The Unknown (White)
Ch. 1
A/N: In this version of The Unknown; Kaito had worked as a guild agent until Blanc hired him to be a personal guard for Rom and Ram; and, as a result of this, is considered a close friend and confidant by Blanc. Rom and Ram see Kaito as an older brother figure.
Kaito's trench coat is a sapphire blue instead of black, and the Lastation symbol over his heart is replaced by the Lowee symbol, but other than that his appearance is the same.
Pov (Kaito)
Lowee Basilicom
'I can't believe Rom and Ram got kidnapped.' I thought to myself as I walked towards the basilicom's office, 'Good thing Blanc called me back from my training early.'
"Now Blanc, are the rumors we've been hearing true?" I heard an unfamiliar voice say from the office as I got closer to my destination, "Did you allow your own sisters to be kidnapped? Did ya, huh?
"How did you know about that?" I heard Blanc ask sounding a bit shocked.
"Sounds like a yes to me!" I heard the other voice speak up again before I had enough, "Those poor li-"
"Blanc I just finished the plan on how to rescue your sisters." I said as i entered the room cutting off the the person who had been trying to interrogate Blanc.
"Who do you think you are?" The person, who was a little girl with blond hair and was wearing a pink dress, asked me after I cut her off.
"Me?" I asked pointing at myself before getting a nod from the pink wearing girl, "My name is Kaito Raglan, and I'm an S-rank guild member." I finished by pulling out my guild badge from my coat, "You can leave now. Blanc and I have a plan to discuss."
"He's right. You need to go Abnes." Blanc said pushing the now named Abnes out of the room. "Thank you for that." She said turning to face me after closing the door.
"Anytime." I said giving her a smile while leaning against the wall next to the door, "Now do you know where the twins are exactly?"
"I was just about to figure that out before I was interrupted." Blanc responded as she made her way over to her computer; walking past the giant windows that were in her office, "I'll let you know when I get their location, but it's more than likely that they're still in the amusement park."
"I'll head over there and search on foot." I said pushing off the wall a bit, "When you find out there location; let me know."
"I'll leave them in your capable hands; then." she said before focusing on her computer after she sat down, "They'll enjoy seeing their 'Big Brother' again."
Super Nitten Land
several hours later
"Come on where are they? I've almost completely checked this entire park!" I asked out loud after searching for several hours throughout the amusement park. and being less than successful before feeling my phone vibrate in my pocket.
'They're in the closed off area that's under construction. I sent Vert and Noire there as backup for you.' I read the text that Blanc sent me. "Of course! It had to be last area that I was going to check!" I yelled in anger at my own stupidity before I sent Blanc a quick 'thank you'.
Construction Area
five minutes later
"Are you the one Blanc sent us here to assist?" A woman with long white hair, seafoam green eyes, and was wearing a black skin tight swimsuit-like leotard that left the top of her breasts exposed with matching gloves that covered most of her arms and boots that went up to her mid thigh asked as I approached.
"Yeah, but with the other CPU's here; it'll be more like I'm the one doing the assisting." I responded to her question before holding my hand out for her to shake, "My name is Kaito Raglan. May I have your names?"
"I'm Black Heart, but considering how much Blanc seems to trust you; I'll allow you to call me Noire." The white haired woman answered me after shaking my hand.
"I'm Vert; otherwise known as Green Heart." The Blonde that was present said, "Now what do you have planned?"
"Just incase the kidnapper tries to escape I want one of you two to stay here to capture them, and the other one to go with me to act as a distraction while I free Rom and Ram." I explained to them before continuing with, "I'm only suggesting this because the kidnapper is an unknown variable that was able to take out two CPU candidates while simultaneously capturing two more candidates, and both of you are stronger than I am."
"He makes a valid point." Vert said while crossing her arms under her impressive bust, "I can act as the distraction if Noire is okay with watching the door."
"Only this one time." Noire said turning away from us, "Get going you two. We have no idea what's happening in there. Before you go, Kaito was it, take this and message me when you find them." she added before handing me a pager.
"If all goes well we should all be back in the Basilicom within an hour." I said confidently looking towards Vert before turning towards the door and entering the building with her.
Building's hallway
"How did you and Blanc meet?" Vert quietly asked me as we made our way through the buildings many hallways checking rooms as we went.
"First of all she hired me just after the twins were born." I replied to her after having closed a door to another empty room, "As for how we met; that's a long story, so I'll simply say it was while I was on a quest. I'll explain in more detail after we rescue the twins."
"You really want to save them. What are they to you?" Vert asked me as she checked another room.
"That's an easy one." I said before giving her my answer, "They're- Did you hear that? I think it was a muffled scream."
"I believe it came from the next room." Vert pointed out to me, "I'll go in and get their attention; then after a minute you sneak in and rescue Rom and Ram."
"Be safe in there Vert." I told her before she entered the room. After waiting a minute I quietly entered the room to see what appeared to be a giant fat robotic lizard with a equally giant disc attached to it's back with it's back towards me. I saw Vert on the other side of the room looking towards me. 'Now where are they?'
"What do you think you can do against me?" the robotic lizard asked Vert as I carefully searched the room for the twins before spotting them tied up against the far right wall, "So long as I have my cuties I'm invincible!"
"Not much on my own, but I can guarantee you that Lowee's CPU is on her way." I heard Vert say as I reached Rom and Ram and kneeled down to their height.
After signaling for them to not make a sound; I quickly untied the two of them before sending Noire a message to come in and get Rom and Ram. I quietly told the two of them to get outside of the room.
After seeing the two get out of the room I stood up from where I was kneeling, summoned my sword, and said, "Good work Vert. Now let's knock this overgrown lizard out of Lowee." After saying this the lizard turned it's head to look at me not noticing that Rom and Ram were gone.
"With pleasure." Vert said as she was surrounded by a bright white light that quickly faded revealing her in her HDD form which consisted of a form fitting, revealing outfit, green hair, and vivid violet eyes, "Now the real fight begins." she finished her transformation by summoning a black spear with green blades.
"Let's see the results of my training!" I said excitedly before charging at the lizard along with Vert.
"Rainy Ratnapura!" Vert yelled using one of her special attacks before rapidly stabbing at the giant lizard's belly.
"Dark Assault!" I yelled following suit by coating my sword in black flames before slashing the lizards back just as fast as Vert was stabbing it's front.
Finishing our impromptu combination attack we both yelled in almost perfect sync, "Get out of here!" before attacking him one last time with everything we had. The resulting impact sent the Lizard flying out of the wall and into the sky.
"You haven't seen the last of Trick!" he yelled at us as we was sent flying.
"Now that he's been taken care of; let's get out of here." I said to Vert after she reverted to her normal form while I started walking towards the exit, "Blanc must be worried about Rom and Ram."
As we approached the exit to the building Vert brought up her earlier question of what was I to Rom and Ram. As I opened the door to the exit I answered her with, "They consider me to be thei-" before I could finish I had gotten tackled to the ground by two small children.
"Big brother! Thank you so much!" The one wearing pink, Ram, said as she hugged my left side.
"We missed you; big brother." The one wearing blue, Rom, said as she hugged my right side.
"They refused to leave without you, Kaito." Noire said from where she stood off to the side of the door.
"Well I got my answer." Vert said covering her mouth with one of her hands to hide a small laugh, "They seem rather attached to you,"
"Yeah I know." I said as I started to get off the ground with the twins still hugging my sides causing the two to shift around slightly, "Let's get back to the basilicom."
"Agreed." both Noire and Vert said before the both started to leave, "We'll be by the entrance." Vert said before they were out of earshot.
"We'll only go if you carry us back!" Ram demanded of me.
"We were so scared." Rom said quietly as she started to sob into my side.
"Alright come on you two; no more crying." I whispered to them before picking them both up, one in each arm, "You're safe now. your big brother is here for you, so let's get going." As I started walking they both wrapped their arms around my neck loosely.
Lowee Basilicom's office
"Big Sis!" Ram yelled as we entered the room, "It was so scary."
Kneeling down so that Rom and Ram could touch the ground I told the twins to go give Blanc a hug. "You never did tell me how you and Blanc met." Vert informed me as we watched the tearful reunion happening on the other side of the room.
"It's not that I'm curious or anything, but it would be nice to know." Noire huffed looking away from Vert and I.
"It happened like this." I said as I started to explain it to them after I leaned my back against the wall next to the door.
Flashback start
"I'm sorry, but most of the mid to high ranking quests have been taken again." The female receptionist at the counter said, "I'll tell you where the person went first though. She's been running herself ragged lately, and I'm sure that she's going to collapse soon."
"Thank you, Financier. I appreciate this." I told her gratefully, "I'll do what I can to help her, but she might not be there anymore."
Uncharted Canyon
"This is the place." I said aloud as I reached the dungeon, "Now to hope that she's still here."
As I continued walking along a cliff through the dungeon dealing with any small monsters that came my way; I started noticing small-ish holes in the ground and walls that look like they were made with brute force. "What could've made these holes?" I asked myself as I kept searching for the girl that Financier told me about.
After a couple more minutes of searching I was starting to give up hope that she was here; before I heard a very angry yet feminine voice yell, "GET BACK HERE!" quickly followed by what sounded like a blunt object meeting solid rock.
"I wonder if that's her?" I asked myself before I started to run towards where I heard the yelling come from. As I arrived at the area I saw a girl, who's back was facing me, surrounded by 3 fenrir's. From what I could see the girl appeared to be wearing a slightly oversized white coat, a white ribbon tied around her right calf, and a big puffy white hat; she also had short sandy brown hair. All of which fit the description that I was given by Financier.
Noticing that one of the fenrir's was circling around to her back without her seeing; I decided to jump in and give her a hand. "Not on my watch!" I yelled as I jumped on the fenrir's back and drove my sword into its spine, killing it instantly.
"Who the hell are you!" The girl asked me angrily without turning to me because of the other two fenrir present.
"Kaito Raglan, current guild agent rank A almost S rank. I'll explain more after we deal with those two giant wolves." I stated never taking my eyes off the other two fenrir, even when the one I had just killed exploded into pixels underneath me.
"Fine, but you better have a damn good reason for being here!" She angrily responded to my statement.
After the rather one-sided fight after the odds had been evened, the girl turned to and gave me a look that demanded my answer to her earlier question. "Okay why are you here?" she asked me.
"Financier was worried that you had been running yourself ragged by doing all of the quest's at the guild recently." I said picking up from where I had left off earlier before sitting down, "She asked me to come here and look for you when I went in to see if they had any quest's available."
"I told her not to worry about me." the girl said while sighing, "Anyway since you gave me your name I might as well give you mine. I'm Blanc, also known as CPU White Heart."
Flashback end
"That's how we met. Shortly after that the twins came to be, and I was hired to be their protector. We've been friends ever since." I told Vert and Noire as I finished my story, "It wasn't the best of first impressions we had on each other, but I'm glad that the two of us met."
"What are they to you?" Noire asked, rather almost demanded, of me; showing concern for one of her fellow CPUs. Unknown to us Blanc and the twins had started listening in on us once Blanc had realised what the three of us had been talking about.
"They are many things to me." I responded to Noire's question with a slightly vague answer before elaborating further and showing everyone present just how important that the sisters of white were to me while looking at said sisters as I had my conversation with the other two CPU's, "The most prominent thing that those three are to me is that they are the family that I've always wanted, but never had until I met them. I'll do whatever it takes to keep them safe."
"Oh my." Vert said covering her mouth with one of her hands.
"What do you mean when you say 'you've never had until you met them'?" Noire asked wanting me to explain further.
"It's a long story that I don't wish to get into right now." I responded while turning my gaze to the ceiling slightly.
"Why did you never say that you thought of us as family before?" Blanc suddenly asked me, shocking Noire, Vert, and I because of the tears in the corner of her eyes. Rom and Ram not looking any better after hearing my revelation.
"Keep a clear mind and think of it this way." I stated as I pushed myself off the wall, "For all intents and purposes I'm just a normal human, a rather strong one at that; but everyone in this room WILL outlive me seeing as your all CPU's."
"How does that affect things here?" Noire asked for Blanc while she crossed her arms under her breasts.
"Put yourselves in a human's shoes for a moment and picture this," I stopped to take a breath before continuing, "Picture that someone you've been through hell and back with, someone that you could honestly call a friend for life, suddenly passed away or disappears one day. How would that make you feel? Then multiply that feeling by 10, and you're still far from feeling the loss of a family member; I was trying to keep the three of you from feeling that sadness when I eventually pass away."
"That's not a good enough reason." Blanc said quietly, but was heard clearly, as she let Rom and Ram go before standing up; her hair shadowing her eyes as she slowly walked towards me. Seeing this Noire and Vert quickly left the room knowing what was going to happen. "YOU IDIOT!" She yelled in anger as she punched me hard enough to send me back into the wall I had been leaning on, "YOU'VE BEEN FAMILY TO US SINCE ROM FIRST CALLED YOU 'BIG BROTHER'."
"Okay I deserved that." I said before pulling myself off of the wall I had been punched into I saw tears running down Blancs face, "You three aren't afraid of being hurt when I eventually pass away then?" I asked as tears started to fall from my eyes as well.
"Of course we are!" Ram said as she and Rom approached Blanc and I, "We just don't care!"
"You were always there for us." Rom said sounding more assertive than she usually does, "We want to be there for you, so let us!"
A/N: I wanted to try something different with Kaito's origins in this one where he met Blanc first and remains human. What do you guys think? Should I continue this? I'm also thinking of writing one for both Neptune and Vert.