Marisay-chan rushing to write over here! Gyaa! I rushed to finish this chapter, as I have not done my work yet! But it is just bothering me! *Pulling my hair* Anyways, hope that you will enjoy this chapter!
To Hayate The Soul Reaper: …*Laughs Nervously*…Looks like somebody noticed…But don't worry, I am not abandoning the Nurarihyon's stories. It's just that the ideas for this one is flowing faster, so I wanted to post it first before I forget (I am a very forgetful person T_T)…As for being a KHR fan…Tsuna is just too cute to ignore! *Squeals* And his HDWM…*Sighs dreamingly*…They actually reminded me of Rikuo and his night form…*Blinks*…Maybe I should wr-Opps! Better not get ahead of myself! I have too much to do as it is! ^_^'' (But maybe…)
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters, only the story! ^_^
In Italics are thoughts
In bold are flashbacks
~Story Starts~
~Afternoon, near evening ~
Eyelids fluttered slightly, before slowly opening to reveal sleepy brown-slited eyes. Those eyes blinked a couple of times to clear the sleepiness away and looked around.
The cat, named Tsunayoshi, or Tsuna, was confused as he took in his surrounding. Giving a confused sound, he made to get up, but was stopped as a sharp pain shot through his body. He let out a small cry, falling back on the bed he was lying on.
Looking down at his body, he saw bandages wrapping around his body. Blinking a few times, memories of what happened to him, as well as the kind orange cat, flashed through his mind. Tsuna looked around to see if he could spot the cat.
He saw several people, with cat ears and tails, lying around the mattresses that was on the floor. Some of them were sleep talking. Tsuna blinked as he witnessed a silver-hair man punching the air, muttering something like 'Extreme' in his sleep.
Continuing looking around, he spotted who he was looking for at the top of one of the shelves opposite of him, sleeping with a pillow under him. Tsuna's ears perked up at the sight of the orange cat. The affection that was shown to him, was one he had never received before, and for some reason, Tsuna truly believed that, that cat would never harm him.
Suddenly shivering, due to the slight wind that came from the window, Tsuna looked at the cat and tried to move down from the bed, which was a basket with a cushion. However, Tsuna let out a slight whine when he saw how high he was from the floor. Compared to that kind orange cat, he was half the size, so it looked really high to him. To add on, his injuries are reminding him not to move too much.
Tsuna cast a longing gaze at the orange cat, before lying down in defeat, going off to sleep again while shivering slightly, not noticing that there was someone watching the scene.
A cat that have its past
Luce sighed as she prepared dinner for everyone, including the newcomers. She thought back on what had happened this morning.
"Irie Shoichi," The man said.
Reborn's tail twitched slightly when he heard that name.
"So, Shoichi-kun," Luce began. "Could you tell us what happened? Why is Tsuna-kun in…that state?" She grimaced at the reminder.
Shoichi did not reply at first, choosing to glance at the sleeping Tsuna. He looked at the rest of the humanoid cats, blinking at the untransformed Reborn, and finally landed his gaze on Giotto, who stared back.
The atmosphere was so tense, Luce was sure that a knife would be able to cut through it, as she looked between the Shoichi and Giotto nervously.
Then, Shoichi made a comment that had everyone tensed up, even making some of the humanoid cats took out their weapons.
"The information were true, you have the Arcobaleno…" He looked at Yuni, Reborn, Verde, Colonnello, Skull, Mammon and Fon. "…and Vongola cats with you…" Before turning to the rest of the cats.
"How did you know about us?" G growled, holding his bow and arrows out.
"I don't have a choice in that matter…"
Reborn's ears flickered this time.
"…You are not here to take them, are you?" Luce asked hesitatingly.
"As if this guy could take us away!" Gokudera took out his dynamites, scowling.
"If you think you can take us away, you will have to fight us, hey!" With that, all the cats, besides Yuni, Reborn and Giotto, got into a fighting stance.
Shoichi flailed his hands frantically, "Wait! Wait! Please! I am not here to take any of you! Please believe me!"
"You can't trick us!" Skull yelled out.
"Lambo-san won't let you take any of us!" Lambo took out his pink grenades.
"I will bite you to death," Hibari threatened.
Even the usually smiling Asari and Yamamoto were frowning.
"Wa-Wait!" Shoichi widened his eyes as the cats advanced towards him.
A meow interrupted before things got worse.
Everyone turned to Giotto, who was still staring at Shoichi. Giotto walked up to the nervous man and sat in front of him. After staring for a while, Giotto gave a small nod and meowed.
"Wh-What? Giotto! What are you thinking?! It could be a trick!" G protested to whatever Giotto had said.
Giotto shook his head and simply meowed again while looking at Shoichi.
"Are you sure, Giotto?"
Giotto turned to the voice, which belonged to Alaude. He gave a confident nod to the blond man.
"…Hn." Disbelief stares went around the room at the fact that, Alaude actually agreed with Giotto, in his own way.
"Thank you…" Giotto turned back to Shoichi, who was slightly teary-eyed. "I promise you that I will never break that trust."
"You understood what Giotto had said?" Fon asked the question that everyone had thought in surprise.
"A-Ah. I specialized in technologies and making stuffs…and communicating with cats is part of my…work…so…" Shoichi fidgeted.
Luce decided to break the tense atmosphere, "It would be really great if you could give that technology to me as well."
"Eh?" Shoichi's eyes turned wide at Luce.
"From that conversation, I take it that Giotto-kun trusts you? If he does, then I will trust you as well," Luce smiled, allowing Shoichi to relax as well. "But, you still have not told us about what happened…"
Shoichi tensed up and started fidgeting again. After a while of silence, he said,
"…I-I'm really sorry, but I can't really tell you what happened…" Shoichi squeezed his eyes shut. "…W-We don't want you to be involved in this...I'm sorry!" Shoichi bowed lowly to the startled Luce.
Luce blinked before a smile formed, "I understand. I won't pry."
Shoichi gave a hesitant smile back. "…Um…I'm really causing all of you a lot trouble and I'm sorry for not being able to tell you the circumstances…but…would it be all right if I ask something from you?"
"Sure!" Luce smiled, ignoring the grumbles of dissatisfaction that was going around the background.
"Um…Could I, we," Shoichi glanced at Tsuna. "Stay here for a while? Or at least, until Tsuna gets better?"
That statement caused a huge uproar. However, in the end, with Giotto, Luce and, surprisingly, Reborn's consents, they agreed to have Shoichi and Tsuna to stay with them. Accommodation was not a problem as the house was huge enough to house a lot of people.
Luce sighed again.
I just hope that, it's the right decision.
Finishing the dinner, she went out of the kitchen to get Shoichi, who was resting in his new room, before going to where all the cats were.
Opening the door, she giggled at seeing some of them snoring loudly. Shaking their shoulders to wake them up, Luce turned her attention to the basket where Tsuna laid, only to widen her eyes in horror.
A cat that have its past
Giotto woke up to the sounds of panicked shouts and running footsteps. Giotto yawned, lifting his head and turned to the back, since he was facing the wall, where all the commotion was. He was greeted by the sight of every humanoid cats, with the exception of the purple, indigo and Arcobaleno cats, flipping the furnitures around. Giotto blinked, seeing some of them looking into small decorations and behind wall paintings.
"Che! What the heck is he?!" Gokudera looked under the mattress with an annoyed frown.
"Where? Where? Lambo-san wants to play!" Lambo ran around the room.
"Oiiii! Where are you? Haha! Playing hide and seek, is he?" Yamamoto laughed.
"Oh! Is that so? Then I shall find him to the EXTREME!" Ryohei started tossing things over his shoulders.
"Um…I don't think he is able to play hide and seek, let alone walk, in his condition," Asari sweatdropped, with Knuckle looking around the place calmly behind him.
"Jeez…Why do we have to do this kind of thing?" Lampo looked into a cup, only to get smacked on the head.
"Look seriously! Do you think he will be in there?!" G scowled at him.
"U-Um…Wh-Where are you?" Chrome, the only indigo cat helping, looked around nervously.
Luce looked up when the door opened, revealing the Arcobaleno humanoid cats, except Verde and Reborn. "Did you find him?"
They shook their head.
"Then he must be in here, please help us search for him."
"Haaa…no money involved again…" Mammon floated into the room, looking from above, as the rest went into the room to start searching.
Giotto called for Fon's attention as he walked by.
"Ah, Giotto," Fon greeted, taking a deep breath. "May I help you?"
Giotto gestured to all the searching cats.
"Oh, the cat, Tsunayoshi, is missing." Giotto made a questioning sound. "Yes, so we are trying to find him now, Shoichi-san is really worried," Fon said with a small frown.
Giotto nodded and made to get up. It was then, he felt something shifted near him. Turning to look, Giotto made a surprised noise.
"Hm? What is the matter, Giot-" Fon trailed off, looking over Giotto.
They blinked as the cat they were looking for, was sleeping soundly near Giotto's stomach, his tail curled up around him.
Fon blinked again and smiled. Taking another deep breath, he announced, "Everyone, we found him."
Straight away, Giotto found himself being crowded around by all the cats and Luce, who let out a sigh of relief.
"Tell us next time if you are going to take him, Giotto!" G admonished Giotto.
Giotto shook his head to deny the accusation.
"But if it is not you, who moved him?" Knuckle asked.
"You found him!?" Shoichi suddenly appeared at the door, and went to where everyone was, with Colonnello following.
"Went to get him, hey!"
"I-I'm so glad!" Shoichi slumped down once he saw Tsuna.
Giotto meowed, sat up and moved to the side slightly, allowing Tsuna to come to view easily.
At that movement, Tsuna opened his eyes and yawned out. Blinking sleepily, he turned around to see all eyes were on him. Tsuna squeaked out and looked around in fright, before noticing Giotto was beside him. Without thinking, he burrowed himself to Giotto's side, trying to get under Giotto.
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"That's very cute!" Yuni commented, smiling happily.
"Pfttt!" G turned his back to the others, trying to control his laughter.
"Looks like he is taken to you, Giotto," Asari smiled.
Giotto shifted awkwardly, looking down at the trembling cat.
Shoichi smiled, "Seems like you found a friend, Tsuna."
Tsuna perked up at the familiar voice. Spotting his savior, Tsuna mewled happily, trying to get to him. Shoichi reached his hands forward, and carried Tsuna near his face.
"Hahaha! I'm fine, Tsuna." Shoichi smiled fondly when Tsuna licked his chin. "I'm more worried about you…you were shot…"
Tsuna merely meowed and nuzzled against Shoichi's cheek. Shoichi smiled sadly.
"When you were gone, I thought you were..." He grimaced. "I won't…I won't let them take you…I swear," Shoichi promised, tightening his grip on Tsuna, who let out a purr.
Everyone stayed silent, not wishing to disturb this delicate moment.
None of them noticed a dark-yellow tail going out of the room.
A cat that have its past
~After Dinner~
"So, who was the one who moved Tsuna-kun?" Luce wondered while washing the dishes.
"Perhaps one of the other cats?" Shoichi guessed, helping Luce out.
"Not possible. Otherwise we would not have to search for him," Luce sighed. "Maybe we should ask Tsuna-kun."
After washing the dishes, they decided to check on the cats. As usual, there were lots of shoutings, screamings and bombings. Shoichi sweatdropped, facing with the sight of smoke surrounding the place.
It's a wonder that the building is not destroyed…
"The walls and floors here are made a special type of metal, so are all the furniture," Luce told him, startling Shoichi slightly. Luce smiled, "Since you know about the Arcobaleno and Vongola cats, you should also know about their…special traits."
"A-Ah…" Shoichi nodded, before looking around for Tsuna, who was staring wide eyes at everything, with Giotto beside him. "Hey, Tsuna. Getting used to the place yet?" Shoichi asked, walking towards him.
Tsuna turned his large eyes to Shoichi, giving a high-pitched meow and pressed himself to Giotto's side, causing Shoichi to chuckle. After their moment earlier, Tsuna could be seen staying near Giotto, sticking to him like a chick, not that Giotto minded. Shoichi could understand why Tsuna acted this way.
After all, he did not have any affectionate contact the whole time…
Shoichi heard from Luce about how Giotto had convinced Tsuna. It was also kind of amazing to see how the two reacted to each other, despite the short meeting. G even joked about how Giotto had taken in a son.
That caused Shoichi to wince.
That is a very dangerous statement…
"All right, everyone! We have a patient here. So try and control yourselves! Also, it is almost time for bed. Off you go!" Luce ushered them to bed. "Not you two, Gokudera-kun, Lambo-kun. Go wash up first."
She pushed a yelling Gokudera and complaining Lambo into the bathroom. Tsuna tilted his head at that and meowed at Shoichi.
Shoichi chuckled, along with Giotto, who had a paw on his mouth. "That they are, Tsuna. Although, 'unique' is not quite the word I would use to describe them. Come now, Tsuna, it's time for bed."
At that, Giotto left Tsuna and hopped to the place he was sleeping on this afternoon. Shoichi carried the suddenly quiet cat to his bed, which was the basket. After placing Tsuna on the bed, Shoichi stood up and was about to leave when he saw how Tsuna looked at Giotto. His tail laid dejectedly by his side, and his ear flopped down. Shoichi blinked and was about to ask when Reborn suddenly appeared near Tsuna and bit his ear.
Tsuna gave a sharp cry at the pain, gaining the attention of the other cats.
"O-Oi! W-What are you doing?!" Shoichi stepped forward, but was stopped when Reborn turned to him. He gulped at the intensity of the aura Reborn was giving off.
It's like I'm being crushed by it…!
Reborn switched his gaze on the whimpering cat, who was staring at him with big fearful eyes. He hissed something to the smaller cat.
"W-What! Don't call Tsuna, 'Dame-Tsuna'! " Shoichi shouted out, gaping in disbelief at the audacity of the cat.
Reborn, however, ignored him and hissed something else, causing Shoichi to quiet down. Tsuna stared at Reborn. He swung his tail in nervousness, glancing at Giotto, who was watching the whole interaction. Tsuna gave a small meow at Reborn in answer.
Reborn tilted his head, and hissed.
Tsuna blinked, glancing at Giotto again, before giving an answer.
Reborn nodded and hissed. Then, to everybody's shock, he went to grab Tsuna by the scruff with his teeth and hurled him off the basket. He then headed to where Giotto was, jumping onto the shelves and landed beside Giotto. He placed Tsuna in the position he was found this afternoon, giving an expectant look to the shocked Giotto, before jumping back down, going off to his bed.
Just as he was about to settle down, a soft mewl caught his attention. Without turning to look, Reborn hissed back and laid down on his bed, not caring about the shocked people he left at his wake.
A cat that have its past
~That night~
Already lying on his bed, Shoichi had his hands behind his head, staring at the ceiling. He smiled as he recalled the conversation between Tsuna and the cat called Reborn.
You are really no good, Dame-Tsuna.
"W-What! Don't call Tsuna 'Dame-Tsuna'! " Shoichi shouted out, gaping in disbelief at the audacity of the cat.
Reborn, however, ignored him.
If you want something, ask for it, don't just sit quietly and expect things to come your way.
Tsuna stared at Reborn. He swung his tail in nervousness, glancing at Giotto, who was watching the interaction.
I-I wish to be by Giotto-san's side…
Reborn tilted his head
Why?
Tsuna blinked, glancing at Giotto again.
…Because I-I…this is the first time I felt such warmth…
Reborn nodded
Not a good enough reason, but it will do for now.
Reborn went to grab Tsuna by the scruff with his teeth and hurled him off the basket. He then headed to where Giotto was and placed Tsuna in the position that he was found this afternoon, giving an expectant look to the shocked Giotto, before jumping back down, going off to his bed.
Just as the dark-yellow cat was about to settle down,
Thank you…Reborn-san…
Without turning to look, Reborn responded;
It's Reborn.
Shoichi released air through his nose, turning to his side and closed his eyes.
It's the right decision.
~To Be Continued~
Uwaaa! Tsuna, you are just too cute! I really love writing the conversation between Reborn and Tsuna.
Anyways, Arcobaleno? Vongola? Everyone seemed tensed when Shoichi mentioned these names, just what does it mean? And just what happened? What is it that Shoichi can't tell them? Who was the 'them' that Shoichi mentioned? Also, what did Shoichi mean when he said it is a dangerous statement in the joke G made?
Things to note:
Dame = No good
By the way, I was hoping if some of you could answer a few question of mine
Just what color is Giotto's eyes when he is not in Hyper Dying Will Mode? I have seen drawings of Giotto with blue eyes, but the wiki then I search said that he had a lighter shade of orange when not in HDWM.
Also, does Alaude have a saying like Hibari? I have seen in some stories that he had the saying of 'I will arrest you to death' or something along the line.
That's all folks! Do tell me how you feel by leaving a review. Also help me by answering the questions I have! ^_^
Edited on 30 December 2014