Chapter 2: Day 1
Swiftly a dark blue swallow, coated by a flame that resembled the waters of the ocean, swiftly flew by and coated the arrow with the flame.
Yamamoto rushed forward, now holding a katana instead of a kendo stick, and cut the arrow in half vertically.
Surprised, Archer let out a smile and leaped off the roof she stood in, putting on a black mask to conceal her face then pulling out her katana. She met Yamamoto in the middle, locking blades with the young swordsman in the air.
She's strong Yamamoto thought to himself, flinching as Archer pushed her katana towards him. Yamamoto had his encounters with strong swordsmen, but this one was on a higher level. However, Yamamoto smiled, saying, "Who are you?" in a laidback manner.
"Call me 'Archer', Yamamoto Takeshi, and I didn't come here to make friends!" Archer sent a kick to Yamamoto's chest, instantly send him back down to his dojo.
Archer pulled out her bow once more and prepared another arrow. Now that Yamamoto was lying on his back, she can finally finish him, "Burn!" she yelled as the arrow, this time, can into contact with the teen.
The fire arrow created an explosion that obscured Yamamoto with fire and destroyed the dojo. Archer landed a few feet away from the dojo, storing his bow at her back.
"You damaged my old man's house" came the voice of Yamamoto, but this time it was a serious one.
Archer frowned, as the fire was cleared with the blue flame that resembled the ocean. Yamamoto stood in the middle, donning a kamishimo and hakama. His hands wielded two Katanas, with its sheaths placed in his waist.
Yamamoto glared at Archer, he looked extremely angry at the white-haired woman. His sword was coated in a blue flame as he rushed towards her, speaking in his mind, Shigure Soen Ryu offensive 5th form!
Archer stood and grabbed her Naginata from her back, putting her right foot and arm back, holding the naginata is an attack stance. As Yamamoto came closer, she rushed forward and prepared to attack irst, after all her naginata was far longer than Yamamoto's blades.
She lunged her naginata forward but was left shocked as Yamamoto threw his hand up and evaded the attack. Archer watched as Yamamoto's other hand caught the sword and rushed towards Archer, slashing his katana.
With no fast way of defending herself, Archer took the hit and was taken aback, landing a few feet from Yamamoto. However, the woman drew no blood, and saw that Yamamoto used the back of his blade. She stood up, "why didn't you kill me?" she asked.
Yamamoto smiled, "I don't kill!" he spoke in a light hearted tone. "I only want to beat you" he continued.
Archer scoffed, pulling out her katana, "Imbecile! Your mercy shall prove to be your downfall!" she yelled
In the blink of an eye Yamamoto gasped for air as Archer stabbed her katana at his chest. "Don't worry, you won't die just yet" Archer spoke, slashing her blade up and out Yamamoto's body. The young swordsman fell down on his knees as Archer turned around and grabbed her naginata.
"You are a capable swordsman, in fact, I think I'm not familiar with your sword style" she said, putting her naginata at her back. She turned back to Yamamoto, but he disappeared, leaving a puddle of water in his absence.
Turning around, Archer was met with a torrent of water rising up. In the midst of it was Yamamoto, leaping in to attack her. Archer pulled her katana back up but before she could attack, a red spear pierced Yamamoto and cut the torrent of water in half. "It's a reflection! Strike above!" Came the voice of a woman.
"This is bad!" said Yamamoto, appearing above Archer with his katana pointing down. Archer leaped up, and growled loudly, grabbing the swordsman's head. While in the air, she spun Yamamoto around and threw him at the ground, knocking him unconscious.
Yamamoto fell silent, and his katana transformed into a kendo stick.
Archer landed and woman dressed in black earlier met up with her, "He's not dead, and he will recover. But for a while, he won't be a problem for this war" Archer explained as the woman in black stretched her left arm.
"You created quite a scene. Shall we deal with his father as well?" the woman said, the red spear that was thrown earlier flying back to her.
Archer frowned as Tsuyoshi looked around for his son, "No, we can't involve civilians in this. Let's head back now, we did what we had to do" Archer spoke, fading away from the scene.
"Takeshi!" Tsuyoshi yelled as he ran up to his unconscious son. Tsuyoshi was in shock upon seeing his son lying in a puddle of his own blood. While Yamamoto's injuries weren't fatal, it was enough that he would incapacitated for a while. As Tsuyoshi picked up Yamamoto and carried him towards their house, he wondered who could attack his son and the dojo so suddenly. He wore a grim face as he stared out in the night sky
The next day
Tsuna was sitting at school, minding his own business and not paying to the teacher in front. While his wandered around the room, he noticed the absence of Yamamoto, That's odd, Yamamoto isn't the type to miss class he thought to himself.
"Judaime" he heard the whisper of Gokudera calling him who was in front of him, "The baseball idiot isn't here, you think it has something to do with the woman we saw the other day?" he asked.
Tsuna frowned and leaned forward, "He might just be sick, Gokudera" he whispered back. But Tsuna's intuition was telling him that something dangerous had happened to his friend. He remembered how the woman from yesterday was glaring at them evilly, was she really a hitman out to kill them? And was her first target Yamamoto?
He looked down to his desk, and staring up at him was none other than Reborn, who was laying down on his back, "Eh?! Reborn?!" he yelled in his high-pitched voice.
"Tsuna! Let's meet up later at the gym after school!" he said, donning his usual smug appearance.
But before Tsuna could ask, Reborn slid away as he was lying under Leon, his chameleon, who transformed into a metal plate on wheels. Tsuna looked behind him, watching as his tutor slipped out of the classroom, without anyone noticing, except him.
"Alright, Sawada, get up and answer the question" called the teacher.
Tsuna shrieked and stood up, panicking and sweating all while Gokudera tried whispering to him the answers. But knowing Tsuna, he still failed despite the help of his intelligent friend.
Hours passed and it was finally time for them to go home. As Tsuna put away all his books inside his bag, Gokudera approached him, "Judaime, let's go to the gym!" he smiled.
"Oh yeah, Reborn wanted to meet us there, do you know why?" Tsuna asked
Gokudera put on a thoughtful look, steering his eyes off Tsuna, "It's probably something serious, I think it's related to Yamamoto's sudden absence" Gokudera said, "That woman, I'll kill him if she was the one responsible for Yamamoto's absence!" he spoke quite angrily.
Tsuna watched him, he knew that even if Gokudera was a hot head, he still cared deeply about his friends, and he would definitely worry if one them suddenly did not show up at school, "I'm sure it's nothing that serious, Gokudera!" Tsuna calmed him down, "Come on I'm packed so let's head to the gym"
The pair approached the gym, which was their covered court that was a few walks away from their main building. The moment they entered, Tsuna and Gokudera stood shocked.
Kyoya Hibari, Ryohei Sasagawa, Rokudo Mukuro, Lambo, Reborn, and Tsuna's father Lemitsu stood at the center of the covered court. Immediately, Tsuna went into a panic as he knew something serious and possibly about the mafia is up again, "Eh! What are you guys doing here?!"
"The baby told me to come, but if he doesn't explain why I'll bite all of you to death" Kyoya threatened, glaring his silver eyes evilly at Mukuro.
Mukuro laughed softly, "I will do the same if the Arcobaleno doesn't speak up" he threatened as well, spinning around his trident.
"Sharp weapons are prohibited inside the school" Kyoya remarked, pulling out his tonfas, getting ready to fight his longtime rival.
Ryohei stepped in front of Kyoya and Lemitsu stood in front of Mukuro, "Now let's not cause trouble, Mukuro" Lemitsu spoke seriously, glaring into the heterochromic's eyes.
"Hey now, Hibari, calm down. Your fighting could damage the school" Ryohei reasoned, waving his hand to Kyoya.
Kyoya grunted, lowering his tonfa and looking away from the white-haired teen, "Baby, make it quick" Kyoya scowled.
Reborn frowned, "Alright" Reborn said. "Lemitsu" he looked up at the blond-haired man that stood in front of Mukuro.
He nodded, folding his arms, "Yamamoto Takeshi and his house was suddenly attacked by unknown people. All Tsuyoshi reported was Yamamoto took an injury from a katana and his dojo was destroyed by what seemed like an arrow" he reported, Tsuna and Gokudera.
"Yamamoto, was attacked?" Tsuna said in a low and stunned voice. He trembled at the thought, staring down at his shaking hands.
"CEDEF looked into it as soon as possible and just as we were conducting an investigation, my men were murdered by two women. After analyzing, we've found out these two women were from an ancient time" Lemitsu continued.
"I've asked the ninth about these two women that shouldn't exist. He said that it is time that the tenth generation of the Vongola family to have a Great Holy Grail War" Reborn followed up, Lemitsu joining the baby's side.
"Great Holy Grail War?" Gokudera questioned.
Meanwhile Tsuna fell on his knees as he screamed loudly, "Why is there another war happening?! Ah!" He yelled, pulling his hair out of frustration.
"Calm yourself, useless Tsuna!" Reborn said, giving Tsuna a straight kick to the face which sent down on his back.
"According to the ninth, a family known as the Neo Knights of the Round Table, created an object known as The Holy Grail to overthrow the Vongola family. It is a powerful device capable of granting wishes. But the Vongola Terzo knew of what they were doing and stopped them. During Vongola Quarto's time, he and the Neo Knights arranged a deal. Every new generation of the Vongola and Neo Knights will have a Great Holy Grail War, with the winner gaining hold of the Holy Grail. Three times Vongola won and three times we lost to the Neo Knights. So, now it is up to you, Tsuna, to get a leg up on these Neo Knights" Lemitsu explained. Upon explaining, Mukuro's interest seemed to have piqued
Tsuna got up, shaking his head, "Eh?! No! I don't want to fight again!" Tsuna denied waving his arms around in rejection.
"You're gonna have to, Tsuna, the Holy Grail war is just as powerful as the Tri-ni-set. And if the Neo Knights won, everyone will die" Reborn explained the grim situation Tsuna was in.
Once again, Tsuna was stunned, and he looked down at the ground contemplating. He didn't want to fight again, not after the Arcobelano war, he just wanted peace now. But he knew that if he didn't do this, his friends and loved ones could die from a single wish. He stared at Reborn with a determined face, "Alright, what do we do?"
"The rules of the war are as follows. The seven guardians of both families must summon a Servant. These Servants are reincarnated forms of heroes from the past and they supply the Holy Grail's power. You can summon a Servant with the stones inside your ring as a catalyst" Reborn explained, standing in the center of them.
"This gym has been converted into a big summoning circle you can use. Just hold your rings out and burst out the biggest flames you can muster" Lemitsu added.
Gokudera smiled to Tsuna, "Judaime! Let's do this!" he cheered, holding up a fist as he ignited his ring.
Tsuna nodded, forming a fist as well, "Everyone let's do this!" he said with a smile as he looked at his guardians.
"You've earned my respect enough, Sawada Tsunayoshi" Mukuro laughed, igniting his ring, "I shall do this to obtain the Holy Grail for my own" he said.
Evil as ever Tsuna thought.
"If this will keep you out of the school, then so be it" Kyoya said coldly, also igniting his ring.
"Lambo, light up your ring!" Ryohei insisted, carrying the cow suited kid by his arm. "I'll fight to the extreme to make a wish!" Ryohei yelled, igniting his ring as well.
"Why should I though?" Lambo lazily asked, picking his nose as he stared up Ryohei.
Ryohei smiled, "I'll give you candy if you light it up" he said. Lambo immediately got up and with a big smile, his lightning ring lit up, joining the rest of the guardians.
The whole covered court was surrounded with a field of Yellow, Orange, Green, Red, Indigo, and Purple colored flames. Tsuna was taken back, at the times they did this. The first was in choice, to power up the teleportation, and the second was when they were powering up Talbot's machine to preserve the pacifiers. Tsuna smiled, but it faded as the flames from their rings floated away and in front of them. Soon, figures of a human body came from each flame before it disappeared, revealing the heroes they have summoned.
The first approached Lambo. She had a curvy body and large breasts. She also had purple hair and eyes, with a beautiful face ang pale skin. She donned what seemed like a latex body suit with a piece of cloth draped over her chest and crotch. She was wearing minimal armor but everyone noticed the long katana she had sheathed over her back. She picked up Lambo from the stunned Ryohei, asking, "Are you my master?"
Lambo's nose began to bleed as he stared into the massive breasts of the woman. Lambo seemed to be entrance by the appearance of the woman as he failed to utter a single word. But then, he leaped forward and hugged the breasts of the woman, "So soft" Lambo uttered.
"I-I'm Berserker" The girl introduced.
The next appeared in front of Kyoya. She donned a tight black body suit with vertical stripes underneath a very revealing black dress. She had long brown hair which she braided and tied, and brown eyes over a pair of square glasses. Her arms were holding two katanas she hid behind her back. She stared at Kyoya, "A human summoned me? Are you strong or weak?" the woman asked.
To which, Kyoya replied simply, "Strong"
"We'll see about that" the woman smirked. "I'm assassin"
The next appeared in front of Mukuro. He had long black hair and eyes with a face that looked tired. He wore a black suit with a red tie and held a cigarette, "I won't waste your time. Servant, Caster, tell me what to do and I'll do it" he said, glaring at Mukuro as he fixed his square glasses.
Mukuro laughed, "Alright, then, my name is Mukuro. Nice to meet you" he said, offering his hand. The pair shook hands as the next servant appeared.
The next Servant appeared in front of Ryohei. He had green hair and yellow eyes. He wore a black tight body suit over plated silver armor on his chest, shoulders, arms, and legs. He also had an orange clothe wrapped around his chest and he wielded a spear and shield, "Rider! So you're my master huh?"
"Yes! We will fight other servants to the extreme!" Yelled Ryohei.
Rider did nothing but smile, "I like you, we'll get along"
The second to the last was Gokudera. His servant was a short girl with black hair styled into buns and green big eyes. She wore a tight black and white body suit underneath a cloak that reached down her thighs. She held a spear as she looked up at her master, "Lancer! From now on, take care of me master!" she yelled happily.
Lastly, was Tsuna. She was short, had back hair and red eyes. She wore a black military uniform with golden boots and a red cape draped over. She had what looked like a ceremonial sword stabbed at the ground as she looked up at Tsuna, "I am the great Oda Nobunaga! I was summoned as an Archer Servant! Are you my master?!"