Cielo: I apologize for the late update. I hope this chapter would satisfy you all.
Nero: Have you replied to those reviewers, aho-Cielo?
Cielo: Stop calling me aho! *faces readers* To all reviewers of the previous chapter, have you received my replies? I hope you did and if I miss any review, please do tell me. This is the first time I replied using PM to my readers.
Disclaimer: ...What do you think?
Warnings: OOCness, mention of zombies, crappy scene of meeting, etc.
Pairing: R2772 aka Reborn x Tsuna x HDWM! Tsuna (or alter ego, whatever you may call him)
My Sacrificed Heart
Chapter 3: I'm Fine
Tsuna stood up from the only dry ground towards the exit that seem so far from him and yet so near. He walked slowly like a resurrect zombie and when he took a hold on the doorknob, he shivered at the coldness of the metal in his grip. He push opened the door and continue walking down the hall of the headquarters. Each step he made echoed through the silent hall and that's what represents his emotions: loneliness and sadness. When he was unable to move forward using his own will, he staggered to his right until his side hit the wall harshly. "Ugh!" Even though with the painful bruise formed from the impact, Tsuna still forced himself to continue onwards to escape from the hell.
Once he found the mahogany door that lead to his freedom, he fastens his steps towards the exit. Tsuna reached the cold golden metal knob and twists it until the awaiting sound was formed, and Tsuna pushed the door excitedly. He quickly rushed out to inhale the fresh air of calmness at the lawn, but Tsuna suddenly tripped by something hidden inside the tall grass of the abandoned lawn. "Ittai!" He fell down onto the soft grass and yet he managed to scrape his knee.
Tsuna stood up from his fallen figure and look around in search for the offensive object. When he look down closely, Tsuna could see something red painted the grasses and soil. So he crouched down and pushed out all of the grasses in the way to find the hidden object despite the uneasy feeling inside his stomach. In the end, he regrets to ever search for it as he already found it, but it's not good news. Tsunayoshi gasped in fear and fell down on the grasses again, but this time in sitting position, while covering his mouth and staring at the new-found object. "Haa...Haa..."
Hidden deep by the grasses of the abandoned lawn was a head stabbed mercilessly without any eyes inside the empty sockets. That morning, the whole forest could hear a bloody horror scream erupted from the brunet.
"AAAAHHHH!"
Reborn was really frustrated because instead of finding something interesting, all he could find was an empty street void of any living things around. He glared with dark aura covering his whole body. 'What just happened? Never in my whole life has this intuition disappointed me. But why this time it does? How could this happen?' Reborn thought in confusion and annoyance. Really, he was forcefully wake up by annoying squeals of stupid fan girls, starting his day without any caffeine, and now being played around by his trustworthy intuition?! He could just feel today was going to be a very annoying long day.
When he was about to turned back and waited for the cute brunet along with his cup of dark coffee, he heard a very distant and yet a very loud scream erupted from the direction of the forest just 10 blocks from the empty street he was currently at. 'That's voice...it sounded just like...' he went wide-eyed when he finally recognized the bloody scream voice.
"Tsunayoshi!"
Reborn quickly ran towards the direction of the forest where Tsunayoshi was at.
"HHIIEE!"
Tsuna ran away from the half-dead bodies that were chasing after him while shrieking like his 13 years old self. 'I thought I already got rid of this shameful shriek!' Tsuna kept running inside the forest without any directions as long as he could get away from the bodies that were-
Right behind him by an inch! "HIE!" Using the last of his energy, he sprints away from the zombie-like bodies like a cheetah. Well, excluding the bravery of course. While he was running away from the zombies, he didn't noticed that a thick root of a large tree was sticking out of the ground and he tripped on it, causing him to fall down onto the harsh ground and making him approachable for the bloody men.
They took the chance quickly and pounced on the brunet so he wouldn't get away from them like a coward he is again. When he was pounced on, Tsuna tried his hardest to struggle away from the heavy weights on his back but unfortunately he couldn't.
"Hey...why you massacred us?" Tsuna widened his eyes in surprise. "W-what are you t-talking about?"
"Don't act innocent!" One of them roared in rage so thick that it made Tsunayoshi shivered in fear. "You massacred us all with those devilish eyes!"
"You danced happily around our comrades!"
"You added salt into our wounds by insulting us!"
"But the worse is..."
"YOU LAUGHED AT US!"
The last sentence finally did him. Tsunayoshi was breathing hard and heavy while his heart was beating loudly against his ribcages as he was suddenly was attacked by the chain of his past memories.
Tsunayoshi could just watch helplessly as his body went out of control. He could hear the spirit-in-charge of his whole body laughed a very sinister laugh as if the scene in front of them doesn't bothered him the slightest.
"Fuhahahaha! Ahahahaha! See, see, Tsunayoshi! Nobody would get in our way! Not even this disgusting little human!"
Tsunayoshi was forced to stared on the massacred body of a female girl, who was also...
His first friend.
The moment Reborn came at the forest where Tsuna was tackled on, he quickly shot all of those half-dead men to death as they were really persistent on staying still on top of the brunet. Those shots on the men causing blood gushing out like fountains from the bullet wounds and some of them managed to splatter on his perfect tailored suit. 'Ugh...That dame-Tsuna will pay for the mess he done. Hm? Dame-Tsuna sure sounded perfectly on him.' Reborn nodded at his own thought and he was not bothered even a little on the deaths he just caused.
"Ugh... AAHHH!"
A groan which was soon followed by a haunting scream snapped him out of his thought and Reborn rushed towards the buried brunet. Reborn tried to pull his unconscious body out from the pile of dead bodies but those bodies were heavy, so he pushed them off the brunet and finally managed to pull him out.
Tsunayoshi was a mess with torn clothes due to sticking branches and stones that he fell on, and also blood of the dead bodies which previously buried the cute brunet from the sunlight. Reborn tried to hold him down and snapped him out of the nightmare, but Tsuna won't wake up and his surprisingly strong kicks managed to stop Reborn from touching him. "Tsunayoshi...Oi dame-Tsuna snapped out of it!" Tsuna show no sign of calming down, so Reborn was pushed into the other way he could wake Tsuna up.
Slap!
The strong slap from the hitman finally managed to wake Tsuna up from the nightmare he was facing against. Tsunayoshi snapped his eyes open in shock, fear and despair which surprised Reborn a little. 'What does the nightmare do until he looks so...helpless?'
Meanwhile, Tsunayoshi was staring blankly on the attractive hitman before him with a single thought floating through his mind. 'He is that Reborn from yesterday...' Somehow just thinking about it making his heart beats faster than usual, blood rushing to his head and butterflies fluttering inside his stomach. 'Strange...'
Reborn quickly brushed off the thought as it was none of his business, but seeing the brunet looking so sad making his heart felt so heavy. Suddenly, one of the dead men moved and attacked Reborn from behind unexpectedly using the blunt end of a knife, making Reborn fell down on top of the shocked brunet. "Kuh!"
The man was bleeding from the head but he ignored it and he pushed Reborn harshly away from Tsuna, making Reborn hit a dead body. The man grins wickedly on Tsuna and directing a gun on him. Tsuna was shaking in fear at the hole of the gun before his eyes, and the man pulled the trigger without hesitation.
BANG!
Blood gushing out of the bullet wound as a smoking gun was situated on the wound. Reborn stood there with an annoyed expression on his face as the man fell down on top of the terrified brunet and dead to the world. "Aaah..." Tsuna start shaking again after saw another death right in front of his eyes. Reborn sighed and kneeled down besides the brunet. He pushed the dead man away and pulled Tsuna towards him. Tsunayoshi widen his eyes in shock when Reborn pinched his fluffy cheek so hard that it stings. "Ow! That's hurt Reborn!" Tsuna complained while rubbing his red cheek to soothes the pain. Reborn just chuckle at the brunet, making Tsuna pouted.
"Hey, are you alright Tsunayoshi?" That question was uttered by Reborn's lips making Tsuna stopped rubbing his cheek and kept his gaze on the grasses he sat on. Tears were forming but they were quickly wiped out from his eyes as he looked up and smiled brightly towards Reborn. The smile was too bright to be an original smile and Reborn noticed it. 'A fake...'
"I'm fine! I don't get any injuries, am I?" Tsuna said with a bright smile. After that, they stood up from the red grasses and walked away to the town with Reborn as the guide. "This way, dame-Tsuna," Reborn said without looking at the brunet behind him. Unknown to Reborn, Tsuna's smile turned into a small, sad smile as he muttered quietly under his breath. "I'm fine...I always am."
Inside a dark room, a melon-haired man was sitting on a throne when a burst of dark orange flame appeared before him. After the flame disappeared, Cielo was founded standing on the ground. Cielo was smirking and with a sinister voice, he said, "Thank you for sending those men after my precious Tsunayoshi and sent him at the HQ of that insolent old woman. I managed to eliminate them and scaring Tsunayoshi at the same time."
The man chuckled before saying, "Of course I would. After all, I also need your help for making the greatest army of Vongola in the future. Nobody would stand in our way, not Giotto, not Sephira, and definitely not Checkerface."
Cielo turned his back before he burst inside dark orange flame. "Tomorrow would be the day of my appearance. Watch me okay, Daemon Spade?" After that, he disappeared from the darkness. Daemon grinned evilly with anticipation gleaming inside his eyes. "Of course I will."
"The next target is, after all, his possession."
Preview
'I can't tell him all of them. I can't, or he would hurt him. No matter what, I won't tell him.'
"Dame-Tsuna,"
"What are you doing inside the forest?"
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