Chapter 10
Meanwhile on the other side of the island, things were going really loud and… well, destructive.
BOOM! Gokudera let his bombs fly to the direction of Rana. He didn't give her time to rest and sent another volley of attacks using his Sistema CAI. His opponent, however, was able to dodge all of his attacks and went closer to him. Her weapon, which seemed to appear from her watch, was tiny. Even so, she was still able to injure him in several places in spite of his lightning-flame-propagated shields. They were having such an intense battle until Gokudera opened his box weapon, which contained Uri. He thought that the cat which was fully grown due to his sun flames, would attack Rana in full force. Instead, the opposite happened.
"Aww. Kawaii!" Rana cuddled Uri after she stored away her miniscule assortment of weapons.
"Wha-" was all Gokudera could say. He couldn't attack Rana because Uri was blocking his way. "Uri! Come back to your box!" But as always, the cat wouldn't follow Gokudera's instructions. It kept on hogging Rana's attention. Because of this, Gokudera and his fellow storm guardian lost the will to fight, for the time being.
"Aww… Gokudera, why didn't you tell me that you had such a cute box weapon?" Rana asked with shining eyes, all her adoration aimed at Uri. It seemed to like all the attention.
"Why would I tell you, woman?" Gokudera rudely spat out. Uri didn't like his master's tone and sent a low growl of warning. "Now you turn even my box weapon against me!" he accused Rana as he slumped down on the ground.
"Hey, it's all your fault, you have to pet it more, like this," at this point, Rana began to scratch Uri and rub it's white belly. She began to coo, "Aren't you cute? Aww. You're master doesn't do this to you, ne?" The kitty meowed. "Now you try it!" she told Gokudera.
"Wha—Fine." Gokudera grumbled, and began copying what Rana was doing. A few minutes passed, both weapon and owner enjoyed it. For the first time ever, Rana saw Gokudera smile and laugh. She glanced at him with a blush forming on her cheeks. Sure, he has some bad points, but maybe he has some good ones too, he looks really adorable with a happy face instead of a pissed one. The victim of her gaze noticed and caught her eye for a few seconds but Rana turned away. Awkward silence issued afterwards. Gokudera succeeded into making Uri sleep, so it returned to the safety of its box.
"Gokudera-kun," Rana called, Gokudera looked at her, "Eat this!" she then shoved a handful of tiny dynamites on his face.
"What the!" Gokudera scrambled away.
"Ahahaha! You fell for it, those dynamites were fake, ba-ka!" she gleefully said, sticking out her tongue at him.
"Why you…" Gokudera ignited his storm flame and they continued their training with each other.
"Dino-san, daijoubu desu ka?" Yamamoto worriedly asked his companion. Dino, as you may have guessed, tripped and fell on their way to the peak of the mountain. There were simply too many vines and twigs on the forest floor! He accidentally tangled his legs while running full speed.
"Ahaha… gomen, gomen," Dino replied while pulling himself up.
"Maybe we should rest first?" Yamamoto suggested.
"Sure, let's rest until Romario arrives," Dino said with a grin.
The two have been exercising since the first day. They did push-ups, sit-ups, and the like. In addition to that, they have been jogging since morning. They decided that their fight with each other would be on the last day. So for now, they had a momentary truce.
"Dino-san, let's eat!" Yamamoto announced, preparing the humongous amount of sushi he brought along. Dino looked at them with delight.
"Ittedakimasu!" both said simultaneously and proceeded gobbling up the food.
"Tsuna, more power, you need more power," the baby said, advising Tsuna on his predicament. Currently, Tsuna was trapped in a secluded area with not much oxygen present. It was very much like the time when he was training with the Future Hibari, when he was trapped inside the Cloud Hedgehog.
"I know!" Tsuna told to himself. He concentrated his sky flames into his right hand and punched the barrier. But no avail, he still couldn't free himself. Again! Again! He thought.
Tsk tsk. Mada mada dane, Tsuna.
Oh yeah! 10th chapter! mada mada dane is a famous phrase made by Ryoma Echizen in Prince of Tennis. it means: YOU STILL HAVE LOTS MORE TO WORK ON.
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