Halim jumped to where Tiffany and Brandon was, "Innocence fragment." She held the piece up. "There are three more somewhere here." Halim darted her head toward the Order's direction. "Company..."

~

Kanda met up with Kilan and they were talking quietly. Kanda nodded, and jumped off into the direction Kilan pointed to. Kilan jumped down in front of Aki and Allen. "I can't fight very well in the condition I'm in, so I'll be useless in this fight unless there is a source. If there isn't, well, I'm screwed." Kilan looked at the direction and sighed, "I know it's them. Halim, Tiffany, and Brandon. Brandon's probably gained a sixth sense now."

Kilan woke up early and noticed that Aki was gone. She smiled, "He going to have problems with his legs...I told him...oh well..." She showered, dressed and gathered her things, leaving her room. Kanda waited for Kilan, "What's this I hear about Brandon?" Kilan told him on what was going on, meeting with Brandon and two other in Paris. Halim and Tiffany. Kanda pondered, "I see...well, let's go talk to the Bean Sprouts." Kilan smiled, "Yes sir." They met up with Allen and Aki. "I'm guessing you told Bean Sprout?" Kanda asked Aki.

Kilan felt something a little strange. "Something doesn't feel right." Kanda looked at Kilan, "Let's check it out then. It could be Akuma." Kilan nodded. "I'll meet you at the gate." Kanda nodded, Kilan leaving without another word said. She headed to the main gate, jumping on top of it. "I smell blood again...this time a lot more of it...could it be them again?" She gripped her katana, "I can't use it...not being in this condition..."

~

Halim slashed and killed. Her power growing, she noticed a glowing fragment in the ground. She grinned, "Innocence...fragmented...three more to find."

Kilan smiled, "Suit yourself, but first stay on my bed. I'll put something down on the ground for you to lay on." She opened her nearly empty closet and took out a bedspread, laying it down on the cold floor. "There. Here's something to lay on and to cover yourself with. This room gets cold." Much to his protest, she scooped him up and laid him on the bedspread on the floor. "I think Komui said that your legs will feel numb until about noonish." She walked to her closet, using the door as a sheild to cover her. She changed her clothes to her night clothes. It was just normal silk pajamas. A lavander color. She braided her midnight colored hair and turned the lights off, easily stepping over Aki. "Good night."

She nestled in her bed and soundly fell asleep.

Kilan nodded, "He has the ability to remember and coax. He was once apart of this Order."

Lenalee knocked on the door and Kilan opened it. "They disappeared and I've called Kanda and Allen back to the Order once they have completed their mission."

Kilan nodded, "All right. The more people the better. Lavi-san could be helpful too."

Lenalee nodded, "Good idea. Well, get some rest, both of you. You'll need it." She smiled and closed the door.

Kilan sighed, "Looks like we have a long day tomorrow."

Kilan laughed, "I agree. I'd rather fight and get hurt than have Komui heal. You should be able to walk tomorrow, until then, don't strain your legs. Believe it or not, your legs took the most damage, not your torso. If you try and stand, you'll fall back down. He numbed you from the waist down, so it wouldn't hurt too bad." She walked to him, moving his bangs from his forehead, placing her forehead onto his. "You still have a high fever. Rest here, in my room. I have to talk to Lenalee, but I'm not leaving until you fall asleep." She smirked, walking back to the door, propping against it. "One thing about my room, I have a very little window that can't fit a person. This door is the only ticket out, and you are worse than I am."

~

Lenalee sighed, "They escaped...yes...come back once you get the Innocence. Understood....see you then." She placed the phone back on the hook and wondered.

Kilan chuckled, opening the door, "You all right?" She helped Aki up, sitting him on the bed. "You will be sore to hell and back, Komui came and you know how he gets...I tried to tell him, but...he began to cry..." She sighed, but smiled, "Besides with the soreness, how are you feeling?"

~

Halim killed a few herself, her powers and body strengthening. "Done..." Lenalee kicked Halim to the ground. "You aren't going anywhere." She glared at the three. Halim flipped back and smiled, "We will return to Earl..." Halim threw a smoke bomb on the ground, and the three of them disappeared.

Lenalee sighed, "Damn."

Kilan looked at the closed door in suspicion. "He left very quick..." She took her katana in hand and opened the door, running out. "I still hear his footsteps...time to follow them." She followed them until she was at the gate. "This is the entrance...what did he do? Where did he go? Unannouced..." She left the Order and continued to follow the echoed footsteps. When she got there, blood was everywhere. Aki, passed out, and Brandon bloodied and angry.

Kilan saw Halim and Tiffany walk away from the scene. She gritted her teeth, knowing two options: leave Aki passed out with an angry Brandon who might swing at any given moment and kill Aki, or go after Halim and Tiffany and risk her life and they both would die. She unsheathed her katana and touched the blade on the ground. "I know you can sense me here, Brandon. Even if you can't hear or see." Her aura wasn't in a killing mode. She quickly took Aki's body back to the Order, and left.

She saw Lenalee and asked her to go into the village where Halim and Tiffany would be at. She nodded and quickly left.

Kilan bandaged and healed his wounds. She stretched and smiled, "Just rest. You did well, but it was stupid to go on your own...against Brandon. Anyway, good job in injurying him as much as you did." She left her own room, leaving Aki in her bed. She stood at the door, smiling. 'telling me to rest and you go out and try and get yourself killed..' She chuckled.

While Aki carried Kilan, she protested all the way down to her room. Once they got there, and he placed her on her bed, she sighed, "Listen! I don't need to be carried!" She stood up, looking at him frustrated. "I told you I could walk on my own." She let her hair down from the tight white band and placed her katana on the table. "I'm thinking Lenalee is going to tell me, whether I like it or now to take it easy from now on...for about a month. With Brandon on the loose, he's a valuable asset to Earl." She took off her coat, revealing her slim body, and bandages peaking out of her shirt. She threw it on the chair and sat back on her bed, "I can't just sit around. If I do, I'll go crazy, literally."

"Just remember that she said IF I use my power again, I'll have another's week of bed rest. That's the sole reason why I don't, but I did, thinking I'd have enough source of water, that's all." She sighed, fatigue hitting her, "Oh well, no use in getting worked up over what is already done, right?" She yawned, "Besides, I can't sleep yet. I'm hungry."

~

Halim nodded, "Very well." She walked with them to the small town he mentioned to her.

Halim sighed, "Very well. Our Master is calling. We must return." She looked at Tiffany and Brandon. "Let us go now."

~

Kilan sighed, keeping quiet, as she normally did about her condition. It brought too much about her past to the surface. The only way to find out was through her records, which Komui had. (No telling where it'd be)

The arrived to the Order and greeted by the Gate, entered and greeted by Lenalee and the Innocence. "I guess it was a mission complete?" She asked, smiling.

Kilan nodded, "Yeah, though I'm not sure whether or not it was 100 percent completed. Three Akuma escaped and we are bound to see them again. Much less I'd rather see those girls in Paris than Brandon of the Flame. Lenalee gasped and went white. "D-Did he say anything to you?" She shook her head, "He's an Akuma now. Level 2 and it feels like he'll level up soon...With the sword he possesses, Earl has an advantage...Can you look into his files, seeing where he was last postioned?" Lenalee nodded, "I'll get on it as soon as I can. Allen and Kanda aren't here to help either. They just got sent away for an Innocence Spotting in...Ireland it seems."

Kilan snickered, "Bet that's going to be interesting. Bean Sprout and Kanda working together again."

Fatigue hit her and she sighed, "I need to rest. I over did it again..."

Lenalee looked worried, "Komui told you not to push yourself too hard. Your body can't take the abuse much more." She looked at Aki and walked to him, "Watch her...please. If anything happens to her...she'll be even worse than she is now."

"Lenalee..."Kilan chimed, "I can hear you. I'll be fine, I just need rest. The attack with Brandon was unexpected and very tiring...as well as a shocker. I didn't expect him to be here...of all places. Looks like lucks ran out on me again."

Lenalee smiled, "Don't. Use. Your. Power. Again. You hear? One more blow to your body could cause you to die. Just keep that in mind. The more blood you cough up, the more time your body has to heal. I'm going to give you a week's worth of bed rest again..." She threatened.

Halim looked at him, "Earl isn't pleased with us. Innocent was captured by Black Order. Wounds aren't healing due to Anti-Akuma Weapons." She stood up. "Need to kill...something...to heal."

~

Kilan nodded, "All right. I'll get you out of there." She closed her eyes, muttering words and her sword began to glow a deep navy color. She lifted her sword and with a lunge vertically, extingushed the flames and burnings on the walls and floors. "There...that should do it." She plunged her sword into the earth as she coughed, hard. "Damnit..." She looked at her hand and sighed. Blood was stained on her hand. "looks like i did use some of my life for this attack...after all...' She mumbled. She stood up, wiped her hands clean and sheathed her sword.

"Let's get back to the Order. They are waiting for us."

~

Lenalee smiled as the bird chirped happily on her shoulder then singing. "hehe, it's taken a liking to me. I guess this is the Innocence they found in Paris..."

Kilan gritted her teeth as she ran to Aki, "You all right?" She didn't let her guard down just yet either.

'What happened to him...? How did the Earl get to him?' She thought.