Chapter 01: The Birth of Second/White
One week later
It's already one week. Dante body mostly already healed due some strange circumstance. Even the doctor who take care of him confused about what happen to his body, but end up give the diagnose that he was fully healed. After he complete some document he allowed to out from hospital and do his usual job.
"Even though I tell Issac that I'll out faster, I don't even think this fast."
Dante is outside of hospital. Not just a minute he there, there's a black car arrive to front of him.
"Mr. Dante?"
"Yes. It's me."
"Mr. Wescott sends me to retrieve you from hospital after you're allowed to out."
"Okay then."
He entered the car and then he going to some building, mostly DEM building.
"Mr. Wescott says that you should meet him on his room."
"I get it."
Few minutes after that, he was arrive to the building. He then exited the car and entering the building from front door. He just walking calmly on the building, directed to Issac room. When he was walking, he passed the young girl with long blue hair, tied up in a ponytail and brown eyes. She is Takamiya Mana, or Adeptus 2 on DEM call sign.
"Eh? Dante-san? You're already out from hospital?"
"Yeah… I even don't think will out this fast."
"Everyone says that you're strange wizard. Now I know why they call you that."
"Just let them say anything they like. I don't really mind it."
"Hehe… that's right."
"Then, why you in such of hurry?"
"Well… [Nightmare] just moving again after the last time she do against you. I was just in middle to ready for another mission."
"Is that so… well, good luck! Make sure this time she surely death."
"I promised this time it's the last time she looks the light of sun."
"Haha… I'll wait to see that happen. Then, I'll take my leave, see ya."
"See you too."
Mana then walking again, as well as Dante. He then arrives on room that mostly Issac room.
*KNOCK KNOCK*
"Who is it?"
"It's me Dante."
"Get in."
"Excuse me."
Dante open the door. When he inside, he looks Issac on his desk, was working something on his laptop. Ellen as well there, helping him.
"Then, there's something happen so you call me?"
"Not really. I just want to congratulate you for your fast recovery."
"If you have some time to do that, you better do your job as Managing Director seriously. Are you know that some people on here is not really like you, you know?"
"Just do what they want. I more preferred humans that filled with that courage."
"Hah… if something likes this occur again. No wonder I even think in the future they'll surely do something. Lucky it can be hold up."
"And then I'll leave it to you."
"That's why I tell you this, Issac. Soon enough I can't hold them again and it will be trouble, right Ellen."
"I can't deny it. You must think something about it, Issac."
"Now now. Why you two looks like having a same though to me?"
"It's just normal that your secretary to worry about it. As for me… because I was your underling, of course I worried for your current state."
Dante just says anything that inside his head. If this situation is let be, there's chance that on future there's a revolution inside the company. Even though, he really hope like that.
"Alright. If there is nothing really important, I'll back to lab."
"Hou… still think something wrong with your CR-Unit?"
"Not really. But after that time, the unit is broken right now. Even if I can repair it, there's a lot of modification and improvement that need to do for perfect it."
"I'll look toward to it, as well other thing that you'll contribute for company."
"Well…maybe. I'll take my leave now."
He then walking toward the door and exited the room. Now his destination is the lab. He was just want to repair the CR-Unit that broken.
"Now, repairing is not a big deal, but for improvement…"
Are you there?
"Eh?"
Dante just heard something. He looking around but there's no one around.
"Maybe it's just my imagination…"
Is someone can hear me?
"!"
Now he heard it again. He looks around again but still there's no one around.
"Who's there?!"
Can you hear me?
"I don't know what are you talking about but yes, I can hear you."
Please help me…
"If you want a help, show yourself!"
I can't…
"Why you can't?"
I can be here, but as well not here…
"Then just tell me where you are?"
Follow my sound… I'll give you a lead…
"I get it."
Dante then follow the mysterious sound. He is walking on the hall to hall, place to place, even get outside of building, until he arrived on front of apartment room.
"This is… my room?"
Get inside…
The sounds tell him to get inside. Don't want to take a risk; he took his gun on his jacket, readied for anything. Then, he is entering his room.
"Someone there?"
He opens the door slowly, and aimed the gun to front. When he inside, he aim around to make sure everything is okay.
There's nothing really, just a normal room with bed and clothes closet and other thing as my personal belongings. Everything looks normal, until…
Looks on bed…
The sounds tell me to looks carefully to bed. When I looked to it, there's some bright light come from there. Because it's dazzling, he covered his eyes with his wrist. When he opened his eyes, he found that there's a white katana lying on there.
"Why it was here? I surely put it on my safehouse before."
He's take the katana. But suddenly everything becomes black.
Nowhere…
"Ugh… my head…"
Dante wake up after something happen. He then realizes he was somewhere else.
"Where am I?"
He looks around. There's nothing in here. The sky is black and the ground is white. It's like he was on another dimension.
"You're already awake?"
"Wa…!"
Dante turn around after he heard the sound from before. When he turns around, he looks a figure of person. It has a long white coat that somehow holed like holograph; its face is covered by a hood and only a light blue eye can seen. His body somehow like ripped off. His right hand was there but his left hand somehow like disappear. As well as his legs. Only his left leg that visible, other leg somehow disappear like rip off.
"Who are you?"
"I was the one who call you."
"So you're the voices that talk to me."
"Don't call me voices. I felt uncomfortable."
"Sorry, my bad. Then, where exactly I'm?"
"This place is inside your mind."
"Wait…my mind!? But it's looks spacious. Even though I was thinking a lot."
"I just used remain space that able to get. Your head is really stuffy."
"Hoi don't say it…Wait! Are you know exactly what inside my head!?"
"All this time I was trapped inside that thing. After you pick it up, I release from there and end up trapped inside your mind."
"Okay, I get it. So, what help did you need from me?"
"I…want to know…"
"What?"
"Knowledge…"
"Eh?"
"Knowledge… of the world…"
"So… for simple it, you want to reads some books to get some information?"
"That's it."
"Okay…but how I can do that…no, how you can do that? You're inside my mind so, how you can read any books?"
"Once you get it, I'll tell you what you must do."
"Um…this is very complicated. Moreover, there's single problem left."
"What is it?"
"How I can get out from here?"
"It's simple."
The white figure then snapped his finger and everything become black again.
Dante Apartment Room
"Gagh…!"
Dante suddenly wake up on his room. He looks around. He's now on his room, not on somewhere like before. It's like just a dream…
"Are you awake?"
"What the!?"
Dante surprise about some sound coming inside his head.
"Hey! Next time you do it, tell me beforehand! I nearly get heart attack!"
"Well, sorry for it. I just can't wait to get new knowledge."
"Is it anything inside my head is not much?"
"Not really. But there's something that I can't understand. To understand it, I must get knowledge about it."
"Right…now tell me, how you can do that?"
"I'll explain it later. Now where's possible place to get more knowledge?"
"Let's see… maybe central library have a most of books…"
"Central…library! That's it! The library! Let's go right now!"
"Wow wow… slow down! Anyway, I was the one that move this body so I can't do something really fast. More likely that after I just suddenly wake up on floor like that…"
"….Sorry…I just too excited for moment…sorry…"
"Okay…I forgive you. But maybe I can't do it right now."
"Why?"
"You see… my job. If they not seen me on lab, they'll think I was lazing around. Moreover, the unit…"
"You mean the unit that broken due after fighting the spirit that you search for such a long time but end up you still lost. Honestly I want to ask, why you really hate that spirit?"
"That's…wait…why you really concerned about spirit? Moreover, what exactly are you?"
"Maybe you'll not believe me but I was a same existence as you human call spirit."
"Same? But you said you trapped inside the katana. So far I know that was all spirit has their own body. But you… how you can be spirit without any actually body?"
"That's… I don't remember. Somehow, my memory about what happen before I trapped on katana is really foggy."
"I see…so, basically you lost your memory… now I very intriguing for known more of you."
"Don't say that kind of words. For your language it's called 'homosexuality' or 'gay' if a man interested to other man."
"Hoi! Don't call me gay! My interested is not as far as that level!"
"Really…"
"Of course…wait! For the very beginning, I doubt you're a man! All spirit that so far I meet is a female."
"Maybe I was the only male spirit that exists? Curse my foggy memory! I even don't know that I actually a male or female!"
"Um…please calm yourself. If you don't like then it's okay to you to…"
Before Dante finish his words, he heard a footstep. From the door, there's a sound of someone.
"Is there someone there? Is that you Dante?"
"(CRAP! That's Jessica!)"
"Someone there? If not I'll get inside."
"Um…yes! It's me Jessica. I was just inside the room."
"Oh…it's only you. I think there's someone that talks to itself."
"I just get out from hospital. I just get tired and maybe you just your imagination…"
"Huh…right. Maybe it's just my imagination. But, why are you here? Are you supposedly on workplace?"
"I-I just get here to take some stuff! I'll back to workplace after I find what I search for."
"Okay. For such a strong wizard, you're really pretty relaxed for doing job."
"Err… I was like this from beginning, right?"
"No. From the time you're recruit, you're really hard worker. Even to the level that you can draw against Ellen. I really envy to you."
"But you also can be like me if you work hard, right?"
"I can't… even I was the one who here longer than you, I still not able to reach that level. Moreover, before you join us, Mana is second best. She even gets Adeptus 2 call sign. If she not here, maybe I was the one who receive it."
"Yeah… that's right."
"But after her, you came! You're even overpowered her by be able to equal to Ellen. And more than that, other than you get her call sign, you just get another call sign that from any view is higher than Ellen call sign! Even though you're equal to her!"
"Um… it's not really my intention to get those call sign. Issac just gives me that because my excellent work that's mostly always made me on near death situation! He's just given me that to encourage me for doing such a thing! I even have a trauma about… never mind it! Right now I busy so let's talk another time, shall we?"
"Yeah. You're right. Talk to you just wastes my time. I better train myself for one day surpassed not only Mana but Ellen, as well you!"
"Then do it. I'll wait to see that happen."
"Don't get cocky. One day, I'll surpass all of you!"
"Haha… I'll see it."
"Grr…"
From the sound, looks like Jessica is mad. No wonder he heard some loud step when she walking.
"Looks like you have a bad relationship with her."
"Nah…forget her. She's just like that because when I was just join DEM and get teased by most wizards…well, including her. So, I just challenge them all. They think can overwhelm me, but end up get beaten. And most of them, she's the one who really mad at me just because I was defeat her. For more information, you can looks to my memories on my head."
"Okay…I get it."
"And oh yeah, even though I don't call you 'the voice', I still feel bad for not calling your name."
"Ah…that's…sorry, looks like I as well not remember my own name."
"Geez… even your own name? You're really a troublesome person… or spirit maybe?"
"Sorry…"
"Nah! Never mind it. If you can't recall your name, I'll give you one."
"Hoi…I'm not a pet."
"No no. It's not like that. This is just a sign of friendship."
"Frienship…? You mean…I? Your friend…?"
"Of course! I can't just let someone that needed my help so easily. Besides, I was already accepting to help you when you call me, right?"
"…"
Even though he's not answer, Dante know what he just just feel.
"Alright! Then, let's think your name. Hmm….let see…"
"Hoi… don't just do what you like."
"Ah! I get it!"
"Hm?"
"How about… 'Nishiro'(二白)!"
"Nishiro? Where did you get that?"
"I just simply put two(二) and white(白) like that."
"No no. I know about 'white' but what about 'two'?"
"You don't have body but you have mind. Moreover, you inside my body so I think you just like second mind to me."
"So that's where you get it. 'Two' and 'Second'… that's close."
"Okay. Let's not waste our time here. There's still a lot of work must do."
"If you don't mind, can I help you too?"
"How can you help me when you don't have any bodies?"
"Maybe like give some idea on improvement or other thing related. It's because, you want to help me so at least I can give you some favor."
"Ok…? Then let's go!"
"Right!"
With that, both(or two inside same body) go outside and start their life again.