An Assassin's Miko
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Chapter 8: Revenge at San Gimignano
When Ezio and Kagome arrived at San Gimignano, they quickly dismounted their horses and ran to where Mario and the mercenaries were. Mario looks at the two young assassins surprised. He was sure Ezio wouldn't have come, and if Ezio didn't go Kagome wouldn't have either. "Ezio? Kagome? What are you two doing here?" he questions them.
Ezio takes a deep breath to catch his breath, "Taking responsibility. Vieri troubles you because of me." Kagome eyes glance at Ezio before looking at Mario with amusement, "Like I would let Ezio go by himself. Knowing him he'd probably get cocky and get himself killed." Ezio glares at Kagome before looking away with a pout.
"Vieri troubles us because he is a Templar and we are Assassins." Mario chuckles amused at the two assassins. Ezio looks at Kagome who nods her head before looking at his uncle, "Either way. I wish to help."
Mario smiles at his nephew, proud that he decided to stay and help the Assassin's cause. "Va bene. Then listen close: First we must find a way inside the city." He tells them as he crosses his arms over his chest as looks at them. "Though it seems Vieri expects us He has sealed the gates and sent his men to guard them. Fortunately for us, the city is larger than its host. The southern gate suffers for it. So this is where we will strike. Pronti?"
When the sun set and the stars appeared, that's when Mario decided that it was time to attack. Mario looks at his nephew and the young woman standing next to him, "Follow me." Kagome and Ezio nod. Mario turns and starts to run towards southern gate.
~Break~
After Kagome and Ezio finished killing a group of guards, They then moved further into the city, and found one of Mario's men lying wounded near a well. "Ezio! Your uncle's under attack and needs help! Go to him!" Ezio eyes widen and he and Kagome quickly run to the Santa Maria Assunta where Mario is fighting. Once there Kagome's eyes take in the large amount of guards Mario and his group of mercenaries are fighting, and quickly jumps in to help, along with Ezio and their group of mercenaries.
Mario looks to see Kagome and Ezio fighting and a wave of relief washes over him, when he sees that they are unharmed, "Ah, Ezio, Kagome! There you are! It seems my plan has hit something of a snag..." He tells them as him and his men continue fighting. "Vieri's men ambushed us, and now we've got our hands full. My brothers and I will deal with these guards – I want you to go ahead and root out that snake! Find Vieri! See that justice is served!"
Kagome and Ezio quickly left to find Vieri while his uncle dealt with the guards. Upon reaching the northern gates, Ezio and Kagome quickly climb up to watch from the rooftops as Vieri entered the city along with his father and two other men. Ezio recognized one of them, a man wearing a hood, as the same person who was at Uberto house when he gave the traitor the evidence to save his family and later at the execution of his father and brothers, Federico and Petruccio and Kagome's little brother Souta. Ezio looks at Kagome as she clenches her fists at the sight of the cloaked man.
Ezio puts a hand on her shoulder to calm her. Kagome sighs and gives her partner a grateful look before looking at the Templars.
"It's settled: Vieri, you will remain here to coordinate the mercenari. Francesco will organize our forces in the city and send word when it's time to strike. Jacopo, your job is to calm the citizens once the deed is done." Spoke the cloaked man.
Vieri looked at the cloaked man and step forward and spoke "What about that ubriacone Mario? He continues to harass my forces and I fear he'll discover what we intend." Francesco, Vieri's father spoke to defend his son's words, "He's always been trouble. Just like that bastardo brother of his." Vieri then turned to his father "Then let me reunite them, father!" The two men looked at the cloaked Templar as he put a hand on Vieri's shoulder and spoke, "There will be plenty of time to clean up rifiuti when we've finished. Now, is there anything else?"he questioned the two as he removed his hand.
Father and Son remained silent, pleased with their silence the cloaked said, "Muy bien." The Templars then moved into a circle and put their right hand over their hearts and said the Templar pledge. "May the Father of Understanding guide you!" The Templars then went to leave, but Vieri was stopped when one of his men called out to him, irritated he turns around, "What?" The solider stopped in front of him "Mario Auditore has invaded the city! He comes for you!" Vieri smirks at this news and chuckles "Then let's not keep him waiting." Vieri then retreated to the San Gimignano battlements while Mario and his troops attacked the guards.
Kagome sighs and looks at Ezio, "Let's go assassinate the fucker." Ezio smirks and nods in agreement. He then uses his Eagle Vision to locate Vieri. Kagome looks at Ezio and notices that his eyes were glowing. "Holy shit…"
Ezio smirks when he found Vieri, he turns to Kagome and points to where Vieri is standing. Kagome nods at they make their way to kill the Templar. Once they climb the tower Vieri and two of his men were standing they swiftly try to kill Vieri. Vieri noticed them and smirks as he dodges their attempts to kill him.
"Ah! There you are. I've been looking forward to this for a long, long time." He smirks.
Kagome pulls out her sword as Ezio does the same. Kagome kills the guards while Ezio dealt with his longtime nemesis, Vieri da' Pazzi. Ezio quickly over powers Vieri and swiftly delivers the final blow. Ezio kneels down to grab Vieri's collar. "What are you and your allies planning? Is this what my father discovered? Is this why he was killed?" he demands as he shakes the dying man. Kagome kneels next to Ezio and glares at Vieri.
"I'm sorry, were you hoping for a confession?" Vieri smirks. Ezio glares at the man.
"Pezzo di merda! Vorrei solo che avessi sofferto di più! Hai avuto la fine che meritavi! Spero che bru–" Ezio spats to the now dead man. Kagome puts her hand on his shoulder to calm him down, but Mario cuts off Ezio's rant. "Enough, Ezio! Show some respect."
Ezio let's go of Vieri and stands to glare at his uncle, "Respect? After all that's happened? Do you think he would have shown either of us such kindness?" Kagome stands up and backs away from Ezio. "You are not Vieri. Do not become him." Mario tells his nephew before walking over the dead Templar and closing his eyes. "Che la morte ti dia la pace che cercavi. Requiescat in Pace." Mario takes out something and hands it to Ezio, "Take this. Read it when you have time. Our work here is finished. Let us return to the villa..." Mario then turns around and walks away. Ezio looks at Kagome who's looking up at the stars.
"Kagome? Are you alright?"
Kagome sighs and gives him a small smile, "I'm fine. I was just thinking." Ezio walks to where he's standing beside her, to where their arms are touching. "You're thinking about Souta aren't you?" he questions her, softly. Kagome nods and leans her head against his shoulder. Ezio looks down at her and smiles slightly before putting his arm around her and looking up at the stars.