kicks said target in the stomach. Hard. And then she answers her phone as she points her gun at his head.

"Hello?" *BANG!*

the silencer will do the trick. It's a good thing her neighbors are the type who go out of town often, if ever.

a little surprised with that gunshot. "Obaasan, Dino here."

"I'm happy to tell you that Hibari's up."

Ah, is that so?

puts her gun away and bends low, to pick the body up by the collar of its shirt.

Took him long enough.

now dragging the corpse off.

How is he?

can hear something being dragged somewhere. Scary.

"He's fine. He's out of the respirator, but he can still barely move."

When you've disposed of your garbage, you should head down here. It'd probably nice if he has family around."

chuckles. Garbage.

that talking like this is reminding her of her old days.

now kicking the gate of her garden open.

an incinerator for moments like this. Thank god for the discovery of fire.

I'll swing by later, maybe. I'm sure he'll want to talk to you first.

Besides, there's more garbage to dispose of. And I need to check on Chrome.

See you later, Cavallone.

hangs up, and opens the grilled mouth of that incinerator at the corner of her garden.

also been aware of the men hovering around the house for the past 2 days now. She was very relieved that Kaoko was now back

standing at the back door that led to the garden, watching her drag the hapless man into the gaping maw of the incinerator

still hasn't asked where and what happened to Kyouya, but because of all the activity, she had, more or less, a pretty good guess.

... do you need help with that, Kaoko-san?

"No, I think I can handle it, dear" mildly, as she continues with her work.

Sorry it took me so long to get back here.

Did any of them harass you while I was out?

shook her head. "Most of them just hung around and stared at the house the whole day. Well, except..." she peered at the now-dead guy

That one. He tried to climb up to my window. I, um, scared him off.

That's good.

finished with that for the moment. She tosses her bloodied gloves in the incinerator, shuts the door, straightens up.

finished with that for the moment. She tosses her bloodied gloves in the incinerator, shuts the door, straightens up.

I think I better take a shower and maybe sleep for a bit. And I owe you an explanation too, so...

It's okay! Shower and sleep first, Kaoko-san. You look.. tired.

shakes her head. "No, no, I've made you wait long enough." She heads into the house.

Come on, let's talk in the kitchen. Over beer.

... ah, okay. Um, have you eaten lunch? I could go and make... um, soup?

"I ate earlier, a little" as she goes into the kitchen.

now rummaging through her fridge for that stash she saves for moments like these.

(meep, brb)

(sure!)

follows and perches herself on one of the kitchen table chairs.

brings out three Irish Stouts and some chips to munch on.

Goons have been hanging around because of Kyouya's activities.

...I don't know the details yet, but I have a feeling they invited him to a negotiation and... things didn't go so well.

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He's in the hospital now. Cavallone called to tell me that he woke up, which is a good thing.

pretty fucking worried for a bit. Her nephew may act it, but he's not exactly indestructible...

decides to stop there. She opens one of the bottles.

wasn't entirely surprised by the news. while she had no clue on what those activities were, if it involved the type of people she saw

hovering around, it was definitely very serious and dangerous business.

if Kyouya-san will be okay, now that he was awake. And if his injuries were serious

I think he will be, knowing how he is.

In any case, the hospital's guarded by Cavallone, and his own boys. There's no way they can get to him.

...Now it's just a matter of making sure they don't harass us too much.

puffs out a sigh of relief that she didn't realize she was holding in. "That's good..."

I'll be extra careful when I go out, Kaoko-san.

...Yes, you do that. I don't want to think about what could happen to you while things haven't blown over yet.

... are you okay too, Kaoko-san?

Don't worry about me. I'll be right as rain after some sleep.

Ah... in case you plan on going out to see Tsuna-kun, don't tell him anything just yet.

that Kyouya's not going to like it if he's not the one who tells the boy himself.

nods. "

nods. "I won't tell anyone."

smiles and ruffles the other girl's hair. "Thanks."

pushes herself off the stool. "...Right. Shower time for me."

Make sure to holler if anything happens while I'm out. I'll wake up right away.

a gun underneath her pillow. And more besides.

to tell Kaoko that she's planning to visit the boss' house again later, but didn't want her to worry, so she said nothing.

Hai, Kaoko-san. But I don't think they'll be bugging us anytime soon, because of earlier, I think ^^

Maybe so.

yawns. She looks very much like her nephew at that point.

See you in a bit, hon~

noticed the semblance~ "... hai! Rest well, Kaoko-san."

a feeling that the girl's going to go off and see Iemitsu's boy, but she trusts in her ability to fend for herself.

flashes Chrome another crooked smile before heading upstairs.