A/N: Sorry about the cliffhanger earlier, I blame Reborn. As soon as I wrote it, my muse decided to wander off to cause havoc elsewhere. My step dad is a horror movie fanatic and I couldn't help the comparison between the Millifiore base and The Cube. Hopefully this will involve less dead bodies. One more chapter and it'll actually be completed this time. Enjoy and feel free to review!
Recollection
Reborn and Lal Mirch ran into the room, looking to Tsuna for some sort of explanation. "Please tell me I'm not the only one seeing the ghost of my dead ancestor." Tsuna pleaded, Giotto smirked in amusement. "I don't-" Reborn kicked Lal Mirch before she could finish her sentence. Tsuna looked confused enough, he didn't need the boy doubting himself. "I'll handle this."
Even as an Arcobalenco, Reborn could still see the shinigami that looked identical to Tsunayoshi. "I see that the roles have reversed Reborn. I couldn't ask for Tsunayoshi to be in better hands." Giotto comments, amber eyes looking at Tsuna fondly. "But what are you doing here? I've already gone through the trial haven't I?" Tsuna asks, wondering if there was something that he missed. Giotto smiled solemnly. "I have only come to return something to you. Not everything, but what your mind can currently handle." Giotto says, pressing his flames onto Tsuna's forehead like Timoteo had done when he unsealed the teen's flames.
Tsuna winced in pain as foreign yet familiar memories flooded into his mind, collapsing to the floor due to the strain. "Someone get him to the infirmary!"
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When Tsuna finally awoke, it was like he was seeing the world with a new perspective. Some of his odd quirks and his appearance being so similar to Giotto's finally made sense. He had a purpose, to keep the Trinisette balanced, unfortunately it seemed to be too late. If the Sky Arcobalenco was still alive they might still have a chance... Tsuna groaned. "When did everything get so complicated? Even after being banished you still found me." He grumbles, feeling Reborn's presence in the room.
"It took you long enough." Reborn states, Tsuna scowled. "Of course you're still a pompous bastard. Too bad you lost your looks." That earned him a hammer to the head but it wasn't too hard. If Reborn had forgotten about him he probably would have taken his frustration out on him as well. "I see you've regained your wit." Reborn says, Tsuna grinned. "Kind of hard to stay terrified of you when I've seen you go through your awkward teen years." He snickered.
Tsuna sat up, looking at Reborn solemnly. "This isn't just about Vongola anymore. If the future continues like this, the entire planet is doomed. There aren't any people other than your generation of Arcobalenco that can fuel the pacifiers. They are the holders that take the brunt of the weight. And the Mare rings take a toll on the mind of their users, driving them to madness."
"And what of the Vongola rings? What do they sacrifice to use their power?" Tsuna was silent, his hands gripping tightly onto the blanket. "Freedom. The responsibility of keeping the others families in line, no matter the sacrifice. Otherwise there will be anarchy not even the Vindice can control. Vongola know it as their Sin." He looked tired, like the weight of the world was on his shoulders. In a way, it was. "You are taking me out for an espresso after this mess is over with." Reborn says bluntly, Tsuna looked at him incredulously. "If we make it through this, I'll personally break the Arcobalenco curse."
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After learning how to use their box weapons the plan was simple. Lure the Millifiore into an all-out attack against their base and infiltrate the base while the majority of their forces were gone. It was a huge risk but at this point they were desperate. After regaining his memories, Tsuna carried himself with more confidence. As Dame-Tsuna, he was a sheep thrown to the wolves. With his memories partially recovered, about fifty years worth including his time spent with Renato, he wasn't going in completely blind.
Tsuna and his guardians all wore communicators to keep in contact with their base, putting their faith in Kyoya and his men to distract Millifiore. A Vongola informant had clued them in on what the Millifiore fortress would be like. Apparently the designer took inspiration from a horror movie called The Cube, the rooms being interchangeable and controlled by the main computer. Tsuna glanced at his friends to see if anyone was having second thoughts. Yamamoto's eyes were already narrowed, his hand never straying from his sword. Gokudera wore a scowl, his gaze never straying from the guards. Ryohei was unnaturally quiet, his dying will showing through his now yellow eyes.
Tsuna smiled. He knew that his guardians would be with him to the bitter end, there was no way that he was going to let them down. "Alright guys, we need to find the Millifiore boss as soon as possible. As soon as their Sky is out of the equation they'll need time to regroup." Tsuna comments. There was a 50/50 chance of the Sky's elements going into a violent rage or being weighed down by grief. Tsuna felt guilt over this but remembered how the leader of Millifiore hunted down his family and friends. And it wasn't just Vongola, there were ally families and even civilians that were being targeted. This had to end.
"Remind me when we return to our time to track down Verde and strangle him. Tch, all I can do is sit back and watch." Reborn grumbled over the comm-link. Tsuna rolled his eyes. "You would enjoy something like this, wouldn't you? It would definitely prevent my guardians from seeing death at such a young age." Tsuna says, switching to a private channel. Reborn snorted. "You didn't seem to have the same hesitation when I became a hitman." He states. "Do you know how many years it had been since I was a teenager myself? You had enough confidence to badger a messenger of death for a date." Tsuna says bluntly.
Shoichi watched the teen Vongola break through their defenses, projecting a calm air despite how his stomach was currently doing cartwheels. Tsunayoshi this time around was thankfully less of a follower and more of a leader. The brunet spotted one of the security cameras and, in a matter of seconds, destroyed the security camera with a burst of flames. With the Cervello constantly looking over his shoulder Shouichi hit the alarm, praying that their Hail Mary would work.
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Red lights flashed and the entire room began to shake. "Damn it, they're already moving the rooms around!" Gokudera cursed. "We could just blast through them!" Yamamoto says with a grin. "That's... a decent plan baseball freak." The bomb expert admitted. "Tsuna! Let's extremely punch our way through this place!" Ryohei exclaims. "Well, why not? We already lost the element of surprise." Tsuna says with a shrug.