Marisay-chan reporting for writing! Thank you to those who answered my questions once again! ^_^ By the way, did all of you read the newest chapter of KHR? It has ended T_T Ahhh! I wanted to at least catch TYL Tsuna's face! *Pouts*

To 'Guest': Whoa! What a guess! Read this chapter to find out!

To Nightstar09: You will find out in this chapter!

To Swanfrost15: Thank you for answering my question! As for your question…*Grin*…you will find out in the later chapters.

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Please note: To those who follow my Nurarihyon no mago's stories, or rather, those who had read "Pure", the sequel is out! Do have a look at it! ^_^

In Italics are thoughts

In bold are flashbacks

*Within stars are cats talking*

"Italics within speech are talking from the other person on the phone"

~Story Starts~

Silence came after that announcement. Everyone in the room was staring wide eyes at Alaude.

"S-Sorry, Alaude-kun. I-I must have misheard you. I-I thought you just said that, Giotto-kun…" Luce trailed off when Alaude simply stared at her, confirming what she had just heard.

*Y-You…* G took on his human form, getting agitated. "This is no joke!"

Asari transformed as well, quickly placing a hand on G to calm him down. Turning to Alaude, his usual smile was nowhere in sight, "A-Alaude, are you sure about that? Could you have mistaken Giotto for someone else?"

*That's right, Alaude.* Knuckle changed to his human form. "The Giotto we know will never do something like this!"

Alaude remained silent, watching as each and every cat started transforming to his or her human form, staring grimly at him.

"…Primo will never do that," Daemon stated, staring at Alaude. "He swore."

Alaude allowed his bangs to shadow over his eyes, however, he still remained silent. Kyoya was clenching and unclenching his hands, trying to reign in his anger.

The tension got thicker as the silence prolonged itself. G was shaking uncontrollably on the shoulder. Asari's eyes turned sorrowful. Hayato was shocked into silence, not even bursting out as Lambo landed on his foot with tears in his eyes. Lampo was trembling from head to toe while Knuckle and Ryohei simply stared at Alaude. Mukuro turned his head away, eyes not visible to the others, and Chrome was looking down at the floor. Skull had taken off his helmet, a stunned look on his face. Fon and Colonnello glanced at each other with a serious expression. Mammon hovered in the air in silence while Verde stared at his monitor, his hands not typing for once. Luce and Yuni was simply staring, lost in their own thoughts.

"Alaude-" Daemon started.

"…Ahaha!"

Everyone turned to the laughing sound, which belonged to Takeshi, who had a smile on his face.

"Y-You-!" Gokudera grabbed Takeshi by the shirt. "Do you find this situation funny?!"

"A little," Takeshi smiled. "All of you are getting too serious about this!"

"Yamamoto…" Asari stared at Takeshi in disbelief.

"Too serious? Too serious? TOO SERIOUS?!" Hayato screamed into Takeshi's face. "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IS GOING ON HERE! PRIMO JUST KILLED SOMEONE! HE PROMISED THAT HE WOULD NEVER DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT! AND ALL YOU CAN SAY IS THAT WE ARE TOO SERIOUS?! HE KILLED! H-He…killed…" Hayato's voice trembled.

"I know that, Hayato." Everyone, with the exception of Alaude, Kyoya, and Yuni, blinked at the unfamiliar name addressed to the emotional boy. Takeshi continued smiling, "What I'm saying is that, maybe you should have more faith in Giotto."

Hayato jerked, along with the others.

Takeshi turned to Alaude, "Not that I'm saying that you are wrong, Alaude, Hibari." He raised a hand towards them in apology. "But…" His smile faded away, and a serious expression took hold on his face. "…Perhaps there is some sort of coincidence? That whoever you saw, happened to look like Giotto?"

Takeshi turned to the others. "All of you knew Giotto from inside out, especially you, G." G jerked up, staring wide eyes at Takeshi. "You are his best friend, and you should know that Giotto never breaks his promise…have faith in him."

Silence filled the room, before it was broken by Takeshi's laughter.

"Ahaha! So lighten up, everyone!"

Luce and Yuni looked at each other, before smiling. Nods are passed around when Takeshi's words sunk in. Verde adjusted his spectacles, a smirk on his face, while Daemon and Mukuro let out their signature laughs. Lampo gave a sigh of relief as Knuckle and Ryohei bumped their fists together, smiling.

"Ahaha! That's right, stupidera! Why so serious?" Lambo climbed on Hayato's shirt, hitting his cheeks.

"Get lost, stupid cow!" Hayato quickly grabbed him and threw him to the ground, before staring at Takeshi.

"…Where is that baseball freak, and what have you done to him?"

"That's mean, Hayato!" Takeshi grinned at him.

Hayato scoffed and turned his head to the side, however, Takeshi was able to detect a slight smile forming on his face.

Asari chuckled at the scene and tapped G on the shoulder. "Just like the rain, isn't he? Washing away everybody's worries like that with a few words."

G blinked a few times, watching Takeshi and Hayato's argument, which had started when Takeshi hooked his arm around Hayato's shoulder. G then looked down at the floor.

"You are his best friend, and you should know that Giotto never breaks his promise…have faith in him."

G gave a hollow laugh, making Asari shot a look of concern at him. G shrugged Asari's hand off.

"I'm fine," G told the worried Asari. "…Can't believe a brat managed to get through me just like that…Giotto will be mad if he knows that I doubt him for even a second."

"Me as well," Asari gave a wry smile.

"Besides…" Everyone paused when Takeshi suddenly spoke. Takeshi gave a sad smile to Hayato. "…It's what he would have said, if he was here."

Hayato took in a sharp breath, eyes widened before being hidden away by his silver bangs.

Everyone, except Alaude, Kyoya and Mammon, blinked at Takeshi's words and Hayato's reaction.

He?

This word rang through their minds.

"He is talking about Giotto…right?" Fon placed his red sleeves over his mouth.

Mammon continued to hover in the air, seeming to be staring at Takeshi and Hayato, however, it was hard to tell as the hood covers his eyes.

Kyoya glanced at Takeshi and Hayato, before closing his eyes.

"A-Anyways," Luce cut in, looking nervously between Takashi and Hayato. "A-Alaude-kun, maybe it's really not Giotto-kun, and that you have made a mistake?"

Alaude narrowed his eyes, causing Luce to flinch slightly.

"Pay him no mind," Daemon told Luce. "He dislikes it when people said that he made a mistake."

"Hn." Alaude shifted his glare to Daemon, who took it head on, not fazed by it. "…Flaming orange fur."

Luce tilted her head at the respond she received. "W-What?"

Alaude turned to her. "…It was a cat that we saw standing beside the body…only Giotto has that flaming orange fur…"

A silence came again.

*…That does not mean that Giotto did it.*

Everyone turned to the door, where Reborn stood, holding Tsuna by the scruff.

"Reborn-kun!" Luce looked down at the brown cat, who was struggling against Reborn's hold. "E-Erm…Reborn-kun? You might want to let him go…"

Reborn walked in with Tsuna in his grasp, and sat down, seeming not to hear her.

Reborn glanced at Takeshi. *A splendid job you did there, Yamamoto. As expected of the holder of Rain flames.*

Takeshi rubbed the back of his head, grinning widely.

"Y-You heard all that, Reborn?" Luce asked, shocked.

Reborn tilted his head. *All of you are very loud. Be thankful that Dame-Tsuna here did not hear anything.*

Everyone looked down at the still struggling brown cat, who kept on muttering for Reborn to let him go.

"…He does not seem to have heard us even now," Asari commented, staring at Tsuna.

*I stuffed his ears,* Reborn told them, causing them to sweatdrop while taking a look at Tsuna's ears, which was stuffed by cotton wools. He then turned to Alaude. *Tell us what you have found first.*

Alaude shifted. "…With his name, we traced down to an abandoned building that was protected…" Here, Alaude narrowed his eyes. "…There were experiments held underground."

"What!" Shock ran through everyone.

"Where is this building?" Mukuro questioned, his hands twitching.

"…A few blocks away from here."

"So near?!" Skull jerked up. "B-But…"

"This is bad…there is one so near us, and we are not even aware of it," Knuckle frowned.

Alaude continued, "…A…scientist..." The word was said with hidden hatred. "…Came in and ran after seeing us. We lost him halfway through the chase due to distractions." Alaude glanced at Kyoya, who scowled at the reminder.

"Oya? The little purple cat lost to a running bug?" Mukuro grinned at Kyoya, who was fuming silently.

Kyoya raised his tonfa at Mukuro, "…I will bite you to death."

Alaude cut in before any damage was done. "A scream then directed us to his body…and that's when we met…Giotto…"

*Hmm…* Reborn mused, paying no heed to the silence that came again. *Well, we just had to see if it's Giotto or not.*

"Y-You could find that out?" G looked hopefully at Reborn.

*Of course.* Reborn looked down at Tsuna. *In fact, Dame-Tsuna here will tell us.*

"Eh?"

Without warning, Reborn tossed Tsuna in the air towards Kyoya. Kyoya caught the flying cat in reflex, holding Tsuna in his arms.

"Reborn-kun! You got to stop doing that!" Luce scolded Reborn, who was staring at Tsuna.

Tsuna shut his eyes when Reborn had thrown him, before feeling arms around him. Opening his eyes, he looked up to see a pair of grey eyes staring back at him. The brown cat gave a squeal and was about to struggle when a scent reached his sensitive nose. Tsuna blinked a few time and latched his paws on Kyoya's clothes, sniffing at them.

Seeing that, Reborn said to Kyoya, *Hibari, remove those cotton wools.*

Kyoya frowned at the command but did as Reborn said. The moment he took out the cotton wool on each of Tsuna's ears, Tsuna looked at him with sparkles in his eyes.

His next words stunned everyone but Reborn.

*You met my brother!*

Everything is not what it seems

~Meanwhile~

Paddings could be heard as something rushed through the alley, before stepping into the light at the end of the alley, revealing to be Giotto.

Giotto looked around the place before continuing running off. As he ran, Giotto silently scolded himself.

I can't believe that I got tricked.

When he caught up to the man, the moment he pounced on him, the man vanished on the spot, leaving no traces. It was nothing more than a fake, created through illusions.

…This is what I get for letting anger blind me.

Giotto reprimanded himself, shaking his head at his own foolishness. Normally, his intuition would have helped him differentiate between illusion and reality.

…But why an illusion? The illusion did look a bit panicky…perhaps…he was being chased?

Giotto stopped at an isolated area to rest, panting softly. The image of that man flashed through his mind, causing him to growl lowly.

…I was not wrong. That man was the same as those people, the ones who experimented on Kyoya and the others! Why now? Why was one of them appearing here now? And it was so close to our place as well!

Giotto dug his claws, which came out as anger raised, on the ground, his fur flaring behind him, slited-eyes gleamed, giving him quite a frightening appearance.

I won't…I won't let them hurt any one of us anymore!

Giotto shut his eyes tightly, taking a few deep breaths to calm himself.

*…This is bad…I am losing control.* Giotto placed a paw on his head. Although he was always calm and kind like others had depicted him to be, he tend to lose his cool if his family was in any danger.

Giotto's eyes lit up at that thought. *Family…huh?* He glanced at the sky, that was slowly darkening. He gave a chuckle, *I better return home now, the others are probably worried, especially G.* Giotto let out another chuckle, imagining how G must have looked like in his panicked state.

Giotto started walking, hoping to see the others again, mainly Tsuna. Ever since he came, the house was livelier. Giotto did not deny that he was growing closer to Tsuna as time goes by.

Maybe he really is my son.

Giotto thought amusingly, remembering what G had said before. He shook his head at the ridiculous notion, although, that thought brought some sort of warmth in his chest.

*...*

Giotto paused at the sudden change of atmosphere.

*...Who's there?* Giotto questioned out loud, looking cautiously at the area. But nothing responded.

Strange...I thought I heard someth-

*...You smell of Tsuna,* A voice came from behind him.

Giotto quickly turned around, coming face to face with…

Giotto widened his eyes.

Everything is not what it seems

*You seen him! You seen him! How is he? Is he doing all right?* Tsuna fired question after question, not noticing the shock silence he caused. *Could you bring me to him? He must be worried,* Tsuna looked up at Kyoya with hope in his eyes.

Kyoya stared into Tsuna's brown-slited eyes, not saying anything. Tsuna tilted his head to the side. *H-Hibari-san? Are you all right?* Tsuna gently placed a paw on Kyoya's left cheek.

That triggered a memory in Kyoya, causing him to widen his eyes slightly.

"Kyoya? Are you all right?" A hand gently touched his furry cheeks, caressing it.

Reborn spoke just as bangs shadowed Kyoya's eyes, *Well, it's not Giotto, that's for sure.*

"You are able to tell from just that?" Asari asked, the only one who had recovered from the news.

Reborn flicked his ears. *Tsuna.* Tsuna looked away from Kyoya and turned to Reborn.

*W-What is it, Reborn?* Tsuna asked, wary of Reborn, clawing at Kyoya's shirt, afraid that Reborn will knock him out of Kyoya's arms.

Reborn ignored the look that he received. *...Do you want to meet your brother?*

"O-Oi! Reborn, hey!" Colonnello shot out. "That's a bit hasty, don't you think?" Fon, who was beside him, nodded as well.

Reborn pay no attention to them, merely staring at Tsuna.

Tsuna perked up, wriggling in Kyoya's arms, causing him to let Tsuna down. *I-I can?*

*Ah. Let's go.* Reborn stood up, heading towards Tsuna and grabbed him by the scruff again, before heading towards the door.

"Wa-Wait, Reborn-kun!" Luce called out to the leaving cats. "Y-You should ask Shoichi-kun's permission first!"

*It is not up for him to decide,* Reborn replied, not looking back. *Besides, it looks like he had met one of us.*

"What do you-" Luce cut herself off when a heavy sensation suddenly descended on them.

"Wh-!" G looked out at the window. "This feeling...It's Giotto's flames!"

*Big brother!* Tsuna cried out, recognizing the feeling. Everyone turned to him at his cry.

"What?" Lampo widened his eyes. "O-Oi...If he said that, doesn't that mean that-"

"Giotto's in trouble!" G quickly rushed out of the room, going off towards the direction where the flames were the strongest.

"G-G!" Asari, quickly followed after him. "G! Vanish your ears and tail first!"

Hayato, Takeshi, Lambo, Lampo, Knuckle, Ryohei, Skull, Colonnello and Fon quickly rushed after them, their cat ears and tails disappearing as they left the house. Alaude and Kyoya followed at a more reasonable speed.

"Nufufu…Shall we go as well?" Daemon looked at Mukuro and Chrome.

"Kufufu…" Mukuro took out a trident out of nowhere and slammed it to the ground. Mist surrounded the three of them, and when it was gone, so were they.

Verde pushed his glasses up, "…This ought to be interesting." He tapped his foot, activating a system, which allowed him to go underground.

Mammon floated towards Reborn and Tsuna. "…It's him, isn't it?"

Reborn did not give a response, choosing to look at Luce and Yuni, who had stayed behind. *Luce, Yuni, stay here. Things are about to get dangerous.*

"Y-Yes, Reborn-san," Yuni nodded her head.

"B-But, Reborn-kun! Just what is-" Luce was stopped by Yuni, who shook her head.

Reborn then glanced at the staircase that leads upstairs, before turning to leave. *Let's go.*

Reborn shot out of the room with his feline speed. Mammon followed behind, turning invisible.

As Luce and Yuni watched them go, a figure at the staircase clenched their stomach, moving away from there.

Everything is not what it seems

The door creaked open, revealing Shoichi at the other side.

Shoichi slowly came into the room, clenching on his stomach, biting his lips in thought.

*…I miss big brother…*

*It is not up for him to decide.*

Shoichi shut his eyes tightly, taking out his phone and dialed a certain number.

The phone rang three times before it got through.

"Hello?"

"…I need some help, Spanner."

Everything is not what it seems

Mammon followed Reborn while floating in the air, who seemed to be heading towards another direction.

"…Where are you going? That's the wrong way."

Reborn did not say anything, only continued to move forward, jumping from roof to roof.

Tsuna started struggling again. *R-Reborn! Big brother's flame is getting further! We are going the wrong way!*

*…Be quiet, Dame-Tsuna. We will see your brother later. We need to find the building that Alaude and Hibari found first.*

*Building?* Tsuna tilted his head, while Mammon stayed silent, although there is a certain tenseness on his shoulder.

*Tell me, Tsuna,* Reborn started a conversation. *...Do you remember anything about your family?*

*Fa...mily...?* Tsuna blinked up at Reborn. *I...*

Reborn and Mammon waited for his answer as they continued to go from roof to roof.

*I...only had big brother...Un...* Tsuna nodded his head hesitantly, as if unsure about that statement.

*...*

"...They wiped his memories."

*Quiet, Viper.*

*E-Eh? What do you mean?* Tsuna tried to look at Mammon, but was failing since he was held by Reborn.

*Enough,* Reborn growled, coming to a stop at a rooftop. He placed Tsuna down harshly, gaining a pained cry.

*O-Ow! What was that for, Reborn?!* Tsuna looked back at him with teary eyes.

Reborn used his paws and turned Tsuna's head to the front. *Know this place?*

*Wh-What are you…* Tsuna trailed off when he was faced with the building that Alaude and Kyoya had been, except that it was reduced to ashes now.

Everything is not what it seems

~At the same time~

Orange-slited eyes scrutinized the area, trying to spot its enemy.

"Oooooiiiii, Giotto!"

Those eyes turned towards the voice. Seeing G and the others, he blinked.

The others sighed in relief at the sight of Giotto, their speed slowly down. G rushed forward and stopped a few feet in front of Giotto, panting out. "Jeez, you are very hard to find, I hope you know that."

Giotto blinked at G and tilted his head to the side. That action caused Alaude and Kyoya to narrow their eyes.

"Thank god Giotto is all right," Knuckle slowed down, coming to a stop.

"EXTREME!" Ryohei punched his fist in the air.

"Ah, at least everything is-" Asari was cut off when both Alaude and Kyoya suddenly rushed towards G. "H-Huh? Alaude? Hibari?"

"G, get away!" Alaude warned.

G turned towards him in confusion, not noticing Giotto was flaring out his flames.

"What are you-" G snapped his head back to Giotto when he felt strong flames coming towards his direction.

"G!" Asari shouted out, eyes widened.

G shut his eyes, not having enough time to dodge the incoming flames. Thankfully, Alaude got there in time and grabbed G, pushing both of them out of danger.

Kyoya took out his tonfa and spun it, deflecting the rest of the flames that came towards them.

G, who had fell to the ground when Alaude pushed him, stared with disbelief as Giotto reign in his flames back.

"...Why...Giotto..."

"Snap out of it," Alaude told him. "Look at him, he does not seem to recognize any of us…I don't think he is Giotto."

"Huh?" Everyone looked at the cat that looked exactly like Giotto.

The Giotto look-alike growled lowly at them.

*…All of you have Tsuna's scent on you…*

Everyone put up their guards when flames rose around the cat, forming a circle around it

*Where is he?!* The light-orange cat bared his fangs and attacked the one nearest to him on the shoulder, which was Kyoya.

Kyoya quickly used his tonfa to stop those teeth from sinking into his shoulder, causing the cat to clamp its teeth on the tonfa. Kyoya swung his tonfa to lose the cat, however, instead of losing his grip, the cat wrapped his tail around Kyoya's tonfa, and using it as a maneuver to land a scratch on Kyoya's cheek.

Kyoya twitched at the wound that he received. Using his distraction, the cat pumped out orange flames and sent them towards Kyoya. The purple humanoid cat took the blunt of the attack and flew towards a tree nearby, dropping to the ground after hitting it.

"Hibari! Damn it!" Gokudera whipped out his dynamites, lit them up and threw them at the cat.

The cat did not even bother to look at the dynamites, which dissolved into nothing before they could even reach him, and rushed towards Kyoya, intending to land the final blow.

Colonnello aimed his rifle and fired at the cat's direction. The cat merely dodged each and every single bullet, still rushing towards Kyoya, who was not moving from his spot.

"He's going to hit Hibari!" Takeshi shouted, eyes wide.

The cat then filled a paw with his flames and thrust it into Kyoya's stomach.

"HIBARI!"

~To Be Continued~

*Jaws dropped* Kyoya! Oh my god! Please be all right! And thank goodness, Giotto did not killed anyone! But what is going to happen next? Takeshi, you rocked in this chapter! Haha! *Wipes forehead* It sure was hard trying to get everybody into action! (Seems like Kyoya is getting all the action now) Also, I think most of you probably know who Tsuna's brother is! If you still don't, you will know in the next chapter or so *Grins*

Now, now, everything is getting more and more complicated! If Giotto never killed, who did? From Tsuna's answer, it seems to be his brother…but why? Conversation with Hayato and Takeshi is a bit weird, who is this he they spoke of? Mammon and Kyoya seems to know something. And who was that in Kyoya's memory? Also, what happened to the building that Alaude and Kyoya visited and why did Reborn brought Tsuna there?

Omake!:

Luce and Yuni sat in the room, drinking their tea in silence.

"Looks like we won't be getting much action," Luce sighed out.

Yuni nodded in agreement, before an idea came to mind. "Luce-san, maybe we should try to find out what will happen in the next few chapters using my visions?"

"Eh?"

Yuni smiled, "You see, I actually found out that Tsuna-san is-"

Luce quickly covered her mouth with her hands. "Um…Yuni-chan, I don't think that is a good idea." She glanced at the readers.

"Hm?" Yuni follows her direction. "Opps…"

That's all Folks! Leave a review if you have any questions or comments!

Edited on 30 December 2014