Lazura:...! It's already Chapter 46?! We're only four chapters away people hang in there!
Disclaimer: I don't own KHR at all except my ocs.
Previously
The three people stepping into his plain view seemed even more unbelievable.
"...I don't believe it..." Roland shifted as he stood up eyeing the people, "I never knew Vongola Primo had a child."
"..." Staring back at him were two HDWM beings. One blonde, the other brown. Both wearing similar orange-colored eyes as well as an orange flame dancing off their foreheads. A small baby sitting on the brown-haired boy's shoulder.
"Where is the boss of the Zushu Famiglia, Roland?" Primo asked awaiting Roland's answer.
Roland in turn reached out for...
Now
Roland in turn reached out for...
The rifle on straped to his back, only to hesitate once Roland's own fingers touched the edges of the weapon.
Why?
Why am I hesitating in front of the enemy?
My boss ordered me to prevent the Vongola boss from moving closer to the office...so why?
Roland's eyes widened as he stared at his own hand that failed to grab the rifle.
Blood...?
A spot of blood splattered on to the center of Roland's hand.
"Hm...just as I thought." A familiar voice entered from behind him, "In the end a member of my famiglia ended up betraying me."
"Master...Zen?!" Roland coughed as trickles of blood dripped from his mouth.
Tsuna wanted to go help the man, the enemy. However Giotto prevented him from doing it.
"Vongola Primo, why won't you let me help him?!" Tsuna yelled at the founder who in turn gave the boy a sad face.
"This is illusion. An illusion Zen Chua placed over his own member." Giotto explained, "In fact, Zen Chua himself holds an abnormal anmount of strong mist flames."
Tsuna didn't realize it, but the fact that the boss is a mist user reminded him of his fight against Rokudo Mukuro. Including Lancia's misfortune of being controlled by Rokudo Mukuro as a fake version of him.
Roland indeed reminded Tsuna of Lancia.
"But...there should be a way to free him!" Tsuna stared at his V.G. Gear gloves, "Right, Reborn?"
Reborn smirked as he tilted his fedora down, "Cocky, yet right."
Hall 4
"...What is this?!" Francesca growled, holding countless small apple viles in her hands.
From behind, she could see Enma using his gravity manipulation to hold Francesca down.
"Mayu-san! Shoot her! You need to shoot her!"
Help him. Please.
"Huh?" Flinching Mayuri could only see Francesca being held back by Enma allowing her a chance to stop the rampaging vanguard.
For a second there, Mayuri thought it was Francesca's voice. Only to realize that its ridiculous to think the maniac in front of her would say that. Although...to Mayuri the voice seemed awefully familiar to her.
Who...? That voice sounded like...
"Mayu-san, hurry!"
Snapping out of her prolonged thoughts, Mayuri yelled back to Enma, "I'm sorry! I'll take care of this Enma!"
Focusing her star flames into the gun, Mayuri held the gun between both of her hands. A small click sounded as Mayuri's fingers slowly touched the trigger.
Her heart began to beat fast as well as her breathing.
Just shoot. Just shoot like you did earlier, Mayuri.
The star guardian reminded herself.
"Take this!" Screeched the girl as a piercing scream etched throughout the hall.
Hall 2
"..." A flaming storm arrow aimed straight. Not even moving an inch. It only made Lampo question about why the woman wasn't moving at all. This made it even more worse, especially when Knuckle tried to land an aim toward the woman. She'd dodge the attack as if it were nothing to her, shooting a few arrows with her bow.
This is getting bad...Knuckle doesn't have much time left in fighting. It'll only be me left to fight her, and my lightning flames isn't strong enough to wipe her out alone.
I gotta distract her somehow...
Sweat dripped off the side of his head, wiping it off by his own sleeve. Lampo's gaze reached to the top. A glass chandelier hung above where Wei is standing allowing Lampo to create a plan in a few minutes. Recklessly like he always did in the front lines, Lampo held his shield close to him. Charging toward the dangerous silent marionette.
Knuckle was baffled. Normally Lampo wouldn't be foolish enough to charge into battle unless Primo is the one to order him to do so.
What in the world is Lampo doing?!
Lampo pretending to aim a hit at the woman allowed himself to be targeted by the woman's close ranged arrow attacks. Making it hard for Wei to aim an exact attack. It made sense as Knuckle began to notice what Lampo is trying to do. Focusing his attention to the area, Knuckle noticed the chandelier hanging above him.
That kid...
Knuckle grinned as he charged in taking over Lampo's decoy job. In the midst of the exchange Knuckle and Lampo sent each other a thumbs up as Lampo aimed his shield toward the dangling chandelier. Coated in lightning flames, the chandelier tottered a few times. Knuckle quietly muttered to Wei just before he dodged the crash, "And may god bring forgiveness to you."
Shocked, Wei struggled under the weight of the giant metal restraining her.
"Now...should we get going, Knuckle?"
"Yes, after all Primo could be waiting for us." Knuckle spoke donning his priest robes again, "We should also take her along, since this is her hall toward the boss."
"...I'm sorry. I failed you brother." Wei mumbled sorrowfully.
Hall 1
"Ho..." Daniel muttered as he restrained the incoming attack from Asari's swords, "So this is the strength of the rain guardian. Very powerful."
"You're quite the resilient swordsman." Asari complimented the blind wonderman.
G grunted as he tried to get a steady aim at the being. It was hard trying to avoid getting Asari out of his train of sight when it came to shooting the target. Especially when both the ally and the enemy are moving too fast.
I can't get a damn aim Asari! The hell are you doing ?! Facing solo against him, we're supposed to be working together!
Asari made a small smile as he effortlessly tried to subdue Daniel's responsive attacks, he felt that if he can at least get rid of the sword in Daniel's hands...then G would be able to stop Daniel. However the sword stayed firmly held between Daniel's grasp. Making it difficult to budge.
Frustrated G shot allowing the hit to penetrate the floor beside the two swordsmen.
"Tch. We don't have time for a fight like this. Boss is expecting us."
Daniel halted his stance, "Then go."
Stunned the Vongola guardians questioned the man that dared ask to fight them from the beginning.
"...that swordsmanship with Asari made me wanna go back as a fencing teacher. Plus I never wanted to become a vanguard. I was only asked to become one because of a favor from our leader."
Hall 3
"Mister!" Tsuna called to the man standing before him. Roland wasn't moving from his stance. No trace of blood dripping out of him, except for the heavy panting of the mercenary's breath wavered in front of the three.
"You have to snap out of it!" Tsuna's distance from the man wasn't far any longer. In fact he was much closer to the point where Tsuna could easily attack him within close range, however Tsuna stood his ground in trying to snap the poor man out of his delusion, "You of all people should know how your boss is! Aren't you his right hand man?!"
A small twitch of Roland's hand moved. Tsuna noticed a small progression in his pleas.
"You're boss is waiting for you." Tsuna spoke in a louder tone as Roland started listening to the sound of Tsuna's voice.
"Wake up. Mister. The food you made for us, reminded me of home." Tsuna's voice wavered. He hadn't realized that his HDWM seemed to flicker between his regular self to his fighting mode, "We're here for you!"
We're here for you!
An image of Zen yelled, "I'm here for you!"
Was all that was needed to break the illusion.
"...! This is...I was under an illusion." Roland placed a hand to his forehead pain thumped against his sweaty palms. A hand connected to Roland's shoulder, it was none other than Giotto's.
"Tell me. Has your boss been the same as he did three years ago?" Giotto questioned the right hand man, "I know. Your boss never had this abnormal amount of mist flames to affect you of all people. I'm quite sure...Zen's real flames we're..."
Roland stared at the ground as a painful memory returned to him, "...Rain flame."
"Our boss changed that day. The day before meeting you about the current standings of the mafia world. In fact, it felt as if someone else had possesd my master from that time. He..."Roland closed his eyes while hesitating to tell such words of his own life experience in serving Zen, "He isn't the same as he used to be."
Lazura: Since we're almost to the end I'll mention that the last chapter will include the storyline of another character that hasn't been mentioned much in this story for a long time. However the upcoming chapters will gradually introduce who the person is. While I'm at it, I'm going to add what changes were made when the five interrupted the real timeline.
Actual Timeline: Roland was supposed to be arrested by Alaude's group, CEDEF, as well as stopping the Zushu Famiglia from any further occurrences. Such as annihilating the Vongla and their founding boss. In fact, Zen and his famiglia was supposed to end in the original.
Interrupted Timeline: Since the arrival of the five, the unnatural capturing of baby Michael setted off a chain of events that weren't supposed to happen. One, Alaude's group wasn't able to capture Roland. Two, Michael wasn't supposed to be kidnapped, Alaude planned on having his son serve as a decoy for capturing Roland but the boss targeted the baby than the Vongla boss. Three, the revealing of another mastermind controlling the actions of an innocent mafia boss is revealed compared to the original timeline. In the original timeline, Giotto's group didn't know that Zen was being possessed.
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