I LIVEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Yes people, I'm back with another chapter. I'm sincerely sorry for taking so long. I never meant to take such a long time, and you can send a billion flames at me, but I got the chapter for you. Hope you enjoy it.
Before anyone asks: Yes, I did just add in One Piece. I don't know why I did. It just came to mind and I decided to roll with it.
I do not own OP or KHR.
Also, there is going to be a bit of jumping around.
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twilightserius: For your first sentence, I'm not saying~ :). As for Natsu, he is there, just hiding like the scaredy cub he is outside of serious and dangerous situations. Mukurowl is indeed with Chromo. It was the most she could do to cut down on property damage, and paperwork for Tsuna.
Natsuyuuki: He does look more like a twin when older, but for now he is an adorable mini-me of Giotto!
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Chapter 11: The Donquixote Family
1st Gen. Era, Parallel World, Italy
Unknown PoV
Unknown
I hid a smirk as my 'Boss' ranted like a petulant child who was denied a toy. I had just reported that the Mare and Arcobaleno have made contact with Vongola, after the fact that he has already ordered an attack on their manor. I waited specifically for this moment, a whole week after the fact and just hours before sunset, to tell him. He couldn't call back the attack, not without casualties at least. The chances of said casualties have also greatly increased. All due to the fact I sent them a warning. Reborn must really be ripping through his memory to find out who has his number.
Heh, they all may be my family, but that doesn't mean they are safe from my pranking. Even if they don't even know who's doing it.
Mah, they'll find out.
Eventually.
Maybe.
If I feel like letting them know. I could very well let them stew over who it is for quite a long time. As long as I don't leave anything to give the slightest hint of me. Lord knows Reborn will fall on it like a demon to a soul.
That is a bit too close to literal.
"Cora!" At the sound of my current 'name', I looked up from the files I was pretending to read. I've already researched the entire manor, even the private files in this idiot's room. Let me be clear that under the mattress is not a good hiding spot for anything. "Find out how no one noticed those damn bastards going to the Vongola." Doflamingo, ridiculous name to begin with, demanded.
"What would you have me do with them, Doffy?" I asked. Well, I actually wrote it out. My character was mute, after all. Seriously, this brat was so obsessed with One Piece that he had us all change our names to the characters. I'm just glad I read and watched the whole damn series back home. It made infiltrating a whole lot simpler. The fact that my character is supposedly mute helped. As did the fact that this idiot never bothered reading up on his 'brother's' character. It gave me a chance to wipe any information of the series from the manor. No one here knew the truth about the 'brother'.
"Kill them." He ordered, a twisted grin on his face. I internally gagged as I nodded and left. Disgusting fool. He really should have read beyond the Doffy-Law first meeting. He would have re-thought of giving me this role. Then again, it will only make my betrayal all the more crippling. I was a spy, just like his precious 'baby brother'.
Now, to find a suitable little lamb to slaughter.
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1st Gen. Era, Parallel World, Italy
3rd PoV
Vongola Manor
The Vongola manor was abuzz with activity as those within prepared for the oncoming attack. Maids made sure to put away anything valuable and clear away areas for the possibility of enemies entering, while butlers and other servants prepared weapons and patrolled through the manor for possible spy.
Alaude, stationed at one of the side entrances, was looking through his reports as he stood watch over many of his returning men. He took mental note of each individual, making sure it was who they reported to be. An enemy famiglia had once tried to infiltrate through his men. It didn't work, of course, but it just so happened that one of the said attacking families was the one to have attempted before. He will make sure there isn't a chance of such a thing happening or letting possible sabotages come from within. To be more certain, he had put Kyoya into doing rounds around the interior of the manor. The two did look quite the same, only age and hair color was different, and it would help unnerve any possible spies that sneak in.
It also doubled to keeping some of the more absentminded, younger and newer, servants from messing up.
"Master Alaude!" The voice of one of the butlers called out. Alaude turned to stare down the approaching man. No one was to bother him unless it was important. The man, Andrew was his name, was in his late teens, single, prier fighting experience, and had some experience with being a butler for wealthy families. Civilian families, but still counts.
Somewhat.
He never stayed too long with any one family, as he tended to fight with his fellow staff members and/or flirted nonstop with any women. As in: married, single, mafia, civilian, rich, or poor. He flirted with them all. It had been Giotto, surprisingly yet not really, the one to set the boy straight on the first day. It helped as a demonstration to all the other new recruits of what would not be tolerated.
The boy paused in front of him and slightly bent down to catch his breath. It seems he had ran from the other side of the manor, what with the way he could barely breath. He made a mental note to up their training. If they couldn't do something as simple as that then they were surely slacking.
"M-master Alaude. Young Master Kyoya has caught four men sneaking into the manor from the West wing." Andrew reported once he had sufficient air back in his lungs. Alaude grunted, silently taking note that it was near where the medical staff was, but didn't move from his place by the door. Andrew fidgeted a bit as he stood there, waiting for his orders. He and every other worker knew not to leave until Alaude specifically dismissed you. He had, unfortunately, learned that the hard way. Finally, Alaude did something other than stare down at his reports. He withdrew a letter from his pocket and handed it to the young butler. Andrew studied it for a bit, finding nothing on the outside to indicate the sender or intended receiver.
"Take that to the Iride manor." With that, Andrew was dismissed. He didn't waste a moment and quickly ran towards the stables. He knew who to give the letter to now, as only one person from the Iride manor was related to Vongola in any way. Andrew also knew that he was not going to peak into the letter, as he sure as hell didn't want both Alaude and Daemon to come after his ass. Nope, not worth jeopardizing his cover just for some flimsy love letter.
Sadly for him, it wasn't a love letter. That, and it would be his last task before death silently fell upon him.
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10th Gen. Era, Original World, Japan
3rd PoV
Namimori Branch Vongola HQ
A 7 years old Reborn walked through the halls of the underground base, heading for a certain room that held the best scientific minds of the world. "Are you sure you found a leak to That world?" He asked, entering the lab room. Already inside, hard at work, were Shoichi, Spanner, Giannini, and Verde. The four scientist had been called in by Reborn the moment he felt his connection to the parallel world with Tsuna close. He had only managed to get two guardians with his Dame student, but at least it was the two strongest. Those two will do for now. Of course, he had to give the others an excuse of it being a training trip to have them calm down from Tsuna's disappearance. He really needed to send them off to the 9th Gen. to teach them how to cope with being separated from their sky for long periods of time. It would not do to have them break down with separation anxiety. Lord knows how much collateral damage would pile up from that.
"The leak was brief, but it was enough to send in a drone. Once we have a stable link to it, we can manually control it to help Tsuna-kun and the others." Shoichi answered, not looking up from his computer. He had been iffy about the whole sending a drone thing, but with Verde's help he was sure it would work. The now 7 year old greenette was a genius. Reborn hummed as he looked at the monitors. There were various charts and graphs on them, but one held a drone's information. Though most of the screen was black due to the drone being off.
"Do you know what caused it?" Three of them gave a negative, a frown coming to their faces. Reborn turned to the only one who didn't answer. Verde had a curious expression, looking at his one screen intently.
"I may have a theory, but it was far too quick to get anything more concrete." He said, typing in some things. Reborn took a look over his shoulder, a slightly amused look crossing his face once he saw what Verde had.
"Interesting. Do keep me informed of any change." He ordered with a slight chuckle before leaving the four to continue their work. He knew from experience that bothering them for too long would result in slower work. Though he no longer had a reason worry much about the Parallel World or his student.
Not when a certain someone was off playing around there.
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1st Gen. Era, Parallel World, Italy
Cora's PoV
Unknown
I was putting away my slightly smoking gun as I turned from the newly made corpse. The little lamb I used was one from the famiglia in charge of intel gathering. This one specifically was a bit too good in watching the Vongola manor, he was posing as a butler, so having an excuse to take him out was just fine with me. Best part is that the famiglia couldn't do anything about it. They practically worshiped the Donquixote, so they would assume the man deserved to die. That worked just fine for me.
A small, dissipating puff of pink smoke caught my attention. I glance around, found no one, and headed for where I saw it. Pushing the bush aside, I find a small machine. It was about the size of my hand. From its shape, I can tell it was a type of drone. Definitely not from this time. Picking it up, noticing it was currently in sleep mode, I pocketed it and headed on back to report my success to the idiot 'boss'. I wonder, just who is the one that sent this thing? Hm, doesn't matter. I'll find out once they make a connection to it. Maybe even troll the poor suckers.
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1st Gen. Era, Parallel World, Italy
3rd PoV
Vongola Manor
Alaude prowled down the hall, emitting an aura of murder as he went. The hall was barren, as everyone had cleared out before he even turned the corner. The valued their life, after all, and no one wanted to risk his wrath. Well, most everyone. Kyoya wasn't scared off. He was weary, but not scared as he stood at the end of the hall. He rose a brow in question as Alaude approached, but didn't say anything as he fell into step with the silently steaming older man. The two made their way through the manor, before Alaude near slammed the door to Giotto's office. Near slammed, as Giotto had quite clearly expressed his displeasure over constantly ruining his office doors. Said man looked up at the intrusion, apprehension entering his face at who stormed in.
"The messenger was a spy." Alaude hissed, fist clenching in a bid to hold in his anger. Violence of any kind, other than words, was to not be used within the room. That was one of the first rules Giotto set for his Guardians. One that both Alaude and Daemon learned the consequences of first hand. A worried frown entered Giotto's face. "He didn't look at the message, no one wants to read a Love Letter." Alaude made a slight face at those words. "It was delivered before he was killed." That got a startled reaction from both Giotto and Kyoya.
"He's dead?" Giotto asked, confusion in his voice as he thought over any possibilities. Alaude nodded, brows furrowing in annoyance.
"It's how we found out he was a spy." He glowered at his words, quite displeased with being fooled for so long. He would need to do a complete check of every person within the manor. That would take time to do correctly. Time they currently did not have.
"Tell the others. We do not want to chance using a spy as a messenger." Alaude nodded, head out of the room with Kyoya. Giotto sighed, weariness creeping on his shoulders as he thought over what has been happening. He didn't regret ever starting Vongola, but he dearly missed all the good, semi-normal, times of before.
Speaking of missing, he should send word to his old friend to be careful and not drop in unannounced. Cozart was due to pop up this week. He didn't want to drag his friend into this mess, though he doubts he'll be able to keep his friend away from trouble. The two of them were magnets for it, especially when together.
Though, he really wanted to postpone the inevitable teasing the red head would give him the moment he found out about Tsuna. He was not looking forward to that, but his irksome intuition told him it was unavoidable. He'll live through it and eventually get back at Cozart like he normally would, but not without a bruised pride.
Or body.
There was Reborn to think about, too. Wouldn't do to forget about the demon in human skin.
No adorable Tuna in this one, but here it is. Kind of a transitional chapter, maybe? Meh, it was fine. I promise the next chapter will be better.
Once I type it up...
I'm sorry~ T^T