Author's Note: Ah, I'm sorry guys. I got absorbed in studying for my exams and completely forgot to post. Whoops. Please forgive me. On the other note, this chapter is finished! Enjoy!
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I admittedly feel quite weak right now. I wonder if I'd be better off passed out like Dokuro? "W-What is this?" Lussuria asks. We're all getting sucked in by the absorption. The amount of power is insane!
Kikuyo gaps a little. "I'm getting sucked in!"
Even Hibari seems to be struggling not to get sucked in. "This is…" he starts.
"T-This is what happens when two people using absorption clash?" the Storm Guardian asks.
"Do whatever you can to prevent your Deathparation flames from being sucked out!" the Bronco warns.
The Rain Guardian replies, "E-Easier said than done."
Ken and Chikusa fall to their knees next to me. "Kasumi, Ken, Chikusa, stand strong!"
"Y-Yes…" Chikusa replies.
"I'm fine," Ken replies. We're all exhausted. It's pretty evident.
I think that my smile looks pretty strained. "I can manage…" I reply.
Mukuro looks a bit worried, but he turns back to Sawada. "In any case, this is very intense," he comments. I think the ground is shaking intensely now. That, or I'm just too dizzy. Sawada shouts and my eyes widen as he somehow manages to absorb Ghost. Everyone is too surprised to say anything for a second.
Of course, Fran breaks the silence with a monotonous comment. "He sucked him in!"
"Oh my," Lussuria comments.
Levi looks awestruck. "H-He disappeared."
Bel manages a weak grin. "Heh, so Ghost was a bunch of flames?"
"That's our Tenth!" the Storm Guardian exclaims happily. Somehow, I don't feel like the fighting is over though. Is it because it ended so abruptly?
"Sawada…" Lal says with a faint smile.
The Rain Guardian grins. "Wow."
"Great job to the extreme, Sawada!" the Sun Guardian exclaims. He starts to walk over to Sawada.
"Stay back!" Sawada exclaims. So I was right. The fight isn't over, is it?
"What?" the Sun Guardian asks. The Storm and Rain Guardians gasp.
Squalo says, "Something's wrong."
Mukuro agrees. "Yes, you're right." I look at him questioningly.
"Deathperation Point Zero Revised absorbs enemy flames and converts them into your own. After absorbing Ghost's flames, Tsuna's flames should have increased in size, but there's been no change," the Bronco explains.
Chikusa pushes his glasses up. "Now that you mention it…"
"B-But Ghost possessed an incredible amount of flames. He absorbed the other real Funeral Wreaths' flames and most of ours too. I'm exhausted…" Lussuria says. The flames must have went somewhere, right?
Sawada stands up and looks at his hands. Suddenly, a cheerful voice says, "Wow, I'm so impressed." My eyes widen as Byakuran appears. "You actually defeated Ghost."
Sawada gasps and the Storm Guardian exclaims, "Byakuan!"
"He's here," the Bronco says.
Kikuyo exclaims, "Byakuran-sama!" he looks happy for some reason.
"I'm glad to see you're doing well, Tsunayoshi-kun," Byakuran comments.
"Byakuran…" Tsuna replies a bit angrily.
"Wow, this is a crazy lineup here. The boss of the Chiavarone Family, the Vongola's independent assassination squad, the Varia, the Vongola's outside advisor's team, and Mukuro-kun, along with the rest of the Guardians," Byakuran comments. Everyone seems on edge as Byakuran laughs light-heartedly. "I'm so thrilled to see the Vongola's strongest members assembled here. Though I must say, you have peculiar taste, Tsunayoshi-kun. I mean just look. Mukuro-kun and Xanxus-kun. You're working with people who once tried to kill you," Byakuran continues. "That's pretty insane," he finishes with a smile.
"What's that?!" Ken exclaims.
"Hey, scum," Xanxus starts.
"Hm?" Byakuran replies with a smile.
Xanxus replies, "Let's get this straight. I ain't working for Sawada!" He points his gun at Byakuran and fires directly at him. There's an explosion.
"Byakuran-sama!" Kikuyo exclaims.
Mukuro laughs. "Honestly… I thought that my words and actions were only capable of fooling an innocent girl or foolish boy, but I never expected to be lumped together with the mafia." I get the feeling that he's implying that Dokuro and Sawada were fooled. Mukuro attacks the spot where Byakuran should be with his ring, which sprouts a disturbing looking vine with eyeballs on it.
"I see! Sorry, sorry," Byakuran's voice replies cheerily. Mukuro's attack shatters and Xanxus and Mukuro look surprised. As the smoke from Xanxus' attack starts to clear up, Byakuran comments, "Anyway, you all seem pretty tired. What was with that weak pitiful attack? Can't really blame you though, since Ghost absorbed most of your flames, you're all out of gas."
Xanxus holds his gun up again, "Don't underestimate me!"
Mukuro points his trident at Byakuran with it. "You can see for yourself if I'm truly out of gas."
Hibari holds his tonfa's up. "What are the two of you taking him on by yourselves?" he asks.
Sawada hold his hand out. "Everybody get back. He's mine," Sawada declares.
Byakuran laughs. "Do you know why I chose this time to show up, Tsunayoshi-kun? Because my body and spirit are finally ready."
"I've been ready for a long time," Sawada replies confidently. He flies up quickly and goes behind Byakuran, allowing him to kick Byakuran's face. Xanxus gasps.
"He's fast!" the Bronco exclaims. Tsuna knees Byakuran quickly, sending Byakuran backwards.
"Wow," the Rain Guardian comments.
"That's our Tenth!" the Storm Guardian exclaims.
The Sun Guardian looks surprised. "He's dominating!" Sawada punches at Byakuran, but Byakuran stops his punch his index finger somehow. My eyes widen.
Byakuran smiles happily.
"H-He stopped him!" Squalo exclaims.
Lal adds, "W-With a single finger?!"
"Oh? What's wrong?" Byakuran asks happily. "That's the best you can do?" His cheerful tone becomes serious suddenly as he says, "Then it's my turn now. White Finger." A white attack hits Sawada and sends him crashing to the ground with a tremendous amount of force. That's a complete overkill, isn't it? He's just trying to scare us… It's working well… I clench my hands into fists to stop myself from shaking.
"Tsuna!" the Rain Guardian shouts.
"Tenth!" As the smoke clears up, it reveals a crater in the ground with Sawada in the middle. He's not moving. "T-Tenth!"
The Rain Guardian exclaims, "Tsuna! Hang in there!" Sawada gets up slowly.
"Oh! He's okay!" the Sun Guardian exclaims. If "okay" means alive, then I guess so…
"Can't have you dying from that," Byakuran comments. "I've only used a tenth of the flames absorbed by Ghost." So that's where they went.
"Flames absorbed by Ghost?!" the Sun Guardian asks.
The Storm Guardian exclaims, "What are you talking about?!"
"Mm… You don't get it?" Byakuran asks. "Ghost stole all of your flames, right? Those flames are allll…" he starts. Byakuran sprouts a pair of large white wings that seem to rain some rainbow colored lights. "They're all inside my body!" This looks bad…
"Byakuran's flames!" Basil exclaims.
"He has all of the flames absorbed by Ghost?!" the Storm Guardian asks.
The Bronco says, "I've never heard of anyone taking flames from another person without any contact!"
Byakuran laughs. "That's because Ghost wasn't another person. He was a different version of me from a parallel world."
"W-What?!" the Bronco exclaims.
"Another Byakuran?!" Squalo exclaims.
"From a parallel world…" Mukuro mutters. "He brought that world's version of himself here."
Basil says, "T-That's impossible." It's a difficult concept to wrap my head around. My head is spinning.
"I can't believe it," the Storm Guardian says.
"It doesn't matter if you believe me or not. Those are the facts. He has the ability to absorb flames which is an ability that I lack. He also had that great ability to share that flame energy with me. Well, in the end, that ability would be considered to be mine," Byakuran replies.
Lal asks, "H-How can this be?!"
The Sun Guardian is just plain lost. "What's he talking about? I'm completely lost." Don't admit that so openly…
"Yeah, I don't have a clue," the Rain Guardian agrees. I sigh.
"Damn muscle-heads!" the Storm Guardian exclaims.
Mukuro says, "One thing is clear- If Byakuran has acquired the Deathparation Flames of every person present, with the exception of Sawada, Tsunayoshi, the extent of his power cannot be measured." The Rain, Sun, and Storm Guardians gasp.
"At any rate, he's sprouted wings," Lussuria says. "He's got iffy fashion sense." Is that something you should be worried about at the moment?
"Hah, they're just for show," Levi replies. Don't encourage his comment!
Bel shields his eyes with his hand as he looks up. "The flames are probably just packed together so tightly that they look like wings." No, not you too!
"You think?" Fran asks. Fran! Mukuro chuckles. He must have heard my thoughts. I look away in embarrassment.
"Oh, you mean these?" Byakuran asks. "These wings are more than just simple flames. They're a symbol of sorts."
"Huh?" Ken asks.
Chikusa repeats, "A symbol?"
"It's proof that I've become greater than human," Byakuran explains. Is that really what it is…?
"What are you talking about?!" the Bronco shouts angrily.
"Are you trying to say that you're a god?!" Squalo shouts.
Kikuyo speaks up, "O-ho? A god? Byakuran-sama is meant to be worshipped as a demon." Byakuran smiles happily.
"It doesn't matter," Sawada replies, "It doesn't matter what you are or what methods you use, I'm going to take you down!"
Byakuran holds his hand up. "That's the spirit, Tsunayoshi-kun." Both Sawada and Byakuran light their flames. "I came here to play, so you'd better entertain me." I feel like even the air is shaking.
"Woah, he's getting serious," Bel comments.
"The air is crackling," Fran comments.
Sawada flies up and starts to punch Byakuran's stomach without mercy, who in return smiles and says, "That tickles, Tsunayoshi-kun." Sawada goes back a little. "Finished already? That's no fun. You can play with my pet." A white dragon appears next to Byakuran which apparently is creatively named "White Dragon." Okay, maybe now isn't the time to be thinking of things like this.
Sawada brings his box weapon out. "Natsu! Cambio-Forma!" Sawada managed to block the attack with Primo's cape. Byakuran looks amused and calls his dragon back. Natsu reverts back. "Are you okay, Natsu?" Sawada asks.
"What do you think? Isn't this dragon box weapon amazing?" Byakuran asks. "I'm the only one who has this one. But even then, I was holding back most of my power." The dragon starts to glow. "The next one will go right through you."
"Damn it! Byakuran's using flames like crazy!" The Storm Guardian exclaims. There's a burst of Sky flames.
"A-A direct hit!" Basil exclaims.
"No! That's…" the Storm Guardian starts. The dragon starts to freeze.
The Bronco exclaims, "Nice! He used Deathparation Point Zero: First Edition to freeze the flames!"
Sawada starts to fly towards Byakuran. "Let's go, Natsu! Cambio-Fourma Modo Attacco!"
"Modo Attacco?" Basil asks. "An attack mode would mean…"
The Rain Guardian exclaims, "Natsu can transform into something besides the cloak?!"
The Bronco seems to have an epiphany. "I see! I've heard that when Vonogla Primo focused all of his flames into his fist for one ultimate attack, his gloves actually changed form." Well, so much for an epiphany.
"An ultimate attack," the Storm Guardian repeats.
"Tsuna at his full power would be…" the Rain Guardian starts.
Lal finishes, "An attack that's as strong as X-Burner?!"
"Right! That's… Mittena di Vongola Primo. Primo's gauntlet!"
Byakuran comments, "Eh? That's amusing. Now I'll know how strong Tsunayoshi-kun really is. Bring it on." He doesn't look the least bit worried. Sawada sends his attack and Byakuan seems to catch it between his hands before it becomes rains down like the rainbow colored light. "White Applause." Byakuran laughs lightly. "Vongola Box defeated." I think that I've gotten to the point where I can no longer be surprised. For all I care, Byakuran can go and jump through time as he pleases now. I don't think that it'll surprise me too much at this point.
"T-The force from his palms…" the Bronco starts. His eyes are wide.
"It was enough to cancel that attack?" Squalo asks.
Bykuran explains, "White Applause is the ultimate defensive technique that can shatter an attack. Well, Tsunayoshi-kun? Have you ever been so hopelessly outclassed in battle? Scary, isn't it?" Sawada gasps. He looks terrified. Byakuran's ring basically starts to spew flames. "No need to feel ashamed. You may be a mafia boss, but you're still in middle school." He starts to lunge towards Sawada as he draw his fist back to punch Sawada. "Feel free to pee your pants."
Sawada gets punched and crashes to the ground with tons of force. I can see the cracks in the ground already as the dirt flies up. Sawada gets up somehow, but he winces in pain. "You try hard, Tsunayoshi-kun. But…" A gigantic purple hand flies towards Sawada and grabs him. It seems to be crushing him.
"Sawada!" Lal exclaims.
"T-Tenth!"
"Tsuna…"
The Storm Guardian asks, "What is that? A transparent, giant hand? Is it linked to Byakuran's hand?"
Byakuran holds his fist tighter. "You can stop now." Sawada gasps in pain. I bite on my lip. This is too much. I want to turn away, but even so, I can't bring myself to. I feel as though fear has paralyzed me. I can't even think of a way to trick myself out of it.
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