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"What was that octopus-head!" My eyes shot open and a small groan escaped my mouth. My hand flew to my head to try and soothe the throbbing.
"N-Nii-san... and Gokudera-kun." I sat up blinking slightly and turned to see the past Ryohei and Gokudera in a glaring contest.
"Shut up." I hissed lowly still holding onto my head. "It's common courtesy to be quiet while someone's asleep."
They all turned to me in surprise. Ryohei grinned at me. "You're here too Yukiko!" My hands tightened and a moan left my mouth at his loud voice. Damn you Sasagawa. Damn you!
"Sounds like you're having fun." Someone stated. I turned my head slightly to see Yamamoto up holding his head as well.
"Ya-Yamamato! You're awake! Are you okay?" Tsuna exclaimed. My head throbbed even more and I clenched my head tightly. Why won't they stop yelling? Damn them. Damn them all to hell!
"Yeah somehow." He replied smiling. Oh there is a God! At least someone knows how to use their inside voice.
I brought my knees up and placed my head in between them. Pain pain go away, return some other day...scratch that, don't ever come back. Stay far away from me. Go torture some other poor soul.
"O-Oh Sasagawa-senpai, you came too." Yamamoto said. My head shot up and I nearly knocked myself out whenever pain shot through my body. Damn it!
"Yeah though I really don't know what's going on." Ryohei stated a bit confused.
"I'd said I'd explain it to you later!" Gokudera yelled at him making my head throb. A vein appeared on my fist as I held it up. Next person to yell, I swear I am beating the shit out of them. I don't care who it is!
"I won't understand later! Do it now!" The vein grew bigger.
""There's no way you're slow brain will get it now!" A few more joined it.
"What do mean my slow brain?" They were all pulsing now. Even a few were on my head. This is enough!
"SHUT THE HELL UP!" I screamed shooting out of the bed. Everyone looked back at me, but I stared at the stretcher in total confusion. I tilted my head and stared. And stared. And stared.
"How did I get on the stretcher?" I asked finally still staring at the stretcher. I looked back from Annerie's stretcher to mine. I repeated the process for a while.
"I-I did." Tsuna mumbled really lightly that I almost missed it. I looked at him then to the stretcher then to Annerie's stretcher. A sheepish smile appeared on my face as I scratched my cheek embarrassedly.
"Ah thanks. I must've fell asleep." I let out a small laugh. Way to go Yukiko. Wait if he put me on the stretcher...then that means he had to carry me. I let out a small cough feeling my face heat up.
"Pathetic." Akane muttered low enough for me to hear. I spun around and glared at her. She returned the favor and soon electricity appeared between the two of us. She grunted and looked away from me.
"This is time-travel," Spanner muttered looking at Gokudera and Ryohei when they began to fight again. "That is impressive."
Akane snorted lightly and turned her nose up. I shook my head lightly at her. I knew that she was impressed as well but her pride was too big for her to even ask Irie about it. I sighed and crossed my arms. I don't get why she is even restraining herself. Soon her curiosity will grow bigger than her pride.
"With Sasagawa's arrival means that the Vongla Rings have been assembled." Kusukabe cut in. I glanced at him before surveying the room. He was right. We were all finally together.
"That's why he was brought here." Irie said. "In order to defeat Byakuran-san, we need all of the Guardians and the Vongola Rings, and they'll need to master their respective Box Weapons. However you still don't have a Box Weapon."
I stared at him as he walked up to the white device. He place his hands on it and that certain part began to glow.
"Now I will pass it to you." I stared up at it in amazement and watched as the core of the device begin to open.
"Accept the power left to you from the Vongola Boss of this era." A golden cylinder appeared and something shot out of it. It landed in Tsuna's hands with the sky-flame covering it.
"This is..." Tsuna stared down at the box. "The Vongola Box."
"This is the Vongola Box the current Vongola Tenth left for you. But...you still can't use it right now. Your current Vongola Sky Ring still can't open that box yet. If you want the ring to open that box, you'll need 7 Arcobaleno seals."
I glanced over to Reborn and Lal Mirch. That's what they were called wasn't it? But why 7 if there's 8 Guardians?
"I see." Reborn muttered. "After Tsuna won over the battle for the Ring with Xanxus, he was officially accepted as the Vongola Successor."
"What does it mean? Make it simpler, Reborn. Why are there only 7 seals and not 8?" Tsuna asked turning to the hitman. "Hey say it, Reborn."
"But what do you mean by the 7 Arcobaleno Seals are needed if there's 8 Guardians?" I asked Irie.
"The 7 Vongola Rings you have, excluding the Snow Ring, also the 7 Arcobaleno Pacifiers, and the 7 Mare Rings; these form the 7^3 , they have a deep indestructible bond. The Arcobaleno voluntarily dedicated themselves to protect the 7^3. That is why the 7 Arcobaleno Seals are needed to reveal the Vongola Ring's true power."
"But!" Tsuna cut in. "But in this era, besides Reborn, the other Arcobaleno are already..."
"That is why you must get 7 seals."
"That doesn't explain why there is only 7 and not 8." I said getting their attention. "Wouldn't this all be messed up because I'm the eighth Guardian and there is no Snow Mare Ring or another Arcobaleno?"
"The reason why there is only 7 is because the Snow Ring was forbidden; there was no reason to bother with an eighth Arcrobaleno if there wasn't even an eighth Guardian." Akane answered.
"But wouldn't that make the Tri-ni-set incomplete?" A scratchy voice asked. I spun as relief flooded through my body. Alba was okay.
"That's why there's a Snow Mare Ring. As for the eighth Arcobaleno," She looked at Lal Mirch. "She fits the profile. Even if she wasn't a full Arcobaleno, she still became one. But there was no such thing in the past so the Snow Attribute is disregarded."
"Then if the Varia didn't steal the other half of the Snow Ring," Tsuna commented, "Yukiko wouldn't be in this, and there wouldn't be another Mare Ring." My eyes widened. If it wasn't for the Varia then I could have had–
"If you're meaning that she would have not been involved in the Mafia again, and would have had a normal life, then yes." Akane answered. "They had a choice in joining your family," She nodded her head to everyone else, "but Yukiko didn't really have a choice. After running away from this world, she ended up making a circle. If it was someone else she would have said no in an instant."
Akane don't do this. Please I'm begging you to just shut your mouth.
"What do you mean?" Gokudera hissed. I looked away from the big brown eyes that were starring at me regretfully.
"She owed him. She wanted to protect him. It was his fault that she's in this again. The one thing she so desperately tried to runaway from."
"I made that decision on my own!" I protested. Akane's eyebrow arched up. "It wasn't Tsuna's fault that I'm here right now. It was my decision to get back in this world."
"Are you sure about that?" She smirked at me. I looked away from her. It really was my decision. She and Hiro were the reason why I made this decision. "You're just saying that because he's right here. Wouldn't want to make it seem like he's the bad guy right?"
I looked at him feeling my heartbreak slowly. He was staring at me with such guilt that it seemed a bit hard to breathe. He didn't believe me that I made the decision myself.
"The day you two crossed paths, was the day that she was doomed to live in the lies and darkness of the mafia again."
"IT WAS BECAUSE OF YOU AND HIRO THAT I JOINED!" I screamed at her, taking everyone by surprise. I took a few big breaths not letting my eyes leave hers. If she wanted to place the blame on him, she'll have to kill me first. She'll learn the reason why I did decide to join. "I never wanted to do it. I never did want to kill them. But...but you guys said if it was for Reina it'll be okay." Tears slipped down my face. "I-It was just until we found the family that did that to her! Yet you guys lied to me! He's been dead for years; killed by our hands and yet you guys still acted like he was still alive! Do you know how long I've been tormented by my dreams that are just memories? Their screams still echo in my ears! You don't know how sometimes after our missions I would stay in the bathroom scrubbing my hands for hours because I can still feel their blood. I would even get into act that it was normal and it was okay, but it wasn't! Why do you think I let the Russel Family catch me so easily? Why do you think I let myself stay at their hideout, letting two people get away along with the other Orphan members, as I detonated the bombs? You guys made me hate myself. I wanted to kill myself so bad; being blown up didn't seem that horrible. At least it'll be quick in painless."
"Yukiko..."
I clenched my hands and wiped away my tears furiously. They didn't need to see me being so weak. It was a mistake even letting my emotions slip through.
"So don't you dare blame him for something you guys did. It was a mistake of my future-self to even trust you." I hissed at her. "But that's a mistake that I won't even take."
She took a step back looking at me with hurt eyes. Though as quick as it came, it disappeared, replaced by the emotionless eyes she had years to practice on. She let out a small cough and looked away from me.
"Forgive our outburst." She said stoically. "Please continue on Irie."
"Ah.." He looked between us unsure. Akane nodded her head not meeting anyone's eyes. I looked away from her and bit the inside of my cheek. It was unnecessary for everyone to witness our fight. " Ahem...like I was saying, all of you go back ten years for a certain amount of time."
He wants us to go back? What the hell; he went through all this trouble to get everyone here and now he wants us to go back. Geez make up your mind damn mind.
"T-Ten years back?" Tsuna muttereed. "We can go back ten years ago?" Irie nodded. I sent him a glare. All of this wasn't that necessary then. Yeah the fights and training helped us gain more experience, but all this just to find out we can go back, not necessary at all.
"You'll need to overcome the Arcobaleno trial ten years back and get the 7 seals."
"Arcobaleno trials?"
"What do you mean?"
"The first priority is to get you back ten years. I'll explain it in detail once the preparations are complete. During this time, please go back to your base for the time being."
"Back to the base?" Alba snapped her head over to him.
"It's only for the time being. And bring all the members who time traveled with you back here."
"Kyoko-chan and Haru too?"
Why does she get that suffix? He still has trouble calling me by my nickname! That's a bit unfair. I hit my forehead and shook my head. I shouldn't care if he gives her name a suffix. It shouldn't matter to me that he's willing to call her that, but he has trouble even calling me by my yet it does bother me.
"Once you've gone back and cleared the trials, all your members still need to return here in the future. Of course it includes them." Irie said.
"W-Why is that so?" Tsuna asked.
"If they don't return to this time, Byakuran-san will realize it in one day. If that's so, our plan will be ruined."
"Ne," I started, "aren't you underestimating him just a bit?" He looked at me surprised. "Sure he may be a bit preoccupied after that battle in Italy just happened, but wouldn't he realize sooner or later? What if there were members who recognized that we weren't the same as our future-selves and already reported to Byakuran? Hell think about the people we just fought. They could contact him and tell him that we were our past-selves. Even if Haru and Kyoko come back with us, he will find out."
"Please understand that this a process to beat Byakuran-san."
"Process?" I asked icily. "Are we just game pieces to you? If you need help then you got it, just leave the ones who don't belong here out of it! There's no need to spill innocent if something was to happen. You took the risk of taking us here, so take the risk of letting them stay behind."
"If that happens, all of this would be for nothing!" He protested.
"What if they end up getting killed?" I snapped making him shut his mouth. "Then the future Haru and Kyoko would cease to exist. Are you willing to take that chance? I don't care if I end up dying, because honestly there's not many who would care. But them, they have something ahead of them and for sure I'm not letting them be your puppet in this Irie."
"Yukiko." The high voice caught my attention. "Worrying about that is meaningless." My eyes widened. He was wrong. It wasn't meaningless. They shouldn't be caught in this! If something happened to them, they wouldn't even know the cause. Just because Irie needs his game pieces and Tsuna needs motivation doesn't mean they can play with people's lives!
"Cool down Yukiko." Alba said softly to me. I glared at the ground. How could I? They're willing to let innocent people get caught up this. It..it isn't right! This wasn't right. What the hell are they doing? Why...why do they think it'll be okay? It won't be. It would be our fault if something happened to them. Can't they see it would be safer if they stayed back in the past?
"Heh it doesn't matter who the people are Kaichou, they're all the same either way." Akane mumbled softly to where only I could hear it. I sent her a dark glare.
"Don't you dare talk to me about people being the same." I said bitterly.
"Kaichou, they may have taken you out of the Organization, but they can't take out the hatred from you nor our principles."
"Don't call me that."
"Would you rather me call you Yukai?"
"Don't."
"You joined because we kept killing innocents but how are they any different? Bringing citizens who hardly know about the mafia and who's in it. Isn't that unmoral too? Why do they get the special treatment; besides you weren't even supposed to exist. If anything, you could have had a normal life. You still can if you leave them."
"And then do what?" I spat out angrily. "Join you guys again? I rather die."
"You don't have to join us again. We're in the Vindice Prison remember? We'll still be there for a long time. You'll have your chance to be normal."
"Just get the hell away from me."
"Think about it." She smirked at me before walking off. I glared at the floor angrily. She was right in so many ways. But even if I disagree with their decision, I can't just abandon them when they need me. Not right now...but after we're done with this...now that's a different matter. Akane was right, I wasn't even supposed to exist as a Guardian. After this I could give back that Snow Ring and disappear for good. I could finally be normal.
"If the current Era and this Era Tsunayoshi-kun's and the others appear at the same time, space time would collapse and this world will perish." Irie voiced. My head snapped up realizing the analyzing stare that I was receiving. "That's why I place my bets on you guys. Our only choice is to let you official Vongola Ring possessors risk this situation."
"Then wouldn't going back Ten years and defeating Byakuran settle everything?" Kusakabe asked. Ah a smart one appeared!
"That is also impossible. As I said before, defeating Byakuran-san in this Era is the only way to seal his powers."
"Come to think of it, Tsuna." Reborn cut in. "Before returning to the base, there is something important you need to ask Shouichi about." He turned to the red-head. "Irie Shouichi, I can see that you really plan to beat Byakuran, but are you going to join our Family?"
Eh? Are you seriously going to ask him that question?
"I can?" He asked confused causing Gokudera to get mad. I sighed softly and ran my fingers through my hair. It seems he was serious about asking that.
"I'm deciding to stick with you." Spanner voiced in. "Hire me, Vongola."
"Ah about that, I'm want in on this too." Akane said taking me by surprise. "Yukiko needs a trainer that knows her weaknesses and can help her overcome it. I'm only interested in her progress, but if you need me I'm willing to lend a hand."
"First off, I'm her trainer not you." Alba hissed. "Secondly, I thought you hated the mafia and the only reason you joined the Millefiore is for Hiro wasn't it? You don't need to join the Vongola."
"It was the request of the future Yuki. She asked me to try it out if I ever came out of this alive, despite knowing that I would reject. But after viewing everything first-hand I can see why she wanted me to join."
"What's that?"
"A secret."
"What's your decision Tsuna?" Reborn asked. Tsuna spun around flustered.
"You always leave these situations for me to settle!"
"Deciding things is what the Boss is supposed to do."
Tsuna glared at Reborn. No I'm serious he actually glared at Reborn. But that doesn't matter. He shouldn't let Akane join.
"As I said, I have no intentions in joining the mafia." He replied looking away. I sighed sadly. Are you still going to deny it Tsuna? In this Era you're already the tenth boss of the Vongola. Why do you even try to deny it now? "And frankly, I got fooled by Irie-san very badly. It does make me hesitant." Irie began to squirm slightly. "But he had solveed many of our difficulties for the sake of us. So, from today, please continue to lend us your strength!" Irie beamed and Tsuna turned to Spanner. "You too, Spanner." He looked at Akane troubled. "Although ten years ago you tried to kill us, you did help Alba and Yukiko. And...you were right when you said it was my fault about Yukiko getting involved."
"Didn't I say it wasn't your fault?" I intervened. I glared at him. I don't get why he was believing what she said.
"She's right though. If it wasn't for me then you wouldn't be in the mafia."
"That was my choice to make. Just because it was you, made my choice be a bit biased!"
"But Yukiko...it is my fault. You wouldn't have to worry about the mafia if you didn't join. You being here; it's my all my fault." I clenched my hands. If he didn't want me to be here then so be it.
"Fine then." I said coolly meeting his eyes. "After we beat Byakuran and return to the past, I'm leaving the Family. I'll give back the Snow Ring and leave. You won't have to be worried about me being in the mafia and I won't try to rebuild Orphan. Is that better for you Sawada-san?"
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