Disclaimer: I own the OCs, the rest is Akira Amano's work.

Fratellanza

I shot Arro a quick look before looking back at Iemitsu.

"House arrest then?" He nodded.

"Unless I say otherwise, for the two of you." I pointed my thumb at my best friend.

"I get it for me, but him?"

"His Boss was clear, I choose."

"Between that or Vendicare you know..." Arro muttered in his chair.

"As for your trial, you were indeed set free, but all charges were not erased completely. The jailbreak and your hitman days still count. They found our last arguments not convincing enough. Anyway, it means community service."

"They'll use me to do their dirty work and I can't refuse unless I want to go back to their cells?" Iemitsu nodded again and I sighed. "Fine by me I guess."

"I am not going to pry into yours and Dino's business, but I want to know who are these two people they checked your identity with."

"Oh that..." Dino was also looking at me. "Apparently, my uncle has been trying to keep me out of my family's control and Alaric 'obeyed' to him. As for the other...it's..."

"Xanxus, isn't it?" Iemitsu finished for me. I blinked in confusion.

"Yeah...turns out we have the same mother and..." He shook his head.

"Right, keep the half-sibling segment for the Vindice, I am not dense. I asked the Ninth to spare Xanxus during his coup for a reason." I frowned.

"What for?" He sighed.

"When the Ninth came to me to tell me about you, he gave me a file where there was a picture of you. You two look alike, so I looked for information." He scanned the room quickly. Me, Arro, Dino and Romario were the only ones with him, we all knew about it anyway. Romario had to know. "Xanxus was adopted and years later, the Ninth asked me to make you join the CEDEF. He was clearly looking to keep you out of the succession."

"What? The...Vongola succession?"

"Yes. He may not be related to the Ninth, but Xanxus and you are both descendants of the Secondo, there is no doubt about it. Nobody in the legitimate line of the Secondo has the Flame of Wrath, but two kids from the street have it."

"The Secondo might have had an illegitimate child," Romario stated seriously, saying out loud the conclusion everybody had came to.

"I thought illegitimate children went to the father and were treated like shit," Arro said with a frown.

"Yes, unless the mother found a way to flee. From the last name we heard from your birth certificate, you might be half Spanish, or at least with Spanish origins." I took my chin between my fingers.

"Which explains why you said he wanted me to be the External Advisor. I would completely be out of the succession game." Even if leading the Vongolas was totally not my dream job. "Yet I would still be important, like a descendant of the Secondo should be. It's probably the same for Xanxus. He's leading the VARIA, which is pretty important too, but this position doesn't mean he can't inherit the Vongolas though."

"How would we find the mother though?" Dino asked.

"I don't know, but I have an idea on how to find her father." I looked at Arro, who shrugged. "Your mother."

"Last time she saw me she didn't want to believe it was me."

"And it was a year ago." I pursed my lips.

"It could be worth a shot later on. But from what you said, you made contact with Xanxus?" I rubbed the back of my head.

"Yeah...Federico left me a bunch of letters for him, after I helped Mukuro I asked him to help me infiltrate the VARIA HQ. I was covered in illusions when I saw him, but he just knew who I was. So I called him when I was in Vendicare."

"How did he seem to be doing from what you saw?"

"I don't remember him at all, I can't say...when I told him I was well taken care of, he seemed a little bit relieved or something, and the atmosphere was awkward but...nothing more..." He seemed thoughtful. "Why?"

"Nothing, it's just I feel like the VARIA is up to something. Anyway, I have to go. It's possible I make you come to the HQ sometimes. Goodbye." He left quickly and I stretched out my arms.

"Damn that's troublesome."

"For someone who learned she could have been the Tenth of the most powerful Mafia Family in the world you're pretty chill Lulu," Arro noted.

"It sounds more troublesome than anything."

"So...you met him huh?" I nodded at my brother, who grinned nervously. "Great, that's...great..."

"You're mad I didn't tell you?"

"Hum? Oh no, it's not..."

"He's jealous he'll be replaced!" Arro laughed. Dino blushed in embarrassment and jumped from his chair.

"It's...It's stupid! I'm not, I grew up with her and not him, so I have that on my side!" I chuckled behind my closed fist. "Wh...you find that funny Ana!? Fine, you're both grounded!" I stared at him, unfazed and Arro's grin remained.

"You can't ground me." Dino raised a brow.

"But I can call Squalo." Arro froze and pouted, slouching in the chair.

"But you have a nice place man."

"Does it mean I'm on a break?" Dino sweat dropped.

"You're under house arrest!"

"Yeah, a break." He face palmed.

"What am I going to do with you?" I got up and hugged him.

"Love me and never leave me!" I exclaimed happily, rubbing my cheek against his. He didn't even hug me back. He just sighed.

"You know, when I said you could be yourself I didn't mean you could be annoying like that."

"But...but...but I'm showing you my love! You're the one who told me to not let my past or what other says define me!"

"So!?" I sighed dramatically and let go of him.

"I'll go see Ebony then." I left him with a laughing Arro.

I had to see the good side of things. I was on a break.

"You know, I'm aware he sucks at it, but there's something fascinating about it." Dino shot me a deadpan look, pointing at Arro screaming his heart out as only one of his legs on the back of the horse and his hands gripping the halter were keeping him from falling. The horse was happily running around.

"He's about to fall and die!"

"I don't see you doing anything, big brother!" He shut his mouth.

"He's your best friend!"

"He's your guest!" A loud thump stopped us and turned our eyes to Arro, now on the ground and rubbing his head with a look of pain on his face.

"Thank God I have a thick skull!" he muttered, getting up to walk to us. His eyes sent daggers at us. "And thanks for nothing at all murderers."

"You're just incredibly bad at horse riding," I replied dully.

"You're a shitty teacher! You just said 'ride or die'!"

"And you obeyed."

He was about to protest when Dino spun around to stand in front of us defensively. I frowned, like the boys, at the dark flames in thin air. When it disappeared, Jager was there.

"Community work?" I asked coldly.

"Indeed." I walked past my brother.

"Boring?"

"After interrogating Salvatorre, he confessed the Estraneos were still active." My blood froze in my veins. "He gave us one location. You need to clean it up."

"On her own?" Dino hissed angrily. Jager shot him an unbothered look.

"It is her punishment. Shall she not come back, she will be free from her sentence."

"Because she'll be dead," Arro added sarcastically. "If the Estraneos are active, children are most likely involved again. What do you want her to do about them except killing them?" I scoffed.

"It's exactly what they want me to do."

On one hand, I wanted to kill the Estraneos to the last one. On the other hand, I didn't want to kill children.

"Do I really have to kill them?"

"Do you have another solution?" he replied.

"I might," Dino spoke out. "Maybe I can arrange something."

"While I accompany her to keep her from getting killed," Arro said after. The Vindice gave us a very, very bored look. I was pretty sure he would just take me by force but instead he retreated, telling me he had a to have a word with his Boss.

Huh...what kind of person could be the Boss of that place? He also agreed to let Alaric come in during the trial whereas he was late.

Never mind, it probably wasn't that important anyway.

A few days later, I was in front of a building with Arro, on orders of Iemitsu. I had no idea what happened, and didn't care enough to ask. The Cavallones were around, ready to strike.

I had Arro with me though and it was comforting.

"Alright, time to shine Lulu!" he exclaimed quietly, pulling a small round device from his pocket. His swords were on his back and were probably pretty heavy.

He threw the thing, which once on the ground spread a thin coat of Mist Flames.

"One of Verde's experiments, he said he couldn't detect it on his screens and that I should try it on a mission," he explained to me quietly as I was plugging my mini-laptop in the screen at the entrance. I hacked the door and opened it.

"I see," I replied once we were inside."You have other things like that?"

"A little, it makes me feel like in an action movie."

"Don't forget to pick them up after." We walked quietly in the hallway. "It's strangely quiet."

"It's not as if they had a great reputation. They're keeping a low profile I think." I scoffed.

"They better." We reached a room where there were lots of big metal pipes. Noticing a staircase, I went to it, but once we were on the next floor, a similar room greeted us.

"What the..." I frowned.

Another stairs, another room.

Shit.

"We're in an illusion."

"Just great," Arro muttered. I ligt up my Mist ring and focused. I couldn't send my flame around us, but it would be enough to know the weak point and blow up the illusion space.

"Here," I whispered after long seconds. I opened my eyes and threw my Flame of Wrath in it, our surroundings vanishing in indigo mist.

I widened my eyes at the metal girders coming my way. In the blink of an eye, Arro was in front of me, the blade of his katana burning in scarlet flames and the girders were cut down like butter, the pieces of metal falling around us. I sighed in relief.

"Useful," I admitted, in awe in front of the red flames.

"If you don't mind, I'll thank you for the flattery later on Luciana." He was serious huh…

He barely made a step that his knee hit the ground and a moan of pain escaped his lips, just like blood fell from his lips. I went in front of him and stared at the blood staining his shirt on his right side. I knelt down and raised his shirt.

"It's a stab wound," I muttered, quickly cauterizing the wound. He bit his lip. "How..."

"Do you know what happens to children who wander in dark places?" a feminine, velvety voice purred behind me. I got up and spun around, pointing my gun at the person.

It was a woman with curly black hair reaching her bottom. She was very fair, taller than me and skinny, full red lips smirking at us whereas playful black eyes were staring down on us.

"They never come back and get eaten by the wolf." I frowned at the doll in her hand and the pin between her fingers. The doll…

"Voodoo doll now?" Arro wondered weakly, back on his feet. "That's new."

"She's an illusionist." Yet, she was very pretty, like a model, but was clearly dangerous. She was like a rose in a way I guess. I raised a brow when a hand landed on my shoulder and pushed me to the side. "Arro?"

"No offense Lulu, but I really like taking care of pretty ladies." I shot his wound a quick look but stepped aside nonetheless. I would intervene if needed. "Although, I have to say I prefer my lady to be honest, which I feel is not the case for you." She giggled.

"You're too young for my taste."

"Aouch, age is only a number." He dug his katana in the floor, going for his double blade instead. She whistled at it.

"You shouldn't play with something like that."

"Aren't you adorable to show me you care?" Okay, the weird flirting was making me feel awkward.

She pulled a whip from her back, a whip whereas she was dressed in complete black leather with a very revealing cleavage and she had big boobs okay, and tried to hit him. The floor literally followed her whip in the aie a second after it was hit.

It was an illusion, I knew that, Arro knew that too yet...he was running straight at her. She beautifully dodged his blows, a smirk still on her lips as Arro was slicing the air, displaying an agility even better than the last time I saw him. He hid kicks in his attacks, including one she stopped by wrapping her whip around his ankle. He gritted his teeth, dug one of his blade in the floor to use it as a support and used his other leg to kick her in the stomach. She flailed her arms around before falling down, Arro free of his movement.

"That's all?"

"I wonder." He turned around, wide eyes on her as she was unhurt. I looked at the mist vanishing. She was good.

Wasn't I complimenting the enemy a lot today?

"Humph, you're playing hard to catch, I kinda like it." His two blades burned scarlet. "However, I don't have that much time." He slid his right foot forward and threw his weapon. She dodged. I jumped on a pipe to avoid the scarlet flames left by his blades as it created a circle around them. His weapon went back in his hand like a boomerang.

"It looks like a scene straight out from Hell itself," she noted, black eyes glancing around her.

Arro ran back at her and she was careful to avoid his blows. Then, the floor opened beneath my best friend's feet and he grabbed the floor to avoid his fall. The woman grinned cruelly and whipped him in the back. He grunted in pain and the whip was wrapped around his stomach, throwing him in the ground next to his katana. The crater vanished in a second and Arro grabbed the hilt of his weapon to get up, but the floor rose like chains and pinned him to the floor.

However I saw them. The flick of blue on his ring and katana.

"It's not funny anymore. Too bad, you are pretty cute." The doll in plain sight, she pinched the right wrist and Arro screamed in pain. His wrist...had a weird shape.

She walked closer to him, who was gritting his teeth and glaring at her.

"Now I'm going to finish this!" She stabbed the heart of the doll with the pin and I gulped, but nothing.

Nothing at all except Arro chuckling and her being shocked.

"You, what did you do!?"

"Using flames but you don't know anything about them, do you?" he asked calmly as the floor went back to its normal look, Arro now free of his movements. "Let's just say I made this area flame-proof."

"How..." With his remaining strength, he got up and kicked her in the face, sending her a few meters away.

"Damn, it was hard to make sure you were around the same area!" She got up, glaring heavily at him. When she removed her hand from her nose, I could see how bloody it was. "You were being so fucking cocky earlier because of the ring you tried to hide on your finger, but clearly you didn't know how to use it, did you?" She growled, teeth red of blood. "Now..." He made a step forward but fell on one knee, breathing heavily.

"Humph," she drawled, a cruel smirk on her face, "you talk a lot but it exhausted you! You're at my mercy now!"

"You make it sound as if I was alone." She turned her head to me when I removed the security of my gun. I shot, the purple bullet dividing in five. She succeeded in dodging them, but she kept losing blood. "It's over now."

"Stupid brats!" She vanished in indigo mist. I widened my eyes, like Arro.

"Damn, she left long ago that bitch!" And I didn't feel a thing.

She was good.

I hated illusionists.

"Hey smart-ass, how do you put out the flames!?" I screamed at him. He pulled small black marbles and threw them around. They aspired the flames and I didn't waste time to join him. "Impressive, but you used more flames than expected." I helped him sit on his butt. I took a quick look at his wrist. Nothing Fon taught me could help with that. I just wrapped it in bandages I brought along.

"She used my hair. She wrapped strands of my hair around the neck of the doll and used her Mist Flame to create a link."

"But she used the doll before the fi..." Arro's harsh blue eyes cut me off.

"I know. There's...probably a traitor in Chicago who knew I was close to you." I sighed. We didn't need that now.

"Sum up of injuries, now." He grumbled something.

"Stab wound still hurts, flame exhaustion, smashed wrist that's killing me. I...I think I can still move but not fight, sorry." I shook my head.

"You made her run the tail between her legs, it's good." I got up. "Anyway, you go back, I'll keep moving."

"Wait you're not..." He tried to get up and failed.

"You can't come, you'll be a burden and I can't waste time protecting you." He looked offended and I helped him up. "Please, go back."

"But..." He sighed in resignation as I led him to the wall so he had something to lean on. "Just don't die, 'kay?"

"And don't pass out before you're with Dino." I picked up his marbles before leaving him. When I climbed the stairs, I was in a hallway.

No more illusions, good.

I used mine to hide. It wasn't long before I heard whispers. I grabbed my gun and shot once, killing the five scientists with a bullet in the head. Blood splattered on the floor and wall.

I kept going. Soon I was in a room filled with computers. I rushed to one and plugged my mini-computer in it, hacking into the system. It seemed that place really focused on...Flame experimentation. I didn't understand half of that shit but downloaded it to my device before unlocking the doors of the cells. Alright, now I had to get the kids outside.

"Hey, Dino you copy?" I asked, a hand on my ear.

"Yeah. How is it going?"

"The kids are free, make sure they're immediately taken care of."

"Roger that." I set my fist on fire and slammed it in the machines, running away a second before it exploded, creating a chain reaction setting the room on fire.

I ran and stopped abruptly when I reached a weird room. There were several metallic footbridges, on my level, above and underneath, with huge pipes and hoses connecting one side of the room to the other.

However, there was ninety percent chances this room was an illusion because a smirking Nikolaus was in front of me.

"What's up trash?"

"I really want to kill you when you talk, it's incredible," he sneered back. I smirked.

"It's the same on my side." I pointed my gun at him. "I'm guessing you're here to abduct me?"

"Correct!" I gathered enough Mist Flames around my head to keep his illusions from getting to me too much like last time. "If you think your weak little illusions will keep you safe from mine, you're wrong."

Illusionists were usually bad at hand to hand fight.

I ran at him and he blinked in surprise when I was in front of him. I was faster than before and it surprised him. He moved his head to avoid my hand, but I lowered it and grabbed his shoulder, keeping him in place when I kneed him in the stomach. He spat behind me and I slid my hand from his shoulder to arm, slid under it to be behind him, his arm cracking loudly when it was bent at a weird angle and I lit up my hand, my Flame burning bright in it.

I dived it in Nick.

"Wh..." He spat blood.

"Don't waste the sick show for me." I threw my flame. It destroyed the wall and I frowned.

Flame-resistant walls?

In any case, the destruction of the wall caused rubble to fall on the footbridge and made it collapse. I grabbed the barrier, watching it falling to the bottom of the room.

"Well, you've improved." I looked up, at Nick standing casually, hands in his pockets, unhurt on a platform that wasn't there before. I climbed up the barrier and was back on solid ground. "However..." Metal girders were floating around him? He stretched out his hand and they flew toward me at high speed. I dodged as well as I could and frowned, blood dripping from the corner of my mouth. I looked down at my thigh. A metal bar was stuck in it. Real illusion.

I clenched my jaw and retreated to the wall. Gathering some flames, my fingers dug in the wall enough to keep me stable and I went down a level. I couldn't make an illusion of myself because I was too focused keeping his illusions out of my brain.

I pulled the bar from my leg and cauterized the two bleeding hole, burning my jeans around them a little. I took a quick breath of my inhalator before putting it back in my pocket, zipping up said pocket. One of the marbles fell on the floor but I was running to avoid his fucking illusions destroying everything around me.

I spun on my heels and threw my flame to turn them into ashes. It did, but once it reached the place I was at before, it just exploded. I blinked.

The marble? But they were not…

I widened my eyes.

Arro's Storm Flames? Could they have reacted to the Storm Flames in the Flame of Wrath?

I grabbed my gun and shot Nick, who dodged or stopped the bullet. It kept him occupied enough for me to reach a huge pipe and jumped up until I was closer to him. I threw a marble. He barely turned his head, noticing me, that a small flame reach the marble.

It exploded, sending me in the wall and slightly breaking it. I groaned at the numb feeling in my back but I was happy at the silhouette who jumped from the smoke and was kneeling on the floor.

"You little bitch!" he roared in anger, his right arm bleeding heavily.

I didn't have the time to enjoy my small victory that indigo mist appeared around me and formed a claw to restrain me. I had the time to put my hand in front of my chest.

"I'm not going to be beaten by a runt like you!" My flame was already burning bright, his flames trying to resist. However, it ended up breaking like a rope, slowly, and I was free.

I spotted a thin hose and jumped to it, cutting it with my flame-coated hand to use it like a rope. I landed in front of Nick and I shot him to distract him. He created concrete walls around him, but I was in front of him before he could stop me and punched him in the face. It sent him meters back and the illusions around us ceased, showing me the real room.

I paled.

I made a lot of damage, didn't I?

Wait...what was that smell?

"Carbon monoxide stupid, you didn't protect yourself enough." Yeah, it was that and smoke. I had trouble breathing again because of the fire he hid.

But his wounds stayed. I fucking beat him up.

"Time to go home now brat." I grabbed another of the marble and threw it on the floor. "You don't have the guts to do it." I smirked.

"Wanna bet?" I sent flames to it and it exploded, everything bursting into flames around us as the floor collapsed under my feet.

I kept jumping from one rubble to another, trying to reach the door. It was when I was a millimeter from it and felt gravity bringing me down I realized I was fucking stupid.

Until something was wrapped around my stomach and pulled me on the side, my body avoiding each rubble that could potentially crush me.

"Got you." That was...Dino? He jumped from a window to a tree, then down and ran away.

The whole building was on fire.

"Shiiitttt..." I muttered. I was put on a stretcher and nearby I could hear Arro complaining about something.

"You did well. Good job." I grinned at my brother.

"Of course!" I felt sleepy though. "I'll take a nap, 'kay?" Dino nodded and ruffled my hair.

"Sure, I have work anyway. Let me handle the rest."

I did and fell asleep.

Fratellanza

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