A/n Its 11.11.11! XD Its the day when AFA starts, the day when I get my results and the day that I can meet Fujiwara Tatsuya! Today is such a happy day so I decided to upload a new chapter. ^^ I want to thank all my readers for reviewing/alerting/favouriting (its not an official word ) this story, it really makes me happy knowing that someone likes my story. ^^ In the last chapter I said I wanted to thank 'mer', apparently her current user is 'mem' = w =

Disclaimer : I do not own khr, if I did, Hibari would stop being so tsundere XD


Chapter 2 : Significance

Sawada Tsunayoshi P.O.V

The door let out a soft "creak" as I pushed it open.

"I'm home" I said to no one in particular. There was no one else at home after all, ever since that day.

I switched on the hallways lights and absentmindedly threw my bag of bloodied clothes on the floor. It had been another worthless job of assassinating some weak family. I went to the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of milk and made my way to the living room. I slumped down on the couch and opened my bottle of milk. I put the unfinished bottle of milk on the coffee table in front of me and stared at my empty hands. It's already the fifth family and there are still no leads. All of these families were a waste of my time and time, was something I cannot waste.

Taking a deep breath, I breathe in the warm air that filled the room. No matter how many years had passed it still retained their scent. Their scent brought me comfort whenever I felt depressed or unsecure, just like now.

While I was caught up in my memories my cell phone let out a small but continuous "ring", bringing me back to the present.

Lazily, I stretched out my hand and reached for my cell phone which was placed on the coffee table in front of me. When I got hold of it, I flipped it open and saw an incoming call from one of my best friends and my most trusted ally —Gokudera Hayato.

"Hello Hayato-kun, I am already done on my side and now resting at home how about you?"

"Don't worry jyuudaime! I am also done on my side. The Advoricri Family was full of weaklings; I finished them off without breaking a sweat!" Hayato replied, voice brimming with pride.

Hearing his liveliness always made me smile. I was about to end the conversation when Hayato's voice turned more solemn and serious.

"Tsuna...did you use the flames again tonight?"

Hearing this, I was hesitant to reply him. He only called me by my given name when he was serious about something. There was a moment of silence as I debated if I should tell Hayato the truth. He was one of my best friends who I would entrust my life to but if he knew I used it again just now, he would nag at me to no end. While I was thinking of a way to reply him, he broke the silence and continued talking.

"Tsuna, I know that it is not my place to say this but you should not overwork yourself. I know that you are desperate but you are my best friend! I cannot let you continue to hurt yourself like this! You should know best that when you use your flames your-"

His speech was getting annoying me to no end. I could feel anger boiling and rising inside of me. When he said the last sentence, I just could not take it anymore.

"I KNOW!" I snapped back. I could feel the stunned shocked Hayato received from the other end of the phone. After a pregnant silence, I finally calmed down and realised what I just did and quickly apologised.

"Sorry Hayato."

I knew all of this from the beginning.

I knew that all Hayato wanted to do was to warn me out of genuine concern as a friend.

I knew the cost I had to pay in exchange for the flames.

I knew that time was running out if I continued on like this.

I knew it all but I could not stop using the flames. Whenever I see these despicable people and at the thought they might be related to their deaths, I just had to kill them the same way they died.

"Sorry Hayato but I just can't forgive."

"Tsuna...I am at fault too. Sorry for telling you off. "

"Don't worry; I understand that you were just concern about me"

But apparently he did not register what I said as he hastily replied.

"As apology I will buy you lunch for the rest of the month jyuudaime!" Hearing his attics in order to gain my forgiveness was always so amusing yet worrying at the same time.

"Its fine hayato! I had already forgiven you" I added hastily "See you at school tomorrow then." I ended the conversation.

I threw my cell phone to a side and ran my slender fingers through my bush of soft brown hair. The conversation with Hayato unconsciously made me remember some bad memories. I was about to go wash up when my hyper intuition spiked. I made a swift turn while pulling out a pocket knife, pointing it at the intruder.

"Kufufufu~ I see that you are as sharp as ever Sawada Tsuna."

Recognising the 'intruder' I gave out a sigh of relief and lowered my knife.

"What business do you have here Mukuro?" I asked, looking amused.

"Kufufu...I just came to report to my little Tsuna that I finished erasing your presence at the scene of crime..." He answered while leaning closer to me.

"Well good job but I doubt that you would come and pay me a visit just to tell me this right?" I looked at him sceptically as I pushed him away.

Faking a pout, he stood up straight and smirked.

"As expected of my little Tsuna, as bright as ever. Your right. Something went wrong while cleaning up."

I frowned. Mukuro screwing up a job? This was new. Well I guess it just goes to shows that everything has to have its first but knowing him I knew that he would not screw up that badly.

"Let me hear the problem" I said as I motioned him to continue.

"I didn't erase the dying message by the victim."

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"You WHAT! Wait... what dying message?" I don't recall seeing a dying message...

"Kufufu~ I don't blame you for not noticing it, it was carefully hidden under his corpse. I only noticed it while I was about to leave."

This was bad, bad, bad!

"If you noticed it why didn't you erase it?"

If the victim wrote down anything leading to me it would ruin my whole plan!

"Kufufu~ I was about to but the meddlesome police had to butt in at that timming. I couldn't risk getting caught so I had to flee from the area. I managed to take a glance and all the victim wrote were some mismatched words. Personally, I don't think it is anything of important" Mukuro scoffed while waving his hair in the air.

I could only hope his words were true.

"But...I got a message from 'joker', warning you to be cautious at school. I am unsure of his reasons but since I done what I had come here to do, I bid you Buona note." With that, Mukuro left after planting a small kiss on my cheek.

If I weren't so troubled by the current matter at hand I would had screamed "Perverted Paedophile!"

Why did joker ask me to be careful at school?

I knew that there must a logical reason for this warning knowing 'joker' but curiosity was one of my strongest trait. Hopefully it isn't related to the dying message left by the victim.

Letting out a deep sigh I headed to my bedroom. There was no use worrying about such matters. All I should do now is head the warning and act carefully, if I did so, there was no way I was going to be caught—especially in school. Satisfied with my conclusion I tucked into bed to get a good night's rest, preparing for another day.

Little did I know how much influence the dying message and warning had upon my life...


A/n Tsuna is 'X' surprised? I actually thought the name 'X' was a dead giveaway. Who's 'joker'? What is Tsuna's "plan" Who is "them"? Read on to find out :D

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