第3章... （中文版请往下看）

p.s. this is not from the original Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Series

Jan. 16th 2025 [| 10:00 AM |]

Dining Hall

"WHAT?" Squalo shouted to Fran, "Why would you accept a prize like that?"

"=.= Squalo-san, you told her it was any prize. It'd be pretty bad to embarrass you, I think." Fran rebutted, but stole a glance at Belphegor, who was elegantly eating his breakfast... eggs shaped like a crown. "Lussuria, you really spent some time on that." Fran commented to Lussuria, who was taking off his apron and carrying dishes of bacon and eggs in.

"Of course, a person's meals are what give them energy for the entire day! Oh! Leviiii~ don't you like the lightning shaped eggs?" Fran turned away from Lussuria in exasperation, but still wondered how could someone be so energetic. He sat down on his chair next to Bel and finished his meal in silence.

Jan. 16th 2025 [| 15:00 PM |]

Fran's Bedroom

'aksjdnfkajsdnf why did I accept the challenge so easily? It's Bel we're competing for...' He trailed off in his thoughts, taking out his box weapon to look at, remembering the time when they had battled together.

"Fran! Look out!" Bel shouted as one of the traitors of Vongola shot at them with a Storm Bullet. He didn't even notice the bullet shooting his way, and had no way to move out of it's way.

"STUPID FROG!" Bel screeched as he pulled himself in front of Fran, the bullet shooting him straight in the arm. Fran knew it must have been painful... after all it was a bullet.

"Sempai...a..a..are you okay...?" Fran managed to ask, holding Bel in his arms. The traitor was still shooting ferociously and all Fran could do was pull Bel out of the trajectory of the bullet. Bel turned around in Fran's arms.

"Stupid frog... I'm the genius, I'm the prince, of course I'm fine!" Bel managed a smile, but blood was still coming out of Bel's arm. Bel turned to look at his wound."Ushishishi... blood...blood..BLOOD!" Hardly managing to keep his body straight, Bel lunged for the traitor...and killed him as elegantly as a king would.

'Now I'm putting the same guy that saved me as a prize with a stranger girl!' Fran thought to himself, and got more angry as he did so. Why did he care about that guy that seemed to have no eyes? Fran didn't even know himself. All he knew was that when someone else looked at Bel in an unusual way, he would feel weird too. When Bel did something amazing as usual, he would feel proud too... when Bel did something amazing...and he could still witness it. He wouldn't be able to do all those things when Bel wasn't his battle partner!

"I WILL WIN THAT STUPID KAGAMI!" Fran shouted and punched the wall.

"Nice speech." A familiar voice echoed into Fran's room, and he quickly turned around to see who was there. It was the evil girl.

"What are you doing here." Fran glared at the intruding girl. She glanced around his room and smiled satisfyingly, "Your room seems to be pretty neat for a guy," and completely ignored Fran's question. This got him even more pissed, but he suddenly remembered what Mist Guardians were supposed to be like. Completely hidden. Emotionless.

"I asked you what you were doing here." The girl turned around to meet Fran's eyes.

"Yada yada, so cold. Alright, since you want to know... just here to set the rules of the battle." The girl's eyes glinted as if she knew she was going to win... NO! Fran stopped his wandering thoughts, he was going to win and keep Bel to himself.

"Judges." The girl continued, "Is it alright if it's all the members of Varia...and the members of 10th Vongola?"

Vongola? Why would the girl say so? She should know that Varia was a part of Vongola...and that he had known Tsunayoshi and the others for such a long time... "Alright. If that's your choice."

"Then, we will have a contest of who being the best Mist Guardian...by... giving each judge the most realistic experience of something deep down in their soul." The girl laughed, "Ushoshosho... now you have no problem with that, right?"

'Deep down in their soul? It's not like we Mist Guardians can look into other's souls... this girl is crazy. Definitely. A weird contest, a weird prize... and I don't even know her background! But it's a battle for Bel...if I reject... she would get Bel automatically. That would definitely not happen!' Fran thought to himself, "Alright." he muttered and expected Kagami to disappear like her appearances before, but all she did was laugh and walk out of the room...and he heard the distant "ushoshosho" echoing into his room...no...more like into his own soul.

Thank you for reading!