"Oy, Tsuna. Your Rain Guardian is here." Shouts KID, projecting his voice.
"Yamamoto!" yells Tsuna, running over. Unluckily for Tsuna, he runs straight intothe mirrored area, and finds himself surrounded by images of himself. He takes a step forward and they all vanish.
"Over here." Comes a whisper behind him. Tsuna spins around and suddenly KID is everywhere. "Like it? Yamamoto certainly did. I could have played with him more if that mongrel didn't pop the balloon." He grumbles, crossing his arms. He reaches a hand forward and up, but stops as Tsuna shrieks. "What's wrong?"
"From here it looks like twenty KID's want to grab me. In that costume and the monocle glowing, it's a rather scary sight." Whimpers Tsuna, crouching down low and tucking himself into a ball.
"Relax. I'm taking down the capes okay?" assures KID. Within a few minutes, KID has taken down the capes and stowed them away, checking for damages as he does. The ones that are ripped get put in a different pocket, ready to be thrown away later. "There now. It's only me. Come on let's go."
KID walks off, Conan following, and eventually they arrive back at the base. In front of them are several black cars and Mafiosi idling around. Tsuna runs into the car park panting.
"Can you guys, [huff, huff] go get Yamamoto? He's down that path asleep. Make sure to get his sword too." Requests Tsuna.
"Right away Tenth." Say a few men in unison. They bow to Tsuna before rushing off in the direction given.
"Guy's clear a path. I'm going to release Hibari. He'll be pretty pissed, so if you don't want to be 'bitten to death' then I'd get out of the way." Warns KID, not wanting to go in and free Hibari himself. He takes the electrical controller out fromhis pocket. "Conan can you warn him for me?"
"Sure" raising his bow tie, Conan links the frequency to that of the speakers in the room "Hibari, its Conan. KID's going to turn off the electric current in a second. What's that? Oh, KID says to mind the falling Tonfas."
With the warning given, KID presses the button. There are a few seconds of silence before one of the windows crashes. Hibari elegantly jumps down from the second story, jacket flowing behind him. With the glass glittering in the moonlight, the jump looks amazing. KID takes Roll's ring from his jacket pocket and throws it to Hibari. Catching it, Hibari lands on the ground and runs into the forest, off to find his transportation back home.
"Phew, at least he didn't attack me." Says KID. "Now for the others, men follow me"
The Mafiosi look at Tsuna for permission, and with Tsuna's nod, they follow him in. One immediately comes out, carrying a sleeping Lambo.
"Tsuna, you'll want a friendly face there when he wakes up. KID scared him into unconsciousness." Advises Conan.
"Heeii! What?" shrieks Tsuna "What did he do to him?"
"As far as I can tell, he put on a Phantom mask and hid his body with the mirrored capes- which is what they were originally for. All Lambo would have seen was a floating bloody mask and a pair of gloves."
"Oh, I know what you are talking about Sir." Exclaims one man by a car. Tsuna looks over, wanting more details. "I was one of the men chasing KID the first day he arrived at the base. We rounded a corner and there he was, dressed like you described. It was frightfully scary, if I do say so myself Sir." The man rubs his head and looks down, embarrassed to have been scared like that.
"Alright then. I'll send… Hmm. Gokudera I suppose." Tsuna deliberates.
"Gokudera? But I thought that they didn't get along very well. They are always shouting at each other." Exclaims Conan.
"Oh that. Well it's because Lambo respects Gokudera so much. They are pretty similar: Both were outcast from their families. Gokudera ran away because his mother was killed by his family. Lambo was told to kill Reborn- a feat that no one could expect him to do. The Bovino's are a family that specialise in firearms and science. They created the Ten-Year-Bazooka, which switches you with your ten year future self for 5 minutes. Lambo however is not, how should I put this? Academically gifted like the rest of the Family's Children are. So they sent him on this mission instead. However, the Boss seemed really pleased that he became part of the Vongola, so I suppose that they must care a little. They send care packages to whoever Lambo is with, but I haven't figured out if this is affection or a show to give the Family a good reputation." Tsuna shakes his head then continues.
"Anyway, back to the original statement. Lambo respects Gokudera for the way Gokudera has turned his life around. All he really wants is Gokudera's attention. However because of the way he was brought up, he doesn't know how to get that attention properly. Plus, Gokudera has a short fuse to being with, and can't stand little children. The best way to view their relationshipis as two brothers. All of us class each other as siblings. I can't say brothers since Chrome is counted too. But those two really are like brothers, always arguing, but they can get along too. It'll be Gokudera more than any of us that Lambo would want to see after a nightmare. The next person would be I-pin- she was with Haru and Kyoko- but he would be too embarrassed to admit anything to her." Tsuna ends with a sigh.
"That was a good sleep to the EXTREME!" comes a shout from above.
"It seems like they have found Ryohei. His sun flames wouldn't let him sleep like that for long." Comments Tsuna. A moment later, Ryohei comes running out of the building.
"That was a fun match. I'll have to EXTREMELY train with you again sometime KID." Roars the Boxer. All three laugh, and Tsuna directs him into the car.
"Oy, dame-Tsuna, watch this" orders Reborn, appearing from nowhere. A computer tablet is thrust into his hands. On it is a room, with something that looks like him tied to a chair. "This is the video feed fromthe Room where Gokudera was found. I think that you should watch the battle."
On the screen, the door opens slightly before Uri pads in. Uri looks around before turning her head and growling out of the room. The door opens and Gokudera walks in.
"Wow, smart thinking from Gokudera there. For all he knew, KID could have been the other side of the door." Comments Conan, not having seen what happened before.
"Juudaime, don't worry. I'm here to save you " Shouts Gokudera. Tsuna sweat-drops and looks away. "Typical Gokudera." He mumbles.
"…I knew that I could count on you" comes Tsuna's voice.
"Heeii. That's my voice. But I was outside most of the time. I never even went outside." He looks over at Conan, who taps his bowtie. Nodding in understanding Tsuna turns back to the screen "Wait, is Gokudera crying"
"He is because of Conan's manipulation of words." Remarks Reborn. "By using phrases like 'I'm so glad you are here' and 'I knew I could count on you' it's taking advantage of Gokudera's pride as your right handman. For that's what makes Gokudera happy-acknowledgment from you. You know how devoted to you he is."
Tsuna thinks about what Reborn has said as he turns back to the screen. Gokudera is untying the ropes fromthe chair, not realising that KID has walked into the room. Witha crash, Gokudera and Uri fall through the floor. The camera angle changes soyou can see through the hole at Gokudera, but still see KID at the same time.
Gokudera shouts at Uri, before KID sprays some smoke into Gokudera's face.
"This is the bit you want to see" points out Reborn
"Oh I loved this bit" comments KID. Having shown themwhere to find the two missing Guardians, and collecting any essential tools, he returned back to Tantei-kun's side.
Gokudera shuts his mouth and turns his head away, determined not to inhale the smoke. KID reaches over to towards the chair.
"So that's why you asked me to scream" says Conan, watching the screen. Tsuna makes a noise asking for more information. "You can't see it because of the gas mask, but KID asked me to scream in your voice. From the position Gokudera is in, the floor blocks his vision of the dummy on the chair- which he believes is you. All he can see is KID reaching over to possibly harm you." Explains Conan
"Gaaaaah" Tsuna screams
Gokudera immediately draws a breath and starts to shout Juudaime, before inhaling the gas and passing out.
"As you can see, dame-Tsuna, Gokudera automatically reacted that way. Even thoughhe knew drawing in a breath meant breathing in the gas, he still shouted out in response toy our pain. He didn't think, he just reacted- that's how ingrained his worry for you is. Now that's some dedication. You really should show some devotion back." Reborn looks pointedly at Tsuna, beady eyes visible for once.
"Gak, get her away from me!" comes the feeble shout.
Tsuna looks over towards the door to see Gokudera being followed bya worried Bianchi. In a panic, Tsuna grabs KID's monocle and rushes over to her. He puts the monocle on her, before turning to Gokudera and hugging him.
"Thank you so much, Gokudera. I knew that you were a devoted right hand man, but I never knew how devoted. I'm sorry for not realising it sooner.
"Juudaime?" asks Gokudera, worried over his Boss' actions. Realising that his Juudaime is hugging him, he blushes a bright red, before gingerly hugging back. "It's alright Juudaime. I have always sworn my loyalty to you." Seeing as Tsuna hasn't rejected the hug back, Gokudera hugs tighter. "You've opened my world so much. You truly are my sky. And where woulda storm be without a sky to protect?"
"I know Gokudera, but I really need to appreciate all of the things you do for me. I don't know where I would be without you. Certainly not here." Whispers Tsuna, resting his head on Gokudera's shoulder.
"Ahem. I hate to break up this wonderful scene, but everyone is waiting for you to get in the car." Interrupts KID, looking theatrically morose.
Gokudera and Tsuna jump apart and wonder over to the car. KID opens the door and gets in, followed by Tsuna, and then Gokudera, who shuts the door.
"Let's head home shall we." States Tsuna "I'm really quite tired."
By the time they get back to the Vongola Mansion, Tsuna has fallen asleep, head lolling to the side and resting on Gokudera's shoulder. When they pull up at the entrance, Gokudera gets out of the car and picks Tsuna up.
"I'll take him to his room" he says to the other guardians who have appeared. "Miranda, see to it that these two are placed in the guest rooms." He orders the maid standing by the door, before disappearing into the house.
He arrives at Tsuna's room, and tucks the boss into bed.
Tsuna cracks his eyes open and mumbles "Stay with Lambo… KID scared him too much. He'll need you…to comfort him when… he wakes up… No fighting now." And with that order, he rolls over and falls back asleep.
"Of course Juudaime" Gokudera whispers.
He walks down the corridor to Lambo's room and sits by the bedside until the cow wakes up.