#03: Revenge is sweet
Mukuro would give anything to see what face Elen would do when he would finally leave her body and she would come to her senses. It was going to be a funny moment, a payback for the little 'joke' from the garden. Unfortunately, he couldn't stay till the end, to enjoy what was going to happen then, because it was too dangerous, even if his body wouldn't be there. It was safe enough to let those two take their anger on each other. He could mock Elen when she would get home, that if she did. It was pretty dangerous, but Mukuro doubted the fact that the girl was defenseless without a weapon. In the fight with Kyoya she managed to dodge his attacks until she got her hands on her weapons.
Chuckling to himself, the mist guardian looked at the door in front of him, before using his illusions to hide the different color of eyes that body had. Sliding the door, he entered into that room, looking around to see nobody. For the moment in was pretty good, because it was better if she didn't know where the exit was and would be at the mercy of that man. Smirking, Mukuro continued to wander around, since he seemed to mess up the rooms everytime. It wasn't like that was a place where he should be, but it would be nice if he knew where he was. What drew his attention was the chirping of a bird and that meant only one thing. If he followed the noise, it would be so easy to find him. Too bad that his role would end up pretty soon after they met and exchanged some words, but it was better to be safe than sorry. That would serve as a lesson for Elen, who took her mockery too far for his like, but that was the thing that made her entertaining.
Following the so annoying melody of that bird, Mukuro didn't get lost this time and was finally in front of the right room. He stopped his desire to laugh and opened that door, entering without asking permission from the person inside. And how funny it would be, at least for the time he would be able to posses Elen's body, but the irritated scowl on that man's face was really entertaining. He probably wanted to know what that girl was doing in his room without his permission. It was hard, but he tried his best not to show anything that would reveal his identity, because then his effort would be in vain.
He tried to look sad, but not even that made the scowl from that man's face change, but it deepened, because he sure wasn't enjoying the girl's presence at all. Not after what happened the previous day, but he looked fine enough to fight with somebody else, so there were enough reasons to leave her body as soon as his plan reached a certain point. If he became violent again and hit her, Elen would probably have his neck after she got out of hospital and he couldn't afford that. Approaching the man slowly, he finally sat next to him, looking at the floor, trying to look depressed. The truth was that it was the best way to hide his smirk and plan carefully his next move. Being sure that her face seemed sad enough, Mukuro looked at the person in front of him, before taking his hand in hers.
"Kyoya…I wanted to say that…" He made a brief pause, trying to make it like she was going to cry anytime soon, but he doubted that Hibari would be convinced by something like that. Raising her hand and putting it on the cloud guardian's cheek, Mukuro decided to take his plan to the next stage. He saw how annoyed he was because a stranger was touching him so casually, but the illusionist knew that it wouldn't take long until Hibari would snap and do something. "I wanted to apologize…I've been really mean with you, even if you are stronger than me…" Indeed, Elen was going to murder him after she escaped Kyoya's house, because her pride had been tainted by his foolish actions. As funny as it was, he had to keep in mind to avoid the destructive cloud guardian and her anger, but for the moment he had to enjoy his plan.
"Please forgive me for being so foolish and doubted your strength…" Mukuro almost started to laugh when he saw something change in Hibari's eyes, but he controlled himself easily. This time he would push things further and would leave Elen in control as soon as he was done, because no matter how funny mocking him was, if they didn't think at him, meant his live without worries. His next move was move dangerous then the others, because while being in that girl's body, he actually dared to embrace Hibari Kyoya. He felt how the said man tensed and couldn't help but smirk, knowing that nobody how him. He was enjoying that, despite being disgusted by having to touch the cloud guardian, even if that body didn't belong to him. Knowing that Hibari didn't like to have somebody that close, Mukuro was aware that he would push her away, but before Kyoya did that, he did something that actually surprised even the cloud guardian.
It wasn't that hard to push him to the floor, before staying on him, so close to his face, because he was took off-guard and she could actually escape being alive. There was no sign of his weapons there, so Mukuro didn't have to worry about having to hear her complains for hours. Yet, even he was surprised by how bold was Hibari, who switched very fast the position he was in. But what was he expecting? Kyoya letting even a woman to control him? Not in this world at least. Now Elen was under his body, but Mukuro still had to do something before he left her body. That was going to be his last move, before she would have to manage on her own. Too bad he couldn't stay to see, because Hibari was good at seeing through illusions. The illusionist approached her body too closer to Kyoya's and he actually was brave enough to make her kiss him, but there was his last move. It was time to leave, because the cloud guardian noticed that it was him, but waited to see what he wanted.
"Pineapple herbivore…you've got guts to come here and behave like that. I'll bite you to death." Mukuro chuckled before he left her Elen's body. The real fun would begin from now so, but he was content with what he did until then, because he wasn't sure of his success. As soon as his possession ended, the girl was beginning to come to her senses, feeling kind of dizzy. She didn't know when she closed her eyes, but she opened them, seeing what she didn't expect. Elen noticed that she was in a room totally different from hers, with Hibari Kyoya on top of her. It was so embarrassing, especially since he was wearing only a black kimono and she was quite able to see his chest. But the question was…how did she get in that situation? She was home, getting ready for going out, until…Until Mukuro Rokudo came into her room and possessed her body. It was his fault that she was in that situation. "Uhm…do you mind getting off of me, Kyoya? I have to leave to kill a certain idiot. Please."
"Oh? And why do you think you can leave so easily after you entered into my house, without my permission and trying to seduce me?" Elen frowned hearing all those things, because when she got home, if she ever got, she was going to strangle that pineapple bastard for embarrassing her in such a way. She knew that he was going to take his revenge, but that was too much. She was unarmed, in the house of the same guy that broke her ribs and could care less the fact that she was a girl when they started to fight, but first, Elen had to get out of that situation. "Well…the fact that you hate me really much and don't want me here? And it was that pineapple's fault, not mine! I didn't even know where you lived and I don't care! Could you get off now? " She was getting annoyed, but that seemed to amuse Hibari further, because he made no sign of getting off from her.
Seeing that there was no way to make Hibari get off of her, Elen frowned, because damn it, it was embarrassing to stay like that. She didn't know what to do anymore, because it looked like he began to enjoy taunting her, maybe as vengeance for defying him back then. Even his smirk started to step on her nerves, but she could try to either slap him or push him away. It wouldn't hurt to try both, but there was no way he could know what was she going to do, to catch her hand before she managed to do something. Now Elen was trapped between the floor and his body. If somebody came, they would get the wrong idea about them and she didn't want that. Her checks were probably red, because it wasn't like she was immobilized by a man to the floor everyday. Especially not one with whom she fought had injured him. Was there something she could do to make Kyoya let her leave? It didn't seem so and that only because Mukuro thought he was being funny when he brought all her troubles upon her.
Closing her eyes for a few seconds, she used that moment to think about something, even if it would be a lie; everything was good if she could escape. Letting out a sigh, Elen decided to look at Kyoya, but that smirk was starting to annoy her more that it was necessary. "Get off of me! I'll tell Dino that you refused to do so!" It seemed that she managed to do something, because his face had no longer that smirk plastered on it, instead there was nothing revealing his emotions. It felt so wrong to involve him like that, but it was for a good reason, she could apologize later. "Herbivore." Elen frowned when he called her that, because she wasn't like that. She may be a girl and may be not as strong as him, but she was definitely not a herbivore. Hadn't she proved that already yesterday? Indeed, Hibari Kyoya was as people described him, but she wondered why was he behaving like that, since it was obvious that they didn't like each other? It was irrational! Irrational and humiliating. She didn't even get the opportunity to show resistance, because that smart-ass Mukuro made sure to leave her body when she couldn't escape anymore. "What does Cavallone have with this?"
Elen couldn't say that his question didn't surprise her, but as long as Kyoya believed the lie she was going to tell, who cared? Not her. Frowning, to keep the appearance, she looked at him, as if he was crazy or something. That didn't bother Hibari at all, but he waited for her answer and he wouldn't mind to bite her to death the second time if the girl wouldn't speak soon. "What? Don't tell you didn't know that he is my lover…" That was the biggest lie she had ever told and in the same time a stupid thing that sprout out of her mind. That seemed to amuse Kyoya and it wasn't even the desire effect. She expected him to began with his smart comments, but all he did was to mock her with only looking. Maybe she was destined to be bitten to death again, because there wasn't any possible way to get away from that demon. "A weak herbivore like you? I didn't know that the stupid bronco had so bad taste."
That was the end of her patience, because he had actually offended her with his last statement. Hibari didn't only caller her weak, but also ugly. Elen didn't consider herself a goddess or something, but she thought that she was pretty enough to have a lover, even if she wasn't interested in anyone. How much would he regret that insult…Who cared that their confrontation would destroy his house? She didn't, but it wasn't the right moment. Not know when she was unarmed and without any chance to escape uninjured, but when he less expected it. After all, signing that alliance with the Vongola didn't seem that bad. "Really?" She answered with a bitter voice, even more annoyed than before. "If he has so bad taste, then why are you pinning to the floor a weak herbivore? Could it be that you are interested in me or something?" Elen was only mocking him, but he frowned, because it seemed that her reply wasn't something he expected.
What Elen had feared for a long time was actually becoming real. Dino chose the worse moment to visit Kyoya, because he saw him on top of her, on the floor. Any normal person would think that they were doing something else, not arguing and killing each other with their looks. Cavallone didn't know what to say, because it seemed that he interrupted something and from the murdering are he received from both, it was better to leave, then be bitten to death. It was enough that he had to fight Kyoya the previous day and with that, the local had been utterly destroyed. "I'm…sorry for…ugh, interrupting you two…Just continue whatever you were doing before I came…" He regretted his decision to visit Kyoya more than ever. It was better to be receiving with hostility then to walk in to see him on top of a girl, probably wanting to be alone. It was better to leave then be the third wheel. It was already bad enough that he actually arrived when he shouldn't and it wasn't like Kyoya would go easy on him for that. Not that he was ever fooling around.
Dino couldn't have felt more stupid then, but that color of hair made him look twice at the face of that girl, even if what he was doing was wrong. It was then when he realized that the person pinned by Kyoya was Elen out of all peoples. Didn't they hate each other? For that simply reason a local had been destroyed thanks to their childish argument. He wouldn't have even dreamt that he was their main subject of discussion. "Elen…? What are you doing here?" He was frowning, because there had to be a reason for her to be there, but he couldn't understand what they were doing. Their hate for each other had been visible from the very moment, even before Elen met Hibari. In any case, it didn't look like the girl enjoyed being pinned under Kyoya at all, but it was like the cloud guardian was daring him to do something, to interfere between them. Dino knew already by the look in his eyes.
"…I'm playing house with Kyoya, here. What does it seem I'm doing?! This…bastard pinned me up, thanks to Rokudo Mukuro's idiotic jokes!" She made a pause to calm herself, even if that seemed impossible in those conditions. Dino realized that it was stupid to ask, because there was no way she could get along with Hibari after their wills clashed painfully and both got injured. ""Mind helping me? If I don't bother you too much, but you know, I thought that you were my lover and that would make you do something!" that wasn't what he was expecting, but despite his desire to ask what was that about, her face was threatening him to play along. Dino didn't understand what could have happened between those three for Elen to get in that situation, but it was better to help her. He could ask for an explanation later. "Kyoya, get off of her. You are practically sitting on my lover." There, he said it.
Kyoya's face was showing again that amusement, but Elen was unpleased by his actions. Not even Dino could have made him get off of her and he sure didn't mind being seen like that. Not that they were doing something, but still. "Are you telling me what to do, herbivore? Have a death wish?" It was the moment when she had it. Frowning, the girl felt like she was in a bad soap-opera, yet, she had to use that opportunity, since she still one hand free and not pinned to the floor. If before she couldn't do something, because Hibari would have stopped her, now when his attention was at Dino, she could actually try to get him off! That was the end of that sick joke. Elen used her elbow to hit his jaw and lucky or not she managed to do so, because he had been focusing on Cavallone. The girl used that moment, when he freed her to touch his face, because it hurt, she felt it on her on body, to get away form him.
Dino sighed and went to help Elen get up from the floor, but he was so confused. What had happened between them and why was Mukuro involved in all that mess? He stretched out his hand, for the girl to take it, but he actually had to get her to her feet by himself, because she seemed absent. "You may have managed to escape this once, but you are still a herbivore and there's no way I would feel something else beside hate for you." Dino didn't like where things were going, because it seemed that Elen was now aware of what was happening and it didn't matter that they were unarmed. It was enough to speak. "Unlike Cavallone, I don't have such bad taste in women." Dino cringed, before he had to actually keep Elen away from Kyoya, who didn't seem to know when to stop. It had been his fault partially, because he practically forced her to come with him, but even so. They never met, so from where was that hate coming? "What?" there it began the chaos once more. "I see how much taste you have! That's why you have lots of women here right? But I'm being sarcastic, you know? I am aware that you brain is kinda slow and I don't think you would have known the meaning behind my words."
That seemed to annoy Kyoya more than it should have, but he was being offended in his own house by a weak girl who claimed that she wasn't a herbivore, yet she allowed that pineapple to possess her. But he was smart and chose to ignore her; it was better if she just left and dragged Cavallone after her, yet it seemed that the said boss had no intention on leaving, but wanted to know what had happened between them. Of course, being a herbivore, he was thinking for sure that he interrupted something, when they were in fact arguing. He just scoffed at her word, seeing that Elen didn't like that at all. Such a predictable one. It didn't even matter that Dino tried his best to make them shut for once, because he was talking with the walls. It was useless to stop two stubborn persons when they wanted to do something, in that case arguing. On the other hand, Elen knew that it was pretty useless to continue and it was the best to leave, she shouldn't have gotten out of that bed anyway. "Kyoya! Elen! Just stop, you-"
"Don't bother! Don't even come tomorrow! Somebody else will do me that favor! I'll leave you with your idiot student. Teach him some manners, buy him a brain!" Elen was angry, but it was the best to leave as soon as possible, ignoring Dino's failed attempt to calm her down. She didn't even look another time at Hibari, but left, without caring that somebody was calling for her. Everyone could go to hell, beside, if everything went well, Xanxus could even keep her money, mansion; he could became the leader of a family! Who cared if that wasn't the Vongola? But that only meant that she would run away from her problems and she wasn't that type of person. It could be difficult sometimes, but it wasn't that bad to be the boss. Sometimes it was even nice, excepting the moments when Mukuro Rokudo appeared there to annoy her. Those were worst than staying in a room with a rampaging Xanxus. Remembering of the fellow illusionist, Elen wanted so much to kill him, but it was better to let him alone, to make him think that something even worse was waiting for him.
For her it didn't matter that she didn't even knew how she got there, because bad or good luck, she found out an exit out of that damn place. Thankfully she saw Lal Mirch and maybe she could help her leave, because she didn't want to stay there anymore. "Lal Mirch! Could you…help me get out of here?" If there was a person that Elen didn't want to anger, for sure it was her. It wasn't like the former rain Arcobaleno would treat her like she did with other people or her students, but if she found out that she had been that careless and got at the Vongola's headquarters without even knowing, she would definitely be scolded. Even that thought was scary. She shrugged and tried to smile, but that was useless. Lal Mirch was no fool that could be tricked like that. "What are you doing here?" It wasn't like Elen didn't waited for that question, but it was hard to explain, even if they were friends. It was more likely humiliating, because she had fallen into one of Mukuro's tricks.
Elen looked at the floor, avoiding Lal's gaze, before her hand was grabbed and she was dragged after the girl on those corridors. At least they wouldn't talk there and she could feel assured that nobody would eavesdrop on their conversation. She sighed and thought that there was no way that man wouldn't mock her for the rest of her life for what happened moments ago. But it seemed that Lal Mirch wasn't taking her to her room, but dragged her outside and it was then when Elen noticed that at least the stupid pineapple was kind enough to actually use the car and not make her walk until there. If he did, then who cared about her former plans? The Vongola would me missing one guardian after she would have been done with him, thought, it wasn't like there were so many people that would miss him. Just his so-called 'pawns'.
The girl frowned seeing Colonello outside, possibly waiting for Lal Mirch, but if he was going to come with them, because there was no way the former Arcobaleno wouldn't force him to act as a driver, so they could talk. As expected, a fight broke between those two, but for Elen it was really funny, because they were always like that. She started to laugh softly and it seemed that it all it took for Lal Mirch to stop fighting him and look at her. As soon as she noticed the looks she was receiving, the girl stopped, trying hard not to start again. "Sorry…I wasn't laughing at you! Well, I was, but it's funny because you always fight when you see each other and yet you two get along…" she stopped for a moment, because even if they were friend, by doing that, she could have offended both of them, especially since she barely knew Colonello. "Ugh…sorry if I offended you. I didn't mean to!"
"It's not that, kora! You seemed down earlier and now your laughing, that's why we stopped fighting, kora!" Hearing that, Elen felt better, since she didn't offend any of them in nay form. Lal Mirch was her friend and she didn't want to make her feel bad and Colonello…even if they didn't know each other, it would be wrong to offend him. But she wouldn't worry Lal Mirch because that bastard insulted her. She wasn't the type to whine to everyone, even if that somebody was a friend. "I'm not sad. It's just…I don't know how to get home and that's thanks to somebody's stupid joke." Elen frowned remembering Mukuro, but she wasn't a vengeful person, so it was most likely that he would escape without paying. But that didn't mean that she won't teach him not to mess with her again in that manner. As always, she couldn't fool Lal, but it wasn't like the girl would force her to talk if she didn't want to.
Elen remembered that she didn't present herself, because she may have heard of Colonello, but they were introduced to each other. Though, he seemed friendly enough and she didn't think that he would be as Hibari, but it was better if he wouldn't be mentioned anymore. After all, the girl had enough time to forget about his unpleasant existence in the time she would be away. "Ugh…sorry for the late introduction. I'm Elen!" What she didn't expect was the friendly pat on her back that kinda hurt, because she hadn't been in COMSUBIN and he probably forgot that she wasn't Lal. But well, that didn't mean that her ribs weren't broken just because Mukuro possessed her and it hurt, even if in normal conditions, she wouldn't have that kind of problem. Even if there was no way to tell Lal Mirch that, she was forced to, because she seemed to glare at poor Colonello who had no idea of what he had done. "Lal, don't worry! It's not his fault; he didn't hurt me or anything! Let's just say that my first meeting with the dumbass cloud guardian didn't go smoothly…" Elen looked at her feet, before taking a step back, because she should have learnt by then that lying to Lal wasn't a good thing. "I'll explain everything in the car! I promise!"
That seemed to convince her, since Elen sighed in relief, before following Lal Mirch to the car. She knew that when the former Arcobaleno got angry and could possibly fight her, it wouldn't go well. How couldn't she know that? After all, the girl asked Lal to train her before she decided to take over the family. And it didn't matter that she was a girl, because it had been hell, but thanks to her, Elen could fight without help. In fact the whole situation was awkward, because if Colonello wouldn't be there, she could have talked more freely, but if she didn't, Lal would probably find out on her own and when that happened, she would wish not to have met Hibari, because no matter what, they were friends.
Elen knew her and she didn't need to be told to speak, because looking at Lal was enough. Her eyes said everything. "Well…yesterday, Dino asked me to come with him and after he introduced Hibari to me, but we kinda started to argue, then fight…" She made a small pause, to take a deep breath in, ignoring Colonello's amused face in the mirror. Lal was listening, but in the same time it seemed that she glared at the poor man who was driving. It was funny, because they seemed to fight every moment, but that was how their relation was. "We destroyed a local…he broke my ribs…I injured him and yeah…We don't like each other." But that didn't answer Lal's previous question of what she was doing there, In the Vongola's headquarters. That was even more complicated to explain and even if she had been the victim, somehow funny, despite the insults she received earlier. But Elen didn't want to tell Lal that, because she didn't like to complain. At least not to her, because she loved to get money from Xanxus, whom she complained everytime she needed something.
"You were sad when Lal brought you outside, so what happened, kora?" Elen stopped talking, because that was it. She couldn't involve even Colonello, just because not telling Lal would mean more problems with Hibari the next time when they met and frankly speaking, she was sick of him. Maybe she would be able to convince them to keep everything she said a secret and not act and if she thought of all the times she asked Lal to keep a secret, Elen knew that it wouldn't be a problem. It was bad that she had Colonello to listen to everything she said and drive the car because Lal practically made him do that. "Well…Mukuro thought it would be funny to possess my body to mock Hibari and…seduced him." She whispered the last words, but both Lal Mirch and Colonello heard, especially him since he stopped the car suddenly. "After he got me…under that bastard…the pineapple left and I had to deal with his insults, even if I tried to be nice, but…" She stopped because to tell them that somebody walked in and saw them like that, wasn't actually pleasant, but sooner of later, it would be found out, because there was no way Mukuro would keep his mouth shut and forget about what he did.
Elen avoided their gazes and thought about how to tell that without embarrassing herself even more, but Lal wouldn't let her go without hearing the whole story… "And the worst…Dino came and how Hibari on top of me…but that's not everything…I actually lied and told the bastard that Cavallone was my lover…" Elen hid her face with her hands, because she was sure that she was red by then and the way both looked at her didn't make the tings easier either.
"You…what?"