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HOME AT LAST! Singapore was fun though, I met new friends and everything. But on the other side, it's VERY tiring. I have to walk almost EVERYWHERE! I'm an indoor type, I guess it's hard to cope with Singaporeans' way of travel ^^.
Oh, I almost forgot! I GOT YAMAMOTO'S RAIN RING FOR REAL! God… I'm so happy!
Enough of my chatter, let's start!
Chapter 29: New Hidden Peril
Giotto's POV
The battle still continues. The Spazio Terzo is super strong! No wonder he won the throne fight a few years ago. He jabbed me and even shoots his son with his own flames. Jared plays defensive and supports me, because I heard that 'Flames of Earth' cannot attack the earth itself. The only one left is the boss, Diablo del Spazio. His Guardians are finished, kept to minimum damages (well, except for Calcifer Defunto. Alaude and Carlos really beat the crap out of him).
I already told everyone not to interfere. This match is a boss showdown.
I intended to prolong this fight until bursts of surprise came raging from the infirmary hall. A massive earthquake combined with condensed snows came raging. Ugetsu ran abruptly and G followed him.
"I thought she was asleep!" Said Ugetsu to G.
"She was! But, I don't know what makes her wake!"
Alaude rushes as well. Knuckle and Claire gather the injured body of the Terzo Famiglia. While Demon Spade is very intrigued to kill them on the spot. I quickly follow them to the infirmary, after asking Knuckle to take care of the Spazio Terzo. "What's happening?" I asked to Ugetsu.
"Apparently, this has happened before. The maid said, when she tired herself out to make snowstorm raging on our town for a few days because she cried when I left, on the next day, earthquake happens and the whole room is covered in snow. And she'll suffer hypothermia-extreme case of lowered body temperature- The room is still intact with the un-melting snow."
Alaude left us and ran quickly. Yukime's room is at the farthest end of the hall. "Because of extreme tiredness?" I asked again. Ugetsu shook his head. "Maybe… Maybe not."
"You… I'll bind you to death!"
Alaude rushes inside and throw his handcuff. When we get there, we can see traces of Mist flames. "It's not… Demon Spade's Mist flame… Who did you threw that to?" I asked to Alaude. "I don't know… he was too fast." Alaude throws his face. Ugetsu and G walked to the bed and examine Yukime. She's breathing heavily. "Yukime-chan…" Ugetsu touches her forehead. She opens her eyes abruptly and stares to Alaude who was behind Ugetsu. She just punched him directly.
Alaude pinned her to the bed, attempting to break her arm. "OI YOU!" Said G in a high tone. "Calm down, G. Let's see here…" I take a closer look to Yukime's arm; it has tiny holes on them. "Shots marks… she's been drugged." I concluded. "By whom?" Asked Ugetsu in a panicky tone. "With what?" Asked Alaude while pinning her head down. "The culprit is probably the one who you threw you handcuff at, Alaude."
"Ahhh… Ahhh!"
Yukime's groan is a painful sound to all of us. Her body's trembling and she's sweaty. "For the 'with what?' part… Leave it to us." Said Bianca. She took a sample of a liquid that was lying on the floor. "Let's go, Antonio. The laboratory is just across here." Antonio nods and both of them leave. "Antonio and Bianca have some experiences with laboratory and microscope. It's better if we leave it to them. And Hime..?"
"Well, she's not exactly fine." Said G.
Ryuuren clicked his tongue and take a glimpse of Yukime. He looked… worried. He points to the battlefield once again. "Only one person is enough to quarantine her, right? Claire's wood cell prison can't stay long y'know?" He said in an indifferent tone and left the room, I can see traces of jealousy in him.
"Let's get back to the battle, G, and Ugetsu too." Ugetsu is about to open his mouth to ask a question. But, I cut him with my apathy stare. "Can I count on you to quarantine her?" I asked to Alaude. "Even if you didn't ask me… How dull." A reaction I expect from Alaude.
"But, Primo!" I raise my hand to G's face. "Outside." I left the room. Ugetsu and G followed me behind. "Why didn't you let this flute-freak do it? He's the brother, right?" G asked. I stopped and stare to Ugetsu. "You should know the answer, Ugetsu." He sighed and shows a pained expression. My Rain Guardian never shows any expression besides happiness, or I should say carefree-ness.
He banged the wall with his fist. "It's my fault… If I didn't leave a year ago… Any of this won't be happening to her." His sudden change of mood makes G uncomfortable. He never saw his partner in this expression. "If you didn't left, you won't be one of us, Ugetsu… But, judging from the circumstances right now, Alaude is what's better for her."
"Back to kicking ass of Terzo Famiglia, are we?"
I chuckled, and as we enter the battlefield, they were imprisoned in Claire's wood prison. It seems that Knuckle has brought Calcifer Defunto to receive first aid rather than letting him die.
"Primo!"
"Vongola! Kick his ass immediately, will you? I can't deal him with him whatsoever!" Claire releases her wood prison. "Die, Vongola!" Flames burned smoothly on my gloves. I had to take care of this quickly. I have to comfort my Rain Guardian, convince my Storm Guardian, and the hardest of all, to understand my Snow Guardian.
"Release your power, Vongola ring. Show your power as one of trinisette ring."
My ring changed and dazzling orange light made all of us cover our eyes.
Yukime's POV
It is hot.
It is cold too.
It's scary.
I can't hear anything except my breath and my groans.
I try to punch anything there is, proving 'my' hands, and senses of touch.
"Yukime, stop."
Hearing a stranger's voice in this 'unstable-temperatured-world' surprises me.
I try to hit the voice's source.
"Stop. Or I'll have to break your arms."
I can see dark green colored coat in my blurry vision.
I gripped on it as if it was my life.
It was the only thing to prove 'my' hands are there.
It hasn't been… detached.
I can't withstand the pain anymore.
The scene I've buried in my head a long time ago is returning right to my face.
Again and again…
Again and again…
Another warm 'thing' has flowed from my eyes.
I try to hold them in, because I sensed that it's a bad thing to flow.
"I'm sorry, Yukime. I didn't mean to leave without telling you a thing, but… this friend of mine is very important. Even more important than Asari House."
Does that mean that his friend is more important than me?
That question is burning on my chest, again and again.
While I was so sure that it means nothing.
It resurfaced… painfully.
"It's okay. Cry, you can destroy my clothes."
I let the warm thing flows.
I shouted to relieve this weird pain I'm suffering.
I can't feel my legs, so I take a look on them.
I can feel thousands of arms trying to drag me down.
"DON'T! AAAAAAAAH!"
I hear a door slamming, but I was busy to plead for my own life.
"Don't please, don't… kill… me."
I sensed a sting on my neck, and miraculously, coolness exploded, and I can see clearly for a while.
"Alaude, Alaude, Alaude, Alaude, Alaude,"
I keep chanting his name as if it was an incantation of sort.
I ran my cold hands to his spiky, yet smooth, white-hair.
His baby-blue eyes gaze at me warmly. I felt so… secure.
"I love you…"
My sights went dark.
Alaude's POV
"Yukime."
She finally fell asleep. Two of Spazio Guardians wearing lab coats were there, watching us.
"The thing you injected to her is?"
"It's a tranquilizer. And we can't do it from the beginning because we didn't know the composition of the drug that was in Hime earlier."
"The reason you took so long is?"
"As I said, we didn't know the composition of the said drug! But it was a very strong dose of alcohol-contained hallucinogen drug. And since I don't know the composition, the Spazio Famiglia isn't the culprit. Whether the Terzo, or Quarto."
"How can I trust you?"
"You little-!"
"Stop, Antonio. To trust or not, is your own decision, Cloud Guardian. But believe me; we don't want Hime to get hurt. Physically, or mentally. Let's return to battle, Antonio."
The Guardian of Metal discards her lab-coat and left the room. The male herbivore behind her also followed her.
"Hmph." I throw my face.
My female carnivore… no, my woman tightened her grip on my coat.
"Alaude…" She whispers in her sleep.
Giotto's POV
Bianca and Antonio finally joined the party. I smiled at them. "Too bad for you guys, it's over!" I re-examine my surroundings. The unsealed Vongola ring's powers are too great for anyone to withstand. "How about my Snow Guardian?" I asked.
"She's fine at the moment… but, no one else to see her for now." Said Antonio.
"Whether… why don't we discuss the culprit who drugged Hime." Said Bianca, and I realize that it wasn't a question. It's a statement.
"Sure…"
*Outside the Corrosione delle Fiamme neve-terra.*
"That was… one of the trinisette rings. The Vongola Ring."
"Yes, its power is unbelievable, no?"
"It is superb… But, this unbelievably rare flame that I sensed all along… what is this?"
"It's the Snow flame, sire."
"It exists?"
"It did."
Silence occurs between the two.
"That crafty woman… interesting!"
"Sire?"
"The Snow flame and trinisette… Vongola… Asari Yukime, was that her name? and the Spazio as well. Looks like I won't be bored…"
"I don't understand what you're talking about, sir."
"We're leaving…"
"Understood."
Finished! Please review~~! God, 1827 doujinshis are so hot. It won't be strange if I got fever because I've read them. Oh, I felt like I failed in typing it to the story, so I'll tell you here. My biology teachers said, if you use the alcohol-contained hallucinogen drug, your bodies will get warm. So in this case, Yukime's having hypothermia and in the same time, she's been drugged. That's why her body is constantly changing temperature and I describe it as 'It is hot' and 'It is cold' it's a sensation she never felt before, so, 'it's scary'. Ok, that's all.
Bye-bee~!
