jychan: And just like what I have said, I was going to make a story based from the other Guardians of the Rose Noire. This time, the characters I have chosen are Kyoya Hibari and Tan Li-Chen. This could also be a companion fic of Black Rose.
Summary: She was the Wind. He was the Cloud. They were both the aces of their own Mafia Famiglia. The only difference was that while one was the cat, the other was a rat. HibarixOC
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A woman in a red Cheongsam dress was running throughout the streets of Fuzhou, China as she was grinning at her surroundings. It was great that she was home, although it wasn't really her hometown, but at least, she was in China.
"Where are you going, Tan Li-Chen?" His voice alone could send shivers on her backbone. Hibari Kyoya was really something. That was something she could not deny.
"I-I was simply strolling around, Hibari-san." She replied as she gave a small smile. Hibari nodded as she sighed in relief. She didn't want to die yet. She had to prevent that from happening. She asked him, "So, Hibari-san, are you going to stay at the Vongola HQ then?"
He nodded as Li-Chen grinned. They weren't going to be staying at the same HQ, after all. Boo yah. She punched her fists towards the air. At least, she could spend quality time on her own. Her life was going to be prolonged, after all. No Hibari Kyoya was going to kill her.
"I'm going with you to the Rose Noire HQ, right?" Hibari asked as he smiled at Li-Chen whose face had gone white upon hearing Hibari's question. Did she just hear Hibari say those words? She might be wrong, though. She asked him to confirm her thoughts, "What did you say, Hibari-san?"
"I'm going with you to the Rose Noire HQ, then?" He repeated the question that seemed more like an order rather than a question. Li-Chen immediately nodded and agreed on the older man's order to avoid any further damages.
'No freedom.' Li-Chen thought as she sighed heavily. And although she was at China, but Hibari Kyoya was still out there.
Hibari Kyoya, on the other hand, was amused with Tan Li-Chen's expressions. The female herbivore was quite amusing in certain ways and he had grown to love teasing her over and over again. He wondered though if there was another chance that the two of them would have another chance of having a duel again.
Tan Li-Chen was unpacking her clothes when she remembered that she had to contact the Boss as soon as they have settled already in the HQ. And then again, where was Hibari Kyoya? He must be somewhere around this place for sure. She had to find him as soon as possible or the others would really be wondering where her designated partner was. She sighed. She wanted to away from that 'scary person', but she had to obey the boss' orders.
She roamed around the Rose Noire China HQ. It wasn't that big compared to the Rose Noire Main HQ in Paris, but it was considerably large. Apparently, the Rose Noire China HQ was a big commercial building. On the first floor were the different legal businesses of the Rose Noire Famiglia. They were supposed to be the front of the Famiglia in China. Then, the other floors and basement were utilized for 'other' purposes.
Her black hair swayed with the wind as she proceeded to Hibari's room, only to find nobody there. She sighed. The older lad must be at the training grounds, considering his love for fighting and such. She proceeded to the training grounds where she saw him striking different targets that were probably activated by their training simulations in the training grounds.
"ACHI!" A young girl clad in a blue Cheongsam dress called a teenage female in a red Cheongsam dress who just came from the training grounds.
"Hm? What is it, shobe?" The lady in a red Cheongsam dress asked. She placed down her arnis sticks as she went near the young girl.
"Will I be as strong as you someday?" The young girl asked as the older sister nodded in return.
"Yes. I am sure of that. Who knows, you might even surpass me someday."
"But, you're so strong and all that..." The young girl reasoned out as the lady chuckled and replied, "Let's just wait and see."
"What are you doing there, Tan Li-Chen?" Hibari asked as he went out of the training grounds while Li-Chen was standing in front of him.
"Ah. Nothing." She replied as she returned to reality, but upon realizing what she had just said, she immediately added, "On a second thought, I wanted to tell you that we must contact the Boss already since we have settled in the HQ already, right?"
"You go ahead." Hibari said as he turned back to the entrance of the training grounds. It was a pain somehow to contact them back when he could fight here nonstop. He turned his head to Li-Chen who just nodded in return. He wanted to tease the younger woman, but the woman seemed to be a bit out from reality again. He shook his head and went back.
Upon realizing that Hibari was going back to the training grounds, Li-Chen immediately called out loud, "Hibari-san! Wait! Hibari-san!" while Hibari simply chuckled and activated the simulations without turning back to Li-Chen, who simply sighed in return. She swore that she'll never understand that guy. He was simply too different from the others, although she must admit that a change once in a while was good.
"HARU-SAN!" She called enthusiastically as she had a conference call with the others, but more importantly, the Rose Noire Boss, Miura Haru. Li-Chen gave a wave towards the camera, while she noticed that almost all of them were already present, except for Hibari, of course, who was busy amusing himself at the training grounds.
"Li-Chen! Where is your partner?" Her boss asked as she suddenly stood up because of the seriousness that was present in her boss' tone. She immediately replied without further ado. "
He's at the training grounds, Haru-san. I called him, but I was too scared to approach him or something. He looked like he was going to bite me. Or worse, he was going to kill me! Haru-saaaan!"She whined in front of the camera. True, she was afraid of Hibari. And there was going to be a chance that he was going to kill her someday.
"Relax, Li-Chen-san. Hibari-san might look really dangerous, but he doesn't kill an ally." The Vongola Boss' statement soothed her suffering and feelings as she immediately asked, "Really, Vongola Boss?"
"What is this, Tan Li-Chen?" Hibari asked as he suddenly entered the room while goosebumps suddenly appeared all over Li-Chen's body. The man's presence was really frightening in a sense that she knew that he could easily kill her without any second thoughts.
"H-H-H-Hibari-san..." She swallowed, "Ano, it's a conference call with the other guardians." She closed her eyes as Hibari sighed. He would admit that at first he was a bit startled upon Li-Chen's show of cowardliness that he wasn't sure if it was genuine or not, but at the recent events, it would most likely mean that either she was a real coward or she was a good actress.
"I see. Well then, I'll be going out first." He replied as he went outside the room without any second thought. He couldn't bring to tease the woman in front of the others. It was nicer for him to see the spectacle alone, he thought.
She exhaled finally as she had kept her breath all along before bursting out with tears, "B-B-Booooooss! I'm going to die out of heart attack here!"
Her boss, on the other hand, had replied in a subtle manner, "Li-Chen, stop crying. I assigned you there with Hibari-san because I knew that you could match up with Hibari-san, based from Fuuta's rankings. Now, stop crying, okay?"
Li-Chen stopped her sobs as soon as possible. Her Boss had assured her of the pairing done by the Ranking Prince. Of course, it wondered her why she had the best team-up with Hibari, but she couldn't question the ranking given by Fuuta. He was famous all around the globe and in the mafia world. It would truly be a shame for someone not to be able to know Fuuta.
"I see that all of you are alright. Well then, we shall retreat for the night." The Vongola Boss said as conference call ended and they had given their parting good-byes. Well, it was already late for them there at the Japan HQ. Of course, they had to say good-bye already. She stared at the clock. It was also late in China already.
Her stomach suddenly grumbled. She remembered that she hasn't taken her dinner yet since she had to unpack her clothes right away as soon as she arrived to the Rose Noire HQ in China. Plus, she had to look for Hibari then immediately contact the Boss. She stood up from the chair and headed to the kitchen, where she had seen a most unlikely sight.
"Hibari-san, I didn't know that you could cook." Li-Chen commented as Hibari looked up and saw the Wind Bearer of the Rose Noire Famiglia clad in her usual red Cheongsam dress.
"Hn." He nodded as he went back to his food. She was definitely astonished seeing Hibari cooking something.
"Wow. I am deeply amazed by this sight." She remarked as Hibari looked at her and raised an eyebrow. "Do you want me to bite you to death, Tan Li-Chen?"
Li-Chen's face ashen on Hibari's statement as Hibari smirked. She immediately answered, " I'm sorry. I-I-I was just astonished by seeing you. You seemed to be like a 'bocchama' as the Japanese would say."
"I had to learn how to cook since I had to go undercover on missions." Hibari replied as Li-Chen looked up from the refrigerator. She was shocked that the Cloud Guardian of the Vongola had talked to her on certain matters, besides work. She replied a bit flustered than usual, "I-I see."
She looked for food inside the refrigerator and had seen some leftovers from her food experiments from weeks ago. She grimaced. Surely, those food had already some molds. She settled on some baozi, apple juice, and mantou before going outside the kitchen.
"I'll be going first. Good night, Hibari-san." She said as she left the kitchen while Hibari made no reply and had looked at the two pieces of hamburger steak on the plate. He shook his head and ate them by himself.
jychan: Achi is what you call your oldest sister in chinese. Shobe in the other hand is the youngest sister. So, yes. A THIRD CHAPTER ALREADY~
novellanite12: You will know what will happen to them in the next few chapters. :)