RECONSTRUCT

Tsunako sighed in happiness as she closed the door to her apartment. Leaning her back against the door, she closed her eyes and remembered just an hour ago. That man… for the first time in years she felt a little more complete. His flames were obviously not active, but they were active enough to harmonize with her. It actually surprised her just how compatible they were flame wise.

It didn't help Karamatsu was attractive as well. Placing her hands on her cheeks she could feel just how red her cheeks were. She wanted to scream in elation. While her flame would never completely heal due to the past guardian bond's fractures they could heal a little.

She never set out looking for new guardian's but it seems fate had something different in mind.

Is this what Kawahira had meant when he had found her just a week after her ex-guardian's left for Italy?

She stood on the corner of a busy street, eyes dead to all who gazed at her. Tapping her foot in impatience, she gave a sigh as she waited to cross. The pain of her best friends betrayal was still raw and honestly she just wanted to get home as soon as she could.

She blinked. In the span of the one second it took for her to blink everything stood at a standstill. Her eyes widened as she turned around quickly to find who was responsible for this occurrence. What she wasn't expecting was the presence of a white haired glasses wearing Earthling.

"Kawahira." She said and she saw him smiling, a shockingly gentle smile for someone who had doomed countless people to the Arcobaleno curse.

"Sawada-san." He moved close to her dodging frozen pedestrians. She waited patiently for him, her fingers clutching at the end of her skirt.

He stopped in front of her and she realized just how much taller her was compared to her. The gentle smile he had on his face never left. Lifting his hand he placed it on top her head. "I'm sorry."

She blinked tears gathering at the edges of her eyes. "For what…" Her voice threatened to crack.

"I'm sorry I didn't see what was in your future after insuring you would be the best fit for the Vongola Rings."

"You can see the future?"

Kawahira sighed. "Indeed. I always look into the futures of any future recipient of any part of the Tri-Ni-Sette. I had thought that your future would stay the same it was before the events of ten years in the future but it wasn't."

"It's not your fault." She exhaled a large breath she had been holding, drawing warmth and comfort from his hands and the flames he had allowed to mingle with her own. It wasn't Chrome or Mukuro's flames but they helped none the less. "Divination is a cheap tactic anyway to divine what is in store for your life. If it's anyone's fault for what happened it is my ex-guardians."

Releasing his hand from her head, he took her hands in his own.

"Even if you believe so Sawada-san, I have looked into your future once more. You may no longer be the Vongola Tenth but you are still the one who found a way to break the curse. I owe you more then you will ever believe."

By now tears were falling down her cheeks. How long had it been since anyone actually appreciated what she had done?

"And?"

"I promise you Sawada Tsunako it might not happen tomorrow, or this month, or even this year but you will feel whole again. This I promise you. You will find guardians who love and cherish you, one of which will love you more deeply than the others." Releasing her hands he stepped back a little.

She blinked. "Wait what do you…" Suddenly there was noise again, and she looked around wildly at the pedestrians who were now moving. She was alone.

So that is what Kawahira had meant then. Perhaps… Karamatsu was the one who would lover her more deeply? But what about the other guardians? A smile blossomed on her face as she made her way into her apartment.

Her roommate Haruka was on the couch watching TV.

"Woah Tsuna, what's got you so happy?" Haruka asked, sitting up and pausing her program.

Tsuna just smiled a little more. "I met someone."

"What no way! Tell me all about it!"

As she sat down and started to tell her friend all about the meeting with Karamatsu, Tsuna perhaps thought this was the beginning of reconstructing her life.

AN: Decided to bring this story over to FFnet since it is one of the few series I am still writing for at least monthly. Please review.