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Chapter 20: Inheritance Arc 4

Ooyama Rauji was at tall and big-boned man, who got along best with children thanks to his kind nature, as such the mind-meddling had been really getting to him, as it went against his basic being. Seeing as he was so good with kids, it was also natural that Lambo jumped toward him with a loud "Gyahaha! Let's play Rauji-chan!"
"Rauji-chan..." a disbelieving Kazami repeated weakly
Tsuna sighed. They were supposed to do battle between Guardians after all...

"Er..." hesitated the gentle giant, not to keen on fighting the child, yet at the same time not wanting to refuse him
As if sensing his hesitation, the small cow suddenly got the newly improved ring from his hair and tuck it on his finger resolutely "I can play like that too!" he affirmed resolutely, light green Flames cracking around him wildly – and to everyone's astonishment, he announced "Cambio Forma, Gyudon!"
Like always, Gokudera couldn't help but smack his head at the poor bull's name – but his mind soon back on the astonishing event.

The small cow understood enough of what was going on around to know that they were fighting – and contrarily to the dungeons where he always had fun, but always had to be reminded about the Cambio Forma, because having a giant bull companion was much more fun for a kid, he took the form by himself.
"I guess there's no choice then." accepted the Simon's opponent, magma-like Flame appearing and solidifying around him "My pride is my power! Between my Flames and my body, I've never been pushed back!"

"Pride?" asked the small kid – who did understand a lot of what was going on, but for whom pride still was a foreign concept
"The thing you like the best of all!" simplified Gokudera, like always the one among Vongola who knew best how to talk to the infuriating cow
"Oh! That's easy! I like Maman and I Pin and Tsuna-nii and Kaze-nee and all the family! Because you never leave me behind!"
Thinking back to the Bovino Famiglia, who'd tried to get rid of the kid, it was understandable, really. And once more, Reborn regretted that killing them hadn't been an option at the time...

"Then, if you can make me move, you win." announced the giant, simplifying the rules to the maximum – he just knew explaining sumo to Lambo wouldn't go well
"Alright!" the small child energetically agreed

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Around him, electricity was gathering around his horns, the plain old horns now enhanced by the Cambio Forma – and looking a lot more like the teenaged Lambo's horns...
Then with the electricity, particles started to gather too, and Gokudera muttered "I can't believing he's doing this. He looked like he didn't understand a thing when we started explaining this attack to him!"
"What's he doing?" an interested Takeshi wondered

"Gathering the iron dust particles around him and attuning them to his lightning Flames to enhance his horns powers." the artificer explained "Sure, it's pretty crude for now... But it's the first time he's doing it!" and in spite of himself, fondness and admiration for the youngest member of the Day Squad was clearly audible in his tone

With the cave's acoustic, Renji had heard the explanation – and out of respect for the small kid, his Flames surged around him to his strongest defense.
Sure the small power outlet from earlier would have probably been more than enough, he thought, but if the kid was giving it his all, he couldn't give less, could he?
And in the next moment, the small child was rushing toward him, pouring his all against the living wall in front of him – with a surge of power, the ground under him moved and pushed him back – yet, he had to admit, never before had he felt such power going against him.

And barely phased by his stumble, the kid was back up "This was just a test!" he announced, cackling loudly – and the Simon's fighter couldn't help but smile, for Lambo really was playing against him, rather than fighting
Or rather, for the child born into the mafia world, the two were one and the same, and it was only once he started living with the Sawada that he learned the two could be separated...