Author Note: Readers, you're being warned at here before you starting to read this chapter. First, M.M is FINALLY appearing in this chapter and… there will be a lot of bashing about her (Don't like, don't read.) Other than that… hmm… oh yeah, and a very important note here.
KATEKYO HITMAN REBORN HAD ENDED. And I seriously hope that you will answer me honestly. Will you still reading my fiction stories? Give me your true answers by voting at the poll I've prepared at my profile please, because this meant a lot for me.
Between, if this chapter sucks… blame it to my emotions… oh, and also my sickness (I caught a high-fever today)… :( I'm still not over with KHR end between…
Chapter #10- Love makes him Immortal
She watched as he breathed into an oxygen mask and the nurses dragged his unconscious body into the emergency room. One of the nurses stopped her from entering the emergency room, and all she could do was watch the door closed before her.
She lowered her head, her hands balled into fists as small beads of tears brimmed down from her violet orbs. Her soaked body slightly shivered and she sniffed, unable to hold back the feeling of blaming herself for all his pain.
A pair of arms suddenly pulled her into a warm embrace, and the gentle voice whispered comforts into her ears. All she could do was sob into the man's embrace, which seemed like her only support.
"I… I almost killed him! I felt so terrible… I… I…What have I done to him?…" Hibari patted her head as he rubbed the tears forming on the edges of her eyes. He understands why she felt like that and he cannot blame her for feeling so uneasy.
"He… will survive, don't cry anymore… you promised… and I'll bite you to death if you forget the promise." he said as he gritted his teeth. The purplenette slightly nodded her head as she sniffed a few times, trying to stop the tears from forming in her eyes again.
A muffled sneeze came out from the purplenette and that was all it takes to make the ex-prefect become even more worried about her.
"Go back to your room and change your clothes before you caught a cold, herbivorous woman. You do know how troublesome it is when you're sick." He gently said, all his pain being forgotten as all he cared for is her health now. After being with her for ten years, he had known her well enough that she could gets sick very easily.
Chrome nodded her head slowly as Hibari loosened his hold around her. The girl pulled herself away from his embrace, and makes her way to the elevator. Hibari could hear her each steps sounding really heavy, and once she is far enough not to see him, the raven head slammed his tonfa hard on the wall, making a crack on the poor, innocent wall. Droplets of water beads running down from his wet hair as he gritted his teeth.
The image of the crying purplenette flashes in his mind, and that was all he needs to make him angry.
"Don't worry, I'll never let him hurt you again. I promise."
He swore on his pride to himself that he will never let anyone hurt her again, especially Mukuro. However, isn't his promise broken now? The painful, sad look on the female illusionist face… she is hurt, yet he can't do anything to make her felt better.
The purplenette sat in the bath tub filled with hot water, the water was so hot that it almost scaled her smooth skin. She scrubber her body as hard as she could in the water when she remembers how the bluenette used to hold her so lovingly and gently. She did not deserve to be loved by him, which is why she wished to erase every gentle touch he had laid on her skin.
'We're very sorry, Chrome Dokuro-san. But this is all we could do… if Mukuro Rokudo-san is able to wake up in this week, it will only be a miracle…'
She buried her head on her knees, sobbing silently to herself as she tried to forget about the words those nurses told her. She didn't want to believe that he slipped into a coma all because he wanted to save her, and the fact that this is the truth on why he had abandons her. She wanted to believe that all of this was just a bad dream, and she is going to wake up safe and warm in her own comfortable bed. However, it's hard to believe that this is a dream. He had almost thrown his life away to save her, he used his own life in exchange for hers, and he also let her see the past and reasons on why he had abandoned her.
Violet orbs stared at the water surrounding around her as suddenly, Mukuro's face appeared in the water, smiling ever so lovingly up to her. She bit her lips as her hot tears dripped into the water, blurring the perfect image. She felt so cold, so uneasy that she was at fault for all his pain.
Hibari sat silently in the dining room in his favorite purple dress shirt, waiting for the hot water to boil. He really needs a nice cup of hot Japanese tea to calm his nerve now.
The image of Chrome's crying still haunted him, making him feel bad for himself. He really didn't know how to face the purplenette now, since he had broken his promise, unable to protect her when she needed him the most and worst of all, he had let his rival, the one who had abandon her, to protect her instead.
"…I'll be his replacement for you so don't be scared anymore…."
What kind of stupid things had he said before? he thought to himself bitterly. He doesn't even want to remember about it now.
"Do you mind if I have a cup of tea with you, Kyoya?" the gentle voice make him titled his head and saw Chrome stood in front of him with a small smile on her face.
"Whatever, but the water hasn't boiled yet." Hibari murmured as he avoids making eye-contact with the girl. Chrome just continues smiling to him as she took a seat in front of him.
"Never mind about it, Kyoya." She said before grabbing his hand. Hibari finally looked at her straight into her eyes when she intertwined their fingers together. "Please don't blame yourself over the incident that had happened to me."
Onyx orbs slightly widened as he can't believe at how simple the purplenette could see through his problems.
"You… always avoid my glance whenever you feel that you had done something bad to me, Kyoya… I know." It seemed like she could read through his mind as she answered his question. "But you had always kept your promises. You did came and saved me. You had been taking care of me all these years; you had replaced him in my heart now, Kyoya. You're…one of the most important person that I want to protect." She said as she falashed a big grin.
"Perhaps you thought that you can lie through me with that smile of yours, but do you understand that I've known you well enough that I could see through your lies, herbivorous woman?" He thought bitterly to himself, but her words did heal his wounded heart a bit. Because right now, at least he knew that he is not only a replacement for her… but a person who is important in her life.
Loud shouts and curses suddenly ruined the comfortable silence they had been enjoying. Hibari twitched his eyebrows in annoyance as he pulled out his tonfas out-of-no-where, ready to kill the herbivore(s) who dares to disturb him and the silent company he is enjoying. However, he stopped when Chrome shoot him a look that told him to calm down. He was about to put down his tonfas down when suddenly, he heard the voice of a herbivore that he will never forgive.
"Hey! Don't get in my way, you dumbass! Tell me where is my Mukuro-chan?!" this time, Chrome couldn't stop Hibari anymore since the man was emitting killing aura that was screaming 'KILL!' and he was struggling to get away from her grip since he seriously is going to BITE the herbivore who DARE to hurt HIS property ten years ago.
"K-Kyoya! Don't! Please calm down! Calm down!" the purplenette tried to stop the ex-prefect, however, since Hibari is much stronger than her, he easily gets away from her grip without hurting the purplenette and with a single hard slam of his tonfa, he crashed the poor, wooden door into nothing but dusts.
"What the- Oi, Hibari! Stop ruining everything in the mansion!" the Storm guardian yelled angrily at the Cloud guardian, but Hibari ignored him, his eyes landed on the red head, glaring at her in a way a beast prepares to attack its enemy.
'Oh shit.' Is the only thing that Gokudera could think of as he quickly grabbed the raven head with all his energy, stopping him from attacking the woman in front of him. However, knowing Hibari's strengths, the silverette knew that he couldn't hold the raven head for too long.
"Damn it, don't use violence in the mansion, Hibari! I know that you're really furious right now but just think about Chrome, okay?! She won't like it if she saw you ruining the mansion again!"
When the purplenette's name was mentioned, Hibari glanced back at the female illusionist. Suddenly, his mind went blank when he saw the troubled look on her face and noticed the girl was still deep in her thought. She is not ready to meet them, she is still feeling desperate, and she is not ready to face all these problems that she knew she had to encounter someday. Yet, everything had to fall in place today.
The figure in front of them glared at the purplenette who was deep in her thoughts as she looked down at her feet. Without any hesitation, the red head stomped in front of her and grabbed her by her shirt's collar. In those dark red ruby orbs, Chrome could saw hate, anger and jealousy.
"You bitch! Why did you make Mukuro-chan suffer so much pain? How dare you make him injured like this! Look at what you had done to him!" M.M screamed at the top of her lungs. The younger purplenette wanted to fight back, however, when her ex-master's name was being mentioned, she felt like she couldn't find her voice and her legs started to grow weaker.
"I'm… sorry…" was all she could whispered out, since she didn't know what else she could do. The red head clicked her tongue and slammed her body against the wall, making a loud banging sound. Her grip between Chrome's collars tighten, making the purplenette choked, however, Chrome still did not fight back.
"I seriously don't understand why he wanted to come back and see you! I knew that nothing good will happen if he's close to you!"
"I… I…" Chrome struggled.
Suddenly, M.M jumped back, letting go of Chrome's collar as she dodged a tonfa thrown at her. The female illusionist quickly fixed her collar, and titling her head, only to find the ex-prefect glaring dangerously at M.M.
"You loud herbivore… who do you think you are? Yelling at my property and trying to use violence on her… do you really want me to bite you to death?"
The red head is a bit surprised when she saw the cold cloud guardian walked up next to Chrome, gently placing his hand on her shoulders as he asked if she was alright. The clarinet sneered as she pointed her index finger at Hibari this time.
"I have the right to be mad for what she had done to my beloved Mukuro-chan! And you're also a part of it since you couldn't watch over your stupid-ass bitch from doing the stupid things she had always do!"
The ex-prefect looked at the clarinet user, his cold onyx orbs shown off angers as he glared at her. "I don't care what happens to the pineapple herbivore… but don't you dare to insult her right before me." He hissed out.
"K-Kyoya…" Chrome tried to call out for him, but Hibari ignore her calling as he grabbed his tonfa from the floor and get into fighting mode.
"Actually… I never plan on killing you off no matter how much I detests you. However, your action today had changed my plan, herbivore… what kind of death do you want? Tonfas… or perhaps you want a taste of my box weapon?" Hibari murmured, pulling out a small purple Vongola box from his pocket.
"Stop, Hibari-san." A voice suddenly said, grabbing Hibari's arm. Everyone turned their eyes towards the left, where a bruised up brunette with a bandaged arm stood looking at them in his boss-mode. Hibari let out a 'tch' as he pulled his arm away from his boss.
"Don't interfere, omnivore." Hibari said, making the brunette twitched his eyebrow. Without any hesitation, Tsuna grabbed the ex-prefect's arm once again, this time with more force as he tightened his grip.
"You don't get it do you..." The brunette murmured as his chcoolate browns flashed orange hues dangerously. "Don't make everything more complicated and difficult for Chrome!"
"Think about her for a second! She needs your company now, not make thing more troublesome for her!" the brunette suddenly yelled out, making his fearless cloud guardian slightly surprised at his sudden outburst.
Once the fearless ex-prefect pushed him away and gave him a 'hn', Tsuna's orange orbs turned its attention to the red head; who was also the cause of all these problems.
"And you." The Vongola Decimo said coldly, making M.M flinched at the tone he used. "I'm not going to forgive anyone who hurts my friends. If I ever saw you trying to hurt Chrome again, I swear I'll let Hibari-san do whatever he wanted to do to you."
"This is my last warning." Tsuna repeated as he narrowed his eyes at her, making the clarinet player bit her lips as she gave a 'Tch' to the brunette before turning her head around, stomping away. Once everything was settled, Tsuna turned to look at Chrome while patting her shoulder in a brotherly-way.
"Don't worry, nobody will ever forgive her if she dare to hurt you again…" Tsuna tried to comfort her, and it does help. Chrome give out a soft smile as she nodded her head.
This is why she loved her family… her wonderful and unique Vongola family… the place where she had found friends and the family that truly loved her.
Chrome gently opened the infirmary room's door where a figure was laying on the medical bed. It's been two weeks… ever since Mukuro had slipped into a coma, yet there's been no movements showing that the bluenette is going to wake up.
In the purplenette's hands held a small vase of white lilies. Her grip around the vase tightens when she notice that the bluenette still haven't woke up. Letting out a sigh of disappointment, she set the vase of flowers down on the table next to the unconscious male illusionist.
Too many things had happened ever since the day when Mukuro slipped into a coma and Chrome doesn't even want to remember any of them… especially the day when the doctors asked her boss…
"Mukuro Rokudo-san has been in the coma for more than a week. We wanted to know if Decimo-sama will still wishes to keep him alive… or if you wanted us to take his oxygen mask away…"
Of course, her boss had tried to deny the truth that Mukuro might never be able to wake up again, and being his usual self that loves all his family members dearly, he was strictly not allowing anyone to take Mukuro's oxygen mask away.
"You know…" she gently whispered out, running her fingers through his smooth blue hair. "I… still can't forgive you for what you had done to me ten years ago… you could have left me a note… or maybe you visit me."
"Somehow...a part of me was stupidly hoping that you would appear in front of me if I waited long enough...yet… none of my wishes had ever come true…" without knowing why, hot tears started brimming on her violets once again.
"That's why… if you are able to hear my voice… please wake up… I… wanted to hear you say your apologies clearly to me one more time…" she grabbed his hand as she mumbled between her tears.
She was startled when suddenly her phone rang; making the purplenette squeaked as she quickly brought it up to her ears.
"Ah, Chrome-chan! I'm so worried about you when you didn't take up your phone… is Mukuro-kun fine?" the orangenette from the other line asked worriedly since she secretly knew that Chrome had been crying alone almost every day ever since the day when Mukuro slipped into a coma. Moreover, being the usual caring and loving self she is, she hated when her friend is feeling down and yet she couldn't help them.
"A-Ah, Kyoko-chan… w-well… Mukuro-sama is still the same… he still hadn't waken up from his coma…" the purplenette said with a small frown tugging on her face, unaware of the bluenette's fingers that twitched a bit and a pair of mix-matched eyes are slowly opening.
"Is that so? I'm very sorry that Haru-chan and I can't help you much…" the orangenette slightly frowned since she felt that she's being useless once again… however, she couldn't help it. Tsuna's office had been flooded by paperwork ever since the incident with the Pescha family and being the soon-to-be wife of Vongola Decimo, she is trying to help her husband by lessening up his works. So, right now, she is stuck in the office room along with her fiancé, trying to finish up the paperwork that seemed like it might never be able to finish up.
"I-It's really okay, Kyoko-chan! I hope that you and bossu can finish up those paperwork, I'll be taking care of him myself, so don't worry…" she tried to reassured the girl from the other line and that was when she saw the unconscious bluenette staring at her with his eyes opened.
"M-Mukuro…? Mukuro-sama…?" she managed to stutter out in shock, her phone is being forgotten as she accidentally letting it slipping out from her hand. The male illusionist looked at her silently; his mix-matched orbs stared deeply into her shocked violets before he lifted his hand weakly, and gently stroking her cheeks.
"C-Can you recognize me?" she asked, still haven't recovered from her shock as deep inside her heart; she wished that it isn't just a dream; that Mukuro did woke up from his coma.
The male illusionist just stayed quiet before a gentle and loving smile formed on his face as he nodded his head slowly, as if telling Chrome that he does remember her.
"I-I'm so glad… you're alive… y-you didn't die…" she murmured, as she starts to felt her tears forming in her eyes once again.
'Kufufufu… Nagi, had you underestimated me? I'm the immortal Mukuro Rokudo…I won't die so easily... and I won't ever forget about you. You were always on my mind, I will never forget every single smile of yours and the time we had spent together although it was short…' he want to say it out, however, due to the fact that his mouth was covered with an oxygen mask and his throat was still feeling sore, he could only stare at her while weakly intertwining their fingers together.
Chrome felt her lips turning into a soft smile as she wrapped her arms around him, taking in his familiar warmth, and making the bluenette shocked at her sudden loving action towards him.
After recovering from his shock, Mukuro gently runs his fingers through her purple locks, deep inside his heart, he wished that this wonderful moment can last forever, because he doesn't want Chrome to pull her arms away from his. All he wanted was for her to stay by his side forever.
A cloaked figure stood outside the Vongola mansion, an evil smirk spread on his face as he watched Mukuro and Chrome in the medical room.
"How foolish of you… Mukuro Rokudo…" the figure said, watching at Mukuro who is sort of enjoying the silent moment he had with his beloved Chrome.
"For an A-class illusionist like you to not even notice that a Vindiche would never be able to create any illusions and they would never have broken any oath they make…" the cloaked man merely chuckled to himself.
"Look like I had mistaken you… you're not that as strong and fearless as those Vindiche had said to me…"
Tsuna slightly jolted, as he looked up from his paperwork. He swears that he had seen a figure just now, but perhaps it's just him is just seeing things… after all, he had been sitting in his office for 18 freaking hours today!
"Here's your cappuccino, Tsu-kun." He titled his head, and saw his fiancée greeting him with her typical bright smile although she was just as tired as him. Kyoko had been kind enough to help him do his paperwork and re-checking them for him. Deep inside his heart, he was screaming at how Kyoko is always a wonderful, sweet angel who was willing to help him go through all these papers from hell causes by all his guardians.
"Thank you, Kyoko-chan…" Tsuna said, taking the cup of hot cappuccino and sipping it slowly, enjoying the bitter-sweet taste. Kyoko just nodded her head, and went back to her seat before sipping a cup of jasmine tea with a stack of paperwork in her hand.
The brunette watched his fiancée who was helping him in his paperwork. The orangenette looked very pale, she must be just as exhausted as he is… damn, he is going to give his guardians a loving 'gift' for making his beloved orangenette like this.
"You can go to sleep you know...?" Tsuna said hesitantly and the orange head looked up as she blinked at his words.
"Kyoko… just leave all these to me, you had helped me enough…" the Vongola Decimo said, although he knew that he was going to fall asleep at any time.
"B-Besides...I've survived till today with all these work and the paperworks that usually takes days to finish is almost done in a day!" Tsuna cheered as he grinned at his fiancee while Kyoko giggled in return.
"It's okay, Tsu-kun. You still have another 5 stacks. Let's finish them up quickly together so we can rest, ne, Tsu-kun?" as always, his fiancée was still giving him encouragement and bright smiles that makes all his burdens felt lighter. He smiled as he watched Kyoko took out a pen and starting to work on the new stacks of paperwork.
"Thank you so much, Kyoko-chan…" Tsuna said with chibi tears forming on the corner of his eyes. Kyoko giggled at her fiancé's cute reaction and nodded her head.
"You're welcome, Tsu-kun."
Chrome felt a relieved smile spread on her face when she notices the male illusionist sleeping peacefully. She placed her cup of hot chocolate on the table and run her fingers through his hair once again.
All her worries had faded away once the bluenette awoke; however, she was still embarrassed over what the male illusionist told her; which was also his first sentence ever since he woke up.
"I've been hearing your voice calling my name and begging for me to wake up… kufufufufu~ so you really do care for me…" He said with a smug grin.
"S-Stupid pineapple-head…" she managed to murmur out as she recalled about the so-embarrassing moment, turning her head around from facing the gorgeous sleeping face of his as she sipped on her hot chocolate.
To be continued.
Ending Note: For those who wanted to see Chrome and M.M's cat fight… wait for the next chapter, ne~? :3 Chrome will pay her back her every single rude behavior towards her… just not this chapter because she's worried about Mukuro… *dodge rotten tomatoes once again from un-satisfied readers* Oh, and yes, it isn't Jagger who attack Mukuro and Chrome from the previous chapter but a certain character who disguised himself as Jagger… just wonder if you want it to be an OC or one of the illusionists in KHR? Well… that's all I wanna say, mina-san, and please review?