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It was already morning by the time Tsuna woke up. He felt tired throughout his entire body. The last thing he remembered was saving Yamamoto and forming a contract. But his memory was hazy afterwards.
"Tsuna! You're awake!" Giotto was standing by the door in casual clothing instead of the usual uniform.
"What happened to me? I don't remember much." Tsuna could see that Giotto didn't get much sleep last night as dark areas were apparent underneath Giotto's eyes. He frowned, he had troubled the blond again.
"Nothing much, we brought you to the nurses and they said to let you rest. So I brought you back to our room."
Giotto deliberately left out the part with Natsu he didn't want to worry Tsuna. It would be awkward.
"Thanks for everything. B-by the way why are you here? Isn't there school today?"
"I wouldn't leave you alone when you're unconscious." Giotto walked over to Tsuna and ruffled his hair. "Anyways, it's the weekend already."
The brunet didn't notice at all with all the craziness occurring around him. "That's right." He heaved a sigh, "Well, Giotto did you eat breakfast yet? I know I'm hungry."
"Ah...no. But you should rest more." The older boy was still worried about Tsuna's condition. He had released a large amount of flames just yesterday. Usually it would take a week to recover from that but Tsuna was fine after a night.
"I'm okay!" With that Tsuna got up and started to make food for the both of them.
Within a few hours they were already eating and chatting. Not long after in their conversation Giotto brought up a topic assuming that Tsuna had known about.
"Umm... Tsuna I know you're already stressed out, but I think I should remind you about it." Giotto fidgeted in his seat, obvious that he was uncomfortable.
The brunet sat upright in his seat and prepared for the worst case scenario. Maybe he had detention or another tutoring session with Reborn. Nothing could be worse than that.
"-Tsuna since you have two demons under your contract. You will have to fight against a number of Unknowns before the weekend ends."
"I have to fight against what?" Tsuna was sure that he had just misheard. That's right, must have been that.
"Like I said, you have to fight Unknowns."
Tsuna froze, there's no way he can. He doesn't even know any offensive spells.
"Oh you aren't that surprised that's good. I thought you forgot about it." Giotto sighed in relief while Tsuna was internally freaking out to the point his expressions maintained unchanged.
"Please tell me you're joking."
"Uh...no?" The blond was concerned. It was good then that he had reminded him then or else Tsuna might be in trouble with the school for not holding up to his duties.
"It'll be okay Tsuna. You're strong even without experience with flames. Your flames itself is a powerful ability. And I can assure you that your guardians are veterans with battling the Unknowns.They'll help you out."
"Thanks...for telling me at least." Tsuna no longer had the appetite to finish his meal. He excused himself and prepared to head out. He might as well get this over with.
Giotto wished him luck and Tsuna headed for the bulletin boards where purging quests of Unknowns were listed. The brunet met Gokudera and Yamamoto along the way as they were going to get him and discuss about the hunting quests too.
"Oh! As expected of Tsuna-sama, you already knew about the mission we have to do today." Gokudera's eyes sparkled in respect.
Yamamoto chuckled at Gokudera's antics, "Tsuna, it'll be nice to work with you. I know you're a starter at this so we'll aid you."
"Thanks, to be honest I would have never imagined I would be participating in this because forming a contract is rare."
"I'm sure you will be great at this Tsuna-sama! Besides, you have us. We of the demonic descent have been battling these corrupted spirits from a young age. But now you can too because I can lend some of my powers to you."
They continued to chat until a voice pierced their ears. "EXTREME! I'll choose this mission!"
The group looked to where the grating sound was coming from.
"Yare yare, I thought you were already done with your quota Ryohei-san." A male with a natural perm quipped in annoyance.
"I must train more! It's to save innocent lives so I'll do as many as possible." The white-haired boy prattled on about protecting others.
"Shut up lawn-head. We don't need you killing our ears this early."
"Oh hey Octopus-head! Are you here for a mission too? Why don't we do one together? Lambo too!"
"Don't call me that idiot. I'm here to do a mission with Tsuna-sama and not you."
Tsuna looked to the both of them. He wanted to stop their fighting and glanced at Yamamoto for help but he said that it was the usual thing. But Tsuna still tried in the end.
"Uhm... could you two stop fighting? You two are disturbing the others." He pointed to the surrounding students who looked at them with either irritation or disgust.
"I'm very sorry! I was being stupid Tsuna-sama forgive me."
"How many times do I have to tell you? You can call me Tsuna. And there's no need to apologize." The brunet was exhausted already and he hadn't even picked a mission yet.
"And uh..." Tsuna knew these people were all in his class but he wasn't familiar with everyone's names yet.
"Sasegawa Ryohei! Nice to meet you Sawada Tsunayoshi, I heard a lot about you! You are an extreme person to be able to defeat Gokudera." Ryohei exclaimed while praising the brunet.
"Bovino Lambo, heh... you defeated Bakadera that's great. I like you already." Lambo smirked at Gokudera who was currently fuming.
"I'm guessing since you know Gokudera and Yamamoto, everyone here except me is a demon?" Tsuna asked curiously. He was beginning to gain interest in regards to his classmates. The transfer class really was full of demons.
"That's right. Though, we aren't much different from you Tsuna-sama. We have heightened senses and combat ability. But we don't have as much flames so we usually use offensive spells to enhance our physical capabilities and weapons instead of complex spells." Gokudera tried to explain to the best of his abilities.
"There are some demons that are talented in the sensory area. Lambo is an example." Yamamoto chirped in. Lambo looked proud of himself, honored to be recognized.
Everyone had more or less agreed with Gokudera's explanation and Tsuna had thanked him for it. He understood for the most part.
But, Tsuna had to admit all his classmates were nothing but normal. He felt like he was the only ordinary person left in this school. He excused himself from the group and started to search for an easy mission. He glanced over the list and saw a familiar city name.
"Namimori..." It was his hometown. He missed his ordinary life with his mother immensely. He was about to decide on this mission but Ryohei had interrupted.
"Oh! You chose this mission too. I was planning on heading there." Sasegawa grabbed Lambo by the neck, "You should come too it'll be fun."
"Do you want to team up for it then?" Tsuna suggested, it was better with more people. They received the same amount of credit anyways.
They agreed on it though Gokudera grudgingly did so. Yamamoto was carefree about the issue and didn't seem to mind until he asked to see the quest details for fun. His brows furrowed when reading the location they were heading to. 'Namimori...wasn't that—' He was cut off of his thoughts when Tsuna told him that the preparations were ready.
Lambo a self-claimed teleportation specialist chanted the spell and an Emerald shaded circle began to spread on the ground. Lightning sparks flew everywhere in amidst of the spell. Cackling of thunder sounded around the area and with the final words they departed.
The party landed safety at a secluded area. Tsuna was relieved and somewhat nostalgic. This was the place where he was brought up after all.
"You didn't mess up this time Lambo. Good job." Gokudera sarcastically taunted Lambo.
"Shut up. I only messed up once and that wasn't even my fault."
"Maa, let's stop fighting. We have to work together okay?" Yamamoto stood in between them trying to make peace.
"Shall we go? I have no experience in this. I'm not sure what the Unknowns even look like." Tsuna stammered nervously. His stomach flipped in worry. He had heard lots of rumors about the quests. Some people didn't even make it back alive and was consumed by the monsters.
"I'll help you out to the extreme!" Ryohei exclaimed, pumping his fist in the air. This lifted Tsuna's mood a bit. It was nice being with such an outgoing person.
Meanwhile Yamamoto was still trying to decipher his memories, "Namimori...where have I heard that before?"
Gokudera overheard his words, "Did you say what I think you did?"
"Huh? Namimori? Have you heard of this place before Gokudera?"
"Fuck... Don't you remember Yamamoto? Hibari...It's Hibari!" He shook the taller boy hysterically. "He's going to kill us if he finds out we've been in his territory. That's why all the Namimori missions are left because no one wants to mess with him."
Both of them braced themselves, they were determined to protect Tsuna no matter who their opponent was. But still Hibari Kyoya's name rang throughout the demonic society. He was known for bloodshed of Unknowns in Namimori. But at the same time, Namimori was one of the cities with a lesser count of rampaging monsters thanks to him.
"Gokudera? Yamamoto? Why are you two over there? We're about to go already." Tsuna called out to them. Tsuna himself felt a cold shiver running up his spine and his legs were also shaky. Something was wrong but he couldn't be scared now. He had to finish what he had already started.
"Ah, you know Hib—"
Gokudera roughly grabbed Yamamoto and muffled him before he could say anything more.
"It's nothing Tsuna-sama! Let's get this mission over with so we can go home." Straining a smile he hoped Tsuna wouldn't find out.
Tsuna nodded hesitantly he guessed that it was something that the two wanted to keep between themselves. He didn't want to pry into it. It would seem rude of him.
The group soon arrived at the location where there was a report of sightings of Unknowns. It was a mall area with many people roaming around. Most were common folks, some knew magic but many were ignorant towards the existence of Unknowns. The brunet noticed that it was close to where he lived so he thought after the mission he would visit his mother at least. Subsequently, Yamamoto casted invisibility on the squad so they won't be disturbing the public.
"Prepare yourselves. They could be coming out of anywhere. Don't bother me as I will have to cast a barrier the moment I see one. I won't be involved much in the fighting though." Lambo focused his senses on the environment around him.
Tsuna held onto to his breath. Gokudera gave him some tips earlier to fight against these things. One was to always maintain flames and keep them up for as long as possible. And the other one was to just grab the core of an Unknown. He said it was obvious most of the time and that the brunet will notice it at once. The brunet also considered that he had played a lot of virtual video games in his spare time. Okay maybe that wasn't much help. But, he should be able to do something and at least not be a burden to the others.
"Incoming enemy, we will be entering the battlefield in three seconds." Lambo urgently warned the others.
Within those moments all noise and people disappeared leaving only Tsuna, demons and the concealed Unknowns.
"Where ar-"
'Behind you Tsuna!'
A rush of wind flew past Tsuna and the brunet snapped his neck towards the horrifying sound of flesh being ripped apart. A cracking sound followed after and small bits of guck splattered onto the brunet.
"What the—" He can feel his chest pounding and the instincts telling him to flee. But his feet stood still, fear overcoming him.
"Tsuna...are you alright?"
Tsuna slowly turned towards the voice, "Yamamoto..." The taller boy's eyes were silted and blue blood covered his clothes.
'Will you be alright? Do you want me to help?'
'No. I'm fine, I'm not scared just a little surprised. I want to get stronger I have to face this reality too.' Tsuna couldn't hide behind his friends and let them deal with it. He had to protect them too.
"I'm fine, thanks for covering me." Tsuna's eyes glinted in determination. He can't be weak here. Not when everyone else is fighting.
"That's good, I was worried since it's your first time here." Yamamoto chuckled tensely. He didn't want Tsuna to be frightened because of him.
Tsuna inhaled and calmly observed the situation. The Unknownwere as appalling as the rumours entailed. They were appeared to be silhouettes of deformed human beings or demons. They had no faces just red glowing orbs that were in place of eye sockets. A purple dim sphere was embedded in all the Unknowns. 'That must be the core.' Some also had the ability to fly and others crawled on the ground. Others had immense speed.
He glanced to his teammates to see who was in need of help and saw that some of the Unknownswere getting closer to Lambo.
"Yamamoto, Gokudera please aid Ryohei in fighting the ones here. I'll go over to Lambo side to clear some off the mobs."
Tsuna had already ignited his sky flames. A roaring blaze appeared on his forehand and gloved hands. His eyes however were still the same shade of honey-brown.
The two of them were about to oppose but they took one glance at Tsuna and with that they had nothing else to say. 'He'll definitely manage.' The both of them thought.
Lambo was already taking out some of the monsters but they were getting overwhelmed slowly.
"I told them I couldn't fight much but no. Bakadera is on the frontlines leaving me stranded with these ugly creeps?" Lambo whined continuously aloud while passing thunder onto the nearby enemies electrifying them to death.
Just as that was said a couple of corrupted spirits appeared unexpectedly leaving no time to react for Lambo. The boy braced for impact and potential fatal injuries.
Instead, Lambo had heard a rush of hot flames. Tsuna swiftly aimed for the cores and disintegrated them with his flames. "Good, I made it in time. Are you okay Lambo?" Tsuna was concerned, Lambo wasn't replying. Was he hurt somewhere?
"Y-yeah."After a long pause the boy replied. Lambo was shocked. Out of everyone he expected to come save him. Tsuna was the last. He truly believed Tsuna defeated Gokudera by a fluke but this proves him wrong. What he sees in front of him is someone who genuinely cares for him.
Tsuna nodded and prepared himself for the next wave that was heading towards them. 'That went well, if enemies are like these I can handle them.'
'Tsuna don't underestimate your enemies. Not until they are eliminated from your sight.'Natsu knew he should not interfere. This was all for Tsuna's growth. He had to refrain from helping.
'I know thanks Natsu.' Tsuna regained his composure and headed straight into battle. He was surprised he was doing so well. But he had to say his flames were quite powerful. A couple of punches and the enemy's body started to rot. After awhile Tsuna started to feel a sense of uneasiness. 'Were there suppose to be this many Unknownshere? It's like it's endless.'
Not long after Gokudera, Yamamoto and Ryohei also retreated back to where Lambo and Tsuna were. "Tsuna-sama this is unusual. There are so many enemies in a place that shouldn't be filled with these monsters. That person wouldn't let that happen."
"Who?" Tsuna questioned in confusion but he already had a person in mind.
"Uh...ahh.. Hibari Kyoya." The silver-haired boy admitted with a frown.
"Oh no, not him." Tsuna shook his head denying what he had just heard. Last time he had to jump off a roof to escape the demon.
"Hibari Kyoya?! He's an extreme guy." Sasegawa raucously shouted, oblivious to the dire situation.
"He is pretty amazing and well known for his endeavours." Yamamoto chuckled as he remembered the rumors about Hibari conquering Namimori.
"Guys, this really isn't the time for this. We're surrounded and done for. It's like someone's controlling them. What the hell is this?" Lambo broke down and was complementing on retreating.
Tsuna was in deep thought while everyone was chatting while beating up as manyUnknowns as possible. 'What can I do in my current ability...?' The brunet looked down to his hands, 'Flames...flames...Oh.' His head perked up and a grin spread his face.
'Tsuna...Tsuna? What are you planning?'
'Something that I think will work to get us out of this.'
"Everyone stand back behind Lambo. I've got an idea." Tsuna reassured that this idea would probably work, hopefully.
"But Tsuna, they're coming tow-" Yamamoto was stopped in mid of his sentence as a burst of pressure filled the atmosphere.
The four of them stared at the sky flames Tsuna was producing. The flame output was unbelievable. Tsuna steadily placed one of his hands out towards the enemy and the other at his side with no flames.
'Wait Tsu—"
Before Natsu could comment on Tsuna's technique the brunet had shot out his sky flames engulfing the entire mob of Unknowns. But that very skill sent Tsuna flying and crashed into a nearby building due to the having no flame supporting behind him. Concerned yells were heard from his comrades as they ran towards him.
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'Idiotidiotidiot.'Natsu repeated over and over again tonelessly. His breath strangled in concern for Tsuna.
'Stop making me worried. I almost didn't have enough time put up a barrier!'Natsu yelled at the brunet without restraint.
'It looks like I have to do something after all. Minimal help would be okay. I'll be disabling some of the restraints seals I have placed on your flames. It should make you calmer and hopefully stop you from doing stupid things.'
Tsuna had kept quiet all this time. He was honestly more depressed and embarrassed from what had just occurred. He had sounded so confident too.
'Stop sulking already. Your so called friends are having trouble down there.'
"Huh?!" Tsuna got up with a jolt and looked below. There were some Unknownswho survived from the blow and they were merging with each other to form a horrendous creature. "I've got to help them now!"
'Finally.'
Tsuna felt his sky flames being manipulated by Natsu and he could feel something was changing within his body. Tsuna gradually opened his now orange tinted eyes and a sense of calmness filled his movements.
'I'll be going now. Thanks Natsu.' He fired his flames at a high output and sped to the location of his friends.
"This piece of shit, die already so I can get to Tsuna-sama. I don't have time for you."
"I know this is a bad timing but I'm almost at my limit. We've been here for over an hour." Lambo whimpered, he wanted to withdraw already but he couldn't leave behind the person who rescued him.
"We'll defeat this with—" Ryohei paused as he stood in front of the gigantic Unknown and charged his fist with sun flames. "Maximum Cannon!"
"Guess I'll be doing the same," Yamamoto held his sword and called out the spell, "Shajiku no Ame." He thrust his sword and then dragging it to cut open the Unknown.
A part of the monster exploded in bits. "Now, aim for the core while he's injured!" Gokudera commanded as he aimed his storm infused dynamites to the damaged area.
"Will do." A monotonic voice echoed above him. With those words Tsuna used his flames to propel himself up in the face of the enemy where the core lies. "Don't you dare hurt my friends." He pierced through the flesh with his flames and used his heightened instincts to find the heart. He reached in to rip out the core, crushing it with his bare hands.
The Unknownat last collapsed in a pile of guck and soon dissolved into navy colored dust.
"We're in the clear." Lambo slumped onto the ground he was wasted. All the others also were injured but nothing too fatal.
"Tsuna-sama you're safe." Gokudera croaked, he was worried that Tsuna had gotten severely injured from protecting them.
"Hahaha, Tsuna that was quite a feat you did though for your first battle." Yamamoto seemed unfazed but he was honestly relieved.
"That was awesome Sawada! After we get back I got something to ask you." Sasegawa nodded furiously, he had decided that Sawada was the one.
"Same here, but we got to get ou—" Lambo shrieked suddenly.
A familiar but deadly aura filled the room. Everyone held their breath. Tonelessly the voice spoke "Herbivores...why are you crowding in my territory...?"
This is Part 1 of a chapter. I decided to split it. In the next chapter Reborn and Giotto comes back into play. So look forward to it, and I'm heading to bed just finished writing this out.
See you all later!