I know I said that I said this chapter would be about the reunion. It's just that there was a lot going on between the time Teito first woke up in the past and when the five time travelers are reunited. I decided to just have the reunion take place in the next chapter.

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

"..." - Speaking

Italics - Thoughts

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

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

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 around when Teito Klein first deserted the military. How will Teito cope with reliving the past again? Will he help change things for the better or for the worse?

At a back alley in a small city in the 6th district a man suddenly fell down, dead. The fortune teller that sat alone in the alley merely watched the man's body before thinking out loud, "Oh my, oh my, I wondered how that happened?"

*In front of the door of Teito's guest room*

It was around evening at the Barsburg Church and Teito still hadn't come out of his room.

"Castor, I'm worried about Teito. The nuns told me that Teito-kun hadn't eaten lunch and that he locked himself in his room," Labrador said.

"I know," Castor replied, pushing his glasses up his nose. "I hope this isn't a relapse of his previous depression."

"Alright you people, out of the way! I'M COMING THROUGH YOU DAMN DRAT!" Frau said, breaking the door with his foot, once again. Mikage was still biting Frau's hair in protective anger (Mikage's thoughts: Don't insult my best buddy!) "Geez, didn't we go over this two days ago?! What's going on with-eh?"

Frau stopped short when he saw that Teito was neither crying nor depressed, but instead sleeping fitfully with a peaceful expression on his face.

"Pya!" Mikage said before he jumped off Frau's head and onto Teito's bed. Once Mikage felt comfortable enough, he fell asleep immediately.

"Oh, look," Castor said, "Teito left a note on the side-table."

~To Frau, Castor and Labrador,

I'm taking a nap. Don't wake me up, I'm not hungry. I have also decided to take the Clergy Exam.

Teito~

"Why did the damn Brat leave a message inside his room? Couldn't he have, I don't know, tell a nun to tell us that or something?" Frau asked.

"Teito-kun probably knew you were going to break down his door anyways, so he decided not to bother," Labrador said smiling cheerfully. "I mean, your actions ARE predictable, Frau."

"Well then, now that that's over, why don't you just leave Teito's dinner on the side table besides the letter. That way, if Teito wakes up, he'll have something to eat," Castor said.

After they walked out of the room to allow the guardians to fix the door AGAIN (guardians' thoughts: We really should be paid more...) a group of nuns came running towards the Bishops.

"Bishop Frau, Bishop Castor and Bishop Labrador! Assistant Archbisop Bastian and nearly all the prisoners have died!"

"WHAT?!" Frau said, shocked.

"When Archbishop Jio sent someone to check on Bastian-sama because he didn't arrive during mass. However, when he got there, Bastian-sama was already dead! And no one knows how!" One of the nuns said, frantic.

"Archbishop Jio sent us so he could talk to you three in private about the occurences as well." Another nun added.

"Thank you for telling us. We shall leave immediately" Castor told them.

*In the West Garden*

"Archbishop Jio, you called for us?"

"The Pope is dead," Jio said, getting right to the point. "What more, at the same the criminals who have repented and Bastian."

"Why is this happening? Why did they all die? Why did it have to be Bastian-sama of all people?!" demanded angrily.

"That we do not know. However autopsy on Bastien's body has shown evidence that he was a warsphile. A heavily tainted book on black magic has also been found on his desk in his study."

"No, it can't be. Bastien-sama couldn't be a Warsphile! He would never do something as stupid as that," Frau replied in shock.

"95% of the Antwort population passed away at the exact same time as well. I have called you here to see if you have any knowledge as to the cause of the deaths of these people. You three are part of the Seven Ghosts, after all."

"…Archbishop Jio, there is something we would like to say. Earlier this day the eye of Mikhail attacked both me and Frau, though Frau was the one who provoked it," Castor said. "The might have been involved in these occurrences."

Frau was too wrapped up in his own thoughts to comment.

"The eye of Mikhail?! How did you come about it?" Jio demanded.

"The boy of whom we have told you of, Teito Klein, is not only the prince of the fallen Raggs Kingdom but also the holder of the eye of Mikhail," Labrador informed. "That child shall face many challenges in the future, especially now that the Eye has begun to awaken."

"Hmmm… this could prove to me more difficult than I thought… Alright, I need you three to keep an eye On this child. The Eye of Mikhail might very well be involved with the deaths of all those people, or it could have just been coincidental. I must also meet with this child in the near future. This might also be connected to what we found in the Pope's room..."

"What do you mean, Jio-sama? Labrador inquired curiously.

"When the Pope's body was found, a letter has also been found in his possession. Apparently, the army had sent a message to the pope, asking for their ships to be allowed to fly over the seventh district as a short cut to Antwort," Jio explained.

"Why would the military want battleships to go to Antwort? Are they thinking of making war with them?" Frau asked.

"I'm afraid so. The reason that they gave to the pope was that they suspect the Eye of Mikhail to be hidden in Antwort and intend to obtain it. They had also requested that the church hand over Teito Klein to the military for questioning, as they believe that Teito had some sort of information on the eye. The pope appeared to be in the middle of writing the letter. Here, look at this." Jio handed over a white sheet of paper with the Pope's handwriting on it.

General Wakaba Oak,

I have considered your proposal. However, I am afraid that I cannot let your battle ships fly over the seventh district. If you desire a short cut to battle, I advise taking the route through the mountain range parallel to the seventh district. It should you about the same amount of time as it would if you had passed through the seventh district. I also can not allow the Law of Sanctuary to be broken, even if the person you are seeking murdered the emperor himself. However, I have also been wanting to talk to the boy for a time. I shall ask him about the Eye and if he knows something about it. If he knows anything of significance, then I shall relay the information to you and the emperor.

...Also, if there is truly a person who can wield the Eye of Mikhail, I shall like to meet with this person... to ascertain that he is indeed worthy of wielding the eye of Mikhail and becoming the next King of Raggs-

"Jio-sama, do you mean to say that the pope had planned to revive the Kingdom of Raggs?" Castor asked, even more shocked and confused than before.

"It is unfortunate that we can no longer ask the pope directly for his reasons," Labrador sighed.

"Anyways, all you want us to do is babysit the brat, right? Then don't worry, we'll watch him so closely, he wouldn't be able get out of his room, much less the church.

*30 minutes after Frau, Castor and Labrador left Teito's room*

Teito finally woke up after hours of helping Mikhail sort out his memories. Teito never knew just how unorganized his mind was until he fell head-first into a mountain of things that looked like paper-work and random objects. However, Teito was glad that his mind was now all sorted out.

"Wow, my head doesn't hurt anymore!" Teito said as he jumped off the bed. "It's as if a great burden's been lifted off my shoulders."

"I am glad my wonderful master feels better!" Mikhail said happily.

"Hmm? Seems like someone left some food for me. I'm not that hungry, though..."

"Master, you should eat the last thing we need right now is for you to collapse," Mikhail responded.

"Alright, then."

"Pya? Burupya!" Mikage said, shaking his head to clear it before jumping onto Teito's shoulder. (Mikage's thoughts: Buddy's awake! FOOD!)

"Mikage?" Teito asked, before grabbing Mikage and hugging it. "I MISSED YOU!" (1)

After Teito ate, he went out of his room to search for Frau, Castor and Labrador.

"Master, I sense Zehel, Fest and Profe's energy waves coming from the west garden," Mikhail informed.

Thanks Mikhail.

Castor-san? Labrador-san? Frau? Are you guys here?" Teito called out.

"Ah, Teito-kun." Castor came from behind the tree, followed by Labrador and Frau. "We were just talking about you. I take it you had a good nap?"

"Yes, I feel much better now. Did Frau really break down the door again?" Teito asked.

"Unfortunately."

"Oi, don't talk as if I'm not here!" Frau shouted angrily, though the outburst seemed a bit half-hearted.

I wonder if he heard about Bastian-sama, Teito thought sadly.

"Anyways, here's your badge, damn brat," Frau said, coming to Teito and attaching the badge to the collar of Teito's mourning robes. "This badge proves that you are a candidate for the Bishop exam."

"Come meet us at the Library tomorrow morning Teito-kun," Castor said

"Alright, good night, Frau, Castor-san, Labrador." I wonder why Labrador looks confused, Teito thought.

"Is everything alright, Labrador? You seem awfully quiet," Castor

"That boy...Is not the boy we once knew. He is different," Labrador said.

"What, do you mean he's an imposter? Then what are we waiting for lets go capture hi-"

"No, Frau, the boy IS Teito. It's just that his eyes are clearer and he no longer seems lost and alone. He has found his destiny...and now wishes to change it."

"What do you mean, Labrador?"

"I… do not know…thee flowers, they're confused…They don't know-I don't know-" Labrador rubbing his temples. "Labrador shouted. "The flowers are screaming in pain…" (2)

"Labrador!" Frau and Castor said, startled.

Labrador ran out of the garden, clutching head. "I-I think I'll go to bed early today," Labrador shouted.

*In the library the next day*

"The first part of the exam covers a total of 100 topics from all 77 volumes and 7700 chapters of the Barsburg scriptures. It's a written exam," Castor said cheerfully, putting three more books on the desk. "We also have the past editions."

"Ugh, I don't want to see these anymore," Frau grumbled to himself.

I forgot how intimidating these books could look like, Teito thought, as he looked at the huge piles of books in front of him.

"Do not worry, master, if there is anything you are uncertain of, I can always be of help to you. I can even test you on your knowledge if you ever want me to," Mikhail said, happily. Even though it never told anyone, Mikhail loved to read, especially the bible.

"At any rate, we'll have to make sure you learn all these by heart in half a month. Alright?~"

"Don't you 'alright?~' me! There's no way he can do it! It took me three years to do it!" Frau shouted angrily

The confidence you people have in me is remarkable...Teito thought.

"Do not worry, master. If Zehel insults your intelligence, he insults my intelligence, meaning he wants to be pranked," Mikhail said (3).

What is a prank? Teito asked, curiously, ignoring the two bishops bickering in the back while he reached out to take Volume one, Book one of the Bible.

"Nothing you should worry about, master. You must not ruin your perfect mind with such things."

But you're an angel and you know about it, Teito pointed out.

"That's because I'm a thousand years older than you."

"See, Frau? Look at Teito, already working diligently on his studies. Why can't you be as studious as this boy? All you ever do is be a nuisance to me."

"Well, maybe that's because he doesn't have any annoying, too-smart-for-his-own-good partner to bore him to death!"

"Hmm? So you would study more if I wasn't here?" Castor asked.

"Of course not! Why would I want to read some books written by I guy I hate?!"

*SMACK*

"HE'S. GOD!"

*In one of the Church's courtyards half an hour later*

"The second Exam is a practical using Zaiphon," Castor told Teito. "First, let us test the strength of your Zaiphon."

"If you don't want to die, you better use all your strength," Frau called out from behind a book he was reading.

"Okay!" Teito said, readying himself. He remembered the last time this happened. Before, he didn't take Frau seriously so he only used half of his strength.

*Vr-rrrrrrrooonn*

Like before, a dragon-like manifestation of Zaiphon came out of Castor's hand. Teito quickly placed a shield around himself, putting in all of his strength into the Zaiphon. However, even using that, Teito could just barely block it, being pushed back a few feet.

"At least it was better than your first try," Mikhail said, trying to be helpful.

"My, Teito-kun, you certainly did better than I had expected at first," Castor said, smiling. "I bet you're wondering how we humble bishops could have such strong Zaiphon, eh"

No, not really, Teito thought, but kept silent.

"There are many people in this world that you cannot protect by simply thinking or praying for them. That is why, for the sake of saving people lost in the abyss of despair, we bishops bear arms and fight."

"In other words," Frau said, taking the bascule out of the box and pointing it at Teito, "the clergy job is the extermination of Kor. Because you're still young, your Zaiphon is still weak and unsullied. It should be adequate enough to use this staff."

"ZEHEL! How dare you mock my master's strength! My master has a Zaiphon more powerful than any of the weaklings that are to take this exam! Master deserves the most powerful "Mikhail said venomously. "Master, please, let me teach Zehel a lesson just this once!"

Mikhail, don't over-react! No one is supposed to know that you are fully awake! That could spell ruin for us, Teito thought.

"Basically, Zaiphon comes from all from all living beings on this world. You can't use it to attack dwellers of the dark," Frau informed Teito. "However, if you channel your Zaiphon through this staff... you can catch and nullify Kor. Here, catch." Frau tossed the bascule towards Teito, who caught it with ease.

"In other words, this staff is a device that converts dark beings?" Teito inquired.

"Exactly."

"We learned with weapons that used Zaiphon at school. I'll give it a try," and hope to do very, very badly (4)! Mikhail, what do I?! I can't let them know I can use a Bascule! Teito thought, panicking.

"Do not worry master. Just think of negative emotions. The bascule will not respond to those feelings and most likely reject you."

Thanks, Mikhail! Negative emotions, huh? Alright then… Teito brought to mind all the pain and blood that he caused when executing prisoners or killing enemy soldiers in the battle field. He thought of the frustration and despair he felt when Kurena didn't allow him to escape Miroku's Mansion. He thought of how empty and hollow he had felt after Mikage died-

*Bam* the staff rebounded. It burned in Teito's hands, causing Teito to let go of the bascule and fall back to the flagstones.

"Ouch!" Teito winced in pain. He looked down at his hands to find that they were red from the heat of the Bascule.

"Pya!" Mikage said, worried, as he licked Teito's hands, trying to help stop the pain.

"Master, you didn't need to pour THAT much hatred into the staff! Now you've gone and burned yourself!" Mikhail scolded.

"Teito-kun!" Castor and Frau walked over to Teito and examined the damage on his hands, frowning. "I'll escort you to the infirmary. The burn should go away in about a day if you put some burn salve on them."

"Don't worry about me. I can find the Infirmary by myself," Teito said, getting to his feet. "But why did it react like that?" Teito ask, feigning ignorance.

"What did you do to this, damn brat? It's burning hot!" Frau exclaimed, dropping the Bascule he was trying to pick up.

"All I did was think about some of my more painful memories. Back at the academy, our weapons would work the best when we were thinking about depressing or painful things," Teito explained.

No wonder the Bascule rejected him, Castor thought. "Teito-kun, this weapon is not like the ones used by the army. For one, these Bascules are not mass produced like military weapons. Second of all, you need to pour in your devotion to serve god in order for you to use a Bascule. If you pour negative emotions into it, it won't work for you. But, I suppose this should be enough for the day."

*Snap*

"It looks like someone was looking for you, Teito-kun," Castor said, smiling, as he held the small Kor in his hands. "We will continue training tomorrow."

*Sigh*

"You know, Mikage, I never knew pretending to be horrible could be so hard…" Teito said, as he walked to where he thought the infirmary was located at.

"Burupya!"

"Well, at least it's over now."

"Master, you do know the direction to the infirmary is the opposite way, right?"

"Eh?!"

"You're heading towards the applicants hall."

Teito turned around to walk back the way he just came from when he suddenly bumped into someone.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going!" Teito said quickly. However, when he saw he he bumped into his jaw nearly fell to the floor. In front of him was a boy with purple eyes wearing the normal white bishop examinee robes. His blond hair was tied in a lose pony tail. Hakuren?!

"Of course you were," Hakuren said, disbelievingly. He then proceeded to take out a mirror to admire himself. "Beauty is a wonderful sin…"

"That is…not it…" Teito said, still in shock.

Not it…? Hakuren thought as he stared in disbelief at the brunette in front of him. Hakuren pointed at Teito. "You're thinking I'm too cool aren't you?" Hakuren smirked thinking, Of course, that had to be the reason! "I'll show you what it is to have a big heart!"

Wow, I forgot how much of a real freak Hakuren could sound like, Teito thought, even more shocked than before. "Um, actually, I was trying to find the infirmary. First I thought it was this way, but then I remembered that this was the corridor leading to the applicants' hall," Teito said, sweatdropping. I forgot how vain Hakuren used to act like too…

"Hmm?" Hakuren had spotted the badge on Teito's collar. "I see… so you're… my rival?" Hakuren asked, pointing to the badge on his collar. It was the same badge as Teito's. "I'm surprised to think that a fellow examinee would mistaken the applicants' hall as the infirmary, though I suppose you do look like a person who gets lost easily."

"You insolent bug! I'll kill you! How dare you insult my master!" Mikhail screamed angrily in Teito's head.

Ack! Mikhail! Don't scream so loud, or else my head will start hurting again!

"Well, for the time beings shall we shake hands?" Hakuren asked.

"No."

Mikhail.

"I'm Hakuren Oak."

"Teito Klein."

"Every year, it seems like 1,000 applicants or more come to take the examination but… are middle school students taking the exam nowadays too?"

"DIE, VERMIN!"

MIKHAIL! "I'm not a middle school student, fox-face!" Teito said, angrily. "You wouldn't happen to know an idiot called Shuri from that spineless Oak family, would you?" Teito asked. Hakuren never did answer that question now did he?

"MASTER! You should have said 'fat, mindless, greedy and vain Oaks,' not simply 'spineless Oaks!' Stop being so nice to him!"

'Fox-face?' 'Spineless Oaks?' That pipsqueak! "Isn't that a little rude, boy?" Hakuren said, tightening his grip. Unfortunately, that caused Teito's already burned hands to hurt even more.

"Ow, ow, ow!" Teito said, pulling his hand away. They look redder than they did before!

Hakuren looked down to see that both of Teito's hands were burned. Wait, so he was looking for the infirmary? Not only that I probably made his wound hurt even more! Hakuren thought guiltily.

"Now look what you did!" Teito shouted angrily, before running off to the infirmary.

*The next day*

Teito had been sitting on the side of the fountain again."

*Sigh*

"What is wrong, Master?"

It's nothing, Mikhail. I'm just thinking about the others. I hope they're alright, especially mom. I hope Emperor Wolfram gave mom the antidote already. And Landkarte! He had been right besides the emperor all this time. What if he tries to hurt him? What if Landkarte hurt Ouka or mom? Is Kal still working under Miroku? I suppose he has to, otherwise people might begin to suspect something.

"Do not worry master. I am sure that Ea will protect the others from Landkarte.

But if Ea is protecting those three from Landkarte, he would have to leave Miroku! And Miroku would likely get suspicious if the emperor of all people wants Kal to be some sort of body guard, and Miroku will most likely tell Ayanami about this too!

Master, I am sure we will be able to meet the others again soon. All we have to do is wait for that Assistant Archbishop Bastian's funeral."

Why wait until then? Teito asked, saddened when he remembered Bastian was dead. (5)

"Well, for one, everyone will be at the funeral so we can sneak out of the church without anyone noticing."

"What about Castor's sister dolls? Won't they be watching?"

"If they are then I can use my powers to block the connection between them and those puppets for a short amount of time. That should give us enough time to escape."

"You there," someone said from behind him. Teito turned around to see Hakuren. "I want to apologize for being rude-"

"Don't bother," Teito said, too worried about other things at the moment to worry about such petty arguments. "I'm used to it. (6)" With that Teito got up and walked away. Besides, you'll only get yourself into a lot more trouble if you associate with me any longer, Teito thought sadly.

W-why, that annoying pipsqueak! Here I am trying to be nice and he ignores me?! Hakuren thought, insulted. Eh, it doesn't matter. There are a lot more people taking the exam this year... I probably won't be seeing him as often until the exam starts that, Hakuren left to go to the library.

*Back at the same courtyard*

"Ah, Teito-kun, we were just about to go looking for you," Castor said as he saw Teito coming towards them. Castor frowned at the troubled look on Teito's face. "Is something wrong?"

"Oh, good morning, Castor-san, Frau," Teito greeted. "No, nothings wrong."

"Glad to see that your hands are healed now," Frau told him. "The bascule has cooled down so it should be safe to use now."

"Because I believe you need to fight the real thingfor this training to be worthwhile," Castor said, "I have prepared some ~wonderful~ helpers!"

"Tadaa~!" out of no where, three puppets which looked like bad replicas of Frau appeared, startling Teito.

"What do think? They look dangerous don't they?" Castor said excitedly.

"What?! You want to pick a fight with me?!" Frau asked angrily.

Gah, I'm going to have nightmares! AND WHY ARE THERE THREE OF THEM?! "Er, Castor-san, what are they?" Teito asked nervously.

"You know that kor I found earlier this day? Well, I decided that it would be great practice for you to fight the real thing, so I placed parts of the kor's energy into each of these dolls," Castor explain.

He can do that...? Teito thought, amazed.

"At first, I had thought your power level would match that of only one of these dolls. However, you showed yourself to be more powerful than I expected yesterday, so I'm sure you'll do fine. And so, I am going to leave you to try and destroy these three puppets. We both will come back and check on you in three hours. Good luck!~" Castor waved happily before walking away, having his sister dolls drag a protesting Frau behind him.

After they were a few meters away from the courtyard, Frau managed to get out of Castor's grasp "Ack! What's the big idea, four eyes?!" Frau asked. "And why were you in such a hurry to get out?"

"Frau, have you notice something, well... off, about Teito-kun, lately?" Castor asked.

"Eh? Off? No, not really," Frau replied. "Why do you ask?"

"I don't know why, but I think that Teito has become more, well, relaxed around the two of us ever since Mikhail appeared two days ago. He also isn't as bothered or depressed as he was before. Having just lost his best friend, it should have taken more time for Teito to fully accept Mikage's death."

"So? Maybe the brat's finally understood that moping around all day long isn't going to do any good. He seems smart enough to realize that," Frau said, shaking off Castor's worries.

"But its strange, isn't it? And, do you remember, when Teito woke up after Mikhail took over his body? He looked so confused and looked as if he was going to pass out at any minute. I doubt he even heard a word I was telling him. It also looked like he didn't have a clue of where (A/N: or when :D) he was. He looked both surprised and relieved when he saw us, too, as if he had thought that we were going to die. And today, he looked like he was thinking of something really troubling."

"...Are you sure you're not thinking too much about it? The kid probably felt tired after Mikhail took over his body. Besides, that still doesn't explain why you wanted us to leave him alone."

"...I simply have a suspicion I want to test, nothing more."

*Five minutes later, with Teito*

"Master, may I please have permission to blast these things to oblivion? Zehel and Fest are gone, and Profe has yet to arrive like he did the last time."

"Alright Mikhail, but please don't go overboard," Teito said before closing his eyes. A moment later, he opened them to reveal red irises.

"Finally...Finally, after so long...I GET TO DESTROY YOU, ZEHEL! MWHAHAHAHA, PREPARE TO DIE YOU IMBECILES!" 'Teito' then laughed evilly before charging at towards the puppets. (7)

*Slam*

Mikhail! Didn't I tell you not to go overboard?! Teito thought frantically

*Bang*

Ack, no, don't blast into the wall! Stop, Mikhail! STOP!

*Smash*

MIKHAIL, WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO ATTRACT MORE ATTENTION TO OURSELVES! ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME?!

"Hey, brother, did you hear that?" Liam asked his brother, Wida. The two of them had decided to go exploring the church to take a break from studying.

"Do you mean the banging sound coming from that corridor there? Yes, I did," Wida relied.

"Hey, do you want to go check it out?" Liam asked, excitedly.

"I don't know, Liam, it sounds dangerous," Wida said, nervous as the sounds kept on increasing.

"Oh, come on, brother! We're in the church! If it was something dangerous, then they would probably have it blocked off! Let's go check! Perhaps they're doing some sort of construction on the church! It could be entertaining."

"...Alright, but if its anything dangerous, we're leaving right away, okay?"

"Okay!"

And so they went down the corridor. As they walked, they could see that the one side of the corridor further down were replaced by arches leading outside, allowing light into the hallway.

"Hey, look! The sounds coming from the courtyard!" Liam said before running off.

"Wha-Liam, wait for me!" Wida began to run after his younger brother, who had suddenly stopped, his face pale.

"Liam, what's wro-"

"Mwhahahaha! Die, vermin, die! I'll break you limb from limb, you insolent pests!"

Liam and Wida stood in front of one of the archs, paralyzed as they saw a red-eyed brunette a bit taller than Liam. He was wearing what appeared to be mourning garb and was using a bascule to break through a bunch of humanoid things which were screaming!

"L-Liam, I think we should..."

"Run?"

"Yes."

"AHHHHHH!" The two of them screamed and ran away as fast as they could back to the library. When they reach the library, they sat at the nearest table they could find, breathing heavily. Hakuren was sitting at the same table and had been in the middle of reading volume 45, chapter 7 of the Barsburg bible when the duo arrived.

"What's wrong?" Hakuren asked, curiously.

"We just escaped from a demon!" Liam exclaimed breathing heavily.

"What? Why would there be a demon in a church of all places?" Hakuren asked confused.

"My brother and I had decided to take a study break and go exploring the church for a while," Wida told the blond. "However, while doing that, we heard a bunch of noises coming from one of the courtyards. When we went to go investigate."

"However, when we got there, we saw a short kid with brown hair and red eyes wearing mourning garb smashing apart these human-like dolls which were screaming! Screaming! Dolls don't scream! How is it possible!" Liam exclaimed.

Brown hair, short height and wears mourning clothes? Hakuren thought. Could it be that middle school kid, Teito Klein? No, it can't be, he doesn't have red eyes, they're green. He doesn't seem like the type who could use his Bascule very well either when I first met him. Though appearances can be deceiving.

"..."

"Anything wrong, Castor?" Frau asked. He and Castor had decided to take a break and play some chess. They had been playing three hours straight. Frau was losing miserably, much to his ire.

"I'm thinking about Labrador, that's all. I've never seen Labrador act like this before. He's even gotten rid of all the plants in his room and locked himself in. He hasn't come out for nearly two days," Castor informed. "This could also be connected to Teito's new behavior."

"Are you seriously still worried that? But I suppose I can understand why you feel so anxious. Especially now, with so many examinees at the church. And all these funerals that are scheduled in the next two days are making the church even more hectic than usual," Frau sighed. Bastian-sama, why... why does out of all the people in the church did it have to be you?

"...You miss him don't you, Frau. Bastian-sama," Castor said, sadly. "Though, I'm quite surprised that Bastian was a Warsphile all this time too, and we have never even noticed it."

"Yeah. You would expect that we would have known immediately if a Warsphile had infiltrated the church, but Bastian-sama's been here for nearly 10 years!"

"Well, anyways, I believe that three hours is nearly up. Let us go check on Teito-kun."

"Ahhh, that felt nice," Mikhail said as he looked at the smashed pieces of the dolls in front of it.

"MIKHAIL, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?! HOW AM I GOING TO EXPLAIN THIS TO FRAU AND CASTOR-SAN WHEN THEY COME BACK?!" Teito shouted angrily.

"Do not worry, master, this is a necessary part in my plan to fool Fest. He has been noticed that something is amiss. So, in order to prevent him from figuring out the truth, I'm planting in his mind different reasons for why you are acting as such."

"How can you plant ideas in other people's minds?" Teito asked, intrigued.

"When I and Raphael was sent down to the human world by the chief of Heaven 1000 years ago to act as the keys to Verloren's body and soul, respectively, he made sure that our souls would be connected to the other seven ghosts. The Chief did this so that if one of the seven ghosts went astray on the righteous path we would be able to manipulate there minds and souls to stay in the road of light. Therefore, I was able to play around with Fest's mind a little without him noticing."

"Then what about Landkarte? He fell way off that road of light long ago," Teito pointed out. "Why didn't you two stop him?"

"That was because of the circumstances surrounding that case. You see, Landkarte's desire was righteous, to rid the world of corruption, even though he had done many terrible things to gain that desire. Therefore, neither me nor Raphael were able to sense Landkarte's descent to darkness. Things only got worse as the Raphael Project had begun to brainwash Raphael more thoroughly. Then the Raggs war began and all the seven continents were shrouded in despair. We couldn't pin point Landkarte at all," Mikhail explained, sadly. "Master, I need you to help make this seem like I had been controlling your body forcefully so they won't think that you are responsible, alright?"

"But, then , won't you get in trouble?"

"Yes, but as long as our secret is kept safe, it matters not."

"Alright," Teito said reluctantly. "But it doesn't mean I have to like it!"

"I'm sorry, master."

"Hmmm, I wonder how Teito has dealt with my three puppets. Hopefully he was able to handle them. They are quite dangerous, even with that power-limiter on. If he manage to defeat them, then there really must be something strange going on with him," Castor mused. "For him to defeat three dolls even in three hours without any outside help must mean that my suspicion may also be true..."

"Will you give me a break, already?!" Frau said, still sore from losing to Castor so badly. "How many times do I have to tell you, Teito is perfectly fi-".

"AHHH!"

"Teito!" Frau and Castor ran to the courtyard as fast as they could.

"Damn brat, are yo-" Frau started before stopping mid-sentence, his mouth hanging open when he saw. Around Teito were dozens of broken smashed remains of the practice puppets. Teito was now using the Bascule to further blast the puppets and the surrounding walls to smithereens.

"SOMEONE, HELP ME! I CAN'T STOP!" Teito screamed panicking.

"Frau, quick, put Teito to sleep!" Castor ordered.

"Alright!" Frau ran to Teito, step siding the Zaiphon speeding towards him. "Stop attack me, brat! SLEEP!" Frau said, once again using the pendulum yet again. (Frau, didn't I already tell you? You don't need to use the pendulum." "Be quiet glasses!")

After Teito went to sleep yet again, Castor had one of his sister dolls take Teito and the bascule back to the guest room. The other sister dolls were cleaning up the mess Teito/Mikhail left behind.

"Castor, did you know that would happen?" Frau asked.

"Of course not! It was just a suspicion."

"Well, then, what is it? What is that suspicion you keep talking about?!"

"You see, I think that Mikhail has been the cause of Teito's change in behavior. Mikhail might also have been worried about its master's condition after Mikage's death. Therefore, it increased its presence in Teito's mind in order to take away the emotional pain Teito felt deep in his heart. It also might have helped Teito get more accustomed to being around us because Mikhail gave Teito its own memories and feelings towards the seven ghosts, such as its strong dislike towards you, Frau."

"Eh? It can do that?" Frau asked. "And here I thought it was just an arrogant brat who couldn't do anything right."

*Slam*

"And that attitude of yours towards Mikhail is the reason why Mikhail went wild and destroyed all those replicas of you," Castor said angrily, as he brought his fist down on Frau's head. "Seriously, if you acted nicer towards Mikhail, Mikhail wouldn't have had such a strong desire to hunt down and completely annihilate my creations." Castor sighed. "Though the reason Mikhail also did this might also be because it wants to protect its master from feeling anymore pain than he already feels."

"... You know, this might also explain Labrador's headache," Frau said after a pause, still rubbing his sore head.. "He might have confused Teito's and Mikhail's futures, since their minds are more intertwined now. But what about the brat? Is he aware of what Mikhail is doing?"

"I don't know that yet. However, from now on I'll have my puppets watch Teito-kun even closer than before," Castor replied. "You'll also have to erase Teito-kun's memories. He already has enough on his mind without having to worry about a god controlling his body and mind."

(1) Teito feels guilty for not having been with Mikage during the time Teito had been brainwashed into serving the black hawks and the military.

(2) Labrador can't use the flowers for prophecy for the next two months if it concerns Teito because the time travel has caused the future to change. He won't know whether the outcome will be good or not.

(3) Angels prank people too.

(4) In order to keep his cover, Teito has to pretend to be completely useless with a Bascule.

(5) Teito believes that he is somehow to blame for Bastian's death. Even though Teito knows that this is for the best, he feels sad that Bastian left Frau's side this time without a word.

(6) Teito had to go through with taunts like those for three years in military school and was mostly treated badly as a battle slave.

(7) These puppets are not like Castor's other dolls. They don't share a part of Castor's soul. Instead, Castor uses the kor to power the puppets.

Thanks for reading! The reunion will take place in the next chapter, I promise!