Chapter 52
Duck Mafia
Double-update! so therefore, if you haven't read chapter 51, go back. NOW.
Haru handed me a pile of clothes. "Here."
I set it down, holding up the shirt, hesitantly. "Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no. NO."
"Oh come on." she urged me, taking the shirt and holding it up against me. "You look adorable!"
"I don't want to look adorable." I shot back. "I want to look like the professional that we all know I am!"
Kyoko giggled. "Professional, Yuni-chan? You're not...serious enough to be professional."
"Kyoko~" I whined, only making her laugh more. "I am professional! Now give me the Edward Elric outfit!"
"No." Haru was adamant in her decision not to allow me wear the long red coat. "Definitely not."
"You are all my enemies." I declared, running to the clothes rack and surveying it again. I plucked out a blue t-shirt with the words 'I'M NOT A MAFIA OR ANYTHING DANGEROUS' on it, with a duck underneath it wearing a fedora and sunglasses. "This is perfect."
Haru and Kyoko burst into bright laughter. "That is so overly suspicious, Yuni-chan!" Kyoko protested, between her giggles. "I like the color though."
"OH MY GOSHES, IT'S CLOTHES, JUST LET ME WEAR IT, MY HOME SKILLETS." I groaned.
Haru rolled her eyes, before turning back to Kyoko. "Yes, this color looks good on her, ne, Kyoko-chan?"
Kyoko nodded. "Maybe we have a cuter shirt in this color...?"
I tugged the mafia t-shirt over my head, adjusting it. "I look awesome, now leave me alone. Where's Google-san?"
Haru blinked. "Google...san?"
"I think she's talking about Chrome-chan." Kyoko whispered in her ear. "Chrome-chan is in her room, gathering her things."
I scooped up my Gumi clothes, tossing it into a spare, black backpack. "Peace out, Girl Scout."
"H-Hey, Yuni-chan, we're not done!"
"Hi, Google-san!" I smiled, poking my head in her room.
She blinked, turning away from her school bag to look at me. "Y-Yuni-san." she managed a weak smile.
I would be nervous too, if I just saw my savior get stabbed through the chest with Byakuran's hand, of all things. "How are you today?"
"F-Fine." she fidgeted, slightly.
"Back when I was in the Millefiore, I wanted my friend to pass you a message." I said, seriously. "He couldn't connect with you though."
Chrome perked up, paying careful attention. "What was it...?"
"It was when you were in the hospital." I said, with a shrug. "It wasn't that important, but I wanted you to know that you don't only have Mukuro. You also have Monkey-Face, Kakipi and the other Guardians. Not to mention, you have me, which is like, the greatest thing ever."
Chrome turned red at the mention of Mukuro's name. Aww~ "W-Who is M-M-Monkey-Face, Yuni-san?"
"Ken." I clarified.
She giggled, a little bit, which made me feel a little less awkward about everything that I had said.
A knock came from the door and a fluff of brown, spiky hair appeared. "Uhh, Chrome? Yuni? I-I think we're going to the past."
Chrome smiled at Tsuna. "Yes, Boss."
Everyone who had come from the past gathered in one of the halls.
Lambo bragged for a moment, about all the snacks stuffed in his bag while Tsuna did a headcheck. "Huh? Where's Yuni?"
"Right here." I shrugged, walking out from behind Kyoko and Haru. I had been allowed to wear my mafia t-shirt...except Haru had told me (quite violently, might I add) that if I don't put a white skirt (cue shudders) on with it, she'd resort to serious methods. Once she named off the 'serious methods', I didn't protest. I put the skirt on. "I feel stupid with a skirt on."
Haru smacked my arm. "Haru did a good job with Yuni-san!"
Tsuna was slightly pink. "Y-Yeah, you look great."
"Tsuna, you creeper." I deadpanned, then pretended to be exhausted. "I mean, at first I had Mukuro, ya know, stalking my freaking dreams, and then it was Byakuran, who fucking mind-raped me and now its Tsuna. I just can't get a break."
Everyone (except Tsuna and Gokudera, who was desperately trying to defend his boss) laughed.
Tsuna paled, once he realized Kyoko was laughing, along with everyone else. "N-No! It-It's not like that, Yuni!"
"I know." I grinned. "But your facial expression are so awesome, I could make a picture book."
He smiled, slightly, before turning serious, looking at his shoes, deep in thought. "I wonder why Reborn decided to have me bring Yuni here."
"I'm sure that Reborn-san has his reasons, Juudaime." Gokudera assured him, with a bright smile.
"You think?" Tsuna didn't seem very sure.
We walked into the hall with the Giant White Time-Machine in it. Spanner was sitting at a small desk, his computer up-and-running as he typed away at the keyboard, a lollipop being sucked on, merrily, in his mouth.
He looked a lot better, but he had bandages on his face and neck. He turned to us, managing a tired smile. "You're here. That's everybody, right? I've returned the machine to its original state."
"Umm, Spanner-san?" I hesitantly stepped forward. "When I travel through time, will my, uhh, past self be affected at all?"
He blinked. "Your past self ought to be teleported here. Want me to work around it or something?"
"Yeah, umm, can you have my past self stay in the past?" I said, unsure of how to phrase it.
Spanner raised an eyebrow. "So there would be two Yuni's in the same timeframe, is what you're saying?"
"Uhh, yes." I nodded. "I know we can't come into direct contact or the world will like explode or something, but my past self should be in Italy."
He gave a slight dip of the head, in acknowledgement. "Got it." he typed for a moment on his keyboard, his expression occasionally deepening into a frown, but mostly staying neutral. "Done."
"Thank you." I smiled.
"Anything for Boss' daughter." he grinned, slightly. "Not to mention, Irina took care of you for a while, didn't she?"
"Umm, yes." I felt so awkward. "That, she did." I nervously edged my way back to Chrome's (the only person besides Tsuna or Hibari-sama that I felt comfortable around) side.
"No abnormalities." Spanner announced, to all of us. "Lets begin."
"Huh?" Tsuna seemed really confused. "Begin?"
"You're all returning to the past." Spanner said, slowly.
Everyone seemed really surprised. Gasps were heard, all around.
I resisted the urge to facepalm. If you're going to the room with the freaking time machine in it, and your bags are all packed, you should be prepared to return to the past!
Wait...something's happening.
"I knew it..." Tsuna breathed out, before glancing around. "Ah! Where is-"
I perked up. "My Hibari-sama senses are tingling!"
"Uhh, what?" Tsuna glanced, unsurely at me.
I spun around, excited. "Hibari-sama!"
There he was, in all of his young (and sexy) glory, wearing the familiar Disciplinary Committee coat that seemed to defy the laws of nature and always remain on his shoulders. The only explanation for the coat's wonders? Anime physics.
"Hibari-sama!" I squealed, perfectly elated to be in his presence. "You're here!"
Everyone gave me uneasy looks, before turning to Hibari-sama, as if asking for an answer.
He crossed his arms. "The bronco wouldn't stop nagging."
"Dino-san saves the day~" I sang, clasping my hands together.
"Hush, midget." he commanded, closing his eyes.
I slapped my hands over my mouth. There was no way I'd piss off my idol.
"Juudaime..." something seemed to have clicked in Gokudera-kun's mind. "Where's Reborn-san?"
"Oh!" Tsuna looked around again. "Come to think of it, he's not here."
"Everybody ready?" Spanner called, turning in his spinny chair again. He started typing on his computer again.
"Huh? Oh, Reborn isn't-" Tsuna began, but Spanner completely ignored him. SHAFTED.
Everyone lit up with a faint glow, energy lacing up and down our bodies. I wasn't sure if the others could feel it - the energy of time, surrounding us - because I might have been simply highly sensitive to it, as an Arcobaleno, but damn. That power...it could have shaken the earth, in the right hands.
It was amazing.
I ignored the others, holding a hand in front of my face. It was a pale green, covered in the energy, like some sort of container.
I then developed a theory. The energy acts as a Tupperware, almost, a container. Then the white time machine would take all the Tupperware and throw them, back in time. But because we were protected by the Tupperware, by the energy, we were perfectly okay.
But that was just a theory. If I wanted solid information, I'd have to interrogate Irie Shoichi, the creator of the white time machine or the Bovino, creator of the Ten Year Bazooka.
The energy focused and just like how I had been sucked into the White Space, from the Arcobaleno Miracle, we were gone.
We landed, right in front of Namimori Shrine.
"Hagi?" Haru blinked, taking in her surroundings.
Tsuna glanced around, unsure as to where they were. "This is...?"
I actually did facepalm. I've been to the Shrine, what, once? and can recognize it, but it takes these people minutes. Dipshits.
"Juudaime." Gokudera nudged Tsuna. "This is Namimori Shrine."
"Yup." I nodded, rocking on my heels. "Take a picture, while we're at it, would ya?"
"Boo!" Lambo whined. "This is boring! Take me somewhere more fun!"
"Might I suggest prison?" I offered, with a sickeningly sweet smile.
He shuddered, pressing his face into Haru.
"Why Namimori Shrine...?" Tsuna wondered, briefly.
CUE MAFIA BABY LANDING ON HIS SQUISHY HAIR OF SQUISHINESS!
"Ciaossu." Reborn greeted us all.
"J-Juudaime!" Gokudera began panicking. "Are you alright?!"
"Reborn..." Tsuna tried to look at the baby on top of his head. "When did you get here?"
"Everything is going according to schedule." Reborn said, which didn't really answer his question. "They should be coming here soon."
I gasped. "They as in... aliens?!"
Gokudera magestically donned glasses and his hair was yanked into a ponytail. "Aliens? UMA?! WHERE."
"Not aliens." Reborn corrected.
A rustle in the bushes attracted Hibari-sama's attention (and therefore, my attention as well.). He instantly had out his tonfas and ran towards it, slashing down, sharply.
"I come all the way out here and this is the greeting I get, kora!" a vaguely familiar voice complained, diving out of the bushes to avoid Hibari-sama's strike, being lifted into the air by a falcon.
A baby wearing a green military uniform landed on his feet, dropped by the bird. His hair was spiky and yellow, his eyes bright blue. A blue Pacifier hung around his neck.
That's right folks. I had come across an infant Namikaze Minato, from Naruto.
"Colonello!" Tsuna exclaimed, his entourage of Mafioso following closely behind him.
...okay, I guess its NOT Namikaze Minato.
"Oh, Shishou!" Ryohei shouted, his smile growing larger.
Colonello's Pacifier belongs to Lal Mirch in the future because Colonello. Is. Dead.
I swallowed down the guilt, brushing my long hair out of my face. Now I see how Squ-chan feels.
"He's not the only one!" a ridiculously squeaky voice declared, as another baby jumped out from the forest. "I am also here!"
The second baby wore a purple suit and white helmet, with purple and black designs on them. A purple Pacifier was hanging, resting against the chestpad of his suit. Skull.
"You're...?" Yamamoto trailed off.
"As you all know," Reborn smirked. "he is Skull, my lackey."
"Wha-?!" said lackey seemed more than offended. "I am not your lackey!"
In the future, I hold Skull's Pacifier. He was the first to die.
I managed a faint smile for their actions.
"Good grief." yet another baby materialized, out of Mist. "Rather shameless of you to call me out here again, without pay."
It was Mammon, who was wearing his trademark purple cloak, an indigo Pacifier displayed at the neck.
Mammon had died after Colonello, through suicide. His Pacifier now belonged to me.
"Now, now." a fourth infant walked out, a smile faint upon his lips. "Don't be like that."
"Master!" I-Pin cried, happily, from Kyoko's arms.
"I-Pin." Fon smiled, warmly, upon her. "I didn't expect to see you so soon."
Fon, who had been so kind to me, had been the second-to-last to die, before Reborn. I had his Pacifier, as well.
"Fon-sama!" I exclaimed, stepping forward.
He raised an eyebrow at me, his red Pacifier twitching as he did so. "And who might you be, young lady?"
"Uhh, no one." I sweatdropped, hiding behind Chrome, who seemed 50% more nervous after I did so. "Forget about me."
He gave me one last, long look, before flickering his attention upon Tsuna and Reborn. "As you wish."
"So soon?" Tsuna repeated, from what Fon had said previously. "What do you mean, 'so soon'?"
"You cleared the seven Arcobaleno Trials yesterday." Reborn said, with ease, as if he was reminding Tsuna.
Everyone seemed surprised. Again.
"EH?!"
"I came here half a day before you, so I could assemble everyone." Reborn explained, briefly. "To get them to help, as your tutors."
"What are you whispering about?" Mammon questioned, slightly suspicious.
"You must be hiding something!" Skull accused, pointing a tiny finger at them.
"Uh, no?" Tsuna sweatdropped.
"Hagi...so many babies..." Haru clutched Lambo closer to her chest. She was probably overwhelmed with all the 'hearts of purest white'.
Kyoko smiled. "They're kinda cute! Are they all Reborn-kun and Colonello-kun's friends?"
"If the Arcobaleno are serving as tutors..." Tsuna seemed to have figured something out. "does that include Verde?!"
"Yeah!" Reborn nodded. I remembered that in an anime-exclusive arc, there had been a filler where Verde had totally kidnapped the other Arcobaleno, during the Arcobaleno Trials. If that had only been a day ago... "I also let Verde know. He's not here right now, but knowing him, he's probably hiding somewhere nearby and watching us."
"Not another stalker..." I groaned, resisting the urge to find a tree and bang my head against it.
"He's going to help us?" Tsuna said, hesitantly.
Colonello eyed me, unsurely. I smiled back, but that seemed to only raise his suspicions.
Reborn seemed perfectly okay with letting his previous kidnapped assist them. "Probably."
"PROBABLY?!" Tsuna wasn't enjoying this idea.
"Hey, Reborn." Colonello called. Reborn turned to the Rain Arcobaleno. "Who's the girl?"
Mammon seemed to agree. "She looks like two people I know."
I knew this Mammon, but only as a child. So one of the two people was Past-Me (holy shit, this is complicated.) and the other was either Luce or Aria. Probably Luce though.
"That girl?" Tsuna seemed confused for a moment, before perking up. "Oh, you mean Yuni."
I managed an embarassed smile for the cameras- I mean, Arcobaleno.
"Yuni?" Mammon repeated. "Yuni is a four-year-old girl. That isn't her. Though, they do look very similar."
"Yuni is an acquaintance of mine. Don't worry about it." Reborn told them, but they continued to scrutinize me.
I then decided to take matters into my own hands. "I look like someone you know? Oh, I get that a lot." Insert high-pitched giggle here. "I have one of those faces, you know?"
They all nodded. Reborn trusted me, so they, in result, trusted me, to an extent.
Fon did this whole mini kata thing. "It appears that we should not ask for any more information."
"You didn't tell Lal or Aria-san to come?" Tsuna inquired, looking at Reborn.
"Yeah." Reborn nodded. "Since Yuni's here."
Lambo then declared that he wanted to play, which got Gokudera started.
"What are we going to do now?" Tsuna wondered, glancing at the Arcobaleno.
"We're going to perform a dangerous Miracle." Reborn said, slightly mysteriously. "It has never been attempted before, in all of Vongola history."
"Huh?"
"An all-or-nothing bet." Reborn was being dramatic. "If it fails, we're done for."
"Stop playing coy and tell us." Tsuna protested, slightly.
"Listen up." Reborn ordered, completely ignoring Tsuna. "The outcome completely depends upon you guys. Go for it and don't get scared."
"I don't get it." Ryohei admitted, but he clenched his fists, regardless. "But you can count on us, to the extreme!"
"Bring out your Ring, Tsuna." Reborn commanded, glancing at me. It's time.
Tsuna blinked, bringing his hand up. The Arcobaleno watched, curiously.
I clasped my hands together, closing my eyes. Spirit of the Vongola Ring...yeah, I know you're in there. Would you please lend your awesome powers of badass to those in a complete bitch of a situation? If you're willing to do this and save the future, I will give up everything in order to revive the Arcobaleno. ...just saying, but I was going to do that anyway, so you're not really getting anything out of this. I know I don't have my Pacifier, but I know that you know that I'm the Sky Arcobaleno. So lend me a hand, please.
The Pacifiers of all the Arcobaleno lit up - Skull's, Fon-sama's, Reborn's, Colonello's, Mammon's - and Tsuna's ring glowed a faint orange.
Please...?
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I know I'm not much. But I'm all the world has left.
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