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Lea: Yo! I got another chapter for you guys! Sorry, but only one this time. Geese. You wouldn't believe how hard it was for me to keep Frau's personality in line. I wanted to go off on so many weird tangents.
Frau + Teito: We want more screen time!
Lea: That might not happen… this is an Ayanami fanfic after all.
Labrador: That's ok. I don't think Caster and I will even appear at all.
Lea: Unfortunately… though I am planning on having Ouka and the 2 Oaks come in for a bit later. I'll try to fit as many people in as I can, but no promises. Anyway, enough with the spoilers. Hyuuga! *pulls out lollipop*
Hyuuga: Lea Andrews dose not own 07 ghost. This is just a fanfic written for fun.
Eve just finished cleaning herself off and getting out of the strange dress at Mrs. Gates store. She never felt so relieved in her whole life. She never wanted to step foot into another party if she knew Ayanami was there, or even get close to him for that matter. She was afraid that next time she might actually loose herself and fall into his trap. She took her payment from Mrs. Gates and headed down the street towards the nearby church. There, Frau was waiting for her at the front church gate.
"I found the exact location of our prize. Are you ready?" Frau asked as Eve approached.
"I don't want to do this." Eve sighed.
"Are you sure? You might regret it later." Frau commented.
"Look, I never wanted to do it in the first place. Ayanami is too dangerous and I don't want him on my bad side. And besides, I don't think he's that bad of a person… I just think he's a bit lonely… that's all." She replied.
"Lonely?" Frau asked curiously. "You think he's lonely?"
"Well…" Eve had thought about it. Ayanami was a mystery to her. Still, she kept feeling mixed emotions about what type of person he really was. The thought of getting Ayanami off of her trail and chasing Teito slowly started to sound good to her.
"I never met the guy personally yet, but I'm sure what he doesn't know won't kill him… all the time…" Frau muttered.
"And what exactly are you planning on doing with it?" Eve barked.
"As I told you, it was stolen from Teito. Teito is also the only one that can use it, and he needs it." Frau replied.
"Woah! Woah! Woah! Time out!" Eve replied. "What dose it do in the first place?!"
"It seals Verloren's vessel." Frau replied.
"Is that all?" Eve snapped.
"Well… there is one more thing that deals with compatibility. The being inside can manipulate its user like a vessel, but it will only answer to a few people. When invoked, it can be used as a major weapon. Teito was originally in the military and was to be used in such a way. He ran, keeping the eye of Michael with him."
"So you don't want them to find another person that is compatible with it? I get it now. Both the church and the military have one half of the weapon. It sounds like a political problem. I'm not doing it."
"Aren't you just jumping to conclusions."
"If it helps me convince you to leave me alone, then I will use it to my advantage." Eve replied bluntly.
"You know you want to know." Frau replied with a cunning tone.
"Just how much is that stupid stone worth to you, anyway?" Eve snapped, folding her arms.
"More then you know." Frau replied. Eve felt a sense that he would not just let her walk away. It was then that Eve decided that aside all of the bishop's religious fanatics, he seemed to have a fairly good head on his shoulders. At that current moment, that was a bad thing for her.
Eve climbed the military building's wall in a black bishop's gown with black gloves and an itchy brown wig on. She panted as her lungs burned from lack of air. It was hard to breathe with two rolls of bandages wrapped around her chest, but it was necessary to hide her gender. This wasn't exactly ideal for stealing an important artifact, but if she did get spotted, which was likely, the blame would be put in its proper place. Teito was a wanted criminal anyway, and the artifact was intended to go to him. Bishop Frau was right about Eve and Teito. The resemblance between the two was strangely amazing once as Eve wore the proper gear.
Eve finally made it to the window, and carefully with her zaiphon, she cut a hole into the glass. She ever so gently pushed it forward until her hand could slip in and hold the piece steady. With her body halfway in the room and halfway out of the window, she set the piece down and stumbled into the room. She was still cursing under her breath. She couldn't believe that she got forced into doing this!
She looked around promptly. There were no guards in the dark room, and the prize was in front of her. She walked towards it slowly, rubbing her hands together and licking her bottom lip. She cut the glass that enclosed the Eye of Michael and slightly pushed against the glass with her finger. The circle cut tipped and the glass stayed in place at the half way point. She reached her hand in, snatched the item and carefully pulled her hand out. She pushed the glass back into place and turned to leave.
She gasped as she suddenly came face to face with the last person she wanted to see. Ayanami was leaning against the post, watching for her, waiting for her, but he really wasn't waiting for her. Teito was his real prize, but she wasn't Teito.
"I never would have thought that one of my mimics would simply place such a valuable object within my possession." Ayanami said coldly with a small smirk of pleasure. Chills ran down her spine. Fear surrounded her. This was a face of his that they warned her about, but she never believed. "Teito Kline, you're leisure time is up. Back into your cage."
Eve grit her teeth. Like hell she would get caught now! She burst in a run towards the window, but was cut short by Ayanami's overwhelming speed. Eve glared into his eyes analytically, searching for a weakness. There was none. There was only emptiness.
"Those are not the eyes." Ayanami muttered. Eve looked at him surprised. Ayanami grabbed her wrists, but Eve braced herself. The two were pushing against the force of the other, and Ayanami, by no doubt, was winning. "Those are not the eyes that hate. There is no passion. There is hardly emotion. Those eyes hold thought and logic, not the foolishness I love to torment." He said, gripping her hands harder. She winced and felt her blood heat. She felt a small since of panic, when she suddenly grasped an idea. She let go of her brace and stepped back, flinging the eye of Michael behind her as Ayanami overtook her. He didn't take the bait as she had hoped. 'What the hell!' Eve thought. 'Why won't he go after it?'
"A clever look-alike. Who are you?" Ayanami muttered into her ear. He slid one hand under her chin and examined her. "The resemblance is amazingly similar. Too bad you were thrown away." He said with a cruel grin. He slipped a hand under her wig.
"D-don't!" Eve muttered. He instantly recognized the voice and pulled the wig off. Her blue hair rolled down her back like water. His eyes did not change, even at his sudden betrayal.
"Eve." He said with no emotion.
"Let me go." She replied.
"What did he offer you? Money?" Ayanami demanded.
"Information." Eve replied. "But I still didn't want to do it. Not like you would believe me anyway!" Ayanami instantly realized that her talk with Frau was what made her act weird towards him at the party.
"What kind of information." He demanded. Eve looked at him with hateful eyes.
"You think I'm the reincarnation of the god's daughter, the missing one." Eve snapped. "I knew you were acting funny at the party. You're eyes tell me you feel nothing, yet you profess love. The Black Hawks are trying to bring back Verloren, aren't they?!"
"And what of it?" Ayanami asked darkly. Eve looked at him and suddenly spotted something round hidden in his pocket.
"So you admit it!" Eve barked. "You tried to get me to like you so that you cold hold me hostage. Who in their right minds would try to bring back a death god without a bargaining tool?"
Ayanami's temper dropped. A cruel smile appeared on his face. "So that's it? It seems those bishops forgot to mention a very important detail."
"And what's that?" Eve demanded. Suddenly, a large dark scythe broke through the window, heading for Ayanami. Ayanami let go of Eve with one hand and caught the scythe between two fingers. He still had a tight grip on her, and no matter how much she tugged, she couldn't get away.
"You're slow." Ayanami muttered. Frau entered the room in a black outfit that Eve had never seen on him before. He seemed nothing like the weird bishop she met earlier.
"Better late then never." Frau replied, pulling his scythe back. Frau walked over and picked up the eye of Michael, disregarding Eve. "It's a fake." Frau said distastefully. He dropped the fake Eye of Michael, and it rolled towards Eve and Ayanami.
"You didn't really think I'd let you have the real one, did you?" Ayanami asked. Eve felt like a cheated moron. She knew she never should have done it. Suddenly, her eyes spotted the fake, stop at her foot. She picked reached and picked it up, making sure both Frau and Ayanami weren't paying attention.
"I knew it was too easy. Good thing I didn't send Teito." Frau muttered.
"So you tricked Eve into attempting to steal it instead." Ayanami replied.
"No. More like forced. I had my friends at the inn dress her appropriately, and dropped her off at the back. I hoped you wouldn't mind." Frau smirked.
"Revenge is bittersweet, Zehel." Ayanami replied.
"Wow. I actually agree with you for once." Frau replied. Ayanami sent Frau an evil smirk. Frau's eyes widened. "Teito!"
"You were too careless." Ayanami replied. There were sounds of footsteps coming down the hallways.
"I suppose it's only fair to keep Eve out of our fight." Frau stated. Ayanami was silent. If the guards caught him with her, Eve would be taken away and rumors may emerge because they were together at the party. Still, he didn't want to loose her. He suddenly noticed Eve with the fake and knew what she was going to do, but pretended like he didn't notice.
Ayanami gave a small sigh and stood Eve up, close to him. Eve pretended to struggle while reaching into his jacket pocket. Ayanami then tossed Eve towards Frau with one hand. Frau caught her, and Ayanami gave her a smirk with a pair of deadly violet eyes. Eve felt somewhat relieved until a zaiphon formed in Ayanami's hand. Eve's eyes widened. Frau quickly jumped out and away from the building as the zaiphon followed. Frau destroyed the zaiphon with his scythe, holding Eve tightly in the other hand. Ayanami's smirk dropped as he watched Frau get away with Eve. Ayanami heard footsteps grow louder as soldiers came stumbling into the room.
"Ch-Chief of Staff! Ayanami, sir!" On officer said, saluting.
"Damn! The Eye of Michael has been stolen!"
"It's right here." Ayanami replied, pulling the Eye of Michael out of his pocket.
"And the thieves?" One soldier asked, as all the soldiers examined the damage.
"They ran." Ayanami replied, turning to leave.
"What should I report, sir?" The soldier asked.
"Report the accident and the damages. I will hold onto the Eye of Michael for the time being." Ayanami replied.
"Yes sir!" The soldier responded. Ayanami walked outside, thinking with displeasure. He had taken out the Eye of Michael once more and examined it. It was the fake. Eve had taken the real Eye of Michael out of his pocket and replaced it with the imitation. Still, there would be mountains of paperwork for the Black hawks tomorrow.
Frau landed with Eve in his arms. Eve watched in surprise as Frau's scythe gathered back into his arm. "Wait, you can see it can't you." Frau said.
"Well, yeah. It's kind of there." Eve said vaguely.
"Right... I should erase your memories, but considering who you are, I'm sure they would make an exception." Frau muttered. "And besides, that is exactly what Ayanami would be expecting."
"You don't have to keep you're end of the deal. I already know." Eve replied.
"Good. Act as if we never met." Frau continued. He handed her the bag with her stuff and the blade he was holding earlier for her. He then turned and ran off to check on Teito.
Eve watched as he ran off, keeping a tight grip on her things. A smile suddenly appeared on her face. She pulled out the real Eye of Michael from within her pocket. As she looked at it, she noticed a weird black spot from within the red sphere. Suddenly, the darkness spilled out of it, and the jewel slightly glowed as it was purified.
"Who's the sucker now?" Eve muttered to herself with satisfaction. She didn't quite understand what could make the jewel so important. She only took it because she was mad at both Ayanami and Frau for messing with her head. She placed it at the base of her neck, between the two points of her collar bone as she paced around in thought. She didn't know what to do with it now.
Suddenly, her skin felt funny as it opened up and absorbed the eye. Eve gasped as she saw what was happening in the reflection of a window. Suddenly, the eye had vanished within her body. "What the? Where did it- Don't tell me it really went inside me!" Eve thought aloud.
"My lady." A voice called.
"Huh?" Eve asked, looking around.
"Lady Eve. It has been a long time." The voice said.
"Who are you? Where are you?" Eve demanded.
"I am Michael." The voice replied. Eve looked in the window reflection once more and noticed one of her eyes turned red. She jumped, startled. "Don't be alarmed. Raphael and I were your caretakers before you died, Eve."
"What are you talking about? I don't know anyone by those names." Eve replied. There was silence for a few moments.
"I am not compatible with you. You have your own divine powers that are beyond mine. Nevertheless, I will hide here until I can reunite with my vessel."
"You mean Teito?" Eve asked.
"Yes. The uber cute one!" Michael replied. Eve said nothing. She felt a little weirded out. Suddenly, the one eye turned back to normal. This night was getting only stranger and stranger. All she wanted now was some sleep. By tomorrow, she would pretend that none of this ever happened.
It was extremely dark out, and the moon was hidden behind the clouds. Eve walked along the dark empty streets feeling a bit awkward and nervous. She was still wearing the apprentice bishop outfit. The clothes were too heavy and hotter then she was comfortable with. She held her backpack closer and made sure her blade was ready just in case something did happen. Wandering alone the streets at night gave her a bad feeling.
Suddenly, she felt a pulse. Faster then lightning, as if by instinct, she dropped her things, grabbed the thick blade off of her back, and blocked the attack. She looked up to see a strange man with a dead-like expression with bony wings on his back.
"What the hell?!" Eve asked as she pushed the stranger back. It reached its hands out and came at her like a mindless zombie. She felt shivers roll up and down her spine as her eyes filled with fear. "What should I…" She thought with panic. It started to come at her again, when instinct took over again. She jumped over the thing and sliced off his wings, pulling a flip and landing gracefully behind it. The wings disintegrated and the man lay motionlessly on the ground. Eve panted and felt herself calm down.
"What was that thing?" Eve demanded to no one in particular. She walked back to the things she dropped earlier and picked them up. She slung the backpack over her shoulder and kept the blade in hand. Her senses suddenly went off again. She looked up to see thousands of weird flying monsters with the bony wings.
"Wish…. Three wishes." She heard in her mind. Eve covered her ears confused. 'Three wishes? What kind of spell is this?' Eve thought.
Instinct took over Eve again. She wafted one hand as zaiphon appeared, condensing and creating a white sphere. Thousands of crosses of light appeared and went flying into the weird flying bone monsters like throwing daggers. The crosses shattered upon impact, destroying the bony creatures as they shattered. Within moments, there were none left in the sky.
Eve took a few deep breaths. "Weird… that was weird…" She muttered. "Is this real?" She kept her sword in hand and ran off from the scene. The air was ominous, and the streets started to mist as she ran. She suddenly came to a corner where she saw an inn. She started to slow down to a walk's pace again when she noticed someone standing in the middle of the road between her and the inn. She tried to see who it was, but the dark night and the fog only made it possible to see the person's outline. She tried to ignore it as if it were some passerby. As she moved closer, she noticed it was a black cloaked figure with white hair.
"Ayanami?" Eve asked with full attention now on the figure. She walked closer towards it, but was cautions in case it was a trap. The figure put a hand on his face, and something inside of Eve told her to run. The figure moved his hand down to reveal a skull for a face and bone fingers. She gasped. Her eyes widened as she looked in fear.
"I am Verloren." It replied.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" Eve screamed at the top of her lungs. She instantly turned to run away. She closed her eyes as she ran, trying to calm herself down. "This is a dream! I'm dreaming! I'll just wake up in the train station, and this whole thing would never have happened." She told herself.
She opened her eyes and noticed the hooded skeleton in front of her. She stopped running and froze. She couldn't move. She couldn't speak. Her mind was utterly blank. She felt another pulse inside of her, and she turned to run again. The figure glided over to Eve at an almost instantaneous speed, far faster then Eve could keep up with. It stretched out its arms and ensnared her. She panicked and struggled in the attempt to get away. Finally, the figure muttered an enchantment into her ear and her whole body fell limp. She had fallen into a deep sleep.
The figure checked to see if she was still conscious when Hyuuga stepped out of the shadows, clapping. "Brilliant. Absolute masterpiece. I should have recorded that." Hyugua smiled. The figure put his bony hand on his slid his hand down to reveal Ayanami in the flesh wearing the black cloak. "What now Aya-tan?" Hyuuga asked while unwrapping another lollipop.
"I want to play with my little mouse a bit longer before I devourer her." Ayanami replied.
"Such a sadist." Hyuuga replied. "I was betting that I would see scenes of love in your head, Aya-tan, but only found cruel scenes of torment."
"According to the wars, she's hidden the Eye of Michael within her body already. We may not have time to extract it before our departure." Ayanami replied.
"I still can't believe that there is a rebellion stirring so suddenly. I thought we settled those years ago." Hyuuga muttered. Ayanami didn't reply. His head looked slightly down in thought. His heart ached at the thought.
"Aya-tan?" Hyuuga asked. "Is it Yukikaze?" Ayanami remained silent. Hyuuga continued. "He died happy to protect you."
"I know." Ayanami replied.
"Don't worry about it. I guess I'll see you at work tomorrow then. Night, night, Aya-tan." Hyuuga walked off as Ayanami looked at his prize. Her beautiful ivory skin glowed in the moonlight as her blue hair seemed to show a dark black. He had wished that she could be the one to mend his heart, but now he wasn't certain.
Lea: Ok! That's it for now! Please review! ^_^