Written March 29 2016

Edited January 8 2020

A brunette with orange glowing eyes stumbled down a corridor, the once pristine white walls were now stained a bright scarlet as he used the walls for support.

"Stop right there!"

Glowing eyes flashed towards the direction of where the voice had come from as a maniacal grin spread upon the boy's lips.

"Oh?"

The boy's voice was emotionless as he took a few stumbling steps towards the white clad man who had turned the corner.

The man was armed with a gun loaded with syringes containing unknown liquids, all the teen knew was that he didn't want those syringes being prodded into himself.

The person took a wary step backwards when his gaze met with glowing orange, audibly gulping as the boy approached him.

"I-I'm warning you! Stop it right there, or prepare to feel my wrath!"

The brunette chuckled darkly at how the man's voice wavered fearfully despite the bravado that the man had attempted to pull off.

"I'd rather not..."

The boy replied darkly as he continued to advance on the man.

"Y-you asked for it!"

All that was heard was the sound of the syringe gun firing non-stop.

"Carnivore, I hold you responsible for the baby-carnivore's kidnapping"

The hitman was silent as he and the skylark ran across the rooftops.

'I guess that I shouldn't be surprised about how fast Hibari starts his tasks...'

"Hibari, do you know anything about the enemy?"

Reborn questioned, knowing how him and the brunette had seemed quite close despite the skylark hating the idea of crowding.

"Hn, technological advanced herbivores that resort to dirty tricks. Different from average assassins"

The hitman nodded at the confirmation, he'd had suspicions about advanced technology, however it was good to have confirmation.

"Contact me if you find any clues"

The skylark nodded and disappeared from sight, the hitman then continued to scope out the area for clues.

'This isn't normal... Usually there are at least some traces of the enemy's get away, yet there are none at all...'

The hitman suddenly perked up in surprise.

'The only traces are in the area where we were attacked... Maybe they are actually nearby, but hidden?...'

"Oi baseball freak!"

Takeshi turned around and grinned when he spotted the silver haired bomber.

"Yo Gokudera!"

The bomber scowled darkly at the raven.

'Tch, I'd rather not associate with him but Tsuna-Sama's safety comes first!'

"Don't 'Oi' me! Tsuna-sama has been captured and since you're one of his lackeys then you need to search as well!"

A dangerous glint glimmered within hazel eyes as the baseball fan lowered his bat.

"Tsuna's been captured?"

Takeshi questioned softly, his hands unconsciously gripped the bat tightly.

"Yes, so if you see and sign of him call me or Reborn!"

With that the bomber ran off, not wanting to associate with the baseball fan any longer than he had to.

'I don't see anything else besides the indents...'

The hitman was frustrated as he carefully looked around the battle ground, he was surprised that the civilians hadn't noticed that anything was amiss yet, despite the very obvious signs of a fight still lingering around.

The hitman pulled out the brunette's knife and observed it, allowing the sun's falling rays to bounce off of the metal.

He glanced towards the leftover scraps of the strings that had caught him and took them in his hand.

He placed a strand between his thumb and pointer finger before rubbing the two together in order to get a feel for the strings.

'I should take a sample to hand to Vongola'

He carefully cut off a long strand with the knife before he cautiously wrapped up the silvery string before placing it safely in his pocket.

The hitman was sorely tempted to get some tests done on the knife as well, however he figured that it would have greatly upset Tsuna, so he decided against it.

"Reborn"

The hitman froze at the sound of the familiar voice behind him. The infant slowly turned around to see the very brunette whom he had been looking for.

"Tsuna?..."

Reborn questioned warily, wondering if the boy was a really good illusion.

'He might be a fake meant to lure me into a trap...'

Honey eyes narrowed in surprise before softening in understanding.

"I'm not a fake Reborn"

The brunette said softly, the hitman took a few seconds to look over the boy from the distance.

The boy was dressed in what used to be a white shirt and pants, however both were stained red, the boy was also leaning against a nearby wall, slouching slightly. He couldn't see any visible wounds yet there were suspicious bands of faint scar tissue all over the boy that were fading at a rapid rate.

"Impossible..."

Reborn muttered under his breath as he cautiously approached the boy who sat down against the wall either to look like less of a threat or to rest, the hitman figured that it was a little bit of both.

The brunette coughed before smiling weakly, the air around the boy smelt thick with blood as the hitman stood a foot away from the sitting teen.

'He had many injuries all over him from the wires before... But now all I see are fading scars...'

"I already told you that I heal quickly Reborn... It all depends on how I was hurt..."

Tsuna trailed off to cough a few more times. The hitman frowned at the paleness of the boy, he would have thought that the boy was dead if not for the obvious signs of life.

"What happened?..."

The hitman asked softly as he hopped onto the teen's knee and placed his tiny hand over one of the boy's fading scars on his left wrist.

Honey eyes dulled slightly for a few moments before returning to normal.

"One of the very tenacious groups that I've come across before, decided that they wanted to experiment on me"

The brunette paused at the hitman's concerned glance.

"Don't worry, they didn't get much done"