My world chapter 3 :Threat

BETA'D : eclipsed flower

Disclaimer : I do not own KHR.

He barely got a wink of sleep yesterday. All he could do was mull over the stories that he had been shared, realizing that his life could never return to what it had been before because of what had happened now. It hurt to know that he was hurting other people again while he was safe.

It was another day. Another boring day for Sawada Tsunayoshi. After Tsuna had learned his father was in the mafia,he didn't expect anything else from his father anymore. He would stop complaining, because it wouldn't change anything. And he drilled that one fact into his mind. He wouldn't expect anything anymore. He would stop hoping. And he was prepared to lose everything – including his life – anytime.

His life wasn't great at all. He had realized that fact a long time ago. The routine was like a sickness in him. It was one boring day and then another again. He sometimes hoped that someone would do him a favour and just cut off his life for him. Those were his thoughts before. But now he just didn't know anymore.

But the real problem was Reborn. It was getting harder and harder to keep his emotions in check. He couldn't help but get flustered or disconcerted in Reborn's presence. That baby knew him better than he did himself. Sometimes he wondered if Reborn could actually read his mind, from the way he read his heart so easily. He didn't like that.

Suddenly chalk hit his head square in the forehead, forcing him back to reality. The whole class laughed at him because he had been caught day dreaming in the middle of class.

"Sawada, come to the office later!" said Dino-sensei.

Dino was an English teacher at his school and his home room teacher. He was Italian and had become a teacher there not too long ago. He was actually kinder than the other teachers and popular with students. But he was clumsy. He wondered why Dino-sensei would sometimes lose all his coolness and be a klutz and trip over nothing.

After the class ended he was dragged to the teacher's office by Dino-sensei. Dino took a seat on his chair in front of his work-filled desk and looked at him with the most sincere expression on his face. "Are you being bullied?" he asked quite frankly.

Tsuna was taken back at the topic. "No…" He decided to lie. He wanted to end this as soon as possible. He had gotten used to that. And he didn't want others to be involved in his troubles again.

"Please be honest with me, Tsuna," His voice sounded awfully sincere.

"I'm alright," Tsuna tried to convince the young teacher.

"You don't look alright to me. Tell me why you don't come to school often? Why is your desk filled with so many scratches? Why is your body wrapped up in so many bandages? I'm worried about you – especially with the many rumours about you."

Tsuna gritted his teeth. Many bad rumours went around about him. There were rumours, that he was in the mafia – he didn't miss the irony – or he had actually bribed Gokudera to become his bodyguard because they had become close so suddenly. It was just so funny. They didn't know anything about him and the fact that they were making up all kinds of stories that just further proved how much that they didn't know him.

"I'm alright. You don't need to bother about me. Just pretend you don't see or hear anything, Sensei," he said, keeping a straight face.

He was used to other people asking if something was wrong with him before giving him empty promises, making the situation seem better before giving up on him and just pretending to not see his bruises or hear his screams when they realized –it wasn't their business so why bother?

"You are my responsibility Tsuna! How can I just pretend everything is fine when it's not?!" Dino reasoned.

"But my home-room teachers before you always do that! You should do that too… And it would save you from a lot of headaches and problems..." Tsuna suggested. It was strange. There wasn't any benefit in doing it. Why was Dino even bothering?

Dino sighed in defeat, "I will let you slip this time….But just promise me. When you believe me then let me help you," Dino insisted.

Tsuna blinked. The kindness was strange to him so he didn't know how to respond it. But he gave Dino small smile and made the promise anyway.

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It was gloomy from the morning. The cloudy, black sky was bare of any weather at all. The sky kind of reflected his emotions. He didn't feel too good today. There was a tight feeling in his chest and he didn't particularly like gloomy skies. It reminded him of many bad things. His bad luck would go downhill too and his body would mysteriously feel weak.

He needed to be fast. Gokudera had been released from hospital today. The doctor hadn't wanted Gokudera to go home so soon because his wounds hadn't fully healed yet but the bomber insisted to on home as soon as possible to protect Tsuna.

His eyes focused on the sky. He hoped the bad weather would go away. He didn't like it. The sky without anything. It seemed lonely and broken.

"Hi Tsuna! Do you have a second? There's an important thing I want to talk to you about," Yamamoto broke his trail of thought.

Tsuna blinked and nodded anyway even though he felt uneasy around Yamamoto.

"I just want to ask what your relationship with Gokudera is. You just became close all of a sudden. I thought you didn't like people like Gokudera."

Tearing his gaze away from the dismal sky, the brunet looked down at floor. "There isn't anything special between me and Gokudera. I just owe Gokudera a favour so I wanted to do my best to help him and not be a burden."

Everything happened so fast. One second Yamamoto was charging towards Tsuna with a deadly expression in his eyes, "Help him? Don't make me laugh. You're just using him." Yamamoto explained, all the while grinning sickly.

"Wha…?" His face lost all colour, almost resembling the sky up above. He felt the blood draining away from his face. Tsuna's hands were shaking, his eyes wide and staring at Yamamoto.

"You were almost killed by one of the assassins. You had begun to think you didn't want to die. You realized your life was precious when you just treated it like crap before. Isn't that true?" Yamamoto asked him, eyes glittering cruelly.

Tsuna gasped. "How could you know that?!"

The ex-baseball player laughed, but there was no humour in it, and showed him a strange ring with the rain symbol carved on it. "Do you know what this is?

Tsuna shook his head, frustrated and clearly confused.

Yamamoto smiled. Clearly Yamamoto pitied him because of his obliviousness. "It's the proof I am one of the Vongola guardians – the Rain guardian. So I know everything about one of my Famiglia's hindrances, Gokudera, of course."

Tsuna was confused. All of this crazy, mafia talk was making his head explode. "Hindrance's?"

"Gokudera is annoying to Federico-sama. Federico-sama doesn't want Gokudera to be one of his guardians, much less his right-hand man, but Gokudera doesn't know when to give up. Sadly your father saw a chance and reissued his position to you. He gave him half of the Vongola Storm ring in exchange for Gokudera being your bodyguard," Yamamoto explained.

Tsuna bit his lips in frustration. Now that Yamamoto had mentioned it to him, Tsuna clearly had seen Gokudera wear a strange ring on one of his fingers like Yamamoto, but in a different shape. It made sense now.

Yamamoto laughed like mad man and said "I've begun to take pity on Gokudera. Just like that man, you saw an opportunity in Gokudera and put pressure on him, but you didn't even have any dreams or goals in your life. You used him. "

"No…" Tsuna whispered out.

"You aren't intending on helping Gokudera for his sake, but for your own selfish need to save your conscience."

"Th-that's not true…!" He answered but found that he couldn't look into Yamamoto's eyes. It seemed like he was staring straight into the depths of Tsuna's soul. Tsuna took a few steps back, horrified, and shook his head furiously. But wasn't it true? It felt as if his chest had been ripped apart. It hurt.

Yamamoto eyes darkened and clearly showed his disgust at him "Selfish. Ignorant. That's the very core of you. That's why I hate you. You just pretend to help other people and sacrifice yourself. Playing to be one of the good guys. But soon I will end it."

"What…. What do you mean?" Tsuna couldn't help but stutter.

"I will end your pathetic struggle and give you salvation; what you have been yearning for, for so long…by killing you," Yamamoto whispered and there wasn't even the slightest hesitation in his words, his eyes clear and determined. He was dead serious. His eyes were those of a predator's and Tsuna was his prey.

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"You look relaxed Tsuna. Even after your classmates declared he would kill you. You know his skill is of the best. That's why he earned the position as one of the Vongola's guardians," Reborn reminded Tsuna.

The brunet just blinked his eyes and laughed him off. "What are you saying? Stop joking around Reborn…"

"Don't lie to me, Tsuna. I saw it all."

Flashback

Actually, Reborn had watched it and had not been pleased by the situation. He just wanted to make Tsuna know what he was facing now. The child would know sooner or later, so he had let Yamamoto reveal the information.

"What do you think you're you doing?" Reborn glowered.

"You see…. My next target is Tsuna! Let's play and have fun, ne?" Yamamoto declared playfully, his tone at odds with his cold eyes. He didn't seemt o mind the fact both Reborn and Gokudera would guard Tsuna after they found out Yamamoto's intention of killing Tsuna.

"What are you planning, Yamamoto?" Reborn asked. Reborn had a hint of an idea of what Yamamoto had in mind, but he just wanted to make sure.

"Nothing! I just decided to have a little fun after all and you know the one who sent me? It was Gokudera's aneki (sister), Poison scorpion so I guess I will do her a favour. Two birds with one stone!" Yamamoto said cheerily.

It was bad…The timing wasn't good. Tsuna's life was on the edge of a roof. Yamamoto was one of the best swordsmen in the mafia world. He had forcibly taken the title from Superbi Squalo, one of Varia officers as The Third Emperor of swords in middle school. He had learned it all in a mere three month period.

Not the only that, but Yamamoto was a natural born hitman. He was extremely talented as a hitman even if Yamamoto himself didn't realize it. And Gokudera had gotten hurt too, and hadn't fully recovered yet.

But what was he planning? Yamamoto was The Rain Guardian of the Vongola afterall. He must know that killing Tsuna would be considered as betrayal to the Famiglia. Tsuna was Iemitsu's son. His title as the Vongola Rain Guardian could be stripped away, so why was he doing it?

"You know the consequences, right?"

The swordsman nodded, "Of course, but I will do anything to erase someone who will hinder Federico-sama and fulfil my duty as The Rain Guardian."

Pathetic. Just blind loyalty, Reborn thought.

End Flashback

"I don't know what you're talking about, Reborn." The brunet still refused to tell him the truth.

Reborn smashed the table with his tiny fist,making the end of the table crack and earning a surprised gasp from Tsuna. "Don't underestimate Yamamoto. He was serious about killing you."

"I…I..." Tsuna couldn't find anything to say.

"Don't try to make any excuses," Reborn threatened Tsuna.

"Just…. Just don't tell Gokudera-kun about this! If he knows then he'll try to protect me again and will probably end up hurt again. He isn't even fully healed yet!" Tsuna pleaded.

Reborn raised an eye brow. "Don't worry about him. He was using you like your father was using him. It's the same. Even if Gokudera almost died to protect you. That's a risk he's taking out of his own volition, if he's serious about becoming the Vongola Tenth's right-hand man."

"I…I can't let happen. I already consider Gokudera my friend..." The brunet said, but Reborn ignored him.

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