Chapter 10: The Taco Bell Trap

Tsuna and TC were on their way to a city outside of Tokyo. "Best Taco Bell around, yes sir, is over in Ikebukuro."

"I can already taste the soft taco!"

"Don't drool in my car, Tsunayoshi. Ah, there it is!"

He pulled into the parking lot. Tsuna got out and ran up to the building. "Ahh...It smells so yummy!"

"It smells better if you're inside, so go!" He kicked Tsuna in through the swinging doors. He fell to the floor in the middle of the restaurant. "It does smell better in here."

"You don't eat out much, do you?"

"Nope."

"Welcome to Taco Bell. My name is Julio. Do you want to try the Magma Supremo Burrito?"

"Yeah! Why not. Give me 5 of those, 26 of those and 20 of those...Oh and 23 Mountain Dew BahaBlasts!"

"Okay. So you want: 26 of those, 5 of these, 20 of those, and 23 Mountain Dew BahaBlasts? Is that all?"

"And one kid's meal."

"But I wanted-"

"Hush! Wait, your name is Julio?"

"Why didn't you recognize me, brother?"

"The uniform."

"I'm a seven foot tall Mexican. How did you not recognize me?"

"Your usual occupation is somewhere else, that's what I'm used to."

"Oh, okay."

TC looked around. "Where's everyone else? They should be here by now."

"Everyone else? Who else is coming, TC?" Tsuna looked around. The door opened. "Brotha!"

Tsuna froze in place in fear. TC turned. "CT! Hey, how you doing?"

"Pretty good...Julio, get your ass on break! It's no time to be working!"

"Ya, you're right." He walked out from behind the counter, his uniform changed into civilian clothing. Tsuna sat across the room at an empty table, where a meal appeared for him. TC sat with the other gods, while more had begun to assemble. ~A meeting of the gods...I should have known that it wouldn't be a regular trip to Taco Bell...~

~"Just stay out of it, kid...no good can come from it. For you, at least."~

The door opened again, but Tsuna never heard it close. "Damn door..."

He looked up to see a blonde haired man in a bartender's outfit. He dropped the door that broke off its hinges. "I'll pay for that." He walked in. "Hey Julio, I'm going to grab something from the back..."

"Go ahead!"

The man walked through the door, then returned with a bag. "Thanks, you had it all wrapped for me."

He sat at a few tables down from Tsuna, who wouldn't stop looking at him. "What are you staring at?"

Tsuna fidgeted with his jacket nervously. "I-I saw what you did to the door..."

"Yeah, what about it?"

"N-nothing!" He looked away.

"Hey, you're that Tuna kid that got hit with an airplane..."

"A-actually...my name is Tsuna..."

"Yeah...you're not here alone, are you? You're all the way from Namimori..."

"N-no, sir...I'm here with my mentor, TC...he's the one in the trenchcoat over there..."

"Yeah...I know TC...And don't call me sir, my name's Shizuo."

"So you know what I have to deal with on a daily basis?"

Shizuo moved over to the table with Tsuna. "Why are you under his wing?"

"Eh..."

A figure slid in within the background. "Well, Shizu-chan, nice to meet you here..."

Both Shizuo and Tsuna looked up. "Izaya...I thought I chased you out of here for good..."

"I've got business here...now if you don't mind, I'd like to get what I came for."

Shizuo got up, but before he could react, Izaya had grabbed Tsuna, and had a blade to his neck. TC stood up and held a Desert Eagle up. Shizuo had a table in his grip. The other gods were staring, and CT had a smirk on his lips. Josh held a 44 Magnum up at CT. "It was a set up!"

The gods set themselves on their sides, all holding up a weapon. Tsuna tried to break free from Izaya's hold. "You're a squirmy little human, aren't you? But he wants you alive..."

Tsuna jerked his head sideways and released himself from Izaya's grip. He ducked, then leaped forward. He landed behind TC, where he found a can of Pepsi and chugged it, then walked out on TC's other side in Hyper mode. "Very nicely executed, Tsunayoshi...though, you waited a little too long."

"Sorry...I wanted it to be suspenseful..."

Izaya put his blade away. "So you knew all along..."

TC smirked. "Not much can happen without me knowing...you would be stupid to think otherwise..."

Izaya started to pace. "You're right, I should not have expected anything less from you, a god. But I also have a few tricks up my sleeve." One of the men on CT's side shot a hole in the ceiling, then threw a flash-bang. The evil side disappeared, Izaya along with them. "Mother fucker...I hate flash-bangs!"

"I know where they are headed, I can track them and you follow," Josh said, putting his gun away. TC nodded. "Everyone follow the Jew! He can track the money!"

Everyone but TC, Tsuna, and Shizuo left. "Tsunayoshi, it's time for a power up. You get to use the biggy boy gloves!" He handed him a pair of mittens.

"They're just mittens, TC..."

"Have you not learned anything with me, boy! You put them on."

Tsuna rolled his eyes, then pulled the mittens on. They changed forms into black gloves with a glowing blue orb in the center on the top of the hand. Flames erupted from his hands. "These gloves amplify the Sky Flame that you use to your advantage...they can not burn with a single touch, but when concentrated correctly, they can incinerate entire buildings."

"But you haven't taught me to use these yet, how am I supposed to use them?"

"Your intuition will serve you well, Tsunayoshi...when the time is right, you will know what to do."

Shizuo stepped forward. "I don't understand what's happening, but I am willing to help you, as long as I can destroy that bastard Izaya once and for all."

"Good...do you have any weapons?"

"Yeah, just hold on one second." He walked out the door, then returned holding a "Do Not Enter" street sign in his hand. "Now I do."

"Impressive. Okay, everyone pile into my Lamborghini SUV!"

TC drove over the speed limit, following the directions he was receiving from Josh. "They've tracked them to an abandoned warehouse...how original."

"TC, this is not the best you can do...you're not going to sit there and tell me you haven't had this thing tricked out..."

TC sighed. He pulled a lever. The SUV transformed itself into a jet on wheels. They flew down the street. ~That's more like TC...~

The warehouse was in view. TC pushed on the brakes and turned the car to slide into a stopping position. Tsuna hopped out, as did Shizuo. The area was quiet. Josh appeared in front of them. "Our brothers are fighting TC, you're kind of late."

"I had a newb in the car, I wasn't going to drive that fast, but Tsuna insisted."

"All I said was-"

"There's no time! Hurry up and end this."

"No problem...Here's a power boost, Tsunayoshi." He handed him a can of soda. Tsuna drank it, the strength of his flame increased. They all walked up to the warehouse. TC kicked the doors open, and a cacophony enveloped them. Smoke and the smell of gun powder stray out into the air it was opened up to. TC pulled his dual mini-guns from his trenchcoat, and walked in with them shooting round after round. Tsuna walked in behind him, looking at all the gods who were fighting. ~They're all brothers, so why are they fighting each other!~

~"Every family has their disputes..."~

All firing stopped when TC reached CT, both with guns pointed at each other. Izaya appeared and grabbed Tsuna, and put a gun to his head as well. "You tend to walk into traps easily, don't you?"

"Because we choose to..."

All the gods turned their guns on Izaya and TC. Something landed on the roof above. It caved in, and they saw a figure clad in black and wearing a helmet on a motorcycle fall through. It landed, and the figure stepped off the bike, and a scythe appeared from the shadows. Shizuo turned. "Damnit, Celty! What are you doing here!"

Guns turned towards her, but she lashed out with her scythe and immobilized them. She walked forward quickly, past Shizuo. "Celty!"

She held her weapon up at Izaya. He laughed. "Celty...You're here a little late..."

She whipped out a phone, and started to type on it, then held it up. "Phone: Izaya! Put the boy down. Stop this madness!"

"No can do, Celty. This is just getting me one step closer to my goals..."

She started to type again. "Phone: Let him go!" She moved the scythe closer. A low chuckle was heard, it then morphed into a booming laugh. "Looks as if we have hit a stalemate...what are you going to do now, Brother? Your apprentice is not even prepared to fight..."

"You underestimate me, like usual...Tsuna! Now!"

Tsuna dropped a ball about the size of a golf ball. CT laughed again. "What trickery is this! Anybody have a golf club?"

The ball rolled down hill towards Shizuo. "Why actually...FORE!" He hit the ball with his road sign, and it flew through the air with a loud whistle. It hit CT in the forehead, and everything went WHITE.

The room regained color, and the tables had turned. TC had CT's gun and had him at gun point, Tsuna holding Izaya in a headlock. Shizuo had his sign aimed at Izaya, and Celty had her scythe aimed at CT. "I told you, 'brother'...don't ever underestimate me..."

Izaya pulled out his switch blade, and tried to shank Tsuna with it, but a very hostile Josh interrupted. "I can't SEE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO THIS IS AIMED AT...BUT I WILL SHOOT. DO YOU HEAR ME? I WILL SHOOT THIS MOTHER FUCKER." His gun was aimed at his foot. "I WILL! I WILL!"

The others placed their guns on the ground. "Josh..dude, don't do this. We need you to manage our money!"

"I can't see a damn thing! What's going on!"

Tsuna noticed the switch blade, and jammed his finger to one of Izaya's pressure points, knocking him out. He dropped him, then stood up straight. "Watch him for me, Shi-sama..."

"No problem kid..."

He walked up to TC. "You might want to go and help your dumb fuck of a brother before he shoots himself..."

"Ooh look at you getting all saucy with the language..."

"I'm learning fast, and I'm learning well."

CT laughed yet again. He disappeared, then reappeared behind them with a large gun. "Goodbye, scum!"

Tsuna turned fast. ~"The time is now...concentrate your flame into the palm of your hand and release it!"~

He closed his eyes and focused, placing his left hand behind him for balance and his right hand out in front of him. His palms glowed, and a stream of soft flames shot from his left hand. ~"Release it now!"~

A large stream of flame released from his right hand, making the room turn pitch white. The entire place collapsed in an explosion. His power wore off, and Tsuna fell forward, passed out. All the other gods had disappeared, CT and Izaya included. TC picked him up, and put him over his shoulder. "Thanks for the help Shizuo, Celty."

"That kid has power...I'd be glad to help, anytime."

Celty typed up on her phone. "Phone: You're welcome, TC..."

"Time to take the kid home and get yelled at by KT."

"YOU DID WHAAAT?"

"Well, you see..."

KT had both TC and CT in corners, both at gun point. "No excuses, I want ANSWERS."

"He started it!"

"Man, why do you have to blame a brotha like that?"

"It's true!"

"Enough! Josh, start explaining."

"Well...I shot myself in the-"

"No! Not your problems...what happened with THIIISSS..."

"Oh! Yeah, CT started it."

"Julio, can you confirm?"

"Si."

"Damn guys...put your brotha down like that...I see how it is..."

"Technically, though...your little business associate started it by holding Tsuna with a blade to his neck. But it's all the same."

Tsuna walked through the room. "Hi guys...anybody want a drink before you die?"

"I could go for some purple koolaid."

"Josh?"

"Finest Vodka you have..."

"Julio...?"

"A shot of tequila...never mind, the whole thing."

"What about you, TC?"

"I need Vitamin Water...I need to go to my happy place..."

"Okay..." He walked up to TC and opened his trenchcoat. He reached inside and rummaged for the items he needed. "Koolaid...Smirnoff or Krystal?"

"Krystal."

"Okayyy...tequila, and your Vitamin Water...flavor?"

"X..."

"Gotcha boss..." He pulled out the water. "Here..." He went around and passed out their drinks. "Enjoy, I'm going to get to a safe distance, maybe eat an egg-roll, and watch this joyfully." He walked away in a slow and sleepy manor. In the kitchen, he passed out once more, face planting into the tile floor. "...ow..."