Switched Loyalties Origins – Dairou Cerulean Chapter 1
This takes place a few years directly before Switched Loyalties and tells of how exactly Dairou Cerulean joined the X-Men and due to Sabretooth's persistence, he left Japan (something he had no intention of doing) and came to let Bayville know there was a new and very dangerous mutant in town. I figured you can only know his future if you know his past... the good, bad and sometimes crazy or insane in his case.
A late night, a man sits at a patio star gazing with a suddenly sad look on his face. No one knew why he was sad, maybe that was due to the fact that he wasn't much of a talker and was very unpredictable... not to mention he had swords in his house and threatened to kill any cops who entered his humble abode in front of everyone as his red eyes gleamed in the darkness, gazing absent mindedly at the stars above.
"Thoughts/Telepathy"
"Speech (English)"
"Speech (Japanese)"
{RING!}
He was interrupted by his phone resting on his lap and wondered why in blue blazes did he even come back to his hometown of Tokyo in the first place when he vowed never to return. He scowled; he hated breaking a vow and for a fact, hated the person calling him though he expected it. This man was the young rogue mutant, Dairou.
Dairou looks very alert and not tired in the least although it was almost noon. He looks at his phone as it rang "What does he want and how in blazes did he get this number?!"Dairou wondered in his mind as he answered "What do you want and how in the hell did you get this number, Creed?!"
"Sorry, man. It was a pain doin' all that hackin' fer a phone number but I've got a deal even you can't refuse" The unofficial leader of the X-Men, Victor Creed said though most people know him better as Sabretooth. He was close friends with Dairou and had terribly hurt him back in both their Weapon X days so Dairou wasn't at ease, although they both had no memories of those events, Dairou thought the contrary that Sabretooth was lying about that.
Dairou remained silent a moment while Sabretooth on the other line growled "Ya still there, Kaiju?!" Dairou growls back at him "Shut the fuckin' hell up, I'm thinking!" Sabretooth remained silent but was still growling.
He was about to speak again when Dairou perked up and said with an eerie sort of calmness "Fine, I'll come...but any of your tricks and I'll kill everyone and bolt, never to be seen again, got that?" Sabretooth didn't growl this time and answered with the minutest amount of fear possible "Yeah, I got that." Dairou sensed the small amount of fear though and smirked.
Dairou then left the patio and took a last look at the stars, before going to sleep. The next day he decided to leave Japan, his destination was Charles Xavier's Mansion, Westchester, New York in America. While with Sabretooth, he had some explaining to do to both the X-Men and Xavier.
Victor really wanted Dairou as a part of the X-Men and was sure everyone would too; the thing is he hadn't told anyone who the mutant really was and he wasn't detected by Cerebro yet. He entered Xavier's office "We need to talk, Professor." He said as Xavier replied "Is this about the new mutant joining us?"
Victor nodded "He doesn't trust people much, especially me." He looks at Xavier who looks at him reassuringly "If I'm wrong, you have problems trusting others as well, but I didn't choose you mainly because of your past friendship with this man."
Victor tried not to take those words to heart as he left the office and went to sit alone in the courtyard surrounding the mansion. Daken and Kurt, figuring he only came there when he was sad or having a bad day, joined him.
Sabretooth lay on his back with his eyes closed as Daken and Kurt joined, staring at him. "What. Do you. Want?" Sabretooth growled as he smells brimstone and sulphur mixed with the scent of Kurt and while Daken's pheromones made it seem that he had no scent, he knew the two well enough to know that they would never be apart for long.
Daken stepped closer to Creed silently and he grabs his ankle "You didn't think I wasn't aware of you didja, Daken Akihiro?"
"Sorry, but are you angry at someone?" Daken asks petting Victor's head only to receive a punch in the gut as the feral growled "No, but yer quickly changin' that." They left after that, leaving him alone.
Victor sighs and was so relaxed that he fell asleep.
Back with Dairou, he was already at Tokyo International Airport; patiently await his flight to JFK Airport in the U.S. You're probably wondering how he get past security with his swords and a metal detector that reaches his throat anyway, due to his height and lean yet still imposing size, that is part of his mutation.
Weapon X didn't call him a 'one-man bladed arsenal' for nothing, he can make his swords appear and disappear at will. He arrived in Bayville in approximately 3 hours...there he was confronted by the Brotherhood.
"Hm?" Dairou turned to see four oddly dressed mutants following him. They were Avalanche, Blob, Quicksilver and Toad.
"Hey, you." Blob growled as Dairou looked at him "Magneto would like to see you."
"Go away or I'll kill you." Dairou warned lowly as his swords rematerialized and Toad looked at his red eyes "Whoa, have to say, cool contacts, yo." He chuckled as Avalanche glared at him "Are you stupid?! Don't go complimenting the guy before Magneto 'compliments' our asses!"
Dairou glared at them "My eyes aren't contacts and I'm going nowhere with you, so I bid you farewell." Dairou walked away "don't let our paths cross again...for your sakes."
Pietro starts talking fast "guess we have to fight then." He zooms ahead and punched Dairou in the back of his head...time froze as Dairou glared at him with an insane grin as Pietro said "You coming with us ONE way or ANOTHER, weak punk!"
"Weak Punk?!" Dairou snarled "I'll KILL you for that!" Quicksilver zipped away from Dairou but it was too late as he grabbed him and delivered severe slash wounds as the others were in shock "I'll say it again...leave me alone."
"I'll crush you!" a furious Blob charged at him but Dairou lifted him with ease and threw him aside, when suddenly he fell to his knees as his head felt like it was being crushed from the inside out.
Dairou yelled loud enough to break every piece of glass in the airport as the Brotherhood backed away from him as he stepped closer, then glanced at the unconscious Fred before disappearing with blinding speed and stabbing him dangerously close to his heart, inches from killing him.
He moves towards the others "Weakling like you don't deserve to live..." he said in Japanese, which the Brotherhood couldn't understand as Toad was ready to flee "Uh, guys, I think that's Chinese for 'fuck off'. He just killed Fred, yo!"
Dairou was surrounded by a red aura and was ready to kill them when his swords were flung from his hands without his control "What's going on here?"
"You fools!" Dairou watched as Magneto floated up and was about to let his own rage out on the Brotherhood "I NEVER gave you orders to attack him; you were to invite him back to Genosha!"
"Huh..." Wolverine appeared looking over Blob "Wake up, fat ass." He growled as he kicks Blob and he coughs up blood and wakes up.
Dairou looked at Magneto with wide eyes; something about him was familiar as Dairou says "Hey, bucket-head." Magneto looks at him as the Brotherhood (except Wolverine and a pissed Magneto) looked terrified "Send these idiots after me again...and their deaths will be on your hands." Dairou's eyes return to normal as his swords return to him, he sheathes them and leaves, glancing at Wolverine only once. He felt like he knew the feral but from where...?
Back at the mansion, Sabretooth is awakened by Xavier to a mutant alert. Cerebro has picked up Dairou's mutant signature.
Sabretooth, Rogue, Jean, Cyclops and Kurt suit up and go to the Blackbird where Storm, Beast and Colossus waited as Storm notices Victor's depressed look and put a reassuring hand on his shoulder "Are you alright, Victor?" Victor felt a chill rush through his body as he said glancing at her "Yeah, I'm fine."
Daken smelt the lie and was about to say something when Sabretooth glared at him and shook his head as they took off.
With Dairou, Magneto had an interesting offer for him to join the Brotherhood by saying Sabretooth and the X-Men wish to imprison him again and ship him off to Weapon X.
"So" Magneto says "Creed may not have told you this 'secret', but..." Dairou looked at him with a growl and a demented look in his eye, Magneto was making him very angry as if he wasn't in a touchy mood to begin with since Sabretooth's phone call "What secret?"
"He's planning to ship you off, back to a Weapon X facility far, far away from here; they paid him to track you down." Magneto continued as Dairou's rage skyrocketed little by little as his fear as he replied "Sabretooth...did what?!"
"Join us and you can get away from Sabretooth, I can protect you" Magneto continued as Dairou sprinted in his direction, his face was as if no one was home as he punched Magneto, shattering the front of his armor with ease knocking him back, then jumped into the air, aiming his next kick for his skull, but Wolverine gets between them and blocks his boss as he smiles evilly "You'll join us eventually, bub."
Logan grins as Dairou backs away and leaves, leaving him to help Magneto "Tell your 'boss' that I'll NEVER, EVER join his little Brotherhood, but Creed owes me some answers." Dairou leaves as Wolverine whips the Brotherhood into shape and helps Magneto back to their base.
Outside, Dairou feels the rush of wind as the X-Men arrive to pick him up; when he meets them he immediately punches Sabretooth in the gut and ignores the others as Rogue just stares at him. She turns away when he glares back at her, he smirks at her. Something even Sabretooth's never seen before.
"Holy mother. Let's go home." Sabretooth grunts as he grips his stomach and Dairou growls at him "I've got some questions for this Xavier person and you, Creed. Pray that I like the answers."
Dairou glances at Rogue "What're you lookin' at? The man said let's go." His red gaze broke her trance as she said "Those are the most amazing eyes, how do you get eyes like that?" Kurt chuckles behind him.
"You will never attain eyes like mine; they were red since I was born." Dairou looks at her then Kurt with a mad glare "Don't make me give you something to laugh at, kid. I guess I need to loosen up a bit though" he chuckled lightly.
Back at the Mansion, Dairou told Sabretooth and Xavier about what Magneto had told him as well as where he had been prior to Sabretooth contacting him.
"...So..." Dairou looked at Sabretooth who had wide eyes "Creed, why did you really call me to this place and was that Magneto guy telling the truth or not?"
Sabretooth couldn't find the words that would change Dairou's mind, which was near impossible when his mind was set on something as he growled.
Sabretooth would kill any and every mutant that followed Magneto if Dairou joined them, he took a seat and a deep, calming breath "Look, I... know how much Weapon X had cost us both and I apologize, but Magneto's lying." Beast entered the office and Sabretooth gave him a warning growl to get and stay out "Why would I leave Weapon X, just to go right back?!"
He huffed "We may be old friends, but I would never do that. Even fer you." He slammed the door on Gambit and locked it, throwing the key out the window.
Dairou looked at him then Xavier "So this telepath, he's using them?!" He saw an X shaped tattoo on Xavier's neck, then it happened.
Dairou was about to go berserk "I warned you if I didn't like this gig, I'd bolt!" Sabretooth got in his way with his hands up, showing he meant Dairou no harm "Woah there, Dairou! Stay a while, after all, have you seen anything yet that proves Magneto being right about X?"
Dairou shook his head "No, I guess not...yet." He walked out of the office, after picking the lock with a dagger and sparing one last stare at Xavier, who stared back calmly without an ounce of fear. He followed Victor... after a full tour, Victor decided to leave him be as he looked at the X-Men.
Hank was busy reading a novel when he noticed Dairou with a pair of small metal dice, Dairou smirked and looked to the girls on a mini dance floor.
Rogue, Kitty and Jean were dancing to David Guetta's hit 'Where Them Girls At' featuring rappers Nicki Minaj and Flo Rida, Dairou ignored them as he sat alone at the window staring at this Rogue girl. He still wonders why she was looking at him, like right now, but tried to ignore her.
Kurt came by, enthralled by Dairou's dice "Hey, where'd you get those?" He pointed at the dice as Dairou stared at him intently "Made them with my powers, what do you want, little akuma?"
He opened his palm with the dice floating above with his powers as Kurt smiled "It would help for you to be a little friendlier, you know?" Dairou death-glared him as he distorted the shapes of the dice and growled "Leave me alone, I don't want or need friends."
Kurt teleported away, leaving Dairou alone as Gambit stared at him. Dairou scowled, still sensing someone's eyes on him "What're you looking at?" Remy walked over and placed a hand on his shoulder "You really need to stop actin' like such a prick, I was just lookin' at ya"
Dairou was trembling as he swatted Remy away "Not you, baka. You." Both turned to face Psylock who twirled her hair "So you're the new guy, huh?" She ignored his evil glances and walked up, resting her head on his shoulder "I didn't think you'd be so handsome".
Dairou smirked and walked away as Betsy followed "So what's your mutant ability, handsome?" When she made it into the empty room he entered, he was gone. She sensed danger as a sword leaned against the wall, near the window.
She stepped further into the room, sensing the purest sense of evil she's ever sensed watching her. Suddenly, with a life of its own, the sword lunged at her but stopped at her throat as Dairou appeared holding it, she could tell he was afraid by his labored breathing and his shaking hand, not to mention the thoughts she sensed.
It was as if there was a third person in the room, one who wanted her dead. She stepped back "What the-? I like a chivalrous man." She walked up and touched Dairou's chest as he questioned "Chivalrous? Hmph, I thought I was the only one with a couple screws loose, glad I was mistaken."
Dairou walked to the door, but stopped and smiled sadistically back at her as he poured out a bit of murderous intent at her "Enter my mind again without my permission, telepath, and I will kill you." He walked out, leaving her scared stiff as she stuttered "That voice...it's like he became a whole different person."
Dairou decided to leave the mansion, he warned Creed that if he didn't like it there he'd leave and he was a man of his word, however Rogue was following him without his knowledge, having heard of Betsy's experience with him and saw him meet Wolverine in the park.
Dairou walked to the park, wanting to be alone when he sensed two auras in his vicinity, he looked around "Come out, I know you're there, Wolverine..."
Rogue hid behind the bushes a bit apprehensive about confronting him as she thought "Shit, how'd he just know I was following him...wait, did he just say Wolverine?!"
"Up here, bub" a voice answered from a tree as Rogue followed the sound to see Logan Howlette himself napping in a tree with a cowboy hat over his face, he rose the hat and made eye contact with her as he growled and jumped down. "Ready to go?" He extended his hand to Dairou who swats it away with a demented smile that chilled even Wolverine to the bone "Let's take care of my 'tail' first, then we'll talk" He disappeared in a flash.
Rogue's mind was reeling as her eyes were fixed on Logan's ice cold blue eyes "Where'd he go?!" Logan pointed his finger at something behind her and smirked.
She turned and Dairou pinned her on her back as he chuckled sadistically "Konnichiwa, Roguie. You wanna die first or will Logan make you scream?!" He brought his knife close to her "either way, I'll make you regret following me here."
"Wait" Logan stepped in earning a glare from Dairou "This could work in our advantage, to lure the X-Men to Magneto and Creed to me."
Dairou growled as he pulled her to her feet and she retaliated "Let go 'o me! You dirty, lyin' traitor!" She spat as Logan backhanded her hard in the mouth and snarled "I'd love to have you keep me company, Rogue. Don't EVER fuckin' snap at me like that again, little frail!" Wolverine threatened as she started crying.
Dairou looked at her, then him before backhanding him in the face, throwing him back as a red aura appeared "Who the hell taught you to treat a woman like that?! NEVER. DO. IT. AGAIN."
That brought a smile to Rogue's face before Dairou squeezed her arm he was holding "and you, why'd you follow me?! Did that baka say something about me?" That was broken by Wolverine kicking Dairou in the face and knocking him back with Rogue "Don't worry, Weapon X is gonna take good care of you both." He threatened boldly.
Dairou just laid there with his eyes on Rogue before he started crying and his irises disappeared, his eyes completely red as Rogue consoled him.
"This is all your doing" Dairou or you should say his inner-darkness said "I never wanted anyone hurt because of me, you and Creed are to blame!" he punched the ground near Rogue's head cracking it.
Both got to their feet and followed Logan back to Magneto's place, there Dairou met the Brotherhood who had every reason to fear him, especially Blob, who was still recovering from his previous attack but as far as Dairou was concerned, no one was there but him, Rogue and Logan.
Avalanche walked up and stopped Dairou as he poked him in the chest "What're you doing here?! Your type isn't allowed here!" Dairou backhanded him hard in the face then held him off the ground by the neck. His eyes were still red and he was still crying "You want a repeat of what happened in the airport?!" He spat like venom as all in the room but Rogue and Logan shook their heads "Then take this as your last warning to stay the hell far away from me!"
He threw him aside and continued on as Magneto stormed out with the still injured Blob "What is going on here?!" Blob took a fearful step back "It's you, that m-monster." Dairou twitched with anger, but left him be since if he lived here he could kill him anytime he wanted to.
Dairou threw a knife past Magneto at Blob, missing by a razor's edge "Don't think I don't intend to finish what you started, Sumo."
Back at the mansion, Psylock stormed into Xavier's office as he talked with Victor who sensed her fear since she was outside.
"I think I'll leave now" Sabretooth said but Betsy scowled "Don't bother, you need to hear this as much as the Professor."
Victor sits back down "What's this about?" She gulped "It's that man, Dairou. He left the mansion and I think Rogue was with him, I could also sense...him with them." She looked at Sabretooth who got the message.
"No, he can't be alive. He just CAN'T!" Sabretooth thought as he kept Psylock and the Professor out of his mind "Where's Wolverine?!" Sabretooth got to his feet as Xavier said calmly "Now, Victor. We have to plan this through, Magneto is very dangerous though I'm not quite sure what he wants yet with Rogue...or Dairou and Wolverine joining him only makes things worst."
Sabretooth was silent for a moment before answering "Sorry, prof. But I made him a promise, one I'll rather die before I ever break and-" Sabretooth shook with restrained rage bubbling to the surface "I can't break another promise to Dairou, if he joins the likes of Wolverine and Magneto, I'll find and kill any and EVERY mutant allied with the Brotherhood." He let the telepaths see his painful memories of the two.
"But,...your own brother?" Betsy asked as Victor retorted "half-brother, after his mutation first appeared he killed our real father and resented me after I broke my promise and failed to protect him." Sabretooth stormed out as Xavier looked at Betsy "We have to do something, there's also more you're not telling."
"I feel like I'm to blame for this, why does he keep so much from us?" She talked about Sabretooth as Xavier replied "I don't know, but he'll tell us when he's ready, I sense a lot of pain in him without even going into his mind." Betsy nodded in understanding.
Back with the Brotherhood, Rogue was thrown into a cage by Dairou and Wolverine as Dairou remained there, sitting and leaning against the wall crying. Rogue felt sorry for him, while he felt like he somehow deserved to be Weapon X's pet monster again.
"Don't cry, darlin'. We'll get through this." Rogue said reassuringly but that made Dairou fall even deeper into sorrow as he replied coldly "I'll...I'll kill you for this, R-" He glared at her with a clenched fist as he couldn't muster the courage to say her name anymore "You, Sabretooth. You'll both pay dearly for this."
Rogue suddenly didn't want him or Wolverine around her as she stared into his burning eyes. She was busy wondering where she had seen Wolverine before and why he was so familiar to her and hated Victor Creed so deeply.
A/N – Well that's it for the beginning of Switched Loyalties Origins: Dairou Cerulean. Will Dairou truly join the Brotherhood and kill Rogue or can she persuade him otherwise as the X-Men search for them. Find out next time. Dairou is much younger in this story and there will be DairouxRogue (DaiRogue) but no DairouxPsylock although it nearly happened.
