Hi ! That's the chapter 11 ! The manga is owned by Akira Amano, I only own the OC. 35 followers and 20 favorites ! And sharkswillruledaWORLD, thanks for the review, and Luciana will know for Xanxus before the Ring Battle, in a fews chapters actually. Anyway, I apologize for the OOCs and for the mistakes.
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"I've found it in only one hour this time !" I say proudly in Chinese, but with an awful Italian accent. Lichi, Fon's monkey, happily in my arms.
"Better than last week, I expect you to find him in thirty minutes next time."
I nod, smiling proudly. Finding Lichi in a three square kilometers bamboo forest is really not easy. And you know what ? It's been a year and two months since I arrived in China. My Chinese is so much better ! Even if I still have an accent. I'd rather know how to speak before working on the accent.
But a year and two months...I still remember how, two months ago, Dino didn't want to let go of me when I had to go back in China. Apparently because I don't answer his calls enough, that if he gave a phone it was to contact me and bla bla bla. The most surprising of all, it was when Belphegor called me and asked where I was. Even today, I don't know how he had my number.
"Now you can go back to practice your technique that you want to master."
"I say that the Hyūga in Naruto are geniuses for giving me that idea."
Explanations ? Well, you know the manga I've just quoted, right ? And the Hyūga clan which can block the chakra circulatory system when the send chakra ? It gave me the idea to do the same but with my flame. Of course, knowing my flame has the factors of the Sky AND the Storm Flames, so Harmony and Disintegration, when I send it in the good place it's deadly.
Well in theory ! Because Fon is making me train on wood mannequin for the moment. It's already fucking hard to focus my flame on the palm of my hand and not a ball of flame, a month to manage to do so, two fucking weeks to keep the flame on the palm on my hand for more than a second, but now I have to find the good dosage ! And you know, my flame, with a normal dosage, can destroy a wall with no problem -Fon should know a girl's sleep cannot be disturbed-. So, that's with exactly with thirty-two destroyed mannequins that I try. Again.
"That's so hard." I mutter once the mannequin was burned, one more time.
"You need more practice."
"I know ! But how much practice do I need !?"
"Enough for you to still have years before you."
One thing pissed me off. How the hell does Reborn think he is for telling my health condition to Fon !? The only explanation I got was that, because I discovered the Arcobaleno's curse, the Arcobaleno had the right to know about my health. At least, the one Reborn can support. After that, he just hung up on me ! Fucking Reborn !
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"I have to be away for a short while. I have family business in Japan I have to take care."
I must be important, for him to speak Italian...it mean he wants to be sure I understand.
"But you will have to do something for me."
"Action ?" I quickly ask with a smirk.
Training is good, but in real condition it's better. And if I have to kill some people...well too bad for them !
"You know I am often hired as a bodyguard, don't you ?"
"Yeah, but I don't get the connection."
"I have been asked to rescue a boy named Chang Luo. It's the son of a businessman from Beijing, but he owes a certain amount of money to a mafioso group which used to be affiliated to the Triades. But now that that group, which called themselves Lóng de yǐngzi, has worked for Luo-san, who hasn't paid. So they have kidnapped his son and wants ransom of 408,000 yuans.
"So none of them are people to hang out with, but someone has hired you." I sum up, earning a nod from Fon.
"I am leaving tomorrow, Luo-san has asked us to find his son within a week."
"Asked or begged ?"
He sighs, I smirk in amusement. I truly believe the teasing side of my personality drives my poor tutor to despair.
"I already have found the address. It is located in a warehouse in Liaoning Province*, in Dalian**." Fon informs me, giving a paper. "Feng will be here tomorrow around ten o'clock and will bring you in the city, then you will be on your own."
"Just a question, what if I fail ?"
"I will be in the obligation to make you go on a diet."
"WHAT !? But I'm on a diet since the day I arrived ! I've lost all the extra pounds I had already since I was adopted !"
"Do not exaggerate." He sighs. Again. "You have lost weight but you have gained in muscle mass and improved your agility and flexibility."
"Yeah you're right..." I mumble under my breath, crossing my arms over my chest. "I couldn't do a back flip before..."
Because yeah, I can now ! Like splits or cartwheels and stuff like that. It's crazy what we can do when we're learning kung-fu.
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"Thanks for the ride Feng." I tell when I get out of the car.
"The city is huge you know, you might need a few days. There's an hotel at the crossroads in front of us, take a room there.
I nod and close the door of the car to walk to the hotel, a back-bag on my back. Feng seemed sad today. Oh yeah, Feng is...how could I say it, she's my teacher ? Yeah that's it, she's my teacher. I had to quit school in Italy in order to go in China, so she's in charge of my education, and I follow the same program as in Mafia School. Even if in the beginning her connection with Fon was weird to me, she would his cousin's daughter, now I get it. After all, how a woman in her early-thirties could be younger than a baby ? But when you know Fon used to be a adult something like twenty years ago, it's understandable.
When I'm at the hotel, I book a room and dash to it, not giving a fuck about the surprised look of the receptionist. Ten year-old girls probably don't rush in an hotel alone very often. Anyway, I leave my bag on the bed and bring out everything I had put inside. Clothes, obviously, some tools, explosive powder and other shit to make bombs. Well, to try to make bombs. This time, it won't explode to my face ! The best I could have is a guinea pig to try them. Whatever, night's starting to fall, I'd better go to bed.
When I open my eyes, the sun has barely raised. I take my time to prepare and don't forget to take the address Fon gave me with a map of the city. Let's start the mission.
Two words. Fucking. Creepy. Men go in and out of the building, and they don't seem to be really nice with their weapons out. Not that I can't have them in one time with my flame, but Fon asked me to find...Chang, that's it ? Yeah that's it. Yeah, so I shouldn't blow the warehouse up. And you know what, illusions are so fucking useful ! I've been invisible for a couple of minutes now, and nobody has seen me ! I just have to find another entrance and...
"Who are you ?" A husky voice asks me. I feel the cold metal of a blade on my throat.
My body gets tense, but I don't lose my cool. I can't lose it. And this voice sounds really familiar.
Wait, a blade ?
"Superbi ?" I try, breaking my illusions.
His shocked face is priceless. I didn't know he could open his eyes so wide. He suddenly grabs me by the arm and drag me to a dark corner, so that nobody sees us. Now I look at him closely, I can see he's wearing a uniform, from the VARIA if I trust the emblem on the sleeve of his coat. However...
"What the fuck are you doing here !?"
"What the hell happened to your hair ?" I ask in the same time.
A vein pops on his forehead. No but seriously, why does his hair reach the middle of his back now ?
"VOOOOIIII !"
"You heard that ?" A man says, startled.
"Fuck !" Superbi grumbles. He pushes against the wall when two armed men discover us.
He rushes to them and slits their throat without hesitation, blood splattering his sleeve. The problem is, other are coming. So I reach Superbi, take his arm in my hand and start an illusion to make me invisible. Come on...come on, imagine Superbi disappear with you Luciana.
Well, I guess it worked because they run in front of us, glance at the bodies and go back to the warehouse. I break my illusion with a tired sigh. Spreading the illusion to someone I touch is more exhausting that I thought it would be. I peek at Superbi, who's staring at me with a raised eyebrow.
"We can't stay here." I whisper, slowly catching my breath.
I start running the go back to the hotel, dragging Superbi like I can behind me. Gosh, if only he could stop vooii-ing under his breath.
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"VVVVVOOOOOOIIIIIIII !"
Note to myself: when I'm near Superbi, I should put my fingers in my ears.
"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING HERE BRAT !?"
"Training ?"
"TRAINING ?" He repeats like an idiot, sitting on a chair.
"Yeah, training. You know, that thing you do to learn how to fight and..."
"I KNOW WHAT TRAINING IS BRAT !"
"Can't you just stop with the screaming for once in your life ?"
He glares at me and crosses his arms over his chest.
"Why would you learn how to fight ?" He asks me with a normal sound.
"I don't want to have to wait for Dino to save me in I'm in danger, it already has happened one and..."
"What do you mean it has already happened ?" He cuts me with a frown.
"Oh, I got kidnapped the night of my ninth birthday, bu I'm okay. You know, that's the reason Dino's called the Bucking Horse now.
"And why the fuck did you choose China ? Why didn't you stay in Italy ?"
"I have no reason to tell you. Now, tell me what you were doing at this warehouse."
"Those scums thought they could compete against the VARIA, so I went there to show them who were the strongest."
"Ha, it'd be nice of you not to kill all of them and let my client come with me."
"Client ?"
"Yeah, my master was hired by a guy whose the son had been taken as a hostage. But he had to leave for Japan, so I'm taking care of it. So, now we know why the other is here, can we go back there together tomorrow ?"
"Why would we go back together !?"
"Better kill two birds with one stone. You show them who's the strongest and all that shit while I find my client's son and get out with him. It's a win win situation."
He raises his left arm to protest but his hand falls.
Literally.
I stare at it, then his wrist, and the hand again. I end up picking it up, being careful not to cut anything with the sword attached to it.
"Since when do you have a fake hand ?"
"VVOOOIIII ! Give it back !" He yells, standing up.
"What's the point ? I mean, it's obvious it can't stay anymore because a small screw decided to go away on its own."
It feels weird to say that about his hand.
"I can fix it for you if you want to."
"What do you know about this ?" He asks with a hint of curiosity in his voice.
"You'd be surprised of all the things I can do. But I do that if I can come with you."
He frowns and finally nods to accept my proposition. Sixteen and a half and he still don't know he shouldn't underestimate people ?
Anyway, his hand and his sword are fucking wonderful. I mean, there's not a lot of sword with hidden holes in the blade, right ? Oh fuck me, Superbi can be my guinea pig !
"Superbi, do you want some ameliorations ?
"Heh ?"
"For example, small bombs which would be stocked in here." I start to explain, showing him the small holes. "And I think you should go and see a professional to change the structure a little bit so that your hand wouldn't have any dead angle."
He thinks about it for a couple of seconds and nods with a smirk. Oh...you really don't what you've just accepted my friend~.
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"VVOOOOIIII DON'T FUCKING THROW THINGS AT MY FACE !"
"So stop walking around like an idiot, sit down and make that fucking Rubik's Cube !"
My eyes throw real daggers at him and I have the pleasure to see his body getting tense for a short while. But he sits down and obeys. Or more like sits down and stares at me.
"What !?" I finally snap at him, stopping my work.
"Do you have some memories from your life before you were adopted ?"
"What do you mean ?" I reply with an emotionless voice.
"Do you know if your biological family is still alive ? If you have a brother or..."
"The only thing I have from my biological is the pendant I always wear." I cut him sharply, showing it to him. "I don't remember them, but it's possible I still have relatives around, or a brother or a sister somewhere."
It's totally possible after all. But there's not a lot of chance for me to find them one day.
"Why are you asking me this all of sudden ? You're interested to know my family tree ?
He briefly glance at me and start making the Rubik's Cube, with one hand. I don't get why he asked me this, but let's get back to work.
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"This button releases the bombs." I explain, showing him a button on the wrist.
"Can we go now !?" He grumbles, putting his hand back. "You follow me, got it !?"
I nod and snort. I have this habit to snort when someone's pissing me of or underestimating me. I can protect myself !
Superbi walks to the warehouse and is seen by the three guards. But he gets rid of them with a single blow of his sword. I mean, only one for three guys ! That's fucking brilliant ! He casts me a look to tell me to move. I do it, staring at him with admiration.
"Why are you looking at me like that brat ?" He asks with, raising his eyebrows.
"It was awesome~. The way you killed those three guys with only one strike !"
"Don't tell me things I already know !" He says, but with a proud smirk on his lips.
Then we go inside the warehouse. Which attracts looks from, let's say it, all the bad guys.
"I thought we had to make a discreet entrance." I whisper to Superbi, seeing the bad guys aiming their weapons at us.
"VOOOIII I'VE NEVER SAID THAT !"
They fire at us, but Superbi throws his bombs, which cover us. Superbi launches himself into the fight with a big "VOI", as always. And because he forgot about me, I sneak in by the door in the back of the room. Come on, Fon's super fast, he hasn't made me run everyday for nothing !
With the adrenaline on my side, I reach the door with no problem and close it behind me. Too loudly because I hear them yelling in Chinese and a "VOOII" from Superbi.
The hallway is dark, but I can see a weak light from under a door at the end. I cover myself with my illusions, got to the door and open it. Three men turn at the same and open their eyes wide when they notice the open door. One of them closes it after I I sneaked in the room. Okay, time to clean up his mess. I had worst when I used to work for Simon.
"It's not nice to kidnap kids you know." I say in Chinese as if I was talking about the weather outside. I break the illusion and smirk because of their astonished faces.
I take advantage of their confusion to attack the closest to me. I sneak in front of him and kick him in the wrist, making him drop his gun. From the corner of my eyes, I see the other two back in the game and aiming their guns at me. I grab the shirt of the Chinese I've just disarmed and jump above him. When I'm behind him, I kick him behind each knee, which makes him fall on his knees. The other two start shooting, but I hide behind the poor guy who's being killed by his two bodies.
One eliminated, two still standing.
I drop the corpse and rush to the second one. Two quick punches in the chest, one in the wrist which disarms him. I give him a side kick in the ribs. He moves a little. I grab his arm and pull myself in the air to land on him, my two arms around his right arm, a hand on the left side of his face. My left leg is on his other arm while the right one is bended and under his chin. My entire body is stretched but I stand up straight, violently, breaking his neck and dislocating his shoulders in a sinister crack.
"Haisangen !"
He collapses and I back-flip to get away from him.
One more.
I turn to the last one standing, barely noticing Superbi at the door and his shocked face. I'd laugh at him but I have to take care of the last one. Well, he's preparing himself to shoot me. So I summon my flame, Superbi's eyes becoming even wider, and throw it, turning him instantly into ashes. I trun to look at Superbi and snort, my clenched fists on my hips.
"Still underestimating me now ?"
He mumbles something I can't hear. Instead, I hear someone sobbing. I finally notice a boy, younger than me I think, handcuffed to a pipe. He's staring at the corpses with tears on his cheeks, his all body shaking from fear.
"Chang ?" I call him softly, getting closer to him.
He jumps and gaze at me with eyes filled with horror. It freezes me for a sec. He's scared of me for what I've done. Damn, I'd forgotten all the kids don't have a past like mine and are still innocent. I sigh and reach him. I kneel so that I can look him in the eyes.
"I'm not gonna hurt you, I'm here because of my father. He was hired by your father."
"Fa...Father ?"
"Yes." I confirm with a weak smile.
I put my hand on the chain between the handcuffs and melt it with my flame. Mission accomplished.
It's that day I truly realize I had no regrets to kill people if necessary.
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*Chinese province
**second biggest city of the province
Hey ! Thanks for reading the chapter and I hope you've liked it ! Mission time, with Superbi who's starting to realize a few things, kufufu~. Anyway, leave a review if you want to and ciao~!