FINALLY! I'm ready with the next chapter! ^^
As much as I want to blame it all on the school, it's my fault too that I couldn't finish it earlier. Why am I so lazy?! I think one of my best friends was on the verge of killing me, because of that. ^^" But at least it's up now! (Hear that Mii-chan?)
So, here is the new chapter. ENJOY!
Disclaimer: I don't own KHR and it's characters.
When Gokudera heard the scream he immediately rushed to the nearest staircase, with Yamamoto and Chrome running after him. While he run down the stairs Gokudera couldn't help but think, how similar were this affair to the one he lived through not that much time ago.
The affair of Juudaime's death.
He told Juudaime to don't go to that meeting! He tried to convince him, that it's no use trying to talk with Byakuran! But Juudaime was more persistent than he was. Juudaime said that nothing bad would happen, and he could wait outside the meeting room. But then... But then...
Then he heard the gunshot... It was hard not the hear it, since it was just on the other side of the door. For Gokudera, that six seconds were the longest seconds in his life. The seconds, when he slammed the door open and saw his Boss falling out of his chair. He would never forget the cheers of Byakuran's men, and his own scream of despair the moment Juudaime crashed into the ground.
Gokudera expected to see the murderous weapon in Byakuran's hands, but no. There was nothing in the man's hands. Instead, he wore a self-satisfied grin on his face, making Gokudera more than pissed. However he didn't have time to punch that grin off of Byakuran's face, and that bastard knew that too, of course! So, ignoring Byakuran as much as he could, Gokudera rushed to his Boss. Nobody tried to stop him: the Millefiores were still cheering, and from the Vongola no one else was there but him. Well, in the meeting room. Their men was outside of the building. And the Guardians... Oh, God...!
How could he have been so blind?! Gokudera knew that Juudaime sent the Guardians out for missions that time! Well, except the Idiot-cow and that Fighting-maniac of course. The cow stayed at the Vongola HQ that time, and the Fighting-maniac was still in Namimori of course. That time the other Guardians were all abroad. In China, the UK, the USA... Only Juudaime knew where.
But why? Why did Juudaime do that?! Gokudera didn't know. Even now, he didn't know. But that letter explained it a little. He really hoped the Sword-idiot and the Pineapple-women noticed the code he used. They seemed to notice it. So he just had to wait till they ask him about the things he said. And when Yamamoto suggested them to go to the rooftop first, Gokudera immediately know that the two Guardians understood the real meaning of his words.
They were just about to reach the rooftop, when they heard the scream. Gokudera (being the never-resting storm) instantly hurried to the scene.
When they arrived, the trio saw a group of people not far away from the bottom of the stairs. They were standing around two women. One of them was sitting on the ground, while the other was trying to comfort her. Gokudera, Yamamoto and Chrome walked up to the group.
"What happened?" asked Yamamoto on of his old classmates.
"I don't know," he answered. Yamamoto still remembered that his name was Fujimoto Kisuke. "but it looks like as if she is in some kind of shock... Poor Kuroda." sighed Fujimoto. Indeed, the woman, Inoue Kuroda, seemed to be in a shock. She was shaking uncontrollably, and her eyes were wide while staring at something in front of her. Kuroda wasn't even noticing the people that gathered around her. She didn' answer her friends calls. Gokudera took notice of this. Luckily he knew how to snap her out of it.
He walked up to Kuroda and kneeled down in front of her, surprising everyone. Except Kuroda, of course. She was still staring into vacancy. The people around them thought that Gokudera would propose, or something like that, but what he really did caught them off guard. With a shout of "WAKE UP STUPID WOMAN!" the Bomber slapped Kuroda on the face. Now that snap her out of her shock.
"What the hell are you doing, you idiot?!" cried out Kuroda.
"Waking you up..." Gokudera answered with a shrug, as he stood up from the ground. Kuroda (and everyone around them) looked at the Storm Guardian with disbelief. Couldn't he found a better way than that?! "So, what happened?"
Kuroda swallowed and started shaking again.
"I-I don't really know..." she said with a trembling voice. "It happened all of a sudden. I was going to the first floor, when something b-big jumped at me. And it was a l-leopard, I'm sure!
"A leopard?" asked Fujimoto doubtingly. The men and women around them also looked at Kuroda uncertainly. It was impossible that a leopard of all things would be in the building, wasn't it? "Are you sure?"
"Of course I'm sure!" said Kuroda with upraised voice. She knew that the others didn't believe her. But she wasn't blind, for God's sake! And she wasn't stupid either. So she could understand why the others didn't believe her. Because they didn't want to. They flattered themselves that Kuroda saw something else or even lied, so they wouldn't have to face the truth. "Now that I think about it, it could have been a bigger cat or something like that. It happened too suddenly..." sighed Kuroda.
The tension seemed to lighten immediately. Nobody seemed to notice Kuroda's lie. Well, that was what she thought. In reality Yamamoto, Gokudera and Chrome all caught sight of it. It was the result of being in the Mafia for almost ten years. They could tell if someone told a lie. Well, they wasn't as good at it as Reborn or Tsuna was, but seeing through Kuroda's lie was as easy for them as walking. However, none of them voice out their discovery. They had other things to worry about now.
Nobody noticed Yamamoto and Chrome stepping in front of Gokudera. Not that they had to try it so hard.
"Oh fuck!" the two heard Gokudera cursing. Yamamoto and Chrome stiffened as they heard Gokudera's next words. "Uri's gone from her box!"
Meanwhile Hideoshi Minamoto and his two friend were walking through the baseball-field of Nami-Middle. They were all surprised at how well-equipped Nami-Middle have become. At least it was a positive surprise.
The three was talking about their past ten years, when Hideoshi's phone rang.
"Sorry!" he smiled, then picked up the phone. "Yes, I'm Hideoshi Minamoto. Yes. Yes. No. Fine. Alright, Iris. Bye." Hideoshi hung up, then turned to his friends. "Sorry again. It was an important call."
"It was your girlfriend, wasn't it?" teased one of the men Hideoshi.
"You were talking about you're upcoming wedding, right?"
"G-Guys! You know I don't have a girlfriend!" answered Hideoshi with a blush on his face.
"Oh, then why were you stuttering just now? Could it be that you real-!"
And that was the moment when a giant leopard jumped on Hideoshi's friend.
And that's all for now! I know it's not long (again), but it's still the longest chapter so far! ^^ And I don't have time to search for grammar mistakes, so if you find some it's because of that.
Even though, I hope you liked it.
Sooo the reviews!
Fi Suki Saki: Wao! For most of the questions you asked I cannot answer because of spoilers. XD About Naito's death... I read the manga again, and TYL Yamamoto said that they lost contact with him two days before Tsuna arrived in the future. But in my fic it's not like that. A huge mistake on my part ^^" And about Hibari... I think he will be in it, but I'm not sure. And the letter's mystery will be solved in the next chapter! XD
TheNSIGirl: Thank God! I won't die! :D Haha, yeah I really like cliffhangers! And about the letter... Wait till the next chapter! :D
Soul Vrazy: Kufufu~ Thank you! :)
ILoveAniManga: I'm really sorry, but Enma won't be in this fan-fiction. :( It's because I don't think they met in that time. It was just because of the earthquake they caused (when they got back to the past) that Enma and his family find the rings. But it's just my opinion ^^
PetiteSkylark: Thank you! And don't worry, I'm sad because of Tsuna's death too *goes to the emo corner too*
KatoKimeka-chan: I think he will, but I'm not sure yet. (As long as you keep away the tomatoes, he will have a chance to be in this fic XD)
AnimLover1234: Hmm...A tip? Well, there will be a lot of words! ^^ (To tell the truth, the only thing I know for sure is about the letter :D)
VongolaFamilia: I don't know if they will get over it. (I'm a sadist...^^")
FallenxLinkin: The idea of this fic came all of a sudden, so I'm not really sure of what will happen. :)
Jester. Princess: Haha, and it took me awhile to come up with it! :D
Mii-chan: Nagy nehezen csak megkaptam a kommentedet! XD És hogy örülj magyarul válaszolok! XD Na meg Bel köszönését sem használom, hogy ne tudj többet piszkálni vele! XD Meg ha a lényeg lejött, én már annak is örülök! XXD
And that's all! Good night to everyone!