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A/Nem: HELLO AGAIN, sorry for the long wait everyone but I was out of the country for a while because of a family reunion of sorts… anyway, Skull's Illusion's next chapter is going to be updated sometime next week but while you're waiting have chapter 3 of Sky Scissor's Use!

P.S. - A special ice cream sandwich to anyone who figures out the other fandom I added in at the end of the chapter, it'll appear here and again until Tsuna turns 13 or 14~ I have absolutely no idea why I added it in but I just thought it would be a great idea… ish… hopefully

P.P.S - I also forgot to put a translation for the Japanese wording I had last chapter, Akuma no Egao is pretty much ' Devil's Smile ' , you'll find out why Nana had that title in this chapter and the next. And someone in the reviews actually figured it out, I'll name them after the chapter.

P.P.P.S - Sorry if the fight seems bad and rushed and I dunno... short? , I am not that experienced in writing a fight scene but I'll try my best to make it as enjoyable as I can.

P.P.P.P.S - Did anyone get the reference to a particular game I did in chapter 1? No? Okay…

Hope you enjoy!

III

First Battle, Not the Last

Sheele could feel adrenaline already flowing through her, Tsuna could feel it too as the mindscape they shared buzzed about. The scarred man in front of them was tense, slightly more guarded than before Sheele attacked with the pair of pruning shears.

'Hiiiieeee~ She-nee, what do we do?!' Tsuna panicked as the man jolted into action, knife poised to hit although not going for a kill, Sheele was thankful that though the man was more guarded and a tiny bit more serious, clearly thinking that she had only gotten lucky, he didn't think of her of a more serious threat that she actually was so she saw the move coming.

Dodging to the right and fortunately perfected her landing, swinging the pruning shears back at him but the hitman blocked it with his knife a surprised look on his face as the tip of the slightly bloodied shears poked sharply at his nose as he didn't put much effort in blocking, thinking that the blow wouldn't be as strong as it was.

Boy was he wrong when the sharp tip of the shears drew blood as it dug into his nose's skin as the little girl pressed harder against the blocked attack, managing to prick the cartilage underneath the skin.

He growled, a slightly pained tone in the growl from the sharp poke, at her and pushed sending her back. Unfortunately with the fact that Sheele was in Tsuna's body, a body of a 5 year old child, she was sent flying and landed hard on her back with her weapon knocked out of her grip.

"You fucking bitch" growled the killer as he covered his bleeding nose, knife raised in the air.

Within the mind of the two, Tsuna cried out from the impact of her little back hitting the ground feeling the full brunt as she was still a child and had no pain tolerance whatsoever. Sheele ignored the pain with practiced ease but tried to sooth as she rolled away from the knife that was came from above 'It HURTS!' Tsuna mentally wailed, her cries strong enough to bring actual tears in her physical body despite Sheele's control over it.

'Sshh, shhh… Everything's going to be okay Tsu-chan, everything will be alright. Trust your big sister, big sister will take care of the bad man but she needs you to stay calm alright?' Sheele thought to her as she rolled, managing to grab the pruning shears as she did and swung but unfortunately missed her target.

The man was fighting even more serious now, though not fully it seemed.

Sheele quickly wiped her tears away as she leaned slightly against the tree, the killer saw this and smirked "Scared brat?" he taunted as he charged, stabbing the tree as Sheele ducked and ran through his legs as he continued "You very well should be! You're gonna pay bitch!" he seethed as he turned around, tugging the knife out of the bark of the tree.

'After this, we are so going to train' Sheele thought to herself in a moment as she brandished the pruning shears, Tsuna was still crying but not as loudly as before and was slowly calming down as she was slowly coming to realize on how awesome Sheele was.

Thoughts aside, the battle was on.

It was Sheele who charged this time, and while she was in a child the body was small and lithe and was actually quite fast, the man tensed and blocked for an incoming front attack but was not ready for when Sheele suddenly turned sideward and ran past him, swinging at his thigh and leg.

His thigh was fine but his leg was caught, and now had a red slanted line was painted there courtesy of Sheele's pruning shears.

Sheele panted as she turned back, seeing if she can get in a second hit but had to break away as the man moved to hit her once again.

The ex-assassin managed to dodge and tried to counter but was once again sent flying as a leg collided against the pruning shears that slammed back into her, though she managed to keep the pruning shears in her grip as a small cut appeared on her cheek from the shear's sharp tip sliding against her cheek.

Tsuna wailed again but this time more concerned about Sheele despite her pain 'She-nee, are you okay?!' she cried and calmed down when Sheele reassured her that she was alright.

"Just give up brat! The boss said to take ya alive but he didn't say in what condition" the hitman threatened her, it had no real affect on Sheele but Tsuna quietly screeched inside their shared space.

Sheele could feel her knees shaking and her arms were sore, her knees weren't shaking from fear though, it was exhaustion settling in even though adrenaline still pumped through her.

The hitman could clearly see that and smirked "I can keep doing this all day brat, it would've been a lot easier for you and your mother if you had just come quietly" His smirk sharpened maliciously as he saw little girl tense at the mention of her mother "Aww, little girl scared for her mother?~ Well ya should've thought twice before ya pissed me off stupid brat, now your mom's gonna pay the consequences unless ya just give up!" he saw her shaking and mistook it for fear "Then again, you could not and that would give me a very good excuse to mess with your mom" he said with a lecherous grin, he had seen the picture of Nana in the profile and he had admitted that the Lion chose well.

Meanwhile with Sheele and Tsuna… boy did the guy fucked up.

Both were shaking with anger not fear. Sheele had already seen Nana as her very own mother, replacing her birth mother very easily and she did not like that look on the killer's face as she very well knew what the man was talking about.

As for Tsuna while yes she was still a child she verily understood the negative tone in the man's voice about her mother (she didn't know the meaning of the dark tone because again, 5 year old kid) , while she didn't know it she was actually maturing faster mentally with all the adrenaline and something else, that something else was Sheele. With Sheele in her mind and the adrenaline in her body, her mind was thinking faster than ever before and bits of Sheele were slowly being integrated before but with the help of the adrenaline and Sheele's mind the process was accelerated a bit during the battle.

But now? Her anger spiked and merged with Sheele's as dormant power and even more adrenaline coursed through them.

"You…" the man blinked as suddenly the atmosphere shifted around him and her, confusion and slight fear entering his system as the little girl in front of him gripped those pruning shears tightly and his eyes widened as she looked at him with glowing orange eyes 'Impossible!' thought the man as orange fire began to dance in the air around her, especially on the glowing pair of pruning shears.

"YOu WiLl NOT huRt MAMA!"

The man had threatened their mother and he was going to suffer the consequences for insulting Sawada Nanaka in front of her children.

Speaking of Sawada 'Nana' Nanaka…

Said mother had just finished shopping for food and other necessities, she was taking a break from hauling the bags filled with groceries in a nearby café that was the closest to her home and the grocery store.

As she sat down drinking her ordered drink her mind wandered to her daughter.

She was slowly becoming herself again, smiling a little bit more everyday and Nana was happy about that.

Little Tsunako was slowly becoming her bright little light again, not that she wasn't already but her little light had dimmed so much after the attack.

Tsuna… she saw so much of herself in her, she had been just as shy and as clumsy when she was a little girl. Her grandmother had told her all about when she was a child and she could see herself in her own daughter.

During her kindergarten years along with the first half of her elementary years she had been bullied so often because of her shy, quiet and clumsy persona and she could already see her daughter going on that same dreaded path. She only hopes that the path had lightened over the years, not strengthened.

It was during the second half of her elementary years did things start to look up for her, it was during that time she had met her first friend.

Murasaki Faruko, a girl that was a couple of years older than her. She had black hair and sharp silver eyes, they had met when Nana was being ganged up by some of the girls in her year. Faruko was the one to save her though at first she didn't do it for her, she had a strange sense of justice and would fight others with that sense of justice or just for the heck of it.

Nana was thankful and after a few more times where Faruko saved her she decided to thank her personally and cooked her something. She had asked Faruko's mother secretly about what her favorite food was (though it was with great difficulty as she was still very shy) and the kind woman thankfully gave her.

The very next day little Nanaka of age 10 finally gathered the courage to walk up to Faruko with a bento of hamburger steak.

Nana chuckled as she remembered how Faruko's eyes narrowed at her, she had been shaking with extreme nervousness and some fear, that fear had caused her to run away as soon as Faruko took the bento from her.

The very next day Faruko declared her as 'her property' and pretty much demanded her to cook for her, years later she had also found out Faruko had a little obsession with adorable things like baby animals and such and Faruko had seen her a small clumsy kitten at first.

It was from there where things started to look up, a couple months later in the same year she had 'befriended' Faruko she had made a few other friends (which was a bit of a great difficulty as Faruko was picky and very possessive), Yamamoto Tsuyoshi, Katsu Kurokawa, Hinata Nikko and finally Sasagawa Taiyo.

The five of her friends had caused her to change greatly during elementary school as Faruko, Tsuyoshi and Katsu would always fight. Be it each other, some punks, a gang and whatsoever.

Katsu was a hard-headed and short tempered boy who was adept in Muay Thai and kick-boxing, he had brown hair and dark black eyes. He would get into fights with Kurokawa trying to prove he was stronger than her and though he was short tempered and hard headed he had a heart of gold, defending them and her from the local gangs with the reluctant help (reluctant for him) of Faruko.

Tsuyoshi was great at kendo, a practical prodigy as she had heard from the kendo coach year ago and was a cheerful boy with black hair and eyes. He had been obsessed with kendo and was mostly seen carrying a wooden sword most of the time, that and he was also obsessed with sushi. Though he was cheerful he also had a heart of gold and didn't like seeing others getting hurt, backing both Katsu and Faruko in a fight.

Nikko was a outgoing girl that had long white hair and gray eyes and she was really enthusiastic of everything, she was best friends with Taiyo (in later years Nikko and Taiyo would be crushing on each other hard )and was the doctor of the group with Nana being her nurse as she would help patch up the wounds of everyone.

Out of everyone in the group Taiyo and her were the only ones who were quiet, Taiyo was a kind boy that was the most smartest in the group, smarter than Faruko yes much to her reluctant admittance. Nikko and him were only a year younger under Faruko and he had the most obvious crush on Nikko, Nana was very happy for them when they got married years later.

The six of them were practically a group but if it wasn't for an incident that had happened right before her last year at elementary, the group wouldn't be as strong as it had been. For you see during her last year of elementary she had been kidnapped by a teacher of hers and was nearly raped, if it weren't for the others she would've been dead by now.

Taiyo and Faruko had found her quickly after she had disappeared, Tsuyoshi, Katsu and surprisingly Nikko had their way with their disgusting teacher. Beating him black, blue and more while Nana clung to Faruko and Taiyo, half-naked and crying. Surprisingly Faruko didn't join them, silently helping Nana and making her feel safe with Taiyo trying to help as well, in the end the teacher was imprisoned by Faruko and her mother and Nana had known that Faruko would visit the teacher from time to time just to beat him up.

From this incident did the three fighters of the group decided to teach the non-fighting half self defense. Taiyo had taking kick boxing like a fish in water but both her and Nikko had some difficulties with her having more difficulties.

However the group quickly found out she was a fierce warrior with a drying pan, a ladle, a rolling pin, a spatula and any other kitchen utensil. Faruko was amused as she found out Nana was very territorial of her kitchen area, even going as far as kicking Faruko out of the kitchen.

Which was why Faruko insisted her to keep a spatula on her, or at least a rolling pin on her. And as she said, her middle school self had been very cunning and deceptive earning her moniker bestowed by her friends Akuma no Egao. Her smile caught people off guard and with it she could gather information quite easily along with her quiet behavior and could act like a wallflower. She had acted like an information broker during those years.

She rarely was involved in the actual fighting but when she was involved she always held a kitchen utensil in hand.

It had been years since she last actually fought so she must be very rusty.

During her middle school years, their group became part of the Discipline Committee at Faruko's insistence. She had been the mascot and face of the committee, her middle school self was very deceptive and cunning though she was still kind of shy but she was no longer clumsy anymore.

During high school, things mellowed out and while their group was still active it wasn't as active as before. That and apparently it was a time of change and romance for the others, in the middle of high school Tsuyoshi was forced to move abroad by his family and it was hard to keep touch with him as the years went by.

Katsu had been switching girlfriends every week or so but when high school ended he finally found 'the one' and had to move away for his new job his girlfriend had offered him.

Faruko had met someone who seemed as battle crazed as she was during their high school, Hibari Washi (She thinks is his name, it has been a long time since then) a handsome young man with black hair and black eyes of Chinese origin, and after graduation she had left to be with him in China, promising to come back to Namimori.

Nikko and Taiyo finally hooked up after years of oblivious crushings, after high school they had to move away because Taiyo had scored a good job in Osaka. Keeping in touch with them was somewhat easy until they moved again and forgot to tell her where they went.

Out of everyone in the group, Nana had stayed in Namimori after graduation. She had met Iemitsu a year later working her job at a café, he had been very charming. Her loneliness must have amplified her affection for Iemitsu, after her friends moved away she didn't have anyone as close as them.

While yes she made friends with the people around her they weren't as close to her as her old friends ever were, she wonders how they're doing and when they would come back. She doubts they would forget her and their past as it was too memorable to forget… (at least she hopes…)

Nana sighs as she cradles her drink, her thoughts were becoming too negative for her right now. She shakes her head and stands up, intending to pay for her drink and the little plate of food she had ordered.

She had to get back home so she could cook for her daughter, she could think about it all on a later date. Her first priority right now was to help her daughter and be the best mother she could be.

With a determined look in her eyes she went to pay, only to bump into a man and spilling his drink over him.

"A-Ah!" Nana stammered before bowing "I-I'm sorry!" she apologized, face burning from embarrassment "I'm really really sorry!" she continued squeezing her eyes shut as she stood straight and an amused chuckle reached her ears.

"It's alright, it was an accident anyway" the man told her and she sigh in relief "It's also my fault for not paying… atten.. tion… Nana-chan?" the man questioned and Nana opened her eyes as confusion set in, how did the man know… her… name..?

Her eyes widened with shock "Tsuyoshi-kun?" she gasped as she recognized those cheerful eyes anywhere "Nanaka-chan that really you?" questioned the now grown Tsuyoshi with a bright smile "I can't believe it! Wow, it's been a long time since I saw you Nana-chan!" he said as Nana felt tears prickling her eyes.

Seeing her tears sent the man into panic "A-ah?! Nana-chan, what's wrong?! Don't cry!" he urged and yelped when the young mother jumped him and hugged him tightly "You're back! We missed you Tsuyo-kun, how dare you not say anything after all these years?!" Nana scolded half-heartedly as she hugged him tightly.

Tsuyoshi smiled softly and hugged back, chuckling as he did "I missed you too Nana-chan" he chuckled as he urged them to stand up. He blinked as he noticed something and grinned "Still as short as ever huh Nana-chan?" he teased and the brown haired mother blinked and pouted "Shut up, not everyone are giants baka!" she mock huffed and giggled as he laughed.

"Tou-san! Ne, tou-san, who's that?" a young voice called out causing both Tsuyoshi and Nana to look back, her eyes widened as she sees a mini-Tsuyoshi curiously looking at her and him all the while holding what looked like to be a baseball cap and bat.

Nana smiled "Tou-san? Oh how the years flew by, we have a lot of catching up to do" she said and her friend smiles back at her "Yes, yes we do" Tsuyoshi said fondly as he ruffled Nana's hair causing her to mock-glare at him.

"Takeshi! Come meet an old friend of mine!"

Nana knows her daughter is waiting for her at home and she knows her daughter can wait a little longer, she was safe at home and she selfishly wanted to stay a little longer for a friend she hasn't seen in years. Her little Tsu-chan would be fine without her for a little while longer.

…

She was right somewhat, her little Tsu-chan was fine without her for a little while longer… but she wasn't safe at home but thanks to Sheele, Tsuna was fine without her for a little while longer.

"YOu WiLl NOT huRt MAMA!"

She roared at the man as they charged, going faster than ever. Her voice was distorted, two voices acting as one, one younger and one older but they combined perfectly at the end.

Anger and protectiveness laced in her veins as she thrusts her weapon hard.

The shears pierced through his side, pinning him right into the tree and agony raced through his body as he felt the fire burning him inside out. Orange eyes glaring and orange fire burning she used the shears as leverage to kick the man's face as hard as she could, effectively breaking his jaw but also unfortunately bruising her foot.

But to her it didn't matter as she was focused on making this man pay for what he was implying to do. She pulled back, growling as she pulled the shears back as well no longer pinning the very injured man to the tree.

The scarred man collapsed and clutched his injured side, dropping his knife as well, he looked up and saw not a five year old girl but a vengeful bright light that blinded him. He was dead the minute the light flared, leaving him in eternal darkness.

She panted heavily as she slumped, the shears piercing the hitman's back right through his chest. Her body ached but she felt accomplished as she did, the man would no longer be a threat to her nor her mother.

The bastard had it coming anyway.

She groaned and flopped backwards, her mind racing as the adrenaline was slowly leaving her system, leaving pain as it did.

That was when she noticed it… She was alone… in her head.

She couldn't sense another presence, Tsuna/Sheele wasn't there…

She gasped and clutched her head as she felt like splitting apart!

'OOWW!' Tsuna wailed as she felt the pain before pausing as she felt Sheele do the same…

'What the heck happened?' Sheele thought as she breathed heavily, Tsuna whimpered in beside her 'I don't know… everything hurts though…' she thought back, noticing how her grammar was better now, she was no longer referencing herself in third person.

'We're so training after this…' They thought together as exhaustion kicked in fully and the fire that appeared faded away, a feeling of satisfaction was left behind.

'What were those flames Nee-san? And what happened to us?' Tsuna asked as they looked up towards the sky, Sheele could only shake her head 'I have absolutely no idea Tsuna-chan' she thought back, faintly noticing how different Tsuna was but was too tired to comment fully on that.

'We feel different now' they thought to each other tiredly before blacking out from exhaustion.

From the trees, Kawahira emerged with Extase zooming closely behind circling around the body somehow exuding the aura or worry.

"Seems like she'll live to see the sky another day" Kawahira mused as he looked at the corpse that was pooling blood unto the grass "Good, now… to clean up this mess" the white haired man said with a satisfied smirk on his face.

Extase's bandages unraveled, wanting to lift Tsuna off the ground but was immediately stopped by Kawahira "What did I just tell you? I'll handle this, dispose of the body for now" he said sternly and the tentacles writhed angrily before lashing out towards the corpse as Extase sulked moodily.

Kawahira snorted before taking Tsuna into his arms, mindful of the blood and went inside.

There was work to do after all, it seems Tsuna had proved her existence.

When both Tsuna and Sheele woke to Nana's voice, confusion set in. The last thing they had clearly remembered was killing the man that threatened both her and her mother, sending them into a protective rage.

They didn't remember changing clothes and going to bed, they didn't remember cleaning up the body and the blood.

They had almost thought it to be a dream but the bandage on their cheek and the aching feeling of their body proved them wrong.

The day ended with much confusion, but they were happy that Nana was in such a good mood.

Tomorrow she had said they were going to visit an old friend of hers that she hadn't seen in years, and while Sheele was still cautious of the outside world she didn't dare decline to go as she saw how happy Nana was mentioning this 'Yamamoto Tsuyoshi'.

Tsuna was happy about that as well and with the fact of a potential friend in the man's son 'Yamamoto Takeshi', they freaked out about Tsuna being more mature later in the evening when Nana finally went to sleep beside them.

The mystery of that day would be solved by Kawahira as he finally let gave Extase to Tsuna.

Kawahira hummed as he polished a few items from his shop, smiling as it glinted cleanly on his counter.

Today had been accomplishing, now knowing that young Sawada Tsunako-chan was worthy to wield Extase was a good reason to be in a good mood. Extase was currently somewhere in one of the hidden rooms, angrily cutting the corpse of the man that tried to kill the young Sky. Kawahira sighed as he lamented the fact he would have to clean that up later, but it was better to have Extase get all that anger out now rather than later.

He didn't bother to look up as the bell at the door jingled, signaling someone coming into his shop, he does pause in his polishing for a bit before continuing "You know, the dead are to stay dead" he said to the person before his counter.

The 'customer' was hooded, darkness shrouding their face "Officially I am dead, some say otherwise" the person said, revealing their voice to be feminine and revealing the person's gender.

"Mm? And does your beloved husband know of your current situation?" Kawahira questioned off handedly, the cloaked woman sighs and shakes her head "No, I dragged him into one world already and I am not dragging him into another" she says to him, a determined tone in her voice.

Kawahira hummed before pausing "I don't sense your partner with you, you left them both in Paris?" he sighs when he sees the nod "Did you at least give them back to Fu? You know he is their entrusted guardian unless they've chosen or when I say otherwise?" he sighs once again when the woman just stays silent.

"Duusu will be fine in Gabriel's protection, I trust him. I've already trusted him with Nooroo as well but Nooroo is still in Slumber and Duusu just entered it as well so I'm not worred" the woman finally says and Kawahira finally looks up from his paused polishing "I hope you truly know what you're doing. You know how important those items are right? Especially the Yin-Yang representation" the woman nodded "I know" she replied.

Kawahira sighed "Very well, but remember if you do this you will not see your beloved husband and son for years and if I recall your son is only 6 years old correct?" he sees her go stiff as she nods at him "I know very well on what I'm doing…" she whispers.

"Very well, come with me. We have much to discuss" Kawahira told her as he motioned her to follow him.

Green eyes lit with determination and regret as she followed the white haired 'true-human'.

She had chose this path and she would follow it through.

She only hoped it was the right choice.

A/Nem: HEEEEEEEEEEEEEYAAAAAAAAAAA Lookie! It's more than 2,000 words! In fact it's 4,500+ (Chapter only), I feel proud of myself.

Anyway! I congratulate AmatsuKitsune who predicted Nana's Middle School :D (Now you know Amatsu, now you know :P). Anyway, hope you enjoyed the chapter and once again, ice cream sandwiches to those who figured out the other fandom that'll be involved with this! It should be obvious but to those who don't know then don't worry I'll say it in the next chapter.

But then again, this fandom won't be seen much throughout the rest of the story, not until Tsuna's 10-13 years old I guess. It'll be mentioned here and there but until then? Pre-KHR galore~!

Next chapter Takeshi meets Tsuna and Tsuyoshi catches up with Nana!

Anyway, review if you want, I'm tired as heck. Hope you enjoyed.

Bye bye

NEM OF ATE YOUR SANDWICH SIBLINGS