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Warning this fic contains: cussing, cursing, violence, sexual references, deviation from canon, Au, Alternate universe, sexual implications, obsession, stalking, time travel and sexual tension.
Desires of Harmonization
Ch 4 In a Rainy Mood
As the blue haired woman made her way down the hallways of the CEDEF headquarters, members of the external advisors for the Vongola famiglia threw themselves out of the way. The woman Lal Mirch was know for two things her hellish training and temper. The scowl she wore was enough of a warning for all members to stay out of her way.
Unfortunately one of the newer members to the CEDEF hadn't gotten the memo and made the mistake of trying to walk past the former Arcobaleno. As the young man approached Lal while walking in the opposite direction, members of the CEFDEF peeked out from behind walls and doors wearing grim faces. As the young man was about to walk pass a hand lashed out.
Lal flung her hand out as if to swat a bug and slapped the man across the face. The force of the strike was so strong that the man was lifted off the ground. He spun around in midair three times before he ended up crashing into a wall.
Lal continued on her way as if nothing had happened. The members of the CEDEF that had been watching waited until the ex Arcobaleno was out of sight before they began to pull their coworker from the wall and take him to the infirmary. As they carried him to the infirmary they just hoped that whatever mood Lal Mirch was in would quickly pass.
Lal was not in a good mood. Three days ago she had finally met a compatible sky. Which would have been a cause for celebration except because of the influence of sky attraction the sky had been able to escape her. Her condition after the sky had run away was…less than stellar. When she had finally pulled herself together Lal had tried to find information on the sky.
But all of her digging had turned up nothing. A young unaccompanied sky shouldn't be this hard to find. Considering the display between the two of them Lal would think that several famiglia would be chomping at the bit to get ahold of an unaffiliated sky. Which meant that the sky must already be part of a famiglia and receiving protection
Lal made a "Tch" sound as she thought. 'This complicates things. If he had been unaffiliated then I could have nabbed him with minimal outcry but if he's part of a famiglia I'll have to make a formal inquiry.'
Lal sighed as she thought, 'Although if he was part of a famiglia that begged the question of why they allowed one of their sky's to wander around without an escort. It wouldn't be that bad if he'd already harmonized but then again if he had guardians they wouldn't have allowed him to wander around by himself.'
'If I was one of his guardians I would never take my eyes off him.' Lal gritted her teeth and thought 'its not a matter of if I was one of his guardians, I will be one of them.'
Lal snapped out of her thoughts as she walked up to a pair of oak doors. Lal really didn't want to do this. She had wanted to handle the situation without having to call in any favors or relying on anyone. But there was a young compatible sky out there and Lal had to find him before someone else did.
Taking a deep breath Lal slowly let it out. She then brought her foot up to the door and kicked. The force of the kick was so strong that the doorframe broke and the doors where sent flying into the room. Lal confidently walked into the room, heading straight for the blonde haired man who sat behind the large wooden desk in the room.
Lal might have felt bad interrupting the person's workload given the amount of papers that now scattered about the room. But then again this was Iemitsu and judging by the book he was frantically trying to stash away Lal very much doubted the man had been working.
As Lal approached the desk she slammed her hands down and stared Iemitsu in the eye.
"Hey Lal…" Iemitsu said nervously as he tried to remember what he had forgotten that had upset the former Arcobaleno so.
"I want to make a formal inquiry about a sky," Lal demanded.
Iemitsu stared at Lal in surprise. A formal inquiry about a sky was a polite way for a flame user to begin courting a sky. By inquiring about a sky, a flame user and their famiglia could reach out to the famiglia of the sky in question. It allowed for the two famiglia to begin talks to get permission for a flame user from a different familia to begin courting a sky.
It was also incredibly boring and time consuming. In truth it was much easier for a flame user to simply approach the sky they were interested in and to begin courting. Lal would have much rather not ask for a formal inquiry but with the lack of information on the sky, this was her best chance to find out who he is. Of course once she got a name and famiglia name she could always approach her sky to speed things along.
"Wow," Iemitsu finally said, "that's surprising!"
"Surprising…" Lal asked.
"Well I always thought you were just being shy and were interested in m…" whatever else Iemitsu had wanted to say caught in his throat as Lal pressed down on the desk between them, causing the wooden structure to crumble.
Iemitsu laughed nervously, "just kidding…"
Clearing his thought Iemitsu wore a serious face and pulled out a folder and pen. "Do you have a name or famiglia name?"
"No," Lal admitted.
Iemitsu sputtered, "what do you mean no?! Do you know how hard it is to find a sky without even the most basic info?!"
"I know!" Lal yelled, "if I had that information or even knew where he was I would have already started the courting and not be wasting my time here!"
"No need to be so angry about it," Iemitsu whined.
"Don't test me," Lal growled.
"So then you've met him?" Iemitsu asked.
"Yes, once." Lal admitted as she thought about her sky and smiled.
"Only once huh," Iemitsu muttered. "Would this be the reason for the incident that happened three days ago?"
Lal twitch as Iemitsu hit the nail on the head.
Iemitsu smiled as he realized he had guessed right and teased. "He must be some sky. I heard that you were almost incited for indecent behavior," Iemitsu laughed.
Lal face turned red and she gave Iemitsu a dark look.
Iemitsu coughed into his hand and asked, "so do you have a description?"
"Long brown hair, spiky on the top but straightens out, caramel colored eyes, fair-skinned and half a head taller than myself." Lal felt her face heat up and started to twiddle her fingers.
Lal bit her lip as she thought, 'Dammit why am I so flustered. What am I a lovesick teenager?'
Iemitsu noticed Lal fluster state and raised an eyebrow, Iemitsu never thought he'd see lal acting like this. He'd even consider her behavior cute if Iemitsu didn't know Lal would castrate him for even something like that.
"What about age?" Iemitsu asked
Lal thought about it for a second and answered, "probably somewhere between eighteen to twenty-two…"
Iemitsu finished writing down what Lal had told him and began reading over it. 'So a young sky with long brown hair, spiky on top and straightens out. Caramel colored eyes, fair skinned, slightly taller than Lal and between the ages of eighteen to twenty-two.'
'A pretty common description,' Iemitsu thought. 'A lot of people had brown hair and brown eyes.'
"His flames…" Lal muttered, "it had felt like he was suppressing them but even then they had felt so strong… so pure."
With Lal mention of the sky flames Iemitsu froze as he came to a sudden realization.
Lal who had just looked up noticed the expression that Iemitsu wore.
"You know something?" Lal questioned.
"No." Iemitsu denied.
"You know something," Lal stated as she reached out and grasped Iemitsu by the neck. Tightening her hold she lifted Iemitsu up, "what is it?"
"Its nothing…" Iemitsu gasped out, "really."
"You're lying," Lal hissed, "you think I don't know your tells?"
"Okay okay, I'll talk." Iemitsu gasped out.
Lal let go and watched as Iemitsu fell into his chair rubbing his neck. She hoped that it bruised "well, talk!"
"Recently I was asked to evaluate some new sky's from Vongola allied families," Iemitsu explained.
"Shouldn't one of the Ninth brats been doing that," lal asked. When a new sky appears in an allied family it was pretty common for someone in Vongola to welcome them. It was used as both a sign of trust and to evaluate the new sky. It was expected that either the Ninth Vongola or one of his sons would have done the evaluation. A new sky coming into Vongola territory could be a potential threat or asset.
"Apparently something came up," Iemitsu said.
"Anyway," Iemitsu said as he tried to change the subject, "I evaluated two sky's. One was a kid from an allied Famiglia who just activated his flames and the other is an apprentice to a different allied Famiglia's active sky flame user. One of them does fit your description."
"Which one?" Lal excitingly asked.
"I can't say," Iemitsu said.
"You…" Lal began to say as she took a threatening step towards Iemitsu.
"It's the rules!" Iemitsu quickly explained, "I give you that information and its not going to end well."
"Trust would be broken," Lal replied.
"Basically," Iemitsu agreed. While Vongola had been given the privilege to know of the new sky's that had entered their allied famiglia, it was expected that Vongola would never divulge this information to anyone else.
"There's no way…"Lal wouldn't just sit on her thumbs when she had a possible lead to her sky.
"Not until they're formally get introduce," Iemitsu interrupted. Formal introductions between allied famiglia's were common. Powerful flame users where often used to show off and barter between Famiglia.
"When will that be?" Lal asked.
"I believe around the time of Vongola Christmas ball," Iemitsu answered as he watched Lal grimace. "It's probably for the best anyway."
"How so?" Lal asked darkly.
"If I'm wrong about that sky and we put out a formal sky inquiry," Iemitsu began to explain. "And they decide they'll all for the courting, what do you think will happen when you retract your offer."
"Still…" Lal began to say not wanting to have to wait.
"The Vongola ball is a little over a month away." Iemitsu said, "I'm sure you can wait."
"What if he finds another rain," Lal hissed.
"If your interested in who I think you are," Iemitsu said "I'm pretty sure he wont."
"What's that's suppose to mean?!" Lal asked a bit offended with how Iemitsu was talking about her sky.
"Listen Lal," Iemitsu began to explain. "The guy I know doesn't really seem to be interested in the mafia. He seems more likely to end up settling down in some out of nowhere place and live out his life peacefully. You need…"
"You don't know what I need and sky's don't need to be active in the underworld!" Lal shouted.
Iemitsu ignore Lal out burst and muttered, "besides the only thing he seems to like is punching me in the face."
"Great!" Lal happily replied, "we already have something in common."
Iemitsu pouted as he watched Lal. He brought his hand up and covered his mouth. Trying to hide the smile he was sure had formed.
'Oh I can use this,' Iemitsu thought.
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