No, I did NOT die. *cue in boos*
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I'm sincerely sorry for the long wait guys, but *dodges rotten tomato* the teachers decided to give us projects and assignments right after the exams are done… T^T such evil sadists…
Back to the topic, you're finally going to see some action today! WHOOPIEE! Anyways… I'm not that good at writing fighting scenes so, ehhehehe… I'll try my best, but I can't guarantee you'll like it…
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DON'T KILL MEEEEEEEE! *runs like there's no tomorrow*
OH ANDDDD! DID YOU SEE ADULT FON IN THE LATEST CHAPTER? /
Disclaimer: KHR belongs to the amazing Akira Amano-sama! I would've made our uke Tuna cross-dress at least once (
My sincere apologies for not being able to conclude the chapter last time… It seems my emotions got the better of me… Now then, please don't be shy and enjoy yourself to the fullest.
"Sawada Tsunayoshi…" The boy (?) in the center spoke, making Tsuna flinch in fear. He slowly raised his fists, exposing the highly-pure lighting flames surrounding it. "Show me all you have… Or you might just die."
'W-What is this immense aura?' Tsuna gulped as he looked at the scene in front of him. There stood a boy that's around the same age as him, killer intent licking around him. He couldn't get a good physical description about him as he was covered with a cloak and was wearing a hood. (Ya know, like the grim reaper cloaks? Yeah…)
"What's wrong? You scared?" The mysterious boy asked. "Unfortunately, you won't be able to run aw-
"I'm not." Tsuna countered, in HDWM. He lit up his gloves, already in his fighting stance.
"Wao." The boy replied back, licking his lips, unable to control his lust. "Now then… It's either live, or die."
"I'll live." Tsuna swiftly replied, disappearing a second after.
"Game…Start!" The boy whispered in pleasure as he grinned wickedly.
"NYHAHAHA! THE GREAT LAMBO-SAN HAS REVIVED!" said person stood up in triumph as he continued complimenting himself and began to wander around the mansion. Noticing the situation, Gokudera immediately grabbed Lambo by his afro.
"AHOSHI! STOP MAKING TROUBLE FOR US!" Gokudera yelled in furry as Lambo began to struggle with no avail.
"… Ne, who do you think is going to tutor us?" The once energetic baseball player asked wryly.
"Amaranthus, collectively known as amaranth, is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs. The ultimate root of "amaranth" is the Greek for "unfading", and in this case, it means the undying willpower the family has. In other terms, their hatred and thoughts of vengeance is what kept them on their feet all this time…"
Gokudera flinched at the question. "… Who knows?..."
"You brat, quit being such a depressant." A voice suddenly spoke.
"T-That voice! It can't be…?" Gokudera turned his head up hesitantly.
"Maa, maa, it's not like you to be this easily despaired right?"
"Y-You are!-"
"Being in this state is extremely depressing."
"E-Extremely correct."
"Yare yare, this task is going to be quite the pain…"
"KUPI! IT'S YOU AGAIN!" Lambo yelped in surprise as he pointed at the accused. Said accused only sighed and muttered "brats…"
"Hn."
"Kamikurous." Hibari stated as he glared at that person.
"This again hm? Unfortunately, I have no choice but to participate this time…"
"Kufufu… Don't tell me he is my so called "tutor"?..." Mukuro hold up his trident, ready to kill.
"Indeed, they are your tutors." A certain hitman's voice came out of nowhere.
"R-Reborn-san!" Gokudera exclaimed in surprise. He looked like he was searching for someone.
"Tsuna already started his training with his tutor." Reborn answered. Yamamoto and Gokudera tensed up a little. "Anyways, you guys need to concentrate on your own training before you can worry about others." The usual trio nodded in determination.
"Kufufufu… Cunning, aren't you Arocobaleno? Did you seriously think that I would be taught by "that thing"?..." Mukuro twitched in anger. "Did you all forget what he did to my precious Chrome?..." Everyone flinched and glared/stared at Daemon (save Hibari, who was glaring for other intentions).
Reborn smirked sadistically. "Of course, Primo made sure that he wouldn't do anything stupid, aren't I correct, Daemon Spade?..."
"…Hai…" Daemon replied, clearly pissed.
"Besides, if you can prove that being taught by Daemon Spade is way off your league, then that means you can eradicate the Amaranth Familiga all by yourself." A sudden chill traveled down Mukuro's spine, who decided to keep quiet. "So before that happens, you have to obey everything Daemon commands you to do that involves with your training." Reborn gave a murderous glare at Daemon to prevent him to grin in triumph.
"So, do you guys agree on this wager(1)?" Reborn smiled, yet giving off a deadly aura at the same time. The two had no choice but to comply.
"So… That means an enemy familiga is going to attack us?" Gokudera asked cautiously. "But having all of us to come to Italy… That means…"
"You're exactly correct. They are not your "typical ordinary" enemy." Reborn stated, his eyes shadowed by his fedora. "I don't mean to sound blunt here, but the current strength all of you are at combined will be nothing but mere child's play to them."
"Does that mean Juudaime is being trained by Primo at the moment?" Gokudera asked.
"No, it wouldn't do any good if he were to go against Primo with his current strength." Reborn replied, much to Gokudera's surprise. "Don't worry; if Tsuna manages to one-sidedly defeat his current tutor in one week, then Primo will acknowledge him as his pupil."
"Rather than worrying about others, you should start by getting stronger yourself." G commented with a snort. Suddenly, the guardians were surrounded by their respective flame colour.
"Wh-What is this?" Gokudera exclaimed in surprise, his eyes showing amazement yet a tad nervousness.
"W-Whoa!" Yamamoto stared, dumbfounded.
"E-EXTREME!" Rhyohei yelled, completely oblivious to the situation.
"IT'S SO SHINY AND SPARKLY!" Lambo yelled in happiness as he stared at the lightning flames surrounding him in awe.
"Hn." Hibari closed his eyes without a care.
"…" Mukuro kept a straight face even though he just lost his pride was shamed against a certain Arocobaleno…
Their bodies began to dissolve, until eventually all there was left was Reborn, who decided to go get a cup of espresso.
"Itai…" A certain bomber groaned in pain as he stood up to take in his new surroundings. He was currently in the middle of some ancient town, with heaps of decaying stoned-houses by his side. Somehow, he was in the middle of the night as well. "Where am I?..."
"My desired training arena." G's voice ran through Gokudera's ears, making him highly alert as he changed into his VG(2) form.
"Tch. Stop hiding and come out!" Gokudera warned as his eyes narrowed.
"This is going to take awhile…" G murmured as he leaped out from nowhere, the moon illuminating his appearance. Gokudera stared at said person as he opened his mouth to speak, but was interrupted. "Stop staring at me like some gapping idiot. The reason why my body is in its physical appearance is because of the power given off by your VG. And is also why it created this battlefield."
"The rule of today's training is simple. Find me within 4 hours, unscratched." G smirked as he disappeared into the night. "That is, if you can!"
"That bastard, thinking so high and mighty about himself. I'll show him I AM worthy to be Juudaime's right hand man!" With that, the chase was on.
"Th-This is…" Yamamoto whispered in awe as his eyes took in his new environment, which consisted of a tropical rainforest. Humongous trees and plants surrounded him, with an occasion of the residents in this forest. A sound of the flute traveled through the air, and sure enough, Asari appeared in front of him. "W-Whoa! You have a real body now!"
The man chuckled. "Thanks to your VG."
"N-Ne, is this going to be our training area?" Yamamoto asked hesitantly, giving a wry smile.
"That is correct. Though it won't be once you pass this level." Asari swiftly replied back. "Today's training will be a scavenger hunt of the sort." He snapped his fingers and a parchment with a blue dying will flame on the top floated in front of Yamamoto's face.
"You are to collect these items within 4 hours. Once you are on your way into finding your item, the parchment will disappear and will only reappear once you found said item." Asari expression darkened. "However, I would like you to keep this in mind. This rainforest is more than meets the eye."
"…" Yamamoto could only blink as he tries to absorb the information given to him.
Asari smiled reassuringly. "Do not worry. Have more confidence in yourself and you'll surely succeed." With one last quick melody from his flute, the swordsman disappeared.
Yamamoto smiled as he undergo into his VG. "He's right; I just have to do this!" With that ever so bright smile, he dashed off into the woods, filed with determination.
"EXTREME!" Rhyohei yelled as he blinked at his environment, which was what looked like a dessert in the middle of a sandstorm. He brought his arms up in order to defend his eyes. "Where am I to the EXTREME?"
"A dessert in the middle of an extreme sandstorm." A certain priest's voice spoke resulting Rhyohei to look up. "That is my choice for your training."
"What type of extreme training are we doing?" Rhyohei asked in confusion.
"You are to make physical contact with me(3) within the length of 4 hours. However…" Knuckles snapped his fingers, and millions of delicate vases and chinaware scattered the dessert's floor, locked up in their position. "If you break one of these, it's game over."
Rhyohei gulped nervously, but gave a firm nod. "I extremely get it."
"Good. Just remember, you're doing this to help protect your precious family from harm. Not just for yourself." Immediately after, he disappeared within the bat of an eye.
"There's no way I'll lose now, to the extreme." Rhyohei said quietly as he set off to find Knuckles.
"I-ITAI! Gotta, stay, calm… I CAN'T!" Lambo cried in pain after landing harshly on the face (ouch… .).
"Yare yare… You've got guts to ask me to train this snot-nosed brat, Primo." Lampo sighed tiredly as he scratched his hair in frustration. He took out a few grape candies. "Here. Now for goodness sakes calm down." Lambo's expression immediately changed for the better as he began munching on his beloved grape candies. Exactly five seconds later, he finished them.
"Listen up brat. I was here by the order of Primo to train you as much as possible." Lampo stated in a serious tone. "If you manage to complete my training withi-
"Ah-rai-rai? Where is Lambo-san?..." Lambo thought out loud, tilting his head in confusion. Lampo face palmed as he decided to change his way of speech.
"Do you want to go home brat?" Lampo asked, with an irritation mark on his head.
It was then that Lambo realized he doesn't have a single clue as to where he is. "H-Hai…" He said in a shaky voice, tears swelling up in the corners of his eyes.
"In order for you to do that, you need to clear my training program." Lampo stated. "Don't give me that look brat. You got to keep in mind that you are doing this to see Deci-I mean, err… Sawada's mother."
"M-Mama?..." Lambo whimpered, remembering that he hasn't tasted Mama's mouthwatering breakfast this morning.
"That's right. You want to meet her again, don't you?" Lampo said in a gentle voice, to which Lambo nodded in return. "Then give your best towards your training, ok?"
"Un." Lambo sniffled as he gave a weak nod.
"…" Being Hibari, he didn't care when he was suddenly thrown into somewhere completely unknown to him, he just wanted to bite a certain person to death… As if right on cue, said person appeared on top of a worn down traditional Japanese roof.
"Kamikurous." Hibari's eyes narrowed at his target as he brought out his tonfas. Easier said than done. A millisecond after he said that, a bullet charged at his direction, who raised his tonfa to deflect it. However, the bullet exploded and a shroud of carbon monoxide gas revealed itself as soon as it made contact with the weapon. Hibari immediately jumped up to the same roof Alaude was on and gave a vicious stare.
"Too slow." Alaude stated dryly, eyes focusing on the gas that is fading. "Time limit, 4 hours." In other words, "I will acknowledge you as my student if you pass the entrance test within 4 hours unscratched. " With that said, Alaude disappeared into the thin air.
'Intresting…' Hibari smirked as he slammed his tonfa in the stomach of a poor fox box weapon behind him, who immediately dissolved.
"Kufufufu… What is this game you are trying to pull, Daemon Spade?..." Mukuro's glare sharpened as he gripped his trident dangerously. He was currently in a hall of pure emptiness.
"Put that weapon down." Daemon sighed in depression before giving Mukuro a serious look. "As much as I hate to be siding with the lots of you, I currently have no choice as the Amaranth Familiga is a huge threat to the Vongola."
"Oya oya, what made you think I would trust you with some petty excuse?" Mukuro spat out in hatred.
"Hate me all you want, but you have to remember the contract we agreed on." At that, Daemon snapped his fingers and out came the gruesome illusions, coming at Mukuro at what seemed like speed of light. "While you're at it, it's best if you quit hiding Chrome." Having no choice, Mukuro tapped his trident (with a bit of difficulty as he is also dodging these insane creatures) and Chrome appeared in front of Daemon.
"No need to look so petrified, Miss. Chrome. You heard the conversation didn't you? That also includes "in no way am I allowed to assault you other than training purposes"." Daemon reassured, much to Chrome's relief. "Now then, I will need you to come with me to elsewhere as your training will differ from his." Daemon tapped his scythe and the duo disappeared, leaving a very pissed Mukuro.
'I shall personally slaughter you once this is all over, Arocobaleno…'
Elsewhere, in a small eerie room
*Knock knock* "Pardon the interruption; I have brought back the report you desired boss."
"Hm." Said boss grunted in response, an invitation to come in. The door opened, and a man came in.
"The reports are as follow: They have arrived at Italy just as you planned, and they are currently training. The Arocobaleno seemed to inform them about their place concerning power." The man spoke in your typical office-worker tone. "What do you plan to do next boss?"
"…" The manjust closed his eyes and lay back in his chair. What seemed like a "messenger man" just grinned as he exited the office.
Translation: "Lay low for now; it won't be much fun if we were to attack them so rashly."
Alas, the real beginning comes to an end, dear readers. Hopefully you have all decided to continue with this story as I promise you, this story is much more than it seems.
WAHHHH! I'M SOOO SORRY AGAIN FOR THE EXTREMELY LATE UPDATE! TT^TT I know I'm in NO position to be making excuses but… *sighs* sometimes life just doesn't work the way we want to ya know? ); anyways, this concludes the end of ch.4! How was it guys? I know you're going to complain about how Daemon and Lambo (possibly Chrome) are totally OOC, but I tried my best?... .
Wager as in if Mukuro manages to clear all the levels of training from Daemon, then he can prove that he is way off of Daemon's league. In the meanwhile, Daemon is NOT allowed in any way to toy with Mukuro nor Chrome unless it involves training. But knowing Daemon, he'll use the excuse of training to torture them… .
For those who haven't read the manga (which I'm pretty sure you did…) "VG" means "Vongola Gear"
Physical contact as in the way Yamamoto sliced Reborn's hat during their training in the future arc. DON'T even go there ppl .…
PHEW! This is my longest chapter so far! Am proud of myself ^^*shot* Err anyways, please review and tell me how I did! ^^
Ciao ciao~