As soon as the other two had exited the house, Neonina told the others who work in Mavericks to come with her back to the estate. Ray, Tonno, Andy, Jim and the others followed curiously since they just got there and were asked to follow immediately afterwards. All of them only had the curious looks on their faces except Tonno who also had a look of doubt etched on his face. Neonina noticed this of course. But before he could she could say anything, Mukuro said,
"Don't worry, Sawada. Trust her,"
Tonno looked up from where he'd been staring on the floor, "And why? You know being in the mafia, you can't just trust somebody who appeared out of thin air and had a family member, and one of the strongest too, blasted off their feet with some new unexplainable force..." he trailed off.
"There are simply some things that are best kept quiet. Perhaps, I've already broken half of all of the laws in the wizarding world by telling and showing everybody that I'm a witch when our existence is supposed to be a secret. I've broken another half by studying and being involved in the dark arts. If I make more trouble, the magic secrecy charm that I had invented and placed upon myself will break and give me away. Not that I vow not to make trouble... but I'd just like to warn you to uhh... just... ARGH! Fine! I think you won't mind anyways. If you see or hear any signs of someone dressed funny, or look suspicious, tell it to me immediately. Those might be from the Ministry probably to take me to Azkaban,"
"The what?" asked Andy who was beside Mukuro. "Az- ka- ban. Azkaban. It's located under water, so no muggle can discover it. It's highly guarded by dementors; I reckon people go nuts there less than a week. Those who has strong wills and loads and LOADS of happiness and nearly no grief buried in their hearts, lasts about a month. Those who had done something extremely awful, like... like me." She said gulping, "doesn't even last a minute. The Ministry gives full permission to administer the kiss on us."
"K-kiss?" Jim asked curiously. Neonina had a nauseated look etched on her face. So Mukuro took that as a cue to explain himself, "In their world, just talking about dementors sends chills through even the toughest guy out there's spine. Dementors are the foulest creatures to walk this planet. Their long rattling breaths, their long scabbed hands, their rotten looking skin, their long tattered billowy cloaks. Go to near and you might as well wished for Sasagawa to land his punch on you. Well, for those whose got real miserable memories that lapped the happy ones. And the others are shaking uncontrollably, pale faces, feeling as if you'd just been doused in a bucketful of ice, and think as if you'd never be happy again. Of course, us, normal people like us, don't see us. Though all we notice is that it gets mysteriously foggy around. And as for the kiss, its worse than being death. They... they... they suck human's souls out. You can't talk, you can't think, you don't have a mind, you're just, an empty shell that is required to live until someone decides to destroy your shell."
Neonina looked very nauseated indeed. Then Xanxus growled in a confused tone, "Hey, how come this come ass knows things about your world?" Neonina sighed, then spoke in response, "No doubt he does. That person snoops in together with me and Giotto when I watch Tsuna's life. At first, I was really irritated that I was thinking of making him lose all the bones on his right arm that was until he told me about Havik disappearing into the depths of the lake and his guess that Havik is reincarnated as the Vongola Decimo. Obviously, Giotto didn't agree at first but I guess it's my curiosity got the better of me and I tracked down the path Havik went through by persuading the lake dwellers with a copy of my memories as I studied the dark arts. Well, that had been enough motivation and I proved that yes, he really is the descendant of Havik. Well, Giotto did grumble a bit about it. But after a while he shrugged it off then went back to watching Tsuna and Iemitsu fish by a lake. One does have to do something other than watch Decimo the whole time though, so we exchanged stories about life. I learned Mukuro's loathing of the path of humans. And I filled him with the description of the other world.
A phrase said a while ago caught Tonno aback delayed. "Wait a minute, 'Those who had done something extremely awful, like you' what did you do to land a cell in Azkaban?"
Neonina's slightly nauseated face had immediately been replaced by one that had a look of contorted anger and disgust. "You want to know why? I'll tell you why. I killed the undersecretary of the minister in broad daylight, in a street inhabited by muggles. Making a large crater on the middle of the road."
"That simple?" mocked Xanxus. "you could have just simply killed people who witnessed it."
"It ain't that easy Xanxus. Even though I can kill anyone without too much mess, I daresay, a SINGLE mess, it still pokes my soul as a human. How much a person can call me a heartless coldblooded monstrous vermin, I'm still human. And I'm not born to be a sole hitman. Geh, it was only a strong stomach and a blind eye that made me pass through all of it."
Xanxus, Mukuro and Tonno all looked at her with understanding. They all know how it feels like to kill, they were once the most feared after all, but it didn't mean that they enjoyed doing it.
"Uh— guys, were here..." mumbled Ray incoherently. Even though Tsuna's employees know them for what they are and sometimes got invited to parties joined with mafiosos from different famiglias, the thought of them doing it, sometimes got too much to handle and just back out. They're still civilians to their souls after all.
The four's head snapped up almost immediately, reacting to instincts since they were oblivious to the fact that they were walking amidst the presence of others.
"Well... might as well go in huh?" Neonina said as she kind of half floated and half skipped toward the mansion.
Xanxus smirked, "I thought she was smart, trash? Perhaps she forgot that a mafia family's HQ isn't just a neighbor you can burst through to borrow a cup of sugar." But Mukuro just moved towards the direction of the household, "a person can't underestimate her ability like a certain hothead behind me.."
"What did you say SCUM?" Xanxus roared as he set off for a run to Mukuro. "Kufufufu... I am right to refer to you as a hothead after all."
Tonno grabbed Ray's arm then set off for a sprint to catch up with the others. Andy and Jim followed.
No sooner had they catched up, they would have bumped onto Ray's back had they not been quick enough skid into a halt.
"I suppose it'd be fine to do it here," said Neonina conversationally. "Didn't I tell you not to underestimate her?" Mukuro said. Xanxus snorted. "and what am I supposed to notice, trash?"
But Neonina never stirred. In fact she had a look of hesitancy on her now pallid face.
"Just asked yourself now how to get in huh?" Xanxus sneered. Neonina looked at him with a furrowed brow. "Look, I'm not THAT stupid. Even though I got a rating of Troll in my Divination O.W.L... Of course I would have thought of a way on how to get in without banging up the whole house. But.." she thought for a moment "it is worth a try..."
"Come," she called to them "hold each other's hands, and make sure to hold on TIGHT." she added with emphasis on the tight word with a ghost of a smirk etched on her face as if challenging anyone to dare not to do as said.
"Fuck no," Xanxus interjected at once. "I'd rather barge in—" but whatever he was going to say was cut off by... himself?
"WHAT THE FUCK?" Xanxus exclaimed. The reason for that was plainly seen. Neonina had been leaning forward Xanxus' face... way too close. Just as about Xanxus was going to hit her, she leaned back with a satisfied smirk.
"Kehehehe. Ha! Ricardo lose."
"eh?" asked a confused Tonno.
"Keh. We made a bet on whose face is funnier if they curse. He bet on Xanxus, and just now, I just cleared that HIS face is funnier. I mean, when he blows a fuse; he almost forms a unibrow."
"A what?" Tonno asked while trying hard not to laugh himself.
"Well, if you're really against holding hands, I guess I'll just have to make you portkey." She mumbled then smirked, "just don't blame me on the forthcoming unexpected feeling of your navel being hooked up."
Xanxus looked as though he wanted to take it back but pride settled in, "Che, I can deal with something so sissy."
Neonina raised an eyebrow at this but afterwards just shrugged then asked Jim if he has a gum wrapper.
"Look, I don't know what's this for but I guess nothing can hurt," Jim said as he handed the wrapper to Neonina.
It was Andy's turn to raise an eyebrow. "What's that for?"
"Well, someone asked for a portkey so I'm making one"
"With that?"
But whatever Neonina's answer was, Andy never got it. There was a blinding flash a bright blue light. Later they soon figured out that the light was coming from the wrapper.
"Woah, that's amazing," Ray found murmured. "here," Neonina said thrusting the object in Xanxus' calloused hand.
"And what the fuck is this going to do?" Xanxus asked. "you'll see." Neonina smirked.
"You bitch, if this is anything dangerous—" the rest of Xanxus' words was drowned as the wrapper glowed brighter than ever and disappeared together with the Varia leader.
"Come," Neonina repeated as she held out her arms again.
"Kufufufufufu, though you had put on a nice little show for us today, I still don't feel like holding hands with an old lady," and with that, Mukuro disappeared as easily as mist.
There was a very visible vein throbbing in Neonina's forehead as her eye began twitching irritably. With this, she didn't look remotely beautiful anymore. Tonno thought he glimpsed a curious flash of red in her eyes for a while.
"Ah, well. He never was young himself anyway," Neonina said. After a while, she had settled down her anger and back to her usual beautiful self with a smile at her own retort.
And with that said, she turned around in place, her long beautiful hair and cloak billowing behind her as she dragged others with her into the airless darkness.
Aaah. finally, sem break! look, guys, i'm really sorry for the short chapter and how it took so long to update. i just don't feel like writing anymore, it's late in the night and.. aaah.. sorry for the yawn, continuing.. ah..aah.. aaaah.. damn. so anyhow, i'm going to bed. ja-ne.
*returns abruptly with red eyes*
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