In hindsight, Ricardo realized that he should have expected this. He knew Vongola was number one in the Mafia world. It was a common fact. Ricardo had simply shook his head at the people who cowered at the mere name of the Vongola. Sure they were an old Family but that meant nothing to him. No one would make him bow and do their bidding like that. The people who did bow to the Vongola and catered to them, were cowards in his book. Ricardo should have also remembered the rumors that his Family had heard concerning the relationship between the famous hitman Reborn and his target. Sure, it wasn't uncommon to hear a rumor like that. People liked to talk and the teacher student relationship between the weakling and the hitman was a prime target to this. He told his family members so stop listening to the gossip of woman and find out some real information.
He had laughed his people for believing that those rumors were even a possibility. That had been a mistake. Just like it had been a mistake to believe that eight people could never bring down his entire Family. In his mind, not even the Vongola could destroy what he had created. Sure. He hadn't been the one to found the Stella family but his blood line had so he might as well had found it, in his mind. Yes, if Ricardo had been smart and listened to his Family, and the rumors and maybe even his common sense then he would probably not be staring down the barrel of a gun with a very frightening hitman on the other end. Well, no one accused him of being smart.
Tsuna panted. This thing just didn't fight fair. Every time she attacked it, the stupid demon would morph into some she cared about. Every time she landed a punch, a cry of agony would leave one of her loved ones mouth. This battle was not only physically taxing but mentally as well. She had to kill this thing but how could she do that when it looked exactly like the people she held so dearly in her life. These moments of hesitation she made in between her hits were going to get her killed, or in this case, possessed. The demon before her morphed back into its Tsuna-like shape, all the while giggling like no tomorrow. Tsuna grimaced at the sound. It was like nails scraping a chalk board.
"Oh silly, silly Tsuna. This is why your so weak. Caring for all of those people leaves so many weak points. Destroying any one of those weak points and it will destroy your entire world wouldn't it?" the giggling resumed and Tsuna tried not to flinch at the sound. Tsuna glared at the demon. "They are not weak points! They are my family and my friends. I would do anything to save them and keep them from being harmed. Something like yourself wouldn't understand that!"
It was silent between the two of them before the demon started to cackle. " GIVE ANYTHING? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! YES THAT IS WHAT YOU WILL GIVE! DO YOU ACTUALLY THINK YOU'LL MAKE THIS OUT ALIVE! HAHAHAHAHA YOU MUST BE DREAMING!" The demon continued to cackle. Slowly the demon settled down and grinned at Tsuna. Tsuna felt dread rush through her veins at the demons words. In a much quieter voice the demon continued. "Yes, this will kill you. Even if you do defeat me, even if you get the antidote, it will kill you. Not even your precious family can save you.
(Earlier in the Masion)
Reborn crept down the hallway as silent as a shadow. He had already seen and killed several men on the way to this particular hallway. They had all been underlings so he doubted that they knew anything about the poison, as he had come to think of it, nor the antidote. Hibari, Mukuro and Chrome should be in the lab area, working through the files and the scientists. All of which would be destroyed. Gokudera and Yamamoto would be working the outside of the house, making sure no one or anything got out and escape. Reborn frowned. He was sure Tsuna would despise the way he was thinking even if she understood the reasoning behind it.
She hated hurting people until they hurt someone she cared for. If it was her they hurt, it wouldn't matter in her mind because someone she cared for was unhurt because of her sacrifice. To Reborn this was unacceptable. She should never be hurt in place for anyone, actually she should never be hurt at all unless he was the one that caused it, and this had been one of the reasons he had taken the Guardians to Italy with him and not Tsuna. He had to train them and show them how to protect themselves so she would never feel like she had to be hurt in their place. But knowing Tsuna she would anyway.
Reborn quickly refocused on his mission. He needed to get to the Stella Family's Boss' office before Gokudera blew up the place. Reborn grinned to himself. The idiot Boss would probably think that Reborn would shoot him right there in his office. That poor, poor idiot. If he thought he was going to get off that easy then he had another thing coming.
Shamal watched Tsuna as she slept. Looking at her as she sweated buckets wasn't much fun but he was worried. The fever that Tsuna had was getting worse by the minute. If it continued at this level for much longer, Tsuna would end up with brain damage to some extent. The fever was getting way too high and was lasting way to long. If Reborn didn't hurry up with that magical antidote of his, Shamal didn't even know what could happen.
Shamal leaned over and removed the wet cloth he had placed on her head minutes before. All the cold water was gone and it felt completely dry. Sighing again he called in some of the other doctors and asked them to ready an ice bath for her. it might help some but at this point he didn't even know if she would wake up or not.
Hahaha…well here is the new chapter. Or the end of it anyway. So I'm sure you are all made or at least dissapionted that I have left you with a cliff hanger. Well I did this for two reasons. One- I felt that this would be a great stopping place and Two- because I have always wanted to create a really obvious cliff hanger…hhhhhmmmm this could be fun! (I'm kidding I'm kidding,…sort of) well as always please review and tell me what you think and I will be sure to get my next (and possibly last) chapter out for Forgotten
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