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Chapter 16: Choice and Reaction.
Giotto's POV
The seated man yawns and stretches his did it so casually even though this room is real creepy. I felt my goose bumps. Lampo shriek. Demoon Spade didn't laugh as he usually do. Alaude didn't show any reaction. Knuckle flinched. G stands closer to me. "Your reaction is completely ordinary! I thought the Vongola Famiglia will be worthy of my elements! It seems that only Hime can view my flame as something ordinary. Without jolting or flinched."
He light is grayish-black flame. "I am Carlos Edmondo, the final checkpoint's Guardian. My rule is simple…" He sat on his chair and put his feet on the table. "…drag me out of this chair and desk. The participant will be every Vongolas present." Lampo stepped in front of us. "Gee, I'll try to see what the use of those things is." He points to a skeleton figure inside a glass box.
"Ku fu… I'll try as well." Demon Spade scoffs. Well, if you look at it, only both of them who haven't been drained in any battle. "Come." He invites them. Lampo faces Demon Spade who nods at him. Lampo charges straight to Carlos' place. "Lancia Elettrico. Electric Spear." A spear made of lightning manifests on Lampo's hand. "Take this!"
"Primo Risveglio: Arrivo dei Morti. First Awakening: Arrival of the Dead."
The skeletons inside the glass-boxes break out and form a barricade to protect Carlos. "What?" I shouted. "I've overcome the human boundaries by possessing the undead flame! I am Carlos Edmondo, the Guardian of the Undead!" He laughed maniacally. I don't know how but, they seem to have absorbed Lampo's flame and grow bigger.
"Remorse Mist."
The Mist shrouded. That Demon Spade, he doesn't really care that we're here. All of us spread. But, the skeletons seemed to grow in numbers too. "I can summon skeletons as long as I stood on ground and there are no earth flame bearers." Said Carlos. "I'll bind all of this thing to death!"
"You literally can't bind them to death, 'cause they're already dead, Cloud Guardian!"
Some unknown black force pushes Alaude to the bookshelf behind him. "From all the Vongolas, I hate you the most. Why is that you have to be Hime's lover? Even though I met her first." The skeletons corner all of us. We're still shrouded by Spade's Remorse Mist, which doesn't make it any better. "Alaude!" I shouted to the bookshelves.
"Don't think of him, Giotto!" It wasn't a skeleton. It was something else; I looked around and still find nothing. "You're cruel, even though we finally meet again!" A naginata* was swung hard at me. "No way… Chrysanthemum?" No! Don't believe it! She's dead!
"Giotto! Haven't I told you thousands of time to call me Christy?"
The Remorse Mist has gone too far, to even revive Christy… "You're dead, Christy! A truck hit you on an accident!" The Illusion-Christy hugged my waist. "No… not yet… that's why I'm here!" If only I was a second later, the naginata would've got me. I blocked it with my right hand and use the Zero Point Breakthrough on her. "You're cruel! Giotto! You're cruel!" When the mist cleared off from my view, a frozen skeleton is in front of me.
"Hey! I bought you that Distruzione! ticket so don't kill me!" Lampo ran across the room. This was even more tiring than the previous checkpoint.
"I-I have repent for my sins and serve God! I extremely regret that I've killed you in boxing!"
"If only I killed you that time, Ugetsu won't be taken!"
"Everyone! Get a grip!"
Zero Point Breakthrough!
The mist cleared. I froze every skeleton in the room. "How dare he…" Carlos looked perked. He's still sitting on his chair. Suddenly, we heard gunshots coming from outside. "Gunshots? On the hallway?" When Carlos is about to stand, the door blasted open. Yukime's body is thrown from outside. She shot a snow bullet from her snow sniper rifle. "Tch, these guys, they keep on coming." She coughs and spat some blood.
She didn't realize that Carlos had caught her and is hugging her from behind. "Everyone!" She just realized. "Skeletons… could it be?" She faces Carlos and brushes him away. "Why, Hime?" She doesn't look at him and ran straight to Alaude. She snaps her finger. "Reject." All of Alaude's wound forcefully closed.
"That… hurts… Yukime." Said Alaude in his usual coolly tone. She looked drained. "Of course." She smiled. Suddenly, all the skeletons broke. "Bearer of the earth-flames…" Muttered Carlos. Yukime charges forward and fire her guns again. Once it hit, the face of the subordinates becomes red because of the fever.
"I hate you, Carlos. You lied to me, and you've lost. Escort them to the Terzo's room."
Yukime shots again and disappear within the crowd. "It's as she said! Escort us, you're no longer in your desk!" I shouted. "Tch. Fine. I'll escort you." He unwillingly shows the way. "This is it, Spazio Terzo, and Asari Ugetsu are here." He opened the door. "Hmph, good luck."
G rushes inside. No wonders, his friend for life, Ugetsu is defeated and is lying on the floor.
Yukime's POV
How many of them have I taken out? Gee, there's no end to this. I light my rings. "Be careful! It's the Quarto's double flame attack." I stare to them, irritated. "For starters, I'm not your Quarto! And…" All of them become wary. Hehehe~, just my luck.
"First one, Un Terremoto di Sventura! Massive Earthquake of Doom!"
All of the subordinates lose balance. I'm pretty sure this'll shake the other area of this HQ. But, I guess I don't care.
"Second one, La Grande Valanga di Neve. The Great Avalanche of Snow!"
It made anyone who light their Dying Will Flames stuck on the ground. The ones that have the sun attributes are bruised because of the earthquake. "Please, Hime. The Spazio Famiglia accepted us even though we have flames of sky. It is our sanctuary!" I shot a mild snow bullet to the man who said that and render him useless with fever. "I don't care."
I finally reached the room I was in earlier. Well, nii-sama must've won already and we can enjoy a nice cup of green tea in Vongola HQ. When I enter the room, a bullet came rushing to my head and make everything dark. I can't even see my own hands!
I screamed. "Sorry, Hime. It wasn't an accident." I can feel Ryuuren hugging my waist and a gun pointed to my head.
"Now, choose. Which one will you save? Vongola Famiglia!"
Giotto's POV
"Don't talk nonsense, Spazio! We'll save both of them!" Said G. "This is bad, Yukime cannot free herself because of the shadow guy." Said Alaude with a slight worry on his voice. "You don't have all day, Vongolas. Do you want to make her insane within the darkness she's experiencing?" Said the Spazio Terzo.
"What should we do, Primo?" Asked G. "It's okay… leave me. Save my sister, Primo!" All of us didn't know what to do. I gulped and hope this decision I will make is true. "We'll escape here now, Yukime can save herself."
All of the guardians flinched. "Are you crazy, Primo?" Said Lampo. "Am not. But, I'm sure Yukime can save herself. I believe in her." No one broke the silence afterwards. "I sure hope you're making the right decision, my friend. Now, let us go and abandon this place." All of us ran from the room. Not run, but retreating.
I haven't realized that this decision will make me regret for the rest of my life.
Yukime's POV
"You see, Yuki? They abandoned you." I stare to the door in disbelieve. "Did they just… leave me?" I asked in the same tone. "Sure they did, Yuki-san." Said Ryuuren. The bullet's effect wore off when G-dono shouts earlier. I try to catch my breath.
"They've abandoned you, face it. Yukime-san."
This voice… "Jared…" I whispered. The coldness on my spine sends chills to my whole body. "I'm home, Boss, Ryuuren, Bianca and Carlos too." As he said that, Bianca and Carlos came in. "Uuuu… Uuuuu!" I try to hold back my tears. But, Oji-sama hugged me tight.
"The truth is… I want everyone to choose me, but…" I can't find the right words. "Don't hold them back, Yuki." I screamed hard. "I'M JEALOUS OF YOU, ONII-SAMAAAAA!"
Bianca kneels, "I promise, we'll protect you, Hime."
Ryuuren kneels, "I promise, I'll be dependant for you, Yuki-san."
Jared kneels, "We won't betray you, I promise."
Carlos kneels, "As the leader of the Quarto generation Guardians, I promise you, and we won't let you down."
"Because we are your Famiglia, the ones who'll come to you whenever something happens to you."
Kyuuuu~ It's finished. What do you think? Please review, okay? Uhuhuhu finally, Carlos' element! Even though it's undead, he can also controls flame of hells. Ryuuren's warning in the last chapter also means "Be careful not to die (to inside this realm)". Naginata is a Japanese spear. That's all!
Bye-bee~!
