This is the longest break in between I had for update, but I guess my updates now will be longer than before, because LAZINESS had caught me!
A/N: Special thanks to Chibari-nii for beta-ing my story. The number of words increased 4times compared to my first chapter :P
Warnings: OCC but I will try to stay as close as they are, plots changed from the original anime & manga, might join up both. Slow in process!
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Kuroitsubasa24: Well, they know Hibari will survive this (lame excuse) but yeah they are calm both Dino and Colonello are professional =) Sorry if Dino is a bit OOC. Next chapter please enjoy!
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Previously:
After walking for a few minutes more, Yuki suddenly felt someone/something was following her. She pretended knowing nothing, but quickens her pace. However, someone/something was still behind her. Yuki was irritated by whoever/whatever it was, she turned herself around. All of a sudden, she saw a shadow, seemed to be throwing something to her, and next she found herself in thick white smoke.
A strange feeling felt, Yuki waited for the smoke to disperse. Slowly, there's a figure stood in front of her, it's a different person from the shadow she saw, as this one was taller. Finally, the smoke cleared, she found herself no longer in the forest. She was in a traditional Japanese house, with simple design, nothing fanciful, and in front of her was, "Kyoya?" but an older version.
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Chapter 9: The Future Arc and Yuki's Brother
"K-Kyoya? But… how…?" Yuki stuttered, shocked at seeing a more mature and taller Hibari. She didn't even know where she was right now!
"Y-Yuki! Is that you?" She heard a familiar yet timid voice, and she turned to the general direction of the voice. She was shocked when she saw that it was Tsuna. He wasn't mature and older like Hibari for some reason.
"Tsuna? Why are you here? Where am I?" Yuki had a feeling that this Tsuna was the Tsuna from her generation. Before Tsuna was able to answer her questions, Yuki heard Hibari whisper, "…Sayonara."
"Huh? What did you say?" She couldn't hear the word that he had whispered, and turned around to look straight at him. She hears the door open.
"Tetsuya," Hibari acknowledged. She frowned when Hibari ignored her question. She heard a gasp as she turned around to face the person who had entered the room.
"Yuki-san? You've arrived as well?" he asked, but seeing Yuki's confused face, he quickly added on, "I am Kusakabe Tetsuya. I was Hibari's second in command for the Disciplinary Committee in the past. I am not sure if we have met yet in the past, however." Yuki nodded, still unsure of her surroundings and what exactly was happening.
"Hello Kusakabe-san," Yuki greeted.
Hibari suddenly spoke up, "Sawada Tsunayoshi."
"H-hai, Hibari-san?" Tsuna squeaked.
"Bring her to Lal Mirch and explain our situation to her," he commanded. Tsuna nodded, and motioned for Yuki to follow. She glanced at Hibari for a moment before stepping over to Tsuna. "Tetsuya, accompany them and report to me after everything has been sorted out."
Kusakabe nodded at Hibari's orders and Hibari exited to another room. The atmosphere was awkward and tense after Hibari left. Yuki was still utterly confused and Tsuna looked stressed. No one spoke for a few minutes until Kusakabe piped up, "Let's find Lal Mirch, shall we?" They nodded meekly in response and exited the room.
She followed both of them since they seemed to know where they were going. She noted the difference between hallways when it switched from a traditional Japanese hallway to a less comforting hallway. It didn't remind her of a house like Hibari's did. They eventually stopped at a door, and Kusakabe gave Yuki a reassuring smile.
The door slide open and revealed several familiar faces and a few unfamiliar faces. "Hahi! Yuki-chan! You're here too?" Haru exclaimed. Yuki smiled happily; glad to see her friends.
"Haru-chan, Kyoko-chan!" Yuki greeted. She couldn't help but run to them and give them a hug. After she had mysteriously appeared in this strange world, Yuki couldn't help but feel scared, but now that she saw Tsuna and her friends, she's glad that she's not alone in this weird world after all.
"Yuki," Tsuna interrupted, "Before I explain everything, let me introduce you to everyone." He motioned to a group of people. "This is Fuuta, Bianchi, Lal Mirch, Lambo, and I-Pin. Lambo and I-Pin came from the past with us, and Fuuta, Bianchi, and Lal Mirch are from the future," he explained. "We are nine years and ten months into the future."
"Nine years and ten months into the future? So... is that Kyoya nine years and ten months later?" she asked, trying to clear her confusion. This was very big news. (A/N: In short, I will name them as TYL whoever they are)
Tsuna simply nodded and continued, "I was already here 3 days ago, then Gokudera-kun, Yamamoto, Kyoko-chan, Haru, Lambo and I-pin were transported here as well. And now you're here too. For some reason, we were all brought here one by one to the future."
"Gokudera-kun and Yamamoto-kun are here too? Where are they?" she asked, noticing that both of them were not here.
"Yamamoto-nii and Gokudera-nii are currently resting in the medical room. They were attacked by Millefiore just now." Fuuta answered. He had a light brown hair and warm brown eyes that showed kindness in them.
The woman named Bianchi spoke up, "Haru, Kyoko, please check on both of them. I think it's time to change their bandages." They nodded hesitantly; however, they knew that they needed to talk in private. "Please take Lambo and I-Pin with you as well. They can get rowdy and we do not need that in this room."
"Okay," Kyoko and Haru agreed. Kusakabe excused himself as well, telling them that he had to go report to Hibari. They ushered Lambo and I-Pin along, promising both of them that they would get candy if they complied.
"Hahaha! Lambo-san is getting candy and will steal everyone else's as well!" The cow infant yelled as he exited the room. "Lambo! Don't be bad! You must share!" I-Pin scolded as she ran after Lambo. Kyoko and Haru sent us a smile and walked out of the room. When the door closed, everyone turned to look at Yuki.
"Yuki," a woman with blue hair and several scars across her face said. Tsuna said her name was Lal Mirch.
"Yes?" Yuki turned to her.
"Here, this is your Snow Ring. Colonello and the other arcobalenos had protected it. Keep it safe," she said. She handed Yuki a ring, and Yuki looked at it closely. She saw that it had a single snowflake on the ring and it was shaped like a shield.
"Thank you," she said.
"Eh? Why isn't the Snow Ring not destroyed? I thought you said the future me destroyed all the Vongola rings?" Yuki frowned. What was he talking about? Why wasn't anyone telling her anything?
Bianchi answered, "The Snow Ring was missing. No one knew where it was when you had decided to destroy the Vongola rings. The acrobalenos found it before..." Her breath hitched. "Before they were sacrificed."
A clattering sound was heard; Yuki had dropped the ring onto the floor from the news. "S-Sacrificed? Did C-Colonello..." She couldn't believe what she heard. She met eyes with Lal, hoping what Bianchi said was false. Lal gave a small frown and nodded, confirming the fact that he had died. "But why? Why did Colonello sacrificed his life for my ring?" Yuki trembled, not believing he would do that for her. What did Colonello mean to her?
"Yuki," Lal spoke, sympathy in her eyes, "you didn't get your memory back, did you?" Yuki shook her head, not using words since she was still in shock. Lal Mirch sighed. "No wonder. You don't have a clue to what Colonello means to you."
Tsuna frowned. He was confused, like Yuki. What were they talking about? She raised her eyebrow, an indication that she had heard Lal.
Lal held out a bullet and showed it to Yuki. It wasn't even that big, it was only the size of a memory card. It was a dark blue in colour and it shined in her hand. "This is a memory bullet. The future you had received your memories and duplicated your memories and placed it in this bullet." More to herself, she muttered, "You must've known you would have gone to the future without a clue about your memories."
"So what will you do with the bullet?" Yuki asked.
"Shoot it at you, of course. This is the only way for you to get your memory back." Without another word, she took out a gun and placed the bullet inside. She pointed it at Yuki's head and pulled the trigger.
"Lal!" Tsuna yelled in shock. "What are you doing? This is not the time!" he yelled as he caught Yuki from falling. He placed her down gently to the ground. Lal scoffed, and she sat down, all of them waiting anxiously for her to awake.
"I hope this works," Bianchi muttered.
Parts of Yuki's Memory (Yuki's POV)
"Mama? Papa? Where are you? Don't leave me alone!" I was three years old again. I ran out of the house, and ran into the forest, trying my best to find my parents.
After hours, or minutes; I couldn't tell, my feet were bleeding and blistered from running without any shoes. My hands were scratched from falling too much. "Where are you? Papa, Mama…" I called out for them. "Onii-chan, I'm scared," I wailed. I dropped to my knees and I cried. No one was here for me.
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"Who are you? Why are you hiding behind my mother's grave?" A little boy who looked slightly older than me was standing in front of the grave I was hiding behind.
I whimpered, "I have no home! I don't have a mother and father. This grave protected me from the bad people. Please don't chase me away!" I begged the boy, hoping he would let me stay.
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"Is she the new girl who the Ninth has adopted?" I heard maids gossiping outside my room, not doing their work. I focused on my hands.
"Xanxus alone is tedious to take care. I hope this girl won't be that difficult." The other maid had said.
'Xanxus? Is he my brother?' I thought. I haven't seen this boy at all, and I hopped off of my bed in hopes of finding him in this huge mansion.
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"VOIII! LITTLE GIRL! What are you doing here again?" That's Squalo for you. I always come and visit the Varia, which consisted of Xanxus, Squalo and Lussuria. I visited them whenever Kyoya was busy.
However I kept it a secret to him whenever I visited, because I knew he hated crowds, and therefore would not like to visit them with me. I just couldn't help going there, because I was lonely whenever Kyoya was not around. Xanxus-nii would always welcome me, even though they were always talking about how much I had annoyed them.
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"Yuki," Grandpa said, "I found this photo when I found you. I guess you didn't know it was with you all along." He passed me an old photo that was faded away with time. It was a picture of me when I was about one or two years old and a boy who was about 4-5 years older than me. The boy was sitting beside me, and he had the same yellow hair, and bright blue eyes just like me. I looked at Grandpa, waiting for an answer.
"Who is he?" I asked.
"I assume he is your brother. Your real brother." I felt tears building up in my eyes. Why did Grandpa not tell me about this until now? As if he knew what I was thinking, he answered, "I am sorry for keeping the photo from you. I wanted to wait until you were older and until we had found him. I didn't want you to run off and try to find him. Please, forgive me for hiding this from you."
I smile at him, overlooking the fact that he had hid this from me. He had found my brother for me. "I forgive you Grandpa. Now, please, let me see him."
"He is in the guest room," he replied. Not wanting to waste any time, I rushed to the guest room, leaving Grandpa in his room. I opened the door gingerly, and peeked inside. I saw the boy from the photo, except he looked older now, but he still had that blond hair and bright blue eyes."O-Onii-chan?" I asked.
"Yu…?" he asked, as he stood up, but couldn't finish his word. I opened the door wide and rushed inside, glad that he remembered me, even though I didn't remember him. I rushed to him, and gave him a hug which he returned.
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"You know, the best food on Earth is mayonnaise," my brother announced. "It's delicious!"
"What kind of food is that?" I disagreed. "That is definitely not the best food on Earth."
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"Onii-chan! What happened to you? Why did you do this?" Four years after I found my brother, he stood before me, several feet smaller than what he was before. I couldn't believe what I saw.
"I'm sorry, Yuki. This is my decision," Onii-chan told me, "this is what you will give up for the one that you love, even your own life, kora."
Back to the Future Arc (normal POV)
"Onii-chan…" Yuki muttered.
"Yuki! You're awake!" Tsuna yelled. He was glad that she was fine, and wasn't hurt, but for some reason, she was crying. "Y-Yuki? Are you alright?"
"Onii-chan… onii-chan…" she sniffed, crying into Tsuna's chest. Lal knew that Yuki had finally remembered everything, and she was mourning for her brother. She patted her on her back; her way of showing concern and sympathy.
"Yuki…" Tsuna said, "Why is she crying? Who's her onii-chan?" Tsuna looked at Lal and Bianchi. He was lost at what he should do with a girl who was crying into his shirt which was beginning to get soaked.
"The onii-chan that she is referring to is Colonello, her biological brother." Reborn answered sadly, who just entered the room. He lowered his head, dearly missing his friend, even though he wouldn't admit it. He could figure out that Yuki had finally received her memories.
"Eh? Colonello and Yuki a-are siblings?" Tsuna asked, not prepared to hear this unexpected information from Reborn. He looked at Yuki more carefully, finally noticing that they both had the same hair color and the same eye color.
"But only Colonello has an Italian name. Yuki is a Japanese name, though," he said, unconvinced.
"My real name isn't Yuki." she said, finally stop crying, however, she still hiccupped here and there. "My real name is-"
The door suddenly opened, revealing the future TYL Hibari. Everyone looks at him. "Kyoya," Yuki said softly. TYL Hibari walked towards her, noticing her tear stained face. He extended a hand to her, and she grabbed it silently. TYL Hibari led her out of the room; most likely taking her back to his side of the base.
"S-So what's her real name?" Tsuna asked, unsatisfied that he hadn't gotten an answer.
"My work is done, now it is up to him," she muttered under her breath. "Sawada!" she yelled, quickly changing the subject and the tense atmosphere.
"H-Hai!" Tsuna said, stunned by the sudden change in mood.
"Get ready for training. I will be in the training room," she said. She gave a smirk. "Let's see if you can survive my Spartan training." Tsuna trembled when she said 'Spartan training'. She left the room, and Tsuna looked at Reborn.
"It must have been hard for her to tell Yuki the truth, but that's what the future Yuki had wanted. She wanted Lal to bring her memories back just like before," Bianchi said. Reborn nodded.
"Let's not waste any more time, Tsuna," Reborn said, changing the topic. "Get to the training room."
"Hai, I understand," he responded, heading out of the room, forgetting about the unanswered question he had.
In TYL Hibari's Room
Yuki sat on the edge of TYL Hibari's bed, while TYL Hibari handed her a glass of water. She was still shaken up over mourning her brother's death. "Who did it?" she asked, not willing to take a 'no' for an answer.
"We're still investigating it," he said in an impassive voice.
"Kyoya," she asked, "who do YOU think did it?" she asked, wanting to know TYL Hibari's opinion.
"The mystery man who attacked you in the past," he replied.
"What? Is he still attacking me in the future? Why? What does he want? What did I do in the future?" Yuki asked, surprised that that was who TYL Hibari thought killed her brother. TYL Hibari pulled her into a hug, knowing that she was still unbelieving of his death.
"No matter who you blame, he is still dead. It is their fate. All you can do is get revenge and avenge his death," he replied. She didn't answer, so he continued, "We have five days left to train Tsuna and the others. Practically four days."
"Even me?" she asked.
"Yes, even you," he replied. Hibari spent the whole night explaining their situation in a way that she could understand. He explained about the battle they were going to have, the new way of attacking with the use of the box weapons and the rings, and everything else she needed to know.
The next day (Day 2)
Yuki walked into the kitchen, and a voice broke into her thoughts. "Yuki-chan!" Yuki looked up to see Kyoko and Haru.
"Good morning, Haru-chan, Kyoko-chan." She had met Tsuna earlier and was told not to bring up the upcoming battle to them. She reassured Tsuna, saying how she would've liked to keep them oblivious about the Vongola and the battle anyway.
"Yuki-chan, Tsuna-kun said that you were feeling not well yesterday and you were in Hibari's room. Is everything alright?" Kyoko asked with concern.
"Did that cold-hearted Hibari do anything to you?" Haru asked. There were weird thoughts and images floating around in Haru's mind.
"Kyoya didn't do anything to me, haha," she reassured, amused by Haru's reaction. "I won't say everything is fine for now, but I'm sure I will go through this okay, because I have all of you."
Haru held up Yuki's both hands with Kyoko's, and said, "You know, Yuki-chan, it was you, the Yuki-chan in the future, that brought us here safely when we just arrived. We are the ones who are glad that Yuki-chan is here with us." Tears welled up on all three girls.
"Haha, what are we missing here?" Someone said, as he interrupted their moment.
"Eh? W-Why are you all crying? Did something happen?" Someone else interrupted as well.
"Tsuna-san, you ruined our girls' moment!" Haru pouted.
"Haha, sorry about it, but we came to tell Kyoko something," Yamamoto explained.
"Me? What is it, Yamamoto-kun?" Kyoko asked, wondering what he was going to say. Before anyone could answer her, the door slammed open.
"I'M BACK TO THE EXTREME!" the person yelled.
"Onii-chan!" Kyoko said happily. She ran forward to him and hugged him, which he returned nervously. "Ky-Kyoko! W-Why are you here?" he asked. He seemed to be the future brother of Kyoko as he looked to Yamamoto and Tsuna for an answer. He looked appalled at the thought that someone had brought his younger sister into this as well.
Tsuna whispered to him, "She came here with us."
"Ryohei-san," Yuki said, catching TYL Ryohei's attention.
"Yuki! No, you are the Yuki from the extreme past, right?" Yuki nodded her head at TYL Ryohei's question.
"Ryohei-san, you are Onii-chan's discipline, aren't you?" Yuki asked, full of questions in her mind. TYL Ryohei simply nodded, and she continued, "Do you know who killed my brother? Have you found that murderer? Did Onii-chan say anything? Anything to me? What was his last word?" Yuki couldn't control herself as she spilled out all of her emotions into her questions.
The others looked at both Yuki and TYL Ryohei, worried. TYL Ryohei just kept silent, knowing that if he told her, Yuki might not be able to take it. He shifted his eyes elsewhere. On the other hand, Yuki stared at Ryohei with determination, hoping to know something about her brother.
The silence in the room was pitiful, until Kyoko held TYL Ryohei's hand and said, "Onii-chan, I know that if something happened to you, I will want to know everything. I can understand how Yuki-chan feels right now, so please, tell her everything."
TYL Ryohei sighed, defeated when his sister pleaded. He turned, and looked into Yuki's eyes, "Yuki, as what the future Yuki expects, she knew that you would ask me that, which is why she passed this key to me." TYL Ryohei showed a silver key with a craved letter 'C' to Yuki and continued, "All that Master had said to me before he left for the battle was, 'Please look after Yuki like your own sister, for me'. That was the last word I heard from him. When I went to the battle field, I found them, but none of them was alive. And not to say that the battle field was EXTREMELY UNBEARABLE TO SEE! This key is the only thing I found from Master and I passed it to the future Yuki. She told me that Master had left a letter for her and that this key belongs to you too, because you are Yuki, Master's sister. So-" Without letting TYL Ryohei end his sentence, Yuki grabbed the key from him and ran away from the scene.
TYL Ryohei sighed again, pitying Yuki for knowing such things. He was thinking if it was the right thing to do, to tell her about this, but his sister interrupted his train of thought, "Thank you, onii-chan, but I'm glad you are here." Kyoko gave her brother a little small hug, silently telling him it was the right thing to do.
"Hahi! Will Yuki-chan be alright? Letting her run off like that- isn't dangerous outside?" Haru asked Kyoko, worried.
"Don't worry about Yuki, she just went to Hibari's base." A female answered from the door and continued, "Chrome's condition is now stabled, but we still need to look out for her."
"Eh? Bianchi, you have found Chrome? Does that mean Chrome was also transported here?" Tsuna yelled, shocked at the information of their newly found guardian.
"Oh crap! I EXTREMELY forgot about her!" Everyone gave him a look of disbelief.
In TYL Hibari's secret quarter
'Where is the drawer that's unlocked by this key?' Yuki thought. She first went into TYL Hibari's room, but left right away, thinking that there wasn't any cabinet with a lock in his room. Next, she went to her guest room, where there was only one drawer, however it failed to open.
'Am I stupid? Even I myself won't put an important letter to some guest room.' She mentally slapped herself. Continuing with her search, she went in each room that was located along the corridor. Sadly, with her luck, none had opened to the key.
Finally the last room, she was in the last room. 'Please be in here,' she prayed thoughtfully. Yuki slowly turned the door knob, carefully not to make any noise. She reached out for the light switch and flipped it on. The room was lit up, showing the interior design.
'This room doesn't look like a guest room,' she thought. She went around searching for any drawer or cabinet that was attached with a lock. After a long search and trying out the key on every lock she found, Yuki gave up. She dropped down on the floor at the corner of the room and sighed loudly, "I should have asked Ryohei-san where the thing is, instead of finding it on my own. Why am I so stupid?" Yuki, who was defeated from searching, she leaned down on the wall.
However, luck will come once in a while, if you try hard enough. She heard a sound came from the wall behind her when she leaned on it. She turned around, facing a 'C' mark on the wall. She lifted her hand and knocked on the wall.
It was a hollow sound. It had sounded like a false wall. She found a tiny crack line that formed a rectangle. With a bit of excitement, this might have been the thing she was looking for. Yuki pulled out the piece of wall out; a safety box-like thing was behind it. Yuki lifted the key, and slowly put it in. She was now nervous, what if this was the wrong one again? She was going to be very disappointed if it was the wrong one. But what if this was it? If the letter that was left behind for her was in it, how she will face it? She gulped one last time, and she twisted the key.
It made a clicking noise, and she opened it. A letter was nicely put in the middle, and she took it out slowly. She heard the door open with a creak. 'Shit!' She thought.
"Who's there?" She turned around to see a tall man entering the room.
-|to be continue…|-
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