paradisa | Vongola XI -- Action

[Now that things have settled down once more, Tsuna's at the woods' edge, dagger in hand. He stands there for a moment, seizing up his opponent (a formidable one, at that-- a sturdy-trunked tree), before he runs forward, slashing at the tree-- only to let go of the dagger, letting it fly into his other hand.

That was the idea, anyway.

But he misjudges the toss and the handle whips past his fingers, and the blade sinks into another trunk. The boy gives a light sigh as he walks over.]

I've been practicing some of your techniques for weeks, Yamamoto, and I still can't get them right most of the time. And yet you managed to master them all after seeing them only once...

Gao?

[After taking out the dagger, Tsuna comes over to Natsu and kneels down, patting his head.]

Yeah... I miss them a little, too, buddy. But, we've already been here for four months. So we'll... probably be heading home soon.

Gao...

[Tsuna gives a small frown at the box weapon. He'd missed his friends and family at home, certainly... but honestly, Paradisa had turned out to be a lot better than he thought it'd be. And he'd made new friends here, too. How strange... he wasn't sure whether or not he even wanted to leave.]

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I would hope so. My brother has causes so much trouble in my name...

[He frowns.]

That's not your fault, though.

If something is done in your name, does it make less your fault? [And she said she was going to try to get better about this. Those feelings are hard to shake, though, when you don't know the person who actually did them.]

But-- you didn't want him to do any of that. ... did you?

Of course not! [She sighs.] My final wish was to see a world without discrimination. You saw how he wanted to achieve that.

Then why would it be your fault, Martel? You died! You... you didn't have any control over what could happen.

Trying to convince yourself of that... isn't always easy. [But now might be the time to change the subject.] So, that technique you were trying to do. Show it to me?

Martel...

[Does she really feel guilty, just because she wasn't able to stop her brother from doing those horrible things? Maybe he's missing something-- maybe she's part of the reason he did those things, and not just in the sense that he was desperate to have her back. But it's so hard to imagine...

But he drops his gaze to the knife in his hand obediently.]

Well, I'm not very good at it.

It doesn't matter. Show me. [Martel smiles, watching him.]

Alright. [He pats Natsu's head and then gets up, going over to the tree. He takes up the stance once more, and tries the move again.

And he narrowly pulls it off, though he only makes a nick on the tree.]

Ah-- that's how you do it! Except, you know... ... better...

It wasn't too bad... Maybe you should practice on someone. [Martel has the worst ideas.]

Some...one? [were you going to elaborate on that or]

Well, I'm right here!

Huh?! [MARTEL WHAT]

Try it on me! [Obviously.] Don't worry, you couldn't seriously hurt me.

[How about we just stare some more instead]

...Tsuna? [She pokes him with her staff.]

Ack! I'm not going to attack you!

Well, don't you want to get better? You're not going to get better by attacking trees.

Well, yeah, but... It's used mostly for the element of surprise, anyway. And I just told you what you do, so...

Well, if you're sure... I would have attacked you back, you know. [It would have been a proper spar.]

Are you saying you want to spar? [WELL, THAT MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE NOW.]

Maybe. I wouldn't be able to keep up with you, though. I left my sword in my room. [She shrugs.]

Well, if you want, you could go get it! I'm not going anywhere.

Are you sure? I'm slightly rusty, you know. [Slightly might be an understatement.] And I only know the basics.

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