Kusakabe is actually a Sky. I am convinced.
Izzy should probably have responded like weeks ago and asked things back, but well… has now been turned into a prompt.
Squalo’s been wondering what’s had Sawada’s Cloud Guardian and presumed bonded-Cloud tied up in knots so bad and frequently that the bloodlust and viciousness is considered part of his personality.
It’s a thought that’s been bugging him, since one slow morning as he watched Skull tinker on some bike in the killing yard and thought that his younger self would have never thought of this being peaceful. Balanced and in Harmony, if a touch incomplete still.
So he told Bel that he could go pester Sawada, the Cloud himself and get some sushi too while he was at it.
Squalo had no hope of actually receiving any of said sushi -Bel would eat it all on the plane to the point of getting sick just to be petty- and expected an eventual and informal report.
Bel picked a fight with him as soon as he stepped into the room.
This was not the teasing, playful fights either but one where Bel was at least half-serious and so Squalo had to pay attention to not get dead.
Outside of Boss, Bel was actually the deadliest of them all able to slaughter his way through masses of people without having to focus on one at a time or having to destroy their minds first.
It didn’t last long, but was enough to prove a point. Squalo got it.
Bel was serious and he sat himself down on the couch seemingly at perfect ease, pulling out one of those cheap juice drinks that didn’t even bother with being in plastic.
“Hibari Kyoya’s appointment as Cloud Guardian to Sawada Tsunayoshi’s Sky is almost entirely political. There’s a low bond between them but it’s distant if affectionate. Like the stray cat you feed and are fond of but won’t miss too much if it goes missing. The Vongola is lucky that Hibari believes in duty and is less of a free spirit than some other Clouds and is fond of animals.
“I expect that relationship to stay stable, so long as Hibari finds it beneficial to be ‘friendly’ with Sawada Tsunayoshi. I don’t expect that they’ll ever properly Bond on a deep level.
“Hibari Kyoya is already Cloud for another Sky.” Bel finished, smug as could be seen.
“Someone local? Hot for teacher turned into something else?” Because Clouds were easy to understand; their extremes less so.
“It’s his cousin. About four generations out on one side and two on another, branch family within the Hibari clan. The Hibari don’t have a genetic pre- disposition towards certain Flames as far as I could tell.”
“That’s rather obvious when the Storm Arcobaleno’s related and they’re not all Storms.”
“The Prince is speaking,” Bel reminded him; Squalo shut up. “Hibari’s right hand is said cousin who runs and supports things for him.”
Which was slightly odd but cultural values outside the mafia could be so. And if this was the clan thing at work, then being subservient made sense.
“Also are you aware that both of them are related to you? They share a Superbi grandmother.”
“I take it she’s dead.” Or else she’s missed the reunion and never brought the idea up intentionally, which was pretty much the major ‘string’ to being part of the Superbi. Some people did leave, because of whatever reason but most didn’t even if they were so remotely related because that meant access if they needed it.
“Very dead, but lots of people ended up as such during the second World War. Makes travel difficult, ushishishishi.”
Well that explained a lot of things. Certain branches branches of his famiglia did wander far and wide and not all survived the wandering.
“I’ll have to visit before Sawada’s Cloud makes his and too many animal references to be missed.” Superbi naming traditions having the unintentional effect of making animal references a very Superbi-thing. “And I’ll tell him why he shouldn’t bring his cousin and let him decide if he would.”
“Isn’t a Sky in the bloodline a good thing ushishishi?”
“Only if you care about prestige more than profit. And didn’t care about your relatives at all, since you’re putting a target on them.”
“Clever peasants.” Bel complimented.
“Going by history, the Superbi became mafia for love and profit. And because we were getting dreadfully pedestrian with the death of piracy in the Mediterranean.”
And that got Bel to laugh and not just giggle like the crazy person he was.
And now Izzy is thinking about Pirate King!Bel/Roger. Because that’s exactly what she needs to think of right before getting ready for work.
