Dun, dun, DUUN. This is were some of the good stuff happens. The answer to where Mukuro is lies in these 815+ words. Mukuro, don't die. o A o

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One More Time : One more Cry

"Fu*k off, Byakuran. What did you do with Mukuro?" Tsuna said, with the stone cold voice, which made the entire room shiver; Tsuna was ticked off.

On the screen appeared Byakuran, making a puppy dog face; his purple eyes almost shining.

"Heei~ Tsunayoshi-kun is so mean to me. You're the same as Mukuro-chan, both of you are no fun. Toys aren't toys when they aren't fun, they're just garbage." Mukuro's expression turned back to his normal sly grin. His words caught Tsuna's immediate attention.

"What do you mean? Mukuro is not your toy, and certainly isn't garbage." Tsuna said shouted at the screen. Byakuran chuckled in returned.

"Of course he's not my toy, not anymore at least." Byakuran opened his eyes, and said slowly.

"Tsunayoshi-kun, you're going to be my next toy. If you're as boring as you seem to be, then you'll have to be punished. Come and play with me. You have to come over here, okay?~ "

"Don't mess around! There's no way I'm going to be your slave and do what you say. Just tell me where and what you've done with Mukuro!"

"So, Tsunayoshi-kun won't play with me? That makes me mad, well no matter. Little puppies like you need discipline. I'll show you what happens when dogs don't listen to their master, like how toys need to be fun." The screen went pitch black, and suddenly the lights turned on and what they saw shocked them.

In the centre of the room, there was Mukuro. He was tied down to a wall, cuffs on with wrist and ankles. The right side of his face was badly beaten up, blood slowly dripping down his cheek. His clothes were full of holes and burn marks, like he shot thousands of times then dipped into fire. There were cuts all over his body and his head was sort of drooping down. The room echoed with Byakuran's voice.

"Wakey-wakey, Mukuro-chan! ~ Can you guess who is watching you right now? Tsunayoshi-kun is! I'm going to make him my new playmate, because you're boring and no fun. You don't mind if I use you're preacious boss as a simple dog toy, do you?"

There was a silence before anyone said something. It was Mukuro who broke the silence first by coughing out some blood.

"…ku…fufu. If you think you can just use me to lure Tsunayoshi out, you're wrong…." Mukuro was silent again, but not for long.

"Tsunayoshi…please forget about me. Please don't come here, Byakuran is just fooling you; don't let that freak near you. Tsunayoshi, stay there and protect everyone and everything dear to you. Tsunayoshi, PLEASE FORGET ABOUT ME!" Mukuro was able to shout out those words, before coughing out some more blood. Byakuran's voice echoed again.

"Protect everyone and everything dear to me?" Tsuna thought as he holds backs his tears.

"Heei~ that's not nice Mukuro-chan. 'That freak', is you're master right now and bad dogs should get punished; like this."

All of a sudden, a bright green light flashed, followed by a loud painful scream from Mukuro. Now, Mukuro was now knocked out cold; hopefully. The scream was returned by Byakuran laughing and Tsuna himself screaming back.

"MUKURO! Byakuran, what did you do to him? What was that light?"

"Nothing much, I just sent 5,000 volts of lighting through his body! That's just enough energy to damage him, but not enough to kill him; instantly that is." Byakuran replied, like it was a commonly used answer.

"Anyway, Tsunayoshi-kun, I'm really getting bored of playing with Mukuro-chan. So hurry up and come over here! Before you say anything, I won't let you get a chance to answer. Just to make sure you'll come, I'm injecting Mukuro-chan with poison now; if you don't mind. It'll slowly destroy his internal organs and his nervous system. First he'll feel the burning pain of his muscle tissues slowly ripping apart. Then he'll slowly lose the ability to touch, hear, speak and finally see. And eventually his heart muscles will die and so will he."

There was more silence as the needle can out of the wall and injected Mukuro. If you listened carefully, you could've heard a quiet yelp.

"I feel sorry for Mukuro-chan. That's a horrible way to die. What kind of cruel person would do such a thing? Oh wait me of course."

Tsuna just stood there, in shock. His mind went blank and he almost passed out until he heard the devil speak again.

"Hora, Tsunayoshi-kun. I don't think taking a nap now is a good idea. You should get here as soon as possible. If you're a good playmate, I'll give Mukuro-kun the antidote. There is a limo waiting outside, I'll see you soon~ "


Don't do it Tsuna! Don't go to that freak! o A o Oh wait,it's up to me to decide xD Stay tuned of the next chapter. Will Tsuna risk his life to save Mukuro's?

P.S

Protect everyone and everything around you. Even if I shall fall, never look back and keep moving on.