Owl, Horse, Shark!
Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN KATEKYO HITMAN REBORN! I can't draw that many bishies….
Chapter 13: Purple Checkers
Squalo fell to his knees and lay his hands on the burning floor despite of the red hot burning of it. He had trapped Minerva on the ground with his own body. His arm drifted towards Minerva and he grabbed her collar and lifted her shoulders up from the ground. Squalo gritted his teeth before he raised his fist again.
He heard a pound.
Nothing happened.
Squalo glared at Minerva while panting, his chest and shoulders moving in the same pattern over and over as opposed to Minerva, a next to lifeless body. Inside her eyes, Squalo so his own reflection as though he was looking at a mirror. But suddenly he caught a glimpse of someone else. A man with black curly hair.
"Are you possessed….?" Squalo shook her shoulders. "Voi…snap out of it…" he was starting to lose his breath. His breathing became heavier and heavier. Soon everything faded, everything turned white and all the sound was gone. There was a buzzing in his head that halted to a stop as soon as he closed his eyes. The white turned into black and in a single moment everything cooled down. Squalo cherished that one moment.
"What is it you want?! Huh?!" Minerva's voice grew louder and louder while Squalo slowly opened his eyes. There was a searing pain in Squalo's arms. He could feel the sweat dripping down the palms of his hand plus the itching of something tied around his wrists. He couldn't see anything…but he could hear everything.
"Superbi Squalo, I know you're awake," he heard a man's voice from behind him. Metal pillars rose from the purple and black checker tiles and enclosed Squalo in a cage. The ropes that enclosed his wrists snapped and withered away to nothingness. "Stand up," Squalo heard the man order him. He did as he was told.
Suddenly his eyes widened to the sight of the cage around him. Beyond the metal poles was Minerva's arms tied up with chains that held on to nothing. Facing her was the man he saw in her eyes moments before, the man with the cigar whom he implied was the one possessing Minerva.
"Let Minerva go!" Squalo demanded.
Minerva snapped and turned to face him, "Squalo?! What's going on?!"
"I brought him here," the man answered for him. "Now, all I need is the 10th Cavallone Boss candidate. Then the next step in my plan shall proceed."
"Stop this now, Moscio!" Minerva struggled to break out of the chains. The chains, red from blood, clacked together in her futile effort to escape.
"No can do, Minerva," Moscio chuckled as he walked over to her and flexed his finger and lifted her chin up slightly.
"Voii! Stay away from her!" Squalo yelled. Moscio laughed. "Voii! What's so funny?!"
"Nothing," Moscio mocked, "It's just that seeing you worry over her so much makes me laugh. And you're not even in a relationship. You two would be perfect you know that?" Despite Squalo's hate for Moscio, he gritted his teeth, looked away and blushed.
"Reborn, I'm going in!" Dino stood up from the bushes.
"Dino you can't, it wasn't part of the plan," Reborn protested.
"I'm tired of waiting, he's taking way too long," Dino dropped his vest and sprinted into the burning castle.
He heard the crackling of the fire burning the castle to ashes, I'll find you two! I won't let you guys down ever again…His feet kept slipping below him on the ashy ground. Though every time he fell, he got back up again. Step by step, foot by foot and slip by slip he looked for them. Small sparks of fire clung on to his clothes and on his skin. They burnt him little by little. It hurt.
"SQUALO! MINERVA!" Dino called out over and over as he ran.
"I still don't understand why we're in here, wherever the hell we are," Minerva continued to struggle.
"Simple, to take over the Vongola Famiglia," Moscio answered bluntly, almost too bluntly.
"Just the simple 'I-Want-to-Take-Over-the-Strongest' plan?! I thought you were smarter than that," Minerva growled at him.
"But unlike other people who build an army with only one Famiglia, I plan on taking over two and maybe even three," Moscio said.
"Say what now?!" everyone heard Dino's voice. Everyone present looked at Dino standing up in a giant looking bird cage. "I have no idea what you're talking about. But let Minerva and Squalo go!"
"Dino?!" Minerva's eyes widened. She turned back to Moscio, "And which two families are they huh?!"
"Saggezza and Cavallone. I reckon I'd be able to take the Vongola down with these two families."
Squalo couldn't help but smirk, "That's not gonna happen. Wanna know why?"
"Hm?" Moscio turned to Squalo who was still in the cage.
"We've got the strongest Arcobaleno on our side. You can't win."
Reborn waited outside Sontuoso Castle. Dino, I'm counting on you. Get your friends out of there…
YES! I FOUND TIME TO WRITE! So if you read the message I put up about a week ago, I wouldn't have had time to write this chapter. Though, it's not as pressurising as we first thought. So therefore, I've still got a bit of time to write this fanfic. See guys! I haven't forgotten! :D
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