Hey guys! T.F. here with another chapter for "Academy for the LOSERS"! I can see that you guys are anticipating the fight and a few of you gave me some great ideas for the fight between Tsuna and the unknown fighter/ experiment from Vendice. They were pretty much the same idea so thanks guys for your help! The poll will close once I post this chapter, and here are the current results:
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~~~Chapter 5~~~
"Meet your opponent, Dame-Tsuna."
Tsuna stared at the strange creature in horror. It looked kind of like a gorilla, except it had no fur and was completely bald. Its skin was wrinkled and an ugly gray with scars and its eyes… Or eye (like a Cyclops) was a clear white and had no pupils and it had blood-covered fangs and claws. It howled, trapped in a cage, trying to break out. Tsuna began to tremble; he did not want to fight this… This… This thing! Reborn only smirked at Tsuna's reaction, the other students beginning to back off away from Tsuna, gaping at the monster. The monster glared and howled, shaking the cage, wanting to break away.
"G-good luck, Tsuna-kun!" Kyoko wished from a distance away. She was also terrified of the monster, only seeing Vendice's experiments a few times in a few years since new student were very rare in Namimori Academy. Hana huffed at the mutated Gorilla.
"How come he didn't let me fight something like that…" She grumbled. Hana had pretty much grown up in Namimori Academy, and whenever the school year began in Reborn's class, he would get all of his students to fight against each other depending on their flames and strength, and on an occasion, if a strong student comes up, Reborn would let them fight one of Vendice's weird experiments. But Hana had only fought against her classmates. She wanted a much more exciting fight than fighting a mere classmate, who was in fact, a total weakling, and had been dominated by Hana's Cloud Flames.
Yamamoto laughed and waved at Tsuna. "You'll do okay, Tsuna!" He hollered, having fought a mutant before. In fact, was a mutant snake, about 30 feet in full height, and man it was fat and greasy. Yamamoto defeated it with his rain flames mixed with his Shigure Soen Ryuu Style his father had taught him over the summer.
"Kufufu, let's see how little Tsunayoshi will do, ne?" Mukuro said with a chuckle.
"Tch, I doubt he could defeat that… He doesn't even know how to activate his flames, let alone know what it is…" Gokudera grumbled, standing next to Yamamoto.
Reborn patted the cage, and the gorilla howled once again, trying to attack Reborn, who stepped away just in time and waved it off lazily. "Meet one of Vendice's experiments, Bakemono[1]." Reborn introduced.
'Monster…?' Tsuna thought and sweat-dropped for a moment, thinking how ridiculous it was to name a monster 'monster'then tensed when Reborn began to unlatch the flame enhanced steel cage's door. He turned towards the trembling brunet. "Good luck, Dame-Tsuna. You'll need it. The only way to get out of this is to kill…" Reborn stopped and looked back at the gorilla, "or be killed."
And then the hatched was unlocked. Reborn quickly jumped back and a yellow flame appeared on his hand and it flew high in the air, in the middle of the soon-to-be battle.
"Step back." Reborn said casually as all the students scurried back quickly. The yellow flame exploded in all directions and an invisible wall was put between the fighters and the students.
"You can do it!" Kyoko encouraged the shaking brunet. The students followed after her, wishing their new classmate good luck. Reborn stood on the other side, wishing to observe the battle a little more closely.
The mutant howled and broke out of its cage. It sniffed and looked around, seeing many creatures around him. He was about to charge at them, but something else caught his attention. In the middle of the battlefield was a small delicious looking brunette, and he smelled pretty appetizing.
The mutant made up its mind, bared its fangs at the boy, and charged.
"GRRROAAHHHHHH!"
"HIIIIEEEE!"
And so the game of Tom & Jerry began.
Luce had a bad feeling. She turned to her guardians.
"I think we should hurry to the field, I have a bad feeling about this…" She said. Colonello whistled.
"Don't worry about Tsuna, Luce! He can take care of himself!" He said in a carefree tone. Lal smacked Colonello on the back of his head hard, causing him to trip and fall face-first.
"Idiot! Don't you remember Reborn's rules?! Either student versus student or student versus Vendice Experiments!" Lal explained to the fallen blonde.
Colonello scrambled to get back out and smiled sheepishly. "Right…" he said then pursed his lips, "but he would choose the first… Right?" He wondered, making them all freeze, even Lal. He looked at them, confused.
"What? Did I say something wrong?" He asked, and the next thing he knew, he was left alone in the dust, coughing. Viper sighed and followed after them, teleporting.
"H-hey*cough**cough* W-wait up! W-what's the matter?!" Colonello shouted as he ran after the speeding Sky, Rain, Mist and Storm.
When he finally caught up, he looked at them, clearly annoyed.
"Wh-what's the matter?" He asked them with a huff. Luce and Fong had worried looks, and Lal had a straight face on, but you could see in her eyes that she was concerned for the young brunet, who she had slightly gotten attached to in the past few days she's known him. It wasn't very different with Viper, she had also accidentally gotten slightly attached to the kind brunet.
Tsuna was a good child at heart, but always seemed to be clumsy and did things wrong, though no one could exactly blame the adorable brunet. They all ignored the blond Mafioso and continued to run towards the Northern Mountains.
"Guys!" Colonello shouted at the four. Not even Lal had time to smack Colonello for being so loud.
"Idiot!" Lal exclaimed at her half-apprentice, wondering how much of an idiot Colonello could be.
"Use your brain!" Lal exclaimed once again.
Colonello frowned. "It's just Tsuna fighting, just like the other students did in the beginning of the year right? What's so…" Colonello's voice died, the gears in his brain finally clicking together. "Oh shit!" He shouted in realization.
Fong wanted to smack his forehead, but refrained from doing so, and Luce just sighed.
"Baka…" Viper muttered.
"We got to hurry! Tsuna-chan may be in danger!" Luce said, and ran, not getting the slightest bit tired, or tripping over the white dress she wore. She was too worried about the cute boy.
"I-I'm sure Reborn w-wouldn't d-do anything to harm Old Man Headmaster's grandson right? He's completely loyal to the man…" Colonello said, unsure. Fon shook his head.
"Remember Colonello, this is Iemitsu's son we're talking about." Lal said.
"Right…" Colonello remembered from the top of his mind, when they had visited the Sawada's when they were just teenagers, Reborn seemed to always get in a duel with Iemitsu. Viper began to take her camera and recorder out.
"I'll be… busy for a while." Viper said and disappeared in a mist.
"Over there!" Luce pointed to the crowd of students and a fedora-wearing man surrounding what seemed to be a mutant gorilla. Giant rocks were being thrown at the running brunet, who looked very terrified.
"Tsuna/Tsuna-chan/Sawada!" They all shouted, gaining the attention of a few students and Reborn, who raised an eyebrow at their appearance.
"Reborn! What were you thinking?" Luce asked the man, frustrated and worried, looking in the battlefield. She knew there was a barrier blocking them from the fight, and she could break it easily, but that look in Reborn's eyes told her that if she did, there would be danger.
"That's Bakemono." Reborn introduced and gestured towards the mutant gorilla. Colonello shook his head and pointed to Tsuna.
"Not that! Why are you having Tsuna battle a goddamn Vendice experiment? You know he's not yet strong enough!" He exclaimed. Reborn hummed.
"I'm testing him." Reborn said casually.
"I-I know that! But why one of Vendice's experiment?" Luce asked.
Reborn tipped his fedora over his eyes. "I have my reasons." He said mysteriously. Lal glared at the Sun Arcobaleno.
"You're putting him in a life or death situation here!"
Reborn shrugged. "It's up to him whether he lives or not."
"Just cut with the shit and tell us!" She said angrily.
The man clicked his tongue. "I'm just helping him out. Who knows, he may be hiding a secret even he himself doesn't know…" Reborn said, irritating the rest of the Arcobaleno.
"What? How can you be so sure?" Fong asked. Reborn looked over to Tsuna, who dived out of the way just in time, the gorilla slamming into the invisible wall and howling in slight pain and annoyance, hungry for its food. Reborn smirked.
"Sawada's always have secrets." And with that, Reborn returned his attention back to the battle.
"HIIIEEE!"
Tsuna ran to the right as Bakemono charged at him.
"GROOOAHHHHH!" Bakemono howled as he ran straight into the invisible barrier.
Tsuna had tears forming in the corners of his eyes. He was in a life or death situation here! "Gah! What the hell am I supposed to do to kill him?!" he cried out, still running around the rocky battlefield, away from the angry Bakemono. The monster howled and picked up a giant rock and threw it at Tsuna. Tsuna screamed and dived to the ground, scraping his elbows.
"Tsuna-chan! You have to use your flames!" Luce shouted at the brunet. Tsuna got to his knees and looked at Luce and the rest of the class, who was cheering him on. Tsuna remembered the conversation he had with Hana and the rest of his new friends.
"What really matters is how to activate your flames…"
"It won't be that hard, If you know how to…"
But how could he activate his flames?
'If I remember correctly, Grandpa told me…' Tsuna thought, remembering the conversation he had with grandpa.
Reborn read Tsuna's eyes and smirked.
"A near death experience…" The brunette and hitman whispered at the same time.
"Reborn! This is your idea of releasing Tsunayoshi's flames?" Fong asked.
Reborn turned his gaze to Fong. "It is the only way after all. There's no possible way of having it awaken naturally, if he has those…" Reborn muttered. The Arcobaleno stared at the man.
"Has what?" Lal asked. Reborn only tipped his hat and shook his head.
"ROOOAAAHHHHHHHH!" Bakemono howled and suddenly, green and blue flames began to surround the monster.
"W-what?" Tsuna stuttered out, finally getting back on his feet, staring horror as the green and blue flames began to light up brightly and gather in Bakemono's hands.
"Tsuna! Those are Lightning and Rain Flames! Be careful, they are dangerous when combined!" Colonello shouted worriedly.
"Activate your flames, Dame-Tsuna. Think about the sky, storm, rain, sun, lightning, cloud, and mist. Which one do you feel the closest to? Which one connects to you? Which one comforts you and gives you protection?" Reborn asked the shaking brunet.
"I-I…" Tsuna didn't know, he didn't know how to feel for his flames.
"GROOOAAAAHHHH!" Bakemono growled, finally ready to blast the combined Flames. He set both arms on the ground, lifted them both at the same time, and then smashed the ground, creating a giant wave of flames and rock towards Tsuna.
"Tsuna/Sawada-san!" Everyone shouted worriedly.
"H-HIEEEE!" Tsuna said and began to run to the left, away from the giant but thin wave beam. He managed to dodge just in time, but his right arm had gotten slightly hurt from the attack. Pain shout up Tsuna's right arm and he fell to his knees, grabbing his injured and slightly bleeding arm. He was exhausted from running, yet he continued to run, despite his tired muscles.
But it was because he had the will to live, to continue on with his new life, wanting to have the fun he never had back in Osaka. But he didn't know how to feel for his flames, he didn't know how to activate it, but there should be some way to defeat the ugly monster without using his sealed flames. Tsuna could do it. He didn't want to disappoint anyone.
And now, with the some newfound strength and confidence, Tsuna managed to stand up, letting go of his injured arm and glared at Bakemono.
"I… Can't give up… Now…" He panted out. 'I gotta find some way to distract him… Then, maybe I'll have some time to try and activate my Flames…' Tsuna thought as Bakemono charged at him with flaming hands.
"Tsuna-kun! Are you alright?" Kyoko called out to the brunet and received a slight nod as he ran to the side, letting Bakemono run into the barrier once again. Little did they know that the barrier began to crack from the countless times that Bakemono had slammed into it and from the power of the previous flame wave beam. Reborn hadn't put much power into the barrier.
CRACK CRACK
Bakemono fell as he slammed into the barrier, feeling as if he had been hit in the face to much. Tsuna took this time to concentrate on feeling for his Flames. He closed his eyes for a moment and breathed out a sigh.
"I can't…" He whispered, not sensing his flames at all.
"GROOOAAHHHHHHHHH!" Bakemono howled and got up after a while, regaining his strength and turned to his 'food', ready to attack once again. He charged at the boy, who was still standing in his spot.
Tsuna heard the howl, but for some reason, he couldn't move, as if his exhausted body had shut down on him. He opened his eyes and watched in horror as Bakemono charged at him, its sharp teeth bared and foaming.
Tsuna struggled, trying to move his body away from the attack, but failed. Bakemono closed in and readied a punch.
Tsuna closed his eyes and silently yelled out in pain as he felt the giant fist connect with his stomach and send him flying back into the slowly breaking barrier.
"TSUNA/SAWADA!" Everyone shouted, shocked, upset, and worried. Tsuna slammed into the barrier, adding more pain to his body, and slid down to the ground. He coughed out blood and clutched his stomach, groaning in pain.
'It hurts…'
"Ngghhh…." Tsuna groaned out.
"Reborn! Stop this!" Luce demanded angrily. Reborn shook his head.
"There's nothing we can do now…" Reborn slowly said, eyeing the barrier and its slowly forming cracks.
Luce glared at the hitman, and Fong had to restrain her from attacking Reborn.
"HARGHHHH!" Bakemono howled out and its Flames began to combine once again. It fired the blast, wanting Tsuna toasted.
"Sawada! Get out of there!" Lal shouted at the fallen and injured brunet.
Tsuna coughed out blood once again and manage to slightly lift up his head to see a green and blue light headed fast towards him.
Tsuna sighed tiredly and stood up shakily, ignoring the pain in his stomach and back and ran out of range from the blast.
"Now's… my chance…" Tsuna coughed out as he held his stomach and stayed far away from Bakemono, who was recharging his Flames for another blast. Tsuna fell on his knees as soon as he reached far enough and concentrated once again.
'Where…' Tsuna thought as he felt for the Flame. He clenched his fist. Why couldn't he find it? Was he not strong enough?
'Of course, I was never strong in the first place.' Tsuna thought and placed a hand to help him get himself back up.
Once Tsuna stood back up on his feet, he ran behind a giant rock, hoping to catch his breath for a second or two.
"I can't give up… now…" Tsuna panted out.
Once everyone lost sight of Tsuna, they began scrambling around the barrier to get a good look of him, but Reborn stopped them.
"He needs to find his Flame, and you'll only distract him." Reborn said with a frown. The students began to holler.
"But he's injured!"
"Why are you making him fight that monster?"
"Let us through!"
BANG! BANG! BANG!
"Shut up, or I'll shoot all of you." Reborn said menacingly, his gun pointed at the students, who began to back away.
Tsuna began to concentrate once again, looking into his soul, for the Flame he had been said to wield.
Then, he suddenly jolted as he felt warmth go through his entire body to sooth him and his wounds. Tsuna sighed in content as the warmth continued to spread through him.
He opened his eyes.
"What?" Tsuna said and gaped at the newborn bright orange flame on his hands. He flinched reflexively and stretched his hand out away from the flame and shook his hand around, thinking that it would hurt him.
"Huh? It… doesn't hurt…" Tsuna said and stopped shaking his hand, bringing it back to him. He stared at the flames. It was a beautiful hue of red and orange with a tint of yellow, glowing brightly with energy.
"My… Flame?" Tsuna asked himself, clenching his hands. He heard a distant roar, signaling that Bakemono was ready to attack once again. Tsuna frowned. How was he supposed to use his newfound flame? Could he try and blast it?
And of course, Tsuna just had to try out the idea.
He gathered his flames to his right hand, noticing that it was getting brighter and brighter and brighter until…
BOOM!
"Tsuna-chan!" Luce shouted worriedly and stared at the giant rock Tsuna was hiding behind. It was now a pile or rubble after the huge explosion that had occurred behind the rock. She had noticed hues of red and orange within the explosion.
"His flames?" Luce wondered. Reborn smirked and tipped his hat.
"So… It has awoken…" Reborn muttered, looking straight into the dust and rubble, waiting for the brunet to come out. "Dame-Tsuna, hurry up and kill it before it attacks us…"
Bakemono was starting to get irritated with this little human he called 'food'. It just wouldn't stay still! And he was getting really hungry.
And so, he decided that the brunet alone just wouldn't do. He slightly gazed at the students and got an idea in his mind. If he couldn't get that delicious brunet then…
Bakemono fully turned towards and students, baring its bloody fangs at them and charge into the barrier, slamming into it once again. Most of the students (girls and few boys) screamed in terror, watching as Bakemono slammed into the barrier over and over again, wanting to break out.
"What's it doing?!" A girl asked, backing away from the barrier.
"I think… It wants to eat us instead!" Another screamed. And with that idea, they all ran towards the Arcobaleno, who were a few yards away. Colonello began to bring his shotgun out as the barrier began to fall apart and shatter. Reborn put a hand on the shotgun and shook his head. Colonello glared at the hitman.
"Are you crazy?! Do you want everyone to get killed?! It'll be easier to just kill it!" he exclaimed angrily. Reborn sighed and shook his head.
"Don't worry, Dame-Tsuna will save them…"
Tsuna groaned, feeling heavy weight on top of him.
His flame had exploded, though he didn't know why.
"Ugh…" Tsuna slowly got up, pushing the large broken pieces of rock away from him and looked around, noticing that there was no danger or Bakemono near him at all.
'Is it over?' Tsuna wondered. 'Is Bakemono dead?'
And that's where he was wrong, as he heard a monstrous roar behind him and screams of help from his new classmates. Tsuna stood up and dusted himself off, looking around frantically and found Bakemono, who was nearing the students.
"The barrier…!" Tsuna said. He moved the rubble around him, trying to get out of the pile, towards his classmates.
"It'll be my fault… If they get hurt!" Tsuna said aloud worriedly, and began to run towards them as fast as he could, even when his weak muscles were straining from overuse. "I gotta… save them…" Tsuna breathed out.
"GROOOAHHHH!" Bakemono howled hungrily, looking at the students, planning to eat them all.
"Grr, stay back!" Gokudera shouted and ran in front of the students and got out his dynamites. Bakemono took this as a challenge and swung at the bomber. Gokudera jumped high over it and threw his dynamites at Bakemono.
They exploded in the bald mutant's face and he growled in annoyance, shaking his head vigorously. Gokudera landed on the ground next to Yamamoto, who began to light up his flames.
"Don't. I got this, Yakyuu-baka!" Gokudera growled out and pushed the boy back. He threw more dynamites at the mutant, although it had no effect on him. "Tch, I guess I'll have to use my flames…" Gokudera said and brought out more bombs. He lit them up with Storm, Rain, Sun, and Cloud Flames. He threw them at Bakemono and exploded. It seemed to have more effect, seeing as Bakemono had howled in pain.
Gokudera smirked. "I'll finish you up…" He had thrown a few more rounds of dynamite and went to grab for some more dynamites, but felt that there weren't anymore.
"What?! Dammit!" Gokudera cursed, wishing that he had went and stocked up for some more during the weekends, but was too busy in his studies.
Bakemono howled angrily and glared menacingly at Gokudera, who glared right back and began to back away, the students backing away right behind him.
"We have to help them!" Lal exclaimed, trying to get to the students, Reborn pushed her back and stood in front of all of them.
"It's Tsuna's job to save them. After all, this is his battle." Reborn said.
"Dammit, it doesn't matter! Because of this battle, everyone's lives are in danger! You know how dangerous Vindice's experiments are!" Lal yelled.
Reborn put his gaze over to the missing brunet, finding him very close to his destination. He nodded at Tsuna. "He'll protect them." The hitman said and gestured to Tsuna. The Arcobaleno's looked over and they all sighed simultaneously, irritated with Reborn's mysteriousness.
"Almost there…" Tsuna was tired, but he kept going, determined to save his classmates. After all, it wouldn't be a good impression, having your classmates die on your first day because you couldn't kill a stupid gorilla, right?
"KRAHHHH!" Bakemono growled out and readied a flamed fist straight at Gokudera.
"Keh…" Gokudera spat out helplessly. Bakemono attacked, his fist heading straight for Gokudera.
The teen closed his eyes, waiting for the pain to arrive.
"Gokduera-san! Watch out!"
Gokudera jerked his eyes open just in time to see a body jump in front of him and a bright orange, red, and yellow light invaded his vision. And explosion occurred and Gokudera was blown back into Yamamoto, and they both crashed to the ground.
"What?" Gokudera mumbled, getting off of the other. They both got up, watching as the explosion died down. Everyone held their breath as the dust cleared.
"Gokudera-san! Watch out!" Tsuna shouted and jumped in front of Gokudera, crossing him arms into an X on an attempt to block the attack. But the most unexpected thing happened. The flames lit up in his hands once again and grew larger and larger until…
BOOOOOM!
It exploded. And this time, Tsuna felt pain, black swimming in the corners of his vision until it took over, not noticing a warmth envelope him.
The dust cleared and what everyone found was very surprising. They saw a brunet, who they guessed must have been Tsuna, and Bakemono. And Bakemono's lit fist was in Tsuna's right hand, stopping it perfectly.
"Don't …" Tsuna said coldly. Everyone gasped as they saw Tsuna's eyes. Instead of the warm honey brown they had seen when he came into class, they were a cold and emotionless bright orange. The eyes look at Bakemono, irritated. "You're annoying." And with that, Bakemono was thrown back with a tremendous amount of newfound strength, skidding on the ground. Everyone gaped at Tsuna. Was this the same Tsuna they had known for the short time?
Then suddenly, a bright orange flame lit up on Tsuna's forehead.
"The Sky Flame…" A student whispered.
"That's…" Another student started.
"It's pure." Reborn had cut in, walking towards the students who were enticed by the flame.
The Arcobaleno had expected Tsuna to have the Sky Flame, knowing that he was the son of Iemitsu and the grandson of the Headmaster, who also had the Sky Flame, but there was something off.
"Oi, Reborn, Tsuna's flame on his forehead…" Colonello started. Reborn smirked at them.
"The Hyper Dying Will Flame…" He muttered.
"Let Tsuna fight this battle, after all, he still needs to pass this test." Reborn said loudly, having the students back off and away from the battlefield, now that the barrier has broken.
"Che…"
Tsuna attacked Bakemono, his hands lit up with Sky Flame. He stayed silent as he landed a downwards kick on the fallen Bakemono. Bakemono howled in pain and swung at Tsuna, who used his flames to fly up. Bakemono stood up and used his own flames and shot them at Tsuna, who easily stood out of the way. Bakemono jumped and tried to grab Tsuna, who flew even higher in the air. He did a backwards flip in the air to steady himself and charge right back at the mutant, effectively punching it in the stomach.
"GROOOAHHH!" Bakemono cried in pain and fell to the ground once more. Bakemono growled and jumped back up, blasting a speedy flame at Tsuna, who moved away, getting slightly scraped on his right arm. Tsuna frowned and stared coldly at Bakemono, blasting a few shots of Sky Flame at the mutant.
The monster growled once again and blasted more flames, hitting Tsuna a few times, making him lose concentration on his flames and fall down to the ground.
Bakemono took this chance to land another hit, but Tsuna rolled to the side and stood back up. He kicked Bakemono down and flew up into the sky once again. Tsuna had no thoughts as he attacked, just focusing on killing the damn thing. He needed to finish this, and so he put his hand out in front of him and the sky flames gathered in his hands.
"Sky blast…" Tsuna muttered as the flames blasted to Bakemono. One more howl from Bakemono had gone out and another explosion had occurred, splattering the mutant's parts everywhere. Tsuna stared coldly at the empty space where Bakemono's black blood lie and landed on the ground, the flames on his hands disappearing, though the flame on his forehead was still in place. He didn't notice his flames momentarily flash black and white before going back to bright orange.
"Tsuna!"
The brunet jerked his head to the side just in time to see many people running towards him. Tsuna narrowed his eyes and stepped back, not knowing who those people are.
"Stay back…" Tsuna warned, lighting the Sky Flame in his hands. The students stopped at Tsuna's attitude.
"Tsuna? It's okay! You beat Bake…mono…" Yamamoto's voice died down as he saw that cold look in Tsuna's eyes. It was actually very scary to see it in the usually kind boy's eyes.
"No…" Tsuna muttered. Then suddenly, he began to feel as if something was taking over him. He clutched his head, feeling a migraine begin.
"Tsuna-chan? Are you okay?" Luce asked as she neared the brunet.
"S-stay away!" Tsuna shouted, closing his eyes tightly. Everyone froze as Tsuna disappeared from his spot.
"Dame-Tsuna, quit it and j-" Reborn didn't get to finish as he saw Tsuna disappear from his spot in lightning speed and head straight forwards towards him. Reborn jumped back and caught Tsuna's flaming punch, ignoring the searing pain he felt and looked straight into the brunet's eyes. They were wild and unfocused, as if he had no control over what he was doing.
"Hn." Reborn stayed calm, despite being attacked by Tsuna. He dodged as Sky Flames were shot at him like bullets, and lit up his own flames.
"Sawada! What are you doing?!" Lal yelled at the boy, who ignored her and kept attacking Reborn.
Tsuna kept attacking Reborn with punches, kicks, and flame blasts, all failing to hit the target.
"Baka…" Reborn muttered and kicked Tsuna when he moved to the right and went up behind the boy. Tsuna fell on his back silently, Reborn keeping his foot on his back. The man set his hand over Tsuna's forehead and his flames engulfed the wild Sky Flames, calming them, making them slowly disperse and disappear as if they were never there in the first place. Tsuna had passed out.
Reborn sighed and picked up the brunet bridal-style and walked over towards the students and Arcobaleno as they ran over to him. "Reborn! Are you alright? What's wrong with Tsuna-chan?" Luce asked the hitman, who looked away with a frown.
"I can't tell you, but it's serious. But once I tell Nono, he'll explain to you… Let's get Dame-Tsuna back home, I'll heal him there. Call Nono, he needs to hear this as well." Reborn said and began to walk back to the Arcobaleno's 'house'. This was a serious situation. Even if he just saw it for a moment, there could be a chance…
"Shouldn't you get him to the infirmary instead?" Colonello asked. Fong shook his head.
"Shamal's useless." Fong said plainly. Colonello 'oh'ed and nodded, and looked to his side where Viper had suddenly appeared again with her recorder and camera in hand, looking satisfied.
"I'll make lots of money out of this…" She muttered. Luce sighed and looked at Viper.
"Viper, could you please go and find Timoteo-san? Tells him to meets us back at the house." She explained. Viper rose and eyebrow and sighed, seeing the passed out Tsunayoshi.
"Fine, but you'll have to pay me back for doing you a job."
And with that, the Mist Arcobaleno disappeared once again.
"Let's go, have the students take their break time. They'll be going to their next class soon anyways." Reborn said and walked off, leaving a worried Kyoko, Hana, Yamamoto, Gokudera, and a smirking Mukuro.
"Juudaime! Are you alright? I'm so sorry I couldn't protect everyone!"
A voice had shouted into Tsuna's ear as he slowly opened his eyes. "Ugh… What happened?" He asked as he looked around, seeing that he was in his room, with Gokudera and Yamamoto in the room.
"Tsuna! You did it! You beat Bakemono! And you also activated your flames! Great job!" Yamamoto said and patted Tsuna back, making him slightly wince from the small pain.
"I beat… Bakemono?" Tsuna asked, not remembering a single thing. 'Wait… I ran and jumped in front of Gokudera… Then… I passed out… But they said I beat him… How?' Tsuna wondered in his mind. He looked to his side and saw Gokudera kneeling before him.
"Juudaime! I'm sorry I have disappointed you! I won't let you use your body to save me again! I'll get stronger!" Gokudera exclaimed and kept bowing over and over again. Tsuna sweat-dropped, completely forgetting his previous thoughts.
"A-ah… Gokudera-san…" Tsuna started. Gokudera shook his head.
"No! You must call me Hayato!" Gokudera demanded. Tsuna sighed at the bomber's sudden change.
"I… G-Gokudera-kun, what's going on here? Why are you calling me Juudaime?" Tsuna asked.
Yamamoto laughed and patted Gokudera's head. "Guess what Tsuna? You got a new puppy!" He exclaimed, earning a glare from Gokudera.
"Shut it, Yakyuu-baka!" Gokudera shouted and turned his attention back to Tsuna. "I'll have to accept being called by my last name for now, if Juudaime wishes…" he muttered, disappointed. "Juudaime saved me when I had used my tenth set of bombs! I will forever be by your side and protect you!" Gokudera vowed.
"W-well, y-you don't have to…" Tsuna said, suddenly feeling tiredness take over him from today's events.
"No, I swear I will protect Juudaime for my whole life!" Gokudera exclaimed.
"G-Gokudera-kun…" Tsuna said, not knowing what to say to that.
"Ah, Dame-Tsuna, it seems you have awoken." A voice from the bedroom's door said. Tsuna and the others looked to find.
"Reborn? Grandpa?" Tsuna was surprised, as the two piled in along with the other Arcobaleno's behind him.
"Tsunayoshi, I heard that you have activated your flames and used it to defeat the Vendice Experiment." Timoteo said. A question mark appeared on Tsuna's forehead.
"I defeated Bakemono? But I don't remember defeating him…" Tsuna voice died down as he saw the stares from everyone. "W-what?" He asked nervously.
"What… do you remember last of the battle, Tsuna-chan?" Luce asked. Tsuna pursed his lips.
"I… remember jumping in front of Gokudera-kun to protect him… Then I passed out…" Tsuna explained slowly.
"I see…" Timoteo said, nodding solemnly, coming to a conclusion in his mind.
"D-did I do something wrong?" Tsuna asked them.
Timoteo shook his head. "You did nothing wrong, Tsunayoshi. In fact, you have the Sky Flames, just like your father and I."
"Sky Flames, huh…" Tsuna muttered, looking at his hands.
Timoteo continued, "In fact, we've already decided what group you'll be joining." Timoteo said with a light smile, though he was worried on the inside for his grandson's safety. Tsuna's head jerked up at this.
"Really?" Tsuna asked. Reborn nodded and hid a smirk.
"Dame-Tsuna, you'll be joining…"
~30 minutes before~
"Reborn? What is it that you needed to explain to me privately?" Timoteo asked as he walked into Reborn's clean living room. It was pretty much empty except for the furniture, his room, and the kitchen.
"Is it about the group Tsunayoshi will be joining?" Timoteo questioned.
Reborn was sitting on the couch, casually drinking some espresso.
"No," he set down the coffee cup and looked at Timoteo with a serious look. "It's about Tsunayoshi's flames." He said quietly.
Timoteo nodded and closed the door, not liking the tone of Reborn's voice. "I heard Tsunayoshi had been in one of your battles, and with one of Vendice's experiments too. What happened?"
Reborn tipped his hat over his eyes. "He activated his sky flames and defeated Bakemono, but…" he looked up and straight into Timoteo's eyes. "While he was fighting, I noticed that his flames flashed different colors for a moment and then would go back to the normal Sky color," Reborn started. Timoteo nodded, wishing for the hitman to continue, "And well… it was black and white…" Reborn finished.
Timoteo's entire body tensed up at hearing this, hoping that it wasn't what he thought it was. "Reborn, does Tsuna have…" Timoteo trailed off. Reborn nodded his head solemnly.
"Though there were only hints and specks of the color, they're definitely there, but it'll take time for them to fully awaken." Reborn said.
Timoteo had a dreaded look on his face.
"He…"
"Those flames, they have the power to take control of the body and use it on their own. And that's exactly what happened after he defeated Bakemono. He charged straight at me, attacked me relentlessly as if he didn't know what he was doing, though the flames didn't exposed themselves, they stayed as the Sky Flames." Reborn explained.
Timoteo frowned. "But how did he receive those flames? Our family, for generations…"
"The Light and Dark flames, they can appear at anytime. They can't be passed on from generations, they choose who they want as a vessel…"
"So it has come to one conclusion then…"
"Yeah, Sawada Tsunayoshi has the Dark and the Light flames."
~~~Chapter End~~~
[1] Bakemono means monster in Japanese, right? If it isn't, Oh well, I just made up a name! (I did some research on it)
Okay, this chapter went longer than I expected! This chapter was confusing huh?-_- Don't worry, it confused me too. I had no idea what I was doing while typing this chapter… I mean, everything just comes out from the top of my mind while I type, then I go over some things and fix them. But before I posted, I made a few changes to it and the fight scene! So the fight scene was shorter before I made some renovations, but hopefully I made it much better and longer!
IF ANYONE WANTS TO BETA THIS AND FIX ANYTHING WRONG, GO AHEAD! :D
Oh yeah, about the Lightand Darkflames, here's the catch: The Light Flame's color is black, and The DarkFlame's color is white. Confusing huh? Well just remember that! I'll be mentioning it once in a while to remind you guys which is which!
AND, they have a mind of their own, as explained on the last part. They pretty much took over Tsuna's body and attacked Reborn, but who knows why?
Those flames are very, veryDANGEROUS!
All will be explained in the next chapter! Then we can get on with the story!
By the way, have I been spelling Vendice wrong? Is it Vindice when its just one person or Vendice when there's a few people or the Vendicare? And you know what? I never really put Colonello's "Kora!"At the end of his sentences, should I do that?
So thanks for reading guys!:3 Please review!