Part 2:

Chapter Twenty-five:

~Komui~

He stared around his new office, it had been an agonizing eight years since they moved from their old headquarters they had been using for over a hundred years. Komui sighed and sipped at the coffee that his sister had given him just moments ago; to be honest she hadn't been the same because Misaki was still with the Noah, most likely now, dead.

'Chief?' came the voice of Reever, his most trusted scientist and friend. The blonde man came into the room carrying several files as Komui grizzled at the sight of them. He had barely finished the last load they had dumped on him.

'Is Lenalee alright?' Komui glanced up at him and sighed depressingly.

'Yes, I tried bringing the topic of Misaki but she won't hear of it,' Reever nodded before dumping the files on his desk and scratched the back of his neck with a loud yawn.

'Don't beat yourself over it, chief, Misaki was dear to us and also an accommodator…'

'That's it!' Komui slammed his fists on the table and hurried out of the room with Reever mumble about giving Komui his strange idea. The supervisor of course ignored him and continued down the corridor before reaching the elevator and journey down towards the basement where Hevlaska now resided.

'Hevlaska!' Komui called out as he walked onto the platform just as the luminous form of Hevlaska appeared before him. Her face dipped in acknowledgement to Komui's presence.

'What is it that I gain a visit from you Komui?' Hevlaska asked in a deep yet gentle voice. Komui swallowed nervously, there was a probability that what he was trying would definitely confirm that Misaki was dead.

'Misaki's innocence, can it still sense him,' Komui noticed Hevlaska pause before lifting a single piece of innocence into the air and studying it careful.

'… This is interesting…'

'What Hevlaska?' Komui asked but he couldn't help but fear the worse.

'Misaki, the innocence still deems him its accommodator?' Hevlaska sounded puzzled as she gently gave Komui the innocence.

'Then he's alive,'

'Maybe but we should keep this amongst ourselves…' Komui hovered on that thought for a bit, if there was still a chance than that was great but then…

….

~Raye~

He liked strolling around the Ark, it was one of the few places that were peaceful and allowed him to think clearly without being in the middle of one of Road or the Twin's games. Raye shuddered at that thought and wondered higher up the white Mediterranean town.

Tim sat in his curly black hair looking less lively than it usually was, and Raye couldn't blame him, Timcampy was his mother's golem and no one knew what had happened to her eight years ago.

Crimson, the bird that he had accidentally brought back to life, fluttered around his head, twittering this and that probably to try and cheer Raye up. Raye faked a smile but to be honest he wasn't fooling anybody.

After he had returned home grieving the loss of his mother, the Earl sternly lectured him that he shouldn't, under any circumstances use his powers again since it defied all logical reasoning, whatever that had meant. Raye winced as he recalled that but at least he could keep Crimson, which made up for the Earl's harshness.

'Oi, seaweed, what are you doing here… again?' Raye heard the bickered words above his head as he glanced up and frowned. A boy about his age was leaning on one of the balconies looking as bored as ever, his olive green fringe hanging in his eyes that shone a midnight blue. Just like Raye, the boy wasn't happy to see him either.

'I'm not a seaweed! You should at least be grateful that I saved your ass, Mi-sa-ki,' Raye taunted the boy above him though Misaki's glare made him want to run away from him. Misaki then flicked his head away when he knew Raye wasn't going to budge at all, grumbling unspeakable words out of Raye's earshot.

It was true when Raye had said that he saved Misaki from the murderous intentions of his family. They had all wanted to kill Misaki because the Order had yet again harmed another of their family members but through talking with the Earl it was decided that Misaki would prove useful in the future. Raye just didn't know what the Earl was thinking about when he had explained that to them.

'What do you want?'

'I was just minding my own business till you showed up,'

'You've been showing up frequently and it's pissing me off,' Misaki snarled pointing his finger angrily at Raye. Raye didn't bother looking at the boy's face and just stared at the bangle that was around Misaki's wrist.

It was his first restriction spell with the help of the Earl after Misaki almost escaped out of the Ark and to make sure he didn't do it again, Raye was asked by the Earl to create it.

'This is as much my home as it is yours,' Raye said finally getting the courage to stare Misaki in the eye. The boy laughed harshly and jumped over the railing of the balcony, he wore similar clothes like Raye, a dress shirt and shorts but instead wore a thick belt around his middle. He towered Raye by at least a good few inches, which just made Raye's mood worse.

'HOME? That's funny, it's prison for me, you fucking idiot,' Raye couldn't hide his hesitation this time as he quickly glanced away from Misaki as the boy stormed off.

Crimson squawked defiantly after Misaki but Raye stopped it from following and attacking the boy and turned the other way and continued his ascent to the tower in the middle of the Ark.

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Author's Note:

I'm afraid my chapters may be shorter this time round guys, sorry about that but I'm hoping to fill some gaps in later chapters!

Oh and please review! :)