Chapter 8: The Mists! The Battle! And Some Unexpected Guests!
5 years ago (Somewhere in Italy)
Mismatched eyes narrowed upon exiting the building. He raised an arm to halt his two companions and asked—the number in his right eye changing into the kanji for three, "Who are you?" She's not from here, she looks... Japanese?
The girl standing in front of him didn't answer. She stared at his mismatched eyes before looking at the building behind him, "Are you three the only survivors?"
He blinked in surprise at her flawless Italian, sensing that she wasn't going to attack, he lowered his arm, "That's right. Out of all the children in the building, we're the only survivors."
"The adults?"
He grinned like a madman, "I murdered them."
The girl barely batted an eye, "You annihilated the Estraneo Famiglia. Now what? They will come after you and your companions. You have nowhere else to go."
"Oya? They won't know who did it. I will kill you and bury the truth with you, after that, I'm going to destroy this insignificant world."
The two kids stared at each other, his eyes widening when the girl smiled at him, a genuine and welcoming smile.
"Come with me, Mukuro Rokudo."
"Boss, I've come to obtain your permission."
Xanxus raised an eyebrow.
"I wish to use that power in tonight's match."
Belphegor turned to him with a grin, "Hnn. You're pretty fired up, Mammon."
"Why go that far? Even with Squalo's loss. We have the advantage with 3 wins and 2 losses," Levi stated.
"You nervous?" Bel teased.
Mammon glared at him even though he wouldn't be able to see it, "Don't be absurd. I don't care about the opponent. My power is the kind of thing that will become hard to manage if I don't brush it up every now and then."
The grin on Bel's face widened, "I can't wait. I've never seen Mammon's powers before."
Xanxus stood from his perch on the chair, "You have my permission," he said before leaving the room with his subordinates watching him.
He entered his room and shut the door behind him. Throwing his Varia jacket on the bed, he began unbuttoning his shirt.
"Voi. I don't know what surprises me more, the fact that the brat's a biter, or the fact that you let her mark you."
The Varia Boss ignored him, walking towards a mirror, he touched the evident bite mark on the side of his neck that was usually hidden by the collar of his shirt.
Squalo's eyes narrowed when a smirk tugged at his boss' mouth. "You're in too deep, Xanxus."
"Hn."
"Is the plan still on?"
Red eyes glared at him through the mirror, "The plan's still on until I say otherwise."
The Rain raised an eyebrow, "And then? What happens after you beat her?"
A wide grin spread across the Varia Boss' face, his red eyes blazing with anticipation, "She's going to be all mine. And there's nothing anyone can do about it, not even her."
Tsuki's eyes met with red ones the moment she entered the gymnasium, she smiled at him before turning her attention to the two Cervello who called her name.
"Sawada Tsukiyomi. Where is your Mist Guardian?"
Midori tanabiku namimori no,
The Varia looked around in confusion, wondering where the song was coming from.
Dai naku shou naku nami ga ii,
Tsuki smiled, "They're back."
Itsumo kawaranu sukoyaka kenage,
The Varia stared at the yellow, fluffy bird flying around in the room.
Aa... tomo ni utaou namimori chuu.
The canary landed on the younger boss' head, "Tsuki! Tsuki! Back! Back!"
"Ah, okaeri."
Xanxus' eyes narrowed when two boys and a girl entered the gymnasium.
"We're back, byon."
"Hmm."
"Tadaima, Bosu."
His eyebrows rose when the girl with purple hair walked up to his lover and kissed her cheek.
"Yo, Chrome, Ken, Chikusa," Takeshi greeted with a huge smile on his face.
"Che," Hayato scoffed, "you people sure took your time, huh."
Ken glared at him, "Shut up, byon!"
Hayato matched his glare, "Ha? What was that, teme!"
"Maa, maa, Calm down, you two," Takeshi pacified.
"Ken, you're being too loud," Chikusa chided.
Reborn's eyes narrowed, "Oi, Dame-Tsuki, what's going on?"
"Hm? What do you mean?" Tsuki asked innocently.
"Who are they? And where's Mukuro?"
His student shrugged in reply.
The hitman gritted his teeth, "Dame-Tsuki..."
The girl with purple hair stepped forward and bowed her head, "Watashi wa Dokuro Chrome," she introduced before pointing at the guy wearing a beanie with a bored look on his face, "he's Kakimoto Chikusa, and he's Joshima Ken," she said, pointing at the blonde one with a scar on his face.
"Tsukiyomi... what's going on?" the Sun Arcobaleno asked again, trying to put a lid on his temper.
Tsuki's expression changed from innocent ones to a blank one, "Chrome's going to battle as my Mist Guardian."
"What?" Reborn hissed, "Mukuro is your Mist Guardian, you can't just change your Guardians out on a whim."
"I'm not," the young Sky said, "I've never told you who my Guardians were, have I?"
Reborn's eyes widened in surprise. Xanxus raised an eyebrow while his subordinates watched on with interest.
"Yamamoto Takeshi, Hibari Kyoya, Sasagawa Ryohei," the girl listed, "from the very start, even before you came to Japan to officially train me, you and Iemitsu planned for them to be my Guardians," she smirked at the look that crossed her tutor's face. "You were supposed to introduce them to me one by one so I can slowly bond with them, but you weren't expecting me to already know who they were, you didn't say anything because it was a great coincidence on your part, you couldn't have asked for a better outcome. You asked for Hayato to be sent here in order to test me, but the truth is, you planned for him to be my Storm. Mukuro was a great surprise, it saved you guys the trouble of finding a Mist Guardian. You guys picked Lambo because he was there and there was no one else."
Xanxus fought down the shiver of pleasure threatening to overcome his body when the vixen grinned wickedly at her tutor.
"A natural born hitman for a Rain, the Demon of Namimori for a Cloud, a guy with an unbreakable resolve for a Sun, a powerful and talented young man for a Mist, a genius and a loyal, mafia-born teen for a Storm, and a kid whose skin is a conductor itself for a Lightning." Tsuki raised an eyebrow and gave her tutor an amused look, "You guys had it all figured out."
Reborn pulled his fedora down to cover his eyes, casting a shadow on his face.
"You and Iemitsu didn't even ask me if I wanted them to be my Guardians, you just assumedthat I did because of my relationship with them, you even gave them the Half-Rings without consulting me," she chuckled, "well, luckily for you guys, I would have chosen them nonetheless. You were right in assuming that Takeshi, Kyoya, Onii-san, and Hayato were my chosen Guardians, but Lambo... he wasn't supposed to be a part of this, involving him was never part of my plan, not while he was still so young. I already had someone else in mind, someone who would take the role of my Lightning Guardian until Lambo was old enough, but you guys..." she shook her head in annoyance. "Assuming that Mukuro was my Mist Guardian, you guys were partially right about that, but the thing is..." she smiled sweetly, "you know what? Never mind, you'll find out eventually."
Reborn closed his eyes and sighed, "Do as you please."
"I don't need you to tell me that."
Before anything else could be said, the hitman's pacifier began to glow.
"Kora!"
"Colonnello-shishou!" Ryohei exclaimed in surprise, "I thought you were sleeping already."
"I was curious whether that chibi with the frog on his head..." Colonnello shared a look with Reborn, "is really an Arcobaleno. If we didn't make sure of that, there'll be trouble."
His fellow Arcobaleno humphed, "So you were concerned after all."
Chrome blinked, "Eh?" she turned to her boss in confusion, "Bosu, do they not know? That person..."
Tsuki grinned, "Aa." She turned and looked at the hooded Varia member, "The Mist Arcobaleno, Viper."
The Varia's eyes widened, Xanxus didn't even look surprise—so used to her knowing more that what she should, Reborn and Colonnello looked stunned.
Raven gave the two an incredulous look, "How could you guys not know?"
"Kora! Our pacifiers didn't glow," Colonnello defended.
"The chain around her neck—oh, by the way, just in case you guys didn't know, Mammon's a girl," Tsuki giggled at the dumbfounded look on the two Arcobaleno's face, "the chain blocks her Arcobaleno power and prevents other Arcobaleno from detecting her."
"Kid, how did you know that?" Mammon asked, her tone suggesting she wasn't happy about her identity and her secret being revealed so early.
"Xanxus told me," said kid quipped, "I pleasure him in exchange for information."
The effect was instantaneous. The Varia's jaw dropped, Xanxus threw his head back and laughed, Takeshi and Ryohei face palmed, Hayato looked like he was about to pass out, Ken and Chikusa pretended like they didn't hear anything, Colonnello was looking at the ceiling, Dino looked like he was about to burst into tears, Reborn looked seconds away from shooting his student, Raven looked like she was about to fall over from laughing, Kyoya was glaring so hard, Tsuki was sure she was going to burst into flames.
"Herbivore..." the warning in the Skylark's tone was clear.
Tsuki pouted, "Kechi. How I knew that... well..." she grinned cheekily, "you guys weren't the only ones who did their homework."
"Hmph." The chain around her body fell to the ground revealing her Mist Pacifier that triggered the other two pacifiers to glow. "Unlike you people, I am never negligent of the efforts to lift the curse. This chain is a by-product of my research."
"Yosh! Now that everything's settled. Let's do the extreme huddle!"
Takeshi wrapped an arm around Ken and Chikusa's shoulder, "You guys join us too."
Chrome immediately wrapped an arm around her boss, leaning in on her familiar warmth, she commented, "Bosu, somehow, you've gotten warmer."
"Hmm?"
"Yosh. Chrome! Fight!"
"Oh!"
Chrome gave them a smile before making her way to the center, "I'm going."
When both combatants were at the center, the Cervello began explaining the match, "This time, the battlefield will be the entirety of the gymnasium. The objects in the building can be used in any way you desire."
"Furthermore, this field has not been outfitted with any special installations, there is no need for perplexity."
"Creating nothing into something, turning something into nothing; bewildering the enemy, making the Famiglia untouchable." Tsuki sighed, "Tonight's battle will surely give us headaches."
"The audience area has also been set up in a designated space within the building. As with the battle of Storm, infrared triggered lasers have been installed. Please be careful."
"Then, Mist Battle, Dokuro Chrome vs. Mammon. Battle Start!"
Chrome twirled her trident above her head before slamming it back down, the floor around the gymnasium started to rise.
Tsuki's side remained unaffected by the illusions. Levi was the only one on the Varia's side who looked affected.
Mammon jumped around the debris, "So a jutsu user like me after all. But this is nothing but child's play. I can't make..." she charged towards Chrome, "any money off of that."
Xanxus watched the match with a bored look on his face. Leaning his cheek on his fist, he turned his eyes to the girl watching the match intently, his eyebrow rose when he caught the slight look of anticipation in her sunset-amber orbs. Sensing that someone was watching her, Tsuki turned to him and grinned, sticking her tongue out childishly—he smirked—before turning her attention back to the match.
"Oh, good, you're more or less a worthy opponent, which means I can use my full powers to my heart's content." The frog on her head started to crack, "Let's go, Fantasma."
"The frog!" Hayato exclaimed, watching in fascination as a yellow and white salamander emerged from the frog.
The salamander circled on top of Mammon's head before biting its own tail, creating a halo and lifting the Arcobaleno off the floor.
Tsuki raised an eyebrow, "She can float?"
"This isn't good. Mammon's planning on using her full power, the average illusionist can't stand up to that, kora."
Kyoya scoffed, "Hn. That Herbivore is not average."
"That's right," Takeshi agreed, "Chrome's no ordinary illusionist."
"It doesn't matter who the opponent is..." Chrome gripped her trident and faced the Arcobaleno with a confident look, "I won't lose."
She charged towards the floating baby and attacked her using her trident, which the Arcabaleno was able to evade.
"If you can't fly, swinging that stick around won't do you any good!" Mammon mocked as she continued to evade the teen's attacks.
Giant snakes suddenly wrapped around the Varia's Mist, curling around her until she couldn't move, "Mm. This isn't an illusion?" There was a hint of something in her tone that suggested that she was slightly disturbed.
Hayato whistled, "Heh, so she's strong enough to use that."
Ken grinned, "Of course, byon!"
"Wao," a small grin spread across the prefect's face.
Mammon's pacifier glowed with her Flame, shattering her opponent's attack into nothing. "I'll unleash my full power too. After that, I'll take my time in revealing your secret."
Chrome twirled her trident and slammed the butt on the floor, columns of fire burst from the floor around the gymnasium with one of the pillars managing to hit Mammon directly, but the Arcobaleno floated out of it like it was nothing.
"Your illusions are certainly first-class," she admitted, "if one believes even for an instant in the reality of those columns, one would be roasted alive. Therefore, your weakness is also illusions!"
"This is one crazy battle," Tsuki said while tapping the frozen column in front of her.
Takeshi shook his head, "A-Aa, damn, I still need more training. That illusion just now almost got me."
"I also accidentally fell for the illusion, kora," Colonnello admitted.
Reborn nodded, "Me too. As would be expected from Viper."
Chrome began breathing heavily.
"The art of illusion seizes control of the person's perception. That is to say, it infiltrates the brain that governs their five senses. The stronger the illusionist's abilities, the more complete the infiltration. Their illusion's rate of success is also heightened, and its hold over reality stronger. Thus, in the illusionist's case, if their illusion is successfully countered with illusion..."
Ice started freezing its way up Chrome's legs.
"It means the control of their perception will be completely snatched away."
Tsuki's eyes narrowed, Xanxus continued to watch with his brows furrowed, Ken was gritting his teeth.
"How is it? The abominable power of the Arcobaleno," Mammon boasted. "Well then, how about you reveal your true identity now? No matter what you have in mind, it's already too late. You are already a denizen of my world of illusions."
Using the ice, the Mist Arcobaleno threw the teen on the side with enough force to shatter the ice.
"This is bad, kora!" Colonnello said when Chrome's body slammed on the floor.
"Aa," Reborn agreed.
"Mm, it seems as though that weapon is fairly important to you," Mammon noted after seeing how tightly the girl was holding said weapon.
Chrome's eyes widened in panic, "Don't!"
Mammon raised her hand and clenched her fist, shattering the trident in an instant.
Reborn gave his student a sideways glance, eyes narrowing when he saw that her expression didn't change despite seeing her Mist coughing up blood, she looks more annoyed than anything.
The spectators watched as the younger Mist's abdomen started to cave in.
"I-Is this an illusion?" Dino asked, eyes wide in disbelief.
"Mm... this is real... why is this happening? What is with this girl...?"
Everyone could hear the bewilderment in her tone.
"It's hard to believe, but... it seems as though this girl's life was being prolonged by illusionary organs," Mammon observed.
"Iie."
The Varia members turned to the girl, Reborn, Colonnello, and Dino also turned to her with a look of confusion on their face.
Tsuki sighed, "There really is something wrong with your head. You even got Chrome involve in your shenanigans."
Xanxus' eyes narrowed, "Hn?"
Mist started wrapping around the fallen girl's body. Levi was the first of the Varia to notice.
"Look, the girl's body is being wrapped up in mist."
"Ah, this? She's simply using the last bit of her power to hide her ugly corpse. It's a common behavioral pattern of female illusionist."
"Kufufufufufufufu. Is that so? Are you going to do it too?"
The mist cleared, revealing one Rokudo Mukuro standing where the fallen girl was previously lying.
"Oi, kora! I'm confused, what's going on?"
The Rain Arcobaleno wasn't the only one, the Varia, Reborn, and Dino was as confused he was.
"The girl disappeared...?" Levi questioned.
Lussuria bit his thumb, "Or was she just an illusion cast by Mukuro?"
"Wrong."
The Varia's head turned to the sound of the familiar female voice, their eyes widening when they saw the purple-haired girl sitting crossed-leg beside her boss.
Reborn's fists clenched. How long has she...
"Kora!"
"Eh? Chrome?" Dino stared dumbfounded, "Ok, seriously! What the hell is going on!?"
"Hm? Well, didn't I say that Reborn was partially right in assuming that Mukuro's my Mist Guardian, partially because... both Chrome and Mukuro are my Mist," Tsuki grinned at the look the revelation got her.
"Dame-Tsuki, you can't—"
"Yes, I can," the young Sky cut him off, "those two are one and the same, they can switch bodies whenever they want, which means, I technically only have one Mist Guardian, it just so happens that they have two bodies, Dokuro Chrome and Rokudo Mukuro."
"Rokudo Mukuro? This is the first time I've heard your full name. I was wondering where I'd heard that name before. Now I remember, 5 years ago, a kid annihilated the Estreneo Famiglia, a couple of months after that, various Families were slaughtered, one after another," Mammon unfolded, "the Vindice were forced to interfere, but no matter how much they try, they could never track you down."
"The Vindice Prison, that's known as an impregnable fortress..." Levi said.
"You knew who he was," the number one hitman in world said without looking at his student.
Tsuki raised an eyebrow, "Of course. I picked him up right outside the Estreneo Headquarters. I even burned the place down so they wouldn't know what happened, but somehow, they still found out that it was Mukuro who massacred the Family."
"Vooooiiii! What the fuck!? I'm done with that brat's secrets!" Squalo exclaimed.
"Heh? I'm not the only one here with secrets, though," the younger boss quipped, her eyes locking with the Varia Boss.
"Dame-Tsuki."
She turned her attention to her tutor, "Hn?"
"One of your Mist Guardians is a wanted man, he massacred countless Families in Italy. How long do you think he could walk as a free man?"
"Per sempre."
Mukuro looked down to hide the genuine smile on his face. When he looked up, his usual playful ones were back in place, "Chrome, it's my turn to shine." The number in his eyes changed into the kanji for One.
"Hai, Mukuro-sama."
Vines suddenly wrapped itself around Mammon's body, slowly squeezing her while the buds surrounding the vines slowly morphed into full-grown lotus flowers.
"W-What's this power...!" Mammon wheezed, "Th-The... pain..."
"Uwa... even Mammon is..." Bel trailed off, unable to believe that someone like Mammon was having a hard time.
"Even that Viper is completely overwhelmed..." the Rain Arcobaleno commented.
Reborn hummed in reply.
"What's wrong, Arcobaleno? If you keep taking your time, I'm going to wrap this up~" Mukuro quipped.
The Mist pacifier started to glow, shattering the illusions around her, she bellowed, "Don't get cocky!"
"So weak," Mukuro ridiculed, changing the number in his eye into the kanji for Four, he used his trident to destroy the images the baby projected.
"An illusionist who can use martial combat? That's blasphemy!" Mammon spat out while floating away from his reach, "I denounce you, and the rumors of your transmigration rubbish!"
Mukuro raised an eyebrow, "Oya?"
"Humans repeat their lives infinitely, over and over. That's why I keep hoarding my money!"
Chrome used her own trident to nullify the effects of the illusion cast by Mammon around her family, so Tsuki's side was the only place in the gymnasium that remained unaltered by the illusions being cast.
"That Viper is using her full strength," Colonnello said.
"She really has no other choice," Reborn answered.
Mukuro barely batted an eyelash, "Kufufufu! A greedy Arcobaleno? How amusing. But when it comes to greed, I won't lose either."
He twirled his trident around, slamming it down, columns of fire with lotus flowers wrapped around it like it's made of concrete sprouted in the room.
"What!" Mammon shouted in surprise.
Even the Varia was affected by the illusions, only Xanxus remained unaffected.
"Where did you learn this ability to make powerful illusions!?" Mammon demanded while dodging the columns that were still sprouting.
"Kufufufu. In hell."
"Stop talking rubbish!" Mammon roared, freezing the entire room.
Mukuro twirled his trident in front of him, getting rid of the images Mammon kept on sending towards him. Mismatched eyes narrowed when the Arcobaleno managed to get through his defense, casting an illusion around him and trapping him.
"Mukuro-san!" Ken shouted in panic.
"Why are you panicking?" Hayato asked, slapping him in the back of his head, "This is that bastard we're talking about. He can free himself from something like this."
True to what he said, lotus flowers started sprouting from the cocoon-like illusion trapping the heterochromatic teen. "Descent into hell... then, return again."
Levi's eyes widened in shock when the teen showed the two Half-Rings in his possession, "Impossible! Mammon was..."
"Haha. As expected," Takeshi laughed.
Chrome smiled softly, "Mukuro-sama..."
"I just have to rejoin these rings, correct?" Mukuro asked the two Cervello.
The two women shared a look.
"H-Hai..."
"I'm not done yet!"
Mukuro turned and stared blankly at the Arcobaleno.
"I was just playing with you. Don't get so cocky...!" Mammon bellowed, "I have yet to show you the full extent of my powers!" Her body froze when the teen suddenly appeared behind her.
"You must realize..."
She turned around and saw no one.
"If you have an illusion countered by an illusion, it means you have completely lost control of your own perceptions."
Tsuki watched impassively as Mammon was choked by her own pet.
"Come, shall I show you what this thing we call power really is? Shall we?" Mukuro taunted as the scene around him started to fall like it was being sucked down by a black hole.
"Kufufufu. How does it feel like, Arcobaleno? This is my world!"
Mukuro's body morphed into a snake-like creature and entered the falling Arcobaleno's mouth.
"You lost because of one reason, and only one reason," the younger illusionist's voice resonated around the room, "it's because you had me as your opponent."
The Varia stared wide eyed when their fellow Varia exploded, shattering the illusions around the room.
Mukuro landed on his feet with a smirk on his face, "Is this acceptable?" he asked, opening his palm to reveal the complete Vongola Mist Ring.
Tsuki rolled her eyes when the Cervello shared another look.
"The Mist Ring is now in possession of Sawada Tsukiyomi's Mist Guardian, with that, the winner of this battle is Dokuro Chrome."
"That Viper was..." Colonnello trailed off.
Bel grinned, "Ripped to pieces"
"Iie," Mukuro disagreed. He tapped his trident on the floor causing the wood to open like a can of sardines, revealing the Mist Arcobaleno bound and gagged, "The baby was about to escape using the energy she reserved for that very reason, she's a shrewd one." He sent the baby floating back to her team, getting rid of her illusionary bound after she landed on the hand of the Gola Moska.
Tsuki's eyes narrowed. They're here.
Mukuro was about to walk back to his family when a metal collar attached to a chain suddenly wrapped around his neck. He grunted as the chains pulled him down on his back.
"Mukuro-san! Gah!"
"Ack!"
The Varia, even Xanxus, was startled by their sudden appearance.
"Voi, they're..."
"The Vindice." Lussuria stared wide eyed as three people from the other team were forced to lie on their backs while being slowly dragged.
Before anyone could blink, the chain around their necks was slashed into pieces.
"Maa, let's talk about this, neh?" although the black-haired teen was smiling, the look in his eyes tells a different story.
Hayato twirled a dynamite stick in his hand, "Oi, figlio de puttana, what do you think you're doing?"
Ryohei regarded them with a serious look.
"I will bite you all to death."
Chrome used her illusions to pull the three members of their family back to their side, "Mukuro-sama, Ken, Chikusa, are you ok?"
"I'm fine, byon," Ken assured, rubbing at his neck.
"Aa."
Mukuro smirked at the Vindice, "So you finally found me, huh."
"Rokudo Mukuro, Joshima Ken, Kakimoto Chikusa. You three are coming with us," one of the three Vindice said.
"Anyone who gets in the way."
"Will be taken as well."
"Oi, Reborn..." Colonnello gave his fellow Arcobaleno a sideways glance.
Reborn lowered the rim of his fedora, "There's going to be trouble..."
"Why?"
Every head turned to the direction of the girl who has been unusually quiet since the Vindice arrived. Tsuki's bangs were hiding her eyes, hiding her expression from everyone.
"Because he annihilated the Estreneo Family and countless others," Reborn answered. "Don't start anything, Tsuki. Getting involve with them will be nothing but trouble. You can negotiate their release when you become Decimo, but until then, don't do anything."
"You wanted him to be my Guardian... and now you're telling me to let them imprison him?"
"I didn't know he was hiding this big a secret, you went out of your way to make sure I never find out his full name, if I had known that he—"
"What?" sunset-amber eyes met obsidian ones, "If you had known that he was a murderer, you wouldn't have approved? I didn't know you were a hypocrite, Reborn." She chuckled darkly, "So I'm guessing it's ok to kill as long as it's for a mission, but it's bad if you do it just because you wanted to? Then, does that mean that the Vindice is going to take Bel too? I mean he did massacre his entire family because he was bored," she raised an eyebrow, "or does it not count? His family were of royal blood, not Mafia ones."
Bel giggled albeit a bit nervously, "She really is something."
Tsuki stared at her tutor impassively, "What? Cat got your tongue?" she smirked at him before turning her attention to the Vindice, "Your job is to protect the laws of the Mafia, and yet the Estreneo was able to violate the most sacred law for years, Nessuna sperimentazione umana. Mukuro massacred them to get away. You can pin that down on him."
Xanxus' eyes narrowed, he reached for his gun when he saw the panic look on her Guardians face.
"But as for the rest of his actions thereafter... it's all on me."
The Varia, Reborn, Colonnello, and Dino's eyes widened in shock, her Guardians along with Raven, Ken, and Chikusa readied their weapons.
"I ordered him to destroy all those Families. The Pesce Famiglia, the Pagliaccio Famiglia, Sudore, Mescolare, Cuscino, and many other Famiglia in northern Italy. I ordered all their deaths, of course only those who were actually part of the mafia, I told him to erase the memories of those who weren't."
"Why?"
Tsuki glanced at her tutor and shrugged, "Because they tried to kill me."
"What? Tsuki, what are you..." Dino wasn't sure if he wanted to ask the question.
"They didn't want to kill me personally, they were ordered to, they were promised wealth and fame in exchange for my death. We all know that Family from the North are rarely acknowledged by the underworld, why would they say no to an opportunity where they could rise up the ranks? Kill the little girl from Japan and the rest of the underworld will know your Famiglia. How could anyone say no to that?"
"Who ordered them?"
Tsuki smirked, "Who else? Your precious Nono's sons," her smirk widened at the look on her tutor's face. "I'm pretty sure Xanxus was the only one who didn't know I existed. Enrico, Massimo, Federico, they all tried their best to get rid of me, they had to be discreet about it though 'cause otherwise, it'll cause an uproar if words got out that a direct descendant of Vongola Primo—other than the young lion—existed. So they used the Families, who no one pays attention to, to get rid of the unnecessary competition. Even though they weren't entirely at fault, I still ordered their deaths, better them than me, they were willing to kill a kid who had no idea what was going on for a stupid reason, trash like that deserve to die. Mukuro wanted to destroy the Mafia, I gave him the way. Simple as that."
"And before you ask, I had nothing to do with their deaths, not in any shape or form." She barely reacted when a collar snaked around her neck.
"Juudaime!"
Takeshi and Ryohei readied their stance.
Kyoya covered his tonfas with his Flames.
Mukuro's eye was rapidly changing.
Chrome was gripping her trident.
Dino snapped his whip on the floor, his normally kind eyes narrowed dangerously, showing everyone the boss that the number one hitman in the world trained.
Raven was looking at her former tutor, wondering what he was going to do.
Colonnello was also glancing at him.
Squalo was looking at his boss from the corner of his eyes, readying his stance when he saw that he was closed to pulling the trigger.
The rest of the Varia was watching warily.
"Are you sure this is such a good idea?"
The Vindice didn't answer her, they began pulling at the chain, which ended up disintegrating the moment they did.
"If you take me, you'll be taking one of Vongola's boss candidate, the boss candidate that the CEDEF Boss himself picked, and not to mention, someone who's related to the Family's founder. Do you really want to risk angering the most powerful Family in the underworld? There's the Sinclair Famiglia too, I don't think Zio Kai is going to just sit back and relax while his favorite Nipote is in Vindice Prison. Then there's the Cavallone Famiglia, I'm their Don's beloved sister, and the members adore me. Three of the world's most powerful Famiglia will come knocking at your door, and they have majority of the Mafia at their beck and call, if you people deny them entry, there's a chance of World War III happening," she smirked, "huh, imagine that, I never thought I'd be Helen of Troy."
Xanxus made up his mind then and there, whatever happens after the Conflict, whether he wins or not, the young Sky would be his, he didn't give a flying fuck about the people who would surely be against it, he will never let her go. He'd be damned if he let someone like her slip through his fingers, there was no way he would ever meet someone like her again, not in this lifetime nor the next one.
Tsuki smirked when the Vindice began backing away.
"We will meet again, and when we do, we will take you and your family, and you will be imprisoned in the lowest level where no light and sound can ever reach you."
"What did you do?" Reborn asked the second they were gone.
Tsuki raised an eyebrow.
"Do you have any idea what you just did?"
"I prevented the imprisonment of three of my family and I avoided being imprisoned."
"Tsukiyomi!"
Collonnello and Viper were stunned, in all the years they've known him, they have never heard him raise his voice.
The young Sky gave him a blank look. She shook her head and began making her way to the exit, "I already know tomorrow's next battle. Knowing you, you probably saved our match for the last day."
"Hn."
She paused by the exit and asked, "Who are you, Reborn?"
Reborn looked a bit startled by her question.
She turned her head and met his eyes, "Are you my home tutor? Or Nono's loyal dog?"
The hitman's eyes widened.
"Give me the right answer, and I'll let you in on everything."
Per sempre - Forever
Nessuna sperimentazione umana - No human experimentation
Zio - Uncle
Nipote - Niece