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*broke college student. Obviously I don't own these. Just playing in the sandbox*Chapter 10
Xanxus accompanied Jade and Regulus to Gringotts when it was time for her appointment. While Regulus had a meeting with the family account manager, Xanxus stayed with Jade as she went through her last healing session. When the healer again mentioned the scars that Jade had covering her body and the possibility of removing them, Xanxus snapped at her. "She knows they can be removed. She got some removed already. She doesn't want to get rid of them and it's up to her."
Jade was stubbornly agreeing with him. "I got rid of the one that claimed me as Vernon's property and the scar from the ritual that resembled a suicide attempt. The rest of them I'm keeping. They are proof that I went through hell and survived. My scars show that I am more than a 'pretty face'. If I change my mind I will come back then."
"If that is what you wish Miss Black, I will stop asking." The frustrated healer finally agreed. "All your bones have been healed and strengthened, the organ damage has been repaired and there is no backlash from the removal of the magic blocks. I insist on you continuing the nutrient potion for at least three more months, maybe longer. But we can go down from level 7 to the level 5 mix.
"Then at the end of August, I would like to check and possibly lower the dosage again." The Healer elaborated with a soft smile, as Jade had been taking the potions for three years now.
"Level five? Seven? What's the difference?" Xanxus growled, resisting the desire to call this healer Trash.
Jade had not stopped grinning since the Healer had notified her of the lower dosage. So with her bright smile, she explained; "the nutrient potion is available in nine levels. Level Nine is the strongest and can only be brewed by certified masters and only healers can prescribe it. Level Seven and Eight are also controlled dosages, as too much can have a negative effect on one's health. I was on Level Seven for the past two years, and had six months on Level Eight and six on Level Nine."
"As for Level Six, it focuses more on bone strength than the Fifth level, as Miss Black has completed her treatment for her damaged skeleton, we can skip to Level Five, which is the strongest one can brew themselves."
"I won't do that though. I have been ordering through Potion Master Prince, and he is the best so I won't stop. I will give you the books describing the nutrient potions when we go home Xanxus. If you want them, that is." Jade added the last bit on as she realized how she seemed a bit presumptuous.
Xanxus nodded in acceptance and took the file from the Healer when she passed it over. "Mammon should be done now."
Jade smiled, and began to walk out with her Sky. "I like how you are not someone who prattles on. It's refreshing. Your blunt honesty, I mean. For years I have been surrounded by those who lie all the time. It's exhausting... and when you know someone is a liar, it is hard to accept anything they say."
"I grew up a street rat," Xanxus started to say. "My Ma was a whore, don't know who my father is. When Nono took me in and called me his Son, I knew it was a lie but wanted it to be true.
"No one told me the rings are Bloodlocked, so I never thought that it had anything to do with being Decimo. Then Nono froze me in Zero-Point Breakthrough. It's a technique that freezes flames and I was trapped for seven years. Then we had a whole shitstorm of challenges when they were installing Tsuna as Tenth."
Jade squeezed his hand, showing her support silently, letting Xanxus move at his own pace.
"Nono may have been a shitty father, but he gave me three brothers. And I loved them. And all of them died and I was trapped in the damn ice and didn't get to say goodbye." Xanxus' voice was rough, like he was fighting back tears. "And Nonna, my grandmother, she was amazing. I wish I never did that stupid faux-coup. If I could go back I would talk to her instead of being so angry and irrational."
Sensing he needed a change of subject, Jade decided to broach the topic of his birth father. "While we are here, would you be interested in learning who your father is? Maybe you have more brothers or a sister even out there."
"Mammon has suggested it before, one of the only things that miser doesn't charge for," Xanxus scoffed. "What the Hell. It can't hurt."
So the couple entered another office and the test was quickly performed. "Here," Xanxus passed the sheet to Jade.
Scrolling through the information she did a double-take. "Huh," she muttered. "I wasn't expecting this."
Alessandro Giotto Marcelo Zabini
Father: Marcelo Luka Zabini {deceased}
Mother: Aida Eleonora Latvia {deceased}
Brother, through father
Blaise Alexander Zabini
"I think you would like Blaise, Xanxus. He is one of my secret Slytherin friends as the "Golden Girl"cannot be seen with anyone considered Dark. Blaise currently is working on achieving mastery of his sword, and will be out of touch for a while, but I can send a letter if you would like an introduction."
~~~ I am not completely happy with this chapter but hey- it does what I need. Chapter 11 will be done by Wednesday.
Originally Posted January 20, 2018