Chapter 53

Support Character


Not enough time to find quotes and stuff, sorry.


Tsuna stared, amazed, as his ring let out a faint, golden/orange glow. "But I didn't do anything!"

A thin flame slowly moved forward, leaving Tsuna's ring. Once it got a reasonable distance away, it grew to the size of an adult human being. The flame was a Sky Flame (which makes sense, since it came from Tsuna's ring), shining the familiar orange color.

Everyone seemed a little shocked or scared; definitely unsure as what to do next.

Even I wasn't sure what to do next.

A man materialized, out of the flame, wearing a long, black cape. His cape was adorned with many embellishments, awards and pins. Under the cape was a neat black suit, with white stripes and a black tie. His hair was gravity-defying, just like Tsuna's, except a lighter, blonde tone, a golden Dying Will Flame on his head. His eyes were an extreme orange, just like Tsuna's HDWM...

We all stared at him for a moment, trying to place his face, when all the Guardians (excluding Chrome, Hibari and Lambo) gasped at once.

Tsuna stepped forward slightly, not sure if he should believe it or not. "Y-You're..."

"Looks like it worked." Reborn nodded, in appreciation towards me. "I can't believe that I'm getting to see the real thing."

Tsuna tried to look at Reborn, but that was kind of hard to do when Reborn was sitting on his head. "Huh?"

"Yuni, will you...?" Reborn gestured me forward. "Introduce us, would you?"

I blinked, but strode forward nonetheless. "This-" cue gesturing to the Flame Guy That Shot Out Of Tsuna's Ring. "-is Giotto, if you will. He is also known as 'Great Sky' or 'Sawada Ieyasu', but his most well-known titles, I'd imagine, would be 'Strongest Vongola Boss' or 'Vongola Primo'."

Everyone gaped, aghast as they connected the dots. "Vongola Primo...?!"

Giotto nodded at me, before focusing his attention on his ancestor, Sawada Tsunayoshi. "So we meet again, Vongola Decimo."

"He spoke!" Yamamoto whispered, amazed.

"I-Is he a ghost?" Ryohei hissed back.

"A supernatural phenomenon?!" Gokudera couldn't tear his eyes away. I'd imagine that he was having a complete field day with this.

Reborn smirked again, at me.

I gave an awkward smile.

Giotto zoned in on me again. "You were the one who summoned me?"

I fidgeted, slightly. Having the Vongola 10th Generation around was no big deal. But Vongola Primo? I think my heart is about to explode, damn it. "Umm, yes?"

"There's a legend that the Vongola Rings hold the living will of the First-Generation Famiglia." Reborn explained, to Giotto. I dunno how Reborn felt about explaining something to Vongola freaking Primo, but I would have felt awesome. "We used the power of the Arcobaleno Pacifiers to form a contract that allowed you to take a corporeal form."

"That's possible?" Tsuna wondered, aloud.

"I've never answered to the Arcobaleno's power and never will again." Giotto decreed, every bit the mafia boss he was known to be. "My acceptance of the Arcobaleno's boss, the Sky Arcobaleno's conditions has led to this single exception."

The other Arcobaleno leaped on that opportunity immediately.

"Hey, the Sky Arcobaleno isn't here." Skull said to Colonello. "And this is the First-Generation Vongola? He's younger than I expected."

"You're one to talk." I pointed out.

"It's the first time I've ever seen him, kora." Colonello mused, observing Giotto.

"It appears you have run into a wall, Vongola Decimo." Giotto said, almost sympathetically.

Tsuna jumped. "How did you know that?!"

"He can sense the danger to the Vongola." Reborn clarified, as if that made sense. "It must be a response to your feelings."

Tsuna took a moment to absorb the information. "My...feelings?"

Giotto surveyed the surrounding people, Tsuna's Guardians. "You are Decimo's Guardians?"

"Oh, not us." I gestured to Haru, Kyoko, I-Pin and myself. "We're just the supporting cast."

Haru poked me. "Haru doesn't think you should be joking with this man. He seems mysterious, desu."

I shrugged. "He has an epic cape. Therefore, he can't be that bad."

Giotto nodded, eyeing the others, the Guardians. "You have yet to attain the true power of the Vongola." Giotto announced, speaking to everyone...but looking at Tsuna.

"Wh-What?" the Guardians seemed offended. Heh. That's what they get for being Guardians instead of supporting cast, like me!

"If the first-generation Vongola family accepts you as the true boss and true Guardians," Giotto was really good at speaking aloud to crowds.

"And supporting cast." I added.

"you will be able to inherit the power of the Vongola." Giotto finished, sparing me a small smirk.

It was like seeing Tsuna smirk. NOT FREAKING RIGHT.

"Power of the Vongola?" Tsuna repeated, as if he couldn't believe it.

Gokudera, however, pounced at the chance to prove himself. "What do we need to do in order to be accepted as true Guardians?!"

"Are you able to embody the duty of a Guardian?" Giotto asked, puzzling them all. "Do you have the resolve? Everything rests on that." he began to fade, changing back into Sky Flames, but didn't return to Tsuna's ring. It was more like he disappeared.

"I still had a bunch of questions for him." Yamamoto said, wistfully.

Reborn smirked, amused at their eagerness. "Keep your cool, guys. I know the procedure. I'd imagine Yuni knows, as well."

"Why would you two know this?" Tsuna demanded, annoyed with the fact he was left out of the loop.

"Well," Reborn drawled, "don't sweat the small stuff."

"Don't dodge my question!" Tsuna scolded.

"Anyways, just listen up." Reborn commanded, turning to me. "Yuni. Explain."

"What? No." I refused, crossing my arms. "I'm a support character. You're like the main character here, the title character. Go on. Explain like the tutor we all know you are."

He rolled his eyes at my immaturity, but spoke, regardless. "First comes first. The first-generation Guardians will appear before each of you, respectively, tonight to test your resolve."

"Meaning the first-generation Guardian of the Storm Ring will appear before me?" Gokudera confirmed, excited.

Reborn nodded. "The actual evaluation will start tomorrow. I guess you could consider this a succession test to determine if you'll be accepted as true Guardians. The order will be up to the first-generation family, but you'll most-likely be last, Tsuna."

"Huh?" Tsuna blinked. "Really?"

"Of course." Reborn scoffed at having his knowledge doubted. "You're the boss. Once the first-generation's will has appeared from the Rings, it will exist in Namimori for the remainder of the duration of the test. During that time, they'll be observing your actions."

"Another stalker..." I murmured to myself, but when Kyoko stifled a giggle, I realized that I had said that louder than I had meant to.

"Your day-to-day behavior will also be counted towards the decision to qualify you to inherit their power." Reborn was nearing the end of his lecture/explanation. "Get it? You need them to accept you as true Guardians if you want to attain their power. So stay focused."

Tsuna nodded slowly, turning to the Arcobaleno. "And the Arcobaleno will tutor us so we can do that?"

"Yeah." Reborn nodded. "Here are the tutor-student pairings."

"The Guardian of the Storm Ring, Gokudera, with the Storm Arcobaleno, Fon." Reborn announced.

Fon smiled, kindly, up at Gokudera. "It's a pleasure to be working with you."

Gokudera nodded. "Yeah."

"The Guardian of the Rain Ring, Yamamoto, with the Rain Arcobaleno, Colonello." Reborn went on.

"Nice to meet you." Yamamoto beamed.

"Be prepared, kora!" Colonello barked, but traces of amusement were clear on his features.

"The Guardian of the Cloud Ring-" Reborn began, but I cut him off.

"Hibari-sama! Yeah! Woot-woot!" I cheered. Hibari silenced me with a stern look. I cringed, hiding behind Kyoko. "Never mind."

"As I was saying..." Reborn grit his teeth, shooting me a glare. "the Guardian of the Cloud Ring, Hibari, gets to go with the sad excuse of a Cloud Arcobaleno, Skull."

"I'll take good care of you." Skull nodded, proud to be a part of the whole 'Inheritance Succession' thing. I'd imagine that he would normally be excluded from such events, since Reborn and the others don't like him so much.

Hibari didn't even consider Skull as a worthy opponent. "Hn."

"Don't ignore me!" the Cloud Arcobaleno cried.

"The Guardian of the Mist Ring, Chrome, will be with the Mist Arcobaleno, Mammon." Reborn continued, ignoring Skull entirely.

Chrome gave a small nod.

"Good grief," Mammon complained. "working for free again."

"The Guardian of the Sun Ring, Ryohei, will be working with me." Reborn finished.

Ryohei nodded, pumped. "I'll be counting on you to the extreme!"

"You can count on me." Reborn approved.


"Hey, hey." Lambo whined, squirming in Haru's arms. "They done talking yet?"

"No." I snorted. "Old people go on for a really long time."

Tsuna glanced upward. "Lambo gets a tutor too, right? Don't tell me its going to be..."

"Yeah." Reborn confirmed. "The Guardian of the Lightning Ring, Lambo, will be handled by the Lightning Arcobaleno, Verde. That concludes the tutor-student pairings. We are forbidden from interfering with the test, but we can give you advice."

"Y-Yeah." Tsuna looked at his toes, thinking about something. Probably about Kyoko. Or protecting people. Cliche things like that.


On our way back to wherever we were going, Reborn spoke up. "Just to remind you all, don't spill anything about the future."

"We know." Yamamoto smiled, but his heart wasn't in it.

I had saved Yamamoto's father, Tsuyoshi, by placing him in a medical-induced coma, hospitalizing him in a hospital in America, far from the Millefiore. But I had convinced the Vongola that Tsuyoshi was dead, because I knew that if Yamamoto thought his father was just missing-in-action, the Rain Guardian would never stop looking for him, making everything a little more complicated than it had to be.

It was cruel, but it was a necessarily cruelness.

"Lambo-san won't let any pee spill!" Lambo announced, cheerfully.

"L-Lambo..." Tsuna shook his head, weirded out.

"Tsuna-kun!" Kyoko called. "Let us know if there's anything you need help with."

"That's right!" Haru agreed, with a smile. "We understand the situation now, so we can fully support you."

"That goes for me, too." I added, grinning at the young mafia-boss-to-be. "I think I'm your tutor for this round, Tsunayoshi-chan. So if you ever need help, I'll be there (read: Reborn is forcing me to be there) for you."

A few minutes later, Kyoko spoke again. "Well, Tsuna-kun, we'll be on our way now."

"Oh, yeah." Tsuna nodded.

"Can I head home too?" Ryohei asked, eagerly. "When does training start?"

"I'm also going to be in charge this time, so I can't be with you the entire time." Reborn warned Ryohei. "But I'll do a proper job tutoring you, so don't worry. For today, you should just go home, meet with the first-generation Guardian of Sun and rest up."

"Got it." Ryohei agreed.

"I'll also be excusing myself," Gokudera smiled at Tsuna. "Juudaime."

"Well," Yamamoto grinned, turning away from us. "later then."

"Everyone, see you later!" Haru waved, leaving.

The rest of the walk home was silent, only interrupted by me once.

"Tsunayoshi-chan? Where can a girl get some pocky around here?" I asked, thoughts racing.

Tsuna blinked. "Umm, the corner shop, near Namimori Middle...? Why?"

"No biggie." I shrugged. "I've been pocky-less ever since the Millefiore problems started and have been slowly dying ever since."

He laughed, brightly. "Of course."


Tsuna opened the door to his house, poking his head in. "This is kind of embarrassing."

"How?" I wondered, contemplating it. I mean, it was his house, after all.

"Tsuna!" Lambo complained, waving his hands in the air. "Hurry it up!"

Reborn seemed to agree. "Just get inside already."

"But I don't even know how to explain Yuni!" Tsuna protested, giving me an apologetic look.

"You said that you would protect her," Reborn reminded, an almost scolding tone in his voice. "so you should at least let her stay at your place. Mama won't care about another person or two."

"Yeah, but..." Tsuna was really hesitant.

I blinked, reaching into my skirt's pocket (yes, they had pockets). "I have money, Tsunayoshi-chan, I can pay for any and all expenses while I'm here."

"Oh, no!" now he was embarrassed. "It's no big deal!"

"Oh, Tsu-kun!" a woman's cheerful voice exclaimed. Sawada Nana, in all her grandeur, stood at the door, wearing an avocado green apron and holding a stack of clothes.

"M-Mom." Tsuna shifted, nervously.

Reborn, Lambo and I-Pin entered the house, unabashed. "Mama, we're home!"

"My, you're all having fun together." she nodded, approvingly. "Oh? Who is this girl?"

Tsuna wasn't sure what to say. "U-Uh..."

I plastered a smile onto my face, stepping forward. "I'm Yuni."

Nana recognized me. "Yuni...chan? You've grown up so quickly! I thought you were four-years-old!"

I pretended to be embarrassed (I was inspired by Tsuna's embarrassed expression), holding a hand to my cheek. "I'm afraid I'm not the same Yuni-chan you knew. I'm fourteen, not four. I keep getting mistaken as Yuni-chan. We're distantly related, I believe, so that's why we look so similar!"

Nana seemed to accept this answer, nodding.

"She'll be staying here for the time being." Reborn explained, shortly.

"Oh, a new friend?" Nana beamed at me. "No need to be reserved, consider this your own home!"

I smiled back. "Thank you, so very much, Sawada-san. Your son, Tsunayoshi-chan, is such a wonderful boy, did you know that?"

Tsuna blushed deep red, flustered. "Y-Yuni!"

Nana nodded. "Tsu-kun is so polite, isn't he?"


Tsuna greeted Fuuta and Bianchi, while I waited in the hallway. "Oh, let me introduce you. This is Yuni."

Fuuta blinked. "Yuni...as in Prodigious Yuni?"

I laughed, nervously. Why yes, yes I am. "No, I'm a different Yuni. Nice to meet you."

"You look very similar." Bianchi commented, taking my hair and eye color into consideration.

"They're distantly related." Tsuna backed me up.

"I see!" Fuuta smiled at me. "I'm Fuuta! Nice to meet you, Yuni-nee-san!"

Bianchi nodded. "My name is Bianchi." she then did a double-take. "You look like-"

Reborn cut her off, probably knowing what she was going to say. "She'll be living with us for a while. Look after her."

Bianchi watched Reborn for a moment. She trusted Reborn and Reborn trusted me. "Of course, my love."

"You can ask me anything about Namimori!" Fuuta beamed, helpfully.

"Of course, Fuuta-kun." I grinned.


Later that evening, Reborn called me out onto the balcony, like the cliche man we all know he is.

He tossed me a pink pouch, tied up with a yellow bow. "Here."

I swallowed, knowing exactly what was inside, opening it up. The Sky Pacifier sat inside, peacefully. "This is..."

"You'll be participating in the trials as the Sky Arcobaleno." Reborn informed me. "You'll need this, right?" his expression darkened. "I received this from the Aria of this time."

I lifted the Pacifier out, gingerly, setting the pouch aside. I dangled the Pacifier in front of me, watching it hang there. It seemed innocent enough, like a child's toy, not like the weapon that Byakuran was making it out to be. "From Mama, huh?"

"You might be able to meet your mother in this time." Reborn offered, almost like an uncle would.

I smiled, but it was more bittersweet. "It's fine. I'd rather not drag up memories that I had buried. We aren't meant to meet again, not in this lifetime. Not yet, at least, ya know? And Aria knows this."

Reborn nodded, understandingly. "She said the exact same thing. Less...yankee, but the same message."

"Don't call me a yankee!" I scolded. "I am the furthest thing from a yankee out there!"

He smirked for a moment. "I'm counting on you to tutor Tsuna."

"I'll do my best, at least." I smiled, returning the Pacifier to its pouch.

"Don't let the other Arcobaleno find out." he reminded, darkly.

I nodded.

Time could really get screwed up if they found out who I really was.

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And if time was more messed up than it already is, everything I had worked towards would be ruined.


Reviews

happytth - Thanks :D

.556 - I love Fangirl Addiction! It's my jam, lol.

Lanaught - Skull, the lackey, minion, whatever.

Autore Raita - Traumatized Yuni? Yuni isn't traumatized or upset. She knew what was going to happen before it was going to, so she's not upset over it.

LoStInIlLuSiOn - Sakura Addiction is like everyone's favorite ending song, lol.

shirokuromokona - I'll have suits prepared for the Arcobaleno. Thanks for that. Probably. Fon knows all.

UnfadingPromise - Who doesn't love Sakura Addiction, honestly.

CuteDork - Of course, bro! I've never heard of Homestuck...

Otaku-neku - Yandere? That's how it was in canon. -_-

Eulphy Whitlock-Lupin - Deal with it professionally, of course, lol. Just a question, but do you love Remus Lupin or something? Because of your name...?

chaos kai X - Watch out for Pedoran, everyone.

Unkown Being - Stranger danger, danger stranger, Byakuran-san. Ken has a Donkey Kong channel, doesn't he?

Paigecat - When I said ending... I meant song ending, like openings, and stuff... -_- Thanks for the crutches, my home skillet. Oh, and thanks for the epic house of epicness, lol. I didn't write out that much because I have soccer in like five minutes, so I'm sorry! Thanks.

FreeWeirdGal - I love Haru's Interviews! Especially the Lussuria ones. Those are hilarious.

Khorale - I dunno if I'm going to go into the manga. -_-" I'm really torn, haha.

TNM-Writer - I'm glad to know you're looking forward to her death. I already miss 'Sakura'! It's so sad.

akuma-chan25300 - I wish Tsuna had a sister. That'd be awesome.

QRed - Serious injuries? HIEEEEE. I love double-updating :D

Slytherin'sBlackUNICORN - There, happy? Sorry I called you a 'uniform'. lol, awkward turtle

Rd - I think you should at least skim through the arc if you're going to be reading it. My updates are legendary. That is the only thing I pride myself on.

TheParadoxicalOtaku - Someone really likes Mukuro, lol. Peace out.

Yuki28 - I don't know...they probably would've mentioned it again, if it was true, though, right?

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catrinebatrine - You went to the hospital? Oh god, you alright?

Rosii - Who doesn't love Alphonse? I can't wait for their reunion...it's going to be less epic than I wanted, I think. D:

Searchingformyheart - I love watermelon jolly ranchers! Thank you...

Namimori-Skylark-18 - I love Sakura Addiction. It's the bomb diggity. Thanks for paying the hospital bills, lol.

Arina - Thanks for the shameless advertising, lol.

Propaganda - Thanks for all that junk that I don't want to even list again.

OVOVOVO - I have no idea what you just said, lol.

o-o - I have the biggest damn sweet tooth ever.

KatoKimeka-chan - 'Midget' was one of my favorite parts of the story.

Memory25 - Oh, imagine how G will react when he finds out that Yuni said that to his beloved Primo.

shanagi95 - Everyone wants Yuni dead. I feel the love, lol.

palmtoptiger-san - How else is Yuni supposed to summon them? With sacrifices? Heh, NO.

ResyaAfhirsa - I added san onto your name when I was typing it, lol. I like 'Famiglia' the ending. I can't wait til 1000. I'm nervous as fuck though, but I don't know why...

Michiyo - I think everyone reads this story for the updates. -_-

pinkus-pyon - Thanks so much :D Feeling flattered over here.

Thekouhai193 - Yuni is unique and not in the good way, my friend.

Yuni-FMA - Just saying, but your name is awesome, lol. It's like the definition of Yuni-sama in my story.

Pailrose - The world wouldn't be doomed...kind of?

MeWubFranxx - I love Canvas too :)

CrimsonSkyTamer - Thanks for the one-shot again. I hope its never taken down, its awesome to the extreme.

The Ice Sorceress - You think you're dying from lack of Fran? I'm dying more!

Rebi-chan - Colonello is just like Namikaze Minato, appearance-wise.


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