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Tsuna blinked and looked down on the object he was given. It was a ring and it had the Vongola's emblem inscribed in it. Tsuna blinked again and looked to Giotto. Tsuna let out an incoherent howl and threw the ring back to Giotto as if the ring was on fire.
"I don't want it. I'm not listening to anything you'll say from now on." Tsuna plugged his ears and walked to his room. Giotto and Reborn followed suit, the blond continued to persuade him.
"But Tsuna, that ring is yours. It reacts to you so please take it." Giotto broke out of his stoic personality and started to complain.
"Hieeee! I can't hear you. And I don't even have any connections to the Vongola."
"You obviously heard him Dame-Tsuna." Reborn retorted.
"The ring chose you. There's a story behind it would you like to hear it?" Giotto asked, Reborn scoffed on the side.
"I guess... I doubt it would change my mind." Tsuna huffed in suspicion, and then shrugged. It wouldn't harm to hear the reason.
"Luce, the past leader of the demons held the ability of a prophet. We are on good terms so there are times she vaguely describes what will happen in the future for the Vongola. One day she contacted me saying she saw an unusual event that will be occurring to the Vongola's sky ring. She stated that it would split in two and that there will be two leaders in order to prevent potential tragedies that may occur. This very thing occurred a few months ago."
Giotto reached for his chain and pulled out another ring with an identical design to Tsuna's. The only difference was his ring had a silver outline while Giotto's had a golden tint.
"She also said that the holder of the other sky ring will be enrolled in Cielo Academy. You were a potential candidate and we've kept an eye on you. But since your flames had not appeared we weren't sure for a long time."
Giotto took a seat in a nearby chair and continued, "But I'm not forcing you. It's your decision in the end."
A long silence passed before Tsuna raised his voice.
"Give me some time to think about all this. I'm just not sure. I want to able to protect my friends but I'm not sure I can take on a burden so great."
"That's more than enough for me. But please can you take this ring with you. It'll protect you." Giotto pleaded. He knew that with the ring Tsuna's flames would be easier to manipulate and it would be easier on the boy.
"Alright, I'll hold onto it. Thanks but I still won't take the position no matter what." The brunet received the ring and put it in his pocket. He would be done for if it was shown in public.
"Now it's my turn. Like I said before, I'm here to tutor you, and we have our first test already." Reborn got up from his seat and glanced at Tsuna. "The mission you guys just completed. There was someone obviously controlling the Unknowns. We are to eliminate them."
"Hieeeee! I barely survived during the previous battle. What makes you think I can handle the perpetrator?"
"Because...I'm the number one spell caster and your personal tutor as well as your teacher." Reborn confidently stated without any hesitation. "Starting tomorrow we'll be having extra combat classes to strength your flames and abilities."
"Do I have any sort of say in this?" Tsuna muttered in complainant, why does it have to be him?
"Nope! Well, unless you want to have another embarrassing experience in front of your friends." Reborn chuckled in recalling the scene.
Tsuna let out a groan, "At least the technique worked somewhat. It cleared off most of the mobs."
"But you didn't think about the support behind your back, which sent you flying back and almost got yourself killed. But we'll work on it. It's a pretty good technique if we finish it."
Reborn pulled out a lengthy sheet of paper and read off it, "That's just one of the categories. We also have to train your hyper intuition, basic combat, communication, flame control, teamwork, and academic skills. Not to mention cure you of your weak-minded thoughts. And the list goes on and on. We have lots to work on this week." The older man put his hand up to his chin, in deep thought. "I plan on capturing the mastermind of these Unknown outbreaks in two weeks.
"Wouldn't that overwork Tsuna? I'm not sure if he's ready." Giotto disagreed with Reborn's plan. It would harm Tsuna's body and he wasn't that bad at fighting just a little clumsy at times. The brunet had raw talent in combat.
"Giotto, did you say something? Perhaps, you would like to train with Baka-Tsuna too?" Reborn had a gleam in his eyes. He had trained Giotto in the past before but the blond still had many areas to improve in.
Giotto shook his head hysterically, and Tsuna glowered at his dorm mate for betraying him. And thus the issue was settled. The three of them agreed to return back to the academy instead of Tsuna's initial idea of staying overnight. They had to meet up with the others to explain the plan.
"You're going already Tsu-kun?" Nana inquired.
"Yeah, there's something I need to do. I'll come back soon during the holidays. I'll bring all my friends with me again to see you." Tsuna frankly didn't want to leave his mother alone. His father was always away on his job so Nana was left at home often. But he couldn't have rampaging Unknowns left unkempt lurking in his hometown.
He hugged his mother tight and stepped into the teleportation ring.
"I'll see you later mom!" Tsuna smiled and his mother waved back cheerfully.
They soon met up with Tsuna's guardians and they discussed about the plan. Gokudera mentioned that the school and the Vongola magic council have taken action. They will find the perpetrator and contact them the location. Tsuna also showed his friends the ring Giotto had given him.
"Holy shit! Isn't that the-?" Gokudera grabbed the brunet's hand to inspect the ring more thoroughly. "It's real. I'm sure it's the real thing. But Giotto, you..?"
Giotto coughed to get everyone's attention. "Tsuna here holds the second Vongola sky ring as there will be two leaders of the council in the future."
Everyone was shocked beyond repair. There was too much information to take in today. First the Unknowns and now they were contracted to the boss of the most influential group in the world.
Reborn hissed, "This information is confidential if you blurt out the secrets the council will probably hunt you down and wipe you off the face of the Earth. Ah, and the demonic society probably won't take things too well too. Since, I, the current King am allied with the council."
Tsuna's familiars nodded in fear. They wouldn't go against the King of their race unless they wanted to die.
"So we are clear then. Tomorrow gather up in the gym. We'll be starting to train for the upcoming battle. If you are late...then I don't know what will happen to you." The fedora-wearing man ordered with a tone of finality.
They were all dismissed after that. There was a lot to think about for everything especially Tsuna and his friends. But the next couple of days dragged on with Reborn's hell regime. Tsuna had a lot to work on compared to the others who had prior experience. Giotto's familiars minus Daemon and Alaude supervised Tsuna's guardians training. Whilst Reborn and Giotto majorly looked over Tsuna's training.
Presently, Giotto and Tsuna were in a mock battle. But the battle grounds were sprung with traps so it trained both hyper intuition and basic combat. During the first day of this method it was a one side massacre. Giotto was told not to hold back so Tsuna was beaten up badly enough to force Natsu to come out. With that Giotto also took considerable damage before Tsuna stopped his other self. Reborn also joined the fight at some point to get revenge on Natsu.
"Natsu you little shit, this is for his sake. I know it's hard on you but don't come out." Reborn jumped up and smacked the brunet who was amidst of flight crashing down towards the ground.
"I can't do anything about it. Tsuna's unconscious. I'm just training here with Giotto." Natsu retorted and rolled his eyes.
Tsuna like how I told before, maintain your soft flames at the back to support you. And just do the same thing you did previously when you were fighting the Unknowns. Use your instincts they'll guide you for the right timing. And just remember what those two taught you.
"Let's scare the fuck out of these overconfident shits." Natsu mumbled under his breath before giving control to Tsuna.
Giotto lowered himself onto the ground thinking that the battle was over. Reborn had let his guard down a bit sensing that Natsu had given up control to Tsuna.
"It's not over yet...Not yet." Tsuna's sky flames flared up. Once again the pressure of the atmosphere changed dramatically, charging his flames.
'Observe the situation.' Reborn and Giotto prepped themselves up for battle and ran towards him to stop the skill. One of his technique's weaknesses, the time it took to activate it.
'Think ahead of your opponent.' Reborn and Giotto were slightly ignorant because they think he's still a beginner in combat.
'Surprise them.' He increased the pressure of his flames on his feet and jumped up right when Giotto and Reborn were in the same position.
'It's game over, idiots.'
"X-Burner." Tsuna called out monotonically. Murderous but beautiful Sky flames filled the area of the entire room.
Meanwhile, Reborn and Giotto were both in awe and though they won't admit it, frightened. In a matter of a week Tsuna had progressed faster than anyone else. At first they only thought, Natsu was the only danger but they would have to reconsider.
"Heh...that was close. Guess I can't use these clothes anymore." Part of Giotto's clothes was scorched including a slight burn on his side. He barely had enough time to run out of Tsuna's attack range. That meant both of them were standing in a corner of the room. "He got you too didn't he Reborn?" The blond chuckled they had underestimated the boy.
"He's not bad. I'm surprised he still had that much power in him." Reborn lips twitched upwards. This boy was worth training after all.
Tsuna then dropped down to the ground, exhausted from fighting for over 5 hours without rest. Giotto and Reborn rushed to his side to make sure he wasn't in danger. They sighed and relief and decided that it was time to call it for a day.
Soon, it was two days before the two week deadline was up. The council's intelligence sector said they were close to locating the group who had been behind the crime. And Reborn decided that it was a good day for everyone to rest for a day.
But nonetheless Reborn's meaning of rest was different from the norm. They still had to participate in classes and do basic training.
After class and training, Tsuna decided to take a walk to a nearby park to get some fresh air. He was sitting on a bench when he heard an outcry from a person. He ran straight towards the sound and found that a boy was being kidnapped by a bunch of burly men. Without further thought, Tsuna raced right in front of the boy and skilfully took out the surrounding men. He grabbed the boy's wrist and ran away from the location until Tsuna decided that it was far enough.
They panted, their hearts pounding from fear. 'Did I just take out kidnappers? Hieeee!' Tsuna finally realized what a feat he had done. He would have never had the guts to do that before.
"Are you okay...? Wait, you seem familiar." Tsuna rubbed his chin trying to recall his memories. He knew this face from somewhere. He then saw the uniform the small boy was wearing. It was the elementary school uniform for Cielo academy.
"My name is Fuuta. Thank you for helping me earlier." Fuuta smiled he immediately respected the boy. Many times people just walked by not bothering to help him out. But Tsuna without hesitation did so.
"EH?! You're Fuuta—the ranking prince!" Tsuna remembered, this boy was famous in his school for his skilful rankings and information he possesses.
"Oh...yeah I'm also known by that. Are you here for a ranking too?" Fuuta frowned. Was this person going to use him too?
"Hieee. No! I was just taking a walk. I've been in a stuffy room for the past couple of days. It sucked." Tsuna reminisced his horrible times with training. And it wasn't only training too, he was beginning to learn the history of both Demonic and the Magic society.
Fuuta brightened up, maybe this person was different. "Sorry, um...—"
"I'm Sawada Tsunayoshi, nice to meet you Fuuta."
"Tsuna-nii then! Do you want to head back to Cielo Academy together?" Fuuta asked in a hesitant tone. He hoped the brunet wouldn't mind.
"Sure, let's go then, before those scary people come back." Tsuna glanced around to see if those men in suits followed them. When the coast was clear they hastily walked back.
Nearing the entrance of Cielo, Tsuna clumsy crashed into a male with an odd hairstyle. "Sorry!" The brunet bowed in apology.
"No need to be Sawada Tsunayoshi." The boy that looked his age walked away swiftly without turning back.
'What a strange guy...' However Tsuna didn't pay much attention to it and waved to Fuuta as they parted to go to their respective dorms.
Tsuna was greeted with all his guardians when he arrived at the Vongola dorms.
"Tsuna-sama! You're finally back. We have located the enemies' base and the boss of their group." Gokudera happily informed Tsuna as they were walking to the meeting room. Everyone sat in their seats and waited for the announcement.
"Everyone's here...good. Alaude, the head of the CEDEF, the independent intelligence sector of Vongola pinpointed the area where they detected flame signals that were controlling the Unknowns. It is located in Kokuyo, specifically Kokuyo High and the leader is most likely to be this man."
Giotto pulled up a picture, "His name is Rokudo Mukuro. He is a criminal who is wanted by the council. And as of now Hibari Kyoya, has already infiltrated the building. We are not sure of his current condition."
Tsuna's eyes widen and pointed his finger at the picture, "I just saw this person just outside of the Academy."
"Are you hurt anywhere? Did he do anything to you?" Gokudera jumped up and bombarded Tsuna with a thousand questions. The other guardians also looked anxious at their boss meeting with their target.
"No. Calm down Gokudera. Thanks for worrying about me." Tsuna patted his shoulder and smiled.
Giotto got up and spoke in an authoritative tone, "We've got everything we need. Tomorrow, Tsuna's group will raid the place and capture the culprit. Reborn and I will be on backup, if anything unusual happens."
Reborn ended the meeting and faced the brunet, "Sawada Tsunayoshi, this is your first trial and official mission. Do not fail."
Finally Mukuro appeared a little in this chapter.
Yes for Kokuyo arc.
That's all! See you later :)