Chapter 59:
Omake E- Guard Dog.
It's the 59th chapter- my darling Gokudera's number!
"I'm telling you, Tsunayoshi-sama has gone missing!" Hayato shouts, waving his hands for emphasis. None of the others would believe him. Tsunayoshi lived with the Arcobaleno for heaven's sake, there was no way they wouldn't know where Tsunayoshi was.
The others just assumed that Hayato was mad that Tsunayoshi had dropped their play-date in favour of doing something with the Arcobaleno. It happened all the time so the boy should be used to it.
"Maa maa, one of the Arcobaleno probably took him out for the day and he forgot to tell you." Suggests Takeshi, practicing his baseball swings as he did so. Hayato was just overreacting after all.
"Tsunayoshi-san is always going cool places. Last week he was in Paris. Haru wants to go to Paris too, desu!" Lots of lovely clothes were made in Paris. One day she'd own a store there and everyone would be lining out of the door to wear something she had made.
"He's missing! Not just gone somewhere! The Arcobaleno didn't know where he was either. He was supposed to be with the Varia." Hayato shouts, stamping his foot. How could these idiots not see the situation here?
"But he's friends with the Varia to the extreme!" Ryohei roars, sitting down on the floor. Tsunayoshi was really extreme to be friends with those people. His dad always told him to stay away from the Varia.
"You're not getting it. Supposed to means that he wasn't actually there. Miss Mammon came home from a mission with them but she didn't have Tsunayoshi-sama with her!" He needed to make them see the truth. Tsunayoshi-sama could be in danger.
"How do you know that?" asks Kyoko, looking up from the book she was reading.
"Because I was there. The Arcobaleno thought I was asleep, but they woke me up with their talking." Hayato explains. Maybe now they'd see the truth. But none of them say anything. "Look, where do you think all of the adults have gone?"
Hmm, that was true. All of their parents had told them that they were going to a meeting and had left them together to look after each other.
"They are having a meeting to go and find Tsunayoshi-sama!" he declares when no one answers him.
"Hahi? That would explain why Okaa-san left the shop with her 'do-not-touch' coat on. I'm sure that one has some dangerous things in it, desu." Haru gasps, finally taking Hayato seriously.
"Pops took down his sword too." Takeshi mumbles. His dad hadn't touched that sword since his mother had died.
"See!" Hayato shouts in relief. "We've got to go and save Tsunayoshi-sama!" The others all agree, letting out a huge cheer.
Within a few moments, they collected any items they thought might be useful before running towards the docks. Of course they hadn't thought any of this through, but children's logic never worked that way. At least they were trying, bless them.
However when they reach the docks, they come face to face with the scary Kyoya.
"Hn, what are you Herbivores doing here?" he asks, shifting his grip on his tonfas. It looked like these people needed some discipline.
"We're going to save Tsunayoshi-sama!" Hayato announces. "Don't try and stop us."
Kyoya liked the sound of that: a challenge. "You have been forbidden to leave the island. Any attempt to do so will be met with discipline for breaking the peace." Order needed to be maintained. Chaos could not be allowed to rule.
"I said don't try to stop us. Don't you want to find Tsunayoshi-sama too?" Hayato takes a threatening step forwards, hands slowly reaching for his dynamite incase the Gate-Keeper decided to attack.
"Take one more step and I'll bite you to death." Those who caused chaos deserved to be bitten.
"Please listen to Kyo-san." Tetsuya pleads, knowing of the real consequences should the others not back down. A bite was not the worst thing that may happen to them.
Hayato, of course, takes one very clear step forwards. Kyoya smirks before crouching down slightly and propelling himself forwards, towards the rule breaker.
Hayato readies his dynamites- he had been practicing really hard ever since Tsunayoshi-sama had saved him from them.
But before the pair can make contact, they are picked up by two tentacles.
"Oi! Put me down! I need to save Tsunayoshi-sama!" Hayato growls, banging his fists against the appendage holding him in the air. Kyoya, too, is not pleased and whacks at the tentacle with his tonfas.
Tetsuya sighs, knowing that this would be the outcome. "Lady Luce said that she left them behind to look after you and stop anyone else from leaving the island." He explains.
"I don't care. Put me down now octopus before I turn you into takoyaki!" The sliver head threatens.
"Haha, I think Pops has some batter around the place somewhere." Takeshi adds. Hmm, now he was getting hungry.
Ookado bumps Takeshi on the head for such a mean joke before pointing in a specific direction. When the children don't comply and try to run around the octopus, he simply grabs them all with his tentacles before moving onwards.
"Haha, you too?" asks Shoichi as the small group are deposited into the Giglio Nero living room.
Kyoko nods her head. "Us too?" she asks.
Shoichi looks down nervously. "Yeah… um, as soon as we heard that Tsunayoshi had been… taken… we tried to go and rescue him ourselves. But the Arcobaleno's pets caught us and brought us here. It's the same story for the others."
The others included Byakuran and his Family, Longchamp and his Family, Dino- since even though he knew, no one wanted him on the battle field-, Enma and his brothers and sisters, Basil, Spanner, Nozaru and Tozaru. Lambo was still at the Bovino house along with the majority of the scientists, I-pin was being looked after at her own house and Mukuro, Chrome, Ken and Chikusa were still behind bars in the Estreneo House. Lancia had been told before hand that he wasn't allowed to be involved, therefore deciding to stay and look after Fuuta in their house instead. Bianchi too had decided to stay at home and cook something for Reborn for when he came back triumphant.
All around the room are the Arcobaleno's pets. Falco was sat atop a bookcase so he could see everything, Leon was playing with Bluebell, keeping her quiet, Lichi was hanging from the lightshade on the ceiling. Keiman was laying on the rug, one eye open to keep an eye on the people around him, Fantasma was curled up as close to the radiator as possible, asleep whilst keeping warm. Ookado went back outside to keep an eye for anyone who tried to escape.
Hayato sat there fuming for a little while. Why wasn't he allowed to go and save Tsunayoshi-sama? He couldn't believe that everyone else had just gone and started playing with the toys in the room. Sure they all looked worried and weren't as loud as usual, but still!
Well, if no one else was going to save Tsunayoshi-sama it was up to him.
He waits a while until the animals are no longer wary- a trick he'd learnt that works on maids and butlers- before making a mad dash for the door. He is stopped by sharp teeth clamping around his ankle. He looks down to find it's the caiman.
"Let go of me!" he protests, shaking his foot to try and get the caiman off.
The animal moves it's face, pulling Hayato's ankle with it, causing the boy to trip and smack face first into the floor. He's then dragged over the floor and dropped on the carpet at the other side of the room.
"Ah-hmm-hmm, you shouldn't attempt to escape Haya-chan." Smirks Byakuran.
"Yes. The animals attack back, don't they Bubu?" Finishes Daisy, playing with the bunny in his grip. "After all Byakuran got scratched by the bird when he tried." Byakuran pouts, but there was no denying the scratch marks on his face.
"Che, well you're all just too lazy." Hayato chides. As soon as the caiman lets go, Hayato scrambles back up and runs for the door again, some of the others cheering him on. Falco lands on Ryohei's head when the boxing child attempts to run for the door too. Leon transforms as Kyoya runs past, aiming for a window- he was not being trapped here with these noisy herbivores- encasing the child's foot and sticking it like cement to the floor.
Keiman chases Hayato once again. This time he bites Hayato's wrist, still dragging him to the floor. To his credit, Hayato attempts to fling the animal off whilst trying to regain his footing. But for such a small animal, it was really strong. There is a flash of cream and suddenly Hayato's arms are pinned to his sides by a length of rope. Verbally hissing, Hayato glares at whoever had done that, to find Fon's monkey tying a knot in the rope. Hayato finds he can't move anywhere now, he's just stuck here laying on the floor.
"Let me go!" Hayato shouts in indignation. "Let me go! Let me go! Let me GOOO!" Hayato practically throws a tantrum there and then, legs kicking at anything in range. Keiman quickly scuttled backwards to avoid being kicked.
"Haha, they got you good Hayato." Laughs Takeshi, poking at the rope. How they had missed the rope sitting in the corner, none of them knew.
"Don't laugh at me. Get me out of here!" Hayato demands, glaring at Takeshi.
"Um, I don't think so. It's clear they won't let us leave." Takeshi replies.
"We should leave it to the adults, desu." Haru adds from her position on the sofa playing with some building blocks.
Idiots! Total and utter idiots! They obviously didn't care for Tsunayoshi-sama at all.
So after an even longer excruciating wait that involved two conversations about baseball, one about boxing, one about clothes and thankfully an actual decent conversation with Shoichi and Spanner, Hayato decided to try again. Even being tied up wasn't going to stop him!
He wiggles with all his might, looking more like a frantic worm than anything, using only his feet to push him forwards and towards the door. Keiman growls in annoyance before sitting on Hayato. The boy makes a large 'oof' sound as the air is pushed out of his lungs. Fast, strong and heavy, what didn't this caiman have going for it? Keiman reached forwards and places his jaws around Hayatos left shoulder, causing the boy to freeze. He's seen some of his father's men shot there and it wasn't pretty. Hayato didn't dare to move.
Fantasma rolls his eyes over the chaos before falling back asleep. It needn't be involved, the others had it covered.
When Aria and Luce open the doors to the living room, they smile at the sight. All of the children are asleep, generally on each other.
All except one.
Hayato glares at them from his position still on the floor.
Luce laughs at the sight, it was adorable and funny, especially since a glare from a boy his age wasn't really a glare at all. She quickly snaps a photo to show Bianchi and Tsunayoshi later.
It takes a few seconds for the small boy to realises what Luce being here actually meant.
"You found Tsunayoshi-sama?" he asks excitedly. Luce wouldn't be smiling if she didn't.
"Yes, we did. You can see him tomorrow. You should be asleep like the others." Luce chides, wagging a finger in a motherly way.
Hayato clicks his tongue and looks away. "Che, you try sleeping with a caiman sat on you."
Luce giggles slightly before giving a small smirk. "Well, Tsunayoshi seems to be able to whenever he sleeps in Verde's room."
Hayato's eyes widen. "If Tsunayoshi-sama can then I can too!" he reckons, before laying his head on the floor and shutting his eyes, just like Luce had expected.
Now all Luce had to do was wait for the parents to pick their children back up before she could return to helping the others look after her own son.
In case any of you were wondering where the Animal Partners, except for Cosmo, were, this is where I left them, looking after the children.
I'll be writing one more chapter for this Arc before moving onto the next one.
See you then!
Phantom Hitman 1412
First Publishes 06 December 2012