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A few days after their encounter with the two leaders of Tokyo Manji Gang. Kiriko and Milim stay cooped inside of the Vongola Underground Base (mainly Kiriko). Her medium-length ebony black hair cascading on the sofa she is laying with laziness overpowering her.

She hasn't seen her brother since the day they get back. There is no use from the Cloud Division's Captain. She tried asking the Sun Guardian, Sasagawa Ryohei that is currently in Italy if he happens to know something where his brother's whereabouts are. But she miserably failed to gain information.

"Halluh to my lazy bestfriend! Let's go go goooo!"

Kiriko groaned when Milim entered her room so suddenly.

"Milim, I'm not really feeling to go out."

"You never feel like going out. I need to drag you all the way outside just to have a fresh breath of air. Come on! Being underground only makes you paler!"

"You are just getting tanner."

"Hey! That is rude!" Milim pouted from Kiriko's remark who obviously said that to stop her from dragging Kiriko's arm. Half of her body stayed lying on the sofa while the upper half is on the ground.

"Kyoya-san is still out of duty. While the Vice Captain is lying inside her room. The whole Cloud Division will be doomed!" she tried to reason out. But it is actually not working despite Kiriko lying around and acting lazy. She is still monitoring the division and sending orders to the members if ever the Vongola Headquarters requested assistance. That is why she remained unfazed despite Milim's efforts to make her empathize.

Then Milim remembered a rumor coming from the neighborhood.

"Ah! Have you heard?" she asked Kiriko who groaned, "I have never left the base since the last time we went out. Do you think I would hear it from the inside that seems to be unrelated to Vongola?"

"Eh?! But you have surveillances and voice recorders all around Shibuya!"

"It is not mine, Milim. It's the hideout's equipment only to be used when needed."

Milim set it aside. Since she hasn't heard it then that is much better.

"There is a rumor coming around that Moebius and Toman are going to have a gang fight!" this made Kiriko raise her eyebrows when a familiar name comes from her friend's mouth. Toman? She recall her memory then remembered that it is a short word for Tokyo Manji Gang, the gang that the dorayaki guy is leading.

"A gang fight? Isn't that normal to them already?"

"Apparently, there is a reason behind it. Seems like one of the members got into a conflict with Moebius. Then his girlfriend was raped and beaten in front of him. It led to the conclusion of having a fight with Moebius."

The cruel reason made Kiriko shiver. Yes, she heard it frequent times coming from mafiosos from the opposing families the Vongola eradicated. But hearing it that a gang that is being led by teenagers, could possibly do it. How infuriating.

"When is the fight?"

Milim answered with a shrug, "No one knows. Well, maybe we will just be surprised that the fight has already ended in some other days."

The rumor that Milim had shared with her made her feel uneasy. She has no attachments for the said gang. But somehow, she feels disturbed.

"I'm hungry," she muttered that earned a sparkly glance from her friend who is pushing her to go out.

"It's a sign!"

With that, the two used the Hatch E, the one that is connected to the warehouse entrance and exit since it is much nearer to the convenience store. But then they stop in their tracks when they heard voices coming from the warehouse they are supposed to exit.

"Mikey-kun!" the two heard just before they could step outside from the entrance that they are using as an exit.

"What is it, Takemicchi?" huh?

Kiriko took a peek and saw four people near their entrance with two familiar faces.

Ah! The dorayaki guy and the braided blonde! our black-haired girl exclaimed in her head.

"Aren't they the Toman?" Milim whispered to her and she nodded, "What are they doing in an abandoned warehouse?" she asked unconsciously to Kiriko who look at her with a dry face.

She hopes that her pink-headed friend learns some common sense.

"Why are you here?"

"it's you again?"

"Get lost, shithead!" The newcomer continues making his way towards the four figures. There Kiriko remembered this blonde newcomer, the one being beaten from the 'so-called' underground fight.

"Sorry, but we're having an important discussion here." the braided blonde said. Kiriko already knows their names as she already conducted research about them at the request of her friend. But she likes to call them in the nicknames she created.

"Can you stop this fight with Moebius?" the blonde pulp asked the moment he reached the four.

"Ohh, looks like we'll know when this fight will happen," Milim whispered in her ears excitedly.

"Huh?"

"I can't tell you why, but there's someone pulling the strings here."

Pulling the strings? Does that mean someone wants Toman and Moebius to fight against each other? Kiriko asked herself. Then she remembered, she doesn't know what Moebius is or who they are. She simply concluded it is another gang that rules in a different neighborhood since Toman is the one who controls Shibuya.

"Get lost, one more word and you're dead." they heard then the two girls find out the blonde newcomer who they call 'Takemicchi' is now lying on the ground.

"I understand, Draken. I won't start off on my own. So how should we fight them?"

"You can't! You guys must not fight Moebius. Toman will get trapped." the blonde newcomer continues to say.

"Is he sharp? He doesn't look like one." Milim asked herself. Kiriko remained focused on the scene.

"Get up." Haruki Hayashida also called Pah-chin, repeatedly punches the poor blonde newcomer, now known as a blonde punching bag for Milim.

"We can't fight and you can't say why?! Then who the hell beat my friend and raped his girlfriend?!"

"I don't know!"

Kiriko and Milim understand where this whole fury is coming from. They are still middle school students. But then they experienced one of the horrible realities that the underground executes. The two heard many reports that have the same context, but none of them are middle school victims and started with a kiddie fight. Most of them come from revenge and the distribution of power. To see who is the ruler. That is why the Vongolian Mafia cleans these pests in the mafia society. It started when the Vongola Decimo sat on the top.

"Takemicchi... I get what you're saying." there they heard the leader of Toman, Sano Manjiro aka. Mikey speak.

"We will fight Moebius." he announced, like a fixed decision that will never be bend. In this sense, Kiriko realized one of the reasons why he is the leader of 150 gang members who rule Shibuya.

"You don't understand at all. I've decided that we're gonna fight. So Toman's gonna fight Moebius."

Silence erupted. His words are lingering on the whole surroundings.

"I can't back off! If you guys fight Moebius Toman is done for! Just when I finally friend with Mikey-kun and Draken-kun! I don't want Toman to end like this!" he exclaimed.

What does he mean about that? Kiriko found this guy unusual. He sounds like he knows what will happen to Toman if they continue their fight against Moebius.

"You're really a moron!" Pah-chin was about to throw another punch at the poor Takemicchi when Draken hold him, "What are you doing, Draken?"

"Takemicchi said he won't back off. Maybe it's not a bad idea to first see what Moebius is all about." he said looking at their leader, "Kenchin, are you defying Toman?" Mikey asked him.

"Huh? That's not what it is about."

"Yes, it is."

Woah, are they planning to create infighting in this area? I seriously advise not to since they will be in trouble if my brother comes back then caught them on act. Kiriko thought to herself.

"Sorry to interrupt your little group implosion. Moebius that, Moebius this. Could you stop yelling our name so many times?"

Kiriko and Milim cringed in unison when another newcomer entered the scene. Now with a boring hairstyle and a cigarette on his mouth.

"You mid-school babies."

Pah-chin recognized the newcomer, "You are... Osanai!"

Osanai?

"Ah! Osanai Nobutaka, the 8th President of Moebius!" Milim said answering the question on Kiriko's head. But she covered Milim's mouth when her voice slightly raise its tone. She is thankful that they didn't seem to hear her, focused on the newcomer who happens to be the leader of the opposing gang of Toman.

"Shut it, dick cheese."

"You... bastard!"

"Hey, I'm two years older than you. That's Mr. Bastard to you." he is in the middle of speaking when Pah-chin attacks him head-on but only to be punched instead.

"Yup, nothing but a middle schooler punk. Tokyo Manji Gang? You should change your name to Mid School Infant Alliance." he said but no one reacted so he continue on speaking, "I heard you guys were planning to pick a fight with Moebius." he then snaps his fingers, and a number of delinquents wearing the same uniform as him appeared. Kiriko cursed under her breath. This is not good. They are crowding in the property of Vongola Underground Base, not just that but they are technically trespassing a territory where the former Disciplinarian Committee, Hibari Kyoya in!

"Kiri-chan... I want to see a fight but doing it at the entrance is not a good idea, isn't it?" Milim who also doesn't have common sense knows it. Kiriko saw a few Cloud members that are patrolling the area, surrounding the whole warehouse stealthily.

"What should we do?" Milim asked her friend who is trying to find a way to clean the mess that the Toman and Moebius will create.

Come on, why would they have to be in the warehouse where the entrance is located? There are tons of other warehouses around Shibuya. Why did they choose this place?! Kiriko is scolding them in her head.

"So, we come to you ourselves."

"Let's do this."

"Dance, mid-schoolers!"

"Look, they're so scrawny."

Osanai gave them a smirk, "This is war."

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