A/N: I thought I already posted this… O.o But… HERE YOU ALL GO~ ;D
But I warn you, this chapter is extremely short. But, next chapter shall be long, because…
More battles start~ ;D
Another Carnivore, No, Omnivore: Chapter 9
I winced as I opened my eyes and rolled onto my side. All I could remember was everything around me being too hot, then everything turning black. Rubbing my head, I snuggled into the mattress I was in, clutching my aching head. Suddenly, I was awoken by the clicking of a gun.
"You're missing in action, understand?" came a familiar voice. I turned onto my other side with a wince, my vision turning bright and filling in with black dots. I saw a blonde haired man walk over to me, rubbing circles with his thumb on my forehead. "Are you okay, Kimiko-chan?"
I got up, clutching my head. "I feel dizzy…" I muttered to myself, looking around the room to rest my eyes on a familiar figure clutching some blankets tightly. "Sawada Tsunayoshi."
"H-Hibari-san," he stuttered.
"Hibari-san?" asked Spanner quizzically. "What's he talking about, Hizuko Kimiko?" He raised an eyebrow.
Noticing, some clothing beside my bed, I tossed it to Tsunayoshi. I glanced at the clothesrack to see our clothes hanging by some line. "Your clothes are drenched, you can borrow these," I muttered, picking up another pile for myself.
Luckily, Spanner dropped the topic. Pulling on the uniform over my shorts and tank top, I got up from the mattress, immediately feeling dizzy. "Are you okay?" asked Spanner once again, tossing me a lollypop. Instinctively, I ripped the plastic off the lollypop and stuck it into my mouth, savoring the sugary treat.
Summoning Kumo from my box, he nuzzled my shoulder, looking up at me accusingly. I pet his head tenderly as Spanner and Tsunayoshi discussed something called the "X-Burner."
"I have yet to see your perfected X-Burner. I'm going to make you complete it," Spanner told the young Vongola boss confidently.
"Wha-?" gasped Tsunayoshi, sweat-dropping at the guy standing before him.
Pulling on my goggles, I looked around the room, switching into the engineer mode. Glancing at the mini mosca, I smirked. It had no real weapons. And yet, it was pointing one of its arms at Tsunayoshi threateningly from the shadows.
I got up from my mattress, leaning against the wall for support as I made my way towards the Vongola boss. Shoichi Irie had anticipated something like this happening - Spanner switching sides to aid the Vongola because something about them interested him. Specifically the "X-Burner" in this case. Yawning, I sat beside the boss.
"I'm sorry I left you guys…" I muttered. He looked at me with a look I've never seen him use - other than being in the Hyper Dying Will mode. "But I had to… Onii-sama knew. So please…"
He looked at me cautiously for a second before sipping from the tea Spanner had given him. "Fine…" he muttered. "But… If you do anything else to betray us…"
Kumo nuzzled his hands, sneezing when Tsunayoshi looked down and began petting the animal. Sighing, Spanner got up and sat down at a workstation set up in the room and began picking out microchips. Letting the goggles hang from my neck, I yawned, taking the lollypop out of my mouth. Kumo looked up at me pleadingly.
"No," I giggled.
"You're different from your brother," the Vongola blurted out.
I nodded, sticking the lollypop back into my mouth. "I guess you can say that whenever I don't have candy, then I start turning into him," I sighed, remembering what it was like during my studies abroad in America. "When I was studying in America, I remember that I would have a small chocolate at least once a week. And other than that, I never fought."
He looked at me quizzically before rolling up the sleeves of the spare uniform he put on. Getting up from the mattress, he walked up to the busy mechanic. "Excuse me," Tsunayoshi asked. "Can I ask you something?"
"He's busy working on something…" I muttered to myself, throwing the stick from my lollypop in the garbage can.
No reply. "I guess not…" the Vongola boss sighed to himself, looking back and forth in the room frantically. I sighed. He's probably thinking about the other people who are here in the base. Gokudera Hayato. Yamamoto Takeshi. And others.
"What?" Spanner finally said, pulling his goggles up to his forehead.
"What happened with the others… The ones that are outside?" demanded the Vongola.
"Outside?" I asked. "In the base you mean, right?"
"I mean everybody else! Have you heard any news about them?" he pleaded of Spanner. Spanner sighed, rubbing the lenses of his goggles. "Also, I don't understand what you said earlier. Why do you want me to perfect the technique?"
"Don't ask so much at once…" I said, standing up and walking to my mattress. Sitting down, I pressed on my goggles - no connection to the Miliefiore database. Shoichi probably cut it, knowing that Spanner had already - unknowingly - initiated his part in his plan.
"Sorry…" muttered Tsunayoshi, scratching his head.
"I already told you, didn't I?" replied Spanner. "I'm making you perfect the technique because I want to see it. I didn't kill you back there because it didn't feel right. I don't really mind killing over the remote monitor, but doing it live is just not my style…"
"What are you saying?" exclaimed Tsunayoshi. "Killing is bad, whichever way you do it!" Spanner glanced at the boy with shock, then looked at me. I nodded, knowing what he were thinking.
After a long moment of silence, I sighed. "But outside, you meant outside this room, right?" The boy nodded. "I don't know… Shoichi-san is in charge though." I couldn't reveal anything about Shoichi's plan, I just couldn't.
"Shoichi Irie?" exclaimed the boy.
"Be quiet," Spanner stated firmly before pulling out a gun on the timid middle-schooler. "But, I'd advise you not to provoke Shoichi. Although I've known this since we were both in the international high school robotics competition… But, Shoichi, he's really sharp. He's always been able to see the whole picture. He's an incredible guy."
Suddenly, the floor began shaking, items falling from tables and the Vongola's clothing falling off the clothing line. An oil drum falling on my leg, I held in a scream, keeping my cool. Summoning my twin swords, I quickly cut up the obstructing piece of metal and stood up, twirling my swords around my hands and storing them back in the box.
"Ow, ow, ow!" cried Tsunayoshi, hugging himself. "What are you doing?" I looked back at the two males to see Spanner frantically looking around him.
"I lost an important part…" the mechanic replied slowly. Noticing his Dying-Will pills and gloves free from the Mini Mosca's supervision, and from Spanner's attention, I grabbed them.
Calling the Vongola quietly, I tossed him his battling items. He put the gloves on quickly, fumbling with the lid of the pills. "Okay, now go into Hyper Mode," Spanner ordered, sitting up. "I want you to try it out so I can see it."
"B-But if I go into Hyper Mode, I think I'll be able to escape," he retorted.
I smirked, knowing Shoichi's motives. He wanted Tsunayoshi to improve his skills here, growing stronger. I summoned my swords, letting the cloud and mist flames surround me. "So what if you do?" I smirked. "We're strong."
"They'll kill you next time," Spanner said. "The Mosca I mean… That is… If Kimiko-chan doesn't kill you first."
"Spanner may have a point. Without the X-Burner, things'll be pretty rough," said a familiar voice. I glanced down to notice an extremely familiar figure. The baby! Reborn! "And besides, there's not much time."
"All right!" Tsunayoshi retreated. I smirked as he looked around him with a confused look on his face. "Reborn! What are you doing here?"
"Hello, Reborn," I smiled down at the baby, tossing my swords into the air, watching as they turned to intertwining cloud and mist flames that flew back into the box.
"Ciaossu~"
"When did you get here?" gasped Tsunayoshi, kneeling down to the image of the baby. He reached out to grab him. "Huh? You're not solid? What the heck?"
"He's a hologram," Spanner and I explained in unison. The Vongola Decimo merely looked at us with another confused look.
"It's one of the functions of your headphones. I'm broadcasting from inside the Vongola Secret Base. That's why your headphones are so much bigger. I wanted to surprise you, but the signal was bad. It just got better a few minutes ago. Anything happen?"
"Huh…?" wondered the boy aloud. "Oh yeah! An earthquake! Did you feel it?"
"Not here… So that means we're safe for now."
"Thank god!" smiled the boy in relief.
"It's yourself you should be worried about," warned Reborn. The hologram turned towards Spanner. "How long will it take to complete the X-Burner?"
"Do you know this guy?" asked Tsuna as he pointed over to Spanner.
"No," the baby said firmly. "But I've been able to hear you since you got captured, so I know what he's like. Anyways, if I left it to you, it'd never get done." Reborn paused to smirk. "You're such a slowpoke."
Tsuna backed away from the hologram. "Hang on Reborn!" He's scared of a hologram, I thought to myself amusedly.
Looking over at me, the baby smirked. "Hibari Kimiko," he smiled. "Were you here the whole time?"
I nodded. "How did everybody take it?"
"Gokudera-san was angry, and is disgusted, but I'm sure your motives are clear, since Hibari-san seems to know something and is slightly fine with it." I nodded.
Spanner held up a small box. "Now," he smiled. "Let's get started."
A/N:
It's really short… ^^;
But, review? Or send me a PM? ;DD
But remember, the next chapter shall be longer because of all the battles that are to come. :]
Also - since I'm still writing it - I'm hoping that the appearance of Hibari will also be there. 8D
And, with all of those who are looking forward to the love-interest section, there will be some hints…
Until some awesome scene that I have planned out in my head occurs. xD
OTL;;
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