Dying Will Flames of the Abyss
Introducing...
" Gokudera felt the sudden rush of raw power course through him and his breath hitched."
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Tsuna felt his own eyes stretch wide, Gokudera's following suit. His heart beat fast through his chest, the sound of Gokudera's own heartbeat ringing in his ears, the two sporadic rhythms slowing down to match the same pace. His breath hitched. He felt as if he had been drawn into Gokudera's own body, the sensation of being taller thrilling him. His eyes darted away from Gokudera's emerald ones, the confusion that had flooded them so overbearing.
He eyed the red crystal ring on Gokudera's slim finger. The red droplet of blood soaked into the rock, replaced by a small clockwork that Tsuna had seen so many times on the body's of twisted, lost people who had managed to get themselves into the Abyss. What did that mean now, was that how a contract was sealed?
"Thank you, Hayato-san!" The Will of the Abyss mumbled into Gokudera's ear, forcing Tsuna to strain to pick up what she had said, "Lucky you had that, right?" The Will motioned over to his side and smirked, floating away from the confused silverette. She came before Tsuna and butted her face against his forehead as if to kiss him. He was used to the action, The Will never gave up the chance to shower him or Cheshire with affection. He watched as she disappeared with a pop, saddened by her departure.
He turned his attention back to Gokudera, the silverette obviously flustered with the situation. Tsuna couldn't blame him, he too was slightly confused. Never the less, Tsuna decided that if his contractor would not take the first move, he would. He dipped down onto his knee, placing his hand on top his heart.
"Thank you for contracting with me, Will-sama is pleased and so I am too!" Tsuna explained. He saw Gokudera flinch at the sound of his voice, eyes darting to meet his, "May I ask my contractors name?" He stared back at Tsuna, hesitating before answering.
"You're not Tsuna."Gokudera accused, his eyes narrowing. Tsuna looked back at him, blinking in confusion. Who was Tsuna?
"Of course I'm not. I, am Jyuudaime." Tsuna replied, bowing, "But I never did catch your name…" Gokudera stared back at him, sadly. Tsuna was even more confused, then again didn't The Will of the Abyss say that he would be contracted to an old friend. He was probably just so happy he was, sad..?
"What was this about being a contractor?" Gokudera asked, getting to the point. Tsuna wondered if he was purposely avoiding his previous question.
"Well, I'm a chain-" Tsuna began.
"A chain?" Gokudera interrupted, disbelieved.
"Yes, a chai-"
"Gokudera? You home?" A voice called down the hallway. Gokudera immediately blanched at the voice, his eyes widened as he turned around stiffly. Tsuna watched Gokudera with interest, what was beyond those doors that had scared him so much? A loud grumble from his stomach echoed into the air.
"S-Sister?" Gokudera stuttered, fleeing out of the room, leaving Tsuna all alone. He looked at the doorframe, wondering where his contractor had fled off to.
"Ciasso!" a voice from the outside said. 'What an odd greeting', Tsuna thought.
"Hello, Hayato!" 'Oh, was that my contractor's name?' Bored, Tsuna soon followed Gokudera out of the room and into his living room. He leant up against the doorframe, crossing his arms.
"What the fuck d'you think you're doing in my house?" Gokudera spat. A woman and a baby sat on a couch, faced towards the silverette. The woman opened her mouth to speak but her words were caught in her mouth when her eyes darted over to Tsuna through the goggles she wore. Even the baby's eyes widened slightly, they were both stunned by his appearance. 'But why?' Tsuna wondered. Gokudera turned around, looking at Tsuna sharply.
"What are you doing out here?" Gokudera snapped. Tsuna pushed himself off the frame and sauntered into the room fully. The closer he got, he realized he recognized the pink locks of hair that spilled over the woman's head. How could someone forget that dainty face? His eyes widened and he immediately dipped down onto his knee.
"Poison Scorpion-san." Tsuna addressed, "I see you are well, have you been treating Wigless Wasp well too?" He asked, looking up at his audience. Gokudera looked surprised, while Bianchi looked more or less confused. The baby watched Tsuna with interest.
"Wh-Who?" Bianchi stuttered. It was Tsuna's turn to be bewildered. His head shot up and he looked up at Bianchi with shock.
"You know…" he said awkwardly, "Your chain…"
"What the fuck is a chain?" Gokudera spat, crossing his arms. Tsuna watched as the baby looked over at Gokudera curiously. Gokudera looked back apologetically. Tsuna felt flustered, what part of this conversation was he missing? He got up off his knee, propelling himself onto his feet before pointing to himself.
"I am a chain, a being of the Abyss." He announced. He felt all eyes trailing to him, Gokudera staring back at him dumbfounded. An awkward silence filled the room, weighing down on the tense environment. Tsuna blinked innocently. Had these people really not known who Wigless Wasp was? He had assumed Bianchi had taken good care of him, but if she couldn't remember him then how was this possible? Wouldn't the illegal contractor mark bug her?
"No Good Tsuna, do you know when Bianchi here got her 'Wigless Wasp'?" The baby suddenly asked, dragging Tsuna from his thoughts. Tsuna looked over at him, blinking, waiting for the person he was speaking too to answer. He looked at the others before the realization hit him, flooding his eyes.
"Wait, me?" Tsuna asked, pointing to himself. The baby nodded, rolling its eyes as if it were something obvious, "My name is 'Jyuudaime' not this 'Tsuna' person you guys make me out to be. Do not call me by something I am not named. " Tsuna demanded. He hated how these strangers had just walked in and started insulting him. His name had been given to him by The Will and he would respect the name she gave him. He would not take any other crap nickname that was given to him!
"Oh?" The baby challenged, "When did you grow a pair?" He revealed a gun from the side of his pants and turned it towards him. Tsuna's eyes widened, staring at the gun. An intense fear wracked him, coating him like an unwelcome blanket. It was odd, he didn't know what was so scary about an infant with a gun; he had seen scarier chains in his lifetime. Heck, Will-sama could be scarier than some little kid. He attempted to hold back a yelp, but it escaped from his lips too late.
"Hiiee-!" He cried out before wincing from the outburst. The baby smirked in triumph, the other occupants looking back and forth from Tsuna to the baby questioningly.
"Interesting…" he said, "No-Good-Tsuna, let's see that ring of yours, you have one, right?" The baby commanded, shaking the gun to encourage him. Tsuna immediately stuck his hand out, growling.
"Indeed I do, but I do not get what is so special about my ring." He looked down, scanning over the ring. It was a simple little thing; a black metallic base held the ring together and a blue crystal sat in the center of it, an odd crest inside of it. Little, rectangular shapes the colours of the rainbow circled around it, the words 'VONGOLA FAMIGLIA' in between the smaller crystals. He looked back up to the infant.
"Reborn…?" Bianchi asked, but he ignored her.
"Hmm, just as I thought, can you still use your flames?" Reborn asked. Tsuna rejoiced that the topic of the conversation was one that he actually understood. He nodded, turning to Gokudera,
"May I?" he asked. Gokudera blinked in confusion before shrugging. Tsuna smirked, reaching into his pockets and bringing out a pair of wooly mittens. The moment they were both on his hands they turned into gauntlets. He had expected at least a gasp of surprise but his audience didn't seem affected by the transformation, infact they seemed comfortable and familiar to them. He wondered why. Pushing aside the thought, he let power surge to his hands, causing a familiar tingle in his fingertips.
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Gokudera felt the sudden rush of raw power course through him and his breath hitched. It felt as destructive as any storm flame and as sharp as any lightning flame, multiplying in power like a cloud flame. But at the same time, it energized him like a sun flame, the calmness of a rain flame rushing through him and harmonizing his senses like the sky flame. Was it some sort of mist flame tricking his senses? *
He stumbled backwards, falling back onto his backside. He looked up at Tsuna and his eyes widened. When he said he could still use his flames Gokudera, and presumably everyone else in this room, thought he meant his sky flames. Instead, black tendril-like flames escaped from his palms and forehead. The pressure flowing from them, even from here, threatened to swallow Gokudera whole. He held his breath, looking to Reborn. The toddler looked grim before exchanging his gaze back to Gokudera.
"That's enough, No-Good-Tsuna, Gokudera here doesn't look like he can handle it." Reborn stated. Tsuna's flames dissipated and he turned to Gokudera,
"Oh! Did I hurt you… er, Gokudera is your name, right?" He said, putting his hand out for him. Gokudera looked at his hand, before looking back at Tsuna's face. His voice sounded so odd, a mix between his hyper dying will voice and his normal one. It almost pained him to look at this Tsuna too. This was not the friend he had grown to admire nor was he the boy he wanted as Vongola Decimo. He shook off Tsuna's hand and stood up with his own help. He didn't want this wannabe Tsuna touching him.
"Gokudera, mind coming over to the next room with me?" Reborn asked, using his gun to point to his bedroom. Gokudera shrugged back, heading towards his room. As he entered it, he made a beeline for his bed. Reborn came behind him, shutting the door behind the two and looking to Gokudera before plopping himself onto a stray chair. The two sat in silence, Reborn looked like he was concentrating on something.
"Don't you abandon that boy. He's Tsuna." Reborn said suddenly, breaking the silence. Gokudera looked up to him.
"What?" he asked.
"Gokudera, do you mind babysitting Tsuna for me for a bit?"Reborn asked, smirking. Without waiting for an answer he jumped down, opened the door, and left the room. Gokudera grumbled angrily. Why couldn't the Tsuna wannabe stay with someone else? Maybe go back to his own home? He got up to follow Reborn back to the living room. Well, Reborn hadn't been wrong before, had he? Still, he couldn't help but doubt the baby.
Reborn might be an amazing hitman and one of the seven amazing acorbaleno, but he wasn't some sort of prophet. Tenth and this Tsuna were nothing alike! This fucking doppelganger might look like him, but that's where the similarities stopped. This Tsuna was cold, unfeeling. The real Tenth was warm and innocent; it was one of the things that had attracted Gokudera to Tsuna at first. He was willing to put his friends before him, caring for everyone around him. Tsuna was like a beacon of light, illuminating the path for anyone who seemed to stray onto it. Tenth was like a god in his eyes.
This person in his house was not Tsuna, they were some sort of imposter wearing Tsuna's skin. They were an evil in disguise; they had stolen Tsuna's light and now Gokudera couldn't see. The cold and darkness that this Tsuna had brought threatened to drag Gokudera into the pits of hell. It was worse than when that boy wasn't here and he thought Tenth had been lost. He gritted his teeth, intense hate for the boy in the other room with his sister and Reborn welling up inside him.
'I'm sorry Reborn, that fucking bastard might not last the night…' Gokudera thought bitterly before entering the room with the rest of them.
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END OF CHAPTER::INTRODUCING...
* Did u c wat I did thar? Har har har. =P
Haha. Honestly, I dislike this chapter. I dislike it very much. /sigh. Oh well!
No one got Snowdrop/Kitty's name. D: Though I suppose Totaro got it right becuase apparently Ada had both Snowdrop and Kitty, along with Dinah of course!, as pets. /shrug I never noticed them... Meh. Oh wells! =P
This would've been out earlier but that error problem people have been having affected myself as well. BUT THANKS TO MS. MUMPSIMUS I FOUND THE CURE!
Click on the story you want to update. While the error screen is visible, go up to the URL at the top of the screen. Change the word 'property' to 'content' and hit enter. The normal update window should open.
Hope this helps! I squeed when I found that out! =P