Chapter 4

"So... How do know that I lived in Italy?" Ieyasu asked us across the coffee table.

Rinato glared at me- What did I do again?

"Um... We are Italian...?" I tensed slightly and fidgeted.

"I apologize for my sister here...We knew you were Italian, because you act a lot like our... father." Rinato said crisply.

...Cold. And concise. Very unlike him.

Ieyasu sighed, then looked outside. It was a rather somber day, gray clouds hung in the air, and drifted past, getting darker and darker as the miles went on.

"Nee-san!" Natsuko ran into the room, holding up a fedora hat. She ran up to me, climbed up on the sofa, and stood, placing my hat back on my head. She then turned to Rinato and softly said, "Sorry, Nii-san, but your hat was destroyed by the flames." She promptly left.

"Do you know what are the flames that appeared...?" I asked quietly.

He slowly nodded, then turned towards us. "I've made my decision. You two will be staying with us for a while."

"Wait, what?!" I nearly shouted. Rinato sat there, unaffected.

Ieyasu smirked before continuing, "Both your flames are too high and out of control, and will kill you in a year, even less time for Gioia, considering she has already used part of her life force to activate the flames. You both do want to live, don't you?"

We both jolted in surprise before Rinato growled, "What is you main motive?"

(Gio-) Ieyasu spread his hands apart and smiled darkly, "Nothing much- just to make sure you won't be causing trouble in Japan."

I narrowed my eyes. Rinato-nii obviously thought he was suspicious- but what other choice do we have? 2 kids- one 11, and one 14- out in the streets, educated, but without money or resources.

"What are you offering us exactly, and what is the price?" I stated calmly.

(Giot-) Ieyasu leaned back, and put his hands behind his head. "If you can manage to get my training for you done before you both die, you will have shelter, food, water, education, and freedom. If you refuse... you'll both die in probably under a year." He tapped his temple, and shook his head while smirking. "It's a no-brainer, really."

I glanced towards Rinato, and we caught eachother's eye.

'Should we trust him...?'

'He really isn't giving us much of a choice now. I don't want to die in a year...'

'Okay then.'

"Very well." Rinato murmured. "We accept."

Ieyasu smirked, making me feel uneasy. "I knew you'd see it my way. Here are your rooms..."

~Migliore~

After we settled down, I cornered Rinato.

"What is your problem?" I hissed.

He gave me a cool glare before replying, "What is your problem?"

"I don't have a problem...?" I hesitated, before returning to the prosecution. "You've been very cool and cold ever since I woke up. Why is that?"

"..." Rinato sighed, then spilled the beans. "I thought you would be more... angry at me at first, for not being a good big brother."

"Wait, what?! You're an excellent big brother!"

Rinato stood up angrily, and started pacing around our room, "I couldn't protect you! You used up a part of your life force to save me, who was unconscious and useless!" I could see tears spring in his eyes, as he ranted, "I was utterly useless. I was asleep, laying there as a child took care of me while you endangered yourself!"

Shock overtook me, as my eyes widened, and I glomped Rinato.

"How dare you think you are useless!" I half-shouted, and buried my head into his tummy. "I think you are the best brother ever, which is why I would protect you!" I hugged harder, then continued, "You can protect me, but when you're in trouble, I will always, help you, Nii-san!"

It was silent for a minute, before Rinato wrapped his arms around me, and hugged me.

And a minute after that, he started talking weird.

"Gio...ia..."

"Yes?"

"I...can..'t...brea...the..."

"Oh. Hehe." I let go of a red-faced Rinato, panting, and then we laughed.

Together, as siblings.

~Means~

"So tell us a bit about yourself." Rebiko prompted us over supper. We were having Xi Fan (Watery Rice/ Porrige) with Qin Cai (Vegetables) and Zu Rou (Pork). An overall delicious meal.

"Answer for answer?" Rinato offered. "That way, we'll be able to know you better as well."

"Of course!" Rebiko beamed, completely ignoring Ieyasu's glares, and frantic glances. Which I internally sniggered at.

"So, we know you came from Italy. Where in Italy?"

I frowned. "Florence, I think. Now, where are we right now?"

Giotsu replied, "Nanimori, Japan. Um, what was your lifestyle? Like, erm, were you living in a rich environment, or a poor one?"

Rinato and I caught eachother's eyes again, 'I think we tell them half of the truth- orphanage.'

'I think they should know we had 2 separate lifestyles.'

'...Fine.'

"We've decided to seperate this into half the full answer, because... the past was rough. So when I was 9, and Gioia was 6, we were abandoned at the local orphanage. Life was okay, we had food, shelter, and could self-educate ourselves..."

At the end of dinner, we learned Natsuko was 6 and Giotsu was 8, that Ieyatsu worked at the local police, Rebiko stayed at home, and that they- including Rebiko- came from Italy as well. Ieyasu's former name was Giotto, and Rebiko apparenly was born in Japan anyway, so she had the name Rebiko, even when she lived in Italy for most of her life.

In turn, they learned that we self-educated us in many things, and that we ran away from the orphanage, as Rinato said, 'to see the real world'.

Giotto pulled us aside, and demanded us to tell him our past, 'for our own safety'. We just told him that our father was a mafia boss, before he told us to change our names.

"Why?"

"The Japanese know of the Italian mafia, and the... Japanese mafia around here have a vendetta against the Italian mafia. They don't know- Um, never mind. Just choose a name, any name besides an Italian one."

"... Whatever you say then." Rinato sighed, before turning to me.

"I would either have our names in American or Japanese, considering we were going to America, but ended up in Japan." I shrugged.

"So Yorokobi or Joy for you, and ... Umarekawaru or Reborn for me... Definitely Reborn." Rinato declared.

"And as for our last name, Best or Saikou. Since you're going with Reborn, I'll go with Joy."

"...I don't know which one to go with, Best Reborn and Best Joy, or Saikou Reborn and Saikou Joy."

"... Huh. Best Reborn sounds like the weirdest thing ever, so might as well go with Saikou."

"Mmkay. So try to address eachother as Saikou Reborn or Joy."

"... Joy?"

"Mhmm?"

"... I just wanted to try out the name..."

"Of course you'd do that. You're new to my name, like you were reborn and didn't know me."

Cue a facepalm from dearest Reborn-kun.

~Best~

So... Giotto has a dark side! OOoooooOOOOOoooooOOOOOO... Okay I'll stop XD

I've noticed that Haruhi Suzumiya is a ripoff of Phoenix Wright... -_-'

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