The Flames of Rebellion: Vongola Decimo
Co-authored by Taira-keimei and xXxShiniXKazexXx
Summary: In an alternate universe, things went differently. Byakuran took control of the world, leaving it in a state of chaos, destruction and despair. However, one person will rise and wear up the mantle of revolution… A person named Sawada Tsunayoshi.
Note: The background of this story had been inspired by Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion. It's a great story with wonderful plot twists, even if you don't like Mecha (I know I don't, but this is an exception for the genre because the plot was simply brilliant.)
Disclaimer: If we owned KHR, Tsuna would have died over a hundred times by now. And if we owned Code Geass...
Prologue
In an alternate universe, things went differently.
April 2004. In the midst of the mafia world, a relatively unknown Family rose, climbing the ladder of power. It surprised people how quickly a small, no-name family had the power to progress this quickly, overshadowing how another Family had once did in the past. However something else shocked them more: at the head of the rising family was a teen that was barely old enough to lead. His name became legend in the underworld.
Byakuran of the Gesso Family.
Owner of the sky Mare ring.
Many were scandalized by the decision of the Cervello for handing such an important item to a teenage boy.
The powers of the Mare rings were spoken in harsh whispers.
Because the Mare rings were part of the Tri-Ni-Set.
The Tri-Ni-Set: the three sets of seven powerful accessories that were the pillar to the world. The Tri-Ni-Set: the weapons that were looked over by the Arcobalenos, the strongest infants of the cursed rainbow. The Tri-Ni-Set: composed of the Arcobaleno pacifiers, the Vongola rings and the Mare rings.
Even if many doubted the true value of the Tri-Ni-Set, deeming it as nothing but a legend, the Mafia didn't agree for Byakuran Gesso to be the owner of the sky Mare ring. Most were outraged that someone so young would inherit it when there were so many better, more experienced bosses around. However, the most insightful ones saw the true dangers of such a decision. Byakuran might be young, but he had the potential to become a threat.
The sky Arcobaleno at the time, Aria of the Giglio Nero Family, frowned upon hearing the news. Having the gift of foresight, she had told her subordinate Gamma, "Dark times are getting near. Such is the result of Their decisions."
At that time, none knew the true meaning of those words. Still, many agreed with the sky Arcobaleno because they too, were worried.
And yet, despite the protests, neither the Vendice nor the Cervello acted. The Vendice accepted the situation and left it alone; all the while the Cervello simply answered, "It is not our duty to judge the successor of the Mare ring."
No one could go against the decisions of the Vendice, because they were Law. No amount of complaints worked, so the Mafia world was forced to accept it.
And yet, no one was able to comprehend why the Sky Arcobaleno Aria, one of those strongly against Byakuran, had suddenly merged her Family, the Giglio Nero, with the Gesso Family. And thus, the Millefiore Family was formed, composed of the Black Spell, former Giglio Nero; and of the White spell, former Gesso.
And with this, the most powerful Family of that era was born.
Following that, Millefiore became the ruler of the underworld. Their power, their technology was unrivaled. Unknown to most, Byakuran possessed the absolute knowledge of the all parallel worlds. Science, technology, medicine, politics…
Byakuran soon took complete control of the part of the Mafia world, who were incapable of competing with Byakuran's knowledge of the parallel worlds. For many, it didn't come as a surprise when Byakuran declared war with the rest of the Mafia.
But it did shock them when Byakuran won.
There had been no one capable enough to stop Byakuran from acquiring the powers of the ultimate source, from gaining control of the Tri-Ni-Set.
But he didn't stop there. He moved on. To the other side of the world: the civilian world.
Upon realizing the threat, governments all over the world united and stood up against the rising Millefiore Family.
However, in the midst of the battle, Byakuran showed to the civilian world something that would ultimately decide his outcome: the powers of the box weapons and the Dying Will Flames. With no way to counter the Box Weapon technology, and with no mafia families of equal power to the Millefiore Family, the world felt into the clutches of Byakuran.
There was destruction, even long after the War was over.
In the New World, Byakuran changed the hierarchy of the society.
The people were divided in two classes: the Mafia, the elite who were privileged and had access to riches and power; and the Citizens, those normal people that have no power to climb on the ladders towards the Mafia.
To the citizens, all that was left were physically and psychologically wounded family and friends; ruins, disasters, famine, chaos... There was no order, except that of the absolute despotism of Byakuran Gesso. To the Mafia, life was beautiful: rich, feared, powerful... They had it all. And yet, it did not protect them from the harshness of competition. Murder, corruption, plots, backstabbing were common even in the Mafia world.
At the top stood Millefiore Family. They instilled fear with their powers. No one could oppose them. They were the absolute deciders of people's fate.
And the one behind everything, the puppeteer, was Byakuran.
Many rebellions had risen; but they were crushed down as fast as they started. Still, secretly, there were resistance groups planning a revolution, waiting for the right moment to strike. But they could only wait, as scattered as they were.
But no matter the possible threat of rebellions and the desperate citizens, Byakuran was not worried.
There was no real threat, like the ones he encountered in the parallel worlds.
Because in this world, the Vongola Family perished in the middle of the Ninth generation.
Because in this world, there was no successor to the Vongola rings.
A/N:
Kei: I know I'm being evil by starting a new story when I haven't finished Unrelenting Fate. But this just appeared into my mind so I just typed it out. I showed this to Kaze and she liked the idea… Then we decided to co-author on this~
Kaze: And I know I'm being evil for not finishing Seashells of the Sky... then again, I always start stories whenever I have another in progress, haha~ Oya, oya~ Please review and tell us your opinions~ =3
Kei: Don't forget to take a look on our individual stories as well! (Links can be found on our profile!)
