'He's not the Kaito I know... Although his appearance may look like him, he's not Kaito. I'm sure of it.'
Instead of having blazing red hair and bright orange eyes, Kaito had dark blue hair and eyes the color of the ocean. Rem inspected Kaito's stats.
[Name: Kaito]
[Race: Human/???]
[Job: Dual Flame Weilder]
[Level: 57]
[HP: 100,000/100,000]
[MP: 150,000/150,000]
[Element: Fire/Water]
'The question marks are still there... This is definitely Kaito. He's Kaito but at the same time, he's not.' Rem was concluded.
'003, do you know what's going on?'
{I cannot tell you.}
'Alright then...' Rem sighed.
"Greetings," Kaito said suddenly.
"You finally decided to talk. Who are you and where did the real Kaito go?" Rem asked.
"How do you know I'm not the Kaito you've met? The hair and eye color may have changed but we still look the same." Kaito asked, clearly confused.
"Don't avoid my questions. Answer them first." Rem demanded, releasing some of her killing intent.
"Hm... Aren't you— Oh, okay, sure." Kaito smiled.
'Why do I feel like he's up to something?'
"First off, let me introduce myself. I'm Kaito's other half. I can't tell you my name but Kaito always calls me Lucas. It's a pleasure to meet you." Kaito said, bowing sightly while smiling.
"Where is the Kaito I know?" Rem asked again, releasing more of her killing intent.
"Ah, please relax. He's fine." Kaito answered, still keeping the same facial expression as he stood where he was without moving.
'I don't trust him but since Kaito's body is safe and sound, the Kaito I know should be fine... Hopefully.'
"I was wondering... Do you know who you are?" Kaito asked, observing Rem.
Rem looked at Kaito, not understanding what he meant.
"What do you mean?"
"Hahaha! I can't believe you don't even know who you are. At first, I didn't recognize you because of the state you're in currently. You've even made a life contract with their son! How wonderful. It really brings me back." Kaito nodded.
"What..?" Rem didn't know what was going on.
"You know, I can kill both of you, right here, right now." Kaito pointed at both Rem and Roy.
Alerted, Roy glared at Kaito.
Rem ended up releasing all her killing intent. Kaito was still standing while smiling at her.
'He's strong... After releasing all my killing intent, he could still stand perfectly fine. I have to get away..!' Rem became more alarmed than before.
"Don't worry, don't worry. I won't kill you now. You see, I like to take revenge slowly and enjoy the process. You're too weak. When you get stronger, I'll come to you. I've seen something astonishing today. I'll leave for the time being. Farewell." Kaito then collapsed to the ground.
It looked as if someone stopped controlling Kaito. Walking towards Kaito, Rem saw him waking up. Roy immediately hides his presence and watches from behind a building.
"Huh? What happened?" Kaito rubbed his head, clueless about what situation he's in.
"Oh, Rem. Hello. How did I get here? I clearly remember being near the walls of the city. What happened?" Kaito asked, getting up from the ground.
"...It's nothing. You got hurt so I healed you. You were unconscious for quite a long time." Rem lied.
"Sorry for bothering you, Rem. Thanks." Kaito replied.
⁅She's lying.⁆
'I know. I'm sure she has a reason for her to lie to me. Lucas, you took over my body, didn't you?'
⁅My apologies. I hadn't controlled your body for ages. I get bored too, okay?⁆
'Just promise me you didn't cause any trouble.'
⁅I promise.⁆
'Alright, I'll forgive you this once.'
⁅Thank you, thank you.⁆
"If you didn't know, Yukino isn't doing well. She couldn't remember anything after waking up." Rem stated.
"I knew she was kidnapped and you went to save her but I never knew she lost her memories. What happened when you saved her?" Kaito was worried.
'He's back to normal. That's good.' Rem thought, sighing in relief.
"She was already unconscious back then. I don't think there were any injuries on her either..." Rem said honestly.
"I see... I'll go check up on her. See you later." Kaito waved at Rem, walking towards the academy.
'Lucas... His words are still bothering me. Does he know who or what I am? What does he mean when he said that he couldn't believe that I can't remember anything?' Rem wondered, thinking about what Lucas meant.
Red smoke filled the air.
'What the—'