AHEM. I'm very very sorry for such a late and slow update. Apparently school days are busy so I have no time to actually write.
Anyway, it seemed like my theories are confusing... Is it? Well, actually it's not. Just treat it as something is broken, like a piece of glass. The glass shattered, so in order to restore it, we must find the broken pieces of glass. In this case, the broken pieces of glass are the rings. (and the guardians) The glass is the trinisette. All in all, its just mission of looking for the rings to restore the disruption.
I did not alter the trinisette's laws much, just maybe making it simpler... I hope so? Or its the same.
The part of the disruption is just causing unbalance in the Trinisette and teleported Tsuna to the past in a parallel world. That is why he is only 4 years old.
I hope it's more clearer now? Or.. more confusing? If it's the latter, read on to understand better. :)
Oh, this chapter is completed with the help of Isabelle-chan!
Disclaimer: I do not own KHR.
Now please enjoy~
Choice: Chapter 9
"I'm going… to train you."
Tsunayoshi looked at the adult, dumbfounded. Knowing this look from his four year old self, it just meant that he had no clue as to what he was saying. The young Vongola boss signed as he tried to explain himself.
"Well, Tsunayoshi. You have to listen carefully to what I'm going to say. It's very important, okay?" He paused and waited for the boy to nod in understanding before continuing. "I… am actually you."
What?
"I am from another dimension. I was transported here because something happened. So I ended up meeting you, who is actually another me from this world. Get it?"
…
Getting no response from the younger him, he ruffled his hair in frustration. He looked down, thinking of a way to simplify everything. How should I explain to him? This is so hard! If Reborn is here now… No. I should not always rely on him. Besides, he is not here now, and it's just me.
"And me."
Primo? Yes! I forgot! Reborn may not be here, but Primo is! Maybe he can help me-
"Decimo. I cannot always help you when you're in need. You are the boss. You should work it out yourself. Go on, explain it to your younger self."
HIEEE! WHAT? No! B-But I-I can't, h-he won't u-understand me! I tried, look at him! Indeed, Tsunayoshi was pouting, cutely though, and had his arms crossed showing that he was unhappy for not getting anything into his head.
"I know you can do it, decimo. You're not a boss for nothing." With this said, the Vongola Primo's presence was gone.
So it's just him now. He had to explain the WHOLE thing to a four year old. Explain to a child about Mafia? Wouldn't it be a little too much for his age?
In the end, he had no choice but to make up simpler terms so that the child could understand. "Etto… So it's something like this."
After a good 30 minutes of explanation, excluding repeats, further elaboration and awkward silence, the child finally understood, though barely. As expected of me… The teen dropped his head in despair. I give up.
"Um… If I'm not wrong, due to a fight in your world, you got magically transported here and met me, and I am you, and you need me to help you so you can return, right?"
Okay, maybe not.
"Yes yes! You're right! Thank goodness you understand me! Now I know that I'm not that useless like what Reborn had said!"
"But I don't get the back part."
… Eh?
"The part about the rings… and gua... guar…"
"Guardians."
"Yeah! Guardians! I don't get it at all."
A comical vein popped up on the Decimo's forehead. He was the da-me tsuna after all. At least the young him from this world understood the front part, if it was himself, most likely he will not get a single thing. But well, it was not the time for such thoughts. There were more important things to be done. Now that explaining was done somehow, (Future Tsuna explained as quickly as possible about the guardians and rings) he was able to move on to the training.
"…*sign* So now that we settled the theories, shall we start training?"
Looking a little hesitant, Tsunayoshi stared directly into the teen's brown orbs giving his best puppy dog eyes ever that no one could resist. "Must we do training?"
The teen, not expecting this sudden reaction, was stunned for a moment. Wow, my eyes are really beautiful… He snapped out of his thoughts immediately and put on the best poker face he could.
"You can't use that on me~ Did you forget? I am you, so this trick doesn't work on me."
The child frowned in disappointment. "Fine…" Tsunayoshi accepts defeat.
"Let the Operation: Future Tsuna and Tsuna BEGINS!"
It had been a while. In the mansion, nothing changed. The Ninth was like always, busy with paperwork and the Famiglia. The CEDEF worked as usual, only that their boss worked extra hard- to find his son. So many days had passed and still, there was no news of his son. Nothing was found. No matter how hard they search, it was futile. Mafiasos started spreading rumours around claiming that Tsunayoshi may be dead already. This angered him much, and for a few days Iemitsu had been working non-stop, not eating and sleeping. Although not showing any emotions, Reborn felt worried for him. He was the CEDEF boss after all, he could not collapse. Besides, he had taken a liking to this child, who he thought may be a fine boss in the future. The Ninth had told him once, that Tsunayoshi may be one of the candidates as the Vongola Tenth boss who had the potential to lead this Family. He could not lose such an important person. Hence, he too was busy finding the child.
Being the world's strongest hitman, he had intelligence. With that he could succeed. It would be a disgrace for him not being able to find a four-year-old. Furthermore, he never failed in any mission. This was no exception.
Having found some clues to the child's disappearance after making use of his networks, the hitman Arcobaleno decided to make a call to inform the CEDEF boss. Informing the CEDEF would help since from the little clues he found, they would able to further analyse them and narrow down the possibilities of Tsunayoshi's location. Most importantly, it was to calm the father of a missing child.
"Iemitsu, I found some clues of Tsunayoshi's disappearance. I need the help of CEDEF. The leads are still not able to proof anything though. Iemitsu, get your head working and stop acting dead. You are the boss in CEDEF."
"I got it. Thank you for the call, Reborn." The stiff and weak voice from the CEDEF boss perked up upon hearing the news. Iemitsu's eyes sparkled as hopes were once again back. It had only been a second ago when he was down in the dumps. The line ended with some shouting in the background and books dropping.
I did remind him the clues are not sufficient. The Sun Arcobaleno mentally thought.
"Hold it in!"
"I-I can't"
"I say hold it in! You can do it!"
"N-No… I can't…" Cold sweat trickled down his forehead as the four year old fought to suppress the Negative flame. "GUHH AHHHHHH!" The Negative flame was too overwhelming for such a young child, in the end, he could not hold it in anymore and succumbed to the flame. "AHHHHH!"
"Tsunayoshi!" Quickly catching the young boy, the tenth set him down in a comfortable position. "Are you okay?"
"It hurts…" It was all he mumbled before dizziness swept over him and he blacked out.
After 30 minutes, Tsunayoshi regained consciousness. He looked around for the older him, who was no where in sight. Realising he was alone in the apartment, fear took over and-
"Natsu! You're awake!"
"Eh? Who's Natsu?" Tsunayoshi, who was crying and weeping loudly, paused at the voice.
"You of course, from now on you will be called Natsu. I thought of it for a very long-"
"Where were you? I woke up you were gone!"
"Didn't you see all this I'm holding? I'm making dinner."
"What time is it now?"
"4.30pm"
"Isn't it too early?"
"I need time to prepare, and before dinner, you need to continue your training."
"But I'm hungry now! I haven't eaten for the whole afternoon."
"No excuse. This compared to me is nothing. Now we shall continue with training." Memories of hell training Reborn made him do flashed in his mind. This is nothing, not eating the whole afternoon. I went hungry for two whole days once. Thanks to Reborn.
"Eh? But-"
"Once we are done, we can eat."
Tsunayoshi was on the verge of crying now. His stomach was growling crazily. The training hurt so much, but there was nothing he could do. How he hated that claimed-to-be-him person…
"Hate me?"
Tsunayoshi straightened his back. How… Did he?
"I heard you Natsu."
"W-Why are y-you calling me Nastu? I'm Tsunayoshi."
"No, you are Nastu now. You need to change your name. It is for your safety. Trust me, okay? This training is important. You need to be able to control your flames, especially when you possess two different ones. You have to synchronise with the flames."
"H-How?" Since nothing can be done, all Tsunayoshi could do was trust this person in front of him.
"When the sudden anger rises within you, you have to suppress it. It was caused by a Negative flame inside you. It was something bad and may harm you. When you feel extremely angry and unstable, always control it. Force it back and calm down."
"GUHHHHH! NO!" Natsu shouted as the flame slowly overwhelm him. Releasing the flame was easy but controlling it was another story. It was like taming a ferocious dog.
"Control it! Force it back! Don't give in to the pain!" It was hard to look at the young boy. He was still young, but he had to undergo such extreme training. If it was not for the experiment the Estraneo had done, he would not have to do this. Thinking of the Estraneo angered him. What they did was inhumane.
"GYAAAAAAAAA!"
"Tsu- Nastu! Carry on! Yes, hold it in… You can do it!" Seeing some improvements from the said child, the Vongola boss continued to scream encouragements. He did not want to use Reborn's torturing ways, it was a child he was dealing with, and moreover it was a younger version of him. He could not bear to do that to him.
Finally Natsu calmed down and the presence of the Negative Flame was gone, he sunk onto the floor, exhausted and out of breath. He panted heavily as though having ran a marathon. "I'm… four, not fourteen." Natsu whispered, while grasping for breath.
"I heard it. I know. I will go easy on you. I'm sorry, but bear with it, ne? Anyway, you can have some dinner now." The teen crouched down to the height of the young boy and ruffled his hair.
Good job.
AN: YOSHI! End of chapter. So this is the start of Natsu's training~Learn to control his flames. Oh if you don't get why I changed his name, well, it's for his own good. I will somehow benefit him in the future chapters. Read on to find out! Review and tell me what you think!
