Everyone stood at the Namimori Shrine.
But they were all waiting for a certain brunet; Hito glanced around worriedly.
"Where's Sawada-Sensei?"
"Here~!"
"Hiiiieeee!"
Hito's heart nearly popped out of his chest when he heard a voice right behind him; everyone else was also startled.
Hito huffed and swatted angrily at a laughing Tsuna.
"S-Sawada-Sensei! Don't do that!"
The brunet's laughter died to chuckles as he ruffled Hito's hair.
"Maa, you're just so fun to tease~!"
Suddenly, a white light started to surround them; the group vanished from view.
~~
The light died down, and everyone could see that they were in Shoichi's room once more.
"Welcome back, Mina-san!"
Hito rubbed his eyes to get his eyes adjusted as he glanced around.
"...H-Has it really been just 10 minutes?"
Shoichi nodded, smiling nervously.
"Yes. And I believe you got all of the seals?"
Hito nodded and showed his box weapon to the redhead; Shoichi sighed in relief.
"Haa...that's good." The redhead brightened up. "Now you can defeat Byakuran-san!"
"Heh~? Who will be defeating me, Shoichi-kun~?"
Shoichi gasped when a red hologram appeared; Tsuna's eyes dulled slightly with pain at the sight of his deceased friend.
"B-Byakuran-san!"
For a second, Tsuna could have sworn that Byakuran gazed at the brunet with open eyes; the ex-Decimo blinked in mild surprise.
'...Byakuran...?'
But the marshmallow-addict was back to smiling creepily at the others, eyes closed once more; the others didn't seem to notice.
Byakuran revealed the true Funeral Wreaths, causing everyone to gasp in surprise--excluding Tsuna and hologram-Reborn.
Tsuna smiled mentally with nostalgia at the sight of the Mare ring Guardians, but he kept a stoic face on the outside.
The white-haired man then told them of the Choice Battles, waving goodbye.
"Shoichi-kun will tell you about the Choice Battles. Ja ne~!"
~~
Everyone recovered from their shock, and Shoichi started to inform them on the Choice Battles, clutching his stomach the entire time.
Bzzt....bzzzt...bzzzt
Tsuna blinked in surprise and pulled his phone out--he bought one during his training with Hito and the Guardians.
The brunet excused himself, ignoring their curious gazes.
The door shut behind him as he stood out of the room; he slid his thumb over his phone, unlocking it.
He took the call and held it up to his ear.
"Hai, moshi mo--"
"TSUUUUUUUU-CHAAAAAAAN!"
The said brunet held the phone at arm's length before widening his eyes in surprise.
"...Byakuran?"