Finally, an update. I have been wrecking my brains for a while now, but this will be the only update I will have at least after the second week of August, I will try to make the next chapter. Things have gotten way bad for me in some subject departments, and I needed to work on it. Hope you guys could understand.

Chapter 19

The war had begun once again.

There was no turning back on the plan they laid out the night before. All in order for the rescue and safety of the now-revealed Vongola Eleventh, they will do anything, sacrifice everything just to see her alive and well. It was no easy task, that's for sure. It had been catastrophic. The base front line invasion was started by Mithril and Colonello's non-stop assault of rifles that doesn't seem to be running out of ammos for the time being. Then was followed with numerous different colored flames coming out of each person's weapons, piercing into the building, killing every Millefiore member they see in a distance and at arm's length.

"If you show any mercy at any Millefiore in sight, you might as well kill yourself!" Colonello shouted at enormous fleet behind them as a warning to hesitant men at the Vongola's disposal.

It was hell on earth as the infiltration decoy had been dispatched. None of them seemed to be backing down without a fight.

As for the main infiltration, they were under the instructions of the technicians of the family. There was not much going on inside much, but some could say that the infiltration had just begun. There was a last minute emergency, because of their lack of guides. So they called forth Himeno's cousin, Azalea, who was known as a renowned strategist, and was assigned to watch over Lambo's team.

On Tsuna's side, they were infiltrating the closest to the heart of the Millefiore base, which was surprisingly empty and guardless. They have already received the information that the others' destination was also without guards; which was weird for the Millefiore to do so. But with all the racket at the main entrance of the base, they assumed that it was for the fact that the power they have there was not enough to restrain them all and had to get all the help they could get.

It was the only theory they could think of as of now. And the theory that they hope that is happening right now. Knowing Byakuran, he usually has surprising things up his sleeves. It was something to fear, that's for sure.

…

Himeno stared at her large container cell located at the heart of the Millefiore base. Once again, she was back at the large container she was sent to. It beats being restrained like a dissected frog that's for sure. But she was worried. Now that the Millefiore has found out about her dangerous ability, she fears that it would be used to obliterate the whole Vongola. But what will they do to make her release it? The sentence, "You are just an orphan," won't work anymore. She has gone over that part of her life. Even the sentence, "Your parents never liked you and threw you away out of their sight." It was rather mysterious.

Now she was here, lying down like she did on most of her free times that she spent sleeping on the school rooftop. She was totally bored. Her weapon and rings were taken away from her. It was a good decision that she threw her box weapons to Anemone or else she was totally screwed. He was one of the few that she could trust to take care of her weapons, especially her box animal.

Thinking about it, she remembered the time that Moon Raven had given it to her when she passed the Loyalty Exam. It was even a miracle that she had passed all because she had defended her and the organization. She was given a cute female puma that at first was a little hesitant to her. But she has felt that way to her box weapon too at first. She feared that if she opened it incorrectly, it would be destroyed right away.

But all she had to ask for is the advice of Anemone, her partner and close friend. She had to calm herself and think through of her hesitation in releasing her weapon. And out came a beautiful female puma cub that almost looked like one of her stuffed toys.

"Hikari…" she muttered under her breath.

"Oh don't you worry," Byakuran said as he was reading a book on a table, "They will be here soon to come and get you," he said as he stared at the girl in the container as she sat up abruptly.

"So I'm a bait?" she demanded.

Byakuran smirked, "Hmm…partly bait and mostly a weapon,"

"Why are you even doing this?" Himeno demanded.

"Because I want revenge. Revenge for what they had done to me and my other selves in the parallel worlds…" he muttered. "And I wouldn't have planned it without you young lady. You are a big help…"

"What do you mean by that?" Himeno demanded, her rage seething out again.

Byakuran only looked at her blankly, "You'll find out soon enough…"

…

Anemone suddenly felt the box weapon belt of Himeno shaking from his sling bag. He stopped abruptly as he took it out of the bag. There he saw the center of the belt was her box animal, shaking here and there, as if searching for something.

Tsuna and Moon Raven noticed this and looked at the young boy holding up the belt. "Hikari is going haywire," Anemone commented.

Moon Raven looked at the box, "She's searching for Himeno, that's for sure…she must be sensing her nearby," she stated.

Tsuna looked agitated. What was happening to Himeno now that her box weapon was getting crazy shaking here and there? It was the same with Natsu back then too.

All he could do was worry and hope. That was it. But he has to do everything just to see his daughter alive and unharmed. "We have to keep going. We might be on the right track," he stated as the three kept walking to the path they have went on. They arrived at a dead end, and just stared. Himeno's box weapon was moving around a lot now, and it was not stopping from wriggling out of Anemone's grasps.

"What in the world is wrong with Hikari?" Anemone complained. But just as they did, the floor suddenly opened, and the three of them were engulfed in to the dark tunnel.

…

Irie suddenly felt static from his communication to Tsuna's team. "Tsunayoshi-kun?" there was no response. "Tsunayoshi-kun, are you there?" still no reply. Irie was getting irritated. "Tsunayoshi-kun, answer me!" giving up, he looked at the others, "Do you guys still have connections with your charges?" he asked.

Just as he had asked, the others have received some problems.

"Darn it," Azalea cursed, "I lost contact with Lightning Wolf! Even Lambo-san and Gilbert-san had not seen it coming. They encountered a large exhaust fan and Lightning Wolf went out of their sights,"

"I have lost Amaryllis also," Kusakabe informed. "Kyou-san said that he got stuck into a trap and not even Kantaro-kun had seen him but being grabbed by a metal claw in between the walls,"

"I still have contact with Sasagawa-san, Narumi and Shiori. They didn't encounter that kind of thing," Athena confirmed.

"Lucky you," Spanner said, "I just lost connection with Red Rose all of a sudden. There was a sudden smoke bomb explosion and all Gokudera and Spinel heard was her yelp and when the smoke faded, she was gone,"

Jessa was the next one to curse, "I also lost communication with Spider Lily! Chrome-san said they were lost in an illusion maze and she was gone without her noticing!"

Gianini was the next to panic. "Yamamoto-san has told me that Blue Moon was lost in a sea wave illusion trap while they were walking on their paths. It seems that she was carried away by the illusionary waves,"

Just then, Harmonia received the communication from Mukuro, "Please tell me that Phoenix Dawn is not missing because of the base mischief," she said sarcastically.

"I hate to be the deliverer of bad news, but yes. He just fell in a stupid illusion trap set up in this area," he informed. "Why? Has that happened to everyone?"

"Other than the charges of Athena, yes," Harmonia answered. "But what's weird is that only the agents had fallen into the traps of the Millefiore. The only one on our family that got caught up in it was Decimo," she informed.

"Now that is a bit weird," Gokudera said on the other line.

"Where did it take them?" Spanner asked the red headed technician.

Irie could only answer one thing, "The Heart Chamber of the Millefiore,"

Chapter cut. That's it for now…

Gomenasai!