A/N: Sorry this is a bit late, I'm still getting over something. And I'm taking a week worth of antibiotics, ugh. Shizuka almost has a complete set of guardians with the exception of a stubborn Verde and a Sun. Then again I think Reborn has given her a phobia of them. And Shizuka actually uses her Sky flames for once.

For anyone wondering where Natsumi came from, she was name dropped a few times in earlier chapters. Officially she works as an inventor for Vongola and is Coyote's granddaughter.

To Hati: The answer to your question is sort of interesting. While Natsumi did meet Shizuka as a child, her visit only lasted a day or two. They kept in touch with letters or email but they weren't in the same country. She has to be near the person in order to draw on their flames and bond with them. The more guardians that provide her flames, the longer she can stay in a solid form. Tsuna's seal not only messed up his own flames, but Shizuka's as well.

And someone asked for a list of Tsuna's and Shizuka's current guardians. Tsuna still has his canon guardians, so here's Shizuka's.

Shizuka's Guardians

Rain: Daichi Miyamoto (archery captain and shrine assistant)

Storm: Natsumi (granddaughter of Coyote and inventor)

Lightning: (eventually) Verde

Cloud: Masahiro Hibari (Kyoya's older brother and heir to the Baku yakuza family)

Mist: Shamal

Sun: yet to be introduced

Confrontation

It was only a matter of time before the Varia found the Sawada household, it wasn't like Iemitsu had taken any precautions to hide his family. The closest thing to security was some traps that Reborn had set up. Xanxus didn't want to drag any civilians into the situation and had cursed Squalo out for waving his sword around like a moron. Squalo ended up having a minor concussion on top of the injuries he'd gotten from a territorial Cloud. It didn't make the decision to target Tsuna's youngest guardian the moral high ground but Lambo was born into a mafia family.

"Come on Verde, you don't have to be the actual Lighting guardian. Just a placeholder until Lambo gets older!" Shizuka exclaims, Verde's eyes narrowed. "I refuse. Instead of teaching the boy how to properly defend himself, you've been sheltering him too much. He is the weak link of the guardians." The Arcobalenco says bluntly, Shizuka winced. He did have a point, even if his delivery was harsh. Shizuka herself decided to be a placeholder as a Mist since she was still a Sky with her own guardians.

"Actually we could use that to our advantage and send some Mist constructs of Lambo around town. That way their forces would be all over instead of concentrated in one place." Natsumi suggests, getting tackled in a hug by Shizuka. "I knew there was a reason why I liked you!" She exclaimed. "How do you two even know each other anyways?" Tsuna asks. "I visited some relatives when I was a kid. She possessed one of my dolls as a prank." Natsumi says bluntly. "Ah, yes. And then the priest tried exorcising me and Daichi had to convince the man that I wasn't dangerous. We kept in contact through emails. Well, she and Daichi did." Shizuka says with a shrug.

"As amusing as that sounds, we need you to focus your mischief on the Varia." Reborn states, Shizuka gave him a mock salute. "I will make this my best haunting yet. Maybe I'll take over one of their men to cause some chaos as well, oh the possibilities!" Shizuka laughed. As long as it's focused on them and not us. Tsuna thought.

XoXoXoXoXo

Mukuro was already instructing Chrome how to create realistic clones of Lambo while Shizuka had shed her human form, not wanting to waste too much energy. They also managed to "convince" Verde to use his drones to keep an eye on the town. "Since you're already here, you might as well pull your weight." Reborn comments, Verde scoffed. "And why should I help you?" Leon morphed into a gun and Keiman hissed. "If you don't I'll shoot your hands. I'd say that's good enough motivation." Shizuka looked to Verde with sympathy. "That's how he got us into this mess as well. He's an asshole." She says bluntly. "I can still hear you."

The first members of Varia that Shizuka ran across were a blond Storm and a baby similar to Reborn and Verde. "Well, this is going to be more difficult than I thought." She mumbled, from what she could tell Mists were similar to psychics. When the hooded baby turned towards her, Shizuka knew that it was aware of her presence. She changed their normal meal from a regular sushi platter to a dish resembling Bianchi's own poison cooking with an eerie purple color and the scent of rotting flesh.

"What the hell?!" Belpahngor exclaimed, Mammon scowled. "It seems one of the brat's guardians has already located us." Mammon states, tentacles wrapping around the teen. Shizuka just raised an eyebrow, setting the illusion on fire. "Aw, how cute. I would have thought you assassins would have learned your place after the swordsman's run in with Hibari. I love new targets." She says with a grin, teleporting them all out of the shop.

Shizuka dropped them off at the Hibari estate, it was the only place she could fight someone without provoking the wrath of Kyoya. The cats she had taken care of starting to gather, sensing her flames. "You guys forgot something very important: you're only the visiting team. Christ, I'm starting to pick up baseball terms. I don't even like the sport!"

XoXoXoXoXo

By the time that Xanxus and his men had found a "defenseless" Lambo, Tsuna and his guardians were already on the scene. Xanxus turned to one of his subordinates. "Where's the Mist and Storm trash?" He demands. "They're both taking a nap right now. Turns out if you crank the harmony factor of Sky flames all the way up they act like Rain." Shizuka says with a grin, dropping the unconscious assassins on the ground. They were covered head to toe in scratches. Tsuna looked surprised. "Not what I asked for, but good job." Shizuka preened, going over to her brother and his friends.

Before Xanxus could shoot holes into Shizuka's body, Iemitsu intervened to the surprise of everyone. Shizuka was still glaring at the man, it looks could kill the man would have been dead several times over. "Shizuka, how about you check on the kids?" Tsuna suggests, she looked between Iemitsu and Tsuna. "But-" "He'll be fine, his guardians are here. You won't be needed until later." Reborn states. "You make me sound expendable." She grumbles, changing back to her flame self. She was a bit tired, she'd trust Tsuna to tell her what she missed tomorrow.

Taking the "Mad" Out of Mad Scientist

Shizuka looked over Verde's shoulder, wondering what the scientist was building. Using materials that had a green glow to them was never a good sign, especially when Verde was wearing a hazmat suit. "Do I even want to know?" Shizuka asks, noting the bags under the Lightning's eyes and creepy fidgeting. "I'm creating a device that will kill Arcobalenco slowly and painfully." He says monotonously, a mad gleam to his eyes.

Reborn finally pushed Verde to his limit. Shizuka thought. "Wouldn't that affect you too?" She asks. "If it'll bring those bastards down with me, so be it." Worried for his mental and physical health, she cranked up the harmony factor of her flames until Verde passed out.

She then took out her phone, calling Reborn. "Hey, could you ease up on Verde? He was trying to build a doomsday device to kill all Arcobalenco since you guys are assholes. Except Fon, he's a precious little angel and you can't convince me otherwise. And maybe Skull." There was silence. "Also, do you know how to safely dispose of radioactive materials?"