My Family

Chapter 28: Battle of the Sky Pt. 1

Tsuna gazed at the setting sun, rubbing his thumb on the ring in his hand; he was sitting upon the cliff where he told Reborn the truth.

"Natsu."

'Gao?'

"I need you to revert back to your original form--not the Version X form."

'Gao!'

There was a glow of light, and Tsuna's ring transformed.

Instead of the two-piece ring with a chain connecting themselves, it became one piece with a rainbow circling a blue gem; Tsuna smiled softly.

"Arigatou, Natsu."

'Gao.'

~~

"Neh~has anyone seen Tsuna yet?"

Takeshi looked around with some concern lining his features.

Hayato frowned slightly as he also looked around.

Then everyone heard something--the wind made a weird rustling noise; they looked up.

"Yooooo, Miiiiinaaaaa~!"

Everyone nearly gaped in shock as they spotted Tsuna falling from the sky; there were no Sky flames in sight--he was simply falling.

"EEEEEH!?"

Tsuna grinned as he flipped through the air and produced a small amount of Sky flames to slow down his descent; he landed without a sound.

He looked up at them before breaking out into bouts of laughter, clutching his stomach as tears rolled down his cheeks.

"BWAHAHAHA! Y-Your faces! Th-They're so e-epic! HAHAHAHA!"

The Decimo's Guardians scowled--some were just playful.

Tsuna's group swatted the brunet on the head.

"Don't do that, Tsuna-sama/Tsuna/Otouto/Tsuna-nii/Omnivore/Tsunayoshi-kun/Boss!"

Tsuna finally calmed down before glancing over at the Varia; he started to laugh again at their shocked expressions.

"Darn it! I should've brought a camera! BWAHAHA!"

"I already have the pictures, Mama."

"Oh~arigatou, Chibi-chan~!"

"Reborn/Reborn-san/Baby/Arcobaleno, delete those pictures!"

~~

Tsuna smiled brightly in front of Xanxus, not caring of the glare that was directed at him.

"Let's have a good match, Xanxus-san."

The scarred ravenet couldn't help but quirk a small smirk.

"Humph."

The Cervello presented the watches that contained a powerful poison; they gave it to the Guardians of both sides.

The Varia side felt nothing but pain, and Tsuna's side was 'writhing in pain'--the brunet's group was actually fine; they could move at any time they wanted to, but Tsuna had told them to stay put for now and act as if they were in pain.

Tsuna narrowed his eyes briefly before looking back at Xanxus, who was looking at his own Guardians with boredom--but that was what most could see.

Underneath that indifferent expression was concern; it made Tsuna chuckle mentally.

'Xanxus never did show outwardly how much he cared for his Guardians...'

Tsuna shut his eyes and sighed softly; a bright, Sky flame flickered to life on his forehead as he pulled his mittens on, which quickly turned into gloves.

He opened his eyes and gazed at Xanxus evenly.

"Are you ready, Xanxus-san?"

Xanxus grunted, pulling his guns out.

Tsuna took that as a 'yes'.

The Cervello stood at a safe distance as they spoke.

"This is the final battle! My the Battle of the Sky Guardian, start!"

In an instant, Tsuna and Xanxus disappeared.

Everyone blinked in surprise when they found the two Skies clashing with each other in midair.

Tsuna propelled himself with Sky flames before flipping over Xanxus, aiming a backhanded blow to the other's head.

Xanxus reacted in time to raise one of his guns to block the blow; he went with the impact to put distance between himself and Tsuna.

The ravenet aimed one of his guns at Tsuna and narrowed his crimson eyes.

"Scoppio d'Ira." (Burst of Wrath.)

Multiple orbs of fire quickly rushed towards Tsuna, who swiftly dodged them in midair and returned with an attack of his own, forming his hands into 'guns'.

Tsuna grinned as he murmured his attack.

"X-Bullets."

A barrage of pure, Sky flames zoomed towards Xanxus, who propelled himself higher into the sky to dodge; the ravenet raised an eyebrow in slight surprise.

'He copied my attack?'

Tsuna grinned as he blew over his smoking fingers; he ignited his hands again as he flew up to meet Xanxus again in the air.