5th September 2016
Warning: Grammar errors, Spoilers, Out of Characters, Original Characters and Alternate Reality.
Disclaimer: Katekyou Hitman Reborn belongs to Akira Amano, but this fanfiction belongs to me.
Summary: Tsuna and his guardians finally face the choice to accept or refuse the position as Vongola Tenth Generation. A sequel of 'Consequences of a Choice'.
Hi everybody, this is chapter 10 of this story. Thank you to those who review and favourites the previous chapters. I hope you like this chapter.
"When heuristics don't yield the results we expect, you'd think we would eventually realize that something's wrong. Even if we don't locate the biases, we should be able to see the discrepancy between what we wanted and what we got, right? Well, not necessarily. As it turns out, we have biases that support our biases! If we're partial to one option—perhaps because it's more memorable, or framed to minimize loss, or seemingly consistent with a promising pattern—we tend to search for information that will justify choosing that option. On the one hand, it's sensible to make choices that we can defend with data and a list of reasons. On the other hand, if we're not careful, we're likely to conduct an imbalanced analysis, falling prey to a cluster of errors collectively known as "confirmation biases."
Sheena Iyengar, The Art of Choosing
Previous Chapter. Drastic Change.
"All right, why are you serving us tea, as if we are guests!" M.M exclaimed.
"Aren't you?" Shirayuri said as if it was obvious.
Mukuro looked at Shirayuri in amusement. "Kufufu, you're amusing Vongola's lover."
Shirayuri sat at one of the chairs and turned to Chrome.
"Hello Chrome, how are you?" Shirayuri asked.
"Um, I am fine, Boss's Lady." Chrome said shyly.
"I am going to assume that you are the leader." She pointed at Mukuro.
"Kufufu, you assume right."
"Then, you better replace my door."
Mukuro frowned, that was not exactly the reaction he was looking for.
"On to another topic, why exactly do you come to my house?" Shirayuri asked.
Chapter 10. Mukuro's Intention.
A year ago.
Today is Tsuna's birthday and thankfully, he was not in the hospital, although his birthday was forgotten again, in favour of Reborn's birthday.
He already learned to accept that. At least, someone remembers his birthday, even if she only sent a letter to him.
In today letter was written.
'Why do you want to celebrate your birthday? When it's mean you're one year closer to your death. That's why I wish you don't do anything you will regret. So, happy 15th birthday.'
Tsuna shuddered. Did she want to frighten him? But, she is right. Celebrating birthday is not that important.
{K~H~R}
Present.
The Kokuyo Gang was breaking into Shirayuri's house. Shirayuri decided to just serve them tea and find out what their purpose for breaking into her house.
"Um, we are sorry, Boss's Lady for destroying the door." Chrome said shyly.
"I am sure you're sorry, Chrome, but that doesn't exactly answer my question," Shirayuri said. "Forgive me, for my snappiness. I am not exactly in a good mood."
"Kufufu..."
"Would you please get to the point, before I throw an insult at you!" Shirayuri snapped.
Mukuro frowned. He was not happy that she just cut him off. So, Mukuro decided to just get to the point.
"So, how did you do it?" Mukuro asked.
Shirayuri said. "Elaborate, please."
"What did you do to Vongola?"
"What makes you think I done something to whatever or whoever this Vongola is?" Shirayuri asked.
"Kufufu, I am talking about Sawada Tsunayoshi. Surely you know about his status in the mafia."
"Your point is?" Shirayuri asked.
"There are rumours going around about the Vongola's lover. I am curious, so I came to Namimori. I asked Chrome about this rumours, but she didn't tell me anything." Mukuro explained. "Then, I decided to just spy on the Vongola, and you know what I saw?"
Shirayuri was silence and that made Mukuro felt irritated. Also, her hoodie prevented him from seeing her expression.
Mukuro smirked. "I saw your date with the Vongola in the zoo."
Shirayuri tensed slightly, which was the only sign of her surprised, the only sign that Mukuro could see, at least.
She drank her tea. "Please, enjoy the tea."
Mukuro's eyes twitched in irritation. She pissed him off, not even Flan could irritate him this much. The others decided to drink their teas, just out of curiosity.
"So, Rokudou-san, you still haven't answered my question. Why did you come to my house?" Shirayuri asked.
Mukuro's eyes twitched in annoyance. "Kufufu, haven't you been listening to me, Vongola's lover."
Shirayuri sighed. She was not in the mood for twisting words.
"Why don't you continue with your narration? Then, maybe I will get your point in all of this." Shirayuri said.
Mukuro looked irritated. "Kufufu, of course. Where was I?"
"The zoo," Shirayuri said uninterestedly.
"Yes, the zoo. I spied on Vongola since in the morning until night." Mukuro said.
"Stalker." She thought.
"I saw and heard everything that happened that day," Mukuro told her,
"All right, I got it that you knew what happened that day. But, I still don't get what your point is in telling me this." Shirayuri told him.
Mukuro's hand twitched in irritation, he really wanted to grab his trident.
"Vongola's Lady, what Shishou (Master) mean is? He wants to blackmail you." Flan said in a monotone.
"Ah, I see." Shirayuri nodded at them. "What do you want from me?"
"Kufufu, finally you get it."
"I could have got it if you just get to the point. Like your student." Shirayuri pointed out. "Anyway, what do I have that you possibly want?"
"I have the ambition to destroy the mafia," Mukuro said. "And you have the key to my ambition."
Shirayuri was in silence and then drank her tea. "I wasn't aware that I possess such key?"
Mukuro's hands twitched in irritation. He really wanted to shred that hoodie.
"Kufufu, of course, it was quite unexpected that you possess such key."
"What does the key look like? If I find it I will give it to you." Shirayuri said.
Mukuro's eyes twitched in irritation. He had been doing that a lot.
"Vongola's Lady, I don't think it's a good idea to provoke Shishou. He didn't really have a lot of patience." Flan said in a monotone.
"I am aware of it, Flan-kun," Shirayuri told him. "It's a bad habit of mine to mess with someone."
"Could you teach me how to do that?" Flan said in a monotone.
"It's not something that could be taught, Flan-kun. You have to born with the gift." Shirayuri said dramatically. "But, from what I see, you do have the gift. You're welcome here for a lesson in messing with people."
"Yay, should I call you Shishou, too." Flan said in a monotone.
"If you like then you call me Yuri-shishou."
"Yes, Yuri-shishou."
"Oya Oya, what's this? I am not finished yet." Mukuro said in annoyance.
"Oh, Rokudou-san, I forgot you're there," Shirayuri said in a monotone.
"Yuri-shishou, you copy my tone." Flan said in a monotone.
"That's one way to mess with people, Flan-kun. Remember it well."
"Yes, Yuri-shishou."
Mukuro's eyes twitched in annoyance. He looked at Ken who was sitting beside him. Mukuro whispered something to him. Ken nodded his head.
Ken put something in his mouth and whispered. "Wolf Channel" He turned into a wolf then jumped at Shirayuri.
Suddenly, Shirayuri's hoodie was shredded. Ken then went back to his chair and transformed back to normal.
They finally able to saw Shirayuri's face, they could see her eyes widened. And they could hear someone gasped in surprised. Shirayuri looked annoyed, but then, her face turned blank.
"You have to replace my hoodie, too," Shirayuri said in annoyance.
That was not exactly the reaction Mukuro was looking for, but at least he managed to annoy her.
"B... ...s's La..dy!" Chrome stuttered nervously.
"Yes, Chrome?" Shirayuri said softly.
"Wh...what? Why? How?" Chrome stuttered.
"My dear Chrome, what makes you so surprised?" Mukuro said curiously. After all, Chrome was the only one among them who knew how the Vongola's lover looked like.
"Ha..ir." Chrome stuttered unhelpfully.
Mukuro raised his eyebrows. "Hair?"
Mukuro looked at Vongola's lover hair. There was nothing wrong with it. It was black and short, it only reached her chin.
Chrome was in tears and looked at Shirayuri in disappointment.
Shirayuri sighed and touched her short hair. "Chrome, it's just a haircut."
"B... but, Boss's Lady. Why?"
"Annoying girl, what exactly wrong with her hair? Her hairstyle looks similar to mine." M.M exclaimed.
"Kufufu, my dear Chrome, could you explain, please."
"Calm down, Chrome, it's nothing major. " Shirayuri reassured her. "Why don't you drink the tea, it's will calm you down."
Chrome drank her tea and tried to calm down.
"Well, Chrome?" Mukuro looked at Chrome curiously.
"Um, it just that Boss's Lady used to have long hair." Chrome said shyly.
"So, she got a haircut, what's the big deal?" M.M asked in annoyance.
"But, um, Boss's Lady promises to Boss to never cut her hair." Chrome said shyly.
They were silent at that. Shirayuri just drank her tea to wait for their reaction.
"Oya Oya, was that the reason you ran away from Vongola today?" Mukuro smirked in amusement. "That's mean, Vongola doesn't know about your new haircut."
"Um, why did you cut your hair, Boss's Lady?" Chrome asked shyly.
"It doesn't really matter," Shirayuri said shortly.
"Could it be because of what happened in the zoo?" Mukuro smirked.
Shirayuri raised her eyebrows. "The topic of my hair aside, what about that key you told me before?"
Mukuro's eyes twitched in irritation. "Kufufu, of course, the key. As I am sure you know, I don't mean it literally."
"Then, what do you mean?"
"Tell me Vongola's lover. Do you aware of how much control you have on Sawada Tsunayoshi?" Mukuro said.
"Why don't you tell me? I never keep track of it." Shirayuri smiled in amusement.
Mukuro was irritated. "Kufufu, after your argument with Vongola, he told the former Sun Arcobaleno that he agrees to become the Vongola's boss."
"So?" Shirayuri said uninterestedly.
"Up until now, no one was able to change his mind. I was curious to know what makes you able to do it." Mukuro said. "I also noticed that Vongola is changing from his naive and ignorant self. And I am sure that was you're doing too. I am impressed you could change him so much in such a short time."
"So, what is it do you want, Rokudou-san?" Shirayuri asked.
"In order to destroy the mafia, I tried to possess Sawada Tsunayoshi, but I lost to him. I couldn't even change his mind about the cruelty of the mafia. He just turns a blind eye on it." Mukuro said. "But, you can do it. If you ask him to destroy the mafia, then I am sure he will do it."
Shirayuri drank her tea until her cup was empty. Then, she looked at Mukuro in contemplation.
"Why did you hate the mafia?" Shirayuri asked seriously.
Mukuro raised his eyebrows. "I spent my childhood being experiment on, the same with Ken and Chikusa."
"Don't you have better thing to do, besides revenge?" Shirayuri asked.
"The mafia is cruel, it's crucial to get rid of them." Mukuro reasoned.
Shirayuri smiled in amusement. "Why don't you try to be open-minded?"
"Are you telling me to forgive them?" Mukuro said. "You're just the same as Vongola. Both of you are naive."
Shirayuri giggled. "What I am trying to say is don't waste your life on revenge. There are so much better things to do than that."
"How would you understand what we feel?" Ken exclaimed.
"You're right, I don't understand. That's why I won't bother to tell you to forgive the mafia. Because, honestly, I doubt I will be able to forgive them, too." Shirayuri looked lost in thought.
"Kufufu, you are interesting, but I still want revenge."
"Of course, that's natural. That's a sign that you still have humanity in you. No matter how much you deny it." Shirayuri pointed out. "You focus too much on the negative aspects of your life that you forgot that you do have positive aspects in your life."
Mukuro frowned at her.
"You understand, don't you?" Shirayuri said. "Open both your eyes and mind. The world doesn't surround in darkness. Don't keep yourself in the dark that you forget about the light."
"You certainly give me something to think about," Mukuro said. "But, what about yourself?"
"What do you mean?" Shirayuri said in confusion.
"You also let yourself live in the dark. You might not forget about the light, but you purposely stay away from it." Mukuro pointed out.
"You're right. No one noticed that besides my family." Shirayuri admitted. "And I think you deserve a reward for noticing that.
"Will you give me your body then?" Mukuro asked.
Everyone was in silence.
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