Chapter: 9
"Hello? HELLO? Answer this phone right now or I will go over to where you're staying and demand answers!" she shouted to the ringing phone. However, the phone continued to simply ring. 'I swear their doing this on purpose. They knew that as soon as I had read the message, I would rat them out. So of course they wouldn't answer the phone. I know that I wouldn't" she thought bitterly. However, she continued calling until finally, an annoyed Xanxus answered.
"Trash, stop calling the fucking phone" he demanded. "It won't let me sleep and those useless members are for some reason scared of hearing you rant so they won't answer the phone". At that, Tamako simply raised her eyebrows until realizing that he couldn't see what she was doing. "Well, maybe you should explain those orders that you gave me. Do you even know who the cloud guardian for Tsuna is? It's Hibari Kyouya. He's a egotistical bastard that constantly tries to attack me with his stupid tonfas. And by the way, he hates me because I'm stronger than him. So how do you expect me to get him to fall in love with me?" She continued ranting into the phone until Xanxus finally got tired of her complaints.
"Shut up, trash. I am not doing this so that you can complain to me about the horrors of trying to seduce this person. However, because the cloud guardian is often the strongest of the guardians, it would be good to get him close to you so that when you reveal who you are, he will be hesitant to attack the Varia. Also, because you are stronger than him, that means that he won't have the means to just refuse you outright or knock you out. You can stand your own and that is why I am giving you these orders" He explained. "Now, if you're done ranting, give me the information that you have gathered."
Tamako sighed in defeat. "Fine" she said. "Gokudera Hayato is the storm guardian, Yamamoto Takeshi is the rain guardian. Hibari Kyouya is the cloud guardian. They don't fully trust me yet so I haven't found out the others, however I suspect that the Bovino baby might be one of the guardians. At the moment I am assisting in training the cloud guardian. He is strong enough to probably defeat everyone in our group besides you and me and perhaps Mammon because he seems weak to illusions. He uses tonfas that have extractable spikes and a chain. He also hates crowds and for some reason he always says 'I'll bite you to death' when he's upset. That's all I have."
At that, Xanus sighed. "Okay, that's good for now, although the catchphrase part wasn't necessary. Make sure to email the other guardians stats and descriptions. Also, since your assisting the cloud guardian, it should be easier to complete your new mission." At that Tamako just sighed and smacked the back of her head against the wall as she slid down until she fell on her butt. "No, it's not" she whimpered. "He hates me because I keep winning, but if I lose, than he'll beat me with his tonfas." At that, Xanxus sighed again. "Just try your best" he said and then hung up.
'Sometimes I really hate being the only girl in the Varia' she thought. 'If there were more girls, than I wouldn't be the only choice in seducing the cloud bastard.' However, as she grumbled, she planned for plans and backup plans, for she was part of the Varia and therefore she followed orders no matter how little she liked them.
Standing on the roof, an hour early, waiting for Hibari since he always arrives early than Dino, she wondered why she had decided to join the Varia anyways. 'After all' she thought, 'I'm not as bloodthirsty as Bel and I don't want vengeance, like Xanxus. So why did I join?' As she was contemplating, she felt a breeze pass her as she dodged right where a tonfa had attempted to stab her. "Geez, Kyouya-san, do you have to always do that?" she asked. 'First step, calling him by his first name. That will imply closeness and get others to think that we're together at least, hopefully influencing his decision later on.'
When he heard Tamako call him by his first name, his brow rose as he wondered about the sudden change. "Don't call me that. No one calls me that anymore." When she head that, she was instantly curious. "What do you mean no one call you that anymore?" she asked. "Does that mean that someone used to?" At that, he was silent, not willing to give away anymore information. However, Tamako was an expert at reading people and could immediately tell that she had recklessly barged into a private matter. "I'm sorry" she whispered softly enough that she thought that he hadn't heard it. However, he had and something flickered in him when he heard those words. However, when the girl tried to put her hand on his shoulder, he immediately pushed it away and turned away to leave.
She watched sadly as he walked off, away from her. 'What happened to him 'she wondered? 'Why does he push others away so much?' Needing answers, she called Dino and called him to tell him that she couldn't be there that day. "Sorry" she said. "I've got something important that came up." And with that, she left, intent on finding answers.
And at the same time, two grey eyes watched her from the reception room, intent on finding out why she was so curious about his past that he wished to keep hidden.
That night, after she had hacked into the police records, she realized that there was more than she thought to his story. Apparently, when Hibari had been six years old, his parents had been brutally killed in front of him by thieves. The thieves had never been found and he had been left by himself in a huge mansion that his parents had owned. So it was probably his parents that used to call him Kyouya. But who were the thieves? Why had his parents been targeted specifically? Why had the parents been killed, but the child left alive? The police had specially left things out and it bothered Tamako. However, she did a have theory. A theory that she disliked very much. However, it bothered her very much and she needed a confirmation of whether it was true or not.
'It's time to confront Hibari' she thought, and so she quickly wrote him an email asking him to meet her on the roof of Namimori at midnight and then headed towards the school.
Shivering, the girl lay on the roof with her eyes shut. It was already an hour past midnight and he hadn't come. 'In fact, why did I even think that he would come' she thought, upset at herself. As she was about to just get up and leave, a jacket came flying at her face. When she finally got the jacket untangled from her face, she saw that it was the disciplinary committee jacket. Looking up at Hibari, she smiled. "Thanks" is all she said as she put the jack over her. He simply grunted in reply.
After just standing there in silence, he stated tersely "I wish you to leave me and my past alone." She simply looked at him and then sighed. "Fine," she stated. "However, I wish for you to answer one question truthfully for me and then I'll leave it alone." He thought through it and then nodded. "One question" he stated and then waited. Tamako tried to think of a way to word the question so that it didn't sound too harsh. However, being unable to find a way to do so, she decided to simply ask outright.
"Hibari, the person that killed your parents, was it the mafia?
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