Yasu's POV:

Everyone was back in base but for Monk, John and Masako, who were with the children.

Li was also with us, Mai entertaining her, though sometimes Li and Lin talked to each other in Chinese. On the monitors, I saw Peter exiting his room, and he soon met up with Monk and the others (cue Peter jump-hugging John). They talked, Peter and Monk getting distracted as Masako and John seemed to exchange a glance, before slipping away from the pair, walking off by themselves.

"I'll go and- WAH!" I started to say, before falling on my butt as the boy from before popped up right in front of me in the doorway. "Hey! More warning next time!"

James looked at the monitors, and he nodded to himself.

"Sorry, but I got strict orders from both parents to not let you guys out the room." James saluted, before crossing his arms. "Though Peter shouldn't be in the equation…"

"Erm, but John can easily walk into the clutches of one of the other ghosts… Don't brothers sort of look out for each other?" I asked.

"He is." James shrugged, before laughing at my look of annoyance and shock. "Don't worry! It's Daddy, not big meanie Father. He also said in exchange I can answer up to five questions of yours."

James held up a hand, fingers up to show the amount.

"So who's "Daddy"?" Naru asked.

"Father Paul Brown. He and Father Matthew are brothers. He met Mummy in the Garden, and he saved her." James smiled. "He died by the knife."

"What about Father Matthew?"

"The biggest Sinner on earth, you think the crime, I bet you there's a 70% chance that he's actually done that. He died in the very same crash that almost killed all the others."

"So why target John?"

"His lineage… Also, don't you even notice how continuously innocent John appears, despite everything that gets thrown at him? Two more."

"Where do you fit?"

"As his little brother, I have similar lineage, though I somehow managed to develop quicker into my full power, so I ended up having to put myself into a weird death-like stage just so Father couldn't control me since I was only about 10 and a half! How bad that went, right! One question left."

"That means your power is weaker than your brothers." Lin commented. "The younger you are that you gain your powers, means your body didn't have to develop so much, showing that your power is less."

"Waah! You already know lot, Mister!" James beamed, down to one question. "Then again, even I saw the Hanakumasue and seal on you! Still one question!"

"If John's so popular, why will no one share his room with him?!" I felt myself ask at high speed.

James' eyes saddened.

"It's because… No one wants to use the bed of a supposed Ran-away-believed-Dead person, especially when his Big Protective Brother feels upset about the entire ordeal… Right?…"

There was silence…

Masako's POV (meanwhile):

John and I stood outside the Church hall.

"Should we really be doing this?" I asked, as John pushed both doors open wide, and walked in.

Someone was waiting at the alter, and John's gaze appeared to fix on the man.

He was tall, with white Priest's clothes, and white, glistening wings.

John slowly walked up.

"Hello, John." they smiled.

"You… You're…"John said, and his brow furrowed.

The man reached into a pocket.

"It's time for your powers to awaken. Else your system will crash from straining under your power." they replied, and John took a tiny step forward on seeing whatever it was.

"The pendant…" John breathed, his voice, though small, echoed back to me.

The man undid the clasp.

"It's from your Mother." he smiled, and John's body seemed to glow, and he looked up.

"D-Dad?" John choked, before fainting.

"John!" I exclaimed, running forward, as the man caught John.

I only saw it upon coming close – the tattle-tale glow around the man.

"You… You're a Spirit?" I asked, standing over him as he carefully lowered himself to his knees, his wings settling like a feathered cape around and behind him.

"Yes. I am the Keeper of John's first set of memories, which have a seal within them upon his Power." the man replied. "My name is Father Paul Brown, John's biological Father."

I covered my mouth.

"His biological… Why use that?" I asked.

"Because there's his Guardian, as well…" he softly replied.

The necklace was slowly growing transparent, as it seemed to dissipate into John.

"His mark pieces take forms as objects associated with those memories, therefore, they lose their shape again and become the mark piece they were when we feed them certain emotions as it touches his skin." Paul smiled, when he saw my eyes widen, stopping my hand from touching it.

"Now he just needs to wake…"

A short while after, John slowly came round, before shooting up.

"Dad!" he exclaimed, his eyes shining, before focusing, and he started crying. "I saw… I was… You…"

"I know, but that's long past, you still have to remember James and the others." Paul smiled, and John curled up, snuggling into his father's arms.

"I missed… Even when I came here…" John softly admitted. "…Dad… Did I do right? I don't know why that ghoul's chasing me, yet I feel that I do know, and I couldn't stop myself, or show restraint when he sang that tune…"

I found myself smiling.

I'd never be able to admit my fears to my parents while out of – I'm forever their prim-and-proper daughter…

"John, it's not your fault. "Honour thy Father and thy Mother", you followed that he implemented such… It's part of your heart now… Not once did you give false witness, and you have managed to make me proud to be your Father…" Paul replied, and the doors to the hall burst open as John's tears fell.

Monk quickly ran forward, and Monk quickly wrapped his arms around John as Ayako quickly rushed to check him over.

"Shh, shh, it's alright, John…" Paul smiled.

"S-s-sorry…" John cried.

Monk pouted, and Paul sighed.

"When you wish to cry, cry, for crying is able to cleanse you of your sorrows." Paul explained. "If you don't cry, you'll overload with regrets and pains, and these will cloud your joys."

Lin calmly walked up, his hands in his pockets.

Lin and Paul seemed to observe each other for a moment, before Lin spoke.

"There's an old Chinese proverb-tale, roughly translated as "Birds of Sorrow"." he commented. "Have you heard of it?"

"Which type were you?" Paul asked.

"Sometimes…" Lin replied, clapping once. "Mostly…" he let his last word hang.

Naru walked up.

"Father Paul Brown, I presume." Naru mused, and Paul nodded. "How long have you haunted here?"

"I am unable to pass on with Father Matthew here; else ruin shall come to the east side and hall of the church, like it has on the west." Paul sighed.

By now, John had fallen asleep as the glow around his skin dimmed.

"Also… How powerful is he?" Naru asked, as Paul shifted John carefully over to John, and stood up, ruffling his son's hair.

"Had he had the entirety of his mark, and hadn't been in that accident, it would have probably come out fully… Somewhere around last month." Paul replied. "That being said with about as much supernatural power around him as possible to speed up the process…"

I felt my eyes turn towards Lin's shiki, then to Mai, and finally to Naru.

"We are a Psychic Research Company, and he is an Exorcist…" I stated.

"Also he has been watching others do exorcisms since he turned seventeen… James has been around, too…" Naru agreed. "Then with Matthew's ghost around, and how powerful I am…"

"You're basically saying he's practically sat in a well of psychic power all his life." Ayako pointed out.

James stepped into view.

"Daddy! Peter's dealing with Matthew again! He's getting Holy Water everywhere!" James complained. "Oh, hi guys!"

"Where?"

"He decided to try entering the first floor east corridor while you've been in here with John and the Ghost-busting team!" James replied, and Paul nodded.

"Sorry, it appears my time's up." Paul smiled, and he shimmered as he spread his wings.

Then he was gone.

"Sorry!" James sweat-dropped, his embarrassed smile matching John's.

"Why would your powers be weaker than John's?" Naru asked.

"Erm… I think it's because when he was… Created, it was April, so when Mummy's abilities were at their most powerful… I happened in October, so I'm super-weak compared to Mummy and John…" James replied. "I asked Daddy about it after I'd gone into my death-like state…" he tilted his head as something struck him as odd. "Actually, my body's been buried in a heap-load of shadow… I wonder if I'll become like a vampire of something if I revive…"

"Your the child of an angel, and Vampires don't exist, that's highly unlikely." Naru replied.

"Well, you look like one!" James pouted.

"I just like the colour." Naru replied. "We'll head back to base, while Monk and Ayako take John to rest in his room."

I locked eyes with James for a moment, to see pieces of worry within them, as well as a hidden darkness.

Why does something feel wrong?

Joker: WAAAH! JOHN! DON'T CRY!

Naru: You upset him, what do you expect. Anyway, Lin has to explain to the idiots about the Hanakumasue.

Mai: Hey!

Lin: I already did back in Chapter 6. When I was explaining the Hantenshisue. I also think those idiots you speak of can easily see the links - tenshi is replaced with akuma, and they're both in Japanese. 半悪魔標 is the kanji.

Mai: ... That's the longest time I have heard him talk in a~ges...

Lin: As Noll sometimes says; I was correcting the idiot.

Mai: *sniggers*

John: *gives a small smile of sympathy to Naru*

Naru: *glares at Lin*

Lin: *Returns to typing*

Joker: TRI~PLE R!