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Making Choices
Tsuna stood quietly in front of Fujimoto's grave, not caring about the rain that's getting her clothes wet and unaware of the worried glances that Ieyasu was giving her. The demon-slaying sword Kurikara was slung across her back, wrapped in cloth. She reached into a pocket and pulled out a phone.
"Once you leave the monastery, I want you to use this. It's the number of a friend of mine." That was what Fujimoto had said.
She opened the contact list and called the only number listed. As she waited for the call to connect, Tsuna's eyes moved upwards from the grave she had been staring at and-wait, when did those people get here?
She was surrounded by robed strangers. Their face was covered with some kind of cloth, leaving only their eyes uncovered. A chill crept up her spine.
"Wha-" She started, but a voice interrupted from her phone.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Sawada Tsunahime-san." She turned to her left, and there he was. A man holding a phone with multiple accessories hanging from it.
He wore a mostly white outfit, with some reds, purples, and pinks. The most noticeable thing was his umbrella, which was pink, and had pictures of snacks stitched on.
"My name is Mephisto Pheles." He said, "I am a friend of Father Fujimoto's."
Tsuna took another look at the robed people around her. A friend of Fujimoto tou-san, huh?
"Are…" She took a deep breath in and exhaled slowly, trying to shake off her nervousness. "Are you people… exorcists?"
"We are known as the True Cross Order."
"Fujimoto said that you'd offer me protection." Tsuna unconsciously started clenching her hands. "What if" scenarios started going through her head. What if they deny her protection…what if they attacked…what if…
"I am afraid that as an honorary knight, I have certain responsibilities. I cannot confuse personal with public interest."
Tsuna froze up. Does that mean…?
"You are the child of Satan." Mephisto continued, seemingly unaware of the way her muscles tensed, "You must be killed before you present a threat to humanity."
"You have two options remaining for you." Mephisto almost cheerfully held up two fingers, "'Allow yourself to be killed by us…' or 'kill us and flee…' Ah, there's also the option of 'suicide'. Now then, which would you prefer?"
Tsuna bit her lip, running through the options in her head. She had no intention of dying before avenging Fujimoto, but she doesn't want to kill anyone either. Even if she did, other members of the True Cross Order would pursue her until she died. True Cross Order…a group of exorcists…that's it!
"Let me join you!" Tsuna blurted out. Mephisto's eyes widened almost comically in surprise, as did the other Order members. Was it really that surprising? "I don't care what you guys say-I'm not Satan's child, I'm not related to that monster! My only fathers…my only fathers are Iemitsu tou-san and Fujimoto tou-san!"
"And what would you do if you could become an exorcist?" Mephisto asked.
The answer to that was easy. "Bi-Kick Satan's ass!" Whoops, she was about to say 'Bite him to death.' Hibari has been a bad influence. Oh well.
Mephisto burst out laughing.
"Wh-What's so funny!?"
"You…you cannot be serious!" Mephisto managed to calm down, though a few chuckles still escaped him. Tsuna was insulted.
"I am!"
"Heh…Satan's child…an exorcist! I like it!" Mephisto snapped his fingers, surprising the Order members and Tsuna.
"Eh? Really?" Tsuna didn't really expect that to work, but she'll take what she got.
"However, the path you have chosen is a long and treacherous one. Do you still profess that you will take it?"
Tsuna closed her eyes and opened them, determined to make her point. "I'm not a human anymore, and I'm not a demon either. So that means I'll have to become an exorcist!" 'Become an exorcist with my dying will, Reborn-sensei would have said."
Her brown eyes lightened to a soft orange.
Reborn will not show up in this fic, I think. But he will be mentioned here and there. In this fic, Reborn was Tsuna's last teacher before she dropped out of school. Known to be a sadist, many students wonder why he managed to keep his job. Reborn's known for his painful, but extremely efficient teaching style and his quote 'Do it with your dying will." He's a reason why Tsuna has a reputation for being trustworthy.
