Because I'm such an impatient little prick, and while the idea is still fresh, the second half- Verde's side- is here.

This is mostly like the KOKORO part- some are just copied and the same until halfway through- but like the song, this is from Verde's POV. Yeah, I'm that lazy.... much?

God, what am I doing?

I don't know what Verde is actually like, but like I said, this is a 'what if' scenario... and probably good enough for a father's day special (unless I decided to make one out of the blue just for the guy). What can I say, I find this entertaining to say the least! Family Fluff!

Rating and Message would prevent the Negative Seven Rays from killing the Acrobaleno. Yes.


Heart -Miracle-

"Across several hundred years, a message had arrived for me;
A single angel sang from her heart from the future.

That first miracle was the moment that you were born.
The second miracle was the time that was spent with you.
The third miracle was a future with a pure heart.
A fourth miracle isn't needed...

I don't need a fourth miracle."

---

"...Professor, are you sure it is necessary?"

"...It has to. I do not know what else to do if I don't do this."

"... But professor, it's absurd!"

"...It's the only way."

He watched as the robot blinked her eyes open, wondering as she looked around the premises. Looking down, she noticed that she was lying down in a capsule-like bed as she looked up once more for her gaze to meet with gray ones, the person clad in a scientist garb and wearing spectacles smiled at the sight before him.

"..."

A smile was seen from his face as he patted the robot in the head, his hands brushing towards the soft, semi-realistic blue-green locks of hers.

"Welcome, Mine, glad to see you coming around!"

"Mi....Ne?"

A light chuckle escaped his lips as he helped the young creation of his up. "Yes, Mine, that is your name!" He paused for a while, a small frown seen onto his face. "Why, don't you like your name?"

Verde had created a robot; a robot that can think and act on its own. Amongst the rules, it was impossible, and his blonde-haired assistant, Artemis, had thought of that beforehand. But, somehow, being one of the smartest and the most achieved scientists on the face of Italy- or on the face of the planet as one quoted- this would be not impossible. She had understand how heavy the situation is, the fact that Verde's only 'daughter' had died. Don't take him wrong, he wasn't married yet but he decided to adopt a young female whom he consider as his own daughter. Unfortunately, a tragic event had occurred in which she was caught up in a car accident and died upon arrival in the hospital. She understands that the green-haired professor would do whatever he takes to make her feel better, but he was too late when she died.

And, now...

"No..."

The robot, with blue-green hair and dark-brown optics, smiled as she shook her head, which made Verde smile.

"I like the name... Mine is a pretty name; I like it."

---

Verde was aware that Mine was watching him work, oftentimes she would ask if she could help him. Sometimes, he would let her help him with some of his experimentation by means of carrying some stuff or if she could reach that certain stuff and give it to him. She would obligingly follow, which he was glad, though sometimes she would request for him to make her carry those heavy machinery. Granted she's a robot, that he created her with what most robots would have like super-strength, speed and that whatnot, but Verde decided upon himself that Mine would not be a tool for destruction. Besides, he thought, he programmed her to think and act like his adopted daughter who had died.

He was fond of Mine because she reminded him of his daughter of the same name. He had adopted her, thinking he could take care of her. Of course, she was grateful but he was slightly ignorant that he took more time with his work than with her. He understands that the robot before him could not replace the loss of his child, but he will do upon his power to treat her like what he should have treated to his daughter.

Of course, there was some set-backs.

"Mine's a robot," Artemis, his assistant scientist, said in her usual straight-to-the-point tone. "You're intelligent enough to know that robots are incapable of having a heart, let alone for you to create one for her."

"I know," Verde calmly said as he watched the thing he claimed as his 'daughter' reading a book he bought for her, fondling over whatever picture and words were written on those things. "But I will find a way." Artemis shook her head, knowing he was doing a loss cost, but decided to keep it to herself as she also wonder if maybe he was just stressed at the loss. As a man of science, the green-haired scientist would find a way to create a heart for her; if he could program her to have a mindset, both mental and emotional, of a young child, then maybe he could actually make her a heart so she could understand her true emotions.

He wasn't became one of the smartest scientist out of nothing.

There are times that, if Mine was bored enough to just sit there while watching him work, she would sneak out of the laboratory under his watch and- as Artemis quoted- since he was too engross with his work, he would not realize that she had disappeared until the place seems to be quiet without her constant questioning if she could help him or not. It was a bad habit of her to sneak out, in which he was tempted to fix that 'glitch', but he would forget about that once he finds his little Mine, dotting over a stray animal such as a cat or a dog, or suddenly just popping out from nowhere when he was about to give up on his search and decided that she could just go home if she wanted to and tell him that she wanted to see that place. It was fulfilling, to say the least, how Mine is different from most creations- mostly robots- he had made. She was different, but Verde was glad he created Mine.

And, yet, he couldn't find a way to give her a heart.

He was sent on an expedition with the rest of the six people, but unsuspecting circumstances occurred and they were turned into babies. Great, he groaned as the holder of the Green Pacifier sat onto his stool (after he got back, of course), and confining this to his assistant who, in return, gave a look that clearly state that she was uncomfortable talking to someone shorter from her- albeit a baby- about some technical, complicated stuff.

"Professor Verde," Artemis said, adjusting her spectacles. "I clearly understand what happened but--"

"--Forget about thinking of me as a baby, I'm still Verde you know!" He whined a bit (God, now he's sounding like a baby!) as he sighed and tried to calm down. "Anyway, have you found anything about it?" By that he meant the curse bestowed upon them, thus turning them into babies. At least they were the 'best' babies there is, hands down.

But still babies, Artemis added sharply to herself.

It was unfortunate, though, that Mine did not realize that Verde, upon turning into an Acrobaleno, had changed physically, which made her wonder about him. He noticed how she would always whine about her 'father's' return, not realizing that he was already here. But instead of pressing in the issue, like what Artemis had suggested him to do so that Mine would stop her whining and all, he told the scientist to leave it be, and let her learn everything in her own time.

Besides, he was her daughter; she'll cope once she knows what happened.

So he kept acting like nothing happens and treated the sea-haired robot like how he treated her before, even though she would think otherwise.

As long as he could be with her, then he's fine with it.

He kept on working what was left off, despite that Mine did not still recognize him. He let her be; Verde did not dare fix her errors and modify her so she could recognize him again. No, he would never to such a thing for, in Verde's eyes, she is not a robot but a child.

She just lacks a heart....

Let her modify her own error, he said, let her modify herself. Maybe, if he let her be, she would soon realize her errors and that would be a good thing for the both of them. But the unsettling thought that maybe Artemis- and probably some of the Acrobaleno who had known about this- are right all along, that Mine is just a robot and that making- or giving- her a heart would be impossible.

But that didn't stop him from trying.

It has been a long time, but he was trying to work to find a way to return back to normal; the same thing his assistant, who was turned into a baby herself for some reason ("Artemis?" "It's Wanya now!" "What happened to you?" "Freak accident!" "No, you're serious?" "Yes." "You're a terrible liar, Artemis." "Don't go Reborn on me!"). He knew that there must be a way- he, is, a man of science, right? He couldn't bear to watch Mine keep on waiting for him and it was eating him up from the inside. It was not because the fact that she would outlive him since she is a robot, but to the fact that he is a father and seeing his daughter wait painfully for his 'return' hurts him so.

Mine kept on waiting in the lab. Waiting... and waiting... and waiting. She manages to bear staying with the baby scientist, still unknown that this child, all along, is the person she had been waiting all these time. She had learned to grew trust on him and treat him as how she treats her father and Artemis and the people he knew. She decided to work with him, to help him (despite having the familiar pang whenever he told her not to carry stuff that is too heavy for her).

Verde had longed wished to create a robot capable of human emotions, to think for their own and to grow up just like normal human beings. He didn't wish to turn this sole robot into a machine created for war, unlike the Gola Mosca. He had created Mine with blueprints that -some- will be used to create other robots, but Mine was not a machine for war.

Despite the fact, Verde still wished for his daughter to gain a heart she deserves to have.

He's not the one to believe what this 'Miracle' is; but for her, he would believe for one.

Miracle of the Heart...

The Negative Rays the Millefiore had executed was starting to eat him up, knowing that it will kill him soon. He had just conducted his latest research; the Box Weapons. He knew this could be used by every Mafia family there is, but the time is not yet enough for him to create the one thing for the waiting robot. Still, he had to keep on working. All the time, he had written the reports of all his works, but some entries are about his dear Mine.

She does not seem to be familiar with me. I don't blame her; who would believe that a guy with a body of a baby would be her father? Reborn noted that I should make adjustments to her memory bank and fix the error, but I declined the suggestion as I told him that I want to raise Mine like a normal child and not like a robot that I had created her. I still don't know how to give her a heart to realize the worth of this world, but I'm sure Artemis will guide her well. I trusted her with everything so I am sure Mine is capable of thinking for herself, however....

He had written, as he intentionally left the sentence hanging. That was a few days after he returned as an Acrobaleno. He had long admitted that giving a heart to a robot was totally impossible.

"However...."

He couldn't dare admit that he had failed in becoming her father. He couldn't dare to believe to himself that he had failed his duty as a scientist and as a father.

"I'm sorry, Mine."

I don't know if I can hang it longer than anyone else. The 'Negative Seven Rays' from the Millefiore deem to be too much for my body to handle, and I don't know what will happen if this goes on. I believe the rest of the Acrobaleno also experience the same thing, though I would not be surprise if some of them manage to stand strong with the effect longer than I do. But I'm afraid I won't see Mine in my original self for long. She seems anticipated to wait for me to return, but she doesn't realize that I have been here all these time. If I spent more time with her instead of cooking up experiments and inventions, none of this would have happened; she could still have her father she wished to have. I have yet to see her heart improve, but I don't know if I could still witness it.

It's up to her if she would still want to find out the meaning of the heart. As a man of science, I don't believe in miracles...

His last entry; He knew it wouldn't be long before he died because of those rays. He admitted that he is only a human, that he makes mistakes. Robots are not suppose to make mistakes; in fact, he could have swore that Mine is the only robot who had broke the three universal rule of robotics. But he doesn't care about it. He had finished his inventions, as well as the revolutionary Box Weapons.

But...

...But for her, I would forget everything I have learned to ask for it.

It was impossible, but if miracles do exist, Verde was willing to give up everything just to see her smile once more with a pure heart.

"Message transmission.... Location.... The future"

His health was falling, and he can't take the rays anymore. He's getting weaker; any more and he would die. His works, he will leave towards the female scientist, and maybe Mine as well. Verde would just let Artemis explain to Mine everything then.

"Father!"

Lifting his head at the ever-so-familiar voice, Verde could have sworn it was her voice.

"Father!"

"Mi...Ne..."

She was holding flowers, just like her when she was still alive (she must have gone out a while ago), as she walked near towards the green-haired professor.

"I'm sorry," She was crying, which was a surprise to him. "I'm sorry I'm such a whiner!" She pleaded, grasping his hands. "I'm sorry, father!"

For the first time in a long run ever since he became an Acrobaleno, he had heard her utter those words to him once more. She doesn't know how happy he is at this point.

On the next day, news had reach that Verde had died from the said Rays. But what's more boggling is that, at the same time, the robot he had created, Mine...

She ceased to function.

Artemis tried to reboot her again, but it seems the robot was never fixed.

"You must be pretty lonely without him, then?"

She left the robot as it is; beside the professor who had died. She was smiling when she closed the folder where Verde's reports had been written.

There was one entry Mine forgot to read; the entry he wrote before he died.

She didn't dare to read it, for Artemis knew what it was about.

"Two miracles in one, huh?" She murmured to herself, returning the folder back to the filing cabinet that was placed onto her laboratory. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but..." A sigh emitted from her mouth as she closed the lights and walked out from the room, closing the door behind her.

"It is, indeed, a miracle of the heart."



Like I said, the second (and prolly the last) part of the KOKORO series. It was sad when I watched the song from YouTube (Could have swore I cried in there somewhere) and I loved it. It was epic. So that must be the reason I got inspired with creating this, though, at first, I don't know which character would suit with it. Then there came Verde, in which, because of him, this became possible. So, now, here it is.

Yeah, some part ruin the moment, but then again, I must have given justification to the song. Somehow.

The song I used here is 'KOKORO-KISEKI-' by Kagamine Len from VOCALOID. I do not own the song, Reborn! or the characters, I only own the drabbles and my own characters.

Message will make Verde return from the dead and for Mine to start functioning again. Well, enough to make a Viper fluff... but then I'm passing on my next plan of action as if I were handling out cookies with a Girl Scout attire. *cough*