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Loki: After this tales done theres gonna be out takes on this, so stay tuned!!!
Chapter 8: Reunions
"Get down!" after that multiple gun shots were heard.
I was crouching down near the counter, and Dio was right in front of me. My suitcases were at the bottom of the inside of the counter. I looked at the black pistol in my hand.
Flashback…
"Were you really going to kill the man?"
"He was bothering you, wasn't he?"
"Yes, but -"
"No, buts. Either wounded or killed, he was drunk. He was going to die anyway, by wither kidney failure, or alcohol poisoning."
"Yellow eyes, still -"
"My father once said, 'there are times to kill and to wound.' For me wounding means it'll come back to haunt you, and killing means you can put it to rest."
"That's horrible!" Dio whispered harshly at me.
"That's what we've lived by, no regrets for someone else's death. Our family is the only thing we care about." I said truthfully.
End of the flashback ….
It all happened so fast. The first minute someone pulled a gun on me. The next, actions were given out killing two people. Blood didn't fall on my hands.
A massive crowd of all the people ran outside this placed called, 'Paradise.' This is a wonderful Paradise, I though sarcastically. Someone shot the drunken man and the other who pulled the gun. The music ceased and it there was a dead silence in the room now.
"Hey, you guys okay?" the shooter said.
"Yeah thanks!" I yelled standing from near the counter.
"How's your friend?" the person asked. It sounded like a girl.
Dio tried to stand up only to be brought down by hitting his head on the counter. "Ow, jeez!! Damn it!" he cured loudly at the counter.
I laughed at Dio's action.
"It's not funny yellow eyes." He said rubbing his head.
"Pardon me, sir, it seemed comical at the time."
I jumped over the counter to where the bartender had once stood. I looked around and found my suitcase and violin case, and placed the black pistol back in its place. I looked back at the edge of the counter and found a girl with brown hair sitting on the edge. For some reason this lady, or girl, she reminded me of my cousin Anna. I placed both cases on the counter. She wore a red coat with gold buttons.
"As I live and breathe, Lo-Loki?!" the lady said pulling on my cheeks. "Oh my God!"
"ut 't out!" I managed to yell out. "Who are you?!" I said when she let go of my cheeks."
"It's me Anna!" she said sliding off the counter.
Anna gave me a tight squeeze, I felt trapped, I couldn't move at all.
"Little Anna, what are you doing here?!" I said finally being able to squeeze her back.
"Morning rounds, getting money from this place." She suddenly let me go and remembered her job. She went to the register, which was placed in an old safe, she put in the combination and cleaned the register clean of its money.
"Hey!" Dio said finally getting up rubbing the back of his head.
"Anna," I patted her on the back, "This is Lord Dio."
Anna looked up and gasped, "The two of you wearing Guilder uniforms." She was more fixed on Dio. "I remember you," she said jumping out of the counter, "the young prince, brother of what's-her-face. The family once met him when you left us, Loki. We were on business that day."
"Who are you with?" I asked at once.
"Just me, and a big cargo ship." She said circling Dio, "Tell me what's my cousin doing with such a magnificent creature such as this?"
"Back off, Anna," I said laughing, "he's taken."
"Awww," she said laughing, "nice meeting sir." She said shaking Dio hand.
"So you're Anna Ayo. Yellow eyes has said things about her family." Dio said returning her handshake.
After all the talk and stuff we went outside. Anna had turned 18, a year older than me.
I had my cases in my hands. It was snowing; I laughed and ran around trying to catch a snowflake with my tongue. I never had a chance to play in the snow; this was my first time enjoying it. Just watching the snowfall was wonderful.
"What?" I said with my tongue sticking out. I noticed Dio was doing the same. I guess in a way the two of us are alike.
"Nothing!" Anna said walking to the cargo ship. It was black and had three windows on each side. "You coming or not?!" she asked the two of us.
"Yeah hold on!" I said running to the cargo ship. I looked back at Dio, he seemed almost camouflaged by the snow. "Let's go sir!"
In less than a minute we were all set and ready to go home. I learned from Anna was that now people know the heir is alive, very few believe it though. She said that I had to be careful, and said it was a good thing she came when she did. That man was a bounty hunter.
"So where we going?" I asked after hearing the dangers from Anna.
"Home where else." Anna said steering the cargo ship west.
"How is every one?" I asked looking at Dio.
I could tell he felt horrible leaving Lavie. To tell you the truth this was the first time him and Lavie were separated. I felt somewhat sick; the thought of leaving Claus made me feel bad. Poor Alvis, I thought.
"They're okay everyones alive," Anna said navigating the way home, "Maurice, has missed you."
Everything after that was quiet. I felt happy, and sadness at the same time. I promised I'd be back for Christmas. Though that might not be simple, the jobs will grow, and soon Dio will have to join the mob, but is he up to it? That's what I'd like to know. I soon nodded off to sleep.
"Wakey, wakey, Loki!!" Anna said opening the ship's door. "We're home! Get your lazy ss up!" she said pulling on my ear, she then let go.
"Baka!" I said angry. "Let me… Hey we're home! Dio wake up!" I said shaking the Guilder's body.
"Huh?" Dio said lazily. "Home? Wha?" Dio rubbed his eyes and yawned.
Inside the house, it was enormous, mansion. I had forgotten how big it was. Marble, ivy, any kind of furniture, floor, we have it. Ebony was my favorite. Roses and all other kinds of flowers were all over the house. It was a two-floor house, and rooms were spread out neatly.
"Um," Dio nervously kept away from the roses for some reason, as we went upstairs.
"Are you okay?" I asked as we ended the climb up the stairs.
"I'm allergic to roses, yellow eyes." He said laughing.
We both watched Anna knock on every single door. She was excited I was back, especially considering I had Dio on my side.
"Look you guys!" Anna shouted from the top of her lungs. "The heir she's back!"
I counted from the row of people, there were 21 peoples, which meant 21 bathrooms, and other things, but there's actually 23 if you count me and Anna. Which brought me to think where's Dio going to sleep?
After the reunions were over everyone began to celebrate. Which meant lots of food for Dio and me. I sort of regretted not eating when we left. Which reminded me that at that place called Paradise, we never bought food, or drinks.
As it turns out my mother and father look the same, but they act their age. Seruma, my mom, is 36 years old, and my turned 38 a couple of months ago. I don't think they're old. Marik, believe it or not it is 40, and his son (my cousin) Marx is 16. Maurice, is 19, lucky guy. He talked to me a lot and asked how I was and stuff like that. I did miss him; I hugged him multiple times and showed some tears. Jacius my dad's oldest brother is 45, and he's never looked better.
Then there are the workers Annie, Pricilla, Alcke, Soph, Hamiad, Shugo, Reani, Dirale, Johnny, Alice, and Sakio. Whew, that's all we have just twelve workers. They're all random people we found on the streets; they've been loyal to the family. They're my favorite people. Annie, Pricilla, Soph, Reani, and Alice are the girls; they used to live in an orphanage. Hamiad, Shugo, Dirale, Johnny, and Alcke came from the same high school, technically they we're high school dropouts. Though they're smart, and the girls are extraordinary, they're good at gunfights, especially cooking! I love this family, they mean a lot to me.
Dio and I went downstairs. I laughed on the inside as Dio kept away from the roses in our house as if they carried a disease. Allergies he says, to me more like a phobia. Could there really be a something as a phobia to roses? I guess.
"Yellow eyes," Dio said in the grand hall, "must there really be roses almost everywhere we go?"
"Dio, sir," I said looking around the grand hall, "I was not the one who decided on what flowers to bring in. If I did it would have been violets."
The grand hall was the size of a cafeteria in the high school I attended. It had red tapestries on the edge o the wall. Everything in that room was gold, giving the room a gold luster. To tell you the truth the gold artifacts are all stolen.
"It's about to start!" a black haired boy ran out from the left-sided entrance. That's where the kitchen was. "Dio sir, Miss Loki, the celebration is about to start." The blacked haired grabbed both of our hands.
That boy was my cousin Maurice. As it turned out his foster parents, Jake, and Jaznei prepared the food. His foster brothers Miona, and Hitomo helped as well. They were twins, a girl and a boy. In a way Maurice and I have that kind of connection.
The two of us were dragged to the dining room. It was the same size of the grand hall. A long table was in the middle. There exactly 24 seats now. I sat next to Dio, and Anna sat next to him. She had given up trying to get Dio so she decided a simple friendship with the former Guilder prince would be the next best thing.
Yuri and Seruma Ayo sat across from us. They looked overjoyed you could tell right away. The workers sat on the left hand and the family members on the right. It was a round table to be exact.
My father stood up and gestured his hand towards the food, "We can eat now." He said in a powerful voice.
"Wait how about a toast?" Annie suggested just before I took a bite out of a piece of chicken.
Anna elbowed my side very hard, which meant I had to start the toast first.
"A toast," I said raising my wine glass, "to um, a wonderful reunion-"
"To the former Guilder Prince!" Anna added.
"The return of rightful heir to the mob." My mother said in a sweet voice.
"Stop! Stop!" someone, said in the kitchen. "Yuri, Seruma, everyone!" it was Gio Gio our cook. "There on the phone…" he ran towards my father. He was a very chubby man. He whispered something into his ear.
"What?!" my father said angered. "How many van ships do we have?" he said trying to remain calm.
"Only about 10 van ships master Yuri." The cook said.
"Then, everyone let's go! Stop the celebration," my father and mother got up and ran outside. For their age they ran well.
I got up and told Dio to go with Anna and told them that I would be back. I walked up to our cook Gio Gio.
"Gio, what happened?" I asked as the cook sat on one of the dining chairs.
"A massive army, of the officials have pin-pointed our home. They know you're alive, due to the 'Paradise incident.' They say if we refuse to turn your mother, father, and you yourself, in, another battle will break out."
"Then let!" I said, "we can take them down!" a though then crossed my mind. "Gio take the cargo ship and find these people. I want Lavie Head, Alvis Hamilton, and Claus Valca. Tell them to bring an extra van ship, at once. Point them in our direction. They're in Duatuis High. Hurry!"
"Miss Ayo," Gio looked at me confused.
"That was an order Gio Gio!" I said walking in the direction the others took.
"Yes ma'am!"
A battle has now broken out. I broke two promises this day, I wouldn't be able to go back to Duatuis on Christmas, and I failed to take care of Dio. He was now considered part of our 'family' since he will stay. I hope he is trained in air to air combat.