Kanda was panting by then, the adrenaline still surging through his vein as he moved closer towards the body. It hadn't even turned into dust. He stood silently for a few moments before leaning down and lifting the akuma's chin. It really did look like her. He grabbed her face this time and ripped away at the flesh only to find what he had been expecting: the metal frame within her.

Somehow seeing it made him feel a little more at ease. Unlike Allen, Kanda didn't have a special eye that could show him the tormented souls within akuma, it was all based on hind sight. That being said, normally akuma disappeared once they were destroyed but this one hadn't. He brought a hand to rub at the sweat on his brow before taking another look at the thing.

That's when he noticed it, the name etched into the metallic forehead of the skeleton. He hadn't noticed it but the name was very much clear in a cursive font: Ami.

"That's impossible...."