To be frank, I still have a quite a few things to throw into this fic, but I needed a closure, so I guess this will be the final chapter? Or maybe one more chapter depending on how things go. TIMESKIP because it makes it easier to wrap up this story that had already ran off the plot trail and is changing with each chapter. You had be surprised at my original plot really, but somehow I just write out the story depending on what inspiration I had on the days I type, so some things doesn't really make sense and everything is more random than planned.
This wasn't the kind of final chapter I planned, but to hell with it, this works perfectly as well.
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Chapter 20: Memory
Reader's POV
Time skip - Five years later
Tsuna was still as a rock as he let his back leant against the base of a palm tree that had some decent shading from the harmful UV rays. He stretched out his legs fully as he took a breather he could rarely enjoy after succeeding the throne of the world's most famous and dangerous mafia family four years ago.
He was in Italy for a brief holida- okay that was a total lie. He was here on a business trip to make an alliance with a new family, or rather a sly profitable deal (But nobody bothered to tell Tsuna that), on behalf of the Ninth's order. But Tsuna wasn't too bothered with thinking about it, he wanted to enjoy the cooling sea breeze and the soft white sands of the Italian beach.
''Really, I still can't seem to remember the name of him.'' Tsuna muttered, shielding his eyes from the glare of the golden orb hanging in the azure sky as he looked up. ''The sky is as blue as always, and the sun is as yellow as ever, the sand is as white as I recall, but the void in my memory remains as well.''
''Gotten more philosophical I see.'' A familiar voice chuckled a fair distance away from Tsuna.
''Enma!'' Tsuna cried out in happiness as he ran out of the relief of the shade and sprinted over to hug the red-haired young adult.
''Hey.'' Enma replied softly, his voice tinted with enthusiasm and also a cheerfulness that could rival Tsuna.
After a brief hug, Tsuna let go. Enma may have put on more weight for his pale and fragile body, but he still looked ready to fall over anytime at a mere hit.
''Enma, are you really sure you don't want to move out of your home? The landlord doesn't seem to take nicely to you.'' Tsuna rest his hands on Enma's shoulders and bore a serious look into Enma's red eyes with designs that seemed to resemble a compass. Enma still had several band-aids stuck on his limbs and his nose which seemed to have become a permanent feature of him.
''You really have changed, Tsuna.'' Enma sighed a little, but immediately retracted it halfway. ''In a good way I mean!'' Enma hastily added in after seeing Tsuna's slightly devastated expression.
''Really? But in what way have I changed?'' Tsuna asked while motioning for Enma to follow him to where he was sitting down before, this time leaning more to the side to allocate more space for Enma. He realized he was slightly taller than Enma, he himself standing at a height of 171 cm (But he was still growing a little, Tsuna realize with a smile). His growth spurt did his short stature some justice, though he was still considerably shorter than most of the people he normally associate with his daily life, but it was still enough to command some form of authority over some of the more rebellious underlings of the Vongola.
Tsuna had quit school directly after succeeding the title of the Vongola X, but Reborn still mercilessly pummelled him with a barrage of private tutors and a mountain of homework. Tsuna would be more than glad to see the Mountain Fuji instead of the Mountain Paper. Which was harder to scale, Tsuna wouldn't know, and he didn't want to either.
Technically, Reborn is the advisor hiding in the shadows of Tsuna but he is still an individual who does not officially belong to the Vongola like the CEDEF. As for the rest of the acrobalenos, they went on with the lives they led before they were cursed. Fon had set up a martial arts dojo in Namimori welcoming anyone and everyone to learn the Arts, which seem to be quite the brisk busy business. Tsuna wasn't sure what happened to Uni, but it seemed she had gone back to wherever she came from. Aria is still leading the Giglio Nero family brilliantly with her valiant leadership. Aparently, the Vongola Family had signed an alliance with the Giglio Nero Family under Tsuna's leadership. Verde is stuck in his laboratory 24/7 doing god knows what (hopefully not making some nuclear weapon). Colenello returned to the Military along with Lal. Skull? Skull somehow managed to still save his own skin and position in the Carcassa Family who have also allied with the Vongola Family. Mammon, undoubtly, is still the holder of the Mist in the Varia. Technically, in terms of appearance, they are six years old. Their real age is a real mystery hidden underneath the sandstorm they call brain.
''Hmmm.'' Enma contemplate a little. ''You have become less of a wimp, well after everything you went through, that is a given.'' To which Tsuna's cheek twinge with pink and Enma's soft laughter. ''You have become more of a boss.'' Tsuna couldn't help but notice the undertone of sadness Enma's voice has taken on.
''…'' Tsuna could only stare at Enma, unsure of what to respond.
''It's okay, honestly. You don't have to feel sorry or anything, it's just that you have become so busy that we can hardly spend time together like last time.'' Enma refused to look at Tsuna and his eyes stubbornly glared into the far-away horizon. ''It's like you already have a path in life and a goal in mind, but I'm still stuck here, waiting for some miracle to happen.''
And then Tsuna realized how much Enma had opened up to him since the first time he met him. He used to be such a reticent person; they were like two peas in a pod, but now they were talking to each other almost like family like it was a given thing.
''Why don't you go back to being the boss of the Shimon Family?'' Tsuna mused without the intentions of saying it out loud, to which both pair of eyes widen in surprise. ''N-No! I know you don't exactly fancy the mafia, but…'' Tsuna let the sentence trail off, leaving it up to Enma to think over what he had to say.
''Just like Cozarto Shimon and Giotto Ieyasu did…'' The words rolled off Enma's tongue before he could catch himself, and hiccupped when he realised it. ''A-ah…'' Enma panicked when he saw Tsuna's face go into brooding mood, a pained expression soon replacing as jolts of razor sharp pain reverberated in his head, jabbing at his brain.
''G…io…tto.'' Tsuna clutched at his brown locks, hands tightening their grip to a deathly white as though the physical pain could negate the mental pain in his head as brief flashes of short, distorted and grained images emerged in his brain and disappearing as suddenly as they appeared.
''And after all the warnings they gave me not to mention his name…'' Enma mumbled dejectedly as he rubbed that particular bulge between his left thumb and palm with his right thumb, an action he always do when he was nervous or almost on the verge of break-down from stress and panic. A gloomy atmosphere descended upon Enma, coupled with the slouch he had developed over years of crawling into himself and band-aids made him looked exactly like a beaten-up puppy.
''Tsuna, are you okay?'' Enma asked in a concerned voice, patting Tsuna's back comfortingly as Tsuna struggled to live through the intense red-hot pain concentrated in his head. After quite a while, Tsuna managed to withstand the throbbing headache and give Enma a wan smile as a response. Enma sighed in relief and gave Tsuna a really short hug that barely lasted more than a second when their unclothed skin meet.
''I have to go, they are waiting for me.'' Enma sheepishly scratched at the back of his neck. ''I'm sorry.''
''No, it's okay. See you soon.'' Tsuna waved in which he was given one in return.
Enma turned around to run back off, but he paused, hesitated and then spun back round. ''I hope you remember him. You never break a promise. Even if you forget, you still have to remember it.'' Enma took off, leaving dusts in his wake without giving Tsuna a chance to even react.
''… Remember who?''
Tsuna thought better than to stand directly underneath the blazingly hot summer sun thinking about Enma's words.
''Hey, why don't you tell me.'' Tsuna held up the ring he had come to wear naturally like his undergarments. He tried hard to ignore the peculiar looks normal people give him when he take a pleasant stroll in the shopping district because of it, but he couldn't do anything like taking it off, since it held the soul of Natsu as well and the wills of the previous Vongola bosses.
Wills?
''Somehow, please let me remember,'' Tsuna brought the ring close to his lips as he whispered in a desperate plea. ''This one person who I cannot forget but I have forgotten.''
Tsuna paused for a few seconds.
Nothing happened.
Life just don't work that way.
Tsuna sighed in disappointment, expecting something so dramatic not to happen realistically. He had expected it, but he still couldn't help but feel really dejected at the lack of response from the ring that had made his life went through hell and heaven. It was all because of the ring that his normal, no-good life was thrown into the shambles of the underworld, having no choice but to fight to protect what he held dearly to his heart, to not let himself shatter.
''Tsuna.'' A voice smooth like fondue chocolate echoed in his mind.
It was just then, a bright light emitted from the ring and Tsuna could only watched on in shock as the light grew bright enough to blind his vision and large enough to surround his body in it. He felt himself being lifted slightly into the air and his vision grew dark.
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''Ow!'' Tsuna whimpered as he thrown down at the rock hard ground, he could feel the headache ebbing back and forth in his mind like a Tsunami that had yet to strike but one could see it coming. He could feel something soft tickling his legs, but he ignored it. The pain was growing in intensity and it was making his vision swim.
It was dark, Tsuna realized with a start when his vision adjusted.
'Wasn't it bright just a moment ago?' Tsuna wondered curiously but he swept that issue to the back of his mind. It was more crucial to know where he was.
Struggling to stand up to get a better view of where he was rather than just staring straight into the earthly soil, he kneeled up and he could see candle-lights flittering out from some rooms from an all-too-familiar grandiose mansion.
''The Vongola Mansion!?'' Tsuna shouted out and slapped a hand to his mouth, gawping at the mansion he could never quite remember the entirety of it because it was just that huge (Or that Tsuna had the best memory on earth). ''This felt like it had happened before.'' Tsuna ducked back down into the flower bed when he could hear voices coming closer. He didn't know why he did it instead of asking for help, but it felt like this was better. His hyper intuition never lies.
''Ti senti meglio?'' A gruff quality voice, but still managing to sound really suave despite how gentle it sounded. Italian, was what Tsuna could figure out from the accent and some basic understanding of the language.
(Are you feeling better?)
''Non lo so,'' a richer voice replied, Tsuna could feel his heart beat faster and a light feeling in his stomach upon hearing that voice.
(I don't know)
''Non si può incolpare'' The other voice said and then pause for a moment. ''Venite a pensarci bene, vi cercarlo?''
(Can't blame you. Come to think of it, will you look for him?)
Another pregnant pause, and Tsuna waited with bated breath.
''G, che potreste essere parlando?''
(G, who might you be talking about?)
Tsuna's heart took a deep dive into the trench when he heard that, his breath catching in his throat when he could roughly guess what they were saying in German. (Once again, Reborn's Spartan classes were doing its magic again).
And another elongated silence fell again.
''No...'' The person now identified as G replied slowly.
(No…'')
Something soft and ticklish started to crawl along Tsuna's calf, which made him flip out and shrilled high-pitchedly and shocked the duo.
''What-?''
(What-?)
''Ci!''
(There!)
Hurried footsteps paced towards Tsuna who was desperately trying to see what on earth is crawling on his leg, but he couldn't see in the shadow of the flowers and he didn't want to stand up either and he didn't have the courage to peek his hand down and peel off whatever godly thing it is that had the best timing to show up of all times.
''Si tratta di una persona?'' G ran over, which made Tsuna even more frightened and flustered like a little fawn that had lost its way and was surrounded by predators.
(It's a person?)
''You!'' G realized in shock when Tsuna's face came in view, somehow automatically switching to Japanese despite speaking Italian all the while.
''Huh?'' Tsuna took a few steps back when G crouched over and peeled off whatever was on his leg.
''It's a caterpillar.'' G explained calmly.
At that, Tsuna sighed contently, grateful it wasn't something as absurd as a centipede or anything. He never liked the creepy crawlies and he never will.
''What are you doing here?'' G asked in an interrogating gruff voice which made Tsuna flinched at the roughness he had used in his tone. It sounded angry, Tsuna couldn't really tell because this red-haired person seemed like he was born with a scowl imprinted on his face. The flame-like tattoo didn't help much at all to be frank. But to Tsuna, it seemed like that particular question held recognition as well.
''I don't know either…'' Tsuna muttered as he stood up and brushed dirt and soil off his clothes. He had adopted a collared white shirt with long dark pants as a more professional looking attire to at least look presentable in front of other Mafioso, and that in itself did wonders in people having a good first impression despite his scrawny build.
''You know him?'' Giotto asked in Japanese also, not missing the recognition in G's tone as well.
G ruminated on it for a moment and with carefully phrased words. ''Yeah, from a long time ago.'' G's lips thinned and his eyes glazed over for a moment as a pained smile forced itself on his face.
Tsuna's eyes widen. He didn't know this person, why would he say he knew him? Was he trying to save him? Do they belong to the Mafia? The Vongola? Tsuna didn't miss the metallic looking gloves that the blond had, and 'I', roman for one embedded in the blue crystalline with a brilliant sheen.
''Primo?'' Tsuna gasped in awe, and he finally got it. He was in the past.
Once again.
''It's a surprise, not many know me by that name. Only my guardians and some others know and call me by that name.''
''Are you the real Vongola Primo?'' Tsuna shrilled in excitement. This was the first time he had seen the Vongola Primo, and everything about him exuded absolute power and gracefulness, like a white lion lazing about majestically in all its glory.
''Huh?'' Primo's eyebrows went above the hairline at Tsuna's reaction.
''A-Ah…'' Tendrils of darkness crept into Tsuna's vision as everything blurred and the red and gold melted and fused as one with the dark.
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''Are you awake?'' Primo asked when the tall and lean figure started to stir in the bed, under the cover of a thick, goose-feather blanket.
''Mmmm…'' Tsuna moaned tiredly and snuggled up more into his pillow and then falling back to sleep with a peaceful sigh.
''Get up already, you brat.'' G pushed Primo slightly to let him pass through and pulled at the blanket.
''Hey G, you don't have to be so violent towards a kid.'' Primo chided with a 'tsk' added in.
''Don't bother being all nice to a kid.'' Daemon snapped. ''Though I suppose he's 19? That makes him more adult-like than I remember then huh.''
''Huh, you know him too?'' Primo asked, confused. Daemon shot a quick glance at G who shook his head emphatically. Daemon got the clue and quickly covered his blunder up.
''Well, I have seen him before and I guess I talked to him before, in the town.''
''Actually, we all knew him.'' Lampo couldn't take the stifling atmosphere anymore. ''It's just that you have forgotten!'' Lampo cried out infuriatingly.
''Lampo, pipe it down. It's night time already.'' G slapped him on the head before turning back to the two, unsure of what to say for once, or maybe quite a few times. There were many times Lampo screwed up a lot of things, and he hoped he didn't once again strike this time. It was too late to take back Lampo's words.
''…''
''F-For now, why don't you tell him your name?'' G could swear the smile on his face looked as hideous as he could imagine and oh god, he didn't just stutter did he?
''Giotto Ieyasu.'' Giotto inaugurated after recovering from the shock thrown at him by Lampo and gave a gracious smile which made butterflies grew in Tsuna's stomach and his body temperature to rise and a mixture of confusion to settle inside in his mind.
''Giotto? Wasn't that what Enma was saying? The person that I cannot forget but I have forgotten…''
''Enma?'' Giotto asked, puzzled. ''Forgotten me?''
''It's dinner time.'' A servant called out abruptly from the ajar door.
''We will think about it later, let's have our dinner.'' Asari said gently, trying to break the tension in the air which had grew so heavy it was almost tangible by touch.
Everyone except Giotto and Tsuna stayed put.
''Let's leave them alone for the time being shall we?'' G whispered to the rest of the guardians and an agreement was reached between them all.
''For once you didn't screw things up.'' G said pointedly to Lampo who just sulked and stick his tongue out at G. ''It's good.''
Moments of silence which seemed to last an eternity before Giotto decided to break the silence.
''Did you really know me? I have been in sleep mode for the past five years and I just woke up yesterday so I probably can't remember a lot of things. Though it seems like you have forgotten too.''
''If I have really forgotten about you, all we have to do, is to just make new memories.'' Tsuna smiled shyly and a light blush coloured his cheeks as he see Giotto's golden eyes widened before softening into the tenderest expression Tsuna had ever seen. He could swear his heart skipped a few beats at that.
''Nice to meet you, I'm Giotto Ieyasu, boss of the Vongola Family.''
''Nice to meet you too, I'm Tsunayoshi Sawada...'' Tsuna decided to leave out the bit about him being the Vongola X.
''Great to have you here.''
''Yeah!'' Tsuna's face brightened up and leapt off the bed.
''For now, I'm starving, so let's go and have dinner?''
''Yes please.'' Tsuna replied politely without meaning to be, but Reborn's etiquette training was just so horrible it was drilled into his entire being already.
''No need to be that polite, it's not like we are exactly strangers. Call me Giotto.''
''Tsuna would be fine too.''
''Then Tsuna.'' Giotto said with a cheeky wink.
''What?''
''Wouldn't you care to explain that ring on your finger?''
''Huh!?'' Tsuna totally was an air-head, and he totally forgot about the most important thing that he needed to keep hidden. ''Ehh….'' Tsuna trailed off as he couldn't bear to glance up at Giotto's smug victorious face.
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''A brat once, a brat forever, even though you are like older already.'' G commented immediately when Tsuna ate in a not-so-decorum manner that he was supposed to be as a mafia boss.
''Can't I be one?'' Tsuna retorted childishly.
''Well, I'm supposed to be the one isn't it? I'm like, for your information, the youngest here.'' Giotto poked a fork in the air towards Tsuna with one eye shut and the corner of his lips pulled upwards.
''Lampo is still pretty upset about that really, technically you don't count as being the youngest, since your body still age but your mentality remains that of a five year-old. Lampo is just lucky he had a brain of a six year-old child who had already matured over the span of five years. If not he would have been three years old.'' G said contentiously while poking a knife into the chunk of steak and sticking it in his mouth while lazily holding out a hand to block Lampo's face from getting too near.
''G, you baddie! What did I do to deserve all your stupid insinuations!?'' Lampo groused piteously and gave up on attacking G since his hands were far too short to be in reach, feeling emasculated (As if he wasn't in the first place).
''Ohhh Lampo just said something I never would have expected him to say.'' Knuckle mused amusedly.
''Can't I use some vocabulary once in a while?'' Lampo growled, actually like a little puppy at a big bulldog, at Knuckle to which who shrugged with a smile and continued eating.
''It's good to know the new teacher worked for Lampo. Lampo really likes the new teacher a lot.'' Asari supplied helpfully.
''Hoooo.'' G smirked at Lampo.
''Baddie G!''
''What a revelation brat, I never knew I was a baddie until today.'' G nonchantly replied and dipped the salad into the sauce and poked at it distastefully. ''Damn vegetables.''
''Honestly, I would have thought you guys have matured, but you are all still the same.'' Giotto sighed in mock disappointment. ''G, eat your veggie or I will sent your love letter out to Daemon.'' Giotto said it as if he was talking about the damn weather and that was probably what pissed G off more.
''WHAT THE HELL MAN.'' Daemon shrunk away from the table, holding up his hands in a mock surrender position and fixing G with a flummoxed glare.
''GIOTTO! NO WAY IN HELL AM I GOING TO EVEN LIKE DAEMON ONE BIT.'' G bristled aggressively, shooting his knife at Giotto to which Tsuna yelped in terror but Giotto dodged it expertly as if he could read the future and know the exact projectile the knife was travelling in.
''Yeah yeah… You didn't specify the receiver so I can just doodle some old man name there and watch you suffer.'' Giotto kept a passive face, but the smirk pulling at his lips didn't go unnoticed. ''I wonder who is the unlucky girl, to actually be liked by this bad-tempered guy.''
''OH MY GOD WHY DID YOU GO THROUGH MY STUFF WITHOUT PERMISSION.''
''Huh? I'm nominally the boss, I have the right to do whatever I want.'' Now Giotto couldn't hold it back anymore and he burst into fits of laughter and clutching his stomach for dear life.
G stood passively for a few moments, bemused and offended before grumbling some incomprehensive stuff under his nose and sat back down, but not without a baleful glare sent in Giotto's direction and a low growl of ''I swear I will make you pay later.''
It was probably only Tsuna who noticed the smile in G's eyes as they went back to eating peacefully again.
Similarly to the other guardians, all of them were hiding their smiles behind a composed mask as they watched Giotto laugh like a child.
Tsuna smiled at this surreal scene that he probably wasn't meant to stumble upon but fate did its thing, and he was glad for how it was treating him.
He could remember vaguely now, his time in the past and it was time to make new memories as well, in which will last perennially into the future this time round.
Tsuna laughed with Giotto.
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Memories fade as time passes with the forbidden fruit being bear on the tree, bittersweet and tempting. Both knowing that the fruit is tainted with poison, yet still consuming it.
The time that has been tainted continues to inch forward with no destination in sight. There is no end to this time circle once it has been tainted and the darkness shall spread more as more time passes by.
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SkyTuna7227, no problem :) I'm a girl too haha, and tomboyish.
KiraLoveless, don't kill yourself, the happy ending has come to comfort your feels :) Hope you enjoy this final chapter of the Tainted Time.
Analyn Rockwand, lol sure? Have fun reading then :)
And oh god, I didn't proofread properly, whatever.
Did you see the parallelism between the events in this chapter with an older chapter? But but but but but, I wonder if anyone knows the meaning of my last paragraph.
And yeah, that's basically the conclusion to this story actually…. But it really feels like it's lacking in satisfaction, so maybe I'm gonna make some epilogue shit and maybe some extra chapters that had events not related to the main storyline, like those chapter 7.5 that kind of thing haha. I actually have a number of extra chapters that I decided not to throw in because that would totally spoil the storyline and I decided to just add it at the end. (Actually I was just lazy but let's not be too specific)
On another note, if you guys actually wanted smut, I'm sorry I read a lot of smut fics but I don't ever attempt to write them because it doesn't have the feel when I write, you know, that sexy feeling lol. What on earth am I talking about I don't even know. Stop it me.
Thanks for sticking around with me for so long, thank you for being so patient with me and this is the first time I actually finish a fic! *Claps, throws confetti* WOOOHOOOO I'm proud of myself, since I rarely had the patience to finish a story *Stares guiltily at the number of fics I didn't finish*.
Actually halfway through, I had already given up on updating, in case you didn't realize from the long weeks of absence, because I was getting far too lazy at the lack of response, I will be frank now. It's just like 'ahhh I don't give a damn anymore'. But then out of the blue there will be followers or favouriters popping out of nowhere, and then I thought, 'Why not finish this fic?' as I looked at my email inbox.
As a writer, it really feels heart-warming when your readers appreciate your story, and I'm pretty much wrote this fic for you guys, so cheers for you guys! :)
With that, I end this fic on a (not so) happy note and thanks as always~
I declare this fic complete.