It was a commotion outside Nagi's room that finally awoke her from the near-comatose state she had been in.
She awoke for the first time since her accident.
Nagi remembered once when she was nearly conscious; that was when she had heard her mother and the doctor talking, when she had found out that she would most probably die.
With despair in her heart, she had sunk back into the deep void of unconsciousness, and it wasn't long after that that she first heard it.
She heard his voice.
She'd been scared of course, but she'd recognized the voice, vaguely.
And now, she heard that voice shouting, shouting words that she couldn't quite make out.
Finally, though, her brain began to make the connections between the words and their meanings, and she felt she might have laughed, had she been in a better condition.
"I said that I'm here to see my Nagi! She had been in a car accident a little while ago, and I was told that she'd been brought here! So hurry the hell up and let me in before I tear this place apart BRICK BY BRICK!"
"Sir, I have already told you, at this point, only family is allowed to visit Nikimi Nagi-san!"
Nagi could tell that the words were getting closer, and just when it seemed as if the nurse was standing right outside her room, the girl heard the sound of a door opening.
"I am her family! I care more for that girl than her so-called 'mother' ever will, and there is no way in hell that you are going to stop me from seeing her!"
With that voice and her desire –no, her need to see the face that it belonged to, Nagi struggled to force her eyes open.
"But sir-" began the nurse, but was immediately shushed by Mukuro as said boy spotted the figure on the hospital bed.
Mukuro immediately recognized her, and as he walked up to her bed, he noticed the flickering of her eyelids.
"Nagi-chan?" he asked in a surprisingly gentle voice. "I came to see you, just like I promised. So will you open those pretty eyes of yours for me?"
The nurse let out a sad little sigh; however she looked at it, this boy was probably her patient's boyfriend, desperate to see her after their time apart.
She felt a little sad for him, knowing that she probably wouldn't ever open her eyes again.
Her eyes quickly flickering over to the girl in maybe a small, vain hope, the nurse's eyes widened in shock as her brain registered what she was seeing.
The girl, who had been unconscious ever since she had been brought here, had finally opened her eyes, and her delicate pink lips were pulled up into a barely visible smile.
In a ghost of a voice, she whispered, "Mukuro-kun…"
"Fine. I'll do it. I'll be Vongola Juudaime."
Reborn's smirk turned victorious, and he said, "Good. Now, tell me, how do you know all these things that you shouldn't?"
"I'll tell you later," said Tsuna, turning to head out the door. "I have school right now."
"Tsuna," said Reborn in a warning voice, but all he got in reply was a rude snarl from his new student.
Letting out a small noise of frustration, the hitman took out his cell phone to call Nono and tell him just what he thought about his incompetent spies.
Takeshi had been talking to one of his classmates when Tsuna walked into the room, his expression troubled.
Quickly excusing himself from the conversation, Takeshi hurriedly went up to his friend.
Throwing an arm around the boy' shoulders, he asked, "What's up, Tsuna?"
When Tsuna met his eyes, there was a hard edge in his gaze for a moment. When he saw Takeshi, though, his expression softened and he shook his head, saying, "Nandemonai."
Takeshi's brows furrowed at the obvious lie, and he removed his arm from his friend's shoulders. Turning to look him squarely in the eye, he said in a warning voice, "Don't lie to me, Tsuna."
For a second, it looked as if the brunet would deny that he was lying, but then his shoulders slumped and he moved to whisper something into Takeshi's ears.
Bending closer to make it easier for his friend, Takeshi heard Tsuna whisper in clear words, "I'm the next boss of the Vongola, which is a mafia family."
Takeshi jerked suddenly backwards as if he had been slapped, staring at his friend in shock and trying to discern whether or not he was joking.
Seeing that Tsuna was completely serious, Takeshi took the boy's arm and dragged him out of the classroom, telling the boy that he'd been talking to earlier, "Tell sensei that we're going to the disciplinary office!"
"Today, we have a transfer student who was studying overseas in Italy until now, Gokudera Hayato."
Hayato scowled out at his new classmates, half of whom were staring at him with dreamy expressions on their faces (the female half) and the other half of whom were glaring furiously at him (the male half).
After he had taken his seat, the teacher was about to take roll when one of the students raised his hand, saying, "Sensei, Yamamoto told me to let you know that he and Sawada went to the disciplinary office!"
At first, Hayato was about to ignore this, but something at the back of his mind was nagging him, telling him that this name was important, that he should pay attention to it.
The teen thought about it for a moment before he came to a shocking realization.
Yamamoto and Sawada.
Yamamoto was the name of the annoying black haired kid from back then!
And the candidate for Decimo was named Sawada Tsunayoshi.
There was no way in hell this could be a coincidence.
Getting up from his seat, he demanded from the boy that had spoken before, "Where is the disciplinary office?"
For a moment, there was complete and utter silence as everyone stared at him before the aforementioned boy stuttered out the answer, not wanting to be on the receiving end of his terrifying new classmate's anger.
And without a second glance back, Hayato rushed out of the classroom and to the disciplinary office, his heart in his throat.
Could it be possible that the Decimo candidate really was his Tsuna?
Arriving at the right door, the hot-tempered silveret threw it open, and suddenly found himself the subject of four disconcerting stares.
One was a white-haired guy with a band-aid on his nose. Sasagawa Ryohei, his mind supplied.
Another was a cold, steely-eyed glare. Hibari Kyoya.
The third was the warm, cheerful, and incredibly annoying gaze of a certain idiot. Yamamoto Takeshi.
And the last was the person in this entire world that he wanted to see most right now; it was his Tsuna.
When their gazes locked, he saw in Tsuna's eyes that the boy had recognized him, and before he even knew what had happened, his best friend had gotten up from his seat and tackled Hayato in an almost possessive embrace.
"Hayato…"
SkyGem: Well, that's another chapter come and gone, and I really hope you guys enjoyed it. Looks like their almost all together again. All that's left is for the two pineapple heads to meet the others and for Lambo to finally make his appearance! Do you guys have any guesses as to how that meeting will happen? Leave a review and tell me what you thought! Ciao!
P.S. Almost forgot. I'll see if I can update again tomorrow, and as always, reviews will motivate me to hurry the hell up. The fics I'll be updating next are ones I'm sure you'll be excited for. First, there's the one you guys have been waiting like two months for, "Summer to Remember," and two others that are rather popular, "Of Dreams and Hopes" and "Forgive but Never Forget."
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