A Nᴇᴡ Iɴғᴇʀɴᴏ [A KHR 1x1]

[Naegi 149]

 "Move...forward?" Kaede's eyes widen. He felt his body move backwards but those two words echoed into his head. 'Why do those words sound so familar?' Suddenly somewhere from the depths of this memories a tiny fragment that was buried surfaced. It was a flashback when he was 12 years old, just before his family was attacked.

 

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"Hey dad!" His younger self ran up to a man in his mid 40's who looked very exhausted. "Oh Kaede, what are you doing up so late?" His father bented down and picked Kaede up. "I...heard from someone about how mom died." Kaede's father tensed but quickly wiped it off and plastered a fake curious face. "And who told you that?" With those innocent yellow eyes Kaede looked down. "She told me not to tell you since you would get mad." The father frowned as young Kaede faintly heard him mutter, "That maid Maria." The white-haired boy cleared his throat to get his father's attention. "Anyway, she told me some mafia family assassinated her," He looked up at his dad. "Are you gonna do anything about that?" Kaede's father sighed as his petted his son. "Look Kaede, being a boss of a mafia family isn't easy. Bosses have to experience many pain and obstacles that hit them. Luciano Family however is alot harder. Since we're only a friendly and weak family we could only move forward and look pass the things that happened." Kaede cocked his head, "But what if we get stronger and we can actually attack other mafia families?" His father chuckled, "If we do get stronger we will not waste it on revenge, we will use it to provide aid to allied mafia families like the Vongola for example." Kaede's dad smiled. "Move forward, and I'm sure you'll become a wonderful boss." 

 

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 Back to reality, Kaede crashed into the floor and the chunks from the ceiling were crashing down next to him. But he didn't care as a tear went down his cheek, as he whispered to himself, "Aid other families." Then the church collasped. 

 

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 Daisuke gritted his teeth as he shoved Hiro and Junpei away. "Out of my way, let me do this!" Using his last ounce of power he had left in him, Daisuke stomped on the ground and a shockwave brought the rubble from the church floating up in the air and fly to the other side. After the rubble was moved Daisuke body felt like Jell-O and began to fall but luckly Hiro caught him. Now in the place where the rubble used to be was a familar giant turtle but underneath it was Kaede and Claude. "That turtle shielded both of them!" Hiro yelled in amazment. "Kaede not only protected himself but your boss as well." Daisuke said. 

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Junpei made his way over to the turtle shell and pushed hard on it but got no luck in trying to move it. He began to pound on the surface when a crack appeared on the shell. "Huh? Such weak barrier is no match for me it seems." he began to say with a smirk before the crack stretched outwards to other part of the shell. Feeling another eerie glare from Sonya, he took a step backwards and the shell crumbled. Under the small debris from the turtle shell's remains was Kaede and Claude. "Hey, Cloud. No time for a dirt nap. Get up." he started to say when he noticed that Claude wasn't showing any response to him. "He's not going to wake up for a while." Junpei turned around to see that came from Reborn. "That hyper drive mode strained his body too much. For all we know, he could be out cold for the next day or two." "Eh?" Junpei was obviously not getting any of what Reborn said and Sonya sighed. "Claude won't wake up for a while." Junpei crossed his arms in annoyance. "Hmph, well you should have never shot him with that bullet thing in the first place." "Listen here you little shit-!" "Instead of bickering with Junpei, how about we get the story straight with Kaede. He's still alive, isn't he." "Huh?" The two both said in sync before looking down to see that Kaede was lying right next to Claude. His face wet with what appears to be tears.

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 Noticing Daisuke wanted to get over to Kaede, Hiro carried him over as Daisuke went on his knees. "Kaede, you ok? What happened?" Kaede looked up,  "I...I was wrong, about everything." "Everything?" Hiro questioned. "I was clouded by revenge to even notice the whole purpose of the Luciano Family: to aid allied familes." Kaede clenched his fists in regret. "Being the future boss of my family I failed to look pass the painful event that took place when I was a young. I don't deserve to become the boss of the Luciano Family." Daisuke grabbed Kaede's shoulders, "Don't say that! You are a wonderful boss! You kept us alive with your ability and helped us learn our own power." Tears also fell down the blonde's cheeks. As they both cried tears of pain, Hiro noticed Usami and Takushi lying unconsious with painful injuries. "Oy what happened to them?" 

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"Hmm?" Sonya said and looked over to Takushi slouched right next to her. "These two were badly injured with the fight against Kaede. Well their injuries aren't exactly life threatening anymore since the poison didn't get into their system so they should be fine after a little visit to the hospital.....speaking of which, Reborn. Shouldn't you call your little medical squad." Reborn snapped closed a small flip phone. "They should be arriving soon now." Reborn looked back to Daisuke and Kaede. They looked like a bit of a wreck now, as if everything they believed in to this point was a lie. His eyes shifted over to Claude, who was now on Junpei's back. "Man, you're a bit heavy for somebody who looks so scrawny." Junpei muttered as he walked back over to Sonya, Hiro and Reborn, not wanting to disturb whatever was going on with Daisuke and Kaede. He gave out a long sigh. "So when are we leaving this place? I wanna go home." "Don't you dare start whining now." Sonya growled.

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 "If Claude is that heavy, I'll carry him for you." Hiro offered. He took the unconsious Claude and put him on his back with ease, he is an athlete after all. Takushi started to feel the pain in his stomach subside and he let out a relaxing sigh. Apparently the storm guardian heard the entire story when Kaede explained it to the group. "Hey you seem to be all right Takushi!" The rain guardian grinned. Takushi bolted up his patience ticking like a bomb, "Shut up you stupid-gah!" He fell back down completely forgotten that there was still those sharp thorns inside his stomach. Everyone chuckled until the mood was suddenly interuppted with a blast of smoke hitting them.

 

Three figures stepped out of the smoke; they were all wearing cloaks, black hats, and their faces were covered by bandages like a mummy not leaving a hint of skin. "We have come to pick up the ones who dared to break the mafia rules." Daisuke sat there with a grimm expression while Kaede slowly got up. "Vindince." Kaede said calmly. "Kaede Tamashiro, Daisuke Hayashi, you will be coming with us." The mummified men that Kaede called Vindince took out their chains and the collar of it clasped around Kaede and Daisuke's neck. Dragging them in tow with the two chains, Daisuke coughed and hacked clawing at the collar choking him. Meanwhile Kaede didn't mind, he knew the deaths he caused was his fault and dragging his own friends was only himself to blame. Hiro looked at Reborn, "Who are they and where are they taking them?" 

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Reborn gritted his teeth. "Vindice. All of them were once an Arcobaleno like I used to be. They protect the laws of the mafia world. Since Kaede and the rest of his men were out to eliminate the Vongola family, they're are going to be taken to the Venicare Prison. Honestly, I thought I would never have to see them again..." "W-wait a second. How long are they going to be locked up in there?" There was a small pause before Reborn said anything. "Who knows. They could be there for the rest of their lives for all we know." Junpei's eyes widened a bit in shocked as he looked back to Daisuke, Kaede and the Vindice. "Hold on a second. They can't possibly stay there forever, can they?!" Sonya protested. "There's nothing we can do about it. They broke a rule. They have to be punished for it..." Sonya gritted her teeth. She wanted to shout at the Vindice in protest but the fear of getting locked up for the rest of her life along with them sunk in. "Wait a second. What's going to happen to the other two that were with Kaede?" she asked. Just when those words came out of her mouth. Claude stirred a bit on Hiro's back before lifting his head up slightly, enough for him to see Vindice. His vision was a bit blurry but he could make out the new figures. He lifted up a shaky hand out towards the Vindice. "No....don't take them...a-away..." he muttered before his hand dropped down. "Claude!" Sonya said, in shock that he was still okay but his head was now slumped over Hiro's shoulder again, out cold. 

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 "Venicare...Prison?" Even from just the name Hiro grew a bit scared, he never knew the mafia was this serious. "Vindice those basterds.." Takushi growled. Ignoring the storm's comment, the Vindice turned to Reborn. "It's nice to meet you again Reborn, how long has it been since our last encounter?" Suddenly a weak voice caught their attention as they looked at Claude who was reaching out towards them. When Claude passed out the Vindice only tightened the collar's grip around Kaede and Daisuke's neck. Daisuke yelled out in pain and even Kaede winced. "I see, this boy is just like him isn't he? Sawada Tsunayoshi." The Vindice spoke. Hiro and Takushi blinked in confusion as the Vindice turned and began to walk away dragging Kaede and Daisuke along with them, the smoke shrouding their exit. However just before they disappeared from view, the Vindice said one last thing, "We hope to see you again...and your little trainee." Then they vanished. Nobody talked for a couple seconds until the silence was broken by Hiro's phone ringing. Shifting Claude's weight into one arm, Hiro reached his phone and picked up whoever was on the other line. "Hello?"

 

 "Hiro!! When you meet Kaede ask him where the hell are they?!" An angry voice screamed from the other side. Putting the phone some distances away from the rain's ear, he replied, "Oh Azumi! What do you mean where are they?" There was a sound of a door opening and slamming close on the other end of the line before Azumi yelled, "I'm talking about Liz and the other guy! After I got released from the hospital I asked the rooms they were being kept in and I went there as fast as possible!" Her voice got even louder and panic as she spoke, "But they weren't there!! I told the staff about this but even they were confused! So to make sure I burst into every single room in the hospital!!!" Takushi could hear the whole conversation as he shouted at the cell phone, "Be quiet! You're killing all our ear drums!" 

[Junko 2,815]

"Vindice probably took the other two along with Daisuke and Kaede." A siren was heard in the distance and got louder before a vehicle was coming clearer into view. It was one Vongola ambulance vehicle. "So they finally came. Thank goodness." Sonya sighed as the vehicle came to a slow stop near the group. Two paramedics emerged from the vehicle and took Usami from Reborn's arms and on to a gurney before putting her into the ambulance. Another paramedic offered to help get Takushi in, which he flat out denied at first before the pain struck him in his stomach, causing him to cringe forward. The paramedic helped him into the ambulance anyways. The others followed into the vehicle and they were all taken to the Vongola hospital. Within an hour, Usami, Takushi and Claude were placed in the same room with Alphonse, who was still knocked out. Junpei crept by his side before inching a black sharpie marker over the sleeping boy's face. Before he could write anything on Alphonse's face, Junpei was struck in the head with one of the night stands that was sitting in the room. He laid knocked out cold and Sonya gritted her teeth in annoyance before crossing her arms, apparently being the one to throw the hard object at him. "Annoying brat..." She muttered and turned to Reborn. They were both sitting next to Claude's bed, one on each side. "So from what I've heard, Usami and Takushi are going to make a full recovery within due time. And Claude is still going to be out cold for a while...." Reborn was silent. The while encounter with Vindice was still bothering him Sonya sighed and looked over to Claude sleeping face. 

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 The door suddenly was slide open with a loud bam probably startling a few patients nearby as Azumi burst into the room. "There you guys are!" She marched over to the hospital beds Takushi's being the nearest one as her eyes loomed over Takushi's bandaged stomach. "Whoa what happened to you sushi?" The storm guardian's eyebrow twitched at the remark, "Did...you just call me sushi?" The boxer grinned, "Oopies, Takushi sounds really similar to sushi." Takushi jumped out of his bed cringing, "I'll make you pay for that." Just when a fight was about to break out Hiro went between them, "Now now Claude is trying to sleep." The sun guardian turned to Claude's bed with a frown. Before anyone could react, Azumi jumped into Claude's bed and started shaking his shoulders rapidly. "Claudeee wake up!!!" In a blink of an eye Takushi ran over to Azumi and tried to pull her off. "Let him sleep dammit!" 

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The next few hours consisted on Takushi's continuous bickering with Azumi and Hiro trying to calm them down. Junpei was still knocked out cold on the ground and Usami and Alphonse were still sound asleep. Reborn left for the night, leaving Sonya to look after the other, which, of course, left her enraged. When nightfall came, everyone was knocked out and things finally calmed down in the small hospital room. At the crack of dawn, a small amount of sunlight started coming into the window. Claude slowly opened his eyes and glanced around the room. Hiro and Sonya were passed out in a chair, Azumi was sleeping next to Usami on her hospital bed, Takushi and Alphonse sleeping on their own beds and Junpei still knocked out on the floor. (Huh...when did we get back...?) Claude motioned himself to sit up when... "OWOWOWOWOWOW!" he felt his entire body stiff in pain as he tried to move and he felt his muscles tingling. His sudden outburst was loud enough to wake everyone up in the room. Usami slowly opened her eyes and looked over to see that Azumi was sleeping next to her. Out of shock, she scooted away from her before sitting up to see that Claude was awake. She felt a sharp pain and looked down at her shoulder to see that it was patched up but there was still slight pain present. Alphonse rolled over to his side and grumbled something. It appears that he's not really much of a morning person. "Quit moving around so much you idiot." Sonya muttered as she lifted her head up. "Take it easy. Your body is still recovering." Claude turned his head over to her before something hit him. "K-Kaede..where is he?!" She sighed in annoyance. "Gone...."

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 Despite the outburst, Azumi continued to sound asleep as she reached for Usami's waist and hugged it like it was a pillow. "Noo don't go black rabbit." She mumbled. Hiro lifted his head from the chair and blinked a couple times trying to remember where he was. 'Ah the hospital, Takushi and Azumi fought most of the night and we all passed out.' Satisfied, Hiro got up from his seat and stretched his arms and legs. He was about to walk over to Claude's bed when his foot hit something. Hiro looked down to see Junpei still unconsious from last evening. "Umm.." He stratched his head, "Should we take him to the doctor? Junpei is still not awake." "Leave him there." A grouchy voice told him. The rain guardian turned to see Takushi awake sitting up on his bed, the bags underneath his eyes indicate that Takushi had a rough time sleeping. The storm guardian turned to Claude, "Even Kaede's allies were taken too." 

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As Azumi suddenly clutched at her waist, Usami laid there, motionless next to her, not wanting to wake the girl up or cause her to squeeze tighter. Claude looked away, somewhat disappointed that the Vindice didn't bother to listen to him. Alphonse finally sat up, a hint of dark circles under his eyes, as he clutched his side that was damaged. "So Kaede and the others with him were taken away?" he said slowly and Claude nodded the best he could from the position he was sitting in. Alphonse looked over the side of his bed to see Junpei passed out on the floor. He narrowed his eyes in slight confusion but didn't pay much attention to him much since the next instant, two flying objects flew across the room from the door and hit Claude right in the face, causing him to fall off his bed. Everyone looked in shocked before Reborn walked through the door, in a better mood than he was yesterday. "You forgot these while we over at the abandoned church so I brought them for you. You shouldn't be leaving your weapons lying around like that , you know." Claude's pistols slipped off of his face, revealing a red mark at the center of his face. "T-Then why did you have to throw them at me?!" "Life is full of choices." "What does that have to do with anything?!" Sonya moved out of her seat to help Claude back into his bed, him feeling the pain of his muscles as she picked him up. Reborn parked himself on a chair. "Well then. Did you sleep well Claude?" "Um...more or less I guess. Why does my body ache all over?" "The hyper drive bullet put more strain on your body than intended during your fight with Kaede, not to mention that you were oushing your limits as well. The more you use the hyper drive mode, you'll become more used to it." 

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 Noticing Azumi still sound asleep and Usami looking slightly uncomfortable, Hiro walked over to their bed and gently started shaking the sun guardian's shoulder. "Azumi, wake up." All of a sudden her eyes opened and she released her grip on Usami and sat up. "Goooddd morning!" Azumi roared already feeling awake. She hopped off the bed and saw Junpei still passed out. "Oy Junpei!" She kicked his stomach. Getting no response, she pouted a bit before crossing her arms. "Welp I'm gonna be taking my morning jog around the hospital, who wanna come with?" Hiro raised his hand. "I will!" The boxer grinned as she opened the door, "Lets go!" With a cheer, the sun and rain guardian left the room. "They better not end up getting kicked out." Takushi grumbled. 

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Usami sat up to a sitting position in her bed and watched as Azumi and Hiro left the room. She was surprised to see that they were in such a good mood to go and exercise even after what happened last night. She moved off of her bed and walked over to Junpei before crouching down and poking his face. For a few minutes there was no response before Junpei's head moved to Usami's head. "Heh, so the mist rabbit is awake?" "E-eh?" Junpei slowly picked himself off of the ground before clutching his stomach. "Ack..." Claude looked over to Takushi. "Heh, don't worry about it. They should be fine." He lifted his body up, feeling less numb, and flexed his fingers. (Great..it's wearing off quickly.) "Alright! How about when Claude is all better, we go out somewhere~" Alphonse rubbed the back of his head. "Where exactly?" Sonya paused for a moment and tapped her finger to her chin. "Hmmm, how about out we discuss the details when the other two gets back, kay?" 

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 "I-If the 11th said so." Takushi mumbled. An hour passed and the two guardians walked back into the room laughing together. "That was some extreme running!" Azumi yelled. Hiro scratched his head, "I never knew doctors could run that fast!" The storm guardian sweatdropped as he thought, 'Just what did they do?' Seeing Junpei was finally awake Azumi hopped over to him putting her arm around his neck. "You're awake! If you woke up sooner you would have been able to jog with me and Hiro." The rain guardian turned to Claude, "You feeling better Claude?" 

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Junpei staggered a bit at Azumi suddenly jumping him before getting out of her grasp and pointing a finger at her. "Don't give me that crap! You must have been the one to knock me out in the first place!" Claude turned to Hiro at his question and shrugged. "I..I think so.." he said aas he began to inch out of his bed and set his feet onto the floor. Success. "My body feels great ag--" "Alrighty then!" Sonya said, hugging Claude from behind, her grip appearing to be too tight on his body. "Since you guys are all here, Reborn has a destination in mind for us~" Reborn, who appeared to have been silent for a bit spoke up. "A cruise to Mafia Land." "W-what?!" Sonya hug on Claude got tighter. "Oh don't be a wet blanket. It'll be fun." Claude could hardly believe that. The fact that it had 'mafia' in the name was enough to scare him into not going. "No..I'm not going..." ​"Will there be...pastries there?" Claude looked over to see that that came from Usami. From her small figure, it would have been hard to guess that she even had a sweet tooth. Sonya smiled and nodded, causing Usami's eyes to sparkle bit. She suddenly seemed overly excited for this trip now. "A cruise? You mean boats? What if it sinks?!" "We're not going on the Titanic..." Alphonse commented before Junpei went over and shook him by the shoulders. "What are you an esper now!? It can happen! I've got so much to live for..." Claude just stared at him funny. (What is...he even talking about...?) "Geez, lighten up Claude. It's just going to be a day of relaxation. What's the worse that can happen." "Basically anything!" Claude said frantically. 

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 The sun guardian crossed her arms. "I don't know what you're talking about, when I came into the room you were already passed out." When Sonya told the group about going to Mafia Land, Azumi pumped her fist in the air. "A cruise! I've never been on a cruise before but that sounds really exciting!" She hopped over to Hiro, "Have you ever been on a cruise?" Hiro grinned, "A few times, it's really relaxing." He looked at Claude, "You shouldn't be worried Claude, cruises are just something to enjoy!" As the group continued to persuade Claude, Takushi had a troubled feeling in his stomach and it wasn't from the thorns that was removed. Inching his way over to his boss, he whispered. "11th, I think this sounds very fishy." .

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Claude nodded his head at Takushi's comment and Sonya suddenly let go of him causing him to fall, catching himself on Takushi's shoulder. "Alright then, it's decided. We'll leave tomorrow so you guys can chill at home before we go." "B-but I already told you. I don't want to go!" Claude caught Usami's gaze at him. Was she really silently pouting. Except it was more like a deadly pouting that scared him a bit.  "Usami, Alphonse, Takushi and Claude. You guys should be able to leave now since I've got the all clear with the doctor." Reborn then stood up from his chair and walked towards the door. "Well I'm off. We meet at Claude's house tomorrow." He turned back to stare at Claude. "Oh and don't forget to bring your pistols." Claude raised an eyebrow and watched as Reborn left before looking down at his guns sitting on his bed. Alphonse inched off of his bed and walked towards the door, picking up his scarf on his way and slinging it around his neck. "W-wait, where are you going?! You're still in bad condition." "Home. It's a pain to stay here any longer." He said, his tone of voice sounding a bit darker than usual, before walking out the door. (I guess he hates hospitals.....) he thought and sighed. 

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 Everyone watched as Alphonse left the room looking to be in a bitter mood. Even Azumi didn't have time to say good-bye to him when he vanished out the door. "Meet at Claude's house, ok I'll be packing up!" Azumi waved before skipping out the door almost knocking into nurses as she went down the hall. Hiro blinked like he just remembered something and looked down at his watch. "Oh, today I have baseball practice!" He headed to the door and gave everyone a grin, "See you tomorrow!" Then he exited the room. Takushi sighed. "The room is quieter now thankfully." 'Now this bragging idiot can go and it'll be perfect.'

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Usami watched as Azumi and Hiro left the room. There was a faint thud against the wall, as if someone was trying to catch something. The nurse outside probably almost dropped something. The whole mention of pastries made Usami start craving some. Even after her whole illusionary vision was gone now, she hadn't had anything sweet to eat in a while. She began to clutch the the braids that hung at the sides of her face. "Um....Usami?" Claude began to ask as he noticed that Usami wasn't acting her usual quiet self. Ignoring him, she looked over to Junpei, who seemed a bit surprised. "The bakery..." Junpei raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Wha-?" He was immediately cut off when Usami started clutching to his arm with a hard grip. "Take me...to the bakery." "Wait wait wait. Why should I take you? What about Cloud or Tak-" "Do you..have money?" Junpei paused and glanced down in his pocket. "Well yeah bu-" That was enough for Usami. She proceeded to drag Junpei towards the door. She winched a bit at her shoulder. Claude started to climb out of his bed. "Wait Usami. You really shouldn't be moving around too much." He said in  a worried tone before Usami looked at him for a second, narrowing her eyes, as if completely disagreeing, before leaving the room with Junpei as he tried to get out of her grip. He quickly let out a small plead for help before disappearing though the door. Sonya watched the two leave before turning back to Takushi and Claude. "Strange one, isn't she? It's possible that she could end up being violent if people tries to get between her and her sweets." Claude frowned and was somewhat frightened by that. Who knew that small Usami could be potentially vicious. "W-wait...how do you know that?" Sonya gave him a sarcastic smile. "Did you suddenly get sort term memory? Takushi's past isn't the only one I know about. I know about all of you." "You've been stalking them?!" "Nah. More like analyzing. It wasn't a mistake when Reborn and I chose you guys." "But this is crazy. We're just kids." She let out a sigh in annoyance. "And yet you all managed to defeat Kaede and his men. It's only going to get harder. Staying in that mindset will only get you killed." Claude's eyebrow twitched and the room went silent. Sonya yawned and crossed her arms. "We can always walk over to Claude's house, ya know. It would be nice seeing mom again....anyways, Takushi if you want to accompany us you're more than welcomed to. You do have a certain mission you needed to accomplish, am I right?" She struck a nerve and Claude looked over to Takushi, a bit confused as to what Sonya was talking about. "But you can always tell him later when you guys are more close~". She stood up out of her chair. "Whenever you two are ready." 

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 Hiro arrived at his destination in the nick of time as he jogged up to his teammates in the baseball team. "Yo sorry I'm late." One of his teammates cocked his head, "Where have you been Hiro? It's the first time you've been late to practice." The rain guardian scratched his head, "Yea I was playing mafia." The baseball team looked at one another a little confused. "Mafia? You mean the game?" "Yep! It's really fun!" Hiro grinned. The baseball team was about to ask more when their coach blew on his whistle. "Alright lets get a move on! The baseball tournament is not that far away!" 

 

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 Takushi bit his lip before he could start cursing at Sonya. 'How the hell does she know everything?' Tightning his fists he looked down. When Claude went into hyper dying will mode Takushi missed the whole thing, all he heard were the sound of bullets and roars from Kaede's creatures; however he knew one thing, Claude cared about his guardians that he just recently met. 'He's not like the boss of my old mafia family, he's way too caring-I mean showing forgiveness to enemies?' When Takushi looked back up Sonya looked like she was getting ready to leave. "I'll...go home with you guys, my house is not that far away anyway." Takushi looked at Claude, "Whenever you're ready 11th." 

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Junpei stared down at his empty wallet and the long receipt that he got back from the cashier. He could feel a tear about to come rolling down his cheek any minute now. "D-damn...rabbit...." Usami looked up, a doughnut sticking out of  her mouth. She slightly raised her eyebrows. Junpei stood up and and slammed his hands on the table. "Why did you have to buy everything on the goddamn menu?!" Usami's eyes glanced around to see that mostly her side of the table was covered with a bunch of pastries and sweets, half of which were already eaten. "You didn't even bother to change out of your hospital dress!" Usami said nothing and consumed the rest of the doughnut that was in her mouth. Junpei grumbled and reached a hand out. "At least let me have so-" "No." "But-?!" "No." Junpei sat back down before putting his forehead to the table in shame. He might as well wait for her to finish and hope that she changes her mind and be a little merciful to the blonde. 

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Claude blinked before nervously rubbing the back of his head. "You don't have to be formal. Claude is fine." It was weird. Takushi is all respectful to him now. That wasn't something he was used to. Claude and Takushi both changed out of their hostpital gowns and into thei regular clothes that they were wearing the day before before following Sonya out of the door. The three of them made their way home, Claude saying goodbye to Takushi when they were passing by his dwelling. Claude collapsed straight into bed, not bothering to eat dinner since he already ate at the hospital. Plus he wasn't ready to trust Sonya with whatever cooking skills she had. The night went by calmly. Just when Claude's alarm clock was about to go off, something hard landed on his stomach. He felt the air immediately being knocked out of him as he opened on eye. "W-what the heck Sonya?" Sonya was sitting on top of him with a plain tee shirt on and short pants. "What? Did you not want me to wake you like this?" Claude quickly shook his head 'yes'. "Well too bad~ Now get your ass out of bed. We're going somewhere, remember?" She said as she moved off of him. Claude looked to his nightstand to see that his pistols were lying there. That's right, the cruise. Claude groaned and moved his pillow over his head. "I said...GET UP DAMMIT!" Sonya landed a hard kick to Claude's side, causing him to fall off on the floor on the other side of his bed. "Be down in 30 minutes, kay?" Sonya said as she left the room. Claude could feel his head throbbing in pain. 

[Naegi 149]

 Outside currently waiting in front of Claude's house is Takushi with a bunch of suitcases by his side. With the desire to be the 11th's right hand man, it wasn't surprising that he would come this early. Looking up at the house he put his hands in his pockets. 'Mafia Land right? Been a while since I've last been there.' 15 minutes passed and another person came into view. "Oh Takushi! You came here early." Hiro yelled as he walked over to the storm guardian. Crossing his arms he looked away, "As his right hand man I always have to be the first one here." Hiro blinked, "Right hand man?" Takushi's eyebrow twitched, "It means being the guardian 11th trusts the most!" The rain guardian nodded, "Ahh I see, but you kinda scared Claude in the beginning with your glares." Takushi gritted his teeth, "I...I didn't know 11th's potential at that time." Then to Hiro's shock the hot head's eyes started gleaming, "I never knew he could actually be so strong and caring!" "Takushi?" The baseball player said. 'His personality changed.' "This is why..." Takushi pumped his fist in the air, "I must let 11th be a successful Vongola boss!" Hiro took a moment to take this all in and told him, "Are you pretending to be Azumi?" 

 

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 "Achoo!" Azumi rubbed her nose. 'Why did I suddenly sneeze? Is someone talking about me?' She jogged around the streets carrying one suitcase as she tried to remember where Claude's house is located. "Erm...was it this way?" The boxer turned around the corner only to sigh in disappointment when it wasn't Claude's house. "Where the heck am I suppose to go?!" Azumi shouted. 

[Junko 2,815]

"Good Morning Azumi." The girl turned to see that the neutral greeting came from Alphonse. He waved a hand to her, his other one carrying a duffle bag. There was a dragging yawn from behind him and Junpei walked up from behind him. "Al....why the hell do you have to walk so fast??" he said, sounding a bit drowsy. Alphonse simply raised an eyebrow at him. "What? That stinkin rabbit girl kept me all night while she stuffed her face away." "Usami?" He simply nodded in response. Alphonse shook his head and pointed over to the left. "You do know Claude's house is in direction, right?" Junpei shook his head tiredly. "I don't know man. I was following you." 

Meanwhile

Usami walked down the street with her small duffle bag sitting on her side. She was eating a croissant. She looked up to see that she saw Hiro and Takushi waiting at a house. She was probably at the right one then. She slowly walked up to them, only to hear that Takushi was causing some type of commotion. (What's up with him..?) She thought before removing her mouth from her croissant. "Good morning." she managed to utter as she came behind Hiro. She peeked past Hiro to look at Takushi, giving him a blank stare. ".." 

Meanwhile

Claude moved off of his bed and got dressed into a white shirt with some circle abstract art on it, a dark red jacket and jeans. He threw a few clothes and other things he might need into a small bag before slinging it over his shoulder and started to head out the door. He paused and looked back at his pistols. (I really shouldn't leave those lying around like that before mom finds those and starts getting weird ideas about me..) Claude sighed before walking over to his nightstand and putting each pistol in to each pocket. He then left his room to meet Sonya downstairs. She pulled the shades off her face and tucked them on her head. Claude signaled that he was ready to go and the two of them stepped outside, to find Takushi, Hiro and Usami already at his home. "Uh..good morning..." he said before noticing that Takushi looked....not angry today. (Was..was he actually wanting to go to this?)

[Naegi 149]

 Azumi stared at them as Alphonse and Junpei both talked about Usami and the way to Claude's house though she noticed something. "Hey why are you guys so sleepy?" She pouted. Setting her suitcase down she began to clap her hands right in front of their faces, "Be excited!! We're going on a cruise to a place called Mafia Land and it will not be fun with you guys being tired!" Azumi was glowing with energy as she grabbed both of their wrists and taking along her suitcase with her, she marched down the street to Claude's house. 

 

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 Hiro turned around to see Usami hiding behind him. "Good morning to you too Usami." He gestured to Takushi, "Takushi here was talking about becoming Claude's man!" "Right hand man you idiot!" The storm guardian growled. When Claude came out of his house, the storm guardian hopped over to Claude. "11th! I packed many things in case something happens on our trip." He pointed to the stack of suitcases piled on one another. Taking out a notebook Takushi started reading out of a checklist, "I brought one life jacket just for 11th, first aid kid, an inflattable lifeboat also only for 11th..." He continued to rant on and on saying things off the list as everyone seemed to be confused at this new Takushi.