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Mizuki stares tiredly at the telephone that Giannini had given her not a minute or so before. Her hands open and close as she a mental battle with herself ensues. Did she really want to know what happened to her whole family? She knew that her Guardians were dead now and she knew that she was taken to the base right after she was hit by the ten year bazooka (which meant that something happened to the rest of her family). She sighs as she punches in the secured lines number, which she knew that she could contact in dire need.

Her breathing stops for a moment as she listens to the phone ring.

One ring…

Two rings…

Three rings…No, could they also have been…wiped out?

"Password,"

Mizuki sighs in relief as her breathing becomes more even. She clears her throat and opens her mouth.

"Chi lascia la strada vecchia per la nuova sa quel che lascia, ma non sa quel che trova." [1]

An audible click reaches her ears and Mizuki sighs in relief. At least something stayed the same after nine years and ten months.

"It's nice to hear from you, Principessa. How are you faring?"

A deep and calm voice comes from the phone and Mizuki smiles sadly. Roberto sounds so different from his teenager self ten years ago.

"I-I am," Mizuki starts as she takes a deep breath. "I wanted to ask how everyone is doing."

Mizuki's eyes widen when she heard the audible sigh from Roberto. From what she remembered…Roberto was never the one to sigh.

"Everything is a wreck, Principessa. With the Guardians' gone and with you in hiding. The Darkrai family is falling." Mizuki's eyes widen and her breath hitches in her throat. Why did she go in hiding when it was practically war out there? She mentally cursed at herself and tried to stay calm despite the multiple strings of curses that she wanted to utter.

"I need to ask you something Roberto," Mizuki commanded and Roberto hummed diligently. "Roberto…out of everyone in the whole family…who is still alive?"

Mizuki asked in a pained voice as she pleads to the God's that if she could go into hiding then the rest of her family should've…right?

"I'm sorry Principessa but everyone…excluding you, me, and Tatsuya…are all dead."

Her whole world comes to an abrupt stop as the words echoed in her head. Like someone throwing stones at the mirror, her whole world shattered in the mere milliseconds of the words.

Mizuki's hands shake in anger and sadness. Her eyes watering and her lips set into a tight line. She lowers her head and looks at the tiled floors that started to blur.

"H-How…could I let things like this progressed so far?"

She mutters and Roberto stays silent as he hears his Principessa breaking on the other line of the phone. He frowns and looks down guiltily. He didn't know as to why his Principessa was crying…he had already given this information a month ago. What was so different now?

He clears his throat and urges his Principessa to listen to him…even he didn't have much time left.

"You should also know, Principessa. Tatsuya saved a copy of the contract. He might have given it to Byakuran but I am not too sure. I'll try fix what I can here while you rest Principessa. You need to keep the Vongola's heir safe because without your Guardian's, The Vongola Decimo's death and with a copy of the contract still out there. You are not safe…from both sides."

Mizuki's eyes widen as she quells her sobs and tears. She tries to get another word out but when the line suddenly cuts off, she falls silent. She shouts for Roberto's name but no reply comes as she immediately starts thinking the worst.

She closes her eyes and drops the phone to the ground. The soft 'thud' went ignored as she runs to the metal doors and towards her room.

Her entire family was dead, dead, DEAD.

And nothing could bring them back again,

Nothing.

[1] "Who leaves the old street for the new one, knows what he left but not what he'll find." An old Italian proverb…according to Wikipedia