So here is another chapter to Forgotten! I thank you all that reviewed and thanks for being so kind about giving advice. I tried to put it to use as I wrote this chapter. Please tell me how I did. I hope that you enjoy this chapter!
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Dinner that night was an almost silent. Almost because Nana talked to both Dino and Reborn about what had been going on with her and Tsuna for the last three years. Dino would nod and make laugh along but it had a forced feeling behind it. Nana didn't notice or didn't care, just happy to have someone to talk to. Reborn ate his food while deep in thought about what had happened earlier.
Flashback
Reborn could only stare in disbelief at the girl in front of him. No longer was she scared of him. No longer did shiver in fear around him. When Nana had said that Tsuna had changed, he had had his doubts about how serious she was. Now he could see that she had changed and he didn't like it one bit. Looking at the expressionless girl, he knew this situation had more to it. Tsuna was stronger than he sometimes gave her credit for and she wouldn't break like this just because they had left. No, something had happened. And when he found out who or what had caused these changes there would be hell to pay.
End of flashback
His thoughts were broken as heard a chair scrape across the wooden floor. Looking over he saw Tsuna put her dishes in the sink and for her room. Not bothering to be polite, not asking for permission to leave, and simply left. The frown on his face deepened.
In Tsuna's room
Closing her door quietly, Tsuna pressed her back against the cool wooden door, sliding down and hooked her arms around her knees. Her hands were shaking and her eyes had unshed tears in them. It hurt. To be cold to her mother, the people at school, Dino and it especially hurt to be cold to Reborn. But what was she supposed to do? If they knew what had happened, what would they say? What would Reborn say?
Shaking her head, Tsuna got up and got ready to take a bath. She wanted to get at least a little sleep tonight after all. Grimacing at the thought she left the room and headed to the bathroom
In the kitchen
Nana hummed happily under her breath as she washed the dishes. It had been a long time since she had felt this good. She finally had people to talk to. As bad as that sounded, she couldn't help the thought. Tsuna had changed so much lately that she could no longer hold a conversation with her daughter without an argument. Frowning she concentrated on the fact that Tsuna would soon be back to normal since she would be seeing her friends later.
So deep in her thoughts she didn't hear Reborn until he said her name. Looking over at him, smiling she answered, "Yes, Reborn-chan?"
Reborn looked at her for a minute thinking about how to word what he wanted to ask, he gave up and decided to be blunt.
"I was wondering if you could tell me a little about when Tsuna first started to act like she does now."
Nana froze for a second but then sighed and nodded her head. Sitting at the kitchen table, she motioned for Reborn to do the same. Thinking for a moment, she then started to speak.
"It started a couple months after everyone left. She had continued to smile and laugh and talk but she was definitely sad. She hid it though and tried her hardest in school. One day though…something seemed off. She was jumpy. Every little sound made her jump and whenever you talked to her she seemed suspicious about whatever you were saying. When I asked her what was wrong she gave me this odd look. She just stared at me for a couple of minutes before she said that she felt something bad would happen that day."
Nana seemed to be lost in her memories for a few minutes, before shaking her head and continuing on with her story.
"After looking at my face for a few minutes she started to laugh. Smiling she said that she was just kidding and had wanted to play a joke on me. After apologizing she left for school. I went about my normal routine but when it came time for Tsuna to start getting home, she didn't show up. I just thought that she was continuing the joke that she had stated that morning and was getting kind of mad. I waited up for her for hours. Finally around two or three in the morning she showed up. I was about to scold her for being so late but when I looked at her, something wasn't right. She was even more nervous than she had been that morning and she was extremely pale."
Reborn looked at Nana with a feeling of dread filling his stomach. Tsuna's hyper intuition had picked up something dangerous. Her coming home late either meant that she had found the danger and destroyed or had waited until it was safe for her to proceed home. From what he was hearing though, she had simply waited for the danger to pass for the time being. Reborn listened even closer to what Nana was saying.
"I scolded her for being so late but she didn't seem to be paying attention. Her eyes were constantly shifting, searching for something. I reached out to touch her….." Her voice trailed off. Reborn looked at her, "and what happened then?" he asked as gently as possible. Nana's face had gone white and he had to lean forward to here the rest of the story.
"She went crazy. She started to scream at me not to touch her, not to talk to her. Then as quick as it happened it stopped. She went silent, her face became blank and her eyes looked dead. She went upstairs and didn't sleep, didn't eat, didn't talk. She just sat there. When I took her to the doctors they said it might be a delayed reaction to everyone leaving. When they put her on medication she got better but she is still not Tsuna."
Reborn tried to comfort the woman by patting her shoulder and thanking her for telling him. Nana gave him a shaky smile and nodded. As he got up to leave she spoke once more, "Help her. Please." Turning around he nodded his head and gave her a confident smirk. Of course he would help Dame-Tsuna. He was one of the only people that could.
Chapter finished.
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