Rose: Don't waste any time~ here is the 4th chapter :D
Teito: I agree~ since I appear a lot in this chapter *sparkles*
Rose: You're not even the main character of this fanfic -_-
Teito: Btw, why does the chapter's title seem familiar?
Rose: Oh, some title I get the idea from the real chapter, well… I don't own 07-Ghost, credits go to Amemiya and Ichihara-sensei.
The Reality that Becomes Bright
Haruka become desperate searching for Teito when she sees a two bishops and two kids, one have blonde hair and blue eyes, next to him was a man with red hair wearing glasses, the kid in the middle is a boy with long blonde hair tied to the side and next to him is…Teito.
Haruka's cloak fall to the ground, revealing her military uniform and the group stop when they see her. "Teitoooo!" Haruka said, running and hug Teito while tears begin falling out of her eyes.
"Oi oi Kusogaki (damn brat)! Why the hell do a hot chick hugs you?" Frau, the blonde man said with jealousy.
"Ha…Haruka, is that you?" Teito hug Haruka back
"Teito-kun! I'm glad I can meet you again, I came here cause I heard from an officer that you land here… listen, I heard about Mikage, I'm sorry I can't stop him from killing Mikage" Haruka cry even harder while standing up, this confused Teito a bit.
"You…that uniform, it's not a student uniform, are you an officer from the military? What unit are you assigned to?" The man with glasses, named Castor asked suspiciously.
"Yes…I already graduated and now I'm in the Black Hawk unit" hearing that, Teito pinned Haruka to the wall, this shocked Haruka.
"You! Why the hell do you let that guy steal Mikage's soul?! You're in the same unit as he is right?! Why? Or have you've been inserted a warsfeil by that guy?"
"Teito-kun, I don't know what are you talking about?! How can Ayanami-san steal another human's soul?! I thought he ask another person to killed Mikage, what's a warsfeil? I quickly go here when I heard that Ayanami-san killed Mikage" Teito calm himself, knowing that it's not Haruka's fault.
Castor pulls out his glove and somehow his hand pierce into Haruka's chest, not injuring her at all. Castor give a 'no' sign to Frau and they both exhale a relief breathes. "Haruka-chan, my name is Castor, oh and you just arrive at the church do you? Let me explain something, 1000 years ago, a criminal from heaven who killed the chief of heaven's daughter, Eve named Verloren escape to Earth, he release disease and misery to humans. Feeling sorry for humans, the chief of heaven assign 7 fragments of Verloren called 07-Ghost, consist of Ea, Landkarte, Relict, Vertrag, Fest, Profe and Zehel, you get it?" Castor asked.
"Profe…" Haruka murmurs, Castor looked at her and continue his story "The 07-Ghost sealed Verloren's body into the eye of Mikhail and Verloren's soul into the eye of Raphael. Before Verloren was sealed, he release numerous number of Kor, this is the basic study of all bishops in the church, this is where it gets complicated, before a human is born, he/she is given 3 dreams by the chief of heaven, they need to search for their dreams and when they complete all their dreams they will return to heaven. Kors are bad creature, they ask human 3 wishes and when those 3 wishes are complete, that person will fall into darkness. Wars exist when a kor already fulfill those 3 wishes, you get it?"
"Yup! I get it thank you Castor-san" Haruka said cheerfully.
"Talking about military officer, why is your skirt so short? I thought the military only use pants, by the way, I'm frau"
"Well, the higher rank officer order the one who made the uniforms to made it skirt, not pants for me, I don't know why"
"They probably just a perverted old man" whisper Castor to Frau.
"Hakuren, you have been so quiet, what's wrong?" Teito ask with a smirk.
"No…nothing at all, I just hate woman"
"Oh~ Interesting how about your mom? Razette?" Frau ask
"Mom is mom and Razette is just a little girl" Hakuren pouted and somehow, this made Castor felt like he's being stab.
Seeing their silly action, Haruka laugh and the four of them look at her sarcastically. Suddenly, a young man with purplish hair and purple eye walk into their direction, his appearance drain all the color from her face.
"Well…well, what are you guys doing here?" Said the man with a smile.
"Labrador, the brat's girlfriend is coming" Frau answer
"Girl…Haruka's not my girlfriend! She's just my best friend"
"Haruka…?" Labrador said
"Il…Ilyusha onii-chan!" Haruka said, hugging the man until he falls down, "It have been such a long time… I thought you were dead! Papa said that you were dead! I'm so happy to meet you again" Haruka hug him tighter and tears begin flowing out of her eyes again.
"Haru…Haruka, is that you? Waah~ It's been long has it?" Labrador reply with a sweet smile while patting Haruka's head.
"Oh Labrador! I don't know you have such a cute sister, want to play with Onii-chan later?"Frau said with a suspicious smile.
"Frau… if you dare touch her you will never see the next sunrise, agree?"
"Jeez…Labrador you're so scary -_- stop glaring at me with those eyes"
"Well now, Haruka, you going to stay here right? Let's go to your room" Castor tap Haruka's shoulder and the three of them (Castor, Labrador, Haruka) walk away from the hall.
"Frau…is Ayanami doing something to her like he did to Mikage?" Teito ask
"Don't worry damn brat, Castor check her soul and she has all of her soul besides, her soul is so pure, maybe she is her"
"Huh? Who're you talking about?"
"Nothing damn brat~ let just goes back to your training."
Haruka is left sleeping in her room while Castor and Labrador go back to watch Teito and Hakuren's training.
"Labrador, why can you see her? She's your family right?"
"Well…she's actually not my family, she's from the Raggs royal family and she doesn't know about my death so she can still see me"
"But, aren't you aware? I'm afraid that Verloren will try to find her since she's the reincarnation of her"
"Yes I am… but I will not let go of her like the last time I did"
"You're such a good brother aren't you?" Castor smirk and Labrador just smile.
In her room, Haruka sleep and she had a really strange dream even her cannot understand. In her dream, she see the same brown haired girl walking in the same path in her previous dream, this time, she's with someone.
"Flower petals?" the girl asks and she arrive in a huge flower field along with a hooded figure "amazing…"
"They're flower who lures the dead to the purgatory" the hooded figure said. "They relieve all the suffering associated to death"
"To relieve suffering, you're kinder that you appear aren't you?"
"No, if you reduce the fear of death there will be more who want to die"
"mmm…so you're just what you appear after all"
"when you die, shall I make many of these blooms?"
"Don't say such ominous things"
"But they're pretty…just like snow"
Haruka wake up suddenly, hearing the last sentence. She's pretty sure that's what she said about the flowers she about to give to Teito when she's small. Haruka doesn't want to sleep anymore because of that dream, so she change her military uniform to the dress the bishop prepare for her.
The dress is a long white dress with blue stripes in the shoulder and a cross-like shape in the chest part. The dress is too long for her so she cut it until it's as short as her military skirt and cut the middle part of the arm so it's separated from the dress. (if you watch fairy tail, it looks like Lucy's shirt in the Key of starry night arc)
Haruka wear her clothes and walk around the church. She felt like she's been here before, "Oh right, it's when I visited Teito-kun and Kreuz-san" she remembered. She look up suddenly when she hear loud BANG! sound, she run to the source of the sound and watch as Teito and Hakuren destroy some weird flying bones.
"Oh! Haruka what are you doing here? I thought you were asleep" Hakuren ask
"Umm… I just had a bad dream, that's all…but somehow, it feels like I really missed it"
"Huh? What do you say?" Teito ask
"Nothing… well anyway, what's with all those noise?"
"Me and Hakuren just defeated a Kor"
"So that flying bone is a Kor, Teito-kun~ do you know any place where we can eat? I'm hungry" Haruka ask, whisper to Teito.
"Well, lunch time is about to begin, let's go there!" Teito, Hakuren and Haruka go to the eating place. Haruka is so amaze of what she sees, chandeliers hanging everywhere, the lights are so colorful and the carvings in the wall are so beautiful. The three of them walk to the table where Frau, Castor and Labrador are.
"Oh! You guys arrive" Castor said.
"Haruka~ what's with that clothes? It look good on you" hearing this, Labrador hit Frau in the back of his head
"Ouch! It hurts you know!"
"If you have any perverted intentions toward Haruka, I will not hesitantly kill you" Castor said, backing up Labrador. "What?! I'm just complimenting her! You guys are overprotective!" Labrador and Castor just look at him sarcastically.
Their silly action made Haruka laugh and they continue on talking until the food arrives. Haruka is a bit disgusted when she sees the food, it's a soup fill with eye-like things.
"Onii-chan, what kind of food is this?" Haruka ask Labrador
"It's eye fish, just try it Haruka-chan it's good for your health" Haruka stare at the food suspiciously and try one bite, "Ah! Oishii (delicious)" Haruka finishes her food and head out of the room.
"Where are you going?" Castor ask
"I'm just going to take some air~ don't worry! I'll be right back!" Haruka get out of the room and head into a green house at the top of the church. She find out about that place when she enters the church. She takes some flowers when a memory run through her thought.
"I regret coming here. I haven't talked to my father for a week" The same brown haired girl said.
"Then don't come here! Everyday, everyday distracting me from my work, but is talking an important thing?" The hooded figure asked her.
"Feelings are something without any form, so expressing it is really important"
"… come, look at this" The figure spin his hand and a black stone appear from a mist.
"Oh, this is a really strange stone"
"Jealousy and greed, this is a stone made from ugly feelings of human"
"It's against the rule to make feelings into an object!"
"It is not against the rule. Just that impossible is not in my dictionary"
"The more uglier the feeling, the more it will glow with radiance, it's very contradicting"
"It really makes me excited though! Even if there are ugly feelings, when it forms into and object, then maybe we can use it to reflect on what we did"
"On the other hand…love, the more pure, the more light scatters, so it cannot have a form" the figure said, rotating his hand and this time, a white mist appear and disappear.
"So cool! I have a feeling I just saw an incredible secret! Thank you"
"It can't has a form because love itself is scattered, it has an infinite amount of space containing everything"
Haruka put down the flower she pick and run back to the others. Haruka can't find them anywhere, even at the eating room. She start to gives up when she sees a large statue of a hooded skeleton holding a scythe.
"Wh…what is this?"
"Oh you find it! It's one of the 07-Ghosts, Profe" said Labrador who suddenly shows up.
"O…Onii-chan! Where have you been?"
"Teito-kun and Hakuren-kun are training for their exams while Castor and Frau helped them"
"Teito has changed hasn't he? I can't believe he can overcome his sadness of Mikage's death"
"It seems like he discovered his true self"
"Oh…so Teito-kun also find his lost memories isn't he?" Labrador just stare at her. "Say Onii-chan, why do the others call you Labrador? Isn't your name is Ilyusha?"
"Haruka-chan, there's a lot that has happen since I 'leave' the house, sorry but I can't tell you right now"
"I understand…"Haruka say with a sweet smile, "Onii-chan, Castor-san said that after a human fulfill their 3 wishes they will return to heaven right? What will happen to them after that?"
"The soul will be reborn and given a chance to ask for another 3 dream"
"Will the reborn soul remember their past life?"
Labrador look at her with concern eyes and answered "no…they will not, but in some case they will slowly remember bits of memory from their past life, Haruka-chan, why do you suddenly ask this kind of thing? Did something happen?"
"No…nothing, don't worry I'm fine"
"Thank goodness, come on, come with me for a while" Haruka follow him and arrive in a small garden. Labrador plug a white a flower from one of the bushes.
"Here, for protection, it's called silver rose, it will give you divine protection"
"Th…thank you Onii-chan, and I want to ask you something again"
"Okay, let's drink tea while we talk" Labrador hand her a cup of tea filled with flower.
"It…it's sweet~"
"It's sweet for those whose heart is hurt, so, what do you want to talk about?"
"Um…it's about Verloren. Did he really kill Eve? And what's their relationship?"
"Based on the book…it is said that Verloren and Eve was friends, but the chief of heaven thought that Verloren uses Eve to get close to him. It's even thought that Eve is in love with Verloren. Some said that her love is true, but most people said Verloren control Eve so it look like that she's in love with him. One day, Eve's body is found lying in the forest where Verloren live and because of that, Verloren was committed as the murderer."
"Is that true? Is Verloren really that evil?"
"Before the death of Eve, he was crowned as god's most perfect existence. He does his job perfectly and nothing has gone wrong. But after her death, Verloren murder numerous soul, sending them to pit darkness and releasing many kors, if you don't believe what the book said, keep searching the truth you believe"
"Thank you Onii-chan, I want to search for Teito-kun now! Bye~" Labrador wave his hand and goes back gardening the plants.
Haruka finally found Teito and Hakuren, talking to a bishop with different clothes with the other bishop.
"Hakuren-kun! Teito-kun!" Haruka waves
"Haruka! Sorry we left you, Teito wanted to talk to arch-bishop assistant Bastien"
"Oh! It's that Haruka you guys talk about, so she's Labrador's sister?" Bastien ask her with suspicious eyes.
"Yes sir… well actually I'm adopted by Onii-chan, I'm not his real sister"
"Oh…is that so? Then, I should take my leave, bye-bye you three"
The three of them then walk away and arrive in a long white hallway. Haruka felt an uneasy feeling like they're being watched, but she throw away that feeling and walk faster.
"Bye then Haruka" Teito wave
"Huh? Where do you guys go?"
"Since we're the participant of the exam, we need to go on a special training, so we'll be leaving now"
"Oh… okay! Bye~"
Haruka stays in her room until the sun sets. She prepare to go to sleep when she hears a loud scream and a crowd has gather in front of the church gate. Haruka quickly go there and find the most terrible scene she ever sees. A man's body covered with blood is lying on the floor, soulless. She sees Teito and Hakuren in the crowd and go to them.
"What happen? Who could've done this?" Haruka ask
"We were just wondering the same thing"
Not wanting to see more, Haruka run back to her room and quickly close the door. She pray for the criminal, doesn't know to who and doze off to sleep.
The next day, she watch Teito's and Hakuren's training with Castor.
"Haruka-chan, do you want to try using Baculus?" ask Castor.
"Wah~ Can I? Thank you so much Castor-san" Haruka take the Baculus from Castor and try to shoot with it. Surprisingly, Haruka is very good controlling it, for her it's as easy as breathing.
"It's surprisingly easy!"
"Haruka…why can you control that easily in your first try?" Teito ask in disbelieve.
"It's because she's smarter than you"
"What do you say Hakuren?! Just because you can use Baculus better than me doesn't mean I'm stupid!" Hakuren and Teito keeps arguing and finally Castor is pissed.
"You guys…do you want to learn or not?"
"Ye…yes"
"Somehow, Castor-san look scary" Haruka said and both Teito and Hakuren nods. Finally, they finish their training and go back to eat. Suddenly, a black-like thing attacks them.
"Wars!" Teito scream, preparing his Baculus.
"Wars?! That thing is what you guys call a wars?"
"Haruka…please stand back" suddenly, the wars attack them and the three of them fall from the bridge. When the wars is about to catch up to them, suddenly Frau show up, destroying the wars with his scythe. Haruka read the word inscribed in the scythe, "Zehel…one of the 07-Ghosts, don't tell me…" suddenly everything went black. Haruka find herself in her room, with Labrador sitting next to her.
"Onii-chan…"
"Are you okay Haruka-chan?"
"Yes…Onii-chan, there's one more thing I would like to ask you…Can 07-Ghost has a human form?"
"…It is said that the 07-Ghost stay in Earth to keep an eye on Verloren's seal, they said to build a family called god house and blend it with the humans, what's wrong?"
"Frau-san is…Zehel right? Onii-chan…you two, has the same smell as him"
"You figure it out? Yes you're right, Frau is Zehel, Castor is Fest and I'm also one of the 07-Ghosts, Profe. I'm actually has been dead for a long time, that's why I change my name to Labrador"
"So you've been reincarnated as 07-Ghost? But why do you still remember me?"
"Something like that…Of course I still remember you, you're my precious little sister" Labrador said, patting Haruka's head. This make Haruka cried.
"Now that you mention it…I haven't seen Frau-san for a while"
"He's been arrested…because he is thought as a warsfeil"
"What?! Sorry onii-chan but I'll search for Teito" Haruka dash outside the room and try to find Teito. Then, she sees Teito and Hakuren walking to a room, she follow them inside and found a secret passageway. She hides behind the rubble and shocked of what she see. Hakuren was caught by a wars while Teito seems to be inside a huge sphere. Haruka see that the person who control the wars is…assistant archbishop Bastien. Haruka dash to Teito, doesn't care about the risk.
"Oh…so you're here too" Bastien said.
"What…what did you do to Teito-kun and Hakuren?" Haruka suddenly feel weird and a white light appear, destroying the sphere that Teito in. She's really tired and fall to the ground. The next thing she knew is, Teito sudden change, with his eyes glowing bright red and a hooded figure appear, killing Bastien with a single shot.
Haruka wakes up and find herself in her room again. She's really tired and try to calm down. Haruka head outside and find a bazaar that's happening right now.
"Huh? What happen"
"It's a special bazaar we held each year" Labrador suddenly appear.
"Sughoi!"
"Want to try my candy store?"
"Candy? Really? Thanks Onii-chan! I really love candies" Haruka then follow Labrador to his store and buy tons of candy. "Ne, Onii-chan, did Frau-san is freed now?"
"Yes, it seems like Bastien is the real culprit. When you're asleep, we held a funeral for him." When Haruka finish buying candy, she help out Labrador running his store. Suddenly, Castor, Frau, Teito and Hakuren appear.
"Yo! I heard you're better now" Frau ask
"Yes, I want to help Onii-chan as fast as I can!"
"Hahahaha, what a nice sister are you" Frau said, patting Haruka's head. Seeing this, Castor hit Frau with his elbow, dropping his bishop's hat. Haruka laugh seeing this, and the 6 of them chat cheerfully like nothing has happen.
In The Houburg Fortress
"It seems like the eye of Mikhail is likely to be in Antwort, who should we send there?" ask an officer.
"Let me and my unit go" Ayanami ask, shocking the other officer.
"Okay, seeing your attitude, a thousand men would be enough right?"
"Deal, I take 500"
"With this, he will be gone for at least one year" the officer thought, "okay, you may leave now."
Ayanami and the other black hawk member have board the ship.
"Aya-tan~ what are you thinking? Taking the job so easily"
"I'm just going to take my things there"
"Well now~ should we pay a visit to the church?"
"Let's retrieve our member back" Ayanami said with and evil smile carved on his face.
Rose: Finally! Chapter 4 is done :D it's quite a long chapter -_- took me all night to finish this, sorry if it's bad cause I'm so tired DX
Teito: Hmph…I agree, the part I fight with Bastien is so small.
Rose: Sorry D: I was just so sleepy~ Well then, the guest for our interview today is… Labrador!
Teito: You're so sleepy and you're still doing the interview part?
Rose: It's for the reader! Labrador-san! You're ready?
Labrador: Yes~
Rose: First question, since when can flower talk?
Labrador: Every single being in this planet can talk~ for example this rock! It's saying that the weather is too cold.
Rose: Of course it's saying that! They has a soft and cold skin *rub rock* and since when do I rub rock! Gaah! And why the hell does rock can talk? It's not even a living thing!
Labrador: Teito-kun, it seems like she's too tired and has gone wild, will you help me tie her up?
Teito: I would glad to *both of them tie Rose in a tree*
Labrador: The flower told me that in the next chapter, Haruka will once again fell in the hands of darkness, but before that, there's going to be a special chapter!
Rose: Why the hell do you tell that? Curse you fake fortune-teller!
Teito: Don't mind her, anyway~ Please review :D