CHAPTER 11- The Complete Arceo
When I woke up, I was in the Vongola Headquarters' infirmary and I can see Knuckles, the Sun Guardian beside my bed checking my vitals on the monitor. An IV was connected to me and I was wearing a gas mask.
"Sir Knuckles..." I slowly said and that made the Sun Guardian look at my direction and he directed a smile at me.
"Tsuna, you're awake at last. You made all of us worried", Knuckles said and offered a glass of water towards me.
"Thank you. How long was I asleep?" I asked before drinking the water.
"Five days, you we're unconscious for five days", Knuckles said and proceeded to get a stethoscope to measure my vitals.
"You seem fine now, however you need lots of rest, stress is a big NO", Knuckles said and went outside.
I looked around the place- everything is white like a typical hospital room. However the place is full of flowers, no wonder the maids said that the infirmary is a place where you can truly relax. Beside me is a heart monitor and some gadgets.
Knuckles entered the room again and this time he was not alone, behind him are all the Arcobalenos. Luce-nee's face was streaked with tears. Reborn-nii's face looks one without sleep. The others also seem to have lost sleep and appetite.
After finding me, all of them with Luce-nee in the lead ran to my direction and gave me each a hug. They huddled all around my bed and each gave their thoughts about being worried.
"I'm sorry for making you all worry", I said and that made them all smile. We continued to talk about all the happenings after I fainted. Reborn-nii was the one who caught me when I fainted and carried me towards the HQ. Everyone was really worried-to the verge that Hayate said that she will commit seppoku if I don't wake up in a week's time.
That gave me quite a scare but Skull-nii said that she is already calm these days, however the whole Arceo is really worried and continues to stay in the mansion, only going to missions in only a few hours.
After an hour of talking, Knuckles said that I need to rest and so all the Arcobalenos' said their goodbyes, they said that they will be staying in the HQ until my health becomes normal. Before leaving each gave me a ruffle in the hair (Fon, Colonello, Verde), a hug (Lal, Mammon, Skull), and a kiss in the forehead (Luce, Reborn).
DREAM:
"Where am I?" I said and took a good look at my surroundings. The room I was in was colored with eight different lights-similar to the colors of the Dying Will Flames. I was standing right in the middle of the room and around me are the eight colors of the flames forming a circle around me.
At my front is an orange flame known as the Sky flame; at the right of the Sky is the Storm flame colored with red; beside the Storm is the green Lightning Flame; beside the Lightning is the violet Cloud Flame; and directly across the Sky is the apricot Snow Flames.
At the left of the Sky is the blue colored Rain Flame; beside the Rain Flame is the yellow Sun Flame; and beside it is the indigo Mist Flame.
'The time has come for you to reawaken and accept the position as the Sky Protector of the Tenth Generation Vongola Family, Tsunayuki Sawada', a familiar gentle voice coming from the Sky flame said to me.
'Sky Protector? Why me?', I asked the flame in front of me and I was awarded with a chuckle.
'We can never defy the fates and destiny, Tsunayuki. You are already chosen a long ago. To prosper and to nurture, everything's up to you', the voice replied.
'Tell me who are you? Why do you sound so familiar?', I asked the voice and the all the flames started to take a humanistic form.
'It's not time for you to know who we are, Tsunayuki. However we can communicate with you, but no one and absolutely no one should know about our meetings'
'I understand...when will I meet you again?'
'I'll be with you Tsunayuki, closer than you know it, be the ideal Sky Protector for the Family', and with that all the other flames bursted out and completely disappeared leaving only me and the Sky Flame.
'Operation X. Remember this', the voice said and slowly disappeared.
'What?', but I was too late and the flame disappeared.
'You'll need these words'
I woke up when a cold cloth was pressed on my forehead. I groggily opened my eyes only to see Hayate in front of me putting a wet cloth on my forehead.
"Hime-sama I'm glad you're awake. You are having a high fever. We were so worried", Hayate said and gestured her thumb to her back. I looked behind her and saw all the other Arceo. Takeshi-nii and Rhea are sitting on the sofa. Laela was sleeping in the nearby bed. Kyoya and Chrome were sitting on the bench nearest my bed and a few meters away from them, Mukuro is secretly spying on them while releasing an ominous aura.
When they heard that I was awake they started to huddle around my bed.
"Tsuna/Hime/Omnivore", they all said at once.
"I'm sorry for making you all worry", I said and tried to sit up on the bed only to end up failing. I clutched my throbbing head and let out a whimper of pain.
That didn't went unnoticed by the others, and in a worry Rhea volunteered to call her brother who was at that time attending a meeting with the Vongola Guardians. The infirmary is located at the fourth floor and the meeting is taking place at the seventh floor.
Chrome went to get more water, Mukuro went with Chrome, Kyoya continued reading a book about how to stop high fever, Rhea went to the meeting room, Laela was helping Takeshi cooking chicken soup, and Hayate was beside me monitoring my temperature.
A few minutes later, a sweating Rhea together with Knuckles entered the room and told the others to wait outside. Knuckles decided to check my vitals once again and injected something in my arm. A few minutes after that I started to feel sleepy and heard a portion of the conversation with Rhea and Knuckles.
"How's Tsuna Nee-chan?" Rhea asked her Big Brother.
"She's already fine Rhea, go outside and tell everyone that Tsuna just had a migraine attack", Knuckles said. "It's really good that it's just a minor one"
The last thing I heard before I completely doze off were the worried questions of the Arcobalenos, Arceo, and the voices of Giotto with his Guardians.
I quickly recovered in two days time and Knuckles deemed me to be discharged from the infirmary. Luce-nee and the other Arcobalenos said that I need to have a vacation and we all went to Venice and toured around the city starting with the famous Grand Canal. We stayed there for three days and two nights.
I really had a lot of fun during the whole trip. You wouldn't even dream about Reborn, Fon, Verde, Skull, and Colonello carrying all the shopping bags of Luce, Lal, Mammon. Even though I protested, Luce and the others bought me a few dresses and shirts. I decided to buy some souvenirs for some of my friends, and for the Arceo.
I bought a rare UMA book for Hayate because I heard from Fon-nii that she loves those things. I bought a baseball hat for Takeshi-nii because he loves baseball so much. I bought a jar of grape candies for Laela because even though she was younger than me for only months I treat her as my little sister. I bought a pair of red boxing gloves streaked with yellow for Rhea because she loves working out. I bought a yellow canary for Kyoya because according to Luce-nee he loves cute things. I bought a book about making chocolate desserts for Chrome, and lastly I bought a book about pineapples for Mukuro.
The Arcobalenos drove me to the Vongola Headquarters and help me bring my suitcases. Being the Arceo Sky Protector I have to live and be present in the HQ always, so I have to stay in. Because they all have their missions to do the next day and we arrive at 12 midnight in the HQ, I told the Arcobalenos that I will handle the unpacking of my things in my room. Luce-nee, Reborn-nii, Colonello-nii, Lal-nee, Fon-nii, Verde-nii, Mammon-nee, and Skull-nii gave me each tearful goodbyes and promised that they will visit me in their free time every day. See how protective they can be?
I carried my things towards the elevator and pressed the number eight because it is where the sleeping quarters for the higher members of the family are. I went to the South wing and located the orange door.
I wanted to say 'I'm back' to the Arceo's but changed my mind when I heard from the maids that they were training hard and doing something for the whole day.
I opened the door with a gentle turn of the doorknob, and was greeted by light suddenly filling the room together with the sound of party poppers.
What I saw made me freeze in the spot. At the center of my room are the seven members of the Arceo and above them is a banner with 'Welcome Home Tsuna'.
They said 'Welcome Home' to me all at once. Tears started to leak from my eyes and I smiled- the smile I thought I had lost for three years.
"I'm home everyone"
We had a lot of fun that night and even Kyoya joined with our childish games. Now that I realized it everyone was in their sleeping attire. After two hours of playing and partying we all went to sleep and since everyone was too tired to return to their rooms, I invited them to stay for the night.
I ask for eight mattresses from the maids and formed them into a circle at the carpet area of my room. We slept side to side, our heads forming an inner circle.
'At last the Arceo is now complete', the familiar voice said to me.
'To prosper and to protect the Vongola, that's your mission for all eternity'