"What-"

Ryuuichi's eyes were wide as they could go as he looked down to the flaming ring. It didn't burn him, in fact, it felt warm, and familiar. He felt as though he had finally found the missing piece in him. He was to preoccupied with the fact that his ring were reverberating with the Tri-Ni-Sette, that he didn't notice his along with Tsuna and Byakuran's shield expand, and there was another one coming to their direction. Yuni. The shield that encaged four of them merged into one, large hemisphere with orange tint. 

He gazed to Yuni as she landed. The chain of his ring shattered and the ring landed on his right hand. He blinked, still trying to process the whatever had happen. Yuni, Byakuran and Tsuna gathered, for the three Sky pieces of the Tri-Ni-Sette had called out to each other.

But Ryuuichi? 

He held nothing of the Tri-Ni-Sette. He shouldn't even be called in as well. There wasn't anything of his that connects with the Tri-Ni-Sette. So why? "Well? Aren't you surprised?" He snapped his head up towards the smirking man. "When the Tri-Ni-Sette Sky element release incredible amount of flames, they create this unique situation."

"Though," He frowned as Byakuran turned to him with a curious, intrigued look. "I wondered why Ryuuichi-kun would be called in as well" He clutched the still flaming ring. He had absolutely no idea. Not even a pinch of it. 

He stayed silent. When Byakuran knew that he wouldn't answer, not like he knew anything, the man simply shrug and returned to the task in hand. Literally. He would just have to deal with the teen later. (Secretly, he couldn't wait) "I no longer need Tsunayoshi-kun" He tighten his hand, crushing Tsuna like the brunette was nothing. Pained and suffocated, Tsuna gasped. Yuni was horrified by his suffering, and tried to stop Byakuran. Ryuuichi, on the other hand, did nothing but watched.

(Outside the sphere, Hibari was scowling and twitching, wanting nothing more than break this huge shield down. He was not happy even the slightest when he was quite literally pushed away by the shield. He had tried to break the shield, but was stopped by Ryuuichi who shook his head. He gritted his teeth in annoyance. The rest, especially Gokudera and Yamamoto, tensed up upon their best friend's pain. But Gokudera and Yamamoto was bewildered by the fact that Ryuuichi did nothing at all. They couldn't understand. Why didn't Ryuuichi did anything? He could easily distract Byakuran for Tsuna, so why?)

"How can you possibly tell me to stop now? Weren't you the one who forced the Vongola people into risking their lives to protect you? Even when you knew from the very beginning that they couldn't possibly defeat me. Your aimless escape only served to increase the number of victims. Could you be anymore selfish?" 

"If she's considered selfish, then what are you, Byakuran? Egomaniac?" The said man turned to glare at Ryuuichi. The teen, with half-lidded eyes, returned a cold, icy glare of his own, pulling it more into a death stare. He was unfazed at the supposedly scary glare as he continued. (One of his switch were suddenly pushed when Byakuran said the exact last sentence to the girl) "I wonder, how many more had sacrificed slash killed simply for your mere wish to obtain the Tri-Ni-Sette. If you were to say her simply wanting to see following her commands for the sake of it, then I must say, you are practically a big hypocrite"

"You're one yourself, Ryuuichi-kun. So where's your standing on saying me a hypocrite?" He shrugged. "I never said that I wasn't one, and I've all my places to speak." Before Byakuran can say anything more, something under Yuni's white cloak glowed, snatching their attention to her.

She hugged shoulders, willing the glows to disappear. If Byakuran looked angered by Ryuuichi, he surely looked pleasantly delighted as he perked up like a cat caught something interesting. "What was that? You're hiding something under your cloak." 

Yuni ignored that and whispered. "No, not yet.." 

Ryuuichi furrowed his eyebrows as her cloak ruffled and pacifiers dropped down. There were things sticking out of it. The Arcobaleno were regenerating their bodies. He half heartedly noted that Reborn and Fuuta's arrival, as the hitman explained. It was one of Yuni's ability. To bring the Arcobaleno back to life from the brink of death. A gift as the Sky Arcobaleno.

'And a curse..'

Yuni escape, was to buy time to revived them back. For the sake of the balance of this world, and... Yuni gathered the pacifiers and held it tightly, eyes clenched. 

"It's true that there isn't any Non Tri-Ni-Sette here to torture the Arcobaleno. It would be annoying if they came back now. But it looks like we still have an hour at the very least, before the Arcobaleno return." Byakuran was right. He closed his fist further, breaking Tsuna's bone. Ryuuichi could hear them breaking. He winced, almost jumped to the brunette but stay rooted. 

Tsuna's orange eyes dulled back into brown and fell onto the ground when Byakuran released his grasp. The flame on his forehead dispersed. "Juudaime!" "Tsuna!" "Sawada-san!" Dread was clear in Gokudera, Yamamoto and Yuni's voices. 

"You can bring back whatever you want and I still won't lose, but that would be a waste of time, right? No one can come inside this impenetrable barrier. You are mine now. You can cry and scream all you want. The Arcobaleno aren't going to defeat me"

"That's right" Reborn suddenly spoke up. "The Arcobaleno aren't the ones who will defeat you. That job belongs to my student, Tsuna!" Reborn held an unbelievable amount of trust towards the brunette, no doubt. He knew that Tsuna would be the downfall of Byakuran. Perhaps Ryuuichi knew too, seeing that the teen didn't did anything. Although the hitman didn't understand why he was inside the sphere, he knew that if Ryuuichi wasn't interfering with anything, there wouldn't be much problem. Though, what was going to happen remained unknown to him, and it infuriates and frustrates him.

And then, the rest arrived. Byakuran ignored Shoichi's question and replied to Reborn. "Did Tsunayoshi-kun said that he would defeat me, Reborn-kun?" 

"That's right"

"Haven't you been paying attention? I've completely crushed Tsunayoshi-kun!" Byakuran spoke with so much glee that one could say he had gone crazy. Then again, the man is crazy. Crazy for power, that is. Yet, despite that, Reborn remained firm. "Don't underestimate Tsuna's Dying Will. Besides, I'm not talking about winning or losing here." Reborn looked towards the brunette lying on the floor.

"Tsuna. You have to defeat Byakuran" Tsuna remained motionless on the ground, as the others waited anxiously for him to just, move. After a moment of tensed silence, Byakuran scoffed and laughed. "That was a surprise. I thought you actually had a point to make, but you just wanted to give a little motivational speech"

"This is how I roll. Listen up, Tsuna. You aren't the only one here who's putting up everything on the line here. Yuni plans to send everyone back to the past by sacrificing her life. The revival of the Arcobaleno takes more than Yuni's power. She has to burn off her 'Life Flame'. That will lead to her body being destroyed. Which means she'll die"

Ryuuichi looked away for a moment.

"Oh, so that's how it is." 

Yuni, looked towards Reborn resignedly. "Uncle Reborn, you knew all along?" "Of course. Wasn't hard to guess. Since you're just like your late grandmother, Luce."

"Hmm... I can't let you do such a foolish thing. Since your life belongs to me"

"Don't run your mouth to early, Marshmallow freak" Ryuuichi muttered lowly, but quite loud, when a cough was heard. Tsuna hacked as he pushed himself up, shaking with great effort. He winced in pain, groaning. Byakuran was slightly fazed, Ryuuichi noticed, as the man laughed once again. "Reborn-kun's little pep talk actually woke him up. You make a great team."

"I-I won't l-let you have Yuni" Tsuna was shaking. There's no point in denying that he was afraid. He was greatly injured, and in pain. He felt weak, like a simple poke could possibly knock him down. Even Byakuran said so. But, he definitely won't let Byakuran have Yuni. Never. 

"How unlucky for you to wake up to these hopeless circumstances. But I suppose that you haven't had any luck since you entered middle school. I know a great deal about you. You were an ordinary middle school student, who did poorly academically and athletically, and you hated school, but one day, a skilled hitman showed up and tell you that you were a candidate to become a big mafia boss. And that was how you were drawn into this scary underground world. Ever since, you've been risking your life.

"You hate to fight, yet you were involved in internal disputes and battles for the position of boss. And your luck completely ran out once you arrived in this time. If you hadn't been brought here, you wouldn't have had to suffer. It makes you curse your own fate, doesn't it?"

"N-no.. That's not entirely true. It's true that the future has caused me fear, pain and worry, and I was only truly happy for a very brief time, but now... " Whatever Byakuran said, was all wrong. He wasn't even a tad bit close. Rather than unlucky, Tsuna felt fortunate instead. Very, very fortunate. Because of Reborn's arrival, his life changed. He gained life-long, true friends and comrades. He no longer is the depressed, timid Dame-Tsuna most known him for. He changed, for the better. He, finally, is no longer alone. 

"Now I think I understand." He clenched his hands. "You take the good with the bad. I consider everything that has happened to be precious moments of my life" 

Byakuran wasn't a tad bit impressed by the short speech. "That's an interesting interpretation. But you should reconsider. None of that matter if I kill you" A small, flaming needle appeared in betweens his fingers. The others panicked as Gokudera tried once more to break the shield down to no avail. 'Damn it-- Why- Drake--' The teen, still standing there, watching. Gokudera could somehow see an edge on his form, but the bomber was too focused on figuring why Ryuuichi just wouldn't help Tsuna.

Ryuuichi could feel the stare but he paid little to no heed. He knew that they want him to go lend the brunette a hand, he wanted too, but he couldn't. This moment, this fight, was Tsuna's and his alone. For Tsuna to learn, to grow, he couldn't interfere. 

"Let's see. In your current state, I just need to send this mini-White Dragon through your heart." Tsuna stumbled back, reverting to his usual self. "W-wait!" "Not happening" And he shot it out, straight towards Tsuna and pierced into his chest.

He was thrown back, landing on his back. Byakuran laughed and turned to Ryuuichi, to be greeted with a gun glowing in purple pointing at him. "I almost forgotten about you, Ryuuichi-kun. How about this? You join me, and I'll leave all of your family members alone" Ryuuichi raised an eyebrow, feeling annoyed and slightly angered by Byakuran for threatening him with his family. (He was a little bit weird out though, seeing that Byakuran should straight talk to Yuni instead of him. That, and was Byakuran suicidal enough to go against Vindice? Apparently yes.)

"You don't bring my family into this, Byakuran. I've no intention or whatsoever in joining you. Although I've been wanting to shoot you everywhere til you bleed to death, I'll leave that to Tsuna" He tilted his head to the brunette, who suddenly yowled out in pain as he pushed himself up. Tsuna sat up once again, coughing.

He ripped open his shirt and took hold on the ring around his neck. The ring that Lanchia had gave him. Instead of his heart, the mini-White Dragon had stuck onto the ring. That coincidence had surprised most of them. 'But coincidence doesn't exist.'

"So it's true.." He pluck the needle out and kept the ring in the inner pocket of his jacket. "Everything has played a part. I wouldn't give up a single moment since I've arrive in the future. The pain, the suffering, the fun.. I'm here right now because everyone was there for me. The technique and weapons I've acquired in the future.." His friends advice and encouragement played in his mind. From Haru, to Spanner, to Shoichi, to Kyoko. 

"I couldn't have accomplished any of that by standing still. I couldn't have accomplished any of that without everyone's help. Unlucky? I feel pretty lucky. I treasure every moment I've spent here. My flames could only have been born in this future you rule, and they belong to everyone!" His hand glowed, rage started overtaking as his voice got lower, and calmer. "You've hurt so many innocent people," His mittens turned into Vongola Gloves, the flame on his forehead lit up again with a ferocity of a enraged lion. "And I'm gonna make you regret it!"

Ryuuichi smiled, lowering his gun and placed it back to it's holster strapped on his leg. Tsuna had understood. No, he had long understood about it. It was just that Ryuuichi slipped and didn't notice it. "Sorry to spoil this touching moment, but you haven't solve anything. Your power still pales compared to mine, just as before"

"Are you sure about that?" A voice was heard, as not only Tsuna's Sky ring, but also the rest of the Vongola Guardian's, glowed. A hologram-like image appeared, projecting the First Generation Guardians. "What a pathetic look on your faces" G, said. Lampo, sighed as he was to deal with Lambo. "We are always with you." "You're not the type to give up now" Asari, and Knuckle.

"That's impossible right now. Though I'm not interested in what you plan to do." Alaude spoke to Hibari, who wanted to bite Byakuran to death. "Pity.. Your back is to the wall, and you still refuse to change your position. The Vongola does not need such weakness." The melon he- Daemon sighed.

"Decimo is saying the same things our boss did." "He truly does carry on our will."

"So it's okay then?"

"We already deemed the Guardians worthy. Not that you even need to ask us. Just do whatever you want. Like always" 

"You're right, G." Tsuna's ring glowed once more, the voice of a certain man resonated. "Decimo, I agreed with your thinking. I'd like to help out my true successor in person, but I can't do that. Instead" The glove glowed, the crest of Vongola Family appeared. "I'll unleash you" Giotto, appeared.

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"Is this some kind of game, Tsunayoshi-kun? Who's that man?" Byakuran was definitely not amused when Yuni answer, claiming that the blonde Tsunayoshi-look-alike is Vongola's founder, Vongola Primo. "Could you stop joking around? It's not very nice to use a hologram of your ancestors."

"It's not a hologram. You should able to sense that. Even among the Tri-Ni-Sette, this will never happen for your Mare ring, or my pacifiers. The Vongola Ring's Miracle of the Vertical Space-Time Axis.

"A song has been engraved in my memory from the day I was born. The sea knows no bounds. The clam passes down its form from generation to generation. The rainbow appears from time to time before fading away. Mare means sea. Vongola means clam. Arcobaleno means rainbow. Yes. This song represents the different Tri-Ni-Sette elements of Sky. 

"The Mare knows no bounds and move horizontally through space and time. In another words, they move horizontally between parallel worlds. The Vongola move through the generations down the vertical space-time axis. In another words, their traditions are passed down from past to future. And the Arcobaleno never stay in one spot. They exist not as a line but as point in space and time.

"So just as Byakuran can gain knowledge and power from parallel worlds, Sawada-san is able to inherit the 'time' of the Vongola."

Giotto smiled at the girl, making Ryuuichi curious again. Things, although were going as he had knew it would, were different from the original one. Perhaps it was because of his presence there? "You are indeed correct, Sky Arcobaleno. Yet, you have missed one last detail." Yuni made a questioning sound, when Giotto turned to Ryuuichi.

"The recorder of the world, the Historian" 

'Historian? What?' Ryuuichi tilted his head. He couldn't understand a single thing. "What do you mean by that, Giotto-san? And could you tell me already?" The said man chuckled. "Perhaps it's time for you to show yourself, the First Historian" 

"Geez... Just when I was having a bit of fun watching him trying to figure things out" The ring that was still clutched in Ryuuichi's hand glowed. When Ryuuichi opened up his palm, it was no longer flaming, but glowing in orange with tint of the rest of the rainbow colors. A man with short, dark blonde orange hair that looks like very, very light brown suddenly appeared, standing beside Ryuuichi (Surprising the heck out of the teen). His dark but striking metallic blue eyes glinted in great amusement, a small smirk plastered on his pale face. He looked a lot like Ryuuichi with short hair, which was a little bit unsettling. (No matter how they look at him, the man definitely do not look like Yuuichi. Even though Yuuichi is Ryuuichi's twin) 

"Nice to meet you all"

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A/N= A-a-ahahahhaa..... I kindda surprised myself too here. Never expect myself to update this early. I didn't even hit 3K in this chapter. And again, another cliffhanger. 

I felt as though the moment with Byakuran needed to be written down to make things more.. Idk. Will get more into details in the next chapter. Though, the fight with Byakuran and Tsuna will be simplified. Hopefully. it's quite tiring writing everything accordingly. 

Again, I've nothing much to say on this chapter so yeah. 

Might attach a picture of the mysterious man in the next chapter. Provided if I found a suitable one.

[I apologize for any grammar, spelling, etc.etc. mistakes]