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Soooooo since it's Christmas, which means it's December. I noticed that I have been hiatus for about a year. I went and check the date of publish for this fic and guess what? I realized that it's been a year. ONE WHOLE YEAR. OMYGOSH. *Shocked*

Well to be precise, it's a year and seven month. I totally missed it…*Pouts* That's what I get for posting this fic during exams xD

Anyways! To all of you who have favourited/followed/reviewed this fic, are still following and waiting patiently without unfollowing, THANK YOU SO SO MUCH! *HANDS OUT COOKIES AND GIVE YOU ALL A GIGANTIC, WARM AND TIGHT HUG* and HAPPY 1ST ANNIVERSARY to this fic! xD

Seriously, I never thought it was possible to reach this far. Because I know that this is a really poorly written fic and has a bad plot with Lucia also partly a Mary-Sue character. And I also thought I might drop it soon because I would come to feel ashamed of this poor work. But who knew quite a number of people like it. Well it was all thanks to you guys who kindly read and reviewed my awful work back then and helped me improved. Not to be shameless, but it was true that I improved a lot.

I hereby promise I will definitely continue this fic and will never ever ever abandon it. But, it might take years. Sorry about that. Life is such a bitch, I know some of you can relate.

HEY GUYS. Bet you all be like FUCKING FINALLY.

Sorry for the late update! Lack of motivation and writer's block. And I have been super busy with my studies and original novel (which you can check it out at wattpad) too. I'm just so sorry. ;-; But well this is the longest chapter I've ever written for this fic. Yay. Right? XD

Btw, I updated almost every fic and posted some new one shots in one go. Check it out if you haven't.

AND.

MERRY CHRISTMAS GUYS! I HOPE YOU HAVE A BLESSED CHRISTMAS TODAY~~~

Warning: It's been more than half a year, and so my style is bound to change. And i must say it will be slightly different. Hope you all are okay with it. (WOW. EFFING LONG A/N. WOOHOO)

Okay, now you can read on.

Chapter 17

The wind gently blows and the curtain slightly moved. Three figures were sitting in the room silently. A baby, a prefect and a normal female. Not a combination you would find every day in life. With eyes closed, they took in a breath of the aroma and breathed out before taking a small sip of the warm liquid in their respective cups. They gulped at the same time as the liquid slowly went down their throats, quenching their thirst and desires.

Slowly the cups were placed on the table again without any sound. They all looked satisfied and there were two wide smiles and one tiny smile. A small fluff of yellow flew in through the window and landed on top of the prefect's head. The raven gently took it down and started petting it with care. The little bird fell asleep almost immediately after that.

The baby went back to writing on the stack of paper he brought with an extremely sadistic smile that surpasses his usual smile plastered on his face. Taking a closer look, it was actually full of questions. Difficult ones even smart students have a hard time with. And there was the name 'Dame-Tsuna' on top left of the first page of the papers.

The brunette girl stood up and walk towards the window. She looked out at the scenery and enjoyed the cool wind that came in contact with her face, caressing her gently. A smile appeared on her face but it turned into a frown right away when she saw something from the opposite building. Well, her vision is close to 20/20.

"Stu-pid." Was what Ciel mouthed to her with a smirk. She was going to shrug it off but his smirk widened and he added "Ug-ly."

She turned around and took a few steps back before materializing her trident. She smiled and and looked at the people in the opposite building before channeling her flames into the trident. She dismissed her trident and went back to sit on the sofa with a sweet *coughs sadistic coughs* smile.

"I see you're in a good mood, Lucia." The baby spoke.

"Why yes I am," I answered as my smile widen. "It's always good to dispose of some idiots."

"You have changed, Lucia," Reborn smirked. "In a good and sadistic way."

I took another sip of my coffee. It went down my throat so smoothly. Ah. The aroma; the taste; everything is perfect. As expected of the coffee Reborn made.

"Where did you get that trident anyways? It reminds me of a certain pineapple head." Reborn said.

"Yeah, I got it from him." I answered. "He said it'd easier to cast illusions if I channel my flames to my trident. It's kind of smaller than his though." Stingy.

Reborn nodded and before I could say another word, the door was opened and Tsuna rushed in. He lost his balance and fell to the ground, as a result of getting pushed in by someone.

"Eh- A-Ah..." Tsuna hie-ed. "I-I-'m sorry to barge in...H-Hibari-san..."

Hibari took his eyes off Hibird and glanced over to Tsuna as he flinched immediately when their eyes met. For once, Tsuna acted less of his usual dame self and stated his purpose of coming in. "I-I'm looking for Lucia-chan and Reborn...Kyoko-chan said she wanted to go shopping now and wanted everyone to come...So you're invited too, Hibari-san..." His voice got meeker and meeker. "U-Um, b-but it's okay if you don't want to though..."

Hibari stood up, attracting all our gazes towards him. He strode over to the cabinet and slowly opened them. Tsuna was still clueless about what's going to happen. I grabbed my cup of coffee and gulped it all down. And as I have guessed, Hibari took out his tonfas and a feral glint lit his eyes like a ferocious wolf.

"Hieee!" Tsuna scrambled to his feet and turned around. I stood up and looked at Reborn, "Thanks for the coffee." I caught sight of his nod before I made my way to the door. "Ne, Hibari-kun." He looked up. "He left a message for you,"

I grinned. "It's on some wall in the school, written in red." I could hear the sounds of the cabinet opening in a loud bang and the disciplinary committee room is now empty. Even Reborn was gone too.

Better meet up with them now.

I closed the door behind me and vanished.

The leader of the disciplinary committee strode with large steps towards the field of the school, and came to an abrupt stop when he found something that didn't belonged to the walls of the school.

There are graffiti on the walls. Red, green and purple words and designs. Clouds that seem to be pouring blood onto green field.

Weird taste.

Clenching his teeth and keeping his anger in check, Hibari took his tonfas out of god-knows-where and the walls collapsed. It's stuffy with all the dust flying in the air. Hibari huffed and walked away from the mess. At least he feels better now. Screw keeping his anger in too.

The raven snaps his head up to the rooftop. What's that ominous presence? The sun was shining brightly, making it hard for him to identify the owner of the unfamiliar presence. He bought his hand up to reduce the sunlight from entering his eyes as he squinted his steel gray eyes to have a clearer look. Something shone. But it was gone in a split second.

"Hn." Hibari took off again, with his jacket fluttering behind him. On the way to the rooftop, a smirk graced his face. He had a hunch it might be an omnivore or even better, a carnivore. With quick steps, he made it to the stairs and climbed it up without any effort.

"Shishishi~ I want to try fighting him." A blonde with long bangs spoke, "Can I?"

"No. We're leaving right now." A child-like voice replied.

"Bah. You're no fun." He scoffed.

"You can stay,"

His head perked up at his words and waited for him to end his sentence.

"If you want Boss to end your life, that is."

He clicked his tongue. "Let's go then."

The two figures disappeared into thin air the second the words left the blonde's lips. Just in time with that, the door to the rooftop was opened and in came a prefect.

His eyes scanned around and found it to be empty. His scowl deepens as Hibird chirped. Hibari turned and left, with an unsatisfied heart.

He will find whoever it is and he will bite him to death for trespassing.

Back to the originally Lucia's POV

After gathering everyone, we went to the shopping district. We went to the arcade and also had lunch at a shop Haru introduced. I had fun and I guess everyone did too. It's really nice to live like this even though I still have no clue as to why I could be in this world. I glanced at my left. Tsuna and the usual gang are there. I glanced to my right. Ciel and Leone are there, bickering a little like usual. I couldn't help but smile. In a world where I shouldn't belong, I now have everything I wanted; everything I couldn't even grasp in my own world.

"Lu-chan!"

My thoughts were cut through like knife on butter. "Mhmm?" I turned towards Leone and hummed.

"They are all watching the street magic show, wanna go?" He pointed at the crowd of people, all merry and loud. They were all cheering enthusiastically.

"Sure." I nodded.

We got close and saw two magicians. One hooded so you can't see his face, making it all mysterious and seemed like a child from his height. The other was hooded too but you could see silver strands of hair fluttering out of his black robe and hood.

The crowds were getting pushy and i was squeezed and made me irritated I was going told leave. But it was impossible. I couldn't move let alone get out. And I'm separated from everyone.

"Any volunteers for our next trick?" The child magician suddenly spoke out loud.

Many people raised their hands but no one was chosen. I scowled, having my entire mind on how to leave and that's how I was caught of guard. All of a sudden I felt some strength pushing from behind me and the next thing i know, i was standing in front of the magicians, just a few steps away.

"Thank you for volunteering, miss."

"I-no, I was push—"

"We would be thankful if you can lend us a hand."

Many boo-ed me while some clapped, waiting for the next trick to be shown. I rolled my eyes. I didn't want to do this either. Oh well. I can't back out now. Just do it and end it quick.

I looked up at them, wondering what i needed to do.

"First, check if this piece of cloth is normal." The child handed me a piece of white long cloth. I took it and examined it. Well, just a cloth it seems. Not as if they would let me find out their trick anyways.

I offered the cloth back at the child. "Yeah. It's normal."

"Now that we have proved this cloth normal and nothing has been done to it, we shall now perform our next trick." The hooded child spoke, loud enough for the crowd to hear. "Your hands please, miss." He held his hand out.

I blinked. Oh. "Okay." I held my hands out in front of him. He took out a rope out of his robes. Hmm magical robes eh?

He placed the rope around my wrist and starts to go round and round. I stared at him with one eyebrow raised.

"I won't hurt you, miss." He assured me. But for some reasons, it just didn't seem convincing.

The ropes tightened and my hands were now restrained. It didn't hurt but my hands were tightly tied up together.

"Please wait a moment."

I nodded.

The child walked towards his companion and exchanged words with him. The air around them changed and I saw the taller one smirk.

Um. Why does this feel very bad?

My instinct was warning me but before I could go on thinking, the ropes tightened a lot more and my attention was snap back to it. It's starting to hurt. And if possible, the pain is gradually increasing every second.

I tried to break free from the ropes but find myself incapable for doing so. But it's just ropes; how can it be so tight?

Screams echoed throughout the streets and that's when I know my peace was finally broken. Loud yells were heard because the place where the magicians were performing was suddenly filled with smokes. I lost my sight and started coughing.

With eyes closed and my body shaking due to the coughing, I couldn't stand right and felt myself kneeling to the ground.

I clicked my tongue in annoyance. What in the world is wrong with this rope? I scowled and summoned my mist flames. I know I shouldn't do so in public but I'm pissed and there's smoke around me so I guess it's okay.

I tried making illusions of knifes to cut off the ropes so I can break free from the stupid restraint. I was ready to get out of this smoky area but didn't expect that the ropes were not in the least damaged.

What?

That's when realization hit me hard.

The ropes weren't normal.

It's made of flames; mist flames.

But for there to be mist flames means-

"Voiiii!" A loud yell echoed throughout the street once again, drowning out the other screams; making them seem less ear deafening.

Ah, knew it.

The smoke slowly cleared as I squint to see my surroundings. Someone tapped me on the shoulder and I looked up, realizing it's Leone.

"Are you okay, Lu-chan?"

"I'm fine. Most importantly, the magicians are our enemies, Leone. Warn the others!" I told him as he widened his eyes.

He quickly nodded and left.

I closed my eyes and focused.

The ropes are not real. They are just illusions. They weren't supposed to be on my hands. My hands are free.

I kept on repeating in my head and just like a scissor cut through the rope, my hands regained freedom once again. Phew. Free at last. They must have known who I am and my relations with Tsuna if they aimed for me.

"Hn. Seems like you have a pretty strong will."

I looked up at the sky where the voice came from.

A baby in black robe, hood covering his face with a halo on his head is floating in the air.

"I supposed." Well having to die once would probably make someone's will stronger right?

But why is Mammon here? Shouldn't it originally only be Squalo?

Did the future get altered because of me?

Dang it. I'm in some deep troubles now. I hope it won't changes too much.

I summoned my trident and held it tightly.

Well first thing first. Gotta defeat him right? First fight with an arcobaleno! Woohoo. Excited, not.

First one to strike has the advantage. Or so I learned from Hibari.

I aimed my trident at him and let my illusions attack him.

Spears pierced through him but his body vanished like mist.

Tsk, a fake.

I looked around me, but couldn't find him. I covered myself in mist flames as a layer of protection as I spotted the other guys at the other side.

Tsuna's fighting Squalo and the other guys were already hurt.

Guess this won't last too long.

Out of nowhere, my cheek suddenly felt wet. I touched it and realized there was blood.

"Are you sure you can afford looking away? You're going to pay the price of giving away your life, weakling." Mammon said as he manifested in front of me.

I glared at him. "Well, I'm certainly still alive now."

He could cut through my defense. Which means his flames are stronger.

I wiped away the blood and casted new illusions. I shouldn't let my guard down. I shoved aside every though and tried to concentrate on him.

Our illusions clashed, as our flames drained. Neither of us got hurt but at the very least, I cut his clothes and he did too.

I huffed and puffed hard, trying to stabilized my breathing because of the flames I used. It's quite burdening. That's when a loud scream cut through my thoughts like knife on butter.

"Voiii! We're going back, Mammon!" The silvered-haired man waved with a box of what I assumed to be holding the Vongola rings inside in his hand. Belphegor was standing beside him, grinning so widely it's giving me chills. But why is he here too? Arghh, this is so messed up now!

"Took you long enough, idiot." He mumbled, voice laced with annoyance. "Wasting all my flames and time."

"You took a long time yourself too, brat!" He shouted at Mammon.

"Oy, oy, the boss is demanding the rings already," Bel said, "I don't want to get a wine bottle thrown at me. Wouldn't mind if it's you guys though, ushishishi."

Squalo's eyes and mine met, and he asked, "Who's that?"

"Vongola's ally. Someone connected to Rokudo Mukuro." Mammon answered and turned around. "Let's get going already."

"Hey wait a sec," Bel was already leaving but I saw his eyes glint evilly behind his bangs and he smirked. He bent down and picked something up.

In his hands were a black fro head with cow print clothes.

Lambo. My mind added.

"Let's bring this along to play with. The prince would enjoy some entertainment~" He grinned. "You guys don't mind right?" He asked the guys, lying on the floor, all defeated and in pain. According to the original storyline, they are all supposed to be still weak. Leone was never the strong type so of course he's also lying there. While Ciel was on the ground, looking pained and couldn't move.

Wow. So this is The Varia, huh?

Tsuna looked up and tried to stand up. "D-Don't take L-Lambo..."

"Heh, you can't stop the prince, shishishi~" He kicked Tsuna in the stomach and rendered him unconscious.

"Jyuudaime!" Gokudera glared at the blonde. "You bastard!"

"Little puppies should stop barking." Bel took out his knives and were ready to throw but then Squalo stopped him.

"VOI! Stop playing with those pathetic trashes or I'll slice off your head when Boss thrash around!"

"Fine, fine," Bel kept his knives away and smirked. "The prince will play with the little puppy next time, ushishishi~"

I should do something. I can still move and it's partly my fault Lambo's taken away.

I made my way towards the guys and said with a reassuring smile, "I'm getting Lambo back. Don't worry about me. I'll be back soon."

"Wait, Lu—"

I followed behind them and jumped up a tree. They were already gone but I could still sense my mist flame that remained on Mammon when I fought him.

I closed my eyes and willed myself to appear where my flames were. When I opened my eyes, I could see the three of them in front of me with Lambo knocked out and silent. Well that's actually quite nice, seeing a quiet Lambo.

I tried to summon some illusions but all of a sudden felt a striking pain in my lower body.

Wait is this—

Before I could stop myself from dwelling in all the distractions, I felt dizziness hit me as I collapsed. I was hit by something...

The last thing I saw before blacking out was the purple flames and Mammon.

Soooo how was it? Please leave a reviewww~ did my writing improve? Did it, did it?*excited* Please leave constructive criticism if you want to!

I hope you enjoyed this chapter! It took me two nights (like seriously, I wrote till almost 4am) to finish this as well as the other fanfics. I hope this will be a Christmas gift you are satisfied with! (And something to compensate for the one year hiatus….)

Merry Christmas once again! May you be filled with joy and happiness for the year to come, continue to be blessed by the people around you and be a blessing to others which I'm sure you already are :D

See you next time! I'll try to update soon. Latest is next Christmas (*slapped* W-Wait I-I was just joking! OwO Don't hit me please! Or maybe not? Hahaha. *awkward laughing*)

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-Kazue