Hello! I'm sorry for the late chapter, things happened...

But here it is, I hope it's not that bad as it was at first.

"The question is... who attacked us?" Yamamoto broke the room's silence.

"Probably a hostile family. They could gain power and respect if they kill the Tenth... It's obvious" looked down the bomber annoyed.

"But he must be and extremely strong guy if he managed to put Sawada in this condition even with the two of you being there!" burst out the Sun Guardian. The mentioned two just lowered their heads and their eyes were shadowed.

"Damn it, we don't have a single clue!" Gokudera remembers even talking to the attacker, but he couldn't recall what he or the man said.

The room's door opened. The Mist Guardian came back.

"E-excuse me, I-I just received a call from Dino-san, he said that he arrives tomorrow and he will visit immediately." Chrome who was previously talking on the phone outside, looked at the others. "A-about Reborn-san... He has no idea where could he be, either"

The six guardians were standing in the room quietly. Some time, maybe hours passed like this, when someone knocked on the door.

"Excuse me! I'm afraid visiting hours are over. You have to leave the room soon." a nurse came in with a notepad is her hands.

Everybody snapped out of their deep thinking.

The Cloud Guardian just walked out of the room, but he glanced back at the lying brunet before he left. "Don' t disappoint me, Omnivore." the small bird flew after it's master.

"We have to leave then..." Chrome grabbed Lambo's hand and walked to the bed. "Hope you wake up soon, Boss" then she kissed the boy's pale cheeks. She looked at everyone, nodded and left the room.

Ryohei stopped the door from closing and shouted back "Sawada! You'd better be extremely awake when I come back!" he left too, following Chrome and Lambo.

Only two of his friends were still standing in the room, along with the nurse.

"There's no way I'm gonna leave the Tenth here alone like this!" he glared at the nurse who was surprised about the sudden outburst.

"W-well, if you insist, I can allow one person to stay for the night to watch over him..." she looked at her notepad.

Yamamoto wanted to volunteer, but he had a feeling that told him to just look at his own wounds and bandages. Then remembered that he has to go back soon to his room which is in the other wing of the building. He wanted to stay, but it was better if the Storm Guardian remains here. He smiled nervously and looked at the bomber.

"Gokudera, then you-"

"Of course I'm the one who's staying baseball freak!" he lumped down on the small hospital chair beside his boss's bed "If that's all, go back to your room already"

Yamamoto looked at the brunet and smiled "Good night, Tsuna. Get better soon!" then he waved to Gokudera with his uninjured arm and went out with the nurse who bowed.

The room was quite dark and silent.

The bomber gazed at the lying boy. "Tenth..." he frowned and held back his tears. He had to be strong for his boss. If he's not strong now, then who will be? He clenched his fists and tried to calm down. Tenth wouldn't want to see his right-hand man like this.

"Everything will be alright." he tried not to lose his temper again 'that's right. The boss will definitely wake up.' he wanted to believe that. This person saved his life, treasured and accepted him as a friend.

But... in the end he couldn't protect him.

Tenth. When I first saw you, I didn't know what to think.

It had been rumored that the 10th Vongola Boss candidate is a Japanese teenager. It was only something you could hear walking on the streets of Italy, so the information wasn't trustworthy. So I was determined to see him with my own eyes, see the world's greatest Famiglia's future boss.

At first glance, you looked like an average middle school student. Or rather a very clumsy, no-good student who always gets bad grades. Is this what a future mafia boss looks like?

When we were standing face to face in the school yard, I looked at your desperate expression and I was sure you would lose against me.

Back then in Italy when I escaped from father's mansion, nobody would let me in their family.

'Go away, kid'

'Don't think any family will let some toff like you in'

'You are only good for the piano'

they used to say every single time. What I am I trying to achieve by this? Why did I even come here?

I sighed and pulled out my dynamites. This boy doesn't stand a chance against me, I thought. Even so, when I looked into your big brown eyes, I saw something I haven't seen in other's. It was something warm. At that moment my hands were shaking. I realized I didn't want to hurt you. Why? Well, that didn't matter since I already lit all the bombs. I accidentally dropped one of them. So that was it. It's the end...for me. How pathetic.

I haven't even blinked once, when burning determination replaced the warmth in your eyes and you extinguished all the fuses.

You... saved my life even thought I tried to kill him. I thought there's no doubt. This person is the Vongola Decimo. I want to follow and serve him until my death. I want to protect his smile. I will be his loyal right-hand man that he can depend on anytime. Since we are a family.

'But I failed... I failed you, Boss' he thought.

"Heh... I'm so pathetic." He looked at his unconscious boss and clenched his fists again. If only he could help him, he wouldn't have ended up like that "I... don't deserve to be the Tenth's right-hand man at all... Maybe I really don't belong anywhere"

Just as he said it, the vase of flowers that was standing on the bedside table, fell down on the floor and crashed. The Storm Guardian snapped out of his depressed look and looked at the broken vase with wide eyes.

"How the hell did it fell down?" It was a bit scary. The vase fell down on it's own. The window wasn't even open, so it couldn't be the wind. He sighed and knelt down to pick up the pieces. He hissed when he accidentally cut his finger.

"Excuse me! I'm afraid visiting hours are over. You have to leave the room soon."

Tsuna looked at his friends. He didn't want them to leave yet. He still didn't understand what the hell was going on. The talking about the attacker's identity didn't help much. His memories of the incident slowly started to return in parts, but he only remembered that the man had black hair and sharp emerald eyes. But nothing more.

Hibari started to walk off, when the brunet tried to reach out for him.

"W-wait, Hibari-san!" but it had no effect at all.

"Don't disappoint me, Omnivore."

He watched his Cloud Guardian walking away. He...really was concerned about Tsuna's condition. it made him somehow feel a bit better.

"We have to leave then..."

The Mist Guardian kissed the lying brunet. As he watched this from behind, he slightly blushed.

The Lightning Guardian besides the girl was trying his best to not to cry.

"Hope you wake up soon, Boss"

"Chrome, Lambo...you know... I hope that too" the young boss laughed nervously, then he suddenly realized that Chrome was the only one who could sense him in some way. If she leaves now, nothing will change.

"Wait, please don't leave yet!" he grabbed her arms.

'Eh?' She looked at her friends confused, as if she wanted to tell them something, but she just nodded as a goodbye and left.

"Chrome..." the brunet just watchedd as she was walking away.

"Sawada! You'd better be extremely awake when I come back!"

"Big brother, I..." he wanted to say something but the boxer left before he could say it. Well, he probably couldn't have heard it anyways.

"W-well, if you insist, I can allow one person to stay for the night to watch over him..."

Tsuna saw Yamamoto was ready to tell the nurse he's willing to stay, so he ran to him

"Yamamoto, you can't! You are bady injured! You must go back to your room..." after he told him that, the Rain Guardian really stopped. As if he heard, or felt him at least.

"Gokudera, then would you-"

"Of course I'm the one who's staying baseball freak!"

"Gokudera-kun... thank you." said the brunet.

"Good night, Tsuna. Get better soon!"

Tsuna couldn't help but smile when he saw Yamamoto's usual grinning. Somehow it always calmed him and everyone else down.

"I...I'll try..." that's right. He will wake up from his coma and return to his body. If only he knew how he could do it...

Quite some time has passed already when Gokudera finally spoke. But it wasn't something Tsuna would expect from the bomber.

"Heh... I'm so pathetic."

"What? Gokudera-kun, don't say things like that!" Tsuna stood up from the place he was sitting next to the bed. It was the first time he saw his friend this depressed blaming himself. Of course he said things like that before, but more in a panicking way. But this time, he said it seriously.

" I... don't deserve to be the Tenth's right-hand man at all... Maybe I really don't belong anywhere"

"Gokudera-kun!" he swung his hand towards the vase that was standing next to him and accidentally hit it. The vase fell down and broke.

"Huh?" he looked at his fist with wide eyes. "I... I did this? But how?" he actually managed to knock down a solid thing in his current condition.

"How the hell did it fell down?"

That was something the brunet wanted to know as well.

Then... it's possible to make some contact with the world even if he's like this? If that was the case, he must find a way to tell everybody that he actually became a ghost...or something like that, and he needs his friends' help so they can make out how he could wake up...