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Target 7: Overlord of the universe
School's out for the last time that week and Kotsu couldn't be happier after the last couple of days he's had, with meeting Tsugemora and the boy's constant clinginess. Not a second after the young middle-schooler exits the school gate the very same boy crashes into Kotsu at max speed. "NII-SAAAAAAAAN!" He knocks Kotsu off his feet and the two slide across the ground.
Kotsu rubs his head where Tsugemora crashed into it. "Itetete. That hurt you know?"
In the same moment Kotsu says the word hurt, Tsugemora stands taking out his fiber wire and starts wrapping it around his neck looking depressed and disappointed in himself. "Well… I failed," He says thinking they will be his final words, about to decapitate himself. However Kotsu manages to hold his hands close to his neck so he can't pull on the wire.
"I thought I told you to just apologize instead of trying to kill yourself!" Kotsu yells almost angry with his young bodyguard. In response, Tsugemora quickly puts his wire away.
"I-I'm sorry Nii-san… was that a good apology?" He asks making Kotsu ponder whether or not Tsugemora's ever had to apologize for anything in his life.
Kotsu pats Tsugemora on the head, not really knowing why, just feeling like it's appropriate for some reason. "I… guess it was good. I'm just glad you didn't commit seppuku," At this moment Kotsu also wonders why that sentence felt so normal to say.
Tsugemora nods changing back to happy in an instant, thereafter taking out his notebook writing down how he should apologize in the future.
-NII-
After walking for a bit they finally reach Kotsu's house. Right outside the porch door is the man, the myth, the legend, Reborn and he looks incredibly angry much to Kotsu's displeasure.
"Oh no… what did I do this time?" he pleads to himself, but as the two of them approach, Reborn simply throws something small and red at Kotsu who frantically grabs it almost dropping it multiple times.
"This is yours," He simply says before heading inside. Kotsu examines it closer finding that it's strangely a big ball of red hair.
"What… is this thing?" He says going inside himself and Tsugemora closes in on it inspecting it with watchful eyes.
"Hmmm… I don't know Nii-san… but Reborn-san wouldn't give you something that could be potentially harmful to your health I would assume…" He says, but Kotsu's not so sure about the validity of that statement given what he knows about the hitman in question.
After quickly getting inside Tsugemora is still amazed by his simple quite ordinary house. In the past few days Tsugemora has stuck to him like a leech. As such he'd become quite familiar with both the layout of his house as well as having gotten to know his mom who thinks he's a cute boy. But he's still this amazed by just walking in his house? There's definitely something wrong with him…
They make their way to Kotsu's room. However as soon as they close the door the ball starts moving. "What the…?!" Kotsu exclaims as it jumps into the air, Tsugemora instantly having his fiber wire out to kill whatever happens to be concealed inside the tiny hairball. It lands on Kotsu's desk and the hair moves back revealing a small figure. It's wearing a red onesie with a black skull on it. All the hair moves back into long spikes going backwards with one going out diagonally down over its face and reveals that this thing has tiny spiky red eyebrows, and flashy red eye-lashes. Its hair is also incredibly long for its age almost reaching the floor though this person isn't very big so that might explain it. It rubs it's cute brown eyes and looks tiredly at Kotsu and Tsugemora. "Who dares wake up the greatest Cotton-heika..?" (Heika is the Japanese honorific used to refer to royalty)
Kotsu blinks a couple of times in surprise. However before even a second passes Tsugemora leaps for the little person, named Cotton. Quite a strange name to be sure. "Don't worry Nii-san! I will get it!" He yells and Cotton jumps onto Tsugemora's head laughing.
"TAIHAHAHA! Foolish mortal! Cotton-heika is invincible!" Cotton declares stomping her little foot on Tsugemora's head.
"T-Tsugemora! Stop! He's not doing anything to harm me," However as he finishes that sentence he notes how Cotton's cheeks are puffing up. The little red-head grabs something from the onesie. A stick-lighter and then proceeds to leap at Kotsu.
"Cotton-heika is NOT a boy! Cotton-heika is a pretty lady!" She yells as she headbutts Kotsu both of them falling back on the bed. She turns on the lighter about to torch Kotsu's hair when Tsugemora grabs her by the back of the onesie pulling her away much to her own childish dismay.
"How shall I kill her Nii-san?" Tsugemora says making the little girl squirm.
"NO! Cotton-heika will not be killed by mortal hands!" Tsugemora looks like he's about to literally toss her into the ground and stomp on her as Kotsu quickly grabs her right back.
"W-what!? Nonono! Geez Tsugemora! M-maybe she's just scared…" once more a huge mistake on Kotsu's part as Cotton does NOT take kindly to people calling her scared. She starts banging on Kotsu's head before jumping off and grabbing onto his ceiling lamp.
"I got her Nii-san!" Tsugemora exclaims and before Kotsu can stop him the hopeless bodyguard he leaps for the little girl who just jumps leading Tsugemora to crash into his bed and Kotsu is forced to attempt to secure the little girl to the best of his abilities but Cotton just keeps bouncing around the room dodging both the boys. She jumps for the door which is opened and Reborn catches her easily. He's been standing there a while…
"You two really are useless aren't you…?" he says and Ren pokes his head out from the side.
"Hey lil' bro… what's with the baby?" he asks, but before anyone can answer him, not that anyone has an answer anyway, Cotton squirms before picking out the lighter again. She turns it on but can't reach Reborn's sleeve. However she seems to go for her own hair this time.
"BURNING HAIR ACTIVATE!" She declares, but before she can do so, Reborn stops her by taking the lighter away. Kotsu, Tsugemora and Ren look curiously at the little girl as she throws a hissy fit from getting her lighter taken away
"Burning hair? What's that?" All three ask and Cotton pouts angrily.
"The burning hair is what we Rosa Rossa family heirs are known for and it will DESTROY all you mortals!" None of them understood that explanation any better. The Rosa Rossa family? Do the all just set fire to their hair? Luckily Reborn is in a talkative mood today it seems as he clears his throat.
"The Rosa Rossa family is another mafia family. There've been rumors that they're making a branch here in Japan due to the announcement from Neo Vongola Primo that there will be a new boss of the Vongola family, but I'm not sure if it was true or not. The Rosa Rossa family's heirs are known for the burning hair. It's a result of their rough training at a young age. The heirs are all thrown into a burning hot pit for the first three years of their life and that's where they learn the burning hair skill, which lets them set fire to their own hair without burning it off. Nothing special," Kotsu and Ren just blink at the totally bonkers explanation they've just been given. Tsugemora however seems to find it to be quite satisfactory.
"Um… okay? If that's true, then that must mean Cotton has it too… right? Is it a… strong… ability?" Kotsu asks and Reborn nods.
"It's quite a powerful tool indeed," All three of them are now left wondering just how useful hair that burns can possibly be. But if Reborn himself is complimenting it's strength then Kotsu and Tsugemora definitely knows that it's strong.
Cotton gets a little down now hanging lifeless from Reborn's hand. "Cotton-heika has yet to acquire that ability…" She says and Reborn just drops her. "You meanie! How dare you do that to Cotton-heika?! You will be Cotton-heika's number one slave when she takes over the world! NO! The universe!" Reborn walks right past her. "HEY! Cotton-heika demands attention!" She yells angrily at Reborn.
Ren picks her up and throws her in the air. "There we go little one. Fly free," He starts running around Kotsu's room holding Cotton like an airplane and making the appropriate noises.
"Prepare for landing," He says in an airplane captain's voice and he lightly throws Cotton onto Kotsu's bed. She lands and pouts angrily not wanting to be treated like a child… even though she is…
However all that is tossed aside as the young girl falls asleep in an instant. Kotsu, Ren and Tsugemora alike can't help but think that that was WAY too fast for any ordinary human. But good for them is… she fell asleep. Meaning she's now quiet and cute again.
"So um… where can we put her so she sleeps soundly?" Kotsu asks and his two companions think for a second.
"She could sleep near the fireplace. We'll just put a blanket over her," Ren suggests and Tsugemora gets a little angry.
"I say we put her to sleep outside of Nii-san's precious home! Who knows!? She might be able to destroy everything while SLEEPING too!"
"Come on Tsugemora. She's harmless…" Kotsu says picking her up.
They go down to the Livingroom and tug her in.
"You think mom will mind having another baby to take care of?" Ren blinks a couple of times.
"I don't know. I never really thought of that. Let's hope she says yes."