"Talking"
'Thinking' in normal POV
Thinking in someone's POV
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Chapter 5
Way Out
A brunet with a girl in his arms ran along the corridors that lead the way out. Tsuna mentally cursed the blond haired Boss, 'Safe to pass he said. What does he mean with 'safe'? If 'safe' means almost burned down by explosions or hit by fallen materials, then this is VERY safe.' His intuition warned him that the mansion was almost collapse. So Tsuna ran as fast as he could to reach the exit which was still far away.
Tsuna ran down the stairs, and then there was a loud explosion behind them. He could feel the girl tighten her hold around his neck. There was another explosion when he reached the ground floor. The girl in his arms tightened her hold and she clutched his suit harder. 'She is scared. I have to run faster.' With that in mind, he ran even faster.
The temperature kept rising. More materials fell from the roof. Andthe smoke made the situation worsen. He couldn't breathe properly. His lungs couldn't stand the smoke.
The girl looked up to see her saviour's face. There was sweat on his face. 'He must be tired from all this running.' She felt helpless. The man saved her and even asked if she wanted to come with him. Yet, she couldn't even help the man.
Soon after, they heard someone's shouting. The familiar voice of his Storm Guardian gave Tsuna hope. 'Hayato!' He ran faster. 'Just a few more metres and I will be outside of this mansion.'
50 metres...42...37...29...13...
Some burning wood fell right in front of them, blocking the way and forcing him to stop running. Then he saw a small gap in between the wood and the wall. 'The gap is big enough for us to pass by.' he thought as he walked towards it. Slowly and carefully, Tsuna walked passed it.
Tsuna sighed in relief. '9 more metres.' He readjusted his hold on the girl and her arms that encircled around his neck. And then, he began to walk slowly. The long run had drained his energy again.
The seven guardians of the Sky were already outside the burning mansion. They were anxious as they watched the mansion in front of them burn. Tsuna, their Sky, hadn't come out yet. And there was no sign that the brunet would come out soon.
Gokudera Hayato, Tsuna's right hand man and Storm Guardian, couldn't wait anymore. He ran towards the mansion until someone caught his wrist. He struggled to get out of the hold. "Hayato! What are you going to do?!" a voice he recognized as Takeshi's shouted from behind him.
"Decimo! Decimo is still inside the mansion! He's taking too long in there! If he doesn't come out soon, he'll... Decimo will...!" Hayato shouted while struggling from the Rain Guardian's hold.
"Tsuna told us to wait for him outside. He..." Takeshi tried to calm his fellow guardian, but he was cut off by Hayato's shout.
"What if something happened to Decimo? What if the enemy attacked him? What if he's trapped inside the mansion? The mansion is burning! It can kill Decimo!" Hayato shouted in despair. He couldn't let his Decimo be killed like that.
"I'm sure Bossu is okay." a girl with indigo, pineapple hair voiced her thought.
"Kufufu, my dear Chrome is right. Vongola is strong. He will be okay." another man with the same hairstyle said.
A white haired man shouted, "Tsuna will be all right! Don't worry!"
"Yes. Tsuna-nii will be fine." a black haired teenager said with a hint of pride in his voice.
"Stop acting pathetic, Herbivore. The Omnivore won't be defeated that easily." a low baritone voice from certain ex-prefect told him.
"See? Hayato! Don't worry. Tsuna will be out sooner or later and he will be okay. He knows what he is doing." Takeshi said. When he felt Hayato stop struggling, he let the right hand man go.
Hayato stayed silent in his spot. 'They're right. Right? Decimo is strong. He won't be defeated easily. Right? Decimo will come out sooner or later. Right? He will be okay. Right? But, why do I feel like something is wrong? It can't be Decimo, can it?'
"But! Don't you remember Decimo's face when we talked about this meeting three days ago?" Hayato shouted, turning around to face his fellow guardians. "Didn't you see it? Decimo's face was...was...showing panic...fear..."
Suddenly, a loud boom was heard. They looked up to see that a part of the mansion had exploded. Another boom. The entire mansion started to explode, sending some burning materials up into the dark night sky. The mansion began to crumble down.
All of the guardians froze. They watched the scene unfold. The mansion was breaking down. Their bodies couldn't even move an inch. They were too shocked to move, until a trembling voice shouted in despair.
"DECIMO!" Hayato ran towards the mansion, but before he could get closer, a pair of hands grabbed him again, "Decimo! Let me go! Decimo is still inside! DECIMO!"
"Hayato! Stop! It's dangerous! We can't go any further. The mansion will collapse soon." Takeshi shouted to his friend.
"I know the mansion will collapse soon, and we left Decimo inside alone? I would rather die to protect him than have him die in front of me!" Hayato's argument stabbed the Rain Guardian's logic, making him loosen his hold on Hayato. He escaped.
Hayato ran forwards again. His eyes caught something from the mansion. A blurry black shadow. It was small at first, and then the shadow got bigger and bigger until it made a silhouette of someone he knew.
"Decimo! Are you okay?" he shouted at the person who came out from the collapsing mansion. His voice got everyone's attention. The other guardians ran forwards and felt relieved after seeing their boss walk toward them.
The black haired girl felt the cold breeze blow pass her. It was refreshing and it cooled her down. 'Are we outside?' She recognised that voice. It is the one who shouted a while ago outside the door. The girl glanced at the other man. He had shoulder-length silver hair. And his green eyes shone with relief yet worries. Then she noticed the other men and a woman. 'Who are they?'
Tsuna approached his guardians. When they were away from the burning mansion, his guardians asked him what happened inside, and why did he took a long time. Tsuna couldn't answer yet because suddenly, everyone's attention turned towards the girl, who squirmed uncomfortably in his arms. She hid her face on Tsuna's neck to get away from their questioning gazes.
"Decimo, who is she?"
Tsuna looked at Hayato when he asked him that and then at the girl in his arms. He could feel that she was uncomfortable about it.
"Let's not talk about it now." 'We have to go back to HQ first.' Tsuna turned to look at Takeshi, "Takeshi, please bring the car here." Takeshi only nodded and ran towards the parked the car.
'Who is Takeshi?' the girl thought. She glanced back at those people. She saw a tall man with short black hair right before he turned around I see a scar marking on his chin.
While waiting for Takeshi, the girl looked at the other guardians. The silver haired man stood next to Tsuna, he wore a red shirt underneath his suit and he also wore a lot of rings on his fingers. Beside him stood another man, but with shorter silver hair and he wore a light yellow shirt. There was a band aid on his nose. Behind them, there was a teenager with curly black hair. His right eye was closed. And under his eyes, there were tattoos of green lightning. He wears...cow printed shirt. The black haired girl mentally shrugged it.
Then her eyes fell on two people, a man and a woman who shared the same weird hair style. Their indigo hair made a weird shape. She couldn't see the man clearly because of the distance, but he had different eye colours than the woman. His right eye was red and the other was blue. The woman's right eye was covered by a black eye patch. It seems they wore matching earrings on their left ears.
Far behind the indigo haired people was a man with black hair. The girl wanted to see more of him, but his grey eyes caught her staring and she turned to hide in Tsuna's neck. 'Did he know I was watching him?'
While the girl was observing the people around her, Tsuna was thinking. He was undecided. 'Should I tell them about the poison?' Tsuna thought as he threw a glance towards his guardians. Then he remembered what the Oscurità Boss had said. 'If I tell them, they will hunt the Oscurità down. And that won't end well. I have to prevent them from doing so... I can't tell them about the poison. I have to ask Shamal about the poison.'
Takeshi drove the car fast toward them. He stopped right in front of Tsuna. As the brunet walked towards the car, the door was opened by Lambo who saw that his hand were full. Tsuna placed the girl in the back seat gently. "I have to make a phone call. Wait here, okay?" She nodded slightly.
Tsuna checked his pocket, but it was empty. 'Where did I place my phone? Did I lose it when I was running?' I walked towards my Guardians who looked at me with a questioning look. 'I can't answer them now.' "Hayato, can you let me use your phone?"
"Here, Decimo." Gokudera said as he gave me his phone.
Tsuna took the phone while murmuring a soft 'Thank you' and walked away from them. When he was sure that he was out of their hearing range, Tsuna searched for Shamal's number. 'Hayato really has a weird way of calling someone.' He read each name and sighed sometimes. 'Baseball-freak, Bastard, Decimo, Lawn-Head. Found it...Pervert Doctor...' The brunet pressed the call button and placed the device on his ear.
While waiting for Tsuna, the girl thought deeply in her seat. 'Is it really okay for me to go with him? Will his family acknowledge me?' Her thoughts were cut off when she felt their gazes were on her. 'Why are they looking at me?' She bit my lips hard. 'I feel scared.' No one had ever looked at her like that. Before she realized it, her body started to tremble.
Tsuna was unaware of the young girl's turmoil. He waited and waited until Shamal answered with an annoyed tone, "What?"
"It's me, Tsunayoshi. I need your help." Tsuna replied with a serious tone.
Then he heard Shamal speak in a serious tone too. "What can I help you with?"
"I'm poisoned. I'll tell you the details later when we meet in Vongola's HQ. Wait for me there." he said with finality. When Tsuna heard his answer, he ended the call and turned around and saw his guardians eyeing the girl. She was trembling in fear. Tsuna walked towards them, "Let's go back to mansion." They looked at him and nodded.
Tsuna stopped beside the opened door, ready to climb in. "Tsuna-nii, your suit. It's stained with blood?"
The brunet froze when he heard Lambo ask that. 'I forgot...I can't tell them...yet.' "Let's go back to the mansion first." Tsuna replied while getting into the car. He sat next to the girl and Lambo sat on his other side. In front of Tsuna were Hayato, Chrome, Mukuro and Ryohei. Takeshi was driving the car, while Kyoya sat beside Takeshi in the front seat.
"Decimo! Did you get hurt?" Hayato asked with a panicked expression.
"I'm fine, Hayato. I didn't get hurt." Tsuna lied.
"If you didn't get hurt, then whose blood is that, Bossu?" Chrome asked with uncertainty. Tsuna remained silent. 'I can't tell them.'
"Decimo/Vongola/Bossu/Sawada/Tsuna-nii?" They looked at their boss questioningly.
Tsuna didn't know how to answer them. The brunet shook his head, "I don't want to talk about it right now."
"What about the Oscurità Famiglia?" Tsuna felt his body stiffen for a second and looked at his guardians. 'It seems they noticed it.'
"They fled after..." He stopped. 'I slipped! I shouldn't tell them!'
"Decimo?" Hayato called to him. 'What should I say? After what?' Tsuna glanced at the girl beside him. 'Oh...right...'
"...After they tried to attack me again when I tried to save this girl." Tsuna answered while looking at her.
The brunet knew that his guardians wanted to ask more. So he raised his right hand. "I'm tired. Please let me take a rest until we reach HQ." They nodded reluctantly.
Tsuna closed his eyes and sighed. He leaned on the back of his seat. The brunet could feel the girl fidget a bit. He raised his hand and patted her head, telling her that everything would be okay. It seemed to make her relax.
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