LunarFallenStar: Hey guys! Here's the new chapter and I hope you like it! Thanks for all the kind reviews!
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UniCryin: What Ed whispered to Lampo will most likely forever be a mystery, but you can imagine up anything~! I'm glad you liked the chapter and I hope you like this one as well!
Archsage328: I'm glad you thought the chapter was funny. And the relationship between Ed and Lampo is entertaining! I wanted Lampo to kind of look up to Ed, but they both fight with each other often, with Ed winning all the time basically...
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~Previously~
As the group walked back home, Reborn hopped onto Ed's shoulder, "I heard what you said to Lampo... very persuasive. By looking at you, I wouldn't be able to tell you would be able to threaten someone like that."
"Work in the military for a while, you learn how to persuade and interrogate. It's an art," Ed replied.
Reborn, Colonello, Fong, Tsuna, Yuni, Lambo, Yamamoto, Gokudera, and Ed sat in Tsuna's room, discussing the recent inheritance test. Many were congratulating Lambo on a job well done, Tsuna however spoke up, "You have no idea what you put us through."
"I'm still amazed you passed, stupid cow," Gokudera commented.
"We only passed because of pure luck... and Ed," Reborn said, "He persuaded the first-gen lightning guardian to pass Lambo."
"Huh, How did Elric manage to do that?" Gokudera asked incredulously.
"Through time-honored art of blackmail!" Ed said happily.
Tsuna looked at him, deadpanning at his teacher's happiness, "What did you say to Lampo, Edward-sensei?"
"Oh," Ed faced the Decimo, smiling (Tsuna could've sworn he saw the devil himself smirking behind Ed), "I'll leave that to your imagination, but trust me, it is rather amusing."
They continued to talk, and Gokudera couldn't help but gripe, "How could I be upstaged by both the baseball idiot AND the stupid cow? It just doesn't make sense! When will my test begin?"
"Have patience," Ed said, before quietly adding, "You're just giving G something to use against you..."
Gokudera didn't listen and continued to complain. Looking up at the ceiling, he yelled out, "Hey you! I know you're watching this! Hurry up and give me the test already or there will be hell to pay!"
Tsuna sweat dropped, looking at his storm guardian incredulously, "Now he's fighting with an invisible opponent."
Ed slowly stood up and looked at the clock, "Well, I have to go..."
Ed waved good-bye at those in the room and left, walking home in the darkness. His mind began to wander as his thoughts drifted to how Byakuran knew he was from a different world, as well as how the Marshmallow-addict had said they were even once friends. Ed was pretty sure he would remember meeting an Albino with a god-complex.
Ed shook his head slightly as he opened the gate to his house and pulled out his keys. Could he have possibly met the strange man in Amestris, but he was in Amestris 100 years ago technically, it was more like 400. He unlocked the door and stepped into his house.
He was met by a soft meowing and looked down to see his pet cat Roy standing in front of him. Ed smiled and said, "Looks like you're hungry. Let's get you some food."
Ed walked to the kitchen and quickly fixed food for the cat who watched him intently. He placed the bowl on the floor and watched in amusement as the cat attacked it with intensity. Ed slowly pet the cat and stood up, looking at the clock.
He sighed and got ready for bed, still slightly miffed by the mysterious mafia boss of the Millefiore family.
Ed walked down the street early the next morning, heading to school to prepare for his classes. He passed by a local park and was surprised to see an agitated Gokudera crawling into the bushes, calling the name of his box weapon, Uri.
Quirking an eyebrow, he slowly walked closer to the scene, remaining hidden. His eyes widened in shock when he saw another Gokudera walking towards Fong. Ed's eyes narrowed dangerously as he heard the surprisingly low voice for who appeared to be a teenager. Ed smirked evilly when he recognized the voice. It was none other than his old pal, G. Time to have some fun with the old storm guardian (insert evil laugh of your choice hear).
He wasn't allowed to interfere, but why not have some fun while the trials are going on?
Ed watched in glee as 'Gokudera' gaped at him in shock. This was really too easy! Ed continued to give the lesson, taking notice at G's different stages of shock. Was it really that surprising to see your immortal 'supposed-to-be-dead' friend teaching a middle-school class? Apparently it is.
When the bell rang, Ed dismissed the class and spoke up, "Ah, Gokudera-kun, could you please stay after class?"
G just nodded and walked up to his torturer- um teacher...
"Yes... Elric?" G chose his words wisely.
"Awww, that's all the greeting I get after not seeing you for four hundred years G?" Ed placed his hand over his heart in a dramatic fashion, fake cringing in pain, "I'm hurt."
"Wait, how did you know it was me?" G asked.
"Oh, I just used my intellect to quickly deduce it was you all along," Ed replied.
G gaped at the immortal teenager before him.
"Just kidding," Ed smiled, "I saw you in the park this morning. And just to let you know, you will be having a lot of 'fun' today, courtesy of me!"
G's expression quickly changed to that of horror. He had seen this side of Ed only a few times, but each time was a mentally-scarring experience that almost no one wanted to repeat. He hoped that time had mellowed his companion, but sadly he could only hope for the best.
G walked out of the classroom, not daring to look back at the blonde who was probably grinning like a mad man.
Class had resumed and it was time for Ed to teach one of his favorite subjects, chemistry. He had paired Tsuna and Gokudera as lab-partners so he could put into action his evil plot. Ed had 'accidentally' mixed up the chemicals at Tsuna's and Gokudera's station for the experiment. G, pretending to be Gokudera, naturally couldn't fail to protect his boss from an 'accidental' explosion that would occur if they... hmmm... I don't know... mixed together two slightly explosive chemicals.
Standing at the front of the room, Ed directed the class as to which chemicals go where and watched silently as Tsuna prepared to pour the contents of the beaker into the compound. When he was finished, Ed watched as 'Gokudera' sent a surprised look at the beaker before turning to glare slightly at Ed who just smiled. G pushed Tsuna out of the way, caught all of the beakers that flew towards them, and managed to protect Tsuna from any harm.
As they began to clean up the mess, G knew he was going to be in a living hell.
The class stood outside as Tsuna looked nervously around, waiting for their gym teacher to show up. He was filled with shock when none other than Edward walked onto the field dressed in a jump suit.
"E-E-Edward-sensei?" Tsuna asked, "What are you doing here?"
"Oh, the regular gym teacher got sick and I offered to fill in for him," Ed smiled. Meanwhile, in the nurse's office, the gym teacher clutched his stomach in pain, "Curse you, Elric... what did you put in my food..."
G stared at Ed and hoped that this wouldn't be too much of a torture session.
Ed first started the class off with pole-vaulting. Tsuna was last in line and when his turn finally approached, Ed picked up the pole and handed it to Tsuna who gulped nervously. G's eyes narrowed at Ed... He could've sworn he saw a small discharge of flames. Realization smacked G in the face as he watched Tsuna begin to run towards the goal. When Tsuna was aloft, the pole 'accidentally' broke in half. G ran forward as fast as he could, catching the Decimo before he could fall. Sending a silent glare towards Ed, G sat the freaking-out Tsuna on the floor.
G was not looking forward to the rest of this day.
Later in P.E., everything bad was happening to Tsuna. They did chin-ups and the bar Tsuna was using 'accidentally' snapped in half and G had to catch him. Later, the ground miraculously shook (courtesy of Ed) and Tsuna went flying into the air... repeatedly, only to get caught by 'Gokudera'... repeatedly. There were many, many more things that G didn't want to repeat (and were possibly to mentally scarring for the readers) and G was surprised at Ed's creativity.
Many, many horrible things happened that day, but some good things happened to Tsuna because of G. He made a goal in soccer and actually got questions right in Math class.
At the end of the day, Tsuna was slightly scared yet happy at how things had gone that day.
Ed walked up to him before he left school, "Tsunayoshi-kun, good job in class today!"
"T-Thanks, Edward-sensei!" Tsuna said, smiling, "But it was mainly Gokudera-kun..."
Ed patted him on the back, "It was all you Tsunayoshi-kun! Don't sell yourself short!"
Tsuna nodded happily and left the classroom.
Ed smiled after the boy, but that grin soon turned into a devilish smirk. He walked over to his desk and began to wipe off a colorless substance on his hand. While they were at lunch, Ed had spent his time in the chemistry lab, creating a colorless substance similar to steak-sauce that would have the dogs running wild. Since he had placed said substance on the back of Tsuna, who was terrified of dogs, G would have his work cut out out for him.
Ed left the school and silently followed behind Gokudera and Tsuna. He looked at his watch, "Any second now..."
As Ed began to hear the faint sound of barking in the distance, Ed hopped up onto the cement walls surrounding the house and watched from above as the events unfolded.
There was a lot more dogs than expected and G had his work cut out for him. Whenever one dog lunged for Tsuna, G would rush to protect him only to have another spring at the teenager from the opposite direction.
Ed watched as G ran from place to place holding off the dogs.
Eventually, the dogs began to realize they couldn't get past the silver-haired teen's defenses and lost interest, soon locating a cat a few meters away and decided to go after that instead.
After catching their breath, 'Gokudera' and Tsuna began to head back towards their destination, only to be interrupted again by something bad that Ed didn't plan (for once).
It appeared to be a gang that the real Gokudera had obviously pissed off. G took up the defense and quickly beat down the gang members. Ed forced back a laugh when the gang appeared to be easier to defeat than the pack of dogs. When G had finished, the members were in a neatly organized pile. That was when the REAL Gokudera made his appearance.
When confusion rose and G revealed himself, Ed decided to make his appearance. Jumping down from the wall he was sitting upon, Ed pile-drived the gang members, quickly getting up and jumping off them gracefully.
"E-Edward-sensei!" Tsuna asked in confusion, "When did you get here?"
"I was here the whole time," Ed said, "This was really quite entertaining."
"Wait, does that mean..." Tsuna wondered, "All of the bad things that happened were part of Gokudera-kun's trial?"
Ed made an 'X' with his arms, "Dead wrong."
G nodded in agreement to Ed's statement, "That was just the midget ("Who're you calling small?") making my life... well, my time here, a living hell..."
"What?" Tsuna gaped at the two before him, "You mean... my life being in danger was just because Edward-sensei was playing a game..."
Ed nodded, "If your life was in immediate danger, I would've protected you. I was just testing G's performance is all. Anyway, G, get on with the whole trial thing. We are pressed for time."
G sighed and nodded, continuing where he had left off before Ed had interrupted.
"Decimo, how did you feel about my performance as your right hand man today?" G asked.
"Th-that's, well..." Tsuna began, "You were very helpful... and reliable..."
A look of shock spread over Gokudera as he heard what his precious boss had said.
"Unlike usual, right?" G asked the nervous Decimo.
"Th-that's..." Tsuna looked around nervously.
Ed watched as Gokudera's eyes narrowed slightly in remorse as he looked down at the ground. He looked back to G who soon spoke up.
"Consider what a right hand man should do before he acts," G said, "This only shows that he failed to do so."
Gokudera grit his teeth, "Enough of your prattle!"
"The same goes for these guys..." G said as he looked at the pile of gang members on the rode, "This was another product of your irresponsible behavior. You are only exposing more danger to Decimo, not protecting him."
Gokudera looked down at the ground in defeat, thinking to himself, 'He's right... I keep... I keep making more trouble for the boss. I've failed as his right hand man.'
"G-Gokudera-kun," Tsuna said in worry as he saw the mix of emotions racing through his friend.
"You aren't meant to be the guardian of the Storm Ring. Much less the right-hand man of the Vongola," G said, causing Gokudera's hands to ball into fists, "Return your ring to Decimo and go back to Italy."
Tsuna gaped at G, before yelling, "I can't let that happen!" G turned to him quirking an eyebrow while Gokudera looked at his boss in shock. Fong and Ed smiled softly, "It's true that Gokudera-kun is quick to start a fight. He loses control sometimes, which makes a lot of trouble for us, but he's always trying his best. That's what endears him! The right hand man and guardian stuff doesn't matter! Uh... In any case, Gokudera-kun is an important friend of mine. You can't just tell him to leave!"
"So you're okay with him as the guardian of the storm ring?" G asked.
"That's right."
"Even if he isn't the perfect guardian?"
"That doesn't matter!"
"Juudaime..." Gokudera said quietly, "Juudaime... I vow to protect you, even if I don't get the inheritance. G, this is one point I refuse to yield, regardless if whether you deem me worthy or not! My resolve is firm!"
"Is that enough?" Fong asked, "You should see how strong their bond is now. Recklessness and naivety is needed at times. Weren't you the same at one point?"
"Bah," G smirked.
"Wh-what?" Tsuna asked, confused.
"He wanted to test the bonds between you both... see if it was unbreakable," Ed explained, "You can't be a right hand man, or even a guardian, without the complete trust of the boss."
G nodded, "With that trust, you'd be able to face any enemy that may come. Defeat the enemy with a relentless stream of attacks that never falters. In other words, protect your allies with all you've got. That is the essence of the guardian of the storm ring."
"Always at the center of attack, the furious storm that never rests," Gokudera said.
"That's right. Don't forget that," G smiled as he spoke.
"Yeah," Gokudera nodded in determination.
"I now bequeath the inheritance of the guardian of the storm ring," G said, gradually turning into a torrent of storm flames, "Oh, and Ed, I will get even."
Ed sweat dropped and nodded dumbly, "Sure, I won't hold my breath though."
"Yes, Gokudera-kun!" Tsuna said in happiness, "You passed!"
"Yeah, Juudaime!"
"At least he managed to safely clear this trial," Fong muttered.
G stood outside Namimori shrine, staring at the golden pocket-watch, a red storm flame appearing in the center of it.
A torrent of Sky flames appeared beside him and he closed the pocket watch just as Giotto appeared, "Good work, G."
"Just doing my job," G replied to his boss.
Giotto smiled, "Decimo knew you weren't his storm guardian despite me sealing his hyper intuition."
"Naturally, they're carrying on the Vongola we created," G said, turning to Giotto, "They won't get the job done if their bond isn't strong enough."
"G... This brings back memories of when we first formed our band of vigilantes, we were told that a bunch of kids could never accomplish anything."
"Yeah, I remember that," G replied, nostalgia washing over him, "Put yourself in my shoes and think of everything I've had to endure because of your crazy antics."
"And yet you stuck with me through thick and thin," Giotto said in response, "I'm very grateful for that."
"A little late for that," G said, "But I don't regret a second of it."
"Yeah," Giotto said in agreement.
"Not to mention how Elric just fell rom the sky with his little brother... literally," G said, "He was a pain in my backside back then and he still is. Do you KNOW how much trouble I went through today because of him?"
"Oh, I know," Giotto said, chuckling, "I was watching the whole time. Leave it to Ed to entertain me when this is a serious time."
"It's not so funny if it's happening to you!" G said indignantly, earning a small chuckle from Giotto.
LunarFallenStar: This chapter is officially done and I hope you guys liked it so please R&R!