Bianchi (POV)
She found herself at the same tea table she was at when she last swapped here. Instead of just sticking around here, she immediately started to explore her surroundings. She knew she only had a certain amount of time to figure out what was going on here after all.
She was in a pavilion that was in a vast garden. It was almost tempting to just take in the beauty of this place, but she held back. The garden held a rocky path that led to a mansion further down.
The mansion was large, and she recognized the structure as old Italian. She had never seen the Vongola base, but the look and scale of the place fit.
There were various servants going about their day. They moved with a grace and certainty that told Bianchi that while they served, they were also killers. She tensed slightly as she was a new face that was not supposed to be here, but the servants just nodded lightly at her as she passed.
That had her frowning. Places like this should not have such lax security.
She waved down a maid who was tending to some roses.
Bianchi expected some confusion, but the maid took one look at her and curtsied with practiced ease.
"Madam, what can I help you with?"
The woman asked with a polite smile on her face. Bianchi furrowed her brow a bit, but that pointed towards her getting involved with Tsuna in the future.
"You're not surprised at seeing me like this?"
Bianchi asked, her brows furrowed as she looked at the maid.
"The madam already explained to the staff that her younger version might come sniffing around for answers."
The maid spoke out bladnly, and Bianchi unfurrowed her brows. Well, her future self knew about the time travel, so knowing her own character, she assumed Bianchi would want to know more. It felt weird being seen through so easily, but who knew her better than her?
"So you have the answers I want. Who is the person I am involved with?"
Bianchi asked after a moment, not seeing the point of dancing around the subject. The maid nodded as if she expected that question.
"You are involved with Sawada-sama."
The maid spoke out without any doubt. There was a hint of admiration in just the name, and Bianchi was definitely feeling some minor longing in the maid's gaze.
That had Bianchi frowning and feeling irritated at the servant. How dare this girl lust after her man? Sure, she was not involved with Tsuna yet, but this maid knew a version of her who was. So openly longing for her man was grating on Bianchi.
"When did I get involved with him and why?"
She asked after taking a moment to collect herself. She was just here for answers, not to make a scene with some upstart maid. The maid opened her mouth to say something, but was interrupted.
"Don't answer that."
A cold voice commanded, and Bianchi felt a shiver run down her spine as a gaze locked onto her.
She felt like a mouse under the gaze of the cat.
The maid took one look at the person standing behind Bianchi and bowed before leaving quickly, not in a rude way but clearly taking the opportunity to flee.
Bianchi turned around and faced the person shutting down her investigation.
She recognized the woman. The girl she was familiar with was softer and had a more meek nature about her, but this was clearly a grown version of Nagi.
The woman held an edge to her, and while there was a polite smile on her face, Bianchi felt the distinct impression that she was going to be swatted like a fly if she stepped out of line.
"I would call you a moron for messing with time, but you always were a person who acted on their heart without thinking about what followed next."
Nagi commented with a roll of her eyes as she looked down on Bianchi.
Bianchi frowned at that, not liking that tone at all, but she could see the point.
"A bit late to worry about that. Everything had already changed from the first swap."
She spoke out with a dismissive shrug.
Not messing with time was a good strategy, but this was not her future, not anymore. After waking up with her tongue in Tsuna's mouth and learning he was her future lover, the events that would have normally developed were doomed.
Nagi let out a snort and nodded.
"True, my life here is secured already. What has happened can't be changed, only what could happen. Still, you won't get information anymore. I got to give myself a fighting chance after all."
Nagi spoke out with a playful smile on her face. Bianchi blinked and felt her hackles rise. It appears it was not only the maid who had eyes on her man.
She narrowed her eyes at the smirking woman before scoffing and smirking at Nagi herself.
"I won once already. I'm afraid that there is no fighting chance for you."
Bianchi spoke out with a puff of her chest.
Nagi rolled her eyes and seemed to dismiss Bianchi.
"Did you really win? Are you sure about that?"
Nagi asked with a teasing lilt. Bianchi blinked at that and hesitated. She did not really have the answer to that, and Nagi did not look like a crushed love rival. In fact, she seemed to have more authority here than she did.
The maid did follow her commands without even checking with Bianchi.
She was more than familiar with mistresses and wives fighting for dominance. She was a result of one of those situations after all. It would make sense that the future head of the Vongola family would be in a similar position.
She felt irritated at being involved in those games in the future, but she was willing to do quite a lot for her love.
"Fine, I might not have won here, but in my time, I will be the winner."
Bianchi declared with resolve. How could she possibly fail when she was going to move so much earlier?
Nagi just let out a shrug and grinned at Bianchi.
"Don't underestimate me. Tsuna is mine, and I'm his. The connection between us is not something that can be broken so easily."
Nagi spoke out with an infuriating grin.
Bianchi gritted her teeth and glared at her.
"He has only known your past self for a day. There is no way that connection is that firm." Her lips curled into a smug smile. "Besides, he did not seem upset when he had his tongue shoved down my throat."
Her words seemed to freeze Nagi for a moment before a polite smile appeared on her face, and the menace she had felt at the start came back with far more force.
Enough force that Bianchi fell to her knees from the sheer menace bleeding off of the woman. Bianchi was feeling very regretful about running her mouth when she could have just gone back in time and won.
Nagi stepped forward and grabbed her chin, forcing Bianchi to look up at her. The pressure she was feeling was increasing over and over with each second.
"You," Nagi said softly, each word precise, "kissed. My. Tsuna."
The polite smile on her face stretched into something deranged.
Bianchi could not even reply as the aura slamming into her had her breathless.
"I was planning on letting you go without much struggle, but you stole his first kiss from me."
Indigo flames bled from Nagi's frame.
The world twisted and bled away as the flames spread around them. The once bright sun was gone, replaced with a curtain of pitch black.
Eyes opened in the darkness, watching and stalking prey. Growls and screeches fill the air.
The ground was replaced with pools of blood, warm and sticky in a sickening familiar way.
"Should I tear out these pretty eyes?" Nagi mused idly as her fingers traced her eyes. "Or should I feed your limbs to my pets?"
A massive jaw snapped shut beside Bianchi's face.
Bianchi gritted her teeth and closed her eyes, not wanting to give the woman the pleasure of seeing the terror building up in them.
Bianchi could only pray that the time limit would end before she lost any limbs.
She felt fingers glide over her neck
The warm breath of the beast hovering over her was trailing down her spine as thick saliva pooled on her face from the animal's drool.
Indigo flames dancing across her skin, sinking in.
Nagi's hands gripped her throat for a brief moment before being pulled back with a sigh.
"You're lucky that sending back a bloody stump would upset Tsuna."
Nagi spoke out calmly, and Bianchi felt relief as she opened her eyes and looked up at the woman who was really planning on killing her over something so minor.
The monsters spread around faded away as the Flames pulled back.
"Oh well, it is not like you stole the kiss from me here. Sucks for past me, but she really should have worked up her courage."
Nagi then smiled with teeth at the captive Bianchi.
"Still, leaving you completely unscathed would be irritating."
Those words had Bianchi shuddering.
She was then strung up with rope and placed in several embarrassing poses, and had insults written underneath her clothes in Sharpie. She had a ball gag shoved into her mouth and a humiliating sign hung around her neck.
Everything was photographed, and Bianchi felt dread at that, even if those photos would never see the light of day in her own timeline.
Bianchi was about to be hung in another humiliating pose, but she felt the tug she felt from before, and she was swapped back with her future self.
When she saw the kitchen table she was sitting in, she felt relief. She then glared at her future husband.
The idiot got a psycho involved in their life.