Chapter 4: The Seven Sky Flames

"..." Tsuna looks around, everything was dark with no entrance or exit shown. "Where am I?"

"In your mind." A blond-haired young adult replied back, appearing behind the youth. "Is it alright if I seal your memories for a while?"

"I don't mind, but what will happen to Hibari-san?" Tsuna tilts his head to the man, seeing orange sharp eyes watch him carefully. "I mean, Hibari-san will get angry at me so..."

"Tsunayoshi-kun..." The blonde knelt to face the boy, his mantel now touching the invincible ground. "You will be able to keep his promise. No matter what, is that clear?"

"Yes..." Tsuna smiles melancholantly, touching the young adult's face. "Can I know your name first before you do this?"

"!" Primo was somewhat surprised since the child will forget everything; from the beginning of his birth all the way to now. "What will you gain when you will end up forgetting?"

"A friend." Tsuna pinches the man's cheeks very lightly, seeing if this dream was really real. Primo laughs at this and held the boy's hand with his own, closing his eyes, Primo whispers a statement before Tsuna faces reality.

"My name is Giotto, but some call me Primo..."

"Wake up now."

"I hope to see you again..."

"Vongola !"

"My successor..."

*PAK!*

"ITE!"

Three years later...

"Try again." Talbot requested, watching proudly as the boy panted on the floor, surrounded by eight boxes.

"You did better than last time, Vongola." The man was deeply honest with the boy, having trained him with different aspects; History, literature, language, craftsmanship, and the most important, herding his flock of sheep.

"But the Night flame is so hard~!" The brunette wailed, looking at the seven filled boxes, each having different colors. "What's the purpose of doing this anyway?!"

"As self-defense." Talbot chuckled as one of the herd decided to go in the room, going near just to cuddle the tired boy.

"What's wrong?" He asks, petting the sheep's head gently, looking slowly at Talbot with questioning eyes. "What does Sera mean Uncle Talbot?"

"..." Talbot sighs, pulling everyone outside as he explains. 'Even my own sheep trusts the boy more than me. How troublesome.'

"Tomorrow's your tenth birthday right?" Talbot clutched his cane for support, nodding his head sadly. 'How can I blame them now that this boy also holds a...special place in my heart...Like a son.'

"Yes?" The child held Talbot's other hand in case the elder suddenly trips. Sera, the sheep, follows behind, voicing a very sorrowful Mē.

"That is also the day you will go and get a famiglia..." Talbot felt the brunette's grip harden, tears hitting his gripped arm. "That famiglia will be the Varia."

"Why..." The Vongola child started, he didn't care if his guardian eyed him disapprovingly, he just...doesn't want to go. "Why out of the blue?"

"Because...This is needed for the sake of the world." Talbot lets him sit down the pasture, the herd saw them and followed suit by going near the boy's location and act like a pillow.

"Your ancestor has given me the task to create a new ring for your incoming fight in the nearby future..." Talbot pulled out a ring. The ring was pure gold with white embroidery, in the middle was a red circle which there was a sole cross across it with the word Vongola Famiglia engraved on the cross. "I call it the Neo Vongola Sky ring."

"U-Uncle..." Tsuna sniffs, taking the ring with his shaking hands. "I-I'll miss you..."

"There there..." Talbot pats him with his skull cane, hearing a playful laugh gives him shallow joy. "As long as you hold that ring, I will be there watching you."

"Okay." Tsuna said, pulling out a thread created from thinning out the latest shear of wool from his favorite sheep Seraphim. He puts the thread in the finger hole of the ring and entwined the thread ends, forming a knot. Lastly, he wore it on his neck like a necklace. "Will you be guiding me into going to that area?"

"No need, we're already close by." Talbot pointed to the south using his cane, there Tsuna spots a tall spooky castle.

"Oh and here's the gift of your ancestor." Talbot tosses a pair of mittens to the boy's direction, hitting the boy's face instead.

"Heh?" Tsuna looks at the mittens very closely. The mitten was extremely simple, having a white frame with red lines and a number on it's center; 27. "Mittens? He gave me mittens to avoid being burnt?"

"X-Gloves, they will turn into gloves when you activate your flames so use them when needed." Talbot knew the boy was giving a comical expression judging from his aura, too bad he can't see anymore. "That is the purpose for training your flames by the way."

"Oh..." Tsuna lies down, feeling the sheep's warmth one last time before meeting the next day. "At least we get to see the sundown together. Neh?"

"..." Talbot looks up, seeing the child's aura glow like a rainbow. 'A rock waiting to be heated, the true diamond.'

"Will I get a poncho like yours uncle?" Tsuna chirps out, getting a whack from the head. "Itetete..."

"This is not a poncho for your information." Talbot scolds, bringing himself to stand once more, he continues on speaking. "Let's get some sleep now."

As the metal craftsman left, Tsuna pouts and stuck his tongue out, receiving a hit from the legendary stick, a direct hit on his head. "How does he do that?!" Tsuna says out loud, waving his hands at the sheep for answers.

"Mē~!" Simon replied, Tsuna scratches it on the chin for its honest answer.

"Vongola..." Tsuna looks up to see the orange sky. Reaching out with his right hand, the other holding the white mittens, for the wonderful color, Tsuna smiles happily with a question in mind left unheard.

'The ring is still not upgraded to its fullest potential so I wonder why...When will the fight start?'