Well, that was quite an eventful little arc. :D

Now, it's sort of a 'clean-up' phase, I think. The aftermath. Sorry, this scene is sort of short; I think the next one would be longer.

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"How is Ria-san?!" asked Tsuna, the second he thought of it.

"Ah, you woke up. We're going to a party soon," answered Reborn. "We can drop by the hospital if you want, though." Tsuna nodded.

"Get dressed, Dame-Tsuna! It's in half an hour, too."

"AHHH, half an hour?!"

"Get to it!"

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"So she's in here?" Tsuna wondered aloud. Reborn nodded. The white-washed hallways were already freaking Tsuna out, and he wanted to get this over with and enter the room. But at the same time, he was nervous of seeing how much damage Ria [or Kaia] had sustained last night. So he closed his eyes and opened the door. And then he opened them.

Her room was a solitary one – she was the only one there. She laid calmly in her bed, unconscious and bandaged all over. But the peculiarity was that there was something glowing underneath. Tsuna came closer, and he found that it was something like that…flame he saw yesterday. It was purple, though.

"W-What's that?" Tsuna kneeled down to see it. It seemed to be burning on a rectangular piece of cloth, with the corners attached to the legs of the bed.

"Dying Will Flame," answered Reborn.

"EHHH?!" cried Tsuna. "Where'd that come from?!"

"The Cloud Guardian," said Reborn, though he didn't specify. "She was injected a number of doses of the Death Heater more than the rest of the Guardians had been, and the truth behind the Death Heater is that there is no antidote. See, the 'antidote' most doctors give to negate the effects of the Death Heater is a flame-boost, like how I shoot you into Dying Will or Hyper Dying Will mode. But Ria had gotten rid of some of it with her own Dying Will – even though she had more than ten times as much of the poison than the Guardians had. This flame down here is so that the rest of the Death Heater would be burned out, therefore rendering Kaia safe and the poison harmless."

"S-She had ten doses of Death Heater?!" burst Tsuna. "D-Doesn't one dose kill in thirty minutes?!"

"If a flame is not present and activated, that is the case," answered Reborn. "Take Hibari, for example. He had knocked down the Cloud Pole by himself – and there was a reason behind that. He has flame inside of him, though it might be weak enough not to be visible or shown. And as he fought Belphegor, his inner flame burned out the rest of it. And there was a reason the poison wasn't applied to you or Xanxus as well." Tsuna nodded.

"She'll be fine," assured Reborn, looking at Tsuna. "Come on, we've got to get to the party!!" Reborn kicked Tsuna again.

"Wha- what was that for?!" whined Tsuna.

"Being lazy, Dame-Tsuna. Now let's get going – I'm getting hungry."

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Ahh, remember, Dino told Hibari all about the rings. Not all, but a lot, compared to what Tsuna and the others knew of it when they got into the future. After all, something is a lot compared to nothing.

A little information regarding the Death-Heater, which sort of explains scene 49. Hope that answered a few questions out there, if there are any. Anyway, tune in next time! Things start to heat up… Heheheh. Another pairing would be introduced. I think, so far, it's Bel/Kaia, Hibari/Kaia, and a little Soto/Kaia. One more will be added – next time!

Have an awesome break/summer, everyone, and don't forget to review~!