"Are you okay?" The brunette asked him. The boy didn't answer, he cowered in fear instead. "I'm Tsunayoshi Sawada. You can call me Tsuna, if you want." Tsuna offered his hand to him.

The boy looked at the hand as if it was a source of evil. At seeing this, Tsuna let his hand fall to his side. "It's dangerous here..." Tsuna softly stammered. "Lightning Mansion has so many traps, more than other places. Want me to escort you o-out? U-ummmm..."

"Enma... Enma Kozato..." He answered while shivering.

"You look cold, E-Enma-kun..." Tsuna gave him his sweater, a homemade one with a few mistakes here and there. "S-sorry at how it looks, Haru made that for me a while back. She isn't as skilful as she is now..."

Enma didn't say a thing. It wasn't like he asked for a companion, even if the guy was nice and all. "You're waiting for someone." Tsuna's word made him jolt. 'How did he know?'...

"E-eh? Wh-why did I said that?" The brunette looked confused. Enma didn't say a thing, but simply stared curiously at the brunette.

Suddenly, a voice from afar called to them. "Tsuna-saaaaaaaaaaan!" Most likely belonging to Haru Miura, but he said nothing.

"I'll be going, Enma-kun." Tsuna awkwardly bows and smiled, he tripped over a vine root and staggered to his fiancee.

Enma gulped, Rauji will be here any moment. But the place where Tsuna had fallen was emitting a sweet, alluring, enchanting smell. All the blood Enma had tasted meant nothing to him.

Enma touched the blood with his hands and licked them. All his body cells thumped in excitement. He sucked his own fingers like it was a drug. And his eyes gleamed red, far redder than his own hair.

"Have you awakened it? The 'Pleasure Game'?"

The voice sounded so far away. But Enma managed to gape a name, "Cozart..." He muttered the name of his older brother.

"Phlegm, derived from two words, Pleasure and Game. You are part of Shimon, one of the original clans that enter the game..." Cozart mused to himself. "What do you want to do, Enma?" Rauji asked, sounding rather timid.

"Tsunayoshi Sawada..." His eyes gleamed red, he smell the sweater Tsuna gave him greedily, and licked his fingers once more.

"I want him."


Chapter 11: Protectors of the Secret.


"No way..." said Dino, astonished. The bookshelf that was burned was now frozen in place. A beautiful handwriting carved in it.

'None of Humans Shall Know the Truth'

It struck both hunters—the Historians and Craftsmen.

None of their dispellers were capable of learning freezing spells. Not even leader of sub-branch of craftsman hunter, dispeller: Viper of Mist Arcobaleno.

The leader of the craftsman hunter, Verde Sparks, has expressed his interest with the freezing spells, though he didn't manage to make a device. (Yet I told you, yet! - Verde Sparks)

"Freezing spell, is that even possible?" Bianchi wondered. Well, she knows that Giotto Vongola can use the Zero Point Breakthrough, but, to this extent it wasn't flame...

It was a Blood Spell. Bianchi along with the leader of Historian Hunters alone were the ones who knew about it.

"I need to see Aria-san," said Dino with surprise written on his face.

"No!" Bianchi snapped, surprising Dino. "Nobody can see Aria-sama, Ricardo-sama forbade anyone besides the Historian hunters."

Dino frowned, not understanding. He had been told that Aria of Historian hunters is a frail lady. Strong, but she had a disease... Or something. Was that really the case?

It made Dino wonder, what is it that Aria knows, that made Ricardo manipulate everything so no one can see her?


"He burnt the Manor."

"Huh?"

Byakuran flashed his signature foxy grin. Enma eyed him warily. Adelheid squinted her eyes. "Pardon?" She asked.

"He burnt the Sawada Manor." Byakuran repeated. Joy and excitement sounded so vivid in his voice.

"That speeds things up." Enma's eyes glowed as he grip the sweater on his lap. "They're the ones left who knows about us. The 'Protectors'." Enma threw a dart to a dart board with a photo stuck to it.

"Sawada I-Pin, Tsunayoshi's former subject of Blood Addict." The dart missed her actual photo. "Ricardo Vongola, in some way, he blocked the truths, right?" Enma throws another dart. It hit his photo perfectly. "Luce, Aria, and Uni Giglio Nero. Those three are bound to the ancient covenant to not tell the truth." He throws three darts and all of them hit anywhere but their faces. "Lambo Bovino of Underworld wolves. Possibly the closest Protector to him." Enma gritted his teeth in jealousy. The dart landed on the picture's face and the photo burned.

"Replace that later, Adel." Enma's eyes gleamed redder, fiercer. Adelheid can only nod. "And the last..." Before Enma can throw the dart, the door was opened by a hooded figure.

"Ah, you." Byakuran greeted, smiling. "Care for marshmallows?" He asked.

"No thanks, I'll have one myself later." Her voice chimed.

"I guess it's time, you do know the hunters very well, don't you?" Byakuran chomped the marshmallow. "If you see him, can you tell him my regards?" Byakuran added happily.

"Of course, Byakuran-sama." She smiled, gripping the cross bow around her waist.


It's been such a long time since Dino opened his chat logs with I-Pin. But something piqued his curiosity regarding that ice. He just felt that something I-Pin said has something to do with it.

When he found it, he froze.

Dino-san, I have...


Thank you for Solera for beta-ing this...

And anyway, anyone can guess who's the mystery girl?

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