Protecting, vice versa.
Chapter 14: Finally, the fight begins. (Part 5: The Final fight of the fight)
A/N: The long awaited chapter~ Tsuna and co. versus the Gole Fenice~
Just saying, as I type this out before typing the story; this chapter might be lesser than 4k... so... sorry.
And also, two things I notice that commonly occur in my brain; One, in flashbacks, the character survives in a hidden compartment. Two; they keep disappearing in a blink. ALWAYS.
So... enjoy~
DISCLAIMER: Everything except the storyline does not belong to me. Katekyo Hitman Reborn belongs to Amano Akira.
WARNING: Stuff you guys will not like again, so don't kill me. And OOC-ness. And hints of literature…
As Gokudera, Yamamoto, Lambo, Mukuro and Ryohei fell, Tsuna clenched the fence with fingers, desperate fingers… wanting to reach out and help his guardians...
Red gathered in both his fingers and eyes, his mind repeating the fact that he couldn't support his guardians... his friends... over and over again...
Hibari and Chrome staggered over to their panic-striken boss.
"Herbivore."
"Bossu..."
Reborn placed Leon-phone on his lap, still observing the battle from a distance. Sighing, he spouted out a few words;
"Dame-Tsuna. Focus on your battle. The paramedics will come."
As if hearing those words, Tsuna glared at the boss of Gole Fenice with vengence, the very same vengence as he had felt when he fought with TYL! Byakuran.
"Leoriko..." the brunette started, anger being hinted in his voice. He sighed, attempting to release his fury with that breath of air, but it gathered again.
"I WON'T FORGIVE YOU!"
His gloves and his ring exploded with clear and refined Sky Flames, making all the spectators, except for Kyoko, Hana and the person who had listened on to the conversation of the two, scream in surprise of the sudden heat.
Leoriko looked upon the raging young Don, and his lips pursed into a cynical, crude smile. "Your rage is... is so... I LOVE YOUR UNBRIDLED RAGE!" With that sentence, the Gole Fenice's 9th boss bursted into a maniacal laughter, as if he had finally found someone worthy of his existence, worthy to even be placed in his eyes.
Tsuna growled, flames still bursting in a huge amount from his gloves. "First, you hurt hundreds of thousands, or even millions, and now... you even come to attack my friends?!" He glared at the boss with widened, angry, amber eyes.
The Shimon Famiglia revealed their Flames of the Earth.
Byakuran had kept his packet of marshmallows, and he and Bluebell seemed focused on their enemies.
Naito and Basil was ready with their weapons, all glaring at Leoriko.
Said boss looked at them with a twisted smirk. "Wait, at least let my side recover..." he lifted his hand, and raised two of his fingers...
Click.
In a instant, all of the Gole Fenice Guardians appeared, even those who were down before. They still had their injuries, but they could stand, and even move... Everything seemed to flashed in a slow motion, in black and white.
While on the face of the Gole Fenice boss was just a simple, plain smirk.
"Wha... How..." Yamamoto stammered, suddenly hearing his opponent disappear in a click.
"No... way..." Chrome whispered in pure shock, initially thinking that they only had 5 enemies.
Hibari looked at the enemies, carefully concealing his emotions, which was mixed with amusement and a hint of shock.
Hicagen looked away, a flash if dejection and sadness passing his eyes, before looking cold and hard again.
Iguras spun his 'Wand of Everlasting Miracle' and held it firmly in his hand for show.
Flariek swung his cat o' nine tails around, taking caution not to hit any of the other Gole Fenice Guardians.
Mitsu had many bruises and open wounds, it seemed to be a miracle that he was even standing up.
Reina was still in slight shock of the napo's illusions, but somehow she could still hold herself.
Hirashi gripped his hurlbat, silently observing every miniscule actions.
Chrome gripped her trident harder, her knuckles turning white. "Why..." Her free hand held out a shaking finger, and pointed it at Reina. "...are you still concious?"
Reina did a little 'hmph' and smiled cutely at the female Mist Guardian. "Cause Leoriko-niisan is awesome~!" she rebuked, before spouting her tongue at Chrome, and running behind her boss.
Leoriko chuckled darkly. "Firstly, I have a bursting amount of Sky Flames, which can be controlled at my will." he explained, holding out his hand which he had clicked his fingers with, his index finger showing an orange coloured ring. "Secondly, using these rings, I can transfer my Sky Flames over to them via the rings, and..." As he trailed off, all the Gole Fenice guardians held out their rings.
"...our technology is advaced enough to have the rings change Leo's Sky Flame into our own flame kind." Hirashi finished, ignoring the slight pout from said boss.
Enma's Earth Flame swayed dangerously on his forehead. "Then why- or rather, how did this technology not get... exposed to the other mafia famiglias?" the redhead muttered with a slight surprise and wariness in his voice, loud enough for the Gole Fenice boss to hear.
The same boss shruged, as if he himself was not involved in the situation.
"Well, who knows-"
His words were cut off as a furious to-be Vongola Decimo attempted to punch the orange-haired boss in the stomach. Swiftly, he dodged the punch, and disappeared suddenly from his original position. Tsuna's sense of time slowed down, as his mind processed his thoughts, each word clear.
'Where is he?'
His mind blanked, as he felt a hand grip his other fist. Growling, Tsuna pumped his caught fist's gloves with pure Sky Flames, pulling him out of the grip. Expecting to see a burnt hand, the hooded boy spun his head around...
Only to see a perfectly unharmed hand.
Leoriko, noticing the to-be Neo
Vongola Primo's reaction, shook his hand, as if warming it up.
Tsuna remained stunned for a short moment, before standing in a defensive stance again, though his mind was still in a whirl of how his hand could remain unburnt after getting burnt directly from pure, clear Sky Flames.
Leoriko smiled shrewdly, and turned around with a sick, mixed look in his eyes, making the brunette feel his stomach flop a little. "So... shall we start this fight properly now?" the Gole Fenice boss whispered, his moist, slightly red lips pressing against each other as he articulated each word clearly.
Naito snorted, after a silent moment.
"You don't say."
Basil, as unexpected as he was, ran ahead first as he held up his Metal Edge while running, Rain Flames gathering in it. Slashing it in one swift movement, a whole blade of Rain Flames faced the faces of the assassin. Already predicting this moment, all of them scattered away, everyone alone. Quickly, Enma held out his gloves, two rings of symbols appearing from it, as Gravity Balls surrounded the gates to lead out of the field, ensuring the whole of the Gole Fenice's location. This way, they wouldn't cause more destruction to the school, as well as being able to confirm all of their locations, and will be able to help each other should they defeat their enemies early.
Aoba ran towards Hirashi, taking him head on, not caring if he was at a disadvantage or not. Sensing the start of the action, Shitt. P, who had been quiet and still all this time, bounced after the red-eyed boxer, along with Kaoru, who was preparing his fists.
At the same time, Byakuran and Bluebell had face-butted thenselves into the ass of Iguras, propelling the 3 away to, somehow flying out of the fence. (With the help of Byaku's awesome wings.)
'That's one advantage down...' Enma facepalmed.
With Naito and Basil cornering Mitsu, weapons in their hands, frowns plastered, and hair blowing dramatically in the wind.
And Chrome and Hibari chasing Flariek, the Gole Fenice guardian waving his hands idiotically in the air.
Julie and Adelheid smiling at each other, a slight blush on both their faces, as Reina blinked at the tsundere lovers in front of her.
Enma and Rauji seemingly standing in a triangle with Hicagen, at the nearest spot to the audience and the huge television which everyone might have forgotten about.
And in the middle of the field...
Tsuna, a.k.a Kiyoshi Ryu, his fate depending on one single hood.
Leoriko, a.k.a the Gole Fenice boss, his actions never matching his happy personality.
After seconds of peering at their opponents, the Gole Fenice's 9th generation raising their left hand together, slowly, yet surely, the wind blowing at its hardest in the day.
"Let's begin."
Aoba took the first move, running around his opponent while throwing his pair of glasses aside. His Shimon Ring filled itself with Forest Flames, as armor slowly covered his arms and legs, stretching across his chest. He narrowed his eyes at his opponent;
Killer Point Vision!
Bars and circles started appearing in his irises, carefully moving and pinpointing all the weak points of Hirashi, who was holding up his hurlbat in defence.
His weakness... the circles slowed down, cutting down on the options in which where the Gole Fenice's Storm Guardian's weak points are.
...is only his crotch?
Ding.
The circles stopped right in the middle of his crotch, even highlighting the point.
Turning his head away in slight embaressment from the sight, Aoba sighed a little, earning gazes of confusion from his comarades. Even if he was of the same gender, it was just too awkward.
The Shimon's boxer sent over a stupid face to his comrades, pointing at the area where was their enemies only weakness, this time earning a look from Hirashi.
Shitt. P nodded in a haste, making it seem like the movement of a UMA, and bounced towards Hirashi, her Shimon Swamp Ring activating in the process. Claws stretched from her back, twisting in weird directions, before setting back in their supposed design. She stopped in her tracks about 3 metres away from her opponent, her claws replacing her movements. Of course, Hirashi had ran forward, supposingly gaining 2 advantages; One, avoiding the claws; Two, being able to catch the Shimon Guardian off guard. However, Shitt. P had already anticipated this, drawing back her claws in an instant, while striking her Swamp Flames into the ground. As if on cue, the ground became all watery, and Shitt. P did a little 'bafum~ bafum~' before Kaoru hopped in above her, Shimon Ring blasting with flames. His arm was suddenly equiped with a drill-shaped weapon, and aimed it at the Gole Fenice's Storm Guardian at a seemingly impossible speed, so as to make a fatal strike.
Sensing the danger, Hirashi gripped his hurlbat, and used it to propel out of the mud, flying to the fence. Gripping his fingers tight enough so as not to get pushed down by the Gravity Ball in the corner, he smiled crudely at his attackers below. Seeing this, Enma quickly increased the power of the gravity ball on their side, barely avoiding a blow from the Gole Fenice's Cloud Guardian thanks to Rauji, while pushing Hirashi down from the fence.
Before Enma dodged the blow, at the start of their fight, he and Rauji had been questioning about the reason to which why he reacted so harshly when Yamamoto mentioned about not following his own pride. With that sentence, Hicagen gritted his teeth yet again, with his killer aura activating a few instances after that.
"Don't mention it again."
With that, the Gole Fenice's Cloud Guardian started brandishing a series of blows in which due to Enma's Gravity Manipulation, was barely dodged. Rauji's Mountain Shimon Ring overflowed with Mountain Flames, activating it so that it reformed into armor that expanded onto his arms and back. With this, there were advantages; Enma being able to move due to speed, and if the blows were too fast to dodge, Rauji's armor was to block it. Quickly shielding a blow with an arm with Enma hopping aside, Rauji used his other arm to wallop the Gole Fenice's Cloud Guardian in the mouth.
Staggering back a little, nearly falling down due to the wound Yamamoto had caused him earlier, he wiped the blood which was slowly dripping from the side of his mouth. "Not bad."
Enma nodded a little, acknowledging the strength of the Cloud Guardian. "You too, considering that only the power of flames are driving you." the redhead laughed a little, commenting about his amazement. Unknownst to himself, Rauji smiled a little at the short conversation.
It was at this point of time where Enma noticed Hirashi hanging by the top of the fence, and increased the pressure of the Gravity Spheres. Taking this as a chance to defeat his opponent, Hicagen sprinted towards Enma, catching the redhead off guard. It was by pure luck that Rauji had noticed the actions of Hicagen in time, dashed to Enma in the next instance, and barely saved him from the incoming blow. But only him. Since Rauji's size was big, he had been the one taking the blow instead, and furthermore in a place where he had not been protected by armor. Enma's eyes enlarged, as time seemed to slow down, as Rauji got hit very near the neck, and got blasted away, to the other side of the field, where Naito, Basil and Mitsu were at.
Noticing the oncoming 2, the three dodged as Rauji, with Enma in his hand, crashed onto the ground, his back rubbing against the ground. They only stopped when they crashed into the fence.
As soon as the sliding ceased, Enma crawled out and plastered his two hands onto both cheeks on the Shimon Guardian's face. Seeing this, and barely concious, Rauji touched the cheek of Enma, a slight smile spreading across his face.
"Enma... don't worry about me, worry about the enemy first..."
"No! I can't!"
"Just... go..." With that, the Shimon Guardian fell unconcious and limp, in the stares of Enma, Naito and Basil.
Enma carefully used his Gravity Spheres to move Rauji into a safe spot outside of the fence, and turned to Hicagen, malice starting to cover his eyes. Also using his Gravity Spheres to propel himself, he went out of the way of the three, who were originally fighting.
Before Rauji crashed into them, they had been doing almost nothing but talking.
It started with Basil; "Why does thou start a war?"
Mitsu blinked. "You use olden day Japanese?"
Naito cut in before Basil could say anything. "YOU DO? THAT'S SO COOL!"
Basil sweatdropped with the reaction of the Tomaso famiglia's boss. "This isth olden day Japanese?"
Mitsu's eye squinted at the question. "You didn't know?"
Naito blinked.
Basil blinked.
Mitsu blinked.
Silence.
"I think its best if we start fighting now and talk about this later..." Mitsu broke the silence, noticing they were the only ones who had not started a fight.
"Even if you have that many wounds?" Naito questioned the agility of the Gole Fenice's Lightning Guardian's body, considering that he had many wounds obtained from Hibari.
"I'm fine. Flames are enough to keep me going."
Naito nodded dumbly, then broke into a grin. Swiftly taking out his weapon, he started going into a frenzy, all his moves being blocked by two plush toys engulfed in Lightning Flames. Soon, Basil joined in, Metal Edge in hand, and soon Mitsu had to use his skill, 'Play of the Puppeteer'.
It was this time where they noticed Rauji flying in, and had observed the whole situation, in silence and worry for the safety of the Shimon's Mountain Guardian.
When Enma moved away, before they could even continue their fight, they suddenly heard a shout; "INCOMING!" from above them.
The trio looked up.
Apparently, Iguras was propelling down towards Mitsu, Bluebell smiling cheekily above him while Byakuran was a distance away, seemingly holding his creepy smile. And apparently, they were trying to get rid of two opponents at once.
However, Naito was clinging on to Mitsu's plushies to get rid of them.
Basil squinted.
"Not again."
BOOM!
Along with the knockout of Mitsu, Iguras and Naito, the plushies had also exploded, just like they had with Hibari. Byakuran hummed from above, and had seemingly snapped out of his trance.
"Two down~"
"Not two, please include Naito-dono."
How Byakuran had defeated Iguras? Well, at the start of the match, Byakuran was sitting cross-legged in the air, munching on marshmellows, as his little wings flapped happily, as if without a care in the world. Bluebell activated her box weapon to fly and- disappeared. Iguras did notice her, but did the most stupid thing as to ignore her and deem her as useless.
Byakuran held out a ring, and the White Dragon appeared on his lower arm.
As for Iguras, he simply held out his Wand of Everlasting Miracle.
Tapping his Flame Boots, the Gesso Boss zipped around the Gole Fenice's Mist Guardian, a smirk forming on his lips in the process. Annoyed, Iguras spun his body along with his staff, before slamming its end into the ground. Knowing that some kind of barrier was going to be made, the white-haired boss quickly hopped away from Iguras. Indeed, it was as his predictions; a purple barrier started forming from the bottom of the Gole Fenice's Mist Guardian's staff, and it expanded into a circular, purple barrier in a matter of moments. But that didn't falter the Gesso boss; he only proceeded to zip around the Gole Fenice Mist Guardian. Of course, naturally, Iguras got annoyed with Byakuran, and attempted to release illusions at him.
But naturally, it would weaken the barrier.
Once the marshmallow-lover noticed that his world was being engulfed in red, he simply smiled, thought it seemed creepy to others.
'It's up to you now, Bluebell-chan~'
As if on cue, a torrent of Rain Flames slowly rose from behind the weakened barrier, unknown to Iguras himself. Her mermaid tail swished with slight fury, each swipe increasing her power. She raised her hand, the Rain Flames gathering there, slowly, but surely. It was only when she screamed the word 'INCOMING' did Iguras notice her and the fact that she was not just any ordinary little kid.
Bluebell smiled sweetly, yet crudely, as she swiped a whole wave of Rain Flames at the Mist Guardian. The wave of Rain Flames was to slow his cells down until he died of a lack of celluar movement.
Not that the Gole Fenice's Mist Guardian realised it, anyway.
It was pure luck that he had recreated one too many illusionary cells, for the amount of Mist Flames were of an extraordinary amount, while trying to recover from his injuries, which were obtained from TYL! Lambo.
However, due to the impact of his collision with Mitsu (and Naito), he had fainted on the spot.
It was at this time that Byakuran snapped out of the illusion, now with his creepy smile gone.
"Two down~"
"Not two, please include Naito-dono."
After they had confirmed the unconciousness of the two, the group checked on the other fights.
Hicagen and Enma.
Hirashi and Shitt. P, Aoba and Kaoru.
Flariek with Chrome and Hibari.
Reina with Julie and Adelheid.
They all seperated to help the others, trusting the fact thay Shitt. P, Aoba and Kaoru could take Hirashi down, considering that they were fighting as 3 versus 1. And that Naito was unconcious, leaving Byakuran, Bluebell and Basil still standing and in a proper state to fight.
At the start of the fight, Tsuna was already raging, angry with the fact that the Gole Fenice and China had taken so, so many lives... including his sensei's brother.
His surroundings erupted with red-orange flames, making the audience above scream again.
"Leoriko..." he mumbled to the boss, who was smiling with a dark, ugly aura surrounding around him, blacker than Mukuro.
"I'LL DEFEAT YOU!"
Kyoko stared in concern at the brunette, dwelling deliberately over the situation. She had seldomly seen him so furious before, and the only time he was in that state was when he fought Byakuran and Bermuda. And Daemon.
"Hana..."
"Yeah..."
This was going to end quite unexpectedly.
Reborn jumped a little at his instincts changing suddenly.
"A change in situation?"
"Hmph."
An unknown, slightly bulky and dark figure lurked in the bushes.
"I shall end their fight with my own hands when the time comes for it."
With that, he moved deeper into the bush, nothing but a pair of binocular lense visible.
REPLY TO REVIEWS:
Faliara: I'm not sure how to answer that question, it would give a major preview. And... I guess I would put the story on hiatus for awhile after 2 chapters to edit the other chapters owo Thanks for the suggestion!
khrforever D (Guest): Not exactly Tsuna's fight, rather the group fight XD. We'll see about whether that's true or not ;) And about that group of people that haven't appeared; Kyoko has appeared, the whole of Varia might not appear, Vindice will appear, and if the rest are appearing they would be minor characters. Oh, and Kawahira-san is appearing XD And thanks for pointing it out!
A/N: Sorry, I have to end it here. I'm staying in school everyday till around 5-6pm+ QwQ. This is only half the chapter, and the rest will probably only come two weeks later.
Currently, I'm at a parade doing community involvement. And it's compulsory and till 10:30pm. And typing on phone, so... yeah. (sleep) AND NOW ITS THE NEXT DAY! Time to edit XD
And I'm going to put this story on hiatus two chapters from now to edit the other chapters so... yeah.
So, hope you enjoyed this chapter, and leave a review? owo
RawwrMage (08/02/14)