Tsuna knew, that when his HI start ringing on the back of his mind, he was screwed.
It was always been like that. In every counter that he experience since he met his devil tutor, somehow his plan always gone to hell. It even started that their plan just as a beginning of something happening, and it always happening. Oh, he have many example. The Ring battle for one. Oh! Let's fight to decided who'll become the Decimo and BAM! it ended with death battle between him and Xanxus. And then there is the future battle. Don't even start with the Shimon affair. Oh yeah, that include the rainbow representative battle too. See, nothing normal.
Seriously, couldn't their plan start normally and work normally?
Then, his life was never considered normal either.
So, he was not so very surprised when his makeshift group was suddenly blocked with a dozen mafiosi that apparently not a small fry and brought a very high technology weapon plus box weapon with them.
Really, it was just his every day life.
He want to roll his eyes, or deadpanned, or maybe bang himself to nearby trees, but he knew that his tutor will kill him later. He really want to bury his face to his hand and cry, wailed to someone up there, what he has done bin his previous life to deserve this? But of course he is to dignified to do something as low as that (again, Reborn world from 1001 To Become Mafia Boss).
Instead, he light up his flame, and without further ado, dashed forward and start kicking someone ass to oblivion.
"We need to do something." Checkerface announced. Bermuda glared at him.
"If you are nor playing with something like this, this will not happen." He snapped. Checkerface stilled.
"I would like you to watch yourself Bermuda." he said coldly.
"Both of you better stop this now." Another voice interrupted. Both of them snapped their head. Uni, with Jaegar on her side and Gammar more closer to her, stop defiantly while watching them with sharp eyes.
"What have done, we will not discuses it anymore. Right now, the important part is to find a way to communicate with them." Uni said sternly. Checkerface and Bermuda stared at the ex-sky arcobaleno and nodded. There are tension on them, Bermuda would never forgive Checkerface, ever, and Checkerface would never trust Bermudan implicitly. Uni on the other hand, both of them fond of her, the same way as they are fond of Tsunayoshi. She is neutral party, and just like Tsunayoshi, she could cease the confrontation that often happened when they are meet. Just like now. They are not Tsunayoshi, who would forgive someone wholeheartedly, but for now, they would took that aside and find a way to make sure that Tsunayoshi would not be harm and will come back to their world safely.
For that will become their vow.
And that's when Checkerface face turned to one of smirk.
"About this, I think we will get some help from unexpected place." he said finally. Bermuda stared and so Uni.
"What do you mean, Uncle?" Uni asked questioningly.
"I'm not the only one that know of Tsuna status as the sky arcobaleno." Checkerface stated. He stared at Uni.
"As you know, many people know you as the ex-sky arcobaleno, one thing that they didn't know is, Tsunayoshi has taken over your status as the sky arcobaleno." Checkerface continued. Uni nodded, she already knew this. Even if there is no arcobaleno anymore, the sky arcobaleno will still exist. He or she will not hold the curse, instead becoming the watcher and guardian for the flame container. And that is what Tsunayoshi's doing, despite not many people know of this, except his guardians, and some other people. Her eyes light up at that.
"Do you mean...?" she asked. Checkerface nodded.
"That person already worked as a spy for a long time. He is the first person that found out about Tsunayoshi's other status. The only person, as far as I know, that could think all possibilities in that situation."
"...You are strong." Ugetsu commented, right after Takeshi beaten up their enemy with one big deadly attack. On his side, Lampo openly gaped at the sight in front of him. Who ever thought that a brat like him this strong!?
"Maa, I'm not that strong. Though, this is not my full power." Takeshi said offhandedly. Ugetsu smiled, eyes twitched when he heard the response. His eyes slide over to the beaten up figure lying in the ground that not too far away from them. He stared back at Takeshi and nodded.
"This place is clear then?" He said finally. He didn't sense any enemies, or any aura at that mater. The bodies lying around them was ignored. Not all of them is dead, mostly unconscious.
"True, we need to move. I have this very bad vibe that something will happen." Takeshi said, eyes serious and hand gripped his sword tightly. Ugetsu didn't comment for he too had the same feeling.
"Well, shall we move?" he said finally. Takeshi nodded. They turned their attention and slowly strode to the woods that surround them. Lampo snapped from his daze and hurriedly followed his fellow guardian.
Mukuro didn't like what he found. At all.
"Oya? What are you doing here, Primo?" he asked casually at the panting figure that looked like he just gone from a very hard battle. Giotto, for his credit didn't flinch. Instead he turned his orange eyes to Mukuro with scary intensity that resembled his descendant.
"...Mukuro, right?" he said. Mukuro nodded, eyes blank and no amusement shown on his face. He stared at the tattered shirt and pants, the black dot that colored some of the part (that he know is blood, he recognize that smell anywhere), dirt and grime that covered his face and hair. He took the surrounding with sharp eyes and noted the crater, dust and fallen tree that adorning the clearing.
"What happened here?" He asked seriously. Giotto stared at him for a few times before he closed his eyes. Dying will flame slowly died out, and when he opened his eyes open, the blue was the one who meet him.
"I was fightning with Dominico Stranta of this world." he said as seriously as the mist. "As you can see, he is strong. I have hard time to fight him, though we are even. But something happened in the middle of our fight. He suddenly gone still and mad grins spread on his face. He looked distracted after that. When I carelessly made an opening for him, he use it to thrown a dynamite to me, some of which I missed." Here, Giotto gestured to the burn mark on the ground and some of the tress.
"I managed to protect myself, but when the explosion was done, he attack me ruthlessly and I don't find any opening from it go to defense. And again, something happened,from the looks of it, he had a communication device and he just receiverd a very wonderful news if his face was a big give away. That's when he decided that enough was enough and sent me a very powerful flame coated kick to my abdomen. I lost my balance from that, and when I refocused, he already gone." He explained as he comb his hand through his hair. Mukuro frowned.
"That's... strange." He trailed off. Giotto sighed and nodded. All the while with Mukuro watching his every move.
"You didn't meet Tsunayoshi?" he asked. Giotto looked up from his musing and and frowned.
"Tsuna? No. I was fightning alone this whole time, from the start of this invasion. Why? Is Tsuna looking for me?" He asked, face contorted to one of worried. Mukuro nodded.
"Some of our friend from our world come to help us. After he picked them, he with four other come looking for you. It strange that you here, meanwhile Tsunayoshi looking for you on the opposite direction." Mukuro said. His face look thoughtful. Giotto sighed.
"Dominico keep muttering about something." he continued. Mukuro perked up at.
"Oh?"
"Yeah, on one of his monologue," in here he make a face. "He keep saying that they only need one person to complete their plan. Keep saying that this person hold two of what he need."
Mukuro face contorted to one bewilderment.
"He was saying that, after he talked that he need the Vongola Rings and the Arcobaleno Pacifier for their plan. When I said that like hell I will let them take the ring from me so easily he just laughed and told me that." Giotto explained. Mukuro stared at the blonde haired Primo in dawning horror. His mind whirled with different thought.
'Two of them, the tri-ni-sette have three pieces. They already have the Mare ring. The rest is Vongola ring and the Arcobaleno pacifier. Right now, Sephira is on the other side of the mansion, if my sensor is right, she is with two Byakuran from this world and our world. They need the Vongola ring, that mean Primo. But he said that they said that they just need one person that hold two... one person that hold Vongola ring at the same time Arcobaleno pacifier?'
Mukuro frowned, no he go to the wrong direction. Something... just something that slipped his attention.
"Do you know that he just not merely save your life? The extent of his sacrifice?"
He started. That voice...
'Wrong direction. What they are looking is not from this world. The only person that I know could hold the Vongola ring and the arcobaleno pacifier at the same time...'
Realization dawned on his face.
"Oh, shit."
Andddd cut!