I'm so so sorry that I haven't updated for like...forever! My computer got corrupted and lost all files! This is a big dilemma if you ask me. And what's worse, i lost all of my fics, including my current fave, Fairytale Remake: The Swan Princess D18. And I spent a week's worth of sleep just to finish them before my ideas flutter away and before school started last June. Yeah, I have backup on my SD and I have a card reader, but they have also been corrupted by god knows how! All is lost...
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Ignoring my intro, just enjoy this chapter...
Chapter 14
As they all saw the Millefiore along with their boss, Byakuran, everyone was either tensed or having adrenaline rush (Especially the Hibari father and son). They were watching as he arrived with his Six Funeral Wreaths alongside him with about fifty men and twenty-one agents behind and in front of them. All were dressed in white and black even though the Gigilio Nero disbanded themselves from the family. They were easily replaced over time by the Satillio Famiglia whose boss was a former ally of the Gesso Famiglia. Now they rose to power ever since the day they were defeated by mere Vongola Tenth Generation children and has been careful to not let the information that the Millefiore still exists ever since their defeat and was only revealed when they started an assassination attempt on the now missing Vongola Eleventh.
"There they are..." Miko said itching for her Sistema C.A.I. ver.2 that is attached on her double belt and her A-class storm ring ready to be lit.
Seishiro saw his girlfriend's actions by the time she spoke. He was half amused and half worried that she is already into fighting. That's what you get for growing as a hot headed teenager whose idol is her own father.
White Lotus and the others were also tensed at the scene in front of them. It has been a while since they last saw a war like this. But the first time the teenagers saw this; they were still in their childhood and were sent to a location as secret observers. That was the day she saw her parents fight as partners and spouses. 'This will definitely not end well...' she thought.
The Millefiore finally came to a halt once they have set foot on a distance away from the Chess Field. With his signature smile, Byakuran spoke, "My, My, looks like this will be an interesting fight." He then gave a sigh. "I sure wish Julian-kun was here," he wished.
"Tch, sure, add another lunatic in the battlefield..." Gokudera remarked.
Byakuran then continued, "I guess you guys are wondering why I brought you here." He started with a playful smile. "Well, you're about to find out for yourselves," as he said that, a grumbling noise filled the surroundings until they noticed that the ground is shaking with a large intensity. Out came the Cervellos out of nowhere.
This time, they were clad in normal attires and as usual, they have the same neutral faces and all, like twins. "Good day to you all," one of them said.
"We are summoned here by Vendice to judge this fight," the other said.
"VOI! How are we supposed to know that you guys aren't with the Millefiore?" Squalo demanded with his usual tone of voice.
"They are not," Moon Raven assured. Everyone looked at the soft spoken leader, "Vendice is controlling the Cervellos as much as Vendice controls Vendetta. If they even have the idea of picking sides, then they just made their own cell inside the Vendice Prison walls, so will be our fates if we ever try to betray Vendice with all their masked faces," she explained.
"So we have no choice but to follow the Cervello's rules to not get disqualified," Yamamoto said, making a list in his head on the do's and don'ts of the upcoming rules. So does the others.
Then the Cervello women continued, "Since Byakuran-sama was the one who requested this fight, he has the right to choose the location, time and procedure to do this match. We had him choose three kinds of matches. Byakuran has chosen a Roulette Fight." The Cervello announced as a large Roulette descended from their helicopters with intricate designs. "The names of the Vongola and the Millefiore, along with the agents of Vendetta have been listed in this roulette. All will have to have three win the battle, and for the following day, the all out war begins that will determine the family that will be proclaimed as the victor. The rules of that fight will be announced tomorrow," they announced.
Then the other Cervello spoke; "Now for today's rules, this is a five match tournament. Once one family gets three wins, the will be the victor of today's battle. No one must go beyond the Chess Field during the fight, if you still want to be alive. We will have an electric boundary that can only affect the ones outside, and not the inside. The two bosses will each give their flames on their respective Roulette hole to choose the fighters," they instructed.
Byakuran and Tsuna both came to the roulette and shoved their rings inside their respective group and the roulette suddenly glowed orange and showed two names. "On the Vongola's side, the one who will fight is the leader of Vendetta Assassination Org, Mistress Moon Raven, and the Millefiore fighter will be the Rain Mare Ring Funeral Wreath, Bluebell," the Cervello announced.
Before the two bosses could part ways, Tsuna asked the other a question, "Why did you choose this kind of game, Byakuran?"
The white haired man looked back, "It's because there's no harm in fighting while having fun watching the others fight, whether win or lose the match, and it's endlessly entertaining~"
Tsuna slightly glared at the other man, "You never change, do you...?" he wondered out loud as he went back to his family.
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After a few moments of preparation of the battlefield, the Cervello women requested the presence of the two opponents to go to the sixteen square meter area. When the two finally came within its perimeter, a large electric force field surrounded the perimeter.
"Hmm...So they are making sure no cheaters will invade," Gino mused.
Yohannes nodded in agreement. "They are very strict with rules,"
"Unless they want to be locked up in Vendice for not doing so," Red Rose said with a serious tone. Everyone looked at the agents. They seemed to know a lot about the power Vendice has over the two organizations.
Red Spider Lily answered their unasked question, "Ever since we have set foot on the walls of the Vendetta, all of us were given full knowledge about things that go on and the organizations connected to us. That including the Cervello women,"
"They have a tough job. Wearing all of those masks that cannot be told the difference between a normal face than a fake, those things cost a lot of money on their part to conceal their identities." Amaryllis added.
Then Hibiscus spoke, "And a part of their job is to keep things in order and for everything to run smoothly and fair, according to their rules of course," she then looked at the pink haired women above them in a helicopters monitoring everything that was going on inside the barrier. "You can do anything you want as long as you don't offend the rules,"
"Che, those traits sound like a mother is leading them," Anya spatted.
"You have a point," Narumi stated, "But that's how rules should be done anyway..."
"Now, the first battle, Bluebell of the Millefiore, and Moon Raven of the Vongola, battle begin!"
With that said, Bluebell raised her right hand emitted rain class flames engulfing her whole arm in the form of a drill. "Prepare to die!" she then propelled herself towards the masked leader. She never saw it coming when Moon Raven suddenly disappeared in a blur which stunned the blue haired girl.
Moon Raven then appeared a few meters behind her. "I thought you were going to aim it at me? Why did you pass?" she asked with a smirk on her face.
'Dammit, she's no ordinary woman...' she thought.
Back at the outside of the field, the non players were watching in awe as the masked woman suddenly flashed out and went behind the blue haired girl.
"Sweet! The mistress is in the zone!" Freesia exclaimed.
"It's rare..." the other agents murmured.
Ryohei looked at the agent beside him, that is Louise's mother, "What kind of rare?"
Louise' mother, with the agent name of Aries, answered, "It's rare to see the Mistress fight. Besides that, she's younger than us by over ten years,"
Ryohei looked at her in shock, "No kidding?"
"Yes. She's only in her twenties, that's all I can say,"
Back at the fighting grounds, the Millefiore and the Vongola participants watched closely at the battle.
"That's it old woman, I'm not going easy on you," she threatened.
Moon Raven just stood there not doing a fighting stance. "Old woman? Are you talking to yourself? I'm younger than you might think Bluebell. You're almost in your thirties, and I'm only in my mid-twenties. So who's the eldest?" she insulted.
Bluebell twitched. "Why you bitch!" she then assaulted her again only to be blocked by a sky flame shield that petrified the rain class flames on her arm. Moon Raven was holding the shield with only one arm stretched forward with a soft smile.
"Don't underestimate me..." the woman warned, "No one has ever seen me fight like this before, and I had intended to do that until now. I guess I can play for a while." she then took out her shield of sky flames and a strong wind came out of her pure aura making Bluebell distance herself a few meters away from her. There she took out her weapon; Light but strong twin swords.
Bluebell laughed maniacally. "Ha! That's your weapon? That will take a few seconds to break!" she said as she used her rain flame covered arm to shatter the swords. The other woman just smiled as she blocked it by forming an X on her swords that were now covered in Sky flames. Instantly, the rain flames were slowly degrading.
"In case you have forgotten, Rain Funeral Wreath, the attribute of the sky is harmony..." she said with a smirk, "And with that attribute, I can terminate your flames!" the masked one emitted a strong aura making Bluebell jumped back and glared at the woman in front of her. Gone was the drill-like structure of rain flames on her left arm. She made a mental note in not getting too close on the younger woman.
"Just what kind of entity are you!" Bluebell shouted in irritation.
Moon Raven positioned her swords to her sides. "An entity bent on winning in the name of my current client," she plainly stated with a deadpanned face. "And as a hired assassin, I will do what it takes to meet my client's approval. That including, defeating you." She declared.
"We'll just wait and see!" Bluebell said as she lunged in again. This time, Moon Raven was not dodging for she has gone serious in getting the fight on. She was fighting her with a deadpanned expression at the whole fight duration. With that, they still continued to rally when Bluebell unleashed a trident covered in rain flames. Their carnage boxes were destroyed by the Vongola on their previous fight years ago, and resorted in doing physical things and using box weapons with their former forms of dinosaur forms.
Back outside, they were watching very closely at the fight of the two women that were unable to read on what's going on with their heads.
Tsuna opened his communicator in his headphones, "Dino-san, Irie-kun, are you guys getting this?" he asked the ones that were left at the castle.
"Yes Tsuna," Dino answered.
"It would appear that Moon Raven is trying to tick off Bluebell to have her advantage. And we have seen the girl loose her mind once," Irie informed.
"As of now, there's no telling what they could do next Tsuna-san," Jessa said while she was monitoring the two women's statistical prowess.
Tsuna closed his eyes, "I see," he replied.
At White Lotus and the others, they were watching closely the rare fight of their leader. No one has seen her fight until now. She always does things by words and rarely uses brute force on a person that resists her wishes.
"Your boss is good," Kantaro commented.
"Thanks." Anemone replied. "Hey Amaryllis, are you getting this?" he asked the boy with a laptop and a camera pointed at the fight scene.
"I am, and it's incredible! Not one of them is falling behind," he informed.
That all changed when they saw a blue flash of flames revealing a box weapon that resembles a mermaid like a blue water mould.
"What is that!" Red Rose said in surprise.
"It looks like a mermaid..." Red Spider Lily answered.
Gokudera remembers that anywhere, "That's her former form while she had the box of carnage on her chest," he said.
"They must have relieved their former forms when they were reinventing themselves, since they cannot undergo a deadly experiment anymore," Fran said with his usual neutral voice.
"Maybe so," Mukuro said agreeing with his former student.
As Bluebell unleashed the box weapon, she showed a victorious smile, "Ha! Now you die! This is my form when I still have my carnage box. It has the same features like me and also its abilities!" she bragged.
Moon Raven smirked, "So you can't let go of the past? I pity you." She replied.
The blue haired girl twitched. "Why you!" she shouted as she raised her hands, "Attack!" she said as a big ammonite shell appeared at the weapon's raised hands as it was following its master's movements.
Moon Raven tried to move away, but the attack was rather fast, so she used her box weapon at the last second. Before the large shell hit the ground, all they saw at the bottom was an orange light, and then smoke has reigned.
Everyone was anticipating the scene that will be seen after the smoke fades. Above the smoke, the blue haired girl was smiling victoriously. When the smoke faded, she was shocked to see a dome of Sky Flames surrounding the Vendetta boss. "How did she?" she said in surprise. Even Byakuran was quite surprised at the fast reflexes of the masked girl his wreath was fighting.
The dome of flames disappeared at the girl and all they saw around her was a little squirrel slowly loosing speed as he stopped. Even though the squirrel saved her, she still attained a few scratches. The girl picked it up and smiled, "Thank you for saving me at the last second Bullet," she thanked.
"A-A squirrel blocked my strong attack?" Bluebell said rather pissed off.
"What the- a small animal holds that large amount of strength?" Ryohei said surprised.
Lightning Wolf smirked, "So the little Bullet has been released," he said in amusement.
"A Sky Squirrel?" Tsuna asked which was returned with a nod.
"That squirrel is her favourite animal since she was a child. She was the one who made it and had given its abilities," he explained.
Reborn looked at the girl intently. Something was bothering him about the girl since he had laid eyes on her. He just had to know who she is.
Moon Raven looked at the pissed off woman above, "What's wrong Bluebell? Scared of a mere squirrel?" she mocked. She didn't wait for a reply, for she merged the squirrel and her swords, revealing a flaming sword that looked like a furry tail waving back and forth. "Let's end this," she said as she jumped up. Unknown to her, she was caught in her 100% pure rain flame water bubble with her in the heat of it.
"Hah! Caught you!" she said happily. Undeterred, Moon Raven closed her eyes. Bluebell took it as surrender, but she was wrong...
As she has closed her eyes, the Sky Flames returned to the swords that she was holding, and she was surrounded by flames nullifying everything around her. As this went on, the water bubble-like structure started to deteriorate and after a while; shattered. There revealed Moon Raven with glowing orange eyes that were hidden behind her mask with her swords forming an X in front of her. There was none but one word passed her lips, "Die," she said as she moved like a flash form her previous place to the front of the box weapon of her opponent and slashed it in two. The structured weapon screamed in pain as it dissolved into water droplets.
Bluebell, shocked, stayed away from the girl, but was unable for she ran after her next. Bluebell just kept fighting back, but she was too fast for her weakened body, due to using too much energy earlier in the fight. With Moon Raven's last blow, Bluebell was sent falling to the ground at a fast pace and slammed on the white and black ground unconscious.
Moon Raven got down and returned to normal. Her box weapon was back at its box and her eyes' orange glow faded. Her swords were hidden back at her rather long cape in their sheathes. "It's over..." she declared.
Then everyone heard the Cervello women speak, "The Millefiore's fighter has fallen and unable to fight. The winner of this fight is Moon Raven from the Vongola's side," they declared.
Tsuna and the others were disbelieved by the fact that they have one win at the Roulette Battle. That was a stepping stone close to peace in the mafia world for them.
As Moon Raven walked towards her side, Bluebell was suddenly filled with asphodels and suddenly turned to ash. All were surprised at the occurrence. Then they saw Byakuran with an unfaltering smile, but showed his rage, "That's what we do to second-time failures... I gave you a chance to redeem yourself, Bluebell-chan, but you failed me once again..." he muttered as her ashes have been blown by the wind.
The other woman proceeded to the side of her client. "You did good, Mistress," Lightning Wolf said.
"Mistress is awesome," the teenage agents muttered as they saw their boss still standing as if nothing had happened to her. But they quickly noticed her little pain at her small scratches that were instantly healed by Freesia's father who possesses the Sun class flames.
Now they are anticipated in knowing who will be the ones fighting. Tsuna and Byakuran returned at the roulette and talked for a while.
"Congratulations in winning Tsunayoshi-kun," he said with his usual grin, "But I believe that we will win the next round," he assured.
Tsuna just kept his deadpanned face, "We'll see." He said as they shoved their rings at the Roulette. After a few seconds, two names appeared.
Everyone was rather surprised at the outcome of the names. At this case, this was what the Vongola Guardians had dreaded. To Gokudera, it was a complete nightmare.
Ohh... I wonder who are the next fighters... oh well, this will not n\be updated in a while or so... I still have nervous ticks about my first quarter grades this year; especially when it comes to Math. I don't hate it, otherwise that would mean that I would hate technology that sprang from Math itself. I'm just having a hard time understanding, that's all.
See you in the next chapter~!