I almost can't believe this fanfic has made it to double digit chapters. I can certainly thank whoever has read this fanfic for that, and a special thanks to the people that have sent me reviews before. Katekyo Hitman Reborn belongs solely to Akira Amano-san.
The five guards brought the Illusionist to a decorated door. The insignia of the organization was centered on the dark wood. It was clearly stated that the name of the organization was Bloody Syndicate. Mukuro assumed the boss of the syndicate was seated on the other side of the door.
One of the guards shoved him roughly, "Well? Go inside already. Our boss does not like to be kept waiting."
"Thanks for being the best escorts I've ever had." Mukuro's voice was dripping venomously with sarcasm.
A guard raised his hand to hit some sense into the blue haired man that stood before him. One of his colleagues grabbed his wrist to stop him from following through. Mukuro grinned and let himself into the room, leaving the guards to stand out in the hallway.
"There you are. I was beginning to think my incompetent guards got lost on the way here."
The blue haired man wasn't sure what to say to that. The boss sat at the edge of his desk like it was meant for him to nonchalantly sit there all the time. His long legs dangled down almost touching the ground. Meaning this guy was decently tall. He wore a dark suit, but it was really messy. The man's tie was loose, and the suit jacket was wide open. The button-up underneath the jacket was unbuttoned in random spots. His sleeves were rolled up, and the collar of his shirt was standing up rather than being tucked down.
Tattoos littered both harms. Perhaps the point of rolling up his sleeves was to show them off. There was a thick chain hanging from his neck with the syndicate's insignia for the charm. His hair was short, and gelled back. He had a nasty scar on his left eye that sealed it shut when the wound healed. The man's hair color was a dark brown that matched the deep blue of his eyes. He definitely had character, that was for sure.
"Where are my manners? I should be introducing myself to my lovely captive. I hope you don't take offense to my appearance. I've been...busy, and haven't had the time to straighten myself up. Anyways, my name is Orcus, and welcome to Bloody Syndicate." He offered the Illusionist a warm smile.
"You want to explain to me why I'm here?"
"You just cut to the chase, don't you? However, I don't feel the need to answer your question considering you didn't have the courtesy to introduce yourself to me."
"Mukuro Rokudo, Vongola Mist Guardian. How do you do?"
"Even decided to include your title? How very kind. Would you like to know my title? I aptly named myself after the Roman Punisher of Broken Oaths."
That wasn't a piece of information Mukuro cared to know. All these formalities had gotten them nowhere. The blue haired man still didn't know why he was here. It would be nice to know why they bothered to capture Ghost too.
'I'm not sure what tricks this Orcus has up his sleeve, but I won't know that he's sealing off my power until I try to use it.'
Mukuro pulled his box weapon out from his coat pocket. He inserted the ring into the box. Nothing happened when the two items came into contact. The Illusionist was far from surprised. He slipped the box back into his coat pocket.
"You don't seem disappointed considering that had no desirable affect." Orcus noticed.
"I figured something like this would happen, but what I don't know his how you are suppressing my Mist Flames."
"I had my men inject you with a liquid when they took you from the Millefiore mansion. I'm sure you didn't feel a thing because of the sleeping gas."
The new question was, what sort of a liquid could suppress someone's Flame? There were physical locks for such cases, but not a liquid. To his knowledge it wasn't something the Arcobaleno Verde concocted either. Although, somehow the boss of Bloody Syndicate managed to get his hands on such a dangerous weapon. A liquid of this caliber could possible even stop his lover in his tracks.
"That's the whole point of all of this. You mean to inject Byakuran with this stuff to bring down the Millefiore." Mukuro realized.
"You really are one intelligent Illusionist to have caught on so fast. The man did kill my Right Hand Man after all."
"Yes, because of what he did to me." The blue haired man had an edge to his voice that told Orcus he was getting a bit defensive.
"Simply pin the blame on the Millefiore Cloud Guardian. Everything that's happened up to this point is his fault. The two of us have history together that not even your lover knows about. Let me tell you the story of how the two of us met."
"I'm not interested in the slightest to hear it."
The brown haired man drew a loaded gun from his desk drawer. He pointed the weapon at the blue haired man. To carry his point across he made sure to visibly flick the safety off.
"I'm not giving you a choice in the matter. Be warned that I'm prone to have an itchy trigger finger. I hope that's enough incentive to want to listen to my story now."
'Best to listen to what this man has to say, and find a way out of this during his explanation. I hate giving up without a fight, but my options have dwindled into nothing.', while he though the Vongola Mist Guardian took a seat.
"Very good. I'm so happy you've decided to comply." The gun stayed pointed at Mukuro even after Orcus started his story from the first time he encountered Kikyo.
"What's your connection with the leader of a syndicate?" They still had a ways to go before reaching Bloody Syndicate's base so Byakuran wanted to strike up some conversation to pass the time.
"To be honest, I was more acquainted with Chiaro than I was with Orcus." Kikyo admitted.
"That wasn't what I was asking, and I figure you didn't happen upon their group one day thinking to yourself that they would make great allies."
"Actually there is some truth to that, believe it or not."
It turned out that a few years back Kikyo was doing some research to see what other powerful groups were out there in Italy. Bloody Syndicate was one name that kept popping up in his search. He thought it would be worth it to spy on the legendary syndicate. What he hadn't anticipated was getting caught while he was spying. That proved how top notch the group was, but the Millefiore Cloud Guardian was stuck.
He didn't have a good handle on his powers at the time, which left him defenseless against Orcus and his men. Although, they did suffer some casualties on that day because the mint haired man tried using his powers anyways. Some of Orcus' men attacked him to stop him from doing more damage. Those were the men that lost their lives. Orcus had the rest of his men stand down.
They waited until Kikyo's Cloud Flames ran out. Once he was nearly drained that's when the enemy captured him, and threw him into their underground holding cell. Then, all the mint haired man could do was figure out how to bargain for his own life. After seeing the display of Kikyo's powers the leader of Bloody Syndicate became interested in the topic of Flames. He wanted to know how they worked, and better yet, how he could stop them from working if the need would ever arise.
Orcus directly told Kikyo that if he could figure out a solution to what he wanted then he would be free to go. The idea got the Millefiore Cloud Guardian thinking. He remembered how Ghost could drain someone's Flame with a single touch. It would be a tricky process, but he wondered if there was a way to get a sample of Ghost's intangible body.
It took the mint haired man a few days to come up with a plausible idea, and the worst part about it was that he was running out of time. The reason being, Orcus decided to set a deadline for Kikyo to come up with an idea. It was literally the day before Bloody Syndicate was going to execute him that the mint haired man came up with something. He could use his Cloud attribute of propagation. Not even Ghost's intangible body should be able to slip through that.
On that note, Orcus let the Millefiore Cloud Guardian return home. He promised that if Kikyo ended up backstabbing him that he would surely come take revenge on the whole Millefiore family. With all of the Millefiore Guardian's getting used to their powers they would surely lose a large scale fight like that. To make matters worse, their boss was out and about to recruit the last two guardians.
"I'm glad we had Ghost by that point in time. Otherwise, I might not be here today." The mint haired man paused the story to say.
Once he was certain that he attained a decent amount of the Millefiore Lightning Guardian's body, Kikyo returned to Bloody Syndicate. He gave the test sample to Orcus, and quickly tried to leave in order for him to be done with these people once and for all. The brown haired man liked the necessary risks the mint haired man took just to spare his own life. He proposed that if the two of them made an oath right then and there that Kikyo, and the family he worked for, would always be safe from Bloody Syndicate.
The mint haired man agreed to the unwritten oath. Afterwards, he would constantly make deals through Chiaro, Orcus' Right Hand Man. One side would have a favor to ask of the other side, and that side would see to it that the job got done. The unwritten oath stayed in place until the day Kikyo had Bloody Syndicate capture the Vongola Mist Guardian.
"I take that back, Orcus would not have cared if I left Chiaro and his men to face off against Kokuyo alone. Our unwritten oath was broken when you killed Chiaro, Byakuran-sama. From the looks of it he only has it out for you though, but it's my fault that you got involved in the first place."
"I can't believe I never knew of this until now, and it was all because I hadn't been around at the time all of that was taking place. I'll have to show this Orcus that we are much stronger than what we used to be." For the rest of the time the two of them remained silent.
Kikyo could deal with the silence. He put a lot of energy into explaining everything in detail. Now he had a chance to rest, and recuperate. He knew the leader of the syndicate would not be pleased to see him, but here he was again taking risks. This time he was risking it for someone he cared about, and not himself.
Mukuro recieved roughly the same story in less detail. That was because Orcus didn't know as much as Kikyo had. When he was finished he set his gun down on the desk. The blue haired man took note that he didn't bother putting it back in the drawer.
"Now you know, and in a way I'm getting back at Kikyo too. I remember how he had the hots for his boss. Killing the Millefiore boss would cause the both of you despair."
"What about Ghost? What part does he play in all of this?" It could prove advantageous for them that Orcus was not up to date on who Kikyo had the 'hots' for.
"He was a mishap. My men weren't supposed to take him captive too, but here I am, stuck with him anyways. Enough about the past, let's live in the now to see what happens next. I eagerly await your lover's arrival, but until then we need to keep ourselves entertained. Wouldn't you agree?"
'I really hope this isn't a syndicate full of perverts. Chiaro was bad enough.', "Define entertainment." Mukuro moved away from his seat to stand up.
"I think you know exactly what I mean."
Orcus moved a few steps forward. Each of his hands held one of Mukuro's wrists. He pinned the blue haired man up against a while. He placed his knee in between Mukuro's legs.
"Resisting never gets anyone anywhere." Orcus purred into the blue haired man's ear.
"Clearly you've never met someone like me before."
Mukuro swung his head forward, and bashed his forehead on the brown haired man's forehead. Orcus stumbled backwards rubbing at the red mark that was forming. The blue haired man made a break for it. He quickly abandoned Orcus in his office. The leader of the syndicate grabbed his gun from the top of his desk to go after the Illusionist.
"Do not let him escape!" Orcus called to his guards, "Block him off from the beginning of the hallway! Leave no escape routes!"
The five guards from earlier formed a line at the front of the hallway. Mukuro wished he had a weapon on him at the very least. Wishing wasn't going to do him any good right now though.
"That was a stupid move on your part." The brown haired man growled.
Orcus fired two bullets into Mukuro's right leg. The blue haired man dropped down on one knee. Orcus fired another bullet into Mukuro's left leg. He refused to go down, but the pain was catching up to him. Orcus could plainly see how stubborn he was being. He shot another two rounds into Mukuro's left leg. The Illusionist fell flat on his stomach.
"Drag him back to my office. Then, return to your posts." Orcus turned to walk ahead of them while the five guards collected the Vongola Mist Guardian off of the floor.
'I'm in a lot of trouble now...Is it too much to ask for a peaceful life? I suppose someone like me does not deserve something like that, but still...', Mukuro was losing his strength to fight back.
"We're here, and it's about time too." Byakuran said to his Cloud Guardian as they landed in front of Bloody Syndicate's base, "Are you able to walk on your own?"
Kikyo carefully jumped down from his boss' back, "I think I'll be alright." He took a few steps forward, and steadied himself out.
"Marvelous, now let's make a grand entrance these guys couldn't possible forget." The white haired man already had both his white, and his black dragon at his side.
I'm not sure how many more chapters there will be, but I do feel that this fanfic is getting close to the end. Unless I can come up with more scenarios to add on to the story, but I don't want it to feel too drawn out. So maybe a rough estimate is two or three more chapters. Please review, and let me know what you think. Thanks (^.^)