Chapter 11

Himeno gave a deep sigh for the fifth time this evening in front of the dining table at a restaurant where her favorite foods were served. She has informed her parents that she became a newly appointed agent of Vendice, and her parents are more than happy to know that her skills have been recognized by Vendice as a good potential. Her parents noticed that kind of reaction and started to worry.

"No-chan, are you still depressed that the Music Festival got cancelled?" Nori asked her daughter.

Himeno shook her head slowly, "It's just that the reason for the cancellation of the festival is because the Vongola were there, and the Millefiore followed them and ambushed them, that's why things got wrecked…" she replied.

The two looked at each other, then to the young brunette. They really need to tell her the truth soon before something else happens.

"But why were the Vongola there?" Mori asked in suspicion.

"Remember the ones who slept over at our place just the other day? They were the daughters of some members of the Varia assassination squad of the Vongola," she replied. "Not only that, the students from Nami-Middle are the children of Vongola Decimo's guardians," she informed.

"Did you see Vongola Decimo then?" Mori asked.

Himeno shook her head, "I don't know. I don't even know how he looks like…" then she remembered something, "Although, I did meet a Vongola that can pass off as my fraternal twin of he's in my age. Other than that, nothing," she replied.

The two looked a bit sad, but hid it to the brunette. They were still not sure if they should tell the truth yet to Himeno, fearing of the incident that happened when she found out that she was not their real child.

Then a waiter came to them and gave the three a letter. "Excuse me, Suiri Family?" he asked. The three nodded. "Some people wanted me to hand these to the three of you," he said as he handed them the letters and bowed before he left for their own.

The three opened it. It was a message from Mistress Moon Raven indicating that they need to go to Italy at the main headquarters by tomorrow. It was also mentioned that the Vedice has summoned them as their agents.

"What is this all about?" Himeno wondered.

The two had serious faces, "I don't know, but something is not right," Nori predicted.

Gesso Estate

Julian was pleasantly watching television when his father's face suddenly appeared on the screen, "Hey Julian-kun!" he greeted.

Julian almost fell from the couch he was sitting in, "Dad! Will you quit surprising me?" he complained.

Byakuran made a pouty face and looked at him, "Now, is that how you greet your father after days of not seeing him?"

"No offense, but I see you once a week here at the video comm." He replied. Then he remembered what happened today, "Which reminds me, Dad, did you order the explosion that happened to Nami-private this afternoon?" he demanded.

The older man reluctantly nodded, "Yup, and also at Nami-Middle, Kokuyo Middle and Yuumei Middle," he informed.

Julian jumped on his seat, "What? Why in the world did you do that?"

"Simple dear boy," he replied, "I used it to piss off Tsunayoshi-kun so he could agree on something, and it worked, but taking the deal to shut up and never attack again is not in my plan though," he said.

The younger white haired male raised a brow, "And what is that?" he asked.

"Vendice has this method to end a battle between two families of the mafia that has been in a feud for years; the Tie Breaker Method. It's where they send some of their agents that they got from Vendetta Assassination Organization and distribute them equally to each of the families. With the use of the agents, they can see who will have the last stand in between the two families." Byakuran informed with a mischievous grin.

"So that's why…" Julian muttered. "Well, anyone can be that mad when you find out that your family members were attacked unnecessarily," he said bluntly.

"So Julian-kun, will you be coming to Italy to fight?" he asked.

Julian slouched on his couch, "No thanks Dad. Thanks to you, I have a lot to study for three months, so I can't come,"

"Why not? Anyone can do that for you," Byakuran reasoned.

"Yeah, but they will have an exam to see if we really did study them," Julian shot back.

"Hmm, good point. Well, I'll inform you on how things went. See you!" he said as the screen went blank.

After conversing with his father, Julian gave a deep sigh, "Himeno is now in a real pinch…" he muttered.

The Next Day

Himeno and her parents started to pack their things in their car to go to Narita Airport on their flight to Italy early in the morning on their private jet. The flight took about eight hours, before they reached the Suiri Estate at Sicily, Italy. When they got there, all of the family members greeted them happily at the living room quarters.

"Hime-nee!" three children said as they entered the room. The three glomped at Himeno making them fall into process.

Himeno giggled at the assault of three ten year-old children. "Alfeo, Lilia, Monica," she greeted, "How have you three been doing with your training?" she asked.

"Very well!" the three said. They are triplets that have the same everything; their black hair and blue eyes and the style of their clothes.

Then a teenager at the age of seventeen came to the three. She has the same hair and eyes as them, indicating that she is their older sister. "Come on you three, get up. Himeno has been tired after the eight hour flight from Japan," she said carrying the three all at once so that Himeno could stand up.

Himeno giggled as she did, "It's fine Nicola-nee, they didn't harm me in any way," she joked.

Nicola then placed the three down, "Now you three go to the play room. We will have a private talk at the living room with all the Vendice agents in the family." She instructed. With that said the three raced upstairs and rushed to the said room.

Himeno then looked at the older woman, "Why did we get called?" she asked.

"You'll find out soon enough. Now let's go. They're all meeting us there," Nicola instructed.

When they entered, all of the adults were talking to each other and the other five teenagers that are on range with Himeno and Nicola were on the other side. "Hey guys," Himeno greeted as they neared them and sat on the couches along with Nicola.

"Hey princess," greeted a boy with green hair and onyx eyes.

"Gerard, stop calling me princess, my name is not only Hime you know?" Himeno complained to her Italian cousin.

"But the triplets call you Hime-nee," said a boy at seventeen with brown hair with the same onyx eyes.

"The triplets are an exemption, since they are under twelve, Alvin," Himeno replied to her American cousin.

All of the members of the once called Suiri clan has been scattered all over the globe, but all of them are related by blood and always in touch with one another. So far, only five are chosen as Vendice's teenager agents in the family, since many had died or were just too young or unavailable.

"So Himeno, who was the one who sent you the letter?" asked a girl at the age of sixteen with bloody red hair and green eyes wearing a Gothic Lolita attire. Suffice to say, she's from France.

"It was Red Rose Louise," she replied.

"Whoa, you mean that cute agent that almost annihilated Hyun-Min the lady killer?" Alvin asked while pointing to an eighteen year-old boy with black hair and brown eyes.

"Yup. The very same one," the brunette replied.

"Who are you calling lady killer?" Hyun-Min retorted.

"You make girls swoon over you, so we consider you as a lady killer," Nicola replied.

"It's not my fault I inherited the looks that drives a girl wild," he complained.

Louise smirked, "Yeah right. As if we didn't know that on Valentine's Day your house was filled with homemade chocolates from random girls, and because of that your girlfriend dumped you," she teased that made everyone laugh.

Meanwhile, the adults were talking to each other with serious faces on them as Nori and Mori told them about Himeno and her real identity nad their uneasiness to tell her.

An old man at the large chair indicating that he is the head of the family placed one of his hands under his chin, "So it seems that we found Himeno's true family. And it's no ordinary family at all…"

Then the mother of Nicola and the triplets answered, "So what side will we choose? Mistress Moon Raven did say that we can choose the family we want to help,"

"Then it's settled," said Louise's father. Every one of the adults nodded in agreement. Afterwards, everyone huddled up in one place in a circle of chairs and couches with the old man at the center of attention gazing at the teenagers.

"As you all know, you have received a letter from Mistress Moon Raven and summoned you all here at Italy for one full reason, and that is to be distributed to two different mafia families that are in feud for more than a decade," he started.

"How come grandfather?" Hyun-Min asked.

"Because of Vendice's method of ending these kinds of wars; the Tie Breaker Method," the old man replied.

"Tie Breaker Method? What's that?" Himeno asked.

"Just like I said, it's a way to end a long feud in between the two rival families. We are to be dispatched equally to the families and battle alongside them and we will set the score on who wins and who loses,"

"And the two families are?" Louise asked.

The old man closed his eyes and opened them and looked at Himeno shortly before he answered, "The Vongola and the Millefiore Famiglia,"

Himeno was taken aback by the answer of their grandfather. The two rival families are finally at its peak of ending after all these years.

"Then, what will we be supporting?" Gerard asked.

"That would be the Vongola Famiglia,"

'What? I'm fighting against Juls…?' the brunette thought.

"The actual fight will be determined by the two bosses, and we will be dispatched by tomorrow, since tonight, Mistress Moon Raven will be announcing which agent goes where according to their preference. Our number at this family is fifteen, since your grandfather is not capable to fight right now, considering he is in the council of Vendetta." Mori announced.

"With all that clear, the ones who just got here should take a rest for tonight's briefing, that is all," the old man announced, exiting the room.

After all of them have left, Himeno approached her parents, "Mom, Dad, is it true? We're fighting against…Julian?" she asked.

Nori looked sadly at the young brunette, "Sorry sweetie, but there is a reason why we chose the Vongola to fight alongside us,"

"What reason is that?" she asked.

"We can't tell you all yet. We will reveal it to you once all of this is over okay?" Mori assured.

Himeno looked down sadly. What was the thing they were yet to reveal to her? With that thought, she proceeded to her guest room and sat down her temporary bed.

"Of all the families to be against, why the Millefiore? But if I go against the Vongola, I will become enemies to my new friends…I just don't get this at all," she murmured.

She then took out her phone and looked at the wallpaper. It shows her and Julian's smiling faces in the game room back at home. Then something crossed her mind, she remembered just yesterday, the uniforms of the Millefiore looked oddly familiar. She kept digging in her memory if anything is familiar. Then it struck her.

'My first dream when I turned fourteen…' she remembered.

In that dream, two men were being chased by them. She deduced that the two men were from somewhere she knows. But wait…she met three adults the other day. They were looking for Ayako and Seishiro, so that means they were part of the Vongola!

Himeno didn't know how to react on the realization. The silver haired man, now that she knew to be Ayako's father called the baby in his arms 'Himeno-sama' in her dream. He was with Seishiro's father. They were running for her life and safety. Then she was left at the hospital with the ring that was found with her. No wonder the two seemed familiar. They were with someone she thought that could pass of as her twin or better yet…her father. but wo was he anyway? 'That's right; I didn't bother to ask his name. But it would be too awkward if I did. After all, the only ones I knew are Sei-kun and Aya-chan's fathers…but…who is he?' she wondered.

As she thought of this, she fell to the bed and fell asleep, meeting a certain someone once again.

That's all for this one. Man, talk about thinking of coming back in playing Shaiya online again…is anyone else playing this? The heck, after months of not playing, I'm still stuck at level 8 as an Earth Mage at the Elf class, and an Archer in the same class in another character, but I don't remember the level I'm in…haha! I don't even know how it works and how to fight! If someone is playing it, pm me so I could learn from you…

Now, going back to the story, she's getting curiouser and curiouser about herself! That's an improvement…but the hell; I'm still jot good in fight scenes! _ I'm in such a pinch!

Talk about quick update, and it only took me less than a week! That's a miracle!

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