Chapter 1: The Sun!
4 years ago
Sasagawa Ryohei was a boxer living his life to the fullest, always putting his extreme effort in everything he does, whether it was in his training or his everyday life. The most important person in his life is his little sister, Sasagawa Kyoko, ensuring her protection is his primary goal in life.
He was on his way home after jogging five times around Namimori when he suddenly found himself in an old amusement park called Kokuyo Land located in Namimori's neighboring town, Kokuyo. The preteen looked around in confusion, wondering how he got there, while he was trying to decide which direction to run to, he heard the sound of fighting from the abandoned building. Curious, the 11-year-old followed the sound, completely disregarding the possible danger his curiosity could land him into. Upon entering, the preteen felt a shiver ran down his spine, his instinct telling him that he was being watched.
"Who's there!? Stop extremely hiding and face me like a man!"
"Oya, oya, Hime-sama... looks like a rat got lost. Kufufufufufu. Now, whatever shall we do?"
Ryohei looked around, trying to locate where the voice was coming from. He saw a figure emerging from the corner of the room, his eyes widening in shock when he came face to face with a little girl who looks like she's about the same age as his sister.
"Oi! This isn't a place for a little girl like you. We should extremely get you out of here!" Ryohei exclaimed, he was about to make his way towards her, but he suddenly found himself unable to move, looking down, he stared wide eyed at the vines wrapped around his legs, "What the—!"
"Maa, maa, Mukuro, let senpai go. I'm sure he doesn't mean Tsuki any harm."
A black-haired kid walked towards the girl's side, he looks the same age as the girl, but he was too tall so Ryohei wasn't entirely sure.
"Kufufufufufu."
A tall kid with blue-pineapple styled hair and two different colored eyes appeared on the other side of the girl, his left eye was blue while his right eye was red with the kanji for six in the middle.
Blinking in surprise, he pointed at the pineapple-head in excitement, "You're an extreme magician!"
Mukuro's eye twitched at the kid's stupidity, "I am not, I repeat not a freaking magician, call my illusions magic again, I will give you nightmares for the rest of your miserable life."
"Maa, maa..."
"Mukuro…"
Mukuro pouted but complied with the princess' silent request and released the kid.
"Gomen. Mukuro tended to act first and talk later, are you ok?" the only girl in the building asked, looking at him with a worried expression on her face.
"I'm extremely fine, but extremely confuse."
The girl nodded in understanding, "You're probably wondering what we're doing in an abandoned building..." she trailed off when she saw the puzzled look the other was giving her.
"Iie. I'm extremely wondering how that kid did his magic trick," the white haired boy clarified.
A trident appeared on the hand of the irritated boy. "Prepare to die."
Ryohei's eyes narrowed. Sensing the danger he was in, he raised his fists and prepared for the pineapple-head's attack.
Takeshi turned to Tsuki, wondering why she wasn't trying to stop the two older kids from fighting, blinking in surprise when he saw the interested look on her face. Shrugging his shoulder, he followed his friend's lead and watched.
Ryohei jumped back before the vines emerging from the ground could wrap itself around his legs, ducking down to avoid the trident aimed at his head, he sent a punch to the other boy's stomach, causing him to stumble. Ryohei didn't waste any time, before Mukuro could get his balance back, he punched the boy in the jaw.
Mukuro rubbed his jaw and gave the white-haired preteen a glare as the number in his right eye changed into the kanji for four with purple Flames surrounding it. Ryohei's eyes widened in shock and disbelief when he saw the Flames surrounding the other kid's eye.
Before either of them could attack, a voice interrupted them.
"What do you think you herbivores are doing?"
Ryohei—recognizing the voice—turned to its direction. "Hibari!"
Gray eyes narrowed, "What are you doing here, Herbivore?"
"I got lost to the extreme!"
Tsuki, Takeshi, and Mukuro sweat dropped.
"You sound awfully proud for someone who managed to get himself lost."
"Forget about that, Hibari. What are you extremely doing here?" Ryohei asked, his head tilted to the side, wondering what the prefect was doing outside of Namimori.
"Kyoya, you know him?"
Ryohei felt his jaw drop when the girl addressed the prefect by his first name, everyone knew who Hibari Kyoya was, how brutal and strict he is when it comes to protecting the peace in Namimori. The guy also loathed crowding, even though he and Hibari attended the same school, he has never seen the prefect interact with anyone other than the Disciplinary Committee.
"Hn. He's a student of Nami Chuu," was the simple reply of the prefect.
"Ah." Tsuki turned to the still shock preteen and gave him a sweet smile, "Domo. Watashi wa Sawada Tsukuyomi."
"Haha. Yamamoto Takeshi, hajimemashite."
"Oya, so we're doing an introduction? Alright, watashinonamaeha, Rokudo Mukuro."
"Hn."
Ryohei grinned brightly at them and introduced himself, "Watashi wa Sasagawa Ryohei."
It didn't take long for Ryohei to join Tsuki's group, after they explained that they were using the old building for training, the boxer immediately declared that he would join them. Takeshi and Tsuki were fine with it, Mukuro simply went along with it even though he really didn't want to deal with the loud idiot far more than he already have, Kyoya was against the idea, not wanting any more people to join his pack, but one pout from Tsuki was enough to change his mind. He figured since Tsuki seemed to find his strength strong enough to join their training sessions, he could get a decent fight out of him.
After Ryohei found out that Takeshi and Tsuki were in the same class as his little sister, the preteen told the two not to tell his sister about their training sessions because he didn't want to worry her, which the two agreed to.
In the months that passed, Ryohei became a permanent member of the group, and they also started opening up to him, telling him things that he didn't even think was possible. Tsuki told him about her connection to the Mafia and the possibility of her becoming the boss of the most powerful Family in the world, she told him about Vongola and everything she learned about it, Takeshi told him how he found out about his father's former occupation as a hitman, Mukuro shared with him his past and introduced Ken and Chikusa to him, Kyoya upgraded his name from That Loud Herbivore to simply Herbivore.
The most mind blowing thing he found out from them was the existence of the Dying Will Flames, it took a while for him to activate his Flames, almost getting jealous whenever he sees his friends training with their Flames, and when he finally did, he was more than overjoyed. He kept staring at the Yellow Flames—which Tsuki informed him was called Sun Flames—with fascination, feeling like he finally found something that he didn't even know he needed.
Tsuki woke up before the sun did, finding herself unable to go back to sleep, she decided to go to the mountains and fly around for a bit. Carefully making her way to her closet, she changed into her usual training clothes; a sports bra under an orange jacket, black leggings, and a pair of black trainers.
She grabbed her black fingerless gloves from her bedside table before heading for the window, "Reborn, I'm heading out. I'll be back before breakfast."
"Don't do anything stupid, Dame-Tsuki."
Tsuki raised an eyebrow and turned to the hitman, "What's that supposed to mean?"
The hitman didn't answer her and instead, he went back to sleep, knowing that his student was more than capable of protecting herself.
Tsuki huffed, "Rude."
The teen opened her window and jumped down, landing on her feet, she closed her eyes and called for her Sky Flames. Her hands started to glow—a bright orange glow, her black fingerless gloves morphing into a pair of black, metal-clad gloves as the glow turned brighter, Sky Flames burned on her forehead, and when she opened her eyes, her sunset-amber eyes became even more prominent with the light glow of her Sky Flames.
She propelled herself up and flew into the night sky, letting the wind hit her face and watching as the houses became smaller. When she reached the mountains, she lowered herself to where she and Reborn usually train, a wide clearing near the edge of the tallest mountain, closing her eyes, she let her Flames fade.
"Do I even want to know why you followed me here?"
"I don't have to fucking tell you anything, trash."
Raising an eyebrow, she turned around and faced the Varia Boss, "You and your guys are pretty fond of the word fuck, huh?"
Xanxus smirked at the girl's bluntness. When he saw her fly by the hotel he and his men were staying at while he was out in the balcony drinking, he decided to follow her and see just how wrong the report about her was.
Tsuki found herself staring at the man, now that it was only just the two of them, she realized how handsome the older man was, not that she didn't notice it when she first met him, but since the situation was dire back then, she wasn't able to appreciate just how handsome he is.
The smirk on the Varia Boss' face widened when he noticed the younger checking him out, when her eyes met his, the girl simply gave him an innocent smile, not at all bothered that she was caught staring.
"Like what you see?"
Tsuki laughed at the man's ego, shaking her head, she gave him an amused look, "Who knows."
He couldn't help but be impressed with the girl's carefree attitude, considering who she was talking to, "You're not with any of the scums you call Guardians, are you that confident that you could win on your own against my men if they decided to start the battle early?"
She cocked her head to the side and stared innocently at him, "Hmm, who knows."
Red eyes narrowed dangerously, thinking that the girl was mocking him, Xanxus pulled out one of his guns and within seconds, he was towering over her, his gun pressed against her forehead. "You have a death wish?"
Tsuki raised an eyebrow, not even bothering to acknowledge the gun pointed at her, or the fact that the guy who wanted her dead was standing so close to her, "Do you really want to kill me now?"
The younger of the two didn't even flinch when he started feeding his Flames to his gun, "Why the fuck not? Killing you now would make things less annoying."
Tsuki locked her gaze with his, "That's true…" raising a hand, she grabbed the barrel of the gun, its heat not affecting her, she slowly nudged the gun aside and stepped closer to him, "but…" with a smirk on her face, Tsuki pulled the man down by his tie until she was staring straight into his red eyes, eyes that was blazing with lust, she didn't doubt that the very same thing was showing in her own sunset-amber eyes, "I thought you wanted to play?" she whispered, lips hovering over his.
Xanxus growled deep in his throat when he saw the lust and the teasing glint in her eyes. "Don't start something you can't finish, Vasílissa," he threatened.
Her eyes widened slightly at the nickname, "Whoever said I can't finish this? I thought by now you'd know not to underestimate me, Xanxus."
Xanxus fought down a shiver at the sensual way the girl uttered his name. Fucking brat.
From the corner of her eyes, Tsuki noticed the sun was about to rise. Reborn's going to kill me if I'm late.
Pulling away from the man, Tsuki let his tie drop and walked backwards until she was standing at the edge of the cliff, "Neh, you look like someone who wouldn't bother watching other people's fight, but…" she left her sentence hanging, giving the man one final look, she flipped backward and let herself fall, igniting her Flames before she could hit the ground and soaring into the sky.
Xanxus scoffed and watched in amusement as the girl disappeared. "Dramatic brat."
Tsuki smiled when a long arm wrapped itself around her shoulder while she was walking on her way to school.
"Yo."
"Ohayo, Takeshi."
Takeshi smiled back. "Are you excited for tonight?"
Tsuki nodded in agreement. Leaning her head on his chest, she wrapped an arm around his waist and basked in the warmth of her Rain. Out of all her Guardians, Takeshi was her favorite person to relax with. Whenever she feels like she was about to be overwhelmed with all her responsibilities—Mafia related or not—she always sought the teen's presence, his Flames' tranquility attribute helped keep her relax and unwind, not to mention, the teen himself was the epitome of warmth and serenity. Even Kyoya was willing to let the teen stay over at his place and sleep in his room every time the taller teen felt like bonding with him.
"You worried?"
"Not really."
Takeshi pinched the girl's cheek, making her pout.
"Ok, maybe a bit, but not with you guys. I'm worried about Lambo, his opponent looked like a worshiper of Xanxus…"
Takeshi hummed in understanding, "Well, you already made up your mind about that. You just have to convince Reborn to agree to it."
Tsuki sighed, "Aa, convincing him should be easy enough. It's Iemitsu I'm more worried about, the man's an idiot, he doesn't know how to listen. I'm sure he's going to find a way to fuck up my plan."
"Hahahaha. Maa, Tsuki, I'm sure we can handle him, try not to think too hard on your own, alright? We're here for you, and you're not alone in this."
Tsuki eyes softened at her Rain's words, "I know."
"Che. For the first time, you actually said something right, Yakyu-baka."
Hayato said, walking towards the two teens, not even reacting when he saw their arms wrapped around each other. Once upon a time, he would have blown up if he saw the same sight, but after all the time he spent with them, he realized that every single one of them was affectionate in their own way. His Sky and Yakyu-baka with their hugging, Shibafu-atama with his never ending insistent of training with them, Pineapple-head with his habit of constantly touching them, even the Teme with his habit of using whoever he finds first as a lap pillow, refusing his demands will end up with you being bitten to death and still, with his head on your lap. Of course all this affections were platonic, even Mukuro's indecent touching (of course not including his Sky, he would never do that to her, even as a joke) was strictly platonic, he just wanted to annoy them.
"Leave everything to us, Juudaime. We'll make sure we win this."
Takeshi blinked, noticing the box the other was carrying, "Hm? What's this, Hayato? Paper airplanes?" he asked while opening the lid.
"Oi! Don't open it!" Hayato protested, glaring at him.
"What are you going to do with those?"
Hayato did a 180 and smiled brightly at his Juudaime, "I'm going to use it for training. I still haven't mastered my technique yet, so I'm heading to the mountains to train."
"Try not to skip class too much, or else Kyoya will bite you to death," Tsuki warned.
"Tsk. I'd like to see him try."
"Oh, where is he anyway?" Takeshi asked, turning to his Sky, "I want to try some of my new techniques on him."
Tsuki thought about it, "I think he's still training with Dino-nii. Try the school's rooftop, they should be there."
Meanwhile at Nami Chuu's rooftop, two people with blood all over their clothes stood facing each other.
Tsuki and Takeshi arrived at school just before the bell rang, waving as they passed the second-in-command of the Disciplinary Committee filling in for the president. After Takeshi informed his Sky that he and Hayato would be picking her up later, he headed straight for the roof to challenge the wayward Cloud.
"Ah, Tsuki-chan, ohayo."
Tsuki turned and smiled at the girl, "Ohayo, Kyoko."
"Ne, do you know what Onii-san is up to? Last night when he got home, he told me that he and Colonnello-kun were going somewhere and left before I could say anything, he didn't even tell me where they were going."
Tsuki tried hard not to look away from Kyoko's worried gaze, not letting her guilt show on her face, she gave the girl a reassuring smile, "Maa, I'm sure whatever he's up to, he's going to be careful. So don't worry about him, you know how he is."
Kyoko stared at her for a moment before nodding her head in agreement and smiling at the girl, "Arigato, Tsuki-chan."
"Do we really have to bring Lambo with us? I know he's a Guardian and all, but…"
"Dame-Tsuki, you've been asking that question since you got home from school, my answer won't change. So quit it."
The hyperactive cow-child bounced around in her room, "Lambo-san will go. Lambo-san will go."
Tsuki sighed in defeat, picking up the child, she nodded at Reborn.
"Tsu-chan, Take-kun and Haya-kun are here."
"I'll be there in a sec."
Putting on her gloves, Tsuki wondered if the Varia Boss will show up, too distracted by her thoughts, she didn't notice Reborn staring at her inquisitively.
Squalo was having a hard time not openly gaping at his boss, but he couldn't stop himself from sending glances at him from the corner of his eyes. Voi, the fuck is boss doing here?
He wasn't the only one, the rest of the Varia were also discreetly sending glances at the scarred man sitting nonchalantly on his red throne, his eyes closed and arms folded on his chest like it was the most normal thing in the world for him to be there and watch his subordinate's fight.
"Neh, Squ-chan, not that I'm not flattered that the boss came here to watch me fight, but… I'm a bit..."
Squalo nodded his head in agreement, "Aa. You're not the only one."
"The brats are here," the illusionist of the group said, sensing the Mist user of the other group.
Xanxus' eyes opened and looked straight in the direction of the girl who had the audacity to tease him earlier, he fought down the urge to growl out loud when he saw what she was wearing. Fuck.
"Remind me again, why do we have to wear our uniform?" Takeshi asked, rubbing the back of his head.
"Che. Ask that Teme over there," Hayato grumbled unhappily.
"Hn. We're in Nami Chuu. Proper attire is required," the Cloud simply stated.
"Kufufufufu. One of Skylark-kun's conditions for using his school as a battlefield. That, and our Sky here signing mine and Takeshi's death warrant."
Tsuki rolled her eyes, "No one's going to die."
"I'm not so sure about that."
Tsuki pouted and turned to her Cloud, "You can't kill them. Do you know how hard it is to find a good illusionist and a swordsman?"
Takeshi and Mukuro sweat dropped. That's her concern….
"Hmm, Mukuro doesn't go to our school, so why is he extremely wearing our uniform?" Ryohei asked, his head tilted to the side with a look of wonder on his face.
Mukuro turned to him with an offended look, "Are you trying to leave me out?"
Xanxus couldn't help but stare at the girl's legs and imagine how good it would look wrapped around his waist, the way her black blazer was hugging her curves wasn't helping his libido, hunger briefly flashed in his eyes before going back to its usual indifference. Smirking, he raised an amused eyebrow at the girl when their eyes met, his smirk growing wider when she bit her lip and looked away, judging with how flushed her cheeks was, he didn't doubt that she knew what he was thinking about.
No one noticed the brief interaction between the two bosses except for one person. Reborn did not miss the way Xanxus was looking at his student, nor the way his student didn't even look bothered by it, like it wasn't the first time she saw the other boss looking at her like that. What have you gotten yourself into? Dame-Tsuki.
"Now that everyone is here, we will commence with the battle."
The teens looked up and saw the Cervello standing near the Varia.
"Upon a strict conference, the battle for tonight's Ring Conflict has been decided. The first match is… the battle between the Guardians of the Sun."
Tsuki blinked, "So Onii-san's first…"
"Pink-haired Herbivores…"
The Cervello turned to the direction of the teen, "Hm?"
Gray eyes narrowed dangerously, "What makes you think I'd simply agree with the decisions made by people who are clearly in favor of the Monkey King's crowd?"
Levi bristled at the teen's insult, "How dare you insult our boss!" he bellowed, pulling one of his parabolas and getting ready to attack the disrespectful teen.
Hibari smirked, tonfas appearing in his hands in a swift manner.
"Voooi! Levi! Calm the fuck down!"
"Oi Hibari! Don't extremely get in the way of my fight! I've been extremely looking forward to this!"
Kyoya gave him a blank look before looking at his Sky, "Small Animal…"
Everyone's attention turned to the girl, who surprisingly enough, was watching everything with amusement in her eyes.
Tsuki ignored everyone else and locked her gaze with the Cloud.
Xanxus' felt an intense wave of annoyance watching the brat and her even more of a brat Guardian having a silent conversation, his fingers itching to pull out his guns and shoot the black-haired scum.
Kyoya inwardly rolled his eyes, "Do as you wish," he muttered, ignoring the amused look his fellow Guardians were giving him.
Tsuki grinned, "Don't I always? Besides… does it even matter?"
"Hm? What do you mean, Tsuki?" Takeshi asked.
"Even if Cervello favors the Varia, does it matter? In the end, the only thing that would matter is…" looking at the Varia Boss in the eyes, Tsuki smirked, "whoever wins."
Xanxus smirked back, mirth flashing in his eyes, "Hn."
Squalo's eyes narrowed. Voi, what the fuck is going on between them?
The Varia and Cervello jumped down, landing in front of Tsuki and her Guardians.
"Thank you for gathering. We shall now begin the battle for the Rings. Please look over there."
The two sides looked to where the Cervello was pointing and saw a small square stage that looks exactly like a boxing ring, only this ring was surrounded by a cage-like metal.
"What the hell is that?" Hayato asked.
"It's a special arena that we've prepared for the match between the Guardians of the Sun," one of the Cervello explained.
The other one continued, "We considered the traits of the Sun Guardian in preparing the arena, although the different matches will be located in different places."
"I assume all damages will be properly paid for," Hibari said in a tone that suggested that it better be the case, or someone was going to be bitten to death.
The Cervello nodded, "Hai."
"Good."
Tsuki narrowed her eyes at the ring, staring particularly hard on what's hanging from the cage, "Destroying the misfortune that attacks the Famiglia with their own body—they become the Sun that brightly shines upon an area."
Her Guardians turned to look at her, confused.
"Tsuki/Juudaime?"
Even the Varia was wondering what the girl was on about.
"That's the duty of the Sun Guardian…. Neh, Reborn, do you have a pair of sunglasses with you?"
Reborn stared impassively at the girl, "Sunglasses? In the middle of the night? Who would have something like that, Dame-Tsuki."
Tsuki shrugged and pointed at the Varia's Sun, "That guy's wearing sunglasses and no one's commenting."
"It's called fashion, dear," the Sun answered airily.
"Do you have an extra pair?" Tsuki asked, walking casually over to where the flamboyant man was standing and ignoring her Guardians protests.
The Varia (not including the amused boss) stared in disbelief when she stopped right in front of them, holding out her hand expectantly. Lussuria turned to his fellow Guardians, looking utterly lost.
"Well?"
Xanxus threw his head back and laughed, shocking not just the Varia, but also everyone else except for the impulsive girl. "Give the brat what she wants and let's get this shit fucking over with." He gave his subordinates a blank look when they turned to look at him incredulously.
Lussuria looked at the girl smiling innocently, eyeing her warily, he wondered if she did something to his boss, but since he happen to enjoy breathing, he decided to let it go. "Here."
Tsuki accepted the sunglasses and thanked the man before walking back to her still shocked friends. "What?"
"Um, Juudaime… why…?" Hayato stumbled over the question he wanted to ask, not really sure what he wanted to ask in the first place.
Tsuki smiled at him before looking at Ryohei and handing him the sunglasses, "Ganbatte, Onii-san."
Ryohei blinked in confusion. Accepting the sunglasses, he decided to trust his Sky, "Aa. I'll extremely win this, Sawada."
"I know you will," Tsuki said, a soft smile on her face.
"Well then, if everyone's ready, the Guardians of the Sun, please come to the center of the Ring."
The Sun Varia smirked and made his way to the arena, "I'll go and play now~"
"I'll enjoy this, Lussuria."
"Hurry up and kill him," Squalo ordered.
Ryohei nodded at his friends, "I'll go now. Leave it to me," he assured, raising a fist as he made his way to the arena.
"Ne, Tsuki. Aren't we going to form a circle or something?"
Tsuki flinched. I was kind of hoping he wouldn't say that.
Ryohei's eyes sparkled at the suggestion, "That sounds passionate! I've always wanted to do that!"
"Morons, why would I do something that lame!?" Hayato protested, he was about to make his escape but Takeshi grabbed him before he could.
Mukuro was about to shift far away from his embarrassing family but was grabbed by Hayato.
"If I'm going down, you're fucking going down with me."
Kyoya kept on hitting the herbivorous boxer whose arm was wrapped around his waist, but said boxer was persistent, "I am going to kill you for this."
"Lambo-san wants to join!" Lambo exclaimed, jumping on Mukuro's shoulder.
Takeshi looked at his Sky with his usual smile on his face, "Tsuki?"
Tsuki shook her head in defeat and complied. Ducking under the Rain Guardian's arm, she wrapped an arm around his waist and the other around Ryohei's since she was considerably shorter than them.
"Ryohei! Fight!"
"Oh!"
"Yosh! I feel my extreme power overflowing!" Ryohei exclaimed with both his fists in the air.
"You must have sucked all of mine. I feel drained," Mukuro quipped.
Squalo looked at his boss from the corner of his eyes, noticing the hard look he was giving the Rain brat, particularly the Rain brat's arm that was still wrapped around the Sky brat's shoulder. The fuck?
The Cervello asked to inspect the Rings of both sides to make sure it was real, both Sun handed them the Rings and waited.
"There's no mistake. We have confirmed that these are the real Half Vongola Rings. As a rule, the Rings will be hung from your necks. "
The two Sun accepted the chain that was given to them and clasped it around their necks. Ryohei took his top off in preparation for the battle, blinking in surprise when the other man on the ring walked closer and started inspecting his body.
"Wha—!?"
"Oh my!" Lussuria squealed in delight, "From up close, your body looks mighty fine! You're like totally my type~"
Mukuro and Hayato started laughing at the bewildered look on the boxer's face.
"I've decided. I'm taking you home."
"What are you saying!?"
Mammon hummed, "It's rare for anyone to fit under Lussuria's tastes…"
Levi nodded his head in agreement, "He's an unlucky kid."
"I don't know what you're talking about, but I'm just going to fight fair and square!" Ryohei declared in his boxing position.
"Oh my~ that's a pose for boxing. Now, isn't that pathetic?" Lussuria mocked, flinging his coat off, he declared, "I, Lussuria, shall go ahead and play with you using the ultimate standing martial art, Muay Thai."
Ryohei narrowed his eyes.
"Compared to the beauty of my Muay Thai, boxing is nothing more than a game."
The boxer glared at him, "I won't allow you to mock boxing!"
The other Sun simply chuckled in reply.
"The Sun Ring, Lussuria vs. Sasagawa Ryohei, battle start!"