It's so wrong and twisted to pair dead men with one another. I wonder how others can do it and not be ashamed of themselves.

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Traveling through the Ghosts of Time...
Arc One: 『 』
Kapitel One: What Will You Forgive?


Summary: Pandora's box is breaking, Mikhail is damaged and Verloren's soul treads closer with each second that passes. Fearing for their masters' lives, the two archangels summon their magic to send their saviors into the past. However, things don't go according to plan. Now with only two months left to prepare for catastrophe, will Teito and Ouka be able to stop Verloren's arrival or will they succumb to the growing darkness inside their hearts?


"..." - Speaking
Italics - thoughts, letters
Bold italics - Mikhail/Raphael talking in Teito/Ouka's minds
Bold - Mikhail/Raphael talking when they take over their masters' bodies.


*1 and 1/2 months ago, Seventh District of Barsburg church REAL WORLD*

The first thing Mikhail became painfully aware of was how empty it was.

That unfulfilled desire for another person's company.

That feeling of starvation... hunger...

It had only ever felt like this before... and that was when the military had stolen it from its wonderful master.

A sinking feeling entered its imaginary stomach as it took in the state of his master's mind. Dark, empty, cold.

Where is he? Mikhail thought frantically. Where is my master? Why can't I hear his voice? Why is Master's mind in such desolate state?

The whole area was bare and the walls and floor were polished and as black as obsidian. The wall had few cracks in them from which water- from where Mikhail had no idea- trickled down, forming puddles on the ground.

Mikhail noticed that there were two tunnels on opposite walls and some sort of large drain in the middle of the room. A few scattered memories in the form of dove wings floated by, as if being pushed by some invisible wind.

Did something go wrong with the ceremony? Or was it- my fault... Was it because I was too weak?

He's gone. Teito Klein was gone.

Mikhail was pulled from its thoughts when a far too familiar chuckle echoed throughout the room. "My, my, what do we have here?" The voice mocked. "Why, I never thought I would see the day Mikhail, the most critical and spiteful of humans, reduced to such a pitiful state."

Mikahil sharply looked up to the ceiling, which showed the world outside of Teito's body. Its eyes widened in shock and a little bit of fear (not that he would ever admit that).

In clear view was a tall teenage boy of around sixteen. He had a sharp oval face and deep amethyst eyes surrounded by long black lashes and long blond hair. He looked worried as he seemingly tried to wake Mikhail's master up.

However, it wasn't the boy who caused such a reaction from Mikhail. It was the shadowy figure with the sharp red eyes and gray beard that Mikhail was shocked to see.

Mikhail gasped. "You..."


*1 and a 1/2 months ago, LAND OF DREAMS*

It was to the whispered voices that Teito woke up to from his dark slumber.

"Who would... Mikhail... place like this," someone spoke, his low baritone voice sending off alarm bells in Teito's head.

"No...army..." another, more softer voice responded.

The voices seemed so familiar, yet Teito's fracture mind could not identify them. They sounded worried... and even a bit frightened. Teito mentally frowned. Fear... it wasn't a pleasant thing thing to hear from these people, people whom Teito couldn't

"Angel of Light ... ancient prophecies are true... Angel of Darkness.. destroy the world..." the second continued. He words seemed to confuse Teito. Angel of light and darkness? The angel of darkness may be referring to Verloren, though the Teito did not know who this "angel of light" was. Teito had never been told anything about any ancient prophecies. Maybe I'll ask about it later...

Teito wanted to get up, he really did, but he just couldn't seemed to find the will to do so. He wanted to get up and demand that the two people explain themselves more clearly. He wanted to open his eyes and see why the voices seemed so familiar to his mind.

"You really... trouble-maker.. you?" the voices continued on, though it was fading away fast.

"...underestimated me..." The first grunted, angrily, as Teito was once more pulled into nothingness.


*1 and a 1/2 months ago, LAND OF DREAMS, Teito's guest room*

"..o. Teito... eit... Teito-kun!" a soft, feminine voice called out to Teito. Teito felt himself being shaken gently by someone,

Groaning at the disturbance, Teito muttered "five more minutes," turning around to face the direction opposite that of the voice.

"Oh, for the love of god, TEITO-KUN! WAKE UP!"

Now THAT got through to Teito who yelped and jumped out of bed, falling to the floor with a thump.

"Teito-kun!" The woman shrieked, this time with worry. Teito opened his blurry eyes to see a woman with blue hair and red eyes wearing a nun uniform grabbing onto his left arm and pulling him back up. "Wha... who are you?"

"Oh no!" Another voice shrieked, coming to stand on Teito's other side. "H-Has the fall make Teito-kun lose his memories?!"

"No, silly, of course not!" A third, more mature-sounding voice chided gently. "His mind is still in dream land, isn't that right, Teito-kun?"

"L-Libelle?" Teito asked, his mind finally catching up to the present. He turned his head to either side to look at the other two nuns. "Athena? Rosalie?! What are you three doing here?! Where am I?"

"You're in your room!" The kind blond informed the clueless brunette. "Castor said you collapsed in the hallway after the funeral and asked us to bring you here!"

"O-oh, I see," Teito said, frowning slightly. ...Mikage's Funeral? Does that mean Mikhail sent us only about 6 weeks back in time?

"Teito-kun, are you listening to us?!" Athena asked, bringing Teito back to reality.

"Wha-Oh, no, I wasn't, sorry," Teito said sheepishly. Athena sighed, before repeating what she just said. "It's lunch time. We didn't want you to miss it since you already look so thin, so we decided to wake you up."

"Thank you for telling me," Teito said respectfully. "Is there anything else you want to tell me?"

"Yes, actually," Libelle replied. "Castor-san asked that you go talk to him once you wake up."

"Alright," Teito

"We should get going now," Rosalie told him. "We'll be cleaning up the chapel if you need us."

"You aren't going to lunch?" Teito asked, confused.

"No. We already ate," Athena informed him.

"Bye bye." The three said, walking out the door and closing it behind them.

Teito sat on the bed and simply began thinking for the next few minutes.

Mikhail? Teito called out tentatively in his mind. Are you there? Where are you? Mikhail?!

Only silence greeted Teito whose hands started to shake slightly. Why? Why wasn't Mikhail answering him? Was it dormant? Maybe it was still damaged!

Was Mikhail even with him at all?

No, Teito thought, shaking his head furiously at the thought as he got off the bed. He stumbled a bit, strangely feeling as if he hadn't walked for a very long time. Mikhail couldn't have left him. This was before Ayanami stole Mikhail away from him! Mikhail was probably still recovering from the time travel. Soon, Mikhail will wake up to explain the time travel in more depth and help Teito reach the others.

Without knowing it, for the few short minutes Teito have interacted with Mikhail, Mikhail had carved a place in Teito's heart, and having it gone was like a blow Teito hasn't felt since Mikage died.


*1 and a 1/2 months ago, LAND OF DREAMS, Teito's guest room*

Teito slowly walked down the wide blue hallways of the church as he made his way through the castle-like structure to the dining hall. It was strangely comforting

But Teito just couldn't shake away the feeling... that something just wasn't right with all of this... Maybe it was a side effect of the time travel, but

"Teito-kun!" Someone called from behind. Teito stopped and turned to face the person who had called out to him. It was Castor.

""Teito!" Bishop Castor said, suddenly appearing in front of Teito. "Will you attempt the clergy examinations?"

"The... clergy examinations?" Teito repeated. That's right... this was also the day the next chapter in my life began... Teito didn't really want to take the Bishop exams all over again. They were nerve racking the first time he took them and he knew that it would be the same this time around.

And did he really want to face the second part of the exam all over again?

The first time, Teito had to face his biggest fear: Ayanami. But now... Teito was sure Ayanami wasn't exactly his biggest fear... his fear now most likely being failing to save the world.

However, on the other hand, if Teito never took the exams, he probably wouldn't have become so close to Hakuren...

"... get a full pass to all lodging establishments and transportation facilities around the world!...Teito-kun? Are you listening to me?" Castor asked. "You look a bit pale there. Am I going to fast?"

Teito jumped, startled out of his thoughts. "Err, yeah, I'm listening, but I think I need some more time to think it over," Teito replied, distracted.

"Alright. Please give me your response by the end of the day, at the most." Castor-san said, doubting that the brunette actually was paying attention. "I have to tend to some other matters. You should go attend lunch. They're serving fish eye."


*1 and a 1/2 months ago, LAND OF DREAMS, Dining Hall Entrance*

Teito stared at the dining room from his place by the entrance, not really wanting to go any further inside.

Everything certainly looked normal. Nuns sat together, chatting with one another. Bishops conversed politely with their peers, a few looking over bibles and newspapers as they ate their eye-ball soups. The walls were clean and the floors were neatly swept. The rows of tables held bountiful amounts of food ranging from the staple flowers, bread and fruits to the seventh district's specialty, eyeball fish.

But if everything looked... normal, alright, nothing out of the ordinary...

Then why did Teito have this horrible feeling in the pit of his stomach? Why did he feel that bad aftertaste in the back of his throat? Seeing them all... so vontent, so happy...

Teito didn't think he could stomach being in the room for much longer, so he turned on his heel and quickly made his way to the courtyard. It isn't like I was hungry in the first place...


The sun was still high in the air when Teito reached the water fountain. Lazette was, sadly, no where to be seen, though there were some puddles of water scattered on the marble ground nearby. He sat down on the edge of the fountain with a *plop* before dropping his head into his hands, already feeling a headache coming.

He was miles away from the first district, unable to contact Ouka in any way or form. Ouka, who had become one of the closest - and female - friends Teito had, who was still at the mercy of Dr. Nanase and his cruel and twisted psychology? Was she still undergoing the brainwashing maintenance that had robbed both Raphael and Mikhail of their power?

Then there was the Emperor, himself.

At the time, six weeks in the future, Teito had thought it best if Kal and Wolfram came back with them as well. Wolfram was a person of immense political sway, while Kal had more fighting experience and was more resourceful than Teito or Ouka could ever hope to be.

But no matter how hard Teito thought about it, he just could not forgive that man! The man who had hurt so many people.

Wolfram had been willing to kill his own daughter. He had been willing to destroy a whole country the precious thing called friendship, something he could have had with his father, Weldeschtein Krom Raggs, in exchange for his own desires... Teito's mother.

I can't forgive him for what he has taken away from me.

Most of all, though, Teito hated the man for stealing away ten years of his mother's life. Compared to that, six weeks didn't even come close to undoing the damage the emperor inflicted upon her.

Mom. That word seemed almost foreign to Teito, an unattainable dream. And yet, Millea wasn't a dream. She was as real as Mikage had been, as real as Hakuren and Ouka were, and he desperately wanted to see her again. He wanted to see the woman who had given birth to him, who had loved him, who was stolen from him, who had kept constant watch over him. He want to hold her hand, to hug her, to talk to her about how she got together with dad, about his country of origin, Raggs. He wanted to know about her childhood, her happiest memories, maybe even his memories, memories he had lost long ago.

And Kal! Is He still working under Miroku? Like with Wolfram, Teito just couldn't forgive the man for the ten years of abuse Teito had been forced to endure. Kal- no Ea- was more powerful than Miroku could ever hope to be. Ea had said he wanted Teito to be strong... but couldn't there had been another way? Couldn't Ea have taken him back to the church and trained him...?

I firmly protected you for 10 years, Ea had said. you have to live on.

...No, Teito decided he couldn't have, not if Ea didn't want to risk Landkarte finding them both and killing them...

How am I going to contact Kal or any of the others who travelled back with me if I can't even seem to get in touch with Mikhail? Teito thought, miserably. I'm quite sure the imperial guard won't let me waltz into Hohburg fortress... I'm a wanted fugitive after all.

His head was throbbing, even more painfully than before, as his ears began to ring. Stumbling, Teito got of the edge. Unfortunately, he didn't notice the water puddle underneath his foot until he slipped and fell backwards, hitting the edge of the fountain with the back of his head, once again pulling him into the darkness he knew all too well.


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So as you all can probably see, I rearranged a few things and broke down a lot of the text so that it would be easier and faster to read this story.