[fic] The Forgotten Time 17

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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? AU
Rating: R/NC17
Warning: Two chapters of adult-content but the rest are PG13


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For Chapter 1-15
For Chapter 16
Chapter 17: Base
           Tsuna felt uncomfortable at this very moment. There were multiple reasons for that feeling. It might be due to the large men that were surrounding him or the fact that he had just allowed himself to get kidnapped or… No, it was definitely the men that were staring down at him with detesting glares who looked physically strong enough to snap him in half like a twig. Yeah, definitely them.

He was currently squished between two men in a medium-sized black car, facing towards another row of seats in front of him that were turned back to face his own. He couldn’t really see the driver in front since there was a black divider that was blocking all sight to the front area of the vehicle. Tsuna didn’t even try to look outside, not really sure how these men were going to react to him trying to stretch his neck to take a glimpse at the surrounding area. They were already watching his every move, as if waiting for him to try something so that they had an excuse to rip his head off. It was so… unnerving. Extremely so…

“Looks like you followed through with my plan.” Verde was on the other side of the car, taking up almost nothing of the seat since he was so small. Not even the buckle would fit around him. What was unfair was that he got two seats to himself while Tsuna himself was getting compressed by two bulky men; the third seat on Verde’s side was taken by another bodyguard. “I was right in thinking that those guardians of yours wouldn’t attack if they were threatened with your safety. It was so very obvious.”

Tsuna watched as the green-haired arcobaleno pushed the glasses on his nose up higher, looking proud of himself. He had to admit, it was a great accomplishment to pull such a stunt and get away with it. Still, he ignored that thought as his awkwardness was tripling in magnitude; those men were really wearing down his patience, and no longer scared him. He felt like he was going to snap at any second and he knew that if he did, it wasn’t going to end pretty. Normally, he would never act like that but right now, he didn’t really care. “Um… Verde, if you don’t mind, can I sit over there with you?” Immediately feeling the eyes glowering straight at him, he couldn’t conceal his flinch and quietly sighed to himself. The sky guardian could just feel all the distrustfulness in the air, thick enough to cut through with a knife if he had one, but that probably wouldn’t have been the best thing to do in his situation.

Verde noticed what was going on immediately after Tsuna spoke. It wasn’t hard to tell that the brunet was distressed with what his hired bodyguards were doing and he didn’t blame the boy. Those men were really staring Tsuna down. Standing up, the arcobaleno made his way to the middle seat, pushing his glasses up once more. “Of course. Here, sit next to me.”

‘Thank goodness.’ Tsuna exhaled in relief, quickly shifting seats, and settled as close as possible to the side of the car. He could finally relax and knew that this was so much more comfortable. His backpack was on the ground with his school stuff still inside and even his fighting equipment was there, contacts, gloves, and headphones. Even with the change in seating, the bodyguards still kept a stern eye on him and weren’t very happy with the new arrangement, but what could they say to their paying boss who wanted the brunet there. Glancing outside, Tsuna noticed that they were no longer in his neighborhood but somewhere in the city, passing by people who were on the streets. Other cars were on the road and it appeared like theirs easily blended in with the rest through the reflection of windows, looking like any other car out there. ‘I wonder how the others are going to react to this. I hope Gokudera and Yamamoto aren’t panicking too badly…’

His face fell at that thought; he could see his reflection, staring back at him, which just made things worse. Tsuna knew full well that they were going to panic; they were his friends after all. He just hoped they would forgive him after this incident. ‘It’s for the best, after all.’ He was only startled out of his thoughts when he felt something land on his lap, bringing his attention away from the tinted window. Glancing down, he spotted Verde settling against his stomach, nudging closer to him and using him as a cushion. He raised an eyebrow at the arcobaleno’s strange actions. “Verde, what are you doing?”

A snort came from the baby and he continued to do whatever he was doing. “Who knows? I’m not entirely sure right now. I don’t really know what you’re thinking about right now either, but listen, I’m on your side, nothing bad will happen to you. I’ll be by your side even when Reborn comes breaking in with his guns blazing.”

Tsuna couldn’t help but smile at that, chuckling at the expression Verde had used. “Wow, never thought I would hear that from you.”

“Hush.” Lightly elbowing the teen in the stomach, Verde leaned further back, liking this position. It was kinda… nice. It had been a long time since he’d had an actual human to connect to, someone who wasn’t cold and made of metal.

Suddenly, Tsuna made a face, scrunching up his nose, deciding to say something funny. “Hey, don’t touch my fat.”

Verde raised an eyebrow at that, not really sure why the other had said such a thing but went along with it. “What fat? You’re all skin and bones. Maybe you should eat more.” To emphasize his point, the green-haired scientist poked the brunet’s stomach and true to what he had said, there wasn’t much fat at all.

Tsuna pouted at that, playfully flicking Verde’s hand away, and then crossed his arms. “Hey, don’t touch…”

Before long, he had started to laugh, breaking out into a large grin despite the situation he was in. For some odd reason, he had found their bickering funny and it really broke the tense atmosphere in the car. Verde was smirking, trying to prevent himself from doing the same. The bodyguards, on the other hand, were left clueless at the scene of their boss smiling and the person they had kidnapped laughing so freely as if nothing was wrong. Of course, it wasn’t their purpose to question and they remained quiet.

“Well, we’ll be arriving outside my base shortly. Knowing Reborn, it won’t take long before he finds out where I’m hiding. I’d give him a day or two, maybe more depending on how long it takes to gather everyone together.” Verde spoke once the teen had calmed down, only snickering occasionally. When he looked outside, they were no longer in the city and but in some wooded area, probably in the mountains that were near the town. “He’ll also be gathering most of the arcobaleno to help him and I wouldn’t be surprised if other Families came in to help as well.”

As he said that, the car hit a bump on the road and his small body bounced up a little from the jump. Instantly wrapping his arms around Verde, Tsuna secured the other against his body and kept him still when other bumps came since they no longer on flat road. The bodyguards tensed at that but didn’t do anything, keeping an eye out for anything suspicious. They had absolutely no trust in the teen at all. Verde tilted his head at Tsuna’s reaction but didn’t push away. Instead, he found himself relaxing into the hold. He couldn’t find it in himself to dislike it and really, as an alternative, it was quite pleasant.

Tsuna smiled at the sight of Verde shifting closer to him and tightened his grip slightly. “I see. Well, it looks like I’ll be temporally living with you until then. I’ll be in your care.”

“Yes, you will. I’ll show you around my place when we arrive.”

Tsuna closed his eyes for a moment, his lips curving up, and momentarily glanced outside at the moving world. Today was the start of something new, he just knew it.

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One hour later, Tsuna and Verde exited the car in the middle of nowhere. The brunet held the other in his arms, cradling the baby carefully in his grasp, and had his backpack strap resting over one shoulder. Verde, meanwhile, handed over some cash to the bodyguards and driver, telling them to scat and the usual things like not to tell anyone where they had dropped them off. When they drove off, the two were left in the same spot, listening to the retreating car going over the bumpy road and to the wind that was blowing gently against their bodies.

“So where are we?” Tsuna couldn’t help but ask, looking around for anything that might show signs of the base, but saw nothing. The entire place was nothing more than trees and more trees. He readjusted his backpack strap to keep it from sliding off his shoulder and peered down at the baby who seemed to have gained a calculating glint in his eyes as he watched the car disappear.

“We’re on the outskirts of my base. We’ll have to walk the rest of the way to get to the entrance. I don’t want anyone, not even them, to know the exact location of it, besides you, of course.” Verde pointed off towards a direction and Tsuna had no choice but to comply, heading off. The teen watched his steps, not wanting to trip over anything, and made his way around trees and tall plants. “It’s too dangerous to have them bring us all the way. People like them can easily betray their previous buyers if it earns them more money. I’m quite certain that when they hear that the Tenth Vongola heir has been kidnapped by me, they’ll most likely rat me out unless they are too scared to mention that they were the ones that did the job. Most of the time, I end up killing them by blowing up the car but that’s not going to work for what I’m planning, after all, I want Reborn to find us.”

Tsuna had no comment on the harshness of that statement and just muttered an “Oh…” under his breath. He tightened his grip on Verde for a moment, wondering if all hired people like them or hirers like Verde did such things. The green-haired arcobaleno raised an eyebrow at the sudden grip but didn’t say anything, not exactly sure what was going on in the other’s head. Although he did have a faint suspicion on what Tsuna’s thoughts were, he didn’t want to act on them, just in case.

“Anyway, it’ll take about a thirty minute walk to get there. Just keep moving in the direction I tell you.”

“Alright.” The brunet followed the hidden path, his footsteps crunching soundly on the grass below. Looking up, he noticed that the clouds above were gathering and darkening in color. The sun was starting to set in the distance and the wind was picking up greatly. His hair fluttered in the breeze and he listened to the leaves rustling wildly around him. The trip was mostly quiet between them and it was only when they arrived that the silence finally broke.

“We’re here.” Verde stated, edging out of Tsuna’s grip, and hopping down to the ground, walking over to a certain spot. Observing the area, the brunet saw nothing in particular about it. It looked like everywhere else, trees, and endless amount of grass. As the arcobaleno stepped across the empty area, he stopped suddenly at a random tree and pressed his hand against it. Immediately, his hand sunk in and there was a click as if some button had been pressed. Tsuna leaned over from his spot, catching sight of some machinery that was inside the hole, and when Verde retracted his hand, he could now see the button that was there. As the sky guardian moved closer to the baby, the ground shook for a second before a door opened up in the ground, small but enough to at least fit him through. Verde rotated back to the brunet, making his way to the entrance. “You’re actually the first person to enter into this base. No one else has before. You should be honored.”

“Really? That sounds kinda cool.” Tsuna couldn’t stop the grin from appearing on his face and knelt down, getting closer to the opening. His eyes peered in but all he could see was darkness. He gazed back at Verde curiously. “So how is this going to work?”

“Just jump right in. There’s nothing to worry about, I’ve placed a cushion at the bottom. Normally I would have a device rise up so I can step on it but you’re too heavy for that so I had to detach it. I’ll be falling with you, though I need you to go first. I’m afraid that you’re bigger in size compared to me; I’d hate to know what would happen if you were to fall on top of me.”

Unable to stop himself, Tsuna found himself laughing, just knowing that Verde was imagining his untimely death if even if his facial expressions weren’t saying anything. He would love to know what Verde was actually thinking at this very moment. If only he could read minds. “So I just have to fall in, right?” A nod from the other confirmed what he had to do and slowly, Tsuna slipped himself in, hanging onto the side. For a moment, he thought that this might end badly, but his intuition wasn’t telling him that anything was wrong so he decided that it was best to trust it as usual. His arms were bracing his weight against the ground while the rest of his body was inside the hole, about to drop down in a few moments. His fingers were digging into the grass and dirt, using it to help keep himself up, and his head was at the same level as the arcobaleno. “Well, here goes.”

Letting go, he found himself falling into obscurity and he watched as Verde’s face got smaller and smaller as he fell. Eventually during the fall, he twisted around to see if anything was happening below him but all he saw was absolute darkness. He didn’t even know if he had closed his eyes or not since it was impossible to tell and he felt the air blasting against his body until he landed on something soft. A small squeak escaped his lips in surprise and he could feel his body bouncing up from whatever he had landed on. When he stopped moving, he peered up to where he could see a pinprick of light from the hole and Verde’s head peering in. Tsuna realized he had fallen quite a distance and rolled away, moving about three feet from his spot. Gripping whatever he had landed on, he found it incredibly soft but he couldn’t figure it out what it was; there was no light after all. And damn, he was curious as hell. Turning back to the baby above, he called out. “Alright, I’m out of the way. You can come down now.”

Verde nodded in compliance and finally jumped in, the door above him closing as he did so, taking away what little light they had, which wasn’t much. Tsuna couldn’t see anything but he heard the scientist grunting when he landed and the force of the impact transferred through the material to him. They started a small game of ‘Where are you? Over here’ in order to locate and maneuver towards each other. Eventually, Tsuna grabbed onto Verde’s small body and pulled him close to his own, getting the lightning arcobaleno to settle onto his shoulders. Following the baby’s muttered directions, he crawled over the material until he reached the hard cold ground that was underneath and stood up.

“See that light there?” Verde spoke from the side, close to Tsuna’s right ear. The brunet glanced around in the darkness and spotted that little blinking red light. “Go towards it, there’s a door next to it.” Beginning the trek over there, Tsuna shuffled his feet, not entirely sure what was before him but when they got close enough, the door opened, letting the laboratory light that was behind it flood into the darkness. For a split second, Tsuna was blinded, squeezing his eyes close until he adjusted to the brightness.

Carefully, he blinked, and as the light filtered out, he fluttered his eyes a couple more times until he could see clearly. Machinery of all kinds was in the single hallway with many of them glowing with strange and colorful lights. He was tempted to reach out and touch a couple but was stopped by the glares from Verde, who was obviously warning him from doing so. There were some lights at the end of the hallway and when he peered at them more closely, he noticed that there was another door. Following the scientist’s commands once more, he made his way towards it, staring at any object that caught his interest. There were no words to describe what he was seeing, none at all. How could he? He didn’t even know what any of these machines did in the first place nor could he take a guess of what exactly he was seeing either.

As the door opened up, they entered another hallway, this one splitting into three. Tsuna turned his head from side to side, noticing that there was a metal encasing on the wall, hiding anything that was behind it. And there was one more thing that was incredibly obvious to him - the ceiling of the base was low, very low. For once, he counted himself lucky that he was as short as he was, not that he’ll ever admit it, since the ceiling was just a few inches higher than his hair. If he jumped, he would have bumped his head against the ceiling, and if he was too tall, he would have been bent over the entire time. This place was definitely built for Verde’s small size.

The green-haired scientist led him through the numerous hallways and pointed out rooms along the way; everything was small and compact. It wasn’t a hard place to navigate through at all and at the very back corner of the whole place was a lone room. Going inside, Tsuna noticed that there was a large desk with multiple screens placed in front of it, about four on each side with two large ones in the middle. A small chair was right in front of it and Verde hopped off him, strolling over to that spot, and sat down. He immediately began clicking on some buttons to check up on things, with random script appearing across the screens.

Tsuna watched as words flashed by but he didn’t get any of it, and he eventually sighed and headed closer. He pulled up a chair that happened to be close by and, luckily for him, it was big enough to fit his weight and size. As he continued to remain quiet, he perceived a little bit of movement out of the corner of his eye and turned towards it, alert and ready for action. Instead of an enemy, he saw a large green alligator coming forward, circling around its master before lying down underneath the chair. The brunet couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow at that.

“Now then.” Verde stated, turning back to the teen. “Since we’re going to be together for a while, I’d like to try that tea of yours.”

Chuckling, Tsuna stood up, leaving his school bag on the chair. “Alright, where’s the stuff?”

“It’s in the kitchen area. Down the hallway and in the room on your first right.”

The brunet nodded and went to work, leaving the room.

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Verde quietly sipped on his tea, finding it most heavenly. He couldn’t help but sigh at the calming sensation it brought to his body. He was normally so uptight, frantically working on so many projects that he wouldn’t be surprised if one day he fell into madness. No, he was quite certain that he was already on his way… But right now, he was calm, like the ocean during the night with its waves ebbing back and forth gently. ‘I guess that’s why Fong likes tea so much…’ Taking another sip, he looked over to his empty plate that was placed on the side of the table, away from his keyboard. While Tsuna had been making tea, the brunet had also cooked some dinner since it was starting to get late. The whole car ride and walk had taken so long that before either of them had known it, it was already nighttime. Verde had to admit, the food was delicious and he couldn’t wait for morning to have breakfast. It really had been such a long time since he’d had normal contact with people or even a home cooked meal. He knew he was repeating that phrase too much but it was the truth. ‘Looks like Vongola… no, Tsunayoshi has been influencing me more than I thought.’

Clicking open a window in the one of smaller screens, he took a look outside to check the surrounding area. It was as dark as he suspected and there was rain pouring down, quite heavily too, enough to make everything look like a blur on the monitor. ‘Looks like our tracks today are going to get covered. It’ll take Reborn much longer to find my place now.’ He pressed a couple more keys, flipping through his cameras, but saw nothing out of the ordinary. Relaxing, he took another sip of his tea, feeling the hot liquid run down his throat. It was so quiet…

‘Wait… Quiet?’ Verde blinked at that, remembering that he had a guest here, and rotated his chair to look behind him. A small smile graced his lips at the sight before him. His pet made a muffled sound at the movement but remained where it was. At another desk he had moved into the room, Tsuna’s upper body was sprawled across the top, his head nestled into his arms, dead to the world around him. His hair was scattered over his sleeves and his school material had shifted to the side. His right hand was still holding onto his pen, probably having fallen asleep while writing. Shaking his head, Verde jumped off his seat and made his way over to the sleeping brunet. His pet followed right behind him and lifted up its tail so that the arcobaleno could get on top of the desk without much trouble. Stepping over papers and books, the scientist maneuvered himself in front Tsuna and shook the teen with his small hands. “Tsunayoshi, wake up. If you’re going to fall asleep, go do it in a better place.”

There was some mumbling and the brunet buried his face deeper into his arms, trying to shift away from the cold hands. He twitched for a moment before going still again. Verde shook his head, pushing his glasses further up his nose. He gave the teen another shake, harder this time, and managed to get better results. Two sleepy honey-colored orbs opened up and peered into Verde’s emerald-colored ones, staring for a minute or two before moving. Sitting up slightly, Tsuna yawned, stretching his body against the chair, hearing some of his back bones crack since he had been in an uncomfortable position for too long. Even afterwards, he still looked exhausted and barely hung onto consciousness. But to those around him, even Verde, the action still looked cute and extremely adorable, there was no denying it.

“Tsunayoshi, I don’t really have a place for you to stay so you’ll have to sleep in my room. Come on, you can make it there.” Verde gave a nudge to Tsuna to get him moving and jumped up onto the brunet’s shoulder, pulling at his ear to keep him awake.

“Ow, ow, stop that, Verde. That hurts.” Pouting, Tsuna got up from his seat, inching towards the door. He wasn’t even aware of the sudden name change, right now more concerned about the pains in his body. The alligator followed behind, swishing its tail as it moved.

“Well, you need to stay awake. I surmise that you could fall asleep while standing at any moment now.” Lightly pinching Tsuna’s cheek, Verde noticed that the skin around his fingers was turning red. The brunet grumbled under his breath, following the route to Verde’s room from the directions. He hadn’t really gotten a full tour of the place but he doubted there was really anything worthwhile to see. Letting the metal door swing open, he took notice of the packed bedroom that was littered with bottles and books. The only smell in the room was that of leather and Tsuna guessed that it was coming from the books and journals that were stacked up to the ceiling. Tsuna stared at the place, only vaguely noticing the bed that was in the corner, covered with papers.

“Wow… Your messiness surpasses my own and that’s saying something.” Tsuna commented, looking over the place once more. “I mean, seriously, I’m standing on top of your books - your floor is completely covered. At least those bottles of yours are far away. Don’t even want to know what’s inside of them.” He headed towards the bed, moving stuff off and stacking it some distance away so that if he moved in his sleep, he wouldn’t hit it.

Verde grumbled at the comment but couldn’t really make a retort back. What was there to say in the first place? It was all true. Settling down onto the bed, Tsuna pulled his legs up after taking off his shoes and rested his head on the pillow. Verde stood at the side, watching the brunet start to drift off once more. His pet curled up on the ground, maneuvering around books and bending over the piles.

The brunet was still awake and talking, gripping the bed sheets below his body. “You know, I never really liked you very much.”

Perking up, the green-haired scientist glanced over, curiosity written all over his face. He was standing on the bed right in front of Tsuna’s face, his half-lidded eyes staring.

“There are reasons for that and good ones too. In the beginning, you tried to assassinate me with those invisible suits and then tried to kill off the other arcobaleno. You even hurt Lambo. Those are all things I couldn’t forgive you for and I still can’t, to be honest.” Tsuna muttered quietly, knowing he had Verde’s full attention.

For a moment, the scientist flinched, feeling guilt welling inside of him, before shoving it down. He is a scientist; he would do whatever it took to get his experiments right even if it meant taking people out, permanently. But still… Verde turned away for a moment, deep in thought. When hearing it from Tsuna, he unexpectedly felt really bad for many of the things he had done. However, he couldn’t understand why he was feeling that all of a sudden...

Tsuna closed his eyes, the sleepiness coming back to him. He nestled into his pillow, not bothering with the blankets and laid on his side, his back against the metal wall. “But right now, I can tolerate you. And slowly, I’m starting to like you. But please don’t harm the others again. There are only eight of you, arcobaleno. You’re all one of a kind and separate from everyone else. You’re different but if anything were to happen to the others, you’ll be all alone, you know.”

Verde’s eyes drooped downward for a moment as he listened, leaning closer since Tsuna’s voice was getting lower, turning into mere whispers. It was true, he would be the only one of their kind left, left to watch as the world changed around them, left behind to observe as people were born and grew old before his very eyes. He highly doubted he’d be able to tolerate such solitude. No… most likely, he’d be dead by then.

“I think… being alone is the saddest thing ever. I don’t know much about the curse or what you’ve all been through since that time I visited in the past. But still, even with all that, being alone… hurts.” Tsuna’s eyes closed shut, finally drifting off into slumber, relaxing into the bed. Verde remained where he was standing and slowly reached out to touch the teen’s warm cheek with his fingers. The heat that radiated off it felt like it was burning him, as if he was touching a stove that had been warmed.

Before he realized it, he was reclining against the brunet’s stomach. His glasses were placed aside and he stared at the ceiling through his blurry vision before closed his eyes, leaning further into the warmth. He snapped his fingers to shut the lights off. It was so peaceful and he relaxed, listening only to Tsuna’s soft breathing and the beating of his heart. It didn’t take long for him to fall asleep, one hand on his stomach and head tilted to the side. His pet shuffled a little then snorted as it looked at its master and the brunet. When its head lowered, it decided that sleep was the best thing for now.

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Gathering people for Tsuna’s rescue was harder than Reborn thought. He easily recruited most of the guardians except for Hibari (Mukuro not included) but that was as far as he got. He couldn’t tell Vongola that their heir had been kidnapped; that would create much unnecessary trouble, especially if the Varia found out what had happened. He had alerted some of the closest people to him that he could trust, like the Cavallone’s head, Dino, and most of his fellow arcobaleno. However, there was a problem. He had to wait for the reinforcements to arrive. He knew that they couldn’t possibly appear here so fast, they needed to take an airplane and with that, he needed to wait. Something he wasn’t entirely happy about.

‘The more time he’s with Verde…’ Reborn ground his teeth together, not wanting to think of the outcome. Anything could happen and many of those things weren’t pleasant. He didn’t want to think of it, he couldn’t. His black eyes glanced over the group that was in front of him, the guardians that were supposed to protect Tsuna.

Yamamoto was trying to cheer up the group but the tone of his voice obviously indicated that he was worried sick about his dear friend. Gokudera was cursing violently and was sticking cigarette after cigarette into his mouth, lighting each one in succession. Eventually, he just flicked the lighter on and off, eyeing the flame. The clicking sounds were annoying but Reborn did not stop the silver-haired teen since it was the best way for him to cope with what had happened. Chrome was silent in her corner, not really saying anything, like usual, while Ryohei was scratching the side of his head in confusion. He hadn’t really been informed on what had happened yet. Reborn knew that he’d have to do that later. Meanwhile, Lambo was running around and laughing obnoxiously as he did every day, not really knowing what was going on like Ryohei. The hitman was definitely going to send the brat back to Nana. The sun arcobaleno didn’t want him here; it wasn’t making things any better.

His eyes stared once more at the message Verde had written and reread it for the umpteenth time and yet, he didn’t get what it meant. Everything was so confusing. Colonello and Skull were nearby, having come immediately, and were arguing with each other. In the end, the cloud arcobaleno was beaten up as usual before he got up and complained about his treatment. Right now, Reborn didn’t feel like kicking the other arcobaleno, his mind concentrating solely on the words that seemed to laugh at him.

Luckily for him, Nana was easy to convince about her son’s sudden disappearance, believing him when he stated that Tsuna was currently staying over at a friend’s house and wouldn’t be back for while. She had taken it with a smile and went off to make dinner for the other kids.

“Hey, Reborn.” The hitman snapped his head up to look over at Colonello, who was sitting on a table, his weapon not with him. “Verde is going to be expecting us, kora. There’s no telling what he’s planning. Not only that, we haven’t been able to locate his hiding place yet and this rain is covering up any tracks that he might have made today, kora.” The blond glanced over to the window, watching the storm that was still continuing. It was dark outside, night right now, and the window was blurry from all the water that was trailing down the glass. The winds had picked up, blowing rapidly and dangerously, forebodingly.

Reborn glanced down at his feet, wondering how this was going to work. They were at a disadvantage from the very start. Still, he stared at the note, his mind grasping for an answer. He had shown it to the others that were around him during those times ten years ago but they too hadn’t known what it was talking about. That left him with nothing, no answer at all. He clenched his fingers in frustration.

‘Tsuna…’

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Well that's it. Hope you have enjoyed it.

Also, is anyone heading to ‘Anime Matsuri’, a convention that’s being held at Houston, Texas this March 18-20th? If you are, there’s an extremely high chance that you might see me there. I’m going to be at one of the artist booths :)

And one last thing, I’m trying to get rid of some of my old stuff, doujinshis like a C27 and R27 one, yaoi manga books, etc, etc. If any of you are interest, you’re welcome to take a look.