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Akuma no tenshi 666: I would update more frequently but it's just that the massive amount of chapters I had prewritten before we started posting has declined drastically from weekly updates. Also, the fact that I'm too lazy to type up more contributes to the weekly, short chapters. However, I am trying to make them a bit longer so my goal has changed from 1,000+ to over 1,750 words per chapter. Not much, but it's getting there. School work isn't helping faster updates or longer chapters either. Sorry. D:
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Target 14: Information Obtained
To sum it all up, Tsuna and Yukiko were bored. They had no clue as to what was happening outside, nor their whereabouts or what time it was. Frankly, they had given up trying. Night and day changed whenever they wished it to, ironic since they both possessed the Sky Flame.
Tsuna glanced sidewards at nothing before looking down at his jacket. With a sigh, he rubbed the dirty stains and started grimacing at them. From the corner of his eye, he noticed his cellmate glance up.
"I know what you're thinking," Yukiko said simply.
Now, most people would stare and think that she was crazy but after being within a metre radius for god knows how long, he had heard enough strange sentences from her to last a lifetime.
"A shower and a change of clothes would be nice," she continued.
"Yeah," Tsuna replied. He couldn't help but remember the time he had come back from 10 years in the future. His mother was there, hanging up the washing with Lambo and I-Pin running joyously towards her…
Suddenly, there was a loud clatter outside. Faint voices were heard drifting into the cell.
"What're they sayi-"
"Shh," Yukiko placed a finger over her mouth and frowned.
"- Base. I heard there was five of them."
"Only five? They escaped?"
"With information too."
"Impossible, the higher ups are just trying to scare us."
"I don't think s-"
The voices stopped there as two other Cervello members slammed the cell door open roughly.
"Come with us."
o.o.o.o
Hibiki smiled a small smile as he slammed a cupboard shut. Inside the cupboard was an unconscious Cervello member bound by ropes with her mouth taped shut but no one needed to know that…
Hibiki looked back at the computer that had dimmed through the duration of the… information gathering. He glanced down at the small piece of paper in his hands and saw a random collection of numbers, letters and characters.
1πArRCHi'51^3
Hibiki frowned. There was something strange about the password. Coding? Thinking no more of the topic, he typed the password carefully into the computer. Almost immediately, the folder expanded to show a various assortment of folders with strange names. Taking out a black usb from his back pocket, he swiftly inserted the object in the computer. He dragged the whole password protected file into his usb as another window popped up.
Estimated time: 10 minutes
Hibiki cursed silently as his hands found his walkie-talkie.
"Everyone, I've got the information but it'll need some time to transfer. In the meantime, search for the poison cure, over."
There was a scattered collection of confirmations before a rattle sounded from the cupboard behind him. It seemed like that Cervello wasn't knocked out for long enough.
o.o.o.o
"Roger," Hana said after hearing the message from Hibiki.
"We're behind time now because you decided to put on that stupid disguise. We could've beaten them you know!" Gokudera hissed.
"Ah well, what's done is done," Hana grinned.
The two of them proceeded to walk along the corridor until they arrived in a corridor lined with multiple portraits of pink-haired, brown-skinned, jacket-wearing people. At the very end of the corridor was a single, marble statue.
"What the fuck is this?" Gokudera frowned as he looked around the blandly yet abundantly decorated room. Hana merely shrugged in reply.
Suddenly, there was a yell and a thud. Automatically, Gokudera whipped out his bombs and Hana, her whip. However, there was something strangely familiar with this person.
"Mary? What on earth are you doing here?" Hana asked as Mary muttered quiet "ow"s.
"Fell from the ceiling. I think there was a trap door," she replied.
"A trap door?" Gokudera enquired.
"I searched around my area but there wasn't anything there. I found a suspicious button and pressed it. That's how I ended up here," Mary-Anne grinned as she lifted herself off the ground. "It was a fun ride, though! I want to do it again!"
"You don't go around pushing suspicious buttons, idiot," Gokudera pointed out before lighting a cigarette.
Hana sighed as she took out her walkie-talkie, "We arrived at our destination. Mary's here too, over."
"Right," Reborn voice replied after several seconds, "Good luck, over and out."
"You fell from a trapdoor, right?" Gokudera asked as he blew out a puff of smoke.
Mary-Anne nodded as she stretched.
"If there was a trapdoor there, there should probably be one here too."
"I guess…"
Mary looked around wildly, checking underneath the boring carpet, around the statue, near portraits but to no avail. After 30 seconds of searching she exclaimed, "I give up!" She slumped on the ground before noticing a strange, lighter patch of white marble on the statue. Standing up again, she shuffled over and poked the strange white part.
"Like I said, do NOT go around pushing suspicious buttons!" Gokudera yelled as the ground began to shake violently. Part of the wall beside them, holding a life-sized portrait of some dead Cervello ancestor, gave way, revealing a dusty, dark, cylindrical staircase.
"I'll give them points for clichéd horror movies," Gokudera muttered before taking out his walkie-talkie.
"Reborn-san?"
There was no reply.
"Reborn-san… Over," he tacked on grudgingly.
"What is it?" Reborn replied, "Over."
"Our destination is actually underground," Gokudera whispered, "We're going in now, over and out."
He stepped down gingerly, followed closely by Mary-Anne and then Hana. After a very long flight of stairs, they arrived in a strange room lit up with ultraviolet lights, making everything white coloured glow menacingly. There was a long, thin metal bridge from one side of the room to the other. Large, white tubes stood on either side of the bridge, filled with viscous liquid and things which looked suspiciously like…
"Wow, the Cervello are actually clones?" Mary-Anne murmured in delight, palms pressed against the glass with green eyes staring in awe.
"What, you thought they were all different people?" Gokudera said mockingly.
"Oi, you two, hurry up and start searching!" Hana frowned.
"But we don't know what the cure is!" Mary-Anne retorted, unhappily removing her hands from the glass tube and looking at her friend.
Hana was standing in front of a table of small bottles. The whip-wielder waved Gokudera and Mary-Anne over before thrusting a bag in each of their hands.
"Take this and put all the bottles in. We have no time to waste."
"I don't take orders from stupid women," Gokudera twitched as he did what she said anyway.
Biting back a reply, Hana concentrated on packing the bottles.
"You sure we're not taking the wrong ones?" Gokudera asked after a minute of silent bottle packing. Just at that time, Mary dropped one bottle and the liquid started bubbling menacingly on the ground.
"I've worked with poisons and antidotes for a long time now," Hana replied, "Poison or cure, as long as we help Chrome-chan, it doesn't really matter. Mei and I can use the rest of the bottles for other purposes.
o.o.o.o
"Gokudera!" Reborn hissed into his walkie-talkie, dropping the "over". There was a loud crackle of static accompanied with no reply. Again.
"Oi, Gokudera!"
"Reborn-san! We found the cure, over," Gokudera's crackly voice sounded from the walkie-talkie as Reborn sighed in relief.
"Good. Hibiki couldn't get in touch with you guys and started to get worried."
Another voice drifted from the walkie-talkie in the Arcobaleno's hands.
"Gokudera, Mary, Hana? I've finished transferring the files but the Cervello are going to come soon. Get out immediately and meet over at the front entrance," Hibiki said rapidly.
"Oi, like I said, why do I need to follow your instr-" Gokudera began.
"Over and out," Hibiki cut off the transmission.
"Fuck you!"
"Let's hurry up and get out of here!" Hana yelled as she broke into a sprint.
After running through the underground room, up the stairs, past the corridor of Cervello ancestors and out of the Cervello base whilst narrowly avoiding yelling Cervello members, the three of them watched as Hibari knocked out one more Cervello. Shortly, the Namimori school song echoed around the front entrance. Frowning, he answered his call. After a few seconds, he flicked his phone shut and strolled away.
"Hey! Hibari! Where are you going? Sawada's home? RUN THERE TO THE EXTREME!" Ryohei bounded off immediately after, ignoring the fact that he stepped directly on top of a Cervello member's face. Gokudera, Mary-Anne and Hana sighed as they waited for Hibiki to arrive.
o.o.o.o
"1πArRCHi'51^3"
Hibiki typed the strange password into the bar as the request for a password popped up. The folders within the encrypted folder were listed in order of creation. Scrolling to the bottom, he found the oldest file. Double clicking on that folder, three word processing documents popped up. Double clicking on one of the documents, another application opened, revealing a page of information.
As everyone cramped up in Tsuna's room skimmed through the document, their eyes widened in disbelief.
"What is this…?"
Next chapter – Target 15: Archive
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Main Artiglio Family (Our OC's)
Sujimichi Yukiko – The founder/leader of the Artiglio Group. She is described as evil, emotionless and gets bored very easily.
Kirifuda Hibiki – The co-founder of the Artiglio Group. Despite the fact that Yukiko is the leader, it was Hibiki who suggested becoming a mafia family. He is described as quiet, mysterious and slightly sadistic.
Kusuri Hana – The healer of the group. She is described as cheerful, happy, and smart.
Hatsuon Mei – The adopted sister of Hana. For personal reasons, she decided to keep her original last name. She is described as spoilt, childish, somewhat ferocious and has a brother complex.
Mary-Anne (Mary) Schioppo – The trickster of the group. She is described as annoying, confident and extremely hyperactive.
Support
Kusuri Kai – The biological brother of Mei and adopted brother of Hana. He's the oldest of the support group and the mutual leader. He is described as very smart, kind and mature.
Sujimichi Kiyoshi – The older twin brother of Yukiko. He designs and makes all the clothing the Artiglio Family wear and he has a sister complex.
Kirifuda Teion – The younger brother of Hibiki. He is described as cute and is often spoilt by his brother.
Anne-Marie (Anne) Schioppo – The twin sister of Mary-Anne. They are exactly the same, hyperactiveness and all.