Eri had the privilege of being one of the first to arrive, and with that much spare time, she walked around and observed the different famiglias that were present. Instead of dressing in lady wear of the elegant dress and high heels that her father had gotten her, Eri had instead found herself a nice suit and a pair of pants, both crisply ironed perfectly in courtesy to her own ironing skills. The Vongola were well-known and respected then, weren't they? Of course, the Vongola was different that the others, they serve to protect and to end tyranny. The very symbol of their famiglia crest, the Clam, was a sure enough sign of their dedication to protecting the innocent. Many famiglias, ranging from well-known to unknown, were present, and embarrassingly enough, congratulating her for succeeding the Cloud Guardian.
'I don't even have the Ring yet. There's so ahead of themselves. ' she thought to herself as she excused herself from all the congratulating. When she was gone from them, she gently caressed the 3 rings with purple stones on them that she was wearing. Two on the index and middle fingers of her right hand, one on her left hand's index finger. Deep down though, she was quite happy and thankful to them. A sudden glimpse of white caught her attention. She turned her head to see a handful, maybe just eight to ten of them, of people standing amongst the Vongola Famiglia. A few adults, a couple of teenagers and a young boy. And the reason why she was so interested...was that she saw the resemblance of herself in them. White hair, blue eyes... Were they part of the gigantic Vongola Famiglia as well? As she made her way towards them, they seemed to notice and hurried away. Eri lost them in the midst of crowd and not long later, she was called back into line.
'Who were they...?' she couldn't help but wonder, caressing one of her rings in deep thought.
At the Guardian's waiting line, she saw that not everyone had arrived. While the ceremony was still quite some ways to go, it seemed that Vongola Undicesimo, that strong child Shiro and Mana weren't present. As she stepped into line while thinking that, Kaito, the Vongola successor himself, arrived. A small smile played on her lips as a greeting, but as soon as she switched her gaze straight ahead, she kept her face professionally passive and cool. She even stood with a good posture. After all, it was a big day. Not long later, Shiro arrived, almost with the most lazy strut you could ever find in someone. She disapproved, but seeing him present also brought a smile to her lips. When the chatter stopped, everything was drowned out in Eri's ears from her concentration, but the moment Ryohei-dono opened his mouth and spoke, the words sounded like they were amplified in her ears, as were the words of Mukuro-dono.
Stepping forward along with the present successors, she picked out the Ring that was now rightfully hers to inherit. The Vongola Ring of the Cloud. She held it between her fingers for a long time, admiring the shine of the metal, the glare of the purple stone as it reflected the sunlight. She was holding onto one of the rings of the Legendary Vongola, and she was going to be part of that cycle. Pride, a happy one, swelled up inside her, she barely managed to contain her tears of joy as she slipped the Cloud Ring onto her left middle finger. As soon as the Ring was on her finger, she felt a large surge, not of energy. It was something different. If rightly put, it would be a surge of completion and recognition running through her entire. It was as if she felt naked, and upon putting on the Ring, she felt clothed and protected. The Cloud Ring surged into flames, as if in response to Eri, blazing with purple fire as if in a swirl of joy. She hesitantly stepped back as she stared at the Ring, but as quickly as it came, it dissipated. But the eyes of those who had seen the event, were drawn to the white haired girl, who stepped further back to make way for Kaito to receive the Vongola Sin. Strange... but probably not unheard of. She pushed what happened away from her thoughts and listened to Ryohei-dono present the Vongola Sin to Kaito. It was a big day for her and the others, no doubt, but this was a bigger day for Kaito, possibly the biggest.
When Kaito received the Vongola Sin, she clapped along with the others. She was about to go congratulate him when Reborn-dono, the talented hitman turned Arcobaleno, appeared to have a conversation with Collonello-dono, another Arcobaleno. After a quick discussion, it seemed that they hit some kind of agreement and Kaito went to see his father. When he came back, Kaito seemed a little irritated.
"Alright, everybody," he told them, "Sounds like we got a job to do, and hopefully it wont be too troublesome, and wont involve any of our health being in danger in any way, but," he brought his voice down lower, even though it was probably useless, "Knowing Reborn," he said, "we most likely wont." He brought his voice back up to normal volume, "Anyway, so I suggest we formulate a plan to find whoever these could-be intruders are, find out what they are after, and guard the ceremony. My guess is they are after the Vongola Rings." Though he said that, it was more than obvious that in the mafia, nobody was safe, and it was pretty much more than likely his life. "I want you all to be very careful, and report whatever you find as soon as supernaturally possible, and please, for the love of whoever you support, be careful. Anybody got ideas for plans?"
She nearly burst out giggling at the part involving Reborn, but she bit her lip to stifle it. That was so true. Reborn might be a little harsh on people he trained, but then again, even the Vongola Decimo, who was said to be a good-for-nothing kid, flourished under his tutelage. She had nothing but respect for the Arcobaleno, knowing fully well that Reborn was powerful. She nodded her agreement before pointing into the direction of a pillar of light far off, that seemed to have emerged out of nowhere and was soon disappearing.
"...That it?" she asked, raising her eyebrows. She placed a hand on her hip, keeping it close to her metal batons on her belt. Vongola Inheritance Ceremonies had always been a large target for criminals or other Mafia famiglias, either to kill the new Boss, or to steal the Rings. She was thoughtful enough to have brought her weapon along.
"Do we evacuate the other famiglias?" she asked quickly, staring at the other people around her.