An Assassin's Miko
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Chapter 2: The Auditores and Arrangements
Giovanni leads Kagome and Souta up a staircase and into another room. Inside the room looks to be some kind of living room. Giovanni glances at his two campions to see Souta looking around with a excited expression, but Kagome is looking around with indifference and staring straight ahead.
"Padre, who's this?" A young boy that looks to be about Souta's age asks as he notices the two people behind Giovanni.
"Petruccio, this is Kagome and Souta. They are going to be living with us." Giovanni answers the boy identified as Petruccio. Giovanni looks at Kagome and Souta "This is my youngest child Petruccio."
Souta grins at Petruccio, while Kagome just nods.
"Padre, could I play with Souta?" Petruccio asks his father.
Giovanni nods and Souta walks over to Petruccio. Giovanni looks at Kagome to see her watching Souta play with Petruccio with a small smile, "Shall we go?" Kagome nods before following Giovanni out of the room and into a hallway.
"I see that Souta has no problem here, as long as he's safe I can deal." Kagome tells herself.
"Kagome." Giovanni's voice brings her out of her thoughts, "Stand here for a moment." Kagome nods in acknowledgement as she watches him open a door to their right, walk inside and close the door behind him.
"Oh, who are you?" Kagome looks to where the voice came from to see a teenage girl about her age walking out a doorway.
"I'm Kagome."
"I'm Claudia, could I ask why you're here?" The girl, Claudia asks her.
"I'm a family friend, my family just died and my little brother Souta and I sought refuge here." Kagome answers.
"Oh, I'm so sorry for your loss." Claudia says as she walks closer, "Were is this brother Souta?"
"He's playing with Petruccio."
The door opening draws the teenagers' attention. Giovanni and a woman with a kind smile steps out behind him.
"I was informed of your situation Kagome." The woman tells her, "I am happy to help you and your brother."
"Oh, Thank you..." Kagome says but stops as she doesn't know the woman's name.
"My names is Maria, I'm Giovanni's wife." Maria tells her.
"Thank you Maria."
"Kagome, I would like to speak to you in my study." Giovanni draws Kagome's attention to him.
"Of course, lead the way."
Giovanni leads Kagome away from Maria and Claudia back to his study. Once inside Giovanni sits at his desk and Kagome sits in a chair in front of his desk. "Would you be interested in becoming an Assassin?" Kagome blinks at the question before shrugging "Sure, as long as I can protect Souta I'll do it."
Giovanni smiles at her, "My eldest son, Federico, is an Assassin as well. He will help me train you to become an Assassin."
Kagome nods before running a hand down her face. "I can't thank you enough Giovanni." Kagome says to him, "I honestly don't know what I would've done if you turned us away."
"Think nothing of it Kagome, I know it isn't your fault that the Apple brought you and your brother here." Giovanni tells her, "Just know there is a possibility that you may never return."
Kagome swallows thickly before saying, "I'm aware of that, but I just want to keep Souta safe and happy." Giovanni nods and opens his mouth to say something only to get interrupted by a knock at the door.
"Enter." Giovanni sighs.
A man that looks like Giovanni and Maria enters and blinks as he looks at Kagome. "Padre, Madre informed me of Kagome and Souta's problem." Giovanni nods his head. "Kagome this is my eldest child, Federico."Kagome looks at Federico and nods "So you're going to help me train to be an Assassin?" She questions
Federico looks at her and smiles "Yes, I am." Federico tells her, "We start training tomorrow." Kagome sighs before putting a hand to her temple and rubs it. "Alright, I'll be ready..." She tells them tiredly.
~Break~
Kagome is sitting outside on the roof of the Palazzo Auditore gazing into the distance. It's been almost a month now, since Souta and I sought help from Giovanni.." Kagome thinks to herself as she lays on her back looking up at the clouds. Kagome's peaceful mood was broken by the sound of Giovanni's voice, "Kagome, come down for a moment I need to speak to you."
Kagome sighs to herself before finding her way down and walking to where Giovanni is standing in front of the Palazzo Auditore.
"Is something wrong Giovanni?" she questions him as she comes to stand next to him. Giovanni sighs before saying, "I just received an angry letter from Christina Vespucci's father this morning."
Kagome rolls her eyes "What did the pervert do know?"
" Her father found him in her bedroom this morning." Giovanni tells her. Kagome looks out the door to see Ezio walking down the street. "Well, you can yell at him all you want now, for the pervert himself is coming this way."
"Good morning, Father, Kagome." Ezio greets them as he sees them standing at the door. Giovanni looks at Ezio 'Do you think me blind and deaf, my son? I know all about your fight with Vieri de' Pazzi last night…" Giovanni's words fall deaf on Kagome's ears as she looks at Ezio and notices a fresh wound on his right side of his mouth. "He must have gotten that from the fight Giovanni mentioned…" she thinks to herself.
You little devil!" Giovanni starts to laugh, "You remind me of myself when I was your age." Kagome face palms as she watches Giovanni laugh. "I wasn't expecting that…"
"Kagome, Ezio follow me please, I have things for the two of you to deliver." Giovanni tells them as he walks back towards the Palazzo. Ezio grins at Kagome "You thought I was going to get yelled at weren't you?"
Kagome rolls her eyes at him "Shut up Ezio." Ezio just grins at her before walking faster to Giovanni.
Once inside Giovanni's office, Giovanni returned to his desk and handed Ezio a letter and Kagome two parchment documents in a leather case. "I want you two to deliver these to Lorenzo de' Medici at his bank without delay." he tells them.
"May I ask what it concerns Father?" Ezio questions Giovanni.
"As for the documents, you may not. But it'd be as well for you two to know that the letter brings Lorenzo up to date on dealings with Milan. I spent all this morning preparing it." He tells them, "This must go no further, but if I don't give you two my trust, you'll never learn responsibility. There's a rumor of a plot against Duke Galeazzo a nasty piece of work, I grant you two, but Florence can't afford to have Milan destabilized."
"Who's involved?" Kagome questions.
Giovanni looks at them both narrowly: "They say the principal conspirators are Giovanni Lampugnani, Gerolamo Olgiati, and Carlo Visconti; but it looks as if our own dear Francesco de' Pazzi is involved as well, and above all, there's a plan afoot which seems to encompass more than just the politics of the two city-states. The Gonfaloniere here had taken Francesco into custody for the moment but the Pazzi won't like that at all." Giovanni stops himself, "There. I've already told you two far too much. Make sure this gets to Lorenzo quickly I've heard he's leaving for Careggi very soon to take some country air, and while the cat's away…"
"We'll get it there as fast as possible." Ezio tells his father.
"Good. Go now!"
Ezio and Kagome set off, using the back streets as far as possible. "Well that was interesting…" Kagome tells Ezio as they're minutes from the Medici Bank, Vieri' and his men stand blocking their path.
"Sorry, my little piglet," Ezio shouts at him, "but I simply don't have time to give you another drubbing now." Kagome rolls her eyes and huffs at Ezio. 'We don't have time for this Ezio."
"It's not me that's going to get another drubbing," Vieri shouts back, "You're concerned; but don't worry I'll send you a nice wreath for your funeral!"
The Vieri's men were closing in fast as Kagome and Ezio desperately look around for an escape route. The street's tall houses and walks hemmed to them . Slinging their satchels around their bodies, the run to a wall, and climb it in hoping of getting away from Vieri's men.
Once on top of the roof Ezio looks down at Vieri and says "I haven't even got time to piss on you." Kagome glares at Ezio and hits him on the back of the head. "Stop being an ass, we need to hurry." Ezio laughs as he and Kagome run across the rooftops to the Medici Bank.