Ch 20 : Unheard Apology

"Ugh.." A voice whimpered. Slowly, the brunet's eyes fluttered open, revealing his azure blue orbs.

Scanning his surroundings, it's already morning?! and there's trees everywhere... it seems like he's inside a forest. He bolted up but laid back again when he felt a bit dizzy over the sudden action. He closed his eyes and had his hand clutch his head to ease to dizziness.

'HOW DID I GET HERE?!' Jyuichi thought frantically.

"Finally awake, Sleeping Beauty?" Another voice said in a mocking tone.

The brunet shifted his gaze towards the voice. There, a man sat beside a tree. His messy raven black hair was covering his face as he faced the ground. His right hand clutching his left shoulder, while blood was seeping out of it; staining his green shirt...

wait... BLOOD?!

Jyuichi's eyes widen as he realized something.

"S-Shin?! I-is that y-you? W-what h-happened?!" Jyuichi asked frantically.

"Yep, it's me. Well, Nothing much happened. Just this and that. Get what I mean?." The brunet answered casually as if talking matters over a cup of tea.

"No. Absolutely not." The brunet replied as a irk mark appears on his head.

'Oi! Oi! I'm worried about you! And you sound like you're just waving me off!' Jyuichi thought annoyed.

"Anyway, how are you feeling?" Shin asked.

"Just a bit dizzy. How about you? You're bleeding!"

"Well, I know that much. You don't have to point it out."

"whatever. Let's just get you to a hospital then get home." Jyuichi said as he stand up slowly. He walked towards Shin and helped him stand up and walk.

"Yeah. I'm sure your twin is going to turn the whole town upside down soon, just to find us." Shin answered with a chuckle.

"Yeah". Jyuichi answered.

The two smiled at the imagination they both shared of Tsuna frantically searching the whole town for them.

~~~~~~-*27&11*-~~~~~~

~Namimori Hospital~

*Clang*

The sound of metal hitting metal resounded the silent hospital lobby.

Jyuichi has just ended the call with his mother. His face held worry and his heart started to beat faster like he had ran in a marathon.

"Tsuna-nii" Jyuichi whispered. His voice sounded so heartbroken. His eyes were blank as its life and shine vanish.

His head snapped to the direction of the E.R. as it's doors open. Shin walked out with a doctor and some nurses. His left arm on sling and bandages wrapped around his torso.

"What's wrong?" Shin asked as he notice the brunet's lifeless dull eyes.

"Tsuna-nii" Jyuichi muttered in that same heartbroken voice.

Shin's eyes narrowed and immediately dragged the brunet out the hospital and towards the Sawada Residence.

~~~~~~-*27&11*-~~~~~~

30 miles south of the town next to Namimori, stands a small house. It may have look like a normal house but under it, there was something unimaginable.

A secret base was built underground the same house, where countless of experiments are being conducted.

On one of the laboratory rooms, a young boy laid on a bed. His limbs are strapped firmly.

'Mom... Chi-kun...' The faces of his loved ones flashes in his mind.

'I'm so sorry, I can't come home anytime soon...'

'Or maybe never...' He thought as tears flows out of his eyes. Silent sobs can be heard from him as the thought of never being able to return home crosses his mind.

"Now, Now. Don't cry Tsuna-kun. Everything is going to be fine." Dr. Kirado reassures the young brunet.

"Let's start. Shall we?" The old man asked as he show a syringe in his right hand, ready for injection.

Fear spread across Tsuna's face as he saw the syringe with a green liquid inside.

"GHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

A pain filled scream echoed the silent laboratory and the empty hallways connecting to it.