Chapter 9: "Seeing Red and Dream's"
The day after came, and the events of before were forgotten and were not replaced by the thought of Kokuyo Land, and what may have happened. I was with the rest of the Famiglia, who were around the table when we received a call from which was really annoying. "HEY! ARE YOU GUYS STILL ALIVE, YOU LITTLE SCUMS?!" the booming voice of one to familiar blasted through out the room like a sound wave, hurting my ears.
"Squalo!" Yamamoto exclaimed making me cringe in distaste. Squalo and I met a few times before, and he had always been the loud mouth while I just listened. Those times were the worst for me. "You better listen brats, don't go moving your butts around from their even if you get any new response from the ring!" he exclaimed making me scowl at how loud his voice was. "OH just shout you damn mouth already, dear kami, its like you think the signal is going to cut of." I exclaimed mumbling the last part. His attention swept over to me before a full blow smirk appeared. "Hey there little princess, how the guy?!" he exclaimed making want to throw a rock just to shut him up.
"Whad'ya mean parrot!?" I screamed at him marching over to the screen. His expression became confused all of a sudden, before he roared with laughter. "YOU don't know?! What a joke!" I exclaimed laughing harder, this time making me confused. I looked over at Gianini for an explanation, but he looked away. I looked over Miss Lal, but she had an emotional mask hiding any information I could get. I sighed in frustration, before I turned my attention to the screen. I saw Squalo fighting with someone, but I didn't really care, I wanted answers. "Well, I'd want to see you in this world. So don't die before you do!" he screamed before the screen went blank. I growled in annoyance, before plopping on the chair roughly. When all of a sudden, the door swung open and out came the most unbelievable person. "Sasagawa Ryohei has arrived!"
I was a little surprised to see him, and with Chrome no less. I really didn't want to listen to their conversation, so I just tuned it out. I saw Bianchi take Chrome away, so I just followed. "Bianchi-san, do you think she's alright?" I asked laying Chrome's clothes in a small laundry basket. "She has external injuries and has malnutrition. She probably hasn't eaten at all." Bianchi-san said looking over at the mangled form of Chrome with said eyes. I nodded slowly before sitting down on one of the chairs.
"Aren't you coming?" Bianchi-san asked when I didn't follow her out of the room. I shook my head before leaning back one the chair. "Nah, I kinda feel like it's my responsibility to take care of her, and if Ryohei or Kyoya asks for me, tell them I'm here." I said never taking my eyes of the unconscious girl in front of me. I saw her nod, before leaving me.
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I was panting hard at another failed attempt to land a blow on Kyoya. He didn't seem fazed at how tired I looked, and came charging at me with full force. I sloppily dodged and guarded each blow, but was to late to counter attack one, and got hit in the gut. "Gah!" I screamed when I banged against the wall for the fifth time this hour. He didn't say anything, and only stared at my tired body. "Stand." He stated glaring daggers at me. I heavily stood up from the ground, using my swords to balance, when I felt a disturbance from one of the Guardians. I snapped my head up at Kyoya in urgency, only to see him walking to the door.
I quickly followed behind him as he walked towards the hospital winging. I had to jog to keep up with his long strides but we were finally able to get to the hospital wing. My eyes widened at the sent of blood emitting from Chrome, and my bloodlust kicked in. I felt a hand on my shoulder squeezing me to restrain myself, which I fought to do. I could faintly here Kusakabe telling Tsuna and the others to leave, the hand on my shoulder traveled to my back, ushering me to move to Chromes side, "I need you to give some of your strength to her." I heard Kyoya instruct, guiding my hand over Chromes rings.
It was kinda hard for me to concentrate on what to do, while the smell of blood wafted to my nose. "Give… Give me a sec…" I muttered trying to concentrate only about giving her some of my strength.
I tried letting all my flames gather onto one small point of my palm, before feeling a huge portion of my strength disappear. I fought to keep up right, but was failing miserably since I slumped on the edge of the bed. Kyoya caught just as my body started to slip of, and we both left. But come to think of it, I never really knew what was wrong in the first place! Gosh, sometimes I wonder how I became a boss… oh yeah, o wonder what happened to the Valentino estate without me, are they even alive? Heh, I kinda feel sleepy…
I felt my body grow slack from exhaustion, before every thing went black.
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I HATE DREAMS. People say they're either your hopes and desires, or your fears and nightmares. When I get a dream about my fears and nightmares, its either something about my past or the worst case scenario someone dying, while when I get a dream about something I hope for, or desire It becomes really awkward... and I usually don't like the feeling I get when those kinda of dreams, if you get what I mean… I will now explain my dream in great detail, so please bear with me.
I was sitting on the ledge around the rooftop of the Vongola estate, when I felt a shadow loom over me. My eyes were closed, but I somehow new who it was, "Its not proper to sneak up on people Tsuna." I stated, opening one of my eyes, I was not ready though to find that Tsuna's face was only inches away from mine. My eyes widened at this, and I quickly rolled to the side to avoid such, uh… occurrence.
His eyes flashed with an emotion that I couldn't understand, before he calmly walked over to me, "I was just going to ask if you wanted some company." He stated. His tone was the one he usually uses when he was in hi Hyper Dying Will Mode, and it was kinda weird hearing it in a normal conversation.
I nodded m head slowly, before he sat next to me. The bright morning sky was cloudless, while the wind picked up making my hair whip around my head. I felt eyes staring at me on the side of my head before they too looked up at the sky. "I like the wind," I said quietly closing my eyes, as the wind continued whipping my hair around, I felt a hand over mine which immediately snapped me out of my blissful daze. "And I love you." I heard Tsuna say from beside me. I looked over at him with wide eyes, speechless at his declaration.
I tried to take my hand away from his, but I could feel his grip tighten, not letting me get away. I saw his head move closer to mine, and almost like I wasn't in control of my body, I too move forwards. We were centimeter away from each other, almost touching, but when I finally felt his lips on mine, I felt freezing cold, and everything disappeared.
I woke up with a start, hoping that I was only dreaming, when I felt cold moisture on my face. I looked up to see Kyoya holding an empty bucket of water on his side. My surprise was quickly replaced with annoyance and I sent my deadliest glare at him. "What was that for!?" I screamed flicking my arms to try and get the water of.
Out of nowhere, a towel was thrown at my face, which made me even more annoyed. I looked up to glare at Kyoya, but he was already at the door. "They've been worried, you should go see them." He stated before gently shutting the door behind him. I took the towel beside and rubbed my hair, I took the time to wipe the water from my face trying not to march after Kyoya to give him a piece of my mind.
I found a set of clothes on the counter next to the bed I was in, before standing up, trying to stretch the numbness away from my muscles. "Your finally awake." I heard a very familiar voice hiss behind me. I whipped my head towards the sound of the voice, when I saw a certain black snake. "Azzu-chan!" I screamed jumping into the bed and hugging the little serpent. She chuckled in amusement, before wrapping herself around my neck loosely, "Yess, itss me." She cooed making me smile.
Azzurra had always been like an older sister to me, even if she was just my partner in crime. She was always understanding and caring, and when she gave advice she wouldn't expect you to follow, unlike some certain people.
"Well, I think it's about time you get back in action," she said slithering of my neck on the stack of clothes that was left behind. I nodded happily before removing all my dirty, wrinkled old clothes, and putting on a bright blue tank top, and ripped black shorts. I laced on my combat boots, before running full speed to the kitchen. "Haru, Kyoko!" I exclaimed hugging the unexpected girls who were working on the food. "L-Luca-chan!" they exclaimed quietly before smiling happily and returning my hug. "Your awake!"
I smiled happily at the two before pulling away, "Yeah, but enough of that. Do you know were the rest are?" I asked jumping up and down like a hyper active kangaroo. The both giggled at my antics before smiling like kids who were given candy, "Yeah, but they're having a meeting right now," Kyoko answered stirring whatever was in the pot. "Oh? Well okay then, I'll just go find where they are!" I screamed stealing an apple from a near by basket before running around the base like a racecar.
I finally found Tsuna come out of his room, and I immediately hugged him, "Tsuna!" I screamed happily letting him go, I gave him one of my most genuine smiles, when the image of him kissing me appeared in my mind and I quickly looked away. "Luca-san, your finally awake!" he exclaimed looking over at my arms to see for any injuries before blushing bright red. I raise an eyebrow at him, quietly asking if anything was wrong. "D-Don't worry about it," he stuttered waving his hands around which made me smirk a little.
"Luca your awake!" I heard the familiar voice of a certain idiotic baseball freak exclaim from behind me. I turned around quickly before hugging the two boys. (Hey, I didn't know Gokudera was there, so I just let him in on the hug) but sadly he didn't seem to like the idea of a hug, "Oi, get your hands of me!" Gokudera screamed in irritation. I happily let go of him before noticing how sweaty they were. "What happened to you guys? You look like you just ran a marathon!" I asked, two of the three boys chuckled at me, and I bet you could tell just who chuckled and who didn't. *cough *cough Gokudera *cough.
"We just finished training," Yamamoto explained making me even more confused. I finally noticed the little baby on his shoulder and raised a brow at him. "She doesn't know yet about the raid," Reborn piped in before going into a full-blown lecture about, there was going to be a raid tomorrow in the Millefiori's and that their were training for the passed three days. All I can say is that I was panicking like heck! "I have to find Hibari!" I exclaimed running around the base like a lunatic, when I hit a really hard wall, well more like a person.
I stumble back in shock, before snapping my head to wards said person. "Kyoya! I've been looking for you, we have to continue my training!" I exclaimed when I saw the familiar stoic face of Hibari Kyoya. He stared at me calmly before walking around my fallen form, "Fine," he stated bluntly. I was still a little stunned at how easily he agreed, but happily went along with it.
I reached the training grounds a little later than I hoped only to see the whole room pitch black. I walked around it in interest thinking it was some kind of new training, when I felt the lights flipped open. In my moment of blindness, I felt a sudden pain erupt around my stomach, and I toppled over, both in shock and pain. "Always keep your eyes open even in these circumstances," I heard Kyoya say. I peeked up at the raven -haired man, seeing him lifting up his tonfa. My eyes widened in shock, before I rolled away barely missing the swing.
"Sloppy," he stated when I rolled away like a pig on mud. I cringed a little at my numb back before jumping up, grabbing my revolvers. I aimed my guns at him, and pulled the trigger, but he easily blocked the bullets with his tonfa. "You haven't used your weapon yet."
Weapon… I thought in question. I have used most of my weapons, so does he mean my swords? But I haven't really practiced with it for like three days… he stayed silent but continued hitting me with much more vigor, almost as if he was forcing me to use my swords. He was really showing me that he was the Guardian of the cloud, and it was kinda of admirable. "Use your swords." He stated when I stopped for a second to aim at him.
I held my position up for a while longer, making sure he wasn't going to try anything funny, before I quickly swiped my hand over the palm of the other, and two great Raipers appeared on both. He nodded his head in approval before starting his stance, while I followed.
We ran at each other in full speed, jumping of the wall, aiming kicks at one another, and using attacks with our weapons that could kill of not evaded or deflected. It went on like that for almost two hours, just like our other sessions when we either ended up with Kyoya as the winner, or me barely winning, but that was really rare.
Three hours had passed, and my energy was slowly dwindling, Kyoya looked like he wasn't even sweating! My god, sometimes I wonder if he's a robot or something…
I lunged forward, aiming for his heart, when he suddenly disappeared from my sight, making me cut through the air instead. I whirled around just in time to defect a blow from one of is tonfa's to my head. I pushed back the tonfa, pivoting around to add some force to my blow, before hitting the metal surface of the tonfa, darn that tonfa! I aimed a kick to his gut but he quickly evaded it by jumping back. I did the same to form distance before running forward.
I twisted my sword around, creating a circle, before piercing it through the place where Kyoya's shoulder should, but sadly he evaded it again. He swiped his tonfa across my head, before using his momentum for to aim a kick to my gut, which I simply moved backwards for to evade. (Matrix~) he stopped himself with his foot, slamming his tonfa on my raiper. I felt my hand vibrate from the impact, but I quickly masked the pain in shock on my face with an emotionless façade.
It went on like that for a while, 'hell on the training ground' would be the best title for what I feel right now, tired, sweaty, tired… oh and don't forget tired. I was panting really hard, and the only thing that made this training session worth it was that I was able to make Kyoya sweat! Yes, achievement of the day.
I stood up from the ground, leaning on my swords for balance before receiving a towel to the face. "Ooph!" I said when the white towel hit me, I looked up from the under the towel and saw Kyoya with an approving smirk, "Training is over, you can go." He said before leaving the training room. I stood there dumb founded, before a wide smirk appeared on my face. "Yes! Yes! Yes!" I screamed, jumping up and down like a deranged monkey.
I ran outside the training room, sprinting through the hallways, though I was damn right tired, I couldn't believe that for the first time I was able to make Kyoya call it off! Booya baby! World's greatest achievement! In my time of happiness, I didn't notice I had stepped out of Vongola territory and into Hibari's. "Huh, where am I?" I asked myself searching around.
As I wondered around like a lost puppy, I found myself in front of a sliding door, and behind it, I could hear voices. "Our chances of winning this raid, is less then 1%..." I could all the collective gasps from inside, before feeling my own body tense up. Less than 1%? How is that possible! I continued listening through the door in dismay before hearing something rather odd. "We have to remove Luca's restraints if we want to have a fighting chance against the Millefiori." I heard a feminine voice say, disrupting the silence.
Restraints? I thought dumbly before remembering the rings around my legs, arms and feet. I glanced down at the silver metal that glistened in the dark. It had been to long since I noticed them, the timer is still working properly, but it seems kinda like I'm having a static shock or something… my attention was taken away by my restraints, when I heard who I think is Reborn talk. "But the risk is to high, if the she were to let out her full potential… lets just say it would e really hard to control…"
I couldn't take anymore of this, I don't know why, but it kinda hurt when they were talking about me like some kind of… cage for an animal or something. So I did the only thing a hurt Valentino would do, I walked away like a coward. I let them be and walked away.
Coward I thought to myself when I entered my room, I slid against the door to the ground into a frustrated heap. I let out an angry sigh before looking up at the ceiling like it was the most interesting thing in the world. I let my thoughts drift away to my Family back in Italy, were they alive? Were they dead? Did they suffer? All these thoughts rushed into my mind like the Coghinas River… hahah I sounded really poetic.
I chuckled at my own acknowledgment, before feeling myself drift into a dreamless sleep. I smiled a little at the content feeling I was about to get when suddenly; I heard a loud knocking from above my room. My room was on the top floor of the hideout, so it was impossible that some one was making the racket, unless… "They found us." I mumbled getting up from the ground.
I glanced at the clock hanging above my bed, and saw that it was already really late. " I have to warn the others." I gently woke up Azu-chan, before wrapping the drowsy snake around my neck. "What'sss going onnn?" she asked coiling around my neck tighter, but not tight enough to kill me. "They found us," I stated bluntly making the little black reptile even more confused. "Whooo found usss?" she asked looking at me as I ran through the hallways. "The Millefiori's"
As I speed walked through the halls, until I heard a light ticking sound. I navigated towards the sound, hearing it grow louder and louder. Before suddenly, KABOOM!
The floor shook, while the ceiling collapsed above me. I jumped out of the way, just when a part of the ceiling came falling above me. I quickly brought out my raipers, and took a defensive stance. The smoke cleared out, and showed the thousands of Millefiori soldiers surrounding her, "It's a girl!" one said. "Take her out!" another exclaimed, before a chorus 'Yeah!'s Before all of them charged at me like lion's catching their prey.
Suddenly I felt my body pulse, I most especially the area around my rings. I lanced down at the silver restraints before they all fell of. They landed on the ground with a loud clash, before suddenly the ground around them created huge craters.
I felt like everything around me slowed down, and I saw red.
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Sorry for not updating sooner, I was a little busy with some stuff so please forgive me this! Thank you for reading though!
-Anies2012 fuori
