Hitman Reborn: A New Generation

Haine blinked, where had the girl come from? He hadn't even noticed her. He'd really have to quit those drugs, they ruined his reaction speed, and left him off guard, they'd get him killed if he wasn't careful. There were days he'd have dodged that punch, and noticed this new girl quick as a flash. But his life seemed to keep getting worse and drugs took off the edge. He snorted, he knew they were bad, and were probably what made him into a head case, but he didn't care. "Called us refugees did he? That bastard I'd like to give him a lesson. And who ARE you, both of you?" Haine never bothered learning the names of the other students. After all they didn't really mean anything to him. "Oh and if you know of anyone who likes getting in a fight, point me in their direction."

Leon turned his head to look at Devin. "Huh? Oh.. uh.. noo--nothing!!!" he stuttered shoving the paper in his pocket. He rubbed the back of his head with a small nervous smile. What the hell was he supposed to say anyways? Tell them a baby popped out of nowhere telling him he was in part of the mafia. What kind of madness was that? He tilted his head when Haine also joined the little group. "Girl?" he repeated.
Well... he thought Devin was a guy.. but at the same time, thought he, or should he say she was hiding something. He watched as she stormed off after giving Haine a nice punch on the face. Leon's attention snapped back to Haine once more. "What do you mean your roof? This is school property." he said with a shrug as he got up. "You go to loosen up a bit. Fighting isnt always the answer."
Just then Misami called his name, making him jump. "Eek... dont scare me like that." he muttered. "Baby? Oh.. him.. you see, he's not--" he started to say, but she continued to speak over him. He sighed when he was told he would have extra class tomorrow and rubbed the back of his head. "Alright, thanks for telling me." he said before pulling out the paper. If he remembered, he was sure he saw these two names...
"Oh crap..." he mumbled. "Uh... I know this is random.. but what do you think about the mafia?" he asked. He blinked, wondering how stupid he sounded right now. But for some reason, he believed that little baby..

Kuro leaned against the school building, tapping his feet. "Fine, I try talking to them, but I'm not going to force them to believe." he said dropping the kid on the ground. "Dont do anything funny midget." he warned.

Misami jumped as another voice came from her side. The second one of the escapees, Haine. Well, that made her job easier in some aspects, but now it made responding to Leon MUCH harder. Becasue most people these days took the mafia as an urban legend, some aincent evil orginization. They didn't believe that they existed in this day and age. Misami herself had a hard time accepting that they still existed too. With the improvements in technology, it was hard to believe that they still operated.

And yet they managed.

So with all this in account, Leon had to know something. She either had to get him away from Haine, the innocent, albiet annoying bystander. Either that or she had to talk to Leon in code. Ugh, this was going to be annoying. Misami looked over at Leon and cocked her head. "What about the mafia?"

Well, it was the best she could manage right now. It wasn't like she had anything set up with the rest of the Vongola family. She didn't even know who they were! Ah, well, she'd just have to think of an excuse to have Haine leave them for a little while.

Haine's eyes darkened. The mafia? Messing with them could get even him killed if he wasn't careful. That was some serious shit there. He looked at the girl and the boy in front of him. So the boy was Leon eh? "Hey, I don't know what you're getting at but you should stay away from the mafia. If you look in the wrong places and are found by the wrong people, you're dead. I hope this mafia you're talking about is a game or one of those puny fake groups. Otherwise you'll be in some really deep shit soon." Haine frowned. His run-ins with the actual mafia back in Italy had never been good, they'd kill and dump a kid his age on the street without a second thought."I should know." he muttered, looking down as he remembered his defeat and near death not so long ago.

He stiffened, looking up, he couldn't afford to show weakness to others, or they'd tear him apart before he knew it. "I think you should tell me about this mafia thing you're talking about."

Devin was watching them from a short distance away wondering what they would do next. She thought about going back to the roof, her initial reason for leaving them is because she was pissed and if she stayed that one who told her what she was which is something she despises would have end up dead. She could not afford carelessness as that could get her killed and put the Family in jeopardy, it may be small and incomplete now, but she did not want to be the reason for it to be in shambles when the other members of the Family were found.

When the bell rang, Kiyoshi got up and wandered, somehow ending up by Leon, she blinked, having walked in on some random conversation.
[[Oh look, an amazingly fail post. D: Sorry guys, I totally had no idea what to write, and this is my fail attempt to get involved again...]]

Leon blinked, before laughing. "It's nothing. I was uh... I just happened to watch a movie on mafias and.." he trailed off, thinking he shouldnt talk anymore. "Ah, I'm going to be late. Uh, need to help out my parents." he said. He looked over at Kiyoshi, wondering when she got there but shrugged. "If you everget hungry, visit my place." he said before running off. He almost tripped down the stairs, but somehow, mananged not to. "That little kid was playing with me.. of course, not mafia.. I'm just weird." he muttered to himself. Leon bumped into Kuro, but didnt bother stopping, "Sorry!!" he yelled as he continued to run off.
Out of breath, he stopped at his family's resturant, and sighed.
"I'm back.." he said as he walked in.
"Welcome back Leon. What's the matter, you dont look so good." his mother said, looking concerned.
"Ahh nothing nothing. Dont worry about it. Anything I can help with?" he asked with a small smile.

Haine looked at Kiyoshi, surprised when her name came to mind. 'When did i pay attention enough to pick that up?' "Heh, looks like the party's over. Who're you?" Haine looked Kiyoshi over. She was a pretty one, all right. But he refused to let himself dwell on such things. "Leon was letting us know he plans on joining the mafia because he saw them in a movie and they looked cool."

Kiyoshi awkwardly glanced at Haine, he was the angry guy from class. She would have expected to be a little more frightened of him, but he didn't really scare her all that much now, "Huh? Mafia? That's stupid." Kiyoshi said, her eyes widening a little. "That would be a good way to get yourself killed." She crossed her arms and looked down, frowning. The girl almost wondered if Haine was making it up or if he was serious, she wouldn't put it past him to make up a ridiculous lie like that but still...

Leon was washing the dishes, staring blankly down at it. He sighed, and at the same time, his hands slipped, letting the plate fall onto the floor. "Ah crap.." he muttered, as he bent down to pick them up. The only thing he ended up doing was cutting himself. "Ow!" he yelled. "Nothing's ging right today!!" His mother rused into the kitchen wondering what was up.
"Leon? What happened?"
"Nothing..." he snapped. He looked up at his mother, before sighing, "Sorry... school wasnt all that fun today." he mumbled. "I just.. need some rest." He pushed past his mother, grabbing his bag and heading home. Leon stopped, before turning back around, and heading for the shooting range.

Misami looked around as she found herself being thouroughly ignored by all of the people there. Well, this was certainly interesting. Haine appeared to actually KNOW about the mafia. He didn't even think that the mafia was a myth. Well this was... unexpected. Were they BOTH mafia? That would be one hell of a coincicdence. Well, she had to chase down Leon now. Finding out more aboutLeon's association was first.

She may not have asked for this mafia job, but it was now her job to protect the twentieth. Whomever he may be.

So with her presence not needed in this conversation, she quietly slipped away from the pair that was now chatting. She ran down the stairs trying to catch up with Leon. He said that they could come by anytime, right? Well, Now was a good time as ever.

She ran out of the school in the small crowd that had been leaving school for their own after school studies. But she just ignored their looks at her of all people in their midst. She had to get into town as fast as possible. She didn't want him getting caught up in anything else... as could happen around a mafia man. Luckily, she knew where his parent's restaraunt was.

So soon she was running to the door or Leon's family restaraunt. She stopped a moment, caught her breath and attempted to look not like she had just sprinted the whole way there. She entered, still slightly out of breath. She walked up to the counter. "Hi. I'm here to see Leon?"

"It is a good way to get killed. If you're unlucky enough to get mixed up with them, they'll stab you in the gut and leave you to bleed to death in a gutter somewhere. Even I wouldn't be any help against them." Haine turned and watched Misami turn to leave. "You'd better watch out, girl, if your friend Leon here gets mixed up with the mafia hes going to bring trouble. And if he gets ME mixed up in it I'll make trouble." He called after her. Turning back to Kiyoshi, he gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, looking down at the beaten and worn roof. "People think the mafia's a myth, but they're real enough, you too, stay away from that crap."

Haine was tempted to try jumping and using the tree to reach the ground faster like Devin had, but to do that safely he'd have to use his control over lightning to give himself some upward force and soften his fall, and he still wasn't sure if his power was strong enough to do that, it would take a LOT of lightning. Frowning, he walked quickly into the building, heading for the slums to go beat up some thugs and ease his temper.

"Stupid boy doesn't know where he's sticking his nose. He's going to get a lot of people killed too," he muttered.

Kiyoshi blinked, staring at Haine for a minute. What does he mean by that? There wasn't anything like that, was there? Not there... She wondered what on earth he was talking about, "Hey, what -" but Haine was already walking away. He looked angry again.
She hesitated, looking down at the roof again before carefully following after him, maybe it wasn't the smartest choice Kiyoshi had ever made in her life, but she wanted to know just what exactly he was talking about. Maybe after he calmed down a bit she could get him to talk to her.

Leon's mother was surprised to see Misami. "Oh.. I'm sorry, but he just left." she said with a small smile. "But I'm sure he havent gone far."

Leon walked into the shooting range, tossing his bag on a chair.
"Oi, Leon, what brings you here?" a man asked.
"Just... I thought I needed more practice" he lied. Faking a smile, he grabbed a gun staring down at it for a while before aiming.
"Yo!" a familiar voice said. Leon jumped, almost dropping the gun."AHH!!! LITTLE KID!!!" he yelled pointing and Thad. "Why... why are you here?!?!?!?!?!"
"Like I said. I'm not a normal kid, and please, my name is Thad, not 'little kid'." he said pulling out his own gun and taking a shot without even looking. The bullet hit exactly the middle of it.
"Stay away from me. I dont care about the mafia!" Leon snapped, but secretly, he thought the kid was pretty good.

Misami frowned slightly at her just missing Leon, but she quickly regained her composure and smiled at Leon's mother. She had to chase that boy down. It was to much of a coincidence on the day she got her Vongola ring for him to be mentioning the mafia so awkwardly. But now the problem was that she had no idea where he went. Where would a boy go at this time of day? She didn't know Leon that well, even though she was in the same class as him. Arcade? How could she read that boy's mind?

But then she remembered something else. She had the very person to ask right in front of her. She continued to smile politely as she asked Leon's mother. "Would you happen to know where he went then?" And then quickly added "I have a question about school"

Didn't want his mother getting any funny ideas about a girl chasing her son around after school.

Haine walked through the alleys and hidden slums of the city, where crime was king. Heading for the closest Yakuza hideout, he was looking for some answers, and heeded some meat to find it for him. Looking at the building, the abandoned warehouse looked decrepit form the outside, but it was secretly reinforced against attack. At least, it should be, if this gang was even the slightest bit competent.
He looked for a door, and tried the handle. It was locked. "Open up this fucking door or some heads are gonna roll, shit!" Haine shouted as he stepped to the side of the door. Sure enough, he was able to brain the first thug that came through with both fists against the back of his neck. Stepping through, he stuffed his hands in his pockets and grinned. "I'm looking for information.."
"And you'll pay for it with your blood." The gang leader was tall, with a black skull bandana pulled over his head, and multiple piercings in both ears. The black leather jacket had multiple studs and chains and the leather pants were tight and expensive. "We're gonna beat your ass to a pulp."
Haine smirked. "Just try me." The hidden 4 shot duelist pistols in his sleeves slid into his hands, and he shot four of the thugs in the shoulder, arm, or leg. His aim was good, but not that good. He had to cheat a little, guiding his shots with his lightning a bit. Not that the lightning riding the bullets was visible, the electric charge was really quite small. He grabbed the gang leader's collar with his right hand. "Someone's been asking around about a mafia, and there may be mafia activity soon. Find out everything you can, and bring me the information. And your attempts to kill me will all fail." Haine pulled a nasty sneer and threw the leader to the floor as he walked out. The violence had made him feel better. He only wished he had more control and power with his lightning, guiding his shots and making a blade sharper than it should be was about all he could do right now. It might not be enough, if the mafia got involved.

It was sudden. Laney had been dozing softly on the couch in the surveillance room when it happened. At first she remained in her slumber, unaware of the flashing change in surroundings. To this day she still didn't understand what sent her to this time period. Perhaps she'd been called. Perhaps she was cursed. But when the soft breeze touched her face her eyes immediately snapped open and she sat up abruptly. Pavement was under her hands, warm to the touch. Flustered as she found herself lying in the middle of a street, the blonde stood and examined her surroundings. It was oddly familiar but so different, and she couldn't put her finger on if she'd been here before.

"Is this an illusion?" she wondered quietly to herself as she turned. The screech of tires caught her off guard, as did the smash of metal into her abdomen. Laney released a paralyzed shout and toppled backwards. The maroon car that had crashed into her screamed to a stop just as her legs disappeared underneath. Breathing rather harshly, she scrambled out from under the car and staggered to her feet.

“Watch where you’re going, kid!” the driver shouted, looking just as pale and traumatized as she.

“Sorry, Sir!” the blonde replied in a crumpled, defeated voice. Laney stepped to the sidewalk and examined her wounds. Her forearm was skinned and her stomach was squirming. “Dammit,” she murmured. Shaking it off and ignoring the looks she received from the pedestrians, she began down the sidewalk. Where was she? Why—Her thoughts cut off as she doubled into a fit of hacking coughs. Please, not now, she thought bitterly and, swallowing down the blood in her mouth, she continued forward, limping slightly.

[[ooc: woo I finally made it to the party >:D]]

Kiyoshi had been carefully following Haine, knowing he might get angry about the fact she followed him around like a lost puppy. The area she was in now was rather disturbing. It had Yakuza written all over it, she had been lucky enough to mostly stay out of areas like that, she lived in a good neighborhood, so this came as a mild...shock.
But what she saw next made her take an automatic step back to a tree farther away from the scene, trying extremely hard not to panic...or scream, what the hell was he doing here?

All she could do was stand there after a while, she didn't even know if she could get back to her house from there, she didn't really know where she was...

Kiyoshi stared once Haine came out, wondering just what went down in there...if she wanted to know, glancing behind her she saw something moving in the shadows and decided to move before she found out if it was a person or not, she decided she better go over to Haine before someone around there got a hold of her, because she was pretty sure she didn't belong in a place like this. As she slowly approached Haine she bit her lip, hoping he was in a better mood now.

Haine heard a footstep behind him. Crouching and spinning, a revolver slid up his sleeve to rest in his hand. It was Kiyoshi. Haine blinked in surprise. What was she doing here? She'd obviously followed him, but he had to assume the worst, for safety's sake. "What are you doing here?" Haine frowned, gritting his teeth. He didn't lower the gun. "What happens next depends on what you say."

Kiyoshi's eyes settled on the revolver in his hand, taking a step back, "I just...wanted to talk to you." She managed, taking a step back, looking like a scared puppy or something close to the equivalent. It was a combination of Haine pulling a gun out on her and the extremely creepy area that had her totally freaked out. She had always lived in nice places, so this was practically a nightmare scene for her.

Haine groaned. People these days. Lowering the gun, he said. "Alright, fine, but not here, definitely not here." Turning, he beckoned for her to follow. "Come on then, and for future reference. Don't EVER sneak up on me again. And in case you feel like arguing, in this case, the definition of sneaking up on me is whatever I say it is." He flashed her a glare. He was mad that she'd followed him here, and wondered whether she knew what'd gone on inside the Yakuza hideout. She obviously was unused to dangerous places, and was looking to him for some form of guidance. Unexpectedly, he grinned. "Now come on, unless you want one that thug on the ground over there to wake up before we go."

Turning, he led her out of the slums. 'Why in hell, did she follow me? Doesn't she know better?' Sighing, he opened the door of his apartment complex, and took her up the stairs to the roof. Sitting down, he faced her. "You wanted to talk to me? Go ahead."

"o - Okay." Kiyoshi said, following after Haine rather quickly, still scared.
Once they were out of the area, she calmed down more, but still was wondering about what everything that had happened was all about, and jesus christ, Haine could probably scare the killer from Prom Night.

Kiyoshi looked around at the roof and sat in front of Haine awakwardly, "Well, uh..." She didn't want to start on a bad subject this time. "What happened back there?" She asked.

Haine grinned, it reminded him how good it felt to let his anger out on people. "I needed something, so I commissioned some meat to find it for me. Simple really. They even offered to do it for free. But I'm too nice, after all I had to pay them somehow. So I did. After all, if you don't remind people like them who's in charge they start to think that they could get rid of you. And then where would you be?" Technically, he was telling the truth, maybe not exactly, and there were different ways it could be understood. But that wasn't his problem. "What made you want to follow me?"

"Hmm... lets see.. he'll either be home, or the park..." Leon's mother answered tapping her chin. "OH!!" she yelled out of nowhere. "He can be at the shooting range too." she asid smiling.

"There's no need to yell, and you cant avoid. Like I said, you're a guardian now." Thad said crossing his arms.
"Guardian? You dont make sense. I'm no guardian. I'm not interested in mafias." Leon said annoyed.
"Heh.. it was my fault for leaving you to talk to the others. Here I'm here just to give you this." he said handing him a ring. Leon blinked before staring at it. "A ring?" he asked raising his eyebrows. Thad nodded, "Dont loose it.. afterall, it's priceless." he said grinning before walking off.
"Come again Thad-san!!!!!" the man owning this place said bowing down.
"HUH?! You know him?!" Leon yelled. The man nodded with a smile, as if proud of himself. With a small sigh, the teen leaned against the wall, observing the ring.

Kiyoshi just kind of blinked, "Alright then..." She wasn't entirely sure she should believe Haine's story entirely or not but figured it would be best to not question him at all right now. "Um...I don't really know." She confessed quietly. "Perhaps it was just because I was curious?" Kiyoshi wondered aloud, tilting her head to the side a little, then brushing ink black hair behind her ear.