Chapter 5: Kaito

Hiroshi merely looked at Kazuki shocked. "I know my machine was in perfect condition, meaning I guess we won't have to worry about your strength."

"I told you I could break it, it's just a matter of wanting it hard enough."

"Ok, well let's move on to your will power, I am going to connect you to a machine which will put you in a meditative state of mind where I will be able to monitor your thoughts and so forth."

"Ok, bring the machine, as long as there are no needles I have no problems."

Hiroshi chuckled. "Don't worry, here on Fiu the need of needles is long gone as everyone is now naturally born immune to all known diseases except for the common cold. Our suits protect us from that."

"Ok, will I be able to talk when I am connected to the machine?"

"No, you will however be able to here what is going on the outside and if your will is strong enough you can break out of the meditative state and return to your original state of mind."

Hiroshi and Kazuki walked back inside and into a backroom where there was a mettle bed which looked more like a canister. Kazuki laid down inside of it, and as soon as his head rested on the cushion his vision went black."

"Hey."

"Hmm, I hear a voice."

"Hey."

"There it is again."

"Kazuki, open your eyes!"

Kazuki did as he was told, standing before him was what looked like an ancient samurai. "Who are you?"

"You don't recognize me?"

"Wait, I know that voice, Kaito its you isn't it?"

"You are correct, I am Kaito."

"But how is it that I can see you right now?"

"When you shut out the outside world and meditate, you open a path to your mind, where I reside."

"So what are you then? A thought in my mind?"

"Not quite, I may reside in your mind, but I reside in your heart too, we are one in the same yet so very different."

"Ok, I do have one question I wish you to answer before anything."

"Ask and I will answer to the best of my knowledge."

"Could you ever take possession of my body?"

Kaito laughed. "Don't worry about that, I could take possession yes, but not without you wanting me too, it would take quite a lot of willpower from you for me to take over."

Kazuki smiled. "Whew, I was starting to worry a moment."

"You don't trust me enough to let me use your body? Just a question."

"Trust has nothing to do with anything, it is my body, I only have one and therefore have to watch out with it. I do however trust you with my life, as I have said."

"Good, good. But since you are here, I guess I can answer some of your questions."

Kazuki's smile widened. "Finally, some answers. For starters I have the two questions Hiroshi, my mentor could not answer. How did I teleport and why does my defence mode have a weapon? Hiroshi said he did not program that."

"There is a lot in this suit which he did not program, this suit was a prototype, a beta version if you will."

"A prototype?"

"Yes, the unfinished version. As for your questions, you managed to teleport due to your will to save the girl, your suit has the power to literally shoot your molecules out of position and realign them where you wanted to go, you must watch out with this though as if you willpower is not high enough, things could go wrong."

"But I have done it already, doesn't that mean my willpower is high enough?"

"Not quite, at that moment, when you wanted nothing more than to save her, your willpower raised far beyond the point it is normally at."

"Oh."

"Let's just say, if you did not have such strong feelings towards that girl, you could have died teleporting."

"Feelings? You don't mean..."

"Of course I do, don't forget I live in you, I feel that which you feel."

Kazuki blushed.

"There is no need to feel ashamed, you are a young man, and feelings towards a girl mean just that."

"Ok, and about the next question."

"That one has to do with it being a prototype, at first, the defence mode was always going to have a weapon, but since the strength and stamina of most were not high enough, people were losing consciousness due to the major strain on the body, you however are different, your strength level is beyond any recorded person around here, there is however one side effect, but that is a story for the next time, it is time for you to return."

"No wait, why?"

"The timer on the machine is at its end, farewell for now Kazuki."

"DING!"

Kazuki's eyes opened, Hiroshi looked at him. "I take it you were talking with Kaito?"

"How did you know?"

"Your brain waves showed me you were talking with someone. What did he tell you?"

"He explained to me about my suit, my defence mode and why I was able to teleport."

"About your suit?"

"Yes, my suit is different than yours and Xanphia's."

"Different in what way?"

"My suit is one of the prototypes, one of the originals."

Hiroshi's eyes widened. "We must find away to remove that suit, many people have ended up in a coma due to those prototypes, did he tell you that too?"

"Don't worry, he told me that too and he said I was different, I could handle the strain on my body, but there is one side effect, but until I learn what it is, I have to watch out."

"Wise choice, but about the other two things."

"Oh yes."

Kazuki explained why he could teleport and why his defence mode has a weapon. (However leaving out the part of his feelings for Xanphia)

"Interesting, it seems fate really did pick you.

"Enough about this though, how long was I gone?"

"About an hour, why?" Hiroshi saw Kazuki's concerned look. "Oh, of course, she is doing well. She just woke up, so if you would like to, you co-"

Hiroshi was interrupted due to Kazuki jumping to his feet and running out the door. "We can talk more later."

Hiroshi chuckled. "Youth."

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