It was the night for the second battle. This time it was the battle for the Lightening ring between Lambo and Xanxus's so called true follower, Leviathan. Katsumi was on the roof with the rest of the gang. The rain was pouring heavily on them and because she had a feeling something like this would happen, she had given them all raincoats. "I don't need your stupid raincoat," Gokudera snapped in irritation.
"Well then, not my fault if you get soaked to the bone," she smirked, crossing her fine arm over her casted arm. "And then you won't be able to protect your tenth~" Gokudera growled and swore underneath his breath before snatching the raincoat of her. Her smirk grew before glancing on the other side. Her smirk faltered slightly when she saw Xanxus staring at her with his genuine worried look. She looked away, ignoring his pained look. When she managed to gather her courage and look back up, she saw Leviathan standing in the middle and Lambo mucking around. She knew that Leviathan was going to do his best for Xanxus, who had returned to his usual pissed off look.

Lambo was poking he lines, curious of what it was. "Is this some game?" he asked, oblivious of the flashing from the lightening clouds above.
"Lambo, Be care-"Tsuna tried to warn him but it was too late. Lightening came down at struck the stands, sending electricity all over the ground to which hit Lambo straight on.
"Gupyaa!" Lambo who was too busy poking the electric wires, got zapped.
"Lambo! Are you okay?" Tsuna cried in worry. Lambo sat up and cried out in agony.
"Uwaaaaaaaaa! Itaaaii[14]!" he flailed.
"Huh? He's not hurt!" Tsuna exclaimed. Katsumi shook her head slightly before glancing at Reborn who gave her the okay sign to explain.
"Let me explain," she stared. "This lazy cow here has an exceptional trait because of him being struck so many times back in Italy back when he was a child." Everyone looked at her in surprise, not expecting her to say anything let alone explain since she had only been there for at least a month. "What? Reborn filled me in on everything that I needed to know," she shrugged. Katsumi was slightly getting irritated at the fact that they were slowly forgetting the fact that she was also one of the guardians of the family. "But yeah, because of that, his skin has become a surprisingly good insulator to which it's called the elettrico cuoio." They all nodded slightly before tilting their head in confusion. Oh c'mon, are they that stupid? She thought with a face-palm. Katsumi looked over at Reborn who repeated basically everything that she had said but in a way that people with low intelligence could comprehend.

And that was all that was needed for Leviathan to get angry and jealous. Once the Cervello blew the whistle, indicating that the battle of the Thunder ring may start, Leviathan went all out right at the beginning. Lambo, who didn't know what to do, scrambled around in hope that he would find some protection but Leviathan got to him first. Not listening to Tsuna's heed to which he had said before Lambo climbed into the arena, he pulled out the ten-year-bazooka. "Wow," Katsumi breathed as she watched the scene in front of her, not being able to swallow what she saw. Lambo shot the bazooka at himself and transferred with someone totally different. A man wearing cow-printed clothes appeared in his place. He glanced at Katsumi before jumping and quivering with fear. Is he scared of me or something? She thought curiously. Katsumi raised her eyebrows in confusion before directing her eyes at Leviathan who seemed even more pissed than usual. Then again, since when was it not angry? 15-year-old Lambo looked at the direction that she was looking at and sighed.
"Mou[15], I guess there's no way out of it," he sighed deeply. He got ready to pounce only for the same thing to happen as five-year-old-Lambo. Gokudera raised his fist in frustration, cussing out loud while Yamamoto tried to calm him down. Katsumi shook her head in disappointment and slapped her palms onto her head.

A sudden gasp from Tsuna made her look up and widened her eyes. 15-year-old Lambo had just shot himself with the ten-year-bazooka. "What's going to happen now?!" Tsuna cried out in worry.
"Just wait and see," she mumbled. Even though she knew the answer, she was honestly becoming annoyed over her cousin's stupidity. Once the pink puff of smoke subsided, a much older-looking Lambo arrived. When Leviathan attacked, he didn't seem injured at all. Katsumi nodded her head in approvement but it quickly disappeared when time ran out.
"Lambo!" The young Vongola boss called out, not sure what to do as Leviathan readied his weapon for the kill.
"Go," Katsumi instructed. He looked at her, as though it was okay with her. "It's either we lose a ring and a life or a ring and a ring." She looked at him seriously, but underneath all that seriousness was the weight of someone dying because of her. She didn't want her cousin to feel the same thing as she did. Before Leviathan could kill Lambo who was already fatally injured, one of the poles that made up the arena suddenly fell down towards Leviathan who jumped out of the way.
"I would prefer to lose another ring than a life of a nakama[16]," Tsuna mumbled. He walked into the arena and picked up the unconscious Lambo. The judges who had been watching the whole time flew down next to Tsuna, confiscating both the Sky Ring and Thunder Ring. Xanxus who had strangely been watching quietly gave a secret smirk towards Katsumi as though he was telling her that she should've chosen him. Katsumi, not being able to allow herself to be beaten without a fight because of her pride, smirked and crossed her arms. She leaned onto the wall before raising her hand and motioned him to come at her.
"Koi[17]," she smirked with a devious glint in her eyes.

Glossary #3

[14] Itai (いたい/ 痛い) – It hurts or painful.

[15] Mou (もう) – Anymore or in this sense, geez.

[16] Nakama (なかま/ 仲間) – Comrade.

[17] Koi (こい) – The conjugated meaning of kuru (くる/ 来る) which means to come. In this sense, it would mean 'to come at me'.

A/N: Well, umm... I'm sorry for not posting last month because I was overseas so I wil try to post two chapters this month if that's okay with you readers. ^^ But I'm grateful to those who stick with me so... Here's a little gift. Excuse my horrible drawing; but it's of Sawada Katsumi in her Nanimori Chuugaku uniform.

albums/l601/angelzs2/SawadaKatsumi_

Thought it might... improve a bit. Don't worry, I'm planning to draw her in her 'battle uniform' as well. HAHA! Stick with me and you shall find out too. :)

Yours faithful author,
xKatsumii.