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Chapter 1: Realizations

Tsuna sat up and groaned, rubbing his head. His entire body hurt! It was worse than when Reborn kicked down a cliff and told him to try and crawl out for his "training". He hadn't been able to move for a week afterwards! Tsuna examined his body for any signs of injury, but oddly he was perfectly fine, his skin not marred by any cuts or bruises. 'What the heck?' he thought. 'Why am I not injured? I feel like the Varia just used me for target practice!'

He was snapped out of his thoughts when he heard a voice off to his right. "Should I kill you?" the voice asked. Tsuna slowly turned to his right to see a figure in a dark grey hoodie and jeans twirling a combat knife around his finger. The hood was up, obscuring the person's features. The figure seemed to look directly at Tsuna. "Maybe I should kill you." He said in his hollow voice.

"Ehhhh?! No please don't kill me!" Tsuna shrieked, rapidly backing away from him. The figure continued to speak, obviously ignoring Tsuna's protests.

"It would be a good idea to kill you. I mean, you were a mafia boss." Tsuna mentally panicked. Reborn was going to kill him! No one was supposed to know he was the Decimo yet! It had only been 9 months since he had accepted the role…

"H-how do you know that?!" He asked, voice wavering.

"But then again, maybe I shouldn't kill you. You haven't done anything to me." The figure said, oblivious to Tsuna's question.

Tsuna let out a sigh of exasperation. 'Obviously I won't be getting any answers out of him.' He thought bitterly. Tsuna turned around to try and figure out where he was. Apparently it was an alley, complete with sketchy dumpsters and beady rat eyes peeking out from the darkness. Tsuna shivered despite not being cold and gazed out of the alley to see a crowd of people. They were all huddled around out there and pointing at something. No matter how hard he craned his neck, Tsuna couldn't tell what they were looking at, but the red and blue emergency lights flashed off the alley's brick walls. Obviously, an accident had occurred close by. Tsuna started walking toward the scene when the other figure, who he had almost forgotten, shot their hand out to firmly clamp on Tsuna's shoulder and keep him from leaving.

Tsuna whipped around, annoyed. "What's your problem?! We need to go see if someone's hurt! What if it's one of my friends?" As soon as he said that, Tsuna instantly started worrying for his guardians. What if one of them was seriously hurt and he couldn't help them because some psycho, emo teenager had trapped him in an alley with a knife? Reborn wouldn't forgive him for abandoning his family and he probably wouldn't be able to forgive himself.

"I probably should kill you though. It is my job after all." The figure said as if he didn't have a vice like grip on Tsuna's shoulder. That was when Tsuna lost it.

"Stop talking about weird things! Someone out there is seriously injured and I can't just sit around and do nothing! What are you even going on about anyways?" He yelled, his patience finally snapped. He wrenched himself free of the figure who continued muttering nonsensical things and twirling his knife. Tsuna tried to push through the crowd, but oddly, no one seemed to notice him. As he got closer, it appeared to be a car accident where a car had hit a pedestrian. 'Gokudera…Yamamoto…All of you… Please be okay!' Tsuna wished feverishly as he tried vainly to see clearly.

All he was able to see of the body was an orange hoodie. And then there was a hand…with an orange ring? Wasn't he wearing his ring? Tsuna glanced at his hand to make sure the Vongola sky ring was in place and quietly sighed in relief when he saw it there, but then… that other ring looked so much like it. But wait. No one could see him…he hurt like hell…he looked almost translucent when he glanced at his reflection in a store window…

The figure's hand once again clamped down on Tsuna's shoulder. Tsuna slowly turned around to glance at his face, but all he could make out were two bright red eyes staring back at him. "I guess I can't kill you." The figure said, sending chills down Tsuna's spine. "I mean, you're already dead."

A/N: First chapter! What do you think? I want to hear your opinions! Oh and the hooded figure is an OC, but he won't be sticking around for long, so please bear with it. Anyways, please review! Constructive criticism is appreciated, but no outright flaming please!