Well, here's chapter 19!~

This chapter's pretty much a lot of thoughts.. and then Drama... So yeah! Oh yeah, here's a fun equation:

Yuna + Gokudera = TSUNA FAN CLUB!

Oh and also, I'm about halfway done a KHR Halloween FF!~ XD

Yuna stood beside Hibari and watched the screen displaying the game of Choice.

"Motorbikes… How fitting," Yuna murmured. She watched eagerly, praying that they'd be ok.

She was in awe as she was Shouichi navigate and command through-out the game and as Tsuna fought Torikabuto. Hibari stood and watched as well, simply because he was waiting for the game to finish so he could fight anyone he wished to. He wasn't as eager as anyone else; he just wanted to bite someone to death. He glanced at Yuna, who seemed terribly engrossed at what the screen was displaying; his eyes narrowed at the screen. Seriously, this girl also confused him at times. She wasn't strong enough to stop his blood-lust, but she managed to somehow, without being bitten to death.

Hibari had to admit, it wouldn't be considered 'stopping his blood-lust', and it was sort of like stalling it in a twisted sort of way. His eyes drifted back to Yuna. She was strange, yet he… Such a weakling could do so much to him, was he getting too soft? Hibari paused. Oh man. Was he going to love biting people to death after this, to prove that he was still the Hibari he was. Well, is. He pondered something for a moment and then smirked when he knew that Yuna couldn't see his face clearly. He could also gain a special prize for biting those people to death. Yuna glanced at him.

"Hibari-san?" She asked. He looked at her.

"What, herbivore?" He replied with a blank expression. She frowned at him and shook her head, looking back at the screen.

Oh, and he would definitely enjoy the prize entirely, for sure.

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Yuna looked incredibly worried as Tsuna was caught in something called 'Sea Snake Grid'. She watched amazed as Tsuna released his Vongola box to reveal something she noted as Leone di Cieli: Version Vongola. She paused and decided to write this all down, pulling out her modified compact 'laptop', which was approximately the size of her two hands (Better visual image = Nintendo DS or PSP size I guess). When she glanced up from her typing on the laptop, she managed to see an amazing thing.

Cambio Forma. Mododifesa. (Change form. Defense mode.)

"T-Tsuna-san," She whispered, as he was attacked by some sort of spikes. Hibari's eyes narrowed at the screen. Yuna's eyes widened, completely amazed at the sight. Tsuna was dressed in a black cloak with a shield of some sort on his left hand. He looked so identical to the Vongola Primo!

Nuts, Tsuna's boxed animal Lion, returned back to his animal form and held onto Tsuna's left shoulder. Yuna watched Tsuna swiftly defeat the Millefiore mist guardian.

"Shouichi-nii really is a good captain," Yuna said, surprised. "His brains are showing, hah."

She stared intent at the screen as she saw Yamamoto fighting Saru. No wait…

"Genkishi!" Yamamoto exclaimed. Yuna's eyes widened.

Wasn't he the one Tsuna defeated already!? She watched, amazed at the display Yamamoto was putting on. Two swords in hand along with his boxed animal, an Akita Inu named Jirou.

"Ahh! What a cute dog!" Kyoko said. Squalo did a face palm at what Yamamoto was doing. The idiot. Yuna chuckled at Squalo reaction, and looked back at the screen. Yamamoto uses four swords? Yamamoto was an amazing guy; he managed to attack an enemy he couldn't even see!

He's very skilled. Yuna thought in awe. She glanced at Hibari, even he was slightly surprised.

"Jirou and Kojirou, that's so cute!" Kyoko said.

"He certainly has an interesting sense for naming," Haru said. Yuna snickered, quietly agreeing.

Come on everyone! Kick Millefiore's ass! She inwardly cheered.

Upon watching, Yuna knew exactly was Genkishi was thinking, that Yamamoto had changed a lot since the last time they fought. Yuna would have to agree, from the time before they did the raid to now, his stats in her files had increased amazing.

"The box weapons themselves are certainly impressive, but Yamamoto's growth that's allowing him to use them to this level is outrageous," Dino said.

"Yeah. There's vigor about him that I've never seen before, and it's driving his swordplay to a completely different level of strength. What on earth brought this on?" Reborn asked.

"Devotion to the blade," Squalo said. "That piece of trash has always had what it takes to become a master swordsman… But there was just one thing holding him back. He was never fully embracing the sword. I don't know about his motivations and screwed up time restrictions… But that decision to devote himself utterly to the blade has made him a true swordsman."

"Being face with two paths and choosing the sword," Reborn said exactly what Yuna was thinking.

"That's just like the first-generation Rain guardian," Dino stated.

"You mean the original Vongola family?" Basil asked.

"Yeah, it was said that there was none who could match his skills with the blade, and nobody doubted his talent… But he himself loved music above all else, and didn't even possess a single sword of his own," Reborn said. "But when he heard that his friend from overseas, the Vongola Primo was in trouble… Without any hesitation, he sold his precious instruments that he valued more than his life, used the money to pay for weapons and travel fees, and went straight to his friend's aid. He was ready to throw away everything for the sake of his friend."

Yuna's eyes went downcast, the first-generation Rain guardian… Just for his friend, gave up everything… What an amazing guy…

"The weapons he had made in exchange for his instruments were three short swords and a single long katana."

The Vongola family is amazing. That's was the only current thing going through Yuna's head at the moment. Being able to bear all their burdens, giving up anything for the sake of each other… It was astonishing to no end. It was then that Yuna now had high respects for the entire Vongola family, no matter what they did. Yuna whipped her head over to the others when Basil started shouting frantically.

"The Shigure Kintoku and the swallow fused together!!" He shouted.

"There's the long katana, I suspected as much… Yamamoto's Vongola box is…," Reborn said.

"Amazing," Yuna whispered. In Yamamoto's left hand, he held three short blades between his fingers and in his right hand was an amazing blade that was lit with the blue rain flame.

Yuna was completely captivated by the fight between Yamamoto and Genkishi. Genkishi used the Hell ring's power, Multiplication. He turned into a skeleton wearing armor with a sword, which Yuna thought was kind of cool and stupid at the same time.

"But why… When I have all this power… Do you not acknowledge me…?" Genkishi asked. "Why, when I am clearly the superior, is Torikabuto the real Mist Funeral Wreath?!! I am clearly the most suited to the Mist Guardian!!! To protect Byakuran-sama… To protect God!!"

Yuna felt a pull in her heart strings as she looked at him. He sort of reminded her of herself when she was so distant from her parents…

"What the heck?" Ryohei asked. "Why's he shouting this stuff all of the sudden?!"

"Why am I reduced to a mere subordinate?!" Genkishi cried. "I'm in a really bad mood right now!! I'll tear you limb from limb!! Let me tell you something interesting… When I lost to Sawada Tsunayoshi, it was not because I did not have the power!! Those eyes of his were driving me insane… They stopped me from unleashing even half of my full strength!!"

Yuna's eyes were downcast at the thought of disappointment from her parents. The little 'speech' that Genkishi gave was now getting to her.

"Pleased to hear it. Otherwise, this would be no fun," Yamamoto said raising his katana.

Yuna had stopped thinking about the match in general, only her eyes were following. Mentally, she was thinking about the feeling of not being acknowledged. She had had her fair share of that feeling… She wasn't sure if her thoughts and feeling were the same as the ex-Mist Guardian, but she assumed they were similar. Though, she knew he wouldn't admit it, but she bet he was feeling rejected, jealous and lonely.

Yuna snapped back to reality fast enough to watch Yamamoto fight Genkishi. Yamamoto used 'Shigure Souenryuu Aggregate Art'.

"Aggregate…?" Chrome asked.

"He's putting… All his techniques together," Reborn said.

"He's charging straight in?!!" Ryohei asked, watching intently.

The attacked stopped in midair. Yuna blinked and stared at the screen in awe.

"No… If you look closely, they're actually just moving incredibly slowly," Dino said.

"He's assaulting the sword strikes and illusions with his rain flames of 'calm' and slowing them to the point where they're barely even moving," Reborn explained.

"But not matter how incredible his box weapon is, surely it can't hit everything…?!" Gianini asked in disbelief.

"What are you talking about?" Hibari asked. "That's Yamamoto Takeshi."

Yuna blinked and turned to look at him. Hibari's gaze was fixed on the screen, not sparing her a glance. She let a small smile drift onto her face when she saw that Yamamoto had won and had defeated Genkishi.

"He did it…," Dino said smiling.

"No doubt about it… Since the battle in the Melone Base… Yamamoto's really powered up," Reborn said smiling as well.

The smile immediately fell from Yuna's face when she saw that plants are suddenly springing up all over Genkishi's body. Yuna glanced back as she heard Dino tell Bianchi that he needed something to drink, purposely making them leave the room. Yuna thought that it was best that they didn't see such a thing as well.

Hibari glanced at Yuna, her face was pale and her eyes were a mix of emotions… He quickly glanced back at the screen for a moment to see that the plants were nearly fully sprouted. He knew that the sight that was going to be shown was something not even he would enjoy to see. His left arm wrapped around her head and covered Yuna's eyes, stopping her from seeing the grotesque display. Somebody like her shouldn't see such a thing. He lowered his arm when the scene was over, the bloodshed, the official death of Genkishi. Yuna was starting to feel sick to her stomach; her face had lost most if not all of its colour.

"Let's beat him," Tsuna declared. "I don't really know about saving the world… or about the Trinisette or anything like that… But what I can see is that Byakuran is putting everyone through terrible pain!!"

Tsuna… Yuna thought a little smile on her face, the colour on her face gradually coming back. She listened to the plan Shouichi gave and what everyone there was supposed to do. As usual, his brains were showing. Her eyes narrowed when she noticed that something was going wrong with Tsuna's path. She watched on, watching Kikyou easily retreat from Gokudera, sealing off his boxes. Also, Yamamoto was quickly approaching Millefiore's target, Daisy. Wait… Yamamoto's attack was blocked by a barrier.

Kikyou was approaching the Vongola base at an alarming rate and even with the laser traps; he easily took them out as they were ineffective. She watched the screen alarmed as Kikyou blasted the base. She saw Shouichi run out of the base telling the others that they were going to win.

"Shouichi," She murmured. Hibari's eye narrowed at the screen. Just when Kikyou was about to eliminate Shouichi, lights shone throughout the 10km diameter of the grounds of Choice. There was a tremor in the ground.

"I'm out of the illusion," Tsuna's voice said. Yna looked out window and then back at the small T.V.

"Tsuna!!" Dino exclaimed. "Th-That destruction is… THE X BURNER!"

"He blasted the illusion away with sheer force," Reborn articulated.

"I cannot simply abandon a comrade!" Tsuna said. Yuna looked at the screen surprised.

Nii-chan… Tsuna-san… She thought. She watched both screens intently as Yamamoto broke the barrier and was about to take out Daisy and as Kikyou was about to eliminate Shouichi. Yuna hoped that Tsuna would make it in time. Yuna watched horrified as Kikyou shot Shoichi directly through his abdomen.

"SHOUICHI!" She exclaimed her face completely pale once again. Hibari glanced at Yuna for a moment and then glared at the monitor.

"There were both defeated at the same time?!!" Basil cried. Yuna ignored that and was focused on the fact that Shouichi was down and dying. Something alarmed her though, Daisy revived and his target flame relit.

"HE'S IMMORTAL?" Basil cried, aghast.

"The victor of this Choice battle has been decided," One of the Cervellos announced. Yuna's hands were clenched as she resisted the urge to cry. "The winner is… The Millefiore family!"

Yuna watched devastated, not only did they lose; Shouichi was on the verge of death… Or worst, he was already dead.

"SHOUICHI-KUN!!!" Tsuna exclaimed. Yuna clenched her jaw and her nails dug into the palm of her hand, a little bit harder and it would've drawn blood. Yuna saw Shouichi sit up and exclaimed that he would gladly die if it meant defeating Byakuran. He then coughed out blood, still shouting.

"Nii-chan," Yuna's lips trembled.

"WHY DO YOU FEEL SO STRONGLY ABOUT DEFEATING BYAKURAN THAT YOU EVEN PUSH YOURSELF THIS FAR…?!" Tsuna asked exclaiming loudly. "I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT!!"

Yuna watched completely pale and collapsed on her knees, her hands covering her mouth, trying to stop any nausea she felt. She listened closely to the story Shouichi told Tsuna, the story she had been waiting to hear for a long time…

"I was living in Namimori, just like all of you, when suddenly one day I ended up helping Lambo-san out; and I received a wooden box from the Bovino family as thanks. The box also contained a number of shells for Lambo-san's 10-year bazooka, but I missed the opportunity to give them to him… Not even knowing what they were, I accidently dropped one of them on my own leg while cleaning the room…

I changed placed with myself from ten years later, making my first trip to the future. I found myself in the place where myself from ten year on had been, a university of engineering in America. With no idea of what had happened, I began to panic. Terrified, I fled into the university grounds and it was there that I bumped into a certain man… Byakuran-san."

Yuna's eyes widened as she continued to listen. She rushed out with everyone to go to Shouichi.

"Shouichi!" She exclaimed, looking down at him with tears in her eyes.

"Ah, gomen Yuna," He apologized weakly.

"The theory of Parallel Worlds refers to the idea that the world branches off in all kinds of directions… Resulting in a number of different futures existing side by side," Reborn explained.

"Basically… You're saying that all kinds of different 'possible' worlds actually exist at the same time?" Tsuna asked.

"That's right. As many worlds as there are possibilities," Reborn said.

"But there are an awful lot of possibilities in the world!!" Ryohei exclaimed. Shouichi then went on about him wanting to find a parallel world with him as a musician. He smiled.

"I burned all of my school textbooks…," He said. "And wrote on my careers guidance form if I can't become a musician, I'd rather die!!"

"So that's why!" Yuna gasped. Shouichi then continued to go on about his future trips and how he ran into Byakuran again. Shouichi then said that he saw a speech given by the dictator who had caused the war and conquered the world as a result, it was a man named Byakuran. Yuna looked at Shouichi in disbelief.

Byakuran was synchronized with all of his selves from the same point in time across the multitude of parallel worlds!

"He has the power to make the impossible possible," Reborn said. Yuna's eyes widened in shock.

"Irie! What have you been doing?!!" Ryohei asked. "You knew Byakuran's villainy and you let him do as he liked!?"

Yuna looked down at Shouichi in apprehension.

"I lost my memory," Shouichi spoke.

"Eh!?" Yuna asked.

"It happened on my 8th trip to the future. The part of my memory that involved time travel and Byakuran-san was deleted from the future me… By myself. About five year's worth."

Yuna gripped Shouichi's hand and kept listening with a pale face.

"F-five years!?" Tsuna asked. "Why would the future you do that to you?"

"Of course, to defeat Byakuran-san," Shouichi said. Yuna stayed there, paralyzed.

"To defeat him…," Yuna murmured. Shouichi glanced at her.

"When I went back to the past, I found a letter that my future self left for me. There were orders for me to follow… he wrote some stuff I wanted to hide, like the girl I liked… So I had no choice but to follow…"

"You did it even though you didn't know us?" Gokudera asked.

"Yeah...," Shouichi said. He continued to explain and Yuna was listening very intently. "Within the countless parallel worlds, this is the only world that has the possibility of defeating Byakuran-san!!"

"That's because this future was created by your future self who ordered your past self," Reborn said.

"Not only that… This is the only world where I accidently met Tsunayoshi-kun," Shouichi said glancing at Yuna who stared at him with disbelief.

"Met… Me!?" Tsuna exclaimed.

"I fixed your bicycle's flat tire when you were nine years old. That's why in this world…," Shouichi said. "Vongola boxes are made miraculously in the future…"

Yuna stared at him in shock, gripping his hand.

"That's the reason why you think this is the only world that can defeat Byakuran," Reborn said.

"Future Lambo said that because we were dead in the parallel worlds of 20 years later…!!" Tsuna said. He looked startled for a moment. "Uh… But, my future self in this world was killed too in the end…"

"You're wrong, Tsunayoshi-kun," Shouichi said. Yuna hung on his every world, gripping his hand. He paused in the middle of his explanation and lightly grasped her hand, not with much strength because of his current condition.

"But… I've lost… I didn't know there was such a thought and meaning behind it," Tsuna said.

"You guys lost~," Byakuran said smiling. "You know about me so well… What a pity."

Yuna looked at him, frightened. She trembled, still holding on Shouichi's hand.

"A rematch at choice!" Shouichi said.

"I, as the boss of the Millefiore, formally reject that~," Byakuran said. Yuna flinched.

"I oppose," a new, unfamiliar voice said. Reborn's pacifier began to light up. "Byakuran. I, the boss of Millefiore Black-Spell, should have at least something to say about it."

There stood a young girl with a large hat, and a Millefiore coat. Around her neck was the orange, sky arcobaleno pacifier. Also, on her left cheek, below her eye was a tattoo.

"Uni… Damn you…!" Byakuran said. Yuna was surprised to see that his smile had disappeared.

"That little girl is the other boss of the Millefiore!?" Tsuna exclaimed. Yuna stared at the girl, aghast.

"So it really was you, you've grown up, Uni," Reborn said smiling.

"Yes," Uni said smiling. "Uncle Reborn.

Tsuna started to yell things in disbelief until Reborn shut him up by hurting his finger.

"The granddaughter of an acquaintance of mine," Reborn said.

"Ah… There's a pacifier hanging from her neck… even though she isn't a baby??" Tsuna asked.

"Greetings," Uni said. "Everyone from the Vongola. All the guys blushed. Yuna pouted, a little jealous.

"You're looking much better, it seems you've recovered," Byakuran said, the smile back on his face. "Uni-chan~."

"She was sick or something?" Ryohei asked.

"No… Byakuran-san, under his hands… Her soul was broken," Shouichi said. Yuna looked at him alarmed. "In order to gain control of the Black-Spells, Byakuran-san took away her power of speech."

Byakuran had to retort to that. Saying that he only gave her a tranquilizer to calm her down.

"Byakuran, it seems that, I can soar to other worlds like you," Uni said. Byakuran looked Uni, shocked. Yuna couldn't believe her ears. "Let's get back to the matter at hand. As the boss of the Millefiore Black-Spells, I agree to the rematch with the Vongola." Yuna's eyes widened. "That promise of a rematch between Byakuran and Irie really does exist."

"I'm glad that you've become so spirited, but Uni-chan, you have no right to speak out against my decisions," Byakuran said darkly. "When I am perplexed, I'm prepared to discuss things with you, but you're just number two. All final decision making powers are with me. This conversation is finished."

"Is that so… I understand," Uni said."In that case I'll withdraw from the Millefiore family."

Everyone looked at her flabbergasted.

"Sawada Tsunayoshi," Uni said. "I have a request."

"Eh!? A request!?" Tsuna asked.

"Please protect me."

"EEHHH!?" Tsuna exclaimed. "P-protect… Aren't you the boss of the Black-Spells!?"

"It isn't just me… These… Along with the pacifiers of my comrades." Uni pulled out four arcobaleno pacifiers. Suddenly, they all lit up creating a giant light. Byakuran looked at it amazed wanting to be friends with her again, claiming it was because he needed her. "Don't come near me!"

"What? Saying something like this on your own?" Byakuran asked. "Even if you run away with these, I'll just chase you to the ends of the earth to get them back. Well, let's go back… Back to where I am."

"Tsuna-kun!! Please help her!" Kyoko exclaimed.

"Er… B-but!" Tsuna struggled to decide on to do. Byakuran's hand reached out and Uni backed away, scared. A gunshot grazed Byakuran's sleeve and prevented him from reaching Uni. There stood reborn holding a smoking gun.

"Uncle!!" Uni said relieved. Yuna glanced back at Shouichi, who simply tried to force a smile at her.

"Don't get cocky, Byakuran," Reborn said. "Whoever you are and whatever the situation, if you try to do anything to the boss of the acrobalenos… I won't just and watch!"

"B-boss!?" Yuna stuttered. Kikyou attacked them but they were protected by Squalo and Hibari.

"Hey, let's calm down Kikyou-chan. Uni-chan is still in shock from waking up so suddenly since she has been sick and unconscious a long time," Byakuran said. "Then how about this Uni-chan? The Trinisette that I was supposed to get by winning the Choice game… Is very important to me and troubled me so much to get it. But I don't mind giving the Vongola rings back to the Vongola family, if Uni-chan comes back to Millefiore."

Yuna looked at Byakuran confused at what he had just said. Didn't he need the Vongola rings?

"Byakuran, I know why you want me," Uni said. The smile still didn't leave Byakuran's face. "I know that, and that's the reason why I can't go back to your side."

"Well then, the Vongola rings are ours. I have no intention of giving any weapons to people who provide a sanctuary for Uni-chan to take refuge in. Although, the key player, the knight in shining armor, is scared of the consequences of Uni-chan's wish."

"I'll invalidate the Choice game!" Uni said.

"Eh?" Yuna looked at Uni astounded. She noticed Uni's eyes… She was prepared… she knew it would happen… That's what amazed Yuna the most. It seemed that Tsuna noticed it as well, grabbing a hold of Uni's arm.

"Come with us!!" He shouted. "Everybody!! Let's protect her!!"

Everyone smiled and agreed.

"Thank you so much," Uni said smiling. Tsuna blushed. Yuna's eye twitched slightly.

"Byakuran-sama. Permission to attack in order to get Uni-sama back," Kikyou asked.

"Permission granted," Byakuran said with a dark, angered expression.

Kikyou attacked once again and Squalo summoned his shark to block him. Everyone hurried to the transportation device. In the middle of running Yuna's body stopped responding and halted by itself. She raised her head and her eyes were distant and blank. She felt her arm reach into her pocket and pull out her blue weapon box. She could hear a male's laughter in the back of her head as she released her weapons. Before she lost consciousness, she recalled the words that Shouichi had told her:

Beware of Byakuran-san.