LunarFallenStar: Hey guys! New chapter and the start of choice! Keep reading and I hope you like it! Thanks for the reviews everyone!
Phantom Hitman 1412: 'Poor Ed' is right, he can't handle all the Armstrong's and Armstrong sparkles. I gave Al sun flames because he always seems more like a healer than a fighter so I thought that it would work well. And I would never have Ed and Al lose contact, it would be too sad. I agree with you about how 'extreme men only go straight' was hilarious. Whenever my friends turned, I would tell them they weren't extreme, and then I'd end up walking into a wall. I thought the panda was cute too! Xiao Mei FTW! And I know it's sad that Ed had the box weapon of Al's suit of armor (I couldn't really think of anything else) Oh *hands tissue* I know, it reminds me of them training together as well. Thanks for the review! Glad you liked it!
Archsage328: I'll try to think of a way to get Ling or the other Brotherhood characters into this because it really is a good idea.
A Natsmu Yuujinchou Lover: Hi, ANYL. Thanks for the review and I hope you get better. I hate getting sick, and thanks for the advice not to overstress myself. I do it quite often.
~Previously~
"Indeed. Tsuna told me about a scar that appears to be a dent in his chest, as if he was impaled by something," Reborn said, "The more we know about him, the more suspicious he becomes..."
Dino only nodded silently in response.
The Vongola group stood in their base, decked out in their suits. Reborn made Ed wear one, much to Ed's discomfort. Ed, however, made some changes to the uniform. He was wearing a red suit like the others, but he REFUSED to wear the tie. Instead of buttoning the red suit jacket up, he left it unbuttoned, also leaving the white dress-shirt relatively untucked. He wasn't wearing dress shoes, going with his normal boots. His hair was in a usual braid with more rubber bands in his pocket if he had a hair malfunction like he had during training. He had also put his teacher's insignia on his shoulder as well. Everyone could see the chain of his silver pocket watch which he still kept with him, also having his ring attache to the chain. His boxes were hidden in his automail (He made last minute modifications). He also had the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, automail hidden by the skin-like material. All in all, he stuck out like a sore thumb.
Ed also felt incomplete without his long, red coat. They had to pry it away from him while he was screaming, "Red is a badass, tough-guy color that gets the blood boiling!" To which they told him he was going to be wearing red to which he replied, "I can't be badass in a monkey-suit! It's just not me!"
After the whole fiasco with Ed's wardrobe (the only reason they let him make the changes was because he stopped whining) they were finally ready to go.
They set out, soon arriving at Namimori shrine. They all grew worried when Hibari and Yamamoto had yet to show. Ed got really pissed off when he saw Byakuran's face appearing out of the clouds, obnoxiously large in size.
"He just loves to pis me off," Ed muttered.
Kyoko and Haru looked at him in surprise, "What's up with the change in character?" Haru asked.
"I have no clue, Haru-chan."
"To get to the area for Choice, you will need 5 million Fiamma volts," Byakuran said, "Considering you're the ones using the teleportation, you should be the ones to pay for it. Hurry up, Vongola, time is ticking."
"Man, he REALLY likes to pis me off," Ed muttered more loudly.
"Oh, Fullmetal-kun," Byakuran said, "Mind your language. Cussing's not nice."
"Can it, Marshmallow-addict!" Ed said, "You just blew up a fucking mountain!"
"What did I say about language, Fullmetal-kun?"
"I don't care! Shut up, miserable fuck!" Ed yelled in response, picking up a rock and throwing it at the face of Byakuran projected in the sky.
"Awww, I'm hurt Fullmetal-kun," Byakuran whined, "Vongola, get going with those Fiamma volts, when the light disappears, you'll be disqualified."
Everyone, besides Ed who was still fuming, began to panic as the light slowly began to minimize.
"But, not all of us are here yet!" Tsuna said.
"Oh, I'm glad you're so loyal to the rules, but it just sounds like excuses to me."
The light continued to minimize until it was only a speck on Tsuna's forehead.
That was when two pillars of flame rose up from the ground, hitting the Byakuran hologram straight on. Everyone smirked, pulling out their boxes. Ed looked at his pupils with pride, he was still pissed at Byakuran, but his pride for his students covered it up.
They all watched as a rainbow of light shot forth and hit the machine floating in the sky.
"I was right," Irie said, "I was right to bring them from the past. The only light that can stand against Byakuran, the tenth generation Vongola family!"
When the large amount of light disappeared, Tsuna and the rest had their box weapons open, ready for action.
"Hey, Sawada, how did you know they would come?" Ryohei asked.
"No, All I knew was that we needed everyone together or we couldn't defeat Byakuran," Tsuna replied, causing everyone to look at him in mild shock. Reborn smirked at his statement, fedora shadowing his eyes.
"Yes, marvelous," Byakuran's face reappeared in the sky, "Over five million Fiamma volts... you pass. Then let's get down to starting Choice."
"Yeah," Tsuna said, Na-tsu growling in response beside him as well.
"The first choice will be the selection of a battlefield," Byakuran said, a stream of cards appearing in the sky, flowing down to Tsuna and his group, "On account of your wonderful flames, I'll yield the choice of the battlefield to your side."
"What are those?" Kyoko asked in confusion.
"Playing cards?" Haru added.
"You've heard the rules of choice from Sho-chan, correct?" Byakuran's voice was heard once more, "Choice is a game of choices."
"No way!" Ed said with sarcastic amazement, "I never would've guessed!"
"That was rude, Fullmetal-kun," Byakuran said, "Anyway, battlefields and combatants must be chosen before you can begin. The outcome is largely affected by fate. Now, chose a card, Tsunayoshi-kun. That will be the choice you've made."
"But the cards were made by the enemy," Giannini began.
"Don't worry," Irie interrupted, "Choice is the one occasion where Byakuran will never cheat."
"Juudaime," Gokudera said.
"All yours, Tsuna," Yamamoto smiled at Tsuna with confidence.
"Yeah," Ryohei said, clenching his fist in determination, his box weapon also growling in acceptance beside him.
Hibari merely grunted at Tsuna, because you really can't expect anything less besides 'Herbivore' or 'I'll bight you to death'.
"Lambo-san wants to draw! Wants to draw!" Lambo whined, waving his lollipop in the air only to be picked up by Chrome.
"Boss..." Chrome said quietly.
"Okay, I'll make my choice," Tsuna said, drawing a card.
Byakuran looked down, "The battlefield card is lightning. Let's go then."
Everyone looked around in shock as they began to float.
"My body is floating on its own!" Giannini panicked.
"It's okay, don't panic!" Irie said.
"You know, it's kind of relaxing," Ed said, leaning back in the air, closing his eyes.
"Eek!" Haru said, "What about this is relaxing!"
Kyoko just clung to Haru.
"Lambo-san is flying!" Lambo cried.
"Damn... what the hell?" Gokudera asked, wincing slightly as Uri clung to his hair as they floated.
As they continued to float, their yells got louder. Haru and Kyoko desperately tried to hold their skirts down. Reborn was just sitting cross-legged, going with the flow.
Soon, a bright light filled the air and they were sucked up into the machine, only to be deposited unceremoniously somewhere else.
Tsuna, being the unlucky one, landed on his face only to have Ed and Reborn fall on him.
"Hey, that wasn't so bad," Ed said to Reborn.
"Would you mind getting off of me, Edward-sensei, Reborn..." Tsuna said weakly, the flame on his head disappearing, "Man, that hurt. Everyone, are you okay?"
"Yes," Bianchi replied, slowly getting up.
Suddenly, a voice rang out, "It feels like we've met many times, but this your first time meeting in person," Everyone looked up, seeing Byakuran along with the six funeral wreaths, "Tsunayoshi-kun."
"Ah, their they are!" Tsuna said, "Byakuran and the real six Funeral Wreaths!"
"This is where we'll be fighting," Byakuran announced, "Don't you think it's a fine location? Don't worry about all the people, as there is no one but us here. We are the only ones in this place."
"A battlefield made especially for Choice..." Irie muttered.
"Well, we'll explain everything in due time," Byakuran said.
"BOO! Puhleaze!" A girl with long blue hair said, "They're a bunch of kids!"
"What! Damn you!" Gokudera growled.
"Boo, I can handle this lot by myself!" She said once more.
"You do realize you appear younger than them," Ed spoke up.
She raised her hand into the sky, rain flames appearing around it and turning it into a blade.
"Now, now, Bluebell," A man...? with long green hair said, "Byakuran-sama has been waiting for this party for a long time. We should enjoy ourselves."
Hibari raised his tonfas, a cloud flame appearing on his ring.
"O-ho, my cloud counterpart appears to be you in the school uniform," The man with the green hair spoke once more, "I'm Kikyo, pleased to make your acquaintance."
"Enough chit-chat," Hibari said, "Let's get started."
"But we can't do that yet, Hibari-chan," Byakuran said, holding what appeared to be a golden cylinder, "This is choice. We have to proceed to the next choice."
'Wait, wait,' Ed thought, a thought bubble appeared over his head (cue thought theater), 'I'm confused. So the one with the blue hair... Bluebell, i think, is obviously a girl, but isn't she a child? And that guy? Kikyo, he sounds like a man but has long hair and wears make-up like a woman. Not to mention the name Kikyo... and the guy with red hair the one who took the magma bath, I hope he's not a woman 'cause then he'd be a woman with a beard with all that stubble on his chin... and the other guy with dark green hair holding the bunny, is that a man or a woman? I'm so confused! Not to mention the dude with the mask! What's up with him... wait, wears the sixth guardian... there's only five... What's going on!'
"Elric," Gokudera waved a hand in front of his face, "Pay attention."
Ed snapped back to reality to see to large holographic panels with the elements and numbers on it.
"For Vongola, you get Sky, Storm, and Rain on the field," Byakuran said, "Lucky spin."
"What's the box at the bottom, I've never seen an element like that before!" Gokudera demanded.
"That's a null element, in other words. People without rings. You spun a two," Byakuran said, "So you'll have to send two of them out."
"Eek!"
Everyone turned around to see one of the Millefiore members in front of Haru and Kyoko.
"Who are you?" Haru asked.
"I'm Daisy," He held up a wilted flower, "This is for you."
All of a sudden, a rope wrapped around him and yanked him back, "Sorry about that, the second I take my eyes off him..." Kikyo said, "Daisy has a weakness for the lovely and fragile, like you two."
"Hey, marshmallow freak," Edward said.
"How dare you talk to Byakuran-sama so casually?" Bluebell demanded.
"Be quiet, cow," Edward said annoyed.
"C-c-cow?" Bluebell repeated.
"I was wondering something," You say null-elements only apply to those without rings, but that only includes elemental rings such as sky, rain, storm, cloud, mist, lightning, and sun, correct?"
"Yes, why do you ask?"
"So, if one of us were to have a ring that wasn't part of those aforementioned elements, technically it would b a null element correct?"
"Yes," Byakuran nodded, "Strange question to ask..."
"Actually, no it's not," Edward said, "I just wanted to make sure..."
"Another question, Byakuran," Irie said, stepping forward, "I don't have a ring, so wouldn't I be considered a null element?"
"Awww, that's crafty Sho-chan, but I'll allow it," Byakuran said, "You can participate as a null-element."
"Okay, with that information, we already have our starting line-up," Irie said, "Sawada Tsunayoshi for Sky, Gokudera Hayato for Storm, Yamamoto Takeshi for Rain, and Spanner and I for the null-elements. You have no objections, correct?"
"I'm fine with that line up, at least everyone has battle experience," Tsuna said.
"Ooooo! Fullmetal-kun's not participating this time!" Byakuran said, "Then for our side we'll have Kikyo for cloud, Daisy for Sun, and Torikabuto for mist."
"Wait, you need two mist members, you only have one," Irie pointed out.
"Oh crap..." Byakuran and Bluebell said, "That's what you expected us to say... right?"
"What?"
"I told you before that everyone of them has 100 A-ranked soldiers at their command. We can easily find a mist user," Byakuran said, "We've already selected the mist user anyway. One of Torikabuto's men, Saru."
Everyone watched as a person appeared through the mist.
Edward zoned out once more, completely uninterested in the conversation. Sure, it would decide the fate of the world, but whenever he was thinking about something, he forgot about it completely.
He briefly watched as Dino revealed himself, when the Cervello came to be judges, and Squalo revealed himself as well. He snapped out of it when he and the other the contestants were teleported to their base, while the non-participants were sent to the viewing areas.
Gokudera sighed, telling Yamamoto how to tie his tie. Tsuna sighed at Gokudera's speech about 'how a man should know how to do this' because Tsuna himself didn't know how to tie a tie.
"Judging by everyones fighting styles, I would suggest Tsuna and Yamamoto on offense with Gokudera on defense," Irie said, target flame shining brightly on his chest.
Gokudera growled at the red-head before finally accepting when Tsuna intervened.
"Spanner and I will stay here to give guidance," Irie said.
The voice of the Cervello sounded over the speakers, signaling the start of choice.
Irie pressed the button that caused the tarp to fall off the base. Ed smirked and closed his eyes, the dull grey flame appearing on his forehead.
"All personnel: Launch!" Irie said, and on cue, Tsuna, Yamamoto, and Gokudera sped off on their bikes.
In the observing station, Kyoko looked at the monitor in amazement, "I never imagined the mafia fight would be like this!"
"It's as if Irie is on the field with them," Dino mused, "Something to be expected of the leader of the Merone base."
They continued to watch as Tsuna appeared behind Torikabuto, slamming the masked man into the building.
"The building didn't shatter," Tsuna said in amazement.
"All of these buildings are coated with the hardness factor of lightning," The Cervello said monotonously, "If you slam into one at a high speed, it'll be like slamming into the concrete if you fell off of these buildings."
Torikabuto slowly peeled himself off the window he collided with, turning to face Tsuna once more. Everyone was stunned when his cloak tore into shreds, flying around Tsuna before turning into sea snakes.
"This can't be an illusion, it wouldn't have appeared on the monitor if it was," Basil said as the sea snakes swirled around Tsuna.
"Stupid kid, don't you know anything? Powerful illusions can fool machines," Squalo said, "His illusions are fused with his box weapon, making them even stronger."
Everyone just gazed at the monitor, watching Tsuna's fight from afar.
Time Skip~
Tsuna stared at the sea snakes headed for him, realizing they were coated with lightning class flames. Tsuna dodged quickly, the sea snakes colliding with the building behind him.
He turned around in shock as one by one the snakes penetrated the hardened shell of the building. His shock grew as the top half of the building slowly slid out of place.
He continued to dodge the wave after wave of sea snakes until he was surrounded by them. Quickly, they formed a cage around him.
"Mystic illusion," Torikabuto said, "Repe Serpente di Mare..."
A grid of sea snakes surrounded Tsuna, preventing his escape.
He gritted his teeth as the grid closed in on him, "They're getting closer..." He looked down as Na-Tsu was shaking his box violently, "Na-Tsu...Got it, I'm counting on you."
Tsuna reached down his hand, picking up his box. Igniting his ring, Tsuna injected his flames into the box. Everyone watched as a torrent of sky flames surged out of the box. When the flames cleared, everyone saw a small lion sitting upon his shoulder.
"Leone di Cielo ver. Vongola!" Tsuna muttered, earning a happy growl from Na-Tsu.
In the Vongola viewing area, Basil gaped in shock, "The sky lion, ver. Vongola! That is Sawada-dono's!"
"Wow! That's Tsuna's box weapon?" Kyoko said.
"So cute!" Haru added.
"What I would expect from Tsuna," Dino said.
'A sky class lion, just like our damn boss,' Squalo thought, 'But, they're very different...'
Na-Tsu, still perched on Tsuna's shoulders, looked down, growling, "GAO!"
Sky flames surged from Na-Tsu's mouth, consuming the grid of snakes in fire and petrifying it. Tsuna flew forward, successfully breaking through the grid.
"Thought so," Byakuran said from his seat in the Millefiore viewing area, "Using the sun-class harmony factor to petrify them?"
"This is over," Tsuna said, charging towards Torikabuto, but before he could reach, the windows began to crack, releasing another torrent of sea snakes.
"Let's do this, Na-Tsu," Tsuna muttered, earning a 'gao' from Na-Tsu, "Na-Tsu, Cambio Forma Modo Difesa."
The visor upon Na-Tsu's head began to glow, "GAO!"
Everyone watched as all of the sea snakes covered Tsuna completely, shielding him from view.
A light appeared, covering the sea snakes. All of a sudden, the snakes were blown back, revealing Tsuna protected by a cloak, "Mantello di Vongola Primo!"
The cloak disappeared and Na-Tsu was once again on Tsuna's shoulder, "Thank you, Na-Tsu. Now it's my turn."
Tsuna charged Torikabuto, only to have him dodge. Tsuna's feet collided with the bridge before pushing off once again with greater speed. Tsuna shot forward, hitting his opponent in the back of the neck before punching the back of his head, sending Torikabuto flying through the building and colliding with the concrete.
"Good job, Tsuna," Ed said over the earpiece.
"Tsunayoshi, extinguish your flames and go by bike, that way the enemy won't detect you, thus stopping a joined attack."
Tsuna nodded and began to descend to his bike.
"Shouichi," Spanner said, "An enemy is approaching Yamamoto Takeshi's bike."
"Yamamoto, their is an enemy approaching your location, most likely to destroy the decoy," Irie told Yamamoto, "I'm lowering the decoy within the reach of your sword so that you can make the first attack while the enemy is preoccupied with the decoy."
Yamamoto suddenly got off his bike, slowly pulling out his sword.
"Yamamoto-kun?"
"Someone's here, we'll talk later."
Yamamoto noticed a small ping against the decoy and charged, ready to attack. He was surprised however when a mass of plants erupted from the decoy, some wrapping around his leg and others attempting to strike him directly. He dodged them, but was pinned to the ground and his sword was knocked away in the process.
"Very impressive dodging," A voice said, mist eventually gathering and clearing to reveal Saru.
"You're Saru, from the Millefiore!" Yamamoto said.
"But I find it ironic," Saru said, "You barely made it out alive last time only to find yourself facing the same fate once again, Yamamoto Takeshi.
"Once again?" Yamamoto asked in confusion.
"Will this help you?" Saru sneered, his mask fading away only to reveal...
"Genkishi?" Yamamoto yelled, everyone listening on the Vongola side's eyes filling with shock.
"Impossible!" Irie said, "Didn't Tsunayoshi-kun defeat Genkishi?"
Edward looked down, bangs shadowing his eyes, just like them they would 'die' but wouldn't stay dead...
"You should know the difference in power between you and I," Genkishi continued to preach.
"Yamamoto, whatever you do," Edward whispered, even though Yamamoto couldn't hear him, "Don't listen to his bullshit! You've trained and gotten stronger. He's not as tough as he likes to sound!"
"Unlucky guy..." Genkishi said, raising his sword into the sky to have mist flames surround it, "Farewell!"
Genkishi swung his sword, sending blades of mist flames heading towards Yamamoto who ignited his ring, opening up his box.
A cloud of dust blocked everyones view of Yamamoto and all they could do is wait for it to clear.
"You're the one who's unlucky, Genkishi," Squalo said, watching as the dust cleared, revealing a standing Yamamoto with two swords in his hands and a dog by his side, holding a sword in its mouth, black feathers falling in the wind all around them.
"I've been waiting for a chance," Yamamoto said, Rain flames swirling around his swords, "To get revenge."
"The dog with the katana, is your Vongola box?" Genkishi asked.
"Yeah, somewhat I guess," The rain flames disappeared, leaving only the hilts of the katanas, "It's an Akita Inu named Jiro. He looks after my three short swords for me."
Yamamoto bent down, Jiro hopping up onto his master, whimpering affectionately as Yamamoto gave him a hug.
Squalo face-palmed and thought to himself, 'that damn brat, stop wasting time...'
"But I'm actually gonna use four swords, like you did last time," Yamamoto said, rubbing the back of his head, "So, is it okay for me to grab my fourth sword? That last attack sent it flying."
"Yamamoto Takeshi," Genkishi said, "You have certainly matured a bit, but don't push your luck. After dodging just one attack!"
Yamamoto smirked, spinning the hilts of his swords in his hands before igniting his ring. Using the flames to propel himself backwards, he dodged all of Genkishi's exploding box weapon slugs and made his way back to his sword, effectively grabbing the hilt after sending the hilt of his other rain sword into his other hand. He propelled himself backwards once more, using the two rain blades he had in one hand to control his flames. His Shigure Kintoki had turned back into a katana.
He surged forward once more, Rain flames pushing him forward causing Genkishi to be shocked for a moment. Genkishi raised his sword up to block the oncoming attack effectively, or so he thought when a cut appeared on his cheek yet no sword had touched him.
'This man...' Genkishi thought, swinging his sword to send Yamamoto back to the ground and gain distance between the two. Genkishi's eyes flashed dangerously and Yamamoto looked around in surprise as more and more plants swirled around him before Genkishi disappeared once more in the mist.
In the cylinder of plants, Yamamoto lit his ring once more and dodged yet another barrage of Genkishi's invisible exploding box weapons. Smoke filled the area and everyone thought that Yamamoto wouldn't be able to fight if he couldn't see the enemy, all except for Squalo who only smirked.
"Over there!" Yamamoto called out, throwing his two Rain swords into the wall of plants to be rewarded as the mist collected once more and revealed a stunned Genkishi.
Jiro tossed the hilt in his mouth to Yamamoto who successfully caught it and ignited the rain flames turning it into another sword.
He flew up to Genkishi and slashed him across the chest, sending the illusionist flying out of the prison of plants he had created and back into the metropolis playing field.
As they landed on the ground, Yamamoto wordlessly caught the three hilts, balancing them between his fingers with expert precision.
"Unbelievable," Genkishi said, clutching the wound on his shoulder, "He was able to see through my illusion that was perfectly synchronized with Spettrale Nudibranc!(His slug box weapon)"
Yamamoto laughed, "The plan worked. You were so focused on Jiro that you didn't notice the one above."
A look of genuine shock passed over Genkishi's features, 'Above?' he thought. He looked up in surprise, only to see Yamamoto's Rain swallow.
"It was spreading Rain-class flames on the giant tree created by your sea slugs. And Rain-class flames carry the tranquility attribute so then, once your slugs had been bathed in Rain-class flames, their movements gradually became slower. Your speed remained the same, so you ended up getting out of sync."
The swallow slowly descended and landed on Yamamoto's waiting hand, "By the way, this guy's named Kojiro."
"Well then... Just so you know, we've only just started to get serious." Yamamoto said.
Back in the viewing area, some people were shocked at Yamamoto's drastic change in his skill level. Listening to Squalo's story carefully, Reborn spoke up.
"Choosing the sword when forced to choose between two options. He's just like the original Guardian of theRain Ring."
"From the original Vongola Family?" Basil asked, looking at Reborn.
"Yeah, the original guardian of the rain ring," Reborn replied, "It was said that he had no peer when it came to the sword, his talent was admired by all. But he loved music above all else and didn't possess a sword of his own. However, when he heard his foreign friend, Vongola Primo, was in trouble, he sold the instrument he valued more then his life to pay for weapons and travel expenses in order to help. He didn't hesitate to give up everything for his friend. He exchanged his instrument to have three short swords and one long blade made."
"Oh yeah, I remember that," Edward said, smiling, "I thought we were so screwed then... After it was over, Giotto got him another instrument, even though it wouldn't fill the void. Asari's music was really pretty, I'll never forget it."
"Um, Ed-san," Haru said, "How do you know this?"
Ed's eyes widened and he paled considerably. He felt sweat on his brow and he looked around nervously, "Ummm... Reborn continue your story! You didn't finish it did you?"
"Hahi! You didn't answer my-" Haru began, but was cut off as Reborn continued speaking.
"Inside Yamamoto's box was Jiro and three short swords, but that wasn't all," Reborn said, "Kojiro the rain swallow was integrated with the Vongola Box and upgraded. Yamamoto should be able to understand what that means by now."
"Kojiro! Cambio Forma!" Yamamoto called out. Kojiro flew down from the sky and collided with the hilt of Yamamoto's Shigure Kintoki, morphing into it and lengthening the blade.
"So Yamamoto's Vongola Box holds what was considered a blessed shower to cleanse all..." Reborn said, "Asari Ugetsu, the four irregular swords!"
Yamamoto held the long sword in his hand and the three short swords in the other, all of the four covered in rain flames.
"Man, he really looks like Asari," Ed said, again forgetting about Kyoko and Haru being there, "Get rid of that monkey suit and replace it with the traditional Japanese outfit and give him a hat, he'd be the spitting image of him."
"There you go again!" Haru said, "Haru demands an answer!"
"Mr. Elric will tell you later," Reborn said, "Just wait for a moment."
Genkishi stared at Yamamoto, gritting his teeth before jumping away from Yamamoto.
Tsuna sped down the street on his air-bike, scanning his surroundings to see if any threat was near.
"Tsunayoshi-kun," Irie said.
"Yes?"
"You've defeated Torikabuto and the Phantom Knight disguised as Saru is currently battling Yamamoto. We haven't seen Kikyo yet because of the decoys, but now would be the perfect time to eliminate the enemies while their guard is down."
"Got it," Tsuna turned and headed towards where the enemy base should be located.
'The flames from that blade,' Genkishi thought to himself, 'It seems that this isn't the same Yamamoto Takeshi I fought before.'
"I'm ready to go, Phantom Knight," Yamamoto said, fully facing his opponent.
"Very well. I acknowledge that you're a swordsman worthy of defeating with my full power," Genkishi said, his hell ring beginning to glow, "But you better not regret it. I will no longer show you any mercy!"
Mist flames enveloped Genkishi, blocking everyones' view of him. When the mist cleared, their he stood in his skeletal form.
Yamamoto merely stared at him for a while before smirking, "There it is."
Genkishi laughed madly, "Full power! My strength has multiplied. But why? Why am I not recognized even though I wield so much power? Why is Torikabuto the real Mist Funeral Wreath when I am so much better?"
Everyone looked at him in mild shock.
"Wow, when this guys at 'full power' his sanity and calmness just goes out the window doesn't it?" Edward said, "He's actually a lot less scary right now. It shows all his weakness..."
"I am clearly the best equipped to serve as the Guardian of the Mist Ring, for god... for Lord Byakuran!"
'What a spout of nonsense,' Ed thought to himself, 'There's no such thing as 'god'.'
"I'm angry! I'm gonna rip you apart!" He yelled, "I'm going to tell you a secret! I wasn't at my full strength when I lost to Sawada Tsunayoshi! I was distracted by the look in his eyes and using only half of my power! Prepare yourself!"
"It wouldn't be fun otherwise," Yamamoto said, lifting up his long blade.
"Insolent brat!" Genkishi said, "Take this double attack from my sword and Spettrale Nudibranc! Danza Spettrale Spada!"
Genkishi swung his blade, sending a barrage of explosions latched onto a blade of Mist-class flames. Yamamoto gripped the three sword hilts tighter in his hands and ignited the flames.
'Shigure Soen Ryu, Defensive stance four: Seasonal Rain,' Yamamoto thought to himself as he disappeared from sight because of the high-speed movements he was performing, effectively dodging the attack.
They watched as the same attack was launched once more, but ten times as many projectiles as Genkishi cloned himself by ten through illusions.
Yamamoto stood in front of the oncoming multitude of force, gripping his blades tighter, "Shigure Soen Ryu, All in One!"
"All in One?" Basil asked in confusion.
"He's combining it all together..." Reborn muttered.
Yamamoto leapt up into the fray of his opponent's attacks, his rain flames spreading out through it all, "Rainy Metamorphosis!"
When the Rain-class flames faded away, they saw that all of Genkishi's attacks had been stopped, literally in slow motion, barely inching along enough to be noticed.
"Wh-what?" Genkishi questioned, "Where are you, Yamamoto Takeshi!"
"It's true that you defeated me once before, but that was because of my inexperience," Yamamoto said, charging at Genkishi from the front, "My old man's Shigure Soen Ryu has always been perfect and its power second to none!"
"Attacking from the front?" Genkishi sneered, "Fool- what? Fast! No that's not it... he isn't fast, my movements have become slow?"
Genkishi looked down, finally taking notice of the rain flames covering his feet.
'Shigure Soen Ryu, Offensive stance eight:" Yamamoto thought, readying his blade, 'Pouring rain!'
Genkishi turned back to his flesh form and all of his attacks disappeared. Defeated, he fell to the ground, all energy lost.
"Why?" Genkishi questioned aloud, "First the Vongola brat... now you... Why don't you finish me off?"
"That's because we aren't fighting for the sake of taking away people's lives," Yamamoto replied simply.
"You'll regret it," Genkishi said, "I vow to achieve my goal for the sake of Lord Byakuran..."
"That's our Phanny," Byakuran said, eating another marshmallow.
"Yeah, I wouldn't have it any other way," Yamamoto said once again.
Everyone looked in shock when flowers sprouted out of his body, fueled by sun flames. Kikyo, who created the flowers, began to explain to Genkishi that this was Byakuran's idea to dispose of Genkishi when his usefulness ran out. Genkishi refused to believe it, saying that his god will save him, that Lord Byakuran would save him. As he got closer and closer to death, Bianchi took Kyoko, Haru, Lambo, and I-pin out of the room. Some looked on in shock as Genkishi exploded, dying at the hands of his own comrades.
"This is the true nature of our enemy, the Millefiore..." Irie said, "Of Byakuran-san!"
"Let's win..." Tsuna said, "The stuff about saving the world and the trinisette policy didn't affect me personally at first, but it's clear that Byakuran is doing horrible things to everyone."
"Sawada," Ryohei said.
"Boss," Chrome muttered.
"Juudaime," Gokudera said.
"Hnn," Hibari grunted.
"Tsuna," Yamamoto said
"Tsunayoshi-kun," Irie said.
Reborn smirked.
"Okay, let's charge them!" Irie said, "We win if we defeat their target first. At the moment, it's five versus two. Numerically speaking, we can defeat their target two to one much faster than they can defeat our target one to three. And the enemy attacker is still distracted with the decoys and unaware of my position."
"This is a perfect chance," Dino said, Reborn smirking on his shoulder.
"Gokudera-kun should remain on defense! Tsunayoshi-kun and Yamamoto-kun should head straight for the target through the air!" Irie commanded.
"Yeah!" The other three said in unison.
Daisy looked at his flame detector, "Th-this is bad!"
'Just you wait, Byakuran,' Tsuna thought, 'We're definitely going to win!'
Edward punched his fist into his palm, "Man, there's a whole bunch of idiots whose asses we've got to kick, I'll have to make a list just to keep track of 'em all!"
LunarFallenStar: And chapter end! Whew, finally done. Well, R&R everyone! Stay tuned! Bye bye for now!