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23
I wish you good luck! Go, Haru-chan! See you tomorrow! ^_^
-Kyoko
Haru read and read the text message that she received from Kyoko that night. Of course, what kind of person wouldn't tell her own best friend that she was going to confess to the person that she, herself, love so much? Haru breathed in and out. She was really going to confess to Tsuna-san no matter what anyone said. She was really going to do it. She was going to confess to him as soon as they reached the bridge where he rescued her and where she fell in love with him the first time.
"But, Tsuna-san might still be in love with Kyoko-chan..." She murmured as she stared at her reflection. Of course, she knew that Tsuna used to be in a relationship with Kyoko, but they realized that they couldn't be actually together. After three years of being together, they parted ways in a very peaceful manner. In fact, they still are friends and it hasn't been awkward since the first month that they broke up. Therefore, Haru knew that there wasn't any bitter feeling or that Kyoko had already stopped liking Tsuna in that manner, but she wasn't sure of his feelings, though.
However, she knew that this was her shot at confessing to Tsuna. Two days after their graduation, he was leaving for Italy with his Guardians to train themselves on being the next generation of the Vongola. Meanwhile, Kyoko was going to achieve her childhood dream of being a policewoman, while Haru was going to college in Tokyo University, majoring in Economics. Of course, it saddened her that she couldn't really be much of a help for Tsuna and that she couldn't really fulfill her childhood dream of being a costume designer, but she knew that she had to put her brains into good use. At least, she could still help other people and that, itself, might, at least, lessen the burden of Tsuna in being able to help and protect everybody at the same time.
She nodded and grinned.
"Go, Haru!" She raised her first to the air and then, tucked herself into bed and slept. She had to sleep. She had to give the valedictory address tomorrow and confess to Tsuna-san. Boy, tomorrow was going to be a great day!
Haru woke up to the sound of a machine, beeping. She woke up to a white ceiling, rather than the usual yellow ceiling that she was accustomed to in her bedroom. She turned left and right, noticing that her mirror wasn't there, nor her desk that held a framed photo of her with everyone, nor was her cabinet that had all her clothes and her uniform that she prepared since she was going to graduate that day.
Graduate? Her eyes bolted open as she realized that she was supposed to graduate today! She was going to be late already! She tried getting up, but she realized that there were some wires that were attached to her body, while she had an IV on her left hand. What was going on?
"Haru-san, you're awake now! I'll call some doctors!" The door to the room opened to see a red-haired woman, who immediately left before Haru could say anything.
"Hahi! Wait a minute!" Haru tried to call on the red-haired lady, but the red-haired lady was fast and she didn't hear what Haru had said. What was going on? She had to leave already even if she wasn't feeling well. She promised Tsuna-san and the others that she was going to Namimori High School as soon as the graduation ceremony at Midori High School was over. But, assuming that she had been in the hospital and judging by the number of machines attached to her, she might have been in an accident of some sorts.
But how? The last thing she remembered was tucking herself to bed.
"Shamal-sensei is here, so, just relax, Haru-san." The red-haired lady returned with Dr. Shamal as Haru glared at the perverted doctor. She had several unpleasant experiences with the perverted doctor, no matter how good he was.
"It's nice to see you, Haru-san, or should I say, Dixieme of the Rose Noir?" Dr. Shamal greeted her as Haru paused for a moment and furrowed her eyebrows in question.
"Dixieme?"
"Oh, don't worry about that. Only a few people know that you're the Dixieme after this fight you had with the Martinio Famiglia. Though, I must say that it's quite splendid that you woke up after three days of being comatose."
While Haru did not understand a thing that the perverted doctor had said, she recognized the phrase 'woke up after three days of comatose' and that meant that Tsuna and the others were about to leave that day or might have left already.
"Where's Tsuna-san? Where is he? Did he just leave without saying 'good-bye'? He can't be that mean to Haru even if Haru didn't go to their graduation ceremony in high school!" She asked as Dr. Shamal chuckled.
"Even if you did defeat the Martinio Famiglia, you haven't really change, have you?"
"Watch your tongue, Shamal-sensei." The redhead said as she took a spear out of nowhere and had pointed it immediately to the doctor who just laughed.
"I still know about your grudge, Vio-chan, for taking away Hayato from you." The other man said as 'Vio' simply sputtered and blushed.
"I-I-I don't get what you're saying." She said as she fought to retain her composure.
"Is Gokudera-kun still here?" Haru asked as the two of them turned to Haru, while Vio blinked her eyes for a moment.
"As a matter of fact, yes. I think, everybody in the Vongola is still here. Vio-chan, do you mind getting them for me? I have to confirm something first." Vio was a bit hesitant on leaving Haru with the doctor, but as she turned to the doctor, Dr. Shamal's face told her that he was serious, and she had left.
"So, Haru-chan, is it, what was the last thing that you remembered?" Dr. Shamal asked as Haru rolled her eyes as if it were the simplest thing that he ever asked. Of course, she would remember. She had a really good memory.
"Well, I was in my bedroom. I was exchanging mails with Kyoko-chan about, well," She blushed for a moment as she refrained from telling Dr. Shamal what it was they were texting about, "and then, I fell asleep."
"Eh? Just that? Weren't you doing anything else?" Dr. Shamal asked as Haru laughed.
"Of course, I needed my beauty sleep. I was graduating high school the next day. I was going to give the valedictory speech and then, go to Tsuna-san and the others' graduation in Namimori." Haru replied as Dr. Shamal simply nodded. There was a knock on the door that earned their glances, while the door opened to reveal the Vongola X Guardians and the Rose Noir X Guardians.
"Miura-san, it's good to see that you're already awake." Tsuna said as he entered the room, while Haru's features darkened.
"Boss, what's wrong?" A girl with auburn hair asked as her question went unnoticed by the person she was asking.
"I know that I missed your graduation, but Tsuna-san doesn't have to be so mean and not call me 'Haru' anymore!" Haru cried as tears fell down her eyes as this earned surprised glances from everybody in the room, except for Dr. Shamal.
"What do you mean by graduation? I don't get it." Tsuna asked as he saw Dr. Shamal's expression and Tsuna's hyper intuition had kicked in. It was at that moment that he realized immediately.
"Haru, I was kidding, okay. I was kidding." Tsuna said with a gleeful smile as he went near Haru and sat on his bed. This, however, had earned curious glances from others.
"Really, Tsuna-san?" Haru asked as Tsuna nodded.
"And you don't have to worry about me leaving for Italy, because I'm not yet leaving; not until you get better. Is that okay, Haru?" He said as he looked straight into her eyes as Haru blushed and nodded.
"Yup!" She grinned and suddenly, passed out, as soon as Dr. Shamal had injected her with a sleep-inducing vital.
"What was that? Why did you have to do that to Haru-san? It was about time that she woke up already! You said it yourself that if she didn't wake up after three days, we were going to turn off the life-supporting machine!" Vio was raging as she was pointing her spear to Dr. Shamal. They were at the Rose Noir Paris Headquarters Conference Room as Haru was resting at the infirmary.
"Violetta, don't be so insolent. You've realized already, haven't you?" Gokudera spoke out in a bitter tone as Violetta paused and stared at her childhood friend. She swallowed as her features darkened, her spear falling down the floor.
"How is it possible...?" Antoinette said as she dropped on her knees.
"I'm afraid that she forgot everything from the day of her high school graduation to the present." Dr. Shamal gave his diagnose as Antoinette started to cry.
"I can't believe that this is actually happening." Rico muttered as he punched the wall.
"It was during our high school Graduation when we last saw Haru." Kyoko murmured as the others realized the same thing.
"Could it be possible that she forgot everything from the day that she became part of Rose Noir?" Lambo asked,
"But being part of Rose Noir should be something that she should have known since birth. Her mother's the Neuvième!" Li-Chen said as Rico shook his head.
"She was only revealed to have been the Neuvième's daughter recently actually. I'm pretty sure it's today's date from six years ago." Rico informed the others as the Vongola Guardians looked at each other. After all, today was the same date when Haru suddenly disappeared from Namimori.
"Then, the day after our Graduation was the day when Haru left Namimori and was on her way to Paris?" Yamamoto asked as the other Vongola Guardians and Kyoko nodded.
"It is possible that Haru's usage of the Void Gloves had this effect on her." Reborn commented on a side as he had earned everybody's attention.
"Reborn/Reborn-san!" Everybody chorused as the Arcobaleno nodded and greeted the way he normally would.
"Ciaossu."
"And what Reborn-san would make sense." Rico said as he wore a weary expression on his face, "The void, the void is that which annihilates unhappiness. Annihilate meaning destroy or destruct. In this case, it was Andre of the Martinio Famiglia. However, mio padre used to say that, according to legend, in order to utilize the great power of the Void Gloves, a sacrifice must be made. Andre wanted the Rose Noir Famiglia so much and so, in return for Haru-chi using the Void Gloves, the Void Gloves took away everything about Rose Noir from Haru-chi."
"But, will Haru-san ever remember us?" Antoinette asked as she was answered with nothing, but silence.
jychan: I've updated soon only because I had the time. :) You know, my laptop got recently drenched with Cappuccino and so, it was off to the Computer Shop. And it really sucks because I already wrote this chapter there and I wasn't able to have a backup file for it, so I had to rewrite the chapter. But, I must say this revised chapter is better than the one I wrote in my Cappuccino-drenched laptop. *cries* Thank you to all those who followed and placed this fic in their Favorites and have been putting up with me for the past years! : I love you, lots, guys! :D
luckylucy15: Well, I am also rooting them, so maybe, maybe not :))
Yuki Chronos: Well, this thing in this chapter happened. It might sound so cliche, well, amnesia is kind of an overused plot, but it kind of makes sense when you read the reason behind it :))
sayaneko-chan: Don't throw yourself off the cliff! :)) AND THANK YOU SO MUCH : I hope I'll do well in both my other fics and University life :D But, I wonder how you're going to respond to this all new conflict. DUN DUN DUN.
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