THE RAINBOW FLAME WAR – WE ARE HUMANS
The Dining Room, Yakuza HQ
Honda sits comfortably in a chair at the end of a long table. The old man smiles at the slaves around him, each entirely subservient to him and his every whim. He is so close now to being the god he desires, there is only one thing that could ever threaten him. The leader of the Mafia, Sawada Tsunayoshi.
The Yakuza boss gazes down at the meal before him, it's Moroccan he is told. He cares little for world geography or what food came from where, in his mind all that matters is that the food tastes nice and therefore it is his right as a god to eat it. Whether a meal comes from Italy or Brazil, China or Mexico makes no difference, countries are small talk, gods deal in worlds.
"GOD" a shout comes from outside the door.
The door flies open; so hard the top hinge comes loose from the frame. In this room any damage is expensive, an offence punishable by death to anyone other than the Yakuza leaders. Fortunately for the one who broke the door, she is one of the aforementioned leaders.
It is the one who wields Clarent, Kara.
"How dare you interrupt me" Honda snarls angrily at his underling, "Can't you see I'm in the middle of eating. Who in their right mind interrupts a god when they are eating".
"It's the mafia, they are attacking" the blonde shouts.
The Yakuza's leader shakes his head. During the last few years there have been so many mafia attacks on this place. Hibari Kyoya led one once, one of the most powerful mafioso outside of the 'great seven', yet he was unable to harm a single one of the leaders.
Kara shakes her head, "This is not like the other attacks, they are not being led by Hibari Kyoya".
"Then who are they being led by" the boss looks curiously at his servant.
"They are being led by…".
"… Sawada Tsunayoshi himself".
The wrinkled eyes of the old man open widely. "WHAT".
For years now the mafia boss has been on the run, attempting to train for periods of five minutes at a time. Honda had never allowed him time to make any progress, it should have been impossible to make enough progress before Tsuna died of old age. Yet now the mafia boss dares to launch an attack here, the most secure place in the world. What the hell is going on.
Honda runs towards the wall before flying straight through it at high speed. Kara follows closely behind as the duo fly high into the air. The wind blows flow the tied hair of Kara as she desperately tries to keep up with the man she has acknowledged as god. Never has he been this desperate, never has he had this sense of urgency, is this time really different.
Below is an army, a resistance army. It is huge, greater than any ground force that Honda has ever seen. This wouldn't be saying much for your average warrior yet Honda has lived through much of Japan's history, he has seen wars thought on a massive scale, both nationally and internationally. This force however, it must surpass one million strong.
Kara gapes in awe at the resistance army. She has never seen a force so strong, she knew that the resistance was attacking yet had no idea that the number would be so great. She looks to the side at her god, as if looking for reassurance but finds none. Instead she looks up to his head and traces his gaze.
Honda is not looking at the resistance force below.
Honda is looking at the man floating above the resistance.
Honda is looking into the eyes, of Sawada Tsunayoshi.
The Yakuza boss grinds his teeth and clenches his fists, not daring to avert his attention from his greatest threat. Floating not too distantly from him is the last thing that can stop his ascension to godhood.
Tsuna has doesn't grind his teeth or clench his fist but he does keep his eyes wide open. Those wide eyes are looking straight into the iris of his Yakuza counterpart. He would be shaking with rage but there is one thing stopping him, an unwavering focus.
Suddenly the ultimate flame appears around Tsuna, both Honda and Kara can feel such a strong power from such a close range. The increase in Tsuna's power doesn't stop there however, the ground begins to shake as the ultimate flame shows some signs of metamorphosis.
"Impossible, he has something even greater than the ultimate flame". Kara waits for a moment, glancing at the man floating before her, then she comes back to reality, there is no time to waste. "God, attack him, don't let him do whatever he is up to".
The resistance member with the greatest eyesight, Vongola Bana, watches the confrontation keenly. He watches as the self-proclaimed god of this world launches from his resting position, approaching Tsuna rapidly. He watches as his boss, the Vongola boss, the Mafia's boss slowly cycles through the various elements of the sky in order to power up. He comes to a shocking conclusion.
"He won't' make it".
At the rate Honda is approaching, Tsuna won't be able to use the ultimate flame.
'You should have powered up before getting here' Honda concludes within his own mind as he nears the Vongola boss, 'Your weakness is the human habit you described yourself'.
Honda swings his fist towards Tsuna, a punch that could destroy a mountain.
'No, you're the one who is suffering from bad human habits' Tsuna thinks as if he can read Honda's mind.
The flame around the Vongola boss no longer changes slowly, although only three of the six elements have appeared within his aura the next three appear instantaneously.
He was charging slowly on purpose.
Bana gasps as Tsuna quickly throws his fist into a collision with Honda's. A huge collision, a force that could shake the world is exerted by both men. The one who comes out on top in this fateful collision, is the Vongola boss.
Honda is sent flying back into the slave encampment, his body like a bullet propelled from a gun.
Bana lowers the bow from his eyes and grips hold of his wife's hand. "Tsuna overcame him, in their first test of brains and brawn".
"This is it" the sun policewoman nods in reply, "All those years of work. The boss is really going to save us".
"EVERYONE" the boss yells from the air above the resistance. He uses his dying will flame on his throat, projecting his voice so that all of the million plus freedom fighters can hear him, "I have something to say".
"This is the day when we have all gathered in the final act of defiance, the final stand against those who proclaim themselves gods".
"But let me say this, do we stand here today as gods… as gods fighting gods?".
"NO, we stand here today as HUMANS. WE ARE HUMANS FIGHTING GODS".
"Today the Yakuza will know the fury of a million human hearts".
"We stand here not as Mafia, not as Yakuza, we stand here as HUMAN".
"We stand here not as man, not as woman, BUT AS HUMAN".
"We don't stand here Millefiore, Vongola, Arcobaleno or even as civilians".
"We stand here today as the free humans of Japan and of the world".
"Right now the Yakuza are gathering their forces to send out against us".
"These are as they have proclaimed, the forces of the heavens".
"A force that only a god could summon".
"So please, LET'S ALL FIGHT THEM TOGETHER".
A huge cheer comes from the million strong group below. Not all of these people have been active members of the resistance, a lot of them have been dormant, hiding for years waiting for Sawada Tsunayoshi to emerge. Now after so long of waiting, finally the man from their dreams has come to lead them into a battle that will decide the fate of every man, woman and child.
"This fight today is where we stand up to them, we stand up to the gods".
"We will look them dead in the face and tell them that we will fight them until the death".
"We are here to fight; we are not afraid".
"We are here today not because this is the day of the gods".
"Because this is the day… OF THE HUMANS".
Once more the crowd cheers while a blonde haired mafia boss looks proudly into the sky. This is one of the other bosses trained by the hitman tutor Reborn, Dino of the Chiavarone.
'Reborn would be proud of you Tsuna'.
Yamamoto wipes a tear from his eye, 'All those years ago, who would have thought that no-good Tsuna would lead a force of one million against the army of the gods?'.
'Go for it herbivore'.
"To all of you who are not afraid… FOLLOW ME". Tsuna flies head first into the slave encampment that has become the Yakuza's headquarters.
He leads the army of a million against the forces of heaven themselves.
A Small Room in the HQ
Lucy looks to the door to see a blonde woman she recognises as her ally. "Kara?" she says.
"The mafia have arrived" Kara dumbly states as she walks over and drags Lucy to her feet by the arm. "You are to kill Enma or you will receive the cane".
"NO CANE NO CANE".
"Go" Kara simply says. This causes Lucy to go into a panic and immediately use her glass to destroy the nearest wall, she desperately seeks out the one who must die, Enma.
Lucy flies frantically through the air, her head snapping to and fro between the million faces below her. Her search for Enma is just as frantic and disorganised as it was in Sydney. It is quite pathetic, however, someone arrives to alleviate that pathetic appearance. Someone standing a good distance behind Lucy, floating in the sky with a hammer on his shoulders.
The near-insane Yakuza rests her head on her shoulder as she looks behind her, "Enma?".
"Exactly" comes the reply as the red-haired Mafia boss angrily smashes Lucy down into the ground with a swing from his hammer.
It doesn't take long before Lucy emerges from the crater she created on impact, she is completely incensed, "KILL ENMA, KILL ENMA, KILL ENMA" she shouts as she sends massive amounts of glass shards towards her opponent.
Enma spins his hammer around, treating the action as if it is nothing while he uses his wrist as a pivot point. One after another the countless glass shards are knocked from the sky, it was impressive when Basil did it years ago with a staff but with a hammer it is so many times more difficult.
Enma charges Lucy as soon as she stops firing glass. Plummeting towards the ground and his psychopathic target. The aforementioned psychopath fires a long firm beam of glass towards Enma, seemingly no way to dodge it holding such a heavy weapon.
Lucy laughs euphorically, "Try dodging, try dodging, can't dodge, can't dodge".
Despite the massive weight of his weapon, Enma dodges as if it is nothing. This is the talent that only one other man has ever been able to cultivate. This is wielding the heavy as if it were light.
While Lucy adopts an expression of confusion Enma does not wait for her to compose herself, he swings his hammer at her head with his full power.
The ultimate dying will flame burns brightly around him, carrying on the will of the Arcobaleno and the Shimon. 'There is no dodging this one, take on the rage of my family'.
The raven-haired Yakuza creates a barrier above her just in time, the thick glass barrier collides with the hammer creating a loud shattering effect. Despite the barrier however, the hammer still passes through it.
Enma hits Lucy with a might slightly short of full power. Nevertheless, the impact is hard, driving Lucy back along the floor, skid marks where he feet have been fighting for grip can be seen in the dirty grassy surface.
"NO CANE, KILL ENMA, KILL ENMA, NO CANE" the crazed Yakuza chants her new mantra.
"I don't care what they told you Enma" begins, "You will pay for killing Basil, for killing Reborn, for killing the Shimon…".
"YOU WILL PAY FOR ALL OF MY DEAD COMRADES".