Monday, December 13, 2010

A Certain Experimental Illusionist

Category: One-Shot
Main Character: Rokudo Mukuro
Inspiration: ......?
Title Adaptation: A Certain Scientific Railgun
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It was an accident... An accident that I wished didn't happen.
Now that the eye which I most dreaded was heavily damaged by the man in front of me, the memories of my childhood started to come back into my mind. Though, I can't remember much. Whether it's because I can't remember or don't want to remember, I can't figure out. But one particular day before the experiments or the development of he Posession Bullet had started, I could remember particularly well. True, it was a bit hazy but it was clearer than the others I could recall.
"Where am I....?"
At that time, I believe I was with some of the other children of the Estraneo. We were heading towards the sweets shop when I heard a voice. During the time before anything had happened, we were all well-dressed and "happy" little children. So the young me decided to check it out as it was a voice I had never heard before in the town.
There was a teenage girl standing in the middle of an alleyway surrounded by some of the Estraneo grunts. She should really look at who she's talking to. But, this was the perfect chance to show to those idiots that I had the potential to lead the Family after my father's death. I closed my eyes and calmly said,
"Oi, didn't my father say before that you guys aren't allowed to-"
"What? You again brat?"
I was appaled by the attitude they showed me when my father wasn't around.
"B-Brat?! Here's a reminder: I-"
"I got it you brat. You're the Boss's spoiled brat. We've got to show you respect when we see you cus' your gonna be the next Boss right? Like f*** I care about that shit!"
"You're going to be in a lot of trouble when I-"
"What? You're gonna complain to your daddy like what you always do? Like I said, we don't care a f*** about whether or not we get into trouble cus' of you? Why? Cus' it's fun to hit you!"
Just as his fist was about hit me, he stopped.
"What the hell?!"
"I strongly oppose violence towards children."
"What the f***! What the hell did you do bitch?!"
"I also dislike it when people use such rough language in front of a child!"
She held a gun which seemed to be made out of ice to the head of the one who was about to hit me and said,
"Stop it before I decide to freeze your brain like what I did to your arm and leg muscles."
"How dare you point a gun at our boss! You're gonna-"
"Let your filthy selves come any nearer and I'll freeze your bodies and shatter them."
She pulled off the glove on her free hand and immediately, the grunts all started having breathing difficulties.
"What the heck is going on?!?!?"
"You guys just breathed in the water vapour particles that froze when my hand was exposed to the surroundings. And since I can keep any form of ice or snow at a constant temperature as long as it's within one kilometre, they didn't melt when they go into your bodies. Oh, and the more you guys struggle for air, the more ice particles you breathe in."
"W-We get it already! What do we do to make you stop?!"
"hmm... That's a good question... I know! Apologize to the cute little kid or I'll let the water vapour particles melt, turn into water, then freeze the water and shatter your lungs."
Cute....?
"We get it! We get it!!"
The girl then supposedly got the ice out of their lungs and they immediately kneeled down in front of me and apologised profusely.
"E-Eh...? Um.. You're all forgiven...?"
They all ran away after that.
"Um... Thanks I suppose..."
"You're welcome anytime~"
She then suddenly put her face near mine's and looked at me. I blushed and immediately walked back a few steps.
"I-It's rude to stare you know!"
"... Mukuro-kun..."
She then picked me up and started some more at me.
"What on earth happened to you Mukuro-kun?! You've become a ton shorter and where did your pineapple go?!"
"P-Pineapple?"
"Yup. This hairstyle I have is called a 'pineapple'. It was named by someone.. I forgot who though..."
"Like I would ever have such a stupid hairstyle!"
"Eh? But you always threatened to kill anyone who made fun of this hairstyle which you designed yourself."
"Whatever! Because of you, I'm going to get scolded for wandering off on my own, for confronting Family surbodinates and there's no more time for me to go to the sweets shop anymore!"
"Sweets?"
"They were having a special for my favourite snacks today too..."
"... Ah! I remember that I have a large bar of chocolate in my pocket!"
"Chocolate...? But I hate chocolate. It's always so sweet and cloying that I feel sick!"
"I think you ate to much milk chocolate and decided that all chocolate's taste bad. Here, try some!"
"But I-"
She just stuffed a small block of chocolate in my mouth. To the young me, it was weird to be eating bitter chocolate. But even though it was bitter, it had a slight, naturally sweet taste.
"What is this...?"
"It's called pure chocolate. In pure chocolate, they don't add sugar or any other flavourings so you get the pure and nautral taste of chocolate~"
"Eh... I think... I'm going to make chocolate my favourite kind of sweet now."
"That's good to hear. The older, much taller and a lot more sadistic you loved chocolate a lot~"
"S-Sadistic....?"
"I think I shouldn't say anything more. Since you like it so much, you can the whole bar."
I was about to take the bar until I saw that it had been completely frozen in a block of ice.
"..."
"Ah! I'm so sorry I accidentally took it with my uncovered hand! I really need to control my powers!!"
"Are you a snow fairy that got lost in the middle of Summer due to the heat or something?"
"Eh? Nope~ I'm a-"
She suddenly disappeared in the middle of her reply. I caught the bar of chocolate which was now completely free of ice. Other than a small bit left on the corner. Until now, I still wonder who is. When I got home and loked in the mirror, I remembered how her hairstyle had looked like and tried to style mine into one similar to hers. People did call me a 'pineapple-head' but I didn't care. Pineapple's do mean 'invincible' afterall.
"...You're tough to deal with Mukuro-kun."
The words of the Millefiore's Boss brought me back to reality almost in an instant.
"Your first proirity in battle, is not to win. You'd be content if you were able to bring back the battle data that I've hidden away. Than you would transmit the data back to your original body somewhere else. Either that or you would use a back-up like Chrome Dokuro or Leo-kun to send that data back to your own body. Am I correct?"
"Oh... That's an interesting view. However, so what if it's true?"
"That... Won't come true. Would you believe me if I told you that this room has a special barrier which they say doesn't let any types of thoughts pass through... Let alone light and electric waves?"
"Kufufufu. What are you talking about? I don't understand at all."
'This body is at it's limits. I guess it's about time to return.'
"Kufufufu. It was fun."
!!!
"If you're trying to retrieve your projected self Mukuro-kun, you're out of luck. I told you everything is shut out in this room."
'That's impossible!'
"I'm not interested in someone who doesn't have a Vongola ring. Maybe you should just face a real death... Bye bye..."
At the Vendice Base
" ... I feel awful all of a sudden. Inform the others I'm going back."
"Understood."
What on Earth was that feeling just now...?

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