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"Tsuna?"

"Surprised?" Tsuna spat, wiping blood from the corner of his mouth, "dumb little Tsuna grew a spine."

He scoffed tucking the gun behind his back into the holster.

They circled around each other slowly glaring at each other. "Tsuna, this is crazy! Stop!" Yamamoto yelled up at them, jumping away from Mochida.

"Crazy?" Tsuna said, "you could say that I guess. I haven't been in a sane mind set for a while."

"You're fighting me now." Mochida snarled leaning back into his fighting stance as Gokudera set himself up as well.

"Give it up Mochida, you can't take on both of us. Get out of the way before you get hurt." He said between gritted teeth.

"I've been doing pretty well so far." Mochida said with a low chuckle before dashing forward.

"Guess you don't have your dogs as trained as you'd like." Tsuna laughed, a crazed look taking over his eyes.

"You really are psychotic." Natsu said raising his staff.

"To the bone." He bit back, "you finally going to actually fight me?"

"It's your funeral." Natsu snapped.

"I've already had one." Tsuna said surging forward, "you were there."

He kicked up catching him in the chin and flying upwards. "or were you?" He asked, jumping up after him.

"Did you cry to mom before and say that it would hurt you too much to be there?" He asked in a mocking tone kicking him back down to the ground while he kept himself hovering in the air. "I don't know why I thought you were worth the effort and the money to come back to kill."

He landed softly beside the crater that he created, "you are literally worthless to anyone. Body and soul." He sighed with a wide toothy grin.

He heard Natsu growl angrily within the dust as cement fell off his clothes. "I will kill you." Natsu growled wiping blood from his chin.

"No. You won't." Tsuna said bluntly, "you don't matter to anyone but yourself. Look around Natsu. Is anyone standing up for you?"

Natsu froze looking over towards his guards, Yamamoto, and Gokudera. They were all standing behind Mochida, all their weapons on the ground. "What are you doing?!" He yelled taking a step towards them, "kill him! He's in the way! You're supposed to be protecting me!"

"Natsu." Tsuna snapped making him turn his attention back towards him. "You don't matter to them. Get it through your thick skull. If you did they would be doing everything in your power to help you."

He touched his face with his palm, lightly. "But they're not."

"What are you doing here?" Natsu asked slowly, a tear going down his face, "I got rid of you so I could finally have everyone to myself. You were always in the way."

"Natsu." Tsuna chuckled taking his hand away, "you were in the way of yourself. You're disgusting."

"Stop." Natsu snapped threading his hands through his hair. "Stop saying those things."

"Oh, Natsu." Tsuna chuckled again, walking around his slowly. "You just don't want to hear the truth."

He shoved him from behind, making him fall to the ground. "You never want to hear the truth. You just always wanted something to beat when you felt bad." He gave him a heavy kick to the stomach. "And I was just that something."

"SHUT UP." Natsu screamed.

"What?" Tsuna snapped grabbing his hair, "You scared to hear about the green eyed monster that gripped you tight?"

Natsu raised his face quickly jabbing him in the nose. Tsuna yelped in pain, dropping his head and stumbling a few steps back. "I'll make you feel every single pain that I felt." Tsuna screamed at him, as his nose gushed blood, "Every. Single. Thing!"

He glared at him with crazed eyes, "I'll laugh at you, I'll take everything you love, and I'll sure as hell kick you when you're down. Over and over and over again!"

He ran forward pulling a knife from his belt and throwing it forwards, Natsu blocking it quickly with his bow staff. "Maybe I should ditch the knives." He said throwing the belt off, "this is a hell of a lot more effective."

He pulled out the gun and aimed forwards shooting off a few rounds, none of which connected. 'Shit.' He thought, 'I need to focus.'

Natsu surged forward swinging his staff down while Tsuna brought his leg up and blocked with his shin. "Really Natsu? That's all you've got?" Tsuna laughed, "I thought you were better than that. You're such a little bitch."

*Flashback*

"Mom, said I was allowed to play with you guys." Tsuna said with a smile as he held a soccer ball up to his chest.

"Seriously Tsuna, you told mom?" Natsu growled.

"No, I was just-"

"Fine," Natsu snapped, "come play."

Natsu looked between all the players, making a smirk crawl onto his face. "You can be the goaltender."

They began playing, Tsuna stood confidently in the net until Natsu kicked it hard into his face, afterwards rolling into the net behind him.

"Really Tsuna? That's all you've got?" He laughed, "I thought you were better than that. You're such a little worm."

Tsuna stared at him before standing up. "I'm sorry. I'll go play inside with mom." He whispered, turning and running back into the house.

*Flashback end*

Natsu stared at him before jumping back. "Stop it right now you jackass." He said shakily.

"Weren't you listening? I already told you once." He said pausing his erratic movements, "Are you so stupid that I need to tell you twice?"

*Flashback*

Tsuna crossed the floor of the classroom with the tray of paint as quickly as he could, considering his brother had asked for it quite insistently. Suddenly he slipped to the ground, launching the paints into the air and splattering himself in several different colours. There were a few snorts of laughter and then silence. The teacher had left the room for a few minutes to check on something so they were all alone.

"I told you to get me everything in one piece." Natsu snapped standing in front of him as a crowd of children moved in closer to see. "I told you to watch where you were going."

"What? but I-"

"Weren't you listening? I already told you once." Natsu sneered down at him, "Are you so stupid that I need to tell you twice?"

He elbowed the kid behind him who began laughing loudly. Slowly every child in the room was laughing, staring and pointing at him. "Stop it!" Tsuna yelled, "Stop laughing at me!"
*Flashback end*

"Why do you remember those things?" He asked raising his staff.

Tsuna stared at him before laughing again, "I went over and over them in my head. They were my mantra. The things I would make you remember for the rest of your life."

He grabbed his arm throwing him to the ground, "they kept me focused when I trained for hours and hours a day. Even if I was exhausted, even if my bones were broken."

He stepped back gasping in a breath. "even if I couldn't go on." he choked out as a tear ran from his eye.

Natsu taking the chance of his pause, jumped up hitting him in the stomach with a butt of the staff and sending him flying backwards. "Damn it." Tsuna growled wiping his cheeks, " I had you right where I wanted you."

"Too bad." Natsu said finally snapping out of his thinking.

They ran towards each other, their chosen weapon raised. Tsuna had ditched his gun in favour of his gloves.

Flames began concentrating on both weapons as Tsuna brought his fists up. Natsu gasped raising his staff horizontally blocking his face. Tsuna smirked putting all his force behind the punch and hitting Natsu directly in the face, breaking the bo staff in half on the way. Natsu fell backwards onto his back, as Tsuna continued his assault on top of him. Hitting him in the face repeatedly.

Natsu's face morphed into one of fear as his hands scrambled for anything to grab onto. "You'll get what you deserve for making me like this!" Tsuna yelled, "all the deaths of those people are on you! It's on you!"

He paused for a second, both of them panting heavily. Both covered in bruises, blood, and dirt. Tsuna glared at him, sneering, "Damn it."

Blood dripped from the corners of his mouth before bursting suddenly over Natsu's chest. He stumbled off of him backwards looking down at the broken half of Natsu's bo staff sticking out of Tsuna's abdomen. He stumbled down into a sitting position. "Yes!" Natsu yelled, "I got him!"

He grumbled as he sat up and looked around at his men. "Come on, come get him." Natsu said.

They looked at him with sad and disappointed faces. "What's going on?" Natsu asked.

"I'm kicking you while you're down." Tsuna chuckled, coughing up more blood.

"What are you talking about?" Natsu snapped, glaring at him, "I beat you physically and mentally. I beat you're little mind games. I'm the one that's kicking you when you're down."

"Oh, Natsu. Do you really think that I just wanted to mess with you?" He laughed, "I want to ruin your life."

"Well, you're dying now." Natsu snapped, "your sadistic ways end now."

"You know who's as sadistic as I am?" Tsuna asked with a grin.

"I could care less-"

"Reborn."

Natsu stared at him for a moment as Tsuna's grin widened. "What the hell did you just say." Natsu demanded.

"My plan was to ruin your life Natsu." He giggled before staring at him with the same wide grin.

"You weren't the only candidate for Vongola Decimo position." He said as finally the Vongola medics arrived running straight to Tsuna.

"Decimo are you okay?" They asked.

"I'm okay, just heal me up as quick as you can." He replied with an easy smile.

Natsu stared at him before he finally snapped. "YOU BASTARD!" He seethed, "how dare you!"

They quickly pulled the staff out of Tsuna's abdomen and started healing him with their collective sun flames. He was treated as much as they could and bandaged. He stood before Natsu and smiled down at him. "I was chosen to take over the mantel a long time ago." He said, "I'm the official head of the family, but I instructed Reborn to go ahead anyways. He knew why."

He kneeled down to his eye level as a couple of his men handcuffed his hands behind his back. "Have you ever heard of the phrase 'treat others how you want to be treated?'" He asked lifting his chin, "how about 'karma's a bitch'?"

Natsu choked as he looked at the ground. "I know," Tsuna said in a mocking tone, "it sucks doesn't it."

He leapt back to his feet. "Anyways! I disappeared, took over the mantel and sent every little interesting thing into your life. Reborn , Gokudera, Yamamoto, etc, etc."

"But what about all the people you killed! The places you've attack!?" Natsu yelled.

"Mist flames. Natsu. Have you learned anything?" He said snapping his fingers, "Powerful illusions are my specialty."

He walked around him before snapping his attention back to him. "You needed to be taught that other people weren't to be pushed around. That family means something. It means everything!" He snapped. "Everything was staged and put in place for the perfect moment for you to fall, and you did. Hard."

He peeled off the outer coat of his disguise, tucking in his gun and gloves to his pocket, as Gokudera held his suit jacket up for him to take. "Everything was planned." Natsu repeated.

Tsuna nodded with the tilt of his head. "Since the start. Reborn goes to you says that he's your tutor. You start training gathering guardians, which by the way how did you not notice that you only had two and no more?" He said, "Never mind. The fights, the stories. Everything. I've been controlling your life."

"This can't be happening." He said staring blankly at him.

"What do you want done with him Decimo?" Reborn asked appearing at his side.

Tsuna stared down at him with a smile, "Come on guys, dame Natsu isn't worth our time."

"How is Dame Tsuna, Natsu- sun's twin?" Someone said harshly behind Tsuna.

Tsuna was on the ground panting and try to catch his breath. He had a black eye, bruises covering his face, his clothes were torn, and splatters of blood lined the dark alleyway. His classmates form his elementary school all joined in the brutal beating. They only stopped when Natsu stepped in and stopped them. Tsuna looked up expecting to see eyes full of worry but instead he saw angry eyes full of hate and disgust. "Come on guys, dame Tsuna isn't worth our time." Natsu sneered.

The End

A/N: THIS IS THE LAST CHAPTER! WHAT!? If feels like the end of an era, the first chapter was uploaded in 2013 so thank you to everyone who's been with me for the entire ride :) and thank you for all the support. Also BIG THANK YOU to yaoilova4life123 for actually kickstarting my writing again. 3