DISCLAIMER: I don't own KHR or any of the associated characters aside from my OCs.
Day Two came with all of my desired opponents. Team Fon had come to us. They probably had the same plan we did-eliminate the competition. The watches went off and we were immediately on each other. Although, I've got to say it's a little bit different than we planned it to be.
Father was immediately pressuring all of our officers into a corner. Lussuria had already been sent flying through two sets of the walls and Leviathan fell from the window to his untimely death… Or he might've if Squalo hadn't grabbed him in time. Belphegor was no match for my father but he was holding on desperately until Squalo picked Levi up.
Mammon and Fon were at a standoff. Neither activated their curse-breaks, waiting it out until it was more in their favor. Or at least until they were sure they had to fight.
Kyoya went headfirst into our boss while mother came at me. This was not anything like facing the mother of the future. The gap in their strength was now obvious. My mother is so much stronger.
I heard the shattering of watches as the battle continued but I couldn't tell who lost. All I know is Xanxus is still in the game. If his watch had been broken, this fight would be over.
Poor mother wasn't wearing the boss watch. I just have to get rid of her and find the person who has it but… my mother was not in the mood to give me a break. Perhaps, her pride was crushed after realizing she had lost to me in the future. Even if it wasn't the same person, she was probably offended. I would be too.
But my Cambio Forma had been a big factor in my victory. I couldn't use it in this cramped hotel. I was on the defensive for the time being. Waiting for an opportunity to take her down.
"VOII!" Squalo was out. I could hear it in his voice-the frustration.
And then it hit us. Fon had just transformed. We were holding them off too well and Fon had grown impatient. The Arcobaleno jumped in and immediately defeated Squalo. My father used the opening and defeated the others.
I found myself backing away from mother as she attempted to use my surprise to break my watch too. As I slid back, my back met with the boss'. I didn't have to look to know it was Xanxus at my backside.
"Boss…" I glanced at Mammon who was debating on transforming into his true form or not, "I…"
In front of me was my mother and behind me was the boss and father. Kyoya was miffed by Fon's choice to jump in but this was it. We were now totally surrounded.
I felt the fury before I heard it in his voice. He was absolutely pissed, "All of this… fallen garbage!"
"Geh!" Squalo heard the insult meant for him and spat, "Shut the fuck up!"
"Useless!" He roared, all his scars rippled against his skin and both of my parents froze and stepped back in surprise. His terrifying appearance had them all on guard. He lifted up his guns, pointing them both at the ceiling, "KIRA! Bite them all to death!"
He shot. The pistols-turned-flamethrowers burnt straight through the ceiling and destroyed everything above us. The hotel had lost its top twelve floors and the night sky was opened up above us.
My flame immediately surged through my ring and I called to my partner, "Aquilos!"
"Bester!" The boss was right behind us.
"Cambio Forma!"
I immediately launched into the sky, anyone who tried to stop me from taking off was given a dose of the Flame of Wrath. My metal feathers fell like hail in my mother's path as she tried to stop Xanxus from shooting. The Cloud attribute flame kept my plumage full and heavy but I took to the sky all the same.
Japan looked so small from where I was and so did my parents and brother. Even Fon looked so harmless from this far away. The moon was shining down on me from behind and I couldn't help but think the shadow I cast over the opened hotel looked ever so pretty. When I looked down, all I could see through the darkness was a set of crimson eyes staring up at me.
Xanxus.
I dove. Speed was always my forte and even more so in this form. When I swept down onto my father, he was startled by the weight of my fist against his tonfas. When mother tried to approach, Xanxus let off a warning shot that narrowly missed her as she came screeching to a halt.
Kyoya and Fon were both knocked aside by the weight of my wings as they tried to suppress my flight. When I looked down at them, they seemed so…
"Herbivorous." I knew they had heard me but I didn't mean it as an insult. It's just… from the skies they all looked so small and crowded. Everyone but Xanxus.
He looked like a... gatekeeper. He gave off a sort of warning aura. He had opened the skies for me and he would easily pull me back down if I wasn't useful. It was a new thrill.
Victory was a requirement today. Shooting down once more, I aimed for my father.
"Kira! Your brother has the boss watch!" Squalo told me but I wasn't listening.
Only the boss' orders echoed in my head, "Bite them all to death."
I twisted sharply to the side, just barely dodging the tonfa aimed to smash my helmet in. Keeping a hand low, I grabbed my father's belt as I swept to the side. I heard his gasp of shock as I pulled him clean out of the building and into the air. Without warning, I shot upward and when he was about to swing at me again, I dropped him.
Watching him fall, I didn't feel anything. It was an empty stare even when he dropped his tonfas and stretched a hand out toward me. I only had eyes for Xanxus. The boss paused as my mother took notice of my falling father and scrambled to catch him. The boss mercilessly shot at her backside and when she hit the floor, he incinerated her watch with a second shot.
My father would be fine. Fon had already jumped for the catch, enraged by how serious I was about winning. He turned to face me but he was just as powerless to stop my next move because he had given me an opening. In the time frame where he was busy catching my father, I was still in motion. I dove straight for the watch, flipping in the air to smash my father's watch with a drop kick.
Fon lashed out at me but it was too late, I was already shooting back into the air. The force from my wings had him bracing his knees to keep from sliding back. My father's watch was destroyed so now all we had left was Kyoya but Fon was already in motion. Boss was given a harsh kick straight off the side of the building and like Team Fon before, I was swooping to catch him. Although, with my wings and speed, it was much easier for me to catch the boss than it had been for Team Fon to catch my father.
But boss wasn't so easily tamed in the first place. I laughed as he righted himself even in my hold, unafraid of our height. He trusted me fully. I wouldn't drop him no matter what our altitude may be. He aimed his guns and shot wildly and randomly. He didn't have to hit anything. All he had to do was create enough time for us to land but he was ambitious.
He was aiming at Kyoya's boss watch. Team Fon was reduced to just Kyoya and Fon now or so we thought but they had extra watches to spare hidden in their clothes. My parents rejoined the battle. This had been their strategy from the start. Now, they saw all our secrets and my mother's knowledge of the future told her I couldn't keep up this form for long.
For some reason, I wasn't scared at all. I was with the boss after all. And… Mammon was finally awakened.
When Fon came in for another storm-like blow, Mammon was right there for us. Mammon's illusions ripped him and Fon into another dimension and left us to take care of my family.
I realized something very important today. I no longer had to be afraid of my parents. No rings, no box weapons, no chance at victory.
"I leave Kyoya to you." I said, dropping the boss off before continuing straight into my parents with my heavy wings.
My left wing was slammed into mother's stomach but the right wing was being jammed into my father's tonfas. Everything changed, mother's pride has always been the power to protect. Me, Kyoya, father, and Fon. We were her precious family members and she had always trained and obtained strength to protect what she valued most. Her eyes sparked with fire as she crossed me off her list for now. I had become her enemy.
My father's pride was his sense of justice. He had always told me that he walked a narrow line between crime and justice but he would never cross over into crime. He was always careful but now, to him, I was mafia to be defeated and brought to justice.
But to two people trying to push their ideals onto me, I was also done. I am my own person and my pride is my identity as Hibari Kira, the only female officer of the Vongola Independent Assassination Squad: Varia. This is the one thing I absolutely cannot give up for anyone.
I spun, shattering my wings against my mother's body. As fast as her will to fight was ignited, it was extinguished by the heavy blow that sent her flying. Wings broken, pain rippled through my spine but I wasn't done fighting. My place in the Varia was worth dying for and I would make them see it in this fight.
My father was gaping at me in awe as I went shooting by him on just my feet and my speed. My speed almost surprised me too but I didn't have time to be impressed with myself. I was immediately smashing my heel down on top of my mother's flying body and I sent her smashing down through the hotel at least three floors.
If her watch wasn't smashed by all that, I don't know what I'm going to do but I hope she's down for the count. I turned to face my father and I heard it. The beeping of the watches signalling the end of our battle time. Fist inches away from his nose, I came to a halt. I gulped, his tonfa was just under my throat about to smash my neck in.
I turned and scrambled to look down the cracked floor towards my mother's unmoving body. I jumped down from my spot to unbury her. Pulling her unconscious body from the rubble, I sighed in relief when I confirmed the broken status of her watch. I looked up to where Squalo was peering down at me and I nodded.
"I broke it! She's out!" I called, smiling right along with him as he relayed the news to the people behind him.
"Climb up!" Squalo leaned down, reaching a hand out to help me up, "Jump!"
"Fool!" The boss shoved him aside, jumping down three floors to join me. He brought one arm around me, pulling me up close to his chest. The other hand was still holding a gun. He aimed it straight down, "Hold onto me."
I scrambled to obey as he shot it down below us. The flames shot us straight into the air onto the now-top floor (you know since the boss blew up all the floors above this) and beside Squalo.
"Get your filthy hands off my sister, you monkey." Kyoya snarled when we came back into his line of sight. His tonfas were gleaming under the moonlight, "I'll bite you to death."
Boss' eyebrow twitched and he turned, aiming to shoot.
"Kyoya! The battle time is over! You can't-"
I was certainly surprised when Kyoya smashed his own watch but no one was more horrified than Fon who had now lost his chance to regain his true form. I laughed at the look on my father's face.
"Kyoya!" Father was immediately scolding my brother, "If you wanted to fight, you should've given me the boss watch! Look what you've done! You cost us everything!"
"Annoying." My brother huffed, eyes only on my boss, "I fight when I want to. If this is in my way, I'll bite it to death and you along with it if you want to get in my way."
"Brat!"
"Old man. You lost to Kira. You have no right to tell me what to do anymore." Kyoya's lips curved upward, "So what's it going to be, Monkey King?"
"Interesting." Boss was just about to give Kyoya what he wanted but we immediately tackled him to the ground.
"NO!" We all jumped him, "This is Mammon's one wish! Don't you dare!"
"LET GO!" The boss roared, "I can do whatever I want!"
"Boss!" I hissed, "Don't you want to eliminate Sawada! We can't do that if you break the watch!"
Xanxus froze and began to calm himself, "Fine. Sawada Tsunayoshi first."
"Let's get some rest, boss." Squalo sighed.
"Who's still in the game?" Mammon asked.
"My watch is okay." I held up my arm for Mammon to see, "The boss should be alright too…"
"Hn." Xanxus held up his arm.
"Oh thank god." Poor guy. Trusting people like us must be hard. I can't help but think that Mammon must really want to be big forever. Today's the first time I ever saw Mammon in his real form. It's a big height difference.
"I want steak." I commented.
"Steak and whiskey." The boss agreed.
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The night was supposed to be a peaceful time of rest. That wasn't really it. Mammon had disappeared somewhere, saying that Skull had been attacked and there was some meeting of the Arcobaleno. We were supposed to be getting ready for sleep and we would've if the Vindice hadn't attacked us. We were all on our feet within the next ten seconds.
"Squalo-senpai!" I shoved my gauntlets onto my hands over the rings I wore.
"I'm up!" Squalo was fast too.
The whole room exploded into a ball of flame and smoke. The bandaged men were on us fast. The chains knocking into my stomach and sending me flying back into Lussuria. The okama grabbed and steadied me.
"The boss!" Levi charged into the boss' separate room to check on his precious Xanxus.
"ATTACK!" Squalo ordered, charging in first.
Bel's knives were already scattered all over the place but the bandaged man didn't even seem bothered by the wires that trapped him where he stood. He just disappeared and reappeared somewhere else.
"KIRA!" Squalo grabbed me and pulled me forward as Lussuria intercepted the attack of the man that had taken my back.
"Squalo-senpai!" It was my turn to push him down as the attacker took his back in the blink of an eye.
"VOI! Why is he so fast?!" Squalo growled.
With a scream, Belphegor was down.
"BEL!" Lussuria screamed out and then he was down.
"GET DOWN, TRASH!" Xanxus' entrance was about as wild as our fight earlier in the night. His guns blazing, literally.
"BOSS!" Squalo and I screamed out as the bandaged man instantly took our boss' back but Levi was there for him.
Ouch. And there goes Leviathan.
Squalo and I instantly stood back to back, "You're smart, Kira."
"You too, senpai." I don't know what the boss is going to do though.
The bandaged and cloaked man went for Xanxus in this situation, obviously not confident enough to try to tear us apart.
My ring was starting to glow already, "Aquilos! Protect the boss!"
The eagle roared and charged at the bandaged creature. Stupid mummy. Should just die. Almost as if the mummy could hear what I was thinking, he appeared in front of me and slammed his fist into my face. It hurt but my leg went up in self-defense but the guy had disappeared again. Damn. Why is he so fast?
Squalo's body hit the floor, face first behind me.
We're all going to die if something doesn't change. I grimaced as my fallen coworkers called out their concerns.
"Why isn't Mammon here at a time like this?!"
"He went to the Arcobaleno meeting!"
"Boss! Run away!"
"BOSS! PLEASE RETREAT!"
That's right. Xanxus is in possession of our boss watch. As long as he gets out, we'll be alright. Squalo and I were immediately in front of the boss, urging him to back off.
"Who the hell would retreat, you pieces of trash?" Xanxus growled.
I almost laughed. That was the expected response.
"Bite him to death." Squalo urged me.
I made no promises. He's too fast for me to even get my hands on. I don't think I could hit him even once but we have to try. So that's what we did. I swung, the guy disappeared, Xanxus shot, the guy disappeared, Squalo slashed, the guy disappeared. I swung, the guy knocked Squalo down, Xanxus shot, the guy punched me in the face, Squalo swung, Xanxus got knocked in the head. You see where this is going? Yeah. Down the road to massive pain.
Xanxus and I were still holding onto our watches so that was a weakness all on its own. Do I have to add that in? Xanxus shot, the guy smacked Squalo in the neck, I threw out my fist, the man kicked Xanxus in the shoulders, Squalo slashed out and my hand went over my watch automatically while the guy slammed his fist into my gut. This is not fun.
"Fight him off, boss." I joked.
"You do it, scum." He shot back at me.
"This is no time to be flirting." Squalo growled.
Bang! There goes more of Squalo's brain cells. I would rather be Squalo. WHAM! I puked. Everything I had eaten that day was on the floor. CRACK! Oh… God. Our boss is bleeding from his head.
"GUYS!" Mammon is my hero.
Upon seeing the Arcobaleno, the Vindice man was on the run.
"Voi!" Squalo growled, "You made it just in time to protect the boss watch. Even if he's the boss…. we need to rest."
I watched as Squalo slumped forward and hit the floor. I was going to laugh but I couldn't really find the energy and I did the exact same thing.
Some of these guys need medical attention. Like right now. Me too but… later is okay. Mammon can't move us all on his own.
"Up." Xanxus grabbed me with one hand and Squalo with the other, "Up now."
Does the boss realize that my legs hurt? I was going to yell at him but one look at his bloody face and swollen eye had the wrong thing coming out of my mouth, "Boss, your eye! Does it hurt?"
He didn't dignify me with a response. He was grumpily holding us up as we moved down the hotel onto undamaged parts of the building, "Walk yourself, fat scum!"
"Well sorry!" Squalo said sarcastically.
"Mammon, find bandages." I knelt down to help Bel to his feet, "Come on! Walk!"
"I'm a prince. Don't make me." He grumbled.
"Bel!"
"Ngh…" He groaned and limped along as I supported him to the best of my abilities.
We were all dead tired. We might as well have all been dead.
"The guy leading the Vindice is called Bermuda. He stole Skull's watches to join the fight." Mammon explained to us as we moved to another floor and another room. This whole hotel is officially reserved by the mafia meaning us and the Cavallone Family.
We didn't really have medics among us so we just had to patch each other up. I wrapped up Lussuria and Squalo wrapped up Levi. Mammon took care of Belphegor as well as his tiny body would let him. Then it got to the hard part.
"I'll get you. You get me." Squalo and I agreed.
We awkwardly cleaned each others wounds through our own fatigue and immovable sore spots and pains. Squalo's face twisted in concentration as he wrapped my still bleeding head, "You might have a concussion."
"You worried about me, senpai?" I joked, wrapping his battered leg after wiping off all the blood.
"Never." He smirked, a slight chuckle slipping past his lips.
"Too tight?" I asked, pausing in my bandaging.
"Nah."
"I think we need more bandages."
Mammon tossed us another box, "That's the last of it."
Squalo frowned at me, "Your head needs stitches or something. I just wrapped that and the blood is already soaked through."
"Squ-chan. You're supposed to stop the bleeding and then wrap it." Lussuria was starting to regain consciousness.
"Fuck." He cursed, "I couldn't get it to stop so I just wrapped it up."
Xanxus kicked Squalo in his side and took his spot. Kneeling down to unwrap my head, "You just have to press, right?"
I turned my body to keep wrapping up Squalo while Xanxus took interest in trying to stop my head from bleeding completely, "Boss… Don't stress it. Your eye is bleeding too."
The boss' hands were gently holding a towel to my head and he stared curiously at it with his good eye.
"Alright. I think you're okay now, senpai. Anywhere else?" I scanned him over once but didn't find anymore awkwardly bloody spots.
"I'm good." He grunted and stepped over to take the last watch from Mammon's suitcase, "I'm getting back in the game."
"Really Squ-chan?!" Lussuria screamed, fully conscious.
"There's no rule against it!" Squalo smirked, "And I'm obviously in the best shape out of you guys so I'm in! BERMUDA THAT FUCKER! He's going to get it!"
"You're next, boss." I turned to wipe at his eye, "Close your eyes."
"Hn." He grunted, his eyes closing slowly, "I can't get it to stop."
"Boss… You're pressing too lightly. It won't stop if you're just holding a towel there. You have to press." I laughed, "But don't worry about it. If you've never done it before it's alright."
But the boss was persistent. He continued to hold the towel up to my head, occasionally looking through his squinting good eye to check his work.
"Kira-chan!" Lussuria cooed at me, "Just kiss it and the boss will be all better."
"Uhh. No." I rolled my eyes and leaned forward to bandage up his eye, the cloth moving firmly around his head, "Too tight?"
"It's fine." He grumbled, his hand pressing more firmly to my head.
My hands stopped in their work as my vision blurred, "Oh… Someone switch with me."
"She's losing too much blood." Squalo squatted down near us, "Stay awake, Kira. I need to find a needle or something…"
"Fuck." Xanxus cursed, his hand pressing down hard over my head.
"The boss' eye…." I muttered, urging someone to finish my job before I messed up the wrappings.
"No. Concentrate." Squalo ordered, "Don't pass out no matter what."
"Please." I barely recognized my voice but it was mine, "The boss… His eye…"
Somehow, I was feeling desperate. I've never seen the boss so injured. We need a real medic. Who knows how much damage he actually took under the mask of indifference he always wears?
"Calm down." Xanxus put his other hand behind my head to hold me firmly in place, "I'll obliterate that fucking Bermuda."
Trying not to straight out hyperventilate, I wrapped the bandages meticulously. I convinced myself if I did this right, the boss would be fine.
"Bermuda…" Mammon hissed.
"Isn't there anything you can do, Mammon?" Lussuria asked.
"I'm already doing the best that I can about him and I-!"
"Mammon." The boss' voice was low and calm, "It's not that bad. It's just a few more assholes to wipe out."
"Tomorrow's battle is going to be all for revenge, huh?" I laughed, my hands steady again. I was always comforted by the boss' unwavering confidence, "I've got you, boss."
He smirked, removing the towel to check on the status of my head, "It's slowing."
I finished off his eye and patted his hair affectionately, "Good work for your first time."
He smirked.
Sleep came fast for us today. We all collapsed somewhere in the middle of something. For me, Squalo, and the boss, it was in the middle of our who's going to kill Bermuda chat. I don't know who was the first to fall asleep but I know Squalo's head was in my lap and my head was probably on the boss' shoulder and Xanxus' head was on top of mine. Mammon was curled up on Squalo's chest snoozing away. We probably looked like an awkward tangle of exhausted…. or dead people but too bad.
This is Varia Quality sleeping. Just kidding.