Target Thirteen: Family
I looked up at Tsuna's house and watched as a part of it went up in smoke. I missed, what did I miss? I pulled out my phone, Kyoko chick came by yesterday and something happened with the dying will bullet. Not all that important, now if I was right Lambo was coming around today. If my drawing was anything to go by, twenty-five year old Lambo was hot, it was a shame he was a five year old snot nosed brat in this current time. I looked up from my phone just in time to see Lambo fall out of the tree. I walked over to the fence and, their was Lambo on a bucket knocking on the door. The kid sure had some determination to attempt at killing Reborn. Nana, opened the door and in slipped Lambo. She looked at me and smiled nicely, I smiled back. The hell with it, go with the flow right.
By time I came up the stairs with some tea, and one cup of coffee, and little tangle sandwiches, that I helped make, Lambo stood their with the ten year bazooka. I felt my self pale. I did not want to get hit with that, I didn't want to find out my future thank you, even if it was for five minutes. I watched as Reborn casually tossed Lambo and the grenade the boy found out the window. I suddenly felt very sorry for the kid. I cleared my throat gaining the attention of both Tsuna and Reborn. I sat down on the one side of table that was closest to me and set the tray of food and drinks down. I picked up a sandwich and nibbled on it. Reborn grabbed his cup of coffee as Tsuna went down to see what his mother wanted. I knew what it was, Lambo was down their and had convinced Nana that he was Reborn's friend. If things went right, Tsuna would be out side with Lambo talking to him making a new family member. Kind of.
"So, Rossi, who smart are you?" I eyed Reborn carefully, I didn't want to get dragged into anything I didn't want to be. "I have a doctoral in psychology, and a bachelors in art, another in architecture. You all ready know how many languages I can speak so I'll let you decide how smart I am." I sipped my tea.
"Hmm, if you learned three more you could make the Varia." I just about chocked on my tea. "But you are friends with the Ripper Prince, and have made no move to join them. Why is that?" I just smiled, I wouldn't really call what I have with Bel friendship, but I really didn't know what to call it, so yes he was my friend.
I sat at the dinner table of the Sawada house hold. Lambo sat at the other end of the table looking like he was sweating a river. I twilled my spaghetti on my fork and stuffed it into my mouth. Nana sure could cook. I ignored the chaos for a few moments and looked up to find teenage Lambo. I lifted a brow and waved as he greeted Tsuna and my self. Tsuna seamed a little stunned by the future appearance of Lambo, I took the liberty of explaining to Tsuna the workings of the ten years bazooka before stuffing my face with spaghetti again. I watched in amusement as Reborn stabbed the future Lambo in the head with a fork. Poor dude still liked to cry. Then again if I got stabbed I would most likely be crying too. Both Reborn and I had finished at the same time as Nana and Lambo came back in side. Nana scolding Tsuna about not being the middle man. I watched as Lambo claimed to be lying about wanting to be Reborn's friend and throwing grenades at him. Only to have them be tossed out the back door and blowing him up. I actually felt sorry for him.
After both Reborn and I had seconds, Tsuna, Reborn, and my self sat up stairs as I tutored Tsuna in Japanese and English. I figured after we tackled the first two we would go after Italian. After Tsuna had finished his homework he handed it to me so that I could correct him on anything, which I did only showing him how to do it properly instead of just fixing it. Then my phone started to buzz. I looked over at it, no one called my cell, I called people not the other way around. I decided to answer it.
"Yes?" I crossed my fingers mentally, please don't be bad, please don't be bad.
"Gabe?" I heard my little brother sniffle. My heart just about broke. I looked at the number again, did he get a cell? No, he probably had my number memorised. I looked over at Tsuna and whispered that I had to go and we where done for the day. I made my way down stairs.
"What's going on Michael? Are you okay?" I asked in Italian, at the bottom of the stairs I slipped on my shoes quickly and improperly.
"I don't know where I am, and it's dark and I am scared." Michael was now ten, I a good 5 years older then him physically, mentally I was really old. It occurred to me that he was acting the way any normal ten year old would in that situation. I heard him sob once more.
"Hey, it's okay. Deep breath." I heard him take in a deep breath, "Now breath out slow. Good, now does anything hurt, can you stand?" I heard him take a few more breaths, some shuffling and then a wince.
"My ankle hurts to much to stand for long." I heard him sniffled some more. How ever did this to my baby brother was so dead. I started to run as fast as I could adrenalin pumping into my veins. I made it to my hotel room in record time. I had a feeling Reborn was watching my every move. I dashed into my room and booted up my laptop. Once it was running I opened up my shadow broker program. I put my cell on speaker.
"All right James I need you to keep the phone on okay, I am going to find you, and I am going to send someone to get you okay." I heard him whimper slightly. Oh, who ever they where they where so dead. No one hurts and scares my baby brothers and gets away with it.
Once I found out where Michael was being held, I told him that he would have to turn off his phone and hide it and that everything was going to be okay. He was in Italy, so I called up the most blood person I knew.
"Ushishishi, is the Baron missing his Prince all ready?"
"Don't flatter your self, Bel. My brother has been kidnapped. I have sent the coordinates to your phone. I want you to find him, and I want you to make who ever took him suffer a painful and slow death." With that I hung up and paid for first class ticket to Italy. Looks like I wouldn't be going to school for another few days.
By time I got to the Varia Manor, my brother was curled up asleep on a couch in one of the many living rooms Bel was on the other end of the couch grinning his infamous grin. I just about collapsed right then and their, but I held it together till I reached the couch, I let my knees hit the floor and rested my head on the edge of the couch. Lussuria came into the room all bubbly fallowed by Mamon. Lussuria squatted next to me and tended to Michael's ankle.
"Mou, who would want to hurt such a cutey pie?" I heard Lussuria comment as he tended to him.
"I don't care any more, they are dead that is what matters." I mumbled.
"You're lucky I went with Belphegor, or you wouldn't have this." Mamon spoke and placed a file next to me. I sat up and looked at it on the floor. I picked it up and opened it. Names, names of the people that hired the men to kidnap my baby bro. They were smart about it. They didn't deal in digital money, I would have picked up on that, and they didn't meet in person, only over the phone. I cursed, I needed to expand my net work. This was not going to happen again. Michael stirred a little on the couch at the sound of me cursing. I set the file aside in favour of looking at my baby bro. He opened his eyes slowly and tiredly, when he saw me he smiled.
"Gabe!" I was then tackled into a hug, Michael's ten year old arms around my neck. I gladly hugged back. I rubbed his back gently and in soothing motions. With this combination Michael broke down. He started to cry into my shoulder, I just kept rubbing his back.
"I got yah. I'm here now. Shhh." I spoke slowly and calmly like when he was younger and afraid of thunderstorms. I started to rock him back and forth. I looked over at Bel, he had a sombre look on his face, and I mouthed a thank you. That brought back a grin that I was familiar with seeing. After Michael had cried him self back to sleep I sat on the couch with his head in my lap. I pulled out my cell and called up my parents, I had called them both earlier demanding to know why they hadn't been able to protect my baby brother from a simple kidnapping. My father picked up the phone that I held to my ear. I glared at the wall across from me. Most of the Varia, a side from Xanxus and Levi, where now in the room.
"Why are you calling?" He didn't sound pleased, I was the one that was pissed. He sounded like he had just been woken up and not at all frantic that his youngest son had just been kidnapped.
"I just thought I would let you know that the Varia found Michael, and that I am here with him. Don't need to worry about that now, because as it seams your eldest son is far more capable to take care of Michael I will me taking him back with me to Japan because it seams that you have no care in the world for your youngest son. I will be taking James with me too. I'll be by later today to pick him up." I hung up before my father could respond and turned off my phone, I threw my phone across the room as hard as I could. It made a satisfying cracking sound when it hit the wall. I sighed and leaned my head back. This was going to be a long day.
Bel took the opportunity to take Michael and I to the Rossi HQ that afternoon. What I hadn't expected was to see my mother and brother James both standing their with suit cases for three people. Michael didn't even get out of the car and my mother had tackled him in a hug. Tears running down her make-upless face. She probably gave up on the make up. When I had called earlier, on my plane ride to Italy, she all ready sounded panicked. I couldn't hate her. My father on the other hand, I was really starting to hate. James started to load up the luggage they had both packed into the back of the car. After he got into the back of the car my father came out of the house looking pissed.
"Where are you going?!" He was at the top of the stairs, My mother stood her ground then. She whipped her face free of tears straightened her back and faced my father. I stood by my mother. I realised she was glaring at him, just as hard as I was. I had no issue with this. He made it down to the last few steps before stopping.
"I am going to be living with my fifteen year old son and bring my two younger children with me because clearly your profession stands higher then that of the lives of your children." I opened my mouth to say that my job was just as bad but not by much, but I decided agents it. With that said my mother got into the back seat of the hummer, I opened the front passenger door. I pulled out a copy of the folder Aunty gave me. I shut the door and walked over to my father. I put the folder to his chest.
"When you decided to care, those are the men responsible. If you don't do anything about it I will. Believe me when I say, I know it will be when the men and women on that list die."
On the way to the air port I called up the chick that was decorating, buying everything for my house. I paid for a rush decoration for a family of three, one adult two kids. My mother and brother's would stay in the house I got. I would find a smaller place, maybe. I guess it was going to be like the old days now.
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