DISCLAIMER I DO NOT OWN KATEKYO HITMAN REBORN

Natsuki's POV

Once we returned to future time we had one night to rest. Nothing eventfully happen during the night which gave us a bit of a break. Not that I got much sleep from the paranoia of a possible night raid. I needed to remain on my toes until those bastards were defeated. I didn't have time for sleep. I could stay awake on missions with no problem. Not of my free will though.

I rolled on my bed more times than I could count that Fantasma had to take refuge on the table for the night. I would kill for that sleeping spell Mammon put on me. To say I was stressed was an understatement. I needed to stay sharp.

When morning came I had to splashed water on my face to awaken myself. I visited the infirmary for some eye drops to get rid of the pain of staying up so late. Squalo was having a voice call with Varia back in Italy so I had to make it look like nothing was wrong. I exited the infirmary finding Reborn waiting by the door.

I brushed him aside not caring why he was at the infirmary. Probably to visit Lal or Irie who were still recovering, I assumed. But I didn't miss he way his eyes seemed to be in thought when making eye contact with me. Yet I couldn't tell if it was because of our situation or by me.

The door to the communication rooms opened, immediately letting Squalo's screams escape. He was complaining with Lussuria about Xanxus not making time for him. "Morning Lussuria, Squalo-sama." I took a seat on the couch throwing my jacket and mask beside me. I flopped onto my side wishing I had a pillow to cuddle with.

"Ah Nat-chan! Listen to this. Squ-chan keeps yelling at me but I've been so busy cleaning up the Millefoire that I may have developed wrinkles. When I tell Bel to come help us he disappears for a few hours then I find him sleeping in his room. How un-cute, right?"

"Well what did you expect? Did you ever piece together that his name is Belphegor?" I shifted myself trying to get comfortable. "What about Fran? Shouldn't he be helping?"

"THAT'S RIGHT! SEND FRAN HERE! WE NEED HIS ILLUSIONS!"

"Fran-chan? Oh that's right! He went to go visit a girl. What was her name again? W.W?"

"W.W?" We questioned at the same time. Squalo didn't take it as well as I did. He pressed his face against the camera of the computer. I rubbed my temples not wanting to mix myself up with Squalo's anger fits. Lussuria's face started to deteriorate with static then shut off completely.

"VOOOOI LUSS! LUSSURIA! NATSUKI! FIX THE DAMN CONNECTION!"

"Yes. Yes." I trudged my body over to the computer, pushing Squalo out of the way. I took out my phone and attached a wire to the computer. I typed a few codes in order to hack Giannini's system. I would have thought that a Vongola engineer would be better at programming. I should tell Irie and Spanner to improve it later.

My eyebrows scrunched up. "This doesn't make any sense." I mumbled continuing to search the system. Squalo peered his head over my shoulder breathing a bit too close for my liking. I stepped to the side pointing at a part in the coding. "See this." I made a circle with my finger. "This is all normal."

My finger dragged across to the screen to the left bottom corner. "It's this part that is the problem. At first I thought you or Lussuria just broke the line. But this shows that we lost communication from an outside element. We didn't lose power so the only other explanation is if a meteor is currently crashing in to earth or-"

"This is an emergency transmission! Repeat! This is an emergency transmission! Please assemble in the conference room at once!" Giannini's voice rang out on the com system.

"Or a large metal body mass." I finished my sentence from earlier. The Real Funeral Wreaths were back. Squalo and I nodded at each other. He tossed me both of my accessories. As a habit my jacket flew on with my mask in the inner pocket. Fantasma stomped his foot in excitement. We smirked at each other while fist bumping. "Shall we?"

We didn't rush ourselves as we headed towards the conference room. We were the last to arrive in the group. "VOOOOI WHAT'S GOING ON?"

As soon as Squalo finished his sentence the wall behind us blew up. I covered my face as we were flooded in smoke containing debris. I felt an extreme amount of concentrated Storm flames flow its way towards us only to be counter attacked with Squalo's Rain flames. "Squalo-sama?"

He looked my way giving me a nod. I silently understood what he meant. He was going to take on the intruder. Alone. The smoke cleared revealing the magma man. He complained about breaking his ear piece hiding the fact that he was releasing Storm flames. I stood back to back to Squalo with my arms held out, preventing Gokudera and Yamamoto from advancing any further.

After realizing the intimate threat the magma man held against them they all started running away. I lagged behind a little. "If you die, I'll be the first one to kick your corpse."

"I ain't dying against this freak." He smirked at me elbowing me to go. I rolled my eyes at him then took off. I believed in him more than anyone to defeat whoever stood in his path. I didn't need any more dead family members.

We gathered outside trying to find the best place to hide when we were thrown to the floor by an explosion. "Voooi..." I held my breath, balling my fist with dirt when his weak voice came from my pocket. "This will end earlier than I expected." Because he defeated the magma freak. Because Squalo wouldn't have lost.

"Natsuki." No. Don't say anything. You need to hide yourself. You're still fighting. You can't be talking right now. "Take Yuni as far away from here as you can!" The ground shook violently from another explosion coming from the base.

Yamamoto quickly stood back up, charging back into the base. "Squalo!"

I grabbed his forearm. He gave me this look of pity in his eyes while urging me to let go. My bangs hid my face as I let out shaky heavy breathes feeling my heart pumping erratically, filling myself with adrenaline. With more strength than wanted I held onto him. "Haru-chan! Where is that realtor?!"

"Y-yes! Everyone follow me!" Yamamoto pleaded me with his eyes. I shook my head no. Against his will, I dragged him through the streets of Namimori, away from the base. A few more explosions made a few of us stumble but no one stopped running.

We arrived at Kawahira Realtor with our only hope being dead for 2 years now. The strange owner gave off the vibe of being nothing. It was like he wasn't even standing in front of us right now. It was different than an illusion. Much stronger, much more dangerous. Nonetheless, we had no choice then to put our trust in him.

I hid behind the couch with Gokudera and the two kids. Magma freak was closing in us, threatening to burn down the building. That is until Kawahira did something. I couldn't see what happen yet I felt a flame presences appear one second, gone the next. Magma freak ran after the flames in assumption that it was us most likely.

Kawahira played it off as a coincidence but it was obvious that he had something to do with it. He even directed our attention from him onto a nearby fight in Nami Chuu. That place was about 20 minutes away so sensing a fight there was incredible.

I lean back against the couch finally having a second to breathe. Tsunayoshi was panicking near the front door trying to establish contact with Kyoya and Dino. Yamamoto sat beside me with his elbows resting on his knees. He didn't say anything but I could tell that we were thinking the same thing. We wanted to go back for Squalo but we knew that it was our duty to stay with the rest of the group. For now we had to ignore our desires to watch over Yuni. It's what Squalo offered his life to do.

After receiving confirmation that Kyoya defeated Daisy, Kawahira took it as a good time to leave. He said nothing more than him going on vacation giving one last chilling wind with exit. The whole thing just made my stomach churn. Lambo suddenly yelling didn't make me feel any better.

"How do think Squalo is?" Yamamoto asked in a hushed tone.

"Fine. Squalo-sama would rather eat shit before admitting defeat." I rubbed my forehead. This headache was getting annoying. I've had sleepless nights before why was this one different?

"You're right." Yamamoto gave his usual smile. I noticed that his shoulders dropped a little in relief. Though my mind was still screaming I couldn't help but worry over Squalo. I doubt that he was dead yet every moment his health line could be depleting. Can someone get Lambo to shut the hell up?!

I lunged over as my stomach was taking a turn for the worse. My mind clicked as I realized that my stomach pain shouldn't correspond with my headache. There was something else at bay. My mind was starting to pound trying process why. "Hey, are you okay?" Yamamoto placed on hand on my shoulder.

I raised my head to assure him. That's when I saw Yuni and Chrome on the opposite couch. They were both in cold sweat, shivering and pale faced. It wasn't just my lack of sleep that was messing with me. There was a threat here. "Everyone stand on guard! An enemy is nearby!"

Gokudera, Basil and Sasagawa ran to the door with their weapons in hand. I held my head. I knew this feeling. It was so similar to Daemon Spade's presence. An unreal presence that didn't feel fully human. I took deep breathes reasoning with myself.

It started around the time that Kawahira left. However it didn't make sense that he was the cause since he already saved us from Zakuro. My stomach started hurting as soon as he left. Something must have caused my intuition to go off. That was the same time that Lambo starting his yelling.

I found Lambo near the foot of the opposite couch staring directly at Yuni. My eyes widened when I saw him grinning. It wasn't of happiness, it was the way his eyes were glimmering with blood lust and baring teeth. He was the source of everything. "Fantasma!"

Fantasma understood what I was saying and shot into ouroboros form to wrap around Lambo's neck. I shook off my headache to pick up Lambo, slamming him into the wall. "What are you?"

"Lambo-san doesn't like it when people try to escape when I attack from the outside so I snuck inside." I was thrown back from an explosion of Mist flames. The Lambo impersonator turned out to be Real Mist Funeral Wreath, Torikabuto.

He easily bypassed the defenses at the door blowing the entrance to bits. Kikyo and Bluebell were waiting on standby, attacking the second Yuni was out of range. With Kikyo and Bluebell blocking off Torikubato we were at the disadvantage. That was until Lightning Gamma and two members of Giglio Nero's Familigia came to the rescue. They bought off time for Yuni to be secured and for Tsunayoshi to rush to their side.

Torikubato's secret weapon was in his chest. A box weapon that was implanted into each Real Funeral Wreath that gave them the power to be a box weapon themselves. Torikubato's animal was a moth mimicking the unique wing pattern. Mixed in with his illusions he was able to wrap space around us.

Even Tsunayoshi couldn't break through until Chrome's box weapon went through Cambio Forma. With the teamwork between the two of them, Torikubato was defeated and Yuni was brought back to safety.

I fell to my knees once Yuni was secure, feeling like throwing up. 'Forgetting someone?'

I jumped back to my feet over to the wall Fantasma rested under who reverted back to frog form. Most likely from the shock of Mist flames on him. I scooped him in my hands. 'Sorry my head is not in the best state right now.'

'Well snap out of it. I understand that you're sleepless but we are at war right now. This little fight now proved that both sides has tricks up their sleeves. We must remain on guard.' My head dropped in shame. The girls and Sasagawa were tending the injured while Tsunayoshi went back to his usual panicking mode.

Fantasma was right. Squalo was taken down and Yuni was that close to being taken away and I couldn't break the stupid illusion. Time was ticking until the final battle.

I walked over to Tsunayoshi, tapping him on the shoulder. He jumped a little, relaxing at the sight of me. "Now that Yuni is secured I'm going to head back to the base."

"The base? Are you planning to go back for Squalo?" I gave him a nod.

"I get that our side is going into an uphill fight with all the injured but I'm going to be no help if I don't have my mind in the field. Squalo-sama is still there. As long as nothing is confirmed I won't be able to fight in a life or death battle. Once I confirm with my own eyes then, and only then, will I be able to support you." He thought about it a little.

"I-" He gave a sigh. "...Understand. Though it makes me a bit nervous to let you out there by yourself I understand where you're coming from."

"She won't be alone." Bianchi placed her arm around my shoulder. "Tsuna I'll be going out too." She said. Giannini, Spanner and Yamamoto joined our side agreeing to come with me for their own different reasons. Reborn gave us a word of warning but still allowed us to go.

I pushed Bianch's arm away, walking over to Yuni tending to Lightning Gamma. She stopped applying the medicine when she me come closer. "Yuni. Honestly speaking I do not trust you nor do I have a reason to. Even though you were being controlled, you cannot deny the fact that you originally agreed to meet with Byakuran knowing full well of the consequences. While in limbo it is possible that you would have been under an influence that changes the way you think. So I ask you this. Can you really be trusted? Not as the Sky Arcobaleno but as a person."

Gamma abruptly stood up with a face of anger written all over it. However Yuni tugged on his sleeve stopping him from doing anything. She stood up, slightly pulling him back. "Natsuki-san, you are right. I have no right to gain anyone's trust after all that I've put you through. Put everyone through. However I can't handle the fact that Byakuran is destroying people's way of life. I can't convince you to follow me any further so I can only tell you that I will give everything to make sure that Byakuran will not ruin anymore futures."

I stared into her blue eyes. Her unwavering, deep blue eyes. It was like that time when she requested Tsunayoshi to protect her. A bold spirit that did not back down to anyone. A selfless, determined young girl.

I scratched my head looking away for a second. Everyone else was looking at our conversation wondering where I was going with my little interrogation. I looked back at Yuni seeing that she did not back down for a second. Taking a closer look I found that her hands were shaking. Having her stand in front of me for the first time, I realized that I never took in how young she was. From the looks of it Yuni was no older than 10 or 11. At such an age she had lost her mother, had been brainwashed and was currently being hunted down. Such a young girl with pressure bearing shoulders.

With one hand I took her right hand while the other hand dug into my pocket. "Then this rightfully belongs to you." I whispered placing Mammon's pacifier into her hand away from everyone else's view.

I let go of both her hand and the pacifier heading over to the returning group. Yuni said nothing but I caught her bowing in my peripheral vision. "What did you give her?" Yamamoto asked.

"Nothing. Let's head back before it gets late." We let Giannini lead the way to a vending machine which in reality was a secret passage way to the underground base.

The majority of people spread out around the base to do what they needed while Yamamoto and I stayed together. We scoured the area for who know how long. We didn't say much as we searching. That I was grateful for. We continued further and further into the base until we reached an area with the most damage. I brushed my hand against the burn marks on the walls. 'Squalo-sama. Why do you always do this?'

"Natsuki-chan." I retracted my hand looking over to him. Following his gaze I saw a sword and Squalo's prosthetic arm sticking out of a pile of rubble. We nodded at each other before rushing over to dig it out. It was a dud yet it was a sign that he was close by. We stuck around the area eventually being able to dig out Squalo's unconscious body. I placed 2 fingers on the side on his neck.

"How is he?" I laid my hand on my chest settling my heart.

"He's losing blood as we speak, weak pulse, definitely a broken rib or two, his foot shouldn't be in that direction and we have to reattach his prosthetic hand but... He's alive." I heard him release a breath as I continued my examination. "Here, help me carry him to a safer part of the base."

We both carefully took an arm around our shoulders careful not to break him anymore. Yamamoto was taller than me so he ended up with most of the weight. I was more mindful of watching Squalo's dragging feet.

Fortunately, the infirmary didn't suffer too much damage that we were able to give him treatment with our limited knowledge. We even played on the safer side to not call put Sun flames on him in case of us healing him the wrong way. By the time we were able to stabilize his body, nightfall had already set. We decided that the safest course would be for us to rest in the base for the night with the leftover food for dinner.

"Hello? Natsuki-senpai? Natsuki-senpaiiiii!" I unhooked my mask off my belt after hearing Fran's voice. I readjusted Squalo's arm on my shoulder. I brought the mask closer to my ear hitting the response button.

"Fran? Why are you here? I thought you were on a separate mission with some girl."

"Ah well this was Master's call. The other senpais are here as well. Unfortunately, master is super under practice and rusty-" A thump was heard in the background cutting him off. "Ow. Master what was that for?" I heard someone mumble near him. "It's true isn't it?" Another thump. "Fine. Fine. Natsuki-senpai?"

"Still here." I responded.

"Well Master has a plan to take care of the Real Funeral Wreaths but we need your knowledge to help us." I looked at the unconscious body beside me. Even with Yamamoto holding the other arm, we were still struggling with keeping him from dragging on the floor. I felt guilty that I would abandon him. It's not like I could bring Squalo and Yamamoto with me. Mukuro was a lone wolf in a sense. Though I couldn't care less about the man, he has a worthy tactician.

A trail of Mist flames appeared in front of us, resembling the legend of will-o-wisps. "That's not something you see every day."

"It's meant for me to follow." I placed my mask back onto my belt. An explosion blew up a few miles in the forest. The only way I knew the location was the amount of smoke coming from deeper in. A pit grew in my stomach. "Yamamoto-san, Varia is already here. The battle is becoming more intense. If I advance forward then you'll be left alone. Can you handle that?"

"Yeah. Leave it to me." I carefully unhooked Squalo's arm, gently putting it by his side. I took one of his long strands of hair twirling it around my finger. Stupid shark. If he wasn't unconscious I would have yanked this strand out as punishment.

I gave out a sigh dropping it. I slipped on my mask then tied back my hair not having time to braid it back like usual. I didn't give them a second look following Fran's will-o-wisp trail. It lead deep into the forest to a small clearing. The smell of burning wood mixed in with watery smell of the nearby lake was nauseating. Not to mention that Mukuro's presence was closer than ever.

I pushed one more branch out of the way when I made it into the clearing. Fran was the only one sitting on a large boulder while the Kokuyo gang stood nearby. Mukuro was the first to acknowledge my arrival with a twist of his head backwards. The real Mukuro in flesh in blood. Not an illusion or a Chrome possessed body. "Haunting Shadows. Didn't think that you would show up."

"Rokudo Mukuro. I couldn't go against my cute kohai wishes." No matter how much I despised the one he calls Master. "Now. Fran should know that I don't like wasting time with you of all people."

"Kufufufu, he may have said something about that. Still mad that the Indigo Arcobaleno couldn't defeat hell's curse?"

"Still with the pineapple haircut even after 10 years?" We both took one step forward. Even with my mask on I knew that Mukuro could feel me glaring at him and him me. Soft spots for both of us. Me Varia. Him hair. We looked at each for a few more seconds, establishing our grounds with each other. This was only temporary.

I moved over to Fran, resting one arm on top of his frog hat. He shifted a little when I leaned most of my weight onto him hoping that he can give me a bit of comfort over my, now two, sleepless nights.

"Haunting Shadows, tell me what you know about the Real Funeral Wreaths."

I took my staff out drawing seven circles in the dirt. "Currently our enemies have 2 members removed. The zombie Daisy and undead man Torikabuto." I crossed out two of the circles. "Remaining, 5 including Byakuran with the Lightning still unknown." I drew a question mark over one circle. "With a high probability, the remaining 3 have a box weapon implanted into their bodies to allow them to take on the form of an animal."

I thought back to when each Mare ring user fought. "Bluebell, is most likely a sea creature compared to the other animals that she possesses. Zakuro a sharped claw creature that is able to slash steel and smell far distances given his fight with Squalo-sama. Kikyo, the leader, is undetermined but is able to watch over large areas shown when he killed Phantom Knight in Choice. Byakuran, has used the power of parallel worlds to study each person's technique. So far the only known weapon against them are the Vongola Box Weapons. Those out of commission on our side, Lal Mirch, Gokudera-san, Yamamoto-san, Sasagawa-san and Giglio Nero's Lightning Gamma, Nosaru and Tozaru. Unknown Kyoya-kun and Bucking Horse Dino. Eight non-combatants."

"A fearsome opponent indeed. Nagi is late showing up so we'll have to buy some time on our hands." A large purple ball exploded in the sky by the lake's location not too far from us. I recognize it as an open carnage box. The ground shook a bit as it something was crawling through.

"Well looks like times up." Another ball appeared in the sky, this time being a bright yellow. "Whatever we're doing, Sasagawa-san's going to need us soon. 3 minutes limit."

"3 minutes?" A burly blond animal boy asked.

"Each Vongola box is based off of the original members. Knuckle was a priest that gave up boxing. When stepping back into the ring he had a limit of 3 minutes for himself. If the box resembles anything of him then that would be the story." Mukuro tossed me a ring which I caught with the end of my staff. Bringing it closer to my face my eyes narrowed.

"No way." I dropped the ring into Fran's hands. "I have no purpose for a Hell ring." Hell rings, though stronger than a normal Mist ring, came with a heavy price. Only those that were incredibly strong or mentally insane would bare these rings. In most cases it was both. How he got so many after being lock in Vindicare for all this time was the bigger question. I lit my own Mist flame with a Varia ring showing it off to him. "This is all I need."

He gave a low chuckle. "Prideful as your fellow members."

He approached the two of us with his hand reaching out to mine. He lit his own plant shaped Hell ring close to mine. Fran followed suit with the 666 ring. "Let's play with the Funeral Wreaths a little."

Mukuro and Fran's level were way beyond my skill. Covering the entire forest in an illusion, they managed to take the defensive strategy and played with each Funeral Wreath discovering each of their tricks. I was mostly there for the realistic effect.

Thinking to Fran's attempts at copying Varia during the Millefoire's base raid, it was best that I take the reins on their personalities. Obviously the real ones were not too pleased on Mukuro's plan to kill them off. It was when both sides understood the situation that caused the main battle to begin.

I took to the side lines tending to the injured Vongola. If the Vongola boxes were back in action that would have been the best take on the plan. I half healed Sasagawa's lesions when the final Mare ring user appeared. Ghost.

Bel was the first one to make a move. A wrong move. The knives went straight through the man without as much as a flinch. None of our attacks were working. To top it off, Ghost had this strange ability to suck out our flames at a rapid rate from a distance. Each one of us had to remove our rings and boxes from combat. The only ones still affected were Kikyo, Xanxus and I.

I leaned against the tree in support. Looking over to Xanxus, I saw that he was still losing flames as well. Both of our fingertips bleed out Sky flames against our will. Unlike everyone else who used rings as a channel for their flames, Xanxus and I could still produce them manually. Xanxus was better at hiding his weakness than I.

As I was feeling weak in the knees, Tsunayoshi made his arrival. With Zero Point Breakthrough he absorbed Ghost whole. It wasn't right though. No flames were added to Tsunayoshi's own supply. Things were only made worse when the levitating man known as Byakuran floated to the battlefield. I steadied myself with the tree watching Tsunayoshi challenge him to a fight.

The battle ended with the Vongola rings reverted to the original form and Byakuran defeated. Our win did not come for free though. With the cost of Yuni and Lightning Gamma's life, they were able to revive the Arcobalenos. They were to re-balance out Byakuran's disastrous events to give us back out peaceful past and future.

"Make sure you stay off that leg for a while." Squalo nodded with a pissed look on his face. "And try not to overdo it. Along with receiving treatment from Lussuria. Maybe even check up with a real doctor to replace your hand. Don't forget that your ribs were damaged as well so I would say to avoid training for a while."

"I GET IT! GO BACK ALREADY!" Squalo snapped at my constant reminders. One of my eyebrows raised at him. I took one finger to give him a shove to the ground. He tried to steady himself on his twisted ankle only to wince in pain before falling.

"Gosh that's pathetic. I bet you looked much cooler when saying your goodbyes to Yamamoto-san." He attempted to stand back up when Lussuria took him into his custody.

"Don't worry Nat-chan I'll make sure to watch over him. Take care of yourself as well in the past." I tackled both of them into a tight hug.

"It's nice to know that you guys are still so childish." I let go of them before they had a chance to argue back. I headed over to Fran and Bel watching/ mocking Kikyo. I placed one arm around Fran's shoulders.

"I'm defiantly going to miss having someone younger than me in the group." I thumped my head against his frog head. He dropped something on top of my head making me jump a little. I removed my arm steadying the item above my head.

Bel noticed and took it off. He brought the small item above his head, looking at it through the light. "Ushishishi, a gift from the froggy?"

I snatched it from his hands giving him a little glare for taking it. I ruffled his already messy hair. "Don't be a Levi, Bel. It's not a favorable colour on you."

He brought his face close to mine making me feel his breathe on my cheeks. "I'll be seeing you in the past, Hime."

I bumped foreheads with him giving out a small laugh. "Got it." It was a connection that we had. That we understood goodbye was unnecessary for us. He was the first to back up returning to the half-conscious Kikyo.

I held onto Fran's gift marveling at the little sparkles in the water. A snow globe no bigger than the palm of my hand with a plastic snowman in the middle. It had a tiny black top hat wrapped in a black and red scarf along with an iconic carrot nose. The little object brought a smile to my face. 'Ironic.' "Thank you, Fran. I should probably leave this to future me but is it okay that I sneak it back into the past with me?"

"It was meant for you regardless of time era. Just something I picked up in the country around Vendicare." He replied in his usual monotonous voice joining Bel. I would probably miss his attitude the most.

I slipped it into my pocket hoping that Irie won't have anything to say about it. Or won't see it. I then moved to the final group conversing. Xanxus and Mammon were talking about who knows what with Levi remaining nearby. I removed Fantasma from my head onto Mammon's. "He belongs to you." I noticed that Fantasma snuggled into his well missed Master's head.

I unknowingly rubbed Mammon's head taking in the fact that he was actually here. He wasn't dead anymore. This feeling was surreal. To know that this future was no longer the dystonia that Byakuran made it to be. Mammon didn't move. Without looking at his eyes, it still looked like seemed like a dream. At any moment I would wake up in the Vongola base waiting for the Funeral Wreaths to attack. The only way I knew it wasn't a dream? Because he was warm. Mammon, the heartless illusionist whose only love was money, was warm.

"What are you doing?" In shock of him speaking up I retracted my hand.

"N-nothing. I was - and you are- I wasn't- oh shut up!" I looked in the opposite direction with my lips slightly pouted. I shuffled over to Xanxus. "Xanxus-sama, future me caused some problems that I have to take responsibility for. Hopefully after everything settles down so will my counterpart."

I handed him Fangs' box and my rings. Until these weapons were created in my time, we had to return them over. I could have snuck it back like I was doing with Fran's gift but it would have given me a lot to explain to past Verde.

"Natsuki-san! We're heading back now!" In the distance I saw Tsunayoshi waving to me. Xanxus stuffed my possessions into his pocket giving me a nod. It was somewhat like a sign that said that I did a good job. I looked at Mammon one more time before joining Tsunayoshi.

I landed harshly on my butt from the time travel machine dropping me off. I rubbed the area taking a look at where I landed. Bookshelves were disheveled with many on the floor. Nearby was a wine cabinet having the bottles extremely close to the edge. "What happen here?"

"I was wondering that too."

"X-Xanxus-sama!" I outwardly jumped in fear off the table that I wasn't aware that I was sitting on top of. 'Perfect time and place my ass, Verde.'

"Care to explain why you decided to appear out of thin air into my office coincidentally after the earthquake." Earthquake? I guess that would explain why everything was a mess. "Is your ring moving?"

I looked at my fingers finding a small pup shaped ring. One that looked exactly like Fangs but fully sliver. I almost threw it off when I saw it blink. I gave off a small flame causing my five flames to ball up. Giving off a bit more made the Fangs ring come to life. Fangs in normal pup form jumped onto my lap yipping happily.

"I'm waiting, Fia. How is Fangs a ring?" Xanxus seemed to be taken back by his own words. His eyes slanted holding his head. He eyeballed Fangs' form. 'No way. Did he say Fangs? How could he know his name? Did he somehow gain his future memories?'

I stood up brushing some dust off me. "Xanxus-sama if you give me a few minutes I need to confirm a few things before I say anything." He still looked in confusion about the situation that he waved me off. I was about to take my leave when the door slammed open.

"Boss! Are you okay?!" Levi had threw open the door in a panic fit. The door had enough force to shake the wine cabinet doors a little. The wines inside tipped off the edge. All of them reacted like dominoes crashing one at a time. Each bottle shattering caused the scars on Xanxus's face to expand. The flames of Wrath built around his fist.

I ducked behind his desk as the ball flew above me. Levi was then covered in smoke with his scream filling the air. When the air cleared it left a gaping hole in the wall with Levi not in sight. Lussuria popped his head from the door looking between the us and Levi's hole.

"Ara Nat-chan welcome home." Was all he said.

I raised my head from the desk. I couldn't help but smile at him knowing that this was normal. This was my life. "I'm home."