This story is about the incident that happened to Kyoya a year ago. Hope you enjoy it: if there are wrong grammar, sorry about that.

ESSENCE OF THE PAST

After he crossed the road, Kyoya turned his head and looked once again at the road that made a great impact in his life. The road that could have been the place where he died but fortunately didn't. He still felt nostalgic about what happened to him that day. That day, specifically September 27, when he had a car accident that almost took his life. Somehow, he feels like he remembered every little thing that happened to him in that accident but at the same time, he also felt that there was something important in that incident that he couldn't remember. It was like a missing puzzle piece that Kyoya still wants to find until now.

As he walked back home, Kyoya tried to look back on what happened, exactly one year ago…

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It was the 27th of September. About 6:15 in the evening and the sun has already set at that time

Kyoya was running. Fast. So fast that he was panting and sweating like crazy but no matter how tired he was, he still kept on going like he was either chasing someone or he was the one being chased. He was too preoccupied on what he's doing that when he crossed the road, he didn't know that the stoplight was already on green and there were many fast-moving cars on that road. All Kyoya could remember was that when he was running, he heard a loud noise coming in front of him. When he looked at where the noise is coming from, he saw a light shining so bright at him that it was the only thing he could see. Then…that's when it happened. The people around that area was dumbfounded with what they saw. Some concerned citizens as well as the driver who ran over Kyoya hurriedly went close to the body of the teenager who is covered with bruises and who's head s bleeding a large amount of blood. They checked if he was still alive and some called an ambulance. It was a good thing that the nearest hospital was only blocks from that road which is why Kyoya was treated fast and was quickly sent to the hospital.

When he finally opened his eyes, Kyoya was in a hospital bed. He looked at his surroundings. Observing everything around him including the tubes that are attached to him. At the southwest corner of the room, he saw two people talking. The first person was a young boy, not far from his age. He has big brown eyes and spiky brown hair. The second person was a small baby but was wearing a black suit and hat.

No matter how Kyoya look at them, they always seem to be unfamiliar to him. He doesn't know them or at least….he doesn't know them anymore. When the young boy looked at Kyoya and saw that he's already awake, he hurriedly approached him with innocent worry-looking eyes.

"Hibari-san! You're awake at last! I'm so glad! We were so worried because you've been asleep for two whole weeks! How are you feeling? Are you okay?"

Hibari ignored all the things that the young boy was saying and instead, just looked at him.

"Hm? Hibari-san, is something wrong?"

"who…who are you?"

The brown-eyed boy looked surprised as well as the baby in the suit.

"Kyoya. Don't you know who we are?" the baby said.

"…no"

The two people looked at Kyoya silently for a while then after that, the boy with spiky brown hair went out of the room fast. The baby who was left with Kyoya moved closer to him.

"Kyoya Hibari. My name is Reborn. We've been comrades for a while now as well as with person who went out the room just now. His name is Tsunayoshi Sawada. Are you sure you don't remember who we are?

"…yes."

The baby just stood there, staring at Kyoya. Looking as though he was thinking of something "…this is bad." He said.

Later on, the doctor came to give Kyoya a check up. He asked him various questions about his condition and how he is feeling right now. That's when the doctor confirmed that Kyoya has amnesia. Kyoya Hibari doesn't know who he is, where he lives, and has forgotten all the people he knows. After the check up, the doctor glanced at Tsuna and Reborn who was standing a few meters behind the doctor and asked them to come with him outside for a minute.

"I'm afraid that Kyoya can't remember anything about his past. Somehow, I expected that this would happen seeing as though his head was hit pretty badly in the accident."

"Doctor, will his memories ever come back?" Tsuna asked.

"I'm sorry but I'm not sure about that. For now, let's just give him time to recover and maybe when he's fully well then we could help him retrieve his memories but I don't know if that will be an easy thing to do. Well then, I better go and attend to my other patients. I'll check on Kyoya later again today"

"Ah...yes. thanks Doctor" Tsuna said.

When the doctor left, Tsuna stared at the rectangular window of the door where he could see Kyoya resting in his bed.

"…poor Hibari-san. We should tell this to the others soon" 'but…I should tell this to him first.'

"Yes. We must" Reborn agreed.

Since the time when Tsuna and Reborn found out that Kyoya lost his memories, many people who claimed that they know Kyoya kept visiting him in the hospital. Some of these people were of course, the disciplinary committee, who were sobbing and tearing when they saw their leader in a hospital bed. It was pretty embarrassing to Tsuna and the others but they understand the way they're acting. After all, even if Kyoya is a bit or should I say a lot difficult to interact with, he manages to show concern at times…when he feels like it. Gokudera, Yamamoto, and the other guardians went to visit him as well. Although deep inside Kyoya, he appreciates the thought of them showing concern for him, he was still annoyed that the room was crowded with people because memory-less or not, Kyoya is still Kyoya.

It was Thursday in the afternoon, Kyoya was glad because Tsuna and the others have school today so no one visited him this time. 'At last! I could finally have time alone. I could finally be able to sleep peacefully.' Kyoya thought.

Kyoya had a very nice sleep. It was the first time since he woke up that he felt he had a descent sleep. Then, he had a dream. He dreamt of someone gently touching his silky raven-colored hair. It also seemed like he was combing Kyoya's hair with his hand as well. Almost like he was playing with it but Kyoya didn't felt annoyed when his hair was touched. Usually, he doesn't want anyone to touch him but this time, he liked the feeling of his hair being touched like that. He felt a warm feeling inside him. 'Wha-what is this feeling…and who is this person touching my hair?' even though it's just a dream, Kyoya wanted to see the face of the person touching his hair but he can't see it. The only thing he could see was his arm that bore many tattoos. Tattoos that covered most parts of his arm and that looked like they were blue flames. There was also a sun that has the initial 'C' in it. While Kyoya was observing the arm of the person touching him, he heard a voice. It was a voice that sounded like a man almost crying or was about to cry. "I'm sorry, Kyoya" is what the voice said. Then, the hand slowly let go of his hair and after that, Kyoya heard footsteps going farther away from him. Kyoya wondered because even though he knows it is a dream, he was wondering why the things that are happening in his dream felt so real. He slowly opened his eyes. Trying to think that maybe he wasn't dreaming. Maybe someone did touch his hair but when he looked around, there was no one there. Just him. 'so maybe it was really a dream…but why did it felt so real?'. Kyoya's mind was on his dream the whole day. Until he heard the sound of the door opening and saw Tsuna and the doctor going in…

The second part of Kyoya's past is on the next chapter:D I'll make it right away so that we can go back to the present already. I hope I'm making progress with the story I really want to please you readers, especially D18 fans with this story so if you want to suggest anything, feel free to tell you're suggestions by reviewing. By the way, September 27, the day when Kyoya had an accident, is actually my birthday))))) I wanted to think of a good date for when Kyoya will lose his memories so I thought, 'what the heck! I'll just use my birthday!' :P haha