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Let's get… started?

Chapter 23: Utter Failure.

Yukime's POV

I stood up abruptly. "What are you talking about, Jared?" I shouted. "I mean, Hime, Carlos is the leader of Guardians. If he actually made a Guardian unable to fight then, he failed his mission, no?" I stare to him furiously and the temperature around us lowered drastically. "Calm down, Hime! Don't freeze us!" Claire hugged herself (Antonio hugged her too).

Jared warmed himself with his flames of fire. "Oops, no 'Flame of Sky' please…" Said Jared with playfully annoying tone. "I'll use them whenever I like it! And I don't like the way you act at all, Jared! Bianca-nee have a right to cry like that whenever she wants! I don't want her to be…" like me; I don't have the courage to say that, of course.

"You have to learn, Hime, that's just the way Spazio does things."

"Then I don't want to be a Spazio!"

The rage swelled up in me. How foul. Even if Vongola's have betrayed me once, they still care enough of my well being. They came to enemy territory just to safe an unwilling selfish girl. I'm such an idiot..! "Hime… could you please retract that?" Asked Claire. "Yuki-san, that's kind of serious…" Said Ryuuren. "Hime, are you rejecting Jared's existence?" Asked Antonio with a serious tone.

"And if I do?"

Jared flinched greatly. His flames abruptly disappeared. He seems to be freezing to death. "Damn you Antonio!" Curse Jared. I immediately regret, and his flame returns. I shudder. "Yuki-san, if you reject our flames, then, we won't have any place to stay, since the earth is the only one who'll sustain us." Said Ryuuren. I don't want this. I don't want this. I don't want this.

"Let's go out for a bit, Hime." Ryuuren shoves me to the corridor.

"What?" I asked defensively.

"Spill it, Hime. You're going to break if you don't."

"I- I don't know what you're talking about."

"Really? You don't have anything to spill?"

I hugged him for a support and hide my face in his chest. "Tell me the truth… Yuki-san?" He asked.

I whisper with a really, really small voice.

"I miss Vongola, I miss… Alaude."

Vongola's POV

[Lampo's]

Bianca throws her chains relentlessly. I can avoid them all, of course. She didn't actually aim for me; she just wanted to look like she's fighting. "Onii-chan! Onii-chan!" The more she cries, the more her flame bursts, and her chain multiplies. I can only hope that my damn clumsiness wont trip in right now. "Huuu Huuu." Bianca stops her chain to breathe.

"Take this chance, Lampo!"

Spade-san's voice made my brain and body reacted. I hugged Bianca tightly. Troublesome, troublesome, troublesome! It seems that I fell in love with a girl that has severe brother complex. "NO!" She shrieks and abruptly looks to the Spazio podium. She's attempts to struggle in my arms. "Carlos, Carlos!" Jared is pointing his gun to the direction of infirmary.

"WAAAAAAAAA!" Her chain binds us together tightly. I turn my face and hoped that my expression tells them that I'm apologizing. I like the Vongola, they helped me overcome my cowardice traits. But, for the sake of this troublesome girl, I feel like it's okay to do troublesome things. I use the tiny flame on my pocket watch to give Primo a signal.

'I'm-sorry-Primo-I'll-do-what-I-think-right'

Without waiting for his reply, I whisper and input a large amount of flame.

To act as the lightning rod that draws the Famiglia's damage to myself… I guess I did… no one has to get chained.

I hugged Bianca tighter. "Sala Elettrico. Electric Hall."

Five hundred thousand volts came raging to both of us. If I exert more power, it is possible to make it one million volts. But I'm concerned of Bianca here.

Gee, all the troublesome things should just… go away from me and this girl.

As I thought that, Everything went dark.

[Giotto's]

"Lampo…" I stated his name with awe. Nobody else in the Famiglia believes that Lampo will do something like that. Knuckle smile a grateful and relieved smile. One of his lost little lambs has found new understanding in life. G looked so proud, while Ugetsu looked slightly worried. Alaude just ignores everything and Demon Spade chuckles. But there's something that confuses me here. Both of them pass out. Who's the winner then?

"Please spare no worries about the winner…" Said Yukime through the microphone. Alaude, Ugetsu, and I realize that her voice is a bit shaky. "We will count this match as draw. Even though both of them pass out, Bianca shows her best ability with all those chains, and Lampo… senpai…" Her Guardians and the Terzo Famiglia members eyed her suspiciously. "… demonstrate a great Thunder. I declare that both of them are worthy to be the winners. Will Vongola accept?"

I look around my Guardians. All of them nod. "We accept." Yukime nods and snaps her finger. Bianca's name and Lampo's name are changed to be 'Choose Fighter' slot. Doctors came raging from the east and west door, rushing to tend both Lampo and Bianca.

"Knuckle…?"

"If you're looking for him, he's already left to tend Lampo." Said G.

I sighed in relieve. "There will be fifteen minutes break before the next match starts. Please use your time wisely." Said Yukime. Alaude didn't move an inch from his chair and asked to nobody in particular. "What's with that shaky voice?"

"You'll just to find out… after the roulette shows her name."

Yukime's POV

I ran to the infirmary with all that I got. "Carlos-san! Bianca-nee!" Carlos is fast asleep with bandage covering half of his body. The doctors said he was under the anesthesia effect so he could rest. This also brings a problem though, what if his name shows up next? I shake my head and told myself, I can leave it for later!

Bianca is also asleep. She's bruised everywhere and will still bring an electric current if I touched her skin. I sighed in relieve. I close the door to have Jared waiting for me outside.

"What do you want, Jared?" I touched my tsurugi, warning him not to come closer.

"Whoa, whoa, Hime. Can we chill out a bit?"

Spazio's POV

[Jared's]

I walked with Hime. She constantly touches her tsurugi though, uncomfortable. "What do you want to talk about?" She asked in a defensive tone. "Please don't think that all of your Guardians will fight like Bianca did. She's not a nice example of how Spazio Guardian should have been." She stares to me in disbelieve.

"Anyone normal should have reacted like she did." She answered nonchalantly. "We're the Spazio, we're not supposed to be normal." I replied. She didn't answer. "Yukime-san, I don't want my comrade to get hurt too, you know?" I try to convince her. "You don't act like that, Jared. It's like you can replace them with a new comrade. You act like you're the… leader"

I chuckled and finally laugh. "I am the strongest Guardian, Hime. I was supposed to be the leader." She stares to me with a puzzled expression. "I'll tell you, I think Bianca is an utter failure. She gets swayed by her emotion easily. Carlos is too! When I threatened him just a little-!" The temperature lowered again, and she glares to me.

"In fact, you weren't the leader. I'm the one giving orders here, not you. Do you want me to reject you again?"

I feel a chill down on my spine. She's great! She's great! She's befitting to be our boss! She's brillante!

"Be very careful of your own words, Jared. I'll be watching you."

She left. The ground cracked in every step of her wooden sandals.

She's exciting!

Vongola's POV

[Giotto's]

The fifteen minutes break is over. And everyone is already on their designated seats. "Ready, everyone?" I asked. All of them nod. I throw my flames and Yukime shot her bullet. The roulette spins again.

It took longer than the last two matches. When it finally stops the roulette shows only one name and a 'Choose Fighter' slot.

The Vongolas get to decide who their fighter is, while the Spazio's roulette shows her name.

The next match will be meaningful. It'll also be our turn back points, or even destruction point. Whether the main goal of this mission can be accomplished or not. And this is the point where all of us felt confused.

It will be Asari Yukime versus…?

Finished~~~~~! I worked hard on this one so, please review! School's been loosening up and I have much time to do this. And I can't wait for Friday! That's all!

Bye-bee~!

(to orangesky3, I'm not a Greek and I'm also happy that South Korea won against Greece!)