Phew! I finished it at last! It took me 4 hours just to complete this chapter and mind you, it was hurried, for this day. I was so busy with my job as of now and I really don't have any time to update the chapters. I'm sorry guys if the next chapter will took another month for me to update. But I'll try my best, because you're reviews gave me motivation to continue this story. Thank you for the wonderful reviews! Hope you like this chapter also. And I'm sorry if the last chapter made you hold your breath, cliffhangers are also essentials (wink).
I'm not going to delay you anymore, off you go with story!
DGM-KHR
"Grandma!" another scream from Sheena and all eyes were unto the little girl. But something unexpected happened, Sheena suddenly tripped her own feet and fell badly onto the ground and could not get up. That made everyone's hearts stopped beating. Sheena turned her head and widened her eyes in fear at the sight of akuma hovering above her as they point out their seemingly tube guns to the poor girl.
And all was like a slow motion.
Allen and Lenalee's eyes went wide in horror and shouted the little girl's name. Tina and the Madame were crying out in fear and all of the people were screaming at the anticipation. Tsuna, who couldn't move nor speak because of fear, felt like time had stopped. She was contemplating against herself.
She must help Sheena, just like what she did before. But what if like before, she couldn't activate her hyper dying will mode? She doesn't have any of her weapons, the gloves, the pills or the vongola ring, whatever she could use to save the little girl. Everything will be the same just like that day, when she first met that monster called akuma and when she felt so weak, hopeless, so coward and useless. So scared to even face that dark creature again. She will be a hindrance for sure; she will give more trouble if she save Sheena. Tsuna doesn't have any power, what can she do?
A real no good existence.
It hurts Tsuna to know the truth gnaws the reality about her entire capability.
However…
All those torturous trainings, the everyday hell like experience with the real demon tutor. His preaches and lessons suddenly came flashing in her mind while she's having her own negative thoughts. Yes, she was trained and taught by the best tutor she could ever have. Will it be nothing just because of her fear and cowardice? She was trained not to be a dame-Tsuna anymore; she was trained for this situation. This is the best time to see the result of those trainings.
What will you do? She can still hear Reborn's question in her head.
What will she do?
Tsuna gripped tightly the small silver iron on her hand and doesn't even notice it electrolyzed. Nuts behind her was showing signs of power. His small body heating up, glowing in orange flame color. His big orange eyes turned into three flaming pupils. Nuts was growling quietly, his claws digging into the ground.
What will she do?
I will save Sheena. Her mind spoke, determined with her decision. She must do it; everything she went through will only go to waste if she remained coward and scared like kitten forever. Tsuna doesn't care if she didn't have any weapons or her power, as long as she will do the right thing she must do. And Tsuna will do it with her dying will.
Her bangs then covered her eyes. If I can't even move a finger, then… The rod on her hand keeps showing electricity.
"I don't have any face to show to him!" Tsuna exclaimed then sprang up and started running to get Sheena. And it completely shocked the people to see the brunette running toward Sheena and those akuma.
"Tsuna!" Tina shouted her name but the brunette kept running. Tsuna have managed to get closer to Sheena but those akuma already unleashed their energy from those tubes making everything exploded and the heavy dust mist covered Sheena and Tsuna that everyone couldn't see if the two girls are dead or not.
"She's a fool!" Rusti exclaimed.
"Sawada-san!" Allen shouted, shocked at what Tsuna did and it scared Lenalee to think that Sheena and Tsuna were already dead. They stopped fighting and stared with wide eyes at the heavy dust mist that has been created with the explosion.
"No way!" Lenalee wanted to fly right away to Tsuna but suddenly, from that dust mist, they could see strands of brown hair swaying along with the wind and dusts. All of the people stopped dead on their tracks and watched what had happened and what will happen next. When the dusts were all cleared out, there they saw Tsuna standing under those monsters and was holding Sheena on her arms. Everyone was shocked and delighted to see the brunette and the little girl safe and sound. Lenalee and Allen on the other hand, only gaped in disbelief at what they are seeing right now. They didn't know why or how did the brunette do that but there was Tsuna, standing tall as if the akuma attack had not harmed her in any way.
"Sheena…"
The little girl was hearing a gentle voice. She opened her big eyes and saw something bright.
"Sheena…" it was Tsuna.
"Big Tsuna…?" her yellow eyes went wide. So the warmth and brightness came from her big Tsuna. And she really thought she's dead because of those ugly monsters. Her big Tsuna saved her again, her eyes watered immediately. Tsuna smiled gently at the little girl and she held her close to her, making Sheena feel safe.
"Sshh… Don't cry, you'll be okay now, don't worry." Tsuna said assuringly.
"B-But, but…" Sheena sobbed loudly. "Your head's bleeding…" and she finally cried. Tsuna widened her smile even if the blood keeps flowing down to the side of her face from the wound on her head.
"It's okay, this is nothing serious." she said but Sheena kept crying.
"Moreover…" Tsuna adjusted Sheena on her one arm then looked above, those akuma still floating above them and making such sounds she really don't like. Her hazel nut eyes narrowed dangerously and the rod on her hand kept dispersing electricity.
"I won't let you lay a hand on Sheena!" declared the brunette and she flipped the silver rod around her hand. Suddenly, a bright light came out from the rod and it turned immediately into a long curved blade weapon.
A scythe.
It's a long silver iron rod with tribal characters carved on it and with pointed end after a round object attached on it. The curve blade was connected to the long iron rod using a small piece of rod, making it looked like in cross design. On that intersection of the rods, there were four silver petal shapes with one tribal character on each of it. Under the intersection are two small and short chains connected to the iron. Everyone was very stunned to say the least, at the sight before them. Silence reigned over, still watching the magic show that the brunette has presented.
On the other hand, Tsuna saw how the silver rod transformed into a scythe but she cared less. What is more important to her are the akuma around them and Sheena on her arms.
"I won't forgive you." her eyes narrowed and determined. "You must vanish!" exclaimed Tsuna and raised the scythe.
All of the people wondered and waited for the next thing Tsuna will do, their eyes locked onto the brunette. Suddenly, Allen and Lenalee were completely startled out of their gaping when something very hot and flaming went past between them. It was so fast that they only saw that thing as fire, just pure fire.
"W-What was that?!" Allen managed to ask but he didn't get any answer from his friend because Lenalee was too bewildered to speak.
That flame went to Tsuna and surrounded her making the akuma back away a little from the brunette. The temperature suddenly changed and all of the people can feel it. The flame moved to the scythe and entered in it so willingly. The tribal characters carved upon the scythe glowed into orange flame and the petals breathed out orange flame while the curved blade showed orange line eyes with three pupils in flame color also on each faces of the blade. Tsuna then swung the scythe and sliced all of the monsters surrounding her. After slicing them, the akuma were burned and turned into ashes.
Allen and Lenalee's eyes went wide as it could get. They couldn't believe their own peripherals at the sight before them. Tsuna destroyed those akuma with that flaming scythe, it was very clear. There is something in that sight; they could feel something strange in it, something familiar, somehow nostalgic too. Seeing Tsuna right now, they could only think one thing.
"Did she just…" Lenalee couldn't finish what she wanted to say because she knows Allen was thinking the same thing as her. Timcanppy on Allen's head opened his mouth, showing his pointed teeth and flapped his wings.
"Could it be that she's…" said Allen and both exorcists shared that look on with each other then redirect their eyes to Tsuna and watched her.
Meanwhile with Tsuna…
After slicing those akuma, the brunette then sliced another bunch of akuma that came to her, burning them until they're ashes. Tsuna didn't even waste any time, she ran back and fast to the group of Rusti and gave Sheena to her grandmother. Sheena called the brunette but the she immediately left them, back to destroy the remaining akuma, which were still a lot and hovering above the town. And she started slicing every akuma she sighted, swinging the scythe with her two hands to destroy those monsters. Tsuna then ran as she sliced those dark creatures without hesitation and she jumped up to her feet, raising the scythe to kill one akuma. But as she moved the weapon to slice the monster, the long rod of the scythe landed on the monster instead of the blade.
Tsuna tched, feeling a little annoyed that she missed it. And before she could land on the ground, another akuma came by and tackled her hand that sent her flying onto the ground. The brunette winced at the pain that shot through her body, her eyes quickly scanned for the scythe which slipped away from her hands. And she found the weapon not far away from her. She tried to reach for it but she felt something's approaching. Tsuna turned her head and widened her eyes at the amethyst energy coming to her from one akuma. She immediately rolled over to where the scythe is and rose up from the ground, taking the weapon with her. One explosion came from that attack and Tsuna sliced the akuma who almost shot her to death. Yet another group of akuma came flying to her direction and gave her shower of blasts. She ran and evaded those shots and swung the scythe, killing the monsters.
Tsuna might looked like it was easy for her to fight those dark creatures but she's really having a hard time to wield the scythe since this is her first time to use a blade weapon. After all, she's a hand to hand kind of fighter. The brunette sliced one akuma who appeared behind her and another one who attacked her from her side. After that, series of amethyst energy rained down to her that Tsuna was having a hard time to dodge all of it. She then sliced four akuma but there is one who tackled her again. Tsuna gave a shriek of pain when she was sent flying to a window of a house, breaking it through. And all of the akuma started shooting that house where Tsuna has been thrown into, until the house collapsed from their attack.
Seconds of silence and Tsuna jumped up behind the heavy thick smoke coming from the wrecked house and sliced those monsters. Tsuna landed on her feet, panting heavily. Her wounds visible upon her body and the wound on her head hadn't stopped bleeding. The brunette grimaced but she kept her feet on the ground, she must continue her fight with those monsters. Tsuna ran once more and sliced every akuma on her way. Likewise from those dark creatures, they keep shooting her carelessly, causing more havoc to the town.
"Tsuna!" exclaimed Tina, seeing the brunette trying her best to destroy the monsters.
"She needs help!" Rusti shouted also.
Allen and Lenalee exchanged one of those looks again and the chinese girl spoke. "Allen-kun."
Allen nodded and both quickly run to aid the brunette. Tsuna sliced another akuma but one came behind her. She's about to destroy that monster when a familiar silver claw hand appeared and destroyed that akuma for her.
"Sawada-san!" she heard Allen's voice and the two exorcists landed in front of her.
"Lee-san, Walker-san…" Tsuna voiced out.
"Let's go." said Allen and both gave Tsuna that kind of smile she couldn't quite understand. Tsuna studied their faces before nodding her head. And the trio went off to destroy all of the akuma once and for all.
Lenalee soared up to the sky using her boots and doubled her speed, giving deadly kicks to those monsters much faster than before. Allen on the other hand, was running over the roofs slicing all of the akuma that his eyes sighted. He lengthen his left arm to reach those monsters hovering far above them. And Tsuna, swinging the scythe to destroy the dark creatures. She was jumping from roof to roof, burning the akuma till they're ashes with the help of scythe. The town's people were watching the three teenagers fight the monsters in awe. Nothing can be heard from them and every eyes were onto their saviors.
Tsuna didn't know how she can do it. But she let her body moved on its own accord. Like she was moving along the flow of a river. Yet she knows that flow is on the right path. Her intuition is telling her not to worry anymore. However, she was very confused at the new found strength. Here she was, fighting the akuma without going into dying will mode and only using the scythe that she was still getting familiar with. And there is this feeling that burns up inside her body.
A nostalgic feeling.
Tsuna knows it very much. Yes, the feeling of being in a battlefield once again. She knows it, the fire that lit up inside her whenever there is danger and she needs to protect something and someone important to her. After Tsuna sliced one akuma, she paused for a moment and slowly breathed out. She feels very calm inside.
The brunette level hr weapon, ready to attack again. Inside her mind, the lessons and tortures she had learned from her tutor were vividly flowing through out her body, remembering all of it in every corner of her being, her training to hell was surprisingly sinking inside her consciousness. Reborn never misses any lessons he could teach to her. He'd make sure of that and Tsuna have understood it fully now. Reborn didn't train and taught her just to become stronger if she is in that mode, he trained her so that she can do all of her best without any regret. Everything will be okay; all those hardships from her demon tutor have paid off.
Tsuna narrowed her eyes and she charged, meeting those approaching akuma to her way. She swung the scythe, sliced the monsters leaving them burning. She immediately ran, going towards to a house. Her foot stepped over a debris and jumped high as she could get.
"Sawada-san!" Tsuna saw Allen standing on that house's porch reaching his hand for her. She grabbed his hand and Allen yanked the brunette higher above the house. Doing one somersault in the air, Tsuna landed gracefully over one akuma. Not wasting any time, she destroyed all of the monsters that approached to her. After doing so, she then sliced the akuma she was standing over and Tsuna landed on her feet after that. Holding the scythe, she placed the silver weapon behind her and raised her head to look up on the remaining akuma with such different eyes.
Lenalee could have sworn she saw Tsuna's eyes were glowing in strange orange color. She looked at the brunette once more, her posture and aura is very different from before. She could see a warrior before them. How fortunate of them, this could only mean one thing.
"Just like us, Sawada-chan is also…" and the chinese girl flew above to sky and killed those monsters.
As the akuma were getting lesser and lesser, the three teenagers continued their battle with the dark creatures, much eager to finish the fight. Allen sliced the akuma round him and grabbed one then crushed it. He looked up to the sky and saw four akuma approaching his direction but Lenalee came flying and kicked them all to death at the same time. She then landed gracefully to Allen's side. Tsuna on the other hand, evades the amethyst energy being discharged by akuma then ran towards them and sliced their bodies, burning it into ashes. The brunette walked away quietly but one akuma appeard behind her and is ready to attack when she turned around to face the akuma. Tsuna swung the scythe and sliced the monster.
"Sayonara, akuma." said Tsuna and left the monster burning to death.
"Allen-kun." Lenalee looked expectantly at her friend, whose head was moving side by side. After that moment, Allen turned to Lenalee and smiled in assurance.
"Nothing left in this town. The Hasoull town is clear from akuma." he said, smiling.
"A-Are you sure, master exorcist?" they heard Rusti's voice behind them. Both exorcists turned around and saw the mayor and the town's people. Their faces filled with hope for a positive news.
Lenalee smiled widely at them. "No need to worry, mayor Rusti. Your town is safe." she announced. And because of that, all of he people rejoiced in happiness, being safe once more that they can continue their normal lives somehow. The people cheered the three teenagers, thanking them and all for saving their town from akuma.
"Big Tsuna!" Sheena shouted nd all heads turned to the brunette. Tsuna was walking quietly to them, her bangs covering her eyes and still holding the scythe. She stopped in front of them, not talking. Sheena then went quickly to her and hugged Tsuna tightly.
"Big Tsuna…" the little girl glanced up to her worriedly. There was still blood on her head and her body is visible from wounds caused by fighting. Then Tsuna looked at the exorcist and asked them.
"They're gone, isn't it?"
The two exorcists smiled at her and nodded their heads. "Yes, Sawada-san. We have destroyed them, all of them." said Allen.
"Everything's alright, Sawada-chan." Lenalee added, still smiling. Tsuna exhaled deeply and with strain then smiled in relief.
"That's great, very great to hear." she looked down to Sheena and ruffled the little girl's hair. Sheena grinned brightly at Tsuna but to the brunette, she could barely see the girl's smile. Her vision is getting blurry, her ears getting numb and her body couldn't move anymore. Yet, she still managed to smile and speak.
"I'm glad this is…over…" her consciousness couldn't stay any longer; Tsuna's body slowly fell onto the ground as the scythe slipped down from her hand, dropping it finally. Flame was getting out from the scythe, it was Nuts who turned back in his old form and the scythe suddenly turned back in sheathed form. Before Tsuna could kiss the ground, Allen caught her on time. Getting onto his knees, he gently adjusted the brunette on his arms to make her comfortable. Lenalee took Nuts, who was worried for his master. The chinese girl neared Allen and bended her knees to get a closer look of Tsuna. The two exorcists exchanged a knowing look and smiled at each other. Then their eyes shifted back to the unconscious brunette.
"Allen-kun." Lenalee started.
Allen nodded and spoke. "Yes, Lenalee. We have a new member."
DGM-KHR
How is it? I know what's on your mind! ^_^ ( when I was doing this chapter, I was listening to the music of porno graffiti called koyoi tsuki ga miezu tomo and I was imagining the battle of Allen, Lenalee and Tsuna with the akuma and I was like-what the hell… It's awesome! Try listening also, it will satisfy you also.)
Ja ne!
