Heh, another part of the dialogue in the story. Woah, they really do like their voices; they talk a lot. And take up a lot of word space that I can pass off as chapters. Heheheh. xD

I'll update next time later, but thanks to everyone who reviewed~! :D

Happy Reading~! [And hence commences the unwrapping phase of Mukuro's little present! :D]

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"That's not all," said the Varia member, "When the full set of Vongola Rings are passed down to the successors, it's said that the Rings will grant a great power to the new Blood of Vongola."

"To the…Blood…of Vongola…?" repeated Tsuna. Suddenly, something whipped past his face.

"It's about time you returned it – this Ring belongs to the true successor~!" rang Belphegor. He held up his knife confidently in the air, the Sky Ring dancing on its edge. He looked in Kaia's direction – no, in Ria's direction.

"Lookie here, it's Kaia-chan~!" he cracked his wide grin. Ria glared right on back.

"Shut up, I'm technically not here. I'm in no way interfering. If you do, then I'll gladly kill you, prince."

"Ushi-shi-shi… principessa is unhappy…" he shrugged. "We've gotten all the Vongola Rings~!"

"We're ready over here, too," added Marmon. The ice was nearly finished its melting – Xanxus fell forward into the ground, but alive. "It's time."

"Welcome back, Boss~!" grinned Bel.

"Give me…the rings…" he ordered.

"Of course~! That second-rate imposter doesn't deserve this… It's rightfully yours, the true progeny of the Ninth!!"

"Hold…hold on…" Tsuna faintly said. He looked up pleadingly to Ria – she looked back, her face painted with pain. She shook her head.

"After all, this was meant to be, from the start," said Marmon.

"Boss!"

"Tsuna!"

Tsuna's Guardians arrived to the scene. Ria remained with her back turned, and the Guardians miraculously hadn't seen her.

"Looks like everyone's here to witness the birth of the new Boss~!" grinned Belphegor.

"Oh, pride of the Vongola, grant your successor – grant the young blood of Vongola with great power!" cried Marmon. Xanxus stood up, greatly pleased by the accomplishment.

"This is the power!!" roared Xanxus. "This…limitless power, overflowing through me!!" Ria sighed – he was being stupid, again. First for denying the obvious fact that Tsuna actually defeated him, and now taking the lethal condition of leaking flame as the overflowing, overwhelming Vongola power that comes with that little harmless ring. Not smart, of course.

"This is the proof of the Successor to the Vongola!" he cackled. "Finally, finally, it's mine!! With this, I'll become the Tenth Boss of Vongola-"

He was cut short. Now, the leaking of flame finally got to him. He fell to his knees, his blood bleeding out of him like drizzling rain.

"Boss!" both Bel and Marmon shouted. Tsuna knew what happened. Ria, too, 'knew' what happened, but she had been contradicted by Tsuna.

"The ring…has…rejected…his blood…"

Marmon whirled around in anger.

"What do you know?! What do you mean the Rings rejected his blood?!"

"I…certainly…had it coming…didn't I?" Xanxus darkly chuckled. "That's right…That old fart and I have no blood relation whatsoever!!"

"Xanxus…" panted Tsuna, his Dying Will Flame fading away.

"Don't you f***ing pity me! You scum…" snarled Xanxus.

"I understood though…the betrayal you suffered and your hatred…I understood it all…"

It was the voice of Squalo.

"You're still alive…da*n kasukame [It is the common name for the Japanese angelshark; it would sound unusual if I just added angelshark or Japanese angelshark in there. Also, it'd be awkward to call Squalo, which means shark in Italian, an angelshark.]…You understand…you say… What…do you understand about me… Don't talk as if…you know…anything…"

"No. I understand – I know everything!"

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Heh. That was interesting, but nothing really much for Kaia. Unless, of course, you take what I said of her so far and make a gigantic deal about the little details. Which I wouldn't mind, because that might actually help predict what might happen next. :D

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