Lavi ran behind a tree just in time to dodge an attack from an akuma. A couple of trees fell near him so he knew that the akuma was close and it wasn’t alone. He chose to run to a clearing in the forest, so that he could lure them out. “Come out you cowardly bastards, come and get me!” The angry akuma came out from behind the trees, lunging themselves at Lavi. Lavi began to spin his hammer, destroying the akuma and knocking over a number of trees. Suddenly he heard a scream that came from the middle of the woods.
“Damn it, they’re trying to get her!”
Lavi dashed in the direction of the scream, pushing past branches and attacking any and every akuma that stood in his way.
“Miranda!”
When he made to her she hadn’t been harmed, but she was surrounded by akuma. The akuma turned around when they heard the smack of a hammer as it hit one of their own, which just happened to the closest one to Miranda. Lavi lifted up his hammer and began to whirl it around in a circle.
“You know you akuma are a real pain in the ass! FIRE SEAL!!”
The fire surrounded Lavi, trapping the akuma and eventually swallowing them up. Once the akuma were obliterated, the fire slowly died out. Lavi entered the radius of Miranda’s Time Recovery, as a result, the minor injuries that he had disappeared in an instant.
“That was close,” Lavi said, “are you okay?”
Miranda was still staring at the charred remains of the trees that were affected by Lavi’s attack.
What power, she thought.
“Miranda?”
Miranda snapped back to reality.
“Um excuse me, what did you say?”
Lavi made a face, “Uh...are you okay?”
Miranda nodded slowly. Lavi let out a sigh of relief and then smiled.
“Good, I’m glad you’re okay.”
Miranda felt a blush coming on but she was able to suppress it by turning her head. She had always had a major crush on the redhead ever since she got on the boat with him to Edo. Even though back then, they didn’t talk that much; she felt that they grew closer when they moved to the new headquarters.
“Damn, there are too many of them,” Lavi said as they became surrounded by akuma. “I don’t think we’ll be able to take them all.”
Miranda looked down, “I’m sorry that I’m too weak to help you.”
Lavi walked over to her, putting his hands on her shoulders.
“How could you be weak,” he said softly, “without you, we would’ve been done for a long time ago. Actually, you are one of the strongest people I know.”
Miranda’s face lit up, “you think so?”
Lavi nodded, “I know so.”
At that moment their eyes met, making it hard for Miranda to keep her blush under control. Her face quickly turned from a slight pink to a deep crimson.
“HEY! What are you two idiots doing?”
Miranda and Lavi simultaneously looked up to find Kanda slicing an akuma in two and decapitating another. He then lunged himself at a group of them, mangling them with little effort. Out of nowhere an akuma was thrown into a tree; it had a huge hole in its chest, which was shaped like a shoe print.
“Stop being so grumpy Kanda!”
Miranda looked to her right, she would know that voice from anywhere. Her intuition was right, it was Lenalee and she was waving at her as she nailed a akuma in the chin. Lenalee then embedded her dark boot into the akuma, penetrating it without exerting much pressure.
“Ugh,” she said, “Nii-san didn’t say that there was this many akuma here.”
“Humph, we wouldn’t have been needed if there wasn’t this many,” Kanda muttered.
While Lenalee was fighting, Miranda noticed that something was wrong, like the akuma were trying to distract her.
“Oh no,” Miranda yelled, “watch out Lenalee-chan, it’s trap!”
Lenalee ducked, causing the two akuma attacking her to punch each other in the face. She saw the opening and used it to her advantage; she executed a spin-type move that sent the akuma flying into Kanda’s blade.
“These things are nothing but trash,” Kanda sneered.
Lavi lifted up his hammer and looked towards Miranda.
“I better get back out there before I miss out on ‘akuma ball’. Oh and Miranda, when we get back, I have something important to tell you.”
Miranda blinked, “Uh okay...I think.”
Lavi ran back into the action, swinging his hammer at the akuma that Lenalee launched in his direction.
“Time to batter up!”
