Monk's POV:

I sighed, and leant back in my chair, stretching.

Silence – the result of children at school…

"There's been no activity for almost nine hours… Yet the ghost is so strong…" I mused.

"I'm going to check on Peter and the others. Back in a bit." John smiled.

A glare shot my way from Lin, though it was weakened by how ridiculous Lin looked with blankets on his seat to try and keep him more comfortable while healing.

"Shounen, go with him." I order, and Yasu nods, before following John, grabbing a transmitter as he goes…

Yasu's POV:

John and I walked to the end of the west corridor, and John raised his hand to knock.

The door suddenly opened, a boy with wild brown hair and matching eyes almost slamming into him.

"WAH! John!" they exclaimed.

"Ah! Sorry, Simon." John meekly laughed at the same time.

"It's alright. Hey, guys, it's John!" Simon called opening the door wide and getting out our way. "He's got specs with him, too."

"Simon, his name is Osamu Yasuhara." Peter scolded.

"Ah! Sorry…" Simon grinned.

"We just call him Yasu." John admitted.

"Wah! No fair!" a boy with sparkling, emerald eyes and glistening black hair complained. "This person's the one John shares with? Oh, to see that perfectly smoothed back, the delicate chest, the-"

"Luke, you're sounding as bad as those idiots from his fan-club." Peter retorted.

"Well, those fair ladies are irresistible, especially since none of them throw themselves at my feet as often as all the other beautiful Orphanage flowers." Luke replied.

"Dumb Narcissist." a third boy (azure eyes, black glasses and caramel hair) grunted.

"Mark." Peter growled, and something bleeped, making Mark turn around in his chair.

"F14, B1, G2." he stated simply, to which Luke stood, straightening the tailored suit he wore.

"I'm up! See you in a bit!" Luke grinned, before walking past us. "Nice to meet you, Yasu!"

"Same here." I smiled…

Once Peter had updated us two on the situation, the three of us started to return to base, though Peter had me stay behind a bit.

"You remember your room's layout, right?" he asked quietly.

"Why?" I whispered, with a nod.

"Guess which room F14 is." Peter replied.

"…It's ours?" I mused, before smirking. "We'll be fine… One, there's charms, two, we share a dorm-room back in Japan – I've learnt how to set up a few traps in my time, and John's learnt how to avoid them."

"Interesting." Peter grinned, before raising his voice. "Joh~n! Wait up!"

John paused, and I sped up to stand by him.

Peter continued walking at his usual speed, and took longer to reach us.

"This old man, he played one…" a voice sang. "He played knick-knack on my thumb…"

John stiffened, and I felt the temperature drop, the tune continuing as I was roughly thrown to a side, hitting the wall.

"Ow." I complained, before realising my legs had been frozen in place somehow.

I looked up, seeing Peter had been knocked away as well, and John was frozen to the spot, still standing.

"John!" I yelled, trying to get up, and failing as something was pulling me back down.

John didn't move. The ghost from last time materialising as he walked up behind John, still singing.

"This old man, he played two, he played knick-knack on my shoe…"

I tried getting up again.

"JOHN! GET AWAY FROM HIM!" Ayako roared through my transmitter.

We heard running footsteps.

"Fou~nd you(!)…" the ghost hummed, wrapping his arms around John. "My little angel-doll…"

John didn't react, and Monk came in view, Lin's shiki whizzing forward.

The ghost whispered something, and John went limp in the ghost's arms.

"JOHN!" Monk yelled. "NAUMAKUSANMANDABAZARADANKAN!"

The ghost disappeared in a burst of shadows for a moment, before reforming in the same spot.

"NAUMAKUSANMANDABAZARADANKAN!" Monk yelled again, taking a step as Peter quickly ran and kicked the ghost, which gave a roar of pain, before trying to grab Peter, who dodged, pulling a vial from his pocket, and throwing the contents at the ghost.

"INSOLENT BOY, PETER!" the ghost roared, and Peter grinned.

"LEAVE JOHN ALONE!" Peter retorted.

The ghost recoiled, and Peter moved forward.

"Why don't my shadows work?!" the ghost growled.

"The great worth of which it speaks is for you who have faith. For those who have no faith, the stone which the builders rejected has become not only the corner-stone, but also "A stone to trip over, a rock to stumble against"" Peter recited with a grin. "From the First Letter of Peter."

The ghost gave a roar of indignation, and vanished…

Lin's POV:

It appears it's my turn.

I sat by the hospital bed, watching John.

He hasn't woken up since whatever that thing did to him…

I sighed, and shifted in my chair, feeling slightly uncomfortable without my doughnut-shaped cushion.

I sighed, and looked at the clock.

The school children – and Li – will be arriving back in about half an hour…

Then I froze as my shiki and I felt something enter the room, and turned to see a boy's ghost standing by John's bed. He looked to be about ten to thirteen years old.

"Father's so mean, even Daddy wouldn't allow this." they mused, trying to hug John, before sighing and looking at me.

I stared back, feeling slightly annoyed.

"Hey, Mister Lin, don't feel sad, John'll be OK, you just have to wake him up…" he smiled.

"Who are you?" I asked. "How?"

"You already know who I am… I'm the little boy who Father Matthew tricked." the boy replied, his eyes saddening. "And who's own brother had his memories stolen, that must be kept secret until they return…" he shook his head, and moved to speak into John's ear.

"By the Grace of God, Amen." the boy whispered, before vanishing.

John stired, and his eyes opened as I heard Ayako's return.

"HEY! HE'S AWAKE!" I called, before the door crashed open a while later, with Monk, Yasu and Ayako rushing in with Mai behind them…

Joker: Waah! MEANYMEANYMEANYMEANYMEANY! *repeatedly hits Priest-Spirit on head with frying-pan*

John: Um, Joker?

Joker: *continues calling F.M. a meany as hits him*

John: Joker? *starts to look afraid*

Lin: *grabs frying-pan and hauls Joker off F.M.*

F.M.: *zips away after quickly kissing John's cheek*

Lin: *sends hell-flames after F.M. as wraps arms protectively around John to stave off any other attacks*

John: *blushes bright red and stiffens, not knowing what to do*

Joker: OH YEAH! I JUST REMEMBERED!

Mai: What? *watches F.M. pass her as walks over with Naru*

Naru: Your braincells finally recalled something, congrats.

Joker: *glares* anyway, when I meant "M", I meant "PERVERT'S MASOCHISTIC BEHAVIOUR!" Like hell I'm gunna go and write... write... *blushes, and quickly hides in pile of cuddly toys*

Naru: *punches F.M. right back into Lin's hell-flames as soon as F.M. tries nabbing Naru*

Mai: *squeaks* HENTAI! *blindly kick's F.M.'s left-behind shadows away from close-proximity as hides face in hands*

Lin & Naru: *murders shadows AND F.M.*

*sign pops up through cuddly-toy heap*

sign: TRIPLE R PEOPLE!

Mai: "Triple R"?

Naru: Relax, Read and Review