Here's the next chapter! It'll reveal quite a bit about Hikaru's past and who knows, maybe a hint of the old Hikaru will show up ^^ please review! It keeps me writing! Be warned though, it is a bit graphic and involves abuse.

BTW bold in this chapter are the people in the memories speaking

(Labrador's POV)

I opened my eyes and realized that I was no longer in the room with Hikaru. Standing next to me was a young man with short auburn hair with a long ponytail in the back wearing a blue vest and baggy grey pants. I had never seen him before, but somehow I felt that I knew him.

"I see you're awake, Profe."

"Where am I? Who are you? I feel like I know you."

"You don't recognize me? Figures. I'm Samil and you are currently within Hikaru's memories."

I looked around and saw a young boy with white hair sitting in front of a small run down building, watching a small group of children playing.

"You're about to see everything he went through. All the pain, sadness, and torture. He's been through so much, it's surprising that he hasn't broke."

Samil looked sadly over at the boy and the scenery began to change. They were now inside the small building and Hikaru was excitedly preparing food.

He looks so happy. I've never seen him this way.

The door opened as Hikaru finished putting the food on the table. It wasn't much, just some bread and soup; the smell wafting throughout the house.

"Mother! You're back! I just finished dinner! I know it's not much, but I tried my best and I'm sure you would love some after your hard day at work."

He can speak!

"Yes, Profe, he can speak. This was before he became mute. You should've known that he was not always unable to speak."

"You demon child! It's probably poisoned! I will never touch anything you make! The only reason I still have you is for the money from the church, so stay away from me! Don't talk to me! Just go of and die!"

She threw the bowl of hot soup at Hikaru's face and proceeded to beat him with anything she could find.

"But I just wanted to make you happy…"

"If you want to make me happy go kill yourself!"

I couldn't watch anymore. Tears were streaming down my face as I closed my eyes, trying to hide from what was happening to Hikaru.

"He went through this every day. All he really wanted was to make his mother happy, but she wouldn't even look in his direction. He always tried his best in his studies and was the best student at the nearby church. All that did was isolate him more."

The scene changed again to show him being bullied by the other kids; kicked, hit, and called names like 'demon' and 'monster'.

"Hikaru never fought back. He merely took every hit thrown at him just so he wouldn't give his mother problems. I tried to help him before, but he never wanted it. I was always pushed back. There was one point though, when he finally fought back."

"Oh look! It's the demon kid!"

"Did you hear? I heard he doesn't have a father! He lives with his mother and she's just a drunkard!"

"Take it back!"

"Oh look! He's actually gonna fight back this time?"

"I said, take it back!"

The kids merely laughed and started to beat him. He fought back, letting out a bit of power from Samil, which proved to hurt one of the boys. The group was separated by a church worker and the scene changed back to the house, where he was being attacked by his mother, fiercer than before.

"You stupid child! You went on got in trouble! They could take back the money they gave us!"

"But they called you names! I couldn't just-"

"Shut up! Your voice alone pisses me off! I'll silence you so I don't have to hear you again!"

She picked up a knife that had been in the sink nearby, and began slashing at Hikaru. He could do nothing to defend himself as she held him down and completely destroyed his vocal chords. I once again turned away and quickly the scene dissipated into white.

"How could she do such a thing to her own child?"

"She never considered Hikaru her child the moment she saw his red eye. He was lucky, in a way. Someone had heard the commotion and stopped his mother before she killed him. He was saved and a Father from the church adopted him, but it was short lived. The Raggs War had begun and his church was attacked. He was picked up by the military and trained to be an assassin for the military. His 'master' was a rather cruel one as well and Hikaru was not much better off than he was with his mother. I only wish I could've done something more to protect him from this. It was my fault that he ended up going through this to begin with."

I was surprised to hear this from Samil. The way God put it; he was a horrible angel who betrayed God in the worst possible way. It was never said what exactly happened, but no one defies God. I thought I was finished, but everything seemed too easy.

"Now, here comes your part."

Samil had pointed towards a lone boy with white hair curled up in a ball, but something was different. The boy's hair was changing from a pure white to a blood red and his whole demeanor changed.

"Hikaru, are you okay? You need to relax. Don't do something you'll regret. I can fix this, but I need you to try too."

"Why should I? I should be dead! My mother should have killed me that night! If she did, I wouldn't have been here! I wouldn't have tried to kill Teito! I'm just a monster!"

As he said this, he grew large canines and his pupils became slits. He was transforming himself into a demon. The more he thought about his past, the more he changed.

I have to stop him somehow.

"Hikaru, you can't do this to yourself! You're not a monster and you know that! No one at the church ever thought you were a monster did they? Castor, Frau and I don't think that way. To us, you're a child who's been treated poorly and needs someone to lift you up."

He was still changing, but it wasn't happening nearly as fast as before. Hopefully I was helping and not causing more harm.

"You see, everyone wants you back! They miss the old Hikaru! Even Frau and Tei-"

"No they don't! Frau never wanted me there at all and Teito…I tried to kill him. He probably wants me dead…"

This wasn't working. He was too upset about how he tried to kill Teito. Just then, I figured it out.

"He doesn't want you dead. I can prove it."

I turned to Samil and he nodded, knowing exactly what to do.

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

"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!"

It was the time when Hikaru was asleep. He watched it and the process stopped, but the next scene really got to him.

"I didn't really know Hikaru. One day, Mikage just went over to him asking if he was okay. He looked fine to me, but…Mikage already knew something about him was different. I feel so stupid now that I think about it. Hikaru pulled out a zaiphon and I attacked him…"

Hikaru began changing back. I was glad I didn't have to use force on him. That would have only made this whole process more painful. I had spoken too soon.

"Aaaaahhhhhhh!"

"Hikaru! What's wrong?"

He continued screaming and Samil rushed over and pulled me away from him just as he grew a boney wing and attacked the spot where I just was.

"Samil! What's going on?"

"I'm not sure. My best guess is that whatever Ayanami did to him has a better hold on him than we thought. Now that Hikaru's trying to resist, it's merely trying to fight back."

The screaming stopped and when I looked back at Hikaru, I was shocked. He not only had a boney wing and the other features, but he also had a large demonic skull placed over his head with the jaw open to expose his face. He was panting and obviously still fighting whatever was trying to take him over. He turned to me and smiled?

"You can leave, Labrador…I'll keep fighting. After all, I can't leave Teito to Frau, now can I?"

(Normal POV)

Labrador awoke lying on the floor with Frau and Castor standing over him.

"Hey, you okay?"

"We heard screaming and came in to find you on the floor and Hikaru…"

He glanced over at Hikaru and saw that he was breathing heavily and had blood dripping down his chin. That wasn't all. Labrador had gotten up and discovered that his hair on the right side turned blood red near the bottom up to the top of his ear, and that he now had longer canines.

"So what's wrong with the brat? Weren't you gonna help him? He doesn't look much better to me."

"Frau!"

"No, this shows that I did help him. He's fighting back."

Sneak Peak:

"How would you like to take the bishop's exam?"

"Why?"

"Well, you can get a pass that'll allow you to travel the world with no inspections from the military and it'll give you free lodging…and Teito's already preparing to take it."

"Why didn't you say so? There's no way I'm going to let him do this alone! So, when is it?"

"…Well you see, that's the problem. The exam is in a week. Teito had a month to prepare, but I'm unsure on whether you could be ready in a week."

"Hey! Don't doubt me! I'm sure I could pull it off!"

"Really? You have to memorize the 77 volumes of the Barsburg Bible-"

"Already did that when I lived at the church."

"And, you are tested on your Zaiphon techniques using a bascule. Teito had a hard time with this, and just barely managed to use the bascule properly recently."

"Can't be too hard. Sign me up. I'll do it."

"That's what I thought you'd say, so I already signed you up. Oh, but there's one more problem…since you're suppose to do it in pairs; you'll have to do it with someone else, because Teito is already paired up with a Hakuren Oak."

"What?"