Hi, it's me again. I decided to already publish my second fan fiction, although nobody has reviewed the first one yet... unfortunately.

I had the idea for this story buried somewhere in the back of my head for quite a while now. I was always wondering how things might go on after the future arc. And there is something I would really love to see happening. But I don't think it will ever happen so I am writing it down now. Some things might not be 100% according to the manga but it's not so much that I'd say it's an alternative timeline... let's call it creative freedom.

Before I forget, if you haven't read the future arc yet, this might contain some spoilers.

If I manage to stay creative this fic might become quite long and rather dramatic and angsty. But at this point it's still pretty general.

There is no pairing yet but there might occur some 8059/5980 in later chapters.

This is pretty much Gokudera centric, btw.

Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn! nor any of it's Charakters, they belong to Amano Akira.

Rincasare


prologue

It had been one week, three days and about 30 minutes since they returned from the future. Not that anybody counted. Not Gokudera anyway. He just happened to admire the silver hands of his wrist watch quite often lately. Knowing the future doesn't exactly help you relax; or sleep for that matter. Not if the future meant being hunted by the Millefiore and having to cope with the loss of your precious boss; even if he turns out to be not as dead as you thought.

In the end everything had gone well after all. Some of them got injured rather badly but thank God nobody died. Except for that bastard Byakuran. The Tenth, of course, was willing to spare that asshole's life. He wouldn't be the Tenth if he had killed him just like that. He was far too gracious.

That was why Mukuro Rokudo (who as well wasn't as dead as they thought) decided to take on that part. He kinda was the bad guy anyhow. So when he slit Byakuran's carotid artery, creating quite a mess around him, nobody was really surprised. Well, of course all the guardians where shocked by such a cold-bloodedness, starring at Mukuro as if he were a monster; but inwardly many of them would have done the same readily.

At least Gokudera knew he would. A part of him even felt sad that he didn't have the chance. On the other hand he was the right-hand man, trusted and always loyal, never questioning the Boss's decisions. Never.

So when they returned to their original time, Mukuro ended up in jail. Again. Yamamoto, Dokuro, Sasagawa and Lal Mirch were admitted to hospital immediately. Gokudera declined more or less politely when the doctors wanted to take him too. Of course The Tenth insisted on it. Everybody should at least get checked and get some well deserved rest.

After barely two days Gokudera decided he had rested enough. How could he watch after the Boss when he was chained to some hospital bed? The future had shown them that time wasn't exactly on their side, so he decided to spend every second on protecting the Tenth, on preventing whatever mischief might threaten them from happening. To say Gokudera Hayato got a tiny bit obsessive would be an understatement.

tbc

Rincasare means "coming home" in Italian(at least that's what my dictionary tells me)

Reviews are very appreciated. I'd feel rather silly uploading stories that nobody reads.