Khr ain't mine
A new story …when I've got others to update seems a bit unsettling for me, but anyway let's write a new one… because it seemed interesting for me.
Warning : sporadic updates(concept's a bit difficult for me)
Leaving the author's worries aside, opinions and criticism are welcome! Bring it on!
Hope you enjoy the story (LOL, it's another AU)
CHAPTER ONE
CHEATING BRINGS BACK BAD KARMA
There were two people in a room drinking tea. It was a traditional Japanese room. One of them invested on that feel, going as far as installing a bamboo fountain. Naturally, he was sitting in a seiza(kneeled down position) while his guest didn't seem very accommodating. Well, they weren't the best of friends after all
The world's best hitman sat across a rather queer man who wore a mask when he faced the people of the world, but mostly stayed holed up inside his house stalking *ahem* observing people.
Undaunted by the glare sent to him by a man with an unnerving job and an even more scary demeanor, the man jovially asked him
"So Reborn, tea or coffee?"
"'S not like you plan on giving me that option seeing the traditional tea pot set in front of me"
"Oh? So you figured me out. I've been learning the traditional tea ceremony since I've recently attained a lot of free time"
"Looks like my pupil did a favor for you"
"I get it, I get it. I'll repay it when the time comes. Or would it be 'Not meddle in you guys' business?'. But really, being a bit more direct would be more desirable~
Though I doubt you'd ever change"
"Living for a long time does that to you. You'd know best-"
"Well, all that time wasted on getting more guys to take up the pacifiers can be used for something better! Thank goodness that baggage is off my back"
The fedora wearing man had to stop every urge to stand up and riddle him in bullets, all the better if he turns into living Swiss cheese
'He's got some nerve saying that when he's the one responsible for turning me into a gun totting zombie baby'
"Kawahira. Why did you call me here? Last time I checked, we weren't bosom buddies"
'And I will shoot him if he says so'
The white haired man didn't even spare a glance to the dangerous glint in the hitman's eyes and looked serious for the first time since they'd sat in the room
With the cherry blossoms fluttering in the room along with a sweet scent wafting throughout the room, Reborn had gotten slightly off track thinking how on earth did the man keep a cherry blossom tree at summer(in full bloom)
"I'm very grateful for Tsunayoshi-kun for finding that alternative to keeping the pacifiers safe, don't get me wrong"
From the corner of his eyes, he'd seen the hitman load his gun. He continued
"So hasty! I wonder what would happen if I actually invited you for tea? Can't you leave bygones for bygones? Everything's finished now!"
He faced him properly, ignoring the suppressed frustration in his companion's eyes
"Yes… Everything's finished…
And it brings me unease
I wonder what will happen to you now?"
"If you're worrying about my pupil, you should know by now that they're very capable. Nothing that you should be worrying about"
"You should have thought about it at least, right? Didn't everything work out too fine?
It seems right that the boy might as well be Primo's reincarnate, seeing his endeavors from Gokudera's recruitment 'til fighting for the rule of Vongola from Xanxus"
"I see that you were stalking my pupil for a long time"
"I've seen him from when he was a child. He had a lot of promise. But leaving that aside
Your pupil …didn't he do too much?"
"…Elaborate"
"You've taught him too well. So well that he tried to change the past by bringing a younger version of himself in a dystopian future
He and his family were to die, outsmarted by Byakuran Gesso. You and the Arcobaleno had disappeared due to the anti-trinisette rays spread around by the lad
Then, when he got what was coming to him- He did try centralizing power from the Mafia to himself, effectively ruling the world and he was half way there when they were sent there
The Tsunayoshi who was sent into the past was given all the powers the 21 year old version of himself was to have. Then he got even more powerful and learned a lot of things he probably didn't in his future
Powers after the battles with Enma Cozato, the Vendice and finally, me. Well kinda…"
"You know a lot about this"
"I like to keep my targets close"
Then there was a click of a gun and Kawahira continued, despite the underlying death threat
"Reborn, I know I'm an old man. But this old man has lived for a long time. A time long enough to not understand the pain others get. But in exchange for that I've gained a lot of experience or you could say, intuition
Well, it's more accurately a foreboding"
"We have Mammon for that. And one of them is more than enough"
"You forget that Byakuran tried to change future, futures even and ended up getting his efforts nullified
What would happen to Tsunayoshi-kun? There's no one in the future who can stop him. Frankly put, he has gone too far. He's surpassed Primo and he was one of the most powerful humans I've known.
His famiglia and those friends of his would stop him if he went about causing destruction and havoc. I'd consider all the people he'd met as one. I know it when I look at it. They're just a bit strange. I doubt most of them would even acknowledge it. I think you can consider them as friends…
But leaving ambiguous relationships aside…"
"You're beating around the bush. Can't you even bring yourself to say it? To think this is the guy we've been searching for. You've gotten soft… or is it that you've gotten soft around my student?"
"Like you haven't"
"Hmph"
Reborn tipped his hat in acknowledgement and turned around thinking that the conversation was about something trivial
"I'm not saying that things will go worse, but"
"I know. I'm being careful. I didn't need to be told about this from you"
"It's tomorrow. His 21st birthday. You know what that would signify? It's a day of fate. It's going throw surprises at you"
He only heard the click of the door
"You might not even need preparations.
You might need to just accept the judgement brought upon you"
"…"
"Now then, let's call Byakuran"
Outside Namimori
A silent Reborn waded through the crowd, eyes clouded in deep thought. He moved to an unassuming wall and tapped at it, breaking the ground below him and sent him tunneling to a private location
There was a jet there. Taking a good look at it, his eyes burned with conviction to face the next day with his entire strength
Meanwhile, in the Vongola Mansion
Gokudera Hayato had similar thoughts. His appearance reflected in the mirror looked like the defeated man he had to see in the future. When he gritted his teeth in annoyance, the cigarette butt fell on the ground and he immediately crushed it with his foot
Regardless of how much he matured, his hasty side remained in traces. It worried him that it was tomorrow- the day that the Tenth, Sawada Tsunayoshi would become 21
He hadn't been 21 in the 'past'. His journal which recorded their past activities told him so very clearly. Several files and photo albums lay scattered around his bed. They proved his experiences and memories
He'd been riddled with bullets and stuck in a coffin surrounded by flowers!
The 'past' had been overridden right? Would tomorrow be considered as the 'past'?
Suddenly he wished they could have made the time machine this time too. Isn't it fine to repeat everything as long as everyone remembered everything? What if everything was lost tomorrow?
He wished Reborn was here instead of visiting someone somewhere in the world right now. The man had become the Vongola's advisor (in the loosest term) straightening everyone out
He could use some straightening out right now.
'What will be in store for us tomorrow? Can we do anything about it?'
"Shit! I can't just stand around doing nothing!"
And he marched out of his room slamming the door behind him
Going through the long corridors of the Vongola mansion, doubts piled upon each other. He clicked his tongue thinking of doing something he rarely ever did- consult with someone, that too with someone he thought he would rather die than ask
'Out of the hundreds of rooms built here, only that guy will think of tearing up a place completely and remodeling it to a Japanese room. We're in Italy!'
He looked at the entrance of another corridor whose floors were replaced by tatami. Removing his shoes, he grumbled
"Can you even call this as remodeling?! This is too much"
Walking through the corridors in socks, he smelled cherry blossoms
"Even though he went on a rampage every time he saw cherry blossoms in the past"
There were Japanese bamboo gates right in front of him. He knocked and opened the sliding doors. There was a black haired man who left a sideways glance at him seemingly wanting to focus at the sakura trees in front of him. He wore a purple yukata but had an intimidating presence
"Hibari. I have something to ask you"
Getting no response from the other he continued, a bit irritated
"I'll leave you in peace once you answer my questions. There's nothing more than what I would want. How did you know that Tsuna would come back at that time?"
It was a vague question, but he was sure that the ex-prefect would understand what he meant
"He won't die. That's what makes him interesting"
The answer didn't satisfy him. It was baseless confidence. It felt like what happened in the past could have gone very wrong and they were just lucky. It felt like the wheels were smoothly turning when they were sent to the future. And that was done on impromptu? That's nonsense
And it felt like the prefect saw through his nervousness, since he was, frustratingly the guardian who was most involved in the tenth's problem
"That's it? It can't have been done so easily. Wasn't there a lot of planning? Tsuna would have told you about the details of the plan. And when I look back on it, it was ingenious as it was suicidal on his part.
Setting up a base, air-driving motorbikes, health facilities, underground bases and back-ups, a time machine, destroying the rings if the plan fails, leaving guardians out of the plan so that they could motivate us and teach us, the collaboration with Irie Shoichi and his past self, the linking with the 10 year bazooka…
That's right ,I should ask the tenth if he knows anything about this ,or did he plan anything about this. Wait are you involved in his plan again?!"
He said angrily, making assumptions as his thoughts spiraled out of control. Still calm, Hibari said
"The baby went to see Kawahira"
"Huh? Why?...
Wait, why didn't he tell us?! Does that bastard know anything about this?! It was probably an invitation right?! Reborn wouldn't go there on his own!
As I thought, I must tell the Tenth…
Wait, now that I think about it… Why are you and that pineapple here? Don't you usually skip Tsuna's birthday?"
Hibari scowled when silver haired male spoke about the illutionist. Just then, Kusakabe Tetsuya, the secretary of the ex-prefect entered and said
"Isn't it obvious why we're here. I can't speak for that illutionist, but we're here to observe what will happen tomorrow. We have to be on top of information"
"If there's mayhem, we have to prepare for another war"
The prefect said sending a sharp bloodthirsty grin at the right hand man of the Decimo
"Oh, by the way, I don't think you should tell anything to Tsunayoshi-san. If he doesn't know it might be better. He was the catalyst for the change of the future after all.
If he knows… well that's fine on its own, right"
"I know. I'll have to tell the guardians to be on their strongest guard tomorrow" he said conviction lining his eyes
"Or you'll turn into those spineless herbivores you were when your boss pulls off another suicide trick"
He glared at the prefect hoping he could burn holes through his brain. Gritting his teeth through the grim possibility, he couldn't bring himself to refute the very high possibility claim he'd been avoiding thinking about. The prefect was still facing the cherry blossoms
"I have to tell the others. I'm leaving"
He turned around and moved towards the sliding door. He heard Kusakabe saying "I think the others would have known" before he shut the door behind him muttering "That lawn-mow-head and that idiot cow wouldn't have. They probably forgot about the day that incident took place"
Kusakabe excused himself to finish further preparations leaving the prefect alone in the room.
Suddenly the poker face of the prefect cracked leaving a completely foul mooded man with the vile temper he was so infamous about in his past
"When are you planning to leave?"
"When there are no more guests waiting for your company. My, my. Aren't you popular, Kyoya-kun? Getting a visit from that attached to the hip right hand man of that Tsunayoshi-kun"
A mist appeared seemingly out of nowhere and a purple haired man appeared
"Aren't you going to greet me? Or is it that you're trying to face those flowers, so that I don't have to princess carry you when you charge at me?"
The prefect stood up from his place, his mood dripping lower as he brought out his weapon and threw it straight at the man
"You won't even be a good challenge after being drowned like a rat. You used to battle from that girl's body right? That body which had half the organs missing would have been better
At least you would have an excuse to run away from me"
Heterochromic eyes glowed dangerously at the threat, not amused at all
"I'll ask you again. Why are you here?"
"I followed that puppy since he was travelling an unusual path. I never thought he would visit you so I stuck around. I didn't know he would be thinking about that"
The glare which was sent his was told him to stop beating about the bush. He returned the glare, annoyed at the lack of patience from the prefect. It was as if he never changed. He was always so petty, keeping grudges from a long time ago. It added to parts which made so irritating
"It's just a pain to find another body to possess, now that I've paused my plan for more than ten years for that man.
It's a bit upsetting to think if it could end tomorrow. And Tsunayoshi-kun is such an amusing toy to boot. I wanted some tips from you, since you were directly involved in the plan last time. I could always hack your brain if something happened-"
Cloud flames manifested in the mist flames replicating the thrown tonfa, as the prefect reached a tipping point boiling with range. It would have made the mist user's body explode from inside out as the other used the mist flame as easily and frequently as breathing
The prefect's frown twitched as he saw that it wasn't pineapple-head who got sloshed, but the man he was possessing. The real body appeared and he continued speaking as if nothing happened
"You learned some nasty tricks
So anyway, the answer? Or is it a double suicide?"
They were at deadlock, the mist user infused some of his own flames near the prefect's head as he attacked the decoy
"I hope you won't select the latter seeing that both you and I aren't interested in doing a lover's suicide. It's old and disgusting" he said scowling at the very idea
The prefect glared long and hard at the other and finally replied
"We've used a case on a party affected by the 10-year bazooka- the small herbivore's baby form who accidently saved the life of a mafia boss during a mission, he couldn't have done it without changing.
The family lives today, but we don't know if they live because their change doesn't matter or if it doesn't matter in the entire run. We think what we've done shouldn't matter"
Mukuro seemed a bit grim as he pieced things together
"What would you do if you're no longer inside the mafia?"
"I've never been associated with the mafia in the first place. I just bite misbehaving herbivores to death"
Then Hibari was left alone, as the mist user disappeared, deep in his own thought as he left disturbing parting words
"Maybe I should just possess Tsunayoshi-kun and get it done with, seeing as it might be my final chance"
The irritated prefect was in a dark mood as he redirected the tonfa launched at a wall with the attached chains at the entering Kusakabe, who understood that someone(Mukuro) had angered him
So, being the good right man he was, he left the prefect in peace so that he doesn't go reaping people's souls
Gokudera's fast pace was intended to stop people from asking questions, but there was always that one person who didn't know how to read moods
"Gokudera, is something going to happen tomorrow?" Yamamoto asked, tapping at his shoulder and uncharacteristically serious
'The baseball idiot normally acts like a complete fool, but properly gets the heart of the matter. Not to mention, he's completely stubborn on getting to know the answers' the silver haired man thought annoyed as he faced the black-haired man
"We don't know"
"That Mukuro and Hibari-san don't know either?! That's shocking"
Gokudera's eyebrows twitched as he found out that Yamamoto figured out the reason why their two most enigmatic guardians even bothered to show up for their boss' birthday
'Even though it should be completely normal to celebrate your boss' birthday!'
"That's not surprising. We're trying to gather information to prepare for tomorrow, but most probably, even Reborn-san won't have a clue on what'll happen"
Gokudera was in deep contemplation as he pondered on what actions he could possibly take. His thought process was interrupted by a large whack on his shoulder. He threw his glare at the baseball-lover who merely grinned at him and said
"Well, don't be so serious! If it really went that bad, we can always just redo everything. We'll things through together and face trials like we've always done- like family! We can face anything that's thrown at us"
His glare reduced, but was still there
"Now, let's go prepare for Tsuna's birthday. He's alive this time after all! Isn't that great?"
"Idiot. It's obviously an amazing thing"
Tsunayoshi was being paraded around by Lambo who was making sure that he didn't visit any rooms which would give away the surprise without being suspicious. So far, he'd been doing great as they were basically running away from women in Namimori which was an unfortunate result of trying to act grown up. Being in a Mafia group makes people seem wild, dangerous and mature. It also makes people great actors. So adding those two elements, Lambo became a heart-throb as in his pride and effort to make himself recognized by Tsuna and the older guardians as being mature enough to handle missions without needing baby sitters (he mainly had to convince Tsuna, who coddled him)
That lead him to being some handsome boy who attracted women like flies and acted like an cliché playboy. It baffled Tsuna that day, since he was dragged into that storm by Lambo who decided to improvise just to get him to play around (at the price of having a permanent baby sitter, since to fool someone with great intuition, you need a real-life situation)
He muttered all the way that people owed him for a favor that showed his big brother all the hopeless sides of him and probably a higher level of coddling. He'd always wanted to shout out at him that he wasn't that childish, whining brat anymore, he was a Vongola guardian! This was going to do nothing to help him on that one
"Lambo! I'll give you some candy, so go on a date with me!"
"Lambo! You're dating me not that wench Susanne, right?!"
"Lambo! I got a stuffed cow so that you can be with me all the time! Accept my teddy so that I can be yours all the time!"
"Lambo! Let's visit that pastry shop you said you liked next time!"
"Lambo! Give me your hair ,so that I can add it my altar!"
"Lambo! *Haa Haa* You'll look very pretty in this beautiful frock! Come and try it out at my home *Haa Haa*"
And these guys weren't helping any one out. Tsuna looked baffled at Lambo as he said
"Lambo! What on earth have you been doing?! I can't believe half the sentences I'm hearing from them! I thought you knew not to follow any one around for candy and sweets-"
"Tsuna-nii! I'm old enough to know that! I don't follow strangers around. They're friends-"
Looking at the shocked-skeptic look Tsuna gave him, he knew he made his situation worse
"I mean they're people who I've met somewhat recently in an arcade club I've been going. For those pastries and sweets, it's all Kyoko's and Haru's fault. They gave me a sweet tooth!"
Tsuna didn't know what to be shocked at- at how easily he got strange people attached to him (was it his influence?!) or at how childish his excuses were
'Am I spoiling him too much?' he thought looking back at the crowd chasing him
When Lambo thought that enough time passed and that it was reaching night time, he easily evaded them by bringing disguise costumes from his hair bewildering Tsuna
'Why couldn't he have done that sooner'
Thus he left a thoroughly exhausted Tsuna back to the mansion and kept the mansion's secret. Silently congratulating himself, he left the tired boss who wanted nothing but sleep
In his exhaustion, he failed to notice a dark shadow lurking nearby
The clock ticked 23:50 and a man with long purple hair tied in a ponytail approached the brunette who was snoring peacefully. Heterochromatic eyes gleamed at him with a slight tint of sadness and frustration, but remained mostly expressionless
His trident's tip was aimed at the brunette's neck. The room was completely dark, save for the glint of the weapon
"If I have to wait for an uncertain tomorrow, I'd rather possess you to live for a tomorrow with a broken you. You'd be boring though…
I guess that doesn't really matter right now"
Another mist user appeared and applied a subtler skill, shrouding the mansion with a deep sleep so that they wouldn't interfere
"…Nagi, you don't have to do that. I'm more surprised that you didn't try to stop me"
He said and his eyes revealed uncertainity to the partner he opened up to
"Mukuro-sama made his decision after thinking through it completely, so I'd definitely support you. Besides I also don't want Bossu to disappear"
"Kufufu I don't have that kind of attachment to the Vongola
I just thought it would be easier to possess a man who'd have the Mafia under his thumb. He'd almost finished so I wondered what kind of changes would he bring next
It was simple curiousity"
She merely nodded to his explanation and the other concentrated on his trident
Then the clock ticked 00:00 and time freezed
Mukuro stood aiming his trident in a final thrust to the Vongola boss's neck, his face twisted in irritated anger. Near him, Chrome stood in grief.
Kusakabe Tetsuya was in a sleep induced state near the window. He was sent to stop any funny business attempted by Mukuro
In the chambers of the guardians
Gokudera Hayato sat on his bed which had files scattered around. The man was looking at the clock with a tense look
Yamamoto Takeshi sat in a ready position with his sword held at one hand as he willed himself to face the fateful day
Bovino Lambo was sleeping peacefully in his room and one of his hands were gripping on a present he was planning on giving his big brother that day
Hibari Kyoya was staring at the cherry blossoms in his room, his eyes narrowed at the pulse of the subtle mist flames generated
Sasagawa Ryohei was on a plane with his younger sister, Sasagawa Kyoko. They were both asleep after chattering about the party the Vongola had prepared for the birthday party
Reborn was flying his jet plane in the fastest speed to reach the Vongola mansion in the shortest time possible. He had a tense expression as his eyes were shadowed by his fedora
Then the dimension cracked like the universes were rejecting it and blacked out
The time when the guardians (including Reborn) 'woke up' they looked at their surroundings, seeing that it was completely different from their last memories, they (excluding Lambo and Ryohei) sighed exhaustedly (Hibari and Mukuro(Huh? Strange combo) just looked annoyed) and said
"So it really happened"