Chapter Two
Meeting Varia's Cloud
They sat in the parlor of the Varia home, wondering when they would be allowed to see their Sky.
Yamamoto and Hibari were both leant against opposite walls, watching their doors with sharp eyes and ready to attack. Whether physically or for information was unknown at the moment.
Mukuro sat in a chair, hands laced together while his elbows rested on his knees. The contemplating look on his face bode an unwell fate upon those who had taken his Sky and all who were there knew it.
Sat next to the blood thirsty Mist were Lambo and Chrome, both of whom were huddled next to each other to give comfort and receive it. Both were missing their Sky and were suffering from worry for him as well.
Ryohei and Gokudera were pacing furiously as they waited for information. Ryohei was throwing punches as he moved, burning energy to keep from running from the room and going to find his little brother. Gokudera was smoking one cigarette after another, pain and sweat covering his face as he forced his partly healed body to move.
Reborn stood directly in front of the door that kept them all caged in the building, glaring at it and demanding with his eyes for someone to come and tell them what had happened. Not to mention his pride was hit hard as he had been a full three minutes behind the Varia at arriving to the hideout that held Tsuna. He was pissed because of this fact and it was only exacerbated by Tsuna's injuries that apparently only the Varia's Cloud knew how to handle.
"How much longer?" Ryohei growled as he stopped to glare at the door, causing all guardians to do the same.
"He couldn't have been harmed that badly, could he?" Yamamoto questioned as he turned to Ryohei and Reborn. "Not so badly that it could take this long for them to treat him and keep him alive?"
"They are having the Cloud heal him." Gokudera stated as he finished off another cigarette and lit another one within the same second. "He could have Sun flames but if he's mainly Cloud, I doubt they're strong enough to heal quickly like Turf Top's and Reborn's own could." He explained.
"Then there must be something else involved." Mukuro stated calmly. "Something that we don't know about and only the Cloud of this rowdy bunch can heal."
"What could that be?" Chrome questioned as she hugged Lambo closer to her body. The seven year old was shivering in his fear and worry for his Tsuna-nii. "Something that even Mukuro doesn't know about, what could it be?"
"Any ideas Baby?" Grunted Hibari, eyes looking towards the now grown hitman.
Reborn didn't reply, he only stared at the door and waited for whoever would come through it so he could interrogate them. Very few people knew what Tsuna really was to him at this point and because of that, very few knew how deeply worried he truly was for the Sky that had accepted all of his guardians…even his second set.
A roar resounded just outside of the door as the young guardians continued to discuss their Sky's condition and what he could possibly have.
"What was that?" Yamamoto questioned as he drew his sword and prepared for an attack while Hibari did the same. Mukuro had summoned his trident and stood in front of the door with the others while Gokudera and Ryohei stood behind them with their own weapons. Chrome and Lambo stayed at the very back of the room where they would be out of the way and could lend assistance where needed.
"Sounded like a wolf." Gokudera said with a scowl. "Did some idiot Varia goon let loose a box weapon that they couldn't control?" He wondered aloud.
"I thought Verde was still working out the kinks of this timelines box weapons." Yamamoto questioned next.
"EXTREME! I'LL FACE ANY BOX WEAPON AT ANYTIME!" Ryohei shouted as he prepared to fight with a grin on his face.
"Kufufufu, a battle should help…excite the situation." Mukuro chuckled as he swung his trident into a ready position of battle.
"It seems like you're going to get what you wanted." Reborn stated calmly as Leon turned into a gun just as the door busted open and two bodies rolled in.
"That's one big puppy." Yamamoto said as his eyes glinted and his sword was positioned to attack.
"I'll bite it to death for disturbing the peace." Hibari growled as he prepared to launch at the rolling bodies.
"VOOOIII! STAY BACK YOU BRATS!" Squalo screeched as he came charging into the room with Belphegor and Mammon right behind him.
"Why should we? It looks like your guy is having trouble putting that damn dog down." Gokudera stated as he turned to look at the animal and person with a frown, something niggling at the back of his mind that he shouldn't attack but protect the wolf instead.
"Um…Actually…I feel kind of weird." Yamamoto stated as his stance relaxed and he looked confusedly at the wolf.
"Yes, something isn't right here." Mukuro muttered as well as he looked at the Varia Rain. "What is that wolf?"
Squalo's grin turned sharp as he chuckled. "That would be the Mini Trash Boss." He announced to a room of shocked Guardians.
A whine pierced the air.
Varia's Cloud
Pain wracked through his body as fire seared his veins. Muscles stretched while bones broke and realigned in a new way. His skin itched something fierce as fur began to sprout and cover his body. He howled in pain as he thrashed in the blankets that held him down on the bed.
"It seems that it's finally happening." A voice spoke from beside his bed, voice soft and gentle. "You might want to get out of here for now Xanxus. He'll attack the strongest and I don't have time to baby you if you get bitten."
A scoff and then a grunt. "Deal with him quickly. I don't want to have to call the trash and explain why his heir is dead and that Vongola will have no one to take over." With that heavy footsteps moved away from him as he growled and whined in pain. He didn't know what was happening or why it was. All he knew was pain and that he wanted it to stop. He wanted it to go away.
He growled as a hand laid on his head and a warmth flooded his body. "Come on Tsunayoshi, you can do this. Feed off of my flames and use them to get through this." The voice was soft and kind, gentle and whispered, it didn't hurt his head like the rough voice had and it soothed some of the pain. "That's right, just like that, you're almost through. Just a bit more."
The warmth soothed even more of his pain as things began to settle down. The stretch of his face burned only a little and the itching of his skin soon came to a stop as the little pricks of pain in his mouth began and then faded. "Ah, aren't you a beautiful wolf." The voice stated with pride.
His stomach rumbled as he opened his eyes and sat up, looking around the room with sharp clarity. He had no idea where he was or even his name at the moment, all he knew was that there had been pain and now it was gone and hunger remained. His eyes took in the lavish red carpet and golden yellow walls. The thing he resided on was soft and large enough to situate an entire pack on it. Pieces of torn cloth lay around him as his eyes drifted to a black haired and emerald eyed man.
"Hello there Tsunayoshi, how are you feeling?" The man questioned as he leant down to be on eye level with him. He growled at the man, baring his sharp fangs. Hunger flared wildly in his stomach and the smell of the man was enticing. The feel of the warmth within the man was also incredibly tempting. There was no way he was going to allow this prey to escape him.
"Oh dear." The man said as he stood up on wobbly legs and a growl ripped through the air. "Looks like you aren't exactly yourself right now." He said as he took a step back before completely turning and bolting out of the room.
He was right behind him and kept on the man's heels the entire way. "Shit shit shit shit shit! This was not part of the plan!" The man shouted as he ran out of the room and down a hallway. "Get out of the way!"
He didn't care for those he passed. None of them held that same strength that this one did and so he continued to follow. He snapped his jaws as he neared the man, gripping the tail end of his coat and causing him to stumble.
"I am not going down like this!" The man shouted at him as his instincts told him to take advantage of his prey's distraction and clamp his jaws on the man's legs. The yelp he received was satisfying but the arms wrapped around his neck was less satisfying as the body of the prey flipped them and they fell down a bumpy hill. 'Stairs.' His mind supplied and he whimpered as he was forced to release the prey and both laid sprawled on the floor for several seconds before the man stood up over him. "Now that you've calmed down a little bit..."
Only he hadn't. He leapt up from his place on the floor and at the man, slamming his front paws on the man and forcing him backwards. He had intended for the prey to fall onto his back, but he held his ground instead and gripped him by the jaws and tossed him down the hall. He landed on his side but was standing up again and howled in anger. This prey would be his and he would take all that he had into his belly and become stronger.
The man didn't wait this time for him to attack and instead ran at him and slammed into him and through a door where shouts ricochet around him. But the man on top of him had pinned him onto his back with a hand on his throat and a knee into his stomach, causing him to whine in discomfort and pain. "Now stay!"
Varia's Cloud
"Now Stay!" A raven haired man said to the wolf. The wolf stared up at the man for long moments before submitting with his neck revealed and his ears pinned back to his head. Reborn couldn't believe what he was seeing, let alone what Squalo had said about the wolf that five times bigger than a normal wolf. "Squalo, can you get me Lussuria, he got a hold of me during my mad sprint." The raven questioned as he stood up and looked at the sword emperor.
Squalo nodded his head and took off, screaming his head off for the Varia sun Guardian. "Who are you?" Reborn questioned as he watched the wolf behind the man stand up but not make another move once it was on its feet. 'There's no way that's Tsuna.' The dark brown wolf, the same color as Tsuna's own hair, with streaks of bright blazing orange in its fur stood tall at the man's stomach. Bright orange eyes glared at everyone in the room as matching flames burst from its forehead and paws. The long bushy tail that normally sat at the end of the tailbone was replaced with a long lashing tail of orange flames. A fierce looking creature that his cute and adorable student could not be.
The man turned to look at Reborn, eyes clashing as an energy overtook the room. The tenth generation Vongola Guardians all watched in astonishment as the unknown man clashed wills with Reborn.
The scariest part of it all?
He was holding dead even with the hitman without breaking a sweat.
"My name?" The raven questioned as a smirk appeared on his face, causing a snarl to appear on Reborn's face, as he waved a hand over his body. "Well, aren't you the Greatest Hitman in the World?" He questioned.
"I may be the best but that doesn't mean I know everything." Reborn replied without a hint of reluctance. Reborn knew he was only human even if he portrayed otherwise. "Now I want a name…before I shoot your brains out."
"You'd have to catch me first." The man stated calmly as he leant on weight on his right leg and placed his hands into his pockets. "Though I doubt that you could."
Reborn sneered at the kid in front of him before shaking his head. "What did Squalo mean when he said that was Dame-Tsuna? Last time I checked, werewolves didn't exist."
The raven smirked as he reached behind him and patted the wolf on the head, earning a growl and a nip at the hand. The other laughed before he looked at the others. "Your Juudaime, as I heard that man call him, has been turned into something very interesting, something I myself am." He explained calmly. "You see, he is indeed a werewolf, but one of three kinds." He continued as he held up a hand to forestall questions. "Allow me to explain what I mean. There's a lot we have to go over, but first, I think we need to bring your boss back to the conscious plain."
"What do you mean by that?" Mukuro stepped forward, being the resident expert on a person's mind. "He seems to be awake."
"Yes, he's awake, but that's the beast." The raven explained, green eyes flashing in annoyance. "Right now he's only aware on a primitive stand-point. We'll have to bring the human forward to be able to even hope to change him back into a humanoid form."
"Alright, how do we do that then?" Yamamoto questioned next as he sheathed his sword and went to stand in front of the Varia's Cloud. "Can you show us how?"
The Cloud nodded his head and turned towards the wolf, laying a hand on top of its head. "Place your hand on mine, every one of Tsuna's guardians need to do this." He demanded as he waited as slowly but surely they all surrounded him and had their hands on his own. Reborn stood off to the side with narrowed eyes, watching critically. He had no desire to see any more harm come to his student.
"Okay, now what?" Lambo questioned next, laying on the wolf's back so that he could place his own hand where everyone else's.
"Concentrate. Pool your flames into him, allow your energy to fill his very being. This should return him to a humanoid consciousness and form."
All of the guardians focused on this task, watching as their flames trailed down their arms and into the Varia's own hand and then into Tsuna's head. The colors all combined into a deep burnt orange that soon faded into the wolf.
The wolf's own eyes closed and soon the flames on its head flared brightly before disappearing into its body. The flames on its paws and its tail all disappeared as well. "That's enough." The man stated as he released all the guardians and kneeled in front of the wolf. "Any more and you'll all be too drained to be of use for weeks."
"How come he hasn't turned back?" Chrome asked meekly, leaning against Mukuro in exhaustion.
"You said he'd turn back into a human if we did this." Gokudera growled angrily, smoke wafting off of the cigarette that we perpetually in his mouth.
"I did." The man agreed just as Lussuria appeared in the room with the rest of the Varia right behind him. "But there's a complication." He said as the wolf opened its eyes to reveal caramel eyes that shined in confusion. "Why do you have two sets of elements Tsuna?"
Varia's Cloud
Tsuna blinked in surprise at the man that was kneeling in front of him, not understanding the question posed to him. He wasn't understanding a whole lot at the moment though.
He gulped but then blinked at the strange feeling. It didn't feel like it normally did when he gulped. He looked around and found that things seemed to be higher placed than normal as well, not to mention that all of his friends were gathered and all the Varia as well. That was strange in itself as the Varia normally hated him and his friends.
"Tsuna, can you understand what I'm saying." The man again. Tsuna looked into the emerald eyes staring at him before nodding his head. "Good." The man smiled at Tsuna reassuringly. "My name is Harry. I'm Xanxus's Cloud Guardian." He explained.
Tsuna nodded his head at this information. "But what…." Tsuna's eyes widened as he heard the bark that came out of his throat. "Ah yes, we'll get that fixed." Harry promised before turning and sitting on his butt.
"Bout time darling." Lussuria said as he knelt down to look over Harry's leg. The pants leg was torn and there were deep gash marks leaking blood. "It's a good thing that those bites won't hurt you anymore my dear." He explained as Sun flames leaked from the sun's hands and into the damaged leg.
"Haha, yeah." Harry said before he turned and looked at the other guardians. "Alright, answer me this you guys. Who knew that Tsuna has two sets of guardians?"
"That's impossible!" Gokudera exploded as he stared wide eyed at the emerald haired man. "There's no way! It's never been done! It could kill the Sky if they even tried to harmonize with more than one set of elements!"
"Mutt, what are you talking about?" Xanxus questioned with narrowed eyes. His hands were twitching towards the X-Guns strapped to his thighs, his agitation obvious.
The rest of Varia were also throwing out their confused exclamations while the rest of Tsuna's elements watched in annoyance, confusion, and disdain. Harry just shrugged his shoulders as he climbed back to his feet, leaning on his leg to make sure it would take his weight. "Just that Tsuna has managed what many haven't. He's bonded with two sets of elements."
"Well…" Reborn trailed off in thought as he took in the information and then looked at his student turned wolf. He knew this already but had chosen to keep quiet. Less attention on his student the better. "It seems that Tsuna is…"
"That he's the most powerful Sky to ever be born." Harry said with a smirk on his face. "That's right. He's powerful, so much so that it took almost all of my energy to help him make it through his transformation and it'll take both sets of Elements to turn him back to a humanoid form."
"But who else has he harmonized with?" Mukuro questioned before looking around the room. "It could be anyone he's touched in the past. Anyone who has touched him and had a strong enough connection and feelings to be able to harmonize in the first place."
"Trash, think, who has come into contact with the trash mutt boss." Xanxus growled out as he looked at the group of teenagers in his mansion.
"VOOOOIIII! Who is strong enough to drain the mini boss to the point of being unable to summon his flames?" Squalo questioned next.
"Wait, what do you mean drain?" Yamamoto questioned.
"Che, idiot." Gokudera grunted out as he shook his head. "When a sky harmonizes with an element, part of his energy goes to that person. It's how come most elements look to harmonize with a sky, they become stronger, complete in a sense." He explained as calmly as possible. It was obvious though that he was agitated as he went through his cigarettes as if they were candy.
"We are basically draining him of energy each time we get into a fight, train, spar, or just by being near him." Mukuro dumbed it down for them. "That is how we continue to become stronger, by taking the energy that Tsunayoshi offers us freely. That's one reason why I spend as little time as possible with him."
"Does he get any in return?" Yamamoto questioned as he looked at the wolf that was constantly turning his head to whoever was talking. "I mean, he has to get something in return, right? Especially with how strong he is."
"Trash, that's him alone." Xanxus replied. "We skies don't get shit back from our trash elements. We live off of our Will alone and the Drive to Win!" He stated.
"That's why most Skies have a rest period from their elements. They're about once a month and last about a day or two." Harry explained. "It's when Skies leave their elements for that time period and just sleep. The elements themselves are more drained and weaker during those times as they aren't getting the energy they have become accustomed to."
"So, we've been taking all of Tsuna's energy?" Ryohei questioned as he looked at everyone for conformation.
"Yep." Squalo intoned broodily as he settled onto one of the couches. Xanxus had long taken one of the chairs and was taking swings of whiskey whenever he wanted.
"We've never really left him alone either." Yamamoto stated a second later, a frown on his face. "There's always at least two of us within his vicinity and then Reborn is…always…there…" The baseball player paused as he looked at the hitman with a stunned look.
Gokudera had also done the same, along with every intelligent person in the room. "No fucking way!" Squalo screeched with Gokudera.
Reborn glared at everyone in the room, daring them to say anything.
Everyone was still and silent for several seconds before a bark of laughter from the Varia Leader destroyed it.
"So the Trashy Hitman harmonized with the Vongola Tenth Heir!" He barked as he continued to howl with laughter, the rest of Varia following in steps.
"I won't be the only one of the Arcobaleno who harmonized." Reborn cut in. His voice was steel as he turned towards a Mist Guardian. "If he's harmonized with the Greatest Hitman in the world…" he smirked as he pointed at Mammon, "Then he harmonized with all the greatest in the world." He could feel the familiar bonds, similar to what they had once had with Luce so long ago.
Mammon frowned before tilting her head to the side and nodding in agreement. "I was wondering where that other feeling was coming from." She admitted as she glanced at Tsuna before turning to look at Reborn. "The real question is if any of the others realized they harmonized with Tsunayoshi."
"I doubt it." Reborn drawled, his anger at the continuing laughter from Xanxus causing him to growl slightly. "They're all idiots though, so I doubt they would really care or recognize the feeling. It's been years since any of them harmonized in the first place…not since Luce."
Mammon nodded her agreement. They had just barely finished returning to their original forms. The spurts of growth had taken forever and were incredibly painful. It had distracted them entirely for the last couple of years. None of them had even gone on any jobs until Tsuna had gone missing, just because it was too dangerous to do so. Between the pain and the distractions of being unable to do anything…well…that warm feeling that Mammon and Reborn were now feeling, had gone unnoticed by the Illusionist.
"We'll have to give the others a call over." Mammon stated as she walked over to Tsuna and placed a hand on his head, feeding some of her flames into the wolf, who closed his eyes for several seconds before she removed her hand. "You'll have to feed him some as well." She stated to Reborn before pulling out a phone.
Reborn huffed and did so, causing Tsuna to almost glow yellow with the strength of his flames. "Hopefully you'll return to normal soon Dame student of mine." Reborn got out as he too pulled out a phone and began to make the phone calls necessary to get the others there. Luckily they were all in Italy and should be able to get to Varia in a few hours or so easily.
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Tsuna pouted as he laid on the floor, glaring at the laughing Xanxus and Squalo, and ignoring the kicking in his sides as Lambo and Bel both tried to get him to walk around with them on his back. He wasn't a pony and he wasn't going to act like one for their amusement.
"You know, you could always just roll onto your side." Harry said to him with a grin. He had had to deal with Bel like that before and the only way he had got the blonde to leave him alone was a sharp turn and a toss into the wall.
Bel froze at the raven's voice and was soon off of the wolf and standing next to Mammon as she made another phone call. Tsuna huffed in amusement at that before rolling onto his side, knocking Lambo off of his side and onto the floor.
Harry laughed at that before standing up and looking around. "Wanna go for a run then Tsuna?" Harry questioned the wolf with a sharp grin. "After all, we have a bit before the other Arcobaleno appear and you should get used to that form of yours anyways." He explained.
Tsuna blinked before standing up and shrugging his shoulders the best he could. "Alright then, let's go." Harry stated as he started to run before blurring.
Tsuna could only stare in astonishment as he looked at the midnight wolf with emerald eyes. The flames had been activated and so a glowing purple tail was wagging with flames, around the paws and on his forehead, flickering wildly. The Decimo huffed before concentrating and activating his own flames, orange tail reappearing behind him as his own paws and forehead lit with his flames.
"Let's go then." Harry said as he took off down the hall, Tsuna right behind him.
"I can understand you." Tsuna said to him as he caught up. "Is that normal?"
"No clue." Harry replied as they turned the corner and into the entrance hall where a minion of the Varia quickly opened the front door for the wolves, obviously too use to having this happen. "I haven't met another flame werewolf before. Though the magic werewolves could communicate in a way."
"Magic werewolves?" Tsuna panted out as their paws pounded against grass, Harry leading them to run around the mansion and most likely the entire grounds of the Varia compound.
"Yep, I'll explain more later, but for now concentrate or you'll…" Harry skidded to a halt as a thud and dust flew up into the air. "Fall." He managed out before trotting over to the fallen werewolf. "You okay?"
Tsuna huffed and then whined as he cried out. "Even as a werewolf I'm no good!" His flames had flickered out long ago as he had gotten swept up in conversation.
Harry blinked in surprise at this attitude before chuckling, remembering some of the stories that Xanxus had told him about the Decimo when he was younger. "So you really are a klutz." Harry said as he nudged the teen back up onto his feet. "Don't worry, you're not the only one who this happens to. I have a friend who's always tripping over her feet or air or anything really." He explained as he began to nudge Tsuna into a trot. "Come on, one foot in front of the other, you were doing well before."
"That's when I had my flames activated." Tsuna pouted as he looked down at his normal looking paws and lack of tail.
"Hmm, I see." Harry stated as he deactivated his own flames. "Tell me Tsuna, did you know about your flames since you were little."
"No." Tsuna answered as he tripped and fell to the ground again. He grunted as he stood up, Harry waiting for him. "I didn't know about them until I was fourteen, after Reborn shot me with that bullet of his."
Harry chuckled as Tsuna tripped again, though the teen stood up on his own this time. He was wondering why the other was suddenly having problems walking, it should be instinctual and easy for the other to walk by now and he was doing fine earlier, but now… "Wow, you're just like a newborn cub, barely able to walk you are."
"Shut up." Tsuna grunted as he concentrated on walking, one paw in front of the other at a time. He growled in irritation as his two front paws got tangled up somehow and he landed on his face. "This is ridiculous! I wish I was four again." He huffed out as he pushed himself up into a sitting position, growling all the way.
The Varia Cloud blinked in surprise at that statement, wondering what that had to do with anything. "And why would you want to be a wee thing again?" He questioned amusedly.
"Because I wasn't this clumsy when I was four." Tsuna explained as he stood up on all fours once more. "It wasn't until after I was five and my dad and the Ninth came to visit that I started being clumsy. I mean, I was always a scaredy cat but I wasn't always this clumsy or klutzy."
Harry stood quietly as he watched the brown wolf, eyes narrowed in thought and anger. "You said it came about after the Ninth and Iemitsu came and saw you?" He questioned quietly, fur bristling along his neck, back, and tail. "Did they do anything to you while you were there?" He questioned furiously.
Tsuna blinked and shuddered at the anger that was radiating off of the black wolf, trying to figure out what he said to the other to make him so angry. He even laid down and made sure to keep his stomach firmly against the ground and neck protected. "A finger." Tsuna whispered as he brought up that long ago memory that held so much warmth. "A flaming finger to my forehead."
A tense and long silence settled between the two, Tsuna cowering as a dark and oppressive feeling washed over him, pushing and keeping him to the ground. "You are to stay here and do nothing." Harry stated with a low growl at the pup in front of him. He had to protect the little one, no matter how powerful this alpha was, he was still just a pup and had no idea how to use his fangs and claws to attack…to kill…to protect. He'd have to do it for him. "I'm going to take care of this transgression, so go back to my alpha, stay with him until I return."
Tsuna whimpered as he took in the aura of the omega in front of him, disbelief in the fact that just a lower tier wolf could admit such an aura of power. "Yes." He whimpered out. "I'll go to him."
"Good." Harry hissed out as he turned and began to walk away from the pup. "I'll take care of those who dare hurt my pup." He growled out as he took off at a run, flames flaring around him as his tail reappeared. He leapt through the air and disappeared.
Tsuna could only whimper as he watched the powerful omega disappeared into the horizon.
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A.N. Second Chapter is done! Whoohoo! I can't believe how well this story is going so far. I can't wait to see what happens next and all the other things I have planned out for this is going to be awesome! I hope you guys are liking this so far and to also review for me as well! I want to hear all of your opinions so far! Also I know there's a lot of information I haven't given to you yet but I'll give you more soon! I promise! Until then!