CHAPTER 21- The Great Sky Princess
The next day, preparations for the burial of my adopted father were done. As I walked in the hallways going to the dining room with only my dressing gown and nightgown I noticed all the maids and butlers staring at me sadly.
Murmurs and whispers of 'How sad', 'What a shame he died', 'What a pitiful child' can be heard but I didn't react to any of them. Right now I am sporting my Tsuki look unlike the previous days wherein I returned to my nerdy look. I swore that starting from now on, I would show my side as Tsuki.
When I went near the dining room door, the butler opened the door and gave me a sad smile. I prepared myself to enter the room and hid my eyes with the little bangs I have as Tsuki.
Inside there seemed to be kind of like a food fight between the Arceo and the Guardians. When the door opened I found a plate of spaghetti flying towards my direction and it splattered on my hair.
Gasps from the Arceo and Arcobalenos can be heard and some nervous smiles can be seen on the Guardians faces. I decided to forget above the incident and slowly wiped the spaghetti from my hair and went to sit on my chair like nothing happened. I quietly eat my breakfast without any talking. Whenever someone would ask me something I would just nod or shrug my shoulders.
"Hime-sama are you alright?" Hayate asked and I stopped eating and wiped my hands and my mouth with the table napkin. A few minutes of silence passed and I unveiled my eyes and sported a smile.
"Of course, I'm aright Hayate. Why wouldn't I be alright?" I said and tilted my head.
"Having those emotionless actions for over ten minutes makes you not alright. You're worse than Viole when having problems", G said out loud and that made Viole cringe.
"Say, will you mind if I place this at my Dad's coffin?" I said and showed them the silver pocket watch.
"That's Iemitsu's pocket watch", Colonello-nii said and I slowly placed the silver locket on top of the table.
"It's one of the things I saw in his bag", I simply said and opened the pocket watch, the Sky Flame inside flickered to life and this time a hologram of a picture of the two of us when I was still 5 years old appeared. In that picture I sat at my father's shoulders and we are both smiling.
Silence settled on the table until a maid entered the dining room and informed Giotto that the guest had arrived. I excused myself that time so that at least I would look presentable to the guest.
I took a bath and wore a simple dress, one that the Arcobalenos gave me as a gift during my birthday. It is a simple light blue dress with white swirls as a design. I wore a white cardigan over the dress.
I walked towards the direction of the dining room for the second time that day and instead of a food fight they were talking with someone.
As I went near the door, the butler gestured to open the door but I told him to wait for a little while and I listened to some of the conversation inside.
"Really Mama Sherry, your daughter is working here?" the excited voices of Lampo and Laela can be heard.
"You should have told us that she was here so that we could have given her a proper welcome Sherry-sama", the familiar voice of G said.
"You already gave her a proper welcome and besides you know her", a voice replied.
Earlier when I was still in my room I looked up the name and image of the known Cielo Family Boss, Sherry di Cielo. When I saw her face I knew then that I got my hair color and physique from her but my eyes were inherited from my father. My mother has shoulder length chestnut brown hair and light blue eyes.
"Really, are we close to her? Do we see her every day?" Arisa and Elena asked.
"Let me see, I guess so seeing that she works for you and lives here", she replied and a chorus of gasps can be heard.
"Don't tell me she's working here as a maid?" Rhea shouted and I got that cue to come inside.
"Of course I'm not working as a maid, Rhea", I said and they all looked at my direction.
"What do you mean...?" Elena said and that time my mother stood up and ran towards my direction.
"You've grown so much Yuuki; it's been like 12 years since I last saw you", my mother said and looked at me and touched my face. "As I've thought you look like me but you have your father's eyes"
"It's nice to see you too Mama", I whispered but everyone heard it loud and clear and all gasped.
"You don't know how many times I've wanted to hear you say that Yuuki", my Mom said and continued to hug me. "Nee, Giotto can I borrow Tsuna for a while?"
"Of course you can...Mama Sherry...but if I remember well Tsuna has something to do for the whole afternoon", Giotto said.
"The whole morning will just be enough for the two of us, alright everyone please excuse the two of us", my Mom said and dragged me towards the door and into her room.
In her room we got to know each other and talked about ourselves. I learned that time that I have to be with my adopted father so that I will be properly protected because at that time there was a war ongoing between the Cielo and a rival family. During the twelve years, my adopted father sends my mother my pictures throughout the years that is why my mother knows what I look like.
At twelve I have to go to the studio to do some song recordings again that is why I left my Mom to have lunch with the others.
At exactly six in the evening I finished the recordings and some paperwork I must do as the Sky Protector. A chauffeur drove me towards the studio and back to the mansion and I told him to drive really fast because Reborn and the others will be worried again if I will be late.
In five minutes we arrived at the mansion and I jumped out in the car in a hurry. I hurriedly went to my room to wear my Arceo uniform, and the gifts my father left me because whenever there is a guest present, dinner will always be a formal event wherein we need to wear our uniforms.
Before I went out from the room, I took a final look of my appearance at the mirror. A figure similar to Sheila stared back at me. 'If I'd only lighten my hair and wear the Sky Arceo uniform of her time, I will look a lot like her'
For the third time of that day, I went to the direction of the meeting room, during formal dinners there is a twist in the room. After you enter the door, there will be a device and in there you have to state your whole name and your position so that you can join the others.
"Well here goes nothing", I said and the butler opened the door and I went inside.
"Name and position in the Vongola Family?" the machine asked and I am torn on what to say. What would it be? Tsunayuki Sawada, Sky Protector of the Vongola? Yuuki di Cielo, heir of the Cielo Family?
After a few seconds of deciding, I said my name and position to the machine, loud enough for everyone to hear.
"Tsunayuki Sheila di Cielo, Sky Protector of the Arceo and heir of the Cielo Famiglia"
After I said those lines an orange light engulfed my whole body and I heard the machine say.
"Welcome back, Tsunayuki Sheila di Cielo also known as the Great Sky Princess of the Vongola", the machine said and I went to join the others.
Gathered in the table are Giotto and his Guardians, the Arceo, the Arcobalenos, the Generals with Ira, my Mother, and lastly Talbot.
I went to sit on my usual place and that time, Talbot looked at me and said three words.
"Sheila di Cielo?"