4 Creepy Manniquins

Milla was walking down the road of a neighborhood with Yuto floating beside her together with Sylph. A woman had called them to get some help with a strange thing that had been trashing her son's room for days now. Yuto came along to see how the Lord of Spirits work as he was curious about her abilities since he has been living with them for a month now. Yuya had gone with Yuzu on a trip so they will meet up with each other later.

"So where are we going?" Yuto asked the two.

"That woman did just say the address and not her name." Sylph explained. "Somehow, a strange thing have been trashing her only son's bedroom and is looking for something. She don't know what it is as she and her husband can't see it."

"And that's where I come in." Milla told him. "Not many people believe that ghosts and monsters exist but those who think it is paranormal activity call me as they think I'm a medium."

"Yuzu said something like that before we snuck out of the house." Yuto said and Milla glared at him.

"I knew you two snuck out of the house before we came." She said and Yuto realized what he had said.

"Crap!" Yuto exclaimed. "Don't tell Yuya I said that."

"Don't worry, I had a sense of him doing reckless things while I'm away so it's pretty normal that he'll do that." Milla explained as she looked at the piece of paper in her hand. "This would be the place."

They stopped at a white house that looked brand new and Yuto recognized it. He had forgotten about going on the familiar road he used to walk every day before finding out the Sakaki family's secret life.

"This is...my house…!" Yuto said and Milla looked at him with sadness.

"The people we're going to meet are your parents." Milla mumbled as she walks to the door and knocks.

A woman with black hair tied in a bun and the same gray eyes as Yuto opened the door with a worried expression, she wears a lady's office uniform and looks at Milla.

"Can I help you?" The woman asked.

"I'm Milla, the medium you called this morning. Something about a strange thing started to make a mess out of your son's bedroom." The Lord of Spirits explained.

"Oh, thank you for coming!" The woman exclaimed as she smiled. "I recognize you. You're principal Sakaki's daughter."

"Yeah, that I am." Milla said in pain.

"Come in." The woman said as they walked in.

The woman lead them inside the kitchen and the young student sat down at the table. Milla looked around at the room as the woman prepared something to drink. Yuto was sitting on the table, staring at a picture of him and the woman together with a man in a business suit. You couldn't see his face as the sun shined on the glass.

"I wish I could at least tell my mom I'm okay." Yuto said in sadness. "It's been a month since the accident, she must be very worried and probably think I will stay in a coma."

"That isn't true, we're going to find a way." Milla whispered. "I can try to convince her for a session and you can tell that yourself."

"How is that possible? Only you and Yuya can see me." Yuto said confused and Milla grinned.

"I'm somewhat a gateway for people to hear the voices of the spirits." Milla replied as Yuto's mom came with tea for the two.

"I'm really grateful for you coming here so quickly." She said as Milla took a sip.

"When did this start happening?" Milla asked, she needed as much information as she could to figure out what sort of creature she's dealing with.

"Three days ago. I was going through my son's things when I heard something crawling onto the ceiling." Mrs. Asaki explained. "When I looked up, there was nothing there. I thought I was imagining it but a few hours later, I was preparing dinner when something crashed on the floor from upstairs. When I got to his room I saw claw marks on the wall and his desk." The Four Great Spirits appeared all together behind Milla.

"That sounds like a hobgoblin, alright!" Gnome concluded.

"A hobgoblin?" Yuto asked raising an eyebrow.

���They're real troublemakers, they're small green trolls that hides in the dark." Sylph explained.

"But they usually live on the countryside instead for big cities like ours." Undine proclaimed a little confused.

"Yes. When you say it in that way, there's something weird going on here." Efreet agreed.

"Do you mind showing his room for me?" The human girl asked and Mrs. Asaki nodded.

Mrs. Asaki lead them upstairs to a room at the end of the hall. Milla told her to stay outside for just in case it would dangerous. She goes inside and Yuto follow, the gray eyed spirit saw glass shards on the floor next to a bookshelf that seems to be a showcase of some kind.

"Oh, it took me months to get that card." Yuto said in disappointment as he takes a glass piece.

"You collect duel monsters cards?" Milla asked as she had opened a drawer of his desk as it had a secret compartment at the bottom and picked up a deck of cards.

"Yeah, mostly 'Phantom Knights' cards." Yuto replied as the human looks at them.

"You're an Xyz user, they quite fit you." Milla giggled. "Yuya collect these as well but 'Performapals' and these 'Pendulum' ones. One day, he showed me a card of a dragon that he got from a spirit. He never told me who, but I think he didn't want to tell to protect his first friend."

"His first friend? Didn't he have Gongenzaka and Yuzu?" Yuto questioned, he have seen Yuya together with those two almost the entire time.

"He was bullied. Everyone made fun of him for talking to the spirits as they thought he was talking to imaginary friends and they pulled many pranks." Milla explained and sighed. "That's why we try to pretend they doesn't exist around people except those that know our secret. Those two were trying to help but Yuya didn't want them to get involved."

"So that's why he's always alone in the house and in his room." Yuto mumbled. "Then he and I have something in common. I was bullied too, for my belief in ghosts and how I was dressed. After some time, I changed everything about myself except collecting duel monsters cards."

"Looks to me you've been dueling with these." Milla proclaimed and Yuto began to panic.

"I-I haven't done that with a duel disk!!" He exclaimed and the ruby eyed girl holds up a duel disk in a different model than Yuya's that was dark purple. "Much…"

"*sigh* You know that dueling with duel disks are forbidden outside the arenas, somebody would get hurt and even worse, out of control!"

Suddenly, something flew past Milla's face and Yuto moved his foot as the thing crawls up the wall.

"What is that?" Yuto asked as the thing shows itself.

It was a small dragon with technological wings that had purple orbs in them. It was black, gray and purple with neon green-yellowish lines all around it. It's yellow eyes made it even more demonic as it was staring at the two as it growls. Milla slowly reached for something in her back pocket but the dragon hurried away.

"Yuto, catch it!" Milla exclaimed and Yuto made jump for it but it was too fast.

They both tries to catch it several times, Milla couldn't summon the Four as they could destroy the room if they used their abilities to try capturing it. The dragon might be small, but it was really clever and it sometimes gives out purple electricity at Yuto whenever he caught it, freeing the dragon in the process. At the end, Milla took out a small marble and throws it directly at the dragon which in cases the dragon in a crystal bubble. The two people sits down on the floor and on the bed exhausted as the small dragon tries to escape.

"Why didn't you do it earlier, Milla? It would have been so much better." Yuto proclaimed as he was on the floor.

"Excuse me, I needed him to stay in one spot to be able to catch it." Milla explained before going to the ball and takes it up to look at the dragon. "This is the third dragon I've catched this month, I still don't know what those dragons are for sort of creatures and even more, how to purify them."

"Maybe there's something inside a book or something like that, after all you can't know everything in Otherworld." Yuto said, standing up.

"I'm still a kid in Maxwell standards, you have to be at least 40 to be a grown up." Milla said. "My biggest concern is these dragons, I'm going to try my best to find out what they are and try finding a solution why it stayed in your room instead of wreaking havoc at your parents."

"If I have to guess it was trying to not hurt anyone." Yuto said while looking at it. "I don't think it was doing this on purpose."

"Yuto...It was a good thing to have you with me today." Milla thanked him as she gives the catched dragon to Sylph, who teleported away with it back to her house.

Unknowing to them, Mrs. Asaki had been listening on their conversation, mostly Milla's part of it. She gasped as she heard the Lord of Spirits speak her son's name that makes her cry.

"I just hope it won't escape and make a mess of the house." Milla hoped.

"Even the Lord of Spirits have to worry about her teenage life." Yuto said before chuckling.

"I have a double life, Yuto." Milla complained before chuckling as well.

"Is my son here?" The two turned to the door to see Mrs. Asaki there with red eyes as it meant she had been crying.

"Mom…" Yuto said sadly and Milla looks at him. Mrs. Asaki does that as well but sees nothing and Milla thinks about something.

"Yuto, are you here?" Mrs. Asaki asked.

"I'll explain as much as I can to not break my codex if you would like a session." Milla suggested and Yuto's mom nodded.

They got down stairs and Milla explained how Yuto became a spirit and had been living with her and Yuya since the accident, but leaving out the parts of her being Maxwell and Yuya having the Secrecy Eyes as they are to be a secret to the population forever.

"...and that's what have been happening until today." Milla finished the story and Mrs. Asaki looked at her in understanding.

"I've never thought that he was in a limbo and you've been taking care of him all this time." She said smiling sadly. Yuto was back on sitting on the dining table as the females sat by it.

"My brother has taken quite a liking to him, until his body gets healthy enough for him to go back…" Milla explained. "Yuto has to be with me for protection as there's some creatures that might take his body to crossover to our world."

"I understand." Mrs. Asaki replied. "I just want to hear my little boy's voice one more time, but it can't go the way I want."

"There's a way." The ruby eyed girl said and the Asaki family gets shocked over what she just said. "Take my hand."

Milla holds out her hand to Mrs. Asaki, who hesitated at first before taking it. Milla looks at Yuto, who was still in shock that the older girl would really do it for a boy she barely knows. A few seconds later, he nodded and Milla closed her eyes and a purple aura surrounded their hands.

"Hey mom." Yuto greeted and his mother was surprised as tears ran down her face.

"Oh my goodness!" Yuto's mother cried holding over her mouth with her hand. "Oh God!"

"You don't need to worry about me, they've been really kind to me." Yuto said caring. "Milla has been trying to find a way for me to get used to this."

"I miss you so much, Yuto." His mom cried.

"I miss you too, mom." Yuto said before Milla broke the connection.

"That's all I can do for now or else I'm going to lose a lot of my energy." Milla said and Mrs. Asaki dries away her tears.

"I don't know how much I should thank you for this." She said very happy. "This is the luckiest day since the accident!"

"Here." Milla said taking out a bracelet from her pocket with gems in it. "This bracelet have amethysts in it, it gives a calm aura as well protecting you from dark beings."

"You really know your stuff, are you really just a medium?" Mrs. Asaki asked as Milla stood up.

"I don't know, what do you think?" Milla nervously joked as she walked to the door. "May the Four Great Spirits guide you." Mrs. Asaki was surprised but shakes it off as she got to the door.

Milla walks out together with Yuto and they waved goodbye before walking away. Mrs. Asaki stayed in the doorway and smiled at the mysterious girl, she thought about those words and thought about the only person who would say those very words with such politeness.

"Strong like fire, vivacious like water, steadfast like earth and free like wind..." She said hushed. "I knew you were real, thank you for your blessing, Maxwell." Once she said that, Mrs. Asaki goes back inside her house.

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Weekends are days for the students to go out or relax in their house for the whole day. Teachers wouldn't interrupt their calm days unless they give the students homework before the weekend.

Today, Yuya and Yuzu were going out shopping together in search for a present for Yuzu's cousin. Apparently, her cousin's birthday would come around next week and Yuzu want Yuya's help with it.

Right now, they were looking in the window of a baby store that had clothes at the window which Yuzu picked on.

"Oh my gosh! They're so adorable!!!" Yuzu shrieked in happiness while Yuya sweat dropped.

"They're just a pair of twin clothes for babies but...never mind." He said and shocked his head. "It would be much more fun if Milla was here."

"Can I ask you something, Yuya?" Yuzu asked as they continued walking.

"Hmm?" Yuya hummed.

"Why are you a little unfocused and thinking about Milla so much?" Yuzu asked.

At once, Yuya stopped walking and went silent. He sighed when he remembered the conversation the three had after dinner last night.

_Flashback_

Milla and Yuya had just finished eating dinner that Milla had cooked for them, which the siblings teased Yuto about since he was a spirit, he didn't really need to eat to survive. Milla was cleaning the table as Yuya had began writing something in a book.

"I'm probably going out with Jude tomorrow, it's not a date to be exact." Milla told them and turns around after placing the dishes in the sink. "What are you writing?"

"N-nothing! Nothing at all!" Yuya exclaimed as he slammed the book shut to prevent someone from seeing what was written. "Yuzu asked me to go shopping with her tomorrow, I'll maybe even find a new cape."

"You had a month to do that." Milla said and rolled her eyes.

"I know, but with all that's going on in school and you training us. I've been busy." Yuya excused.

"You're going out shopping with Yuzu, tomorrow?!" Yuto asked.

"Yeah, sorry." Yuya apologized.

"But you promised me that tomorrow we would spend time together, all three of us!" Yuto said. "Milla I could understand since Jude is very close friend of hers."

"I promised Yuzu by accident that I would help her. I'm sorry, okay…" Yuya response.

"I was excited that we would get to know each other and become better partners, we even get to know Jude more as well…" Yuto said a little angry.

"We're just going out together at the shopping mall, it isn't like we're going on a date." Yuya said puzzled.

"But for me, this is a special opportunity to get to know you guys because we'll go out together without someone to interfere." Yuto explained turning his back to Yuya. "Besides, you're an important person in my life now…"

Yuya blushed deep red after hearing Yuto's words while Milla giggled for his childish actions. Yuto turned his head to the boy but the sudden blush gave him away.

"An-anyway, just go and have fun with Yuzu tomorrow." Yuto said angry. "I need to be alone for a while, goodnight."

Before Yuya could stop him, Yuto flew out of the room and disappeared. Yuya banged his head on the counter multiple times before stopping.

"Why am I blushing whenever he says something?" Yuya thought out loud.

"I don't know, maybe you're in love?" Milla joked making the younger sibling blush once again.

"It's nothing like that!" Yuya exclaimed and Milla laughed.

"There's a reason why Jude is coming with me." The ruby eyed girl explained and Yuya looks up. "I'm going to tell him about our secret."

"Why are you telling him that?!" Yuya yelled. "It's supposed to stay a secret and he'll be in danger if the dark side finds out!"

"And I'm the Lord of Spirits, it's my decision to do this." Milla said serious. "Jude will be useful for us, he'll be able to go to places without being detected by them. You must understand, I'm not just doing this for you but I'm doing this for my partner."

"The Otherworld will find out we're hanging out with a human that knows our secret, they will take advantage and blackmail us!" Yuya yelled.

"I've been keeping this away from him for five years! I can't pretend it's nothing anymore." Milla exclaimed and her eyes sharpened. "Jude is able to take care of himself and he has already noticed something's going on, he'll probably find out by himself the hard way." Yuya is shocked and realized what it means.

"Okay, I tell you if I see a vision of him dying." Yuya said and looked away. Milla sighed and goes to him, hugging the boy. "Sorry for I yelled."

"Don't worry, it's not your fault." Milla said.

_Flashback Ends_

'I hope she knows what she's doing…' Yuya thought forgetting Yuzu.

"Yuya!" Yuzu shouted.

Instantly, Yuya snapped out of it and glanced at his friend. Next to him, Yuzu was standing with her arms crossed and was annoyed.

"Sorry, I drifted away again." Yuya apologized and smiled sheepishly.

"This is the tenth time, Yuya. Just tell me already, what happened before we got here?" She asked. Yuya became silent with his hands behind his head. He gazed to the shop's ceiling.

"Well...last night-"

"Secrecy Eyes darling~" An unfamiliar voice said. Yuya instantly cut off what he was saying when he heard that sweet sickening voice, he briskly looked around but couldn't find the source of the voice anywhere. "Come and see me~ *giggles*"

"What's wrong, Yuya?" Yuzu asked worried. "You look paler than before."

"N-no, I'm fine." Yuya shuttered slightly. "Let's go t-to another store, alright?"

Yuzu nodded her head in agreement, they walked away from the shop in silence. Yuya massage his forehead to ease the small headache that he felt because the voice had entered his mind.

Suddenly, a hand touched Yuya's shoulder and the crimson eyed boy yelped as he jumped but slipped and landed on his butt.

"Yuya, are you okay?" Yuzu asked worried.

"Sorry, about that." A very familiar male voice apologized. Yuya looked up to see Jude holding out a hand to him. "I didn't mean to scare you."

"Jude! You scared me to death!" Yuya exclaimed and the black haired student laughed.

"Did you forget about I would hang out with you and Milla today?" Jude questioned as Yuya took his hand and help the younger boy up.

"I was in thought that's why." Yuya explained and brushed his pants. "Jude, this is Yuzu. She's one of my best friends."

"Nice to meet you, I'm Jude Mathis." Jude introduced. "I'm one of Milla's classmates."

"Hiiragi Yuzu, nice to meet you too." The girl greeted.

"Where's Milla? I thought she was with you already." Jude questioned.

"She's on a job. She got a call this morning." Yuya explained and Jude nodded. "She'll meet up with us later."

"Good, because there was something important she wanted to tell me." The amber eyed said and Yuya looked sadly down on the ground. "You know what it is?"

"It's better if Milla explains it." Yuya said and they walked away.

Unknown to them, a mannequin doll with a beautiful black gown and standing in a graceful pose in a huge store window, staring at Yuya with glowing purple eyes and a creepy smile on her white doll like face.

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Outside, the beautiful flower trees was arranged nicely along the sidewalk. Everyone that passed by would definitely look at the trees with smiles on their faces. However, there was a certain someone who didn't look at the trees at all. Milla and Yuto was taking a shortcut through the small park and the gray eyed spirit was walking with a grim look on his face.

"Right now, Yuya is having so much fun with his best friend while I'm here walking." Yuto grumbled.

"You got at least to see your mom today." Milla said as she cares a handbag with Yuto's duel disk and deck as well her wallet among other things.

"Yeah, thanks for suggesting I should come with you." Yuto said grateful.

"After your little fight last night, you needed some up couragement." Milla explained with a small smile. A cherry blossom falls and Milla catches it in her hands. "Humans are as delicate as flowers, once they fall they are vulnerable and can die with one action."

"You talk like you aren't human." Yuto said confused.

"I've been in Otherworld much more often than ours, it's only natural for me to say that." The Lord of Spirits explained. "In Otherworld, there's much more things to do. Things that was dead comes back to life, creatures comes and goes wherever they like. There's magic, spirits, fairy tale creatures! There's still much to explore and I want to be able to make humans and spirits to live together in peace. That's been my first mission since I was born."

"Being Maxwell is a really big responsibility." Yuto realized.

"It's a lot harder for me being the first female since Maxwell came here." Milla said as she closed her eyes as the breeze came. "I'm the first female that had the potential to become Maxwell."

"Wow, you're an incredible woman." Yuto said and Milla giggled as she turned around to face him.

"But it's obvious that you have feeling for my brother." She teased and Yuto blushed red.

"No...I don't! I'm not gay…" Yuto said embarrassed. "Right?"

"You don't know until you know." Milla said with a sweet smile.

"When will Yuto wake up from his coma…" Someone asked sadly.

"I don't know, Ruri…" Another voice replied.

Yuto looked in front of them without any second thought and his eyes widen in shock. On a bench not too far from the pair, was Shun and Ruri sitting together with a sad expression on their faces.

"Judging by your reaction, you know those two." Milla realized and Yuto nodded slightly.

"They're my best friends." Yuto replied gloomy, looking at them. "Shun...Ruri…"

"I miss Yuto so much. Usually, he would make us irritated with his forgetful attitude, now it's gone…" Ruri cried while Shun stroked her head gently. "I feel empty inside…"

"Yeah, me too. If he wakes up one day, I definitely will punch his face for making us worried like this…" Shun murmured softly. "Especially his parents…"

Yuto's eyes was shadowed and clutched his fists tightly. Milla looks at him worried, his personality had suddenly changed and the aura was different. She could feel his pain and wanted to do something for him. They continued walking as Yuto took the front, Milla takes a glance on the two and does a formation in the air with her hand.

A stream of blue light flew all the way to the pair and into Shun's pocket and glowed. Shun looked up because he felt he had to but didn't see anything, Milla was walking away with a sad smile.

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On a bench nearby the entrance next to the mall, Yuzu and Yuya was sitting casually while Jude was standing against a tree but with different expression on their faces. Yuzu was glancing at her friend worried while Yuya still feel the pain in his head as Jude was waiting patiently for his partner to come.

Yuzu sighed and she slowly gets up from the bench. Yuya, who saw this, raised an eyebrow in question.

"I think we should go home, Yuya." Yuzu said concerned. "I'm really worried about your condition."

"Headaches are really common, Yuzu." Jude said standing up. "He probably didn't get much sleep last night."

"It's true, I was up late working on something." Yuya explained.

"Doing what exactly?" Milla asked serious as she arrives.

"Hey Milla." The boys greeted and the teenage sister glares at her brother.

"What were you doing last night?" Milla asked again.

"Umm, well…" Yuya said nervously.

"Yuzu? Yuya?" A familiar voice asked.

They quickly all looked behind Milla to see Ruri and Shun coming forwards them. Yuzu beamed with happiness and she tackled Ruri in a big hug. Milla was confused, she never knew they would actually follow her.

"I missed you so much, Ruri!" Yuzu cried in happiness. "It's been two years since we met each other."

"I missed you too, Yuzu…" Ruri said. Shun recognized Jude and walked over to him.

"What are you doing here, Dr. Mathis?" He asked and the ember eyed shakes his head.

"Dr. Mathis is my dad, I'm his son. Jude." Jude explained. "I'm in Tales of Academy together with Milla." Just as he says that, Milla walked over to them.

"Sakaki Milla, nice to meet you." The ruby eyed girl introduced. "I'm Yuya's older sister."

"Kurosaki Shun." Shun said. "It's nice to meet the person that is rumored around our school. You're almost a celebrity there." Milla rolled her eyes as if that was expected.

"Wow. What a coincidence…" Yuto said surprised but with the hint of sadness. "I never thought Shun and Ruri knew you guys…"

Yuya automatically looked behind Shun and saw Yuto standing a few meters away with the sad aura was still around him. When he realized that Yuya was looking at him, Yuto placed a hand behind his head and smiled sheepishly.

"Hey, Yuya." Yuto greeted. "Sorry about last night, I just wasn't myself."

Yuya just smiled while Milla smiled in her eyes as replies and Yuto became happy with those responses. On the other hand, Shun furrowed his eyebrows in confusion and the same thing happened with Jude at the siblings' sight of direction.

They looked at the direction the two were facing but nobody or something was there. Somehow, the Sakaki siblings could see something they couldn't. The two boys looks at each other confused as the siblings raised eyebrows at the same time.

"Are you looking for someone, Shun?" Milla asked as she tilted her head to the side.

"No, I thought someone was going to surprise me from behind or something, that's all." Shun explained with a frown. Jude looks at them in wonder before he was lost in thoughts.

Yuya nodded his head in understanding slowly and looks at the girls that had been talking to each other happily while Shun sighed in relief. Jude turned to his partner and was about to ask something when the girls came to them.

"Hey, you guys. Let's go to Fashion@Flows." Ruri suggested. "That shop is selling many clothes for teenagers like us."

Instantly, Yuzu looked at Yuya with worry but before Yuzu could ask him, Yuya shakes his head and grins as his answer. A beaming smile appeared on her lips and she quickly accepted Ruri's offer. Fashion@Flows shop was the last shop they walked past when Yuya heard the creepy sweet voice.

Milla, however, wanted to go to a cafe to have alone time with Jude and was nearby the store if something happens. Yuya knew it was dangerous if he came back to that place again without his sister, but he couldn't reject the offer because this was the perfect time for Yuzu to spend time together with Ruri.

When the four departed with the Tales of students, they arrived at the store and they all scattered. Yuzu and Ruri was at the girl's section while Shun was looking through in the men's section and Yuya was with Yuto in the women's section.

At the women section, many pretty clothes and beautiful dresses could be seen for a woman to wear. The two boys was walking in silence with their eyes wandering around, Yuto saw the mannequin in the store window.

"Yuya, look at that!" Yuto exclaimed and points at the mannequin. "That black dress would look beautiful on Milla, right?"

Yuya starred forwards the direction he was pointing at and a small smile appeared on his face. The black dress on the white mannequin amazed Yuya, because the dress was twinkling like stars when it clash with the shop's lights.

"It's beautiful but it doesn't fit Milla's style." Yuya explained and smiled sadly. "If my mom was alive, maybe I would buy that dress for her…" Yuto glanced at him and raised an eyebrow in confusion while Yuya lowered his gaze and walked away.

"Do you miss her?" Yuto asked.

"You thought that I don't miss her?" Yuya questioned. "I miss my mom a lot and I won't ever forget about her in my whole life. I ask Milla sometimes about how she was before she died."

"Then if I disappear...you would you miss me?" Yuto asked and Yuya stopped in his tracks. He was quiet as Yuto walked in front of him and waited for him to answer. "Well, Yuya…?"

"If that happens...I would miss you too…" Yuya replied and a smile appeared on Yuto's lips when he heard the answer. "Because you're a great friend after all, for both me and Milla."

Yuto's smile instantly disappeared and house eyes looked away from Yuya while the crimson eyed boy smiled softly. All of a sudden, Yuto's gray eyes widen in shock and slowly gasped in fear.

"Hey, Yuya…" Yuto said worried.

"What is it, Yuto?�� Yuya asked in confusion.

"There was a mannequin that wore that black dress in this window a while ago, right?"

"Yeah…?"

"If that's the case. Then, where is that mannequin? It isn't in the window anymore!"

All of a sudden, they heard a bone crackling sound above them just above the boys. Yuya and Yuto's eyes went wide in fear but they remained silent. On the ceiling, was the mannequin in the black dress crawling upside down. Its head tilted side to side with its bright glowing purple eyes was staring blankly forwards Yuya and Yuto.

"Yuya." A voice said in front of them.

Yuya quickly backed away and in a stance prepared to take out his duel disk serious and in guard. However, when he realized that it was a person that was calling for him which was just Shun, Yuya sighed in relief. Shun, on the other hand, sweat dropped while Yuto looks at the ceiling instantly. The mannequin was gone.

"What is it, Shun?" Yuya asked him.

"You can see something that we, normal people, can't see, right?" Shun questioned serious.

"Why did you say that?" Yuya asked, trying to hide it as much as possible us it was becoming hard. "You don't have anything to prove-"

"I heard you whisper to someone despite that no one is with you. Besides, you said Yuto's name a while ago and you don't even meet him...what is the point for you to say his name if you're alone. Unless…" Shun trailed off.

A deep silence appeared around them immediately. After a while, Yuya sighed and crossed his arms. Now there would be two humans to know his secret in one day.

"Fine, it's true that I have a hidden ability and all of your suspicions are true." He confessed.

Yuto was shocked when he heard Yuya answer Shun's question truthfully, just like Milla did for him the night they met. Before he could say anything, Yuya glanced at him and shocked his head and Yuto went silent. Shun raised an eyebrow in question but didn't say anything.

"Before I can tell you, Shun." Yuya said, having something in plan. "Can you help me with something?"

Before Shun could ask, Yuya suddenly grabbed his wrist and whispered some ancient words no one could understand. In that moment, Shun felt something flowing through his body and mind from the inside.

"What did you do to me, Yu-!" Shun tried to ask when he saw what happened.

Yuya fell forward and Shun quickly catches him before he fell to the floor. Yuya had, somehow, passed out and Shun tries to wake him up but failed miserably. Yuto, on the other hand, dashed to their spot when he saw Yuya pass out and shakes the crimson eyed boy's body.

"Yuya, wake up!" Yuto exclaimed. "What happened to you?!"

"Yu-Yuto?!" Shun called out in shock.

Yuto froze into place when Shun called him out of nowhere. His gray eyes stared directly forwards Shun's falcon like eyes with confusion.

"H-how can you see me?" Yuto asked confused.

"I don't know, maybe Yuya gave me something that made me-"

"We need to take him to his sister, now!" Yuto cut him off and Shun realized Milla had that ability as well.

Just then, an unfamiliar girl screamed from inside the store. Shun clutches Yuya tightly while Yuto looked around in caution as it came closer. After a few minutes, it stopped.

"Who the hell is screaming like that?" Shun asked hushed.

"I don't know but I have a bad feeling about this." Yuto proclaimed. "Let's find Yuzu and Ruri first before we get out of here, Shun."

Shun nodded and carries Yuya on his back. After he adjusted Yuya to stay in place on his back and standing, he turned around and walked away with Yuto right behind him. When they walked about five steps further, the terrified scream was heard again. But this time, the scream was exactly right by their ears. Shun cringed in pain while Yuto tries to block it with his hands on his ears. And in that instant, the shop blackout.

Outside, a fairy saw the whole thing and was terrified. She could just stare at the darkened store with her hand over her mouth.

"Lady Maxwell needs to be informed about this!" The fairy exclaimed and flew away in high speed.

-

Meanwhile, Milla and Jude was sitting by a table outside a cafe. The two had been shopping themselves but Milla was the only one that bought something and the shopping bag was by her feet. They had already ordered what they wanted to eat and was waiting.

"I hope Yuya is having fun." Milla said. "It's not that often he goes with a girl to a shopping trip."

"Not even with you." Jude said a little confused.

"Correct, he don't want to cause trouble for himself or me." Milla explained.

"I understand." Jude replied as the fairy was almost to the two. "There was something you wanted to tell me."

"Indeed. It's something I've been keeping away from you since we met, something that have to do with both me and my little brother." Milla began.

"Lady Maxwell!" The fairy shouted but Milla ignores it. "This is an emergency! A Secrecy Eyes is being captured by dollmakers!"

Milla gets shocked and stands up in a hurry, Jude looks at her surprised. The Lord of Spirits was terrified and angry at the same time, she clenched her fists and took a deep breath.

"Secure that area and erase the victims' memories, make them think it was just sudden." Milla ordered hushed and the fairy nodded before flying back to the store. 'Sylph, bring my things back to the house. This is going to be dangerous.'

The wind spirit responses to the command and teleported the bags away. Jude stands up worried at his partner's sudden actions.

"Milla, is everything okay?" He asked but the girl ran away in a hurry. "Milla! Wait!" Jude follows her and tried to keep up with her.

Some people was running away from something and it was hard to come through, but Milla could run through the crowd without any problems. The two both arrived at Fashion@Flows, they were shocked but mostly Milla as the store was emitting a dark aura. This was something she was very used to see but what shocked was it giving out far too much in brought daylight.

"What's going on? Why is this store having a blackout all of a sudden?" Jude questioned, acknowledged Milla he was with her.

"Jude, you need to go home." Milla replied and the amber eyed nurse looked at her.

"What do you mean?" Jude asked confused.

"You need to get away from here, it's for your own safety." Milla said serious, turning to her partner. "I promise I'll explain everything once this danger is gone."

"Danger?! There's something inside that made this happen?" Jude exclaimed. "Yuya and the others are still inside!"

"That's why I need to hurry and you need to go home. Or else, I have to erase your memory." Milla said before rushing inside, leaving Jude in shock.

"Erase my memory? You wouldn't do that…" Jude asked himself. "Would you, Milla?" He was in thought for a few seconds before rushing after his partner.

Inside, it was still dark and Shun was laying unconscious on the floor as two people came to him. Small whispers was heard and Shun's eyebrows twitches in confusion but his eyes didn't open.

"Wake up…" A voice said and there was no answer.

Suddenly, Shun was hit by a big paper fan. He groans in pain as he wakes up and placed a hand on his forehead as he sat up while the people that made the whispers was Ruri and Yuzu, who were happy to see Shun wake up.

"Wh-what happened?" He asked under his breath.

"We don't know, brother." Ruri explained hushed. "When Yuzu and I choose the clothes we wanted to buy when suddenly the store blackout."

"That's why we went looking for you and when we found you, we saw you just laying there." Yuzu continued.

After Shun heard their story, memories from before the blackout came to his mind. Shun quickly took out a small flashlight that he had in his pocket for emergencies and turned it on before looking around while standing up. Apparently, Shun was still at the spot he heard the screaming girl. However, he couldn't find the unconscious Yuya or Yuto anywhere.

The two girls look at him in wonder while Shun was in deep thought about what happened to him a while ago, he still remembered the ancient words Yuya whispered to him. He knew it wasn't a dream because he could still feel the power surging through his body.

'Then...where are Yuto and Yuya?' Shun asked himself in his head.

"Brother, are you okay?" Ruri asked quietly.

"Yeah...I'm fine. By the way, have you two find Yuya yet?" Shun asked.

"No, we couldn't find him anywhere." Yuzu answered worried.

Shun sighed and looked up forwards the ceiling. At that moment, he gasped in surprise and shakely shine his flashlight forwards the ceiling. The girls also gazed forwards the ceiling because they saw Shun's eyes widen in fear.

On the ceiling, was a mannequin in a crawling position with its two slender hands grabbing an unconscious Yuto. The two glowing purple eyes bulged out of its sockets and staring blankly at Yuto's face with its neck stretching longer than a human. The mannequin was wearing a torn yellow dress with white stripes, a creepy smile present on its face before it opened its mouth. The mouth opens to as wide as sewers and wants to eat Yuto.

"What the hell…" Shun muttered under his breath.

"What do you mean, Shun? I don't see anything…" Yuzu question in confusion as Ruri nodded in agreement.

When Shun heard the girls' answers, he was confused for a second before he realized that they couldn't see what he saw because they didn't have these powers like Yuya. He could see these things because Yuya did something to him. A bone cracking sound could be heard from above which made Shun panic even more because he was scared that Yuto would be eaten if he didn't do anything quickly.

"I thought I saw something flying in the ceiling. Anyway, how about you two go back home?" Shun asked calmly. "It's getting late."

"But what about Yuya?" Yuzu asked worried.

"Don't worry, I will search for him and you two can meet me at his house, okay?" Shun assured them.

Ruri and Yuzu looked at each other and slowly nodded in agreement. A soft smile appeared on Shun when he saw their answer.

"Alright, but take care of yourself, brother." Ruri said.

"Roger, my little sister. You girls should be careful too when walking along the sidewalk." Shun said to them.

The girls smiled warmly and waved goodbye before they ran forwards the exit. Once they were gone out of sight, Shun took a deep breath and took out his phone before throwing it straight forwards the mannequin as hard as he could. The phone hit the mannequin directly at the mannequin's face and immediately, it lost grip on Yuto so he falls down.

Shun managed to catch Yuto before he could hit the ground while the mannequin shakes its head before staring at the two in rage. Before it could do a thing, they heard fast footsteps coming forwards them.

"Shun!" The voice of Jude called out as he arrived. The mannequin looks at him and sniffed into the air before licking its mouth.

"Jude, look out!" Shun shouted as he knew what it was going to do.

The mannequin jumped off the ceiling and headed straight at Jude. The ember eyed student felt its presence and turned to the side to see glowing purple eyes coming forwards him, Jude brought his arms to his face as the mannequin came closer to him.

Suddenly, something in Jude's pocket beings glow in green light and a strong wind surrounded him while the mannequin was pushed back. As it disappeared, Jude's clothes had changed entirely. He wears a white jacket with a navy blue overcoat, lined with light blue accents. Brown gloves, black pants and white boots lined with yellow. The only thing that was still on was the bead pendant Milla gave him.

Jude lowered his guard and inspected his new clothes with both surprise and confusion. Shun is staring at him shocked.

"What? What's going on?!" Jude exclaimed.

"That power…" The mannequin growls as it stands up. "...you're an ally...of Maxwell…!"

"Maxwell?!" Jude asked shocked.

"DIE!" The mannequin shouted and Jude took a battle stance.

The creepy mannequin crawled in high speed as Jude stood there unfazed and waiting for the moment to strike. When the human sized doll was ready to grab him, Jude punched its face so hard it got cracks and breaks apart, turning into a lifeless doll on the ground. Jude took deep breaths to calm down as he stares at the broken mannequin as a dark soul flew out of it and dissolved into nothing.

"What's going on here?" Jude asked out loud. "Mannequins shouldn't be able to move on its own and what happened to my clothes?"

"Yuto, wake up!" Shun yelled as he shook Yuto franctily.

"Yuto?" Jude questioned and looks at Shun to be surprised to see Yuto with him.

"Yuto, we need to find Yuya!" Shun yelled.

Yuto stirred while his eyebrows twitched in pain but slowly opened his eyes. When he saw Shun by his side, he looked confused before feeling incredible pain in his head and placed a hand on his forehead.

"Shun, what happened?" Yuto asked as he took his other hand to hold his head. "Oh, my head. It feels like I've been hit with a hammer ten times in a row."

"Someone or something must have knocked us out when when shop blacked out and took Yuya." Shun explained.

"W-wait, they took Yuya?!" Yuto shouted terrified.

"Well, maybe because I can't see him anywhere near us. Besides, he was already unconscious at that time, so they could easily have taken him away." Shun suggested.

Yuto became angry but he quickly calmed himself down. He thought about when he left Yuya alone because he was scared when they were captured by the killer clown a month ago and that's why he wanted to change. Then he thinks about his training with Ludger as Milla helped Yuya with his training to awaken his mana.

_Flashback_

All four of them was in the backyard but since they couldn't train while people was around, Milla had put a spell on the door to go into the Otherworld version of the garden. In reality, the garden had been withered and died while in Otherworld, it was like an enchanted forest where many kinds of spirits was wandering around and some of them was helping out.

Ludger was teaching Yuto how to fire a gun since the gray eyed boy didn't have as much physical training like Yuya's acrobatic ability which the Secrecy eyes wielder trained in school for the most time. Yuto was practicing to hit the targets which was tin cans a few meters away.

"Just so you know, don't close one of your eyes like in movies or tv. It's just a thing they do for things to looks cool." Ludger explained and Yuto nodded. The gun was futuristic in design and had a purple orb by the handle.

"I'm still not sure if I could fire a gun…" Yuto said nervous.

"There's nothing to worry about, that gun is special made for those with high masses of mana." Ludger explained to calm him down as Yuto looks at the gun. "Now that you're a spirit, your mana can be easier to get awakened."

"I'll keep that in mind." Yuto said sarcastic.

Yuto took aim on one of the cans and fired a shot, the tin can he shot fell off its place and fell on the ground. Smoke came from the bullet hole and Yuto is shocked as Ludger just smiled.

"Good shot! It will take some time before you get used to the force they give out, after all you have two of them." Ludger said as Yuto lowered the gun. "Let me give you a good advice Elle gave to me." Yuto just stares with an eyebrow raised. "'No matter what, don't run away or barged into anger because the evil spirits loves it and possess you'."

"Did a kid like her say that?" Yuto said as if the detective was joking but he nodded.

"She has the Kresnik blood in her veins even if she comes from somewhere else." Ludger chuckled. Yuto becomes lost in thoughts while looking at the strange gun in his hands.

_Flashback Ends_

Shun was quite surprised with Yuto's change of personality, usually he would panic and run away especially when it's something that frighten him or angrily punch on something to release his stress.

"Would you two explain why Yuto is here awake when he's in a coma at the hospital?" Jude asked, getting their attention.

"You can see me as well, Jude." Yuto questioned as he slowly stood up.

"What do you mean-wait, this presence. It's the same as the one I felt at Milla's house a month ago, the day after the accident." Jude concluded and brought a finger to his head.

"Yeah, that was me. I'm a spirit stuck in a limbo." Yuto explained.

"'A limbo'?" Shun repeated confused.

"Basically, between life and death." The gray eyed spirit answered simply. Jude walked over to Yuto and was going to place a hand on his shoulder when Jude's hand went right through his body.

"Looks like I can't touch you like Shun." Jude said. "But that wouldn't explain why my clothes changed all of a sudden."

"The good thing is that you still have the pendant Milla gave you." Yuto pointed out and Jude realized something.

"That's it! Milla gave me something the first time we met." He said and takes out his phone, a keychain was hanging on the side with a glass orb at the with a blooming flower inside. "It didn't bloom that time, it never did.���

"Let's find Yuya, he's probably still around and if you're here then Milla should be around as well." Yuto suggested and the humans nodded.

"By the way, Shun, your phone is broken." Jude pointed out and Shun face palmed when he remembered.

"Shit!" He complained.

They began to search section after section thoroughly. Many of the mannequin dolls attack or ambushed them from every corner of the shop which Jude took care of with his powers. Yuto and Shun were still survived until now and they grateful for Jude knowing how to fight.

On the men section, Yuto was floating and check the clothes that hanging nicely on the poles while Shun and Jude looking around cautiously.

"Hey, Yuto...." Shun said.

"Hmm?" Yuto replied.

"What do you think the reason why Yuya give a part of his Secrecy eyes powers to me?" Shun asked curiously.

Along the journey in searching Yuya, Yuto told them everything that he known. About Yuya's Secrecy eyes, without mentioning Milla was Maxwell, until the Killer Clown case that occurred to them a month ago. They think that Yuya give Shun a piece of his secrecy eyes powers to him because Shun could see and touch Yuto, but he cannot see how someone can be dead and his eyes were not crimson in colour. Jude wasn't able to do it but could hit the mannequins.

It was just a theory though because they didn't hear the true explanation from Yuya and Milla yet.

"I don't know....maybe it's best if we ask Yuya directly." Yuto said and the two humans nodded.

"I just hope Milla is okay, she ran in before me." Jude said worried.

"I promise she will be okay, once we see her you'll be in for a surprise." Yuto said in belief.

Before Shun could say anything, suddenly, they heard a sudden movement from a few feet away. They look towards each other and quietly walking towards the direction where they heard the sound.

The three friends hide behind a wall that leads them towards the fitting rooms and tries to hear the small sound again. However, Yuto, Jude and Shun heard a different sound instead.

"Don't you dare step closer to me!!!!" Someone yelled in fury and instantly, a huge crashed sound was heard.

Without any hesitation, Yuto quickly running towards one of the fitting rooms while Shun and Jude trailing him from behind. When Yuto, Jude and Shun standing at the doorway, they were surprise with what they saw in front of their eyes. Apparently, Yuya is standing in front of him with a broken mannequin doll on the floor beside him. When Yuya's crimson eyes stared directly towards Yuto's grey eyes, he shook his head and he whispered softly.

"Yuto...Jude...Shun...run...away...from here..."

In a split second, Shun was thrown to the wall hard and fell to the floor while Yuto's back is against the wall with Yuya's left hand grip on his neck tightly as something grabbed Jude and Shun from behind. Yuya's eyes was empty like he was possessed by something.

"Wh-what the hell, Yuya!!?" Yuto yelled.

"Yuya, what are you doing?!" Jude shouted as he tries to get out of the grip.

"Your friend that hold this secrecy eyes is really smart, huh? He knows this will happened in the future because he saw that you will be dead by his own hands~" A scary female voice said.

Yuto's grey eyes went wide in shocked while Jude and Shun tries to get themselves free.

"That's why he give his secrecy eyes powers to another person, so that person can help you from being killed by him. He tries his best in avoiding that from happened, so sweet~ But I wonder~" The mannequin said

In that instant, ten hideous mannequins appeared out of nowhere and standing in front of them with sneered smile on their faces. The ones holding the humans was a few others

On the other hand, the mannequin that Yuya and Yuto saw earlier, crawling upside position on the ceiling with an evil smile on it's face and it's glowing purple eyes staring deeply towards Yuto. Shun, Jude and Yuto were shocked with the appearance of those dolls.

"How can your friend can save you from being killed if he is blocked by all my puppets, huh~ HEHEHEHEHEHEHE~ I can't wait in seeing you being killed by your own precious person~" The mannequin said evilly.

Shun stands in a fighting stance while Yuto's grey eyes staring deeply towards the Yuya's pair of empty crimson eyes.

"Stop it, Yuya!" Jude shouted. "Wake up!"

"I'll believe in you, Yuya...always…" Yuto said caring. Tears fell from Yuya's crimson eyes down his cheeks.

"Me too, Yuto...forever in my heart..." He whispered.

In that swift moment, he throws Yuto forward the huge mirror that state on the fitting room's wall. A loud crashed sound was heard with the glass was broken into pieces and Yuto fell down hard to the floor.

"Nooo!" Jude yelled.

"Why are you doing this?" Shun growled.

"That's because they're going to be trash like any other doll…" A familiar female voice explained.

Suddenly, the mannequins holding Jude and Shun began to scream as they were lifted in the air by mechanical birds. They both were shocked as the birds bites the head off, with the same thing happening with Jude, dark souls flew out of them before the birds let the lifeless dolls on the floor.

"Your cards proves to be great protector spirits once awakened." Out of the shadows came Milla out with her eyes closed as she walked to them but something was different about the girl.

"Milla! I'm so glad you're okay!" Jude said in relief.

"How did you know I have cards in my pocket?" Shun asked both confused and surprised.

"I'll explain everything later. You two stay with Yuto and Yuya." Milla said without opening her eyes.

"Not in my sight, attack her!" The black dressed mannequin ordered and a few dolls dashed forwards Milla, Jude took the chance to hit Yuya in the neck and the younger boy dropped unconscious as Jude catches him.

"Sorry, Yuya. But it's for your own sake." Jude apologized as he got them to the floor and looks at Milla.

All of the dolls begins to attack her all at once but all of them catches on fire once Milla opened her eyes. The dolls screamed as they burned to ashes, the black dressed mannequin growled as Milla just stared at it while the boys saw everything in surprise.

"You can't be him, it's impossible!" The mannequin yelled in denial.

"Milla…" Jude muttered.

"So you don't know who I am, then let me show you…" Milla said as a strange glowing circle appeared under her feet with four smaller circles having a symbol in them as well in different colors. Milla moved her arm in motion front of her as a trail of light followed. "Open…Gate to Otherworld!" She snapped her finger once it was above her head.

The store began to change into a ruined and creepy dollhouse with many doll parts everywhere, everything was covered with black ooze. In the air was the boys in bubbles, Shun was in one together with Yuto and Jude with Yuya as they watch Milla standing on the ground in front of the mannequin.

Pink energy starts to wrap around the girl like a flower that was about to bloom. Suddenly, it exploded into small petal like fragments and Milla's clothes had changed from a light yellow off shoulder mini dress, knee high shorts and boots to more revealing clothing with a pink/dark pink theme. Long gloves and boots covering her arms and legs while keeping the rest of the peach skin showing.

"If you want Yuya…" Milla said serious as she clapped her hands together and brought them to her side and draws out a sword like if it had been there the whole time. "...you have to fight me first!!"

"With pleasure." The mannequin snarled amused as its arms turned into blades.

Milla placed a foot forward before dashing with her sword forward, the mannequin prepared itself as they both clashed their blades against another. The sound of metal meeting metal was heard as the two fought against each other, Milla was able to get good hits on the doll, reaping the black dress. She jumped back and swung the sword in the air, creating a green wind wave that was coming at the doll, who blocked.

The mannequin screams as strings came out of the ground that comes straight from the human but a small circle appeared under her feet and a rock pillar shoots her up in the air, making the strings twirl around it but the strings still went for Milla. She snarled as she wasn't prepared for that.

"Efreet!" Milla called out and the great spirit of fire appeared, burning all of the strings in the process. Jude was shocked of the sudden appearance.

"That's Efreet, the great spirit of fire!" Jude said in realization. "Does that mean Milla really is…"

Milla ran forwards the mannequin with both her hands on the sword's handle and slashed from the shoulder down the torso on the mannequin from behind as it was too focused on Efreet's flames that came on it as well. A black substance came pouring out of the doll and fell on the floor, the mannequin was still alive and was chuckling as Milla walked over to it.

"You can't stop it...Maxwell…" The mannequin said evilly as the human girl came to it. "Every being will...hunt him down...you won't be able to protect him…"

"You don't know what will happen in the future, nobody will." Milla said with no emotion. "As long as I'm here, no one is going to hurt Yuya."

A rock pillar came right through the mannequin's head and the lifeless doll broke down to dust as the domain dissolved into light. The store was back once again and almost everything was back to normal, Milla skipped back after her clothes, as well as Jude's, returned to normal and hurried over to Yuya and Yuto as the two older boys had placed them by each other. The Lord of Spirits placed their hands together in her own with a worried look.

"Sorry, boys, I have to do this." Milla apologized and took a deep breath. But before she could say anything, Shun junks Milla's arm away from the unconscious boys.

"What are you doing, you freak?!" Shun growled angry. "Are you going to kill Yuto in the same way you did to that doll?!"

"Shun, Milla would never do that!" Jude exclaimed but the hawk eyed man glanced at him.

"Shut up! You saw what she did in that place, she didn't give any mercy to that mannequin." Shun said and Jude looked down in shame. Milla janks her arm free and slapped him across his face, leaving Shun and Jude surprised.

"I'm saving your friend's life, for spirits sake!" Milla yelled and took the chance to calm down. "Yuto's impact was so strong that his nervsystem broke down, if I don't do something soon he'll die for real. Yuya is affected by the dollmakers' influence and he needs my purification abilities to completely get out of their control."

Shun stared into Milla's ruby like eyes before looking away in shame, Milla went back to hold the boys' hands as they began to glow a light blue and a magic circle appeared over Yuya's head.

"O'Children of the holy fountain, let this bond forever guide you in overwhelming glory…" Milla chanted with her eyes closed. "...until this bond is broken. May this contract be fulfilled and bring this spirit a vessel to reside in, bring this vessel a spirit to give him power. Heed my request, the Phantom spirit!" Milla's hair began to flow upwards as she seemed to be struggling and the Four Great Spirits appeared behind her.

Jude and Shun was just staring at the scene as the circle above Yuya made its way down and into his body. But suddenly, a powerful shockwave blew away the two and Milla let go as she collapsed on her knees while breathing heavily.

"Milla!" Jude called out and hurried to her side, who was looking at Yuya, seeing a small smile on the crimson eyed boy's lips.

"It...worked." Milla said hushed. Suddenly, the lights turned back on and the group was shocked. "We need to get out of here before the security cameras comes on again."

"Can you manage?" Jude asked and Milla nodded.

"I think so…Sylph." Milla said and when the police comes in they were gone from the spot.

---

The group had been teleported back to the small mansion, Milla and Shun got the two special children to Yuya's room to rest as the teens sat in the living room but Milla had taken out the thing she bought for Yuya on his body before leaving the two alone. The young lord told the two boys everything that happened and about her abilities. Shun and Jude had a hard time believing in her story but with everything that happened to them earlier, it was hard to not do it.

"Now you know everything about us." Milla finished, looking down on the floor.

"Milla, why didn't you tell us?" Jude asked referring to the academy teams. "You know our team can help you as much as Ludger does."

"Like I told you, we were suppose to keep it a secret from everyone." Milla repeated as she looked at her partner.

"Still, you being Maxwell is very hard to swallow." Shun proclaimed. "I don't know if I can keep it quiet but I'll do it for Yuto's sake."

"How are they anyway? Yuya haven't even moved at all since we came back." Jude questioned. "I think I hit him too hard."

"You don't have to be worried, while I was making that contract I cleared of the dollmaker's traces out of Yuya so he'll be okay as long as he gets some rest." Milla explained.

"And about Yuto…" Shun said a little unsure.

"He'll be alright for now." The Lord of Spirits told him. "What I had to was to break the deep vessel bond from Yuto's body to Yuya's to not further injure his body while he's in this state, I'm calling his spirit form 'Phantom'."

'Just like Yuto's cards, could that be her inspiration?' Shun thought.

"A phantom, in traditional belief, a physical manifestation of the soul or spirit of a deceased person. In easier understanding, a ghost." Jude said, like he was reading a book or something. "It fits."

"Now, we should take that piece of Yuya's power out of you, Shun." Milla said as she stood up. "We don't know what will happen if you get attached to it."

The hawk eyed teen nodded, Milla placed a hand on Shun's chest and a rush of energy came through her and in a second she caught something in her hand. It was a small shard of red crystal, Jude wasn't as shocked as he was when they saw the Four earlier and expected for his partner to do such. The shard suddenly flew in fast phase forwards the medic brawler and into the pendant around his neck.

"Now you have the Sight as long as you have that on you." The girl said with a smile and Jude smiled as well.

Later on, Shun walked outside as the sun was setting and stopped to look at one of the windows to see Milla watching him. Even without the Sight, you could still see the small sprites of the Four behind her as the Lord was standing proudly. Shun smiled grateful for meeting the Sakaki siblings and able to see Yuto again, what he didn't notice was that a mannequin was right behind him and was really angry. It was about to attack when Sylph and Undine appeared and froze it in ice before crushing it. Shun saw one of the ice shards by his feet and saw a doll's finger inside of it, he picked it up to notice the ice didn't melt in his hand.

"Brother!" The voice of Ruri shouted out and came running to him.

"Hey, Ruri, you okay?" Shun asked and the purple haired girl nodded.

"What's that in your hand?" Ruri asked, pointing at the ice shard in his hand.

"It's nothing." Shun said and pockets the shard before they began to walk away. "You know, Ruri, I think Maxwell gave me his blessing today."

"You think so? I thought you didn't believe in that legend." Ruri said a little surprised.

"I never said that." Shun retarded before he said into his mind. 'Thank you, Milla Maxwell, for everything.'

Back at the house, Milla was still standing by the window as she watched the two walk away with a smile on her face. The look in her eyes meant she was both grateful and tired.

"Kurosaki Shun, you're now an ally for saving Yuya and Yuto. Let us meet again another time." Milla said before walking away.

In Yuya's room, the two boys was sleeping together as a lizard like creature came out of a drawer in the desk and made its way to the bed, lays down by their heads before going to sleep as well as night came in the sky.