Hi everyone! Hope you liked Yamamoto's entrance! Now we're going to delve a little into Yukiko and Ryuzaki's past as well as what happened after Tsuna's death. Hope you like it!
Disclaimer: I don't own Katekyo Hitman Reborn nor its characters except Yukiko, Ryuzaki, Shigure, the rest of Tsuna's 'famiglia' and any other OCs I end up creating
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Chapter 6: Explanation
It was a rare peaceful day since Reborn and Ryuzaki had moved into the Sawada household. Yukiko and Reborn were relaxing in her room, enjoying the nice weather.
"Yukiko…" Reborn stated, breaking the comfortable silence they had
"Yeah?"
"I need to talk to you and Ryuzaki about something that's been on my mind, but haven't been able to bring up since it needed to be just the three of us."
"Why?" Yukiko was getting worried, Reborn rarely wanted to talk to her alone, and when he did it was never good
"Get Ryuzaki in here first, then I'll tell you."
"…Alright…" Yukiko left her room to get Ryuzaki
When they both came in Ryuzaki asked "What do you need to ask us Reborn-san?"
"I think you need to start explaining something to me…" Reborn started
"Like what…?" Yukiko had a lot to hide; she wasn't really sure which one Reborn wanted answers to
"Why do you have sky flames now? Last I checked Yukiko had her 'flame' and Ryuzaki didn't have a flame at all…" Reborn's eyes were demanding answers
"It's a long story…" Yukiko replied with a sad expression
"We have a lot of time… I'm sorry if I have to bring out bad memories, but I need to know what's going on." Reborn explained, if one looked really hard they'd see guilt in his eyes
"You already know how I was able to use the sky flame when you trained me in Italy right?"
"You borrowed from Tsuna's core right? That's why when I first used the dying will bullet on you when we first met, your actual flame came out and you caused some serious damage. The bullet brings out your own flame."
"I'm not entirely sure about how I now have the sky flame inside me without borrowing anyone's, but I do have a theory…"
"Tell me."
"I think… when I killed Tsuna I ended up stealing his flame core all together."
"What?" Reborn was actually shocked
"When I came back to Nanimori, I felt his flame inside me. Like he was alive… with me. His flame was containing my own, controlling it."
"I see… And how is it that you do not any of Tsuna's other guardian's flames? And Ryuzaki being able to use all but the sky flame?"
"I think the reason I only use Tsuna's is because he satisfied several conditions: he's my twin brother and thus the closest one to me, he was the first one I killed, and his flame was the one I used most often. As for the other guardian's flames I think I ended up transferring them to Ryuzaki through the necklace he's always wearing, though I doubt he needs to wear it anymore. What's your most dominate flame Ryuzaki?"
"Rain." Ryuzaki finally spoke, listening intently since he himself did not know why he was able to use his new flames; he just knew that it had something to do with Yukiko
"That's probably because Shigure was the next one I killed, and he's my boyfriend second only to Tsuna in his importance to me. Ryuzaki can still use the others since I did kill them and steal their flames."
"Do you know if the flames have a time limit?" Reborn asked after digesting the information he just gained
"No. It's not like I've done this before. I don't think so, since I stole the flames' cores. So we basically have the same limitless amount that they have. Is that all you need Reborn? I don't really feel like talking anymore…" She looked exhausted from delving into something she tried to avoid since Italy.
"Just one more… what happened to you 'wings'?"
"I don't know… It's not like I want to bring them out. I'm pretty sure they're both still in me, but I'm not able to bring them out without some kind of provocation…"
"I see… That is all, I may end up asking other things later on in life, but we're done for today. You two just relax, I need to make a report to Nono."
"Alright." Yukiko and Ryuzaki answered
Once Reborn left the room, Ryuzaki looked towards Yukiko. "Why didn't you tell him the whole truth?"
Yukiko sighed "There are some things that even Reborn is better off not knowing." She said as she felt for her back as if she had a scar that could never heal.
