5th July 2020
Warning: Grammar errors, Spoilers, Out of Characters, Original Character and Alternate Reality.
Disclaimer: Katekyou Hitman Reborn belongs to Akira Amano, but this fanfiction belongs to me.
Summary: Tsuna is confronted with the consequences of Future Decimo's choices. Will it confirm his own choices? A sequel of 'Contemplation of a Choice".
Hi everybody, this is chapter 8 of this story. I hope you like this chapter.
"The evidence reviewed here shows not only that reasoning falls quite short of reliably delivering rational beliefs and rational decisions. It may even be, in a variety of cases, detrimental to rationality. Reasoning can lead to poor outcomes, not because humans are bad at it, but because they systematically strive for arguments that justify their beliefs or their actions. This explains the confirmation bias, motivated reasoning, and reason-based choice, among other things."
John Brockman (Thinking: The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction in Life and Markets)
Previous Chapter. A Strangely Familiar Letter.
"Of course not!" Tsunayoshi exclaimed in surprised.
Suzuran looked down at his hands. Then, he felt hands on his shoulders.
"Suzuran, what happened to Suiren isn't your fault," Tsunayoshi said softly.
The hands on his shoulders were comforting, but he still felt afraid.
"It's all right. We will do everything to help Suiren. She will be fine. I promise." Tsunayoshi added with a serious voice.
Suzuran let our a sob. And his hands reached out to the man, who looked like his father, for comfort.
Even if he still doubts and fear, Suzuran felt that he could rely on Tsunayoshi.
Chapter 8. The Forgotten Girl.
10 years later.
He clutched the letter with trembling hand, then lowered it. He put his right hand on his head and rubbed his temple.
His mind was on overdrive. It was conjuring an image of a girl, but he could not see her face clearly, just a beautiful black hair, the same black hair as the woman across from him.
When he noticed that, Tsuna focused back on the woman. She only looked at him passively.
"What is the meaning of this, Natsume-san?" Tsuna asked demandingly.
She narrowed her eyes. "I found that letter in my mailbox a few months ago. Before that, I thought that I live alone and don't have any family left. But, after I read that letter I realized that there was someone else in my life. But, I couldn't remember that person."
"Vongola Decimo, do you trust the Cervello?" She asked seriously.
"No, I don't." He answered immediately.
Strangely, she laughed.
"Isn't it contradictory for you to take a Cervello as a wife?" She asked mockingly.
Tsuna clenched his fists along with the letter that was still in his hand.
"What is the Cervello had to do with this?" Tsuna asked.
She stated softly, like sharing a secret. "Once you became a Cervello, your existence will be erased from everyone mind. And the Cervello destroyed the evidence that was left behind."
She looked at the crumbling letter in his hand. "As you can see, it seemed the Cervello missed something."
Tsuna looked at the letter grimly. He knew that Byakka was someone important to him. But, before he read it, he never realized that he forgot about her.
And he could felt so much anger that he never felt before. He was angry at himself for forgetting someone very important, but most of his anger was directed at the Cervello for making him forget.
And there was the sadness and frustration in him because no matter how hard he tried, he could not remember anything else. He only knew that he forgot someone important, but he could not remember anything about that person besides a vague appearance.
"How did you know that it was the Cervello?" Tsuna inquired.
"I used to be a Cervello." She looked away. "I don't remember what happened while I was a Cervello, or why am I no longer a Cervello. I wouldn't have realized that I forgot something until I read that letter."
"Is that why you are here? To tell me this?" Tsuna asked her.
"And to give that baby to you, because I owe you for making me remember."
"And whose baby is that?" Tsuna asked in trepidation.
"As I said, that baby is yours."
Tsuna glared at her. "That's impossible."
"During my investigation on the Cervello, I found that baby inside a lab." She gave him a pitying look. "I am not saying that you are the baby's father, because you are not."
Tsuna was tempted to shut her up because he knew that whatever she was going to say will change his life completely.
"Genetically, that baby is your clone." She said quietly. "I don't know how, why and who tried to clone you, but whoever it was, left the baby to die."
Tsuna looked down in contemplation. He looked at his trembling hands that were gripping the letter.
"What do you plan to do now?" Tsuna asked.
"Honestly, there is nothing I could do." She said helplessly.
"You are not going to fight the Cervello?"
"I couldn't fight an organization alone."
"You are not going to ask for help?"
She narrowed her eyes at him. "Even if you could defeat the Cervello, what then? Those missing memories still wouldn't come back. Besides, I don't want to get involved with Vongola."
After hearing her response, Tsuna made a decision.
He gave the letter back to her.
"You are not going to keep it?" She asked curiously.
"It was obviously a Love Letter. Even if I couldn't remember, I could felt that she was important to me." Tsuna frowned thoughtfully. "But, that was in the past. I have a wife now. Keeping that letter will be no different than cheating."
She looked at him strangely. "Your wife is a Cervello. She will leave you in 5 years. Cheating isn't going to make a difference."
"Natsume-san, I have done a lot of crimes as a Mafia Boss. Cheating on my wife will not be one of them, no matter how temporary our marriage is." Tsuna declared firmly.
She smiled mockingly at him. "But, the rest of the mafia already thought that you were cheating on her. After all, I did bring your illegitimate child here."
{K~H~R}
Present.
She opened her eyes to an unfamiliar surrounding. She did not feel anything wrong with her besides minor injuries. Her eyes darted around and concluded that she was in an infirmary. But, still, she did not know where she was.
She sat up and looked at the man across from her.
She knew he was there, but dismissed him because he felt unthreatening. Therefore, she decided to observe him, because she knew that he knew that she was watching him.
He was sitting besides the bed of a boy. Postured watchful and protective, while fussing at the boy to get him to sleep.
The boy protested half-heartedly, but eventually when to sleep.
The man continued to watch over him until the boy fell into a deep sleep.
Then, he turned around and looked at her. And, for a while, that was all they did, just looked at each other without fear and judgement.
Eventually, she was the one that broke the silence.
"Saluti (Greetings), Vongola Decimo." She greeted the most influential man in Italy. "I am Suzanne, a Cervello-in-training."
Vongola Decimo looked at her in surprised. He had opened his mouth but closed it in hesitation.
And, they were engulfed in uncomfortable silence.
Suzanne could not help but feel confused.
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