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Target 35: "The strong have purpose"
Faust and Ren are fighting in the first fight of the ring conflict. Ren jumps forward and keeps swinging his legs at Faust who easily blocks each strike with his hardened skin. Ren gets in close and does a straight kick and as soon as it's blocked Ren retracts his leg spinning and kicks Faust's block to the side then runs up his body and jumps into the air making Faust fall and Ren spins coming down with an incredible strong kick. However Faust hardens his stomach and isn't hurt as a result. Ren jumps back and tsks in annoyance. It seems that no matter how hard he kicks Faust isn't even fazed…
Faust stands up and crack his neck. "Man… your kicks are something else…" he says before he starts charging again. The two keep exchanging blows with Ren getting hit around as Faust is completely immune to Ren's attacks.
"This isn't good. I don't know if Ren can win," Reborn says and Kotsu grits his teeth.
"You mean he's going to lose?"
"Even a herbivore will show its fangs if it's threatened enough," Hibari says behind them.
Everyone turns to him with a wondering expression on their face. "Tell us then Hibari. What did you mean?" Hibari looks at Ren as he seems to be struggling a bit.
"He had no intention of fighting me from the very first day of training. But I noticed something when I kept attacking him…" He says and everyone gulps a little. "I wasn't getting tired at all. I then realized that Ren… gives off an aura of sun flames constantly. He heals everyone around him slowly. I've never seen anything like it before. He has an incredible quantity of sun flames inside him. They're leaking out everywhere… but… he has ONE thing that can absorb those flames," He says holding up his finger and Reborn realizes and looks towards Ren.
"His shoes…"
"His shoes?" Kotsu repeats earning him a smack on the head.
"That's what I just said…"
"Give him enough time and I'm sure he'll show you something quite incredible…" Hibari chuckles.
Ren dodges another attack from Faust. He counterattacks and Faust slides back. Ren runs over sliding under Faust's punch in between his legs and goes into a split and spins trying to knock Faust off his feet but he jumps and prepares a kick and Ren kicks directly up supporting himself with his hands and the two connect directly with each others feet. Ren pushes Faust back.
"This is getting annoying. I'm going to end it now if you don't mind," Faust says and raises both of his hands again and clenches his fists as they spark with electricity. Green electricity. The thunder flame. He charges at Ren again and as Ren tries blocking he's shot back from electricity. Ren slides across the plaza again.
"For just a short time he can charge his arms with electricity. Interesting," Albert says on Ywan's side of the arena with a smirk. Faust attacks again and Ren is forced to keep dodging. As he jumps back landing on his hands he spin-kicks at Faust just punches without concern and Ren is once more electrified. He tumbles across the ground and Kotsu gets teary-eyed watching him get beaten around.
"Ren… I hate this. I don't want to do this anymore!" He yells and Ren stands up.
"Don't worry lil' bro. I've got this. Just let your big brother handle this one for now," He says and takes a wide stance placing his hand on the ground while the other is on his back. He exhales heavily and Faust seems to be quite confused.
"What're you doing?"
"The same as you… ending this," he says before he starts spinning on his back on the ground really fast and he adds a bit of shoulder slowly turning it into a windmill move. He keeps spinning and Kotsu notes that his shoes start glowing yellow.
"What's… that?" Kyoya-sensei smirks.
"You'll see. Though I think he's only going by instinct at this point,"
After spinning Ren stands up with his right shoe still glowing. Faust tries attacking again, but Ren jumps over it. He lands on his left leg and starts spinning again.
Faust charges him again. "No matter how hard you kick it can't harm me," He simply says winding back his fist again.
"We'll see. TAKE… THIS!" Ren yells right before his foot is right behind him. "TAIYOFU!" (Japanese for solar wind) He yells as he kicks at Faust with insane speed as his shoe glows yellow with sun flames and he hits Faust dead on sending him flying back smashing against the bubble which then bounces him into the ground knocked out.
"W-what happened!?" almost everyone yells as they're surprised by Ren's special attack.
Hibari looks at the panting Ren. "It's something I noted when he kept dodging. When he exercises or in my case kept dodging and moving around his sun flames slowly get absorbed into his shoes and he released them just now. While it takes a while to charge it looks like an almost a guaranteed one-hit-kill," He says and the Cervello hold out their hands.
"The first match is concluded. Winner: Ren Niruo," they say jumping to a pedestal with three large signs with Kotsu, Zaccaria and Ywan's faces on them and they put up a green circle on Kotsu's sun sign and a red X on Zaccaria's thunder sign.
The bubble disappears and Ren is met with Kotsu's crying little self, jumping at him.
"REEEEN! I was so worried…" He says sniffling and Ren hugs him tightly.
"I'm sorry lil' bro. I've been such a jerk lately,"
Kotsu sniffs. "It's alright… I forgive you… it is a bit absurd…" He says whipping off his tears.
Ywan tsks. "Defeated by a mere civilian? Seems he wasn't as invincible as they say," Ywan states with a little smirk however looking at Faust he doesn't look injured, but simply knocked out.
Zaccaria angrily stomps up and kicks Faust. "You lost to a simple civilian! You're USELESS!" He yells as he kicks him his guardians looking away.
"H-HEY!" Kotsu yells taking a step forward. "Stop that! He did his best to win!"
"So what!? If he doesn't win then what's he worth!?" He yells and drags Faust off tossing him at his other guardians who all catch him.
"As for our second match today we will see Zaccaria's rain guardian facing Ywan's mist guardian. Will the two participants please step forward?"
On Zaccaria's side Kagetora steps forward taking a bow. "I am prepared," He says holding his hand to the sheathe of his knife. Ywan's mist guardian also steps forward. He's another old man this time with a long thin mustache, holding a cane.
"So I see Kagetora… or should I perhaps instead call you Emilio?" He says walking in.
"I cast that name aside long ago Pietro-san… I am Kagetora, the shadow tiger ninja." He says doing a handsign in overdramatic fashion.
"Still a child it seems. You were unfit for the shadow division either way. Have you improved at all since we last met?" He says tapping his cane against the ground as the bubble appears around them.
"A true ninja never stops improving. So the answer is clear!"
As the match is about to begin Kotsu takes Ren to the side as Ren's injured from his fight and quite exhausted on top of that. "I'm sorry lil' bro…"
Kotsu just smiles. "I know… I'm sorry too…"
"What for!? I'm the one who made you sad,"
Kotsu chuckles a little. "I'm sorry for forcing you to fight… I know how much you despise fighting,"
Ren also chuckles a bit. "No worries… if it's for you… then I'll fight again… even if I don't like it…" He says with a smile. "The way you put it… I think that fighting for someone like you… will result in less fighting for others… so I'll gladly take those fights upon me…" He says smiling at the ceiling.
Reborn clears his throat. "Klutsu… you ought to watch this fight," He says and Kotsu gets up to see what's happening.
Kagetora begins the bout by charging straight at Pietro who simply taps his cane against the ground and smoke shoots out from the bottom of it. Kagetora jumps into the air over it. "Your style is the same as always Pietro-san," Kagetora says before he falls into the mist grabbing his knife, not able to see much inside.
"What's happening?! I can't see anything with this mist…" Kotsu complains as Ren slowly stands again.
"I… think that's the point lil' bro,"
Inside the mist Pietro taps his cane again. "You may believe yourself to be sneaky Emilio… but with you in my mist… I can feel your every breath. Your every sound and heartbeat!" He yells and taps his cane again and Kagetora suddenly feels something approach and slashes at it. It's a massive snake and he slices it clean in two right down the jaw and along the body. It evaporates when he's done.
"But an illusion it seems…" He says and feels more things attack him.
"You stand no chance Emilio! You are a failure! Just as your parents were!"
Kagetora grits his teeth behind his mask as he jumps out of the way of another attack. "Do NOT speak of my parents so casually Pietro-san! You may be the illusionist trainer of our family, and the one who expelled me from the shadow division… but you do not hold the right to talk so casually about my parents! I will end this!" He yells as he does a few handsigns like a real ninja. "AME YUREI NO JUTSU!" (Japanese: rain ghost technique) He yells as he's covered in a thin layer of rain flames and Pietro takes a step back.
"W-what is this!? You… you've disappeared! How can I not sense you!?"
At this Zaccaria can't help but snicker. "You did quite wrong in expelling him from the shadow division! Kagetora has gotten a reputation for himself without you guys! The ghost of the rain! In dampness or places with lowered visibility he is completely invisible!" He yells to Ywan mostly who grits his teeth.
"Pietro! You had better defeat him or I will be disappointed in you!"
"I will master Ywan!" He yells tapping his cane again making tons of needles and spikes shoot in all directions inside the mist to make sure he hits him.
Kagetora speeds around not making a sound when running he keeps dodging every spike tossing a kunai-knife every once in a while at Pietro who feels them coming and he moves aside to dodge them. "You are a fool Kagetora! I can now predict your movement! A simple circle! Or perhaps…" He says tapping his cane against the ground and a large pillar of fire shoots up from right around Kagetora whereafter a snake shoots out of the ground beneath him wrapping itself around him. "that is simply what you wanted me to think…" He says looking up at him as he's raised above the mist for everyone to see.
"You see now Zaccaria!? Your guardians are nothing to mine!"
"Is that so…?" Zaccaria says and smirks. "I guess a win and a loss isn't so bad for the first day…" He says shrugging.
"What are you blabbing about…?" He says before there's a sudden change in the arena. The five kunai knives Kagetora threw have imbedded themselves around the mist in a pentagram.
Kagetora does a handsign again and they all light up. "This is over Pietro-san! KIRISAME NO JUTSU!" (Japanese: drizzle technique) He declares and on the ground in between the five kunai knives a pentagram forms written in blue rain flames and suddenly all the mist turns into rain drops and blast down at incredible speed knocking Pietro into the ground and the illusions slowly disappear allowing Kagetora to leap off the snake and he prepares a stab with his knife however right at the last second he switches it and hammers it into Pietro's back knocking him out. "I do not wish to kill you Pietro-san. You may have abandoned me… but you were STILL my master… However you lack purpose to your strength Pietro-san. I fight to honor my late parents… and for my dear squad… remember that Pietro-san… the strong have purpose…" He says walking away as the bubble vanishes.
Kotsu gulps seeing the fight end and Kagetora get greeted by Ricci whom he simply ignores. "Those two were… so strong…"
"That's right… they were all chosen for their strengths and relation to their respective boss candidate… can't say the same for all your guardians…" Reborn says crossing his arms as the Cervello once more hang up a green circle, this time on Zaccaria's rain symbol and a red x on Ywan's mist guardian.
"The winner of the second battle is Zaccaria's rain guardian Emilio…" They start when Kagetora glares at them. "Or as he prefers to be called… Kagetora!" They then clap their hands. "We will now move onto the final round. This one between Ywan's rain guardian and Kotsukiba's storm guardian! Will the two participants please step forward…?" They say and Albert steps forward smirking as he appears to be fiddling with something. He drops a suitcase right at the edge of where the arena would be.
Kotsu looks around for his storm guardian however he can't see anyone who seems to want to take a step forward. "Um… excuse me I don't know if he's here…" He says and the Cervello nod.
"If that is the case then you will automatically lose the battle…" However it is then that the glass roof above them suddenly caves in as the sound of a helicopter above them riffles and a ladder comes down. On it is a man with long brown spiky hair and a sky flame on his forehead wearing a large cape with the vongola insignia on it along with two others. A grey-haired man in a suit and another man with short black hair and a katana on his back.
"Hold that thought please Cervello!" He yells as they get off the ladder onto the ground and the ladder goes up again.
"Neo Primo-san… what brings you here?" They say and Kotsu looks quite taken aback.
"Y-YOU'RE Primo-san!?" He yells as he definitely expected someone who looked a bit scarier.
Primo looks at him with a kind smile. "Indeed… I am Primo. Neo Primo to be exact… and I simply thought it'd be appropriate to come and watch the ring conflict… and also I had someone who needed to be delivered… so why not kill two birds with one stone…?" He says walking to Kotsu's side only making the two young boys feel even more frightened by the presence of these large intimidating men.
Kotsu gulps. "B-but I have so many questions Primo-san!?"
"You can ask them later child!" Ywan yells looking at Primo almost with disgust. "I am growing impatient! Who was it you wanted to deliver?"
Upon hearing these words someone in the chopper above them smirks. "Are you ready my lady…?" He asks in quite a mature manner for such a young voice.
"YEAH!" A lighter pitched voice yells and the person jumps out of it and the chopper takes off. Kotsu looks up seeing the person fall and he lands in the superhero landing. Kotsu immediately wonders how he survived such a long fall. He stands up straight. He looks about 13 years old same as Kotsu with short light-pink hair almost seeming a very light brown. He's wearing a dark-green and blue button-up shirt, decorated with a few golden buttons as well as a logo which isn't the Vongola family's logo and some simple black jeans.
Kotsu looks back and forth between this new person and Reborn and Primo "W-who is THAT!?"