So sorry, I wanted to finish it earlier, but real life kept teasing me...

Thanks Reidluver, Goldebutterfly, Headband and liondancer17 for the reviews, you shall get the 'Hayato-savior'-badge!

So, here is the end. I'm not good with endings, I hope you still enjoy!

Illusions II

He took a last look at his surroundings.

At the green. And at the red. The Tenth's red.

- x -

Tsuna nodded at Mukuro.

"Alright, let's do it."

Mukuro stared at him for a short time, before knocked on the floor with his trident again. Again two times.

Tsuna felt how he lost control of his body. He suddenly felt light and like he was floating. It was actually a rather pleasant feeling. His chest felt stuffed with a overflowing joy he couldn't explain himself.

"Tsunayoshi, don't loose track of your goal."

A hollow voice surrounded him.

Right, he was in Mukuro's illusion. He couldn't loose the reason why he came here in the first place.

Gokudera-kun.

He came here to look for him. Because he was worried. The stuffy feeling in his chest vanished and suddenly he felt himself falling.

Deeper and deeper.

He could see a forest.

Urgh, the picture of when he was send into a forest against his will the first time came into his mind.

That time he woke up in a coffin. In the worst possible future. And this time the circumstances weren't any more inviting than that time. Tsuna shuddered. Who knows what was going to expect him there.

He hit the ground. No, he couldn't say it that way. It didn't even hurt. He landed somehow softly on the forest ground, staring into the clear, blue sky.

Tsuna got up and looked around. He had no clue were to go.

Just keep your goal in mind and you will simply stumble over what you're looking for.

Well, that was what Mukuro told him. He just had to believe in it. But Mukuro really looked like he regretted what he did, so Tsuna tried his best to think of Gokudera while he wandered aimless through the forest.

After some time he started to notice that the surroundings that stayed always the same before started to change.

The sun wasn't shining anymore and the sky was blood-red, instead of sea-blue like it was before.

The forest wasn't spacey and beautiful green anymore. The trees stood together narrow, darkening everything even more that it was already .

The atmosphere was heavy and creepy. Tsuna shivered. The air smelled mouldy.

Where the hell was he?

Moving became slowly harder and harder. He fought against some stray branches that got caught up in his hair and clothes. Another one scratched his face. He had the urge to turn around, but the thought that Gokudera could be somewhere in this creepy forest kept him walking.

Tsuna cursed when another branch kept him from moving. Tsuna struggled forcefully against it and stumbled on a clearing that seemed to appear out of no-where. He sighed relieved and pushed himself on his feet. He didn't want to stay here any longer that needed. In this creepy illusion. Who in the world would even think of a place like that?

Must be a wicked mind.

When Tsuna straightened himself and looked around, his gaze fell on another person.

Gokudera.

Tsuna wanted to call out, when he noticed Gokudera wasn't alone. He was lying on the withered grass of the clearing. And his head rested in the lap of someone else. Tsuna found himself staring at himself. The other Tsuna was gently stroking through Gokudera's silvery strands, soothing him to stay asleep.

Tsuna stepped closer, startling the other brunette, that looked up and smiled at him.

"Are you here to take him with you?" he asked softly.

Tsuna shivered. He couldn't bring himself to form words. He nodded quickly.

"Hn? I couldn't hear you?" he whispered.

"Yes." Tsuna forced his voice to work. There was something about his mirror image that stopped his body from working properly.

The smile changed into a grin.

"Ohhh, I won't let you have him."

Tsuna gaped. What was that?

"What did you just say?"

How could the other him be so selfish? He didn't know in which condition Gokudera was in reality. How could he possibly wish for Gokudera to stay here, if he knew how much Gokudera was actually suffering.

The other Tsuna kept smiling.

"Oh, that wasn't my decision. He made it. He just wanted to stay with 'the Tenth'. If necessary in his own, made-up world. And I'm not the one to complain. If he likes me so much, I'm willing to give him what he wants most."

Tsuna frowned. Gokudera wanted to stay here? In this place? Didn't he notice how creepy it was here?

Gokudera wanted to stay with him? But he already was! If he'd actually stayed here, that would mean he'd leave his side. The brunette that caressed Hayato's hair at the moment wasn't him not in the slightest.

Why couldn't Gokudera see that? Tsuna wouldn't tell him to stay in this forest.

A muffled mourn left Gokudera's lips when he stirred in his sleep.

"Gokudera-kun! Gokudera-kun!"

If there was the slightest chance to wake his silverette Storm Guardian, Tsuna would try.

"Shut up and just leave us alone…" hissed the brunette on the ground.

- x -

Hayato mourned slightly. It was like he heard the Tenth's voice. That couldn't be. Even the Tenth wouldn't survive a bullet in his head. No matter how amazing he was. And Hayato saw the blood and the limp body. The red blood. Everywhere. Just the Tenth's red.

His body started to shake when he remembered the scene again.

Why? He just wanted to forget.

His mind sure loved to fuck with him.

He could still hear the voices in his head. Why wouldn't they just leave him be? What did he do to be tortured like this by his own thoughts? sure he felt regret. Gnawing regret. After all he failed. In everything. In his one and only goal in life.

"Gokudera-kun! Gokudera-kun!"

Ah, ah. But what if the Tenth really survived and needed his help now?

"Gokudera-kun, please wake up!"

There it was. An order. He really had to open his eyes. If the Tenth wanted him to, he had to open his eyes.

Hayato took a deep breath. Somewhere in the back of his mind he wondered if he was able to face him. After all he…

- x -

Where the hell was this place?

He looked up into a bloody sky. He looked up in the Tenth's face.

Hayato frowned.

"Juudaime?"

Tsuna nodded, smiling at him happily. "Un"

Hayato shot up into a sitting position and backed off. Tsuna looked confused.

"No, you aren't. Who the hell are you?"

Tsuna smiled. "What are you saying? Didn't you want to stay with me? I'm here just because you wanted me to be here. I am your Juudaime."

Hayato shot him a doubting look.

Well, he did look like the Tenth. But somehow he didn't. he gave off a different vibe. Hayato couldn't say why, but this person wasn't the Tenth. This guy was not Tsuna.

The Tenth in front of him smiled sadly. But there was something else in his expression that made Hayato frown.

"Gokudera-kun!"

He spun around and felt a force knocking him to the ground.

"Thank god, you're alright!" Hayato saw that tears were streaking down Tsuna's face, when he pushed him away a little to get a better look at his adored boss. To make sure it was really Tsuna. To make sure the little brunette was alright, unharmed, safe.

Hayato sighed relieved, pressing Tsuna against his body.

"I-I'm so sorry, Juudaime…" his voice was hoarse and trembling.

A movement near them caught their attention.

The other brunette had gotten on his feet and looked at them. Tsuna shuddered at the look in his eyes.

"Didn't I tell you I won't let you have him?" he slowly started to approach them.

Hayato couldn't follow what was going on.

Tsuna clung onto him tightly and shouted something Hayato couldn't understand. He was to fixed on Tsuna's spit image and the anger he seemed to give off.

"I won't let him have you!" he hissed to Hayato. "You're the reason I'm here in the first place. You can't just run away!"

He was closer enough to reach out to the boys on the ground, when the distance between them suddenly grew. The sky changed to a blue colour and the forest slowly vanished.

- x -

Dimmed voices reached his ear. Hayato slowly opened his eyes to find himself staring at a ceiling.

"Oya, it seems like he woke up…"

"Eh?"

Hayato sat up and looked at the owners of the voices.

"Gokudera-kun! You're awake!"

"My, my, Tsunayoshi. I told you he's alright, if you made sure not to let him go."

Mukuro was in the Tenth's room. The bastard that let the Tenth die three times!

Hayato jumped out of the bed and wanted to draw out his sticks of dynamite when his hands gripped into thin air.

"Sorry, Gokudera… I thought you would snap if you saw Mukuro…" Tsuna mumbled.

Obviously! Why wouldn't he?

"Juudaime! Did you forget what he did to you in his fucked-up illusion? He killed you!"

Mukuro laughed. "I fear I didn't do anything. You were simply trapped in your own imagination. I just made sure it were your fears you were caught in…"

Hayato stared at him wide-eyed. "What?"

"Well, then, Tsunayoshi. I will take my leave now."

Tsuna nodded, still looking at Gokudera's shocked expression. When he finally ripped his eyes off him to turn to Mukuro he already had disappeared.

"The Tenth was alright the whole time?"

Tsuna smiled as he shuffled his position to take Gokudera's hand securely. "I was."

Hayato slumped on the bed and closed his eyes. "Thank god…"

Tsuna sat on the bed next to Gokudera and smiled at him affectionately.

He had to admit that he was really curious what Gokudera's fears where about. Not that he was going to ask. At least not for the time being. Now he was just happy to have him back. He leaned back, lying next to Hayato and sighed deeply.

No way he would have left him there.

The End (I guess)

It's not what I actually planned(since I forgot the original plot while writing... .) and it seems so rushed and it's soo short(I thought it was longer)... but at least Hayato was saved!

Though I think he would have a damage for life if he actually was caught up in this stuff... I'm sorry, Hayato. But you're still my on top favourite.

So, what do you think?

Somehow it reminds me very much of something else... but I can't remember what it was... perhaps it's 'cause all stories in Dream-Worlds are somewhat similar.