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And whew, this story's nearing its end. Just a few more chapters. Haha.

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Tsuna and the others were frozen by her words.

"I-It was me?" Tsuna muttered, looking at her sister, questioning her sudden accusation. His eyebrows almost met but this expression did not render any doubt in her face.

Tsukiyo, drenched in the night rain's sadness, clenched her first. Of course, how would Tsuna know? Though it was unfair on her part. Her memories from those incidents that should have happened ten years later came into her but Tsuna and the others' recollection about it were simply not there as if it never existed. But maybe that was the paradox of having their selves transported into the future where no one supposedly should take part in.

If the Tsuna, she's facing now knew, maybe, they would understand why she was like that. But for the moment, Tsukiyo's emotions didn't even considered her family's welfare. It mainly concerned her.

"Right," Tsukiyo started commenting bitterly again. "It was so unfair, Tsuna. Asking favors from others as you pleased because you knew they couldn't go against you."

Once again, her black scythe blade formed from her flames appeared on her grip. But that feign offense was a trap. They didn't notice the black dagger-like flares that had lunged towards them. Timoteo and Iemitsu managed to only take shallow cuts but the others were struck rendering them much blood lost. Gokudera's right hand was stabbed making him unable to use that hand, and thus weakening his attacks. Yamamoto's left shoulder took a minor laceration but it seems like the dagger that took him affected an important muscle. His movements would have to slow down if that's the case. Basil, on the other hand, was lying on the ground, unconscious. He was almost soaking in his own blood. Iemitsu ran to his aid and had tried to apply first aid at his casualty.

Her attack didn't stop there. She kept on charging the dagger flares towards them like the rain falling down endlessly that night. She paid herself a smirk as she saw them suffer.

"What's the matter, Tsu-kun?" She asked, raising an eyebrow at him. Tsuna was miserably watching her carrying out the demise of his beloved comrades but he had attempted to cover them from her unreasonable wrath.

"Tsuki-nee, let's talk. Tell us what really happened!" He said at her, in a voice quite loud enough for someone to deem that he was furious, but he was not. He can't fight his sister with a reason he didn't even knew. It was a meaningless fight. And Tsukiyo was putting up much futility and recklessness into it. He wanted to stop her but he can't understand why she was blaming him of her betrayal. He gazed at his family. Everyone was badly injured and Tsukiyo seemed not to have any will to halt her merciless assault.

"Stop it!" Tsuna shouted, his flames' intensity increased, overpowering her coal-colored dagger flares which had disappeared in the illuminative ambiance his flames had caused.

Tsukiyo just stood in there, astonished, staring at Tsuna and the power displayed in front of her.

"This is meaningless, Tsuki-nee. How can we understand you if you don't want to talk," he said, looking helplessly.

She gave him a smirk. "Easy for you to say. You've always been an annoying person, Tsuna. You're irritating when you try to act like the nice guy." Tsukiyo pointed her scythe at him. "Do you want to hear what my resolve is, Tsu-kun?"

Tsuna shivered at her cold voice.

There was no reply.

Only silence stood between them.

"For yourself. Live by yourself." She sighed. "When I learned that protecting my family wasn't my resolve, I was lost because I couldn't think of any resolve other than that. But Fiamma told me to be at least selfish once in a while. I saw myself Tsuna, I saw how naïve a person I was."

"You mean…"

"Yes! Selfishness, that's my resolve! I was tired of allocating everybody else. I want my life for my own. I can't even feel myself back then. I was like an empty person! And to even think that I've been wasting my life… on something useless." It was not easy to say that. Tsukiyo didn't want to say that but the situation called for it. Her wrath summoned those words.

Tsuna was completely wedged in his position, feeling Tsukiyo's rage. She had always been there for him, for their mom and their pathetic father. And so far, he had been dependent on her. She was always overprotective of him but what did he do in return? Hide everything from her. He wondered briefly if he had told Tsukiyo about the mafia before she had learned of it but this wasn't the time for that.

Her words made something inside him weakened. Like someone important to him just died. But that was the value of Tsukiyo's words, wasn't it?

"And your reason for betraying Vongola was…?" Tsuna asked.

"You ordered to destroy the rings, for the sake of Vongola and the safety of your friends. You were that kind of man, after all. And you didn't know, of course, that for the Vongola, you were the one who ordered me to kill you, ototo-kun." Tsukiyo was derisive. All this talk was absurd, she thought.

_._._._._._.

"But that's unfair, Tsuna!" Tsukiyo shouted angrily at him. She was speaking with his little brother inside his office in the Vongola Mansion. Tsuna suddenly called for her and so she submitted without knowing the reason why was she being summoned. There were a lot of things that had changed especially his little brother. He became even more reliable, less coward, and respectable. But still, being a mafia boss didn't change his attitude. He was the same as ever – annoyingly humble and polite. Adding to that, Tsuna had grown handsome. His spiky russet hair still remained but he left some strands of hair to grow long on his back.

She, on the other hand, succeeded her father. She became Vongola's external advisor for Tsuna. Her father thought she might want that position to protect her little brother but actually she didn't like it. In the first place, she trusted Tsuna and his guardians. She had seen them fight all together. They were strong though they can be reckless at times but their bonds were quite inviting.

But she was nailed in the position, too, like it was all planned. Yeah, blame her father.

And here she was being ordered by Tsuna of something she would never do. Something, she thought, she was never capable of executing.

"Tsuki-nee, this is for your own good. We might never know what the Millefiore's going to do with us," he said frowning at her objection. "The Millefiore will never be our ally. I know you are also aware of that. They had killed a lot of our subordinates and they have successfully eradicated the arcobalenos. They also swept out a lot of ally families."

Tsukiyo raised an eyebrow. "I know that. But aren't you making me betray Vongola? That's for my own good?" She reacted after hearing Tsuna's entire scheme, and maybe not all of it was being spilled out by her beloved brother.

"It's not a betrayal. I have a plan, Tsuki-nee. Please trust me."

"But it doesn't have to be me, right? I can't do what you were asking for. You know me better, Tsuna," Tsukiyo said emphasizing deeply the last words of her statement.

"I just wanted to protect you, nee. This is the only way so that they won't pursue you. A proof of loyalty to them. They're looking for my other comrades, too. Now that I thought of it, it's like I'm the one who's putting their lives at stake."

Tsukiyo walked in front of him and grasp Tsuna's black suit. "Look here, you selfish brother of mine. Who do you think their boss is? Once they decided to follow you, they already know what's at stake and they know one of those is their lives! So stop being selfish and stop asking people out of their will," she said in a furious tone but she tried to calm down, although it was just a bit of her seething that had subsided.

She let go of him, causing him to fall back on his chair. They sighed in unison.

"You're not telling everything to me, Tsuna. What's the use of an advisor if he's not being consulted, you know?" She deadpanned but is actually indirectly making him guilty.

The tenth Vongola boss didn't respond and was not even meeting her gaze. His eyes were fixed at one of the corners of the room.

Tsukiyo sighed. "The peace meeting is set two weeks from now. You want me to side with the Millefiore and convince them that I'm on their side. Have Byakuran let me kill you and done," Tsukiyo said in a mocking tone. "My, how easy is that?" She continued reciting sarcastically.

"Tell me, Tsuna. Who told you I can kill you? You're hyper intuition?" She asked, having a mania of rage stirring inside of her.

"Please, Tsuki-nee. I just need you to do it. I won't run away," he spoke gently.

She closed her eyes as if to shut her angry demeanor but it was futile. Ridiculous, she thought. Just ridiculous. "What do you mean you won't ran away? Sarcastically speaking, death is the end of it all.And where do you expect me to be after 'killing you'?" Tsukiyo asked bitterly.

Suddenly, her little brother gave her a determined look. "Please, Tsuki-nee. I need you to do this. There's no other one that can do this but you."

"And if I don't?"

"You must."

"I'm serious. What if I do not comply with that?"

"You will, nee."

"I don't want to! Damn it, Tsuna. This isn't easy at all. Why don't you just tell me your plans? Maybe, I'll understand."

"I don't want you to get involved."

"I'm already involved!"

Seemingly, out of patience, Tsuna had decided to shout back. "If you won't do it as my sister, then do it as a subordinate! I'm the boss here!"

Being taken aback from his sudden reply, Tsukiyo was controlling herself not to punch her beloved little brother's face. She was clenching her first, and then she glared at him.

"Tch. You know what, I'll do what you want," Tsukiyo said in impatient voice, her hands crossed over his chest. "After it, I'll stay with Millefiore. I will never ever speak with anyone in the Vongola. Find your way to make me understand why you did this, boss," she said and left. The way she called him boss was cold and much to his frustration, hateful.

Tsuna was left down-casted. He started to have feelings of regret but the plan must continue. Hibari and Irie didn't have any idea of what she asked of Tsukiyo. Actually nobody in the Vongola did. Only him knew. And she, in contrast, had no idea about his plans of dragging the past ten year version of his family in that time.

And it was all for the Vongola.