NOTE: Much of this chapter is about the changes of the mini-Varia girls. Yeah, I know, why use them instead of the guardian's kids? Well, I have my choices, because they are not much paid attention for in other fics. But the Guardian's children will appear soon. So bare with me…
Chapter 6
Himeno found herself in a place that is darker than black…Until she stumbled upon a light in front of her. She reached for it and in an instant, was blinded by it.
"What the? Huh…?" she murmured as she saw a beautiful garden behind a beautiful Italian mansion that is shone by the bright sun in the middle of a forest. The garden was full of different kinds of flowers, all beautifully cared for.
In the middle is a large gazebo with a man seated there on a table set for tea. The man had golden blonde hair, and she could see that he is in black attire. She was startled when the man talked.
"If you are done looking at everything in this place, may I suggest for you to please come here?" he offered in a mellow voice.
Himeno was taken aback by it, but followed his instructions. When she arrived there, the man looked at him softly. She saw his complete features. He has golden spiky blonde hair and pure blue eyes. His features remind her of someone, but she couldn't remember who. He is clad in a black coat with gold ornaments on his left over a white striped suit and white tie.
"Here, come sit," he offered the seat in front of him. Himeno accepted it.
The atmosphere went quiet for a while until Himeno spoke, "Um…can you tell me where I am?" she asked.
The man smiled at her, "You are in Italy my dear, but not physically," he answered.
Himeno tilted her head, "What do you mean…? Am I in a dream?"
The blonde nodded. "You took a big blow on your forehead when you were hit by that ball," he commented.
Then in a split second, she remembered what happened, but not all. "That's right. I was in a deep thought when I was hit by it,"
"And what were in you thoughts?" he asked.
The brunette went quiet for a while, "I-I can't remember…" she answered.
The blonde frowned, "Seems like what you were thinking of is not meant to be known by you yet,"
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"It means that you are not meant to know that fact until the right time comes. It is something fate decrees. Sometimes, if you want to know something, but you are not meant to, fate comes in the way to make you forget." the blonde explained. "But at other times, it is to prevent something for you to not to get hurt."
'Whoa, he sounds like Mistress Moon Raven,' she thought, "So you mean I can't know it at this time?" she guessed. The blonde nodded.
Then a thought came to her mind, "By the way, who are you?" he asked.
"I am someone who was a little worried at you after that blow. Just call me Giotto," he introduced.
"Giotto?" she said as she was trying to remember him, but to no avail, but she thought of something else, "Are you a guardian angel?" she asked.
The blonde looked at her, and smiled, "You could say that. But I want you to keep this meeting a secret to everyone, okay?" he said cheerfully.
Then he stood up and offered his hand for her to stand up. Himeno took it lightly and stood. "Now, it's time for you to wake up. Everyone will be worried about you," he said. Himeno then closed her eyes and disappeared in a white light. Giotto, left at the garden frowned, "Looks like Decimo's daughter will know the truth in a later date that this…"
…Silence…
…Silence…
…Silence…
Himeno opened her eyes again slowly and saw the image of her very worried class vice president.
"Ah, Kaichou, are you alright?" he asked worriedly.
Himeno groaned for a while, "A little bit dizzy at the moment, but it will work out." She replied. Then she remembered something, "By the way, who is responsible for the indoor soccer game?" she strictly demanded.
Shinkiro answered, "It' was Martin, one of the transfer students,"
"I'll have to deal with him later," she said.
Then the door swung open revealing her parents. "No-chan, are you alright?" her mother asked worriedly as she came to her side. Shinkiro saw the signal from Himeno to leave.
"I'll be on my way to the room, Kaichou," he bid and left.
"I'm perfectly fine. I was just thinking of something that I lost my guard to evade," she explained.
"And what were you thinking of?" her father asked.
"To tell you the truth, I don't remember at all after that blow. But I guess I'm not meant to know it yet," she answered.
"Well whatever it is, the important thing is that's the only one you forgot," Nori said. "We were worried when your teacher called us that you were hit by the ball,"
Himeno giggled, "Like I said Mom, I'm fine,"
Then Ai entered the room, gestured to her parents and looked at the brunette. "Suiri, can I have my USB back? I need it for my next assignment today," she informed.
Himeno took it out from her pocket and gave it to her. "Did you already read what's inside?" Ai asked.
Himeno nodded. "Yeah, though I kind of forgot what is inside. But it guess it was meant to be," she replied.
Ai raised an eyebrow, "Okay…I'll leave now," 'Weird…she's never been like this before…' she thought. She then left the room with Himeno chatting with Nori. But Mori followed Ai.
"Ai-san," he called. Ai looked at him, "What was inside that USB you gave her?"
"Huh? Oh this," she said as she referred to the USB, "Suiri asked for information about some Vongola-related things." Mori's eyes widened in surprise, "It's a little weird for her to forget things, but the soccer ball accident says the answer. Must be fate for her not to know what's inside it. Well, that is according to Mistress Moon Raven's sayings,"
"Thank you Ai-san," Mori said.
"I'll be going now Suiri-san," she bid and walked away.
Mori was left with his own thoughts after that.
The afternoon came and Himeno returned at eighth period, which is the last class of the day. She punished Martin that he will help out in the studio making every single day until the shootings were done. At the end of the school hours, Himeno called the driver to not only bring her van, but also bring the small bus fit for twenty people. Yohannes and Jonathan chose to patrol the school grounds after school instead of helping the class out.
All of their classmates, except for the ones who have clubs that didn't approve of their absence met up at the school gate. Himeno put on a bright smile, "Well then everyone, the four will come with me in my van, since only five can fit in. so you guys go in the bus with Shinkiro, and he will guide you to the house studio that my parents set up. And remember, follow his instructions," she said as she went in the van. When everyone was inside, they left for the Suiri Estate.
No one besides Shinkiro has gone to Himeno's house before, so they were excited. When fifteen minutes passed, they all stumbled upon a ten-foot tall fold gate with tall walls. On the right, they saw the name Suiri under a doorbell and a screen. Himeno's car stopped for a while in front of it before the gate opened. When they entered, they went through a smooth and straight path. Beside them were Sakura trees that have their summertime form, and behind them was a beautiful garden with different kinds of flowers on each side. After a few minutes, they saw two different roads. Himeno's car went right, and the small bus went to the right.
"Hey Shinkiro, why did we had a different turn than them?" one of them asked.
"We are going to the studio near the house. All the materials are already there courtesy of the class fund," Shinkiro answered.
"Wait a second, how much is the class fund anyway?" Martin asked. He was seated beside the vice.
"Well, because of the donations of the teachers and the students, and also the principal on the fund raising for the class improvement, and especially Kaichou and our other rich classmates, we were able to make about a million yen, and half of it was used for this." He explained.
Five minutes later, they arrived at the studio and went to work.
Back at the girls, they arrived inside the mansion and Himeno lead them to her vanity room complete with stylists and a walk-in closet.
"Why on earth are we here?" Anya asked.
Himeno sat on one of the chairs, "To make you guys look better. What else? Appearance comes first you know," she then took out a remote control and opened a wall showing a living room set for the vanity. She then turned on the flat screen T.V. and started the music video of f(x)'s debut single, La Cha Ta. They watched the video for a while and were astonished by what they would do, and what they will look like.
"Wow, some dancers they are," Regine commented.
"That's one of the good qualities of Korean Pop music videos. Now, let's get started." Himeno took out a box and let them pick. "Okay, the names you picked will be your role in the music video. I got Jessica," she announced.
"I got Luna," Regine announced.
"Mine is Sulli," said Athena.
Rinsel stayed quiet for a while, "I got Victoria."
"And I got Amber," said Anya.
Himeno got up, "Well, let's get to work," she said as she snapped her fingers and the stylist came behind her. "Miko-with me, Hagumi- with Regine, Apolla- with Athena, Mayama- with Rinsel, and Juris- with Anya," she ordered and they all came to them and lead them to their seats all bounded by walls from every vanity set. "They will be your Stylists for the contest. Now start, I'll see you guys looking new in a few,"
Then the stylists washed their hairs to start the makeover.
At Himeno
"Okay Himeno-chan, we don't need to color your beautifully grown hair and just slightly curl it up," Miko explained.
Himeno smiled, "Okay Miko, do your trick," she said.
"With pleasure," she said as she combed her hair and set aside her bangs.
At Regine
Hagumi, a blonde girl was thinking what to do with Regine's rather messy hair. A few seconds later she came up with the idea. "I know, I have to straighten your hair and put a one sided bangs to the right of your head!" she said as she rushed and started her job.
"Easy on the bangs part," Regine advised.
At Athena
"Girl, you need to choose," said Apolla questioningly, "Either it's red, green or blonde,"
Athena frowned a bit, "Aw, but my dad styled it for me,"
"But two of them needs to go," Apolla explained.
Athena thought for a moment, "Fine, make it blonde,"
"Permanent or temporary?" she asked.
"Permanent," she replied.
"You got it," she said as she dried her hair and prepared the hair coloring materials.
At Rinsel
"No," Rinsel spat out.
Mayama shook his head, "Rinsel-san, please, we need to take off your bangs so I could see if the hairstyle fits," he explained.
"But…I like this. That way, they won't judge my appearance," she replied.
"You know, I am judging your look right now. Just step out of your comfort zone will you?" Mayama said.
Rinsel thought for a while, she has always been a replica of her father just like Anya, but she is much worse than her. Martin did always rant her of taking off her bangs. No one has ever seen her eye color before, other than her parents.
"Just let me see those eyes," Mayama said as he surprisingly raised her bangs and showed her eyes. Mayama stared at the mirror to her and was astonished. "You know, you look much better with that. Want to give it a try?" he asked.
"If this turns out bad, you'll be sorry," she said as Mayama started to prepare his scissors to cut it off.
At Anya
Juris stared at the white haired girl for a while before he spoke, "Please tell me this is not your original color," he asked hiding the fact that he once thought she wasn't a fourteen year-old.
"Brown was my original hair color, but I changed it permanently when I was seven, and my hair was this long," she explained as she pointed her hand to the middle of her neck.
"Want to change it back?" Juris asked.
Anya closed her eyes, "Do what you want then," she replied.
Juris wasted no time and did his job.
An hour later
Himeno came out with her hair loose and her bangs were set aside and it was slightly curled. She came to see what happened to the rest. The first she went was Regine's stall.
"So, how did it go?" she asked as her head peeped in.
"Well, it's more or less good," Regine replied. Now her rather messy hair with flips on the end is now a straight, slightly curled brown hair. she had bangs on her right face.
"Wow, it's better than I thought it would," Himeno complimented. "Wanna see what happened to the others?" she offered.
"Sure," Regine agreed as she stood up form her seat.
When they stumbled upon Athena, they saw the girl for the first time with her hair fixed a little curly, and is now blonde.
"Hey girls," she greeted, "Wow Regine, you turned into a woman," she praised.
"Wanna check Rinsel and Anya?" Regine offered.
"Wouldn't miss it for the world," she said.
When they went at Rinsel's place, they saw the girl slumping on the table. Her blonde hair was straightened up nicely with a few curves.
"Um, Mayama," Himeno called to Rinsel's stylist. Mayama went close to her. "Why is Rinsel slumping?"
"She's feeling a little bit new since I took her out from her comfort zone, a.k.a., I cut off some of her bangs that were covering her eyes," he answered.
Everyone looked at her, "Hey Rinsel, let us take a look at you," Regine said looking interested in seeing her full face. No one in the group has seen her like that before.
"Not in a million years…" she muffled.
Athena grinned as she came behind the blonde and poked the sides of her waist which made Rinsel sat up quickly.
The three stood in awe as they saw her. Her bangs were hiding for years her icy blue eyes and dark long eyelashes fit for a princess. Add that to half of her face that she got from her father minus the large grin on his face, then you got the answer to what she fully looks like.
"Rinsel, you truly are a princess!" Athena cried as she grabbed her for a hug.
Rinsel on the other hand was being crushed by the other blonde, "C-Can't breathe!" she shouted. "Athena, let go of me or I'll skewer you!" she threatened.
Athena let go of her happily, "You have to show it to everyone back home!"
"And why on earth would I do that?" she asked.
"Because, no one has seen your face ever since we met you," Regine explained.
"Oh no you won't," Himeno said surprisingly.
"Why not?" asked Regine.
"You need to keep it a secret to public until the contest, so that the other classes won't copy it," she explained.
"What's all the ruckus about over there?" said a familiar voice.
The four looked behind them. This time, the one they saw is greater than Rinsel's new look. It was Anya's. She now has short brown hair to her neck like a boy's style and her bangs were as long as the length of her face that is placed to her left. Her black eyes and her angel face from her mother were adding up to her look.
"What?" Anya asked clueless to what they're thinking.
Himeno then came to Juris, "Juris, you're a genius!" she praised.
"Thanks Himeno-chan, but she did show cooperation," Juris replied.
"It doesn't matter, at least you made her that way," she replied.
The three looked at Anya, "Why did you agree to make your hair like that?" Regine asked.
Anya looked at them, "This is my natural hair color. I kind of wanted to look like my mom again somehow," she explained.
The three remembered Anya's mother as a beautiful woman with a tomboyish look. She was Anya's role model until she became a Mafiosi assassin when she was eight. Her father has been the one taking care of her since then because her mother works for the Vongola as a spy. Come to think of it, no one has ever seen Anya like that too.
'Wait 'till Yohannes sees her like this' the three thought.
"Don't you dare say this to him," she dared as if she read their minds.
Then Himeno took out some papers and handed it out to them. The four read them, but didn't understand it.
"What is this? This is not even Japanese," Regine asked.
"It's the Romanization of the Korean lyrics of La Cha Ta so you could read it better. You do know how to read English right?" she said. All of them nodded.
A few minutes later, she led them out the Vanity room and into the recording studio of her parents with sets of headphones on a couch fit for five.
"Now, all of you take your seats and we will listen to the song a couple of times for you to memorize the tone, alright?" she said.
Everyone took a headphone and put it on, and Himeno played the song.
After an hour or so, it was time for all of them to head home. But before that, Hiemno gave them wigs that have their original style of their hair. "Wear this outside the practice grounds. It's a little surprise for the contest," she said before they placed them on and left the estate with the others who were also done in the shooting studio.
Vongola Japanese Base
All of them got home a little bit around seven and everyone was at the living room. Martin slumped at one of the couches.
"Ouch, my whole body is soar for all those work I've done…" he complained.
"That's what you get for starting the indoor soccer at the room and hit Suiri," Rinsel said now, her eyes are hidden behind the wig she wears.
"What? You hit one of our candidates with a soccer ball?" Anju asked.
"It was Jonathan who hit it," Martin defended.
"But I didn't start it," Jonathan replied.
"Which reminds me, we will go to your school tomorrow and help out your class in preparing for the Music video contest at the Music Festival," Ayako mentioned.
"Yeah, Suiri just told us this morning. And get this, we will be helping out at their family's studio shoots," Martin informed.
"So you mean to say she is the class president?" Seishiro asked.
"Yeah, but you guys will be following the vice since he is in charge of the studio organizing, and because Suiri is also a main participant, and so are we,"
"That's a joke is it?" Gilbert said about to laugh.
"Do we look like joking?" Anya asked with a terrifying look in her eyes.
Gilbert went scared for his life, "N-No," he replied.
Then Jessa butted in, "So, what have you found out so far about her?" she asked.
"So, far, she is very willing in making the video with all of the class. That's pretty much it," Regine said.
"And she has a series of stylists," Athena added.
"Why did she have a series of stylists?" Clarisse asked and the four stuttered.
"Nothing," the three replied.
Suddenly, a beep came to the telecom of the house, which is familiar to Jessa. She then hid behind it to avoid being seen, "Don't tell him I'm here, or else," she warned.
Shiori took the remote and pressed the answer button. There showed Dino at the age of no older than forty. "Hey kids, is Jessa there?" he asked.
The others hesitantly looked at Jessa whose head was bent down and was leaning on one of the poles that holds the screen, but Shiori backed up, "Um, Jessa went for a walk a while ago, and hasn't returned since, but she said she will be at dinner time, and head to her room," she explained.
Dino looked a little disappointed, "Well, she does do it at home too," he mentioned. "Well then, tell her your parents and I along with the Varia and their wives are coming there next month," he said.
"For what?" Clarisse asked.
"Well, Tsuna and the others are very excited about the annual Music Festival that will be performed by Nami-Private and Nami-Middle together at the Nami-Private school grounds. And the Varia are going to check on you guys," he said referring to the mini-Varia.
"Next month?" Rinsel asked in surprise.
"With our mothers?" Anya asked.
Dino nodded. "You see, something came up, so they will come with us there."
'Shoot, don't tell me we will be seen by them in those attires,' thought the four.
Then he looked at his watch, "Well, I need to go now, see you guys next month," he bid and hung up.
"You can come out now Jessa," Li-Mei informed.
"Finally," Jessa said while taking a seat in one of the couch beside Mithril.
"Still mad about that skinned polar bear carpet your dad bought?" Mithril asked.
"You said it. That polar bear was an authentic and endangered animal of the North Pole with little defense in firearms!" she said.
That was the feud she had with her father. Since Jessa loved animals, it makes her break when she sees the endangered animals in the mansion's hunting trophies in the fireplace in the living room which she never bothered to come to.
"Cut him some slack Jessa, he's always out of town that's why he never knew that side of you," Narumi stated.
Jessa sat up properly with an angry face, "That's his problem! He never knew me. He never stayed longer than twelve hours in the mansion, and he has no time to spend with me and Mom alone with him. He missed a lot. There was even a time he thought I was seven, but I was already ten. He even forgot my birthday, and every single special occasion, he's never there. So why do you expect me to cut him some slack when he never did know me as much as a real father does? He only worries about his mafia family, and not us. There, I'm done," she said as she stood up and went upstairs to her room with a big slam.
They didn't notice that the mic was still on and can be heard from the other side of the line, which is in Dino's office. Only Shiori noticed it.
"Sorry you have to hear it Dino-san," she said and everyone's heads turned to her.
Dino's voice cracking could be heard in the speaker, "I-It's alright. It is my fault. I forgot to cut off the communication mic, so I heard what she said. Don't worry, I deserve it anyway. Bye now," he said as the communication went out.
"Poor Dino-san," Yuuta said.
"It's their problem. Just let the two solve it themselves," Mithril advised.
"Speaking of parents, why are you two hesitating that your parents are coming here?" Seishiro asked pointing at Anya and Rinsel.
"None of your business," Anya and Rinsel spat out.
"Well, now that conversation is done, shall we get to the dining room? Kantaro and Gino must've finished cooking the food now," Gilbert offered, and all of them went to the dining room.
Cavallone Mansion (Italy)
Dino laid on his chair looking pathetic. "I'm a terrible parent…" he grumbled. He has never heard Jessa like that before in his entire life. He once thought then joking that she was seven rather than ten was a good one, but the effect was quite the opposite.
"Boss, don't strain yourself, maybe Lady Jessa is just a little off at that time," Romario tried to make up a reason.
"I told you before, you should have spent more time with Jessa than anyone, now look what got you," said his wife, Jessica who is making it worse.
"L-Lady Jessica," Romario said.
Jessica looked at Romario, "Romario, Dino has to face this predicament with no excuses," she explained.
"Jessica is right Romario…I'm a terrible father…" Dino continued.
Jessica gave a sigh and went next to her husband and gave him a blow on the head. She is a close relative of Kyouya whom he met when Kyouya took her here for some sight-seeing, though he was chased by him when he asked her for her hand in marriage. "Put yourself together Dino! You are not a child!" she lectured. "Rubbing it in you will not help. I better not go there next month," she declared.
"You mean to say you will not come? What if she searches for you? What will I say?" Dino asked.
Jessica then walked to the door, "That's your problem. If you come back here and still haven't fixed this, prepare for some consequences," she said as she left the room.
Well, that's it. I had some other issues made other than their search for Himeno. It's called side stories. Not much, but it is. I'd thing I'll let this story last no longer than twenty chapters or so…but that's up to me.
Now I bet you know who Lycoris is right? But do you know who Anemone is? Guess, guess, and guess.
Now all I need is your reviews.