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For the previous chapter, I wrote a crossover chapter because I suddenly had an inspiration to do so. But if you guys enjoyed the crossover, I might make one for the M.T class. I do have roughly an idea on who to include in the crossover. If you guys don't want, then I will carry on with the story. If you guys want, tell me in the reviews, and you can probably give me some suggestion on the names to write in.
I updated this a day earlier :D I'm glad I managed to write it out. Thanks people for the reviews!
Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn, but I do own the plot story, or some OC if they appeared in the stories.
This is a G27 story, rating is T for now, but may rise accordingly to the story progress.
Chapter 13: The Cursed ones
Reader's POV
''Class is dismissed.''
The screeching of chairs can be heard as soon as the pleasant school bell rang. The mathematics teacher, nicknamed 'The Spartan Lord' helpfully reminded everyone of the mountain of homework they were given with a smiling face.
''Tsunayoshi, I hope you would buck up on your Algebra. Why don't you ask Giotto to tutor you? Even though both of you are brothers, you are worlds apart in studies.'' The Mathematics teacher nagged like all of Tsuna's previous teachers did while drumming his books on the table to arrange them in a neat pile. ''If your fail your Logarithms test, you are dead meat.'' The murderous glint in his eyes suggested he was serious. Tsuna felt a shudder ran the length of his spine.
''Yes… Kibou-sensei…'' Tsuna meekly said in a low tone, lowering his head, not wanting to face that deathly glare straight on. He was this school best Mathematics teacher, and apparently because of that he wasn't tolerant of any of his students scoring below 50%.
Kibou left, strutting tall behind the sea of students heading in the same direction as well. Tsuna was left alone in his class, in his corner seat, waiting as usual for G to come by to fetch him.
Ten minutes tickled passed, but he hasn't come yet. Tsuna drummed his fingers impatiently on the table top, tapped the sole of his feet onto the floor rhythmically, but it was doing nothing to help alleviate the worry accumulating rapidly in his heart.
'Did something bad happen?' Tsuna thought anxiously and squeezed his palms together and released them, creating a suction sound.
Five more minutes passed and most of the students were already on their way out in a noisy chatter, leaving the school compound quieter than usual. The silence wasn't comforting.
Since the school is so big, it would be tough for G to find him if he were to go off finding them. Today, there would be a visit from a VIP in the afternoon during an announcement in the morning, so noises must be kept to a minimum within the school compound.
Ten more minutes passed in uncomfortable silence, not leaving Tsuna with a peace of mind.
Where was his hand phone when he needs it?
Then he painfully reminded himself that there wouldn't be a signal even if he had it with him instead of leaving it at home.
Home. That word stung especially painfully.
Why was he stuck in this place? How was everyone? Are they okay? And Tsuna's mind overflowed with similar questions. The worry in his stomach grew even stronger.
'I want to go home.'
Tsuna looked up hopefully when he heard the familiar sound of the classroom door opening, expecting G to be there. But it didn't sound like usual. It was shorter and quieter.
It was a stranger.
Tsuna's face tighten and gripped his knees with cold hands. He stood up.
''Who are you?'' Tsuna asked timorously, standing in his seat at the corner. It never meant well when a stranger suddenly appeared before him, especially someone with a strong aura that can be felt from afar. He had enough experience from being kidnapped a number of times when he stayed till late in school to know better than to trust strangers.
He had sleek blond hair with the edges light brown and dark brown eyes, a handsome face, and really tall. He wore a high neck white dress shirt with some lace at where the collar was and a black overcoat. A Western, from the looks of it.
''The name's Rei, from the Chiavarone Family, nice to meet you.'' He said, and shut the door behind him.
''Chiavarone Family?'' That name rang a bell.
'Dino-san's family.' Tsuna thought on the inside, and automatically recognized Rei as an ally. He held the same strong aura as Dino.
''Yeah, I'm from the M.T class too you know?'' He smiled gently. It's definitely Dino, Tsuna confirmed. ''It's nice to meet you.''
''I'm Sawada Tsunayoshi.'' Tsuna said in a mousy voice, while squeezing his skin from inside his jeans pocket to remind himself not to do something stupid like trying to tell Rei that he was from the future and that he looked like one of his dearest friends and wanted to hug him, brotherly.
''I wanted to talk to you, since you looked-'' Rei arched his eyebrows at the last word, followed by a short pause to find a word in his brain. ''Familiar.'' He smiled, satisfied.
''Familiar?'' Tsuna repeated, his heart racing with excitement and hope.
''I mean, like, you aren't really mafia-like, so I'm glad to at least see some normal humans among the crazy Mafioso.'' Rei quickly explained, though for what reason Tsuna wouldn't know.
His hope deflated like an inflated balloon poked by a sharp needle. His shoulder slumped.
''Did I say something wrong? I'm sorry.'' Rei apologetically said at Tsuna's obvious disappointment, and scratched at his ear. You could really not tell he's a westerner at his bashful way of apologizing.
Tsuna quickly shook his head, his hands waving frantically at Rei. ''I'm just thinking about something else!'' Tsuna cried out.
'Of course, why would Rei know him?' Tsuna thought bitterly.
''If you say so…'' Rei replied, unconvinced.
''Do you need me for anything, Rei-san?'' Tsuna asked politely and let his hands fall to his side.
''Nope, Giotto had an emergency call at the Council, so you might have to wait. I took it that he didn't have the time to inform you.'' Rei told him.
''Oh.'' Tsuna let out, feeling relief rushed over him. At least now he knew why neither G nor Giotto came to get him, and that they were safe.
''Are you really Giotto's brother? You two don't really resemble each other except the looks.''
''I have been told that often.'' Tsuna replied tautly, already growing accustomed to people saying that to him.
Giotto is a well-known mafia man.; he is nothing. Giotto is smart; he is stupid. Giotto is handsome; he is plain. Giotto is popular; he is someone who was bullied often. Giotto is good at a lot of things; he is No-Good Tsuna. Giotto is the President of a Student Council; he is just a normal student who failed at his school work. And the list can go on infinitely.
He felt inferior. He was inferior.
And he felt frustrated at how people looked at him like he was a weak little boy.
Maybe that was him in the past, but he definitely knew he wasn't now, and that he would do anything to protect those important to him.
Anything.
That's what he thought. Tsuna bit on his lower lip.
''Well… I better get back to the meeting…I took a sneak out you know. Using the washroom excuse.'' Rei winked and a smile as bright as the clumsy guy he knew well was on his face.
Tsuna couldn't help but smiled back at the infectious smile.
It was then did Tsuna notice something had entered the classroom. It was small and round.
A baby.
Tsuna gasped audibly.
''Acrobaleno…!'' Tsuna cried out loud and retreated a few steps back. Who would have expected to see one of the strongest seven babies in the world in a school on a day like any other?
The baby had a red pacifier. White silky hair, eyes an enchanting dark brown and a high nose. He wore a laced white inner shirt with a black vest decorated with some precious-looking jewels. He wore knee-long pants (though it can really be considered full length because the legs are far too short to tell the difference), with a red ribbon tied around his hips. He looked Spanish.
''You can see me?'' The baby asked, slightly surprised. The shock on his face was quickly masked with calmness, with an attitude like he had done it a lot of times. ''Ah, you are...'' He nodded his head, silently finishing the sentence in his head. Tsuna tilted his head curiously at what he would have said if he finished his sentence.
Tsuna couldn't form words with his mouth, his eyes still unmoving from the baby's body. Tsuna's mouth was slightly open which showed that he wanted to say something, but it rolled onto his tongue and disappeared down his throat the next moment when he wanted to say it out. He didn't know what to say. He didn't know which feelings to express.
''I'm Ganzy, and as you said, I'm an Acrobaleno. Now I'm curious, only people who know of our existence can see us, and that is even rare among the Mafioso. Would you kindly explain how did you find out about me, us? We were supposed to be kept a secret from the human society.'' Ganzy said slowly, carefully, warily. He was taking precaution with his choice of words.
''I…'' Tsuna's heart leapt into his throat. He didn't know how to explain himself out of this situation. Ganzy's patient eyes seemed to give the feeling that he could see through lies instantly.
''Are you a cursed as well?'' Ganzy finally asked, but Tsuna knew that Ganzy already knew the answer. He thought back to the Kerl Family grunt and to the bloody scene. No, it's not the time to think about that. Not now. Not ever.
Even though they both were burdened with a different curse, it was an undeniable fact that they both shared the same fate of being different from everyone with an extra heavy baggage on their back.
''Yes...'' Tsuna answered veraciously, his hands went behind his back and entangled with each other.
''I see… You have a lot on your mind don't you? Do you want to talk about it?'' Ganzy shot straight to the point and didn't beat around the bush. A candid and upright man he is. Tsuna felt assured at his honesty. It would be easy to be honest with him.
''Can I ask you a question?''
''If it's reasonable.'' Ganzy replied with a little wise smile.
''Do you know where Sepira is?''
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Tsuna kept throwing backwards glances at the school he was now leaving, while making sure to leave a note to tell Giotto he would be going to Sepira's house, or otherwise, the Gigilo Nero Family base. But he didn't felt safe not telling Giotto face to face. He regretted not interrupting the meeting. But it would mean that he would be worrying Giotto so much he wouldn't be able to conduct the meeting properly and he wouldn't want himself to be the root of Giotto's frequent worries and concerns. He felt like he was gambling on his luck and Giotto's trust in him that he wouldn't run into danger. He wanted to go back. But he couldn't.
''Make your choice. It's either your friends or Giotto.'' Ganzy said in a slightly gentle and distant tone. ''You can only have one. It's in your destiny. Fate.''
Tsuna gulped down a somewhat thick volume of saliva.
And he felt like he just made the worst decision he did up till now in his life.
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Some twigs snapped at the base of Tsuna's shoes and the crunching of fallen leaves and slightly dirtied snow echoed with the cricket's sounds, like they were calling out to each other. Nature's symphony is still the most peaceful music of all times.
''Are we going to reach?'' Tsuna asked tiredly, ducking his head yet again underneath a low branch. They had gone a long way from the school, and to go back on foot would take half an hour.
''Almost.'' Ganzy said without turning behind, focusing on what's in front.
''Okay.'' And he almost fell over on his face over a large root that had grown out onto the land surface.
A small white building like the layer of snow covering the land around it came into view, most of it blocked by the thick trunks of the forest but still visible enough to tell that it's a building, small and simple. Is it really a base?
''We are here.'' Ganzy said and pull aside a blanket of willow leaves, with small bits of snow stuck to it, strung from a web of branches between two inconspicuous young trees that wouldn't have been noticeable to Tsuna if Ganzy didn't try to move it from its stationary position.
The white building melted like hot chocolate in Tsuna's vision and became a large building occupying much of the empty snowy space on land, almost similar to the Vongola's Italy Base if not for the fact that it didn't have the front garden and a yard, just a building itself with two floors. An alarming loud roar suddenly erupted after the illusion was dispelled. Tsuna flinched.
''Illusions.'' Ganzy answered without Tsuna even asking.
''Oh.'' Tsuna said, his mouth open in a small 'O'. Just like how Daemon set up an illusionary forest to trap unwanted enemies, they used an illusionary small house purposely set to be unnoticeable by the mind.
His eyes travelled from the seemingly empty base to the source of the roaring sounds to find a waterfall, probably around three stories tall flowing down the wet rocks. The water is crystal clear and free of any mineral which gave it its beautiful clear blue reflection in the afternoon sun, shinning picturesquely in the greenery. This waterfall would probably not be here anymore when he goes back to the future. And it was so beautiful too. Tsuna saw a flash of Giotto's smiling face in his mind. He shook it off his mind.
''Ganzy-chan?'' Sepira's sweet tinkling voice was heard. Tsuna and Ganzy stepped out of the forest onto the land stripped of vegetation to find Sepira sitting on a wooden bench which faced the waterfall behind the base. Her back was facing the two, but her head is turned over her shoulder, revealing both her dark blue orbs and the small orange tattoo on her right cheek. Her signature mushroom hat tipped to the side with her head movement, like it was going to fall.
''I didn't expect to find myself back here again so soon.'' Ganzy replied with a tint of coldness, and pointed to Tsuna. ''It's a drag, but I was asked to.''
''Tsuna-chan? I know you would have come sooner or later. Come, sit down. Ganzy-chan as well.'' Sepira smiled radiantly, her straight white teeth gleaming in the golden light.
''You knew?'' Tsuna asked, and sat down on the wooden bench where Sepira slid to the side to allow space for a teenager and a baby to sit.
''I can see the future, you should know that.'' Sepira's eyes fell in their radiance but still smiling, her eyebrows inched towards the middle of her head slightly.
''How far can you actually see into the future?'' Tsuna asked.
''Depending on what are you talking about, the laws of space and time is rather complicated, so it would be difficult to determine my power to read the future. The best I have seen before would be your time. But other times it would mostly happen within one week's time from the moment I seen it and it comes randomly. It's not within my control to see whenever I want to. It's not omnipotent you see.'' Sepira launched into an explanation while staring at the waterfall, the roaring sound filling their ears when the silence suddenly fell.
''I see…'' Tsuna said hesitantly.
''Do you know about the story of when the Acrobaleno are born?'' Sepira suddenly quested.
''Yes.'' Tsuna's eye widen into large brown eyes which could be deemed as against the natural human-able eye size.
''You know?'' Ganzy asked, disbelieved. His head shot up to Tsuna's one and Tsuna nodded in response. ''How about you explain it to me?'' His eyes narrowed.
''The Acrobaleno are the seven strongest babies in the world, cursed by Checker Face to protect the pacifiers which are part of the world's treasure, Tri-Ni-Set.'' It was a really brief summary, but it would be good enough. He shouldn't reveal how much he really knew.
''How did you know about Checker Face? Who are you?'' Ganzy asked with shock and wariness mixed in his eyes' expression.
''I'm Sawada Tsunayoshi,'' Tsuna replied.
''I obviously know that don't I?'' Ganzy rolled his eyes. ''But, you smell different from normal humans. I do have a peculiar sense of smell. You smell similar to Sepira, but subtly different.'' Ganzy said, his large brown eyes narrowing slightly.
''You aren't human.'' He concluded successfully.
Tsuna's heart skipped a few beats. He hoped it didn't show on his face. Tsuna's smile faltered a little.
''Amazing as ever, Ganzy-chan.'' Sepira said softly and stroked Ganzy's white hair.
''Your white hair is as soft as ever.'' She remarked.
''Wh-What! Don't avert the topic!'' Ganzy blushed feverently. His expression flustered and his body movements were randomized and weird as he tried to avoid the eyes on him. He flared his little arms up in the air, shoving Serpira's hands away, and finally caught himself and settled back into his previous position.
''So…'' Ganzy started tensely, as though short on breath. ''What are you in actual fact?''
Should he tell?
''I-I…'' Tsuna hesitated. He was warned by Giotto not to tell anyone about his history and Tsuna could understand that. He would be killed for sure.
''Tsuna-chan, what did you come here for? Seeing as you are in your… uniform?'' Sepira interrupted, her words cutting clean across the uncomfortable silence growing in the tension and her expression turned one of confusion.
''Ahh, this is my casual wear, but I wear it to school.'' Tsuna said sheepishly, rubbing the back of his neck.
''Hey!'' Ganzy shouted, folding his arms disapprovingly.
''Sorry, Ganzy-chan. I will tell you everything when its time.'' Sepira clapped her hands together and closed an eye, the other locking straight into Ganzy's eyes, pleadingly. ''Don't tell the others.''
''Well… Okay.'' Ganzy finally said after looking into Sepira's earnest eyes. ''I will be going now, I have matters to settle to.'' Ganzy turned to Tsuna. ''Don't be gone for too long, you only have ten minutes to talk before Giotto ends his meeting and also time to run back.'' Ganzy brushed his fingers on the willow leaves, pausing there when he cracked opened the illusionary gate. ''Bye.''
''Bye!'' Sepira and Tsuna waved back.
''He's a really nice guy, but he's really shy too.'' Sepira said and handed Tsuna a cookie in the shape of stars. ''A tsundere.''
''Really different from the Storm Acrobaleno in my period.'' Tsuna gabbed and smiled into his cookie and took a small bite. It's soft on the inside but crunchy on the outside. Taste like chocolate.
''Of course, everyone's different.'' Sepira said and bit into another cookie herself. ''I baked them myself.'' She added as an after note.
''That's amazing! This is really delicious! Like Giotto…'' Tsuna's voice trailed to a standstill at the end, and he held an expression like a thief found red-handed.
''Giotto? Ahh…'' Sepira's smile spread wider and her eyes go dazed, as though recalling old, fond memories in her head.
''Indeed…'' Tsuna shook his head and glanced down at another cookie offered to him. He took it gratefully. He was starving since it was lunchtime. Sepira apparently knew that.
''There was this time, when we had to bake for our classmate's birthday in Middle School. Cozart, G, Giotto and I were debating on what flavour of cake we had to use. Giotto ended up suggesting mixing all the flavours together, and guess what?''
''?'' Tsuna looked up at Sepira, curious.
''He blew up the entire kitchen of course.'' Sepira said with a mock poker face, imitating Giotto.
''Hahahah!'' Tsuna's guilt wore off when Sepira started talking.
''He went around the streets yesterday when he was cooking dinner halfway through because the chicken ran away from him.'' Tsuna tried a serious voice but his slightly high-pitched voice wasn't helping.
''The chicken did? And he went around like a mad-man trying to slaughter everyone right?'' Sepira guessed while holding back a burst of laughter.
''He went and bought another one because he got tired of chasing the chicken. The owner laughed at him since he was covered in chicken feathers.''
''At least we proved that something other than light is faster than him.'' Sepira jested jokingly and Tsuna immediately agreed with a few shakes of his head, his head nodding as much as he could without affecting the cookie in his mouth.
''He can probably walk on the moon if we wanted him to.''
''If you asked him to eat all the cakes in the world, he would be more than happy.''
''We would all be surviving on eating grasses by now if he did that.'' Tsuna smiled. Sepira giggled.
''Okay, jokes aside for now. '' Sepira face turned serious.
''What did you come here for?'' She asked.
''How do I get back to my time?''
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I finally finished this! It took me a while to try to type this out. I didn't want to introduce all the Acrobaleno at one go, so I introduced Ganzy, the Storm Acrobaleno first. Do you think Tsuna would go back to the future? Food for thought!
Please review! It would help me out a lot and gives me more motivation to write! :3
To clarify some stuff:
As for the Varia, they aren't yet an assassin group, just freelance assassins for fighting. They normally skipped the M.T lessons since they found it useless, and they only attend school on certain days since they needed to carry out missions for the Mafia.
Alaude is the vice president of the University section. Giotto is the President of the High School section. G is the Secretary of the High School Section. The rest would be revealed later on.
Tsuna's crossover class consist of many characters of different ages.
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Nera Assassina, haha, Ciel Phantomhive XD One of many of my favourite characters. Gayness… I don't know either, but it is not a bad thing yeah. Haha, I love cakes too :3 I would join that group if I could to.
Pure Red Crane, erm, no. It's only one chapter, unless you guys want me to make another Crossover chapter, if not I doubt I will. I really enjoy writing Crossover though haha.
Dumti, haha, can you tell that Giotto is my favourite KHR character? :D They are my favourite characters too!
MegaAnimeFreako, I would be working on probably making one of Tsuna's guardians to come to the past. Thanks a lot :) It's still in progress yeah.
Redthorn13, hmm… It's actually the past though. But I may write them if I find the opportunity to do so.
Thelittlesky, haha, relax. Tsuna wouldn't turn Yandere any time soon XD
Anisthasia, YES UPDATE LOL