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Quick Note: Okay, so I've been trying to deal with someone who is purposely trying to get under my skin at work. He doesn't like me, tries to goad me, and has tried to undermine what little authority I have; not to mention the authority of my boss. Plus, he's a creeper and old enough to be my father's age. Sorry, but I'm just a bit frustrated and irritated by this moron who thinks that just because I'm "of the fairer sex" that I'm a replaceable idiot who should cow-tow to all of his whims! As you can tell, I'm venting here, but trying to play it cool at work. Wish me luck there, as I have a slow burning fuse... but the final explosion will be massive, if brief.

Chapter 36: Promises, Promises

Fon sighed in relief as he finished off the last of the Triad members that had gone after his family for the last time. He had been willing to be the Triad's Enforcer, before all of this with I-Pin, and before he found out about the attempted hit on Mai and her family... that Nana had helped stop. It made him focus on the real problem, the Triads themselves. He knew that they would try to come after him, unless he put a good force of them down first, so he had.

They wouldn't be attacking him or his family, ever again...

He quickly finished packing, and managed to slip out of Hong Kong to Shanghai. In Shanghai, he was able to catch a boat and from there Mafia Land, of which Colonello still had some connections with, and he used those connections to get himself a plane ride to Japan. He was going home to his family.

It would be a long flight, but he would endure, and the reunion with his family, would be most welcome...

It wasn't until the plane landed at the airport, that Fon felt a sense of dread. It wasn't anything major, but he hadn't lived this long, not to value his instincts. Fon made his way, cautiously to the Hibari Compound... Unaware of what exactly was setting off his instincts.

He saw Nana and the kids, plus a few new comers, in the yard, that he let his guard down. They were safe. They wouldn't be worried about a blow-back from the Triads that wouldn't be coming.

It wasn't until Fon felt a shadow behind him, that he was taken off guard, and held at gun-point.

"Welcome home, Fon," Reborn stated flatly. "Your sister and I have been waiting eagerly for your arrival. We have much to talk about."

"Reborn," Fon smiled serenely, but was beginning to sweat a bit... What was going on? What did his sister have to do with this?

Reborn marched Fon into a small room, that was inside of one of the guest houses, "Mai, he's here."

"I see that. Now, brother mine, what exactly do you have to say for yourself?" Mai glared at her brother angrily.

"That I am unsure what this is about?" Fon blinked in confusion.

"You left my Sky unaware of how to control her flames, without telling me! You didn't even bother explaining Harmony properly to her!" Mai scolded him angrily.

"... Oh..." Fon blinked in surprise. He hadn't realized that...

"Yes. Oh!" Mai barged on ahead.

"Fon, she was worried I'd be angry with her for not being able to control her instincts. You left her open to any Flame that her Flames took a liking to," Reborn scowled in annoyance. "You're extremely lucky that her Flames picked me for her Sun, or you could have been in a lot more trouble."

"I didn't plan to leave her like tha..."

"Then how did you plan to leave her, idiota?!" Reborn sneered, his hand ready to pull the trigger on his Leon-gun.

"Guys, is everything all right in here?" an inquisitive female voice asked worriedly.

"Everything is fine, Nana," Reborn gritted out, trying to keep calm.

Nana stepped into the room, knowing that her Sun wasn't telling her the absolute truth, "Fon-sensei. Why are you interrogating him, Mai-chan, Reborn-kun?"

Mai pursed her lips, and swallowed irritably, as she tried to format a response that wouldn't have her Sky upset with her, "He didn't leave you..."

"Mai, I asked him to please save Mukuro, Ken, and Chikusa. What is this all about? Reborn, what is going on, and don't try to pull the wool over my eyes. I may not have Tsuna's Intuition, but my own is fairly strong," Nana folded her arms and tapped her foot, impatiently waiting for an explanation.

"He left you when you were most vulnerable and had no control of your Flames!" Mai finally spit out.

"Yes, I asked him to save the kids and he had to leave before the Triads came and tried to kill you..." Nana blinked in confusion.

"What Mai means to say is that any Flame-active, who wanted to trap a Sky into being their's... could have done so, if they had tried," Reborn stated flatly.

"Oh," Nana blinked. "Well, it's not like I have that many more elements to attain, right?" Nana asked her Sun and Lightning curiously.

"That isn't the point, Nana," Mai sighed tiredly. "You are still vulnerable to other elements, even if you have all of yours..."

"That is why I've been training you and Tsuna in certain ways," Reborn stated. "You do not need to be vulnerable to such... methods."

"All I need is my..." Nana frowned in confusion.

"Nana," Mai sighed in exasperation. "My brother knew that you didn't have enough control on your Flames. He shouldn't have left you, as it made you vulnerable. You could have been stolen by the Triads or another Famiglia."

Nana took a deep breath, "Okay, now I understand where you guys are coming from. I know Colonello got trapped by my Flames. But Fon isn't entirely at fault..."

"We're not saying he is, Nana. We need him to take responsibility for his actions," Reborn stated. "As such, Nana, I need you to focus on your Flames, and tell me what you're seeing."

"Why?" Nana cocked her head curiously, unconsciously edging closer to her teacher, tied to the chair.

"Nana, trust me," Reborn stated calmly. "If we wanted him dead, we'd have done it before he arrived here."

"Okay, Reborn..." Nana took a deep breath, and centered herself. She closed and then re-opened her eyes, which were now solid orange, and stared at Fon in surprise. "My Flames..."

Reborn's smirk widened as he watched his older student edge closer to Fon, unaware of her actions, as she was caught up in her Flame vision. It wasn't until she stood next to Fon, that her Flames roared and grabbed Fon's, that he let his smirk turn into a wicked grin, "That's my revenge, for not telling me she was here, Fon."

"..." Fon was in shock. His student's Flames were strong enough to Harmonize with him, unconsciously. She may not be as powerful as her son, but she was stronger than most that had try to take his Flame and make it their own. She didn't try to take, she melded her Flames with his. She gave as much as she took...

Nana startled herself out of her trance, when she touched Fon's shoulder, "It happened again."

"You controlled it better than expected. Don't be surprised if you latch onto a few more elements, here and there," Reborn stated calmly. "However, it shouldn't happen as often, now that you have the full Rainbow, so to speak."

"Fon?" Nana looked at her sensei in confusion and worry.

"It's all right, Nana," Fon sighed in relief. "Reborn and Mai were right to chastise me. I didn't know that I had left you vulnerable."

"But..."

"No, Nana," Fon stated flatly.

Nana sighed tiredly and nodded, "Fine. But they didn't need to tie you to a highchair."

Fon grumbled under his breath. He hadn't even realized that he'd been tied to one, just that he was tied to a chair! Reborn was definitely in on this, as Mai smirked, holding a camera that flashed as it went off in his eyes, catching his disgruntled and surprised expression, "I better not see you giving that to Mammon, Reborn."

"Promises, promises, Fon," Reborn snickered as he and Mai left him with Nana, who was still in a slight Harmonic-bliss.

"Nana, could you please untie me now?" Fon sighed tiredly.

"Of course, Fon," Nana immediately began untying him, all the while, letting him know exactly how great I-Pin was coming along with her Japanese and her other schoolwork.

Mammon's eyebrow raised, and their lips parted in a silent laugh at the picture that Mai had sent their way... Fon was never going to live this down. Never in a million years.

Levi peeked into Mammon's rooms, as the miser had missed dinner. He abruptly closed the door as soon as he saw *that* expression on the miser Mist's face. The last time he had seen it, he hadn't been able to walk straight for over a month without feeling vertigo. Or the time before, when he hadn't been able to find a real bathroom, and instead what he'd thought was a bathroom, was Boss' favorite napping tree. That had been embarrassing and Boss had never looked at him the same, since. Levi wasn't going to be on shit list of the miser, again, if he could help it.

Just as he was turning to walk back to the dining room, he tripped on a rug, and bumped Mammon's door open...

"Mou, Leviathan... I believe you owe me money," the miser Mist glared down at the Varia Lightning, who was now pale with fear.