SailorStar9: This is the start of another newest arc of the 'Astraea: The Mafia Goddess' fic, and I'm continuing from the manga.(Sighs) Every time I write these B.S. disclaimers, I die a little inside. Remember, boys and girls, reviews are an author's subsistence.
Basic Summary: Continuation of the 'Astraea: The Mafia Goddess' fic.
Disclaimers: I own nothing, except for the plot bunny and the pairings.
Prologue: The Inheritance Ceremony Arc: A New Threat
Almost a week had passed since everyone returned from the future.
"Thanks, Shion." Saori nodded, giving her messenger hawk a a pat on the head and a piece of chicken meat. "It's from Grandfather." she opened the letter. "So the time has finally come. Kyoya." she turned.
"Hn." Hibari stepped out.
"Grandfather has sent word." Saori informed her retainer. "About the Inheritance Ceremony of the Vongola. I'm assuming Reborn will be receiving a similar message soon enough."
That night...
Saori was suddenly awoken by an unsettling feeling. What is this sensation? She wondered, slipping out of bed. Could it be...? I understand, Sienna. She mused as her Heavens Ring shone. The time has come hasn't it, Giotto, Cozarto, for the Vongola and Simon Families to fulfill that promise? "Kyoya?" she blinked when the Cloud Guardian entered with a tea cup in hand.
"Your light was on." Hibari stated. "What's wrong, Saori? "Another prophetic dream?" he guessed. "Thought so." he noted her wry smile.
"I sensed an overwhelming hatred and vengeance towards the Vongola." Saori admitted. "And everything will reveal itself during the Inheritance Ceremony."
"And that's assuming the herbivore is willing to go through it." Hibari reminded.
"True." Saori chuckled." Kyoya," she turned a firm look at her retainer. "Please be careful." she warned. "The danger may be closer than we think."
"Saori is right." Reborn agreed, dropping in.
"Infant." Hibari acknowledged.
"Reborn." Saori blinked at the Sun Arcobaleno.
"This letter..." Reborn handed the letter he received from the Ninth to Saori. "Not to mention seven transfer students and seven Guardians."
"Too much of a coincidence." Saori agreed. "Reborn, can I trouble you to investigate the Simon Family?" she requested, returning Reborn's letter.
"The Simon Family?" Reborn echoed. "You don't mean..."
Saori shut her eyes in resignation. "The wave of hatred and vengeance came from them. But from what I inherited from Sienna's memories..."
"It shouldn't be that way." Reborn realized. "Then why? Someone must have altered the Simon Family's history." he concluded. "You don't mean..." he turned a shocked look at the Star Maiden.
"I could think of no one but him." Saori confirmed.
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