I suppose while working on my Painting for this Art competition/Preliminaries of mine, I got on this song and decided to use this for another part of the Sora-Millefiore mini-series.
And probably shedding a light or two (unless you got the hint somewhere within those previous drabbles of mine) about who in the heck is this 'Agent Sixteen' person and what's her relation with the rest of Vongola and they seem to know her... or, prolly a knowledge on what's her role and stuff.
Well, I'm not going in more with speeches; message would bring Irie Shouichi back to life and sing. Goshdarnit, why, Amano-sama, why? Not that he's dead or anything, really. *cough*
=Butter-fly=
"After an endless dream, in this world of nothingness,
It seems as if our beloved dreams will lose.
Even with these unreliable wings, covered in images that tends to stay;
I'm sure we can fly, oh yeah...
After an endless dream, in this miserable world,
That's right, maybe not using common sense isn't so bad after all.
Even with these awkward wings, dyed with images that seems to stay;
I'm sure we can fly, on my love!"
---
She only stood in silence as she was forced ('forced' was the root word) by Kyouya Hibari (the older one, to be precise) to accompany her to God-knows-where, not encountering any other Millefiore enemies for a while after he manage to 'bite off' the ones pursuing the orange-haired female a while ago, or to anyone that gets in their way. The silence seems awkward but Sora knew better than to try and retort back towards the ex-prefect-now-Mafioso before her. Who would have thought that he had grew all these years?
"You shouldn't have left yourself behind Kusakabe and the others," Hibari said in a cool yet steely tone of his. "But, then again, you're not the type who works with anyone else." he concluded, which made her wonder what does he meant by that.
"Eh? Wait, what do you mean by that?"
He didn't replied to her question but decided to continue on trekking from within the walls of an enemy base with a younger female lagging behind even though he knew that she wouldn't be as useful in this era unlike her future counterpart. Just what role does she actually had to begin with and he was asked to 'assist' her? It was pretty much confusing, she thought, biting her thumb in frustration as she could only follow the older male before her.
Just who the hell is she in this era? And what is her exact role, really?
"You said you're just returning a favor to her...er... I mean... me, right?"
A grunt of reply.
"May I know why?"
He didn't reply, unfortunately.
"Fine, be that way; not like I would want to know about her anyway."
So, instead of asking more questions about who is she in the future era, or what does she actually do to begin with, Sora decided to just shut up and let it slide, probably follow whatever Reborn told her to do from those letters she had read upon her arrival on this plane of decade, while thoughts of what else there is to do here muddled her mind.
"Summon Ala Alba."
"Er... what?"
She could feel the steel glare from the ex-prefect as he looked onto the younger female as if he's not joking around. Then again, he's not after all. "I said," he said calmly yet in a tone that would had said something about not to disobey him or else. "Summon Ala Alba." She wasn't sure what he was talking about, or if he's completely nuts, but Sora only replied back with a 'what the heck' look of hers as Hibari shook his head and pulled out his tonfa, pointing it to the young teen. "That box animal of yours, herbivore."
"I didn't know these things have names!" Sora retorted but, nevertheless, followed his instructions (in fear for her life, apparently) as she pulled out the small box from her pocket, concentrated her own resolve until a small, orange-colored ember emitted from the ring she was wearing and pressed it onto the slot, watching as a bright orange blob of flame shot out from the box and landed onto the top of her head as it revealed itself and gave a loud 'squawk'.
"It's weak."
Another (retorting) squawk from the box animal as Sora looked up (or, at least, tried to since there's something sitting on top of her head) as she noticed that the bird perched on top of her head is a little too small, if not a bit on the--
"Why's the bird a bit tabby?" She could only feel the steel gaze from Hibari once more as she decided to just forget about asking him more questions that might end her up being injured not because of those Millefiore soldiers. "Oi, birdie, shoo! Get off of my head!" The female groaned, flailing her hand upward just to shoo the small albatross away from her head but with no avail. "I give up; stay there for all I care, see if I get neck cramps and fail because of you." She sighed in defeat, knowing that since this is her second time meeting her own box familiar, she had a conclusion that maybe the Albatross might think of her not as the Sora-partner it used to have. "This is hopeless." She groaned, flailing her arms slightly in the (comical) situation before her with this familiar.
Typical.
"Tell me again why did you want me to summon this thing?" Sora asked once more, pointing her index finger upward towards the perched creature on her head as Hibari grunted in reply.
"He'll be useful." Was all Hibari had said as, right on cue, they heard a crash coming from the room next to them. "Hm... seems the herbivore isn't still as strong." He murmured to himself, tonfas at hand and ready to head out but not before giving one, final instruction towards the orange-haired female. "That bird will lead you to the chamber; go in there and defeat any enemies you encounter if you must." Before she could even protest, however, the tabby albatross seem to have heard what Hibari had said as it stretched its flame-covered wings and seem it had lifted 'himself' off, circling around the female with a loud 'squawk'.
"Oi, what--?"
Before she could have asked once more, she noticed how her legs...
Her lower legs, to be exact, had been enveloped by orange-colored flames as she heard a whirling sound coming from the skates she was wearing.
Wait, what in the-?
"..."
"Get out and follow Ala Alba, or I'll bite you to death."
As the bird flew towards the direction opposite to where Hibari Kyouya was heading, Sora didn't take any second thoughts (for her own safety, as she thought about not rather to engaged to this battle with Hibari on tow) as Sora followed to where ever the albatross would lead her, noticing that she only needed to lean and move her legs with less force, the wheels from her skates moving on its own in which the speed must have increased due to rotation than any normal skates does. Of course, since skating (preferably with roller blades) was something Sora enjoyed which she compare it to flying, the female somehow felt the wind rush to her face (completely forgetting to wear her trademark goggles) as she pelted herself head-on to catch the soaring bird that seem to be unusually faster than she had thought.
"Hey, wait up~!" The female called, not realizing the increasing speed or unaware that around the corner, she would meet up with some enemies at hand. And, as if on cue, the White Spell soldiers were armed and ready, weapon at hand as soon as she entered their 'territory' and made their aim onto the female. "Hiii~!" The female tried to avoid any oncoming attacks that came from them as she noticed that the bird is nowhere to be seen. Where it would go, she thought as she dodged another attack. Unfortunately, for her, there is only one way out of this place and it was blocked by the goons along with the one she had come from a while ago.
"Darn it..."
She knew that if she weren't careful enough (not to mention that she hadn't have any weapon at hand, or any experience with fighting), she could die in this situation. Hibari, apparently, won't be able to save her hide this time seeing that from the way he ordered her to follow the bird, he seem to be going pretty busy with the source of the crash a while back and she doubt any allies of theirs would come in her aid; in short, she was on her own. And with the Sky-attributed Albatross- Ala Alba it seems to be called- nowhere in sight, leaving the female with only her flame-engulged skates, she's definitely not having any luck anytime soon.
Sora could have just give up now and just surrender; that'll save her life even for a bit, and probably make her life a bit easier.
Yeah, that would be a good idea after all. Besides, she doesn't want to die here, no way Sora will die in this situation!
"I want to cut the infinite loop; we'll definitely change the future for the better!"
But...
Didn't she promise that she wants to change the future? Didn't Sora vow to herself not to give up so she could change the future for the better of everyone?
Didn't Sora Ichiroku said that she'll break the infinite loop, at all cause, even if it means sacrificing herself?
"Screw common sense; you guys are going down!"
Without her realizing it, the rotation of her skates seem to have increase dramatically, the flames grew bigger as she charged in towards the soldiers blocking her path, ready to attack them with whatever she got at full speed as she leaned herself forward, ready for the impact. She doesn't want to just give up easily and abandon the promise she had made to the Vongola Primo. She doesn't want to fail Reborn and the others who are working their best to return back to their own time.
She doesn't care anymore if she have to 'screw common sense' as she says it; Sora only wanted to get this over and, certainly...
Tsuna- both the present and the future- and this Agent Sixteen-person had trusted her with something important which is why she is here; therefore she would not fail them at any cause.
With her resolve finally modified itself, the teenage female leaned at the last moment before she made a leap, ready to give in an involuntary kick towards these soldiers who are blocking her way out towards the other room.
"You guys are in my WAY~!"
A great swipe from her leg as a strong gust of wind seem to blew them away, colliding onto the wall with such impact that left them stunned as she loose no haste in looking back, noticing that Ala Alba was actually waiting for her from the other side before flying off once more. What's unusual, however, is that due to the intense speed, she noticed that she was skating not on solid ground...
But on air itself, as if the wind had become her own, personal road; something she had thought only possible in her thoughts whenever she is skating back in Namimori.
"Heh, awesome, I feel like flying!" Sora exclaimed with great enthusiasm, not even daring to decrease the speed as she began catching up onto the flying creature towards the room she was instructed to head with the new-found speed and ability she never thought she could have.
Surely, there is something more with this Ala Alba box animal that this 'Agent Sixteen' gave her.
'Don't worry, Tsuna; I'm coming and ready when you are!'
---
A smirked formed from the red-head as he watched the female heading towards the center of the Melone base, amused on her discovery with a part of her abilities.
"Irie-sama," One of the Cervello spoke, standing beside him. "Is it ok to let her bypass the soldiers and head towards the machine?" He dismissed the question, knowing what the female was aiming for.
"Don't worry," Irie Shouichi commanded, spectacles glaring through the faint light of the monitor screen as he also watched another screen where Tsuna and Spanner are shown as of this moment. "Agent Sixteen's original plan is to destroy the Melone Base so, surely, she had sent a message to her past self to finish what she had started; I'm not going to let her do just that."
"Are you sure about this?"
Irie looked onto the slender woman clad in a red-colored jacket with black tights, white-colored boots and brown gloves as a white-colored scarf adorned her neck and sepia-tinted goggles covering her eyes, a smirk came across her face as she crossed her arms.
"Of course, Irie-kun," She spoke, head tilting. "It's his plan; you have to do your part while I have to do mine." A sigh escaped his lips as she only chuckled sheepishly at the reaction. "Tsu-kun had seen through it; I'm not going to fail him and leave his grand schemes for nothing, dead or not." He knew that there was a slight waver on her tone when she mention about concerning his 'death' (even though that he, or Irie, hadn't mentioned anything about his 'death' being fake towards her for the sake of the plan he has in tow). "But... I believe in him, I know they could change the future for the better."
"But you're--"
"Back then, I don't know myself too well, that I was relying too much on the commodity; the normality of the whole society and not letting other people know what I actually wanted was to voice out and say what I trully wanted to say against all odds. Send my past self here; let her learn that, sometimes, not having common sense is not a bad thing after all."
"So, you're saying..."
"Just in case the past Tsuna and everyone else feels down or the likes, there's ought to be a wake-up call from someone, even if it means roughly smacking them in the behind if she has to."
He could tell she had something planning within such circumstances; she's willing to partake in this plan just as fine.
"I understand you working for the Vongola had something to do with this," Irie concluded as he faced the orange-haired female as she lifted her goggles to reveal her bright, caramel optics which seem to gleam with the same look he had seen for the past decade when they were still neighbors. "I know you'll go far with this, Agent Sixteen..." He took a pause, musing her one last time, before she turned her back and began walking out of the door, knowing that the meeting between the two of them are done for now.
"...Or, should I say, Sora Ichiroku."
The fact that she had something in mind made him wonder if it'll work, despite knowing that this is all part of the Future Tsuna's plan as well but, for now, Irie focused on fulfilling his role, knowing that the young Sora would do it just fine.
Oh, she'll go far just fine, alright... let her have her own wings to fly on and she'll make it to the end.
Bah, it's a bit scrunched up, but I guess Sora needed to move herself out from her 'common sense' self and screw around with it; just charge in and don't care about everything else for now. And, yeah, you head me, Irie Shouichi and Sora Ichiroku are neighbors (she lives in an apartment flat) so no surprise the two knew each other.
So this Agent Sixteen, who is actually Sora of the Future self, has some plan concerning with aiding the Future Tsuna's plan as well as teaching the young Sora about something, eh? Well, I'm sure there is more to it as of why she had given the Box weapon for the young Sora to use.
I tried visualizing Sora's encounter as something out from the anime, Air Gear *is smacked by a tuna fish* and, yes, you have observed; skates and all. Iono, it was fascinating and, frankly, it suited Sora well along with the rest of her.
And what does Hibari mean about her Box Weapon (Ala Alba)? Hmm... more questions.
Speaking of which, the song in this particular drabble is 'Butter-Fly' by Kouji Wada from the anime "Digimon Adventures". I don't own KHR and the characters, the only thing I own is my own characters(Sora) and probably this drabble. If I do own them, well, armageddon had come. Yeah, hope you enjoy it as much, I'll try to answer the questions and confusions here on the next part of this saga (not too long now).
