A/N: yeah, I really hate this chapter. It was one of the hardest to write. I'd enjoy anything you guys can tell me to improve my writing. This chapter was like fffail! Anyways I hope you enjoyed the updates to make up for last weeks miss:) thank you to everyone who reviewed, added to favorite, and followed:) enjoy and review please?:)

Tsuna had never been on CEDEF territory before. The closest he had ever gone into Vongola was the mansion where the boss resided in. The vongola's external advisor had met them at the airport and had been gushing over Lal and Colonello in their proper forms. Tsuna had moved to the side when a blushing Lal delivered a punch to his jaw.

While Colonello took care of Lal, Tsuna was introduced to the group which consisted of a young blonde boy named Basil, a blonde lady named Oregano, and a tall man named Tameryuku. CEDEF was an independent group in Vongola that he remembered Reborn explaining of the importance. It kept Vongola from becoming too corrupted. If Vongola faced an attack, CEDEF was the first to respond and back up Vongola. Tsuna had important lessons drilled into his head by the arcobaleno, mainly Lal, Reborn and Colonello.

They were taken to headquarters while Tsuna read over the files handed to him. He ignored the curious looks of the CEDEF bosses subordinates at his school outfit. He hadn't had time to change into his trademark uniform and had brought what he had been wearing the last time he was with Ieyasu. Reading over his mission statements he frowned. Varia attacked Vongola and had broke through the first defense effortlessly. Reborn had been worried about that and from the sounds of it the small back up CEDEF had provided hadn't ended well.

The Vongola had their hands tied with defending themselves from Varia. At this rate they were going to get back stabbed by over confident mafia family's from around Italy. That wouldn't end well with the strongest mafia family in the world. He nibbled his thumb in thought at the invasion he was supposed to do to help stop the varia.

His thoughts went to the purple haired illusionist who was currently the varia's mist guardian. He hoped Mammon knew better then to interfere with Varia and Vongola battles.

"Is there a problem with the mission?" Ietmitsu asked as they sat at a table in headquarters. Tsuna shook his head briefly before rubbing at his eyes. The plan was flawless and his part was easy. He only hoped Basil could stay with him. Lal picked up a suitcase and slid it over to him before smirking softly.

"Get dressed and take a nap. Colonello will go wake you up when its time." Tsuna nodded before taking the items and heading off.

Tsuna pulled the hood over his head and stared at himself in the mirror. It had been awhile since the last time he wore the outfit. It was a dark color but not exactly black. The robe was long and reached his ankles with a golden chain keeping it on his shoulders. His shirt was black and he wore cargo pants that had many pockets and many weapons hidden. He had a pair of guns in a hoister strapped across his chest, one he had received from Reborn a few years back.

He kept his sun pills in another pocket before he let out a small sigh and leaned his forehead against the mirror. He'd never admit it but he hated the mafia business. He loved the Arcobaleno and his mother and sister but every time he went out to kill someone he felt a tear in his soul. This mission wasn't a direct assassination but it was an option one that could happen with a simple twist of his fingers. His name was feared against the ranks of mafia families and it wasn't unusual for a family to hire him for a job like this. As long as he wasn't seen.

He was snapped out his thoughts when there was a knocking on his door. He turned sharply to wonder who got past his senses but relaxed when he saw it was only Colonello. The blonde was decked in his usual outfit and rifle strapped across his chest. His blue eyes were looking at him softly as if he understood everything the brunet had been thinking about.

"You don't have to keep in what you're thinking, Tsuna. We're you're family, right? Then let us know, hey." The teenager said before walking in with a small smile on his face. Tsuna let his eyes peek through before he smiled softly.

"It's alright, Colonello. I'm just thinking about the mission. Nothing new." The blonde reached forward to put a hand on his head before giving a chuckle.

"You little brat, hey. Basil is waiting for you, do you have everythi-?" Tsuna wrapped the older male into a hug before nodding and looking up at the surprised look in his eyes.

"I'm fine! I have a favor to ask, though." Colonello looked wary but gave a quick nod.

"I get to check on the Bovino family before I leave. I have a few questions for them." Tsuna smirked mischievously as the blonde groaned obviously unable to reject him.

With their talk finished with they walked down to the entrance of headquarters where Basil was rocking back on his heels obviously excited. Tsuna briefly wondered if this boy had killed before. He could sense the rain flames coming from the dusty blonde and knew he had been properly trained from a similar flame user. Ietmitsu was currently trying to get the boy to calm down but was failing. His deep blue eyes landed on Tsuna before smiling softly.

"Caelum, can you take care of Basil for me?" He had asked when Basil became distracted. Tsuna knew this man was caring and extremely protective. But even though he knew that the bitter feeling in his chest wouldn't leave him and the conversations he had with Ieyasu about the boys father came back. Ieyasu was mad at his father's job and lies but Tsuna understood Ietmitsu cared about his family deeply. Tsuna nodded to the man after a moment, the CEDEF boss probably taking it as hesitation.

Oregano ushered the group into a van where Tsuna kneeled by the back beside Lal who was checking him over for any hesitation. Tsuna saw Colonello reach for her hand and the brunet waited for the slap that sure to come but was surprised when Lal reached for the hand as well. He quirked an eyebrow at that but decided not to say anything. After driving for awhile the van stopped and Oregano looked at them seriously. Tsuna nodded before opening the door and jumping out, Basil following him quickly.

While Vongola launched a front attack, Tsuna and Basil were to delay the head bosses in Varia so Vongola and CEDEF could move in. A simple task they couldn't pin on Tsuna when the time came to point fingers.
The forest surrounding Varia headquarters was thick and from the way the tension was in the air, Tsuna supposed they had guards set up for the attack. Tsuna scaled the treetops quickly, listening to Basil's soft breathing to make sure the other was close behind. It was a tedious journey but they managed to make it through to see Varia mansion in front of them.

It was a grand house and Tsuna knew it looked a bit like Vongola only that Vongola was huge and had a large gate surrounding the mansion and the forest unlike varia. Tsuna tapped the communicator on his ear before looking to his side where Basil had landed.

"We made it to the outside. What's your position?" The two teenagers waited patiently for the voice to answer on the communicator. Basil looked a little nervous but didn't look uncomfortable to be beside him.

"We met up with Vongola Nonno. You're good to move in." Oregano stated briefly before Tsuna cast a glance at Basil, who smiled brightly before he jumped off the tree. Tsuna smirked to himself before following quickly. He remembered the map layout and lead Basil to the end where the basement window was. Basil kept watch as Tsuna braced himself and kicked the window in and dropped down into the darkness below. After a few seconds of silence Basil jumped in after him.

The basement was cold. It took Tsuna a moment to realize they were in the ice box.

"Where are we?" Basil asked softly as Tsuna kept in his shiver and moved forward.

He ignored the yelp from Basil who had tripped over a box.

"Ice box. Xanxus is a meat fan, this is most likely his supply box." Tsuna stated emotionlessly as he walked towards the door. It was a little unusual to have a window in an icebox but Tsuna quickly figured out that this was a new addition to the mansion after Xanxus came into power. The workers were obviously in a rush to get the ice box done that they ignored the little window. It was a mistake on their part but Tsuna reached the door and realized why the window was left in.

The icebox only had one knob. The only way to open the door was through the outside.

Shit.

"Caelum?" Basil asked obviously unable to see in the dark correctly. Tsuna jumped when the lights were turned on. There was a click from the door as Tsuna grabbed Basil and hid them both behind a box of meat. The assassin peered over the side to see it was two Varia officers from the rain division. Basil met his eyes and nodded before Tsuna released him and jumped from behind the box to the officers.

The first officer had let out a startled cry that was silenced by Tsuna when he gripped his face in his hand and forced him straight down. The crack from his skull made the hooded boy wince as the man under him fell unconscious most likely from a concussion. A grunt from Basil made him look up to see the boy had succeeded in taking out his opponent. Tsuna thanked god for his luck in getting the door open as they dragged the two officers outside feeling kind. Outside was better then letting them freeze to death in the icebox.

Now outside Tsuna walked up the stairs from the basement and opened the door slowly. Outside, it was completely empty and the light was bright. If Tsuna was going to get to the main varia room he had to hurry. With a shake of his head, Basil opened the door completely with his blade at the ready as Tsuna reached for his knife and followed after the blonde. The first few hallways were easy to pass through and the guards were easy to get through. They were close to their destination when a blast shook the entire mansion making the two teenagers grasp the wall in support.

"That was master! He always makes grand entrances!" Basil exclaimed, his eyes shinning in adoration. Tsuna rolled his eyes in exasperation but was glad the Varia would be distracted. They only had one thing to do, distract the main varia guardians until Vongola Nonno arrived. Tsuna had a feeling Nonno had an idea of how to stop the outbreak but he couldn't be sure.

Was the man going to end up killing his son?

They continued running down the hallway, Basil relying on Tsuna to lead him in the right direction. Tsuna hadn't memorized the map of the area but that familiar voice in his head whispered directions to him and he knew from experience to follow it. He never told the other Arcobaleno of this because of a feeling saying it wasn't a good time.

So far they hadn't encountered any enemies, meaning the voice in his head was doing its job.

"ATTACKING US? THOSE IDIOTS!" a voice screamed as the hooded boy stopped at the end of a hallway with his hand against Basil to keep him in place.

"Calm down, Squalo! They won't get to us!" A high-pitched manly voice exclaimed as a crash was heard.

"Those peasants should just give the position to boss already, Shi-shi-shi!" A voice joined as another angry yell joined the conversation.

"Where's Levi?" A quiet voice interrupted as Tsuna felt his heart clench. The voice was, without a doubt, Mammon.

"Oh, Mammon! You're home! Did you enjoy your trip?"

That voice was starting to make him queasy. He shook his head before looking at Basil and giving a sharp nod. This was what they were sent to do. He couldn't know exactly who was in the room but he recognized the name of Squalo and Mammon being there it was enough to make him ready for attack. He closed his eyes to briefly concentrate on his flames before turning the corner and springing into action. The one closest to him was a tall male with Varia uniform and sunglasses.

He ignored the flamboyant hairstyle in favor of driving the knife straight towards his side. The varia member managed to pull away but not fast enough as Tsuna's sky flames brushed against the mans skin causing a burn to appear where the clothes tore. He reached for his gun while sweeping the flamboyant man's legs out from underneath him. Basil had sprang into action, using his rain covered weapon to attack the white haired swordmen.

In the small moment of attack, surprise had been the perfect advantage.

Tsuna fired off some rounds to the last Varia member who had long blonde hair and awkward tiara on. He had a shit-eating grin on his face that set the assassin on edge.

"Oi, the peasants came to play!" The blonde exclaimed happily as he pulled out carefully crafted knifes. Tsuna heard the giggle from the first Varia member before he ducked from another attack.

The knifes successfully hit the feminine male making him cry out, "Belphegor! You're not supposed to attack me!"

"Shi-shi! Its not the princes fault you're in the way!"

Tsuna took the small argument as a chance to attack the blonde, whose name was Belphegor also known as the storm guardian, and jumped in for an attack. The blonde managed to evade easily but was pushed into a corner rather easily. With a final attack, Tsuna pressed his gun into the blondes neck before something made him freeze.

He really hated that shit eating grin. He could hear Basil attacking the rain guardian and the flamboyant sun guardian trying to tend to his wounds. But it wasn't that that made him pause. It was the sudden presence of razor sharp wires against his skin that made him stop. He could feel them surrounding his body as he stepped back and felt one tear across his cheek in agonizing speed.

"Shi-shi-shi! Did this peasant actually think he was going to win against the prince? Don't make me laugh!"

A tiny sigh made Belphegor look towards Mammon who was floating mid-air with a bored aura around her. The illusionist cocked her head to the side before giving a deadly smirk.

"You shouldn't take him lightly, Bel. Caelum isn't a pushover."

Tsuna felt a smirk tilt on his lips at Mammon's praise as he felt his sky flames light up and send him in hyper dying will mode. Tsuna looked at Belphegor with shinning orange eyes and saw the varia guardian shiver slightly.

"Did you ever hear the rumor of Caelum about his eyes?" Mammon mocked in amusement. "Of course no one knows his true eye color because anyone who sees them doesn't live to tell the tale!"

Ietmitsu felt a familiar presence of sky flames as he risked a glance to the ninth Vongola boss. The man's wary brown eyes narrowed briefly as he checked the area over again. He knew it couldn't be Xanxus because these flames were pure. There was a powerful flame user in the building and Ietmitsu hoped whoever it was, was on their side.

"Its a familiar feeling." Nonno said while giving stern eyes to Ietmitsu who was walking beside him calmly. There was sounds of gunfire behind them and Ietmistu had his own gun out for protection. They both knew the Vongola Guardians were nearby for support and to defend their boss.

"Its strange. It reminds me of Ieyasu... But there's a slight edge to it." The vongola's advisor gave his boss a confused look as they traveled up the stairs. "When Ieyasu first showed his flames to me when he was five, they felt just like this one. But Ieyasu had a different soft edge of child innocence. These flames are more mature."

Ietmitsu could understand the feeling his boss spoke of but he was still confused. Ieyasu was currently in Japan with Reborn. There's no way Ieyasu could be in Italy.

"Why don't we check this out? I'm sure Xanxus has felt the flames and is on his way there, thinking it's mine." The Vongola boss smiled softly before continuing their trip upstairs. The blonde man paused to gentygly touch his pocket where an old photo was pressed against his chest.

Timoteo's intuition paid off as they arrived to the main Varia room where sounds of fighting could be heard. Timoteo pulled out his sky weapon while igniting his sky flames with practiced ease. Ietmitsu wouldn't ignite his flames until he got ahold of the situation.

The room was in chaos.

A few walls had been brought down and the window was crashed open. In the middle of the wreckage was Xanxus who was pointing a gun at the figure on his knees. Ietmitsu felt a pang of disbelief as he recognized the person to be Caelum.

Tsuna had been winning!

He had defeated the storm guardian and had went to finish off the sun when he felt the familiar pang of pain in his chest. Mammon wasn't interfering but was silently tending to Belphegor. Basil had taken his fight with Squalo outside and Tsuna knew in order to help Basil he had to take out the sun guardian first. He didn't expect Xanxus to find him so quickly. It had went down hill from there as he coughed and felt the familiar burning sensation in his body as his flames went out and he stumbled to the ground.

Of all fucking times!

Xanxus was a scary man with wild black hair. Scars scattered across his face as his red eyes glared at Tsuna who was trying to stop his coughing fit. Another man was behind him but Tsuna didn't feel like he was much of a threat. The fighting halted for a moment as Mammon stood up quickly.

"This trash took you guys out? Oi, are you the one with those sky flames?" Tsuna swore he could hear the familiar tone of curiosity in his voice before he heard the click of a gun.

Xanxus was a flame of wrath user.

Right, well shit.

"Die."

Tsuna thanked every single deity that existed at being able to dodge that attack. He crashed to his knees again while covering his mouth. He hadn't taken a sun pill in awhile and he felt his body weakening when he trained Ieyasu that first time. Reborn had noticed but Tsuna brushed it off. Tsuna couldn't help but curse the fact his body had horrible timing.

"Boss!" Mammon exclaimed as the illusionist jumped in between them and fell to her knees beside him.

"He was only following orders. Don't kill him." The girl pleaded while reaching out to touch Tsuna's fisted hands. The hooded boy felt warmth in his chest that Mammon was willing to stand up for him. Xanxus was now glaring at her, about to pull the trigger.

Until a powerful wave of sky flames made everyone stop breathing.

"Xanxus. That is enough." Vongola Nonno stated while Tsuna peered at him to see Ietmitsu right beside him. "This tantrum of yours needs to be stopped."

The pure sky flames burst to life on the scepter. As Xanxus looked at the Vongola boss with pure hatred.

"Position of Vongola Decimo. Belongs. To. Me." The man snarled before aiming his gun to the Vongola boss and pulling the trigger. Tsuna winced at the intensity of the battle as Mammon wrapped him into a hug and leaned her mouth beside his ear.

"When we get out of here, I'm telling Aria and Uni."

He just coughed.

"Caelum!" Ietmitsu called out as he reach them his blue eyes looking the boy over. He gazed at Mammon suspiciously before giving his full attention to the hooded boy.

"Where's Basil?" As if hearing his name Basil let out a cry from outside. Ietmitsu got up ready to help until a figure blocked his path.

"Now, now, Sawada, I can't just let you leave after you ruined my living room." Ietmitsu frowned before preparing himself for another battle. Mammon placed her arms around Tsuna before lifting him onto his feet. Tsuna felt her gazing at the other varia member currently passed out on the floor, hoping he didn't get caught in the crossfire.

"Go to him, Mammon. I'll be fine." He whispered to her before smiling gently. She blushed softly before leaving him in a spot beside the window. He really hated lying to her. But right now he had to make sure Basil was okay. He might not like Ietmitsu but he made a promise to keep Basil safe. He would do everything in his ability to keep him safe. He peered over the edge to see Squalo holding the blonde down with his sword. Tsuna slipped the knife into his hands before taking a deep, wheezy breath and threw himself out of the room and straight for Squalo.

The attention was taken away from Basil as he made the white haired captain tumble back.

"Caelum!" Basil cried out in surprise. Maybe he should have stayed in Japan instead of getting mixed up in the mafia business. It would have saved him a lot of time and trouble. Reborn always told him to be ready for anything and after having such peaceful times, he seemed to have forgotten that rule. His vision blurred when Squalo's blade slipped under his knife in a moment of surprise. Tsuna managed to twist but he still got hit on his torso. He dug his hand around the blade, ignoring Basil's scream and tearing and agonizing pain he was causing himself.

In the last few blurry moments of his consciousness, he heard an angry scream before the darkness swallowed him.

They were so dead.

That was the only thought that processed in Colonello's mind when he heard what had happened from Ietmitsu. If they returned Tsuna injured to Reborn, they weren't going to come out of a fight with the hitman unscathed. Not to mention the pain when Aria and Uni found out. Colonello prayed Mammon had the right mind to kill whoever caused their sweet little charge to get injured.

Lal had slapped Ietmitsu in anger the moment she heard the news as Colonello ran the rest of the way to the infirmary. He felt the familiar worry when Tsuna was hurt. When he had been cursed, Tsuna's illness had constantly hit in horrible times. They were lucky Reborn had always been nearby. Tsuna made even the most fearsome Arcobaleno worry like idiots. Colonello reached the door and flung it open, not bothering to knock knowing Tsuna wouldn't be awake to get mad.

On the bed the brunet was snuggled against a body, his eyes closed while he shivered. His face was flushed with his lips parted to take in shivering breaths a. He was shirtless, with bandages wrapped across his chest, blood stains on the white material. A hand was curled around his body protectively while another went through the soft brown locks.

"Close the door, idiot." A girls voice hissed making the blonde jump in surprise and walk towards the door as an out of breath Lal walked in. As she fussed over Tsuna, Colonello spotted Ietmitsu sporting a red mark on his cheek and talking to a pale Basil who was sitting on the floor. He closed the door and turned as Lal reached over to rub the Brunet's shoulder.

"The Vongola Sun guardian managed to heal him up while I gave him a sun pill. He'll be fine after some rest." She said softly before passing the brunet over to Lal who accepted the small teenager into her arms.

"After what happened with Vongola and Varia I need to find Xanxus and the others. I have a feeling he's heading straight to Japan. Tell Reborn to get his student ready for a fight." With that the illusionist disappeared with purple mist. Colonello sighed before sitting on the other edge of the bed and looking at Lal's calm face. Her deep burgundy eyes watched Tsuna before she smiled softly and buried her face into the brown fluffy locks. Colonello smiled as he got himself comfortable beside Tsuna and reached over to pull Lal close to him.

They knew whenever Tsuna slept he preferred to have someone curled around him. Since the regained their original bodies the brunet was trying to get used to sleeping by himself but even they knew he was having a hard time in doing so. Colonello felt his heart stutter as Lal relaxed into the grasp and kiss Tsuna's forehead. She paused before looking at him and giving a deadly glare.

"If I hear you squealed about this to anyone. I will kill you and feed you to the sharks."

Colonello quickly nodded while laughing nervously. Lal was scary no matter how vulnerable she looked.

"He's going after Ieyasu?! There's no way he'll last?!" The brunet exclaimed the moment Lal and Colonello told him about Mammon's information. Tsuna winced at the sharp pain from his side as Lal slapped him over the head.

"Will you stop moving?! Didn't you just hear us?! You're still recovering! Stay still!" The blue haired teen screamed while sending shivers down Tsuna's spine as he rested against the pillows. Colonello was leaning against a wall with his eyes closed. Lal sighed before sitting on the bed and looking at them seriously.

"Our best chance is to warn Reborn ahead of time and go straight back to Ieyasu for support. We also need to assemble the brats guardians."

Tsuna blinked heavily before smiling softly.

"Do you guys honestly think Reborn wasn't prepared of Ieyasu's guardians? Reborn's been planning for awhile and he's about ready to pull the strings again." Tsuna said softly while Lal and Colonello shook their heads in exasperation.

Reborn was one hell of a manipulative bastard.

"I've been helping him with the gathering of his 'pawns'. He has me in charge of the harder to get guardians." With a small shake of his head he looked at the ex-military members surprised expressions.

"Reborn relies on you too much." The blue haired woman grumbled. Tsuna smiled at her before patting down his black pants in search of his cellphone. He ignored the curious looks he got as he pulled out his orange cellphone and dialed the familiar number he had been told to use in case of emergency's. Placing it to his ear he nibbled on his bottom lip.

"Chaos."

Tsuna wasn't sure why he suddenly felt relief at hearing his tutors voice. Reborn was usually always beside him and when he got hurt Reborn's presence was a constant. He swallowed away the thoughts before he began to over think things.

"Reborn we have a little problem." He licked his lips as the others concerned gazes landed on him. Right now he couldn't worry Reborn about his injuries, for now the focus was on Ieyasu and his idiotic CEDEF boss.

"Vongola Nonno was unable to stop Xanxus' escape. He's going straight to Japan for Ieyasu and Ietmitsu whose on his way home. Hes carrying the rings with him... Reborn..."