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- DREAMSCAPE -
Tsukasa opened her eyes and saw herself in a very familiar place. It was a plain grass field without anyone but her. There are also some flowers. She felt the wind gently blew. Her long brown hair flutters gently. She looked at the clear blue sky and a smile suddenly appeared on her face. She closed her eyes. "Nu fu fu fu" Daemon Spade suddenly appeared but Tsukasa wasn't shock after all, she's inside daemon's spade illusion. She looks and smiled at Daemon Spade.
"Long time no sees, Spade-nii" Tsukasa said.
""You're right. It's been a long time since we've last seen each other." Daemon told her.
"Have you been well, Spade-nii?" she asked.
"I'm okay but it seems like it's getting interesting. I never expect you to test your little friends." Daemon said. Tsukasa sighed.
"It's not like there's something I can do to stop it. The only way to that I can do to protect them is to help them become stronger. This time, I will be the one who will protect them." Tsukasa said with determination. She closed her eyes again. "Whenever I think of them, I always remember how I changed them, how I corrupted them. If I didn't involve them into this mess, they wouldn't have to suffer like this. If they didn't meet me, they wouldn't be involved in the Vongola. They wouldn't have to get hurt and risk their life." She said softly. Daemon Spade sighed.
"You're always like that. Don't blame yourself every time." Daemon told the girl. "About the girl pretending to be Tsuna, do you know who she is?" he asked. Tsukasa shook her head.
"Not yet" she answered.
"I see" Daemon said. Tsukasa took a step forward and looked at the sky. She smiled but it was different from her usual smile. It's a sad smile.
"I wonder if what I'm doing is right. I don't' know what to do anymore." Her tears started flowing. "Whenever I see them with Tsuna, an unfamiliar feelings flows in my heart. It feels like I'm being cut into two." She looked at Daemon Spade. "I don't want to feel that kind of horrible feeling anymore." She told him.
Daemon Spade is a feared person even now. He doesn't care for anyone. He even betrayed Giotto, the vongola Primo, without feeling guilty but it all changed when he met Tsukasa. At first, she tried to get close to him so he used it for his advantage and use her but as time passed, without him noticing, his will disappeared long time ago. The fake friendship became real and even his feelings became more than friends. 'That's right. This girl is the one who changed me' Daemon Spade thought. He watched the girl as the girl tried to stop her tears from falling but failed. Daemon Spade did something that no one will ever think he will do (or at least in this story) and it's a thing that he will do for her and only her. He hugged her. "It's okay. Just believe in yourself. It's okay to feel that way. Just do what you think is right. Never forget who you really are. Never forget what Tsukasa really is." Daemon softly whispered to Tsukasa to comfort the crying girl. Tsukasa stopped crying.
"Thank you, Spade-nii." Tsukasa said and smiled at him.
"It's time to go back. Don't forget what I said." he told her. Tsukasa nodded happily.
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Tsukasa woke up. She took a bath and changed to her nerdy get up. She heard a knock. "It's time for breakfast, Tsukasa-sama." A maid informed. She opened the door.
"Good morning, Kokoro. Didn't I tell you to just call me Tsukasa?" Tsukasa said.
"Yes, Tsukasa." Kokoro said with a smile. Tsukasa noticed that there's something weird about Kokoro and she knew just what it is.
"Come inside, Kokoro." Tsukasa ordered. Kokoro went inside. "Show me you wounds." Tsukasa told her. Kokoro became shocked.
"How?" Kokoro asked.
"Tsuna hurt you again, right." Tsukasa stated rather that asked. Kokoro nodded and showed her the wound in her wrist. Tsukasa proceed to apply medicine to it. She always has first aid kit inside her room just in case something happened. After that, she went to the dining room. While eating, "Mukuro, Chrome, your tests are going to be held today." Tsukasa informed them. The two or rather Chrome nodded while Mukuro didn't react. It's as if he didn't hear but Tsukasa knew he did.
"Tsukasa-sama, why does Chrome need to take a test too?" Gokudera asked.
"Mukuro and Chrome are both the vongola mist guardians. There are two mist guardians in the vongola family. Not only one." Tsukasa replied with a smile.
"But there's only one vongola ring." Gokudera told her.
"I know." Tsukasa said with a mysterious smile. "Chrome, Mukuro, please come with me." She said as she started walking. They went to the training room. The other guardians and Reborn are following them. "Please wait in here." Tsukasa told them and closed the door when Mukuro and Chrome are already inside. Tsukasa gave Mukuro and Chrome a pill. "Please drink that. Don't worry. It's not poisonous. It's just sleeping pills. Please trust in me" Tsukasa told them. The two drank the pill. They collapsed but before they fall to the floor, Tsukasa hold the two and gently placed them on the floor. She opened the door.
"What happened to them?" Yamamoto asked. Tsukasa smiled.
"Don't worry. I just made them drink a sleeping pills but don't wake them up. Their trials are beginning." Tsukasa told them. "Their trials are the hardest. It can't occur in the real world so they're taking it in their dreams." Tsukasa informed them.
"What test are they taking?" Reborn asked.
"That's right!" Ryohei said.
"Well for Mukuro, it's like Yamamoto's. A judgment test but much harder, for chrome, well its strength." Tsukasa told them.
"That woman will surely fail." Gokudera said rather rudely. Tsukasa smirked.
"I wonder about that. I never said that it's physical strength I'm talking about. I know something that she's above all of you." Tsukasa said. They carried the two to Mukuro's room since Tsukasa said that there will be reaction from the ring to show who is winning. Tsukasa just sat beside them and closed her eyes.
~~ With Mukuro ~~
Mukuro saw himself in a familiar place. Mukuro himself in a familiar place. Anger filled Mukuro's heart. 'The Estraneo Family' he thought. He's really angry but of course he's smiling his fake smile on the outside. He remembered how they made them suffer. He clenched his fist. His boy was suddenly controlled by his anger. He began killing them mercilessly.
~~ With Tsukasa ~~
Mukuro's Vongola ring suddenly glowed. "It's starting." Tsukasa told the guardians. The light that's coming from the vongola ring is still there but some part of it is becoming black. "The more his flames become black, the more he's losing himself. If the flame became completely black, it means he fails the trial." she said. Tsuna is not there saying that she's not feeling well but Tsukasa know it's a lie but she's secretly glad because no one will question her or whine about what she's doing...
"Where did you send Mukuro, Tsukasa?" Lambo asked.
"I showed him an illusion about the Estraneo family." She informed them.
"What's Estraneo family to the EXTREME!" Ryohei asked.
"The Estraneo family is Mukuro's familgia back then. They used their family member's own children as thing and used them for experimentations. Mukuro, Ken and Chikusa are some of those children. That's how Mukuro acquired his 6 Path of Hell. Mukuro killed all of the scientist and escaped with Ken and Chikusa." She explained. While she was talking, Chrome suddenly glowed.
~~ With Chrome ~~
She was inside the Vongola mansion but she knows there's something wrong. There's no Ryohei yelling extreme every second, Lambo whining, Gokudera arguing with a laughing Yamamoto. It's very quiet. She suddenly felt a presence behind her. She saw Tsuna. "Boss." She said. The other guardians appeared behind Tsuna. They all have their weapons out and were looking at her with emotionless eyes. "Boss? Mukuro-sama?" Chrome asked but it sound like a whisper that only she can hear.
~~ With Tsukasa ~~
Chrome's glow started becoming black while Mukuro's vongola ring's glow is only half now, half was already black. 'I know you two can pass. I believe in the two of you.' Tsukasa thought. The other guardians just watched quietly, even Ryohei and Lambo didn't dare to utter a word. Reborn suddenly walked out the room.
~~ With Mukuro ~~
Almost all the scientists are wiped out. There's blood everywhere. Mukuro suddenly saw a boy. It was the son of one of the scientists that tortured him. The similarities are extremely noticeable. Even thought the boy did nothing wrong, his blood boiled the moment he saw the boy since he looked like his father. Mukuro held his trident tightly. He changed to his fighting stance.
~~ With Tsukasa ~~
"What the hell is that pineapple head doing?" Gokudera yelled angrily. The glow of the vongola ring is almost black. Tsukasa sighed.
"You can't blame Mukuro. Those scientists made his life hell. It's really a hard choice." Tsukasa said with a gentle and understanding voice. It's almost as if she knew what will happen. Reborn still haven't returned. They looked at Chrome and saw that her glow is slowly becoming blacker.
~~ With Chrome ~~
Tsuna and the other guardians started attacking Chrome. She started running while clutching her trident as if her life defends on it. She really doesn't know what's happening. Her visions started becoming blurred. "Why?" She asked herself weakly. The time she had with them suddenly appeared inside her mind. She stopped. Yamamoto, Gokudera and Tsuna appeared in front of her while behind her were Hibari, Mukuro, Lambo and Ryohei. They wore the same wicked smile. Chrome was still holding her trident. Her bangs covered her eyes. The guardians went to their fighting stance and got ready to attack Chrome.
~~ With Tsukasa ~~
The glow on Mukuro's ring and Chrome were almost completely black. There's still a little bit of indigo remaining and is almost impossible to see. The black light completely surrounds them.
~~ With Mukuro ~~
Mukuro was about to kill the boy but stopped just some few centimeters before his trident stab the boy on his head. Mukuro let his trident disappear. "I'm not interested in you." Mukuro said and turned around. 'You're not one of them. You didn't do anything wrong.' He thought. He started walking away.
~~ With Chrome ~~
Before their attacks could hit Chrome, Chrome disappeared and appeared behind Tsuna. She cut her with her trident and attacks the other guardians.
"Why did you attack?" Tsuna asked weakly.
"The boss and the other guardians I know are not that weak. They'll never attack me. You're not them. I believe in them." Chrome said with confidence. She looked at Tsuna with determination and no trace of doubt can be seen in her eyes.
~~ With Tsukasa ~~
The guardians watched as the light became black. They thought that it's the end but suddenly, it became indigo again. The glowing stopped and the two woke up. Tsukasa smiled. "Congratulations, Mukuro, Chrome." Tsukasa said with a smile. Tsukasa gave a red box to Chrome. "Open it. It's a present." Tsukasa said. Chrome opened it and saw a vongola mist ring. "There's two vongola mist guardians so there should also be two vongola mist rings, right?" Tsukasa told them. Chrome smiled. She looked at the guardians. "The merciful shower that washes all away, rain, turbulent gale that fiercely blows, storm, thunderbolt that strikes a zealous blow, thunder, never trapped by anyone and walks its own path, cloud, orb of fire that brightens the great sky, sun, illusion that prohibits the knowledge of its true nature, mist. Never forget what you all are." Tsukasa said with a smile. When they walked out of the room, "Where's Sawada?" Tsukasa asked.
"She should be in her room. What's wrong, Tsukasa?" Yamamoto said. Tsukasa ran towards Tsuna's room with the guardians. When they arrived, no one was there. Tsukasa ran outside and stopped. Tsuna is being held captive by an assassin. The assassin took out a knife and pointed it at Tsuna's throat. Many assassins appeared behind the one who have Tsuna in captive.
"Well, well, look who is here." The assassin said.
"Let hime go!" Gokudera yelled.
"Maybe I'll consider is." The assassin told them. "If you beat each other up." Said the assassin while laughing maniacally.
"Why you!" Gokudera shouted but stopped when he saw Tsuna.
'If we want to save Tsuna/herbivore/hime/boss, there's no choice' the guardians all thought the same time while clutching their weapons tighter. They started fighting each other. Tsukasa watched as the guardians fight each other. She clenched her fists. Tsukasa sighed as she looked at the assassins then at Tsuna. 'There's no choice.' Tsukasa said inwardly then concentrated. Within a blink of the eye, Tsukasa disappeared and appeared behind the assassin that has Tsuna. She grabbed Tsuna and ran far from the assassins. The guardians attacked the assassins but they're already too exhausted. The assassins were strong. Reborn arrived. 'I guess they killed the guards.' Tsukasa thought. 'This is the only way to beat them up in a flash without the guardians getting beat up.' She said inwardly. She took a necklace with rings as a pendant inside her pocket and wore it around her neck. White light suddenly appeared around the ring. The guardians and Reborn were suddenly enveloped by her white flame that's shaped like bubbles. Tsukasa too was inside a bubble made by her flame. The white light that's coming from her ring suddenly changed into black. Black snow started falling. When a snow dropped in an assassin, the assassin fell screaming in pain then died. Tsukasa's black snow make an enemy's internal organs explode. The enemy will look like it's not even cut but on the inside, it's anything but that. Tsukasa watched as the assassins died one by one. She did all she can to stop herself from crying. "Sorry" she whispered. A tear fell from her eyes. She quickly wiped it away. The black snow vanished when the light coming from Tsukasa's ring became white again. The bubbles burst and everyone except Tsuna landed to the floor safely. Reborn walked towards one of the assassins to inspect it. "It's… It's no use. They're already dead. Those black snows make their internal organs explode inside their bodies. Tsukasa said
"What's that flame?" Reborn asked. Tsukasa sighed.
"Let's go inside. I'll explain everything there." Tsukasa told them and they started to walk towards the living room.
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Author's note: I'm sorry for the late update and sorry if any of the characters are too OOC. I'm sure Daemon Spade is because I barely know him. Anyway, Tsukasa's flame will be explained in the next chapter and maybe someone will know the truth. There are still many things that are going to be explained and there will be more shocking revelations about Tsukasa's past or you could say Tsuna's past. Thank you for those who reviewed and please review.