A sky within the night -KHR

118. Envy, Flame, Hot

1022 Words excluding (A/N)~ I no own KHR~

Written June 6 2021
Posted June 9 2021

NEXT UPDATE is on June 23 2021

Much to Tsuna's reluctant ire and envy, Takeshi was able to move his flames around with ease. They were more liquid in shape, but still moved with a delicate precision. The sky flame user really couldn't help but feel frustrated with how easily Takeshi had taken to rain flames. He'd been putting in so much effort...

"Tsuna watch this!" Takeshi waved over from a few feet away, the stick he'd taken to swinging around suddenly became coated in blue flames "First form: Axle of rain!" He then thrust the stick at the tree closest to him. The rain grinned as the stick left a large gash in the trunk before breaking from the blunt force. The stick breaking had been expected.

'I wonder what I could do if I used something more sturdy!'

Tsuna offered a small smile "Did you learn that from your father?" He'd known that the other had been training, he just hadn't thought that Takeshi would have improved so much... His knife was gone, maybe he should try to find another knife?

"Yup" Takeshi nodded "My dad trained me really hard in the Shigure Soen Ryu form techniques!" His dad was so awesome! "I know five of the forms so far" He paused "Or at least the versions of them without flames..." Now that he knew how to use flames though, he was going to learn them completely!

'It was worth the bruises, combining the forms with actual flames is so cool!'

Hayato scowled, he needed someone to train him! He couldn't let himself be outdone. How hard could it be to find someone to train him? He had plenty of connections, he'll find someone. The storm clicked his tongue "I've seen better"

Tsuna sighed "Hayato, he's better than the both of us right now in flame control" Honey eyed the bomber curiously "Have you tried to make flames yet?" He was almost hoping that the other would be terrible at it like himself.

"Oh, I want to see!" The rain looked at Hayato expectantly.

'He's a storm right? I wonder what those would look like!'

*

Hayato shifted uneasily under their expectant gazes "I haven't yet tried" He paused "But I will now!"

'Flames seem easier to use when combined with a weapon... Or at least that's what I've seen so far'

The storm pulled out a few sticks of dynamite, paying no heed to Tsuna who had smartly backed away. He needed to do this. Hayato's gaze sharpened as he focused on the unlit sticks in his hands. He needed to show that he was a better ally than the baseball freak! A red hue radiated around the sticks before they promptly blew up in his face. Hayato spluttered, backing away, glad that he'd chosen to try it with his weakest bombs "I did it!" The bomber beamed once he recollected himself, turning towards Tsuna for approval "I'm going to have to change the dynamite formula but I did it!"

'I did it!'

"I barely saw anything" The rain commented, feeling a bit disappointed. All he'd seen was a red glow before things exploded.

"My dynamite just wasn't compatible with my flames!" Hayato was quick to defend himself.

"You're amazing Hayato" Tsuna praised, smothering down his own envy. It wouldn't be fair of him to belittle Hayato's accomplishment. Friends didn't do that, right?

Hayato beamed, not noticing how the other's words had seemed a bit forced "Thank you Tsuna! I shall practice until I'm able to help you" He wouldn't be good enough yet, but that was what practice was for. Then he'd be able to give a properly detailed explanation in order to help his sky "Though maybe you won't need help by the time I get there"

'That baseball freak is useless at explaining things so it will fall to me if it comes to it! I must be ready, just in case'

Tsuna nodded "Thanks" He looked up at the sky "I think we've done enough training for today..."

Takeshi hummed "Want to come over for some sushi? My dad's food is the best"

"Umm..." The sky gave a sheepish smile "I sort of just want to go home for today, maybe next time?" He wasn't too tired, but he wanted to be alone. He didn't like feeling envious, it felt strange.

"Okay, next time it is" The rain agreed.

"I'm going to make better dynamites then"

The three chatted for a few more minutes before going their different ways.

*

"Fon..." Ie stared at the scene in front of him with exasperation "Why?"

The storm arcobaleno smiled calmly "A place like this is perfect for endurance"

Ie gave the other a deadpan look "The volcano better not erupt! An avalanche was bad enough!" They were in Hawaii, it felt deathly hot after being in the snowy mountains for so long. He absolutely hated it.

'I can't beat a volcano'

"We won't be going near the active volcanoes" Fon replied "I have no expectation of there being an eruption anytime soon, however if there is, we will flee" He wasn't that cruel, very few people could stop a volcano if there were any at all.

The teen let out a relieved breath, feeling as if a whole lot of stress had suddenly left him "Thank god"

'At least he's being reasonable. Normally I wouldn't suspect an eruption, but the avalanche made me worried...'

"Here we will be working on your heat endurance and stamina along with your flames" The storm explained "The rain forests here are especially nice so don't damage the trees when you train in them"

Ie grimaced "Rain forests sound very deadly..."

'Isn't there a lot of dangerous animals in them? Poisonous too? I wouldn't know what to avoid...'

"Indeed, but you'll be fine" Fon smiled "I'm carrying antivenom for each danger"

Brown eyes widened "You shouldn't need to do that in the first place!" Great, now he knew that the other wouldn't stop him from getting bitten by something venomous.

'I'm really starting to miss the snowy mountains... it was cold, but there were no venomous animals there!'

The storm arcobaleno just smiled softly "You will be fine, it would look bad if you died under my care" Not to mention that Tsuna would be absolutely devastated. He wouldn't do that to his sky, ever.

Me: No, I won't make a volcano erupt XP

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More than one volcano... Yeah I'm never going to Hawaii, I don't care if they can predict eruptions or not.