Sorry I took so long to update! *bows repeatedly*

Things get cliche, and stuff... Iounno.

I worked on this whenever I could and this is how it ends up. Bah. Hope it turned out okay!

Aren't the upgrades in the manga EPIC? Fashionably jewelry for men. ROFL. They're not really rings anymore, are they? Some are... but not really. Hah.

Oh, anyone know what seven flames of the Earth or whatever, are? I still don't know the elements, thus, they weren't mentioned in this chapter.

THANK YOU TO kishi24kisses for her WONDERFUL fanart!

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"Problem?" BLOOD asked. Alix's eyes narrowed.

"Is this, concerning, him?" He asked. Jun Jie nodded.

"They've arrived in Japan today," Jun Jie informed them. "They're most likely here to negotiate with them."

"I wonder how little missy will react," BLOOD murmured. Alix frowned.

"So you let them roam around without any contact?" He asked. Jun Jie shook his head and held up his cell phone.

"We have people trailing them," Jun Jie said. "Everyone knows how mischievous they are."

"Worst than Alix," BLOOD groaned. Alix snorted. Jun Jie's phone's screen lit up.

"One new text," Jun Jie read. He flipped open his cell and read the contents of the text message. "Hey old man…" BLOOD and Alix took a step back. It was a pun of Jun Jie's name, Jie sounded like Jii (Japanese), which meant old man. Those guys were lucky Jun Jie wouldn't raise a hand against them unless necessary. Jun Jie glared at the two men and they paled. He went back to reading. "Make sure everyone meets up at the designated area at 11:30 tonight… Including Centro Mist."

Alix and BLOOD glanced at each other.

"Who's picking her up?" They both asked each other.

"Well, I can't let a pedophile pick her up," Alix said smugly.

"Well, I can't let an idiot pick her up," BLOOD retorted. "They won't make it to the area unscathed."

They engaged in a heated glare-off. Jun Jie growled and then both shrunk back.

"The rest of the message carries on with the arrangements I must prepare. So, basically, whatever you morons were arguing about a few moments ago, someone needs to inform Yuna-san with the current situation. Though, if you idiots would like to pick her up, do as you wish. If you arrive late, then I swear that you will not be able to move for a long time after this mission. Do I make myself clear?"

"Y-y-yes sir!" BLOOD and Alix said. Alix saluted Jun Jie and BLOOD sweat dropped.

"Hn. I'll be on my way then, don't get into anymore meaningless fights and problems before the meeting," Jun Jie said and he shut his cell phone, slipping it into his pocket. He waved and walked away.

"So. What now?" Alix asked. BLOOD shrugged.

"Inform Little Missy?"

"…"

"Race you."

"You're on."

Yuna had taken Yoko out for a walk later that day. Yoko was holding Yuna's hand, she tugged on it.

"Nee-chan, can we get some takoyaki?" Yoko asked, looking up as her sister.

"Takoyaki? Sure," Yuna said with a smile. Yoko smiled and jumped up and down happily.

"Yay!" Yoko cheered happily and she pulled her sister towards the vendor.

When Yuna was with her sister, she failed to notice Enma being saved from a dog by Reborn and them heading down the street. "Yoko, make sure you don't eat it really fast like you usually do, you'll choke." Yoko nodded as she was handed the takoyaki. Yuna paid the vendor, taking her own pack and thanked the man before the two of them sat down on a nearby bench. Yoko happily munched on the takoyaki.

"It's really yummy!" Yoko said with a smile. "Arigatou nee-chan!"

"No prob," Yuna said, ruffling her younger sister's hair with a grin. Yoko puffed her cheeks and Yuna giggled. Yoko blinked and then smiled.

"Nee-chan's smile's been brighter recently," Yoko said before eating more of her takoyaki.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Yuna asked, confused. Yoko didn't respond and quickly at the octopus balls. "H-hey! Yoko, slow down!"

Yoko made a face, but then swallowed the octopus down. Yuna sighed with relief. "What did I tell you about eating too fast?"

Yoko smiled sheepishly. "Nee-chan, it's going to get cold if you don't eat it quickly." She pointed at the box in her sister's lap. Yuna raised an eyebrow at her sister before going to eat her own pack.

"Been a while since we last did this," Yuna murmured. Yoko nodded, making a noise that signaled her agreement. Yoko looked at her older sister for a moment before leaning on her arm.

"I missed you, nee-chan."

"I missed you too, Yoko."

"Meeting?" Yuna asked. She was dressed in a plain white t-shirt and black capris.

"Yep," BLOOD said, nodding.

"Nee-chan has to go somewhere?" Yoko asked, dressed in her pajamas, walking down the stairs of the household.

"Ah, sorry, Yoko," Yuna said with a sheepish smile. Yoko looked up at the people that stood at the Kyoushi household doorstep. Alix and BLOOD looked at Yoko questionably.

"Are you nee-chan's boyfriends?" Yoko asked, tilting her head to the side. The three of them turned bright red.

"EEHHHH!"

Yoko pouted. "You can't be nee-chan's boyfriends!"

"W-we're not!" BLOOD said, waving his hands back and forth frantically.

"Well, I mig-" Alix was cut off when BLOOD grabbed his collar.

"Alix. I will give you the worst CUP CHECK you could ever get in your life if you finish your sentence," BLOOD growled. Alix sweat dropped and nodded. Yuna sweat dropped.

"Um, didn't you say that it starts at 11:30?" She asked.

"Hm? Yeah," BLOOD said, nodding.

"It's 11:28 right now…"

"EH! C'est vrai?" Alix exclaimed. "Merde!"

"Oh shit," BLOOD said. "We gotta hurry; Jun Jie's going to KILL us if we're late!"

"NO!" Yoko grabbed onto Yuna's leg. Yuna sighed and patted her sister on her head.

"Yoko, nee-chan needs to go for a bit," Yuna said.

"But if you go… you'll be like okaa and otou," Yoko sniffed.

"No, I'll come back," Yuna said smiling. "Okaa-san and Otou-san come back too, don't they? I'll come back as soon as possible, alright?"

Yoko looked at her older sister for a moment before letting go and nodding, wiping away tears that were forming in her eyes.

"I'll call Shouichi over to take care of you if you want," Yuna said. Yoko looked at her for a moment and then nodded. "Okay, make sure you lock the door, Shouichi has a key." Another nod. Yuna kissed the top of her sister's head, slipped her box weapons in her pockets and left. Her sister waved at her goodbye as Yuna, Alix, and BLOOD bolted down the street. She closed the door and gazed at her plush cat lying on the floor in front of the couch. She sighed quietly and then went to pick it up. It was the plush that Yuna had gotten for her when she was born after all. She hugged the plush to her chest and sat on the couch. She heard the door unlock. She headed over to greet Shouichi.

Her eyes widened.

"We made it!" Alix exclaimed as he fell flat on his face.

"…" BLOOD looked hesitantly at the time.

"It's 11:31…," Yuna said. "It should be fine, right?"

"… OH SHIT!" Alix and BLOOD exclaimed together. Jun Jie walked out from the shadows and cracked his knuckles.

"It would seem that you're all late," Jun Jie said darkly. "I'm not going to blame Centro Mist for your evident idiocy though. She didn't know about the arrangements probably until the last moment."

"Eep! Jun Jie! I swear it wasn't our fault!" Alix exclaimed, holding his hands in front of him in defense. Jun Jie frowned.

"I'm not in the mood for excuses," He said. BLOOD took a step back.

"Actually, it's kind of my fault," Yuna said quietly. Jun Jie stopped and looked at her for a moment. "My sister didn't want me to go, so she kind of held us back."

"… You two are lucky that Yuna-san's here to stand up for you idiots," Jun Jie muttered.

"Um… Is there any problem?" A quiet voice asked. Yuna blinked, she recognized that voice.

"Kozato-kun!" She said in surprise. Enma blinked.

"… You're… Tsuna's friend," Enma said in recognition. "You're from the Dimenticato…"

Yuna nodded. "You live here?" Enma nodded. "Ano… Jun Jie, why are we at Kozato-kun's house?"

"We have a meeting with the Shimon family," Jun Jie said. Enma was quiet for a moment.

"Everyone's waiting inside," He finally said. Everyone nodded. There was a table where a lot of people were seated at. Well, most people, some others were lazing around somewhere else in the room.

"This is everyone available at the moment," Jun Jie said. Yuna looked around the room curiously.

"Shall we do introductions?" A person who she didn't recognize asked. Jun Jie nodded. A girl beside the person smiled at her, it sent a shiver down her spine. Another person, who Yuna recognized to be Suzuki Adelheid, a third year nodded.

"We'll start, I'm Suzuki Adelheid," She said. She looked at Yuna for a moment and then gestured for them to sit down. BLOOD walked over and sat down beside the unknown girl and patted the spot beside him for Yuna, who nodded. Alix followed suit. Jun Jie settled with leaning against a wall. Suzuki nodded.

"I'm Kozato Enma…," Enma said quietly.

"Mm? Speak up please," The girl said in a high pitched voice. Enma looked at her for a moment before frowning grimly.

"He's Kozato Enma, Shimon's family's boss," Suzuki said.

"Quiet one, now isn't he?" The girl said with an amused smirk. Yuna glanced uneasily at her.

"I'm Katou Julie," A man wearing a fedora said with a smile.

"Aoba Koyo," The one she remembered to be in the same class as the Vongola Sun guardian, Sasagawa Ryohei.

"Ooyama Rauji," It was a person with earphones and that was quite large.

"… Mizuno… Kaoru," Another man that reminded her of Hibari's disciplinary committee.

"Mm, quiet group," The girl commented again.

"My name is Shitt.P! Call me 'Shitoppi-chan!'" Yuna recalled Shitoppi to have transferred into her class with Enma.

"It's a pleasure to meet you all," The boy said with a smile. He had black hair with one blue highlight down the right side of his hair. His eyes were mainly covered by his hair, but they seemed onyx. He seemed to always be smiling, reminding her of Varia's storm guardian, though his grins weren't as large. "My name's Bianco Noir."

Yuna blinked at the strange name. He was her boss?

"I'm Mimi," The girl said with her high and childish voice. She had blonde hair that was tied in pigtails that went down past her waist. Her eyes were large and green. "Dimenticato's Sun Guardian!~"

"I'm BLOOD," BLOOD said after a moment. "I'm Dimenticato's Cloud Guardian."

Yuna blinked for a moment before realizing it was her turn. "… My name is Kyoushi Yuna…" She was quiet. Mimi frowned at her. Noir seemed amused. "I'm… Dimenticato's Mist Guardian…" Enma looked at her for a moment.

"I'm Alix," He seemed more serious than usual. "Dimenticato's Thunder Guardian."

"I'm Jun Jie, Dimenticato's Storm Guardian," Jun Jie spoke.

"… Oh that's right, our rain guardian couldn't make it," Noir said. "Sorry."

"It's alright, as long as you and most of your family members are present," Suzuki said. Yuna wondered who the Dimenticato rain guardian was. "Let's get to the topic on hand. Shimon and Dimenticato's alliance."

"An interesting topic indeed," Noir said with a smile. Suzuki eyed him warily before continuing.

"As we all know, the Vongola inheritance ceremony is approaching," She said. "We've become…included in protecting the Vongola tenth."

"Oh?" Noir asked.

"Your Mist guardian is aware of this; she is included as well," Suzuki continued. All the Dimenticato guardians looked at Yuna, who shrunk into her seat.

"Centro mist is affiliated with the Vongola tenth?" Noir mused. "How interesting."

"Going back to the matter at hand, you're aware of our intentions at the ceremony, correct?" Suzuki continued. Yuna looked confused. "You, Dimenticato's Decimo, should know the true story, correct?"

Noir smirked and then bursted out laughing. Suzuki frowned.

"As many times as I hear it, it's always intriguing to me," Noir said with a malicious smile on his face. Yuna paled, it reminded her of a certain man with white hair.

"Story?" BLOOD asked with a serious expression.

"Aha, that's right, only the Shimon, Mimi and I know of this story," Noir said motioning his head and flipping his bangs out of his face to reveal his onyx eyes with hints of blue in them. A scar resided over his right eye; it was faded and didn't look fresh. It seemed to have been there for many years. Yuna frowned. Mimi smiled darkly.

"Shall we tell it once again?" Suzuki asked.

"Hm, simply to put it, Vongola Primo was a backstabber!~ He betrayed Shimon's boss!" Noir said with that smile still on his face. Enma's expression darkened visibly, as did the rest of his guardians.

"Vongola Primo… betrayed Shimon?" Yuna asked with a devastated expression on her face. She had seen the Vongola Primo once, his will, during the final battle. Noir looked at her with a frown. "That's… Impossible!"

Suzuki's hands slammed onto the table. She looked at Yuna with angered eyes.

"How can you say that it's impossible! You know nothing!" She hissed. Aoba snorted.

"She's been around the Vongola so much, she's been lied to as well," He said. Enma's expression was still solemn and dark.

"We plan to start a war with Vongola during the inheritance ceremony, it's a war to regain the pride of Shimon," Enma said. He looked at Yuna through his bangs as they almost entirely covered his eyes. "Yuna-chan, no matter how much Tsuna-kun lies to you, will you accept the fact that he's lied to your famiglia?"

Yuna was silent and her eyes were wide. Was this… really Enma?

"Hn, well, how would Dimenticato play a part in this?" Jun Jie asked.

"Assistance in the war of course," Julie said with a smile.

"Oh?" Mimi asked with an interested smile. Enma stared at Yuna and she shifted her gaze. She felt sick to her stomach.

"Although, we plan to let them live until the ceremony," Suzuki said. "We need to acquire the 'sin' to awaken the Shimon rings."

"They were uncovered by the earthquake not too long ago," Enma said. Yuna's eyes widened.

That's the earthquake… that we caused when we returned from the future! She thought.

"What an interesting development!" Noir laughed. He clapped his hands with that dark smile on his lips. "Hey… Centro mist…"

"…" Yuna looked at him for a moment. The smile was long gone. She didn't want to speak.

"We don't take to kindly to traitors," Noir continued. Mimi leaned over and used her right index finger to tilt Yuna's head up. "The silly crush you have on the Vongola tenth isn't going to get you anywhere…" Yuna's eyes widened. "… Are you shocked? I know all your secrets, Dimenticato is really amazing." He looked at Mimi and they smirked at each other before Mimi placed her left hand on Yuna's cheek.

"It'd be the best for you if you obey Noir's orders," Mimi said darkly. "Who knows what would happen… especially…" Yuna felt nails digging deep into her right cheek and she yelped as they were quickly dragged down and ripped out of her flesh. She felt on the floor clutching her bleeding cheek. The Shimon looked shocked for a moment. "The mafia… Dimenticato… it's a very dangerous place for such a naïve girl like you." She smiled evilly. "I wonder what you did to survive this far. Whore yourself to the Vongola Decimo?"

Yuna was about to open her mouth to scream at Mimi, but a door slamming open cut her off.

"Oh, why if it isn't Miyuki," Mimi said with a smile. Yuna watch with disgust and shock at Mimi licked her blood off of her fingers. "Hm, the Centro mist has different tasting blood than the usual…"

"Please excuse me for being late; I was following orders to retrieve something…" Miyuki was a girl with long hair that was braided from her waist down. She had distant purple eyes and silver hair. She was dressed with a black collar around her neck, a purple coat and a black skirt with purple leggings. If this wasn't such a serious moment, Yuna would've asked her what her favourite colour was. It was then that Yuna saw Miyuki pull something out from behind her to leave her devastated.

"YOKO!" Yuna exclaimed. Everyone except for Mimi, Noir and Miyuki were speechless and shocked. Yoko was tied up and her mouth was covered and tied by a cloth.

"I've heard that you care a lot for your little sister," Noir said, standing up. "But I wonder to what extent." A blade was in Mimi's hands and one was in Noir's hands. He pointed the knife to Yoko's throat. "If you move, I'll kill your sister, if you don't move, you'll get stabbed. Which one will you choose?" Noir seemed amused at this new game. BLOOD and Jun Jie's expressions were solemn. Alix's was strained.

"Oh? Is there a problem, Alix?" Mimi asked. Noir raised an eyebrow. The Shimon looked trouble, though no one said anything about it.

"…" He looked at Yuna for a moment before looked at the floor. "No."

Yuna's eyes widened. Mimi smiled and then she looked at Yuna, making a small cut above the bloody scratched on her cheek. Yuna's lip trembled, but she said nothing. Her sister's life was at stake. Yoko's eyes widened as her screams were muffled by the gag. She felt tears rising from her cheeks.

Mimi licked her lips, the sneer still on her lips as she raised the knife and the swung it to Yuna's face. Yuna's shut her eyes and didn't move.

…

She opened her eyes when she felt nothing. The blade hovered, the sharp tip less than a centimeter away from her eyeball. She didn't dare blink. Mimi's smile fell and then she pulled the knife away, same with Noir. "How boring, you just sat there."

"It was actually quite amusing," Noir said. Mimi looked at him but said nothing. "Mm… Yuna." Her name rolled off of his tongue while he smiled with amusement. "Interesting…" Mimi glared at Yuna and BLOOD looked weary.

"So, are there still any objections? Yuna?" The way he said her name gave her shivers. She bit her lip and shook her head. "Good then. We'll be taking revenge on the Vongola tenth, the day of the ceremony. It's settled."

"… Alright…," Suzuki said. She looked at them strangely for a moment before nodding. "We thank you for your assistance."

"This is going to be such a fun game," Noir mused. The knife disappeared from his hand somehow and then he was standing beside Miyuki. Yoko looked terrified. "If you betray the Dimenticato, then we won't ensure the safety of your sister, Yuna." His eyes looked distant and almost sad for a moment before they closed and his lips were still turned upwards. Yuna swallowed the bile rising from her throat. "Weaknesses are so easy to exploit, but, this sort of weakness is so cliché." Yuna grimaced and then Miyuki set Yoko down, with such gentleness that it shocked the poor mist guardian. The ropes and gag were cut with such speed and accuracy that Yuna did not see who did it or with what. Yoko quickly ran to her sister, embracing her and holding tightly. Yuna tried her best to comfort her.

Enma stared at the two sisters for a moment before looking away. "That should conclude this meeting, right?"

"Mm, I guess," Noir said. "Even if it isn't finished, you know how to contact us."

Suzuki nodded. Everyone in the room was silent for a moment, only hearing Yoko crying and Yuna's whispers. Miyuki stared at them for a moment before looking at her boss.

Noir clapped with a smile on his lips. "Well then, this concludes it! Dismissed!~"

BLOOD and Alix stood up. Yuna rubbed her sister's back soothingly, picking her up. Shimon's guardians left, along with the Dimenticato's, except for Enma, Yuna, and her sister.

"I'll walk you home…," Enma murmured quietly, tripping on his feet and falling face first into the floor. Yuna flinched.

She bit her lip and then sighed. "Are you okay? Kozato-kun?"

"… Call me Enma," He said as he stood up. He gestured towards the door and Yuna took a step outside, Enma following suit.

"So… Enma," Yuna murmured.

"Yeah," He replied softly. They started walking towards her house. "So… You have a crush on Tsuna-kun?"

"… Yeah," Yuna replied. She finally got Yoko to fall asleep. Well, more like she cried herself to sleep. "I even confessed, but in the end I was rejected." Yuna smiled sadly.

"… You still like him even after he turned you down?" Enma asked. Yuna nodded.

"I'm a fool," She said softly. "At times, I wonder if I should give up…"

"…" Enma didn't say anything as they turned a corner. His scarlet eyes flickered as he noticed a tear slide down Yuna's cheek. He looked away, pursing his lips.

"-here." Enma blinked. Yuna smiled a little. "I said, we're here." Enma nodded dumbly, noting that this was where Yuna lived. "… Thanks for walking us home, Enma." He nodded again.

"No problem," He replied. He turned to leave, waving his hand. When he was almost out of hearing range, he heard a boy's voice and he turned around to see Yuna crying and clinging to a red head. "…"

He continued his way home.