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This is a G27 story, rating is T for some swearing (I usually don't include swearing, but for some individuals, I had to for the impact) for now, but may rise according to the story progress.
Chapter 11: Resonance
Giotto's POV
''He's asleep…'' G mused in amusement as he stared down the brunette sleeping peacefully on the bed his body hidden safely under a sheet of white blanket.
''I will be back after filing a report. Look after him.'' The school doctor, Noah, said and left quickly with a small stack of paper.
''We will even if you don't say.'' I said after the female doctor. ''He's probably really tired.'' I turned my full attention back to Tsuna again and I feel an overwhelming burning emotion fill me as I gazed upon his face.
''He sure did, and he nearly killed that guy. If Cozart hadn't used his gravity to coat the guy's bones and strengthen his bone structure, that guy would have seen death at door's step. Consider himself lucky.'' G said in a half infuriated voice.
''Yeah…'' I said absentmindedly.
''You have done enough, Giotto. If you hadn't stopped him back then with your soft flame, it wouldn't have been a pretty sight.'' G reassured comfortingly, patting my shoulders slightly and traced my line of vision down to Tsuna.
The half-dead person, apparently his name was Ferreto, was sent to the hospital on red alert along with Cozart who was preserving the guy's life.
''Even so, I was afraid of this.'' I clasped my hand together, almost prayer-like and looked down at the bed sheet, not wanting to look at Tsuna anymore in case my emotions filled up too much and overflow out of its container. If I lost control of my emotions, I will never forgive myself. My elbows rested against the bed and supported my forehead, my fingers rubbing through my fringe.
''It was inevitable, Giotto.'' G reassured again. I shook it off his hand off my shoulder. I don't want anyone, not even G, to touch me now.
''No, I had a choice whether to bring him to Japan. He could have stayed at Italy.''
''No, Giotto.'' G said firmly with conviction. ''If he was left alone there, you had probably be worried about him every day and both of you would be in danger.''
''No… It's my fault. I thought, no I knew this would have happened eventually. I could have locked him away, restricting his freedom rather than his future. It would have been better.''
''… Can you bear to do that?''
He hit the nail on the head.
Rain droplets slithered on the window panes, the fresh smell of rain filling and choking my nostrils. I felt a wet sensation on my cheeks. Did the roof leak? I pressed a hand to my face, and much to my shock, there was a single drop of tear. When I realised it, the dam broke like soft wood chopped down by a hammer into dusts. Hot small torrents of grief were coursing down my face, much like the window pane reflecting the garden that looked ever so gloomy in the rain. I hid my face by leaning down on the bed and letting the bed get wet. Even the garden with all its beautiful and ephemeral flowers was dull in the rain. They looked grey rather than their usual bright and colourful self. The cold air hurts. It's stinging my skin. More than that, the dagger through my heart hurt the most. The dagger from the scene of seeing Tsuna so bent on killing that guy. I was afraid. For the first time in my life, I was afraid.
The rain thundered at the window, demanding to enter the room.
Was it the scene of murder? No, I had seen countless.
It was his eyes.
Those eyes without any of the shine and kindness they held. It was a ruthless orange with no humanity or forgiveness in them.
His vampire blood was awakening. It was the beginning of the awakening.
I know, because I had been through it.
And he's only 15.
It jotted unwanted memories I wanted more than to discard them into the sea and disappear forever.
It scared me witless how cruel I was when I killed him, that person. Cozart wasn't there to help me prevent the person's death. It was the first time I killed someone. And he was someone's loved one.
I brutally tore apart his fam-
''Giotto. Are you remembering that accident again?'' G sighed as though he knew what I'm thinking from the back of my head. Sometimes, I really do think that G had the ability to read people's mind.
''Nope.'' I lied, shook my head to double my lie certainty and got up on my feet, my back purposefully facing G.
''Where are you going?'' G asked softly.
''The room is stuffy. I need to get a breather.'' I lied again. The truth was that, when I looked at G, I was reminded of that. I didn't want to see his face; I would honestly break down if I did.
Liar, you liar. You big fat liar. Liar liar liar. Liar liar pants on fire. Hope your nose grow longer and your tongue get cut off. You idiot.
''Okay. I will stay here and look after him.''
''That would be helpful.'' I forced a plastic smile on my face swiftly and slammed the door shut behind me. But I have no idea where to go. So I just let my body slid down the plank of wood that was the door; my head buried in my legs and crossed hands. I don't want anyone to see this vulnerable side of me.
I probably hurt his feelings… He knows very well he's the reason why my vampire blood awoke in the first place, and he probably felt very guilty about it. It wasn't his fault, but you can't say that it wasn't not entirely either.
If I didn't meet G, I don't know if I would even make friends. I would still be stuck in my own world in a distant town in a small city in Italy nobody knew existed somewhere out there, living by myself since my parents had died. Because I met G, I was able to make other friends. Without him, I wouldn't be living the life I had right now this moment, surrounded by friends I can trust, not empty air. It was almost like a fleeting pleasant dream, the life I'm leading now.
Meeting G was a major turning point in my cursed life, this life granted to me by Lucifilia-Ciel Véronique and Himmel Vongola, the original vampire Father and human Mother couple that started this lineage of cursed blood. I probably hate them; hate them for giving me this blood that ran through my veins. But I wouldn't have existed without them. God I'm such a contradicting person. I hate and love them at the same time.
I let out a humourless chuckle that came out sounding all gagged and disgusting from the crying. The tears kept on flowing freely down my cheeks. Soon enough, I found the knee part of the pants I was leaning on damp and the cuffs of my shirt wet.
Why am I'm even breaking down for?
Tsuna. Tsuna. Tsuna. Tsuna. That name chanted all over in my head like an annoying alarm clock ringing constantly without a snooze button considerately installed for its user.
I couldn't protect him. Protect him from this curse.
7 days from now, his Vampire blood will awaken fully. He wouldn't be able to live the same life he did before.
If it didn't awaken, he would still be living like a normal human.
When he goes back to the future…
My heart felt so constricted in its space within my ribcage, I felt like pulling my heart free of its chain-like restrain. I pulled off the flimsy white cloth covering it, finding the material irritably scratchy against my skin. I scratched and clawed at my exposed chest, as though to rid myself of the irritating feeling growing in my heart. It's difficult to even breathe. It's like something like a bulge was stuck in my throat, stubbornly refusing to move. Blood. I realised. There was blood on my fingers.
My heart beat louder and faster. Blood.
I licked the coppery taste liquid off my fingers. Damn this is more delicious than the Jackson's Pastries cakes.
I hugged myself in an attempt to protect myself from the cold. Cold? That's not quite right, isn't it?
Fear clawed at my heart, demanding its grand entrance into it. The walls of my heart are struggling to keep up its defence. But in such a tattered state it was now, fear was able to seep in through gradually through the tiny holes scattered all over its fortress wall.
I feel light-headed, my hands lost their strength. I can't feel them.
I couldn't protect him.
My chest hurts. Is it from the clawing?
My lungs feel deprived of oxygen. I'm already breathing so fast, why? The more I breathe, the more suffocated I feel.
The world is spinning. The white-washed corridors melted into one being. Like vanilla cake. I should have been happy to see my world turning into a vanilla cake, but no. I wanted my world to be tainted with red and not pure white.
''Hey! Giotto! Pull yourself together!'' The door opened and I looked up and see the blurry image of a tall red-head looking shocked and worried down at me. I felt like I was falling vaguely. He held onto me and stirred my body to the side and let it lean against the open doorway instead. He quickly dashed back in the room and returned a second later with a paper bag. He forced it over my head and what's within my vision is just a patch of darkness.
''Breathe slowly.'' G ordered somewhat sternly.
Ah… Hyperventilation…
I compiled. I struggled to take in slow breathes, my hand stroking my chest to slow down my racing heartbeat. Though I doubt it will work well. The dark world finally felt like it stopped spinning like I'm in some washing machine or an illusion, becoming just a dark world at standstill.
I drew in long and slow breath into my lungs, feeling my bodily functions become normal again. My breath gradually return to normal after a few seconds and G removed the paper bag, once again choking my nostrils with the faint smell of the rain and fresh grass.
''Better?'' G asked, grasping my cheeks and gently pulled it upwards for a better look.
''Yeah.'' I replied weakly, still feeling the after effects of my brain getting an over indulgence at carbon dioxide. My body felt like they weren't my own, they wouldn't move despite my will.
''Rest for a bit.'' G carried my body up in bridal style and walked like a zombie, making sure not to move my body too much. My body didn't even find the need to send the blood up to my face when all of it had rushed to send the desperately needed oxygen to the other parts of the body.
He placed me down gently on an adjacent bed to Tsuna sleeping peacefully in the afternoon light after the rain which is bathing him in a mysterious sort of glow. He looked so harmless; nobody would have guessed he was descended from the blood suckers.
I nodded lightly, taking the invitation gladly. I felt my mind slipped into subconscious as my vision faded.
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(A/N Bold is Giotto's normal self. Italic is Giotto vampire self. This is a conversation in Giotto's mind. Just saying.)
Noise scraped at my eardrums like metals rubbing against each other. It's irritating. Can't you see I'm sleeping here! Shut up!
As if whoever was causing the sound could hear me talking in my mind, the sound immediately stopped. I smiled inwardly and drifted back off to sleep.
'Are you sure you want to continue sleeping?' A voice rang in my head.
'It's you again. Stop bothering me. You are hell annoying.' I replied brusquely, not finding the need to be polite to that voice I had many a times.
'I will suck in all your dying will flame and leave you to die a painful death if you are going to be so rude.'
'Is that so? Then you will cease to exist.' I challenged, testing how far I can go with him.
'You are just a human. I wouldn't die that easily.'
I snorted at that.
'I had rather be a normal human without this damn wretched blood.'
'Heh, but I gave you power, isn't that what's important?' The voice was drenched in smirks and cheekiness.
'Not like I need it. Now leave me alone.' I replied nonchalantly. I'm honestly going mad, if people know that I'm actually talking to myself. Technically we are still both one entity, but belonged to a whole different world.
'But do you know? Your room is actually under attack now you know. You are being carried away.'I could swear he was saying that while trying to trim his nails just because he was bored and had nothing better to do and just wanted to play a stupid prank on me.
'SAY THAT EARLIER.' I barked at him.
'If you were being rude, I don't see the need to tell you, Master.' The voice replied innocently, purposely dragging out the vowels of the last word.
I growled at him mentally
'So let me wake up already.' I hissed, patience wearing thin. Any longer and I will snap.
'Of course I will. If you are so on edge every time, you will die earlier you know.' Something about that cheeky voice irks me off every single time without fail.
'What's the difference when I'm going to die young anyway?'
'Haha, true, true. I think the enemy is from the Avvenire Family, so you had better get ready when you wake up. Snatch that boy. Both of you are chained together at the legs. Your running speed will deteriorate because of the chain, but it should be fine enough. Carry him on your back, and make a break for it. Run out the door, turn left, straight until you see a room that say Interrogation Room 5. You run into that room. That room is a masked exit door. Oh by the way, they inserted a poison that inflicts your muscle movement. It would be a gamble, whether you can reach the room first or let yourself succumb to the effects of the poison. But I have no idea what they did to Tsuna. May you meet with a pleasant death?'
'Have anyone told you that you are a downright despicable hypocrite?'
'I'm helping you here, you ungrateful bastard.'
I rolled my eyes.
'I'm surprised you are actually helping Tsuna when you normally don't really care about others.'
'Well…. He's kind of special.'
'Sounds shady enough.' I somehow found myself grinning.
'Have fun on your escaping game.'
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I awoke to find myself in a mountain of wooden crates stacked dangerously one over the other. I felt unsecured if I even went near them, like they will topple on me the moment if I even do as much as brushing against them.
I found Tsuna sleeping on the floor silently at my feet, our legs chained together at the ankle by a slightly loose fitting chain with some faint traces of lightning flames. Guess I can't break them down without being discovered. If there wasn't anyone near us, they had to be pretty confident about the chains strength.
I gently shook Tsuna, trying to wake him up.
For a moment there, I saw the flash of those merciless orange eyes and I took a huge intake of breath.
''?'' Tsuna blinked his big caramel eyes at me. He then looked around us and I instinctively shut him up with my hand covered over his mouth, his scream coming out all muffled.
'Hurry up! They are coming back from lunch break!' The voice screamed in my head.
''Tsuna, I have no time to explain now. Get on my back. I'm going to run. If enemies start shooting at us, can you try to put up a defensive shield behind?'' I whispered as soft as I could while making sure he could still hear me.
I felt safe enough to release my hand. Tsuna frantically nodded and I squatted down and he clambered onto my back and hooked his legs and arms securely around my waist and neck respectively. The chains clinked against each other softly and I immediately sighed in relief when it didn't alert the enemies.
1,2,…
3!
I stood up and ran based on my hyper intuition. Everywhere looked like a maze of wooden crates. I shuffled in between rows after rows of endless wooden crates and finally saw the metallic door. I pushed through the door and I finally heard some shouts. I left those shouts behind and zoomed down the rather empty corridor that didn't have many windows and stunk of rotting flesh. God knows what actually was going on in this place.
I saw a figure who had his back turned to us and was headed to the same way as us. As I brushed past him, I swiftly hit him at the acupuncture point at the back of his neck that would cause him to faint. Likewise to a few others who were merely strolling around the building.
Bangs sounded off behind me and I spared an effort to look back while still coursing forward. A gang of men clouded in black were hot on our heels.
''Tsuna.'' I said and he caught what I wanted him to do.
Tsuna ate his pills quickly and shoot a burst of hard flames in front of him, immediately wiping out the gang and propelling me forward considerably.
It was then did I felt my leg muscles jerked and froze in position. I fell forward without the support of them and Tsuna literally flew into the air and landed in front of me face-flat, further impacted by the chain restriction.
''Isn't the poison I made amazing?'' A young and sweet voice asked sweetly in front of me. I looked up and saw a young girl in a laboratory coat standing in front of the room Interrogation Room 5. Damn I was so close to the goal, I was so close. She had short auburn hair and bright glittery brown eyes. She was so cute with such a sunny smile, but it was ruined like cakes that went sour in your mouth because they were sabotaged by a stingy guy who doesn't want people to enjoy the sweetness of cakes. ''It's Icemalime. Seeing that it can even stop you, it's pretty good.'' (It's a random drug name)
I clucked my tongue disapprovingly and analysed my situation. Nobody around except for her, perfect. She must have thought her poison is effective enough that she doesn't need anyone else.
'It actually does.' A voice chuckled in my head.
'Shut up! I know!'
It's Tsuna's turn to get on the stage now.
In a whirl of swishing of clothes, the girl laid unconscious on the floor and Tsuna nearly tripping over the chain.
''Let's go, Giotto.'' Tsuna smiled slightly, his warm orange eyes flickering with a strange light that makes people feel at ease, like a sun in the middle of a storm of flames. He held out his hand to me.
''Yeah.'' I smiled despite myself and I got up to reach his hand.
''…'' I crushed to the floor so pathetically I wanted to sink and merged into one with the cement floor.
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Next update will be next week! I hope I can get enough time to edit my story. Please review and tell me your thoughts!
Forgive me if I made any mistakes and point them out to me :)
Ilover145, haha thanks :) I'm also pretty sadistic so I wanted to write that scene hehe
Dumti, haha, roast them and eat them! U fu fu fu XD
Pure Red Crane, he was supposed to go OOC there so yeah
Anisthasia, I changed it :) Haha, I'm still debating on whether I should make Tsuna's guardians come to the past, maybe Gokudera? He's such a worrywart that it's easy to come up with an excuse on how to make him go to the past. Thanks :D
