Tsuna was beyond tired. He'd pulled the Vongola school trip coach all over Japan using his dying flame only to realise that the coach had a flight mode! Why couldn't they have used that in the first place! Furthermore they left him outside dangling, only a flimsy rope was his life line. Reborn refused to let him in, he had the nerve to say that he couldn't hear Tsuna. Tsuna believed that if there was life in distant galaxies, they would have definitely heard him.
Reborn had finally taken them to a Vongola hotel with hot spring for the night. He felt like a good long soak, just to relieve some of the tension from his muscles and to finally have a moment not full of chaos. It wasn't too much to ask for now was it?
His guardians, Fuuta, Ganinni and Reborn all followed him in. Inside there were three women and a child bowing on the floor.
"Um we would like to stop here" Tsuna stated.
"How nice that you came" the lady in the middle spoke "I am the mistress of this hotel, Bianchi" she raised her head.
"Huh!? Bianchi what are you doing here?" he exclaimed. Although the pink hair should have given her away. He didn't know anyone else with the same hair colour.
Gokudera gripped his stomach and fell to the floor. Tsuna wondered if Gokudera would ever be able to see his sisters face and not imitate the signs of food poisoning.
"Welcome" Tsuna looked away from Gokudera to see Kyoko, Haru and I-pin also dressed in yuktas.
"I've always wanted to try out this role" Kyoko stated smiling.
Tsuna inwardly sighed. Kyoko was cute, especially in the yukta. He was definitely glad that he came to the Vongola hotel.
"You're probably tired, so you can go take a bath now" Haru announced.
Tsuna looked at his admirer. He did feel guilty that he couldn't return Haru's love but he loved Kyoko and had now ever since the beginning of middle school. Kyoko was like a sunny day; warm, bright and her presence made him relax. Compared to Haru. To him she was a storm chaotic, uncontrollable and sometimes violent. He was fond of Haru but not in the way she wanted him to be. He wondered what would happen in the future. It was only a ten year bazooka away but Tsuna was more scared of Lambo's toy. It always seemed to cause trouble.
The hot spring was definitely relaxing. Tsuna could feel all of his stress floating away, hopefully somewhere very very far away. Reborn was nowhere in sight, which was a relief in it's self. Although he did have that habit of just popping up. Even Lambo was too busy racing with Fuuta to bother him. This was turning out to be a good night.
"Open air baths are the best" Yamamato commented.
"This is relaxing to the extreme" shouted Ryohei.
Tsuna could only agree with them.
Gokudera was missing out though; he still hadn't recovered from seeing Bianchi's face earlier on.
It was then Tsuna felt another presence in the bath. He looked further out into the water. There was indeed another person.
"There's a man with long hair" he whispered; not wanting to alert the long haired man that they were speaking about him. Who was he though? This was the Vongola hotel.
"VOOOI this is a good bath!" the long haired man shouted.
Tsuna only knew one person with long silver hair that practically shouted every sentence.
"Squalo!" he shouted. He didn't mean to shout. In all honesty he wished that the Varia assassin had never noticed his presence.
The assassin turned around at the mention of his name. Tsuna felt like a deer caught in headlights. At least he got to see Kyoko in a yukta before he died. A shiver shook up and down his spine and Tsuna felt his blood go cold. He heard the distinctive laugh of a deranged psychopath who came from behind the rock.
"Belphegor!" he exclaimed.
"What what?!" shouted a more feminine voice. It belonged to a man with red, green and blonde hair who never removed his sunglasses.
"Lussuria as well!"
Why was some of the Varia here!? All he wanted was a peaceful hot spring bath. He looked up at a rock in the middle of the bath. Where Xanxus was sitting in his throne. How the hell did that get here?! And Levi was fanning him. He was going to die officially. Xanxus hated his guts and Reborn wasn't here to save him. His dying will pills and gloves were in the changing rooms. What was he going to do?!
"Why oh why are the Varia here!?" Tsuna didn't realise he had spoken his question out loud.
"This is the Varia's deserved rest" Squalo replied loudly.
"We came to create some good memories" stated Lussuria.
"But well, Mammon didn't agree to go. He's too much of a tight arse to spend money on this" announced Belphegor.
"VOOI what are you doing here?!" asked Squalo.
Tsuna wondered if Squalo ever looked well not angry. He was always glaring at everything. "Ah well this is a Vongola style school trip" Tsuna replied quietly. He felt childish saying that it was a school trip to the Varia assassins. They were terrifying after all.
"What! You trash have a school trip? We'll have to punish the trash for ruining our bath. Varia vs. Trash!" he shouted.
Tsuna's eyes bulged out of his head as a bucket of water hit him. Where did Squalo get a bucket from? Ryohei, Yamamato and Gokudera began to fight the Varia with their own buckets of water. Seriously where did all these buckets come from!? He watched as Xanxus commanded Levi to start fanning him again but Levi was struck with a bucket of water. Levi then threw a bucket of water on Hibari. When exactly did he get here?! Was he on the trip the entire time? Tsuna wondered.
"Those who cause a ruckus in the bath get bitten to death, herbivore" Hibari assured with his calm but scary smile.
It wasn't even Tsuna who was facing him, but he was still just as terrified. And just when did Hibari bring his tonfas in the bath? Tsuna didn't know if it was the heat from the bath affecting him or his brain just wasn't getting any oxygen. He was too tired and afraid to think about it. He should have known Reborn was lying about a relaxing trip straight away. Then from somewhere Squalo got his sword out.
"Scontro di Squalo: bath version" bath water began to fly everywhere.
Hibari began to rotate his tonfas in the water sending water back at Squalo. All Tsuna wanted to do was collapse in bed. He'd probably end up with grey hair due to the stress before he was twenty. If he still hadn't gotten out of becoming a mafia boss. Well Reborn would never let him anyway.
Fuuta and Lambo pressed themselves against the fence. "the relaxing bath time has turned into something horrible" exclaimed Fuuta "Lambo be a man and stay" the 9 year old watched the 5 year old try to scale the fence to the girls bath. Lambo was then hit by a stray projectile of water. Tsuna never got the chance to comfort the child before he began screaming and pulled out the ten year bazooka. No not the bazooka now! thought Tsuna. That thing was the bane of his life along with Reborn. Lambo threw the bazooka which hit Gokudera, Yamamato and Ryohei.
The pink smoked quickly cleared revealing the rain, storm and sun guardians 10 years into the future who all looked surprised at their location.
"Hot springs?" commented Yamamato.
"Take this!" shouted Lussuria throwing a bucket of water in Tsuna's direction.
"The tenth is in trouble" Gokudera determined. His rings combusted with flames and with skilled movement he opened his box weapons "System C.I.A"
Tsuna looked in amazement as the weird shields that had saved him from getting splashed.
"Shigure Soen Ryu eighth stance bath version; Shinotsuku Nettou"
"Maximum Ingram: Hataka Version"
Both Belphegor and Squalo took direct hits. Tsuna couldn't help but think that his guardians from the future were extremely violent. He shuddered at the thought of what the Hibari would be like. Now he wasn't going to be able to sleep at night.
The ten year bazooka was somehow thrown at the Varia members. The hot springs became swallowed in all the pink smoke that once it disipitated showed Tsuna's guardians as their present selves and the Varia as their ten years in the future selves. Well Tsuna wouldn't have to worry about sleeping now; he'd probably be in a coma or dead soon. If his friends had reached that level of violence who knew what the Varia would be like. Frankly he didn't want to find out.
It was safe to say that Haru was getting annoyed. A vein began to pulse violently on her forehead. She understood that boys couldn't just sit and relax; they had to do things. But did they really need to create so much noise?! Kyoko and Bianchi were being more polite about it and trying their best to carry on relaxing.
"I'm sure they'll calm down soon" reassured Kyoko.
It was at that moment that part of the fence that divided between the male and female baths was blown up. It had a huge gaping hole in it.
The four females remained silent. There just weren't any words.
Two figures emerged from the smoke of the destroyed fence.
"Lambo and Fuuta" exclaimed Bianchi.
Lambo clung to Haru as she was the closest. He sobbed really loudly, both tears and snot streaming down his face. Fuuta looked equally terrified.
"Tsuna-Ni and the others are all fighting. This is ranked the worst bath ever" he cried.
That's it Haru had reached her limit; not only were they disturbing the peace for the girls but they were making the younger children cry. She stood up out of the hot water and made sure her towel was wrapped securely around her body. Haru picked up Lambo and held Fuuta's hand.
"I'm going to have a word with them" she announced.
"Are you sure Haru?" Bianchi asked.
"They may never quieten down otherwise and we deserve to relax as well" she stormed off through the fence.
Lambo had quietened down when they crossed over the broken fence. He was relishing in the thought of all of them getting shouted at by Haru.
Haru peered through the steam and her frown deepened. Tsuna and the others were fighting with the Varia. It also looked like the ten year bazooka had been at work since the future Varia was here. She recognised them from the battle with Byakuran. No wonder there was so much noise. Though why everyone couldn't get along she didn't know or at least be civil with one another. It couldn't be that hard.
"Haru watch out!"
It was Tsuna's voice. She looked over to him is eyes wide. Her gaze followed the direction of his. The ten year bazooka was heading straight for her. She didn't have time to move out of its trajectory. Haru pushed Lambo into Fuuta's arm and shoved them out of the way. Then the world disappeared into pink clouds.
Tsuna noted that the fighting had still carried on after his outburst. He had to admit though he was curious. He'd only briefly seen the future Haru before.
The cotton candy fumes vanished. There standing where Haru had been was a beautiful lady. Dressed in a strapless orange dress that ended at knee length at the front but was longer at the back. It was made of chiffon. Around the bust and down to the waist was an assortment of orange sapphires and garnets in all shapes and sizes. She had on a matching choker necklace and earrings. She also wore nude high heels. But Tsuna was mesmerised by was the ring on her left hand. On it was a very big diamond.
A shiver pulsed through his body and then Tsuna looked up at his friends face. She was lightly made up with her chocolate brown hair elegantly tied back. He focused on her eyes though and the murderous intent behind them. It could surpass even Hibari's.
She smiled. A sweet smile.
"Who started this fight?" She asked sweetly.
The murderous intent didn't waver though. Even Tsuna's hyper intuition was screamed for him to runaway. This was an extremely dangerous situation. The members of the Varia ceased what they were doing and turned to the female.
"Haru Chan there's no need to get angry, it was nobody's fault. You know what the rivalry between us is like. So please just calm down" Lussuria suggested.
Haru turned her stare to the Varia "you all knew what this night meant to me and yet here you are throwing water at middle school children. Now who started the fight because I know it was one of you" she commanded.
"Haru Chan assuming it was us is just mean" Lussuria wailed
"Squalo started it" Belphegor grinned and stated pointing at said person.
Squalo drew his sword and held it a Belphegor's face. "Traitor" he spat.
"My chances of surviving you are higher than surviving Haru. Plus you're a commoner, protecting royal blood should be a high honour for you" he smiled.
Squalo glared at the blonde prince
"Your face will get stuck like that if you carry on" Belphegor taunted.
"Voooooi I'm going to kill you scum!"
"I'm going to kill you royal scum" Belphegor corrected.
Squalo flinched at the flicker of pain that skimmed across his nose. The spin of the gun firing rang in everyone's ears. He warily glanced at the female stood at the edge of the hot spring. After all she was the one holding the smoking gun.
"You're ignoring Haru" Haru stated sweetly
Squalo froze and sweat ran down his forehead and neck. If Haru was speaking in third person it meant she was really mad. In all honesty she could be even scarier than the shitty boss.
"Haru please be reasonable. My past self started the fight of course I would never intentionally ruin tonight. I knew what it meant to you" Squalo tried to look innocent for once.
"The Varia are afraid of that stupid woman" Gokudera laughed clutching his stomach.
It was at that moment that the Varia officers held their breath. What did that idiot think he was doing?! Angering her further was a huge mistake. Not even the shitty boss pissed her off this much and he was very irritating and stubborn.
"Shut up bomb boy you're upsetting Haru Chan" cried Lussuria who had moved behind the rock. He didn't want to get caught up in the aftermath after all.
Gokudera didn't have time to react. Haru threw another bullet out of her revolver. It shot past Gokudera cutting some of his silver hair. He readied his bombs and launched them.
Haru remained still staring down the storm guardian. She didn't flinch or looked surprised when an orange light flashed and destroyed the dynamite.
Tsuna stood in amazement; Xanxus had just protected Haru. The Varia officers had been afraid of her and had even tried to console her. Just what the hell had happened to Haru between now and 10 years into the future?
"You're disturbing the boss" Levi looked at Haru.
She fired her gun again, but nothing came out of the barrel. This gave Tsuna some relief. She growled in frustration as the empty chamber just clicked. Levi smirked and went back to fanning Xanxus. Haru growled and threw the revolver. She smiled triumphantly when it smacked Levi in the head.
Levi fell into water and then rose again growling back at Haru who pulled down the skin beneath her left eye and stuck her tongue out at him. This caused Levi to get more annoyed.
"Haru doesn't like fan boys" she smirked pulling another face at him.
This was more like the Haru Tsuna knew, childish. He focused on her ring again.
Haru had learned to shoot which meant she was either still in the mafia or had become a police woman or something along those lines. The latter two sounded ridiculous.
She was in friendlyish terms with the Varia
Xanxus had saved her from getting hit with bombs
She was married
Squalo, Belphegor and Lussuria were afraid of her
A dark thought came into Tsuna's mind Haru had married Xanxus!
The way she acted had meant she was close to the Varia but Xanxus wouldn't step in for any of his officers by helping them. They we're expected to save themselves but would he step in and save his wife? It was plausible even for Xanxus.
"Haru" Xanxus spoke his eyes remained closed.
Everyone held their breath was he going to insult and make matters even worse!
"You're acting spoilt" his red eyes looked directly at her.
Her eyes grew big and her lip wobbled. "I'm sorry" she sniffed.
How the hell had he managed to change Haru from boiling with rage to apologising. It must be a new secret technique thought Squalo.
Everyone was too busy watching in astonishment the sniffling Haru that they didn't notice the head of the Varia rose from his seat and wade through the hot springs till he stood before her. It took Haru less than a second to run into his arms. Sobbing into his shirt his thumb running circles on her lower back.
His guardians looked at Tsuna in puzzlement.
"Haru and Xanxus are married" he stated almost still in disbelief himself.
Tsuna waited but no sound came from the guardians. He looked at them. They had frozen in shock.
"I just wanted to spend tonight with you and for once nothing would go wrong. You wouldn't be called out on a mission or I wouldn't be kidnapped or Varia castle wouldn't be under attack. I just wanted one meal with you, alone, where we'd both actually be there for the entire evening" Haru mumbled into Xanxus's shirt.
He sighed "stupid woman" and held her tighter. "I'll make it up to you" he whispered so that only she could hear it. He couldn't have his Varia officers thinking he was going soft. He'll have to punch someone later and surprise Haru with some rough sex when he got back to the future. That would make her forget all about the events of tonight.
"Hahi" she cried. Wisps of pink smoke whirled around her legs. She gripped Xanxus's face and connected their lips. She relished in the feel of his rough lips against hers. She could taste a trace of whisky. His favourite brand. It always came as a surprise to her; how he made her legs go weak an ignited the fire inside of her.
"We'll continue this later" she smouldered at him. Then winked at his frustrated face before the smoke consumed her. She smiled; Xanxus would definitely make her pay for that later and she couldn't wait. But unfortunately she would have to.
The baby pink clouds cleared. She was back at the restaurant with her 10 year younger husband.
She sighed at least he had moved on from terrorising the waiters and destroying the furniture. Haru was grateful for the fact that the restaurant had been booked all night by her Xanxus for their meal. No one else was here to witness her embarrassment or get hurt due to Xanxus's rage.
It was a relief. She did wonder why he had calmed down now; then she something glinted in her eye ah there was a tumbler of whiskey in his hand.
"You're back trash" Xanxus commented
"I see you've managed to calm down finally. It seems the 10 year bazooka has malfunctioned. All I your future Varia officers are in the past still"
She turned to one of the waiters cleaning up in the wake of Xanxus "Luigi could I trouble you for a bottle of white wine, you know which is my favourite, and a slice of your tiramisu?" She asked.
The Italian waiter smiled at her "no problem miss Haru" then he went into the kitchens.
Haru pulled a chair and day across from Xanxus. She rested her elbows in the table. "Would you like something to eat? I know how you get when you're hungry" she asked.
"You know nothing about me trash"
"On the contrary" she held up her wedding ring to him "why else would I be in a restaurant with you alone"
He scowled at her
"How about a beef fillet mignon" she smirked at him knowing that it is his favourite.
"Fine trash" he mumbled.
Haru smiled. Haru 1 Xanxus 0 not that she was keeping a mental score. She stood up and went to the kitchens before placing the extra order and asking for a slice of cheese cake for herself. She needed a Haru appreciation day.
"How did we meet then trash?" Xanxus drank some of his whiskey
Haru took a sip of wine. She loved the hint of elderflower and apple. "We met at Tsuna and Kyoko's wedding. Nearly two years ago now"
