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The match ends with the floor getting blown up, but no one getting defeated. Everyone seems a little shocked at the sudden end to the match, but most seem pretty fine with being able to end in a tie. Except, of course, Hibari. My eyes widen a little as he, true to his nature, decides to break his boss watch in order to keep fighting with Xanxus.

"Ah…" is all I can manage to mutter in response. Honestly, I wasn't expecting this.

"T-The boss watch!" Dino exclaims. "You… do realize what you just did, right?" Dino asks.

"Unbelievable…" Mammon replies, "You want to fight…"

Fon looks at a loss for words for a moment. Finally, he asks Hibari, "Are you fine with breaking the promise to fight with me if we win?"

"I will fight when I want to," Hibari replies.

Xanxus' eyes widen and then he laughs. "Dahaha! Same here!" he exclaims.

My god… these two are really, really alike…

"For this thing!" Xanxus exclaims as he prepares to break his watch.

All the Varia tackle Xanxus. "Boss, don't do that!" they exclaim in some act of desperation to get him to stop.

"Let go you you pieces of trash!" Xanxus shouts.

"Don't break the watch! This is Mammon's sole wish!" Lussuria cries.

"Oi! Bucking horse! Hurry up and get Hibari out of here!" Squalo exclaims.

Dino's eyes widen. "Huh…?"

Hibari turns to Dino, tonfas still in hand. "Then I will start with you."

Dino scratches his cheek. "So it comes to this after all…"

Suddenly a voice comes from my watch. "Good job on completing the second day of the representative battle of the rainbow." The voice goes on to announce the results. It seems that everyone else is still in the running other than Fon, obviously, and Yuni. Then, an image is projected on my watch.

My eyes widen and I stand frozen in place as I process the image on my watch. Vindice… Why…? I feel all the muscles in my body tense at the sight of my former captors.

"The third from the right," I hear Fon mutter.

My eyes dart to the third person from the right in the image. With the Vindice is what appears to be an Arcobaleno with a transparent pacifier. My eyebrows draw together as I find myself squinting at the image and burning the sight into my brain.

"His name is Bermuda von Vichtenstein," the voice from the watch continues, "He is a man who was once the absolute strongest Arcobaleno. Furthermore, due to a little blunder, he is now under the same curse as you Arcobaleno."


After Hibari calms down, I bow a little to Dino. "Good night," I say before kneeling down and picking Fon up. The three of us, Hibari, Fon, and I, head into the elevator in silence. I can feel myself trembling as I think about the Vindice. A part of me hopes that Fon doesn't notice my fear, but at the same time, a part of me is too fearful to care.

I look up when I feel something cold touch my cheek. It seems that Hibari poked me with his tonfa. "Don't look so pathetic," he says. He gives me a look almost as if to say that I have no reason to be afraid.

My eyes widen. He's… right. I manage a small smile. "Thanks, Hibari-san." It's quiet between us for a moment. "That's right… Are you feeling okay? Mammon's Mirage R injured you didn't it?"

He turns away. "I'm fine."

I smile a bit. "As long as you're alright," I reply softly.

The elevator opens and I bow a bit after setting Fon down. "Good night, Hibari-san, Fon-san." I head through the lobby and out the door without another word. My hand is shaking, and there's only one place where I'd be able to relax around here.


I sigh as I lean back on the swing and stare at the sky. "Vindice, huh?" I mutter under my breath. They were neutral last time, but if they attacked Skull and the others, then I'm sure they'll be enemies this time around. They don't seem like the kind to play by the rules either… I frown. I hope that everyone is alright… Ken, Chikusa, Fran, Mukuro…Tsuna and his group… and even M.M.. I hope that they're okay.

"I thought I'd find you here," a familiar voice says.

I turn my attention away from the sky and back to the ground. "What are you doing here, Mu-" My eyes widen. "You're hurt!"

I leap off the swing and run over to Mukuro before I can even process what I'm doing. He's got a gash on his arm and there's blood on his face. "What happened?" I ask as I dig through my bag. I manage to find my handkerchief and dump some water from my thermos on it before getting on my toes to wipe the blood from his face.

He chuckles as I pat my handkerchief against his cheek and I look at him blankly. "You've been upset with me recently, but you still care about me," he says.

"O-Of course I do," I reply quietly as I dig through my bag. I put on frown as I pull the bandages out of my bag and change the topic. "In anycase, why are you here?" I ask. "Why did you come here even though you're injured?"

My hand reaches for the hem of his shirt. He takes it off so I can bandage the gash in his arm. "To find you," he replies. "You were out for a long time and I got worried. What were you doing?"

"I…" I fall silent and focus on wrapping the bandages.

He sighs quietly and puts his hand on my head. "It seems that you've been going through a rebellious phase recently."

I lower my head. "I'm sorry."

He tilts my head up and smirks. "There's no need to apologize because I'm sure that no matter how rebellious you get, you'll always come back to me."

I raise and eyebrow at him.

He smiles just a bit. "Perhaps it's still too early for this," he replies.

I gasp as a loud alarm goes off and announces that there will be one minute until battle. "I get that it's midnight, so it's technically a new day, but you all just fought! That's terrible!" I exclaim.

"Fifty seconds left," the watch says.

"Mukuro-sama-" I begin.

"Hide," he tells me.

"Eh?"

"Hide."

"But-"

"Kasumi," he says sternly.

I lower my head and nod. "Understood." I look up at him. "But-"

He smiles at little and pats my head. "I know," he says. "If anything happens, you'll come rushing in to help. I know."