Through Seas and Heavens

Summary: "For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one." – Khalil Gibran. FemTsuna. Reincarnation. Short Chapters – Longer Chapters in the future.

Just a warning: FemTsuna, Reincarnation, AU, Language, Clichés, Messed Time Line, More in the Future

I don't own anything related to Katekyo Hitman Reborn or Bleach.

Chapter I. Old Friend

She had always loved any kind of large body of water but it was the sea that held a special place in her heart.

She loved its serene brutality and the way it seemed to reflect the moods of both the sky and the earth themselves.

She loved the familiar but unknown power that washed over her with every breath she took at the sight of those vast blue waters.

Above everything, she loved the feeling of peace, of belonging, the sea gave her. It was only when her feet left the white sands of the shore and touched the warm waves, that she felt like she wasn't broken; as if her father and his boss hadn't taken a big part of her not so long ago.

So, yes.

Tsuna had always loved the sea.

Maybe that's why some of her more bold classmates, those who took bullying to another level and didn't fear the repercussions of harming her, decided that it would be fun to push her from a cliff and into the sea. After all, if she loved it so much, why didn't she just stay there and stop soiling their school with her mere presence?

Tsuna had never done anything to anyone. She liked to keep to herself and help as many as she could because it was in her nature to be kind, to be selfless. But children could be cruel; they feared what they didn't understand and Tsuna knew that she, with her unique orange eyes and strange personality, was the perfect target to all that cruelty.

So, honestly, she wasn't too surprised when she was cornered by the group of bullies on her way home. What surprised her was the fact that they were cruel enough, heartless enough, to use her sea – her safe haven – as a way to harm her.

Cowards!, she wanted to scream as her body collided with the water, Monsters!

She closed her eyes, fighting against the unforgiving and harsh currents of the sea as it pulled her down and away from the land.

Tsuna was only seven years old but she, better than anyone, understood death and she refused die like this. He mother needed her. The brown haired girl feared what would be of the woman if she died.

She gritted her teeth as the current seemed to grasp her, twisting one of her arms. She gasped, swelling an lungful of salt water when her body hit a cold and hard surface – a rock if the cut in her side and the blood was any indication.

Tsuna blinked, trying to stay calm and focused. It was difficult, especially when her eyes were burning from the contact with water and the lack of oxygen seemed to be finally catching up to her.

There were black spots before her eyes and her body seemed be weighting a ton as it was pulled down and down. Even then, she stared up, her head high and proud and she tried to move.

The pain was almost too much for her to deal with but she refused to give up.

She had to live.

A breathless, almost reverent, sigh reached her ears. Tsuna wondered if she was starting to hallucinate now.

"Old friend…"

She blinked once at the echoed words, as if they had were fighting against the ocean itself to reach her.

Her fingers were blue and frozen, her body numb and she had long ago lost any and all strength to move but at that moment, Tsuna completely forgot about it. She ignored the pain, the taste of blood in her mouth and the burning of her eyes. All she could see was the ripple of the water around her and the way it moved, gracefully forming and shaping into something – someone – familiar.

"…you who had once been mine to care for and protect…"

A hand reached out to her slowly, as if conflicted and fearful.

"…you who I failed…"

Tears fell down from sea-green eyes, causing Tsuna to gasp.

This time, there was no water burning down her throat. The sea, the world itself, seemed to be frozen in time – Everything but her and the being above her, glowing under the little sunlight that was able to reach them from the surface.

"Would you take me back?"

The hand touched her face with so much care and adoration that Tsuna barely felt the shock it produced against her skin. The orange eyed little girl chocked as images flooded her mind with the same force of a tidal wave hitting the shores and then –

You? Tsuna thought with a small smile as the images started to make sense, Always, Nejibana.

Then, there was nothing but the peaceful hum of the sea echoing in her mind.

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