Disclaimer: I own the OCs, the rest is Akira Amano's work.
Fratellanza
"I don't quite get it Ana-senpai," Tsunayoshi told me as we were in a cafe with the kids, who were eating and drinking like wolves. "How is it going to be useful babysitting them?" I took a sip from my tea.
"Well, the goal of today is you spending time with Lambo because of his job now." He made a face, knowing what I was implying. "You know, Guardians have to protect the Boss and all, but the opposite is true. It's by spending time with them and getting to know them better that you can strengthen your bonds. Lambo is a kid now, and he spends his days with I-Pin and Fuuta, so it was pretty much mandatory to have them too." He put the straw of his drink in his mouth in thoughts.
"I guess so..."
"Each day will be spent with a different Guardian and yes, it includes Chrome and Kyoya." I turned to I-Pin, who was babbling in Mandarin. "No, they don't have this dish here," I replied in a smooth Mandarin. She opened her mouth and blushed, suddenly a lot more talkative. Right...nobody but me and Reborn, and Kyoya I guess, could understand her.
Day one ended up in a good way, Lambo being his usual self but clearly appreciating being taken care of all day long with his friends, in his loud and obnoxious way of course.
Back at my place, I took my History lessons and started catching up on homework, barely saying a word during dinner.
"What's going on?" Arro whispered with concern. I looked up at him, my fork in my mouth. "You're too quiet."
"It's nothing," I droned back at he frowned. "Really, I'm just concerned about Xanxus, that's all."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, it's just family business, nothing more."
Yet, I was in a convenience store in the middle of the night near the train station. I sighed. I kept replaying the hospital scene in my head. I told Dino about it and he just hugged me. Not that I wanted him to do something else because after all, what could he do about the past or my parents?
We just hugged in the middle of his office, Alaric waiting outside.
There was that, there was Xanxus who deserved to know but how could I tell him? Did he even want to know anything about this? I did, because I had no memories of Mom or anyone, but Xanxus remembered his time with Mom because he was old enough to remember.
Would he want anything to do with her? He needed to know she loved him though, enough to send him to a stranger for protection but…
"You're blocking the way," a familiar voice said as something poked me in the cheek. I shot Kyoya a look, then looked around.
"We're the only ones here."
"You're blocking my way." I grabbed some onigiri and moved to the magazines side, keeping my eyes on Kyoya, for once out of his school uniform. Instead he looked like a regular teenager, with jeans, sneakers and a gray hoodie.
Dino talked about boys and Kyoya in general. It was a lot of 'be sure you want it' and 'use protection, be sure the guy uses protection because it's not safe otherwise no matter what he says'. I knew that, he stressed on how not to forget it in the heat of the moment. I tried to make him shut up but he kept going, stating his big brother senses were tingling and that I might need to remember that soon, even if he didn't want to think of me as someone in age of...having sexual relationships.
He couldn't stress enough how my relationship with Kyoya was ambiguous.
"You're staring," he told me, walking by me and taking my onigiri to go to the cashier. I caught up quickly to him and we were out of the store in a matter of seconds. He was holding a plastic bag with the goods inside, and without thinking I grabbed his empty hand.
His hand was still for a moment before he squeezed mine back and I smiled a little. I put his hood on his head and he turned quizzical eyes to me. I shrugged.
"I'm protecting your reputation Kyoya." He scoffed slightly and turned his eyes back to the road, or more like the sidewalk here.
I took a good look at him and his demeanor. He seemed...incredibly relaxed for once. We walked in a comfortable silence with each other until he came to a stop. I blinked in surprise before realizing we were in front of my building.
I was hugging him from behind before I could think about what I was doing, my forehead pressed against the back of his head. I heard him sighing.
"So?" he asked me quietly.
"Even if...I'm me, right? No matter what, I'll still be me, I'm the one deciding of my own fate and nothing and nobody will change that, right?"
"Obviously." I chuckled a little at his dry answer, but the meaning was there, so I let go of him. I took my onigiri from the bag he was still holding.
"I like the hoodie, it makes you more approachable," I said, walking toward my building backwards, looking at him. He frowned.
"It's exactly what I don't want." I grinned.
"Too bad! Good night Kyoya!"
Day two, here we go.
"Good morning Boss..." Tsunayoshi smiled tentatively at her.
"Good morning Chrome." He looked at the stern-looking German next to me.
"Don't mind him, I just thought it might me interesting to have him here today as he is my Mist and she's yours." And Mukuro asked me to keep an eye on Chrome, make sure she was being integrated.
"I see. What do you want to do Chrome?" She stared at him with her big doe purple eye and he smiled, trying to make her comfortable. "Anything you like to do? What do you do in your free time?" Still nothing, except for a blush and a look to her boots.
"I have an idea," Alaric said.
"I guess we're taking it," I replied, keeping my sigh to myself. Chrome was new and Mukuro told me, when he contacted me in my dream as I was sleeping on Kyoya's lap, that she was not treated well before and...was a little like I was when I was with Mukuro.
We followed Alaric, me behind the two Vongolas who were not speaking at all. It was not a great start. The walk wasn't long, but it felt very long, so when we stopped in front of a small building I was relieved. Alaric pulled a key from his pocket and I frowned.
Sure, I was aware Alaric probably did things on the side he didn't tell me about, otherwise his life would be boring, but I wasn't aware...or more like I didn't think about the fact he might have met other people.
I froze at the door of a drawing classroom. There were painting tools and paints on the side but…
"Senpai?" Tsunayoshi called me, moving his hand in front of me.
"Don't worry Decimo, she's like that because she's terribly bad at drawing or painting." I flushed in shame.
"Dad called it 'abstract'!" I knew it was not to hurt me, but still!
"Please take a sit." We did, him in front of us. Alaric was awesome at drawing, and painting. He gave us what we needed and I glared at the pencils. They were different, I knew that, but what for? "As none of you know what to do, I will give you a drawing lesson."
"You can draw Alaric-san?" He nodded at Tsunayoshi's question and turned his golden orbs to Chrome.
"Now, I believe you are new to illusions, right?" Chrome nodded. "Even if Rokudo Mukuro is somewhat good at what he does, there is only so much he can teach in so little time. Creating a bond strong enough for you to take in his power probably took too much time to his taste." Chrome nodded, blushing slightly.
"He knows a lot of things," Tsunayoshi whispered to me. I nodded.
"He was trained by the Mist Arcobaleno after all."
"I se...Heh, that Mammon!?"
"Yep," I said, emphasizing the 'p'. Alaric knew a lot of things, be it Mafia wise, illusions, fights or about the world in general. However, there was this small spark in his eyes he only had when talking about arts or illusions. Even if he taught me more about illusions, there was so much I could do as a shapeshifter, unlike Chrome. She had purple hair like him too, maybe it helped.
"Illusionists are important in a Family. They're the ones who can save the day in the blink of an eye and allow their loved ones to survive. However, being able to produce illusions is not the only thing you have to do."
"Mukuro-sama...told me I had to draw in my imagination to...make illusions..." Alaric nodded, a small smile at the corner of his lips.
"Indeed. I'm asking you to draw something you like and something you think would be scary for others." He turned to us, arms crossed. "The same goes for you two." I looked down at the blank paper with a deadpan.
By the end of the drawing session, I was sulking and glaring at my Mist, who was ignoring me, Tsunayoshi having moved his seat away from me and my mood. If Alaric thought I didn't hear him sighing each time he walked behind me…
Screw that, his sighs were loud on purpose!
Now he was staring at my final drawings.
"Okay, that's it, I know I suck at drawing!" I yelled at him, trying to take back the papers.
"There were efforts put in Miss, I'll keep them. Just try to use the right tools next time." I went back to my seat and sighed, Tsunayoshi patting my shoulder in comfort. "Decimo."
"Yes!" He got up and give his drawings. Alaric nodded at them.
"I fail to see what the scary thing is." The Vongola rubbed the back of his head.
"Well...at first I was thinking about the bad guy of my last video game but...somewhere along the line I thought of Reborn and..." I muffled a laugh behind my hand.
"I see. Chrome, please." She walked to him and gave him her works shyly. His smile was bigger this time. "Now, you have given the cat a lot of details, it's very cute." Curiously, I shoved an elbow in Tsunayoshi's ribs. He winced a little and I gestured him to get up with me to take a look. He sighed and followed me.
The cat was indeed cute, with a head bigger than its body and big, almost sparkly eyes. I was in awe, like Tsunayoshi. Chrome could draw. The other drawing though made me tilt my head on my shoulder. There was a little girl on one side, holding a broken red heart in her hands, her hair hiding her face, and a bunch of people on the other side side, going on about their lives.
I didn't say anything, Tsunayoshi neither as he pursed his lips and clenched his fists and Alaric closed his eyes.
"Emotional fears are some of the worst as it can totally break someone. Using emotional bonds in illusions is often a quickest way to trick someone in your world. As illusionists, it is important to acknowledge our fears and try to turn them into our strengths."
"Isn't it the case for everyone?" I asked him.
"Of course, but an illusionist who loses their cool and senses are in more danger than someone with a regular fighting style, at least I think. We...tend to be the most unstable mentally speaking, or fragile ones."
"I see."
"Chrome, what does it mean exactly?" Tsunayoshi asked her. She looked down, playing with her fingers. "You don't have to ans..."
"It's...okay, you're asking Boss...I'm scared not to be heard by...people around me...or ignored...left behind..." The way she was acting...there was a reason to that fear, a trauma.
"I'll hear you." She raised a surprised eye to Tsunayoshi and he blushed, realizing how determined he had sounded just now. He started waving his hands frantically in front of him. "I mean it's...you helped us a lot with the rings so...if you don't feel fine, you need to talk, just know we're all here to hear you and listen to you. You won't impose!" Adorable, truly.
"...really?" He nodded firmly. "Thank you...Boss..." She didn't know how to react, clearly not used to kindness.
She gently took the paper from Alaric's hands and gave it to Tsunayoshi. He took it without knowing what to do with it, but smiled brightly.
"Thank you, I'll keep it preciously." Rick gave him a folder to put it in, was gifted with Chrome's cat and we were out. We went to the park and Rick, as the adult he was, paid us ice creams.
It was fine, Chrome talking a little to Tsunayoshi, until Rick made a comment about pineapple.
Mukuro was there in an instant and Tsunayoshi jumped away, almost dropping his ice cream.
"Mukuro!"
"Kufufufu, Vongola." He looked at Alaric up and down. "You."
"Even the way you appear is tasteless Rokudo, incredible." A vein popped on his forehead.
"Oya, here I thought picking on people younger than you was so much below your level."
"Wait, why are you here!?" the Decimo asked him, jumping on his feet. Mukuro looked at him innocently.
"You seemed to be having fun so I came. Chrome chose my ice cream." He started eating his chocolaty treat as if it was nothing. It was dead silent until he was done. "By the way, thank you for today," Mukuro said, looking at me from the corner of his eyes before gazing at Tsunayoshi. "Chrome really appreciated."
He vanished, we took Chrome back to Kokuyo and then Tsunayoshi to his place.
"It was...interesting senpai."
"Huh, I didn't do that much when you think about it," I replied, poking Rick.
"Thank you Alaric-san."
"It was nothing, Miss asked me to come." We said our goodbye and left.
Day Two: Success!
Day Three.
"It will start after class, and Takeshi is the star. We'll go to his baseball practice with Arro. Before you ask, Arro will also be here for Hayato because he's my Rain and Storm for now."
"Hum..."
"Tsunayoshi?"
"Sorry senpai, it's just...I woke up normally for once," he told me with stars in his eyes. "No Reborn to scream at me, hit me to wake me up or steal my breakfast!" I sweat dropped. He was traumatized.
The day went by quietly, Takeshi happy to see us. It took some convincing and Tsunayoshi almost yelling at him for Hayato to go home, making me swear he would have his day with the Tenth.
"Did you try for any clubs?" I asked Arro when he decided to slouch over me from behind, his chin on my shoulder.
"No, I don't have the time. It was already hard enough to get rid of the girls."
"You're giving them hope." He sighed dramatically.
"I had to keep myself occupied."
Day Three was a regular day much like one of those before Reborn showed up in Namimori.
Day Four was pretty normal too. It was an extreme day for Tsunayoshi, and for Ryohei it was a regular one. Although, I ended up in a dojo facing dudes.
Some kids came to Ryohei for him to take down some...dojoyaburi I think, but he asked Tsunayoshi because he was extreme.
BUT!
But Reborn wasn't in town. Tsunayoshi, even if he had pills from Basil, was pretty much useless. So, Kyoko turned to me. It was Kyoko, she was cute, pure, innocent, I couldn't refuse.
I looked over my shoulder. Kyoko, with the kids, Tsunayoshi, Takeshi, Hayato, Arro and Ryohei were all there.
I frowned.
"Come on, we're not going to fight against a girl!" one of them said, shooing me away.
"Where do I change trash?" I asked coldly.
"Okay, how did we not see she was that guy's sister again?" Hayato asked out loud, making me wonder the same thing. I went to change, snorting at the belt. Wrong color. I knew in Japan the belt system was different, but in Europe I was a solid black belt in three Martial Arts.
"Who's first?" I asked them, making sure the belt was tight around my waist.
I adopted a defensive position and knocked out the first one who ran at me. The other two were astonished, so I ran at them. Once between them, I turned around, tripping one and ending up facing the other one. I grabbed his arm with my hands, kicked his ankle and made him fly above my shoulder, much like I did with Leviathan, sending him in the one slowly getting up. Their head hit each other and they were out cold.
We could have heard a pin drop by how silent it was.
"That's Lulu's work for you," Arro stated, his arms crossed behind his head. "Quick and freaking efficient." I looked at them.
"Is it enough?"
"Haha, it was awesome senpai!" Takeshi complimented me. I showed the three idiots on the tatami.
"I know Fon looks like he's nice and all, but you have no idea what he would do to me if I couldn't beat trash like these."
Day Four: done.
I grinned nervously.
Kyoya was glaring at me, his chopsticks in his mouth.
Arro was cackling.
"What?" he growled darkly, putting his chopsticks down, pretty brutally by the way.
"Reborn is out of town, I'm in charge, Tsunayoshi needs to get to know his Guardians better and..." His glare got darker. Maybe the discussion about Flames and stuff was still a bitter pill to swallow for him. "He doesn't know anything about you and I'm sure he's terrified of you."
"As I want him to be," he hissed through gritted teeth.
"I'll take care of your paperwork!" His glare remained. "And...I'll spare with you more!"
"You're just begging to be punished more," he stated coldly.
"I'll do what you want for a day!" I ended up almost screaming and it got his attention. Arro coughed in his fist. I was pretty sure I heard 'made a deal with a demon' and I couldn't agree more, because Kyoya smirk had nothing nice in it.
It was evil, pure evil.
What I wouldn't do for Federico's posthumous will.
He returned to his meal and I exchanged a look with my best friend. Mine said 'I'm dead' and his was more like 'Damn I'm not helping you out on this one'.
"A day is from midnight to midnight," Kyoya reminded me before leaving and I gulped.
"Sure?" He left and I turned to Arro, who was leaning against the wall, arms crossed and a thoughtful gleam in his blue eyes. "Thoughts?"
"Don't do things you don't want to do and don't do things because he's pressuring you," he told me before going to his room.
It sounded like what Dino told me and I blushed.
Kyoya...wouldn't force me to do anything like that if I didn't want to, right? He wasn't a sexual offender after all!
The next morning, I waited for Tsunayoshi in front of his house.
"Good morning senpai!" Oh, he was in a good mood. I would wait until we were at school to break the news to him. I smiled back at him.
"Hey Tsunayoshi." We exchanged banalities on the way and I may have grinned evilly when the school gates were in sight. "By the way, today's Guardian is Kyoya. You're replacing me for the day." On this note, I pinned my armband to his sleeve, ignoring his wide eyes, and left. Kyoya didn't even glance at me when I ran past him to go to class, giggling at the loud 'HIIIEEE' I heard in my back.
Needless to say, I could focus on my lessons without any problems and had a good laugh as I stalked Tsunayoshi and Kyoya.
The poor boy would freak out even when Kyoya was just looking at him.
However, I couldn't help but smile faintly when Tsunayoshi was surprised at some people thanking Kyoya. Say what you want, there were trash disturbing Namimori and its inhabitants and some of them, actually many of them especially shops owners, were relieved to have Kyoya patrolling.
Still, when I showed up in front of them, Tsunayoshi was having troubles hiding his joy of this being over.
"Good job Tsunayoshi, go home. Tomorrow...huh...right, it's Hayato. Chrome, Lambo, Kyoya, Ryohei, Takeshi..." I counted on my fingers. "Yeah, it leaves Hayato."
"Okay, see you tomorrow senpai!" He was gone in the blink of an eye and I shivered at the ominous presence behind me. I shivered when his mouth was next to my ear, his warm breath in it freezing me in my spot.
"I expect you tomorrow night at midnight at my place." I turned around to watch his retreating back.
Seriously...he needed to stop doing that to my body!
I smirked.
I would bite him too! He bit me and turned me into a blushing mess, I had to do the same to him!
"What do you mean Gokudera-kun doesn't work today?" Hayato blushed at Tsunayoshi's concerns. Heh, he didn't know about his Storm's part-time job?
"It's just my part-time job Tenth, nothing more! I made sure to have the day off when Cavallone told me my day would be today!"
"But...I mean, you shouldn't have to work!" Hayato was taken back and blushed, happy of Tsunayoshi's concern. He didn't know what to reply though.
"It's nothing, really. I don't have to study that much anyway."
"Oh...Where are we going senpai?" I peeked at them above my shoulder.
"I thought it was time for you to see the checkpoint." They were lost and I sighed. "You know, Nishimuras, Fon, stuff like that? Hayato, if Reborn made you come, you entered Namimori normally, right?"
"Yes, Reborn-san told me he would take care of getting me in but I didn't think much of it."
"Well, do you know this town is under CEDEF and Triads protection?"
"The Tenth mentioned it I think." I nodded.
"I'll explain in more details once we're here." The walk was long, but Li attacked me when we arrived. I stopped his foot with the weigh around my ankle, hidden under by boot. "Hello to you too!" He jumped back, showing us a beautiful back flip.
"I'm on edge, ever since Master left I haven't been able to fight properly." He turned to the two Vongolas. "Decimo and his Guardian?"
"Boys, this is Li. He's in charge to taking care of the checkpoint with Alaric and is one of Fon's student, like me."
"Nice to meet you!" Tsunayoshi said whereas Hayato looked haughty.
"Oh you're finally there!" Arro exclaimed from the cabin. "Come on in!" Once we were all settled in the couches, I cleared my throat.
"Alright, Hayato listen well, I won't repeat myself. I came in Namimori on the Ninth's and Iemitsu's order to keep an eye on Tsunayoshi and find potential Guardians. However, I wasn't aware Namimori was under the Nishimuras' control. You may have heard of them, they're the most powerful yakuza group in the country. I unfortunately ended up on their radar for personal reasons and they targeted a lot of people I got to know in town, including Tsunayoshi and Takeshi. Fon had some issues with the Nishimuras and I didn't want to call Dino for help, so I called him and Iemitsu. Fon came, my instructor in CEDEF too, as well as Arro and Shamal."
"We kicked their ass, Hibari was there as well!" Arro added with a grin.
"And you went to the hospital," Tsunayoshi said, remembering that episode.
"Yeah, I did. After that, to keep the Nishimuras at bay, Iemitsu claimed Namimori as his in the CEDEF's name, just like Fon did in the Triads name. Ever since, there is a checkpoint in Namimori."
"Does Alaric Schlang take people here without them knowing?" Hayato asked us with a serious frown.
"You know of his reputation?" He nodded again and I smiled in pride. "He does. Alaric is more experienced than me or anyone close to our age group, so he does that when he knows someone is from the Underground. If it's someone Reborn requested for Tsunayoshi's training, then they can enter Namimori with no problem as it is related to the CEDEF in a way. Otherwise, they are asked a lot of questions to see if they will cause troubles."
"During the VARIA conflict, it's what happened," Arro continued. "Well, Lulu and Alaric took Mammon apart because they're an Arcobaleno so it was another matter, but I asked the VARIA a lot of questions. It was also to delay them. Then we called Iemitsu to tell him the news."
"Even if Li is always there, I sent Alaric in Italy not long after Iemitsu went back. Arro and I took turn in being here." Hayato crossed his arms and snorted, looking at me in disdain and almost distrust. "Yes?"
"You helped the pineapple bastard because you were an experiment too," he said, his tone almost sounding like an accusation. I felt Arro's Flames crackling as he didn't like Hayato's tone.
"Gokudera-kun!"
"I'm sorry Tenth, but she's acting like she's the chief or something!" I closed my eyes. "I mean, she was your predecessor's Guardian, right!?"
"Yeah but...not only!"
"I was Federico's Cloud Guardian, true. If you're so smart, then you know that a ring corresponds to your Flame, right?" He nodded. I raised my hand with my Mist ring, telling Arro to do the same. We lit them up, the boys gaping at the flaming rings. "You'll learn more about it later on, but the blue flame is the Rain one, like Takeshi. The red one is the Storm one, like you Hayato. The indigo one is the Mist one, like Alaric, Mukuro or Chrome. Back when I was wearing the Cloud Ring, I could produce a purple one, the Cloud one, like Kyoya." I looked at Arro for him to continue.
"People...are born with waves of each type of Flames running through their bodies. Some waves are stronger than others, and they will manifest themselves." The flames vanished from the rings. "Sometimes, people will be able to use several Flames, like Lulu or I."
"The Estraneo experiments I've been through changed the nature of my main Flame. My Flame of Wrath is the only way I can use my Sky Flame as the rest is slowly but surely changing to Cloud Flames."
"You can't do anything to stop it?" Tsunayoshi asked me in worry. I shrugged.
"Not that I know as of now. In any case, I have two elements to this day because I met them at an age where my Sky Flames were still the dominant ones."
"Although Hibari threw a tantrum when he realized he was to synchronize with you Sawada instead of Lulu." Hayato jumped to his feet.
"How dare that asshole..."
"It would make more sense though," the Vongola admitted quietly with furrowed brows. I scoffed.
"There's no way Kyoya is becoming my Cloud. I'm the one who entrusted my ring to him, it's not to have him as an element afterward."
The topic was not brought up again.
When we parted ways, Arro dragged me to the karaoke and I couldn't refuse as his spirits seemed a little down. He probably missed his friends from Chicago, it had been a long while since I dragged him in my problems.
But, listening to him singing was nice. He could sing after all, he was classically trained when he was a child in Italy. Sure, the first time he was to perform on stage he threw up on Superbi and he never sang in Italian ever since, but he was classically trained.
"Do you resent me?" I asked him as he was scrolling down the list of songs.
"Hah?" he replied in confusion. "Why would I?"
"You're stuck in Namimori." His lips formed a straight line and he looked away. "You should be in school with Zelia and Jeremiah but you're stuck in middle-school taking care of a bunch of kids with me when it's my job and not yours." He sighed.
"Yeah well, if I had obeyed you I would be in Chicago, right? I didn't obey you, took a plane without telling anyone and now I'm here. It's not your fault." I pursed my lips.
"You don't owe me any obedience." He smiled faintly at me, his eyes now showing he was clearly upset about his situation.
"You and I both know it's not true." I looked down. "Come on now, don't look so sad. None of us knew what our Flames were doing on that day."
Yet, I couldn't help but think I was keeping my best friend trapped, keeping him from living his own life and it left a bitter taste in my mouth.
"It's not midnight yet."
"I know," I replied, walking past him to enter his house. I was about to walk to the room I always stayed in but he grabbed my wrist. "Kyoya?"
"What I want, right?" Oh God...we were walking toward his room, weren't we?
"Kyo...Kyoya?"
His room was...normal. It was a pretty normal room for a teenager. The bookcase was filled with books, a double bed was against the wall, a desk and chair with a laptop on it, a closet…
Just...pretty standard. Even the colors of the room were...normal. The carpet was a soft gray and the walls a neutral beige.
It felt...very intimate. It was Kyoya's room and...well, he had been in my room several times, hell it was his own private entrance but...he never saw my room room back home in Italy.
"What are you waiting for?" he asked me, slipping under his covers.
"I'm sleeping with you!?" He deadpanned at me.
"You said what I want." I flushed, hugged my bag against my chest and went to the bathroom to change. Well, I had long gray pajama bottoms and not shorts. With that and a black tank top on I went back to his room and joined him, leaving a safety distance between us. He didn't even raise his eyes from his book. "You don't trust my intentions."
"How do you want me to do that?" I replied, dropping my head in the pillow.
I started moving about and I was hit in the head with a book.
"Sorry, it's just your bed is comfortable!" He scoffed and put the book away before turning off the light.
I stared at his back, speechless.
...what? I turned around, a hand on my face. Why was I almost disappointed he just...went to sleep?
Fratellanza
Thanks for reading this chapter! Thanks to AutumnBee124 and animecutylover for their reviews! As for the OCs...
I love developing the world of the original story, especially when it left a lot in the dark like KHR, in my opinion at least. I also like seperating my main OC from the normal characters to give them their own story because I don't want to feel stuck by the plot. That's why there are a lot of OCs. Yes, Luciana is in Namimori with the gang but I'm also building up her own story to tell and even if some characters like Dino are here, I can't not create OCs to do so, especially knowing Xanxus' origins are not really talked about in the manga when there's clearly something to it. I am aware it is a lot to take in, and that chapter 29 may have been a lot of new information to take in, just like Hibari's backstory can be a lot to take in. As for the main plot, I try not to put them too much in it, they're here sure, but apart from the Future Arc where Luciana will be involved with Byakuran in a way, they're more like spectators or acting behind the scenes. For the development huh...I don't want to write an OC backstory and put it all at once just for the sake of it? I give information here and there, but I like building up characters on the long term. Also, if they do not have an immediate part to play in the current plot, I will not develop them just yet because it would be useless in my opinion. The story is also mainly told from Luciana's PoV and unless she thinks it's important to know someone's story, she just won't care enough to ask but it might be something I should work on as an author.
Clearly this fic will not be over after the KHR plot is done, and it will be the moment to really focus on an original plot and the OCs. Also, I may give some OCs name, like Li who's in charge of the check point, but some may not be relevant on the long term either, pretty much like in any story.
I'm taking note of your review and will keep it in mind though, so thank you!
Bye!