I thank vampireharry the 2, ilovecartoonsgirl, Takuz, BlackSky83, makubex000, PAVeY14, foxchick1 for reviewing last chapter!

Takuz - Lambo does though... in my view, he didn't change that much. Eh... yeah, bold is when Tsuna was being assertive. Tsuna haven't consciously enter into HDW mode so he doesn't remember anything. (This chapter explains a bit of that actually lol so I hope it'll help) He is slowly showing signs of finding and acknowledging his resolve and something is keeping his flames asleep until Tsuna finds his resolve. Luce is an Arcobaleno and no, she does not have the short-life span curse. (Their curse is slightly different.)

... Not exactly creating per se, since they already exist. Just gathering.

makubex000 - Nope, it isn't the 1st gen. (The 1st gen. have another role in this story so yeah)

I apologize ahead of time for any grammar mistakes and character OCCness if it were to occur.

AU. GEN Fic. No pairings.

Disclaimer: I do not own KHR.


Summary: Sky, Storm, Lightning, Rain, Sun, Mist, and Cloud, these were known as the seven Knights - or Elements - of the Sky in legends and myths that once appeared out of nowhere and rescued the world from disaster and guide it to an era of change. Or so it was dictated in children's books. Nowadays, there are people who have rainbow colored flames that goes by the same names as the weathers.


Lambo now follows Tsuna like a little duckling to a mother goose and Ryohei screams at the top of his lungs every single time he sees the brunet, both of which meant every chance that they get. And let's not forget about Yamamoto and Gokudera's one-sided arguments with the latter being a ticking bomb that could go off any second, especially now with the new additions.

"SAWADA!"

"Hiiieee!"

"DON'T YOU DARE SHOUT AT TSUNA-SAMA!"

"Maa maa, Senpai is just excited, is all!"

Tsuna was just so done with everything.

He felt a tug at the edge of his shirt and look down to find somewhat dejected Lambo. He blinked, then crouch down to meet the boy's green eyed gaze, tactically ignoring what might possibly - no, most likely - escalate from bad straight to things that involve typical big explosions and booms. (They're not trying to kill each other, Tsuna very much wanted to reason, it's just how they get along.

It's not working.)

"Is there something wrong Lambo?"

It had only been a day, but Tsuna felt like he had know the boy - and the other people in the background that Tsuna refuse to acknowledge the existence of at the moment - for years, maybe even his entire life. (He didn't understand it yet, but it has something to do with the Sky's Harmony once it has found its rightful Elements.)

"Can I come with you today?" Lambo asked hopefully. "To class?"

"... we're not even in the same school division, Lambo." Tsuna started no idea where this was going to go, but he had a bad feeling...

"I don't care! Lambo-san wants to follow Tsuna-nii!" The child half pouted and half glaring, causing causing the attention in the background to not only be in the background anymore.

"Don't even think aobut it stupid cow!" Gokudera growled. "you'll just cause more trouble!"

"Not as much as you Bakadera!"

"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?!"

"Maa -"

"EXTREME!"

"Haha, what is that supposed to mean anyways Senpai?"

Tsuna just knew this was going to end badly.

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He was right.

"... Tsunayoshi." The Science Teacher, Kori Tati, and the rest of the class were a bit nonplussed. Because as Tsuna face-desked (and groaned) at his assigned lab table, there was currently a soon-to-be chaos commencing that the brunet did not want to have a part of.

Heck, he doesn't even know why Ryohei (he couldn't do anything about Lambo either) was here in his science class currently holding a flask of yellow and another of violet - Tsuna checked the instructions and saw the big bold 'X' over the chemicals that were categorized by colors (and obviously, colorful liquids attract attention) because it would result in - "O-Onii-san w-wait -"

"Ne ne, let's put this green one in too!"

"Haha, good idea Lambo! Oh, and the blue one as well!"

"LET'S MAKE AN EXTREME RAINBOW!"

"WHAT ARE YOU IDIOTS DOING?! THAT'S GOING TO -"

"DUUUUUCK!" Someone, who knew what was going to happen, warned and dived for a table far away from Tsuna's group.

KABOOM!

A barrier of lightning was placed just in time to shield most of the class, minus Tsuna's group because they were too close to the wrongly mixed chemicals. Kori, after putting the barrier down, deadpanned at the damage caused - which happened to be a good chunk of the classroom since the building was flame-proofed, not chemical-proofed - then at the culprits.

"Tsunayoshi, you and your friends are to report to the main office right this instant."

The brunet blinked and coughed out black smoke. He wasn't even panicking anymore that he was in yet another trouble, because he felt a trace of lightning aura coating his body that prevented serious injuries. His eyes searched the rest of his ground, sensing similar coat of invisible aura all leading back to the child that he was covering. (Tsuna knew something like this would happen so he had reacted just in time.)

"L-Lambo?" Tsuna asked tentative of the shivering lightning user in his arms, the aura that he sensed retracting quickly into the smaller boy's body after doing its job.

"I-I'm sorry..." Lambo whimpered, guilt swimming in his pair of watery eyes (he might have imagined it but Tsuna swore he had just saw a faint glow of green).

Tsuna sighed and gave the child a reassuring pat. After all, there was no reason to get mad at someone who had unknowingly save all of their lives.

"Herbivores..."

Oh no.

Of course, with the explosion that they cause, it's bound to attract the attention of one Hibari Kyouya.

Tsuna wondered if he will ever go on one day without causing trouble.

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Colonello raised a brow at the two new students joining detention that day and his eyes somehow landed on a sheepishly smiling Tsuna as if everything started with him. "You know, I shouldn't be surprised, kora."

The brunet groaned.


So, remember that talk Tsuna and Yamamoto had about a certain list? Because Tsuna confirmed that yes, Hibari Kyouya has a hit-list (more of a Must-Bite-To-Death list) and unfortunately yes, he was somehow one of the people on that obscure list.

How does he know?

Well, you see, there's the occasional tonfa that comes out of nowhere - aimed at his freakin' skull - whenever he navigates through the campus. Then the aforementioned Prefect would jumped out of nowhere and demanded a fight from him - Tsuna saw no reason why Hibari bothered do that when the latter just attack right afterwards and -

"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?!"

- Of course, Tsuna freaked out and blurted out something that was definitely an insult to the demon-in-disguise's face (him and his big, lack of self-preservation, mouth), which pushed him up to the top ten on that bloody list. If this continues, and if the saying 'once is an accident, twice is a coincidence, three times is a pattern' is true in regards to how Tsuna makes friends... then he would befriend one Hibari Kyouya anytime now!

All in all, Tsuna's life is just getting better and better! (Note the sarcasm.)

There was a plus side to it all - or that was what Tsuna would like to think. It would seem that the news of Tsuna being hunted down by a bloodthirsty skylark had spread campus-wide, and his classmates gave more looks of pity than disdain towards him while also staying as far, far away from Tsuna as possible in case they somehow manage to cross the Skylark because they were 'crowding'.

"Herbivore."

"HIIEEEE!"

"Haha, have fun playing tag!"

"EXTREME TAG!"

"Lambo-san wants to play too!"

"What the hell are you saying idiots?! We need to save Tsuna-sama!"

It was during one of those chases where his friends just watch from the sidelines (those traitors) that Tsuna met another potential friend. And how does he know that they were going to be great friends?

He got a broken potted plant on his head to show for it. (Injuries seemed to prefer his head for some odd reason.)

"Owowow!"

"I-I'm s-sorry...!" The girl he bumped into apologized meekly as she picked up the shattered pieces of the pot she was holding.

"N-no, it-it was my fault," Tsuna reasoned despite the headache. At least it was less painful than the other ones he had experienced so far - or maybe he was developing an immunity.. he wasn't sure if that was a good or bad thing.

He reach up into his hair to cup the handful of dirt (he was so going to have fun washing his hair later) off and found two flowers, one withering one not. "E-excuse me -"

When he looked to the girl with the haircut that strangely resemble a tropical fruit and wearing an eye patch, she was on the verge of collapsing. He put the flower down immediately before supporting the girl up so she wouldn't hit the floor.

She appeared rather pale in Tsuna's opinion, so perhaps she has a fever. He panicked at the thought and picked her up bridle-style. He made a beeline for the infirmary ward of the General Education building, hoping that Hibari haven't found his trail while he was at it because only God knows what the Skylark would do if he finds an unconscious girl in his arms. (Hibari would obviously link the culprit back to Tsuna and that would give him all the more reason to hunt him to the ends of the Earth - which is to say, forever, because, as you can see, the planet is round.)

"Doc - oh, Doctor Kurt!" He saw the blue haired male that was at Vongola Castle before. "What are you doing here - never mind, I have an emergency!"

"... I can see that." The man deadpanned and gestured to the empty bed nearest to the work desk, silently instructing Tsuna to put the girl there. "What happened?"

"Erm... I - I bumped into her while I was running away from Hibari-san" - Kurt raised a brow at this - "It's complicated - uh, no, not really, but back to the point! I don't know if it was my fault but she collapsed afterwards... please tell me it isn't - oh no... w-what if she gets a concussion or - or -"

"Calm down," Kurt slapped Tsuna on the back, giving the latter a jolt. He took one glance at the new patient, and could already diagnose the problem. "Oh... this is not good."

"Wh-what?!" The brunet did not understand how the doctor could speak of the situation with such a flat tone if it was as bad as he said "What do you mean this is 'not good'?! Oh my god, is she going to die?! I'm too young to go to jail!"

Kurt blinked, wondering how Tsuna had already jumped to such an extreme conclusion but then again, the boy seemed to be the melodramatic type. "You didn't commit murder, Tsunayoshi."

"E-eh? I-I didn't?"

"No," The Russian doctor opened the drawer and shifted a few documents until he found what he needed. It was a good thing that every infirmary on campus was required to keep a copy of each and every student's medical record. "Chrome Dokuro, a regular patient that suffers from Flame Deficiency Syndrome, or FDS for short."

Tsuna just stared.

Kurt sighed. "It's an inborn chronic sickness that occurs when the owner's Element doesn't supply enough active life flames to keep his or her body constitution from shutting down. If not treated probably, then the person would die within days. The chances of one being born with such condition is one in a million."

"... Actually, scratch that. It's one in a billion chance because she possess pure Mist flames." He corrected after skimming further down the document he retrieved while he stride hurriedly towards the cabinets. The sight of medicinal herbs and liquids that Tsuna had never seen before in his life greeted him - as in literally not in any pictures he has seen in the medicine books (Tsuna somehow had it in his head that he wanted to be a doctor one day... the hype only lasted one day, don't ask) - and Tsuna idly wondered why some of them looked like those you could find in in a fantasy book. (Those things that look like a bud from a bell flower with something swirling inside inside or that flaming newt can't be real... right? Right?!)

"Pure flames, in general, are already difficult to control but Mist Flames... they're placed third in terms of difficulty level."

The more Tsuna knew, the more he paled. "C-can you -"

"No sirree," Kurt cut in, already predicting what was going to be said. He pushed aside a few bottles and flasks from the shelves, letting them clink against each other in some sort of discordant harmony. "Dokuro Chrome is placed under Shamal's care - he's the head doctor of the school - and besides, I'm a Sun Flame user."

"Then - then what are we going to do?!"

"I can only stall for time." Kurt answered, returning to the work desk with various medicinal ingredients in his arms and getting to work. "According to the medical record, her twin should be informed of her condition by now through their... twin thing... and probably on his way here. He should be able to perform a flame transfer to stabilize her condition since their flames are the closest to each other. Now watch over her condition while I work, she's only in the early stages but I will need to know when she gets worse - watch for coughing fits."

Tsuna gulped nervously but opted to stay by Chrome's side to observe.

Watching the girl struggling to breath made Tsuna's stomach twist into a knot. He didn't like seeing people like this as much as he didn't like fighting. He might not have known the person for very long but Tsuna wished he could help in some way other than just watching by the sideline. He hated being useless at times when someone needed help and he couldn't do anything -helplesshelplesshelpless - if only he had the ability to help someone in need.

If only, he thought spitefully. It's always 'if only'. Why can't he just make it happen?

A wave of heat responded to his wish. Something thrummed in his head, whispering and guiding his own arm as if it wasn't his own yet it is.

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By the time Kurt lifted his head a few minutes later after putting the concocted liquid into a syringe, the doctor had detected a strong fluctuation of elemental energy (it wasn't in a flame-state but an invisible aura... that should only be possible if the student has sufficient control over their flames to not make a physical appearance but the manifestation of a elemental Will) that could only belong to that of a Sky's Will (or something similar to it).

Kurt watched in something akin to a mix of awe and fascination as Tsuna, half-lidded eyes hazed as if trying to see past the physical plane, hovered a hand over Chrome's forehead. The Will of the Sky curling with the tendrils of Mists in perfect sync, guiding Harmony to where it was needed.

"Well, I'll be." The doctor breathed when he noticed some of Chrome's color returning to her. He took her wrist to check the pulse.

... It was stabilizing.

"Slow, but it's actually stabilizing..." Kurt mumbled as he cast his gaze over towards Tsuna. He would have never imagined the plain-looking brunet (no offense) to be a Sky, a Sky that can already somewhat channel into his Element's Will and control his Element's characteristic. (Subconsciously, but that wasn't the point!) Kurt was rarely able see a Sky in action up close because of their scarcity so most of its abilities were still enshrouded in a mystery.

He does know that the Harmonization effect of the Sky pulls the other six elements under its all-encompassing domain, brings about control and an equilibrium that can't be found without it. And that was what Tsuna's Element was doing, encompassing Chrome's Mist into its domain so as to stabilize the Mist's unbalanced fluctuation so as to start producing the necessary flames for operation.

The moment didn't last long though when the room dropped a few degrees with the appearance of another Mist and a killing intent.

"What... the f***. Are. You. Doing?"

"Wha -" Before Kurt could even stop it, a trident has already been thrust towards the trance-induced brunet. Fortunately, even within that state, Tsuna managed to foresee the sudden assault and move left - not fast enough but it was better to have a grazed cheek than a punctured skull.

"W-what's - hiiiieee!" Tsuna lost his balance when he saw the sharp end of the trident make a horizontal slash. He barely managed to avoid another lethal strike as he fell to the floor.

"Hold it!" Kurt had to take hold the newcomer's weapon before things escalates. He realized that he needed to enhanced his grip with Sun Flames when he found, quite surprisingly, the amount strength that the teen possesses. "Tsunayoshi was trying to stabilize the patient!"

The teen with a similar tropical fruit haircut to Chrome narrowed his eyes in doubt. He paced towards the girl and let indigo mist surround them as he took hold of Chrome's hand.

"... I see." He sighed in relief after moment's silence and a burst of Mist flame wrapped around their interconnected hands.

"I take it you're Mukuro Rokudo?" Kurt inquired, watching the boy perform an impromptu flame transfer. "The twin brother of Miss Chrome Dokuro"

"Kufufu, the one and only." By now, Tsuna was scared of Mukuro with how the brunet discreetly moved a few more feet away from the Mist user, towards the Russian doctor. It wasn't discreet enough, however, because Mukuro noticed - Tsuna was never discreet enough with his movements. "Oya oya, no need to act like a little bunny, I do not bite like a certain Skylark. However, I do have to apologize for my earlier actions."

"I-it's okay..." Tsuna replied but hide behind Kurt just in case, he paused from the shivering though when he found a lapse in his memory when he tried to remember how things escalated from point A to point B. "Wait, what happened?"

"There was a little misunderstanding when you were trying to help Chrome," The doctor informed, then furrowed his brows when he realized what Tsuna was implying. "... You don't remember?"

"I was what?" Tsuna screwed his face in concentration as he tried to remember. He brightened when he seemed to remember something. "Oh! You mean when I was watching over her condition?"

Tsuna glanced over to see Chrome sleeping soundly and relaxed in relief. "Looks like she's okay now! You medicine must have bought enough time for her brother to arrive."

"..." Kurt and Mukuro exchanged a brief look.

"Actually -"

"Oh, wait," Tsuna abruptly remembered something and grabbed an empty cup from the desk (a clean one) before rushing out the door. It didn't take long for the brunet to come back with the cup now holding dirt with two flowers hastily planted in it.

"Eh... I - um..." Tsuna hesitated before approaching Mukuro and placing, shakily because he was still scared of the teen, the cup into his hand. "Accidentally knocked into her and broke the pot. I'm really sorry about that..."

Mukuro blinked, staring from the brunet to the familiar pair of Chrysanthemum that Chrome had decided to bring back from a trip. He could faintly detect the residue of Harmony working on the withering one... wait a minute.

He snapped his head to the nervous brunet so fast that he almost got a whiplash. Even though the tie was gray, Mukuro, being on a decent level of control over his flames, was able to detect the retracting aura that can only belong to that of a Sky's.

"W-what's wrong?" Tsuna asked warily, backing towards the door just in case he was going to get stabbed again.

"Kufufu, this is -"

Tap tap tap.

Tsuna, Kurt, and Mukuro directed their attention to the window on the other side of the room and saw, much to Tsuna's horror, the messenger of death in the form of a cute little fluff ball.

"Herbivore found! Herbivore found!"

Hibird.

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"... Herbivore, you made a mess of the hallway."

"HIIIIEEEE! I'M SORRY HIBARI-SAN!"

... And out the door Tsuna went, leaving two nonplussed individuals in the infirmary. (Tsuna didn't even question how the Prefect concluded that it was Tsuna's fault for the broken pot and dirt littered on the squeaky clean hallway - and he wouldn't want to know either way because something told him it would be ridiculous.)

Silence reigned no more than five seconds when Mukuro started kufufu'ing.

"O-Onii-sama..." Chrome had regained consciousness. She had known that her twin had helped her but she had a vague feeling that there was something else that was part of it too, something warm and safe. "W-what happened?"

"Don't get up yet, Nagi," Mukuro advised, pushing his sister back down. "And it looks like we found an interesting Sky."

Chrome blinked and tilted her head in confusion, but mostly curiosity. There weren't that many people that her brother would acknowledge after all.

... It would seem that Tsuna nabbed the attention of not only a skylark, but also two pineapples, one dangerous one not. ("Why me?!") And seeing as how they have fulfilled the prerequisite of injuring (or will be bitten to death in Hibari's case) the brunet one way or another, they were going to be great friends.


"... and that concludes today's lesson!" Luce clapped with a smile towards her - ahem - eight students, three Advanced and five at Intermediate. (It wasn't that much of a surprise that none of the Skies were at mastery. After all, it is the rarest out of all Elements and also the most difficult to control.) "You may now freely use this facility to practice - no collateral damage though, understand?"

She got quick nods in return, but who wouldn't when she had that scary smiling face on?

"Ahem," A person at the entrance of the Sky dome coughed to get Luce's attention. "May I have a moment Headmaster Luce?"

"Of course Kurt!" She chirped back, hopping off her stool and walked towards Kurt with a certain grace that no infant could perform. "But please call me Luce, I have said it to the staff time and again that there's no need for the formality."

"Erm..." The doctor scratched to back of his head uncomfortably. "We have to show our respect somehow M'am since... well." He looks down, it... didn't feel right.

"Oh!" Luce giggled at the implication of looking down (literally) at someone with a higher authority that them. She hopped onto Kurt's shoulder and took a seat there with her little squirrel, Cosmo. "It's quite alright if it's me. Albeit that probably doesn't apply... well, to all my other companions."

"Exactly." Kurt shivered at the thought of having to deal with some of the more eccentric headmasters as he placed his hands in the pockets of his coat. "Anyways, I'm here to inquire about a matter, if you don't mind that is."

"Fire away."

"You see, I had an encounter with a student with an unknown Flame type - or at least it was unknown." Kurt began. "He hasn't awaken the actual Flames, but there are strong evidences of him possessing the Sky Element."

"Oh?" Luce didn't seem fazed of he possibility of her having another student.

"Has there ever been a case where a student of an unknown Flame type to be able to draw out his or her Element's aura almost naturally but remember not a trace of it afterwards?"

"So you're saying the student had a lapse in memory from the point he subconsciously tapped into his Element to the point he woke up from a trance-induced state?"

"Erm... yes. From my studies as a doctor, even if someone subconsciously does something, he would still have a faint sense of actually performing the task, and the reason behind it. Like sleepwalking, for one example. Studies has shown that people who sleepwalks may not be able to remember exactly what they have done, but they have a vague memory of doing it as well as the why behind such action. To them, they're doing exactly what they most likely saw in their dreams."

"Ah, but this is a case different from sleepwalkers," Luce politely refuted with a smile. "This occurrence, unfortunately, is even rarer than someone born with FDS. So it rarely - if at all - occurs. The Elements cannot be unraveled by just scientific studies. If they can, then we would have a deeper understanding than what we currently have - especially about the Sky."

"All I can say is that as long as the person is similar to his or her Element's traits, then said Element will respond to its owners' wishes. The stronger and purer the wish is, the more the Element would be willing to surface as a guide in order to fulfill that wish. Sawada Tsunayoshi is one such person that is as close to his Element's characteristics as humanly possible. Therefore he can easily connect with his Element, its Will, if his resolve stays true to its simplest form. He is only unconsciously doing what he thinks is right. It's as natural as breathing for him so he won't notice a thing. So long as he has not bring his Element into physical manifestation, an acknowledgement of his own resolve, he will not be able to remember what he has done." Luce paused before adding helplessly, "... although there is also the likelihood of another unknown factor involved, but since they're unknown, I can't help you there."

"I... see..." Kurt trailed, trying to absorb what he have just heard.

"That child has so much potential, yet it's hidden so deep to the point you would have to see it personally to find out. Whoever that can catch a glimpse of his potential will be immediately drawn towards him, just like the Sky that encompasses all." Luce giggled and left her perching spot on Kurt's shoulder. "I apologize, but I will have to take my leave."

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It took a full minute for Kurt to realized amiss. He never mentioned Sawada Tsunayoshi's name to Luce.

... Well, that would confirm the rumors flying around regarding the Sky headmaster's mysterious all-knowing ability. Maybe it's another Sky-exclusive thing?


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No no no NO! Tsuna chanted in his head as he watched the scene play through his head.

It was one of the better days in the academy... except for the fact that Tsuna's group of friends seemed to have expanded. Not only does he have a swordsman, a bomber, a boxer, and a child in his happy bunch, it now included two pineapples. All - minus Chrome (Fate was kind enough to bless him with someone relatively normal) - of which were as rowdy and as destructive as humanly (Tsuna was starting to doubt they were humans) possible.

He seems to attract the strangest people it seems.

It was during break between the morning and afternoon session, when they were all eating on a too-large-of-a-rooftop, that things got out of control... somehow. (Why the people Tsuna meet seem so prone to violence, he haven't a clue.)

"You know..." Yamamoto sipped from a carton of milk as he leaned against the fence. "Have you noticed?"

"Notice what?" Tsuna asked.

"We're all known to have the purest of our respective elements." The Rain user grinned. "It's almost impossible for all of us to gather in one place like this and just hangout, y'know? But You managed to get all of us together, Tsuna."

"Of course he could," Gokudera scoffed and pounded his chest in a show of confidence towards the brunet. "Tsuna-sama is Tsuna-sama after all."

"... errr... what?"

"Kufufu, you're sounding more and more like a loyal mutt," Mukuro jeered.

"What did you say, stupid Pineapple?" Hand twitched towards a dynamite.

A vein popped and trident materialized. "Oya oya, it seems the Octopus has a death wish."

"Maa maa you two -"

"EXTREME FIGHT! LET ME JOIN TOO!"

"Gyahaha! You can all bow down to Lambo-san because I'm going to beat you all!"

"G-Guys...?" Tsuna stuttered meekly. His voice was too quite for the rambunctious group to even notice... so out came grenades, dynamites, illusions, and 'EXTREME!'s.

They were starting to cause damage to the rooftop and Tsuna really didn't know what to do. If he was to enter that kind of danger zone, he was absolutely sure that he would be shred to pieces. He inched towards Chrome, who was silently watching from the side lines, and asked if she knows how to stop this.

"S-sorry..." Chrome apologized shyly. "I-I don't know..."

Tsuna sighed, idly wondering how the floor haven't been dented while the fences were already deformed from the explosives. He massaged his temple to try to get ride of the nagging thrum in the back of his head. At least they weren't using -

Colorful flames came into existence.

- oh god, they were all doomed.

"Herbivores..."

They would soon realize that this particular rooftop was frequently visited by one Hibari Kyouya when he wants a nap, which wouldn't be happening soon since said Prefect was out for murder for Tsuna's friends were messing up his favorite spot. It was that one bench - or what was remaining of it - in the corner.

"I'll bite you all to death."

"W-wait -" Tsuna got a tonfa smacked in the face - as if he hadn't experience that multiple times already - leading the brunet to be out of commission for a few minutes. When he came back to, they were already engaged in a one-sided scuffle in the anarchist's favor. The only one that seemed to be able to fight on par with the Prefect was Mukuro.

Tonfa to the right, trident blocked and push. From the gleeful look in Mukuro's eyes (Wait, Tsuna blinked, has Mukuro's eyes always been duel color of red and blue?), the teen was enjoying the fight.

Add in a flew explosives and -

"GYYYAAAAAHHH!"

"LAMBO!"

- the youngest of the group was caught in the cross fire and flew... off the five-story building.

That was when time just seemed to freeze for the brunet and he refused to believe everything that he was seeing.

No... His friends did not just - A heat hummed in his chest.

("Wow! It's so pretty!" A voice chimed in childishly. "Can I do that too?")

No... Hibari came and - his headache got worst.

(A fond chuckle. "Of course. As long as you stay true to yourself, you'll be able to light one as bright as mine.")

No... Lambo fell and - Everything stopped.

("Really?! How do I do it?")

NO! The heat in his chest started to fluctuate violently with his emotions.

("Well, if there is something out there that you'll risk everything for, what will it be?")

What is your resolve? A familiar voice echoed in Tsuna's ears as a ball of fire came into his hazed vision. The same entity that had protected him since he was six.

("Eh~? That's easy!")

"To protect -" ("To stay with _ and everyone forever and ever!") "- my friends with my dying will."

His eyes glowed a brilliant sunset-orange, carrying with it an unwavering fire in each.

(Lips stretched into a proud grin. "There you go.")

... And Tsuna jumped, much to the alarms of the others.

("Always remember what you want to fight for, okay?"

"Un!"

A smile. "That's my little Sky.")

Chains seemed to unravel from within his core and flames burst into life; at first surround his entire body like a burning sun, but then shrunk to only around his hands and a spot on his forehead. Pure orange Sky Flames licked around his hands as he willed them to propel his body faster than Lambo's free-fall speed, only to stop at abruptly when he was directly under the Lightning child.

Hands reached out, flames dispersed to reveal steel black and gray gloves with an 'X' over the back as if it was sealing something, and caught Lambo just as Tsuna's feet touched the ground, letting ripples to pulse the air at the newly awakened flames.

Lambo blinked as he met with calm orange orbs and everything caught up to the child. He had fallen from a five-story building- dear lord - he was going to die. Tears fell as the Lightning user brawled, clutching on Tsuna's shirt while the latter let the child let everything out.

Thud!

"Herbivore."

Tsuna let his gaze glance over lazily at the person who had jumped from the roof. Hibari stared back with an predatory gleam in steel grey eyes, tonfas out and ready. "Fight me."

"No." Tsuna narrowed his sunset-orange gaze at the Prefect. It took the latter all of his control to not flinch at the deadly tone that laced the single word answer, but it filled Hibari with more desire to fight the brunet. He position his feet against the ground and charged towards Tsuna, one tonfa out and aiming for the head.

Tsuna remained unfazed by the sudden assault. Instead, he merely leaned to the side of the attack and allow his body to turn with the momentum when Hibari immediately went with an horizontal swipe. He made the mistake of showing his back towards Hibari though, and a split second latter, a tonfa hacked again Tsuna's back, causing him to cough violently.

The brunet clicked his tongue when he stumbled forward - and almost dropping a frightened Lambo in the process. When another tonfa came at his temple, Tsuna threw a hand out to catch the weapon, Sky flames once again licking his gloved hand. With a grunt, he managed to push Hibari away and settle Lambo down.

"Go to the others." Tsuna gestured to Gokudera and the others that came down but halted in a safe distant when Hibari when on the offense. When Lambo was still paralyzed on his spot, Tsuna laced more assertion in his next command. "Now."

That put the child on autopilot immediately.

While Tsuna's attention was focused on making sure that Lambo was out of the impromptu battleground, Hibari came back tenfold - meaning the chains came out and took Tsuna prisoner... or would have if Tsuna didn't move.

Instead, the chains wrapped around Tsuna's arm. Both ends pulled against each other, standing on firm ground until Hibari decided to use the other chain on the other tonfa to lasso at the brunet.

Tsuna flipped into the air with a spin - that was a bad move of course, sine Hibari can now reel Tsuna. Thinking fast, the brunet changed this advantage to his own as he decided to a midair assault kick.

Eyes wide in surprise, Hibari blocked the incoming kick with his tonfas.

Tsuna narrowed his sunset-orange eyes as they clash. Within seconds, he swing his other free leg around to knock the tonfas out of Hibari's grip. It didn't work because the Skylark retreated upon seeing the movement, leading Tsuna to fall to spring back and away with his hands to gain distance.

"Hibari -"

Clink.

The chains lashed out once more.

"Hibari." Tsuna gritted as propagating chains fastened around his upper torsos, aiming to tight his arms to his body. His hands went up to pull, hoping stop to himself from being completely caught. It worked, somewhat, with his Sky Flames burning erratically. "I don't want to fight you anymore than necessary."

With another grunt, he managed to pull the chains apart and held them in his hands; however, instead of a tug-o-war like the first time, Tsuna proved that he wasn't on par with Hibari's physical strength when the latter made a swift, but aggressive, tug that sent Tsuna flying like a rag doll towards a tree near by.

The jarring impact, along with the Sky Flames that he had only just unlocked, Tsuna slipped back into his normal state. Orange undoubtedly fading back into back brown under closed lids, the flame on his head sizzling into nothingness, and the gloves became orange flames before being blown out like a candle and revealing hands sustaining second degree burns.

"I would stop right there if I were you." A warning came before Hibari could deal anymore damage to the unconscious. He turned as saw the one everyone recognizes as the headmaster in the current Sun seat.

"... Baby carnivore." Hibari acknowledged and his tonfas disappear to god-knows-where.

"Headmaster Reborn!" Gokudera greeted hastily as he and the others made their way closer to the trio. "Is Tsuna-sama alright?"

"Overexertion of flames," Reborn deduced from a quick glance, then he discreetly looked over at the seven flame users present and noticed the fading glow in their eyes that matched their Element - he knew that to be a sign of recognition for their Sky. (Though... most Elements acknowledge their Skies by the telltale click of their flames. It had never been physically visible unless the Elements were a perfect fit like that of a jigsaw puzzle - not that most people know this of course, since the chances were rare beyond rare.)

He pulled his fedora down and trotted over to the inspect the burn. "But for a first time user, he has decent control... especially over pure Sky Flames."

"Tsuna was awesome! Did you see the flames on his hand - whoaaaa!" Yamamoto exclaimed, excitement turning into worry when he saw the burn over both hands. "I-Is that supposed to happen?"

"He should be lucky they were only second degree burns," Reborn answered. "With the amount he was outputting without sufficient control over the quantity and quality, it wouldn't only have been his hands. Especially when it was also his first time materializing his weapon using his own flames. That kind of technique should only be reserved for experienced Advanced level and up."

"... Not a bad performance for a Beginner." The infant smirked, pushing his fedora up to reveal gleaming beady eyes. "He just needs proper training."

...

Reborn kicked the double door open. "I'm back."

Luce sighed, resting her head on her palm. "Would it kill you to open the door normally?"

"Yes." The hitman responded without a beat, walking into Luce's office and talking a seat in front of her desk.

"How did it go?"

"Your visions never did cease to amaze me."

Luce laughed, "C'mon, and I thought you're used to it by now!"

"Still unsettles me at how you can see through everything." Reborn rebutted almost indignantly. He was the World's Greatest Hitman, he does not behave childishly... no matter how young his physical appearance makes him. "I treated his burn. The troublemaker kids seemed to be a bit of worrywarts when it comes to the boy."

"Hm," Luce hummed pleasantly. "Only a Sky like Tsunayoshi would be able to bring the most untamable of the Elements together and let them co-exist."

"You're telling me," Reborn grunted, pulling down his fedora to hide the amused smirk he was wearing. "One of the old reports said they rejected the Skies that wanted to recruit them into their teams, didn't they?"

"They were only waiting for the right on." Luce supplied with a delighted smile. "Oh, I can't wait Reborn! With Vongola Council's Sky coming back and adding Tsunayoshi, I'll have a full ten students! I have both hands with no fingers left over now!"

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"... right. Ten." Reborn coughed. "Congratulations."

"Reborn!" Luce pouted indignantly. "Don't laugh! I'm really happy about this!"

"Luce, I don't get your sentiment since the rest of us have a few hundred fingers each to supervise."

"Reborn!"

The other groaned and surrender to the urge to bang her head against her desk because it was only her and Reborn, there wasn't a need to act professional with long-time friends. "I hate you all."

"Love you too."


Ehhh... yeah. That happened. Actually, a lot happened.

Seventh chapter, everyone gathered, bonds formed (tentatively - they just met 'kay?), resolve met and acknowledged, flames acquired. Still the Academy arc though. And haha, the tenth student of the Sky Dome, how ironic.

Since that was Tsuna's first real fight, it's can't be that good right? He doesn't have much experience as of yet. But, Tsuna bypassed a level because of Hyper Dying Will mode LOL - it's just one of those things that happen due to the extremity of the situation though.

And just saying: no, the Vongola Council isn't going to be the First Generation. (I'm sure you have a few guesses as to their roles by now.)

P.S. Does people... prefer longer chapters?