Okay, since I want to work on something in the Reborn franchise, but have little to no ideas for chapter 15(Aka editing hell for it, like, it just runs off tbh, and I REALLLLLLYYY don't want to edit it, at all. But I digress.)
Enjoy this thing, maybe, if you see it.
Well I see this wanted to be a full rewrite of chapter 1, and it even expands a bit more on what happened to Arthur before everything went to shit. Not even sure if this will be a chapter 0 or something, who knows lol
Kek.
Edit:
This is gonna be a MINIAU!(IT'S NOT A REWRITE I SWEAR THAT I'M NOT ABANDONING THE STORY PLEASEDON'THURTME!) That's gonna go for 7 chapters.
Yes this is gonna be a separate set of the first arc of RitF! Basically it just leads into what I call the REAL beginning of the story. Also, YES I AM ACTUALLY WORKING ON THE CHAPTER AGAIN :D About to be done with school for a full year(Except for the computer programming courses I will be taking for free online, but besides the point) so I can focus on this fanfic! Hope you enjoy!
Let me begin by saying that I really shouldn't be here. At all. I should be back at home in Texas just playing video games or something.
But no, why would that be the case?
Of course that's absolutely not what's happening.
Let's begin at the beginning, before all of this started happening to me. I had lived a simplish life, a mom, brother and grandmother, and that was it and all we needed. My brother got a job and started traveling the world for work while I took care of the rest of the family. And that was okay for me, for someone had to care for them and I wasn't really going to be able to do anything at a mere seventeen years old. So when someone claiming to be my dad comes and blackmails me away from them, of course I was...not pleased.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?" I screamed at the bastard that had abandoned me all those years ago, abandoned my whole family.
"Giving the right motivation to your family. Sorry kid, but you're coming with me now." The man said, not even looking at me, but towards my mom. I gritted my teeth.
"No, now get the fuck out of here before I do something we'll all regret." I told him coldly, as he had the gall to laugh at the promise.
"I would love to see you try to live up to that threat, especially since you have both your mother and her mother here nearby. And with this..." He said, getting a pistol-like weapon out and pointing it towards my mom.
My heart throbbed painfully as I saw that as I rushed him, he was about a head taller, but I was faster, at least I hoped as I grabbed the gun and immediately pointed it up, using my left arm to elbow his gut and tried to punch his face.
I wish that it had worked as I look back on that memory. What had happened was that the elbow didn't even faze him, and he easily grabbed a hold on my arm and forced the gun towards her again as I made it go downwards, towards me.
"Heh, if you want it that badly..." He chuckled as he aimed it towards me, shoving it right against the right side of my brain.
"Go on, bloody do it. Kill your son, GO ON, PULL THE FUCKEN TRIGGER!" I yelled at him as my mom and grandma stood terrified at us. I could just imagine the grin he had on his face as I growled and took a deep breath, closed and opened my eyes before ducking and turning the gun towards the man and aimed at the foot before pulling the trigger, being thrown back from the recoil a bit as I quickly shot again. My eyes widened as he towered over me with a seriously look of rage on that face. I yanked the gun out of his distracted grip and plopped on top of it, hoping to protect it from him as long as I could.
"MOM, GRANDMA, RUN!" I yelled as the bastard clawed at me reaching towards the gun. My family just stood still in fear as Mom ran towards me, trying to get the bastard off me.
"LEAVE MY SON ALONE!" She yelled as I grabbed the gun, unsure of how many bullets were left as I gulped.
Then he pushed her away from us, causing her to fall. "MOM!" I yelled in shock as I got up with a primal roar before pointing the gun towards the man. "GET AWAY FROM US!" I yelled as he grinned and did...something, and knocked the gun out of my hand. I say something, cause I really don't know what he did as one moment it was in my hand and the next it was in his, pointing at my head again as he grabbed me, holding me at gunpoint.
I really wish it didn't happen as it did, but...
I panicked. I couldn't contain this...burning in my heart as it just came out.
H-He's going to hurt them! K-Kill them! I GOT TO STOP HIM! B-But how!? I panicked in my head as another calmer voice rang through my head, one I was long familiar with.
Then kill him first. If you do, then he can't hurt them, now can he? A voice I named Moebius in my head said calmly.
H-How!? I'm not even sure how many bullets are left! I retorted back to him, frozen in fear as the bastard pushed the gun against my head.
Doesn't matter, if nothing else, just beat him down with it. I'll help you.
O-Okay... I submitted as I let out a gutted scream and ducked and grabbed the gun and fired at the man wildly, over and over again before I calmed down with tears in my eyes. My mom looked at me in shock, my grandma there with her hand to her mouth as I looked back, the man with many a bullet in his head just sat there.
Then the bullets started popping out of his skull.
"What the crap?" I said as he grinned.
"Sorry, but I'm here to take you with my Dying Will, but that was entertaining, you actually killed me there." The man said as he grabbed me and lit his hand. Yes, he LIT his hand on FIRE.
And I found it horrifying on how beautiful it looked as he put it right towards me. I didn't know what to feel, but my mom and grandma watched in fear as I looked towards them. They looked blurry all of a sudden as I just couldn't stay awake anymore.
"Chloroform?" I mumbled before falling asleep in one of the worst situations ever.
And then I woke up, unsure of where the hell I was, and why.
I mean, it's one thing to be twenty-one years old getting drunk off my ass and dealing with the hangover in the morning.
But it's another to be knocked out by someone claiming to be your father, and then to wake up and find yourself in a school.
In a uniform.
Where everyone was talking a language you don't even know that well, and you can only tell certain words because of watching anime for a good amount of your life.
"What the hell...?" I mumbled aloud as I looked around, seeing people that looked so much younger then me.
"Moebius?" The...teacher I presume, asked towards me.
"Y-Yes?" I asked, caught off guard, but when she looked towards me and saw my confusion, she sighed.
"I see you woke up...Now why were you asleep for the entire day?" She asked in broken English as I scratched my head.
"Before I even begin to answer that...what's the date today?" I asked, as she groaned.
"It's the 17th." She answered.
I blinked.
"But today is the 15th. Does that mean he knocked me out for over a day!?" I mumbled aloud. It had seemed like other people were listening to the conversation, but obviously not understanding what I was saying too well from the confused looks and mumbles of another language thrown around.
"What do you mean by that?" The teacher asked, most likely only understanding the gist of what I was saying.
"Um, well yesterday I was at my home with my family, enjoying yet another day like normal, but then this man claiming to be my father showed up. After a while of fighting, he brought out something like blueish flames and knocked me out with something like Chloroform, and here I am." I explained to the best of my ability.
"Moebius...right?" She asked again as I nodded. "That's a really good story, you should be a writer one day!" She said obliviously as I deadpanned, did she even understand half of it!? She was acting like I was making it all up!
"I'm being serious here! That's what happened to me!" I yelled, standing up and finally noticing the desk I was sitting and sleeping on. I had slammed it as I got up on accident for the most part. "I'm not telling a story or anything! I could show you my birth record, my driver's license and my Texas ID if you want! I'm a legal citizen and I'm not joking on any of this!" I rambled, unsure on why I was trying to convince her, but I needed someone to believe me.
"What's Texas?" She asked, confused, as I blinked, before groaning with a facepalm.
"...Oh my god...he bloody flew me out of the country didn't he." The realization hit me then, I had hoped that it was just in a different part of Texas, but of course not. "Um, where the hell am I?" I asked as she rolled her eyes.
"Japan, in a small town named Namimori." She said like it was obvious, which it most likely was for her.
"I swear to god if I find that bastard that I will bloody kill him this time. Then again when he went after me, he didn't die to bullets and came back claiming he'll bring me away with his Dying Will..." I mumbled aloud. It looked like a couple of the students recognized the term, but I didn't care. "Look, I'm sure the bastard did something, but I'm already twenty-one, I don't belong in this school, I already graduated high school in Texas and I need to be at work before tomorrow. So I'm going." I started walking away as I opened the door.
And I quickly looked at the kid in front of me. He wore this...emo looking outfit for the most part, completely dark with a bright red band around his left arm. Mentally, I actually wanted to ask him where he got the badass outfit; however, I knew I had more important things I needed to do.
"Move." I told him as he looked at me blandly.
"Get back to class." He said in English, not being that far from some of my friend's English speaking skills. It wasn't bad and broken, but it definitely wasn't his first language.
"I don't belong here, I was imprisoned here against my will and I got a bastard that I need to give the punishment he deserves for nearly killing my mom and grandma, so please get the fuck out of my way." I explained to him, not paying attention of the terrified emotions the class was giving as we kept glaring at each other.
"No." He said simply.
"Yes." I answered back. "Look, judging by how you told me to head to class, I'm going to assume that you're the enforcer or something. But here's the problem, I'm twenty one years old, I don't bloody belong here, and my family is in danger. I was knocked out with something like Chloroform and then I suddenly woke up here, so PLEASE for the love of Arceus get out of my way or help me stop the bastard calling himself my father from killing them!" I continued, not wanting to put up with this stubborn kid.
"N-" He started as another kid stood up in the class, having slammed the desk to get our attention. I turned around, seeing the Dragon ball like hairstyle from the kid. "Sit down." He told us as the kid shook his head.
"H-Hibari-san," He stuttered a bit before falling along with what I assumed to be Japanese afterwards, which I couldn't really understand.
"So, your name is Hibari, assuming that was Japanese, that's your last name...But Hibari...-san. I need to go after him, now if you want to help me, then help me, if not, get the fuck out of my way. Like it or not, I am going out that door. I need to give him the punishment he deserves." I explained, not even sure he understood it all.
It was an awkward couple of seconds of silence as we glared at one another. Hibari glared at both me and the kid, and I glared exclusively at him, but kept an eye on the kid. The kid had this...look. Like he didn't understand what I was saying, but still knew what the situation was and agreed with me.
So it was understandable when the kid walked up to us, shaking from fear all the way. He gulped as he bowed to Hibari. It seemed like two of the students were trying to follow, but Tsuna turned around, spoke some weird gibberish in Japanese, and they sat back down. I barely even paid them any mind.
"Hn." Hibari said, leaving a whole sentence to the word. And my god, that was pretty annoying(amazing, TEACH ME HOW TO DO THAT! THAT'S BLOODY AWESOME!).
"Fine mister hn, then let's get going, that or just me, or however this is gonna divide." I told him as I walked past him, before looking back and seeing the two follow. I nodded. "Fine, but do know this will take a while. If you got a place with a laptop or something to search stuff up, then lead me there." I told them as Hibari let out another hn and went ahead.
We walked in silence for a good bit while the kid still shook in determined fear.
"You don't have to go with me if you don't wish to." I told the kid as he nodded, looking confused.
"Tsuna." He said. "Sawada Tsunayoshi." He told me. He most likely just thought I was asking his name or something similar.
"Arthur. Arthur Moebius." I told him back. It was weird, out of everyone there, the kid that was terrified actually stood up, marched up, and demanded for Hibari to help, at least from what I could tell. Had to give the kid props on that.
"Hn." Hibari hn'ed again, stopping in front of a room, I nodded as I walked inside. I wasn't sure which hit me first.
The Pompadours(Those things defied gravity. I swear the physics geek inside of me is looking at Japan and screaming bloody murder right now.) or the fact that they bowed to Hibari like he was a god. Either way I was caught off guard.
More Japanese went back and forth as Hibari and what looked to be the Pompadour king stared at me.
"Hi." I said simply, unsure of what they were conversing about. I just wanted to walk back, but I was already against the wall. Even more Japanese went back and forth as Tsuna walked in front of them and added in a bit, with Hibari glaring at him.
"...Dying Will.." Was all I really caught from the conversation as Hibari looked...surprised? It was just a tiny bit of eyebrows going up, but it looked like he recognized the term.
"Yeah, if you're talking about the bastard, that's what he said. He even lit this blueish flame and made me pass out. Then I woke up in that classroom, and here we are." I explained.
"Oh so you know English?" The Pompadour king said as I nodded.
"I'm from Texas, hell I'm a legal citizen there at the age of twenty-one. I would show you my ID, but the bastard most likely took my wallet." I said, showing that the uniform pockets were completely empty. The Pompadour king nodded.
"Name?" He asked.
"Arthur Moebius." I told him, feeling the repetition from how many times I have had to answer that question now. It felt weird, having lived in a town where all my neighbors and work members knew me for better or worse, and then to be...whisked away to here for who knows what kinda unsettled me. I couldn't tell if I hated it. I still had a job to get back to, a family to protect, and Arceus help me if he hurt them.
"Okay, This you?" He asked, showing a picture of my license along with where I lived. I nodded. "Okay, well it shows here that you were transferred into your father's residence by your mother and grandmother. Along with you taking a suspended break from your job. I got the address to your father's house." He explained as I groaned.
"Don't call that bastard my father, at best he donated his sperm to make me and nothing more." I growled out. "Now let's get the son of a bitch and get me home." I explained as I walked towards the door. I took a deep breath and opened my eyes again before opening said door. "Let's go." I said calmly.
The walk was confusing for me, seeing the streets twist and turn all overlapping together, so I managed to get lost a good amount of times before Hibari, Pompadour king, or Tsuna came to grab me back into the group, with Hibari or Pompadour king having to grab Tsuna back into the group when he went after me. Finally we arrived at the so-called residence of my biological father.
I gulped, before turning to the others. "Okay, when I used a gun and hit him with six bullets to the head, he didn't even flinch, so be careful, he seems to take a shit ton of punishment. Also that flame thing seems to knock people out or something, now it could be chloroform, or something completely else. Just be careful." I told them as they all nodded.
That's when the baby jumped on Tsuna's head and two of the kids from the classroom ran up. The two seemed familiar until I realized they were the two that had tried to follow Tsuna earlier, and the baby was there earlier, but I hadn't truly noticed since I was more worried about what the crap brought me into the classroom.
"JUUDAIME!" the silver-headed one yelled, before ranting in what sounded like if Italian and Japanese had a fucked up love child. The other one, a darker brown or Raven-haired one laughed and talked in what I could only assume was Japanese again.
It was the Ba-nah there is no way in hell that was a baby. The outfit it wore just screamed Mafia and danger along with the full black ascetic it wore topped off by a black fedora with an orange band. I gulped in fear as it raised the gun.
"So, who are you?" H-it said in perfect English, no accent whatsoever hidden in his voice. Heck it was better than mine and I lived in an English speaking town my whole life!
"Arthur, A-Arthur Moebius." I stuttered a bit under the pressure, knowing that he could easily kill me if he wanted.
"Now, Arthur, why aren't you in school?" The thing threatened me with the question.
"B-Because I'm twenty-one years old and I was stolen from my home in Texas. I need to go make sure the bastard didn't kill my family and find a way back home." I explained.
"Oh them? They're safe and sound, but..." It started with a smirk, but I didn't care about that, my family was safe.
"Wait...what's the catch?" I said, knowing it wouldn't be helping me without a motive of its own.
"But, you have to stay here in Japan in order to keep them safe and sound. Or all three of them will die." It told me.
My heart pounded furiously in my chest as everyone looked at me in curiosity, or whatever. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes before opening them.
"What. Did you. Just say?" I said in nary a whisper, but the threat among the pauses was easily spotted by the being sitting on Tsuna's head.
"I told you that if you leave Japan, all three members of your family will die, your mother, grandmother, and brother. Either way you will be brought here one way or another, you have no choice in the making. We can do this the easy way, or the hard way. Your choice." The being explained as I gritted my teeth. I didn't dare move forward yet.
"Get the fuck off my friend("When the hell did I start thinking of him as a friend? I had just met the guy and didn't even know what he was saying." "Ehh, blame your lack of social skills, I mean, you had no friends and the only friends you did have were just those that didn't leave. It makes sense that you treat him that way already." "True...")." I growled as it jumped down. I rushed the thing with a leg sweep as it jumped straight into my right fist, which it caught and used to wring me around like I was weightless before slamming me into the wall and coinciding door. I grunted in pain as I stood back up, this time heading to dodge the bullets as I faked the leg sweep and went for bringing my leg up into a high kick. It smirked and jumped and then faked a strike to counter mine.
The fight went on and on, but no matter what I did, I couldn't lay a finger on the little devil, while it managed to pummel me into every wall in the facility of the house. But each time I limped on back and kept going. If I lost this, I would have to stay here, away from them, hoping that they were protected. It was insane, most times I would already be knocked out by now, having never been a fighter in my life. Alongside the fact that the moves I used were just cheap imitations of the moves the voice showed me along with what anime showed me. It burned, my will to protect them, with every step I took back. Each time it stood waiting for me to return. And each time I did.
Finally, after about a million limps back.
Something snapped inside me.
I don't even know what happened, but it just...snapped. Like something awoken inside myself, annoyed that it was awoke from its slumber.
And oh boy did it rage. Not caring who was caught in the resulting inferno as long as the bastard who dares threaten my family against me dies.
Everyone else was just an afterthought. I didn't even hear my yell, as everything felt...muffled. The screams, fear, and the danger surrounding it all.
It all faded away for me, I just felt like I was just surrounded by flames that refused to hurt. I just...floated in it, not drowning, but not flying. It felt wrong, but it was how it went. I just watched as flames sprouted from around me, putting the world back into focus, but the words remained muffled beyond belief.
"Heh, so you finally arrived...Char." The Devil one said with a smirk, but my...body? Alternate self? Whoever he was, he got angry at the name.
"Don't call me that. You of all people should know the power of names, Arcobaleno." He countered to Devil's taunt, seeming a bit offended by the name. Why? I mean, I called it Char time to time and it was perfectly fine with it, why was it so offensive? "Why are you here? And even more importantly, why the hell is my descendant here?" He asked(Demanded) of the Devil one.
It smirked. "Wouldn't you love to know. How about asking him, he is trying to listen in after all." I swear to god that smirk became larger as his?hers?its? eyes landed onto me.
Even though I was just floating in the air surrounded by flames on my end.
Good times. Good times.
Then I started falling to the ground.
"WHAT THE CRAP!" I yelled in surprise as I hit the ground, but surprisingly, not in pain. I looked at myself then at my body.
"Welcome to the party kid." My body said with a smirk as I just looked at him.
"Someone show me where the liquor is, I'm going to drink myself stupid tonight. This is NOT fucking happening. Nope, not at all! I'M NOT A FUCKING GHOST, WITH A TALKING BODY." I ranted for a good while, trying to deny the situation in front of me, much to my body's amusement.
"Done yet kid?" He asked after I crossed my ghostly hands and sat down, going a bit through the floor.
"No." I pouted a bit.
"Someone having existential issues?" He asked with a grin.
"Yes." I pouted a bit more. It felt so wrong, I mean, just yesterday...or the day before at this point, I was literally at home living a normal life.
And now?
Well it had only been a hour and all of this happened, being shipped to Japan, dying I guess? Or Demonic possession...or going crazy...
"Okay okay, it's none of those Arthur, I can already see where your thoughts are heading. Now then...as for you Acrobaleno, leave my descendant alone to his normal life. Where the hell are the others?" The other me? told the Demonic one.
"Safe." It smirked.
"Okay, cut the crap, where are they Reborn?" He demanded.
"Safe, Moebius, they are safe as long as he stays here in Japan. He has work to do." Reborn told him back. I groaned, causing their attention to turn towards me.
"OKAY YOU FUCKEN ASSHOLES. BOTH OF YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP." I yelled at the two, floating over to them. "I am up to HERE with the crap today, so how about YOU start fucken explaining shit! Before I go after both of you with a burning passion to kill you!?" I continued at a lower volume, but still loud enough to get a fraction, a very small one at that, of a flinch from Reborn and a much more noticeable one from my other self. "Let's begin with you." I said, trying to poke Reborn, but my finger went through him. "Start fucken explaining. Why the crap am I here, and why can't I leave without the rest of my actual family dying?" I said with venom in my voice.
He smirked.
I lost my shit and went to grabbing the fucker.
And I started loving leaves when they mocked my strangle hold on the bastard.
Then he disappeared.
"Sure, I'll explain...or I could have your father do it." Reborn said simply from on the roof. Then the door open and revealed the bastard we ran all the way out here to kill.
"Sup." He said simply.
"..." The silence was painful, as it seemed like the world stopped existing for a moment as I made my way towards my body and effortlessly went inside, with Moebius heading to where I was without any issues. I walked up to him.
"Aww, no thank you? or Hey dad?" He broke the silence with a smirk, but I just stared blankly. I took a deep breath.
And proceeded to punch him straight across the face. I walked up to him and grabbed him by the collar and threw him back outside, with everyone spreading out. Hibari was nowhere to be seen, but I assumed he had left before the whole mess even began from how many people were nearby.
"Tough crowd." He proceeded to get up and brushed off the dirt from his suit, "Well that's doing business, right kids?" He shrugged and looked around. I walked up to him.
I sighed, "Why?" I finally broke my silence in something less then a whisper. The word explaining many of my questions in just a vague word. Why do all of this? Why am I here? Why are you here? Why did you go after my family? Why are you after me? Why after all this time? And more.
He laughed, "Why? Well I'll tell you. It's because you are the descendant of ME. Guess what, that makes you part of our heritage. And that heritage is the Blue Flame and Moebius, both of which you possess unlike your brother. And thus, you must be taken by us for your protection. You are a deadly, DEADLY force by yourself, even without your knowledge, but that makes you a prime target for people like me and Reborn over there. Be happy we got to you and your family before others did. They are SAFE, all within Namimori, and all understanding why we taken you. We placed you in that school for your protection, to distract enemies from finding you, and there you have to remain. We teamed you up with other Vongola members in order to keep you secured as they too are under our protection." The bastard explained.
"Can I see them, confirm for myself that they are as you say?" I asked desperately, I didn't trust the words coming from both of them, and I needed to see them with my own eyes to confirm. It seems like they were expecting this, but I didn't care, I was just done with it.
"Sure. Here you go." He said with a smirk before leading the way inside. I gulped before following him. I watched as his smirk started to fade away. "God fucken damn it..." he muttered as I groaned.
"What the crap did you do..." I looked at him.
"They're gone...someone got to them first..." He told me.
I laughed. It started as a mere chuckle but it just grew more and more before I was laughing like a maniac. Tears ran down my face as he stared at me. "Oh you LOST them huh!? First you force me out of my home, kidnap the four of us and then YOU LOSE the rest of my family! That's BRILLIANT! JUST FANTASTIC! What other GREAT news are you gonna bring!? HUH!? YOU HAD ONE FUCKEN ASS JOB. AND YOU FUCKED IT UP!" I yelled at him, grabbing him. I grinned. "And you know what? You got a really pissed off son right in front of you. So you better think of something before you find yourself actually dead this time. I won't fuck up like I did last time." I whispered in his ear as my grin fell into gritted teeth. "NOW GET THE FUCK UP AND MOVING." I kicked him up as I looked in the room, looking around for clues. "MOM!? GRANDMA!? RICHARD!?" I yelled, hoping for a response, but all I got was echos and deaf ears. I kept exploring, hoping to find some clue on what happened to them, but found nothing.
I was right about to leave when something under the makeshift chair caught my attention, a little insignia that looked like it was left behind as a calling card of sorts. Inside had a letter, but it was written in Italian, making it where I could only translate about three words loosely.
Those words were Hello, Clam, and Rainbow. I had noticed that my other self called Reborn that last word...Acrobaleno...what did it mean?
"Maybe the Italian form of Clam is for a Mafia famiglia?" Moebius suggested as I sighed. "Well whatever it means, this is obviously a ransom note of some kind. I wonder what this all means in the long stream of things..." I grabbed the letter, and put it in the one pocket that the pathetic uniform seemed to have. I groaned, wishing I had my normal clothes back. I just wanted my black jacket or slacks back, was that so much to ask!? I would be fine with the shirt if it didn't itch so much! I walked back outside as Hibari looked at me, then to the bastard.
"Well?" He demanded an answer. I deadpanned before glaring at my biological father.
"Well my FATHER decided that leaving my family alone was the best thing to do like always, and thus got them kidnapped. On that note, here. It's written in Italian, so I'm not too much help with decrypting it, but I do believe it is meant for Reborn, seeing as Moebius called you Acrobaleno, but it also mentions clams, or Vongoli, so who knows." I shrugged with a sigh as I looked around seeing that everyone had froze. "Um...you guys okay?" I got nervous with the sudden change in mood.
"Show us the note." Reborn said coldly as I brought it out, confused at the bitterness in his voice. "Tsuna," He started talking in Japanese as I stood there confused. Tsuna looked terrified as he looked at the note and me. I sighed, catching the attention of many once more.
"Well seeing as I bet you're telling him he has to help or something, I'm just gonna go by myself, he's a good kid, but this is my issue, not his or yours, and don't you dare harm him for my actions. I may not be able to understand whatever the heck you guys are yapping about, but I know how to get the main jest of a conversation. Even if I fuck it all up like I do everything sometimes." I told them, before starting to walk away.
I was smacked to the ground by a weight on my head. "Ow." I said lightly, knowing it was most likely Reborn that was there.
"Chaosuu, you're not leaving." Reborn said simply.
"I'm not? I wonder why...?" I said with a deadpanned expression. I got up again, but the weight was a lot more than a baby should weigh, at least from what I knew.
"Because you are going to help us." Reborn said as I heard a click. I stopped preemptively as I groaned.
"What is it with you all and guns..." I muttered under my breath as I sighed. "Fine, what the hell do you want from me, and I prefer to see those I'm talking to, helps with building trust and good business relations..." I explained before muttering "Though I will most likely disappear off the face of the Earth before talking to you and the bastard again..."
"We need you to help us by being in the Vongola like your father was before you." Reborn said as I sighed.
"No." I said simply as I hear a click of the gun. "And no threats on my life can make that change. You know why? BECAUSE I ALREADY HAVE A JOB! I HAVE A LIFE. So. With that said, sorry, but no." I told him as I heard him growl a bit. I groaned. "What is it with you all and being so stubborn to the point it's pathetic?" I said as I got up. Reborn smirked.
"We just need you to die once." Reborn said as my eyes widened as he pulled the trigger, with me immediately ducking and trying to roll, to which I failed horrendously. I got up and started running, terrified as the shots kept coming.
"JESUS CHRIST WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!?" I yelled at him in fear as the bullets kept coming. "HOW MUCH AMMO DO YOU EVEN HAVE!?" I continued as about five minutes went through without end to the bullets. I was getting exhausted, but I kept pushing forward.
*BANG BANG BANG!* The bullets flew through the air with a crack. My eyes bulged towards the edges of my head in fear as I desperately ran, heading left, right, and forward in a random set of turns in the labyrinth of a town. I struggled to find somewhere to hide from the onslaught of never ending bullets until the inevitable happened.
One grazed my left leg as I tripped in pain as I turned back, trying to crawl away before getting up and limping away from the small demon marching towards me with a wicked smirk. I gulped as that voice appeared again.
"Listen, you can either try to run and most likely die, surrender and be forced to a fate away from your family, or you can stay and try your damnest to fight. It's up to you Arthur. I'm with you on either one." The voice whispered calmly as I noticed that I became calmer from it. My wound felt good as new for some odd reason, even if I could still see the blood gushing from the shot. I looked at Reborn. "Choose wisely, this will determine a lot of what is to come for you." The voice said as I took a deep breath, unaware of Reborn's microscopic flinch as my eyes danced with a dark blue flame. "If that's what you choose, then you will need this. I'll help as much as I can Arthur." The voice said surely as I thought back. "What's your name? Why are you helping me?" I asked it. "You already know, and because you are my descendant." Moebius said, as I caught the last word. I smiled. "Okay Moebius, then let's do this. I will make my stand, HERE AND NOW!" I thought to him as I yelled the last part aloud without noting it had happened. My eyes sparked to life as I grasped the air and rushed Reborn.
Two daggers latched into my arms as I sliced at him, surprise filling my eyes for a second before I let the adrenaline take it over. I couldn't afford to let up now. I clicked the back of the left dagger as the chains shot from the back of it, propelling it forward and protecting me from the bullets trying to go after me. The battle kept going back and forth, between Reborn's shots from his pistols to me blocking and striking him with my twin chained daggers. It wasn't until Tsuna ran between us that I hesitated, before being shot in both arms and the chest. I screamed in pain as I was forced backwards. I gritted my teeth as I tried to stand up, but all I saw was them walking towards me before it all fell to darkness once more.
"Arthur. It's not your time yet. We both know that. But you have a choice you must make. Why are we here? What do you want to do? ARTHUR!" Moebius asked and screamed inside my unconscious mind.
What I want huh? Well...
All I want...
is...
a home where I truly belong. A home that accepts me, faults and all. My insanity and lost of reality...all of it. No hidden barriers, no guilt of having to separate, no fissures where there should be familial connections.
Just...
a home where I can be
Me.
The darkness soon faded from sight as I yelled on the top of my lungs, power flowing through me, but I couldn't make out the words that I said, it just fading from my ears. I panted as I went after Reborn once more, not even noticing the flames that powered through my weapons, and the terrified look on Tsuna's face. Everything just...faded from my sight, to where only one thing remained.
Defeating Reborn and going home with my family. That was all that mattered to me, but when I had him on the ropes, Tsuna was right there, blocking him as I struggled to stop my next attack.
"TSUNA MOVE!" I yelled in fear of hitting him. He was innocent, just another one in the crowd. A follower, but nothing more than that, so why was he protecting Reborn? Why? "WHY!?" I screamed in frustration as I tried going around him, but Tsuna was always one step ahead. Reborn didn't look like he knew why either as he jumped over Tsuna before Tsuna grabbed him and kept him close to his stomach. Reborn retaliated by pointing his pistol straight at him, but the hold stood. The flames faded from my weapons as they disappeared as soon as they had appeared. "Why?"
"Friends." Tsuna smiled at his broken English. I looked at him in confusion.
"Do you understand what I'm saying?" I asked in confusion and all I got was a shrug for the most part before Reborn smacked him. "Then do you mean that you were protecting him like how I'm trying to protect my family?" I continued, and this time I got a cold-blooded nod. I smiled back.
"Thank you." I said finally after some time of just laying there on the cold ground. "For everything. But I still have to protect my family. I can't lie here doing nothing. It's just how I have to go about this...So Reborn. You and that bastard biological father of mine can try as you will to stop me. But I will not rest until I'm back home safe and sound with my family. On this...I swear it!" I told him, glaring at him with the burning flames in my eyes that still alluded my knowledge. "Tsuna, you and your friends can back out of this if you wish, I don't care if you can't help and I won't mind. Just know that what you did has already helped me more than I would ever ask of anyone else to do in your position. I will keep up my battle, so just keep up your fight as well. Don't take shit from anyone you hear me?!" I said with a smile as I walked away. My smile soon turned into a smirk, as I started putting the black jacket on and put the wallet I stole from that bastard father of mine's house in it. I figured that I would have enough for a while if I rationed and started loving ramen noodles for a couple of weeks. All of that didn't matter to me. My brother, mother, and grandmother were still out there, desperate for their lives, and only I was here to save them. I put them all in danger, so I have to pull them out of it.
It was what I had to do. I thought to myself as I sat on the street near a giant canned tin that was lit on fire. If I didn't save them, who would? That bastard certainly wouldn't. It hurt when thoughts like that kept me awake at night.
"So...what are you going to do next?" One of the other homeless campers asked suddenly towards me. He was a bit taller than me, and darker skinned than me, his skin blending towards the night sky. He was rugged, with beat up clothes and jacket with a ski hat on. He still kept a welcoming expression on his face, but one that was weathered just enough where you can see that it was a mask, but not enough where it looked too fake to be real.
I shrugged. "Keep on keeping on. I mean I was kidnapped over here to Japan, but I'm not the only one that was, and I'm the only one that can save them. So I'm just going to have to look for clues, and then get the assholes that kidnapped the rest of my family before they get us. Can't do it without sleeping, so I might as well do just that." I explained to him as he nodded.
"I can see what you mean. Japan isn't that bad, Namimori in particular, but I do understand you wanting to get home with the rest of your family." He said. "Name's Henry. Henry Mosato." Henry introduced himself.
"Arthur." I said simply, not wishing to say my last name. He nodded in understanding.
"Well Arthur, it's nice to meet you and I hope you find them. Well you better get to sleep, it seems like you have a big day tomorrow." Henry said kindly as I gladly accepted. I was trying to sleep, but kept tossing back and forth.
"ARTHUR!" Mom yelled as I struggled to keep the gun away from hurting them.
"Heh." His smug look as they disappeared.
"MOM! GRANDMA!" My screams as I struggled to find them.
"Give up, they're never coming back." His voice echoed through my head with doubts.
"NEVER!" I yelled back at the voice, "I'll find them, if it's the last thing I do!" I continued.
I woke up with dry sweat pouring down my face and raspy breath. It was the crack of dawn, so I knew it was pretty early in the morning. I sat up and got up from the makeshift bed of newspapers. I left as soon as I had walked into the place and continued looking for them. I wasn't going to give up now.
"Well well well. It looks like here's someone that shouldn't have money on his belt." What looked to be the leader of a group of three thugs said, all of which had the School outfit.
I sighed. "Well well well, it looks like here's someone that should know how to pick his fights better." I rolled my eyes as I said the cheesiest line that I could think of. It wasn't the best, but I wasn't that good at quick retorts.
"Really now, cause there is three of us, and one of you. Can you count?" The leader said with roaring laughter while I was just confused on why he was speaking English so well. Then again, Henry did too. Did the flames do something to my hearing? Wouldn't be the weirdest thing they did by any means.
"Huh, never expected for people to speak English so well here. Didn't seem to do anything about your stupidity sadly, but hey you got something." I smirked as I sighed. "Well since I know you're not going to leave me alone..." I started taking off the stolen jacket before looking back towards them, "I guess I have to-" I kept going until I noticed that they were all knocked out already. "Huh, wonder who got to them first." I shrugged.
"Herbivore. You're supposed to be at school." A familiar voice rang, his English much better than yesterday.
"Am I? Also, how did everyone learn English so fast? It's convenient, but weird." I sighed, but noticed the light confusion on his face.
"When did you learn Japanese so well?" Hibari asked, surprising me much more than him.
"I didn't, we're both speaking English." I responded slowly, confused on what he meant. Was my makeshift theory right?
"Hn." Hibari grunted, not wanting to argue with me most likely. What the heck happened to my hearing that caused everything to be in English? Well whatever it is, it helps a lot with understanding these people. I would have thought on it longer it I didn't nearly get hit by a Tonfa from behind.
"WHAT WAS THAT FOR!?" I yelled in shock from the action, confused and terrified, I look to see Hibari looking at me with two Tonfas, one of which was extended to where my head had previously been.
"For not going to school, I will bite you to death." Hibari said calmly, as if he didn't give two shits about me BEING TWENTY FUCKEN ONE AND ALREADY OUT OF SCHOOL.
"That sounds disgusting." I said casually as I struggled to dodge the increasingly speedy attacks. Then I got smacked. "Ow..." I said on the ground in pain.
Then I got hit again and it was lights out for me.
"Ugh...I got knocked out again?" I groaned as I woke up slowly, blinking as the bright rays of the sun blinded me from the world. I blinked a bit more as I noticed the people staring at me, before understanding where I was. "I'm back at the school? What part of I'm twenty-one does no one understand...?" I groaned and mumbled under my breath again.
"Arthur, do you have something to say?" The teacher said in perfect English, or Japanese as Hibari said.
"Um, when did everyone learn to speak English?" I shrugged as I felt a tug behind me. I looked around and saw the gravity-defying hair from the first day. "Oh hey...Tsuna right?" I asked with a smile as I twisted a classmate's arm for trying to punch him aside the face. "So how are you today?" I asked after another tried to push his seat over.
"You can understand me right?" Tsuna asked timidly as I nodded.
"Don't ask me how, I'm assuming magic at this point to be perfectly honest." I admitted. Magic was something known to anime and books and t.v. shows everywhere, but only existed there. But then again, Human Torch was also in television and apparently the idea spread into the real world cause goddamn it we're Japan and we love screwing with the regular person! Tsuna sighed.
"A week ago I would have been calling you crazy, but now...personally, I bet you're right." Tsuna said, sounding resigned to his fate. It was horrible hearing that defeated tone in his voice. I immediately thought of Reborn being the one to put that there, but I was also thinking it was the people that were trying to hurt him if it wasn't for me and a couple of the other students.
"Moebius!" One of the teachers yelled at me as I continued talking to Tsuna throughout the periods, just talking about how yesterday went and what he could do to help my search. I declined the help offer, but I did enjoy the chat, so when the fifty year-ish teacher interrupted me talking and trying to explain an idea I had. I looked at the teacher with a raised eyebrow, irritated beyond all belief, it seems like this was the only one that DIDN'T get the memo that I wasn't a student and I was just being forced by Hibari(?) to be here. "Stop talking to Dame-Tsuna(Me and the 2 other people started glaring him down with vengeance in our eyes. Like a certain prefect would say. Sawada Tsunayoshi is an adorable animal that needs to be protected.)
"What the hell do you want?" I asked...politely, adding in a please silently in the end. The reaction of his face, ripe as a tomato was perfect as I just stared him down.
"Stop talking to the idiot, he needs to pay attention if he wants any chance to succeed, not like he will either way." The teacher mocked him. I laughed. He looked at me like I grew a third head, just like many of the other stupids...oops, meant to say students yeah, STUDENTS, not stupids. I mean...not like they weren't idiots, but I digress.(Did I mention how stupid they are? I mean, Tsuna is clearly able to understand the shit, but how the teacher was acting was the opposite of what Tsuna needed. And encoura-*Stops another person from pulling Tsuna's desk under from the side.*-ging this horrible treatment was wrong. Where was the suing legal forms, cause I was going after them when I was gone...Fuck, I was starting to get attached to the little guy. *A baby smirked from his hiding place as he read Arthur's thoughts. Soon...*)
I smirked as I kept laughing. Even Tsuna looked worried at this point, but I didn't care. I have had it with this country. To think I wanted to visit it when I was a kid! And now we have teachers that need to be fired, students that need a lesson and much more. Goddamn it.
I grown attached. Damn it Tsuna, I wasn't wanting this! I got a family I need to find and protect!
But I had forgotten the tomato-red-teacher as he just exploded. "MOEBIUS, GO TO THE PRINCIPLE'S OFFICE." He screeched(No I'm not kidding, I wish I was but my ears are still bleeding.) at me. I kept the smirk and sat there. Oh yeah, I was always the goodie two shoes when at my schools and stuff.
I was always curious on how the rebel worked, and hey, I gave no fucks for this school, I shouldn't be here to begin with, so great way to find out! He kept screeching, but I looked outside, trying to find the weird hitman baby thing...Acrobaleno, right? Yeah, Acrobaleno. I saw a weird glint over by the huge tree and quickly leaned forward like I was asleep as a bullet soon embedded itself in a classmate. Both me and Tsuna screamed from that.
"T-THE FUCK!?" "HIEEEEE" We screamed respectfully as the student leaned forward, dead. A flame kicked up from the kid, bright yellow as his clothes bursted off, all except his underwear.
"REEEEBBOOORRN, KILL TSUNA WITH MY DYING WILL!" The student said as he went after him. I was right in front of Tsuna so I was the fastest of the three to go and stop it. I bet I had some cool ass death glarey eyes(I wish...HIBARI TEACH ME THE SECRETS TO BADASSERY!) as I dealt with him.
"TSUNA GET THE FUCK MOVING. YOU TWO GET THE FUCK OVER HERE AND GET HIM OUT OF HERE, GET THAT HIBARI KID IN HERE." I yelled instructions.
"NOBODY ASKED FOR YOU TO PROTECT JUUDAIME!" The Silver-head said as I snapped back.
"I DON'T GIVE A SHIT, NOW GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!" The raven-head just laughed and got the two out of the room before looking at me and the underwear kid with death glares that made me jealous.
"Haha you guys shouldn't be fighting." He said slowly, as if he was making sure I understood.
"We shouldn't, BUT THEN AGAIN I'M TRYING TO GET THE GUY NOT TO GO AFTER TSUNA AND HE'S BEING REALLLLY PERSISTENT ABOUT IT." I gritted my teeth, the bastard having been fighting my grip the whole time, and after like, the 5th push against me, got free. I was about to run back, but the other students went after me and blocked me. I couldn't see what happened next as I desperately tried to avoid the kicks and punches from the other students. Blocking them from my horrible position on the floor. All I heard was the punches and the raven head having stopped the underwear kid, him most likely asleep from exhaustion. I saw the raven-head get into view as I blocked a kick against my stomach and a punch to my head. I was struggling as he laughed and cleared a path.
"Haha, don't do that guys." He said a lot faster than before, but with an underlying threat of Or I will have to beat your ass to Sunday. Holy shit that's badass. What was more so was how he just breezed through the crowd to get me up. Nearly hitting a desk, I used it to get up.
"T-Thanks." I said skittishly, having moved away from the glaring crowd. Jesus, I knew people hated me, but no one in my entire school life ever openly beat me up. Even less so in a huge group like that.
"No problem! You're a friend of Tsuna, so I had to help you out!" He said with a wide grin. I smiled back.
"I am? I never really considered that. I just wasn't going to let idiots try and beat him up for no reason. He's an innocent little snowflake that needs protection." I admitted. "Name's Arthur. Arthur Moebius." I introduced myself to the kid, already used to my new natural translator, and I loved the thing. I was about to grin, but I remembered how bad my teeth were. Not many people liked seeing yellow buck teeth with side teeth looking like they were pried only so far before they just let them grow like that. Dentists hated me, but hey, not my fault that I didn't like the toothpaste getting past my teeth. It was poisonous, so I didn't really like brushing my teeth. But the kid seemed to not notice or if he did, ignored it.
"Yamamato Takashi! Nice to meet you Arthur!" He introduced as I immediately flipped the name, knowing about Japan's weirdish naming system.
"So...Takashi is your first name?" I asked, noting the minor blush that came to his face.
"Hahaha! Y-Yeah, it is." He sobered a bit. "Are you okay there? You were taking some heavy hits back there." He asked as I shrugged.
"Nothing I'm not already used to." I admitted to him. I don't think he really liked that comment as he looked at me with a look that was just saddened by that fact more than anything else. I didn't mind, it was true in all honestly. Everyone tended to either hate me, not care, or be a friend somehow. But in the end all hated my no-fucks given attitude to basically anything, and especially my hyperactive attitude when I'm bored to hell. He said nothing but we went to try and follow the others, I followed behind like an idiot as, as soon as he had left, the rest of the class immediately grabbed me back, blocking the door.
"Heh, no one to save you now huh? Let's pick up where we left off." The kid grinned as Takashi tried getting back inside the classroom, but couldn't. I smiled half-heartily as I struggled slightly, testing them, they tightened the grip on my hands as I smirked. I lifted my legs up as they tried to hold it before spinning. The kid wasn't expecting it as the others desperately tried to stop me as the kid let go. Desks moved as I landed on them. The bruises were starting to hurt now but I powered on through. More for my safety then anything as they immediately tried to go after me again. I gritted my teeth, unsure how to get out of the way of nearly 15 students, a teacher, all in a super small classroom. Thank god the classmates blocking the door were distracted as Takashi busted in, anger fully on his face as I got punched aside the face, colliding with the wall.
"AGH!" I cried out as I hit the wall, coughing up blood as they grinned, Nezu pretending to not see a thing. I tried to get back up, but my injuries were getting painful. I had to hold onto the wall to support me up, even when it wasn't that powerful a punch. Curse my shit pain-tolerance. I tried to keep my sight unblurred, but the tears kept blurring it up. God it's been a while as I wiped it off like I would sweat, listening to the laughing of them I made my move with a low sweep into a punch to one of them, receiving another in return. I recoiled a bit as I shifted into a bad boxing stance and went for a right hook. One of the kids caught it and grabbed onto my arm. I tried wrestling it out but my other hand was caught. Takashi was busy with his own battle, having taken on the majority of the students and was looking at me. I grinned as they held me down, another two having grabbed my legs and were pulling me down. Punches came in and out along with kicks from everywhere. I kept that stupid grin as I struggled to get out of the grips, but soon, a good punch to the right side of my face knocked me clean out. I heard something faintly and someone screaming my name, I coughed slightly as I fell into true unconsciousness.
When I woke up, I was immediately shocked as I saw those who were hovering over me. Takashi, the silver-head, Tsuna, and even Hibari! Even though he was further away, I was shocked. I was in a hospital bed, I later noticed, as my injuries were pretty serious.
"Hn, Herbivores need to stop trying to be Carnivores." Hibari said cryptically as I blinked.
"Well, then it's a good thing that we're Omnivores now isn't it!" I answered.
"Hn." Hibari said simply, before jumping out of the window.
Before jumping out the window.
Before JUMPING out the window.
"HIBARI WHAT THE CRAP!?" I yelled at the three seconds it took for my brain to catch up. Tsuna also looked shocked when he saw him jump as he ran over there. I had TRIED but Takashi immediately held me down.
"You need rest after that ordeal." He said sharply as I blinked. The hell? He was pooling out an aura that radiated danger, but also...peace? It was WEIRDDDDD in a way I thought I would never be able to say since I got here. I groaned, but not for the reason Takashi thought. "See, that groan proves my point." He said.
"No it doesn't, that's from the high-stress situation I've been put in. I swear to god if I fall sick from this bullshit that's been dropped on my ass, then I'm suing my father." I half-joked. I would have killed him before then, but still.
"Still need to rest in that case!" Takashi counter as I looked at him.
"And risk more bullcrap?" I asked, looking at the window Hibari had jumped from and hearing the "THAT WAS THE 5TH FLOOR! HOW ARE YOU STILL ALIVE!?" From Tsuna. I looked back to Takashi.
"Well this is our daily life so...-" He was about to continue before my eardrums seemingly exploded from the kid that ran in here.
"LITTLE BROTHER!" He screamed towards Tsuna. I looked at Tsuna confused.
"He has an older brother?" I asked Takashi who shook his head.
"Well that's Senpai, he's energetic to a fault." Takashi summed up.
"that's underselling it." I jumped at hearing the Silver-head, having forgotten that he was even in the room. "That guy runs down town at WAY too early in the morning and waking Juudaime up!" I kinda mentally translated from most of his rambling. Yeah, sorry, but he was rambling about random stuff, something about Hibari being an...UMA? So I basically zoned him out and translated for your convenience. You're welcome! "Now, who's the kid and why is he making Juudaime worry?" He asked Takashi, staring at me like I was nothing.
Cool I already was annoyed by a so-called "Friend" of Tsuna's, and was already good friends with the other.
"Excuse me, don't I get to answer when you're talking about me?" I asked. He scoffed in return and ignored me. I looked at Takashi and grinned menacing and kicked the Silver-head.
"WHAT WAS THAT FOR!?" The Silver-head said.
"Maa Maa Gokudera, you need to calm down." Takashi said, indirectly telling me the name of the Silver-head. Gokudera? Huh.
"WHY SHOULD I BASEBALL IDIOT!?" Gokudera yelled again.
"Because you're way too loud and you're being stupid." I deadpanned at this. Tsuna looked like he wanted to come over, but didn't want to interrupt. I smirked as I subtly motioned him over, Takashi being the only one to notice. Tsuna walked over as my smirk turned into a grin for a bit before it faded back into a smirk. "Now since you wanted an introduction. I'm Arthur, and this is MY friend Tsuna and MY friend Takashi! Nice to meet you!" I said, knowing that it would annoy him. Tsuna stiffened, Takashi started laughing and...
Gokudera brought out dynamite.
"H-HEY THAT WAS A JOKE PLEASE PUT THOSE UP!" I yelled.
"G-GOKUDERA PLEASE DON'T THROW THOSE IN HERE!" Tsuna yelled alongside me.
"Haha, they're just fireworks!" Takashi said, but the slight tightening of his grin for a second said otherwise. Was he trying to calm Tsuna down like that?
"H-HOW CAN YOU THINK THEY'RE FIREWORKS!?" Tsuna yelled in shock as Gokudera let them loose at me. My eyes widened to the heights of Tsuna's and the others as they came towards me.
"Cmon Dame-Tsuna, save your friend now." A certain voice rippled through the drowning feeling I had at the moment as I looked to my right, seeing Tsuna with a bright orange flame on his face.
"REBORNNNNNNN STOP ALL THE DYNAMITES FROM KILLING MY FRIENDS!" Tsuna's yell was only barely heard by me as he grabbed the dynamites and threw them out the window. Gokudera took out even more as Tsuna continued either putting them out or throwing them out the window. Gokudera messed up as one went below him as Tsuna still put it out.
"THAT'S MY JUUDAIME!" Gokudera said with the biggest puppy-like eyes I've seen. But the drowning feeling was still there. I looked around as I saw something off.
There was another dynamite. I tried screaming it out, but I couldn't. I ran on over, but I saw that my body didn't follow. Oh for fucks sake. I looked around and saw some water in a glass. I tried pushing it over, but it only moved a bit. I kept going, but the amount of time left wasn't much. If the water glass didn't knock over when it did, we would have been dead. Thank god I noticed it. The drowning feeling immediately faded as I woke up in my body again. It seemed to be a bit later as I didn't see them there, but I needed the rest, I was getting way too stressed then was healthy. It just made me think, how was my family? My co-workers? I mean, they needed me for the rest of the code that was due on Wednesday and here I get kidnapped to Japan. I sighed as I wonder why me? Out of all the people in the world.
Why me? I mean, he said since I was his son, but why not Richard? I mean, he is the senior of the two of us, and would most likely work just well. Was it because of my imagination? Or was it how fucken crazy I was at this point? I mean, I had dreams of futures among other shit, so I would assume I was crazy, but it's more because I believe these futures that I think I'm crazy. Oh well, I found something crazier, Japan. It was weird, like I just went from normal life into batshit crazy Anime land. It felt off, but I dismissed it. I was about to go back to sleep as I heard a noise, I was confused, so I opened my tired eyes and they widened once more.
"R-Richard!?" I said in shock as I saw my brother standing in front of me. "A-Are you and the others okay!? You're not hurt right!?" I asked in panic from how worried I was for them. I noticed how he wasn't saying anything as I took off the medical crap connected to me, it hurt a bit, but whatever. I walked up to him and was going to hug him as I noticed the sword in his hands. I was shocked. "R-Richard?" I asked in confusion as he walked closer with the blade. "W-Wait...R-Richard!? W-Why are you doing this!?" I kept stuttering, unable to keep the fear out of my voice as I watched him. He was about to bring it down on when I dodged. I looked and saw nothing in his eyes as they all blurred from the fearful tears in my eyes. I saw him ready another strike when I dodged a bit more sloppier this time. "R-RICHARD! SNAP OUT OF IT! THIS ISN'T YOU!" I yelled in desperation. If you had said my own brother would go to kill me, then I would call you crazy. But, now exactly that was happening.
"A-ARTHUR!" Takashi yelled as he and Tsuna, who had also yelled something came up, along with Devil Baby. I didn't mind them.
"RICHARD! SNAP OUT OF IT! I KNOW I'M A HORRIBLE BROTHER BUT DAMN IT WE STILL ARE BROTHERS! CMON SNAP OUT OF IT!" I yelled as I rushed towards him, grabbing the sword as I looked into his eyes.
They were crying, but still nothing was shown through those once brilliant eyes. I dropped my guard. "R-Richard?" I said with but a breath, scared as he readied another strike and went to hit me. I cried myself, as I noticed that he didn't want to. The blade went down, as I closed my eyes.
*CLANG* The sword struck another, the metal pinging out in pain as I opened my eyes, Takashi stood in front of me, blade in hand to counter my brother's. His blade looked to be taking some serious damage as I took the opportunity to try and get the blade away from him as it glowed in response of me touching it. I gasped but held on.
Please save me... I heard the silent plea as I looked to Richard. From what? I gulped as I nodded. "I will. I will save you Richard. I swear it." I said with a determined smile. A moment later a deafening sound assaulted my eardrums as I went to the ground screaming, my grip on the blade gone. It got louder and louder as I tried to block it out of my ears, it hurt so much. So much that I couldn't even notice the fact that someone had taken Richard away. As soon as that happened, the noise stopped suddenly. I blinked as my ears were in so much pain still, ringing in both ears. I looked to the others and cried as soon as I noticed that Richard disappeared.
"Why...? Why us? We had a normal life...I can't believe I was wanting something different than a normal life..." I sobbed out of my mouth, numb to the comforting that Takashi was trying to do.
"We'll get him back, don't worry, we'll get him back." Takashi said as I calmed into sleep, tears still pouring down my face.
"What do you think it is?" It was too hard to tell, but it sounded like Tsuna asking something, the nervous tone being something to go off of.
"I don't know." Reborn replied, anger boiling just enough in his tone. "But what I do know is that it involves a Mist flame user. I have knowledge that Xanxus escaped from his imprisonment, and that most likely means their mist is controlling Arthur's brother. Like it or not, he's your responsibility at this point." Reborn said as I wanted to scream that I wasn't, that I can take care of myself and that I wasn't going to get caught up in this whole family mess like the bastard that abandoned us. I would rather die than do that!
"No he's not, he's just trapped in a shit situation. You and his father just keep treating him like he's a toy, meant to be moved place to place no questions asked. He HAS a life, and yet you ripped him out of that to drag him here and his family. No wonder he can't stand you and his father, you guys act like he's fucken nothing!" Tsuna countered, with what sounded like a gun click and a breath of hesitation.
"Care to repeat that?" Reborn's threat was obvious with the tone of his that even got me scared hearing it. But I didn't give in, for Tsuna was right, that was exactly how I felt and he needed to know it. Tsuna gulped and repeated himself, stuttering here and there with the repeat as he tried to get through to Reborn. It was the only chance in order to save Arthur from this. As much as Tsuna was scared, he knew how and when to put his foot down. He just hated to, as he did care about what others think. He wore his heart on his sleeve and he knew it. That didn't mean he was a perfect moral angel, no human was, it was just out of our reach. But he tried his best to care for them. Even then, there were times to fight and argue a point, and to him, this was one of those times. His Intuition practically begging him to fight and make sure Reborn respects this, as if he doesn't, then Arthur's life will never return to normal. "No." Reborn said sharply after Tsuna repeated. "He has to do this, just like you had to become a mafia boss leader. There is no other way. Now ENOUGH and just accept it!" Reborn snapped at Tsuna, having finally had enough with Tsuna's backbone. He had expected Tsuna to just take to these teachings like a fish to water and not ask any questions. He tried breaking down his surprisingly strong backbone with explosions, but not once did that help his goals. It irritated Reborn to no end and caused the two to be at odds most of the time. Tsuna refused the leadership with admiration that wasn't surprising given Vongola's horrible track record with their children and both his and Arthur's wish of a normal life, unbound by what fate declared them to have. Even more were both of their hatreds to their respective fathers for forcing them onto this path when neither were ever in their lives. Reborn hated their fathers with a burning passion himself, but what was done was done, and either way Arthur had to carry it onwards, hopefully he doesn't find out that not every generation of Vongola had a Wildfire guardian until he is already so far into the family that he has no choice but stay in the family. It was a matter of pride and would help with showing that the tenth generation were the reincarnations of the first, down to many of their personalities.
The Storm and Wildfire clashed nearly daily, not caring for those affected in the crossfire.
The Wildfire envied the Sky, for it too wished to be that free, but at the same time, feared the Sky, for it too, was bound.
The Rain calmed down the Wildfire for when it was too tightly wound up and scared to continue.
The Wildfire feared the Mist the most, for it could show what it deeply feared seeing.
The Cloud and Wildfire never truly knew each other, for both just went their separate ways. However, the Wildfire had a silent respect for the free-floating cloud that was never returned.
And lastly, the Lighting and Wildfire never got along, for they clashed nearly as often as the Storm and Wildfire had, but the Wildfire was less irritable inside the Lighting than in the Storm.
And Arthur was confirmed to be the direct descendant of Char Moebius the First, and on top of that, contained his spirit with him as well. It was perfect for him...or so he thought. He had got him too late in his life it seemed, for Arthur wasn't as willing as his ancestor. He was more rash, irritable, and on top of all of that, he was prideful. Char only got that way because he found his friends, but Arthur was prideful about his family and job, both which had those friends there, waiting for his return. He had his role figured out until his dad kidnapped him. He would never trust him or Reborn, since both had wronged him so greatly. He wasn't wanting to be with Tsuna and the others, because he had a home already. Reborn tried to keep calm, but had expected too much out of these teenagers. Tsuna had not been sealed, and wasn't the idiot that everyone said he was, but he was mostly only average. He questioned why Iemitsu was out of the running and forcing it onto his only son, who he couldn't even respect enough to say his name. He had also wondered why Iemitsu was the one giving the info as his info was so far off it wasn't even funny. It was pathetic and just showed that no one had any trust for each other in this famiglia. He had wondered why Tsuna hated it so much, but the more he thought about it, the more he found himself agreeing to Tsuna's point of view. He had started hoping in Tsuna to break this pathetic famiglia into one that he could respect, but to do that, they had to be part of it, as leaders. Abandoning their life, their wants and having to conform into a life that they never wanted. As much as Tsuna thought he chose at random, he didn't. He had chosen them by their relation to the original set, by how closely they looked. But each one was completely different from their original, and he had stopped treating them as people. He has treated them like they were those that were long dead. How was that? It escaped him, but it caused Reborn to leave the room, desperate to calm this aching feeling in his heart, that guilt, that he had done something terribly, terribly wrong.
It had been that...
The Storm and Wildfire hated each other with a passion, but both were afraid of each other, of hurting the others in their group.
The Sky was the one to envy the Wildfire, who had had a taste of freedom, and was bound to itself. The Wildfire tried protecting the Sky, instead of being afraid of it.
The Rain and Wildfire were like brothers, both calming each other down when things got tough, but the Rain couldn't calm the Wildfire down from everything.
The Mist only encouraged the Wildfire to keep going, to make sure that it can gain back that which he has seen in their constructs.
The Cloud and the Wildfire had a mutual appreciation of each other, even if both never knew it.
And the Lighting and Wildfire never really clashed, for the Wildfire viewed itself as the older brother of the Lighting, and wished to help it improve.
The roles were all off for this generation, but what was really off was the fact that no one had noticed until Arthur came into play. Good god, what had Reborn done? Did he screw over this entire generation?
Or were they heading into a new era?
It was weird hearing those thoughts in my head, it was like something was trying to tell me something, but I couldn't tell what. I kept hearing my name in third person throughout these thoughts, but I was also hearing my thoughts alongside them. Was it from differing views? What was it supposed to mean? Was this to come, or was this right now while I was asleep? I couldn't tell, and I had no way to look for the answers. Who's thoughts were they to begin with? Reborn's? It certainly explained this talk about the weather. And that ominous cliffhanger at the end scared me as I wanted to know what it meant. It wasn't just a dream, I figured, looking back on it, desperately typing it all down before I forgot. I printed it out and deleted it all, to make sure no one knew. This had to stay with me, or else everyone could get hurt. I folded it all up and put it in the wallet in the black coat, both of which I had stole from the bastard. I had checked for bugs, making sure it wasn't placed there as a tracking device as I thought, and most likely there was one somewhere I didn't know, but I didn't mind. I had money in there to get a new coat, and was thinking of getting one more towards my size when I did. I sighed as I thought back to the dream.
What the hell did it mean?
A/N OMG THIS ENDED! *SQUEEEEELLLL* But yeah, this is a *Almost says remake* mini-AU of RitF(Ripple in the Flames) and will only go for a certain amount of chapters. It may not be 7 since this already combined two, but it may not follow the original completely. I mean, this one had Richard's appearance come first. And yes, this is basically going by the logic that not everything from the Anime and Manga were the same! So let me explain a few things(This also applies to Ripple in the Flames as well, but not as much until later chapters!)
1. Tsuna's flames were never sealed, so he doesn't trip or get all that scared of situations as often.
2. He IS still Dame-Tsuna, but not for the reason as the original said. He's Dame-Tsuna because he doesn't really pay attention as much, and panics when it comes to tests and more. Along with the bullying of the entirity of the class for the most part, he just doesn't believe in himself as much. So it's more Self Doubt and ADHD issues then actually being dumb and useless as his nickname implies.
3. This is going and explaining the whole reincarnation issue that the anime and manga try to push down our throats, and thus I had it where Reborn didn't notice what he was doing was absolutely wrong UNTIL Arthur came, which is after the Mukuro Arc if you couldn't tell. So up until that point, canon happens with very minor change. So the chapters about that are not canon in this story, and are going to be used to more expand on the character relations.
4. Pay close attention to the roles that I had listed, cause it will come to play in both stories.
5. This is meant to be read and then go to the original and skip to the 8th chapter, but I didn't want to replace the original 7 chapters, if you leave reviews, I may consider just having these new chapters replace them, this is more since I don't want to forget where the story started and how bad it originally was. I figured that this would be a good transition for it. It has some minor differences between them, as this was written later and most of it will be different, but for the most part, it would be a better starting area for the story than the original Ripple in the Flames chapters.
6. Don't go from this chapter to chapter 8 on there, this will have more than this one chapter. I'm not going to rush making these or the Ripple in the Flames chapters. I have school and more to worry about to do that.
7. Please Review on your thoughts of this, I would REALLY want to know guys.
And as always, Have a nice day!
-AM