Author's Note:
I'm going to be replying to the reviews at the bottom of the chapter, that way you can skip it if you want. Anyway thanks again for reading, if you're new thank you for coming and hope you enjoy, I kinda rushed the editing so bear with me please me please.
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A large circle was made in the field, the lines intersected and intertwined with each other making intricate and complex patterns on the ground. Adults, representing all the tribes including the arcobaleno, lined the circle creating a protective barrier around the circle. A group of children huddled together in excitement just outside the ring as they whispered excitedly to each other, at least some of them.
"It's time." Luce's voice rang out as she lifted her arms up. "Today we have come to initiate these young ones into adulthood. Be warned that not all have survived the inheritance, if you feel like waiting speak now" Luce paused watching the young group as she waited for any response, when she saw none she continued on, "I will now call each of you into the circle, one at a time, and it will be up to you whether or not you proceed into the next stage."
The ring of people backed away from the circle in preparation as Luce called out the first name, "May Hibari Kyoya step forward."
Hibari stepped from the group and into the circle, the lines started to glow under his foot spreading along their path until the whole circle glowed in a purple shine. Purple flames burst from his body, engulfing him and reaching high into the sky as they continuously flowed from him. Suddenly the flames grew thicker and then slowly they died away, shrinking back into Hibari's body once more. Once the flames disappeared from sight everyone could see the changes that occurred, including the fact that he was bare like a babe. Hibari's body had become taller reaching to 6ft, his wings had grown to an impressive 23 ft. wingspan, his physique toned and lithe and his face became more angular.
Hibari started to walk to his tribe when something squeaked. He looked down and noticed a small hedgehog, with large metal spikes covering its body, a small smile worked to his face as picked it and continued walking.
"Roll." Hibari muttered to the creature as he arrived at his group. They quickly hung a cloak on his shoulders as he settled in, gently stroking the newly named Roll.
"Will the next challenger step forward?" Luce's voice rung out, snapping the children from their daze.
"Ahaha that was so cool Hibari, I wonder what will happen to me?" Yamamoto cheerily said as he walked into the circle. Soft blue light erupted from him pouring into the sky and softly cascading down on everyone, bringing peace to everything it touched.
Soon the light tapered off revealing a Yamamoto kneeling on the ground, he heavily panted trying to regain his breath. His newly toned muscles heaved at the exertion from the transformation and he wobbled a bit as he tried to stand up. Slowly trying to regain balance to his new body, which had grown to an impressive 6ft. 3, and noticed something out of the corner of his eye.
A dog sat to the right of him, panting heavily, as a small flutter on his head revealed a small swallow sitting comfortably on the dog's head. They both stared at Yamamoto before he burst out laughing, sleek tail wagging back and forth.
"Let's have a lot of fun together, eh Jirou and Kojirou?" Yamamoto laughed as he started to head to his own family tail, his tail wagged in happiness.
"Che, weakling." Gokudera scoffed as he stomped into the circle, it only took a second before red light burst from the circle. Scarlet flames exploded from him, shooting wildly then exploding in bursts of red. As the fireworks of flames died, Gokudera could be seen swaying were a small smile grew. He had grown to a 6ft., his muscles were not bulging but defined, and his ears and tail have become longer and sleeker losing all previous fluff.
Gokudera almost fell over when a weight thudded against him, shocked when a soft tail brushed against him. He turned his head and saw a medium sized cat with leopard spots sitting on his shoulder, looking content, as it rubbed its face against his own.
He blushed lightly and muttered lowly "…Stop Uri, "as he walked towards his family. His arm stretched out to receive the cloak his family held out to him. He quickly covered his body, careful of his new companion, and turned to watch the rest of his "friends" become adults themselves.
"We need to finish quickly, before it gets dark." Lucy announced worriedly as she watched the sun's progress. "Hurry now, may the next challenger step forth."
"I'm here to the extreme!" Ryohei shouted as he rushed into the circle. Bright yellow flames tidal waved out, washing everything in a cloak of gentle warmth. When the flames died, Ryohei stood at an immense 6ft 5 and had large muscles that spoke of his strength. His ears became smaller and his once fluffy tail was now just a small stub covered in short smooth hair. He quickly jabbed the air a few times before running to his family.
"I feel stronger to the extr-" Ryohei yelled before being knocked to the floor by a heavy weight. "That extremely hurt." He mumbled from the ground, looking up he saw a giant kangaroo sitting on his back. It looked down on him before it hopped off and helped him up, large cannons on its back shifted as it moved. Ryohei noticed the boxing gloves it wore and grinned as he slapped it on the back.
"I like your gear Kangaryuu, let's spar to the extreme!" Ryohei shouted in glee as the pair walked together to his own family. Kangaryuu looked at him and smiled, as he threw a couple of punches in agreement.
"Kufufufu, I guess this means it's finally my turn." Mukuro chuckled as he made his way to the center of the circle. An indigo flame light from him and crawled of everyone and thing, it obscured everyone's vision until the flame's mist lifted to reveal an entirely different view.
Mukuro's pineapple hair was the same in the front put there was along ponytail at the nape of his neck that reached the small of his back. His feline ears had grown black tufts on the end and his tail had elongated almost reaching his feet, he also had a large growth spurt shooting up to an impressive 6ft 3. Lastly, his body transformed into a muscular lean form, losing all traces of baby fat.
A beautiful snowy white owl landed on his shoulder, it gave a gentle hoot before swiveling its head around to survey its surroundings. Mukuro chuckled again before he walked back to his small tribe, heterochromatic eyes shined with mirth at his new addition.
"We'll have a lot of fun won't we Mukurou? Kfufufu." He chuckled as he patted the owl on the head, waiing for the ceremony to end.
Lucy clapped her hands and addressed everyone "I want to thank you all for coming, it's been an extremely blessed year to have every challenger survive. Let us rest and then celebrate!"
Everyone walked into the forest, congratulating each of the new adults along the way, making their way to the hidden village. The walk was brutal to the new adults, each feeling the effects of the rapid growth they undertook. When the village came into sight they couldn't be happier to see it. Each individual group walked to their designated area sat down, enjoying getting off their feet.
As the festivities were getting prepared, the five newly crowned adults were bonding with their new companions. Each one smiled as their flame animal's personality came out the more they interacted with each other.
As the sun set in the horizon, casting a deep orange red glow across the sky, all the different groups worked their way to the center of the village, were a large area was cleared. Pillows were placed in a large circle, were food lined the inside making sure everyone had something to munch on. As they filed in going to their respective places, noise filled the air as questions were asked about the different situations of each individual group.
All of the new flame animals paused suddenly and looked to the sky, back towards the clearing they were born in. When everything was engulfed in orange flame, nothing was spared as pulses of acceptance and love pulsed within everything it touched. Shock ran through the group for a second then they sprang into action running in the direction were the flame originated from.
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As soon as the group left into the forest Tsuna crept his way towards the circle. He watched the forest as the sun further pass the horizon, washing the area into night. When he could no longer hear the voices of the group, he got up and looked at the circle.
"You can do this Tsuna, complete this and you'll finally get a friend and no one can boss you around."Tsuna muttered and took a large breathe. He took his first step into the circle and hesitated before continuing on until he came to the center. He sighed before looking to the sky, when a searing pain over took him. He gasped as pain raked his body, orange light spilled from within him tearing out of him and bursting into the sky. His back felt like it was about to split, a pressure building between his shoulders before erupting from his back. He collapsed from the pain as a heavy weight settled on his back, he shifted and saw white wings surrounding him. His surprise was short lived when more pain racked his body before centering on the small of his back and his ears. He let out a soundless scream as he could feel himself be torn and stretched until the pain erupted in one final burst before simmering away to a full body throb.
Tsuna curled into himself shuddering in pain as his body throbbed, he was brought out of it when he felt a small nudged and a lick. Unfurling himself he looked to where he felt the nudge, a small lion cub sat in front of him. It sat there staring at him innocently, its mane and tail made of sky flames flicked in the dying light, a metal visor sat on its head shielding it's eyes from the sun's setting light. Cautiously, it nudged Tsuna again before mewling at him in concern. Tsuna weakly smiled and sat up, he brought the young cub closer to him before snuggling his face in its mane.
"Thank you, Natsu. We'll be the best of friends I know it." He mumbled before darkness overtook him, casting him off into a deep sleep. The orange flames slowly died out taking the light with it and casting the world into the inky darkness of night. Natsu mewled once before he cuddled into Tsuna, warmth radiated stronger from his mane, as Tsuna's newly acquired tail wrapped around the cub and brought him closer.
The two laid comfortably in each other until footsteps and voices in nearby bushes had Natsu perking up, ears swiveling around to capture the noises. As the footfalls came closer and the voices nosier Natsu got up and stood protectively in front of Tsuna, growling at the foreign people and ready to attack at the nearest sign of threat.
Soon the bushes parted and villagers poured into the clearing, each giving guesses to what could have caused such powerful sky flames. They were shocked to see a blood drenched Tsuna laying on the ground, none less to have see him acquired a set of ears and tails and even a pair of white wings. They started to move closer till they noticed the growling from Natsu. Luce pushed her way to the front and gasped at the sight of Tsuna, her eyes misting the longer she looked.
"Little one, will you let me pass? I want to make sure that he is ok and look over the wounds he has." Luce spoke as watched Natsu, she stood motionlessly as she waited for approval from the small cub. He looked bored into her eyes, orange clashed with blue, till he stopped growling and slowly stepped away from Tsuna.
"Thank you, I promise to be quick." Luce smiled as she gently knelt next to the prone form. She softly ran a hand through his hair and whispered "Idiot," before looking him over for the extent of his wounds.
A soft pair of blood speckled chestnut cat ears sat on his head, they flickered softly at the low murmuring of the surrounding people. As her hands trailed lower she gently touched the split skin where the pinkish wings erupted from Tsuna's back, blood sluggishly leaked from his back bringing a frown to her face. Lastly she lowered her hand to inspect his lower back, were a matching cat tail protruded from. The fur was wet and clung in clumps from the drying blood, and the skin looked like the tail punched its way out of him.
Luce looked over the damage and sighed sadly, this would leave scars but it would be the least of Tsuna's troubles if left untreated. She stood up shakenly before turning to the crowd behind her, looking closely at every person before sighing heavily.
"Takeshi, could you come over here? I need your help." Luce asked before turning back to Tsuna.
He pushed through the crowd before he stopped directly in front of her, he glanced quickly towards Tsuna before slowly replying, " Of course Luce anything for you."
"Thank you, could you pick him up and carry him back to the village for me? Just be careful, the trial took a lot out of him." Luce said as she stood up herself and started the long walk back.
Yamamoto bent down and gently picked up Tsuna being careful of all his new appendages. He cradled the smaller body closer to his body when a violent shiver raked the younger's form. Tsuna sighed as he warmed slowly warmed up and snuggled closer into Yamamoto's body, resting his head underneath Yamamoto's chin.
The sweet scent that wafted from Tsuna caused Yamamoto to blush lightly as he walked, his blush soon turned scarlet when a smooth tail wrapped around his own. He stumbled slightly as he walked on, a large goofy smile spread across his face.
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A man tore through the castle, his footsteps echoed loudly through the barren building, when he finally came to massive gilded door with intricate carvings. He banged on the door, waiting for entrance, when the door opened he rushed in and bowed before a massive throne.
"Sire! We've finally found him." The man panted out, never leaving his spot.
"Huuu, is that right? I guess we'll have to see if he's like what the legends say. Hehehe." The shadowy man laughed, crossing his legs as he sat on the throne. He looked down at the man and smirked, "Be a dear and bring him to me, just remember there's no such thing as failure."
"Y-yes sir!" The bowed man before he ran back out, running in the direction of where the sky flames originated. The doors slammed shut behind the man leaving the throne room cast in darkness once more.
"Soon we'll be together once more, just wait a little longer. Hn." The figured mussed quietly, getting up from his throne and walked out. "Soon."
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Foxluna: Hopefully you won't figure it out too easily, lol. It would be bad if you figured it out and maybe mean they're just objects lol.
BlackShadow1: I'm happy you find this interesting, I'm hoping to be posting every two weeks at the most. If I have time sooner than that.
Takatou: I've planned to write some juice later on, can't just jump straight into it unfortunately. I've made this over 1k longer than normal is that any better lol? I'll see if I can write more than this next time too, so the chapters get longer as it progresses. Sorry for the confusion about the ages. They're technically only ten but the ceremony ages them physically and mentally. I'll cover more on it later on, don't worry.
Karazypeople: Lol sorry I gave you that impression, didn't say anything wrong I was just really busy. Hopefully you can tell I'm getting better.