Man! Chapter 3 is here! I'm probably going to have to change the title, but you know what, I like it. So how was you guyzes' Christmas ('Guyzes' is a Mainer word. Don't ask, you people from the South won't get it. ^_^) ? Mine was great! Wonderful, in fact! So to celebrate, enjoy a story about Halloween! Clap forthwith for Chapter 3 of 'The Halloween Treat'!

Disclaimer: D. Gray-Man is property of Katsura Hoshino and Funimation. This series is a parody and nothing more, so please support the official release. Got it? Damn well better.

October 31st, 12:36 p.m.

The Black Order

"Lenalee! Lenalee, speak to me! Lenalee!" Komui's sobs were as pathetic as a half-rotten doll in the middle of the street with the stuffing bleeding out onto the sidewalk. "Who did this to you? Who dared to hurt you in the midst of you living? Who did it? I will smite them with my own bare hands! Bwahahahahahaaa!"

There was a groan from everyone else in the room, including Lenalee. Lavi tried to keep in control of his impulses and to not say anything that dealt with what he and Kanda were going to do. He literally had to bite down on his tongue while Lenalee tried to explain what had happened. "Allen-kun and I were training, and I accidentally slipped and twisted my ankle in the midst of fighting. I guess I got a little careless." She noticed the glare that was coming out of her brother's eyes towards Allen and she immediately grabbed him by the shoulder. "Did you not hear me? I said I accidentally slipped and--"

"You!" Komui stood up quickly, yanking free from Lenalee's grasp and grabbing Allen by the collar. Lavi sweat-dropped. "You! You dare to hurt my precious Lenalee! She's worth more than you'll ever be, you villainous cur!" He pulled out a strange-looking remote, one that none of them had ever seen before, and pressed the yellow button on the top of it. "You will pay for your sins! Bwahahahahahaaaaa!"

A large rumbling noise seemed to come from below the floor of where they were standing as Lenalee, Lavi and Allen realized what must have been going on. A robot, no doubt, and it was possibly Sir Komulen… the whatever number it was. Allen suddenly felt terrified as the scientist let go of him, a creepy grin overcoming the man's expression. Lenalee groaned and looked towards Lavi, who put his hands up in defense and sighed. He knew he was the reason for this mess. Quickly, he pulled out the hammer he had always trusted and activated it. Allen felt relief as he noticed that, but Komui did as well, and he was not going to let Lavi get his way.

"Big Hammer, Little Hammer!" he yelled, about to bring it down on Komui, "Grow, Grow, Gr--!"

Komui threw an apple pie at his face, causing him to rear back and fall flat on his back. It burned his skin as Allen gasped loudly, but had no time to try to help him as a robot poked its head in the door. It was a giant scarecrow rabbit with an axe in one hand and a drill in the other. It grinned creepily as it came towards Allen, making sounds one would hear from a ghost. Lenalee blinked once as Allen turned and began running for it. Komui followed the robot and Allen out of the room to see what would happen. Lenalee groaned. He probably forgot for what reason he was attacking Allen for… She glanced at Lavi, who was having difficulty taking off the apple pie off of his face, and walked over to him.

"Well, the plan worked," she said, taking a towel and helping him clean off his face, "but at Allen's expense. Jeez, he got your face good-- It looks all red…"

Lavi sighed. "Well, sorry 'bout that, but we did get him distracted… Thank you, Lenalee. I'll make it up to you one of these days, I promise."

She just smiled sweetly at him as she cleaned the rest of his face and nodded. "There! You look better, but…" She rested the back of her hand up against his forehead and frowned for a split second before a look of concern crossed her face. "Lavi… You really shouldn't push yourself so much. You are almost worse than me. Promise me you'll take it easy after whatever you and Kanda are planning to do, okay?"

Part of him wanted to say yes, but the other part knew better. He was not going to take it easy, not on Halloween. But he nodded anyways, though he knew she could tell he was lying. She just sighed, then rose her head at the sound of an explosion and a loud maniacal laughter. Her Dark Boots activated as she grinned at Lavi. "Good luck with the plan that you two are doing!" she said, then ran out of the room to where Komui was.

"Thanks!" he called back, and she was gone. He stood up wearily, deactivating his prized hammer and putting it back in his pocket. He needed to find Kanda, fast. He listened for a moment longer, confirming that Komui was distracted, and headed out of the room towards the room that would have otherwise been forbidden to enter. He opened it to see Kanda sitting there on the bed, waiting patiently. Lavi grinned at him sheepishly. 'By that strange look of confidence, I'm guessing that Yuu-chan succeeded…'

He closed the door behind him and sat on the floor near him, sighing. Kanda stared at him for a moment, reaching for his hair and pulling out a bit of crust that was left from the pie that Komui had thrown at him. "Che. What the hell is this?"

"Pie," Lavi cheerfully said, grin wide. "I ran into a little trouble. Y'see, I didn't want poor Allen to get blamed for Lenalee getting hurt, but it turned out that way anyways… So I tried to defend him, and Komui threw an apple pie at my face. I swear, that guy gets crazier with each passing second." He looked up at Kanda and noticed the scowl on the man's face. "Oh, don't worry, Yuu-chan-- It wasn't that bad. How was getting all of the coffee?"

"Easy. Che."

"Go figure. Yuu-chan can do anything with ease…" Lavi pouted, questioning inside his head why Kanda wasn't threatening to dice him in two if he dared to call him 'Yuu-chan' again. "So… Now what? Do we storm Komui's room and head through the secret room I was talking about or…" He rose an eyebrow as Kanda took another piece of crust out of Lavi's hair. "Yuu-chan, you're acting strange."

"I blame the holiday."

"How mature, blaming Halloween for all of your problems!" he grinned at him, combing his own fingers through his hair and shaking his head from side to side. "Or are you still sore how I got you good last year? You shoulda seen the look on your face, Yuu-chan! It was just priceless!"

Kanda twitched, but otherwise didn't respond to that. "Are you ready to go?"

The familiar grin was the redhead's answer as Kanda just nodded and lead the way out of his room. They were going to this well, whether the science department liked it or not.

October 31st, 1:02 p.m.

The Black Order

Reever groaned. He was dead-tired of signing paperwork. A lot of his other companions were out putting up decorations, and he was stuck with all of the work that Komui should have been doing. He sighed, then was about to take another stack to the officer's room when two familiar faces entered the room. "Heya, Reever! Do you want any help?"

"Wha-- You two are offering to help?" Reever nearly gawked at the thought, but then grinned slyly as he held up the two stacks of papers that he was about to deliver himself. "If you wouldn't mind helping out, then how 'bout putting these on Komui's desk? They all need to be signed. Thank you guys, it really means a lot." He handed a stack to the two exorcists and waved. "If you happen to see Chief Komui, tell him to stop stalling and start signing them, 'kay?"

"Okay!" the redhead grinned widely as he and Kanda exited the room and headed towards the infamous Komui Lee room. Kanda groaned as they walked down the hallway as Lavi was practically skipping. "So far, so good, ah, Yuu-chan? It's going pretty well. I myself am pretty confident right now, especially since Komui is either still fighting Allen or is knocked-out."

"Che. I have a bad feeling this is going too well…"

"Oh, lighten up, Yuu!"

"How many times do I need to tell you to stop calling me that?"

"You don't seem as threatening as usual."

"Che."

They proceeded in silence to the office where Komui's hazard of a room was. Lavi was biting down on his tongue, but for a different reason. A cough was building in his throat. He knew Lenalee would get mad if he started to get even more sick, but he wasn't so sure about Kanda. Kanda never cared about him before, but today, for whatever reason, he was acting rather… nice. The thought stuck out like a sore thumb as they reached the room. No one was there. Lavi grinned and placed the stack on the table before searching through the bookcases.

'How does the idiot--'

"Yuu, can you turn around real quick? I need to do something and I don't want you to see what," Lavi interrupted his thoughts as he faced the many bookcases that stood before him. Kanda rose an eyebrow before the expression folded into a foul look, but he sighed and nodded. Lavi frowned, taking off the eye patch temporarily. 'If I'm correct, then it's… Ah! Gotcha!'

He pulled on the book that seemed to practically glow in his eyes and grabbed it, revealing the secret pathway into the top-secret, Komulen-producing lab. Kanda blinked and turned around as Lavi put his eye patch back on and grinned at him. "Dah-dah, round of applause, please!" he practically skipped and swallowed down the cough that wanted to come out. "Now all we gotta do is be really careful, 'cause this place is riddled with traps and only Komui knows how to get past them."

It was small and dark, lit by candles that hung on the walls. It looked more like a dungeon than a lab to Kanda, but this was Komui and it was Halloween… Lavi lead the way while Kanda checked one last time to see if anyone was coming. Not a soul. He nodded at the redhead as he looked up and found the rod to close the door and did so. It closed fast. The two walked in silence as Lavi tapped a hand on the wall occasionally.

"Wha are you--"

"Ssh. Quiet, if it hears you, it will send the traps at you," Lavi whispered. "There are voice recognizers embedded in the walls here-- I've been turning them off and stopping alarms from activating."

'This idiot…' Kanda thought as he felt his foot suddenly sink down. Something quiet whisked by his head as Lavi turned to see what was going on. A needle hit him in the neck. "Geh!" he yelped in a harsh whisper. "Yuu-chan, what'd you step on?! Be careful, will you-- Whoa." He leaned up against the opposite wall, legs suddenly becoming wobbly. "Whoa… I feel… weird… tired… Crap, that was a dart. We've gotta get a move on before I pass out."

Kanda's eyes widened as Lavi wobbled forward, his eyes sinking in defeat. 'I've gotta stay awake… Wait…' He forced his eyes open as a horrible feeling washed over him. 'Oh, God, I'm gonna start coughing again. That wasn't a normal sleep dart, that was a sickness dart… I can't cough.' He felt the wall and switched off yet another alarm. 'I can't. Not when we got this far… Ooh…' He turned towards Kanda and whispered, "We've got about twenty more yards before we reach the door. It's the most trapped area there is--" He stopped, then covered his mouth and started to cough quietly.

Something sounded quietly. Another clicking.

'Crap.'

He knocked Kanda out of the way as several more darts came flying towards them, but couldn't save himself as his leg was nailed with two more. Kanda glared at him. "If you were going to get sick, why didn't you tell-- Lavi?"

"Unnghhh… I…" Lavi didn't move off of him. His head was buried in Kanda's chest, his breathing harsh and rampant. "My fever… It's too high for an average person to stay conscious at… Komui updated the traps…"

"Lavi--!"

"We're… so close, Yuu-chan," he whispered, lifting his head up enough to be eye-to-eye with the Japanese man. "I wanna… do this. I'm not going to let a little fever get in my way. So… please?" His eyes were pleading-- It was the only thing he knew he could do that could have possibly worked against Kanda. "We're not that far… I might still… be able to walk."

Kanda swallowed thickly. Lavi was trying too hard. "Che. Get up."

He did, sliding off of the man and lying still on the floor, breathing harshly still. Kanda frowned, then picked him up and started walking. Lavi didn't say a word as the door became within sight in the darkness and reached out to open it when Lavi stopped him, swatting his hand away. Kanda glared at him as Lavi just grinned weakly and whispered, "Voice-recognition lock… Let me." He coughed a few times, and, in Komui's tone of voice, said, "It is I, Komui Lee, the genius! You may allow me in, now! Hahahahahaaaa!"

"Welcome, Komui Lee."

The door opened widely as Lavi sighed in relief, his head resting on the older man's chest still as Kanda walked in. He was still in slight shock that Lavi was able to do that. He noticed a lot of mechanical parts that seemed to be useful and lots of papers. Lavi sighed and gasped repeatedly before speaking. "The one we want… Is the one-- ugh! --that's on the lower left shelf… It's where he stores… the most recent design idea… an' he gets the latest parts… for the latest design…"

It was breathy and shallow, but Kanda could understand him enough. He shifted a glance to the desk that was cluttered with ink stains and pens, along with papers and bolts. He put Lavi down in the chair that was there and opened the shelf to find the blue print of the latest robot design. It seemed complicated in his eyes, but he took it anyways and put it on the table. Lavi swiped it up and looked at it, reading it quickly, then glanced at the parts. He nodded. "Yeah, I can try an' build this… It should be… fairly easy… Just get the parts I say to get and attach them the way I say, okay? I would… do it my… self… but I don't think moving is in the options right now… Gimme a pen."

Reluctantly, he handed Lavi a pen, and immediately the apprentice Bookman began to cross-out and scribble some new notes on the piece of paper. Kanda pulled up another chair and sat down beside him, reading the modifications and noticing how messed-up his handwriting was, but said nothing. "There," he said, clicking the pen down onto the wood and resting his head on the surface of the table. "Now… Are you ready to help me…? If we do this right, we… can get this done in a matter of three… hours."

'Che. He doesn't look good at all…' Kanda hesitated, then nodded slowly.

"Right… Then let's get started."

October 31st, 3:56 p.m.

The Black Order

The preparations were all done. Lenalee sighed in relief as her brother was still knocked-out from being kicked in the head. They had to cover the holes produced by the robot with tapestries that seemed creepy enough to be Halloween-ish. She nodded to herself as she noticed Allen heading towards her, back in costume, with a confused look on his face. She smiled at him as he came closer, looking around as if something were missing. "Hey, Lenalee-san," he said, bringing down the bandana that covered his mouth. "I went to see Jerry and get coffee for your brother, but apparently, there isn't any. And have you seen Lavi and Kanda? No one's seen them for almost several hours now… Reever said they went to deliver papers, and afterwards, they never came back."

"Really? Huh." Lenalee lit another candle and put it into the carved pumpkin that was grinning eerily at both of them. "I don't know where they could have gone, Allen-kun. I wish I were of more help…"

"No, it's alright," Allen said, waving his hands as if it weren't that big of a deal. "I was just wondering, that's all. It's kind of strange to not hear Lavi's voice from around the corner or even Kanda 'che'-ing or whatever it is…" He rose an eyebrow when Lenalee started giggling. He blinked once, then turned around to see Krory with his Innocence activated and having blood coming from the corner of his mouth. He did an incredible growl and his costume was fit well for a vampire.

"WAAAAAAH!!" Allen jumped several inches off the ground, the hairs on the back of his neck rising. He skidded across the floor and into the opposite wall, hands up in a defensive position before realizing who it was. "K-Krory!"

"Sorry, Allen, did I scare you that bad?" Krory deactivated his Innocence and smiled nervously at him. "I was just hoping to jump you. My apologies."

"N-No, you honestly had me scared, but not too badly!" Allen stood up shakily and tried to give him a reassuring smile. "That was really good of you, Krory! Oh! Have you seen either Lavi or Kanda? I've been looking all over for them."

He shook his head. "I'm afraid I haven't. I'm terribly sorry, Allen."

"Huh. So no one has seen them?" The British exorcist rose an eyebrow and sighed. "Well, okay… I'll tell Reever that. Oh! The Halloween dinner Jerry is making should be ready in maybe two hours, by the way. See you later!"

"See you later, Allen-kun!" Lenalee waved back as Allen headed back towards where Reever was. She sighed. Just what were those two up to?

She had a feeling she would find out soon enough.

Well! Chapter 3, done! So! Did you like it? Hate it? Love it? Destroy it? Hit me with a review, por favor! By the by, it's almost 2010. Can you believe it? Not me. XD See you in Chapter 3, yatta! --K.S.