Okay! The long awaited chapter has now appeared! I know everyone was left with a cliffy, and I apologize. I would have updated sooner, but I was conflicted in deciding what would happen to Hikaru. But I have solved the problem, so please enjoy and review!

(Teito's POV)

"It's because we swore an oath."

Tears now flowed freely from my eyes, and I didn't care whether the bishops saw them or not. My best friend had died, and God didn't do anything about that. I was conflicting my feelings, and I knew that no one would most likely be able to piece me back together again. That's when I heard it. A scream…I looked for the source, but no one seemed to notice.

"Teito? Is something wrong? What are you looking for?"

I ignored Labrador, and searched for where the silent scream was coming from.

Wait…silent…Hikaru!

I turned, and quickly rose from my spot on my bed and ran across the room to Hikaru. His face was contorted with pain, and I knew something was wrong.

"Hikaru! Hey, Hikaru!"

The bishops ran over and tugged me off him pulling me back.

"What are you doing? Hikaru!"

He had opened his eyes, and Mikage was sitting on his chest staring right back at him. The bishops, now concerned, had let me go and I rushed to his bedside.

"Hikaru! You're okay, right?"

He turned toward me and the most unexpected thing happened. He smiled the biggest grin I've ever seen, before practically jumping out of bed and hugging me! Castor, Labrador, and Frau were just as shocked as I was, but quickly pulled him off me so he wouldn't injure himself more.

"What do you think you're doing, brat? You could injure yourself even more!"

He turned to Frau, pouted, and stuck his tongue out at him. I must say, it was quite funny, but something was definitely off with Hikaru.

"Why you-!"

Castor held Frau back, while Labrador walked up to him.

"Hikaru, you really shouldn't move around so much, and that wasn't very nice of you to do that to Frau."

Hikaru looked down, and just when I thought he was back to normal, he looked up again tears falling down his face full on bawling.

"But Frau was being mean! I just wanted to hug Teito! What's so bad about that? It's not like I was hurting him! He's just being a meanie!"

"W-What's wrong with him? Why's he acting like this? Labrador!"

"I-I don't really know…Frau, you said he was already injured when you got there right? Teito can you explain what happened to him?"

"…He was…being controlled by Ayanami….He tried to kill me…"

After explaining in more detail what happened, Castor finally spoke up.

"He might have had some damage done to his mind, and possibly his soul as well. Labrador, what can you see?"

Said bishop looked over towards Hikaru, who was playing with Mikage with a huge grin on his face. He got up, and when he reached Hikaru he put his hand on his forehead where is glowed before he pulled his hands away quickly.

"His mind has been damaged and it can be fixed, but it'll be painful and a very slow process. He may even have other problems when I finish, but it will take maybe a week before he's back to normal."

"A week? Why will it take so long? And I don't want to put him in pain if there's another way!"

"You see Teito, right now Hikaru has, in a way, been put in a different phase of mind. He's reverted to a younger child and there is something that is resisting me changing him. Due to this…power resisting, it will be painful to change him and it will take a while even if I work on it for a few hours everyday. Any longer than that, and he may stay this way permanently."

"I see…"

"Labrador, what is this 'power' that's stopping you? Do you know?"

I looked up at him hoping that the power he was talking about wouldn't be as bad as it sounds.

"Are you talking about the silly thing in my head?"

Hikaru had popped up behind me and had his arms now rapped around my neck. I didn't know he was listening, and apparently neither did the bishops.

"You know what it is Hikaru?"

"Yup! He's really nice to me, but…"

"But what? Tell us already you brat!"

Hikaru hid behind me a bit, and I knew he wouldn't tell us anything unless Frau stopped yelling or apologized.

"Frau! Apologize!"

"Huh? Why should I chibi?"

When he said this, Hikaru did something unexpected. He walked up to Frau, picked him up off the floor with little effort, and threw him across the room. Even I was shocked at how much strength he now possessed, but what scared me more, was that his left eye (A.N. the red one with the scar for those who don't remember) seemed to almost glow.

"Apologize to Teito, now."

His zaiphon now had quite an edge to it, not to mention that it was blood red and even the air around us felt thicker.

"U-Uh…I'm…sorry?"

His zaiphon disappeared and the great amount of power we felt before also died down. Frau got up, and Hikaru merely gazed up at him and smiled.

"Thank you! You're really nice! I like you, but not as much as I like Teito!"

At this, I blushed embarrassingly and, for some weird reason, felt a bit happy.

Sneak Peak:

"Anyway, Hikaru, what is this 'silly thing' you were talking about before?"

"Oh right! Well, his name is Samil and he technically is a-"

"A fallen angel. An archangel, also known as the chief of the Dragons of Evil, the Prince of Darkness, the Angel of Death or Poison, and the Grim Reaper."

"But Castor, I thought you guys were-"

"Samil is completely separate from the 07 ghosts. In a way, he is one of us, but he is also not one of us. He was…is a being that, although was once respected, is now treated as a traitor."

"But-"

"It's okay Teito! He said that no matter what others think, he will be my ally. And yours too if I say so! The only reason he doesn't want Labrador to change me is b because he's afraid of what happened with Ayanami. That and he doesn't trust anyone not even you."