I drummed my fingers against the dinner table, nervous for the safe and speedy return of Hayato. He had gone out to check on something, but he hadn't responded like he told me would. Panicked, I had turned to Lal Mirch to retrieve him. I would have gone myself, but that was impossible for me in my current condition.
"Don't worry, he should be back soon," Yamamoto told me, sitting across from me at the table.
I frowned at the baseball-nut swordsman, "If not for everything that's taken place recently, I wouldn't worry. I know he can protect himself, it's just dangerous for anyone involved with the Vongola right now, and the idiot doesn't exactly try to hide what family he's in,"
"You know better than anyone that he is more than capable of coming back alive," He shrugged, "Well, it's time for me to go,"
"Later," I said without really looking at him.
"See you later," He said over his back and left.
I sighed and continued my maddeningly long wait. What was taking him so damn long? For his sake he better hurry, because if he misses the day our lives change forever, he'll never live it down.
"Ashura, you may want to see this," Giannini, the inventor and weapon up-grader, called to me.
I sighed and sat down in front of the monitor he was pointing at "What?"
He didn't need to say anything, because not a second after I sat down, I saw the image of Gokudera. Ten years younger. And the ten year younger Tsuna was with him and Lal.
"No way, that's completely impossible!" I covered my mouth with my hand in disbelief.
There was no way this was happening, not now. I had to be asleep, this just couldn't be true.
"Ashura, do you want to come greet them, or would you rather rest?" Reborn, also from ten years ago, asked me kindly.
"I think I will rest for a bit. Please do me a favor and don't tell Hayato. I don't want to upset or distract him," I pleaded.
Reborn nodded, "I'll do my best,"
"Thank you," I smiled at him and headed off for my room.
Don't get me wrong, I love Hayato and always will, but I fear that if he finds out about his relationship with me, things in the past might change for the worse for me. I love him, and I love being his wife, but if he knows how serious things got, he might panic and leave my past self when he returns to his time. I couldn't have that.
I left my room again, only to find that now Yamamoto, Lambo, I-pin, Haru, and Kyoko had been replaced with themselves from ten years ago. At this rate, no body would be left. Let's hope this trend doesn't continue, because I'm not sure it would be too safe for me to time travel right now.
"Are you feeling alright? You look ill," Reborn, who happened to be passing by, told me.
"I feel fine, I think I just over-slept," I stretched my arms out and brought them to rest around my belly.
"So, what should we call you?" Reborn asked me thoughtfully.
"Chi," I knew it was simple, but I think it fits the best.
"Chi, huh? Well, just so you know, two nice boys were injured fighting," Reborn told me nonchalantly.
"Will that man ever give me a peaceful moment when I don't have to worry about his health?" I shook my head and ran off to see him, "Thank you, Reborn-sama!"
I saw Hayato lying down peacefully and I smiled at the sight. My sweet, sweet Hayato. He so rarely had peace these days, even seeing him in bandages had little effect on this moment.
"How is he?" Bianchi and Fuuta, who had both just returned, asked me.
"I wish I knew. I only just found out myself," I looked at my sister-in-law, "Bianchi, there's something you should know. Reborn's back. Well, from ten years ago, and this isn't exactly the current Hayato,"
Her eyes flashed dangeroulsy at me, "You want to try that again?"
"Ciaossu," Reborn himself popped out of utterly nowhere.
"Oh, Reborn," The usually calm and collected Bianchi lost that hardness of hers, so Fuuta and I walked into Gokudera's room to give them some privacy.
"So, is it really him from ten years ago?" Fuuta asked excitedly.
"Well, it's more like nine years and ten months," I corrected, "But no one knows how they got here,"
"Hmm, are there any leads?" Fuuta started to ponder it.
I was about answer, but Tsuna's voice stopped me, "Are you two here to visit?"
"Yeah, I'm Chi, and this is Fuuta, but you already know him," I flashed a "you better go along with it" smile to Fuuta.
"Long time no see," Fuuta waved at Tsuna and started to talk with him so I could have a moment with the resting form of Gokudera.
"Hayato, what will we do with you? Even now, you give me such a headache, but then again, if not for that, things would be very different for me right about now," I sat on the edge of his bed and bent over him, "No, I shouldn't be this close,"
He blinked himself awake just as I backed up slightly, "Who are you? Where am I?"
I smiled at him, "I'm Chi,"
"Oh, Gokudera-kun, you're awake," Tsuna glanced over form his talk with Fuuta.
"Chi, you should tend to the children," Reborn called to me from Bianchi's arms.
I smiled at Hayato once more and ran to the door, flashing an "I'll explain later" glance at Bianchi as I passed.
"Kyoko, I'm scared," I heard the younger Haru sob from the open kitchen door.
I knocked softly on the door before entering the kitchen, "Can I come in?"
They both just nodded. I smiled cheerfully at them before leaning against the kitchen counter. I noticed Lambo and I-pin were taking a nap in the corner, so I knew I had to keep it quiet.
"I know, it can be scary in a new place, but would imagine a different time in an old place would be something strange. I know you don't know me, but you can trust that you're in a safe place. Tsuna has you two well looked after," I mentioned the last bit knowing it would soften them up for conversation.
"I'm Kyoko," She gave me a smile similar to the one she used to have, but this one was more timid and frightened.
"Chi," I shook her hand and released it again.
"I'm Haru," She lacked all of the enthusiasm I knew she possessed.
"Pleased to meet you. I guess we're all going to be spending time together, until Tsuna and the others can get you back safely to your time,"
"Chi, may I ask you something?" Kyoko asked me in the most polite manners anyone could manage to use.
"You can ask me anything," I beamed at them both.
"Why are you here? It seems like everyone has something to do, but no offence, I don't see what your job is," She surprisingly just spit it out.
"Well, not too long ago, I was a fighter with Lal and the guys. Now, I just take care of the daily business. I geuss in terms of the house, I'd be the mom and everyone else the child," I shrugged, not implying anything out of the ordinary or obvious, "But sometimes I help with jobs that don't require physical labor,"
"So, you'll be like our supervisor then?" Haru reiterated.
"I suppose that is the case, in a nutshell," I shrugged, "So, we have some dinner to make, don't we?"
We all went around the compound in single file with me leading. I would make us stay in a group until they could navigate on their own without too much trouble. Of course that meant rigorous training and the ability to move from the kitchen to the washrooms to the changing rooms and any other major room in a certain set time limit. Sorry girls, I'm just bored and have nothing better to do at the moment.
Ok, Lambo was a bit of a time water in this fic. Don't get me wrong, I love Lambo, but watching the show really made me shift my priorities. Freaking octopus head. Oh, I'm on 107, but I probably would have been further if not for my wacko sleep schedule and my bad moods. TMI, sorry.