Normal POV
After the three excorsists ate and packed, they headed to the Ark for the mission. Of course, with Link watching the cursed boy, Allen and Kanda bickering, Lavi cutting in on parts just to get threatened by the pissed samurai and soon-to-be-Noah to have his hair cut off or him being shred into tiny pieces, you can say that things are going pretty well.
They made it to Japan and started to head for Kyoto where the Innocence could be hiding.
As they were nearing the woods, a woman in her middle thirties with light brown hair carrying a child of 5 years with dark blue hair, called out to them.
"Stop! Don't go in there!" she yelled.
The four Excorsists did as was told and turned around to face the woman.
She walked up to the four of them with a troubled look. The girl, eyes closed and mouth shut, faced them as well with a blank look.
Lavi had hearts in his eyes and said his usual line 'STRIKE!' until he saw the little girl. He quirked an eyebrow at the seemingly blind child.
Kanda just plainly crossed his arms with a frown marring his face.
Link stayed neutral.
Allen looked confused and asked the obvious question.
"Why?"
The woman's hold on the girl tightened and she became saddened.
"Because... I know something that has happened every since the family that disappeared into those woods, others does not. But you will have to come with me to my home and I will tell you there," the woman explained.
Allen and Lavi looked at each other and shrugged. Kanda sighed and followed the rest to a small house while taking a few glances at the girl she carries.
The house they came to was partly surrounded by trees and bushes. The front yard had many colored flowers on eigther side of the short, white-trailed walkway. The house is two stories painted white with vines growing up on one side of it. It has many windows, but as the Excorsists ventured closer, they noticed that all the windows were covered by curtains.
Allen looked up at one window and saw midnight blue eyes stare at him before disappearing behind the white curtain.
'What's's up with this house? Are there ghosts or something?' he thought to himself.
The woman they've come to know as Aiyame, opened the door with a sigh. She knew it was the children. They've done it before, so she thinks that it's their type of greeting.
Once inside the house, all doors were closed, save for the one in the far back that they are headed to.
"Hey, Lavi. Don't you find it to be strange that there seems to be no one living here?" Allen whispered to the said red-head.
"Yeah, but I know that there's someone else living in here as well. I saw a certain being closed from outside and I heard a door close when we were comin' in. It looks ta' me that whoever this is doesn't trust us," Lavi whispered back. But unknown to them, Aiyame heard them and smiled a bit as they sat down in well-furnished, wooden chairs.
She looked at them with fond eyes, letting the blue-haired girl, that hasn't given her name, down.
Said blue-haired girl swiftly walked out of the room blindly without hitting anything. Much to their surprise.
"The reason why the curtains and doors are closed is only because the kids has a way of playing pranks on visitors they don't know. But the pranks were never as bad as getting hit with a door through the halls. So please be careful," Aiyame laughed lightly with a small blush.
When the short laugh stopped, everyone heard an instant snap coming from the upper floor. Kanda looked up at the darkened pale blue ceiling, and before he could move out of the way, a wet, sticky substance poured down unto him.
The other four occupants stared in shock and fear by the murderous aura that emitted from the Mugen wielder.
"K-K-Kanda?" Allen studdered while backing away from the said man.
Suddenly, they can hear little fits of laughter and scurrying about. Aiyame quickly shot out of her chair, rushing to the door.
"I'm so sorry, Kanda-san! I'll go get a bath ready for you. I never expected for them to do something like this!" she ran out of the door in panic, starting to look for the kids.
The un-named girl walked back in, surprising the four by walking up to Allen and tugging on the hem of his jacket. She raised her arms in a gesture to pick her up.
Allen looked at her for a second before picking up the girl.
'Ya know. She kinda reminds me of Kanda. Just in a smaller form and different hair-style,' Allen thought as he hoisted her on his hips.
She held out a hand to Kanda who grabbed it and looked at her questionably. She showed a small smile and quickly kissed the two unexpected excorsists on their cheeks. She wriggles out of Allen's hold and stood holding his hand.
Kanda and Allen looked at each other in stunned silence as was Lavi. They looked at the slightly Kanda-look-alike, but all she did was drag Allen out of the room. But before they left, she turned to Kanda and stuck out her tongue.
"You taste like chocolate," she stated in a quiet voice. Then dragged the white-haired teen down the hall. Link sighed but didn't follow.
Lavi looked at Kanda with mischeif twinkling in his eyes.
"Looks like this mission is going to be fun!" he exclaimed.
