Eyes Are The Window To The Soul
Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn.
Chapter 6: Interesting
Dia was honestly surprised how well the sword boy was doing against Squalo and she could tell that she wasn't the only one. Both Bel and Mammon, who had decided to be held in her arms again, frowned as the boy used a wall of water to avoid Squalo's attack. Everyone but Squalo and the sword boy had been brought outside to watch the battle on a huge screen. Dia thought it was interesting, the fact that this was a battle to the death. The sword boy didn't seem to understand that Squalo would kill him.
"Shishishi"
"It looks like Squalo is pretty confident" Mammon commented. Bel who had been smiling like usual stopped to glare sharply at the baby. Dia sighed. If Bel had made a huge deal of Mammon in her arms yesterday today was worse. In the end Bel demanded that Dia drop Mammon and carry him instead but Dia was lucky and Xanxus got tired of listening to them. Dia's arm throbbed a bit at the reminder of where one of his bullets had grazed her.
Tsuna's side all made noises of amazement when it had seemed that the sword boy hit Squalo. Dia was almost shocked at how gullible there are. Do they not understand what it takes to be in the Varia? Bel leaned his head on Dia's arm.
"What a naive bunch, right Onee-sama?"
"Umu... Looks like they don't at all understand the implications of being candidate for the boss of the Varia." Mammon's squeaky voice said. Dia raised an eyebrow; Bel had left out the part of Squalo being a candidate for the boss of the Varia.
"Vooiii! That didn't do anything at all!" Dia looked away from Bel and Mammon and looked up at the screen. Squalo had come up unharmed as expected but most on Tsuna's side were surprised.
Dia was bored. Unlike with Bel's battle she didn't care about the outcome. She felt no need to even be here but Bel is here. Bel wasn't the only reason she came though. Dia was curious about the person Bel had been with for nine years, after all that was two years longer than she had been with him. She had only met the Varia two days ago but she already knew much about them, it is her job to gather information. Squalo is okay, loud but interesting and he hasn't tried to kill her yet(not that she knew of).
Another reason she came was because of her Dera-chan but unfortunately for her he seemed to be religiously ignoring her. Even when she called him Dera-chan all she got was an eye twitch and a grinding of his teeth. Dia did see Reborn give him a nod of approval and Dia scowled when she realized that the baby was probably the reason her Dera-chan wasn't giving her any entertaining reactions. All she did get was a screechy Bel who practically squeezed her arm to death in a rather threatening grip while he demanded to know why the 'dirt beneath our feet' needed a nickname. Once she told him that Dera-chan was he prey he calmed down immediately and laughed a lot. Dia laughed too when she realized how much their laughing creped her Dera-chan out.
Dia felt the need to face palm as the sword boy, Yamamoto Tsuna said, explained why he used the blunt side of the sword. Bel just laughed and Mammon sighed, they were wasting time, couldn't Squalo just finish his match quickly.
Mammon had been confused since yesterday. Mammon always liked having information or at least a general idea about what he could expect from someone. But Bel had been so different ever since Dia had shown up Mammon didn't know what to think. He had tried to get information out of Dia earlier but she exposed nothing. Before Dia came Mammon always knew what Bel would do because they were the closest things to friends the Varia had. But Bel had become a different person since she had come and Mammon couldn't help but be a bit bitter. It made him wonder if anything Bel had told him was the truth. That thought made Mammon scoff at him self. 'Maybe my gender is finally coming into play' Mammon had never really cared about gender because Mammon had been called both male and female plenty of times even before she was an Arcobaleno. Yes Mammon is a girl, she just never felt the need to differentiate, if everyone thought she was a boy then she was a boy it's not like it really mattered in this body anyways. Mammon hated the bit of jealously that bubbled up every time Bel glared at her. Before Dia, Bel had killed anyone who had touched her because 'Mammon is the prince's toy' as he said.
What Mammon hated the most though was that she couldn't even hate Dia for changing Bel. Dia didn't have as big of a royalty complex as Bel did and she was smart in a way that was seriously lacking in the Varia. Dia even listened to all of Mammon's suggestions about saving money even if she didn't take the advice. No it wasn't Dia's fault that her little brother had a slightly unhealthy love for her. 'Plus' Mammon rationalized 'Bel hasn't changed, it's only around Dia' Mammon mentally slapped herself as she realized that she hadn't been thinking about money for the past five moments. 'Yes money, money is much less complicated and a lot more important.'
To tell the truth Bel had barely watched any of Squalo's battle. No Bel was much too interested in the baby who was being held by his precious Onee-sama. Bel was trying to figure out away to get the baby away from Dia without making his sister suspicious. His Onee-sama had always lectured him that a royal must take care of their subjects so she might get angry if she thinks that he is being mean. Bel looked at Mammon, why did it matter so much if Dia held the baby. Bel would never admit that he was scared that Dia would abandon him for Mammon. But all Mammon wanted was his Onee-sama's tiara much like Mammon had wanted Bel's own crown at one point. Another smaller part of Bel was jealous that Mammon was being held by anyone but him or Mosca, Mammon is his and Mosca is a hunk of metal. But Bel couldn't be jealous of his own sister not now that he had every thing he ever wanted. Suddenly Bel had a headache but he smiled anyways.
"Onee-sama give Mammon to the prince. He wants to hold him" Bel said charmingly. Dia looked at her cute little brother not suspecting a thing and held out Mammon who clutched at her jacket. Mammon let go when Bel grabbed her tightly holding her against his chest. Bel smiled wider he has solved both his problems, Mammon was no longer being held by his Onee-sama and Mammon was now in his own arms, nothing left for him to be jealous of. Mammon desperate to be distracted from how much she liked Bel holding her began explaining Squalo's attack.
"What Squalo just unleashed was Attacco Di Squalo." every one o Tsuna's side looked at her wondering why their friend didn't move. "A concussion-type sword attack that, by means of a violent shock to the entire body, creates a strong shock wave that numbs the opponent's nerves." Dia vaguely wondered if they should really be giving out so much information about their attacks "the katana wielding one who hit his own arm in order to forcibly disperse the effects isn't bad. But Attacco Di Squalo's impact is stronger even than that of having your bare hand hit by a bat." Dia sighed but stored the information away for later. "He won't be able to use that hand for a while." Mammon concluded.
Dia was still bored only now she was watching Xanxus. He looked almost as bored as she was though he watched the match. He was confident of Squalo it seems.
"Ha" he barked a laugh and smirked "the bastard doesn't change a hair no matter how many years have passed." Dia stared at him 'wonder what the history is there' she thought
"That's Squalo, after all" Mammon spoke from where she was still squished against Bel's chest. "In the end, he fulfilled his role as the guardian if the rain perfectly." Dia looked to the baby curious as to what he meant "squaring the accounts of battle; washing away the blood spilled, the requiem rain," no one outside the battle said any thing for a while.
"Because the Shigure Souen style is completely flawless and invincible." Dia rolled her eyes and Bel voiced her thoughts.
"How stubborn." Bel grinned.
"Those words are nothing more than pure bluff" Both Mammon and Bel were also sure that Squalo would kill the boy. Squalo and the boy rushed at each other, Squalo smirking all the way. Dia watched the battle absentmindedly but snapped into focus when the boy actually hit Squalo. Dia's eyes narrowed and looked over at others. Xanxus's brow was furrowed and a deep frown settled on his lips. Bel had tilted his head but smiled widely at the blood coming from Squalo's mouth. Mammon watched silently with an impassive face though Dia could tell he was also surprised. Levi was confused.
"What just happened...!" he deadpanned, his eyebrows coming together. Dia half-heartedly listened to the explanation. She was much more interested in watching the battle that could now at least hold her attention because it wasn't so one-sided. She watched Yamamoto get into a baseball stance with a frown. Squalo ran towards him only to change directions and come at Yamamoto from the side but he turned in time to block Squalo's attack. Dia raised an eyebrow as Yamamoto appeared behind Squalo still holding his katana like a bat. Her eyes widened as Squalo's left had bent completely backwards, reveling it to be an artificial hand. Dia glanced at Bel, another thing he had left out.
Squalo stabbed through Yamamoto only to be hit with a wave of water. Everyone watched as the real Yamamoto came at Squalo from a different side. Yamamoto hit Squalo point blank on the back of the head and he fell face first into the water. Shock was planted on all faces while Yamamoto smiled up at the camera with the ring in his hand.
"I won"
"What an unexpected twist" there was no amusement in Bel's voice
"How is this possible" Mammon questioned. Levi looked straight to Xanxus just like Dia did.
"Boss" he said but Xanxus stayed silent… until he burst out laughing.
"HOW PATHETIC!" Dia looked at him miffed. "He LOST!" Bel and Mammon also looked back at him oddly too. "THAT TRASH!" he was still laughing loudly from his throne. He lifted his hand up to his face. "He's out lived his usefulness." and Dia now understood 'he plans to kill the losers. He really is a king, one who cannot allow weakness' she thought amazed and enthralled at her new king. Levi jumped to the chance to please him even Mammon spoke up.
"Boss there's no need for you to do it yourself."
"Should I take care of it?" a Cervello jumped down in front of Xanxus, Levi, and Gola Mosca.
"Please wait a moment" she looked up at Xanxus "it's dangerous to enter the aquarion at the moment." everyone looked at her. "The designated water depth has been reached and the ferocious sea beast has been released."
"Hold... Wait a second. What'll happen to Squalo?" Yamamoto asked
"As the one who was defeated, Squalo's survival is no longer our responsibility."
"Wha...!" the loud white haired boy said together with Gokudera. Yamamoto picked up Squalo, putting his sword arm over his shoulder and Dia rolled her eyes.
"What an idiot" she said sighing
"What does he think he's doing?"
"He can't be thinking about saving him." Mammon said in disbelief. Dia perked up a bit when her Dera-chan yelled.
"You- are you an idiot!" he shouted the worry on his face was cute. Of course this sent Dia into her mind once again, thinking of how she would torture him. She only pulled out of her fantasy when Xanxus started to laugh again.
"BUHA-HAHAHA!" Dia looked around every one else, even Bel, was quiet "IN THE END, HE BECAME FISH FOOD! THAT- COMPLETE TRASH!" he took a calming breath and Dia had a feeling he was more affected by this than he lead on. Dia barely head his next sentence and frowned. "One part of the past is now square."
Dia looked back to the screen when a Cervello showed up.
"The victory in the scramble battle for the ring of the rain goes to Yamamoto Takeshi" she droned on "then, we will announce the match-up for the next battle." Everyone on Tsuna's side looked so down cast even though they won. 'What fools, they should be happy' Dia thought.
"Tomorrow nights battle will be the battle between the guardians of mist" Dia looked at Mammon who stayed emotionless while Bel smiled widely. Dia had a feeling that Mammon's match would be an interesting one.
Author's Note
Ok so Bel's pairing will be kind of complicated. It will mostly fem!Mammon/Bel but since I'm planning to keep this story as close to cannon as possible there really won't be any real romantic scenes. And for anyone who wanted fem!Fran there will be a bit but it will mostly be Fran being jealous. Mammon should be reviled as a girl in the next three chapters and Dia will meet Lussuria in the next chapter. As for other pairings they will only be hinted at. That is it but if you have any other questions please ask. Until next time…
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