Chapter 10
A/N: Hello everyone! Sorry for the late update…my shoulder cramped really bad and thus I decided to rest few days before writing again and make me really late for updating. But anyway lets us not talk about my pain and lets us just continue with the story!
Tatara POV
After Giotto and his Guardians back inside the ring after he said he didn't want to cause more stress on me by having Daemon being maimed by my 2 mist guardians who glaring at him, I then started to tell the story of my past (which I really watered it down by not mentioning few things the like TriNiSet for example and also to be careful not to mention my sun flame) to the residents of Shizume (aka the kings and Clansmen), I noticed they gave me several pity and pained looks during the time I told them my suffering during Reborn tutelage which I shed tears as they give me some confront which I really appreciated.
By the time I arrived at where I meet Reborn once again in the future, I noticed that Reborn had come down from the stairs and sit down on one of the sofa and sipping his (god out nowhere) espresso with interested look which then make me continue with the story again after I confirmed that Mukuro almost done treating Adolf-san from Reborn's eyes.
"And so, one night after the training from Future Hibari and Future Lal-san in frustration, I suddenly heard voices just outside my door. With curiosity, then I peeked outside and noticed Future Hibari and Future Fuuta talking about something that shocked me" I said as I sipping some lemonade that Izumo made while listened to my story.
"What did they say, Tatara?" ask Anna as she playing with the hem of my shirt while paying attention to me and hearing that question make me flinched as I remember what Fuuta and Hibari had said and what I felt back then and so after I letting out a small sigh I then facing Anna with sad expression "They talking about King's death" after I said that the Homra, Reishi, Awashima-chan and Fushimi letting out shocked gasp and expression which I ignored and continue with the story "They said that King die after he lost control of his power and accidently killed his one and only clansman"
Hearing that the Homra and Fushimi started to panic with worry and tried to make sure that Mikoto is okay which he just let them fussing over him while stroked my hand which he has hold and tried to assured me that he is alive, I also spotted frown started to appear on his face as he trying to absorb what I had told them about his death which make me decided to paused my story and let them digest the information that I had told them.
While the Homra fussing over Mikoto, I turn my gaze toward Reborn, the Varia and Acrobaleno and my Guardians that had the looks of realizations as what I had just told them had something to do with my disappearance which I confirmed with a small nod, which make Reborn frown more while he deep in thought and while the rest muttered in silence and discussing whatever that is since I couldn't hear them.
15 minutes had passed since then, after they finally calmed down, Izumo then ask "Tatara, you just say that in this future that not meant to be, you had heard that Mikoto had died but if I heard them right…you are also told us that Mikoto killed his only clansmen, what do you meant by that?" after he asked that question all the attention turn to me once again.
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"Before I answer that question, I need to explain about the power that we underworld wield since the answer to that question kind of related and it will also answer the questions of why I decided to gone AWOL" I said after I finishing my last sip of lemonade which I can spy the instant attention on me that giving to me by the mafia side including the newly returned Mukuro who got comfortable by standing near Chrome and after I taken few deep breath, I then started to explaining about flames and the harmony factor that bound the Sky and the other elements together.
After I done with the explaining, I then stared to lit up my Sky flame and said "This is my Sky flame and in here we at least had 4 known civilian Skies and 3 of them had theirs mingled with other elements just like Xanxus and the last one is a pure sky " Hoo…?" said Reborn as he keep paying attention to my words "Yep, King here is Sky-Storm just like Xanxus, Reishi is Sky-Rain, Daikoku-san is Sky-Sun and Adolf-san who Mukuro just done treating is the pure Sky amongst the 4 known civilian Skies that gathered here" when I done introducing the 4 kings flames, both kings, clansmen and mafia side started to talk among themselves and the mafia side more about how to protect these civilian skies safe from Nono and Iemitsu grasps as they speculating that the reasons they haven't discovered is because I had used my power to hid them by covered the whole city with my flames in form of a barrier which they had stumbled against them when they entered the city.
When the discussion started to end, Reborn then ask a question "While I'm quite surprised that in here we had found 4 unexpected skies, what related between your disappearance 10 years ago and you reveled that these 4 kings that gathered in this bar are skies?"
While frowning, I then answered his question "Well….everything actually….to tell you the truth, I'm not exactly truthful to all of you either or rather I keep this secret since what Iemitsu and Nono done to me when I'm just a 5 years old. And I not to sure about revealing them to you, for back then Iemitsu and Nono keep a tight leash on me and thus I'm afraid what they will do with this secret of mine….but since they are not here and the spies are not here I can finally tell you " hearing that, Reborn then grunted while petting my head while frowning in understanding what had stopped me from telling him which make me smile and basked myself with his warm hand on my head and patted me with his silent affection.
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After I basking myself in my Papa's warmth hand that almost comfortable just as when Mikoto patting me, then I started to nod my head toward Reborn that saying that I'm already okay which make hi stop to patting me and taken few step back and leaned on the bar just next to my right side. Seeing that Reborn won't leave my side for quite sometimes, it brought smiles to my face which I immediately erased them from my face and started focusing on make my Sun flame lit on my palm. When the mafia side seeing the Sun flame on my palm, I got many reactions from eyes wide open to gasps can be seen especially on Hayato, Lambo and Takeshi faces.
"Dame-Tsuna you better explain THIS to me RIGHT now!" said Reborn as he glare at me which make me flinch a bit before I settled on neutral face and started to explain about my Sun flame start from when I found out about it and by the time I'm done explaining all Reborn do is just sigh a rather loud sigh that had frustrated tone in it which make me shrink on my seat while waiting the storm to start brew which I know that it will started within 15 seconds from now and true to my prediction after 15 seconds had passed, my Guardians (except Mukuro and Kyoya), the Arcobaleno (except Reborn, Lal and Fon), Dino-nii started to surrounded me and started to ask questions with such rapid rate that leave me no time to answer them which only calmed down when Reborn shoot a warning shoot with Leon-gun.
"Now I understand why you disappear 10 years ago….Tsuna, you come to this city to find your one and only Sky right?" said Reborn with stern gaze which I just smiling and nodded then say while holding Mikoto's hand "Yeah…and I did found my Sky in Mikoto, I'm sorry that I gone without telling anyone, but it is something I had to do by myself and I can't really involved Mafia in this, no matter what"
"Juudaime…I understood that when you have dual-flames, you are bound to have a Sky and if you are trying to avoid Nono and Iemitsu to finding out, I can even more understand your reason for not telling us…but for some reason when you phrased that you not willing involve the Mafia, I could sense that you have different meaning to it more than having those two know" said Hayato with worried look that Takeshi seems to share which make me chuckle and then I said
"Hmm…you are kind of right. The fact that I can't let Iemitsu and Nono found out about the fact that I have Sun flame or the fact that now I have a bonded Sky is one of my reason and I supposed I can tell you my other reason for not contacting all of you these past 10 years even after I finally bonded with Mikoto."
"Well… do tell us then, my dear Bambina" said Reborn as he decided to sit on one of the bar stool and directed his sharp gaze and his classic dark smirk at me which make me rolled my eyes and ignoring the fact that he had once again referred me as his daughter, the I started to explain "The other reason that I decided to contact any of you is because I can't…to tell you the truth 3 years after I arrived in this city and the beginning of the existence of Homra as one of the 7 Clans who lead this city as their ruler is because there are some sort of evil energy surrounding this city" "Evil energy? What do you mean by that Tsu-nii?" ask Lambo "The kind that even more sinister then Vendice's black flame or even Checker face's presence" hearing that the Mafia side surprised by my words even the arcobaleno too.
But before they say anything "And so I decided to investigate of the cause of the evil energy but what I found out is something that even I, Checker face and Bermuda agree that we should keep the Mafia out of it" "something even make that bastard and Vendice into an agreement?! What is that thing you had found, kora?!"Say Colonello as he keeps exchange glances with Reborn "I'm sorry…but I can't tell you yet, we decided that while both Checker face and Bermuda currently investigating what manner of the thing I had found, it's become my job to make sure that none of you will near that thing, so I hope for your understanding to not pursue this until we deemed that its safe to approach"
"Then you can at least tell us why this matter isn't brought to our attention as we didn't have anything to do with the mafia, Totsuka Tatara?" said Reishi as he fixed his glasses which I then replied "Because it will just brought attention of the mafia. Surely you didn't think the mafia will not send any spies to spies on you? if you think so then you must be naïve, because just like you trying to keep updated on mafia activity even not much…the mafia also desperate to keep an eye or two on the rulers of Shizume city which the community can't lay their hand on after the world war and by you knowing about this thing which mean the mafia will know about it somehow and someway."
As he heard that, he started to frown which I just ignored and keep talking "The mafia communities always keep their eye on this city and they will do so until they are able to find any weakness or even small creaks for enable them to seize this city and engulfed them with their bloodied hands and action, which something I will never allowed them to." At the end of the word, I then glare at the front door before continuing
"And I swear it on my throne as the Mafia don of the strongest mafia family, Vongola Decimo that if any them decided to lay their hand on this city then they will have to face me as their opponent and I don't even care that if its Vongola or my allied family that I faced….because this city is my second of aside from Namimori and if they dare to sullied or dirtying my beloved home and the home of my family…then the heck of them! I will burn them to the ground myself" after I said that, I then started to growl at the prospect those dirty and greedy scumbags dared step their foot on my home and try to do as their please and making my beloved homes bleed with their greedy hand which is unforgiveable (unknown to me Kyoya and Mukuro giving me approving gaze that also held sadistic and thirst for battles inside the said gaze).
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After I calmed down from my Sky protective haze after imagining my homes being threated, I then turn my gaze toward Mukuro and ask him about Adolf-san conditions which Daikoku-san, Kuro and Neko also paid attention to as he explaining about his treatment.
According to Mukuro, Adolf-san won't wake up anytime soon…probably only by the end of the week that he will wake up, since the damage is much more severed than what he imaged. Mukuro said it's probably because his soul already once being ripped from his body and by adding the strain of trying to contain the Colorless King soul on the same body who already held the damaged soul…did him no good since the damages get bigger and getting more severed to the point that even Mukuro afraid he almost too late to fix him which fortunately he didn't.
He also added only thanks to my flame seal that the damage didn't get worse or even any pieces of the soul got lost. Mukuro said that some unknown factor also helped by temporary glued the pieces together by altering the soul's memories by making him believe that he was a different person which then Neko said that its her doing, which make Mukuro the Kufufu-ing in approval and said its because her power that the soul did break with the shock that its had received after being ripped apart and thus brought Adolf-san more time to adjusting to the new body when he receives the said new body.
After that Mukuro also added that even after Adolf-san had awaken, he will need sleep as much as he can, which according to Mukuro… sleep is the best way to fix his dreamscape that Mukuro only able to fix half of it and the other half needed Adolf-san to repairing it himself by dreaming, which all of us didn't understand except for Chrome, Flan and Mammon.
After hearing that news, make the three of them sigh in relief as they finally know that Adolf-san will be okay and only after thanking him, they then promised Mukuro that they will certainly make sure Adolf-san into bed-arrest when he woke up and they hope that Mukuro will continue to help Adolf-san until he fit to be moving around which Mukuro agreed to the relief of the trio.
But unknown to them and only me and the Mafia side know… that the only reason he agreed to it only because he interested in Adolf-san condition which all of us silently vowed to make sure that Mukuro never spend alone time together with him for long period of time. Or god only know what will happen to him if he and Mukuro spend long period time locked together in a room and the minimal damage of it is that Adolf-san will only lose one or two innocent parts of him….
When we finally done with Adolf-san's treatment plans, Reborn then decided that the discussions will ends here for today and will be continued tomorrow which all of them agree and thus all of them left the bar and leaving only few of us decided to stay for a few more good drinks. In which Xanxus, Reborn, Byakuran, Dino-nii and Kyoya immediately ordered the best alcohol that Izumo able to serve them and then chugged the first glass in such perfect harmony to the point that they even slammed the glass on the bar and ordered for second glass on the same time which make me chuckles while nursing on my own Vodka which I ordered after I putting Anna to sleep.
Only after Xanxus managed to chugged down at least half of his second glass, he then turn his gaze only which he immediately hardened it into his normal glare and said "So...what are you planning now, Tsu?" "What do you mean Xan-nii?" "Play dumb on us, Tsu…you know what I meant. What are planning to do with that Liar and the Traitor of Vongola? We both know that those two will do anything to put their dirty hands on you and this city and all of us know that you will never be the one who just letting guys like them do as they please ever since the pacifist like you even ordered us to eliminate the Estearno from the face of the earth".
Hearing that, I just chuckle and put down my glass and then pick up a dart and throw them into the dartboard and then say "For now I will nothing…I will wait till they bite the bait that I daggling in front of them an then I shall rain the punishment for incurring my wrath" which then Xan-nii, Dino-nii, reborn and Kyoya smirk as they try to image the punishment the idiots (fake Carnivore in Kyoya's dictionary).
"But now let's us not talk about them! Now its time to drink our fill! And since its been long time I had seen you guys, I will pay at least half of the bill, so Izumo give us your best drinks!" I said which make them smirked and as Izumo grin he then say "Ok….leave it to me, I will give you the best drinks you ever taste! Mikoto are you joining us too?" which Mikoto just grunted and then walked to the bar and sit next to me and thus all of us partying till late night and only occasions stop the drinking streaks by tasting my foods and talking about themselves or even my life at Namimori and Shizume which we only stopped when the dawn had arrived.