Chapter 3 When Lightning Strikes
They all arrived at the room where their boss was waiting and were shocked when they found Tsuna, sleeping on the floor. Gokudera and the others quickly went to him and checked his condition. They were relieved to find nothing was wrong with him, instead it seemed like he was just sleeping.
"Let's lay him over there." Yamamoto suggested. They arrange some tables put him down gently.
They stood around him. All except Hibari of course, he refused to crowd. He was at the door, making sure no one would enter the room and interrupt them.
"Octopus Head" Ryohei called, signaling for him to start talking.
Gokudera nodded and began to explain.
"I'll tell you all that I know. First off, why are we here? How did this happen? and Who did this? Those questions still haven't been answered yet, but he is investigating right now."
"Who?" Yamamoto asked.
"The one who returned my Buckle of Storm Version X, the Pineapple Head." Gokudera answered in a resigned tone.
"No way… you mean Rokudo Mukuro!?" Yamamoto yelled in shock, Hibari narrowed his eyes at the name.
Gokudera doesn't want to admit it but… "Yeah, him. Out of all of us, he was the first one to remember. He got his Earrings of the Mist Version X from a stranger. They told him that all us Guardians of the Sky must gather first. That is the first step to rescuing Tuna and find all of answers. The second is still unknown but they said they would meet us in person when the time was right." Gokudera said in a serious tone.
"So have we EXTREME gathered yet?" Ryohei asked.
"Who knows, I don't have that Stupid Cow's gear, the Pineapple Head had it and said he'd get the job done. He might also look for the other Mist."
"You mean Chrome?" Yamamoto said. Gokudera nod to that.
"I have done my job here, which is the three of you and found our boss here." Gokudera looked at his sleeping boss then look back to them, "When those three arrive, that guy might show up."
They all silently processed everything and finally Yamamoto broke the silence by asking a question.
"Gokudera about that message at the end of our memories... what does it mean by... 'Taking their place'?" Yamamoto asked, looking at Gokudera.
Gokudera crossed his arms, thought about it and shrugged. He has no idea either. Hibari closed his eyes and thought for a moment until he murmured something that everyone could hear.
"We replaced them ... the US from this world."
That made their eyes go wide with realization. Now they only had one question left in their minds.
'Who did this and why?'
For now, they couldn't find an answer but hoped they would ring out in the near future. Ryohei remember something and asked.
"Octopus Head tell me what happened to Sawada? I heard rumors about him being called Soulless Tsuna. Before I didn't care but now… what happened to Tsuna?" Ryohei asked in a serious tone which was very rare to him to do.
Gokudera became quiet and pale, Yamamoto lost his smile and his eyes darkened as they hide behind his bangs. From the door Hibari stayed quiet and closed his eyes but deep inside he was mad to himself.
Hibari remembered the first time he had met Tsuna for the second time, he was a bit surprised on the inside to see someone who acted so differently from all the other herbivores. He was like an empty shell. It was they that Tsunayoshi stopped in front of him, staring at him blankly. He doesn't understand why he stopped and stared at him but a second latter he started crying, tears came out of his blank eyes which surprised Hibari even more. Why was he crying? Even when he asked, he did not say anything. After a minute of crying and staring, he just walked past him. A mysterious pain seized Hibari's heart but he ignored it.
Hibari soon witnessed the bullies after Tsuna but he was able to protect himself. In amazement, he called him 'Carnivore'. Hibari asked him to fight him but he didn't respond. He attacked him but he easily evaded his hits, one after another until he stopped. Tsunayoshi just stared at him blankly and then started to cried once again. In that moment something from inside him told Hibari to keep an eye on Tsuna.
Hibari now regretted how he treated his 'Omnivore', the only person who truly accepted him outside his family.
Yamamoto is having a hard time confronting the issue, he can sense the same from the other two. Ryohei couldn't believe that it was so bad that no one was telling him anything .
"The thing is," Yamamoto spoke, "He is… different. He's like what other people call him… he acts… soulless… and… he…" before he can continue, Tsunayoshi woke up. His eyes were still white as he slowly sit up.
Gokudera saw him get up and went to him. "Juudaime!" he called.
He looked blankly to Gokudera first and then the other three. Beside Hibari and Yamamoto, Ryohei was shocked. Tsunayoshi, his little brother looked… lifeless.
"We Guardians lost our memories but they returned when we wore our Vongola Gears, but Juudaime is… I was surprised when Pineapple told me about him and I didn't believe him but…" Gokudera looked like it difficult pained him but he continued. "It's true… He can't communicate with anyone. His soul was sealed within him."
Ryohei couldn't believe this. He wanted to punch something really hard but controlled himself, for the sake of not scaring his little brother.
"Is there anything we can do for him? Is there an EXTREME way to cure him!?" Ryohei asked desperately.
Gokudera looked at them and shook his head, "Right now I have no idea. All I can think about is we all of us must gather, after that I don't know. That person might appear and tell us."
"Tsuna's Vongola gear, where is it?" Yamamoto asked
They were silent and Gokudera answered. "I don't actually know… maybe that Pineapple heard had it."
Hibari grip his hand in frustration. "We'll talk again after those three come here. Where should we all assemble?" Hibari asked, well more like demanded.
They all looked to each other and Yamamoto suggested his place.
"How about my place at the dojo? It's spacious so we won't be crowding, right?" Yamamoto said with a grin amid at Hibari.
Hibari looked at him for a second and 'hn'd.
"Then your place it is." Gokudera settled and Ryohei just nod.
Gokudera looked back to Tsuna who just stared blankly to them. "Please be there as well, and don't worry, I'll be there to pick you up Juudaime and I'm also sorry for my lateness… please forgive me." He bowed a perfect 90 degree angle.
Tsunayoshi stare at him and look at the others.
"Tsuna just forgave you Gokudera and..." Yamamoto became pale again but found courage to look at him. "I'm sorry… for not talking to you and not caring for you this whole time… please forgive me Tsuna."
"Sawada this time I'll make sure to EXTREMELY protect you from anyone who will try to harm you, even those bullies. I promise as your older brother to the EXTREME!" Ryohei declared to himself.
After a few seconds, Hibari went to him, not caring about the crowd for the first time and stood in front of Tsuna. Gokudera was a bit hyper aware of him and stepped back for a bit.
Hibari leaned in his personal space and whispered into his ear , "I'll keep watching over you, Omnivore."
With that, Hibari turns around and left the room. The three didn't hear but has a guess as to what he said, which made them smile. The only person that got to see Hibari's soft side was their boss. After the Hibari left, the others also started to leave the school. Unbeknownst to them Reborn had been listening in on there conversation the whole time.
He had watched from outside the window, and saw the four of them leave.
'It's seems that you are their Sky, Sawada Tsunayoshi. Hmm...they all also know about the Vongola family even though they are all supposed to be civilians (except Gokudera), just who are these people?' with that in mind, Reborn went away before the school prefect found him and got home before the others did.
After dinner, Reborn asked Nana to have a private talk. Both Tsunayoshi and Ienyuji went to their room and Reborn made sure to keep an eye on Ieyuji to see he truly went to his room. When he was gone , Reborn went to the dining room and sat in his seat. Nana looked at him with confused face.
"Something wrong Reborn-kun?" Nana asked.
"It's about Tsuna." Reborn said and that made Nana inslantly worried.
"Did you find anything?" Nana asked. Reborn nod.
"Tsuna seems lifeless because something is preventing him from expressing himself, and especially from communicating with us." Reborn stated. This raised Nana's eyebrows, in confusion. Reborn continued to explain.
"I happened to find that out today. The cure is still unknown and whatever it is, that is preventing him from communicate with us is also unknown. I'm still trying to find something out about that. About his lifeless actions… As I had said, somthings preventing him from communicating with us. So he can't talk or even show emotions. Emotions are our contact to connect with other people and show what we feel."
Nana was shocked. "N-no wonder when I gave him paper to write on… his arm just froze, no it's like it was shaking. Something was forcing him not to write even he through he wanted to. I also gave him a mobile phone but when he touched it… it's like it electricicuted him and made him drop the phone… no" She began to cry. Why hadn't she notice anything? It had been staring her right in the face for yaers.
She looked up to Reborn and asked, "What should I do Reborn-kun?"
"We can do nothing for now but you know, he actually listens when we talk to him. Just continue to talk to him so he won't feel forgotten."
These words gave her some comforterto.
"Thank you Reborn-kun." Nana smiled. She was very thankful to him. Reborn just nod as a reply.
Reborn also knew someone was eavesdropping in on their conversation. That person quickly went up to his room.
Reborn went to Ieyuji's room, seeing him trying to do his homework.
"Eavesdropping on conversations with others is a bad hobby Baka Yuji"
Ieyuji flinch to that, "Wha-what do you mean Reborn?"
He tried to act innocent but that obviously didn't work on Reborn, he was the world's greatest Hitman for a reason.
"Time to torture you" Reborn said devilishly as his tone sent a shiver through Yuji and seconds later, screams and explosions could be heard from his room.
It was finally the end of the day and Ieyuji had somehow survived but there were bruises all over his body while Reborn was wearing his pajamas and getting ready to sleep.
He was hesitant at first but asked, "Hey Reborn… why are you investigating that Soulless Brother of mine?"
"Don't say bad things to your brother Baka Yuji and I am doing this because your mother asked me a favor." Reborn said.
"Can't communicate huh… what a pathetic brother I have, it would have been better if he died." Ieyuji turns around and closed his eyes.
Reborn just stare at him. 'Someone with a attitude like that has no right to become a boss… Why does he hate his brother so much anyway… If Tsunayoshi could communicate… what he like?'
Remembering their not really conversation, he pitied his condition. How did some think like that happened? He just hoped he could fulfill his promise to nono before he shot his heir to death.
The next day came with a child dressed in a full body cow suit. He was standing outside, waiting for the door to open. It was Nana who greeted him when the door opened.
"Ara what is a child doing here?" Nana sat down to look the child closely who was smiling brightly and with excitement.
"I came here to see Tsuna-nii!" He said happily which shocked Nana but she just smiled even more brightly and asked, "And may I have name? How old are you?"
"I'm the great Lambo-sama! Five years old maman" He answered cheerfully. This made Nana even more laugh in delight and pick him up.
"Come in Lambo-kun, Tsu-kun right now is with Yuji-kun and Reborn-kun studying. I'll show you the way." Nana said happily and smiled brightly as Lambo said 'Yehey!' while both hands rose up swaying up and down. He was excited to finally see his Tsuna-nii.
Nana closed the door and went up stairs still carrying him.
"Lambo-kun what's your relationship with Tsu-kun and when did both of you met?" She asked curiously.
Lambo thought first for a moment before answering, "Tsuna-nii is my great big brother maman! And as for where we met…" His eyes softened a bit and told her, "I'm sorry maman but I cannot answer that question. Sorry." Lambo said with a sad voice.
She doesn't understand why but let it be until they got to Ieyuji's room. She knocked three times until she heard a 'come in' and opened it.
It looked like Ieyuji had already been shot at many times while Tsunayoshi was still perfectly fine, sitting comfortably doing his homework. Reborn knew that he was smart enough but to make the two brothers become closer, he asked Tsuna to join them. He even asked Tsuna to tutor Ieyuji who protested and that annoyed Reborn which resulted in him shooting at yuji until he stopped protesting.
Reborn didn't expect much but it seemed Tsuna could tutor him without a word. He just checked over problems and pinpointed the wrong answers. Ieyuji always got angry every time he pinpointed his mistakes, wanting to tell him 'it's none of your business' but not wanting to be shot at by Reborn.
They all look up at Nana when she opened the door, carrying a small child.
"Sorry to disturb you but this child is looking for you Tsu-kun." She said cheerfully.
When Lambo saw his big brother, he was shocked at first. His Tsuna-nii looked so different but he knew why. He held the pain inside and instead, welcomed him happily like any child would do.
"Tsuna-nii!" Lambo shouted in happiness and went to Tsuna and immediately hugged him tightly. The child began to cry, unable to hold himself anymore. Lambo kept calling his name as he cried.
Tsunayoshi just stared at him blankly, but then returned the hug, shocking the other three people in the room.
"Tsu-kun" Nana called .
She had never seen him act like this before.
"Hey what's this kid doing here?" Ieyuji asked, breaking the silence.
Lambo looked at Ieyuji for a bit and wiped his tears. Lambo look at Ieyuji again with determination. "I'm the great Lambo-sama and I am here to protect Tsuna-nii from any harm!" He declared to them.
"Protect him? Are you serious? Protected a Soulless person like him?" Ieyuji mock the child.
Lambo glared at him with hatred and threatened him, "Don't ever say something like that in front of me again or I'll show you what it's like to be shot by a thousand bolts of lightning!"
Reborn saw the spark in his eyes, he wasn't kidding, this kid was actually serious. Nana looked confused at the strange threat but she knew one thing, her son needed to be scolded for not respecting his elder brother again.
"Like I care kid. A child like you can't do anything." Ieyuji said smiling with mockery in his voice once again. This made Lambo snap.
Lambo jump to his brother side and land on the desk, "You asked for it," sparks came out to his horn which alarmed Reborn a little bit.
The spark soon became larger which surprised both Ieyuji and Nana. Reborn was about to kick him but Tsuna made a move first by picking him up and look at him. Lambo look up into blank eyes and no words came out of his mouth but he understood. His Tsuna-nii wanted him to stop so he did.
The sparks vanish and Lambo hugged him back.
"Sorry Tsuna-nii, I don't want to hear someone bad mouthing you, that's why I'm here Tsuna-nii. I came back for you!" Lambo said in a apologizing tone.
Tsuna patted his cotton hair, as if telling him it's okay.
Silence settle across the room, both Ieyuji and Nana in shock from the child's reaction.
Reborn broke the silence, "Maman can you bring us some snacks please" he said, hoping to get the four of them alone.
Nana couldn't take her eyes off the child but when Reborn spoke, she came back to reality and smiled warily, "Ahhh o-okay Reborn-kun, just a minute." She closed the door slowly and went down.
Now the four of them were alone at the room.
"Wha-WHAT THE HECK IS THAT KID!?" Shouted a very confused Ieyuji.
Reborn shot him in the forehead, "Quiet!"
Reborn looked back on Lambo and narrowed his eyes at him. "Who are you?" Reborn's voice came out cold.
Lambo slowly turn around to face him. His expression was not that of a child's, he seemed to mature for his high and childish voice.
"I'm Bovino Lambo of the Bovino Famiglia… and also Tsuna-nii's Lightning Guardian."
"Lightning Guardian?" Ieyuji asked but was ignored.
"What's your relationship with Tsuna?"
"He is my brother and family. I swore to protect him with my life and to become strong enough to stand by his side join. My loyalty is to him and him alone." Lambo spoke as if he were an adult in his 30's and not a 5 year old child.
Reborn smirked at the answer. "I see he has his own Famiglia already. Are you both aware of the mafia?"
"Yes. Right now, we are gathering at his side ato help him unseal the barrier that is keeping him in this state. We want to make Tsuna-nii, our family member and our boss happy once again. We wish for nothing but his happiness to be our happiness." Lambo was firm with his words.
Reborn looked up to Tsuna who was also looking to Lambo and then turn to him. He could see the surprised look in his eyes because his eyes widen for a bit before returning back to normal.
"Hey don't ignore me! What is this Guardian thing?" Ieyuji shouted at being ignore, Reborn looked at him sharply and he became quiet again.
Lambo looked back to his Tsuna-nii happily and announce him the great news. "Tsuna-nii! Tsuna-nii! Just be a little more patience and we will all be here for you!"
Tsuna looked back on Lambo who was very happy to get at least a little reaction.
"I heard from Stupidera that he got the other three. Well Pineapple head will soon come here with his other Pineapple head. We are almost complete Tsuna-nii, we're all coming together again just for you."
Tsunayoshi looked at him blankly and then to Reborn and then the paper on the table. His head soon began to hurt which alarmed both Reborn and Lambo.
"Tsuna-nii? Tsuna-nii! What's wrong? Tsuna-nii!" Lambo yelled worried as he clutched his clothes. He doesn't want to see his Tsuna-nii hurt like this. Panic was rising to his head.
"What's happening now?" Ieyuji asked, without even care his brother was in obvious pain.
Reborn noticed this and just released a 'tch'. Reborn would make sure to give him a hell of a tortu-tutoring lesson later.
Pain shot through Tsuna's head, as his hard shakily grabbed the pen on the table and wrote something to the paper that they all started. They all wait for him to finish and right after Tsuna lost consciousness.
Lambo called out his name and tried to wake him up but nothing happened. Ieyuji was just staring, not knowing what to do. Right then Nana came back with the snacks and was surprised to see her son unconscious. She put down the tray of snacks and went to her son.
"Tsu-kun? Tsu-kun!?" Nana shoke him like Lambo did. She saw the big worried look in Lambo's eyes and turn her head to Ieyuji who was just staring at them.
"Yuji-kun help me carry him to his room." She order.
"B-but" Ieyuji was about to protest but her glare stopped him and he just obeyed. Ieyuji took his brother not gently and went to his room with both Nana and Lambo, leaving only Reborn in the room. He went to the paper where Tsuna had written something down.
'When both my Mists arrive, come with us to learn more about the truth.'
Reborn guessed that Tsuna had forced himself to communicate again even though it pained him so much. Now he really wanted to know more about him.
Later, you could hear the sound of a woman scolding a child and then explosions coming from the house.
Latter in Tsuna's room, Tsuna was still sleeping, leaving Lambo to watch over him.
"Tsuna-nii" He called but there was no answer. Dejected he climbed under the sheets and curled up next to his brother
The room was completely silent, leaving the boys to sleep in peace.
The next day, both Gokudera and Yamamoto were waiting outside the Sawada house gates. The first to come out was Ieyuji who was being shot at by Reborn and noticed both of them.
"Oh you again… and Yamamoto is with you?" Ieyuji was surprised to see the famous baseball player at their house.
"Yo Ieyuji" Yamamoto greeted with a smile while Gokudera just 'tch'.
Reborn went to both of them as he jump on the gate.
"So, can you tell me both of your flames? And who are you people to Tsuna?" Reborn asked seriously.
Both Gokudera and Yamamoto looked at Reborn seriously before answering him.
"I'm Juudaime's right hand man and Storm Guardian, a right hand which will serve him, laugh with him and always be by his side as long as I live. I will protect my family like how they protect me in return, and I will protect Tsuna with my very being until the end." Firm are the words that Gokudera spoke.
"I'm the Rain Guardian and closes friend to Tsuna. He saved me from my inner darkness and in return I will serve and stay with him. I wash away the pain we feel and shower sadness within his heart. I'm the Rain who will give nothing but happiness to my Best Friend and my family." Yamamoto said with a smile but in his eyes there is determination.
Reborn smirked at there answer. He could see their resolve and fateful desire to be with their Sky. He was impressed with these kids.
"I wonder how the bonds of your family became so strong it." Reborn said with a hint of amusement in his voice.
Yamamoto just laughs , "Really? Well I guess we do have strong bonds."
"Huh? What is this about? Don't tell me you became friends with that soulless brother of mine!?" Ieyuji asked surprised, he had listened to their answers carefully and figured out who they were talking about.
Yamamoto laughs a bit, "We're friends that's why…" Yamamoto gave him a smile but not an ordinary smile, a smile that could scare anyone on the receiving end and held a promise of pain in it, "Don't you ever dare talk about him like that again."
Looks like Ieyuji got the message and spoke his head in fear. He wanted to run now. Of course both Gokudera and Reborn weren't affected by his killer aura. Gokudera just held back his irritation or he might have blown Yuji to bits. He was just thankful Yamamoto did something that could satisfy his hate. Same for Reborn, but he took note to give Yuji another tortu-tutoring lesson from hell later.
"Ieyuji after school return back here as soon as possible, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE" Reborn growled devilishly and Ieyuji didn't think for a second before turning around and run towards the school.
A second after that, both Tsunayoshi and Lambo came out the door, hearing Nana's voice calling 'Take care'. Both Guardians lighten up, at seeing there friend finally come out.
"YO Bakadera, Takeshi-nii!" Lambo greeted which made Yamamoto smile back and hold him up.
"Yo Lambo, glad to see you again."
"Tch, now the Stupid Cow is here" Gokudera said irritatedly but deep inside he was glad to see him again. Deep deep deep inside.
"What was that BAKADERA!" Lambo shouted but, deep inside he was also happy to see his big brother again. Deep deep deep inside.
Yamamoto just laughs at the two. Tsunayoshi remained blank as he stared at the both of them. Reborn looked at Tsuna and smirked. He could tell, under those blank eyes, he was very happy to be surrounded by his friends again.
"You three better go or you all will be bitten to death by Hibari." Reborn remind them.
"He can try!" Gokudera said, with no fear at all. Yamamoto just laugh.
"Well let's go!" Yamamoto declared and Gokudera began to argue with him, while Tsuna was already walking ahead of them. Upon seeing that, they stopped and followed him, leaving Lambo waving at them in good bye and Reborn just stand there.
Lambo looked at Reborn curiously. "What did Tsuna-nii write yesterday Reborn?" Lambo asked, hoping he'd answer.
Reborn thought for a moment before giving the paper to Lambo. He read it and closed his eyes, he had no choice but to accept Tsuna-nii's decision. He returned it back to Reborn and went back inside the house.
'Things will get even more interesting soon' Reborn said in his mind, as he pulled down his fedora and went to sneak inside the school to observe his idiotic student.
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"Sir I would like to tell you that a miracle has happened to your daughter." The doctor informed the parents who seemed shocked. He continued the explanation, "Your daughter, Nagi returned back from the dead and is now in a stable. Although this won't save her life, she needs a transplant for all her lost organs to live a normal."
Both parents turned to each other, shocked that the child who happened to be dead 10 minutes ago somehow returned back to life. Both looked back to the doctor who was waiting for them to respond.
The mother was the one to answer, "I-I see. Thank you very much doctor."
The doctor nod, "Also, be sure to encourage her to live. She's still too young to leave the world like this." He bowed before walking away.
Two parents watched the doctor vanish and once he was gone, they both sighed.
"Looks like your daughter still wanted to live." The father, no, stepfather told the woman. The woman who was the mother glared the man, "So what do you want me to do? Give my organs? Definitely not! I have many things still left to do. I don't have time to sit around in bed just to save her."
"Hey she can hear you and your her mother right? Are you sure you should be say that?" The stepfather questioned, although its clear in his tone he doesn't care about her.
"What are you saying? She's your daughter too after marrying me idiot." The mother yelled. Before the stepfather could speak, they heard a teen's voice that seemed… creepy.
"Kufufufu what a disgusting example of parents you two are."
Both parents looked at the teen. He had the same hair color as their daughter, red eyes with a kanji in his right eye while the other was blue, and a hairstyle that most people would say looked like a pineapple.
"Kufufufu"
How's the story so far?
I think I fixed up all the mistakes but please tell me if there is anything I missed.
