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Flashback / dreams

[Written]

~track of time~

(A/N)

{people from Tsuna's mindscape talking to Tsuna, Vice Versa}

Normal POV

Tsuna is left in confusion...

These people, well... ghosts, in front of him are his late families. They're real, as real as his HI told him.

But why?

why didn't he cry as he expected?

he didn't feel any happiness, nor sadness... Not even anger!

It feels hollow... and he can't stop to think that nothing is real, that everything is fake despite that it's actually happening...

Just where all of his emotions go?

His family's fuss didn't get him either... It's just as if he turned into a liveless doll, like the act that he was putting up to the world. The only difference is, he didn't fake it now...

"Oh no! Tsuna! snap out of it!" After that one exclaim, Tsuna finally blinked after so long.

"Huh?" In confusion, Tsuna began to blink some more. This time tears began to formed and soon spilled out like never ending waterfall as he glomped the ghosts into a big hug.

"Why? Why? Why?" He chanted while asking to himself'-Why can't I stopped these tears now? why out of blue all of these emotions rushed into me?'

After some moments of crying out his heart content, he realized that the one who stopped him from his daze earlier was Henko, which means...

"Why are you guys here? Have you settle things between you?" Tsuna asked, turning to his personalities while still clinging to his Tou-san's embrace.

"Yes... yes we did..." Cielo answered with pang of guilt hits him as well with the others, for making their master suffer this much.

"We were idiots who make our worst mistakes..." Kuro continued.

"And that mistake is leaving you all alone, Master Tsuna..." Shiro said taking the lead to bow at Tsuna who looked confused instead. and so does Yoshi and the others. They were afterall knew nothing.

"Because we left you, you were injured... and that's not all..." Shiyo explained, "we just realized that as we left you. We accidently took something of yours with us..."

"and what is that, my dear?" Sakura asked. She has a hunch that it has something to do with her baby's odd behavior before.

"W-We were..." Tsuna tried to say, but too nervous to finish the words.

In the end, Henko said it in his stead, "They took your emotions with them..."

The ghosts are confused, but Tsuna gets the thing right away.

"and what do you mean by that, Missy?" Loke asked.

"Litterally, Loke-san..." Tsuna answered instead. His bangs are covering his shadowed eyes as he continued, "-afterall... they are me..."

And with that, the long explanation is shared...

~After the explanation~

"Eum... that's complicated..." Giotto commented.

Henko sighed, "well, believe it son. Because that happens..." The other blond just sweatdropped at that.

"right..." Loke trailed also sweatdropping.

"well, actually..." Glancing at the silent bluenette, Tsuna spoke up, "-I think Mom has predicted this from the very begining. Aren't I right, Mom?"

All eyes stared at her as Aria replied with a slim sympathic smile. "Yeah, I did..."

"of course you did..." Tsuna muttered as his eyes went duller as he felt betrayed at the confirmation. He thought, 'if she knew about this all along, then why didn't she say a single thing?' It's a shame that no one noticed it...

"so anyway... you said that my emotions got attached to you? how did it works?" He asked, changing the topic as he turns his gaze to his personalities. Not wanting to stare any of his late families who only bring bad memories at their sight.

"well, as far as I know, it comes up into this list..." Henko said. then he listed on which personalities held which emotions.

-And it goes like this...

Natsu = Anger & Sadness

Tsuna = Fear & Shy

Shiro = Warry & Cauntious

Kuro = Playful

Cielo = Happiness

Shiyo = Sympathy & Empathy

Tsuna nodded absentmindedly, not really care about it. It was only a failed distraction afterall...

This time, Natsu notice it. Tsuna's silent gesture always seems like an open book to him afterall. He however, knew that Tsuna wouldn't want him to voice it out. So instead, he said, "So, Master Tsuna, will you forgive us?"

"Hm? on what?" Tsuna asked with flat tone, not interested at the question at all.

"for our childlish behavior... for leaving you... for not being there for you when you need us the most..." He said, bowing deeply while fighting back the tears. He knew on what the tainted one had forced his master to do. and for sure Tsuna is heartbrokened at that. and not to mention to think of his feeling after seeing these people that had sacrified themselves standing over there like they're back to alive.

Natsu knew, just how it's too much for his master. Yet Tsuna is too stuborn to let it out. Once again, he bottled everything to himself. So that brunet with amber eyes, cry for him in his master's place. He don't care on what people thought of him, as long he can cheer Tsuna up he will do.

And it's indeed a success...

"I apreciate your doing, Natsu. but you don't have to shred those tears anymore my friend. I felt much better now..." Tsuna smiled slimly as he whispered that right to Natsu's ear. a wattery chuckle is what he got as reply as Natsu erased those trail of tears.

"I'm glad to be your reliever. just please, Master... don't do that again" Natsu said, also in whisper. hoping that the latter would take his sugestions and be more open up, at leas to him.

"I'll try" Tsuna replied...

then, to break the awkward silence, they began to talk on light topics. Afterall, that's why the ghosts came back with much effort... to cheer the gloomy boy away...

Time passed, and it's finally time for the ghosts to leave...

Loke told Tsuna to say his 'Hi's to his daughters and Kyoya, Both Sakura and Yoshi hugged and kissed their baby boy, Giotto patted Tsuna's head and say some motivational words.

Aria however, went to Natsu's side first. whispering some words that made the amber slightly widened before then turned to Tsuna and says, "Good luck my boy... you'll need it a lot" cupping his forehead then lined up with the others.

They began to fades out, but before they're completely gone, Yoshi said one last thing...

"ne, Tsu-kun? could you deliver my sorry to Ie-kun?" He said with a guilt lacing his smile.

"Iemitsu-san?" Tsuna raisd a brow while Yoshi nodded in confirmation.

"Say that I'm sorry for what I did in the old times..."

Tsuna didn't get to ask him on what he meant for he finally left.

Now, he has two things to be questioned...

first, what did Aria tell Natsu to make him like that? and second, what did his Tou-san mean by his saying?

Not knowing what to say, Tsuna sighed as he thought sarcastically, 'maa... aren't things just getting much better, now?'