Chrome's Brother: Fast Forward

Part 15

By Blockhed13

Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn! ™

I chuckled, "Nothing, Reborn."

"If it's nothing, then remove them." Reborn grinned. I shrugged, and removed my left glove and displayed it to him.

"See? Nothing's wrong with it." I raised an eyebrow.

"Now your right glove." He requested. I began to walk away, back to the command room.

"I honestly don't understand why you're concerning yourself with this." I slipped the left glove back on. Reborn narrowed his eyes, and followed me back to the room.

After about fifteen minutes, Chrome limped in the room, propping herself on her trident. I smiled.

"Chrome… You're up." I couldn't help but feel happy.

She looked around at everyone, "I need help…. I can't go alone."

"Kusekabe, Hibari, Lambo, and I-Pin will join you." Reborn advised.

Chrome looked at me with endearing eyes.

"I'm not going, sorry Chrome." I frowned, "Your family needs you, not me."

Chrome smiled, "I understand…"

I smiled back, and Chrome walked on. Reborn nudged my shoulder.

"You can go if you want." Reborn advised. I shook my head.

"I need to teach her to be me." I chuckled, "So she can teach me to be myself."

Reborn seemed to understand my thinking, and I turned toward the rest of the table.

"How far into the mission do you think we are?" I asked. Reborn shrugged.

"The playing field keeps changing. Literally." Reborn answered. I raised an eyebrow.

"Literally?" I perked. Reborn nodded, "How so?"

"The base keeps moving the rooms around. The entire family was split up into different parts of the base." Reborn informed. I narrowed my eyes in question.

"Odd." I commented.

We had all been watching in silence. I talked very little about myself, mainly on my job, and the importance of my sash. Hibari had already switched places with his past self. It was getting close, at least I hope, to the end.

I looked at the time. My right middle finger started swelling with pain again. Once again, I clutched it.

Reborn noticed it, "What's wrong?"

I slid my box animal wrapped in my sash to his feet, "Nothing's wrong," I smiled, "But I think you can figure it our from here. Good luck."

My older twenty-five year old self puffed into pink smoke, and replaced by my younger fifteen-year old self.

I looked around, "Umm… I think I found the correct question." I gazed in awe at the place. Reborn looked at me.

"Ciaossu, Kumoru." He smiled.

I paused my life for just a moment. What on earth just happened? Never mind; don't ask, don't ever ask.

Reborn kicked me a package poorly wrapped with some cloth thing.

"Put it on. You'll look great in it."

I grabbed a corner of the cloth and unrolled it. A box fell out at the end, but I diverted my attention to the sash. A grey sash, the number 9, and some weird metal plate in the center.

"Umm… Is it necessary?" I sighed.

"If you want to stay alive, yes."