Chapter 1: Can You See the Foreshadowing?

Warning: Don't own anything but the story idea. Togainu no chi and Noblesse both belong to their prospective owners.

Noblesse…A story about many things but in the end this story is not really about the Noblesse series as a whole. No it is about the one known as M-21 and his past. Some say it's best to let dogs lie and in this case it is agreed.

This can of worms that was unleashed onto this world should never have happened. It should have been allowed to stay buried under the sands of time for eternity but fate is always cruel and likes delivering b**ch slaps to people as a greeting. So it was no surprise the past that should have been forgotten hard surfaced….

Principle lee's house (AKA Frankenstein's lair)

The kids had once again come over to play around with their secretly supernatural friends. Frankenstein had masterfully for once taken care of the possibility of a mess from food by taking the children out to eat prior to them coming. So this left the experiments some time to relax. Tao and Takao entertained the children with Seira and Regis's aid. Rai on the other hand was takening a nap in his coffin.

Now as the usual antics went on it became apparent that there was a certain main instigator not involved with everyone else. That person was Shinwoo who had walked in and instantly pulled out a paper upon sitting down. Now he had been studying it for about an hour by the time the others noticed he was not involved.

"What's wrong Shinwoo?" Ikhan asked, then upon getting a sly smile on his face. He continued with, "Did you finally figure out how lacking you are from your test scores?"

Ikhan was obviously teasing Shinwoo and he succeed in getting a giggle from the girls but Shinwoo did not even spare him a glance. Upon this development everyone traded glances. There was something wrong with Shinwoo.

So Ikhan getting quite peeved at being ignored by his proclaimed best friend jumped up and slapped him upside the head. Well that got Shinwoo to react. As he held his now throbbing head he turned his eyes to Ikhan and glared.

"What was that for?" he shouted as his glare intensified.

Ikhan shrugged, "You were ignoring us when we were nice enough to ask what's wrong so I hit you in the head to jump start your brain."

Shinwoo glared for about 2 more minutes before sighing. "I was concentrating on trying to translate this letter."

This caught everyone's attention immediately. Shinwoo trying to translate another language isn't that the same as studying which he never does? When this fact had settled everyone started at once.

"Are you sick?" Yuna exclaimed which was then followed up with Seira herself checking his temperature with her hand. Which got a few jaw drops from the others in the room especially Regis.

"His temperature is normal." Seira quietly stated as she then proceeded to walk out of the room for something.

"Who are you and what did you do with the real Shinwoo!?" was the reaction from both Tao and Ikhan in unison as the pointed their acquiescing fingers at Shinwoo. Shinwoo then proceed to get in a yelling match with the two about how he was the real Shinwoo.

Suyi just sat there giggling and Takao looked like he wanted to do something but didn't know what it was. Regis on the other hand just started telling the three to shut up and stop making a ruckus. That is when Frankenstein walked in. He was what Seira had gone to fetch earlier.

"So what's going on here? Seira said Shinwoo seemed sick but didn't have a fever…" He trailed off when he saw the yelling and arguing. He then proceeded to calm things down and ask exactly what Shinwoo meant by translating a letter.

Shinwoo proceed to explain the fact that he was part Japanese and the letter was from his grandma in Japan. It had been so long since he had to use Japanese that he was rusty especially since his skills before were not that good anyway. He also stated the fact of him thinking there was something important in the letter.

"I didn't know you were part Japanese." Ikhan stated as he pouted and Yuna nodded her agreement.

"It never really came up in conversation; most people just assume I dye my hair. But no my mother was a Japanese/British mix and my dad was full Korean. So I get my eye color and hair color from my mom's side of the family." Shinwoo stated as he scratched his head and sighed.

"Anyway will you guys help me translate it?" He pleaded.

"Alright Shinwoo…Why don't you show us it and then we will help." Frankenstein stated with a smile and Shinwoo smiled back. He then looked around for the letter only to find that M-21 had the letter in his hand and was looking at it. Everyone seeing Shinwoo pause turned to look over as well and see the sight. Shinwoo then approached M-21.

"Ajussi?" Shinwoo asked. Which lead M-21 to looking sideways at him. "Can I have the letter so we can translate it? I think it's something important from my grandma." There was an acquired silence as M-21 stared at Shinwoo only to have him give it back and start to walk away. Shinwoo seemed to be frozen for a few minutes.

Tao, Takao, and Frankenstein were giving M-21 curious glances towards him obviously deciding to wait till later to find out why he had been doing what he was doing. Seira had her eyes locked on Shinwoo and Regis was watching M-21. Shinwoo seemed to recover and then walk over to hand the sheet to Frankenstein.

"Hmm well my own Japanese is rusty but I have a translator we can scan it into and find out what is in it." Frankenstein stated with a smile as he was about to leave the room but was stopped by someone,

"To save you the trouble I will just tell you what it says…" Everyone whirled to see M-21 was still there and all he did was smirk and raise an eyebrow. He then turned to Shinwoo, "The letter was to tell you that your grandma was worried about you because she has heard about all the recent times you have gotten hurt…" Shinwoo paled at this, "So she is coming soon to visit you here in Japan and she will be bringing a surprise with her. She also put her number on there so you can call her."

M-21 then proceeded to help Shinwoo get the number in his cellphone. The kids went back to goofing off but the others all continued to stare at M-21. Especially Tao who had decided after the kids left to go look something up.

Japan

Tsubame who was the grandma of Shinwoo was putting her things together for the airplane trip. When she heard a knock on her door.

She opened it to find the tenant of the house she rented. She smiled quite brightly at this man. He had been the son of a family friend and had taken good care of her over the years.

"So what can I do for you?" She asked.

The man smiled at her as he entered but soon as the door closed he squarely looked at her.

"What's this about you going on an extended trip to Korea? You can't speak the language, don't know the costumes, and like the rest of your family always running into trouble." He stated in a calm voice tinged with worry. She sheepishly smiled at him and was quite pleased with his blatant show of concern even in calling her an idiot in a roundabout way.

"My grandson in Korea has been getting into many accidents but when I talked to his father who his abroad for work he refused the boy coming to live with me. The boy has no family in Korea to take care of him and so I have to at least assure myself that he is okay." She stated firmly to the man who now in turn looked sheepish but she did pat his shoulder to consul him, "This visit to see my grandson is long overdue. I saw him as a baby and a 6 year old but not since."

The man nodded but then looked up determinedly, "I travel around a lot for my work so my son and I will come with you as an escort." She smiled and nodded her consent. The talked a little longer and then he left to go to his son.

Once he was finally gone she shook her head and smiled. As she continued with her preparations she continued to think about those too. The man…no Motomi was a journalist and writer who traveled the world. His son was a boy named Akira who had been adopted by Motomi in Junior high school. The boy was very intelligent and had striking good looks with his darkish green hair, silverish green eyes that seemed to pierce your soul, his calm deer, and his silhouette that boy would surely grow up to be handsome as well as a total bishounen. She just wished she would live long enough to see him and her grandson grow up at least into their later twenties….

To be Continued….

Naïve: So this fanfiction came about from my obsession of thinking M-21 and Akira from Togainu no chi look way to much like each other. So in this series there will be interactions between the Togainu no chi and Noblesse series.

M-21: in this story will be around 25.

Shinwoo and other children: will be 2nd year high schoolers and around 16.

Frankenstein: ….yeah don't ask a pretty guy his age they can be as scary as girls about that.

Seira: Look at Frankenstein's age, same applies to her…

Regis: younger than Seira enough said…

Rai: 850+

Akira: around 19 yrs.

Motomi: around 40 yr. range.

Rin: 17 yrs.

Shiki: around 20 yrs.