©dwindlingflame
HEY! :] Next chapter is here. Enjoy.
PLEASE READ THE NOTE AT THE END OF THE CHAPTER.
Pairing: None.
Rating: M for violence and an OOC Tsuna.
Summary: Tsuna kills a man in cold blood... and he just can't take it.
Word Count: 2,390
Disclaimer: It's not mine...Sad fayse
Tsuna's body shook. What could he do? What should he do? He had no flames, no weapons, no abilities... He couldn't find an ounce of power within him. 'Shit... What the hell did he do to me?"
Tsuna had no idea who this man was. He figured that it was someone in the mafia since he had come after the Vongola specifically. Everything happened to fast, Tsuna didn't even have enough time to get help. The one time that Reborn wasn't with him, everything blows up in his face. This man, this... Eleazar, attacked before any of the Vongola had enough time to respond. They were all at Tsuna's house, as usual, when he attacked. He wasted no time. He didn't "introduce" himself. He didn't gloat when he managed to snatch Haru from right under their noses. He simply threw a smoke bomb into the residence, grabbed her, and left a very cryptic note that gave specific instructions as to what he wanted and what the "game" the Vongola would have to play.
The note gave hints to various different locations around Namimiori, all of which he could have been at. He gave them 30 minutes to find him, forcing the family to split up. That was how Tsuna found himself deep within the park, staring in the eye of the tall, bandaged man who current had Tsuna wrapped around his finger.
When Tsuna arrived, he saw Haru sitting on the ground, gagged and tied, tears flowing from her eyes. As he got closer to her, he could see her squirm, almost as if trying to warn him of something. Of course, in Tsuna's fear, he hadn't paid attention to her warning, intent on getting her out of there as soon as possible.
It was his biggest regret.
It was at that moment, when he reached towards Haru, that Eleazar jumped on his back, jamming a needle into his neck. Tsuna panicked, thrusting his elbow back instinctively. He almost rejoiced at the sickening crack of the man's jaw breaking under the force of his flame enhanced attack. Eleazar flew back, landing on the ground with a loud thud. Tsuna turned to look at him, his eyes flaring angrily as the flame on his forehead increased momentarily.
He was ready to attack again, but he stopped when he heard Eleazar chuckle. Tsuna froze, looking at the man who pushed himself up, rubbing his jaw. "Ow... That hurt..."
Tsuna growled. Was this man mocking him? Eleazar stood, stretching out his muscles. "Shouldn't be much longer now..." he muttered.
Tsuna frowned. "What are you talking about? What did you do to me?"
Eleazar smirked, his blue eyes darkening menacingly. Tsuna stepped back in shock. "Oh...? You don't feel anything...?" Eleazar's smirk grew considerably as Tsuna's face contorted into one of shock.
'W-what's going on...? My flames...!" Tsuna could only watch in horror as the flames around his fists died down. He could feel his power draining from him rapidly. "W-what did you do?"
Eleazar grinned, "I simply gave you my newest invention; a flame inhibitor." He said in a matter-of-fact tone. "I didn't think it'd work this wonderfully on you... Of course, it took a little too long to kick in, but I think it's almost complete, wouldn't you say so?"
Tsuna said nothing, he only charged. Raising a fist, Tsuna threw a punch at the smug man, Tsuna could only gasp as he was quickly brought down. Landing on his stomach, Tsuna coughed when he felt Eleazar's heel dig into his spine. "Gah!"
"Poor Vongola... so useless without their flames... Pity..." he removed his heel from Tsuna's spine, turning his attention on the crying brunette girl on the ground. Reaching down, he grabbed her by her hair, pulling her to her feet. Tsuna winced as pain shot though his back. Forcing himself to his knees, looking up in time to see a man whip out a small knife. "Haru! Let her go!"
Eleazar said nothing as he cut off Haru's ropes followed by the cloth used to shut her up. Tsuna forced himself back into a standing position. "I said... Let her go!" he yelled as he began to run for him again. Tsuna stopped dead in his tracks when the man placed the blade to Haru's neck.
Snapped
"N-no!"
"What's the matter, Vongola? Useless without your flames?"
Tsuna tensed, grinding his teeth together. Large brown eyes looked on in fear as the man across from him pressed the blade closer to his hostage's neck.
"A-ah!"
"Haru!"
Tears fell from the girl's eyes, her knees trembling. If it wasn't for the strong arms holding her up, Haru would have collapsed a long time ago. "T-Tsuna-kun!"
"D-don't worry! I'll save you!"
"Heh-heh! I never knew you'd be such a little liar, Tsunayoshi-kun." the stranger muttered, blue eyes twinkling with glee. Tsuna "tch'd", his hands curling into a fist.
"Let her go."
"Why?" The man asked curiously, removing the knife from her neck. He ran the blade down her chest, coming to pause at her hip. "What good would that do me?" he asked curiously, watching Tsuna. "I don't think you've suffered enough.
Tsuna's breath hitched. "W-what do you me-?" Haru's ear shattering scream cut him off. All color drained from Tsuna's face as he watched as the man dug the tip knife into Haru's flesh slowly. "H-HARU!"
Her screams continued, her eyes wide. The man's face contorted into one of pure satisfaction. "What will you do, Vongola?" he asked as he pulled the knife out of her side, revealing a shallow gash in her hip. Blood oozed out of the wound, caking her hip and leg with her blood. Tears poured from Haru's eyes, her mouth hanging open. Another cry ripped from her throat as the man jammed the knife back into her, making a shallow cut right next to the previous one. "WHAT WILL YOU DO WITHOUT YOUR FLAMES?"
Tsuna's heart was racing. He wasn't sure what was louder; Haru's screams or his own blood rushing through his veins. "STOP!" Tsuna ran forward. He had to save her!
"DON'T MOVE!" Eleazar screamed, forcing the blade deep into Haru's body. Tsuna froze, his body shaking uncontrollably, tears burning his eyelids. "Her life is in my hands, Vongola. You have to play by my rules, or this girl is dead."
Tsuna felt so worthless. He couldn't do anything but watch as Haru suffered. His nose burned, his lip quivered. What could he do?
"Ahh... how the mighty have fallen..." Eleazar muttered, his lips twitching slightly as he snarled, "Once I'm done with you, Juudaime, I'm going to bring down the Vongola... one by one..." Eleazar twisted the knife in Haru's side, making her, and Tsuna, scream.
"STOP! LET HER GO, PLEASE!"
Eleazar disregarded his cry as he pulled the blade out of her. "I'll show you... I'll show you and your family what it feels like to have nothing!" Eleazar's anger increased as he forcefully rammed the blade back into Haru's side. "The Vongola will fall!" he pulled out the knife. "That family is nothing without their abilities!" he jammed the knife back into her. "I'll make them regret what they did to me!" he stabbed her repeatedly, making Tsuna's heart pound as Haru's screams became shrill. Why was he doing this?
"STOP IT! TAKE THIS OUT ON ME, NOT HER!" Tsuna cried, his tears falling freely. "SHE'S NOT A PART OF THE VONGOLA. LET HER GO!"
Eleazar pulled the knife out of her side and pointed the bloody blade at him, "Neither was I... but did that stop the Vongola from trying to kill me?"
Tsuna didn't give two shits about what the man was saying. All he could do was look at Haru. Her body was convulsing dangerously. He could see her eyes losing their glow. She was fading in and out of consciousness. He had to think fast. Eleazar brought the blade back to Haru's neck, drawing Tsuna'd attention back to him. "She's no fun, Vongola... Now it's time for you to watch her die..."
Tsuna's eyes widened, adrenalin pumping through his veins. "No!" Tsuna's body reacted on its own. He lunged forward, running towards Eleazar at breakneck speeds. He could see the shock on Eleazar's face as Tsuna ran towards him. Eleazar wasted no time, trying to keep his threat as he dug the blade into Haru, dragging it horizontally across her neck, blood gushing out from the open wound. Her screams died on her lips as blood filled her mouth. Eleazar pushed her body, letting it fall to the ground with a sickening thud.
Tsuna's heart stopped.
Everything happened in slow motion. As he watched her fall, Tsuna saw her blood spewing in all directions. Haru hit the ground, her hands flying up to her neck. Her hands clawed as the wound, her mouth open in a silent scream. Haru's back arched as she gasped for breath.
Tsuna didn't see anymore. It was as if his vision went red.
In an instant, he had tackled Eleazar, who was caught off guard by his sudden strength. 'No... The effects shouldn't have worn off yet. What's going on?' Eleazar had no time to think as Tsuna knocked him off his feet, causing him to drop his knife next to them. Tsuna snarled viciously as he straddled Eleazar, raising his fist. Bringing his shoulder back, Tsuna put all of his force into his punch as he brought his fist down on Eleazar's face. The blue eyed man's head snapped to the side. Before he could begin to fight back, Tsuna brought his other fist back and repeated the process.
Tsuna grunted with every punch, his onslaught getting stronger and faster with every punch. His breath came out in uneven pants. His arms were sore, his knuckles aching from the continuous contact. Blood poured from Eleazar's nose, lip, and ear. His face was changing colors rapidly, but Tsuna didn't stop.
He couldn't.
Eleazar coughed up blood. His face was aching from the force of Tsuna's fist. He had to do something... he couldn't die like this! Bucking his hips with as much strength as he could muster, Eleazar was glad to see that his actions caused Tsuna to lose his balance momentarily, allowing the man enough time to reach out for the knife that had fallen near him.
"Die, Vongola!"
Grasping the knife firmly with his thumb supporting the hilt of the knife, Eleazar raised his arms over his head and brought it down towards Tsuna's jugular. Tsuna reacted quickly, his arm snapping out just in time to grab Eleazar's wrist, stopping the blade just centimeters away from his throat.
Eleazar growled, trying with all his might to push the blade down close enough to pierce Tsuna's flesh. Realizing that Tsuna's grip was just too strong, Eleazar decided to twist his wrist instead, aiming the blade at the flesh on Tsuna's arm.
Tsuna cried out when the tip of the blade slowly began cutting through his flesh. With another sudden burst of energy, Tsuna pushed Eleazar's wrist away from his neck and pointed the blade downwards, causing the man to cry out in pain as his wrist was being twisted beyond its normal range of motion.
Eleazar's eyes widened frantically as he saw the blade being forced towards him. Struggling, the man tried to free his other arm, which was skillfully, or unfortunately, pinned beneath Tsuna's knee. Tsuna had one hand over his own and the other wrapped painfully tight around his wrist. It was only a matter of seconds before Tsuna pushed with all his might, forcing Eleazar's hand down.
Blue eyes widened as the knife dug deeply into his throat.
Struggling, Eleazar thrashed, opening his mouth in a wide "O" of surprise as blood gurgled in his throat.
"Juudaime!"
The voice was far in the distance. Tsuna paid no attention to the voice as he lifted Eleazar's arm and once again brought it down, cutting another hole into his throat.
Foot steps were drawing closer, but all Tsuna could see was the man before him, bleeding profusely as his life slipped through his fingers.
He didn't stop stabbing until he felt strong arms grab him, pulling him off the man forcefully.
"Calm down, Sawada Tsunayoshi." Screaming and kicking, Tsuna felt a new batch of tears fall from his eyes as a semmingly lifeless Haru swarmed his vision. Next to her, he could see Gokudera, shaking like a leaf as he ripped off his shirt and tore it in two, pressing the fabric against her neck, and placing the other half over her hip.
"H-Haru!"
"Reborn! She has a pulse... but it's faint. It's fading, fast!" Gokudera yelled. He had wanted nothing more than to run to his boss's side... but Hibari had gotten to him first, which left the task of checking on Haru to him and Reborn.
"Haru!"
"It appears that his cut was more on her collar than her neck..." Reborn muttered as Gokudera paged Yamamoto to call for an ambulance. "But she's lost too much blood."
Tsuna's struggles died down, his knees going weak as he collapsed to the ground. Hibari went with him, keeping firm hands on his shoulders. "Haru..." Tsuna whimpered, his body shaking uncontrollably. "Haru..."
Staring down at his hands, Tsuna winced at the unending about of blood surrounding him. So much... blood.
"Get it off..." he murmured, rubbing his hands against his shirt, which was also caked in blood. "Get it off...!"
Letting out a small cry, Tsuna began to frantically rub his hands anywhere he could; on the grass, on his pants, on Hibari... but no matter what he did, he just couldn't stop seeing all that blood. "Get it off. Get it off! GET IT OFF!"
Ripping away from Hibari, Tsuna grabbed his shirt, yanking it over his head. He threw the bloody article of clothing down on the ground, looking down to his chest, seeing nothing but blood that had soaked through. Tsuna let out a strangled cry. "No..." Tsuna rubbed at his stomach, forgetting that blood was already on his hands. Tsuna froze when all he saw was more blood on his skin.
It was then that Hibari grabbed him once more. "No! No, no, no, no! NOO!" Tsuna fell to his knees, his screams echoing throughout the otherwise silent park.
TBC
This one's short... I actually wasn't going to end it here but I figured that I should because I feel like there are different definitions of 'snapped' that Tsuna could fit into SO~
I'm leaving it up to you readers. Part two to this story is where I will reveal a small background of Eleazar (since this completely did not happen the way I originally thought it would) and then continue Tsuna's inner turmoil so you must vote!
How do you think this experience has changed Tsuna? Will he be...
A. Insane-crazy. Seeing things? Complete mental breakdown?
B. Depressed. On edge. Self hating. Loathing. Etc.
C. Ultra pissed off. Easily ticked. Not in the mood for anyone's garbage.
Voting will remain for quite a while! I'm going to stay away from depressing stories for a bit :]
ALSO! This was originally the next segment to Control but I've decided to separate each story. I feel like they'll get more publicity that way. :P
So, if you notice that Control has been removed; don't fret. Each story will be reposted within a few days of each other. I want to attract more readers and reviews! I like reviews! So... if you guys really love me, then you can REreview the stories when they come back... =D! Sure... I could be pushing it there but... Teehee.
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