A/N: So Fuuta doesn't get kidnapped in this, yay! I figured Shizuka would be too overprotective to let any of the kids go around town, ALONE. And a lot of people seem to like the game of cat and mouse between Shizuka and Kyoya, I do too to be honest. This is the last pre-written chapter I have so there might be a slightly longer wait for the next one. I hope you all enjoy and feel free to leave a review!
Abduction Averted
For an entire week, students from Namimori Middle were being attacked on the streets. It was mostly athletes and delinquents but everyone was still on edge. Girls walked around town in groups and avoided Namimori students like the plague. Since Nana was one of the most oblivious people in town and let the young children of the household wander around by themselves, Shizuka started to shadow them instead of Tsuna.
Fuuta was at the playground by himself when a teen with glasses and a bar code on his face targeted the child. "Big sister, help!" Shizuka took possession of Fuuta's body in an instant, running to what was guaranteed to be the safest place in town. She noted how light his body was. "You really need to eat more Fuuta, I'll ask Miss Meifeng if you can have a snack when we get to her house."
Anyone that lived in Namimori had enough survival instincts to stay away from the Hibari home, unfortunately for their pursuer he was from another country. "Meifeng, Hiro! Help!" Fuuta and Shizuka both watched as Meifeng moved with inhuman speed, her walking cane revealing a hidden blade. Shizuka exited Fuuta's body and attempted to hide the violence from his young eyes. "Let's see if we can find Hiro." Shizuka says soothingly, Fuuta's face paled. "That's a lot of blood." He says, eyes wide with fear and awe. "I know little buddy. Maybe we should raid the refrigerator too." Shizuka say, ignoring the pained grunts from their attacker.
When Meifeng went back into the house there was blood on her kimono and Shizuka was in her solid form. "There are two of you now. You brought a friend this time Shizuka?" Meifeng asks, Shizuka started to nod before remembering the gesture wouldn't be seen. "It's the only place I could think of that's safe. It seems that the attacks are no longer limited to Namimori students." Shizuka says, eventually taking out some baby carrots and cherry tomatoes for Fuuta.
Meifeng sighed. "I'm aware, Kyoya has been very irritable these days. They always seem to slip under his radar and have started to attack his men." Meifeng states, heading to the kitchen to make tea. "We know what one of the attackers looks like now, but I doubt they'll be taken off guard again. It's got to be connected to the underworld somehow, I just know it." Shizuka says, returning to her normal flame form. Meifeng nodded in agreement. "Why don't you both stay here until Kyoya comes home? I'm sure he'll be thrilled to have a lead."
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It was a rare moment to have all the Hibari males in the house at the same time. Masahiro practically lived in the greenhouse that maintained his plants and their father Hisoka had just returned from an undercover operation. His black hair was unkempt and there was stubble on his chin, he must not have been home very long. Kyoya was not expecting to see the tanuki and the boy she took under her wing. They were all sitting at the table, looking like a normal family.
Shizuka spotted him and waved. "There you are Kyoya! I'm not here to cause trouble or anything, just some information about the attacks going on lately." Shizuka says, her hands up in what she hoped would be seen as an innocent gesture. "Hn, tanuki." Kyoya greeted, shrugging off his jacket. She wanted to punch him but she was wasting enough energy as it was. "Fuuta and I were attacked earlier today. Your mom is scarier than you are when she's fighting."
Meifeng continued drinking her tea while the Hibari males all looked up in alarm. "I thought they were only after students." Masahiro growled. "That's true but Fuuta is still being chased down by the mafia for his ranking ability. That's why I thought these attacks could be related to the criminal world." Shizuka says, Hisoka scratched his chin. "Probably not from any major families, I would've heard about it when I was on my last case. But it's not a one-man operation either." He says thoughtfully.
"We know what one of them looks like at least, and he was wearing some sort of uniform. I think he's from the next town over, what was it called again?" "Kokuyo." Kyoya answered. That explained why he hadn't been able to lure them out. They were still invading on his territory. "Here, we worked together on a picture of the kid." Everyone gathered around, all falling to the ground once the saw a horrible children's drawing. The head was huge in comparison to a small body. Thankfully the parts were labeled with a worded description.
"It's a start." Kyoya finally said, pocketing the paper. "We really need to go, Mama will be worried about how long we've been out." Shizuka says. It was a lie, the woman never noticed when they'd come and go from the house. Masahiro stood up. "I'll walk them home."
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"I swear Hiro, you're a god send. If I had to stay in that form any longer, I'd be out of commission for a while." Shizuka admits. Her reserves were starting to grow but she was really running low on flames. Masahiro sighed. "You just had to be involved with the mafia somehow and get my brother involved." Shizuka raised an eyebrow. "His men have been attacked, I figured he'd want to look into who was doing it. It wasn't like we knew much anyways." She says irritably.
Fuuta, who had been silent for the entire walk, finally spoke. "Thank you for helping Mister Hiro." Masahiro looked frustrated but couldn't bring himself to correct the kid. Shizuka snickered. "I just can't stand the thought of someone targeting a kid. I need to check if your house is secure anyways, I have a feeling this won't be the only time that they target you." Masahiro states. Shizuka sighed in relief. "Thank you, if I had the energy I'd hug you."
When they reached the Sawada's home, Fuuta ran inside. Tsuna fused over the boy while his mother continued cooking in the kitchen. "So you're one of the Clouds drifting around Namimori." Shizuka felt herself tense, she didn't want Reborn dragging Masahiro into this. "It seems that I was correct, you're already being courted by another Sky." Shizuka looked at Masahiro in alarm. Courted? Like dating or something? Shizuka knew it probably didn't mean that in the context of the mafia but she tended to zone out during Reborn's torture sessions.
"Keep an eye out for that kid. If we hadn't interfered, he would've been abducted." Masahiro states, Reborn lowered his fedora. "The necessary precautions will be taken."
"Chikusa, what the hell happened? You look like you walked into a knife, repeatedly!" Ken exclaims, Chikusa deadpanned. "The Ranking Prince escaped." He says, M.M. laughed. "Oh come on! The kid is, what? Nine? Looks like this job needs a woman's touch." She says with a smirk.
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The next day Shizuka was a constant shadow to Fuuta. If it was up to her, they would stay in the house until the danger passed. Her mother, once again, was completely oblivious and decided to take the children with her on a grocery run. At least Lambo had grenades and I-Pin had martial arts so they weren't completely defenseless. Unfortunately it was impossible to get Lambo to stick to Nana in the store. So I-Pin and Fuuta had to keep an eye on him.
M.M. couldn't believe her luck when she saw her target in the store. "Lambo, no take!" I-Pin protests, trying to convince Lambo to put the bag of hard candies back. "No! Lambo has been good. Lambo wants grape candy!" Lambo wails, both toddlers tugging on opposite ends of the bag. Shizuka face palmed. "This is not going to end well." She groaned. Fuuta and I-Pin she could handle, they were little angels. Lambo was the one that caused the most trouble. And not the fun kind.
"I could buy the bag for you." A girl with short pink hair says with a fake smile. Lambo looked at the teen in awe, I-Pin narrowed her eyes and Fuuta subconsciously clung to his book even more. "Okay!" I-Pin shook her head in disapproval. "No take candy from strangers Lambo!" Fuuta nodded in agreement and took Lambo's hand. "Come on, let's find Mama." He says quietly, Lambo's eyes started to water. "No! Lambo wants his candy!"
M.M. inwardly scowled when Lambo's temper tantrum called attention to the children. She grabbed Fuuta's wrist, determined not to fail her mission. Fuuta let out a cry of protest, trying to escape her grip. She almost made her way out of the store when she bumped into someone. Masahiro noted Fuuta's terrified expression and the way Shizuka was glaring at the girl. "And just where do you think you're taking him?" He demands.
"The kids wandered away from Mama and she's trying to take Fuuta away!" Shizuka exclaimed, M.M. tried to look innocent. "I was just taking my brother home." She says, batting her eyelashes. "I happen to know the Sawada family personally. Now let go of Fuuta before I call the police or worse." Masahiro says, gesturing to a retractable staff he usually carried on his person. She scowled and released Fuuta, not looking forward to reporting her failure. Shizuka sighed in relief. "Thanks Hiro, maybe Fuuta should stay with your family until this all blows over. We need a responsible adult involved."
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"That kid always has someone saving him at the last minute. I don't think we'll be getting the Ranking Prince any time soon." Chikusa states, pushing up his glasses. "Or we could just slaughter the family housing the brat." Birds says with a grin. "Forget the boy, we'll continue with our attacks. Our surveillance has already show us those closest to the Decimo." Three photos were shown on the table, showing Ryohei, Yamamoto and Gokudera. Mukuro smirked. "We'll certainly have his attention once they're out of commission. Then we'll be one step closer to destroying the mafia!"
Bonus: So Much Fluff!
Meifeng had to admit that she was impressed, Shizuka had actually managed to group together dozens of cats. They were being kept in one of the storage houses and Shizuka always visited every evening without fail. "Alright, you all need to keep an eye out on people wearing this." Shizuka showed the cats the uniform Fuuta's attackers wore and they all hissed. Shizuka grinned like a proud parent.
Kyoya had to do a double take when he saw a large group of cats sitting at attention in his backyard. Shizuka was in front of a black board, going over their strategy. "Mister Mittens, you're in charge of squad one. Wispy, squad two. Bruce, squad three." Surprisingly the one named Bruce was a large bull dog that showed no signs of hostility towards the felines. In return, the cats usually let Bruce do his own thing. "What the hell." Shizuka noticed the teen and grinned.
"Hey Kyoya! We're doing a patrol too. And people thought that I couldn't make a cat army." Shizuka says with a smirk. "Why?" Kyoya finally asked. "Because I could. This would have been impossible without Meifeng, your mom is awesome!" Kyoya looked at Meifeng, his eyebrow twitching. "Mother." Meifeng shot him a look. "The girl isn't hurting anyone. I like her spirit." She says bluntly.