Flashback
"Can't you do anything right, you wench?!"
The sound of whip cracked at her fragile, small and poorly-clothed body was no stranger to her ears. She picked herself up, ignoring the pain that came with a new bruise along with old bruises all over her body before she got another hit coming. Her trembled hands were lifting up a heavy rock that she dropped earlier.
"Faster!"
She scurriedly moved her aching body, not matching the size and wight of the rock at all so that she would at least get food for tonight. No work meant no food. No food meant death.
Or worse.
"Hey! What did you dilly-dallying about?!" Another round of whip was coming her way and she closed her eyes and prepared for it to come, but it never did.
Gulping down her own bitter, dry saliva, she opened her eyes slowly and her eyes went from half-closed to widely opened.
No way.
In front of her, an older boy with smart outfit was defending her against the guard. From his uniform, she recognized him as one of the officer. So, why would he protect her?
"Scatter." It was just a word. But it was a word full of venom. The guard that was abusing her was rendered motionless for a minute or so. And she was the same.
"T-Thank- Arghhh!" The little girl's yell echoed through the deep tunnel of digging site. The guy was pulling her dirty hairs with a firm grasp.
"Who said you could take a rest?" And he threw her to the side where large boulders were lying around effortlessly and walked away, not bothering to even looking at her again or the fact the the sound of broken bones could be heard clearly.
End flashback
"What's with the noise?" Aria walked down the stairs with a bored look on her face. She obviously did not welcome the unnecessary trouble more than she already dealt with screw-loose-in-their-own-way Varia.
"Aria-san."
Aria stopped her feet from walking down any further once her eyes recognized those in her vision. "What is the Vindice doing here?" Vindice was the organization to uphold the law in mafia world. Who said the mafia were untouchable?
"[V]aria." Aria still didn't budge from her position despite the menacing glare she received from uninvited guests. "We'll be keeping close eye on you regarding the recent incidents. Know that you will not be spared if found guilty."
"Now, now. You don't know that for sure." Yamamoto defended the accused girl in his usual cheery tone. Poor man now being seen as six or seven limbs sprouted from his whole body.
The atmosphere was still tense. The rest of Varia decided not to interfere and Tsuna, being Tsuna, he stood to protect Aria even if he barely knew anything to begin with.
"Is that all you have to say?" Aria finally spoke after awhile. Vindice nodded. "Out." This time, it's Aria's glare that silenced the whole room.
Xanxus was sitting leisurely while drinking red wine for not a care in this world. Selfish bastard only cared for him and himself solely. Ignorance was purely a bliss, in his case.
"Vindice involves now?" Xanxus smirked. "You're screwed."
"Not really convincing coming from bitter loser who couldn't get past the fact he lost to the current Decimo even after ten years, no?" And she dodged the wine glass that went flying in her direction without any warning.
"You know who's behind this."
"Of course I do. Vindice was just here to taste the tranny's handmade Earl Grey tea." Aria retorted. "Did your brain degenerate from being such an ass?"
This time, Xanxus's box of animal, The Ligre ready to attack her. Aria ignored it, making the latter growled furiously.
"Careful, bitch. You don't want to end up as her shit."
"Likewise. I'm sure it would eat you instead, thus producing a classy faeces, maybe?"
.:.
"I've told you." Squalo grinned maniacally at the living room after winning his bet with Bel and Mammon. "They'll crush the ground."
"That aside..." Mammon looked at the crumbling second floor. "If Vindice is involved, it would be bad for her."
"Oh?~ You're worried for her ushishishishishi."
"Of course not, idiot. But if I were to choose between any of you and her, I'd pick her any day. She's less annoying."
That second, Mammon's head bounty just got higher amongst Varia.
A/N : Too lazy to do programming homework so I updated this instead. I'm glad you love Aria (judging the number of favs and follows)! RnR please?
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