A/N – I was gonna upload chapter 16 next week after my exam is over but went I check my account I honestly didn't expect to receive quite a few reviews! Thank you so much! So this chapter is dedicated for you guys for being so AWESOME! XD
...They can say whatever
I'ma do whatever
No pain is forever
Yup, you know this
Tougher than a lion
Ain't no need in tryin'
I live where the sky ends
Yup, you know this...
There were a lot of things that she hate in this world but the thing that she can never tolerate is alcohol. Lilith really despise them with her entire fibre in her being. The reason why is when she was a toddler. She was at the living room watching her favourite show Happy Tree Friends (Tristiatina had to run down to the store for a quick shop) when a commercial suddenly pops up. It was programme that taught the viewers about the consequences of alcohol. At first it was alright but when they shows the effect of alcohol on a pregnant woman, that scarred the young girl mentally. When she saw how deformed the foetus look like, she cried none stop. After she made the deal with Sol, her memory about that day was instantly wipe out and also her fear of alcohol but she still has them with a passion.
CHAPTER 16
Her body was cover with deep fatal wounds and bruises. Her hair was a complete mess but she couldn't be bother with it right now. She was panted heavily; her legs threaten to fall all the while she was glaring at her patron infront of her. Lilith grips her weapons tightly; A black gun on her left hand while a silver blade call Soul Taker on her right hand. Unlike the Vongola, Lilith didn't need Teru's approval. As soon as she accept Sol's offer, she was begin to train immediately. Sol was standing infront of her still wearing a black veil but this time, she was wearing a black leather bikini top and a pair of black jeans. "Is that all you got Lilith? I know you can do better! Get up! You're not like those weak humans! You're far superior!" Sol barks harshly. Lilith's inner world had been transform to a training field from the throne hall. Lilith's clothes were scorched and she was dizzy due to the blood loss. She stares at Sol. She had tried everything and yet nothing scratches the woman. "Remember Lilith; The gun is for long range attack while Soul Taker is for close range attacks. Use your imagination! Use your flames! I won't let you get beaten up by some small fries later on!" Sol adds. This was Lilith's third night training with Sol. It was nothing like her training with the Varia.
Oh no, Sol's training is insane over nine thousand! She's pure Spartan – Wait, no. Actually, there's no word for it. It was as if Sol wanted Lilith to actually rebel against the Vindice! That was dangerous and stupid even to Lilith's standards. But Lilith was grateful for it. She needed all the power she can get if she needs to make the Sin stronger. There's no way she'll back in this. Her guardians were all doing fine on their own so now Lilith need to focus on getting stronger too. Sol had given fitting weapons for her. The gun uses Dying Will Flames so it will never be run off of bullets. Lilith could handle the weapons pretty quick and well in just a short amount of time but now Sol focus on Lilith using the Sin's power. She had explained before that different Sin's have different attributes and she had wanted for Lilith to control the ones that she can handle natural. She also had explained how to use them. Using the ring that Sol had given her, all she needs to do is borrow a little of the Sin's flames from the bearer and mix it with her own Sin and her flames would turn into a brighter orange with just a flicker of black sparks. She had successfully uses Wrath and Envy but that said it with a lot of affords. While Lilith was busy thinking on how to counter, Sol suddenly disappear.
She tense and quickly scan her surroundings. It happens too fast for her senses to comprehend. Sol suddenly appears just as she instantly disappears and kick Lilith, sending her flying far away from Sol. "No daydreaming now Lilith" Sol sang happily. Her whole body aches and she could feel her bones are completely broken. She wanted to get up. She has to get up. An idea came into her. A slim chance but that's all she got for now. No way would she be defeated by this woman. "Why do I get a feeling that I'm gonna regret this?" She moans in pain but then sigh. Lilith force herself to get up. This was pure torture. The pain was unbelievable even if this was a dream. She closes her eyes and concentrates very hard on the Sins. Sol appears right infront of Lilith again. "Give up?" She asks. "Hell no" Lilith spit out some blood out and grin sadistically. "If that's what you want then..." Sol disappears again. But this time Lilith was prepare. Sol appears above Lilith and she grabs her neck and slam her body on the ground hard until the ground itself crack deeply. Sol quickly recovers and was about to assault again but Lilith disappears. Sol turns around but there was Lilith infront of Sol with her leg raise and her left foot on right under her patron's chin. "Die!" Lilith snarls.
She channel her entire strength into the left foot and raise Sol upper ground just to be slam down again even more harshly than before. She then proceeds to shoot Sol with such powerful blast the ground shook. Although Lilith was sure that she had win, it was too much for the young girl. She stops shooting and finally fell down. When the smoke of gun powder were dispel, there was no body present. Lilith curse mentally. "That was an awesome move there Lilith and also involves a lot of risk" Sol said from behind her. Lilith gasped; her body and even her clothes were still clean. Since Lilith was too tired to get up, Sol lies down on her back. Completely obvious to the destroyed surrounding caused by the two of them. "You used three Sins for that attacks didn't you? You use Wrath, Pride and Envy. All those elements at the same time. Wow, you were really that serious to win huh?" Sol grins.
She was amaze how strong will and powerful her herald was. "Of course, I don't like to lose..." She scoffed. She was little miffed that she had lost. Again. Urgh! Next time she will win! "Don't sound so dejected Lilith. You still had a long way to go. There are still things that you need to perfect. But based on your previous attack, I say that you nail down the Sins pretty well. You use Pride to see where I was going to attack and increase the power of your flame, Envy to copy my move and Wrath to increase strength and reflexes. Not bad, not bad. Now for the side effects; You won't be getting out of bed for a week" Sol said cheerfully. Lilith's tired eyes snap open. A week! "You will be sleeping like the dead for a week. Consider yourself lucky, if normal people try to use the Sins they will die on spot. You're so lucky!" Sol teases playfully. "Lucky, yeah. My whole body feels like mush!" Lilith snaps.
Sol had warned her that she will train her in her inner world and that there will be some effects. One good thing is that the scars and wounds that she receives won't appear on her body once she wakes up but the sensation? That is a whole different story! Lilith would wake up fine but she will feel that she had just come back from war. "Damnit! Gotta warn Teru-kun and the rest" She panted. "That won't be necessary Lilith. They are well aware" Sol reply. "Won't this cause a problem? You wanted this to stay as a shadow as possible but the Vongola and Varia would surely suspect something. The fact that their children would be sleeping like some sort of Sleeping Beauties for days! How is that smart?" Lilith questions sarcastically. "We're working on it. For now just focus on training. Don't worry about the rest" The training field changes back to the throne room. Lilith and Sol clothes had also changed. Lilith was sitting on her gold throne comfortably and she was wrap up with thick bandages from head to toes. "Rest now. I won't let anything disturbed you..." Sol assures the sleepy and tired girl. "Ummkay..." She murmur and fell to a dream within a dream.
Meanwhille...
Xanxus was worried out of his damn mind. His daughter hasn't woken up at all. This mark the fourth day since Monday! All the Varia plus his wife surround Lilith who was sleeping peacefully on her bed. They had try everything to wake their princess up. They try shaking her, nudging her, tickle her, trick her and hell, even splash her with cold and hot water only to result a very enrage set of parents. "Any luck?" Tristiatina ask hopefully. "Sorry dear. It seems that Lilith won't be waking up anytime soon. Though it is rather strange. Her heart beat is normal and so is her breathing. She didn't seem to be having any problem with her body. It's so strange!" Lussuria exclaim in confusion. Tristiatina sigh. "Are you sure that she didn't take any weird sleeping pills Lussuria-San? Maybe she had mistaken them for candies" Fran comment most unhelpfully.
"VOOOIIII! Lilith is not stupid! Why don't you enter her dream and ask her what happen!" Squalo demanded. "Master taught me that before and I managed to enter her dream but she wasn't there. It was just a really huge castle with a really huge moon n the sky" Fran reply nonchalantly. Xanxus was frustrated. Why the hell won't Lilith wake up! "Maybe she is tired" Tristiatina try to reason out the situation. "From what I don't know but it doesn't seem that she is in pain" Tristiatina said while studying her expression. It was true; Lilith wasn't in any sort of pain. Her expression was calm and peaceful. "Let's just wait and see what happens okay?" The woman added. Soon everyone begin to exit the teen's room and Xanxus was the last one to leave. Five minutes after everyone had gone, the Sin enter their boss's room. Again. "They're so annoying" Dio grumble angrily. "You can't blame them Dio. They are the boss's family" Bolverk reply, trying to sooth his friend. "Well yes, but do they have to check up on her every five damn minutes!" The Mist guardian hissed. The Sin crowd around the sleeping girl and made themselves comfortable on the bed. "I miss the boss..." Nero said plainly. "It can't be help" Heidi sigh "She is still resting from her training. Must be harsh" Then the young girl inch closer to Lilith.
"Since you can't reply us I'm betting that you can still hear us though right? Don't worry about us Lilith! We still train every night and we haven't gone on any sort of missions. Words have travel from the two mafia famiglia that we had annihilated. Vongola are currently looking into this matter at hand. They're worry about a war starting soon. Silly old people! We know that Lilith-Sama won't harm her family! Oh! And guess what Lilith! Heidi found someone who can help the Sin to function more smoothly!" Heidi giggles joyously. "Who the hell did you find this time Heidi?" Sanctum asks dubiously. The Sin knew that Heidi has a habit of finding weird people. Heidi continues to giggle. "Nuh-uh! I won't tell about him in detail until Lilith had wake up! But Heidi can tell you a little about him! He used to be a mafia boss but now he's living a rather simple and happy life. He can help us to collect information and teach us more about how the mafia works" Heidi explains. "OK, next question; Where the hell did you find him?" Sanctum demand. "In a candy store!" Everyone face palm except for Lilith of course. "H-Heidi, I don't think that is such a good idea..." Cain begins to reason but Heidi won't be hearing any of them.
"Trust me! I already did some research about him! It was hard though. Most of his files was destroy so I had to hack the Vongola data base for more info" Heidi begins to snuggle at the pillow. "...That was rather bold and dangerous risk Heidi. If you were caught then it's all over for the Sin. Lilith won't be happy about that" Nero said gravely. Heidi smile drop a little. "I know but Lilith wanted Sin to be known, to be feared. We must fulfill what Lilith wants..." Then Heidi smiles again. "And relax! I made sure to be super ultra mega careful! I use my Sin when I ask the people around" She beams proudly. "Huh? Who knew Lust has its uses to" Sanctum teased. A pillow was hit to his face. "Muu... Sanctum is a meanie! Heidi is not useless!" She pouted. While Lilith was undergoing her own training, the Sin was training on using their Sin. It was hard but hearing their boss compliments and praises was worth it. So they never questions Lilith's orders. Soon the topic quickly changes like usual all because Heidi got a little distracted. "Hey! I found a marker in one of the drawer!" Heidi announces. An idea pops in her head and slowly turn to the sleeping girl. The males immediately tense. "No way Heidi! The boss would kill us!" They warn her in synchronize. "Owh..." She pouted and put the marker down. That was how the Sin spends their week, hanging out in their boss's room waiting for her to wake up.
Teru had made his decision. It was some time after Dante told him about how his friends feel about this. Of course, without hesitation, Teru requested Dante's help. He wanted to be stronger if he wants to keep his father ideal of Vongola strong when the title of boss passed down to him in the future. His resolution burns ever brighter when Dante had informed him that Lilith had already began her training with Sol. He warn the young man though, his training would be as arduous as Sol's. But Teru was determine; Anything to protect his family and friends. Dante had created a training schedule or Teru to follow. He thought that their training would be neat and not too over the top like how Sol and Lilith does it.
Dante didn't want to raise any suspicion. Now both Dante and Teru were chatting in his inner world while sipping over herbal tea. Their first training will begin tomorrow. "Umm... Can I ask something Dante?" Teru ask timidly. "Yes?" Said the man. Teru still couldn't see his eyes though. "I-I heard that each patron gives their herald a weapon... S-So I thought that..." Teru mumbling slowly getting softer. He was the only one who didn't get a weapon. Was Dante planning on training Teru with his gloves? The Archangel was a little disappointed. He shyly wanted a cool new weapon too. Don't get him wrong, he treasures the gloves that were given to him by his father but still... "You thought that I forget about you? On the contraire Teruyoshi, I already gave you your weapons ages ago" Dante beam. Teru blink twice. He didn't remember getting his weapons from Dante! Teru isn't that clueless. Teru could see Dante's lips tug into a small smile, almost nostalgic. "I gave it to you when you were still a child Teruyoshi... Of course you wouldn't remember it. You were too young" That statement causes Teru to freezes for a moment. Wait... He had given it to him before. Does that mean he had met Dante before? Teru rake his mind, searching for a memory when he had met Dante when he was a little boy. "Wait Teruyoshi!" Dante warn but it was a little too late. A flash of memory trigger in his mind.
He didn't know where or how because all he knows was... Falling. Everything was too fast. The bright sky above him seem to be farther and farther away from his reach. The young boy could hear a scream that sounded very familiar somewhere but where was a mystery. He felt like the sharp blades of the wind cutting his body as he fell. More screams fills his ears. A sudden feeling of fear took control of his body. He was terrified. Where are his parents? Why is he all alone? No... He doesn't want to be alone. He could hear voices getting louder as he fell. It was as if he was close to the pavement. A single question occupy in his mind: Will he die alone? He cries at the thought. As he waited horrifically for Death's embrace, a miracle happened. The whole world stop. Even time itself stop. Suddenly, he wasn't falling anymore. Instead he was... Floating? Where was he? "I-Is Teru-kun d-dead?" He shiver violently, fear still reside in his body. "Of course not silly..." The voice amuse. He slowly regains his senses again. He could feel that he was in someone's strong arms. "W-Who are you?" He asks shyly. "Me? I'm...-"
A sharp pain flash in his brain. Teru gasp in both shock and pain. What was that just now? Was that... Him? Dante was immediately at Teru's side. "...You shouldn't have done that Teruyoshi..." He said solemnly. "Was that boy me? Why was I falling? Who was that man? Was that you?" He croaks. His head hurt really badly but that memory... Even if he was just a kid back then, he didn't remembered falling such a great length. That kind of incident usually leaves a post traumatic stress disorder on anyone. Even to children. So why doesn't Teru remembered at all? Why? Dante hesitate. "I'm sorry Teruyoshi. I can't tell you that for now but I will tell you soon" Teru's breath slowly regain its normal pace. "Who are you Dante? Just what kind of people are you?" He said as he was trying his best to suppress his sharp pain now. "What do you want from us?" This time Dante didn't hesitate. "We need you and your friends help Teruyoshi. We can't fight this war alone this time. Please believe us when we say that we never intended to drag you children into our war but it can't be avoided. No matter how much we tried Teruyoshi. We have read the entire possibilities of our war but the outcome is all the same; without you children everything will end" Teru was at lost for words.
Once again Dante had made no sense to him but judging how... How worried and frightened he sounded, Teru knew that there is a reason why Dante and his friends are not telling them anything for now. Whatever is that they are fighting for, Teru had a feeling that is was something huge. It was not a matter of trust. Teru was gifted with Hyper Intuition so Dante's words were credence enough. "I'm sorry that we have to be very reticent about ourselves and our history but it must be done in order to protect our herald" He said apologetic. "I-Isn't there another way?" Teru wince at the pain jab his head again. Teru was still in pain so Dante decide to help get rid it. He gently flicked his fingers at Teru's forehead and instantly his previous pain disappears. "E-Eh?" He blinks. "I will tell you a bit more of myself once you prove to me that you have become stronger. Fair deal?" Dante offer. Teru nodded. "You got it..." Teru said and slowly smile.
Although born in a mafia world, Sawada Teruyoshi never really feel like he fits in. He was thrust into the dark and corrupted world as soon as he was born. He dream of living normally like his classmates but Reborn would always told him that he doesn't have that kind of luxury. Teruyoshi never really knew what he wanted out of life. He was uncertain about a lot of things such as his decision, his future and even his happiness. His father, Tsunayoshi would comfort him saying that he too once experienced the same thing but in the end he bow his head to his destiny. But Teruyoshi didnt't think the same. He made a deal with Dante when he was little. Every deal involves only two mere parties: Rewards and Payments.
...That I-I-I-I-I'm so hard
Ah yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm so hard
That I-I-I-I-I'm so hard
Ah yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm so hard
That I-I-I-I-I'm so hard
Ah yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm so hard
Too hard, too hard, too hard, too hard...
A/N - So how was it? Ok? I'll leave that to you now dear readers alright? So I need to sleep now since its almost 6 in the freakin' morning =.=' My family ain't gonna be please when they find out that I didn't sleep at all... Oh well~
Done! So now that each of the characters got their own spotlight, it's time we move to the more suspense event. I hope that you are all ready for some cliffhangers! Tee-he~ Don't worry, I try to upload as soon as I can!
I use the song Hard by Rihanna. I heard the song in the radio yesterday and I thought it just scream Lilith! Sorry Teru-kun! I'll find more suitable songs for you~ XD