The boy stayed quiet.
"... ...."
This was a corner of the ruined building of Kokuyo Land., the sign board up front had the words 'Kokuyo Health Land' on it.
He sat on a rusted bench, looking away.
High ruffled hair, fierce eyes, a dirty old school uniform.
From his mouth hanged a long tongue.
"... ..."
Beside him, stood another, equally silent boy.
The complete opposite of the wild appearance the boy had, the boy that was as quiet as a shadow.
Wearing a stocking cap, the boy wearing glasses spoke as though tired.
"Reason."
Tell me the reason. He used simple words to convey his message.
But, the other party remained silent.
Time passed with the two of them not exchanging a single word.
Five minutes... Ten minutes...
"... .... mmmm........ kuAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! ARGH!!!!!"
The first one who couldn't stand the silence was the wild youth.
"What are you doing, kakipi?! Why are you staring at me like that?!"
"... ..."
"What are you trying to do?! Trying to copy that Buddha on the mountains that people worship?!"
"... ..."
"What else could I have done? I couldn't help it! Blame these guys in front of the shop for going 'kufufu' at me!"
The unblinking bespectacled youth suddenly had a reaction.
"... ... What did they say?"
"This bunch of... Hmph!!"
He suddenly stood up from the bench and pointed with his foot.
At his feet was a small pile of yellow tropical fruit with green leaves.
"... ... Won't talk."
"Ah?"
"Pineapples won't say such things."
"They did! It was this exact pile of pineapples that were going 'kufufu'..."
Pa!
"mm.... It hurts--!!!"
The sudden pain made the boy jump.
From God knows when, yo-yos had appeared in the hands of the bespectacled boy, assassination weapons called 'Hedgehog Yo-yos'
And from there, shot needles into the butt of the wild-personalitied boy.
"W-Why did you use those poison needles on me?!?!?"
"There isn't... Any poison..."
"Hmph! Even though there isn't any poison, since you pricked me regardless, don't think I'll let you off easily!"
"Would you like me to use poison then?"
The cold voice filled with killing intent made the boy's anger to be forced back in.
"... ... um.... ah.... hm..... w-wait a sec!!"
The boy frantically picked up a large pile of the pineapples and ran.
"... ... Annoying."
He said to himself in the now quiet place.
How did this conversation come to this--
That guy went out on his own and bought back a whole bunch of pineapples which they wouldn't know when they would be able to finish eating. So, he told him to give them back and the two started fighting.
"... ..."
--No.
That wasn't the real reason.
It was because they were frustrated.
The bespectacled boy - Kakimoto Chikusa and Joshima Ken both were.
"... ... Mukuro-sama..."
Rokudo Mukuro.
A boy with the kanji for 'six' carved into his right eye, and able to utilize the power of the 'Six Paths of Reincarnation'
Like Ken and Chikusa, they were part of the mafia family, the Estraneo Famiglia.
But now, that family didn't exist anymore.
Mukuro had killed all the adults in the family when he was a child, efficiently making the Famiglia cease to exist.
The Estraneo, breaking the code of conduct of mafia families, engaged in the brutal experiments whereby they used the Famiglia's children as guinea pigs.
Among those children were Ken and Chikusa, as well as Mukuro.
Ken and Chikusa who were saved by him, were made into his pawns for his own ambitions.
Changing the world - Starting with the destruction of the mafia.
Because of their background with the Estraneo and being targeted by the mafia, Ken and Chikusa happily went along with his plans.
But, during his fight with the Vongola Famiglia's Tenth Generation boss, Mukuro was defeated.
As a result, they were imprisoned by the Vendice, and unimaginably tortured both physically and mentally.
But.
--Would you come with me?
Like that time with the Estraneo, Mukuro spoke those words to Ken and Chikusa again and managed to get them out of prison.
But the price of doing so... Mukuro he--
"... ..."
Chikusa noticed a pineapple that was laying beside his feet.
Must have been dropped by Ken
Chikusa picked it up and said that name again.
"... ... Mukuro-sama."
