Sorry for the long wait, I was kind of busy. BTW, although this is irrelevant to this chapter, Hikaru no longer has the bandages over his eye, which is red. For those ppl who are confused, he has one red eye one violet one. The red one allows him to see….stuff…and will be explained in a future chapter, but anyway, here's the next chapter. R & R please.

(Hikaru's POV)

"Hikaru…Hikaru…Hikaru! Hey, are you okay?"

Ugh my head…

I looked up into the light violet eyes of a woman, who just stared at me and smiled. I jumped back again, but, before I fell into the fountain, the red-haired bishop grabbed me.

"I see you've met Lazette."

I looked at him, a little confused, and he pointed at the woman (who was actually a mermaid) who was resting her head on her arms next to me.

Ah…So that's who reached towards me…She saved my life…

"Thank you for helping me earlier."

At first she stared at me weird, then I pulled down the collar on my shirt and she understood. She hopped out of the water and wrapped her arms around my neck. I wasn't used to this, and stiffened. She either didn't notice, or she didn't care, because she just smiled. I was kind of shocked, but then I realized that we both had something in common. Neither of us could speak.

(Teito's POV)

I was headed back to the fountain, when I saw that it was already occupied.

What?…Now Hikaru's with Castor?…Jerk, he probably like Lazette better than me too…

I turned around to leave, but was lifted into the air instead.

"Hey Frau! Put me down! You stupid blond bishop!"

"Why? I know you wanna go over there. I'm just helping' ya out chibi."

"I never said I wanted to-"

"Hey…Why are you all wet kid?"

Huh?…Hikaru…How did that happen?…Wait. I'm mad at him still. I can't be worrying about him.

"Apparently, he fell into the deep part of the fountain and Lazette saved him from drowning."

"What you can't swim?"

"I can…It's just…I had a nightmare…"

"While you were drowning?"

"…"

"Oh well, at least it looks like Lazette likes you. She hates me."

A Frau got closer, Lazette cowered behind Hikaru and, for the first time, I saw Hikaru smile. Everyone else noticed too, but Hikaru was oblivious to the silent laughter that seemed to leave his lips. I admit, I was jealous that I wasn't the one who caused him to smile. I was furious, so I started to walk away. What I didn't notice, was how quickly the smile faded from Hikaru's face when I left.

(Normal POV)

"Man, what a day."

"Frau, did you see how quickly Hikaru changed when Teito left?"

"Yeah, they are acting weird. Is there a problem, Castor?"

"Quite a few actually. We still haven't done anything about Hikaru being able to see our true forms."

"Maybe it's a good thing. Hikaru is gifted to be able to see spiritual beings. He is kind and has a pure soul despite all the hardships he's been through. H will be able to protect and help Teito get stronger."

"Protect? Is something going to happen to Teito, Labrador?"

"Someone is coming for him and he will have to make a decision. Only Hikaru will be able to lead him down the right path."

"Those kids have to up first. What are they fighting about anyway?"

"Heh…Both are jealous of the other and you, Frau, are in the middle."

"In other words, Frau, it's your fault they're fighting in the first place."

"What? But-"

"It's your responsibility to fix it. So, get to it."