"Are you guys ready?" Rebirth called out to Sora, Haruka, and Edward. They bobbed their heads in agreement and went inside a private limo. It was Friday, but everyone felt the days passed so fast- as if mother nature was as impatient as them. Inside the limo, you could see the people, but they couldn't see you- which was perfect for mafia missions. "This is my car.. my 14th one." Rebirth bragged, hopping to the corner seat. She looked at Sora and Haruka to join her, with Edward at the other side.
"Whoa this limo is so cool!" Sora exclaimed happily. Maybe being part of a mafia would be cool after all.. But mafioso's steal, kill, and do anything to get money. The 11th shivered. Will he have to kill too..? "A-anno.. Rebirth-san?"
Rebirth turned. "Hm?"
Sora gulped nervously. "U-um.. Is the Vongola Family a bad family? I mean, the ones who steal, kill, and do everything for money?"
Thankfully, the sun arcobaleno shook her head.
"No. We steal from the bad families, but we do kill when the plan goes bad." It was true. If the Vongola Family was not, then no one would have Tsunayoshi as the 10th boss, or Giotto, who formed the good mafia Family himself. "We also do good deeds," she added. "and we also obtain money like that, but we never reveal our family. NEVER." the baby said quite loudly, looking serious again.
"If you give out your personal info, any enemy family could find a way to.."
"Wait.. you guys have rules?"
"Yes, now sit next to me before we waste any more time!"
"A-ah! Gomen Haruka-chan, Edowar-" "I'm not slow like you kids you know.." Edward crossed his legs comfortably as if he was sitting the whole time, waiting for them. Sora apologized weakly and sat next to Rebirth.
Haruka was disgusted by his cousin's actions towards their Eleventh, but she kept a straight face and softened a smile to Sora. "I can't wait to see the base!" she said blissfully. "Though, it's not as big as the Milefore's, it's still in good shape."
Sora nodded in agreement. "I wonder who are the rest of the eleventh generation guardians.. It's you, Edward, and me... that's pretty scarce.." he frowned. "Do you know anyone else?"
Haruka frowned too. "Hm.. I'm pretty sure there's three more at our school, including Suzako, but I never looked them up precisely. If we know their rings, I'm pretty sure we'll get to identify them easily."
"Their rings..?"
"Eh? You don't know? Each guardian has a ring- Sky, Storm, Rain, Cloud, Lightning, Sun, and Mist. We'll talk about that later, but when we arrive, Rebirth will explain more about our rings!"
Kagisora nodded and said nothing. He wouldn't want to intrude Haruka more with questions that could sound dumb to her. That was Rebirth's job to tutor him all about the Mafia World.
"Ah. We're here with our first stop." Rebirth said enthusiastically. "Haruka-chan, please open the door."
The boy had black hair that was combed averagely- wearing the same Namimori uniform as Kagisora's. The look in his eyes were clearly annoyed, and it looked like he didn't want to spend his Friday with a bunch of mafioso. "Stupid dad.." was all he grumbled and spoke not a word to the others as he sat to the other corner at Edward's side.
Haruka didn't like the looks of him. Whichever guardian he was, she was sure he wouldn't be friendly to Kagisora- or anyone.
The only person talking was Edward, who told stories of his adventures in foreign lands- Madagascar, India, China, and America. Sora recognized America- but he only went once because his English wasn't very understandable. He kept mispronouncing "car" for some reason..
"Our next stop!" Rebirth said. Without a reminder, Haruka opened the car door with a surprised look in her face.
In came a young man, the same man they had seen in school.
Before Haruka opened her mouth to protest, Sora interrupted:
"Ah! It's you!" he pointed at the man.
The man chuckled. "So you realized now, Kagisora? I'm Suzako Sasagawa- son of Ryohei."
Haruka raised her eyebrows with suspicion. "I thought Ryohei was loud."
Suzako smiled politely at the girl, reacting positively to her.. criticism.
"Ah, well children can always be different than their parents!"
She left the Sasagawa alone and said nothing more during the trip.
"Where's the other girl?" Rebirth questioned Suzako.
"Well.. she wanted her own ride there.. Couldn't stop her." he sweated.
"Their family is quite dangerous I must agree," she smiled with relish. Her smile faded when she saw Sora point at their new member.. "A Vongola boss must also be polite. Of course Suzako would pass that." Rebirth winked at Suzako. The Sasagawa blinked back.
"Ite ite! Fine- just stop p-pinching me!" Sora protested as he tried to wave away Rebirth's grasp. When the sun arcobaleno stopped, he rubbed his cheek with a loathing moan. He couldn't tell which was worse: Her throws or pinches.
Edward chuckled softly at the amusing scene. From the looks of it, this new Vongola boss had a lot of training to do..
The limo moved up near the Namimori shrine- and stopped with a low screech of the wheels. A shrine? Sora and Haruka looked puzzled. Where's the base?
"This is your base." Rebirth announced. "And don't worry. It's not the shrine.." she jumped out of the limo first- with Edward behind.
'Eh..?' Sora blinked. 'They seem to know what they're doing.. but.. What the-' "Uwaa! Rebirth-san!"
Haruka turned her way to her boss quickly. "What is it boss? Did you get hurt?" "R-Rebirth-san.. sh-she disappeared!" he shakily pointed to the spot where his tutor disappeared.
Strangely, Suzako laughed. "Ha ha- Rebirth didn't disappear, see look!"
Rebirth's head now popped out, but her body wasn't visible. Sora shook with baffled bewilderment.
"Well? What are you waiting for?"
Amaya gazed dully at the car window- doing nothing as the car drove on. Suzako told her to go to the shrine to meet her father, and he will explain the rest there. She wasn't sure why she trusted the Sasagawa so quickly. He had offered to give her a ride, but she firmly declined.
Slowly the car parked behind a black limo, and Amaya walked out of her transportation, looking around for any sight of her father. No one.
She continued on, however no glimpse of a midnight haired man came in view. With distaste, she approached the Shrine's back entrance. This was the last place Suzako had mentioned before, but Amaya doubted anyone would be there.
She reached for the knob, but suddenly her hand disappeared. Eye's widened, she jumped back in surprise and looked for anything wrong with her palm. It looked just fine- what could have happened?
Finally discovering the answer, Amaya blamed herself for getting so surprised. This wasn't magic! It was an invisible barrier! Reluctantly, she felt her way to the real entrance where Rebirth and the others had left inside.
"You'll be staying here for a day.. or a week, so don't complain or I'll break your nose." Rebirth threatened Kagisora as he shuddered with utter fear having his nose broken by a baby. "Y-yes!" "Good."
"Now we'll go to the training room where we'll stay till lunch." Sora hesitated for a moment. He wasn't sure why but he felt uneasy. Even if Rebirth is cursed, she still has an infants body. He wouldn't like hurting her.
The sun arcobaleno led her student to a white spacious room. There were no training supplies or anything that is not white.
"Uh.. Rebirth-san? How do I train..?" "You'll see soon enough."
The white room was no more- now they were in the middle of a large mountain wreathed in large dim clouds. The humidity was rough to breathe in, and the rocks felt slippery. Sora coughed a little, squinting at the number of trees and rocks below them. "W-where are we?" he asked anxiously.
"Mount Fuji. Now start climbing." Like a mouse, Rebirth climbed up so fast, Sora couldn't see the arcobaleno under the high mist.
"Well? What are you waiting for? Try to beat me.. If you lose, you have to climb back down with my weight."
Sora groaned. Why is Rebirth so extreme?
"I am NOT training with you!" Hiroshi yelled back at his father. Ever since he found out that his dad was part of a mafia family, he grew even more boiling mad to see that he was being raised by a criminal. How he hated his father!
"Why the hell did you become a stupid mafioso? Do you want your own life to be at risk?" "Calm down! This was before I became a man!" Before..? "How long.. BEFORE?" Hiroshi slowed to a stout growl.
"During your age.. When I was as frisky as you." Yamamoto frowned.
Frisky? Hiroshi raised his eyebrows. "So.. you want me to believe that you've joined the most top leading Mafia Family starting at the age of 15, not knowing that it was dangerous for your own family?"
Yamamoto knew his son wouldn't give up until he had his answer, but the real reason would make Hiroshi hate him even more. He bit back what he was about to say and lied, "I needed to pay for my gramps hospital bills.."
Hiroshi scowled lowly. "How low.. I thought the Yamamoto family was proud.. not associated with criminals.. Whatever. I'll play this stupid game. How do I start..?"
Amaya could not believe what she've just seen. But she've seen it. A whole base.. underground. This didn't look like she was in the right way though.. 'How troublesome..'
She narrowed her eyes. Over a distance, she could see a brunette heading towards her.. Immediately, Amaya knew it was Suzako, the person who lead her to all this trouble.
"You.." she started, but Suzako interrupted quickly: "I've been looking all over for you! Let's go!"
And off they went.. With him holding Amaya's hand.
What did he mean he was looking all over for her? He barely gave her any directions for it..
They passed corners, many automatic sliding doors, and security camera's which roamed almost throughout the whole base.
Finally, Suzako skidded to a stop when he faced the last door in front of them.
"Here we are.." He opened the door for Amaya as he slowly backed away and left her inside the anonymous room.
Amaya slipped inside silently without a single word of complaint. Something told her that Suzako was right.. something.. Old-fashioned.. She was right. The whole place was like her household.. but much peaceful looking.
The doors, mats, and windows were made out of real bamboo, made out of first-class material.
There were even japanese traditional instruments that were the hardest to obtain.
Siting near the windows was a midnight haired man reading an old book. He looked up by the sound made by the door.
His stare almost paralyzed Amaya. He was stunningly handsome- like those anime boys many of the high schoolers gossiped about. Amaya cared nothing about that, but maybe she will right now..
The man wore a dark blue jinbei, as if he had just awoken from a long slumber, but his hair was neatly combed and shined.
"... Amaya.."
Amaya kept a straight face when he spoke and struggled to make a curt nod. Despite her yandere personality, she was feeling quite uncomfortable.
Seeing this, the midnight haired man spoke again, but softly: "Who am I?" he asked simply. Amaya did not see any trick to that. "My father, Hibari Kyouya."
"And how old are you?"
"Sixteen."
"... So it's sixteen years.."
Kyouya formed a half smile, but quickly changed back to a subtle frown. "... Did you meet anyone by the name Mareo?" he asked in a low tone. "No.. I haven't." Amaya answered, her eyes narrowing in question. It was impossible to know what he was thinking, but in a matter of time she could almost see a hint of.. relief?
Kyouya rubbed his forehead, silently whispering to himself so quietly that Amaya couldn't make out any of the words except 'Mist'.
Looking up, he stopped and turned to look at her directly in the eyes.
Again, Amaya almost flinched. It was impossible to look at him in the eyes to see his staring back. Yet all these questions pressed in her brain: What exactly is the Vongola Family?
Gathering her courage to question her father, she quizzically asked,
"What exactly is the Vongola Family..? Why have they kept you away from our family?"
At the word family, she almost said it with emotion. Which was pure anger.