Marisay-chan writing again! Christmas is almost coming! I can't wait!
To treasure family: Ahaha sorry for taking this long. First question:Find out in this chapter! Second question: P-P-Pairings?! Ummm…I actually had not thought about it when I wrote the story…I…will think about it? *Tilts head*
To Final Syai Lunar Generation: Quite an interesting guess! Find out in this chapter!
To Rekishichizu: Thank you for answering the question! And I agree with you whole-heartedly!
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters, only the story! ^_^
In Italics are thoughts
In bold are flashbacks
*Within stars are cats talking*
"Italics within speech are talking from the other person on the phone"
~Story Starts~
"HIBARI!"
Everyone watched on with wide eyes.
*…* The orange cat narrowed his eyes, the flame on his paw dissolving.
Suddenly, the cat took out his paw and went above Kyoya's head. Using the bark as leverage, the cat gave a powerful kick to the side.
The kick landed halfway through the air, and a second later, Daemon was seen flying to the other side, far away from the place he originally stood.
"Daemon!" Knuckle quickly rushed towards Daemon, when he finally came to a stop. "Are you all right?"
"Nufufu…" Daemon wiped the blood that trickles down from his mouth to his chin with the back of his hand, while using his other hand on hold his left side, where it was kicked. "Not bad. He was able to see through the illusion at an instant."
"Don't talk! You have a broken rib!" Knuckle quickly heal him with his sun flames.
The orange cat landed back to the ground in front of Kyoya, who was turning mist-like. The moment he landed, the orange cat quickly moved away from the spot, just as lava erupted from there.
After the first one, lave shot up a second time when the cat landed on the ground, causing him to move to another spot. This continued for a while, before the erupting lavas surrounded the orange cat, leaving him at the center.
"Kufufu...you should take a look at your face now, little skylark." Mukuro appeared from behind the tree where the mist like Kyoya was, with the real Kyoya, who had a scowl on his face, leaning on his body for support. Chrome was beside them, holding onto her trident that was filled with indigo flames.
"...Be quiet before I bite you to death."
"I don't think you are in any condition to bite me, as you say." Mukuro walked to where the rest of them were, dropping Kyoya on Ryohei, seeing as Knuckle was busy with Daemon.
"So, mind telling us who you are, little Giotto look-alike?" Mukuro walked forward, taking his trident out as well, helping Chrome to stable the illusion.
"Oi, be careful. This cat fight just like Primo," Hayato warned them.
"Haha, tell us next time if you are going to use illusions. We thought that Hibari really got hit!" Takeshi grinned.
Kyoya narrowed his eyes, standing up wobbly, ignoring Ryohei's protests for him to stay down.
"…Able to take down the second strongest Vongola cat with a blast of flames. Easily dodges each bullet fired by Arcobaleno's Rain cat, said bullet was reaching to a speed of 3,200 feet per second…Hm, his skills are almost comparable to us, the Arcobaleno. From the kick he had unleashed on the Vongola Mist cat, taking into account of his size, the target of the kick, the force, velocity, distance…my, if he was anything bigger, the Vongola Mist cat would have more than just a broken rib. Very intriguing."
"Don't say that like it was nothing! And don't use your laptop in the middle of a fight!" Skull shouted at Verde, who had appeared out of nowhere and was continuously typing on his laptop.
"It's a good thing he is in his cat form then..." Fon narrowed his eyes.
"Well?" Mukuro asked again.
*...*
"Not willing to talk?" Mukuro smirked. "Let's do this another way then."
With that, the kanji numeral six, which was always seen on Mukuro's right red eye, changes to the kanji numeral three.
Suddenly, poisonous snakes appeared out of nowhere and started wrapping themselves around the cat's body, lifting him up into the air. One of the snakes bared its fangs at the cat's face.
However, despite the danger, the orange cat showed no signs of distress, merely staring at Mukuro.
Mukuro frowned at the lack of reaction.
"H-He's not even afraid!" Lampo gaped out, hugging Lambo close to him.
*...na...*
"Hm?" Mukuro narrowed his eyes at the cat.
*…Where is Tsuna?!* Orange flames burst out from the cat's body, causing shockwaves around the area.
Everyone raised their hands to block the strong gush of wind, trying to hold their ground.
"He's pumping out his flames like it's nothing, hey!" Colonnello gritted out as he tried to block the wind.
Lampo was holding on to Lambo, who was in the midst of flying away, while Skull was holding onto the ground desperately.
"What…power!" Asari kneeled down to have a better footing.
Verde was typing furiously, the wind rattling his laptop. As he continued, question marks started appearing all over his monitor. Verde looked up at the orange cat, who was still releasing his flames. "...There seems to be an unlimited amount of his flames...I could not even calculate it."
The shockwaves got so strong that Mukuro and Chrome were forced to release their illusions. The moment the illusions were gone, the cat headed towards Alaude and G, whom were far away from the others, still lying on the ground.
Alaude quickly got up from the ground and took out his handcuffs. Giving it a twirl, Alaude swung it towards the orange cat's body. Once it cuffed on one of the paws, Alaude snapped his fingers.
The cat hissed as the one handcuff were multiplied by tons more, barricading his whole body within it. Soon, there was just a ball of handcuffs in front of Alaude and G, the flames emitted earlier were gone.
Silence filled the place as everyone stared at the ball of handcuffs.
"…D-Did we get him?" Lampo asked shakily.
Fon blinked, sensing a shift in the air. He gasped. "Alaude, move away from there now!"
The warning came a bit too late. One moment, they were staring at the ball of handcuffs, and the next moment, Alaude was attacked straight in the stomach, forcing him to land a few meters away from G.
"Alaude!" G shouted, looking at Alaude, who was clutching on his stomach, trying to get back on his feet.
G whipped out his bow and pointed it at the orange cat, who was in front of him, the handcuffs in pieces around the cat.
He broke Alaude's handcuff with just brute strength!
The cat took one glance at him and, in a movement that G could not catch, kicked the bow far away.
Weaponless and defenseless, G could only raised his arms in a form of protection, just as the orange cat raised his paw.
Gasps and shouts of G's name were heard.
G closed his eyes.
...Damn it.
Suddenly, there was a swooshing sound beside him, followed by a loud thud.
...What?
G took a peek and opened his eyes in surprise, when he saw the orange cat was now on the ground, away from him.
"W-Wha-"
G felt something weighted his right shoulder, and turned towards the direction.
*Looks like I made it just in time.*
"Giotto!"
Giotto was standing on G's right shoulder, an orange flame burning on his forehead, his eyes had taken a darker shade compared to his original light-orange ones.
Giotto turned to G, seeming to be smiling, although it was hard to tell since he was in cat form. *Are you all right, G?*
"A-Ah." G stood up, slightly overwhelmed by the situation.
"Nufufu. Looks like Primo finally decided to appear," Daemon coughed, standing up with Knuckle's help. "Always have such a grand entrance, don't you?"
Giotto turned amused eyes to the indigo humanoid cat. *Apologies, I had a hard time coming here as I was injured-*
"What?! Where?!" G immediately grabbed Giotto by the arms and held him in front of him, looking him over with critical eyes.
*G-G! Let go of me!* Giotto struggled. *It was only a scratch. The main reason I had a hard time coming here was because of the illusion surrounding the place, I could not find the entrance without using my flames.*
"Illusion?" Hayato looked around, trying to find the said illusions.
"Kufufu…" Everyone turned to Mukuro. "…In order to prevent outsiders from coming in, Chrome and I surrounded the place with illusions."
Chrome nodded, coming to stand beside Mukuro.
"...Why didn't you just use your flames then?" Fon questioned.
"Um...guys? Sorry to interrupt you, but I think we should be focusing on something else instead..." Lampo pointed to where the orange cat was.
Everyone turned to the said cat, who was slowly standing up, staring at Giotto with loud growls.
"Gupyaa! Two Giottos!" Lambo yelled out.
Everyone looked between Giotto and his look alike, noting the similarity.
"Ahaha! So it was really not Giotto who did it then!" Takeshi smiled, only to get hit by Hayato, for making such a blunt statement.
Giotto blinked, *…Did it?*
G face-palmed, "…We will tell you another time, Giotto."
"…Hn." Alaude stood up shakily, still holding his stomach.
Giotto hummed and jumped to the ground, staring at his mirror image. "Tsunayoshi is not with all of you, is he?"
The orange cat flicked his ears at Tsuna's name, his growls got even louder.
"Come to think of it, he was suppose to be here..." Takeshi blinked, looking around.
"Where is Reborn and Mammon anyways, hey?" Colonnello followed Takeshi's action.
*...This is bad.*
"Eh?" Everyone looked at Giotto, who did not moved his eyes from the orange cat.
*He's looking for Tsunayoshi...and from his violent behavior, if he and Tsunayoshi meet up now…*
All of them stared warily at the orange cat.
The cat bared his teeth, *Where is Tsuna?! I...I just want to know where he is...*
Giotto narrowed his eyes at the sudden change of attitude. *Why are you looking for him?*
The cat snarled. *That is none of your business!*
"Watch your tone!" Hayato shouted, his dynamites in position.
The cat opened his mouth, ready to attack, when he sensed something near the trees. Turning his attention there, the cat narrowed his eyes, before sending a huge blast of orange flames towards that direction, destroying the trees and causing dust and smoke to surround the place.
"Wha-! Why did he do that for?!" Skull panicked.
"His senses are rather good."
*It's not that surprising.*
The dust and smoke slowly cleared up, revealing Mammon and Reborn. Tsuna, who was held by Reborn, currently had his head down, his expression invisible to the rest.
"Tch! Bad timing!" G quickly went to retrieve his bow.
The cat's eyes immediately zoom in on Tsuna. *Tsuna...*
Tsuna's ears twitched at the sound of his name and at the familiar voice. He raised his head.
Orange-slited eyes widened at the sight.
Tsuna had tears running down his furry cheeks. Every once in a while, he would hiccup, clearly distressed by something.
*B-Big Brother...* Tsuna sniffed. *M-My head hurts...*
*Dame-Tsuna...* Reborn growled out softly. *He's going to get wrong idea. Move, Viper!*
Mammon did as Reborn had commanded, just in time to avoid a kick that the orange cat delivered. Instead of continuing to attack Mammon, the orange cat pounced on Reborn, only for Reborn to move out of the way in time, bringing Tsuna along.
"Reborn! You got to get Tsunayoshi out of here, hey!" Colonnello called out. "Otherwise, he will hurt him!"
Reborn snorted, jumping into the air to avoid another stray kick. *Open your eyes, Colonnello. Does it look like he's going to harm Dame-Tsuna?*
"What?"
"...It's true, he have not use his flames at all when fighting Reborn," Fon observed the fight intently. "All the kicks he performed were very careful as well, unlike when he fought earlier…it was as if…"
*...As if he is afraid of harming Tsunayoshi,* Giotto finished. *Reborn, careful not to let him touch you! He's able to absorb your flames!*
Reborn narrowed his eyes at that, a bead of sweat appearing on his cheek as one of the kicks grazed him slightly, and he felt himself getting slightly worn out from just that. Reborn hissed, quickly trying to extend the distance between them, despite his shaking legs.
"Absorb…flame?" Knuckle turned to Giotto, eyes wide.
Giotto nodded, *I could not use my flames earlier because he absorbed it all when I fought him earlier. I took the time to recover my flames.*
"...I see! So that's why Hibari and Alaude were knocked down by just a simple hit!" Hayato hit his palm with his other fist in realization. "And here I thought it was because they are weak."
The two mentioned glared at Hayato, before turning back to the fight. Mammon floated behind them, watching the match as well.
"Is that why he is so powerful? Since he absorbed Giotto's flames and all," Fon frowned in thought.
All of them looked at each other.
Impossible could be interpreted as "I'm possible"
~With Reborn and the orange cat~
*B-Big brother!* Tsuna struggled. *L-Let go of me, Reborn!*
The orange cat appeared behind Reborn, about to strike him. However, Reborn swung Tsuna behind him, causing the orange cat to pull back, so he would not harm Tsuna.
The cat jumped backwards, flames slowly forming around him. *You...How dare you use Tsuna as a shield!*
Reborn stayed silent, breathing slightly hard.
Having my flames absorbed is not really helping...
*Big brother, why are you attacking them?* Tsuna looked at his brother pleadingly. *Please stop this!*
*They hurt you,* Came the reply.
*They did not! They helped me when I was shot!*
Reborn tensed as the orange cat froze up.
*...Dame-Tsuna, you should be glad that my hands are full now, otherwise I would have hit you over and over again.*
*Eh?* Tsuna blinked at Reborn. *What do you mean?*
*...Shot?* Tsuna's brother whispered. *…You were shot?* The flames around him suddenly grew, causing another shockwave through the area.
Reborn was forced to crouch down on the ground to prevent himself flying off. However, that was a mistake. Too distracted trying to stay on the ground, he did not have enough time to dodge the punch that came his way.
Reborn quickly let Tsuna go, and move in the same direction the punch was heading, therefore minimizing the damage. That punch still caused Reborn to slide along the ground for a couple of meters, his legs was supporting his body feebly.
Still too much...! He had absorbed my flames at the same time!
Reborn winced as pain erupted through his body. His eyes widened as Tsuna's brother rushed towards him, his paw filled with flames. Reborn's body glowed yellow, before it broke away halfway through.
Reborn hissed.
He took away a large amount of my flames away. I can't attack back.
Just as the punch was about to land on him, it was countered by another flaming punch. The orange cat snarled, jumping backwards, away from Reborn.
*...I own you one, Giotto.*
Giotto tilted his head in acknowledgment, the flame on his paw slowly dissolving. He then collapsed by Reborn's side, panting hard.
"Giotto!" G rushed up to them.
*I am fine. He just took away my flames,* Giotto huffed, the flames on his forehead disappearing.
Tsuna's brother hissed at them, before walking to where Tsuna was.
*Tsuna?*
*You shouldn't have attacked them...* Tsuna sniffed, lying at the same spot Reborn had left him. *They helped me.*
*...* The cat did not say anything, still walking towards Tsuna. *Come on, I will bring you away from here.*
Standing in front of Tsuna, he bent down to grab the small cat.
"...Capsule activate."
A wall of glass shot up between Tsuna and his brother.
*!*
The wall spread out and formed around the orange cat, closing in fast, and before either of them knew it, the orange cat was trapped in a cylinder-shaped glass.
*Big brother!* Tsuna panicked, thinking his brother was in danger.
The orange cat snarled at his prison, ramming his body on the glass, trying to break it.
"You might as well give up. That glass is made of a material stronger than Nickel alloys and Titanium alloys combined together." A man with blond hair, and a lollipop in his mouth, stepped forward. "Ah. It's also flame resistant," He added, seeing the orange cat is flaring his flames at the glass capsule.
*...You took your time.* Reborn said, looking at that man's direction.
"...Sorry. Thank you for buying us some time, Reborn." A person stepped out from behind the man, revealing to be Shoichi. "Thank you as well, Spanner."
The man, Spanner, merely hummed, looking at all the humanoid cat with little interest. He then locked his eyes on Giotto, going forward to examine him.
G tensed up. "...What are you doing?"
"Hm?" Spanner kneeled in front of Giotto. "He's the one then?" Spanner pointed at Giotto while looking at Shoichi.
Giotto and G blinked confusingly.
"Ah..." Shoichi responded, walking to Tsuna and picking him up, ignoring how his brother was banging on the glass.
*Shoichi-kun? Why are you locking big brother up?!* Tsuna was confused. *Please let him out!*
"...I will do that once he calms down, Tsuna," Shoichi told him, looking at container warily.
He turned to the others and sighed.
"I'm sure all of you have a lot of questions."
Impossible could be interpreted as "I'm possible"
~At the Arcobaleno and Vongola cat's house~
Luce and Yuni stared at the cat inside the capsule.
Tsuna's brother stared back at them.
The injured are being patched up at one corner, while Tsuna was scratching on the glass with his claws, making whimpering sounds as he goes.
*Do you want me to bite your ears, Dame-Tsuna?* Reborn showed his fangs. *Quit that before I do.*
Tsuna squealed, and stopped. The orange cat broke the stare to growl at Reborn.
"S-So? What's going on here?" Luce asked, glancing at the captured cat and at Spanner.
*...Aria?*
Everyone turned to the orange cat, surprised that he spoke.
"E-Eh?" Luce blinked. "H-How did you know that name?"
*You know Luce-san, big brother?* Tsuna tilted his head.
*...Luce?* Tsuna's brother blinked at Tsuna, before turning back to Luce and Yuni. *Ah...Her mother.*
"How did you know Aria?" Luce questioned, wondering how this cat knew her daughter.
*...* The cat turned to Tsuna. *How are you feeling?*
"It's like he had double personalities," Hayato twitched his eyebrows. "He was going on a rampage on us before, but when faced with that Tsunayoshi, he turned calm."
"Brotherly love to the EXTREME!"
"He's not Tsuna's brother," Shoichi cut in.
"Eh?" The humanoid cats stared at Shoichi.
The orange cat turned to Shoichi, who stared back tensely.
Tsuna's ears flopped down at that, before letting out a squeal when he was picked up.
*Let Tsuna go!*
Spanner ignored the brother, looking closely at Tsuna. Tsuna blinked confusingly, purring slightly when Spanner patted his head.
"...He really does not have any flames."
Shoichi thinned his lips. "...Actually he does, just not in the way you think."
"They successfully separated them then." Mammon commented, making several head swung to his direction.
*More like an accident,* Reborn corrected.
"Y-You two know about this?" Shoichi turned wide eyes at them.
Mammon scoffed. "Of course..." He turned his head away. "We were there after all."
*...*
*It would be good if some explanation is given,* Giotto voiced out everyone's curiosity.
"Y-Yes. Could you please tell us what's going on?" Luce asked Shoichi.
Shoichi sighed, "...So much for not getting all of you involved."
"They were involved right from the start."
"Spanner..."
Spanner shrugged at Shoichi's disapproval tone, going back to examine Tsuna.
"Then...first thing first." Shoichi went ahead and land a hand on the glass capsule. "All of you should know that this cat is not Tsuna's brother. His name is-"
*Natsu!* Tsuna provided happily. *Big brother's name is Natsu!*
Spanner blinked, "You actually thought of him as a separate entity and even given him a name?"
Tsuna tilted his head, *Natsu is Natsu.*
Spanner blinked again, before looking at Shoichi, who was frowning. "...Isn't that bad?"
Shoichi pinched the bridge of his nose. "Tsuna, please...he's not your brother."
Ignoring the slightly upset cat, he addressed to the rest, "His name is...Tsunayoshi."
"H-Huh?" Skull's jaws dropped. "They have the same name?"
"Well...some people have the same name…although Tsunayoshi is quite uncommon," Asari placed a finger on his chin.
"N-No, no, no. You have mistaken my meaning," Shoichi shook his hands. "What I'm saying is that...they are one."
"One?" Verde pushed his glasses up.
"Ah? You mean that, they are actually suppose to be one, but by some miracle, they separated?" Lampo raised a skeptical eyebrow.
G hit him on the head, "Don't say something so ridiculous!"
"I was just kidding!"
"...Ridiculous it may be, but it is the truth."
"What?" They turned to Shoichi in shock.
Shoichi nodded grimly. "Tsunayoshi in here," He tapped the capsule. "And Tsuna there," He gestured at the cat, who was still held by Spanner.
"...Are the same person."
~To Be Continued~
Whew! This chapter was really hard to write! I actually got stumped at some places! How was the fight scene? I hope it turned out all right…it sure was hard trying to get everybody in T.T
My my, the cat that attack them was actually not Tsuna's brother, but Tsuna himself? What is going on? How is that possible? Also, who exactly is this Aria, besides her being Luce's daughter? How did Tsunayoshi, or Natsu, as Tsuna said, know about her?
Omake:
"Ahaha! So it was really not Giotto who did it then!" Takeshi smiled, only to get hit by Hayato, for making such a blunt statement.
Giotto blinked, *…Did it?*
G face-palmed, "…That came out a bit wrong, Giotto."
*Hm? What is?*
"The way you said it."
Giotto tilted his head, *What do you mean?*
"Nufufu, never knew G had such a dirty mind."
"Shut up, Daemon!" G shouted, a blush on his cheeks.
"Pervert."
"Disgusting herbivore."
"I always thought you were weird because of the pink hair…Never knew you are actually such a deplorable person!"
"You three…" G growled at Lampo, Kyoya and Hayato. "I am going to shot you!" He took out his bow and started shooting.
"Ahaha! That looks like fun! Can I join?" Takeshi grinned, taking out his sword.
*What exactly are they talking about?* Tsuna asked from the sidelines.
*…I have no idea, Tsunayoshi.*
That's all folks! Review, review, review!
Edited on 30 December 2014