A/N: I decided to try my hand at a rewrite of my second fanfic called 'The Unknown' because as I reread, along with writing the spin-offs of it i'm currently working on, it I thought that I could do somethings a little better now than I could when I first started it. Kaito's starting age in this will be increased to 18 and he'll age naturally until he becomes an APL.

Prologue part 1

Pov (Kaito)

11 a.m.

"I'm going to need some Ancient Dragon leather to wrap the hilt along with some claws and fangs from the same dragon to give the sword more weight and durability." The blue haired blacksmith, Tamsoft I think her name was, informed me, "I already have the metal you requested ordered and it should be here in two days, so you should have plenty of time to gather those materials."

"Thank you." I said to the female blacksmith before turning to the door, "I'll see you in a couple of days then."

"If you don't have a weapon take one of the ones off the wall by the door, and I'll just tag it onto your final bill from the order." Tamsoft called out, "I have your number, so once I have your total figured out I'll give you a call."

"Once again; thank you." I told her as I grabbed a generic bastard sword and sheath off of the wall before I walked out of the door.

"Now to go to the guild." I told myself as I started walking in the direction of the guild after letting my eyes adjust to the bright, when compared to inside the blacksmith shop, light, "I need to find out where to find an Ancient Dragon."

The Guild

11:20 a.m.

Arriving at the guild I noticed that some construction was happening at the building, "Probably expanding." I said to myself before entering the building through it's double doors.

"Welcome back, Kaito." One of the receptionists, a caucasian male with black hair; blue eyes; and wearing suit with a black vest, greeted me as I entered, "What can I do for you?"

"Where can I find an Ancient Dragon, Alexander?" I asked the receptionist, "I need their leather, claws, and fangs for my new sword."

"Makes sense I suppose." he responded after hearing my explanation, "There's a cave near the farming village that's close to the planeptune border. Just go to the village and ask them to show you to the cave. Here's a map to the village."

"Thanks Alexander." I said showing my gratitude to the man after taking the, but got a cold glare from his blue eyes.

"We've been over this before Kaito. Just call me Alex." he told me with a bit of anger in his voice.

"Alright fine, Alex." I said giving in to his wishes, "I'll see you the next time I'm here."

"Just get going." he told me after letting out a sigh, "I'll call the village elder to let them know that you're coming, but I will let you know that a girl with black twintails left for there not to long ago in order to stem the monster's numbers in that cave."

"Thanks for the info." I said before turning towards the guilds entrance/exit and walking out.

Border Village

1 p.m.

"Are you the one that Alexander informed me of?" an elderly looking man, with greying hair; brown eyes; a cane; and he was wearing a grey shirt with brown pants and shoes, asked as I stopped in front of him with my hands on my knees from the speed of the run I used to get to the village

"I believe that would be me. My name is Kaito Raglan." I responded to the man's question, after catching my breath and standing up straight, by holding out my hand for a hand shake, to which he responded with a firm grip, "Alex told me that there was a black haired female that was coming before me. Is she already in the cave?"

"Aye. I showed her the way there about two hours ago." the elderly man informed me before turning around, "Now follow me. It's only a short walk there.

Unnamed Cave

1:30 p.m

"If you find the young lass in there; I want you to make sure she's safe. She's more important than you think." the elder said before turning around and slowly making his way back to the village.

"I'll do my very best to do that." I called out to the elderly man before turning to enter the dimly lit cave.

As I proceeded carefully into the cave I noticed that the floor had been smoothed out, 'Probably an old mine that got infested by monsters.' I thought to myself as I walked deeper into the cave, my senses on alert for any danger. As I got deeper into the cave I saw crystals that seemed to be growing out of the wall that were giving off a soft light that was brightening up the cave.

After walking for another ten minutes, still not having found either the girl or an Ancient Dragon, I was about to give up until I heard a feminine scream quickly followed by a load roar. Quickly taking off in a sprint; I stopped after I arrived at the scene, after a short two minute sprint at my fastest pace, only to see a girl that had black hair tied up in twintails with her back against the wall and what appeared to be a rapier stuck in the ground next to her with an Ancient Dragon looming over her.

'Time to do something extremely stupid. Hello possibly broken ankle.' I thought to myself before before backing up a few feet only to sprint right at the dragon and jump before putting my right foot out for a kick and yelling, "DYNAMIC ENTRY!" My yell had gotten the attention of both the dragon and the girl; having gained the dragon's attention it swung its head around to look at the sudden noise only to get a foot in the side of its head hard enough to stagger it in both confusion and pain. Using its face as a springboard I jumped off of the dragons face and miraculously landed next to the girl.

"Why would you do something so stupid!" the girl yelled at me as I landed next to her.

"Had to get it to look at me somehow." I answered before turning to the beast that was still trying to regain its bearings, "Let's get this thing beaten, and we'll talk about how stupid I was later."

"Fine, but you have a lot to explain." The girl responded before picking up her rapier from its standing position.

"Here we go!" I exclaimed as I drew the bastard sword I had gotten earlier from its sheath on my waist. "Take This! My Dark Assault!" I yelled as my sword erupted into black flames as I ran at the still disoriented dragon before I slashed at it rapidly, but only managed to land three cuts through it's thick hide; the same black flames that had been on my sword were dancing in the open wounds that had appeared on its body. One across its chest and one on each leg.

"Volcano Dive!" the girl yelled as she jumped before bringing her now flaming rapier down in a stabbing motion before impacting the dragon with enough force to knock it back a few feet; leaving a bleeding puncture wound in the spot that she had impacted.

Now enraged the dragon let out a loud roar before charging both of us with its claws out. "Not today." I said dropping my sword before summoning a gauntlet onto my right hand and arm, "Blazing Fist." I yelled as my gauntlet caught on fire as I ducked under its claw strike before punching it in its stomach with as much force as I could muster; causing it to bend over from both the force of the blow, and from the pain inflicted by the blow.

"Get out of the way!" I heard the girl yell; after heading her warning I immediately ducked out of the dragons bent over form, "Tornado Sword!" She yelled before slashing the dragon with a sword that was now covered in a rainbow colored energy. After her slash the dragon fell over, presumably dead, as we both dismissed our weapons.

Picking up my sword from where I dropped it; I sheathed it before harvesting the items I needed. Shortly after I got the items I needed from the dragon it's body exploded into pixels. "Let's get out of this cave before we talk. We don't want another one of those sneaking up on us." I told the black haired girl was wearing a fancy dress consisting of dark blue, white, red, and small amounts of gold lining and buttons. The dress part covers a red with black spiked lining cloth while the breast part is white, along with the skirt which has black lining on both layers. Behind this is a blue bow, matching a smaller one worn around her neck attached to a black and white collar. In the center is a gold piece.

"You're right; even though I don't like it." She said before we both started walking towards the exit of the cave.

Once we had both gotten out of the cave; she immediately turned to me with an expression that demanded answers. "First of all my name is Kaito Raglan." I said extending my hand; to which she accepted with her own, "Secondly I came here in search of an Ancient Dragon; because I had need of its leather, claws, and fangs to have a new sword forged. This one is just a temporary until my new one is finished."

"My name is Noire, but you may already know me as Lady Black Heart." the now named Noire said introducing herself.

"Not that I don't believe you or anything, but could I get some proof that you're actually Lady Black Heart?" I asked her.

"I guess that it is hard to believe coming from a person you've just met." she said letting out a sigh before a white light surrounded her. Once the light faded revealing her; I saw that her hair turns pure white and it's now worn down with a few inches cut off and her bangs having lengthened a bit messily. Her eyes turn a glowing teal. her new outfit consist of a black turtleneck leotard with a cleavage window at the chest. Her extra color is white/silver. "Is this enough?" she asked me after her transformation finished.

"Definitely." I said in awe, "When the elder told me that the girl that went into the cave before me; I never expected her to be the CPU of Lastation."

After another flash of light Noire was back to how she looked when I first saw her. "Well now that you believe me; let's get back to the village and report to the elder." she told me in a slightly stern voice.

"Alright, milady." I said giving her a small smirk before we started our walk towards the village, "You must be busy all the time. I'll keep anything that you tell me a secret if you need me too; everyone needs someone to talk to at times." I said trying to have a conversation with her as we had our walk.

"I only do everything." she informed me while sighing and shaking her head, "Honestly I do everything I can, but it can get overwhelming at times. My Oracle keeps saying that I need to hire more staff."

"I'd be more than willing to work for you." I said getting a shocked look from her, "It'd be an honor to work for you."

"I don't know." she said sounding unsure about my offer, "You seemed like a capable fighter, but I only just met you."

"If you want to, or can, let's go on a couple quests together, so you can get more of a feel for how I am." I responded trying to ease her uncertainty about my offer, "After that if you feel like I'm capable enough, or not we could at least have the start of a possible friendship."

"I'll think about it, but I'm not promising you anything. Now you have an explanation on why you drop kicked a DRAGON of all things in the face to give me!" she demanded after remembering that little tidbit of our meeting.

"Well I saw a girl cornered by a dragon, and knew I had to do something." I said trying to diffuse her anger, "I acted on impulse more than anything; I had to get it to look at me somehow or else I would have just served to make it angrier, and put us in a disadvantage."

"How much further to the village? I was fighting in there for two and a half hours." She said sounding tired after having heard my explanation.

"Shouldn't be too much further." I informer. After another five minutes of walking; the village came into view, "When we get back to Lastation I'll give you my contact information, so you can let me know your decision."

"You found her!" the same elderly man that showed me the way to the cave exclaimed as we approached the village from where he had appeared to be waiting for us, "I'm glad that the two of you are safe. How's the infestation in the cave?"

"It's been quelled for the foreseeable future." Noire answered the man, "The two of us need to get back to the main city, so we can report this quest as finished to the guild."

"Take care old timer." I told the old man jokingly before looking him dead in his eyes, "If you have need of help again; don't hesitate to call the guild to get me out here."

"I'll keep that in mind youngster." He joked back showing his sense of humor before giving us a shooing gesture, "Now get going you two."

Lastations guild

5 p.m.

"Kaito you're back earlier than I thought you'd be, and you have company." Alexander greeted half-heartedly as Noire and I entered the building.

"I got the materials I needed rather quickly, Alex." I said remembering that he wanted to be called Alex instead of Alexander, "I'll be taking my leave now, and remember my offer milady."

"The quest has been cleared." I heard Noire tell Alex as I exited the building.

"Now back to Tamsoft's Blacksmith." I told myself before retracing my steps from earlier in the day with a light jog instead of the slow paced walk I had been using most of the day.

After a short 10 minute jog to the blacksmith I noticed that several people were leaving the shop; all of them with pleased expressions. "Ah welcome back. Did you forget something earlier?" Tamsoft asked from behind the counter, presumably form having just sold some of her stock.

"No; I have the extra materials already, and I was just stopping by to drop them off." I informed the blacksmith getting a shocked expression from her.

"There's no way that you got them so early." she said not believing me.

"Don't believe me?" I asked getting a nod from her, "Well here's your proof." I finished by placing the dragon's leather, claws, and fangs on the counter in front of her after having pulled them out of my inventory.

"How did you?" she asked me not believing the sight in front of her.

"I have a friend in the guild that can find the general location of certain monsters rather easily." I said answering her question, "Now is there anything else that you have to do before you get the metal for the sword?"

"I'll have to take measurements of both your arms length, wrists, length and width of your hands. All of that's so I can get the blade to be able to be used in either of your hands, and not have it's center of balance be thrown off." she answered my question before pulling out a small notebook along with something to write with and several tape measures, "Now can you take off the coat, so I can get as accurate of measurements as possible?"

As I took off my coat and placed it on the counter as my answer to her request; I told her that I was leaving myself in her capable hands.

Part 1 End