A/N: I'm going to apologize in advance for the second half of this chapter; personally it just feels like I rushed it, but I did the best that I could on it.

Prologue Part 2

Pov (Kaito)

One week later

7 a.m.

"Your order is finished." I heard Tamsoft say from her end of the phone, "I'm opening a bit late today though, so you can come pick it up at noon. Thank you for your patience on it over this past week, your sword came out better than expected."

"That's good to hear." I responded to her news while lying in my bed having just woken up, "Get whatever you need taken care of, and I'll see you at noon."

"See you then." she responded before hanging up.

"Okay time to start my day." I said while yawning before getting out of the bed I had in the corner of my multipurpose room from the front door. I call it a multipurpose room because it serves as a bedroom, kitchen, and dining room all in one. Making my way over to one of the three doors in my house that I knew lead to the bathroom

; the other doors were to the basement and outside. "I really need to get a new place." I said to myself before entering the bathroom to shower.

20 minutes later

After exiting the bathroom feeling refreshed I decided started my daily routine of 20 pushups and 20 sit ups. Nothing major; just a small workout to get my blood flowing in the morning. After I finished my morning routine, without breaking a sweat, I left my shack of a house for the guild to look for a high reward quest, but with little hope of finding one. 'Noire's been working herself a little too hard lately.' I thought to myself as I walked to the guild.

The Guild

8:20 a.m.

"What can I do for you, Kaito?" Alex asked as I walked up to his desk in the guild.

"Any good quests for today," I asked him before looking around to see if any one was was listening in; satisfied that I saw no one remotely close to us I leaned forward to ask him an additional question, "Or has Lady Black Heart already taken them for today?"

"She has not." he answered before passing me a piece of folded paper, "She specifically requested me to give that to you, and to ask you to meet her at Septent Resort this afternoon. I believe that the time and reason are in that note, but I can't be too sure as I have not read it for privacy's sake. If you want I can give you a list of quests for that area."

"I'll take 2 of them then." I informed him while letting out a small sigh and grabbing the folded paper and putting it in the right pocket of my coat, "I'll let you pick them out.'

After two minutes of him looking through the list of quests for the area; Alex handed me two sheets and said, "There you go. I picked two of the highest ranked quests in that area, but those are only D-rank. Make sure you get something to eat before you go though; I could hear your stomach growling as you entered the building." he paused here to take a breath, "Seriously; you need to eat something in the morning before you leave your house."

"Alright I'll get something to eat before I go." I informed him after taking the wo sheets of paper, folding them, and placing them in my left coat pocket, "I can't go until this afternoon though. My swords done, but Tamsofts not opening until noon."

"Well have fun trying out your new sword." he said sounding a bit disappointed, "Just take care of yourself. Now get going."

Tamsofts Blacksmith

12:05 p.m.

"Ah! Right on time, Kaito." Tamsoft greeted as I entered her shop, "I just finished fitting your swords sheathe. Now come back behind the counter."

"Alright." I said feeling excited to see the finished results.

"I do have some news for you though." Tamsoft informed me as she led me to the forge section of her shop, "I have no idea what you did, but Lady Black Heart herself came to my shop, and all but ordered me to make an addition to your weapon; as a sort of thanks. She said it seemed like the only thing she could do to properly thank you."

"What kind of an addition?" I asked the blacksmith.

"She brought a Share Crystal of all things, and asked me to forge into your sword as a second core of sorts." Tamsoft responded before going into more detail as she continued to lead me deeper into her store, "Like I said though; I have no idea what you did, but the blade itself turned out amazing because of the additional material. I managed to get the crystal into a good spot just off of the side of the hilt in the design you gave me without throwing anything off weight, and keep it relatively well guarded."

'Why would she do that?' I thought to myself before realizing that we had reached the forge section of her shop. Spotting a long object wrapped in an azure colored cloth laying flat on an anvil, "Is that it?" I asked feeling my excitement from before returning in full.

"It is, but I have one final question for you before I let you see your blade." She informed me.

"I have an answer, so ask away." I responded to her.

"Do you have a name in mind for her?" Tamsoft asked me referring to the sword as a 'her', "A sword as good as this one turned out needs a name."

"How's 'Eryn' sound?" I asked her after giving the name some thought, "I don't know why, but Eryn seems like the right name for it."

"Not it, but her!" Tamsoft all but yelled at me, "All the swords I make are females in my eyes, but Eryn seems like a fine name."

"I'll keep that in mind." I said giving a nervous laugh at her sudden outburst.

"Now are you ready to see your blade?" She asked getting a nod from me as her answer, "Come along then."

As we got even closer to the cloth wrapped sword on the anvil; I felt my excitement grow with every step. Once we had reached the anvil; I could barely contain myself.

"Quite the excitable one aren't you?" Tamsoft asked me as she picked up the cloth wrapped sword and unwrapping the hilt but not the rest of the sword, although she did loosen the cloth, "It's understandable though. This sword is one of, and if nor IS, the best weapon I have ever made. Now take it." she finished by offering the hilt to me while holding onto the cloth covering the blade loosely with a smile.

"With pleasure.'" I responded, but as I wrapped my hand around the hilt I felt a small jolt of electricity go up my arm. Not giving up though I kept my grip on the hilt tight, and started pulling the sword free of it's cloth prison. Once it was free I got to see the weapon in all its beauty and glory (Eryn's first fury form from Fairy Fencer F). "I can clearly see all of the effort you put into forging her. The weight feels just right."

"Damn right it does." she responded pridefully while puffing out her chest, "I made that sword specifically for you; with all of your measurements to determine where the center of balance should be, the exact length the sword itself should be, and the perfect weight it should be for a person of your height not strength."

"Thank you very much for this." I said giving her one of the biggest grins I could.

"You're the one that made it possible by getting those materials from the Ancient Dragon so quickly," she informed me, "Lady Black Heart provided the Share Crystal for unknown reasons, and I provided the forge and skill necessary to forge it. I'm feeling generous today, so go take her for a test run; then come back and pay me tomorrow."

"Once again thank you, and I will." I responded to her before starting to make my way out of her store, "I'll even give you a field report on how she handles."

Septent Resort

1:22 p.m.

"Where is she?" I asked myself as I arrived at the chain of small interconnected islands, "She said to meet her here at 1:20 in her note."

After another five minutes of waiting I heard a female voice yell out, "Sorry I'm late!" when I turned towards the direction of the voice; I saw Noire running towards me, "My paperwork took me a little longer than I thought it would. You weren't waiting long were you?"

"Not at all; only about five minutes." I answered her after she caught her breath, "Before we do anything else here; I have a question for you."

"What question is that?" She asked me in return, "Not that I'm curious or anything."

"Why did you have Tamsoft forge a SHARE CRYSTAL of all things into my new sword?" I asked her while putting emphasis on the words share crystal.

"Well if you're going to be working for me; then you're going to need an edge against other adventurers." She said answering my question while crossing her arms under her bust, "You'll find that it should increase some of your physical traits; such as your speed and strength, and it's a way of saying thank you for the help in that cave. I'm not curious or anything, but how did it turn out?"

Sighing I summoned my new sword in a black swirl and unsheathed it in order to show it to her, "This is the weapon that I had Tamsoft forge for me. Her name is Eryn; Tamsoft made it quite clear that all the swords that she makes are female." I said with a smile while looking at the blade that rested within my hands before looking back up to Noire, "She said that this is one of, and if not is THE, best weapon that she has ever made; and that it's all thanks to the two of us."

"Have you tested her out yet?" Noire asked me while looking at, and referring to, the sword before she seemed to remember something and lifted her head to look me in the eye, "Also my Oracle wishes to meet you today, so after we're done here; you will be joining us for a short talk and dinner."

Taken by surprise from the sudden order; I could only nod as a response as my sword disappeared in the same black swirl it appeared in. After having taken a minute or so to overcome my surprise from the sudden order and dinner invitation I said, "Let's get whatever we need here done with. Now that I think about it; why did you ask me to meet you here anyway?"

"I need some hematite for a project that the Basilicom wants to start, and a monster here called a Tae Kwon Cat drops it." She said answering me as she began to lead the way into the dungeon, "They like to travel in packs of 15-20; on the rare occasion even more than that."

"Sounds like a fun time." I said sarcastically as I started following her into the dungeon. After a few minutes of walking in silence with her I decided to ask her a question, "I'm guessing that you wanted me here in order to test what I can really do?"

"As if." she said in response to my question as a couple passive mobs passed us while we walked through the dungeon towards where the Tae Kwon Cats resided, "I wanted you here, so I could show you what I can do. If I need assistance than you may help."

"Once again; sounds like a fun time." I said responding to her statement as I looked up at the cloudless blue sky, but kept my senses sharp in order to keep a mob from sneaking up on us.

"You should have plenty of opportunities to show what you can do." She informed me as a mob, a fish skeleton I believe it was called, tried to attack us from the front; only to be met with a swift defeat as Noire struck it with her rapier, "We're getting close now, so be prepared."

"I'm always ready." I informed her as my gauntlet appeared on my right arm and Eryn appeared on my waist from a black swirl.

Lastations Basilicom

5 p.m.

"So you're Kaito?" A silver-haired, blue-eyed, tomboyish, suit wearing girl asked me after Noire showed me to the dining room, which had a table that looked to be able to seat 18, before leaving for the kitchen.

"That's my name." I said answering her question as I relaxed into a chair, "May I get yours?"

"My apologies." She told me as she took a seat across from me, "My name is Kei Jinguji; Oracle for Lastation."

"I assume that you looked into my background?" I asked her after a moment of silence passed.

"I'm afraid that I had to." she said showing a slight amount of regret, "You can never be to careful with people these days, but I'm hoping that will change in the future. It surprised me on how clean that your background is except for the fact that you're not originally from Lastation, but there's no information on where you were born or who your parents are. Care to share some info on that?"

"I won't tell you everything just yet because of it being a difficult time in my life." I informed her as I waited for a sign of approval, which came in the form of a nod, "Contrary to what you may have learned; I was, in fact, born in Lastation, but I spent most of my childhood in Planeptune. My father's name was Rex Raglan, and I can't remember my mother's name; the reason for that is because they separated, not divorced, shortly after I was born and my father got custody of me and brought me to Planeptune to raise me better. When I turned five my father passed away trying to protect me from an unexpected monster attack while we were on a picnic in Virtua Forest."

"I'm guessing that someone that your father was close to took you in after that?" Kei asked me as I paused to take a breath.

"That's right. Normally I would have gone back to my mother, but I didn't know her and my father wasn't on good terms with her still; even though he never lost his love for her." I said continuing my story, "After my father passed away; a friend of his named Falcom raised me to be an adventurer like she was, and I took to the life instantly. She taught me nearly everything I know now from swordplay and martial arts, from a friend of hers named Tekken, to cooking over the span of time I was with her."

"Is she still alive?" Kei asked having shown a brief bit of surprise once I had mentioned Falcom.

"I couldn't tell you." I answered her question, "While we were going through a dungeon she threw me out of the way as a portal, that was blue in color, of all things opened up underneath us, so for all I know she could still be alive in another dimension. Anyway back to my story; after she disappeared I moved back to Lastation and became a guild member, and I've been here ever since."

"Well that is quite an interesting past that you've had." she said after she had taken a moment to contemplate everything that I had told her, "What are your living arrangements; if I may ask."

"I live in a single multipurpose room house; although it's more of a shack." I said informing Kei of my living situation, "It's good enough to live in, but it's small."

"Well we can't be having that from our new employee." Kei said earning a questioning look from me, "I'm sure that Noire would agree as well; but I can, and will, arrange better living conditions for you."

"There's no need to do that though. I'm happy living where I'm at!" I shot back at her proposal, 'Even though I completely hate it.'

"Please I insist." she said pressing against my argument, "After hearing about your past; I personally want to help you. It may take a couple days, but I'll get it sorted out for you and I won't take no for an answer."

"You won't take no for an answer on what, Kei?" Noire asked as she entered the room with a small cart of different types of food.

"Getting Kaito here set up with better living arrangements." Kei answered before turning to look at her, "Personally; I feel that he shouldn't be living in a single roomed shack of all things; especially if he's going to be working here with us."

"Really! I'm happy where I'm at!" I said louder than I had before while turning my attention to Noire.

"Kei, if he says he's happy where he's at; then let him be." Noire said to her oracle while turning to face said oracle.

"Fine." Kei said while letting out a drawn out sigh; before shifting in her seat slightly, "Well let's get dinner over with, and then we can talk about your employment here."

"The offer will remain standing though, Kaito. " Noire informed me as she wheeled the cart closer to the table, "All you have to do is say something, and Kei will help you."

"That's right." Kei said turning her gaze to the food that had just been placed in front of her.

"Alright." I said as a plate had been placed in front of me, "I'll keep that in mind then."

"No need to wait you two." Noire said as she sat down in a seat two from my left with her own plate.

"Thank you for dinner." I said aloud before taking my first bite; only to stop after an explosion of flavor.

10 minutes later

After we had finished eating; Noire had asked me if I had enjoyed the meal. "It was one of the best meals that I have ever eaten." I said giving Noire her answer before I placed my plate on the cart and standing up, "I don't want to overstay my welcome, so I should probably be going now."

"I'll show you the way out." Kei told me as she stood up as well, "I wish to talk with you a little more."

"Alright." I said relenting to her request.

A/N: I plan on splitting this into at least one more part; maybe two. I'm trying to flush out how Kaito and Noire met more than I did in the original.