Sorry I didn't post last week. I was at a conference out of town and forgot my laptop (such a fail), then I had to rush and finish my project. (that bastard is finally done.) So here is the next chapter. Thank you for the current support.

There is a fight scene, so I hope it isn't too bad. Please give pointers if you can so I can improve.

Disclaimer: I don't own KHR. Just plot and Lucy, plus anyone else who somehow ends up in the story

~OLD FACTORY~

Once the group got outside, they decided to head towards Namimori middle. They went through an old factory site, since that was were exit 5 was located, and it was the closest to the school.

"Hey, why were the Vongola Rings destroyed?" Hayato asked as they walked Takeshi was about to respond, but Lucy beat him to it.

"Decimo didn't want to add oil to the fire." Lucy said as she put her hands behind her head and looked up at the sky. "This era uses rings to fight, and he didn't want another battle for the rings to start. Am I right, Takeshi-san?" He nodded.

*BOOM* there was a large explosion in a building in front of them.

"This way!" A male voice called out.

"Hurry!" A female voice followed.

"Hey! It's Lambo and I-pin!" Tsuna called out, recognizing the teens in front of the smoke.

"And someone is with them." Yamamoto pointed out as he readied his sword, sensing a murderous aura.

"Shit!" Lucy cursed as she ran towards them, hands above the buckles on her skirt. In a flash, her twin silver and orange guns were in her hands. "Help is coming!" she yelled.

"Lucy!" Tsuna called out and the three of them ran towards them, but there was an explosion, smoke filling the air.

"Glad I made it." Lucy said, her guns pointed to the sky, where two people were flying on red flames. One had pink hair in a pony tail, and the was a heavier build with a hat. They both were in matching black uniforms and had red scythes with red flames on them.

"Look, brother Tazaru, more brats have appeared. And this one has some skill." The pink haired one said.

"Yeah, she might be on the hit list, Nosaru." The other, larger one said.

"I-pin, Lambo, take the girls and get back to base. NOW!" She then put her guns next to the buckles again and they disappeared. She then took the cross off of her necklace. It burst into orange flames for a second, and then it morphed into a sword, the metal having an orange tint to it. She pulled her goggles down onto her eyes and glared at the two men.

She jumped up, the bottom of her boots bursting into orange flames and she flew towards the enemy, her sword ready. She slashed at the larger one, and he blocked with his scythe. He smirked and kicked at her, but she pulled back at the last second, his foot missing by an inch.

"Not bad. This will be fun." He said as he pulled out a red box and punched his ring into it. Red blobs of red fire shot out and came towards her. Her sword, now covered in orange flames, sliced through each of the blobs, making them disappear.

"Takeshi-san, Tsuna, Hayato, take care of the other one!" Lucy called out as she then charged Tazaru, who was smirking and readying another box.

~~T~~

Nosaru, the pink haired one, charged at Takeshi, who blocked with his sword. He swiped again and again, but was blocked each time. The swordsman readied himself for his attack, getting into an attacking stance. His blade was pointed behind him and blue flames surrounded is sword.

"Shigure Souen Ryuu, Eighth form, Shino Tsuku Ame!" Takeshi charged Nosaru, slashing him across the chest and sending him up into the air a few yards away. "hm, not deep enough." He mumbled to himself.

"That..was close.." Nosaru mumbled as he then steadied himself in the air.

~~T~~

Tsuna and Hayato rushed over to Lambo and I-pin, going to make sure they were alright. "Is everyone okay?" Tsuna called out to them.

"V..Vongola!" Older Lambo exclaimed, a relieved smile on his face.

"Gokudera-san!" I-pin smiled.

"Didn't I tell you?" a feminine voice asked. The smoke cleared, revealing the older Haru. "Tsuna-san will definitely come rescue us!" Older Haru?! The two boys thought simultaneously. Haru looked over them curiously, before tilting her head in confusion. "Hahi? Haru seems to have gotten taller." But she hasn't changed at all!

"Oh no! Kyoko is missing!"I-pin called out as everyone froze.

"She must have been separated when the first explosion happened!" Lambo exclaimed.

"No way!" Tsuna cried out. "What if something happened to her?!"

"Juudaime. Please go look for her! I'll take care of stupid woman and the kids." Hayato said as he gave his boss a thumbs up before helping the three get up. Tsuna nodded and ran towards the closest empty warehouse.

" Kyoko-Chan! Where are you?!" Oh man, if something happened to her, then I couldn't- Kyoko-chan! Tsuna thought as he saw the older Kyoko behind a large metal box.

" Thank you. You're here, Tsu-Kun" his mind went racing. Why did she call me Tsu-kun?! "Oh, I think I sprained my ankle. Sorry."

"Oh, here, let me help you. Which leg is it?" She pointed to her left and he went over to help her stand, most of her weight supported by him.(Through all of this, a huge blush was on his face, but he tried to ignore it) "Now lets get you out of here." She nodded, and the two then slowly made their way out of the building.

*POOF*. Tsuna looked next to him and saw the younger Kyoko, he jumped and pulled away from her, his blush now redder(if that was even possible at this point.) She just gave him a questioning look.

"Tsuna-kun? Thank god, everyone's been looking for you! Reborn-kun and Gokudera-kun as well!" Kyoko said with a smile, but upon seeing Tsuna's shocked face, frowned. "Is something wrong?"

"Well, you're not supposed to -LOOK OUT!" he said as he grabbed her and jumped out of the way of something that crashed into where they were moments ago. Kyoko looked scared and was shaking all over, while Tsuna looked at what had crashed, but couldn't see it through the dust and smoke that had risen. That was, until he heard laughter from above him.

"Oh look, the girl barely put up a fight." floating in the hole in the ceiling, was Tazaru, in all his evil glory. "And I thought you were actually worth my time." Girl?...LUCY!

"Sh...ut...Up..." Lucy breathed shakily as she tried to get up. She coughed

"LUCY!" Tsuna called out, making Tazaru turn to him and smirk. Kyoko looked at him as well, never hearing him call a girl without an honorific. She then looked over at the girl and gasped, seeing her horrible state.

Lucy's left ankle looked broken, and left thigh had a stab wound on it. She had a cut on her right cheek and a gash on her stomach. There were bruises all over her body, and she was panting heavily.

"I'm..fine...Tsuna..." She smiled weakly, but it looked more like a grimace. "I'm just..not used...to this..." She then fell over and winced. Tsuna suddenly entered HDWM on his own and glared at Tazaru.

"The color of that flame. It's another rare Sky flame user. Two in one day, this must be my lucky day." Two Sky flame users? Does he mean Lucy? Tsuna thought, but shook it off and looked at the girl next to him.

"Can you take care of Lucy for me?" He asked her. Kyoko nodded. Tsuna gave a small smile before turning back to Tazaru and glaring at him. He then flew up and charged him.

~L~

Holy fuck, that hurt. I need to get up, like, now. Lucy thought as pain flooded her body. Shit. I'm still not used to fighting dying will flames, am I?

"Um..are you okay..Lucy-san?" a timid feminine voice asked her. She slowly turned her head to look at the girl with short golden brown hair.

"Does it...look like...I'm okay?" she tried to smirk, but it came out as a grimace. Kyoko quickly apologized, but Lucy brushed it off, saying she shouldn't have joked.

"Here, let me help you sit up." Kyoko then tried to get Lucy into a siting position, but failed miserably. The best she could do was put her head in her lap. "Sorry, this is the best I can do. I don't want to aggravate your wounds any more then I have to."

"It's fine." Lucy then looked up at her face and saw that Kyoko was watching Tsuna very carefully, her eyes having a little trouble keeping up with him as he flew around. "Don't worry about Tsuna."

" How did you..?" Kyoko said as she looked down at Lucy, who was smiling (and it actually looked like a smile this time). The smile seemed so familiar to her. Where have I seen that smile? "Anyway, who are you?" Lucy then chuckled.

"Whoops. Forgot to introduce myself. I'm Anderson Lucy, childhood friend of Tsuna."

"You are? I've never seen you before." Kyoko said as she felt something in the pit of her stomach, but ignored it. "Oh, sorry. I'm Sasagawa Kyoko, Tsuna's friend."

"That makes sense. No wonder he...never mind. It's a pleasure meeting you, but I wish it was in better circumstances." Lucy then sat up very slowly and looked at Tsuna, who was fighting Tazaru "Thank you for being by Tsuna's side."

"No problem. He is my friend after all." the short haired girl smiled before her face became serious and looked back at the fighting Tsuna. Lucy looked as well.

~T~

Tsuna avoided another swipe from Tazaru and flew behind him, about to hit the base of his neck, when storm flames appeared behind him and shot spikes from his back. Tsuna was stabbed in his left shoulder, barely avoiding a fatal blow. He gasped as pain shot through his body and blood flowed out of his wound.

"Tsuna!" The two girls cried out as he was stabbed. He then fell to the ground with a thud and a groan of pain. Kyoko stood up and was about to run over to him, but was stopped by Lucy's hand and Tsuna's outburst.

" Stay back!" He began to get back up. "It'll be fine...I will..protect you." He said with determination as the ring handing around his neck began to react to his resolution. "Even if it means I have to trade my life for yours." the blazes on his forehead and hands flared with power and determination. Kyoko's eyes widened as Lucy smiled. Go get him, Tsuna. She thought.

" This feels like..." like a different, purer flame. Tsuna thought as he then smirked. "Getting scared?" he asked Tazaru, who seemed slightly panicked by the change in the flame.

" Meh! You've got to be kidding! Women and flames go a long way if you use them right!" He called out as he readied a box. "For a fly like you, all I need is bug spray." he fed the box flames from his ring and three disks covered in storm flames flew out and aimed at Tsuna, who flew out of the way. The discs then flew back at him again and again, to which he dodged again and again.

"There is no escape! The Dark Slicer will only go after you!" Tsuna dodged again, this time blasting some of his flame on the discs. They surrounded it and started to absorb it.

"It's reacting to the flame, huh." Tsuna said as he flew a few yards away from Tazaru and the discs.

"That's right! They'll only go after the giant flames you're emitting. Every time it absorbs your flames, it's speed will increase until..." Tazaru smirked. "It reaches a speed 1.5 times faster that of it's target! it's impossible to dodge!"

Once the discs were done absorbing the flames, they went and charged towards Tsuna once more. Having an idea, he flew towards Tazaru, and at the second, went around him, hoping the discs would hit him. Instead, they went around him and continued towards himself. He clicked his tongue, Tazaru laughing. "It will never hit the user! That's how it was made! Like I said, it's impossible to dodge it."

"Then I'll stop trying to dodge it." Tsuna said as he paused in the air, letting one of them come towards him. He caught it and froze it, bracing himself on the ceiling.

"What? He actually froze it?!" Tazaru exclaimed with astonishment and anger. Lucy grinned and cheered for him, while Kyoko was...lost in what was happening at the moment. All she could gather was Lucy was injured, it was the man(who could fly...with fire...and of course summon stuff from boxes...and was most likely evil)'s fault , Tsuna can fight, and Tsuna can fly...with fire...and can freeze stuff too. Her head could barely grasp everything that was happening.

"This is strange.." Tsuna mumbled to himself as he jumped off of the ceiling and charged towards Tazaru "I feel lighter." he then froze the flames on Tazaru's boots, making him drop to the ground on his feet. Tsuna landed a few yards away.

Tazaru looked bewildered at his frozen feet, before looking back at Tsuna. "This...is just like the renowned Vongola Decimo!" he then jumped towards Tsuna, his scythe raised in an attacking position. "Who the hell are you?!" he yelled as he swung his scythe at Tsuna, who caught it with his hand. The handle where he had caught it began to freeze as well, keeping Tazaru locked in place.

"Here I come." Tsuna raised his other hand, which was covered in sky flames, and punched him in the face, the force and power sending him flying out of the warehouse through the roof. Tsuna sighed and smiled. He made his way over to the girls. Lucy got off of Kyoko, saying she was fine now and that Kyoko should help Tsuna. As soon as she said that, Tsuna returned to his normal self and fell to the ground, panting and full of pain.

"Tsuna-kun!" Kyoko called out as she rushed forward and helped him get into a sitting position. Lucy, limping, walked over to them.

"The others should be finished with Nosaru, lets get back to base and get you treated. Kyoko, can you help him walk? I can't." Kyoko nodded and helped Tsuna stand. "Good, now, lets go." Lucy then started to walked towards the exit, trying her best to hid her limp.

~L~

"Hayato! Get over here!" Lucy called out as she stepped out of the old building. Said bomber turned and ran over to her. "You protected them, right? After Takeshi-san left?" Hayato paused for a second, going over what she said. How did she know what happened? He thought.

"Of course I did. Where's Juudaime?" Lucy pointed behind her to where Kyoko was helping Tsuna walk.

"Help him. Where's Takeshi, Haru, and the kids?" Hayato pointed to where they were and then walked over to Kyoko to give her a hand with Tsuna. Lucy then walked (more like limped) over to the younger Takeshi and younger Haru, who was holding the younger kids.

"Hey Lucy!" he then saw her injuries. "Whoa, are you okay?" he asked her. She smiled and waved off his comment. She then turned to look at Haru and the kids.

"Hello there Haru, I-pin. I'm Lucy." she waved

"It's Lucy-nee!" Lambo said as he wiggled out of Haru's hold and ran over to her. "Can I have a grape candy?" he asked with eagerness. Lucy bent down to his height (wincing from the pain, but hid it).

"Not right now, Lambo. I have a special mission for you, okay?" the child nodded. "I need you to bring Haru and I-pin to that spot over there, okay?" She said, pointing towards the entrance to the Vongola base. He nodded again and tugged on Haru's leg, trying to drag her over there.

"Lambo-sama will do his mission!" the child exclaimed. Haru looked uncertainly at Lucy, who gave her a warm smile.

"I'm a friend of Tsuna's. Don't worry, I'll give a proper introduction to you and the others." Haru nodded and walked to where Lambo was trying to get her to go. Lucy then stood up, but stumbled and fell into Takeshi, who caught her.

"You're not okay. What happened?" he asked as he helped Lucy walk towards the same spot she had told Lambo to got, suspecting that's where she wanted to got. Out of the corner of his eye, Takeshi saw Hayato giving Tsuna a piggy back ride and Kyoko standing next to him,worried for Tsuna's sake. Takeshi then, getting the idea from Hayato, put Lucy on his back.

"Whoa! What are you doing Takeshi?" she asked, a small blush on her face.

"This way, your injuries won't be as agitated." Lucy nodded, accepting the reasoning. "Anyway, what happened?" Takeshi asked her.

"It will all be explained at base."

~END~

Okay, I've decided that my chapters will now come out every two weeks instead of every week. This is because A) my pre-written stuff has run out, so I need to write more B) I am working on a co-story with someone, so I will focus on that as well C), My live outside FFN is very hectic, so I have less time to work.

Once again, thank you for the current support. You guys are amazing. Like, really amazing. :)