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"Talking"

'Thought'

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Chapter 7

Glancing out his window, Tsuna couldn't help but frown when he saw the storm going on. Thunderstorms have always been something that he loved greatly as he loves the chaos involved in them, but for some reason seeing the storm now just upset him. Just like the rain yesterday, it still seemed sad and full of pain. It was so strange. What was wrong with the rain lately? Should he really be feeling anything for the rain? After all, it is just rain. It can't feel anything, yet he always did feel something for the elements.

"What are you doing?"

Tsuna looked over his shoulder at his tutor, who was standing in the doorway and looking at him with a mildly curious look. He blinked before turning back to the window. "The rain, it feels sad. It felt like this yesterday too. Something is wrong, but I don't know what it is."

Reborn didn't reply right away. Instead, he found himself staring intently at the back of his student. This was a curious turn of events. "There is something wrong with the rain?" He asked interested, hoping that the stubborn boy would give something away this time.

"It's distracting. The rain is screaming out in pain. It is so loud that it distracts me from what I need to do, like my homework." 'And my job as Erebus.' He added silently.

"You are not making any sense, Tsuna." Reborn said.

"It's not hard. The rain is upset."

"How can you tell? Isn't rain always sad? It is like tears falling from the sky to tell us the sky is weeping, is it not?" Reborn asked.

Tsuna looked over his shoulder at Reborn with a frown. "You don't believe that. Is this another test?" Without waiting for a reply, he turned back to the window and continued. "Don't you think that the types of weather each mean and feel something?"

"Where did you hear that?"

The sharpness in Reborn's voice caused Tsuna to spin around completely on his heels to look at him. With his fedora covering his eyes, Tsuna had no idea of what his tutor was feeling, but by his voice, it sure as hell wasn't good for him. "You going to accuse me of something again? If you must know, I didn't hear it anywhere. It just feels right."

A smirk suddenly adorned Reborn's lips. "You are full of surprises then. Even though you don't realize it."

"Realize what?" Tsuna asked confused.

"It is time for breakfast. You better eat quickly. Gokudera should be here soon, then we have to leave." Reborn said.

"Are you going to answer me or not?" Tsuna shouted at Reborn's retreating back. "OI! Reborn!"

"Hurry up, Dame-Tsuna, or there won't be any breakfast left for you." Reborn shouted back at him.

"Damn bastard."

"I heard that."

Groaning, Tsuna grabbed his bag and headed downstairs.

Tsuna dropped into his chair at the table. He managed to get a bite of egg before a fork suddenly appeared on his plate to swipe some sausage from it. "Don't touch my food!" He snapped.

"You snooze, you lose. Only those who are quick can eat." Reborn told him before eating the sausage.

Before Tsuna could stop him, Reborn took another sausage from him. Scowling, he grabbed his plate, stood up, and walked to the other side of the table where he ate standing up. Though, it was almost like he was only swallowing the food with how fast he was eating. It upset him because he wanted to taste his food, but getting food in his system was more important at the moment.

DING! DONG!

While his mama went to answer the door, Tsuna finished his food and put his plate in the sink.

"Tsu-kun! Your friend is here. Don't keep him waiting!"

"I won't!" Tsuna shouted back as he grabbed his bag off the ground while shooting an annoyed look at Reborn. "Are you really walking with us?"

"Will it bother you?"

"Yes."

"Then, yes, I am."

Rolling his eyes, Tsuna left the kitchen with Reborn following him. Really, he should have expected that to be the response from the ever sadistic tutor from hell.

*K.H.R*

Gokudera took a glance around the classroom when he and Tsuna entered it. "Baseball freak isn't here."

Those simple words caused Tsuna to freeze in his walk for a moment, yet he had no idea as to why. His eyes moved to the window in time to see a bright flash of lightning. A tightening feeling in his heart caused a small gasp to escape him. Why was the rain hurting so much?

"Tenth, is something wrong?" Gokudera asked worriedly when he noticed his boss getting real pale as he stared out the window. "You're not sick, are you? It's all this damn storms fault. You shouldn't have to walk in it…."

Tsuna put a calming hand on Gokudera's shoulder for a moment before walking past him to get to his seat. "There is nothing wrong, Gokudera." 'At least I hope there isn't.'

Like on Friday, Tsuna found himself unable to concentrate on his lessons. All he could do was stare out the window at the pain filled rain falling from the sky like tears. For some reason Yamamoto being absent seemed to scare him greatly. So greatly that he found himself constantly looking at his empty seat and the classroom door as if expecting him to come barging in with a cheerful smile and apologizing about being late.

He never did come through that door though, which caused Tsuna to find himself being all jittery. His leg kept bouncing on the ground and his eyes constantly checked the clock every few seconds. Anyone would think he was sugar high if they looked at him. As it was, only Gokudera and Reborn noticed his nervousness, but didn't call him out as they were in class. Being Mafiosi they knew that it wasn't anything like sugar making him hyper, but nervousness.

There was something he had to do, and it was important. He knew that, yet he had no idea of what it was or where he even had to go. It was driving him crazy. He ended up drumming his fingers on his desk to get rid of this nervous energy that was filling up his small form.

Only, it wasn't working!

In fact, as the day went on, he found himself getting more and more anxious.

By the time lunch arrived he could feel himself twitching at irregular intervals. He didn't feel he could sit still anymore. He needed to be up and pacing, though he doubted it would help. This energy just needed wasted. Screw his senses and intuition. They were going to cause him to go insane.

The moment the bell sounded for lunch, Tsuna felt himself dragged from his seat by his arm. The person pulling him he realized was Reborn, who was taking him from the classroom.

"Tenth, are you okay?" Gokudera asked the moment they were out of the class. "You look even paler than you did earlier."

Tsuna glanced over his shoulder at Gokudera as Reborn continued to drag him through the halls. Literary almost dragging him since Tsuna could barely keep up with his long strides. "I-I-I'm f-fine, Go-Gokudera." He said, actually stuttering from the nervousness that was raging in his body.

The bomber didn't look convinced, but didn't get to say anything more on the subject since Reborn threw the door to the infirmary open. Barely a second later and Tsuna found himself thrown onto a bed, literary.

"What did he do this time?" An annoyed voice asked.

Tsuna got himself sitting up in time to see the face of Trident Shamal from the profile he looked into a few years ago before the man pushed him back down.

"I don't treat males, but I make an exception for the future boss," Shamal told him, but he didn't look happy about it.

"I'm n-no-not s-s-sick." Tsuna said, attempting to sit up again, but was once more pushed back down by the doctor. "St-stop that! I d-d-don't need to be he-here."

"Pale and twitching, Dame-Tsuna. What has you so anxious?" Reborn demanded.

"The r-r-rain," Tsuna said, eye twitching slightly as he glanced out the window. He wasn't in the mood to be snarky with Reborn so he figured he should get straight to the point.

"Again with the rain?" Reborn muttered, though he still looked curious as he turned to Shamal, who looked a bit suspicious at what Tsuna said. He couldn't, could he? "Give him a sedative. This anxiousness has been going on all morning. It can't be good for his body and it makes it hard to talk with him."

Grumbling about having to treat a male even if it was the Tenth, Shamal went to work on getting a shot ready. While he was doing this, Tsuna was suddenly shooting up from the bed again now that Shamal had let him go. Cold sweat was running down his face now while his heart was screaming for him to move or it would be too late. "I have to go!"

"Lie back down, Tsuna." Reborn ordered, pushing the boy down by the shoulders.

"No, I have to go! He needs help! Let go, Reborn!" Tsuna snapped, trying to pull Reborn's hands off of him.

"Tenth! Let Shamal-san help you. You are obviously too stressed about something and need calmed down." Gokudera said worriedly, hovering above his boss with a worried frown.

Tsuna stopped his useless struggling for a moment to glance at the rain that was pouring down. The thunder and lightning had finally stopped and the rain was slowly beginning to slow down, but it was still crying in pain. There wasn't much time left before the rain decided to end completely. "There's not going to be much time left. I have to go!" He shouted at Reborn, struggling once more. Damn it, why did Reborn have to be so much stronger than him?

"Not much time left until what?" Reborn demanded. For once, he felt utterly confused by one of his students' words. He's tutored many, but this was the first time his student has left him stumped like this. "I can't help if I don't know what is wrong."

"The rain needs help!"

"Shamal, sedate him now. He obviously is too hysterical to explain anything properly right now." Reborn growled.

Shamal looked down at the struggling boy on the bed. To be honest, with the way he was freaking out over the rain, he looked pathetic, but if he and Reborn were thinking the same thing, then he could understand what was going on. It wasn't as simple as insanity and nervousness. There was so much more going on here.

"Gokudera," Shamal said suddenly, pulling the teenager away from Tsuna's head. "Hold his wrist down. If he doesn't stay still, this will hurt."

"Anything for Tenth," Gokudera said loyally, pinning his boss's wrist to the bed with his bigger hand. Tsuna tried to pull his arm free, but in his slightly hysterical state and the fact that Gokudera wasn't weak kept him from getting free.

The doctor barely gave a nod of thanks as he cleaned Tsuna's arm with some alcohol. Just as he was about to insert the needle into the vein, there was suddenly some loud commotion in the hallway.

"IT'S YAMAMOTO! HE'S GOING TO JUMP FROM THE ROOF!"

"RAIN!" Tsuna shouted when he heard that, but suddenly froze in his struggles with his eyes going wide. Yamamoto….jumping?

Shamal didn't waste this moment handed to him and pushed the needled into Tsuna's arm.

Within seconds, Tsuna's tensed and nervous body had relaxed in the hands of his friend and teacher. He slumped down onto the bed, not noticing the looks that Shamal and Reborn were sharing. Gokudera didn't either as he was staring out the window at the rain.

"What is that baseball idiot thinking?" Gokudera grumbled. "Why the hell would the cheerful idiot suddenly want to jump from the roof?"

Blinking, Tsuna looked up at his friend with a sad smile. "The shower that washes away everything is the rain. It is the tranquility that is needed in life. Rain is there to calm even the strongest of storms. It will wash away the pain, but it mustn't be forgotten that even the rain feels pain and will need help as well. Move quickly or it will be too late for Rain."

Turning back to his boss, Gokudera had to blink in confusion at the strange words. "What do you mean, Tenth?"

Instead of replying, Tsuna jumped off the bed before anyone could stop him. "Gokudera!" He shouted over his shoulder as he ran from the infirmary. Still confused, but understanding what Tsuna wanted, Gokudera ran after his boss.

"Going to follow them?" Shamal asked.

"No need. Tsuna knows what to do." Reborn replied, moving over to the window to stare at the ground below.

"Has he used Dying Will yet?"

"He's never needed it. It's like he has no regrets so I can't shoot him." Reborn muttered. "It's like he subconsciously knows what to do."

Shamal pulled a cigarette out and lit it. "I wouldn't be surprised. He shouldn't even know about the Guardians, and yet, he keeps spurring information about the Rain guardian needing help. He feels for his Rain guardian already. Did he subconsciously choose him already or is it fate?"

"It's not just the Rain guardian." Reborn said with a frown, but didn't elaborate.

*K.H.R*

Tsuna burst through the doors on the roof. He was surprised to see so many students on the roof when it was raining like this, but he guessed it had to do with Yamamoto being so popular. Ignoring the students watching or trying to get Yamamoto to stop, Tsuna strode forward with Gokudera at his heels. Maybe it was a good thing that Shamal forced those sedatives in his body. Without them, he might have been too jittery to do this right now.

"Yamamoto! What the hell are you doing?" Tsuna said loudly. His heart was beating so hard against his chest that he feared it would burst from his chest. Why was he feeling so concerned for a classmate he barely knew?

Yamamoto glanced over his shoulder at him, but stayed where he was, leaning against the fence. Since he was thinking about killing himself, he was standing on the wrong side of the fence. To Tsuna's surprise, he saw that one of the boy's arms was in a sling. "Hey, Sawada. Have you come to try to stop me as well? Don't bother. It's no use."

Tsuna blinked. "I thought….Yamamoto, I want to talk to you, but can we do it when you are not on the ledge of building when it is pouring down rain? You might slip."

The baseball player looked over the building with a thoughtful frown. "Would that be so bad?"

"Yes!" Tsuna cried in frustration. "Why are you being like this?"

"Don't you think it is lonely?" Yamamoto asked.

Blinking, Tsuna raked his fingers through his wet hair in an agitated manner. "I'm not sure I understand, Yamamoto."

"Before Friday, I thought you would understand how I feel. You are no good in everything you do and have grades like mine. You have no friends and always act like no-good. I thought it would be lonely for you, but when I found the truth out, I realized that I truly was alone. No one cares. My baseball skills are the only thing they care about." Yamamoto explained. He grabbed the fence with his unbroken arm and leaned forward to look over the edge even farther.

Heart hammering against his chest in fear, Tsuna approached the fence even more. "That fence is rusty and old. If you don't stop you'll fall, Yamamoto."

After a moment of silence, Yamamoto spun around to glare at Tsuna. "You don't know how I feel. Even though I knew that, I spoke to you yesterday in the hope that you would help me, but like everyone else you didn't see my pain. You only saw my smile. Do you have any idea how much it hurt when you said you weren't my friend?"

Tsuna winced. Of course he had no idea that he had hurt Yamamoto with those words. He was distracted with the rain feeling so sad yesterday. It took this for him to realize that Rain was Yamamoto, and that was why he was hurting so much to see the baseball player on the ledge of a building.

"Gokudera," Tsuna turned his head to look at the taller boy standing near him. "Stay here."

With that said, Tsuna grabbed the fence and leaped over it, landing neatly next to the baseball player, shocking all the students on the roof. Dame-Tsuna was going this far for a classmate? Yamamoto could only stare at the younger boy in shock when he joined him on the ledge. In the background he could hear Gokudera shouting at the Tenth to be careful and that he'd beat Yamamoto to a bloody pulp if anything happen to him. "I really hate to talk about this on a ledge in the rain, but if it is the only way…." He trailed off, staring determinedly into his classmate's eyes.

"I am sorry." Tsuna started. "I've spent my whole life avoiding making friends because of what I am involved in. It is simply natural for me to deny any friends. That is reinforced with you being my friend is something I knew could never be with how different we are. You are popular and I am not. It didn't seem possible for us to be friends, so it was a natural reaction for me to deny that."

Frowning, Yamamoto slid a little away from Tsuna. "Do I really seem like a guy who would follow those rules of school, Sawada?"

"No, but I didn't think anyone would want to be my friend with me being no-good." Tsuna said.

"It's an act." Yamamoto retorted.

Tsuna nodded. "Yes, and how long have you wanted to be my friend? Probably only after you found out it was an act."

The baseball player shot him a glare. "Don't assume you know everything, Sawada. I've wanted to be your friends for years because you interested me. That was then, now I can just see you are interesting and strong. You're nice and caring. But you never noticed, too busy with whatever the hell you were doing."

"You're frustrated." Tsuna commented to himself, looking up at the sky to let the rain wash down his face. "Did you know that ever since it started to rain yesterday, the rain has been crying in pain and screaming for help?"

Blinking, Yamamoto looked at the younger boy curiously. "What?"

Tsuna didn't look at him. He just kept staring at the sky with sad eyes. "I'm sorry. The rain has been telling me since yesterday that Rain was hurting greatly and needed help. It got worse today. Rain was in so much pain, but I couldn't understand why. All I could do was become very anxious with fear to what was wrong. The rain is going to end soon and that is when I knew that Rain was going to die soon if I didn't do something soon."

"I don't understand, Sawada."

Smiling softly, Tsuna looked back at the taller boy. "You're Rain. I felt the pain yesterday, but I had no idea it was you. If I had been looking at you yesterday when we were talking, I would have noticed, but I wasn't. I was more concerned with facing the sky. I'm sorry, Yamamoto."

"So I'm going to die soon." Yamamoto said.

Steely eyes glared at the brown eyes of Yamamoto that were suddenly filled with pain. He no longer had his mental shield up. Seeing all the pain that Yamamoto was truly feeling, Tsuna felt his knees wobble weakly under him. How the hell could he miss all the pain of his Rain?

"Not if I can help it." Tsuna said determinedly and coolly. He didn't think that was possible with how much fear he was feeling in his heart. This could not go on. "What did you do to break your arm?"

"I stayed after school yesterday after you left to practice my baseball. I ended up breaking my arm from it."

"Idiot. Foolish idiot." Tsuna muttered, voice raising with each word. "This is what this is about. You want to commit suicide because you broke your arm?"

Yamamoto's hand shook violently as he gripped the fence. "You wouldn't understand. Without my arm, without baseball, what am I?"

"So you chose baseball instead of your sword?" Tsuna said, frowning when Yamamoto gave him a look that said 'Do you disapprove my decision'? "I don't care that you chose baseball. It is your choice, but you are being a selfish idiot!"

"I am? How? I got nothing anymore!" Yamamoto growled. "What do I have left now that I don't have my arm?"

"Your life." Tsuna snapped. He wasn't one to cry, but he suddenly found tears filling up in his eyes. He couldn't control it anymore. His Rain was in so much pain and it was causing him to hurt greatly. How could he not see this earlier? What a horrible Sky he is. "Yamamoto, do you understand what you are doing when you kill yourself? You are being selfish. What about all the people that love you that you are leaving behind? You dad, for instance! He already lost his wife. He doesn't want to lose his son too. What about your friends? They'll be upset to lose you too. Your arm will heal. It will take time, but it will heal and you can get back to playing baseball."

Yamamoto glanced at the boy with slight hope shining in his eyes. "Would you?"

"Would I what?" Tsuna muttered.

"Miss me," Yamamoto said simply.

A few tears in Tsuna's eyes slid down his cheeks, though it couldn't be seen in the rain. "Yamamoto, I never wanted friends because of my connections to the Mafia. It would put people in danger because of me, and yet, I found myself so scared with you standing on this edge and wanting to kill yourself. I feel like I wouldn't be the same if you killed yourself. I hate to admit it, but I think I want to be your friend."

A grin suddenly made its way onto Yamamoto's lips. Tsuna was so happy to see that serious, sad look leave. It didn't seem right for Yamamoto to have such a look. "Thank you, Sawada."

Tsuna scratched the back of his wet hair, laughing nervously. "Um, Tsuna is fine. We're friends after all, right, Yamamoto?"

"Takeshi," Yamamoto corrected.

Tsuna grinned. "Right, Takeshi."

What happened next was like slow motion to Tsuna, who stared in horror. Yamamoto was about to jump back over the fence when his foot slipped on the water. All the students watched in horror as Yamamoto fell over the ledge.

Perhaps he wasn't thinking when he did it, but Tsuna dived forward to catch Yamamoto by his unbroken arm with his other arm grabbing the rusty fence. Both boys hissed in pain at the force they were going against. It hurt the body to go against a force that was stronger than them, but people did it anyway.

Tsuna fell to his knees, teeth gritted in pain. He had no idea that Yamamoto would be this heavy, but he refused to let go.

"Tsuna," Yamamoto said, causing the boy to look down at him. He was surprised to see calm understanding shining in those warm brown eyes. "You're going to fall if you don't let me go."

"Like hell, Takeshi," Tsuna snapped, much to the boy's surprise. "I just spent hours anxiously worrying about something and a good ten minutes trying to convince you not to jump. Do you think I'm going to let you go so easily? Besides, I always make sure to have an ace. GOKUDERA!"

Barely a few seconds later, the grey-silver haired boy was at the fence and grabbing his boss's wrist. "I swear," Gokudera grunted as he helped Tsuna pull Yamamoto up. "I'm going to make you pay for putting the Tenth in danger, baseball freak."

The moment both boys were safe on the other side of the fence, Tsuna collapsed onto his back, breathing heavily. So close to death, yet it was so far away. "You okay, Takeshi?" Tsuna called.

"Yeah, you?"

"Fine." Tsuna muttered as he felt the rain stop. Opening his eyes, he had to smile when he saw the rain stopping and the clouds starting to move away to reveal a bright sun smiling at them. Not just a sun, but a rainbow as well. The day was no longer horrible.

"Yamamoto, Sawada, Gokudera, to the infirmary now."

Tsuna lifted his head off the ground to see Reborn had shown up after all.

*K.H.R*

"I don't need to give you another sedative, do I?" Shamal said, looking down at Tsuna, who was forced to lie down on a bed by Reborn, Gokudera, and Yamamoto. Yamamoto was sitting on the bed next to him.

"I'm fine." Tsuna grumbled. "Takeshi is the one who almost fell. Go bother him."

"Aww, that's not nice throwing your problems onto other people, Tsuna." Yamamoto said with a grin.

Rolling his eyes, but with a grin, Tsuna pushed himself up again to prop himself against his pillow. "Why do I even need to be here? Can't I just go back to class? I'm not jittery anymore now that Takeshi is safe."

"You almost fell from the roof. I have to make sure you are okay after that." Shamal said.

Sighing, Tsuna crossed his arms and turned to Gokudera who was standing at the end of the bed as he waited for his friends. Acting like a caring student-teacher, Reborn told the teachers that he would stay with the possible scared children. Stupid Mafiosos.

"Tsuna," Yamamoto said suddenly, breaking Tsuna from his glaring at Reborn trance. "I wanted to say thanks for stopping me from making a stupid mistake."

"Don't worry about it, Takeshi. You are my friend." Tsuna replied, flashing him a small smile.

Yamamoto shook his head. "No, I owe you, Tsuna." He said, pushing himself off the bed and walking over to Tsuna's bed.

"Damn right you owe him, baseball freak!" Gokudera shouted angrily. "The Tenth almost died because of you."

"What? He's allowed to get out of bed, but I'm not?" Tsuna grumbled to himself. "How is that fair?"

"You'll understand later." Reborn commented, but made no move to interfere.

Distracted with Yamamoto standing over him, Tsuna never spared his tutor a glance. "You will be a mafia boss in the future."

"Not if I refuse." Tsuna commented, but it was like Yamamoto didn't hear him like everyone else.

Yamamoto grasped Tsuna's shoulder, smiling down at the boy. "Tsuna, I'll take up my sword and spend my life protecting you. I will be a sword at your disposal. I will be a shield that will guard you from everything that wishes to harm you."

"N-no! That's okay, Takeshi!" Tsuna said frantically. "I won't drag you into this! Besides, what about baseball?"

"I want this, Tsuna. You saved my life. I will spend my life now protecting yours. I will become a part of your Famiglia." Yamamoto declared. "I will work alongside Gokudera to protect the life of the boy that saved me."

"You're a natural," Reborn said with a smirk at his student. "At getting your Famiglia. I thought I would have to get involved, but it seems, you are actually good at this, Dame-Tsuna."

Groaning, Tsuna dropped his head into his pillow. Yamamoto was smiling cheerfully at him while Gokudera was glaring at the baseball freak with annoyance flashing in his eyes. Great, just great. Another problem he had to deal with!

If only he knew how much his Storm was hurting, he would have seriously tackled the boy right then and there to fix it as he has had it with these problems!

A/N: Finally! I spent two chapters working on getting Yamamoto into the Famiglia. I didn't think I would do this much just for him, but I think he is pretty cool.

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