Tiny chapter to clarify things (sorry if chapter 10 was confusing).
Chapter 11: Return
Tsuna ran down the stairs, concerned about Gokudera. Be okay. Please, be okay!
When he entered the kitchen, he saw Gokudera sitting on the floor, near the table, apparently holding something (or someone) invisible. His face was stained by the tears he was dropping; his eyes were glazed and wide.
"Gokudera-kun, are you okay?" Tsuna questioned, getting close to him. Is he dreaming? Can he dream with his eyes opened? Catharina's words were echoing in his mind.
"… and make horrible things to this person, break his soul mercilessly, without lettingyounotice it."
"Snap out of it, Gokudera-kun!" Tsuna was now kneeling in front of his guardian, holding the other's face gently. The panic was dominating the young Vongola. "You're dreaming, Gokudera-kun! Whatever happened, it wasn't real! Everything is okay, please, snap out of it!"
"See?" Catharina, who had followed Tsuna downstairs, was now at the kitchen's entrance. "He's not so strong and brave now, is he? He was so easily broken."
Tsuna glared at her in pure anger. "Free Gokudera-kun, now!"
"Why? He's so quiet now. It's so pleasant, almost as if he has become a vegetable."
The deep hatred Tsuna was feeling for Catharina was now boiling. Is she having fun with this? How can she just stand there and let Gokudera-kun in this state? I must help him, no matter what! If I lose him…
"If the Storm is so important to you, we can make a deal." Catharina proposed. "Come with me and leave all these people behind, if you do it, I'll free your Gokudera-kun."
Tsuna didn't know what to do. He couldn't trust her, but he didn't have how to know if Gokudera would go back to normal if Catharina was defeated. However, going with her wasn't the right thing to do. He would worry everybody and all of them, including Gokudera-kun, would look for him. Besides, he could become the girl's puppet and Catharina could make him do horrible things.
Before Tsuna replied anything, he heard Gokudera's voice. The guardian of the Storm was whispering.
"Protect Juudaime… always protect… never let anything bad happen to him… I'm Judaime's right-hand man… I promised I'd protect…"
"Gokudera-kun! I'm here, I'm right in front of you!" Tsuna tried to make the other hear his voice, but it was useless. Catharina grinned at the scene.
"If you have doubts, I'll allow you to deal with the situation for now, Great Sky." Catharina said, leaving the kitchen. This might be interesting.
"Gokudera-kun." Tsuna talked to his guardian one more time, trying not to cry. "I'll make her turn you back to normal, I promise you."
Tsuna tried to stand up, but Gokudera suddenly held his arm fiercely. Startled, Tsunayoshi saw the enormous despair in Hayato's eyes.
"Bring… him… back… woman."
What Gokudera-kun is saying? Tsuna wondered, astonished. He called me woman? Don't tell me he thinks I'm Catharina!
"Bring back… bring back…" Gokudera spoke in low voice as he squeezed Tsuna's arm. The Storm guardian was clearly out of his mind.
"It's me, Gokudera-kun! I'm Tsuna, not Catharina! You have to wake up!" Tsuna managed to get free of Hayato's grasp. However, Gokudera stood up and invoked his Cambio Forma.
What is he planning to do? The Sky asked himself in horror. The Storm gazed at the person in his front like a maniac.
"Bring him back… return him… bring my Juudaime back… bring Juudaime back… or I'll kill you…"