Chapter 12

Himeno found herself once again in the garden where he met her supposedly 'guardian angel' after the soccer ball incident. "So, you're troubled again?"

Himeno turned to find the familiar voice and found the blonde's crystal blue eyes. "Giotto-san…what do you mean that I'm troubled again?" she asked.

Giotto chuckled "I guess you don't know that you can only communicate with me when you're troubled, just like the time I first met you when you were hit by the soccer ball."

Himeno went silent for a while remembering that certain conversation, "Oh yes, I remember being troubled. But I don't remember what I'm troubled for…" she replied.

Giotto smiled gently, "Well, we can find out if it is connected to your current trouble," he advised. "So, care to tell me why you're troubled now?"He asked.

Himeno gave a deep sigh, "Well, it started like this," she begun and told him about her being an agent of Vendice, the incident at Nami-Private and the ones connected to it, the Vongola and the Millefiore. Then she told him about the letter from Mistress Moon Raven and that she and her parents and the rest of her family members that are also agents of Vendice to come to Italy and join the war through the Tie Breaker Method. She then told him that they are fighting alongside the Vongola against the Millefiore, which is the family of his best friend, Julian, and her suspicions of her real identity that she didn't bother to remember until she turned fourteen, and the clues are all related to the things happening to her now.

Giotto, on the other hand, listened attentively at the brunette's story. After all, she is his great-great-great-great granddaughter. When the brunette was finished dictating her story, he then answered, "Looks to me that you just need to go with the flow,"

Himeno tilted her head in confusion, "How come?" she asked.

"Here's what I'm thinking," he said smiling, "Seems to me that your true identity can only be revealed to you once you meet the Vongola Decimo. You are fighting alongside them anyways. Maybe after the final war and when you win against the Millefiore, you can find out who you really are. Your parents did say they will tell you why they sided with the Vongola," he stated. 'I'm so evil I told her to win against the Millefiore, but hey, it is my family's rival…' he added as an afterthought.

Himeno seem to agree with the blonde, "I guess you're right…" she then smiled brightly at the blonde making him flustered for a while, "You really do help me with a lot of things, Giotto-san. I guess you really are my guardian angel,"

Giotto chuckled, "If you trust my advices, you will be in good and safe hands. I'm more than a 'guardian angel' than you might think,"

Himeno just smiled, "Still, thank you for your help…"

"I will always be there for you. Well, time to get up," he said as a flash of light blinded Himeno's eyes.

Himeno found herself lying on her soft bed while someone was knocking on the door. Not wanting that person to wait, she sat up and answered the knock, "Who is it?" she asked.

"It's Louise Himeno." The voice replied "Get yourself ready, we'll be leaving in a half hour," she said before the brunette heard her footsteps go away slowly.

Himeno got up from her comfy bed and went to her luggage. Her things and clothes were divided into two. Her orange luggage was composed of her normal clothes and things, while her black luggage composed of her agent things and weapons. She picked up the black one and placed it on the bed and opened it, and wore her new clothes that her mother bought her just before they went to dinner yesterday.

She then proceeded to the bathroom. When she got out, she was wearing a petite DKNY wool trench coat. It is a double-breasted trench is detailed with a buttoned gunflap, button-closure flap pockets and tabbed sleeves. A belt cinches the waist. She was wearing a white tank top underneath and a pair of black slacks over long black, heeled female combat boots.

She went closer to her black bag and took out her box which contains her box weapons and her A-class Sky Ring, which Mistress Moon Raven says, utterly rare for her and her partner, Anemone. She then took out something from a small black box. There she wore the ring in a chain. It was the ring that tells her and gives her the clues about herself, at the same time, the ring that is giving her luck. It was like someone has placed a power in the ring that is obligated to protect her at all times.

Then to her weapons; she took her gauntlets made of silver that are as strong as a diamond. It was a mail gift from Mistress Moon Raven when she turned fourteen. A fourteen year-old agent, to be exact. She said that she was destined to use that kind of weapon, something she cannot understand until now. When she asked her, she merely replied that her ability of the Dying Will Flame of the Sky suits the weapon. She doesn't even know where the said ability came from. Probably from her parents, and probably, the masked woman knows who they are. She only found out about that ability when she was first trained by her parents and someone whispered in her ear to 'take out your resolve to release your dying will' or something like that. She shrugged the thought off and proceeded in getting her sub weapon, which is a sharp dagger with the logo of Vendetta. Something she has received when she became an agent of the organization she is in now.

She heard a knock on the door once again and heard her mother's voice, "Himeno, I'm coming in," Nori announced as she entered. What greeted her is the greatest delight her eyes have ever seen. Her daughter has looked like a grown woman in the clothes she bought for her. "Oh No-chan! You look so wonderful! You're turning into a woman!" she said as she grabbed her daughter and hugged her tightly. They were like this for five seconds before she realized that she was almost out of breath. She then went to business, "Come on now, we're leaving in ten minutes," she informed.

Himeno smiled, "Alright," she replied as she grabbed her bag containing her laptop and other files and extras before they left her room to the limousine of the family.

Vendetta Assassination Headquarters- Grand Hall

Note: I'm going to start calling Himeno and her relatives by their agent names, but I will explain who's who.

When the family arrived at the grand hall of what seemed like a large castle, they were surprised to see all of the agents of Vendice all there. This was Himeno's first time in a large briefing like this one. She then spotted three agents that she recognized.

There were two girls and one boy. The first girl is Red Rose, which she can recognize with her mask. The other is Red Spider Lily with her red mask with red Spider Lily flowers embedded on them and her black and reddish leather trench coat, and her ever dark ebony hair. Then she recognized the boy with blonde hair with wearing a light purple mask with Amaryllis flowers embedded in it. He wore the same color of trench coat as his light purple mask. He is the shyest agent in their batch. His agent name is Amaryllis. (What do you expect?)

Nicola, in the mask of Azalea looked at her cousin, "Come on White Lotus, let's greet them," she said as she pushed her softly.

Red Rose was the one who noticed the two first. She then finished her conversation with the other two. "Nice meeting you here White Lotus, Azalea," she greeted. The two other agents looked at the two coming figures with smiles.

"We just got here a few minutes ago," Azalea replied.

White Lotus looked at the castle/ headquarters' grand hall. It had a spectacular feeling despite the room being dim. Other than that, the hall looked like it was pulled out of a fairytale book judging from the design. All of the agents inside the hall were all agents of Vendice, but only a few. Not exceeding the number of fifty. Sure they were looking for agents of Vendice, and they have found them every six months. But because of the seriousness of the job, they either get killed or die with fatigue or something like that.

"I never thought the Vongola and the Millefiore could come up with the Tie Breaker Method…" Red Spider Lily commented.

"And because of that, Nami-Private's West Wing got blown up," Amaryllis complained.

"Not only that, but also Nami-Middle, Kokuyo Middle and Yuumei are also included in the Millefiore's sudden actions," said a new voice.

All of their heads turned to a boy approaching them in a white hooded jacket covering his hair. His mask was pure white with two Anemones dangling from the sides of the mask. "At least that's what the news said in Namimori last night,"

White Lotus' eyes widened, "Anemone? I thought you rejected the offer to become an agent of Vendice." She blurted out.

"I did, but that was last year. Although they did say that I can accept their offer anytime, so when I heard you accepted the same offer, I figured I needed to watch over you," he explained.

"Watch over me?" the brunette wondered.

"I do know a lot about mafia business than you think. And besides, you are very troublesome that only your partner can take," that made the boy receive a loud thwack on his head. "What was that for!"

The brunette rubbed her hand in receiving a little sting, "That's for calling me troublesome," she replied.

"Sheesh, you and your iron fists," he muttered.

Just then, the lights all turned dimmer and a spotlight on the middle of a double staircase was brought where Mistress Moon Raven was. Behind her is a large viewing screen, and beside her is Lightning Wolf.

All of their attentions were brought to her. "Good evening to all of you. I'm sure you now know why you were summoned here. You have all been aware o the Vongola- Millefiore war for over a decade now. The two families have finally agreed that they use Vendice's Tie Breaker Method to end the war. All of the agents here, including me, and the others in this room have now listed the ones ho will go to each family. There are 42 of us here in this hall, so all of us will be divided with 21 in number. The screen will show where you will be placed." She announced and went down the staircase with Ligghtning Wolf following.

White Lotus took a look at the list. As expected, her family is the first fifteen agents alongside the Vongola. but what surprised her more is the six others who will join them. There listed on the screen, the six other names of the agents:

16. Amaryllis

17. Red Spider Lily

18. Red Rose

19. Moon Raven

20. Lightning Wolf

21. Anemone

The brunette's eyes widened in utter surprise as she saw Anemone's name on the list, "What? Anemone is on the Vongola's side?" she said in surprise.

"Well, it's what the list says," Anemone said behind her back.

"Why are you fighting alongside them?" she asked.

Anemone only smiled, "Because I want to, duh," was his reply.

White Lotus stared at Anemone in shock. 'Why the hell would he join the Vongola…?" she wondered. She didn't notice that the boy was waving his hand in front of her face. "Yo, White Lo, you still there?"

The brunette snapped back to reality, "Um, yeah," was her reply.

Another chapter done! At last! Well this is my last update for this month, and I need to prepare for my second year life this coming June 7, 2010, and I can tell you this, it will be the hell-est of all the years in my high school. So yeah, you get the point, I'm not going to update sooner or later. I need to stay there because…well…I need to, and I want to.

Since the next is chapter 13, and on ILGGGGC is also 13, I decided to update the two in the same date. Maybe I can only update once a moth or once in a while, I don't know…

Still, I need your reviews to see if I have to fill something else from my now finished storyline of Vongola's Lost Daughter.

See you real soon!