The Impact of Dual Blessings

At Karakura Elementary School, a short-haired girl stood with her hands on her hips, glaring furiously at Tsuna.

"Sawada Tsunayoshi! Where the heck did you go during vacation? You weren't home, and you weren't at Ichigo's house either. Didn't we agree to hang out?" The one speaking was Tatsuki Arisawa, and she was clearly unhappy that Tsuna had gone off to have fun by himself during the break.

"Tatsuki, stop it. Mom said Tsuna had something important to do." Ichigo defended Tsuna from the side.

"Mom, Ichigo just loves clinging to your mom. When are you ever going to become independent?" Ichigo's defense did not get Tsuna out of trouble. Instead, it drew Tatsuki's anger onto himself.

Ichigo did not get angry at Tatsuki's words. Instead, he chuckled. To him now, liking to cling to mom was not a bad thing.

"Tatsuki, after school today, I'll go play at your dojo. Your new secret move won't work on me."

Tsuna saw through Tatsuki's little scheme at a glance. With her tomboyish personality and a family that ran a Karate dojo, Tatsuki loved challenging the boys whenever she had the chance. Ichigo was usually the one she picked on, but she had never beaten Tsuna.

Tsuna knew Tatsuki must have practiced some astonishing new move over the vacation and wanted to use it to defeat him.

Unfortunately, no matter how hard Tatsuki tried, she could never imagine that Tsuna possessed both Fullbring and Quincy powers. As an ordinary person, even if she used every trick she had, she could never defeat him.

"Hmph, just you wait!" Tatsuki proudly tossed her head and returned to her seat. Class was about to begin. Once today's lessons were over, it would be time for Sawada Tsunayoshi to lose.

Before the teacher arrived, Tatsuki looked around absentmindedly. When her gaze swept past the window, a bead of cold sweat suddenly slid down her forehead. She saw a fat middle-aged man in a suit floating above the playground.

What was that? A ghost?

Tatsuki could hardly believe what she was seeing. Her reason told her that ghosts did not exist in this world, yet her eyes clearly saw that floating phantom.

"Tsuna, Ichigo, c-can you see that thing?" Tatsuki trembled slightly as she pointed out the window and sought help from Tsuna and Ichigo beside her.

"Oh, that old man? Don't worry. Aside from acting weird sometimes, they're not dangerous. You don't need to be scared," Ichigo reassured her, looking completely used to it.

"How are you so familiar with this?" Tatsuki found it strange that Ichigo did not seem afraid at all.

Ichigo was not the only one who was unafraid. Tsuna was too, though he was more surprised than anything else. The Chains of Fate in that soul's chest had already been completely eroded away, and the soul itself looked mindless. That was the sign that it was about to become a Hollow.

Once a soul's Chains of Fate were fully eroded, a hole would appear in its chest. A soul that lost its heart would become a Hollow, losing all reason and existing only to devour Reishi.

While Ichigo was explaining interesting facts about souls to Tatsuki, Tsuna quietly slipped away. That soul could no longer be saved. Tsuna could not help it fulfill its wish and ascend to heaven in such a short time either. All he could do now was stop the Hollow it became from destroying the school.

Tsuna could not understand why the Soul Society had not stationed any Bleaches in Karakura Town. He had only spent a month at the Ishida Residence, yet another soul unable to ascend had appeared and was turning into a Hollow. If he had Bleach powers, he could still use a Zanpakuto to force it through Konso. Now, Tsuna could only forcibly lay this soon-to-be Hollow soul to rest.

As Tsuna ran through the hallway, he silently added obtaining Bleach powers to his agenda.

Before Ichigo's confused eyes and Tatsuki's shocked gaze, the floating soul's chest opened into a fist-sized hole. Its body began to mutate, all manner of monstrous claws appearing across it. A white mask completely covered its face. It had fully become a Hollow.

As the Hollow's claws were about to strike toward them, Tatsuki let out a frightened scream, drawing the entire class's attention in their direction.

Suddenly, the sky turned dark. Or rather, from Tatsuki's perspective, it had gone dark. The terrifying claws seemed to vanish as well.

On the elementary school rooftop, Sawada Tsunayoshi's left hand was clad in a silver gauntlet. It bore the Vongola Family crest and the mark of the First Generation. Black cloth extended from the gauntlet, stretching out to cover the entire school building.

The sky that dyed all things, devoured all things, and embraced all things—the cloak of Vongola Primo.

The cloak's extraordinary defensive power blocked the Hollow's attack. Tsuna drew a long piece of equipment from his waist. It was the Soul Cutter Ryūken had just given him.

Tsuna's Fullbring could use all the weapons of the Vongola First Generations, allowing for endless tactical variations. However, it had one flaw: Tsuna could only use one piece of equipment at a time. To use another weapon, he had to change the form of his Fullbring.

Now that Tsuna was using the cloak to block the Hollow's attacks, he could not use another weapon against it. The Reishi bow he had learned earlier was only half-useful. Fortunately, Ryūken had given him a Soul Cutter, more than enough to deal with this newborn Hollow.

A blade formed from Reishi extended from the Soul Cutter. Tsuna fiercely hurled it at the Hollow's mask. Under the vibrations of the high-density Reishi, the newborn Hollow's mask was sliced apart like tofu and dispersed into Reishi. The Soul Cutter sank into the center of the playground.

Light returned to Tatsuki's vision. All the students were discussing the strange sudden eclipse, noisily looking up at the sky. Only Tatsuki kept staring until she saw a familiar figure flash past.

Tatsuki considered her dynamic vision excellent, and she recognized that figure. No wonder that guy, who always loved joining in on the excitement, had disappeared as soon as the disturbance began.

With the teacher's arrival, the commotion gradually stopped. Tsuna also secretly slipped back into his seat. The moment he sat down, Tatsuki abruptly turned around and fixed him with a sharp gaze.

"Where did you go just now?"

Tsuna had not expected Tatsuki's observation skills to be so sharp. Look at Ichigo—he was still smiling foolishly beside him—yet Tatsuki was the one suddenly questioning him.

"My stomach hurt. I went to the bathroom."

"Is that so?" Tatsuki was not so easily fooled, but she merely tucked the matter away for now. She would deal with it after school.

After school, Tsuna and Ichigo accompanied Tatsuki home. The three had agreed on it. Once they had parted ways with their other classmates and were alone together, Tatsuki finally had the chance to interrogate her two friends.

"You two... can both of you see that ghost?" Tatsuki hesitated, unsure how to describe that floating soul.

"Tatsuki, I think soul would be a more appropriate name. I see them all the time. They're not scary," Ichigo said.

"Not scary? That thing turned into a monster! How is that not scary?" Tatsuki demanded of Ichigo, then sought an ally. "Tsuna, you tell him."

Tsuna had not expected Tatsuki to be able to see souls so soon. Under the normal course of events, she would only begin seeing spiritual beings and Bleaches in high school, influenced by Ichigo.

After thinking it over carefully, Tsuna could only attribute it to himself and Ichigo. Tsuna himself already possessed Ichigo's talent, and with Masa still alive, Ichigo had not withdrawn into himself and remained close to Tatsuki. Under the influence of both of them, Tatsuki had become able to see spiritual beings.

Tsuna remembered that Orihime Inoue and Yasutora Sado also seemed to have become able to see spiritual beings because of Ichigo's influence. Later, they had even awakened Fullbring during dangerous situations. Could Tatsuki perhaps develop Fullbring too?

However, Fullbringers were defined as humans with fragments of the Soul King within them. Because their spiritual pressure was powerful even while they were in the womb, their mothers would be attacked by Hollows. Thus, some believed that anyone whose mother had been attacked by a Hollow could cultivate Fullbring. In truth, only those with fragments of the Soul King could cultivate Fullbring.

Yet the story never clearly stated that Orihime Inoue and Yasutora Sado possessed fragments of the Soul King, but they still developed Fullbring. Tsuna did not want to actively have Tatsuki try cultivating Fullbring, though. Combat was a fight for life and death. Fighting Hollows was not as easy as it looked.

"Hey, Tsuna, what are you spacing out for?" Tatsuki saw Tsuna staring blankly at her, and two patches of red appeared on her cheeks as she spoke unhappily.

"Stop overthinking it. Maybe you just saw wrong," Tsuna brushed her off.

"Saw wrong? I haven't even settled things with you yet!" Tatsuki poked Tsuna in the chest. "Was that person who suddenly appeared on the playground you? Why could you suddenly appear and disappear? A superpower?"

"What superpower?" Ichigo had not seen that moment involving Tsuna.

Tsuna had not expected Tatsuki to catch that brief instant when he retrieved the Soul Cutter. She had even recognized him from only a silhouette. An ordinary person would have just assumed their eyes were playing tricks on them.

Tsuna decided not to argue with Tatsuki any further. He turned, dodged Tatsuki's attack, and quickly ran off. "I don't know what you're talking about."

Tsuna's attitude made Tatsuki stomp her foot in anger. She grabbed Ichigo and chased after Tsuna's retreating figure.

At Tatsuki's home, after their post-school roughhousing ended, Ichigo hurried off toward home. Tsuna was also preparing to pack up and leave Tatsuki's house. When he reached her front door, Tsuna narrowed his eyes and looked back toward the corner of the wall, where a little kitten was trailing behind him.

"Come out. It's already late. Are you still playing hide-and-seek?" Tsuna called.

Tatsuki quietly stood up from behind the wall and pretended to look up at the sky. "What are you doing? Why aren't you going home yet?"

Tsuna said nothing more and directly turned into Tatsuki's blind spot. After waiting a while, Tatsuki indeed appeared before him.

"Where are you going, little Tatsuki? Need any help?" Tsuna asked with a smile.

"Oh, I'm going to buy something. No need to trouble yourself."

Tsuna looked Tatsuki over. Wearing her karate uniform, she had nowhere to hide any money. He simply took out 1000 Yen from his backpack, stuffed it into her hand, and patted her head.

"It's too late. If you want to chase me, continue tomorrow." With that, Tsuna turned and left in a dashing manner.

Looking at the 1000 Yen in her hand, Tatsuki puffed out her cheeks indignantly. She knew Tsuna had already seen through her intentions. She had originally wanted to secretly follow him and see if she could catch him slipping up.

Tatsuki believed that the silhouette she had seen was Tsuna's. Tsuna definitely knew something and was deliberately hiding it from her.

It seemed she could only find another opportunity. Once Tsuna lowered his guard, she would try her tracking plan again. Tatsuki silently made up her mind. If Tsuna would not tell her, then she would find the answer herself.