Author's Note: Yeah…I skipped the battle itself since I'm too lazy to write about the fighting. I think that I'll do that with the next chapter too. I hope that's okay…

Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn.

When I had heard that today, Onii-san have to fight, I got a bit worried. However, upon talking to Dino and thinking it over again, I put myself back at ease. Besides, Onii-san doesn't lose easily.

Now, it's night. I walk with Onii-san to the school where we find Yamaoto, Gokudera, and Kyoko's brother there already. Onii-san stops walking and asks them, "Why are you here?"

"What was that?!" shouts Gokudera, already aggravated.

"Now, now, we're here to," starts Yamamoto.

"Cheer you on," finishes Kyoko's brother.

"Hm…?" asks Onii-san, looking to the side. Then he looks at them again and says, "You're an eyesore. If you don't leave, I'll bite you to death."

"What?!" shouts Gokudera as Yamamoto just laughs and Kyoko's brother trembles in anger and growls.

"What's with that attitude?! I'm extremely mad!" shouts Kyoko's brother.

"Now, now, calm down. We just happened to be passing by, so don't mind us, Hibari. Okay?" says Yamamoto. Something heavy lands on the ground and causes a slight tremor. I turn my head to look at it and I see Onii-san's opponent. Is that thing even human…?

Onii-san smirks faintly and says, "Hm, I see. I just need to bite that to death." Then he takes out his tonfas. Ah, well this should be interesting.

"This is…" starts Kyoko's brother.

"Yes, this is the combat field for the Cloud Guardian, Cloud Ground," replies one of the pink haired women. I look curiously at the barbed wire.

"What did they do? The exercise ground is…" says Kyoko's brother.

"G-Gattling guns!" shouts Gokudera.

One of the women explains, "The duty of the Cloud Guardian is to be the solitary, noble, floating cloud that protects the family while taking an independent stance."

Then the other continues, "Without being bound by anything. Thus, we prepared the most severe field. It is surrounded by barbed wire, and the eight automated guns will fire upon anything moving within 30 meters." As an example, she crumples up a piece of paper into a ball and then throws it into the field. I watch expressionlessly as it is fired at until all that's left is small shreds of paper. The others gape.

"Also, there are several underground traps which are sensitive to weight. They will explode after giving off an alarm," explains on of the women.

"It's like a battlefield!" shouts Kyoko's brother in alarm.

"If you're scared, run away like you boss did," says the man with the piercings that tried to attack me the other day. The blonde male next to him laughs.

Gokudera shouts back, "Don't mock him! The Tenth didn't run."

"Pedophile," I start, looking at the man with the piercings.

He looks at me with a blank expression and says, "Eh?"

"Please be quiet. Your voice is an ear sore. Don't you get that Tsuna-kun simply isn't here because he doesn't need to be here?" I say.

"EH?! You'd better be prepared to die," he says, drawing he weapons.

I shrug. "Have it your way. I won't be the one to die though," I reply. I take out my tonfas and get ready to attack. The blonde male laughs again.

"That's right. Tsuna has no reason to come. Hibari's our ace; He won't lose," says Yamamoto.

The man with the piercings lowers his weapons and looks at Yamamoto. "What was that?"

"Hm. 'Ace'?" asks a man sitting on a chair. Then he bursts out in laughter and says, "I can't wait." I glower at him. Making fun of Onii-san like that…

I spot two guys in Kokuyo uniforms and immediately recognize them. They're with the Pineapple Pedophile. After they finish yelling at the female with the same hairstyle as the pineapple pedophile, I approach them. "I recall that you two are with the Pineapple- Rokudo Mukuro," I say.

"Hahaha! You're right about that!" laughs the blonde male with oddly sharp teeth. "…Wait, who are you?" he asks.

"Hibari, Minako… Oh, your ally Kakimoto, Chickusa should be able to explain," I reply.

"Ehh? So what is it, Kakpi?" asks the male I now remember is called Joshima, Ken.

"Mukuro-sama found this girl cute and kissed her. Then, rather than treating her like her brother, Mukuro-sama insisted that he bring her home while she was knocked out from the effects of sakura-kura," he explains with a sigh.

"Eh?! Mukuro-san's gotten soft!" shouts Joshima. Then the Pineapple Pedophile takes the place of the purple-haired girl.

"Kufufu, nice to see you again, Minako," he says.

"Pineapple," I say in greeting.

His allies seem shocked like they expect something to happen, but oddly enough, nothing does happen. Instead, he asks, "Hm? You're not going to attack me?"

I shake my head. "Onii-san has first shots. Only in the event that he somehow loses again will I step in," I reply.

He smirks and replies, "Hm, interesting."

"I believe that I should properly thank you for not injuring me as I was knocked out last time, but I wouldn't expect much," I say.

"It appears that you still hold a grudge against me for stealing your first kiss," he says tauntingly.

"No, of course not. I'm very infatuated with you," I reply, making it sound as honest as possible.

"W-Well… your brother won't approve of that," he says, his smirk falters for a second.

"I know, I lied," I reply flatly. I see his eyes widen slightly, but he quickly recovers. I sigh. "All that effort for such a boring reaction…"

"Hm, I can't stay for much longer…Tch, this girl… Well arrivederci, Minako," he says.

"See you, Pineapple," I reply. I look his allies oddly as the look a bit scared again, but nothing happens.

He sighs and says, "I would prefer it if you called me 'Mukuro' at least."

I shrug. "I guess. There, now I don't owe you anymore. See you, Mukuro." Then I walk off.

"Hibari, fight…" says Kyoko's brother in a very unenthusiastic way. Well that's rare. They finish their group…whatever.

"Hey, turf-tead! Your voice is too quiet!" complains Gokudera.

"What?! I can't get fired up because Hibari won't join us," he replies.

Yamamoto comments, "But I don't think that Gokudera, who was so against it when we started, would get so excited about it now."

"Of course, the Tenth would be done it if he were here," he replies.

I let out a sigh. "Saa, if it means so much to you, then I'll be here on Onii-san's behalf, okay?" I look blankly at Gokudera's expression. Then I add, "I'm only doing this to calm all of you down. There's no way that Onii-san can lose. He won't let himself."

"Okay, ready? Hibari, fight!"

"Then, we will begin. The Ring of Cloud, Gola Mosca versus Hibari, Kyoya. Battle start!"

Onii-san's opponent starts to go berserk. I realize that a missile is coming my way, but I react a bit too late. I close my eyes. I feel a searing pain by the back of my left arm. It feels as though I should have gotten hit more though. I wait to feel that I hit ground, but it never happens. "Huh?" I ask as I open my eyes. Then, I realize that Gokudera was the one who pushed me down and cushioned my fall. I raise my right eyebrow at him as I help him up. "Why did you do that? …Never mind. Thank you. I'll be sure to make up for that."

"Hey is everyone okay?"

"Yeah!"

"Yes!"

"Yup!"

After the long chain of events, Dino and his men show up. They are now helping out the wounded and the man they call the Ninth. After getting my arm bandaged, I run up to Onii-san.

"Onii-san… You were holding back… Was it so that Tsuna-kun could get stronger?" I ask.

He nods and then looks at the bandage around my arm. "…How did you get hurt?" he asks.

"Mm… one of the projectiles hit me indirectly," I reply.

"Pay more attention next time," he scolds. I nod. "Let's go home and re-bandage that," he decides.

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