The end of the Battles

While Gokudera ended up in a form of hostage situation with Chrome held by Belphegor and Mammon, Yamamoto rushed to save June in the pool. But when he turned up, he ended up face-to-face with Arrigo.

"Oh? Ohhhh…so someone actually came for her…I was just about to leave her here…but I'd better make sure you don't get her, huh?"

Yamamoto didn't answer, as he already saw that Arrigo was holding the Snow ring in his hand. So, even if he wanted to, he couldn't save June…he had to fight past Arrigo…!

It didn't take him a second to draw his sword, ready to push it against Arrigo. He had seen that this man used speed to fight, and he wasn't going to let him run away!

"Hand that over right now-!"

"I almost pity you enough to pass it over…but your little girlfriend has just about given up. She's been so silent for a while now…hmm…"

Panic set in. Had it been thirty minutes?

"J-June-Chan! Just wait, I'll be there soon!"

"Don't make promises you can't keep!"

Before he knew it, this man had his claws by his neck, threatening to slit his throat like he did to June.

"Now, put that sword down and back off! If you don't, I'll go and make sure she doesn't survive."

"Guh…"

Did he really have a choice? He couldn't move past him to get to her quick enough…if he tried, he'd probably just kill June right there, seeing as she can't even defend herself.

"Fine…"

Pulling off his sword, he began to drop it to the floor…only to kick the sword out of its bag before it could reach the floor, impaling through Arrigo's leg and forcing the man to the floor, dropping the snow ring, letting it slide over the floor.

The rain guardian quickly pulled his sword from the man's leg and ran to grab the ring from the floor, rushing to June's side while Arrigo was left to recover at the gaping hole in his leg.

June was panting heavily, so Yamamoto sighed in relief that she was still alive. The snow ring slotted itself into her watch, letting the antidote swirl into her bloodstream.

It took a moment, but the small girl looked up, blinking at Yamamoto, looking a little surprised. "T-Takeshi?"

"Thank God…You might be a little giddy for a while."

His smile made relief wash over her…she was happy. Someone actually came to save her.

"Who sent you? I figured you'd all forget about me."

"How could I forget you? It took me a while to come get you and get past Arrigo…ah…speaking of which. Wait…ah! He's gone!"

Looking back, Arrigo had disappeared from sight. Now that was worrying. "It doesn't matter. Thanks a lot, Takeshi." "You don't need to thank me. We're friends, right?" "Yeah…of course!"

With help from Yamamoto, June was up and ready to get running. It was definitely lucky that Reborn had given her swords back in the hospital.

But their clear run at getting to Tsuna was blocked.

Arrigo, the bastard…turned out he was just hiding outside the door, waiting to ambush the two.

He kicked Yamamoto to the floor, grabbing the Snow ring and making a quick run for it, leaving them both in the dust. "Shit-! Takeshi, are you okay!?"

"I'll be fine…But I think he's taking that ring to Xanxus-!"

"C'mon! Let's try meet up with Tsuna! Hopefully the others have the rest of the rings!"

Taking off, the two were at full speed, June drawing her swords, in case of any oncoming fights while Yamamoto already had his drawn.

On their way, the two knocked into the other guardians, all with their own bruises and gashes…looks like rescuing Chrome didn't go so well. Nobody had to exchange words, they all just kept running, trying their hardest to get straight to Tsuna before-

Uh oh…they were already too late.

They arrived just in time for Mammon to place the rings around Xanxus' chain, alongside Arrigo and Belphegor, and place the ring of Sky on his finger.

With those rings-!

Xanxus began to laugh as he raised up, bloodied and bruised from the fight, shining.

"Finally…Finally! The proof of my succession to the Vongola is in my hands! With this, I will become the tenth boss of the Vongola…!"

Not all hope was lost-

Xanxus' pride had come to an end when he threw up a lot of his own blood and fell to the floor. Everyone watched in shock as more blood seemed to come from his wounds as he hit the floor, his guardians surrounding his body. "B-Boss!"

"Guh…I had this coming…didn't I…? It's not like the ninth and I are related by blood…"

That's what it was? The ring had rejected him because they didn't share their blood? He…wasn't related to the ninth boss?

Xanxus was adopted by the ninth boss, but lead Xanxus to believe he was his son, since they shared the flames of Vongola. But Xanxus found out, after years, that he had no real relation to the ninth…that his mother was just deluded, thinking she had given birth to the ninth's son.

It infuriated him…he went against his 'father' to become the tenth boss, even without any blood relation. He would overthrow him…

But, that wasn't going to work, clearly…

"…The ninth didn't care about that…"

Everyone turned to Tsuna…his eyes had softened. They were all in awe that he looked like he was about to pity the man…

"He treated you like his own son, didn't he?"

"Shut the fuck up! What use is that shit!? Don't give me that-! All I wanted was the seat of the tenth boss! For those scumbags to praise and worship me! Guh-!"

As he choked up more blood, the Cervello growing worried for his safety, the Vongola were left in shock…

"W-What's with this bastard…?"

"Is he insane?"

"If I can't be the boss…Then nobody will! Kill them! Kill them all!"

On cue, Belphegor, Arrigo and Mammon stepped up to fight, only to have the Vongola guardians step up, blocking their path to Tsuna, all their weapons drawn and ready. Even Hibari had stepped up.

"Ushishi…You're already half dead, right?"

"Tch…You blind or something? It's six against three!"

"Mu? You really think that makes a difference? There is more to the Varia than just us…All fifty of our members will be arriving here shortly."

At this, the Cervello stepped forward, blocking the Varia from any further movements. "We cannot allow outside interference-!"

A quick movement and Arrigo used his claw to slash up the body of one of the twins, forcing her to bleed out there and then.

"Like we care."

Quick as a whistle, the team inside the Vongola box were just about ready to move, as long as the cervello would let them…

"The Varia have been disqualified! The Vongola will now be allowed out of their zone!"

At the push of a button, they were led to believe that they were free…but stopped by Reborn. "No. The beams are still there. We're trapped."

"Then I'll just shoot this thing down, Hey!"

"No! If you do that, it's designed to combust!"

The guardians began to show panic…"W-We're on our own here! They have elite troops coming!"

As if this was their cue, a few members of the Varia had jumped down onto the field. The grin on Bel's face grew wider and wider. "Shishi…we were waiting for you guys."

"I-It's no good, sir…this is all that's left!"

"Hm?"

"The whole squad…it's been wiped out! H-He's coming!"

The men were taken out by a large, steel ball on a chain. Looks like some of the Vongola knew what this meant.

"Mukuro-sama said he was here…he's been talking to him."

"W-Wait…that's…"

"L-Lancia-san!"

Tsuna recognized the dark haired man that came out from behind the varia, stepping over their bodies. "Don't be mistaken. I didn't come here to help you. I came here to thank you."

They weren't giving up, though. "If he's here…looks like we just have to go straight for the top-!" Belphegor threw a couple of knives, aiming straight for Tsuna, but was blocked off by a sword.

"Can't let you do that."

Up next was Arrigo, rushing behind Tsuna, but was blocked off by two other swords pushing against his claws and even cutting into his hands. June grinned, looking pleased that she was getting a little payback and even being able to protect Tsuna for once.

"Well, looks like I can be just as quick when there's no ice around."

"Y-Yamamoto…June-San…"

Floating away, Mammon looked ready to flee; "Muu…Looks like I'll-MUU!"

Now it was Chrome's turn. Setting off a pillar of fire or two, she blocked the path Mammon was prepared to take.

While Gokudera rushed to Tsuna's side, Ryohei and Hibari helped surround the remaining Varia members and their boss.

"L-Looks like we're done, boss…" Belphegor held up his hands in surrender…

"…fuck…" Arrigo just cussed and cussed in pure anger, but couldn't fight back.

Mammon just grumbled as he floated around his boss; "B-Boss…"

"Damn you all…Fuck! You're all fucking useless! You can all just die!"

After Xanxus' rage has died down, leaving him just lying there, a member of Cervello knelt herself down next to his head, gently caressing his cheek a little. "You have been disqualified. Please, forfeit the Vongola rings."

"Tch…this went just how you wanted, didn't it…?"

"We have no wishes. However…this went just as it was decided by fate. Your role is over."

"…Hmp…"

"Thank you for doing your part. Now we will announce the results…Since the Varia was disqualified, the winner of the Sky battle is Sawada Tsunayoshi of the Vongola! He is now the successor of the Vongola with his seven guardians!"

While everybody was prepared to jump for joy, they were halted in their celebrations by Tsuna falling to the floor.

"Tenth!"

"T-Tsunayoshi!"

Well, he deserved a good sleep.

The Concept of Arrigo

Arrigo was designed to be an animalistic fighter, working with his claw like nails to slice anyone in his way. His hair is scruffy and he's covered in tattoos to drive this fighting style.

Arrigo is the Italian form of Henry. I actually looked up Italian names and the Italian football manager, Arrigo Sacchi, popped up a LOT. After seeing the name 'Arrigo' popping up so much, the idea of calling him Arrigo kind of stuck. It didn't have any real meaning, as far as I knew, but I just got to liking the name.

His tattoos are the typical tribal tattoos, based loosely off Ren's tattoos from DRAMAtical Murder, even on his face and chest.

His backstory has never REALLY been fleshed out. Like others, he was drawn into the Varia by Xanxus, himself, and his whole ambition to take the Vongola seat.