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When Tsukasa arrived, she saw a horrific scene. There are dead bodies everywhere and blood splattered on the walls and floor. The reek of blood almost made her want to gag. Fortunately, none of them was from someone she knew which was a good sign. The chance on them being alive is large. She searched every corner of what used to be a lively mansion when she last went there. In just a blink everything crumbled into pieces. When she found the guardians, they were alive but exhausted due to too much fighting. No one have any injuries but they're still surrounded by many enemies. Byakuran and his guardians were there too and were still okay but they too show signs of fatigue. She clenched her fists. This will be easy if she used her ring but if she used it, the fact about her being a guardian will be revealed and if any of the enemies managed to tell it to another family, the plan about her being a secret guardian will be in shambles but if she doesn't use it, there's a big chance that they will all die. She'll also be unable to use it for a while and she will have to rest for a long time since the rest she'll need every time she use the black flame for long range is one month. The only thing she can do within that month is a little healing. Since she joined the Vongola, she constantly used the black flame without proper range which can be very troublesome. She sighed. 'I hope the price I'll have to pay will not be too high.' She thought giving up and decided to use her flames. Considering the number of men in black and she was sure that the whole mansion is surrounded, she'll probably have to use the black flame all over the mansion and about 1-50 meter outside the mansion to make sure no enemy will be left alive. She wore the necklace whose pendant was the snow ring around her neck. She always put it inside her pocket to make sure she doesn't forget it in case of emergency. She went to where the others are.
"Tsukasa/Tsukasa-sama" the others said. They were really surprised, even though some doesn't show it, to see Tsukasa in there. The Millefiore guardians were worried because they thought that she'll most likely be killed because they don't know about her flame. They became close to Tsukasa so they really care for her. Of course the others were also worried but they know that she's strong enough to protect herself.
"I'm sorry to keep you waiting." Tsukasa told them. "I'm sorry for keeping it a secret but let me reintroduce. I'm Tsukasa, the snow guardian of the Vongola Family." She said which irked the enemies since they're being ignored and cause them to attack them directly. They countered the attacks while Tsukasa concentrated to attack them using her flame. Her ring emitted a gentle white glow and slowly wrapped the Millefiore and Vongola guardian like what happened before, she too was wrapped by it and the glow changed into black. Black snow started falling down. It was beautiful sight but she knew that what it did was not. Every drop of those black snows is deadly and as Reborn told her before, it's deadly but beautiful. The enemies looked at it and scoffed, thinking that it was just a trick. Slowly, all of them fell. Their screams echoed all over. They begged for Tsukasa to let them go as the torturous process of the black flame continued, slowly burning and making their internal organs explode. Tsukasa just clenched the ring tight and closed her eyes wishing for it to end fast. It's not like she haven't kill. She already killed many times being in the mafia but every time she uses the black flame, she feels sick to the stomach knowing that it was the most cruel way to kill. The kindest thing they can do as a mafia and killer is to kill their opponents fast. If the first organ the black flame attacked is the heart then it is better but somehow, the heart is always the last, making the victim slowly suffer and just wish for their end to come faster. She really feels guilty using that flame but she'll never regret it. 'After all, I used it to save my important people' she thought happily, especially now that she finally found the answers she's looking for. After a few minutes which felt like hours for Tsukasa, the shouting of the enemies finally stopped. Tsukasa removed the white flames covering them. "Sorry for that ugly scene. You should have never seen that." She apologized. "Are all of you okay?" she asked them to make sure that no one was hurt. The others shook their heads.
"Are you all right, Tsukasa? Didn't you tell us that you can't use that flame too much without proper rest?" Yamamoto asked. Tsukasa smiled.
"I'm okay. I'll probably have to pay for something after this but hopefully, the price for over-exerting myself is not that high." She said in a Yamamoto-like manner. "And if ever it's not what I hoped for, it's alright. After all I managed to save all of you. Everything will be alright. Just believe in me. No matter what happen, I won't die. After all I still have something to do." She told them. She smiled and felt breathing became very hard. The others also noticed her breathing becoming unstable.
"ARE YOU EXTREMELY OKAY?" Ryohei asked worriedly.
"I… I'm okay. This is pro… probably the… the price." She said while panting. She felt like she's being burn form the inside. 'This must be nothing compared to the enemies I used the black flames to kill.' She thought. She clenched her fist tightly against her chest. Her vision started to get blurry and her consciousness started to slip away. She cans see the guardians looking at her worriedly. She released her hold to her chest and stood up, trying to regain her breath. She stood up and was about to start walking when she felt all her control slip away. She felt herself falling and the last thing she saw before she closed her eyes was the others rushing to her side. They rushed Tsukasa to the hospital. After a few minutes of waiting, the doctor finally finished examining Tsukasa.
"What's wrong with Tsukasa?" Byakuran asked. The doctor looked at them.
"Are you her family?" he asked.
"No. She doesn't have a family. We're her friends." Byakuran answered.
"Well, she's not in danger." The doctor told them. The guardians were relieved but Reborn noticed that something was wrong with the doctor. He frowned knowing that it may be some bad news.
"There's something that you're not telling us. What is it?" Reborn demanded.
"And who might you be?" the doctor asked politely.
"I'm her guardian." Reborn answered. The doctor looked at him.
"Well, there's been a problem… She's in coma. We don't know when she'll wake up or if she'll ever wake up. This is the first time we encounter this kind of problem. There's nothing wrong with her physically. She only showed signs of being exhausted, not only physically but mentally. It seems like she's been under pressure for quite some time. It seems like her body couldn't take the pressure and made her like this. Since it's the first time we encountered this kind of problem, we don't know what to do but we'll try everything we can." The doctor explained to them. With that, the doctor left. They went to Tsukasa's room and looked at the figure lying there. They really wished to see Tsukasa's smile again no matter what. They finally realized the importance of Tsukasa to their life but now, she's in coma and they doesn't even know when she'll wake up or if she'll even wake up.
'Tsukasa… please hurry up and wake up.' They all thought and would give anything for Tsukasa to wake up.