Since I just got votes for more of the main story, here you go!
I don't own KHR.
When they got back to the cave, Kyoya instantly called for an emergency meeting and told everyone what had happened in town. Their reactions were just about what Chrome expected.
"Flames?! Oh my gosh, he's an UMA!" exclaimed Hayato, somehow sounding both delighted and horrified at the same time.
"Are you okay Tsuna?"
"Yeah, I'm okay Takeshi...just a bit freaked out."
"Ugh, I wanna punch that...strange man in the face for freaking my little brother out! What...whatever he did was not extreme at all!...What did he do, I didn't get that part."
"That's the big question," murmured Mukuro as he placed his chin in his hand. "Was it temporary mind control? Posession?"
"There's a difference?"
"You'll be surprised skylark-kun."
"Oh will I, pineapple?"
"Kufufu...were you really that offended skylark-kun? Even after I made sure to add the kun part..."
"Guys, not now!" Tsuna interrupted just as Mukuro and Kyoya got their weapons out. After a moment of glaring at each other, they quietly put their weapons where they got them. Chrome breathed a sigh a relief. While Mukuro's and Kyoya's...bouts definitely weren't as life-threatening as they were when the two boys first met, they were still somewhat dangerous.
And this really wasn't the time for Mukuro and Kyoya to fight each other till they each sported new cuts and bruises.
"So uh...Chrome, what is a siren? You said that the guy might have been like a siren," Tsuna asked her once the two eldest stopped glaring at each other. That's right, she was about to explain before Kyoya dragged her and Tsuna safely home.
"They're a greek myth, but they were said to lure saliors to their deaths on the rocks just by singing," she informed them. No one spoke for a moment.
"So...that bas...I mean, uh, illegitimate son of a cur," Hayato corrected himself after Ryohei elbowed and tilted his head towards Lambo, who was currently on Tsuna's lap and sucking on his green teething toy. "Lured Tsuna with his flames so that he could be hit by a car?"
"It's beginning to sound like it," Mukuro nearly snarled.
"Makes sense to me," added Ryohei grimly.
"But why?" asked Takeshi, sounding both confused and tense at the same time. "Why did the sirens kill those sailors Chrome?"
"I don't know...I guess...," Chrome said before gulping. "For fun."
No one spoke after that, and it was no wonder. Tsuna was a genuinely nice boy who wanted everybody to be happy. So the idea of someone wanting him to die just for the giggles...was just horrible. Chrome was getting mad just thinking about it...and she usually didn't get mad either.
"So...now what?" Tsuna slightly squeaked out, obviously trying to sound brave when really he was scared. Chrome didn't blame him. Because...what were they going to do?
"Do you think we can get away with murder?" Hayato asked. That...was definitely not what she had in mind.
"Hayato!" exclaimed Takeshi in horror.
"We're not going to kill him!" protested Tsuna.
"But Tsuna, he tried to kill you, and that's unacceptable!" Hayato protested back.
"I agree with the adoring puppy," Mukuro supported with a finger raised.
"Hey, I'm not an adoring..."
"Nobody is going to be killing anyone understand?" Kyoya cut in swiftly and with authority, making Chrome and the others look at him. "Because I'm the one who's going to be biting him to death."
"Not without me breaking his mind you're not!"
"Mukuro-sama, I think..."
"I vote that we shouldn't kill him!" Tsuna cried suddenly, raising his arm straight up in the air while the other was still holding Lambo.
"Tsuna, sorry but this isn't a place of democracy," stated Mukuro not unkindly. "So no voting."
"But I thought that Italy was democratic republic," Ryohei said, sounding a bit bewildered. Chrome stared at the white-haired boy, and judging by how everyone else was staring at him, she wasn't the only one who was surprised to hear Ryohei of all people say those words.
"What? Once I extremely got past the language barrier, I made sure to pay attention to the teachers at the orphanage to the extreme." Well, Chrome always knew that her brother wasn't dumb. Just a bad memory at times.
"But the teachers were incompetent," Mukuro voiced, sounding very incredulous.
"Were they? I just thought they were boring," Takeshi admitted. "I had to try so hard to not fall asleep..."
"Apparently not hard enough, because you pretty much always failed," Hayato pointed out flatly, causing Takeshi to chuckle and stratched the back of his head. "Anyway, turf top is right, Italy is a democratic republic with a president and everything."
"So the teachers actually knew something for once?" asked Kyoya.
"I guess so," answered Hayato with a shrug. "I didn't really paid attention to them either, I just learned about Italy being a democratic republic...from when I was still living at my Father's house."
Even though he didn't say them, Chrome also heard the words, 'before I was forced to run away.'
"Then I'm voting that we don't kill him," Tsuna stated as he raised his hand in the air again.
"Tsuna..." Mukuro started to say before Takeshi raised his hand.
"I second that!"
"I extremely vote that we don't murder him!" declared Ryohei with a raised hand. "He may be evil, but straight-up murder isn't extreme either!"
"But..."
"I vote that we shouldn't murder him either!" Chrome voted with a rasied hand, interrupting Kyoya in the process.
"Chrome!" Mukuro nearly whined as he gave her a look of betrayal. Chrome had to look away so that she wouldn't feel guilty enough to back down.
"Sorry Mukuro-sama."
"I...ugh, I can't go against you Tsuna, I'm also voting against killing the man," Hayato voted resignedly as he slowly raised his hand. Kyoya sighed.
"It is probably just as well anyway. It will take a lot of work to hide the body and any clues leading back to us."
"I could have hid them with my illusions," grumbled Mukuro before turning to Lambo. "What do you think Lambo? Kill the guy before he succeeds in killing Tsuna or the rest of us or just let sleeping dogs lie?"
Lambo just cooed happily and threw his teething toy at him.
"I take that as a 'I don't know'," replied Mukuro as he have Lambo back his toy with a small smile.
"So it's agreed, no killing the man in cold blood, okay?" Tsuna prompted them. Chrome and the others, even Mukuro, voiced their agreement.
"But...that means we can still kick his butt right?" asked Hayato. "As long as we don't straight up kill him?"
"Of course octopus head! A fair fight is extreme after all! I wonder if he likes boxing..."
"Oi, did you just call me octopus-head?!"
"Why not? You called me turf-top earlier. I figured since we are brothers, I'll give you a nickname too!"
While Ryohei and Hayato both got into an 'agrument' and Kyoya admitted to Tsuna that he still planned to bite the man to death once the opportunity arose, Chrome just took a deep breath and smiled. This may not be the family that she originally hoped for, but now...she wouldn't trade them for the world.
Then she got up and helped Takeshi and Tsuna split them up. Kyoya was currently leaving the cave and Mukuro was too busy playing with Lambo and telling him what illusions he might use against the man to help.
I was actually planning to just go straight to the action but then I realized...I haven't written them just talking to each other so this chapter happened. I'm pleased with it, though I do wonder if the characters are a little OOC...but then they are kids and it's a different universe so maybe it makes sense? I don't know...so what do you think?
Okay, here's another little poll: Do you guys want a prompt (if I get one), Gokudera's backstory (which I am going to have to do soon, it's just a matter of when/how), or the next main story chapter?
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