The Shadow Demon

by Fallen Crest

AU.He was a famous thief with Sky flames. He swore to only get involved with Mafias in his jobs, yet he finds himself getting deeply involved in a war between Millefiore and Vongola that he wants no part of. Just what is his destiny?

5. Chapter 5

Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman

A/N: Thanks to KitsuneNaru, xxOMGgalxx, KuraiArcoiris, Writing Contradictions, Mad3lina, Narutopokefan, loveless23, xxxWhite-Wing13xxx, RebornSawadaTsunayoshi1827, pokermaniac039, Guest, ShiroHachi to KuroHachi, Xj9, and xXHalfPrinceXx for reviewing!

A/N: Woot! Got this chapter done quickly. I was going to update this sooner, but then I forgot. I only remembered now because I just finished making my brownies, cause someone went and ate my cookies (grr), and remembered this chapter when I sat down to take a break. Hahaha, I've been quite forgetful lately. I blame my forgetful friend for passing her forgetfulness onto me. I actually also forgot this story because I got an idea for another short story for Reborn. It was supposed to be a one shot, but the more I work on it, the more it develops into a few chapter story. So, because of that idea that I want to work on more, I'm not sure how long it will take me to update this story again. Just so you know.

Hope you like the chapter!

Oh, and sorry for any mistakes in this chapter. I'm pretty sure that I proofread it the other day, but I might not have. But I think I did…..see, the forgetfulness is here…Enjoy.

The Shadow Demon

"Talking"

'Thinking'

Chapter 5

Tsuna was irritated.

Irritated beyond belief.

These lackeys from the Millefiore were small fry to him. He could have easily taken them out or escaped from them but he was with Takeshi! Already his acquaintance has admitted his involvement in a Mafia Famiglia. He would not fall to that level. For now, he would let his friend think he had nothing to do with the underground world. No one was allowed to find out about him. No one.

Which is why he was stuck in this situation with Takeshi. He couldn't draw his box weapon. He couldn't use his Dying Will. All he had was his martial arts if he didn't want to reveal himself, and that against Millefiore Mafiosos that had box weapons was not the best weapon if he wanted to survive.

Reveal himself and survive or keep who he is a secret and hope for the best in this situation.

And if that argument going on in his head wasn't enough, he still couldn't figure out how the Millefiore found them. No one knew he was the Shadow Demon. No one knew he had connections to the underground world. He only used his rings and boxes when it was for his thieving work. So there was no possible way that they knew about him.

And Takeshi.

Tsuna glanced at the boy who was crouching behind some garbage cans next to him. They had decided to take a break from their run by hiding so they could catch their breathe.

It made no sense really. From the way Takeshi and the others acted, they kept it a secret that they were in the mafia. They were also very careful about it. Tsuna never saw them make one mistake in their secret being kept. They usual had their rings hidden someone on them so Tsuna or anyone never saw them. Takeshi only put the rings on earlier after he saw the Millefiore show up. If he wasn't a part of the underground world he would have been incredibly confused as to why he did that.

Takeshi wasn't faring any better next to him. His hand was in his pocket, clenched tightly over the box that he had there. He didn't want to use it, but would if he had to. Though, he was hoping not to use the more powerful boxes with Tsuna around. He didn't want him freaking out on him, even though he never really saw the boy freak out. Well, actually, he did see him freak out a few times after his parents were murdered, but that was when they were kids.

Every now and then he would glance over the trash cans to see if anyone had shown up. So far, he hasn't seen any of the members of the Millefiore. He could only hope that they lost them in the alleys, but he wasn't holding much to that hope.

Sighing, he looked at Tsuna, who was looking at the opposite end of the alley for the enemy and felt a twinge of guilt. It was all his fault that he got dragged into the mess that was the Mafia. He thought that choosing to work on their project at school would keep them hidden, even though it was supposed to be not known that he was part of the Vongola Famiglia. Which was also troubling the Rain Guardian heir. He was supposed to be unknown, just some kid at school. The Millefiore wasn't supposed to know that he was in the Vongola, so why were they attacking? How did they find him?

"Let's move." Tsuna said.

Takeshi nodded in agreement. He didn't like to stay in one place for too long when he was being chased. It made him slightly paranoid because his enemy could sneak up on him at any moment.

Once again, Tsuna took the lead. Being a thief, he knew the alleys like the back of his hand. They were a great use to him when he was trying to escape bad situations.

"Where are we going?" Takeshi asked curiously.

"Nowhere if we did lose them." Tsuna replied.

"And if we haven't lost them?" Takeshi asked.

Tsuna shrugged. "Lose them."

A low chuckle was the only response that Tsuna got, but it made him freeze nonetheless. He's heard his acquaintance laugh many times. That was not how Takeshi laughed. Takeshi's laugh was warm and deep. It always made him want to laugh as well.

Both teenagers looked up to see two floating men in front of them.

"Again with the scythes," Tsuna grumbled when he saw they already had them out. He had to admit, though. It was way better than dealing with the gun wielders. "Takeshi?"

Takeshi grimaced. "Behind us, Tsunayoshi."

Tsuna glanced behind him to see more soldiers advancing on them, box weapons in hand. 'Great, just great. So the best chance we have is if Takeshi takes out his box weapons now.'

It seemed that Takeshi was thinking the same thing as him because he suddenly jumped at Tsuna and wrapped an arm around Tsuna's shoulder in a half hug. "Sorry for troubling you like this." He whispered in Tsuna's ear before letting go and stepping forward.

Faster than most of the soldiers could follow, Takeshi had pulled out another box weapon. When he went to light one of his rings with his flame, he paused for a moment when he noticed that he forgot to replace the ring with his mammon chain. It was probably because Hayato had called him right after he jumped from the window. No wonder they were found.

He didn't dwell on that fact though. There was no time to deal with his regrets at the moment. His ring became engulfed with his Rain flames which he pushed into the entry on the box. He held it in front of him as it shot open and a swallow shot from it. The swallow flew in a circle around the two teenagers.

Takeshi took the box he used earlier out and put more flames into it before pointing it at the group behind them. The water surged out of the box to build a barrier that would keep the attacks, and, hopefully Tsuna thought, the attackers back.

A moment later there was rain pouring down over Takeshi and Tsuna. The former cried in dismay, but the latter didn't look the least bit affected. "It's a camouflage, Tsunayoshi. You'll be fine." He said instead as he grabbed his acquaintance's hand and pulled him along, right passed the two floating storm flame users. They didn't even bat an eye at the two teenage boys rushing away. Instead, they were looking around for where the two disappeared too.

"Interesting," Tsuna commented. He has seen many box weapons, but never one that actually camouflaged them. Now he really was curious as to what other box weapons Takeshi had. Maybe he could get him to tell him later.

As they were passing another alley that led to a street, Tsuna saw something that made him grin. "Takeshi, keep the camouflage up for a bit longer. I just found how we're going to escape, but I need the camouflage to keep hidden while I get it ready."

Looking curious, Takeshi followed Tsuna to see what had him so excited. He was surprised to find him stop next to a motorcycle. His first thought at the sight of the motorcycle was what insane person would leave their ride in an alley. His second thought was what the hell was Tsuna doing when he saw the brown haired boy messing with wires on the bike.

As if reading his thought, Tsuna looked up and grinned at him. "I'm hotwiring it. We need to move and fast. What better way than a motorcycle?"

"Do you even know how to drive one of those things?" Takeshi asked in disbelief.

"Course. I wouldn't drive it if I didn't know how to. Otherwise," Tsuna paused for a moment to mess with the wires for the final touch. The motorcycle suddenly roared with life. "It'd be dangerous, you know?" He continued, still grinning like mad and patting the bike. "It's got a nice sound to it."

Takeshi laughed. "Tsunayoshi, you're not even old enough to drive!"

"So?" Tsuna shot back. "You're in the Mafia! The underground society and you're trying to reprimand me for stealing a bike and driving underage."

Takeshi started laughing so hard that he fell to his knees. "No! That's not it, my friend!" Because he was laughing so hard, the swordsman didn't see Tsuna freeze at the word friend. "I'm just shocked that you would do something like this! It so isn't like you! I never expected you to do anything illegal! And here we all thought you were much too innocent to do something like that!"

Tsuna regained his composure before Takeshi could notice anything. If he was a Mafioso, he would be trained to be observant. It was just lucky for him that the boy was too busy laughing to notice anything right away.

"Get on the bike," Tsuna said instead as he climbed on the bike first.

Once he gained control of his laughter, Takeshi returned his swallow and his water barrier to their boxes and climbed onto the bike behind his acquaintance. He took ahold of Tsuna's waist. The moment he had grabbed hold of him, Tsuna took off down the alley without a word.

At the end of the alley, Takeshi decided that Tsuna was indeed insane as he took the turn at the end of the alley without slowing down at all! In fact, he thought that he just went faster. But he did have to admit that it seemed he had great control of the motorcycle.

Like an expert, Tsuna maneuvered between all the cars on the road. He swerved from side to side to get passed every car that was in front of them.

The longer he was on the motorcycle with Tsuna, the more that Takeshi realized his friend was completely insane and belonged in an insane asylum! Again, this thought was reinforced when at a red light, Tsuna bypassed all the cars that stopped for the red light like good law-abiding citizens. Once he got passed the stopped cars, he went right into the intersection where there were cars turning or going straight.

Now, Takeshi was a Mafioso. He was trained as a swordsman, trained to be the future Rain Guardian, trained to fight and protect his future boss when he was found. He has dealt with many crazy antics of his comrades and friends. He has been in many crazy situations so something like maniac driving should be nothing to him.

But, the problem was, it was TSUNA! He didn't know anything about Tsuna's skills on a motorcycle or that he was insane enough to try something like this. It had him close to freaking out. He didn't want to be killed and there was no way he could use his box weapons in public like this. All he had was the trust he was putting into Tsuna to know what he was doing and get them out of this alive.

Takeshi was shocked at how easily Tsuna got them through that left turn without getting anyone harmed. He maneuvered around all the cars that were moving with ease and made it so that when they slammed on their breaks that they did it in a way that they wouldn't crash into anyone else. Now he really had to wonder how he did that.

"Tsunayoshi, you are crazy!" Takeshi shouted over the engine.

In front, Tsuna grinned. "It's the craziness that saves us! Besides, anything but crazy is boring."

Takeshi laughed, laughed so hard that he had to wrap his arms more securely around Tsuna's waist so he wouldn't fall off. He buried his face in the driver's back to keep his laughter quiet. Tsuna shook his head, but was wearing a fond smile.

"Pull yourself together, Takeshi!" Tsuna shouted, though the grin could be heard in his voice. "We have enemies after us."

Stifling his laughter, Takeshi became serious. He sat up straight and twisted a little in his seat so he could look behind them to see if they had any of their enemies following them. When he saw no Millefiore agents, he smiled a bit. "I think we're safe, Tsunayoshi."

"You think?" Tsuna retorted before taking a sharp turn down into another alley.

The sudden turn caused Takeshi to whip his head back to the front and to tighten his grip on Tsuna once more. He didn't say anything though so he just glanced back over his shoulder, paling when he saw they were being followed by Millefiore soldiers on motorcycles. His first thought was, HOW? His second thought was, he was so glad Hayato decided to call Reborn without his consent and hoped that the hitman found them fast.

And now it was a high speed chase through the backstreets.

This gave Takeshi the chance to see even more of Tsuna's skill on a motorcycle. He easily avoided all trash cans, bags, wooden boards, and anything that would get in his way. The way that he knew exactly which way to turn and how they never hit dead ends told Takeshi that Tsuna clearly knew the backstreets well. He must have spent a lot of time in them.

Though he figured this out, he wasn't given much time to do so as they did have enemies chasing them all over the place. He glanced over his shoulder again to see how far the enemy was behind. Though that was is reason, he cursed silently to himself when he saw the three homing disks engulfed in storm flames that were chasing them. He should have been more prepared to face such weapons when he realized they were being chased.

He shifted slightly so he could hold onto Tsuna with one hand and use his other hand to reach into his pocket to pull out his water box weapon. Once again, he wrapped both arms around Tsuna's waist when he got his box out. He secured his grip on the box and lit his ring with his rain flames. He fed the box the flames, then maneuvered his arms quickly so one hand was holding Tsuna's jacket, while the other was pointed behind him as the box burst open and the water barrier once more came out to protect them from the homing disks.

"This is ridiculous." Tsuna snarled, turning down another alley quickly. "They had a whole army waiting for us."

"There has to be something we're missing." Takeshi replied calmly as he wrapped his arm back around Tsuna's waist. "This is way too extreme for them to just be after a Mafioso like me."

Tsuna grimaced. Takeshi did have a valid point there. Could they be after someone else then? Say the Shadow Demon? But it just didn't seem possible. No one could possibly figure him out. He was too careful. He kept himself hidden too well. They couldn't possibly figure out that he was the famed thief…..could they? It was Byakuran he was against after all. He was smart and evil. He would find a way to find him.

Because of his momentarily distraction, Tsuna suddenly found himself heading straight into a wall. Eyes widening slightly, he slammed his foot on the ground and forced the bike to spin until he was facing the Millefiore Mafiosos. He took his foot off the ground, revved the bike up, and sped right at them.

'Yep, definitely insane.' Takeshi decided when he saw what Tsuna was doing. 'At least it's not boring with him around.'

Tsuna knew that he was doing something incredibly stupid, but he would not get trapped between a wall and a bunch of idiots from the Millefiore. He would not lose to them! He was the Shadow Demon! This was not how he was going to go down.

The Millefiore Mafiosos were smirking when Tsuna turned to charge them. They were thinking that they had won. They could easily catch the two brats with them coming straight at them. If only they knew who they were messing with…..

It was lucky for Tsuna that the water barrier was still in place. Otherwise he and Takeshi would have be down the minute he forced the motorcycle to turn around. He noticed the glints in their eyes when Tsuna charged at them. They were preparing to capture them, but there was no way he would like them.

Right before he was about to be swarmed by them, Tsuna very lightly tapped into his Dying Will. So lightly that it wouldn't be noticed by any of them hopefully. With his Dying Will free slightly, Tsuna pulled the bike up just enough so that they could jump right over the Millefiore agents' heads. He heard Takeshi gasp in shock by the move.

Takeshi was more than shock when Tsuna found a way to just suddenly jump over the heads of the Millefiore agents. He looked down at them from the sky to see them staring at the two boys in utter disbelief. He didn't blame them. What Tsuna did shouldn't have even been possible. Just how did Tsuna do something like this? Was he really skilled enough to pull a jump like that off with nothing or was he hiding something?

The bike slammed onto the ground behind the Millefiore agents. It was a rocky landing since Tsuna canceled his Dying Will mode in the air so it wouldn't become noticeable. Getting control of the bike after such a drop was a bit difficult, but he managed it. He glanced briefly over his shoulder, but was relieved to see that Takeshi had taken control of his water barrier to keep it behind them.

"Tsunayoshi, where are you taking us?" Takeshi demanded as Tsuna turned down yet another alley.

Tsuna didn't reply. Instead, he turned sharply at the end of the alley to reveal warehouses. This time, though, Tsuna turned too sharply and lost control of the bike. It fell onto its side, skidding across the ground, as the two boys flew from it and landed in a heap.

Groaning, Takeshi sat up and watched as the bike slammed into a couple of barrels near one of the warehouses. To his horror, the bike and barrels exploded, lighting up the evening sky. That was just as bad as a neon sign to announce where they were!

Takeshi flew to his feet and called his water barrier back to its box. "Tsunayoshi, we have to go now."

When the boy didn't respond, Takeshi took his eyes away from the alley they just came flying out of to look at him. To his horror, he found him to be unconscious with a cut starting at his forehead and going down to his cheek, bleeding freely.

"Oh, no. Don't you do this to me." Takeshi growled, dropping down next to Tsuna to check his pulse. Even though it only took a moment for him to feel the pulse, it was still very anxious for him to wait for it. He never felt more relieved then he did when he found the pulse. "Good, good, Tsunayoshi. Hold in there."

"Well, well, look at this. It seems the brats have crashed." A mocking voice said behind him.

Takeshi clenched his eyes shut. How could he have been so stupid as to forget his surroundings?

Oh, he knows! Tsuna was more important than his own well-being. All that matter was making sure he was alive and safe.

Takeshi stood up and turned to face the Mafiosos from Millefiore. They were getting off their motorcycles or landing on the ground. He did have to admit those Dying Will Flame Boots were amazing, though he would never use them. He did a quick count and found that there were fifteen Mafiosos altogether. This was a really difficult situation. Not only was he alone, but he also didn't have a sword and had no way to keep his unconscious acquaintance safe.

He looked at the man who spoke. He was a giant man that towered greatly over him. His black hair was worn in a spiky Mohawk. There was a malicious, mocking grin on his face as he looked down at Takeshi. He recognized the man as Dendro Chilum, a lightening flame user.

Takeshi slipped a hand in his pocket to clench his boxes tightly. He hated that he couldn't take his sword to school. If only he could, then he would have some way to protect himself and Tsuna. "What do you want?" He demanded, glaring at the man and hoping to buy himself some time.

"It's what our boss wants." Chilum replied, eyes moving to the unconscious boy behind Takeshi.

When Takeshi followed his eyes, he paled in horror. Why would Byakuran want Tsuna? He had nothing to do with the Mafia. He was just an innocent bystander in all of this. "You can tell your boss to forget it then!" Takeshi snapped at him, glare hardening.

"You're not in any position to deny us what we came for." Chilum said, smirking.

Takeshi frowned. The man was right. Without his sword, he could only defend with his box weapons. His offense moves with his box weapons required him to have his sword.

But still, he couldn't just hand Tsuna over. He would never forgive himself if he did something like that. All his friends would kill him too if he did that. Tsuna was more important to them then their lives and pride, though of course half of them would never admit that. That was not the point though! The point was that he would die before he let those bastards touch Tsuna!

"I'll die before I let you take him." Takeshi growled. He spun around and quickly picked up Tsuna bridal style. He clutched him protectively against his chest as he turned back around to face the amused Millefiore agents.

"That will not be hard to do." One of the soldiers sneered.

Takeshi glared at him. As the man took a step forward, a sudden BANG resounded throughout the area. In front of the man who tried to take a step was a smoking hole in the ground.

"Are you sure about that?" A voice interrupted them.

While the Millefiore agents looked for the voice in confusion, Takeshi smirked in satisfaction. He turned in the direction of the voice to see a tall man dressed in black suit. His eyes were shielded by a black fedora which had a yellow stripe going around it. In his hand was a green gun, which was still being pointed at the Mafiosos.

With the hitman was a spiky blond hair man dressed in an army outfit and headband. His bright blue eyes took in the situation with a frown. On his back was his ungraded rifle while he was holding his other rifle. He turned to the Millefiore Mafiosos with a dark smirk. "You have managed to interrupt our work, and for that, we are not happy."

Takeshi grimaced. He would feel bad for the Mafiosos in front of him, but they were after Tsuna so he couldn't feel bad for them. To interrupt the work of the Arcobaleno was like a death sentence. [1] No one was spared when their work was interrupted by something or someone.

Chilum snorted. "Two against fifteen? You two have no chance."

Takeshi rolled his eyes. "You obviously have no idea of who you are against if you are saying things like that."

Chilum shot him a look of loathing. He didn't get to say anything though because one of the storm flame users suddenly released his homing disks onto Takeshi once more.

Eyes widening, Takeshi dropped to his knees and covered Tsuna's body the best he could. He didn't have time to grab his water barrier box from his pocket and open it while at the same time protecting Tsuna so all he could do now was make sure that Tsuna didn't get hurt anymore.

There was no point in worrying though.

Before the disks could even come close to harming him, the man in the army outfit had his rifle pointed at them. "Maximum Burst!" He said calmly as his rifle suddenly glowed with blue flames quickly before they were shot out in the shape of a bird at the homing disks. That one shot was enough to destroy every disks, even though they were all coming at Takeshi from different angles.

When he heard the explosion, Takeshi risked a glance up to see the homing disks falling from a smoking sky in pieces and clattering around him. No matter how many times he saw the Arcobaleno fight, he was still amazed by their skill. They really were amazingly strong.

"My homing disks!"

"You'll pa–"

"Chaos shot." The man in the suit said.

Takeshi chuckled nervously. They obviously didn't have the patience to deal with them today.

From the hitman's gun came a burst of sparkling sun flames that spilt up into multiple thin sun-arrows that went for each Mafioso. They did attempt to defend themselves, but it was futile against Reborn's attack. The whole area was filled with smoke and the sound of explosions.

Takeshi coughed slightly as the smoke filled his lungs, but he didn't care. He just pushed himself to his feet and waited for the smoke to clear to see what had happened to those that were attacking him and Tsuna. He had a feeling that Reborn had no mercy on his enemy today.

And he was right.

The sight in front of him when the smoke cleared was a mess. The Mafiosos were lying on the ground, broken and bleeding. Some of them were probably even dead. Their motorcycles were in pieces all over the pieces. A few of them were buried under motorcycle pieces. There were also a few parts of the motorcycles that were on fire from being blown up.

"Weak," Reborn said as his gun transformed back into his partner, Leon.

"Thanks, Reborn, Colonnello." Takeshi said.

Colonnello grinned in response, but Reborn frowned at him, causing Takeshi to grimace. "You could have handled that without our interference."

"I don't have my sword." Takeshi protested.

"And why not? You should always be prepared." Reborn said harshly.

"I can't take it to school." Takeshi said.

Reborn frowned. "Better find a way to get it to school then. This can happen again." He glanced at the bodies with a dark frown. "How did they find you?"

Takeshi grimaced and glanced at Tsuna. "They weren't after me."

Reborn and Colonnello both snapped their eyes to the brunette that Takeshi was holding. "Who is your friend?" Colonnello demanded.

"Acquaintance," Takeshi corrected.

"What?"

"He doesn't make friends, he said. So we are simply acquaintances." Takeshi explained.

Colonnello smirked in amusement. "Sounds interesting. We'll talk more when we get back to the mansion."

Takeshi frowned. "You want to take him back to Vongola Mansion? Isn't that too dangerous? I never told him what mafia I'm in, just that I'm a Mafioso. And even then, I only told him today!"

"If the Millefiore is after him, then there is something wrong with him and he obviously never told you what that was. We can't just let him roam around by himself." Reborn said.

The Rain Guardian heir looked down at the boy in his arms, frowning deeply. He looked so frail when he was unconscious and bleeding. "You think they want to use him as a weapon."

"Why else would they be after someone?" Colonnello replied.

"He wasn't supposed to get involved. We were trying to keep him from this world." Takeshi said regretfully.

Reborn ignored him in favor of checking the bodies to see if any of them were alive. He would need someone to interrogate to figure out what was going on with the Millefiore and why they were after a kid. There was no way he was going to allow the Millefiore to win this war.

A/N: [1] I am calling them Arcobaleno as they will be a powerful group that is involved with the Vongola Famiglia, but they aren't babies or have the pacifiers. They are just very powerful. They will be explained more later on.

I didn't have Colonnello say 'Kora' at the end of his sentences because they are in Italy so they are obviously speaking Italian and I wasn't sure if he said it as an adult.

You guys have no idea how many times I accidentally put Tsuna instead of Tsunayoshi and friend instead of acquaintance in these past couple of chapters. It was so difficult to write it the right way.

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