Hey! Welcome back, and thanks to animegirl516, xJaneGoldx, Sakura Zuzumiya, Guest, Muzuki-chan and PeoplePerson for reviewing. Also thanks to all of you who read my story but didn't review. Sorry for the wait, my aunt died and I have been busy with that and everything else life wanted me to deal with.
So I realized that soon enough I am going to have all my characters out playing, and some people may not know who they all are. I assure you that most of my characters are in 07 Ghost and will directly state if I fabricate a person from my wonderful imagination. Some people you may not notice much since they weren't in the manga that often, but if you look them up on the wiki (I know, I hate Wikipedia as much as you do. I just couldn't find that many places to get knowledge on all the characters.), you should be able to find all the characters I'm using there. Also, while you don't need to read the entire manga to follow this story (truthfully, you don't need to even know the story), I encourage everyone to read the whole thing. Oh, and this chapter has intense foul language; so if anyone didn't realize this was rated 'M', please fill in beeps where you deem fit.
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Teito pushed the front door open on his house and was welcomed by the smell of something burning. Sighing, he set his backpack by the stairs and made his way to the kitchen. Upon opening the kitchen door, he received a face full of billowing smoke. Coughing, he greeted his mom.
"I-I'm home!" he called, eyes watering. "Mom? You burned something again..." He blindly walked into the smoke, hoping to get to the widow to open it. He only get a few steps in when he collided with someone, causing him to teeter back with is arms waving around like wind wheels.
"Ouch!" A voice came from the floor. "Fuck! Bloody hell, is that you Karan?! Where the fuck have you been?"
Recognizing the voice, Teito smiled broadly and kneeled down to help him up. "Good afternoon to you too, Mikhail." He finally found his shoulder and started to pull him up. "How are you today?" He felt Mikhail stiffen under his hands.
"Ah, master. I apologize for my rudeness." Mikhail coughed uncomfortably.
"What happened?" He asked, naturally ignoring the apology.
"Cookies." Mikhail answered. "Your mom thought it would be motherly to have a batch of cookies ready for when you got home. We already gave them to Burupya outside, sent your mom away and the oven's off; all that's left is to get rid of all this damn smoke. I was-"
"Mikhail! Open the window!" a voice yelled from across the room. "Damn brat!"
"Sorry Mark-kun!" Teito called before Mikhail could shout his profanities back. As it was, he grumbled them under his breath as they made their way to the window. "I accidently ran into him on his way over there." They finally made it and opened the huge window, gratefully breathing in the clean air. The affect was immediate, wind blew in and forced the smoke out. And since it was a fairly windy day, it only took a few moments before Teito could see across the kitchen to wear Mark and Agas were standing by a considerably smaller window, trying to fan out the smoke.
"Oh, it's alright Prince!" Mark said good heartedly. "All's well that ends well." He chuckled softly.
"Good afternoon Prince!" Agas walked over and hugged Teito tightly. "How was your first day of school?"
"Akkun!" Teito hugged him back warmly. "Did you and dad come back early?"
"Sorry, your dad had to stay in France for a while longer." Agas swept his over grown brown hair out of his ruby red eyes. "He thinks he might have to stay there for another month." He said sadly.
Teito frowned. "How is mom taking it?" he asked. His dad being away was hardest on her.
"She wanted to make up for him not being here on your first day of school." Mark responded, finally making his way over after giving up on fanning the smoke. "We already ordered a cake to replace the cookies. She getting it now." Mark, being the eldest of the Black Beast Squadron, automatically took initiative to handle things like this.
"Yeah, yeah. Everything is normal around here. What I want to know is how your day at school was." Mikhail pulled Teito through the kitchen and out to the garden where they couldn't smell the stench of the burned cookies. Taking a seat at one of the tables. Mikhail looked at Teito expectantly.
Teito sighed and took a bite out of a buffalo wing while he gathered his thoughts. He was glad Agas had thoughtfully brought out some snacks; he was hungry even though he ate all his lunch. "I almost got trampled by a hoard of girls when I got to school." he began.
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"My fucking god!" Mikhail said when he finished. He was wide eyed and staring at Teito. Even though Mikhail and Teito were similar enough to pass as identical twins, the only noticeable difference was Teito's emerald green eyes and Mikhail's blood red ones, their personalities were totally different. Mikhail often talked with foul language, the only people he didn't curse in front of were Teito's parents, but served and protected Teito well; while Teito was kind and compassionate, but had a hard time opening up to people. They grew up together and had a strong bond; they both understood each other perfectly and loved each other with a brotherly kind of affection.
"Will you not cuss and use the Lords name in the same sentence?" Agas frowned at Mikhail.
"So Haku's the one that looks like a girl," Mikhail continued, ignoring Agas completely. "and the dumbass is Mikage. And then there are crazy bitches following rich ass snots. Sounds like a hell of a school to me." He commented.
Teito sighed. "How is it you can turn confusing and stressful thoughts into a simple and funny memory." He shook his head, a smile playing on his lips. Mikhail grinned back.
"I'm wondering about the curriculum." Mark said looking deep in thought. "You said most of the tests were relatively easy, but we put you in the school rated highest for its academics'. I didn't think you would be that far ahead of them. Perhaps-" He was interrupted by a figure just exiting from the house.
"That's because Teito was taught with a prince's knowledge. My school is geared to teach kids only to the level of a business man." The figure quickly strode over to their table.
"Uncle Kreuz!" Teito smiled warmly as everyone paid their respects to him. "Please have a seat." He gestured to an empty chair. "I'm sorry, but I ate all the wings-"
"Don't worry." Kreuz assured him. "Your mother just came back with a freshly made cake and is slicing it up as we speak." He chuckled when Teito's stomach betrayed him. "That's normal. High school is full of high emotions and constant motion. Even people used to going to school have increased appetites when the first arrive. I did the liberty of asking you mother to give an extra piece of cake." Teito nodded gratefully to his uncle, his embarrassment slowly diminishing. "It's good to see you, Agas, and you, Mark. Where, might I ask, is Karan?"
"Probably practicing at the Dojo across town." Mark answered. "He more than likely forgot to bring a timer with him. Again."
" I see."
Teito, Agas and Mark watched as Kreuz pretended to not to notice Mikhail's presence and Mikhail refused to be toyed with by ignoring him completely. This lasted for a couple of minutes until Teito's mom, Millea, came out with a tray of cake slices. As Agas took the tray from her, Kreuz offered her a seat, Mikhail's seat that he was currently sitting in.
"Uncle, please don't tease Mikhail that much." Teito jumped in, giving his seat to his mom while Mikhail bit the inside of his cheek to keep from yelling curses at Kreuz.
"Of course." Kreuz replied, blue eyes twinkling as he laughed. "Such fun to play with you Mikhail." He ruffled his hair affectionately as he returned to his seat. Mikhail immediately smacked the hand away and glowered at him while he ate his cake. He was wondering what he could do to his silvery-white hair that he wouldn't get in trouble for, but would still make Kreuz mad.
"Teito, dear," his mother turned to him when he pulled up another chair. "How was your first day of school?"
Teito wasn't sure what to tell her. He didn't want her to get her hopes up in case things changed. And telling her what he thought if the school seemed disrespectful to Kreuz. Finally, he said, "I met lots of people and ran around trying to find my classes. Learned plenty of gossip, passed some of my pre-exams, and met two interesting guys."
"Wow." she said. "Busy day." She turned to Kreuz."Aren't pre-exams supposed to be really hard?"
"He has already exceeded past the point where my school can teach him in some areas." He replied. "Which means it would be better if he just stayed with his own age instead of being singled out automatically. That is what Teito wanted, to be judged without people knowing he is the Prince of Raggs. If you are worried about his studies-"
"No," She cut in. "When he feels like it's time and he is ready to continue, then we can decide. He deserves that much." Turning back to her son, Millea asked, "What about those guys you were talking about?"
"Um," Thrown off a bit, Teito struggled to get back on topic. "Their names are Hakuren Oak and Mikage Celestine. They showed me around a bit. That's about it." He finished shrugging as if it was no big deal.
"Oh, they sound great!" His mom of course new there was more, but figured he would open up in his own time.
"Hakuren Oak, huh?" Kreuz said thoughtfully. "Him and Castor are currently competing for the top academic award in the school. You can run for that award, too, if-" He didn't even get to finish his sentence before Teito was shaking his head. Smiling, he said, "I see. Well, good to know you play fair. Hakuren is a good student; him and his family aren't on the best of terms, but, despite that, he pushes himself to be the best. Very good determination."
"Don't care." Mikhail pretended to sneeze. "Excuse me." He smiled mockingly at Kreuz while everyone tried unsuccessfully to hide their laughter.
"Don't be rude." Millea gently reprimanded Mikhail. "It's good that Teito is associating with good students. What about that Mikage guy?" She asked, turning back to Kreuz.
"Yes, well, I should probably get going anyways." He said, purposely ignoring her question. "Second day is always hardest on the teachers."
"Oh, I'll walk you out." Millea said getting. "I'm going to check on the front garden while I'm there." And with that, they left.
"Damn fucking asshole!" Mikhail finally exploded when they were out of hearing distance. "The bastard needs to learn when to piss off! Damn!" He continued his onslaught of curses in an undertone while Agas and Mark cleaned up and excused themselves; they had their own work to do.
"You and uncle seem a bit more at each other lately." Teito pointed out. "What happened?"
"He's a bloody dodgy character man!" he shook his head disdainfully. "He has too many fucking secrets. Who the hell wants to involve themselves in a life of deceit? Bloody git!"
"Ah, but he means well." Teito said laughing.
"Yeah, I suppose so." He relented. "But at what cost?"
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Ok. So this chapter is finally done. Hurray! A little foreshadowing at the end there, hope you enjoyed it. =P Since I was having trouble finding creative American English curses on the internet, I used England English cuss words as well. Yes, that mean that Mikhail is a little English, at least in my story he is. I already have a whole little side story for that, so maybe I will get to it a bit late in the story. The next chapter will have more characters being introduced and I might change POV's for a bit. Just so you all know, this story won't be following only Teito, since that would be too easy for me (my mind hates my fingers. ='( Yes, I am crazy, if you're asking). Hopefully I will have the next chapter up in a few days if I don't get distracted.
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