Author's Note: Yay! A long chapter!


Disclaimer: I do not own Kateyo Hitman Reborn


I look around. It's a dream. Not a dream created by me though… It's all black and there seems to be some limited lighting. What is this…? I continue to look around. I notice that I'm wearing a white dress, like when I'm in Mukuro's illusionary world. "Go on… Find it…" says Mukuro's voice. A large, round, silver thing shows up. I stare at it. What is this…? Why is it so important, Mukuro-sama?

I jump out from behind the corner leading to an exit to the base. "Hibari-san, Dokuro, Kusakabe-san, where do you think you're sneaking off to without me?" I ask nonchalantly as I cross my arms.

"Kasumi….?" asks Dokuro.

"We're teammates, remember? If you're going to go and sneak off, then I'll come with you," I reply.

She smiles happily. "Thank you…"

"Sato-san are you sure about this?" asks Kusakabe.

I nod. "Kusakabe-san, I didn't bother Hibari-san so much to help me train just so I could sit around. Isn't that right?" I ask as I look at Hibari.


"Hey! Anyone there?" asks one of the Millefiore members as the point guns at us.

"Something's wrong, inform the command room!" says another.

"No, no. Hold on…" says "Captain Nicola" as we walk into the room so that we're in clear view.

"You're…Captain Nicola!" exclaims one of them. "Aren't you leading the main forces?"

"He" nods. "But we've succumbed to this…"

"Captain Nicola has sustained some injuries. For now, we need medical attention. We're going to the infirmary," says one of "Captain Nicola's subordinates".

"No, we need to report in before that," says "Captain Nicola".

"Yes."

"Let us through," demands the "Captain".

"Yes, forgive us. Go ahead," says one of the Millefiore guards. We walk into the base without trouble.


As we walk about, we have trouble finding out exactly where we are, even with a map. As we see two more guards, "Captain Nicola" says, "Excuse me. Can you give me a hand?"

"Huh? That's…" starts one of them.

"It's me," says the "Captain".

"Captain Nicola!" exclaims the first one.

"Have you been injured?" asks the other.

"Yes, as you can see. But the fall of the Vongola base is only a matter of time," replies "Captain Nicola".

The guard smiles. "Is that so?" Then he frowns and asks, "But, why come here?"

"Obeying, Irie-sama's orders, I'm to recover at the infirmary. But the map at the computer terminal seems to be completely useless. What happened here?" asks the "Captain".

"Yes, the arrangement of the facilities in the base has changed," explains the dark-haired one.

"Irie-sama is said to have activated a special hidden construction of the base," continues the other.

"Oh, I see. That's how it is. Sorry, but could you give me the new map?" asks "Captain Nicola".

"In that case, you'll need a finger vein authentication in the computer room to download the map," explains the guard.

"Finger vein authentication, huh?" starts "Captain Nicola". A trident materializes in "his" hand and "he" jabs the dark-haired as "he" says, "That's inconvenient."

"Captain Nicola! What are-" starts the other guard. His eyes widen as he sees the illusion start to fade and reveal "Captain Nicola" to be Dokuro and Mukurowl. "What is this?" asks the guard.

"Sorry," says Dokuro as she knocks him out.

"Hm, not bad," I mutter. "Let's continue on then."


"Roger that. Okay, we have permission to infiltrate. Our top priority is the recovery of Gamma's and the Vongola Storm Guardian's rings. If the Sun Guardian is still alive, finish him off."

"Yes, sir!"

"We'll charge in once the door is opened. Three, two, one… Wha-"

"I won't let you!" exclaims Dokuro. She knocks out the two officers in front of her.

"Who's there?!" exclaims man as the others point guns at her. I start to make my illusion disappear too.

"That flame is an illusion! That's Rokudo Mukuro," exclaims the man. Dokuro's eye patch appears and my illusion wears off at the same time.

"Negative. My name is Chrome," says Dokuro.

"Oh? I thought that Rokudo Mukuro was me," I say as I reveal my red eye.

"What? Two women?" asks one of the men.

"One of them is possessed?" asks the other.

The one next to him exclaims, "It's the Vongola! Open fire!" The third one knocks the other two out as his illusion starts to fade away.

"There's more than two of us," says Kusakabe.

"Boo! Nosebleed boom!" exclaims the cow kid as he sticks is head out of the backpack.

The Chinese girl pops out next to the cow kid and lets out a sigh. "Thought I was going to suffocate in there," she says.

"Haha! The best hitman in the world, Lambo is here!" the cow kid exclaims happily.

"Shh! Lambo, quiet," warns the Chinese girl.

"But we came to help Tsuna and the others! Kusa-cake, where is everyone?"

"That's not his name! It's Kusakabe-san," corrects the Chinese girl.

"Aahaha! Where are you, Tsuna?! And Ahodera?!" exclaims the cow kid.

Kusakabe says, "Lambo, keep it down. You're supposed to be a Guardian." Kusakabe walks to the door. "It appears that Sasagawa and Gokudera are in this room."

"We have to help them…" says Dokuro. Then, she starts to fall.

"Chrome-san!" exclaims Kusakabe as he helps her. "Are you okay? You shouldn't push yourself too hard." I cross my arms and I look around for security cameras.I'd like to avoid getting caught on camera.

"I'm okay," Dokuro replies wearily. "I came for this purpose."

"I understand. Then let's hurry," says Kusakabe.

I look at Mukurowl blankly as it lands on my shoulder. "Dokuro, don't push yourself too hard. I'll start to support from the side. Though I'm not too skilled at using the Paths yet, my illusions are still top-class," I say.

Kusakabe crouches down and starts to inspect the keypad. Mukurowl flies back to Dokuro. "Not good… A stray bullet busted the panel, starting up the mobile block."

"Kusa-dango…I'm so hungry…" complains the cow kid.

"That's not his name either! You must endure your empty stomach. This is an emergency!" exclaims the Chinese girl.

"But I'm super hungry..." complains the cow kid. He starts to dig though his afro and pulls out a blue gun-like object.

"Lambo! That's…!" exclaims the Chinese girl.

I smile at the cow kid and the Chinese. "Good job. Here, I've got some candy," I say as I give them some candy that I had in my pocket somehow.

"Thanks!" they exclaim. Then they each take one. I take the gun-like object and pass it to Kusakabe.

He nods. "Thank you." Then we walk over to Dokuro. "Chrome-san, I didn't want to use force, but we have no choice."

"Okay…" she replies. I take the two children and lead Dokuro behind the corner.

"Please stand back," says Kusakabe. We nod and retreat back behind the corner.

As the smoke clears, we walk into the room. Dokuro looks exhausted though. I look at her a bit worriedly as she leans on the door. "Chrome-san!" exclaims Kusakabe.

"Don't mind me… Hurry, go…." she says. Then she starts to fall again. Kusakabe catches her. "T-Thank you…" We continue to walk on. The further we get into the room, the more damaged it seems. Basically everything is charred black. What an intense battle it must have been…

I take out Katsu's box and light a flame on one of my rings. I smile fondly at the wolf as it comes out. "Katsu, help me out," I command. I scratch Katsu behind the ears.

"Your box weapon?" asks Kusakabe.

I nod. "Wolves have a keen sense of smell like dogs."


I grin as I start to mess with the second infiltration team. Technically, its Dokuro messing with them, I'm just strengthening them on the side. "What? Somebody's over there!" exclaims one of them. "T-There it is!" he exclaims as the "Storm Guardian" shows up. They fire and the "Storm Guardian" runs away.

"The Sun Guardian! Sasagawa, Ryohei has appeared! Eat lead!" shouts one of the Millefiore as they fire at him. "Fire! Fire!"

"We have confirmed the presence of Gokudera, Hyato and Sasagawa Ryohei! Be on your guard!"

"Ahh! That's…!" They find the "Rain Guardian".

"Yamamoto, Takeshi?!"

After a long pause, one of them says in a confused manner, "That's…an illusion?" The illusion disappears and he mutters, "So it was just an illusion…" I make the "Storm Guardian" charge at them now.

"It's here!" I smile as the blast of storm flames hits the Millefiore solidly.

"Fire! It's the real thing!" The two get knocked out.

"What's going on?!" exclaims a confused Millefiore.

"A-Ah, it's here!"

"O-Open fire!" The last three get knocked out as well.

"Those two are impressive," comments Kusakabe after the illusions fade away. "Still…Even if we matched up our attacks with the illusions, our power isn't even a tenth of theirs. Yet, they all reacted as though they'd been hit by the real Guardians." I jump down from my hiding spot one to the higher platforms.

"Mukuro-sama once said-" starts Chrome. "Lies hide within the truth. The truth hides within the lies. That is mist."

"Gwhahaha. I knocked them all out!" shouts the cow kid.

"Lambo, you're wrong!" retorts the Chinese girl. "It was because everyone worked together!"

"What?! It was because I worked the hardest!"

"We worked together!"

"In any case, we need to save Sasagawa and the others before the enemies show up. How is the search going, Sato-san?" he asks. Suddenly, Dokuro collapses again. "Chrome-san!"

"Are you okay?" asks the Chinese girl.

"Did she fall asleep?" asks the cow kid. Dokuro…I should have covered the power for the illusions more. She isn't used to doing much without the support of Mukuro-sama… I tug on my black bell sleeves uncomfortably. I don't want to admit that I'm wrong. Then I crouch down to re-lace my black knee-high boots. After that, I start to look around. Katsu has had no luck so far…Where could they be?


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