Well, here it is! An early chapter!

Enjoy!

Note: I think I'm calling her Himeno as of now. I kinda got lazy.

Chapter 17

Himeno stirred as she woke up with a sudden headache. "Ow…" she muttered under her breath as she remembered what happened before she passed out. She was one of the few victims of Deathgazer's Vortex of the Unknown that was known to survive. Clearing her head, she sat up only to find herself in a large cylindrical container. She tried to smash it with her combat boots, but to no avail. She rummaged her pockets and found her metal gloves and looked stupidly at it. "To think I would forget I brought this thing…" she said, but then wore it and tried to punch her way out of the container, only to make a small crack on it. It was usually destroying things like brick walls, and making deep marks on metals, but to make a small crack means that the container she is in.

"Where the heck am I?" she wondered. The room outside was light blue and white. There was no living matter in the room besides her. It had nothing, except for the device to open the container she is in.

"Ah, so you're awake," she heard a man speak as he entered the chamber. She didn't need to think twice to confirm that it was Byakuran; the epitome of all things evil in the mafia world. "Oh, and don't bother breaking out. Even flames won't work on that container,"

"Byakuran…" she muttered. 'Crap…Julian's Dad…' she thought bitterly. It was a good thing Julian said that he'd stay at Japan.

Byakuran smiled that sinister smile of his, "Hello White Lotus…or should I say…Himeno Suiri," he greeted. Himeno's eyes widened. How did he know who she was? I couldn't be Julian. She knows it wasn't Julian at all.

The man went near her container and held up a classified folder. "I believe I knew who you are through this file. You are the daughter of Mori and Nori Suiri…an adoptive one at least…" said Byakuran, scheming evident on his face. "I sure wish Julian could see this…his best friend, an assassin! Who would have thought?" he said with glee. "Now tell me, how did you hide this from my son?"

Himeno turned serious. "Of course, I did all that I can to hide everything from everybody…" she said sternly. She then looked around, "How did I get here?" she asked.

Byakuran still kept his smile, "Oh, you do remember you became a victim of Deathgazer's Vortex o the Unknown, right? Well, he transported you here according to my orders," he explained.

'So that's why he said an apology…' Himeno thought. But then she came to the main point, "Why order him to capture me and keep me here?" she wondered. She really had no idea why she was transported here in the first place.

"Simple, dear girl," he said, "I am going to use you for the downfall of the Vongola." He said bluntly.

The brunette's eyes widened in surprise, "But how will that work? I'd rather give up my life than put my client in danger with your schemes…" she said, voice seething.

The white haired man, in turn, turned his back to exit the room. "Oh, you will find out soon…very soon. And you don't have much of a choice either…" he said, "But then I'll let you sleep for a while longer. Don't want you punching your way out by making that crack bigger," Byakuran added as the door closed.

Himeno cursed. There was no way to get out. But then she noticed a cloud of yellow smoke entered the container. As she felt weakened, she knew what it was. "Sleeping…gas…" she said as she fell down the cold glass container in deep slumber.

…

Tsuna was awestruck as he listened to the explanation of the three agents he hired to find Himeno. He didn't want to hear the whole of it at all. His daughter…is now on the hands of Byakuran. He was surprised at first because the two girls he has been debating on the possibility to be his daughter was actually the same person. Himeno Suiri and White Lotus is only one person, and Byakuran found that out first.

At the current scene, all of the guardians were wearing the same expression as Tsuna; disbelief. They didn't know that the heir to the Vongola was already in front of them.

Gokudera's eyes were ready to kill. He and Yamamoto had tried their best to take her away from the world of the mafia. They thought that they have given her a peaceful life. But then, her life became worse. She became a mercenary, and a professional one. "Why didn't you tell us earlier that your adopted daughter was the one we were looking for?" the silver haired man shouted.

Phoenix Dawn looked at the storm guardian, "As we have said, it could be even more dangerous if you knew earlier. If that happens, the Millefiore will suspect you of being to overprotective on some 'mere' teenage assassin," he explained with clarity.

"We also have suspected, from the first time we accepted your mission to find her, that she could be the one you are looking for because of the ring she wore when we adopted her. When we put all in all together, we have confirmed that she really is the missing heir…" Blue Moon added.

Tsuna stood up, rather calmly, but one can see the emotions flooding his eyes, "But why hide it? Did you not want her to be with her real family?" he demanded, his tone getting frustrated.

It was then when Anemone stepped in the room. All of the teenagers were prohibited from entering the conference room without permission, but an agent of his caliber is not covered in that rule. "They were afraid to tell her because of what will be her reaction and emotion," he said as he entered the room.

"Hey, no kids allowed," Yamamoto said calmly, but Tsuna stopped him, eager to listen to the teenager's words.

"What do you mean by that?" Tsuna asked.

Anemone looked at the girl's adoptive parents and saw them nod. He understood that it was too hard for them to re-live that day. "Very well…" he said, "I guess I should start at the beginning…"

"Himeno was celebrating her eighth birthday at the Suiri Mansion in Namimori. All of her godparents and relatives were there, even me, especially, the boss of Vendetta, who is also her godmother." They looked at Moon Raven. The woman in turn, ushered the teen to go on.

"Everyone was celebrating, until the time came to say what she wants to be. It was a tradition in the family that when a child turns eight, he or she is to decide on what she wants to be. Himeno stood in front of everyone, to tell what she wants to be. Of course, like most of the family, she decided to be an assassin. Mori-san and Nori-san didn't like the idea. She was a skilled child in combat since five, but they know that she doesn't have to be an assassin for she was not a true Suiri by blood…"

"And so they told her the truth. Himeno was always very emotional when it comes to personal matters. But at that time, things became abysmal…"

Reborn looked at the teen curiously, "What happened after that?"

Anemone shrugged as he continued, "For the first time, we saw Himeno's sky dying will flames, but not in a good scenario. In fact, she went haywire. She and her flames went on an emotional rampage. Her sky flames spread like fireballs all over the mansion, with her staying where she was, crying frantically…" he looked at the adults, and he knew that they were imagining things as if they themselves were there.

"It took the whole of us to terminate the flames and keep them from being noticed by the neighboring houses. But the core, who is Himeno herself, was to be calmed down alone by Mori-san and Nori-san. She calmed down after moments, and when she passed out, the flames she had released disappeared like dust. About half of the large living room was destroyed. She went out for two days. When she awoke, she began crying once again, but her emotions were already controlled…" he stated. The adults were relieved by then. "When she asked about her real parents, of course, back then, they never knew. When Himeno went to the place where she was left, the doctors and nurses who guarded the nursery room where she was found couldn't find anything about her, only that she was born three days after they noticed her unvisited by any of the patients in the hospital."

"That was the exact day when we evacuated her from the castle," Tsuna said.

"The thought came to Himeno that her real parents never wanted anything to do with her. From that day on, she has hated her birth family for abandoning her out of the blue." Anemone explained. "And so, after that, she proceeded on the thing she wanted to do. And that is to be an assassin like half of the family is. But to do that, she sought the help of her godfather, Deathgazer to control her emotions. And after that, the memory of the incident was never brought up again…" Anemone ended the tale.

He looked at the adults in the room and looked askew. They never knew how strong and fragile the child's emotional status is. After a few moments, they heard Tsuna speak, his face hidden in his hands. "This is all my fault…" he muttered.

Moon Raven looked at the man, "Decimo, remember the reason why you sent her away. If she hadn't been escaped from the mafia world, things would have gotten worse," she said.

Tsuna calmed down, but his head was still looking blankly at the table. "I know…my only regret is not being there for her…and for a fact that she had never met Ieyoshi…" he said, mentioning his late son.

The room became quite as a cemetery once again.

..

It was two hours later when the conference room was emptied. The Varia and their kids besides Athena, who us well suited for the technology department, were sent on patrol to all over the base to see if any shards that is Millefiore is to be taken out. All they could do is wait for the call Byakuran said he would do. But then, they didn't have to wait any longer.

In the communications room where Irie, Spanner, Athena and Jessa were, the main computer beeped and signaled, "Foreign Communication Alert." They spread it all to the comm. Screens of the base as they hit the play button.

There they saw the sinister smile of the Millefiore boss. "Hey guys~!" he started with a greeting. "As I have said earlier, I will tell you what I plan to do. As you can see right here," he motioned to the large glass container where a passed out Himeno lies caged, "I have your precious Vongola Eleventh." His face turned serious. "Here's the drift. I will make her rescue a maze for all of you. If you find her tomorrow before dawn, I will personally fight alone…"

Gokudera spat his coffee. He was in the kitchen with Lambo, having been shooed from the clinic where Ayako is by his sister, as Seishiro talks to her. "What? What makes him think that he will just do that?" he spat out.

"But if you, so to say, fail to find her by then, then I will make an all out war with you, with a special guest coming to destroy the rest of you," he finished. "Well then, see you tomorrow!" the video said.

At the communication room, they heard another signal, "Virus Alert." That's when the four went to frenzy for the last three minutes to terminate the virus that came with the video call. If it weren't for Athena's virus terminator, the whole database would have been destroyed.

"This is the last straw." Tsuna said firmly. They were in the living room with the rest of his guardians. "We need to attack the base as far as it goes. This time, only the adults are going," he decided.

"NO WAY!" the adults heard the four teen agents that were close to Himeno, namely Anemone, Amaryllis, Red Spider Lily and Red Rose.

"You know how dangerous this thing is," Ryohei stated to them.

"But we are also concerned with Himeno." Anemone said.

Red Rose added, "We can't leave her alone when we can do something. Our conscience will haunt us forever if we did."

"What kind of friends are we if we can't even save her?" Red Spider Lily added.

"I say we should go," Amaryllis motioned.

Just then, the guardian's kids went inside, except for Ayako who was healing. "We are going too," Narumi stated.

"It's a little unfair to leave us in the dark while our future boss' life is in danger," Gilbert added.

Seishiro then butted in, "Besides, we are her future guardians. We have a right to save our boss," he said, rather maturely, considering who his father is.

"We want to come for the sake of finishing this twenty year fiasco," Kantaro added.

Tsuna couldn't help but sigh. The kids are growing up as they least expected. After all, they were their age when they started to deal with mafia businesses seriously. He smiled at their determination. "Alright, I will allow it. But I want you to be as safe as possible. I don't want anyone getting out there badly injured. Do I make myself clear?"

The teenagers couldn't help but smile. But then, Ryohei intervened, "Sawada, they are only children. They are too young to fight," he said.

"If I remember correctly, Sasagawa," Kyouya interjected, "We were their age when we started getting ourselves involved in the mafia," he reasoned.

Tsuna looked at his brother-in-law, "Hibari-san is right Nii-san. They are ready for our world." He said as he showed determination on his eyes.

Ryohei couldn't help to understand the situation. "Alright, I think I can agree upon that. But remember, I don't want to see anyone of you in the emergency room. That's our job,"

"We won't," the teenagers replied.

Whoa! That was done in a jiff. Well, most of the chapter is revealing the truth, and Himeno's eight year-old incident. I think I never brought the spotlight to the other characters…but then I don't have the brains of Amano Akira to find a way to do it in my fics…and what's more…I LOST MY CHARACTER FILES!

REVIEW everyone, so I could set my brain into motion again! (And I'm going to need it…)

Well…back to reading other fics. I have to get my inspiration some place else…normally I get my ideas from dark books with over six hundred pages via school library, but most of them are from the 70's to 90's, and the romance department is too historical, but I sometimes put up with some of it.