Hey everybody, starting today my story will be following the anime.
For example this chapter is starting from episode 16.
And another quick note, I'm currently on reading week for uni so that's why I'm able to do so many updates but come next Monday (23rd) I'm back at university so what I'll try and do is do a chapter/episode per week, however that won't be the case every week so please bear with me. :)
Previously:
"Something tells me with you here means school isn't ever going to be the same again" Tsuna asked, Aria grinned
"Of course not,I have six years of catching up to do and that includes pranks" Aria said as she winked at Tsuna before turning around to face the front of the class again, the next teacher just turned up for the next lesson.
Tsuna sighed when he realised that this was gonna be one hell of a week.
Chapter 5/episode 16: escape from Death Mountain
Normal POV:
Dino blinked a couple of times as he stared at the three teens in front of him 'I swear I only contacted the two boys' he thought to himself, he cleared his throat before turning to the third teen "and who are you?" He asked politely, he didn't recognise this young girl from when he was here last week but it wouldn't surprise him if Reborn had already got another member of Tsuna's family to join.
The young girl smiled as she held out her hand "hi I'm Aria, you must be Dino-San right? Tsuna has told me a lot about you" she said, Dino hesitantly shook her hand, he looked over to the two boys – Gokudera and Yamamoto – in confusion.
"Ah Dino-San" Gokudera then cut in "this is Aria-San, Juudaime's best friend, she got back from America last week" he explained
"Oh" Dino said as he examined the young girl, she was smaller than the two male teens and her eyes held a look of innocence, as if she was almost too fragile to even be here "and how come you're here as well? I'm not trying to be rude but I swore I only contacted Gokudera and Yamamoto" he then asked.
"Ma ma, it's fine. Aria was on her way to Tsuna's when she bumped into us and when we explained where we were going she was adamant to tag along" Yamamoto explained as he swung his arm over Aria's shoulder.
"Fair enough" Dino said "come on I'll lead and explain to you what's going on this way" he explained as he nodded his head towards the bridge.
"Man it's cold" Gokudera complained as he wrapped his arms tight around his chest "why are we on a mountain during winter?"
"It's all right, you don't get the chance to see this much nature very often" Yamamoto replied, Aria nodded her head in agreement
"I spent six years in New York, I've missed all this fresh air" Aria commented as she stretched her arms in the air and took a deep breath of air and sighed.
"This unexplored region isn't even on the map" Dino pointed out as he turned to look at the three teens, Gokudera glared at Dino while he breathed into his hands in an attempt to keep them warm
"Oi, Juudaime had better be here. If you lied, I won't forgive you" Gokudera said
"Don't worry, he should have come here earlier with Reborn" Dino said, Aria tilted her head in confusion "what's up here on the mountain" Aria asked curiously just as they finished crossing the bridge. "Reborn is training Tsuna, and he asked me to help. I wanted the two of you to help out" Dino explained as he gestured to the two male teens. Aria grimaced when she heard Dino mention Reborn and his training as she recalled Tsuna's earlier statement '- he's a statistic demon child, hellbent on torturing me-'if she remembered correctly.
Gokudera shrugged "I'll go anywhere if you say it's for Juudaime"
"HELP ME!" They suddenly heard a voice in the distance, Aria paled as she recognised the voice.
"That's Tsuna" she exclaimed before taking off in the direction of Tsuna's voice, the other three followed.
"I'm gonna fall!" Exclaimed Tsuna as he held onto the edge of the cliff, how he got there? You really don't want to know. "Help me!" He screamed out again, but the part of ledge he was clinging to begin to crumble and soon he began falling but something grabbed his right wrist which prevented from falling any further, looking up he sighed in relief at who he saw.
"Juudaime/Tsuna!" Gokudera and Yamamoto cried out as they approached the cliff and watched as Dino grabbed Tuna's wrist.
"You certainly are a handful little brother" Dino gasped out as he used the rest of his strength to stop himself from going over the cliff. "Thank you Dino-San" thanked Tsuna, as he watched Dino pull him up
"It's fine" Dino replied with till he slipped and had started to fall off the cliff as well had it not been for Yamamoto's and Gokudera's quick thinking and grabbed ahold of Dino to stop him going over. Tsuna sighed as they managed to pull him up, and just as he was about to thank his friends he was suddenly hit round the head,
"Itai" he exclaimed as he crouched to the floor clutching his head, looking up he saw Aria glaring at him
"What do you think you were doing you knucklehead" she exclaimed as she placed her hands on her hips "that was totally irresponsible you Baka" she then yelled, Tsuna quickly stood up and held his hands out in surrender but before he could talk he was engulfed in a hug by the angry Girl "don't ever do that again, we had a deal" she mumbled into his shoulder. Tsuna smiled softly before returning the hug.
"Sorry sorry" Dino said to Tsuna as they walked into the forest "sorry doesn't cut it" Gokudera yelled out to Dino before Tsuna could reply
"I can't believe I did that. Sorry, Tsuna" Dino once again apologised to the brunette "it's all right" Aria then spoke up as she placed a hand on Gokudera's chest, her eyes literally telling him to shut up now. Gokudera grumbled in defeat before turning away...
"If we hadn't saved you, by now you'd be..." Gokudera mumbled quietly, Aria paled at the image but then shook her head of those thoughts 'yeah but it's fine now, Tsuna is next to you so you have nothing to worry about' she thought to herself.
"Eh" Tsuna suddenly stopped as he realised something 'it couldn't be' he thought to himself "um, Dino-San, are your subordinates with you today?" He asked
"No, they took a vacation to some hot springs" Dino responded with as he carried on walking, not noticing the panicked look that appeared on Tsuna's face, hot springs?' Tsuna thought. "I told them that they should relax from time to time, taking care of subordinates is the boss' job" Dino explained, Aria looked at Tsuna in confusion.
"In other words, dino-sans motor skills are no good today" Tsuna whispered to Aria so that Dino couldn't hear him, Aria hummed in understanding as she recalled Tsuna explaining how hopeless Dino was without his subordinates, 'and I was so glad that he showed up' Tsuna sighed dejectedly at himself
"Is something the matter" Dino then asked as he turned around to face the group when he realised that Tsuna had stopped walking
"No! Nothing!" Exclaimed Tsuna rather quickly, Dino looked around "by the way, where's Reborn? Wasn't he with you?" Dino asked confusedly.
Tsuna sighed "until the base of the mountain, then he said I should Continue on my own" he reached into his pocket and unfolded a map of Japan with red writing on it saying around here and an arrow pointing somewhere. "He left me this map"
"It's so very simple" Gokudera commented as he crouched down next to Tsuna, who had sunk to the floor, to examine the map. "Thanks to this, I got lost and nearly fell off a cliff. It's been terrible" Tsuna explained miserably.
Dino shoved his hands into his coats pockets "this is a part of your training too. Do your best" he said, Yamamoto who was also crouched down stood up before laughing, grabbing the attention of the others
"It's so childlike and cute" he commented, Aria sweat dropped at Yamamoto's obliviousness 'Tsuna wasn't joking when he said Yamamoto thought this was a game' she thought as he stretched his arms behind his head "he said 'around here', so let's just poke around" he suggested and began walking off.
"It's not a joke" Aria pointed out "there's no way we can reach him like this" as she pointed to the map in Tsuna's hands.
"See! Here it is!" Exclaimed Yamamoto as he leant against the sign saying 'around here' and grinned happily. "That was fast!" Exclaimed Tsuna in shock as he approached His friend "it's true, it really says 'around here'" he said.
"Thanks for pointing that out Mr. Obvious" Aria said sarcastically as she crossed her arms, Tsuna playfully glared at his friend "there's something written under it" Yamamoto quickly pointed out as he read the next sign underneath "danger, falling bears, what's this?" He asked curiously.
"Could it mean 'danger, falling rocks'?" Aria suggested as she walked over to the teens "or danger, bears. He sure does make stupid mistakes" Gokudera suggested as well
"No" the four teens turned to Dino. "You should be careful" Dino then warned, Aria and Tsuna paled at Dino's warning.
"Baka" said Gokudera, completely not fazed by Dino. "Like a bear would actually fall on us" he logically pointed out. However they suddenly looked up as they could hear something hurtling towards them.
"A bear!" Tsuna freaked when he saw an actual bear coming towards them. "It's seriously falling on us!" He then yelled, they all quickly moved out of the way as the bear had landed where the sign post used to be, they watched as the bear began to spin around in circles "be careful, Juudaime" yelled out Gokudera, Tsuna quickly looked at his right hand man before looking up And screamed as he realised more bears where falling out of the sky and directly at them. "RUN!" Screamed Tsuna as he grabbed Aria's wrist and began dragging her in the opposite direction of the bears, the others also following his lead.
"Shouldn't bears be in hibernation?!" Aria shouted to the others as they tried to escape, Yamamoto looked over his shoulder at Tsuna and Aria "I've heard they wake up from time to time" he explained "that's not the issue!" Gokudera yelled at Yamamoto. They continued running down the path until they saw on their left side a ledge, quickly running they leaped onto the side to dodge the bears. Dino also grabbed Tsuna's hand to help pull him up. Aria and the others panted from exhaustion as they watched the bears continue spinning down the path
"We're safe" Tsuna said as he got his breath back, "let's go before they come back" he pointed out as they began walking in the opposite direction.
"Again" yelled Gokudera in disbelief as they ended up in front of another sign stating 'around here'
"Beware of surprises" Tsuna said confusedly as he read the nest sign underneath. "Oi, there's a bat here" Yamamoto pointed out as he went towards the tree and picked up the bat.
"Tch, baseball maniac" Gokudera muttered, "but how does he plan on surprising us?" Aria then asked, Tsuna walked over to some bushes "I wonder if someone's hiding in the bushes" he asks himself. Aria began walking over to Tsuna when suddenly Dino yelled out to her
"Aria LOOK OUT!" Dino yelled, Aria froze in her spot as she saw some sort or brown spiked balls heading directly at her, her eyes widened as she froze, her legs unwilling to cooperate. Tsuna turned around as he heard Dino yell to Aria and panicked when he saw what was happening
"ARIA!" He called out as he ran over to said girl, who was luckily enough only a few metres away from him, before he tackled her to the ground and shielded her body from the spiked balls "Itai, Itai, Itai" he mumbled to himself as he got hit by a few spikes
"YOSH!" Yelled Yamamoto as he stood in front of the two and pulled the bat back as he began defending Tsuna and Aria from the spikes, "now this is fun" he said as he got into a batting position, "that was great Yamamoto, thank you" Tsuna commented as he got off of Aria and looked down at said girl. "Aria, are you alright?" He asked as he checked over the girl to see if she had any injuries, Aria nodded mutely, as she slowly sat up.
"It's an all-natural batting centre" Yamamoto said "YOSH, keep 'em coming" he yelled out to the tree where the first set of spiked balls came from, Tsuna sweat dropped at his friends actions. Gokudera meanwhile ran over and stopped in front of Yamamoto
"I can't let Yamamoto show off" he told himself "send me something more surprises" he said as he pulled out his dynamite, "you weren't joking when you said he literally carried dynamite on him did you" Aria asked Tsuna as she pointed to Gokudera, Tsuna chuckled sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his neck. "I've got it under control" Gokudera claimed proudly.
However the spiked balls never came, they watched in anticipation for the next set of 'surprises', Dino who was observing what was going on began to smirk, as the some of the tree branches began to rustle. "Come at me" yelled Gokudera as he lit his dynamite however he took a step back in shock as a, literally giant, chestnut flew into Gokudera who in surprise dropped his dynamite as he was flung into the other teens.
"Hiieeeee" screeched Tsuna as a couple of lit dynamite landed next to him and Aria. "Ah crap" Aria muttered as the dynamite exploded. Dino watched in amusement as the smoke cleared, revealing four teens covered in smoke "gah" said Tsuna as smoke came out of his mouth.
"How pathetic "said a high pitched voice? Aria watched as reborn came out of the tree dressed as one of those giant spikes that was thrown at them. "It won't be much of a training session if you get taken out so soon." He pointed out
"Reborn! So it was all your fault" exclaimed Tsuna as he helped Aria back up, "thanks" she quietly muttered, Tsuna smiled at her before turning to glare angrily at Reborn. "I made an exact replica of the death mountain in Italy, you guys need to put a little more effort into this" Reborn explained.
"D-death mountain" Gokudera stammered out, "what is that" Tsuna asked as he noticed the sudden change in his right hand man's attitude. "It's the Vongola's secret training facility. They say, in the whole world, it's the most severe. And only one out of hundred escape." Gokudera explained, Aria paled at this new information.
"One out of a hundred!" Yelled Tsuna in shock,
"That sounds like fun" said Yamamoto as he swung the bat onto his shoulders, "stuff like this needs to be exaggerated". Aria face palmed he still thinks this is all a game'
"Yamamoto, this is serious" Tsuna said as he tried to explain the severity of the situation, while Yamamoto grinned like a mad man. Just then Dino stood in.
"Tsuna, if you can clear this, it means you've gotten that much stronger" Dino pointed out. "I'll watch over as your official, so do your best" he finished as he placed his hands on his hips.
Tsuna visibly deflated "wait a second, I never agreed to do this" he attempted to explain.
"GAH! It's cold!" Screamed Tsuna who was currently tied to a large rock underneath a waterfall in only a Lionel cloth. His three friends stood nearby as they tried to cheer him on, well Aria was anyway "you can do it Yoshi-kun" she cheered, reverting to the old nickname she gave Tsuna when they were younger. Meanwhile Reborn and Dino sat further away from the teens so that they did not listen in on their conversation.
"So Aria's apart of the familia" Dino began as he nodded towards said girl.
"Ah" said Reborn as he sipped on his coffee.
"It seems Tsuna's really protective of her" Dino pointed out
Reborn smirked "tch, of course he should, he's the one who invited her into the familia, not me" Reborn explained
"What" exclaimed Dino?
"I had no idea about Aria till I met her last weekend, she claims to be Tsuna's best friend but moved to America six years ago. As soon as mama told me about her I was thinking of getting her to join but it seemed dame-Tsuna did that on his own" Reborn explained as he continued to drink his coffee.
"Did you do a background check" Dino asked curiously
"Yes and no, I got everything while she grew up in Japan however as soon as I checked anything about when she was in America it was all heavily guarded, and the worrying thing is is that I don't think she knows this" Reborn explained.
"So someone's trying to keep her a secret?" Dino guessed
"Ah. Something's happened, for even the most basic stuff that even the public could easily find is being guarded. According to the database she was never in an America to begin with" Reborn explained but was suddenly interrupted by Tsuna.
"What kind of training is this? Reborn! Say something!" Tsuna yelled at the infant.
"Don't sound so pathetic Tsuna" Dino said as he peeled an orange. "That's right" Reborn piped in "if you're a Mafioso you need to endure at least that low temperature" he explained
"Don't say that while you're inside a Kotasu (1)! That's unfair" Tsuna angrily shouted to Reborn.
Gokudera and Yamamoto watched nervously, "just watching him is making me freeze" Gokudera said. "It's more of an asceticism than training" Yamamoto pointed out. Aria chuckled "training is like that sometimes, you need to get used to your environment before learning in it" Aria explained
Tsuna sighed as he lent his head back against the rock "I'm finally getting used to this" he muttered to himself "Itai, Itai" Tsuna suddenly yelled out in pain, "what are these?" He asked as he watched the two rubber ducks that hit him in the head float away.
"Just sitting under a waterfall isn't much of an accomplishment" Reborn explained before smirking "so, do it while avoiding those"? Suddenly a whole bucket load of rubber ducks fell on top of Tsuna, Aria winced how's he supposed to avoid them like that' she mentally shouted. "Take it seriously" reborn yelled
"How can I while I'm tied up!" Tsuna yelled back, he was really starting to get fed up with this 'training exercise' reborn thought of.
"Do something about that in your own" reborn said, he took a sip of his coffee "but more importantly look up"
Tsuna looked puzzled for a second before looking up, his jaw falling to the ground in shock "WHAT IS THAT!" He yelled as he saw a ginormous rubber duck at the top of the waterfall.
"You better hurry up" reborn said, "if that falls, you'll be flattened" Reborn teased. Tsuna freaked out and began trying to untie himself, Aria however paled and looked over to Reborn
"Ne Reborn, he'll be okay right" Aria asked worriedly, she didn't really want to lose her best friend by him being squished by a rubber duck. Reborn glanced over to the raven haired girl and shrugged his shoulders. Aria sighed and continued to watch her friend struggle. She honestly wanted to help but Reborn said this was something for him to do alone. However she did slightly giggle at Tsuna's failed attempt of untying the ropes.
"HIEEEE!" Screeched Tsuna as the duck fell and landed on him and caused a massive splash which only just missed the three teens. They watched as Tsuna slowly floated up to the surface "Tsuna!" Yelled out Aria as she ran over to her friend to help him out of the water and into something warmer.
Aria watched as Tsuna, now in clean and dry clothes, kneeled as close to the fire as possible while shivering like mad poor Tsuna, he'll probably end up ill at this rate' she thought.
"Were you trying to kill me?!" Tsuna yelled angrily at Reborn.
Reborn shrugged as he sat next to Dino on the rocks "your alive, so don't complain" he said, Yamamoto kneeled down next to Tsuna and placed his hand on Tsuna's shoulder
"Come on, calm down" he said, but pulled his hand back when Tsuna quickly shrugged him off, stood up and began to walk away before stopping. Tsuna clenched his fists, Aria could see he was almost at breaking point.
"I'm going home" stated Tsuna, as he continued running.
"Juudaime" whispered Gokudera in shock, he's never seen Tsuna act like this before.
"Reborn, aren't you going to stop him" Dino asked as he looked down at the infant. Reborn looked down as he smirked, his fedora covering his eyes "I don't mind" he said, the others looked shockingly at him
"Are we cancelling the training" Yamamoto asked, almost dejectedly.
Aria clenched her teeth together, she knew that this was another test for Tsuna, 'reborn knows he's going to come back,' she knew what his test was but she also realised a flaw in it 'stupid kid, Tsuna won't come back unless there's a reason for him to stay here' and within that second she made up her mind, she took off after Tsuna.
"TSUNA!" She yelled as she approached the brunette, without giving him the chance to stop and turn around she launched herself at Tsuna and wrapped her arms around his waist, burying her head into his back, Tsuna tensed at the action. He wasn't expecting Aria to come after him.
"Ari-chan?" He asked quietly
"Please come back" she said, her voice slightly muffled due to her leaning against his back "I know this is hard and that it's dangerous. But this is what it will be like in the future, we can't always run when life gets tough." She let go slightly so that Tsuna could turn around
"Aria" he began but Aria held her hand up
"Just let me say this please" she said as she closed her eyes and let a breath of air "this is who we are now and I honestly wouldn't change it for the world, but watching you and all this training and your Tutors crazy training schemes made me realise just how real this world is now. I know this is hard and you probably want to scream bloody murder but you're forgetting that we're all here for you, Gokudera and Yamamoto are here, Dino –boss of another family sees you like a little brother and even Reborn is here. Granted I'm starting to question his sanity and his training methods. But he's here to help you become a Mafia boss." Tears began to leak out of Aria's eyes as she talked, just talking about the Mafia has made her realise just how serious this all is, and that fact that she could lose her best friend because of it
"Ah, Aria" Tsuna said as he pulled his best friend into a hug as she began crying, he hated it when Aria cried "shh, none of it's your fault. It's just reborn he knows what buttons to push" he tried to explain
Aria laughed as she brushed some of her tears away "I could tell, you were so close to breaking point earlier" she then pointed out, suddenly she started grinning as she thought of a plan
"Why are you smiling like that?" Tsuna asked worriedly
"Well, you know that Reborn said this was training for you to be a Mafia boss but you don't want to be one right?" aria asked, Tsuna just nodded in confirmation, which just made Aria's grin wider "then how about you do the training but not because you want to be a Mafia boss but because you want to protect the people closest to you, look at it from a different angle" Aria suggested.
Tsuna smiled as he processed what Aria said "ha Aria you're a genius" he exclaimed as he wrapped his arms around her waist before hosteling her up and spinning her round, causing Aria to laugh at his actions "come on, we need to get back to the others" Tsuna said as he put her down and began walking back in the direction where the other were.
"Tsuna!" exclaimed Dino as he watched said teen and Aria walk back towards the group
"What's the matter, aren't you going home" reborn asked cheekily, Tsuna looked over at Aria before turning back to Reborn
"I'll go through with the training" Tsuna dramatically said as he sulked over to the group
"In other words he didn't know the way off the mountain" explained Aria as she nudged Tsuna with her elbow and winked at him.
"Since your all here, I'll have you all help with the next session" reborn said as he stood up from his spot and brought out Enzo, Dino's pet. "Oh, Enzo!" Exclaimed Dino as he examined the pocket he thought Enzo was in. "When did you take him" Dino asked curiously. Reborn smirked "bye" he yelled as he threw the turtle into the water.
"Baka!" Yelled Tsuna, Aria watched confusedly "what's wrong?" She asked as she tilted her head to one side that's right, Aria hasn't seen Enzo before' Tsuna remembered.
"The next session is a death match against Enzo" explained Reborn, aria blinked "am I missing something" she asked herself.
"Don't be stupid!" Tsuna than yelled at Reborn before turning back to the little lake that Reborn had thrown Enzo into. Aria paled as she saw a giant version of Enzo come out of the water "what is that!" She screamed as Tsuna grabbed her right arm and Dino grabbed her left arm and pulled her back away from Enzo
"That's Enzo" Dino explained, aria just stared at him like he's grown two heads suddenly.
"That's-" Yamamoto began as he backed away while holding Reborn before hearing some sort of screech and turned to Gokudera to see said person on the ground in a prayers position screaming something about 'a Lord of the mountain being angered' and so forth. Tsuna ran over to Gokudera and tried to explain that it's Enzo and not some mountain Lord that wants to kill them. However Tsuna then quickly grabbed Gokudera and pulled him back as Enzo began walking towards them, narrowly missed squishing them in the process.
"What should we do?" Aria asked Dino
"In any case, we can't do anything when he's that big" explained Dino "let's run" he commanded and began running away from Enzo the four teens following closely behind him, unfortunately Enzo also followed them
"If you slow down just a little, you'll be flattened" Reborn stated
"Don't say something like that!" Screamed Aria before looking over at Tsuna "this is your fault" she blamed
"How's it my fault, I'm not the one who threw Enzo in the water" he argued
"You should have told me that Dino's pet could do this" she countered back with
"Yeah well it slipped my mind" Tsuna yelled
"How the fuck do you forget something like this" she shouted as she swung her arm back and gestured at the giant turtle that was trying to squish them
"Um guys? Shouldn't we be more concerned with the fact we're not losing him at all?" Yamamoto asked as he tried to get the two teens to stop arguing
"NOT NOW!" They both shouted as they approached the suspension bridge, Aria slowed down as they began crossing
"I can't believe you" Aria exclaimed as she poked Tsuna in the chest "I thought you told me everything" she accused.
"Are you kidding me? So I forgot one thing, big fucking deal" Tsuna shouted at Aria, the others stared in shock at Tsuna swearing.
"Of course it's a big fucking deal if it's trying to kill us!" Aria countered back as she ran her hand down her face "I can't believe I agreed to all of this" she muttered however Tsuna still heard her
"Then why the hell did you join, all you've done so far is bitch about how dangerous this is" Tsuna argued, aria glared at him
"Because someone needs to keep an eye on you" she shouted as she took a step towards Tsuna
"Well maybe I don't need your help" he shouted
"God you're so childish! I hate you!" She yelled in his face
"And I hate you!" Tsuna responded with. Both teens continued to glare at each other before huffing and turning away from each other. The others stared in shock at what just happened before suddenly remembering just exactly was following them when the bridge they were on began to shake.
"It's shaking" cried Tsuna as everyone grabbed ahold of the sides of the bridge.
"Calm down Tsuna" reassured Yamamoto as he held onto the bridge and Reborn.
"Easier said than done" Tsuna responded with "he's approaching" he said as they watched Enzo walk towards the bridge. Dino had let go of the side and stood in between the teens and Enzo
"Go on ahead" he stated as he pulled out his whip from within his jacket "I'll buy you some time"
"Don't be stupid!" Yelled Gokudera "you won't be able to hold him" he tried reasoning with
"That's right, Dino-San doesn't have his subordinates around today" Tsuna muttered, Dino smirked
"It's time to fight, Enzo!" Dino yelled as he jumped in the air and flickered his wrist in a series of motions before landing back on the bridge. Everyone watched as the bridge suddenly split into several pieces. 'He cut the rope' Aria mentally screamed at Dino's lack of fighting skills. Everyone started screaming as they began free falling to the ground below.
"Ugh, my head" Aria moaned as she came to "what happened?" She asked herself, her eyes widened when she remembered them being chased by a giant turtle and then falling off a bridge, she quickly scanned the area "hello?" She called out when she didn't see anyone else around.
"Aria?" Yamamoto called out as he came out from behind some trees and held out a hand as he approached the teenaged girl "you okay" he asked, Aria sighed in relief as she took his hand and got up
"I'm fine thanks Yamamoto, where is everyone else?" She asked as she brushed the dirt off of her jeans.
"Not sure" he said as his place his hands behind his head "though I think I saw Dino fall somewhere over there" as he nodded his head in the direction he was talking about.
"Let's start searching then" Aria said as she began walking in said direction. The next couple of minutes had consisted of the two teens calling out for the others in a hope that none of them are hurt…hopefully.
"Ne Aria?" Yamamoto asked as he looked over to the girl
"Hmmm" she replied with, Yamamoto put his hands in his pockets and stared up at the sky.
"The fight earlier with Tsuna" he began, he watched as Aria suddenly tensed "do you really hate him?" He asked. Aria visibly deflated.
"Yes…no...I mean… Gah I don't know" she exclaimed as she rubbed her temples "I don't know, that's the first fight I've ever had with yoshi-kun, I don't know how I'm supposed to feel…what if Tsuna now hates me?" She asked suddenly, panicking at the thought that her best friend now hates her, and began pacing back and forth. Yamamoto sighed and placed a hand on her shoulder and squeezed it reassuringly
"He could never hate you, you know him better than anyone else" Yamamoto pointed out, Aria stared at Yamamoto, her baby blue eyes glistened with unshed tears
"But I don't know him, I haven't been here for him for six years. Six years of his life I missed out and when I come home I find out he's the next Mafia boss" she whispered, closing her eyes as a few tears began to fall "how can I be his best friend when I wasn't here, he has every right to hate me" 'and after what happened earlier he'll definitely hate me for sure' she thought
However before Yamamoto could respond they could hear shouting in the distance
"ARIA! YAMAMOTO!" They heard their names being called out by a familiar voice
"Ah, Dino" said Yamamoto as he greeted said person who was running over to them
"Thank goodness you're ok" Dino panted out as he placed his hands on his knees and took in some big gulps of air, Aria quickly removed any trace of her tears with the sleeve of her jacket before 'fake' smiling at Dino
"Yeah we're okay, what about everyone else?" She asked, Yamamoto frowned when he saw her fake smile, though Dino was oblivious to it
"Mm, we're good, the others are up ahead. Gokudera is just waking Tsuna up now" he explained as he pointed behind him "come on".
"Itai, Itai, Itai" mumbled Tsuna as he clutched his head while he sat up,
"Are you alright, Juudaime?" Gokudera asked Tsuna as he crouched down next to him, Gokudera noticed out of the corner of his eye Dino walking back with Aria and Yamamoto.
"I'm alive?" Tsuna asked curiously as he saw Gokudera and Yamamoto next to him, Aria stood further away avoiding eye contact with him before Yamamoto looked up
"It looks like the tree branches acted as a cushion" Yamamoto explained as he placed his hands in his pocket. Tsuna's eyes suddenly widened
"What happened to Enzo?" He exclaimed as he remembered the previous events the occurred.
"He's fine now" explained Dino as he crouched down to Enzo, who was suddenly a lot smaller and on his back "he fell on his back and shrunk quite a bit"
"You guys sure are lucky" said Reborn as he leant against a tree branch, his fedora tipped low enough to shadow his eyes "if Enzo wasn't on his back while you were unconscious, by now you'd be…" He trailed off, Aria paled not wanting to think about the consequences if Enzo hadn't landed on his back, she shuddered at the thought.
"I'm sorry, my hand slipped" Dino apologised, within a flash Yamamoto grabbed Gokudera and held him back
"You bastard! 'My hand slipped' doesn't cut it!" Gokudera yelled as he tried to wriggle out of the grasp Yamamoto had him in.
"Now now. We're all safe; the result is all that matters" Yamamoto attempted to defuse the situation. Gokudera glared at the baseball maniac. "Right" he asked. Reborn smirked
"I wouldn't be so certain that you're safe yet" he commented as he looked up "the problem is your current location"
"You don't know!" Exclaimed Aria in shock
"This mountain is exactly like death mountain, if you get lost, that's the end" reborn explained as they heard some wolves growling in the far distance "no one has returned alive after that. It is a mountain of death"
"This is no time to be smiling!" Cried Tsuna as stream of tears fell down his face "what do we do?" He cried
"It's all right Juudaime, I have this!" Exclaimed Gokudera as he pulled out his blue phone. Tsuna instantly brightened at seeing the phone. "Right, if you ask for help using that-!" Began Tsuna.
"Uh...I'm sorry, we're out of range" he dead panned. Before Tsuna could get upset again Dino cut in.
"Now calm down, my cell could be used from the Middle of the desert" he boasted as he pulled out his phone "it's a satellite phone" he explained before suddenly pulling a funny face "was it shaped like this?" He asked as he looked at his broken phone. Tsuna collapsed to the floor
"Our hopes have been dashed" exclaimed Tsuna in despair
"And we left all the food back there, too" Reborn pointed out
"Why must you whip those already in despair" Tsuna cried out.
"We need to hurry or the sun will set. If we stayed out here, I bet the cold would be terrible" Aria pointed out as she took in the position of the sun 'we haven't got long, it's only mid-afternoon'.
"Stay out here? That's too much" Tsuna said
"Ahhhhh. Ahhhhhh" they heard Reborn shout. Aria squealed as she watched Reborn come in swinging on a vine and in a Tarzan like outfit kawaii' she thought. "Let's survive" announced Reborn as he landed on a tree branch.
"You look like you're having fun" exclaimed Tsuna rather angrily while being held back by Yamamoto
"I have enough for you too" said Reborn as he held out the small meat stick he had
"This is all your fault to begin with" Tsuna cried and attempted to get out of Yamamoto's grip.
"We're going to take a look around so we can go home alive" ordered Reborn. Before jumping off the tree screaming 'ahhhh' on the way.
"Come on, let's have fun" Yamamoto said as he squeezed Tsuna's shoulder reassuringly, Tsuna nodded. "All right let's go" said Dino.
...
"We'll be eaten!" Screamed Tsuna as a giant carnivorous plant tried to eat him.
…
"We'll be eaten!" He screamed again as a giant snake tried to eat him…again
…
"We'll be eaten!" He screamed once again as he got trapped in a giant spiders web. Meanwhile Aria spent most of her time laughing at her friend's habit of almost being eaten by everything they came into contact with.
Tsuna panted as he collapsed on the floor in exhaustion.
"You seem to be continuously eaten" Reborn pointed out as he jumped onto a nearby rock.
"Don't say that while looking like you're having fun" yelled Tsuna as he quickly sat back up and glared at Reborn.
"Um..." Aria started as she looked at the others and not Tsuna, she has yet to talk to him since they argued earlier "wouldn't it be better to stay in one spot and wait for help?" She asked. Reborn jumped onto Yamamoto's shoulder
"There's a good spot right there" he said as he pointed towards a cave.
"A cave?" The five asked curiously as they approached it. Yamamoto was the first to speak up
"We may be able to avoid the cold in here" he commented
"Don't get too close; it may be a ferocious animal's lair" Dino pointed out
"This is no good" Tsuna said as he began to pale "if I get half-eaten again…" He trailed off
"You're the only one that'd happen to" Aria muttered under her breath.
"Yosh. I'll go look inside" Dino offered.
"Wait" exclaimed Gokudera as he placed a hand in Dino's shoulder "I can't leave this up to you. I'm the one that will protect Juudaime" he said determinedly. Dino smirked
"I got it, I'll hand it over to you" he said as he stepped out of the way for Gokudera
"Juudaime! Leave it to me" said Gokudera as he approached the entrance
"All right, be careful" Tsuna warned, "Just scream if you run into trouble" Yamamoto teased
"Who's gonna scream, you moron" Gokudera said to himself as entered the cave. "GAHHHH!" Screamed Gokudera's voice, minutes within entering the cave.
"That's Gokudera-Kuns scream!" Panicked Aria. Dino and Yamamoto stood defensively in front of Tsuna and Aria, bringing out the baseball bat and whip.
"Something's coming out" Yamamoto pointed out as they heard something approaching, a pair of eyes glowed from within
"It's coming out" Tsuna exclaimed and took a step back, Aria instinctively stood behind Tsuna. However they all gaped as they watched an unconscious Gokudera being dragged out by His sister Bianchi.
"Bianchi?!" Tsuna asked confusedly. Suddenly Bianchi dropped Gokudera to the floor and ran over to Reborn.
"Welcome Reborn!" She said as she engulfed the infant in a hug. "Ciaossu" reborn responded with
"Why is Bianchi here" Aria asked as she stepped out from behind Tsuna.
"I arrived here while collecting poisonous mushrooms" Bianchi explained
"So you got lost too?" Tsuna asked, Bianchi giggled "that's not it. But it seems like a fun place. Every time I try to go home, I end up back here" she explained as she continued giggling. Aria and Tsuna sweatdropped 'she hasn't realised that she's lost' they thought.
"Oi poison scorpion" Dino asked as he approached Bianchi "what have you done for food for the last three days" he asked...
"Poisonous mushrooms, poisonous mushrooms and poisonous mushrooms" Bianchi responded with as she held up some mushrooms "if you'd like, I'll treat you to them" she offered. Tsuna held his hands up in surrender
"Who's gonna eat that?!" He muttered to himself, suddenly he heard groaning coming from the cave "is something still in there?" He asked curiously
"Oh yeah" Bianchi realised "I forgot, you guys, come on out" she shouted. They others watched as the two tiny hit men – Lambo and Ipin – came out, any longer and Lambo would have probably peed himself from being so scared.
"Why are you here?" Asked Tsuna, he watched as Haru and Kyoko also walk out of the cave. "Haru! Kyoko-chan" exclaimed Tsuna. Suddenly Haru latched herself around Tsuna's waist and began to cry
"I seriously thought I'd be destroyed out here!" She wailed, "Oi, oi" Tsuna began but then Kyoko also approached him.
"I'm so glad we met up with you" Kyoko admitted. Meanwhile Aria went over to sit next to Yamamoto and a groaning Gokudera who was complaining about his stomach "Are you all right?" Yamamoto asked Aria curiously, still noticing the distant look on the girls face. Aria just shrugged her shoulders and sat next to the boys "We really need to do something about his trauma" Aria pointed out as she looked over at the silverette.
"I was so surprised. Why are you here anyway" Tsuna asked.
"Well" Kyoko explained " this morning Haru-chan mentioned about seeing an ad for a really good cake shop, which was deep in the mountains and only obsessive people go up there. I decided to invite Lambo-kun and Ipin-chan to come along, unfortunately we got lost but Lambo-kun said he knew the way and then we became more and more lost" she finished
"We got here around noon" admitted Haru, Lambo who was sitting on the floor began tearing up
"I did my best! I didn't know the way but I did my very best to lead the way" he admitted as he started crying
"Don't lead anyone when you don't know the route" Tsuna shouted exhaustingly at Lambo, which just caused the child to cry even more. Aria quickly got back up and when over to Lambo.
"For heaven's sake Tsuna he's a child, don't get angry for him he doesn't know any better" exclaimed Aria as she bent down to pick up Lambo and carefully cradled him against her chest before looking down at him "there there it's fine, you did your very best and that's what matters but next time don't offer to lead the way if you don't know it, okay?" Aria explained softly, Lambo wiped his eyes and nodded at Aria
"See no need to shout" she retorted as she looked over at Tsuna. The two teens glared at each other before looking away. Haru and Kyoko also looked at each other in confusion at the hostility of the two normally best friends, Haru decided to try and ease the tension.
"But Haru is so happy" she explained as she clasped her hands together "because you came to rescue us" she said dreamily.
"Ah, well" Tsuna began as he looked over to Haru "actually, were lost too" he admitted
"WHAT?!" Cried Haru as she once again latched herself into Tsuna, and started crying again "what's going to happen to us?" She asked
"This isn't the place for this!" Tsuna said rather alarmed at how much Haru was crying. Bianchi sighed
"Goodness, she's been like that ever since I told them I didn't know the way back" she then explained
"That's the normal reaction" Dino said as he crossed his arms and observed the others "anyway, we need to think of a way to get out of here. They must be worried since they can get a hold of me" Dino said as he thought of his subordinates, oh Dino if only you knew the truth. He quickly crouched down to the floor and grabbed a few sticks "a fire" he said
"Are we going to burn those branches?" Yamamoto asked
"Yeah. It can be a signal for SOS, plus it'll help keep us warm and ward off animals" Dino responded with
"Of course" said Yamamoto "we could split into groups, it will be quicker" suggested Yamamoto.
"Yosh" Dino said "me and Yamamoto will go this way" he suggested as he pointed behind himself. "Aria and Ts-"he began but Aria Interrupted him.
"I'll go this way with Lambo and Ipin" Aria interrupted before scooping up Ipin into her arms with Lambo and walked off. Tsuna sighed as he watched as his best friend kept avoiding him.
"What's going on between you two?" Bianchi asked curiously, once Aria was out of sight.
"They had a fight" explained Yamamoto "it got rather heated, things were said and both claimed to hate each other"
Tsuna sighed as he ran a hand down his face "it was our first fight. I still can't believe I said that to her. She probably hates me now" Tsuna explained, he knew that no excuse he came up with could atone for what he said. Yamamoto blinked
"So you don't hate her" Yamamoto asked, Tsuna just stared at Yamamoto confusedly
"What?! No. It was a heat of the moment thing. How could I hate my best friend?" He asked. Yamamoto sighed in relief
"Good, cos earlier when we were looking for you guys she almost broke down on the fact that you might actually hate her now" Yamamoto explained, "she started crying as she kept going on about how you had every reason to hate her especially because she hasn't been here for the past six years, and that was just before we ran into Dino." Tsuna stared at his friend in shock 'she doesn't hate me' he realised 'but… She thinks I hate her, how could she think I would ever hate her. And damn it I made her cry - I need to find her and fix this now!' He thought.
The other watched as Tsuna's face soon changed from a mixture of shock to relief to sadness and then determination as he then bolted in the direction Aria was in. Reborn smirked as he watched his student run off.
"Okay then, Kyoko, Haru and poison scorpion look that way then" Dino said as he pointed towards a random direction.
"Aria-Nii" began Lambo as he tugged on Aria's jeans to get her attention "is this enough?" He asked as he held up his arms full of sticks. Aria laughed as she looked down at Lambo, he only had about four or five small sticks and possible a couple more that got stuck in his Afro. She crouched down closer to Lambo and ruffled his hair
"That's pretty impressive" she said as Ipin also came over carrying roughly the same amount as Lambo.
"Why is Aria-nii sad" she asked curiously, Aria's smile faltered as she looked at the young assassin 'how did she..?' Aria thought to herself but shook her head as she remembered that Ipin is a trained assassin and was probably trained to read body language like that, she smiled sadly as she stood up
"I had a fight with someone I care deeply about" she admitted as she looked up at the sky "Lambo, Ipin" she said as she looked back at the two children "enjoy every moment you get, you never know when you're going to lose everything"
"I don't get it" Lambo said, looking completely uninterested in what Aria had said, said girl chuckled at his short attention span.
"ARIA!"
Said girl quickly spun around as she heard her voice being called for and stood back in shock as she saw that it was Tsuna running over to where she and the kids were. Tsuna stopped a few meters away and bent over as he tried to get his breath back.
"Aria can we talk?" Tsuna asked as he stood up straight again,
"I'm sort of busy here with the kids, can't it wait" she said rather coldly as she turned around and began walking away but Tsuna had grabbed her arm to prevent her from walking away, his hair shadowing his eyes.
"Lambo, Ipin. Go back to the others" he ordered to the youngest two.
"But" Lambo began
"Now!" Tsuna barked, the children looked at Aria before running back to the others, slightly afraid from the tone of Tsuna's voice. They both knew it was very rare for Tsuna to get riled up. Aria continued to glare at Tsuna before ripping her arm out of his grasp.
"I have nothing to say to you" she spat out, Tsuna inhaled deeply
"At least hear me out" he tried to reason with, Aria sighed as she looked in his eyes, pleading at her.
"I'm sorry" he apologised, Aria scoffed at his attempt of an apology
"I'm sorry doesn't cut it" she said as he poked him in the chest "you said you told me everything, we had a deal."
Tsuna blinked a couple of times "seriously! I forgot a couple of things, big deal. I wouldn't have had to tell you everything if you hadn't fucked off to America!" He exclaimed, his eyes widening when he realised what he said. Aria shut her eyes and took a deep breath as she tried to remain calm 'and the truth finally comes it' she thought bitterly 'fuck remaining calm, that's it'
"Does it look like I had a fucking choice!" yelled Aria, no longer holding back the tears "I was only seven years old! My mum wouldn't take no for an answer." She continued yelling at Tsuna "and how do you think I feel when I come back to find out my best friend has completely changed. To find he has the lowest grades in school, has no friends that practically everyone gave up on him even his own mother! And not only that but now he's in line to become the next fucking mafia boss." She said as she took a couple of steps away from Tsuna and slowly calmed herself down.
"I'm sorry for leaving you, I know six year is a long time and I know you're probably getting used to me be here again but it's not exactly a walk in the park for me either and you know what? I'm done with this." She sighed "I'm sorry that me actually giving a fuck about you makes you hate me but then I'd rather you hated me for eternity instead of not caring" she finished, she closed her eyes to try and reduce the amount of tears that were flowing. She heard Tsuna sigh in defeat, 'So I guess he really does hate me' she thought to herself. Her eyes flew open as she suddenly felt Tsuna's arms around her waist, pulling her against the brunette's chest.
"You're an idiot" he began, she opened her mouth to argue back "Just let me speak already Ari-chan" he quickly said, said girl closed her mouth and leaned her head against Tsuna in defeat, Tsuna smiled softly as he felt her place her head under his chin. "ok, so maybe I was a little angry that you had to go to America, my best friend, the one who was there for me. The one who went on the crazy imaginary adventures with me and the one who helped me use those 'imaginary' flames when we were younger was now gone. But I wasn't angry at you, I was angry at myself for not trying to stop you, even if I was only seven at the time." Tsuna sighed
"You know, I was sorta worried about how you took this. The Aria I remembered would have blown a fuse and become so overly protective of me, like that time you wrapped me in bubble wrap to make sure I didn't get hurt" Aria chuckled at the memory, and brought her sleeve up to wipe her tears. Tsuna smiled as he heard her chuckle "I could never hate you, ever. So get that thought out of you head right now. You are the most amazing, talented, craziest friend I could have ever asked for.
And you're not the only protective one here. I gave you the option of backing out of this from the very start because I didn't want you getting hurt, I wanted you to live at least a normal life. But I forgot this was you, you were never normal to begin with otherwise you wouldn't have had put up with all my crazy ideas.
When you said you would stay involved I swore to myself that I was going to protect you with my dying will and that's what I'm going to do. You are literally one of the best things to have happened in my life and I'm not about to let anyone take you from me again." Tsuna finished as he placed a kiss on the top of her head.
"We were both being hot headed and we said stuff we didn't mean so how about we forget this ever happened?" Tsuna suggested.
"I would like that" she then mumbled as pushed herself away from Tsuna lightly "There isn't any other giant-growing-might-try-and-kill-you pets is there?" she asked cheekily
Tsuna laughed "No…as far as I know" he explained "come on, we should get back to the others" he swung his arm over her shoulder and began guiding her back to the group
"Hey, did I ever tell you what happened last week, the week before you came home? Tsuna asked curiously, Aria shook her head
"Well" Tsuna began "it had snowed a little that week and so Reborn decided to have this snowball fight at school, Vongola style…"
Kyoko sighed "I wonder if Tsuna-Kun and Aria-chan are ok?" she wondered aloud, as she looked up at the sky. It was starting to get dark now. She sighed again and made her way over to the others.
"Hahi, are you ok Kyoko-chan?" Haru asked as she looked over to Kyoko, she noticed that she had a far away look in her eyes.
"mm, just worried about Tsuna-kun and Aria-chan. What if they've gotten lost?" Kyoko asks as she puts her pile of sticks into the big pile that everyone put together, the others also looked worriedly at each other, also concerned about the two teens, they remembered when Lambo and Ipin came back over and explained that Tsuna had told them to go back so that he could talk to Aria and have yet to hear from them.
"ma ma, I'm sure they're fine" Yamamoto said casually, trying not to sound too worried about his friend. Though all doubts and worries began to evaporate as they heard two familiar voices that where laughing approach them. They turned to see Aria and Tsuna walking over, Tsuna with his arm draped over Aria's shoulder and both laughing, as if everything that happened earlier never happened. Tsuna said something that made Aria laugh again, she wiped a tear from her eye as she began laughing hard.
"Are you guys ok now?" Dino asked as the two walked over, Tsuna and Aria both glanced at each other before looking back at Dino and grinning
"Never better" they simultaneously said, their smiles never dimming as they talked.
"I think we have enough wood" Yamamoto pointed out as he adjusted the pile of sticks slightly, Dino crouched down next to Yamamoto and began digging through his pockets "now then…I think I dropped my lighter" explained Dino worriedly as he began checking all his pockets
"What!" exclaimed Tsuna, Aria sighed
"God you guys don't know the first thing to survival" she exclaimed as she crouched down next to the fire and grabbed two small rocks and began grinding the rocks over the pile of woods, she repeated this a few times till the rocks began sparking due to the friction and said sparks landed on the pile of sticks, just enough to get the fire going "Yosh, that should do it!" she stood up and dusted her hands
"How did you know how to do that?" Dino asked curiously
"Back in America my mum made me join a scout's group thing, learning the basic and essential survival skills" explained Aria casually, the others nodded in understanding before gathering round and sitting round the fire in a small circle.
"Now what?" asked Kyoko and Haru after a few minutes of silence, just then Reborn appeared in his signature fedora and orange jacket and was smirking 'he's planning something' thought Tsuna as he watched his tutor
"What about a song to pass some time" Reborn suggested before turning to Aria and Tsuna "mama said you two used to sing songs all the time" he explained as he pointed at them 'WHAT!' Tsuna mentally shouted
"What does he mean?" Yamamoto asked curiously
"Back when we were younger we used to always go camping, either in our gardens or by the woods. And when we did we always used to sing songs, well I did mostly. Tsuna played acoustic. And I don't mind doing one song" Aria explained as she looked over to Tsuna and clasped her hands together "what about you Yoshi-kun?" she asked as she gave him the puppy dog eye look.
"Absolutely not" denied Tsuna as he waved his arms in front of him "one, we haven't done it in six years and two I don't have a guitar" he tried to make up excuses of getting out of it, he never told his most recent friends about playing the guitar or singing, he's only ever done it in front of Aria or his mum, which reminded him to talk to his mum about telling reborn stuff like this later. Tsuna looked down as he felt something on his hand to find Leon sitting in his palm "huh" he asked curiously and watched as Leon transformed into a green guitar. 'Oh come on!' he thought, Aria giggled
"Pleaseeeee" she begged, Tsuna stared into her baby blue eyes and sighed in defeat and held up a finger "fine, but one song ONLY" he argued "YES" exclaimed Aria as she pumped her fist in the air. The others watched in amusement and in shock that Tsuna knew how to play the guitar. Reborn however smirked as he watched the two interact 'I'm gonna enjoy messing with these two' he thought evilly
"Oh,oh,oh. Do you still remember 'get back home'?" Aria asked excitedly
"How could I? it was your favourite song" Tsuna replied with as he began playing the guitar ((A/N – for any of you guys who actually want to hear the exact cover version of this song I used, look on YouTube – A** back home – Acoustic cover by Alex G & Tyler ward. I will post a link on my page for any of you who want to hear it. … means their singing, ~ means holding that letter longer, if you listen to the song at the same time you'll get what I mean)), Kyoko and Haru began slowly clapping in time with Tsuna and Aria took a deep breath before singing…
Aria I don't kno~w where you're going,
or when you're coming ho~me,
I left the keys under the mat to our front do~o~r,
For one more chance to hold you close.
I don't kno~w where you going,
Just get yourself back home
Tsuna We both knew this type of life didn't come with instructions
Aria So I'm trying to do my best to make something out of nothing
Tsuna And sometimes it gets down right shady in fact
Aria when you call and I don't even know what city I'm at
Aria & Tsuna what day of the week, in the middle of the month, in a year I don't recall,
My life's on repeat and the last time I spoke I told you I wouldn't be long
Tsuna that was last November now Decembers almost gone
Aria I'd apologise but I don't realise what I'm doing wrong~
Aria & Tsuna I don't kno~w where you're going,
Or when you're coming ho~me,
I left the keys under the mat to our front door~
For one more chance to hold you close
I don't kno~w where you going,
Just get yourself back home
Tsuna and you've been nothing but amazing and I never take that for granted
Aria half of these birds flew the coop but you truly understand it
Tsuna the fact you're still beside me every time you heard some bogusness
Aria you deserve a standing O, cos they just been over it
Aria & Tsuna let them talk, let them talk,
Let them talk, let them talk
Aria and you don't hear what their saying
Aria & Tsuna let them walk, let them walk,
Let them walk, let them walk
Tsuna and drive by and keep waving, yeah
Aria cos you and I are above all that,
just let them wallow in it
Tsuna Now they all choked up, yuck.
Cos they be swallowed in it
Aria & Tsuna I don't kno~w where you're going,
Or when you're coming ho~me,
I left the keys under the mat to our front door~
For one more chance to hold you close
I don't kno~w where you going,
Just get yourself back home
Aria ho~m~e~, ohhh~
Aria finished singing just as Tsuna played the last few chords on the 'Leon' guitar and watched as Leon shifted into his original form.
"I can't believe you remembered it" Exclaimed Aria in shock, Tsuna laughed
"How could I? You used to sing that song non-stop to the point that your brother threaten to put duck-tape over your mouth" he replied with, not noticing some of the slack-jawed expressions from his friends, even Reborn had watched in amazement, he was not expecting that.
"That was amazing Tsuna-kun, Aria-chan" Kyoko cheered, Tsuna chuckled nervously and from being slightly embarrassed
"It was nothing, honestly" explained Tsuna, "are you guys ok?" he asked as he saw his friends expression, Gokudera was the first one to react
"That was amazing, as expected from Juudaime" Gokudera proudly stated, who momentarily had forgot his sister was there and so had slightly recovered from his 'stomach ache'
"Where did you learn to play guitar?" Yamamoto asked curiously
"My mum offered to teach Tsuna when we were little since me and Oniisan had no interest for musical instruments at the time" explained Aria, however she suddenly pulled her jacket closer to herself to try and stay warm as a strong gust of wind suddenly flew past them. Tsuna watched his friend, curious as to why she was still so cold even though they were next to a fairly big fire. A light bulb lit up over his head as he remembered and took off his jacket before placing it over Aria's shoulders. Said girl blinked before looking at Tsuna, while his friends watched confusedly.
"You have been taking your tablets right?" he asked, Aria blinked a couple more times till she realised what he was talking about, and shook her head
"Not since last night, I didn't this morning cos I was on my way to yours and I have some spares there" she explained, Tsuna sighed as he then shuffled closer to the girl and wrapped his right arm over her shoulder and pulled her into a sort-of side hug,
"What am I going to do with you?" he asked teasingly, Aria shrugged her shoulders and quietly sighed as she felt the warmth radiating off of Tsuna.
"What's wrong?" Dino asked curiously
"Aria's anaemic, meaning that her body can't produce enough healthy blood cells due to an iron deficiency and so she gets quite cold and finds it harder to keep her body at a normal temperature. She normally takes these tablets at least four times a day – religiously- to help her body function properly but like she said she hasn't taken any today" Tsuna explained as he pulled the girl closer to him "We found out when we were younger that I was normally warmer than the average, and so we used my body heat as a way to keep Aria warm when we were out or camping or something"
"Ohhhh" muttered the others, suddenly a larger gust of wind blew past them and this time hit the fire, wiping it out in the process to a small flickering flame
"Now what do we do?" asked Haru worriedly as her and Kyoko hugged each other
"Leave it to me" Gokudera stated proudly
"Are you sure?" asked Yamamoto, "Don't worry" said Gokudera as he pulled out some dynamite "I'll burn them quickly" but suddenly his sister cupped his cheeks and turned him to face her
"I'm so proud of you Hayato" she said, not realising what her actions have now caused. From seeing her face Gokudera's stomach ache came back causing him to collapse to the floor his lit dynamite being tossed to the floor in the process before going off and setting the surrounding woodland on fire
"Mountain fire!" exclaimed Tsuna as he stood up, effectively knocking Aria off in the process, the raven haired girl glared at the brunette before her eyes widened when she noticed the fire and she quickly scrambled up and away from the fire
"The fire is spreading quickly. Everyone, evacuate into that cave" ordered Dino as he pointed to the cave from earlier, however suddenly a bomb when off which ineffectively blocked the entrance to the gangs only escape.
"The cave!" shouted Aria, turning round she saw that Lambo was running around panicking while throwing grenades out of his hair 'how many grenades does that kid have!' she mentally shouted
"Lambo-san while help too!" the cow child exclaimed
"Lambo you idiot" shouted Tsuna
"We're completely surrounded" Yamamoto pointed out as he tried searching for an exit
"What do we do?" asked Kyoko "We've got nowhere to run!" Haru pointed out worriedly
"We're done for" exclaimed Tsuna, Aria watched as he sunk to the floor in despair but continued watching curiously as she saw something digging through the ground, only to watch in amazement that it was Reborn who popped out in another funny outfit
"Don't give up; go put it out" reborn said as he pointed a gun at Tsuna, Aria watched in shock as he pulled the trigger and shot Tsuna slap bang in the middle of the forehead 'What the fuck?!' Aria thought
"Why did you do that!" she shouted angrily at Reborn, the infant smirked and pointed to Tsuna, "Just watch" he said. Aria huffed angrily and turned to her best friend and watched in pure amazement as he suddenly came back to life, as well as somehow burning off his clothes – minus underwear- in the process
"REBORN!" Tsuna yelled "I WILL DOUSE THESE FIRES WITH MY DYING WILL!" he yelled into the sky, Aria sweat dropped, Tsuna had explained about this whole being shot with a 'dying will bullet', stripping down to underwear and then doing whatever it was with his dying will…Aria thought he was joking. Reborn smirked
"Didn't he tell you about this?" he asked, Aria nodded her head numbly
"well, yeah but I didn't realise he was serious" she explained before looking at the infant "is there any way to do this without burning off his clothes?" she asked curiously as she pointed as her now half naked best friend.
She watched slightly amused as Tsuna grabbed Leon – who transformed into some metal stick things – and began running around muttering to himself. Dino mentioned something about him looking for a water vein. She continued watching as she saw that Tsuna found what he was looking for before doing a double take to see that Tsuna's hand had doubled maybe tripled in size, she glanced accusingly at the infant before turning her attention back to Tsuna as he punched the ground with his now giant hand before being violently pushed back as a massive column of water rushed out of the ground, enough to put out the mountain fire
"It's water!" exclaimed Gokudera as he slowly sat up, still clutching his stomach "The fires dying out" Yamamoto pointed out cheerfully,
"We're saved" Bianchi sighed, "Tsuna-san is wonderful" Haru said as she clasped her hands together dreamily. Aria walked over to Tsuna, who was now sitting on the no longer in his dying will form, she crossed her arms and smirked
"Nice undies" she giggled slightly at the brunette, Tsuna turned red in embarrassment before Aria took off the jacket Tsuna gave her and held it out for him "You might want to try and cover yourself up" she explained, a slight blush tinted her face. Tsuna smiled gratefully before taking his jacket and putting it on.
"Thank you Tsuna-kun" thanked Kyoko as she walked over to the duo.
"You saved us Tsuna" explained Dino as he approached the young decimo and helped him up "A true boss protects his friends. I've seen through your training now" he dug around in one of his coat pockets and pulled out a whip "This in memory of completing Death Mountain" he placed the whip into Tsuna's hands
"Huh? But I don't use a weapon" Tsuna said confusedly as he stared at the whip
"It's my old one though" dino explained as he smiled warmly at his 'younger brother', just then Reborn came out of the ground in that weird mole outfit still
"Now everything's settled" Reborn grinned devilishly "I wish I could say that but aren't you forgetting something?" he asked, everyone looked at each other confusedly
"w-what do you mean" Aria asked, she could tell that Reborn still had something planned
"Later" Reborn simply said before retreating back underground, suddenly the whole group paled as they heard a familiar rawr in the distant
"That was…" Tsuna trailed off uncertainly until his eyes widened, full of fear "The water!" he realised, they all watched as Enzo got up, a similar size from earlier.
"Oh no, run!" shouted Dino, as they began running in the opposite direction
Yamamoto laughed "So, we've gone back to the start" he said as he looked over to Gokudera who had his hands in a praying position
"Please be calmed!" cried Gokudera
"HAHI! It's so dangerous" shouted Haru, "Monster movie" Ipin pointed out, unfortunately Enzo tripped on a giant boulder and began falling towards the ground
"TSUNA LOOK OUT!" Aria yelled to her friend as she realised that Enzo was going to fall on him, Tsuna stopped momentarily and stared as the giant turtle came closer and closer. Everyone stopped and shielded their eyes from the dirt that was flung into that air as Enzo made contact with the ground.
"Enzo really likes you, Tsuna" Reborn piped up, no one was quite sure where he had come from, Aria began to uncontrollably laugh at what she saw once the dust faded, Tsuna was underneath Enzo with only his head sticking out.
"I've had enough!" cried Tsuna before fainting from the pain of being stuck underneath a giant turtle.
Aria continued laughing and wiped a tear from her eye, 'oh yeah' she thought happily 'Life is never going to be the same again!"
AND I'm done people, this took me longer than originally planned but can you blame it, its 12K words long
IM SO PROUD OF MYSELF! XD XD
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