"Why have you all gathered here?" Hibari Kyoya asked as he approached the awaiting small group of Hayato, Takeshi and Ryohei.

"What the-?! You-!" Hayato couldn't form a proper curse in surprise and anger.

"Maa~ Maa~" Takeshi tried to placate as usual. "We're here to..."

"Support you!" Ryohei continued.

There was silence for a while.

Kyoya hummed in thought. "You're an eyesore" he finally said "If you're not gone in the next second, I'll kill you"

"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU SAY?!" Ryohei exploded. "YOU EXTREMELY PISSED ME OFF!"

"Now, Now" Takeshi said with a calming smile "Let's all calm down" thankfully, his two companions seem to calm down but they still glared at the prefect. "We're just coincidentally passing by, see? Don't mind us, Hibari. Okay?"

The prefect couldn't retort as suddenly, a heavy metallic sound landed somewhere near them.

"What-?!" the trio stared at it in confusion.

"Is that the one?" Hibari asked with a raised brow. Dino gave him a completely different description about his opponent.

"No" Takeshi replied.

"That's not him" Ryohei muttered, eyes searching the vicinity for that familiar teen.

"Not even close" Hayato added.

Kyoya took out his tonfas. It doesn't matter. An opponent is an opponent.

"All I have to do is bite you to death"


A bright light emanated and as soon as it disappeared, the field atop the cliff was encased in ice.

"You did it, Jyuichi" Reborn praised. "That was the Dying Will Zero Point Breakthrough"

"You did it!" Basil exclaimed happily as he ran towads the brunet. "That was brilliant, Sawada-dono! You've finally perfected the technique that only the First Boss could attain!"

"It would have been absolutely impossible to do it alone..." Jyuichi replied humbly. "This is all thanks to you, Basil-kun. Thank you."

"Let's go, Jyuichi"

"R-right!" the brunet replied. "Let's go to Nami-chu"


"Help"

"?!" Chrome jolted. She swore she heard a voice. She turned her head side-to-side searching for it.

She, Ken and Chikusa came to Nami-chu to watch Akuma fight, but just like the others they were surprised to not see him around.

"Stop this"

The voice was strangely familiar...

Chrome stood and blindly ran to where she could hear the voice. The Gola Mosca.

"OI!" Ryohei shouted, horrified, when he caught a glimpse of her running. "DON'T ENTER THE FIELD! IT'S DANGEROUS!"

A beep that couldn't sound anymore ominous reached her ears and she stopped running, terror clutched at her heart.

A pair of arms immediately pushed her away, but they didn't made it far.

*BOOM!*

Three bodies dropped to the ground, and thankfully harmless.

She heard the familiar voice of Ken, who was as usual grumbling in displeasure.

"Ken?! Chikusa?!" she was honestly surprised that they came to save her.

There was no time to respond as two machines turned to them.

"This is bad!" Takeshi exclaimed in worry.

"They're sandwiched" Hayato muttered, completely at a lost of what to do.

And then...

A wall of sky flames protected them.

"Boss" Chrome called as soon as she saw who saved them, relief filling her very being.

As the dust cleared, Jyuichi is seen glaring at the huge machine. He's in Hyper Dying Will Mode.

As his companions rejoiced at his arrival, he continued to glare at Gola Mosca. He recognized the machine from his nightmare.

"What on earth is going on?!" Basil exclaimed as soon as they arrived.

"That thing looks like it's going to destroy everything in its path" Reborn commented, his onyx eyes searching for the Varias Cloud Guardian. Where is he?

"Eliminate everything" Xanxus ordered.

"No!" Chrome gasped but only her companions could hear her. The desperation in her voice was clearly lost in the loud booms of explosion.

Jyuichi flew, dodging incoming missiles and then attacked the rampaging machine; pulling out its limb on the process.

"Hey, stupid pile of junk" Jyuichi called. He held up the stolen limb and crushed it in his arms, causing it to explode. "I don't know what you are and where you came from, but I'm your opponent now"

The next series of events was a blur. Mosca attacked Jyuichi with projectiles and the brunet dodged. It was a surprise that the mosca managed to get behind him so fast despite its heavy weight. But it was futile because it gave Jyuichi a clear path to strike.

A fist coated in Sky flames slammed on the machine's center chest.

Their companions rejoiced at the win but soon, the machine started moving once more.

Jyuichi finally decided to end it.

"NO!" Chrome desperately shouted, her voice echoing throughout the field. But it was too late...

"Help me"

"Akuma-sama!"

Jyuichi's fiery hand slashed through the metal and cutting it in half.