Un Fiore Per Te
Summary: A mother knows no boundaries when her child's life is in danger. And to protect her daughter, Sawada Nana would do anything. FemTsuna. ShortChapters - Longer Chapters in the future.
Just a warning: FemTsuna, AU, Language, Clichés, Cloud!Bucky, Lighting!Himeko, Granny!Angie, more in the future…
I don't own Katekyo Hitman Reborn or anything related to Marvel!
Chapter XI. White Geranium for Renewed Joy
Mr. Cloud was healing but there was something within him that kept him from reaching real freedom.
For one month and a half now, Tsuna watched as he and Angie worked together to recover his memories little by little. She helped where she could; keeping him company and talking to him about anything and everything. But every time she looked at him and saw the still locked part of his energy – of his soul –, all she wanted to do was thrown a tantrum and cry like a baby (She is five not two!) because Tsuna still didn't know what to do about it.
The voice didn't help. It just gave her a few pointers on what to do so Mr. Cloud won't be uncomfortable in the orphanage and what could or could not be done when near the man.
Tsuna sighed sadly. She tapped her coloring pencil over her half finished picture and looked at the clean sky in thought.
"Why so sad, Tsuna-chan?" She blinked slowly and turned to see a grinning Himeko. The recently turned eleven years old sat down across her and winked. "Do you want me to hit someone for you? – No wait. You already have Sgt. Barnes for that."
Tsuna smiled a little and shrugged. Himeko frowned,
"Alright. What is wrong?" When Tsuna didn't answer, she sighed.
A moment of silence later, Himeko snapped her fingers and beamed as she took out a pamphlet from the pocket of her biker jacket. Tsuna blinked and leaned over as she took the offered pamphlet and looked at it.
"A new amusement park opened a few weeks ago." Himeko said. "Why don't we go today? It will be fun."
Tsuna's eyes scanned the pamphlet before she grinned widely.
A trip will help, the voice whispered, but you will need catch the Misty Doctor.
She climbed over the table and giggled, hugging Himeko who blushed a little at the display of affection and giggled back.
"Himeko-chan, you're a the smartest!" The five years old said.
The older girl smiled. "It is genius – But I am glad to see you smile."
"Mr. Cloud!" Tsuna called out after sitting down once more.
Himeko shot her a look only to yelp and fall from her chair when the resident assassin appeared beside Tsuna, having been taking a nap in one of the supports of the ceiling. Himeko looked at the man with wide eyes, a hand above her erratic heart as she tried to understand what just happened.
"What's wrong doll?" He asked, looking at Tsuna with fond eyes.
She was the only one aside from his sister (who he had seen a few times from distance when she came to the orphanage for her yearly visit) that got this look. Others mostly got a blank stare, a glare or a neutral look.
"Wanna go to the park with me and Himeko-chan?" She shoved the pamphlet in his face.
Mr. Cloud blinked. He took the pamphlet from her and scanned its contents with a hum.
"I-it's pretty close." Himeko informed him.
She knew very well that the man would go with them. He was really protective of Tsuna and rarely left her out of his sight. Not that she could blame him. The grey eyed girl also felt really protective of Tsuna and itched to keep her close when they were away from the safety of the orphanage. The orange eyed girl was truly special and precious.
"Only half an hour from here by train and then twenty minutes by feet." She said.
The only reason Himeko knew he heard her was the way he raised a brow and turned to Tsuna.
"I will go if you want doll."
"But I want to know of you want to go…" The little girl pouted. Himeko winced in sympathy when those big and teary orange eyes stared at the now twitching man.
Poor guy. No one could resist Tsuna's Puppy Eyes.
The assassin licked his lips nervously, "I… I would love to go, doll."
Himeko cackled. She blew a raspberry when he threw her a half-hearted glare.
Tsuna squealed.
She would finally help Mr. Cloud… But how does one catch a Misty Doctor?
He was getting better
New memories made themselves known and his PTSD – as Angie (and wasn't that strange to see his little sister's best friend look old like that?) called it – wasn't acting up so much as when he arrived in the orphanage. Little Tsuna, of course, was one of the reasons that his recovery was going so well.
There was something about her, something that only him and Himeko – Tsuna's best friend and self-proclaimed older sister – seemed to fell.
Himeko liked to say that if home needed a picture in a dictionary, Tsuna's face would be right there. He agreed with her with no objection. Tsuna felt safe. She felt like home and if there was one place which would never reject you no matter what, it was your home.
Before, his family and Steve were all he could associate with home but…
"Look, Mr. Cloud! Is Pikachu!" He blinked his eyes and turned to see a man dressed in a strange yellow creature costume. He was giving away balloons to a group of children.
With sharp eyes, he followed Tsuna as she approached the man with a smile and got a orange balloon. The park was completely crowded but he could never be too carefully. He doubted HYDRA or that Italian Organization weren't looking for him. He was too valuable to be left in his own devices.
"What is it with Tsuna and Pikachu?" Himeko asked beside him, eating her green colored shaved ice.
He folded his arms. "She likes it?"
Himeko snorted and looked at him lazily. "Cats and Pikachu are her favorite animals. Never mind the fact that the rat isn't even real." She savored her treat for a moment before continuing, "I think one of the boys of the orphanage showed her the game and got her hooked up. She stayed awake for hours trying to catch a Pikachu and –" The black haired girl stopped and deadpanned. "You have no idea of what I am talking about do you?"
He stared, his lips twitching in amusement, "Not even a little."
Himeko face palmed. The preteen muttered something about mummies and undead before shaking her head and walking to a stall with a few games that he recognized. It was good to see that a few things never changed.
His time with HYDRA taught him enough about this time and the advances technology suffered along the years but there was still things that he couldn't understand or that he just didn't know about.
Apparently, this Pikachu was one of those things.
He would have to learn more about it though, especially if Tsuna loved it so much.
"Mr. Cloud?" He looked down, noticing that Tsuna had come back and was holding his hand.
He tried to smile. Her little nickname was cute and all but it had been bothering him for a while. Everyone in the orphanage called him Sgt. Barnes, even little Angie who just called him Bucky when she was feeling nostalgic.
"Why do you call me that, Tsuna?"
She blinked confused.
"Mr. Cloud is Mr. Cloud. He never said what I should call him. What does Mr. Cloud want to be called?"
He opened and closed his mouth, trying to find the right words to reply to that but he couldn't.
"I don't know." He said and it was the truth. Plain and simple.
Yes, he had some of Bucky's memories and experiences but the same could be said about the Winter Soldier. But his time in the orphanage showed him that he was neither.
"James." She looked at him, the question evident in her eyes. The man smiled weakly as if he was feeling a little uncertain. "Bucky Barnes is still there but I can't simply ignore the Winter Soldier… So, I am James."
Tsuna smiled sweetly and held his hand tighter. "Hello, James." She pronounced his name carefully. Her tongue caught up in the s but he never heard anything more beautiful. "I am Tsuna."
He laughed. Because of course that was her reaction to his words.
"Hey doll." He smiled fondly, feeling invigorated. "It is nice to meet ya."
Himeko came back running with a strange red and white ball in her hand. She had a annoyed expression in her face. As she stopped beside Tsuna, she gave the little girl the ball before glaring at the stall.
"What happened?" He – James, his name was now James – asked.
"A pervert came and made me miss my target. I wanted one of those giant bears but only got this Pokeball replica!" She gritted her teeth.
James looked at the stall to see a tall man dressed in a white coat flirting with a uncomfortable looking woman. His hand twitched. He was itching to grab one of his knives, especially since he could smell gun powder and blood coming from the man.
Before he could say or do something, however, there was a red and white blur and then the man fell to the hard ground unconscious. The Pokeball – as Himeko called it – rolled beside him.
Everyone froze.
Tsuna giggled.
There was a moment of silence before Himeko paled. Apparently, she was annoyed with the man but not enough to have him being hurt. That or she was just worried that someone would call the police on Tsuna for aggression or something – which was ridiculous. Tsuna was just five after all.
"TSUNA! WHAT DID YOU DO?"
"I caught a Misty Doctor! Yay!"
James snickered, his shoulders shaking as he saw Himeko yelling and pointing at the unconscious man while Tsuna jumped up and down with a big smile as if she hadn't just knocked the strange man out.
Mothers took their children away from them while others stared as if the two girls were crazy and he was insane for not doing anything about this nonsense. Not that he could, even if he tried. Every time he looked at the man and the stupid expression in his face, all he could do was laugh at how random Tsuna's action had been and how hilarious Himeko's hysterical reaction was.
Before – Before, his family and Steve was all he could associate with home but…
But he was no longer Bucky Barnes.
He was James Barnes and he had new family and a home to go back to.
And that was all he needed.
"Nice aim, doll."
"DON'T ENCOURAGE HER!"
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