Chapter 6: "The Hidden Dagger Of The Sky"

I tossed up one of those small little glass figurines that had those images in the center, before catching it again. "Toss, let it spin, catch. Toss, let it spin, catch. Toss, let it spin, catch…" this went on for the past fifteen minutes, because I was so freaking bored. There was no Gokudera to challenge and beat, no Yamamoto to talk with, no Haru and Kyoko to girl talk with, and no Tsuna to well guard. Or smooch… "Shut up…" I thought back at the never-ending rants that my consciousness kept throwing at me.

RING!

The loud series of ringing interrupted my tossing and catch game making me sit up straight with shock. "The heck!" I screamed, scrambling of my bed. I ran through the door with anticipation before seeing the others running through the hall. "What's happening?' I demanded, falling into step with Gokudera and Yamamoto. The both looked just as alarmed as me, before all four of us burst into a room. Did I not mention that Miss Lal was with us? Oops, my bad…

"What was the buzzer just?!" Gokudera and I said in unison. We both looked at each other with scowls on our faces before looking at Tsuna with an expectant look. "We got an SOS from Hibari-san's bird!" he exclaimed confusing me a little, but I said nothing. "Where?" Miss Lal asked walking towards the monitor. Gianini typed down furiously, trying to catch up with the bird. "7th district, current speed, 37 km/h." he said stated before gasping in surprise. "Its altitude is lowering! 25… 20…" I counted down before looking at the monitor with a surprised expression. "It-its gone!" he exclaimed leaning back on his chair in disbelief. The room fell into an uneasy silence; everybody was gawking in anticipation, waiting for what happened next.

"Where was the signal lost?" Reborn asked, breaking the silence. Gianini once again typed furiously before smiling in triumph, "Here! In Namimori shrine!" I looked at Yamamoto in confusion, wondering why Hibari would be in such a place. "The signal is getting weaker." Gianini exclaimed worriedly. I couldn't tell the expression on Reborn, but all I could say was that he not pleased. "It could also be that it has fallen into the hands of an enemy." Tsuna gasped, concern and horror evident in his expression. "Or it could also be a trap." Miss Lal suggested making Tsuna's face, if possible grow even more horror filled. "Trap?! Reborn what should we do?" he exclaimed.

Reborn stood beside Gianini, watching the monitor before answering. "That the only lead we have to find Hibari, that means we go after it of course." He stated. I nodded my head in agreement before snapping my head at the monitor almost getting whipped lashed. "But please look at this, that's not the only enemies we have to deal with." GIanini stated pointing at the dots on screen.

"That many?!" Tsuna exclaimed with wide eyes. I tried to keep my composure, but sadly the key word was "tried" I looked over at my wrapped up arm and leg before watching every one in sadness. "But look, that one over there has a certain strong signal to it, that most likely is Gamma." Miss Lal said with an angered undertone. Gamma...?" Tsuna asked turning to her. She nodded her to him, before answering in a clipped tone. "The 3rd squad guys you fought? That's their captain… Electric Gamma. He's the man who buried many of the Vongola's upper echelon." She stated making Tsuna go rigid.

I gave him a little reassuring smile before, looking down at my own injuries. "Whatever this Gamma or whatever. We've been training, for a while now, and learned a few more trick." Gokudera said smirking along with Yamamoto. "Eh! I didn't here any of these, I was sleeping as usual!" Tsuna exclaimed making me chuckle. "Your still injured boss…" Gokudera and Yamamoto yapped around reassuring Tsuna that it was okay if he slept.

"Oh yeah! You should take a look at what I made!" Gokudera exclaimed throwing his hands in his pocket. "You made something?" I laughed making him cringe in anger. "Yeah I made something got a problem?!" he asked glaring daggers at me. "I smirked at his little fit before looking to the side, "Well… lets just say I wouldn't want to be in the building when you show it," I sang while smiling. I he growled at me angrily while I smiled at him tauntingly.

"Hey, hey, we're all friend here guys." Tsuna tried calming us. I raised a brow at the term he used before putting my hand on my hip. "Friends? More like frenemies…" I smiled nudging Gokudera at the side. He glared at me again but then turned his attention to Tsuna. "Boss! Please take a look!" he exclaimed happily, almost like a little puppy before whipping out a small box. "My customized box! Perfect isn't it?!" he exclaimed looking at the box, "Depend if it works," I pointed out making him whip his head, his hair looked like one of those girls in those shampoo commercial when they show of their hair, only he had a scowl on his face destroying the whole picture.

"Tsuna-san! Its' a big problem!" the door swung open and their stood Haru frantic. "We already know, we were just discussing Hibird…" Tsuna was cut off from his explanation with a loud NO from Haru. "Kyoko-chan is missing!" she screamed I was immediately at her side patting her to calm down. "Wha-What did you say?!" Tsuna screamed his face horrified. "Are you sure? She might just be in the toilet." Gokudera said calmly, but this did nothing to stop Haru's franticness. "There was a note, it said, 'I need to go home, just once. I'll bring some snacks back for Lambo-kun too." She finished making me furrow my brow with wonder. "Sasagawa she…" Yamamoto started but trailed of in disbelief. "And she didn't seem like the type to be so reckless." Gokudera said in a silent tone also in disbelief.

"In this case, I guess we have no choice but to look for her, huh?" I mused hugging Haru in reassurance. She looked up at me with sad eyes before I smiled at her. She returned the smile before sighing, "Our top priority now is to find Kyoko and bring her back. Then we can search and investigate Hibird's location." Reborn said. I nodded my head in agreement before looking straight at the monitor.

Third Person POV

There was always a strong aura that Luca had when she talk, or went serious. Her eyes would become calm and stern, while her posture straightened telling people she was talking business. She was a trueborn leader, beautiful and strong yet she didn't know it yet people admired her, but there was always this tinge of sadness when you would gaze at her eyes. She looked almost lost in her eyes, lonely even. But wasn't the case, she kept everything hidden with a smile or laugh, and this confused the others greatly.

"I say we split up," Luca suggested, earning nods of agreement from everyone. "Yeah, it would be easier to move, and we wouldn't be such a big target towards the enemy." Lal said while crossing her arms. "Then it's agreed, will separate into two groups, one will have to look for the Hibird, the less people that tag along in a group, the better." Gokudera said with a tensed nod. "But Tsuna is still injured, and so is Luca. "Yamamoto pointed out. Luca shook her head, before meeting everyone's eyes, "I'm just bruised, I'll be fine in the battle field." She said with a small smile.

There it was again, that fake smile. Everyone could see the pain in those eyes… "Well, I say Tsuna should decide." Luca said nudging Tsuna's side, making him in surprise. Gokudera nodded his head in agreement, as well as Yamamoto. "Yeah!" they said in unison, before looking at each other; Gokudera with his glare, and Yamamoto with his trademark smile.

"Me? DECIDE?!" Tsuna exclaimed in disbelief. Luca chuckled letting go if Haru and walking towards him with a smile. "Don't worry, you gotta get used to this kinda thing if your gonna be the boss of the Vongola!" she smiled holding his hand reassuringly. Tsuna became bright red, before looking to the side in embarrassment. Gokudera glared at her in anger of how she had that affect on people, especially men. Haru looked confused at the situation but smiled reassuringly towards Tsuna too.

Luca snaked her hands in Tsuna's making him tense up. "Come on Tsuna-san." Haru said looking at the pair with jealousy. "Then I'm going too! We'll go after simultaneously!" Tsuna said gaining a boost of confidence at the situation. He glanced at Luca who was beside him, before looking straight ahead. "Um, would you consider coming? There might be a few um conflicts, but…" he trailed of losing the confidence he once head before feeling a squeeze to his hand.

"Fine" Lal answered bluntly yet gave a happy spark in Tsuna. "You have to brief everyone through the plan," Luca whispered into his ear, never looking away from the crowd in front of her. Tsuna nodded before explaining his orders. "I would like Miss Lal Mirch to accompany me along with Luca, that leaves Yamamoto to go with Gokudera." Tsuna explained making Gokudera scowl at the ground.

"With Yamamoto…? Since it's the orders of the boss, I would be happy to!" Gokudera bit out distastefully, all three of us sweat dropped at his obvious disapproval of the idea of being paired up with Yamamoto. "You don't look to happy though…" Yamamoto whispered making Luca and Tsuna chuckle in amusement before Luca continued for the Decimo. "We can't exactly communicate at the moment, the only rule is to avoid any conflict, but if your forced to engage into battle…"

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Luca's POV

I grabbed the box that contained my patches. If you're wondering what they are, there supposed to a substitute for Azzura's injections. They have the same poison, but it was still a little painful, and basically you put them on your skin, and your skin forcibly sucks it in! Isn't that fun to learn? No, no it isn't.

I slipped it into my pocket, before running out of my room. I ran towards the exit of the room before finding myself running along side Tsuna, "Hey there Tsuna," I chirped making him smile a little before turning away. I raised my eyebrow at his reaction before shrugging it off. I didn't really care what was happening at the moment, because I was so worried about Kyoko…

Oh sweet little innocent Kyoko, we only met a few days back, but it still unnerved me that she actually ran away! My god Kyoko, I hope your okay… we became friend instantly, and I don't really want my new best gal pal to get hurt or worse…

We soon arrived in the streets of Namimori Park, and were currently hiding behind a tree. "What taking her…?" I mumbled pressing my body against the tree to get a better view of everything. "There she is!" I heard Tsuna whisper/scream, from the bush next to me. I was finally able to see Miss Lal come and pulled Tsuna out of the bush. "It seems like Sasagawa's sister hasn't been caught yet." She said coming behind the tree. "Really? That's great news!" Tsuna exclaimed happily. I smiled at his enthusiasm before I looked behind him, alarmed.

"Take cover!" I whispered/screamed pushing him down, Miss Lal immediately new what I meant and covered the both of us with her cloak. "It's a cloaking device." She explained bluntly seeing my confusion. I nodded my head in understanding before looking up at the gap between the trees. "That's him! Gamma." she said pointing to the crackling figure in the distance. "What has he found in that direction?" she wondered aloud. I looked at her in confusion before turning my gaze at disappearing electric holder. "I hope you guys are okay… Yamamoto… Kyoko… not so much Gokudera but Tsuna wouldn't like it if I said that out loud…" I thought dramatically looking at the distance for affect…

"Gamma is what?" I screamed in disbelief. No way, Yamamoto and Gokudera are in some serious chiz, man… "We gotta help them…" I muttered running my hands through my hair nervous for my friend/frenemy, "This whole area is being watched over tight, and even if it was five against one, it would only be a slight chance that we would win thanks to Luca here." She said gesturing to me. "But since she is still injured she can't strain to much."

I nodded my head solemnly before bowing my head slightly, "I'm really sorry Decimo…" I said feeling helpless. He looked at me with confused eyes before they widened, "What are you saying?! You're the reason we actually have a fighting chance." He said with a reassuring smile. I returned the smile with one of my own and quickly ran after Miss Lal who ran a few feet away. "You're too soft…" I muttered with a laugh before stopping beside Miss Lal, Tsuna not to far away.

We hid behind the curb as Miss Lal peeked out to check for enemies before quickly pulling back, "It seems like we can't pass here either." She stated with a hint of frustration in her tone. I looked at Tsuan sadly before hearing him gasp in surprise turning around. "Eh!? This is Hana's house!" he exclaimed. I quickly slapped a hand over his mouth shutting him up. We both glanced at the window of the house that was slightly ajar. I saw a young lady by the window pointing behind her. I looked further and saw Kyoko.

We sneaked inside the house and I immediately ran to Kyoko. "Oh you almost gave me a heart attack!" I whispered grabbing her in a tight hug. I heard her giggle at my motherly antics before I pulled away. "I'm sorry for causing you so much trouble Luca-san," she said looking at the ground. "Oh shut up Kyoko, all that matters is that your fine." I said grabbing her in another hug before pulling away and giving her a relieved smile.

She had a few words with Tsuna, but I was too preoccupied with my little chat with Hana, her so called best friend. "You must be Hana, thank you for taking care of our little wonderer." I said smiling at her. She returned my smile before casting her eyes to Kyoko and Tsuna, "Don't worry about it," she said waving her hand dismissing the topic. I chuckled a little, turning my attention to the two people in front of me, not counting Miss Lal since she was beside me.

After our little meet and greet, we had to leave again. "Take care Luca-san," Kyoko said giving me a farewell hug before I smiled at her reassuringly. "Don't worry, I'll be back, and when I am, I'll have to give you a lecture about being so sneaky." I teased. She gave me a bright smile before I walked out with Tsuna.

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I ran beside Decimo as we neared the Namimori Shrine. "Its les than 1 km away, we shouldn't stop now." I said as we stopped from above a hill. I gazed solemnly at the view I saw and hoped, desperately hoped that they we weren't to late...

Tsuna burst out beside panting before his eyes widened in shock and fear, "There's so much smoke!" he exclaimed with panic evident in his tone. I nodded my head quietly before sprinting full blast ahead of the two. I heard them calling my name, but I didn't stop and continued my way there.

I grabbed a hold of my pocket, and got a hold of the small packet of patches. I slapped one of them on my forearm before feeling a little nauseous. I slowed down my sprint into a jog before felling a pang in my heart. A forced gasp got out of me, before I felt my mind go blank. Everything suddenly became ten times brighter, and that's when I felt it. My white flames burst around my hands, and just like it was a second nature, I swiped it over my palm and my sword appeared.

Though I didn't like Gokudera, and sometimes Yamamoto annoyed me to no end, we are allies. I may have only met them for only a few weeks, but I knew that the bond between our famiglia was strong, and that's why I pulled towards this particular generation, it was because of their bond. Their blood bond was too strong.

He who protects the bond of the Vongola, he who protects each and every one of his allies, protector of the Vongola bond, he who holds the Blood Ring shall prevail as the one who protects all of the string of fate. He who has hidden his pain for the safety of those strings, the Blood Ring bearer, the opposite of the sun, the catcher of the cloud, the holder who shares the pain of lightning, the rival and ally of the storm, the one who catches along side the rain, and the hidden dagger of the sky. He who knows all yet says nothing, the Pari Del Regno.

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I made this times chapter EXTRA long! Sorry for not writing for so many days, hope you still love it though and I'm willing to accept any comment and favorites… and maybe the occasional follower would be nice… well hope you enjoyed! And thanks for reading!

-Anies2012 fuori!

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