After Tsuna and Mukuro had completed the deal, Ken, Chikusa and Lancia were gingerly released by Hayato, while Shoichi held the two youngest and Kyoya stood guard besides them. The two groups kept sending wary glares at each other. None of them were really happy with the situation, but Caeruleus trusted their Sky, and the others wouldn't go against Mukuro's orders.
The bluenet's trident was tossed to Chikusa. The two leaders had remained at a distance from the others so as to not give their opponent a reason to be wary. They had also kept staring at each other continuously, and Tsuna had let go of his Hyper Dying Will Mode as soon as Mukuro had let go of his weapon.
"So, how does this work?" Asked the brunet curiously. He couldn't say he had any experience in the matter.
If Mukuro was surprised at the other's open behavior, he didn't say it. "I need a physical contact. After that, I will use the power of my eye to go into your mind. The Sixth Realm is supposed to be used to possess others, but without my trident, I can't, so you have nothing to fear." That was a lie. The trident only helped him overcome the other's mind, he could force his way without it if he had a long-lasting physical contact. However, Mukuro was curious and the boy was a mystery he wanted to resolve. So he would exchange his memories, to see why the Sky before him turned out the way he was (and to scare the gullible boy with his own bloody past). And then, he would still possess him. The boy was a fool for trusting his enemies, Mukuro only made good use of the opportunity he was presented.
Tsuna quirked an eyebrow at that explanation, but didn't say anything. Truthfully, he had detected the lie, but his Intuition still claimed that there was no real danger with his plan, so he didn't say anything. Mukuro continued. "Once inside your mind, I can establish a connection to let you see my memories while I look at your past. From the outside, it will look like we are unconscious, so we need to make sure the physical connection holds."
"So we're going to be holding hands?"
Strangely enough, that little detail was the straw that broke the camel's back. Or rather, the bomber's back. "Tsuna-san, you can't actually hold hands with that bastard!?" Yelled Hayato. Tsuna didn't remember him exerting himself so much during the previous fight that his cheeks were so red. Even weirder was the blush on Shoichi's face. What was that for? Even Kyoya looked disapprovingly at the brunet (and exasperatingly at his two comrades).
"Why not? And why are you freaking out about that rather than the fact that Mukuro will be looking inside my mind?" Inquired Tsuna curiously with a slight tilt of his head. He could have sworn that the Sun and Storm's blush darkened.
"Then let's talk about that." Intervened Kyoya, since the other two were stuttering incomprehensibly anyways. Useless Herbivores. "It's a bad idea." He stated while glaring daggers (or tonfas) into Mukuro who was looking amusingly at the rest of Caeruleus.
"I guess it's not the best idea I've ever had. But I'm sure everything will be alright." Argued the Sky, hoping the others would take the hint and see that his Intuition was currently working. "And it's not like we have any other way to settle this."
"We could bite them to dea..."
"To settle this peacefully, Kyoya." Interrupted Tsuna with a sigh. Why did his friend have to resolve everything with violence? "And what would you do once you've beaten them all, anyway? Call the police to send them to jail? And explain why there are traces of explosions and fire here? Not to mention the unwanted attention this would bring both of our groups, since I doubt Mukuro and his friends wish to be noticed. We're trying to keep a low profile, remember? I'm trying to find a solution that will suit us all."
