Author's note:

Sorry for the long wait! School makes me have a little time to write story! This is the new chapter! Hope you enjoy it even if it just a little!

Three days later, Custody room, Spettro Family HQ, Italy

Chrome's eye flustered opened. She felt her body heavy but still able to move. She sat up and looked around her. The wall, the bed, the door, entirely, she found out that she's not in her room or the Vongola HQ.

"Where am I? Why I…?" She looked down and noticed the ring on her finger, which surprised her. Her vision blurry and her head felt hazy until a certain person came in.

"So you're awake." Rio entered the room along with Rie who carried food for their captive.

"You…! Then, this place is…" She remembered the moment she saw Rio. The flashback of when she met Nero and then offered herself to him to save Mukuro and the others appeared inside her head. She distanced herself when Rio sat on the edge of the bed.

"You do not need to afraid like that. I won't hurt you or anything." Rio said expressionless "We only came here to give you this food from boss. You better eat it." Rio served the food to Chrome. Chrome looked closely at the food. It was a Risotto alla Milanese with saffran, a traditional Italian food from Lombardy region, Ribollita, a classic Tuscan peasant dish from Veneto region and a warm chocolate drink.

"I don't need-!" However, before Chrome could finish her protest, her stomach betrayed her. Her stomach growled loud, which could be heard by the twins.

Chrome covered her stomach and blushed horribly in embarrassment. She looked down so her face covered by her shadow, don't want to show it to her enemies, though it's already too late for her. She cannot believe she could be this stupid in front of the enemies.

"Your stomach can no longer hold it up so I suggest you to eat the food. You do not need to worry to eat it because there's no poison there. So eat up." Rie said emotionlessly.

"…how long I've been here…? Where am I…?" Chrome asked while she began to eat hesitantly and slowly.

"You're currently inside our HQ near Pompeii. You had been slept for three days because of the drugs that boss gave you."

Chrome almost choked her drink when she heard the word drugs "D-drugs…?"

"It's just a sleeping drugs, it won't hurt you. Boss needed some preparation for his plan to succeed and he needed you to sleep for three days for that to make sure you don't do anything. Also, he needs both you and Lacie to control that ring on your finger. You better, cooperate with us in order to destroy Vongola."

Chrome stopped eating. She glared at the twins and clenched her hands "I won't. I will never help all of you!" Chrome said firmly.

"…" The twins silenced and looked surprised at Chrome. But it didn't last long because of the twin's awe expressions.

"…you're more though than we thought… We were expecting you to be scared and afraid since you seemed to be a shy and timid girl like boss said but I guess he was wrong." Rio said as he held back his laughter.

Chrome blushed even further at this but also dumbfounded by the reply and blinked in confusion. She expected them to be mad and use force against her to make her obey. To found out that twin instead chuckling at her answer was a surprise for her.

"…why your boss…brought me here? What he intent to do with me…?" Chrome asked.

"Unfortunately for you, we cannot tell you yet. Rio, our business here is done. Let's go back." Rie interrupted as she grabbed her brother's wrist.

"Boss will be here soon. You better watch your mouth if you don't want to get hurt. Stay here and be quiet" Rio warned before they closed the door.

Once their footsteps not heard anymore, assured that the twin already gone, Chrome let out a long sigh that she held back without her notice and let herself fell back to the bed and hugged the pillow tightly. They told her to stay here and be quiet but there's not even anything to do in the room with only a bed, table, and chair in the first place.

"Mukuro-sama… Boss… Everyone…"

She wondered if it was really a good idea to offer herself to the enemy of Vongola from the past, the enemy of Vongola Primo and his guardians who had killed her past self. She wondered if she stay here will only add to the total in the long run.

"But…if I didn't do this, Mukuro-sama might be killed back then… Above all else, I have to make sure they like me enough to keep me around. At least…until the preparation of war are finished."

Slowly, the Memory ring glowed. It got brighter and brighter along with voices. Suddenly Chrome felt something forced its way into her brain and she gritted her teeth and clutched her head in frustration due to the pain as images came rushing into her mind. The feeling and pain were different from the usual when she had a flashback of Lacie's memories.

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Lacie leaned on the window as she staring outside while listening to the music box. She wondered about her brother and the others and prays for them inside her heart.

"It is been two hours… they not come back yet… Please hurry came back… brother… Spade…" Lacie uttered to herself.

She looked at her music box and reminiscing again the time she spent with Daemon days ago, his word, his touch, his expression, his action, and his smile.

"I finally… realized my own feeling. Weird… I only with him for a short time… but I feel this way for him… If I finally say it to him… will he stop visiting me…? I should not think about this now… I really am stupid… they will come back. Once they come back, I will welcome them with smile… yes… smile… hmm?"

She suddenly sees thick smoke coming from the HQ. Even though the tower is quite far from the HQ, she can see it clearly "What is that smoke…?" she wondered. She suddenly heard the door of the entrance of the tower opened. Sochratez hissed and ran down stairs to outside tower.

"Sochratez? What is wrong-"as she about to follow her cat, she heard her cat screaming loud and she quickly ran outside, concern about her cat. As she arrived outside, there are only two men in front of her.

"So, this is Vongola's little sister?" the man beside Theo asked as she observed Lacie. Theo nodded "Yes she is, boss."

"Theo…? Do you see Sochratez? And… who is this… why did you called him boss?" she asked to the butler as she pointed the man beside him.

The two men smirked and Theo walked closely to her and she back away "Here you go… Lady Lacie." Theo suddenly threw something to the ground. Lacie look terrified by what she seen… Sochratez bloodied body.

"SOCHRATEZ!" she cried as she leaned to her cat, held him, and then glared to the two men with anger.

Theo brought out his sword as he leaned to Lacie "Please behave and we won't hurt you… for now… until Vongola Primo come."

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She hoped all of this was only a nightmare. She hoped all of the pain she suffered right now was a dream. She hoped once she woke up she will be welcomed by Mukuro comforting her. She hoped she could feel his hand brushing her hair, patted her head to calm her down. She hoped she could hear him soothing sweet words in her ear. She hoped she could see his smile, assuring her.

"Mukuro…-sama…"

She heard the door opened and someone entered the room. Her vision darkened and blurry so she barely knew who was the one who entered the room but she could saw a smirk on the face of the person before she passed out.

"It's time for you to be use, Lacie."

Garden, 5th floor, Vongola UG hideout

"I deem you worthy of my inheritance." Éclair gave Gelaro her inheritance as she disappeared. Her power went inside Gelaro's Snow Vongola Box. Yamamoto, Ryohei, Lambo, Gokudera, Hibari, and Gelaro, thus made only one guardian and the boss left that hadn't received their inheritances.

Yamamoto able to received Ugetsu's inheritance after showed that he will not attack a defenseless person without any will to fight and his talent as swordsman.

Ryohei able to received Knuckle's inheritance after showed his vow never kill anyone no matter what the circumstances are and his passion for boxing.

Lambo able to received Lampo's inheritance after very easily solved Lampo's riddle and games and shock Gokudera with Gyuudon and Electrico Cornatta.

Gokudera able to received G's inheritance after he showed his desire to protect Tsuna even if he's no longer a guardian or his right-hand man.

Hibari able to received Alaude's inheritance after he showed his aloofness and indirectly helped Tsuna and the others when needed (Thanks to Reborn scheme by using Skull).

And Gelaro able to received Éclair's inheritance after he revealed his mistakes and desire to cleanse his Family's stained name along with Vongola's.

Mukuro and Tsuna were the only ones left and they were eager to finish their trial and gain their inheritances quickly. But there still no words from the first Mist guardian and Vongola boss "Where's Daemon Spade?" Mukuro asked Gelaro who just received his inheritance.

"I don't know. It's only just you and Sawada left now who need to get the inheritance." Gelaro replied.

Mukuro stiffened and continued his search for his past self. Only three days left for him to prepare himself and get ready before they infiltrate Spettro HQ and rescue Chrome. He had to surpass Nero and Theo. He must end this once and for all. He must destroy him to the core, make sure his soul will never able to reached the living land anymore.

"Where is he? While Tsunayoshi Sawada's guardians already receive the first generation Vongola's power except me and Tsunayoshi Sawada himself, the only thing I could do is just waiting… Only two days left before the infiltration…I must have that power now!"

His thought was interrupted by Gelaro's hand, clutched his shoulder not quite hard "Relax a little. You began to lose your cool again. Alpha said that The Spettro Family Boss needs Dokuro to achieve his goal to annihilate us, that's why he won't kill her yet. She's still alive."

"I know. But that also the reason I cannot just stay here while he might be done something to Chrome." Mukuro replied as he remembered what he had been through when he was still in Estraneo Family five years ago.

"If you lose your cool like what you did that time, you'll only get beaten again by him. You know how strong his power is. If you were beaten, then who will save Chrome?" Gelaro left to his room after the words, ignored Mukuro's expression towards him.

"…it's really easy to say than done…" Mukuro sighed and took a deep breath. He covered his right eye with his right hand "Even though what you said is true…how can I stop worrying about her? There's no way…"

Mukuro was really worried sick about Chrome since three days ago. No. These days she worried him that nearly got him a heart attack. She already made him worry this much since her attempt to free him from Vendice Prison. To him, ever since the day he first met her, Chrome is a fragile girl, different from Lacie that he knew in the past.

Chrome that he recognized in this life is a shy, innocent, and timid girl. Chrome was no longer Lacie who he recognized in the past. Even though he regained his memories as Daemon Spade, just as he said, he will not change. He already put his past behind him and already accepted Chrome not as Lacie the pearl of Vongola but as Chrome the only girl for him.

He wanted to tell his feeling to her quickly. Know that he knew how she feels about him, it's time for him to return it.

Mukuro took a deep breath calm himself down. As much as it hard to be in the middle of mafia community, it was hard to relax himself. He's far beyond stress right now and he doubt someone will able to comfort him and even if there is, he will make sure he decline it because no one here except mafias. Ironically for him, that his past life was actually a mafia member and also one of Vongola Guardians that protected the Vongola boss.

"Chrome, don't worry. I will get my power and come for you! I swear!"

Tsuna's training room, 8th floor, Vongola UG hideout

Tsuna drank a whole bottle of water. His body full of sweat and bruises. Aria handed him a towel to brush the sweat from his body.

"We will continue our training in 4 hours, so you should use that time to rest." Giotto told Tsuna.

"Umm, Primo, what should I do for the Inheritance test? Everyone except me, Gelaro-san and Mukuro already received their inheritances." Tsuna asked.

"Until your Mist Guardian's trial finished, then I will tell you." Giotto said before he left the room but then he entered again for a second "And to tell you, your snow guardian already passed Éclair's trial a while ago."

"Gelaro-san did?" Tsuna asked with excitement and relieved "Then, only me and Mukuro left." However, his thought interrupted by a kick from Reborn on the head "What are you doing Reborn?" Tsuna cried.

"You should check up on Gelaro now. He's at dining room." Reborn said without any guilt or intent to apologize.

"I'm tired! Let me rest fir-"and again, he welcomed by Reborn's kick on the face.

"Don't be lazy. Mafia has a little time to rest. Hurry up now." Reborn turned Leon into a hammer in case Tsuna still insist to rest there and Tsuna knew that his tutor will definitely pummel him if he didn't, left him no choice but stood up and ran out from the room.

"You don't need to be so hard on him, you know." Aria commented.

"This is how I teach him." Reborn said with smirk "I don't need to worry about Tsuna. But the current Mukuro is the one I'm worrying about now. Because everyone except Tsuna and himself already gained their inheritances, he became impatient."

"Indeed. That boy is too worried about Chrome. But I guess that just show how much he cares for her." Aria stated.

"He's apathetic of suffering of others and considers people as tools or toys. But yet, he's a kind of person who never wants to display his inner emotions to either us or his most trusted subordinates." Reborn added.

"Similar with you right? My mother said that you also that kind of person." Aria said followed by giggles. Reborn only tilted his fedora in response.

Dining room, 2nd floor, Vongola UG hideout

"Gelaro-san!" Tsuna entered the dining room and found Gelaro along with Yamamoto and Gokudera ate their lunch together.

"Tenth, are you okay?" Gokudera rushed to Tsuna, noticed bruises and sweat on Tsuna's body and shook his shoulder several times out of worry "You should be resting Tenth! Sit there then I will ask the chefs to serve foods for you!"

"I'm alright, Gokudera-kun. It's just because of training. Anyway, Gelaro-san, is it true that you get Éclair's inheritance?" Tsuna asked after she assured Gokudera that he's alright.

Gelaro nodded and showed his Vongola box while he continued to eat.

"Then it's only you and Mukuro left." Yamamoto said cheerfully "Only two inheritances to go!"

"Yeah. But where's Mukuro? When I saw him four hours ago, he seemed to be in hurry. I'm worry…he didn't act like himself these past few days…" Tsuna said in concern. Mukuro's behavior for the past three days since Chrome was taken away is really worrisome and the main concern for Tsuna.

"Really? He still same person to me. That pineapple head still sarcastic and arrogant as usual." Gokudera said coldly. But saw Tsuna's face even more worried he quickly took back his words and tried assured Tsuna "B-but don't worry, tenth! This is Mukuro we are talking about! He will be alright!"

To Gokudera's dismay, Tsuna's expression didn't change and it became worse when Gelaro, who finished his food start to spoke "Unfortunately, he didn't. With his current condition, I doubt he will able to pass his trial."

"Yeah, he really is weird these days. Maybe we should try talk to him." Yamamoto suggested.

"He will be alright! There's no need to worry about him! Besides, I doubt he will listen to us, tenth! You know what kind of person he is!" Gokudera interjected.

"Yeah I know…but…he's also…same as us." Tsuna said softly, confused Yamamoto and Gokudera "Yeah…Mukuro also same as us. I don't know if he's an enemy or ally but he truly cares for Chrome, right? That must be it…"

Training room, Spettro Family HQ, Italy

Rie leaned against the ceiling, looking at the orange sky. She replayed again the scene when Nero killed Alpha, she still hard to accept her boss's action. Rie dislike Alpha for many reasons but she sympathize him being killed like that just because of small failure.

"Rie, so you're here." Rio entered the room. He noticed her worry plastered on her face "What's wrong?" He asked as he placed his hands on Rie's.

"…About boss when he killed Alpha…what do you think about it…?" Rie slowly asked.

"Boss's decision is absolute. He must be had the right reason for killing Alpha. Do not forget that he was the one who saved us from that slum. He's our savior, our boss." Rio replied firmly.

"Yes, but…somehow…it feels wrong to me…"

"You're worrying too much. Just continue your training now with your box weapon. It will relax you eventually." Rio patted her shoulder with assuring and comforting tone.

Rie sighed and decided to do what her brother had suggested her. He opened her box weapon, revealing her snow wolf, Batou "Batou, we will train now! Come here!" And as she ordered, Batou ran to her, revealed his fangs.

"I must not question boss's order. Yeah…I have to trust him. But then…why I…"

?

It was a dark place, nothing there but complete darkness and emptiness. Chrome floated with her hands covered her face. Afraid and wished she got out from the darkness. The voices, screams, pains, all of it were floating around her, tortured her mentally.

"Where is this place? It's dark! It's so painful! I'm scared! I'm scared!" Chrome screamed in her thought. She kept pleading for help to get her out from the darkness. She decided that she doesn't need the memories of her past because she already accepted herself as Chrome Dokuro not as Lacie.

She then felt soft hands covered her face "It's okay. You're not in the dark place anymore."

Chrome opened her eyes. She was no longer in the midst of darkness, but in the Lycoris field where Lacie is. Chrome looked around, looking for Lacie only to found said woman behind her with pale and worry face quite similar with hers. Before Lacie could say anything, Chrome hugged her tightly. Lacie could felt that her reincarnation really afraid of the experience she just experienced not long ago.

"What is this? Why your memories keep coming like this? I thought you said I don't need it…" Chrome said tearfully.

"I know. I also afraid…I never thought I will saw it again with my own eyes. This is because you wearing the ring." Lacie said with her body also trembled like Chrome did "Theo…forced us to remember our memories four hundred years ago…"

"What should we do? How could we stop it?" Chrome said as she wiped her tears.

"First thing you must let go the ring first. It will prevent the seal of the ring to break further. That's the best thing to do for now-"The field suddenly darkened and the flowers withered "Nagi! Be careful!"

Custody room, Spettro Family HQ

And with that, Lacie disappeared and Chrome regained her consciousness. She sat up and panted slowly as she wiped her cold sweat from her forehead. She can no longer felt Lacie in any part of her mind.

"This room have some kind of special defence device that will block any interference as long as I want it. You won't be able to connect Lacie, Chrome Dokuro." Nero said. He leaned against the side of the door with his evil smirk "You already recognized who I am, correct? But now, I'm Nero, not Theo that you knew in the past." He said as he pointed his Six Paths of Reincarnations.

"What do you want with me…? I will never help you!" Chrome said with determined face despite her fear of the man in front of him.

Nero observed her with amused sort of delight face "Kukuku…I see that you still have that traits of Lacie's even if you're reincarnated. And you will help me even if you don't want to. But I will let you relax here until the day after tomorrow."

"What you did to me? And I won't wear this ring again! I don't need it!" Chrome said and began to try to pull out the ring from her finger. But strangely, it won't even budge, it still stay in the place.

Nero laughed at her futile attempt "Unfortunately for you, with the power of my Spettro Sky ring and my own blood. That ring will always attached on you. When you were asleep, I made you drank my blood, which made you become part of me, physically and mentally. As long as I wish for the ring to attached on you, then it will never able to be separated." He said with triumphant smile.

"Let it go! I don't need those memories!" Chrome shouted.

"But I do. By using your memories and that ring, I will take my revenge on Vongola. Especially that master of yours who killed me in the past as Theo. You don't know how pain it felt when he killed me." Nero said with Theo's voice, which is serious and threatening.

Chrome shuddered as she felt the pressure behind his voice. She trembled. Nero quickly gain control of himself and use his playful smirk again as if nothing he never snapped.

"Well, enjoy your memories, Lady Lacie." He mocked before closed the door, leaving the room.

Chrome began to saw the memories again inside her. Fortunately, the pain was not as worse as the previous pain. She felt stupid about herself. She already promised herself that she will become stronger so she doesn't need to rely on others anymore. But here, now, she cannot do anything but waiting for Mukuro and the others to help her.

She could felt the danger Mukuro and the others will face if they come here "Mukuro-sama…if you will really come here for me…then please…be safe… God…I don't care what happened to me please just protect Mukuro-sama and the others. Take my life if you must…"

2nd Garden, 3rd floor, Vongola UG hideout

Mukuro gazed at the starry moon. He wished Ken and Chikusa are here with him. If he knew things will turned out this way, he will take both of them along with him. Their constant bickering might able to relaxed him a little and cast aside his worries. After all, even though he never showed it, he regards both of them as his friends. Unlike what everyone think that he only think of them as his tools.

However, unknown to him, there's one person who knew this.

"Mukuro, what are you doing here?"

Mukuro almost let himself show his shock face when the tenth Vongola boss with his tutor on his shoulder confronted him "Tsunayoshi Sawada, what do you want?" Mukuro asked coldly.

"Nothing, it's just that you look troubled. Are you okay?" Tsuna asked in voice of concern.

"Kufufufu, showed your kindness to your enemy. You and Vongola Primo are same one and another. I guess idiocy and naivete also runs within blood." Mukuro said mocking and cynically.

Tsuna flinched at this statement "Hiiieee! How cold. He never changed at all! He's still scary!"

"You're worry about Chrome. Right, Mukuro?" Reborn guessed.

"So? It will be troublesome for me if Nero use her and that ring to annihilate us. I won't let that happen. Besides, I will not die until I possess your body and destroy mafia." Mukuro wore his playful smirk, which startled Tsuna. Tsuna had learned that if Mukuro smirked like that, it was a bad sign for him.

However, his intuition told him that Mukuro partly lied about what he just said. Tsuna could also felt that Mukuro is worry about Chrome. He knew that even though is a kind of person who considers people as tools or toys, he also same as him and the others; a kind of person who would never abandon his comrades, though the latter refuse to admit it.

"Chrome will be alright."

Mukuro stopped walking but he didn't face Tsuna, instead he just stood on his spot as he heard Tsuna continued.

"Well, I also worry about Chrome…but if I think again, she's not a weak girl. She always tries her best on training or duties. That's why…umm…I think we should have some faith in her even if it just a little rather than keep worrying about her…"

There's a tense silent. As if the time had being frozen. None move nor say a word like they were turned into stone. However, the moment ended when the mismatched eyes illusionist finally spoke "If anyone knows how strong she is, then it would be me. And I don't want to hear that from-"

"We are allies now." Tsuna cut off Mukuro's words, which surprised him and finally he turned around, facing the tenth Vongola boss.

"…what?"

"Chrome is my friend. She's a guardian, which make her part of Vongola. My dad was the one who offered you to become my guardian as well, right? Even though you said you did this so you could possess my body…you actually did this in return of your comrade's freedom, right? That's why…right now…you're also my comrade…!"

"You're part of Vongola, you're my part of my family. That's why…you're-you're…My friend!"

Mukuro's eyes widened in shocked when he heard Tsuna's last sentences. He remembered the day when Iemitsu offered him the position of Vongola Mist Guardian.

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"I understand. I will protect Ken Joshima and Chikusa Kakimoto who are still on the run." Iemitsu said to Nagi who sat in front of him.

"Kufufufu…how unique of you…I had all of my abilities being taken away and I could only stay in this unique girl's body only for a short period of times." Mukuro said with bemused tone.

"I do not mind. I want you to become Tsuna's mist guardian along with that girl, Mukuro Rokudo." Iemitsu brought out the Mist Vongola Ring from his pocket.

Mukuro glanced down at the ring extended towards him. Slowly,one of his hands rose and gently plucked the Vongola ring from the offered hand and slid the Vongola ring onto Nagi's finger.

"Very well, then."

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"…you and your father are the same fool, one after another…" Mukuro walked to Tsuna and stopped right beside him. He whispered something that beyond Tsuna's thought "Though I guess…that foolishness of yours is what endears you to help Chrome several times."

Tsuna watched Mukuro's back until the blue haired illusionist no longer in his sight.

"Mukuro…"

"I guess No Good Tsuna slowly gain his respect…" Reborn commented.

Outside the room, Mukuro met the Bertesco boss, Gelaro with his arms crossed and stood against the wall. He seemed to be waiting for the illusionist to calm himself down and able to listen what he had to say again.

"What do you want again?" Mukuro asked.

"I want to tell you something. Just follow me now." Gelaro motioned him to follow him. Mukuro, who already calmed himself a little, decide to follow the teen boss. He knew that if Gelaro asked him to do this, it must be really important.

"Where will you take me?"

"To here." Gelaro pointed the door with "Library" written on it. The two entered the room and Mukuro sat on the chair while waiting for Gelaro who took some coffees for both of them from vending machine.

"Why did you bring me here? What do you want to talk about?" Mukuro asked right to the point.

"You still not calm like you usually do. That's why I think I should tell you some story that will ease your head. This won't be boring for you so why not try to listen to it?" Gelaro took a sip of coffee while observed Mukuro's reaction.

Mukuro really doubt that this story that Gelaro will tell will ease his worry even one a bit but he's curious about the Bertesco boss suddenly intent to tell him some story. Gelaro is not a type who would tell something useless or unimportant and it's very rare for him to comfort someone except Tsuna and Chrome.

"Very well…" Mukuro replied.

Gelaro smiled a little "This is happened four months ago. That time not long after I encountered Vongola Tenth at Catafalcato Island…"

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