THE NEW WORLD – TRUST
South America, The Millefiore Hideout
After so long of doing nothing Yamamoto has finally begun to act as the Millefiore boss. It has been difficult for many of the Millefiore family to adapt to. Certainly Yamamoto has been the boss of the family for years now but he has never really given them orders, he only became the boss a short while before they went to war and spent every day training back then. Upon the defeat the mafia suffered in the war Yamamoto spent much time meditating next to his sword before he finally came out of seclusion.
Now that Yamamoto has come back to reality, what makes things truly confusing is that he is in charge, his authority greater than that of Yuni and Byakuran, two people who have in the past been the leaders of this group.
There have been many setbacks since the Millefiore tried to establish a resistance, right now they have made no progress at all. Four or five times, Yamamoto has lost count of the times they have set up small resistances only to be betrayed. The Yakuza are too organised.
Right now the group are hiding in the rainforest once again, Yamamoto determined that not only is the wilderness the best place to hide with the least Yakuza influence but it also the best place for him to train. His training has improved as a result of being here, not only is he happier now that Byakuran and Excalibur are alive once more but the constant rain is of great benefit to his dying will flame.
The three most recent Millefiore leaders are sat around a small table, discussing how they are going to attempt to set up a resistance once again. They discuss how to avoid traitors again, how in the long run this could actually make a difference to the world and the most important thing of all, is Sawada Tsunayoshi still alive.
Suddenly the door to the room flies open and a blonde man runs in. This is Ganma, the greatest officer the Millefiore family have outside of the leaders. This man is loyal, strong and does his absolute best each and every day to ensure the prosperity of the mafia and the downfall of the Yakuza.
Ganma's breath is heavy as he leans against the frame of the door, leading Yamamoto to believe that he has been running. "Yamamoto, Byakuran, Yuni, I think we are under attack".
Immediately Byakuran and Yamamoto stand up. "Yamamoto and I will go and have a look" Byakuran declares as he sprouts wings from his back.
The rain guardian of the Vongola smiles faintly as he recalls how a ghostly Byakuran taught him this technique during the battle of the successors. He too sprouts wings and together they run outside and fly into the sky where two people seem to be standing in the air. These are the attackers that Ganma mentioned, clearly they are strong.
Not only are this pair strong but they seem to be Yakuza. An adult man in his early twenties and a girl in her mid-teenage years, that is how the expert Byakuran judges their ages. They both have tattoo's that are indicative of being Yakuza. However, what haunts Yamamoto most of all is a fleeting memory, a memory of the green hair which one of this pair is donning. This is the same man who attacked Tsuna all those years ago.
'Looking at their tattoos they are almost certainly Yakuza' Byakuran quickly determines, 'But I still have to ask them'.
"Mafia or Yakuza" Byakuran shouts to the duo. This has been a prominent question all over the world since Honda's inception as its leader. The phrase 'Mafia or Yakuza' has come to replace the saying friend or foe meaning different things to different people.
"We are not Yakuza" the man with green hair declares.
Yamamoto doesn't know what to make of that answer, the voice confirmed to him that this man is definitely Kosuke Yaru who attacked Tsuna all those years ago. Was Yaru no longer a member of the Yakuza.
"We are simply travelling the world" the teenager with striking blonde hair declares.
Only one member of the mafia has ever survived a battle involving this girl. The only mafioso in the world who would recognise her is Kozato Enma, for she is the musical genius known as Sakura.
"Yet it seems you are determined to get in our way" Sakura notes as she summons her signature trumpet to her hands.
"So we will fight you" Yaru completes her sentence as he swings his feet.
By swinging his feet Yaru strips the shoes off from them to reveal some skeletal metal beneath, the same boot-like weapon he used in the war. This is destined to be a clash between some of the true heavyweights of the last battle.
Yaru launches himself towards Yamamoto, his speed impressive and beyond what the Millefiore boss expected. It should be remembered of course that Yaru is blessed with great speed due to his great leg strength.
Yamamoto is unintimidated by the incoming attacker. Out of the corner of his eye he sees Byakuran quickly transform, he is no longer a man but is instead a sword. He has transformed into Excalibur. The former baseball player takes hold of Excalibur's hilt and swings it as hard as he can, an ear-splitting noise spreading as the sword and boot collide in mid-air.
As the two collide Sakura thinks back to her younger days. 'This sword style is impressive; I've only ever seen one blade user move so fast'.
Sakura's thoughts of Kara are interrupted as the collision finally halts. It is something she is not used to, it is not a draw and Yaru did not come out on top. The result of the collision is that Yamamoto drives Yaru back.
'HE ACTUALLY GOT KNOCKED BACK' Sakura screams internally as her eyes widen. It has been years since she has received such a shock.
"Yaru, are you alright" she asks without taking her eyes of Yamamoto and his sword.
"I'll be fine" the elder answers, "But just who is this guy?".
A pause comes about in the fight, Sakura and Yaru take the opportunity to size Yamamoto up. It seems at this point that he is stronger than either of them, only the second blade user in history who could claim such a thing.
Seeing the pause, the sword user extends an offer, "I have no desire to fight you any further, if you are not Yakuza then you go your way and we will go ours".
Yaru smiles as if he is the insider on a joke. "I remember you know, you were at the wedding of Sawada Tsunayoshi, of the Mafia boss all those years ago. I believe you were one of his guardians".
The raven haired mafioso stares at the duo without answering, though his silence is enough for Yaru to assume that the answers is in the affirmative.
"So it is you huh. As a sword user with the power to fight me you are clearly a formidable fighter. Tell me, are you the one who fought Kara all those years ago?".
Yamamoto visibly flinches upon hearing that name. The Vongola's rain guardian has suffered many defeats before though they have always spurred him on to greater heights and nothing truly bad has come of them. Yet losing to Kara was one of the contributory factors to the downfall of the world, how could it not damage him psychologically.
"Kara, the one who wields Clarent right?" Yamamoto asks.
Yaru smiles, "So you are… imagine you being alive after all this time".
Sakura seems uninterested in whatever is amusing the green haired fighter. "Yaru, to kill this guy we may have to team up".
Yaru shakes his head. "No, I don't think we need to concern ourselves with fighting this guy".
Hearing those words causes Yamamoto to loosen his posture slightly. After a few seconds of waiting Byakuran determines these words aren't just to get them to lower their guard and he transforms back into his human form.
"We will just move on and leave them to it" Yaru decides.
"You seriously expect us to believe you're not going to tell the Yakuza about where we are?" Byakuran asks pessimistically. Though it is morbid he considers the option of killing the pair, it certainly seems within their capabilities right now.
"You can believe what you want" Yaru yells.
Sakura tugs on her senior's sleeve much like she used to when the pair were much younger. "Hey, if they don't believe us why not sweeten them on us using that secret".
"Secret?" the green haired fighter looks questioningly and his friend, "Oh that secret, well I doubt they trust enough". He yells the last part as if to coax the mafia into asking. It works.
"I don't know what secret you are talking about but trust or not I would like to hear it" Yamamoto shouts.
"It's not up to you, the choice is ours" Sakura venomously shouts.
"It could be interesting to tell them" Yaru scratches his chin, "Who knows, maybe one day we will be able to stop all the running away".
"Then let me do it" Sakura says, "There is a resistance base somewhere in the USA, if you want you could try finding that".
Yamamoto starts, "A resistance base, does that mean there is a full resistance movement".
"You should see it in Japan, there are suicide bombings nearly every day, of course you never hear that in the news" Yaru drops this bomb on Yamamoto. "The resistance movement there is believed to be led by the Chiavarone family and Hibari Kyoya".
"Dino… Hibari…".
"Still the suicide rate is at an all-time high" Yaru continues, "It's not just because of the bombings, the regime in Japan is horrendous, the slavery, the torture, I wouldn't be surprised if your mafia friends had already killed themselves".
Yamamoto clenches his fists tightly as he thinks about his long term friends. Dino had helped him and his friends greatly as they learnt what it meant to be mafia and Hibari was the strongest of all the guardians before he had become the Millefiore boss. Now they were living through such hardship.
"I think we have given them enough help for now" Sakura notes.
"You're right" Yaru nods, "Bye now, swordsman".
The former Yakuza pair disappear with great speed, some of the men and women of the Millefiore family couldn't even see them move, it just looks like they vanished.
"So" Byakuran turns to his boss, "What do we do with that information".
The Egyptian Roads
The travelling group consisting of Tsuna, Ellen and Squalo are in an old car on the treacherous roads of Egypt. While the rural roads leading to Sudan are not as dangerous as the city roads where three lane roads are driven as if they have five lanes, the danger of the Yakuza is still ever present.
"Voi, you have a smug look on your face boss, did you make a breakthrough" Squalo shouts, as if he is not sat within a meter of the 10th.
"I have enhanced the storm element of my sky flames" Tsuna smiles.
"GOOD GOING".
"That means you have awakened half of them" Ellen says, recalling Gokudera's lectures about the various elements that constitute the sky.
"But there is something more important you have to confirm" Squalo looks Tsuna straight in the eye, "Was your theory correct, was your increase in strength greater than last time".
"Yes" Tsuna confirms the speculation, "Yes it was".
Ellen laughs cheerily at this information. Why wouldn't she, after all this means that by the time Tsuna has strengthened every element of the sky his power will have increased enormously, perhaps he truly will be able to defeat Honda.
"That's the way boss" Squalo declares, "We can do it, we can really do this".
"Of course we can" Ellen takes her turn at shouting, "That was the plan from the beginning, that bastard Honda will die and humanity will rise from the ashes".
"Damn right" the Varia's rain officer nods.
The 10th Vongola boss chuckles to himself, "Calm down guys, we have a long drive to get to the next hideout".
"Who wants to be calm right now boss?" Squalo rhetorically asks, "For the first time it's truly within reach, all we have to do is keep going".
"But it's still the same as before, all we have is hope, hope that it will be enough".
Tsuna looks into the sunny sky as he considers all the stories he has heard of the others. While it seems that Reborn and Basil died in the war Enma has never been confirmed to be dead. It seems that Dino and Hibari went to Japan and that the Vongola guardians may have followed suit.
It is all just speculation though as far as the guardians go. Tsuna feels a moment of heartache as he thinks about them, his little brother, his sworn brother, his wife, it's been so many years. Are any of them still alive and if so what are they like now.