So I've finally updated ^^ whoo! It took me a while, but I think it's pretty good. Oh, and I won't be updating as often now that school has started up again for me, but I will try to update at least one of my stories a week. Please review too!

(Hikaru's POV)

Capella was a neat kid. We had picked him up on our way out of town and he seemed to have taken quite a liking to Teito, who had also taken a liking to him; which was proven when he destroyed Capella's chains and stood up for him. I tried my best to make Capella feel comfortable, but he seemed afraid of me for some reason. I wanted to find out why, because it could be for quite a few reasons; white hair, one eye, using zaiphon to speak. You know, the usual.

"Frau? Where are we? It's cold."

"It is winter you know…Ah well, I guess it can't be helped. Here, read this. It'll make you warmer."

He handed back a magazine which Teito snatched and tore to pieces before I had a chance to even see what it was. Turns out, it was part of Frau's porno collection. Teito and him went back to discussing the freezing temperature, when I spotted Capella looking at me. I stared back confused, but changed my face into a small smile hoping that he would possibly smile back. He didn't. He just hid behind Teito, who looked back at me concerned. My smile fell and I waved it off, staying silent for the rest of the trip to the first house of God.

I followed Teito inside secretly, even though he wanted to go in alone. I stood back as he opened the door to the Hausen House, revealing a tall butler holding a lantern. The man chuckled before closing the door where Teito began yelling about not being a child. I laughed silently until a large man wearing an eye patch picked him up to throw him out. He was down in seconds and the butler from before, although shocked, knelt down to Teito and explained that Seele was for those who committed a crime and went there to die and meet God. After a bit more pushing on Teito's part, the man finally allowed Teito entry.

I decided that I could either do one of two things. I could try to break into this house and continue to sneak around after Teito. Or I could just wait with Frau and Capella.

Well, Capella's afraid of me and Frau doesn't really like me…So it looks like I'm breaking in.

I searched for any windows or doors on the ground floor that were open and found none. So, I pulled out my wings and found a window on the third floor that was open, albeit painfully especially since my wing wasn't even close to being healed. I quickly landed in the room, back bloody after pulling in my wings, and double checked that Rok was still in my hood; which he was, still sleeping. I heard footsteps and quickly began looking for someplace to hide. The room I was in was oddly empty, except for some bookshelves, and the person was already turning the door knob. The door opened and the butler from before walked inside, looking around the room.

"Hm, I thought I heard something…and didn't I already close these blinds?"

He walked over and closed the curtains before heading out the door, taking one last look into the room. I silently sighed from my perch on a beam above the room. I had somehow managed to pull out my wings just before the butler walked in. I mentally scolded myself for not being silent and for making the mistake of leaving the curtains open. I jumped down, losing my wings once again, and quickly left the room. I didn't feel any presences nearby, so I poked Rok awake.

"Crau?"

"Listen Rok, can you find Teito and lead me to him without attracting attention?"

"Crau."

Rok stretched and opened his small wings before taking off down the hall. I followed mutely and ended up somewhere on the first floor when Rok finally stopped outside a door. Just then, I was grabbed from behind and pinned to the ground by none other than the butler.

"It seems I was right when I thought there was an intruder. Ow!"

Rok was flying around his head, attacking him the best he could until the butler knocked him into the door, and he fell to the ground. I mutely screamed his name and struggled even more under the butler's grasp. I felt his posture change and used this chance to knock his legs out from under him. He lost his balance enough for me to rip my wrists out of his grip and picked up Rok, ramming the door with my shoulder in the rush.

"Rok! Rok!"

The butler stared at me surprised at how I was speaking, but quickly composed himself and pulled me away from the door by my shirt collar. I didn't bother struggling. I just held onto Rok, protecting him, when the butler's eyes widened at the sight of my neck. The door next to us opened and Teito came out, looking shocked when he saw me.

"Hikaru? What are you doing here? I thought you went with Frau."

"You know this boy?"

Teito finally realized the situation I was in and glared slightly at the butler.

"Yes. He's a friend that I came with. Could you release him now?"

The butler looked at me and set me down where I checked on Rok. I brought him close to my ear and heard his steady breathing. He'd just fallen asleep again.

Thanks Rok, had me worried for nothing.

"So why are you here, Hikaru?"

"I didn't want to stay with Frau and Capella. They don't like me much…besides, I can't just leave you here alone."

"I'm sure they like you. Capella's just shy, is all. Um, is it okay if Hikaru stays here with me?"

The butler glanced at me through narrowed eyes and slowly nodded.

"As long as he doesn't cause anymore trouble than he already has…"

He walked into the room and gestured to the wardrobe and a side room.

"The bath is over there, and there are enough clothes in here for you both. I would give you separate rooms, but I suppose you would want to be close by and there are no guest rooms near this one…But please take your time and relax, nonetheless."

He bowed but regarded me with what appeared to be suspicion, before leaving the room. Teito and I walked into the bathroom and looked at the tub before looking at each other.

"You can have the tub first. I-I'll just wait for you to finish."

"No way! The tub looks big enough. I'm sure we can both fit."

"But Teito-"

"No 'but's. Besides, I'm sure you need a bath just as badly as I do."

He smiled and I couldn't refuse. We both stripped and sat in the tub, washing ourselves and Rok and Mikage. I sat back when I finished and began to relax. I felt something touch my arm and jerked at the sudden contact.

"S-Sorry. I was just…"

I saw Teito's sad looking face and sighed.

"It's fine. You just startled me."

He nodded and I stood to get out of the tub. I felt his eyes stare at my back and looked over my shoulder, noticing a dark shadow on the bath curtain. Teito sensed it and immediately elbowed the person and went to further harm the attacker, but whoever it was disappeared. I ran into the room and saw that the clothes were thrown all over the floor. Teito and I saw Mikage playing with something our attacker dropped and we both knew that it might be a clue of some sort. So we put it away for safe keeping and changed for bed. There was, once again, only one bed and Teito convinced me to share a bed with him. It was awkward for me and I had difficulty sleeping, while trying to ignore the warmth of Teito's back against my own.

It's going to be a long night.

(Teito's POV)

I woke up early, but saw that the other side of the bed was empty aside from Rok sleeping on the pillow. I began to panic, thinking that Hikaru had been caught by the assassin that attacked us before, so I climbed to his side of the bed and jumped off, landing on something that moved. I looked down and saw Hikaru, face planted in the carpet, struggling to get out from under me.

"S-Sorry, Hikaru! I woke up and didn't see you so I was just going to look for you…"

He slowly stood up and waved it off, but I noticed the bags under his eyes and became concerned. I knelt down to his level and put my forehead against his.

"You okay? You don't seem to have a fever, but you look a bit red."

Sure enough, his face was flushed a bright crimson and he backed away pretty fast.

"I-I-I'm fine! Really! Um…shouldn't we go find that butler?"

"You mean, Seilan? Yeah, but let's look for the ticket first. I'm sure we'll meet up with him on the way."

I do wonder if Hikaru's catching a cold though. He did turn red, but it didn't seem like he had a fever…Oh well. I guess that means I have to find that ticket and the assassin that attacked us last night, before he gets sicker.

(Hikaru's POV)

I was exhausted after staying up all night and having to sleep on the floor, thanks to Teito kicking me off. We had both just been seated at a table by Seilan and exotic food was placed before us, as we kept an older gentleman company. He was surprised when he saw me, obviously not expecting another guest, but I swear I saw another emotion flicker across his face for a mere second.

Was that…fear?

"Amazing…this is the first time I've seen such exotic food…"

We both began eating, but I stopped after the first bite. Something was off about this food, so I made sure Rok didn't eat any of it, which he was not happy about. I just stared at it for a minute, but Teito looked at me knowingly and looked at me in a way that said 'don't raise suspicion'. I sighed and finished off everything, simply blinking when I ate the spicy ma po tofu. Then, the head of the house spoke about Teito's assassin training and Teito brought out the clue we'd found earlier. I knew he was speaking rudely to the head of the house, but I think the man disserved it for drugging our food. Already, my head was spinning and focusing on what Seilan and Teito were talking about was getting more difficult. I only managed to catch the tail end of their conversation about being allowed into Xinglu's room.

The moment I entered the room, something seemed to jump out at me. I ignored everything and just walked up to the portrait on the wall, and staring back was the face of a red haired child, Castor. Turns out, he was the young master of this household and saved Razette, who became his precious person; similar to how Mikage was Teito's precious person. The head of the family wanted to kill Razette, who would replace Castor, but Castor was killed in order to protect her.

"Xinglu is alive! Days ago I met the same person that's in the portrait. He's with Razette and making dolls too!"

"Teito Klein, I will not permit that kind of nonsense. I saw his death with my own eyes. If what you say is true, then it is just a mere coincidence."

Teito obviously didn't believe that and he began to…comfort the lonely butler. They went off into their own little world, until Seilan grabbed Teito's hand to make him leave the room. A circle appeared on the ground and I grabbed Teito and pulled him out of it, just as a wars appeared.

"Teito, there's a barrier over the room. We have to leave before-"

I was cut off when arms grabbed Teito and I and we were dragged into the barrier. We managed to get out of their grips and began fighting back, but I noticed two things. The dolls all had a similar appearance and were being manipulated by something; and, thanks to eating every last bite of food, the drug was making me sluggish.

"Xinglu…Where are you…Come back…to mother's side…"

The doll of Xinglu's mother had been taken over by a wars and attacked ruthlessly, despite Teito using his bascule. I heard the cracking of the barrier and quickly used my bascule to destroy the dolls that had escaped and attacked the other staff.

"Get out of here!"

I turned around and saw Teito being held against a wall by the main doll, but the drugs caught up with me and I fell to my knees, clutching my burning throat. I heard Seilan trying to get the other staff to seal off the wars and slowly crawled over to him, gripping him arm and smiling as best I could, ignoring the burning that had now moved to my chest as well.

"Trust him. Teito will save her."

He looked at my shaking form, as I clutched at my chest, realizing that something was wrong.

"W-What's wrong? Hey! What did you do to him?"

He began attacking the other staff members who told him about the drugged food. He immediately came back over to me, trying to find something he could do. He turned me over and picked me up, as the head of the house walked into the room. I felt bad for him, in a way. He had lost his son and could do nothing to save his wife. I turned my head, just in time to see Fest appear before Teito. While Seilan and the head were blinded by light, I managed to see Teito and Castor.

"Please give me the cursed ticket!"

A small, black, bird looking shadow burned a mark on Teito's arm and Castor gave us his blessings. My vision began going black around the edges, but I felt something land on my chest. Seilan tried to get Rok to leave, but I reached up and held my hand out. He had brought me a small bottle filled with a blood colored liquid. I showed it to Seilan, who opened it and poured the cool liquid down my throat. The burning feeling instantly went away, but I was still exhausted. Seilan had been kind enough to carry me to the door with Teito, but it seems the military had caught up with us. They said we were both under arrest and Seilan said something about going against the head of family's will. I relaxed when the door was destroyed and Frau burst in with Capella. Frau defeated the soldiers and came forward to grab me.

"Man, you just always cause more problem, brat."

"Sorry."

I then passed out as Frau picked me up and dragged us back to the hawkzile.

Looks like we both have a family after all, Teito.