BECOMING THE BOSS – AN EVER CHANGING MAFIA
The Restaurant
Tsuna is on the ground in a bloody state, everyone is panicking. The former atmosphere was one of great happiness, the wedding was a success, everyone thought they were as good as home. Now that the Yakuza had arrived and immobilized the strongest Vongola with a single attack, the atmosphere was one of desperation, despair and suffering.
"Dokuro, how is Sawada" yells Vongola Bana, unable to see his boss as he doesn't dare to take his eyes from his opponent.
"Tsuna are you alright" Dokuro questions with wide eyes. Seeing her husband in bad condition has put Dokuro in a state such that she doesn't even hear Bana yell at her.
Sawada Tsunayoshi looked angry at himself more than anything. The upper body of the newly crowned boss was twitching as his face contorted, "I… I can't move" he informs his wife.
With the exception of the two flying opposite Yaru, the entire mafia looks at Tsuna in shock. He had really been beaten with that one blow, he wasn't going to get up. If the 10th couldn't last more than one exchange what sort of chance did they stand.
Yaru looks displeased, almost as if he pities the people before him, "You were warned this would happen if the Mafia didn't leave Japan" he reminds them. From his point of view this is entirely down to the stupidity of those who declared this war.
Enma decides to try and catch Yaru off guard, he creates a black hole next to the Yakuza member in an attempt to pull him in. All manners of cutlery, small objects and even the tables are pulled into the gravity source, Hino only saved by some vines created by her daughter.
Yaru remains unhindered next to the black hole, "Sorry but my weapons are boots and I train in the use of my legs, you won't make me lose my footing so…".
Before Yaru finishes, Bana fires a full force X-Burner towards the Yakuza, an attack he has worked hard to perfect since his match with Tsuna. In the face of such great power, Yaru kicks the flames that are travelling towards him and sends them crashing into Enma with ease.
As Enma falls from the sky Bana doesn't stop his offensive, he closes the distance to his opponent and throws a punch towards him. The punch is stopped with one of the heavy boots that Yaru wears.
Never having had his punch blocked in such a way, Bana starts and fails to react as Yaru draws his foot back towards his body. After withdrawing his foot, the green haired boy throws it back at the clone's chest, knocking him from the sky just like Enma before him.
"I… don't believe it" says Gokudera, the trio of Tsuna, Bana and Enma had spent months, years training to get to their level. This holy trinity of the mafia had been pushed by each other to levels higher than anyone had thought possible, yet they had lost in an instant.
"Were we always this outclassed" Yamamoto asks rhetorically.
"Yamamoto" begins Byakuran, "If this is it, if this is the end, thank you… for keeping me alive… for the memories, for…".
"Don't talk like that" the rain guardian interrupts his teacher, "We will make it out of this somehow". Though he had said that to comfort his teacher, his friend, Yamamoto truly has no idea how to get out of this situation alive.
"Everyone stop getting hysterical and listen" demands Xanxus, "The 9th will come for us, he's going to save us, we just have to hold on".
Yaru laughs involuntarily, "The 9th, what a joke, let me tell you something, have you ever been told that Vongola 1st came to Japan after his reign was over".
Basil recalls how Xanxus once said the 1st fled to Japan because he was afraid of the 2nd, something nobody believed to be true, why would this man know about it.
"It wasn't just the first, every Vongola boss came to Japan after they were done, they all came for the same reason. They came to fight us and every single one of them gave up and died" boasts Yaru.
Xanxus grinds his teeth upon hearing this, the story doesn't contradict any of the facts he is in possession of, in fact it makes a lot of sense. That means that Vongola Primo came to Japan to fight the Yakuza, and like the rest of the Vongola family he lost.
While the guests at the wedding all seem to be losing hope they needed someone who wouldn't, the same person they always needed, the Vongola boss.
"You all heard what Xanxus said" Tsuna yells at the top of his voice, drawing the attention of all present.
"We are proud members of an ever changing mafia".
"Don't you dare give up until the 9th gets here".
The mafia look at Tsuna in awe, does this man not know when to give up, when enough is enough, when he is beat.
The first to truly react is Squalo, the over-enthusiastic Varia commander. "Voi, you heard the boss, let's do this". Everyone brings out their dying will flame and they burn brighter than ever before. This is reflective of what Reborn once said, the most important part of the dying will flame is the dying will. "Everyone with ranged attacks… FIRE".
A dramatic attack, a thunderous ball of fire, lightning, water and lava, this was the strongest attack the mafia had ever united to create. Never before had someone fought against the Shimon, the Millefiore and the Vongola all at once. Yet Yaru emerges from the attack, completely unharmed.
"You made a mistake when you declared war on us Sawada Tsunayoshi" proclaims the youngster.
"This is no time for giving up" Gokudera encourages his allies in keeping with his job as Tsuna's right hand man. "Get ready to attack again if you can".
"That's right, hey" shouts Colonello, "He has to have a limit somewhere".
"FIRE" repeats Squalo, triggering an attack that while not as strong as last time is still incredibly impressive to witness.
Once again Yaru is unharmed by the attack, his posture emerging from the explosion the same as his posture going into it. "I wonder how many times you will have to attack before you are satisfied, listen, you don't stand a chance in hell against me".
A loud bang is heard and is followed by another slightly less loud thumping noise. Yaru's attitude gets serious for the first time since arriving as he narrowly dodges a bullet that comes at him from behind.
'What the hell is this aura' Yaru asks himself, the mafioso below all share his attitude, rarely have they felt a power on this level.
As Yaru turns around he sees a man in a black and orange suit standing opposite him, a fully grown man, the Hitman Tutor Reborn.
'What's going on' Enma asks himself as he looks up from the floor. The Shimon family boss looks to his side to see the faint remains of pink smoke, 'The ten-year Bazooka, did Reborn use the ten-year Bazooka'.
'This is Reborn 10 years from now' notes the arcobaleno Fu, 'He's even more impressive than he was in the past, what a monster'.
Yaru smiles after realising what has happened, he kicks the air in such a way that the air pressure destroys the ten-year bazooka. "The ten-year bazooka huh, no way I'm letting that happen again" says the junior of the duo.
"Chaos" greets Reborn, ironically now unable to use his famous greeting 'chiaosou'. Reborn looks around to take in his surroundings, "I don't remember this… well perhaps time will change again because I'm here".
As his eyes journey around the room Reborn finally finds his most accomplished of students. "So there you are… I can see why I did what I did… Tsuna… boss…. What are your orders".
Tsuna smiles, never did he think that a fully grown Reborn would be here and that he would be so strong, "I need you to defend the family until the 9th gets here… please go all out Reborn".
"Of course, I won't hold anything back" replies the hitman.
Reborn makes a quick calculation in his head, he looks at the age and fighting style of his opponent and determines an attack that he believes can kill him. This level of battle intelligence comes with the thousands of times Reborn has fought for his family, his legendary status enhanced even further in his future.
Reborn leaps into the air and fires several shots towards Yaru, moving his arm in between the times at which the bullets fly causing them to all come from slightly different angles.
Yaru kicks the first few bullets away causing Reborn to smile. 'Just like I thought, fighting has become too much of an algorithmic process for you', as the last bullet hurtles towards Yaru the youth realises that the timing is different to all the others, he was depending on that timing, he is going to get hit.
The hit never comes though, the bullet is caught, caught by the bare hand of another newcomer. This newcomer has long black hair and she has tattoos identical to Yaru and Randa, clearly a third Yakuza member has revealed themselves to the mafia. She has height slightly superior to Yaru and is a similar age to him, maybe slightly older, their similar appearance is justified by Yaru's following remark.
"Sis?" starts the kicker.
Reborn frowns as the woman introduces herself, "Kosuke Lucy".
"Yaru you are an idiot, that was an explosive bullet, not just a bullet with different timing, if you were hit you wouldn't have survived" notes Lucy, "Your observation powers are obviously still too weak to handle something like this".
Yaru laughs at his sibling's bland speech, "Sis you are too harsh, look the Vongola boss is on deaths door already and he's one of the strongest in history".
Without moving her head Lucy looks at the injured Tsuna being tended to by his wife. "Yes I can feel it, he is strong, I guess you have accumulated some merits".
Yaru smiled but was quickly interrupted by his sister, "However I am going to finish things up here, consider it a punishment for your failure".
Reborn contemplates what fighting style Lucy will use, the answer is quickly discovered. Lucy raises her hands into the air as if to beckon the arrival of a great power and what appears around her are hundreds of shards of glass.
Controlled by Lucy, the glass hurtles towards Reborn with great speed, something that the hitman couldn't hope to block. The attack is blocked out of desperation, it is blocked by Tsuna who somehow manages to utilise shield edition by asking Dokuro to move his hands.
"Wow" smiles Lucy, "You're quite strong".
Unable to continue any further Tsuna loses consciousness, his eyes closing as his brain forces the Vongola boss to rest.
"TSUNA" screams Dokuro, not sure if her husband is still alive.
"One block, it seems that was the best you could do" observes Lucy, "In that case…". As she continues glass shards re-emerge around the young woman, the number double that it was before. "It's all over for you now, mafia".
"Not yet" comes a voice from even higher above the flying trio. Floating above them was the 9th, surrounded by what looked like several boulders.
'Those aren't boulders they are… blocks of ice' notices Reborn as he comes to a realisation. The tutor jumps down to see his injured pupils, leaving the rest to the 9th.
"The moment has finally come Yakuza" declares the 9th, "Sawada Tsunayoshi is the one… the one we've been waiting for… the one who can stop you… we have waited a long time to protect him".
As if standing on an invisible floor, the 9th slams down his staff, sending a ring of flames outwards in all directions. As the ring contacts the ice blocks around him the ice begins to melt. The 8 blocks of ice melted to reveal 8 men, these were the most legendary mafia in history, the 8 Vongola bosses of the past.
"So this day has finally come" smiles the 1st as he slowly opens his eyes.
"I've not seen any bosses since him… so it must be the reign of Decimo" concludes the 1st.
"The Yakuza have interrupted his wedding" the 9th informs his ancestor.
The 2nd takes a few steps forward, "this is a special day for the Vongola" he declares as the flames of rage appear on his hands.
Another of the bosses pulls out a pair of pistols, "We won't let you ruin it".
"I've been waiting a long time for this, Yakuza" says Vongola Primo.
"That man" begins Bana, "Is that Vongola Primo". It is like looking in a mirror for Bana, flying above him is the man who spoke to him, who changed him, who put him on the path of good. This man is the source of his DNA. Bana is so drawn to his 'father' that he is the only one of the ultimate flame users able to get back to his feet.
Vongola Primo turns his head and looks down at Bana. "Bana… hello" he greets.
A wide smile appears on Bana's face, the widest smile he has ever smiled, Vongola Primo knew him, that consciousness he had planted in him actually returned to his body.
"Bana, I guess I'm your father seeing as I consider you my son" the elder informs his offspring, "Sorry, I haven't done much for you as a father but please… get Decimo and the others to safety, then I can fight properly".
Bana is on the edge of tears, this is the closest thing he has ever felt to a real family, he had a parent. No matter if he was created by the Yakuza or not, in this moment Bana knows exactly who he is, he is not a Yakuza, he is a proud mafioso, the son of Vongola Primo.
"Everyone, clear the hall" Bana instructs the guests before he turns back to his father. "Thank you… for letting me born… thank you father" he says before walking out with the others.
Vongola Primo smiled as if he felt fulfilled for the first time in his life, "Not a problem".
Bana wasn't the only one hesitating to leave, the other was Xanxus, the son of the 9th. "Old man, what are you intending to do" asks the Varia leader, fearing the worst for the historic leaders.
The 9th sighs, "Xanxus, I think you already know, the Vongola bosses have been waiting years for this moment, we are going to give everything to…".
"I don't want to hear it" decides Xanxus before he turns his back on his father and walks towards the exit. He stops just short of the door to the restaurant, "I will be a proper son when you come back" he says, clearly through a few tears of his own.
"Yeah" smiles the 9th, "We'll go do something together hey, just you and I".
"Yeah" replies Xanxus as he leaves with all the others, leaving a showdown between the Yakuza and the greatest mafioso history has to offer.