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Chapter 12: Unexpected Plan.

Giotto's POV

A cold wind breezes through the four of us. It was suppose to be normal in Venice, but it's FAR from that if there's a weird-pigtailed girl laughing maniacally in front of you. Or a boy that'll stare to the girl's whip for a few times a minute. "Get out of my face… loser." Said Alaude in his cool piercing tone. Claire stares to him with her eyes that strongly resemble a… what was the right word? Yeah, psycho.

She laughs and looked to his partner's direction. Antonio is laughing his guts out. "We're not exactly a loser, since we haven't fought yet. Antonio!" Antonio stopped his laugh and set up a barrier. "Barriera di Mare!" A thin wall of sea water covers the whole area, and reflected the scenery around us. "It is Boss' order not to destroy a town unnecessarily." Said Antonio. Claire nods.

"Then, we'll need to force our way through!"

Both Alaude and I charge to our respective opponents. Every time Alaude uses his handcuffs, Antonio will reflect their flames and render them to normal handcuffs. "You… why aren't you attacking?" Alaude asks in irritation. "It is my duty take defensive stance, y'know?"

'To be the one that embraces and links separated lands, take defensive stance and reflect everything that is directed to the Family.'

Antonio lit his navy-blue flame and shouts. "Annegamento Ondata di Mare! Drowning Tidal Wave of Sea!" The sea flames become a huge tidal wave of saltwater. All of us had to jump and avoid it. "Che, it's not that I hate that move. But, it's seriously annoying!" Said Claire. She brings out her rod to counter my fists.

I try to jab her, but she blocked them with her rod. "Modo: Ofessa. Spinoso Vite di Albero! Mode: Offense. Thorny Grapevine of Tree!" Grapevines roses from her wooden-silver rod. It almost grows in my arms too, but I froze them with the Zero Point Breakthrough. We land on the wet ground. "I like this situation! Both of you aren't my flames' inferiority. Unlike that lousy storm flames."

She mutters the last sentence with a tone of disgust. As we desperately charge them, they looked like they're dancing. But Alaude seemed to be perked at this one, and the fact that his opponent is the defensive combatant. "You're irritating!" He throws his handcuff to Antonio's foot. "Whoops!" He snaps his finger and raging seas came and protected him.

My fight isn't any greater than Alaude's. I had to take the defensive stances because of that long rod of hers. I light my flames and try to burn her trees. She crouched and spins her rod towards my feet. I fly to avoid that long rod. "Che." She spats. "Return down here!" She said. I guess, cute girls don't always have a cute personality.

"I'm the sky, isn't it obvious that I prefer higher place?" I stuck out my tongue and enraged her greatly. She shortens her rod and put them back on her pocket. "Claire?" Ask Antonio while avoiding Alaude's handcuffs and his warden club.

"Mou, I'm angry..!"

She mutters some chants that I cannot understand. She looks up to me angrily and shouts:

"Punizione Divina di Alberi! Divine Punishment of Trees!"

Suddenly, her soft-green-lime flames bursts and couple of tree trunk came raging from the upper sky. I land and avoid them. "Whoa, your attacks sure are offensive!" I blurted. She smiles. "Of course, I'm the Spazio Famiglia's Guardian of Tree!"

'To be the one who protects the earth from what people call 'drought', and so, to be the one who protects the Family with forces of nature.'

She stretches her whip and cracks them on the ground. "Estensione: Frusta Spina di Rosa! Extension: Whip of Rose Thorn!" As the name suggests, rose thorns grows on her whip. But suddenly, a grayish black flame appears from her ring and projected itself. I take this opportunity to jab her, and Alaude thinks the same as me.

"Scudo del Mare! Shield of Sea!"

A bubble of sea water came forth and shield both of them from any flame except sun. "Carlos!" Said Claire to the flame.

"Claire, you can execute the plan B. Things aren't going too well here."

That voice… it must be Carlos Edmondo's!

"Really? Then, where's the target?" Asked Claire with an excitement on her tone.

"Because of a certain informant's information, he's on the only green tea stall in the whole Venice."

"Okay! I'll go there!" Claire laughs maniacally. She seems really happy.

"Carlos! Do you want to push her sanity over the edge? You knew if we execute the plan B, she might be laughing nonstop for the rest of the week! And anyways, her sanity is always in a bad condition!" Said Antonio with a slight angry tone.

"This discussion is over, Antonio."

And the gray flame fades.

"Wait, I'll call Bianca here, and we can execute the plan B." She kisses her ring and projects another person's reflection. "Bianca, where are you?" She asks to to her own flame.

"I'm in the restroom, on the middle of a date."

"Cancel 'em and come here, you have work to do."

"Okay…" She sighed and the flame fades. "Sorry, I guess we'll take one more of your Guardian!" When she charges, Alaude was the one who counters her. They begin their war-dance. Alaude manages to comply with her speed, while she's able to avoid every handcuffs Alaude throws at her. 10 minutes later, the person called Bianca enters the barrier.

"Yo! Claire, Antonio! Leave this to me and execute the plan B."

"We're counting on you, Bianca!"

Antonio maintains the barrier and leave with Claire. She smiles and bows.

"To be the one who form chains with her own element, and binds the Family's enemy with unbreakable Metal Chains. That is my duty, Bianca Aureliana, the Spazio Famiglia's Guardian of Metal. Nice to meet you."

Alaude charges her, and she took out a chain from her pocket. "You are Alaude, the Guardian of Cloud. My latest information says that you are Hime's lover." She chained Alaude's neck and lowers them to be on his body. "Killing any of you will make Hime sad. So, I won't." She took out another chain and throws them at me. I avoid them to have another chain traps me.

"Don't think of touching them with your Cloud flames, it'll cause them to propagate and binds you to death." She said in a calm tone.

"Stop…" Said Alaude in a raging tone. He's mad of the fact that he was rendered useless, I guess.

"Stop using a catchphrase that is similar to mine!"

Yeah, I should've expected that from Alaude. Anyways, he broke the chains with brute strength. "Wait there, Primo. After I'm finished in binding this girl to death, I'll help you." Said Alaude in cool, piercing tone. He hates the word help, but he said it anyway. I nod.

"Very well, as expected of Hime's lover. We shall fight, equally." She took out a skull chain.

"Bring it on, and prepare to get bounded to death."

Claire's POV

"Mission, accomplished." I wrapped the target's body with grapevines and toss him to Antonio. Let's teleport to Carlos' place and tell Bianca that plan B's finished." Antonio nods. I stare to the ground where a man is rendered useless there by Antonio's sea flames.

"Y-you…!"

"Arrivederci, Mr. Strong!"

Giotto's POV

"Really, it's finished Claire? Then, I'll go." Said Bianca to a flame that appeared earlier. Alaude panted hard. But, she did too. They fought on par with each other. "That was fun,Signore Alaude. But, I'll take my leave." Then, she disappears with her flames.

"What was that for?" I asked when Alaude help me break the chains. "I don't care. Call everyone and tell them to gather in front of the Opera House." I opened the pocket watch and send them a flame signal.

'Gather-in-front-of-the-Opera-House'

Alaude and I ran to the Opera House. There's only Yukime there, injured heavily, bare-footed, with a simple gown, not her usual kimono. The whole place is a mess. Snows and some black stains, and bones. Cracked earths, trees that fell down, and many more. She panted while holding her injured arm.

"Yukime!" Alaude shouts in worry and hugged her. "Who's there?" She asked in panic tone. "It's Giotto, and Alaude. What's wrong your sight?" I asked. "I can't… see clearly." She states and fakes a smile. Not so long after, Lampo and Demon Spade came. Lampo runs to her and asked in a clear, worried, tone. "Are you 'kay, Yukime-chan?" He asked. She smiles and tries to reach Lampo's face. "Lampo-senpai. I'm fine."

"You sure about that…? Ku fu fu fu you are a smile-faker, Little Miss."

She laughs and coughs blood to the ground, near Alaude's foot. "This is serious, Yukime." Said Alaude in a cool, but also worried tone. He gives his mantle to her. "I'm fine… everyone, really." If it weren't for her scratches and cuts, and also the fact she's feverish, we might've believe that she's fine.

Suddenly, G ran to our direction.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry… Primo."

He said it to me and to Yukime as well. Yukime weakly tried to walk, and search all over the place for something. "G-dono… where's Onii-sama?" She asked with a weak tone. All of us realized that G, ran alone. Not with Ugetsu. After a few moments of silence, he finally said with a regretful face and tone.

"I'm sorry… Ugetsu was taken by the Spazio Famiglia's Guardian of Tree, and Guardian of Sea."

Pheew~! I finally return from the Biology and the Physics! How do you think about this chapter? Please Review, okay? So, can anyone guess what Guardian Carlos is? I'm sure that I gave you hints already. That's all.

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