ARRRGGHHH I spent all day remaking chapter 2 because i accidentally deleted it. I was planning on rewriting it but not today but i grinded it out to fix my mistake. Anyway its a lot longer and I think provides a fresh new look on what it was like previously. Next time I'm gonna rewrite chapter 3! Stay tuned. Please continue to support, favorite, subscribe and review. Disclaimer I do not own Hitman! Reborn.
After finishing the burial of his mother, Aki, Colt returns inside of his house. The lonely boy plops himself down in a chair at his rickety kitchen table. He surveys the room quietly, realizing there wasn't much food left in the house. The milk in the fridge had a day or two before it spoils, while was running low on grains of rice. He couldn't even remember the last time he had meat.
Half of a roll of crackers lies in a plastic wrap on the table; the boy grabs some before drinking a cup of rain-water from the previous night. Colt heavy sighs, fighting back the tears beginning to well in his eyes and the growing tightness in his chest. He then remembers the necklace with the ring which appeared after waking up that morning. Had his Mother really left it for him?
Colt unclasps the necklace from around his neck and lets the ring slide off one end. He observes it closely; it's a small pure silver ring with some sort of smaller chain wrapped around its core. Curiously, Colt begins to un-wrap the chain, revealing a small blue gem in its center. The gem is embroidered with a white crown which had a clam as its centerpiece. Underneath the insignia is a banner reading: Vongola.
The ring suddenly starts to emit a bright orange light that flickers like a flame. The energy continues to build and soon its radiance illuminates the whole house, blinding the young boy. Putting his free hand in front of his face he fights to open his eyes to at least a squint. Colt helplessly begins to stare at the beautiful flame the ring started producing, admiring the raw aura it emits. He embraces the warm sensation he feels, when the bright energy hit his skin.
"It's beautiful…" The boy whispers.
Colt quickly begins to panic. He could feel the energy not just in the room, but around the house. Was it dangerous? Could his neighbors notice the light from the windows? Unusual occurrences like these are usually reported to the Goldriggo family for rewards.
"This energy is definitely drawing attention." Colt worries.
He quickly goes to fix the ring the way he found it, wrapping the smaller chain around the gem once more. The light dissipates and energy stops flowing from the ring. He lets out a sigh of relief and begins to peer out the windows in the kitchen for any witnesses. Colt slides the ring back on the necklace and re-clasps it around his neck letting it sink back behind his shirt.
"This seems to be a Vongola Ring…Why did mother have this? What does this mean. Who am I now?" Colt contemplates. If anybody reported the light in his house, Goldriggo's men would be on the scene in minutes. "I need to do something."
Colt hops into action, he starts to close all blinds and barricade the doors with old furniture, from around the house. If this Ring was truly Vongola's, his life is already on the line. Colt gives a sigh of relief as he finishes pushing the last couch in front of the back sliding door. A very dreadful siren starts to play growing louder and louder with each beat, approaching his block. It's just as he thought… The mafia is coming.
Groups of Goldriggo's men clutter up a secret underground bar in Namimori. It's one of many bases of operations where the Goldriggo family makes their plans to terrorize the townspeople. Than they come back to spend their money drinking alcohol, buying drugs and sleeping with prostitutes. It is a getaway for the Mafia soldiers, so they could live a little. Normal civilians will even do favors for the family to gain special entrance for one night. It's a dangerous place where not many would go unless asking for death. It is a wolves den where crooks, killers and made-men gather.
"What our next plans, I'm getting bored waiting for orders." A large muscular man at the bar complains.
"How are you bored Hugo? Look at all this tail walking around. I heard we are getting a visit from the Tri-advisors soon, if that makes you feel any better." A Slightly younger slimmer man answers.
"That's good to hear Jack; I'd rather be out blasting more heads with my new trusty Remington pump-action shotgun." He boasts drunkenly "Oh, and making more money."
"Well let's drink to that."
Jack, the younger man laughs as he clinks his glass together with Hugo's and they finish their drinks. Hugo picks up his Shotgun off of the floor and starts wiping the exterior with a fine cloth, giving the gun a shine. A prostitute exits from the back of the bar where satin curtains splits the place up from the VIP section. She motions with a finger curl for Jack to follow, who responds with a grin.
"Hmm well I see a honey calling me to the back, looks like I'm up."
"Hmph don't catch something Jack."
"Yeah I won't. Hey bartender, Can I get a round on me please!?" Jack announces happily, met with a room full of cheer.
The bartender approaches from behind the counter sliding down more rounds. The men scramble past Hugo as drinks go on a first come first service basis. The large man gets annoyed but relaxes when there seems to be one last mug left for him. As he goes to reach for it the front door slams open as a dark silhouette stands at the threshold. Hugo and the rest of the men all re-actively jump to their feet loading their guns, pulling out knives, grabbing any weapon in their vicinity.
The silhouette raises his hands stepping slowly into the light. It reveals to be a middle aged man, maybe late twenties with dark hair peculiarly curly sideburns that spin in spiral at its end. A black fedora with a yellow ribbon around the base sits on his head accompanied by a small green lizard. He keeps his head low a dark shadow veils his face.
"Cha…." The man begins and starts coughing. "Ciaossu!" he shouts afterward.
"Ciaossu?" The men say back unison.
The men begin to look at each other pausing to understand what the mysterious guest has said. They return their gazes towards the doorway to see the man has disappeared. Hugo hears a knock on the bar next to him, and his eye-widen to see the gentleman standing next to him drinking his mug of beer. Hugo grinds his teeth as he hates the pretty suave guy act in front of him. His suit was designer, completely black with a light yellow sleeved shirt. A black tie compliments his ensemble and a yellow pacifier hangs on a chain on his belt.
"When did he get there?" The bigger man thinks.
A vein pulses on Hugo's head and he begins to bring up his Remington to point at the man. The lizard hops off of the man's hat and transforms into a gun. The suave man put his foot on top of the shotgun, pushing it to the floor. The man struggles to fight to raise his weapon, as the stranger catches his gun in midair aiming his gun point blank at Hugo.
"Who the fuck do you think you are!?" Hugo yells as he continues to struggle.
The shadow veiling the stranger's face disappears as he raises his head to look at the man. It reveals black beady slanted eyes and a devilish smirk. He sticks the gun closer to Hugo's head causing the man to begin a hot sweat.
"You haven't heard? I'm the world's strongest hitman. Reborn." answers slyly.
Moments later the soldier, Jack, returns to the bar to find it in ruins. Bodies were slung all over the place and his friend Hugo had a bullet that went straight through his head. Jack is startled when a siren begins to go off and looks around to find his gun. Another group of soldiers rush in, entering the bar.
"Who did this, What's going on?" Jack asks.
"We were going to ask you about that Captain Jack? We need all personnel in this area to help with an energy surge detected in the surrounding area. We gathered as many men as quickly as we could but this is the third base hit tonight by an unidentified source. We only have about ten men. You've been ordered to lead, you are highest ranked after Hugo in this area. These orders are straight from the top!"
"Right….let's move it then." Jack orders
The captain exits the building with the rest of squad and enters a transport van. As the van rolls off, Reborn appears around the corner. He leans against the side of the building in amazement at the surge of power that was felt across Namimori. The Sky ring finally being found marks this as a day of rebirth.
"It's time to rebuild the Vongola." He smiles to himself.
Colt kneels in a corner in disbelief that he is already being hunted, not even a half a day after he just buried his mother. The boy begins to punch a wall repeatedly for being so stupid, until he hurts his hand. He curses at himself for bruising it and wraps it up stop the bleeding. He hears a screech in the streets as a van full of men pull up to in front of his house. Colt quietly runs upstairs to get a better viewpoint of his hunters.
"They got here so quick! Okay. Five men being sent to the back, most likely looking for another entrance. The others try the front. Both barricades will not hold them for long and they could easily break through the windows."
The crashes of glass breaking can be heard from the bottom floor. Slowly the soldiers break down the barricades and start climbing through the windows to enter the house. All ten intruders meet in the main hall clearing the first floor. Jack, the captain of the unit, removes a radio from his belt, to speak to his superiors.
"We are at the point of interest. We are splitting up to find the target." The captain radios in.
Colt shuffles through the upstairs bedroom's closet to find some sort of weapon. He finds a belt and broomstick; he gives a small chuckle of distress as he picks up the long wooden stick. He hears two men approaching his room, and quickly moves behind the door. One man enters and peeks behind the door to meet eyes with the young boy.
"Free…" The soldier begins to order before feeling Colt's broomstick crashing down over his head. The pole breaks on contact with the force of the swing and, the enemy stumbles backwards. In a daze the struck soldier begins shooting wildly spooking his partner which is wounded by a by a stray bullet. Colt instantly dives to the ground and crawls towards the doorway to escape. The boy listens for two more soldiers running up the stairs, and in response shuffles quietly around the corner for cover. One soldier checks on the injured while the others luckily run down the opposite hallway.
Colt bravely goes for the stairs to head for the basement; making it safely to the first floor. Before the boy can open the door that leads towards the basement stairs, he hears footsteps run up behind him.
"Freeze, boy!" Jack barks.
Colt freezes with his hands raised and turns to stare down a barrel of the gun. Colt raises his eyes to meet with the gaze of the captain who had his fingers already on the trigger. The room was completely silent but the voices of the other men were coming their way.
"Maybe he won't shoot me because I'm a kid."
The deadly thought runs through Colt's mind for just a second but it subconsciously causes him to make another step backwards. Colt notices his mistake instantly as Jack with no remorse instantly goes to pull the trigger. There is a bang of gunpowder, then complete silence.
Time stops for Colt in this life and death moment, many synapses fire off in his head, and his heart instantly stops beating. He ceases to breathe as his eyes begin to roll back. The whites of his eyes show completely and Colt's subconscious begins to fade. It looks as if he faces his final thoughts.
"Did I just die of shock!? No… This isn't happening. Embarrassing I can't die like this. I made a promise to Mother. I'll live! After I come back, I'll still have to keep my promise. I'll give it my all! My energy will burn brighter than any flame. I'll do it with my dying will!"
In real time as soon as Jack pulls the trigger, an orange bright aura envelops Colt ripping off all his clothes. "Reborn!" Colt yells at the top of his lungs. His eyes return insanely beady and a bright flame glows on his forehead. The boy instantaneously jerks down forward only slightly dodging the bullet allowing it to brush pass his hair. The boy lunges forward, slamming a strong fist into the captain's side. The blows send Jack flying into the kitchen, with a few broken ribs.
Two men came charging down the hall; Colt charges them like a bull in turn. As soon as they begin to fire their weapons, the strengthened boy breaks through the dry wall in the hall to get to another room. They panic seeing the monstrous show of strength and freeze in their tracks. In just moments the boy busts through another adjacent hole from his foes surprising them. The debris launches forward crashing into the soldiers leaving them out of commission.
"Who's Next!" Colt yells "OOOOOOOORAAA!"
He notices a guard watching the front and violently runs behind him, striking the man in the neck, neutralizing him. He holds the limp body by the man's collar, very still. The rest of the men come from the back and inspect the scene. The leader of the squadron holds a fist up commanding the others stop. He makes eye contact with the estranged boy and notices the grip around his comrade's neck tighten.
"Fall back!" The soldier shouts.
As the soldiers flee the scene Colt's body begins to feel heavy. He drops the soldier and starts to stumble as the flame slowly burns out on his forehead. When the flame finally goes out, pain sears like fire through the child's body. He falls backwards and lays in the mess he created in his house, chuckling awkwardly to himself. He limps slowly into the forest outside Namimori where he knew he could at least find some rest for the night.
In the distance, Reborn watches from high in a treetop overlooking Colt's house, the boy struggles into the forest falling over. Leon turns back from a gun into a lizard and crawls up his owner's arms unto his hat. He begins to chuckle to himself.
"That fool breaking into dying will mode yourself is basically suicide. You are lucky I found you when I did Koruto of Vongola."
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Oh Reborn! has been re-introduced hope you are liking how I acted his character out so far. He isn't a baby anymore he is grown since in this universe the arcloblaneo system has been destroyed. Also Colt does have the ability to enter dying will mode on his own but its got a down side as we will soon see.
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