Going Home

Summer came and...

...Juri, Iemitsu and Reborn got off the bus closest to her old house in Namimori.

The rest was a fifteen-minute walk with their luggage and upon arrival...the house was as if it was as good as new. As if people still lived here.

But as far as Juri knows, her mother is in Italy under Vongola Protection.

She visited her parents before flying back to Japan. It was a tearful reunion with her parents who missed a lot of her life because of her situation. As far as Nana knows, she was kidnapped by a Human Trafficking Ring grooming kids into slavery!

Truthfully, she was rescued since she was nine, but the rest of the years went into therapy, counseling and rehabilitation so she would be alright upon returning home, that was the excuse to Nana when ahem, they got wind through police with links to global children kidnapping working with intelligence agencies.

Juri spent a good week with her family in Italy before trying to get used to Namimori again as her ahem, final exam in her rehab as it was in that town when that day happened.

Nana now had long hair like pre-marriage. Still on crutches only when she gets near-tired of walking around on her own.

Those flame things are doing her well when normally, in a normal hospital and rehab, her condition will take her longer than eight years to heal and be on a wheelchair for life.

That, and she and Iemitsu wondered how the hell are they gonna tell her that she's a trained soldier whose future is to be a mafia boss? Yeeeeaaahhh that's gonna go well.

'I hardly remember this place now.' she mused looking up at the house.

'Well...you were barely into five when that happened.' said Iemitsu with a heavy sigh. 'After settling down, its a trip to the police station, OK?'

Yeah, to prove that Juri is indeed home to close an old case regarding his family and prove she really IS home.

But at the police station, she stiffened and was horrifyingly quick to snatch a gun from a nearby officer's unlatched holster, cock it up and aim it somewhere that got a lot of people freaking out.

'Juri no, the station is safe, ok?!' Iemitsu sputtered out as it happened BEFORE the station nurse can draw blood from him.

'S-someone...looked...'

Juri posed the picture-perfect PTSD Sufferer that made the precinct nervous. And a frigging kid can easily snatch weapons off a cop and clearly knows how to use a gun. To complete their act, Iemitsu and Reborn suppressed Juri and put the safety back on and pressed the button that unloaded the gun.

'...me thinks your daughter needs more therapy if a person looking at her warranted that.' said a cop wryly, carefully taking his gun back from the kid nervously, inwardly wincing at the scolding he'll get later from his superior who wasn't too far away. She unlatched his holster, snatched his gun and a spare magazine, loaded and cocked it like a pro and safety removed all in seconds! Its a miracle she didn't start shooting!

'Intense gazes tend to set off some PTSD Sufferers, thinking their abuser's malice is nearby.' the station nurse somberly agreed. There are some cases like that, but not all are like that. Certain...traumatizing situations will set that off and some don't. Its complicated, the mind. And to this day, doctors and scientists worth their salt are still studying to be better doctors.

'And that's what I'm here for.' said Reborn wryly, cross-dressing as a woman in her fifties to his intensive chagrin as what decent social worker will leave a girl with a grown man alone, right? But again, he only agreed on this with Juri to earn the precinct's sympathy points and threatened Iemitsu into silence or get gelded and force-fed his testicles even if it meant swallowing his teeth in the process. 'I'm Sawada Nana's therapist for years and she's A-OK, her legs just need more time with my colleague as it helps that her husband can come home to her in their apartment, a further help to her mental health. So now Juri's my patient and letting her get used to their home town again without setting her off as our next hurdle.'

'Very well. We'll notify you when results are out.'

xxx

The market...

'Juri, you know that we can get these in a supermarket, right?' Iemitsu pointed out as Juri insisted on shopping for meat at the market. They could have gotten all this in the grocery. No need to worry for clothes. Juri was loaded from her missions she could buy the latest trends in clothes and shoes. She's a teenager after all.

'Imported goods tend to be there, and to claim its fresh, it has red dyes sometimes even though it really should be thrown out.' said Juri bluntly. 'At least in the market you're damn sure your fish and meat is fresh. Eggs and condiments at least are consistent no matter the store. Oh, and vegetables are nearby instead of taking three minutes to the vegetable section after bypassing human traffic with their carts.'

'...gee, that's like, lazy?' Iemitsu laughed.

'Oh shuddup.' Juri sniffed. 'Live organic live long.' she said, taking packs of oily fish.

'Man, all parents must be jealous of me and your mom right now.' Iemitsu chuckled. 'Our kid eats vegetables and their kids would rather have ham or hot dogs for breakfast. Heck, breakfast in Italy is a cup of coffee and a single croissant or some biscuits! Your mom wasn't happy when she found that out and reamed my ear off, and taught her nurse how to cook japanese meals for us.'

'As she should! How the hell are you still alive?!' Juri went angry bighead on him, horrified at his idea of a breakfast.

'Hey it worked for us.' Reborn shrugged unrepentantly. It just horrified the girl more and reamed them off in greek, french, spanish, german, russian and chinese to their amusement.

Not far from them was a shell-shocked Gokudera who was nearby shopping for udon noodles...

'Holy shit, they're here already?' and his boss just reamed an Arcobaleno and the external advisor about their poor diet. He got that much as he understood some of it except for the ones in greek, russian and chinese. He didn't get the chance to learn those. Runaway, hello? Maybe this would be a good time to brush up.

Then she noticed him. Eek!

'Oh! Hi there!' she greeted cheerily, waving at him. 'Don't be shy now Gokudera-kun!' this got the high-ranks looking at him now. Fuuuuck.

And so, in a restaurant...

'So you're shopping for udon noodles here huh?' Juri mused as Gokudera looked awkward.

'Ehm yes. I was gonna try out this herbal ramen recipe on the internet whipped up by a french chef but I have to substitute stuff out due to lacking in some herbs. This town is no Tokyo so there's lacking in some goods.' said Gokudera with a sigh. 'He strangely made his own version of ramen so it got flak from aficionados since its 'not authentic'.'

'Well, as long as its organic and no junk it's ok.' Juri grinned. 'How's your starting line? I gave you until end of summer right?'

'I found something, I'm just rewiring myself not to fall back to habit.' said Gokudera. 'My forte is speed, accuracy, agility and swiftness. I'm no powerhouse so I relied on fireworks...I have ideas, much of them illegal...how do I even begin with one that's legal yet its also inaccessible and non-existent in the internet, mostly in fiction?'

'What would that be?'

'Ninjutsu, hand-to-hand.'

Blank look.

'...its pretty prevalent in assassin training in any program be it legal or illegal y'know. Japan pretty much unwittingly spread ninjutsu through interested foreigners and bam, inspired assassin training programs. I'd say we need a teacher for you but are ya willing to walk the talk?'

'Yes!' Gokudera didn't hesitate.

'Then I'm phoning my old teacher on you, prepare for hell.' Gokudera lit up like a Christmas Tree.

'Yeeees!' Juri whipped out a satellite phone and began talking in greek...before happily putting it down. 'Big Ma'am is coming. She's my teacher growing up and she's kinda rough on aspiring fighters, but its that roughness that made us who we are today~' Juri was sporting a cat-like smile.

'Did that include being a seasoned pro in other things?' Reborn drawled snarkily, making Iemitsu choke in his coffee. It doesn't help that Juri looked unrepentant. Reborn's reports to home, were horrifying, to say the least.

'Nah, our teacher for that is someone else. The headmistress and vice-headmistress are prudes even if they know how and can teach.'

'That's strange for your group.'

'Well...the two ma'ams retired ten years ago after Kosovo and became teachers.'

Kosovo Conflict was part of the Yugoslav Wars. Feb 1998 - June 1999. Too many stuff happened and the Yugoslav Wars as a whole, ended in 2001 and its a lot of nasty shit with a lot of war crimes to boot.

'For now Big Ma'am has a lot of time to spare for Gokudera-kun since at this time of year in summer, it's physical conditioning from hell while weapons is during winter. She's the teacher in tactics, survival and guerilla warfare which is during spring since by then there's food in the forest.'

'What kind of teacher is your teacher, Juudaime?' Gokudera wondered aloud.

'One who has lofty expectations with no bias and prejudice and will not hesitate to bully and beat talent out of anybody to the point that even the weakest in class can accomplish great in the military and hold a high position in three years.' Gokudera's eyes sparkled, like a child who was told christmas came in advance which the two men noted. 'That's what I mean by hell. She'll be here tomorrow night, so the day after...good luck with her.'

'Hai!'

Iemitsu and Reborn had a feeling she meant that literally as the way she smiled was akin to seeing the boy's epitaph...

xxx

Sawada Residence...dining room...while the two men were by the table, Juri was cooking dinner.

'...so, Big Ma'am huh? Which one is she?'

'She's more of a Maria at first, but due to her abilities and she grew to enjoy violence, she also has Qwaser battle and tactical training so she's two in one package, thus scary. ' Juri chuckled as she had interesting training memories in mind. 'She's usually Little Ma'am's Maria but to this day, nobody knows what they can do as Qwasers...those who know are obviously dead, but they're a very feared figure in Athos, not even that zealotic bunch Meteora can talk smack at that pair or they're dead.'

'So she's an Atomis as well?'

'Most likely if Meteora fears her and they usually will mobilize and kill anything they deem heretic.' Juri tut-tutted. 'But anyways, I need Big Ma'am over anyway. Something big is coming and our current force may not be enough.'

'Yeah, you're an informant.' Iemitsu frowned. 'If only Nono's sons weren't killed, you could have been a good fit for CEDEF so I can retire.' he complained.

'Yeah, so in two weeks it'll depend on her instructions.' said Juri. 'As long as there's Nitrogen in the world, nothing escapes me, unless you're hidden behind Circuit Barriers.'

Yeeeeeah.

Juri is a Sky and the benefits that came with it. Combine that with her luck with her Element, she's easily the most informed. Sadly, her ability is limited to that, of a small country. Really small as she isn't that omnipotent as she has yet to awaken her flames and they have no idea how that will result. Japan is her playground, as is Athos so she knows there's backdoor dealings that Sqole picked their allegiances early on.

Come next night, Big Ma'am paid the house a visit.

Damn, woman's huge. She's a 6'10 tall woman, Iemitsu thought. And clearly has hardcore muscle under her habit that can put female bodybuilders to shame.

'Teacher.' Juri knelt respectively.

'I'm here for that boy. You took interest in his development, given your...situation.' Big Ma'am looked pointedly at the men in the house. Juri was mafia and the last heir, but her importance was why 'that person' was fine with her leaving Athos without anyone knowing she was a member in the first place. As far as anyone and her lovers knows, she was an orphan who took on a janitress job for having a weak body unable to have Maria Training but can still give soma, and she cleans upper floors where students aren't allowed. They maintained that mask very well! Her maria who was in on the secret was the only one who knows she's a qwaser.

'I'll introduce you to Gokudera tomorrow morning. Right now he's mentally-preparing himself.' Juri smiled before going serious. 'But teacher, there will be a large scale attack soon. They found the Water Sanctuary.' the atmosphere plunged as the mafioso noted. 'The Tanner brothers, Kuchiba Aoi and someone I don't know.'

'Where?'

'Behind the school of all places. Not only that, Friederich Tanner managed to slip me because I'm not in Japan back then and next thing I know he's a history teacher in Iron's class!' said Juri, clearly vexed. 'I found this out hours after we left for Namimori...and that was because he used specific terminology while talking to someone in his office.'

'WHAT?!' Big Ma'am isn't happy. 'Shit, double shit!' she swore. What bad timing otherwise they'd have caught him earlier! 'We have the Sword of Maria in two girls! Where's Tomo?! Mafuyu can at least defend herself.'

'I had that fake priest hide her while pretending to be you on voice changer.' Juri said. 'Then we pretended she's terminally-sick and took days off until she gets surgery. Tomo's a no-show since until the coming attack so while they aim for the Sword, they're also after the sanctuary. We can't let them have both, so I warned Yuri. So far we confirmed the Tanner brothers, the Oxygen Qwaser and one unknown, but a little kid younger than even Katja. But clearly powerful if they roped her in the job.'

Then Juri looked shaken. 'Shit. Hydrogen.' Big Ma'am also realized the possibility.

'...they can access the sanctuary with combining oxygen and hydrogen to split the lake like Red Sea.' Big Ma'am cursed.

'Friederich Tanner huh? He gave us quite the trouble too.' Iemitsu frowned. 'We mafioso tend to keep to ourselves, but we don't like it when some bastard struts around in our turf. We had been cleaning up conflicts in Vongola Territory in Italy for fifteen years and that guy's name comes up as a weapon's supplier. Is he an Adept?'

'Double-Headed Crest-Maker...its not weapons he sells, it's magic powers.' said Juri, creating crests on a whim. 'He sells magic crests, creating conflict here and there...but anywhere except Germany which was weird, I'm still looking into it.'

'Then we'll need you as support.' Big Ma'am growled. 'The date?'

'The final week before school starts. Nothing specific.' Juri pouted. 'We just have to be there.'

'Mm. Keep in touch. I'll inform Yuri to hide the girls in separate places. Because Mafuyu is Sasha's maria, we'll have him supply up till he's full tank until the day comes and conserve his energy.'

'It takes days for a qwaser to be full-powered?' Reborn inquired curiously.

'Yes. Soma is supplied by girls through our breasts.' said Big Ma'am. 'But we can never suck till we're full as each girl has a limited supply and it depends on her condition and breast size. Taking too much is fatal to a girl and she dies if you take all she has without the chance to rest and recover.' she said grimly. 'So Qwaser fights must end quick, for the sake of their maria partner. At least, that's how we do it in Sqole, who knows how the Adepts treat their marias. If they go full power shamelessly without consequence, that's a grim sign.' they can only imagine countless corpses of girls...as qwasers stood over their corpses. Terrible sight.

'Wait, you and Juri do double roles!' Iemitsu sputtered out. 'And Juri is small!' Juri caused an ice disk to smack her father on the head, shattering the disk...offended because telling a girl or talking about a girl's...assets...is a berserk button for any girl out there.

'We can because we're girls.' Big Ma'am snarked, acting as if that didn't happen much to the blonde man's chagrin and Reborn was enjoying himself. 'After our Soma runs out, we turn into what we have ourselves so we're a bit hardier than male qwasers. And even then how long we can fight depends on the quality we get.'

'Right...pure-hearted girls, or girls who actually love their partners.' Iemitsu chuckled, shaking his head. 'Yeah, real tough.' he stated snidely. 'Because if we go for quality, drinking less from a girl yet being in full power would've been easy as pie with less health risk. But for that, they really have to have a great relationship whether as lover or friend.' that Priscilla girl was the...top...in their relationship with Juri being...the bottom...given height difference. They were lesbian lovers that Juri reached the third level of her power through their somas. With that, she can effortlessly destroy a city by herself ala ice age. That was why Atomis-Class elements are sought after for increased military power.

The most abundant metals, nonmetals, metalloids, halogens and gases present in earth since time memorial.

However, looking for them is not that easy. Descendants of Hermes Trismegistus are very few...and there can only be one at a time in the world. However, when another is born in the same century with the same element, they are weaker than the one who was born before who held most of the power. These unfortunate qwasers are called Isotopes in disdain.

'Yeah, there's that Neodymium Pair from Mt. Koya.' Juri scoffed. 'Horny as rabbits yet Fujiomi is very powerful that he can easily be mistaken for a fifth level Iron user when he wasn't. He is level three like myself but being what he is, has enormous advantage over Metal Qwasers. Sasha certainly thinks so when Neodymium Team picked a fight with him. We should look into their relationships with their marias.'

'Very well, we'll look into it.' Big Ma'am agreed. 'For now until end game, I will pound some skill into your boy. Keep an eye on Tanner.'

'Hai.'

A:N- I re-edited this chapter out of consideration when I got two reviews about some boo-boos. Can't think properly if you're exhausted after general cleaning and took to hobby to de-stress which didn't end well, hahaha...Priscilla is merely an OC for convenience, not from some other fandom. And no wiki states how tall Big Ma'am is, so I just went with whatever, but I edited that too. If there's a complete SnQ wiki as the manga is long over completed with a lackluster ending after an epic fight against Gold Qwaser, somebody tell me where to find it. It will help me a lot.