Chapter 25: Revelations

He opened the front door and walked inside. He heard KT talking loudly down the hall. He walked down quietly to listen. "How much more of this does he have to suffer through! He can't live his life anymore because he has to focus on everyone else!"

"I can't help that...I'm not the one trying to destroy humanity and reign over the darkness, am I?"

"Why can't you face him alone, like you did before!"

"Alone, I am not powerful enough..."

"Then I will fight with you, dad! But Tsuna has a life...he's a teenage boy!"

"He knows he's here to do this, he has expressed his resolve about it quite clearly before. He knows it is his responsibility...as it is your responsibility to protect him."

He stepped into the kitchen. "Hey, um..."

The looked at him. "Tsuna..."

He looked down. "I understand that I'm here to help you defeat CT...and I know this is my duty...It's just overwhelming trying to prove myself all the time...that I can do this...I don't mean to act this way..."

She went up to him and hugged him. He looked at TC. "I am sorry for my behavior before...I know you're right...but I want to change that...Will you help me? I want to be stronger...I don't want to be weak anymore."

TC smirked. "It's going to be hard..."

"I don't care..."

"You'll never be able to rest."

"I can handle it..."

"Let's get to work, then."

Tsuna and TC were clashing constantly in the sky. The Guardians were sitting on the ground watching the fighting styles to adapt. Ty was watching and taking notes.

Ty worked constantly to come up with an innovative way for Tsuna to change over...

To his surprise, Tsuna learned that Lambo, the little boy he would babysit, was to be a Guardian as well. He didn't like the fact very much because he was little, but TC told him that there was more power than he could realize.

He and TC would battle almost constantly, and on very short notice.

Ty approached him one day. "Hey, Tsuna...I think I have an idea."

"What?"

He held out his hand, and in it was a small sphere that looked similar a small bubblegum ball. "A new way to activate your powers. I figured out the concentration of stuff in a regular can of soda, and put it into this pill."

"Will it work?"

"Try it..." He gave it to him. He popped it into his mouth, and bit into it. The flames appeared on his forehead. "Yes! It works!"

Ty jumped for joy in his scientifical genius discovery. "Now I can mass produce them, and you'll have an easier way to change over that doesn't involve trying to find a can of soda!"

Tsuna brought this discovery to TC. "If it works...I won't have to supply you anymore. It will be a lot more sufficient, I suppose."

"I can carry them at all times, and they look like bubblegum balls so I can't get in trouble with them."

"That's true...have you tried to use any power, though?"

"Do you think it won't withstand it?"

"I'm not sure...he doesn't know the level of power in your blood, so they might be offset..."

"He'd have to put my blood into them!"

"No...he'd need to test the concentration of your blood to see how much of a concentration the pill needs so they don't overwhelm eachother."

Tsuna brought this back to Ty, who was a little disappointed, but such is science as trial and error.

TC had a plan.

"You're going to learn something new today, Tsunayoshi..."

"What is it?"

"It's going to take a lot of power, but I'm sure you can handle it."

"Of course."

"It's a special move..."

"Okay...what do I do?"

"This is what's going to happen..."

Tsuna laid in his bed thinking. He had a sinking feeling in his stomach, but he couldn't place why. The light in his room went out. "Really..."

He sat up. The room was very dark, and very hard to see. "Hello, boy..."

He looked around quickly. "CT!"

CT's form appeared in the dark in front of him. "Welcome to hell!"

CT disappeared, and he shivered as he felt something move through him. He hunched over as pain coursed through him. He cried out in agony. The X on his palm started to glow bright. The room was enveloped in color, and then he couldn't see.

He was taken to a place he had faintly remembered. He looked around the pure white room. Some one crashed into him from behind. "Tsuna!"

"Tsu-sama! Are you okay?"

"Yeah..."

Both halves stood up. "What's going on?"

"The day has come...You two are going to die..." The voice was very clear, but there was no body from which they came.

Tsune put his arm out in front of Tsuna. He looked around and listened intently. He pushed Tsuna away as he turned quickly to land a punch on CT, but he caught his arm. "Truly pathetic...my brother believes that you two will stop me? HA! You could have all the training in the world, but I will always be stronger!" He let go of Tsune's arm and kicked him away. He flipped back and landed on his feet, sliding back until he stopped. Tsuna ran up behind CT to try to catch him off guard, but CT turned and got him with his leg. "TSUNA!"

Tsune launched himself forward, and was again kicked back. "Completely useless!"

Tsuna and Tsune both got up. "You won't get away with this so easily!"

CT set out a pulse, and Tsuna collapsed to his knees. ~I can't...move!~

"Tsuna!" He lunged forward, but was set back by another pulse. "Damnit!"

CT walked up to Tsuna and grabbed him. "What are you going to do, hm, boy? There's no way you can fight me...you have no way of activating your power here..." He threw him to the ground.

"Tsuna!" He was running for them again, but was encased by a box. "NO! Tsuna!"

CT placed a foot on Tsuna's chest. "How easy it would be to crush you right here...you'd be finished..."

He pressed down. Tsuna screamed.

"Tsuna!"

A bright light appeared above them. The room disappeared.