Pandora Forbidden Hearts

Summary: After being rescued from Abyss Oz finds himself ten years in the future, with the powers just like a chain but is he one? He and the others that know this must hide it but when you're in love it becomes hard to hide all the secrets you have from them.

*Warning Spoilers maybe inside

Chapter 9- The Jackal Part 1 The Mysterious

Raven arrived at the Rainsworth Mansion a few hours after he left the headquarters for Pandora, since he had driven around the country side for something to distract his mind from the letter. He was led by a maid to where Lady Sharon and the others sat at a table having tea and chatting.

"Ah, Raven come in and have some tea." Sharon says motioning to an empty seat at the table beside Oz, who was sitting next to her leaning over to look at the papers that were in Sharon's hands. Raven hesitated for a moment before walking over to them and sat down glance at Oz who smiled brightly at him. "We got their test results and admittance letters. It looks like everything is set for next month. They will be known as Alice B. Rabbit and Oz J. Rabbit." She says happily handing the papers down to Gilbert who looked them over.

"Hmm... I surprised the stupid rabbit was even able to get in, especially with these low markings." Raven says with a small grunt turning to Oz's scores ignoring Alice's glare. He smiled at how high Oz's score was before handing them back to Sharon.

"So this is going to be our cover, so no one notices that B-Rabbit and the missing Vessalius have reappeared, right?" Oz says with a small smile looking at Raven happily. "I'm actually looking forward to this... I was home schooled because my uncle was too afraid someone would try to kidnap me." He adds causing Raven to nod understanding why Oz's uncle would do such a thing, he looked at Oz wanting to ask him about the things he had written in his letter but when he opened his mouth the words seemed to disappear before they could escape his lips. He then looked away and let out a small sigh before Break appeared in the room with a serious look on his face.

"There seems to be a new chain that appeared in this area... The people say they've seen a strange human shaped creature wandering the streets but before they could figure out what it was it would disappear into puddles or windows, anything with a reflection." Break says tossing the papers onto the table as he noticed the dazed look on Oz's face. "Do you know something about this, Oz-kun?" He says with a curious look at Oz, who flinched, snapping out of his dazed state before looking at all of them confusedly.

"I'm sorry, what were you saying, Break? It was about a chain, right?" He says shaking his head slightly and Break looked at him in curious way.

"Of course it was! But I've seen a bunch of different types of chains that fit that vague description but none of them could enter mirrors or simply disappear. It had to have a contractor that hid its appearance!" Alice says with a scowl on her face as she looked at Break. "I want to find my memories, not waste my time with hallucinations. Find the contractor then we'll do it!" She adds with a stern glare in Breaks direction before Raven sighed and looked at the papers.

"Since it's close to the headquarters we shouldn't let it run around too much... I'll take a look into it." He says causing Break to smile pleased that Raven agreed with him.

"Stupid Seaweed head! I said 'no'! Oz, do something!" Alice shouts looking at Oz, who was staring at his empty cup curiously.

"When did I empty my cup?" He says confusedly looking at the group curious as if he had just woken up from a dream and Raven looked at him with a worried expression.

"Oz, is there something wrong with you? You've been acting all weird since Raven left this morning." Alice says looking at the boy with a slight aggravated look on her face as Oz smiles at her.

"I'm fine, maybe I'm just a little tired is all." Oz says setting his cup down on the table before standing. "I think I might go take a nap before we head out to investigate the... um... Chain appearance, right? Heh... Maybe we'll find a memory of yours Alice!" He says with a slight tilt of his head as Alice sighs crossing her arms in defeat. Oz then walked out of the room and headed off in the direction of his room.

"I'm going to make sure he's really okay..." Raven says worriedly as he looked around the others. 'I hope it isn't about that letter. Could he be worrying about something like that? Maybe I should ask him... No it's better that I don't. He'd be angry if he thought that I read the letter without giving it to Gilbert.' He thought with a shake of his head watching Alice walk out of the room.

'It's nerve wrecking when he gets like that...' Alice thought looking at the papers Oz was looking at with a worried expression. 'He disappeared the last time he acted that strange.' She adds with a slight sigh, heading off to her room. 'I should talk to Zillah and Samael... They'll know what's going on, I'm sure.' She thought walking down the hall, knowing that Raven was right behind her. She passed Oz's door and let her fingers glide across the wood as she did so, listening to Raven stop at the door and she smirked. 'He's going to check on Oz... If something's wrong with his mental state Oz won't know, stupid.' She mused as she entered the room that was given to her to use. "Oi, Samael! Zillah! One of you get out here, I need a status report on Oz's stability!" She states stepping toward the mirror as a young girl about the age of ten appears with a timid look in her emerald eyes. She was deathly pale and her eyes seemed almost lifeless but there was unhidden emotions in her eyes that could be easily read by anyone who wished to. she wore a simple white slip-like dress that was in shreds that the very bottom by her bear ankle, she only had one foot and used a crutch to hold herself up. "Ah, Zillah! Is Oz feeling alright? He's not dying is he?" She asks in a serious voice as the girl took a step back before shaking her head, fear flashing in her eyes before she looked away, trying to hide her eyes from Alice.

"Nothing's changed... He has the same state that he had when he left... um... Alice-san, you're not mad at me are you? Did I do something wrong? I'm sorry, please don't hate me!" She says in a slight scared voice lifting her hands up into a praying position.

"I'm not mad at you, geez you need to get a back bone! I'm just worried that my plans will be ruined, I mean if something goes haywire with Oz's programing we'd get pulled back into the Abyss... Without finding one memory." She says with a sigh and she touches the mirror where the girl's shoulder was causing her to flinch with surprise in her eyes that stared at Alice. "By the way, you and Samael haven't been wandering around without Oz have you?" She says in a slight curious voice as the girl shakes her head with a curious look appearing on her face.

"No, why do you ask? Is there something strange going on your end, Alice-san? Do we need Alyss-chan to find out? If it's endangering Oz then she'll be more than happy to take a look in to it." She says in a serious voice as Alice shakes her head and looks away toward the door sensing someone was there.

"No... That's all I wanted to ask. Don't let Alyss worry about any of this... We've got everything under control for now." Alice whispers watching the girl smile and disappear before walking over to her door. She opened her door, only to find no one was there. 'What the hell?' She thought shutting her door and turned back to the mirror only to find Break sitting on her bed with a grin on his face. She screamed a blood curtling scream was heard throughout the mansion before a loud smashing sound occurred right after.

"Alice! Are you alright?" Oz shouts appearing in the door way with Raven behind him, only to see Alice on one side of the room and a smashed table between her and a laughing Break.

"Bastard Clown! How dare you sneak up on me when I'm talking to myself!" She growled with a glare and Oz stepped forward to try to calm his panicked friend.

"I was only wondering where you were going, since you did not go see if Oz was alright." Breaks says with a small pout and Alice scoffs with a deadly glare pointed in Break's direction.

"It was none of your business you creepy bastard!" She shouts back as she grabs Oz's arm, pulling him down. "I was talking to Zillah when this creep snuck in!" She whispered into his ear as Oz let out a laugh and looked at Break with a smile.

"Alice is embarrassed!" Oz says with a small giggle watching Break tilt his head slightly. "She thinks you heard her voicing her concerns to herself." He says with a slight grin on his face watching Break give him a questioning glance. "She's so cu-" Oz says but Alice smashed her fist onto his head causing him to bite his tongue. He watched the blood drip down his chin and his the ground before he quickly covered his mouth and let out a small giggle. "Opps sorry, Alice. I guess that embarrassed you even more." He whispered as he pulled his hand away from his face exposing a slight grin. "But now I'm not tired anymore!" He says with a laugh as Raven grabs his shoulder.

"Are you alright? She made you bite your tongue! It's bleeding!" He says pointing to the blood that had escaped his mouth but Oz simply smiled at him.

"I'll mend, I've been through worse, Raven." Oz says tapping his chest in a rhythm of a heartbeat, with a serious and dark look in his eyes causing Raven to tense.

'He's referring to being stabbed by me.' Raven thought retreating with a mask hiding the hurt he was feeling from the memory. "Right, I was going to get ready to go into town to see if there's anyone that might know anything else about that mysterious chain." He says calmly as he retreated from the room Oz looked at him with a flash of excitement in his eyes before he bolted after the man shouting that he wanted to come too. Alice looked at Break with an annoyed stare before she quickly exited the room not wanting to be alone with Break.

...

"Ah, this is great! It's so sunny today." Oz says cheerfully walking ahead of Alice and Raven who walked behind him with preoccupied stares. "So where should we look first?" Oz says happily turning toward the two, noticing they weren't paying attention. 'I wonder what's gotten into them...' Oz thought with curious look on his face. 'It's not like Alice to worry about things...' He thought letting a small smile appear on his face. "Alice do you smell that?" Oz says with a small laugh as he watched the girl perk up before sniffing the air.

"No..." She says rushing up to stand beside Oz continuing to sniff the air. "I don't smell anything other than that gross smelling meat." She says with a small scowl on her face and Oz laughs.

"Are you sure? I smell a sweet sent, like Honey." Oz says taking a deep breath in and he felt like he could actually smell the sweet scented honey.

"It could be that chain." Alice whispers to him and he looked at her with an eye brow raised.

"He wouldn't be able to smell a chain you stupid rabbit. I think it's the bakery over there, they have honey glazed muffins and other such stuff." Raven says calmly as Alice shouts at him causing the two to start arguing. Oz simply glanced over his shoulder to the bakery to see what was in the window today but he saw a very familiar person standing in front of the bakery, staring at him with shocked gold eyes. Seeing this person Oz's mind blanked, before he even realized what was happening he had walked away from his two friends, heading toward where the person stood. "Oz!" Raven shouts grabbing his shoulder causing him to look up and see he was standing in front of the bakery holding an envelope, which was addressed with his full name, in his hand. He stared at it for a moment noticing that there was something in it causing him to tilt it trying to find out what was in it. "Are you alright?" He asks as he looked at Raven confusedly, not able to remember how exactly he had gotten on the opposite side of the street or how the letter got in his hand.

"I-I'm fine." Oz says looking down at the letter not wanting to voice his concerns over what had just happened. Raven still seemed worried but Oz only smiled at him slipping the envelope into his pants pocket. "Let's go before Alice wanders off." He says quickly walking back over to where Alice was standing, glaring at him.