Chapter 8: inventions
After eating I helped Bianchi to clean the dishes, we had an awkward conversation about cooking too. It was mostly awkward because everything she cooked would turn out poisonous, I never knew it would be possible, and because I was cooking without knowing what I was doing... Anyways, Reborn decided to take a dip in the little pool in the backyard and left us bonding in the kitchen.
At first I was bombarded by questions about love, Bianchi wanted to know everything about my possible love life. She asked me questions about my uncles, how old are they, what do they looked like and if they are nice. And then about my Famiglia-members, are there people around your age, how do they look like and are they nice.
After that she told stuff about Reborn, I found out that she had a rather big crush on the hitman and that the said hitman had three girlfriends before Bianchi… he had more girlfriends than Renato had at his age… and the worst thing is that she almost gave me the talk… I could only avoid the topic by using my 'interest' in her poison cooking to distract Bianchi.
The said woman decided to bake a cake because of that. And I had to admit, I still don't know how her food turned poisonous. She cooked like any other person and the ingredients were normal too. Right? Anyways, her cake turned out purple and poisonous… somehow it was even scarier than her omelet.
"How did this happen?" I wondered out loud. Bianchi looked defeated.
"I will probably never be able to cook normal food, this one is even more poisonous than the omelet…" she sighed. I looked at the cake, the smoke it emitted looked… dangerous at least and the purple color didn't exactly look healthy either.
"It will be fine… And even if you won't be able to cook normally, I will always volunteer as a taste-tester" I smiled. After all I am immune to poison and the omelet she made tasted great.
"Thanks Zero-chan" she smiled as she started to decorate the cake.
"Hmm, Bianchi-san?"
"Yes Zero-chan?"
"…Why are you decorating the cake?"
"This way there is still an use for the cake."
"…Sure." I sweatdropped. An use for the cake… But the only use I can think of is… I looked at the smoke which darkened as Bianchi continued decorating and decided that I didn't want to know.
"Do you want to help Zero-chan?"
"…I think that I'd rather watch."
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"Bianchi, come. Look over here!" Tsuna shouted from the backyard. When did he come back? I thought as Bianchi took her now decorated cake with her to the backyard. Well… it doesn't really matter, I shrugged and followed her.
"I don't like to be forced but I will tutor you soon… Romeo?" she asked surprised. I looked past her… Lampo?
No! Nope! Noooo! Please, please say that it's just a lookalike. Not him or someone who acts like him. Please. I'm not mentally prepared for that!
"Zero! Wh-" The Lampo-lookalike started to shout, but he was interrupted by a louder shout.
"Romeo! You're alive!" Bianchi shouted as she ran to the Lampo-lookalike. Then her expression did a 180 change and she practically threw the cake in his face. "Poison cooking II!"
The teen made a choking sound as the cake hit him and fell unconscious. What did just happen?
"Lambo! Stay awake! Don't sleep! Please cry!" Tsuna shouted in horror. Not only a Lampo-lookalike… but also a Lampo-name-soundalike, I deadpanned. This can't end up well…
"Maybe with the medical skills ten years later he will be saved." Reborn said nonchalantly. I looked at the hitman in confusion.
"What do you mean with ten years later, Reborn-san?"
"Ciaossu Zero. As the boss of an inventors-Famiglia you should have heard of the ten years bazooka right?"
"The ten years bazooka?" I wondered out loud. Where did I hear that before?
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Flashback
"Good afternoon Zero."
"Good afternoon to you too Verde, are you bothering my Famiglia again?"
"No… something like that. This time I want to borrow some of your people for a project…"
"You will have to ask them not me… What kind of project is it?"
"A time machine. I call it the ten years bazooka."
"Let me guess… a bazooka that let you travel ten years in the future?"
"Something like that."
…
… So Verde succeeded?
"Hieee Zero since when are you here?"
"Kufufufu... Since the very beginning Tsuna, since the very beginning…"
…
"Uncle Seth? Uncle Chris? I'm back!" I shouted while I mentally prepared myself for the scolding that I would most likely receive… though I could avoid it by distracting them.
"Where were you?" Chris shouted worried and angry as he reached me in no time.
"Kufufufu. Don't worry uncle Chris. I just went shopping and I visited my friend on my way back…" I began. "Do you perhaps know someone called Bianchi in the mafia?"
"Well… wait are you talking about the hitman Poison Scorpion Bianchi?" he asked "Why do you want to know about her?"
"So she is a hitman…" I mused while I walked to the kitchen, leaving Chris speechless in the hall.
Distraction successful.
After leaving the stuff I bought in the kitchen and wondering where Seth was, I went to one of basements where my personal workplace was located. Normally I worked on my paperwork in my own room, but I left most of the unfinished documents in the workplace. Sitting down on my soft chair in front of my desk I picked one pens and one of the many documents from my desk to read. The paperwork must be done after all. While twirling the pen in my left hand I read the cover of the document.
Reality Illusion Gloves
…Damn I forgot about the experiment that I promised Verde to do! I mentally scolded myself as I threw my pen on the desk and ran up the stairs to the basement where Seth would most likely be. The one with the most medical… objects. Both Chris and I didn't even want to know where the suspicious equipment was used for…
"Uncle Seth! We still have to- I will come back later…" I stated as I saw the grown man throw some suspicious liquids in a big black cauldron. I recognized some of the liquids as the contents of the vials which were usually attached to his belt. Seth used those vials as a replacement for explosives because they were just as explosive as dynamites and because 'dynamites are just sticks filled with gunpowder'.
Anyways, Seth has a weird habit of mixing those rather dangerous and explosive liquids in a black cauldron whenever he was stressed. An unfortunate scientist of my Famiglia once asked him about this habit while he was still throwing stuff in the cauldron and the result… let's say it wasn't pleasant, both for Koenig and the witnesses. They were scarred for life.
Right now I could either drop the subject and do the experiment later or risk the same fate as Koenig.
…
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The experiment can wait for another day…
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"Where were you yesterday, midget?" Gokudera asked when I sat down in my seat next to him. I gave him an amused look, I was testing Verde's invention. It was a successful experiment as the mist flames created real weapons which didn't disappear for an hour after dissolving the flames… But he didn't need to know that.
"Kufufufu, did you miss me?"
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, MIDGET?"
"Good morning to you too Gokudera." I flower-smiled. He shut up immediately and turned his face to the other side of the classroom. Grumbling something about 'no respect to their elders'.
"Maa maa, you should calm down" Yamamoto laughed.
"Kufufufu" I laughed too before paying attention to the lesson which just started.
"… And now the summer vacation begins!" Chinatsu-sensei said at the end of the school day. Various classmates started to cheer while a few others stayed quiet. I turned my head to Tsuna and my grin disappeared when I saw his face. That's right, he has to take extra classes. Poor Tsuna… and Yamamoto too, though he didn't look sad at all.
"Hmm, Yamamoto-san? Aren't you upset about having classes even though it's summer vacation?" I asked.
"Maa maa, don't worry about me Zero-chan" he laughed. "It will be fun and I will have too much free time for myself even with those classes haha. But what are you going to do in your vacation Zero-chan?"
"I'm going to visit my Famiglia- I meant family in Italy" I beamed. "I haven't seen them for a long time already and I'm worried about them even though my friend in Italy keeps updating me about what is happening there so now and then…"
"Your family sounds fun" Yamamoto chuckled when he saw my excited reaction. "I would like to meet them somewhere in the future."
"Kufufufu, they are…" I laughed sheepishly. "And I'm sure that you will. You guys too Tsuna-san, Gokudera-san, I'm sure that you will meet them somewhere in the future and Reborn-san too."
Though I don't think that my Famiglia is ready for another genius baby yet…
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"BOSS!" Various voices shouted when I stepped out the car.
"It's nice to be back everyone." I grinned. "How did your projects process while I was gone?" Between the complaints and reports of both successful and unsuccessful experiments I could hear someone complain rather loudly.
"He blew up the third lab! And repaired it immediately afterwards… But he destroyed a part of the Neo Estraneo grounds! Again!" I shook my head when I recognized the voice, Verde did this many times and especially to his lab. Barging in the Neo Estraneo base and tormenting the members was probably his new hobby.
"As long as he repairs the damage it's fine Innocenti, keep up the hard work… O hey Spanner!" I called when I saw the only person in my Famiglia who was around my age, though he was still four years older.
"Good to see you Nemo." The blonde teen grinned.
"I told you to call me Zero right?" I pouted. He thought that calling me Zero was too informal, but he also thought that calling me Neo Estraneo Primo was too troublesome. So he combined Neo Estraneo Primo into Nemo… which sounds even more informal than Zero in my opinion. And fishy… And the worst part is that everyone in the towns around the base knows me as Nemo now!
"Sure, Nemo. How was Japan, amazing right?" He chuckled. I sighed in defeat, why did I even bother with asking him? He never called me Zero in the three years that I've known him...
"Actually… you were right Japan is amazing, kufufufu. We brought some souvenirs for you guys from Japan… don't worry, they're just some materials you guys can use for your experiments. No… useless stuff this time." I smiled as I saw their blank expressions. They weren't happy with the useless statues that Seth brought back last time. I still wonder where he bought the dragon statues… and how he brought them with him without Chris or me noticing anything. The statues were now located all over the base to the distaste of most of my Famiglia members and Verde.
"And here you go Spanner" I laughed as I tossed him the sack with candies. "These are my personal favorites, now tell me about those blueprints that you managed to secure, did you decipher them already?" The other scientists and inventors chuckled at our excited conversation and returned to their own experiments in the base after taking their share of souvenirs.
"Well, it seems that they are the earlier designs for a kind of giant robot called… I don't quite remember the name. it was something with 'fly' if I remember it well." he beamed as we started to walk to the building. "It looks like that they tried to make a flame resistant robot as it uses flames as fuel, but it didn't work as they wanted according to the notes. Now I'm trying to build these robots, but without flames as fuel. And-"
"Some help would be appreciated" Chris interrupted Spanner. When I turned around I could see the don't-mess-with-my-daughter-look that he was giving my friend while he gestured to the unwell healthcare companion.
"Kufufufu" I chuckled. It's great to see my Famiglia again.
Now, let's start working…
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Omake: at a later date
BOOOOOM
"Damn it, Spanner! This is the third time already!" My boss shouted from the other side of the door. I chuckled softly as I opened the door. The white haired girl turned around in her chair while twirling a pencil around in her left hand.
"This time it was someone else Nemo. I'm done with my experiments for today, what are you doing now though?" I asked when I saw the many piles of paper on her desk.
"Hmm another weapon design…"
"Flame resistant? I still don't understand how it works." I admitted as I put a piece of candy in my mouth, boss made the most interesting authentic weapons and she didn't notice that those weapons made the Famiglia famous. The said boss grinned and pulled a page from one of the many piles of paper and waved it. I took the paper when I reached her desk and leaned on one of the designs-covered walls.
"You don't need to understand it, the only thing you need to know is that flame resistant weapons are normal weapons until you activate your flames. Then the weapon gets interesting..." I stared at the design of the blade on the page. On the back of the page were notes about the weapon but I didn't even think of trying to read it. I wouldn't understand it anyways.
"I sometimes wonder where you got this knowledge from Nemo…" I muttered as I gave the sheet of paper back to its owner. The design was nothing like the blueprints we made for our inventions, it looked too simple and yet too complex for that.
"Kufufufu, I learned it from an old man who was tending sheep."
"…You are kidding right Nemo?"
Right?
Hey guys, doubleyy here.
I'm back! So… anyone missed me? Thanks for the follows and favourites! I never expected anyone to read this to begin with… and thanks for the reviews! Kufufufu anyways, I had to introduce Lambo and what would be a better first impression than this? I wonder what he was going to say… but that is for me to know and for you guys to find out kufufufu. And who expected Spanner to be in the Neo Estraneo? Not me in the beginning… but I wanted someone in the Famiglia who was around the same age as Zero. Seriously, it isn't healthy to be surrounded by adults for too long… And for the flame resistant weapons: they are weapons which do not melt when fused with flames and which uses the flames for a power-up or something like that... Anyways thanks for reading and please review.
Doubleyy out.