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

Fratellanza

"You're sure you're okay with this Kyoya?" He was leaning on the wall of the elevator, eyes closed. Fon was on my shoulder.

"Monkey King is strong as well," he said plainly.

There had been a change of plan. Alaric and I were going against the VARIA after all, and Fon told me I might be overconfident. I didn't have weights around my ankles anymore, my Mare Ring was under my shirt on a chain and I was fully ready to fight. Rick as well. Fon said his 'present' was him going back to his original form, so he could help if it came to it.

It would probably get to it and it was why I asked Kyoya to change his plans and assist us instead.

To steal the watches, Rick had to hide first, so I was there to distract the VARIA. However, unless I beat all of his men in a second, Xanxus wouldn't come to me, and Mammon could temporarily break their curse and I would not last against Mammon. Or Xanxus. I didn't have the Boss watch either, so I wasn't that interesting to beat.

But oh Kyoya was and had a reputation for beating everybody's asses. After the Cloud fight, he also had unfinished business with Xanxus. The two of us going to them would make Xanxus fight and Mammon come and watch. Kyoya would take care of my brother, I'd take care of his men.

Then, Fon would somehow provoke Mammon and force them to transform. Why Fon? Well, Mammon knew I knew Reborn, Lal and Verde, but they asked me blackmail on Fon and just Fon. I was pretty sure there was a deeper meaning behind this, and Alaric confirmed me his Master had some bitter resentment about a Martial Artist from his past. We both looked at Fon who sweat dropped at us. His way to...be so haughty about martial arts must have ticked Mammon off the wrong way.

Also, Mammon had to be busy. They were the illusionist and the Mist Arcobaleno, even if Rick was their student they would notice him looking for the watches. Fon was our best bait to occupy Mammon. Alaric would then steal the watches and destroy them, in plain sight, right in their faces.

As for how we would engage the fight and how I would outsmart these trash who rubbed me the wrong way yesterday, it was simple. Kyoya would go in first and as he hated crowds, nobody would think he was in a team and not just on his own. I would use my illusions.

Verde had taken my Leon ring to inspect it and a day later asked for Hugin. He basically added my raven in the ring alongside Cloud. Now I could hide in my illusions, but Hugin inside of the ring, when lit by a Mist Flame, could hide my presence and my flame presence as well. I would use my speed to get rid of Levi and Lussuria first, then Belphegor and finally Superbi. The weakest ones had to go before I took care of him.

"Don't get too excited and smash your watch," I reminded Kyoya.

"Hn." Fon sighed at his nephew's behavior.

"Anyway, there's still a chance Dino might be here. If he's at the hotel and notices a fight, he'll stay and observe to report it later on to Reborn." My brother...I knew how his mind worked.

"Why the obsession for him anyway?"

"He's the first one who ever said he would tutor me," Kyoya replied, opening his eyes. "I have no need for such a person and will show it to him."

"I enjoy having him as a brother."

"He'll still be once he's stuck in a bed forever." He wouldn't change huh…

"One minute before the battle starts." I hid immediately, knowing Alaric was probably still climbing up the stairs.

Poor him. Fon jumped on Kyoya's head.

The elevator doors rang and opened, revealing the entire VARIA. Kyoya stepped outside, like I did and I leaned against the wall.

"Vooiii~, and just when we were about to head out."

"Ushishi~, the duck's come carrying an onion." Huh...what?

"It's the Arcobaleno Fon," Levi told him.

"It's not food Bel-chan," Lussuria added.

"Fon."

"Mammon."

"Well, isn't this nice...this place's like the Savannah..." He looked around. "Hey, the big Boss isn't around?"

"Oi Hibari, you don't have to smile," Belphegor told him with his Cheschire grin.

"Will it be okay if we're opponents for now?" Superbi asked him, seemingly polite on the surface, but he was getting excited at the prospect of fighting Kyoya.

Kyoya wouldn't fight any of them though.

"Battle starts." I could feel Kyoya's smirk from behind him. Superbi readied to battle, Belphegor as well.

I ran. Years of wearing weights around my ankles finally proved itself useful. Yes, I would complain about them and how Lal and Reborn never forgot to check them, but I was thankful right now.

I ran between the Rain and the Storm and slid in front of Levi. I gathered a weak coat of Flame of Wrath on my fist, not needing to have a ring to do that, and punched him hard in the stomach. The flame would bruise the organs enough to make him pass out, but not enough to kill.

He spat blood, I crushed his watch and he fell to the floor.

"What th..." Superbi started, but I already had my foot under Lussuria's chin, effectively breaking it. With a hand, I crushed his watch as well.

Belphegor threw knives at us, I shot him at the same time. I pushed Lussuria away and jumped back, the knives ending in the wall. I went back to Kyoya immediately and dispelled the illusions.

"Wow," he told me and I pouted.

"I didn't think Belphegor's reflexes were that fast." I smirked at the two glowering VARIA. "Sorry, Kyoya's not your opponent tonight."

"Hey Bel, you weren't hit by the bullet?"

"No." He raised his wrist. "But the watch is broken."

"Vooii you're out of the game then!" His eyes found mine and he frowned. "I wasn't expecting you to finish three of my officers so quickly brat, but it's over now." I chuckled.

"My, I'm so scared. I'm not just going to beat you but also outsmart you." I was trained by so many talented and strong people who knew exactly how to make me grow stronger the quickest way possible.

Now was the time to show it.

"Vooiii you're looking for a real fight!?" I scoffed.

"Please, yes, don't give me the same crap as the day you came after the Vongola Rings." I shot Kyoya a quick look. "Sorry you're a spectator for now." He sighed, but I knew he could enjoy a good show as well and it was not everyday I was fighting seriously.

"I was worrying for nothing I guess," Fon told me. I shrugged.

"You always do."

"Vooiii I'm still here!" Superbi yelled.

"Shut up trash!" I blinked when moshi came flying at him. He sliced one of them up but received others in his face and yelled in pain at the heat.

"It burns!" What a show I swear…

My brother was standing at the entrance of the room, a water bottle in one hand, a pan in the other. It...was an entrance. He looked like a pissed off housewife and I almost puffed behind my hand at this thought.

Really, the bottle in my head was no surprise.

"You're a big meanie anyway," I mumbled under my breath, rubbing the spot.

"Boss, ignore that guy's preaching!" Mammon was quick to tell Xanxus.

"Prea...ching..." I guess Fon wouldn't have to provoke them in the end.

"You always got on my nerves about what I was doing with money!"

"I didn't know that irked you..." Did you Master? Did you really? You were nice and all but sometimes...you could be so haughty and disdainful Master, like your nephew.

As if he could read minds, said nephew glared at me.

"Actually, when I heard you used your money to buy the VARIA rings...I found that legitimate."

"I don't like how you speak as if you were superior." I could relate to that. "Also, you think martial arts are superior to illusions, right?"

"So?" Now you could see the blatant resemblance with Kyoya. He didn't realize what he was saying was hurting others…

Ignore Kyoya's heated glare Luciana, ignore it…

"You always made fun of illusions and boasted about martial arts!"

"Well I wasn't boasting!" Fon tried to defend himself, jumping on the floor. "I'm glad to know you listened closely to what I said but..."

"Anyway, I hate you! I will win this proxy war and go back to my original form!"

"Mammon," my brother called them.

"Ye..."

"Move." The order was clear, cold and left no place for conversation.

"Sorry!"

"Well then Master, please step aside," I told him as Kyoya was getting excited next to me.

"Of course." I felt Alaric's presence in the hallway. Good.

I clenched my gun in my hand and ran at Superbi as Kyoya ran at my brother. Superbi tried to slice me and I dodged. I threw a punch at him, a fake one as my real hand was in illusions, but he dodged the first one and grabbed my fist before I could touch him. Our watch were close to each other and we shared a look. Instead of going for the watch, we both blocked the other's other hand. His sword was dangerously close to my neck and I shot in the floor, a purple bullet. He widened his eyes and released the bombs inside his blade before jumping away. I covered my mouth and nose and frowned.

The sneaky bastard...he used a weak wave of Rain Flames hidden in the smoke to slow me down.

Arro had been using the same shit on me for the same purpose though, and I knew how to wake me up.

I focused my illusions in my legs and barely dodged his sword, getting a cut along my arm. I could keep illusions to keep my body in shape while doing something else without tiring as much as before and I could focus more on other things as well.

I widened my eyes when he was in front of me, a murderous glint in his eyes. I bent backward to avoid his blade but he wouldn't stop attacking, his sword covered in blue flames.

Alright, think Luciana, but don't forget your instinct. Rain, tranquility. Superbi was a great swordsman, great reflexes, strength and speed. However, unlike Arro, his way of fighting required a lot more stability. Also, his footwork was basically the same as Arro's.

My Leon ring burned purple and a bullet shot out of the floor, aimed at his right femoral artery. From the angle, it would also shot me in the shoulder. Superbi started to jump away to dodge, and he did, but I grabbed his sword with my hand while I released a cub Cloud on my shoulder.

He groaned and absorbed my bullet. Superbi's ring shone brighter but I bit the inside of my cheek, ignoring the numbness in my hands going up my arms, instead changing my flame from purple to orange.

The Flame of Wrath on my hands shone brighter as well and the blade snapped.

"Vooii you're fucking kidding now!?" He took several step back and frowned deeply at my smirk. With difficulty, I raised my right hand, with the Leon ring, and my Cloud Flame burst into life. His shark came out of his ring and came at me.

The second purple bullet, nicely hiding in the wall up until now, came out of it and grazed Superbi's watch, enough to break it. I narrowly dodged the huge fish, now against the wall.

Superbi blinked at it in confusion and I put a knee on the floor. My arms were numb, changing my flames so quickly was tiring and keeping control over the second Cloud bullet while I was using my Sky Flame was exhausting. It was the reason I only divided my bullet in two though.

"I guess the battle ground was not to your advantage. It wasn't mine either but...I can adapt." He clicked his tongue, called his shark back into his ring and all of the windows blew up next to us.

I squinted. Xanxus seemed fine in front of us, Kyoya as well in front of him. I got up but everything started to spin around me.

"Why don't you just go to sleep Luciana?" An unknown voice said behind me and I was on my knees.

I felt my arm being lifted, my left arm and I knew they were going for my watch. I was broken out of my trance when I was lifted and in the air. I blinked several times and looked up.

"Kyoya?" I mumbled quietly and he looked down at me. With brown eyes. "No...Master?" He chuckled.

"Do we look this much alike?"

"Yes," I said quietly as he put me down against the wall.

Damn he was tall.

"Now Mammon, don't treat my student like this. If you want a fight I'll give you one." I looked on my brother's side. Him and Kyoya had stopped their fight, observing the exchange between the two Arcobalenos.

Mammon was still short. However, I didn't even see them coming at me or anything and I was at their mercy.

It was frightening. These Arcobalenos were frightening. I knew from experience Fon hid his cards very well behind kind smiles and Reborn was an eccentric hitman who didn't seem like much but…

"I'm guessing you put an order in her brain to control her movements a second ago, didn't you?"

"It was a better move than sealing everyone's fate," they replied. "Squalo's Rain Flames weakened her defenses, I gave it a try and it worked." They shot me a look. "She's too dangerous. However, it proved illusions were superior to martial arts."

"I'm afraid I can't let you make this assumption based on my student who uses both," Fon replied with a cold smile. "Shall we see which one is the best?" He reached out his hand to them. Mammon scowled.

"I really hate that condescending tone of yours Fon!" They started to vanish, like Fon.

"Now, don't say that." Once they were gone, I felt Alaric finally make his move.

He slipped in the other room of the suite easily, the others focused on their battle. Xanxus and Kyoya went back at it.

I chose to ignore the fact Dino was watching everything unfold. I was pretty defenseless right now though, so he could break my watch with no problem. I shot the spot he was hiding a look.

I briefly caught his gaze and looked away.

As long as he was watching, I didn't care.

By using the wall, I managed to get up once Alaric was back next to me. Nobody was giving us any attention, so he casually revealed himself with the suitcase, Mammon's name written on it.

"Voiiii the fuck are you doing!?" Superbi yelled at us in alarm, seeing Alaric and I with a watch in our hand.

"Protecting our backs," Rick replied as we crushed the two watches in sync.

There was a long, pregnant pause.

"Before you start accusing us of cheating, we checked and it's in the rules. We're not going to let you come back in the game." Fon and Mammon chose this moment to come back. None of them were extremely hurt, even if Fon had some bruises.

Mammon, no matter what they tried to pull off on Fon must have realized illusions would not work on him, period.

"Master, keep your time," I told him. Maybe my tone was a little too commanding because he smirked at me.

"My part is over it seems. Present stop." Although, I had no idea where his red tunic had gone as he was shirtless.

It was no surprise adult Fon had a great figure but...he was my Master and kind of raised me for three years and the fact he looked so much like Kyoya...it was disturbing.

Once he was back in baby size, Mammon gritted their teeth.

"Are you mocking us!?"

"You shouldn't lose your temper Master," Rick told them.

"Shut up Alaric!"

"The watches were the target," Xanxus stated flatly, his gaze on me. "Get rid of the trash, destroy any chance of them coming back in the fight by distracting Mammon to isolate the real target." I grinned at him.

"Yep." He clicked his tongue in frustration. "I warned you Xanxus, and you pushed me on the floor."

"It doesn't matter!" A freezing blizzard cascaded upon us and I fell on my knees.

Alaric frowned at the display, not bothered by the ice climbing on him, me or Kyoya.

Shit Kyoya!

"Miss, remember illusions are only things your brain takes for reality," Alaric told me. He stretched out his hand, with no rings but I could feel the Mare Mist Ring burning in his back, toward Kyoya. During this time, Xanxus had decided to shoot us. Sure, I wasn't directly aimed at and I was sure he knew Rick would protect me, but still.

Kyoya managed, somehow, to break the ice before he was shot.

I was pretty sure Dino helped me get out of my ice because I wasn't doing shit and Mammon's ice was suddenly gone. However, Alaric still tackled me to the floor and the shot went just above us and destroyed the wall behind. I looked back at the hole in it.

Holy shit it was big.

"Who's that!?" Mammon was really losing their temper badly. It almost pained me because it showed they wanted their original body back for good but…

This 'war' had a hidden motive and Checker Face would not let any Arcobaleno live peacefully in their original bodies, it was a certainty.

"Don't you dare raise a hand against them!" All high and might…

"You're wearing a tie!?" I yelled to him and he grinned nervously at me.

"Ana...I'm in the middle of something here..."

"He's wearing a tie!" I told Alaric, who sighed.

"So do I, it's mandatory for teachers."

"I'm not interested in fighting you right now," Kyoya told him coldly.

"Haha, I know, and you'd hate it if I were to say I'm here to help. Actually, I came here in the will of the Arcobaleno on my team." Alaric helped me up. "When I asked him whose side I should choose between Team Fon and Team Mammon, he told me to intervene if Kyoya were about to lose." We were fine without you though, stupid hero-syndromed brother of mine. "'We can't let Hibari lose yet or it would be troublesome.' is what he said." Geez, Reborn really was a devoted teacher. My guess was to make Kyoya curious about Tsunayoshi's skills now or something like that, and making Dino intervene would make him go for Team Reborn.

"Troublesome you say?" Fon asked my brother. He shrugged.

"I don't know either, he didn't explain. Apparently it has something to do with the reason he joined this war." Yep, I was spot on.

"Fine, no matter who comes the Boss and I will destroy them!"

"Shut up," my brother kindly, irony, ordered Mammon. "Injured ones need to stay back." He cared after all!

"But I'm fine Boss!"

"Ushishi, the Boss wants to fight alone baby~." Mammon turned back into a baby.

"Aren't you two going to help Kyoya?" Dino asked us.

"No, we're on the same team because we all agreed on not getting in Kyoya's way during a fight. I did my thing, Rick as well, we're not fighting anymore today." Dino grinned.

"Makes sense now why Kyoya's not the only one on Fon's team," my brother said as he came toward us. I narrowed my eyes at him. "I'm not going to try to destroy your watches Ana, don't worry about it. Reborn asked me to help Kyoya and going against Xanxus on his own is way too dangerous. If Xanxus gets serious then..."

"What are you talking about?" Kyoya asked him.

"It's as Haneuma says, you shouldn't underestimate him." Kyoya clicked his tongue at his uncle and showed me with his chin.

"I can deal with her just fine, it will be the same with him." Should I be hurt or…

"You can't compare them Kyoya," Fon reminded him.

"Stop meddling in my business." Dino cleared up his throat.

"Fine then, I don't have a choice." I raised a brow. "You know guys, I think we're overestimating Xanxus! After all, he lost against Tsuna, and he's fourteen!" I paled. Rick seemed slightly impressed by the balls my brother grew over the years.

The VARIA was freaking out. Xanxus was furious and his scars grew over his face.

Alaric threw me in Dino, who kept me against him.

"You pieces of trash! Die! Bester!" Bester came out of the ring, now wearing an armor. "Cambio Forma!"

...heh?

He shot, the lights blinding me for a second.

"Let me tell you something Kyoya, although I'm not doing anything. Xanxus's watch can be broken by the slightest opening. Your Vongola Gear would be the perfect weapon to do so." He readied his whip. "Alright, now I'm off."

Dino jumped from the window, his whip around something that kept us from falling. His free arm was tightly secured around my waist and I had my arms almost strangling him. Superbi was right next to us, his sword stuck in the building.

Then, a burning wave of heat hit us as the top floor of the hotel exploded. Instinctively, I buried my face in Dino's shoulder.

"I guess that destroyed Hibari." I raised my head in a second with a frown. It better have not.

I didn't want Kyoya to be killed, especially not by my brother. Although, I wished Xanxus was okay as well.

"From the blow, maybe Xanxus' watch got broken," Dino suggested casually.

"What!?"

"Hop!" Dino said, pulling us up to the top floor.

Everything was destroyed. Superbi climbed up a second after us, Alaric and Fon on our other side. Dino put me down.

Kyoya was hurt and had lost his jacket, but was still standing. Xanxus was better, but his right hand was bleeding.

"Hibari's fine!?" Superbi screamed in shock.

"The watch' fine!?" Mammon added. I rolled my eyes.

"Xanxus had to change the trajectory of his bullet to avoid destroying his own watch," Fon explained.

"That Xanxus though, he did well to protect his watch in the split of a second." I nodded firmly with a grin. "You don't have to agree, he's your enemy Ana..." I stuck my tongue at him.

"The match is over."

"It's a draw," Alaric stated.

"Damn that Hibari," Superbi cursed. I grabbed Dino's sleeve and got up.

The Rain Flames effects were slowly disappearing, good.

"I won't accept this," Kyoya refused. I shared a look with my Mist and Fon. "I'm not satisfied unless we settle this properly." Wow Feng, you really knew your nephew.

"That won't do hoho!" an annoying voice said from Kyoya's watch. "It is forbidden for representatives to fight outside of the battle time! If you do, you will be disqualified!" Kyoya was about to destroy his watch.

His tonfa was a centimeter away from it that Alaric stopped him.

Kyoya frowned, staring at his watch. Now he was realizing what he just did.

"You remember the deal if you tried to do something like this, right?"

"Yeah," he hissed. I walked up to them and removed my watch.

I traded it for the Boss watch and put it around my wrist.

"Heh? What does it mean?" Dino wondered out loud.

"Knowing Kyoya's love of fighting, we had to come up with a plan B if he suddenly forgot the rules," Fon explained simply. I looked at Xanxus.

Slowly, I grinned and stuck my tongue at him and pulled on my lower lash lines. His eyebrow twitched.

"From Arro's report, you missed Reborn turning into an adult." I immediately looked up at Alaric in defeat.

"Seriously? It..." Kyoya grabbed me by my collar with a dark glare.

"These fights keep interrupting me when I'm doing things I enjoy," he growled. "I'm biting you to death." I blinked, not even blushing at the implication of us against the wall.

"Dino said Mukuro was a hundred times stronger than you." His glare darkened even more, but he let go of me and looked at Dino.

"Wh...Luciana why!?" I waved at him and Kyoya running away.

"And, on this note..." I ran to Superbi, who took a step back in surprise. "It was a good fight I'd say, but I was advantaged. The basics of your fighting style haven't changed that much since our school days where I'd watch you train and Arro's and yours footwork are the same, so I already knew how to counter it." A vein appeared on his forehead.

"Are you trying to make up excuses for my defeat!?"

"I'm just stating things. Without a time limit and in another setting, things might be different." I winked at him, trying to piss him off. "Maybe only." He didn't reply, just stared at my face.

I raised my brow and snapped my fingers in front of his face.

"Su..." He blushed and narrowly dodged my brother's flames. "Xanxus!"

"I'm kicking you out," he snarled, dragging me to Rick and Fon, waiting for me at the entrance of the floor.

"Heh...you're a sore lo-ser~!" He threw me in them. He pointed his gun at me before we were gone.

"It's not over, I'm coming for you next time Ann'." I grinned, accepting the challenge.

"You're that eager to lose against your baby sister brother?" He smirked back at me.

Sibling rivalry indeed.

Fratellanza

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