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Author's Note: Hello guys! By the way here is another chapter of Rewriting the future. Sorry for the long wait and about my A/N last chapter, I forgot that I haven't updated my profile yet! My schedule is jam packed this last few days and the only solution that I can think of is to postpone my writing until our final defense in SSD has been completed. Okay enough of my ramblings, here you go on the story… hope you'll love this as much as I do and thank you for everyone who read and dropped a review last chapter!
~majrocks~
"Let's remember the things we've seen and the things we hope to see"
D Gray Man
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Hana found himself walking to a familiar park after the blinding light took him there. He instantly recognized the place as the Funbari Park.
'Not much has changed how will I be sure that I am really at the past?' he thought; then a woman carrying some groceries passed by him and an idea came to his head.
"Excuse me," he called.
The woman stopped and looked at him, "Yes?"
"Uhm… I'm just wondering… w-what is the date today?" he finally asked.
The woman gave him a smile, "September 26" she answered.
"September 26?" Hana intentionally left his tone hanging to let the woman know that he's waiting for the year.
But the woman seems oblivious to his intention.
"Yes, September 26" she was about to turn and leave when Hana threw himself at her way, patient already running low, "The year, what year is it now?"
The woman gave him a weird look before answering, "2000. Year 2000"
Hana's face lit up, "Really? I'm in year 2000?"
The woman raised an eyebrow at him then immediately left.
Hana was ecstatic, 'Wow! I'm really in year 200! I've successfully time traveled!' he exclaimed, not even paying any attention to where he was walking when he bumped into someone and landed on the ground butt first.
"Watch where you're going!" came an angry voice.
"Sorry" when Hana looked up his eyes grew large in realization as he saw the owner of the voice.
~flashback~
"Hey Ryu, what are you doing here in the attic?" asked Hana as he saw the older guy rummaging in a box.
"Pictures" Ryu answered.
"Pictures?"
"Young master, I am just looking at some old photographs"
Hana peered through some albums; a week ago he had learned that Tamao is just a guardian and not his real mother and that his real parents were somewhere out there traveling blah blah blah…
He still feels uneasy whenever he saw a picture of his parents. He still can't believe that the smiling brunette in the pictures is his father while the pretty but scary looking blond is his mother.
As he flipped a page of the photo album he came across a picture of a blond boy and a brown haired girl standing on the amusement park
"Ryu," he called.
"Yes young master?"
"This picture…"
Ryu looked at the album to where Hana's hand was pointing, "Ah, don't you remember them? Those two are Redseb and Seyram"
~End of Flashback~
"Hello!" Redseb called the attention of the blond boy who has an uncanny resemblance to Yoh Asakura.
Hana blinked, as if waking from a trance… here in front of him were the kids from the pictures… a young version of his Redseb-nisan and Seyram-neesan in real flesh and blood!
"Don't you know that it's rude to stare?" he was about to take his sister away when the blond boy started to examine them.
A vein popped in Redseb's forehead, "What in the world are you doing?" he yelled.
"Nothing" Hana lied, inwardly he was laughing, 'Aha! We're just about the same height! Wait till I go back to my own time and throw it in his face to make up for the times he had teased me about my height…'
Redseb sweat dropped as he saw the boy smirked and how it eerily mirrored Anna's evil smirk.
He immediately tug on his sister's hand and ushered her to start walking.
Hana saw their retreating backs and called, "Wait Redseb-ni-!" he stopped himself, 'In this time we are about the same age so why would I call him ni-san?'
He was too busy contemplating that he didn't saw Redseb narrowing his eyes at him and eyeing him suspiciously.
"Who are you and how did you know my name?" he growled.
"I- I'm err a r-relative of… of Yoh Asakura. Yeah I'm his relative and was just looking for his h-house" well, he isn't lying though; he thought, he really is a relative of Yoh Asakura, he's his son. He then gave Redseb a weak smile.
Redseb examined him, looking at him from head to toe.
Hana was nervous, 'Please make him believe me…' he prayed.
Redseb then flashed him a smile, "Okay, let's go now, we'll take you there."
Hana sighed in relief.
Redseb didn't know why he instantly believed him when there are a lot of dangers lurking since the Shaman fight, maybe it was his resemblance to Yoh that made him trust the boy so easily. "Hey! Are you coming with us or not?" he called when Hana still didn't make a move.
"Coming!"
They are walking silently for about ten minutes now
"Nothing much has changed" commented Hana.
Redseb looked over his shoulders, "Been here before?"
Hana almost got tripped on his question and just opted for a nod.
When Redseb didn't bother asking another question he let out a breath he was holding. He made a mental note to shut his mouth more often now.
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After a few minutes they stood outside the Funbari Inn. Hana's eyes scanned the whole are, mentally comparing things. Not much has changed he concluded, maybe the Inn that he had grown up was just a bit modern than this.
"Here is the house," called Redseb, "Let's go inside" he then entered the gates.
Seyram was just looking at him, not saying a word. He remembered that once upon a time Ryu said that Seyram didn't talk to anyone.
Another wonder of this time is Seyram's inability to talk. Hana felt a brotherly love for this girl in front of him. He was used to his Seyram-neechan's sweet voice.
He extended his hand to her and together they walk.
They had entered the living room and saw Yoh passed by holding a glass of water, clearly just coming from his training.
"Hi Redseb! Hi Seyram!" he greeted the kids then his eyes caught another figure – a seemingly familiar child.
Hana's heart did cartwheels; his eyes grew big as he come face to face with the person he just hated a few hours ago.
He was different... that face- he'd only seen it on the pictures that Tamao had shown him when they were young.
"Otousan..." he breathed.
Yoh smiled at the boy, he really seemed... familiar then he glanced at Redseb, "Is he your new friend?"
Redseb shakes his head no, "Nope. He said he was your relative or something"
"A relative? Hey young man what's your name?" Yoh's smile widen as he kneeled and made his face levelled with the boy.
Hana seemed to have lost his tongue; he was shaking... so this person is...
"Are you okay?"
He nervously nodded; "M-My name is-is Ha-" he was cut off when a figure appeared besides Yoh carrying a small bundle in her arms.
"What's this about?" came her voice.
The owner of the voice is non-other than the Anna Kyouyama.
Hana was astounded to say the least, actually he had not anticipated seeing them almost at the same time, Yeah he wanted to go back here but he had never thought that it would be like this; one shock at a time is all that he could handle.
"Have you all lost your tongues?" as ked Anna icily, Hana saw all three of his companions froze. Her eyes then rested on Hana.
"Who is this? Don't tell me you've just got him from the road outside. I've been telling all of you, my house is not an orphanage."
Hana looked into her face, if he thought that Tamao before was scary, well, this lady is ten times scarier!
"He – he is…" Yoh then whispered beside him, "What's your name?"
Hana was about to open his mouth when he remembered he can't give out his name. He wanted to smack himself for not thinking first before rushing to this time. But what name would he give? He couldn't just say Hana could he? That would arouse suspicion and would surely blow his cover.
His mind was turning wheels frantically when he remembered something – that's it!
"M-My name is Rui, I- I'm Yoh's cousin."
Anna raised an eyebrow at him.
As fate would have it Mikihisa Asakura, who had been assigned to deliver a message at the Inn appeared besides Yoh.
"Yoh, has Redseb and Seyram arr-" he stopped when he saw all three of them huddled and his eyes focused on Hana.
Tears started to form in Hana'a eyes. It's been two years since his grandfather died but the good memory that he had imprinted on Hana never died with him.
He felt his legs move on their own and he hugged the stunned man, "Grandpa…"
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Hana sipped his tea, once in a while glancing to the other occupants of the room. Mikihisa was looking at him, Redseb and Seyram was watching TV, while Yoh was massaging a small hand of the child that Anna was carrying besides him. From the silence of the room, save for the one coming from the TV, he could tell that his younger self is asleep. He felt a pang of jealousy as the brunette tenderly caressed the hand the child and how Anna was protectively holding him in her arms.
"So your parents are travelling?" asks Mikihisa.
He gave the name Rui, who, from what he remembered was his father's distant cousin and told them that his parents are travelling. Well, he wasn't totally lying, his parents are really out travelling.
He meekly nodded then stole a longing glance at the little family, that gesture didn't escape Mikihisa's eyes.
"Do you have a place to stay? If you don't have one you can stay here" helped Yoh.
Hana was really confused; this Yoh doesn't look like the type of person that would abandon his child.
'But still it won't change the fact that he left you' a small voice at the back of his mind spoke.
Hana sighed.
Mikihisa then smiled, "You are not Rui aren't you?" he whispered in Hana's ears.
The boy froze, he looked blankly at Mikihisa, colour drained from his chubby cheeks.
Whether Mikihisa was intrigued by his reaction or not he surely didn't show it and just called his son and fiancée. "Yoh, Anna; Rui would be staying here for a while" then he gave Yoh a small white envelope and started on his way back to Izumo.
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The rest of the day passed by quickly and Hana tried hard to avoid bumping at either Yoh or Anna. After he had seen his room he played outside with Redseb and Seyram.
During dinner he managed to be as quiet as possible, answering on monosyllabic when Yoh asks him a question. He was secretly observing his parents, they are nothing compared to the stereotyped parents that he had imagined; no sweetness, no public display of affection, no endearing words, they hardly look at each other. Anna also never cast her eyes on Hana.
What kind of parents did he have? Is this really the family that he had badly wanted to restore?
Even as he lay on his bed, his mind was preoccupied. Now he was starting to have doubts about his decision to rush here. Maybe he really was just an accident… sadness washed over his body at that mere thought. But the affection that they gave the child earlier seems genuine…
Frustrated, Hana threw the covers and walked out of the room. He needed fresh air to calm his nerves.
He passed by Anna's room and saw that the lights are still on and the door was slightly open. Curiosity gets the better of him and he dared to peek.
What he saw nearly broke his heart, Anna was holding the baby – him in her arms, feeding him, cooing sweet nothings as she stroke the child's blond mane. Yoh came into view a few seconds later and he embraced the mother and child. He kissed Anna's head and then the baby's. He heard Anna told Yoh to go back to sleep now and she would just take care of the child. Yoh nodded and kissed both her and the baby goodnight.
Tears started to form on Hana's eyes; this was something that he didn't remember.
Hana hid himself on a nearby shelf as Yoh walked out of the room and when he was sure that he was out of sight, he went back to his previous position.
Anna's features were kind, soft, and serene as she began to hum a lullaby and press kisses on the child's head.
This had been Hana's dream, to be held, kissed, and murmured sweet nothings by his mom.
He felt his eyes stinging and tears rolled down his cheeks as he watch the scene. She looked like she really loved him, if that is so, why did she left?
He knows that looking at it more will just continue to break his heart but he was so mesmerized by the fact that he was loved and can't take his eyes away from the room.
He then heard Anna's voice, "Why are you still up?"
He cringed, "I – I can't sleep" he confessed.
Anna glared at him, "Ssshhh! Tone down your voice, my baby is sleeping" she then put the baby back in his crib and kissed his head once again.
Hana felt something tug at his heart and he looked at her longingly.
My baby, oh how he wanted her to call him that!
"Go back to your room now. It's already late and don't make a sound" she said in an emotionless tone.
Hana reluctantly obeyed her.
After 30 minutes. Hana came back to the baby's room.
He tiptoed up to the crib and saw his younger self sleeping peacefully, sucking on his thumb unaware of the impending suffering that he would experience in the future.
'He looked so cute!' he mentally remarked, "Of course I'm not just telling it because it's me" he added defensively.
If what Ryu had told before or rather in the future is true, then it won't be long before his parents would abandon him. He had to act fast. He is here for a mission and he intended to use this once in a lifetime chance that he was given to his advantage.
"Don't worry Hana, I'm here now. I'll take care of everything and I promise to give you a better future."
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Whoa! Looks like Hana's cooking something. I guess by now you already know the reason why Hana time-travelled. Next chapter would be the start of Hana's plan to change his fate. See yah in the next chapter!
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