Hey everyone! I got ANOTHER new series for you guys! I know I have a lot I need to update but I keep getting new ideas and I have to put at least one chapter out there for all of them! This will be an interesting take on the hitman reborn world and the characters and I'm trying something new and more emotionally appealing! Edited by Cuddles8059 and Hibari Kyoya Lover 18! So hopefully I achieved that! Read on NOODLE!
Namimori High School, March 17th, it was an especially warm and sunny day. The air felt just right and felt like one was stepping into the perfect temperature of a heated bathtub. Everyone was in a good mood as they left for home on the last day of high school, especially the seniors. Every graduate was looking forward to their futures that looked as bright as the sun. They asked themselves where to go for college if some haven't already decided and the exams they had to take to get in, where and what to work as, and thinking back on the high school life they are now done with. The experience that happens only once in our lives, we think back on the past experiences we had and wish we might have done things differently or wish to stay there forever. High School...the best years of our lives is what they say. But, for Tsunayoshi Sawada...it is his worst memories because at the very end of his high school year, he chose to face this day with courage and ask out the girl of his dreams. Kyoko Sasagawa...
They met on that rooftop where the wind wouldn't stop blowing. A constant breeze was met at the drop of a hat it seems. But Tsuna didn't mind as he prepared to face the girl he had admired and loved ever since middle school. He had asked her with all his courage to meet him on the rooftop after school by herself when the bell of the day rang its final toll. To his simple request she said, "Okay Tsuna-kun!" He felt like he had a very good start on his mission and smiled all the way to the rooftop as he wanted to be there first, he felt it wouldn't be right if he was late when he asked her to be there.
He got to the rooftop fairly early and when he got there he pulled out a rose. A beautiful red rose freshly grown and picked, and given to him by his own mother. She was quite good with flowers and even taught Tsuna the meaning of some flowers, but Roses were well known already what they symbolize. Love...but Tsuna would realize eventually that Roses meant more than just love. As the petals and thorns blended together in harmony…
"Tsuna-kun! I'm here!" said Kyoko cheerfully as she walks through the door leading up to the roof with a big smile on her face, and walks out on to the roof top merrily. There she was, the girl Tsuna always loved. As gorgeous as can be and looked more like a model than she did in middle school. Her hair had grown out more to her shoulders with a beautiful honey like auburn that shined in the sunlight, beautiful white skin that made any boy want to kiss it if they could, a nice and mature figure that had developed averagely for any girl with the exception of a slight boost in facial appearance. To Tsuna she looked better than any girl though. Dressed in her school uniform, Tsuna was glad he got to see her in it every day. He fixed his collar, straightened up his posture, and prepared himself mentally and physically before he looked her in the eyes and spoke.
"Kyoko-chan! I'm..I'm glad you could come.." Tsuna hid the rose behind his back and laughed awkwardly as she walked closer to him. She laughed at how silly Tsuna was acting, and with her arms around her back she smiled such a loving smile, it warmed his heart.
"Well? What did you want to see me for Tsuna-kun? Are you going to give me a present or something?" She joked with another gentle laugh and warm smile with her hand just over her chin. Everything about her warmed his heart and made Tsuna want to dance in joy.
This was the moment of truth for Tsuna, his first confession to a girl ever. It was now or never, and he wasn't looking back now. He had to go for it, or he may never get this chance again. Who knows what might happen...she might be gone forever. No Dying Will Mode, just him and no one else to help.
"Kyoko-chan...I..have admired you for a long time!" Tsuna blurted out while bowing slightly with his eyes closed. Looking her in the eye might drain his courage he believed. He was on his second wind and decided to keep on going. Kyoko's eyes widened, she was shocked at Tsuna's words. But she did not take a step back or make a sound; she listened carefully and opened her heart to Tsuna...
"Seeing you is the highlight of my day every day. I think of you every time I wake up and every time I go to sleep. Your smile always surprises me, but always makes me feel wonderful inside. My mind goes all crazy and I can't think straight...my heart's beating won't stop...and my stomach is fluttering with butterflies...You're an amazing person; you're kind, smart, and so beautiful! Honestly...you're way too good for me. You're the perfect girl anybody would love to have...but...I have to try...I have to let you know..." And Tsuna raised his body straight up and opened his eyes that were fixated on hers that didn't deviate away. He took a deep breath and found the words piece itself together in his mind and escaped his parched lips. "I...love you Kyoko..." He shouted with a quick thrust of the Rose in his hand to her.
Those words, those three words that have more meaning than a dictionary can hold. Those words broke the silence, broke the world itself as the world froze in time. Seemingly stuck in time, stopped, just for that moment. The world slowly began to fix itself as Tsuna realized how fast his heart was beating. He did it, all the courage he had was gone now and the only feeling left was accomplishment and anxiety. His friends' motivation to do this and his tutor praising him for making the first move, all of his hard work for this one moment...he had heard somebody running on the stairway from the door. He had guessed it was somebody who was going to the roof but saw the seriousness of the moment and ran away thankfully. Tsuna was embarrassed at the thought of being seen but focused on Kyoko, the girl he didn't take his eyes off of.
"Tsuna-kun..." She said after a moment to break the silence and set Tsuna's heart on overdrive as he began to feel very nervous and worried for her answer. "...I can't believe you feel that way about me...it's hard to believe honestly. I'm...so grateful that you said you admire me...and love me so much," She smiled happily at Tsuna who had a big grin on his face now that stretched from one end of his face to the other. This was bliss he was feeling within his heart...
"But...I have...to refuse you." Those words…they broke Tsuna's heart into a million pieces and scattered them to places he could not reach. His big grin was gone and his confidence lost. All his hard work disappeared in this one moment, and everything seemed so cold even with that bright sun beaming down on him. The wind blew past them both, mocking Tsuna for his attempt!
The poor, heartbroken Tsuna tried to speak and only soft words left his heart instead of his mind. "Oh...is that...so..." He said lowly and tried to force a strong look on his face. Forcing back his tears, his sadness, his anger, and his dread.
"Yes… I'm sorry Tsuna-kun. I really don't like the idea of having to hurt you...I truly don't...but I can't be with you. It..." She stopped for a moment and looked away. "You and I...could never be together. I'm so sorry that you did all of this for me..just to have it all ruined by me. I...I'm so sorry Tsuna! Please! Find someone better than me who will never hurt you like I did! Tsuna...I'm sorry!" And with that she ran away to the door and opened it quickly. She ran through it with a slam of the door behind her, and just like that...was the last time Tsuna will ever see Kyoko...the Kyoko he loved and saw in his dreams constantly.
Tsuna had no words. He didn't know what to say, and instead he went to the edge of the roof and looked up at that big blue sky. He could now hear the sounds of happy students leaving the school still and some playing in the school fields. That sun that symbolized hope to Tsuna before and now it was misery, beating down on him with the sun's rays and worsening his pain now. Tsuna now bore an open wound on his chest and the sun's rays impaled that wound. He gripped the rose in his hand that symbolized love to him tightly...and felt pain in his hand. He opened up his palm to see there were still some thorns on the stalk of the rose with his blood on them. Pain...Tsuna had realized that with love...there is always pain...with love….one can lose all hope..with love…one loses love and their heart.
This day known as the happiest day in the world for the graduates of Namimori, will always be Tsuna's worst memory...and his pain doesn't end there when a year later he hears some news from Ryohei.
Tsuna was watching television with the news weather forecast on. The newsman says it will be raining today even though before he said it was going to be just cloudy and sunny. Tsuna then heard the doorbell ring and he was the only one home at the time so he had to go see who it was. He got up from the couch and slowly made his way to the door. He opened it up to see an enthusiastic sun guardian beaming with happiness at his door. Ryohei Sasagawa then hugged Tsuna enthusiastically.
"O-onii-chan!?" Tsuna exclaimed as Ryohei hugged Tsuna's airout of him.
"OH SAWADA-SAN! THIS IS THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE TO THE EXTREME!" He was crying rivers down his face as his grasp got tighter as Tsuna's face got purple. Ryohei quickly noticed and loosened his grip on the fragile Tsuna, and allowed him to catch his breath as he was gasping. "S-sorry Sawada-san! I got carried away there!"
He smiled while rubbing the back of his head. Tsuna looked at him with weary eyes and his hands on his knees bent over in pain. "It's...okay...Onii-chan...but what...are you so excited about?" Tsuna asked as he simultaneously invited him in to sit down and talk. Ryohei gladly accepted and took a seat in a chair in front of Tsuna who had made some tea for the both of them before sitting down with him.
"Well Sawada! I'll get right to the point! I won't waste your time hehe!" He smiled with a big grin that Tsuna couldn't help but faintly grin at. It was always pleasant seeing Ryohei who was so cheery all the time. He was a breathe of fresh air for sure.
"It's fine Onii-chan! Really! This must be pretty big huh?" Tsuna began to take a sip from his tea as the over excited Ryohei clasped his hands together between his legs.
"You bet it's big! I can't believe it myself...but it happens to all brothers with sisters one day right?" He joked and Tsuna instantly stopped drinking from his tea. That meant...Kyoko...his sister.
"...What...do you mean..?" Tsuna fumbled on his words but tried to keep his grin on his face. He hasn't heard a word from Kyoko in over a year, or even seen her. She was seemingly avoiding him, and whenever he did see her. She always disappeared as quickly as possible...she hated him he believed. She hated every part of Tsuna and didn't want to see a loser like himself again. No-Good Tsuna…the failure…the one who put all his hope into her and then lost her like a fool. He put his whole heart…into her heart.
"Haha! Get this Tsuna! Kyoko...is getting married!" Ryohei said happily with the biggest smile ever. He was so happy for his sister while Tsuna remembered the day he was rejected and how his heart felt when it was broken that last day of school a year ago. The feelings and memories flood his body leaving him motionless.
"It's great isn't it? I'm so happy for her! She is going to have the wedding in a few weeks or so and I personally would like to have all her friends there to celebrate this joyous moment in her life! I know she would be happy to have you there, why wouldn't she be?" Ryohei went on about the wedding and how happy he was, Tsuna didn't even bat an eyelash at him. He felt the sadness run through his body, Kyoko had found another man. Another guy, someone probably 100 times better than Tsuna in every way. Everyone remembers their first love, it's always hard to get over it and everyone goes through it. That first love...that first heart break...and the continuous heart aches you feel as you try to piece your heart together piece by piece.
"...When...did she meet this guy...? Tsuna asked Ryohei, stopping him mid-sentence and Tsuna faked a smile to keep from asking why he looked down.
"Oh? Umm, I believe she said sometime during high school? They began dating some time in her senior year I think. Why do you ask?"
"Oh...that's why..." Tsuna said softly looking down with his hands and tea shaking.
"...Sawada-san?" Ryohei said lowly as he witnessed Tsuna trembled.
"She already had somebody else...that makes sense. She is very lucky isn't she? That she met someone she could be with...is this guy...kind...have you met him?"
Ryohei took Tsuna's words easily and thought nothing more of it than the fact he was concerned about the guy. "Oh, yeah I have. It's only natural she get my blessings first! The guy was very kind and was on the soccer team in high school! He looked good, and had a good head on his shoulders! We even had a few drinks together sometimes. Though he was a bit…eccentric and odd from time to time. However, they are happy together Sawada-san!" Ryohei laughed as Tsuna simply put his tea on the table.
"Good...that's...good. That's great...I'm happy for her...she deserves a good guy..." Tsuna slowly began to weep as he fell lower and lower with his head just above his legs paired with his arms that slumped lowly on top of them.
"Sawada-san? Are you not feeling well? What's wrong?" Ryohei said concerned for his friend and boss.
"I"M...GLAD...I'm happy! Really! She...deserved to smile...I never truly did deserve to be happy like her anyway. I'm just a No-Good…No-Good… This is for the best...right?" Tsuna cried as Ryohei simply looked confused.
"Sawada...san..." He reached out for Tsuna but Tsuna got up and hit his arm away.
"I'm HAPPY DAMMIT! I"M HAPPY IF SHE'S HAPPY!" Tsuna knocked over the table and spilled the tea on the table and Ryohei jumped back in shock.
"Tsuna!" Ryohei attempted to stop Tsuna but he thrashed around in a blind furry.
"I'm happy...dammit..happy!...Dammit...why...why can't I be happy for her? Am I that much of a No-Good...am I that useless? Dammit...!" Tsuna's hands turned into fists not directed towards Kyoko but himself. He wanted so badly to be happy for her, she was happy! Isn't that what people are supposed to wish for? That the ones they love are happy? So why does he feel so empty? So sad…so...alone?
"Sawada...do you...did you...love..." Ryohei stopped and said no more. He picked up the table and set it back in place and then cleaned up the mess as Tsuna stood there motionless and quiet. He bid Tsuna a farewell before he opened up the door, but before he left he turned to Tsuna who didn't look back and told him this. "...I know it must hurt a lot for you Tsuna...but it would truly mean a lot to Kyoko...if you could be there at her wedding...I won't force you to come. Or ask you to anymore. I understand if you don't come...but I would like you to." And with that he went out the door and closed it. Leaving Tsuna for the second time in a long time, to cry all throughout the day...and all throughout the night in misery and pain...
A few weeks later the wedding took place, all Vongola guardians were in attendance. Surprisingly even Hibari and his enforcement were there on guard duty, and not a single evil soul got into the wedding. Hibari still protected anyone from Namimori it seems. However, he did beat up Mukuro who, even though he wasn't invited by Kyoko or her husband was convinced by Chrome to let him come as her date of sorts. They had a rocky relationship after Mukuro and Chrome got together but Kyoko didn't mind and let him come anyway. Along with the Vongola were other friends and family of the bride and groom. Everyone they cared about was in attendance...except Tsuna. When Kyoko walked down the aisle with her big brother, she saw all her friends and distant family members along with her soon to be family members and new friends. She saw her crying best friend Hana and other bridesmaids, Chrome smiling at her, and Haru Miura her closest friend crying and clapping uncontrollably. She couldn't believe how things were going, this was supposed to be the best moment of her life...but it felt like...something was missing to her, but, she went and the wedding went on without a hitch and the people began to party. Even though her smile seemed more forced than usual that day Haru noticed. She also found her husband's family to be an unusual bunch. She was happy nonetheless for Kyoko.
Everyone danced and ate food at the wedding and Kyoko had left her husband for a moment to talk with Haru, Chrome, and Yuni. She was happy that they were both here to be her bridesmaids. And not too soon after the four of them began talking, all three of them noticed somebody in the window. Haru pointed it out but they didn't know who it was. And the moment they began to examine who it is, and a faint idea popped into each one of their minds. The figure disappeared.
"Tsuna...?" All four of them said together and they ran out the place where the reception was being held and headed up some stairs by the side of the building to the top but when they got there. He wasn't there, nothing was there...besides a single rose and a letter. Kyoko went over to them and picked the two items up. She handed the rose to Haru and read the note. And at that moment when she began reading, she had suddenly burst in tears. Chrome tried to comfort her but she couldn't stop crying and Chrome noticed something far away in the sky. Something they all could feel...Tsuna's presence and sadness they all knew too well. Loneliness...
"Tsuna…I'm sorry…this is our fate…" Kyoko muttered to herself.
As if Tsuna's pain was not enough from back then, it would only get worse and worse as he secluded himself from others. He accepted the role of being the mafia boss and trained to be one, but in seclusion, seeing his friends less than usual but still keeping in touch with them albeit rarely. But even that died down eventually as he secluded himself to his solitude. He went to a good college and lived an okay and average life for the next few years. Five years from the day he was rejected by Kyoko...and on this day the now twenty-two year old Tsuna lived alone in an apartment by himself where he decided to spend his college life. However, this would never be the same...for finally after the hurricane...a rainbow appeared in the gloomy sky.
The doorbell rang and the grown up Tsuna who was asleep on the couch awoke from his tiresome sleep. He got up slowly and went to the door yawning. When he opened it, he was surprised at what he saw. A grown woman wearing a business suit and holding a briefcase was standing before him. And upon closer inspection, Tsuna realized it was Hana Kurokawa...Kyoko's best friend from years ago.
"Hello Tsuna. Remember me?" She said with a small smile at Tsuna who was taken back by her sudden appearance. What was she here for he wondered? He let her in and offered her some tea but she declined and instead sat in a chair in front of Tsuna who sat down with her in his living room of his small apartment.
"It's been a long time Tsuna. I see this is where you live now? It's pretty messy and small, but at least it doesn't stink," She said as she gave off a faint laugh but Tsuna simply and awkwardly ignored it.
"Uh...thanks but...sorry if I'm being sorta...abrupt..but what are you doing here Hana-san?" She stopped inspecting the house around her and sighed. She looked sad as she looked down then up at Tsuna. "This...isn't going to be easy to say Tsuna...so I'll just say it." She twiddled her fingers on the briefcase and thought for a moment of how to say this. Tsuna realized the seriousness of the situation and wasn't sure what to expect. How could he expect anything at this point in his life?
"...Kyoko...and her husband...are...well Tsuna. They passed away...they both were killed in a car crash some time ago...I'm so sorry to tell you this Tsuna," She exclaimed while holding the briefcase tightly. Tsuna's mind went blank and silent then very loud with rapid thoughts accompanied by the beating of his heart. He could not believe this! She...died...with her husband...?
"You...mean...they're both really dead? They're gone?" Tsuna said with shock in his voice as he began to tremble, his thoughts rambling on in his mind. "This was too much, too fast. Why her? Why did it HAVE to be her of all people? Why world? Why?"
"Yes...well...it seems they were in quite a hurry to get somewhere and traveled very fast down a bridge. They were about to collide with another car. Her husband, the driver at the time, tried to avoid the car and instead drove off and hit another car instead...help soon arrived on the scene and when they got there...all that was reported was that the two were dead...I'm sorry to tell you this Tsuna."
Tsuna had tears in his eyes, how many times must he cry whenever he hears about Kyoko? But did he have the right to cry this time? It had been five years since his heart was broken like that, he didn't know what to do. He tried moving on, and he thought he was doing better even with his depression. But then this had to happen...but even though Tsuna was filled with regret and sadness. There was something on his mind.
"...Thank you...Hana...for telling me...but I don't understand...why are you here? Why tell me this...? I haven't been in contact...with Ky-...her...for a long time now. I don't understand..."
"...Is it wrong to tell you when a past friend has passed away...Tsuna-san?" She said with a mature tone of voice and a somewhat scolding one.
"N-no...it isn't...but...why wait all this time...why...?"
"Because Kyoko left behind something in this world Tsuna. Something...she wanted you to take care of..." Hana said sternly to Tsuna.
"...Take care of what?" Tsuna asked as he sat back in seat a little.
"...A child. A little girl. Her daughter Tsuna...It was in her will you were chosen to be the legal guardian of her by Kyoko and her husband..." She opened up the briefcase and handed Tsuna the will and some documents signed by the court stating Tsuna was in fact the guardian. He saw in Kyoko's handwriting how she had declared Tsuna to be the only one she can trust 100% with her daughter and whom she can die happy with...if it was Tsuna who raised her.
"...I...I can't believe this...why...why would she choose me? We haven't spoken for years! And she expects me...to raise her daughter?" Tsuna exclaimed looking through the papers with disbelief.
"I...I don't quite believe this either. I'm not sure what to say about this...that she trusts you of all people above everybody else...or the fact that she is gone...but the truth of the matter is you have been chosen and recognized by the court. You are expected to take care of her and will have support from several groups with financial aid to do so if necessary."
"I'm...getting support to take care of her? Why does the government support this so much? Why me?" Tsuna asked shaking his head with slight grief.
"...A miracle I suppose. They could not simply put her with somebody else after reading through Kyoko's papers...and the child herself protested. She wanted to be with you no matter what...they were moved by the both of them, mother and daughter, and thus decided to let you keep her but give you aid as needed to do so. Though there are conditions and other circumstances to be aware of...but...you're now this girl's...father. But if you don't want to take care of her...I understand...and so does the court...I will gladly do it otherwise..."
"Kyoko...chan..." Tsuna looked at the will she wrote and then back to Hana. "I...I shouldn't...I couldn't...I mean. I don't know a thing about being a dad! And somebody like me...trying to be a father? That's one big joke..."
"My mother didn't think it was a joke sir." Tsuna then heard a soft voice come from the door and there he saw her. A young girl spoke softly to Tsuna, a girl who looked like a younger version of Kyoko herself. Dressed with a pink rain coat, and the same color of hair and eyes like her mother, but her hair was long and reached down halfway to her back. She was adorable, and carried with her a gentle kindness. A child's love, innocence, and love that warmed Tsuna's cold heart. He felt Kyoko within her; it was like looking in a mirror that showed the past.
"Ah...I told you to wait in the car...oh well...Tsuna...this is Keiko. And Keiko, this is Tsuna...your guardian." She introduced them both. Keiko walked over to them and stood next to Tsuna's chair, looking up at him.
"Ah...hello Papa Tsuna..." She said cutely while wiping her eyes from lack of sleep he could tell. And from the moment she said those words...Tsuna's heart began to feel light and no longer heavy. No longer held down with chains of guilt and sadness. This little girl made him feel blissful for the first time in a long time. "H-hello...Keiko..." Tsuna said meekly back to her.
"Well Tsuna...what do you want to do...?" Hana persisted to ask him.
Tsuna looked away from the angelic girl back to Hana...his heart...what did it want to do...? He looked out the window that day to the see the sky. He knew from that point forward. His life would change from this choice...under the sky.
NEXT CHAPTER! The Blessed Child
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