Look at that, I actually updated when I said I was going to! Yes!

I don't own KHR.

Chrome grunted as she landed roughly on her back, wincing a bit at the pain. But luckily, the pain subsided quickly enough for her to sit back up without much trouble, despite her low stamina.

She was treated to a sight of Hayato standing in front of her protectively, albeit his body shaking a little. And the mafioso, the one who was about to kill her, was now covered in blood, burnt patches of skin, and scorched clothes. The man's dark eyes then rolled back before falling onto the dirty alleyway ground on his back, his gun dropping uselessly on the ground beside him.

Chrome couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Her and Hayato were still alive.

"Peter!" exclaimed an unfamiliar voice, who Chrome assumed belonged to the other mafioso. They weren't out of this yet.

"Hay.." Chrome started to say as she started to stand up, only for her brother to interrupt her.

"Chrome...get the gun." Without another word, Hayato fell straight backwards right onto Chrome, successfully stopping her attempts to get up. Chrome let out a small grunt as she instinctively caught him, confused to what just happened.

She opened her mouth to ask him such when she saw it.

There was blood seeping from a hole in Hayato's chest.

"Hay...Hayato?" Chrome asked, her voice quivering as her hand shakily began to press down on his wound. This can't be...Hayato can't be...

Her older brother didn't respond. Instead, he just laid there in Chrome's arms, face pale and his body deathly still. And despite the pressure she was putting on his wound, his precious blood was still flowing from his chest like a horrible waterfall.

But...but at least Chrome could hear his labored breathing. Sure, it was too raspy and quiet, but it was there. Hayato wasn't dead.

Yet.

"Tch...well, at least you managed to shoot the good-for-nothing brat," the other mafioso said, who was finally in Chrome's point-of-view. Chrome gulped, her violet eye widening as she realized that the second mafioso was between her and the gun.

The one thing that Hayato told her to do before he...fainted...and she couldn't even get a hold of herself to do it?!

It was then that she made a split-second decision. Mukuro might not be too happy, but he had to know.

And she couldn't go down without a fight. Not when Hayato...took a bullet for her, and especially not when there was a chance that Hayato could still live.

Even though...Chrome was afraid to admit that it was probably really small.

"But now little girl...what exactly should I do with you?" the mafioso asked her rhetorically, as he rubbed a scarred hand through his blond hair.

"Mukuro-sama, they...they shot Hayato! He's still alive but...it's..really bad. Hayato took down one of them though. And I'm going to do all I can to take down the only left."

Before Mukuro could respond, Chrome cut off their connection. She needed all the energy she could get if she wanted to defeat this mafioso successfully.

"I mean, technically I could let you go, but unfortunately you've seen too much," mused the blond mafioso as Chrome gently set Hayato down on the ground. When she finally took off her hand off his wound, she almost gagged at the sight of her palm being drenched with her brother's blood. The salty and rusty smell of the blood definitely didn't help.

But she pushed through it. Because even though Chrome was also still feeling the effects of keeping her and Hayato invisible, she couldn't afford to give up now.

And with that she grasped her trident tightly and focused.

"But maybe I can play...oh sh!" the rest of mafioso's words died in the air he realized the glowing puddle of lava and tried to dodge to the side. But then the lava geyser erupted with full force, hiding the fate of mafioso from Chrome's single eye. But even so, Chrome kept up the illusion.

She had to take him down.

It was only when the geyser had been erupting for about fifteen seconds, enough to knock anybody out, did Chrome take her illusion down. As soon as she did, Chrome's small body shuddered violently and she was forced to lean on her trident.

Gasping violently, Chrome looked up. Did...did she do it?

Her purple eye widened with disbelief and horror.

"H-Holy...if I hadn't moved as much as I did..." the blond mafiso spat out in fear and shaky relief, his whole body looking quite battered. "Oh heck, if I didn't have lightning flames..."

The blond mafioso then looked straight at Chrome, and despite Chrome's fading and blurry vision, she could see the murderous glint in his blue eyes.

"I definitely would have been out of the count. Maybe even for good."

No...not after she gave it her all...

"Well," he continued as he pulled out a gun. "At least I know what to do with..."

BANG!

The man instantly fell to his side with a thud, his eyes blank and wide open, and blood covering the side of his head. Even though Chrome could feel her brain shutting down, she still had enough awareness to realized what just happened.

But...but who?

Then she became aware of approaching footsteps. Whether it was because her brain shutting down or because she was desperate, Chrome hoped that the footsteps belonged to her family.

Even though none of them owned a gun.

It was with this hope in her heart that Chrome forced her trembling body to crawl forward till she could see past the dumpster and to the end of alleyway that opened up to the street.

Chrome did see someone walking towards her, but even though she was close to blacking out, Chrome knew that the figure wasn't one of her brothers.

The figure was too tall.

None of her brothers had a fedora.

Or a yellow pacifer for that matter.

"Chaos."

Then Chrome knew no more.

I'm not going to lie...this chapter, oh heck, the whole story in general, has turned out a little more dark than I planned. Oh well, as long as the story is good. Just like some of you hoped, Reborn has reentered the fray! I was actually planning on...someone else coming in at the last moment but seeing some of your reviews...I decided that this works better.

So...what did you think? Was Chrome in character? Do you think Hayato is going to make it? What about Mukuro, Kyoya, and Ryohei? When are they going to arrive at the scene? Please leave a review and I will update shortly. Have a good day/night!