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"-Up…" Asteria heard. She rolled around her bed and thought it was a dream.
"-Ke Up." She heard again. She ignored it and kept her eyes closed.
"Wake Up, idiot!" she finally opened her eyes. She was surprised by the presence of Gokudera on the side of her bed.
"Oh, Hayato…" she yawned and sat up, "What are you doing here?"
"You… you don't remember a thing from last night!" he yelled. She put her finger on her chin and thought.
"Oh…" she said, regretting trying to remember, "The battle…" she said. Gokudera stumbled on his tongue.
"Y-yeah… sorry." He said. She set her shoulders down.
"It's… something I have to forget… and why are you here?" she asked. His eyebrow twitched.
"Reborn-san made me walk you home and you begged me to stay over." He snarled.
"Ah, I remember that. Thank you Hayato." She said.
"Whatever. Get up and get ready, I'll get in trouble if Shamal found out you were late."
She nodded and got up. She stared at him as he was just standing in her room.
"What?" he asked.
"Are you sure you wanna be in here when I change?" she said. His face turned red and he dashed out of the room.
"No need to be embarrassed! Shamal told me you're at that age!" she teased.
"SHUT UP!" he yelled. She laughed and got her uniform on. She looked at herself in the mirror and mumbled things in Italian. She pulled off her ring and read the engraved words again.
"Asteria! I'm leaving without you!" Gokudera yelled.
"Well… it's only six in the morning. Do you want to get to school earlier than Hibari-san?" she said as she walked out her room. He crossed his arms and ignored her.
"Would you like some breakfast, Hayato?" she offered.
"I don't need any." He said. She sighed and got a few biscotti and croissants out.
"Espresso or cappuccino?" she said. He growled and didn't respond for a while. When the coffee was being made, the aroma made him change his mind.
"Espresso." He mumbled. She laughed and got a small mug out.
"Okay, I'm more of a cappuccino."
"I never asked."
Asteria sighed and chuckled to herself. She hadn't hung out with Hayato in a very long time.
"Well, here's your espresso," she smiled and put it in front of him, "tell me how it tastes."
He drank it and it was still hot. He kept his mouth shut as he kept drinking.
"I'm gonna take that as a compliment." She said and sat in front of him. He didn't look at her and she took a piece of her croissant and dipped it in her coffee.
"How Italian are you going to get?" he said, still not looking at her.
"I was born and raised there, I can't help it." She answered. She noticed his scar on his hand.
"How are you training?" she brought up. He didn't answer, and she felt bad.
"Is Uncle Shamal treating you okay?" she asked him. He drank from his mug. She didn't know what else to say. She sighed and continued eating. He suddenly took a biscotti.
"Um… did you make these?" he asked. Her face lit up and she nodded. He broke it in two and ate it with his coffee.
"Why do you hate me so much?" she suddenly asked. He finally looked at her.
"It's not that I hate you… I just don't like you… or people like you…" he said.
"Oh… then how do I fix that?" she asked. She knew she owed him something for a very long time and didn't know how to return a favor.
"Get off the subject." He said. She sighed.
"Hayato, I forgot to thank you for the other day in class. I'll try to not to get scared as much." She said, trying to keep the conversation.
"Shut up. You're fine. But I have a question." He said. She got happier that he was starting to talk.
"Yes? What is it that I must answer to?"
"What's the real reason you came to Japan?"
Asteria almost forgot her real reason of coming.
"I know it's not only for being in Vongola." He said. She looked at her ring and gripped her hands.
"You know why, then." She said sternly. She finished her cappuccino and walked to the restroom.
She washed her face and glued her eyes to her reflection in the mirror. She spoke to herself again and braided her hair. She kept thinking out loud on how to apologize to Hayato for walking out on him. She got up and opened the door. Hayato was leaning on the wall with his arms crossed.
"Hayato, I'm-,"
"S-sorry… I know you don't like talking about it." He said before her. She lifted her head and smiled to him.
"I'm sorry too, Hayato." She said and hugged him.
"Agh! Let go!" he immediately yelled. She laughed and released her arms.
"So, are you ready to go now?" she asked him. He walked ahead of her without an answer. She laughed to herself and followed him.
Yamamoto got out of his house and walked with his bat on his back. He kept thinking about how the battle would be that night. He whistled his mind off of it and continued walking. He noticed Asteria across the street and he was about to yell out to her, but he noticed Gokudera. He pondered for a while on what to do and just stood there.
"Yamamoto, are you okay?" he heard. He snapped out of his thoughts and looked at who was talking to him.
"Oh, hey Asteria. Hm? Where'd Gokudera go?"
"I told him I'm gonna say hi to you and he left. No worries." She said.
"Ah, alright. So did you get home okay yesterday?" he asked.
"I was fine. Hayato walked me and I made him stay over." She told him. Those words set a very different image in his mind. His face flared red and he clenched his fists.
"He didn't want to, but he agreed to if he slept on the couch."
Yamamoto's face returned to a natural color and he let a very deep breath out.
"How did you get home last night?" she said.
"Me? Umm… the kid was on my shoulder for a bit, then I just walked home." He said, leaving out the conversation they had.
"That's good. Did Reborn treat you okay?"
"Well…" he started off, not knowing how he should respond, "let's just say that he says funny things."
Asteria laughed and agreed with him. He didn't know how to look at her after the previous night. He wanted to know a lot from her but he didn't know how to ask.
"We're at this again, aren't we?" she said, interrupting his thoughts; which he was very thankful for.
"What do you mean?" he said.
"You know, neither of us knows what to talk about. It's strange, though. It doesn't feel like a bad awkward." She said, looking at the sky. He thought about it and kind of agreed with her.
"I guess so. And I hate to bring it up, but are you better from last night?" he asked, almost regretting asking. He looked at her, and she was looking at the ground.
"I will be…" she sighed. He felt bad and regretted it. He didn't know what to do, so he did what he knows best. He swung his arm on her shoulder and laughed.
"Don't worry about it. We're all here for you, remember?"
She looked at him. He didn't know how she would respond and hoped for the best. Her sad face slowly began to withdraw and she calmly smiled. He made a victorious pose in his mind and laughed with her.
"Okay, okay, you better put your arm away, we're getting close to school." She said, still slightly laughing.
"Ah, alright. I don't want a battle at school today." He said and let go. He put his arms behind his head and he was happy. With a smile he walked in school with Asteria by his side. He looked around and saw his friends and high-fived a few. He looked over at her again and saw how shy she still was.
"Hey Asteria, is school working out for you okay?" he asked. She shrugged.
"If I think about it, I've only had one full day here and that was the first day. I don't know many people."
"Right… well, do you want to meet some people?" he offered.
"Not now," she said, "I'm focusing on the battle right now. Maybe next time."
He nodded and walked in to class.
"Yamamoto, Asteria, good morning." Tsuna said to them. Yamamoto waved and walked over to him. Asteria went the other direction and went to Sasagawa.
"Hey, Tsuna. How are you?" he asked, a smile still on his face.
"Uh, good morning… Reborn told me the talk you guys had last night." He said. His smile vanished.
"He… he did?"
"Yeah. Sorry he bothered you like that." He said. He let a breath out, thankful he didn't tell everybody.
"It's fine. But what are you gonna do about tonight? I mean, that kid can't fight." Yamamoto said.
"I know… I tried getting him out of it, but Reborn keeps pushing it. I guess it has to happen." Tsuna sighed.
"Let's just see how the fight goes. Worst case scenario, we pull him out last minute." Yamamoto said. Tsuna nodded and set his head on his desk. Yamamoto walked away to Asteria. She looked calm and seemed to be having a fun talk with Sasagawa.
"Hey, Asteria, Sasagawa." He said. The two looked over and smiled.
"Hello. Asteria-chan was wondering how onii-chan was doing."
Asteria smiled.
"His arm's not terribly hurt. It's still in okay condition." Sasagawa claimed. Asteria was calmer than the walk they had and her and Sasagawa seemed to become friends. He smiled along and waited for class to start.
Asteria sighed as school ended. She didn't know how the battle would work because she didn't know Lambo that well. He was still young and has no idea how he fights. She kept thinking and came up with an idea. She stood up and walked over to Tsuna.
"Hello, Tsuna-san." She said. He looked over.
"Oh, Asteria-san, hi." He said back.
"So, I have a question. Is Lambo at your house right now?" she asked. He seemed to be surprised.
"Uh, I think so… why?"
"I want to see him. Do you mind if I go see him?" she looked at him with a simple expression.
"Oh, okay, sure. Can you hold on while I get ready?" he said to her and she nodded. She looked around the classroom and waited. She wasn't sure if anybody was going to follow Tsuna like they usually do.
"Okay, are you ready to go?" he said, standing up. She turned around and nodded.
The walk they had was pretty interesting. They didn't talk much about the battle or any mafia related things. She was quite happy and relieved he didn't bring any important things up. The two got to the house and he was immediately crowded by the kids.
"Let's go play, dame-Tsuna! I want ice cream!" Lambo yelled.
"Lambo, be quiet." Ipin told him.
"Asteria-nee! Why are you here?" Fuuta said as he came walking.
"I just thought I'd take the kids out to the park really quick and give Tsuna-san's mom a break. Do you want to come too, Fuuta?" she offered. He nodded and got his shoes on.
"Wait, are you sure Asteria-san?" Tsuna said. She looked at him and smiled.
"Of course! Lambo-kun, Ipin-chan, do you want to go to the park?" she said, kneeling to their level.
"Lambo-san always wants to go to the park!" he said and ran around in circles.
"Yay~ let's go to the park!" Ipin said and ran around with Lambo.
"Okay, let's go." Asteria smiled and let the kids out.
"Hold on, I'll go with you." Tsuna said and followed. She walked with everybody and to the park, holding Fuuta's hand.
"So, why did you decide to do this?" Tsuna asked Asteria. She shrugged.
"I don't know. I thought Lambo-kun might enjoy it and I don't want him scared for the battle."
"Okay… so do you know Leviathan too?"
"Not very well. I mean, sure we lived in the Varia mansion together, but we didn't talk much. What I do know is the fact that he'll do anything for the boss." She told him. They got to the park and the kids all went to the sand box. Asteria and Tsuna sat on a bench.
"So, you don't want Lambo-kun fighting tonight, do you?" she asked, knowing his answer.
"No… but Reborn keeps saying he has to. Is there any way out of it?"
"Well, getting out of it means giving up the ring." She said, slouching.
"Why can't we do that?"
"Because… it's just not good. And he was given the ring for a reason. If Iemitsu thought that he wasn't right for it, it wouldn't have been given to him." She said. She felt bad, though, knowing it's hard to be responsible for a child that small.
"Asteria-nee! Come play with us!" Fuuta called out to her. She smiled and walked over.
"Okay, what shall we do?" she said, scrunching down to them.
"Hmm… push me on the swings!" Lambo ordered. She laughed a little and did what she was told.
"So, Lambo-kun, are you feeling happy?" she said, pushing his back.
"Mmm.. Lambo-san's always happy!" he said. She laughed.
"That's good. And Lambo-kun, are you scared for tonight?" she asked.
"I'm never scared! Lambo-san's strong and powerful! I'm going to take down Reborn and take over the world!" he said.
"Are you?" she said and laughed. She relaxed her shoulders and wished he didn't have to fight. She thought kids should never see what happens in the mafia world. She sighed and let him have fun on the swing. Soon, Tsuna walked over with Reborn on his head.
"Uh, Asteria-san, Reborn says it's time to go."
"Oh, okay… um, shouldn't we take Fuuta and Ipin-chan home?" Asteria said.
"Nope, Bianchi's walking them. Let's go." Reborn said, switching to Asteria's shoulder, making Tsuna hold Lambo.
As they were walking, the sky became gray and it started to rain. Reborn made Leon turn into an umbrella big enough for him and Asteria, leaving Tsuna out.
"Wait, can't you cover me too?" he complained.
"Nope, it's part of your training. But we should be prepared for the rain. Let's go home once." Reborn said. They all turned around to get umbrellas and boots. Asteria wasn't sure if she would be able to handle that evening. It would be raining with flashes of lightning. She followed them anyway and went to the school. Everybody was there and she got the same feeling as last night. She looked at everyone and saw Ryouhei.
"Ryouhei-san! Are you okay?" she asked running up to him.
"I'm fine, it's just wrapped." He said, holding up is arm, "Kyoko just made me stay home."
Asteria smiled and was relieved the damage wasn't that bad.
"Well, it's the second battle, let's go." Ryouhei said. Everybody looked over at Lambo.
"Puddles! Splash, splash!" he said, running around.
"He… has no idea what position he's in right now…" Tsuna said, his head hung.
"No worries, if anything happens, we'll step in and pull him out." Yamamoto said.
"We won't allow that to happen." Everybody heard. They looked up and saw the Cervello in rain coats.
"Please take a look at tonight's battle field." They said and pointed. The group looked over and was shocked.
"The roof?" Tsuna yelled. Lightning flashed and the rods were exposed.
"Gupya!"
Asteria gulped and started to shiver. This night could turn out very bad. The group went up the stairs and she felt a little better when she saw the lights were on.
"Wh-what happened to the roof!" Tsuna said. There were metal rods that shined when lightning flashed.
"Tonight's battle field is called Elettrico Circuito." a Cervello said. Lightning struck and the rods made the ground flash. Asteria shivered and crouched down. She didn't scream, but she was scared. She felt a hand on her back.
"It'll be alright, new girl." Ryouhei said. He pulled her up from her elbow and she looked around. There was no time for her to be acting that way.
"Lambo-san wants to try!"
"Uhh… he's thinking it's a fun game…" Tsuna said.
"Shut up, dumb cow!" Gokudera said and took a dropped horn. He wrote on it.
"Now, if this ever gets lost, people will find out who it belongs to." He said and showed the horn. It read "dumb cow".
"He wrote 'dumb'…" Tsuna said, getting even more worried.
"Will the Thunder Guardian please step forward? Your opponent has been here for two hours." Cervello said.
"T-two hours!" Tsuna yelled. They all saw Levi and freaked out.
"Alright, Sawada! Let's do it!" Ryouhei said and pulled him. Yamamoto pulled Gokudera and Asteria. Lambo was carried by Tsuna.
"Lambo! Fight!"
"Ohh!"
"Ahahaha! That was fun! One more time!" Lambo said. They all sighed.
"Is he really gonna fight?" Yamamoto asked.
"He doesn't even know that he's battling." Gokudera said. Tsuna looked at Lambo.
"Lambo, listen," he said and put his hand on his head, "if you don't want to fight that's okay. I don't think a kid should be fighting in a battle like this. You don't want to die, do you?"
"Haha~ Tsuna don't you know? I can't die because I'm invincible." Lambo said with his hands out like Libra scales.
"Just… don't use the ten-year bazooka! Adult Lambo told me to make sure you don't." Tsuna said.
"And take these," he pulled out old horns, "I was told to give them to you."
"Ew, they're old and ugly."Lambo said.
"It's fine!" he said and shoved them in his hair.
"Okay! Bye bye!" he cheered and walked over to the center. He ran around excitedly.
"Now, the battle of the Thunder Guardian, Leviathan versus Lambo, you may now begin." Cervello announced.
The moment a Cervello announced it, Lambo went to touch a ground wire.
"Lambo-kun, don't touch that!" Asteria yelled, wanting to pull him away.
"Shishi, he'll be done in no time." Bel said from the other side. Lighting struck and Levi jumped. Lambo didn't know what would happen and continued to play. The lightning spread and shocked Lambo. He jumped and screamed.
"Lambo!"
He fell to the ground flat on his face.
"Hm. Surely he's dead." Levi said. Everybody's face fell. Then we heard mumbling.
"OOOWWWWWCCCHHHIIIEESS! Owowowowow!" Lambo screamed.
"He's alive!" Tsuna said, happily.
"He's been struck by lightning multiple times. His skin's used to it now." Reborn said, "It's called Elettorico Cuoio."
"Elet… what?" Tsuna asked. They all had the same question.
"It's the type of skin he has. It's able to resist the electricity and discharges to the ground, leaving his internal organs and brain unhurt."
"L-Lambo is actually amazing?" Tsuna said with a dropped jaw. Asteria knew that wouldn't be enough, though.
"Even though that dumb cow's annoying, his body fits perfectly for the role of the thunder guardian." Gokudera said.
"But… Levi only does this for Xanxus… if he hears that someone else is suited to be the Thunder Guardian, he's gonna get angry." Asteria said.
Levi ran to Lambo and kicked him, which sent him flying up. He screamed and he was slashed with a rod.
"Lambo, run!" the group said. He didn't listen and pulled out a purple bazooka. He went inside of it and pulled the trigger.
"Lambo, you can't do that!" Tsuna yelled at him. We heard a small explosion and smoke appeared.
"What just happened?" Asteria asked, nudging Tsuna.
"Uhh… that wasn't supposed to happen…" he said.
They heard a sigh from inside of the smoke and we began someone sitting down.
"Yare yare… I didn't think that today would be my last day." The person said.
"Um… who is he?" Asteria asked, still not knowing what's going on.
"A-adult Lambo!" Tsuna yelled.
"Vvoooi! What's with that? There's an outsider!" Squalo yelled. Asteria looked at him and he broke the eye contact in a split second.
"He's still the candidate of the Thunder Guardian. He was summoned by the ten-year bazooka." Cervello said.
"I've never heard of that before…" Asteria said.
"But… can he fight against Leviathan?" Tsuna said, scared nothing would work.
"Young Vongola, as a man, I clean things up when I have to." Adult Lambo said.
"Hey, did you come here to fight or talk?" Levi mumbled.
"I'm sorry, let's get this show started." Adult Lambo said, putting his horns on, "Thunder Set."
A flash of lightning came down on Adult Lambo, and he shined.
"What is he doing, calling the lightning to himself?" Asteria yelled, horrified of the possible outcome.
"He's able to hold the electricity in those horns because of that body. It won't affect him." Reborn simply informed.
"Elettorico Cornata." Adult Lambo yelled and ran forward. Levi mumbled a few things again and shot out his umbrellas. The umbrellas struck their own lighting and hit Adult Lambo. He yelled and screamed in pain and fell to the floor.
"He can't survive through that…" Asteria said, holding her ring to her chest again. Adult Lambo got to his knees and began to cry.
"It hurts!" he cried multiple times.
"That… dumb cow." Gokudera said, sweat dropping.
"Lambo, run!" Tsuna yelled to him.
"You're not getting away." Levi said and threw a rod at his shoulder. Lambo screamed again.
"I deserve to be the Guardian of Lighting. I'll kill you."
Lambo kept crying and grabbed his ten-year bazooka. He shot himself again and everybody saw smoke.
"He just shot his future self… what happens now?" Tsuna said, scared.
Everybody watched intently, waiting for something to happen. The smoke started to disperse and Asteria felt something from her ring. She pulled it away from her chest and relaxed.
"It's… Lambo from twenty years!" everybody said.
"Hm… I don't remember this event happening recently… it must be the ten-year bazooka." Lambo said. Everybody stared, not knowing what happened, but felt a sense of reliability.
"I never thought I'd see these faces again. Very Nostalgic." He said, "But looking at the situation I'm in, I have no time to be asking how everybody's doing."
"Hm. I don't care who you are, I'm still gonna burn you." Levi glared. Lambo picked up the half ring from the ground and put it on his neck. He pulled something out of his pocket.
"This, young lady," he said and looked at Asteria, "I don't remember the time you gave it to me, but it has been very life saving."
Asteria looked at him, confused and not knowing what he was talking about. He kept the item in his hand and just stood there, waiting for something.
"Die." Levi said and threw his umbrellas again. The lighting hit him, and the lighting struck the Elettorico Circuito.
"With all that in him, there's no chance of surviving." Mammon said.
"How does he escape from that!" Gokudera shouted.
"He will burn. I wish… boss was here to see this." Levi said and walked away.
"Hehe, where are you going?" Lambo said. Levi turned in surprise.
"Watch." Lambo took his item in his hand and placed it on the ground.
"Elettorico Reverse!"
The lightning went through the school, not his body, leaving him unharmed.
"H-how did he do that?" Asteria asked. Lambo chuckled.
"It's thanks to you, young lady." He pulled out a key made of silver, "You gave this to me to perfect my Elettorico Cuoio."
"She did! When?" Tsuna asked her.
"I have no memory of it." She said.
"Let's say it's a memory of the future."Lambo said and turned back.
"I'm glad I made a choice on making him the Thunder Guardian." Someone said. Everybody turned.
"Dad…!"
"He seems to be above my expectations."
"But… with him, I think we can win." Asteria said.
"Yeah, he doesn't seem as dumb as the past." Gokudera said.
"Ahh, to have my favorites praise me like that…" Lambo said and looked at the ground.
"I'll kill you." Levi said and threw a rod at his chest. Lambo blocked it and slid back. He picked up the old pair of horns.
"Oh, I never thought I'd find these here." He said and looked at them, "Ahh, the insult young Gokudera wrote on them… how nostalgic."
"But I just wrote it on a second ago…" Gokudera said.
"Yeah, those old horns belong to Lambo twenty years from now. The Bovino family boss gave them to me."
"You got them!" Tsuna said.
"We needed those horns to summon the twenty years later Lambo, so I gave them to the ten years later Lambo. He didn't understand, but we got what we needed." Iemitsu said. Levi got a rod out, ready to attack.
"I'm not gonna let you escape this time."
"Hm, who said I was running?" He put on his old horns, "Ahh, these fit better than the old ones… Thunder Set!"
Levi stayed still and waited.
"Elettorico Cornata!"
"Idiot, that trick has a big flaw in its hand."
"Huh? How?" Tsuna asked.
"If the enemy's not in the range, it won't work." Reborn said.
"Ah… that's not good…" Tsuna said.
"Hm, that was the past me." Lambo said and gripped the key strongly. The lighting streamed forward from his horns and reached Levi. He yelled in pain and started saying things about boss.
"As I expected… you're not strong enough. If you don't back down now, you'll die." Lambo said.
"Boss…" Levi said. All of a sudden, a puff of smoke came up and Adult Lambo disappeared.
"Gupyaaa~~~!" everybody heard. They all saw the young Lambo in lighting, burning and falling to the ground.
"Wait, but it hasn't been five minutes yet!" Tsuna yelled.
"I guess it's five minutes from when he first shot himself." Reborn guessed.
Lambo was on the ground, not moving and eyes closed.
"I knew it. No one else is suited for the Thunder Guardian but me." Levi said, drawing closer to him.
"Wait, Levi!" Asteria said and walked forward. The group followed.
"You can't. If you interfere the battle, you'll be disqualified." Reborn stopped them.
"That's true. If you enter the Elettorico Circuito, you will be disqualified and your ring will be taken away." Cervello said. Everybody stopped and cursed. Asteria put her ring to her chest again and closed her eyes.
"What do we do, Reborn! We can't help him!" Tsuna yelled.
"Nothing, but pray." He replied.
"A useless kid like you should just die!" Levi yelled and stomped on Lambo. Blood spurred out.
"Lambo!" Everybody yelled. Levi kicked him and laughed.
"… Lambo…" Tsuna said and walked forward.
"Tsuna, if you go in you'll be disqualified." Reborn told him.
"I know! But… I have to protect Lambo." He said. Asteria watched he was shot with a special bullet. His flame on his forehead and gloves grew and his eyes got serious. He grabbed the rods and melted all of them.
"If I have to watch my greatest friends get killed, I wouldn't forgive myself no matter how many times I died."
Everybody looked over in surprise and couldn't believe their eyes.
"Is that…"
"That's gotta be…"
"Hm," Gokudera smirked, "those flames only belong to the tenth."
"Right… that's a true family boss." Asteria whispered to herself. Tsuna got up with clenched fists.
"I don't care whatever I'm fighting for. Whether it's the rings or the throne; I won't sacrifice anyone for it." His flame started fading and he got back to normal Tsuna.
"Shut up you piece of trash." A husky voice said. Tsuna was kicked in the side and a man appeared.
"Tsuna-san!" Asteria yelled, worried about what's happening.
"That's…"
"Xanxus."
Tsuna looked at him with scared eyes, but his expression changed.
"What kind of eyes are those? Are you serious about defeating me to become the successor?" Xanxus growled.
"No! I didn't think like that. I just… never want to lose my friends." Tsuna said. He looked at everybody. Asteria held her ring and got closer to Yamamoto. She was terrified of Xanxus' reaction.
"Is that what you want!" Xanxus said and fired up his fist.
"Everybody get down." Asteria said and pulled Yamamoto. She knew what could happen if he actually planned to attack.
"Xanxus-sama, please put your fist away! If you attack, the battle-,"
"Shut up." He said and punched her away. She fell to the ground in pain.
"I'm not angry," Xanxus said and a smile creeped on his face, "I'm starting to get excited."
Everybody was afraid of his smile. Xanxus never smiled.
"Well this is rare." Asteria said and started to stand up again.
"This makes sense now. That old ninth enjoys those lame speeches." He began to laugh, "This is sad!"
Yamamoto poked Asteria's arm.
"Why is he laughing?"
"I… have no idea."
"Hey woman, finish the fight." Xanxus ordered.
"Yes. The battle of the Thunder guardian goes to Leviathan. And due to Sawada Tsunayoshi's interference, he must give up his Sky ring." Cervello announced.
"Wait, he didn't enter the battlefield though! He shouldn't be disqualified!" Basil argued.
"But the damage done to the battlefield clearly affected the outcome of the battle." Cervello said and took the half ring off of Tsuna.
"Varia… I thought you only accept when you defeat." Asteria said with clenched fists. She walked towards Xanxus.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Yamamoto asked.
"My job." She answered and continued walking.
"Asteria-sama, do you know what you're getting yourself into?" Iemitsu said. She ignored him and reached Varia. She looked up and headed towards Xanxus.
"Asteria, stop. You can't do anything to stop boss." Squalo said to her, grabbing her wrist.
"I don't care."
"I'm not letting you."
She tried getting away from his grasp, but he was so much stronger than she was. There was no way she could go see him now.
"Then come with me." Asteria said.
"No. I'm not letting you talk to him."
"Hey! What's going on down there!" Xanxus yelled from above.
"Xanxus, give the half ring back to Tsuna-san!" Asteria yelled to him. She could feel everybody's shocked eyes glued to her. She was about to say more, but Squalo covered her mouth. She mumbled and half screamed her words.
"Hey, let me hear what she has to say." Xanxus said. Squalo slightly pulled Asteria closer to him and put his hand down.
"Xanxus, take the half ring only if you defeat Tsuna-san, the real candidate chosen by the real ninth." She said. Xanxus' evil laughter simmered and his angry glare came back.
"Who are you saying that to! I'm the real candidate that's going to be sitting on that throne!" he yelled.
"You know you're not. You know you're only able to get to that throne by killing everybody." Asteria said. She saw his fist turn a dark orange.
"And you know I will." He said deeply and made the flame on his fist grow.
"Asteria, run." Squalo said to her. She ignored him and put her hand on her chest.
"Asteria-sama! Stop, you can't do that here!" Iemitsu yelled to her. She made her hand a fist and made a gray and silver flame on her hand. She opened her eyes, now a sparkling, silver color.
"Gokudera, what's happening?" Yamamoto asked.
"I've never seen this happen. But it might be bad."
Asteria's flame on her hand grew and sparkled. She looked behind her to her group, but didn't say anything. She looked directly at Yamamoto. He raised his eye brows and tilted his head as if confused. He finally made his eyes big.
"Everybody, get down! This is gonna get dangerous!" he yelled. Asteria closed her eyes and turned back. She held in her fear and looked at Squalo also. He growled and kept telling her to stop multiple times.
"Xanxus," Asteria finally made her flame the largest it could get, "I can't let you be the boss of Vongola."
So… was that good? I think I'm gonna start changing the story now to something a little original, but please do not misunderstand and think I'm trying to say KHR is my story. I don't own it! Review, review! ^_^