Ritsu: Whew. So, since I forgot to clarify this in the last chapter… Mukuro is 177.5cm according to the wiki. For those of you that don't use the metric system like I do, that's apparently 5'10inches. I converted it online, so don't quote me on that. Anyway, my point is Mukuro is tall. Taller than Tomo. I have no real set height for Tomo, but… Well, Enma has no confirmed height either, but I'm putting him close to Tsuna, whose 157cm (5'2).
To clarify my ramblings once more, Tomo's somewhere in between 160-170cm. Yep. So she's taller than Enma (for now) and shorter than Mukuro (forever, probably.). I wonder if his pineapple hair is counted into the height…
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ANOTHER CLARIFICATION, THIS CHAPTER TAKES PLACE A FEW MONTHS AFTER THE LAST ONE, K? K. Gonna have to change the summary after this goes up…
ALSO, I DON'T THINK I EVER STATED THIS, BUT ALL KINDS OF ILLUSIONS AFFECT TOMO. IF A MIST USER MAKES A WALL AND THROWS HER INTO IT (assuming they can touch her) SHE WILL NOT FAZE THROUGH IT. Sorry for all the caps D:
Review answering time~
My Name Is Alice: OvO Ohoh… You embarrass me ;/; I'm glad you think so though. Mukuro mystifies me, so I just kinda go on gut feeling when writing him. And using the small tidbits here and there hinting that he does care for some people…
W-woah… The Tomuro shipping is only getting more intense I see… OnO''
Girl-from-stars: There'll be a harem omake, at the very least. Perhaps a little bit of haremuish stuff before the branch off, as well. After the branch off it'll be purely Enma and purely Mukuro respectively, however c:
I had been enjoying my days in peace, finally getting some semblance of normalcy, if you could consider it normal to talk to someone in your head and helping someone else steal money every few days, but I digress, when a series of unfortunate events had happened. It all started when Enma had been at school one day and I received a visit from a rather unpleasant person. Yes, I received a visit.
By who?
Julie Katou, or rather, the person possessing him. Looking back on it, I figured he must've pretended not to notice me during previous Shimon gatherings, so it was mostly a fail on my part, having mostly been present during their visits.
Of course, I hadn't expected Daemon Spade to confront me. But he did.
I dumbly stared at Julie, a sense of dread overcoming me at the sight of his smile. It wasn't the typical one he'd send others, but rather it was a lot more sinister. A moment later I'd found myself slammed into a wall (which shouldn't have been physically possible, unless he used some sort of illusion) a hand at my throat.
"Nufufu, I admit… I did not expect to see you again."
He knows. He knows.
I would've sent him a snarky reply back, but for an illusionist (No offense, Mukuro) he was strong and as hard as I tried to pry his hand off of my throat, he didn't budge in the slightest. So instead I sent him a glare, attempting to kick him. I quickly stilled when he sent me a glare back a lot more intimidating than mine.
"I can't have you ruin my plans… so it'd be best if I simply got rid of you here and now... Tell me… Tomo, was it? What is your greatest fear?"
His mannerisms were those of his own, but his face and voice remained Julie's. I would've preferred it if he'd shown his true face, feeling far too conflicted with things as they were. Julie was, after all, a precious friend of Enma's.
As Daemon released his hold on me, I collapsed onto my knees, coughing and taking deep greedy breaths of air. It made little sense to me how a spirit could die from a lack of oxygen, but I had no choice but to assume it was Daemon's doing as well. I refused to answer his question, however, a defiant look overtaking my features.
He simply sent me another disturbing smile, before an utterly cruel look overtook his expression. I looked away, glaring at the ground instead. I didn't want to appear weak, or scared, but it was too hard for me too look him in the eye. I wanted to just get up and run but my legs were shaking and I couldn't move.
At that point, Daemon seemed to have grown tired of my silence, crouching down in front of me, grabbing hold of my chin roughly.
"If you think silence is going is save you, you are gravely mistaken."
The next moment he was gone and I couldn't breathe. I was surrounded by water and I knew I had to swim to the surface but my body wouldn't move. The next, I was in a pit, and more and more dirt was thrown onto me, suffocating me, burying me-
-someone choked me-
-a car slamming into me-
-a noose around my neck-
-Mami.
My eyes widened, staring at the young girl before me.
An illusion. I knewknewknew.
Just like I had known she would die.
She sent me a smile.
"You failed to save me, Tomo… I trusted you, and you betrayed me."
Something shattered.
I think it was my heart.
She walked closer to me, step, step… step.
"Why didn't you save me..?"
Her face seemed to melt away.
"Why did you let me die?"
I screamed.
I could hear the sound of glass shattering, and when I opened my eyes I was back in Enma's house, my breathing heavy and my eyes wide. Daemon was still there, but before him a familiar furry creature stood.
… Kufu?
I let out a shaky breath, trying to still my shaking body.
Daemon looked displeased, sending the cat a glare, but his gaze soon returned towards me.
"It seems you've gotten yourself quite the… troublesome pet…" he muttered, but there seemed to be a twinkle of amusement in his eyes.
With that, he promptly left.
I swallowed the lump in my throat, glancing around the room. No windows were broken, but I had definitely heard glass shatter. When the black cat came up to me and stroked himself against my side, I looked down instead, scooping him up into my arms.
Kufu… I don't know how you did it… but… thank you…
Tomo was far too frightened to notice the heterochromatic eyes looking back at her.
Daemon hadn't appeared again since then, though I suspected it had something to do with Kufu visiting every day, and whenever Enma brought 'Julie' and the others over, I went out on 'business' or I spoke to Mukuro. Ever since that time, I had also convince Mukuro to teach me how to break illusions, telling him it was just in case I would need it in the future when he'd asked me why. It wasn't even that I was worried about ruining the plot, I was just too scared to tell him.
And then there was the earthquake.
Mukuro never told me about Chrome, so I didn't know if the future arc had begun yet, since he hadn't informed me if he had trouble reaching her.
But the earthquake meant it was over. It meant that Enma would transfer to Namimori with the others and whywhywhy.
When Enma had come home with a brand new ring on his finger, it was all confirmed. I didn't know how he'd gotten ahold of it, but when I asked he'd simply stated Julie had managed to find them.
Of course.
And Enma hadn't even questioned it. I'd tried and tried to hint to him that maybe, just maybe, something was different with Julie. But he just didn't see it.
I knew it was kind of wrong of me to blame everything on Daemon Spade, but he was being a jerk and he had been the cause of most of the bad things happening. And he had tried to kill me, though I doubted it would've completely offed me, rather it would've simply killed my mind. But that was just as bad.
The date for the transfer was set.
Sometimes, I wished I had no idea at all of what would happen.
"Enma… why won't you listen to me..?"
At the very least, I'd convinced him to bring Kufu with him.
Fishy cat's grown on me…
Ritsu: GUESS WHAT I'M ADDING IN THE SUMMARY? 'Shimon arc begins in ch22'
YEAH! You heard it here first, people! Next chapter… THINGS ARE HAPPENING. Just be prepared that Tomo won't be doing much during the beginning. You'll see what I mean…
And yes, Tomo hasn't realized Mukuro is using Kufu as one of many vessels. And Mukuro doesn't realize Julie was possessed by Daemon, yet. Mwahah, imagine his confrontation with Julie/Daemon. It's gonna be good.
And yes, I'm using a lot of loopholes here. Bear with me XD
Oh, and guess what the glass shattering was... mwahahaha!