Ryuuichi with half lidded eyes looked at his surrounding. He was, yet again, in plain darkness. For the nth time. Somehow, he couldn't find the energy to even sigh as he simply stood in the middle of void. Strangely enough, he didn't exactly mind in this darkness. He didn't like it, but he didn't hate it either. He was feeling... Neutral for some reason.

He looked down at himself, and found that he was wearing a long, white sleeved shirt with a pair of grey trousers, barefooted. How he was wearing that, he didn't want to no. No thanks.

"A penny for your thought?" A voice resonated, breaking the silence. He looked up and saw Caelum smiling, walking towards him with his hands shoved into the pocket of his rather white trousers. The man's white T-shirt made him look like a saint, yet Ryuuichi knew better than naming him a saint. (A devil would rather suit him instead)

He stopped in front of him, tilting his head slightly. "Still exhausted?" Ryuuichi blinked, couldn't comprehend the questions, or rather, statement. He said nothing for a moment, but Caelum didn't seem to mind as the man waited for his reply. ".. I think..?" The teen's motors finally kicked in, feeling more and more aware as seconds passed.

"I mean... Yeah. I am. A bit.. Not really anymore.. Wait--" He frowned, stopping his rambles mid sentence. Caelum chuckled with great amusement. "It's kind of obvious, actually" Ryuuichi rolled his eyes, finally could function properly. "Right... Can I ask already?" When Caelum nodded, he suddenly found himself unable to speak as questions tumbled in his mind. There were so many of it, that he didn't no where to begin. He frowned once more.

"How did- No. Tell me from the beginning. Why am I here?" He meant by why he was transferred here, in this world. How, is another one that followed quickly.

Caelum hummed, as though he was musing how to explain to him, which was an obvious act. The man was just putting up a stupid play for suspense. To which Ryuuichi wasn't even a little bit impressed as he was given a deadpanned stare. "Well, the question should be why you were born in your previous life"

Caelum smiled somehow leaned back onto a wall that Ryuuichi never knew it was there, watching Ryuuichi giving him a weird look. "You belong here. I mean, your soul, our soul, belong in this dimension, this world. Perhaps I should explain the core first.

"The Historian Ring has only one owner and only one. No other people can use it. As you've known that I'm the First one, I was it's owner."

Ryuuichi didn't exactly understand as he looked at the ring on his finger. If it only has one owner, then why was he able to use it? He looked up as Caelum continued. "If you were thinking that it chooses it's owner by the vessel and flames, then you're wrong. The Historian Ring chooses it's owner through the soul. In another word, we are the owner."

"Is it because.. We've the same soul?" A nod was his reply. "Yes. I'm not sure if it has any other owner before me, but I was the rightful one, we are. And it has been for 400 years"

"So... That's what you meant by 'in thy new vessel'?"

"You caught on fast. And yes. When I die in my first vessel, my soul, our soul, drifted into a new body, reincarnate, if you know what I mean. The ring would somehow find it's way to the new body, and reclaim it's rightful place on the Historian's vessel. Our soul had changed vessels for 10 times, including mine and excluding your current one. And each time, we'll be reincarnated in this dimension. Until you, of course

"I'm not exactly sure what happened during the tenth transference to a new body, but you were reincarnated in another dimension. It was not possible to immediately transfer you back to this dimension without causing damage on the soul and the vessel. So I had to wait until you're 16 years of age before transferring."

Ryuuichi huffed silently, trying to process everything. "Then why was my memories of my past, no. My previous life, still with me?" Caelum smile held an mischievous edge. "It was a hunch. I've a feeling that it would be better if I leave your memories untouched. Besides, you haven't live enough in your previous life."

".... Then how come I'm born as a girl there..?" A shrug. "No idea. It was strange, seeing that the historians has been in male vessels ever since the beginning. A new experience, probably"

Ryuuichi face-palmed, sighing. It was no wonder he, or rather, she, felt as though she should have been born as a boy, rather than a girl. She had somehow suspected that she had been a he in her past life, but well, that was all just theory. Now? He knew that it was all true. How cliche. Not.

"So I'm... I should've been born here in the first place? This is where I truly belong?"

"You belong in where your heart truly is, where your soul truly wanted" He slowly nodded. Finally, finally, he could say that he really truly belong here. His yearn and want to be here forever was the prove. It was like a weight was lifted from his shoulder. Caelum tilted his head, and waved his hands.

The darkness changed into a vast greeneries, trees were huge creating shades, the wind was blowing softly. They were both standing in this open space, the grass rustling lightly to the wind. Ryuuichi looked around in awe of the beauty. "Where are we?" Caelum hummed in satisfaction and moved to one of the trees and sat down on the ground, leaning on the tree bark. "A scene from my memories. France, to be exact"

Raising an eyebrow at that, Ryuuichi followed Caelum and sat beside him. "You're from France?"

"Ah, yeah. Anyway, enough about me. Any other questions?" He frowned, wanting to ask some more, but he has a whole lot more question. Complying, he shot another question. "Then can you tell me the Historian? Full?" The man nodded.

"Hmm.. The First Historian, I, had my flames awaken by blood. Had a dream after the first night, met both said Death God and God of Judgment who the former 'blessed' me and the latter 'gifted' me. The blessing from Death God is to bring those who's time is up to 'afterlife', which wasn't much. The God of Judgement, however, gifted me the ability to judge, as so said, and to bring just. Balance, was more important. They wanted the world to balance somehow, alongside with the Tri-Ni-Sette of course, so they worked together and... Let's just say they chose me for who knows what reason. The other duty the Historian have, as you've known, was to record the events and histories of the world. So given the name, the Historian. That was the duty both the Death God and God of Judgement given to me at the same time. Nothing can be said unless proven with a solid prove, of course.

"And yeah, I allied with the Vongola and spent my life working with them until the rise of Secondo. I went off when Giotto stepped down, traveled with Alaude."

"Whoah wait. Alaude-san?"

"Yes. Alaude. The same Alaude who looked like that friend of yours. Continuing, I died on my first vessel and was reborn the next. I had half my memories with me. I asked Sepira to seal them and to not reawaken it, but somehow in the middle of my life in the second vessel, I had sealed my all of memories, so that when I was reborn again, I won't remember anything. Each life, however, wasn't who I was in my first. Like you, we're similar, but we're different. Despite having the same soul, we are practically different people."

Sepira... Sepira was Yuni's ancestor, and a Shaman. And the same kind as Kawahira. He wondered how Sepira have the ability to seal of one's memories. Then again, one's flames could be seal, so it wasn't much a surprise anymore. Not really. "Then how do the next Historian after you, know about their duties?"

"They don't. Until they are of age, of course. I would ask them the same question I asked you, and awaken them. But not the memories. Never the memories"

Speaking of memories... "There was a time I had nightmares where there are screams and pleads... Are those your... memories..?" A sad, sorrowful look fell on Caelum's face. His eyes dulled, pain whirling in them. The man looked away, staring at anything but Ryuuichi as a thoughful facade plastered on. "Yeah... I had actually asked Sepira to forever seal that piece of memory, but I don't know why she asked the current Sky Arcobaleno in your time to unlock it. There was no need for you to see it." Caelum frowned. "I've resealed it though. So you don't have to worry much about it.

"Moving on," Ryuuichi furrowed his eyebrows. He could tell that Caelum had suffered much. From what he had heard, the awakening by blood, sounded more than it seems. He doubt that it has anything to do with a magic circle, candles and dripping his own blood on the circle in attempt to somehow summon who knows what, a three-headed monster probably? Okay he's straying. But all in all, he knew that Caelum hadn't end his own suffering.

"The Historian Ring. It was actually a ring from my uncle. Before he passed away when I was twelve, he gave me the ring, saying that I should be the rightful owner to it" The man finally glanced back at him, but more pointedly towards the ring, frown still on his face. "I've no idea why he says like that though. That, and whatever he knew, was beyond me. However, the ring attached on our soul. It locked our soul to this dimension, preventing straying to another dimension. Again, don't ask me how did your case happen. I don't know much about the ring's ability to do that, and there wasn't anyone briefing me about it.

"And miraculously, the ring would appear once the Historian in their new vessel is of age, as I've said before" The younger raised his hand which had the ring on. It fitted on his middle finger snugly and perfectly. If it chooses it's owner by their soul, then it was no wonder Yuuichi couldn't wear it. Then, he remembered something.

"If the Death God and the God of Judgement wanted you to bring justice, in a sense, then what's the point of having Vindice?"

Caelum smirked. "That was the point. Somehow a year after my debut in the mafia with Giotto and his guardians, Vindice approached me. Openly. So you can imagine the surprise and chaos that happened. Vindice and I, came up with an oath. The Historian will forever allies themselves with the Vindice until all of them cease from existence, helping them to maintain the law. There are a few things the Historian couldn't interfere, however, was that the punishment Vindice had placed cannot be reversed. Though, though, in exchange, the Historian can change the fate of the one who is caught before the punishment was place.

"So it was like, things will go through me first before to Vindice."

Ryuuichi rubbed his temple. So that's how his older self managed to get Vindice as ally. But if that was the case, then his older self had knew the truth? "No, your older self didn't know the truth." Caelum interjected his growing turmoil, surprising the teen with his mind reading. Caelum chuckled.

"I can't read your mind. It was written on your face. Your older self rejected when I wanted to tell him the truth, saying that he'd rather you know it first. He had suspected as much though, and Vindice knew somehow about his truth and allied themselves with him" Caelum grunted. He hadn't really like the mafia police, but he didn't particularly hate them. They go with the evidence, that's what matter.

"Speaking of allies. I was allied with Giotto and his Guardians, and those who carries their will, Cozarto Shimon and those who carries his will, and lastly, Vindice. I believe, that you'll do the same, no? With the new addition of Cavallone" Ryuuichi had thought of that before. However, he wasn't sure that he would reveal it at the moment. He simply sighed, saying nothing to it.

"So I can interfere in things?"

"If they are fated for it, no matter how you interfere, the results will always be the same. So in another word, yes. You can interfere."

Then, they stayed in silence with Ryuuichi lost in his thoughts again. Caelum had answered his questions. He believed that he had more, but he just couldn't seem to remember the questions. And now that he knew about the truth behind everything, he felt he could let go now. Of his past. He still wanted to cling on it, though. But there was a big part of him wanted it to be release. Fully.

"... Then about my past life? What would happen?"

"Your vessel there died." His heart dropped slightly. He wondered if his friends and family there would be devastated. He didn't really like that.

".. Can you do me a favor? Please?" He asked, almost begging. Caelum waited, saying nothing but he was going to comply. "Please... Erase everyone's memories about me, anything about me. Erase my very existance from that world." He knew that was selfish of him, but he didn't want anyone there mourn, or be sad. Or anything along the line. He hated that when he was the cause of anyone's sadness.

Caelum, somehow could understand, agreed. He gently stroked his on the head, warmly. "I will do so" Ryuuichi gave him a small, broken smile, whispering lowly gratitude. The man returned a smile of his own, before standing up, giving him a hand. "I believe it's time for you to wake up. You're making your friends worry"

Ryuuichi blinked owlishly and took the hand, hoisting him up. He nodded stiffly, remembering the others. They'll be going back to their time. Yuuichi. Right. Yuuichi. He needed to find Yuuichi.

"Ryuuichi." He looked up, into the dark metallic blue eyes. "Do not ever ponder about my past. There's no need for you to worry. You live in the present, and I shall forever stay in the past. Remember, my successor. You are your own person" Suddenly feeling sleepy again, energy disappearing, he couldn't answer. He frowned, eyes glazed. "Wake now. Your friends and families are waiting" And his eyes closed.

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Tsuna had been into Ryuuichi's room a few times, to check on him. The first and second time, the teen hadn't wake up. To his surprise, however, Dino and Hibari were there. The older sat beside the bed, tapping on his phone while the prefect sat at the opposite. It occurs him that they had never left Ryuuichi's side ever since they transported him to his room. Perhaps Hibari's action could be understandable, but Dino? He never knew Dino was that close to Ryuuichi. That never really dawn him until now.

The third time, he went with Gokudera and Yamamoto. Reborn was there too. The hitman perched himself on Ryuuichi's bed, talking to Dino when they came in. "Reborn?" The brunette blinked. Now that he think about it, Reborn was intrigued by Ryuuichi. To what extend, he didn't know. But Tsuna understood the underlying of the interest. Reborn had taken Ryuuichi as a family of sort, as how the hitman had taken Tsuna and the others as family. The hitman might haven't realize that, nor would he admit it, but the brunette realized that he did. He himself too, had taken all of them as a family despite not having any blood relation. That is one thing he would never deny.

"Oh. You guys are here" Tsuna wasn't exactly surprise that Reborn sounded like he knew they would be coming. No. He wasn't. That, and he wasn't going to question how exactly the Arcobaleno knows. He rather not put himself in danger from Reborn. He like his current, safe zone, thank you very much. (As if he was safe from the sadistic hitman anyway)

Reborn turned around when he picked up soft rustling. He knew that Hibari heard it too, seeing that the prefect twitched and opened one eye from his spot. He could see a frown forming as Ryuuichi's hands twitched. A groan escaped the teen's lips, finally catching Dino, Tsuna, Gokudera and Yamamoto's attention as they gathered around Ryuuichi.

Ryuuichi slowly cracked open his eyes, only to close it again from the brightness. He had to wait until his vision cleared, and he saw the ceiling. He blinked, wondering where he was. He was talking to Caelum, but then he felt absolutely sleepy and succumbed to it. 'Ah right.' He then remembered everything. "Ryuuichi, are you alright?" He turned his head, absently noting that his neck was stiff as heck. "Yeah" His croaked, voice hoarse.

He frowned, still feeling tired. Still, he pushed himself up. Dino had helped him up, as he settled by the head rest of the bed with pillows behind him. He thanked him and Reborn when the latter handed him a glass of water. ".... Why do I felt like I've been through this before..?" The trio cracked a smile, while Dino simply chuckled. Reborn had an amused smirk on as Hibari silently snorted. Yes. He had noticed the prefect when he was sitting up.

"So, what happened?"

"You fell unconscious after you healed everyone with your Sun Flame, Ryuuichi" Tsuna answered. The said teen nodded, finally remembering it. And Reborn smacked him on the head, much to his and the others dismay. "That was a reckless move, Baka-Ryuu."

Ryuuichi pouted, but then grinned sheepishly at the newly gained nickname. He didn't really mind it for some reason. "Sorry..." Reborn nodded and settled on his lap, narrowing his eyes at him. The hitman was sizing him up. "Explain now, Baka-Ryuu" He winced at the emphasis, but slowly nodded. He motioned the standing trio to take a sit before he begin.

"Have you heard of the Historian, Reborn?"

"Yes, I have. The Historian is the one who supported the rise of the Vongola Familgia along with Vongola Primo and his guardian. They, however, hadn't done much to create a huge news so they were said to be a myth" Ryuuichi rubbed the back of his neck. "The thing is, it wasn't exactly a myth." He sighed.

"The thing is, the Historian do exist, and I'm the current one."

"Wait, what is the Historian exactly?" Tsuna interjected. Dino turned to the brunette and explained his knowledge about the Historian. "The Historian is said to be the one who holds the deepest and darkest part of the whole world's past. Even the most well hidden secret. But as Reborn had said, the Historian's existence was said to be a myth." The brunette's jaw dropped. He could feel his best friends' surprise too.

"That doesn't really answer the fact that you knew about things" Reborn sharply said. He meant by the knowledge Ryuuichi knew about things that would happen, and the results to it. It doesn't answer that anyhow so.

"About that... Can I hold it off a bit longer..? At least, until I deem it's okay..? Please" Ryuuichi wasn't sure if Reborn would accept that. He knew that the hitman was dying to know. He knew that, Reborn knew he told the Yuni of this era. It was suspense to Reborn, and the hitman absolutely hate not knowing things. Ryuuichi knew that very well.

Reborn sighed, grunted in agreement and jumped off. "Get ready. We'll be off to our time in an hour"

Ryuuichi blinked as the Arcobaleno walked off. 'Right. Back. Yuuichi' And he was promptly fussed by Tsuna and the others.

"Ryuuichi! We didn't know you have Sky Flames!" Well, shoot.

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"Okay, everybody's here. It's almost time to go, but I'll need you to leave the Vongola Boxes here" Shoichi said. Tsuna and the others were not happy to part with their partners, but they couldn't take them back, seeing that the box weapon haven't been created in their time.

Ryuuichi, however, wasn't so sad about it. He won't be parting with them after all. He smiled and stroked both Kuro and Shiro. They were sad, since they didn't know. He then remembered about the other box weapon and took it out. He looked at it for a moment, then towards the panther cubs, and back to the box. Deciding he would at least look at it, he injected Sky Flames into the orange box weapon, and it glowed. A ball of flame appeared out of it, and a grayish white wolf pup. He blinked at the grey eyes creature, and accidentally released a small squeal.

He absolutely like wolves, that was one thing he would definitely admit. He had like wolves since he was young, and that stayed the same. Basically, he was obsessed with them and giant cats. Can't do without the giant cats. Definitely. Unfortunately, he had never seen a real wolf in flesh, nor panthers, so it was mind boggling.

"Sora. You'll be Sora" The wolf howled cutely, agreeing with the name. Sora looked towards Kuro and Shiro, and the three of them immediately became best friends. How adorable.

"U-umm... Ryuuichi-kun..?" The said teen snapped out of his reverie and looked up. They were all staring at him. He laughed nervously and stood, nodding at Shoichi.

"Then, I'll start the time warp. Since it'd take forever to finish saying our goodbyes. The Arcobaleno will return as soon as they're finished sealing the Mare Rings. Then.." Shoichi paused when Tsuna called out to him. "U-uh.. Well.." He could understand what the brunette wanted to say as his eyes soften. "Thank you very much" He softly said. The brunette looked up, with the same look on his face. "Goodbye"

"Time warp, start!" A bright light surrounded them, and they disappeared. A moment later, the older selves of those who had gone back to their rightful time appeared. Vongola Decimo, Tsuna, had went up first while the others started sizing up Ryuuichi.

"E-e-ehhh Guys--..?"

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The past Mare Rings were sealed, the memories of those who had fought with them were passed to their significant younger selves, and lastly their partners.

Ryuuichi blinked when he landed on his bed with a thud. He looked around, he was in his room. He glanced at the digital clock and stared at the date and year a little longer. He was definitely back in the past. Their era. He heard soft growling and looked down, to see a black bracelet with a shape of a wolf and two panthers on his left wrist, beside his black watch. He smiled softly, even though he had no idea why his was in form of a bracelet. He then proceeded to take off his watch, the bracelet and the Historian Ring and placed them gently on his table. He hurriedly walked out of his room and slammed Yuuichi's door open. He had only been gone for only a few hours, so Yuuichi wouldn't be awake this early. He made a small mental note to throw the note away later, but first...

"W-wha- Ryuu?" Yuuichi sounded so sleepy, but he couldn't careless. He felt an overwhelming feeling swell as he grinned stupidly. 'I'm back' He leaped, jumping onto his brother.

"Yuuuuuuuu!!!" And he proceeded to cuddle the hell out of his brother, not listening to any protest at all.

(Unknown to Ryuuichi, the words on the Historian Ring glinted. 'The eyes of the selfless')

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A/N= THE FUTURE FINAL BATTLE ARC ENDS! FINALLY!

OMG THE FUTURE ARC IS DAMN LONG EIWOVHREOUIHFODSAHDSAI

And the truth is out!! I think it's a bit confusing, but whatever~

Fun Fact= Ryuuichi had more than one flame, as all of you have known. And his dominant flame, is the Sky flame. Cloud and Sun came closely. Rain as the next, followed by Mist. Storm and Lightning are the weakest.

I noticed that some were wondering about the pairing of this story, and I haven't exactly think of it. So yeah. And anything about relationships or romance will be put off until the end of the Curse of Rainbow Arc. Yeah.

The next chapter will be like the break part. Like, writing serious things tires me out for some reason. Need something to calm the atmosphere down. Yeah.

Ryuuichi finally let go of things! Yay! (lol)

I had Ryuuichi's box weapon on a bracelet because, well, too much ring. Too clustered. Too... Messy. So no thanks.

One thing, for Ryuuichi's main weapon... I need opinion. Should Ryuuichi's main weapon be a gun or the metal bow? Or one of them be a secondary one? Idk. I was thinking of making a gun the main one... But... *shrug*

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