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Chapter 21: Inheritance Arc 5

Kazami, who was finished warding of the battle-ground was impressed – and couldn't have been prouder of her brother, who had grown so much in the year and a half since Reborn had barged into their life...
Enma's power over gravity, thanks to his Earth Flames, were working marvels to slow Daemon Spade enough for Tsuna to hit, or on the contrary, adding more weight to Tsuna's own attacks. And even thought the teens had each already taken hard hits, they were still going on strongly, neither reacting to their enemy's taunting...

The illusionist was angrier and angrier, and eventually, he resorted to the one taunt that managed to get a reaction out of one the boys – even if not the one he was aiming for...
"Are you really sure it's against me you should be fighting? After all, you are allying yourself with the son of the man who killed your family!"

At that, Tsuna stumbled – and the hit coming from Daemon Spade, not one to let an occasion slid, would have killed him if Enma hadn't reacted so fast, a gravity sphere deviating the large zanbato aiming et his friend.
"Oh I'm quite sure about fighting you, Daemon Spade! Whatever Tsuna's father did has nothing to do with him... And why should I take your word about who killed my family when you were the one to manipulate me!" the young Simon Boss shouted back

"Oh!" the illusionist laughed "Saw through that, didn't you!" the next second, his appearance had changed to the likeness of a darker, crueler looking Iemitsu

And Enma's eyes widened – for when he'd seen Iemitsu at the ball, the old memory of his family murder hadn't came back to him, while here, in face of the similar yet very different face, it jumped at the front of his mind, screaming at him that this was the man that had haunted so many of his nightmares...

"Yes!" he laughed "All of it was me! When I learned that Iemitsu was brokering information with your family... That you damned Simon were still a thorn in my side, a weakness to the Vongola four centuries later... I had to act, hadn't I? And if I killed a few men of our dear CEDEF head to make it look like he'd sought out revenge, then all the better, wasn't it?"

Hearing this, Reborn eyes widened – and at the same time as Nono, Iemitsu and Squalo were coming to sudden realization of just what event he was talking about, the cursed hit man breathed "The floor of blood event..."

Seeing Kazami's and most of the guardians curious stares, he explained "It happened years ago. There were attacks against families involved with the Vongola, and the only lead were the bullets. Iemitsu was charged of the investigation and eventually found an art dealer that had information about those specific bullets." a frown "As soon as Iemitsu started to investigate said art dealer, twelve of his men were slaughtered in an hotel elevator, blood running out into all the floor beneath it, earning the name of floor of blood event. And the same bullets were found on the scene..."

"What's the link with Enma's family?" asked Gokudera
"That art dealer was named Kozato Makoto. And the night following Iemitsu's subordinates murder, him and his family were messily killed too. Fingers were pointed at Iemitsu, who was conspicuously absent at that time, but he denied any involvement and Nono declared the case closed without it ever being resolved." answered Reborn

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"It was masterfully done, wasn't it!" Daemon Spade laughed "In one fell swoop I got rid of the weak and tarnished the CEDEF's boss reputation!"
"You bastard!" Enma screamed, Flames wildly flying around him and jumping back to attack the man who had both destroyed his life and his family – Tsuna was but a heart beat behind him "I'll never forgive you, monster!"

With a hand movement, Adelheid ice puppets sprang around the two fighters, called by the illusionist - but the two teenagers were barely phased, giant gravity sphere taking care of the problem while Tsuna's Burning Star flew toward Daemon Spade himself, drowning him in a storm of high purity Sky Flames.