[fic] The Forgotten Time chapter 25
Title: The Forgotten Time
Author: Metamorcy1 or Metamorcy on ff.net (me)
Pairing: Main is R27 RebornxTsuna there is Arcobaleno27, X27 and others
Summary: An incident with the 10-year bazooka leaves Tsuna stuck in the past... What's he gonna to do?
Rating: R/NC17
Warning: Two chapters of adult-content but the rest are PG13
Some mentioned about Tsuna cursing and saying it's unlike him. Let me ask you, how young are people cursing these days? 8? 6? Tsuna is a teenager, he's allowed to curse like any normal teenager. However, due to his lifestyle and upbringing, he would never say it out loud (most of the time). Mentally thinking it, yes, but outright say the word to someone else. Never. Or well, rarely.
Before I forget, I have some important information at the bottom, please read it!
Beta'd by 'AmbiguousThoughts.'
Chapter 25: Fade to Black
Tsuna wasn't sure what would happen when he came to from his little fainting spell. He had been expecting a lot of things, many that were unpleasant. He wasn't even sure if he really wanted to wake up in the first place, afraid of what might and would happen to him. So when he slowly opened his eyes, he peered around the room cautiously, searching to see if anyone was around.
His ears picked up noises coming from the kitchen where he could hear the kids running around and fighting and his mother humming a small tune. Taking further glances along the room, noticing that he was still in the living room lying on one of the couches, he came across a little figure sitting on a couch on the opposite side of the room. Narrowing his eyes to concentrate, he picked out the dark clothes and markings on the baby's face. 'Mammon?'
"I should charge you for making me wait like this," the Varia mist guardian snarled, holding a small cup with some kind of liquid inside. Tsuna figured it must have come from his mother. As he continued to look, he didn't spot Reborn or Belphegor anywhere close by nor felt their presence either. The Mist Arcobaleno huffed, taking another sip of his drink before speaking. "If you're looking for Reborn, he went out, and Belphegor had to return for a mission or he'll get in trouble with Boss."
"Oh…" Then why was Mammon still here? Tsuna thought to himself, turning to peer up at the ceiling, and stretched his limbs to get the soreness out. Sitting up, he listened as his bones creaked and looked over when he heard his mother coming into the room from the kitchen, wearing an apron and holding a spatula.
Nana had a bright smile on her face and it only brightened more when she saw her child awake. "Oh, Tsu-kun, you're awake. You made Mama very worried." She pouted and walked over, checking up on her darling son, making sure that everything was okay, before patting him on the head. "Dinner will be ready in a few more minutes, okay. I'll call you when it's ready."
"Sure. Thanks."
Then her smile got a little wider. "Oh, and Tsu-kun, if you like men better, I shall love you forever. Mama always believed you looked cuter than any girl out there." Ignoring the screech from her son, she continued to squeal, going into her own little dreamland. "Mama isn't upset that she won't be able to have grandchildren at all, as long as you adopt. And she has plenty of chances of grandchildren with the kids living here."
"Mom!" Tsuna had his jaw dropping down in shock, a deep red blush spreading across his face and tried to stutter out words but none seemed to connect. He could only remain silent as his mother continued on.
"Now, Tsu-kun, make sure to bring your boyfriends home from now on. I would love to meet them. Oh, my little darling is growing up." With that, she squealed one more time, red hearts floating up from her body, and ran back into the kitchen to finish cooking. Tsuna was just left on the couch, staring into space, a little pale but still had that bright flush on his cheeks.
"Wait…" Tsuna muttered to himself as realization hit him. "Boyfriends? Mom!" He was ignored and flopped back down onto the couch, grumbling in silence and horror all at once. He couldn't believe what had just happened. Tsuna sighed, grumbling to himself. Maybe Nana was one of those yaoi fangirls… The brunet blinked, oh, how that sounded so correct.
He eventually remembered that he had an audience that was still there and turned to Mammon with curious eyes.
"So…um… Why are you still here?"
With that, the mist Arcobaleno tilted his head and stood up, smirking to himself. "No reason." Mammon continued to sip his drink slowly before walking over and placing the empty cup onto a table. Tsuna wiggled his nose and leaned forward, disbelief shining in his eyes. "But if you really want to know, you'll have to pay me for that information."
Immediately, the brunet pulled back, knowing fully well that the amount that Mammon wanted was so not worth the information. That and he hardly had any money in the first place, he was poor, nothing could fix that. He was amazed that with the amount of destruction to this house, they were still able to afford everything. And so he sighed depressingly, shoulders slumping downward with an air of defeat surrounding him.
"However for the tea, I shall say this," Mammon muttered under his breath, looking over the teenager from underneath the hood. Those upside-down triangles was the only thing that was revealed beneath the darkness, not even the eyes were shown. "Be careful the next few days. It would be annoying if you were to die."
"Huh?" Tsuna blinked, tilting his head once more in confusion. Why would it be annoying? Shouldn't it be a good thing since then there would be no one stopping Xanxus from becoming Vongola Decimo, right? Before he could question the baby, Mammon vanished into mist, disappearing before Tsuna's very eyes. This just left the brunet with his mouth hanging open about to speak and after a few moments, collapsed back onto the couch, lips pouting.
Peering up towards the kitchen, he wondered if he should try and correct his mom about what was going on, but decided soon after that it wasn't worth it. If she looked so happy for this little misunderstanding, why would he bother twisting that emotion around? He wanted to see her smiling and being happy. He nodded to himself, he would let her continue believing it, though, she was probably correct in the boyfriends department. Reborn was his boyfriend or lover, but at this moment… Tsuna sighed, not wanting to dwell any further into those memories. Though they were meant to be happy, all they brought now was unwanted pain in the present.
Standing up, he headed towards the kitchen with a small smile so that no one would be aware of his inner thoughts.
Tsuna had a bad feeling about today, he didn't know why nor understood as to why he felt this way. It was just something he felt within his very soul, his intuition whispering words within his mind.
As he sat on the floor within his room, he took a glance at his window to the outside world where he could see the darkening of the sky at every passing minute. Gray clouds were shifting across the sky, covering up that once bright blue and the sun that gave light to the world below. Instead, lightning flashed above repeatedly, bringing that white flash into his room and thunder roared soon after, rattling the window with its force. It was probably going to rain really soon, Tsuna thought to himself, as he continued to stare into the clouds.
Eventually, Tsuna turned to his homework that was scattered across his table and sighed in dejection. There was no way he was going to be able to finish this anytime soon. The numbers on the papers looked so foreign to him and he stared, just hoping that it would all come together by some miracle. But no, it didn't. The numbers just remained as they were, glued to the paper, and mocked him with their complexity.
Grumbling to himself, he shoved the cursed thing aside and flopped down onto the floor, turning so he could easily stare up at the window. The sensation of foreboding that told him something bad was going to happen kept pestering him repeatedly, and he didn't like it at all. He shivered when that cloud of darkness that trailed him everywhere seemed to have moved closer to him but didn't fret over it much, letting his imaginary shadow follow. He had noticed it earlier in the week as it shifted ever so nearer to him, slowly, ever so slowly…
Closing his eyes, he decided that perhaps taking a small nap might be nice, something to relax his crazy nerves. He knew that Reborn had gone out earlier a few hours ago, probably to investigate on something, but regardless, it meant some free time to the brunet. There was no Spartan tutor banging him upside the head multiple times and demanding him to do crazy things just to satisfy his humor. It was wonderful…except that stupid feeling didn't go away and it kept bugging him repeatedly. He grumbled and turned over, using his left arm for a pillow, and stared ahead towards the wall.
Things had been somewhat normal despite what had happened with Belphegor, no one but those that saw what had happened knew what had occurred. He certainly didn't want his friends finding about, who knows what they would do in revenge. Tsuna could just see Gokudera running after the blonde, cursing the other out and throwing those dynamites of his, and Yamamoto laughing behind, still thinking that the sticks were fireworks. He really hoped that his rain guardian would wake up soon and see reality. What surprised him the most was that Reborn hadn't done anything about the kiss. It felt odd for the hitman to not take advantage of the situation especially when it came to humiliating him.
Despite lying down for a good thirty minutes, he couldn't get himself to fall asleep. It just wasn't coming to him at all, but he didn't bother to get up either, he didn't want to yet. It felt more comfortable being more down to the floor.
"Tsuna?"
The brunet lifted his head up at the sound of his name, glancing over towards his bedroom door. So much for some rest, he thought to himself. Crawling over, he opened it so he could hear better and made a quick reply to let his mother know he had heard.
"Tsuna, could you head to the store for me? I was halfway making something when Lambo accidently pushed off the remaining eggs. Could you get some for me?"
Heading down the stairs, Tsuna peered over at his mother, watching her run around the kitchen with the kids, smiling the entire time. He smirked at the sight and stepped closer, welcoming the familiar loudness of the room. He enjoyed seeing his mother happy, it was something he would always make sure of. "Eggs, right?"
"Yep."
"No problem. I should probably head out right now before I get caught in the storm." Tsuna glanced outside where the clouds were threatening looking, thickening up for the heavy downpour, and flashes of lightning continued to go across the sky. Nana paused for a moment and turned to gaze as well, not liking how those clouds were looking. She bit her bottom lip and looked at her son in worry.
"Make sure to take an umbrella and a jacket, okay?" She followed Tsuna out to the front door, looking a little worried, and watched as her son put everything together and on. The brunet smiled softly, looking at his mother, and stood up, tightening his jacket around him, before opening the door to the outside world. The rain was just starting to sprinkle, its little drops revealing itself in the cement by the darkening the color. "Now I want you to hurry back, you hear? I don't want you to head out to the arcades or anything like that. And if you get into any trouble or get stuck because of the rain, I want you to call me. I'll pick you up."
"Yeah, I know. I don't want to stay outside any more than I need to." Tsuna nodded, agreeing with his mother, and stepped out of the house, closing the door behind him. He watched as his mom's face disappeared behind and turned back to the road. The feeling within him spiked tremendously the moment he left home. Why did he feel like he shouldn't have left? That he shouldn't be coming outside…
Shaking those thoughts out of his mind, he continued a head, walking down the empty road, no life seen anywhere. He shivered at that, not liking being alone in such a dark place, Reborn's teaching coming back to him. As he continued to saunter, the rain started to pick up slowly, the pounding hitting his umbrella repeatedly which dulled out the surrounding sounds. A car or two would pass by him after getting to the main road, speeding down without a care. Lights were on from various stores and houses, and he used it as guidance to make his way down, careful to go around large puddles and try to back away whenever a car drove by so that he wouldn't get splashed.
Tsuna twitched, feeling a shiver run down his spine, and immediately glanced around the surrounding area. He felt as if something…or someone was watching him and those eyes were really burning painfully into his body. He suppressed the need to itch the spot, his fingers twitching instead. Peering around, he searched for anything that might pinpoint to his feeling but there was nothing around. That was until he saw something pass by his eyes in a dark alleyway, running from one side to the other. Tsuna almost jumped at that and immediately quickened his pace to get somewhere safer, someplace away from the open area.
Running into the grocery store, he felt the relief of being out from the cold and from those eyes. The foreboding sensation had lightened up, not as strong as before, and he relaxed, his shoulders slumping down to get all the tension out. The warmth of the building ran over his body, feeling really good compared to the cold weather outside, and headed deeper into the store to the cold department for the eggs. Picking up a carton of twelve, he went to the front where the cashier was at, who was lying to the side looking quite bored out of his mind, messing with his phone, and was chewing bubblegum. When Tsuna came closer, the person seemed to slowly lift himself up and ring the item, telling the brunet how much the total is. The moment Tsuna paid, he felt that familiar shiver run down his spine again from those same eyes from outside and stopped himself from wanting to run back into the store and hide within the back.
The brunet stared out the grocery store windows when he was handed his shopping bag, that terrible sensation throbbing within his mind. He didn't want to go outside, not where he knew something bad would happen. The rain didn't lighten up either, instead it continued on, flooding the streets and covering the world in a wet shower. The street lights were on, some flickering, others off, and the roads remained deserted of life, not even an animal ran by in this storm. Tsuna picked up his bag and sighed heavily, knowing he would need to leave in order to get home and it was just perfect that he had forgotten to take his cellphone with him. He could only hope that he wouldn't hit any trouble along the way; he could only hope.
As the glass doors slide open, he stepped out of the dry warmth and back into the cold rain, pulling out the umbrella to protect himself and the goods. Rain pounded above, running off and dripping from the umbrella ends in streams. He tugged his jacket closer to keep warm and walked off, trying to make his way back home as fast and as soon as possible. He didn't like how things were starting to heighten up and that damn imaginary shadow of darkness that followed him every day was getting closer to the point where he could almost feel its grasp on his shoulders.
Tsuna concentrated on the road so much that he failed to notice a small glitter of metal in the distance, failed to notice that a window was propped open. If he had, then perhaps he would have escaped what would occur next.
Bang!
Tsuna blinked, pain overwhelming his mind and body, and a heavy throbbing feeling pulsated throughout his entire form. He gasped, his limbs going ridged before he watched the world spin before his very eyes, everything growing dark. He was slightly aware that he was falling down, falling down, down, down…
Tsuna stared into the cloudy sky, rain continuing to pour down, noticing that it was getting thicker as it hit his face. His eyelashes fluttered as it tried to clear the liquid that fell onto his face, little beads of water falling from his eyes like tears. The umbrella had been dropped somewhere and the eggs were broken from the fall. His fingers were getting cold and the darkness spread throughout his eyes, taking away the light that was in it, and there was that shadow that followed him now standing over his collapsed form. Its glowing eyes were staring directly at him, watching, waiting, and he saw it more closer as the obscurity engulfed his mind.
Then a small hand reached out, touching his face, giving a little warmth among the coldness. His eyes tried to focus, registering multiple gunshots ringing in his ears from close by, and recognized that familiar black fedora, despite his hazy mind. Finally, he closed his eyes and felt himself drift away, the darkness lastly consuming him whole.
"Tsuna!"
Announcement: I want to rewrite the chapters and fix up some stuff. There are some things that weren't connected now that I look back and it's really pestering me. I will be taking down the chapters within a week once the 1st and 2nd one has been rewritten. After that, I will slowly update the new ones up. Also, please do not think that it's just a simple rewrite since I will be adding 1-2 extra chapters into the thing and some things will be changed. I don't believe chapter 25, this one, will be changed. However, I shall leave you with this cliffhanger for a few months so that you can wonder what happens next :P
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Author: Metamorcy1 or Metamorcy on ff.net (me)
Pairing: Main is R27 RebornxTsuna there is Arcobaleno27, X27 and others
Summary: An incident with the 10-year bazooka leaves Tsuna stuck in the past... What's he gonna to do?
Rating: R/NC17
Warning: Two chapters of adult-content but the rest are PG13
Some mentioned about Tsuna cursing and saying it's unlike him. Let me ask you, how young are people cursing these days? 8? 6? Tsuna is a teenager, he's allowed to curse like any normal teenager. However, due to his lifestyle and upbringing, he would never say it out loud (most of the time). Mentally thinking it, yes, but outright say the word to someone else. Never. Or well, rarely.
Before I forget, I have some important information at the bottom, please read it!
Beta'd by 'AmbiguousThoughts.'
Chapter 25: Fade to Black
Tsuna wasn't sure what would happen when he came to from his little fainting spell. He had been expecting a lot of things, many that were unpleasant. He wasn't even sure if he really wanted to wake up in the first place, afraid of what might and would happen to him. So when he slowly opened his eyes, he peered around the room cautiously, searching to see if anyone was around.
His ears picked up noises coming from the kitchen where he could hear the kids running around and fighting and his mother humming a small tune. Taking further glances along the room, noticing that he was still in the living room lying on one of the couches, he came across a little figure sitting on a couch on the opposite side of the room. Narrowing his eyes to concentrate, he picked out the dark clothes and markings on the baby's face. 'Mammon?'
"I should charge you for making me wait like this," the Varia mist guardian snarled, holding a small cup with some kind of liquid inside. Tsuna figured it must have come from his mother. As he continued to look, he didn't spot Reborn or Belphegor anywhere close by nor felt their presence either. The Mist Arcobaleno huffed, taking another sip of his drink before speaking. "If you're looking for Reborn, he went out, and Belphegor had to return for a mission or he'll get in trouble with Boss."
"Oh…" Then why was Mammon still here? Tsuna thought to himself, turning to peer up at the ceiling, and stretched his limbs to get the soreness out. Sitting up, he listened as his bones creaked and looked over when he heard his mother coming into the room from the kitchen, wearing an apron and holding a spatula.
Nana had a bright smile on her face and it only brightened more when she saw her child awake. "Oh, Tsu-kun, you're awake. You made Mama very worried." She pouted and walked over, checking up on her darling son, making sure that everything was okay, before patting him on the head. "Dinner will be ready in a few more minutes, okay. I'll call you when it's ready."
"Sure. Thanks."
Then her smile got a little wider. "Oh, and Tsu-kun, if you like men better, I shall love you forever. Mama always believed you looked cuter than any girl out there." Ignoring the screech from her son, she continued to squeal, going into her own little dreamland. "Mama isn't upset that she won't be able to have grandchildren at all, as long as you adopt. And she has plenty of chances of grandchildren with the kids living here."
"Mom!" Tsuna had his jaw dropping down in shock, a deep red blush spreading across his face and tried to stutter out words but none seemed to connect. He could only remain silent as his mother continued on.
"Now, Tsu-kun, make sure to bring your boyfriends home from now on. I would love to meet them. Oh, my little darling is growing up." With that, she squealed one more time, red hearts floating up from her body, and ran back into the kitchen to finish cooking. Tsuna was just left on the couch, staring into space, a little pale but still had that bright flush on his cheeks.
"Wait…" Tsuna muttered to himself as realization hit him. "Boyfriends? Mom!" He was ignored and flopped back down onto the couch, grumbling in silence and horror all at once. He couldn't believe what had just happened. Tsuna sighed, grumbling to himself. Maybe Nana was one of those yaoi fangirls… The brunet blinked, oh, how that sounded so correct.
He eventually remembered that he had an audience that was still there and turned to Mammon with curious eyes.
"So…um… Why are you still here?"
With that, the mist Arcobaleno tilted his head and stood up, smirking to himself. "No reason." Mammon continued to sip his drink slowly before walking over and placing the empty cup onto a table. Tsuna wiggled his nose and leaned forward, disbelief shining in his eyes. "But if you really want to know, you'll have to pay me for that information."
Immediately, the brunet pulled back, knowing fully well that the amount that Mammon wanted was so not worth the information. That and he hardly had any money in the first place, he was poor, nothing could fix that. He was amazed that with the amount of destruction to this house, they were still able to afford everything. And so he sighed depressingly, shoulders slumping downward with an air of defeat surrounding him.
"However for the tea, I shall say this," Mammon muttered under his breath, looking over the teenager from underneath the hood. Those upside-down triangles was the only thing that was revealed beneath the darkness, not even the eyes were shown. "Be careful the next few days. It would be annoying if you were to die."
"Huh?" Tsuna blinked, tilting his head once more in confusion. Why would it be annoying? Shouldn't it be a good thing since then there would be no one stopping Xanxus from becoming Vongola Decimo, right? Before he could question the baby, Mammon vanished into mist, disappearing before Tsuna's very eyes. This just left the brunet with his mouth hanging open about to speak and after a few moments, collapsed back onto the couch, lips pouting.
Peering up towards the kitchen, he wondered if he should try and correct his mom about what was going on, but decided soon after that it wasn't worth it. If she looked so happy for this little misunderstanding, why would he bother twisting that emotion around? He wanted to see her smiling and being happy. He nodded to himself, he would let her continue believing it, though, she was probably correct in the boyfriends department. Reborn was his boyfriend or lover, but at this moment… Tsuna sighed, not wanting to dwell any further into those memories. Though they were meant to be happy, all they brought now was unwanted pain in the present.
Standing up, he headed towards the kitchen with a small smile so that no one would be aware of his inner thoughts.
Tsuna had a bad feeling about today, he didn't know why nor understood as to why he felt this way. It was just something he felt within his very soul, his intuition whispering words within his mind.
As he sat on the floor within his room, he took a glance at his window to the outside world where he could see the darkening of the sky at every passing minute. Gray clouds were shifting across the sky, covering up that once bright blue and the sun that gave light to the world below. Instead, lightning flashed above repeatedly, bringing that white flash into his room and thunder roared soon after, rattling the window with its force. It was probably going to rain really soon, Tsuna thought to himself, as he continued to stare into the clouds.
Eventually, Tsuna turned to his homework that was scattered across his table and sighed in dejection. There was no way he was going to be able to finish this anytime soon. The numbers on the papers looked so foreign to him and he stared, just hoping that it would all come together by some miracle. But no, it didn't. The numbers just remained as they were, glued to the paper, and mocked him with their complexity.
Grumbling to himself, he shoved the cursed thing aside and flopped down onto the floor, turning so he could easily stare up at the window. The sensation of foreboding that told him something bad was going to happen kept pestering him repeatedly, and he didn't like it at all. He shivered when that cloud of darkness that trailed him everywhere seemed to have moved closer to him but didn't fret over it much, letting his imaginary shadow follow. He had noticed it earlier in the week as it shifted ever so nearer to him, slowly, ever so slowly…
Closing his eyes, he decided that perhaps taking a small nap might be nice, something to relax his crazy nerves. He knew that Reborn had gone out earlier a few hours ago, probably to investigate on something, but regardless, it meant some free time to the brunet. There was no Spartan tutor banging him upside the head multiple times and demanding him to do crazy things just to satisfy his humor. It was wonderful…except that stupid feeling didn't go away and it kept bugging him repeatedly. He grumbled and turned over, using his left arm for a pillow, and stared ahead towards the wall.
Things had been somewhat normal despite what had happened with Belphegor, no one but those that saw what had happened knew what had occurred. He certainly didn't want his friends finding about, who knows what they would do in revenge. Tsuna could just see Gokudera running after the blonde, cursing the other out and throwing those dynamites of his, and Yamamoto laughing behind, still thinking that the sticks were fireworks. He really hoped that his rain guardian would wake up soon and see reality. What surprised him the most was that Reborn hadn't done anything about the kiss. It felt odd for the hitman to not take advantage of the situation especially when it came to humiliating him.
Despite lying down for a good thirty minutes, he couldn't get himself to fall asleep. It just wasn't coming to him at all, but he didn't bother to get up either, he didn't want to yet. It felt more comfortable being more down to the floor.
"Tsuna?"
The brunet lifted his head up at the sound of his name, glancing over towards his bedroom door. So much for some rest, he thought to himself. Crawling over, he opened it so he could hear better and made a quick reply to let his mother know he had heard.
"Tsuna, could you head to the store for me? I was halfway making something when Lambo accidently pushed off the remaining eggs. Could you get some for me?"
Heading down the stairs, Tsuna peered over at his mother, watching her run around the kitchen with the kids, smiling the entire time. He smirked at the sight and stepped closer, welcoming the familiar loudness of the room. He enjoyed seeing his mother happy, it was something he would always make sure of. "Eggs, right?"
"Yep."
"No problem. I should probably head out right now before I get caught in the storm." Tsuna glanced outside where the clouds were threatening looking, thickening up for the heavy downpour, and flashes of lightning continued to go across the sky. Nana paused for a moment and turned to gaze as well, not liking how those clouds were looking. She bit her bottom lip and looked at her son in worry.
"Make sure to take an umbrella and a jacket, okay?" She followed Tsuna out to the front door, looking a little worried, and watched as her son put everything together and on. The brunet smiled softly, looking at his mother, and stood up, tightening his jacket around him, before opening the door to the outside world. The rain was just starting to sprinkle, its little drops revealing itself in the cement by the darkening the color. "Now I want you to hurry back, you hear? I don't want you to head out to the arcades or anything like that. And if you get into any trouble or get stuck because of the rain, I want you to call me. I'll pick you up."
"Yeah, I know. I don't want to stay outside any more than I need to." Tsuna nodded, agreeing with his mother, and stepped out of the house, closing the door behind him. He watched as his mom's face disappeared behind and turned back to the road. The feeling within him spiked tremendously the moment he left home. Why did he feel like he shouldn't have left? That he shouldn't be coming outside…
Shaking those thoughts out of his mind, he continued a head, walking down the empty road, no life seen anywhere. He shivered at that, not liking being alone in such a dark place, Reborn's teaching coming back to him. As he continued to saunter, the rain started to pick up slowly, the pounding hitting his umbrella repeatedly which dulled out the surrounding sounds. A car or two would pass by him after getting to the main road, speeding down without a care. Lights were on from various stores and houses, and he used it as guidance to make his way down, careful to go around large puddles and try to back away whenever a car drove by so that he wouldn't get splashed.
Tsuna twitched, feeling a shiver run down his spine, and immediately glanced around the surrounding area. He felt as if something…or someone was watching him and those eyes were really burning painfully into his body. He suppressed the need to itch the spot, his fingers twitching instead. Peering around, he searched for anything that might pinpoint to his feeling but there was nothing around. That was until he saw something pass by his eyes in a dark alleyway, running from one side to the other. Tsuna almost jumped at that and immediately quickened his pace to get somewhere safer, someplace away from the open area.
Running into the grocery store, he felt the relief of being out from the cold and from those eyes. The foreboding sensation had lightened up, not as strong as before, and he relaxed, his shoulders slumping down to get all the tension out. The warmth of the building ran over his body, feeling really good compared to the cold weather outside, and headed deeper into the store to the cold department for the eggs. Picking up a carton of twelve, he went to the front where the cashier was at, who was lying to the side looking quite bored out of his mind, messing with his phone, and was chewing bubblegum. When Tsuna came closer, the person seemed to slowly lift himself up and ring the item, telling the brunet how much the total is. The moment Tsuna paid, he felt that familiar shiver run down his spine again from those same eyes from outside and stopped himself from wanting to run back into the store and hide within the back.
The brunet stared out the grocery store windows when he was handed his shopping bag, that terrible sensation throbbing within his mind. He didn't want to go outside, not where he knew something bad would happen. The rain didn't lighten up either, instead it continued on, flooding the streets and covering the world in a wet shower. The street lights were on, some flickering, others off, and the roads remained deserted of life, not even an animal ran by in this storm. Tsuna picked up his bag and sighed heavily, knowing he would need to leave in order to get home and it was just perfect that he had forgotten to take his cellphone with him. He could only hope that he wouldn't hit any trouble along the way; he could only hope.
As the glass doors slide open, he stepped out of the dry warmth and back into the cold rain, pulling out the umbrella to protect himself and the goods. Rain pounded above, running off and dripping from the umbrella ends in streams. He tugged his jacket closer to keep warm and walked off, trying to make his way back home as fast and as soon as possible. He didn't like how things were starting to heighten up and that damn imaginary shadow of darkness that followed him every day was getting closer to the point where he could almost feel its grasp on his shoulders.
Tsuna concentrated on the road so much that he failed to notice a small glitter of metal in the distance, failed to notice that a window was propped open. If he had, then perhaps he would have escaped what would occur next.
Bang!
Tsuna blinked, pain overwhelming his mind and body, and a heavy throbbing feeling pulsated throughout his entire form. He gasped, his limbs going ridged before he watched the world spin before his very eyes, everything growing dark. He was slightly aware that he was falling down, falling down, down, down…
Tsuna stared into the cloudy sky, rain continuing to pour down, noticing that it was getting thicker as it hit his face. His eyelashes fluttered as it tried to clear the liquid that fell onto his face, little beads of water falling from his eyes like tears. The umbrella had been dropped somewhere and the eggs were broken from the fall. His fingers were getting cold and the darkness spread throughout his eyes, taking away the light that was in it, and there was that shadow that followed him now standing over his collapsed form. Its glowing eyes were staring directly at him, watching, waiting, and he saw it more closer as the obscurity engulfed his mind.
Then a small hand reached out, touching his face, giving a little warmth among the coldness. His eyes tried to focus, registering multiple gunshots ringing in his ears from close by, and recognized that familiar black fedora, despite his hazy mind. Finally, he closed his eyes and felt himself drift away, the darkness lastly consuming him whole.
"Tsuna!"
Announcement: I want to rewrite the chapters and fix up some stuff. There are some things that weren't connected now that I look back and it's really pestering me. I will be taking down the chapters within a week once the 1st and 2nd one has been rewritten. After that, I will slowly update the new ones up. Also, please do not think that it's just a simple rewrite since I will be adding 1-2 extra chapters into the thing and some things will be changed. I don't believe chapter 25, this one, will be changed. However, I shall leave you with this cliffhanger for a few months so that you can wonder what happens next :P
Also, I now have a little store to buy things. You're welcome to go to it. There's all sorts of little goodies, like doujinshi, figurines, etc. There were always quite a few people asking for stuff so to make things easier there's a checkout there just for you now. Link here: http :/ metamorcy-sales. ecrater. com/