What The Hell

Chapter 9.

After having solidified herself, Maya sighed. She had to actually THINK about sustaining herself. Stupid Byakuran. I'm affected by trinisette too, no matter how little. She dusted her hands and went to sleep. Married because I wanted too? That doesn't make sense. I already have one person that's in love with me, why another? She stood there in the hallway, arms at her sides as she remembered. If only the Bel in this world could be solved with a Yuna, like the one I met on my travels to her world. But that would only work on the Belphegor there, not this one.

"Ushishi~ I'm not your princess Bel."

"Ushishi~ Of course you are." "VOOOIII! STOP WITH THE LOVER'S SPATS ALREADY!" "Ushishi~ Even the shark sees it. And he's a stupid peasant." "He's a stupid peasant Bel. He doesn't know or 'see' anything." "VOOOOOIIII!"

Maya woke from her dream. She shook her head and showered after getting some food. What's this? I slept in? I haven't done that in centuries! She mused as she walked around.

An alarm sounded. In response she ran to where the noise was coming from (had to save energy). S7S S7S S7S was on the computer screen."What's going on?" She asked as Tsuna did. "It's receiving a rescue signal. It's an SOS from an ally." "An ally?" "It's a secret signal kept within the Vongola family. I've caught the signals source. I'll put it up on the monitor." Maya's eyes widened slightly as she saw. "Hibird." She whispered. Hibird had been present in the fight she'd had with Hibari. "T-that's Hibari-sans Hibird!" "It has a signal transmitter attached." Reborn remarked "Hm? This is bad the signal's weakening." "Eh?" "It's turning." "I cant follow it with a fixed camera. I'm switching the monitor to the radar image." Maya didn't like the anxious feeling she was getting, so she temporarily removed her memories relating to Hibari Kyoya. The feeling didn't go away. She brought them back immediately. Lal burst in, followed by Gokudera and Yamamoto. "What happened?" "What was that alarm just now?" Gokudera asked. "Everyone, there's trouble! There's an SOS from Hibari-san's bird!" Tsuna explained. "What?" "That thing . . . called Hibird?" "Location?" "Currently moving through district seven at 37km per hour. It's lowering altitude. Twenty-five, twenty, fifteen. I-it disappeared!" There was shock. Lal saw Maya closing her eyes for one moment. It looked like a blink, but she knew her. When she had emotions, they hit her HARD. Lal was going to have a talk with Maya later about accepting love and happiness. "What is there at the location where it disappeared?" Reborn asked, breaking the silence. "Please wait, I'm pulling it up right now." They waited. "Got it, it's a temple!" Giannini said. "Naminori temple? What the heck is Hibari doing over there?" Yamamoto asked. "The signal was weakening, so maybe the battery just died." Giannini said, not without hope. "W-what? Battery died?" Tsuna said. Lal looked at Maya again. Looked like she didn't need that talk anymore. She'd probably heard her thoughts. "Or the enemy could have shot it down." Reborn said. "Enemy?" Tsuna asked. The others understood. Then Tsuna did too. "Then we gotta hurry!" "It could be a trap." Lal Mirch said. "Trap?" Naïve little Tsuna. "I'm just saying that it's possible." "T-then what are we supposed to do?" "Either way, this is our only clue at finding Hibari. We cant just sit and twiddle our thumbs." "But look at this." Giannini said. "Each dot is a ring that has been confirmed." Maya 'blinked' again. Then another problem arose after they discussed what to do. Kyoko was missing.

"Why don't we just split in two groups?" "It wont be that easy! The tenth is injured!" "I'll go." Maya offered. There was more arguing and bickering.

"Then let's put off the search for the cloud guardian." Lal Mirch said. "No. If the SOS is really from Hibari, then we have to not waste time."

It was comical-in Maya's eyes-at how surprised Tsuna was to be asked to make the final decision.

"You're the boss after all."

"We will only follow jyuudaime's orders." Gokudera said (somewhat eagerly). "Then it's up to you, tsuna." Yamamoto said. "Gokudera-kun . . . Yamamoto.

"Then I'm going too! Kyoko-chan and Hibird! Both sides simultaneously commence!" "If jyuudaime says so, I agree!" "Since it's decided, let's begin the preparations." Yamamoto said.

"Um, about the battle strategy . . . can we decide it together?" "Very well." Lal Mirch said. "Hmph." Haru said. "The problem is dividing their strength. Especially since we are planning a dual mission, the chances of being pursued are high." "Umm, in layman's terms?" Tsuna asked, sweat dropping as the purple squiggles came over his head. "It's simple enough." Lal retorted. "Yamamoto. You don't have weapons right?" Reborn asked. "Right! Now all I have are the two boxes my ten-year-older self uses, one of them doesn't open too. Plus I have a practice sword." "I found this." Reborn said, tossing it to Yamamoto. "Shigure kintoki!" Yamamoto expertly caught it. "The future Yamamoto's rain ring seemed incompatible with it or something. So he uses a normal, non-transformable sword. It seems like he left the Shigure Kintoki here too." Reborn said before continuing. "But you still have your Vongola ring! The connection between Shigure Kintoki and the Vongola ring is still unknown. Whether to use it or not, is your choice." "I'll bring it. Because I'm my father's . . . Shigure Souen Ryu successor!" Tsuna: Yamamoto . . . "Have you figured it out yet?" Reborn asked. "Hm?" "Explain it to everyone Sawada." "Okay, then I'll divide up the teams. Lal Mirch and I will go after Kyoko-chan. I want Gokudera-kun, Yamamoto and Maya to look for Hibird." "With Yamamoto?" Gokudera sounded upset. "Eh?" Tsuna asked "I-is it bad?" "N-no, if it's jyuudaime's orders . . . I'll be happy too . . ." "You don't look very happy." Maya remarked as she looked at Gokudera, who was very irritated and gloomy. "She's right. Your face doesn't look happy." Yamamoto added.

Lal gave more instruction, than they were running to their hatches.

"If all goes well, Hibari will be on our team, huh?" Yamamoto asked as they ran. "Shut up" Gokudera replied. "Yes, he will be." Maya told Yamamoto.

"Hide!" Lal said to Tsuna. They quickly hid under her cloak as Lightning Gamma flew overhead.

"This is where Hibird disappeared?" Yamamoto asked. Maya nodded. "Doesn't this remind you of the summer festival? Wonder if this place has any connections with Hibari." Gokudera suddenly ran off. Maya and Yamamoto quickly followed. "Hey, if that 'unavoidable battle' Lal Mirch talked about becomes a reality, what should we do?" Gokudera was silent. "We'll most likely go out to face it Yamamoto." Maya said. "When that time comes, let's do a combination attack." Maya shook her head. "You're making Gokudera angry Yamamoto." Gokudera grabbed Yamamoto's shirt when Yamamoto continued talking as they ran, saying "Don't misunderstand-" "You idiot, stop fighting with him!" Maya whisper yelled at Gokudera "We're here to do a job, not fight amongst ourselves!" "You just want to see that bastard of yours!" Gokudera said. Maya round-house kicked him. "That's not it! I'm here to do a mission, emotions and what I want be damned! I've lived like this for millennia, so don't you go telling me what I'm doing!" "I'm only with you two for jyuudaime. I don't even want to be near you!" "Then let's go wild on our own." Yamamoto said as the leaves rustled, everyone putting on their rings. Maya shook her head and sighed "If you two need back-up I'll provide." Maya was sitting in a tree when the storm flames hit the ground. "Huh? What happened?" The idiot asked. A blue thing shot up in front of his face. "What?" "I don't really understand how to use that swallow but . . . Oh well!" Yamamoto said as he jumped off a tree and sliced the front guy, who fell. "What?" "That's right, over here!" Gokudera said before he shot the second guy. He fell too. "I was trained like crazy in my fight against the Varias." Gokudera (boasted). "If I have a ring and we are under equal conditions, I won't lose." Yamamoto smiled "That was kind of a combo attack, right?" He asked cheerfully. "You're just getting him angry." Maya called from her tree. "Don't do unnecessary things. I could've done it by myself." Gokudera said, turning so he wouldn't see Yamamoto. Yamamoto's cheerful look dropped.

"Lightning Gamma." Maya said. Gokudera and Yamamoto both looked at where she was pointing. "I heard that the Vongola guardians ran in different directions, but . . . What do we have here?" "Electricity?" Gokudera asked as he and Yamamoto stared at Gamma. "Storm and Rain Guardians, right?" Gamma asked from where he hovered. "You two look younger than the photos. No, too young!" Gamma: Could the information Irie wants to be . . . "Are the Vongola's drinking from the fountain of youth or something?" Gamma asked as he floated to the ground. "Oh well. But if we go at it, it would be more of a punishment than a battle. Fighting against kids . . ." "I'll take this impudent guy." Gokudera said, surprising Yamamoto. "Don't do it Gokudera! He's stronger than you think!" Maya urged from her tree as she swung her legs. "Stupid woman! You don't know anything!" Gokudera shouted at her. Gamma looked at where he was shouting. His eyes widened "You . . . The boss'll be pleased when I get you for him."

"Don't interfere!" Gokudera told Yamamoto as he took off. "Yeah, yeah." "There're leftovers from the previous fight too." Gokudera added. "Leftovers?" Maya pulled Yamamoto to the base of her tree. The dynamite exploded around Gamma. "He's not dead." Maya warned. "He just glided back."

Gokudera aimed his box weapon at Gamma. "Oh?" Gamma asked. "There's nowhere to run!" Gokudera shouted.