A sky within the night -KHR

79. Secrets Unveiled

1026 Words excluding (A/N)~ I no own KHR

Written December 24 2019
Posted Christmas 2019
NEXT UPDATE on or before January 8 2020

Tsuna suddenly froze for a split second, the orange hue within his eyes brightening. The man took an uneasy step back when that gaze rested on him "What's with the sudden change?" The distress that had previously been etched onto the young sky's face had faded, determination instead took over.

The sky swiftly side stepped an attack from Ie, using the momentum to head towards the man. His intuition was telling him that Kyoya had taken down everyone that could possibly pose a problem, which meant that the man was now free game "You talk too much" He breathed just moments after impaling the man in the heart, his favoured blade seemingly disintegrated at the contact. The black ashes of it's remains growing in quantity as it enveloped the man "All it would have taken was for you to have stabbed me with this" Ie hadn't needed to be involved. The man spluttered blood, eyes wide in shock as a silent scream tore through his body. Seconds later there was no trace left of the man's presence.

"That was sort of anti-climactic" Reborn stated as he hopped out of his hiding place, kicking Ie a few dozen feet away in the process.

'Though we didn't know if his death would make all of the minions scatter or send a signal elsewhere for backup... This way everyone guilty is dead'

Tsuna nodded solemnly, eyes still a vibrant orange "Killing him didn't fix anything" He flipped Ie, who had once again blindly charged at him "Ie's still being controlled by my stolen flames..." He now understood why he'd never really been able to truly access his flames properly before. They'd all been absorbed by his brother, until now.

Reborn's gaze darkened at the hurt in his sky's voice, he wanted to offer a solution, but he had none "If this goes on his body might no be able to handle it..." He admitted, for once feeling pity for the afflicted teen.

'Ie's been nothing but a victim this whole time... Tsuna's judgement of people has been perfect so far, except with Ie. Or so I'd thought... But maybe behind the flame sickness Ie had actually been a decent person'

The brunette threw Ie once more, opening his mouth to respond before pausing. A small gasp passed through his lips when Kyoya appeared, followed by the person he knew was Xanxus from photos.

'So now Xanxus is her now as well...'

The cloud was eyeing Xanxus with interest, a bloodthirsty aura surrounded the skylark. He could sense that Xanxus would be a formidable opponent "The carnivore stole some of my prey" He stated, resisting the urge to test the other's skills. The baby carnivore would have to make it up to him later.

Xanxus snorted at the weirdness of the cloud before steadying his red gaze towards the alert sky, it was odd how the teen nonchalantly flung away the other twin "What the hell is wrong with this trashy town?" He scoffed, the alert sky didn't feel like a threat for some reason. He'd let him live until his questions were answered.

'It's odd that he didn't just attack'

Tsuna's eyes went wide, a sudden tremble running through him. Xanxus could help! He didn't know how, but his intuition was screaming at him. He ignored Ie, trusting that either Reborn or Kyoya would protect him. He swiftly appeared a few feet away from the scarred sky, and bowed "Please help my brother!" His voice was soft as honey eyes glanced up at the other with hope

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Xanxus was still, fingers resting on one of his duel pistols. Damn that scum was fast! He hadn't even had enough time to even draw his weapons "Why should I help you?" He decided to humour the weird sky, it was funny to have him bow to him "It would be better for me if the both of you perished"

'The other sky doesn't even look like he's injured or sick, he just seems murderous'

Tsuna lowered himself so that he was resting on his knees, his arms were also resting on them, it was a vulnerable position but he didn't care. This was the first time that his intuition had hinted at something that may help his brother, he wasn't going to brush it off "Please" His fingers clenched "I can't become Decimo because I'm the sky arcobaleno" He wasn't a threat to Xanxus. He bit his lip, hesitating before speaking once more "Ie can't be Decimo either" He lowered his head "He was secretly adopted by our mother"

Reborn was silent while Iemitsu spluttered "But Nana gave birth to you two?!" Kyoya sent Ie flying.

The small sky straightened his back, sending a dark glare at Iemitsu "How would you know?" He hissed "You weren't there and didn't bother to contact her about it until years later"

'Holy shit, this situation is fucked up'

His visit to Namimori wasn't going how he'd expected it to go, the plan had been to just swoop in and kill the win brats. But now he wasn't sure "You're telling the truth?" Tsuna nodded, pulling out an orange pacifier covered in chains before hiding it.

"Yes" Tsuna breathed "I may be of Vongola blood but I have no right to take your place, nor am I able to" Honey glinted orange "You're related to Vongola Secondo, and were even raised for it" He met Xanxus' gaze "Ie's family, you know how much that means right?" His voice was soft "Even without direct blood, family can still exist" Xanxus bristled, thinking of Vongola Nono.

'This kid...'

Normally he despised weaklings that begged, but this was different from all of those other times. The kid wasn't begging for himself, he was begging for family. More importantly, he was maintaining his dignity while doing so "Having the sky arcobaleno owe me would look good..." He smirked "What's wrong with the boy you guys keep tossing? And why do you think that I could even help?" He had sky flames, not sun flames.

"My intuition..." Tsuna admitted "Ie has flame sickness from being forced to absorb my flames"

Me: If you think hard enough, you may be able to guess how Xanxus can help~

And yes, the biggest secret that you've all wanted to know since the beginning has been revealed~ Tsuna wasn't the adopted one~

And yes, I'll explain why Ie doesn't know this fact, eventually. It isn't a plot hole~

Hope you enjoyed this~ What great timing that this chappy landed on Christmas~