Hullo everyone! I notice nobody paid any attention to Caelum's Maman. And here I thought I was adding a super exciting new mystery ^^
Ah well…No matter….I'm just super disappointed but I guess I'll survive… *.*
Anyway, the actual point of this AN is to tell you about the Rescue Groups that will be appearing in the 'titles' (you know the ones telling you who's there and where).
Rescue Group 1 is Sawada Ienari, Gokudera Hayato, Yamamoto Takeshi and Bianchi.
Rescue Group 2 is Reborn (on his own for now, might change).
Having said that, thanks for all the reviews. I'll never say it enough: they're a real moral boost. Thank you also to all those who've favorited/followed the story. I hope you all enjoy this chapter ^^
Kokuyo Land, Rescue Group 1
"So this is Kokuyo Land…" remarked Takeshi as he and the rest of the group stood in front of the entrance gate.
"It's kind of creepy…" muttered Nari, shifting uncomfortably.
He had never told anyone this, but he was mortally scared of ghosts and whatever else populated horror movies. He blamed this entirely on his father. Sawada Iemitsu had indeed been the one to show his four-year old son one of the most terrifying movies in history.
A shiver ran down the blonde's spine.
He had been left crying for hours after that and the nightmares had continued for months. It was one of the few times in his life he had seen his mother yell at his father. Nana had positively screamed at her husband and there hadn't been a child in the room she would probably have insulted him as well.
"Is the whole area a ruin?" asked Hayato, gazing at the collapsing buildings and broken attractions.
"Yes. It was an entertainment resort once, and they even planned renovations. But a landslide caused it to close down." explained Bianchi.
"It's like the remnants of a dream…" mused Takeshi aloud.
The silver haired bomber went closer to the gate in order to examine the chain keeping it closed.
"It's all rusted over." he announced. "Looks like those guys don't use it as an entrance. What shall we do?"
"We've already decided right?" said Bianchi taking out a plate of poisoned food. "We're going straight through the front door."
Her three companions gulped and took a step back, not wanting any contact with the ominous dish.
"Poison cooking, Sakura Cake!" exclaimed the pink haired woman as she threw the purple dessert on the gates.
The iron doors melted away in an instant and the group proceeded forward, careful not to touch the melted remains of the metallic frame.
"I wonder where Reborn is?" said Ienrai trying to distract himself from the creepiness of the place they had entered. "We didn't catch up to him after all."
Kokuyo Land, Rescue Group 2
Reborn had gotten inside the entertainment resort without encountering anyone. This was probably due to the fact that nobody knew he had intruded yet. He was, after all, the number one hitman. He was more than capable of making his way into a ruin unnoticed. He had thus ended up arriving in front of the resort's main building, before his companions arrived at the front gates. He hadn't entered immediately, preferring to observe the collapsing building from all sides, checking for any signs of life.
Once he was done, he grabbed hold of Leon who transformed into his favourite gun and cautiously entered the building.
He walked soundlessly in a way only trained individuals could. Even his breathing was soundless.
He crept through dark corridors, keeping all his senses in alert. All of a sudden, he stopped. From a distance came the sound of a voice. He strained his ear and carefully made his way closer. It was a high pitched voice that was singing. The tune seemed familiar but he couldn't make out the words.
As he got closer and closer, the words started getting clearer. As soon as he heard them, he knew which song the voice was singing.
With a smirk, he quickened his pace. A few moments later, he stopped in front of a wall. There was no doubt in his mind that the singing was coming from behind it. He raised his gun which promptly changed into a bazooka and shot.
With a deafening sound, the wall broke into pieces. A cloud of dust, made it impossible to see inside the room beyond, but Reborn never lost his calm as he patiently waited for a person to emerge. He didn't have to wait long as just a few seconds later, a hand grabbed the morsel of wall that was still standing. A fluffy yellow bird flew out of the hole Reborn had made, singing Namimori Middle School' hymn.
"Chaos, Hibari Kyoya." greeted the hitman with a smirk as a boy with black hair and steel-coloured eyes came appeared.
Kokuyo Land, Rescue Group 1
"HIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEE!"
The ear splitting screech that left Nari's mouth caused birds to fly away.
An enormous, wolf-like dog had just jumped on Yamamoto. The dark haired boy was struggling to keep it from biting him.
"This thing…" he exclaimed with a look of surprise.
He didn't have time to end his sentence for the animal spit out blood in his face.
"…is already dead." he finished as the thing collapsed to the ground.
This did nothing to reassure Nari who had ran behind a tree, trembling and eyes wide with tears, as soon as the zombie had made its appearance.
As soon as the dog hit the ground, two more rushed towards the group. Hayato intercepted one and sent it flying with a few sticks of dynamite.
"That one's an animated carcass too." he growled.
"IIIIIIIIIEEEEE!" screamed Nari while running away as he was followed by the second zombie.
Yamamoto took it upon himself to run after them in an attempt to save the blonde.
"Got you now, byon!" yelled an animalistic voice as the ground broke apart under the baseball player's feet.
With a yell, the raven haired boy fell into the hole. His companions rushed forward.
"Oi, Baseball Idiot?!" called Hayato kneeling on the sides of the hole.
"Yamamoto! There's something to your right!" said Nari frantically.
"Looks like there's a weird animal down there." commented Bianchi who looked nowhere near as worried as two teens next to her.
Inside the hole
"Welcome Yamamoto Takeshi." said the 'beast' standing in the shadows.
The raven haired boy narrowed his eyes and took out his bat. It had been a present from Reborn. Though it looked like a bat, it was actually a weapon as it was able to change into a katana.
"Kakipi's asleep you know." continued the stranger. "I've got no orders to follow and nothing to do. I'm super bored, byon. There here comes my prey all by himself. That makes me…"
He walked forward revealing himself.
"…Super happy!"
Kokuyo Land, Caelum
"Oh my God! Oh my God!" repeated the brunet as he stood glued to the wall watching the bodies of the monster-like twins.
It was just unfair that out of all the places he could have thrown in, fate had chosen a building taken straight out of a horror movie. He had always been bad with scary things. To this day he remembered the first horror movie he had ever watched. His own screams still sounded in his ears.
He shut his eyes tight and ran away, not able to withstand the sight of the half-dead beings at his feet.
He stopped running after he had rounded the corner. He leaned against the wall panting heavily. God! He hated scary things. He was terrified of them and he was sure it was bad for his health! He could already feel himself weakening. His heart was beating more strongly in his chest, in a way that announced heart failure. His stamina was running out a lot more quickly as well.
'I've got to find Mukuro quickly and take my pills back.' he thought as he examined the rooms he passed.
He peeked inside another room. It was larger than the ones he already walked past and he cautiously entered it. It was vast and its emptiness made it look even bigger. He advanced a few steps. Listening to a warning from his Hyper Intuition, Caelum went into Hyper Dying Will mode, his eyes blazing orange.
"Who's there?" he asked the empty room.
Sounds of metal chains and heavy footsteps answered him. He turned to the far end of the room where a ragged curtain was hanging from the ceiling. The curtain was opened, revealing a muscular man with spiky black hair and a mincing gaze. In his hand he held a thick black chain which was linked to a massive ball of iron, with strange snake-like patterns engraved on it.
Orange eyes narrowed as they analysed the man's strange weapon.
"It's good that you here." said the brunet, his gaze unwavering. "I wanted to ask you something."
The man didn't answer.
"What did you do with Fuuta and Lambo?"
"No idea." said the man curtly before lifting the chain and throwing the ball forward.
Caelum leapt away from it.
'Weird. It's pretty slow. Even in my state it's easy to avoid…'
At the last moment, however, the iron ball changed its course and flew towards him. Caelum found himself flying through the room due to the force of the impact.
"No path exists for you to live." said the man in a deep voice that held, as strange as it seemed, a note of sadness. "Abandon all hope."
As he got up, Caelum let his bangs fall onto his eyes and smirked.
"Quite right. No path exists for me to live." he agreed. "With that said, the closer I am to Death, the stronger is my Dying Will."
He straightened up, revealing his gaze.
"As it is, if I let you defeat me, I'll never be able to die in peace." he announced strongly. "Just wait, I'm going to end your suffering."
The man's eyes widened slightly as he heard the last sentence. He recovered quickly as Caelum was flying towards him, his gloved fists alight with orange flames. The iron ball flew towards the brunet but rather than try to avoid it, he pushed it back towards its owner at full force.
Caelum watched as the ball impacted with his opponent who was sent flying into a wall. The wall crumbled and a cloud of dust rose, hiding the man from view.
The brunet frowned as a blurry shadow rose.
"It seems I underestimated you." said the dark haired man as he walked away from the broken wall. "But ball playing is just a hobby to pass time."
He rushed forward at full speed.
"My true speciality is hand-to-hand combat." he told the boy as he threw a heavy punch in said boy's face.
Caelum went flying backwards.
"You won't win with kindness alone, Il Misericordioso."