It was incredibly dank, moist, and smelly in the room under the pool. Tsuna didn't like it because it smelled like an old trunk he had in his old house. They didn't open it because nothing much of importance was in there. But it was in his mother's room so when she died he had to go through it with his dad. When they opened the trunk, all they smelled was that old, musty smell that accompanied some things. This was what he was smelling now and he didn't really like it all that much.

But there was nothing he could do to change it so he was stuck. He was handcuffed to the blackboard, which had wheels that didn't work and wood legs that were so thick, Tsuna felt like he would break his leg before breaking the wood. So he resolved to lying down in as comfortable a position as he could get, and stared at the dust filled ceiling that was apparently a pool. It didn't help that Tsuna was already feeling claustrophobic enough.

The opening of the small door made him fly up, backing against the wall the board was propped up against in an effort to mask himself in the shadows that were everywhere in this place. But it didn't work because the person he wanted to see least in the world walked in through the door, smiling at him like nothing was wrong in the world and he was actually happy to see Tsuna like that.

"Hello, Tsunayoshi." Mukuro said pleasantly. It was cool and kind to keep the atmosphere light but that was only false hope. Tsuna couldn't be more stressed and scared.

Tsuna couldn't bring himself to say anything back. Anything he had said was useless before. And if he was just some sick pawn then there was no use bargaining. It had been hours. Everything had hurt as Mukuro did as he pleased with Tsuna. No amount of screaming would help any of that so Tsuna just gave up.

Mukuro clucked his tongue but didn't say anything. He was distracted by his phone ringing and walked to another end of the room. It wasn't going to change anything as everything echoed in the room. It was cramped and clammy yet somehow the room echoed. Tsuna couldn't explain it and just huddled in on himself. He knew Mukuro was going to hurt him again somehow but he was tired. His head throbbed and from what Reborn had told him, it was likely he had a concussion.

"-No, I won't let him." Mukuro snapped. His phone call seemed to be taking on a different turn. A dangerous edge creeped into his voice and Tsuna tried to hide into himself more. It's not like it would help but it gave him some sense of comfort.

Tsuna had no clue how long he had been in here. First he was in Mukuro's apartment then he was suddenly in the dankest, deepest corner of the school. There was just no winning in his life.

The call ended and Mukuro was walking back over. He seemed to own everything and Tsuna couldn't understand what he even liked about Mukuro. He was vindictive and hard to talk to and plain mean! Of course he saw that now but he seemed to be swept up in how nice he was.

Tsuna couldn't help but let out a small laugh. He was so damaged.

His face was yanked up towards Mukuro, a hand gripping his hair. Tsuna felt his face drain, his throat close, and everything seize as he looked up at Mukuro. He didn't want to be in here. He just wanted a nap.

But Mukuro didn't share the same sentiments as he kicked Tsuna swiftly into the ribs, making Tsuna double over wheezing. There was another kick to his back, making Tsuna pull against his restraints.

He was crying by now and Tsuna couldn't care. Everything already hurt he didn't need anything more. It was already his fault that this happened. He never stopped any of it so he probably deserved whatever he was getting.

Somebody opened the door, making Mukuro stop his onslaught. Tsuna slipped to the ground, resting his head against the cool concrete. His head hurt less when he was like this. He wasn't going to pay attention to anything that happened but he did register something smacking against skin.

"Pathetic Herbivore." Somebody growled. Tsuna was no comforted by that voice as he knew it was directed at him. Hibari was never the nicest to him since he was the reason the school's average went down in middle school.

"Oho?" Mukuro chimed, interested. "What do we have here? A lone wolf fighting against their match?"

"You're not my match. I see no carnivore." Habari was done talking and there were multiple clashes of skin against metal. Tsuna couldn't focus but the fight was impressive. What he did focus on was a tile slowly sliding out of place.

Tsuna knew enough about these situations not to look directly at the thing that was moving. In most movies there was a decoy and the main attack. He had no doubt in his mind Reborn was the main attack. He had no idea why Hibari wasn't since he was equally as terrifying but Tsuna wasn't going to argue. As long as he could leave soon.

Reborn dropped down onto the balls of his feet and immediately hide behind a desk. Tsuna felt his insides flutter in the small hope of being able to leave but a wave of dizziness made him unable to pay attention to anything going on.

Mukuro was too busy with Hibari, both of them trying to best each other, to notice Reborn creeping through the darkness. Of course Tsuna didn't notice either until he felt somebody messing around behind his back.

Reborn clamped a hand over Tsuna's mouth, shaking his head.

"No sudden movements", Reborn signed. When Tsuna nodded slowly, Reborn took his hand away and unlocked Tsuna's restraints.

With no warning, Tsuna slumped forward. Reborn caught him before he hit his arm and propped him against a nearby desk. The only thing that was holding Tsuna up had been the handcuffs apparently. Reborn picked up Tsuna's arms, letting the sleeve fall down to check what damage was done.

"New skin grafts", Reborn signed.

Tsuna let his head fall back against the leg of the desk. He needed to get new skin grafts on both his arms because the edges were starting to peel up. It could've been from the constant friction from being bound to the chalk board. Reborn rubbed his thumb gently over Tsuna's knuckles to calm him down before moving on to prodding at Tsuna's torso and near his legs.

Mukuro let out a triumphed laugh as something fell over. Reborn looked behind him and saw Hibari fall. It looked like Mukuro had taken a cheap shot at Hibari's still broken ribs, causing extreme pain to Hibari. Reborn just watched, knowing Hibari was going to be able to get up. Hibari worked off of pure spite so there was no getting him down easily. Especially if somebody in Namimori was getting hurt.

"You aren't talking as tough now." Mukuro said silkily. Tsuna hunched up underneath the desk at the tone and Reborn knew something was dangerous was going to happen soon.

Reborn sighed before creeping along the edge of the room. He kept his movements slow and never jerky as he crept along. Mukuro never paid any mind as he watched Hibari struggle up. At the last moment, Reborn skidded out and elbow Mukuro in the jaw, causing him to collapse momentarily.

Hibari glared at Reborn, stepping forward. "I had him."

Reborn pressed his heel into Reborn's shoulder applying more and more pressure as he talked. "You seemed to be more dazed then alert. Don't worry. I'm only here momentarily."

Hibari didn't falter and seemed to want to attack Reborn. He wasn't having that as Reborn narrowed his eyes and lifted his lip in a disinterested sneer. "Don't worry, I'm only here momentarily." He repeated.

Mukuro gasped as Reborn lifted his foot but it turned into a snarl as Reborn sent him skidding into desks that toppled on top of him. He stalked over and pulled Mukuro up before flinging him straight into Hibari's waiting painful embrace as the two started whaling on Mukuro. He put up a fight, trying to get in punches and kicks but Reborn was better than that and gave a swift jab to the ribs, stomping onto Mukuro's ankle, before finally letting Hibari give a finally hit to the base of Mukuro's neck.

The entire time Reborn got a split lip from a lucky hit. He left Hibari to pick up the pieces as he crouched in front of Tsuna.

"Tsuna," Reborn said. He was surprised at how soft it was and cleared his throat. "We have to move you now. Is there anything wrong with your neck or back?"

"I-I," Tsuna leaned against Reborn, trying to make everything stop spinning. "I don't know." He finally managed.

"Does it hurt when you move your neck?"

"N-No, I'm fine. Can we just...go home?"

"This is important, Tsuna. Can you feel your legs? Move your toes and fingers if you can." Tsuna did exactly that and could do it without pain. Reborn nodded, helping Tsuna stand up.

"I'm hungry," Tsuna said quietly.

Reborn smiled as he moved Tsuna's head slightly, making sure there wasn't any buising. Tsuna stood stock still, surprised.

"What?" Reborn demanded.

"Did you just...Did you just smile?" Tsuna asked hesitantly.

Immediately all humour was wiped from Reborn's face but Tsuna still smiled brightly. He'd never seen Reborn smile so easily and it was a good look.

"We need to call Luce", Reborn stated.

Hibari sniffed before stalking off ahead, opening the door and making sure the coast was clear. Reborn dragged Mukuro by his shirt collar as he helped Tsuna step forward. It was slow going but they were able to clear the hallway. Hibari wasn't nearly as patient so always waited near the end of hallways.

The fact it was so slow to make it was because Tsuna refused to be carried so it gave Mukuro time to wake up. Reborn felt the extreme urge to sigh heavily as he felt Mukuro move and just pushed Tsuna off to the side when Mukuro tried to do anything.

"Give up, Mukuro." Reborn said irritably. He knew it wouldn't work but it was a warning for Tsuna to try and get away before Mukuro lashed out at him.

So all the force was turned onto Reborn who had the misfortune of trying to subdue Mukuro. It was pathetic to see how desperate Mukuro's swings were as Reborn dodged all of them easily.

He calmly got underneath both Mukuro's arms, grabbed him by the shirt, and quickly shook Mukuro before sharply headbutting Mukuro. It wasn't the cleanest way to get him disoriented but it worked. Reborn wasn't stopping as he used the flat of his foot to hit Mukuro's knees, making him fall forward.

Mukuro wasn't going down easily though as he launched himself at Reborn. The velocity took Reborn by surprise and they both went down. Reborn wasn't dazed from the fall though and clasped a hand over Mukuro's throat, rolling into the grip so Mukuro was flat against the tile, clawing at Reborn's hand, trying to get out of the grip. He was only applying light pressure, enough for Mukuro to feel it, and stopped so he could hold Mukuro's hands out of the way.

This was when the fight or flight reaction kicked in and Mukuro started getting desperate. He knew he was done for, Reborn was too skilled at combat to be beaten. But if there was at least something he could say that would distract him momentarily for him to get a shot in, that'd be enough.

The change was hard to take as Mukuro kicked his legs free and into Reborn's sides. Reborn made a slight groan and let go to his own dismay. Mukuro grinned cockily at the release and rolled away.

"Too much for you, old man?" Mukuro asked.

Reborn smirked, rolling his shoulder. "I was about to ask the same thing." He said.

Without warning Reborn jumped and wrapped his legs around Mukuro's neck, putting all his weight against Mukuro's neck and making sure his legs were wrapped together as they landed.

Reborn could've kept going but footsteps skidding quickly down the hall made him relent and keep his hold on Mukuro until he fainted. It was two of Hibari's men that found them and they seemed shocked to see Reborn in that position.

"Make sure he's bound when he wakes up." Reborn uttered to the one closest. He let them take care of Mukuro as he stepped over to where Tsuna was glued to the wall, staring vacantly where the two had been fighting.

"Tsuna," Reborn called. The jerk when his name was called made Reborn feel slightly worried. "What's wrong."

It wasn't a question but Tsuna still didn't have an answer. He just shrugged helplessly and stared at the floor. Reborn didn't care. He could feel himself getting tired and wanted to have things wrapped up neatly so Tsuna could be safe.

Hibari seemed to be growing more impatient by the second so Reborn helped Tsuna walk along the hall, following Hibari's diligent posts. Everybody was told to stay in their dorms so they passed nobody that wasn't in their own group. There were sounds of scuffle somewhere above them and Reborn knew that wasn't good. He was tempted to at least see who was attacking who.

But he resisted as Tsuna sagged more and more against Reborn. They were finally coming close to the first floor office Luce was still in and that was the end game where they all had to meet up.

"My job is done." Hibari stated in his usual monotone. "I expect our fight to be good considering what you did today." He swept off, pulling out a phone and making a call.

Luce met them at the door and hurriedly pulled the two of them inside, shutting and locking the door. She wouldn't hear them talking and pushed them into the conference room. Police officers and a paramedic were inside the room. The paramedic rushed towards Tsuna and quickly started checking him over. The police wandered over to Reborn.

"Can you explain...What happened?" One police officer asked. Reborn stared levelling before shrugging.

"Can you get me Italian police?" Reborn countered. They seemed taken aback and seemed to want to argue before seeing Luce shaking her head. They stiffened but relented and moved on.

"What is the medical history to the boy over there?" One of the officers inquired.

"Trauma to his torso, bruising and most likely fractured ribs. No spinal injuries from what I can see but his asthma was triggered and he's going to experience the effects of an attack or is already having one sometime soon. He has skin grafts on his wrists that also might need replacing as they started lifting up at the seams."

The paramedic nodded and helped Tsuna sit down, asking questions quietly to Tsuna.

It was too light of a mood after Tsuna was safely put into the back of an ambulance. Reborn couldn't help the suspicion that the ambulance could be the wrong people but he ignored it. That was always a vague fear he could never shake.

Luce seemed to worry enough for the both of them as she forced Reborn into the infirmary. He insisted that the nurse there wasn't going to help.

"Fine, I'll call your usual doctor." Luce said determinedly. "I watch you fighting with Mukuro. You don't show signs of pain unless it hurt. A lot."

Reborn resisted the urge to retort sarcastically and just shrugged. "He hit my restriction. I'm in a bind, Mom."

Hello, my children. I'm trying to get back into writing fanfiction and this is the only thing I like to update really so ¯\_( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_/¯

fight scene was a Blessing tho

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-Gate