Chapter XII
When Tsuna arrived, the meeting room was as dead as the night. No one dared to speak, the whole time they were inside that room, no one, even Lambo who'll usually start the commotion between him and Gokudera didn't even say a single word after they all arrived inside a while ago. All were so worried with the girl sleeping upstairs.
Gokudera's arms were rested on the table and his hands were covering his face. Yamamoto was leaning on his seat, he was still trying to understand what was happening around him. Lambo was at the corner of the room, calming himself with Biancchi beside him, they were sited not too far from Hibari who was leaning against the wall, looking so bored, though he was really itching to get out of this place and visit the herbivore up stairs. Mukuro, on the other hand was really dying to leave the room and go sneak out to Haru's room, but he knew Tsuna might say something important matters for them so he decided to wait.
"Tenth" Gokudera noticed his boss standing infront of the door, still his hand was on the doorknob, looking very gloomy.
They all looked at Tsuna.
"What happened to you?" Biancchi asked sourly.
Tsuna walked pass them and went towards his heat. When he sat down, they saw him placed his arms on the table and let his chin rest on his hands as he look down. "I'm just tired, that's all."
"Don't give me that shit!"
"Sister!"
Tsuna raised his hand and Gokudera stopped. "Biancchi, will you please go to Haru's room. She told me to call you." Tsuna said.
They knew that kind of voice.
"Boss, is something wrong?" Gokudera asked worryingly.
Tsuna shook his head slowly and looked towards Biancchi. "Please, go to her." He pleaded.
Biancchi snorted and went out.
The room was silent for the second time.
"Is Spanner here already?" Tsuna asked.
They all went through their seat when Tsuna started talking. It was time for them to get serious again, they wanted answers this time, answers to their questions.
Like for example:
How on earth did Haru survived for the two years she was gone?
The door opened once again and they saw Spanner with Soicchi and Giannini walk inside the room. The three of them bowed at Tsuna and went to their respective seats.
"You called for us, Tsuna?" Soicchi asked.
Gokudera gave the remote on Tsuna and pressed a button, the screen infront of them opened revealing a familiar face the three though had died two years ago.
The candy on Spanner's mouth fell after what Tsuna had shown them.
Haru was peacefully sleeping on her bed.
"What on earth?" Soicchi still was trying to process this on his mind.
"Is that Miura-san?" Giannini asked and looked towards Gokudera.
The Storm Guardian nodded and they proceed.
"Checkerface and Bermuda gave her to us, three days ago. She was bleeding to death after we saw her and before that Hibari, Mukuro, and Boss tried to fight those two-"
"Hn. That little Herbivore didn't do anything at all" Hibari muttured but it was loud enough for the rest to hear.
Gokudera threw him a glare. "Anyway! As we expected, those two disappeared again after the fight and after that, we saw-" Gokudera stopped when he was about to mention Haru's name. Everyone looked at him, curious of why he had stop.
"Gokudera?" Tsuna asked worringly.
Gokudera got back to his senses and when he saw them looking at him, he couldn't help but to blush.
He cleared his throat. "I'm sorry"
"We saw Haru lying on the ground, Biancchi and Lambo was with her." Yamamoto looked very serious as he speak. "She was badly bleeding"
Spanner was studying Haru. "Isn't that the same clothes she wore before she disappeared?" he asked.
The four guardians as well as Tsuna's face darkened.
"You're right, Spanner." Yamamoto said. "Two years ago, Haru was shot trice by Provo and we saw her died infront if us, it didn't took long enough after Checkerface and Bermuda appear infront of us and took her away. It was a major shock for us all after we found her alive, three days ago. Tsuna-"
Yamamoto stopped while looking at Tsuna.
"Boss" Giannini said.
Tsuna was holding a bottle of Vongola X Wine and as he pours it on the wine glass, he was gripping it tightly. "Continue, Yamamoto." he said.
"Don't bother, Yamamoto."
Reborn appeared from they don't know exacty where and jumped off into the middle of the table. He saw his student drinking and couldn't help but to get pissed. "You have time to drink now, Dame-Tsuna?" he growled towards his student.
"I don't have time with your scolding, Reborn-"
Bang!
The glass that Tsuna was holding shattered into million pieces.
"Don't make me lose my temper, Reborn."
The coldness on Tsuna's voice sent shivers down their spines(well, except for Hibari, Mukuro, and Reborn) and saw their Boss' flame started to lit up on his forehead. Reborn ignored his student and pointed his head towards the screen's direction.
"Watch."
Tsuna's flames went off and he turned his head towards the screen, a moment after, a blush suddenly crept on everyone's faces.
Haru wasn't wearing anything on top aside for her bra.
"What on earth are you trying to watch us, Reborn?!" Tsuna yelled, he was blushing as he speak.
"Well, this is fascinating" Mukuro licked his lips.
Everyone saw him and anger rushed inside their heads.
"Don't you dare, Pineapple-head." Gokudera took out his bomb as was about to threw it to Mukuro when Hibari suddenly grabbed Mukuro's collar and yanked him up from his seat.
"Komikurosu"
"Stop! Seat down!" Yamamoto glare at the three.
They all went back to their seats and watched as Haru change her clothes.
"I feel like a pervert right now." Gokudera, who was still madly blushing, muttured under his breath.
Everyone's attention was suddenly caught when they saw the bandages wraping on the lower part of her stomach.
"Is Haru-nee going to be okay?" Lambo finally talked.
"She will be, Lambo." Yamamoto said with a calm smile while looking at Lambo.
Haru had finished changing clothes.
"Thank you, Biancchi-san." Haru said and smiled.
They missed that smile. It took two years for them to watch her smile like that again.
"It's nothing, Haru."
Haru sighed. She leaned her back on the dashboard behind her, Biancchi gave her a glass of water and Haru took it gently.
"Haru."
Haru' s hands were trembling.
Everyone looked so worried, Haru was trembling really bad until she had dropped the glass she was holding on the bed.
"Hahi! I'm sorry, Biancchi-san!" Haru bowed at Biancchi.
The rest were really looking worried, Haru placed her hands on her head and calmed herself.
"Haru...stop shaking. Are you alright?" Biancchi asked worringly. She tried to stop Haru by holding on to her arms, but Haru was still shaking like a mad dog.
"What's the problem, Haru?" Reborn jumped on top of Haru's feet.
"Reborn?!" Tsuna yelled in shock.
"How the hell did he get there?!"
Though Haru knew Reborn had come, if didn't stop herself from shaking.
"Reborn...I...I...What am I doing here? I know...I thought...I thought I died...I...don't want to live anymore...please...kill me." Haru begged, they saw her crying, her eyes looked terrified and sad, and she held her two hards together and begged.
"What is that Stupid Woman saying?!" Gokudera banged his fists on the table, growling furiously. The way they heard Haru plead and cry, it just broke their hearts. Tsuna clenched his fist in anger, Hibari isolated himself in the dark and Mukuro's eyes furrowed.
"Are you crazy?! Why would we kill you?! Haru, come on-"
"You don't know how it feels when you went to those paralleled worlds, Biancchi. The way it hunts you down until now...I'm scared of moving-"
"What happened to you on those Worlds Haru?" Reborn asked curiously.
"I've dreamed for Two years, Reborn." Haru started. Her body was still trembling. "Checkerface and Bermuda made sure I've tasted agony on those Two years I've slept. They brought me to those worlds...I saw myself..."
Everyone waited for this, to know what exactly happened, and why was Haru acting so scared.
"What exactly did you saw?" Biancchi asked.
"I was always at the corner...Tsuna-"
Tsuna flinched.
"I mean Sawada-san-"
Reborn raised an eyebrown.
Where was the Haru who always calls that Dame Tsuna-san or Tsu-kun?
Haru had surely changed a lot.
"Sawada-san, eh?" Mukuro teased with a smirk on his face.
"I swear to Primo, I will kill you-"
"It's okay, Gokudera." Tsuna said.
Gokudera still glared at Mukuro and shifted his head to his boss. Tsuna was looking down, his bangs covered his face.
"Sawada-san and the others...Back then, those times when when I wasn't still taken...It never crossed my mind that I was always left at the corner...I know I do not have any place on the family, Biancchi...but for once...I wanted their attention...Those worlds...I was sick and tired of they would only look up to Kyoko...I mean...I know...I won't stand against her...but..." Haru's voice too was trembling. She wiped the tears that kept on coming out of her eyes and tried to calm herself. She was just to hurt, and mad at herself.
"Oh, Haru."
Haru really looked fragile right now.
"Never did I encountered any world...not even one...that would make me the one who'd be loved...I...I was always replaced by Kyoko...Heck, I even had this kind of thing on every one of them." Haru said bitterly, and chuckled bitterly.
Everyone tried to process that on their minds.
"What did Haru just say?" Yamamoto asked.
"Every one of us?! That's absurd!" Gokudera said.
"Well, I don't think that would be a very bad idea. Unlike you, we have our own point of view. Just don't mess with her." Mukuro grinned evily.
"Are you saying I'm not capable of having a relationship with her?!" Gokudera yelled furiously.
It earned a lot of stares, even his beloved Boss stared at him.
"You like her, didn't you?" Mukuro teased.
"I don't! And besides, that Stupid Woman likes Boss!" Gokudera defended but with a bit of hesitation.
"Hn. You know your place well" Hibari said.
"And what is the meaning of that?!"
"Will you just shut up?! Can't you see how broken Haru-nee is right now?! Haven't you realized this is all your fault?!" Lambo yelled.
He was right.
"Well, that's a good thing-"
Haru shook her head. "It wasn't Biancchi-san."
"Haru-"
"Can you tell us some?" Reborn asked.
Haru stopped shaking. "Are you sure you want to hear what I am about to tell you?" she asked and looked towards the camera on the corner of the room.
Everyone jumped out of shock.
"She knew?" Tsuna asked and looked towards Spanner.
Spanner nodded. "She knew we could hear her, but she couldn't hear us. I've built this incase someone planned to spy on us."
Tsuna raised an eyebrow. "That won't happen."
"Well...we never know" Spanner said.
"I'm sure they would be all pleased to hear your story, Haru." Reborn said.
Haru sighed very deep. "In those worlds I traveled into...Some of them, I've almost ended up with." she stopped for a minute. "Sawada-san for example" and a fake smile appeared on her face.
Tsuna felt his heart jumped.
I ended up with her?!
Well...Almost.
"That's crazy." Hibari said under his breath.
"And Gokudera"
"What?!" Gokudera blushed crimson red.
"And Yamamoto"
"Well." Yamamoto tried to look calm, but he wanted to hesitate, for some reasons.
"And Mukuro."
"That's wise" Mukuro chuckled.
"And Hibari."
"Hn."
Thew were all very pleased of what they had just found out.
But the question was, how did she end up with them?
"This might shock you but...I even had some kids with them."
"What?!" they all chorused at the same time.
"What happened then?" Reborn asked.
They saw Haru's face suddenly fell and she went back on being gloomy again. "It never worked out with them." she said with disappointment on her voice.
"Will you mind telling us the reason?" Reborn asked.
"Well...we all know Sawada-san likes Kyoko-chan...and Mukuro has Chorme...and Hibari likes Chrome too...And Gokudera completely ignoring me...while Yamamoto...he as well likes Kyoko-chan... Reborn..I know why Checkerface and Bermuda showed me that...they wanted to make sure I suffer a lot after bringing me back here...they wanted me to end up miserable...Those worlds...do you know how it almost killed me seeing myself being thrown behind?! I don't want to end up being pityful." Haru was indeed mad.
The aura inside the mansion suddenly changed. They felt too much darkness, they couldn't move on their places, the whole mansion was suddenly swallowed by the shadows and they felt too much cold as well.
Reborn knew this was Haru's doings. She couldn't control her too much emotions that's why it was released with the anger and the power she was holding back inside of her. Haru, on the other hand, haven't got any idea what she was doing. Her hands where still gripping the sheets and her tears were flowing down, drenching her clothes.
"Haru, calm down."
It was too much for them, it was like every ounce of their strenght were being sucked out of them. The shadows were controlling their bodies, they couldn't move at all. Everyone of them were groaning in pain, the shadows reached the walls and the screen where they were watching Haru suddenly exploded.
""You know my power, Reborn. I can't control it, I might kill you if it gets out of hand. Please...kill me." Haru begged.
Biancchi was beyond terified. She saw what was happening around her, outside the barrier Haru was creating.
"You know I can't do that, Haru." Reborn said.
"Then let me go! I'll give you my ring! Just-"
Ring?!
The shadows started to get out of their bodies until they could move again. The screen was destroyed but the speakers started to function again.
"What the hell just happened?!" Gokudera asked while trying to regain his breath.
"Did she just said a Ring?" Soicchi asked Tsuna.
"Even if you gave us your ring, nobody can use that except you. For decades, after Primo, the Snow Flames was banished and sealed for it brings chaos on the land, Haru. We can use this to eliminate all the famiglia who dares to threaten Vongola, you know that."
"What?! Is that little kid crazy?!" Soicchi yelled.
"Haru?! A guardian?! No freaking way!" Gokudera said.
Tsuna doesn't have any idea what was going on.
"Isn't the Snow the most dangerous of all the guardians' flames, Tsuna? I heard it doesn't just froze anyone's powers, but it sucks the life out of its opponents body, isn't it? That's why it was banished?" Yamamoto, being the smartest, asked.
Hibari, for once, felt intrigued. So, that Herbivore wasn't that weak as he thought.
Tsuna had gotten more paler.
No, he won't risk Haru's life again.
"But, Boss." Giannini asked. "Isn't every famiglia, an ally of us or not, was trying to find that kind of flame? If they found out it was unsealed again, they might hunt down Miss Haru."
