Sorry for not updating sooner! I've been so caught up in school work and college apps that I just…forgot about this fic for a while. But then I found it and its revisions and have now decided to post them up. Enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: I, japaneserockergirl, do not own any of the 07 Ghost characters you see here…or the ones that you don't. Nor do I own Pandora Hearts or any of the PH concepts introduced/seen here.

Pandora Ghosts

Prisoner and Alichino PART II

He was in darkness. But this time, it wasn't as intense as before. It was…calming, soothing, like a security blanket. The brunette felt nothing but warmth around him, lulling him to sleep.

"Teito…"

That voice… His eyes slowly opened in the darkness.

"Teito~"

It sounds like…Green irises widened. He knew this voice. He had heard it many times before…

"Teito!"

Mikage! Teito's eyes snapped open, green meeting gold.

Mikage sat in the dark waters, cradling Teito on his lap as a mother would a child. He smiled his trademark, easy-going smile, which made the brunette relax. Finally, he was safe.

"Finally, you're up. I was getting worried about you. For a minute, I thought that the Eye had made a contract with you."

Teito couldn't fight back the tears that had formed in the corners of his eyes. Mikage was alive…no, it was better than that. He was okay. Teito's eyes fell on Mikage's exposed jacket, which revealed his bandaged chest.

"Your chest…" the brunette murmured, running his fingers against the covered wound.

"Oh, this little thing? It's nothing really. Don't worry about it."

Teito got up and helped Mikage stand. "How did you get here?"

"Well, when you disappeared into the Abyss, the Rainsworth family came up with a plan to save you. I may not be one of their members, but they let me in on it, too. They said it would be easier if you were rescued by someone you know." The blonde grabbed Teito's hand and the two began to walk. "Come on; there's a magic formation that will help us escape nearby."

Teito froze, allowing his grip on Mikage's hand to slacken. He glanced deep into the depths of the Abyss. As much as he wanted to leave, he couldn't just leave the Eye—Hakuren there, could he?

"Don't tell me you're worried about that chain," Mikage stated.

Teito turned. "Well…"

Mikage's bangs fell over his eyes as his expression darkened. "The Eye of Mikhail is the most dangerous chain of them all, they say. The Rainsworths told me that he's always invading the real world, making contracts with people he eventually kills in the end."

"…I…I don't believe that."

"Huh?"

"I may not know much about him, but I don't think he's dangerous at all. He's saved my life twice…"

Mikage laughed, then shook his head. "Teito. Teito, Teito, Teito. You're just too nice. In that dream, didn't the Eye grab you by the neck and threaten to kill you? Why would you trust somebody like that?"

Teito's eyes widened. He let go of Mikage's hand immediately, dread welling up in his chest. How had he known that? Something was seriously wrong.

"Eh? Teito, what's wrong?"

"Who…who are you?"

"What?"

Teito's heart began to race as he began to back away, more than ready to run. "I never told anyone about that dream, not even Mikage. Just who are you?"

Mikage's lips curled into a wicked smile as he began to chuckle. His chuckles erupted into a laugh—a horrible, maniacal laugh that sent chills down Teito's spine. The brunette was screaming at his body to move, to run, but he couldn't find the strength to do it. And even if he could, just where would he run to? The Abyss provided no shelter and seemed to have no end.

"It's too bad. It's really too bad. I was hoping to have a little more fun with you…"

A growth emerged from the side of Mikage's head as veins popped all over his swelling face. Teito had to swallow to keep from throwing up. He wanted to look away, but found himself transfixed on the grotesque sight. Mikage's body began to contort in odd angles until a giant baby head with spider-like legs burst from his body. The monstrous chain, known as Mad Baby, unleashed a booming laugh that caused the ground to tremble.

It raised its leg. Teito leapt to the side just a split second before the chain slammed its limb into the ground, losing one of his sleeves in the process.

The brunette looked around frantically for something, anything he could use as a weapon. There was nothing.

Mad Baby used Teito's moment of hesitation to its advantage, getting ready to make another blow. But just as it was about to crush its prey, Hakuren appeared before Teito, generating a shield to block the attack.

"You can't even pay attention to your opponent? How pathetic," he teased.

Hakuren grabbed Teito and dragged him away from another attack.

"Why are you helping me?" Teito inquired, "I don't even know you!"

"I…I don't know you, either. But when you opened that watch, it played a song, right? I thought…that I had heard that song before, so I followed the sound and wound up finding you. It was then that I knew that you would be the one to get me out of the Abyss."

The ground began to rumble violently. Mad Baby shot from the watery depths, flinging fluid everywhere. It shot a sticky web of saliva from its mouth. Hakuren shoved Teito out of the way and was seized by the web instead. He gasped as he felt the fibers squeeze around his chest, compressing his ribs into his lungs. Triumphant, Mad Baby dangled its food over its mouth.

"Hakuren!"

Dammit, if only I had my powers… "Teito, get out of here while you still can!"

"And leave you with that? No way!"

Hakuren laughed bitterly. "You think you can actually beat this thing? Just leave." And then he was swallowed by the chain.

"No!" Time seemed to slow down as Teito's instincts kicked in. He rushed at Mad Baby, then pried open its mouth with his arms and legs. The sharp teeth dug into his hands and feet, blood spilling from his new wounds. His limbs felt like they were being torn apart from the strain. Why was he doing this? He didn't even know this guy, or if he could even trust him…but something told him that if he didn't save Hakuren, he would regret it.

Hakuren glared at Teito. "What are you doing, you idiot? I told you—"

"Hakuren, I agree to a contract with you!"

Hakuren's violet eyes glowed as a blinding lavender light surrounded his body, burning through the sticky, web-like saliva. Mad Baby shrieked in agony before it was blown apart by an enormous burst of power. The force flung Teito across the now illuminated Abyss. Hakuren flew towards him, seizing him by the arm.

"I think you meant to say 'Please enter into a contract with me'," the blonde said, smirking devilishly.

Teito flinched, very afraid of the chain's plans. "No! I didn't mean it! It was an accident, dammit! An accident!"

Hakuren pulled the brunette close to him, wrapping his arm around Teito's waist as he leaned close. Teito shuddered nervously at the sudden touch, the hot breath on his face. He didn't like where this was going…

"A little too late for that, isn't it? I hope you don't misinterpret the meaning behind what I'm about to do. It would be rather unfortunate if you fell madly in love with me after this."

Teito was about to ask what the blond meant when Hakuren forced his warm lips against the brunette's. Teito's head spun, overwhelmed by the amount of passion in that kiss. Warmth spread through his lips and into his body, a tingling sensation that brought strength to his muscles and soothed the wound in his arm. The gentle warmth turned into a powerful blaze that spread through his veins. Teito struggled under the weight of the blonde, who broke from the kiss.

He smirked. "You should be happy to be the vessel of such a glorious chain, Teito Klein." The blonde vanished.

Teito's eyes flashed red and his lips curled into a devious smile. He curled his fingers, flexed his legs. The brunette's smile grew with satisfaction, then broke as he laughed. "Finally!" he cried, in a voice that was a mixture of his, Hakuren's, and a bestial one, "I finally have my own body!"

Teito thrust his hand into the air and a cross-like staff appeared in his grasp. "Now I can get out of this place!"

The brunette swung the staff, cutting a path through the Abyss.

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Meanwhile, in the real world, three males, all around their twenties, stood in an abandoned palace room, waiting. The spacious hall was coated with dust, and cracks lined the once sturdy walls. Sunlight filtered in through the broken windows, making said dust dance over the wooden floor.

One of the men, a dirty blonde with tanned skin, paced around uneasily, his black boots clomping against the ground. "When is he coming? You guys said he was going to be here."

"Be patient, Raven," the oldest man, a brunette-redhead with glasses, replied, "He will be." With that, he went back to stitching his doll.

Raven sighed. "I hope you're right, Castor."

Suddenly, the ground trembled violently. Raven fell down, then scrambled away. Castor yanked the third man aside with him.

A swirl of debris exploded from underground, forcing everyone to shield their eyes. When the explosion died down, Castor was the first one to open his.

There, in the epicenter of the explosion, was Teito, unconscious.

"Teito!" Raven rushed to the body's side, propping him up against his arm.

Castor whistled. "He made it out all by himself. That's impressive."

"But… that's impossible," Raven replied. He ran his gloved fingers through Teito's hair. He felt a rush of power fill his arm and quickly retracted his hand. What was that?

"Not necessarily. Besides, we should be grateful that everything worked in the end. Right, Labrador?"

The third man, who had lavender hair and matching eyes, approached Raven and kneeled down beside Teito. "Right. We should be grateful that we finally have the key to Pandora. Now, we know there is no turning back…even if Teito Klein becomes the demon that destroys us all."

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PART II END. PANDORA GHOSTS END.

A/N: And thus, we reach the end of my little project. Once again, I'm sorry I didn't update sooner, but I've been pretty busy…

So why not consider this your late Christmas gift, no? XD

But now that I look this over again, I find that I may have made Hakuren a little OOC at the end. But yet again, if you spend God knows how many years in some hellhole, wouldn't you be happy to leave, too?

Another thing that bothers me is that I used 'brunette-redhead' instead of 'auburn-haired', but I just didn't know how to put that in there without making the whole damn sentence awkward and at the time I first wrote this part, I didn't think to use 'auburn'.

But never mind that. On to the additional notes! (Well, the additional additional notes…)

I chose:

Mikage/Raven/Gilbert: obviously because Mikage is to Teito what Gilbert/Raven is to Oz (granted, Hakuren eventually fills this role later on, but to go into detail about this would just take more time and effort and spoilers than I care to use…). I wanted to call Mikage something other than Raven, but couldn't come up with any good chain names that would still fit the 'Alice in Wonderland' motif going on in PH. Besides, I feared that it would throw people off as well.

Castor/Break: because they both have this doll thing going on, but Castor's not creepy…XD (But the creepiness is what makes Break awesome, no?).

Labrador/Sharon: There's no real reason for this; it's just that they both serve as companions to the other.

I want to say that I'm planning on making other PH x 07 Ghost crossovers soon, but with only 3 volumes of PH and 07 Ghost out, with Go! Comi currently not making any more volumes of the latter, and since I'm banned from any more manga-viewing sites due to the viruses they have given my computers in the past, I'm not sure how likely this will be.

See you later!

Japaneserockergirl

12/27/2010

P.S. These are who may be going to be whom in the PH universe for future projects:

Ayanami-Vincent (Well, they've both screwed Mikage and Gilbert over, respectively.)

Frau-Jack (Okay, I'm not going to lie. This was mainly for kicks, but something tells me that both are trying to guide their charges to the truth about themselves.)

Ouka-Ada or Echo (I'm sure since I haven't read about Ouka yet).

Capella-Phillippe? (Once again, I haven't met Capella yet, so who knows?)