Disclaimer: Katekyo Hitman Reborn Belongs To Akira Amano
Warning(s): Gender Blender, Mukuro-san?
Pairing(s): None at the moment
Chapter Ten: The Gart City 3
"Reborn!" Tsuna called out in joy. His tutor finally returned! Wait; was that a good thing or bad? Shouldn't they have met when he reached the Namimori city? Suddenly an ominous thought came to his mind. If he's here didn't that mean he was in trouble? Tsuna didn't feel so good anymore.
"Ciaossu my Useless student." Reborn said with a smirk. Then he noticed the girl straddling his student with a faint blush. His student hadn't noticed yet. He gave a nasty smirk. "I see you still haven't gotten out of the habit of fooling around with woman."
"Huh?" Tsuna was surprised. Where did he get that idea? He then noticed the compromising position him and Lambo were in. "Hii!" He quickly wriggled out and stood up. He looked the other way as a healthy shade of red took over his face.
"I'm not fooling around Reborn!" He was able to retort somewhat. He couldn't believe he was in that kind of position. And in front of Reborn no less! He will never let it die down!
"I can see that quite clearly." Reborn was smirking. Truly his useless student was far too easy to annoy.
"Tsuna-kun!"
"Tsuna-sama!" Tsuna heard the worried voices of Kyohei and I-pin coming near him as he tried to normalize his face. He turned around to look at them.
While Reborn stared with amusement as the other two approached. He immediately recognized the boy wearing the cheongsam as his acquaintance (Not a friend because they are not friends) Fong's pupil I-pin. The other boy he didn't recognize but he could feel powerful energy waves coming from him. Then there was that girl, Reborn just didn't care who that was.
"I'm fi...Fine..." Tsuna replied when he calmed his blush a little. His face was still a little red. Lambo did thumbs up in her mind but remained passive about it outside. Oh well she was ahead of the others a bit! That was her victory a bit.
"Tsuna-kun you are unharmed." Kyohei breathed a sigh of relief as there were no visible injuries on him. Then he noticed the stranger standing a few feet away. He never saw his before. "Who is this? Do you know him Tsuna-kun?"
"Ah he's Reborn…. my Teacher." Tsuna said and shrugged. He wasn't sure what to say that described him perfectly. His demonic tutor? The teacher who taught less and tortured more? …maybe he shouldn't say anything more if he wanted to live.
"What's with the pause?" Reborn narrowed his eyes. Then he got his staff out and promptly used it to bash his student's head.
"OW! Why'd you do that?" Tsuna rubbed the sore spot on his head. He just came and already he had started to inflict pain. His tutor really was too violent.
I-pin was struck. He knew he saw him somewhere before. He was observing the tall man when his eyes fell on the small yellow pacifier that was hidden behind his cloak. It suddenly came to him.
"Master's friend!" I-pin exclaimed. "您好,我是一平。师傅有对我提起您。" (Hello I am I-pin. Master told me about you.)
"是的,我知道,她也有提起你。" (Yes, I know she told me about you too.) Reborn replied.
"Huh?" Tsuna exchanged looks. He couldn't understand what they were saying. He just stared dumbly as they conversed in Chinese. He looked at Kyohei to see he was confused as well. He looked away from the two and then noticed Lambo. She was wincing a bit when she stood up. Being a bit worried he went to her side.
"Are you okay Lambo?" He asked with concern laced voice. Apparently her knee was scrapped pretty badly. Lambo looked at him.
"Yeah I'm fine. Don't worry young Vongola it's just a scratch it will heal quickly." Lambo said nonchalantly. It was healing but at a slow rate.
"Really?"
Suddenly there was another loud noise as the ground shook heavily. Everyone felt the force of the strong earthquake and quickly crouched on the ground for safety. Lambo almost fell down because of her injured knee but Tsuna being the one who was closest to her quickly caught her as they lay down. When the tremor stopped everyone stood up.
"What was that?" Tsuna asked with bewilderment.
"I think something odd is definitely going on." I-pin answered. Reborn tilted his hat and looked at a certain direction.
"Ken you are getting careless." Chikusa commented as he dodged another set of arrows directed at him. He got a growl in response as Ken had reverted to his wolf form. The battle was intense. Haru and Ryoko were trying to fend off the mob of controlled townspeople without hurting them too much. While Ken and Chikusa were fighting against Yamamoto and Gokudera.
Yamamoto was actually having a bit of trouble handling Ken. The werewolf was no easy person. He was attacking from different angles and it was a tad unnerving to be bitten. But never the less Yamamoto was enjoying the thrill of a fight. She swung her sword and blocked the wolves' attacks. This was actually fun. She never backs down from a fight.
"Stay still!" Gokudera shouted as she once again missed her target, the weird Zombie. It seemed that they were both middle ranged fighters. The glasses freak as Gokudera dubbed his name that, was a sneaky one. He was using small needles. The two of them were making plans and executing them as quickly as they could. But it seemed as though they were not getting the better of each other. One person attacked and the other would hide behind a building. The other would attack then another would just hide. It became who would find the other first.
Haru was casting spells that were not very harmful at the people. He didn't want to injure them too much. But this was getting out of hand. They wouldn't stop coming. He was getting tired and frustrated. Maybe he should use a spell strong enough to dispel them all. But that would just slaughter them. He couldn't do that. But how long could he hold out?
Ryoko was in a similar situation. She was punching and hitting without actually giving it a thought about whom. She was getting tired as well. These people were endless. They wouldn't stop coming.
Suddenly there was a loud thump noise. Everyone looked at their direction and saw Ken being flung to a side by Yamamoto who was grinning like the happy go lucky person she was. Her sword was literally on fire. It was engulfed in blue flames but something was different from before. The flames were purer and looked more vibrant then before. And the ring on her finger was burning a blue flame as well.
Everyone was stunned by the sudden change and was staring. Including Chikusa. He only looked for a split second to see his fallen comrade. That was the moment Gokudera needed. She quickly concentrated her energy on the tip of the arrow and let it loose. She was distinctively aware of the ring that was on her finger firing up.
"Flame arrow!" she cried out. For a second Chikusa's eyes were wide as much as they could be for him. He couldn't dodge perfectly in time and got shot because of that. He fell on the ground with a loud thud. Seeing the two enemies fall on the ground Ryoko was more pumped up then before. She also started to use more flame power. Her ring flared up as well but it went by her knowledge. Haru huffed as the last of those controlled townsfolk fell on the ground.
"Huh! Haru is exhausted." Haru expressed. "Finally they're gone!"
Ken and Chikusa were hurt badly. They were lying on the ground with serious wounds.
"No...t so..bad byon…" Ken managed to say. He had reverted back to his human form. Chikusa was beside him. He was in no good condition either. But he looked more composed that Ken.
"You…won't…be…able to do anything." He claimed. "Even if you have defeated us."
"You should shut up and stay unconscious you glasses freak!" Gokudera exclaimed being annoyed. She wouldn't say it out right but she wasn't in good shape either. Some needles pierced her body badly.
"Now now, calm down Gokudera. No need to scowl that much. Now that they're defeated let's go find Tsuna." Yamamoto said while putting her hand on her hips. There blood dripping from her hand. Gokudera eyed her wound for a second and then huffed.
"Hahi! Yamamoto-san you're bleeding!" Haru exclaimed in horror as he saw blood sipping from her wound. "I'll try healing magic even though I'm not good at it…" Haru quickly chanted a spell and put his hand a little above her wound. A yellow light fell on the cut and helped to stop the bleeding. But only the bleeding stopped. The wound was still there.
"Thanks!" She said gratefully. Haru nodded.
"Octopus head! Yamamoto! Miura!" Ryoko grinned as she made her way to them. She wasn't in good shape either. Her hair was a mess, her clothes were disarray and she was panting. It seemed everyone had sustained some type of injury.
"Shut up turf top!" Gokudera was pissed. Ryoko was going to retort something when the four of them flinched. Chikusa who was semi unconscious looked at their direction.
"You guys won't stand a chance." He murmured before falling unconscious.
The group of four looked at the direction of the killer intent they felt. At first there was nothing. But slowly they heard a soft dragging noise. It was as if something heavy was being dragged here. After the noise they looked closely. A figure was coming close.
It was a man. He was tall and had broad shoulders. His hair was a bit long and spiked backwards. There were two scars on his right cheek. He looked like a killing machine, void of emotion. On his hands there was a chain attached to a giant ball with carvings on it. The ball was making the scraping noise it seemed.
"You all will die today." The man said and casually picked up the ball as though it weighted like a feather.
"Hahi! Dangerous…" Haru said and gulped. He clutched his wand tighter than before. The man suddenly dropped the ball which shook the ground, hard.
"He's dangerous." Yamamoto said. She had already pulled out her sword in a defensive manner. The others did the same. This was not going to be easy. None of them were in the condition to fight with a man of that caliber head on. They could only hope to be lucky.
"It seems like someone is fighting." Tsuna concluded. He was a bit worried. What if they were some of the townspeople who were still normal were fighting? He could help them! Tsuna had already started walking to that direction.
"Dame-Tsuna stop." Reborn said with a stern voice. Tsuna turned around with a worried face. He tried to look neutral but failed miserably. "What do you think you are doing?"
"I have to do something. They could be in trouble." Tsuna's eyes blazed amber for a second. He was being a bit emotional.
"Stop being so reckless. This is a good opportunity. Now while the attention of the enemy is diverted to them it is a good opportunity for us. We can now enter without too much worry." Reborn said while he fixed his hat. He was observing his student sharply. "Don't let this opportunity go to waste."
"Reborn…." Tsuna was at a loss for words. He knew that it was a good opportunity. He knew that it was fortunate but…he just couldn't do that. How could he just let some people be his distraction?
"Tsuna-sama…" Hearing I-pin's voice Tsuna snapped out of his thoughts. The trio was looking at him expectantly. Tsuna felt a bit unsettled. They were asking him what their next action should be. That was always made him unsure. He sighed.
"We have to hurry and defeat Mukuro. After that we'll do something about them." Tsuna looked at them with determined eyes. His eyes that were clouded with worry just a few minutes ago were now firm and filled with determination. Reborn smirked. There was hope for him yet.
They nodded and started to head towards the top of the hill where the Theater was located. The place where Mukuro was. Tsuna stopped to look back at the site where there was a cloud of smoke one last time. He nodded to whoever was there that he was definitely going to come back for them and ran to catch up to his friends.
Chrome wasn't bad but he was not up to her standards. He was blocking her attacks but sometimes he failed. Hibari quickly found an opening and she attacked. Her tonfa hit Chrome's chin and he was flung toward the wall on the left. He was hurt badly as it hit directly. Because Hibari Kyomi was not merciful and she never went easy on anyone. Chrome groggily stood by adding pressure on his trident. Honestly Hibari was annoyed.
"You are not worth my time." She said and positioned her tonfa's in an offensive manner. The smooth surface of the tonfa's changed. There were now very sharp looking spikes.
Chrome didn't say anything. He just stared impassively and pointed the trident at her direction. Then they both charged at each other. Hibari was attacking relentlessly while Chrome was struggling to block all her attacks. He had to quickly do what Mukuro-sama had asked him.
Hibari noticed Chrome go in offensive as he tried to slash her using his trident. She decided to use her tonfa to slam the trident away and attack. But she was surprised when the boy threw the trident at her. Then in a flash Hibari saw the wear something on her knuckles and punch her. Chrome had worn spikes. The four spikes dug deep on her shoulder. This happened very fast. Hibari used all her strength and slammed on the boy's stomach. That caused him to fly towards the door and be slammed against it. The old door couldn't handle the force and it opened with a bang. The boy fainted.
Hibari looked at her shoulder. There were four deep holes. It quickly healed as it returned to being flawless again. But her dress was shredded. No matter. She would make the one who initiated it to pay for the new sets. She lazily strolled passed the unconscious boy and entered the room.
The room was dark. The windows were closed shut. But there were some holes here and there. From there sunlight sipped through causing the room to be illuminated a bit. But light was not the problem as the two creatures that occupied the room were born to see even in pitch black darkness.
"Oya oya if it isn't the esteemed Vampire Queen Hibari Kyomi. What can I do for you?" Mukuro asked in a mocking tone. She lazily stared as though there wasn't a very dangerous person standing before her.
"You trespassed on my territory and disturbed the piece. I'll bite you to death." Hibari said. She clutched her tonfa's tighter. There was something oddly disturbing about the woman.
"Ku fu fu…. This is getting interesting." Mukuro said as she narrowed her eyes. The kanji on her left eye changed from six to one. She stood up. Suddenly the surroundings changed. From the gloomy room it changed to a grassy field of Sakura flowers.
Tsuna and the others were quietly approaching the theater. Oddly they hadn't see even one person. This was very suspicious. But they didn't let their guard down. I-pin was first then it was Kyohei and Lambo. Then it was Tsuna and Reborn who lazily strolled behind them. He did notice the ring on Tsuna's hand and on the girl's hand as well. It seems they were quickly being chosen. Now was not the time for the explanations. He would do it another time. It seemed his student acquired some good people.
They were not far away. The theater was just up ahead when there was an explosion inside. There seemed to be a fight going on inside. Tsuna quickly ran in front of the theater. He was momentarily stunned.
"What is this?" Lambo asked being a bit horrified. The rest were simply rendered speechless. There were bodies of people littered here and there. They all seemed out cold. The whole road was filled with people who were apparently beaten up.
"They were hit by a blunt object and by only one person." Reborn was inspecting one of the bodies. The way they were beat up… there was only one person he knew who could be this brutal and precise.
"A blunt object? A person defeated all these people? Scary…" Tsuna said as he gulped. An uneasy feeling crept to him. Somehow he knew something bad was happening. He shook his head a bit to clear his mind. No, he couldn't be distracted. He had to settle this. Mukuro had to be stopped.
"Let's go people. We'll deal with the violent person when we meet them. But first we have to focus on saving the townspeople from Mukuro first."
"Let's go Tsuna-kun." Kyohei nodded and they hastily entered the theater.
Hibari Kyomi did not like magicians. Especially the illusionists. They were annoying and very irritating. The fact that she couldn't bite what ever that attacked her annoyed her to no end. It didn't help the fact that her opponent this time was an illusionist. It also didn't help the fact that her body was feeling heavier than before. Her limbs were not listening well. They were being stiff and it was getting harder and harder to move them.
"Ku fufu fu… what is the matter Hibari Kyomi you seemed to have slowed down." Mukuro taunted as she gave a creepy smile. She dodged another set of attacks by her. She was very amused. The serum should have started to affect the great Vampire Queen's body already.
"Shut up." Hibari said as she tried to slam her tonfa on that annoying illusionist's ribs. Mukuro quickly blocked it with her trident.
"Oya oya… not so bad." She mused. "Even with that much amount of pure Mirul serum that was injected in you, it seems you can still stay still. My you are every bit of lethal as they say." Mukuro was honestly surprised. Any other creature would have been unable to move after injection of even one drop. Here the queen was injected with a whole vile but she still stood. She was indeed an interesting person.
Hibari tried to remember when she was injected with such a thing. Unless…her eyes widened in realization as she looked at the direction of the fallen boy. Then she looked at her shoulder. The clothes were ripped from that area and her pale white skin could be seen. The scar had naturally healed. She narrowed her eyes dangerously.
"Ku fu fu…."
Inside the theater was dark. But they could see perfectly except for I-pin. Whose eyesight was bad even in broad daylight. He had pulled out his trusty enchanted glasses that enabled him to see even in the dark. Just like outside there were passed out people here as well.
"Yare, yare… this person is too violent." Lambo was poking a man's face. He was out cold and wasn't responding at all. Suddenly he made a weird noise. It scared Lambo and she quickly stood up and grabbed Tsuna's elbow and clutched it closer to her chest. In any other time Tsuna would have blushed or spouted some nonsense but he was too distressed to notice it.
"Who is the person? So strong…" Kyohei murmured. He was horrified.
"We don't have time for ideal chit-chat. Move it." Reborn said with an annoyed tone and walked passed them. Tsuna just shook his head. He followed his tutor while the three trailed behind him.
After a while of seeing piled up bodies they arrived in a room where the door was forcefully opened. There was only one body here. Tsuna quickly went near to inspect. He had a bad idea about what had transpired here. What he saw surprised him. It was the boy he met in Nigia city. His face was pale and he was unconscious. Tsuna noticed his injuries were far serious than the rest.
"Chrome Dokuro, Mukuro's follower. He seems to be in a bad shape." Reborn said as he saw the distressed look on his student's face. He was going to say something else when he looked inside the room and narrowed his eyes.
"Ku fufu fu…. "
"Eii!" Lambo got frightened and hid behind Tsuna. While Tsuna abruptly stood up and looked inside the room as well.
"Mukuro." Tsuna walked inside the dark room. Mukuro was sitting on her chair with an amused smirk. It seemed she had been enjoying things.
"This must be my lucky day. Two very powerful monarchs decided to march in on the same day. Ku fufu fu… very much amusing." She didn't seem to be having any problems. She just flicked the strands of hair that abstracted her eyes to a side. "Even though I didn't expect you to show up but I should have expected it. Since your followers came."
That surprised Tsuna. What was she talking about? "What do you mean by followers showing up?"
"Oya oya, did they not tell you or did you not tell them?" Mukuro was highly amused. And to think she was feeling bored because of the lack of movement.
Suddenly the door closed. Making the people inside jump (Except Reborn). There standing at the door was an ominous looking man. He had scars on his face and his black hair was spiked backwards. The oddest thing was he had a giant ball on his hands. It happened so suddenly that they forgot to move and stared numbly. They hadn't noticed him standing there at all.
"You shouldn't let your guard down Vongola…"
"Thousand Snake's fierce Domination!" The man yelled and threw the ball at their direction. Tsuna was just dumbly staring. I-pin noticed the problem as the giant ball was accumulating wind currents around it and headed straight for them. He quickly pushed Tsuna aside. Though Tsuna was safe the others got hit and thrown at different directions. Reborn had just jumped away.
"Everyone!" He shouted but they were knocked out cold. "What are you doing?" He shouted at the man who suddenly attacked them. He stared blankly. Tsuna's hyper intuition told him that there was something terribly wrong with the man.
"He's just following orders." Mukuro's eyes were cold, cold, cold. There was not one hint of worry. They twinkled with amusement. "And I'm just watching an interesting show. They are going to too." She said and waved her hand. The gloomy curtains moved away revealing a cage. Tsuna's eyes went wide.
Inside the cage were Yamamoto, Gokudera, Ryoko and Haru. They seemed to have fainted. Slowly they started stirring. They were waking up. One by one they opened their eyes and saw Tsuna staring at them with horrified eyes.
"Tenth!"
"Tsuna."
"Sawada!"
"Tsuna-sama!"
They all called out in joy. But it was momentary as they noticed the predicament they were in. They started trying to get free. Mukuro watched. They were truly entertaining. Yes, they should know how it felt to be like that.
"What is this? It's not budging at all!" Gokudera was trying to break the bars. Then she got her claws out and tried to rip the bars but that didn't help either. Yamamoto noticed that her sword was missing along with Haru's staff.
"Extreme punch!"
"It's useless. The cage is enforced with powerful magic. Your pathetic attempts will do you no good. Just be good hostages and sit there." Mukuro was annoyed with them. Really can't they just be some normal hostages? She turned to face Tsuna who was still crouched on the ground.
"Now, what will you do Vongola? Your friends are in bad shape and the only way I'm going to let them go is if you can defeat me and Lancia. That's not going to happen."
For a few minutes there was an eerie silence that hung in the air. Even Gokudera was quiet as she stopped attacking the enchanted bars of the cage. Tsuna was looking downwards. His long bags covered his eyes. Slowly he stood up. Suddenly he looked up and his eyes were no longer chocolate brown and they were blazing amber. Fire lit on his forehead and the temperature of the room suddenly went up a bit.
"I will never forgive you." Tsuna's vice was low and dangerous. His eyes were narrowed and no one ever saw him this angered before. Reborn smirked.
I'm sorry everyone for not updating! I had an important exam and wasn't allowed to do anything. As for the Chinese, I don't know the language. It was taken from Google... If you see any problem here do tell me. I'll fix it. Thank you for reading! Tell me what you think! Bye!
