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Chapter 22- Get Set...
After eating dinner, the group went off to their rooms to rest up for the upcoming raid. Except for Aoyuki who left to go with Sakurako to her room.
"Hey, Kaji." Gokudera called out, "Why the hell are you heading to Shimizu's room?"
Pausing, Aoyuki turned to Gokudera, "Ah, you know, it's one of the things we did back in school. Before any really big events, we'd just kinda have something similar to a prayer circle. Except secret. We'd let you guys join, but it'd take too long to explain things." Gently nudging Sakurako, Aoyuki continued with a wave of his hand, "Don't worry. I'll be back before long."
"Yeah. So don't butt into our friendship, squid." Sakurako sent a glare to the storm guardian, who indeed returned the glare with a scowl.
Aoyuki turned away to hide his laugh under a cough. "Squid," he whispered, tearing up, "she called him a squid. Hahahah. Oh, I can't take it."
"What did you say woman?!" Only to be held back by Tsuna and Yamamoto.
"G-Gokudera-kun!" Tsuna tried to calm his friend's anger.
"Well then, we'll be off!" Grabbing Sakurako, Aoyuki quickly headed off to her room in order to strategize for the battle.
"You know," Sakurako began once the door closed, "What should we do once we're inside Melone base?"
Letting go of his friend's arm, Aoyuki slowed down before answering, "I'm not sure. I guess, stick to the group until we end up at Shou? That'd probably be the easiest. Hibari-san is gonna be doing his stuff, so he won't end up with us till later."
"True, but what happens if we end up separating?" She asked Aoyuki.
"You mean as a group, the two of us, or us with which ever group we stick to?" Aoyuki casually raised his arms behind his head and glanced back at Sakurako.
"When we stick to a group, like what if we end up with Yamamoto and Lal or Gokudera with TYL Ryohei?"
"Uhh… I don't know. Hide or something. You know what? Maybe it'd be better if us two stuck together and went off on our own. Less chance of us disrupting the story, yeah?"
Nodding, Sakurako made a decision, "Then our mission is to...find Shouichi on our own."
Aoyuki let out a sigh. "I suppose so. I'm not sure how big of a difference it'll make. Let's hope Kimimi gets here on time."
"I hope so, at least not in a battlefield…" Sakurako shivered at the thought, "Kiki's other nature is scary when in battle."
"Lol. You got that right. But isn't everyone a little scary when in battle?" Aoyuki glanced back at Sakurako, winking.
Sakurako deadpanned, "Right."
"Anyways. There's not really much to do except wait for the thing. The explosion. The beginning of the raid. Wanna go raid the fridge for ice cream?"
"Yuki…" Sakurako sighed, "We're going into battle soon, and….wait ice cream?"
"Yes, ice cream. Let's!" Aoyuki let out a laugh, and dashed over towards the kitchen. "I call dibs on chocolate!"
"Aw! No fair!" Sakurako pouted.
"You know how the dibs game works. You call first or you lose. And I called first!" Entering the kitchen, Aoyuki grabbed spoons from the drawer and opened the freezer door to grab the ice cream cartons.
"Fine! I'm getting vanilla!" Sakurako huffed, taking the carton Yuki offered to her.
"Here you go! Let's eat!" Aoyuki stuffed his spoon into the ice cream and prepared to take a bite.
Explosions heard in the distance
"...I wanted to eat ice cream." Sakurako teared up.
"Shit, really? Now? My ice cream! Ughhgh. Let's go. We can eat them afterwards." Aoyuki angrily shoved the cover back onto his carton and threw the spoons into the sink.
Stuffing their cartons of ice cream into the freezer, the two friends quickly grabbed their respective weapons and box weapons. Regrouping with Tsuna and the others, they were saddened by the fact that they couldn't finish their ice cream.
"Giannini-san, please open the hatch!" Tsuna asked, readying himself.
"Yes, sir! Hatch F is opened!" Giannini responded.
"...Still mad that we weren't able to finish our ice cream." Sakurako mumbled.
"Absolutely. But you know what? Gonna punch people in the face. And that's always great." Aoyuki whispered to Sakurako, punching his fist into his other hand.
"Perfect." Sakurako's tone darkened as she eyed the fans held in her weapon belt. Sakurako felt ready to shank someone with the edge of her weapons.
"S-Sakura-chan?" Tsuna unfortunately noticed sudden change in nature.
"Oh don't worry, Tsuna-kun." Sakurako reassured him.
"Yeah, don't worry about us. We'll be fine. You just focus on leading us through and doing your part. Let us worry about ours." Aoyuki followed, swiping his bangs away from his eyes.
"Kaji is right." Lal continued.
"I'm kinda glad I'm not a claustrophobic person. Otherwise getting through vents would be slightly problematic for me." Aoyuki commented, eyeing the spacing of the ventilation as he climbed through. "Hey Sakura, you'll be okay as the rear guard?"
"I'm very fine." Sakurako replied.
"Are you sure, Sakura-" Tsuna commented only to be stopped by Sakura.
"I'm wearing a skirt...Tsuna-kun." Sakurako explained causing Tsuna to shut his mouth immediately.
"Shot down. Such burn." Aoyuki snickered. "Wee woo. We're gonna need some burn medication in the tuna department."
"There's a grid of infrared lasers sensors ahead. It stretches for the next 5m." Lal informed the group. "If we trigger the sensors, the high powered lasers on the other side are going to carve us up. We're going to slip through just as we practiced. Giannini made this special virtual light filter, which will stop the lasers for 5 seconds. You have that interval to get through."
"Roger." Sakurako answered, only to be shoved away thanks to TYL Ryohei, "Hey?!"
Her eyes widened to find lasers in front of her, "The lasers…!"
"Just in time." TYL Ryohei relaxed.
"Are you two alright?" Aoyuki asked worriedly, bracing himself for what came next.
Sakurako responded,"We're fi-gah!"
Plummeting to the ground, the group find themselves in a sealed off room with a huge man standing there waiting.
"Huh~ I thought it was just a mole, but it's a bunch of human kids~" He laughed, scratching at the back of his head.
"...oh dear." Sakurako noted taking her fans in hand, as she fanned the smoke, "This isn't healthy."
"Hey Sakura! Let's get out of the way." Aoyuki half-whispered, half-shouted at Sakurako, harshly pushing her away from the scene. "We shouldn't appear too often. Who knows what'll happen. We might even have to get into a fight!"
Sakurako coughed, "Just don't shove me again. I think Ryohei used a bit of his brute strength in saving me from the lasers."
"Oh. Right. Sorry about that. I kinda forgot he pushed you. At least that was the worst of your injuries for now though." Aoyuki grinned sheepishly, playing with the tip of his ponytail.
"Wanna do quick recap of what we'll be seeing?" Sakurako suggested.
"I only remember very vaguely what happens. It's been so long since I've read it after all." Aoyuki sighed, struggling to remember. "Uhhhh it's like this fight right? Then its the fight with the snake charmer dude?" Aoyuki glanced behind them to make sure the others were preoccupied with the fight.
"Yes, then it's the wizard...or witch?" Sakurako frowned,
"Wizard I think. Ryohei fights, if I'm not mistaken." Aoyuki thought, glancing at the group every now and then.
Sakurako shook her head, "No it's Lal who ends up fighting the wizard."
"Then it's the ginger dude right? The weird doll copy thing?" Aoyuki puffed his chest out proudly, happy to remember the order of events.
Sakurako nodded in confirmation, "Yes, afterwards...I think wonderful candy lover sends out his robots while afro lady is contacted as well by Shou-tan."
"Oh yeah! Yeah yeah yeah. And somewhere, they get separated, and Yamamoto fights with Genkishi...Genkishi. Ugh." Aoyuki spat out Genkishi's name murderously.
"Then Gokudera-" Sakurako's voice ended by Gokudera's yell, "Are you two listening to me?!"
"No. We're not Squid!" Sakurako retorted to the dynamite wielder.
"No. Care to repeat?" Aoyuki shook off his angry look and replaced it with a calmer, relaxed face.
Gokudera restrained himself from releasing his box weapon, "We're heading to the next area now!"
After entering the next room, whoop de doo a new enemy strolled along. Just as the two friends predicted (out of order), it was none other than Gingerbread.
"Oh look. It's some variation on Ginger substances. I forget the name. But anyways, where were we?" Aoyuki turned to face Sakurako, huddling near the back of the room.
"Something about Genkishi and Yamamoto." Sakurako reminded Aoyuki.
"That sunofabitch is gonna hurt my Yama! I won't stand for it! I wanna punch him in the balls!" Aoyuki muttered darkly.
"Depends if we do end up following Lal and Yamamoto."
"Yeah, but there's no way around it. Even if we did follow them, I'd probably wouldn't get involved. It does help him in the end after all." Aoyuki sighed. "My Yamamoto…"
"True," Sakurako thus proceeded her recap, "Then it's Tsuna against Spanner's Gola moscas, right?"
"Yeah. That wasn't too bad of a fight. It would have been nice to see the effects of a giga zero-point whatever he called it." Aoyuki sighed wistfully, "I love ice."
"Zero-point: Breakthrough."
Pounding his fist into his hand, Aoyuki nodded. "Yeah yeah, that thing."
Sakurako returned her gaze over to the group, "We should follow. I think Gokudera seems ready to fire a dynamite at us."
"L.O.L. Like he would. That's too risky right now." But Aoyuki rejoined the group anyways.
Following after the group, Tsuna became a decoy against the incoming Gola Moscas after us. Leaving, a weakened Lal, Gokudera, Yamamoto, TYL Ryohei, Sakurako, and Aoyuki behind.
Yet in the next room they encountered a wild snake charmer ready to send out his box weapon
"Shall we continue?" Sakurako offered avoiding the incoming fight.
"Absolutely. Anyways. Tsuna's fight is done, and he gets caught by Spanner and gets help on his x-burner. Right? What else do we have to do but follow until we either meet up with Shou or get caught and meet up regardless?" Aoyuki glanced around them, before refocusing on Ryohei's fight.
Sakurako shrugged, "I don't know. Besides this snake charmer, our group still ends up being split anyways. Yamamoto against Genkishi while it's Gokudera and Ryohei versus Gamma."
Looking at Sakurako, Aoyuki crossed his arms, "Wow, much bore. But at least after this is Shou's box movement thing right?"
"Yeah. Honestly I found that unique for a box weapon. I mean how in the world did Shou-tan receive such a box weapon in the first place?" Sakurako spoke in awe of TYL Shouichi.
"Was it really a box weapon? I thought it was just his ring activation in the machine?" Aoyuki tilted his head in confusion at Sakurako's words.
"No. I remember him saying Melone Base is his box weapon." Sakurako pointed out.
"Oh. Must've glanced over that. Oh well. Oh hey, he's done. Let's go." Aoyuki smiled and waved at Sakurako to follow.
In the midst of the two heading after their allies, a sudden shake occurs. The separation scene commence as Yamamoto and the unconscious Lal sink below. Gokudera tried to reach out to Yamamoto, only to refuse Gokudera's hand.
"8059." Sakurako muttered while praying for Yamamoto's safety, "Good luck Yama-san against Genkishi."
"..." Aoyuki said nothing, still gripping at his arm in silence.
However another shake appeared, raising Aoyuki's and Sakurako's side of the floor.
"Oh shit! What's happening?" Aoyuki snapped out of his thoughts to balance himself against the quake.
"What?!" Sakurako yelped.
"Fu-" Gokudera cursed as he tried to grab Sakurako's and Aoyuki's flailing arms. Only it was too late. The two friends watched the walls close, sealing away the other pair, and found themselves in a completely different area. No sign of Gokudera or TYL Ryohei at all. They simply stood there in utter confusion.
"Well now. That never happened in the story. You don't think something bad's gonna happen now, do you?" Aoyuki shook himself off before checking on Sakurako's condition.
"...It's just as I said before, Yuki. Byakuran probably did anticipate our arrival besides Shouichi." Sakurako paled.
"Well shit. Nothing to be done about it, so let's go find Shou." Aoyuki determined, and began walking to the only path left available to them.
Spotting a door, Sakurako felt a chill.
"Why do I have a bad feeling about this?" Sakurako mumbled to herself as Aoyuki proceeded to enter the door before her.
In the room stood two people, with the lights turned on so bright that the pair couldn't see anything but their shadows.
"Ho-ly shit. Who are they? I s2g if it's some asshole…" Aoyuki trailed off, still shielding his eyes from the blinding light, before he was thrown aside by one of the figures. "Son of a..!
"Yuki!" Sakurako yelled.
Sakurako ran, heading as fast as she could to make it over to Aoyuki.
I hope I can make it in time.
"Stop." A voice bellowed causing Sakurako to freeze in her tracks.
"Who's there?" Sakurako scoured the area wondering who the heck was that.
"Here." Turning towards the source, she spotted a man with black wings, "Anyway I need you to die for me."
A small sphere full of sky flames aimed toward Sakurako the moment he'd spoken those words.
Sakurako released Lop, forging a barrier in the nick of time to dispel the flames.
"Who in the world are you?" Sakurako held onto Lop tightly as she glared at him.
"Oh me?" The man frowned as if he didn't want to introduce himself from the first place, "Yanagi Yunokawa Masaru."
"Masaru..." Sakurako painted a picture in her mind, "Monkey boy?"
"The fuck no way." Masaru leered, "This is why he should've given me another name."
He?
"Although it seems that my creator was right about you." Smirking in triumph, the man clarified, "You can't unleash 'that' power."
That?! You mean he knows about my second flame!
Sakurako bit her lip.
This is definitely not good. Is is possible that Byakuran knows our other flame?
"So you know about that, huh? Maybe I should have a long chat with your creator while I'm at it."
He waved a finger stating, "Tsk. No can do. Even if you want to...you're going to have to go through me."
Stabbing the end of his staff into the metal platform, a burst of sky flames surrounded the two creating a barrier.
What?!
"Now show me your power!" He gave off a strange maniacal smile, which freaked the shit outta Sakurako.
Taking her implements, Lop hopped onto Sakurako's shoulder. Charging toward the enemy, she quickly threw one of her fans at monkey boy.
Dodging through minimal side steps, monkey boy smirked staring at his opponent, "Is that all you got? And to think you married my Tsu-Tsu."
Sakurako froze as anger flowed pointing her fan at the monkey boy named Yanagi Yunokawa Masaru, "Who the hell do you think you are claiming Tsuna-kun?! And why the heck are you calling him Tsu-Tsu?!"
"Ah. I forgot." He chuckled, "You're not married to him yet, right? Then..."
The same maniacal smile appeared against his perfect little face as black wings lifted him closer to the girl, "Allow me to take Sawada Tsunayoshi-kun off your weak hands."
Sakurako flinched. She never thought of herself weak, but when Sakurako heard those words...you can tell by one look on her face. That she was going to murder someone.
"Monkey Angel." Sakurako called out to the jerk as she placed a hand over her deck of cards, "I'm going to tear those pesky little wings of yours off. One feather after another."
"Try." Masaru lifted his staff, "Meteor strike."
"The Devil Tarot." Sakurako breathed glancing at the card in her hand, "Just my luck. It had to be him, Ophiuchus, lend me your strength!"
In the moment, Lop hopped back onto the floor. A twinkle gleamed in her eyes as an astral image of a snake took over the small rabbit, "Hiss!"
Bearing it's fangs, the snake's hazy mist stunted the incoming projectiles aimed at her.
"Yes!" Sakurako smiled for a moment. To realize, he was right behind her.
"You let your guard down too early!"
How in the world did he...his damn wings.
Sending a kick toward the monkey angel, Masaru catches Sakurako's leg, "Is showing me your-"
"Don't you even dare finish that sentence!" Flustered slammed her iron fan across the angel, allowing Sakurako to be freed from his hold.
A bloodied gash mark was left against his cheek, "My face…"
"You deserved it." Sakurako replied holding Lop closer to her, "Stating that Tsuna-kun is yours. Trying to kill me in the process, and having the nerve of-."
Sakurako calmed herself down as she glared at Masaru. Lop merged together with her fan to form her crossbow as she aimed a sky flamed arrow toward the monkey angel, "Tell me. What is it that you and your partner over there fighting against Yuki are hiding from us? Better yet, what does Byakuran have anything to do with us you lowly pathetic excuse of a fallen angel."
"My face. You ruined my face! You damn bitch, how dare you ruin this beautiful model face of mine!" Masaru growled while staring at his pocket mirror, "Now I can't face my Tsu-Tsu anymore! You'll pa-"
Shooting her arrow, Sakurako watched as the bloodied angel flop to the ground. An arrow filled with sky flames had pierced his skull.
"Who gave you the right, to call him that? You gay trash monkey angel." Sakurako labeled the now deceased angelical being, "Unlike you, my friend over there is a much better person than you are. Yuki will be the happiest man alive with Yamamoto, and you along with your side-kick shall perish by our hand. "
Lop returned to her respective box, as Sakurako kicked the dead body aside.
"...I got my payback for the ice cream." Sakurako relaxed as she made her way to Aoyuki, "Now, I'm going to question Shouichi very soon about this."
Sakurako halted for a moment, "Nah. It looks like Yuki is still fighting whoever it is…"
Glancing over at the now dead body, Sakurako grinned as she raised a card from her weapon belt, "Well I guess I can wait until Yuki is done."
Kicking the dead body over to the wall, Sakurako raised her crossbow, "Ah. I guess I went too easy on you."
Shooting a plethora of arrows all over the monkey angel's dead face, Sakurako picked out one of the cards in her hand, "Chariot. Leo, you may use him as your scratch post."
Watching Leo rip off all of the black feathers off of the dead person to the point where you can see the bones of his precious wings, was slightly satisfying to Sakurako.
"Thank you, Leo." Sakurako thanked the beast, "Now off to see Yuki."
Meanwhile, with Aoyuki
"Ugh. Whoever did that's gonna pay, badly. You friggin toxic wastebin." Grabbing at his sore sides, he looked up at his opponent. "Oh no. Nooooooooooooooooo. You have got to be kidding me." His eyes widened at horror at what he saw.
"Tee hee hee! Like what you see, human?" A cutesy, high-pitched voice giggled, a pure white gloved hand gently tucked a strand of bubblegum pink hair behind a double pierced ear. "I'll have you know that you're looking at royalty! So you better show some respect or I'll have you killed."
"Oh my god. I think I'm gonna puke. Sakura, save me from this nightmare! I don't want to do it! She's weird!" Aoyuki whimpered, turning his face away from the pink stranger.
"Weird?! Weird!? You're calling Hime-sama, demon princess of the underrealm, weird?! How dare you! Ugh! Hime-sama's name is Sora Yumeshi Mizutensai, the Precious Pink Princess of the Phantom Valley." Sora finished off with a quick spin to show off her nadeshiko pink combat dress, letting her mauvelous pink tube top bells jingle and a cute pose pointing at Aoyuki with her pinky extended.
"Ugh whatever. I'll just beat your pink ass down and get going to fight Byakuran." Aoyuki stood up and extended his quarterstaff and stood ready.
"Like heck you will! Byakuran-sama is Hime-sama's saviour and Hime-sama won't let you touch him with your polluted peasant paws, you pig. Hime-sama has an IQ of 200 plus which means that Hime-sama is positively poised to perfectly win. Prepare to be pulverized by Hime-sama's Misty Rose Pink Passion~chuuu" Sora sang, making a heart with her hands and thrusting it towards Aoyuki, shooting out a pink beam of hearts.
Jumping aside to avoid the beam, Aoyuki glanced back at what was hit, and paled to see that the beam had left a perfectly heart-shaped burned hole in the crates. "Damn, that's dangerous. Better avoid it. Come on out Lyn! I need your help, slow her down!" Lighting his rain box, Aoyuki released his white crane who raised her wings menacingly in Sora's direction
"Oh goodness! What a pathetic looking pigeon! Did you really think something so pitiful could even prepare to penetrate Hime-sama's protection? Prepare yourself for Hime-sama presents the Precious Pastel Pink Power Series!" Sora reached into her wild watermelon pink purse, throwing a group of punzite gemstones that had been shaved down into darts.
"Okay lady. Look I get it. You like the color pink and you like words that start with the letter P apparently. I get it. So knock it off. It's getting annoying real quick. I'm going to knock you out of the sky and me and Sakura are gonna catch up with Yamamoto and the others. Then we're gonna take out Byakuran so I don't have time to waste here with you. So get out of my way!" Aoyuki yelled, rushing in and used his staff to deflect the gemstones that she shot at him.
"Oh! That's right! Speaking of Yamamoto, tee hee hee. You're not together are you? Then, Hime-sama will be taking Hime-sama's precious Take-chuuwan then!" Sora sighed dreamily and pressed her gloves against her face. Grinning evily, she then lightly pressed her left index finger against her chin, and activated her powers of mind manipulation, turning her words into poisonous weapons, "It's only right that a man and woman are together after all, tee hee hee! Something like your relationship in this time is phony, it's pseudo-love, it's not real at all. He was just doing it out of pity for you, after all, boys can only be friends with boys. He's way too polite to make a friend sad by rejecting their puppy love, even if he doesn't reciprocate in any sort of romantic way."
"..." Aoyuki was stunned, his eyes widening as he took in what she just said.
Is that true? Is what she said true? It's true I don't know which way he really swings, but what if he was just pitying me?
Lost in thought, Aoyuki stumbled backwards, clutching his head until he hit the wall. "No…You're… you're lying! Yamamoto isn't that kind of person to lie to someone! He.. he took me in when I had nowhere to go!"
"Isn't that exactly a show of his kindness? You are a burden on him, ever since you joined him. Did you ever stop to wonder, if he's alright with you staying with him? Living off of him? Like a Parasite? Forcing him to pay attention to you willy nilly, without a care for himself? Giving up his time and energy to protect you?" Walking closer to the fallen Aoyuki, Sora smirked, knowing her powers were working.
No...No please no… Let it be a lie. Please God! I don't want to have it be the truth!
Aoyuki, unable to stop the torrent of words, couldn't find anything to counter her noxious images. He didn't notice that Sora was inching ever so closer to him, swaying her hips, head held high like she had already won.
"Well, Hime-sama will end it all for you. Consider yourself lucky for having your life ended by Hime-sama's personal hands. Perish knowing that your precious Yamamoto will be well protected. Hime-sama will make sure he is happy forever. Say goodbye~ weak pathetic little plebian. Desire Pink Parasol Punch!" Sora raised her Cerise pink parasol and plunged it towards Aoyuki's outstretched neck.
"Lop!" Out of nowhere, Sakurako's box weapon blasted her sky barrier shielding Aoyuki from Sora's attack. Making her way over to Yuki, Sakurako slapped her friend in the face, "Snap outta of this stupid daze and focus Yuki. Remember what I said to you not long ago?! You're engaged to Yamamoto frickin Takeshi, and there's no way in god damn hell she's going to take your soon-to-be-husband. So get your shit together and stab this worthless piece of trash that dares ships herself with someone's husband. If you're awake now, I'll start shooting at everything pink she has, I'm beginning to detest the color now. Plus...TYL Yamamoto loved only you, it was clear the moment I first got here."
"Ah… Sakura? But…. she said… it's impossible… he doesn't actually love me at all." Aoyuki muttered, eyes still wide with pain.
"Do you want to know what my TYL self said in my letter left in her room? I never did say anything about my letter..." Sakurako's voice softened, "TYL Yamamoto kneeled before you, holding a box. It wasn't a box weapon. It's wasn't a box of sushi. It wasn't anything else you're thinking right now. It was an engagement ring, and you know who the witness of this beautiful scene is? My TYL self. Watching the whole scene right before she left to Greece with TYL Tsuna. The last line stated by my TYL self: I never knew Yuki, my dear friend, would cry so happily that day TYL Yamamoto carried you in his arms spinning you around once you agreed."
Meanwhile, Sora was just standing off to the side, as the Law of Monologues dictates that any powerful, moving speech must be uninterrupted and fully completed before the battle can be continued.
"Yama? He proposed to me? Oh… I can't believe it." Aoyuki smiled softly, tears of relief running down his cheeks. "Hahah, I guess it's possible after all. Thanks Sakura." Wiping off his tears, Aoyuki stood and faced Sora. "Sora! You filthy liar! You made me believe that he didn't care! I'll make you pay for that! Lyn! Like we practiced, Silent Rain!" Lyn took off and sprinkled rain over the room, covering Aoyuki, until he disappeared from sight.
"So, the pauper recovers and wants revenge. Well, come and get it. Even if you're invisible, it doesn't mean that Hime-sama can't find you! Hime-sama hears all!" Sora pauses, scanning the room before slowly turning pale. Hime-sama...Hime-sama can't find him? "Where are you, protozoa! You can't hide from Hime-sama!" In a rage, Sora begins throwing her gems in frenzied, random directions in an attempt to land a hit.
"Go, Yuki!" Sakurako cheered, "While you're at it, stab her as much as you want. Better yet, go for her eyes."
"You hear all, huh? Well not this time. Lyn's Silent Rain ability makes it so that my movements are silenced, allowing me to move unnoticed." A voice called out from behind Sora's back, teasing, taunting.
"You! Why you!" Sora pirouetted on her lavender pink pumps and swung her parasol in the direction of the voice.
"You missed." Aoyuki's voice sung, as he landed several harsh blows on Sora. The cover wore off, and Aoyuki swapped out his staff for his Jian sword, and stabbed through her neck. "Too bad for you. I'm going to make my romance from this timeline come true."
The pink-adorned princess tried to screech in rage, but only produced a bloodied gurgle before the life faded from her eyes.
Sakurako shot her crossbow, only to miss the darn purse, "Tch. It's still pink from all I see."
"Heh you missed." Aoyuki chuckled and pulled Sakurako for a hug. "Thanks for helping out. Let's get moving shall we? We lost enough time here as it is."
"Right. I also have questions for Shouichi about them." Sakurako walked by Aoyuki's side.
"...Was that really what your letter said? I… I want to believe that's what happened." Aoyuki asked, his insecurities rearing their heads again.
"I'm not kidding." Sakurako stated, "In fact, TYL Kiki raided my TYL self's letter stating: Oh my gawd it was so cute and gay. I can't believe they're engaged. Holy shit, I ship it so hard. It's so real. New OTP. Get it boooooy! And then a bunch of smiley faces and hearts. There were so many scrawls of writing from TYL Kimiko and my TYL self's apologies."
"Hah! I wouldn't doubt that Kimimi would say something like that. Wow. That's really amazing. I've got to hand it to my TYL self. He made it happen. I'll definitely follow that and make it happen too!" Aoyuki clenched his fist and pumped it slightly. "There's the door."
"Ready?"
"Absolutely. Let's go."
Opening the door, the two found themselves face to face with a shocked Tsuna, a nonchalant Reborn hologram, two fainted cervello, a not so surprised Spanner, and an exasperated Shouichi.
"Wow." Sakurako muttered deciding to step back, "We totally interrupted this room, excuse us."
"Oh man we came late to the party. Not cool. We'll just back out yeah?" Aoyuki laughed, and glanced over to the chamber to find Yamamoto.
"Sawada Tsunayoshi and everyone from the family, ahh I'm so nervous. My knees are shaking…. *Sigh* You did well to get this far. I was waiting for you…. I'm you ally."
Tsuna sputtered,"Wha-!?"
"You're on our side!?"
"Y-Yeah, that's right…" Shouichi replied,"Normally everything I do is under 24-hour surveillance by my subordinates and the cameras which transmit directly to Byakuran-san. But, thanks to you guys, everything's in a mess. Finally I can talk without alerting the Millefiore people...Haa, I have been waiting for this moment...Being able to meet you in this base, under these conditions, was the goal we were planning for from the start."
"Goal…?" Tsuna repeated Shouichi's words.
"Wh-what the hell are you talking about!?" Gokudera fumbled, yelling angrily.
"The fact that you were brought to this era because the Millefiore wanted to take the Vongola rings is true. But, ever since you guys arrived in this era, I've been pulling strings to get you here." Shouichi continued, standing up. "According to the secret plan we devised without the knowledge of the Millefiore. So that you can undergo through training, and become stronger. A lot of bad things happened though...for that, I'm truly sorry. But you had to increase your strength in the shortest amount of time, so that you'd be ready for the battle that's to come. This was the only way!"
"For the battle to come?" Reborn noted.
Shouichi nodded, "That's right! I'm not the enemy you're after!"
"Fuck you! You're making this all up! You were the one who got us all into this mess!" Gokudera shouted, not trusting Shouichi's words at all.
"Gokudera is right!" Lal supported Gokudera's claim, "Who'd believe a thing you say!"
"Hold up. Now I know this seems like it's a big fat lie, but it's true. Shou's telling the truth." Aoyuki interjected the argument.
"Tsuna-kun, believe us." Sakurako glanced over to Reborn. Understanding what Sakurako meant, she continued, "Please."
"Yeah. I know that you guys see Shouichi as the enemy, but trust us, he's not." Aoyuki stepped forward to try and block Gokudera's angry glares at Shouichi.
"Tenth! Don't believe them! They're traitors! They must have been lying to us this entire time!" Gokudera yelled from his confinement.
"...Gokudera Hayato." Sakurako spoke, causing Gokudera to flinch upon Sakurako's sudden usage of calling him by his full name, and not by a rude nickname. "If we've been lying this entire time, Tsuna and Reborn would've known that from the beginning. I'm not wrong...am I, Reborn?"
Reborn lowered his fedora, covering his facial expression.
"Exactly. Don't you trust their sense of judgement? Tsuna, as you know, can read a person's character right off the bat. If we were bad this entire time, don't you think he would've said something to you about it? Same with Shouni. Has he said anything bad about him?" Aoyuki swept his bangs away from his face, and gave a deadpan look to Gokudera.
"Shimizu-san...Kaji-san…" Shouichi spoke in surprise of their sudden mentioning about him.
"Don't worry about it Shousan. We know what's up. I'm surprised our future selves didn't tell you." Aoyuki patted Shouichi's shoulder.
Sakurako smiled at the red-headed adult, "That's right. There's nothing to worry about it, Shouichi."
For a second there, Shouichi thought he saw a shadowed image of TYL Sakurako and TYL Aoyuki appearing before him even though it's their past selves. "A-Anyways, this entire plan was part of your future counterpart's idea too, Tsunayoshi-kun!"
"! My idea…!?" Tsuna looked at Shoichi in surprise.
"This plan was of utmost secrecy held between myself, TYL version of you, TYL Hibari Kyoya, TYL Yamamoto Aoyuki, TYL Rokudo Kimiko, and TYL Sa-"
"Shh!" Sakurako immediately stopped Shouichi, "TYL Shimizu! Not that name!"
Shouichi straightened himself as he continued, "and TYL Shimizu Sakurako."
"Ooooh yeah that's right Shouyon. You can't be saying those kinds of things so easily. Mine too." Aoyuki chuckled, glancing at Yamamoto's sleeping figure.
"Rokudo…" Hibari's spatted the name from behind the glass. His TYL subordinate sweat dropped watching him darken in mentioning the taboo name.
"Y-Yamamoto…" Gokudera choked as he daresay turned over to the unconscious teen beside him then back to Aoyuki waving back to a shocked Gokudera, "He married…..Kaji."
"You got something to say, Gokudera?" Aoyuki shot a dangerous look at Gokudera, daring him to make a comment, and smirked as Gokudera promptly shut his mouth.
"That's also why TYL Hibari-san knew about the ambush from us. Furthermore, your counterpart resisted the idea of getting the others involved until the last minute. Finally he acknowledged that this was something his past self needed in order to grow," Shouichi continued explaining. "If we didn't take this gambit to deal with this situation, all of you and all of your friends will be annihilated! In fact! More people… or worse, all of humanity will be in crisis!"
"Is that related to the battle that's to come you mentioned earlier?" Reborn cut in.
"Ahh.. yeah.." Shouichi answered.
"...Reborn!?" Tsuna couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"I think we can believe him. Because he answered most of the questions I'd been wondering about. And all of the facts have been consistent so far." Reborn concluded.
"T-Thank you…" Shouichi thus firmly announced, "That's right. Your true enemy is… Byakuran-san. He'll stop at nothing to collect the Trinisette and take control of the world, he called this plan Trinisette Policy. If he succeeds at getting what he wants, you're going to see a hell much worse than what you've experienced so far… any man, organization, or country who doesn't do as he says will be wiped out...hm?"
"Hey Shougo. How's the Varia holding up?" Aoyuki questioned, feeling like it was dragging on too long.
"Ahhhh!" Shouichi panicked for a moment, "I totally forgot about them! Thanks Ya...I mean Kaji-san!"
"Have you received word from the Vongola HQ?" Shouichi asked Reborn.
"No." Reborn answered.
"Not yet then…? Right, it's not time yet." Shouichi held his stomach as kneeled to the ground, "Ugh...I'm getting nervous again."
"So what you're saying, Shouichi, is that the Varia has something to do with what you're going to say, correct?" Sakurako encouraged Shouichi to continue.
"Right. The war is being fought on two fronts. One in Japan with the Vongola, and one in Italy with the Varia." Shouichi scratched at his head, picking up where he left off.
Sakurako pondered, "I wonder how TYL Kiki is holding up as well as the Kiki in the past?"
*In Italy*
TYL Kimiko watched from a tree as Fran and Belphegor stood in shock.
"The one who became the king is the one who you supposedly killed... Your own twin brother... Rasiel-sama," the grinning man on the throne proclaimed.
*POOF*
A coughing voice rang out in the silence. "Oh I am going to kill that boy when I get back, I can't believe I got shot early. Where the hell am I, this stupid smoke.. Oohh shit." Kimiko looked around at her surrounding, almost falling out of the tree.
Everyone stared at the newest arrival to the battle.
"Ushesheshe, is this the special person I was warned about by Lord Byakuran? It seems she's a bit younger than I expected. No matter, you'll join my brother in his death in just a moment."
Kimiko ran towards Fran. "Little froggie, protect me." She promptly latched onto his back.
"Eh? Kiki seems to have shrunk. How did that happen? Also Bel-senpai said he killed his brother. Is that guy some kind of illusion?"
"Moron, the ability to see through illusions, isn't it an illusionist job?"
"I don't think they are using an illusion even though its just a feeling. What do you think, Kiki?" Fran turned to face Kimiko latched on his back.
"Just a feeling, eh?" Belphegor flicked Fran on the head.
"To see through illusions is very difficult. Even my master has to rely on feelings sometimes."
"Belphegor, it can't be helped that you suspect me, but I'm not a fake or a look-alike cause there's a same mole on both of our tummy plus… the scars you gave me… isnt this evident enough?" Rasiel grinned while lifting up his shirt.
"Shishishi~ those wounds are definitely left by me. It looks like it's the real one." Belphegor sighed before entering a flashback. "Ever since birth our relationship has worsened. That day started with us painting our booger on each other. Then throwing rocks, then throwing bigger rocks, then knives and then… finally eternal victory!" Belphegor laughed reminiscing how he killed his twin, but sobered up when he remembered the figure standing before him.
"Wow senpai, you can say such violence and sad drama into such a humorous manner," Fran deadpanned, lifting Bel's shirt up to look at his birthmark.
Kimiko stared for a minute. Wow. Impressive. No! I must think about Muku-kun. Oh but he's gonna be old in this period. Dang I did not think this through well. 15 year old and a 25 year old… Does that mean I have to wait until we get back to start my romance? Nooo… Screw it, I'll romance Chrome and Mukuro. Kimiko, the equal opportunist! Oh wait they're still talking. I'd better listen.
"Do you know what this is!?" Rasiel raised his hand to show a ring with a red stone and clipped wings.
Fran blinked. "Huh? A Mare Ring? That means… senpai's brother is…"
"Shesheshe~ That's right! The 6 Funeral Wreaths," Rasiel grinned showing all his teeth.
Fran tapped the side of his hat. "Leader Squalo, Funeral Wreath on the south… What's more surpising is that Funeral Wreath is moron senpai's supposedly dead brother… Looks like he's still alive and along with a creepy butler. Also Kimiko-san seems to have shrunk."
Oh shoot. What am I going to do.
Fran listened for a minute and then spoke again. "Bel-senpai, there's bad news."
"I heard it. I didn't plan on asking for help anyway. This is my own debt, I will clear it myself."
"That was what I wanted to say, my failed brother. I will take care of you nicely." Rasiel took out a box.
"Hey froggie. Since I seem to have shrunk, it's your job to protect me, got it?" Kimiko said into Fran's back.
"But Kiki should be able to defend herself with the stuff in her coat pockets. Normal-sized Kiki put everything in her pockets before she shrunk." Fran pointed out a Varia coat lying on the branch next to them. "Can Kiki see the future?"
Kimiko got off Fran's back and picked up the coat, rifling through the pockets. TYL me couldn't have hidden during the battle or something?! At least she gave me rings and boxes-ooh! Candy! "But oh look. There's only two of them and I think you and Bel can handle this without me. I'll just hang on to my little froggie until the battle's over."
"Don't think you can get out of fighting so easily, my cute little rival." A figure appeared from behind Rasiel's throne. "Oh how the fates have arranged for us to meet like this. Under the moonlight, your heavenly element, which you flourish beneath. I will teach you the meaning of love and defeat. I am Tsubaki Kiichi Hikari, your destined opponent for this match." A handsome shirtless person with leather pants grinned down at Kimiko.
"Kiki, why is this strange man addressing you? I thought master was the only one you loved." Fran drawled, eyeing the suspicious figure.
"My handsome boy~, do not presume to confine me with your 'genders.' My love knows no gender for I have no gender. Please refer to me as 'xe' and I shall call you my precious darling~" Tsubaki winked at Fran, blowing the frog a kiss.
"This is different. This was not supposed to happen, why is this happening, oh my god." Kimiko fell off the tree branch and started running away. How does xe know about that element? Oh damn, this has to be Byakuran's doing, that stupid marshmallow-loving creep.
"Tetsume Kimiko-chan~ Come back so the moon can witness our lovely battle." Xe leapt up and the sound of bat wings opening echoed through the forest. Tsubaki flew after Kimiko, blue hair flowing in the wind, xyr black wings blurring against the darkness of the night sky.
"Wings?! What the heck are you?!" she screeched, seeing the figure fly closer and closer to her.
Xe did a spin in the air, flipping xyr hair with a smirk. "Why I am a sinncubus, of course~ Could you not tell by my seductive allure? Now come here so I can show you the extent of my love~!"
"This is very unexpected. Why is this happening!?" Kimiko stopped, far enough away from Fran and Bel that they wouldn't interfere with each other's battles. "Ugh I don't have a choice." She looked up at the moon and sees that it was almost gone, signalling the arrival of the new moon. "At least I might be able to use that power."
"You put up quite a chase, my sweet moon flower. Unfortunately you must meet your beautiful demise. But don't worry, I'll take good care of my darling Mumu-chan and Chrome-love in your absence~" The sinncubus lands on a tree branch and retracts xyr wings. "Now are you prepared to face The Midnight Moonlight Lover?" Tsubaki lit an indigo ring, waved xyr hands in the air, and materialized two obsidian daggers with heart-shaped rubies buried in the hilt.
"Oh vomit. Who picked that name for you, your mother? And don't presume to think that you'll get to lay a finger on Chrome-chan and Muku-kun." Kimiko took out her staff from her belt. Oh I hope this works.
Tsubaki lunged at Kimiko, daggers aimed for her heart. She ducked and kicked one of the daggers out of xyr hand and got scratched by the other. Kimiko swung her staff around, hoping to decapitate xem or at least slit xyr throat. Unfortunately for her, Tsubaki spread xyr wings once more and hovered out of reach of her staff.
"How weak, my innocent kitten~" Xe suddenly appeared behind Kimiko, whispering in her ear. "At this rate, my darlings won't even remember you. What a shame, such a pretty face has to be removed from existence~" Xe leered, caressing her cheek.
"Disgusting pedophile, I'm 15, you creep!" Kimiko thrust her staff backwards, impaling xem in the stomach.
To her surprise, the body vanished in a poof. "What a surprise. Your older, more attractive counterpart could tell the difference between reality and illusion far better than that, young lamb." Xe reappeared above her, flapping xyr wings slowly.
"Stop being gross you old fairy. Now come down here so I can rip your wings off with my teeth." Kimiko snarled at the figure above her head.
Suddenly, a boom was heard from the clearing where Bel and Fran were fighting Rasiel and Olgert.
"Oho? It seems as if your lovely companions have been defeated. What a shame~ Despair~ But oh! Lucky us~ But I still have yet to destroy your cute little face, so prepare for a taste of a dagger overflowing with my love." Several daggers floated in a circle in the air above Kimiko.
"Do you even hear the stuff that comes out of your mouth? That's disgusting!" she yelled before all the daggers stabbed into her. However, she also disappeared in a poof.
"Fufu~ For all you brag, I guess you're not very good at telling apart illusions and reality either." Kimiko giggled from behind a tree, throwing a handful of shuriken at her hovering target, one deeply cutting xyr face, another snipping an inch off xyr hair.
"Shesheshe~ Oi, haven't you killed this girl already? I've already dealt with my shitty little brother and you can't deal with one little girl?" Rasiel's throne flew towards the duo.
"Rasiel-sama, such a marvelous and swift defeat is only befitting a man of your glorious stature, my golden prince." Tsubaki batted xyr eyes at the blond.
Rasiel frowned. "Oi. How many times do I have to say I'm a king?"
"Maybe if you told me a couple more times, a little closer to me~?" Tsubaki purred. "I'm afraid my battle has tired me out and I can't hear you very well. Maybe if I were to recharge? Hmm~" Xe hovered next to Rasiel's throne, reclining over a throne arm and leaning into the king's personal space.
"Fine but make it quick."
Kimiko wondered what they were talking about. Ugh hurry up and leave so Xanxus can kick your ass and Fran and Bel can help me beat this-OH MY GOD WHAT. THIS IS VERY NEW. "Oh my god..." Kimiko breathed out, peeking from behind her tree, entranced by the scene in front of her.
Tsubaki had leaned in much farther than she had expected and the two were face to face. Rasiel's hand had grabbed onto Tsubaki's dark blue hair, tilted xyr head back, and attached his mouth to xyr skin. Tsubaki smirked slyly as Rasiel licked up the length of xyr slender neck. Xe made eye contact with Kimiko still watching the pair and waggled xyr eyebrows, as if saying 'you like what you see~?'
Rasiel bit Tsubaki's ear. "Hurry up and take what you need, you damn sinncubus."
Tsubaki licked xyr lips, "As you wish, my lion, king of beasts~" Xyr eyes turning red at the last word, the sinncubus pressed xyr open mouth to the king's, clashing their teeth together.
From where Kimiko was standing, Tsubaki looked like he was about to devour Rasiel's soul via his mouth. They tangled their tongues together, occasionally licking inside the other's mouth. Suddenly, Rasiel bit down on Tsubaki's tongue, causing him to bleed.
"Oh, my delectable dandelion, your passion is simply delicious~" Tsubaki moaned and climbed onto Rasiel's lap, causing Kimiko's face to flush.
Rasiel grinned at xem, teeth stained with blood. Tsubaki leaned in and licked xyr blood off of his lips. Xe put one hand on the back of the blond's head, pulling him closer. Tsubaki continued licking at the king's mouth, occasionally biting them, trying to get the last of the red staining his lips. Xyr other hand slowly crept near Rasiel's hips, until-
"I'm sure you're fine with it, exhibitionist peasant, but a king doesn't engage in risque behavior during a battle like this. Now get your hand out of my pants before I remove it for you." Rasiel grinned widely, a knife pressed against Tsubaki's jugular.
Kimiko stared. "I'm dead. This is the only explanation. Oh my god. I'm hallucinating. How is this happening!?" She dropped to the ground, unable to make a sound or tear her eyes away from the scene taking place in front of her.
Pushing the sinncubus off his throne, Rasiel tugged his cape while surreptitiously adjusting his trousers, "Now get back to work or no more."
Tsubaki grabbed Rasiel's hand, bringing it up to xyr face. "Are you sure, my delicious honey pudding? It seems there's a part of you that wants a bit… more~" Tsubaki looked at the king with hooded eyes and took his fingers into xyr mouth, nipping and sucking at his fingertips.
"...Fine." Rasiel pulled his fingers out of Tsubaki's mouth, grabbing xyr chin instead.
The two mouths clashed together yet again, causing Kimiko to repeatedly deadpan, "I'm dead. I'm dead. I'm dead. I'm dead."
By the time they separated, Tsubaki slurred as the cut on xyr cheek healed with renewed energy, "Thank you for the meal."
Rasiel glared at the sinncubus, "Just finish your job."
"Then allow me to be wrapped in your cape as a token of your affections, my golden king." Tsubaki suggested with a wink.
Clicking his tongue, Rasiel left the sinncubus to attack the Varia headquarters, "If you live, that is."
"Of course, I shall." Tsubaki replied, "After all, I need to return to my lovely marshmallow angel, Byakuran-sama~." The sinncubus swooned, speaking xyr creator's name, "I must show him my sweet gratitude~, for it was him who gave me this divine chance to erase my fated counterpart."
Kimiko's ears perked up at the sound of Byakuran's name. Shit. So it is that guy's fault I have to fight. "I have bad news for you, creep. You're going down and so is your precious marshmallow," she taunted.
"Oh I sincerely doubt that. If you can't kill me, you can't even imagine the power that Byakuran-sama has. And looking at the love scratch you gave me, you're 100 years too young to defeat me, my sweet moon flower." Tsubaki grinned, looking slightly manic. "Thanks to my generous king, I've gotten an increase in power. Ooh~ I can still feel his delicious essence inside me~" Tsubaki's eyes glazed over, one hand over xyr heart and the other on xyr cheek, and xe drooled a little before composing xemself.
"Oh my god! TMI dude seriously!" Kimiko yelled at Tsubaki, face red. "Just fight me or something! Stop scarring my brain!"
"Scarring? Oh my adorable darling, it doesn't seem like you found our show to be distasteful in any sense. As a matter of fact, I would go as far to say you enjoyed that, hmm~?" Xe smirked.
"S-sh-shut up!"
"Ohh~ I do enjoy seeing that pretty pink blush on your face, but I'm afraid our time together must come to an end now." Tsubaki laughed, a wild look in xyr eyes, and to the utter confusion of Kimiko, xe began singing.
"Oi! What the hell do you thi-ohhhh pretty…" Kimiko's eyes began to glaze over and she walked towards the sinncubus, who continued singing from xyr perch on a tree branch.
"My beautiful charming honey~ Come up here with me~ I will love you until there is nothing left~" Tsubaki's eyes turned black as xe lured Kimiko to her death.
"So pretty…" Hypnotized by the melodic singing, she walked closer to the tree until-
"Kiki, if you keep going, Master's going to be upset."
"Shishishi~ Silly frog. She's being illusioned by that half-naked bat over there and the only way to stop it is to shut 'em up. Like this! Storm mink!" Bel's box animal dashed at the singing sinncubus. The mink ran figure-eights around Tsubaki's legs, burning xyr ankles and causing xem to fall off the branch.
"No~! Interrupting a song is very rude!" Tsubaki yelled indignantly, standing up and dusting xemself off. "But you two are too late~! My sweet little moon flower is about to perish!" Xe threw a handful of daggers at Kimiko, who was still dazed from the hypnosis.
Suddenly, Fran swooped in and grabs Kimiko before the daggers hit her.
"Pretty… Wha-what's happening? Why are you carrying me? Is it that creep's fault? Let go of me so I can rip xyr wings off with my bare hands!" Kimiko struggled in Fran's arms.
"I think Bel-senpai wants to burn off some rage for not beating that brother of his, so you'll just have to wait until he's done. Anyways, I have something else for you. Kiki put a letter in my hat for a special someone that wasn't Master, so I guess she was talking about you." Fran landed on a branch safely away from Bel and Tsubaki, put Kimiko down, and took his hat off. He reached into it and pulled out a letter.
Kimiko tore open the envelope and started reading the letter:
"Dear little me,
If you're reading this, you're in the future. Wow! *jazz hands* Welp lil Shou-chan shot us earlier than expected, but theres nothing we can do about that besides shoving his head in a toilet and I bet Kura and Yuki'd stop you before you'd get to :P But anyways you gotta fight the creep in front of you. Can't explain too much, you know. Might screw with the timeline. So just do whatcha normally do and kick butt! The purple box is the mist and the black is the you-know-what. Don't use the black box in front of other peeps."
"Oi! Read faster! This weirdo's a lot stronger than I expected." Bel snapped at Kimiko, dodging Tsubaki's attacks.
"Take your time, my cute little rival. I don't mind the delay at all, because ohh..~" Tsubaki leered at Bel, "What a delay it is~ He really does look just like his brother~ Such a handsome devil~" Xe winked at Bel and licked xyr lips.
Bel cringed. "What the hell."
"Oh Rasiel-sama~" Tsubaki swooned, the thought of the king making xyr go weak at the knees. "How I despair at losing your passionate embrace, but my longing for you is tolerable, for we will meet before long to continue our act of ardor~"
Bel and Fran muttered in disgust, "Gross."
Kimiko continued skimming the letter.
"Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to kick ass. Also go with froggie to break our man out of prison. Make froggie train you along the way. Use him as target practice. Bribe him with the candy in the third pocket on the right. Theres a lot of pockets in this coat and a list of everything is included in the envelope. Don't die! Have fun! ;DDD
Love, your fab future self.
PS u gotta be a baws, make these ppl fear u, we got blackmail on practically everyone (its in the inner pocket close to the heart) 333"
Slipping her ring on and taking the purple box out, Kimiko steeled herself. "Alright, I got this."
Fran waved his hands, trying to gain Kimiko's attention, "Kiki, do the thing." He motioned for her to light the ring and stick it in the box.
Tsubaki made eye contact with Fran and did the universal hand motion for doing the dirty deed.
"Why." Fran deadpanned, covering his eyes.
Placing the flame into the box weapon, Kimiko watched as a small black raccoon with random white markings rolled out, chittering quietly as it puffed out small plumes of mist flames.
"Oh my god, it's adorable." Kimiko cooed at the little critter, leaning close to pet her box animal, "Hey, buddy." She glanced at the letter in her hand and dug through her pockets. "The letter says I gotta feed you a grape."
While Kimiko fed the box animal a grape, Bel spoke up, "Hey, this creep keeps hitting on me and it's getting out of hand."
"I don't blame xyr. Senpai is aesthetically pleasing." Fran interjected.
An awkward silence fell over the forest.
Bel gawked at the teen. "What?"
"What?" Fran echoed.
Kimiko decided to return to reality. "Yo! Fake prince! Hasn't anyone told you its rude to stare with your mouth open?" She snickered before addressing the raccoon at her feet. "Alright my wonderful raccoon son! Go rip that creep's throat out with your teeth!" Kimiko pointed at Tsubaki, who was sitting on a tree branch a distance away from the trio.
The raccoon bounded over to Tsubaki, letting out a cute chitter. At first glance, Tsubaki was enamoured by the adorable box animal, almost tempted to start petting it. Then the raccoon raised its delicate paw, extended its claws, and gained a mischievous sparkle in its eyes. Which is how Tsubaki ended up falling out of the tree, screaming with a growling raccoon attached to xyr head, who was doing his best to mutilate the sinncubus's face.
Kimiko, clutching her staff, maneuvered close enough and took a swing at Tsubaki's head, not unlike a child trying to get candy out of a piñata, as her raccoon box animal returned to her side.
Pissed and disheveled, Tsubaki wiped some blood off xyr face with the back of xyr hand and the extended xyr wings. However as Tsubaki flew up, Kimiko jumped into the nearest tree and started running through the branches.
Tsubaki flew after the girl and laughed, "Oh~ my dear, at this rate you're going to tire yourself out, so you might as well-"
The sinncubus's speech was cut off as xe ran face first into a tree with a loud crunch, breaking xyr nose and causing xyr to collapse onto the ground.
Appearing from behind the tree, Kimiko looked at the crumpled body. "Genkishi might be a douche, but he's not stupid," she muttered, before walking over to the twitching frame and stabbing Tsubaki through the heart with her staff.
Tsubaki screeched, eyes turning red, "OH SUCH PASSION!" Xe began launching into a monologue akin to something from Shakespeare. "With my dying breath, as I lay in the lovely forest of the fated engagement of myself and my destined partner, I mourn the tragic loss of my divine being. OH MY LOVE! What a beautiful night sky we all stand underneath the amorous light of the dimming luminescence. BRILLIANT ZEAL! How I fear I will never meet you again my precious brilliant creator. OH MY ANGEL, MY GOD! Such a befitting end from my fated moon flower... AHHH! Under the glow of her bewitching element… OHHH! Will this be the demise of the Midnight Moonlight Love? AAAaahhhh…" Despite the gaping hole in xyr chest, Tsubaki seemed to show no signs of actually stopping.
Kimiko glared at the still yelling sinncubus on the ground and gripped her staff tightly with one hand. Kneeling over Tsubaki, she grabbed xyr hair and hissed in xyr face. "Shut up." With a swing of the blade on the tip of her staff, she ended the life of Tsubaki Kiichi Hikari. "Better."
"Hey Kiki, I should get candy for saving you from the creepy singing," Fran stated, landing on the ground, Belphegor following closely behind.
"No." Kimiko whipped her head around to look in Fran's direction and stood up. She grimaced at her hands and wiped the blood on a tree. The raccoon chittered at her feet until she picked him up. "Hey bud, good job out there."
Bel just stood there watching Fran and Kimiko bickering about candy then glanced over in Tsubaki's dead direction. There was no sign of life from the sinncubus currently in two parts.
"Do you admit defeat yet?." Kimiko spoke up from where she had Fran in a headlock.
"Eh, but I was so close to getting Kiki's candy." Fran's face didn't show anything, but Bel somehow got the feeling he was pouting.
"Get your hands away from my pockets, froggie, before I remove your hands myself." Kimiko's eyes turned dark and the raccoon on her shoulders chirped menacingly.
Bel grinned. "Well, smaller Kimiko, you're fitting right in, but this means you're currently the newest member of the Varia. Shishishi~ so you may address me as Bel-senpai~"
"Ah? Does that mean Kiki is my kouhai now?" Fran mused.
Kimiko suddenly paled. Oh shit.
We are so close to finishing. I kid you not. We've got a few more chapters to go, and one chapter just for shits and giggles coming up soon.
Prepare your anuses. We're coming in strong.
Lol. But seriously. Our rivals were absolutely planned to be Mary Sues/Gary Stus. And who knows. They might make an appearance again?
We'll see. I mean, you'll see. We already know the answer to that.
Have a nice day. Evening. Night. Morning. Whatever.