"Rebellious Sky"
Summary and Disclaimer: -Chapter 1
Beta-ed by VocaloidAllenWalker and Van-Choco-illa (Choco)
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Chapter 6
"Shit. I am done."
As if on cue, the car slowed down to a stop while Tsuna waited with baited breath. It was the longest three minutes he ever gone through before the car chose to move again.
The brunet blinked emptily as he mumbled, "...or not."
His shoulder then slumped down in relax. A minute later, he scowled, "Tch. What a pity. There goes my chance to lighten up the mood," he muttered as the brunet moved to have a comfortable position.
"Ugh, can this place become any narrower than it already is?" He grunted out in annoyance before settling in.
Hearing nothing but the sound of the engine, Tsuna was unconsciously drifted by his thoughts.
Something similar like this had happened when he was 9.
It was the time when he still hadn't trust Akito at all; therefore he often tried run away. Unfortunately, one way or another, the older always managed to find him. Thinking about it again, the present Tsuna was sure that sneaky bastard had put a transmitter on him back then. The old he must be too innocent for not noticing such a dirty trick.
Anyway, it was one of those occasions where he was trying to fool the older by asking to play hide-and-seek. The latter was more than happy to agree and Tsuna also played along by pretending to be excited as well (He was such an actor, wasn't he?). And so, with Akito being the seeker, Tsuna took his opportunity by hiding inside the nearest car's trunk.
He knew how to pick a lock. All he need was a string and consider it done.
Once inside, he closed the trunk hood with a gentle clack and waited patiently for a chance to escape when the older was not in a close range. But before he knew it, he was dozing off for who knew long.
He woke up with a start and panicked a bit as he processed to open the lid only to find that it won't budge no matter how hard he tried. He tried twice but it was all pointless. And it was not helping at all with the way his breath shortened as he felt the lack of oxygen. In no time, he collapsed with his view gone blur and his chest felt tightened.
That time, Tsuna was sure that he will die.
He slowly felt numbness at his feet and hands, his head was swirling in pain and everything suddenly gone quiet. The last thought he had back then was maybe, die like this wouldn't be so bad.
His eyes almost shut down close when the lid burst open forcefully in sudden and Tsuna's body automatically took in all the oxygen that he could into his lungs.
Minutes later, when the brunet finally regained the control of his body, he found himself embraced firmly by someone familiar.
It was none other than Akuto.
His eyes widened slightly and were about to struggle but stopped abruptly when he heard a whispering voice.
"It's okay. He's gonna be okay. He's gonna be okay."
The sentence was repeated over and over again, like a chant. Tsuna had the feeling that it wasn't meant for him but mainly for the person itself.
The brunet hesitated for a while before calling out. "Hey..." His voice was harsh and it turned out lowly and roughly than he thought it would be.
Akito suddenly looked down to him and Tsuna was taken aback as he saw the flow of tears coming from the older's eyes.
"I-" he tried but forcefully cut off.
"ARE YOU A MORON?! WHAT DID YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING? IF I WERE A BIT LATE, YOU COULD HAVE—!" the older abruptly stopped, not brave enough to push himself to finish the sentence.
Tsuna was shocked for a brief before he frowned. "I-I was hiding... a—and dozed off. That's all."
"DON'T JUST SAY "THAT'S ALL"! I WAS... I WAS..." Akito suddenly hugged the brunet again before quietly muttered, "I was worried, stupid. Please... please do not do that again. Don't leave me please." And tighten his arms.
Tsuna tried hard not to hug back and repeatedly told himself not to be lured by those meaningless words again. He was sick of received them. He should be unaffected by now but...
Why was his chest feel in pain?
In the end, Tsuna was brought back to home and was scolded all night by the older.
That time, the brunet decided that the nagging Akito is such a pain in the ass.
'Come to think again, after that I never tried to run away anymore, didn't I?' The present Tsuna thought before closing his eyes.
"Leaving, huh?"
[000]
BANG!
"Huh?" Blue eyes blinked in confusion. "G, did you hear that?" Giotto asked his right hand man curiously.
G looked at him through the front mirror. "Hear what?" he asked back.
The blonde was frowned before answering. "I just heard a noise from the trunk, I think?"
The pink-haired man raised an eyebrow. "Really? I didn't hear anything though."
"Uh-huh. Maybe I am just hearing things," Giotto said as he leaned against the seat.
"Are you sure?" G asked as he slowed down the car to the side road and turned off the engine. He then looked back at Giotto. "Want me to check?"
"Oh no, no. you don't have too." The blonde was giving a "no" gesture. "It's probably nothing. Let's just go back. We don't want to keep the others waiting any longer, do we?" he stated reassuringly.
G shrugged before facing forward, turning the car on again and continue down the road. "Whatever you say then."
The trip from Namimori to the mansion normally take 45 minutes as the building was somewhere in a desolate area. It was all for the society safety. They did not want to unintentionally involving innocent citizen with their dangerous routine.
It was 15 minutes of comfortable silence before Giotto decided to break it.
"G..." he called as he straightened up.
"I thought you were asleep." G replied as he turning the wheel to left. Well, he did think that the blonde was sleeping in the back, since everything was so peacefully quiet.
"Nah, I am not really that sleepy," the blonde said lightly. "By the way G, can I ask you something?" he continued.
Oh. The appointed right-hand man perked at that. "Hm? What is it?"
"How's everyone doing?"
G blinked. "Everyone? Well, they are fine and lively as always."
Yeah. They are fine and too lively as always. 'I should add that "too",' he noted inwardly.
'That aside, Giotto must have really missed everyone.' That thought brought a little smile on G's face.
"Is that so? Well then." The other's tone suddenly went low in which making G a little bit worried.
"How much the reparation fees from the past 3 months cost?"
G forcefully slammed his foot on the break as the car halted before stopped abruptly in the middle of the road.
While the pink-haired man sat stunned in his seat, the other one, which likely to be the cause, was taking the situation all too well if what have just happened did not even caused him to batting an eye was any indication.
Truthfully speaking, G actually needed three seconds longer to process the question and the most intelligence answer that he can give was, "Hah?"
Giotto rolled his eyes. "Although I believe you heard me clearly, I can always repeat it if you want." He said in an eerie calm tone that sent chill to G's spine.
"No," G was replying too quickly. "It's just... What the hell with that question?"
Heaving a deep, heavy sigh, the blonde leaned back again.
"Nothing. I just don't want to get all surprised by the time I see those numbers. I have the feeling that I might faint from the shock of seeing them."
Ugh. Giotto cringed at his own reply.
When the other was about to reply, the barrage of honks brought him back to the fact that he was being a hindrance for stopping in the middle of a road, in the middle of a day.
Moving the car's gear, G slowly brought the car to move again, "What I want to say is, I thought you are used to that already. We are talking about the family after all; there has never been a day where something still intact when you are away for weeks. Heck, even an hour neither."
Giotto slumped. "And here I hope for them to give me some break. You crushed my hope faster than me hoping for it. Darn you."
G blinked in surprise before a smirk appeared on his handsome face, not that Giotto could see tough.
"Well, isn't that nice? Seeing you stress and all. I am sorry Giotto, but you have to see it yourself. I don't want to ruin my only source of entertainment." The playful but honest tone laced in his words.
Giotto paused before throwing an accusation look at him. "Are you implying that my pitifully stress state is your personal stress reliever?"
"Who knows. Maybe?" G smirked playfully.
Giotto, not really delighted to hear that answer, frowned. "Since when did you become such a jerk?" That came out a little bit serious than it should have been.
G smiled. "I am calling this loving attitude." The reply was rather bit creepy if you ask Giotto personally.
Now, the blonde was worried. "G, there is something seriously wrong in your head."
The other hummed. "Is that so? Well, maybe I need a month break?" He raised an eyebrow while meeting Giotto blank gaze through the front mirror.
The blonde slowly smile sweetly, so sweet that it made G cringed inwardly.
Uh-oh. He stepped on a land mine.
"Or maybe I can give you more paperwork. There are plenty of them that need to be taken care for. What do you think?"
"Thanks for the offer but I am perfectly fine as it is now. I just think that I should arrange a date soon with my private time for the sake of my sanity though." With that, the trip continued peacefully.
[000]
Tsuna slowly open up his eyes as he stared in daze.
'Hm? When did I doze off?' He sat up weakly, completely forgot that he was inside a trunk. As a result, his head bumped with the trunk lid.
"Ouch! The hell?" he muttered in pain before the entire event crashed down onto his mind in sudden.
Understanding his current pitiful situation, the brunet messaged his head as a bump was likely beginning to form.
"That's right. I am trapped. How could I forget?" he asked rhetorically as he frowned. "It's getting hot in here. Crap, this is bad." He unconsciously fanning his shirt as his brain worked fast.
"Guess there isn't another way but to break through, huh," Tsuna heaved a deep sigh before fisting his hands.
With not much effort, the lid flew open with a loud bang followed almost simultaneously and Tsuna take his chance immediately to inhale all the oxygen he can took in, all the way thanking the Mother Nature.
Satisfied, he silently jumped out of the trunk and landed safely on the ground. He then proceeds to stretching his hands and feet that felt stiff from bending too long.
"Freedom sure is the greatest thing," he mumbled serenely.
Sighing in content, Tsuna finally scanned his surroundings properly. He then looked up to the dark sky. It seemed that he was trapped longer than he thought.
As he can see so far, there were nothing but trees, trees, and lots of trees everywhere. Seems that he was somewhere on a mountain, probably, which far far away from the nearest town down there. All he could hear were the cicadas singing harmoniously and the soft sounds of leaves colliding by the night breezes.
"Aah, shit. It's so cold here," he mumbled while zipping up his jacket.
Bringing his palms together, he began to rub them to produce some warmth and exhaling slowly where the cloud of steam was clearly visible.
Thinking that it might be foolish to just stand there, doing nothing but waiting to freeze up to death, the brunet walked aimlessly just to keep himself warm and awake. That was when he noticed dim lights came from the lined big trees.
Curious, he walked closer toward them, keeping alert on if anything suddenly stepped out from nowhere. Frowning in anticipation, he brought himself to walk further into the trees through the small gap around them. It was quite dangerous if he was walked without any light resource though. Who knows if there was some trap that was setting somewhere.
But, thanks to the aforementioned dim light, the brunet somehow could watch his steps. He then noticed a gleam on a ground as he walked faster towards it. Kneeling, he took the gleaming thing that surprisingly turned out to be an empty shell of bullet. Not just that, after closer inspection, there were lots of them scattered around him.
NGING~
The small and familiar high-pitched noises seemed so much louder in this quietness which Tsuna did not happy at all. This annoying noises...
Tsuna sighed deeply before standing up and continuing walking, openly ignored the newly discovered surrounding. Clicking his tongue, he walked faster toward the other side. The walk, however, turned into a run before it quickly escalated to a dash as a small colony of mosquitoes following close behind him, mutely declaring their one-sided decision to have him as a fresh dinner. Thing is...
Tsuna hates mosquitoes.
They are just... ugh.
Finally out of the small forest and away from those vampire-y insects, the brunet took a deep breath. "I should do some exercise," he noted breathlessly.
"Right." He then stared up blankly at a certain building that stood in its glory.
"A mansion in the middle of somewhere?" Tsuna asked tonelessly.
"Great," he sighed before pinched his nose tiredly.
That was when he heard rushed sounds that keep getting louder and louder.
Mm?
In an instant, Tsuna found himself surrounded by hundreds of mini robots. One that looked different from the others, moved forward. Its head looked up and Tsuna was slightly taken aback.
"Scanning complete. Result: Unregistered User. Status: Not specified."
'Huh? The hell is this thing said?'
Suddenly feeling off, Tsuna backed slowly before a crackle sound caught him. Looking down, the brunet awkwardly lifted his left foot as a newly bloom pink rose-like flower contorted flatly on the ground along with a few leafs right below the lifted foot.
Oops.
"Vandalism exposed. Specification: Violation and Trespassing. Status: Orange. Proceeding: Arrestment."
"Huh?" The brunet automatically raised his head only to see the change in the robot's eyes. Uh-oh. "It's getting damn annoying," he spat before ready in stance. The robots suddenly stilled.
"Warning: Resistances behaviour detected. Status escalated to level: Red. Proceeding: Forceful Arrestment."
"That sounded so bothersome," Tsuna commented shortly before kicking the robot effortlessly without warning. It flied rapidly as it crashed into a tree before producing clouds of grey smoke.
Tsune smirked in satisfaction. Yeah! Nice kick!
"Damage level: 97%. Status: Defined Threat. Level: Black. Proceeding: In process."
The brunet groan in exasperation. "Gah! I shouldn't have done that!"
"Process complete. Annihilation Permitted."
"Fuck!" Tsuna cursed as he runs looking for an escape. "Today is officially not my day," he added.
Familiar noises caught his attention as he automatically looks behind.
"You have got to be kidding me."
All the robots suddenly have equipped with various dangerous looking things that definitely real and guess what? Each of them was aimed at him.
"Annihilation will be in 3, 2, 1..."
"Wait! Shit—"
"FIRE."
The loud explosion was roughly shattering the loud silence into pieces.
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