What The Hell
Chapter 11.
Hibari knocked Gamma to the ground and closed his box as he landed on his feet. Hibari started walking to Gamma. "I don't need a lightning attribute ring." "Uh" Was all tsuna said as he and Lal Mirch moved forward. Hibari smirked "What were you doing, Sawada Tsunayoshi?" "Hibari-san!" Tsuna smiled. tsuna looked around "Uh . . ." "My wife, Yamamoto Takeshi and Gokudera Hayato are in the clearing over there." "Eh?" Tsuna exclaimed and started running to the clearing. Maya and Kuskabe were examining Yamamoto and Gokudera. "Maya-san! Are they alright?" "They'll live." She answered. "I'm Kuskabe Tetsuya, I don't know if you remember me . . ." "You're the Disciplinary Committee vice-president!" "They need treatment right away though." Maya said, bringing Tsuna's attention back to his friends. "Let's get them back to the hideout." Kuskabe said as Tsuna kneeled by his friends. "You two . . ." Tsuna said, as Hibari and Lal looked on. "How does it feel to see your wife again?" "Hn" was the only response Lal got, but she understood enough to know.
Lal was saying that it was too dangerous to try taking them back to the hideout. "Not to worry, if we use our own entrance, that is." Kuskabe said. Lal: "Our own entrance"? Hibari put on a ring and there seemed to be a roaring noise. "What's that sound?" Tsuna asked. Hibari seemed to vanish as he walked straight into a birdhouse, Hibird on his shoulder. "H-he disappeared?" Tsuna said. Lal: A hidden door? A camouflage only possible by using a cloud ring, eh? "However, right now there's a problem with us leaving." Kuskabe said. "The Rain and Storm Vongola rings. They must have shown up on the enemy's radar. We cannot let the signal disappear from here." "I got it." Lal said "I'll-" "I'll do it." Maya said suddenly "I've shown up on their radar too." "Maya-san!" Tsuna said. "I'll be fine Sawada. Don't worry. For now, just take care of your friends." With that, Maya plucked the Vongola rings from Kuskabe's hand and seemed to vanish. "Maya-san!" Kuskabe exclaimed. "What's wrong?" Tsuna asked. "Kyo-san will be upset when he finds out she ran off again."
"Maya's here to pick you up." Hana told Kyoko. Hana had gotten along with Maya in the time Maya had been at Naminori Middle, with their sarcasm and whatnot. Usually Maya didn't act on her sarcasm, but it was amusing when she did. "Then I guess I'll leave for now." Kyoko said, standing. "Wait a second, Kyoko." Hana said, holding out a bag to Kyoko. "Take this with you. I had my parents buy them." She explained as Kyoko held the bag. Kyoko responded with a "This is . . ." "Do you guys have a change of clothes?" Hana asked. "Eh?" "I knew it. I had to do it because you're stuck with a bunch of male idiots. And here are snacks for the kid you were talking about." "You even got these?" Kyoko asked "Come again, whenever you need to. Whether you become a hundred year old bag, or even a toddler, you can always come to my place." Hana said, smiling. "Your best friend will always be waiting here." Kyoko's eyes filled with tears "Hana" she said, hugging her friend and crying.
Hana and Kyoko came down the stairs "We need to hurry." Maya said, her serious expression lifting a little when she saw Kyoko smiling and with a bag. She turned and opened the door "Let's go." "Maya, what's going on?" Hana asked "You haven't been told yet for a reason." Maya replied as Kyoko put on her shoes and followed.
"You guys are inexperienced, unstable, and quickly lose your way." "What about Maya-san?" "She's not an issue-she has tons of experience, is very stable, and knows what to do to get on and survive."
"Making these mistakes, and growing as a result, is your ultimate weapon after all. She's already learned many things, but she keeps learning and growing. You could learn some things from Maya."
Hibari had punched the wall when he learned his carnivore had run off again. Lal Mirch could have done it, so why did she? He knew-deep down-that he was being unreasonable. His wife had probably shown up on the enemy's radar-it only made sense if she did it. But that didn't mean he had to like it.
Hibari composed himself and walked to the infirmary where Tsuna, Reborn, and Gokudera were. "Has my wife returned yet?" "No. She went to pick up Kyoko." Reborn said. Hibari's lips twitched down ever so slightly, but he forced down his displeasure. "Hn. Are you done yet? I have something to discuss." "You bastard!" Gokudera exclaimed, trying to sit up before falling back. "Gokudera-kun! Hibari's the one that saved you two!" "Wait-you mean that stupid women lost?" Hibari's eyes flashed, but Reborn broke in before he said anything. "Maya was under our orders not to seriously attempt to hurt Millefiore members. We're hoping they don't know what power level she's at." "He saved us!" Gokudera was still surprised. "It's not like I had any intent to save anyone. It was just because I disliked that man." "I've been meaning to meet you, Hibari." "So have I, toddler." "W-what is it you want to discuss, Hibari-san?" "Hn" "Um, do you have a second?" Giannini asked, poking his head in. "What?" Reborn asked. "I have some good news. Bianchi-san and Fuuta-san have returned from their information gathering mission." Giannini looked at Hibari "Oh, your wife is back too." "Why do you guys keep calling her his wife? They're not even married yet." Tsuna stated. "Because she's mine." Hibari said, a frightening aura around him. "H-hai, Hibari-san." Tsuna said meekly. Then the information caught up to Tsuna and Gokudera "Fuuta?" Tsuna asked. "Aneki is back?" Gokudera asked.
"I told you. After you get in a pinch, good things happen."
The kitchen door opened, making Haru look. "Haru-chan" Kyoko said, Maya standing near her. "Kyoko-chan!" Haru said, getting up and running to Kyoko. "I'm glad you're okay!" She said as she hugged her, crying. "If you were caught by dangerous people, I didn't know what I would do!" "Haru-chan . . . I'm sorry." Kyoko said, some tears in her eyes. "Safe! So happy!" I-pin said. "Where were you?" Lambo asked, upset (for the wrong reason, of course) "If you were going to play, you should have taken me with you!" Haru laughed after pulling away from Kyoko at Lambo's comment. "But I knew you were fine, because Tsuna-san went to look for you." "Mm, it's because Tsuna-kun came." Kyoko agreed. Maya left. There was more cheerful banter, when Kyoko looked up to thank Maya. "Um, thank you very . . ." She noticed Maya walking down the hall. "much." She smiled "Thank you very much."
"Reborn! I'll never let you go, my beloved!" Bianchi said, hugging Reborn. Tsuna: The future Bianchi; the outside didn't change, but her feelings are more extreme. Tsuna thought, little sweatdrops in his hair. Fuuta walked to him. "There's no helping it, Tsuna-nii. In this era, both Reborn and Tsuna-nii are dead. And we got a message saying that Maya might've died too." Hibari stiffened. Tsuna, however, was thinking on a different track. "C-can it be, Fuuta?" "Yay, I'm taller than tsuna-nii." Fuuta said, using his hand to measure the height difference. "You grew too much!" Tsuna protested. There was the sound of Gokudera gagging. He'd fallen out of bed. "Gokudera-kun!" Tsuna said before thinking: Because he saw Bianchi, eh? "Looks like we can expect something good, Tsuna." Reborn said. "Bianchi and Fuuta brought in new information." Tsuna: I see; if we gather information from everyone, we might find a way to go back to the past. "Hibari-san seems to know something too." Tsuna said smiling before seeing Hibari's expression. "If you get any closer, I'll bite you to death." "Ehh?"
Maya was walking alone in the hallway when Hibari saw her. He slammed his fist on the wall on either side of her. "Hibari-san?" She asked, raising her eyebrows. He just slammed his lips on hers before saying "If you ever try to leave me again, I'll bite. You. To. Death!" He said, kissing her again. She raised her hand to his hair "I'm sorry Hibari. I didn't know I was hurting you so much." She kissed the unshed tears at the corners of his eyes, smiling up at her lover.
Hibari had beat up Tsuna and left. It was after that, when he was walking that he'd seen Maya. "Eh? Where's Maya-san?" Tsuna asked as they prepared to have their meeting. He'd been beaten up by Hibari earlier "She's with Kyo-san. I'm here to relay the information to both of them." Kuskabe said. "And she'll be able to watch." Reborn said. "Eh?" "She'll probably tell you if you ask her later. But you probably won't get a chance."
"First, about Hibird." Kuskabe said. "We sent it upon request of Kurokawa Hana. "Eh? From Kurokawa Hana?" Tsuna asked in surprise, looking at Kuskabe. "Yes. It was an SOS from Kurokawa Hana for Sasagawa Kyoko. This was a pact made between us and the Vongola. If there were an SOS, we were told to release Hibird at that location." "Why in such a weird way?" Tsuna asked. "It's a back up SOS system, right?" Lal Mirch asked. "Exactly." Kuskabe answered with a smile. "It's one of the back-up methods used when communication isn't possible." "Is Maya-san one of the back-up methods?" Tsuna asked. "No. She can be used as communication, and when communication isn't possible it might mean she's dead. She's able to get messages to and from anyone even if she's on the other side of the world." "But why did the SOS signal disappear at the shrine?" Giannini asked, bringing them back to the topic. They already knew about that. "Unfortunately the battery wasn't working well." Kuskabe said. "Just as I thought; a malfunction." Giannini was relieved. "And what's that organization you were talking about earlier?" Reborn asked from Bianchi's arms. "Yeah. You even had a secret base that leads here." Tsuna said, looking at Kuskabe. "Basically, it's a secret underground organization developed by the Naminori Middle School Disciplinary Committee." Kuskabe answered. "The Disciplinary Committee is still involved in this?" "I heard it from Tsuna-nii before . . ." "Eh?" "Oh, from the adult Tsuna-nii, I mean. Hibari-san developed the organization to study the boxes while travelling the world, until Maya's body was discovered in Naminori. "So . . . she actually died?" Tsuna asked. "It's highly possible she faked her death. But that's unconfirmed." "So that's why he said . . . 'That's for my wife and Naminori'" Tsuna said. "Yes." "Where was her body discovered?" Lal Mirch asked. "In a lake, floating facedown." "That suits her." Lal Mirch said. "Eh?" "She didn't like being near big bodies of water-unless she was at the beach. But she didn't go on boats either. She knew the Titanic story very well." "Oh." "But she wouldn't have told us if she was going to fake her death anyways. She'd want it to be believable."
"Our goals are the same for now."
"Besides, if you guys go back to the past and change the future, it might not be like this where friends and loved ones have been killed."
Hibari agreed with this. He didn't want to lose her again. He thought, watching the female teenager asleep on the bed next to him. He lifted a hand and lightly stroked her long hair.