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WHO: Ami Mizuno & Yu Kanda
LOCATION: Agrabah
TIME: Afternoon
WHAT: Kanda heard Ami was back from who knows where and he's going to see her for himself.
RATING: PG-13, Kanda's mouth

Not too long ago Kanda would have considered their time in Star Kingdom a slight blessing but it hadn't taken much time for things to get serious again. They were growing bonds with people, people were growing bonds with them, and things from the past were certainly starting to haunt them. It wasn't like Kanda to hesitate in disregarding people or memories but there were always those few that had done enough of something to make them annoyingly hard to forget.

Ami was now one of these individuals. He didn't feel anything for her, she was just a face with a name and not just someone off the street. She had just been there a little too much for Kanda to be able to forget now. A decent amount of memories now featured her face and it was annoying. When she had gone missing, of course he was worried. There were too many people he felt responsible for missing here and now this new girl? It didn't help that he didn't know much about her to begin with so he was going to make it a point of lecturing her about being an idiot and running off without telling anyone where she had gone.

It was this sort of mentality that had him at the door to Ami's home. He hadn't knocked yet because despite how he felt he didn't know how to tell her anything. She was just another civilian in the end of the day, just another face, but still. Here he was. He lifted his hand and knocked sharply.

He would just see her face and leave. He was supposed to be working anyway.

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At her last question, Kanda turned around and scrutinized her with a look. He was angry at her for many reasons. Even if she wasn't the same, it wouldn't hurt to let some steam off on her. She sure was asking for it.

"I was going to lecture you about running off without telling anyone. You got your friends worried and had me looking around for you like some idiot."

And he admitted he had been trying to find her, there was no harm in that. If she asked for details he'd only say it was his job and nothing related to some personal motive.

"I don't need to do that anymore so I'm just going to leave you alone."

"Is that what we would have wanted?" Ami realized that she had spoken before thinking the question through, but on second thought, it had made sense. "I mean, the way things were before I--"

Had she wandered off? That just didn't seem like her. She looked down in thought. "I...I can't say for sure if I ran off or not, as I don't remember anything that happened before my...return here, if that's what it is." It all seemed so strange, but what choice did she have than to believe the words of the friends and strangers around her? Especially when they all seemed to share the same story. It just...without solid evidence, it didn't sit right with her. "But if I promise never to do it again, will you--" She looked up to him, a pleading look crossing her face.

She needed to know more. And clearly, her understanding wouldn't be complete without this person's input. "--will you please tell me what happened?"

Considering Kanda was the last person she had spoken previously, he had known what had been eating her. He really didn't want to get into the details but, considering Ami had so easily forgotten just how dangerous the darkness and it's influence could be, he turned back and walked over to her. He didn't hesitate, she was doing the same thing Lenalee always did: blaming herself and getting depressed over it. He wouldn't have touched her before but unfortunately for Ami, she was now part of those people he didn't care for personal space.

"Don't give me that look." He moved a hand and lifted her chin. "I was actually the last one to talk with you. You were upset and instead of talking to people or 'bothering' them like you so plainly put it, you hid in some alley and cried." Looking back on the affair, he was actually grateful he had found her. What if she hadn't come back?

"The darkness influences people sometimes and makes them upset. Distressed. You were in a really bad place and I helped you. I got... worried when you disappeared suddenly. That's why I was going to lecture you. But if you don't remember anything then there's no point in bringing back those memories. It wasn't your fault, stop being so depressing."

Perhaps Kanda wasn't one for personal space, but as far as Ami was concerned, Kanda was still a stranger. A very handsome stranger, yes, but that only made matters worse. She felt a blush creep up her neck and begin to pool in her cheeks and her ears.

"Th--thank you." She cast her eyes to a corner on the floor, pressing her lips together as she drew them into a thin frown. "For...talking with me back then. For seeking me out. I'm certain I must have appreciated it."

It felt wrong. She was talking about herself as though she were an entirely different person. It was as though she was answering for a life that was never hers.

...she suddenly wondered if this was how Usagi felt, when faced with the trials of the Moon Princess...

Shoving that thought aside, she looked back to Kanda, weakly smiling back at him in spite of his semi-permanent scowl. "And for now. I'm glad to see that I have friends here outside of--" The senshi. She stopped herself for a moment. Just because he seemed to be close doesn't mean that he knew anything about the girls' alternate identities. "--outside of my friends from home."

Kanda had never seen Ami blush. Sure, she would get red-faced when she did something stupid and he would correct her. It was normal. But this? It made red settle on his cheeks. He felt like he did something wrong. The exorcist took a few steps back. She wasn't going to cry, was he? He didn't want her crying again.

"Don't let it get to your head. And don't go telling Rei and Hotaru that I agreed to this either."He had a reputation to keep. He knew he couldn't make Hotaru not like him now but he could still do it with Rei. There was still hope!

Ami tucked her chin down a bit, the feeling of Kanda's fingers still fresh beneath it, but she wasn't about to touch it and try to bring feeling back into the spot that had gone numb.

...but at least she could attempt to will that blush away. It was certainly uncalled for.

"I won't tell them anything." She didn't even realize that Kanda knew them, though, suppose it made sense. "Do you know Usagi-chan and Minako-chan, as well?"

"You mean the blond girl with the weird hair and that other louder blond? Yeah. They're annoying too."

Really, it was impossible to hear Kanda give a compliment so of course he wasn't going to do it now. Regardless, he had his own way of showing his appreciation.

"I know them. Unfortunately. It was Minako who told me you were missing."

Annoying?! Ami felt her cheeks flush indignantly at Kanda's rather blunt assessment of her friends. "And Michiru-san? Do you know her as well?"

Surely he wouldn't have something unflattering to say about Michiru of all people. She was the epitome of grace!

"Don't think I've met her."

If he had, he probably would have been okay with her. Then again, that's just an assumption. He's never okay with anyone. He's such a strange angry guy.

Ami blinked in surprise. "Then I suppose Michiru-san arrived her just shortly before I did." Her eyes lowered in thought. Maybe in time she'd get a better grasp of the pattern in which others arrived here...maybe there was some reason behind it?

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