This story just came up into my head and I don't know what to do with it. So, I might as well write it down, better than keeping it to myself. But don't worry for "Mare's reunion and revival" readers, I won't stop at continuing that story until it's finished.
Enjoy reading!
CHAPTER 1
Dark, hidden by shadows, mysterious, perhaps nothing could describe Checker Face's dwelling other than those words. But that wasn't all; on the floor scattered a group of Reborn's team as they were lying helplessly with faces that showed pain and cold sweat. They couldn't move let alone to stand up. It was a dire situation where Checker Face was taking hostages, Kyoko and Haru.
"Checker Face, you… let go of… them" Tsuna said as he tried to move. With the deadly poison injected to their body, Tsuna's hyper mode wore off.
Up on his left, a blue ball with holes was hovering and while his hand held a crystal ball, his other hand was used to hold in both small girls. Kyoko was really concerned about the well-being of his brother alone, but Haru was more concerned about everyone. They were clearly suffering the same poison, the same pain. She couldn't believe her ears when she heard Kyoko was screaming for her brother only.
Checker Face had no intention of giving the cure inside the blue ball whatsoever and intended to leave with the crystal ball. Seeing the dire situation, Haru instinctively jumped upwards to his chin very harshly, causing him to shout in pain and let go of the grip.
"Tsuna-san, here!" Haru took the blue ball and threw it above them. The holes dispersed needles of liquid and as it touched their skin and directly went through inside their body, they could move their body and felt the pain gradually disappeared.
Both girls immediately ran towards their friends, but Kyoko went ahead first. What was more; Tsuna hastily approached Kyoko and held her. Haru just saw that scene mirthlessly. "I knew it" she thought inwardly.
"Tch. Reborn, you're always one step ahead and I'm getting tired of that" Checker Face's hand was going to crush the crystal ball and everyone knew he attempted to escape. Seeing that, Haru thought that she wished she could do something to help. She wanted to help so badly that she even gladly sacrificed her own.
"Then do it"
She heard a sudden male voice along with a glimpse of a blonde man. At that moment, as if the time had stopped—no, it was really stopped as no movement was caught.
"You have the resolve to help them, Miura Haru"
"But, Haru…"
"Don't worry. You'll be alright. You want to help him, don't you?"
She flinched exactly at that question. Looking at Checker Face and then turned to Tsuna who was holding Kyoko, she balled her fists. But later on, from head that lowered down, she looked straight towards the foe with eyes of resolve and determination and said "Haru… wants to help Tsuna-san. And make him happy…"
And when she spoke her wish, time had continued to flow.
As Kyoko was in Ryohei's hands, Tsuna went on hyper mode and about to tackle him.
"Don't be reckless, Tsuna" Reborn stopped him. "He had already crushed the crystal ball. If you touch him with anything even with your X-Burner, you will be sent to an unknown place and unknown time"
Having heard that, Tsuna reluctantly stopped and watched as he slowly disappeared with a grin. One look towards Tsuna and then to Checker Face, Haru took a step forward.
"Haru, what are you doing? Stay away from him!"
Haru stared at Tsuna for the last time and then smiled sincerely.
"Goodbye, Tsuna-san"
"What?"
Without further ado, she jumped to Checker Face and at the same time, the device had maximized its potential. Both disappeared from their sight. At that very moment, everyone widened their eyes and froze, especially Tsuna who was too shocked by her action that it lit off his flame. It was her sacrifice they could never forget, something that kept haunting them even to this day.
…
-10 years later-
"Tsuna, another paperwork for you" Yamamoto put a stack of paperwork onto his desk.
"Thanks, Yamamoto" he said as he was busy working.
"Okay, then. I'll be—"
"Yamamoto"
"Yeah?"
"How's everyone? I mean… their stomach" he asked hesitantly.
"Don't blame yourself, Tsuna. You did it to please everyone" Yamamoto replied with a smile.
"But, I'm the one at fault here. If I looked at the expire date, I wouldn't be making those hot milk for everyone"
"No worries, we don't blame you. Well… I don't know about Mukuro, though"
"Thanks, but still…"
"Hey, look at me! I'm fine! I'm used to accidentally drink spoiled milk, anyway. So, I guess my body is like immune to it now, huh" he said with an amusing grin.
"Umm… thanks. Anyway, I'm going to continue my work now"
"Oh… yeah, sure. Then, bye" Yamamoto walked out of the room and while at it, Reborn was waiting for him outside. "So?"
"He's not smiling, again. It's been 10 years since he lost his smile. Ne, what should we do, kid?"
"We can't do anything. To him, Haru's sudden sacrifice was the sign of his weakness of being unable to protect his friends. Aside that, are you going to Namimori Island later?"
"I can't. Since I'm the only one who can move, all of the missions are being carried by me"
"Well, do your job and sorry to make you do this"
"Nah, I don't mind. All of us want to bring his smile back, right? See you, kid" with a wave of goodbye, he left the infant in front of the office. But before he left too, he took a glance upon the office door.
Ever since she disappeared, everyone did everything they could to track her and find her whereabouts. They didn't care where she was, as long as she was found. The search kept ongoing, but after 5 years, desperation resonated through Tsuna's voice. He had given up on her. They understood that the damage that befell on them was a major loss, but no one could ever guess that such disappearance led Tsuna to devastation and sorrow. He became more incapable to smile, even Kyoko couldn't cheer him up.
Hours after working on the pile of paperwork, Tsuna looked at his watch and then grabbed his coat, donning it while staring outside through the window.
This isn't happening to me
This… can't happen to me
It's just a dream… yeah, just wake up from this nightmare, Tsuna. Come on!
Please… let this be a dream
He remembered it very clearly like it was yesterday. When he refused the happening to be real, yet reality forced itself to snap Tsuna's mind. Yes, it was real. Yes, she just did it. Yes, you failed to protect her. Reality answered him rather harshly.
He punched the window over the regret and anger. The window shattered to pieces with blood from his fist dripping down. However, he refused for it to be bandaged, just hiding it inside the pocket of his coat. Unknown to anyone, he left Italy with jet plane alone.
Inside the plane, it was the same as his usual behavior. Staring at the small window, he was lamenting over the incident, reminiscing the last seconds of her last smile, her voice, when she spoke the final hurtful words.
Goodbye, Tsuna-san
He despised himself for not being able to save her. Instead, she was the one who saved him, despite she was a noncombatant. Even when no one was there to protect her, she was the one who protected them. It took him weeks to believe it was real and when he did, it motivated him more to be the boss. The loss of Haru had spoken his decision directly to ninth, that he accepted the role as a mafia boss. However, it also created deep scar inside his heart, one that no one could heal.
After arriving at Japan, under the heavy rain he went straight towards Namimori Island. He remembered it like it was a moment ago, when they were sucked to Checker Face's hideout from that island. On that spot, he put down a pot of purple hyacinth under that sorrowful rain. While rain showered the earth, it was also showering his mirthless face. No tears, just pure sadness and regret with one flower that asked for forgiveness.
All of the sudden, he dropped and punched the soil with his bloody fist tremblingly.
"Why…" both hands were on soil and were trembling of much profound sorrow and grief. Head stayed low facing the ground and a drop of water dropped and went in the soil. With trembling body, tears were rolling down through his cheeks. It was silent tears under the heavy rain. The pain on his hand didn't concern him. It wasn't as painful as what his heart had to bear.
However, behind him awaited a shadowy figure and it attacked him. But he quickly turned into hyper mode and dodged. "Who are you?" he asked to the person whom was wearing a black cloak with a hood.
The person didn't answer, just kept attacking him with guns on both hands. Tsuna approached the person as he kept dodging the bullets, but when he reached for it, the person jumped to his back and elbowed him hard enough for him to feel the stinging pain. But at that moment, he didn't wear his gloves. That person knew he wouldn't attack. Knowing that, the person suddenly disappeared from Tsuna's sight and then instantly appeared right in front of him, punching his stomach so hard that he fell on one knee while holding his stomach.
The mystery guy pointed a gun at his forehead and Tsuna furrowed his brows.
"That's enough" a familiar voice appeared behind the tree and much to his surprise, it was Hibari.
"What's this about, Hibari?" Tsuna asked while still in hyper mode.
"I have a favor to ask of you, Sawada Tsunayoshi, tenth boss of Vongola" the person spoke while opening the hood.
Tsuna flinched as he heard that voice. It felt familiar yet hazy. But as he saw the full face, he couldn't bring himself not to be taken aback by it.
"You're…"
"What was that? She's here?" Gokudera immediately rose up from his bed. "Yeah, but…"
"What? Please say it, juudaime!"
"..She doesn't remember us"
"Wh... What are you talking about?"
…
"Haru…?"
"What? How did you know my name?"
"What do you mean? I know your face; you're Haru, our Haru! You couldn't possibly forget about us!"
"I just met Hibari Kyoya and you today. I don't know you"
"So, you… don't remember us?" Tsuna's brown eyes widened and quivered. "I'm here for something and certainly not this, so please don't make a fuss on something confusing" she said simply.
"Sawada Tsunayoshi" Hibari voiced. "Forget it for now"
…
One long-lost girl sat on the sofa and Tsuna sat across her, accompanied by Hibari and Reborn. "First of all, forgive me for attacking you before. I just wanted to see whether the rumor is real and it seems so. No one can handle my punch like you"
"And second, this is my badge and my ID" she handed over both to Tsuna. "I'm a special agent from UWPA, Universe Welfare Protection Agency, working under worlds security. I have spoken to Hibari Kyoya as the medium and he let me to talk to you directly"
"Why is a CIA like you come here for our help?" Reborn questioned.
"I'm not exactly working directly under the CIA. And this is why" she let out a photo of Checker Face, much to everyone's surprise. "This man has destroyed one parallel world. He gave us the video of his work, for what he did in that world. This man is endangering the safety of all worlds and from what my informant had gathered, both you and Checker Face have history together"
"You know about the existence of the parallel worlds?" Reborn asked again. She nodded and said "As of this point, we don't know his true motive as he was seen all over the world, hiding but makes no move"
"On behalf of UWPA, I request for assistance from your force. I've heard all about the Vongola. You're a perfect alliance for this mission. But I'll leave the decision to you"
"When you say 'I', what about your comrade?" Reborn inquired curiously.
"I was the only one who's selected for this mission, I fill up to the qualify for this"
Tsuna spoke no words, just kept staring at her blankly yet thoughtfully. A bit of relief was set on his shoulder, but it didn't heal his trauma. He was sure she didn't pretend to forget, judging by her way of speaking and others. His intuition told him she had really lost her memories. Whether she lost her memories or not, he had to live with it and there was more serious problem he should deal with.
"Here's the problem, we have—well… suffer casualties. We can't do it" as Tsuna let out his right hand, the injury was seen. "I'll get the first aid kit" Hibari walked outside. "I'll leave you here for a while" Reborn, too, left the office.
Outside, Gokudera, Yamamoto and the others were standing near the office. "How's juudaime?"
"As usual. Regarding Haru's memory loss, I don't think it changed a thing" Reborn answered. "About the mission, do you think he'll agree to it?" Ryohei asked. "I don't know. It's all up to him"
After Hibari put the kit on the table, he immediately left and Reborn didn't go back to the office either. As Tsuna was going to reach for a wrapping, Haru's hand preceded him. She changed seat to sit beside him and held his hand, beginning to wrap it up with bandage.
"I can do it myself" Tsuna said. "I wouldn't let an injured man heal himself"
"Why are you qualified for it?" Tsuna finally asked. "Because I have the strong devotion to defeat Checker Face" she answered. "Where did that devotion come from?"
"That I don't know. I don't remember anything when I arrived, just a name and a desire to find Checker Face"
"And you're okay with it? You don't search for your past? You're okay with just a name and mission to stop him?"
"Strangely, that's enough for me" she finished with it and put the equipment back to the kit while he kept staring at her. "Why are you telling me all of this?" he questioned and hearing that, she faced the floor with thoughtful mind. "Somehow, I can trust you. But…"
"I accept it"
"What?" she turned her face to him. "As the head of Vongola, I'll lend my power to help you save the world, but only I who will go. With only the two of us, are you sure about this?" he asked and she nodded in agreement.
Outside the door, one arcobaleno smiled of hearing the conversation. Because for Reborn, this journey might be the only way that could turn Tsuna back to the Sawada Tsunayoshi he was.
In case if any of you don't know flower meaning, this what purple hyacinth means: A sign of forgiveness and means "I am sorry", "Please forgive me", and "Sorrow". To tell someone that you are sorrowful over an event and wish for them to forgive you. This flower blooms in the spring.
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