Seashells of the Sky
Summary:"Wait, what Family became the Black Spell of Millefiore?" Tsuna asked. Lambo sighed, eyes shadowed, "The Vongola Family." AU
Chapter Five: Of the Sky's Differing Universes
After Tsuna's hysterics about misinterpreting Lambo's words as actually eliminating Irie Shouichi, and then calming him down about it, Lambo explained patiently.
"Irie Shouichi is the one who most likely sent you here, so he's the one you must interrogate to get home." He tried to say neutrally, but his tone slipped a bit. However, the others didn't seem to notice. Reborn cast him a speculative look, but thankfully didn't say anything.
"Oh…" Tsuna still looked nervous, "Well –"
He was interrupted when Kyouya swept into the room.
"I will assign your training instructors." He said immediately without any greeting beforehand.
"T-training?" Tsuna asked hesitantly.
"Of course," Reborn said matter-of-factly, looking away from Dumb Lambo making the dark-haired teen sigh inwardly with relief.
"This is ten years later, give or take a few months. The weaponry must've improved too"
"That reminds me," Lambo coughed in embarrassment, "Weapon Boxes and Rings…"
And so began Kyouya's explanation of said items.
It became interesting halfway through. Well, for Lambo, that is.
One second, the teen had been nodding off in the middle of Kyouya's lecture, and the next –
POOF!
Pink smoke enveloped his vision.
Oh, crap, thought Lambo, I was hoping this wouldn't happen anytime soon…
Switching with his infant self hadn't happened to him for quite a few weeks. The first time it had in the past year, Uni had freaked out and called Chrome back from a mission.
This time, however, something felt… wrong.
As the pink smoke cleared, his jaw dropped.
A familiar figure sighed in exasperation, "Jeez, you fucking retard! Why the fuck did you have to go and fucking do that?"
Lambo tried to process the situation.
Tsuna sat lazily in front of him on a couch… and he'd been the one who'd spoken.
However, he hadn't said that to Lambo. Instead, he was looking at –
"B-Bakadera?" Lambo uttered in surprise; the name slipped out easily.
The silver-haired guy was no older than the Storm Guardian Lambo had just left, but with one major difference: his hair was longer. He was scowling at Lambo with his fists raised.
"Keep it down over there, will ya?" Lambo turned around in time to see Yamamoto throw a knife at him. He ducked, yelling in panic.
"What the heck is happening?" He wailed to himself.
"Shut up!" Tsuna told him boredly, "Although, I prefer you to your fucking infant self."
"Oi, bastard!" Gokudera yelled at his 'precious Tenth', "When the fuck are we going to go to that fucking school to fight those fucking twerps?"
"Those fuckers can wait," Tsuna drawled, "Especially that fucking brat Xanxus."
Oh, crap, thought Lambo again. He'd just noticed just what was completely out of place.
They were all wearing Varia uniforms.
"Wait," Gokudera said abruptly, as if noticing something was out of place as well. He stared hard at Lambo, and the dark-haired teen gulped. He had a feeling that he wouldn't be coming out of this unscathed.
Gokudera continued suspiciously, "Why aren't you wearing your Varia uniform like you usually do?"
Meanwhile, back in the 'normal' future…
As soon as he materialised from the pink smoke, Infant Lambo, wearing Varia clothes, got out a mini machinegun.
"Die, bitches!" He yelled rather enthusiastically, and began to shoot at the bewildered Guardians and Reborn.
He didn't seem to register the fact that there were two versions of the skylark, or the fact that the Guardians were not ten years older than expected. However, when he spotted his other infant self, his jaw dropped, and he stopped shooting.
"What the fuck?" He gawked.
"What the heck is up with that Lambo?" Tsuna yelled, his head poking up from under the table, having dived for cover. "And why is he wearing a Varia uniform?"
As he did, Hibari and Kyouya stormed menacingly over to the PossibleVaria!Lambo, who gulped nervously.
Reborn only looked amused.
"I think," He said, sniggering, "That, since we exist in the same time as your older counterparts, the Bazooka's phantasmal mechanics is ruined."
"W-what do you mean?" Tsuna stammered, looking confused at the explanation.
Reborn chuckled, "Instead of being summoned back into a parallel world…"
Behind him, Hibari growled, "For disturbing the peace of this base…"
Kyouya continued coolly, "We will bite you to death."
And the duo proceeded to beat up the PossibleVaria!Lambo with their tonfas.
Reborn continued easily while the rest looked on in awe, "…Dumb Lambo has been sent to a completely alternate universe."
After the five minutes were up, Dumb Lambo returned with a black eye and bruises on bruises in places he never thought existed.
"OWW…" Lambo groaned loudly… then noticed he was tied to a chair.
"Hey! What's going on?" He complained, wincing, to a smirking Kyouya in front of him. Hibari was somewhere behind the others, leaning against the wall. He seemed to be sleeping, somehow.
"HIIEE!" Tsuna blurted out in concern, running over to free Lambo from his restraints, "Are you alright?"
"That's what you get for sleeping during my lecture…" Kyouya muttered darkly.
When Lambo was freed, he stretched gingerly, grimacing. He glanced around, confused, noticing the room's condition. It looked like a freaking hurricane had come through… a hurricane that could shoot a mini machinegun, it seemed.
"What happened here?" He asked.
"It was quite funny, actually," Yamamoto chuckled, scratching the back of his head with a hand.
"An extremely vulgar version of you started attacking us." Ryouhei said, scowling.
"Our being here is disrupting the balance," Reborn told him nonchalantly, "As long as we are here, the alternate universes will be the closest to each other than they have in ages."
"It's not dangerous in any way, right?" Chrome asked nervously, "The world isn't going to explode or something?"
Reborn shrugged, "It only affects where Dumb Lambo ends up when he's pulled back into the past." He didn't bother concealing a full-blown amused smirk.
"The brief span of time when Lambo switches back with his younger self is open to any universe, instead of the parallel worlds."
Dumb Lambo gaped in dismay; he didn't understand half of what Reborn had said, but it sounded bad. Boss so owes me, he thought glumly.
"If I don't come back, then you all know what has happened." He sighed dramatically.
"W-wait, what's an alternate universe? Isn't that the same as a parallel world?" Tsuna asked curiously.
"Dame-Tsuna," Reborn rolled his eyes.
"Allow me to explain, Tenth!" Gokudera exclaimed eagerly, "A parallel world is created when a decision is made, right?" He got out a chart from nowhere that depicted a bold line that branched off into two.
"However," Gokudera continued, his glasses, also coming out of nowhere, appeared on his face, "an alternate universe is where the situation is completely different altogether!" He then got out another chart that had two bold lines that split off into two, then four, then into numerous lines, and were completely separate from each other.
He carried on, "For example, in one universe, an alternate universe, you could have been born and raised in Italy." He gave a big grin, but then scowled when Yamamoto added in.
"Another example is if you and me were siblings!" Yamamoto beamed at Tsuna, but then was punched in the arm by a fuming Gokudera.
"Or Lambo had never been born." Reborn pointed out with an amused smile.
"Uwaaah~! Damn you, Reborn!" Stupid Lambo cried out in anger. He got out a grenade and threw it at the other infant. However, Reborn easily batted it away and Stupid Lambo was… knocked unconscious, to put it nicely.
Hibari spoke out, smirked, "Or if Tsunayoshi was born as a girl."
Tsuna looked horrified by the suggestions, "HIIIEEE?"
"Anyway," Gokudera growled out, attracting Tsuna's attention again, "All these alternate universes have their own parallel worlds."
Even after his explanation, Tsuna still looked perplexed. Yamamoto was laughing randomly, amused by the drawings.
"That's it!" Kyouya suddenly snapped, making everyone except Hibari and Reborn jump.
"Stupid Lambo and Ryouhei, you're to be trained by Dumb Lambo. Yamamoto, you have the baby. Hibari, Dino is on his way; Chrome and Gokudera can wait here for Bianchi." He growled out, his glare daring anyone to contradict him.
However, the addressed younger generation seemed too stupefied to answer.
"A-Aniki is coming?" Gokudera yelped in mortification.
"Ah, Dino-san is?" Tsuna said loudly.
"Herbivore," Kyouya suddenly barked at him, who jumped at the sudden confrontation, "You're with me!"
Tsuna paled.
While everyone waited or went off with their instructors, Uni came into the room and pulled Lambo aside.
"I will go and look for the older Chrome with my Family," she said calmly.
Lambo frowned in concern, "Are you sure?"
She nodded, smiling, "Don't worry, Lambo-kun."
"Thank you," Lambo told her genuinely, "For everything you've done for me for the past year."
She shook her head, "It was no problem, Lambo-kun. I am glad I was able to help the Vongola Family. It was a pleasure meeting you as well."
Lambo flushed in embarrassment, "Well, I…"
She chuckled, "Take care, Lambo-kun." She said.
He grinned back, "You too."
A/N: Hmm... I completely forgot to tell you all that the TYL!Guardians still have their Vongola Rings, haha~ Well, it's kind of obvious in the second chapter, but I just wanted to point that out.
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