An Assassin's Miko

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Chapter 4: The Tragic End of Peaceful Days

The next morning, Kagome is once again lounging on the roof of the Palazzo Auditore, when she hears Maria calling her. "Kagome, come down here please! I want you and Ezio to accompany me somewhere." Kagome sighs and makes her way down to where Ezio and Maria are waiting.

"Morning, Ezio, Maria." She greets them.

"Good Morning Kagome," replies Maria, "Come, then it's not far." They three of them then leave the palazzo. "So, Kagome…" Ezio starts to question, "What was your family like?"

Kagome looks at Ezio "What brought that on?" She questions him as she walks a little faster to catch up with Maria. "Well, you've been with us for a few months and you've never said anything about them…. I was just curios." He tells her.

"Well, my Father died a year or two after Souta was born so I don't remember much about him. My Mother always said that I have his eyes. Anyway, my mother was kind and was a very understanding person." She tells them, not aware the Maria is listening to their conversation with a knowing smile, "My Grandfather, was a little crazy….he thought that demons were real, he always gave me weird things for my birthday too, he said that they prevent demons from coming and eating me in my sleep." Kagome laughs at Ezio's facial expression, "But I loved none the less." Ezio shakes his head amused.

"Ah, were here!" Maria tells them as she walks up to the door and knocks. The door was immediately opened by a young man that looked to be a few years older than Ezio.

"Madonna Auditore! Welcome! I've been expecting you." He tells her. "Leonardo, buon' giorno." She greets him. "This is my son Ezio and adopted daughter Kagome." She introduces the two teenagers.

"Leonardo da' Vinci." Leonardo introduces himself, "Molto onotato signore, and signora."

"Holy crap! I just met the Leonardo da' Vinci!" Kagome exclaims to herself in her head. "I can't wait to tell Souta! He'll freak when I tell him."

~Break~

It's late afternoon and Kagome is sitting on a couch watching Souta play with Petruccio. Kagome grins, "Hey Souta, can you guess who I met today?" she questions. Souta looks at Petruccio and then looks at Kagome "I don't know, who'd you meet?"

Kagome leans forward and her grin widens "Leonardo da' Vinci." Souta's eyes widen and jumps up "Are you serious?!" he exclaims, "You met the Leonardo da' Vinci!" Kagome smiles smugly and crosses her arms over her chest. "The one and only Leonardo da' Vinci." Petruccio looks at them confused, "Is this Leonardo da' Vinci the one who paints for Madre?" Kagome nods. "Yep!"

Ezio walks in the room to see Souta jumping up and down excited, Petruccio looking confused and Kagome sitting on the couch with a smug smile. Ezio shakes his head amused before walking over to them. "What's so interesting?" he questions as he sits on the couch next to Kagome. "I was just telling Souta that we met Leonardo da' Vinci today." Ezio looks at Souta, "Why is that so exciting?" Souta glares at Kagome before crossing his arms and pouting, "You wouldn't understand." Kagome rolls her eyes before looking at Ezio, "So, did you need me or something?" Ezio looks at her, "Not me but, Padre wanted me and you to see him in his office."

Kagome sighs and gets up, "Well, duty calls." Kagome says as she ruffles Souta and Petruccio's hair, "I'll see you two later. Stay out of trouble."

Kagome and Ezio walk out of the room and towards Giovanni's office, once there Ezio knocks and opens the door when they hear "Enter."

Giovanni stands up from the seat that he was sitting in and looks at the two teenagers. Kagome notices two bulky letters on the desk and sighs quietly.

"I want you two to deliver these to certain associates of mine, here in the city."

"Yes, Father." Ezio says as Kagome only nods.

"I also need you two to retrieve a message for me from a pigeon coop, not far from here."

"We will get it done." Kagome tells him as steps forward to grab one of the documents.

"Good. Ezio when you're done come back here we have things to discuss. And please you two stay out of trouble. Hmm?"

Kagome and Ezio both leave Giovanni's office. "Kagome, what do you think my father has to tell me?" Ezio questions as they see their first destination. Kagome shrugs, "I don't know it could be a lot of things."

Ezio and Kagome walks in to and they here behind them, "You Giovanni's kids?" they turn around to see a man with a courtesan. "No, you idiot. One of them just happens to look exactly like him."

Kagome puts a hand to her mouth to keep from laughing. "Give it here, we're not contagious." Kagome sighs and hands the document over to the man, once the man and the courtesan leave Kagome laughs a little and starts to leave, "You coming Ezio?" she questions without looking at him. "Yes, I'm coming." Ezio tells her, "Wait, I don't look exactly like my father, do I?" his only answer was Kagome laughing. Ezio huffs and speeds up to catch up to her.

At their next destination they see a man looking very nervous, Kagome looks at the man and shrugs. "We have a delivery from-"Kagome is rudely interrupted by the man, "Giovanni Auditore?" Kagome sighs, "Yes…" The man looks around and says, "Were you two followed?" Ezio frowns, "Why would we be followed?" The man grabs the document out of Ezio's hand and says before he runs off. "Tell your father that they're moving tonight and he should as well." With that said the man runs off. "Wait! Come back here! What do you mean?!" Ezio calls after him. Kagome looks at him, "Let's hurry over to the pigeon coop and go home." Ezio nods.

~Break~

Once back at the Palazzo, Kagome looks around and gets a horrible feeling, "Ezio, we have to be careful. I'm getting a bad feeling about this." Ezio nods as he opens the door. "Father? Federico?" Ezio calls for them as they look around. Kagome notices movement out of the corner of her eye and dodges as something swings at them.

"Ezio, Kagome! Thank god!" Annetta exclaims as she puts a hand above her heart.

"What happened, where is everyone?" Kagome questions as she looks around. "The took you father and brothers to the Piazza della Signoria, to prison." Kagome looks around and clenches her fists, "Annetta, did they take Souta as well?" Annetta nods sadly and looks at the floor. "Ezio wait here for me I have to get something." Kagome quickly runs upstairs to her room and takes a chest from underneath her bed. She opens it and looks at her Assassin robes and weapons. Kagome robes are similar to Giovanni's robes but the only difference is Kagome's doesn't have the cape over her shoulder. Kagome's weapons are a bow and a quiver of arrows, a sword, two hidden blades and a dagger. Kagome quickly puts on her robes and puts her sword in it' sheath along with her dagger, puts her arrows on her back along with her bow and walks out of her room and down the stairs while fastening her hidden blades. Once down stairs she sees Claudia holding onto Annetta and Ezio about to say something but Kagome cuts him off. "It's not safe here." Kagome states as she looks at Annetta, "Is there somewhere safe you could take them?" she asks. "Yes, Yes to my sister's." Kagome nods and looks at Ezio to see him gaping at her. "

"What are you looking at?"

"What are you wearing? And why do you have so many weapons?" he questions her. "Don't worry about that now." Annetta looks at them with fear in her eyes. "Ezio, Kagome please be careful. The guards were looking for you as well." Kagome nods and puts her hood on. "Let's go Ezio."

~Break~

At the Piazza della Signoria, Kagome looks up at the window to cell that's holding Giovanni, Petruccio, Federico, and Souta and looks at Ezio "That's the cell, let's go." Kagome quickly climbs up the wall to the window to see Giovanni pacing, Federico on the bed with Souta and Petruccio. "Giovanni! Are you and the others alright?" she asks him worried. Souta looks up to see Kagome "Kagome!" Souta jumps up from the bed and runs over to the window and looks at her, "Sis, I'm scared."

Kagome looks over to see Ezio talking to Giovanni on the other side of her and looks back at Souta, "It' s going to be okay Souta, I'm not going to let them hurt you. I promise." Souta nods and blinks his eyes as tears come to his eyes, "I guess I can't tease you about how you were the damsel in distress when you went to the feudal era and Inu-no-nii-chan had to save you." Kagome clenches her fists at that name but smiles sadly at Souta and reaches out to ruffles his hair. Everyone hears a loud banging and voices getting closer. "Kagome, Ezio go!" Kagome looks at Giovanni "Please keep him safe." Giovanni looks at her sadly, "I'll try." Kagome nods and watches Ezio jump into a pile of hay. Once she sees him jump out she does the same.