Rebirth

Ring 4: The Missing Sky

Ku Fu Fu

I didn't get any screentime at all these past few chapters. And now I'm in Jail.

Hey, last time we didn't even have a prologue. It was just Tsuna killing an old man.

You...you were the one who saved Chrome right?

Yep, nice to meet you Mukuro-San.

San? Well, I suppose it'll be a nice change from Sama. Anywho, I believe I should kill you?

K-Kill? Why?

Didn't you kiss my cute Chrome in that last chapter?

Ah, he found out.

Get over here.

While Mukuro attempts to kill me, here's the story.

Ku Fu Fu

"So you're the first one to visit me huh?"

Chrome stared at Mukuro behind the glass window of the prison's meeting room.

"Whay are you here?" Chrome asked.

"Attempted Murder."

"What?"

"Just kidding. I was framed. That's all."

"B-but, if you're innocent..."

"That won't change the Vongola's mind."

"Eh? V-Vongola?"

"Yep. You should be familiar with that name. I know you're smart enough not to, but please tell Ken, Chikusa and the rest to try not to attempt revenge or a prison break."

"What?" Ken cried, "Th-Then what are we supposed to do? Mukuro...Mukuro-Sama's..."

"Relax, Ken."

"Shut up Chikusa, you're not helping!"

Chrome decided to leave before things got worse. As she passed the doorway, she saw 4 shovels laying against the wall.

~The Enveloping Sky~

"Hibari Kyoya. Highly refined Cloud Flame. Switching to..."

"Tsuna. You're not thinking about attacking Hibari are you?"

"Reborn-Sama."

"Hibari is an opponent that you cannot defeat yet."

"But how else can I defeat Mukuro?"

"You're thinking the wrong way. Hibari is the only person who could fight Mukuro on a equal level. He is not some sort of easy way to surpass Mukuro."

Tsuna bowed his head, "Yes, Reborn-Sama."

Hibari appeared behind him, " You herbivores, stop crowding around my school."

Reborn stopped Hibari's tonfa with his hand, "We have no intention of fighting you, Hibari Kyoya."

And with a smoke bomb, the 2 escaped. Hibari landed on the Namimori roof. He stared at the smoke which disappeared quickly. After making sure there was no damage to the roof, he went back to sleep.

"Ryohei Sasagawa. Sun Flame. Refined. Target.

Chrome Dokuro. Mist Flame. Refined. Target.

Mukuro Rokudo. Mist Flame. Refined. Target.

Hibari Kyoya. Cloud Flame. Refined. Ceasefire.

4 refined flames that are still alive. My work's gonna keep piling up at this rate."

"Something wrong Tsuna?"

Tsuna looked up, "Dino Cavallone. Sky Flame. Refined. Ally. Hello Dino-Sama."

"Ora, you're still in Hyper Dying Will Mode?"

"Reborn-Sama gave me these pills. They start and lengthen Hyper Dying."

"Huh. Think you can change your way of talking? It's was too formal and you always speak like a robot."

"This was how the Hyper Dying Will Bullet was made. If you have a problem, take it up with the 9th."

"I'm not an idiot. Still, you can rest assured little brother, you can cross Mukuro off your list."

"He's in jail I believe." Tsuna said.

"Yep. And guess what?"

"What?"

"You don't have to worry about Chrome, I'll be monitoring her from now on."

"...Thanks brother."

"Don't call me that, I think of the actual Tsuna as more of a brother than you."

"...I see."

"Hey man."

Dino searched for the voice and found a teen in an alley, "Want some of this?" The teen waved to him what looked like a bag of drugs, "Only $20."

"Oooooooooooh." Dino stared at the bag, tempted.

"We're going to be late boss."

"Wah! Romario." Dino cleared his throat and got up, "Little boy, you shouldn't play with those...but if you must. Do you want this secret drug that is only sold on the black market?"

The teen drooled, "How much man?"

"$200."

~The Illusion Mist~

Chrome sat in class. The clocked ticked on. Class has started, but her teacher was late.

"Hey, Chrome let's play hangman." Haru said.

"Don't do it Chrome! If you lose, Haru will hang you for real!"

"Oh? Well then why don't we play a game, Tatsuya?"

"N-no, I really got to do my homework now."

The door to the classroom blasted open conveniently. A blond man walked through and another man in a suit followed him. The blond one placed the attendance on the desk, "I am your new teacher, Dino Cavallone. Attendance is annoy so I won't take it. And another thing, the bell does not tell you when class ends; I do."

The class stared at him in a state of disbelief.

"This is Romario, he's my co-teacher. I will be permanently replacing Mukuro as your teacher, so get used to me and the way I teach. Well...now that we've got this settled...let's take attendance."

"Sooo?"

Kyoko and Haru glanced towards Haru.

"Who's got the hots for the teacher?"

"There she goes again." Kyoko sighed.

"What does that mean?"

"Nothing."

"Hmph. What about you Chrome?"'

"Eh?"

"Oh Haru, you know she's already got someone."

"K-Kyoko-chan!"

"Well she knew about it already."

"Ah! That's right! Who is it Chrome?"

"H-Haru, stop shaking her so much!"

"Who is it Chrome?"

"O-oni-chan! Let go of Chrome!"

Ryohei released her, but began to study her from afar with Haru. Chrome sighed and went off to take the next order. She imagined what would happen if she told them that Mukuro was her boyfriend. She shuttered.

"Ah, thank you Chrome."

She snapped out of her trance and noticed who her customer was, "D-Dino-Sensei."

"Ah, can I get a soda for Romario?"

"O-okay..."

She left her new teacher and returned to Ryohei. Kyoko and Haru returned and Chrome pointed out their teacher.

"Huh. I never noticed him."

"Why is he here?" Haru asked, "Did he follow us?"

"Who?" Ryohei returned with the soda.

"Those customer over there are our teachers."

"Seriously? Were they my teachers?"

"No, he's our new teacher after Mukuro-Sempai was arrested."

"Arrested? You're kidding me to the extreme."

"He was framed." Chrome objected.

All 3 of them stared at her.

"O-or so I hear." Chrome added.

"Okay...meanwhile...Chrome, give them a soda and this...uh...these boxing gloves!"

Chrome was reluctant to take the huge boxing gloves that Ryohei pulled out of his cart. Still she took the gloves and offered them to Dino who laughed and returned them.

She placed down the soda. Romario was gone. Dino reached for his soda and accidentally spilled it all over himself.

"Ah man."

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah...Oh no."

"What's wrong?"

"Some soda got on Enzo." Dino pulled a turtle out of it's pocket. It looked harmless enough. Until it began expanding. It expanded and expanded until it was about Chrome's size.

"Wah!"

"Don't worry, Enzo's harmless." Dino said as Enzo bit his head.

"A-are you okay?"

"Hm? Just fine!" Dino said as blood began trickling down his face.

Enzo's tail trashed around and knocked around the table. The ramen soup flew up and landed on Enzo. Dino dropped Enzo as he expanded again until he was around the size of 3 trees.

"This might be bad." Dino's smile faded.

"WHOA!" Ryohei exclaimed.

"Oni-san! We've got to go!" Kyoko cried, trying to pull her brother along.

"That is one EXTREME turtle! My fighting spirit has been reignited! ROAR!"

"Oni-San!"

"Kyoko-Chan! Get Chrome!"

Kyoko turned around and tried to look for Chrome. She was still looking up at Enzo, shocked still.

"Chrome-Chan!"

Her voice didn't reach her. Enzo tried to take a step forward and nearly stepped on Chrome.

"OI! It's time to fight to the EXTREME!" Ryohei rushed up Enzo's leg and landed a huge punch on Enzo's stomach. Enzo reeled back and fell down...on top of where Chrome was.

"Chrome!"

Ku Fu Fu

Mukuro stepped out of the dust that Enzo kicked up, holding a trident.

"Barely made it." He smiled.

"Ah. Haru...is that...Mukuro-Sama?" Kyoko pointed.

"Ha! You're right! But isn't he in jail?"

Mukuro turned to Dino, "Ho...Dino Cavallone. This must be Enzo then. Although, there's only one growing turtle."

"Mukuro. Nice to meet you. I believed you were in jail?"

"Hmph. Flimsy bars could never hold me."

Enzo thrashed around behind them, trying to get up.

"Can't you keep your pet under control?"

"Oh, right." A whip came out from under Dino's sleeve, "Enzo! Calm down!"

"...What are you doing?" Mukuro asked, the whip tightening on his trident.

"Ah! Sorry! Dammit. Where's Romario?"

A cry came from Enzo's side. Dino rushed there just as Enzo was about to turn over...on top of Romario.

"Ramario!" Dino sent out his whip which lashed onto Romario, allowing him to pull his subordinate back to safety.

"Enough. I'll do it." Mukuro commanded. His right eye glowed and a black Japanese 1 appeared. Enzo then spontaneously combusted. Enzo thrashed and began to steam up. And shrink. He was shrinking quickly...until he stumbled into the river. The flames began to have no effect and Enzo began to grow again.

"Tch."

"Is this the limit of Mukuro?" Dino smiled.

"Fool. An animal's mind is easy to convince. But if something makes it think the other way, there is no point in strengthening your illusions. In this situation, your turtle believed it was on fire. Once it fell in the river, he figured the flames are extinguished. His animal mind could hold no doubt or alternative so the flames lost their power."

"You said a lot, but what was your point?"

"Your turtle's an idiot."

"Hey!"

"D-Dino-Sama, shouldn't we try to subdue Enzo as well?"

"I would...but it's grown too far for my whip to do anything."

"You're quite useful."

"Hmph. Help's already arrived."

"Who?" Mukuro glanced upwards and spotted a orange streak. Someone was in that streak. Mukuro frowned, "Tsunayoshi...Sawada."

~The Enveloping Sky~

Tsuna flew towards Enzo, "Target Spotted. Commencing Attack. Protocol: Seperate Enzo from any water source."

Tsuna flew up and reached Enzo's head and kicked him. Enzo flew out of the water, where he spontaneously combusted...again. Tsuna stayed away and watched the burning Enzo for a moment, "Operation X."

"ROAR! It's my turn!" Ryohei ran pass Mukuro and Dino and jumped onto Enzo's stomach. He raised one arm up in a fist, "MAXIMUM...CANNON!"

Mukuro pierced his right eye with his trident, "Realm of Humans."

Enzo was completely consumed as the X burner, Maximum Cannon and the illusionary flames burned away at him. Enzo cried out and the cry became smaller until no one could hear it.

"S-Stop! That's enough! You'll kill him!" Dino cried.

Mukuro released his aura and Tsuna stopped his attack. Ryohei stared at the small turtle he was punching, "Eh? WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO THE EXTREME?"

Dino pushed him aside and hugged Enzo. As Dino babied Enzo, Tsuna landed in front of Mukuro, "Mukuro Rokudo. Mist Flame. Refined. Switching to Anti-Illusion Filters."

"Are you sure you want to fight me...Tsunayoshi Sawada?"

Tsuna drew back his hand, preparing to strike.

"Hmph. I no longer have any time. Besides, someone wants to see you."

Tsuna struck...and stopped. Wind dissipated. Tsuna's hand was inches from Chrome's neck.

"Chrome...Dokuro...

…

Mist Flame...

…

Refined"

~The Illusion Mist~

Chrome regained consciousness and found Tsuna right in front of her. His eyes were cold and merciless, his hand at her throat. She should've been scared, but was relieved that Tsuna was safe, "Tsuna?"

Tsuna gritted his teeth and retracted his hand.

"Tsu..."

"Wrong. I am not Tsuna."

"But..."

"I was created. Whenever it was by Tsuna or by Vongola, I don't know."

"Created?"

"I can only call myself Hyper Dying Will. This is my form. This is the power that Tsuna has."

"Hyper...Dying..."

"Tsuna's consciousness is buried beneath mine. We are similar to you and Mukuro."

"Mukuro?"

"You haven't noticed?"

"A-anyway, give back Tsuna."

"I refuse."

"Why?"

"Tsuna hates fighting. In that respect, he hates me. He never summons me or use my power...our power."

"What does that..."

"I am locked! I am wrapped in darkness and treated with fear and hate! I can't stand it!"

"I am not asking about that!" Chrome cried.

Tsuna...Hyper Dying Will looked shock.

"All I want is to have Tsuna back."

"...Then return me to my cell." Tsuna jumped and flew off.

Chrome left her job early. She walked by the riverside. Mukuro spoke to her in her head, "Are you okay?"

"Yes. Mukuro-Sama."

"That's good. Are you surprised?"

"Y-yes."

"Ha ha, don't worry, I won't take over your body on any whims."

Chrome nodded, but felt naked with Mukuro inside her head.

"Is that so?"

"AH!"

"You forgot I could read your mind? Ku Fu Fu."

Chrome looked away (though there was nothing to look away from) and spotted a small glimmer in the riverbed.

"Chrome?"

Chrome rushed towards the glimmer, being drawn in by something. She knelt down and reached into the riverbed, removing the glimmer. She stared at it closely, confused. In her hands was a orange pacifier.