A/N (are very important!)
EDIT! Le chapter is now finished! XD (16/08/14)
Wow, 2 months since the last update...Okay, I'm so sorry but this chapter isn't actually finished yet., but I haven't updated in forever so yeah... Think of it as a preview of sorts... (I promise I will finish it...eventually). I've been in a creative slump recently... Getting all inspired to start stories but never getting very far with writing them... and lately I get distracted easily too...
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End Notes
Reborn-sensei has abandoned me and now I'm hiding under some kind of stage in one of the circus tents~.
There's also a very angry Azusa-san, an oblivious Yuki-sempai (who still thinks this is all a game), an amused Sumi-chan, a totally freaking out Takumi-kun and some guy I've only just met (who is a total nutcase) here hiding with me. I think Kai and Tsubaki are still floating around here somewhere, but I lost track of them in all the chaos…
It's all Sensei's fault that we're hiding under here… Well, we didn't win first prize for the contest (which I still have no idea what it even is…) and Sensei had the brilliant plan of stealing it from the actual winners. Naturally I thought he was crazy and there wasn't any point in stealing something I don't even want…
But it's Reborn-sensei… no one says "no" to him… So we made plan to steal the prize (some kind of trophy and an envelope I think?) and this and that happened, we stole the prize, got caught while escaping and now we are here~!
Turns out the whole contest was rigged anyways so that the son of show's sponsor would win with his band. I felt less guilty about stealing it from them when I found out. The guy's clearly a spoiled brat and a jerk… At least ten times worse than Masamune! I heard their encore performance… it was so bad I thought my ears would bleed…
"Kai-chi was right to bite that tone deaf creep to death."
"Ahaha… You have a point…" I mutter under my breath.
Just as we were trying to figure out a way to distract them, Kai came up and started biting them to death for "noise pollution". We took the opportunity to steal the prize while they were distracted… Though I have to wonder why and how we managed to get caught, and by the police no less!
I'm the son of a freaking mafia boss! I can't get called in by the police! The hell am I supposed to do if they figure out just who my Padre really is!? I've read and watched heaps of manga's and anime's that say that people in this kind of situation would just bribe the police… Hah! As if everything would go that smoothly in real life!
I'd never ask Padre to do something like that for me! He's always so busy, not to mention he's currently on the other side of the world from me… I bet it'd be a real pain to have to sort out my messes for me anyways… So it's better if I never get into these situations on the first place! Sigh, if only Sensei would agree with me here…
After waiting in the dark for a while we decided it was safe enough to move around. So we pretty much crawled around under this stage thingy trying to find a way out. There are police and security guys everywhere! Seriously, every time we find an exit, we find a whole pile of these guys waiting for us! I'm thinking we may be running out of options here…
I glance over to Azusa-san, or at least I'm about 93% sure is Azusa-san given its so damn dark down here. "…So, now what?" I ask quietly since I figure she's been in these kinds of situations before… well, the whole escaping from the law part anyways…
"I'll just blast those dogs away and then—"
"I'm against violence."
"Tsk, then you get us out of here, kuso boss!" She hisses through gritted teeth.
"Even if you ask me I don't HIIEE—" My manly shriek is cut off by a hand being slapped over my mouth and nose. Seriously I can't breathe now!
"Shut up! What's wrong with you!?" Azusa-san growls in my ear.
"What's up Cielo?" I hear Yuki-sempai whisper over Azusa-san.
"Deres dompthig om mai beg! (There's something on my leg!)" I mumble through the hand on my face. Okay, I'm running low of air here…
I can almost hear the "What?" that everyone's thinking… "Ara? Something on your leg?" Okay I stand corrected; Sumi-chan is apparently fluent in gibberish...
I nod violently and Azusa-san finally removes her hand, letting me gasp in some precious oxygen. I jump when tiny claws dig into me as the something crawls up my leg. Merda I'm so freaked out right now!
"Just use your fire to see what it is." Oh yeah, I can do that can't I?
Concentrating hard, I light up a tiny orange flame in the palm of my hand and slowly turn to look at the something on my leg. I squeeze my eyes shut and brace myself, just hoping it's not a rat or something… Please don't be a rat. Please don't be a rat. Please don't be a rat. Please, please, please don't let it be a rat!
Cracking an eye open I see two sky blue orbs staring back at me. "Merda Celica! Your scared the shit out of me!"
Celica just stared at me wide eyed with her calico fur all fluffed up. I guess she got scared when Tsubaki decided to help Kai by stabbing everyone to death with her Japanese knife set that she always carries on her person. I still haven't figured out where they're keeping all these weapons or how they manage to materialize them out of nowhere…
Breathing a sigh of relief I put out the flame and pick up the frightened kitten. For once she didn't bite me… I wonder if she ran away from Tsubaki or if she got lost… She must have been really scared then.
"Isn't that your cat? I thought she was with the Hibari girl." Takumi-kun peers over Azusa-san using his phone as a torch.
"She was." I reply blankly, petting Celica gently between her ears and then placing her in my hood (mainly since I can't put her in my pocket right now).
"Wait! So she found you all the way over here!?" He sounded really impressed.
"That's one AWESOME cat!" The weird guy randomly proclaims, somehow managing to yell and whisper at the same time (I think that's called "stage whisper" or something like that).
Wait… that was English right? I'm fairly positive that "Oosamu" is an English word… it's "Sugoi" right? That is what it means doesn't it? Argh! Why must you use English in the middle of your sentences! If you have to talk in two different languages then at least use one I can understand! Like Italian!
"You must be a really AWESOME pet owner!" He goes on, grinning from ear to ear…
I really don't get him… This guy has a really, um, "in-your-face" kind of presence… Somehow he reminds me of Sensei… which is really weird since they look nothing alike and their personalities are totally different…
"CALAMITY!" He suddenly whisper/shouts, making me nearly jump out of my skin. "I don't know the names of my new AWESOME friends!"
…Um, what? We're friends now? Er, okay… "Oh, um, well I'm Sawada Cielo… That's Gokudera Azusa, Mizuno Yuki, Kasumi Allaire and I guess you already met Takumi… And you are…?"
Even in the dark I can see his double thumbs up, "I AM…!"
"…"
"…"
"…" This is a very long for a dramatic pause…
"…Son E. Dae!" He declares finally. "Just call me 'Sunny' my new AWESOME buddies!"
…I get the feeling he made that up on the spot… There's no way that is his real name unless his parents were high and/or drunk when they named him… I have no idea how to react to that…
"Just smile and nod Cielo… Smile and nod…" Yes, I do believe that might be the best course of action right now…
"…O-okay then… um, Sunny-san…" I mutter and force a smile (good thing it's dark in here after all).
Somehow or another, we ended up backstage where all the circus performers are getting ready. Now the only issue is getting out undetected and if we could somehow manage to get home in one piece, that'd be great too…
"So, what's the plan?" I ask hoping that someone might have an idea, 'cause I most certainly don't.
"…" Le silence ensues~.
Okay, it's official… we're screwed…
"Um… we could, you know, sneak out into the stands…?" Takumi-kun suggests nervously. I think he's probably regretting having met me here today…
"Baka! They'll be searching in the audience too!" Azusa-san growls at him sending the poor guy cowering behind me.
"Now, now there's no need to get angry at him." Sempai tries to calm her down.
"I already said not to scare off my only normal friend… please…" I mutter (I doubt anyone actually heard me though…)
"And we've lost the freaky psychic chick~." Aigís randomly announces.
"We've lost who now?" I do a head count and realise that Sumi-chan has vanished.
Fantastico… Now we have to look for her while trying not to get caught… Argh! These women are driving me nuts! The bachelor life is starting to look really good to me right now…
I give up; let's all just get caught already so I can go home. I hope Sensei at least took my precious guitar home with him… if he did go home at all… Ugh, I'm so done with this.
I step out from behind the conveniently placed stack of clown equipment and scan the room for Sumi-chan. Oh there she is, talking to some of the trapeze or acrobat people (one or the other, I can't really tell which). I walk all nonchalantly over to her and can you believe no one stopped even though I walked all the way across the room?
Oh well, I'll take any form of good luck, however small it may be. "Uh, Sumi-chan? What are doing?" I ask the peach blonde girl bluntly.
"Ah, Cielo! There you are." Why are you making it sound like I'm the one who wandered off? Cause for once it wasn't me who got lost (and that's a personal achievement~). "We were just talking about you."
Who's "we"?
Something green catches in the corner of my vision and I look down to see a little girl pouting at me. She's about Tsubaki's height, maybe a little taller, wearing a pink and gold leotard and brightly coloured ribbons decorating her braided green hair. Seriously though, she's really pouting at me with tears in her eyes like I did something wrong…
"Um… Ciaossu?" Seriously, what is up with this kid?
"The amazing Rita-Hime should be greeted first paesano!" She burst out suddenly (with a rather heavy Italian accent), stomping her foot loudly. "As an apology you must give Rita-Hime candy!"
The hell…?
"Wow, what a spoilt brat!"
"Rita-Hime demands candy!" She whined loudly. Dio, this brat is worse than Masamune…
As I try defend myself from this bratty princess's attempts to mug me for candy, Sumi-chan randomly decides to give me some of her cryptic advice; "Hehe, you know Cielo… Thunder and the Sun are almost complete opposites but when they come together they make a spectacular combination. You're very fortunate to encounter both in one day!"
Le blank stare… "Um… yeah, okay then… lucky me…" I give her a half-hearted thumbs up. Seriously, I do not understand this crazy chick's fortune telling or whatever it is…
"Oi, Kuso boss! And you, French girl!" Azusa-san appears along with the rest of the guys, (by now that Rita brat had given up trying to get candy from me and was sulking in the corner) "What the heck are you doing!? We're supposed to be hiding!"
Then why the diamine did you all come out here?
"What are you kids doing back here?" I jump as a burly moustached man (probably the Ringleader guy, judging from his clothes) stalks angrily over to us. Yep, we're screwed now…
Wait… just now… He was speaking in Italian…? Why? Well, now that I really look around, all these people do look Italian, and everything is written in Italian, and they're all speaking Italian… Why didn't I notice this before…?
"Oh, um, we are…" I stammer trying to think up some excuse. "Uh… The part-timers…?" Ah, that was such a feeble excuse…
He stares very intently at me then shifts his gaze over the rest of our little gang of misfits. Suddenly he breaks into a huge grin, "Aha! Si, si! We have been expecting you!"
I blink a couple of times and (very discreetly) pinch myself. Nope, I didn't pass out or anything… so that means… It really worked? Score!
"Ahaha, please forgive my rudeness." He rubs his hands together, all bashful-like. "I wasn't expecting the Vongola Circus to be sending us such young performers such as yourselves."
…V-Vongola Circus! The hell? Don't tell me this is another one of Reborn's schemes… yeesh, that's two in one day… Or could their really be a "Vongola Circus"…?
"Either way, you've got no choice but to go with it." True…
"Yeah, well, erm…." I stumble over my words and look to the others for support; only to remember that most of them can't even speak Italian… Merda…
"We at the Vongola Circus believe in the potential of our future generations. The boss thought our troop would gain much from working under your experienced and professional troop." Azusa-san saves the day!
"Yes, indeed." The Ringleader strokes his moustache, looking very pleased with himself. Nice one Azusa-san!
"What's going on?" Yuki-sempai asks with bad timing…
"Uh! M-Most of our troop are in fact from our Japanese branch… so they, er, can't speak Italian…?" I hurriedly explain as he starts to look suspicious. Turning to the others I add, "Just checking in with Ringleader-san, ahaha…" None of them look like they understand…
"Ah, I see." He switched to heavily accented Japanese. "So, each of you has own act, yes? Let's be hearing it then!"
Oh crap. The fatal flaw in my fiendishly clever plan has just revealed itself. We're so screwed… again…
Yuki-sempai opens her mouth, looking like she's about to ask what's going on again, so I quickly cut her off (praying she'll follow through). "Y-Yuki-sempai! She can do this amazing, er…" I trail off unable, prompting her to finish for me, but she just looks at me confusedly… "Um, Knife act…? Can't you Sempai?"
"Hmm? Yeah sure, nothin' special, I just do a bit of knife juggling for parties and stuff!" She grins, rubbing the back of her head in embarrassment. Are you serious…? Whatever, I'm just going with it…
"A-and Azusa-san here can, um…"
"I do a special fireworks display." She finishes for me, looking rather smug for some reason.
The Ringleader seemed impressed, "Fireworks! How exciting! And what can this tall gentleman be doing?" He turns to Sunny-san (who has just been standing there grinning the whole time).
Sunny-san does a spins around dramatically and finishes in an elaborate thumbs up pose, "AWESOME aerial stunts!" He declares. Is he following through, or is that an actual talent…? I really can't tell…
"Excellent, excellent! We is having a very good trapeze troop here." The Ringleader was pleased either way… He then turns to Sumi-chan.
"Um, Sumi-chan does magic tricks!" Dio, I hope my hunch is right here…
"Ara, how did you know that Cielo-kun?" Yes! (Magic seemed like something she'd be interested in…)
"And Takumi-kun is just here to help with our costumes and whatnot…" I add and he flashes me a grateful look (at least somebody has figured out what's going on…).
"I see you is being well prepared! And? What is your act?" He looks at me expectantly. Oh shit.
"Er, I can… um… well…" I glance all around looking for some kind of inspiration. All I seem to find is a bunch of Mafia related objects that I can't believe I didn't notice before… But then it hits me. "I do a special Shinuki no Honou act."
Please buy it, please buy it!
His eyes light up immediately, "Shinuki is it!? Stupendo! Fantactico! We will be having great performance tonight!" Yes! He bought it! (And oh crap, this really is a mafia related circus…) "Come, come! It's time to be getting ready for the show!"
"…Y-yeah…" I stammer and follow him to what I assume will be some kind of dressing room or prep area…
Well, we managed to dodge another bullet, but now we stuck performing for this Mafia Circus! How does that saying go again? Out of the Rock Band and into the Circus?
When the Ringleader guy finally left us alone to prepare, we managed to explain the situation to the still clueless ones. They took it shockingly well considering how deep the shit we've gotten ourselves into is… Sigh, I guess I should be grateful for having such understanding friends…
It was at this point that I realised we only had about half an hour to prepare an entire circus act, plus costumes (read 'disguises'). It was also at this point that Takumi-kun discovered the weird green chest sitting in the middle of the room… It had bright yellow eyes too… I knew this was another Reborn-scheme…
Inside the Leon-chest was a bunch of fancy circus costumes that even came with face paint and masks! At least the man is well prepared… Now there's just the question of where the heck he is…
"Don't you have more important things to think about right now?" I guess so…
It was unanimously decided that we should get changed into our costumes (*cough*disguises*cough*) first, and then figure out what to do. Fortunately there was a separate room for the girls to get dressed in.
Our costumes all sort of matched in the style, but the colours were all different. I wore a fancy bright orange and black suit with coattails, gold ornate stitching, black gloves, and a top hat (with an orange band). Lastly I had a white mask with decretive orange symbols that covered my eyes and nose.
Sunny-san pretty much had the same as me, except in yellow, no shirt and he wore his jacket open revealing a well-toned muscly chest (dang, this guy must work out or something). He didn't have a hat and his mask had yellow designs etched over it. His bangs hid his eyes before anyways so I don't really see the need for the mask, but whatever…
Takumi-kun's clothes were slightly plainer, the colours black and white didn't really stand out much next to us and he had no hat. His mask was just plain white and covered all of his face. I said he could just stand by the props and pretend to help while we figure out our escape plan. He looked really relieved…
The girls had coattails like us, but Azusa-san wore a skirt (her costume was red), Sempai wore three-quarter length pants (she was blue), and Sumi-chan just wore a leotard (hers was in indigo). They had decorated the visible part of their faces with the face paint too.
Heck, they even did up their hair and everything! Azusa-san had tied little red pompom thingies into her hair and added glitter (that's gonna be a bitch to remove later). Sempai wore a really cool bowler hat with a dark blue band. And Sumi-chan had a mini top hat clipped into her hair, plus a bunch of ribbons tied into her ponytail.
Next we got out the props from the Leon-chest (he promptly turned back into a chameleon once we took everything out). Now we really look like a circus troop! Sempai looks pretty cool all decked out in knives and… is that a katana too? Okay then… Sumi-chan looked like a real magician; she had a staff and everything!
Azusa-san had fireworks (AKA bombs) hidden all over her body, which isn't all that different from normal if I really think about it… Even Sunny-san looked cool, just like a strongman or something. Suddenly I felt sick to my stomach, realising we only had like five minutes left to come up with something…
"Um, so now what do we do…?" I ask hesitantly, praying somebody had an answer.
Le silence ensues~ (again…)
"I guess we'll just wing it?" Sempai offers with a light laugh.
Azusa-san opens her mouth to yell at her when the Ringleader returns, "Ah, Excellent! Everyone is being ready now, yes? On with the show!" He proclaims happily, ushering us out.
Merda, we are so very, very screwed right now… But judging from the looks on everyone's faces, they at least have some idea of what they're going to do. That's reassuring… If only I had a clue as to what I'm gonna do…
"Relax, all you have to do if a few little tricks with your flame. Just like when your with Kai-chi or Sadist-Sensei~." Easier said than done Aigís…
I FINISHED IT AT LAST! Or at least I finished part one of this little scenario~ :P I felt that too much stuff was happening in this chapter so I spit it here, and hopefully now I can get the next chapter done! btw I've been drawing a lot of art for this recently and I made a blog too, so you can't say I've been doing nothing! XD (though I'll admit I procrastinated a lot...)
-love NyanNyan-suru