After Choice: Geeze Louise!

Honestly, don't we get a break from fighting? And how dense can everyone get? I suppose they can be excused for not knowing when they are being invaded due to just being dragged into the mafia but honestly! When you got an enemy commander in the base you don't sit around and talk about sharks needing to move in order to breathe (how does that relate to my brother wanting to fight his own way?)

"Ngh,"

"Superbi?" I pressed my hand to my ear phone, "Are you okay?"

"Take Yuni and run. This's gonna end sooner than I thought,"

"Excuse me?" he didn't sound very good. To say bang, boom and fwoosh would be mild terms to what happened. The base went up in flames, "SUPERBI!" I screamed, burying my fingers in the ground to avoid springing into the Storm Flames and pull Superbi out of the conflagration. Dammit, dammit, DAMMIT! As much as I hated to do it, and I knew we had to leave my brother to his own devices. Zakuro better pray he doesn't meet me again because he's going to get a lot more than a sonic boom. There was no time for us to dawdle in front of the base. I didn't think about anything; the only thing I thought about was keeping a steady inhale and exhale rolling and not catching my feet on anything while keeping my senses peeled for pursuit.

A burst of static almost made me rip my headphone off, but the gasping that followed it made me stop, "Superbi?" I whispered so the others wouldn't notice. Good thing I can talk and still sprint without losing speed, "Fratello?" I repeated,

"Karen?" he gasped, I almost fainted from relief.

"You okay? Of course you are, you're talking. Don't worry, as soon as Yuni is safe I'm coming back to get you,"

"What are you? Stupid?" from the sounds of it he lost a lot of blood; not enough to be fatal but enough for him to be dazed and drowsy.

"You know I don't abandon comrades,"

"You're an idiot," I could hear the smile and affection in his voice as he hung up.

Uncle Kawahira is trustworthy but I'm wary of trusting him. Hell, I have a hard time trusting anyone. All I know is we can trust him for the time being but I DON'T WANT TO! He's a very strong illusionist as he just sent Zakuro off to Mount Fuji chasing non-existent murder intents and just appeared out of nowhere; he also just takes off to parts unknown after he sent said Funeral Wreath towards said mountain. Personally, I really want to be out of this house but since Dino and Hibari are fighting Daisy I have to stick around and find out how it goes down. So I'm not getting second hand intelligence from Tsuna I tune into the wave length without anyone knowing. Yes I am nasty piece of shit and Xanxus uses a lot more Varianese words than I do (Varianese: an Italian dialect that largely includes words best not repeated in public that has different meanings example 'Shit' can mean' turd', 'darn' or 'you're amazing'). Xanxusnese is a totally different story as I have to translate grunts, body language and verbal abuse.

On the upside, Daisy is down and out (who would've guessed handcuffs can be used offensively?) but the downside is Dino got hit hard in the stomach and that is always a messy area to get hit in as every vital organ, with the exception of the brain, are located there. It's also just a messy area.

"I'm going back to the base," I said,

"That's a stupid thing to do," Reborn stated,

"I know, but I can't abandon a comrade. Ask Xanxus about it I drive him crazy," I smiled at the memory.

"AHHH" Leviathan lost his grip on the rope and fell a good ten feet. The conclusion of this fall resulted a crack which meant he had a busted leg. His yell alerted the military to our presence. It was so tempting to abandon him. "Karen what happened" Superbi and Xanxus came on line

"Levi broke a leg. We should stop using the term 'break a leg' for good luck",

"VVOOII, get your behind out of there," so tempting but no can do. For one reason or another, I just can't leave someone behind to save my self.

Superbi was steaming furious. Karen got fried to save Levi. Her hands had third degree burns and now have scars to match Xanxus. Somehow Karen and Levi survived the bomb Karen had rigged earlier. When the Varia finally found the two, Karen was unconscious. Levi said Karen release something blue and indigo with a subtle hint of orange, like Dying Will Flames. Everyone in the country of Italy saw the flames.

Appearing nonchalant is easy when you have someone to talk to, and I had Takeshi, Bianchi, Giannini and Spanner to chat with. When we reached the Vongola base through the secret entrance though I almost had a heart attack and so did Giannini, "The base! The work of my flesh and blood!" The rubble that filled the hall was largely comprised of large cement chunks and thankfully, didn't fill all the way up to the ceiling. I pulled the collar of my turtleneck over my nose to keep the dust from filling my lungs. Unlike a certain someone, I take my pain in silence.

"Let's go digging," Takeshi nudged me

"Yeah. About how far away are we from Zakuro's area of entry?" I asked Giannini,

"Let's see, about three hundred to two hundred meters to the east,"

"Let's go".

The hike to the spot where Superbi was fighting Zakuro was fairly clean, just up and over the debris which is nothing new for me as I did it almost daily when I had to blast military bases in order to get to their data banks. I still had my turtleneck over my mouth to keep airborne debris out even though it settled.

"Holy shit," Takeshi looked freaked but that was nothing compared to what I was feeling. My brother's mechanical hand had been torn off its limb and was stuck in the ground. I wanted to vomit, scream and kill Zakuro. Chill, I told myself, just because his sword hand is not attached doesn't mean he's dead…I hope.

Good. I don't want to deal with you when you're grieving. There are two kinds of cussing; one way is the verbal way where everyone hears you, the second way is where you can't say it with words but your mind says it all and makes the verbal way seem inadequate.

Okay, bye. Mukuro cleared out fast.

A small pile of gravel shifted and I glimpsed a boot. I really hope this is attached to the main body. Carefully, I crouched down and shifted the rock which Takeshi joined me. There wasn't room for Spanner, Giannini or Bianchi but they were gone on their separate errands.

"Rgh," a groan greeted us,

"Squalo!" Takeshi sighed

"Fratello!" I haven't called Superbi 'fratello', 'brother' since I was ten. I shifted my body so I was by his torso

"Karen? What…the hell….are you doing?" each word was clipped with the promise of a good scolding later on

"What d'you think? Excavating you," I can always get people to smile in these situations; especially when it's my brother,

"You're…"

"Insane, idiotic yeah I know. You just figured that out?" I glanced at him, "YOW!" I yelped when I found his left arm. 'yow' didn't even cover it. It looked like a shark and wild cat chewed it off and it was still bleeding. Without even thinking I tore the torso off my shirt and wrapped it around his hand.

"Uh Karen?" Takeshi's eyes were up at the ceiling,

"My boobs are not showing," I snapped, "you're such a kid when it comes to these things," I had a good three inches from the bottom of my bra the back was a half an inch shorter though. Besides I was wearing a sports bra. Takeshi's eyes finally back to mine, flicked down and came back up. He was still blushing slightly.

"That's a good sign," Superbi chuckled and Takeshi turned red,

"SUPERBI SQUALO!" Takeshi and I in bed together is NOT happening EVER!

Hi everyone, i know it's been a couple days since i last updated but this was a bit of a headache. Still is, but i'm out of ideas on fixing it so please give me your opinions:)

thnks 4 reading & commmenting