Chapter Six
Attacking the Wrong People!
Facing Fury Head On!
"Mukuro! Where are you? Chrome? Are you two still here?" Tsuna called out in the penthouse that the group of Mafia had been residing in since their arrival in New York. "Please tell me you two are still here." The brunette all but whimpered into the empty space.
"Bossu?" Chrome questioned as she came out from one of the hallways that led towards the bedrooms. "What's wrong?" She questioned as she neared her boss.
"Oh Chrome, you're okay!" Tsuna shouted as the mafia boss's arms flew around the girl and hugged her tightly. "Everyone has disappeared! Even Gokudera and Yamamoto!"
Chrome blinked in surprise before frowning in worry. "Lambo and Ryohei as well?" She questioned as she got out of her boss's hold though Tsuna held tightly to one of her hands, as if afraid the mist would disappear.
"Yes, I can't even get a hold of Hibari and Hibird can't find him either. Have you seen Mukuro recently?"
"Kufufufufu. I'm right here Vongola." Mukuro stated as he came out of the elevator to see the worried faces of two of the people he cared for most. "It seems that my search for the Skylark has ended in a failure. Strange since I normally can find him anywhere. I just need to follow the carnage he leaves behind."
Tsuna bit at pink lips in worry, wondering what to do now. "Reborn, Colonello, and Lal are all out looking for them. If they can't find them…well…there's only one place I can think of that could have them and hide them from us without trying."
"That wouldn't have to be a certain object named organization that protects the world from any sort of threats, would it?" Mukuro questioned with an uneasy smirk, his own nerves beginning to fry due to his inability to locate the other guardians…something that had never happened before. Thus it made him uneasy to know that an organization that they had tabs on could possibly be hiding their comrades from him.
"Yes. I think Shield might have them and boy when I get up there and tear Fury a new one…that entire organization will be going down." Tsuna stated with glowing orange eyes and flames spouting from the forehead and hands sporadically. "I want you two to work together and try and locate the others just in case. Do not split up. Stay together and protect each other." The Boss demanded with a monotone voice.
"Got it Bossu." Chrome stated as she materialized her trident into her hands and held it firmly there while Mukuro nodded and walked to stand behind his counterpart. "We will do our best."
"Kufufufu and destroy whoever or whatever is hiding the others from us." Mukuro put in with a sinister scowl on his face as his red eye glowed. "No one stops the greatest illusionist from getting what he wants after all."
Tsuna nodded as the flames flared with preparation of flight. "Alright. Then go. I'll take care of Fury." With that the mafia boss blasted out of an open window and disappeared into the sky.
"Where should we start Mukuro?" Chrome questioned as she looked at the long violet haired male.
"We will start from the center of the city and move outwards. We'll use our mists, you will assist me mostly to keep from taxing yourself." Mukuro decided as he moved back towards the elevator with Chrome at his side. "Don't leave my side at any time Chrome, we do not know what we're up against."
"Understood Mukuro-sama." Chrome said as she slipped into Japanese, the language that most of the Vongola 10th generation were comfortable with.
"Let's head to Center Square of this city. We'll start there and move in a perimeter that'll work outwards. We should be able to find something from there." Mukuro decided as the moved to Time's Square where the giant TV sat with JJ on the screen yelling insults about Spiderman. "That's man is repulsive."
"He's really mean to the Spider." Chrome agreed as the two disappeared into mist that began to spread throughout the city while they themselves began to walk along a determined path. "You'd think that man would be more grateful since the Spider brought his son home from the moon."
"Ah, but most people need a scapegoat and that man with the disgusting mustache has Spiderman to blame." The male mist laughed as they walked further and further from Times Square as their mist continued to roll through the town, covering and slipping into places to try and find the other guardians. "Though it seems that our Sky has taken a liking to the arachnid if them sneaking off during school is any indicator."
Chrome giggled at that as they passed a glitz hotels as a group of teenagers skateboarded right by them. "Bossu deserves to be happy." She stated as she tapped her trident on the ground and released a swarm of butterflies and a flock of doves into the air.
"Kufufufu, if one wishes to say that." Mukuro conceded as he tapped his own trident and released a pack of dogs that took off into allies and roads to gather information. "Come, we must continue on if we wish to search the entire city by the end of the day." With that he took off down the street with long strides.
Chrome nodded her head and lengthened her own strides to keep up with the other, only to gasp as a blast of cool air swept her into an alley before she could do anything else. "I'd rather avoid that other male if I can help it." A voice stated as Chrome stood up straight with her trident held ready to attack offensively. "But you on the other hand should work just fine for what I need."
"You are the one who's taken our friends." Chrome stated as she took in the visage of the man in green and gold. "You're an illusionist."
The man smirked as he waved his own staff around. "That's right. They're waiting for you as well." He bowed as his appearance changed to look like Gokudera. "Why don't you come and meet up with us Chrome? We'll have fun together." He stated with his hand held out towards her.
Chrome raised a brow at that before shaking a head. "You aren't an illusionist." She said as she slammed her trident into the ground that dispersed the image of her friend. "If you were an illusionist than you would know that the Storm would never say something like that to anyone but the bossu." She explained as the man scowled at her.
"In a sense I am an illusionist but in another I am a magician, a sorcerer, or a mage. I work with magic that can change and form into another or even rewind time on the body." He explained as his staff came to rest at his side. "I am no mere Illusionist whose images are nothing more than fakes."
Chrome smirked at that as she closed her single eye and tapped the ground against with her trident as white cobras rose from the ground and two White Lions appeared at her side. "That is where you are wrong." She stated as the snakes swarmed at the man with fangs extended.
"Nothing more than mirages." He stated as he waved his own staff at them but frowned when the reptiles didn't disappeared.
"We have illusions that are no mere illusions." With that said the snakes sank their fangs into the man's legs and arms while the lions leapt forward with roars of rage.
The man grunted in pain as the fangs sunk deep into his limbs but growled in rage as he swept his arms outward and sent the snakes flying away before taking a deep breath and breathing out freezing cold air that froze the lions in mid-leap. "It seems that I was misinformed on your abilities."
"No." Chrome said as she summoned up pillars of flames that surrounded the man while she walked in between them as if she did so every day. "Not all illusionist are capable what I and Mukuro-sama are able to do." She explained as she watched the man freeze the pillars into ice, smiling as it brought up memories from the past. "Only the most of powerful illusionist can make their illusions come to reality and make them real. The mist that hides our sky are now able to change it and make it into something that will fight and protect what is theirs."
The wizard snarled at that before smirking at the girl in front of him. "If what you say is true then I truly am at a disadvantage." He stated as he flicked a finger and sent the pillars of ice crashing into water that rained down on top of them, soaking them.
Chrome gasped in surprise as the torrent of water pushed her to the ground and sent her trident skittering from her grasp. "No." She gasped out as she tried to pull air into her lungs.
"Oh but yes." The man stated as he walked over to her and stood in front of her with his scepter directly in front of her eyes. "An Illusionist can create something from nothing and nothing from something. But when they step over into reality and their illusions become real…well…those can be used to defeat them." He explained with a smirk as his scepter glowed and the girl couldn't look away and her eye glowed a bright sapphire.
"Six down one to go."
With that the two disappeared from sight just as another person came running into the alley, only to roar with rage as all he found was a trident that wasn't with the person it was meant to be with.
TFD
"I'm telling you Nick, that something isn't right." Spidey said as he walked around in front of Fury's desk with crutches. He was still suffering from the side effect of awakening his Dying Will on his own. "My Spidey-Sense has been going haywire all afternoon."
"And what do you want me to do about it?" Fury questioned as he watched the arachnid hero move around slowly and carefully. It was obvious he was still hurting and despite being ordered to rest and relax for several days, Spidey had come straight to him the same day to tell him something was wrong. "You don't even know what's wrong or what's going on. What do you supposed I do? Call every known super hero and tell them to be on high alert and prepared to fight until whatever is coming hits us?"
"Yes!" Spidey shouted as he threw his arms up before hollering as he fell backwards onto his butt while his crutches lay where they had fallen when he had let go of them. "Damn it!" He cursed as he clutched at his aching sides and tried to tough out the wracking pain in his body as it all throbbed.
Fury sighed as he stood from his chair and walked over to the fallen hero and helped him back up and onto his crutches. "Look Spiderman, until something comes crashing through my window with the intent to destroy everything, there's nothing I can do. Go home, get some rest, you deserve it." He stated calmly as he laid his hands on the boy's shoulders.
Spidey sighed as he nodded his head before cringing as his sense blared in his head like a blowhorn. "Get down!" He shouted as he grabbed Fury and pulled him onto the ground just as a blast of orange crashed through the window and blasted the desk to smithereens. "Well, I think the danger just came crashing through your window." Spidey said as he looked at where orange flames flared wildly.
Fury scowled angrily at the figure as they stood up, the Head of Shield doing so as well as Spidey stayed on the floor. "What are you doing here Sawada?" Fury questioned as Tsuna's face came into clear view.
"I want to know where my guardians are Fury." Tsuna snarled as she held her fists up in front of her, glowing with flames that were flickering wildly and sending heatwaves outwards.
"Whoa, Tsuna, time out!" Spidey said, forming a T with his hands. "What are you talking about? Why are you here? And what's Nick Fury got to do with it all?" He questioned as he looked at his mentor and girlfriend.
"My Guardians, my friends, my family have been disappearing and no matter where we look or how we search for them…we can't find them. The only place or person I know of that can hide them so completely is SHIELD and Nick Fury." Tsuna snarled out as she began to walk in a circle, Fury moving his body so that he was blocking Spiderman and keeping the girl from getting at his back. "So…where are my guardians Fury?"
"I don't have them. I haven't touched them." Fury stated calmly as he readied himself for an attack. "I wouldn't anger the Vongola on a whim, not with the power your Famiglia holds."
"Ah, but you hold a grudge against Grandpa from the time he took your eye." She purred dangerously as Spiderman's sense flared again and a figure dropped in from the window and held a gun pointed at Fury's head with a steady hand. "Isn't that right Reborn?"
"Yes, that is right Decimo." Reborn replied as he and Tsuna moved in a circle, one on either side of Fury at all times to keep the spy in eyesight and keep him from moving easily. "That would give him a reason to attack the Vongola again. Use the 10th generation as hostages to get the Ninth to give into his demands."
"Except for one thing." Spiderman spoke up and brought the attention to the group to himself. "We don't have your guardians Tsuna." He stated with confidence as he struggled to stand up.
"Stay down Spiderman." Reborn said but the arachnid ignored the order and stood up slowly with the help of Fury, legs shaking as he looked at the girl.
"Fury wouldn't touch you or your friends. He told me so himself. It was too dangerous." He continued as he held a hand out towards the girl.
Tsuna raised a brow at that information as she looked at Fury. "Did you or did you not take my guardians?" She questioned him seriously, eyes narrowed with the orange glow of her Dying Will.
Someone else answered for Fury. "He did not take the others." Mukuro stated as he appeared next to Tsuna with a blank face, holding not one but two tridents. "Another has taken them and he has taken Chrome."
Tsuna's eyes widened while Reborn cursed at this new information. "He got Chrome-chan?" She questioned with horror and disbelief. "While she was with you? How is that even possible?"
Mukuro nodded his head as he held Chrome's trident out to his boss. "I don't know how or when, but one moment she was next to me, then the next, she wasn't. I've searched and searched but I can't find anything of them." He informed as frustration began to color his voice and face.
Tsuna took the trident in her hands with a gentleness that spoke of great care and respect. "We'll get them back." She said as she clutched the trident close. "Did you see who it was?" She questioned next of her mist as she slipped out of her dying will.
Mukuro nodded his head as he summoned up mist to form the figure of the man that had taken his Chrome. "This is the man who has taken her and I'm assuming all the others."
Spidey blinked while Fury scowled at the picture. "What does Loki want with members of the Mafia?" The Hero questioned as he struggled to stay standing and was thankful when Fury handed him his crutches and then placed a chair behind him. "How does he even know about the mafia?"
"That doesn't matter Spiderman." Fury stated as he watched the image of the smirking visage of Loki disappear. "What we need to know is what he wants with them and how he's been catching them? Vongola ain't no normal school children."
Tsuna nodded her head in agreement. "That's true but we're still just teenagers and we're not nearly as experienced as you or Reborn. He must've gotten the drop on them somehow and gone from there." She guessed, gripping the trident in his hold tightly in anger.
"You said Loki, the God of Mischief and Illusions." Mukuro said next. "Most of the morons have been trained against Illusions but are still susceptible to them. Though how he got Chrome still baffles me." He scowled at that thought as he was the one who had taught Chrome and then there was the fact that they could make their illusions real as well.
"Loki isn't just an illusionist though." Spidey spoke up. "He's the god of mischief for a reason. He's got thousands if not millions of years of experience in redirecting a person entirely. He does it to Thor and the other Avengers on a daily basis."
"So you're saying that he could take anyone he wanted if he really wanted to?" Tsuna questioned in horror as she looked at Spidey. "Why hasn't he been locked up if he's such a danger to society?"
"Because he's an Asgardian. We have no rights to lock him up. Only Thor and Odin are capable of locking him up but continually refuse to do so." Fury stated with a scowl. "But at the moment that's not the problem. Loki is known for using mythic tactics of taking over the Earth and the other realms or to destroy Odin and Thor. If he's gone after your guardians then there must be a reason. He has a goal that could take over the world or destroy Odin."
"Or both!" Spidey exclaims. "If he thinks he can take both out at the same time then he will." He explained to the group with a decisive nod of his head.
"Do you have any idea why he would need my guardians? Reborn, would you happen to know?" Tsuna questions as she looks at Fury and Reborn with worry clear in her caramel eyes.
"No idea, but I'll get a hold of Thor and see if he knows anything." Fury states and immediately pulls a phone out and dialing on it.
"I'll call Nono, see if he can't get out some of the journals of the past Bosses and I'll research as well. It will take a bit of time so stay close to Lal and Colonello. For all we know, Loki will come after you, the Sky, and final element of the seven." Reborn states as he walks over to the broken window and jumps out of it and disappears.
Tsuna sighs at this exit before turning towards Mukuro. "You heard him, we stay together and we'll meet up with Lal and Colonello at the apartment." She decided before looking at the shaking and panting Spiderman. "Why don't you come with us Peter, you can rest there before shit hits the fan." She decides with a tired smile.
Fury and Spidey both freeze where they are and then Spidey yelps and falls to the ground as he loses his grip on his crutches. "What?! Who are you talking about? I don't know anything about a Peter! I'm just your friendly neighborhood Spiderman!" He exclaims as he waves his arms around sporadically.
Mukuro sighs tiredly while Tsuna giggles at the panicking hero. Fury was off to the side trying to decide if he should hit his head on the wall in front of him or not. "Enough Spiderman, we've known that you are Peter Parker for some time now. Now let us be gone." With that Mukuro disappeared out the window in a flare of mist.
"We've known who you've been for months Peter, we just never said anything since it was obvious that you wanted to keep it private." She explained calmly as she walked over and helped him stand up again, handing the crutches over. "Besides, did you really think you could keep a secret like this from your boyfriend?" He questioned.
Spidey froze again at this as he looked down at who he thought was a female. "Boyfriend?" He questioned before whipping his head around to look at a snickering Fury. "You knew!"
"Of course I knew." Fury stated with a smirk on his face. "But I thought it would be beneficial for you to learn on your own, after all, you are the one dating the biggest Mafia heir in the world."
Tsuna blinks at the conversation before his jaw drops as everything fell into place. The girly clothes and fake boobs that Reborn had made him wear and that revealing red dress and skirts and heels for dates and the makeup and even the girl's underwear. "You thought I was a girl!" Tsuna screeches at him. "This entire time you thought I was a freaking girl!"
Spidey couldn't help but raise his hands into the air as he tried to wave off the anger that was obviously building in the small body. "No…I mean yes…no wait! I'm so confused right now!" He yelled out as he covered his masked face and tried to figure everything out.
Tsuna growled before shaking his head. "Whatever, we can talk about this later. Right now we have more pressing issues, not to mention my Mist just disappeared without me when I said that we were to stick together." With that he turned and flew out the smashed window.
"Looks like you'll be having some problems in paradise there Spidey." Fury stated as he hung up the phone in his hand. "I can't get a hold of Thor at the moment. He must be in Asgard."
"Well I can't help it if he looked like a girl!" Spidey exclaimed as he shook his head in disbelief. And then another piece of information hit him head on. "I'm gay!" He shouted out in surprise.
"That's what you get out of this situation?" Fury asked with a raised brow. "It couldn't have been a revelation on what Loki is planning?"
"Well…I mean…just because she is a he now doesn't mean I still don't love him and if I fell in love with a guy…well…that means I'm gay…right?"
Fury sighed as eh looked up at the ceiling trying to figure out why he had decided to try and train a bunch of teenagers who were just now figuring out their sexualities. "No, that doesn't necessarily mean you're gay. You like girls still, right?" Fury questions as he decides to help his top student.
"Yeah." Spidey answers hesitantly as he watches Fury lean against a wall. "As far as I know yeah, I still like girls." Though he had little to no experience with girls except MJ and Ava.
"Then why did you start dating Sawada?" Fury questioned next as he rubbed his forehead. He really needed to rethink on training teenage superheroes if he was helping through mixed feelings and emotions.
"Cause she…I mean he, was really cute and we just seemed to click. I mean come on, haven't you ever felt that instant connection with someone and just…" he waves his hands around in slight irritation at trying to find a word that would suit the situation.
"Love at first sight." Fury suggested and smirked at the nod he got. "Well then, I say you're just in love. That's all there is to it. And just like your Uncle said that there is Great Responsibility with Great Power, Love has no bounds. It knows not the skin color, gender, nor race. Love just is."
"Whoa." Spidey says as he looks at the head of SHIELD. "Who knew you could be so poetic."
Fury's face went blank at that. "Get out of here you brat." He stated as he opened his cellphone again. "Fury here, I need a new desk and chair. Spiderman also needs to be taken home for the day to get some rest."
"Hey! I never said I was going home! Take me to Tsuna instead! I have to talk to him!" Spidey yelled.
The head of SHIELD rolled his eyes at this. "Take Spiderman to the Vongola hotel actually and make sure he changes out of uniform."
"Thanks Nick for helping me and my love life."
"Get out of here Brat!"
TFD
Mukuro settled for pacing in the living room of the apartment that was part of the Vongola hotel. His frustration and anger was burning beneath his skin and ready to burst out in his flames. His trident was already sparking in his hand dangerously. "He took her from me."
"I know."
"We are going to get her back."
"Yes we will."
"Do you have a plan?"
"When do I ever have a plan?"
Mukuro laughed at that as he turned and looked at the fuming young man on the couch. "True. You never really have a plan. You just bulldoze on ahead like that boxer." He tapped his trident on the ground as he turned towards the window. "So what else has you this furious Tsunayoshi-kun? I have not seen you so made since we faced Bermuda and his bunch."
Tsuna knew that Mukuro was trying distract them at the moment since they had to wait for more information and the best way for the Illusionist to do that was to use something else to direct their rage at.
"He thought I was a girl the entire time." Tsuna muttered as his eyes glowed a bright orange. It was obvious that he was almost about to go into Hyper Dying Will Mode he was so mad.
"Kufufufu, that doesn't surprise me." Mukuro stated calmly. "The hitman and the soldier woman have been quite relentless in making you seem like a girl. It does not help when you have the figure of a woman and the face of your mother as well."
"Shut up Pineapple!" Tsuna snapped at his Mist before slumping back onto the couch with a pout. "He's not going to want to date me now! He thought he was dating a girl! There's no way he'll want me anymore since I'm not a girl!" He whined petulantly.
Mukuro laughed again as he continued his pacing, now wondering how he was going to skewer not only the Asgardian but the arachnid hero now. No one messed with what was his and that included his Mist counterpart and his Sky.
Both would pay.
"Oh, who said that fool Spiderman wouldn't want to date you now?" A voice questioned from the balcony that was placed just off of the living room.
"YOU!" Tsuna screamed as he leapt to his feet with flames burning brightly and already moving to take out the one that had harmed his family.
"I'd stop right there if I were you." Loki said with a smirk as the figure of Tsuna's female Mist appeared at his side, blood dripping from her mouth in a steady stream. "You would you risk the life of this woman to destroy me?"
"Chrome!" Tsuna screamed in horror as he watched the blood drip from his female Mist's mouth. "Let her go!" Flames burst from his hands as he prepared to attack to get what is his back.
"Ah ah ah. I wouldn't do that if I were you." Loki stated as he pressed his scepter at Chrome's neck, bringing forth a stream of blood. "I have no use for her and so I'll be able to destroy her here and now without any hesitation." He stated with a smirk.
Mukuro sneered as he glared at the man that had taken his dear Nagi away from him. "What do you want in exchange for her?" He questioned as his allowed his trident to disappear. He knew that to get his other half back he'd have to give something in return…and there was only one thing that Mukuro could think of that this man could want.
The god in green smirked as he looked Mukuro in the eye. "Oh I think you know exactly what I want." He stated as he turned and looked at Tsuna as well. "Though I'll just take the one for now. After all you'll need to care for the girl or she'll die."
"What do you want from us?" Tsuna questioned as he forced himself back. "Why are you taking my family?" He watched as Mukuro walked over to Loki.
"Simple, for my plans to work I need your powers over the flames." Loki stated calmly as he jabbed his scepter into Mukuro's chest and the male's eyes glowed blue. "The flames that make up the rainbow road will be the things that I use to bring down the forefather." He stated as he released the girl and grabbed a hold of the boy instead.
Tsuna screeched as Chrome hit the floor with blood splattering around her head. "What did you do to my mist!?" the Boss ran towards his downed guardian and cradled her in his arms as he glared up at the man who had hurt her.
"Same thing I'll be doing to you soon." Loki stated as Mukuro stood by his side with both his eyes glowing that strange bright blue color. "I'm draining them of their energy to summon someone much more powerful than you lot to Midgard. But it turns out draining that girl will kill her as that's what is keeping her alive. So I'll take this one instead and I'll be back for you." With that Loki disappeared with the male Mist Guardian in his hold.
Tsuna howled in anger at this but soon recovered he looked down at Chrome, his dear Chrome that was bleeding internally at such a rate that it was a constant stream out of her mouth. "Damn it!" He screeched as he ripped his phone out of his pocket and dialed a number.
"Shamal."
"Get your ass up here now and stabilize Chrome!" Tsuna screeched as he began to pump his flames into Chrome. His sky flames held a part of Mist flames and so it should help her…he hoped at least.
"I'm coming now. What's the problem?" Shamal questioned as he climbed into the elevator from his floor up towards the top.
"Chrome, she's lost too much of her Flames, she can't keep her organs alive." Tsuna stated calmly as possible as he listened for the ding. "Mukuro has been taken by the guy that's taken the others. I have no way of stabilizing her flames wise except for my sky flames and that won't work for long."
"Got it. I'll call in all the medical teams and we'll get on this." Shamal stated as he walked into the room as he hung up his phone and hit a different button.
Tsuna continued as his hit another button on his phone that got it ringing. "What is it now Dame-Tsuna?" Reborn asked as he picked up his phone.
"I need organs. Chrome isn't going to last much longer if she doesn't get them now. I don't care how or where as long as you get them now."
"I'm on it."
"Hold on Chrome. We're getting you help now." Tsuna said with a sob in his voice as he held onto her as tightly as he could.
He held onto her even as he felt he was losing all of his family.
TFS
A.N. Holy shit! Things are starting to escalate. Loki has finally been identified and things are just getting higher and higher in danger. But what's this about flames creating the rainbow bridge or summoning the forefather? Hmm…I wonder…I guess you'll just have to wait and see! Until then review and tell me what you all think, okay.