Marisay-chan here! *Winks* Managed to update again even though I was busy *Pumps fist in the air* Also, thank you to those who answered my questions! I have more if you all don't mind ^_^'''
To say that I was amused at the guesses of who Tsuna's brother was, was an understatement. *Chuckle* The next chapter will probably reveal who it is, though, I will congratulate to those who managed to figure out who it is in this chapter. ^_^
To Hayate The Soul Reaper: Apologies about the shortness *Grins awkardly* Maybe I did it just to spite the reade-Just kidding haha. And thank you for the compliment, I was very flattered by that ^_^
To Rekishichizu: Thank you again for your insights! ^_^
Please note: Due to Rekishichizu's review, I went back to check, and found out that she was right about Chrome's name, Chrome is actually her surname, not name. However, due to the popularity, I then decided to stick to Chrome as her name and Dokuro as her surname in this story. ^_^ Apologies for any other mistakes, do leave me a review/PM if there are any more mistakes that I made! ^_^
Also, to clear up some things:
The Arcobaleno cats have darker shade of colors compared to the Vongola cats
In this story, the Arcobaleno are adults in their human form
Compared to the other cats, even Lambo, Tsuna is relatively smaller, the size of a kitten,(Hence the kitten comment from Lambo) while the rest are normal cat size, except Lambo, who is just a bit smaller. Lampo was able to know that Tsuna was older, because of his teeth, which are sharp and long, not one that kittens have.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters, only the story! ^_^
In Italics are thoughts (The first part is a dream)
In bold are flashbacks
*Within stars are cats talking*
~Story Starts~
Darkness was all one could see.
Cold…
An image of someone's hand reaching out flashed through.
Who…?
"You will be having a new home now," A person said, their features could not be seen.
A new…home?
"Oh? Is this the new one?" A person wearing gloves asked.
"Yes, make sure it works this time."
"Sure thing." The glove-wearer came closer. "My…such coincidence…however did you managed to find him?"
"Shut up and work."
"Right, right."
…What's going on…?
A raised syringe showed up.
What…?
"Now, hold still." A grin was produced.
It hurts…!
The color red splashed across.
No…
"It's working!"
No…
"We can now try the other one, it might just work."
No.
"Yes! It worked!"
No. No. No! NO! NO! NOO! STOP IT! STOP IT! SOMEONE, PLEASE! HELP ME!
"H-Huh? H-Hey…! Something seems wrong!"
"Not good!"
"I-It's…!"
Screams filled the darkness, before quieting down.
A figure slowly came to view.
W-Who…?
The figure did not say anything, merely stood there, watching.
…Who are you?
The figure tilted their head, before opening their mouth. "…My name is…"
Everything then faded into white.
Danger or Trouble
~Somewhere else~
A pair of eyes opened, scrutinizing the area it was at, which was a roof of a building.
A nose sniffed the area, before something leaped off the building, disappearing into the darkness.
Danger or Trouble
~House of the Arcobaleno and Vongola cats, by the window side~
A yawn broke through Reborn's mouth, showing his canine teeth. From where he was resting, his tail thumped lazily against the window. His ears twitched at the sounds of the Luce, Shoichi and the other cats, having breakfast at the other room. He hissed, staring out of the window, before he began rolling on his back due to boredom.
"Please save him!"
Reborn stopped his rolling and laid on his side, staring off at a distance, his black-slited eyes became glazed.
A whimper caused his ears to twitch. Reborn looked across the room, where a brown cat was resting on a bed. Tsuna was whimpering in his sleep, tears forming underneath his closed eyelids.
Reborn watched for a few seconds, wrinkling his nose as the noise got louder. He let out another hiss and jumped down to the ground, strutting towards Tsuna.
Once he reached Tsuna, Reborn raised his right fore paw, about to hit Tsuna on the head. However, he jerked to a stop when Tsuna muttered,
*…Big brother…*
Reborn stared at Tsuna, his paw wavered slightly in the air. Tsuna continued to give a few sniffles in his sleep, his tail curling around him as if trying to form some sort of barrier.
Reborn slowly placed his paw down and leaned his head towards Tsuna's. He closed his eyes, and nuzzled against Tsuna's furry forehead with his, offering comfort. Reborn remained like this until Tsuna stopped crying, felling into a deep sleep.
*…Sorry…*
*…You have been acting weirdly ever since he showed up.*
Reborn snapped his head up and turned towards the door, to find a dark-indigo cat standing there.
*…What do you want, Viper?*
Mammon walked until he was beside Reborn and sat down. *Luce asked me to call you and him,* He nodded at Tsuna. *For breakfast. She won't take no as an answer.*
*Hn.*
Both of them stayed silent for a while.
*…He must be really important if you did not even notice me standing by the door.*
Reborn twitched.
*Showing such caring nature does not really suit you, Reborn.*
*…*
Mammon glanced at Reborn, who was facing away from him, before turning his attention back to Tsuna.
*…He might fetch a lot of money if-*
Mammon was cut off as Reborn pounced on him, pinning him on the ground, claws inches away from his neck.
*Don't touch him.*
Mammon widened his eyes at the deadly tone, recalling that there was a similar situation before.
*…So, it is him…*
Reborn jerked, not expecting that response.
Mammon noticed it. *Don't take me for a fool, Reborn. I was there as well.*
The both of them narrowed their eyes at each other.
*What's going on here?*
They turned their heads to find Giotto standing by the door this time.
*You were taking a bit long, so Luce sent me to check,* Giotto answered Mammon's questioning look. He eyed their positions. *Is there something wrong?*
Reborn snorted and got off Mammon, moving back to Tsuna, a paw on the basket.
*…Things will probably get worst, now that he's alive.*
Giotto blinked at the sudden comment, watching Mammon leaving the room. He turned back to Reborn, about to ask about it. But he paused, seeing something flash in Reborn's eyes, before sweatdropping as Reborn used his paw to topple the basket to the side, startling Tsuna, who let out with a loud cry due to the pain of hitting the ground, awake.
Danger or Trouble
THUMP
A man fell backwards, revealing Kyoya, not including his cat tail and ears, standing in front of the man, tonfas raised up.
"Hn." He laid his tonfas by his side, watching Alaude, who was also deprived of cat features, taking another man down, before handcuffing him.
Alaude straightened himself and looked around them. "Whatever they are protecting must be important."
On the ground, men, all of whom were wearing black suits, seeming to be bodyguards, surrounded Alaude and Kyoya. Their weapons, mainly consisting of guns, were littered on the ground as well.
Kyoya moved towards the old-looking door that the men were guarding, and kicked it down. The door fell to the ground with a loud bang, causing dust to rise up. The both of them stepped into the poorly lit room. Alaude went ahead to investigate the room further, while Kyoya was looking at the colorless photos decorated on the walls.
At one glance, it was obvious that all the photos depicted a family of three. However, the head of the people in the pictures, especially the faces, were indistinguishable.
As he continued to look photo after photo, Kyoya narrowed his eyes.
It was explainable as some pictures were really old. But, there were some of them that were in good condition, and yet, the faces could not be seen. It was as if…
…Someone deliberately erased it away.
Kyoya thought, staring at another photo, which had a boy in it, looking to be around three to four years old, wearing some sort of necklace around his neck. Like all the photos, the face was completely smudged, like something was dragged across it multiple times.
"Kyoya."
Kyoya turned around to see Alaude standing beside a wall, holding a lit candle, which he found, in his left hand.
Alaude knocked on the wall once Kyoya stopped beside him. The wall created a hollow sound each time he knocked on it.
Understanding what he wanted, Kyoya raised his tonfas.
Danger or Trouble
~After breakfast~
Giotto stretched himself, and stood up from where he was lying. He glanced at Reborn and Mammon. He tried to ask about the earlier comment that Mammon made, however, neither of them seemed willing to talk about it.
Giotto sighed inwardly, heading towards the door, ready to head out. He lifted the cat flap by the door and walked out…
Tug
…Or rather, he was trying to walk out, but was stopped when there was a tug on his tail. Giotto glanced back, and was met with the sight of Tsuna hanging onto his tail, preventing him from going out.
*…Tsunayoshi?*
Tsuna merely hung onto his tail tightly, not saying anything.
"Ahhh! Tsuna, we have been over this!" Shoichi quickly came forward, trying to dislodge Tsuna from Giotto's tail.
The rest of the cats, and Luce, watched with slight amusement.
*Haha! It must be hard for Tsuna to just part with Giotto after being with him constantly for the past few days,* Takeshi smiled.
Yuni nodded. *But, Giotto-san always goes out for walks during this time. However, since Tsuna-san came, he had to put those walks on hold.*
*Now that he's slightly healed, Giotto is free to go for his walks again,* Fon finished. *Although, Tsunayoshi does not seem to like it,* He added, seeing Shoichi struggling to get Tsuna to release Giotto's tail without hurting Giotto.
*They have such a good relationship to the EXTREME!* Ryohei cried out, holding his paws up.
*Lambo-san wants to grab tail too!* Lambo exclaimed, pouncing on the tail that was the closest to him, which, unfortunately, happened to be Hayato's tail, and bit into it.
*YEOWWWWW! YOU STUPID COW!* Hayato started swinging his tail, trying to get Lambo off. The rest watched on with sweatdrops, or amusement in some cases.
While Luce was trying to get Lambo off, Reborn had his attention focused on Tsuna, who was still clinging onto the tail.
*Tsuna.*
Every action stopped the moment Reborn opened his mouth.
*What's the matter?*
Everyone, not including Tsuna and Reborn, blinked at the question.
Was it not obvious what was the matter?
Tsuna fidgeted. *…May I…go with you?* He stared up at Giotto, who blinked down at him.
"Tsuna, you are not well enough to go out yet. Come on, you should not hold Giotto back." Shoichi finally managed to pull Tsuna away, due to him relaxing his grip when he asked Giotto that question.
*B-But…he is close! I can feel him! He must be finding me!* Tsuna struggled against Shoichi, not noticing the look of horror, that grew with each declaration, on Shoichi's face. *A-And, he must be-*
"Stop, Tsuna." Shoichi's voice cracked.
Tsuna stopped his struggles and glanced back at Shoichi, who was looking really terrified. Tsuna flopped his ears down, disheartened by the response.
Everyone in the room tensed after seeing Shoichi's expression. Shoichi swallowed, his hands trembling slightly. He glanced at Giotto, who was staring back at him.
"Do you…do you have to go out?" Shoichi asked shakily.
Giotto blinked again. *…Is there any reason why I should not go out?*
"I…I-It's…that is…" Shoichi stammered, using his other hand that was not holding Tsuna, to clench on his stomach. "…Sorry…please pay us no mind."
The silence that came after was stifling, until Reborn decided to break it…by knocking Tsuna out of Shoichi's hand.
"Waaaaa!" Shoichi and Luce screamed as Tsuna went flying in the air. Tsuna widened his eyes, before shutting them tightly as the ground came closer. He then felt something grabbing him by the scruff. Opening his eyes, he saw that he was hanging right above the ground, with Reborn being the one holding him.
"R-Reborn-kun! Don't do that! You could have seriously injured him!" Luce shouted, holding a hand over her heart.
Reborn rolled his eyes, and turned to Giotto, *Go for your walk, Giotto. I will take care of Dame-Tsuna here.* With that, he carried Tsuna away, ignoring the protests that was coming from the brown cat.
Shoichi, noticing the stares that he was gaining, excused himself and left in a hurry.
Giotto sighed out and turned to the others. *I will be looking for the two of them as well, since they did not return yesterday,* He spoke of Alaude and Kyoya.
"U-Un," Luce gave a weak smile. "Be careful on your way out, Giotto-kun."
Giotto nodded and left the place.
Danger or Trouble
~Back to Alaude and Kyoya~
Footsteps echoed the long hallway. With the only light source in Alaude's hand, both of them walked in silence. Finally, they reached a door, with green lights emitting from below.
Glancing at each other, Alaude reached for the doorknob, turning it, and pushing the door open slowly. The door made a slight creaking noise as it moved.
Alaude and Kyoya tensed at what they saw. Before them, the room was filled with water tanks at one side, machines were whirling, and there was a large table in the middle, with test tubes nearby. Smudges of red could be seen on the table.
Alaude narrowed his eyes. "The rest will not be happy to hear about this."
Kyoya let out a small growl, "I will bite these things to death."
A door at a corner suddenly opened, causing both of them to turn sharply towards it.
"What took you so long? Do you have the ne-" A man, wearing a lab coat stood by the door, trailing off when he saw the both of them. "I-Intruder!" The man quickly went back to where he came from, slamming the door shut, only to have it slammed open again as Kyoya rushed after him.
Alaude took another look around the place, before following Kyoya. A second after he left, someone came into the room from where Alaude and Kyoya had entered.
Eyes swept across the place in disgust, before the person raised a hand up.
Danger or Trouble
~Outside of the house~
Kyoya kept running after the man, not intending to lose sight of him. Memories of being held down on the table, being injected with needles after needles came to mind after he saw the room earlier.
Kyoya's eyes turned cold, and he increased his speed.
The man, seeing Kyoya gaining on him, made a desperate noise, and hurriedly reach inside his lab coat, pulling out a vial that was filled with indigo liquid. He threw it towards Kyoya, who reacted on instinct, smashing the vial with his tonfa.
The moment the liquid touched the air, it turned into mist, surrounding the place. Kyoya accidentally inhaled some of it, which caused him to become slightly drowsy. Staggering, he covered his nose and mouth with his hand, trying to get out of the mist, but could not as his vision blurred. A second later, he was grabbed by someone, and pushed out of the mist range.
"Breathe," Alaude commanded, once he got Kyoya out of the mist.
Kyoya took a few breaths, before looking around the area and moving forward, determined to find the man despite his slightly weak state.
Alaude said nothing to that, only followed, knowing such things would not sway Kyoya.
Danger or Trouble
Giotto looked around the town, trying to spot the two purple cats. He gained some coos and some amazed looks from both adults and children as he walked around.
He sweatdropped slightly.
...Perhaps I should have hidden myself as I search.
Compared to the other cats, Giotto knew that his fur was rather unique. His fur practically looked like flames, due to the light-orange color and the way it swayed with each movement, giving people the impression that he was carrying the flames on his body. Even Yuni, whose fur was quite similar, could not match up to his.
Results of being the first to carry a Sky flame within the Vongola cats.
Giotto shook his head and leaped up to a ledge nearby, sitting there looking around the area.
He gave a sigh, glancing up at the sky.
…Something bad is going to happen soon…
Giotto narrowed his eyes when that thought crossed his mind.
Suddenly, out of the corner of his eyes, he saw something white ran by. Looking at that direction, he widened his eyes in anger when he saw the man, who Alaude and Kyoya were chasing after earlier.
That is…!
Giotto gave an uncharacteristic growl, and quickly pursued after the man.
Danger or Trouble
~With the man~
The man was looking back constantly to check if he was still being followed. When there was none, he chuckled in victory. Dodging into an alley, he stopped to rest for a while.
"Haa…haa…that was close," He wiped the sweat on his forehead. "…Those two looked familiar…" The man stroked his chin in thought. "…Aha! I got it! They are the Vongola cats that holds the Cloud flames!"
The man rubbed his hands in eagerness, "Hohoho! Seems like I stumbled upon gold! Hahaha! If they are here, which means the rest are nearby as well!" The man quickly moved further into the alley, excitement vibrating off his body. "I got to inform the rest about this! Then we can do the same again!" He chuckled.
"…If you can, that is."
The man swiveled around in shock. "Who's there!"
A figure slowly approached the man from the dark corner of the alley.
The man widened his eyes as the figure came close, the excitement he felt earlier was replaced with fear. "Y-You-!"
"Imagine my…surprise…when I saw you running about." A grin was visible on the person's face. "It has been a long time, Doctor." The last word was snarled out.
"P-Please, h-have mercy on me! I-If you let me go, I-I will jo-" His following words were choked up, as the figure moved with an unnatural speed towards him and wrapped a hand tightly around his neck.
"How dare you." The hand tightened, making the man spluttered incoherently. "…As for having mercy…" The figure tilted their head. "…Should I give you the same mercy that you have given us when we begged you?"
The man opened his mouth.
Danger or Trouble
"GYAAAAAAAAAA!"
Alaude and Kyoya snapped their heads up. Giving each other a glance, they quickly rushed towards the voice's direction.
Just as they were about to past an alley, Alaude stopped the both of them. He narrowed his eyes at the alley. Being flame wielder cats, they were able to sense flames if it was being used.
"This flame…" Kyoya found the flame a little familiar.
Alaude and Kyoya walked towards the alley, into the deeper parts of it. Both of them wrinkled their nose as the familiar metallic smell lingered in the air. As they turned a corner, nothing could prepare them for the sight.
Blood splattered all over the ground and walls. Besides blood, there were also…
Alaude decided not to look too much into it, feeling his stomach churning uncomfortably.
At the middle, the man they were chasing after laid there, face down on the ground. However, he was not the one they had their attention on. Rather, it was the one who stood beside the, apparently, dead man that shocked them.
Slit-orange eyes glanced at the both of them, before taking off. Being too shocked to move, Alaude and Kyoya could only watch as they got further away.
Danger or Trouble
~At the Arcobaleno and Vongola cat's house~
Everyone, except Shoichi, Reborn and Tsuna, whom were not there, startled when the front door slammed open. Kyoya strode into the room, looking around. Alaude followed after a second later.
"A-Alaude-kun, Hibari-kun? What's the matter?" Luce asked, seeing such serious expressions on both of their faces.
"Where is that orange omnivore?" Kyoya demanded.
"O-Orange omnivore?" Luce blinked.
*He means Giotto,* Knuckle told her. *Giotto has not returned from his walk.*
Kyoya gritted his teeth while Alaude frowned.
*What's wrong, hey?* Colonnello asked.
Alaude glanced at Kyoya, who was too agitated to talk, and turned to the others.
"…Giotto killed someone."
~To Be Continued~
WHATTTTTT? Giotto killed?! Waaaaaa! Such suspense! Everything is so much more intense now! Just could not resist a Reborn and Tsuna moment, though the latter was not aware of it.
What? What? Who were the people in the first and second scene? Who said those words in Reborn's memory? And what was he and Mammon talking about? Tsuna said that someone was near, who was it? Also, the place that Alaude and Kyoya visited, who were the people in the pictures? Why were their faces smudged? And just what is going to happen now that the others were told that, Giotto, the kind orange cat, had killed?
Once again some questions! ^_^
Just what are flames in fanfiction? I have seen some people writing that, it will be use to...do something (roost marshmallow for instance). Also, I know that lemons means…*Cough*…but why the term? And what is lime? And what are Omakes? Is the one below considered an Omake?
Omake?:
Mammon was cut off as Reborn pounced on him, pinning him on the ground, claws inches away from his neck.
*Don't touch him.*
Mammon widened his eyes at the deadly tone, recalling that there was a similar situation before.
*…Why? You jealous?*
Silence came after that statement.
*...Oh my god...I am so so so sorry, Reborn* Tsuna said, eyes wide at the both of them, having lifted his head up after Mammon made that statement.
Later, everyone was shocked to see Tsuna hanging by his tail at the ceiling, foams forming on his mouth.
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Edited on 30 December 2014