Chapter 22: Love Trumps All

(A few weeks later)

Tsuna kept glancing at the clock. His foot tapped on the floor nervously. TC was sitting behind him, the girls swooning over him. The bell rang. He jumped from his seat and walked out the door, and through the crowded hallway to the courtyard. To his delight, she was there, as she promised. He walked up to her. Her back was turned and she was looking around. "Excuse me miss, but you seem to be lost..."

She turned quickly and smiled. "Not anymore..."

He sat next to her. Her hair blew softly in the wind. "Just like I promised..."

He kissed her cheek. "I never had my doubts."

Habira blushed. There were running footsteps behind them. "Tsunayoshi!"

He turned. "TC?"

He stopped running and took a deep breath. "There's a bunch of kids trapped in their house!"

"Can't you handle it yourself? I have-"

TC grabbed him by the shirt. "Hesitation leads to destruction!"

Habira watched in confusion. "What's going on?"

They both looked at her. "You haven't told her?"

"W-well...no...not yet..."

"Idiot!"

"I thought it would put her in danger!"

"Being around her is putting her in danger! She's in danger with Kyouya around, too!"

"What's..."

TC pushed him towards her. "Hurry it up, we need to go."

Tsuna pulled on his sweater vest. "Habira...I-uh...I have the power to save the world."

She was still confused. He put his hand out beside him, and TC placed a soda there. He chugged it and went into Hyper mode. He pulled his gloves on. "I'm going to save the world, some time soon..."

"Y...ou..."

He stepped back. "I have to go...but I will return. Just wait here."

Using his flames as propulsion, he left the school courtyard with TC.

He returned to the school courtyard a few hours later, the darkness of night had begun to fall. She was still sitting there waiting. He walked up to her. "You...stayed?"

"You asked me to..."

He sat next to her. "You're not afraid?"

She shook her head. "I think it's amazing..."

He smiled. "You think?"

"I do..."

"I'm relieved..."

"I love you, Tsuna-kun..I wouldn't let anything break that..."