The Sun Guardian Battle Begins!
"We will begin with the match between the Sun Guardians!" Sasagawa glared at the man with green hair who, I assumed, was the Guardian of the Sun on the Varia's team. He had a rather large grin printed onto his face. He, along with the several other members of the assassination squad hopped down from the roof of the school building.
"Thank you for gathering here tonight," the Cervello said. "Now, we shall begin the battle for the rings."
"Please look over there," the other woman said, pointing towards a large steel cage. Lights suddenly illuminated from it, blinding us. The cage took form of a rather large electric fly killer. At the center stood what seems to be a boxing ring.
"What is that?" Sawada cried out.
"It's a special arena we have prepared for the match between the Guardians of the sun," she explained. "This time, we put the traits of the Wielders of the Sun Ring into consideration and prepared the arena accordingly, although the different matches will be located in different places."
"They're using a lot of money," the boy with blond hair, shading his eyes replied.
"But, the result of the match is obvious so it's a waste," the baby standing in the robot's hand replied.
"I think it's perfect for Senpai," Yamamoto chimed in.
"Ryohei is the boxing team's captain after all," Reborn added. I glanced at Sasagawa and smiled. Everything will be alright. We are in this together after all.
"Oh, where's the boss?" the man who was about to face off Sasagawa asked. "It's finally my turn to impress him."
"There's no way that guy will have interest in other people's battle. Besides, he shouldn't have accepted this lame battle and just let me kill them. I would have annihilated those brats in five seconds—" the man with long white hair replied, but then shifted his glare towards Reborn. "Hey! When are you gonna quit that glare?"
"It seems like there's someone there eyeing you, Mammon," the blond haired boy pointed out.
"I know, he's not even a guardian either," the baby, which I assumed was named Mammon, replied. "I feel like charging him some observation fee." Reborn remained calm, despite the threats he was receiving.
"He's not the only one observing," Mammon added, glancing towards the rooftop. A shadowy figure stood there, silently, however, no one else besides Mammon and I have noticed his presence. Who was that? What is his purpose of being there? Also, despite being noticed, he remained still. Was he here to assassinate someone?
"Well then, the Guardians of the Sun please come to the center of the ring," the Cervello asked.
"I'll go! Leave it to me!" Sasagawa said as he took a step forward towards the ring.
"Hey Tsuna, we're not going to form a group circle?" Yamamoto asked, quite cheerfully despite the situation we were facing. Gokudera showed a rather disgusted face, and Sawada was surprised. Sasagawa however, flinched at the thought of it before turning around with a huge grin on his face.
"That sounds passionate!" he shouted. "I've always wanted to do that at least once!"
"You moron! Why would we do such a lame thing?" Gokudera replied, yelling as well. But before he could manage to get away, Yamamoto hooked his arm around him, dragging the bomber into the circle. Sasagawa grabbed Sawada by the collar of his shirt and dragged him into this as well. Yamamoto glanced at me, and indicated me to come join them.
"Come on Sora!" he asked, reaching out towards me. I shook my head and showed a smile.
"No, I'm alright. I can stay here," I replied, forcing a smile on my face. I shouldn't be getting involved. However, against my will, both Yamamoto and Gokudera reached out towards me, and dragged me into the circle.
"Don't be a bother to the Tenth," the silver haired boy mumbled. I felt the blood slowly rushing up my cheeks, causing them to take a slight shade of pink. Gokudera had his arm around me. I glanced within the circle, to change my thoughts and I noticed that everyone was smiling even Sawada and Gokudera, who were dragged into this against their own will. Why? Sasagawa might die during this battle and yet, they are all smiling.
"Sasagawa fight!" the boxer shouted.
"Oh!" Yamamoto shouted back, while Gokudera remained silent.
"Alright, my ultimate power is emerging now!" Sasagawa shouted once we broke up. Gokudera seemed quite annoyed by this, while Tsuna had a confused look on his face. On the other hand, Yamamoto had his usual grin on his face. I stood there and looked at the ground. There was a light feeling in my chest. Is this what it feels like to have friends?
Sasagawa crawl into the ring where the Cervello was waiting, quickly followed by his opponent. The girls approached them and analysed the rings strung across their neck. They glanced at each other and nodded.
"There is no mistake," one of them announced. "We approve of this being the true half Vongola ring of the Sun."
"As a rule, we will have you hang the ring from your neck and upon defeating the opponent and taking the ring, that person will be declared the victor," she explained. Sasagawa rip off his shirt, revealing his rather toned chest. His opponent looked at him, and smirked.
"Oh dear!" he held his face in between his hands and spoke in a rather high pitched voice for a male his age.
"From up-close, your body looks mighty fine!" he squealed. "You are totally my type!"
"What?" Sasagawa shouted, surprised.
"What did he just say?" Gokudera asked, sounding disgusted.
"I don't know…" I replied confused. Yamamoto and Reborn however had a dull look on their faces.
"I'm so taking you home," the bearer of the Half of Sun Vongola ring of the Varia exclaimed as he licked his licked his lips.
"It's rare for anyone to fit under Lussuria's tastes," the hooded baby said.
"He's unlucky," the man dressed in a long black coat added. I clenched my hand into a fist, praying that the match would go smoothly.
"I don't get what you're talking about but, I'll just fight fairly, that's all." Sasagawa raised his fists in a typical boxing stance.
"Oh my, is that a pose for boxing?" Lussuria asked. "Now isn't that pathetic?" He took off his jacket, revealing muscles that were even more toned than the boxer's. He was wearing a tight black tank top and a piece of cloth was wrapped around the left side of his waist, going all the way down to his knee. The piece of cloth was held up by a belt.
"I, Lussuria shall go ahead and play with you with the ultimate standing martial art, Muay Thai." Lussuria took a rather strange stance. He raised his right foot and held his hand up to his face, similar to his opponent's. Sasagawa frowned, his brow furrowed.
"So, Varia's guardian of the Sun was a fighter too, just as I thought," Reborn explained. "Looking at the previous family members, the Guardians of the Sun all had a strong fist or foot. Destroying the misfortune that attacks the family with their own body, they become the sun that brightly shines upon an area. That's the purpose of the Guardian of Sun."
The wind that is constantly blowing, never stopping for anyone.
I wonder who my opponent was. I glanced at the other party. They were a rather odd group. The person whom I was most afraid of fighting was probably the giant robot. I wonder why they chose a robot to fight this battle.
"Well, the wielders of the Ring of the Sun, Lussuria VS Sasagawa, begin the battle!"
"I won't accept any insults towards boxing." Sasagawa tensed up, preparing himself for the battle. Lussuria laughed. Suddenly, everything brightened up, almost blinding. I covered my eyes with the back of my hand, squinting my eyes trying to make something out of the huge mass of light.
"What is this?" Sawada asked, confused. "The ring is glowing!"
"This special ring was remodeled for the battle of the Guardian of the Sun," one of the Cervello explained. "It's a sun coliseum lit by a fake sun."
"Here, take one of these." Reborn handed me a pair of sun glasses. I placed over my eyes and everything became clearer. It was so bright that even shades couldn't help the situation. Sasagawa stood there in the middle of the ring, blinded by the sun, unable to open his eyes. Suddenly, something struck his on his chest. Lussuria had an advantage in this battle since he was already wearing sun glasses.
"But it's not fair!" I cried out. "Give Sasagawa a pair as well!"
"We will not accept any contact with the Guardian during the battle. If you do then we will consider it a disqualification and take the ring away," the Cervello explained. Gokudera snapped his tongue and clenched his jaw.
"Oh? Your body's nicer than what I thought earlier. You're totally my type." Lussuria licked his lips once again.
"Where are you?" Sasagawa lost his patience, and started throwing punches here and there, hitting nothing but air. Lussuria moved swiftly towards him and hit him right across the face, sending Sasagawa flying across the ring, hitting the cables which marked off the limits of the ring. The boxer screamed out in pain, the cables were burning him, leaving marks on his chest. He fell to the ground with a thud.
"With an electrical metal wire, the rope is heated to several hundred degrees," the Cervello explained, cold and emotionless.
"You're slowly reaching my ideal body." Lussuria approached Sasagawa who was desperately trying to get back up on his feet. "My ultimate sense of beauty for the body is a cold deteriorated, not moving body."
I felt a suddenly chill going down my back. I wrapped my arms around myself trying to stop the shivering. I underestimated the Varia. They didn't just want to win the battle, they wanted to kill us. They were nothing more than a cold blooded killer. However, they gave off a familiar air.
Sasagawa slowly stood back up with difficulty. Soon, he stumbled back on his feet.
"Quit joking around!" Sasagawa stood in front of the Varia officer and gave him an upper cut to the face. Lussuria was sent flying across the ring.
"He hit him!" Sawada cried out happily. But everything seemed too easy. This man that the boxer was up against was a trained killer, and yet he was send flying across the ring. It didn't make sense. I pursed my lip. Something was wrong.
Little did I know my intuition was right. Mid way in the air, Lussuria flipped and landed on his feet gracefully.
"Don't hurt me, alright?" the man teased.
"But that sense of touch, he's up in the air!" Sasagawa whispered to himself. "I won't let you escape this time!"
He raised his fist with full force and came in contact with his knee. We heard the sounds of bones cracking on impact. But it wasn't Lussuria who took the damage, but rather the boxer. His arm started bleeding as he fell back onto the electrical wire, taking even more damage. He fell to the ground with a heavy thud. The Varia officer landed on a knee, revealing the left knee that was hidden behind the fabric strapped to his waist. A metal plate was strapped onto his knee, reflecting the bright lights above the ring.
"Like the Guardian of the Sun, I reflect the misfortune back towards you," he exclaimed with a disgusting smirk on his face. He was confident that he was going to be the victor of this battle. "My left knee is a metal limb with a plate in it. Your fist is now useless."
"His hand…" Sawada said.
"That's not all," Reborn explained. "Ryohei is growing weak from all the heat emitted by the light radiation and he's dehydrating."
At this rate, the battle would soon be over. I clasp my hands together and cheered for Sasagawa. I prayed that some sort of miracle would happen. I didn't care if we lost or even if we won. I just didn't want to see someone die in front of me.