Welcome back! Sorry I know this late. Had a major writer's block and then when it's gone my internet stops working because the towers shut down. Then Lent comes and I gave Fanfiction up and well...yeah...I'm horrible. Sorry again!
Disclaimer: I don't own KHR but I do own my characters
It was slow, but I could feel the way my body was reacting to the alarms. It was so familiar to me, yet it was unwelcomed as well. This feeling was one that was supposed to be disposed of. The fear that sets in when you know that the enemies knows you are there; the adrenaline that comes rushing in right after the fear and you're ready to go at it; not even knowing what iteven be.
"Yukiko stay with me now." Alba hissed lowly in my ear. I snapped out my state only to realize in horror that the unwelcoming feeling I had was gone and I was starting to shake from excitement. Just like before, the feeling of unknowing was exhilarating. The feeling of never knowing what could happen was a rush. The way I always felt whenever the enemy found out who we were.
"Don't worry!" Lal shouted angrily. I bit my lip trying to push down the feeling I have. Why couldn't it just go away and never come back? "Let's destroy the surveillance system already."
"Yeah." Ryohei agreed and began to run. We followed after him and I couldn't help but curse inwardly. This would get my adrenaline going faster and pretty soon I'm going to want to do something reckless or idiotic.
"No fucking way." Akane growled out angrily, throwing the remote to the floor. Her virus didn't activate. Why it didn't activate? Now that's something she wants an answer to. Another answer she wants is who the fuck deflected her virus?
Her fist angrily pounded on the wall and frustrated scream came out of her mouth. Whoever it was is going to die by her hands. How dare they kill her precious virus! There will be hell to pay.
"Cyber-sama she's on the basement floor. They manage to destroy the system." Ro said in a monotone voice. Akane looked down to the robotic puppy feeling the anger rise anymore.
"Ro check the main computer. I'm going to improvise off of -dare I say it - Irie. Reach me on your transmitter." She spat out his name and Ro nodded and ran away from her. She closed her eyes and massaged her temples. Once again, their reunion was prolonged.
What would Lucky do? Akane thought to herself trying to ignore the people that were passing her. Kill Irie? No she rather not, he wasn't her target. Magically appear in front of them scaring the shit out of them? No she never learned the tricks for that. Strategically come up with a plan out of nowhere? Nope not her forte. Ugh she knew just learning things about technology was going to ruin her one day.
Wait a second. Akane opened up her laptop quickly and waited impatiently for it to turn on. After a few seconds, the screen popped up and she clicked the sun icon on the left. A window opened and a bunny, with a meadow as the background, appeared. She then clicked the small X mark in its right eye and the laptop turned pitch black before another icon that took up most of the screen appeared.
A circle with a X in the middle with a rectangle connecting it, triangles were formed in-between the the line intervals and in the triangles were black rhombuses. Suddenly, the icon began to spin clockwise rapidly and once again the screen had became black. In a blink of an eye, a green window popped up and codes began to appear.
Akane typed in a code she hadn't had to use for years, but then again she hadn't done this for years either. No not since the Organization was destroyed and her life was ripped into multiple pieces that not even a super computer can fix and put back together whole.
"Cyber-sama I managed to hack into the main computer. They downloaded a map of the whole base and it seems they are going to close down all the main routes." Ro's voice came from my ear piece. She couldn't help the smirk that whipped onto her face.
"Send it to me Ro." She ordered typing furiously at the laptop. Another window popped open on her screen and she clicked on it. The computer asked if she wanted to open the file to which she put yes. Right after she clicked it, the map came onto the screen and a dim red dot appeared on it. A small grin lit up on her face.
Ten years ago the old hag that took care of Kaichou, managed to take the chip out of her. But the one she took out wasn't the only tracker that was on her. It was just a jointed chip that had a small set of explosives in it that would explode the minute that she talked about the Organization. But there was another chip that not even the hag could get without seriously messing up Kaichou. All she had to do was block the signal so we wouldn't be able to catch it back then. However, since the signal that blocked it isn't present no more, the tracker in her should be working and it was.
"It's hard on your body, right?" Tsuna asked softly.
"That's enough just go already." Lal snapped taking us aback. I frowned at her comment, my adrenaline slowing fading out of my body. "I don't want to be the one slowing you down."
"No way!" We all yelled in unison. Okay now that was kind of creepy. Even Annerie said it and she hardly spoke to anyone that wasn't me this whole time.
"Stop joking around already. We've taken such little things into account already." Gokudera crossed his arms.
"I'll carry you," Annerie suggested, "and it won't bother me one bit either. Have you forgotten how I trained?" She added the last part hastily as she saw that Lal was going to protest.
"And the operation is a success only if we return with everyone." Tsuna added determinedly. By her expression, I could tell that Lal was beginning to give up, but before anything could happen a loud mechanical noise came from above us.
The gates to the main routes began to close. They were closing the main routes on us.
"Jyudaime, the pathways!" Gokudera said alarmed looking back at Tsuna after turning to see the gates closed. I closed my eyes feeling the adrenaline come pumping back in.
"They started to close the gate around the main routes." Ryohei confirmed calmly turning to Tsuna. Without missing a beat, Yamamoto put in his share of words saying, "We won't be able to pass through."
"What are we going to do?" Tsuna asked.
"We could always take a detour. It would take longer, but seeing as how the main routes are of no use to us, it would be the best choice." I suggested.
"We shouldn't worry about it Jyudaime. This was one of the predicted patterns from the enemy." Gokudera informed. I frowned at what he was going to suggest. We did do this in the stimulations before, but Lal Mirch was our decoy. I glanced at her state and my frown deepened; someone else will have to step in her place.
"Then now we know what to do." Yamamoto smiled cheerily.
"That won't work." Ryohei and Annerie cut in at the same time. Another creepy moment. Are these perhaps planned intentionally?
"Why not?" Gokudera demanded not like the idea that his suggestion was put off so easily. "If it was the same simulation, then..."
"Lal Mirch was our decoy." Annerie said hastily before Ryohei could say anything.
"That's right, in that situation," Ryohei added onto to what she had said, "we're supposed to head for the next point while Lal Mirch stayed behind as our decoy."
A low sigh escaped my mouth and a sharp pain came into my head. I grabbed my head again, feeling it begin to throb. Each beat felt like getting hit by an old lady's purse filled with bricks.
"Umm..." Tsuna stood up and turned to us a bit unsure. "I'll do it. I'll be the decoy."
I let go of my head immediately and let fall to my side. The idea of Tsuna being the decoy didn't sit well with me. I didn't want anything to happen to him; ironic seeing as how we're in the enemy's base and he showed that he could defend himself. Another low sigh escaped my lips and I tried to ignore the feeling in my gut. I reallydidn't like the idea of him being the decoy.
"According to the plan, the decoy needs to be mobile...So, I think I'm best for that job..." He trailed off and stood his ground. I couldn't but smile a bit. Not even a few years ago, could he do something like this. He's grown from the old Tsuna I knew. But it's okay, I like this new him, and he still is like the old him as well.
"But it's dangerous." Gokudera defended weakly stumbling a bit towards him. Tsuna smiled at him.
"It's fine, I'll meet up with you guys later. Gokudera-kun please take care of Lal." Now how can anyone say no to face like that?
"Jyudaime!" Gokudera cried out obviously flustered that Tsuna had trusted him with Lal. "If anything happens to you, call us! Telepathy is good too!" He began to shake Tsuna back and forth and I chuckled lightly at his last sentence. "You have to! When you do, your right hand will be there immediately."
"Oww," He winced when Gokudera unknowingly started to squeeze his shoudlers. "Thank you."
Gokudera let go of him and brought his hands up to his face. He choked back what sounded like a sob. "This'll be dangerous for the boss."
"Just follow the directions of the route I put in your handheld." Ryohei cut in. Tsuna took out his handheld and nodded. "Go as far as you can...the flume on the tenth basement is the best place to stop the enemy."
"I understand." He looked back to where Lal was resting. "I'm off then."
"Tsuna," I grabbed his arm as he began to run. He looked back at me questionably. I opened my mouth to tell him to be careful, but shut it. I let go of his arm and smiled at him. "I'll be waiting. So don't keep me waiting for too long."
"Okay." He smiled back at me before running off again.
Annerie nudged me lightly and I looked back at her. She raised her eyebrows suggestively at me and I shook my head furiously. She laughed lightly and leaned down.
"A friend usually says "be careful" or "take care". A lover usually says "I love you". Now tell me what kind of person says "I'll be waiting. So don't keep me waiting for too long" hmm?"
I sent her a mysterious smile. "One that learns to give up." Her smirk fell at my reply. She looked back at the group who were still staring after Tsuna. She walked towards Lal Mirch and held out her hand. Slowly Lal grabbed her hand and in a swift movement she was on Annerie's back.
"We have to keep moving. Ryohei you're better with the maps than me so take the lead." She said catching everyone's attention. We all nodded and followed after Ryohei.
Even though we were killers, we also had our morals. We may have treated each other as just partners for a mission, but we never left someone behind. Even killing someone else that was in the Organization was cruel to us. We had one goal, and killing our own teammate just tainted it. Sure we had causalities in our missions but murdering someone that was working with us was wrong even to us. We only killed the people that helped us against the families, because who knew when they too would turn their backs against us? They didn't bare the symbol on their skin like we had.
Crunching from behind the wall caught my attention. I narrowed my eyes at it feeling my body trembling with anger. I looked back at the man sitting on the floating carpet and my anger flared up even more. How dare he do that to his own comrade?
"What the fuck?" The words slipped out of my mouth as a bear paw fell from the wall. What the fuck is going on behind that damn wall?
Out of nowhere a bear came flying out from behind the wall and landed in front of us. It hit the ground pretty hard and it struggled to pull itself up. The left paw was missing and only the right paw held the dying will flame.
"that is Nigella's bow weapon." Ryohei confirmed. Right after that the bear let out a loud roar at the direction where it had come from. Then the wall itself began to break and I tensed up.
"What the hell is behind there?" Gokudera cried out as the wall fell down. A large snake appeared with storm flames protruding from its scales; a shiver ran down my spine. I was never really fond of snakes. Alex ruined that for me.
Suddenly, the snake lunged at the bear taking it in its jaw and swallowed the bear whole. My stomach began to do flips and I staggered back a bit.
"A giant snake!" Yamamoto exclaimed.
"Those flames," Ryohei added, "it's a box weapon."
"Really?" Annerie questioned, her voice dripping with sarcasm. "I would have never noticed that if it wasn't for you guys. Thanks for the heads up after the snake devoured that bear there and honored us with its appearance."
"That's right, Serpente Tempesta." The man floated next to his snake."From the looks of satisfaction on his face, he enjoyed Nigella's Demon Bear."
"Serpente Tempesta…the storm snake." Ryohei muttered.
"That's correct."
"Oi you old baboon he was just clarifying what it was, he wasn't asking you if it was a storm attribute or not now was he?" Annerie hissed annoyed. We all turned to stare at her like she was an idiot. I mean did she really have to say that out loud?
My box, the Serpente Tempesta, is the newest creation of the box-maker Koenig." The man growled out. In reply Annerie rolled her eyes. "It has the ability to grow by feeding on other box weapons. Also it's fighting power will grow accordingly."
"It ate the bear just awhile ago." Gokudera murmured softly.
"A box that can eat things?" Yamamoto asked surprised.
"It's not unheard of." Ryohei replied. "Octopus head's kitten was eating too."
I glanced at Gokudera who was shaking from…is that excitement? Heh and to think I was the only one that was getting revved up by this. Maybe it's not such a bad thing to feel after all.
"It's not a problem!" He cried out happily bring his hands up. "Haven't you four realized? Look at its form, that thing is not just a giant snake! It's one of the top 8 things I hope to see in my life!" Okay maybe not; I'm just the freak of this group that gets off on running from the enemy.
"It's a mystical beast that can only be found in Japan! The Tsuchinoko! No doubt about it."
"Ah…A real Tsuchinoko was discovered 3 years ago." Ryohei informed him, bursting Gokudera's bubble. A low chuckled escaped my mouth at his expression.
Baishana was a fool. He deserved to die. He killed his comrade, even though Akane hardly sees Black Spell as anything, they're still working together.
She took off her bloodied gloves and let them fall to the floor next to Baishana's mangled body. A low scoffed escaped her mouth as she wiped away the blood that had splattered onto her face.
"Riku you did good." Akane smiled at the Lightning box weapon that had laid its head on her shoulder. The lightning flames trickled her face, but she was use to already. She petted the top of his cheek and stepped over the dead body.
She wanted to tie up some loose ends before meeting up with Kaichou. Not only that, but Riku was already warmed up now. There wouldn't be any problems for now. All she had to do now is get rid of the Vongola to trip up her target.
Her eyes caught onto the Tsuchinoko's own and they stared at each other for a moment. She looked back to the bloody body and bent down. Her eyes flickered warily to the box weapon every now and then as she rummaged through the body. Her hands finally touched what she had needed.
"You're a fool. Loyally serving someone that betrays you." She berated the snake taking out the object of desire. The snake let out a low weak hiss. Ryohei Sasagawa had done a real good one on him. "But follow me and I will give you salvation."
The snake's hiss got louder and it coiled up preparing to strike at her. RIku let out a loud roar making the snake shrink back up. Akane placed a calming hand on Riku's side and patted it gently. When he looked at her, shoe only shook her head slowly.
"I may not have the storm flame, but I know of someone who does. They will take care of you and never betray you." The snake only stared at her. "Would you rather die then? At least the man will take care of you, better than this old fool!"
For a minute they stared at each other until Akane finally stood up. A sigh escaped her lips and she looked back at her partner. Ro came up next to her before jumping onto Riku. She glanced at Ro for a moment then back to the snake. She began to raise up her hand to give the signal for Riku, but the snake lowered his and slithered next to her. A smile came upon her face as she held out its box.
"This time, it won't just be me getting my revenge alone Kaichou." Her eyes traveled to Riku and felt her heart weigh down like someone tied it to cinder blocks. She never knew the pain she had caused them. The trouble they had went through. This time though, this time she'll know everything and pay for it. This time it's not about her betraying them. No it's about how she singlehandedly killed the man she had known as her brother. How she had watched him die before her very own eyes and did nothing to stop it.
