Since just everybody voted for the main story to continue, here's the next chapter!
Jekou: Thank you!
Faceclam: Okey dokey though just to warn ya...it may not be for a little while. But hopefully not too long!
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A week or so later, Lambo got diaper rash. When it became clear that the poor baby was suffering, there was another family meeting. After some debate and dicussion, it was decided that Hayato and Chrome will go into town to buy the cream for Lambo's bottom. Hayato because he actually hasn't been in town for a while and Chrome because she knows what the man looks like, pacifier or no pacifier.
It also helped that Hayato had dynamite and Chrome could hide them in an illusion if necessary.
"See him anywhere?" asked Hayato as he and Chrome walked down the street. Chrome shook her head. Hayato sighed.
"Well, keep your eyes open. It's been a week but that doesn't mean he wouldn't remember what you looked like, if he happened to take a good loook at you that is."
"Do...Do you really think he is still here?" Chrome asked softly. "That...he is actually living here?"
Hayato didn't answer right away, pondering on what he should say. Neither him or his family have been to town since the UMA almost succeeded in killing Tsuna. While this means that they were safe from his strange siren's call, it also meant that they had no information about him. Like if he was just someone passing through or someone who just moved into town.
Or if his one chance to beat up the UMA that dared to try to take his brother away from him had already packed up his bags and left town forever.
"I don't know," he ended up saying, since it was the truth. What Hayato didn't say was that he actually kind of hoped that the UMA was still around. Sure, with the UMA gone it meant that Tsuna and the rest of his family was safe and they didn't have to worry anymore. And he knew that Tsuna will be perfectly happy if his attempted murderer just left without anymore incidents. And if Tsuna was happy, then Hayato was happy.
But...Tsuna was the first one, besides his Father and sister, to actually care for him, to see him as a living human being with real emotions. Not to mention that Tsuna saved his life...what kind of person, no, brother would he be if he didn't make sure the UMA got what he deserved?
"Um...Hayato?" Chrome asked, bringing him out of his musings as she tugged on his sleeve, stopping him in his tracks. Was it just him or does she sound nervous?
"What? Did you find him?" asked Hayato slightly hopefully as he looked at her.
"No but...do you know those guys?" she asked as she pointed to two men in suits across the street. "They...I think they're staring at you."
"They are?" Hayato looked at the men and Chrome was right, they were staring at him. Or technically, they were looking at each other but Hayato saw the glances they were sneaking at him. Whoever they are, they were really bad at being convert.
Wait...they do look familiar...why is that...
No...Oh no. No no no no no no!
"Chrome, we gotta go!" Hayato exclaimed as he grabbed Chrome's hand and started tugging her away.
"What is it? Who are they?" Chrome questioned, alarmed as they ran down the street. Hayato turned his head around and just about growled when he saw that the two men were chasing them down.
He should've waited to run...how much of an idiot could he be?!
"They're members of the Ricci famiglia," he finally grunted out as they turned the corner. When Chrome stayed silent, Hayato knew that he didn't have to remind her that Ricci was his original surname before he changed it to Gokudera.
Or that those two men were going to try to kill him. And heaven forbid, Chrome too.
Yeah, since I think Gokudera is a Japanese name, I going to assume that he changed it when he ran away from home in the anime. So...what do you think? Was anything unclear, uncharacteristic?
And just so you know, the next chapter is going to be a flashback. We gotta find out why Hayato's famiglia (or ex-famiglia) is trying to kill him after all.
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