Ahh, yes I'm back again. xD
It's the end of July, and so much for my festival fireworks thing. Heh.
Anyway, I figured out I'm going to be gone in August, from the seventh to the seventeenth. So I'll have to catch up to that, make up for the sections you would otherwise get to at the seventeenth. Which is much too late.
Therefore, here is Section 102! :D
Also, sadly, I won't be updating tomorrow. However, I think I can get back on Sunday, and if not, Monday.
And for those wondering, as well as meerla11, Kaia's difference would be the way she sees the world, her personality and attitude. Not so much as the way she fights. We'll see about that. :]
Please enjoy, and review at the end! xD
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"So, you've all come here."
Yamamoto, Lambo, I-Pin, Haru, Kyoko, and Kaia stood, gathered in the 'living room' of the base.
"Hey, kid…" Yamamoto managed to grin.
"Reborn-chan!!" Kyoko and Haru exclaimed, surprised to see Reborn in such a place, in such an outfit.
"You must have been shocked at many things. I have to tell you what's going to happen from here on. Please listen carefully." Reborn frowned.
"We've been sent to the world, ten years into the future. Which means this is Namimori, ten years into the future. This is the world, ten years into the future. Now-"
"Why wouldn't you tell me a thing before, Reborn?!" Kaia bit her lip. "Why wouldn't you tell until you had Yamamoto-san here, and Kyoko-san and Haru-san?!" Haru and Kyoko just looked on. "Why don't I deserve a single thing?!" She took a deep breath, controlling herself, looking away shamefully. "Sorry [Gomenasai], I was being so selfish…"
"Kaia, you deserve a lot of things right now. All of us do. But right now, we should sit it out and figure what to do next. We're in a dangerous, tight situation right now," replied Reborn. He looked to Kyoko and Haru. Haru had truly broken down in tears now. Kyoko looked at Haru with a pitying eye and put a hand on her shoulder. Kaia ripped her eyes off the sight.
"I think it would be best if you girls take care of Lambo and I-Pin, as well as the meals. Now, Tsuna is in the infirmary," remarked the Arcobaleno. "With Gokudera. Thanks to Kaia, Tsuna has made it without much blood loss." He smiled. "Come on, I think he's woken up."
Yamamoto was grim. Haru and Kyoko left, closely followed by Yamamoto and Reborn. Kaia was left, alone in the room.
She winced. Her bullet-wounds were bleeding again, since the time she was outside, running to save Tsuna. She put her hand against her stomach and removed it after feeling oozy liquid between her fingers. It was blood, rich, red, life-giving blood. Kaia kneeled down, feeling a little dizzy.
She clenched her teeth.
Shoot…Shoot…how could this suddenly happen?! I was fine a while ago…
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"W-Who is missing?" trembled the voice on the other line. "Who?"
"According to the attendance, Sawada Tsunayoshi, Gokudera Hayato, Yamamoto Takeshi, Sasagawa Kyoko, Miura Haru, and Raiahu Kaiashi are absent today. Also, Reborn, I-Pin, and Lambo are gone," answered another.
"Chiara is- my dear Chiara is gone!!" sobbed the first voice. "Not only that…so many others, even the innocent!"
"You've never called Kaia by that pet name, Allegra… Is there something wrong?!" Dino's frown furrowed.
"Iemitsu's gone to Japan to look for them," replied Allegra. "He's worried about Tsuna…and…"
"And of the future of the Vongola, of course," frowned Dino. "How's the Ninth?"
"Worried, but fine so far," replied Allegra. "I'm-I'm coming to Japan."
"What?!" burst Dino. "You shouldn't leave Italy with the Ninth in that state!!"
"But this is important. Even the Young Lion of the Vongola has left home territory to look for the cubs; the Hawk isn't restricted because of ties with the family!" she growled. "I'm coming to Japan. Period. I'll have to check on my doll here as well."
"…when are you going to tell Tsuna? And Kaia?"
"When they can take it."
"But…what of your own health? You sound like you haven't slept for days, maybe even weeks."
"I have slept, just not much," Allegra said hastily. "I will meet up with you tomorrow."
The phone clicked off.
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"I don't need it!!" Kaia repeated, shaking her head, shoving a canister of pills back to Reborn. "I have no use for medicine, for goodness's sake!!" Reborn frowned and looked up to Kaia, who was sitting on the bed in her room.
"You wouldn't be able to help at all if you remain weak," remarked the Arcobaleno. Kaia frowned. Reborn handed the canister to Kaia again. "Suck on one when the wound begins to bleed again, then swallow it when the blood eased off a little. Never directly chew on or swallow them. And never take them unless you seriously need to. This is just a safety precaution, as well as the only way you're going to stay out of the infirmary until those wounds heal." Reborn began to walk away.
"Reborn- how did I get these wounds in the first place though?" Kaia asked. Reborn turned.
"Bullets; I think you've seen those big machines with legs and arms?" Reborn paused, seeing Kaia nodding. "They're machines to search out targets and to kill them. So it's dangerous out there. I advise helping out Kyoko and Haru make the meals." Reborn left.
Kaia looked down to her hand, clutching the canister of pills. It faintly resembled the pills that Tsuna had; she had seen them once before. They were big and round – like gumballs. Kaia smiled to herself. She threw the canister of pills on the ground.
She faintly remembered seeing Tsuna gulp them down like they were the best food in the world. But she didn't remember what happens afterwards. Kaia shook her head. She was sure she hadn't seen him gulp them down; it was her imagination. She had only seen him hold the pillbox.
Kaia laid down on her bed, staring up into space. Her mind was cluttered with so many thoughts.
Before she knew it, she was comparing between Gokudera and Hibari – the two who had claimed her on the Tuesday that seemed a world apart.
Both had pride enough for three people. Both refuse to work with people that are weak in their eyes. Both have nasty bad tempers. Both like her.
But Hibari organizes people by herbivores and carnivores. Hibari uses tonfas. Hibari is cold, usually to everyone. Hibari has no vent to pour out the soft emotions; that was Kaia's role. Hibari says "I'll bite you to death" ["Kamikorosu"] a lot.
Gokudera admires and follows Tsuna. Gokudera calls Tsuna Juudaime. Gokudera uses bombs and explosives, like that Byakuran. Gokudera is rude to a lot of people. Gokudera hates girls in general. Gokudera isn't pleasant to be around, most of the time. Gokudera is creepy when he is, and that tends to be slightly awkward.
Hibari acknowledges Yamamoto without 'herbivore.' Gokudera absolutely hates Yamamoto cold. Kaia finds him reliable, cheerful, all-around good. She had a good feeling Gokudera didn't like that, and that Hibari didn't like that either.
Yamamoto. He was a good guy. He was always the good guy. He was never a bad guy. Kaia, however, knows he is a good guy, and a bad guy. He refuses to tell any of the information to Kaia, or the girls.
There was a sudden, piercing siren. Kaia started and burst through her door, glancing fearfully down the hallway, left, right.
"It's alright, everyone, it's just a false alarm," said Gianni over the loudspeaker. "No need to worry."
Great, another weirdo that I never knew was here. And now this person is here?
Kaia yawned, shut her door, crawled onto her bed, and decided to have a good nap.
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The outside noises continued. Kaia yawned and sat up in her bed. She looked up curiously. There were those weird noises again, the boom, the bang, the voosh, the vroom, the everything! She narrowed her eyes irritably and shrugged it away. They were probably busy again.
She stood up and stretched, then exited. She wanted to get as close to the sounds as possible; she could probably learn something about what they were doing up on the ground. She rushed to the elevator, and jabbed the level one button, as if a storm catcher on a lead.
Slowly, she began to sense something, like an aura, or-
Hibari-sempai!
There was another aura, one of static. She couldn't recognize it. There was another boom. Indistinct voices. She rushed further closer; she came to a part of the base that looked different; more Japanese-styled. The auras grew stronger. The voices grew louder. There was another violent shockwave, but Kaia plowed on.
Shockwave after shockwave the energy came against Kaia's running form. The auras came stronger. She slowed down; she was bleeding again. Kaia gritted her teeth. She dug in her pocket; she remembered clearly that she had stuck those pills in her pocket when she came running out. And yes, they were there. Kaia smirked, as she trotted along. She popped open the lid of the container. She took out a pill and regarded it for a second.
She grimaced and chucked the pill into her mouth, quickly chewing it and swallowing. It had no taste, but she could feel something. Her senses were heightened. She felt this before; it was like a different way of getting to this stage. It was Ria.
She immediately began to feel pain coursing throughout her body. The stupid pill was poison!! Rather, it was poisonous to her. She knew it in her heart that there was no difference if you sucked on a pill or if you swallowed it; the same chemicals would get into the body either way. Apparently Reborn wanted her to suffer more than the pill usually would cause.
"So, this is the end."
Kaia looked up. She had gotten to an exit; it was the Namimori shrine. It was Hibari, tonfas in hand, some purple stuff circling him. Kaia smiled, her mind tracing back to the canvases.
I knew it… Purple really did suit you.
"That's-" began a voice. It was Tsuna; he was here as well, but out of sight.
"You two are really late," remarked Hibari, out of the corner of his eye. He was in a charge, deciding to finish off Gamma. Kaia tilted her head; she caught sight of a blonde man. The man made eye-contact with her for a split second; Kaia was instantly afraid.
"That kid…he's…impossible…" the man muttered, looking in Tsuna's direction. He was knocked into the air, out of sight. Hibari leaped into the air as well, out of sight. There was a strangled cry, and Kaia paled.
Both that man and Hibari landed on the ground again; Hibari apparently unharmed, and the blonde man was badly hurt. Kaia could tell from the amount of blood splattered on him.
"I don't need a ring of lightning," Hibari muttered, looking down at the Mare Ring.
"Th-That's-" gaped Tsuna.
"What have you been up to, Sawada Tsunayoshi?" Hibari glanced at Tsuna, a slight smile on his lips, as if he were satisfied.
"H-Hibari-san!!" Tsuna seemed relieved for some reason. Kaia winced again; she was bleeding worse than before.
"Yamamoto Takeshi and Gokudera Hayato are over there," remarked Hibari.
"E-Ehh?" Tsuna ran into the forest; Kaia couldn't see him anymore. She daren't inch closer and see more. She was sure of what gore she would see, after seeing that blonde man's injuries. She looked away.
How could Hibari-sempai do this to him? He didn't do anything…did he?
"Gokudera-kun!! Yamamoto!!" cried Tsuna. Kaia was confirmed of their current state. They were off a little bit, and their voices were indiscernible. Mostly because Kaia didn't want to pay any attention to them anymore. She didn't want to listen to them talk about the injured and possibly dead.
"Wait. We have casualties," said a woman's voice. Kaia swore she had never heard it before, yet she knew she had. "Right now, it's too dangerous for us to move them over such a long distance to return to the hatch." She was just out of sight.
"Don't worry about that," replied Hibari. "We will be using our own entrance." He began to walk in her direction. Kaia retreated fearfully, not wanting to be found out. She looked around. The blood stains on the floor obviously wouldn't be ignored. Hibari was right in front of the entrance now. Yet he saw nothing. Kaia hadn't a clue why, but she quickly wiped her sleeve on the floor, and the blood was gone. Hibari came forward, step by step. Glancing fearfully at Hibari, she took off at a dangerous run. Her wounds were still bleeding, and she was weak from the poison.
She gritted her teeth from the pain, and she knew that a trail of blood was following her. She picked up her pace, so the blood would space out, and leave a smaller probability to be found out. She came to a door, a hatch that looked exactly like the door to the warehouse. It opened automatically for her, in her surprise, but she shrugged it off and plowed on. There was nobody in the hallway; taking the chance, she rushed in and immediately turned off a corner, leaving no blood traces around the bend.
Kaia ripped off her jacket and put it on the dripping wound; no more blood traces. She limped as fast as she could to her room, wishing with all her might nobody would be on the elevator or in the hallway to her room.
Reborn came walking by, from another intersection to Hibari's door to wait for Tsuna and the two injured Guardians. He stopped and looked down at the mysterious blood trail; it stopped abruptly at his feet. He frowned and turned his head left and right down the other hallways. No blood traces. He caught an air of suspicion and walked on.
There was a strange draft in the hallway. He came to the hatch. It was never opened, ever, before. And yet it easily, just like that, had slid open? It seemed like it – nobody had forced it open. On the other hand, nobody had the password to open it aside from Hibari. And it was highly unlikely Hibari would have opened it to enter into the base voluntarily. Reborn hadn't a single idea how the door ended up opened, and how the blood trail had stopped abruptly at the first crossroad. Reborn frowned.
Unless… Hibari had sustained a hidden injury from Gamma.
It was the unthinkable.
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Remember Manga Chapter 115…? Reborn was waiting at the door between the Vongola Base and the Foundation's research institute.
Anyway, thanks so much for reading! And now is the time to review. So review please~! :D
Tune in next time, and have an awesome summer! x]
