[IC] KHR! | The Enduring Flame

[Sho Minazuki]

Samael | Summer Festival

"My, Japanese festival food, not sold in stores normally, this is a rare opportunity for me", he would say as he sat upon a bench literally filled to the brim with food he had bought himself, the Vongola family funded his stay here, he had no idea why, only higher priority members would ever get this monetary treatment, he only remembered 'something something Guardian something'. Oh well. Yakisoba, okinomiyaki, candied apples, chocolate banana, takoyaki, taiyaki, the variations available of the aforementioned, and oolong tea were seated beside him. He wasn't consuming this at a fast rate, if anything he was really taking his sweet sweet time, eating while observing the passers-by. Yukata, summer kimono designed to be light and thin, there was a tantalizing myth behind the lack of undergarments when a woman wore them. Fascinating. The sexual culture of Japan was far more liberal, or seemed to be, than that of the UK. Not to mention their transport systems, marvellous, though King's Cross was less confusing than Japanese rail networks, though Japanese were far more punctual. He's only been here for a week, and he is really enjoying his stay here. He did get a message today though...

"So I am to locate a... Luca Yuuki...", he muttered to himself. The job was protection. He had no idea why, and honestly, things seemed to be quite lax anyways, so he didn't feel any urgency. As far as he's read the kid is as normal as they come... Oh wait. Vongola... Oooohh...

"Oh... So that's why I'm here... Oh well", Sam was quite content to just continue consuming the food he had purchased.

[Vongola_Hasayo]

Luca chuckled awkwardly listening to Hideaki's advice. "Sh-She's not that bad..." It was strange. Talking to the archery captain was unnerving. Luca couldn't tell one way or another what he was thinking and his and Asuka's friendly act was hardly convincing. "Luca. Take a break and relax with Yuki. She deserves a bit of your time." Luca looked over his face reddening slightly due to the president's phrasing. "R-Right. See senpai, she's not unreasonable. U-Um...I guess we should get going..." The young blonde trotted past Hideaki and over to Yuki. Stopped by Asuka's sales pitch, Luca's looked back and smiled. "You're a persistent young woman. Don't worry I'll circle back around if I get famished or if my wife starts to insist on a chocolate banana. Katsuo continued on his way, calling back to Asuka. "My son can be a bit of a handful. Keep him in line for me will ya? And Luca...don't get carried away with your companion there~" With that Luca's father slipped away into the crowd leaving his son red as one of the lanterns handing around the festival.

"A-Anyway, what do you want to do? You're the one who really wanted to come Yuki, so we'll do what you want..." Luca said scratching his cheek.

[Kitsune]

Yuki gave a excited thumbs up to Asuka when she suggested that Luca go off with her, as there was nothing she did not like about this plan what so ever! When Luca's farther decided to mention to him to not carried away before leaving all obsicals had been removed "Yuki get'o" She said and wrapped her arms around Luca's shoulders just as he was asking what she wanted to do. She had to think for a moment on what they could do first "Food." She stated plainly at first "I'm hungry after making all this food, could we go get a meal first? A romantic dinner at a festival~"

At this point Yuki would try pulling Luca away before Asuka tried to get them to buy something, the banana would be for after their meal, and besides she had to think of what kind of technique she was going to eat a chocolate banana with....

After that Yuki calmed down a lot, her excitement much more controlled than before so the pair of them could spend the time going around to several stands from her trying to get Luca to win her a prize at the shooting gallery to her going to the 'test your strength' attraction and using her powerful legs instead of the hammer to ring the bell at the top! The whole time the girls normal indifferent look had been shattered, a smile across her lips just like the first time she had ever seen Luca, a genuine smile and a sign she was truly enjoying herself.

------------ Fireworks Show --------------

While the pair were peacefully enjoying their time something was happening at the Namimori shrine, the figure from before dropped the candied apple stick to the floor before licking her fingers clean, a bushy tail swaying happyliy behind her as she did so. "I suppose it is time to call them here~ They have had enough time to enjoy the show." Turning around she smirked as many colored flashes of light bathed the shrine as the fireworks show was in full swing. Opening her palm a purple danced across it, and a moment later was tossed into the sky, arcing through all the fireworks until it reached their center, and then suddenly...

*BOOM!*

Suddenly a dull purple firework burst in the middle of the display, its trail clear as day from the explosion to the Namimori shrine, and yet despite this stand out display only a few select people would ever notice it as the illusion was a calling card for all those unique people, including one white haired girl and the boy beside her. "Ah... It seems like it is time. Tch, Luca we should get going?" She insisted, her hand looking for his own to hold onto "We have to go to the shrine it seems, and we wont be alone."

[Amaterasu]

As the target, Luca Yuuki, had started to make his move away with the girl with the pure white tresses, the young heir followed suit from a fair distance. Everything was going smoothly so far, nothing out of the ordinary but what seemed to be a regular "date". Ren did not take interest in whatever relationship the female had with the target, just looking out for his safety was the job appointed to him.

Just as the night was sailing quite well for the raven haired male, a light touch on his shoulder. He turned his head back in response but what the green haired boy inquired about caught him off guard. Azure eyes slightly widened in shock and silence.... Until Ren decided to speak. "......... I have no obligation to speak of such classified information." Before the other male could argue, the Kanesada heir started to brisk walk away from the scene while trying to merge with the crowd.

How could the boy have known about Ren having a target tonight? Was he a spy? Or were his conversations with his men overheard by a civilian? Either way, he did not wish to involve himself with an innocent civilian more than necessary. He may not give care for a stranger but unnecessary bloodshed was unwanted. Especially since their ally, Vongola did not wish to bring harm to the innocent.

While attempting to lose his chaser, his head turned back to check when he unfortunately collided with a bench full of different assortments of food. Due to the speed he was pacing at, the force was enough to violently rattle the seat and drop a couple of them on the ground. The mishap caught the yakuza heir off guard once more as he cursed at himself mentally for such a mistake.

As money was never a problem for such a person with wealthy family background, Ren lowered down to his knees and bowed his head on the floor apologetically in the most traditional way with money in his hands, more than enough to compensate for his damage. "....... I deeply apologize for this accident. Please receive this money as a form of apology..."

"Mommy, what's the guy with the kitty mask doing?"
"Don't look at him honey, he might have problems."

The little scene caused a little commotion among the crowd as an over exaggeration of apology from an odd man with a cat mask. This was going on before a loud fire work exploding noise was heard from the sky. The passerbys turned their attention from Ren and the blond, foreign male to the beautiful light work display coloring the skies. The male in the black yukata raised his head upward as well, his eyes caught a particular firework in the sky. The purple one The young heir knew what it meant and that he was to hurry to a certain place. "... Forgive me once again, stranger. Now, I must be on my way, farewell." Upon being on his feet instead of his knees, he handed the money to the victim, bowed, and made his way toward the shrine.

[ChronoBovino]

"I have no obligation to speak of such classified information" Naoki stood there with a confused face, when the man ran Naoki followed. "No wait whats the target?" he said stupidly not even thinking about how he shouted it out loud. He ran as fast as possible not even thinking about the boxes on the ground. He tripped but caught his balence deciding to jump on the wall and run childish like a ninja. "Stop now or be prepared to fight me!"

Naoki jumped off the wall running behind the man he was ready to jump to grab him when he slipped on a box of noodles. He lied face first on the ground, all anyone could hear was the words. "To..much..pain" he grouned, tossed and turn then finally he leaped to his feet and charged he roared and his eyes turned pure white and his vains showed. He then gained speed on the man not noticing he was just in front of the shrine. "You need to tell me or else I'll get madder" he got very close to the man when he leaped to grab him.

[Sho Minazuki]

Samael | Summer Festival

"Huh? Uh... But I... Oh ok-... Okay...", in the span of a few seconds Sam's feast was knocked over, or what was left of it, his folding sickle slipped out of his sleeve, but then slipped back in as soon as the bumbling fool had given him enough compensation... And then was off, shortly afterwards, there was another guy running after him... Was he on the run? Who knows. Though it may be fortune that this happened, because if it had not, he would not have noticed the purple fireworks, which he was told was a signal.

"Dirty fireworks", he said, as he got up and made a detour towards the shrine, to buy some more yakisoba on the way... And okonomiyaki... And candied apples... And corndogs... He was on a very long detour.

He arrived fairly late to the shrine, with a whole heap of food in his hands as he consumed them at a restrained pace.

[Demon Shinobi]

Everything went by quickly. Asuka soon found herself alone in the stand. She'd consented to Luca and Yuki going, but Hideaki left too. "Tch... That's jerk always half asses things I'm involved in." She said calmly as she continued to run the stand for a bit longer. Soon enough though things were sold out. Luca's father was right. She was persistent. But that was good. Especially now. She made more than enough. So nobody had a problem with her closing up early and going to walk around by herself for a bit. She had a little bit of her own pocket money. She got to walk around and enjoy things and even purchase a few things the mask placed on her head, though her face was uncovered for the most part. She was enjoying the free, alone time. That is... until she saw the fireworks. "Geez... What's this now?" She asked herself as she bit into her food. Soon it was gone. She had to check out the shrine. There was something weird with those fireworks. She wasn't walking slowly, but her movements were a bit restricted in the Yukata. "Ugh... The price of looking nice." She sighs.

[Sharyxe]

Carrying a rather large--though not too large that it would restrict her movements--bag full of prizes that she had won from the different games, Akane was fairly enjoying the candy apple she held in her right hand. She was dressed in plain, simple, casual clothing-- long baggy jeans and a plain black shirt. It matched her tastes, but made her bright red hair that was tied up in a ponytail stand out more in contrast to the dark clothing. Not opting to wear a yukata further proved that she needed full mobility--the bag was getting heavier and bulkier with each item added.

The cheery aura that the festival had made her feel at ease, added to the fact that she was sauntering the area alone. It started becoming much too boring for the redhead, who had pretty much rounded the place lots of times, continually musing about what else she could possibly do to pass the time before the festival's end. She sighed as she took the final finishing bite from the candy apple, then with the same hand that carried the bag, she brought it up --eliciting movement from the contents of the bag as they shifted around-- to adjust the commonly found mask with an overused fox design adorning the left side of her face as she surveyed the scene around her. The thinning amount of people meant only one thing.

Its sudden loud explosions alerted Akane, making her perk up and face the sky.
About time.
She watched as the fireworks brightly illuminated the night sky. However, a dull, purple one stood out from the rest, and she noticed the palpable trail it led from the shrine. She felt like checking it out. Then again, it wasn't any of her business. Not that she had anything better to do.

Thus, the girl headed for the shrine--after buying another candy apple, that is. She might as well have been hooked.

[Grey]

The rest of Hideaki's festival experience following his departure from the student council food stand was a blur of repetition and mundanity. He exchanged trite pleasantries with his archery club associates and his classmates, purchased snack foods from competing stands - even with his increasing lack of appetite - simply to spite his childhood friend in the most petty way imaginable, tried his hand at some of the activities, and, at the end of it all, he was left with nothing but his own devices.

Though it might have been seen as lonely by some, Hideaki thought that such a solitary situation was ideal for observing the mainstay of the festivities. It was just him snacking down on a stick of yakitori as he waited for the scheduled fireworks to begin. From the hilltop patch of grass he had made his territory, the keen eyed archer surveyed the festival grounds. Even from this far, he could make out such minute details: Half-Ass-ka (truly Hide was a comedy genius of the highest calibre) closed down her precious stand even when he knew there was still some fucking stock back there and so did she god fucking da-

...And then there was the dude wearing Asuka's cat mask, darting about like a mad person as he was pursued by a greenet who looked like he was doing his best to emulate Assassin's Creed, with mixed results. Hideaki had to admit the whole scene was very televisionesque, complete with blunders and bystander bumping. A flash of light from his upper peripheral and the resulting boom attracted the archer's attention aloft for the ascending pyrotechnic display. Nevermind the events down below, there was a show to be seen above.

Wait.

That couldn't be right.

Hideaki took off his glasses and narrowed his eyes as a lazy, purple flare crossed the sky. The trailing firework was very out of place, definitely a far cry from the others detonating around it. He dropped his gaze to the festival, caught site of one of his archery club members, and went down to approach. "Excuse me, Koizumi-san, but did you see the weird firework?" he asked. When he received a negative response from his underclassmen and a question of why he asked, Hide answered, "No reason, just thought it was odd. Probably just a trick of the eye or a smudge on my glasses." Whatever it was, it looked to originate from the shrine...

...and, more importantly, a quick scan of the relevant area told him that he wasn't the only person who caught sight of the phantasm.

"Alright," Hideaki made his way towards the shrine, "I'll bite."

[Vongola_Hasayo]

To say Luca was enjoying his time with Yuki would have been an understatement. Though he was rightfully intimidated by Yuki's performance at the bell ringing game Luca couldn't help but smile the whole time. Somehow in the midst of his many failures at the game stands he managed to win her a small stuffed animal. Yuki seemed truly happy to be with him and Luca will never be sure what he did to earn her affections. He really didn't think he deserved it...or that he'd ever be able to return them. A bell rung throughout the festival signaling the start of the celebration's finale. "Ah, they're starting. Let's go watch. The prez did promise us the best viewing spot~" Luca smiled bashfully.

Sure enough Asuka was true to her word. The pair sat the perfect distance away on a small hill that elevated them just enough to have a completely unobscured view. The show was a dazzling spectacle. It lit up the night sky as if it was still an early afternoon. "Heh, I don't know why I even considered skipping the festival. I never get tired of the beautiful fire-" Luca's voice drifted off as he gazed at the girl next to him. Yuki's pure white hair caught the colors of the fireworks brilliantly and he couldn't help but think how pretty she- Suddenly a strange firework caught his attention. It's purple hue wasn't like any of the other pyrotechnics. "H-Hey Yuki-" His current question was answered when Yuki spoke but plenty more. She took his hand and guided him towards the shrine ignoring his fervent questions about what was waiting their for them...

Though the shrine was being illuminated briefly by the fireworks show every couple of seconds it was still very hard to see. "Yuki...w-what are we doing here?" It was not the white haired girl that responded but rather the environment itself. Suddenly, the lanterns around the shrine sparked to life and and lit the area. A figure atop the shrine came into view and leapt from it's perch. Luca felt something lightly land on his head then use it as a spring board as they tumbled back and landed skillfully in front of the pair, leaving on his backside and rubbing his head. "My apologies to have summoned you away from your quality time together. Your reflexes are lacking young Vongola~

"A-A baby? Who talks like monk!?" Luca blinked bewilderingly at the small boy with the monkey on his head. "Your questions will be answered soon enough, Luca Yuuki. The rest should be arriving shortly right Miss Volkov~?" He said referring to the footsteps that could be heard approaching the shrine. Luca looked to Yuki but something told him she wasn't who the infant was talking to.

[Kitsune]

Yuki had her eyes downcast the entire trip towards the shrine, she had to ignore Luca's words for now and continue with her assigned task, that is what it meant to be a professional after all. As they reached the shrine Yuki allowed her hand to part from Luca's for a moment, and as she did so the lanterns around the shrine burst into a ghostly purple flame before dying down into a normal warm glow. Her eyes darted towards the tiny being that jumped from the top of the shrine and onto Luca, her leg twitching ever so slightly as if in resistance to a natural reflex to kick the little thing!

"Your questions will be answered soon enough, Luca Yuuki. The rest should be arriving shortly right Miss Volkov~?"

Yuki's gaze glared towards the shrine itself, a figure that was hidden within the shadows finally started to move "Seems that way. As exspected they noticed the signal as well, this should be fun~" Coming forward Shi's tail swayedfrom side to side happliy, her ears even perking up at the sound of people approaching. Yuki and Shi stared at each other for a good few moments [b] [color=fff79a]"It is good you had fun dear sister~"[/b][/color] Though the air seemed tense for a moment Shi relaxed "I do hope you got something for me on your date, after all- WHOA!" Suddenly Shi was forced to duck to avoid a flying round house kick from Yuki.

"What has got you so mad?!"

Shi exsclaimed as she raised her hand to block Yuki's follow up kick, the two locked in a power struggle. "You interrupted my date with Luca..." Shi gritted her fannged teeth, riasing her other fist and bumping the top of Yuki's head "Don't attack your own sister out of such a stupid reason! Jeez... We have a job to finish, come on." *Thwack* "Uuuuuu...." Yuki was squating down rubbing her head from the pain of sisterly punishment but seemed to have been calmed by the mention of the job. Speaking of which Shi made sure to bow before the new arrivals

"Welcome, you all have such good manners to answer our call right away. I am Shiso Volkov"

[Sho Minazuki]

Samael | Shrine

As Sam arrived at the shrine, there were people there already. He had heard mention of the Vongola too, so this was most certainly the meeting spot. In his arms were large bags of food, he set it down and took out one of the small plastic boxes and began to eat as he spoke.

"Ah, Vongola business, am I right?", he asked.

"So, who'll I be killing today? Or is it protection? Do I need to steal something? Questions", he began. A jovial smile upon his face as he said all that, eating as he did.

"But really, have you guys tried the yakisoba? It's incredible, and the takoyaki, I found this stand that sold them with these mayonnaise cores, and they are absolutely delightful".

[Amaterasu]

Upon his arrival at the shrine, a familiar, stubborn voice screams at Ren from behind him. The sudden killing intent surprised the young heir, with a quick movement of his feet, he side steps to his right to evade the attempt at grabbing him. The green haired boy was more of a nuisance than he had originally thought, perhaps getting rid of him was a wise choice. Before the hidden tanto in his dark yukata could strike at the pest with his left hand, other strangers-- ones he had previously seen, arrived at the venue, including the young Vongola boss candidate.

Seeing as there would be too many unwanted witnesses, the raven haired boy lowered his short sword and averted his gaze to the side. "............ Very well. If you wish to be enlightened, stay. But I cannot assure your safety for whatever judgment they may bring upon with your interferance..." After what needed to be spoken, the yakuza heir kept his lips sealed in silence for what was about to transpire.

A baby? No. He was no ordinary baby.... Being in the underground world for quite a time, he had caught a rumor of the seven powerful infants of the mafia world, their trademark being a pacifier hanging from their neck. Ren had been skeptical of such rumor until this moment, when one of them was in front of his eyes, in the flesh. The boy could somehow feel from the movements of the baby upon revealing himself that he indeed was no ordinary human. To be fair, a baby capable of pulling such a stunt would evidently be classified as abnormal.

From the tone of their voices, the figures who had appeared were not hostile towards his protection target or him. After establishing that they were involved with the Vongola, the Kanesada heir lowered himself on his knee, hand on his chest with a slight bow of his head. "Kanesada, Rentarou of the Varia, reporting for duty.... Though Ren is preferrable. I deeply apologize but an outsider has... followed my footsteps." The boy lifts his head to shift his eyes to the obnoxious boy to point him out to the two authority figures.

[ChronoBovino]

It was Naoki's time to shine this leap of faith could help him catch a potential thug and with a single moment he face planted "To..much..pain" He lay there sore on his stomach and then brought his head up to see the man he chased looking at him. At that moment all of Naoki's self-pride was gone, so it was only logical to do the following he looked directly at the man who he heard name was Ren and stuck his tongue out. Naoki stood up feeling confused and forgot about Ten shortly after, as he seen a baby wearing an orange cloak with a red pacifier/dummy. He leaped to his feet and walked up to the cute infant.

"Hi name's Naoki how do you know Mr.Target? What's your name?" he didn't know why he asked the baby the questions and he didn't even know he was speaking to the great Fong. He reached out his hand stupidly to shake the babies hand, problem being he didn't know the difference of talking to a baby rather then
His potential target, adults, or people his age.

[Demon Shinobi]

Asuka had gotten to the shrine as the group was forming. It seemed this hadn't been a simple prank. Not even in the slightest. She smiled. That was good. But now she had some questions to ask. As she made her way into the group she placed a hand on Ren's head as she passed him by. "Good to see you again Mr. Kasenada." She said calming herself as she messed up his hair a bit. "Though it is curious to think that a simple feline lover such as yourself would be here." The same could be said for anyone else, including her, but she was mostly teasing him because of who he was. Especially after her thoughts were confirmed by his introduction of himself. Though she'd no idea was Varia was.

"Now. Miss Volkov. Could I assume you share some relation with..." She stopped in her tracks, just near Shiso. What was that she had seen? She turned her head to glance as the baby with the red pacifier around his neck. She looked back at Shiso and then again at the baby. Her heart thumped. A-A baby... It's... It's... She tried to steal herself as she looked back to Shiso. However, she could not contain herself. She lunged grabbing the child, pulling him away from the young green haired boy. "So cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute~" She spoke in a cheerful sing song voice as she nuzzled the baby, holding him close to her. "Do you have a name?" She asked him. She couldn't help it. It was adorable. Like a plushie.

Surely she should have been more serious given the situation. She knew at least that much. But how? How could she stand firm and resilient when faced with this level of adorableness?! How could anybody for that matter?! She didn't care. She could listen and hug the small infant. Though this was a rare moment, especially for those who knew her personally, and engaged her during the school year or when she was usually fulfilling her more professional role and being her normal self.

[Sho Minazuki]

Samael | Shrine

"Hm, civilians... I guess I shouldn't be so liberal", or rather, it was a mix of either. You can do a double take on Sam now, considering he's just gone through a large portion of food while eating in a... Refined manner, it doesn't look like he's wolfing down any of the food he has with him.

"Ah, Master Fong... I guess this is Vongola business. I'm sorry, I almost didn't see you there, so who are they? It doesn't look like they're so involved... Are they new recruits? Please, I suck at teaching newbies", his comments though offhand, were spoken in a most polite manner. There was someone who seemed to already be familiar with Vongola business... And then there were the rest, who were not. He was unsure of what this was all about. He had some assumptions, like the guardians, but he never thought himself worthy, nor did he think it was great, it seemed tiring.

[Grey]

Unfortunately for Hideaki, he had arrived late to the increasingly nonsensical gathering and missed all the good stuff. Damn. But with that said, he probably wouldn't have been able to make neither head nor tail of most of the terminology indicating 'yes-we-are-totally-criminals-planning-to-do-criminal-things' being dropped left and right, anyway. So perhaps that 'unfortunately for Hideaki' should have had an addendum of 'but fortunately for his mind'. Either way, it was inconvenient for him to not have been able to get the tidbits of information from the careless speech of the gathered few, like the hints as to the ulterior motive of this assembly, the interesting organizational status of the amassed individuals, and even the very real hype over the baby clad in crimson changshan.

Yeah, he didn't get it either.

But anyway, as if some cosmic force had willed it, he had managed to arrive precisely when Asuka was acting infantile with the infant. Man, Hideaki was a really inconvenient person like that, wasn't he? However, while there were he wanted to say on the topic of Asuka and babies, he was unable to. After all, there were people here, which meant he was supposed to be 'happy-go-lucky Hide', not '200% asshole Hide'. That 'privilege' was reserved was reserved for his strikethrough internal monologue and making fun of Asuka later.

...Speaking of which, what was Hide doing with that cellphone, anyway?

Once he had done what he needed to do, Hide surveyed the shrine area, taking note of all the people there. Gathered here was an assortment of faces, each drawn by the curious firework that no one else could see. Most of the people here were familiar to the middle school student, if only in passing in some cases. Still, he wouldn't just chalk this whole thing up to coincidence. He directed his attention towards the two unknowns. Apart from the baby, however, the only unfamiliar face was-

'Wait... Is that...? It can't be...'

FLUFFYTAILFLUFFYTAILFLUFFYTAILFLUFFYTAILFLUFFYTAILFLUFFYTAILFLUFFYTAILFLUFFYTAILFLUFFYTAILFLUFFYTAILFLUFFYTAILFLUFFYTAILFLUFFYTAIL-

Ahem.

This was now something within the purview of his interests.

(Maybe he should not have played so much MGQ)

Continue.

[Vongola_Hasayo]

Luca twitched, startled by the woman that revealed herself from the shadows and even more shocked to see her full form. What was with the ears? What was with the tail? What was with this infant? His internal questioning was cut short by Yuki rushing by him and try kick her sister who seemed just as surprised as he was but much more prepared as she blocked with ease. "Don't attack your own sister out of such a stupid reason! Jeez... We have a job to finish, come on." Luca flinched as he watched Yuki get scolded by her sister followed by a rather painful looking whack to the top of her head. He was somewhat mesmerized by the scene. It had been a long time since he'd experienced that dynamic. "Are you...okay Yuki?" Of all the questions he wanted to ask that one became the priority as he stood and started to step towards her but was hesitant with Shiso present. Fon smiled wryly hearing Luca's response to the situation. You said you wouldn't pick someone exactly like you but he doesn't seem all that different...Sawada~

Once again Luca jumped slightly more and more people gathered at the shrine. The first one to make his presence known didn't ease Luca's mind about the situation. "K-Kill!? H-Hey, what is he talking about!?" The young man went on to talk about the festival's delicacies as if he didn't just offhandedly toss around the concept of murder. Fon leaped up onto Luca's shoulder and looked at Samael. "That'll be enough of that. You know the Vongola no longer take lives callously like the rest of the mafia world. Although, the Varia are another category I suppose. Speaking of which..." If Fon was trying to calm Luca he wasn't doing so well. "M-Mafia!? You're...mafia?" Just then two others barged into the scene, one of them more interested in his pursuit of the other than what had actually summoned them here. The first introduced himself while the green haired boy decided his and the cobblestone should get more acquainted. Luca was about to ask if he was okay but was distracted by Ren's last name, Kanesada. He knew he heard the name before but couldn't quite remember. Suddenly, the green haired was invading Luca's personal space as he shrugged off his previous clumsiness to befriend the infant on his shoulder. "Mr. Target? Who-W-wait does he mean me!?"

Luca was losing grasp of the situation second by second. First, someone comes in talking about killing and then he's just been named Mr. Target. Fon chuckled lightly. "Now that it seems everyone has found there way here I think it's time we moved this along before the guest of honor passes out~" Luca looked around to see familiar faces in Asuka and Hideaki which only confused him more. It was one thing when it came to Yuki, it was clear she wasn't normal but for the class president and the archery club captain to be at this gathering of...whatever insane thing this was was more than he could comprehend. The surprises didn't end there as Luca suddenly felt the weight on his shoulder lift (literally, not metaphorically) as the mysterious infant was snatched up by Asuka and snuggled. Is she even the same persona any more? I've never seen the president act like this...it's kinda...cute-gah! What am I thinking? This isn't Namimori Shrine, this is some other warped reality where babies speak fluently, women have tails and...

"It's okay Vongola. You are still in your world~" Fon spoke to Luca reassuringly calm and quite content in Asuka's arms. It was almost like Luca's mind. But why did he keep calling him Vongola? "If everyone will grant me their attention I'm sure you'd like to know why you are all here. I am the Fon and my colleague there is Shiso Volkov. We were sent by the tenth boss of the Vongola Famiglia to deliver a message~" The infant, securely nestled in Asuka's arms, turned to Shi giving her the floor. Luca stood frozen, entranced by Fon's words. He wasn't sure it all meant but he was unbearably anxious.

[Sho Minazuki]

Samael | Shrine

In response to the thing about killing, Sam merely cheerfully shrugged. He knows, but it's always fun to mess with people. He knows who everyone here is... Although none of them really know him, he hasn't even shared his name yet, but that didn't bother him. It's always an advantage to know more than others. In any case, it looks like this gathering had more meaning than he thought. He couldn't figure it out though...

"Ah, so the Tenth himself is involved in this. This I have to hear", he responded. As far as he was concerned everyone here was an idiot, except for Fon. Even then, some didn't seem like normal idiots, but this kid here dubbed Mr. Target by the transpiring events, seemed like a mere idiot.

"But only a message? He must have a good reason for this... Unlikely gathering".

[ChronoBovino]

With everything happening it just kept on piling up with new people such as :Baby lover, Mr.Target, The baby hater, An Assassin, What was said to be a mafia boss and He was pretty sure some guy was death and many more frightening people. All these new characters surprised him

As he seen all these new, different, fresh faces he wondered what he meant by "summoned" and "mafia". To be honest it was a mistake that Naoki appeared at the shrine, he also had no relation to the mafia. Just a few moments later an answer that seemed unnerving was said

"We were sent by the tenth, of the Vongola Familiga to deliver a message~" when Naoki mumbled "A message?" With a face of confused stupidity