Thanks so much for reviewing, MEKI!! :D

And yes, it is Gokudera. Last scene's section that was written in second person was Gokudera, of course no longer in middle school. But, I'll reveal something else. The pet was not Uri. I repeat, it was not Uri. Oh well, let's move on from that. This is where Mukuro's present is going to be opened. And the alternate ending is unfolded.

Yay~ so excited! Wonder what's going to happen… hehh.

Happy Reading, everyone, and please review~!!

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Meanwhile, as all the dialogue floated about Tsuna's allies and the Varia Guardians, neither of whom had been paying any attention to their Bosses, Tsuna and Xanxus were both occupied. The Varia leader apparently recovered a great deal – Tsuna, on the other hand, wasn't in good shape. Xanxus stood up, and slowly made his way, now standing over his competitor's struggling body.

"And now to end this…" Xanxus darkly laughed. The Flame of Wrath danced playfully around in his grasp, and his flame-gun powered up. He aimed down to Tsuna's head. "Scum 'til the end, eh?"

"Xanxus." He looked up, caught off guard. It was that weird girl with the wings. Her hair was shielding much of her face from view, which proved difficult to read her intentions. Her one clear, visible eye gleamed in the artificial light around the school.

"I'll let you kill him, Xanxus, but only on one condition."

Xanxus's grin widened.

"Does it include me killing you?"

"No – if you can as much as draw my blood before I kill you, then you may," her lips formed a devilish smile. "It wasn't just for no reason that my teacher had kept me in hiding for all these years." Her wings opened up. "I'll give you a few advantages, just for fun. You can use whatever you want, and I can only use the knives I use for training. Deal?"

"Say good-bye to the fake Boss and to the weird girl, of course, yes," laughed Xanxus. He was out of energy, but to merely draw a little blood from her, that would be a piece of cake. He frowned. "Are you mocking me, trash?!"

"No." A grin played upon her lips. "You start." Ria looked down to Tsuna. "Sawada Tsunayoshi, you should watch the extent of this rat's power…" She laughed when Xanxus's face twisted into fury, and the Varia leader, in a burst of propulsion flame, came at her.

There was a flare of red flame, and Ria was completely gone. The next moment, the curved training knives of hers dug into his back like the needles of a real cactus – Xanxus arched his back and cried out in pain. He scrunched in eyebrows in annoyance and fury, then powered himself up into the skies to see if he could catch that girl.

Tsuna looked up in awe. It was Kaia, or Ria, in action, fully displaying the extent of her abilities.

You aren't going to stop them?

Tsuna blinked.

What…

Aren't you going to stop them with your Dying Will, Dame-Tsuna?

Before he could register anything else, he felt a sharp pain, a wondrous, bitter-sweet pain that was sweeter than anything in the world. He felt the vitality and new-found energy course through him – his Dying Will Flame reared up again. With that, he, too, managed to get to his feet and speed up into the vast spaces of the sky, the revived strength of the Sky Flame coursing through him.

Ria was perfectly fine – she mainly dodged as Xanxus sped around, trying to avoid her surges of needles, and firing his flame bullets about in search for Ria. Xanxus's shirt was tainted with red – not only from the Ring's rejection, as those curved needles were faintly perceived to be poking out of his clothes. His eyes were widened in disbelief, as Ria disappeared and reappeared every now and then to launch her attack, so that Xanxus could at least see.

Now, Ria stopped, and she hovered in the air, a victorious grin plastered on her face.

"And now it was Xanxus's turn to be defeated by a girl, hmm?"

"Shut the f*** up bi***!!" raged the Varia leader. He aimed one of his flame-guns at her face. "Just go and die!!" He fired it. The blast could have been compared to the sun falling back down to earth – Xanxus was that pissed.

Even more pissed at Ria than to Tsuna.

He probably [obviously] didn't want to lose to a girl.

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If Ria seemed a little Mary-Sue, let me explain a little bit. No, actually, that will come later in the story. I don't want to ruin that anyway. Right now, she's a little like a cat raising its hair – making oneself seem more than one really is. Her faults are quite hard to see, but they can be fatal. Those faults will be discussed later in the story, just be patient a little. I'll try and update a little faster, but never more than one per day. That'll be too much for me…

Oh well, I hope you liked this scene, everyone, and the next update might be the finale of the Varia Arc.

Have an awesome life, everyone, and please review/vote/favorite/alert me or this story! Thanks everyone!!