Okay, I've a really big author's note today so please read it. Because it'll answer some questions that I know you'll have by the next chapter. But I'll do it at the end of the chapter. Also, I don't know why but I never got the review alerts for the fifteenth chapter.
Beta-reader: GirlinBlue2364.
[秋]: Fall.
"Well," Colonnello groaned as he nervously wiped his brow with a handkerchief. "We got here in time, kora!"
"Great," Reborn muttered grimly.
The two men were leaning against the studio Varia's closed door, in the Chiba prefecture. A heavy silence quickly settled between the two adults and the raven slowly lowered his hat until it shadowed his whole face.
"Why do I have this horrible feeling that I've forgotten something extremely important," the blond muttered as he ran his hand over his tired face.
"Who knows," the demon vaguely answered as he dusted his black vest and orange shirt. "Once we got to the Chiba airport, you took me by the wrist and you ran as if your life depended on it..."
The editor's blue eyes widened in horror while he slowly realized what he had forgotten.
"SAWADA, KORA!" he screeched as he began to look in his military coat pockets.
He quickly found his cellphone and immediately speed-dialed the brunet while Reborn began to smirk at the blonde's demise.
"And you, kora!" Colonnello barked as he turned to glare at the raven while he waited for his author to answer the call. "Why didn't you tell me, kora? You were perfectly aware of what was going on, kora!"
"Why?" Reborn repeated as his smirk widened. "Because I wanted to see your face of pure and delightful despair once you realized that No-Good Tsuna will never get to his interview in time..."
The editor opened his mouth to protest before he suddenly realized that the demon was right. The talk-show was beginning soon and Sawada Tsunayoshi was still somewhere in the Chiba airport.
"Y-Yes?" Tsuna's hesitating voice answered through the phone.
"SAWADA, KORA!" the blond screamed and he did it so loudly that he ended on the verge of cracking his voice. "GET YOUR ASS MOVING AND GET TO THE VARIA STUDIO IN THE NEXT FIVE SECONDS, KORA!"
"I-I'm g-g-going t-t-to d-d-do m-my b-b-best!" the writer yelped in pure terror.
Colonnello frowned. Doing his best wasn't something possible right now. Sawada was supposed to be in the studio. Right now. Suddenly, the writer squeaked a small fearful cry and a buzz that sounded a lot like a bad omen resounded on the phone speaker, just before a foreign male voice began to speak in the overly stressed editor's ear.
"Hey! This babe is too cute to hang with idiots like you," the stranger declared while the blond felt his arterial pressure get to its highest peak. "So, how about we go drink something and then, who knows~ Maybe we'll get to know each other better in a hotel..."
A shudder ran on Leno's back and he frowned. Ok, we just went from a horrible situation to a simply abominable one as his author was probably going to be raped by the end of the night if it kept worsening like this.
He needed to get his author safe and sound. (And on stage too)
"Er...," Tsuna's hesitating voice said in the background. "I don't think that I've time to drink something. I need to go to the Varia studio..."
"Come on, baby," the stranger said while Colonnello looked at his watch and sighed in despair. "We have all the time in the world, the night's still young~"
Suddenly, a rustling followed by a muffled sound echoed on the speaker and the editor shrugged as he met Reborn's amused eyes.
"Sawada, kora!" he called as he power-walked toward the studio door. "I'm going to try to buy you some time. Meanwhile, take advantage of this charming man and use his money to find a taxi, kora!"
Kneeling on an unconscious forty years-old man, Tsuna's neck creaked and he took the phone as it had fallen on the sidewalk during the short struggle. His fingers curled around the device and he quickly ended the call while his dark face progressively cleared over. His previously fiery eyes softened slowly and he stood up before he began to look into the stranger's coat.
Then, as if it was totally normal to take down a man who was heavier and taller than him just to empty his pockets, the brunet raised an arm and called a taxi.
Because every story needs a badass character, here's Tsuna.
And now, for a really long but necessary note:
Have you noticed the kanji and seasons at the beginning of every chapter? If yes, good. If not, whatever.
I didn't put them on a whim. Mostly because in this story, the seasons are necessary to know what's going on. Remember the flashback question?
Indeed, I'm going to play, a lot, with time and flashbacks.
By the way, in this story, a year begins in autumn (or fall, whichever you prefer) and ends in summer. Please, remember this.
How about a little question to end nicely this chapter? Who taught Tsuna to be that good at subduing men?