Disclaimer: KHR is not mine
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Chapter 3
It took 3 hours before the fire was extinguished and a crowd of onlookers have already gathered.
Despite the fire fighter's efforts, they still didn't manage to save the Sawada's house as it was completely burned to the ground. Nana just smiled and waved away their apologies, reassuring them that it's alright and thanking them for their hard work.
Without anyone noticing, she gave Yamamoto Tsuyoshi, who was at the back of the crowd, a nod in thanks as if it weren't for the sushi chief dousing the whole area with Rain Flames and slowly calming down the raging Sky Flames, the fire would've taken longer to be extinguished. Tsuyoshi seemed a little worst for wear but still manage to nod in return.
Even though she feels a little guilty, Nana still can't stop the feeling of pride from emerging. Tsuyoshi, who have a fully matured Rain Flames still have trouble dealing with her daughter's flame!
Sure, the Sky Flames is the strongest one out of the seven flames but you can't ignore the fact that the owner of the said Sky Flames is only 9 years old and the very same flames was sealed for almost 4 years. Give her daughter some credit!
While Nana inwardly preened with pride, Tsunayoshi just wanted this day to end.
When his mother cried earlier, Tsunayoshi thought of all the things that would cause his mother's tears and the most plausible one would be because of their burning house. After all, that house is full of memories between his mother and father. Even Tsunayoshi feels some loss so without further thought, he willed his flames to burn smaller so the fire fighters have less trouble trying to put it out.
Only, instead of settling down like he expected, the flames burned even larger, swallowing the whole house. If earlier, the fire fighters manage to contain the fire on the second floor, with Tsunayoshi's 'help' the fire now spread to the first floor much to their confusion.
Tsunayoshi now wanted to cry. No matter how hard he tries to control the flame, it only manage to burn angrier, harsher. The Sky Flames, his Sky Flames feels very foreign to him and the feeling it gave off is a world different than what his used to.
The tranquil and matured Sky Flames that burned under his skin at his beck and call and this uncontrollable, full of anger flames doesn't seem to belong to the same person.
'That's because it doesn't.' his hyper intuition whispered and Tsunayoshi stopped. He stopped trying to control the flame. Letting it burn, letting in vent.
Because he just realize, this flame is not really his. This flame belonged to a 9 years old child, a flame that was sealed, hidden, snuffed out and hidden away before it even have the chance to shine. This flame belongs to a child that had her potential locked, rendering her almost disabled to most worldly matters.
And as Tsunayoshi watch the dancing flames, images, memories, flashed by. The memory of Sawada Tsunayoshi.
And what he saw broke his heart.
He saw a very special little girl brimming with unlimited potential. So in tuned with the flames under her skin that it's as if she's in constant Hyper Dying Will Mode.
So when her Sky Flames was sealed, a big change was imminent.
The little bubbly girl from before seems like a completely different person. The little Tsuna-chan reacted slower, her actions clumsier, her thought process simpler.
It would have been fine, little Tsuna-chan would have been fine like Tsunayoshi was. Only, Tsuna-chan was more in tuned with her Sky Flames. She was more in sync, more connected.
In the first place, Dying Will Flame is a part of a person's soul. An energy produced from their determination, powered by their unwillingness, stubbornness to part from this world. And Tsuna, her Sky Flames is so intertwined with her soul that when her flames were sealed, a part of her soul was sealed along with it.
No human can survive with only a part of their soul. Unless, of course, said human is a Tri Ne Sette holder.
4 years. That's how long Tsuna's half soul manage to last.
And then some how, Tsunayoshi arrived here and the sealed broke from some strange reason, letting out the surpress Sky Flames.
A sudden wave of Rain Flames enveloping the raging fire snap him out of his thoughts. Almost immediately, his senses focused on the user, blinking in surprise at the familiar face, though its younger that what he remembers. Yamamoto Tsuyoshi stood among the onlookers, still dressed in his sushi chief attire, face extremely serious as he sends wave after wave of Rain Flames towards the burning house.
Tsunayoshi observed the man at the corner of his eyes. The man looked exactly like his Rain Gaurdian that he found it a little weird, no matter how much time passes.
He thought of assisting the man by using his own converted Rain Flames then he thought of how he made the fire worst by trying to control it, and change his mind. He's not confident that he can even summon a Rain Flame at his current state.
Considering that he's a child right now, he'll leave it to the adults.
For now.
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AN: Tsuna accepts the fact that he's a child yet still uses male pronoun xD
Typed this on my phone since power's still out. Sorry for the mistakes, ill edit them..sometimes in the future.
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