It's been a couple days since Hadrian was found and he has yet to wake up. Every few hours each day a new spirit takes over his body and tries to pull the bonds to call someone to him. To no regards of anyone around his body at the time, there still hasn't been any luck pulling anyone close.
"Today's day three that he's been here, papa. Do you think he will wake up today?" Kuina questioned softly.
Koushirou sighed, "I'm not sure sweetheart." He frowned watching as Zoro once again entered the room that Hadrian was located in.
A door slammed open as Zoro poked his head out, "Hey! He's awake!" He yelled out towards everyone.
Koushirou frowned, "You sure it's him awake this time?" He swiftly moved into the room, eyes widening seeing his clear purple cat like eyes shining in annoyance. "Kuina can you or Zoro go and get Dr. Shamal please?"
Zoro didn't respond before taking off, Kuina following closely behind him. Hadrian watched curiously as the two children left before turning his gaze back to the lone adult. "Where am I?" He questioned with a tilt of his head.
"I found you in the ocean on my way home. You were bleeding heavily, I had to patch you up quickly before you died." Koushirou began to explain.
Hadrian frowned, "...Thank you for saving me..." He told the man cautiously.
He shook his head, "It was the right thing to do child."
"Koushirou are they correct in saying our patient is awake?" Dr. Shamal questioned upon entering the room. His eyes widened when he saw him sitting up and staring right at him.
"..." Hadrian's eyes widened when he saw Trident Shamal in real life instead of the many pictures that were in his vault. "..Trident Shamal..." He murmured out.
His eyes narrowed, "How do you know that name?!"
"Relax Shamal, I'm sure there's a perfectly good explanation." Renato ordered calmly.
Hadrian gasped, "You were the World's Strongest Hitman!" He said while pointing towards Renato.
Renato stiffened at the recognition he received. "Who am I speaking to currently?"
Hadrian frowned and tilted his head to the side slightly, "...I...don't know..." Grabbing his forehead he rubbed his palm along the surface. "Why can't I remember?"
"If you.." Dr. Shamal hesitated in concern, "If you aren't sure then how do you know about me and Renato?"
"I...I remember seeing pictures of you two with a small group of other people...do you know where I am?" He questioned softly.
"This isn't good..." Koushirou murmured in concern.
"How don't you know who you are?" Zoro demanded in annoyance. "That ghostly lady said your name is Hadrian." He told him.
"Hadrian?" Hadrian murmured out, pouting in confusion. "It feels correct but for some reason it's not taking.."
"...huh...can you tell us about the scar on your forehead?" Dr. Shamal questioned carefully.
"Scar? I have a scar on my forehead?" He asked again, baffled.
"Here, take a look for yourself.." Renato told the young man handing over a small desk mirror.
Hadrian frowned slightly, a slow blink he looked at the mirror and took in his appearance. Tracing the small faint of a scar along his forehead, his brow creases. "I can't remember..." Turning his head towards the company that was near him he froze when another feature of his caught his eyes. "...P...Purple..." He stuttered out in distress.
The occupants around the room all looked at one another as Hadrian's appearance changed to show his more Kitsune features.
"Purple?" Dr. Shamal questioned lightly.
"M-my eyes..they're not s'posed to be purple. They're green. Emerald green to be exact. Why purple?!" He muttered out, whimpering in distress.
Glancing around the room once more he saw his exit and took it. Dashing through the open door and over the wall of the family's compound. He headed directly towards the treeline and into the forest.
The group that consisted of three adults and one two children looked between each other. "Oh dear..." Koushirou muttered out.
"That's not good."
"One of us should go after him right?"
"One should, yes. But in that direction?"
"You have a valid point. The great forest of Jura.."
"What's wrong with the forest?"
"Nothing wrong per say. It's just..." Koushirou sighed, "It's home to many different races who all banded together under one ruler. Their country is known as the Jura Tempest Federation with their capital being Rimaru City. All of which is located towards the center of the forest."
"With the fact that he doesn't remember his own name correctly and the fact that he's still not fully healed. I don't believe this meeting is going to go well."
"None of us are strong enough to protect a young man who's missing from another island."
"You two are hitmen from another world entirely! How aren't you strong enough?!"
Dr. Shamal and Renato looked at one another and sighed. "Our flames are not as strong as they used to be. With the death of our Sky our flames have weakened significantly."
"Tch! I'll go find him myself!" Zoro muttered in annoyance getting up to leave.
Ultimately he was stopped by a hand on his shoulder, "You are just a child! How do you expect to survive?!"
Zoro roughly shrugged the hitman's hand off his shoulder, "At least I'm willing to do something!"
"We understand the importance of rescuing the young man, Zoro. However we are also worried about your well-being as well."
"My wellbeing is-" Zoro was cut off roughly by the hitman hitting him in the head with a fist.
"Your wellbeing is important! You are just a child as well!"
"Tch!" Zoro scowled, looking away from the adults in the space. "Then what are we supposed to do?"
"We will figure out something Zoro.." Koushirou muttered, gently patting the young man's shoulder.
Hadrian kept his pace as he ran through the forest. He was following a pull he could feel as he ran. In the distance he could just barely make out a clearing. With the sun shining in his eyes he cleared the treeline into a semi open area, a cave opening with magic pulling him towards it as well.
Frowning he stopped and closed his eyes to focus on the pulls he's been feeling. Frowning deeper he looked towards the cave entrance again. Sighing, he followed his gut and went towards the cave.
Further in the cave a small group of scientists could be seen watching a small crystal ball, after a small alarm itself had gone off with the young man's appearance.
"Well now who do we have here?" A male voice murmured out watching the crystal ball as it showed the entrance of the cave.
"Who is he?" One of his colleagues questioned him.
"I'm not entirely sure." He answered back.
"Do you think he's from the Kingdom of Falmouth?"
"But that country is all humans! He can't be from there!"
"That is true but we can't put it past them. Their current ruler doesn't like our nation at all.."
"What should we do then?"
"Should we contact Lord Rimaru?"
"Let's not contact him just yet."
"And why wouldn't you want to contact him?" A monotonous voice question.
The group of scientists turned as one to see their kijin friend Souei. He stood at one hundred and eighty centimeters in height with a lean figure. His hair a dark blue that sat around his singular horn that protruded from his forehead. His outfit consisted of dark colorings to match his own personal colors, which he wore as a ninja would.
"Well you see Souei, this young man, he just kinda stumbled upon the cave. Here look at this.." the lead scientist rewound the crystal ball back to when he burst through the clearing. "As you can see he isn't lost."
"He's running from something." Souei murmured, frowning slightly. "What is he doing now?"
"Now?" The scientist frowned and sped the crystal back up to locate him again. Only for the group to freeze up when they spotted him staring at his reflection at the back of the cave.
Souei 'hmed' "He's speaking. Does this ball have any sound?"
"Oh! Of course! One moment please." He muttered out in surprise before resting his hand atop the crystal ball and allowed his magic to seep into the ball. The ball itself glowed bright white before sound began to seep into the small area.
"Why?!" He whimpered. "My eyes are supposed to be emerald green! Why are they purple?!" He reached up and grabbed his hair and tugged slightly. "Why can't I remember?! What was I doing before?!"
He continued to tug as he went through his scattered memories trying to piece things together in his head. "I remember three boys close in age. Blue fire that was warm and safe. A bar? Maybe? Arrg!" He screamed in frustration.
"I have to remember!" He was watching his reflection and watched as some of his normal eye color began to return. He gasped, "My eyes..they are returning to normal..my memory is the key.." He sighed. "Ok. Ok. I can do this." Sitting down with his legs criss crossed he placed her hands on top of his lap palms up with his thumbs touching. Closing his eyes he began to breathe in and out until his mind sunk into the recess to sort the madness that is his memories.
"What do you suppose he is doing Souei?"
"He's meditating." He told the man.
The pair continued to watch and he meditated.
Hadrian looked around seeing all of his memories scattered all across his mindscape. "What a mess!" Frowning he began to walk around his mess of a mindscape. He peered left and right at all of the different sceneries his memories gave him.
{Activating the Portkey both master and servant felt a hook upon their navel whisking them away. Gilbert, having heard the final words spoken, "He's already left Shanks." smirking in triumph when he realized that they left in time before Shanks returned. That will make his master happy, or well..at least happier. And on that side note, "Young Master, I do believe we have arrived." He looked around to see all the guards with the sharp pointy spears in their hands and swords upon their hips.
Hadrian glanced around the brightly lit cavernous room, seeing all the dwarf-like creatures standing around the room holding their weapons. "I can see that Raven." He snarked back in jest giving a small kiss upon his mark on Raven's neck he jumped off the man as he shivered from the contact. Smirking slightly as Gilbert blushed from the contact, "Shall we go?" He questioned with mischievous mirth shining in his eyes.
"Please don't do that!" Gilbert begged, he kept his hand covering the mark on his neck after the electric jolt went through his system. He really didn't want to get attached to that feeling, Well maybe I do just a bit anyway. Shaking slightly from the jolt, That felt good. My mark is different though. Both master and servant went to leave the room only for the guards to block their path. "Young Master?"
"I'm not sure what's going on either Raven." Hadrian responded, taking a small measured step back towards the center of the room.
"You are in direct violation of one of our laws, humans. What business do you have to be within this room in our hallowed halls?" One of the guards demanded in his nasal gravelly voice. His tone suggesting a great offense has occurred just by their mere presence within that room.
"I have given them the Portkey that brought them here." A new voice spoke up. A goblin much heftier than the guards strolled in. He was wearing an ornately jeweled crown atop his head. Dressed in your typical warrior outfit from the ancient roman era. He wore a giant battle axe strapped to his back, his cape draped over his right shoulder.}
Hadrian chuckled, "Oh! I remember this! This is when I met the Goblin King for the first time in person!" He continued to chuckle as he peered through another memory.
{Moving over towards the kitten Hadrian went to pick the stray up only to collide with the ground, "Move it freak!" a rude voice called out snidely.
"Freak?" Hadrian bristled.
"Why you insignificant little cretin!" An older female voice rudely responded. "Just look at what you did! My poor boy's shoes! Brand new! You'll be paying for the cleaning! Mark my words! Where are your parents?" She all but demanded after ranting about the dirt her own child put on the shoes whether they were new or not didn't make much of a difference. "Well?"
Hadrian remained quiet having heard enough of her grating voice, feeling an oncoming headache he turned to look at his butler, "Raven. We need to leave now, to make it back in time for our appointment." He pushed past the mother, son pairing fully aware of who they were having been told who to look out for. Bending over he scooped up the small black kitten with a funny looking tail. "Well now aren't you just unique." He tilted his head to the side hearing another voice speaking.
"It's Sleepy Ash. A vampire that's also a servant. He needs an eve to regulate his powers and just refused everyone until me that is." Hadrian could hear the sadness in the tone of voice, "I'll bet he would like his name back. Kuro. The one I gave him. Please take care of him." The voice explained before pleading towards Hadrian.
"Don't worry. I'll look after the kitten that's not really a kitten." Hadrian chuckled out holding Kuro close to him. "Let's go Raven." Hadrian told his butler again before moving back into the crowd and towards the trunk shop first. "Trunk first Raven. This way everything can be carried within it."
"Don't you walk away from me! You little cretin!" The angry voice from before snarled out. Her hand reached forward to forcefully grab Hadrian's shoulder only to have her wrist grabbed forcefully and held upward by the butler. "Let me go! He needs to be taught some manners! His parents only fed him everything on a silver platter! Let me go!" She demanded, trying in vain to get him to release her.}
Hadrian growled, "That stupid insignificant woman! She was just as bad as the charlaton!"
Looking into the last memory of his, he sees his makeshift family giving chase to him and LuLu through the treeline, "We both agreed to take each others course so I could spend a little time with..." he scrunched his face up in concentration, "...with..." trailing off he looked towards another memory of hers.
{A chuckle was heard close to Sabo's ear causing him to jump and shriek just slightly because of the suddenness. He stopped in his tracks and turned to his left sharply. No one was there, turning around again he started his pursuit to get Luffy.
Hadrian chuckled again, "So you're after me this time Sabo? Remember the last time you tried to catch me?" He asked him, his voice carrying through the trees.
Sabo growled, "Ian!" He growled out. Glaring at his mate in annoyance having to be reminded of the last time he failed in catching him followed by his fall into the opening of a cave whose territory were grizzlies.
Hadrian chuckled darting forward and he gave him a kiss, stalling him by keeping him in place. Well that and because his bond demanded it. Breaking away for air after a few minutes he smiled gently, "Now you're not left out fully. The rest of the bond should start taking effect within the next few days." He told him before moving away and darting back into the trees.}
This one showcased the kiss they shared between each other, which coincidentally kick started the bond between the pair of them. "That's right..my bonds..Sabo..Marco..Raven..Kuro.." and now two more bonds he has yet to officially meet. A few moments after he murmured the last name his memories began to shift and slot themselves back into place.
Turning around he began to search for his bonds, walking through his mansion like mindscape he went to the one place he was always the calmest. The center of the forest where his main defense resides, Shenra. My bonds...they will be protected here...Shenra is my strongest defense against any possible intruders.
Loud ominous growling could be heard as he approached, "It's ok Shenra. It's only me. I need to call on the bonds." He held his hands up as he approached the massive white tiger in his mind.
"It is still too early for you to be here, child. You are not fully healed yet to open a portal to them." Shenra told him bluntly.
Hadrian smiled gently, "I am not here to open a portal to them. I only need to connect so they are aware I am still alive and healing."
"An admirable goal, child, however your bonds are too far and too weak for you to reach out."
"Hmm.." Hadrian began to think, "Is there a bond that is close by?" He questioned next.
"There are a couple bonds nearby that you can either pull on or follow, Wrath."
"Thank you, Shenra." Hadrian/Wrath nodded his thanks towards the great beast. He looked closer towards the bonds finding two that pulsed one green the other a dark blue. Frowning, "This one is faint.." he murmured out, "He does not wish to change his views? Seems likely. I can respect that." Turning his gaze from the green strand he looked towards the darker blue one.
"What's the matter child?" Shenra questioned lightly. Her giant furred head tilted to the side in a cutesy type manner.
"It's just..what if he wants nothing to do with me?" He turned to look at the great beast.
"That is absurd child, they will want to be with you."
"But how do you know that?"
"They are your soulmate's child."
"Just because they are my soulmates does not mean they will want to be with me."
Shenra sighed, shaking her head, "They will want to be with you not because of the fact they are your soulmates, but because you are their soulmate." She pointed out, point blank. "Trust in yourself and trust your bonds that mother magic deemed were yours."
Hadrian/Wrath frowned in concern before nodding, "Ok. Ok. We will do things your way. So how exactly do I connect with them through the bonds?" He looked back towards the bonds before looking back at Shenra.
"You only need to touch the one you wish to connect with and a link will open up with them. If you wish it.." Shenra's voice trailed off as Hadrian/Wrath tuned out the rest of her explanation.
Reaching out his hand, he paused, reaching for the dark blue strand. Taking a deep breath he steeled his nerves before touching the strand only to jump back when the mate that strand was attached to appeared before him in his mind. "W-who are you?" He screamed releasing the bond and watched as the image disappeared.