Chapter Eleven
The Accident ad the 'Thank you'
The Vogola X Dome was the subject of discussions for the Hogwarts students for the next week. But, to their deep disappointment, nobody except the Vongola was allowed to enter after the instauration ceremony.
But one of the reasons was obvious, as explosions resonated all the way to the castle. The students that went past the Dome on their way to Herbology usually saw large holes in the round wall and wondered in awe at what could have made them.
On a day Harry was heading back from a class with Hagrid, the greatest explosion ever occurred. The roof of the Dome exploded and a huge stream of orange flames rushed upwards.
"Wow! It looks like a volcano!" Harry said and stared at the scene.
"What are they doing in there? Fighting dragons?" Hermione asked outraged.
"Lets go have a look, they could be hurt" Harry suggested and the two rushed to the scene.
Close to the Dome, the Vongola were gathered around two people who were laying on the grass. Namely Xanxus and Squalo, who were screaming their hearts out in spite off their injuries: Squalo's left hand was missing and both of them were covered in burns.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT, SAWADA?" Xanxus asked.
"YOU TRYING TO KILL US, YOU BASTARD?" Squalo added.
"Shut up. You're making a scene." Reborn said and they stopped yelling.
"What WAS that, Sawada?" Xanxus insisted.
"Well... how should I put this...? When we were sent to the future, I was the only fighter who didn't have a Box at first. And for that reason I was forced to go through the Tradition Trial and unlock the V.R. Version off my X-Gloves." Tsuna explained.
"And that's why the future Hibari pounded him for a week. To make him use his weapon to attack." Reborn smirked.
"Must have felt good" Hibari grinned.
"Hold on! Just now, you weren't using your Gloves. You were using your magic tool!" Squalo remarked.
"Yeah... Nor did I have my contact lens on. That's why it was a little wild." Tsuna admitted.
"You should see him with both. The power of the X-Burner is increased tenfold." Mukuro grinned.
"WHAT? IT CAN GET EVEN MORE POWERFULL?" Harry couldn't help but yell and reveal his and Hermione's presence nearby. Not that they were hiding.
"Yes, it can. But what are you guys doing here?" Reborn raised a brow.
"We saw the explosion and we came to see if there are people injured." Hermione said and then gasped when she saw Squalo's left arm. "My God, your arm!"
"Stop your whinnying." Mammon said. "It's an artificial hand."
"How did you lose it in the first place?" Harry asked as he approached the group.
"I cut it off" Squalo said bluntly "And it isn't your damn business"
"Sorry. Shouldn't you go to Hospital Wing?" Harry said.
"Yeah, could you show us the way?" Tsuna asked as he pulled Xanxus up and gave him some support.
"Tenth, you don't have to do that!" Gokudera said.
"It's alright, Gokudera-ku..." Tsuna began but collapsed along with Xanxus.
"Like hell it is. He's more injured then the other two together." Reborn muttered as everyone rushed to his side.
"He's unconscious" Chrome said worried.
"Let me have a look" Reborn said and raise Tsuna's shirt.
In the right part of his abdomen there was a hole all the way to his back. It was filled and covered in ice.
"Thought so" Reborn said grimly.
"Boss!" Gokudera cried out.
"How did he get injured?" Squalo asked, staring at the wound.
"He put a shield around the two of you right before the explosion" Mammon said.
"Let's get him to a doctor quickly!" Yamamoto said worried.
"No need to rush. He sealed off the wound in stasis. And no vital organs were hit, either." Reborn calmed them down.
"Still, we should take him to the Hospital Wing" Hibari said rather bored. "You go ahead, I'll guard this place."
"Very well. Yamamoto will help Squalo, Ryohei will help Xanxus, Gokudera and Mukuro will carry Tsuna on this stretcher" Reborn said as it appeared at a wave of his wand. "Viper, you go tell the nurse to prepare three beds."
"What about me?" Chrome asked.
"I need you to hold this oxygen mask on his face along the way." the hitman said as he summoned it from the Dome. He looked at her worried face and added "Chrome, don't worry. He's not in any life-threatening danger. "
"Yes, I understand that. Now lets get him healed." she said still worried.
Without another word, they picked up the injured and then they looked expectantly at Harry and Hermione who snapped out of their daze and guided them to the castle. Since it was lunch time, most students were on the corridors, heading for the Great Hall. As the Vongola were climbing the marble stairs to the first floor, they came face to face with Draco, Chrabe and Goyle. The three stopped walking and looked at Tsuna's unconscious form and grinned.
"Move it, Malfoy!" Harry said as they got closer.
"Now why would I do that?" the Slytherin asked evilly.
"Are you blind? The Boss is injured!" Gokudera said annoyed. "Move!"
"Make me" Malfoy grinned wider.
Without a word, Chrome pulled the hilt of her trident from her bag and knocked Draco off the stairs in one hit. Then, like nothing had happened, she retook her position at Tsuna's side.
Crabe and Goyle stared at her for a second and then moved aside.
After the group went past them, Chrome noticed that the others were looking at her rather surprised.
"What?" she snapped at them. "He asked for it"
"Remind me not to get on your bad side" Gokudera muttered as they reached the Infirmary.
"What's wrong with you people? He hasn't had any of the tasks yet and he still gets himself injured like this!" Madam Pomfery said annoyed.
"We just had a little accident" Reborn said as he jumped on Tsuna's bed.
"Everyone except the injured people, get out!" Madam Pomfery said as she took a potion and approached Tsuna.
"Yes, and you can join them" Reborn dismissed her.
"I beg your pardon?" she asked, staring at the hitman.
"I don't need your help. You'll just get in the way. Get out" the hitman said not even looking at her.
"HOW DARE YOU?" Madam Pomfery yelled as Dumbledore and the Ninth entered the room.
"What's wrong Poppy? Why are you yelling?" Dumbledore asked.
"He just told me to get out!" the healer said scandalized and pointed towards Reborn was helping Chrome remove Tsuna's shirt.
"Well, that's sudden" Dumbledore blinked. "Why is that?" he asked the hitman.
"I'm 100% sure she never encountered a wound like this before. She won't even be able to remove the ice." Reborn answered and revealed the wound, making the healer gasp. "And besides, my healing method is more efficient." he added.
"Very well, everyone except Reborn and the three injured students must leave the room" Dumbledore agreed as he had recognized the ice.
"I'll need some help from Chrome and Mukuro. They already know what I'm going to do." Reborn said.
"They do?" Gokudera asked suspicious.
"Yes. If they want to, they'll talk about it later. Now everybody else OUT!" Reborn said loosing his patience.
"Fine!" Madam Pomfery snapped back and left fist, quickly followed by the others.
"You two lie down on your beds and draw your curtains." Reborn instructed Xanxus and Squalo who obeyed quickly.
"Let's make this area more private, shall we?" Mukuro asked and put on his magic tool at Reborn's nod. At a snap of his fingers, the area around Tsuna's bed was hidden in a dark veil, no sound passing through it either way.
"Let's hurry, some of his vitals were damaged." Chrome said putting on her magic tool as well.
"I know, but having the others panic wouldn't have been a good idea. I was sure you noticed, anyway." Reborn said as he drew his wand and placed the flamed tip on the ice. "Now, you know the drill: Mukuro creates the missing parts of the organs with illusions as I melt the ice with Sun Flames. Chrome, I need you to create the skin with your real illusions to keep the air out. We don't him getting an infection." the hitman instructed and the two illusionists nodded and took their positions.
Melting the ice was done slowly, so that Mukuro and Chrome would have time to create their illusions. Also, the power of the Sun Flames regenerated the edges of the organs and allowed the illusions to connect better.
"Now comes the hard part" Reborn sighted and approached Tsuna's head and placed the tip of his wand on his forehead and chanted "Enervate!"
"What happened?" Tsuna mumbled as he opened his eyes.
"Tsuna!" Chrome exclaimed as she hugged him.
"You almost got yourself killed, that's what happened." Reborn sighted.
"Some of your vital organs were damaged. If you wouldn't have sealed them, you would have died." Mukuro added.
"Then..." Tsuna began and lowered his eyes to the invisible wound and then whispered "illusions".
"Yes, but I'll heal you right away. Only four organs were damaged so it won't take long. Also, unlike in Chrome's case, the wounds are open so it will be easier to regenerate." Reborn said.
"However..." Tsuna smiled weakly.
"It will be more painful since nobody will be able to absorb part of the damage like you did for Chrome with your new gloves" Reborn said and sighted "Honestly, a Zero Point Breakthrough that absorbs damage fromothers and converts it to pain. That really is like you."
"Oh well, let's get this over with" Tsuna smiled.
And the healing process began Reborn channeling his Sun Flames in Tsuna's body through the wound.
It took five minutes and Tsuna didn't make any sign that betrayed pain, as he kept his eyes closed the entire time. When the process ended, he looked in Chrome's worried eyes and smiled before losing consciousness.
"He'll be here for the night." Reborn said.
"I'll be here with him" Chrome said as she wiped Tsuna's forehead.
"I'll heal the other two so they can leave." Reborn smiled.
Three minutes later, Reborn, Mukuro, Xanxus and Squalo stepped out of the room and were assaulted by the Vongola, several Hogwarts teachers and students.
"He's fine now. We healed him completly, including his vitals" Reborn assured them.
"He survived even after his vitals were hit?" Hermione asked with her eyes wide.
"Remember the ice? That acted like a seal." Mukuro said.
"But Reborn-san! You told us that the vitals were undamaged!" Gokudera complained.
"I lied." Reborn said simply as he walked away. "He'll spend the night here. Chrome will watch over him. Let's go eat." he ordered and the others hesitated before they followed while Madame Pomfery sighted and walked through the white doors.
"So, tell us Mukuro, how did you and Chrome know what the kid was going to do?" Yamamoto inquired.
"Oh, he used the same technique to restore Chrome's organs" the illusionist answered casually and Yamamoto nodded and turned away. Then...
"WHA?!" the Vongola demanded as the looked from Mukuro to Reborn and back at Mukuro.
"How? Weren't Chrome's organs made from your illusions?" Gokudera asked.
"Not entirely. Only the damaged parts." Mukuro said.
"No wonder you can use that much power now" Mammon said.
"Organs made from illusions... That sounds impossible." Dumbledore said.
"I remember all my past lives and passing through the six paths of Samsara. I don't know the meaning of the word." Mukuro said as he disappeared in an indigo mist.
"Mukuro's path of Hell is the most powerful tool for illusions." Reborn said as the group entered the Great Hall.
Dumbledore was now wondering if the Vongola were really safe to have around.
Meanwhile, back in the Hospital Wing, Chrome was remembering the day she recovered her organs.
Flashback
Chrome had just awakened after the operation. She was alone in her room but she heard some voices at the door.
"Good work, Vongola. You have my thanks." Mukuro was heard.
"Oh, I didn't do much." Tsuna's rather weak voice was heard.
"Oh, of course. You just took almost 95% of the pain." Reborn said ironically.
At this, Chrome widened her eyes, now completely awake.
"Heh, was it that obvious?" Tsuna laughed weakly. "I would rather die then let her go through such pain." Tsuna said warmly before a thud was heard as he fell to the floor.
"If he wasn't constantly using his Zero Point Breakthrough Custom and thus increasing his flame capacity, he would have fainted in the first minute." Reborn said.
"And yet he yet he lasted the whole hour." Mukuro said amused.
End flashback
Chrome was staring into space in Tsuna's direction with a blush on her face. She didn't even notice when Tsuna opened his eyes and looked at her amused. He studied her face and blushed as well.
Eventually, she snapped out of daze and noticed Tsuna. They both blushed even more and looked away.
Chrome remembered Reborn' words and made her decision. She gathered her courage and leaned towards Tsuna.
"Ne, Tsuna" she began "I realize that I never thanked you properly for helping me bear the pain back then."
"I was glad to do it" Tsuna answered, his heart beating faster as her face drew closer to his.
"Thank you, Tsuna" she whispered and placed her lips onto his.
They stood like this for a few moments before they were rudely interrupted by Madam Pomfery who reminded them where they were.
"I'm sorry" Chrome said with a bow to hide her blush.
"Don't be, I'm not." Tsuna said with an absent smile, making Chrome blush, but she was smiling happily.
Madam Pomfery opened her mouth, closed it, opened it again and finally closed it. She turned around and went into her office mumbling "Kids..."
The next morning, Tsuna and Chrome left the Hospital Wing holding hands. This attracted the attention of everyone who saw them, the girls giggling and the boys giving Tsuna envious glares.
When the reached the Gryffindor table, they saw most of students smiling like it was something they expected. The Vongola however had some rather amusing reactions: Ryohei chocked with his food and Yamamoto had to pat him on his back, but did it so forcefully that the boxer's face went into his bowl of cereal; Gokudera spit his juice across the table and right into Squalo's face and the swordsman just continued to stare at the couple; Mammon gave Hibari what seemed to be the wager for a bet. On the other hand, Xanxus and Mukuro gave high-five to Reborn, all three of them grinning.
"It's about time this happened." Reborn grinned.
"What do you mean?" Tsuna asked as he and Chrome blushed.
"We've been trying to hook you up since you got back from Italy." Mukuro said.
"Wha?" Gokudera asked staring at them.
"You should have noticed when we had you two living together." Mukuro said.
"Or when I sent you that second order of pizza." Reborn said making Chrome, Tsuna, Gokudera and Yamamoto drop their forks.
"You were the one who put THAT in the pizza?" Tsuna asked with a slight blush.
"Yep, that was me. By the way, sorry for giving you trouble, Hibari" the himan said.
"Don't worry, I enjoy interrogatories." Hibari grinned evilly.
"What did he put in the pizza?" Harry asked and made the four teenagers blush.
"Sorry, we can't tell you." Yamamoto said while looking away.
"Ow, come on! Spill it!" Fred and George said in one voice.
"It's a drug we shouldn't talk about around minors." Tsuna said bright red.
"What drug?" Hermione asked curious herself.
"Oh, just an aphrodisiac" Reborn said and sipped his coffee.
On the other hand, everyone who was drinking nearby spit their juice or milk.
"What teacher in the entire world would put…" Fred stopped embarrassed for a second "THAT in his student's pizza?!"
"Right here" Reborn answered as he continued to drink his coffee.
Most of the students stared at him in disbelief and the Vongola sighted. Some things never changed.
"If I wouldn't already know, I would ask why this person hasn't been arrested yet." Tsuna said in a discouraged voice.
"Why?" Harry asked.
"Most policemen are mortal." Tsuna answered with a sight.
A.N.: I finally made some development in the pairing. For those who don't understand how Tsuna protected the two then he was the one that fired the X-Burner, I assure you that the 'accident' will be explained in more detail in the next chapter.
Meanwhile, please give me some pairing ideas for the Yule ball. And, like a like of people on this site say: Reviews fuel my imagination. (lol)