What The Hell
Chapter 8.
". . ." Maya watched Gokudera and Tsuna beg for Lal Mirch's head. Reborn jumped on Tsuna's head as he explained. "Hi there." More arguing. Lal refused to train them. She was amused as Gokudera said Lal couldn't teach anyone. These people were so stupid sometimes. She reflected, But she cared for them. Maybe not Lambo as much. She thought, as he came running with guns.
She followed them to the kitchen as the girls shrieked, just thinking: That stupid mechanic.
She laughed quietly when Lal argued that Tsuna and his guardians couldn't survive.
"Listen up!"
She smiled quietly as Lal said she'd train them. "I knew you would." She said. No one heard her, thankfully.
"Show me your resolve."
Maya ignored the piano as she walked by it's room. Who knew when the last time she'd played was? Time seemed to move so quickly to her, a century passing in the blink of an eye. She felt peace when she played piano, but there were things to be done. She laughed when she went to the training room and saw Lal's eyebrow twitching with how annoying Lambo was.
"She's less scary than I am." Maya told Tsuna when she heard his thoughts. "I'm much more frightening. You just haven't seen my scary side."
"Use the inherent power of the rings or use a box."
"The inherent power of the rings?"
"You can use a weapon like this to take the fames released from a ring-and fire them! The inherent power of the rings is usually the basis for your attacks. Next comes the box. Think of the box as a device which converts a ring's flames into different functions or actions. If you think of flames as electricity, the box would be an electrical appliance.
The potential effects are rich in variety. Fundamentally, a box will only perform as much as the initial charge allows. When the flames run out, it ceases activity.
"However, some types can absorb more flames from the ring after the box has been opened.
"There have also been sightings of types that can absorb enemy flames to increase power. Is there anything you don't understand so far?" "I didn't understand any of that." Tsuna and Gokudera's expressions said: HE ADMITTED IT! Maya smirked when Lal hit Yamamoto, saying "Figure it out!" "Yamamoto!" "Review what I said and think on it." Tsuna: She's evil. Gokudera: That's absurd. "But Yamamoto just got here," Tsuna said "He doesn't know anything." "Explain it to him later." Was Lal's response.
"That hurt." "Of course it hurt. She's Lal." Maya said to Yamamoto's whine. Tsuna checked to see if Yamamoto was okay. She laughed at them calling Lal scary.
"Now let's move on to actual combat. I heard Sawada and Gokudera managed to produce flames from their rings. Is that true?" Gokudera: This is my chance to look good in front of the boss. "Of course!" "Show me." "Actually I don't remember what happened." Stupid Gokudera. "Visualize my resolve becoming flames . . . turn my resolve into flames . . ." "Gokudera-kun?" "Turn my resolve into flames . . . turn my resolve into flames . . . turn my resolve into flames . . . Turn my resolve into flames!" Maya rolled her eyes. "W-what's wrong! It worked last time . . ." "Thought so." "?" "It's possible for flames to shoot out spontaneously under extraordinary circumstances. But you won't be worth much in a fight by relying on chance . . ." "All right!" Maya watched the storm flame flare brightly. "Good job Gokudera-kun! A bright red Deathperation flame!" Gokudera: I did it! "Eh?" Yamamoto asked, looking at his ring. "You can get flames to come out of this?" Stupid, but smart. "You have no chance." "Turn my resolve into flames? Like this?" Yamamoto gritted his teeth, and out came the flame. Whoop-Dee-do.
Maya clapped her hands slowly as the others were shocked "Bravo, bravo Yamamoto." "There it is." "Yamamoto has a blue flame." Tsuna smiled. Gokudera got upset. "B-bastard . . ." "Calm down you whiny little baby." "Shut up stupid woman!" "It's amazing she hasn't killed him yet." "T-that easily . . . Unbelievable" Gokudera added. Maya smiled at Lal's shock. *Argue bicker*
"Sawada, what about your ring flames?" "Uh, well . . . I'm trying . . . But I cant get anything . . ." "Don't be indulgent!" "Jyuudaime!" "Ow!" "What are you doing? He's hurt!" "That's Tsuna's fault." Maya and Reborn said simultaneously. "In one hour all of you must have your rings ignited and capable of opening boxes, or else your training will be suspended."
"I'll go after the Millefiore myself!"
Curry. Maya, Lal and Reborn watched Tsuna try to produce ring flames.
"Why am I the only one that cant produce flames?" "Sawada. Do you truly have resolve?" "I do." Tsuna: I truly feel this way. I have to return everybody to the past. To do that I have to become stronger than the Millefiore and find that Shoichi Irie guy . . . I'm willing to do anything to make that happen. I'll survive any training! At any cost . . .
"It's still no use . . ." "Tsuna . . ." "Jyuudaime . . ." "I'm just Loser Tsuna; all talk. I don't understand what true resolve is." "Don't give me that . . ." "Mushy crap!" Maya smiled at Reborm. "Jyuudaime!" "It's my turn. Back off." "Reborn . . ." "Stop trying to look good. You're a man who can never become a hero." "Huh?" "Enduring training to return everyone to the past, defeating your enemies . . . That kind of reasoning isn't like you. Your feelings were much simpler back then." "Back when?" "What did you want to do when you produced flames from the ring the first time?" "Huh?"
"I just . . . wanted to protect Kyoko-chan!" "That's a good answer. Anybody you want to protect right now?" "Huh?" "Well, yeah, of course . . . I want to protect everyone." "The most powerful one of the Family." Maya stated, Tsuna's ring flame growing large.
"You did it, Tsuna!" "Jyuudaime!" "It worked, Reborn!" "Of course." Lal Mirch: I didn't expect it to be this strong. I'm impressed by how well Reborn understands Sawada. But the real surprise is the trust between them, which allows Sawada to be honest" to himself.
Maya smiled as Reborn twisted Tsuna's hand. "Don't cause me trouble, Loser Tsuna." "Ow! Ow!" Lal: The two of them must have overcome many ordeals. You got that right Lal. "I'll have you open this box now." "Leave it to me!" Gokudera said "I'll open it up and get this over with!" "Open it." Lal tossed it to him. "Okay, just you watch." Arrogant bastard. "Come out!" A pause. "T-this is!" "Gokudera-kun?" "Is something wrong?" "This one's defective. I can tell from experience." "Eh?" "Let me have a go at it. Like this right?" Wait for it-nothing. "Nothing's happening." "Hey! Isn't this broken?" "It isn't broken. When a box can't be opened, there are two possible reasons. The flame is either too weak or of the wrong class." "Class?" "The rings release seven types of flames, just like the Vongola Rings: Sky, storm, sun, cloud, mist, lightning, rain . . . is how their divided up. And there are seven classes of boxes. The box won't open if the ring doesn't match it's class."
"All three must be of the same class or the box will not open."
Maya listened and watched the lesson, with her fists clenched at her sides. How stupid of her, to let someone love her. How stupid and incredibly dangerous. Did she want to hurt people that much? No. So why hadn't she made him hate her? Didn't she remember when she almost killed her parents? Because of her temper and unsteady mentality? Foolish girl. How dare you feel happy at the expense of others?
She looked at her hand. It was fading. She spun around and quickly left the training room as the lesson ended, darting into the hall once the elevator doors opened. Stupid confusion and turmoil. Stupid emotions, too.
