Sorry it took so long to update...I really wasn't sure about how I was going to write the battle scene.

I'll admit it's not that good. And that it's super short, but I WILL update soon! I promise!

I was silently cursing in my head.

Out of all people, Bel has to fight Gokudera. I mean it would have been brutal before, but now, under certain circumstances...Gokudera was done for.

I mean I'm not trying to bash on Gokudera or anything. All I'm saying is that I heard that his training didn't go too well with Shamal and well, Bel's...ruthless.

I shot a worried look at Gokudera. Bel stopped laughing. Because of course he was watching me; I just couldn't see it. Curse those bangs of his...

I took the situation before me all in.

Dang, I thought. I'm in a difficult situation. If I look too worried about Gokudera, Bel's going to be suspicious; but if I support Bel, I'll earn his trust and the title of "Vongola Traitor."

I felt like shouting out loud, but instead I rhythmically tapped my foot impatiently.

The Cervello was still explaining the rules, "...hurricane turbines will explode..."

Okay. Belphegor versus Gokudera. Possible death. Can't show any emotion whatsoever towards any of them or I'm the one who'll be dead.

"screw it." I muttered.

Basil shot a glance at me. I ignored him and stared straight ahead at the opposite wall.

"...not participating...safe area for observers..." the Cervello continued, eventually ushering us into a "safe observing place" where we were to watch the battle off of tiny television screens.

Looking around, everyone seemed nervous. Everyone but me. I was panicking. Far past nervous.

Out of the corner of my eye I faintly saw the guardians do a little huddle and good luck cheer for Gokudera. Before he started to walk off I said, just loud enough for him to hear, "Good luck." He just nodded and walked towards Bel.

I stared as Bel and Gokudera exchanged a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying, but I saw Gokudera grit his teeth and Bel laugh.

Then the Cervello said, "Let the Battle Begin!"

...and it hit me.

I'm the only one here that know's Bel's tricks with the wires and everything. Should I have told Gokudera? Yes, I should have told him. DANG I SHOULD HAVE TOLD HIM. He might die because of me...

By the time I looked up they were well into the battle. Bel was playing with his words of how he could "Read the winds and send the knives down that path" and Gokudera looked frustrated. His dynamites weren't working.

It was hard to see what was going on through the little tv screens, as most of the action was being concealed by a thick layer of smoke; but we could still faintly make out was going on.

Gokudera had just set up a dynamite trap for Bel, which had exploded. Bel hadn't even been harmed by it.

I gulped, and turned over to Basil. "Um...Basil?"

Basil looked at me. "Uh...yeah?"

"I need to...to tell you something...Bel...his, his trick..."

A scream. We whipped our heads to the tv screens. Gokudera had just been hit in the shoulder by a knife. I gasped.

Oh my god, Bel actually stabbed him.

I was frozen, looking at the screen. Basil glanced back at me, with a serious look on his face. Reborn was also looking at me.

"What's his trick Melody?" asked Reborn.

"It's..." suddenly I felt choked up. "It's-"

"I'm gonna stick you up like a cactus!" I heard someone yell from the hallway. It was so loud that I jumped, with a "wtf" expression on my face.

"Melody?" Basil asked.

But I was watching the tv screen. What was Bel going to do?

I turned back shaking my head.

"Sorry. It's wires." I said. "He attaches wires to his knifes to send them along a path straight to his target, while also simultaineously creating a web surrounding the target, which inflicts the same damage as the knife itself."

Basil and Reborn froze. I looked at the screen. Bel was about to throw the knives and make Gokudera a "cactus". I closed my eyes.

Tcht. Tcht. Thcht.

I heard the sound of twenty knives hitting it's target, and gritted my teeth. Gokudera was dead.

I opened my eyes but looked down, away from the other guardians. I couldn't imagine what their faces would look like.

I heard a "Ushishishi. One cactus. Done."

It almost made me feel sick. Suddenly there was a sign of movement in the tv screen. I heard the guardians gasp and opened my eyes. Standing there was Gokudera and he was alive!

I turned my head to look at Bel, who had a disappointed look on his face. I almost smiled. Gokudera had figured Bel's wire tricks and outsmarted the prince.

But the situation still looked grim. Bel still hadn't been harmed at all, while Gokudera's left shoulder was covered in blood.

"Ushishishi." I heard, and I understood.

Up till now Bel was just playing around with Gokudera. Now things were about to get real.

"Serious stuff is about to go down..." I muttered.

And it was.