Lazura: I'm back! :) Well I ended up having to post this late because of reasons unknown(if you want to see an full explanation check my latest chapter on my sequel to SGD), to which nobody should be asking me about. Anyway we return to this chapter in finding...GASP...DRAMA?! :O lolz not really much drama except for surprises. :)
Disclaimer: I don't own KHR at all except my OCS.
~Previously~
Serena and Cozart were at the front of the Vongola estate.
"I had a great time today, Cozart. Let's go there next time!" Serena proposed.
"Yeah." Cozart's face soon became serious, "Serena, I..."
"Yes?"
"I..I lo-" Cozart was interupted when a carriage pulls near them.
The person who got off the carriage was...
Now...
"Alaude?" Serena called out to the platinum blonde figure stepping out of the carriage.
Alaude turned his head over to the direction of who was calling to him and found Serena, who was huffing, before him.
"Did you just come back from CEDEF?" Serena asked.
Alaude gave a small nod in response to her question. "Giotto needed a file on another enemy famiglia that's thought to be targeting the Vongola Famiglia."
As Serena's discussion with Alaude continued, Cozart quietly heads back to his estate finish some work.
"You?" Alaude waited for a response.
"Well me and Cozart-" Serena continued babbling about how she and Cozart went ice skating, however Alaude's eyes narrowed the moment Serena had mentioned Cozart's name.
"And Cozart said that he wanted to tell me something...but then you came before he could finish." Serena finished, "Now that I think about it where is Cozart?"
Now as you all can see Serena had no clue about what Cozart was going to say, but of course Alaude knew, "Tsk..."
Alaude forcefully yanked Serena's arm causing her yelp at the pain she received from the force of his grip. Alaude continued dragging her inside the estate until they were close to Alaude's side.
"OW! Alaude! What's wrong with you?!" Serena angrily replied to him.
Alaude finally stopped in the middle of the hallway. The grip on Serena's arm softened as Alaude turned around to face Serena's prepared to face a hoard of questions. Although Serena didn't question making Alaude to puzzle(however his face did not show it of course) on why she decided not to question him.
Serena finally spoke, "I wanted to ask you something."
"Why...why did you have to love me out of all the other women among the mafia world?"
Alaude closed his icy blue eyes giving off a smirk, "Hmph. Is that all?"
Serena meekly nodded. All she wanted was to know why him, the solitude and aloof cloud guardian, had fallen in love with her, a woman that was only given another chance to live in another world connected to hers.
Compared to Elena and the other women that live in this world...I'm the worst choice to choose to fall in love with.
Serena's heart continued booming as she waited patiently for Alaude's answer until Alaude's hand gently held Serena's. Surprised by what Alaude did, Serena glanced over to his face. A faint smile accompanied by his gaze was staring directly at her and only at her.
"You are...the only one I see."
~Time Skip~
Serena laid upon her bed staring at the ceiling thinking aimlessly about what Alaude had said to her.
You are...the only one I see.
The only one I see.
The only
You are.
"...Alaude," Serena's heart fluttered as that scene replayed over and over in her mind. Serena buried her face into the pillow.
I'm not even from this world...yet he chose me. The only reason why I'm still alive here is only thanks to Brando along with my strength...in the end, not only had Alaude fallen for me. I fell for Alaude.
Serena with her mind made up had decided.
I...I am going to not waste this life that Brando has given me. I will live as long as I can here together with the people I now treasure.
~The Next Day~
Today for the first time Serena was paired with Alaude to go on a mission. Now normally she would be often paired with G or Asari to a mission, however this was the first that has ever happened.
Both Serena and Alaude had successfully completed the mission which was to take out an enemy famiglia's men about to venture onto the Vongola Estate.
"Alaude!" Serena came marching up to Alaude while dragging a sniper by the collar(there was a hidden sniper trying to escape)Alaude awaits for Serena's answer, however she began fidgeting the minute she met his gaze, "U-Um..."
"Hn?"
"C-Can...you...um..." Serena desperately tried to grasp the words she wanted to say until she finally blurted out, "Meet me at the gardens this afternoon?"
Silence filled the air as Serena awaited for Alaude's response.
"Fine," Alaude spoke.
Serena blinked a few times, "Wait can you repeat that again?"
"No." Alaude started making his way back to the carriage.
"Hey!" Serena ran after Alaude in hot pursuit.
Serena and Elena (before the 'FATED' meeting) at Elena's guest room...
"E-Elena..." Serena sounded desperate once she finally found Elena.
By the time Elena turned to face Serena, Elena gasped in shock to find Serena completely pale.
"Serena?! What happened during the mission?" Elena panicked over Serena's sudden depression.
"Well here's the funny part of the story..." Serena explained to Elena about what had happened a few minutes ago.
"I'm so happy for you, Serena!" Elena happily as she held onto Serena's hands.
"But Elena...I'm kind of afraid of having possibilities of someone watching while I'm with Alaude."
"Hm...don't worry! Me and Daemon can be the guards that way no one can see!"
"A-Are you sure? I'm not even sure if Daemon knows..."
"Oh he knows alright, trust me Serena...he does know whats going on between you and Alaude," Elena continued, "In fact, I think Daemon knows just because of the rivalry between the two guardians."
"I guess you're right since it's Daemon."
"Anyway...let's get you ready!" Elena quickly dragged Serena over to where Elena kept her extra dresses.
With Alaude and Giotto...
Giotto was busily signing paperwork as Alaude was reading a book in order to pass the time. Everything was perfectly tranquil until Giotto asked Alaude, "So...how are you and Serena doing so far?"
"Hmph." Alaude continued to the next page of his book without even giving Giotto a straight answer.
"...Something happened didn't it, Alaude." Giotto kept on trying pestering Alaude to answer.
"Hn."
"Aw come on Alaude! You can at least tell me what happened!" Giotto slammed the pen onto his desk and was unfortunately getting impatient.
"Is my life more important to you rather than focusing on your paperwork?" Alaude finally replied back to Giotto.
"...If I say 'yes' will you tell me now?"
"No."
"Damn it Alaude!" Giotto felt like he wanted to rip his hair off.
~Time Skip~
Serena, now wearing her the same outfit she wore when she came to this world (unfortunately Serena refused to wear any of Elena's dresses), waited for Alaude in the field of white irisis.
Where is he? Serena wondered as she looked up at the moon.
Footsteps were soon creeping closer to Serena as she continued being oblivious towards her surroundings.
Serena was about to move over to a bench to sit when she was quietly embraced by someone.
"...Alaude...? Is that you?" Serena asked.
The person seemed to have faltered a bit, so Serena was able to tell that the person behind her wasn't Alaude at all.
Oh no... Serena quietly gasped causing her to be wary of who was actually hugging her. Upon the impulse of fear coursing within her, Serena immediately wrenched herself out of the grasp and faced the person who was hugging her.
"Wh-?!" Serena froze into shock. For sure the person behind her wasn't Alaude at all, but...
"H-Hiro-niisama..." Serena uttered staring at a transparent spirit that had similar features to that of her older brother.
Short spiky black hair, wearing a dark blue kimono, a black obi, and his brown geta sandals.
It's definitely Hiro-niisama...I mean he is the only one within our family bloodline, besides me, that preferred to wear simple kimonos.
"Nadeshiko..." The spirit of her brother spoke.
"Onii-sama!" Serena tried to hug the spirit, but instead she just simply past through his body. "...N-No...onii-sama..."
"I'm sorry Nadeshiko...but...I guess I couldn't bear the thought of losing you." Serena could faintly hear him tear up.
"What about Miyu-neesan? What about Jun?!" Serena was practically shouting, but still in a quiet manner. (Jun was his two-year old son from what Serena had last saw of him.)
"I have no idea on what Miyu is doing as of now...but Jun is being taken care of by his godparents."
"...but why did you become a spirit?" Serena asked.
"I promised both otou-san and okaa-san that I would be able to protect you at all times..and now I broke that promise. Not only that..." Hiro turned to face Serena with his face completely tear-streaked. "You were my most precious little sister..."
"Onii-sama..."
"However I'm glad that I was able to meet you again and I'm thankful to see that you are still alive." His voice began getting softer all of a sudden.
"Onii-sama..." Suddenly a person gripped Serena's shoulders in a protective manner. "Alaude...?"
"I heard shouting, by the time I entered the gardens." Alaude answered.
Hiro's surprised look on his face, thanks to Alaude's sudden arrival, changed to a smile as he closed his eyes.
"I hope you can take over my job in watching over in my place." Hiro gave a look of expectancy to Alaude.
"Hn." Alaude simply nodded Hiro.
Hiro finally sighed in relief, "Now I can finally rest in peace..."
Hiro himself faded within the light of the moon and everything was quiet.
"Alaude..." Serena broke the silence. "I-I...have many things to tell you."
"However there's one thing that I wanted to tell you..."
Serena slowly turned around to face Alaude, "I...I..."
"I love yo-"
Serena was immediately pulled into a tight hug from Alaude.
"You don't have to cry all by yourself anymore." Alaude knew that, even though Serena was finally accepting to be with him, however when he arrived in time to see Serena desperately wanting to hug her brother. He knew that she needed to at least some time to herself upon this matter. "I will always be there for you."
With that being said, Serena couldn't hold back anymore and cried as she held onto Alaude for hours probably until Serena finally calmed down.
"W-We should go back inside now." Serena stopped hugging Alaude, but kept her hand interlocked with his.
Alaude gave a curt nod.
They had their hands interlocked the whole time until they reached the door.
"Thank you for being there for me tonight." Serena thanked Alaude.
"I was only following what you asked from me."
"Well...that's true." Serena had nearly forgotten since she really didn't expect her brother's spirit to appear.
Alaude's hand was suddenly touching the right side of her face. Serena's brown eyes were locked with Alaude's blue eyes and without realization, the two had kissed under the moon's reflecting light.
Lazura: I'm really...really...really...sorry for not updating for a huge amount of time. I decided to make this chapter longer because of not being able to update for a long time. Anyway here's two Omakes of what happened after that scene. ;)
~Omake 1~
An angry Elena and a calm Daemon were walking down the hallway of the Vongola Estate...
Elena huffed, "Now look what you did! You made me miss seeing my friend's wonderful moment!"
"...You mean the moment of the skylark's successful claiming of the star guardian?" Daemon replied.
"Of course I mean that!" Elena reminded herself not to go into persuasion with Daemon ever again when it comes to spying on people."Geez...I should have gone on my own!"
"Nufufu...with someone as lovely as you were, an assassin could have been lurking around there." Daemon tried to sway Elena with his words.
Elena giggled losing all of her anger towards Daemon.
Maybe it was fine on staying with Daemon rather than spying my own friend. I should at least give Serena some privacy and make her reveal what happened with her and Alaude.
A devious plan was set in Elena's mind as she and Daemon continued walking down the hall together.
~Omake 2~
Giotto sighed as he glanced over at the ticking grandfather clock.
Only one thought was running in his mind.
I should have gone with Elena and Daemon to go spy on Alaude.
Lazura: That's all for this chapter! Please review! :D