Dancing With A Corpse
(A Hollow Memories)
By: Riku~
Pairing: Mukuro x Reader
Disclaimer: Nyaaa, I don't have that pineapple prince so as KHR ^^ and you of course, but I do own the plot~
Warning: OOC~
Beta-ed by: Aku Sakura
A/N: Finally~ It's Mukuro's time~ ahahahaa, I swore I'd make a good one for his fic, so I'm expecting many opinions here after you read this fic ^^. Hope this fic will make Mukuro happy~ Enjoy nee~
You hissed as the pain on your bruised, beaten up body began to throb. You could feel the taste of blood when you swallowed your saliva, possibly from your ripped lips. You were hugging your knees, searching for warmth to stop your trembling and tried your hardest to not let something you've been holding in to flow out. But you couldn't, you weren't that strong. The tears started to flow, the red drops stained your arms and a hiccupping sound escaped its way from your lips.
"Oya, oya... look at what I've found here..."
A voice startled you - you never thought there would be someone in an abandoned building. Slowly, you lifted up your face with tears still flowing from your eyes, seeing a man standing in front of you. He suddenly knelt down and you gasped in shock, surprised to see his bi-colored eyes staring at you and a soft smile carved on his face.
"U-uhh... I-I'm sorry... I d-didn't know t-that... Umm... I-I'll l-leave no-now..." Your trembling body made you stammer. Then as you lifted your body to leave, a hand landed on your shoulder.
"Kufufu, I believe I didn't say that you are not allowed to be here." He still smiled, taking out a handkerchief after removing his hand from your shoulder and went to wipe your wet, bloody face.
You were surprised and unconsciously gripped his hand, stopping him from wiping away the fluids. You were scared from someone touching your face, maybe because of trauma. "Y-you'll... D-dirty your handk-kerchief... I-I... Must g-go now... O-or... He'll be m-mad at me a-again..." You quickly stood up and ran away, but the pain slowed down your pace immensely.
Hecalledouttoyoubeforeyoucouldcompletelydisappearfromhisview,"Kufufu,youcancomeagainifyouwant..."Hesmiled,eagertoknowwhosculptedyouintothebeautifulbloodyformlikethat...
A familiar warm scent danced in your nostrils, waking you from your deep slumber. You attempted to open your eyes but felt too weak, leaving you with no choice but to give up. Strange... you heard a voice. It was far, but you could still make out what was being said.
"Is that true, Mukuro? (Y/n)-chan is regaining her consciousness?"
"Yes, Sawada Tsunayoshi-kun. She twitched her fingers when I was watching her."
"Che! You'd better not be setting up any plan to possess Jyuudaime's body!"
You didn't recognize the voice and you tried to once again open your eyes, but they wouldn't even open slightly. As you trailed your finger to your face, you realized there was a bandage covering your eyes. You slowly removed it along with the oxygen mask which was covering the lower half of your face. Unreasonably, your body felt sore and was aching... Maybe you did something last night? No... You don't remember anything... Maybe you were drunk? You tried to remove the thought, and sighed as you finally removed the bandages. Slowly, you tried to lift your eyelid... It opened, but it was still dark... Did someone turn off the light? You didn't think so - the birds were chirping outside and the scent of the sun was inside the room. It felt like morning...
You lifted your hand in front of your face and tried to see, but you couldn't. Were you...blind? No...no... It can't be. No way... But it was dark... Why...? You started to shiver.
"I'm afraid it's only a sign, Mukuro..." Said Tsuna, giving an apologetic look to the navy haired man in front of him.
The man who stood beside the Tenth added, "Twitching fingers doesn't add to the possibility that she'll regain her consciousness. There's a 10% chance that she'll survive."
"Gokudera!" Tsuna yelled accusingly and Gokudera quickly apologized to his beloved boss.
"I understand, maybe I was just too aware. My apologies Sawada Tsunayoshi-kun, for dragging you into this matter." Mukuro frowned before advising the Tenth to go back to his base.
When he touched the door knob to see your condition, he suddenly heard a scream. His hand twitched, surprised to hear it. It was a painful and desperate scream. He quickly opened the door just as Tsuna and Gokudera returned to their spot in front of the room, probably hearing the scream as well.
The illusionist stared in a daze at the form he found when he bursted into the room. He saw you covering your eyes desperately and screaming in agony, tears swiftly falling and wetting the sheets.
"(Y-y/n)-chan! Calm down!" Reassured Tsuna as he made his way to you after realizing something was not right. You stopped, fully obeyed and calmed yourself down, but not because of the command, it was...
"(Y/n)?" Mukuro called hesitantly.
You stammered, "W-who are you...? (Y/n)...? Who is...W-who is (y/n)? My name is..." You stopped.
As you tried to remember, your mind went completely blank. Nothing was in your head - just like an empty hard disk. You began to tremble again. Was God tempting you...?
"I... My...name..." You placed your hands to your head, massaging its scalp but still nothing came to you. Tears flowed once again, insanity spreading through your mind... You screamed, throwing all the things on the small desk beside the bed to the floor and wanted to get out of the building.
Unfortunately, your legs were still weak and you fell just when you went to stand up, but the pain of hitting the ground never arrived as you felt warmth - probably from another person. You didn't care as you continued to struggle in Mukuro's arms, desperately wanting to remember something.
"Calm down, (y/n)-chan!" The Vongola Decimo yelled, his expression full of worry.
"(Y/n)..." Mukuro called, but you, who was still weak and tired from all the ranting and screaming, lost your consciousness making Mukuro's voice the last one you heard before you fainted.
"I'll call the others, do you mind?" Tsuna asked the illusionist who was sitting beside you in the bed, stroking your hair with gloved fingers.
Being a kind boss, Tsuna smiled and patted Mukuro's shoulder, "She'll be fine... (Y/n)-chan is a strong one..."
He gave the Vongola Tenth a dangerous glare, "I believe I don't need to hear that, Sawada Tsunayoshi..."
Once again you sensed that familiar smell, which was like the ocean... So calming. It was warm and quiet too, just like when you woke up the first time. You remembered that you were screaming painfully when you woke up last time. You concluded that you should stay calm for now and try to get a hold of yourself, so you slowly opened your mouth only to grunt, "Unghh..." You could feel that many people were gathered around.
"She's finally awake~." You could feel someone taking your hand and brushing it with theirs, but he placed your hand back on the bed after he received a smack.
"Oi, what's her condition!" Said the one who stood beside the brunette, his hair silver in colour. You remembered hearing his voice before.
"So, (y/n)-chan. You don't have any serious matters, it's just your body is still weak and you need to get plenty of rest and eat healthy food because... Yeah, you know... You were in a coma for 3 years." A voice explained.
Tsuna interrupted, "Can she see again?"
Shamal rubbed his head, "That ...I couldn't be sure myself, but so far I didn't find any serious injury to her eyes. I'm sure it was just a trauma from the accident that made the brain shut the vision nerve; it'll take approximately 2 months for you to be able to see again." He said, returning his direction of speech onto you.
Before you could respond, Shamal added, "As for your amnesia, it's not permanent, you'll regain your memories slowly."
"Thank God... (Y/n)-chan can see again!" You could hear a girl's voice from your left side, along with two more who were cheering too.
"U-uh... Excuse me... I..." You started hesitantly.
Suddenly you could feel someone touching your hand, it was big and you thought it must be from a man's. "Buon pomeriggio[1], my name is Sawada Tsunayoshi... And I am one of your former school mates from ten years ago along with these people who gathered here now to see your condition."
"N-nice to...umm...meet you." Your finger twitched a little in the man's grip.
"Your name is (s/n) (y/n), 23 years old and you've been in a coma for 3 years due to some accidents. You are now inside Rokudo Mukuro's mansion in Kokuyo, Japan."
"Rokudo...Mukuro?"
"Yes, he is you-"
A voice interrupted, "I'm only the acquaintance of this Sawada Tsunayoshi, considering that you were his dear friend in need. I'm only helping you by lending a room in my mansion..."
That voice sounded creepy and it made you shiver a little, but somehow you could hear a trace of sadness inside the voice. But just when you wanted to speak, an EXTREMELY loud voice cracked in your ear. [2]
"(Y/N)-CHAAAN! You regained your consciousness and you can see again! I'M EXTREMELY HAPPY!"
"Shut up lawn-head!"
"OCTOPUS HEAD, WHAT'S WRONG WITH BEING HAPPY?"
"Nii-chan, please be quiet!" A ginger haired woman complained, but then you felt someone touching your hand again although the size was smaller this time, "(Y/n)-chan, how do you feel? Um, oh, I'm Sasagawa Kyoko, one of your former schoolmates and the one who was very loud before is my older brother-"
"SASAGAWA RYOHEI, EXTREME BOXER! MY MOTTO IS TO THE EXTREME!" The loud voice from before interrupted. You were sure that the girl was the one who thanked God before.
"Hahaha, glad to see you're awake (y/n)-chan. You don't remember me, but we can always introduce each other! I'm Yamamoto Takeshi, your former schoolmate too! Hahah." You smiled hearing this voice, it sounded so cheerful.
"Hahi! Miura Haru at your service! I'll help you regain your memories so we can go to the cake fair together again!" She giggled, touching your shoulder gently.
You felt confused at first; so many voices were in the room for you to hear. Then you responded with a smile, hearing all the cheer. Still, the guilty feeling was in your heart. To not remember these good friends... What kind of friend were you? Being blind made the thing worse because you couldn't see what they looked like which could possibly help regain your lost memories. You could only imagine, and you were sure it wasn't too accurate.
"N-nice to meet you too... a-and, I'm sorry... to not remember your faces... I can't see either, so...umm..." You rubbed the back of your neck and laughed nervously, suddenly at a loss of words.
"Nah, its okay, (y/n)-chan. Hahaha, just seeing you awake is a great thing! Right, Gokudera? Hahaha." Yamamoto reassured.
"Che! You better not be a nuisance to the Tenth!" You giggled hearing his voice which contained worry inside. You knew he didn't mean to say that.
"I apologize for all of this loudness, (y/n). By any chance, did you remember something or feel somewhat familiar by hearing our voices?"
"Umm...Sawada-san...?" You paused for a bit, not sure if your guess was right, but felt relieved as Tsuna responded with a little 'yes'. "I'm sorry...I haven't remembered anything nor I feel somewhat familiar by hearing your voices... I guess I'll keep seeing black and red for a while." You smiled as you thanked someone who kindly placed a glass of water in your palm.
"Red?" Tsuna asked; finding your statement a little odd. It was normal to only see black since you couldn't see anything and your memories were blank, but red? What was the meaning of that?
You lifted your head, "Yes... I keep seeing red, I don't know why. However, it feels like I'm watching a sea of blood... I don't understand, as that is the only thing I remember."
All eyes widened in surprise, except Mukuro who was standing outside the room, palming his red left eye. "Sea of...blood..." he murmured.
~TBC~
A/N: HOW'S THAT? OAO I bet I make all of them OOC….*cries* a-anyway~ review~ ^^
[1] Good afternoon
[2] Mukuro've left the room. Haha, he's being anti-social. But you didn't realize he left.
BetaReader Note: This is my first time Beta-ing. Hope it's alright~