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Quick Note: Thank you so much to DullReign82 for their multiple reviews! Thanks to the rest of you for favoriting or following. Sorry, I'm going to have to put a short hold on Dino's & Squallo's fight scene... I need to re-watch "The Mask of Zorro" for inspiration. It's the only time I've ever seen a whip vs. sword battle and I plan to re-watch it this weekend. Oh well, at least you got a snippet of Reborn appearing, and I had no idea he wanted to appear in my last chapter! I'm going to blatantly state that I'm not a fan at all of Luce or a big fan of Aria. Uni is cool though! Also, I wrote the first half of this earlier today, and the rest of it now. Anyway, with all of that said, on with the chapter!
Chapter 25: Mark of the Traitorous Sky
Nana knew that she would never have to meet the first Sky that almost became the current Arcobaleno's Sky, as Luce was dead. She was extremely uncomfortable when she spied the second Sky who replaced Luce, Aria, when she was out shopping with Kusakabe Sr. for groceries.
"Hello, do you happen to know which of these would be more fresh?" Aria smiled a false smile.
"You should ask the vendors," Nana stated coolly. Her Sky flaring protectively around her and Kusakabe. "What reason do you have for being here, Gilio Nero?"
"Oh my, you are perceptive," Aria laughed a slightly nervous laugh.
"Tell Gamma to stop stalking, and we may speak, briefly," Nana stated.
"You're messing with things you shouldn't," Aria stated finally.
"No," Nana stated. "I am saving children who should never have to be placed in those situations. You believe in fate, I believe in change and a Higher Power than your far-sight. What harm is it doing to save children? People in general? None."
"You are making my visions cloudy!" Aria finally bit out.
"Am I?" Nana smirked like a Hibari, "Then you should know that you aren't in them. When the time comes, if Gamma rejects Uni, I will protect her. After all, I'm a Cloudy-Sky. Possessive and welcoming, to those who deserve it. Your belief is faulty, by the way. The future is always changing, and that is all a part of God's grand design. Your visions are not prophecy, but possibilities. If you can't see me and mine, then that is all the better. Have a good time with what's left of your life, Gilio Nero. Your daughter will be the best head your family has ever seen, as you are the second worst."
"What do you mean?! How do you know this?!" Aria demanded.
"Your mother, Aria, was the worst. She betrayed the others. As for how I know... I woke up one morning with the knowledge of how to change the world. Why should I do it any other way?" Nana shrugged nonchalantly, and walked away from the Sky Arcobaleno, Kusakabe Sr. in tow, "Kusakabe, notify the others not to let any woman with a star on her cheek near themselves or the children. She's a false prophet and a bad-news Sky.
"Yes, Nana-san," Kusakabe nodded and immediately dialed the Hibari network to relay the message. "We will watch her to make sure that she leaves the area."
"Thank you, Kusakabe," Nana let her shoulders relax in some relief.
Eight years in the future...
Not everyone realized just how much work it was for Fon to get back to China from Italy, undetected. He'd had to avoid the most common and criminal ways of entering the country, and avoid the legal way. So how did he get there?
He bribed a fisherman, then a smuggler, and lastly he bribed a mail-pilot. One could never say that he wasn't well traveled. The fisherman was one of his semi-legal contacts. It also helped that the smuggler was a contact of Skull's and Mammon's. The mail-pilot was a contact of Shamal's. At least they were mostly trustworthy and unlikely to tell anyone that they had helped him return to China, without alerting the Triads that he had left at all.
He had already been back in China for a five years, when he had finally heard about a little girl that needed training. The Triads wanted him to train her, but only after they had found out about her. The little girl's name was I-Pin, and she was five. He had warned the Triads that if they tried to make his student their pawn, that they wouldn't like the consequences.
Thus, they sent him on a long mission, and then interfered in his student's life. They sent her to Japan, to assassinate someone. Of course, whenever this happened, Fon already had a contingency plan in place.
I-Pin already had a little note card that she was supposed to hand to anyone in Japan, and they would help her get to Namimori. Once she made it there, she was to hand it to anyone in Namimori, and say one word, "Hibari."
And that was how I-Pin would come to live at the Hibari Compound.
Important Note: I'm not skipping this far ahead! I just had to write a little about Fon and I-Pin, they forced me! Kind of like Reborn forced me in the last chapter. We will go back to our regular timeline of events now!
Back to the present...
It was days like these that made Shoichi Irie get grave stomach aches. He had to stand up in front of the class to give a short presentation. His stomach ache got so terrible that almost all of the other kids laughed at him when he doubled over. Everyone but the new kid, and the teacher, laughed.
"Hey, you okay, Sho-kun?" The new kid asked worriedly, "Did the *Butterflies of Doom* get you?"
"Yes," Shoichi winced out.
"Okay. Don't worry, I'll help you," the new kid replied with a small smile.
Suddenly, Shoichi started to feel a bit better where the new kid's hand was on his shoulder, "Thank you."
"No problem! I'm Sawada Basil, by the way. Want to be friends?"
"I'd like that," Shoichi Irie smiled.
A few weeks later...
Tsuna was very happy with his growing family! He had his Mama, Mama-Mai, Hibari-san, Taka-kun, Kyo-kun, Kuro-kun, Chrome-chan, Ken-kun, Chika-kun, Basil-ototo, Haya-kun, Kusakabe-san, Tetsuya-kun, Shamal, Skull, Xanxus-nisan, Nonna Daniella, Mammon, Bel-kun, and Sorella. What wasn't to like about a big family? He also had more friends! He had Ryohei-kun, Kyoko-chan, Hana-chan (who joined in on the defense lessons with Skull, once Kyoko told her about them), and his brother's new friend, Sho-kun (Shoichi Irie)!
He did miss Mama and Tsu-kun time, but Mama never forgot about him, anymore. Actually, he knew she hadn't forgotten about him since the accident. Maybe the accident fixed his Mama. He really didn't care. As long as his large family was happy, so was Tsuna.