"Kaa-san? Where are you?" a small brunette child, barely even five, looked around the small and dark room. Nothing was in it, beside a pillow and small blanket. In the corner was a small, metal bucket. The floor and walls were made of metal as well. A large metal door towered over the short child.
The child had tears in his caramel eyes as he looked around the small, uncomfortable room. The small room amplified everything, even the footsteps that were drawing closer to it. He sat in the corner, the pillow pulled close to his chest, the blanket by his feet.
The door opened almost silently, and in walked three masked men, only their eyes seen. Two of the three had brown eyes while the third had blue eyes. They wore strange white garbs and had some strange look in their eyes that the five-year-old could not understand. The blue eyed man came closer to the brunette, causing the poor boy to shrink away. This only caused a few chuckles from the two other men behind the blue eyed stranger.
"Where is Kaa-san?" the child asked. The blue eyed man tilted his head slightly. "Do you know who you are?" he asked, completely ignoring the child's question. The boy only tilted his head, his brows furrowed as he tried to back further into the wall.
"Tsuna," he whispered carefully. The two other men looked at his with poorly hidden emotions. What emotions, the brunette couldn't say. The blue eyed man nodded before sitting in front of him, pulling off his mask that hid his face. His sharp features visible, along with a few black strands of hair. "My name is Ricardo. You are going to be called 27 here," he said carefully, motioning for the two other men to leave. The men looked shocked before doing as they were told.
Tsuna, noticing the two other men leave, came only slightly away from the wall, but still pretty far from the black haired man. He only smiled at him. "I'm not going to hurt you. But you will need to do some tests that will hurt, but some won't. You will also be with some other children. If you are good during the tests, you will get food and maybe new things to...spice up your room," he said, hesitating on his words. Tsuna nodded slowly, loosening his grip on his pillow.
He still didn't trust the man, but he felt as though he wouldn't hurt him. He might even help him later. His caramel orbs stared straight into the man's light blue ones. Ricardo continued to smile, but it seemed slightly forced and sad.
"Where is Kaa-san?" Tsuna tried to ask once again, wanting to see his beloved mother. The last time he saw her was when she was crying in the living room, some men were in front of her with small smiles that made the brunette shiver just recalling them. Ricardo hesitated once again. "She is home. If you are a good boy, you can go home soon," he said, his few bangs visible shadowed his eyes. Tsuna felt cold at those words, but nodded anyway.
Ricardo smiled at him, standing up. "Now, 27. Your tests start soon. One of the other men will come back and get you for them," he said, brushing invisible dust from his white clothing. Tsuna remained quiet, pulling the pillow closer to his chest once again at the thought of seeing one of the strange brown eyed men. Ricardo smiled sadly again before pulling on his mask.
"I trust that you will be good for them," he said softly. Tsuna couldn't make out any of his features anymore, but he could still see his eyes. The eyes that betrayed his chipper attitude. The eyes that showed sadness that the young boy couldn't understand.
"You will be the one to save them, Tsuna."
5 Years Later
"27 is taking to the drugs nicely, like always," one of the white lab-coat men said with an obvious happy tone. Tsuna felt completely and utterly cold. His skin burned, but he couldn't feel it. After five years, you grow immune to the pain. To the torture the men in the white lab-coats put him through.
The only things keeping the ten-year-old boy sane was the small group of friends that he made while he was in the prison, as he had started to call it. The oldest was Mukuro. Followed closely by Chikusa. Then was Tsuna, Ken, and finally Chrome. Chrome was the only girl. Her organs were replaced and the only thing keeping her alive was Mukuro. Chrome could live for a few hours without the help, but she quickly started to die and she felt the pain of it.
The other thing that kept him sane was the regular visits by Ricardo. He always brought something from the outside to him. He still had his own room, but now it had a small bed and a table. On his door was labeled Midnight. He didn't know why, and he didn't want to know.
He stopped talking to the lab-coats a little while after being in the prison. His words made no difference and his screams just gave them pleasure. So he stopped talking to everyone but his small group of friends and Ricardo, his father figure.
"That should be all for today. You know how Ricardo hates it when he drag this on for too long," the other lab-coat suddenly said, dragging the brunette from his thoughts. The first one to speak was new, his green eyes were dark and misty. The second who spoke was one of the brown eyed men from five years ago, but Tsuna couldn't tell which one.
"I just want to use one more drug," the green eyed man said. The brown eyed man was hesitant before nodding in approval. "One more. Anymore and Ricardo will have our heads. He favors this brat," the two looked down at the heavily restrained brunette. They always restrained their victims.
Tsuna ignored them until he felt something enter his bloodstream. He felt his eyes widened, the only response he has given after three years. His mouth opened in a silent scream of pain, his back arching off the metal table.
The two lab-coats were shocked, but quickly tried to find the problem to fix it, not wanting to tell Ricardo of his favorite pets death. The green eyed man left the room to get help while the brown eyed man took notes. All the while Tsuna was struggling against the restraints, trying to free himself from the burning under his skin.
This was far worse than he ever felt before. His eyes were burning, feeling as though someone was gouging out his eyes. His skin was itching in cryptic patterns all over his skin. Not all over his skin, no that would be too easy. It was like someone took a heated piece of metal and just dragged in across his skin, not caring what pattern they were burning into his flesh.
His caramel orbs turned into a dark amber color, before turning into a dark orange, like that of a sunset. His skin had cryptic black designs that covered every inch of his flesh. His hair seemed to deflate from its usual defying gravity position. He completely froze on the table, his eyes wide open. The lab-coat came slightly closer to the boy, his moves hesitant.
"27?" he called out hesitantly as the green eyed man came back in with two other lab-coats. The second brown eyed man and a gray eyed man. The four remained still as the brunette's eyes landed on the one closest to him, which happened to be the first brown eyed man.
He whispered something, unheard by all. His eyes then started to glow, the door slamming shut, locking the lab-coats in the same room as the brunette child.
"What the hell is going on!?" the green eyed man yelled, banging on the door. The brunette's eyes still open, unblinking, as he stared at the green eyed man now. The said man only stilled, turning around slowly to stare into the boys eyes. The brunette's emotionless face suddenly turned into one of crazed glee. The pain masking every little thing from his young mind.
He giggled hysterically, his eyes never leaving the green eyed lab-coat. Said man, backed himself against the door, unable to break eye contact with the boy. "Shiro? Shiro!? Get a hold of yourself!" the second brown eyed man shook the green eyed man, Shiro, roughly. Shiro still couldn't break eye contact with the brunette.
He, as well, broke into hysterics. The three other lab-coats backed away from the man as his giggles turned into full on laughter.
"Burn," the boy whispered, unheard by the three lab-coats but was heard clearly by Shiro. The man's laughter froze, making the three other men stiffen. He then screamed, his skin darkening, as though he was being burnt alive. His eyes, mouth, and nose started to bleed. His skin turning crispy and hard. His screams suddenly stopped as he fell to the floor, his clothes fried, his skin black, and his green eyes perfectly fine and unseeing.
"...Shiro?" the second brown eyed man asked. The child began to giggle again from his restrained bed. The three turned their heads to the child who was now looking at them. The second brown eyed man looked murderous as he stepped closer to the child. "Is this your doing?" he growled, picking up the closet sharp object he could. Tsuna only giggled, his own eyes unseeing.
"Is this some kind of joke!" he yelled, his eyes wide and full of rage. Tsuna's giggles stopped as they finally made eye contact. The brown eyed man froze. "Kill," Tsuna whispered. The man turned around, his eyes unseeing as he stared at the other occupants of the room.
"Ichi-nii?" the first brown eyed man asked. He stepped closer to the man, Ichigo, nervously. The gray eyed man looked around the room for another sharp object, his eyes filled with fear. Ichigo didn't respond as the brother shook his shoulders, his sharp object held loosely in his hand.
"Ichi-nii?" the other brown eyed man tried again, shaking his brother harder. "Kill," the brunette said again, clearly heard by the other two occupants. They froze before Ichigo's hand that held the sharp object, came up and into his brother's stomach, piercing his lung. The first brown eyes widened as he stared into his brother's unseeing eyes. "Ichi-...nii?" he then fell limp into the others arms.
The older brother let him fall onto the ground, his weapon still in his hand and bloody. The brunette giggled, licking his lips happily. The gray eyed man banged his fist on the door, his own weapon in hand. "Help Me!" he shouted, but knew it was futile.
He was the one who put in the soundproof walls and doors.
The brunette giggling reached the only sane, living lab-coat in the room. His eyes widening as he dodged the weapon the other man tried to thrust through his head.
"Ichigo! Snap out of it! It is me, Vincent!" the other man shouted, taking off his mask so some of his blonde hair fell into his face. His lips were quivering as he dodged another poor attack. He started to cry as he, himself, thrust his own weapon at the other, closing his eyes before it made contact.
"Vi...cent," he heard, making his gray eyes open in a flash. His gray eyes met the brown ones of the only other living man, a syringe piercing his chest. His eyes were starting to turn cloudy as he stared into Vincent's gray ones. "Why?" he choked out, blood pouring out of his mouth. Vincent shook his head, letting go of his weapon as he stared into the man's eyes, completely forgetting the brunette in the room, strapped onto the table who was slowly closing his own eyes.
"W...why?" Ichigo asked once more before falling onto the ground in a crumbled heap. Vincent shook his head widely as he felt a scream pour out of his lips. Tsuna's eyes turned back to their normal caramel color, the black markings vanishing from his skin.
The doors suddenly opened, allowing the terrified man to flee from the blood stained room. Tsuna, not knowing what took place, slept peacefully on the table.
5 Years Later
"What are we going to do about 27?"
"Just leave him. He is too dangerous. It is said he killed people just by looking at them!"
"No way is that true. He is only what, fifteen?"
"I say we ditch him. Sure he takes the drugs better than the others, but he is nuts! I saw him once talk to himself. He said he was talking to Cielo and Notturno."
Tsuna growled as he threw his plate at the door where the men were loudly talking about him. "You want to say that to my face?" he asked in a dangerous tone that no teenager should ever use. The men went silent, but footsteps were quickly making their way away from his room.
"Just ignore them, Tsuna. If they ignore you then you won't have to do any of those...test," Cielo said in a soft but strict tone. Tsuna heard a huff behind him. "Yeah right. They also will just accidentally not remember the tests and forget to feed him," Notturno grumbled.
Cielo had the exact same hair style, height, and looks like Tsuna. The only noticeable difference was that his eyes were a bright orange on the other hand, had dark amber eyes and even darker hair. His skin was paler than both Tsuna and Cielo. His skin had cryptic black markings on his skin that disappeared when he was happy and turned darker the angrier he got. Tsuna had yet to see them disappear.
The only other thing was that only those Tsuna deemed worthy could see the two. Mukuro, Chrome, Chikusa, and Ken could all see them. But the other lab-coats couldn't. For some reason, the two didn't want Ricardo to see them. They had asked Tsuna not to let him see them, and he obeyed their wishes.
"I could care less," Tsuna grumbled as he sat at his table. Under his eyes were dark bags from not sleeping. The two behind him shared a look before approaching the clearly tired teen. "What's wrong?" Cielo asked, placing his warm hand on Tsuna's shoulder.
"Nothing," the teen said, not looking at the two. His head has been killing him for weeks. Something was going to happen. And it was going to happen soon. First, Ricardo was visiting him less. Second, Mukuro said he had an idea on how to get out. Finally, the lab-coats were getting meaner and more abusive. Especially towards Chikusa and Chrome. Whenever Tsuna was around they wouldn't try anything, but since he normally couldn't be around, it was far game.
"You are a horrible liar. You would think growing up here would make you a better liar, but nope. You just get worse each time you try," Notturno mocked as he sat on the table, in front of the teen. Tsuna snorted, a small smile making itself unwilling on the teen's face. Cielo smiled as well, but more like a motherly smile when she looked at her sleeping child in a crib.
"It is just a headache. I've had it for a couple weeks," the two shared a look over Tsuna's head. Notturno sighed as he got off the table in a graceful manner. His eyes downcast as he went back to lay on the bed. Cielo watched the other closely before turning towards Tsuna.
"Maybe you should try and rest. It may soothe your head," Cielo said, pulling the brunette from the chair. Tsuna, too tired to do anything, let himself be dragged towards the bed. Notturno lay with his back pressed against the wall, one arm over the pillow and one of his side. Tsuna laid down, putting his head on the awaiting arm, feeling Cielo get in the bed soon after.
"Good morning," Tsuna joked, a small yawn escaping his lips as he closed his eyes. Cielo smiled at him warmly while Notturno just snorted and closed his own eyes. "Good night," Cielo said back, wrapping his arms around the brunette's waist.
Quickly the brunette fell into restless sleep, just to be shaken awake by a large rumble. His eyes snapping open as he, and the other two, made their way towards the door. Notturno growled at it, making Cielo and Tsuna step away from it. Notturno and Cielo took a defensive stance while Tsuna remained still and relaxed behind them.
A click was heard, then the door slowly opened and in popped Mukuro with a satisfied grin. Cielo slowly relaxed while Nottunro remained in his stance, his eyes distrusting. Mukuro opened the door completely, letting the three see some fallen bodies behind him. His one blue eye dark and his red eye bright with glee. Tsuna felt like he knew what that look meant, in slight fear, stepped back.
"Come on. We are getting out of here. Ken, Chikusa, and Chrome, are all ready out of here," he said with a wave of his hand. Notturno snorted, his brows furrowed. Cielo looked between the two before nodding. "Come on, Tsuna, Notturno," he said, his eyes glowing. The two nodded hesitantly before following Mukuro.
"What happened?" Tsuna asked, looking at the bodies that scattered the floor, their eyes unseeing. Tsuna shuddered as his eyes made contact with some of the others. Mukuro kept silent for a while before a sick grin covered his face. "I killed them," he said in sick pleasure. Tsuna remained silent, but kept running.
He knew it was wrong to kill, but he couldn't find it in himself to hate the other. He may not remember the day well, but he knew he did something awful when he awoke surrounded by bodies and some gray eyed man yelling at him to be a demon. Thankfully, the other lab-coats thought what he said was ludicrous, or else Tsuna could very well of died that day for killing.
But one thing was certain. Tsuna did something awful that he could never take back. He stained his hands just like Mukuro has.
The rest of the way was silent as they turned down hallways, ran up stairs, and passed bodies. Dead bodies. Cielo and Notturno were watching the oldest teen carefully, their eyes locked and emotionless.
They then walked towards doors that had light pouring in from them. With a quick motion, Mukuro had them open and the four quickly ran out, their feet touching dirt and the air was clean. Tsuna felt a small smile come to his face. How long has it been since he last touched dirt? How long has it been since he saw the sun?
Too fucking long, if he had a say in it.
"Tsuna-nii!" Ken was grinning at them happily a few meters in front of them. Tsuna grinned back. He had earned the title of big brother from both Ken and Chrome. Though they are not so young themselves, they still called him that and that just made the brunette happy. Chrome also called Mukuro Nii-san while Chikusa, and Ken both, called him Mukuro-sama.
The four stopped in front of the small group of three, smiling at each other with small, or huge, amounts of happiness. Well, almost all of them. Notturno had an satisfied smirk on his face while Cielo remained passive but with a small ray of hope in his eyes.
"We can finally get out of here," Chikusa said in his monotone voice, but they could hear the grateful tone in it. Ken grinned as fist pumped the air.
"We aren't in the clear until we are out of this yard. Who knows what might happen until then," Cielo said, Notturno agreeing. The group nodded, quickly turning serious. "When we get out though, what are you two going to call yourself? Cielo can pass, but Notturno not so much," Ken teased lightly as the now large group made there way through the large forest in front of them.
"I will be called Naito. Cielo will be called Hime," Notturno smirked as Cielo glared at him with complete distaste. Tsuna snorted as they were running through the trees. "I will be called Sora, not Hime," Cielo growled at him. Tsuna giggled behind the two.
The others just laughed, Chrome giggling quietly as they quickly made their way through the forest and into a large field where the grass made it to Mukuro's chest. So it completely covered Tsuna, Cielo, Notturno, and Chrome. Ken's head seen and also went up to Chikusa's chest.
Tsuna closed his eyes briefly before opening and looked towards the cloudless sky. The sun was setting, a soft orange glow taking in most of the sky. Along with the pink and purple glow that Tsuna can't ever remember from when he was free.
He smiled happily as he continued to run. He felt free. He felt happy.
He would always remember this view. He will always remember his troubles.
Hello everyone. This is an AU of sorts since the Vindice doesn't really exist. I mean, they do exist, but not the almighty power that they were like when they literally appear out of no where.
Most of the Vindice do not have powers and are normal humans since only a chosen few can have the powers of the flame. Most can call upon it during moments like when Mothers can lift a car to get to their child. The burst of power. Meaning, some of the guardians will not have powers. I am mostly doing that for those who can wield weapons so that those who are weaker (Not naming names here) can be on par with them.
The Arcobaleno of course do have their powers. The are the strongest people in the world.
I hope you enjoy this and review. Reviews make me want to update faster. ;3