[Generation XI: Vongola]
[A New Threat Appears!]
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The Eleventh Generation of the Vongola
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"How about witnessing the affair at first hand, Vongola Undecimo…?" a smooth voice echoed throughout the room. Reborn frowned, lowering his fedora hat after hearing the voice.
"W-who's there?!" Kiyohiko asked, rather shakily as he looked at all directions.
"It's nice to meet you, Vongola Undecimo" a young man, a few years older than him, with short ebony black hair and with both eyes that were closed, turned at their direction. Behind him was, none other than, Igarashi Kitsune.
Kiyohiko's eyes widened in surprise as he saw the blank eyes from the Kokuyo kendo star, they were similar to Kumiko in a way… but then they were more different, it was too confusing to explain. "I-igarashi-kun!" he cried, staring at the young boy disbelievingly.
The raven haired boy frowned before saying "Take Kumiko-chan back on our side" he ordered, making the young Vongola's eyes widen. Igarashi nodded before disappearing in a flash and ending up in front of Kumiko. "Hm… No wonder they call you 'Thunder Clap Kitsune'" the older boy mused, leaning on the wall.
"Kumiko-san!" Kiyohiko cried, as Igarashi carefully placed the young girl in his arms, and with another blink of an eye, he disappeared and suddenly emerged at the other boy's side.
"I'll take care of her for a while, Igarashi Kitsune-san" said the mysterious raven haired boy. "For now, go take care of the Vongola Undecimo"
"Hai… Kuro-sama…" Igarashi muttered in a robotic tone, before placing Kumiko down beside Kurokiri.
"Kuro…sama…?" Kiyohiko's eyes grew wide "K-kurokiri?!" he asked pointing at the raven haired guy.
"Look out" Reborn said in a monotonous voice, after noticing Igarashi's swift movement with his blade. The brunette's eyes widened before he fell on his backside thus dodging the blade.
"Snap out of it, Igarashi-kun!" Kiyohiko begged, looking at the blank eyes of the kendo star.
"…I couldn't protect anyone…"
"Huh?" the Vongola Undecimo swore he heard Igarashi's voice. "HIII!" he cried out before rolling over to dodge another blow. The blade plunged into the hard concrete.
"…I couldn't save Kumiko-chan…"
There it was again! Igarashi's voice! Igarashi pulled out the blade and headed towards Kiyohiko.
"…I'm not worthy for her forgiveness…"
"She forgave you and that's all that matters!" Kiyohiko suddenly blurted out, making Igarashi freeze. "I-I… don't know what happened between the two of you…" he said "But all I can say is that… Kumiko-san is a good person, although she might not look or act like it, she doesn't want to be alone… So she easily forgives her friends" he took a deep breath "…I may have only know her for a few months but then… I know that she doesn't want to see you like this!"
"T…thank…you…" Igarashi said, before his eyes softened and closed and he fell unconsciously on the ground.
Kiyohiko gasped as he saw the multiple wounds from the young boy, that told him that Igarashi fought Kurokiri and lost.
"You're far more interesting than I thought, Vongola Undecimo" Kurokiri smirked before turning to Reborn "…just like his father, ne? Arcoballeno?"
"Hmph" Reborn smirked "Sometimes I do wonder if you are really the son of that man"
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Hana wiped her mouth of any signs of blood. She had suffered multiple injuries from Shizuka's scythe and it was draining her of energy. 'Damn it!' she cursed inwardly 'I'm no use to the Eleventh!' she thought, closing her eyes as she fell on her knees.
"On your knees now, huh?" Shizuka's voice lingered over her. "Prepare to die!"
'…Things weren't suppose to end like this…Eleventh…!'
Shizuka's eyes widened, before staggering back and clutching her arm. She felt a burning sensation pass through her. And then she looked at Hana, whose Storm Flames covered her Vongola Storm Ring.
"I… won't… let…you… beat…me" she managed to rasp out, despite her injuries. "For the Eleventh!"
"Storm Flames?" Tsubasa muttered before closing his eyes and smiling. "So that's how it is…" he said, making his opponent confused.
"What the hell are you saying?" growled Mizukuni.
'…I'll protect everyone…' he thought before a small blue flame emerged from his ring…
And with that two gunshots rang throughout the building.
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"You won't be participating in the fight, am I right, Arcoballeno?" he said.
"Correct" Reborn said, making Kiyohiko gape. "Only my student shall participate in the fight" Reborn threw a shinai towards Kiyohiko, who caught it clumsily. "Here's the one you used during your training with Tsubasa" he stated.
"B-but I'm no-good with swords!" Kiyohiko exclaimed. "It was pure luck during the tournament!" he cried out.
"Do you want to stay still and watch as two of your friends risk their lives for your cause?" Reborn asked.
"No…" muttered Kiyohiko.
"Let's begin, then" Kurokiri said with a smirk before he took off his right hand glove, thus revealing his dark hand with violet veins and four colored gems seeping through the skin, as if protecting, what looked like, a closed eye on the back of his hand. A silver dagger materialised on his hand, with violet and indigo flames covering the two gems.
"Wha…" Kiyohiko was in loss for words. For some reason, he felt pity for the boy in front of him. He was filled with nothing but despair and sorrow. His mind told him that he was an enemy, but his instinct told him otherwise.
"…Do you want to escape from here?"
There it was again… voices in his head…
Kiyohiko winced, barely dodging the attack from the dagger. "I-I don't want to fight!" he cried, blocking an attack with his shinai.
"Oh?" Kurokiri raised an eyebrow.
"…Lies… All of them…"
Kurokiri brought his hand up as he glided swiftly towards Kiyohiko. His dagger multiplied into a dozen, they flew in the air with Kurokiri's swift movement and they were aimed at the Vongola Undecimo. And as if by magic, the blades became covered with violet and indigo flames. Kiyohiko's eyes widened, he ran towards the exit and hastily dodged the first dagger.
"Stay still Vongola" Kurokiri said, opening his crimson eyes for a mere second before closing them again.
The concrete floor began to shake. And lava began shooting upwards. "HIII!" Kiyohiko cried in shock. He turned to Reborn, who was currently being lifted, in his eyes. "REBORN!" he called out.
"…just an Illusion" Reborn said, kicking Kiyohiko at the back of his head. The brunette blinked twice and he saw that everything was back to normal. He screamed in pain as he was cut by a dagger covered in flames. "That's what you get for letting your guard down" Reborn said.
"You're easier to finish, than I had originally thought, Vongola" Kurokiri said, with his palm faced towards the ceiling. The remaining daggers were floating in circles around his palm, as if there was an invisible force juggling them. "Now, die" he said with a smirk. The daggers stopped encircling his hand and dashed towards Kiyohiko.
'…I'm sorry…' Kiyohiko thought, closing his eyes tightly as he readied for the impact… but it never came…
"ELEVENTH!" "KYO-KUN!" two voices rang.
Kiyohiko opened his eyes and saw that the daggers were blocked by Hana's kunais. "Hana-san! Tsubasa-san!" he cried out in worry as he saw the injuries sustained by the two. Tsubasa was supporting Hana, who was having a hard time standing on her own, her right hand fell limply on her side as she sighed in relief.
"Loyal subordinates… as expected" Kurokiri muttered under his breath.
'What does he mean by that?' Kiyohiko wondered.
"…but they aren't enough to stop me" he said with a smirk before opening his crimson eyes. "First Path of Destruction: Reflection" two vertical clouds of violet smoke appeared before the Storm and Rain Guardians. Hana and Tsubasa's eyes widened when the smoke turned into a reflection of themselves.
"W-wha…?"
"The First Path of the four paths of Destruction- Reflection" Reborn stated "with the use of both mist and cloud flames, Kurokiri is able to produce exact copies of Hana and Tsubasa"
"That is correct, Arcoballeno" Kurokiri admitted. "They are in par with each other in terms of their skills in combat… and they are nothing but my pawns"
"It's dangerous!" Tsubasa cried, pushing Hana aside thus evading an attack from the clone Hana.
"Itetetete…" Hana groaned in pain. "Tch" she cursed under her breath as she saw clone Tsubasa dashing towards her with a sword at hand. She rolled to the side and only managed to get a cut from the sword. "That's gonna leave a mark…" she told herself, she took out a few of her kunais and tossed it towards clone Tsubasa, who had got a cut from the kunai.
The real Tsubasa's eyes widened, when he felt a stinging pain on his cheek. Blood was oozing from the newly formed cut.
"Tsubasa-san!" Hana gasped.
"Oya? Did I forget to mention that whatever you do to these clones… shall also be done to the original…?"
"DON'T INVOLVE MY FRIENDS IN ANY OF THIS!" Kiyohiko finally snapped. He didn't want to see his friends get hurt. "I don't know what the Vongola family has done to you… I don't if you're an enemy or not… but… If you hurt my friends… If you hurt my famiglia… you won't get away so easily!"
Reborn smirked as Leon began glowing brighter. "Good job, Kiyohiko" he said in a low tone.
"W-what's happening to Leon?" Kiyohiko asked, and before he knew it Leon was floating up in the air. "H-he's chewing something…?"
"Ack!" Hana and Tsubasa were sent flying to the wall within a brief second.
"!!!"
"Second Path of Destruction: Oppression" Kurokiri stated, raising his hand once again as the second gem – a golden one – glowed and the eye on his hand opened slightly.
Kumiko's eyes snapped wide open, she opened her mouth and let out a bloodcurdling scream, as if she was being tortured when she released large amounts of Mist Flames. "Stop it…Please…" she begged as the flames became weaker and weaker.
"…Kumiko-chan!" Tsubasa cried out.
"Please… Kuro-nii…" it was a heart wrenching sight, to see the so-called 'strong' and 'cold' Hibari Dokuro Kumiko, screaming in pain. Reborn frowned at the reckless act.
"The second path of destruction…" Kurokiri stated in a low tone, turning away from Kumiko "…lets me control another person's flame… as long as they are compatible with mine" he stated "… I can drain them of their flames… and even of their life…"Kumiko fell unconscious once again, but her mist flame didn't die just yet instead it grew weaker. "Once a person's flame goes out completely… you can be assured that they are dead…"
"No way…" Hana muttered, dodging a blow from the clone Tsubasa.
Leon spitted out a pair of objects before sleeping atop of Reborn's head. A soft 'klang' echoed around the room as a steel Katar (1) with the Vongola emblem etched on its blade, fell on the cement floor, beside it was –what looked like – a pack of pills. Kiyohiko hastily picked the two objects up, before looking at his tutor in confusion.
"A Katar and some dying will pills" Reborn said, lowering his fedora hat "You should know what their purposes are…" Kiyohiko gulped, before staring at the two objects.
"Oya? The Vongola isn't going to attack?" Kurokiri raised a brow "Very well, then" he said deciding to attack first. "Third Path of Destruction: Delusion" he muttered before the third indigo gem glowed and the surroundings turned different. The cement floor became dark and decomposed, the ceilings turned into dark rocks that made it look like that of a cave, and molten lava surrounded them. Kurokiri smirked "Welcome to hell, young Vongola"
'I don't have a choice…' Kiyohiko thought before gulping down some pills. His eyes closed and he became calm. A bright orange flame emerged from his forehead and when he opened his eyes, they became orange, the same color of his flame.
"Think fast!" he called out before tossing several daggers at his direction.
Kiyohiko only stared at them as they got closer and closer. "Illusions…" he said in a cool tone. And the daggers disappeared along with the indigo flames that surrounded it.
"…too naïve…" the raven haired boy said.
The Vongola Decimo's eyes widened when two pairs of hands coiled around his neck. It was shocking to see Hana and Tsubasa trying to choke him.
"I forgot to mention that, the first path of destruction, not only lets me make clones of others… but it also helps me control them" Kurokiri said "…and so I did after draining them of energy. They are nothing more, but puppets" he looked at Kiyohiko with serious eyes "Can you even hurt your own family?"
'…just like Igarashi-kun…' Kiyohiko thought as he looked at Hana and Tsubasa's eyes.
"…I'm sorry Eleventh…!"
"…Kyo-kun… I couldn't protect anyone… I'm sorry"
"You don't always have to protect others…" Kiyohiko said in a low tone "Sometimes…you have to let others protect you…" he said "So please, let me be the one to protect you now… Hana-san… Tsubasa-san… So please… let go…"
"I'm sorry Eleventh…" Hana cried out before falling on her knees.
"Sorry…" Tsubasa too fell on his knees. "Please…save Kumiko-chan…"
"I promise" Kiyohiko said, before turning to Kurokiri. His eyes snapped wide open "Kumiko-san!"Hibari Kumiko's flames grew weaker and weaker, she was paler than usual, and black vines began entangling her. He then turned to his two friends, who were in the same predicament. "Hana-san! Tsubasa-san!"
"I don't want any disruptions" Kurokiri said with a sigh as he floated up in midair. "This battle is between you and me now, Vongola" he began charging towards the Vongola Undecimo in lightning speed. A dagger materialised on his hand, and it was blocked by the young Vongola's Katar.
Kiyohiko was pushed backwards due to the force from the attack, he gritted his teeth trying to think of a counter attack.
"…so fragile…" muttered Kurokiri before exerting most of his force to the attack and sending Kiyohiko to the dark wall. He watched as the young Undecimo fell limply. "How disappointing…" his eyes widened when a stronger type of flame emerged from the Vongola's forehead. "What the…?"
"I will not accept to be beaten by someone weaker than me" Kiyohiko said, as he stood up. He was covered with gashes and burns, but he didn't mind them at all. "You have a weak flame" he said "It is full of nothing but anger, regret, sorrow…" he trailed off.
"Let's see who's weaker, Vongola" cried Kurokiri, finally losing his cool. "You don't know how much we've been through…" he said swinging his dagger at the younger one. 'H-he disappeared…?' the older boy thought, he felt a presence from behind. "When did—"he couldn't finish his question for her was kicked at his back and sent five feet away from the Vongola Undecimo.
"What's your goal?" Kiyohiko asked, placing his katar in front of him, in a defensive stance.
"I want to destroy the Vongola family" he said, standing up albeit weaker than normal. "They knew about the Morte family… and yet they did nothing to stop them…" Kiyohiko was taken aback.
"What do you—ack!" a sharp pain at his shoulder made him realize that the one who was in front of him was merely a copy. Without even thinking, the Vongola Undecimo slashed his katar at his opponent's side. The burning sensation from the sky flame made the mist flame user cry out in pain.
Kurokiri finally fell down, though he wasn't unconscious. The surroundings turned back to Kokuyo, and Kiyohiko's three friends were regaining consciousness.
"E-eleventh…?" "Kyo..kun..?"
Kiyohiko's dying will flame submerged and he returned to normal. "Are you two okay?!" he rushed towards the two of his friends' side.
"Y-yeah…" Tsubasa flinched, after feeling his injuries. "Where's Kumiko-chan?" he asked weakly.
"She's over there—huh?!" his eyes widened when he saw the young girl limply walking towards the fallen Dark Mist. "Kumiko-san?!"
"He's going to be taken away" Reborn said "…I am not sure if the Vindicare will be taking custody over him"
"N-no…" Kumiko said, kneeling beside Kurokiri.
The raven haired guy smiled weakly before turning to Kiyohiko with his crimson eyes still open. "…as I promised… I will show you the affair beforehand…" the last gem… the black gem… glowed.
"Don't drain yourself, nii-san!"
That was what they last heard before the surroundings turned into a familiar place for Kiyohiko and Hana.
"Italy…"
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End Notes:
( 1 ) A Katar/ Katara is a type of punching sword, formerly used by the Vongola Quinto. (Search Wikipedia for it)
THE FOUR PATHS OF DESTRUCTION [I made these up, myself, so sorry if they're a bit confusing]
The First Path: Reflection – the user can create clones of those he has chosen. He can use those people as puppets if he wants too, and whatever damage is inflicted on the clone shall be inflicted upon the original.
The Second Path: Oppression – just as the name suggests, the user can control the flames of another person if he/she is compatible with the user's flame. In Kurokiri's case, he can control Kumiko's flame because they are both mist flame users.
The Third Path: Delusion – the user can create a solid illusion. The user can change the surroundings whenever he wants.
The Fourth Path: Recollection – this is considered as the most energy consuming path. The user can show the deepest and darkest memory he has chosen. He can choose his own memories or he can choose another person's memory.
The Eye of Destruction – this isn't showed in the former, but I am still obligated to explain this part. The Eye of Destruction only opens when all four paths are used. The Eye of Destruction, when used, can control the host, it can drain the user of his energy, power and life.
If there are any questions please don't hesitate to ask.
Author's Rants:
CHRISTMAS VACATION! WOOT! The past weeks had been hectic, and I'm not sure if I can update fast this Christmas Vacation since our dear teachers decided to bury us with school work to ease the boredom of staying home… (-_-) Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter!
Sorry for the cliffie! I'll make it up to you in the next chappie . The next chapter will probably be the end for this arc. Sorry if things are a bit confusing, this may be my first time writing fight scenes.
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