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He awoke with a start. Again. For the second time in a row, he found that he had lost. Angered, he attempted to get up, but to his dismay he couldn't. Looking at himself, he saw that shackles had been put around his wrists, as well as his legs. Well, that's no problem. I should be able to break through these easily. So he jumped forward. And was pulled right back to the bed. What? The 'iron' cuffs had to be made of something else, they were too strong! After taking a good look around, he saw the baby once again. The baby that had taken Mugen.
"... Where?"
"The sword? It has been put in a safe place. I may return it if you cooperate with me." Kanda, realizing that this child most likely controlled the people that had managed to defeat him, reluctantly agreed. He gave a tiny nod of acceptance, thinking to become their ally as needed. Even so, he was not set free.
"As you may have noticed, Gokudera here is channeling his flames into these chains, as to keep you from trying to attack again." The baby gestured towards a silverhaired boy. "I myself am Reborn."
… Beansprout? Why is he here? Are they Noah?
"Beansprout! Let me go!" He yelled at Gokudera.
"What? I'm not a beansprout! Are you picking a fight with me?" The boy yelled back, with equally loud volume. What? You have the same hair, the same build! What are you talking about? Wait... Kanda grabbed the boy, bringing his face up to his own.
"What?" The other spat. He doesn't have the scar... What about his arm? Taking said arm into his hand, he took a close look. It was perfectly normal... *Bang* There was now a tiny hole in the wall, right behind his neck. It was still smoking.
"Now then, back on subject..." Reborn pocketed the gun and smiled brightly. "Earlier, Giannini reported an unidentified flame appearing momentarily in this room. There should be no such thing as an unidentified flame, so would you care to explain?"
"... Che. How would I know?" Kanda glowered and then looked away.
"He isn't lying, Reborn-san." Ranking Fuuta was currently staring at the longhaired man. Or was it a woman? He had been called by Reborn to gather lists on this person, but first he needed a gender! "According to the lists, this person is second least likely to lie and first at never using excuses."
"... Alright then. We should make him an ally. He seems quite strong."
"He is fifth in loyalty and first in least likely to die." He's also fifth in stupidity and seventh in bad-temperedness, but Fuuta felt that Reborn didn't need to know that.
"All right, then. Mister...?"
"Kanda"
"All right then, Kanda, we have a proposal for you. In return for your sword, you will fight with us in our current battle. Of course, as we can not entirely trust you, you will be assigned a different guard every day. Agree to cooperate, and we tell you the details. Deny, and we kill you."
Kanda did what was needed to live.
"... You made the right choice. Well then, There are a few people you need to meet." Reborn snapped his fingers. The door to his right opened. People began to file in one by one. A boy with short hair and a large smile on his face made a beeline to the Beansprout Number Two. He had many bandages on different parts of his body, not unlike Kanda himself when he had just finished a mission. After him came the annoying boy from before, the one he fought, and behind him was a boy with a bandage on his nose who was chattering loudly, going over to stand by the wall.
"The current people here are going be your guardians, except for the children-because they would forget their job right away." This the baby muttered under his breath, which Kanda couldn't understand. Aren't you a child yourself?
"This is Yamamoto Takeshi. He is one of our many guardians, not all of whom are currently here. Yamamoto holds the Rain flame." Reborn pointed to the boy next to Gokudera.
"Ahahaha, it's nice to meet you." His smile somehow became even broader. "Reborn said that you're going to fight with us?"
"Whoa, really? That's EXTREME!" Yelled the boy over by the wall.
… Too cheerful... What are rain flames? What are they protecting?
Reborn continued, "Hibari," the annoyance, "Ryohei," Loudmouth, "Lambo" The little sleeping chibi with snot running down his face while lying on Fuuta's back... Kanda had very interesting names for these people indeed...
When introductions were finished, Reborn asked Kanda to say a little about himself. Are we children? Well, then...
"Kanda." And his introduction was complete.
"..." Everyone had the same response. Reborn took the stage.
"Kanda is currently our ally, but he is not to be completely trusted." That kind of hurt... "Every day we will have someone new guard him, as to keep him from making friends that are willing to aid his escape. This also gives everyone a chance to witness his fighting abilities during training. However, this means that the current guardian of the day will have to go to training twice-Or for twice as long, if you go one after the other. Today-Tomorrow as well, as there are only a few hours left in 'Today'..." Kanda wondered what time it was. "...Gokudera will be our guardian." Oh, the Beansprout. He looks kind of weak, I'll be able to escape easily.
"... Wait, what's so special about this guy that we want him on our side even if we can't completely trust him? And why do I have to guard this pain?" Gokudera asked. Reborn glared at him.
"I was about to tell you. Kanda here has a very unique power that may aid us in defeating Byakuran. (And a true right-hand man obeys all orders)" Everyone leaned forward excitedly.
"Whoa! What is it?" This time Ryohei received the extreme death glare.
"He has a strange flame, an unregistered one that has never been seen before-Or at least not recorded." A collective *gasp* came from the two girls who had just run in. Who are they, anyway? "This is why we have decided to make him an ally, at least for now. We will call him the Night guardian, another attribute of the sky, and he will fight without a ring, instead channeling his flame through a sword. Actually, Kanda, why don't you show us your flame right now?" Turning to the others, Reborn said, "Kanda's flame is quite strong, in a mere matter of seconds it flared up to the size of Hibari's, one of the biggest reasons to keep him under surveilliance." The last part wasn't said aloud, of course, but everyone seemed to notice and understand the hidden message. Except for Kanda, that is. Turning back to Kanda, Reborn continued."You can't attack us, of course. We outnumber you greatly, and are all quite strong." And with that, Reborn somehow plucked Mugen straight out of his hat. He then handed the sword to Kanda.
"Gokudera, undo the chains." The boy complied, unwrapping the chains from around his limbs and using a ring to open the cuffs. Once freed, Kanda stood up, warily glancing around himself. He picked up Mugen.
"...Well, activate your flame." ...How?
Seeming to sense his confusion, the silverhaired 'Gokudera' attempted to help.
"You see, you have to feel some sort of dying will. What you want to protect." The boy explained.
...You think I need your help?
Kanda tried to think of something to protect. Home. Nothing happened
"Well then, try thinking of... And then test... The logistics of which... Green versus Bubble..." Kanda was beginning to zone out. The boy in front of him had pulled out a whiteboard, seemingly out of nowhere, and had written various formulas and diagrams all over it. Or were they diagrams? They looked like scribbles to him. Said boy was taking on a deranged look, getting more and more into his thoughts. The only person who seemed to have any idea of what he was saying was that Rain guy; he was laughing while nodding his head over and over. Then again, the Rain person looked kind of crazy as well.
"Ugh!" It seemed as though he had given up. Taking all that Kanda had heard, he tried one more time. Green bubbles... Nothing.
"Ahaha, that looks fun! Let me try this time." Yamamoto was now center stage. Glaring at him, Gokudera pushed his whiteboard out of the way. And then the Rain Guardian's speech began.
"Well, y'see, you should kinda get a pow! feeling, and so whsshs burble puff spang! and then you swing, with the brrrr and then it's like whomp!..." … What. The. -Beep-? Kanda had no clue what he was saying. This time no one else seemed to understand either- Oh, wait, there was that thing that had come in with the two girls, the one with a braid seemed to be smiling and trying to reply.
"~?#$#!^^^^^^$#" (I-pin's gibberish) It exclaimed. Does this place have other languages I don't know about?
"... And that's just about it! Now, you try it!" The boy was finished now. So Kanda tried, yet again. Whoosh. Clang. Buzz. He even thought it in a monotone voice. It wasn't working.
"Ha! Your way doesn't work either!" Gokudera laughed. Yamamoto merely laughed and stepped back.
"NOW IT'S MY TURN! I'LL TEACH YOU WITH EXTREME CONCENTRATION!" Ryohei said in a very extreme way. And then he paused. "Uhh... I can't think of anything." He said, also very extremely. And with that, the Sun Guardian's turn was finished.
Now Hibari, who had been lurking in the corner the entire time, was getting annoyed. These herbivores were taking too long. So he decided to tell the man some sage advice that had come from his sparring partner(although he would never admit that the advice was any good).
"Just get pissed, herbivore."
Kanda felt an anger mark appear on his forehead.
"What did you just call me?" He asked, challenging the boy to another fight.
"I said, 'Just get pissed off. Herbivore.'"
Kanda was pissed. He was very pissed. This boy dared to provoke him? His grip tightened on Mugen as he prepared to attack. The sword flared up. His 'Night Flame' appeared, bigger and fiercer then before.
"Great job, Hibari." Reborn said. The boy merely took out his box weapon, preparing to fight. Then, both he and Kanda were restrained by chains…
"Thank you, Chrome." Turning to see where the baby was looking, he saw a girl with an eyepatch holding tightly onto what seemed to be a trident.
"P-Please don't fight right now. The meeting hasn't finished yet," she stammered. Glaring at her, Kanda attempted to slash through the chains. His sword did that, literally as if they weren't there. But the chains still looked fine.
"They are illusions, Kanda. It would be wise not to keep trying to break through them." The baby suggested. Kanda's mood became even worse, on par with Hibari's, but he complied.
"Now then," Reborn began,"I will now tell you the current situation. We are fighting against a very strong man known as Byakuran. According to one of our allies, Irie Shouichi, Byakuran plans to use his power to take over the universe."
"... And what is this power?" Kanda finally asked.
"He has an almost godly power. The power to move through parallel dimensions."
End chapter.
Chapter two is finished. Please review, do you know how sad it is to see that I have more chapters than reviews?