I wasn't planning to post this today, but I just want to know your opinion about the first one.

Well, that's all I can say.

Enjoy reading

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"Enma! Are you okay?"

"Don't worry, about me, Tsuna-kun… ah, Tsuna-kun, behind you!"

The situation was worse than they thought as the enemy tried to attack Tsuna on the back, but Tsuna managed to dodge it.

"Zero point breakthrough" the first Vongola boss voiced and caught the enemies with a block of impenetrable ice. "XX burner" Tsuna voiced and shattered the enemies to pieces.

…

"Looks like you've improved your skill well, Tsuna" the sun arcobaleno made his appearance. "Reborn, what was that creature?" Tsuna returned to his normal mode. "I never saw such creatures. They're more like monsters" Reborn explained. The Vongola and Shimon were doing their thinking to themselves. However, Reborn stopped his thinking as he saw Giotto was kneeling on the sand and feeling the sand, rubbing it with his finger. "What is it, Giotto?" Reborn asked.

"Don't you think… it's strange?" he stared at the sand, and then he stood up. "This beach has a powerful aura. From the first time since I arrived here, I get this odd and weird feeling about this place"

"Really? I don't feel it" Reborn exclaimed. "Neither do we" Enma represented the others.

"I… I feel it too. It's been disturbing me ever since I got here" Tsuna spoke. But then, just as he stood up, he felt a hard and painful thump on his chest.

"AAHHH!" he cried in pain. Everyone was panicked by his scream and didn't know what to do. Then, something caught Giotto's eyes. He opened Tsuna's shirt and saw the scar on his chest. Although he didn't know what he should do, he scooped the salty sea water with his hand and made Tsuna drank the water. Tsuna started to cough by it, but slowly, he stopped screaming and started to breath.

"What did you just do?" Enma asked.

"He was infected by a poison" he answered.

"How do you know the water is the antidote?" Reborn asked too.

"I don't. My intuition helped me"

While they talked, Tsuna did all he could to open his eyes. But he was at the peak. And so because of his limit, he collapsed.

"TSUNA/TSUNA-KUN/TENTH!" Gokudera, Enma, and Giotto cried in unison.

...

"Where… am I?"

The road that he only walked onto and the pitch black surroundings worried him.

"Where does this road lead me to?"

Walking aimless in the unknown place was the worst feelings that he or anyone had ever felt. Tsuna was just walking and walking with no goal in mind, more like he had no choice but to walk.

...

The young sleeping boy finally opened his eyes. He felt calm and relax when he saw the ceiling of his room.

"Took you long enough to wake up" Giotto spoke. "Relax. You've slept for only one night. Your body is far stronger than you think" Giotto lend him a warm milk and Tsuna accepted it. He drank the milk calmly, but his subtleness only made Giotto more wonder. "You're being subtle. Usually, you would ask me about what happened that night, and now you're spacing out"

"E-Eh? Am I? I… I'm sorry, Giotto-san. I'm just feeling a little bit tired, but I'm okay" Tsuna claimed. Hearing his answer, Giotto patted his head with a smile and said "If you say it that way, then I'll be going now" Giotto was going to reach for the door, but he was stopped by Tsuna's words, "You never stop thinking about her, aren't you?"

Giotto didn't say a word at the beginning, but he suddenly voiced "Aren't we all?" without looking back, Giotto disappeared from Tsuna's sight. As he was gone, Tsuna stared at the door and mumbled "Yuki… every day is a torturing day for him since you've been gone"

"Tsuna-kun, are you sure you're going to be alright?"

"Don't worry, I'm fine now, Enma"

Tsuna wasn't like the other who preferred to just lying on a bed with nothing to do. He preferred to stay on studying like a good student while he still could. All of the people who knew Tsuna condition came to him to his desk while he was sitting at recess. Suddenly, they got a call from Reborn to meet up on the roof.

As they all gathered, Reborn announced, "Tsuna, Enma. I want all of you Shimon and Vongola to be cautious of what might or will happen. I have read all the preference on Vongola old books, but nothing came up. So, while I'm investigating this monster, I want you to stay alert to your surroundings"

"Got it, Reborn… but, wait! We have to tell Giotto-san too" Tsuna spoke.

"Don't worry, I already spoke to him about this matter"

Suddenly, the school bell rang and they began to go back to each class, but before Tsuna could reach the door, Reborn said to Tsuna "Do you have something to say, Tsuna?"

"Eh? No, why?"

"Hmm… no, it's nothing. Just get going. You'll be late for your next lesson"

…

The night entered the stage and after he ate all his dinner, Tsuna went to bed. Tsuna was already covered by the blanket, but didn't close his eyes. He already turned off the light, but despite the dark, Tsuna could still stare at the roof by the ray of light that penetrated his curtain. "Why are you staring at the ceiling, Tsuna? Sleep now" Reborn voiced. "A-Ah, sorry" he startled. "Hm? What's wrong?"

"No, nothing's wrong". Reborn wasn't responding as Tsuna said that. He was silent at first, but then, before he returned to his sleep, he said "Whatever, just get some sleep. You'll be training tomorrow"

"Training?" Tsuna muttered in subtle, not the kind of reaction he usually did. But since he heard the word "training", he decided to sleep.

"Enma, what's wrong? Close your eyes now" Adelheid turned off the light from Enma's room.

"Sorry, Adelheid. 3 more minutes" he said.

"If you say so. But I suggest you have to sleep now, since you're going to help me shopping for groceries tomorrow" then, she left.

"Helping you… shopping? Then, I really have to sleep now"

Despite saying that, Enma was still on his sitting position. "I guess… it's okay for me to sleep"

...

The unwanted sight had returned to the very young Vongola tenth, a road with no return or goal.

"Not this again" Tsuna sighed, but he still walked along the path. He walked and walked until the dream had ended.

...

Exactly 6 o'clock he woke up from his dream. By then, Reborn was already waiting for Tsuna. The training he took was at the very same place where they undertake the first trial of arcobaleno arc. With the usual trio at his side, they trained together and helped him to get stronger. Of course, their training was a battle between them and Reborn cooperated with Giotto. The result was pretty much guessed. They lost.

After the hard training, Tsuna went back to his house along with the others. While Fuuta covered Tsuna's wounds with bandages at his yard, Tsuna spoke "I never recall training with Giotto-san would be this difficult and risk my life"

"Speaking of Giotto-san, where is he?" Tsuna asked. Right after he said that, Giotto came from inside, asking "Tsuna, do you see the Vongola universe ring somewhere?"

"Ah, I forgot. I must've left it on Enma's house"

"Then, I'll get it myself" Giotto was going to head outside, but someone from outside stopped him with another figure. "No need for that. Here's the ring" Enma let out the ring. However, Giotto didn't say anything much or thanked him. After he received the ring, he immediately left the house.

"Well, he seems in a hurry. What's with him?" Enma asked Tsuna, but Tsuna didn't know the answer. "He just got a call from ninth to meet with him, although the place is classified" Reborn answer in his stead.

"That ring belongs to Chronos Yuki, right? What was she like?" Enma asked.

"She was smart, kind, beautiful, and warm, although sometimes she can be cold and distant. She's a vampire who was always protecting us and sacrificed her life for us" Tsuna answered. "She's precious to us" he added. "Then, what was she to Giotto-kun? Enma asked again. "You have to ask him that yourself, Enma"

"I see. Well, thanks for your answer, Tsuna-kun"

…

"Thank you for inviting me, ninth" Giotto said as he was sitting at a hotel café. "It's always been my pleasure to have a relaxing moments with the founder of Vongola like this" ninth gave his usual smile.

The current and the former boss talked about anything there was to talk about casually. But in the middle of the conversation, ninth saw the anomaly on him.

"Why don't you stop forcing yourself?" ninth suddenly spoke. "What exactly do you mean, ninth?" Giotto asked. "You're resembles Tsunayoshi so much and I can tell every expression you're making"

"You should go home now" he added.

"I'm fine. You know very well I'm not weak"

"Is it really hard to be alone at that house?"

"It's more like mansion, but…"

"You really do feel lonely. I wish she would know about this. But I'm sure she wanted you to be strong. So, please go home now and take some rest"

"If you say it that way, I will. Then, I'll be going now"

...

"An old castle? Where am I?" Giotto walked down the hallway aimlessly. The surroundings were filthy and dusts surrounded the place.

"…."

"Who's there?" he heard a faint voice and headed to the source. He discovered an underground passage way and walked quietly so he couldn't be heard. As he arrived at the place, he saw a girl was kneeling while being tied up and a gun that was pointed at her forehead. The person started to pull the trigger slowly.

"Go to hell, Yuki"

" Yuki? Yuki?" Giotto ran towards her, but it was too late. The trigger was pulled. Giotto stopped and watched the scene of the murder with horror. When he was about to head for her again, something had happened.

"Yuki—what's… this? Why can't I move?" he struggled to move, but it was futile. The dead body waited for no one as it started to disappear in front of his eyes.

He was desperately trying to reach his hand to her. "Yuki, where are you going? Don't do this again! Yuki!"

...

"Yuki! Wait!"

Stretching his hand as he woke up from his nightmare, Giotto couldn't stop sweating from the dream. He sat on his bed and palmed his face with disturbed face as he kept thinking his dream.

"Giotto-san" a voice suddenly heard. "Giotto-san, are you there?"

After discovered the source of the voice, Giotto picked up the communication device. "Ah, Giotto-san. Glad you're awake. We have a situation here. Please go to the park as soon as you can and be careful on your way". After Tsuna ended the call—However, Giotto didn't catch the meaning behind his phrase.

"Be careful?"

…

"Okay, you're all here. Listen, few of those monsters have showed up here and they're circling around this perimeter. Without waking anyone, I want you to find them and defeat them" Reborn ordered. As his order had said, everyone began to separate.

"Tch! Why do I have to be with you of all people?" Gokudera protested. "Shut up, herbivore. My body is itching to bite you to death, but the baby asked me to fight those monsters instead. I'll let you go for now". Suddenly, they felt a hostile presence in front of them and they readied themselves. "Come out" Hibari spoke.

Elsewhere, Giotto and Tsuna were searching for any sign of enemy. They were alone since Reborn was with Yamamoto and Ryohei. None of them spoke a word like the rest of the group. Both of them were mixed up by the same thoughts. As they still searching, Giotto finally spoke, "Where could they be?"

"I don't know, but I have a bad feeling about this" Tsuna replied. "Hm? What's wrong?" Tsuna asked as he saw Giotto was looking at Tsuna.

"Did you hear that?"

"Hear what?"

"A whisper"

"Huh? Stop joking around, Giotto-san. You're scaring me" Tsuna felt uneasy. "I'm not. It looks like…" as Giotto was going to speak, the communication device rang and they picked it up.

"Sawada! Primo!" the loud Vongola sun called, "Yamamoto and I have defeated one of them. What's your situation?"

"We haven't encountered one of them yet. Have you heard from Gokudera-kun and Hibari-san?" Tsuna asked. Speak of the devils, all of the sudden, Gokudera interfered the call. "Tenth! Lawn head! You all need to hear this. We just saw one of them, but it ran away. So, Hibari is chasing it now"

"Do you know where they're going?" Tsuna asked. "I'm afraid I lost track of them. I'm sorry, tenth"

"Try that beach. The beach that we just went from the previous battle" Giotto suggested. "Are you sure?" Tsuna asked. "Someone who knows about this very well told me"

And just like he said, they went to the beach. Their trip was paid off, thanks to Giotto's suggestion. As they arrived, they saw Hibari and the 'thing' were fighting. But Hibari was full of wounds. Seeing this, Tsuna and everyone said that Hibari should take a rest, but he was no Hibari if he agreed with it.

"Stay out of this, herbivores. This is my prey" he said. Reluctantly, they let the wounded Hibari fight.

30 minutes had passed, but the outcome was still unclear. Hibari's face got paler as the fight continued. To add more the difficulty, the monster absorbed the sea water and it became more vicious. The aura they felt was strong and they could sense the danger from it. However, Hibari was too stubborn to get or be helped. When all hope had lost, a mini version of black hole appeared behind the monster. The power of the absorption was so strong that the monster successfully sucked inside. Mysteriously after it sucked the monster, the hole disappeared, dumbfounding everyone.

"What… was that about?" Tsuna widened his eyes. "More importantly, why it only sucked the monster and not us?" Giotto spoke.

"Giotto's right. Tsuna and Giotto are right all along. There is something fishy about this beach" Reborn said while sitting on Giotto's shoulder. "So, what are you going to do, Reborn?" Giotto asked.

"I have to add this beach on my list" he answered. Right after he answered that, Adelheid came to them, panting as if she was running. "Took you long enough. Where's everyone?" Reborn asked.

"Enma… he's…"

…

"For how long he's been like this?" Reborn asked as he looked the sleeping boy's face, with opened eyes.

"Since I told him to get some sleep. Lately, he's been lacking of sleep. Every answer I heard from him is always about denying his sleep" Adelheid replied.

"He looks soulless" Yamamoto stared. At the same time, Tsuna was staring his best friend with unsettling face. Then, he finally spoke, "Let me sleep beside him"

"What? Tenth, this is no time to—"

"Just let me sleep. Trust me, Gokudera-kun" Tsuna stared at Gokudera with conviction look as if he knew what he should do. The two most wise, Giotto and Reborn agreed with Tsuna and told them that they should trust him and his intuition. And so, Tsuna began to sleep near Enma, prepared to see that world again.