A/N: Hi guys! I'm so sorry its taken so long to get this chapter out, I hope you guys enjoy it! Chapter 14 will be posted soon I gotta make a few edits first but it should only be a day or two hehe. Also the story is kinda picking up a bit in this chapter but not too much hehe, I hope you all enjoy~!

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William glanced over his shoulder at the two members of his squad, Yuno and Neva, and their 'daughter' Miku. This wasn't what he had been expecting when Marx asked him to come up to the castle as there was something he needed to see, but Yami seemed to have an inkling because he had the smuggest grin on his face and was almost too happy about William getting a call from Marx. That should have been his first clue as to what was going on.

After Marx had met him at the doors and explained the situation William had been expecting the members to be either Klaus or even Alecdora, but insteadWilliam had been very surprised to see that it was in fact Yuno and Neva. Those were the last two he had thought of when Marx was telling him the details, but after seeing the young girl and seeing his two squad members there was no denying that she was their daughter. She looked like Neva but with black hair, her serious face was a perfect blend of Yuno's and Neva's, but she appeared to carry herself more like Yuno then Neva. This was interesting.

" Is everyone alright?" William asked as he glanced over his shoulder, the three nodded but remained silent. Apparently they were all still trying to process this information, it was no secret that Yuno and Neva had a crush on each other, but it seemed the only ones who didn't know about this, were the two in question. William let out a soft sigh before walking out the castle doors and walking towards the brooms.

" Captain, where exactly are we going?" Neva asked as she grabbed one of the brooms, Yuno began to use his wind magic to make himself a transportation vessel. Miku looked between the two before walking towards Neva and her broom, apparently she wasn't very comfortable flying using wind magic.

" We have a house not too far from here that we've all been staying in the past few days, just until we've gotten things sorted out with the children and how to get them back home." William explained simply before stepping onto his broom, Neva did the same as Miku sat behind her and wrapped her arms around the blonde haired woman's middle, and Yuno summoned his wind vessel.

" 'We've'?" Both Neva and Yuno said at the same time, just how many people were there?

They all landed softly outside the house a few moments later and walked up to the door, dread was steadily filling William. He knew Yami was going to enjoy this too much, especially since so far every child had been connected to the Black Bulls in some way. He opened the door slowly and looked inside, some of the kids appeared to be at the dining table while others were in the common room. Zora and Nebra were on two opposite ends of the common room, would there come a time those two could look past their differences? Even if it was only for Ace's sake? William didn't know at this point. Charlotte and Yami were sitting at the dining table with Alistar and Hikari, all of them appeared to be having a pleasant conversation. Except Yami continuously glared at Alistar, probably because of what Zora said yesterday.

" Y'know Captain," Neva started as she looked around the house. " when you said 'we' I was kind of assuming there would be a few people but not-."

" Almost an entire squad." Yuno finished as he looked around himself, William let out a soft chuckle before nodding in agreement.

" Yes, I guess you could say we're slowly becoming our own squad. But we make it work." William shrugged before everyone finally seemed to take notice that there were new people in the house.

" Hah! Finally, Goldie Guts is going through what I've been going through the past few days!" Yami said with a shout of laughter, William chuckled as he walked towards the dining table.

" Yes the universe decided to finally take pity on you and give you a small reprieve from the future children." William said, Yami grumbled something under his breath as Hikari and Charlotte also began to laugh softly. Alistar frowned and looked around his father to see who it was and his eyes widened slightly; it was his Auntie Neva and Yuno, which meant it was one of three possible children.

The white haired man stood up and tried his best to look around the two Golden Dawn members to see which child it was, but they were hiding behind their 'parents' legs all too well. From what he could see it was a girl, which left two options and he had a feeling he knew which of the two it was.

" Miku? Is that you?" He called out softly, he watched as the girl poked her head between her parents to look and see who was calling her and she blinked when her eyes landed on the young man.

" Oh, hi Alistar." The girl said softly as she moved to stand in front of her parents.

Hikari turned to look at Alistar and frowned; he had relief in his eyes, but he also held confusion and genuine surprise. She turned to look back at the young 12 year old girl, Hikari had only interacted with her a few times so she didn't know her that well, but she seemed surprised as well, except she was better at hiding it then Alistar.

The white haired man walked away from the dining table and moved to stand in front of Miku, he crouched down in front of her. The two just stared at each other silently as everyone else looked on curiously, it was as though the two were speaking telepathically.

" What are you doing here?" They asked in unison, apparently neither one had expected to see the other here. Alistar frowned a bit before standing and holding out his hand, Miku looked at him with a frown.

" I need to talk to you a bit outside if that's ok?" He asked politely and with a soft warm smile, Miku rolled her eyes and walked past him.

" Of course it's alright, but I'm not a kid anymore so I don't need to hold your hand." She grumbled, Alistar let out a small chuckle before following the girl out of the house.

Everyone just stood there in confusion, completely unsure of what just happened. The two seemed to know each other pretty well, but it still felt like everyone had missed out on some big piece of information that only those two seemed privy to.

" Alistar and Miku are 'cousins' not by blood but more like by choice," Hikari began to explain. " since Captain Vangeance and Neva have a sibling-like relationship, Alistar and Miku, along with Miku's siblings, have adopted a familial relationship as well. So they affectionately call each others 'cousin' as well as call Captain Vangeance 'Uncle William' and Alistar calls Neva 'Auntie Neva'." Hikari added with a shrug, everyone's confusion seemed to clear slightly, but not completely.

" Miku's siblings?" Neva and Yuno once again asked at the same time before they both seemed to pale, this was beginning to be too much for them to handle. They could take down a devil and invade a kingdom set on destroying and taking over the continent and be perfectly ok, but finding out they had children together? Nope, that was the straw that broke the camel's back.

" Erm, oops?" Hikari said with a nervous laugh, she had said more than she had meant too. Charlotte stood suddenly before looking at Yami and William.

" I would actually like to speak with you two privately as well." She said, The two Captains in question looked at each other before nodding and following behind Charlotte as she walked down one of the hallways of the house.

As the Captains left everyone just stood there awkwardly, not really sure of what to do now, since it appeared everyone was having secret conversations.

" So, nice weather we're having huh?"

Hikari frowned as she watched Alistar and Miku talk, she was watching them through the kitchen window as she assumed they would hear her if she stepped outside. She wondered what on earth they could be talking about, especially since it appeared to be a private conversation. Did it have to do with what Alistar told her a few days ago? About why they had been sent back? If so, then why was Miku sent back as well? It made no sense, especially since she wasn't-.

" Y'know," Josslyn said suddenly, accidentally startling Hikari. She had been so lost in thought she hadn't sensed the girls Ki or heard her approach. " There's something very strange going on with Pretty Boy and the little Princess." She added.

" Strange? What do you mean?" Hikari asked, feigning slight ignorance. The pink haired girl scoffed, clearly seeing through Hikari's lie.

" You know exactly what I mean, you and Pretty boy are having secret conversations late at night, he's wearing a normal magic knight's robe instead of his Captain's one, he dodges every question about himself and why he's here. He's acting stranger than usual. As though he knows something." Josslyn said with slight irritation, Hikari could understand the girl's frustration as she was feeling the same, But.

" We need to trust him. I'm sure he knows what's truly going on here and why we're being sent back. But he can't tell us, not yet. So for now, until he can tell us, we just have to trust him." Hikari said softly, Josslyn scoffed again.

" Well you can trust him all you want, but I won't. The only one I trust here is you and myself, so I guess if you trust him then I'll trust your judgment. But if anything seems even more suspicious than what it already is, then I'm going to make him talk, willingly or unwillingly." Josslyn said seriously, Hikari let out a sigh but nodded. She already knew how a fight between the two would turn out, and she can't say Josslyn would win.

" Y'know, I could sneak outside and listen to their conversation? They wouldn't even know I was there." The pink haired girl said after a moment of quiet fell between the two, Hikari grabbed the girl's arm before she could run off and dragged her into the kitchen.

" Oh no you're not. You're going to help me with dinner."

Yami sighed as he closed the door behind him, Charlotte sat down on the bed as William and Yami leaned against the walls on either side of the door.

" So what did you want to talk about Princess?" Yami asked as he crossed his arms.

" I've been wondering recently, I don't know why I didn't think about it before, but did you ever wonder why Lord Julius gave us this house in particular? I mean, at first it was only three of us living here and the house was too big for just three people. He could have easily given us a smaller house to stay in, but instead he chose this one." Charlotte started curiously, Yami tilted his head.

" Maybe he felt like we needed the space?" Yami reasoned with a shrug.

" As much as I would like to believe that, Lord Julius is a very smart man and he plans things out pretty meticulously. So I doubt he felt that we needed a big house just for the sake of it." Charlotte argued, William crossed his arms as well.

" What are you saying Charlotte? You think Julius knew that this was going to happen?" He asked her, the room went deadly silent for a moment before Charlotte spoke cautiously.

" I...I'm not sure. But it seems all the signs are pointing to that conclusion. Otherwise, why else give us this house with a bunch of rooms and with a wide open field where we could all train if we needed too." Charlotte said, none of them wanted to believe Julius knew this was going to happen, but considering he did have time magic, maybe it was possible he saw the future or otherwise somehow knew this would be happening?

Suddenly, there was a soft knock on the door.

" C-Captain Roselei? We need you in the kitchen, Josslyn almost burned it down." Ace called softly before they heard him walk away. Charlotte sighed before standing and walking towards the door.

" We keep this between us, we don't have the full story and I could easily be wrong, but for now, I think we should assume Julius knows more than what he's letting on." Charlotte said before walking out of the room, William and Yami shared a look between them. They wouldn't be completely surprised if Julius was hiding something, but that didn't mean they still wanted it to be true. The two Captains followed Charlotte out of the room and into the kitchen.

" Honestly? As long as my squad doesn't have any more kids coming back, I don't care how many come from the future." Yami said with a laugh.

But, the universe had a twisted sense of humor as well, and Yami would find that out the hard way the next morning.