Hope in the darkness

by TheDreamLivesonin9Memories

"I couldn't breathe. The darkness was swallowing us whole and I knew it was hopeless, but I couldn't give up on that hope. I needed to save him. I had to. I owed him at least that much; because He had been there for me. I had to do this, so no matter the consequences I would remain here with him in this broken paradise." AU

4. Chapter 4

I do not own 7-ghost. if I did there probably would've been more female ghosts and more pairings and more romance involved within the plot.

so yeah...I couldn't start chapter three because I couldn't think of anything, and this was the reason why. Originally Ch 4 was supposed to be chapter 3 but as you can see that didn't happen...

which by the way I've been debating over I should have yaoi in this or no? I mean I want to but at the same time it's like it wouldn't fit well. So what do you my dear readers think?

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Kapitel 4: Street performance

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Teito woke some time early in the morning to the sound of someone singing. He looked around rubbing the sleep out his eyes only to realize that he wasn't in his own room and that Frau wasn't with him. Once he realized that he became more alert.

Looking around he noticed three things about the room.

1) It was mysteriously empty

2) the room was really dark

3)...There was a life size doll besides him watching him and others hanging on the walls.

He screamed loudly when he saw the third.

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Frau staggered away from the sewers covered head to toe in stinky sludge with pieces and specks of dust from broken doll parts hanging on his clothing. He wore an annoyed expression on his face. In front of him, cornering him, was an army of dolls. His face darkened and an evil smirk adorned his handsome face.

"Damn you Castor! I swear I'll kill you when I see you again!"

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Teito awoke once again only to scream once again when he saw the dolls. His panic was short lived when a hand found its way on to his shoulder. He turned around quickly instinct taking over. He grabbed the person's wrist and gracefully flipped the person over him.

The person hit the ground with a 'thud'. Teito sighed; until he realized what he had done. He panicked reaching over to the person he had thrown over himself.

"I'm so sorry! Are you okay?" He heard the person chuckle before sitting up.

He noticed that the man wore a plain simple navy blue Chinese dress robe with white pants and black shoes. He had peach colored skin and copper like brown hair with matching colored eyes. His smile was big and carefree. Teito blinked.

"Haha. It's alright. I suppose that should have been expected."

Teito looked at him owlishly confused what the man meant. The other seemed to have noticed his confusion.

"Well it's quite obvious that you've had some training in the military and that you've been trained to react to any movement behind you. I have some experience myself in that matter." He smiled and dusted himself off.

Teito sighed in relief when he realized that the other wasn't angry with him. Looking around the room once more Teito realized that it wasn't completely filled with dolls. There were some outfits and other things lying around. He looked back at the older man.

"So um, can I ask where I am?" Teito scratched his head embarrassed to have no idea where he was at and who he was with. The man harmlessly chuckled and smiled friendly at him.

"My apologies, my name's Castor Cravatta, and we're currently at an inn called the Ricollegare." Teito nodded his head grateful to know where he was at and who he was with now.

"Thank you," he said smiling at Castor.

In the back of his mind he felt as if he had forgotten something about this man. Something important.

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Lazzet was very happy to see that her new friend had finally woken up. Even if he had woken up screaming. She couldn't blame the boy. It was very difficult getting used to Castor's unusual hobby of making dolls. The man was obsessive with making them. It even freaked her out sometimes. But, that was what made Castor, Castor.

Still she felt bad that Castor had used his powers to knock him out, but Castor had told her to trust him so she should. Castor wouldn't hurt him that she was sure of, but she was curious to know why he had done what he did. It was all very strange. She released a tired flat note her head spinning abit in circles.

That's when she heard footsteps coming towards her room. Castor had decided to leave the boy his room saying how he didn't need it since he didn't sleep very well. She knew the reason why he didn't, and it wasn't like she could change his mind. He had made a choice and Castor was one to always stick by his choices. Even when he really regrets them.

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Teito really wonders how he got into this situation. One minutes he was talking with Castor being introduced to Lazzet and then bam! He's outside wearing some fancy looking outfit that looked like a piñata puked all over it. The outfit itself was a complex piece of ribbons and frills.

The colors were bright and gave a sense of joy. Unlike the one wearing the so called ridiculous outfit. Teito glared back where Castor smiled cheerfully back, and if you asked him that smile was a bit too cheerful for his liking.

He turned around and sighed one last time. Then he started handing out flyers for the performance. Secretly he was excited to see what would happen.

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Castor turned around seeing Lazzet mock glare at him and pout. She sang an annoyed sharp note at him. Clearly stating her disapproval of dressing Teito out as he was and making him work for them. He chuckled if just a bit darkly. She sighed and shook her head fondly.

That's when the crowd began to build up. He became more serious.

"We should start being ready," he turned to Lazzet and ushered her away to her room in the inn to start getting ready. He turned back around looking directly at Teito's back as if seeing something that wasn't even there. His eyes narrowed a dark shadow casted over his eyes, his shadow expanded.

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He turned around quickly feeling as if something was reaching out towards him. When he turned though there wasn't anything but Castor smiling and waving at him entering the Inn to get ready. He sighed. Maybe he was just being paranoid. Either way he still had a job to do and he still needed to go find Frau.

'Honestly, though! Where the hell is he? Usually he'd find me in no time flat!' His brow furrowed in worry.

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Frau staggered through the town a bunch of people rushing past him saying something about a puppet show and how there was a man matching Castor's description. He glared at nothing just the mention of that man's name made him pissed. He grinder his teeth and followed the crowd.

What he hadn't expected to find though was the damn brat. He facepalmed. This was gonna make things very complicated if Castor already charmed the boy. With that thought in mind Frau chuckled at the irony that they would face if Teito met Lab or Karte later on.

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Teito had finally run out of fliers by the time the third showing started. He made his way through the crowd wondering what it was that Castor and Lazzet were doing to be drawing such a crowd.

It took awhile but eventually he got to the front where he could see them. His eyes widened and his mouth gaped open. Lazzet was standing to the sides singing while Castor stood in the center masked and cloaked strings of blue energy extending from his fingers while making the life size dolls move.

Teito stared amazed caught with the audience. He was charmed.