WARNING: There is a scene in the story that you might not or want to read. It's in italics...
Nana was in the kitchen, preparing dinner for Tsuna and his friends plus herself. She smiled to herself; kindly thank Kami-sama for giving friends to her son. She was drinking from a small mug, when the door slammed open. She jumped, slightly spilling some water on the floor. She noticed Mukuro was in front of her, holding Tsuna. "Mu-chan, what happened?" She quickly walked to her son's side, looking up at the teen holding him.
Though still bothered by the nickname Nana gave him, he let it passed, since someone was in much needed care right now. "Nana-san, I need his inhaler. His inhaler was not in his bag. We need it right now."
Nana noticed a slight tone of desperation in his voice, and nodded. She placed her mug on the coffee table as she ran up the stairs to Tsuna's bedroom. She rushed into the room, rummaging in his drawers, until finally seeing the inhaler on the floor, near his bed stand. She quickly ran down, almost slipping on the stairs, but caught her footing. "Here. Hurry." She handed the object to Mukuro, as he struggled to keep Tsuna calm in his arms.
"Tsuna, calm down." Mukuro sat on the couch, laying Tsuna down, crouching by his side, injecting the steroid into the boy. Seeing that the boy stopped squirming on the couch, Mukuro slumped onto the floor on his knees. "Kufufufu… Why must Kami-sama play with me like this…"
Nana placed a hand on his shoulder. "Mu-chan, let's leave Tsu-kun for awhile. It looks like he's falling asleep." She wanted to take the boy away from her son. Not that she did not want him near him, but from what she sees, Mukuro seemed like to be the one more distressed.
Mukuro did not say a word, but got up. Taking one last look at Tsuna, he followed Nana into the kitchen.
Caramel eyes slowly adjusted to the light in the pale room. Tsuna realized he had gone into a spasm as soon as his eyes lay upon the inhaler near him. "Ugh…" Tsuna wanted to punch himself, as he curled up. I thought I would be okay without… Why can't I forgive myself about what happened?... Why?...
"Tsuna-kun…" Chrome wanted to touch her friend's hand, but pulled it back. She smiled sadly to herself, but spoke up. "Are you alright?"
Tsuna whipped around to see Chrome, sitting near him, as if watching him as he slept. "Chrome!" He let took a big gulp of air as if he felt the wind knocked out of him.
"Here, let me help." Chrome stood up and helped her friend sit up on the couch. Seeing that he settled down, Chrome looked down while fumbling with the hem of her skirt.
"Chrome…?" Tsuna looked up at her. Now, that he looked at her, her face was rather pale, as if someone died and came back to life… His eyes widened…
Chrome took a seat next to Tsuna, holding his hands in hers. She saw that he was getting close to the secret she was about to tell him. "Yes… It's true… Onee-san and Onii-san are not dead… They're still alive…"
Tsuna looked at her as if she was crazy. Surprisingly, he did not go into another spasm. It was probably because his disbelief and shock was stronger than his fear, for now. Tsuna shook his head vigourously. "No… No…" His eyes shot back at Chrome. "Chrome, you're lying, right? They can't be alive. They can't be alive! I mean, you were there. Mukuro was there. You saw what I did. You can't just say that they're back!"
Chrome felt her heart twist inside, as she saw Tsuna took a step closer to insanity. "It's true…"
"No…" Tsuna looked at her, his eyes dilating as he was reliving that memory. He pushed Chrome, her back hitting the cushion of the couch. He was so quick, that he was now over her, hands over her neck. "Chrome, why are you lying to me… You saw their bodies…" His personality slowly became warped like that one day.
"T-Tsuna-k-kun…" Chrome struggled to breathe. She realized that she was slipping away, but she did not want to go now. "M-Mu-Mukuro-sama…" Her eye widened as Tsuna was flung across the room.
Tsuna was now on the floor, knocked out by Mukuro's trident. His friend looked at him with pity and sympathy. He looked away, rushing to Chrome's side. "Are you okay?"
Chrome coughed a little bit, but nodded. "I-I'm fine, Mukuro-sama. But how a-about Tsuna-kun? Nana-san?" She looked at him with worried eyes, her breathing still uneven.
"Nana-san went out… She went to get another inhaler for Tsuna…" Mukuro looked back at Tsuna and grimaced. "He's out for now, but he'll come to later." Once again, he turned towards Chrome, his eyes void of any emotion, not even that small hint of mischief was seen. "Chrome, what you said before. Is that true?"
Chrome looked away from Mukuro and nodded. "Yes… It's true… I saw them and brought them here…" She realized the shadow that was hovering over her was no longer there. She looked up and saw Mukuro slamming the door open.
Mukuro's mind almost blanked out for a second as soon as he saw them, his mind in turmoil. How were they still alive?
Bright colors of red and orange danced around the ten year old boy. His caramel eyes drained of any emotion. His hands were covered in crimson liquid, slowly slipping off his fingers as it hit the ground. Even though, he was so young, his mind was in a wreck, wondering how adults could so such a fearsome thing.
Wires were cut, loose with electricity sparks whipping around in the air. Lights flickered on and off, lighting the hallways with a haunting glow. Bodies lay on and beside each other. Blood clearly seen on the ground. Faces scrunched in horror, undeserving of any compassion.
Tsuna had tears running down his cheeks, taking the splatters of blood along with it. "Why? Why? Why?" His body was soon grabbed by two people as if they were rescuing him.
Unknown to him, but to the people holding him, knew he had the Sky flame burning inside of him, slowly losing its bright color. They soon jumped once they felt the heat seep through their coats.
"Let go of me." Tsuna gritted his teeth, releasing his flame, enveloping himself inside of it.
The two backed away, their hoods dropping, revealing a female and a male. "Tsunayoshi! Don't release anymore flames! You'll die!"
Tsuna paid no heed to their claims, slowly burning away. His eyes brimming with tears, tired of the world and people. He was outside one day, playing like always, only to be whisk away by men in black suits, dragged to this place. It had been weeks, maybe months went by. They would perform experiments on him, always saying that he was doing this for a good cause. What good cause? He turned out to be a toy they played with.
His mind replayed to that one moment. One of the men started to reach towards him. Looking at him with as if he was some delicious prey. Tsuna squirmed in fear. As soon as one hand touched his leg, his eyes turned dangerously orange as flames burned the man alive. That started his rampage.
He felt arms hugging him in an embrace, like a mother hugging her child. His flames tried to reject the person, but the person would still not let go. He suddenly realized the person was burning. "No, let go of me! You'll get hurt too!" He struggled to get out of the person's grasp, only to have to tighten around him.
"No, I won't let go of you, Decimo. Never again will I lose you..."
Tsuna's eyes widened. Why wouldn't she person let go? He had to do something. He soon knocked the person to the ground, his hand around her neck. The other searching for something to kill her. "Why… Onee-san…?" He was a worthless person. He took a knife out of its sheath, located on the girl's body. He raised it over her neck, slashing it multiple times. "Why me? Isn't there someone else more special than me? Why do you choose me when I'm some pathetic creature who doesn't deserve to live?" There was no response.
Tsuna dropped the knife on the ground. He looked at the girl he had just killed. Her eyes were closed, there was a bittersweet smile drawn across her face, her face scrunched up in pain, as if she was accepting this pain. "WHY? WHY DID YOU HAVE TO DIE BY MY HANDS? NO ONE TOLD YOU TO SAVE ME! NO ONE TOLD YOU TO BE KILLED BY ME? WHY DID YOU REACHED OUT TO ME WHEN YOU KNEW I WAS GOING TO KILL YOU?"
Tears ran down his face. He took one look at the knife and smiled softly. "Yeah… Maybe I should follow you. I might just meet you before you go up there…" Tsuna's face scrunched up in pain, as he felt someone punched his stomach.
"She doesn't blame you, Decimo. No one blames you, Decimo. Just keep living until they call upon you as Vongola heir."
Tsuna barely saw the person's face, before realizing who it was. He soon realized who he had just killed. "Onii-san, don't you think it's a bit too late?..." Tsuna staggered to the ground, the air soon losing its place in his lungs. "Aren't I right?" His flames lit up again, this time with determination to burn himself away like ashes in the wind.
The male ran the boy, realizing that he was about to commit suicide. "No… It's never too late." The male placed a knife in the boy's hands, forcing its tip into his chest. Blood fell on the floor. "The blood split today will only show you part of the world you will see later on. And we will be there to guide you." His breathing came quick and short. The male bitterly cursed to himself, realizing he plunged the knife into his chest a bit too deep.
Tsuna finally snapped out of his daze. His eyes widening, scanning everything. Taking everything in. Telling him what he had just done. His mind cried out, as screams were heard throughout the place. Screams of pain and loss reached the ears of two children. Their bodies frozen by the sound. One boy had blue hair and mismatched eyes. The other one, a girl, purple hair and one purple eye. They looked at each and ran toward the sound, wondering if the person was an enemy or ally.
Tsuna's eyes shot open. His clothes stuck to him like glue, as sweat covered his body. His body heavy with breaths. He scanned the room and stopped at the two figures sitting at the dining table.
One of them saw Tsuna and smiled. The other, waving at him, as if nothing happened. "We're back, Decimo."
Notes:
Yeah, no idea where this story is going, but it'll work out in the end, yeah? The flashback about Tsuna's past... We think that we didn't capture the moment at its best, since we're in a rush, but pulled off kinda. Those who wanted to know what happened, there it is.
It's possible the story might run longer than we thought, considering how one day is not over yet. So yeah, we placed in two OCs in the story. Once we get a hang of it, we'll start adding into Tsuna's Family and head off from there.
Tons of love to the people who reviewed. If you're wondering... we don't really reread out chapters, mostly skim, due to schoolwork. We know people have larger loads but junior years turns out to be harder than we thought. Who knew despite all the warnings? So please review.
