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To RaNDoem: Sounds like you have a great sister! You can always forgive someone who offers you anime and manga~ Hahaha. I think I started writing because I always wanted a younger sibling. I dunno. I started like 2 years ago. I hope you love this chappie too~

"Talking"

'Thinking'

"Byakuran, Ghost is you from a parallel world. Yet, while he looks similiar, he doesn't have the same charisma that you give off," I said to my brother, smirking.

"Ghost is now a mindless soul who only listens to me," Byakuran replied, standing up. "I should get ready for the real battle. Aura, you will be staying here. I'm not going to allow you to come with me, okay?"

"Wha- Since when did I allow you to command me?!" I exclaimed, raising an eyebrow.

"Now."

I gulped down in fear. Never have I felt such fear go down me before. Maybe during that one time where Tsuna got hurt for the first time and nearly died, but that was a different story because it was Reborn's fault and I wasn't really there at the time.

"I'm not gonna listen you know," I told him, swallowing my fear. I mean, really, Byakuran should fear my badass ass. My bass… yeah… something like that.

He started changing. I won't go into any details, but my brother was hot. I don't even know why I was watching him change. At least he didn't see my nosebleed.

'Well… having a nosebleed… That's a first not from a punch to the face nosebleed.'

"Hahaha~ I don't mind if you come watch, but you won't be fighting, Aura," Byakuran said, fixing up his collar. "Take care."

I watched him fly away. My eye twitched as I thought how carefree he was acting about taking over the world. If Aura and I didn't like him as a brother, I would beat the living daylight a out of him.

"Are you going?"

"No. I'm going to recover some energy. My plan isn't until Yuni gets there," I replied, sitting down in Byakuran's throne. "Even then, I'm not sure if I can do it."

I closed my eyes.

'I'm worried about Melody and Ryuto.'

"… Serena, I forgot to tell you something. Melody and Ryuto aren't actually here in Italy anymore. I sent them away to somewhere private. I couldn't shake the feeling something was going to happen and made them leave. I've forgotten until now. Sorry."

"No, that's good. I won't have to worry much about them now. They'll be living happy and peaceful lives together. I'm glad…" I replied, standing up and opening my eyes. "Let's go. Yuni is being transported to Byakuran and Tsuna."

I gave a half hearted laugh and covered my face. "I'm scared. I'm really scared. It's because I'm able to feel fear that I'm human."

"Serena…"

"I'm fine. I just like saying my feelings out loud to calm myself down. My heart accepts what I feel and returns to normal," I explained, flying into the air. "I'm not as strong as you think. I've told you that, haven't I?"

"Yeah… but I still think you're amazing," Aura replied. I smiled slightly. She was a good kid. I couldn't believe that what I was going to do may take out both of us. She barely lived life because I was in control the entire time.

I placed all my ice flames into my boots and headed straight for the barrier.

"Wait! You can't break through the barrier with brute force!" Aura yelled at me.

'You're wrong. I can and I will. My ice flames and my cryokinesis… when combined together, they are unstoppable!'

I created a barrier around me and smashed head on. A coating of sky flames were around my ice flames which was blanketed around my ice barrier. Using the three, I managed to break through the barrier and land in between Yuni and Byakuran.

"Hm? I thought I told you to not join in, Aura-chan~" Byakuran said, looking at me. I snorted.

"You may be my older brother, but I only listen to," I used my telekinesis to force the pacifiers into my arms, "me, myself, and I."

"No! The pacifiers!" Yuni exclaimed, reaching out at me. I smirked, and gave her a sad smile.

"The real… Aura-chan?" Tsuna asked, looking shocked.

"I've always been real, Tsuna," I replied, smiling at him. "Well, as real as can be. Come on. I was bound to get out one day. I defy logic, remember?"

"Aura-chan…"

"You should probably finish this before the battle continues."

'Yeah.'

"Good job, Aura-chan. Now, hand over the pacifiers," Byakuran said, making me snort. I leaped away from him as he moved towards me. "Now isn't a good time to be rebellious."

"You really think I came to hand these over to you?" I asked, expelling my sky flames from my body. "If I did, I could've done it a long time ago. Please, give me a break."

"Eh?"

"Ever since I woke up, I've noticed one thing the most. This… you're not my brother," I said softly, glaring at him. "You're not Byakuran!"

"What are you talking about, Aura? Just give me the pacifiers!" Byakuran yelled at me.

"I won't! I won't… because if I do… you'll change, and you won't be Byakuran anymore," I said, filling up the pacifiers with sky flames. "When I was born, my brother promised me something. Do you know what that is?"

I felt tears drip down my face.

"He said, "I promise to be the best fratello ever"," I told him. "My brother said he would be the best brother ever! You're not being that! You're not Byakuran! You're not him!"

With each passing second, I felt my life force leave me.

"What do you think you're doing, Aura?!" Byakuran yelled.

"She's… filling the pacifiers with her sky flames and life force…" Yuni said, a gasp leaving her lips. I smiled sadly at them all.

"It's my fault. All of this is my fault," I said, not attempting to stop my tears anymore. "If I wasn't so reckless in the past, Melody and I would've never been caught by Estraneo. Mother and father would still be alive. You would still be my loving brother. You would be our brother, still."

My legs were starting to feel like jello. My flames were withering away. I probably didn't have enough to keep it up much longer.

"So I'll take responsibility. I'll change everything back. Byakuran, I still believe that the real you is still there. So I hope, I believe, that you will see the path of light again," I told him.

"Serena! I'm not going to let you die alone!"

My eyes widened as Aura appeared before me. She took my hands into hers. Suddenly, the flames burst up again. I was the only one who could see her, but I knew that if anyone else did too, they would think she was brave.

"We're in this together! We'll change everything to normal together!"

"Stop! Aura!"

I smiled at Byakuran and Tsuna.

"I love you all. Thank you for the years we spent together. I never regretted anything but turning the future into this. I can at least die in peace knowing that I did something to change it back. Yuni…"

I smiled at the young girl.

"Take care. Your life is much more needed than mine. Protect your family. Protect your friends. Protect those you care about," I told her.

I looked over at Tsuna.

"Goodbye… my best friend…"

Then, all my flames were gone, and so were Aura's.

I collapsed onto the floor. My body not disappearing was a miracle. It was because we were sacrificing two souls instead of one, probably.

'Dying a second time… Isn't as bad as the first …' I thought as I ignored the yells and cries from those outside the sky flame barrier. 'It's quite peaceful really. Better than I expected.'

My mind seemed to fuzz up. I could no longer feel any pain. I felt like a dry raisin, probably because I used up all my sky flames.

I blinked away the tears that threatened to spill from my eyes. I wasn't going to cry. I wasn't afraid of death. I needed to be strong in order to make the impression on everyone.

"Aura-chan! Don't go! Aura-chan!" Tsuna yelled as he shook me back and forth. I couldn't say anything in reply. I was dying. Rather, I was already dead. I just needed to close my eyes. "You can't leave me! Please don't!"

"I… love… you… Tsuna and… Mukuro," I managed to breath out.

"Together…"

All went black.

I was dead.

~ 3rd Person P.O.V (AKA My P.O.V! Yay!) ~

Aura and Serena looked at each other. Their souls away from the body they once shared and floating up to the sky faster. They weren't going to heaven. No. Their bodies were fading away.

"Serena, thank you for your help. I'm not able to see Byakuran again, but at least he's back to normal," Aura said, bowing at Serena.

"Don't be stupid. We did this together," Serena replied, placing her hand on Aura's shoulder. "I won't see Selena, but dying with you is okay. You've become a very important part of both my lives, Aura."

"You have too."

The two hugged each other, their bodies halfway gone, their minds with no regrets. Holding hands, they used what little power they had left.

The sky flame barrier was destroyed. Everyone was healed and no longer injured. The arcobaleno were back. But they were still dead.

"We'll be together forever…"

Byakuran looked up at the sky, remembering his promise and crying for the loss of his sister. He felt foolish and regretted what he did.

Tsuna hugged the body of his best friend, unable to keep in his tears.

Mukuro simply looked away, biting his lip in the process. He had feelings for the girl, and still did, but he wouldn't show them. He would be strong… and tsundere.

"…in heart, and soul."

Aura and Serena smiled happy as they faded away from the world and existence.

Author's Life Omake

1st Period - Communication Technology

Laughing ass off as friend starts opening door and sticking out phone just to get some kind of phone service.

2nd Period - Computer Science

Looking up random puns online

or

Attempting to figure out why codes are so confusing.

3rd Period - Lunch

Stealing fries from non related younger brother who I love and hate. Goes to buy drink for him at the community centre then wonders why I bothered to do it for him when he could do it himself.

4th period - English

Takes out notebook and writes fanfiction ideas while pretending it's ideas for the short story project.

5th period - Math

Sitting at the back doodling because I already know the math or the textbook shows the steps so I can just skim it over and learn.

After School

Walks home forever alone because friends live like in the opposite direction I do. Yeah… it's a real pain in the ass when I bike over to their place and it's like 30 minutes away.

I placed a cover image! Yay! It's not the best, but there is only so much a beginner can do with Photoshop and a laptop without the mouse in 10 minutes. I hope you like!

P.S. It's an attempted picture of Aura. Maybe I should ask someone to draw a cover page for me…