Medical Work

Since the Rescue Mission...

The JSDF are active, as Zorzal consorted with monsters that deployed Scorched Earth tactics, and killing small towns and villages in their wake, so they had to take measures.

Tsunami was off the job for now as these were jobs she is not allowed to take in.

So she went back to studying. Both school curriculum and her...mafia lady lessons as well as spending time with her mother.

But as far as school curriculum went, it's Japanese, English, Math, Science and Social Studies only as those are often in Entrance Exams. She also learns how to cook from her own mother.

'Haaa, I have to update her files due to time itself...'

Nana sighed as she filed for paperwork about Tsunami's real age because time in Special Region goes faster she and Tsunami had to go back to Earth for it with volunteer escorts, so mother and daughter are safe.

The other side was a year ahead of Earth, that Tsunami's 14 instead of 13! And next year, she'd be 15! So she has to study hard to catch up!

'Phew, paperwork done so Tsu-chan, anything you might like in shops?' Nana asked her daughter as they headed for the parking lot.

'Uhm...I've never had sweets before and cakes in the internet looked good...' said Tsunami who was close to drooling.

'Cake it is!' said Nana cheerfully, wanting to get her daughter cake. 'Let's go buy some in the cake shop!'

But en route to the shop, they got accosted by people who wanted medical help!

'Kyaaa!'

xxx

Tokyo Hospital...

Tsunami made it clear to families she is NOT a miracle worker, and she has things she cannot do.

- bring a person to life

- give back sanity to those who went insane via illness or severe drug abuse

- don't ask her to make the sterile fertile as that is IMPOSSIBLE if you were born that way!

- don't ask her to try to save miscarriage cases as she cannot save deceased children and don't ask her to help with abortions...she WILL kill anyone who tried to hire her for it

- she can only restore lost organs and limbs if it had just RECENTLY happened, therefore a still-fresh wound thus can only help fresh-amputees. But if the wound healed, she can't help restore what's lost anymore. Small body parts aren't stressful to the body, big parts however, shave years off lifespan and regeneration is highly uncomfortable no words can put it to justice!

- to those who were freshly amputees or freshly lost body parts, they must see a dietitian and get hospitally-admitted as they need to eat in bulk to help with the process and at this point, perfectly legal to OD on Vitamin Supplements under strict supervision. Regeneration uses up the body's vitamin and mineral resources so if the body's emptied of those reserves, the magic will automatically stop not to mention put their bodies in danger by nutritional depletion. Magic does NOT make anything free!

- with that being said, her regeneration fees are 300.000 yen, she's not working for free as she's saving up money for school while her mother earns money for living expenses

With her rules implemented, she set to work.

'Looks like I can't go back to base just yet.' Tsunami told her dismayed mother. 'I'll go back to the base every night after healing during the day.'

'Alright dear, but be careful on the way home!'

'Hai~'

'Sawada-san, we set up your temporary office on the first floor near the Emergency Room, is that alright with you?'

'Yup, it's OK!' Tsunami smiled. 'Let's get busy!'

She also knew she got herself in this mess anyway. Really, televising herself healing injuries...?

xxx

She got herself an unusual patient.

A foreigner with severe burn marks, and more.

'Nufufufu...I never thought Xanxus di Vongola will pay you a visit.'

The Varia squawked as Primo Nebbia came out of Tsunami's body.

'So she's in the know now.' said Xanxus gruffly, looking at his healer who was also the last blood heir.

'He is also my teacher.' said Tsunami with a smile as she proceeded to heal him. 'Sky Flame Ice Exposure, Atrophy...did somebody pull a Flame Dragon on you for years?!' she squeaked in alarm.

'?'

'She iced a literal Flame Dragon when I guided her into using that sort of ice for the first time.' Daemon chuckled as he showed the incident via illusion.

'Tche, old fucker froze me. Happy?' Xanxus grumbled.

'You also need to reharmonize your body after I fix you. Due to exposure, entrapment AND freezing you in many ways, your atrophied body is a sign that your sky flames are cut off from you for so long.' Tsunami pinched her nose. 'The reharmonizing part is something you must do yourself under my instructions with no iota of error, OK? Absolutely NO distractions when we begin! I cannot help you with my flames for obvious reasons.'

Obvious reasons indeed, she might cause Sky Harmony instead of Guardian Harmony! The Varia knew that's a big flat NO on their end.

'VOOOOIIII?!'

'Hospital! Quiet!' Tsunami scolded, throwing a vase at Squalo that he dodged before setting to work. 'How you guys got here in secret is beyond me since if Daemon knew you guys, you must be hi-profile people!' she exclaimed.

'Ushishishishi...ohhhh we're very hi-profile alright!' Belphegor cackled. 'We're the Varia Officers.' the poor girl choked.

After healing Xanxus, she instructed him on Reharmonizing.

Due to even his hadou cut off from his body, he was akin to a comatose patient in atrophy but unlike them, if he reharmonizes himself with his body, he can move again as if it never happened, no need for rehab!

That was an aspect of Sky Flames that was a new idea to the Varia as the idea was marvelous!

'However, only Skies can do this to themselves.' Tsunami warned. 'Suns can also help themselves and other fellow Guardians this way but they need minimal help of their Sky. If they're Skyless tough luck.'

Mammon paid her ten million and they won't take no for an answer because she just introduced a revolutionary technique with Sky Flames.

'Well, keep Vongola away from me and I'll accept this.' Tsunami smiled. 'I have no desire to be a puppet leader anytime soon.'

'Well here's one news you might like sweetie~' said Lussuria. 'Due to the trouble a certain revelation brought, he was given a choice; Nono kills him or he does Seppuku~because the whole alliance is pissed and disgusted.' he said.

'I take it he did the latter as even if you're on a death sentence, a fighter will instinctively dodge the Firing Squad.'

'Exactly.'

Tsunami did an eye roll before looking cheery and clapped her hands once.

'Well, I'll have to tell the brass to call off the lookouts. Everyone in the government wants to arrest him and mom already wrote the Divorce Papers, all that's needed is signature to make it legit so she can remarry...can anyone here fake that?' she asked them jovially. 'She wants to start dating again soon!'

Well, isn't she too cheerful about Iemitsu's demise, they thought. And given her upbringing, she has no concept of romance and family so she could care less.

xxx

'Well, she's a little too cheerful being told that that moron was told to do Seppuku.' said Levi as they left via van.

'That bastard had it coming other than being a thorn in our sides for years.' said Xanxua gruffly. 'He simply married the poor woman and had the poor kid just because he was told to and treated his family like a living dollhouse he eventually got bored of but still had to give money to keep Tsunami alive after he asked the old geezer to seal her not long after I got iced. Spade's must have known more if what she said was any indication.'

'Had Sawada lived, she's in danger of being a puppet boss?' said Belphegor while twirling his knife on his fingers.

'Aa. That ol' ghost knew and taught her.' said Xanxus darkly. 'Sealed Sky Flames results in Sky Discordant Imbalance. She said in her interview she was clumsy, unable to learn anything new, and bullied for it by her peers so she is damaged physically, spiritually, emotionally, mentally and psychologically. She would be ripe for the taking. Not to mention the tutor is Reborn?'

'Yeah, I heard horror stories about how he does things from Bucking Horse just to shape him up. But the difference was, Dino has support, she doesn't. What can a hypnotized wife do to help her daughter while Reborn reigns like a tyrant, making even her own house unsafe for a messed-up Sky?' said Squalo. 'Girlie's gonna break into being a yes-man and Reborn unwittingly playing into what Iemitsu intended. And by the time she's Decimo...she's an obedient little doll out of fear of Reborn and when he's not looking, Iemitsu will play the daddy card and 'it's for the family, do it' shit.'

'If the Gate never happened...we'll be doing that girl a favor by putting her out of her misery.' said Mammon grimly. 'Vongola's destruction be damned. But the Gate happened and the Seal is reliant on the caster and victim being connected no matter the distance. However, given what she said, sure Iemitsu's dead but there's Nono. She knows what he may plan to do with her. Two bosses have different goals reliant on her being their puppet marching to their tune. But now that is impossible for even Nono now.'

'We'll find that out. If it'll endanger the famiglia as well as ours...' Xanxus let his words hang as his Guardians shared a dark expression. 'The girl has an army behind her back ready to help her and her mother and what's Vongola compared to an entire country's army? Mammon, find things out. Our lives are on the line now as well, not just hers, because of two shitty bosses.'

'Mm. I'll milk that old man for this since this is one job I can't get paid in being an inner mission.'

xxx

Hospital, end of shift...

'Phew...so many amputees and people wanna avoid organ loss.' Tsunami sighed. 'So tired...at least some amputees brought their still fresh limbs along to avoid the lifespan costs...'

'It's only natural but this is also training to grow stronger, to increase your output.' said Daemon when another ghost appeared. It's Giotto. 'Ohya, we seem to have a visitor.'

'Uh...Giotto, right?' Tsunami blinked and Giotto nodded.

'Daemon told you everything, correct?' he asked and she nodded. 'I want you to prepare.'

'Prepare for what?' Daemon frowned.

'Timoteo intends to wed you away.' he said. 'Promising your future to someone without your even knowing to keep the famiglia strong as the alliance is weakening caused by Iemitsu's crimes, but consent is a factor.'

'Oh hell no!' Tsunami howled and gave Daemon a pleading look.

'That fool...I acted in the years to prevent weakness to the famiglia.' Daemon sighed. 'I fixed many of his messes and yet he creates another. Daniela never gave me any problems in her reign and her son's nothing but an irritant.' and he was gone.

'Thank you so much, ancestor!' Tsunami choked out gratefully. 'I can't believe this!' she cried. 'I will not be anyone's puppet, ever!'

'I know. Given how things are...it's up to you now, Tsunami.' Giotto told her. 'And you have my full blessing in what you may do. Things are already beyond saving at this point.' and he too, vanished.

'That means...I'll destroy Vongola and rebuild it from ground up.' Tsunami swore. 'My future is utterly fucked up.' she groaned, doing a face-palm.

She decided to buy some amazake with her money.

xxx

Alnus, Base...

'General? You in?' Tsunami called out.

'Come in!' Tsunami let herself in. 'What is it?'

'I got unusual patients who told me that bastard was forced to do seppuku by his boss!' Tsunami grinned in glee. 'So it's no use hunting for a deadbeat bum who's oh-so-iced!' Hazama raised a brow at that. 'Mom can start dating again!' she said happily. 'What he gets for being chummy with allied bosses who actually cares for their wife and kids who got disgusted with him playing house and what he did to mom!'

'I wonder if Cafeteria's still open for Sekihan?' Tsunami then cheerfully left his office, leaving behind a bottle of amazake.

'O-oi Tsunami-chan? You didn't buy drink for yourself did you? Ooooi?!'

xxx

Since Nana was out of the loop regarding her husband and daughter having mafia connections, Tsunami enjoyed her night with her mother in the base as its dangerous for her to go to town now that war's about to break out when before, she could come here any time and made friends with the locals. But now, she's barred from town for her own good.

That, Tsunami turned down Itami on the mission to Knappnui as she can't go near anyone associated with Hardy because she harbors a ghost.

Several days later...hospital...

'Tsunami-chan! Is this true? C'mere and see this!' a nurse cried so Tsunami followed the nurse to the computers in the Receptionist's Desk.

The ones in the Reception apparently, are free to surf the net when off-clock.

On the computer was a blog about the Special Region. Tsunami browsed everything.

'Hummm...whoever this is did a good job while going behind our backs.' Tsunami whistled. 'Because the government lets out information that suits them while suppressing what doesn't. It's rare for tru-blu stuff like this to be publicized.'

'Jeez, we deserve to know this too since we can't go there!' another nurse pouted. 'But they posted some latest stuff...'

The latest stuff, was however, spine-chilling.

'The latest mission was about this...huh?' Tsunami frowned. 'I'll ask about this when I go home. I didn't join the Knappnui Mission because the whole freaking country entrusted me with their amputees!'

So the nurses had to settle with that.

While Tsunami went back to her designated office, she was in deep thought.

"If this was true, there's no way the brass will accept this even if University Professors are involved. They're already skeptical that Gods and Demigods existed already even if Rory-sama's living proof of divinity. The problem they're worried about, is that they invested a lot already and if the Gate were to be closed, those investments will go up in smoke. In the end its money. We and the JSDF can't do squat about that, all we can do is answer to orders even if they deny truths."

"Two worlds meeting creates a Gate. We were told to think of two worlds as streams of water being forced to meet and stopped flowing...then the Gate opens. However, time will always flow. Not even the Gods can stop Time. The friction created by two worlds flowing against each other is already causing damages. Little by little, but it's there and now this Apocryph thingy in Knappnui where it kills all it touches...this, is bad. The two worlds must decide fast. One side cannot decide on this alone or both our worlds will be swallowed."

She sighed.

Money makes the world go round. For the higher-ups, Climate Change and danger of the Apocryph is but trivial matters! This is what she hates the most.

xxx

By now, Tsunami amassed enough fortune that she can graduate with no financial worries, but extra cash is always welcome. Besides, her charge of 300.000 is cheap, but if so many customers come every day, that WILL pile up!

She can then use the leftovers to help her mother with expenses. Her salary as cafeteria lunch lady was also exactly 300.000. Just BARELY enough for a single mom and her single kid every month. But that salary only applies in the army where elsewhere, salary of cafeteria ladies are CRAP. Utilities barely went past 15k for both of them. Food? Around 40k per person so that's already almost 100.000 yen. Then there's rent of an apartment in the near future. What about needs in life such as clothes, and household needs?

If mom is to keep her job, they must live near the barracks of the JGSDF in Shinjuku, Ichigaya.

Apartment rent is the most expensive thing to pay for. Thus for a person, ideal salary BEFORE they can move out of their parents' house, is at least, 420k or more than that.

'Sigh, money really is the biggest issue here...'

She earned enough money by now. Nearly 25 million yen.

Not enough. There's Junior High, High School AND University or the Police Academy if she somehow escaped being Vongola Decimo. She needs at least, 30 million yen for comfortable academical spending expenditures with change left over. Sorry military, but police officers get better pay than you, she's just being logical.

Perhaps she'll sell gold soon as insurance. She won't always get patients after all.

She won't stop until she has a nest egg of at least, 100 million yen before the Gate closes. By the time that money is gone, she has a job by then, capable of helping her mom with the expenses.

She was still musing, when she met a foreign pretty lady with dark blue-green hair and blue eyes. Her hair is in a half ponytail with an orange symbol tattoo on her left cheekbone, wearing a maroon dress shirt, black pencil skirt, stockings and black office lady flats.

'Hello, Tsunami-chan.'

This woman...is a Sky like herself.

xxx

In a restaurant's reserved floor upstairs...

'You must be from that shoe country.' said Tsunami. 'What would a fellow Sky want with me?' she asked after they got their ordered drinks from a waiter who had to give it to Aria's handsome subordinate who was the one to give them the drinks.

'The future...has many parallel worlds that branched based on our decisions. Or based on how we are born.' said the woman who introduced herself as Aria, no last name given. 'There were even instances you and I were boys...' she chuckled. 'But let's get to the point.' she went serious. 'The Gate...I saw a future where we're swallowed by darkness in the near future if the government kept being obstinate. And a future where Japan did the right thing just in time. But some will get left behind. I hope you ensure that you are not left behind...because in the futures you are here, we are saved by you and your guardians.'

'But paths have strayed.' Tsunami remarked, causing Aria to nod sadly. 'Three of your destined Guardians live in Namimori.' Tsunami narrowed her eyes at this. 'One in Tokyo, and three from Italy. You've already met Mukuro-kun, right?'

'Yeah, he's on the other side adventuring after the base gave them a thorough check-up and under JSDF Protection.' said Tsunami. 'He and his two friends got Kamikakushi by Gate too and they're happier on the other side. But due to war brewing, they'll be back in Alnus for safety soon enough.'

'Mm.'

'One in Tokyo though?'

'A young girl. No matter what future, you always have two Mists.' said Aria. 'The girl Mukuro would name Chrome Dokuro. But her true identity is Kamizaki Nagi.' she put an envelope before Tsunami. 'She needs the tenth generation the most.'

'What sort of people are my guardians, Aria-san?' Tsunami asked her. 'And why do we save the world?'

'You know the meaning too much of a good thing is bad.'

'Yes...?'

'In one of the futures, a fellow Sky got overwhelmed and intoxicated with power caused by his own curiosity...and he got God Complex, determined to rule all parallel futures eleven years from now.' said Aria, her necklace glowing. 'He destroyed timelines that refused to submit to him and his Guardians. Thankfully he can't affect the past and the further futures, but he must be stopped. The time to deal with him will be when you're in sophomore junior high, springtime and weeks away from senior year.'

'That's like, two years from now...but I'm stuck on the other side until the Gate closes.' said Tsunami, thinking of the timeline. 'Not to mention as the sole Mage of Earth, the brass and Public Safety are dealing with people out to get me, wanting the power of magic. But not everyone is capable of it.'

'I already took steps.' said Aria. 'All that's left, is you being in Namimori in your sophomore year, by the entrance to the marketplace. Someone will send you to the troubled future there. You and your guardians will be guided into doing the right thing. But considering how things changed...please take care of Nagi. Mukuro cannot be in the future as he's a Vendicare Inmate. He'll appear in the Water Prison, and drown to death.'

'Wha-?!' Tsunami gawked at her in shock. Mukuro, in Vendicare when he's wandering on the other side? How?

'Mukuro-kun hated the Mafia because he, Kakimoto Chikusa and Joshima Ken are the survivors of heinous human experimentations of children in a bid to create bio-weapons.' Aria told her to Tsunami's horror. 'They want revenge on the whole Mafia Society and already killed many famiglias that exploited children. Normally a good thing, but the problem is the laws...and Mukuro-kun got photographed at one point.' she explained. 'But in this world, he got interested in the Gate before the fateful massacre of this one famiglia that got him photographed...leading to his arrest in Vendicare.' she said. 'You also have another objective in the future...free that Mukuro-kun from prison legally...by tricking the Vindice into doing it. The Varia has the ability to do so. Your intuition will guide you.'

'Very well. Mission accepted since failure is clearly not an option or we're all goners.' Tsunami accepted the incoming mission with a twitch of resignation. 'All of us will meet in the future. I suppose by then I'm in school and the Gate is closed.'

'Hai.'

'...well, this is getting interesting already.' Tsunami chuckled. 'I'll pay Namimori a visit one day before the Gate closes. I'll talk with the boys as well regarding what's coming.'

'Mm.'

'I also want to thank you for dealing with the three in Namimori. But I feel there's something missing...'

'It will come in your mailboxes.' said Aria. 'I will arrange for the theft of the Vongola Rings, and delivery to you.'