Characters:

Tsuna - White Rabbit

Hibari - King of Hearts

Kusakabe - Knight of Hearts

Gokudera - Tweedle Dee

Yamamoto - Tweedle Dum

Shamal - caterpillar Absolem

Hana, Kyoko - chefs in the Red palace

Haru - gardener

Reborn - Cheshire Cat

Dino - Alice

Mukuro - Mad Hatter

Chrome - Mice Mallymkun

Ken and Chikusa - Hares

Varia - the Royal guards of Hearts

Vindice - the Others

Six Funeral Wreaths - the White Royal guards

Yuni - White queen

Byakuran - White knight

Checker face - Time

Ryohei - Captain of the palace guards

Bianchi, I-pin - chefs in the White palace

Lambo - gardener

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The noise of thousands of voices was like a rumble - deafening, powerful and terrifying. As the brunette stood at the center of the arena, facing Ryohei he felt his legs shaking uncontrollably. Actually his whole body trembled and he wasn't able to lift his head not even for a moment. His breathing was hard and he felt like running away.

The man in white who led him there left a while ago only saying not to attack each other till the fight will officially begin so both of them were now waiting for Dei Mei Regis to start. None of them said anything and Tsuna couldn't even imagine he could say something. He was too nervous and scared so he was happy enough he could walk normally. He felt thousands of eyes on himself but didn't have the courage to actually look neither at Ryohei or balcony where his King was.

"Oi, Sawada," Ryohei called out to him suddenly. The brunette flinched and looked at him. He wasn't smiling or anything, he was serious and that made Tsuna nervous even more. "I'm not gonna go easy on you, so fight me with everything you've got!" he warned him. The Rabbit gulped. He wasn't happy to hear that. He hoped Ryohei could be a bit nice during the fight but now it looked like he's in deep shit.

He nodded but remembered he wanted to ask him something. "...why did you choose me? You must know I have no chance against you..."

Ryohei stared at him for a while but then he frowned and almost seemed angry. "No chance? What are you talking about? One cat told you're super fast so I'm looking forward to our fight!" he said and his eyes sparkled as he couldn't wait anymore.

'One cat? ...REBORN!?' Tsuna squeaked internally. 'This can't be! He told Ryohei something like that? What should I do?'

"Ehm, that's not true! I'm not fast at all!" the brunette tried to explain quickly.

"Don't lie! I can't wait for you to show me your strength to the extreme!" Ryohei grinned, totally ignoring what was said. Tsuna stared at him with desperate expression thinking that even talking to wall would be better. 'It's useless! He doesn't listen to me!'

Suddenly loud gongs were heard and their sound filled whole Dome. Everyone shut up and several men in white appeared on one small balcony closest to the arena and had a welcoming speech, telling everyone rules which were quite simple - you can give up if you yell it so that they can hear you and you will loose when you aren't able to fight anymore. Also no one can interfere the fight and the whole competition doesn't have any time limit. As the man in white was talking Tsuna started shaking again. It was almost here!

After the speech the man said that the fight will begin with sound of gong. It was completely silent. No one said a word and everyone waited for the gong. The brunette noticed that Ryohei got ready and took a defensive stance. He gritted his teeth and wondered what should he do. He didn't have much time to think. In that moment the merciless gong rang getting people exhilarated.

Tsuna couldn't even act. He noticed a movement coming towards him but unable to do anything a strong fist landed on his face, sending him flying. 'Huh?' Pain took over his whole left cheek and soon the brunette felt more of it within his whole body when he fell down on the ground. It hurt as hell. 'W-what happened!?' he thought, confused but just when he managed to quickly stand up he was punched again, this time on the other cheek. He let out hoarse noise and flew few meters before falling again and rolling with his body being so shocked from those first hits he couldn't even registrate.

When he stopped he blinked and coughed out a bit of his own blood. He looked up from the ground and noticed a silhouette coming towards him through the dust flying in the air from his fall. "Sawada! What is it?" Ryohei yelled, slightly confused the brunette didn't notice his fists with inhuman speed.

'WAAA! What should I do?! Those punches really hurt! If this goes on I'm done for!' Tsuna thought with terrified face. He stood up again with difficulties, feeling his cheeks becoming swollen. 'I have to get as far from him as I can and then think of some way to fight him!'

"Cmon, Sawada! Show me what's in you!" Ryohei shouted and ran towards him, ready to hit him again. Suddenly just when he was about to punch the Rabbit, Tsuna disappeared from his sight, leaving behind himself a cloud of dust. Ryohei's eyes widened in surprise. He didn't expect speed like this and he wasn't alone. Everyone in the Dome let out surprised gasp, looking for the small rabbit.

"Wow, he's faster than I thought." Levi muttered, watching the arena.

"He certainly is...but..." Mammon didn't finish his sentence.

"Ushishishi, it won't be enough against that white-haired idiot." Bel smirked and already spotted the Rabbit, who was on the other side of the arena. Yeah, it was incredible how fast he could get so far just within few seconds, but the problem was he prisoned himself because of it.

The brunette let out his breath and looked around, not seeing Ryohei anywhere. 'Damn, I can't see anything because of the dust all around me.' he cursed and wanted to run out of it but before he could do so he noticed a silhouette behind him. "Here I come!" Ryohei yelled and hit Tsuna in his back. Rabbit's eyes blinked and in an instant his body was in the air again falling further and harder than before. He let out pained squeak and lied few seconds on the ground before trying to stand up. He saw his opponent coming closer and soon he forgot about the pain thanks to adrenaline flowing through his veins crazily.

'What should I do? I have to think of something quickly before he will-' Tsuna couldn't even finish his thought when Ryohei jumped towards him, ready to land on him another deadly punch. He avoided it by hair's breadth, seeing his opponent's fist missing his face only by few millimeters. In an instant he luckily noticed second fist coming to him from the side. The brunette dodged it by jumping back and successfully made some distance between them.

As Tsuna was trying to catch his breath, he watched the captain of white guards carefully, who meanwhile straightened and grinned. "That's better, Sawada! Let's fight to the EXTREME!" he shouted and charged at him again. The rabbit kept running and avoiding Ryohei's fists one after another for a good while, but he knew this wasn't the solution to his situation. With every hit aimed at him he noticed that his opponent just grew more impatient and that triggered that he tried to be even faster. Of course people in Dome cheered for Ryohei and laughed at Tsuna. It made sense - Ryohei was one of them and even if he wasn't they would cheer for him anyway cause he fought him for real while the rabbit just ran.

Suddenly it came. Punch that was even faster than the rest. Even though Tsuna saw it coming he couldn't dodge. His body didn't let him. Ryohei's fist, buried in his stomach, sent him flying far to the other side of the arena, but just before the brunette fell Ryohei caught up to him, hitting him again. When Tsuna touched the ground his body rolled for a while before it stopped. The brunette gritted his teeth. It hurt as hell but he didn't want to scream. He heard people rejoice and mock him. It was horrible, he felt horrible but also ashamed. He ran all this time and didn't even hit him once. 'There has to be a way! I don't want to use IT just yet!' he thought and tried to stand up while quickly looking around. Suddenly he got an idea.

"Finally I was able to hit you!" Ryohei yelled at him, apparently satisfied with himself. "But, Sawada, stop with running and fight me!" he frowned while coming towards the rabbit, who stood up and started going backwards further from him. After few steps Tsuna felt behind his back the wall.

"Now he has nowhere to run. What is he planning?" Mammon mumbled, watching the rabbit.

"Seems like that trash finally understood that running is totally pointless." Xanxus smirked.

'Yosh! Let's try this!' Tsuna decided and turned his eyes to Ryohei.

"C-c-come!" he shouted with unusually high-pitched voice. Ryohei blinked, surprised but then excited smile appeared on his face. "HERE I COME, SAWADA!" he yelled with his fists ready, running to him. He saw the rabbit standing by the wall before him, but then something unexpected happened. The brunette literally disappeared and appeared in front of him just when it was too late for Ryohei whose eyes goggled at him. Tsuna landed his fist on Ryohei's cheek and with intense scream gave into it everything he got.

Ryohei let out surprised cough but before he could react Tsuna was in front of him again, punching him. It repeated over and over again. The brunette didn't even let his opponent fall down on the ground. No matter where Ryohei flew off he was right next to him to hit him. He didn't want to let him rest not even for a second. He knew this was his only chance how to end it. This momentum...

'I have to defeat him! I'm giving it my all!' he thought.

"Oooh! Tsuna-chan is so fast! I can't keep up!" Lussuria whined. Dino watched the whole thing with disbelief. He already knew the trick - Tsuna just kept rebounding from the walls surrounding arena and thanks to that he was even faster than before. It was clever idea but still that speed was unbelievable.

Finally the last punch hit its target. Tsuna landed on the ground but right after his legs touched it, his knees gave in. He fell on them and felt his whole body sweating and shaking. He went a bit overboard but it was worth it. The brunette looked up at Ryohei whose body collapsed and lied there lifelessly. He let out relieved sigh. 'It's over.' he thought and glanced at his legs. "I won't be able to use them for a while but that should be alright."

He smiled faintly and felt sweet victorious feeling filling his exhausted body. 'Did Hibari-san see? Am I strong now?'

"Well that was quite surprising. Who would have thought that this useless rabbit could do something like that?" Mammon said.

"VOII! WHY DIDN'T THAT IDIOT USE THIS RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING?!" Squalo shouted, pointing at Tsuna.

"He probably didn't know he could do it." Mammon tried to explain.

"Anyway it seems he managed to defeat his opponent." Levi mentioned.

"...I wouldn't be so sure about that." Mammon mumbled. Dino flinched. 'What?!'

"Wow, that was awesome, Sawada! You should have fought like that right from the beginning!" shouted cruelly familiar voice. Tsuna's eyes widened. He lifted his head only to see his opponent standing up as if he wasn't very hurt. Actually he wasn't hurt at all. He seemed perfectly fine apart from few bruises.

Tsuna watched him with desperate expression. 'You can't be serious! After all I did to him he's still walking?' he thought. The air around him suddenly got a lot heavier. It was difficult to breathe and the feeling of futility and defeat filled his mind. 'This can't be happening! Was everything I did pointless?!'

"Oi, Sawada! I'm coming!" Ryohei warned him with excited eyes and ran towards him. Tsuna couldn't even react when he got punched again. He was still shocked. He fell down but didn't even bother to stand up anymore. It was useless. He has no chance anymore.

When Ryohei hit him and saw he wasn't standing up, he came to him, looking down on him. "Hey, Sawada, stand up and fight!" he shouted but when he got no response he bent down and noticed he was whispering something. "What? I can't hear you!"

"...-less...it's pointless..." Tsuna muttered.

"WHAT?!" Ryohei yelled at him. "What do you mean?"

"That's it for me. I'm done for... I can't do more than I already did!" the brunette trembled. He was scared, disappointed and already exhausted. There was no chance of winning.

"Is this all you've got?! Are you giving up, Sawada?" Ryohei seized him by his collar, angered by his words.

'Give up?' Tsuna flinched and looked him in the eyes. What was he fighting for? Does he want to give up now? "NO!" he cried out.

"Then fight me seriously with everything you've got!" Ryohei frowned and threw him in the air. Tsuna gritted his teeth when he fell on the ground and tried to stand up. His whole body hurt but legs were the worst. He knew he shouldn't stand up if he doesn't want to cause to himself something worse but Ryohei was right. 'Unless I do everything I could I won't stop! I want to win!' he thought and glanced at his King's balcony. He remembered that feeling from before - feeling of victory. He wanted to feel it again. Tsuna looked at Ryohei who was already charging at him. Dodging it was difficult but not impossible. The brunette jumped backwards, trying to ignore pain in his legs.

Everyone watched the ongoing fight with enthusiasm. It really looked ridiculous - small hopeless rabbit fighting against the captain of white guards. What could be more hilarious? Maybe the fact he didn't drop dead yet.

"C'MON CAPTAIN! END IT ALREADY!" "HEY RABBIT, DIE!" "HE HAS NO CHANCE!" "THIS FIGHT IS RIDICULOUS!" All those voices and thousands of others mixed together in one venomous curse. They laughed and wanted to see blood and the rabbit down in the arena was good scapegoat.

Dino clenched his fists. He wanted to go and punch everyone who called for Tsuna's blood. It was so frustrating. "Hmpf, he won't last long." He heard Mammon's words. As he watched the brunette trying to desperately avoid Ryohei's attacks he already saw Tsuna dropping at speed. Mammon was right. Tsuna didn't have much time left before he would passed out from exhaustion.

Suddenly Tsuna's foot slipped. He blinked, surprised but he didn't have much time to wonder about it. Ryohei's fist was coming. 'Shit!' he cursed and managed to at least lift left arm to defend himself. He immediately felt when his opponent's punch hit him. The bones in his arm broke and for a second it seemed to him as if he heard them cracking. He gasped and tears filled his eyes. When he was falling he didn't try to protect his head as before, so when he landed he hit his head. He lied on the ground still shocked by what just happened. His head was spinning and his left hand started to get swollen and changed colors.

The brunette felt something warm on his head running down on his forehead and right eye, blinding him. He sat up and tried to wipe it off with his good hand. Blood.

The people burst out in exultation. This what they wanted. "FINALLY! KILL HIM!" "DIE!" "DIE!" "DIE!" Tsuna flinched. He was used to being mocked but this was totally different. This was for the first time someone called for his blood.

"TSUNA!" Dino yelled when he saw it but because of the deafening noise in the Dome no one heard him. Hibari watched the whole thing calmly but now he felt like going down there and killing white-haired idiot. He clenched his fists. He shouldn't have let Tsuna go.

The rabbit lifted his head, feeling like in daze. He saw Ryohei coming, he heard people chanting his death, but the fear he felt the whole time started to change. He had enough. He was angry at himself, how powerless he was. Suddenly words said by the cat from before flew through his mind.

"Win with your dying will!"

He took out of his pocket small white pill. As he stared at it he wondered if the risk coming from it was worth it. Reborn gave it to him before he went to the arena, saying he should use it if he wants to win. Of course he wanted to win but with his own strength and that's where Reborn explained use of this pill. If he swallows it, the pill will bring out his true strength and pushes his body to its utmost limits, but there are some risks. That pill can kill him. He glanced at Ryohei, the people, Dino, Varia and Hibari.

"He won't last there even a minute!"

"Giving up can be done only by trash like you!"

"You're not a warrior."

"Are you capable of winning?"

"Didn't you say you wanted to get stronger?"

"Do you want to win?"

"I want!" he muttered to himself.

"Then fight me seriously with everything you've got!"

"Alright." Tsuna mumbled, opening his mouth and swallowing the pill.

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Hey! :)

Poor Tsuna has to go through this. Well next chapter will be more pumped up so just wait :D just so you know I discovered how to upload some pics into the chapters on Wattpad so if you're interested try reading it there xD

Anyway who do think will win the match? :) or who would you like to see win - Tsuna or Ryohei?

Btw really thank you for your amazing comments! You're all awesome! Really what a great way of starting new year :D not only I have fun while writing, I'm enjoying it even more thanks to you so I'm very grateful for your feedback.

One you mentioned if there are some rules for using items during Dei Mei Regis - well I didn't write it there because I didn't think about it too deeply but using any kind of item is alright except for some weapons of mass destruction xDD

Oh, and that thought of Felix Felicis from HP was really cute :3

Hope to see you with next chapter ^^