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Ok, ok, I know I said last chapter in my Author Notes, that 'The News' was up next but I thought (and Vanilla-Del too!) it was more appropriate to continue off from where chapter 4 ended, it would be easier for you guys and less confusing (for both of us).

Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn or any characters mentioned here… only Yuee. And Umei is owned by .Vanilla-Delight.

Dedicated to:

Vanilla-Delight (In fact, the whole story is dedicated to you)

Chapter 05: The awakening

"W…Who am I?" he asked again.

Tsuna stared at the girl sitting across of him. She was cute, and remembered him of someone, but he couldn't remember who. Of course he wouldn't, he woke up, and doesn't even remember his own name, where he lived, his friends, his hobbies, nothing! So he could only hope the teen-girl would help him in answering all the questions he had.

"I…" he started, "… can't remember anything about myself…" he looked down at his lap and clenched the white sheet with his hands. "What is my name…? How old am I? Where do I live? And… how I ended up in this bed…?" he looked up and stared at her. "So I was hoping you would know something…" he found himself blurting out some of the questions he was wondering about to her.

"E…r, well…" he heard her stammering a bit with her eyes still wide; she looked shocked, but not as much as before. He found her staring at him with eyes just as confused as his. Yuee closed her eyes for a couple of seconds before re-opening them and gave an answer.

"I don't exactly know either." He blinked a couple of times and was about to ask her what she meant, but she won him to it; "The only thing I know about you is that you're Sawada Tsunayoshi. You're probably from Japan, since you have Asian features and from the plane we found you." She muttered the last part, as if talking to herself.

"P-Plane?" although it she mumbled it to herself, Tsuna heard her perfectly clear. She looked up from where she was staring at the floor in thought and shifted a bit her position.

"Yes," she crossed one leg over the other and she straightens up, with her back almost touching the back of the seat. "You were in a crashed airplane. All the passengers were… badly injured to point of them…" she left her sentence undone, for she didn't want him to know what she encountered upon entering the aircraft. She shook her head to the sides, telling him it was better for him not to know it now. "You're no exception tho," she continued and pointed at his forehead and chest. Yuee tried her best to forget that bloody memory and to ignore the slight greenish face of the male on the bed. "You were lucky enough to survive from the blood lose, the crash, and to be found by my travelling companions and me." A small smile rolled up on her cheeks.

"Anyways," she shook her head again, "If you like, we could investigate about you if you want."

"I… I'll really appreciate it…" he said nervously as he stared shyly at the woman in front.

Honestly, he acts like a little boy. She tried to suppress a small giggle at the thought. She began gathering her things to leave for the night since it was getting late. She stood up from the chair carrying her bag and headed to the door "I'll be back tomorrow to check on you—" she stopped on her steps, "It's not a bother… right?"

"O-Of course not!" he wailed, "You're the only person I've met until now and I'm grateful to you and your friends for rescuing me— Ow!" he hissed at the pain that was beginning to form in his chest.

Yuee turned around and giggled at the wailing man, "You shouldn't get too worked up over such a small thing; it will end up hurting you, like now," she turned again and headed to the door. "I'll get a doctor to check up on you, just to make sure you didn't open any stitches." She grabbed and turned the door handle.

About to exit the room, she heard Tsuna called her and she halted her steps to cock her head over her shoulder as she gave a questioning gaze, "I didn't get your name," he whispered loudly, clearly not wanting to wake up the other patients.

The latter blinked a few times and answered the question, "Scarlett Yuee…" she blushed at her idiotic name and waited for him to say something like: 'What a weird name!' or 'Otaku much?' as she stared at the floor.

"It's a nice name," she looked up just to see him smiling, without any malice, as he complimented her name.

A light color pink grew on her cheeks and she returned the smile with a small, shy one. "Thank you… You're the first to ever say that." She walked out the door before saying loudly enough for him hear but softly enough to not to make the other patients wake up or doctors to come at her and tell her to be silent: "Have pleasant dreams, Tsunayoshi."

The night passed by as soon as Tsuna closed his eyes. As soon as he saw the door close behind Yuee, and the light steps moving against the floor down the hall, he fell asleep. Feeling as if he spent all his energy at the conversation with the girl who saved him; even if he slept most of the day, he still felt rather tired.

The morning came quickly and our dear Tsuna woke up at the sounds of what seemed to be birds, happily chirping next to the wide window. He opened his eyes, trying to catch sight of the birds, only to be greeted by the rays of light from the sun. It took him a couple of blinks before he could focus completely his vision and open them without the fear of getting them hurt from the sunlight.

The first thing he saw was the white ceiling of the room he was resting in. Sitting up, he glanced towards the window, and saw the small puff singing balls in the edge of the window. It was opened. Weird, he thought. Since last night was closed. Still thinking about how the window ended up that way with the curtains wide open to let the sunlight enter the room, he didn't hear the door open.

"Ah, good morning," a female voice said as soon as the door was wide open. Turning his attention towards the door, what he saw was not a nurse, but Umei herself, although he didn't know about that yet. Her eyes were half lidded, as if too lazy to open them up fully and were shadowed by her bags. What she wore was yet another short Chinese dress, but this one was a dark red with a golden dragon as if he was embracing her waist and stopping below her chest; as for foot wear, it were golden-like ballerina shoes and her hair was up on a bun on the left side of her head and an elegant brooch decorating it, golden also. "How are you feeling this morning?" she asked.

"Umm… Good, thank you… but who are you?"

Umei blinked at the question but answered, "Kimi Mei," she entered the room. "I take you already know Yuee?" she questioned as she searched for a chair for her to sit in.

He nodded, "Y…You know her?"

"Know her?" she looked up from where she dusted off invisible dust from the chair she was about to sit on, "I live, work and travel with her." She gave a short giggle from her answer and continued into sitting down the piece of furniture. "I hope you don't mind me being with you this morning."

"N-Not at all!" he exclaimed, "You're v-very welcomed!"

She raised an elegant eyebrow at his wailing but smiled, "Thank you." She thanked in return for the hospitality. She took out a book from a purse she was carrying.

Tsuna suddenly remembered something Yuee told him last night about what Mei responded to his question:

"I live, work and travel with her." Mei said as she voiced a small giggle.

"—from the plane we found you." Yuee muttered under her breath.

"— and to be found by my travelling companions and me."

"So you were with Yuee-san when she found me?" he asked out of the blue but was directed at Umei. The question caught Umei's attention and looked up from the book she was reading.

"Pretty much… yeah," she closed the book and continued, "Not only was it me, but other two also, males; Irie Shouichi and Spanner. We were on our way to Venice, but Yuee noticed a thick fog of smoke coming from the ground and it was from the plane you were travelling. As soon as we notice it was a crashed airplane, she prepared herself up to jump out of the jet and go to the plane to find survivors… only to find you. So, we did a bit of First aid on you as she rushed to a hospital. Most of them didn't want to be involved in this while the other few were booked up. The only hope we had was Pisa. And here we are, in Pisa."

Tsuna's eyes widened at the explanation of how and what happened when they found him. They risked their lives to save him, a complete stranger.

"Don't look so shocked," a soft smile appeared on her face at the expression the other took hold of. "Yuee is like that, trying to protect or save those who she can. Even if you were a stranger to us, you're a human, a person who had the opportunity of still experiencing life after the accident that happened." Tsuna found himself smiling at the words of the other woman; they were so honest and nice. Umei re-opened the book she was reading and refocused on where she left off. Tsuna took this as the end of the conversation, but he didn't felt himself

Speaking of Yuee…

Now that he noticed it, Yuee did said she'll be with him the next morning but wasn't here. "A… And where is Yuee-san?"

A/N: As much as I hate it leave it there, I must. You see minna, it's already past mid night and tomorrow I'll be leaving for Canada for a week. I don't know if I'll be able to update, but I'll take my laptop to write a couple of chapters in the trip. ^^

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