Back to Teito's Arc. Just a bit of recap: Ayanami sent out his first kor but thanks to Frau's interference, it wasn't so successful and their room ended up paying the price (lol).
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Spoilers from Episode 6.
Chapter 24:
'The first Kor was a failure. If I wasn't wrong that was definitely the bishop's doing—what exactly he did is something I must uncover immediately. I had a feeling he wasn't any ordinary bishop…for that matter, it's possible the others are hiding something as well…' Ayanami mused as he sat in his 'new' room. This place was so inadequate that they didn't even have a chair in the room, so he had to settle for sitting on the single bed instead.
"Ayanami-san," A sweet voice caught his attention as it entered the room. The silverette glanced up to find his lover and begleiter, dressed in his full uniform.
"Mikage-kun, you're back."
"Mn," The blond nodded. "Um, Ayanami-san…"
"What is it?" The chief noticed his hesitant behavior.
"Actually, I was wondering…can we go to the festival…that the church is hosting?"
The silverette frowned slightly for obvious reasons. "Festival?" He didn't exactly like the idea of loud noises, demanding crowds and pushy people—not to mention they were in the middle of a mission here not a vacation. However, it did spark another idea in him. Wasn't it best to utilize every opportunity that crossed their path? "You do realize we aren't here for fun, right?"
Mikage dropped his gaze, attempting not to appear too disappointed but at the same time devastated. "I understand—forget I asked."
Ayanami smiled at his cooperation as he stood up and stepped towards the standing blond, fixing a gloved hand on the other's head. "However, I suppose a bit of fun won't hurt." He contradicted with a smirk, mind reeling with other ideas.
"Really?!" Mikage lit up instantly. "Thank you so much Ayanami-san!" He reached up and kissed the elder on cheek.
"Hmp, if you're going to do it, shouldn't you do it properly?" Ayanami scoffed, pressing his thumb over the younger's lips, insinuating something. Realization flashed in the blond's eyes as he presented a sheepish smile. Slowly, he placed his hands on the elder's shoulders and stretched up again to peck his lips on the other's. The silverette, very much enjoying his subtle efforts, later wrapped an arm on the blond's waist and deepened the kiss.
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"Once a year we hold a large Baptismal along with the bazaar." One of the nuns from the church explained as she led Teito, Mikage, and Ayanami down the streets of the bazaar.
"Wow!" Mikage rejoiced, then glimpsed at Teito, who had a rather sullen expression. "What's the matter Teito?"
"…I want to finish our conversation from yesterday." The brunette replied.
'Yesterday…oh, his linage and my advice…ah!' The blond quickly turned his head around, incase Ayanami would misunderstand and assume he was betraying the army. However, to his surprise, the other was lost to him. Ayanami was no longer following behind them and the nun happened to move ahead of them. 'Eh? Where did he go?'
"Are you sure you're not hurt or anything, or hiding something from me… you sounded a little off yesterday…" Teito continued, bringing back the blond's attention.
"Idiot, you're just imagining things." Mikage reassured.
"Hey guys!" A familiar voice called out to them. Both of them looked in the oncoming direction to notice Frau waving at them.
"Frau-san," The teens turned their attention to him.
"Come and check out my stall too!" The bishop invited.
"You have a stall as well?" Mikage curiously asked, following behind until they reached their destination.
"Of course, here you are—try this stuff." The blond handed two sticks probed with roasted meat to them.
"I thought meat was prohibited?" Teito retorted.
"Don't worry about this one. It may even help you grow taller." Frau teased. The teens gave the food a suspicious look before taking a bite.
"Not bad…" The brunette confessed.
"Wow, this must be homemade?" Mikage asked.
"Sure." Frau replied. His customers were enjoying themselves very much until they saw the raw ingredients that the nun brought over which made them retreat immediately and puke in a corner.
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'How weird, I didn't run into Ayanami-san even once. Just where did he go?' Mikage thought as he sat atop the higher ledge of the concrete bridge/road above the vicinity of the church. The breeze felt nice and peaceful as it swayed his light hair back and forth. 'Perhaps I should return to the room…huh?' His contemplation was crushed by the rowdy noise of a horse carriage riding past him in dangerous speed. He watched it crash into the solid gates at the end of the road, wooden wheels completely shattered as the horses lay on the ground. 'Uh oh.' The blond immediately hopped off his spot and approached it, forcing the door open to find a beautiful young girl.
"Are you okay?" The girl looked up and for a brief second, he could have sworn he saw the face of his younger sister, suddenly striking him by awe. With it came the memory of the army helplessly blackmailing him with a picture of his sister and himself—'Shit, he missed his family so much.' He shook his head away from that past.
"I ran away…" The girl finally spoke cutting his notions. She staggered up a bit, dress torn from above her chest to reveal a very familiar green mark. Mikage froze upon seeing that symbol. 'No way, that mark…isn't that the mark of Ayanami's kor?'
"I'm all alone now…" She fell forward just in time for the teen to catch her in his arms.
"You were probably attacked by a kor—don't worry, I'll take you to be baptized right away. Big brother will help you." Without another minute wasted, he helped her on to his back and dashed down the stairs to the main area outside the church. They were almost near the ground, a couple of more steps stood in their path but a sound of bones unfolding abruptly caught the teen's attention. Swallowing thickly, he rotated his eyes fearfully behind him to find two bony wings emerging from the girls back. 'No.'
"Onii-chan…" The girl's voice hoarsely let out in a low sneer. That underlying tone of voice complemented with that respectful word which his own sister used, terrified him. In no time, the sharp edge of a wing aimed at him with the intention to kill. Mikage had no choice but to shove himself away, unpredictably tumbling backward to the solid ground beneath them.
'Ow!' His thoughts screamed as he automatically jumped up and ran for the entrance of the church, realizing with an agonizing pain that he had sprung his ankle. The blond's foot urged him to halt on the spot. 'Ouch…bad timing!'
"Why are you running away, onii-chan?" The girl flew ahead of him. He had to lead her to the church, so that the bishops could help her there. Sucking in a breath, he began leaping away from her despite his aching foot, which he ended up getting used to. To his luck, he was able to spot a wooden door outside one wall of the building.
"Wait what are you doing—that place is off limits!" A man standing guard shouted as he witnessed the blond break the door down with a kick. Albeit, Mikage wasn't expecting to find another dead end in that room.
"What the…what's up with this room?" The room had a straight path indefinitely above a ground that wasn't even visible—it was so high up and that wasn't the only direct path in the dark chamber connecting to individual doors. The kor followed him inside the room.
"Why are you running away, onii-chan?" She questioned while charcoal ghastly apparitions fumed from the floor towards the teen. Mikage promptly activated his zaiphon and eradicated the circle of souls around him only to find more approaching.
"Dammit—isn't there a way…" 'To save her? Why was she even in this state?' The blond fretted. Without warning, the possessed girl charged at him with her pointy wings again, alarming the teen as he crossed his arms in defense waiting for the pain to strike him. Except, it never came. Another zaiphon much similar to his own shielded him effectively. Mikage gawked and turned around.
"Teito!" He recognized the brunette standing behind him with his hand extended, indicative of the zaiphon.
"I made a promise—I will never abandon you again." His friend declared.
"Are you here to take him away?" The girl slowly spoke adoring the extra company. "I guess the only way to stop you is to kill you." She trapped Mikage in her wings as one edge of a bone pointed right below his chin, threatening to slit his throat. "If I don't kill you, you'll just leave me again, won't you?"
"Mikage!" Teito cried as he attempted to throw a few more zaiphons her way but all invain.
Meanwhile, Ayanami stood against a wall of the church corridors that opened to the outside lawns and closed his eyes to see how his kor was progressing. No thanks to the interruptive and interfering environment at the church, he wasn't able to watch the girl from the beginning so started now. The silverette apparently frowned when his mind opened the scene that was taking place between the kor and Teito. Little was he expecting another familiar face to be amongst them as well. 'Mikage-kun?! Why is he there?' The chief clicked his tongue loudly when he telepathically saw his lover wrapped in danger. Just when he was debating on calling the kor back or disactivating her on the spot, Teito's rage took over. A bright golden orange aura encompassed him while a blood red eye made its appearance from within the flesh of Teito's hand. 'This power—no doubt: it is the eye.'
Mikage and the girl watched in wonder before the younger girl gracefully planned to attack Mikage again but failed once more. This time by no other than Frau himself who reckoned it was about time to make a flashy entrance.
"May God be with you." Frau smiled confidently.
'He killed my kor with one blow…What are you?' Ayanami thought on the other end.
"Teito." Mikage awakened the brunette from his tentative faint and held the girl in his arms. "Thanks a lot, you were awesome just now." He grinned.
"Mikage…"
"Okay, I hate to ruin the moment of heroism and love here but if we don't leave this place soon, we'll all be in trouble." The blond bishop clapped.
"What the hell were you doing all this time? You're late!" Teito accused.
"Thank you for helping us out too Frau-san." Mikage chuckled.
"At least someone knows their manners." Frau rubbed his nose. "Anyhow, let's take her to the medical facility." Mikage nodded, scooping a hand under the girl's knees and hoisted her up –entirely neglecting a recent wound.
"Auw!" The blond yelped as he collapsed back on the ground.
"Mikage—what's wrong?" The brunette instantly inquired.
"Ah…sorry, I forgot I kinda sprained my ankle back there." The teen sheepishly answered. Frau and Teito glanced at each other once at that.
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Ayanami moved himself to the entrance of the church, awaiting their arrival. As soon as they came in sight, he lay off the wall and stepped towards them, caught off guard by the positions the three were in. Frau dared to straddle his begleiter in his arms—in a bridal posture too, while Teito carried the unconscious girl on his back.
"Ugh…Frau-san, this is good enough please…" Mikage was fighting the huge embarrassment as they passed the steel gates of the church.
"Why are you carrying him?" The silverette's spiteful tone of voice charged at them without much anticipation. Mikage flushed as he noticed the elder standing in their path.
"The kid sprained his ankle from another one of those kor attacking outa nowhere." Frau answered. Ayanami scowled. 'Was that true? How troublesome, this wasn't how his plan was supposed to carry out.'
"Hand him over, I'll take him back to my room." The silverette ordered reaching his hands under the blond's knees and shoulder blades to take him from the other.
"Ah, Ayanami-san it's oka—" However, before the teen could fully protest, Ayanami already had him in his hold, forcing him to drape an arm over the silverette's shoulder.
'This keeps getting worse…' Mikage concealed his blushing face with his hair, keeping his head low.
"Why you—" Teito began but was attenuated by Frau.
"I'll have one of Castor's dolls bring some ice and wrapping for him." The bishop assured as the sileverette took the blond away. "Come on shorty, we have to take that girl to treatment too."
"Whatever."
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Ayanami sat Mikage on the bed and kneeled on the floor to tightly wrap some support on the blond's ankle before fixing the ice pack on top of it. "Keep it like that for a while." The blond nodded.
"Ayanami-san, where were you?"
"In the church, since it was too disturbing elsewhere."
"I see…" There was a moment of silence. "Ayanami-san, there was a kor in the girl."
"I'm aware."
"But there was no way …that you would bind a kor to that helpless girl, right?" Mikage had to confirm but from the looks of it, his gut was telling him otherwise.
"There was already darkness and solitude filled in her heart—I merely gave her an outlet." The chief spoke with no regrets until he touched the younger's ankle again. "But this… I did not intend for this to happen. Forgive me." Deep lavender eyes stared at the exposed flesh of the foot. Mikage cringed in disbelief and hurt.
"That's not the point! My injury is nothing compared to what could have happened to that girl! Ayanami-san what were you thinking? Why involve an innocent girl? I don't get it—" The teen's voice unwillingly broke towards the end.
The silverette merely gazed at him expressionlessly before standing up so that his irises were arched downward. "Wouldn't you agree that thanks to that girl, we've found what we were looking for?"
"What? Which is what?"
"The eye of Mikhail lives with in the body of that friend of yours." 'And your relative since he was also the heir to throne…but what would that make them?' The thought involuntarily crossed the teen. "The eye that the army as well as myself have been searching for."
"But was it really necessary to take that girl's life?" Mikage was evidently still upset about that aspect. The silverette sighed. This amount of consideration was nonsense but since it was coming from Mikage-kun, not to mention a Mikage-kun who got injured during his scheme—he didn't have the will to get angry.
Ayanami cupped his large hand right under the teen's chin lining his neck, forcing his face to look up. "How did I end up with such a forbearing lover like you?" He mocked. Mikage's face was one of fright at first but eventually furrowed his eye brows attempting to prove the seriousness of the matter.
"I'm serious!" The blond urged, clasping a hand over the bigger one. "Please."
"Why are we talking about this?" The chief rolled his eyes, smile dropping. "Very well, I won't involve outsiders, if we can obtain the eye from Teito Klein."
'Some improvement there.' The quick agreement was one thing to be content about, especially regarding the elder. 'But how exactly were they going to get the eye again…?' And that was another thing that left him in apprehension—his heart would never be at peace, would it now?
To Be Continued…
Ayanami's attempts still continue but poor Mika got dragged into one of them lol. I know this chapter was mostly based on the episode, so not too much eventful but I'll try to wrap their troubles up and bring it back to more of fixing Aya x Mika's relationship 😊 . Wait for it.
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