Confessions of a Gold-Digger

#36. How To Help A Sista Get Some Revenge

Warning to all the fans that thing I'm a good girl– Yo bad bitch Elena's about to encourage some illegal shit.

Step #1: Grab the sista who needs to be avenged and a lackey to help you out.

It was around 3 AM when I kidnapped Chrome and tossed her into the backseat.

Squalo was still making loud noises from the trunk but I ignored it. He'll eventually get tired of screaming like a banshee

I took the driver's seat and nearly jumped when Natsu crawled onto my lap.

"Oh, hey, little buddy," I scratched it's mane and he licked my hand affectionately, "shouldn't you be asleep? Tsuna'll get worried if he doesn't see you."

Natsu gave me this 'It won't be me he's worried about' look, like I was some kind of adorable idiot.

"We're taking a trip to Tokyo," I said, gently scratching his belly, "It's gonna be aweso–"

"VOI! DONNA VONGOLA OR NOT, I'M GONNA FEED YOU TO THE SHARKS!" Squalo yelled from the trunk, banging it loudly. He had came to train Yamamoto so I thought it would be perfect to drag him with us.

Chrome stirred from her deep sleep.

"SHUT UP!" I yelled back. "Geez, the dude needs to learn to chill."

Natsu, unfazed by the yelling, stretched in my lap and made this cute little yawn before he fell asleep.

"YOU STUPID BITCH!"

I started the car and put on 'Baby' by my boy Justin Bieber at its highest volume to drown out Squalo's yelling.

Step #2: Persuade yo sista that she deserves some of that revenge.

"Elena-chan!" Chrome's voice made me almost crash into a porn merchandise store. "What the hell–"

My girl Chrome was clearly not a morning person. The sun was just about to rise when she woke up from her sleep and she looked ready to kill a man.

"Oh, hey, Chrome!" I lowered the volume of my love Justin's voice, "How was your sleep?"

"I'M GOING TO BARBEQUE YOU, YOU STUPID BARBIE!" Squalo yelled from the trunk and Chrome jumped, completely startled.

"He's been yelling for hours. That man has a strong pair of lungs on him," I said and rolled my eyes.

"You have the Varia's right-hand man in your trunk?" Chrome asked sharply. "Have you lost it, Elena-chan? And, how did you kidnap us?"

"Girl, girl, girl," I said, quickly, "take a chill pill. I'm just driving us to Tokyo. As for the kidnapping bit, not to brag but I had a C- in my Kidnapping 101 class–"

"That's an awful grade," Chrome said, "Our flames, probably, instinctively wanted to serve Bossu's woman. That's why it was so easy to kidnap us without us realising it. Even the Varia's Rain would unconsciously want to serve his Donna."

"Yo, dragging Squalo out of bed was not easy. He might look like an old skinny man but he weighs like an elephant."

"Elena-chan, you're an idiot," Chrome shook her head.

"Damn girl, seems like you woke up on the wrong side of yo bed," I said, grinning, "So you're sassy in the morning–"

"Elena-chan, why are we going to Tokyo?" Chrome demanded firmly.

"To meet yo parents," I said.

The car suddenly stopped but I hadn't pushed any breaks.

"What?"

I was too scared to turned around and look at her in the glowing purple eye.

"Well, you know how your parents treated you like trash. It's only fair we trash their life, if you know what I mean."

"Elena-chan–" I knew that tone. It was the I'm-gonna-lecture-you-to-death tone that Mukuro always used on me. That moron Mukuro was such a bad influence.

"Come on, Chrome," I whined, "don't you want to make them suffer? You are sexy and beautiful and dangerous but you've got the self-esteem of a trashbag because of what those bastards did to you. This isn't about you. This is about me. How can I, the most important person in the world, be okay with the fact that monsters who mistreated my sista are out there being happy? I need my revenge, gurrrrl."

Chrome looked startled and her stern expression softened a bit.

We were about to have one of those tender sisterly moments they always show in chick flicks: "Elena-chan, you think of me as your siste–"

"I WILL SHOVE A CACTUS UP YOUR ASS, BARBIE!" Squalo yelled.

"Elena-chan, get Squalo-san out of trunk. Right. Now." Chrome ordered.

"Okay," I said, nodding violently in agreement.

Step #3: Good ol' fashioned arson.

"Barbie, you are a piece of shit that deserves to die in some empty alley while wearing a clown suit–" Squalo was tied by Chrome's illusions and sitting on the back seat, violently trying to break out of the bonds.

"Hush, Squalo-san. That's your Donna you're speaking to," Chrome's voice had a reproachful firmness to it.

"Well let's hope the moron doesn't reproduce with her because then the Vongola bloodline is doomed with her idiocy–"

"Can you stop yelling? I'm trying to park," I snapped. We had finally reached Tokyo. I was getting real tired of Squalo's yelling drowning out my boo Justin's singing.

"Elena-chan, isn't this.." Chrome took in the surroundings. It was around the outskirts of Tokyo and still had some greenery to it but not as homey as Namimori.

"Yup, we're near your mom's lake house– the one she chose to buy instead of paying for the operation that could have saved your kidney and liver."

Chrome's face contorted with pain at the memory, "How do you know this?"

"Mukuro," I said, suddenly feeling guilty "and, well, the Vongola have in-depth files on you. I didn't mean to breach your privacy–"

"No, you're Bossu's woman and Mukuro-sama's family. No secrets from you," Chrome exhaled and gave me a shaky smile, "What are we doing here?"

"Let's burn this place down," I grinned.

"What?!" Chrome jumped.

"Arson is a good way to cope with anger," Squalo piped in, once again interfering the bromance, "Boss burns down anything he hates."

"What a healthy coping mechanism," Chrome said, displeased. "Elena-chan–"

"Let's burn this seven-roomed hellhole down," I said firmly.

Something inside Chrome changed.

Chrome was the first one to leave the car. The bonds on Squalo broke free and instead of lunging for me, he stepped out as well. I was the last one to leave.

Chrome took in the sight of the wooden house on the hill. It was beautiful. Like a mini-palace lost in its own world. I almost felt bad about destroying it. Almost.

Chrome took a deep breath and pulled out her trident from mid-air, Mist flames swirling around her like acid. Squalo took out his sword and his violent Rain flames danced on his skin.

These two were on a level of their own. I felt like an ant amongst gods.

The first thing to fall and break was an angel porcelain on the top of the house.

As the world broke into splinters and flames, I saw a ghost of a smirk on Chrome's face.

"I guess you won't need a matchstick," I said to no one, clutching onto the small matchbox I brought with me.

Step #4: Break into a bank..

"Now, we transfer all the money they have to you," I said as I parked near the Bank of Tokyo. "They're rich now but your step-dad and mom have this awful gambling addiction. It's a matter of time before it vanishes."

"I don't need their money," Chrome quickly protested."As Vongola Mist, I–"

"I know, I know," I interjected, "You are basically a millionaire on your way to being a multimillionaire but that's not the point. Donate it to a charity or something."

"Barbie is right," Squalo's face twisted at the thought of agreeing with me, "Loss of money will cause the maximum damage to any bastard. Aim for what hurts most."

"Elena-chan, please tell me we're not here to rob a bank," Chrome said, her face crinkling into a frown when she saw the ATM machine.

"Just steal their part of the money from the bank. You've got illusions! No one will notice!" I said eagerly.

"Idiot, that's not how banks work. You just can't steal one single person's money like that," Squalo sneered.

"Stop scolding me! I didn't pass Bank Robbing 101!" I snapped at Squalo. "It was too complicated!"

"I thought you were a straight C student," Chrome commented.

"No one's perfect!"

Squalo and Chrome exchanged looks. Chrome tied me up with her illusions to the seat.

"Stay here. It won't take us more than ten minutes. Also, call Bossu. I bet he's worried about you," Chrome dialled a number and threw the phone at me. I barely managed to catch it.

"What?! No! I wanted to rob a bank with you guys, too!" They shut the door with a loud thud, ignoring my wailing, and walked straight into the bank like two hot gangsters.

"Elena?" Tsuna's voice came from the phone's speaker and I immediately pressed it against my ear.

"Tsuna! Good morning!"

"Where are you? And what was that about you robbing a bank?" Tsuna sounded like he was having an headache. "Do you have any idea how worried I was when I saw your room empty?"

"I'm with Chrome, Squalo and Natsu! I'm safe! Stop being such a worrywart," I said, my hands fell on the sleeping lion. "We're here to get revenge on Chrome's parents!"

"Elena, I swear to God…" I heard Tsuna taking a few deep breaths, "Do I need to send in a clean-up crew?"

"No!" I said and paled a little, "Tsuna, we aren't killing anybody. Why would you even think like that?!"

"I'm not the biggest fan of her parents," I could hear Tsuna's gears twisting, "They nearly killed my Mist. We are her family now and to think those who attempted to murder her…."

"You're too overprotective," I said, shifting nervously, "That's Chrome's choice alone."

There was something about how dangerously protective he was of his Elements that made my heart beat fast.

"Agreed. Maybe I'll offer that to her as a birthday gift, along with that little cottage I have bought for her."

"Whatever," I said, trying to bite back the sudden lust that overwhelmed me, "just know we'll be back in a few hours."

When did Tsuna get so hot, bossy and powerful?

"You're coming straight to my arms when you come back home," Tsuna said. If I didn't know better, I'd say his voice was dripping with.. Um.. Suggestive stuff.

"Whatever, weirdo. Bye," I said, quickly, and ended the call. My heart hammered in my chest.

Something had changed that night when he healed my flames. He had gotten more... territorial, handsy and protective (I'm definitely hallucinating all of that) while I… sometimes the urge to submit to him and be his hit me so hard that I forgot to breathe.

Thoughts swam in my head.

The car door opened and I jumped.

"We're done, Elena-chan. My family has made a very generous donation to cancer treatment for children–" Chrome stopped talking when she saw my red face. "Are you okay?"

"Probably had some phone sex with your boss," Squalo said dismissively and my face turned redder.

I coughed, trying to hide my embarrassment. Chrome's illusions on me disappeared and I clutched the steering wheel. "Let's just head for the next stop."

Step #5: Make sure she starts healing.

"Why are we at a cemetery?" Chrome asked when I parked the car to our final destination.

"Please tell me there's an open grave we can bury you in, Barbie," Squalo said, crossing his arms.

"Squalo, stay here," I ordered and turned to Chrome, "Follow me."

I got my purse and started walking towards the cemetery, following a certain path. The graveyard was every bit of depressing as a graveyard could be and with all these graves, it was hard to navigate my way around to the certain grave I wanted.

Chrome was like a shadow behind me and I could hear her gasp when she saw the grave I stopped in front of.

Nagi Dokuro

"I wanted to take you to your parents so you'd confront them but I know that the injury is too deep and it'll take time to heal before you can talk to them. So, let's start the healing instead," I said, staring at a slab of stone that was supposed to replace Chrome, "Your parents buried you here after you died. It's an empty grave but it's true enough. Nagi Dokuro is dead. You're not a shy, lonely girl with a family that hated you. You're Chrome. You've got a Famiglia that loves you, that could die for you. You're beautiful and strong."

Chrome fell on her knees, her eye not leaving her grave.

"What…" she looked up at me vulnerably, "what do you want me to do?"

"Say your eulogy to the girl you once were. Bury this chapter of your life," I said, bending down to her level and putting my hands on her shoulders,"and move on. You deserve to be loved and to love yourself."

Her eye went back to the grave and she was quiet for a few minutes.

Then she cracked.

"I'm sorry I asked 'what's wrong with me?' whenever I sat there alone, watching others play without me. I'm sorry I blamed myself when my parents said they hated me. I'm sorry I wanted to cry when I looked at myself. I'm sorry I thought I was pathetic. I'm sorry that I didn't believe in myself. I'm sorry I never stood up for myself. I'm sorry I looked for things to criticize when I saw myself in the mirror. I'm sorry I bullied myself worse than anyone else bullied me. I'm sorry I never loved me," Chrome's voice broke as she got lost in the 'I'm sorry's.

She started crying, letting all the pain she had bottled up over the years out.

The air drummed with pain and I hugged her tightly.

Step #2: Every gal is your sister, so be there for your sisters.

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