Hello? Is anyone still reading this? If yes, then here's an update! I got two plot bunnies for omakes for when this finished. This is about 20 chapters ( I really hope so). By the way, I decided to beat up my laziness and draw a cover. Not that good though.
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Special thanks to siesta sora, DandereGoneFishing(Venna), Toumei Ai, pinkus-pyon, aaa, Rinail, Ayz283, deathlover25, ezcap1st, Kichou!
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Beta'ed by Kiyomi di Vongola! Thanks Kiyomi-san!
"Oi, did you idiots notice?" Gokudera asked in a low tone. They all, sans Lambo, nodded. At the moment they wereall in the living room. Their cousins had gone to do their paperwork, it's not like this is their first time there. Tsuna on the other hand was in her room. She said she wanted to rest. Reborn is fooling around somewhere in the mansion.
"Yeah, I think it's her!" Yamamoto said.
"Kufufu, What makes you so sure?" Mukuro asked, smirking.
Yamamoto shrugged, "I just can feel it. You also feel it do you?" he asked back.
"Kufufu. . . I do" he replied.
"But we have to make sure of it first." Gokudera said, earning a nod from all of them, even Hibari.
"I-if she is her, c-can we be friends?" Chrome asked timidly.
"Kufufu. . .Of course, my dear" Mukuro replied, brushing Chrome's hair lovingly. Chrome smiled, a spark of happiness evident in her visible eye.
"We owe her our lives!" Ryohei said –shouted-, pumping his hands.
"Yeah, except the stupid cow." Gokudera sneered. "Anyway, we need to make sure of her identity first." Gokudera said, averting his gaze to a certain raven in the room. "Your cousin is the best with this kind of thing."
"Hn" The skylark grunted and left. They know he went to ask his cousin. As they waited for him, they bickered, shouted, threw dynamites and grenades, did prank illusions, and wailed/cried. The room, surprisingly, remains intact. Though, it looked as if there had been a WW.
"What the hell took him so long?!" Gokudera started to be impatient.
"Maa, maa, calm down. He'll be here soon." Yamamoto tried0 to cool him down. As if on cue, the door opened. But instead of Hibari,there stood Knuckle.
"Kids, it's time for an EXTREME lunch" he exclaimed.
Gokudera tch-ed. "We're not kids, we're 18 you know?" Knuckle laughed and signaled them to follow him. The silveret twitched, not liking to be treated like a kid.
"Knuckle! Do you EXTREMELY know where Hibari went to?!" Ryohei asked loudly.
"I EXTREMELY saw him with Alaude! He was being restrained." Knuckle replied with the same loudness.
'He must be forgetting his true intention and challenged Alaude to fight him.' They all, but Ryohei and Lambo, thought.
"Knuckle, who is that brunette that resembled Giotto?" Gokudera asked seriously.
Knuckle blinked. "She's Giotto's little sister TO THE EXTREME" he shouted.
"Do you know her name?" Yamamoto asked semi-serious which is a rare sight.
"If I'm not mistaken, her name is Sawada Tsunayoshi. Reborn and Giotto call her Tsuna TO THE EXTREME" Knuckle replied, not seeing the serious face.
The younger ones exchanged looks, save Lambo. They thought of the same thing 'Sawada Tsunayoshi. She's even called Tsuna' They recalled their pasts.
A brunette was gazing the ceiling of the dark prison lifelessly. A raven-haired boy, who just arrived at the place, smiled despite the gloominess in the place.
"Hi there! My name is Yamamoto Takeshi and that boy with silver hair is Gokudera Hayato! What's yours?" Takeshi asked, grinning like no tomorrow.
The silver haired boy perked up. "You idiot! There's no time for this! We have to escape before our cousins and parents know it! And don't tell my name"
The first boy laughed. "Maa, maa, she looks so lonely." He said. The brunette turned her gaze to the boys.
"You're new here?" she asked, barely above a whisper. They turned to her.
"Yup! But we'll soon get out. Our cousins and parents will be worried if we stay too long here" The raven stated cheerfully, as if going out of the place is an easy task.
"Tsuna," The boys blinked. "Just call me Tsuna," she said.
"I see!" Takeshi said.
"You idiot! By the way, what is this place?" The silveret asked.
"It's a lab. We are the guinea pigs," she said with dull eyes. Before the two boys could say anything more, the door opened, light shone through it. They squinted their eyes in response.
"Oh, I remember we have 6 new kids." The scientist said. "The two of you can wait. She is our first priority." He said. He signaled Tsuna to follow him. Tsuna complied. The two boys kept silent. They heard scream and cry.
After what felt like forever, Tsuna was thrown back. She panted. There were some wounds on her body and her clothes were stained with blood. She crawled to the wall. She sat up and did what she did previously, as if nothing happened. They talked every once in a while, trying to cheer her up, to no avail.
After 3 days, it was the same routine. Tsuna would be called out and came back in a bloody pulp. Fortunately, Takeshi and Hayato had not piqued their interest yet.
"I wonder why Hibari hasn't broken out yet" Takeshiwondered.
"Tch. He got his tonfa confiscated before we were kidnapped." Hayato replied.
4 days after, Tsuna was called like usual. But this time there were no scream or cry. Just sounds of broken bones or fist connected to something. Then there was silence again. The two boys exchanged looks. Suddenly, Tsuna appeared in front of the prison. Her hands were burning with orange flame. There was also an orange flame on her forehead. Her eyes were amber instead of the caramel brown eyes. She broke the door.
"You guys escape from here" she said briefly and left to release the other kids. They spent no time. They immediately ran out of the prison, searching for faces they familiar with. Soon, they met up with their other friend.
"M-Mukuro, Chrome! What happened to you?!" Ryohei asked. Blood was oozing out from Mukuro's and Chrome's right eyes. Mukuro carried his sister. Chrome was unconscious. Her face was scrunched up in pain. Her stomach was flat.
"They experimented on us. We have to hurry or Chrome will not make it" Mukuro said hurriedly. They nodded and ran out of the place. They met Alaude who were actually midway trying to release them.
"Alaude!" They all exclaimed, save Kyoya, he's too cool to do that. Never in their life, they felt so happy to meet the scary skylark. They sobbed. Then they remembered their friend. Alaude hurriedly took Chrome and Mukuro to hospital.
Alaude knew his cousin and his friends (Not really) were kidnapped, that was why he searched for the culprit. After a week, he found them, the Estraneo family. The disbanded family that wanted to be acknowledged back as a mafia. They researched for something that can make them strong and used kids as guinea pigs for it. He immediately started his action. He found the base after searching for a while. He was midway to his cousin's cage or prison or whatever the use to keep them, when suddenly he bumped to them all. Their faces shone with happiness and relief as they saw him. They sobbed and they told him about Chrome and Mukuro. He hurriedly took them to the hospital.
They were in the waiting room in front of the surgery room, waiting for Chrome. Mukuro said he was fine. He only used an eye-patch to cover his eyes. Alaude didn't mind. He bought food for all of them. They thanked him and started eating.
"Explain" was all he said. But they understood.
"We were just playing when suddenly men in lab coat approach us. They offered us foods but we didn't accept it and backed away. But suddenly we were caught in a net. They make us smell sleeping gas and when we woke up we were already there." Gokudera explained.
"Are Chrome and Mukuro the only one that experimented on?" Ryohei asked them, as they were not in the same prison. The other nodded.
"The girl omnivore" Hibari said. This earned attention from all of them.
"Yeah! Who is that girl TO THE EXTREME?" Ryohei asked, still munching his food. But the situation was too serious that even Gokudera didn't mind it.
"She was in the same prison as us," Yamamoto said. They all turned to him.
"Really?" Ryohei asked. "I was in the same prison as Hibari"
"Why did they experiment on you Mukuro?" Yamamoto asked.
"I don't know. They were interested in me but Chrome tried to cover me and that happened to her." Mukuro clutched his hands tight. "I'm not a good brother," he said. They didn't say anything.
"Back to the main topic, who is the girl you were talking about?" That was the longest statement Alaude had said that day.
"She helped us to get out!" Ryohei said. Gokudera and Yamamoto perked up.
"You too?" the silveret asked.
"Yeah" Ryohei replied.
"She also helped me midway the experiment" Mukuro said.
"Name?" Alaude asked.
"Tsuna. She only told us that," Yamamoto said again. Alaude hummed.
After long hours, the doctor finally got out from the room. They found out that Chrome's organs were broken.
"Mom will not pay for her," Mukuro said. They all knew that Mukuro and Chrome's mom hated Chrome. They stayed silent. Alaude hates their cousin, Daemon. But that doesn't mean he have to hate his cousins. He was about to offer to pay but Mukuro shook his head.
"There's no need for her to get her organs back," Mukuro said. This earned a weird look from all of them.
"What do you mean?" Gokudera asked. He did care for all of them, even thought he didn't show it much.
"I'll make illusionary organs for her" he said again.
"Is that even possible?" Yamamoto asked, worried about his friend he thought as his little sister.
"Yeah" And as Mukuro said, he did make illusionary organs and Chrome managed to stay alive. Alaude sighed.
"Alaude" Gokudera called. He opened his eyes.
"Can you keep it a secret from our uncles and parents?" he said. The other kids nodded in agreement. Alaude quirked a brow.
"Well, we don't want to worry them" Yamamoto said, understanding the gesture.
"Or don't want to be interrogated by them" Mukuro said sarcastically. Alaude thought for a while and nodded.
"But I'll make an exception for your cousin" He said to Mukuro.
"Why?" The boy asked.
"Yours and your sister eyes" The platinum blond stated, pointing to the said evidence. Mukuro sighed and nodded in understanding.
They finally went home. They reasoned that they were lost and just managed to get the way. And their parents and cousins surprisingly bought it. They still need to learn more.
Tsuna was in a trance ever since her talk with Reborn in the Garden.
"I've been wondering but what's Giotto's occupation? And how you know him?"
She gripped her hands tightly. She had thought of the answer to her question. Considering the weapons and how they seem used to it is suspicious. Even thought that she might mistake Giotto and the others were holding weapons, but her intuition assured her that that was true. She saw clearly that all the guards had at least a weapon per man. Also the attack they said before, as if it was normal to be attacked. She only came up with one answer.
'They're . . . Mafia'
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