Tsuna stood alone in the darkness, staring at the stop where his brother stood at just a few seconds ago. He blinked.

"Gao~"

He looked down to see Natsu nuzzling his feet, he smiled and kneeled down to pat Natsu's head, "I guess we're not finished yet, huh, Natsu"

"Gao~"

"So, what do you want to say to me, Byakuran?"

Byakuran materialized behind Tsuna, smiling his foxy smile, "Hun, hun~ How'd you know I was here, Tsu-chan~?"

Tsuna stood up before facing Byakuran, "My Hyper Intuition isn't just for show you know"

"Mm~ I guess it isn't~"

In a blink of an eye, Tsuna was hugging Byakuran, "Thank you....Thank you for giving me this second chance, Byakuran.....Thank you"

Byakuran patted the back of Tsuna's head, "Maa, maa, You deserve it, Tsu-chan. Besides, I wasn't completely honest"

Tsuna broke the hug and stared at his fellow sky user, "What do you mean?"

"Tsu-chan, part of the reason why I sent you here is because of a certain someone, I think you already know him"

Tsuna thought for a while, then it clicked, "Iemitsu.."

"Ding, ding, ding~!! And we have a winner~!!" Byakuran shouted in glee, waving his arms up in the air like a child.

Tsuna sweat dropped at Byakuran's actions before turning serious, "Explain, Byakuran"

Byakuran stopped, he slowly placed his arms down before turning serious as well, he opened his eyes, "Iemitsu is a very serious threat to the Tri-Ni-Set, Tsu-chan, a very serious threat indeed"

Tsuna's brows furrowed in confusion, "What did Iemitsu do to could have possibly threaten the Tri-Ni-Set?"

"Simple really, because he wouldn't stop at nothing to make Iekatsu the decimo and is hurting that little brother of yours, the former would have lost his sanity had you not saved him while the latter would have result to suicide had you not appeared"

"What is my older brother and little brother involvement in Iemitsu being a threat to the Tri-Ni-Set?"

"Well...."
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Iekatsu's eyes snapped open, startling the Timoteo and his guardians.

He sat up and grabbed his head, "Oww...I feel like something hard hit me.." He groaned.

All eyes minus Iekatsu and of course, Tsuna, glared at Shamal who backed away, "That was an accident!! I didn't mean to drop my medical bag on him!!" He said defensively, raising both of his arms up in a surrendering motion.

Timoteo shook his head, "How are you feeling, Iekatsu?" he asked.

Iekatsu blinked before looking up, finally noticing the people, "Ah, I'm fine, grandfather, thank you for asking" he said politely.

"You really had Nono worried, brat! What the hell happened back there?!!" Coyote demanded.

Timoteo, Shamal, and the rest of the guardians were expecting Iekatsu to either glare at Coyote or tell him that it's none of his business, though, they certainly didn't expect his answer.

"I'm sorry for worrying you like that, grandfather, however, I can't tell you what happened earlier, it's between me and my brother so if you would.....leave that matter alone" Iekatsu replied, bowing his head.

Silence.....

Ganauche grabbed Shamal's shirt and shook him back and fort, "You and your medical bag have finally done it!! What did you put in that bag that made the devil Iekatsu like this?!! Rocks?!!"

Iekatsu sweat dropped, 'Was I really that evil before to be called the devil?' He thought to himself.

He looked beside him and found his brother asleep, or was he unconscious? He frowned, 'Why is Tsunayoshi still not awake? Isn't he suppose to wake up with me?'

"Iekatsu?"

Iekatsu snapped out of his thoughts, "Ah, Yes?"

Timoteo stared at Iekatsu's eyes intently, as did his guardians, except Ganauche who was still shaking poor Shamal. They couldn't put their finger on it but something about Iekatsu changed, the kid used to have that hate in his eyes before, now, it's.....gone.

"Grandfather? What's wrong?"

Timoteo smiled, whatever happened to Iekatsu to change him like this was something good, "Nothing, I think you should go to your room and get some rest, would that be okay to you, Iekatsu?"

Iekatsu nodded, "Yes, grandfather" he hopped off of bed and turned to Tsuna.

What he did stunned the room's occupants.

Iekatsu kissed Tsuna's forehead, "I don't know what is happening there right now and something tells me it isn't anything bad or dangerous, but still....remember to be careful......little brother" he whispered in a low voice so Timoteo and the others couldn't hear it.

He smiled warmly then turned back to the stunned people, he bowed, "I'll be going now, grandfather, uncles, doctor Shamal" he bid before walking out of the room.

Timoteo and Visconti shared a look, maybe the others didn't notice it but just now, the ring on Iekatsu index finger....

"Ninth....that ring.." Visconti trailed off.

"I know......" Timoteo said, now, even if Iekatsu doesn't or does have the sky flames, being the decimo would be impossible for him.

".......it's the mare ring..."
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Tsuna was stunned speechless, "You have got to be kidding me..."

"Nope, I'm not kidding, Tsu-chan, didn't you even wonder why I appeared to you in my spirit? Or the fact that I didn't appear in front of you until now?"

"I did thought of that, but there are also other possibilities, I mean, I thought you were to busy to meet me here in this dimension, and if it wasn't you, then who gave me my and my guardians' box weapons, gloves, pills, rings and weapons?"

"The moment I sent you here, I also sent you guardians' things including yours in your house under your bed, that's where you found them, right?"

Tsuna slumped down, "Then you really don't...."

Byakuran nodded, "Yes, the me in this world doesn't exist, meaning, someone else was chosen by the mare ring, and that someone else is...." Byakuran trailed off.

"My brother.....Iekatsu" Tsuna finished, he looked up at the grinning face of his friend, "There's something else....something you're not telling me.."

"Wah~! Your Intuition never fails to amaze me, Tsu-chan~!!"

"Out with it, Byakuran.."

"That little brother of yours, Ciel, was it? Well, he..."

Tsuna's eyes widen at his next words..
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Aria stared at the sky pacifier in shock, "H-How can this be?..." she whispered, bringing her hands to her mouth.

The sky pacifier had lost its color.

"What's wrong, Miss Aria?" Gamma asked worriedly.

Aria looked at Gamma grimly, she was sweating and looked uneasy, "Gamma, we need to call the other arcobalenos, the sky pacifier.....it rejected me... "

Gamma's eyes widen, he bowed, "I will right away, Miss Aria!!"
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"You don't mean..."

Byakuran has long stopped fooling around, his face right now showed that he is deadly serious, and so were the atmosphere surrounding both sky users.

"Yes. Even that checker face hadn't expected it, in other words, that Iemitsu was one lucky bastard to have been part of creating the three of you, if you know what I mean..."

Tsuna was too shocked to reply, he couldn't formed out any words.

"Tsunayoshi Sawada, as well as your older brother, Iekatsu Sawada, and your younger half brother, Ciel Sawada....you three had been chosen by the Tri-Ni-Set to be their rightful owners...." he paused, letting the words sink in before continuing, ".....as the Vongola sky, the Mare sky, and the Sky pacifier's bearers..."