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

Fratellanza

"Byakuran was sent to the hospital by Colonnello and Team Uni is out. Sawada fought Iemitsu. My arm got hit by Colonnello's bullet but it should be okay," Arro told us.

"You're at Kokuyo right now?"

"Yeah, the Professor wanted me to come to look up a few things. You?"

"Xanxus's the only representative left in Team Mammon." Arro snickered. "And I have the Boss watch now. Kyoya left after Dino."

"Damn what an idiot he can be...but on the bright side, Team Fon is now the leading team with Team Verde, everything is going as planned."

"Let's not celebrate just yet," Fon said, comfortably sitting on Rick's shoulder.

"By the way, you threw me Alaric." He sighed a little, hanging up his phone once Arro had done the same.

"Miss, I don't know if you're aware but I am not the most athletic or physically strong person." I narrowed my eyes at him.

"Are you calling me fat?" He frowned at me in annoyance.

"I'm calling myself weak physically speaking. Why do you think I'm not complaining when Fon is putting me through this torture he calls 'training'?" Rick was an intellectual, not a physical person.

"From what Mammon said," Fon started, sighing, "I'm starting to think this disgust toward hand-to-hand combat illusionists seem to have will have heavy consequences one day." Alaric rolled his eyes.

"You do know it is this behavior that created my Master's hatred, right?" Fon blinked in confusion.

"What did I say?" I sighed, which Fon heard. "Luciana? Am I really patronizing?"

"Honestly...now I see the Hibari in you and Kyoya." He pursed his lips, not knowing how to take it.

Our watches beeped.

"Let me explain the details." Details? The voice was different as we…

"Checker Face," Fon stated sternly.

"Good job everyone for the second day of the Representative Battles. I am going to start with the results of the second day."

The screen was true to what Arro told us.

Then, we were showed a few members of the Vindice. The long-haired one was the one at my trial, I was sure of it. On his shoulder was this Bermuda baby.

"The missing ring was no coincidence after all," Alaric said, voicing out loud my thoughts.

"His name is Bermuda von Veckenschtein. Once upon a time, he was the strongest of the Arcobalenos. Furthermore, he's a victim of the same curse as you because of a little incident. To take Skull-kun's watch, he appeared with seven Vindice. His goal is clear."

"You understand quickly Checker Face," a young, yet hollow voice, said after a chuckle.

"Especially when it comes to you Bermuda-kun. I'm more lenient than I used to be."

"Well then, I will not hold back. We will participate in these Battles as the eighth team Now, I expect a spectacular fight from all of you." The communication stopped.

"The one in the back on the left, almost hiding...it was him, wasn't it?" I wondered out loud with dull eyes.

"Hard to say with their cloak." Fon jumped down and looked up at us.

"I will head to the hospital to check up on Skull. I think every Arcobaleno is going to do the same." I pursed my lips and nodded.

Once he was gone, I headed for the small park I went to with Reborn the other day and sat down on the swings. Alaric was in front of me, not moving.

"He's going to come for me, won't he?"

"It's a possibility." I raised my head to him.

"The day I destroyed the lab, I left with Mukuro and thought Romain was dead. My father took him before to keep his test subject alive, right? Then do you know him?" Alaric looked at the night sky.

"I helped him escape a few years back." I blinked at him. "When you joined CEDEF, I realized if the Boss wanted to take you away he would have to go through a lot of people and be busy, so I helped him escape. What he did after...I had no idea."

We both frowned at the oppressing feeling in the air. Alaric turned around as I got up, black flames forming a portal. Jaeger appeared, Bermuda on his shoulder.

"So there she is," he said, floating toward us. Alaric stretched out his arm in front of me. "I should thank you for giving a powerful ring to one of my fighters." I clenched my fists in my pockets.

"What do you want?" Alaric asked them coldly.

"I just came to tell Luciana-kun I was impressed by her quick wit. She figured out quickly Romain stealing the ring meant we would be involved in the battles at some point."

"And?" I hissed.

"You remember the conditions for you not being in one of our cells, don't you?" Wh… "If you don't stop getting involved in the Representative Battles, as a fighter or strategist, you're going back to Vendicare to serve your sentence." I widened my eyes in shock. "Of course, it would be at the end of the battles because if you were to die then...it would be the same."

That guy...he was threatening me to send me in jail if I fought against him or helped?

What a scumbag.

"Is that all?"

"Yes, we'll leave you in good company now." As they disappeared, a Vindice appeared and we barely dodged the chain that destroyed the swings.

"No watch," Rick told me.

"Surprise attack not that surprising."

I blinked and saw too late a chain coming my way. Even if I could use my body just fine, the small amount of Rain Flames still affecting me was making it hard to fully use my speed. I couldn't dodge.

Then, I saw red.

"Boss wait, you have to rest!" Lussuria whined behind him, but he was already out of the room.

The Vindice had attacked them to destroy the Boss watch. They failed, of course, but the fight was exhausting and his left eye had a big band aid over it.

His Boss watch being the target, you didn't need to be a genius to figure anyone with a Boss watch must have been targeted.

Luciana had one now, because that stupid brat couldn't keep his blood lust to himself. She had been a target as well. The Vindice left when Mammon came back, so the Storm Arcobaleno was not there to help. It was just her and Alaric.

She was still affected by Squalo's flames as well.

He called her but she didn't pick up.

After ten minutes walking aimlessly, he felt weak flames in the air. Feeling flames from people you had synchronized with was not complicated, but he knew the feeling of Flame of Wrath all too well.

He neared a park and soon faced a gun, wide and panicked ruby eyes staring at him without totally recognizing him.

"Ann'," he whispered in relief. She blinked in confusion and didn't protest when he lowered her gun.

Xanxus grabbed her roughly by the shoulders when he had a complete look at her appearance. Her shirt was covered in blood. Blood was also on her jaw and used to go up until her nose but she wiped it off. He started to check for any potential injuries.

"It's not my blood," she told him when he was moving her face around. Her bottom lip was quivering and she gulped, pressing a hand against her mouth.

She ran to the bushes, knelt on the ground and threw up.

It was then Xanxus saw the blood on the ground. He followed it and frowned at the display. Fon was desperately trying to stop the bleeding. Alaric's abdomen was slashed across, and Xanxus saw how his insides could spill at any moment. His wrist was smashed as well, like the watch.

"Shamal's on his way," Fon informed him.

He turned around and went back to his sister. She was now sitting, her arms dangling from her knees. He sighed slightly and knelt on the ground, putting his hand in her hair.

"What happened?"

"He protected me, like the good Guardian he is," she replied with venom. "I'm not really sure, I messed up and froze when I saw his blood, but he made them believe he had the Boss watch and they..." She bit her lip. She looked up at him. "Alliance?"

"Obviously," he replied. He pulled her up her feet. "Have a strategy already genius?" She removed something from under her shirt and he widened his eyes at the ring she casually put on her finger.

"Slaughter them all."

"An ambulance is on its way," Shamal said, doing something to Alaric. "But it's bad."

"This is getting way too dangerous. Luciana, you should take off your watch."

"No."

"No?" Fon repeated.

"I'm not stopping until I make them pay and Bermuda loses. Alaric is...in that state, and I'm not going to just obey Bermuda's threats."

"What threats?" my brother asked me, turning me toward him.

"He basically said I would go back to his cells if I kept fighting or helping. Not all of my charges were cleared, I still have to do community service and...it's what it is." Xanxus clenched his jaw. I shot Fon a cold look above my shoulder. "I'm not stopping."

I took my phone when it rang.

"Lulu, are you okay!?"

"Arro?" I mumbled quietly.

"Lulu, are you okay, yes or no!?"

"I'm okay." He sighed in relief. "Find Kyoya and Dino, when the next fight is announced we'll be at school." I hung up on him before he could utter a word. My eyes settled on Shamal. "Please do everything you can for him." He waved me off.

"You better remember it." I nodded and turned around.

"Luciana, don't let anger cloud your judgment," Fon urged me from my shoulder.

"Clouding my judgment? I'd say it's the opposite, nothing's been clearer in my entire life." Xanxus wasn't pipping a word next to me.

"Sixty seconds before the battle starts."

"It's just midnight," Fon whispered harshly. "There's no time to rest." I started to run toward the school, my inhaler in my mouth.

"Xanxus, we both agree our fighting styles differ right?"

"So?"

"I have an idea, but you have to trust me and my skills and put your big brother instincts aside." He frowned at me. "We're going for the watches, and I'm better in hand-to-hand combat. Cover me while I go to them, and remember I don't feel pain, so I usually use it to my advantage."

"Watch out for fatal attacks then," he grumbled, not rejecting my suggestion. I smirked wryly.

"Oh I'm not going down against them." I turned around the corner and saw the school.

"Thirty seconds before the battle starts." I sped up. We were just in the inside courtyard that Flames of Night appeared in front of us.

"Sorry for the bad memories Xanxus." He scoffed, grabbing his guns.

"The fight has started. It will last for twelve minutes." Hum...short.

There were two of them.

"How much time do you have left with your present Fon?"

"Approximately a minute and a half."

"Then keep it if we end up in a dire situation."

"Let's go!" One of them screamed while running at us with...a hockey stick?

Xanxus and I jumped away from each other and the stick broke the ground where we were a second ago.

"Don't forget Big Pino, Bermuda-sama said to be wary of the red-eyed girl." My brows Big Pino...was huge, and had scary weapons.

The other one came back at me and swung his stick at me. I saw Xanxus busy dealing with the big one, already in the air.

My opponent was fast and orange sparks flew in the air each time I blocked his stick with my hands, my Mare Ring burning bright. He hit my shoulder, dislocating it immediately, but I shot his arms, releasing Hugin at the same time.

The guy just disappeared and reappeared further away.

Teleportation, I forgot about that. Hugin quickly used his Mist Flames above him and he hesitated to step forward. I grabbed this opportunity and ran to him. Before he could do anything, I grabbed his stick, burned it to ashes and kicked him in the stomach.

He didn't waste time in front of me and went to his friend, my eyes never leaving him. He didn't use his teleportation though.

He took two juggling clubs. I jumped away when he was in front of me and there was an explosion when he hit his two clubs together. I coughed because of the smoke and released Cloud, already in adult size thanks to the flames I had been giving him since the beginning of the fight.

Cloud wouldn't be hurt if he was touched by my bullets, so with my Mare Ring and Leon ring, I shot the Vindice. I noticed my Cloud shots were faster than the ones with the Flame of Wrath, so my Mare Ring was feeding Federico's gun.

"Haha, you missed!" He yelled as he sent another explosion my way, Cloud still attacking him by sending Flames of Wrath with his tail, digging trenches in the ground and breaking the walls of the school.

I shot my brother a look. The big one didn't suffer any attacks and Xanxus was too busy dodging to throw any big attacks.

I briefly caught his gaze.

We had to work together. We could but...we didn't really talk about anything except 'cover me'.

I had to get closer to him and I was pretty sure the same conclusion went through his head.

There was another explosion. I didn't really have the time to think of something, it was just…

I widened my eyes when I felt him behind me while I was in the air. I raised my palm to the air and gathered Flames of Wrath on the palm. However, instead of completely send them, I made them explode very close to my hand, and the shock sent me in the ground more harshly I intended to.

Yeah...it was more satisfying when I used that on others…

The attack, several missiles, landed in the school and destroyed a good portion of the science rooms. Before my opponent could do anything, he was shot by my brother, Bester now in Cambio Forma.

I shot in the ground.

A huge red dragon went between Big Pino and my brother, then straight into the Vindice against me.

"Small...Gia..." I heard the big one say in a hoarse voice.

Small Gia?

I sat up and touched my neck. I saw blood on my hand. It wasn't too bad, just a graze, but it was bleeding. I looked at my brother and widened my eyes at the blood on his left leg. I saw him snarl at his wound, then at Big Pino charging his weapon.

My Leon ring burned brighter and a dozen of bullets of Flame of Wrath came out of the ground under him. Fon would be a distraction while Xanxus and I regrouped.

Talking about him, he shot Big Pino in the head with his two guns. The big guy stepped back and I ran to him, ready to destroy his watch while he was not paying attention, his head still smoking from the gunshots. My hand was about to get to his watch when the arm disappeared, black flames around the elbow. Another, smaller, hand grabbed me by the neck. I choked, struggling to breath and tried to remove the arm, but nothing.

"Shit!" I heard Fon cursed. I shot him a quick look. He was back in his baby form, panicked eyes on me being strangled to death.

I dropped on my knees and saw Dying Will Flames going toward my brother. I felt Cloud going to him.

Come one Luciana!

I was starting to be tired, but I lit up my Mare Ring brighter, my Flame of Wrath mixed with my Sky Flame and set the arm on fire. I heard Small Gia yelling in pain, but didn't care. There was no watch, but it was still one of his arm.

It fell to the ground and I grabbed my neck, taking deep, shaky breaths.

"Luciana!" I raised my eyes in front of me when there was a light, Fon's screaming in alarm.

Xanxus shot the attack, it collided and exploded. A huge hand was about to crush me but a whip restrained it.

A whip?

"Don't touch my sister!" I heard a familiar voice yelling.

Using the opportunity, Xanxus came and grabbed me and managed to avoid the next blow that sent dust everywhere. I coughed, feeling my lungs slowly but surely telling me to stop putting them through so much just to breath.

"Boss!" Mammon said, floating next to us. Big Pino was now free and Dino was taking care of Small Gia on his own. I pursed my lips. "Present please!"

"The big one has the other's weapon," Xanxus told Mammon. I looked down at my watch. Four minutes remaining.

"Luciana, go to the gymnasium! Arro and Kyoya are there with..." I nodded and jumped on my feet.

"If you die I kill you!" I screamed at my brothers, leaving them against the two Vindice.

They were facing Romain.

I almost tripped over my feet as I was running, emptying my inhaler. I quickly heard battle sounds.

Romain was there, still with his cloak. Arro and Kyoya were...fighting together, Arro trying to use the Tranquility of his Rain Flames to weaken Romain and then use his Storm Flames while Kyoya was attacking relentlessly as a distraction.

Romain...had a scythe. The handle was long and the blade was shining under the moonlight, growing in size thanks to the Cloud Flames. More than that, Romain also had a Box Weapon and I already knew what was inside.

I took Federico's gun, my Mare Ring burning bright and shot behind me, propelling myself toward my Cloud. He turned around and stopped me with his scythe, but the shock sent him in the gymnasium, breaking the wall.

I landed next to Kyoya, panting.

"You oka..." Arro started, grabbing my arm when he stopped running next to me. His eyes widened and his hand fell limply by his side when he saw how much blood I had on me.

I turned empty eyes to him, then back to Romain who was getting up, the cloak and stupid hat gone. He was wearing dark pants, I couldn't distinguish the color, boots and no shirt. He was muscular, sure, and was older than us by three years so he was taller, with short black hair and royal blue eyes I knew were probably glaring at me.

But thanks to the moonlight, I could see all of the scars on his chest and abdomen, some going up his neck even. I gulped.

They looked...so much more recent than my own.

Romain casually picked up his weapon and dusted the blade, even blowing on it and wiping it clean with his cloak.

"He's a weirdo," Arro told me.

"Aren't we all?" I replied.

He shot us a look and disappeared.

Arro and Kyoya tackled me to the ground, each of them having a hand on my head to keep it down when Romain swung his scythe where we were a second ago. Arro turned around and sent a blade made of Storm Flames his way. He deviated it toward the sky.

"Roll, defense," Kyoya muttered.

Several balls of spikes appeared between us and Romain and I jumped on my feet, pulling the guys behind me.

"One minute and a half!" Arro told us.

Kyoya used the chain of his weapon, turning around in the blink of an eye, and it wrapped itself around the scythe. Romain shot it a brief look and didn't even dodge the other chain that sliced open the side of his neck, and carotid. I pursed my lips at the utter lack of reaction he showed.

I blinked at Zoro running in circles around him, blue flames on his paws and footsteps. I shot Arro a look, his Rain Mare Ring burning bright and blue flames rose from the ground. Romain put a knee on the ground, starting to pant.

Kyoya pulled on his tonfa to bring him closer but he jumped on his feet and yanked on the chain that hurt his neck. I failed to grab Kyoya when he was pulled toward Romain.

I sent my Flame of Wrath in the ground with my hand and it broke, disrupting Romain's balance. Kyoya took this opportunity to get his weapon back, the scythe still blocked, and tried to break the watch when he was close enough.

I watched in horror my Cloud grabbing Kyoya by his collar and headbutting him.

Hard.

"Kyoya!" Arro yelled next to me.

I called for Hugin once again. He started to play with Romain's senses quickly. Arro and I didn't need to look at each other to run forward.

Kyoya was down. He was trying to get up but…

Arro went for the watch while I grabbed Kyoya, but Romain punched me in the face and kicked Arro in the stomach.

Then, the watches beeped the end of the fight.

Arro had the blade of the scythe two centimeters away from his face somehow.

Romain sighed, looking down on all of us.

"C'est décevant.*"

...what was he saying?

"Sérieux, c'était chiant, je m'attendais à mieux! Il y a aucun fun à vous défoncer si vous...c'était chiant!*"

He was speaking French.

I didn't really speak French.

Arro had notions in Canadian French. It was different than French French.

"Et c'est ton père qui est reponsable de tout ça!*" he said, pointing his finger at me. "Je suis physiquement plus fort, ressens strictement aucune douleur et je me régénère automatiquement!*" He showed his wound on his neck. I could see the yellow sparks of Sun Flames on the side of the wound, slowly healing it.

Was it what he was talking about?

"Nous...ne parlons pas bien le français,*" Arro said slowly.

"Oh right, I forgot," Romain said. "Until next time losers." He vanished.

Kyoya groaned and managed to sit, blinking in confusion. He lifted a hand to his bleeding forehead.

He refused my help to get up, so I left him and Arro behind to go back to my brothers.

They were both alive and I sighed in relief. Xanxus was limping and Dino had a bleeding shoulder, but they were both fine.

"So?"

"We couldn't destroy his watch," I told Fon, who sighed.

I walked up to my brothers.

"I'm okay," I told them immediately, "Arro's fine as well but I fear Kyoya might have a concussion. We're going to the hospital."

"Agr...wow!" Dino and I both caught Xanxus when he fell forward, unconscious.

"Boss!" Mammon called in worry.

"Mammon, go back to the VARIA and tell them we brought Xanxus in Namimori Central Hospital, that his watch is fine and he seems more exhausted than anything." They didn't move. "Mammon?"

"It's Alaric's blood on you, isn't it?" I stared at them and closed my eyes painfully. "I see." They disappeared. Dino called Romario, who was hiding next to a tree and they started to leave with Xanxus.

"Ana, go to the hospital as well, you need it." I nodded at Dino's statement.

"Yeah." I turned my head when I heard footsteps. "Go to the hospital as well you two." Kyoya was supported, probably against his will, by Arro. Although, Arro just had his sleeve in his hand to keep him walking straight.

"And you?" my best friend asked me. I looked down at my hand, then back at him.

"I have the Boss watch, Fon and I will go find the other teams to get a summary of the evening. We can't fight on our own against the Vindice." I didn't let them reply that I walked away.

Fon joined me quickly and guided me to the place where there were flames not long ago.

Team Verde and Team Reborn, minus Reborn and Tsunayoshi.

"Shit what happened!?" Hayato cursed when they saw me.

"Alaric protected me during the surprise attack," I replied dully. "I was at school with Xanxus, Dino, Arro and Kyoya. We didn't destroy any watch, but none of ours were destroyed either. We're all wounded. You?"

"Pretty much the same," Takeshi informed me. "We all should go to the hospital."

"Where are Reborn and Sawada Tsunayoshi?"

"Sucked into a black hole." We both looked at Verde. "That Bermuda appeared and said he wanted Reborn to join his team. A black hole appeared and sucked him in, the Vongola followed."

"I see." Fon looked up at me. "Go to the hospital with the others, I'll stay here with Verde and contact the other Arcobalenos. Bermuda is probably explaining everything to Reborn as we speak."

"Hum..." I started to be unstable. Takeshi made a step but Mukuro had me before. He swept me off my feet.

"You've overdone it again you moron," he accused me with a frown. "I swear, between Nagi and you..."

"I have to talk to you once I'm awake," I whispered, passing out.

Fratellanza

* It's disappointing.

*Seriously, it was boring, I was expecting something better! There's no fun in beating the shit out of you if...it was fucking boring!

*And your father's the one responsible for this! I'm physically stronger, feel no pain whatsoever and my body heals automatically!

*We...don't speak French very well.

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