Sorry for the long wait! I kept forgetting to post this. (-_-')
Fun Fact: It wasn't until after I posted the last chapter that I noticed my story was in a Community. SQUEEEEEEEE XD I'm so happy! Thank you Kimi-1973 for having me in your Community of Kimi's Favorites. Also, thank you for making me check my other stories to see if they were also in a Community. Turns out WotAO is in a Community. Its called My Self-Insert's Library by Maester Ta. Thank you both so much for having me~!
Reviews:
Amu4ever: You said 'By the way tier and tear looks like typing error, but is actually quite amusing as "Tier" means animal in German. So, you basically said there were animals coming out his eyes XD' ... I LOL-ed. It was honestly one of my more funny reviews. Thanks for pointing that out, but Imma keep it just for laughs because of that joke. Also, thanks for the next 3 reviews. Most reviews in a row from one person I've ever had. x3
Xireana Prime: Papa Reborn for the win! I always did find him to be a good father figure. Except towards Lambo in the beginning. Baby cow was too annoying at the time.
Chapter 10: Mysterious Ally
1st Gen. Era, Parallel World, Italy
Unknown PoV
Unknown
I walked down the long hallway of the manor, heading for my so called Boss's office. This would be the nth time I was called there this week. I was, after all, second in command. Seriously, if it wasn't for the fact that I needed to find a way back, I would have already burned this place to the ground. If not for their stupidity of trying to wage war against the very Balance of the World, then for the fact that all their souls were so sickly and tainted.
I've never seen such abominations before. Not even that damn Spider, who had the foulest of souls I've ever seen, was this bad. At least his was alive and had ambition, a purpose. Either way, if I can at least help bring these things down, then I'll pretend to be one for as long as I need to.
The small symbol of my status and power hummed under my shirt in response to my determination. I smirked.
After all, like hell would I leave my family to struggle through this on their own.
—
1st Gen. Era, Parallel World, Italy
Reborn's PoV
Death Mountain
I watched as Tsuna fought against Kyoya, flipping over the skylark's tonfa. It has been a little over a week since they arrived to this World. I had to re-train Tsuna as he was stuck in his 7 year old body, for now. Honestly speaking, I had some pills that will get all three to regrow to their actual age, but I couldn't tell them. Not yet. They needed to look like this when the Lesser Earthlings first fight them. It would be a nice surprise later on when they are back to normal. Of course, there is also the fact that Tsuna's adorableness could help take some of them out. Seriously, he can get me to do things with that face. Even that bastard Kawahira has fallen victim to the face.
"Herbivore, I'll bite you to death!" Kyoya's voice broke me from my thoughts just in time to see him finally land a hit on Tsuna. From the sounds of it, it seems Tsuna just barely covered his bones with a layer of flames to avoid breaking.
Not good enough.
"Dame Tsuna, don't just put up your defenses right before, you must always have them up." I barked at him. Tsuna didn't show any indication to having heard me, but the slight change in his flames flow told me he did. At least he stoped letting himself be distracted during a fight. The amount of hits he's gotten from turning his attention was ridiculous.
"Don't let up! Once you have him backing up, keep going!" Lal ordered from the other side of the clearing. All four of us Arcobaleno were in the outer corners of the fighting field, making sure to get every angle and correct as much as we could. We only had today left before we had to meet up with the others tomorrow for planning. So much to do, but so little time. Tch, I hate these kinds of situations. There was an endless amount of possibilities that could change things for the worse. Taking a glance at my watch, I see its almost mid-day. Mukuro should be coming up soon, no doubt annoyed at being left out of a fight.
"Oya? You're a having fun and didn't invite me? How rude." Speak of the pineapple and he shall appear. Mukuro arrived in a flourish of indigo mist amidst the fight. It showed just how well we've been training Tsuna that he simply changed his attack's direction towards Mukuro's face. He was blocked, of course, but both had to jump back as Kyoya charged again. The fight recommenced as the three went into a free for all. I was about to correct one of Mukuro's strikes when my pacifier suddenly glowed. The others, too, reacted to a lesser extent. The sparring trio stopped to look over as well.
"What the hell was that?" Colonnello spoke up, just as confused.
"It wasn't one of the others coming?" Tsuna asked, though he sounded like he already knew the answer to that.
"It was reacting to the resolve of a fellow Arcobaleno." Fon began to explain, a slightly worried look appearing on his face. I thought of the possible reason, but the only one that fit was somewhat unnerving. "To be more precise, the one I sensed was…," He trailed off for a moment, looking over at me. "Reborn, those were your flames."
"So it wasn't just me who recognized them?" I mumbled to myself. Giving them a serious look, "We need to gather the others, now." With that, we all left the clearing and headed back to the manor.
—
1st Gen. Era, Parallel World, Italy
3rd PoV
Vongola Manor
Most of everyone has already arrived, but they quietly waited for those not yet there. Well, most of them waited quietly. Mukuro and Kyoya were sedately fighting each other in a corner with Daemon and Alaude fighting on the other side of the room. They didn't dare disturb the others though, as both Reborn and Tsuna were in deep thoughts. They would be suicidal to disturb them without proper cause. All four shuddered at the first, and last, time they made that mistake. They had sworn to never do it again, on purpose or accidental.
The door to the room opened and in came Giotto, followed by the other half of the Arcobaleno. The two skies were speaking softly, mostly mundane topics about how the town was doing and how the trip went. Though Luce, the moment she saw Tsuna's chibi form sitting on Reborn's lap, let out a squeal as she scooped him up for a hug.
"So cute~" She said, rubbing her cheek with his chubby ones. This drew everyone's attention, and some shot the small brunette looks of pity.
"L-luce-san! Please let go." Tsuna whined, but made no attempt to free himself. Her hug was like his mother, and he really missed her hugs, so he was reluctant of asking her to let go. Of course, he was an almost 18 year old man. Motherly hugs were for when in private, not in front of so many witnesses.
"Ma~, Tsuna-kun is just so cute! I couldn't help myself." Luce apologized, somewhat, and sat him back down on Reborn's lap. As much as she wanted to cuddle the brunette more, he looks far more adorable on Reborn's lap as the hitman added a lion-cub-being-protected feeling to Tsuna's already there innocent-and-defenseless-lion-cub look. She internally squealed at the image of Tsuna wearing cute lion ears, mane, and tail. She so was going to make those later.
"Chaos, Luce." Reborn greeted, drawing her from her thoughts and saving Tsuna from a humiliating experience. She gave him a grin in return, before adopting a stern look.
"Just what were you thinking, not informing us of Tsuna-kun's arrival, let alone his current condition?" She asked, but then pouted when Reborn merely shrugged. "Fine, I can see you had to train him again. He is far too small and vulnerable for his age." That made Reborn smirk as Tsuna pouted. It wasn't his fault he was so tiny!
"Well, we are all here, so we should get started." G. coughed, drawing their attention. This also made the two sets of fighting duos to reluctantly stop and sit down. Tsuna scrounged up his nose cutely, along with Giotto tilting his head.
"Nope, we are still missing someone." Luce said brightly. At her words, Tsuna startled everyone by banging his head on the table. He could sense the incoming person, from out the window. He tugged on Reborn's shirt lightly and pointed to the window, which the hitman opened. Just on time, as a white blur came flying in. The blur slid across the table and landed smoothly on the empty chair besides Luce. Once its movements halted, everyone could see just who had joined them. The current 13 year old albino simply ate his marshmallows, not bothered by their stares. The teen grinned widely once he caught sight of Tsuna.
"Mm, I heard something was off. Didn't know it was you who came to visit, Tsu-chan~." He purred childishly, popping another sugary treat into his mouth.
"Nice to see you too, Byaku-nii." Tsuna deadpanned at his given nickname, but still gave the albino a fond, exasperated, smile. Byakuran's smile widened at the endearment. The albino really was like a big brother to him. An annoying, hyper big brother that he had to rein in every time the other almost goes overboard with his crazy ideas. Last time he didn't, well, there was now a marshmallow lake in the middle of Death Mountain…
… Don't ask.
"Okay, now we're all here!" Luce said, not at all bothered by the way Byakuran came in. Everyone else who didn't really know the albino were a bit unsure, but let it go as the other three skies seemed to know him. "First thing's first, introductions~." Most of everyone sighed at that, but indulged the woman. One by one, everyone introduced themselves in their own unique ways, *CoughRebornCough*, until it came down to the last arrival.
"Mah~ I'm Byakuran Gesso, 13 years old, Boss of the Gesso Famiglia, Mare Sky, and Tsu-chan's sky brother~" He said, popping another marshmallow into his mouth. The older Vongola gaped at him, but held their questions when Tsuna threw a marshmallow at the albino. It pegged him right in the forehead, stopping any more words from him as he caught it. Where he got it, no one was sure, but it effectively got everyone's attention.
"So, now that we all know each other, why don't you guys explain to me just what is going on here?" Tsuna asked, going boss mode. He wanted answers already, damn it! Giotto looked over to Luce and Byakuran. The Arcobaleno and the Mare were the ones who knew the extent of the situation.
"The Lesser Earthlings are rising up against the TriNiSette." It was, surprisingly, Byakuran to first speak. A rare look of seriousness on his face. "In this slower Parallel World, there are more Earthlings like Kawahira and Sepira. They were content to watch over the world like they always have, but something changed some of them. This group, Lesser Earthlings as we have called them, have been constantly trying to capture both holders and other Earthlings. The former not really working out so far."
"Still, whatever they are doing with the Earthlings is causing major shifts in the Balance. Not to mention, they have brought in humans into this too." Luce adds somberly. "Many of the lesser mafia families are already on their side." A small buzz from Reborn caught their attention. Reborn, with narrow eyes, held his hand up for Leon to crawl on and turn into a phone. He read the massage, eyes narrowing farther.
"Correction, several of the mid ranked families are on their side." He said, startling the others. Tsuna, still being on Reborn's lap, tugged lightly at the hitman's hand to see what the message was. Though he let out an annoyed huff when it was a scramble of words in different languages.
"How the heck can you read this? Its just a mess of words!" Reborn smirked, before smoothly repeating what was written. Word for word. Thankfully, he did so in Japanese so that everyone could understand.
"The Ossatura, Donnola, and Ratti families have joined the Donquixote. They have been gathering many of the freelancers as well as several civilians with any notable fighting capabilities. They intend to make a strike at the Clam, assuming they are unaware of them as they tend to let the Sea and Rainbow deal with most of these problems. The message comes from an unknown number, so tracing wont do any good, but this does help us, no?" Reborn said in his normal arrogant manner of knowing something they didn't, but there was a slight tension to his shoulders. No one else in this world should know his Leon number. Those who did were already in the room.
"An attack, on us?!" Lampo cried, fear making his voice shake. The rest of the Vongola, young and old alike, had troubled looks.
"Its fortunate we informed you guys about this when we did. Any later and you would have been caught off guard." Fon said, taking a sip from his tea to keep himself in check. Attacking Vongola would mean that, despite his great fighting prowess, Alaude could have gotten hurt. Not many, if any, knew how the french man was his younger cousin twice removed. It was why they look so much alike.
"We have to prepare." G. mumbled, already going over everything needed to be done for an attack.
"My men are still out there gathering information." Alaude hissed, about ready to leave the room to call said men back.
"When?" Giotto demanded, stopping his guardians from leaving in a panic to prepare. Said people turned to the hitman, who had yet to put down his phone. Reborn closed his phone, letting Leon turn back, and looked at them with a serious face.
"Tonight."
Anyone has a guess on who that is from the top bit? Leave your guesses in a review! If no one gets it, that's fine. I'll continue to leave little hints here and there, but I wont out right say who it is. Maybe. Depends. Meh, lets see how this story goes.
Also, leave a review if you like that different PoV and want me to do more of it.