ANOTHER STORY: Fear of that day

DISCLAIMER: KHR DON'T BELONG TO ME

THIS CHAPTER IS BETA BY THELRIDOFGAMES

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It has been a month ever since the younger Tsuna defeated Byakuran. Now the TYL Tsuna and his guardians have been brought back to their place. Gokudera slowly walked to Tsuna's office. Just before he opened the door, someone patted his shoulder. He turned to see the person only to see a grinning Yamamoto.

"What're you doing here, Baseball-freak?" asked Gokudera in an irritated tone. Even when ten years has passed, they still stayed the same.

"Haha, I just wanted to greet Tsuna this morning. Just like you do every morning," said Yamamoto, laughing cheerfully.

"Tch, get out as soon as you greet Judaime. He has a tight schedule today," said Gokudera, turning the door knob. They stepped inside the office; saw Tsuna's bed was empty and there was no sign of him inside the bathroom.

They looked around the room, noticing the mop of brown hair behind Tsuna's working desk. They quickly ran there and were shocked to see Tsuna lying there. Instantly their bodies started to tremble as the images of Tsuna lying dead in his coffin played in their minds. Tsuna, who is lying down right now, was the same with the dead Tsuna they saw few months ago. His face was void of expression, his eyes completely covered by his eyelids and the pale skin perfected it all. Both Rain and Storm guardians almost forgot how to breathe when they saw Tsuna lying there.

Slowly, Gokudera crouched down before running his trembling hand along Tsuna's face. He was too afraid to return to that day, when he found out, that Tsuna was gunned down by Byakuran eventhough it was just a fake one. Meanwhile, Yamamoto was just standing there, he kept staring at Tsuna with shock written on his face.

"J-judaime," said Gokudera in a trembling voice. He already placed his hand on Tsuna's cheek. Seeing Tsuna giving no resonse, he started to have a panic attack.

"Wake up, J-Judaime. Wake up!" exclaimed Gokudera, shaking Tsuna's body. He was too afraid to experience the same thing again.

After few wakeup calls from Gokudera, Tsuna groaned before opening his eyes only to see a shock and horror-filled face belonging to Yamamoto and Gokudera's almost at the brink of his tears. He slowly sat up before rubbing his head, laughing heartlessly.

"Sorry. I accidentally fell asleep while doing my work yesterday, around 3 a.m," explained Tsuna trying to get his best friends to calm down.

Suddenly, Gokudera hugged him and planted his head on Tsuna's chest. Tsuna could feel his shirt getting wet. He could also feel his Storm trembling in fear. He soothed Gokudera's head before Yamamoto decided to hug both of them. Tsuna sighed in defeat. He guessed Gokudera and Yamamoto both were still suffering from trauma of his death. Even though a few months have passed, they still didn't let go of the fear.

"Sorry that I made both of you worry," said Tsuna, trying to assure Gokudera and Yamamoto.

"Are you an idiot, Tsuna!? Don't you ever do that kind of stupid thing ever again," exclaimed Yamamoto in anger. He tightened his hug to feel that Tsuna was really a real being in front of him, not someone from his endless dreams.

"I'm sorry that I made all of you go through that kind of pain. It was just to protect you all," said Tsuna. He approved that faking his death was a stupid decision, but that was the only way to assure his family was safe.

"Promise me you won't do that again. Promise me!" demanded Yamamoto.

"I promise," said Tsuna, returning his best friends' hug.

Really, he has to make sure to wake up early after this before his other guardians find him lying asleep, thinking he's dead. If not, he probably will have to face a lot of hardships in calming down a certain teen who loves everything about a cow. And probably the boxer, prefect and twin mists even though they don't show that they're worried about him. How did he know? He has been through all the struggles and hardships with all of them for 10 years so he knew them best even when they didn't show it.

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With Lambo and Ryohei…

"Tsuna, can Lambo sleep with you?" asked Lambo peeking from the oak door. Tsuna who was currently working, smiled at Lambo.

"Sure, come inside," said Tsuna and Lambo quickly got inside and landed his butt on the bed, he stared at Tsuna who was engrossed in his work.

Tsuna feeling someones eyes at him, looked up at Lambo.

"What's wrong, Lambo?"

"You're not sleeping?" asked Lambo.

"I will. I just want to settle this work and then I'll join you, okay?"

"Then, Lambo will wait for you,"

"It's okay. You sleep first. I'll join you in a short moment ," said Tsuna. Lambo nodded and landed himself on the bed. Slowly, his eyes drooped and he fell asleep.

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Lambo abruptly woke up from his sleep. He was having the same nightmare all over again. A nightmare where Gokudera and Yamamoto picked him to Italy from Japan, only to come and see Tsuna sleeping in a black coffin with a bed of white lilies. His eyes brimmed with tears and he started to breathe hard while clutching the bed sheet tightly.

"Calm down, Lambo," a voice whispered and Lambo turned his head only to see Ryohei standing beside the bed. Slowly, Lambo looked at sleeping Tsuna. His face looked peaceful and Lambo smiled. Lambo walked up to the sofa while being followed by Ryohei. Ryohei sighed loudly while rubbing his temples.

"Can't sleep again, Ryo-nii?" asked Lambo, concerned about Ryohei's condition.

"Yeah,"

"Why?"

"Nothing. I'm just too afraid to sleep," said Ryohei.

" Why are you afraid?"

"I'm afraid that this day we experience after the war is all my desire, my dreams. I'm afraid that when I wake up I will be in the underground HQ once again," said Ryohei, trying to get his emotions out a bit. "And you, how can you asleep so well?" asked Ryohei looking at Lambo.

"Well, I'm afraid too but for me I don't like to think more about the fears like you, because Tsuna is still here with us. During the war, before I feel asleep, I always thought that the first person I wanted to see when I woke up is Tsuna. Every day I wake up, even though Tsuna wasn't beside me, I believed maybe tomorrow Tsuna will be there. Tomorrow will always come and I will be able to meet him again, either in life or death. But now, I got to see him again in life and I'm happy from it. Maybe, if I could go to the ten-years-ago, I would like to thank Young Vongola for bringing back Tsuna to us," said Lambo smiling. Finally, he found his way out from the fears inside his heart and he hope Ryohei will be able to do so.

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WITH KYOYA AND MUKURO (AND MAYBE CHROME)

Sometimes Tsuna would glance at his Cloud Guardian who was leaning himself on the wall near the door. Today was Hibari's and Mukuro's duty to escort Tsuna to his allegiance meeting. Just after they entered the meeting room, Hibari has immediately distaced himself from the rest. Now, he sat on one side and Hibari was standing at another side. It was almost like Tsuna was at the north pole and Hibari was the south.

"Die, Vongola," yelled one of the bosses, firing directly at Tsuna. Tsuna widened his eyes in shock, knowing that he never got a chance to avoid the incoming bullet. He instantly closed up his eyes waiting for the pain but after a moment he didn't feel it.

He slowly opened up his eyes and was shocked to see Hibari's tonfa in front of his face, successful stopped the bullet. He diverted his eyes only to see Hibari glaring coldly at the boss who fired at him. He saw the revolver that Hibari pointed at the boss with it's trigger already pulled. He knew what Hibari wanted to do, immediately gasped in shock.

"Hibari-san, don't!" exclaimed Tsuna as Hibari fired at the boss and instantly killed him. Tsuna could only watch in horror as the dead boss fell dead on the ground. Tsuna, only stared at the dead body and he was so scared. Never once his guardians took a life, because he sternly prohibited it.

Still not breaking out of his horror, he could hear an eerie laugh that belonged to his Mist Guardian. The room filled with mist before two bodies emerged from the mist as the mist started to dissipate.

"You're late, pineapple," said Hibari, lowering his tonfa.

"Kufufu, I was busy doing some research about everyone present here. And what did we find, Chrome?" asked Mukuro.

"All of them cooperate to kill our Boss, just to get the fame," said Mukuro venomously.

"It is too bad that we found out about that earlier than all of you expected. And what do you think should we do to them, Chrome?

"You know, Mukuro-sama, my weapon is eager to taste their blood," said Chrome, licking her trident.

Knowing that it was a cue, Hibari quickly grabbed Tsuna's wrist and took him out of the room.

"Hibari-san, wait! Mukuro! Chrome!" exclaimed Tsuna while being forcefully taken out of the room by Hibari. He looked back only to be by Mukuro's devious smirk and at that time, he knew what was gonna happened to the rest of the bosses. He dropped his head. Can he really keep his promises to Primo to change the Vongola back to their original purpose? He could heard faint screms of agony as Hibari continued to take him away from the place.

"I'm sorry," whispered Tsuna.

Hibari could hear what Tsuna whispered; only tightening his hold on Tsuna's wrist. They, the guardians, knew that they were hurting Tsuna by doing things like this, but there is no way in this life, they were gonna lose Tsuna for a second time. Losing him for a first time already left a hollow hole in their hearts that can never heal and they are not taking any careless risks this time.

What Tsuna didn't know was that when they woke up from Shoichi's machine, all of them, the guardians, made a vow that they will do anything to protect their boss from danger. Even if, they have to kill people in order to fulfill their vows. Even if, they are hurting their boss by doing things that he hates the most.

-THE END-