Chapter 4: Kidnapping Attempt
“Oi, wake up, Dame-Tsuna,”
“No way Reborn, let me sleep,” moaned the teen as he hugged the blankets around him tightly. He then opened one eye when he realized that Reborn wasn’t pestering him anymore. He was half happy and half confused at the non-torture method not being produced. Finally he understands that I need more time to sleep, but something doesn’t feel right.
Unwillingly he sat up, expecting to see his familiar surroundings of his room. Boy was he surprised when he found himself in a large bed that was fit for a king and a huge room. But that was the least of it when he noted the emblem of the Vongola in the center of the wall he was facing. A slight movement on his left made him turns his attention towards the baby on his side.
“R-Reborn, where… WHERE ARE WE!” he yelled at the end and receiving a kick from the baby.
“What was that for Reborn?” Tsuna held his cheek as he looked at his tutor in pain.
“Baka, how could you forget so easily,” The Arcobaleno sighed at his no good student, “If you’re going senile I’ll train your brain till it becomes close to a prodigies.” Reborn’s chameleon, Leon, transformed into its regular green gun and was aimed at him in close range.
“Mate, mate, I get it so don’t shoot!” the young boss said then calming down to think back, “After leaving school and breaking the promise of waiting for the guys to walk home…”
…. Yesterday ….
“Maybe I should have waited for them,” Tsuna said wearily as he walked down the empty streets, “This is like walking down the graveyard during the courage test.” A shiver went down his spine when he remembered his encounter with Romeo the ghost, Bianchi’s former boyfriend that she poisoned with her poison cooking.
He sighed as he thought of his friends. It wasn’t that he thought they were a hindrance; it was just that they were being too overprotective. “But if I say that it would sound like the same thing,” another sigh escaped his lips as he crossed the bridge. Just before he could step away from the bridge, his body stopped when an inkling of someone watching him. He was glad that he did because just where he was about to step off from the bridge there knives were thrown at that spot. “HIII, WHY… WHO…?!” Tsuna panicked looking around to see the assailant; hoping, in the back of his mind, that it was just his crazy tutor.
“Oh, so you managed to predict that move… not bad,” A voice called out from above making his blood freeze, “The Vongola’s blood is truly something to be feared.”
Tsuna peered up nervously to see a man sneering at him from the treetops. The murderous aura surrounded the area scared all the birds and scattered. The teen gulped in fear as he looked took at the details of the figure.
Tall in stance and stature, as it seemed to Tsuna. The dark short dark green hair was slicked back with a large amount of grease showing in an almost business-like appearance. Clothes of black from tie to shoes were nothing compared to the dark maroon eyes gleaming. His sneering grin grew wider seemingly impossible upon the slim face.
“W-What do you want?!” Tsuna said strongly as his mind frantically tried to figure out what to do. “I should run, but my legs… No even if I do run he’ll follow me and everyone that I run into would be involved… plus, since he knows about the Vongola, so he must be from the mafia… this just makes it twice as dangerous to move… AHHH, Reborn where are you when I need you the most!!!”
The man grinned even more when he saw the frantic eyes go back and forth from him to the alleyway. “HA, this kid is really just a wimp. Why should our Family be involved with the Vongola if there boss is so weak looking? He’s better off dead. But I can’t go against orders…” Immediately he jumped down from the tree and landed safely at the base making the teen step back a little. “When I heard that the Vongola boss was a middle school kid from my boss, I couldn’t believe it,” his eyes looked up at the teen’s face which was starting to sweat, “That is until I confirmed that the Vongola’s top hitman, Reborn, was their yesterday.”
Tsuna sweated even more when he realized who this person was. “You’re the one that has been watching me since yesterday,” he said cautiously moving his hand towards the pocket that held his woven mittens, “Are their other people watching me from your family, or are you the only one?”
One of his thin eyebrows rose in curiosity, “So you could feel me watching when I have hidden all of my presence. That is a rare occurrence,” the man walked closer making Tsuna step back more, “I guess the boss was right about you. You need to be taken out now… along with your friends.”
At that the teen froze causing the man to stop as well. “What did you say?” Tsuna said softly, his eyes covered by his bangs.
The man leered confidently when he hit a nerve, thinking that what he was doing was frightening him, “I think you heard me… Taking out you is not my only job. Your friends and anyone related to you must be taken care of as well.”
Usually when Tsuna hears those words about his life on the line he would be wetting his pants. But when his friends were mentioned he felt rage boiling up inside. It was enough that they risked their lives with his battle with Byakuran a few weeks back, and they finally have returned to their time safely. However, there were a lot of sacrifices in order to do it.
Tsuna gritted his teeth, and his grip tightened, when he remembered his final battle with Byakuran. “Yuni and Gamma gave up their lives in order for us to live peacefully in our time. I don’t want anyone doing that again!” He looked up at the man making him step back in shock. Angry brown eyes pierced him, almost like a sword.
“Oh~ so you can make that kind of expression can you, I never expected something like that from someone weak looking, like you,” the man said as a drop of sweat went down his face. The man flicked his hand retrieving several knives into his hands, “I wonder if you can even defeat me with your level of power.”
Not taking anymore, Tsuna pulled out his gloves and popped one of the dying will pills into his mouth. Instantly, flames appeared from his forehead; his mittens transformed into his X-gloves. The man took another step back when he realized what he did, “Crap, the boss was right to be careful. I didn’t thing this kid’s flames were this much.”
Within a blink of an eye the teen disappeared from his view. “W-What?!” he looked around and suddenly felt a presence behind him.
“Where are you looking at?” Tsuna said with a calm voice balling his fists with flames surrounding it.
The man jumped just in time as his the gloves grazed him. When he landed, a part of his jacket was burning. Quickly he removed it and looked at the brunette in an amusing gaze. “You really are the Vongola’s Tenth successor. I can see why Nono has chosen you. But you’re still a kid and that makes you naive.”
Tsuna stared at him not understanding his words. Then, his eyes widened when he felt his legs giving out. Looking around he could see a shattered phial and liquid splattered around him giving off fumes making him dizzy. He looked up as the smirking man, which was beginning to double in vision.
“It was a lie when I said the boss wanting to kill you and your friends,” the man’s laugh echoed through his ears, “You see, we only need you. And because you’re too important for our plans, killing you is not an option.”
“W-what do you mean?” Tsuna asked as his flames started to dim along with his strength to keep him up off of the ground, “What do you need me for?”
Even with his vision he could still see the cold stare of the man in front of him. “That is something you will understand in due time.” With that Tsuna passed out onto the ground.
