Right after they had went back to the Vongola base and had greeted the rest of them, Ryuuichi went straight to his floor and made a beeline to his room. Right after locking the door, he slipped out of his shoes and promptly flopped down onto his bed. He sighed tiredly and snuggled into the warm cover, trying to go to sleep. He had, after all, been awake for almost 7 hours without a nap. At the back of his mind, he hoped with all his might that he wouldn't be dreaming that again.

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During lunch, Basil from their era had came. He had first appeared in Spain, with only a box weapon and a Helper's book with orange flame lit on it. And because of his Mammon Chain which had loosen from his fight with Milliefiore to Japan, which led Tsuna and the others into a wild goose chase. It happened a few times until the finally found him near one of the secret entrances to the base to which the first thing he did was collapse out of hunger.

And during the whole commotion where they ran like headless chicken, Ryuuichi had not woke up and was asleep soundly in his room, with music softly playing at the background. Tsuna had initially wanted to wake him up for food but Reborn had stopped him, with a gun, in the face. The infant had said to leave him alone, knowing that he hadn't sleep the night before. (He did went to check on the teen for a while)

Ryuuichi was indeed in deep sleep, and the previous nightmares were no more. But instead, he had dreamt about his usual dreams, which were a bunch of random, weird and out of the world stuffs which somewhat involved giant fish, flowers, certain cursed papers and books (Read. Assignments and homework), and so on.

Weird as it is, Ryuuichi still slept like a baby, as if there wasn't an upcoming war. It wasn't until his stomach suddenly hurt did he woke up. He groggily opened his eyes and curled up a little, trying ease the pain a little but to no avail. He was getting gastric for not eating breakfast and lunch. He slowly and unwillingly pushed himself up from the bed, glancing at his watch before realizing that he had slept for about 8 hours. He yawned, and stretched his body, hearing cracks.

He trotted to the bathroom to wash his face, still half asleep. He then wore his shoes and went to the kitchen. There, he was greeted by a kinds of shouting and squealing, and of course, happy chatters.

"Yo..." He greeted back with no energy and sat beside Tsuna, and had promptly slumped on the table. "R-ryuuichi? What's wrong?"

"Gastric..." He winced a little at the pain. Upon hearing that, Haru hurried to get a set of rice for the teen to which he thanked her. And then, they started eating. Lambo as usual, was perky and had tried to stole the others food which led to I-Pin stopping him, which led to Gokudera shouting at him and- well, you get the point.

The whole time they ate, Ryuuichi was silence, the pain slowly disappeared, to his relief. "How's your sleep, Ryuuichi?" Reborn suddenly asked, uncharacteristically concern. The said teen nodded. "It was ok" He finally spoke, voice still soft. Well, he wasn't in the mood to deal with all the shits at the moment.

He then turned to Tsuna. "What are we going to do tomorrow again?"

"Eh?"

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The next day, they had went out to look at the Namimori that hadn't changed much even after 10 years. Bianchi and Tsuna went to Haru's house, the Sasagawa siblings to theirs', Yamamoto took the children to the park whilst Gokudera would loiter around. Ryuuichi, on the other hand, had straight went to Namimori Middle School, where Hibari was.

It was as if he didn't want to visit his home of this era, but he had simply felt that there were stuffs that he shouldn't know about, so he didn't ventured. Instead, he went to disturb the prefect. At first he had simply disturbed him at the roof top, but shortly after that he got bored so he ended up strolling around the school, exploring it. He hadn't really had the chance to properly look at it even though he had been studying there for almost two years.

He stopped by his classroom and chuckled, remembering that he and Yuuichi had sat together by the window, with the younger in front of him, despite the protests they got from the teachers. But the teachers ended up relenting seeing that they wouldn't listen, and knowing that they wouldn't talk in class.

Then, he went to the laboratory, the music room, and then the gymnasium, where everything started. He had first planned on approaching the brunette here, and had watched him fight here too. It wasn't just the gymnasium. The courtyard where he and Yuuichi would sometimes eat lunch at, the roof top when they joined Tsuna and the others, and the Reception room. Definitely the reception room.

(There was one time when he was so bored and was having sugar rush at the moment, he had waltz in with a mischievious grin plastered on his face, only to find Hibari fast asleep on the black couch. He, feeling very playful, silently neared the sleeping prefect and crouched down. He stared at his face, before finally poking it. The touch had Hibari waking up, and glared at him. Let's just say they had quite a game of tag.)

He snickered before looking up to the sky, noticing that the sun was beginning to set. He walked back to the roof top, and met Tsuna and the others on the way. They all looked up to the sky, feeling at peace. The determination to win this battle spiked up.

'We'll definitely win'

By the other side of the building, on the roof top, lies a Hibari Kyouya as he observed his box weapon with Hibird on his shoes. He was complaining about how noisy they were when the voice of a certain blonde was heard.

"Now, don't be like that" He sat up and immediately dropped into his fighting stance. There, shadowed by the water tank, sat Dino. "They look sharp. I can probably leave them alone for the time being. Wait, hold on, Kyouya. Don't be in such a rush. I'll be sure to train you well.

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Ryuuichi had stayed in his own quarters the whole day, training and only had come out of it for toilet and food. He was, after all, the weakest among the others at the moment. That, and he still couldn't lit up the freaking ring.

He sighed when the dummies were sliced down, burning in purple flames. He was having close combat training, still using the bow. Before that, he was training his gun (As in, real gun) and apparently, he found out that he could actually pump flames into the gun like Xanxus's. Though, he had also found out that whatever shot or cut by his flames, it would ended up burning.

He sweated at the burnt dummies that were on the floor. 'Now I know why my older self would have those coating...'

His flames are... Really flammable.

He shook his head and walked to his water bottle. Taking a drink, he remembered his box weapon. He place the bottle back down on the table and picked up the box which was beside it. He wondered what kind of box weapon it is. But then again, the point should be how was he going to open it.

He looked at the box, then to the cloud ring, then back to the box. He lit the ring up and injected.

He was blinded by a sudden bright light and when it has dispersed, his jaw slaken and his eyes were wide open.

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When Shoichi was explaining about Choice, Ryuuichi, who was present courtesy of Reborn whom had dragged him out of his quarter, was burying his head into his crossed arm, wanting to go to sleep. He was feeling tired from the flame depletion after all that training, so he had been yawning this whole time. Fortunately, the others had paid not much him to him, and continued to talk about it.

Somehow, they managed to come to a conclusion on having a 'friendly' contest between Giannini and Spanner. Of course, Shoichi too would be busy with whatever he was planning. The three engineers slash technicians had literally forgotten the world as they concentrated on finished their respective projects, even food. They were so deep in it that they hadn't realized the brunette's present when he had delivered them their dinner.

Ryuuichi, too, had visited them. He was actually resting because if he continued training, he would no doubt collapse, and had decided to walk around. First one was Giannini, as he only take one glance at the man and had walked off. He doesn't want to disturb him. Shoichi and Spanner too, but they were much hilarious.

He had actually sat in between them for almost 10 minutes before they realize him. They were so surprised that they yelped out loud and jumped in unison. He snickered at their face before going off, but not after he gave a good luck.

As he walked back to his room, he briefly wondered when will a certain blonde appear.

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"Holeh shit!!" Ryuuichi braced himself when a huge vibration knocked him over his feet as he fell onto the ground. He groaned, rubbing his back and slowly pushed himself up, careful not to slip because of the wet floor again. He was in the bathroom and just finished his shower when he suddenly felt something akin to an earthquake, which really wasn't.

He sighed, quickly wore his clothing and had went up to Tsuna's room, where the source of the vibrations was. The brunette must have opened his box weapon. He managed to arrive at the same time Dino had, the commotion had ended.

"That was Tsuna's fault. That wasn't how your box weapon should look. Sky boxes are especially delicate" Dino said, still sitting on his horse. "If you keep opening your box like that, it'll no longer be usable" He then turned towards the teen with darker brown hair, which was wet, and smiled.

"Yo" Ryuuichi raised an eyebrow, and returned his greetings. His hands were shoved into his pockets as he moved closer to see the damage and whistled, impress despite the destruction. His gaze landed on the wet brunette and sighed. 'As expected, huh..'

"Still, you were still a bunch of kids ten years ago" For some reason, even though that statement wasn't directed to him, Ryuuichi felt irked at it and he not so lightly slapped the man on his leg. "Shut it, 'old man'"

"You're a kid yourself, showing up this late. Did you get lost?" Dino smiled at the sight of a certain Arcobaleno. "I never expected to see you again, my teacher, Reborn" He said softly. The Reborn, and the other Arcobaleno except Lal Mirch and the Sky, of this era had died, thanks to the Tri-Ni-Sette. His heart thumped when he saw his supposedly dead teacher.

Reborn smirked at that. He knew whatever the Cavallone boss was thinking. "What's with that look? You're still green behind the ear after ten years?"

"Heh, still treating me like a kid after all this years" When Dino moved to get of his horse, he slipped and fell onto the ground. Ryuuichi face-palmed and shook his head. Dino was still a klutz when his subordinates weren't around. He lent a hand to the blonde and had pulled him up. He pushed away the fact that his hand seemed to linger on his.

"Uh, Dino-san... Where are your men?" Tsuna asked.

"I sent Romario off to drink with Kusakabe three hours ago"

Cue sweat drops from everyone. "Yeah, why are you here? Isn't your family having a hard time fighting the Milliefiore?" Gokudera then asked, no, more like demanded.

"We would, if Ryuuichi wasn't there" The said teen pointed at himself. "Hah?" Dino chuckled and grinned, ruffling the teen's hair. "Well, your older self had joined forces with us and had won against the fight with Milliefiore. Currently, seeing that your older self wasn't there, Vindice had declared that Cavallone and the Giudizio are temporary under their protection. Well, how your older self did it was a wonder"

"Vindice?!" Ryuuichi pinched the bridge of his nose when an arm slung across his shoulder, pulling him nearer to the man. "You know, your older self was awesome~ He managed to make the Milliefiore retreat in just five hours"

Right. He seriously had no more idea what was with his older self and buried his face in his palm. The others jaw slacken at that. They did somewhat knew that the older Ryuuichi was strong, but they never knew that he was that strong.

"But... The victory in Italy will be nothing if we don't defeat Byakuran. Which means that everything rest on you guys" Dino suddenly turned serious. "Well, don't worry. That's why I've come all the way out here"

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And they decided to have a welcome party to Dino. The blonde had wanted to surprise them but ended up creating another headless chicken chase, with a human eating Enzo that supposed to rejuvenate them, but ended up making Tsuna even more tired. Ryuuichi was hid himself in the kitchen, helping the girls preparing the food because the mere thought of being eaten disgusted him.

That night, just as he was about to sleep, Dino had not so sneakily sneaked into his room. He was actually awake, and had faked it. Dino had silently walked up to his bed and sat down beside him. He heard a chuckle and a warm hand on top of his head.

Dino, whom had thought that the teen was asleep, softly stroked his head. His eyes soften at the quite adorable sight before sighing silently. "Seriously, I wished that you would've told me about your plans before you go off, Ryuuichi.." He softly whispered. True, the older Ryuuichi was fighting the Milliefiore before he had deemed that his work was done and had left without a word, leaving Vindice to take over.

Ryuuichi seemed to have his way with the cold blooded mafia police and even managed to asked them for help. Heck, he was even surprised when he had heard that Vindice was an ally of Giudizio. Dino sighed again.

Ryuuichi almost raised an eyebrow at Dino's words, although he knew that the man wasn't referring to him. When the man sighed twice, he snapped open his eyes and pulled him onto the bed with a surprising amount of strength that he didn't knew he had in him. They somehow ended with Ryuuichi on top of Dino, while Dino blinked in surprised as his back landed on the soft queen bed.

"R-r-ryuuichi?! You're awake?!" The said teen scoffed and raised an eyebrow at why the man doesn't seem to be unfazed about the fact that he was on top of him. Somehow, he doesn't want to know why.

(Dino on the other hand, were struggling to not groan and blush at his lameness. He should have known that he wasn't even asleep. That, and the fact that he was actually pulled down by someone younger than him. But then again, he wasn't really complaining about it. It wasn't as it he had never experience it.)

"Yeah" His hand was on top the man's chest (No he hadn't know how the hell they ended up there so don't ask) when he felt something hard and box like. The man suddenly pushed himself up and he ended up on his lap. "Well, since you're awake, I might as well give you this now before I forgotten.." He pulled out the same box Ryuuichi had felt from his jacket and handed him.

"Here. Your older self told me to give this to you?" Right, first was Shoichi, now it was Dino? What in the world? He gingerly took the box and examined it, somewhat forgetting that he was on his lap and was actually quite close to Dino. His eyes widen when he noticed the element of the box. He turned towards Dino and asked.

"You knew about my flames?"

Dino nodded. "Who else knew about it?"

"So far, only me, Kyoya, Tsuna and Reborn" Ryuuichi looked a little thoughtful. 'Then does he know about...'

"Then do you know about my memories?" This time, Dino raised an eyebrow and gave him a look, similar to what the older Hibari had gave him. "What memories?" He sighed, and shook his head. "No.. Never mind" He had expected that.

"What about this?" He pulled out the ring that was chained around his neck and showed it to Dino. Dino inspected it, fingering it as he spoke. "Not really. All I know was that your older self had this around with him for almost a year before it suddenly disappeared. Figures that it would be with you" He chuckled. True, he had seen the ring before, but the older Ryuuichi hadn't told him anything about it. He had simply smiled and said 'It isn't mine'.

Though, he couldn't understand why that he said it wasn't his when in reality it was with him, even if it was his younger self.

They sat there, with Ryuuichi deep in though, until the younger finally realized their positions. Nope, he didn't blushed. "Sorry" As he was just about to move away, Dino had wrapped his arms around him and locked him there. He was pulled closer to his chest as Dino tighten his embrace.

"Wait.. Let's stay like this longer..." Ryuuichi could feel the tension from the man, and gave up from getting away. (He did wondered why the man was feeling tense for no reason)

Let's just say that the 'longer' was the whole night.

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"Ah right. Your parents and brother are in Italy, under Cavallone and Vindice protection too"

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A/N= I realized that I hadn't really wrote like this in a while.

Gastric is a pain in the back... I've been experiencing it occasionally ever since last year.. Perhaps it was because I didn't eat much for breakfast before going to school...

Nope~ I won't reveal about the box yet. Be patientt

Fun Fact= TYL Ryuuichi had a reputation in the Mafia world. He was very strong, and might be even stronger than TYL Hibari. He had fought with the Milliefiore as a support for Cavallone before disappearing to join Hibari. (Anddd the nickname Demon rose again)

Fun Fact= Dino was used to the skin contact with Ryuuichi, like how Hibari was too. Please don't ask why. AND NO IT WASN'T WHATEVER YOU GUYS ARE THINKING

[I apologize for any spellings, grammars, etc.etc. mistakes]