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It didn't take long to defeat those…thugs. All it took was one lava geyser and the men who dared to gang up on his brother were pretty much out. Of course, that didn't stop Mukuro from giving them a few good whacks each for good measure, but that was beside the point.

It was only when he was sure that the poor excuses for human beings would learn their lesson that Mukuro turned his attention to his younger brother. Tsuna was now sitting up, looking both relieved and apprehensive as he clutched a plastic shopping bag close to his chest. Mukuro sighed before he walked over to him.

"Are you alright?" Mukuro asked, his heterochromatic eyes inspecting Tsuna up and down for any injuries.

"Mhm," responded Tsuna with a nod, his hands fidgeting with the bag as his brown eyes began darting around, obviously nervous.

"Good…" Mukuro sighed as he kneeled down to Tsuna's level, all anxiety finally washing away knowing that his brother really was safe and sound.

But of course that only meant there was nothing stopping his agitation and other similar negative feelings from coming to the frontlines.

"Now I'm only going to ask this once…" Mukuro started before suddenly grabbing Tsuna's shoulders. "WHAT IN THE HECK WERE YOU THINKING?!"

And if he sort of shook Tsuna like a rag doll…well…Tsuna can take it.

"I'm sorry! I…" Tsuna tried to apologize but unfortunately for him, Mukuro was on a roll.

"Do you know how worried I and the others were?! I mean, you just left without saying anything!"

"I know but…"

"But what?! What could so important, that you just had to break the most important rule?!"

"My intuition told me to!"

And just like that, Mukuro stopped ranting and shaking his little brother.

"What?" he finally asked after a moment of silence, wondering if he heard right. Because if there was one thing Mukuro learned to never question, it was Tsuna's intuition. Mukuro didn't know exactly why it was, but Tsuna's intuition was never wrong. It always gotten them out of tough situations or warned them of bad things yet to come.

So why did it tell Tsuna to go town by himself?

"While Hayato was asleep with Lambo and you and the others were searching for berries and firewood, my intuition came and told me that I needed to go to town right away," explained Tsuna, rushing his words a bit as he fumbled in his pockets with one hand while the other was still clutching the plastic bag. "Because it was the only way to save Kyoya!"

"The only way…to save…" Mukuro slowly repeated, bewildered more than ever. And if that wasn't enough, he was also feeling something that he couldn't quite name, though it felt a good bit like dread. If going Tsuna going to town really was the only way to save Kyoya then…Kyoya really was that close to…

"And good thing too, because when I arrived, there was a nice rich man who started throwing all his money away!" Tsuna furthered explained as he took out a wad of cash out of his pocket.

"Seriously?" asked a dumbfounded Mukuro, even though he knew that Tsuna wasn't a lair.

"Seriously!" confirmed Tsuna with a sharp nod as he put the wad of money back in his pocket. Then he reached into the plastic bag and pulled a hand-sized item out.

"So I used some of the money to buy Kyoya medicine!"

Mukuro was rendered speechless as he stared at the packet of medicine. It wasn't that he hadn't thought about acquiring medicine, far from it actually. He actually debated heavily with himself and a bit with Ryohei about whether they should steal the medicine or not, since Kyoya was heavily against them becoming thieves or just general disturbances in the community. Even Hayato volunteered his services when the others weren't in earshot.

But in the end, they had decided against stealing the medicine. It wasn't because they feared Kyoya's wrath, because the boys would rather have their older brother beat them up than have him…leave them forever. Instead the reason was that they honestly didn't know what medicine to get. Without a diagnosis from a doctor (which was always out of the question in Mukuro's book), they didn't know whatever it was that Kyoya had. So even if they did steal medicine…it could only end up making Kyoya even worse.

"Tsuna…" Mukuro said, wondering how he was going to explain that Tsuna's efforts might very well be for nothing.

"And don't worry, I talked with the owner and he told me which medicine to get!" continued Tsuna, way less nervous than he was before. In fact, the boy's honey-brown eyes were just about cheerful and optimistic looking.

"You…you talked to the owner?" asked Mukuro, honestly not sure how he felt about his little brother talking with a strange adult at this point in time. Oh who was he kidding, he definitely wasn't happy about it.

"He came to me…but it's okay, he's nice!" assured Tsuna with a wave of his hands, as if his explanation made everything better. "And…and he figured out that Kyoya probably has Ammonia and showed me where the cold medicine was!"

Ammonia? What the heck is Ammonia?

"Isn't this great Mukuro? Now we can save Kyoya!" For a moment, Mukuro didn't say anything. Because while this…'nice' owner apparently 'figured' out what Kyoya had, it wasn't like he actually saw Kyoya and all of his symptoms himself. So how could the owner be sure?

But then again…Tsuna's intuition led him to getting the medicine. And even if it hadn't, Tsuna went through too much trouble to get the medicine to not at least try using it. And honestly at this point…what did they have to lose.

"Kufufu…" Mukuro chuckled as he absentmindedly wiped a stray piece of blue hair away from his forehead. "Well…then what we waiting for?"

Tsuna then showed Mukuro his signature beaming smile, which almost made the older boy want to turn away because it was so bright and warm.

"Nothing!" exclaimed Tsuna.

"You're still in trouble though," reminded Mukuro as he stood up and held out a hand to Tsuna, who immediately took it.

"Oh I know," stated Tsuna as Mukuro helped him stand up.

"TSUUUNAAA!" Before they could even react, Tsuna was suddenly on the ground again with a very relieved Ryohei on top of him. And as Tsuna reassured him that yes, he was okay and started explaining once again why he left the cave, Mukuro couldn't help but hope. That everything really was going to be okay now, that Tsuna's hopes really weren't going to crash to the ground, and that…Kyoya really wasn't going to die.

So...what do you think? Please tell me whatever you thought of this chapter in a review and I will make sure to update rather than later! Till then, have a good night/day!

P.S. As of this moment...I am taking prompts! So if you have any ideas about the our favorite characters as kids that you want me to write, I will see what I can do! Just please no romance...I'm not willing to step on that minefield.