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Travelling Through the Ghosts of Time
Arc One: Prologue
Kapitel One: Partial Success

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN 07-GHOST IN ANY SUCH MANNER OR WAY

Summary: Pandora's box is breaking apart, Mikhail is damaged and Verloren's soul is coming closer as each second passes by. Fearing for their Masters' future, Raphael, with the help of Mikhail help send Kal (Ea), Teito, Ouka, Wolfram and Millea back two months. However, things don't go exactly as planned. Now, with only two months left to complete their task, will Ouka and Teito be able to stop Verloren's revival or will they succumb to the growing darkness inside their hearts?

"..." - Speaking

Italics - Thoughts

Bold italics - Mikhail/Raphael talking in Teito/Ouka's minds

Bold - Mikhail/Raphael talking when they take over their masters' bodies.

Make Illusions into Reality and Reality into Illusions
(Rokudou Mukuro, Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)

*1 1/2 months ago, Seventh District of Barsburg church*

Something was wrong. Something was terribly wrong.

The time travel had been successful, in its most technical definition. It and Raphael had been able to send all five of them back to around the time they had hoped to reach. The two angels had also been able to whisk Ouka, Teito, Wolfram, Millea and Kal out of their original time before Ayanami was able to enter the room. Teito had been badly injured from the attack Ayanami had sent at Ouka, and, though that did screw Raphael's concentration a bit, it shouldn't have caused any ill affects. At least, that was what Mikhail had believed at the time. But now-

He's gone. Teito Klein was gone.

Where is he? Mikhail said frantically. Where is my master? Why can't I hear his voice?

Mikhail was in Teito's mindscape, or what it thought was Teito's mindscape. The whole area was bare and the walls and floor were polished and as black as obsidian. The wall had few cracks in them from which water- from where Mikhail had no idea- trickled down, forming puddles on the ground. Mikhail noticed that there were two tunnels on opposite walls and some sort of large drain in the middle of the room. A few scattered memories in the form of dove wings floated by, as if being pushed by some invisible wind. Where is he? Why is Master's mind in such desolate state? Could this be due to Ayanami's interference? Did something go wrong with the ceremony? Or was it- my fault... Was it because I was too weak?

At that comment, a chuckle echoed throughout the room. "My, my, what do we have here? Why, I never thought I would be able to live to see the day Mikhail, the most critical and spiteful of humans, the archangel said to be more arrogant than even Jophiel reduced to such a pitiful state."

Mikahil sharply looked up to the ceiling, which showed the world outside of Teito's body.

Mikhail gasped. "You..."

*1 1/2 months ago, Seventh district of Barsburg Church, Memory World Edition*

After what seemed like an eternity of floating, Teito finally woke up to talking.

"You really are a trouble-maker, aren't you," a familiar voice said. C-Castor-san?! Teito thought as he tried to open his eyes.

"That brat underestimated me," someone else responded. Frau! He's alright! AND I'M NOT A BRAT!

"Gnn..." Teito rubbed his eyes, his head throbbing. Teito looked around to see that they were in a deserted corridor in the church- Wait, what? Wasn't I at Houborg Fortress with Ouka, the emperor, mom and Kal? Does that mean the time travel worked? "My head feels like its going to implode (2)..."

*Screech* Frau abruptly backed away from Teito, afraid that Mikhail might still be in control of Teito's body (though he would later deny that if anyone had asked him). Mikage, Teito's pink, fluffy baby fyulong dragon, fell from Frau's head in the process. "You're Teito, right...?" Frau asked nervously.

"Ugh, of course I am" Teito said as he got up. Mikage quickly ran over to his friend and jumped on his shoulder. "Pya~" Mikage said cheerfully. "Mikage..." Teito smiled.

"Teito!" Bishop Castor said, suddenly appearing in front of Teito. "Will you attempt the clergy examinations?"

"The... clergy examinations?" Teito repeated, as he realized where exactly in time he was in. So this was the day of Mikage's funeral, wasn't it? I remember passing out for some reason and waking up to Castor-san asking me to take the Bishop exams... I suppose it's better this way... at least I won't be forced to watch Mikage die a second time. I wonder how the others are doing, especially mom. I hope she's doing okay. I swear, I don't care if Wolfram is the emperor of the Barsburg Empire or Ouka's father, if he keeps mom under the influence of that poison any longer, I'm going to murder him.

"... get a full pass to all lodging establishments and transportation facilities around the world!...Teito-kun? Are you listening to me?" Castor asked. "You look a bit pale there. Am I going to fast?"

Teito jumped, startled out of his thoughts. "Err, yeah, I'm listening, but I think I'll go sit in the courtyard and think about... what you just said..." Teito replied, distracted.

"Alright. Please give me your response by the end of the day, at the most." Castor-san said, doubting that the brunette actually was paying attention.

*After Teito Leaves*

"You idiot! Why are you encouraging him to take revenge?! What he needs now is time to get his mind off Mikage's death and the imperial military! He needs to relax and heal his heart! What were you thinking?!" Frau shouted, seriously thinking about strangling his doll-loving companion.

"Burupya!" Mikage said. (A/N: Teito head was hurting too much so he forgot to take Mikage with him)

"Now, now, Frau, even you know that it would be practically impossible to stop Teito from going off to get his revenge," Castor replied. "That is inevitable, especially if the military know that he possesses the Eye of Mikhail. The military will stop at nothing in retrieving the boy. It's either Teito goes to the military or the military comes to him. That's why, I'm choosing the practical way to topple this dilemma. If the military and Teito-kun are going to clash no matter what we do..." Castor continued smiling, "then why not prepare Teito so he could at most have more of a chance of getting away from them alive with all of his body parts in one piece?" (3)

Frau sweat dropped. "It's amazing, the amount of confidence you have in the brat..."

"Oh, I have confidence in Teito-kun, alright. To have gone through what he has... to have killed so many people... and yet for his soul to remain so pure and his mind so naïve..." Castor sighed. "He's one of the most toughest people I have ever met."

"Yeah," Frau agreed. "I agree on the tough part, but he's still a brat."

When Teito reached the water fountain he sat down on the edge. He dropped his head into his hands. Urg, my mind feels like it's a complete mess. How is Ouka? Is she still undergoing the brainwashing maintenance? I wonder how the scientist are dealing now that Doctor Nanase is dead. How is Emperor Wolfram? I can't forgive him for what he has taken away from me for his selfish desires, but right now he is still under Landkarte's influence. If Wolfram suddenly stops listening to Landkarte, won't it seem suspicious? What will happen to mom? And general Oak! He was also killed. I wonder how Shuri's dealing with the sudden loss of his father. Even though I don't like Shuri as a whole, he did love his father with all his heart and he did invite me to the funeral so then I could meet Mikage's family. How is Kal? He's still working under Miroku, right? How am I going to contact them? I'm quite sure the imperial guard won't let me waltz into Houborg fort when ever I feel like- "Ahh!" Teito screamed his head throbbing even more painfully than before. He fell of the fountain and crashed onto the ground.

"Teito!" One of the nuns, Rosalie, (4) called out, as she rushed to where Teito had fallen. "Are you alright? My, you look like you're going to faint at any time, you're so pale. Here, I'll help you to your room. I'll have some of the other nuns bring your lunch up to your room later on as well."

"Th-thank you, very much," Teito said, relieved. I was so worried about the others that I didn't even realize that I don't remember where my room was, anymore.

After the nun had showed Teito to his room, Teito collapsed onto the bed. His headache was getting worse.

The cursed tickets! Do I still have them, or do I need to start all over again? Should I still take the Bishop examination? I mean, I already know how to use a bascule... I doubt Castor-san, Labrador-san and Frau are going to just let me go. They'll probably think I'm marching off to my death or something...

Is Bishop Lance dead?

And... ASSISTANT ARCHBISHOP BASTIAN! HE WAS GOING TO DIE A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE BISHOPS' EXAM, RIGHT?! DOESN'T THAT MEAN HE'S DEAD?! WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN THEY FIND THE BODY?! How is Frau going to deal with this?!

What about Hakuren? If I don't take the Bishop exams we probably won't become as close as friends as we were the last time.

"Master, please do not think so much! This body has not completely absorbed all of your soul and memories yet!" Mikhail shouted, its voice vibrating in Teito's head.

"Mikhail!" Teito gasped, remembering that Ayanami still hadn't yet managed to separate Teito from the eye.

AND I'M STILL PANDORA's BOX! IS THE SEAL STILL BROKEN!?

WHAT DO I DO?! WHAT ABOUT THE EYE OF MIKHAIL!? WILL I BE SEPARATED FROM IT AGAIN?!

*Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang!* Mikhail temporarily took over its master's body before standing up to bang Teito's head against the wall. "Master-I-said-to-stop-THINKING," Mikhail screamed.

When it gave control back to Teito, Teito promptly fell backwards onto the bad again. (5)

"Uh, did you HAVE to do that, Mikhail? And why does my head hurt so much?" Teito asked.

"Yes, I did. As much as it hurts me to damage my most favorite vessel, you just WOULDN'T stop thinking. And your consistent thoughts and worries was making it more harder than it already was for your body to accept foreign data. Master, I believe that your body is having difficulties due to the fact that since you were at this time highly emotionally stressed out and injured due to the recent loss of Mikage, the extra strain that you are putting on this body with the input of your future memories, not to mention the combing of your past's soul with your future soul, is putting your body under extreme pressure. I'll be able to sort out this mess inside of you but it might take some time."

"How long do you need?" Teito asked.

"About 3 to 4 hours should suffice, but I could do it in two if you were sleeping..."

"Okay, then. I feel like taking a nap anyways. ESPECIALLY after you banged my head against the wall SIX TIMES."

"YOU WOULDN'T STOP THINKING!"

(1) Archangel said to be the beauty of God

(2) An imploding head hurts more than an exploding head :/

(3) Note: Castor-san said AT MOST, not at least.

(4)The nun's name was Rosalie, who was doing Laundry by the fountain and who knew Teito.

(5) Teito's now a bit dizzy after having his head smashed onto the wall.

There is a reason to memory-Mikhail's behavior. I hope you all know what it is...

All the answers to Teito's questions will be answered in the next few chapters. The next Chapter will be dedicated to Raphael, Ouka and Wolfram! Poor Ouka. When I think about what's going to happen next, it makes me feel guilty...