Title: Sawada Tsunayoshi – DARKNESS and LIGHT

Disclaimer: I don't own KATEKYO HITMAN REBORN, AMANO AKIRA does. I will only be borrowing the characters.

13

"Mukuro!" Tsunayoshi called after finding out there had been a change of location of meeting place. "What is going on?!" He ignored the others that gathered together right beside a private aircraft.

The sky is dark, enough to cover the tracks that anyone would do.

"Tsuna!" Yamamoto called pleased to see Tsunayoshi. He recovered a little thanks to Sasegawa's sun ring ability.

"Jyuudaime!" Gokudera teary eyed to see Tsunayoshi.

"Change of plan Tsunayoshi." Mukuro smiles.

"That's not what we talked about!" Tsunayoshi raised his voice surprising everyone. He showed an imposing aura.

"I heard something from Uni." Reborn uttered. He started to suspect something is going on that Tsunayoshi desperately intends to hide from everyone, even from him.

Tsunayoshi flinched hearing his mentor's voice which seemed a long time had passed. "U- Uni?" He wonders why Reborn had mentioned Uni. He had an expression as if he had been caught doing bad.

"We are to meet up with her." Reborn states. "An urgent matter. Seems the other arcobalenos will also gather where she is."

'Arcobalenos? Why now?' Tsunayoshi wonders why the sudden involvement of Uni. He didn't want to have a bigger number of possible catastrophes as he foresees.

Byakuran pushed Tsunayoshi from the back. "Now. Now. Let us all meet Uni. She is looking forward to meet everyone."

Tsunayoshi frowns with limited understanding of the change of plan.

They arrive at Italy, welcomed by Iemetsu and few members of the CEDEF. Tsunayoshi was the only one in a foul mood. Their next stop was to Uni's mansion.

Uni warmly welcomes Reborn and the others.

"I did as I was told Uni." Byakuran smiles. "Now what is it that you need to tell us?"

Uni stiffened. She looked at their surroundings. "I supposed for now we are safe." She glanced at Tsunayoshi, lowered her head. "Sawada-kun, can you tell us what it is that Vindice is after you? I am worried about how they are so intent on capturing you."

Tsunayoshi bit his lips, refused to meet anyone's gaze. He didn't want to tell what he finally recalled of the missing time he had disappeared. He feared of how they would react once found out.

"You can't keep it forever you know." Reborn is close at losing his patience. "I heard that you also escaped Vindice. Is that true?"

Everyone stares at Tsunayoshi in surprise, wonders if they had simply misheard Reborn. They looked at Tsunayoshi expecting confirmation. They all knew that it was HARD to escape Vindice Prison and yet the brunette managed to like Mukuro.

Tsunayoshi felt lose. He knew that one way or another he had to explain them; tell them the truth behind his sudden disappearance. "I didn't want to have anyone get involved. Vindice is much powerful than I expected so I figure to train before facing them."

"Facing them? As in fight you mean." Reborn states.

Tsunayoshi nods his head timidly. "I suppose it started to get serious when I met Castillo en Sorato."

"That bastard?!" Gokudera glowers. He received a hit on the head from Reborn, made his calm down and listen.

"Sorato threatened me of something bad will happen." Tsunayoshi continuous. "I didn't take his threat lightly, knew that he is serious since after that it was not only him who came to disturb me, the Vindice started to do it as well." He sneaked a glance at Uni. "I suppose you have foreseen it Uni-chan. I forgot at that time that you have the ability to-"

Uni shook her head in quick response to Tsunayoshi's inquiry. "I started to see less anything related to you some time ago. Before you disappeared, I am unable to see you anymore. Even now, at this moment, I can't see anything but darkness."

Tsunayoshi blankly stares at Uni's statement, chuckles. "Darkness huh."

"Tsunayoshi-kun, you have your family so you could have shared them with us." Timeteo looked sad, wonders why Tsunayoshi had not trusted them. Noticed that somehow, the brunette boy he used to know is gone.

"I left because it was my way." Tsunayoshi clarified himself. "I am sorry if it had appeared somewhat selfish to you or something."

"KORA, what does those bastards want with you?" Collonello demands. He kept hearing words from Tsunayoshi's mouth, though he had not really heard the one thing that is most important – WHY THE VINDICE IS AFTER TSUNAYOSHI.

Tsunayoshi looked at Collenello. "They want to take my life." He declared rather complacently.

Reborn frowns hearing the revelation, confusion. Gokudera voiced out his rage. "Those bastards want what?!" Yamamoto tensed up hearing Tsunayoshi's words. Everyone had different response to Tsunayoshi's words which the brunette had anticipated.

"At first they tried to have me imprisoned for a counter measure." Tsunayoshi kept going, calm.

"So I suppose because you escaped their grasp they moved on to killing you." Reborn states in a matter-of-fact tone.

Mukuro stood stares at Tsunayoshi. He understood then the feeling he had when Tsunayoshi asked him for a request. "So you stayed captured by Vindice."

"Yes." Tsunayoshi replied softly. "For half a year. Coincidentally, I encountered someone there – helped me out. She was visiting someone, or so she told me."

"I don't think that there is anyone who could easily visit Vindice." Verde informed, suspicious of the brunette's words.

"I don't know, but I am sure that there is someone that person visits there." Tsunayoshi states.

"Visit?!"

"And who is that person you are talking about?" Reborn inquires.

"… Her name is Belmont Rica." Tsunayoshi informed. "The one who helped me out of the Vindice. I am not sure where she is now though. We kinda lost touch of each other. After leaving the place, come to think of it, I never met the person she came for there."

"The Vindice won't stop until they take your life away." Mukuro uttered. He knows pretty well the determination and persistence the Vindice have once they lock on a target. "… I won't let anyone else take you life. It is I who owns your life."

Tsunayoshi stares at Mukuro, shows a momentary surprised expression. He laughs, "I suppose you won't." He had accepted the tact way of Mukuro's caring.

Mukuro frowns seeing that the brunette is finding the situation something to laugh about. "It seems you do not understand that you are in a serious situation."

"O-oh? I quite do!" Tsunayoshi replies smiling, a forlorn expression follows. "It's just I was thinking that my action was stupid. I am sorry for not telling you."

Mukuro faced Tsunayoshi tongue-tied. He could not believe what the brunette had said, understood the hidden meaning of the words.