This guy… is he, the one who made Vivi?

"*Excuse the mess." Meo scratched his head sheepishly. Tsuna gave a blank stare. "Oh excuse me! I forgot you have yet to learn Italian. Is this better? I was talking about the mess." Tsuna looks around the room which was stuffed with random boxes, damaged parts, and a few of the lights were broken. It was almost similar to the Millefiore base ruins. "It's terrible isn't it? We had to use this as a temporary storage room after this one," He lifted Vivi's chin. "Went on a rampage and escape."

Vivi slapped his hand away. Meo gave a cold smile.

"That's cruel, number 5151. Why do you treat your maker this way?" He sarcastically rubbed his hand that was turning red. After all Vivi was made of metal.

"You are not my maker!" She looked down and whispered so quietly that Tsuna could barely hear her 2 feet away. "Master… was kind."

It happened so fast Tsuna could hardly comprehend what just happened. Meo was standing with a cold expression holding what seemed to be a specialized taser. Tsuna turned back. Vivi who was thrown ten feet away, laid on her back.

"Vivi!" Tsuna tried to run to her, but something had grabbed him by the the back collar. He turned around to see Meo.

"Where are you going, Vongola 10th?" He put his hands around Tsuna's neck. "I won't be those foolish villains who wait to kill their prey!" He tighten his grip. Tsuna gasped for air; kicking and scratching at Meo's hand uselessly.

"Tsuna..." Vivi sluggishly got to her knees.

"Stop right there, 5151. If you try to interfere then he dies immediately!"

"And if I don't?!"

"Then he'll die slower. Slowly. Painfully. Which do you choose, 5151? Do you want him to suffer or go to hell quicker?!" He smiled psychotically. Vivi looked down at herself. Damage done: 46%. 2% was done to the core. mobility down by 50%. at this rate… I won't be able to save Tsuna.

Flashback:

?- Look! Look! Vivi!

Vivi-What is it?

?- It's a picture! Of my friend! He's reason you're here. He smiled sweetly. His light colored messy hair fell in front of his face. You'll get the chance to meet him one day.

Vivi- If I meet him, will I have to part with master? The man gave a sad smile. Then I don't want meet him!

?-Vivi! He scolded her. You'll understand one day, when you meet him. He patted her head. Hey look, it's a cat! Vivi ran towards it like a child. It won't matter anyway… since I'll probably part with you before you meet him. Vivi who didn't hear what he said, turned back and smiled

Flashback ends.

I see what you mean, master. I will do everything I can to save Tsuna! Her eyes glowed.


Damn it! Tsuna was starting to lose consciousness. Is it really going to end here? Why couldn't I have just gone home like I was supposed to?! I want go back! Using whatever strength he had left he tried to reach into his pockets for his gloves. Shit! His arm simply swung down to his side. A crash came and something flew towards Tsuna and Meo. It was a strau mosca. Meo simply let go of Tsuna and dodged by himself, probably hoping that it would crush Tsuna and finish the work for him. But instead, it followed Meo and crushed him against the wall. Tsuna held his neck coughing and gasping for air. He saw as his fingernail turned from a deathly purple, to a normal pink again. By his hand he saw a journal, which probably fell out of one of the boxes when the strau mosca crashed through the wall. Is that Japanese? "ニコ..." And the rest was written in Italian cursive. Niko what? He heard footsteps behind him. He instinctively hid the journal in his pocket while he turned his head.

"Tsuna, are you okay?"

"I-I'm fine but what about you?" Vivi nodded. He looked at the place where the strau mosca crushed Meo. "I wondered what happened?"

"That was me."

"Eh?"

"Master gave me a program that allows me to control other moscas in dangerous situations."

"Then earlier at the Varia mansion?"

"It wasn't deemed dangerous enough." Ah... Tsuna thought forgetting the situation they were in. He glanced over at the place the strau mosca crashed into Meo.

"We should go now!" Vivi nodded in agreement. Vivi looked at the strau mosca who was standing near the crash site, waiting for orders. She motioned her head and strau mosca peacefully walked towards them.

"Grab on, Tsuna." Vivi grabbed the strau moscas right arm and rested her foot into its hips. Tsuna followed suit and did the same on the left, hesitantly. "It'll take a bit to set off."

Just then as the strau mosca began to whir, the sound of falling bricks fell loudly. Meo rose the rubble hardly hurt at all; save for a cut on his forehead and a few scratches.

"Going so soon, Vongola 10th? Wouldn't you like to know why you're here?" What? "I bet you reaaaally want to know how to get back to the past don't you? We'll guess what? You won't ever know because You'll be dead! I'll kill you and 5151 for what you did to-!"

The whirring muted his last words; Tsuna could only see the movement of his mouth. The strau mosca took off with a bang and in a matter of seconds, they were looking down on the, now more ruined, test building. They were silent the whole way going who knows where.

The sun was beginning to set and sky glowed orange and dark blue. According to a newspaper they had found, a whole day had pass since the incident at the Varia mansion. It made Tsuna feel odd that he slept for so long in what was enemy territory, but he was drugged after all. The strau mosca took them to a cave in an mountain range three hours away from the test building, or what Tsuna simply thought of as The Lab. Now the strau mosca simply sat there, still. According to Vivi, she only had a limited amount of time that she could control them.

Flashback:

Tsuna- Huh? Why'd it take us here? He looks over at the strau who was stationary. Vivi walked up to it and opened a hatch on it's back. Tsuna heard a few clicks and saw that the lights died out. What did you do?

Vivi- If left it as it, as soon as my control over it is finished, it would have went on a rampage to capture us like the others. I just manually turned him off and made it so he (Meo) can't turn it on from where he's at and can't use the strau mosca to track us.

Flashback ends.

After that they had sat in complete silence for about an hour. Tsuna and Vivi managed to make a small campfire with twigs and branches they found below. Even though I placed my trust in her to help me home, I don't know anything about her. I mean, I've only known her for three days and yet she has saved my life so many times... Yet I let her get hurt. I thought I got stronger after all that has happened in the future but... Really I haven't... I'm still so weak... Tsuna looked down. Vivi looked at him with a sad smile.

"Tsuna, it's not your fault." Tsuna looked up startled. "You got hurt, too," she looked at his severely bruised neck and looked down. "Because of me."

"What? It's not your fault!" Vivi looked back up with no emotion.

"It is." She got a bit closer. "I am the reason why you're here." Her expression changed into one of sadness. "Because Nico brought you here for me."

Niko?! Tsuna thought back to the book and felt it in his pocket. And the he thought back to Meo's last words.

"You won't ever know because You'll be dead! I'll kill you and 5151 for what you did to-!"

Niko. He said Niko. 'For what we did to Niko?' Who is Niko? As if reading his mind she answered. "Nico was... My real creator. My master."


Alright-y, then. Things are starting to happen; stuff is being revealed.

Anyway I apologize for the short chapter 6, but that is just where I thought it should be cut off according to how the story was going. But hey, now you get this super long chapter (second longest chapter so far), and I am half through writing chapter 8, so yeah! Productivity! Also, since it's a flashback chapter (which I don't know how long its going to be yet...) it'll be fairly long too. :)

About the Niko/Nico spelling. Proper spelling would be Nico, but since コ (katakana) is pronounced ko. That's how Tsuna thinks of it for now. Tsuna will use the Nico spelling by the next chapter and things will become less complicated. (yeah, i know the JP site "nico nico douga" spells their name as nico but yeah :P)

As always, thank you for reading! I get excited seeing this story gets a favorite or following, one by one. I thank each one of you for your favorites, followings and reviews. (and also for putting up with my procrastination and lameness) :D

Coming soon (Like, seriously. I'll hopefully post before next Wednesday): Chapter 8: Smile (featuring older but not future, familiar characters)