He looked Kanda in the eyes. "It could have been that the emotions was triggered when you saw his state and that the feather appeared because the emotions were strong enough to make it appear. What if the feather came not mostly because of the anger that you felt, but the horror of seeing someone in such a bad state that you hated yourself for not being able to prevent it hence the black in the feather?"

Silence greeted the room as Kamui stopped speaking. After a few minutes Kamui sighed. "I think you need the time to think things over. You can come and see me after wards to report." Kanda for once didn't argue. He stood knowing that Kamui was right about him having to think things through. He left the room when he was dismissed.

Kanda found himself sitting on his windowsill in his room. He had opened the window to let in some fresh air in hopes that it could clear his head a little. He watched the moon rise and his thoughts went back to Allen. Was what Kamui said true? Was he actually upset that he couldn't help avoid Allen's current condition. Kanda abruptly stood up and left his room.

The halls were deserted and he didn't run into anyone as he went to his destination. He came upon a white door that was closed. He hesitated before opening it and stepping in. He shut the door with a soft click behind him and walked further into the room. The moonlight shined in through an open window, scarcely lighting the room. The room was full of neat made beds. Each with their own dividers. All of them were empty until he came upon an occupied one. Under the blankets was a still very pale Allen Walker. He walked to the bedside and pulled up a chair. He sat it in. When he looked at him he felt another tug in the back of his mind.

Why was it that he is feeling the pull? He know that he despises the white hair exorcist, so why is he compelled to be near him? What is the memory his mind is so desperate to try to have him remember to no avail?

And that is it for Chapter 9 of Memory's Tsubasa. I think this chapter was kinda forced and hopefully it meets to your approval. Also I don't really like to be called lazy . I do have a life outside the internet that I have to live and as much as would like to have my life revolve around writing, I can't. To the others, thank you very much for the reviews~ ^-^