THE RAINBOW FLAME WAR – THE FINAL FLAME
At the Glass Barrier
Honda and the million have stopped pushing on the glass barrier. It would be too late to prevent anything now, they simply remain still, wherever they are stood and look towards Sawada Tsunayoshi who has just gone into the minus state. The minus state has always brought out great results, custom, first edition, serene edition, rage edition yet never has it been used on a flame such as this. What will happen.
"Nothing…" Haru mutters, shocked about the lack of reaction considering the years of work she put into the flame. "Nothing is happening".
Many people share Haru's feelings, upset that nothing is happening but Honda doesn't share their reaction. He is upset for an entirely different reason, shaking his head side to side in small arcs he feels what is coming. 'This can't seriously be about to happen'.
Then a rainbow flame appears within Tsuna's aura. It is the same size as before but each and every one of the colours burns with much greater intensity than previously. This is not the same flame; this is an entirely new flame.
Tsuna opens his mouth and despite his whisper he uses his flame to project his voice to every one of the million gathered.
"This is the flame of a million hearts".
Yaru nods to his sister who makes the barrier disappear. The resistance members, the rebelling Yakuza, the mafia with years of service, they all cheer and dance around with joy. There is a look of certainty on the boss' face, one that says he truly believes he will win.
Honda grinds his teeth together, although he can feel the power radiating from his mafia sourced nemesis he refuses to believe that he can be beat. He launches towards Tsuna and punches him in the head.
Tsuna's flame disappears.
He begins to fall back down towards the ground.
The resistance members all stop cheering and their jaws are held agape. Surely in their minds there is no way that Tsuna would reveal such a power increase and go down with only a single hit. Even before he was managing to hold his own against Honda when using overdrive.
The Vongola boss, the 10th is not one to disappoint.
He stops falling backwards through the air and clenches his fists.
The flame returns.
The crowd below begins to cheer with euphoria once again. Despite taking a full force hit from the leader of the Yakuza, their leader is still alive and fighting.
"This is impossible… a technique stronger than overdrive doesn't exist" Honda proclaims as he looks into the unwavering eyes of Sawada Tsunayoshi. "IT DOESN'T EXIST".
Honda continues to let his temper get the better of him he throws consecutive punches as hard as he can only for Tsuna to casually block each and every one of them before catching the last one.
With Honda's fist firmly in hand Tsuna taunts him, "Is this the power… is this the power of a god?".
"I AM A GOD… THIS IS THE POWER OF A GOD".
"I see" Tsuna smiles lightly, "Then this flame is the voice of my friends from beyond the grave". With that declaration Tsuna punches Honda hard in the chest, sending the Yakuza leader hurtling through the air.
Honda makes himself big to slow his momentum before refocusing his gaze, he cannot see Tsuna. Something that terrifies him happens, someone places a hand on his shoulder. A quick look identifies the man in question as Sawada Tsunayoshi.
The elderly boss swings his fist behind him in an attempt to decapitate the younger boss. Tsuna dodges the punch though and proceeds to once more hit Honda with his full strength, this time blasting him backwards by punching his face.
Honda resolves to reduce the amount of angles Tsuna can attack from by landing on the ground with his back to the smoking crater and his front facing towards the resistance.
"It's impossible, impossible, this is simply impossible" the old man shouts.
As Tsuna lands before Honda the Yakuza boss continues to shout and scream, "I'm going to end you for what you have done… how dare you… how dare you lay your hands on god".
"Who are you to talk" Tsuna shouts in reply, "For all you have done, to the people of the world, to your own followers, even to your own daughter".
"Honda, I'm the one who is going to end you".
"I've heard enough talk" Honda decides as he gathers flames on his fist, this is the technique he has always used with the most murderous intent, a technique that drives fear into the hearts of so many.
Tsuna begins to activate his countering attack, he begins to charge his X-Burner. His body shakes as the absurd amount of power he now wields passes into the system designed to help him defeat Byakuran so long ago.
"This is divine judgement upon you" Honda shouts as he punches the air before him, sending a huge flame that travels towards Tsuna.
"And this is humanities on judgement of you" Tsuna replies as he too unleashes his ultimate attack into the space before him.
The two flames clash, there is no drawn out power struggle or shouting, it is a simple to the point result.
X-Burner travels on as if unimpeded.
Tsuna's flame wins the clash.
The flame engulfs Honda's body which gradually turns from pale white to a charred block, lines of orange flame drawn over his body.
'I… I lost' he realises as he disappears into the flame.
Huge cheers begin to appear within the crowd at different distances from the battle as the mafia officers inform the rebels of what has happened. They have clashed in an ultimate power struggle.
Tsuna won.
"He did it" Kyoko ecstatically shouts as she hugs Bana, the clone created by Honda, "He really did it".
"I can't believe it" Bana mutters as he hugs his wife tightly.
Elsewhere amongst the billion Enma is surrounded by people hugging, shouting and cheering yet he falls to his knees, happy tears in his eyes. "Basil… Reborn… are you watching this".
"Tsuna got justice for you".
Tsuna turns away from Honda's burning body and begins to walk back towards the resistance members, in the direction he can clearly see his wife running towards him.
"You did it Tsuna…" she begins before gasping.
Tsuna's flame disappears and he begins to fall forward, is if he has lost control of all his muscles.
"TSUNA" Dokuro shouts before she runs too and catches her falling husband.
The 10th chuckles, "Don't worry, I will be fine, I'm just a bit tired".
Dokuro hugs her husband tightly, thinking of all he has had to sacrifice to make it to this point. She thinks of all the times everyone insulted him, all the times they told him he couldn't do it, all the adversity and yet here he is in her arms. The man who freed humanity.
"Did I do it?" he asks, "Did I really do it?".
"Yes, you did it" his wife smiles in reply, "You definitely did it".
The Vongola guardians watch the couple from nearby, also thinking of what they have had to go through. Considering how many years Tsuna and Dokuro have been a couple they haven't been granted as much time together as they deserve. The guardians all resolve in their hearts to take as much work away from them as possible from now on.
"Kyoya" Dino begins.
"We can afford to be sentimental this once" Hibari interrupts Aron's other father by saying. He hugs Dino tightly, "He did it Bronco".
"Yeah, he really did didn't he".
"TO HELL WITH YOUR CELEBRATIONS" comes a voice laden with coughs. A voice that sends many people into wide eyed panic. "YOU THINK I'M DEAD" the voice comes with more coughs.
Honda is still alive.
"HE'S STILL ALIVE" Dino shouts.
"Everyone relax" Yamamoto says quickly, not wanting panic to spread to the rest of the million if at all possible. He is right to be relaxed though, Honda is already on death's door, it is a miracle he is still alive. "It's simple to kill him now".
Kara looks up from the floor at the man who defeated her. "Then hurry up… do it".
Yamamoto nods as he walks over to Honda. Byakuran quickly realises what he intends and turns into Excalibur before flying neatly into the rain guardian's hands. The aforementioned rain guardian then lifts the sword in his hands above Honda's head.
The Yakuza boss laughs deeply, "Since I first created Varon, the prefect insane warrior, I realised that was the Yakuza's future".
"Did you really think Lucy was the first attempt after him I made at doing that, do you think I would only create another one now".
"I'll grant you Lucy was by far the strongest but there are plenty of weaker ones left and you don't have the power within you to take them on".
"If I die all of you are coming to hell with me".
Tsuna closes his eyes tightly, even after defeating Honda there is still more. "No…" he mutters, "We have come so far".
Ellen turns to her daughter, "Kara is what he says true".
"It is" the former Yakuza confirms, "We are all going to die here".
A few people with bodies covered in tattoos arrive, clearly these are Yakuza officers. They still seem to retain their loyalty to Honda from the way they bow before him. These people are evidently still sane though, they can't be the warriors he is talking about.
Honda laughs, "They are here".
He continues to laugh as he looks at the ones kneeling before him, "What are you waiting for, now that you're here?".
"Direct the insane ones".
"Kill them all".
The officer holds his head in shame, "Sir they have... they have…".
"Spit it out" Honda shouts angrily.
"THEY HAVE ALL BEEN DEFEATED".
"What" the Yakuza boss exclaims, "How can that be".
Before his very eyes appears a dark coloured flame, engulfing the Yakuza officers in front of him as if it is nothing.
"Don't get me wrong" a voice comes from the same direction of the flame, "This doesn't make me your friend".
Enma gasps as he sees the newcomer, he is leading a group of Arcobaleno, the Arcobaleno he believed a few seconds ago had met their end in Australia.
A rather tall crazy looking man with a large black hat stands at the front of this group. The man who could perhaps be argued to be the strongest Arcobaleno of them all.
"You're…" Tsuna starts.
"BERMUDA".
The leader of the Vendicare smiles, "I just remembered that I am mafia too".
Honda grinds his teeth, angry that such a thing could happen. How strong would one have to be to defeat all of the insane ones? Who is this man who just appeared proclaiming himself mafia? He is clearly stronger than most of those in the great seven mafioso.
Somehow despite being stuck laying on the ground Honda manages to activate the power called overdrive.
"I will… I will… I will kill you all" he shouts through coughs.
Bermuda uses his power of teleportation, appearing next to Honda and immediately stamping on his chest, causing the Yakuza boss to let out a mouthful of blood and lose his power of overdrive.
"You have my apologies" Bermuda begins, "This war belongs to the Mafia".
"Damn you…. Damn you all… DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM" Honda curses.
"You are god right" smiles Yamamoto.
Dokuro helps Tsuna to limp over to his nemesis of the last several years. Tsuna stands looking pitifully down at the burnt Honda, who has been totally and utterly defeated.
"Yeah, this man calls himself god".
"Well I think the heavens have been sent a clear message on this day".
"Humanity is ready to stand on its own two feet".
Tsuna nods gently to Yamamoto.
Yamamoto lowers Excalibur decapitating Honda.
Honda is dead.
The millions cheer ecstatically. There is no doubt this time, there will be no emerging from the smoke, no more somehow surviving and more little tricks for the Yakuza. The Yakuza over.
The mafia has won.
Tsuna whisper something in his wife's ear. "Does this mean… I can finally have a nap".
"Yeah, you can sleep now".
That is just what Tsuna does. It's just like that day after he fought the Varia right back at the beginning of his journey.
He sleeps like he is dead.