Written by Hajimeru Rinko
Full Summary: The fantasy adventures of Sawada Tsunayoshi, who ventures to seek out the past that he had forgotten as a child. When he sets out, he is chased by people who claimed to know his 'past'. Who is he actually? Will he find out and is he prepared to face the burden that would be in front of him? AU and OC.
Note: I do not own KHR!
Here's another filler chapter! Comments at the end of this chapter. Read and Review please!
A Fantasy Tale Chapter 13: A Journey Part 6
"What the heck is all this!?" Someone shouted.
This was the official post office in Kokyusa. The postmen were bewildered on what to do with the huge amount of papers that could hardly fit in approximately 500 or more letters.
"First it's 500 books, second it was a 1000 kg package, and now 2,482 papers. What else is next?" The postman summed up the craziest mails that came ever yet.
"A 10,000 kg crane?" A salesgirl suggested.
"Yeah right. Now how are we going to deliver these…" He scratched his head.
Somewhere along Hyuuchi; three days later
"Boys! There's a letter for you!" A middle aged woman shouted, and the three ran to the front door.
Standing right in front of them, is some countless pile of papers with information. Gokudera and Yamamoto dropped their jaws in shock. How did the post office send these? Wait, how did she come up with this bizarre number of papers? Tsuna looked at the middle aged woman, knowing that she was joking with only "a letter". The pigeon came back and landed on Tsuna's arm. Tsuna slowly removed the message from the pigeon, and the pigeon remained perched on his arm. He opened the letter, reading it.
Dear Tsuna,
Sorry for the heck load of papers. I guess there's a lot of information I could get. So, I stacked all these together as much as possible, cutting it from 9,428 pages to a mere 2,482. Hope it isn't troublesome.
Kasumi
"How are we going to take all these into the carriage? These will make the carriage really heavy, you know." Yamamoto asked, and Tsuna shrugged in response.
"Listen boys, if you're gonna read them then keep them outside! My house has no space for useless papers."
"Madam Rora, these can be recycled." Tsuna tried to explain.
"I DON'T CARE! READ THEM ALL AND SEND THEM BACK!" The woman slammed the door.
"Wow. That's surprising." Yamamoto said.
"That's what an average person would say when they see these piles going up to the trees." Gokudera mentioned as he picked up some and read some, hoping to find some blackmailing evidence about the prime minister. "I'm gonna look for some blackmailing material." He said, searching for the papers.
"How are you going to blackmail him?" Tsuna asked.
"Simple…I put it in the newspapers." Gokudera replied.
"And I thought the prime minister bribes the newspapers." Yamamoto pointed.
"Oh. I forgot." Gokudera mentioned, blushing in embarrassment.
"How can you just forget the fact that the prime minister bribes the media when you just told us the same thing two days ago?" Tsuna yelled in shock.
"Sorry, but I just hate him so much. He is like; all the nobles' number one enemy." Gokudera claimed as he puts back the papers.
"Well, let's start looking." Tsuna suggested as he puts the papers with royalty information (the one he requested back in chapter 5) into the carriage.
A Day Later
The boys finally finish the paper and hid the papers in the carriage. The only good piece of useful information was that only a person of royalty could topple the prime minister. From the information, it revealed that there were two other females, but they were of no use and only males would be able to topple the prime minister. The information didn't reveal the names, but Kasumi noted that Tsuna should read the one he requested earlier.
So Tsuna went to the carriage and took it out to read. But when he was going to read it, suddenly, Gokudera came in, saying that it was an emergency. Tsuna put it back into the bag and followed Gokudera to the 'problem'. It led Tsuna to a field that's burnt, and completely lifeless. Madam Rora was cross while Yamamoto was apologising repeatedly.
"What happened?" Tsuna asked.
"These two brats burnt the farm! No way am I letting you guys come and turn my farm into a wasteland! Recover it at once!" Madam Rora angrily demanded. Oh well, commoners can be selfish.
"Don't worry, this will solve…" Gokudera was able to take out something.
"Wait." Tsuna stopped Gokudera. "It's best that I do it." Tsuna said.
"Why, Juudaime?" Gokudera asked.
"I'm the only one here who has farming experience." Tsuna explained.
"Why didn't you say it earlier? You must make sure this farm is full of life by tomorrow!" Madam Rora nagged. Tsuna was annoyed. At least the woman wasn't fat.
"What? I'm not some kind of green finger who can grow a garden overnight!" Tsuna protested.
"You either do it or I'll do the worse of all." Madam Rora threatened.
"Mother, Rome is not built in one day." Her son, Darian, mentioned, coming out of the house.
"Okay fine, than tell me what did he do to my farm?" Madam Rora demanded from Darian.
"Mother, just give them some time to rebuild it." Her son convinced her, and she went back into the house.
After she slammed the door, the son sighed and turned to them.
"I think it's best if you teach them how to farm." He told them briefly, partially, he wouldn't want his mother to be angry.
"Okay." Tsuna reluctantly took a plow.
"Juudaime let me help you…" Gokudera was cut off.
"And make sure you don't make the matter worse for your friend." The son butted in, pointing it out.
"Okay…let's plow the land first…we wouldn't want the plants growing in weird places." Tsuna picked up a plow and handed it to Gokudera, who eyed the plow in confusion.
"Well, what do I do?" Yamamoto asked.
"Get the seeds from the storage shed." Tsuna said as he started to plow.
"Alright, Tsuna." Yamamoto said as he headed for the shed.
"Here's the key to open the lock. Don't lose it." The son gave a key to Yamamoto, who opened it.
After a while, they planted the seeds. Gokudera suddenly took out something, and started to pour onto it.
"Wait! What are you putting in there?" Tsuna asked immediately.
"The studies of Leopado said that larva is needed to make the seed germinate and useful for farming." Gokudera said, having a bucket filled with hot lava to prepare to fall on to the ground.
"Wait! Where did you get that?" Tsuna was shocked.
"Teleportation flame magic. I had it in an orb beforehand." Gokudera nonchalantly replied.
"You can't use lava to water the seed! You'll kill it!" Tsuna stopped Gokudera.
"But it said…"
"Lava can make the ground fertile for farming! Not for watering the seeds!" Tsuna snatched the bucket, completely unbelievable of how naïve these two are when it comes to farming.
"Hey Tsuna! Look at this!" Yamamoto shouted, and Tsuna turned in his direction.
Right before his eyes, Yamamoto was holding a sword, preparing to cut off a branch of a young tree.
"What are you doing?" Tsuna demanded as he walked towards him, arms akimbo.
"Practicing my swordplay." Yamamoto replied, which Tsuna held his hands to stop him from swinging it down.
"Do we have the time to do that now?" Tsuna asked him.
"Er…no." Yamamoto answered.
"Do you remember who got us to be stranded here in the first place?" Tsuna reminded him.
"Uhhh…." Yamamoto couldn't answer.
"Get back to work." Tsuna ordered, and handed him a rake.
"Okay Tsuna." Yamamoto handed him the sword and took the rake, running off.
This is not going to be an easy task.
Sure enough, the farm was perfect by tomorrow. Not without so many mishaps that Gokudera almost poured insects on the seedlings, and including when Yamamoto picked off ladybugs instead of caterpillars. Madam Rora was pleased, and therefore decided to get the boys build a fence. Having ordered some wood, Darian helped them build the fence.
"Gosh, why are we doing this in the first place?" Gokudera wasn't happy with how Madam Rora was treating them.
"Well, my mother didn't have anyone to look after her anymore." Darian explained, using a hammer to smack the wood into the ground.
"I thought you are going to look after her." Tsuna mentioned.
"My father was killed in a mining incident and my sister died of an illness, leaving us two left. Even though I finished my studies, I still have to go get a job at Kokyusa soon and she'll be left alone to fend on her own." Darian told them, making the three feel bad.
"Sorry, we didn't know." Tsuna apologised as he nailed the wood.
"Never mind, no one knows everything. I'll try to see whether she's willing to leave our home and move. Mostly, commoners are stubborn to no end that they'll never leave their homes." Darian pointed, which made Tsuna remember an incident when a woman burnt her new house down as she refused to move.
"Come on, it's just a house, why they refuse to leave?" Gokudera ignorantly commented.
"It holds their memories." Darian agreed with Tsuna, while the two looked at him. "The bond for the neighbours living in villages is tight, and most likely no one wanted the bond to be gone." Tsuna explained the reason why most old people refuse to leave their homes.
"I see."
"Thanks for building the fence! And here's some pocket money." Madam Rora handed them a sack of coins.
"Thanks." Tsuna received it, and put it on the carriage. "Thanks for the stay too."
"Well, you better go before your horse go eat all our hay." Madam Rora pointed at the U Grade horse.
The three turned to the horse, with a sweat drop. Gokudera was already furious and was ready to explode like a volcano.
Gokudera kicked the U Grade horse countless times while the other two apologised repeatedly. Madam Rora sighed, and entered her home.
"It's best if you go now, in case she'll explode." Darian suggested, which they agreed.
So they sped off immediately, not without kicking the U Grade horse to start up. With Tsuna on the horses, it seems the guys would go off-track. Darian peered and it looks like the situation is bad. Really bad.
"Hey mum, did something happen to the carriage?" Darian asked his mother, since it's mostly her job to watch the carriage.
"I think some of the monkeys came and almost sabotaged it. Good thing I chased them away." Madam Rora answered.
"Well unfortunately, they seem to be entering the monkey's territory." Darian concluded as the boys struggled with the horses.
"How come the horses are crazy?" Yamamoto asked as the things in the carriage rocked.
"You kicked too much!" Tsuna yelled as they disappeared into the forest.
Tsuna panted as they set up camp a few hours later, as their carriage almost smashed into some trees and the horses are dead tired. Gokudera was repeatedly apologising to him and Tsuna was getting sick of the word 'sorry' already. Yamamoto was fixing up the carriage while the horses rest. Tsuna helped started up the fire after Gokudera found some branches to burn. It was silent for a while, before Gokudera spoke up.
"Hey, Juudaime, do you ever want to have your memories back?" Gokudera asked Tsuna worriedly.
Tsuna thought for a while. No one really asked the question until now.
"Maybe yes, or maybe not. Are you afraid that I'll change if I did?" Tsuna replied, and Gokudera was taken aback.
"I'm not afraid if Tsuna gets his memories back." The two turned to see Yamamoto coming back with some bananas.
"He's not asking you!" Gokudera scorned, as Yamamoto 'snatched' his answer.
"Don't be so anti-social. Here, these are the bananas." Yamamoto handed the bananas up for grabs.
Gokudera snatched on and reluctantly ate it. 'Seems like he doesn't like Yamamoto.' Tsuna thought, and sighed. He then decides to read a foreign language book, and forgets about the data Kasumi had sent him earlier. While back at Kasumi's home, the girl was instantly worried at the data she sent him. If he had a chance to read it, that would be a long time from now, unfortunately.
End of Chapter 13
Well, I'm not too sure if I should speed up the story or slow it down, as I really don't want this to end in just 20+ chapters. Sure, maybe 50+ chapters, but oh well. I still have more ideas to make this story longer. Someone had become my editor(no, not a beta-reader) from this chapter onwards, so probably expect a little different style. Reviews, please! I feel so jealous when other fics have more reviews(if the story sucks, I hate it, but if the story is worth it, I would say they deserve it.) New poll at the profile! Whether you want Tsuna to have a split-personality, or remain the same, or have some kind of problem...bla bla bla, it's a must to vote!
~Hajimeru Rinko