Disclaimer: I own the OCs, the rest is Akira Amano's work.

Fratellanza

Dino was biting his thumb nail nervously. Tsuna had won his fight and was hurrying to his sister. Yamamoto was dealing with Daisy and Kyoya with Kikyo.

However, Byakuran, the man who killed so many people and brought so many tragedies in their lives, was right in front of his sixteen-year-old sister, who was too weak to fight back. He was so proud of how much the younger version of Luciana improved in such a short amount of time, how she could reach things his current sister had never reached, but he was not serene during her fight. Every time she was hit he would wince, and when he would see so many flames coming from her he would gulp, worrying about the after. Luciana was the target and it was already enough, he didn't want their problems shortening the sixteen-year-old Luciana's life span.

He would never forgive himself if it was the case.

It was no wonder, really, when the moment Byakuran was in front of her he stepped forward instinctively. Reborn was on his shoulder and he was tensed as well, like everyone in the room.

"You gave your all against Zakuro and you won, I'm impressed!" Byakuran complimented her casually, crouching in front of her. He leaned his elbow on his knee, holding his chin in the palm of his hand. "But I mean...you as the target is an automatic win for us. I'll just wait for you to pass out from exhaustion. The flame goes off if your vital energy is below two percent if I remember well, it shouldn't be long." He sighed. "If you had stayed, you wouldn't be like that."

"...I'd rather be like that than submit to you." Her eyes dropped to his hand and Byakuran's eyes turned cold.

"You know, I felt something I had not felt in such a long time earlier. You found a way to use your Sky Flame to its full potential, didn't you?"

"How can he know that?" Squalo wondered out loud and he was right. How could Byakuran know that?

"The guilt must be terrible. After all, if it was not for your future self, I would not have the Mare Ring right now. She could have taken it for herself when the Cervello came to tell us we were both potential wielders."

"What did he just say?" Dino whispered in shock. Reborn sighed.

"You heard him right. Luciana could have worn the Mare Ring herself but she declined it."

"You must have felt so bad when you discovered that! I mean, peering in this parallel world was useful to thwart your brother's plans during the Ring Conflict or even know your way inside their HQ when you infiltrated it, but then she told me she wasn't interested? It's kind of a cowardly move, don't you think?" Luciana was not looking at him but at the ground. "And now you have to fix her mistakes. It's not really fair to you." Her flame shrunk a little.

"Tsuna, faster," Dino muttered between his teeth. Although what Byakuran was saying was a shock and completely new to him, it didn't change the fact his wounded sister was defenseless against him.

"You're right, it's not," she agreed and Dino almost felt his heart sink at that. Hearing Luciana agreeing with someone like Byakuran was hurtful, even if he could not deny it. "I want to slap my future self and the Decimo of this era for dropping this on me and all of us, really, because we're a bunch of teenagers doing what fucking grown-ups can't do. We don't really have a choice though if we want to go back to our time."

"You really think you're going back to your time?" He stood up and stretched out his arm to the right.

Shoichi fell to the ground, a pool of blood growing around him. The gun had not even been used.

"Vooiii what's Sawada doing!?"

"BYAKURAN!" Then, Tsuna arrived in a flash of orange, punching Byakuran who blocked it easily but was sent away.

"Tsuna-kun!"

"Tsuna-san!"

"He's not even hurt," Reborn noted grimly at Byakuran's state.

Shoichi was down. I couldn't really move unless I had help. Byakuran was stronger than Tsunayoshi, I was basically sure of it.

We were doomed.

I was very close to just lay down on the ground and wait for the fight to happen. I almost did because I almost fell face first but I used my hands to support myself.

I frowned suddenly. I caught a glimpse of mist from the corner of my eyes. I squinted and noticed it was a snake.

I loathed snakes.

However, this one had indigo eyes from what I could see. It crawled away very fast and there was something in the back of my mind telling me I probably should follow it. I looked back. Tsunayoshi was busy with Byakuran, great.

I crawled away. I managed to make a turn around a building and found myself alone in an empty street. It felt like I had been crawling for hours when I stopped moving, panting.

I was pathetic. I wanted to slammed my fist on the ground in frustration, but I didn't even have the strength to do that either. I just laid there, on the stomach, my face against the asphalt, motionless, struggling to keep my eyes open.

At least until I heard someone walking toward me. I somehow managed to raise my head enough to see two people. I blinked at one of them and smirked.

"Can I...let go?"

They both nodded and I closed my eyes, ceasing my struggle to stay conscious.

I passed out almost immediately, barely feeling my flame go out and the Cervello announcing the Millefiores as the winners.

"What!?" Tsuna whispered in horror.

"Lucia-chan must be very close to dying then," Byakuran added. They both landed on the ground.

"A...rematch..." They turned their to Shoichi, who was still conscious. "Back...back when we were in college...you promised me what I wanted if I were to lose Choice one day...so I...I want a rematch."

"Shoichi-san, please don't move!" Tsuna yelled as he ran to the injured one, who was trying to sit up. His hand slipped in blood and he fell straight in Tsuna's arms.

"Heh...I don't remember promising anything like that though." Just as his Funeral Wreaths joined him, the rest of the people on the Vongolas' side joined them as well.

Katryna immediately went to Shoichi, the gloves on her hands burning a bright yellow. Dino was looking everywhere for his sister, and everybody was on their guards.

"You…"

"It looks like you're trying to have a rematch when we won fair and square. We even lost a comrade, so I'm not going to pretend remembering a promise Sho-chan."

"The promise exists," a girl voice stated in their back. Reborn's pacifier started shining, just like the orange one around the young girl's neck. "As the Boss of the Black Spell, I hold half of the power. Therefore, I demand a rematch."

"Uni, damn you..." Byakuran muttered darkly. Next to her was a certain purple-haired illusionist wearing the VARIA uniform, carrying an unconscious Luciana.

"Thank God," Dino said in relief, a hand on his chest.

"Uni...is talking on her own free will?" Shoichi mumbled.

"Heh? HEH? She's the other Millefiore Boss!?" Tsuna screamed in shock. Gokudera pointed at Alaric.

"That's Schlang!"

"Why didn't you tell me he was there?" Arro asked his cousin, who was staring at Alaric in disbelief.

"I didn't know he was here!" He discovered Xanxus was training his sister when he arrived in Japan, and now Alaric was there...Damn these two, keeping secrets like that when they were in such a situation!

"So it was you. You've grown, Uni."

"Thank you Uncle Reborn," she replied with a soft smile.

"'Uncle'? You know her Reborn?"

"She's an acquaintance's granddaughter," Reborn explained, twisting the tip of his student's finger.

"Nice to meet your, Vongola Tenth and his Family." Most of the boys blushed.

"So you have recovered Uni-chan. Did the man next to you help you in getting better?" Alaric slightly narrowed his eyes at him.

"She was sick?" Ryohei wondered.

"No. Her soul was broken by Byakuran-san." There were gasps of shock. "But...bringing Uni back was an important part of the plan, so Luciana-san looked for her after she was taken and then asked Alaric to help her repair her soul."

"Senpai did..."

Reborn welcomed Leon, thinking about the amount of explanations there were to give them. When he looked at Byakuran, the man seemed to be deep in thoughts.

"It doesn't change the fact you do not have the power to object any of my decisions," he told her firmly.

"I understand. Then I withdraw from the Millefiore Family." She looked at Tsuna, hands on her chest. "Sawada Tsunayoshi-san, please protect me."

"Me!? Pro...protect you!?"

"Not only me, them as well." She revealed dull pacifiers in her hands.

"Those are..." Lal started in shock.

"Uni-chan, you are not allowed to take these. They're a part of my Tri-Ni-Sette collection."

"You're wrong. They were left in my care, and they're not yours." Then, they shone bright.

Reborn did not like the crazy gleam in Byakuran's eyes, so he shot him when he got too close to Uni, even if Alaric had stepped in front of her.

Alaric, who followed Uni when she went by Tsuna's side didn't stop until he reached Arro.

"Ala..."

"Later Arro, just take care of her until we leave this place," he ordered him, putting Luciana in his arms.

Her breathing was labored.

"They're not going to let us leave," the German continued, looking at Squalo.

"Tch, I fucking know that already Schlang."

They sprinted to the base and once they had put the wounded people inside of it, Byakuran showed himself chasing after Squalo's shark. Alaric almost sniffed in disdain when Mukuro showed up.

He was tasteless, as always. Illusions were not a magic show yet this man kept being obnoxious with them.

Shoichi and Luciana were taken inside the base right when they were back in Namimori by using Hibari's entrance, Katryna going with them alongside Bianchi and Giannini.

"Alaric, can we have explanations?" Dino asked him. "Did Luciana really send you to help Uni?"

"Yes."

"Then what Byakuran said is true as well? About her and the Mare Ring?"

"It does appear so."

"Let's just take it inside," Arro pipped up, Squalo grumpily next to him. "Don't worry Sawada, you can ask Reborn and I'm sure he'll tell you!" Arro told him as the teenagers were observing their exchange. He raised his hands in defense when he realized Dino and Squalo were glaring at him. "Hey, I know about that Mare ring thing because when they were sent back to the past Luciana made me stay while she questioned Shoichi! I didn't know before!"

The three men followed Arro in the communication room, or at least one of them.

"Talk now," Squalo almost barked at the illusionist, who sat down on a couch.

"It just so happens the Miss' Sky Flames are compatible with the Mare Ring. Said ring got sick of being used by Byakuran in...his twisted ways in so many parallel worlds that at some point, it managed to send a dream to the Miss about a world where Byakuran was defeated without controlling when what it showed happened. And yes, she's had dreams about parallel for years, she told me the first one was shortly before she broke Mukuro out of jail, and she got sick each time because the less Sky Flames she had, the more exhausting it was for her."

"One of her most brilliant moments, breaking that guy out of jail..." Squalo cursed under his breath.

"We're not here to discuss about her actions," Arro reminded his cousin, rubbing his wounded arm nervously.

"As I was saying, Reborn knew before her because not long after the VARIA conflict, he went to Italy and talked to Aria, the previous Giglio Nero Boss, about it. She had already approached the Miss in the past, but Reborn couldn't say a word because she was his Boss. In college, the Cervellos told her everything, just like they did to Byakuran. The thing was, she had already had the dream that told her about bringing their past versions. She turned down the ring because she would have lost it shortly after."

"Why didn't she act immediately?"

"That, Don Cavallone, is because she didn't want to make a move before being sure Byakuran was indeed in the Mafia and had started his plan. I think to her, there was a slight chance he...wouldn't do anything."

"Yeah, and look at what happened," Squalo muttered. Arro elbowed him in the ribs to make shim shut up.

"When the Gessos were formed, she told Aria about her dream, who told her to keep living her life and try to put the same plan in place. A week before she became the External Advisor, she told the Decimo about it, so then Kyoya knew as well. But she had told him long before that." Arro glared at Squalo when he clenched his fists. "I've known for barely two months about all of this, when I managed to sneak in, she refused to leave the Millefiore HQ and told me once Uni found, I had to make sure to bring back her soul because the Sky Arcobaleno is the key."

"Ana-nee didn't tell anyone because she felt guilty of Byakuran's actions and couldn't do anything until the Vongola Decimo was ready," a girl voice added. Uni smiled at them and walked next to Alaric, Reborn by her side. "I am sorry for coming in uninvited."

"It's alright," Alaric told her.

"And that's why I hate having a Sky who's also a Cloud. She keeps flying solo..." Arro grumbled, sitting on a table.

"She didn't tell you because she didn't want you to hate her Arro-san." He blinked in confusion and her smile turned sad. "She didn't want you to accuse her of having killed your fiancee."

Arro's heart sunk a little, memories of bright eyes and curly black hair flashing through his mind. His cousin's hand on his shoulder pulled him out of his nostalgia.

"She had a miscarriage in that accident and I still resented her for surviving and not Zelia at first," Arro whispered, pinching the bridge of his nose. "She was right in being scared I guess."

"Who was the father?" Reborn asked, Arro realizing Reborn was not from their time.

"Heh...well...her husband?" Reborn's eyes had a knowing glint.

"Can we please not talk about my sister's love life when we don't even know if she'll make it?" Dino asked them sternly with clenched fists. "Thanks."

"Really, this one is on the Decimo," Alaric stated coldly. "The Miss can be harsh on herself, but he accepted."

"Wait, what did Tsuna do?" Dino questioned him.

"Basically, your Decimo ordered our Luciana to claim the ring in spite of what awakening her Sky Flame would do to her," Reborn summed up. "I guess the VARIA ring she broke was meant for this, but it shouldn't have happened so brutally. He put his flame on the letter and signed as the Decimo, so it was an official order from the Decimo to the External Advisor."

When Dino was about to punch the wall, because he couldn't possibly punch a dead man, Alaric's voice stopped him.

"Repeat that Schlang?" the VARIA Rain told him with wide eyes.

"Sawada Tsunayoshi isn't dead. The bullet didn't kill him, it just...put him in a similar state to make Byakuran believe he had the upper hand. Irie must have forgotten to tell you." He stood up. "Anyway, I have to go. I have a report to do." The illusionist left quietly.

"Dino, we're going back to the past tomorrow. They need to get stronger and I know how to do that, but it's only possible in the past. It should be like last time, only ten minutes will pass for you."

"And?"

"I'm taking Luciana as well."

"You can't expect her to walk! Or even be awake!"

"She'll have more time to rest with us than by staying here. It would weird for them to come back without her anyway."

"I know but..."

"You're aware that if you bring back Lulu to the past in her current condition, my past self and Alaric's past self will one, be very reluctant to let her go again, and two, will most likely call past Dino," Arro pointed out.

"I can deal with these two."

From the look in the baby's eyes, he would not drop the subject, nor did he really care about Dino's approbation.

I was...confused when I woke up. I was still weak, very weak, there was an IV stuck in my arm and the room I was in was in the dark. I was on a fuuton though, and I didn't have that in the base or in the infirmary of the base.

Where was I? I tried to sit up but failed miserably. My body was heavier than usual.

The worst was that I was alone. My breathing fastened without me realizing it but the lights were turned on quickly and my inhalator was in my mouth. An arm slipped behind my shoulders and lifted me up, my free hand now on the person's hand holding my inhaler in my mouth. Once my breathing under control, I looked up at my savior and was relived at the steel-colored eyes staring at me.

"Kyoya, thanks," I whispered to him in a hoarse voice. He just blinked and put a big glass of water at my dry lips. I gulped it down in a few seconds. "It feels better. Where are we?"

"Home," he replied dryly. "In the present. We lost."

"Oh. We lost the Choice or lost lost and went back to the past? Because I stopped fighting when I saw Alaric and the girl with him and he basically said they would take care of the rest an..." He slapped his hand on my mouth.

"Don't talk. We lost the Choice and escaped, the baby decided to have us do other tests to get 'stronger' and we came back three days ago. You've been sleeping for four days." I removed his hand.

"Four days and I'm still this weak?"

"The perverted doctor comes twice a day, the baby and the German one as well." I paled. Alaric was probably mad.

Kyoya put me down and opened the curtains. I shut my eyes at the glaring sun.

"Wait, if it's the middle of the day shouldn't you be in school?" He didn't reply, sitting down next to me instead. I widened my eyes at the bruise on his cheek. "It's more recent than the Choice, isn't it? What..." He grabbed my wrist when I tried to touch the bruise.

"It's nothing, I have Kusakabe working in my place with the Termite." I pursed my lips.

"Did Arro punch you?"

"Schlang did." I gaped slightly. "The Termite wanted to, Schlang held him back but he punched me after."

"Why?"

"Because I brought you here instead of your place or the hospital."

"So those tests?" I asked instead of asking more about this. Kyoya rolled his eyes. "Come on, give me some information about it."

"It's about inheriting something from the First Generation."

"Huh?"

"There were ghosts involved." I sat up straight and if it wasn't for him, my dizziness would have made me fall on the floor.

"Ghosts or the will of the rings were summoned?" He just stared at me. "Did...God, have you met him? The First Cloud Guardian, Alaude? I've only seen pictures but he looks cool, and he's hot, and..." Now Kyoya was glaring at me and I flushed furiously when I realized what I had just said. "But you become hotter when you're an adult!" I ducked my head, my cheeks burning. "A...anyway, he might know my ancestor and in what way I'm related to the Secondo so..."

"I see." I jumped when he blew in my ear, but he caught me in his arms and my head was resting against his shoulder. "He's not interesting at all."

It was...my heart kept pounding against my chest. This Kyoya...never hugged me like that, it was usually when we were sleeping and he used me as his pillow but...not like that.

"Kyoya? Why are you hugging me?"

"You've won."

"What?"

"You bit your herbivore to death before me. You've won." I made him look at me.

"You beat him after?"

"I haven't." I didn't comment. His pride was wounded and it was better not to try to fix it. "Luciana."

"Yes?" I widened my eyes when I realized how close his face was to mine. His left hand cupped my cheek and I struggled swallowing my saliva when his lips were almost touching mine, his eyes already closed.

"BE READY TO BE TUTORED HIBARI KYOYA!" a high-pitched voice screamed and Kyoya pulled back, the darkest glare I had ever seen on his face. The door was opened and the baby biker was there.

I would not comment on how I did not accept him as the Cloud Arcobaleno. He made us Clouds look stupid, even if his un-killable nature made him somewhat interesting.

"Ha, I knew there was something in this room that kept you from following my tutoring!" Yeah...I didn't think it was really the main reason but… "Now we can start training, you'll see that..." Skull didn't finish his sentence that Kyoya had kicked him in the helmet and threw him in the hallway wall. He left my room and slammed the door shut behind him.

I laid back down with Skull's screams of pain as a background sound. I fell back asleep almost immediately.

When I woke up, Fon was next to me. My nose picked up a nice smell and I recognized the hot and sour soup I would often eat in China when I got sick. The curtains were closed once again, but it was probably nighttime by now.

"It is normal for you to be in and out of sleep from what Doctor Shamal said, so eat before sleeping again," Fon instructed me as I sat up as I could. He pushed one of this Japanese chair where the part you sit on was directly on the floor toward me and I raised my butt to let it go under it. At least, once I was sitting in it, I felt more comfortable with something supporting me in the back.

Then, a wooden tray with legs was put above my lap and the bowl with the spoon just under my nose and eyes made my stomach growl.

"Reborn told me you wouldn't explain how you got yourselves in such a bad shape," Fon told me as I had just put the spoon in the bowl. "I'm going to tell you the extent of your injuries instead."

"Apart from the extreme exhaustion?"

"Yes. Your right ankle was badly bruised, a broken rib, dislocated shoulder not put back in place the right way and a broken nose, along with several internal bleeding and bruises. Let's not forget your burned right arm of course." I shot it a look. It was the one I was using at the moment because the other one had the IV in. There were white bandages from the tip of my fingers to my shoulder. "Starting tomorrow you will have a splint to keep you from moving your right shoulder."

"Well...you should have seen the other guy, seriously it was..." I stopped under Fon's stern gaze. "Russia was worst, I had a cardiac arrest for a few minutes back then during surgery but not for this fight so..."

"Because the worst wounds were healed thanks to a competent Sun Flames user who had medical knowledge from what Reborn told me. They did not touch the bruises and healed the burns enough to keep your arm from scarring." I pursed my lips. Fon was not happy. "It is bad Luciana, Shamal-san will tell you himself but don't move and rest. You also used too much flames and your body will need time to recover."

"I know Fon. I won't...overdo it until the end of the tests." It seemed like he wanted to add something but decided not to, telling me to eat instead. I did, the warm meal taking away all bad thoughts.

Once I was done, the bowl was replaced by my new ring and gun. I took the ring and inspected it. It was in silver, maybe a little bit less wide than the VARIA ring and the stone was flat, clear and in a diamond shape. The stone was clear although I had used it with my Sky Flame, and I could feel Cloud's power within it.

I put down my new ring and took the gun instead. It was a Desert Eagle, or at least had all of its properties and it was a good thing as I was used to using these guns. However, they always had been too big for my hand, so I had to be extra cautious when I had it in my hand. This new gun fitted my hand perfectly, which was normal as Leon had made it especially for me. It was entirely in mat black but the barrel, which was silver. On the right side of the barrel, there was a clear strip, probably two-centimeter wide, showing the inside of the barrel. It was empty. The gun was also lighter than what I was used to, but still solid.

"I guess it fixes the problem about having bullets adapted for your flames?" Fon asked me and I nodded slowly.

"I think so yeah. Can you remove the chair please?" Once it was done, I laid back down. "Have you talked to Arro and Alaric?"

"Arroganza is pretty frustrated with the situation and my nephew forbidding him to visit you, but I will help him come tomorrow I think. Alaric is professional, as always, but is angry at the fact he cannot help you."

"You've gotten that from watching them?"

"Oh no, let's just say I'm more popular than Reborn or the Vongolas with them at the moment."

"Yeah, makes sense." I yawned. "Did Shamal come already?"

"Yes, you can sleep now."

"'night Fon..." I mumbled.

I would spend my time sleeping until we were back in the future.

The next morning, Kyoya visited me. I looked at him up and down, blowing on my cup of tea. Fon had brought me breakfast beforehand and Shamal removed the IV in my arm, but lectured me for long minutes about being an unconscious idiot.

If he only knew...

"You're not wearing your uniform," I stated plainly. "Why?"

"Someone needs to sta..."

"Kyoya, go to school." I showed him my phone. "I'm staying awake for longer periods of time now, and if I need something I can call someone." He didn't budge. "You don't have to take care of me that much. Just go to school and do your thing, take your mind off bad thoughts for a while." Now he seemed torn so I smiled softly at him. "Come on now, I'm sure there are half the students breaking the rules right now."

"School hasn't started yet."

"Then they're planning on breaking the rules, right now!" I corrected myself and he crossed his arms. "I'll be there when you come back anyway so just...shoo!" I waved him off. After a few seconds he gave me a nod, barely visible, and left.

He...wasn't feeling guilty, right?

If Hibari Kyoya felt guilty of something then it would be the end of the world.

So here I was, just doing nothing and waiting for time to fly by. Fon had brought books but...I didn't feel like reading. Overall, I was bored to death. I was also scared to text Arro or Alaric, or anyone really.

When I felt a surge of energy next to me, I slowly turned my head to it. A huge purple flame was there, and when it dissipated I gasped at the platinum-haired man. His icy blue eyes were beautiful as well.

He stared down at me with clouded eyes.

"You're...Alaude, the CEDEF founder," I whispered, my mouth dry, "and Primo's Cloud Guardian."

"Correct," he replied placidly.

"Heh...I'm no longer the Cloud Guardian though, you..."

"I am aware, but I wanted to see with my own eyes." There was a deep sadness behind the calm in his eyes and I thought of the blond woman there was on the picture with him.

"I am sorry if I remind you of the blond woman, I know I look a lot like her." He seemed surprised.

"How do you know about Lux?" I facepalmed.

"'Lux'? Out of all of the names out there, she had to have one with the same meaning as mine?" I sighed. "I am a part of the CEDEF myself, apparently the future External Advisor once the Decimo will inherit the Vongolas. I found a box of your belongings when my Boss sent me to clean the archives room. I found the pocket watch." He looked down. "I...I have the Flame of Wrath and many people think I am a descendant of the Secondo, do you..."

"The illegitimate child," he interrupted me rudely. "You know nothing of your origins?"

"Let's just say that my birth family and family tree is very complicated and I know almost nothing of it. Being adopted does that to you." He averted his eyes for a second.

"You're not Lux' direct descendant, she died young with no children." I blinked. Died young? Was it why he looked sad? Because I looked like her when she could not live her life and I reminded him of her? "She had a younger sister, who was Ricardo's lover for a while. They never married and he didn't want to, she got pregnant at some point and I helped her leave the country. She settled down in Spain. I made sure the Vongolas would not find her or her child, as she asked me to."

"Why help her?"

"Her and Lux were childhood friends of mine," he explained to me quietly before getting his composure back. "You are the descendant of that child then, and back in the Vongolas."

"Yeah well...they hear Flame of Wrath and immediately think we belong to them." He raised a brow. "I have an older brother who physically looks like the Secondo. Genes work in strange ways." At least, I knew my father was really from an illegitimate line and Spanish. "So huh...why are you here? Kyoya's not here."

"I know, but you are an important figure in the Cloud Guardian's life, enough to have an impact on the way he's considering his role." I blushed at that.

Was I? Was I really?

"It's mutual then," he added, noticing my red face. My cheeks burned harder.

If Arro had not asked me if I liked Kyoya, I never would have thought about it and never would have developed feelings. It was entirely his fault!

"I will take my leave now."

"Wait!" He raised his eyes to me. "What kind of test are you going to give him? He won't be interested if it's not fighting."

"This does not concern you, he's wearing the ring now." On this note, he disappeared in a purple flame.

Well, I knew where Kyoya got his rudeness now.

Later that day, I received a call.

"Hey?"

"Senpai? How are you doing?"

"You know, resting in bed but alive and awake. You're not calling me for that Tsunayoshi, are you?"

"No, I was wondering...if you could help us?" I didn't like where this was going. "Hibari-san doesn't want to take the test so I was wondering if maybe you could talk to him?"

"I want to talk to Reborn." There were voices and Reborn was on the phone. "Do you know what he just asked me?"

"I do."

"You didn't try to prevent it?"

"It's more impacting if you do it. They asked Arro earlier already, it was pretty funny."

"What happened?"

"He went to Hibari and told him they wanted him to take the test but he was totally uninterested. He came back, said Hibari said 'no' and left." I sighed.

"Tsunayoshi please."

"So?" the voice of the Decimo asked me, uncertain.

"Look, I'm Kyoya's friend, sure, and I'm as much concerned as all of you with the Future situation. However, it's up to you and your Guardians to deal with Kyoya."

"But you were the Cloud Guardian before, can't you just tell him it's important?"

"Sorry, he's your Guardian, he's yours to deal with when it comes to Vongola business. Good luck." I hung up on him

TYL Decimo was enough to deal with with his stupid order, I didn't want to deal with this current Decimo when Kyoya was misbehaving. Reborn probably had more chances than I had to change his mind, or Dino.

In the afternoon, Arro popped up at the window. He opened it, came inside, removed his shoes and stared at me. I stared back.

"Help me to the bathroom please," I told him blandly. He nodded, grabbed me some clean pajamas and helped me. I was inside all alone of course, I was pretty slow, careful not to fall while butt naked, and he waited outside.

"Once everything is over you're telling me everything," I heard him through the door. I smiled wryly.

"Yes," I replied. I wouldn't be able to hide the Mare Ring for too long to my own Elements as they were...compatible as well.

Fratellanza

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