CHAPTER 26

ENTER: A NEW ar-RIVAL?

All of them stared.

And stared.

They just stood there and stared for all they were worth. Was this the one of the life-threatening situations when a plant you have encountered in the jungle suddenly turned out to be a hallucination-inducing-gas- secretor kind of plant? What the heck was up with that cliché?

If I were to have a fairy godmother, I would wish that the gas plant was true. Because right now, I'm aching to rip that man's hand away from my Jyuudaime! If looks could kill, Gokudera would've been dealing deadly blows by now.

If I were to be a god, I'd be electrifying this son of a bitch and frying his balls on a barbecue stick by a bonfire. Yamamoto was clenching his fist so fiercely that it started bleeding.

If I were a fish, I'd be eaten by now, thought Levi.

If I were to grab that man's head and bash it into that thick tree trunk, would it save more of my time and energy that throwing my tonfas straight into his ugly face? Ah, but of course former would have to hurt more. I'll just have to go for the more hurting option, it sounds satisfying. Have you ever seen a dark miasma in the shapes of sakura blossoms? (That was cool.)

If I were to take him out now, will Vongola marry me? Mukuro's eyes gleamed with a morbid intent.

If I were to kill him now and roast him and then hang his charred remains by my castle, will the princess be mine? Of course, she will, she's already mine to begin with. Bel nodded and congratulated himself.

If I really am a good brother, I'll wait for Tsuna-chan to scream my name and then rescue her like a prince charming. That would be extremely dramatic!

If I were any smarter, I would be looking for Lussuria right now and exchange money to ensure his safety from Xanxus' wrath. Ah, I could also make a bet with Bel right now: "Who gets to Tsuna first and save her from the white dragon?". Yes, that would lose them a lot of money to me. Mammon jingled his pockets excitedly.

"If I were you, I'd be running and screaming by now. Not that screaming your head off would help you to outrun my bullets, though." Xanxus said and as he did, he drew out his gun.

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Ah, she's as sinfully beautiful as ever.

If only I could get my body to work and draw out my damn nightsticks, I'd tackle the son of a bitch right away.

The omnivore princess is mine. Only mine. Nobody gets their way by just touching her like that and getting away with it.

I can't take it; maybe I should behead this stupid trident guy as a warning to that white-haired man? Maybe he'll be scared and just push the omnivore princess right into my arms. I'm sure we'll both find it a perfect fit.

Or maybe I should opt to control my anger and kill him anyway in a calmer manner? That would be cooler to look at.

Hibari controlled his anger and converted it into pure hatred- doesn't make any difference, does it? He went directly for the man's head at the same time that Xanxus made his own move towards Tsunahime and her captor.

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Hey, that's not fair. The Varia boss is ranting as if he owned my Jyuudaime. I'm her right-hand man! I'm supposed to lead the way!

Gokudera drew out half of the bombs at his disposal, which was… a lot.

He started to breathe deeply. Collecting his thoughts, he arranged the whole situation into a battle ground within his mind.

This means war. Anyone who dares touch my Jyuudaime is to be blown up to pieces before they could say the words, "before I die".

In this battle ground, he was the one to win. That's for sure.

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Before anything else, I would like to tell the white-haired man to let go of Tsuna and give her back. Because of he didn't, well…he had it coming anyway.

Wait. But I don't want to say that, it won't be fun. I'll just cut him to pieces.

Yes. That plan's simpler and straight to the point. Oh, I hope he wets his pants.

Wait again. I'll make him wet his pants.

Now, to start with, I would like this baseball bat to be a sword and then I can proceed with this sure kill plan.

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Ushishishi. Interesting. I've never felt more anger than right now.

I'll rip him to shreds. I'll section him to pieces and hang him by my chandelier. I'll keep his eyes open for a little longer for him to see that he messed with the wrong princess.

I'll reap his soul. it's what I can promise

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I would've been extremely delighted and relieved to tell you that NOTHING FOLLOWS.

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But you would kill me simply for that right? Yeah. Yeah. I know. Honestly, I also wouldn't want to miss the fun. What, with all the throat-slitting and all that. But what can I do? I'm just a narrator. And believe me when I say that this job is killing me.

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While all of them were rushing to the rescue and while spouting death threats along the way, the man dressed in a white suit and white hair looked down on Tsunahime and smiled.

"Wow, Tsunahime, you have very rude friends. They're coming at me without any proper introduction. Maybe I should punish them."

"N-no. Please don't hurt them." Tsuna begged weakly, fraught with fear for her friends.

"There's nothing to worry about, it's only just a sting to them." The man smiled handsomely and wickedly at her. And as he did, he raised his right hand and made a motion as if to bring it back down.

Argh! Run, everyone! Run for your life!

He looks so formidable. Is he bringing down judgement on us all? We're gonna die!

She wanted to close her eyes and let the moment, the very thought of losing her friends, kill her.

This is it. She was seeing their smiling faces before her eyes.

This is it. I always have these flashbacks the moment I see Reborn push some button. What did I do to deserve this? Why me?

She felt a gentle pressure on her back. She felt her body become light and be pulled upward. She saw the man's face smirking at her in a wicked, wicked way as he narrowed down the distance between them. She felt a gentle pressure on her lips and then, the world went white.

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Yes! I finally did it! Here's an update for you. Whoot. I finally did it. I'm sorry (I hope you don't get tired of reading that) for taking so long.

This chapter comes with a promise with my dear friend, who, I hope, is reading this. She reminded me to update my story. And here it is!

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