Heyyy. 'Tis me again. I made you wait for almost 2 months. Sorry but I had a lot of assessments and assignments I had to complete and I still do which is why this is so bad. It's the holidays but I have a few assignments T^T. Anyways, I'm sorry if it ended in a random spot but I didn't want this chapter to drag along. I apologize if this bores you, I just needed this to fill in a gap otherwise people would be confused with the plot. Happy reading ^^
Disclaimer: I do not own KHR.
Chapter 19
Waking up in a cramped room was not a nice feeling. Nor was having chains around your ankles and handcuffs around your wrists. My vision is blurred from the tears that seeped into my eyes when I wasn't aware. My whole body feels numb and my ears are ringing for some reason.
"Awake yet princess~"
I try to see Julie who is towering over me. Rage fills me and I have an urge to jump up and strangle him. All that's stopping me now are these chains binding me to the floor.
"You asshole! How could you?!"
"Be careful with what you say~ I could snap your neck right here, right now and no one would know. You have been asleep for a couple of days. No one would think anything of it~"
"You! I trusted you!"
"No you didn't~ You trusted your darling Enma~"
"You manipulated Enma! I just know it! How could you do this to Tsuna, to us? Why would you do such a thing?!"
His hand is suddenly at my neck and my throat constricts. My breath is stuck and I refuse to breathe. His intense stare looks me in the eyes before he drops his hand and sighs.
"It'd be a shame to have to kill a hostage so early in the game. You're a very prized pawn to use."
"What? You sound like you came from a drama! This is serious, stop talking as if you're all high and mighty!"
"I'm leaving, I can't be bothered to put up with you. Oh yeah, here's your breakfast."
"You just came in a minute ago!"
"Ah, but it's so much more fun with Chrome chan~ See you."
After placing a bowl of porridge down, he locks the door and walks away. His footsteps echo down the hallways before they fade entirely.
I stare at the food with a thinking face. It turns out to be a staring competition. This staring competition is going to make me go crazy, no wait, I'm already crazy. Come on, I'm having a staring competition with my food.
I tug on the metal chains and hope it would budge. No luck, they're stuck to the wall and have no sign of moving whatsoever. I might as well eat the food. It's going to go cold soon and I hate cold porridge.
…
He forgot to give me a spoon. I can't reach it or eat with my chained hands either. ARGH. What does he expect me to do? Maybe eat like a dog? Woof Woof.
I twist body and use my head to push the bowl closer to my body. That's what I intended to do. What I actually did was push it further away and tip it over. Great! Now I have no breakfast! I would facepalm so hard right now if I could but I can't.
Can this get any worse? Yes it can, so shut up otherwise you'll jinx yourself.
I decide to just lay for a bit seeing as I can't do anything. If I scream for help, my voice will go sore. No one's going to hear me anyway. This room looks so sound proof as if it could house 2 rampaging bulls and no one would hear. I feel for my ring but it's not there. I can't do anything without my ring, not that I can properly use it anyway. Also I don't have my gun, do I?
I try and feel for my gun that was nestled underneath my dress. Surprisingly it was still there. Finding it was easy, but taking it out was so tiring. Good thing to know that my arms are going to be sore as hell tomorrow morning.
I click off the safety, aim it at the chains with my feet as far away as possible, close my eyes and shoot.
A bang erupts in the prison and my eyes are glued shut, afraid to see the result. I feel no pain so that means I didn't blow my feet off. Hip hip hooray! Slowly my eyes open to see that one of the chains on my feet have been broken. Now all I need is to do that to the other chain on my ankle and to the handcuffs.
After that was done and narrowly missing myself when shooting the handcuffs, I got up and dusted myself off. Stretching never felt so good after being unable to move freely for a couple of hours. The door is the only obstruction left between me getting out and me staying here.
*5 minutes later*
That door was not sturdy. Getting out was so easy I bet a little kid could do it. I didn't even use a bullet I just kicked it. If they wanted to detain me, they should've used a stronger door.
Maybe they didn't want to detain you.
Shut up brain. I don't need you raining on my parade right now.
*Creak*
I come to realisation that the eerie corridor holds nothing but cells for prisoners. The dim lighting makes it hard to see and the shadows flicker on the walls. Candles are placed every 5, 10 metres and only burn a small flame.
*Creak*
I should probably get going before I'm seriously creeped out by this place.
The halls were all long and quiet. It was hard to tell where you were, as everything was the same. Luckily, it seemed to be a one way path that led me to the stairs. As I walk up the staircase, I hear a murmur of what seems to be Enma.
"Tsunayoshi…must kill…"
The room is slightly ajar and my curiosity takes over. When I peek inside, he is slouching in his chair with messy white hair, scars and a murderous look on his face. The murderous intent reaches me from behind the door. I take a step back carefully so I don't make any noise and I run.
Down this hallway, down the next and I keep running until I'm lost. Turning the corner I crash into someone and I'm so lost in the moment that I don't register their faces. All that's running in my head is how I'm about to be thrown back into that cell.
"Anna! Can you hear me?"
Adrenaline pumps through my body and I have a reflex to hit whoever is calling my name. Soon enough, their faces registers in my brain and my body calms down. It's Tsuna, a baby, Gokudera, a cat lion and Yamamoto.
"What are you doing here Anna?"
Yamamoto looks at me confused and I just stare at him like he's a zombie. Technically he is seeing as he's not an illusion but a real person who had a life threatening injury.
"Like you're one to talk. Didn't you have a serious wound?"
"Ahahaha, yeah!"
"I don't know why you're so bloody cheerful. Why are you guys here?"
"To stop Enma."
'Kay then, thanks for the wonderful explanation, Tsuna. It must be one of the things you got from your childhood.
"Time to go."
They seriously dragged me back to that room. What use will I be? I don't think words can get through to him and that's the only thing I can do. His mind is set on killing.
They peek inside the room and their expression says it all.
"Who is it? I've never seen him before, that white haired bastard…"
"What an overwhelming killing intent. Is it one of Daemon's new assassins?"
"No…you're wrong, t-that's…that's Enma!"
"What!? That monster looking thing?! But now that you mention it…"
"GAU!"
"Ah Natsu!"
"Tsuna!"
Don't just barge in there! What are you doing? ERMAGOSH* WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE.
"Must…kill…"
"Gau…"
"Enma, it's me! You saw it yourself, right? Shimon Cozart was never betrayed by Vongola Primo!"
"Shimon…Cozart…Vongola…Primo…he ki…lled…"
"Wh-what is he saying…"
"Cozart…Mami…everyone…Vongola…he…killed. Tsunayoshi….he…killed…!"
"Enma!"
Gokudera tugs me back behind him and Yamamoto but I pull forward with all my strength.
" Anna…betrayed…me…"
"Listen to me Enma!"
"She…left…for…Tsunayoshi!"
"Enma! Get a grip on yourself, wake up. I know you're strong enough to! Wake up and stop this nonsense, you'll get everyone killed!"
"Must…kill…everyone…"
"URGH! CAN YOU LISTEN!?"
Frustration builds inside of me.
"Anna. It's okay, Enma's going to be fine."
Tsuna pushes me lightly into Gokudera's arms and I am dumbfounded as to what he is going to do.
"Listen to what I have to say!"
"Kill…must…kill…"
"If my words won't reach you…Then I'll reach you with my fists!"
"Tsunayoshi…must…kill."
"Open your eyes, Enma!"
A moment later, Tsuna has fire on his forehead and coming out of his gloves. There are gravitational orbs flying in Tsuna's direction. Round balls, more than 3 times his size begin pulling Tsuna away from Enma. I don't know which is more weird, seeing someone you knew as a child, flying or gravitational spheres.
"I can't fly straight!"
"That sphere has as much gravity as a star."
He seems to be having enough trouble with one sphere, how is he going to get to Enma?
"I can beat this!"
Just when there's a glimmer of hope to save Enma's dying humanity, the sphere's shatter. They shatter into something far more terrifying.
"The spheres are shattering…?!"
Must you point out the obvious?
"Huh what's that?"
"When a star is crushed by its own gravity, what's born afterwards is…a black hole."
Don't black holes destroy everything that is pulled in? In that case, wouldn't that mean Tsuna's going to be destroyed?!
"Don't underestimate me, Enma. I'm different than the me you knew before. Natsu! Cambio form!"
Before I knew it, he's equipped with armour of some sort on his wrists. The flame from his glove gets larger and he flies out of the black hole. Is this supposed to be some sort of shounen manga where the main character gets power ups during battles?
"Prepare yourself Enma!"
Next thing I see is a million flashing lights and rocks being hurled at Tsuna.
My brain is going into overdrive. I have no idea what's happening and what I should do. Standing and watching is so going to stop him from being injured and crushed.
"Must kill…Tsunayoshi..."
"Enma! AAHHH! IT'S ME!"
Tsunayoshi…must kill…"
"OPEN YOUR EYES!"
Then…he just punched him…in the face…very hard. That's going to leave a bruise.
"Must kill…"
"Is it not working?"
He pushes against the brutal blast of the rocks and continues moving forward to reach him. Gravity is crushing him but he keeps going towards Enma.
"I'm here! Here I am!"
Recognition fades into Enma's memory and he starts regaining his senses after losing his consciousness to revenge.
"Tsuna kun! Oww."
"Enma! You're back to yourself aren't you!?"
"I…I…"
"It's okay now. I came to save you."
"Tsuna kun…just like the Vongola Primo. You didn't betray me…but it's no good…"
The scars are reappearing and the black holes are becoming larger.
"It's too late. I can't control my own power anymore…"
I look down and shut my eyes and plug my ears from the disaster to come. When I think it's the right time to see the outcome, I'm met with an explosion. I skid backwards to regain my balance. I can't see the black hole anywhere. Whether it's a good thing or a bad thing is for later.
"Ngh..oww…"
Tsuna's defying gravity hair is the first thing I see when the smoke clears.
"Tsuna! You okay?!"
"Tenth!"
"Are you all right Tsuna?"
"Y-yeah. Where's Enma though?"
"Over there!"
*Cough*
Goodness gracious. It looks like he was mixing chemicals and they blew up in his face. That actually happened in Italy once. Fun times.
"GAHAHAHAHA! Enma's got bed hair!"
"Eh?"
"That was really something!"
"Gao~"
"Natsu! I thought you had disappeared! I'm so glad you're okay!"
"Tsuna-kun, I'm sorry. Because of our mistake, all of this happened."
"It's fine. It's not your fault.
"Guys. Stop with the depressing atmosphere."
"Ahahaha, Anna-chan's right, let's get going to defeat Daemon Spade."
I know, I know. I ended it there, kind of sudden don't you think?
(ERMAGOSH=OMG)