Trinisette, Unleashed

by Syrlai

Wtih the Mare Set mysteriously gone and the Arcobaleno missing, grave changes occurs in the past that causes dire consequences to the present. To save their time and the whole world yet again, Tsuna and his Guardians are sent back to the past to put things right... only to be mistaken as runaways and get adopted by the First Generation Guardians. Under Revision!

13. A really LONG chapter

Damn... this really IS A LONG CHAPTER. The longest one I have ever written yet and phew! *wipes sweat away* to be honest this is more like a compressed chapter XD

I really hope you guys like this one because... because... I HAVE MORE ENTRANCE EXAMS! D8

Oh, and I wanna thank the following:

stealthclaw - thanks a lot for your OC! I really saw her as leadership material and I hope I portrayed her character right :)

KeiGinya- Ariana and Arturo, first thing that came into my mind was "THEY NEED TO BE WORKING FOR HIBARI!" XD

Anyways, I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn, I don't own Aurora (stealthclaw owns her) and neither do I own Ariana and Arturo (cuz KeiGinya owns them) BUT, I do own this story and Mare of course. HE'S MY BRAIN CHILD! 8D

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Tsuna didn't know which was worse.

The fact that Hibari had established a new era of discipline over the whole school, or the fact that Mukuro had suddenly shown up with half the school's most meanest kids-slash-delinquents; whichever the two, it had suddenly become his job to prevent the two from starting an all-out battle inside corridors.

So what was Mukuro doing while they were cleaning the dorm and meeting Mare and all? To Tsuna's distress, Mukuro had been gathering followers that could substitute temporarily for his kokuyo gang… or that's how Gokudera thinks it is. Tsuna though, thought it was so Mukuro-like for him to have followers. He just couldn't picture Mukuro not having anyone to follow him, after all, the guy was a leader of delinquents before.

Back to the matter at hand though, after word spread around of the new prefect was actually just a kid, people kept laughing it off that Clovis might have just gone easy to the kid and will soon be resuming his position soon. That my dear readers, was the wrong thing to think. The one who had the last laugh was Hibari (smirk actually) as he had suddenly forced them to go back to classes at one o'clock sharp. How he did it, let's leave it for the students to remember as the day they wished Armageddon happened because after that, they wouldn't dare go against him. But then again, idiots did try but only landed themselves in the infirmary. Word for those who ask, this happened on the same day he was announced as prefect. Same day when Mukuro had suddenly shown up with his league of delinquents. Before he knew it, an all-promised war was upon them and it was up to a small brunette to keep his two guardians in check.

Yeah, so that was the bad news. The good news is, as soon as Mukuro and Hibari's names were known all around the whole school, Vongola had made their debut. Hibari was known as the demon prefect and Mukuro was known as the only one who can oppose him and live to rub it off your face. So yes, they were doing pretty good on their first day here.

Now it was their second day, Monday. The day where they start going to classes.

Tsuna stirred in his bed, deep in thought. Mare was their only lead right now and they couldn't afford to let this pass. And it was up to him to find out who Mare really is.

Why? If it was Hibari he might have had to physically injure him, Mukuro might mentally scar him for life, Lambo was unwilling, Gokudera was too willing, Ryohei would most likely pester him, Yamamoto might get to no where and Chrome would probably be too shy to approach him. He lit his ring in the dark room and watched his flame dance around in front of his eyes. So yeah, he was picked to do it. Tsuna sighed. So many things to worry about…

Then there was the high expectations from the rest of them. Tsuna groaned and turned, falling asleep as soon as he closed his eyes.

When morning came, Tsuna was absolutely nervous as he was changing into his uniform. He tried to flatten his unruly brown hair without much success. His hair refuses to obey gravity. Giving up on his hair, he went down to meet the rest. They were gathered in the lounge, eating breakfast. They found it somewhat uncomfortable to eat in the dining hall, people stared at them too much. Mitchel was kind enough to get them breakfast but had warned them that they must show up during lunch and dinner, otherwise people would think they were too stuck up.

"Good morning tenth!" Gokudera greeted him at the foot of the stairs.

"Morning Gokudera-kun." Tsuna said and smelled the air. "What's for breakfast?"

Before Gokudera could reply, Yamamoto popped out with a plate in his hands. "Spanish omelet!" he said.

"Stupid baseball nut! I was supposed to say that!" Gokudera hissed.

"Sorry, sorry…" Yamamoto laughed. Tsuna smiled and took the plate from him.

"Thanks guys." He said, grabbing a fork and dug in.

Breakfast was as peaceful as it can be… until classes started.

~ Vongola Famiglia ~

"Giotto." G started. Giotto didn't hear it as he paced back and forth in the dining room.

"Giotto." No answer.

"GIOTTO, HEAD'S UP!" Giotto only had a fraction of a second to dodge as a hailstorm of knives rained down on him. "What in the world G!" Giotto said as he stood up, glaring at his storm guardian that was twirling a fork in his hands with a smirk on his face.

"Took you long enough to hear me. Five minutes Giotto. Five. I have been calling you for five minutes."

"I know I know, I'm sorry but I'm just-"

"Worried?" Asari added, smiling.

Blushing slightly, Giotto looked away before muttering, "Yeah."

Lampo sighed. "Will you quit being such a worry-wart? They'll be fine. It's not like they're going to get killed."

~Vongola Famiglia~

"I am so gonna get killed." Tsuna gulped as he sat in his chair, still as a statue. He hated it when he got bullied, then again, he hated it more when people stared at him like a fascinating monkey exhibit (was it him or was someone glaring at him?), to make things worse, this was a mafia school and he was really paranoid about assasins, traps, etc. The only comforting thing about the whole thing was that Gokudera, Yamamoto, Lambo and Chrome were with him in class.

Gokudera was drawing in his textbooks, Yamamoto was snoozing in his chair by the back, Lambo was gazing lazily outside the window and Chrome had suddenly found a newfound interest in her hands. People stared at all of them, but Tsuna attracted the most. Vongola Primo wasn't only known for his power but his looks too. Lately, they just found out there was a gallery of portraits of all bosses from all families here, on the third floor to be exact. Everyone knew the Vongola Family, at least they knew how they looked. Because of his eerie similarity with the founder, he became the subject of observation. Tsuna sighed, he almost wished he was bullied again. Take note though, he almost wished it.

"Hayato! Pay attention!" the teacher yelled at Gokudera who didn't flinch at all. There was a loud whack! And Gokudera's pencil rolled on the floor. Gokudera, completely pissed off, ripped his glasses of and glared venomously. His hand was bright red.

The teacher, a man with slick black hair and sharp glasses with squinty eyes that reminded Tsuna a lot of his science teacher Nezu (N/A I just really hate this guy :P ).

Anyway his teacher, Mr. Shidmead (Gokudera called him shithead after this), sneered at Gokudera.

"To the board." He ordered, pointing his pointer threateningly at him. Gokudera glared at him even more but didn't argue, he stood up from his chair and walked ahead. Tsuna held his breath, praying that Gokudera wouldn't do anything rash.

Mr. Shidmead chuckled. "Well now class, it seems we have a…what do you call them… failures?" he chuckled again. He turned to Gokudera, who was still glaring at him with an intensity so fierce as a hurricane. "Do you know, it does not matter which family you are from… the students would respect you like royalty but for us teachers," he hit the his desk. "we do not hold any favorites."

Gokudera snorted. "Like I'd care." He said and ducked as the pointer headed his way.

"Gokudera-kun!" Tsuna said and stood up.

"Back to your seat boy!" Mr. Shidmead snarled threateningly. This was the last straw for Gokudera, who can handle anything directed at himself, but if you include the tenth. You. Are. Dead. Meat.

Gokudera kicked him behind the knee. Mr. Shimead staggered forward toward the door. Balancing himself he turned, planning to whip Gokudera so hard he would regret his action, that is, if he was still alive. Gokudera had thrown sticks of dynamite in his teacher's face, who had no time to react as he was blasted out of the door and into the opposite class from them and out of the second floor window, landing in a thicket of roses.

Gokudera had a smug look on his face while Tsuna stood, open mouthed, completely horrified. They just attacked a teacher! OMG! OMG! OMG! Before Tsuna could finish panicking, there was a set of thundering steps and out came from no where, Sasagawa Ryohei had appeared. "That was EXTREME!" he said.

"Oi lawn-head! What the hell are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be in class?"

"We were extremely running around the track when I saw a teacher EXTREMELY diving out of the window!"

Tsuna slapped himself in the head. Seriously? Would anyone practically dive out of the second floor?

"You know Gokudera, that was pretty reckless." Yamamoto muttered beside him, his brows furrowed in worry.

"Tch, like I care. How dare he raise his voice up at the tenth!" Gokudera said to him. Now that made Yamamoto smile. "You're right. Besides, a teacher shouldn't hit a student." He said cheerfully.

"You know, we could get expelled." Lambo said pessimistically as Tsuna, Chrome and himself approached them.

"Lambo is right Gokudera-kun, Mr. Shimead might be seriously hurt." Tsuna said. Gokudera bowed apologetically. "Forgive me tenth, I didn't mean to upset you."

Tsuna smiled and shook his head. "Then again, he hit you so he had it coming." He said, grinning. Gokudera would have been brimming with pride… if it hadn't been for a teensy weensy disruption. Then again, they were always getting interrupted.

"Hey. Vongola." A female voice said. They turned to see a girl, second tallest of all girls mind you (Yamamoto was still the tallest), with medium length dark brown hair, wearing a black headband and hazel eyes.

"You are?" Gokudera asked her rudely. She gave him a dirty look before turning to Tsuna. She smiled politely and introduced herself. "I'm Aurora Nicchi, I'm from the Feraldo Family."

"Allied or neutral?" Gokudera asked again.

"Neutral."

"What do you want?" Before the girl could snap at him for his rudeness, Yamamoto and Ryohei snaked their arms around Gokudera's and dragged him back.

"Sorry about that Ms. Aurora." Tsuna said meekly, laughing nervously. The girl sighed and waved her hand, shaking her head, her temper cooling. "It's fine, it's fine. Listen… I was wondering if you guys would like to join our side." She gestured at some of the kids behind her.

"Eh?" they said.

~Hibari Kyoya~

Hibari was patrolling the corridors when he was suddenly called. He turned. "Report."

"There was a disruption in Mr. Shidmead's class. An explosion actually, no one got hurt except Mr. Shidmead himself." A girl said with curly dark hair and olive skin.

"What happened to him then?"

"He fell off the second floor." She replied.

Now, I know people are wondering who this girl is so me, being the author, will explain. Hibari is now head prefect, with his intimidating presence and rather… strong ways, he himself had earned respect from others. Most of them, are younger ones who idolized him. With that, students had joined the discipline committee and there off, became his subordinates. One of them, right now is Airiana who was from one of the allied families.

"And the cause?"

"My brother didn't see how it happened, he just saw Mr. Shidmead crash through their door and out the window."

Hibari didn't need to ask who did it, he had a pretty good idea who it was. "You're dismissed."

Arianna gave a curt nod and walked away, looking over her shoulder as Hibari made his way up the stairs.

~Vongola Famiglia~

"Hold on a minute. You want us to be your ally for capture the flag?" Tsuna said.

"I thought I made it clear when I said it." Aurora said, sighing.

"You! Are you dissing the tenth's thinking capacity?" Gokudera demanded, glaring at her. "What's 'dissing' anyway?" she asked.

"Gokudera-kun, stop. It's just that I haven't heard of this yet." Tsuna said, looking at Aurora. She blinked. "You didn't notice?" she asked. All of the boys shook their heads while Chrome pointed at the back of the class.

"Boss… it's written over there." Chrome said.

They looked and saw a huge sign that said:

September 17, Saturday

Capture the Flag

Reward for the winning side:

Dominion

The reason that they hadn't seen it before was that there was a portrait of Flavio right beside it, which was thought of to be ignored.

"What's this Dominion thingy?" Yamamoto asked.

"How much do you know of the Northern dormitory students?"

"Uh… all we know is that they're pretty much amazing at everything?" Tsuna said stupidly.

Aurora giggled and rolled her eyes. "Yes, they're like what you say but the thing is, they have the most power over the school, right below the headmaster himself. They follow school regulations and all but most of the time, they do everything they want to do, hence dominion over the whole school."

"Why do you want to win this Dominion?" Gokudera asked.

Some off the students behind her had dark looks. "Let's just say their leader," a few people scowled. "is a person you really shouldn't be messing with."

"So… in a way they're like the most powerful group of students in the whole school?" Tsuna said slowly. Wow, it was starting to sound like a normal high school if you think about it, except that here, they can actually kill each other for respect and the fact that they were all from mafia families.

Aurora nodded. "Something like the Vongola family if that makes it any easier."

"So why would you want us to join you?" Lampo asked, sitting on someone's desk without caring.

Aurora's eyes twinkled. "One of your family members, Hibari Kyoya, he beat Clovis…" she started to grin, "one of the northern students here."

"So?" they all asked.

"It means that you Vongola may be stronger than you look and that we may have a chance to beat them." She eyed Tsuna, Chrome and Lambo and thought for a moment. "Well maybe some of you."

"Hey!" was Lambo and Tsuna's protests. She thought again. "Then again maybe it's just you Tsuna."

"What?" he wailed.

"You shouldn't underestimate Tsuna you know." Yamamoto said, burying his hands in his pockets, grinning.

"Sawada is EXTREMELY strong!"

"Jyuddaime is amazing so don't you dare look down on him!" Gokudera said.

The girl sighed, irritated. "Will you please use Italian? I have no idea what words are sprouting from that mouth of yours!"

"Jyuddaime means 'tenth'!"

"Like I would know?"

"Now you know, now stop asking!"

"Herbivores." A voice growled behind them. Half the class gasped as Hibari Kyoya stood by the doorway. His black eyes flickered towards Tsuna and flinched.

"Prepared to be bitten to death Sawada Tsunayoshi." He said as he charged. Tsuna stepped back.

"Wait! Wait Hibari-san! Wait!" he ducked and ran.

He jumped over desks and was out the door before they knew it, screaming "I DIDN'T DO IT!"

"You are held responsible." Was the reply from the prefect before he went after him, hot on his heels.

"Jyuddaime! I'm coming!"

"EXTREME CAT AND MOUSE!"

"Hahaha! A game of tag? Wait up everyone!"

And just like that, three of Tsuna's guardians had followed after their boss, leaving Lambo and Chrome to watch the other students completely dumbstruck.

What just happened? There was one thing they discovered about the Vongola Family that day, that the Vongola Family was seriously odd. It was even odder when Sawada Tsunayoshi had come back, leaving Hibari almost in the dust with amazing speed and legendary girly wails as a tonfa flew inches from his face, lodging itself in the wall at the end of the hall.

Aurora knew one thing though, she would get her answer later.

Ariana was with her twin brother, Arturo, at that time as a flurry of Vongola charged past them.

"What's just happen?" she asked her brother.

He shrugged. "Wasn't that Hibari just now?"

When will it end? He had said many times that it wasn't his fault! His eyes searched his surroundings, hoping to find a place to hide. Coming out of the kitchen, he saw the last person he thought he would see in the whole day. Mare was just leaving the kitchen when Tsuna suddenly came at him, panting.

Normally, if he preferred; Mare would have liked to avoid him at all costs after yesterday, it's been three months since he felt void once more. It was hard enough he had no memories of his past and he didn't need to scare Lia by being what he as when she found him those three months ago, void and lifeless. But with a breathless and very red-faced Tsuna before him, who looked worn out and ready to faint, it wasn't easy to turn him down.

"Please… help me…" Tsuna wheezed as he tried to regain his breath.

Hearing a set of steps getting closer, Mare did not hesitate to shove Tsuna into the kitchen just as Hibari came around the corner. He saw Mare, who was giving him a questionable look. Hibari frowned and moved on, ignoring the corridor and Mare. Right behind him was followed by thundering steps of other children.

"Where did Jyuddaime go?"

"Haha, did Tsuna hide?"

"EXTREME HIDE AND SEEK! I'LL HIDE TOO!"

Are you it then Gokudera?"

"Stupid baseball nut and lawn head!"

Mare watched them quietly as they left, bickering all the way.

The door opened behind him, showing a frowning Lia, holding Tsuna by the hand.

"Mare, would you mind explaining?" she asked dryly.

"I-" he started but Tsuna blurted out "It was my fault!"

She looked at him. "It's not your fault sir."

"But it is!" Tsuna insisted. "Mare helped me…" he gulped. "Escape a really, really, terrible fate."

Lia gave Mare a look.

"He was being chased and needed a place to hide." He said.

"Oh…" Lia said.

Mare turned to Tsuna and said, "The head prefect is gone. He went don the eastern corridor. I suggest you stay with Lia in case he comes back." Tsuna nodded wisely. He could do that.

"Um… Mare-san… have you seen three of my friends perhaps? They're uh…"

"Always arguing with each other?" Tsuna gave him a suspicious look.

"How did you know?" he asked slowly.

"They were here for a while, after the prefect left. I presume they were looking for you."

"They're probably worried…. Gokudera-kun most probably." Tsuna sweat dropped.

"Would you like me to find them?" Mare offered.

"Eh?" Tsuna said surprised. After a while, he nodded and Mare left to find his friends.

"So…" Tsuna said as he fidgeted on his chair.

"So…" Lia repeated, sighing.

Tsuna's eyes gazed at her briefly before looking down once more. This person might be able to tell him something about Mare.

"Um… Lia-san?"

"Hmnnn?" She looked at him.

"Can I ask you something?"

Lia smiled. "Of course young sir." She said.

"You can call me Tsuna you know." Tsuna grumbled.

She smiled slightly. What a nice little boy. "Very well then… Tsuna. So, what were you going to ask?"

Tsuna mumbled something. She cocked her head to the side, "What was that Tsuna?"

"Uh…"

"Yes?" she urged him, smiling.

"Are you and Mare close?" he blurted out.

As soon as Tsuna's innocent words fell from his mouth, she stiffened. A deep dark blush creeping up on her cheeks. Tsuna apparently did not notice the effect of his words on her as he went on,

"I mean, you two must be close after all…"

"Close?" she squeaked, her eyes started swirling, turning even redder than possible while not hearing the rest of what he said.

"… so maybe you could tell me all about him."

"Huh?" she blinked.

"I mean, can you tell me more about Mare?"

Her blush disappeared. "Why do you want to know?" she asked, a bit suspicious.

Tsuna scratched his head. "It's just… when I met him the first time… uh… he was like, staring into space? I wonder if he just daydreams or something." He said.

"Oh…" she said and leaned back against her chair, relieved. "Forgive him… really." She smiled sadly. "Mare… he," she sighed heavily. "He has no memories of his past."

"Eh?" Tsuna said, surprised. "No memories?"

She nodded. "I… well, I found him three months ago and took care of him with the help of my mother." She swallowed, as if it pained her to speak. "So far, the only thing he remembers is that his name is 'Mare'."

Tsuna didn't speak. There was definitely something fishy going on here, and he did not mean the barrel of fish a few feet beside him.

Who was Mare exactly? It didn't add up. Of course nothing added up! What were you supposed to add it with anyway? He shook his head lightly, dispersing his arguing thoughts. If he must, can he use his hyper intuition? Probably not, he can read a person's next move, feel their emotions, can tell from which direction to go into and somewhat predict what will happen next (whether if it ill be good or bad) but he does not have the power to read someone's mind. Reading minds and feeling a person's emotions are two entirely different things.

But there was a person who can.

Carmine looked out of his window as the carriage rattled while going through a bumpy road. His strawberry-blonde bangs falling against the sides of his face. In his hand, he twirled the tainted pacifier. "Well Carmine, you seem rather excited aren't you?" said a man with dirty blonde hair tied to a tail, long face, eyes black and a nose that was crooked, looking like as if it had been broken before.

Carmine gave him a rather bored expression. "Yes, I'm practically jumping for joy." He said sarcastically and sat straight. "I'm not excited you twit, I'm just extremely… curious." He smiled.

The man nodded, not offended by the slightest. "Curious about what if I may ask?"

The boy seated back and looked outside. "I find it amusing that Vongola Primo has a… son. I wonder what the Vongola Family had planned… it's not everyday of course you might be able to see the next generation of the bearers of the Vongola rings."

"So you only want to see the children?"

Carmine looked at him briefly before turning back to the view outside. "No. My objective is far more complex than you think."

"How so?"

Carmine gave him companion a sly smirk. "You'll see. Just remember to bring the carriage over in six days, understand?"

"Yes sir."

~ Vongola Famiglia ~

Giotto put his quill down and rubbed his temples. Stupid headaches… pinching the bridge of his nose, he frowned. Good lord, his head as been aching the whole day now! What's worse is that it felt like a whole hive of bees were buzzing in his head.

Looking at the clock across the room, he sighed. Seven already? He should just leave the paperwork for tomorrow, doing it right now might lead to a migraine next if he kept on. Blowing the flame out of his lamp, he picked up his cloak and left the room, shutting the door behind him.

For a moment, he thought, is Tsuna okay? Besides the headache, his worry for Tsuna made it all the harder to concentrate clearly on work. Ever since they left, he had been feeling some kind of tingling up his back, almost like a shiver. Whatever it meant, he didn't feel like it was bad, more like he was anticipating something. Something that he so didn't want to be involved with. Sadly, fate was an ass and it left him with serious curses and blessings. It didn't matter much, he would face it.

Just as Tsuna is right now as he was fighting with his cloud guardian in the forest behind the dormitory.

After his awkward talk with Lia, Mare had come back with his friends. Of course, Gokudera almost tackled him to the ground while Yamamoto laughed. Ryohei was shouting though and because of that, he had attracted the attention of a certain prefect who was still prowling around the grounds looking for his prey. Because of that, Tsuna had to go back to square one: RUN.

Tsuna had to admit though, flexing his muscles by not running for his life felt like the change he needed. Then again, he takes it back as he was smacked across the face with a hard and cold steel tonfa.

"Ow…" he muttered and licked his lips. Was it him or was he slower?

"You've gotten rusty herbivore." Yup, that settles it. He was way out of sync.

"I know already. Let's just get on with it." He grumbled as he stood up, his flames getting bigger as he tensed.

Hibari smirked and charged. Tsuna jumped high into the air and was about to jump to the other side when something wrapped around his foot and slammed him against the tree trunk. He grunted and grabbed the chain around his leg, melting it with his flames. Standing up, he shot himself into the air, twisting his trunk around, he brought his leg down on Hibari. He was in midway of attacking Hibari when someone shouted,

"VONGOLA!"

His flames extinguished immediately and he fell to the ground.

Looking from his position, a figure emerged from the trees. It was the girl from class, Aurora.

Tsuna scrambled up to his knees. Did she see anything? Did she see him in HDWM? The look she gave him though didn't look like she saw anything.

Relieved, he got to his feet. "What are you doing here Aurora-san? Shouldn't you be back in your dorm now?"

She blew the sides of her bangs. "I should be, but then I would have to answer to my friends that the Vongola still haven't answered our proposal."

"Oh… can we take this inside? It's getting really dark out here already." He said as he hastily pulled off his gloves.

"Sure." She said as they went inside Vongola's dorm. Tsuna looked over to see Hibari going the other way, probably the back door of the place… that is, if there was one.

"Jyuddaime! Did that stupid Hibari do anything to you?" Gokudera demanded when they went in.

"I'm fine Gokudera-kun. Can you get everyone down in the lounge? Mitchel too, I want to ask him a few things."

Gokudera gave Aurora look before running off.

"What's his problem?" she whispered to Tsuna. He smiled. "Don't mind him. He may be mean but he's a good person."

"Right…" she muttered and followed him to the lounge.

She had to admit though, the way he handled things made him feel like a boss. She almost wanted to kiss his hand in respect. Almost. But he was just so… small and scrawny. Not to mention vulnerable. She shook her head as she sat down across him.

Tsuna sat straight with his legs crossed, hands on his lap and a pleasing smile on his face. All these were signs that he was in boss mode and that he was completely unaware of it. Aurora sat straight, feeling more nervous than she should be. What is it with this air? Was it her or did it feel like she was sitting in a middle of a serious meeting that her father goes to?

The doors opened and came in Gokudera, followed by the rest. He sat on Tsuna's right, Yamamoto on his left, Ryohei leaned on the couch behind them, Chrome sat on the arm, Mukuro on the other, Lambo sat on the floor near Tsuna's feet and somewhere in the back, Hibari stood, leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. Mitchel came in last and closed the doors. His face saying he was feeling nervous as she was.

What in the world is with this atmosphere? She could feel herself shrinking under their gazes. Earlier today, they were almost…. Normal. And why were they sitting away from her?

Mitchel sat down beside her. She gulped. She should say something.

"Um… about our proposal from earlier…" she started.

"Yeah, about that…" Tsuna said worriedly and turned to look at his guardians. "Before I say what I think, I want to hear your opinions guys."

"Hmnn… It would make everything much easier if we had complete dominion over the school." Mukuro said.

"It extremely sounds fun Sawada!"

"Maybe we should go for it boss…" Chrome mumbled.

"Hn. Do what you herbivores want."

"Dominion over the school doesn't sound so bad…"

"Che, I'm not following anyone unless it's Jyuddaime." Gokudera said stubbornly and crossed his arms, scowling.

Silence engulfed them.

"You're kind of right there Gokudera…" Yamamoto said slowly and smiled. "I'll join if Tsuna joins!"

Tsuna smiled. "I don't know what to say. Do we really have a choice?"

Aurora shook her head. "You really don't, that's why everyone is already choosing sides. If you don't, you'll be seriously punished."

"For not wanting to participate?" Tsuna asked, surprised.

She nodded.

"Young master Tsunayoshi, I know it sounds a bit harsh but the headmaster means well. All activities he plans always have a reason behind them." Mitchel said.

Tsuna turned to look at his cloud guardian. "What do you think Hibari-san?"

"The herbivore is an idiot." Some of them snickered. "but," he went on. "it's just as the herbivore said."

"My, Hibari Kyoya, that's quite a lot for you to say besides your usual 'I'll bite you to death'."

"At least I don't laugh like some creepy stalker…." Hibari smirked as a Mukuro's lips twitched.

"Hibari Kyoya…"

"Stop it you two." Tsuna commanded and they stopped.

Aurora was appalled. Earlier today he was being chased around school, screeching and was absolutely terrified. Now look at him! They follow him like he was their boss. Which she can't help but think he is. Was she wrong to think he was weak? Looks like Sawada Tsunayoshi was more than what he appeared.

"Whose the leader then?" Gokudera huffed.

"No one actually. We're still in the process of gathering people on our side."

"How many then?" Mukuro asked.

Aurora's confidence faltered. "We…. I… around thirty or so." She said quietly.

"Hibari-san, how many students are there in total?" Tsuna asked.

"Two-hundred and seventy six."

"You're telling us that…" Lambo started.

"Two-hundred and forty-six have joined the opposing team?" Gokudera said.

"Tut, tut Gokudera Hayato. Subtract it by fifty." Mukuro said.

"One hundred and ninety-six?"

Aurora didn't answer.

Tsuna sighed. "And most of them are kids around your-" he stopped. "our age?" he corrected himself, reminding that he was stuck looking like a ten-year old. Aurora pursed her lips.

"I get it, we're outnumbered." She said hotly. "'We're going to loose anyway so why bother? Those upperclassmen do what they want anyway'… I just hate hearing those! They always look down on the smaller families, it doesn't matter if you're allied or not, they think they're so…so…" she let out a frustrating growl. She blushed, knowing she acted childishly.

"I'm sorry, I…" she looked up to see a smiling Tsuna.

"I can see why you want us to join. Mukuro and Hibari-san are pretty popular… they already have people following them."

"Not to mention Hibari and Mukuro are EXTREMELY SCARY!" Ryohei added and ducked as a trident and tonfa clashed above where his head once was. Tsuna nodded, still smiling.

"But to be honest, I'd like to avoid fighting at all times but it looks like I can't." he sighed. "Can I know who their leader is anyway?"

"Carmine Estello." She said.

"Who?" they all asked simultaneously.

"He's the leader. I don't know much about him, I don't know what level he is, how old he is and I don't even know what he looks like."

"Do you know him Mitchel?" Tsuna asked him.

Mitchel shooked his head. "Afraid not young master."

"How is that you don't even know what he looks like?" Gokudera complained.

"I just don't know! All I know is that he's been away overseas… something about his father and his Family needing him." She shrugged. "But even if he's not here, he's capable of running things."

"How so?" Mukuro asked.

"I don't really know. No one really knows. If you really want the details of how things go around here, go ask your servant." She jerked her thumb at Mitchel. They all looked at him.

"Snappy little one ain't she?" he muttered before turning to his young masters. "Hmmn… for short, Enollavac Academy has a student council composed of seven students. It was originally based on the Vongola Family's guardians," Tsuna looked at him. "The headmaster is kind of… strange that way. He really admires the Vongola." Mitchel explained.

"Oh…" They all said. Enovallac wasn't the most normal school anyway.

"Anyway, have you made up your mind? Are you joining our side or not?" she asked impatiently.

Tsuna leaned forward, smiling with his hands clasped around his knee.

"First of, ah… let's agree on some matters shall we?"

~ The next day ~

Tsuna yawned as he made his way to class. So much planning…

He opened the door, only to be flooded by a mob of children around his age and several older ones whom he didn't recognize. Soon, his friends were also mobbed the moment they set foot in. Tsuna was dragged all the way to the front desk where he sat as the figures of excited children retreated, in an almost awe-like atmosphere, the older ones examining him quietly from the back.

Aurora appeared in the center, her arms folded. "We're all here then, just as you asked." She said.

Tsuna scratched the back of his head sheepishly. Gokudera and the others hung back on the sides. Yamamoto gave him a thumbs-up.

"Thanks Aurora-san." Tsuna said and toyed with the end of his tie nervously. Sure he's been in serious meetings before but this was different, they were kids. They can be easily discouraged but they also hope high and hold on fast if they wanted to, but he must be careful of what he says. He didn't want to get pulverized to a pulp.

"Hi. I'm Tsunayoshi Sawada, you can call me Tsuna if you want." He smiled. No one answered and Tsuna's smile twitched slightly. "Okay… as you all heard from Aurora-san, I called for a gathering today because I want to settle a few things with everyone. I really want to stay out of these kinds of things," he started and earned complaints and insults from everyone in the room. He raised his hand silently and they quieted. "But Aurora-san here told me a lot of things and I thought… why not do it?" he sighed and looked at his guardians. They were the reason why he agreed to all this and besides, it's been a while since they've fought in battle.

"What I want to try and say is… we're in." They cheered loudly at this and Tsuna glanced at Aurora, she looked relieved.

"Alright, now let's get started…"

~ Three days later, Friday ~

"The big day is tomorrow Tsuna! There's no need to be looking like that!" Yamamoto said that morning as he clapped Tsuna on the back heartily.

That day, he was exhausted, partly from lack of sleep, the other was because of Hibari. Tsuna kept to his word when he bribed his cloud guardian that he would fight with him every day just to come inside the carriage with them for their journey to school, lack of sleep because he was always tired after sparring and that he needed to study.

Tsuna yawned and sat up groggily. That's right, tomorrow the game was going to be held somewhere in the northern forest, just beyond the crevice of the great walls of rock that lead into the Academy. The field was about four miles and the center line was the meadow in the forest. Mukuro had already checked the place himself and lucky them, they can use their surroundings to their advantage.

Somebody knocked on the front door and Lambo went to get it. Tsuna was just about to take a bite of his toast when he saw Aurora looking at him anxiously with someone standing beside her. Tsuna put down his toast and immediately recognized him, he was the guy who was glaring at him when he first came here. He was tall, perhaps fourteen or so. Raven black hair, pale skin, and scarlet eyes that made Tsuna think of Xanxus. He stood up.

"Uh… Aurora-san?"

"This is Crispin. Crispin M'dell from one of the allied families." Aurora said and nudged the elder boy beside her. In turn, he glared at Tsuna, as if it was his fault that he was here.

"Why you…" Gokudera started but was held up but Yamamoto.

"It's… nice to meet you Crispin-san." Tsuna said.

"Crispin. Just Crispin." He said and looked away.

"Uh… okay then." Clearly this was getting awkward. "So Crispin, what brings you here?"

"He's here to join." Aurora said sharply. The elder boy merely scowled but didn't argue.

"Eh? Join? Well um, okay then… uh… which team do you want to join?"

"Team?" Crispin asked, looking at him.

"You didn't explain it to him?" Tsuna turned to Aurora. She shrugged. "I thought it was for the best since you're the boss." She said.

Tsuna mentally groaned. He unconsciously made himself the boss, he was starting to really think that he had developed a completely different personality. Proof was that he let all the responsibility be turned over to them.

"Yeah… okay then." He sighed and closed his eyes for a moment. When he opened them again, the air changed around him, giving off a completely mature aura.

"Since we're around eighty or so, we divided ourselves into seven groups: Sky, Storm, Rain, Thunder, Sun, Mist and Cloud. Just like the Vongola family and each group is lead by at least one of my friends…" he turned and pointed at each on of them except for Hibari who wasn't there at the moment. "We put anyone into groups that seem fitting for them the most, like for example…" he thought for a moment. "The Storm team lead by Gokudera-kun! Anyone who were good enough for close or distant combat and that they're not good in stealth are there."

"They're mostly used as a decoy though." Lambo said and Gokudera whacked him on the head.

"So you're telling me that my superior is four years younger than me?" Crispin said, not sounding happy about it at all.

"Why? Got a problem with it?" Gokudera asked.

"Why yes I do actually."

"Why you… are you asking for a fight?" Gokudera pulled out sticks of dynamite.

"Bring it on." Crispin pulled out a cylinder object.

Aurora stamped her foot on Crispin's and he yelped in reply. "Why did you do that for?"

"You twit, did you forget about Max?" she hissed.

His face darkened but didn't say anything else. It was obvious that they were hiding something.

"Let's just get on with it already." He muttered after a while. Aurora smiled at him apologetically. In turn, Tsuna did not pry but asked them to come to the dormitory after everyone had breakfast so that they could start with their preparations.

The headmaster had given them the whole day to prepare for the game and Gokudera wouldn't let a single moment to be wasted. As soon as everyone was there, Hibari gathered his team and led them to the forest, leaving the rest to figure out what he was up to. It was extremely crowded in the lounge therefore Tsuna had them dispatched already to his guardians, leaving him and his small team.

Tsuna wasn't the greatest leader and he can't come up with the most brilliant plans but he does try his best and try his best he will. In order to make things easier, he had his guardians divide their troops to themselves. People who can match with them and all the ones who didn't, well, most of them got stuck with Lambo while the rest was with him.

The Storm lead by Gokudera, had the job of setting up traps and mostly on the line of defense. The Rain lead by Yamamoto was the third line of offense but they would defend the rivers near the flag was going to be, for a while that is; it was just never Yamamoto's style to stay on defense for long. If ever the enemy had gotten pass their lines, they will have a run in with the Rain. The Thunder, sadly, were put on the front lines as they will serve as the first line of defense and who else would lead them but Lambo? He wasn't all too happy about it at all and would have backed down if it weren't for Mukuro threatening him with a smile. The Sun will be their medics and if a team is unable to hold, they will be the reserved troops and take up their places. Ryohei wanted to join in on the fight immediately but Tsuna convinced him that if any of them would get tired, who would take their place? Who will make sure that the injured will stay away from harm? Ryohei finally gave in and was later on screaming a pep talk at his team mates. The Cloud was their first line of offense. Tsuna knew full and well that Hibari could lead them and successfully break through the enemy's defenses. Their third line of defense was the Mist, lead by Mukuro. Mukuro's abilities of using illusions wasn't such a secret anymore when he had 'accidentally' let one of his team mates see one of his illusions. So, everyone from their side knew about Mukuro and was anticipating on the surprise the enemy would get. As for the Sky, lead by Tsuna along with Chrome, they were given the test of defending the flag. They could also be the second in command to his guardians if they were too busy fighting or defending and that they served to be messengers. He had all the fastest ones on his team because he needed to be informed at all times.

With this, they were ready. Even though some of them were too young, they didn't worry about it as they saw the Vongola not bothered by their age and are somewhat at awe. They admired Gokudera's quick thinking, Yamamoto's easygoing personality, Ryohei's enthusiasm, Hibari's strength, Mukuro's power and Tsuna's leadership skills (not really at first). Lambo wasn't thought of much but was still respected, as Chrome was as well. With them, they had a chance at beating the enemy. They were full of confidence and hope, something that Tsuna didn't want to encourage so much just in case.

Each team leader was left to cultivate the abilities of their members. Never have they thought that they were weak, or useless. Tsuna has proven that with his team, even Lambo's. Mukuro and Yamamoto made sure their teams were trained in stealth. Hibari did not only train his team physically but for those who cannot fight as well in hand-to-hand combat, he had other uses for them. He made sure that they can gather information in the battlefield without getting caught and for people like Arturo, you'll see. Gokudera had those with sharp aim and all week had them train in the archery like crazy. Ryohei, who wasn't much good at reading books at all but had learned quite a lot from Knuckles about first aid in this time, had taught his team members. Even though they were reserved, they were rearing to go anytime.

Tsuna was glad to say they did well, in fact, he was kind of anticipating it. If it weren't for the thought that they could get severely hurt, he might have been actually enjoying this.

Taking a break for a while, Tsuna let his team mates go around to the other groups to check on them while he went to look around their future battle ground. Mitchel had gone to town to meet up the First Generation Family since they'll be coming the next day. Tsuna scratched his head. Which means he'll be borrowing a horse from the stables and thank the gods (if there ever were) that while they were still at Vongola mansion, he learned how to ride a horse. It absolutely robbed him of apples and sugar cubes! Those horses were clever…

~ Mare ~

"What's wrong Mare? You're having a headache again?" Lia murmured as she made him look at her. Mare was pale and obviously feeling nauseous. "You won't even eat! Mare, what's wrong?" she pleaded softly. Mare weakly raised his hands and placed them against hers and hung his head, his eyes focusing clearly.

"I don't know Lia… it's that again." He whispered, his voice strained.

"You're visions…?" her eyes widened.

He shook his head slowly. "I told you, I don't know what these are. I know one thing though… something will happen." He said and rubbed his eyes.

"But what?" she asked, fear etched into her voice.

"I can't make it out…" he said, his teeth grinding as he tried to force himself to focus. He didn't need to know that something bad was going to happen, he saw it. Well, glimpses of it. Lia stood up and looked around her fearfully. "We have to leave…" she started saying.

He grabbed her hand and made her look at him. "No Lia. We can't leave. You know there is only one way in and that is always guarded. The headmaster may look like a fool but he's a formidable man, the Academy's entrance is heavily guarded, leaving at night would be suicide."

She collapsed to her knees and buried her head in Mare's lap.

"I don't want it to happen again." She whispered.

Mare didn't answer but closed his eyes, sighing heavily. "I'm sorry."

"It was never your fault." Lia murmured, deep sadness lacing in her voice. Mare couldn't say anything. No matter what, it was his fault and it would live with him till the day he dies.

If only he couldn't see… maybe Sicilla would still be alive.

Lia wiped her eyes when she thought he wasn't looking and stood up. "I'll be heading back to the kitchen alright?" she said giving her best in an attempt for a smile. Mare also stood up, staggering a little. "Mare?"

He looked up and saw Lia at the door. "Will you be alright?"

He smiled reassuringly "Don't worry." She gave him a look full of worry before giving him a light peck on the cheek before dashing out of the room. A faint blush crept on his cheeks and he sighed, lighter this time. "I will protect you Lia, I swore to your mother on that." He murmured quietly before looking out of his window, catching a glimpse of gravity-defying brown hair. He walked towards the window, "Tsuna?" he said, his brows furrowing. What was he doing in the stables? For a minute, Tsuna disappeared from his sight, the next, Tsuna flew twenty feet in the air and landed on the ground, rolling away again from his sight. Mare didn't think as he pulled on his boots and ran out of his room until he felt the pang in his head once more. He cursed and went on. Slowly this time, he made his way outside to the stables where Tsuna was getting on his feet.

"What are you doing?" he asked and raised a brow as Tsuna practically let out a startled little girl's cry.

"You still sound like a girl." He commented.

Tsuna composed himself and sighed. "Why does everyone think of that?"

"Maybe if you didn't scream like one then?" Mare offered as he came closer, his mouth twisted to a frown as the pain hit him again.

"Are you alright? You look like you're in pain."

"I'm fine. It's just a headache after washing all those chamber pots." Mare lied.

Tsuna's face cringed before settling into a sympathetic smile. "Don't feel sorry about it," Mare muttered. "when you clean pots you'll get used to them."

Not sure how to respond to this remark Tsuna said, "Can you help me get a horse? The stable horses here don't exactly…er… like me."

"Did you try bribing them?" Mare asked as he reached into a barrel and pulled out a nice shiny apple.

"I did and…" Tsuna pulled out his pockets, his inside pocket was completely ripped. "they kind of mugged me?" he said sheepishly.

Mare had to smile at this and approached the horses. Picking a young gentle filly with a pure white coat and bribed her easily with an apple. "Tsuna, come here." Mare told him and he obeyed.

When Tsuna came closer the young filly began to sniff him. "Go on." Mare said. Tsuna looked at him. "What am I supposed to do?" he asked.

"Teach her your scent." Mare said and shoved Tsuna's face right at the mare's nostrils. "Now breathe." He commanded and Tsuna did so. After wards, the horse bowed it's head into submission.

"How…?" Tsuna asked and Mare chuckled. "Horses are like people in a way you know. You just have to know how to understand them is all." he said, stroking the filly's mane. Tsuna squatted and stood up again. "Why do I get a girl horse?" he whined.

Mare shrugged. "You sound like a girl. I figured you'd do well with your own gender."

"Why is it you keep thinking I'm a girl?" Tsuna cried in distress.

"If you stop reacting like one, grow up a bit, maybe then I'll think of calling you a boy." Tsuna groaned. "So, why do you want to borrow a horse? You do know there's a game tomorrow right?" he asked.

"Yeah. I just wanted to take a look at the field again." Tsuna said, smiling. Mare looked at him skeptically.

"What?" Tsuna demanded.

"Nothing. You seem pretty confident walking into a forest outside of the academy all by yourself without fearing an ambush." Mare said nonchalantly.

"Why would I get ambushed exactly?" Tsuna asked worriedly. Mare gave him a look.

"This is a mafia school. Who ever said the mafia ever played fair?" he shrugged and went back inside the stables. When he came out he had a Shetland pony with him, already saddled and all. Tsuna blew his bangs away from his face and saddled the filly.

~ Vongola Famiglia ~

"What's taking that brat so long?" G muttered as he tapped his cigarette.

"Who are you referring to? Lampo?" Deamon asked as he flipped a page of his book. "Not that brat, I mean the other brat." G scowled. "Why the hell do I have to wait for him with you?"

Without looking up from his book, Deamon answered simply "Because Primo ordered you to."

G looked away. Damn it, he just had to be smart. He was right anyway, they were ordered to wait at the outskirts of the town for the Mitchel, the children's coach driver. They were feeling that they shouldn't have sent the kids away, now that strange occurrences were happening. Children were disappearing, not only here in Italy, but in the other western countries as well. Children of high and poor status had been disappearing and most of them, the children, had some connection with the mafia in one way or another. The only similarities among these missing children was that they certainly went through a lot, they have lived against the odds at such a young age but what of now? What happened to them?

The Vongola weren't too keen on knowing and it frustrated Alaude to no ends to find he had no leads to it. The children just vanished into thin air. When Primo had heard this he had already ordered for them to move out. Which brings them to this little town in the middle of the freaking middle-of-no-where. At least, that's what G describes it.

Anyway, ever since Primo had heard, he was almost crazy to know what happened to Tsuna and the others. It really sucked to wait for letters, it usually takes weeks, months and even years.

The Vongola were confident of the defenses set around the academy; it was not only the work of man that kept it safe but with the help of nature as well. If you look outside the academy, past it's great walls of rock that surrounds it in a circle, it would look like mountain or a volcano. The only entrance was through a crevice that was hidden from view by the great trees that folk still whisper about as the land of elves. G snorted, elves… last time they've been here he found no signs of elves. He found a weird headmaster slash boss and an annoying assistant instead. Unlike Gokudera, who was fond of mysteries, G was fond of mythology and so on.

Back to the matter at hand, G straightened when Deamon pointed out, "He's here."

"Finally!" G said and stood up. Riding towards them on an old colt was Mitchel.

"Giotto, stop pacing around already. They'll be here." Asari said as he tried to sooth down his anxious friend that kept walking back and forth, casting glances at the window every now and then. Giotto sighed. "I can't Asari, I just can't." he said as he rubbed his hands together.

They were staying at the local inn in the meantime as they waited for G and Deamon. So, in the meantime while waiting for the two, the rest of the guardians waited in Giotto's room; either to watch their boss in his state of paranoia or just be there for no reason.

"I still can't believe you sent G with Deamon." Knuckle said as he sat on a stool.

"I would be surprised if they haven't burned the forests outside of town." Lampo said as he lied on the bed lazily.

"Lampo, take your shoes off." Giotto ordered the lighting guardian and then went back to pacing around.

"If you keep frowning like that you'll end up looking old." Lampo commented as he grumpily pulled his shoes off. Giotto stopped and casted his youngest guardian a frown before relaxing into a sigh. It was just… hard. For some reason, he just couldn't shake this feeling off that has been bugging him lately. It felt like an icy hand crawling up his back. What's worse was that ever since he heard of the reports of missing children, he felt that Tsuna had something to do with it. He wasn't blaming the boy, oh no. It's just… ever since they sent them to the academy, a lot of people have been missing lately. He had a feeling that Tsuna might be taken. He didn't know where that thought came from but it was simple:

Tsuna will be taken. He just had to make sure he was safe.

But really, as long as they stay behind those walls they're safe. That is, if they don't have the notion of stepping out.

"Really Giotto, I told you already. The children are fine." Asari said reassuringly. "Me and G have been there before and nothing, save animals, would be able to get past it's defenses."

Giotto plopped on the edge of the bed. "I know Asari. No one will be able to hike on that… mountain without slipping to their death."

G had explained before that outside, it looked like a mountain. A bare mountain. There were little plantation that hung on it. It was a mountain, a mountain of rock. No one would be able to climb up on it without risking slipping to death. The people who lived near it gave it a very simple name: The mountain of stone.

Knuckle clapped him on the back hard. "Then there's nothing to worry about then! You worry too much Giotto… Tsuna probably misses you too." He teased. Giotto pursed his lips, a faint blush on his cheeks. "Oh shut up." He muttered.

Knuckle grinned. "Do you miss tucking him in bed?" he said.

"Kissing his forehead?" Lampo added.

"And fussing over every little thing?" Asari said innocently.

"I-I-I never did any of those!" Giotto stuttered out, blushing.

Lampo poked him on the cheek. "Oh come out with it, I've seen you do it."

"I did it just once!"

"You do tuck him in bed when he's asleep!" Knuckle said.

"That's because Tsuna rolls around in his sleep! I have to make sure he won't fall off!"

"Excuses!" Lampo cried.

"But you do worry a lot, like when he doesn't eat enough or when he gets a cut or a bruise." Asari said, smiling. By this time, Giotto was tomato red. He doesn't deny he did those but it was just downright embarrassing. "Oh look at him," Knuckle said as he had one arm around his boss. "he's blushing! Young fathers." He chuckled and Giotto blushed even more. Lampo and Asari started to laugh and Giotto wished he had something to drink right now.

"G is even fussier than Giotto is though." Asari said after a while and Giotto had to smile.

Just then, the door opened and three of his guardians walked in, with Mitchlel following them. Alaude stood at the corner of the room while Deamon at the other. G quirked an eyebrow when he saw Giotto. "Why are you so red?" he asked.

"Just a bit of teasing with our boss!" Knuckle said, chuckling. Giotto glowered slightly and pushed himself up.

"Mitchel, sit down will you? You must have been tired." Giotto said, ignoring Knuckle.

Mitchel shook his head. "No thanks master. I'm fine this way."

G stood beside Asari while Giotto took out a chair and sat down on it. Mitchel shuffled nervously.

"How are the kids?" Asari asked.

"They're doing really good!" Mitchel answered.

"As in how good?" G asked. He knew how the place worked and wasn't all too happy about the respect thing.

"The school is having an event tomorrow and one of the two teams, they're leading." He grinned.

"Whose leading?" G asked, his brows furrowed.

"Why… young master Tsunayoshi of course!" Mitchel beamed as they all exchanged looks with each other.

"Your telling that short boy is leading them?" Deamon said in disbelief. Mitchel nodded.

"He's not short Deamon… he hasn't drunk milk that much is all." Giotto murmured.

"Is that why you tried to make him drink milk the whole week while they were still at the mansion?" Deamon asked.

"That's not the point." Giotto said quickly. He turned to Mitchel. "So what is this event that's going to happen?"

Mitchel grinned. "Sorry masters but the headmaster wants to leave that as a surprise."

"Somehow I don't like the sound of that." G muttered. Giotto nodded.

~ The Battleground ~

"How much farther?" Tsuna panted as he heaved himself up. They left the horses at the bottom of the steep hill of an avalanches of stones and were now climbing up to the top (which was really hard since Tsuna kept slipping all the time)

"Almost there." Mare promised and held out a hand to him. Tsuna took it gratefully and was hoisted up. He started with a grunt before standing up and dusting his pants. When he looked up, his mouth dropped open slightly. He could see the thicket of trees beyond the grass fields, enemy territory it was. Mare pointed to his right and Tsuna turned his head to face a waterfall, about forty feet high. He can hear the water going downstream the river… right into enemy territory. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the river that disappeared through their own territory of trees. By the looks of it, it was deep. Very deep. An idea popped into his mind and he turned back to the falls.

The pool of water there was not as deep as the river as he could see the water was lighter and the glistening of the stones underwater.

"I'm guessing that now you had a look at what you wanted, can we go now?"

"Huh?" Tsuna said and turned to look at Mare.

"It's almost dusk, no one will be allowed to get in after sundown." Mare said as he jumped down and skidded down to a halt at the bottom.

"Why?" Tsuna asked and slipped. "Ah!" he rolled down and landed flat on his stomach by Mare's feet. Mare sighed and pulled him up by the scruff of his collar and set him down on his feet again. "Clumsy." He said and Tsuna blushed. He grumbled something under his breath about fate messing with him before catching up to Mare as he headed back to the horses.

When they came back, they parted ways. Mare leaved with the two horses, leading them back to the stables while Tsuna went back to his dorm. But before they parted, Mare bid him a warning "Stay away from the incense." When Tsuna tried to ask, Mare had already gone quite a distance. He pondered on the warning all the way.

When Mare had taken care of the horses, he came back to his room where a tray of food was waiting for him. He smiled softly and sat on his bed, taking his boots off. When he was done he sat there for a while, thinking. Why in the world did he tell Tsuna that? Stay away from the incense? He had a faint memory of smelling something while he was… in a trance; but what did it have to do with Tsuna?

Sometimes, as much as knowing was a curse, not knowing was a pain in the ass.

~ The day of Capture the Flag ~

Tsuna and his band of troops were standing around huge boulders at the bottom of the steep hill. With them, was a bronze flag with the emblems of families that are on their side, the Vongola's crest being the biggest of them all. Tsuna stood at the center, standing on a flat rock. Beside him stood Gokudera with his arms folded. Ryohei held the flag.

Having already discussed this with his guardians about some change of plans, Tsuna pointed up the hill. "Gokudera-kun, climb up that hill and you'll get a view over everything down here. Yamamoto," he pointed towards the river. "there's a small fall a bit upstream from here, it would be a good place for you."

"Not that deep?" he asked and Tsuna shook his head lightly. Yamamoto suddenly had a mischievous grin on his face. Liking where this as going.

"Onii-san, stay here at the keep okay with me for a while okay? Once it starts, Sun can do as it pleases." Ryohei nodded. "Chrome, I'll need you to stay with Sky. I might need you to do something since Mukuro might be busy." Chrome nodded.

"Hibari-san and Mukuro can do as fit. As for Lambo…" they all turned at him. His face pale white with droplets of sweat trailing down his face.

"Uh… Mukuro… I don't think we should…" Tsuna started but Mukuro cut him off. "Nonsense. Lambo is capable… am I right?" he flashed a wicked smile at Lambo and Lambo started to nod rapidly. Tsuna sighed and looked at them all.

What was he supposed to say? Oh right, a speech.

He wasn't the best with words of encouragement much but he'll do his best. After all, today the first generation will come and Tsuna felt something swell up in his chest at the thought of bringing victory to them. After all, wouldn't any son want to make his father proud? At least, a great-great-great-great grandson would? But that thought was nothing but a distraction compared to the thought buried deep in his head.

He firmly made sure the flag was secure before turning around. He took a deep breath and let his fingers relax, feeling the ring on his finger. All night he was extremely bothered by his intuition. He didn't understand why but just to make sure, he had everyone wear their VG gear. Also, he mentioned Mare's warning to them. Tsuna wasn't so sure about them taking it seriously since he himself had his doubts.

A horn sounded in the air. That was the signal which means it was time.

"Everyone." He had to make it quick. "Let's win this."

What? It was the best he could come up it but it was simple and effective. Everybody cheered.

They parted, leaving only Lambo's group. Tsuna walked up to him. "Lambo, are you sure you can do this?" he asked softly.

All tension left Lambo's shoulders as he squared them. "I'll be fine young Vongola. Lambo-sama won't fail!"

Tsuna sweatdropped as his lightning guardian walked away, his troop following with their spears up. If he remembered right, Gokudera suggested on using the Greek strategy or was it Roman? Tsuna shook his head, he can't remember things for long but he just hoped that Lambo won't have to use the pointed end… Lambo wasn't much of a close range fighter much…

Tsuna waited with his small group, straining his ears for any sound. Then there it was…. instant silence. The whole forest had gone dead quiet. Tsuna could feel it, a whole horde of hostility was heading towards them. From their side, a much stronger force was waiting. Hibari, his first thought was. No one had such a sharp killing intention than his Cloud guardian, except for Alaude that is. Tsuna craned his neck up to where Gokudera was perched up on the top of the hill, his troop with their bows hiding behind the trees. He couldn't see Gokudera since he was hidden but he could tell he was there. Ryohei and his group were waiting with him, their faces full of nervousness since they were mostly children (Tsuna had put his foot down to let any of them fight unless the situation turns down to the worse) while their leader was nearly jumping with excitement.

Tsuna leaned against a boulder, waiting. Then he heard it or felt it from the ground underneath him. The small vibrations he felt meant that the enemy was coming… rather recklessly in his opinion.

He held up his hand, signaling them to stand down and wait. In the distance, he can hear the clashing of weapons as students fought each other. No maiming, no killing were the rules. He had nothing to fear right? Maybe not but this was the mafia. He wasn't so sure about that at all.

The plan was simple really… bait the herbivores in as Hibari says. Make their side look completely vulnerable by having Lambo bait them in. Lambo will fight of course but his team was better off to support. After a while they would run into the forest, letting the enemy think they were retreating, follow them and meet their worst nightmare… Cloud.

Three… Tsuna counted.

Two,

One.

"RETREAT!" Tsuna heard and sweat dropped. Hibari was bringing it on it seems. He turned to a small boy around seven, he was rather short but thin. A quick runner he was and probably best to send out there. "Luke, can you go and take a look at Lightning? If they're in a fight, stay out of it and come back immediately. Understand?" Tsuna wouldn't let children be hurt. Never.

Luke nodded obediently and immediately sprinted off towards the trees, disappearing from sight completely. Tsuna turned to Ryohei and nodded. It's time they moved. Hibari can get pass easily but that didn't mean that the enemy would find a way around him.

~ Cloud ~

Hibari struck someone in the face as he continued to walk at a smooth pace, his team engaging in a fight all around. No one would dare approach him but it seems they rely on the mass of their numbers, hoping to take Hibari down by it. Hibari is never fazed by that, a hundred, a thousand, he wouldn't care. He'll take them all on.

Hibari blocked his face swiftly with his tonfa as he was being tried to be shot at. The word tried that is, it was really hard to shoot him. He was too fast!

"Herbivores." Hibari muttered as he broke someone's nose and knocked someone's tooth out. Hibari tried hard not to be very messy… it was a bother to clean things up. He would have liked to go all out but like the herbivore Sawada Tsunayoshi had said, they weren't worth it (complete opposite of what Tsuna really said which really meant that they shouldn't use their VG on people who don't seem much of a threat).

A member of his group fell beside him, holding his knee as blood started to bleed. He was shot at. With an audible click, the sides of his tonfas revealed spikes. Someone shrieked when they saw the spikes but Hibari didn't care, if he poked someone's eye out then whatever. He was given the freedom to bite people to death and hell he will bite them to death. Now to find the herbivore who had shot his subordinate…

~ Lightning ~

Lambo wasn't the best fighter out of the seven but that didn't mean he can defend himself. He avoided using his horns unless he might accidentally ram into a tree and set the whole forest on fire. There were too many people and he didn't want to hurt any of his team members so the horns have to be hidden. He backed against a tree and ducked as someone's axe from the opposing team embedded itself in a tree.

No maiming right? So why the hell was his head almost chopped off?

"Oops. I missed." His almost-murderer-to-be said. Lambo didn't answer back as he kicked the person's legs. Scrambling up to his feet he kicked his enemy's face. He backed off and yelped when someone had grabbed his arm. When he turned around, he was face to face with Luke, one of Tsuna's messengers.

"Hibari-san made it through, I suggest you go look for Arturo; Lighting had gotten separated a while back and I don't know what's happening to the others. Go look for Arturo, he would know." Lambo panted and had pushed the other boy away just as an arrow lay where Lambo was standing.

Luke nodded and started to run, leaving Lambo shrieking as someone attacked him and had started to run in circles; sucks for the guy trying to kill Lambo that he was second to Tsuna in outrunning killers.

The young runner was avoiding battle as much as he can. He wanted to fight, he really did. But while they were being talked to about the special terms that they have to agree to if they want the Vongola on their side, the younger ones had voiced their disapproval about them not fighting and Tsuna or boss, as the younger kids started to call him after that, had turned quite stubborn. Tsuna refused to join if they didn't accept their terms and begrudgingly, they agreed. It was ironic that Hibari and Mukuro were following someone so small and weak (don't let them hear you say that or they will visit you at the dead of night in your sleep) but sooner or later they had come to admire the young brunette. Even though he was ten (not really), Tsuna had appeared much more matured than his age and the youngest children felt drawn to him as their older brotherly-figure.

And because of that, they had a lot of respect for Tsuna. Luke didn't have time to dodge and instead went between his opponent's legs. He sprinted and felt himself slowly draining of energy, he needed to rest and soon. Thankfully, he had stumbled in Arturo's hiding place. He was pulled at the scruff up and out of view of the battle and into the branches of the tree.

"Re…port?" the little boy panted.

Arturo whistled and a robin flew to his arm while bearing a note tied to it's leg. He was part of Cloud for a reason: as a source of information. His sister collects it, he receives it (in style too, one of the many reasons Hibari recruited him was because of his talent in training animals). He smiled slightly. "Just in time, my sister is at the other side of the battlefield." He said as he opened the note and read it quickly, his smile turned into a frown.

"We got injured. There's supposed to be no maiming but I guess they can't help it." His nose wrinkled in distaste. "But Hibari got through and is making his way now as we speak over to the enemy."

"What about Lightning?" Luke asked.

"Some of them are scattered all around the forest… they're back up to where Mist is."

Luke nodded and jumped down. "Take care of yourself kid!" he heard as he ran back.

~ Storm ~

It sucked to be the one waiting. Luckily for Gokudera, he spotted one of his tenth's messengers being chased. Gokudera stood up, ignoring his members telling him to hide. Taking an arrow he strapped a bomb to it then drew it on a long bow. Damn right, he was using along bow. Take that G!

He smirked momentarily at a memory before they left the mansion; Gokudera had peered into G's room and saw the famous G's archery given by Primo himself. Of course G found him and when Gokudera asked if he could draw it, G laughed, saying that a kid his size couldn't draw a bow that powerful.

Well then old man, whose laughing now? He didn't use G's archery for a cambio forma without learning anything.

Calculating the distance and strength of the bow, Gokudera fired with the dynamite ignited and watched as it flew up into the air before diving spectacularly at the boy's pursuers. It exploded with a big BOOM.

From below, Tsuna looked up in alarm and saw Gokudera. Before he could say anything, Luke came bounding out the trees with a wide grin… but his hair was smoking. Luke waved up at Gokudera. "Thank you!" he said and jogged up to Tsuna.

"What happened?" Tsuna asked, looking at the smoking hair.

"Some of them managed to follow me and Gokudera up there just blew them off my trail." Luke answered, grinning. Tsuna smiled but hoped silently in his head that those poor students weren't seriously hurt.

"Lighting scattered but they're backing up near Mist and we got injured."

Tsuna's smile vanished and was replaced by a frown. He thought so.

"Onii-san!" he turned to Ryohei who was giving instructions already for half the group to stay.

"I'm on it Sawada!" Ryohei shouted as he lead half of his team. "EXTREME!" he shouted.

"EXTREME!" his team members chorused.

"Stupid Lawnhead." Gokudera muttered.

Tsuna grimaced before calling out to Aurora. "Please take care of Sun while onii-san is out."

"Will do." She replied.

~ Rain ~

Tsuna was right in placing him there, Yamamoto thought as he pushed someone back into the water. The enemy had followed the river upstream. It would have lead them directly to the flag if it hadn't been for Rain. They were engaged in battle as soon as they came. It was good that it worked for their advantage.

Yamamoto had been sending one wave after another and watched as the enemy be washed downstream... maybe a few along with his but it wasn't his fault. They practically dived into the water, Yamamoto could almost hear them laughing at the look of their other school mates's faces while they were being washed down.

"Hey." he heard and turned. Steel cold black eyes glared at him as he turned.

Yamamoto had only heard of the fearful northern students... that there were seven. Besides from Clovis, whom Hibari had already beaten, and Carmine, who they knew nothing of, he had heard there were five more boys and one girl. One of them, he heard, was a swordsman. His name was Mathias.

He remembered the conversation he had with Crispin before.

"Mathias is the oldest out of them. You can't really miss him, long brown hair tied to a pony tail, black scary eyes (although Hibari is terrifying, by the way, where did you get that guy?) and he carries this schiavona with him always." Crispin told him when he asked.

"What's a shi-sci-schiavona?" Yamamoto asked, trying to get the pronunciation right. Crispin sighed and rolled his eyes. "It's a type of broadsword used here in Italy. Mathias' father is part of the bodyguard of the Doge of Venice and gave it to him as a gift I heard."

"What's the Doge of Venice?"

"Damn it you Japanese! It's not an IT, it's a PERSON." Crispin said in frustration. Now he knew how Gokudera felt. Yamamoto, as usual, was not offended at all. "So who is he?"

"A military leader." Crispin answered him, cutting him off from asking anymore of the Doge. "Okay then, so that sword of his... I've seen some swords but does it have any special qualities?"

"All I can say is that it's double edged. Now quit asking me!" Crispin growled.

"Will do!" Yamamoto laughed.

Crispin's voice broke through his thinking. "Yamamoto! That's Mathias, don't just stand there and expect him to go away! Fight him!" he shouted before turning back to his opponent at the other side of the river. Yamamoto jumped back as Mathias tried to cut him in half.

"Whoa there!" Yamamoto said as he landed on a stepping stone. "You're a Vongola?" Mathias asked. Yamamoto grinned and raised Shigure Kintoki. "Yamamoto Takeshi, Sawada Tsunayoshi's Rain guardian at your service!" he said.

Mathias raised a brow but didn't ask anymore as he eyed Yamamoto's sword. He had never seen a Japanese sword before. He didn't waste time though trying to cut the younger boy into pieces. Yamamoto blocked the attack swiftly with his sword, not even moving an inch. Mathias' mouth clenched tightly. He didn't expect a ten-year old boy to withstand the force of his attack.

"Like what you see?" Yamamoto grinned as Mathias jumped back, eyeing Shigure Kintoki with interest. "I do actually." he answered. "And when I defeat you that sword is mine."

Yamamoto tensed and narrowed his eyes. "We'll see about that." he said and went into a fighting stance. Mathias didn't need to know more as he charged and started to attack with a fury of blows and jabs.

"Gofuu Juuu (October Rain)." Yamamoto avoided all his attacks but not without a cost, his attacks were full of precision and the way his body moves is almost unpredictable. Mathias had a smug look on his face and stood back. "Give up?"

At that moment, Yamamoto saw an opening and pretended to collapse. As his body staggered forward he dropped his sword. Crispin saw him and yelled but stopped midway as his eyes widened in shock. On Yamamoto's face was a grin and the next second, Crispin understood why he was grinning.

"Yarazu no Ame! (Last Minute Rain)"

Mathias did not see this and did not expect as Yamamoto kicked the hilt of his sword, sending it flying towards his face. He did the most sensible thing he thought at the moment, he ducked and was too late to react when Yamamoto had come up behind him, his katana in hand.

"Shinotsuku Ame! (Pelting Rain)"

Taken by surpise, he raised his sword and blocked it but he was sent skidding back. When he stopped he saw Yamamoto charge forward. Doing the same thing, he charged. He could not be defeated by the likes of him. Mathias scowled. He was not the best swordsman in the whole school for nothing. Mathias swung his sword and created a powerful whiplash with the water, powerful enough to cut through granite. No one can defeat him now.

Yamamoto stopped and raised his sword.

Crispin's jaw slackened in shock. "Yamamoto! Don't just stand there! DODGE!" but Yamamoto did not move.

"Utushi Ame (Duplicate Rain)." Yamamoto murmured.

Crispin closed his eyes and turned away. No one. No one had ever walked away from that attack unscathed. Yamamoto would most likely have his legs gone or something.

Mathias sighed and lowered down his sword. "Foolish kid..." he looked up and saw with amazement as Yamamoto came bounding after him, his clothes ripped but otherwise unharmed. He clenched his jaw in frustration, how? He thrust his sword into Yamamoto. The rules said no maiming but what are those rules compared to a swordsman's pride?

For a moment, he was enjoying his moment of victory. That is, until the Yamamoto he stabbed turned into water.

"What!" he shouted and looked left and right. Where did he go?

"Looking for me?" he heard and looked up. Yamamoto poised his sword for attack and, "Beccata de Rondine! (Swallow's Beak)" began thrusting his blade multiple times.

"No!"

~ Mist ~

Mukuro was smiling creepily as he watched the enemy crying about going blind. His troop behind him were uncertain what to do. We're they supposed to do something? Because it looked like the enemy were doing more damage to themselves than they will ever do.

One was scratching their eyes out, another hitting his head on a tree's trunk, and the rest... well... they were doing things much worse. Like shooting each other. Their eyes turned to Mukuro in horror as he snapped his fingers and snakes, of all kinds big or small, dropped on them. They screamed in terror of course. One was running frantically as some snake had their fangs deep in his arm.

"Kufufu~ That'll teach you people for calling me pineapple." Mukuro said evilly. His team took one step back.

Mukuro was amazing and all but it was downright scary to see him be so angry. No mercy. They shuddered.

Mukuro turned to them and they flinched. "Go and help out Lighting... if it weren't for them I wouldn't have had such a nice group of guinea pigs to play with." They nodded once and ran frantically.

Turning back to his victims, Mukuro's evil smile turned into a frown. Something... was amiss.

~ Sky ~

Tsuna suddenly felt like a ton were weighing in his shoulders. He had sent one of his troops to where rain was and another to Gokudera to tell them to move into the fight. Why? Because something was wrong and he wants Rain and Lighting to protect the flag instead of Sky. Chrome told him that Mukuro had already dealt with the advancing group but Tsuna guessed he won't be able to suppress the numbers for long. There were too many and they were so little...

He needed to end this fight here and now. His intuition was causing alarms all over his body and now he can't stop twitching. They were closing in on them, he knew it. One of the reasons why he placed Yamamoto there near the falls was so that the enemy wouldn't think twice before using that way again. This was a last resort plan but he has to end this. Before whatever will happen... happens.

"Chrome, do what you can but don't over exert yourself alright?" he told Chrome. "Okay boss..."

"Boss? Where are you going?" one of the kids asked him.

"Stay and wait for Rain and Lighting! Help out with Sun if you can!" he said as he pulled on his gloves. He already had his contacts on. Thank goodness his headphones were waterproof otherwise he won't be able to...

"Tsuna! What's up? Why are we being called back?" Yamamoto asked when they met.

"Sorry Yamamoto but we need to end this already." Tsuna replied hastily as he continued on. He didn't know why but he was sure... it was not safe to be out of the Academy. Not now. Before, he wasn't so sure but as the fight went on he became increasingly worried.

Mare's warning became fresh on his mind all of a sudden. Stay away from the incense. Whatever that was… it was best to take the warning to heart. He just hoped his guardians did too.

~ Cloud ~

Hibari hissed at the sight before him. Was he trapped in an illusion? No. Was he delusional? Hell to the no. But how would he explain the sight before him?

For a minute, he was walking down a path that he was sure that would lead directly to their flag but while he kept on walking, he found it odd no one was attacking and that he felt like he was walking in circles. He stopped immediately and growled. The first thing that came into mind was that he was caught into an illusion but then he thought about it otherwise, if it was an illusion then how come it seemed as if the place was… shifting? The whole idea of an illusion was to fool you, not to confuse the hell out of you.

The moment he realized it was not an illusion the whole place turned dark and he could smell something burning. His eyes keep zoning in and out, as if he was adjusting to the change of contrast. He wasn't caught in an illusion, that was for sure but that didn't mean he was caught in something.

"Are you Hibari Kyoya?" said a girl that seemed to have appeared out of thin air. She looked about sixteen or so, long black hair and amber eyes. Hibari snorted, he had seen way better entrances than that. He answered though anyway, "And so? Move or I'll bite you to death." He bought out his tonfas.

"I'm afraid that I can't let you go any further than this." She replied coolly.

"Then so be it." He said and charged.

One of the many things that Hibari hates when he fights is that he hates it when his opponent suddenly disappears then reappears behind you. He could tell the girl was no fighter as he had kicked her in the gut when she reappeared behind him.

She landed a few feet away, landing hard on her bottom as she did so.

"Hibari! Why…?" Ariana groaned as she tried to stand up. Hibari's eyes widened for a moment before narrowing. He approached her and raised his tonfa. She wrung her hands around, "Wait! It's me Ariana! I'm real okay?" she told him.

Hibari hesitated, to beat or not beat the girl… which was it? He noticed as well that she was wearing some kind of mask over her face. "Explain and make it quick." He said as he lowered his guard. Ariana ripped the mask off her face and stood up.

"I saw you walk into Gloria's trap." She said.

"Trap?" Hibari repeated.

"We know she can do some… odd things… but I never thought she can do this until I received a distress call from one of our own." She said and pulled out rather bloody note. She grimaced and handed it over to him. Hibari took it and inspected it closely.

"She's like an illusionist but she's not." Ariana said, frowning.

"Then what does the herbivore do?" Hibari asked her.

"All they said was… they smelled something burning."

Stay away from the incense.

When she looked back, she saw Hibari walking away from her. She reached out and started to follow him. "Don't! You still don't know what she could do!"

Before she could touch him however, she suddenly stopped and watched as he vanished into thin air. It wasn't like she couldn't move because of shock, no. She stopped because something was holding her back. She looked at her wrists and saw them handcuffed. Her eyes followed the handcuffs as they linked each other like chains… all the way to the branches above her head. Damn it, he chained her without knowing.

~.~.~.~

Hibari yawned as he twirled a handcuff on his finger, Roll sitting comfortably on his shoulder.

"Why did you leave the girl behind?" a voice echoed all around him. He stopped and looked up at the trees with a very bored expression on his face. "Herbivores hinder me." He replied simply. The trees darkened as if night had fallen and the wind all around him blew like a winter's breeze. Hibari didn't flinch at the cold but stood there, waiting.

Out of no where, spears rained down from all sides.

"Gupyaa!" Roll squeaked as Hibari jumped up while blocking the spears that aimed their way. The very same girl that tricked him into attacking Ariana stepped out. Gloria glared at him with her amber eyes. "I won't let you interfere with Carmine's plans." She muttered but Hibari heard her loud and clear. Usually, he wouldn't go all serious at weak herbivores but for her, there was an exception. A really painful exception.

"Is he strong?" he asked.

"What?" she said, looking at him with surprise.

"Is the herbivore strong?" Hibari landed on his feet lightly, standing in the center of a field of broken spears all around him.

She scowled. "He is." She clapped her hands and the sound echoed throughout the forest. "But you're not worthy enough to fight him." With that, everything turned dark.

~ Sky ~

Tsuna dived into the river, swallowing his pills as he did so. Once he was completely submerged under the water, he used his flames as a booster and began rocketing downstream. He dodged rocks and went up to get air every so often to see someone engaged in fighting. He left before anyone noticed him and when he thought he was deep in the enemy's forest, he came out of the water. He glanced around his surroundings to see if anyone was there.

His eyes scanned the area before him and stopped at one particular spot; like looking into a mirage, Tsuna could feel like his eyes were playing tricks on him. His nose caught a whiff of something burning and he instinctively covered his nose. What was this? He wondered and tried to look past the smoke (as he thought he should call it). Squinting his eyes he could see two figures inside. One was obviously a girl, the other… Tsuna tried to focus in on more but his attention had suddenly became alert when he heard a cry, somewhere deeper in the woods.

Without thinking, he went into the air.

When he landed, he went out of HDWM and ran to the side of a boy with strawberry blonde hair. He was bleeding… there was blood all over and a few feet away from him was a gun… and another body, this one being much older. Tsuna couldn't see his face but he knew he might be around Crispin's age with straw colored hair.

"What happened?" Tsuna asked the boy.

"He shot me… I don't know why but…" he clutched his side as his face twisted in pain. Tsuna went out to help him but stopped, his hands inches away from the boy. He swears that this boy looks like someone… but who?

"He went crazy… please… help me." The boy pleaded out weakly.

Tsuna swallowed. Why was he hesitating? Someone was hurt for god's sake! He reached out again, forgetting about everything, the game, the fight… all for one person who needed his help. Just before he touched him, a voice boomed into his head, like a thousand Squalos were screaming at him.

DON'T TOUCH HIM! RUN AWAY!

Run away? Tsuna clapped his hands over his ears in pain. Why? Why should he run? Someone needed his help!

TSUNA DON'T HE'S-

"That's enough." A voice quietly said. Tsuna removed his hands, breathing heavily. Who or better yet, why? Looking up slowly he noticed that the boy was no longer on the ground, but standing in front of him.

He looked up and locked eyes with the boy who was looking down on him. A smile graced over his lips in amusement as he looked down on Tsuna. He was still covered in blood… but it wasn't his. Tsuna's eyes widened as he realized this and looked at the other boy, who was lying facedown on the ground. He stood up and jumped back, away from the mysterious person.

"Who are you?" he hissed at him.

The boy ran his fingers through his hair smiled eerily, "Pleased to meet you Tsunayoshi. I'm Carmine."

~ Mare ~

"Mare? Mare? Wake up Mare!" Lia cried as she shook him. Mare opened his eyes and grunted as he tried to sit up. He was just tending to the horses when he felt one of his 'visions' happen again. This time, he saw Tsuna approaching a boy. A boy that Mare instantly knew he shouldn't get close to, let alone touch him.

Without meaning to, he screamed in his mind, not even thinking that Tsuna would not hear it anyway. He tried to tell him, he really did. But something had knocked him out of his trance and sent him sprawled on the ground, a force that left behind an ugly taste in his mouth.

"Tsuna…" he groaned as he tried to stand up.

"Mare! What are you doing! Sit down!" Lia told him but he shook his head.

"The headmaster…" Mare panted.

"What?"

"We have to get the headmaster to stop this!" he said frustratingly and began to stagger. Tripping on his own feet, he thought he would meet the ground but instead was caught in a pair of strong arms.

"Are you alright?" a worried voice asked him.

Mare looked up to find himself staring at a pair of blue eyes.

"Mare?"

"Mitchel?"

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So there isn't much blood and gore in it as I thought :/ damn, I must try better in the next chapter. But first, must update the Kingdom of KHR first!

Even though it's long I'm not completely satisfied with it... but still, I hope I did okay with this one. Thanks a lot for those who reviewed and liked my story, it really makes me happy. Maybe I can put up a bonus chapter how the first gen. showed their affections like Giotto did XD

Anyway, thank you for your patience and hope I have satisfied you guys.

If not then feel free for suggestions, except for the beta because I'm working on it :3

OVER AND OUT!