"What are you spacing out for?" Tsuna blinked at the voice and looked around. And the Reborn promptly dropped onto his head. "You looked quite leisure, Tsuna. Feel like you already did what you need to?"

He groaned and rubbed his sore spot as Reborn jumped down and lied on the grass. Something in him twinge as he looked at Reborn properly. "What happened?" He asked as he lied back down as well. "Something I need to do."

"Something?"

"Give back the boss watch" It was like the world stopped for a second there. "Huh?!" He pushed himself up to look at Reborn properly. The hitman wasn't looking at him, however. "Like I said, give it back." His heart thumped against his rib cage. 'No, don't tell me you've given up, Reborn. No!'

"Wait a minute! What are you saying, Reborn? You said you would leave the watch to me."

"I've decided to pull out from the Rainbow Representative Battle." A sense of horror bubbled in him, slowly growing stronger. "What are you talking about?! If you lose the representative battle, you'll die, or end up like the Vindice, you know?!" He hated that thought. He hated that possibility. He hated how there was little to no chance for the Arcobaleno, if he hadn't thought of that idea. There was still 0.1 percent of success, and he wasn't going to throw that chance away.

"Ah well, that's probably what would happen." He saw red for a moment there. How could Reborn say like that as though his life does not matter, as though that even if the hitman die, there wouldn't be anything wrong. "Just what are you saying?! Well, you fell asleep in the middle, so I ended up not telling you, but I've been doing a lot of things in the mean time!"

"You discussed something with Talbot, and you asked the other teams for their assistance. Even accounting for all of that, I can't allow you to fight."

"But why?! Do you not believe in me?!" "That's not the problem" Reborn interjects, sorrow gnawed in him. "I'm saying that I can't send you out to a battle you absolutely cannot win." 

He could see the anger rising in his student. He can see how he wanted him to take back everything. He himself wants to as well, but he meant that. He didn't want Tsuna to fight. He didn't want Tsuna to die. Yet he believed in Tsuna. He believed that Tsuna would win if he did. However, Jager and Bermuda made him doubt. He was afraid that they would kill his student if something went wrong.

He absolutely didn't want that.

"There's no way to know that until I try, right?!" "I told you already, this time I know." No, he doesn't. 

"Enough!!" Out of nowhere, Tsuna's flame lit. How the flame flared had Reborn knowing that Tsuna wouldn't back down. He won't give up. On this fight. On this hope. And on Reborn. Those flames, it just seethed and raging, burning brightly that it almost hurt Reborn's eyes. 

"If that's the case, try to take the boss watch away by force!" 

Reborn tugged his fedora down, sighing. Tsuna somehow noticed that it was slightly bit shaky. "Are you thinking that you can beat me?" "I will!"

Tsuna clenched his fist and orange flame circled them, flaring and intense. The intensity and wind almost blew Reborn off. A sense of pride swelled in Reborn once again. "Hmph. Indeed, you've gotten stronger, Tsuna. However, Jager's strength and Bermuda's determination cannot be broken by something of this level. My mission is to make you into a splendid Vongola Decimo. There's no point if you die"

Tsuna couldn't believe it. Reborn still took it as a mission? That teaching and guiding him is still a mission? (No, it was no longer that case for Reborn. Definitely not.) He gritted his teeth, and scowled. "You're wrong. It's the opposite, Reborn." Reborn blinked in surprise.

"Vongola Primo would certainly say this as well. Someone that would abandon their friends cannot be entrusted with the fate of the Vongola." The flame grew hotter and more intense upon each word that fell out of his lips. "Someone unwilling to risk death for the sake of their friends, isn't qualified to be the Tenth Vongola!" 

"Tsuna.."

"As if I'd lose! You tutored me, after all. The strength to risk death is the strength of determination!!" If Reborn were to say that Tsuna's anger from before was honestly horrifying in a sense, then he was dead wrong. He didn't think that anyone could be compared to Tsuna when it comes to this. His rage was practically bone chilling.

He clicked his tongue and held on to the ground. "Tch. Unfairly bringing out Primo's name like that.. I think you know this, but even these flames aren't worth a against Jager. However, I started to want to keep living, just a little bit. I wanted to die without regret whenever it happened, but I've gained a desire to see your growth a little bit more. So keep me alive, Tsuna."

Reborn said as he covered his eyes with his fedora, his voice going lower as he said. Tsuna was pleasantly surprised and glad. When the hitman flicked his fedora up, he could see the growing hope in those onxy black eyes. "I want to keep living." 

Somehow, that had managed to extinguish his flames. "How about it? Can I count on you?" He smiled. "Of course. Of course you can!" He blinked at Reborn's genuine smile, of relief. And then a flying kick sent him flying back. "Don't make such a pathetic face! Alright, Tsuna. If you're going to do it, you're gonna win!" 

"I will!"

(Tsuna felt as though he could fly at that moment. Then again, he really could fly.)

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Ryuuichi winced as he put on his shirt, careful not to do any more damage on his broken ribs. He huffed. He had healed pretty much, really. But the internal injuries was something out of his ability. Honestly, he hadn't really have much grip on his Sun and Sky flames as much as his Cloud flames. Probably because he had trained a lot using it, rather than the other two.

He could heal pretty much minor injuries and bruises, and the most was the wound from Jager's chain. But even that was only a little of the outer layer and stopping his blood from flowing non-stop, but since the wound was deep, it wasn't fully heal. Until Shiro somehow, as Dino had put, pump Sun flames into his body. 

And he could only do so much with his Sky flame. He couldn't get how it really works. Like, he could feel it in him, he could somehow bring it out, but he hadn't use it other than the transparent shield, and the hurricane thing. And probably his Sight. He had no idea.

He sighed and strapped on his holster, careful of his ribs, before sheathing his gun and put on a black vest jacket to cover it. He gazed over at the battler's watch on the table, staring at it for a moment before putting it on. It felt heavier than usual for some reason. He shook his head and went downstairs to the kitchen, to find Yuuichi baking. 

He tilted his head and sniffed as he went closer. "Chocolate truffles?" He asked as he peeked over his brother's shoulder. "Uwa!" He managed to grab ahold on the large bowl Yuuichi was holding from his back before it was tossed. 

"Woah. Careful there" Yuuichi sighed in relief, before pouting and slapping the other's arm. "Don't scare me like that!" Ryuuichi raised an eyebrow at his brother's behavior. Usually he wouldn't even twitch when he sneak up behind him. He peered town at the melted chocolate and batter in the bowl, and to the baking tray.

"What? You're making it for someone?" Oh. Yuuichi blushed and turned away. "Not really" He muttered. Ryuuichi didn't really believe that and faked a sigh. "How nice... That person is very fortunate to taste Yuu's chocolate truffles.. I'm jealous" 

He was honestly surprised when Yuuichi literally flipped. "I- That's not it! I was just- This is just a practice!" He fumbled with his words and his arms flailed after he placed the bowl down. "I- This-" He grumbled in frustration and ruffled his hair. Ryuuichi, amused, patted him on his shoulder as he resignedly told him the reason. "It's for the manager..." 

"Manager? As in your team's manager?" Yuuichi nodded, a pout settled on his face.

"She's going to transfer to Tokyo soon. She helped us a lot, especially during training, so senpai and the others decided to dedicate something to her, and they decided that each person bring something sincere for her. I've no idea what to do so I.." He sighed. Ryuuichi's eyebrow arched again. "You have a crush on her, don't you?"

He was greatly amused once more when Yuuichi turned bright red and squeaked. "No!" He laughed. "Sure you don't. Then why would you try and bake when you, as you had said before, '' at it?" He smirked. 

"Ryuuuuu.." He snickered at that exasperated tone and picked up the ladle in the bowl and scoop some of the batter up, watching the batter flowing back into the bowl. He nodded. "It should be alright." "Really?" Yuuichi groaned. "Why can you determine if the batter is good or not when you can't even cook? Like, how the heck did you do it?"

Ryuuichi rolled his eyes, smiling. "Remember our home economy class in elementary school?" Yuuichi scrunched his nose and nodded. "Yeah. Not really a pleasant memory of us being covered in flour." The older chuckled, nodding. It wasn't pleasant, since they were forced to go home earlier than usual to get rid of the flour, tossed about because of a student starting a food fight, and the first thing they did was cover the twins in flour. Nice. Not. 

"Well, do your best. I know you can do it." He ruffled Yuuichi's hair, much to the latter's annoyance. "I'll be going out now."

"Again?" He stopped short on his track and gave Yuuichi a confused look. "'Again'?" He didn't think that he had being going out that much. "Yeah. You've being in and out quite a lot of times. Especially the few times you suddenly stay over at Hibari's house. You didn't even messaged me!" He grimaced. 

"Sorry. I was too.. Preoccupied" His brother frowned. Ryuuichi's words has too much double meaning. He didn't knew which one he meant. "If I didn't knew better, I would have thought that you and Hibari are dating or something." 

Ryuuichi did a double take right there and then, almost falling to the ground. "W-what makes you think like that?" He was absolutely bewildered. He gave Yuuichi a disbelief look as the younger shrugged. "You two are quite close. The fact that Hibari allows you other than Kusakabe-san to stay over his house was simply too unbelievable. I'm not against it if you guys are, just tell me before hand or else I might hunt him down."

"Yuuichi!" The said teen smirked evilly. "Payback is sweet" Ryuuichi groaned at that, face slightly flushed. He hadn't thought of anything like that before, honestly. He did wonder why Hibari treat him slightly bit different that other people, but he felt that he was imagining. He was too focused on the current occurrences that he didn't even ponder over it. Did-

He cut his train of thoughts abruptly and pout at his brother who was crackling at his face. "Sheesh. Whatever, I'm going now."

(He would continue that later. For now, he had to face the creeps of the year)

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Ryuuichi had perched himself on a tree, once again, as he and the others hid. They were waiting for the battle to start, plan devised properly. He was leaning against the tree, trying to feel the others' presence. 'They're really well trained for this kind of things.' He couldn't even feel a speck of their presence.

He sighed internally. He had said that he would participate, that he would help, but honestly, he hadn't had a single idea what he would do. He was, by no point of denying, the weakest among the bunch. He knew that well. The others were practically fighting maniac and had went through spartan-like training while he only had his knowledge on self defense that he had learned when he was younger. He managed it so far was out of mere luck, or at least that was what he thinks. 

'I should get Reborn to train me or something...' He then paled a bit. 'Then again it might be a bad idea.'

"Beep!" He looked towards the fountain through the gaps between the leaves. Dino, Tsuna, Gokudera and Yamamoto stood in the middle of the empty park as the dove flew away, Reborn on Tsuna's shoulder. 

"1 minute until battle commences. The time limit this time is 90 minutes." A chill ran down his spine as a black portal appeared in front of the five. Bermuda and Jager appeared. 

"Ah, Reborn-kun. I came to pick you up. Have you made preparation to join us?"  The eagerness in Bermuda's voice was clear as daylight. "Sorry, Bermuda. I can't become your ally." Ryuuichi smiled at that. He felt so satisfied to see the moments where Bermuda was constantly denied. 

"Eh? This is a surprise. You know what this means, right?" 

"We won't let your team win, Bermuda. So there's no need for you to worry." "We won't let Reborn and the others get killed either." 

"Well well. Even though I told you that no matter what, there was no way for Reborn and the others to stay alive... Or could it be that you've come across some secret method of keeping the current Arcobaleno alive?" Bermuda questioned. "Well, whatever. I have no need for weak allies that would cling to life like this. This is goodbye, Reborn-kun. I'm counting on you, Jager"

Tsuna, Dino, Gokudera and Yamamoto readied themselves as Bermuda floated off Jager's shoulder. "Battle start"

Ryuuichi blinked and held back a sigh. This would be the last fight before he would have to tell the truth. (He somehow dread, yet awaits for it)

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The grass and dried leaves crunched under his boots as he walked deeper into the thick forest. White mist formed as he breathed, hands in his pocket as he tried to keep himself warm from the cold weather. His jacket tightly wrapped against his lean frame as his thick black scarf swayed along with his steps. He ignored the ominous presence that has being following him and continued on forward.

It was until he came across a frozen water fall did he stopped. The moonlight shone brightly, reflecting against the ice.

He looked up to the night sky and spoke. "I hope you reveal yourself soon, mysterious person." Just as he said that, the presence disappeared. He chuckled and shook his head. "Ah." He put out his hands and smiled. Snowflakes after another started falling, some softly landing on his hands and cheeks as he watched. 

"I should head back soon." 

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Ryuuichi shot Jager before the bandaged man managed to chop of Xanxus's arm. Dark yet resonating Cloud flames scrapped Jager's arm as he quickly jumped back. Ryuuichi's eyes were hard on the man. "This isn't for you, Xanxus." Jager, in seconds, warped out of his sight and appeared right in front of him

"Ryuuichi!" He clicked his tongue, knowing that he wouldn't have enough time to dodge Jager's attacks, but at least Xanxus and Squalo wouldn't lose a limb or an organ. "Have you not learn your lesson, Historian?" Jager grabbed him by his throat and choked him. He gasped for air, feeling his feet dangling as he was lifted. 

He managed to scoff and smirked. "Don't underestimate me." He grunted out. Jager's arm that was scraped started burning, flaring brightly in purple. "My flames are quite flammable." Jager clicked his tongue and throw him back. He groaned as he rolled on the ground, hitting a tree.

He blinked, losing his sight for a second there. He coughed, hands on his ribs. The two previously broken ribs somehow ached. After a few moments, he could finally see, and the first thing he saw was Xanxus shooting Jager who immediately dodge, but the flame on him indicated his direction of moments as he warped. "This isn't for you either, trash" The man gritted out, annoyed that he was helped by a brat.

Said brat laughed breathlessly. He rubbed his throat, feeling a bruise forming. Jager had held back the moment he choke him, or he would have crushed Ryuuichi's throat in mere seconds. He swallowed at the thought and huffed. Jager stopped for a moment there, flames somehow already put out, before he warped again. Mukuro when into work and steel barrier formed behind all of them.

It managed to stop Jager so much as he warped his hands, stabbing into Byakuran. Ryuuichi winced at that, but knew that Byakuran wouldn't die of that. Then again he might be a bit biased. Everyone was shocked for a moment, before Xanxus shoot Jager.

The man warped again, only to appear by Xanxus's side and his chain scrapped his knees. Squalo then proceeded to help, which ended up with him injured. Ryuuichi cursed, totally forgetting that there was more. 'Crap. Stupid me.'

"If they're fated for it, no matter how you interfere, the result will always be the same." (No thank you for that, Caelum)

It was then Verde decided to step in. Did Ryuuichi mentioned that Verde looked like an old man with stubble in his adult form? Then again, he is an old man. (He meant no offense, though) "Spanner, fire!" The said teen immediately launched a giant green mosca and Verde jumped into it.

The machine managed to detect heat signatures and fired laser. It was avail as Jager came out unscratched. (It brought them quite a lot of time, though) Jager warped both his arms and chopped the mosca's arms off. "Disappear, trash" The head of the mosca was chopped off as well and it dropped into the fountain. Verde came out, cursing. 

"I'll let you live. I'm not here to kill the Arcobaleno." "You damn zombie!" Bermuda landed on Jager's shoulder once again. "Onto the next one. Their final turn is coming up"

Ryuuichi wobbly stood up as Jager warped and attacked Mukuro again. He stabbed Mukuro successfully breaking his trident. "Too shallow, huh." He was about to stab the teen again when Dino's whip curling tightly around his arm. He was unfazed as he warped again, slashing Dino. The arm was left behind, before it disappeared as well and stabbed Dino on the shoulder.

At the same time, Ryuuichi pulled Dino back and a rather familiar looking chain hit the arm. Dino and Ryuuichi landed in a heap, as the younger quickly summoned his Sun flames. The least he could to was to try and heal Dino. "I've paid my debt." He smiled exasperatedly at Hibari. The prefect seriously doesn't like to own a favor, huh. Then again, the others was the same. 

"Why, if it isn't the strongest boy from the Tenth's family."

Wordlessly, Hibari whipped his tonfa, ignoring those words. The chain headed towards Jager and everyone thought that he would warp, but he didn't. Instead, he blocked the attack and jumped back.

Right after a clear range was created, Bermuda floated back onto his shoulder. Ryuuichi wondered if he was getting anemia from all this as he gripped onto his Sun flame securely, summoning more. "Are you alright?" He asked. Concern laced heavily in his voice.

A weak nod and smile was given to him. "Yeah" They looked back at the fight once more as Hibari's purple spike balls headed over to Jager, growing larger and larger. It helped by blocking all of them from Jager's sight, for he had attacked a puppet of Hibari. Hibari and Mukuro worked in sync, despite not getting along at all, quoted from Reborn.

Hibari appeared behind Jager and swung his tonfa again, chain shooting towards Jager, only to find the man warped. Their eyes widen in surprise as Jager appeared behind Hibari. It was too late for him to dodge.

Ryuuichi's heart beat loudly at the thought of Hibari getting injured, or worse, die. "Hibari!" "Kyouya!"

A flaming fist sent Jager's back. A certain brunette gritted his teeth. "How dare you!" His flames flared wildly. Almost everyone there shivered at his rage. "Jager!!"

(Ryuuichi was relief. So relief that Tsuna finally arrived and Hibari was alright.)

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A/N= Ehh, the ending was a bit, weird...? I don't know what happened there. Chapter 393- 400.

Okay. The next chapter will be the last of the Curse of the Rainbow Arc. And Ryuuichi explaining to them all would probably be in another. OMGGGGGGGGGGG.

Don't worry! There's another two Arc! Details will be revealed in the next chapter!

The first part was too awesome to skip so there ya go. 

Fun Fact= Fufu, Ryuuichi is finally realizing somethings. 

Fun Fact= Even though Yuuichi could cook, he is really really bad a baking. 

Umm, I think it was mentioned before that even though Ryuuichi's main attribute was Sky, his Cloud flame still holds a strong power? Yeah. He lacks of experience and training on it. *nods*

The italic part was of Caelum. I think that was quite obvious? No? And that ominous presence was of course, Bermuda. Damn stalker. [They hadn't met for the first time, but Caelum knew that he was being stalked]

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