Pre-vongola training [Private - Kumo vongola people only]

[OCC - this is set before the 11th Vongola has been announced and the 7 guardians have been selected by reborn. Vongola rings are forbidden and you don’t have them yet. All other items like custom rings are allowed etc.]

Renjiro was sitting meditating in the centre of a 50 meter clearing. His entire body surrounded by a purple flame produced by a ring on his hand that resembled a skull and outstretched his entire body by 10 cms. If somebody was to place their hand in this flame they would feel no heat and would feel an awkward sensation. This is because almost nobody has felt a dying will flames effects or restructured form of chakra before. Those who have are either guardians themselves or have died facing them.

The flames flickered and expanded but also shrunk with the slight breeze blowing around the very hot and humid training ground. It was roughly 2.32pm in Kumogakure and with a temperature of about 38 degrees Celsius (typical Kumogakure weather). The sun was directly above casting its full heat upon the village. Most people in the training area was in the shade and drinking plenty of water but Renjiros flames kept most of the heat and UV rays out, so he was nice and comfortable meditating.

Earlier that day Renjiro had a conversation with the Raikage about a group of Chuunins and Genins that he could call his own personal team and the discussion came to a close with a list of agreed people that Renjiro could meet and train and call them Team Renjiro, an elite task force of Kumo. Renjiro then proceeded to write letters to each of them personally and sent his own friend, 'Renbird', to deliver them one by one with a map leading them to his location now and an up-to-date image of himself.

Renjiros plan for when they arrived was personal introduction, getting to know each other via goals and ambitions and then finally a set of tests Renjiro had formulated to test their abilities and knowledge of jutsus. An additional note is that if any of them should try to harm Renbird, an automatic release of Renjiros dying will flames will be targeted at the person/jutsu as Renbird escapes at high speed. Another note is that if a person should try to find any details on Renjiro they will find nothing due to Renjiro destroying all information about himself apart from images and basic information. This 'Basic' information contained his examination pass ages, his name and his appearance and nothing more. Only the Raikage himself holds a true record of Renjiros full ninja profile and as such is extremely hard to get to and then is extremely hard to access or read due the information being hidden using Kumogakure Jounin level cithers.

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WC: 428

There was alot going on in Kaisen's head when he got a note to go meet the Raikage. A mission perhaps was probable, most likely to be what the Raikage had in mind. Kaisen didn't have the entire arsenal of jutsu nor did he contain any kekkei genkai that was considered to be Kumogakures "most powerful" but he was very smart. That was probably his best trait out of all of the chunin and a few jounin. The former Raikage did look at him with great hope until his death and now that the new Raikage was in and young, he added, intelligence was something that every Raikage needed.

Unfortunately, he never got a chance to reach the mansion. What stopped him was a little yellow bird that came flying towards him. He didn't know where the bird came from or from what direction but he had suspected that it was some personal summoning from a person he didn't quite nessecarily know yet. The bird flapped it's wings repeatedly to hoover in front of Kaisen. He notice something odd about the bird, nothing irrationally dangerous about the being but rather it was something oddly familar about the bird. The bird had a note held by the little feet it had. The feeling was odd but Kaisen could take the chance with it. Maybe this is something left from the Raikage. He took the note out of the bird, thanking him in the process. It felt right to say thank you. He didn't notice it till later but he think the bird gave a gesture of gratitude as it left from Kaisen's sight

He read the note. The man's name was Renjiro Kyoya. Where have he heard that name before? A jounin perhaps Kaisen thought to himself. I wonder what he wants with me. Kaisen took the note and placed it into his pocket. There was a map as to where the location was at. He knew where the location was at. Having too much time on his hand, he would know certain locations would be at and even if he didn't know where the exact location as, he at least knew the general idea as to where. He adjusted the headband on his sleeve, the kumogakure insignia gave a tad spinkle of light that dimmed away when he moved it away from the sun. He then tied the white headband that his father gave him when he became a chunin over his head just a bit firmer and was off to the location.

It was a nice day, perfect weather conditions. Kaisen could compare into eating a bowl of warm cereal that didn't burn his tongue but it wasn't ice cold, it was just perfect. Most recently, it has been slightly melancholic. The grey clouds usually filled the sky with the dank expression of a poem that showed the true existance of such pitiful lives that they lived in. The sky that appeared to show rain but nothing fell from the heavens. It only covered the suns rays down to the earth, pushing down the depression on mankinds souls. Kaisen would have to write that down somewhere when he was finish here. He would remember, it was such a pessimistic saying. He would have to think of something for this day as well. Not much of a person who like to see the people smile but it was a rare occasion to see the sun come out from time to time.

He was jumping from boulder to boulder before he reached the forest where he was jumping from tree branch to tree branch. He was getting close as he saw a few people sitting in the shade, drinking heavily on the water they brought in there canteens. Must've been a hell of a training session with them he thought. He didn't show any signs of sweating, in fact he felt a bit cool in this heat. Maybe it was a mental thing, where if one thinks they are cool physically then the body will naturally cool itself without sweating. It was a silly concept, cause it made absolutely no sense to him. The body would be sweating to cool of if it was natural. Maybe it was a unnatural force. He landed on the ground, rolling when he landed and started to walk towards the clearing. There the vast land that spread in open field gave a different look to Kaisen. Not to say that he hasn't train in open field but his usual training spot was in the mountains. Something about the mountains that made him love the atmosphere up there.

It didn't take him long to find this Renjiro. The man had an odd aura that felt somewhat like death or dying of the sort. It was nothing new to Kaisen, he's felt that when he was with his father. He would usually pour out the odd aura and Kaisen could sense it. He reached into his pocket to take out the note. There was the picture of the man. He looked at it then he looked at Renjiro. Same look, same face that said "I'm going to kill you". Yep, this was the guy. Never seen him before but only heard stuff through the grapevine with him. Kaisen walked up to him, stopping just a few feet away. He bowed out of respect

"Good afternoon, Renjiro-san" he didn't know whether to call him formally or sensei or senpai or what. He would think that this would be the most approiate thing to do. The man had an odd feeling, an odd feeling indeed. He wouldn't compare it to his father but it was definitely simular "You called me here?" he said politely

Sounds from a young woman could be heard, it was sounds of training, it sounded like "Kya!" or "hi-yah!". It was none other than Natsumi training her kicks, she was at an offensive stance, her Guan Dao strapped behind her back, her dark green, almost emerald eyes stared at the log in front of her as if it was an enemy, her eyes glaring at it before doing a roundhouse kick towards the upper part of the log, which there was an empty water bottle. The water bottle fell from the log as Natsumi stretched herself. She was wearing a dark grey sleeveless shirt that was a bit big, seeing as it ended on her mid thighs, black pants and her black ninja shoes. Her green eyes travelled towards the bag she had brought that day, it had plenty of water bottles when she first started, but now it has two or three, Natsumi walked over to her dark blue bag that was beside the log, she unzipped it and took out a cold, water bottle. A sigh left her lips as she opened the cool refreshing water, and let it pass through her mouth, savoring the cold taste that her body was craving for.

The place where she was training? A training facility that was in the village, she knew the owner very well, seeing as she helped him in a little 'problem' with one of his customers, and Natsumi was so kind to help him and get him AND his child out of trouble. Yes, the owner had a little child, around three years old. The first time Natsumi saw the cute little boy she immediately fell in love with the kid, making her visit as much as she could to train plus see the little kid and give him candy that she would buy for her from time to time.

Natsumi packed her things and was already changed in her usual attire, meaning wearing a red tank top and black pants that ended mid-knee and her black ninja shoes that reached to her mid knee as well. She would only wear this when going to train herself, she felt more comfortable this way. As Natsumi headed towards the counter, she was greeted by the owner. The owner himself looked around his mid thirties to early forties. He had short spiky black hair and dark eyes as the night itself when the moon isn't out and covering the land with it's splendorous light. He had a medium build from what Natsumi could see, he was also about five inches more taller than Natsumi. "Hey, Natsu, you leavin' already?", he called her by the little 'nickname' he had formed for her ever since she helped him from the little 'dilemma'. She nodded, opening her hand as it connected with his. "Yeeep. I got to get back home, I'm thinking of maybe later coming by to visit your little child, Tatsuya". As her hand left his, he noticed the pay she needed to pay for using the training facilities. He scratched his head.

"I'm sure Tatsuya would love it if you would visit, the wife thinks he has a crush on you. Ha!" Natsumi chuckled and waved a finger at him. "Now, now, Ketsu-san, your child could here you if he's around, ya know?", she waved at him as she headed out through the doors. But, after the doors closed, she couldn't even take another stepped when a yellow bird came towards her, the bird somehow looked very oddly familiar, but Natsumi shrugged it off, alot of people could have yellow, fluffy birds that look alot like- .... Yeah, let's stop. She didn't suspect much of the bird, but she saw a note being held by the little feet it had, so she reacted and reached for the note. When she got it, the bird flew away, making Natsumi look at the direction it headed for a few seconds before looking at the note.

The first thing she noticed about the note was the name of a person; Renjiro Kyoya, the name felt familiar, maybe because the name 'Kyoya', which made her shudder when a mental picture of the 10th's Cloud Guardian; Hibari Kyoya came into her mind. She also noticed a map of where the location was at. "Well, so much for rest..", she started running towards the location the map was giving. The day was a bit hot for Natsumi, of course it depended with everyone, other could be hot, or neutral with the weather and Natsumi was going towards the "hot weather" side. Even if the clouds were covering the sun, she felt a bit hot. Maybe it was because she just happened to come out of a training facility after two hours of being there? Sure, but she was used to more, seeing as she felt the urge to be better, stronger.

As she jumped from tree to tree, boulder to boulder, she felt she was getting close, maybe from insticnt, or from reading the map for a god five times before heading off? Either way, she knew she was close. She was right, Natsumi arrived to the location and saw two males there, one had an aura about him that reminded her strangely at Hibari, the other seemed... calm, but looks could be deceving. Either way, this must've been the man, or the other must've been Renjiro. Her expression was that of close to expressionless as she put her right hand on her right hip and then said "Hello. You must be Renjiro-san, correct?", she said to the older male, then she looked at the younger boy and nodded his way. "I'm guessing you called me... and him here?", she asked somewhat unsure, but still maintained her ground.

Reborn yawned slightly, ever so slightly as he woke up from his peaceful slumber of nothingness. Unlike most days, he still felt a little tired, a little weak, but he supposed it was nothing new he had, after all, been up for awhile these past couple of days. At first he hadn't been sure why, but he had the feeling that a new generation of guardians would be coming soon. How soon? He wasn't sure. Perhaps he'd talk to Tsuna about it later. Right now he was more concerned about a fellow Vongola Member by the name of Renjiro Kyoya.

The young man was in his late twenties and had been 'trained' of a sorts by Hibari if Reborn recollected the information correctly. And today he was arranging a meeting of sorts with some of Kumogakure's more promising ninja. And it was of these ninja that Reborn felt a sort of... attraction to. Maybe the next generation was coming sooner than he had thought it would. He had always known Tsuna never really wanted to rule, but he had thought that perhaps it would be for much longer... He remembered few Bosses that quit in their twenties or early thirties. Very few indeed.

Nevertheless, he needed to arrive there before the man began whatever it was that he was planning. Slipping on his jacket and fedora, Reborn promptly placed a hand against the wall beside of his large bed. A panel slid open and he walked into the tunnel of darkness. He walked for some time, well aware of where exactly he was, before placing a hand against a wall of blackness. Light slowly poured into the tunnel, barely blinding Reborn as his eye adjusted quickly, and Reborn stepped out into the world. He had arrived there just after a young woman. Again, that feeling of a new generation coming hit him.

Perhaps she was one of the upcoming guardians? As his gaze settled on the others, Reborn too felt that same attraction from each of them. Some of them he had guessed would be the future guardians, others he had no idea of, no warnings. As always, the Vongolas would gain new blood. But he needn't think about future guardians yet, Tsuna was still the Boss and yet to announce passing on his position to another Boss. Thus Reborn was still living in Kumogakure in relative secrecy, not doing much.

He was a Jounin, yes, but a secretive one of a sorts. He hadn't taken any students in these past few decades or so, so its been assumed he's dead again and his records conveniently gone from Kumo's records. But of course, the Raikage was well aware that he was still alive and capable. When was the last time he had shown himself about Kumo anyway? Ah well, at least the other two there wouldn't know him, or shouldn't anyway.

"Ciaossu," announced Reborn as he usually did. He was mildly aware that Renjiro would more than likely know who he was if Hibari himself had taken a personal interest in the young man so long ago. Briefly, names came to surface in Reborn's mind as he looked closer at the others. The male, Kaisen Kurayami. The female, Natsuki Lleiad. What was it that Renjiro wanted from them? That these three who reeked so much of future generation members were already gathered before Tsuna had relieved himself of his position?

He was very curious right now to say the least, but his facial expression didn't truly portray this, nor did the tone of his voice. Reon himself was still on Reborn's fedora with his usual odd, semi-creepy smile. Reborn briefly thought of shooting a Dying Will Bullet at each of them, just to see how they'd react and what their recent regrets in life were, but this wasn't exactly the time to do so, nor was their any pressing need to do so. Maybe at another time, these three were likely to become members of the Vongola in the future anyway. He'd get his chance one way or another soon enough.

Kyo was laying in the shade on top of his home, drinking sugary drinks and eating ice cream. He found today to be warm and sunny, two things he hated. He preferred clouds and storms, maybe even rain. Kyo was tired of all of the hoopla he was getting, just because he was one of the fastest Chuunin around doesn't mean he had to play errand boy.

He hated push-overs, he just wanted to relax and have a seat doing nothing. He lived in a apartment that had 3 other rooms besides the landlady and Kyo. There was the Ukata family, the father Tirun (41), his wife Momo (38) and his daughter Hiruka (7). They lived right below Kyo, since Tirun was once a Jounin who got injured during one of his missions, so he can't walk right. Kyo looks after Hiruka when Tirun & Momo go out for special days.

Then there is the twins who live together. Mizumi and Izumi (18), they where Chuunin, and when they left on missions, he would look after their cat Miko. Izumi has a crush on Kyo, but she's too shy to confess to him, and his too dunce to notice her feelings. Mizumi tries to tell Kyo how Izumi feels, but everytime she says "She likes you!" he thinks she means as a good friend, for looking after their cat. He would always say the same thing back, "I like her too! As a cute little sister~".

Then there was the last room. This one belonged to a single man named Rimu (23). Kyo doesn't know much of Rimu, since they haven't spoken much. He doesn't even know what he does for a living. Kyo only spoken to him during supper time at night, and at morning when his leaving to work or train. Kyo doesn't like the fact that Rimu doesn't talk much, or even likes candy.

Of course, there is the landlord and his wife and son. The landlord is named Yuriha(53), his wife Nima(54) and his son, Chasou(13). Chasou and Kyo are friends, they eat candy after supper on the roof, looking over the village at night. Sometimes, they even comment on the women who walk by the apartment complex. Nima treats Kyo like her own son. She finds him a gentleman and a good big brother to Chasou, sometimes, she gets him to help around the apartment, and he does reluctantly. Yuriha teaches Kyo in the art of being a gentleman and a fine young man. Basically, the Touhma family adopted Kyo as one of them.

As Kyo is laying in the shade on the roof of the apartment complex, a strange chubby little bird comes flapping its wings towards him. He opened one eye to see what was going on, then he saw it. A chubby little bird sitting on his chest. "Buzz off!" screamed Kyo, making a sudden movement, to scare it off. "I have the day off! I don't need this crap!" continued Kyo, throwing garbage at it, trying to scare it off for good.

The fat little bird stole one of Kyo's pieces of candy, a nerve was struck when that happened. A small vein appeared, right above his left eye. "NOBODY STEALS MY CANDY!!!!!!" screamed Kyo, jumping from side to side, trying to catch the bird, but it started to fly off towards the training area. "HEYYYY!!!!!" screamed Kyo, jumping off the building and reaching for it, just narrowly touching its back feathers. The chase was going on for a couple of minutes. Before Kyo could realize where he was, the chubby little bird lands on his shoulder and drops the candy.

Kyo looked at the candy, he picked it up, nibbled it, and looked at the bird. He then noticed a little piece of paper attached to its leg. He took it out and looked at it. He had to look for a guy named Renjiro. It had a picture of him with the letter. After he looked at the picture, the chubby bird flew off. "Stupid bird..." mumbled Kyo, then he looked at a baby standing next to two guys and a girl. "Renjiro?" asked Kyo, looking at the oldest man.

[Post order Renjiro, Skikyo, hana, Resaki and Kyo. We're expecting the Raikage at sometime so he'll post whenever he can, PO will be adjusted when this happens]

Renjiro had been sitting there meditating for what seemed like days but had only been a couple of hours. His dying will flame aura had died down considerably to that of a few cms from his skin but it was still enough to keep him cold and refreshed during this extremely hot day.

A young male approached by the name of Kaisen and greeted Renjiro with the generalised san attached to the greeting. Renjiro opened his eyes to see the male and stared straight into his eyes with a look of contempt. The male continued speaking saying that Renjiro called him here. Renjiro thought to himself 'Well that’s a fucking retarded thing to say considering I sent RenBird to them all'. "Yes I did ca--". A young kunoichi approached and stood 2 meters to the left of Kaisen. She greeted Renjiro with the same generalised san attachment to his name and then again continued with the same, you call me here. Renjiro continued his meditation but stood up staring at the pair of them. "Well done you've figured out what an academy student can ... Well done. A map and a picture can tell you a lot of things about a person that has requested your presence". He sighed "However you still asked if I was the one that asked you here. Shouldn't the pictures I took last week and the letter prove that enough for you youngling. Geez what are they teaching the kids these days ... Oh and on the note of addressing me as Renjiro-san.... Don’t, continue and I’ll bite you to de---" Renjiro instantly turned to the now appearing Reborn, I cold sweat suddenly came over Renjiro, his eyes widened and his now cloud dying will flame aura gone. "Rrrr...eee...... boooorrrnnn" Renjiro started to shake, his father had told him reborn was presumed dead many years ago in a Vongola related incident. Obviously this was a cover up so reborn could carry on his workload with less work. "Wwhat are you doing heeerre. Hibari said you might come visit me at some poiint in my life but is it time?" Renjiro snapped himself back into shape shaking his head "Well REBORN IS IT!!". Suddenly Renjiros attention was broken by RenBird returning to him and landing on his shoulder missing a few feathers on his tail and the rest of his feathers was screwed up and scrunched. He looked into the birds eyes and RenBird looked at the male approaching him. The male approached the group and said Renjiros name however Renjiros response was to stare straight into the male’s eyes "What did you do to my RenBird? Huh I know it was you little kid ... You have one chance before I bite you to death! SPEAK!"

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WC 463

Kaisen reached deep into his afro and begin to scratch his scalp. That really felt good to him and he didn't know why. Well, that was a dumb thing to think, he did know why cause the heat was making his scalp irritated. He doesn't mind hot days, just that it really bothers him when his scalp began to itch. He saw Renjiro stand up and say yes he did call. The sarcasm in his voice gave the question of whether this man was thinking lower of him. Kaisen, not really caring, continued to scratch his scalp and then proceeded into yawning. The thought of a person with a sarcastic attitude gave him a slight bore that he wasn't too surprise from somone with the weird aura. He placed his hands in his pocket as he was ready to say something to him, he was ready to say something else to tip the pot a bit. He might as well, he heard the sarcasm, he heard the heat from his voice.

It was a girl of course, a girl who is in the phase into becoming a woman. Kaisen just gave a slight stare at her and then looked back at Renjiro. The girl then said the same thing, addressing him with his name with a honorific at the end and asked was he the one who sent us. Kaisen suppose that would be a more honest question. But, of course, that wasn't the response that he was getting from Renjiro's irritated face. He didn't show it, oh but his kill intent was nothing short of showing how annoyed he was. Renjiro sighed and then proceeded into saying about how the generation of today aren't being taught how to find simple things

'Oh, and you're generation is hot shit huh?" Kaisen thought. He wanted to say it, but it would be like adding a oil to a cold pan, it wouldn't have taken effect as of yet. He kept his cool as he always has. This man was about to test his patience on how to keep polite with older figures as he was taught by his father and mother but this man did not want the honorific in his name. Ok, that's fine. That will mean something in the later process.

The man's cool was lost when his eyes widen and he saw a short little man, or was it a toddler, maybe a baby. Kaisen always question the person they called Reborn. He was a enigmatic character, someone along the lines of a person who has deep connections with the Vongola and yet as though he never existed. Reborns voice was as cute as it was enticing to hear. Kaisen said "Good afternoon" to him before Renjiro said Reborn, exaggerating the whole entire name like it was a harsh word to say. He was shaking and for some reason, Kaisen wanted to laugh at that very moment. Why, he did not know for sure. Probably because he was ready to insult his entire generation and looking at Reborn was reverting him back to the past or something. He didn't know.

Another person came to the scene, a young man of probably nineteen or twenty. He felt like he was the youngest here and he was not wrong on that note. He didn't feel too inferior when the man had a very odd aura of a child. He turns to see the little yellow bird land on Renjiro's shoulder. He asked the newcomer as to what he did to the bird.. Kaisen sighed out of regret into coming here. A person who embodies a killer, a girl who looks like she was ready to strangle someone, a little baby and a man who was a kid. Sounded like a bad party.

Kaisen raised his hand. He didn't care if he didn't look at him or not but this was the perfect oppurtunity to say at least something "Renjiro s-" he stopped himself from adding the honorific then proceeded "Renjiro, is it alright if I take a gander that you wanted us to see if we are going to be badass guardians of the next generation of Vongolas or is this a picnic of some kind? Either way, I'm cool with those two choices" He shrugged "I'm guessing with Reborn here, this would be the first choice cause I really didn't read the full note that was sent. I just got the location and the picture"

Renjiro was probably going to do something so awful to him. With the look on Kaisen's face, it was kinda hard not to do something to him. So damn calm, so damn blank it was almost like staring at a fresh coat of snow. A person couldn't decide whether he wanted to step on it or roll around in it. How a young kid like himself could ever manage to keep a face to a person who shows absolute kill intent from first glance was a bit boggling. He waited for the newcomers answer and for Renjiro's answer

Natsumi mentally rolled her eyes, she still had her right hand on her right hip while having a bored look on her face, as if trying to tell him like "are you done already?", he already got on her bad side acting this way, who does the man think he is? And the most she hated from people is when they used sarcasm. Oh, how it made Natsumi's blood boil, she would've scream at Renjiro profanities but she decided to keep her mouth shut, for her sake. She was known in her family for sometimes not keeping her cool, acting on her rage, ending up badly hurt, and would be sent to hospitals rarely as a kid, and the process would repeat when someone insults her or anyone in her family. Sometimes, her mother and father wondered where did she get that stubborness from.

'Now, now, if only I could...', she mentally imagined strangling the man's neck slowly, then pushing down, trying to break any bones. Ahh, that got her adrenaline going, she tried keeping a straight line on her face while inside having a small happy fit imagening the torture. Some people wander if she was a sadist or something, she does love causing people pain, BUT only to those who endager anyone that she's close to.

Then, her eyes wandered towards a certain little toddler, then her eyes widened but then just a quickly they wnet back to original size. 'Reborn...?', she blinked as she looked at the little toddler. Let's see, black, somewhat cute tux outfit, finished by a cute little fedora on his head and the ultimate finish is Reborn's chamelleon, which had a slight creepy smile like it's owner. Reborn, the famous hitman in the Vongola family, the 9th's most trusted men in the whole family. Of course, she began studying about Reborn, or try to ask him about himself whenever she had the chance, so it was nothing new when she recited those words.

Then, another person arrived at the scene, it was a young man, Natsumi knew that much, but what age could the young man have? Aproximately nineteen maybe, or more? Who's to know. Natsumi blinked again when she looked at the boy, analyzing him as if she was going to fight him, or something. But, in fact this is what she would always do, every time she would meet someone, Natsumi would begin analyzing them, as if she was a robot, or something along those lines. Everyone appeared to be very out of it, as in all of them, who were very diffrent in one place? What could be going on in Renjiro's mind?

Her eyes wandered to Kaisen, who appeared to be very younger than all of the people here, he was currently raising his hand at the moment, making Natsumi's full attention turn to him. An eyebrow slowly raised when he started speaking. 'Ok, he may be the 'youngest', as far as I know, but he knows when to speak, interesting'. If this was gonna be the next Generation of the Vongola family, that it sure hell got Natsumi's curiosity. But, since he spoked to, Natsumi guessed a high rank, and the way Renjiro seemed to be, he could get hurt. Her eyes narrowed at Renjiro, while her hand slowly went towards her pole weapon that was strapped behind her back. Something told her that Kaisen could handle himself, but nonetheless, it made the young woman worry, even though she tried to not worry too much over new people she had just met. But, if these people were gonna be her family, it's best to start now, right?

In the back of his mind Reborn was a little annoyed, but he didn't show it very much. Why was the boy so... afraid of him? Or paranoid about seeing him. Ehh weird to say the least, but hey the guardians were a bit weird too you could say what with extreme... In the back of his mind he shivered slightly. Extreme. That word brought back memories.

He raised an eye very slightly as he caught sight of RenBird. Very familiar that bird... Had Hibari done more than just talk to the boy? He'd been aware of Hibari doing so but... Hmmm. Come to think of it, the kid had a pretty high control over his flame just like Hibari... Hibari hadn't had left the boy everything had he? ... But it sure looked like he had. He ought to speak to Hibari some day but he supposed Hibari had had the right idea in mind, but to think that he would seek out the boy while he was still a kid and teach him all of this! Was he slacking off in his skills or had Hibari intended for this young boy to be the next Guardian after him?

He slowly began to try to remember what he had read up on each of these ninjas in the Vongola's extensive libraries and files. All were in their later teens save for Renjiro who was in his late twenties. The three minors were roughly of Chuunin level and had had some experience at being a ninja and generally of good heart. They were adept in Ninjutsu with variations between Taijutsu and Kenjutsu or elemental mastery and all seemed to have the same element: water, with various differences here and there. What else was there? Kyo seemed a lot like his predecessor, as did Renjiro. Amazing what kind of similarities there were between the four of them... quite amazing indeed. He'd have to look back on their backgrounds soon enough.

As they went on with their talk and thoughts, Reborn scrambled away to a nearby tree, choosing to sit on an out-hanging tree branch, for once not going for one his hidden passageways. He was waiting to see what would happen and if he might somehow be able to humiliate them all. He always did find it easier to train them when they'd personally been humiliated by him in a way... or if he managed to give them something they wanted. Tsuna had been one of his most favorite students. Sure he was a complete klutz and kind of still was, but he had been fun to train as had his friends and family. Maybe this next generation would be just as fun or more fun.

Although... the girl might get a bit upset with him. Still, better she learn how his techniques worked now than later right? ... Besides, what did he care if she wanted to kill him? She couldn't exactly kill him and he was teaching her something anyway. He'd get around to teaching them all eventually as well. Teaching, annoying, bothering, whatever you wanted to call it.

The moment Kyo got there, he studied the 4 people who where already there. The only girl was around 20s, she could very well be younger or older. But he wouldn't know nothing about it. He probably seen her around, he might have made some comments on her with Chasou. But he can't remember if he did or not. The youngest, being a male, was around 16 he would guess. He saw him around Kumo, but he never exchanged a glance or word with him. Then there was the oldest, who looked like he was in his early 20s. But he knew he was older. Just by the way he spoke. Then there was the youngest. Reborn, is what his called. He spoke with a cute childish voice, but seemed to know more then he seemed to.

Kyo didn't really like work, or training, but he did have a urge to fight Reborn. He couldn't understand why, but maybe it had to do with the position of the Thunder Guardian? Didn't matter to him anymore. "Ciaossu" was the only thing he said, then running off to a tree to observe the rest of them? Who knows. "What did you do to my RenBird? Huh I know it was you little kid ... You have one chance before I bite you to death! SPEAK!" screamed the man named Renjiro. Kyo looked at him, wondering what the hell he was talking about. "He fell over, that's all." said Kyo, taking out a piece of candy, eating it.

Kyo looked at the girl, he was a bit scared of her, holding onto her weapon. He was afraid he would be hit. He studied up on the 10th's family, and he saw many accounts of the Rain Guardian hitting the Thunder Guardian. "You won't hit me? Right?" said Kyo, holding a piece of strawberry candy in his hand, holding it out towards her. "I'm Kyo Hekireki." He said with a smile. He then looked at the youngest member, who would go by the name Kaisen. "I'm Kyo Hekireki, hope to be friends with you!" said Kyo, handing him a orange flavoured candy. He looked at Reborn, then he looked into a small bag of candy he had with him.

He shuffled through, looking for a candy Reborn would like. He then took out a lime flavoured candy and tossed it over to Reborn. "I hope you like it!!" screamed Kyo with a smile. He then sat down on the ground, looking at them all. "I'd give you a piece of candy Kyoya-sama, but you screamed at me, so I guess you don't need it." said Kyo, with a snobbish attitude.

Kyo sighed, he didn't want to leave his home today, he wanted to relax. But 'RenBird' bothered him and stole his candy. Kyo put down his bag of candy and took out his wallet. Maybe I can go and get a bunch more candy? thought Kyo, looking inside to only see 20 yen. Kyo had a sweat drop falls down his face. He had barely any money left. He most likely spent it all on his food and rent.

He glanced around the area, seeing how barely anybody was around. He noticed there was no store either. Kyo layed on his back. Boring thought Kyo, hoping he had a idea come to his head. Then it struck him. "How much do we know of each other?" said Kyo, sitting back up, looking at each of them. "Since I heard that Kyoya-sama burnt everything about him, and how Reborn was such a mysterious person, we never spoken before, have we?" Said Kyo, looking at them all with a smile.

Renjiros temper was getting the most of him when the little kid spoke to Renjiro with the response that RenBird had done it himself. Renjiros eyes widened, his eyebrows furrowed and the flame on his hand ignited. He stared at the young male and thrusted his fist to his right, away from everyone, and as such released a huge blast of purple flames from his fist expanding to 4 meters high and 4 meters wide and stayed that width and height for 15 meters before dying down. It obliterated 15 trees and left a semi circle mark on the ground all the way up until 18 meters where it dissolved into nothing but small flickering flames at the edges of the crater.

He turned to the male again after he had finished talking to the others and handed out candy and pointed the finger which held his still light skull cloud ring on. "I’ve grown up with that bird of mine, I know what he's think just by looking into his eyes. He's telling me you did that to him and as such he has my total trust. Touch him again and I’ll do to you what I did to that area" he was pointing to where he just released his flames and as the small flickering flames at the edges of the entire crater. He turned and looked at them all including reborn "Get in my way and I won’t bat an eyelid when I call you all right where you stand. I'm here for only one reason, the protection of this village and to gain further power. Don't like it ... go away; you’re not worth my time". He turned to Reborn "And you old man, as you can see I was trained by Hibari and as such you know my potential. I've inherited his will and his short tempers so deal with it or go away and stay hidden."

He scanned around the area with a sudden glance and then sat down meditating again the aura from his skull ring expanding over his body like a thick but small flame. If anyone should touch them it would give them a D rank amount of pure damage to their limb but will feel cold and dark when touched


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WC: 380 - Sorry its low

Items/Jutsus used

Name of Weapon or Item: Skull Cloud Ring
Location: On his left middle finger or around his neck on a necklace
Description: This cloud ring emits the same type of cloud dying will flames as his Vongola cloud ring however it isn’t as pure or as powerful. This cloud ring was forged as a spare in case of emergencies or if the user was facing more than three opponents, where one cloud ring would be pushed to its maximum.

This ring is the reverse of the Vongola Cloud Ring and as so boosts Renjiros Ninjutsu with its dying will flames. By doing this it raises the techniques ranking by 1, however if it should meet another technique of its same rank (regardless of elemental differences) Renjiros boosted technique would win. An example, if Renjiro would use a Fire release: Great fireball jutsu (Rank C - Boosted to B by the flames) and his opponent would use a Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique, Renjiros Technique would win even though the opponent’s technique is elementally superior. This item requires a B rank amount of chakra input to create this effect.
Owner: Renjiro Kyoya
Rank: A

Name of Jutsu: Cloud Dying Will Flame Burst
Rank: S (classed as A but boosted by using skull cloud ring) (takes C rank amount of chakra due to it needing a cloud dying will flame item to firstly produce this flame with a B rank of chakra)
Range: Long- Short (max 15 meters - min 1cm)
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
Users: Vongola Cloud Guardian
Element Affinity: N/A (made by item, Vongola cloud ring, using chakra)
Description: This jutsu is made by creating a flame using a cloud ring and then focusing additional chakra into it. This increase of chakra into the ring allows for a greater flame and can therefore be projected in a direction. Depending on the amount of additional chakra used makes this jutsus distance (not strength or power) different. This type of chakra is immune to spirit type attacks and being converted to any other type of chakra other than its current state.

If a B rank amount of additional chakra is added to the ring then this technique will project up to 15 meter (the technique will be classed as an S rank jutsu due to the chakra already used to activate the ring).

If the skull cloud ring is used as a source of the dying will flames then this technique is raised by 1 rank above its current ranking (see lists above, if classed as S rank it will become a S+ rank ... meaning if it classed with another S rank jutsu it would win).

As Kyo introduce himself, he gave him a warm smile said that he hoped they could be friends. What Kyo had in his hand dropped into Kaisen's was a orange piece of candy. Kaisen looked at it solemnly then glanced back up at Kyo. The kid, he didn't think of him as an young man yet, just a kid, was attempting to, as Kaisen might imply, butter him up so that they could become friends. He closed his fist, he didn't want to chew, never the less even attempt to consume it he just glared at Kyo. What turned him around was purple flame that arose from Kyoya's hand. Kaisen turned towards him, seeing it at the corners of his eye and watched as Kyoya released a blast of purple flames towards an area of the forest vaccant of any life.

That feeling again. That lingering feeling that was in the area that did not make Kaisen spine shiver but made him breathe in a bit more. There was a sense of anger in Kyoya. From the way Kyo was talking about Kyoya's bird, he was not surprise that he had to release the burst of anger. But that was not what Kaisen was getting from him. It was much different, something that made Kaisen wonder what it was. Was it death? No, death has a define characteristic that makes anyone know of what it is. It came in all shapes and sizes and this was not a familar one that had that chilling feeling. It was getting more familar, familar like he felt the feeling before but it's been such a long time. Kyoya indirectly cleared it up for him.

It was power. That is what that man gave off. Pure and absolute hunger for power that made Kaisen breath in more. This man had clearly had a drive to absolutely consume those who are deem weak in his eyes and will try to destroy those who are deemed powerful. In that instance, he saw his father say a bit about the attributes of each flame. The sky harmonizes, the sun brightens through, the rain washes away, the mist hides and conceals, the storm causes destruction, lightning strikes through the sky and the cloud...The cloud propangates Kaisen thought. It grows, consuming everything. That was that feeling.

"Tch" Kaisen said, scratching his scalp out of complete annoyance "So the trainer throws a hissy fit and gives me a speech, the horn headed guy trys to give me orange candy. Oh, so you give ME the orange candy eh. I bet if you had grape, you would've gave that to me too huh....a woman who looks like she is about to destroy things even if you glare at her wrong and a man who is a baby...." he lets out a heavy sigh "Oh lord have mercy...."

He turns away from them all and heads back towards the village "I thought I was here to maybe learn something. Oh I did learn something. That everyone of the Vongola is absolutely nuts. I still dont know why I was chosen to be the 11th Rain Vongola. I have absolutely nothing in common with the 10th Rain Vongola anyway" He begins to walk "I'm out, I'm going back to the mountains and train. You'll know where I'm at" he waves off and takes his leave

Natsumi's eyes seemed to be staring at everyone here with a serious gaze, even to Reborn but that was to be expected. Her arms were crossed since she decided it was best to not get her weapon out and she appeared to be in a bad mood, being with the 10th generation Storm Guardian for so long she started copying his characteristics a bit, even his mood most of the time! So, when she gets mad, she starts putting this frown look on her face, her eyes seemed to be glaring at the 11th' Rain guardian. No matter what he says, he shouldn't leave, then again she shouldn't care about one guardian going his or her seperate ways to train or god knows what else, correct? Right, then why worry?

Her eyes travelled towards Kyo, who appeared to be the Lighting Guardian. It was quite easy to see cause the way he looks, talks and acts reminded her of the 10th generation's Lighting Guardian, Bovino Lambo. Her offered her candy which made her get out of her angry mood. She blinked a couple of times before taking the candy. "Um, thank you..", she said to him, a but uncomfortable. Her green eyes looked at the candy she had in her hands, from the color of the wrapper, she guessed it was strawberry flavored. Natsumi placed the candy in her pocket, deciding to eat it later. It'll help with her anger problems, that or a nice, long bath. Natsumi closed her eyes and began to speak. "So, the new Rain guardian just leaves like that? Tch, pathetic, I wonder why he's the Rain guardian. Then again, not all Rain guardians are alike..." She chuckled softly and then she added while looking at Kyo "No, I won't hurt you. You're not on my 'list' "

Natsumi completely ignored Renjiro's attack, her eyes looking now at his with a blank look. Sure, he was the Cloud guardian, but he didn't need to go that far. Then again.. it's like trying to talk to Hibari but before you even say a word he'll say "get away or else i'll bite you to death", something she disliked from Hibari but she still respected him nonetheless. "I don't care if that Rain boy can hear me or not. Sure, the new generation seems... diffrent". She sighed, still keeping her eyes closed. "I ask myself the same thing: Why was Kaisen-san chosen to become the Rain guardian?", she shrugged her shoulders. "Oh well, Reborn must have his reasons for choosing each and every one of us". As she said that she searched her surroudning with her eyes, knowing Reborn was hiding, as usual. 'That Reborn... what was he thinking choosing people with very, very diffrent personalities? Sure, some act like the 10th generation guardians; I know I'm starting to act... Gokudera-ish. But still, I wonder..'

Maybe it was best to tell Kyo that he had just angered the wrong man. He sure reminded Natsumi of Lambo. "I suggest you don't start making Renjiro-san mad. It's best to make your first impression a good one", 'Or not.. I really don't care. It depends on the person.. Now, if I could say that... I could be next. Eh..' It was best for Natsumi to keep quiet about that for awhile. At least, till Renjiro calms down.

Reborn sighed slightly. As far as he was concerned, whether or not these ninja were indeed the next generation or not (as likely as they seemed), they weren’t getting off to a good foot… Not like this anyway. But then again, Tsuna had had similar problems had he not? Well… maybe not exactly like this, but similar. He had the most trouble with Hibari after all. But it was of no use comparing these to the previous generation until he found out who the next boss was. Tsuna hadn’t said anything yet and so he didn’t have a clue yet either.

He probably should have gotten down and talked to them or something, but he decided he’d just wait for the time being. Maybe he could start using that Dying Will Bullet pretty soon… Just not on the person he wanted to most of all. Maybe a fight really was what they needed? He half raised an eye as Kaisen started to walk off and even left. Should he go after the kid? Or Renjiro for that matter? Someone? Ehhh not really. Didn’t matter. One way or another, he’d be seeing Kaisen again someday.

And then there was that Kyo kid. He was so much like Lambo! Reborn almost, almost hated Lambo. He was so... so... damn annoying! What with his crying and constant threats of killing him and beating him up... God the kid was annoying. Reborn wasn't even sure how he had managed to put up with Lambo for as long as he did. At least Lambo had mellowed out a little... just a little. He hoped this kid wasn't going to be as annoying as Lambo was...

As for Natsumi… she seemed to be about the only normal one here asides from Kaisen. But knowing that she’d already spent time with the previous generation he doubted she was as sane as he thought she was. Gokudera-sensei… He mentally half shivered at that thought. Gokudera teaching anybody was bound to result in an interesting situation. Still, the guy did have good qualities so he was bound to be a good teacher in some way.

As for Renjiro being a good teacher… Reborn cast him another look. That seemed extremely iffy right now. He sure was a lot like Hibari, but maybe a little more extreme than him. Reborn mentally sighed. Why was this generation so… damn different?! He liked a challenge and all when it came to training them, preparing them for life and as members of a mafia… but come on, how was he going to deal with that?! But despite all these troubling thoughts and ideas, Reborn didn’t look the least bit troubled. Surprised maybe, but troubled? No.

OOC: Topic end, on to the next one