Chapter 10: The Final Results

"VOOIII! We made it to the first checkpoint!" yelled Squalo.

"Look, there's a sign on the table," Yamamoto jogs towards the table. He reads the sign aloud. "Choose one of these animals. Your duty is to protect them with your dying will!"

Yamamoto glances at the animals. "Hmmm, which animal should we choose?" he asks.

Squalo observes all of them for a minute. "This one!" he finally decides.

"It's Reborn's Chameleon, Leon!" exclaimed Yamamoto. Leon jumps out of its cage and perches on Yamamoto's shoulder.

"Well then, let's go!" The blue team sprints in to the field. Suddenly, arrows started flying at them.

"Woah!" Yamamoto quickly dodges two of them. He takes out his Shigure Kintoki and concentrated. 'Shigure Soen Ryu, Stance 8, Pelting Rain!' The arrows near him were quickly deflected off.

"Scontro di Squalo!" yelled Squalo. The arrows were quickly cut apart. "Hurry up! Let's get this over with!"

"Yeah!" Yamamoto replied. He looked at his watch. "We have to take a left now."

"Left it is!" Both of them turn left as they fend off shooting arrows.

"Damn, how many arrows are there?" grunted Squalo. He quickly cuts the arrows in half.

"As long as Leon is safe, we will pass," Yamamoto quickly dodges a group of arrows. 'That was close!' he panted.

"Now we turn right!" yelled Squalo. The blue team turns right and sees a basketball court with basketballs on the side. Yamamoto puts down Leon in his cage and turns his attention to his partner.

"VOOII! What's this?" Squalo jabs his sword in to the basketball. The ball immediately deflates.

Yamamoto puts down his Shigure Kintoki and picks up another basketball. "This," he explains, "is a basketball. You shoot it in the basket over there; like this!" Yamamoto lines up his shot and throws the basketball. 'Swish'

Squalo tries to copy his teammate but to no avail. "VOOOOOIII! These balls are defective!" Squalo throws the basketball on the ground. Next to him was the Orange team. Aria quickly shot a basketball in to the net. 'Swish!' "I'm even losing to a girl!"

"Now, now Squalo. Calm Down," Yamamoto starts sinking basketballs in to the net. 'Swish, Swish, Swish'.

Squalo was impressed at how fast Yamamoto could shoot the basketball with speed and accuracy. 'Wow, he's good,' he thought.

'BZZT!'

"Yeah!" Yamamoto grabs his Shigure Kintoki and turns to his partner. "Race you to the finish line!"

"You're on, Brat!" smirked Squalo.

"I see them, kora!" Colonello lowers down his binoculars and grins at Lal. "Squalo and Yamamoto are ahead of the other groups!"

"Good to hear it," Lal huffed a sigh of relief.

"Oh! The Orange team and Red team are catching up!" cried Tsuna.

"You can do it!" cheered Dino.

"VOOOIII! I see the finish line!" yelled Squalo to Yamamoto.

"Just a little bit more!" encouraged Yamamoto.

"Move out of the way, Skum," The blue team turn around slightly and sees Xanxus carrying Aria.

"Hey," waved Aria. Xanxus uses his Dying Will X Guns gun to propel them to the finish line.

"Oh no, you don't!" Gokudera yelled. Fong runs right beside Gokudera.

"We need to speed this up! FULL SPEED AHEAD!" cried Squalo.

Colonello sees all 3 teams rushing to the finish line. He quickly turns to everyone near the finish line. "Everyone, move out of the way, kora!"

Everyone moves to the side and watches the three teams rushing to the finish line.

At the Control Center:

"Goal, desu!" cries Haru.

"But who won?" asked Kyoko.

"Here, I'll put it in slow motion," Bianchi watches the video in slow motion. "We have a tie for first place! The Orange team and Blue team win! The Red team gets third place."

"Hahi! I better go get the prizes!" Haru rushes out of the room.

Kyoko picks up I-pin and turns to Bianchi. "Thanks for letting us help you!"

"No problem, you guys were a big help!" smiled Bianchi.

"Excuse me, but can you let us go?" Lussuria whined. Reborn turns to him with a smirk on his face.

"Sure," replied Reborn. "After this competition, you are all going to get intense training from me!" His eyes sparkled mischievously. "But first, we have to go back to Vongola Headquarters." Reborn presses a button on the wall next to him. The cage lifts and everyone cheers as they head towards Vongola Headquarters.

"Please welcome our three finalists!" announced Kyoko. Everyone cheered and clapped as the Red, Orange, and Blue team enter the room.

"Congrats on being first place, desu!" smiled Haru as she passed out gold envelopes to the Orange and Blue teams.

"Good job in coming in third place," said Bianchi sweetly as she passed out silver envelopes to the Red team.

"S-Sis," Gokudera mutters before passing out.

"Gokudera!" Tsuna rushes to Gokudera's aid as Bianchi smirks.

"Open them! Open them!" chants Lambo.

Lal opens her envelope first and reads it out loud. "Congratulations! You have been selected to be the King/Queen of tonight's… MIDNIGHT AFTER-PARTY?" Lal was astonished.

"Ah, it says the same thing on my envelope, kora!" Colonello grins.

Fong opens his envelope. "Congratulations! Your team and the teams before you now have a pass to skip out of Reborn's intense training session!"

"YES!" Tsuna and Dino do a high-five.

"Hm?" Reborn glares at his no good students. They quickly act disappointed in not doing intense training.

"Lunch is served!" a voice rings out cheerfully. Aria wheels out platters of food while Ganma brings pitchers of drinks to the tables. Everyone quickly gets seated and begins to eat.

"Delicious!" squealed Kyoko and Haru.

"Time to eat!" says Skull. But before he could take a bite, Reborn takes away his plate and eats it.

"G-Give that back!" cries Skull.

"Reborn, be kinder to Skull," scolded Fong. Fong takes a bite of the Mapo Tofu in front of him. "Mmmm, it's been a while since I was able to eat this," Fong sighed happily.

"I ordered it especially for you," Reborn sat back in his chair and brought the espresso up to his lips. "You couldn't eat this when you were a baby because it was spicy. Now that we are temporarily back, it shouldn't be a problem."

"Hey, Verde, do you have any more of those pills?" asks Lal.

"Yeah. Here you go," Verde slides another vial of pills across the table to Lal.

"Thanks Verde," Lal pops a pill in to her mouth. Wisps of blue smoke surround Lal then disappear. Colonello snatches a pill from Lal and pops it in to his mouth. Wisps of blue smoke also surround Colonello then fade away.

"Colonello! Do you know to ask before you take things?" yelled Lal. She grabs his collar and slaps him across the face multiple times.

"Good grief," Viper sighed.

After lunch was over, everyone took a few minutes to relax and rest. Suddenly, Reborn gets up from his seat. "It's time for intense training~" He smirked.

Some people tried to escape but Reborn quickly rounds everyone up and pushes them outside. "Now then, the intense training starts NOW!"

Over the explosions and cries of pain, Aria yells to the rest of the group. "It's time to go choose your outfits for the Midnight After-Party! Lal, please follow me! The rest of you follow Ganma!"

The next chapter is about the Midnight After-Party! I just need to imagine a dress that Lal would look good in .

I kind of wanted to add details of the Animal Raceway in to this story… but then the story will go off topic. Just in case you were wondering:

Gokudera and Fong chose his pet, the bald Uakari. Aria and Xanxus chose Falco, Colonello's pet.