A/N: Still on Hermione's mission, no Mukuro in this chapter and might touch a bit on Harry and the gang. Enjoy and please review, and still want to say it, sorry for the delay, sorry for any grammatical mistakes, my bad and I have to admit that this chapter is the hardest to write and since I have started my new semester this might take a longer time to update =/

Chapter 12: Next Stop, Paris

"Oh hell, why this has to be that hard," Hermione whined as she couldn't figure out how to read the encrypted note on the white sheet given to them by Enrique on their second meeting three days ago, yup both she and Yamamoto still in Nice for the past week, and so far they had managed to crack a bit of information from the computer chip, luckily Giannini had helped to creates a cracking device for them in their laptop which can read an encrypted note, code or signal on their computer.

Yamamoto stood from his chair and walked towards her as she trying to figure out how to read the encrypted note as the wording seems so technical. Yamamoto smiled as he looked at the struggling witch who begins to whine all over again. Hermione had been trying to figure out the encrypted note for the past seven hours nonstop and so far she had met some dead end of it. She was pretty disappointed as she had never felt this hopeless before.

Leaning on her chair, Hermione finally given up as her body already taken toll and she was totally worn off, her head is spinning with a little headache and she was pretty damn tired. She looked up only to see Yamamoto glanced at her with that sweet, cheerful smile in his face. At least she felt a bit calm and it helped to ease a bit of her disappointment due to her stressful work.

"Takeshi," Hermione called out Yamamoto first name for the first time. He winced and looked at her with his eyes wide opened; she was the second person besides his father that called him using his first name.

"Hmmm…"

"Can I call you that, Takeshi?"

"Hmmm…sure, though it sound kinda weird, but yea you can call me that," he was taking a time before responded as a smile appeared in his face. Hermione's lip slowly curved into a smile, a beautiful smile.

"Does anyone else call you Takeshi before or I'm the first to call you that?" Hermione asked, her work was now abandoned on the table, she figured it out that it is not the best time to continue especially her body already taken toll off and she desperately needed her break.

Well, by right you are the second. The first being is my father."

"I see, so I took it as a compliment to be the second person to call you with your first name."

"Yea, you can say that."

Hermione giggles which it sounds so beautiful to Yamamoto. He was glad that they were put together in the same mission so that he can get to know her much better and she was the first young woman ever to be a close friend to him, he was a good friend of Kyoko and Haru but somehow he felt that Hermione was closer to him than those two.

The two of them then left their work and hides it somewhere safe inside their hotel room as they both decided to take a walk at the beach to ease their tired mind and body.

xoxoxo

"Takeshi, that Enrique guy called again," Hermione called out for Yamamoto as he was getting them some drinks from the café. They both were decided to have some drink after a long walk on the beach. Hermione then answered her phone as Yamamoto lean nearer so that he can hear it as well.

"Hello you too, glad to hear from the two of you again. So I was hoping that you had managed to read or figured out the encrypted notes that I have given to you earlier, I know that it was pretty tough but you have no choice but to crack it as soon as possible because I have another task and it requires some travelling."

By that time, both Hermione and Yamamoto looked at each other with frown in their face. "Oh shit."

xoxoxo

By the time both Hermione and Yamamoto got back into their hotel room, both of hurries to get their job done as they needed to crack the encrypted notes as fast as they could. That Enrique guy had given them about three days to finish their work since they will are requires travelling in order to get more hint and information to get the secret code. They are both really needed to be in hurry since Enrique had told them that the enemy are on their moves.

At that time both of them are hoping that Gokudera was there with them. Struggling hard, they manages to crack one by one the puzzles in their hands as they both had been working hard to crack the code before getting the other one. On their last day of their 'holiday' in Nice, both Hermione and Yamamoto managed to crack the last code before getting one piece of information of the secret code for the secret weapon. They are both relieved but at the same time they are both worries if any of their enemy were there to spy on them. The enemy may not know Hermione but they sure do recognized Yamamoto even slightly a bit, and for that Yamamoto had to work hard in order not to get recognized and to protect himself and Hermione at the same time.

Hermione trusted Yamamoto very much liked how she trusted both Harry and Ron and she is very much appreciated the Vongola 10th Guardians' friendship and relationship. Therefore she promised herself that she will protect them no matter what or how strong they are compared to her.

Now both Hermione and Yamamoto are ready for their next destination. And this time around they are both prepared for the upcoming task and mission there.

The Wizarding World, England

Kingsley stood on his office with Harry and Ron and few other Aurors with them. Two days ago they had heard about the attacks on the Northern region of England where three Muggle-born witches and four muggles were attacked which left one of the witches and three of the muggles were killed. The Wizarding World is once again lives in fear as the remaining followers of Voldermort still lingers freely on the surface of the Earth, recruiting new members and what's surprising and shocking them more is that is time it isn't just about bloodline, but about gaining the power to control as the muggle world are now in state of shock as well as attacks are happen everywhere, muggles are killing muggles to gain control of power, and the shocking part is that the attacks are constantly happen with the attacks in the Wizarding World.

"Kingsley, why is this happen? I mean, I really don't understand, is our enemy is working with the muggle because the attacks from both worlds are almost…the same, our enemies and their enemies are trying to gain power from each world," Harry spoke as Ron nods his head, the both of them had tracked some of their enemies and so far they had managed to caught one, still young and new, but when he was in their custody for two days he killed himself rather than being interrogate and telling them where his comrades are.

Kingsley let out a huff, he had heard about this but he didn't suspect anything worse than this. All he know that the Death Eaters are no way working with bad muggles unless they are desperate but that will throw their pride away but then nowadays the enemy, wizards or muggles, if they are not having any good intention of the safety of both worlds, is no good news.

"I don't understand either about this Mr Potter, Mr Weasley, but from what I had find out that outside the Wizarding World there's a group of muggles that are known as mafia, mob, you name it because you had lived with a muggle before Mr Potter, is power-crazed and they will do anything to gain control of anything, and when I mean anything that mean they can become cruel towards others, and they have the most dangerous weapons ever in their hands," Kingsley spoke quietly, meant only for Harry and Ron to hear about it, but he also knew that not all mafias are bad, for one family that currently having Hermione on their side.

"So you are saying that the Death Eaters throw away their pride of their blood status to gain an ally with the muggles, and what is these mafia, mob anyway?" Ron asked, he is now getting slightly confuse while Harry tries to understand of what Kingsley tries to inform them, he knew what is mafia but to think that the Death Eaters to work with muggles is totally out of question in his mind.

"These mafia, mob, is like the Death Eaters in the muggle world, only that they had no pure-blood, half-blood to be proud of, but power within their grasp that hold their true potential, and that can give them the power to control others, especially if they are well-known throughout the world. I don't know much about them but from my point of view, they are potentially dangerous, but somehow I also knew that not all mafia are bad or evil because I believe that they had their own intention of why they become one, maybe to help others but in their own way," Kingsley spoke as he looks outside from his office's window while both Harry and Ron looks at each other and nods, both understand of what Kingsley tries to inform them.

"I think that Ron and I are better get going, we still got some investigation to do," Harry spoke as both he and Ron disapparate from Kingsley's office.

"There are some things that I want to tell the both of you, but now not the time yet for it," Kingsley spoke quietly to himself after Harry and Ron had left his office.

Paris

Hermione and Yamamoto are now both looking around the five-star hotel near the main street, the next clue is with a man who is currently stayed in the hotel for the past three days while both Hermione and Yamamoto arrived in Paris barely a day.

"You know, I bet that this guy, man, whatever, is one important person, but I still wonder, Takeshi, why we had to crack the code for them, why not they do it themselves and give it to us," Hermione wondered as Yamamoto looks around, looking for any sign of spy or whatever that is suspicious around them.

"Hmm… I'm not so sure, but I guess that this is their way to see whether we are trustworthy ally or not and I bet that they wants to see how our intelligence is towards this mission," Yamamoto responded as he is satisfied that no one is following them.

Hermione seems to think of it, and come to conclusion that she is agree with what Yamamoto had come off, he is surely a very sharp person and she admired him for that even though sometime he can acted like a dopey but that is what she like about him, a carefree person with strong spirit, just liked Mukuro.

"Mukuro, I wonder how he is doing at the moment." Hermione thought to herself as she begins to think of the blue-haired illusionist as a weak blush rise in her face and she could feel warm in her face. Turn to peek at Yamamoto she is glad that the Vongola's sword master is not paying any attention to her or she had to think of an excuse of why she is blushing to him, and there's no way she going to let him to it.

"Well, I think it is time to contact our ally, so shall we?" Yamamoto spoke as Hermione nods her head, agree with him as Yamamoto take out his mobile phone and begin dialling.

xoxoxo

Hermione and Yamamoto sit in the lounge area, waiting for Enrique to arrive. While waiting the both of them have some conversation of their own, and Yamamoto ask the one question she didn't expect from him.

"So Hermione, how are you and Mukuro doing at the moment?" Yamamoto asked with a smirk in his face while Hermione's pretty shock and stutter and tries very hard to fight a blush in her face. She wishes that she could swipe the smirk off his face.

"I'm not sure of what are you talking about?" Hermione started, trying hard to fight the blush in her face.

"You know what I'm talking about, I'm not blind you know. I know there's something about you and Mukuro," Yamamoto spoke softly, his smirk turns into a genuine smile. Hermione take a deep breath while try to ease the heat from her face.

"We are…doing…fine at the moment," Hermione replied quietly as her face redden and tries to look at other view but Yamamoto who is currently smiling at her. Hermione did not sure whether he is giving her an honest smile or teasing her.

"Anyway, how do you know, about that?" Hermione asked him as Yamamoto smile and shake his head.

"I can see right into your face and him as well. I saw how the two of you looked at each other and it is, how to say, quite adorable, that loving gazes the two of you had when the two of you caught each other's eyes," Yamamoto replied, the smile never left his face.

"Okay…never thought that it was that obvious," Hermione spoke quietly, her gaze shy away from Yamamoto as he laugh cheerfully, such a carefree person he is.

"It's okay, besides I don't think that I'm the only person who can see right through it," Yamamoto spoke as he slightly laughs, Hermione couldn't think of it anymore as she blushes pretty badly.

"What do you mean, by that?" Hermione asked, she fidgeting a bit as Yamamoto laugh, shake his head and look at her.

"Well, it was pretty obvious actually, I can guess that Chrome and Tsuna are definitely known about it, and Dino as well, of course he knows, he is like a brother to you, right?" Yamamoto asked for confirmation as Hermione nod her head slowly. Dino, her acting brother, definitely know about her more-than friendly relation with Mukuro as her mind goes back to the first time they have kissed. She can no longer deny that her feeling for Mukuro is more than friendly, and she slowly begins to realize that she is in love with him. She, Hermione Jean Granger, is in love with Mukuro Rokudo, the Vongola 10th Mist Guardian and how she missed him so much since she haven't seen him since his departure for his mission.

But then there's no way she will let her guard down, especially in her relationship with the mismatched illusionist, and there's no way that she will let others to talk about her current love life, not while on an important mission.

As she is about to retort back, they hear footsteps coming towards them as Enrique approaches them, holding a black suitcase with him. Both Hermione and Yamamoto look at each other and then to their ally as they nods at him, welcoming him for the second time in their mission.

"Glad that you both have make it here, now let's proceed to our business, and I have the right place for this. And with that the three of them left the lounge area and left the hotel to go to the meeting place, far from the hotel especially from other people's view.

That's is the 12th chapter and the a very short one as well, so sorry for the delay since I've got stuck my study and such and now in about a week in my final exam. Sorry since this chapter is pretty boring though I will try my best for the next.