Welcome back to today's update! I'm so sorry that I updated so late – my parents didn't want me on the computer since they wanted me to do other things. Anyway, at least I got around to it right now, and here's the update for today! :]
For AkaMizu-Chan's reviews, I thank her for all the praise she included in her five reviews yesterday.
And from glomp-meister, a few questions. Changing personality? And why does Kaia agree to go to Mafia Land with the Vongola?
Here's a quote from the review reply. Sorry, glomp-meister, it sometimes gets tiring to re-type everything I said.
"And how Kaia changes personality? She's mentally unstable, if that's how you say it, like unsure of what to do. But at the same time, she doesn't care anymore. So she shrugs and it doesn't matter to her what she does anyway…"
My dear god, those questions were nagging you in the head for three hours? I feel for you. Poor brain. Hope it isn't fried. Also, thanks for worrying about my brain. And it hasn't fried, in case anyone else is wondering.
Not only did glomp-meister review, glomp-meister included a vote! Well then, here is the updated scoreboard:
Mukuro/Kaia: 8 [and 5 re-votes from Shin] [one of the votes are from Shoko-Chan, and she re-votes twice]
Gokudera/Kaia: 6 [and 1 1/2 re-votes from Shin] [another re-vote from Crazee4anime] [a re-vote from little-L.A.M.]
Belphegor/Kaia: 5 [a re-vote from The Great Pineapple MEKI] [a re-vote from RemStrike78] [and a re-vote from AkaMizu-Chan]
Hibari/Kaia: 4 [a re-vote from that~one]
Yamamoto/Chrome: 2 [and 2 re-votes from Shin] [and a re-vote from Banyou]
Hibari/Haruka: 2 [and another re-vote from Shin]
Mukuro/Kaia with a Hibari twist: 1 [and 3 re-votes from Shoko-Chan]
Belphegor/Kaia with a Mukuro twist: 1
Soto/Kaia: 1
Byakuran/Kaia: 1
Xanxus/Kaia: 1
Also, it has crossed my mind for another poll on the story! Any future battles? I've already got one – a battle between the King of Knives, Belphegor, and the Queen of Knives, Kaia! I don't quite remember who suggested it though, sorry, and please, whoever suggested it, please tell me. I'll start another poll here:
Bel vs. Kaia: 1
There. Now, moving on to the actual story. Today will have two updates, since the next one is much too short to stand in as a single update. You'll see next scene.
Anyway, please enjoy this update and please review at either the end of the scene or at the end of the update! Thanks!
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She couldn't see a thing. It was all black; a black so complete it seemed to morph into fear. She was lying down in some type of box. There was a low rumbling sound coming from outside, and the unmistakable brush of branches meant she was somewhere near vegetation. Summoning her courage, she lifted her hand and tried to feel around. She was laid in a bed of flowers inside this box, and she felt around the edges of the container. Fingers found an open edge, and they tried to pry it open. Kaia gritted her teeth with the effort, and moved her other hand to assist the first. She managed to pry it open, and a crack of dim light filtered through.
She was in a trunk. Kaia groaned inwardly.
But she looked around more. It was a sleek, black car, like a limousine, but shorter. There was a driver in the driver's seat – someone with authority, someone who knows what's going on, yet someone that could be an enemy. Kaia looked closer, but ducked her head as the person looked back.
Piercings in the ear. White or gray [she never really paid enough attention to a guy's hair like his to discern color, I mean if you call a teenager's hair white, won't that be insulting?] hair, shoulder length. Green eyes.
It was unmistakably Gokudera Hayato.
And yet he wasn't, in a way. This Gokudera was a lot older, a lot more mature, calm, controlled, not rash. Kaia looked outside the window; it was all forest. She didn't know where this was, but judging how Gokudera was actually wearing a suit, she had a feeling that this place wasn't just any other forest.
The car drove into a crowd of trees, and the engine slowed to a stop. The driver's seat door opened, the older Gokudera Hayato got out and looked around, slightly comforted at the sight of complete silence. He neatened his suit up, looked back, then set off into the forest. Kaia was bewildered.
Wear a designer suit and go hiking in the middle of forest nowhere?! This is insane!
Nevertheless, she saw this chance to escape. She climbed out of the box awkwardly, then kicked open the trunk door. Gokudera probably didn't care at all for this wonderful, expensive car, since he didn't even bother to lock it. But Kaia shrugged that away as well; she could escape now, and probably find some answers somewhere.
She didn't know where to turn; Gokudera might immediately do something bad to her, like reflex action or something. He seems to be some important person who knows how to kill or something like that, and Kaia wouldn't dare cross paths with someone like that.
Kaia was free to disappear into the forest now. And she did. She ran far, far away, as swiftly and silently as she could. She began to tire and stopped. Her breaths were heavy and deep. She looked around. She didn't know where she was now, and was stuck in the middle of nowhere. She assumed she ran for about ten minutes.
I'm so stupid… I should have at least gotten some attention. Now, I'm going to be lost, and who knows when I'll find my way out?
There was the screech of machinery. Artificial breaths of a machine grew closer and farther, farther and closer. The high-pitched shrieks when the cameras zoomed in on objects. These gigantic, moving, human-like machines took Kaia by surprise. She was truly scared; she was trembling all over now.
One of them stopped. A white one. The head, or the part that Kaia related to the head, turned. The cameras focused and refocused on Kaia's still but trembling form.
A structure that looked like a hand now pointed its fingers at Kaia. They were hollow, and Kaia tried to not think about why they were hollow.
Faint, computer voices rang inside the machine. Kaia numbly tried to keep herself from moving.
The hollow fingers began to light up green, and an eruption of green lasers burst from the fingers.
The smell of burnt wood drifted into the air.
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Muahahahaa~~ It's a cliffie – again! :]
Keep reading and find out what happens next!
Oh, and if the next scene hasn't appeared to be posted yet, please feel free to hang around or review while you wait for it to come up. It won't take long. :]
