Sunrise I

Takeo arrived first thing in the morning. As he saw what became of the house, the same house which took him in and acted as his sanctuary after he left the union, he was devastated. He began to exceedingly tremble; both in sadness and anger. Whoever destroyed the house had just made it personal for Takeo.

He drew closer to the house with his eyes glared, and his jaw clenched.

"It hasn't even been that long since I left yet." He said. He was walking in and stepping over the rubbles of this ruined house.

"I know." Tao said, regretfully. "As for us, we've only been away for a day and night, and this is is what we returned to."

"Let's talk about what happened here after we transfer the 3rd Elder somewhere safe." Takeo proposed. "Not that I'm worried, it just seems he knew a lot about this that we don't."

"Agreed."

The two entered the house, into the elevator and came down to the laboratory. As they entered, Takeo witnessed the same sight they did, and have observed the same thing they had observed.

"This is a disaster. It seems like the perpetrator destroyed the house above, casually entered the elevator and as they reached this place, continued wreaking havoc."

Tao led Takeo toward the test tube which contained the 3rd Elder. They walked straight, stepping over the destroyed machineries and equipments; crackling and whizzing with electricity.

"That's him." Tao pointed as they were drawing near.

"That's a lot of serious damage. He's not even the same 3rd Elder that we last saw. What could have, or who could have done that to a human as powerful as an Elder of the Union?"

Tao was silent.

"Anyway, let's go." Takeo went and pushed the button on the side of the test tube chamber. As he did, the tube opened, and water began pouring out, as well as steam of smoke exiting above. Along with the water, the 3rd Elder dropped onto the floor. He groaned in pain.

"Oops—" said Takeo. "I, I didn't think it would… "

"C'mon, careful." Tao said. "This guy's our only lead."

The third elder was only wearing pants and so, Tao threw a cloth over him.

Together, they carried him up, and carried him into the grounds of Ye Ran Highschool, which Takeo used as a landing grounds for the Chopper he arrived on.

They were carrying and settling the 3rd Elder in when Takeo noticed a lone figure upon the roof of a nearby classroom.

"What's Rai-nim doing up there?" He asked.

"Lookout? I don't know. He's been doing that since last night. Probably thinking."

***

"You know, I heard that that newly found servant of yours ran wild outside. This place must've been rowdy now, eh?" Said Muzaka, casually lying on the chair right after he arrived.

Raizel, like he's always been, was doing nothing but standing near the window, gazing over the scenery of the outside world. He turned his head towards this unannounced guest.

"I haven't been here for… what, ten, eleven years? And now I see that you have yourself a company." The werewolf lord added.

He smirked as he looked at the Noblesse's unbothered face.

"Look, I don't really care who that Frankenstein is, or what he did. I'm just glad you're not alone here anymore. I can't always visit you, y'know. This is my first time meeting him, but he seems like a fine fellow."

Cadiz Etrama Di Raizel closed his eyes shut from that long memory of old. He sighed. As he exhaled, and opened his eyes again, his perception of the scenery was renewed.

Standing on a rooftop, he gazed over the horizon as the wind goes by. A glimmer of golden light was starting to rise from the line where the surface meets the sky. Peacefully, he watched as the sun rose up, and steadily it took its place on the skies.

"Raizel-nim." Takeo called, there he arrived and stood behind him.