Jabberwocky.
R shifted on his seat uncomfortably. He peered to the girl beside him. "I hate being out of our robes and bandages," Fin turned to him and showed an 'isn't that obvious' look on her face. "Makes you feel like a human. Yes I know. But the other question: would it be good for Vindice's—our reputation if the two wardens—chief and vice-chief nonetheless are out on internet café to browse?" Fin clicked her tongue as she carelessly tossed her wavy black hair.
R glanced at the mirror and checked out his own spiky black hair. They both wear black contacts to avoid any people who might get chills from their 'inhumane' stares.
Inhumane stares, oh gods, if their Father knew about this, he'd be rolling himself on the floor, laughing.
"Ah, R check this out." Fin pointed to the computer screen. R narrowed his eyes to look at the video his sister was watching. "'Underworld Angel: Alice in Wonderland'… quite a title. What video is this?" Fin chuckled. "It's the Jabberwocky." The warden siblings waited for the video to stream ("Darn YouTube! Darn internet! I shall install a hi-speed internet for my private quarters.") and watched it calmly.
The video was about a simple execution of a girl done by a little brown-haired winged boy. It was long, and entertaining.
"Whoa, Estraneo did some good entertainment. Don't you think so, Fin?" R licked his lips, but his sister was gripping the sheathed riding crop (which she insisted on bringing despite R's thinking that she's blowing their cover to look like humans) with a happy expression on her face and was shivering from happiness.
"I can't wait to have him, R. He'll be so lovely when he's hit with my riding crop. Aaah~ those prisoners are getting boring after all~"
R smirked. Maybe his sister hadn't lost all of the reason why their father chose her to be the chief warden of Vindice instead of him.
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It was a good thing that Haru was out.
It was a good thing that Verde was here.
It was a good thing that Jabberwocky is a monster.
Three intruders. Invaders of Verde's lab. All dead within a few minutes after their infiltration.
"Awen't Jabberwocky goo', Ve'de?"
Verde can only gulp as he remembered how Jay practically massacred the three of them into oblivion…
"Yes, you're awesome, Jay."
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A few weeks have passed since Jay killed everyone. And it has been two months since Verde picked the fallen angel. Today was supposed to be a normal day, where Verde go to work and Haru took care of Jay. But, today was an anomaly. Haru needed to get something done with her boyfriend, and Verde volunteered to get groceries. But, Haru refused to let Jay stay home alone, and that was why they were having this conversation in front of Verde's laboratory entrance.
"Are you two going to be okay? I can stop by and buy groceries after I'm finished," and Haru was looking genuinely worried.
Verde glanced to Jay, who was gripping his hand for the life of him. Probably nervous about his first outing. Verde was nervous, but he was calmer than both Haru and Jay. "We'll be fine, Haru. Go and have fun with Takeshi Yamamoto." Verde said for the third time since the three of them changed their clothes (obviously Haru had taken a long time, not to dress herself, but to dress Jay in the cutest way possible and ripping the clothes on the exact place where his wings were). "But, how about Jay-chan's...?" Her eyes fluttered to Jay's black wings. Verde sighed. "We have a magic trick for that." With that, Haru was silent. 'Magic trick' is the keyword he used to tell Haru about the Dying Will Flames. And she understood. "Ah, okay then~" she said in a sing-song tone.
She wore her shoes and then stared to her 'son'/officially cousin as well. "Hav s'fe twip, Hawu," Jay said as he tilted his head. Haru shivered and launched herself to hug him. "Kawaii~~~~!"She whispered. "You are really, really beautiful!" Haru blushed.
Verde was about to sigh, but his son was suddenly frozen as Haru left.
"Jay?" No response. Just a dull-eyed stare to the door where Haru just left. It was like the stare he'd given Verde that night when he spectacularly killed the invaders to their lab like a loose assault weapon or a monster.
"Is that... Professor Sally?" He asked with a deadpanned tone, none of his bad pronunciation present. He was shivering, unlike when he asked him if he's Professor Winchester. Verde closed his eyes and got to the eye-level with the brunet. "No, that's not professor Sally. She's Haru, remember? She's... Mother." For Boyle's sake, this was hard. Verde was usually present during the time Haru took care of him, but he never got it. A woman and a child suited each other best, and a man (especially a man like him) couldn't hope to understand what was going on.
"Mo...ther...?" It seems that Jay was as clueless as he was on that subject, Verde smirked and eventually chuckled. "Ve'de?" Jay asked, tilting his head. "It's 'Dad', Jay, try 'Dad'." Verde was staring directly to the now-clear brown eyes. "Dad?" Jay said, unsure. Verde felt some kind of warm and fuzzy feeling that he couldn't quite understand. He never felt this emotional before. Jay really did bring out the weirdest things from him.
"Yes." Oh his voice sounded so stiff now. Was he, the great Verde who was known as the second Da Vinci, nervous? The answer was yes.
"Daddee!"
All of his doubts were washed away the instant Jay smiled to him. Screw this, they weren't going to just get grocery, Verde will fill adoption papers this evening. The wings, the way he'd froze when certain words are said, the incoherent sentences, it didn't matter. He had his doubts about raising Jay, but after that smile... after that smile, he felt foolish for not doing it when they first met.
Okay, the decision is now made. Verde took out a mist-ring from his labcoat. "Jay, what type of flame do you have?" Jay didn't freeze like Verde thought he would, but he tilted his head. "Are you Mist? Can you apply illusions?" Verde asked. He was incapable of illusion. Sure he was making a device that can make illusion into reality, but he wasn't a mist-type, he's the lightning-type.
"All so'ts!" Jay cheered. "All sowts! Daddee Jabberwocky all sowts!" The brunet child was cheering. Verde took out a small box containing all types of rings. He narrowed his eyes. "Can I put these on?" He asked, earning an enthusiastic nod from Jay. The green-haired scientist straightened his glasses and put on all seven rings on the brunet's fingers.
"Detecting ring type..." Jay whispered. And as Verde expected, he froze. "Confirmed. Seven rings of the sky present. Please select the flame you wish me to have." Jay stared to Verde expectantly, as if he was waiting for an order.
Verde gulped, and then he gently put a hand on Jay's cold face. "M-Mist," he was shivering from excitement and curiosity. "Use it to cover your wings from plain sight, make it blend with your surroundings." He was ordering slowly, to see what kind of reaction his would-be son would have. Jay nodded and closed his eyes. "Affirmative, please wait." The mist ring burns on his hand, but the flame soon spread to his whole body.
Jabberwocky's body was glowing a faint indigo glow and his wings started to disappear. Verde can only widen his eyes in awe. "Order complete. Is there anything else you wish me to do, professor?" He asked. "N-no." Verde answered, still in awe from the boy's glowing body. "Very well..."
Then, Jabberwocky fell, and Verde caught him. The boy was wingless and Verde thought it was a perfect illusion. A few seconds later, Jabberwocky, no, Jay woke up and smiled. "Leggo?" He asked.
"Let's go," Verde held his son's hand. If his illusion was this perfect, then outings would not be a problem.
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"Ah!" A sudden flinch from the little Giglio Nero Ottavo alarmed everyone. Gamma, her daughter's boyfriend was the looked the most alarmed. "What is it, Ottavo?" Gamma asked. Luche smiled as both teenager looked inexplicably concerned, even her daughter, but she smiled pleasantly.
"I'm fine, thank you." The Arcobaleno smiled. I am fine,but my pacifier just glowed. Though faint. Is someone using the flames? No, if that happens the glow would be intense. I wonder what's going on...?
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"Whoa."
"Ah,"
I-Pin was on guard, and so was Lambo. Both their masters' pacifiers glowed faintly, and the four of them were surprised. "Are you okay, Father?" I-Pin asked, worrying. And Lambo nodded lazily, also asking his fedora-wearing master.
"I'm fine, I-Pin," Fon smiled assuringly. "Yeah dumb cow, you don't expect the great me to be harmed by something like this, do you?" The teen shook his head frantically. "Honestly, Ganauche raised you leniently." Reborn faked a sigh.
Lambo reacted slightly at the mention of his father, but he didn't say anything and shrugged. "So what will we get if we ally with you, Fon?" Reborn asked calmly. I-Pin narrowed her black eyes, but Fon drank his tea calmly. "Two of the greatest assassins to ever grace China." I-Pin blushed, but Fon said it so kindly and it was the sheer truth. "What makes you think that the greatest hitman in the world would need personal assassins?"
"Shielding purposes?" I-Pin offered, earning a pleasant chuckle from Fon. "Got the perfect shield here." He cocked his head to the horned teen beside him. "Ahh, Ganauce the Third's son. The future lightning guardian, I presume?" Reborn smirked and nodded.
"Unfortunately," I-Pin readied herself when she saw her father's fingers, tapping a rhythm she knew the best. "Your shield-" I-Pin moved as fast as she could. Not even wind could compete with her speed. "-will never be as fast as the wind-dragon princess." I-Pin was now on the left side of Reborn, the opposite of Lambo"s right. None of them reacted fast enough.
"Splendid, I-Pin." Fon clapped his hands calmly. Reborn was shocked, but eventually smirked. "You've got yourself a deal, Fon."
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"Oh gods…" As Lal and Colonnello's pacifier glowed, Chrome tensed. They all reacted at the same time. "Na—Chrome?" Mukuro asked immediately, his hands were firm on his sister's waist, making sure that she won't fall. "What the hell was that-hey?" Colonnello asked. Lal shook her head, also unsure. "This presence…" Iemitsu gulped nervously and asked. "Could it be…?"
"Yes, this is the Jabberwocky. Judging from the presence… I'd say that he's here, in Sicily." Iemitsu's eyes widened. Finally… finally after long two months… he's getting closer to his son.
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"Faint glow… would you let me touch your pacifier?" The redhead asked. Skull only nodded, not understanding the reason why Enma would want to touch his pacifier.
The boss of Shimon kneeled and touched Skull's pacifier, he closed his eyes. "This radiance… its source came from Sicily, one of the market stalls, quite far from here." The redhead opened his eyes and took Skull on his shoulder.
"Shall we go greet him? The Jabberwocky I mean." Enma smiled sweetly.
Doooone! I have nothing much to say. But… please review?
Your friendly fangirl,
~Chiri-tan