I have decided on the pairings!

This fic will now officially deviate towards Setsuna X Tsuna X Konoka

A special big serving of Magi boss for this chapter

"talking"

'thoughts'

Edited: 14/5/2013

School trip Day 3

Leaving Koutarou alone, Tsuna quickly kicked into high gear as he jetted towards where Setsuna and Konoka were with his flames. The shikigami that Setsuna had been using luckily left behind a trail of residue magic energy for him to follow, while it was not much, Reborn's Spartan training was more than enough to make up for the lack of information. Tsuna quickly made a mental note to give Eva twice as much blood for a few of their sessions and to buy something special for her before the trip ended, the magic training he had received really made things easily by leap and bounds.

Flying across the cloudless sky of Kyoto, Tsuna soon caught up to Setsuna and Konoka. Seeing his charge and his co-bodyguard still safe and sound really lifted a load off his back as he heavily heaved a sigh of relief though the way that Setsuna was running returned his thoughts to worrying about his students. Dropping into a small back ally a distance ahead of the group that consisted of Setsuna, Konoka, Yue and Haruno, Tsuna waited till they ran past before joining the group with their run.

"Yo, why you guys in such a hurry? Running a marathon?" He asked with a big smile causing the four girls to turn their heads in shock to look at who had appeared behind them.

"S-sawada Sensei? Please don't scare us like that." Whined Haruno with tired look.

"Haha, my bad, but seriously, where you guys going?"

"You'll need to ask Sakurazaki –san about that. She just started running all of a sudden."

"I see…." Killer intent was then sensed along with glints of light being reflected into his eyes as the projectiles headed towards Setsuna. Increasing his pace, Tsuna went to just behind Setsuna and swiped the air grapping the metal weapons out of their flight.

Taking a look at his newly looted spoils of war, Tsuna saw six Senbon Needles shining in the sunlight as if to greet their new user. Pocketing them for further use in the future, Tsuna continued to run with the girls to wherever they were headed to. The blatant attack in broad daylight and in a place where the pubic was all around had of course not gone unnoticed by Setsuna, smiling slightly at her teacher, she nodded her head in appreciation for the assist.

"Eh? Isn't this Cinema Town?" asked Tsuna as he caught sight of the famous tourist attraction spot.

"Ah, it's true! You could have told us that you wanted to go to Cinema Town, Sakurazaki-san!" Cried out Haruno in place of her aching legs.

"Ayase-san! Saotome-san! I'm sorry but I…I want to be alone with Konoka-san! Let's split up here!" Declared Setsuna as they stopped, everyone with the sole exception of Tsuna trying hard to catch their breaths.

"Eh!?"

Setsuna then proceeded to apologize to Konoka before carrying her bridal style and jumped over the tall walls of Cinema town, leaving her two dumbstruck classmates behind.

"I thought you needed to pay to get into Cinema Town." Stated a poker-faced Yue.

"Yare yare, I'll go get them. You two have fun, okay?" said Tsuna shaking his head then followed Setsuna and Konoka's example and jumped over the wall.

"Uuun….Two girls and a male teacher alone together….Could it be?…. After that kiss… How exciting!" Haruno was already fantasizing about some unlikely situation involving our three wall jumpers.

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Setsuna felt a little bit safer now that her Sawada Sensei was with them but that only diminished the feeling of dread that weighed down on her. So far the only attacks that were aimed at them were the Sebon Needles that her Sawada Sensei had taken care off. Glancing around the area in search of potential enemies and her Sawada Sensei….Setsuna looked over her past few thoughts and halted her own self there. Why was she thinking so much about her Sawada Sensei and why was she referring to him as her Sawada Sensei? 'Forget about it Setsuna! Forget about the kiss! You need to concentrate on protecting Konoka Ojou-sama!' Setsuna scolded herself.

"Set-chan! Set-chan!" It was her Konoka Ojou-sama that was calling her!

"Hai Ojou-sama?" Turning around to face her best friend, Setsuna saw a work of art. Konoka was in a deep crimson Kimono. Flowers painted themselves across the traditional clothing and the Obi that held the outfit together. Her hair was tied into a single pony tail adorned with a floral hair accessory keeping with the theme of flowers. In her hands was a paper umbrella that completed the look. She looked like a princess from back in olden days and anyone that said otherwise was getting their butt handed to them on a silver platter courtesy of the Vongola Family a certain Hanyo.

"O-ojou-sama, what are you doing wearing those clothes?"

"Didn't you know? There's a changing room over there where you can borrow kimonos! Ehehe~ so how do I look, Set-chan?"

"Hah…Um…Er….B-beautiful…." Setsuna finally stammered out. Her Ojou-sama has truly become beautiful and it really was not helping that she was thinking of her Sawada Sensei just before Konoka had appeared.

"Kya~! Yay~! ❤Come on, Set-chan! You change too! I'll pick one for you! ❤" cheered Konoka as she twirled about before grabbing hold of her friend and slowly dragging her towards the changing room.

"Eh? Ojou-sama? This sort of thing doesn't really…." Poor Setsuna, unable to even voice her own opinion in fear of upsetting her Ojou-sama.

In the end, in resulted in Setsuna wearing a warrior costume for males and despite the obvious difference in gender it fit her quite well considering her strengths as a user of the sword. A metal Hitai-ate (forehead protector) was tied around her forehead while she wore blue hakama pants and top with a plate of armor covering her front. The finishing touch to the makeover was the white coat that had black spikes around the ends of the sleeves and a fake sword alongside with her own sword sheathed on her left.

This splendidly created the look of a Swordsman and his princess causing a number of girls from other schools to ask for a picture of them when they were looking through the shops of Cinema Town.

Bliss was all Setsuna during this tiny reprieve of her dangerous life. She was finally able to enjoy time with her childhood friend and she would treasure every moment that she can get with her Ojou-sama and maybe a few with her Sawada Sensei.

Looking at our pair from a distance was Haruno and Yue who finally was able to catch up to Konoka and Setsuna but have decided to remain hidden to observe the relationship of the two.

"Haruno, all I can see is two people with a good relationship. There's such a thing you know?" said Yue as she spied on the pair with Haruno.

"There really is something odd about those two, isn't there? ❤" enters Asukura Kazami and the rest of group 4!

"You guys came to Cinema Town too? What's with the weird getup?" questioned Haruno.

"You've got to change at least once when you come here. You and Yue should change too." Replied Asukura

"Ah, someone is coming!" Natsumi points out.

A carriage suddenly runs past and would have run down Konoka if Setsuna had not been quick enough to pull her in. The carriage swerved around, coming to a halt in front of Konoka and Setsuna.

Stepping down from the carriage was a girl wearing a white and black western dress with a fan slightly covering her face.

"You?! You're…!" Setsuna immediately recognized the person behind the fan, not that she could have forgotten about the event that had happened the night before yesterday.

"Hello! I'm from the Shinmeiryuu~! Actually no, I'm just a rich noble-woman from a western house. Swordsman, I have come to take your princess in place of the money I lent you!" declared Tsukuyomi.

"W-what?! What are you thinking? In a place like this?!" berated Setsuna

"It's an act, Set-chan! No need to worry, she's just an actor."

'I see…So that's how she plans to take Konoka Ojou-sama while everyone is watching, by pretending that it's just an act' "I won't allow it! I shall protect my Ojou-sama!"

Konoka squealed at this, saying how cool it was while Tsukuyomi just took off her glove and threw it lightly to Setsuna who caught it easily. These two actions thus signaled the challenging of a duel and the acceptance of the duel.

"My, my, it seem that things have certainly gotten pretty lively hasn't it?" resounded a loud but muffled voice.

This caused everyone to turn to the crowd as it split apart, allowing the owner of the voice to show himself. The owner of the voice wore a white dress suit with black pinstripes and a light violet undershirt complete with the pressed pants, a white tie and a pair of white leather dress shoes. Upon his shoulders he wore a cape of pure white like that of a dove's feather held together with two chains of gold, allowing it to drape over his body but at the same time did not restrain the movement of his arms. His spiky white hair only served to emphasize his violet eyes and the purple tattoo under his left eye.

"And who might you be?" Tsukuyomi asked as she smiled as the mysterious newcomer.

"Me? I am nobody so you need not worry but you can call me Bykauran." His eyes seemed to shine as he said this.

Byakuran continued to walk towards the princess and swordsman pair only stopping within a few feet of the pair and smiled his smile. Blinded by his smile, the girls in the watching crowd squealed at how handsome and cool Byakuran was.

"Do I know you?" Konoka asked warily. The person in front of them seemed nice, but she could feel that there was something dangerous about the person in front of them. The thought was seconded by Setsuna as she placed her hands on her sword, ready to draw it at the smallest sign of danger.

"No, this is the first time I am meeting you. I was called in by Tsunayoshi-kun to look after you two while he had something to do, I owe at least this much to him so no need to be so scared of me Setsuna-chan, you're scaring the others with your killing intent." Byakuran just said with his smile.

Setsuna didn't really liked Byakuran but for some reason she felt that she could trust him, whether it was because he knew her Sawada Sensei or some other reason, she just felt that the person in front of them could be trusted.

"Mah, it doesn't really matter either way. Noble woman-chan." Turning his attention to Tsukuyomi. "I will not allow you allow to take our Hime-sama, if you still continue to pursue your goals you will have to face both Setsuna-chan and myself." He still kept the smile but his eyes were dangerously narrowed as he glared at the Shinmeiryuu Swordswoman.

"Is that so? Then I challenge you both to a duel for Konoka-sama. The duel will take place 30 minutes later at "Nippon-bashi" opposite the main gate to Cinema Town."

"Don't worry noble woman-chan, we will be there."

"I will take your word for the moment then, Byakuran. Till then." As she left, the atmosphere dissipated and it was only then that Setsuna realized how tensed her shoulders were.

'I need to focus here but first things first.' "Byakuran…san? Was it? You said that you know Sawada Sensei so may I ask what is your relationship with him?" This white haired man is most definitely suspicious.

"Oh? My relationship with Tsunayoshi-kun, you ask. The only thing that I can say is that we tried to kill each other one point in time. Now if you will excuse me, Setsuna-chan and Konoka-chan, I will see you two at Nippon-bashi later." With that said, Byakuran turned around and walked away with a bag of marshmallows that he had somehow gotten his hands on from somewhere.

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Setsuna was really worried that something will go wrong and her classmates had not made it any easier for her. After Byakuran had left them, the girls from Group 4 who appeared from who knows where plus Yue and Haruno had bombarded her with questions that were either just stupid or was something even she wanted answers to.

Sawada Sensei had left them together and now there was this Byakuran guy that shows up saying that he and her Sensei had tried to kill each other before. That statement had even her Konoka Ojou-sama worried about the very near future. Setsuna decided that she would trust the white haired person for the moment but swore that if she saw even the slightest inkling that Byakuran was up to no good then she would personally take care of him once and for all.

She was now heading towards Nippon-bashi but what she did not understand was why her classmates felt the need to follow her and Konoka Ojou-sama. When she said that it did not concerned them, they only replied with how they will support her choice and help make it bloom, making Setsuna very confused at what they meant.

Then a chibi-negi had appeared and once again Setsuna was surprised at how resourceful and how talented the child teacher was, to use a foreign magic that he had just encountered to such an extent.

"Huhuhu~! Well it looks like everyone is here!" Everyone turned their attention toward the bridge to see Tsukuyomi holding two sheathed swords with two Kuroko beside her. "This will make thing a lot more interesting…. Konoka-sama, Setsuna-sempai, I'll make both of you mine❤!"

"S-set-chan….That person is kinda scary…Be careful, okay?" said Konoka as she clutched onto her friend with a vice like grip.

Setsuna could tell that her Ojou-sama and friend was frightened though she couldn't blame her, Tsukuyomi was needlessly letting her bloodlust for battle and killer intent run free, letting it soak into the atmosphere.

"Don't worry." The Swordswoman smiled. "No matter what happen, I'll protect you." She assured her Ojou-sama.

The sound of clapping was heard along with the sound of a clear and distinct laughter. They turned to look at the source and saw Byakuran with a very wide smile on his face.

"Nicely said Setsuna-chan, Tsunayoshi-kun would no doubt praise you if he had heard you say that." Byakuran said as he continued to clap, letting it die down only after a while.

Setsuna was once again conflicted on whether or not she should trust Byakuran. He irritated her to no end with how he had just casually called her by her given name while adding –chan to it despite only having met her for no longer than five minutes but he also made her feel embarrassed.

'Sawada Sensei would praise me?' the thought was unleashed by the marshmallow lover and that was nothing to hold it back as it ran rampant inside the Hanyo's mind as a look of delight and a big blush painted her face happy and red.

"Byakuran-kun." Called out Konoka in surprised, not used to how the guy could just appear behind or beside them so easily without being noticed by anyone. You would think that his white hair would make him stand out in a crowd.

"Konoka-chan. Nice to meet you again." He smiled and a few female onlookers fainted.

"Ah~Byakuran-han, it's nice to see you again. I had thought that you wouldn't come." Tsukuyomi taunted with a devious smile of her own.

"If I had done that Tsunayoshi-kun would have been very angry at me and I don't want that, besides I need to kill some time so I wouldn't this miss for marshmallows."

"…I…See…This "Tsunayoshi" person must be quite the person then."

"You have no idea, noble woman-chan."

"Unfortunately for the both of us, my priorities lies with my Sempai so I would have to entertain you with this one." Waving her hand to her right, a black blob appeared and formed into the guise of a monster. With big wings, a horn and a stump where a horn might have been, the monster's appearance could describe one thing and that was demon, one that was no doubt under the control of Tsukuyomi if the charm stuck onto its forehead was any indication of such.

A roar of applause resounded from the civilian crowd as they began to speculate how the demon appeared.

"Amazing! What is that?"

"Is it CG?"

"Is it a costume or a machine?"

"Go for it white person!"

The comments were never ending but to the involved parties in the fight, they could not afford to be distracted by banter that was going on all around them.

"Have fun~" with the granted permission from the monochrome wearing Swordswoman, the demon rushed forward, faster than any normal human reaction time. Its arm was raised up high ready to smash the white person into the ground. But Byakuran was obviously no normal person stopping the mighty fist many times the size of his own above him with only a single outstretched hand.

This was a first for the demon, normally people would just go splat and that was it but this white person just might be able to sate his thirst for battle.

Lightly pushing away the fist with a chuckle, Byakuran pointed his index finger at the black demon.

"Shiroyubi (White Finger)!" from the tip of his index finger shot forth a white light that impacted upon the demon's forehead and sent it skidding back a good distance away from Byakuran and Konoka but it was not over there for Byakuran had in turn rushed up to the demon sending a haymaker punch to its gut before using a roundhouse to kick the demon into the guardrails of the bridge, severely damaging that area.

Returning to his position in front of Konoka, Byakuran just took a stance and signalled to Tsukuyomi to bring it on that was the straw that did the back in, sending the crowd into another crazed frenzy of applauses at the show that they were getting.

"My, my, it really is you~" Tsukuyomi had all but squealed but the two sword she wielded in her hands kind of made it difficult to do anything cute.

"?" Byakuran had in turn adopted a bemused smile, unsure as to this person was talking about.

Tsukuyomi giggled softly and pointed one of her swords at Byakuran, "This just proves that you are the one from that night."

"What? But that would mean that he is…" Setsuna was baffled at this turn of events but kept shut about it knowing that she would know about how and why he did it after this.

"Ho~ I'm surprised that you could even remember anything from that night. I thought you were already out cold when I was through with you." Byakuran was unfazed, even when his true identity has been found out in fact one could say that he look elated.

"It was my first time experiencing something like that after all, it was really something memorable as a Shinmeiryuu Swordsman. You are going to take responsibility for that, right?" This really got the gears turning and not a small number of people blushed at the prospect of what they could be talking about. Even for Setsuna the scene that it brought to mind was a particularly disturbing one especially when one of the parties was someone that she knew personally.

"How I want the three of you now~❤"

"You can try but you will not succeed for I will protect Konoka Ojou-sama no matter what!" Setsuna finally said after being snapped out of her reverie by another weird comment from Tsukuyomi.

"You can count me in on that vow." Cracking his knuckles, Byakuran took up a stance and looked at the fallen demon. "Setsuna-chan, I leave it up to you to handle that woman, that demon is mine to content with and I will make sure that it doesn't disturb you." Eyes being dangerously narrowed at this point once again.

The demon dashed out from where it had fallen to where Setsuna and Chibi-negi were deep within a conversation. The demon seem to favour hammering its opponents as that was what it planned to do again from the way its arm is raised above again. Setsuna could not react in time and would have been meat paste all over the ground if not for Byakuran kicking the demon and sending it crashing back into the guard rails.

"You are still not quite there yet if you allow the enemy to catch you unnoticed and get so close to you, Setsuna-chan." Stated Byakuran, as a matter of fact.

"I-I'm sorry, Sa-Byakuran-san." It was a flaw that opponents would take advantage of and she had just given it to them, Setsuna couldn't do anything other let her head hang in shame at allowing this person help her time and time again.

"No need to be so ashamed but time is of the essence here, Setsuna-chan. We need to quickly get Konoka-chan to safety if not things could get ugly real quick, you know?" One moment he could be calm but the next you would never know as seen when he just suddenly rushed the demon that had risen again for he was the sky not that Setsuna would know it.

"Hai!" She quickly finished the chant and turn Chibi-negi into his original's size, asking him to bring Konoka away to somewhere safe.

The Shinmeiryuu Swordswoman then clashed, a flurry of sparks flew as steel clashed against steel time and time again in a deadly dance of battle.

"Has the Shinmeiryuu of late begun to keep monsters?" Setsuna asked as two blades were caught in a deadlock.

"Don't worry I won't hurt those kids, all I want is a sword fight with Senpai." Tsukuyomi said with a smile. "Oh, and I want to fight Byakuran-han too, I wonder how his blood taste like when I ravage his body."

Setsuna could feel a vein in her forehead throb as they released the deadlock before coming together again, clashing their swords. It might be a good time to note that the fake sword that Setsuna had received with her costume is still surviving in this clash of real steel. At the back of the Swordswoman mind, she felt quite angered at what her fellow swordswoman had said and she wanted nothing more than to tear her apart. She knew than no matter how strong Tsukuyomi was, she had no chance of matching up to him but still she was angered that the person she was fighting would even think such a thing.

"Don't let it get to you, Setsuna-chan! She is just provoking you!" came the voice of Byakuran.

"!" That derailed her train of thought and she was appalled to think that she had almost allowed her rage to control her actions. She took a small look at the person who had shouted at her.

Compared to the dance of sparks between the two Swordsmen, the fight between Byakuran and the demon was an exchange of black and white blurs. Their arms and legs moving at speeds that which the human eye could barely catch up with. In this fight of EXTREME speed, all it took was a small window of chance and the victor would be decided. That chance came for Byakuran when the demon let its guard down for a small moment. Letting loose a Shiroyubi towards the demon's chin, Byakuran cherished the opponent's moment of weakness and plunged his other arm into the demon's chest, ending its existence as it faded into black fog.

"Reign in your anger and keep your mind focused and calm or the enemy will use it against you to no end. Take care of your opponent, I'm worried about Konoka-chan." Without another word, Byakuran left the scene, jumping across the roof tops of the fake houses around.

Taking his advice to heart, Setsuna calmed herself with a deep breathe. An unfocused mind was an enemy's tool and she had almost lost herself to the anger that had welled out within her.

"Arara~ that wouldn't do, Senpai~ you shouldn't let your guard down like that!" going in for the kill, Tsukuyomi could be seen lunging forward with her two swords.

Setsuna simply just disarmed one of the swords from Tsukuyomi's hand and sent flying to the side with the fake sword which finally couldn't handle the strain and broke while she blocked the other sword with her nodachi.

This time it was Tsukuyomi that initiated the release of their deadlock, jumping back to retrieve the wakizashi that was sent flying and to keep a distance the two.

"What's wrong Tsukuyomi? This can't be your all, can it?"

The taunt worked perfectly and the battle resumed without a lost beat.

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The shikigami of Negi had taken Konoka to run around the building that they were in and the monkey lady had begun to chase them, leaving behind a single white hair boy in the room.

He closed his eye and said in a voice that sounded suspiciously like a certain Akira Ishida with little to no emotion, "I will admit that I am impressed. It is no mean feat to be able to supress your presence to such an extent. But in the end, I can still sense the presence that you were unable to hide, so why don't you just come out."

"Well I'll be, you really got me there. Though I'm surprised that you were able to sense me, not many people can say that they done that." A figure enters the light to reveal himself as Byakuran.

"I am not like most people and I am definitely not a fool like Chigusa-san who only focus her attention on what she can see. Letting something that possesses a true threat escape your sight would be an unwise mistake, akin to see the trees for the forest." The boy explained dryly.

"True, true. One of the truest words I heard all day." Byakuran said as he nodded his head a few times. "So what is going to happen now? Will you be willing to allow me passage or do we have to settle this the old fashion way and duke to our deaths."

"In this case, I have no choice other than to believe the latter." The boy said with his emotionless eyes.

"Can't say I didn't try."

"True." Then their fists clashed, creating a shockwave that cracked the floor and rattled the building dangerously. The fighters looked at each other eye to eye for a few seconds before simply backing away from each other slowly, like how one would walk during a stroll.

"It would seem that you are holding yourself back, Byakuran-san." The boy stated.

"Is that so? I could say the same for you though." Countered the youth.

They then disappeared into two streaks of white, destroying all within their path of conflict directly or with the shockwaves that they created, entering into a world everything except for the fight is blocked.

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"Ojou-sama!?" Shouted Setsuna as she noticed what the crowd was talking about. Her Ojou-sama was on the roof of a building with the Negi-Shikigami. Behind Konoka was a drop into the moat that surrounded the building a while in front of her was the monkey lady with her zenki, goki and another demon that looked like the one Byakuran had fought earlier on with a drawn bow and an arrow in place ready to shoot at any moment.

"You shouldn't look away, Sempai!" Of course it did not help that Tsukuyomi was so persistent and just wouldn't know when to quit.

"Huhuhu~ Sakurazaki Setsuna! Protector of Konoka-Ojou-sama! My Demon has the two in his sights! If you try to interfere or if Konoka Ojou-sama and her little protector moves even a single step it'll shoot! So surrender now if you don't want her to get hurt!" Setsuna could hear the monkey lady shout at her.

Murphy's Law then decides that it was a good time to do its job of making people's life miserable. A strong gust of wind blew over the area, causing the Negi-shikigami to take a step to his side to stabilise himself and Konoka. The bow wielding demon being the obedient being that it was, remembered about the order to shoot if the two in its sight take even a single step and so it took the shot and let loose the arrow onto its intended target.

The moment that Setsuna had saw her friend and the copy of her homeroom teacher on the roof, she had been working her way towards there, leading Tsukuyomi to the area. The moment she saw that arrow leave the bow, she had already made her move. Throwing the remainder of the faux sword at Tsukuyomi's face, Setsuna dashed towards her friend.

She knew that Tsukuyomi was hot on her tail and she could still feel the bloodlust the radiated off the other girl but that no longer mattered to her, her priority was the protection of her friend and nothing was too small price to pay for to ensure that her Ojou-sama was safe from harm's way.

She was on the roof with little under a second to spare, her rush up had left her breathless and the surface of the roof was messing up her stance, striking off the notion of a proper guard using her sword, only one thing left to do. Spreading out her arms open, she made peace with herself and accepted that the fact that she was probably going to die for this.

"Shirohakushu (White Applause)!" she heard that familiar voice shout.

Setsuna had blinked at the last moment, the fear of death overriding her will to accept it. She had not expect to be able open her eyes again but she did. Opening her eyes she saw the white cape of Byakuran fluttering in front of her. Then she saw the red staining it and the arrow tip protruding from the wound. But what surprised her the most was who she was looking at.

"S-sawada-sensei?" It was no doubt the brunette but why was he wearing Byakuran's clothes and what was fog like thing surrounding him?

"Y-yo, Setsuna. Prepare for a good scolding later, because you asked for it…." His voice was weak, weaker than she had ever heard him sounded before. Setsuna felt like crying, she could feel her Ojou-sama's hand on her shoulder. He turned around and face the two of them. "I guessed the lion is out of the bag *coughs blood*, trying to use the mist flames and imitating Byakuran seems like it really is too much for me. *coughs more blood*"

His white costume was turning red as blood flowed out of his wounds. The edge of his vision had already started to blur and his hearing was thrown out the proverbial window.

"Watch out, Tsuna-san!" It was Konoka's voice he heard and the next thing he knew was another spike of pain surging through his body. 'So the enemy sees the chance and decides to put an end to me. Not a bad choice.' He thought as his feet wobbled.

His footing was lost and he fell off the roof. If the arrows don't kill him, the impact with the water below will and if all else fails, blood lost was a confirmed way of dying. All he could see know was a blur, the most he could make out was two figures reaching out for him. A last bid for life wouldn't hurt, he had decided and stretched his arm towards the two.

He felt someone hugging him in a way that you thought that he will not be released even in death. A soft whisper flowed into his ears, "Please-Don't die!"

A large light filled his vision, he couldn't feel his wounds anymore and he was sure he was going to meet the rest of the Vongola Bosses again. But then the light died out and he saw Konoka and Setsuna crying. He reached for where he thought one of the arrows had entered, puncturing his left lung, he felt nothing but smooth skin. Even with the Shirohakusu, Tsuna knew that he had only stopped the shaft and only a small part of it at that so the majority of that first arrow still pierced through him but now the two arrows he could see were at a side, the wounds he had were gone, even the small ones from that white hair boy. No scars, no mark, absolutely not a single indication that he was about to die.

"Konoka…Did you use your power?" he asked.

"*Sniff*….I-I can't remember, I remember jumping off with S-set-chan but then I just blacked out….I'm not sure…"

"It's alright, Konoka-chan, everything is alright now." Lifting his hand, he petted the girl's head softly, it was the least he could for her saving his life for now at least. "Setsuna."

"H-Hai?"

"You are still getting that scolding from me later."

"Hai!" Setsuna was happy that she could even get that scolding and was too happy to worry about the future.

"Time to go, Setsuna!" Climbing to his feet as he called out, Tsuna swept Konoka off her feet into a bridal style hold, earning a small squeak of surprise from the girl.

"Hai!"

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The white haired boy looked at the scene from where Tsuna had left him with what seemed to be curiosity in his eyes.

"What an interesting human….I can't wait to meet him again."

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