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Chapter 10: Bambino Diavolo

Tsuna stared impassively at the sharp weapon aimed at his neck, fully intent on piercing it. Mukuro, seeing this, growled. Here he was, being completely serious on him, fully intent on killing him, and he just stares at his weapon. Mukuro then spoke, "Do you still remember?"

Tsuna looked back at him. He remained silent for a moment, and replied. "Of course, Bambino. How can I not?"

Mukuro 'tched' and retrieved his trident, and instead pointed it at Tsuna's heart. "It's quite good you remember it. After all, your brain cancels out anything that hurts you, does it not?"

Tsuna got pissed at this. "Yes, that may be true, Bambino, but then again, who was the one who certainly lives up to the saying, 'If you don't accept reality, make it into fantasy'?"

Mukuro jabbed Tsuna's chest, making a hole on his shirt. "Shut up, Piume! It was because of you that we all ended up here!"

This time, Hibari decided to intervene. "What makes you say that, pineapple herbivore?"

Mukuro was about to retort at the name, but was too angered to do so. "That…innocent boy was once part of our gang, until he left us to, as he says, 'be a normal human.'" He scoffed. "Normal? Ha! That's an impossible dream, Piume Colorate! Don't bother dreaming!"

Tsuna scoffed back. "Dreaming? May I know who is truly dreaming between us? The one who tried to live normally, or the one who is currently trying to fight against said dreamer?"

Mukuro growled. "You and I both know that we are equal in practically everything. So now, why don't we settle who's really dreaming?" He pointed his trident at his heart once again. "Kufu."

Tsuna grabbed his glass case and got his cards. He kept his case and began shuffling the cards. "Well now, don't mind if I do."

Mukuro stabbed his trident on the ground, making a crack. Suddenly, everyone in the room was blinded by a bright white light and some fainted.

Fran was the first to wake up. "A~re~? Where are we?" he said, not seeing anything but darkness.

M. M. woke up next, along with Chrome. "Hey bitch, where are we?" M. M. demanded.

"Chrome doesn't know, M.M." Chikusa said softly, still having a headache.

Ken shouted, "BYON! WHERE THE FUCK DID MUKURO-SAMA AND PIUME TAKE US?"

Hibari, who actually woke up due to his shouting, simply stayed put. He knows this place. This was the place he and Tsuna fought before. The time when he saw his past…which he seriously wants to keep as 'past.'

A bright light came out of nowhere, blinding all of them, except Hibari. His eyes were squinted, however, he saw Tsuna. "Tsunayoshi!" he shouted at the light.

The light dimmed, and suddenly, the whole place was full of lights. There, in front of them, were two, four-year old children. Both were wearing white togas and were barefoot, except one had red and blue eyes with blue hair, the other had orange and brown eyes and brown hair. Also, they both had medical eye patches hanging from their right ears.

"He's exactly the same as I remembered…" Hibari mumbled to himself.

The blunette, Mukuro, smirked and materialized his trident. "Saa…this outfit brings back memories…" he smirked at the brunette, Tsuna. "Doesn't it?"

Tsuna scoffed with disgust and materialized his cards. "For you. After all, you are Hell's little boy. You obviously enjoy hell." He smirked. "While I am a stained feather, a fallen, if you may."

Mukuro growled and grabbed his trident. He swung it around in the air, and pointed it at him. "Kufufu. It seems that you truly are the dreamer, seeing as you have just pissed me off."

Tsuna smirked devilishly and threw his cards in the air. They swirled in circles in the air, and they came crashing down on his back, making him fall. Mukuro and the others were puzzled at this. The cards seem to disappear into his back, and he stood up. Suddenly, a bright orange flame erupted from his hands, but instead, it took the shape of a diamond. "Saa…It seems that I've gotten serious without me knowing it…" he paused at stared at Mukuro straight in the eye. "Let's start."

The first one to charge was Mukuro. He swung his trident at the brunette, only for him to dodge it. When he caught it in his hands, that part of the trident was engulfed in an orange flame, but then it began spreading throughout his trident, like a diamond, brightly.

Mukuro 'tched' as Tsuna's flames began to affect him. He jumped back and summoned another trident. He stabbed Tsuna's neck with it, making it bleed dangerously. Mukuro smirked. It seems that he was the one winning…until he saw Tsuna melt and another appear behind him. This time, however, there were no flames from his hands. Instead, the flames were surrounding his feet.

"That was dirty…" Tsuna said, "So I'll be fair," and kicked Mukuro's back, He shouted in agony, and fell down. He then disappeared into ashes, and appeared from the ceiling. "Kufufu. It sure has been a while, has it not?" He smirked as he landed and he saw the flames die out. He thought that it was over, but knowing Tsuna, it never will be.

This time, Tsuna didn't have flames, but a kusarigama (chain and sickle) and Mukuro now had a doppelganger. Tsuna jumped and one of the kama (sickle or the one with the blade) clashed with the two tridents. Tsuna, seeing an opening, used his other hand and held the other kama and slashed the first Mukuro's arm. The first Mukuro growled and fell, seeing blood come from the slash. The second Mukuro saw this and growled as well. He got the other trident and used both to attack Tsuna. He, again, used one kama to block, and the other was behind his back. Tsuna grimaced as the second Mukuro began pushing him down. He then threw the other kama above the second Mukuro's neck, and brought it down so that it was beside the other kama, and the kusari (chain) was around the second Mukuro's neck. Tsuna pulled both kama(s) lower, so that he could choke him, which he did. The second Mukuro dropped his tridents, and tried prying off the kusari. Tsuna then summoned flames to his feet, but this time, they were the shape of diamonds. He kicked the second Mukuro in the gut, and the diamond-shaped fire pierced it. He took the kusari off, and took it back after seeing the second Mukuro fall down.

Suddenly, the two Mukuro's morphed into one, and the real Mukuro was back. His neck was red, his stomach was partially bleeding, his arm had a bleeding scar, and he was pale. Tsuna walked to him and crouched down. "You've gotten weaker, Bambino. You no longer live up to your name as Hell's child." He gently caressed the seething boy's face. "Or is it because…" he leaned down and whispered into his ear, "You can't kill me?"

That made Mukuro sit up, clutching his stomach and said, "I don't know." He took deep breaths. "I don't know. I know I'm a monster." He paused. "But probably not as much as you. After all…" He looked at Tsuna. He smiled a small smile, but in his eyes, you could see a lot of emotions. Anger, betrayal, disappointment and a tinge of happiness.

"You are my beloved teacher in the art of illusions, and my first friend."

Tsuna growled at this. "Yeah, but that's not a reason to go easy on me!" he shouted and kicked Mukuro in the head. Mukuro chuckled at this. It seems that Tsuna didn't change much.

Mukuro said, "Kufufu. It seems that my first friend is still the same." Tsuna smiled sadly at this. "Yeah, I was…" he placed forehead to his, "…and still is and forever will be."

Mukuro chuckled a bit before fainting completely in Tsuna's arms. The bright light then came back, and soon, everyone was back to reality.

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CHAPTER 11: UNEASY