Chapter 3

"Nee-san, watashi wa anata no kyodai o sukuu koto ga dekimasu." ( Sister, I can help you save your brother.)

The little girl I had saved earlier looked up at me fiercely, her golden eyes flashing.

I knelt down to her level, then asked her solemnly. "Dono yo no watashi o tasukeru koto ga dekiru?" (How can you help me?)

Her lips twitched in amusement, and I had the feeling she was much more mature than her age. "Watashinonamaeha Natsukodesu. Watashitachiha, watashinokazoku wa Nihon de ima. Korera no hito wa, dorei bōeki o renshū shi, Nihon no Mafia kara no monodearu.

"(My name is Natsuko. We are currently in Japan, where my family is. These men are from the Japanese Mafia, practicing slave trade.)

She stared at me curiously. "Anata wa watashitachi o shutoku suru keikaku o motte imasu ka?" (Do you have a plan to get us out?)

I closed my eyes in thought. Then opened them. "Hai." I said in conviction.

"... Nee-san, anata no fedora no boshi wa doko no arimasu ka?" (Sister, where's your fedora hat?)

Bewildered, I patted my head, realizing that my birthday present was missing. "Chikusho." (Damn it) I swore.

"Gengo, Nee-san." (Language, sister)

~Frebella~ (Transferring over to Japanese)

"Natsuko, I need to retrieve food, water, and first aid, which I pray we don't need." I whispered. Our backs were pressed on the wall, listening for Nii-san and any grunts, who by association, will face my... displeasure.

"Of course, Gioia-nee."

I frowned sharply, then turned toward Natsuko. "How in the world did-"

She smiled.

(There was that feeling again.)

"Intuition, Gioia." She tapped the side of her head. "Shall we continue?"

The side of my lips quirked up in amusement. "We shall."

~Means~

After successfully finding the things we need, we searched around.

Eventually, we found Rinato...unconscious. Tied up. Injured.

My eyebrows furrowed in concern, half saying we should stay with Rinato, and the other going off to rampage the whole ship...

"Natsuko-"

"Now... what do we have here?" An oily, gross, disgusting voice sounded from behind us.

I slowly turned around to see a fat, bald, and short man in a suit, with oily blond hair slicked to the side.

"Freeing my brother." I said quietly, trying not to raze the... man... to the ground.

"How touching," The oily person sneered, "But that won't be necessary. After all, my minions will take you all."

He snapped his fingers, and groups of minions surrounded him. Two things I noticed about them, was that their uniform... consisted of a long, girly black cloak without sleeves, but two of them were wearing Rinato's fedora (With no stripe) and another was wearing mine!

I grinned sadistically. Those two will not be escaping easily.

~Cold~

"God damn it." I swore after knocking out another grunt and dodging a fist. I was being pushed back, slowly, but surely, and I was running out of energy.

My rare case of clumsiness just had to happen at that time.

"If I die," I murmured, sweat coating my body as I stood back up, "I want to say, I've always loved broccoli cheddar soup. And Natsuko, even though we just met-"

Suddenly, I saw it. A flash of silver, heading toward me, and there was nothing I could do to stop it. I closed my eyes tightly- Icouldn'tdieIwastooyoungIneededtopreotectRinato-

I saw dancing orange, before I fell unconscious

~Beauty~

"Gioia-nee! Wake up!"

"No~" I moaned, snuggling deeper into the warm blankets.

I heard a sigh before the warmness was ripped from my body, which I proceeded to pummel the person who dared to disturb my nice sleep.

"Oh, hello Rinato." I smiled sweetly.

"Good afternoon, Gioia. It's been two days." Rinato said, irritated by the fact that he had another red mark on his cheek. He never learns, does he.

"Did you say two days? Wow. New record." Rinato just sighed at my comment. "...Where are we anyway?" I managed to yawn out.

"We're at my house." A man's voice sounded from the doorway, amused.

The man was tall, with golden eyes- exactly like Natsuko's - with blonde, fluffy hair. He had a thin, fragile build, but I could see lean muscles in his arms. He wore a plain black and white yukata. If he was my age... Damn.

('Gio-' my mind said before it was cut off)

"What happened after I got hit in the face?"

Rinato narrowed his eyes. "More like have weird orange fire spew from your forehead and hands and literally burn the boat."

I blinked slowly, and then raised an eyebrow. "Repeat please?"

"You had flames on your forehead and hands. Not to mention your eyes turned for orange, after a second before fainting." He added thoughtfully.

Natsuko nodded in agreement. "Yeah, Gioia-nee, then you started a fire on the boat, and the flames burned fast enough the bottom deck was burned off."

"Were you all okay?"

"Mhmm." The man (who was probably Natsuko's father) hummed. "Impressive flame there. Though a bit of control would help. I knocked you out before the flames could reach us, and then the flames dimmed out, but the damage was still delt."

"Still," he added, bowing, "I thank you two for rescuing my daughter. My name is Sawada Ieyasu."

I frowned. His Japanese had a slight Italian accent in it, and the way he held himself was similar to... that...man.

"Are you Italian?" I asked bluntly. No need to go all-around with it.

"Yes..." He narrowed his eyes at me, no doubt suspicious, "How-"

"Breakfast~" A woman with blue eyes a shade lighter than mine, and black hair, wearing a blue, floral patterned kimono peeked in the world. "Oh! You're awake!" She smiled, then bowed. "My name is Sawada Rebiko. Call me Mama."

Ieyatsu game the look that spelled We-will-talk-later. I nodded back, both at Ieyasu and Rebiko. "Migliore Gioia, a pleasure to meet you. Thank you for letting us stay at your home."

"Ne, Mama~" A young boy, a year or two older than Natsuko came around the corner and popped out. Noticing he walked in on introductions, he promptly bowed. "Hi! I'm Sawada Giotsu."

I smiled softly at him, "I'm Migliore Gioia." He reminded me a bit of Rinato when he was younger. Speaking of Rinato, he was staring at me...

"Stop staring at me, it's slightly creepy." I tilted my head a bit, confused. Rinato had a slightly bitter tone in his voice. Better ask him later.

"Breakfast then~" Rebiko hummed, leading the three other family members to the kitchen.

Rinato and I followed, silent the whole way.

~Beauty(combined)~

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