A/N: What was I thinking? Writing another story while I already have two (kind of 4) stories still being worked on?! Why muse? Why would you do this to me?!
Anyways this story was from a prompt in KHR Writing Challenge and I like the concept of it. It will be an Arcobaleno Arc AU since things will be different than the canon Representative Battle after day 3, but it would focus more on Tsuna and how everyone cared about our Tunafish who saved them one way or another. Enjoy and this is for you Eremija!

Disclaimer: I don't own KHR.

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Prologue
TSUNA

Tsuna was walking around town, clearing his mind and solidifying a whisper of a possible idea to save his tutor. He tried not to think how earlier his father told him to do his best in the Representative Battles.

There was a time Tsuna craved to hear those words…

…but for the last two days the man had tried to kill him. Now that he is out of the running for saving his mom being impaled by the Vendice, he is full hearted cheering him on. No sorry or anything was said, almost like nothing happened.

Sure Mukuro and Xanxus also tried to kill him before and he forgave them, even if he is scared of them (as for Byakuran, he really doesn't count anymore since he saved Tsuna from his own father and he now is just simply weird). However this is his father, his parent who should have given him an unconditional love and protection from the world, who actually (suppose to) know him. That betrayal of breaking their alliance like it was normal was the last straw and now his father's words meant nothing to him.

He shakes his head and kept walking. Right now he has other important things to think about. The idea to save Reborn is ready to take flight (figuratively and literally).

Tsuna mutters to himself, "Talbot might have the thing necessary for the plan to work. Now if I can convince him to help me…"

When he looked around to see if anyone will watch him fly off to find the old man that is older than time, he noticed Dino up ahead. The Cavallone boss seemed deep in thought as he stares at his wristwatch. Tsuna wanted to comfort him about Reborn's fate, but he didn't have time. He knows going to Talbot will take all night including the second part of his plan, which is the hardest.

After much debating, he decided to leave Dino alone and walked farther so he wouldn't catch him or rat him out to Reborn for doing something reckless or he himself able to talk himself out of it.

Later he would wonder what would have happened if he had stayed to comfort Dino.

The young Vongola Decimo-to-be, was a couple of minutes away from Dino when suddenly his intuition screamed. Tsuna rolls over and looks around.

There stood a tall man with the strangest clothes that were black and white square checkered patterned gloves, mask wearing a strange hat. He had both hands holding a sceptor of some kind.

"Hello?"

"Hello Tsunayoshi Sawada," the man leans forward, putting his weight on the scepter in front of him. Tsuna's body tensed. This man screamed danger and he should get the fudge out of there, like yesterday.

He was slowly reaching for his dying will pills when suddenly something pulled up his reaching arm and yelled at the sudden explosion of pain on his stomach.

"Now what do you think you are doing, little sky? Are you that afraid of me?" The man calmly asked, who to Tsuna's surprise, stood next to him when previously was farther down the street.

Obviously! Tsuna glared, but it was mixed with fear as he stare up at the strange man had a tight grip on his hand while Tsuna's other hand lightly touched his bruised stomach. The man must have attacked too fast for him to even see!

"Don't take it personal, its not your fault your flames are very…compatible for what I need." Tsuna frowned and wondered why he was staring at his hat purposely. There is something nagging him at the back of his mind…

There was a moment of deja vu of the time he fought Daemon as Tsuna barely able to cry out in pain when his whole body was been beaten brutally in less than 5 seconds. After what felt minutes, he felt the cold street on his cheek, laying face down with a puddle of blood beginning to form around his sprawl out body.

"Wh-what?" Tsuna croaks as he looks up the crouched down man, who was twirling his scepter for a bit before slamming it to the ground in front of Tsuna.

"Listen boy, you might think is a great idea to ally yourself with those who were the former of the Arcobaleno, but I might just forgo this silly game and just chose the new Arcobaleno now."

Tsuna blinks blearily at the man confused. What is he talking about?

"To think I tried to be merciful, but instead you are plotting my death."

His death? Former Arcobaleno? As in previous….Vendice! This guy is the MAN WITH THE IRON HAT!

"Why? Why do…they have to….die?" Tsuna shakily stands up and stares determined at the man who has the power to kill his tutor. To think he was contemplating of talking things out with this guy, but he is as insane as the Vendice!

"Know your place, for your power is but a wisp to my inferno," at the man's threat, Tsuna realized what he has done. He just angered a very, very powerful enemy and he wasn't in Dying Will Mode yet.

His lack of diligence was his downfall, but then again what is he, a no good person compared to this powerful man who might give Byakuran a run for his money. He never had a chance in the first place.

The Man with the Iron Hat lifted a weaken Tsuna by the front of his shirt and knew he was done for.

I am sorry Reborn, I wish I done more, but I will always be a failure and die as one too.

He felt foreign flames forcefully getting within him as his sky flames summoned itself, almost like he was going into Dying will mode. Unfortunately the foreign flames were making his head more scrambled, while feeling exposed. Faintly, he hears Dino yelling.

Fearing that Dino might get caught up with someone he was no match for, Tsuna tries to not get too overwhelmed by the foreign flames. When something thin wrapped around his waist, Tsuna sensed he will be fine now and everything went black.