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Blast to the Past

Chapter 10: A sliver of Truth...Well, sort of.

It was dark.

She couldn't see a thing as she sink deeper into the black lake. She realized that fighting the darkness was futile as it would only drag her deeper. She shivered as the metallic chains around her tightened, pulling her down into the abyss.

Where…where am I?

Why is it soo dark…soo cold…?

Mukuro-sama…

Bossu…

Everyone…

Please…

Help me…

Don't….don't leave me alone!

"Please, Mukuro-nii, help Chrome-nee!" Nagi sank to the ground, her white dress pooled around her. "I can't reach her at all and it's getting dark and cold." The purplenette shivered as she held herself, trying to ward the deadly coldness that creeps into the once beautiful garden.

Mukuro crouched down as others quickly gathered around them. "My dear Nagi," Mukuro's voice was soft, almost soothing as he slowly touched the girl's hand, "Tell me what happened here."

"Chrome-nee… She…I… I don't know." Nagi whispered, tears were pooling at the corner of her eyes, "One moment it was ok, then suddenly our connection snapped. Flowers were wilting and snows were falling. I-I was so afraid and so lonely."

"Who is this, Mukuro?" Tsuna softly asked as Kyoko sat down and tentatively hug the girl, who was shivering madly.

"This is another entity like us," Mukuro whispered, "Easier said, Chrome is her, and she is Chrome."

"Wha—t? What do you mean?"

"Two souls sharing the same body. One, the spirit of our time, another, a spirit of the future." Mukuro continued.

Everyone else looked at him in blank confusion.

Mukuro gazed at Nagi who was still shivering.

"Nagi is the real Chrome of our time. The Chrome we know… is from another time, or to be specific, the future." Mukuro murmured.

Everyone was silenced.

"HAH?"

After some crazy explaining (especially to Kyoko, who was flabbergasted with the whole idea of Mafia). Everyone stared at Nagi.

"What's going on now, Nagi?" Tsuna softly asked as he crouched down beside Kyoko.

"C-Chrome-nee mentioned about an accident in the future that made her Chrome." Nagi reluctantly said, "The accident Takeshi-nii just saved her from," Nagi nodded at Yamamoto, who nodded back, "It has a different ending to it."

Hibari was quickly cottoned on what the girl was reluctant to say. "She died?"

"HIBARI!"

The prefect merely shrugged, yet he, too, was uncomfortable with the idea of dying Chrome.

Nagi nod. "Chrome-nee accident made her met Mukuro-nii and she joined Tsuna-nii as his female Mist guardian."

"Guardian?" Tsuna and the others stared bewilderedly at her, only Gokudera and Mukuro knew the implication; the former was looking proud while the latter stared at Tsuna contemplatively.

Nagi shrugged. She, too, wasn't so sure about the whole Guardian thing despite of Chrome explaining to her. "I think after the outcome of the accident changed, Chrome-nee fading away."

"What now, Tsuna-kun?" Kyoko tugged Tsuna's sleeves, staring around weirdly as the world around them collapsed bit by bit.

"Umm, what am I supposed to do now?" Nagi blinked in panic.

"Ku fufufu. My dear Nagi, this is your world. You and only you can control over it." Mukuro smiled reassuringly at her as he patted her head, ignoring other's glares aimed on her.

"Well, herbivore?" the violet-eyed girl turned and saw Hibari was staring at her. "I have no intention on dying in this dark world." Everyone watched as she clasped her hands under her chin, concentrating. Mist and bright violet flame began to appear around them as she tried to stop the world from crumbling apart.

She was burning. The metallic smell of blood enveloped her as she painfully struggled in the darkness. She took in ragged breath as she felt her internal organs burned in agony. She could actually feel her identity being shredded into pieces as she began to lose her grasp in reality.

Chrome Dokuro was dying and no one will grief for her. No one will remember her.

No one will cry for her.

For she is another unimportant face, another insignificant name in their life.

Chrome Dokuro will fade away into the darkness, for that is her destiny.

Snow began to spin madly around them as Nagi concentrate. Darkness began to drain out of the lake and they could see Chrome floating mid-air, supported by the metallic chains.

"Chrome-nee!"

"Chrome!"

"Chrome-chan!"

"There's no point of that." Everyone turned to see Mukuro staring at the immobile illusionist. "She can't hear us." The Italian turned to Tsuna. "You can feel it too, Sawada Tsunayoshi." The brunet nodded.

"Chrome…Chrome is drowning in darkness."

"But, Nagi." The girl turned to see Mukuro stared shrewdly at her. "You can reach her. After all, the two of you are the same person."

Nagi twisted her hands, "But…But I don't know how to!"

"Easy." Mukuro gave his hand to her. "Just call her out. By her memories. Worry not, I will help you out." In her surprise, everyone was smiling at her. Even Kyou-nii was nodding at her.

They trusted her.

She felt something foreign and warm inside her. Is this what it felt to be wanted, needed?

Nagi closed her eyes; memories began to filter around them. A bright violet flame began to burn around her and Mukuro as the violet-eyed girl began to call back her back into the light, Chrome back to where she really belong.

"Chrome. Chrome."

Who?

Chrome felt as an old memory washed over her.

'Unbelievable...I heard everything. I'm... going to die...Somehow its feel like breathing a sigh of relief... it's finally...over...'

'An ending... is merely the beginning of another cycle...'

'Who...?'

'Oh? Did you hear my voice? Ku fufufu... it seems taking a walk has led me to something...'

Chrome looked up from her bed to see she transported to a field of flowers and a handsome young man was smiling down at her. "Oh, it seems this walk was worthwhile."

'Wh...Who? What are you?'

'Perhaps you and I are the same kind of person.'

Everyone yelled in surprised when the first chain snapped. On the same time, another memory reappeared.

"Nagi. Nagi." The purplenette turned around, her long hair whipped around as she tries to located the elusive soul that was her first friend. "Nagi, over here."

The girl turned and saw a young man standing behind her, smiling gently at her. "Ah, you are…"

"Nagi, I need you."

Nagi was startled. Someone needed her? "You need me?"

Mukuro put out his hand to Nagi, smiling, nodding as the girl hesitated. She felt something warm inside her as she gave her hand to Mukuro. It was the first time someone ever told her the thing she wanted to hear the most.

Another chain snapped into pieces.

The scene shifted, this time they were standing in Namimori Gymnasium.

"No." a girl emerged from behind Ken and Chikusa, tossing her Kokuyo overcoat. The first thing they saw was her skull eye-patch on her right eye, her short purple hair was teased up into a be-spiked ponytail. Wearing a pair of Kokuyo uniform and holding a trident, the girl introduces herself.

"My name is Chrome. Chrome Dokuro."

"Not Rokudou Mukuro?" Tsuna yelled, staring incredulously at the girl.

"No, Juudaime! That has to be Rokudou Mukuro!" Gokudera yelled loudly, pointing angrily at her. "Mukuro is a guy that would use anything and do anything to accomplish his goal!"

"You won't believe me?"

"Of course not! Juudaime, look at the weapon. And she's hiding that eye with the eye-patch! She's undoubtedly-"

"Not Rokudou Mukuro." Everyone turned to Tsuna, who was staring at Chrome.

"R-Really?"

"Well, it just seems that way!" Tsuna frantically gestured with his hands.

"You defended me." The two boys turned to see Chrome standing beside them. The girl shyly ducked down her head. "Thank you, Boss." She leaned in and kissed the young Mafia don on the cheek.

Everyone gaped and turned at Tsuna, who was blushing brightly. All the boys were staring him enviously; Mukuro and Hibari seemed to be hell-bent on punching the young Mafia Don.

Another memory began to emerge. This time the memory took place in a sterile white room full of medical equipment. Chrome was lying on the bed, blood were on her lips and cheeks as she painfully coughed, pain racking he chest. Tsuna was holding her hand, frantically telling the girl to stay, to hold on. A man stepped into the room, his steel grey eyes flashing brightly.

They suddenly realized this was Hibari Kyouya, ten years into the future.

"T-that's…TYL Hibari!" Tsuna yelled. Hibari was staring at the memory in front of him in interest, clearly liked the way Chrome had remembered him.

"He's so good-looking." Kyoko softly whispered and then she noticed the weird looks everyone was giving her. "What? Can't a girl appreciate good looks?"

"Step aside," the man brushed Tsuna aside as he moved swiftly towards Chrome. He gazed down, staring into the once bright violet eye, sparks life began to dim.

There was a flicker of recognition, but no more than that.

Hibari gently lifted her head, as if he was holding a fragile porcelain doll. His expression was unreadable as the much older Kusakabe ushered everyone out.

"I can't let you die," he said. He pulled out a ring with a violet stone on it and gently put it on her hand. "It will be too troublesome if you die now, Chrome Dokuro." violet flame began to ignite as the steel-eyed Guardian used his ring to create Chrome's internal organ.

Chrome shuddered as another chain shattered into pieces.

The memory shifted again, this time she was watching others frolicking around in the Namimori Park, Tsuna was sitting beside her.

"One of the few good things I learnt from Reborn, Chrome," Tsuna turned and smiled at her, "you don't have to be blood related to be a family." Tsuna stood up from the grass, his hand stretch out to help Chrome up, "so we're a family what ever happen, got it?"

The last chain shattered into pieces as flowers bloomed magnificently around them. The sky brightened as the snow melts away, revealing the soft green grass. Nagi sighed in relief before running toward the be-spiked hair illusionist, hugging the girl tightly.

"Welcome back, Chrome-nee!" Then the illusionist realized the other spectators.

"Everyone?"

"Yo, Chrome." Yamamoto was the first one to greet her as others (except Hibari) swarmed around her. The girl smiled in delight as she and Nagi enthusiastically hugged. "Welcome home."

"I'm back."

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Chapter 11: Chrome.

Where Chrome reveals a bit about the fucked-up future she's from and the significance of the Mist Earrings. Also, someone appearance.