-.- Yep... I'm pathetic xD This crack pairing is the ONLY crack pairing I like, and it's... well... weird... I can't see Belphgor in any type of long term relationship (sorry Haru!). I didn't really plan to write multi-chapter story for these two the idea just kind of... happened... yeah... I had wanted to start uploading a Shugo Chara fanfic before I started uploading this one but... this one was just so FUN to write that... I finished it before the SC one so... this one gets put up first.
Anyway, I guess I should shut up now, not much else to say!
Note: I'm going to be writing this story as if the Inheritance Ceremony Arc never existed, mainly because as of right now (1/8/2011) I have no idea how that arc is going to end... so yeah, in the character's lives in this story that arc never happened.
Note: Everyone is older, by five years. Haru is 19 and Belphegor 21.
Note: I HATE the description for the story... but I couldn't think of anything else, and really that does describe the story pretty well... I still hate it though...
Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn
Spoilers: I would say don't read unless you've read up to the Future Final Battle Arc but... you only really need to read until you've met Haru, Belphegor really... I guess their might be a few hints at the Future Arc but nothing really big...
"The secret Vongola base is finished!" Giannini had said happily over the video link he had set up from Tsuna's house. "You really should come and see it!"
Tsuna gave him a wary look, even though it was five years since the future traveling escapade and the following difficulties and Tsuna was now nineteen and the current Vongola boss he still found it difficult to completely accept everything about being the mafia boss.
For one the secret Vongola base reminded all of those gathered in Tsuna's living room of the events that had taken place in that alternate future. It was not helped by the fact that the boxes were beginning to be created.
They seemed to be recreating all the troubles and tribulations they had gone through in the alternate future.
"All right." Tsuna clasped his hands together thoughtfully. "We… we should go."
"Of course we should!" Gokudera slapped Tsuna's back, making him wince a bit. "We need to make sure that base is suitable for the tenth!"
"A trip huh!" Yamamoto smiled happily, lounging back on the couch. "That should be fun!"
"I wanna go!" Lambo declared.
"Shut up cow! This is a very important base; we can't have little kids just running around!" Gokudera snapped.
The ten year old stuck out his tongue at the man still as childish as ever (though Haru did notice he was getting a bit more laid back and was beginning to flirt with the girls), but before Gokudera could snap back Tsuna held up a hand.
"Wait!" Gokudera stopped suddenly, eyes turned to Tsuna. "He is part of the Guardians; he should be able to come."
Gokudera ground his teeth but sat back down, mumbling something about idiot cows under his breath.
Haru was amazed, Tsuna really had grown stronger over the years, it was much easier for him to control the unruly members of his Famiglia, though he was still quite lost on how exactly to deal with Mukuro and Hibari, usually Chrome and Dino helped him with those two.
"So when will you be able to come?" Giannini asked excitedly, impatient to show off his work.
"Well…" Tsuna glanced around the occupants of the room, Gokudera and Yamamoto sat on the couch to the right of Tsuna, Lambo was lying on the ground at their feet, Haru leaned up against the wall behind them, Kyoko sat beside Tsuna on his left, right next to him, Tsuna's arm around her shoulder.
That was her place. Haru felt a pang of jealousy but it left quickly. She had already come to terms with the fact that Tsuna liked Kyoko, not her.
That did not mean that it still did not hurt.
"Well, we'll have to prepare, I'll have to get back to you on that Giannini-san." Tsuna said thoughtfully. "I'll have to see who wants to go and then we'll need transportation."
"Don't worry about transportation!" Giannini said cheerfully. "I'll take care of that; just tell me when you'll be leaving!"
"I'll go see who wants to go, then I can call you back a-"
"Wait!" Haru pushed off the wall, her mind working double time, all eyes turned to her.
"Haru-chan?" Kyoko questioned.
"I want to go!"
She was met with shocked faces.
"Haru-chan, are you sure?" Kyoko gave her friend a worried look, Haru just smiled at the girl and nodded.
"I don't think that's a good idea." Tsuna frowned, his brow wrinkling in thought.
Haru straightened. "Why not? There's nothing dangerous about the base is there?" Haru glanced up at the image of Giannini.
"Of course not!" He exclaimed. "It's perfectly safe!"
"Why do you want to go so badly?" Gokudera glared at Haru suspiciously, Haru ignored his cold look.
"Because I want to travel, just like Yamamoto-san."
"You've already been to the base." Gokudera muttered, Haru frowned at him.
"I'd like to see it again, it almost became like a second home to me."
Yamamoto chuckled. "Why not just let her go?" He asked Tsuna, looking around the glairing Gokudera. "What's the harm in it?"
Tsuna glanced from the excited Giannini, to the carefree Yamamoto to the very determined Haru and sighed, seeing he would never be able to work against those three.
"Fine." He finally said, but worry still flickered in his eyes.
Haru brightened, but kept her feelings in check. She did not want to make any of his actions, his worry, his giving in, more than it was.
He was just worried for a friend.
"When will you be coming?" Giannini wasted no time, way to excited to show off for anyone.
"As soon as you can get me transportation."
Giannini's fingers flew across a keyboard hidden from Haru's view, a smile stretching across his face.
"Tomorrow afternoon."
"I'll be ready!"
The rainy evening matched Haru's mood perfectly. She leaned against the side of the car watching lazily at the world slipping past the window, the driver Giannini had provided and Haru had settled down into a silence. She was far out now, in a place she did not know, a forest rising up around her.
She did not know where she was. And that was perfectly fine with her.
She was glad to get away, away from that small house where she felt so cramped, away from all those people who wanted to know what such an intelligent and enthusiastic young women wanted to do with her life, away from Tsuna's soft looks toward Kyoko, away from all those doubts.
She sighed, shifting in the seat as she closed her eyes. She was kind of pathetic, as soon as the realization that Tsuna liked Kyoko dawned on her everything had been shattered. She had turned into a hollow shell with nothing; all her plans for the future had been focused around Tsuna. Now there was nothing.
Yes, she was very glad to get away.
And the secret Vongola base was the perfect place to get away. When Giannini had first said they could visit her mind began to turn, thinking over possibilities. Vongola was now part of her, she could not just back out of the mafia world now, it was too connected to her. She was to much a part of it.
Why not find some job within Vongola? She was smart; she could learn how to do something that would earn her a place in the Famiglia, other than just being 'Tsuna's friend'. What better place to learn than with Giannini at a secret base? What's more she would have a few days alone before the others arrived. Time to think things through.
It was a perfect plan, if only it worked out correctly.
Belphegor swatted aside the annoying shrubbery pushing onward through the forest. The village could not be that far away now could it? Belphegor gritted his teeth, vastly annoyed that he should be traversing some damned forest just to find some village because his brother might be there.
Really, he had already killed him once hadn't he? But thanks to memories from the alternate future that had been brought back by the tenth Vongola boss he knew better than to think that. And after five years of searching for his brother, so he could finally finish him off, he had found his trail.
And so there he was, trying to find the village where his brother might be hiding out. He did not realize it could be so hard to find some village in a forest.
Belphegor could not believe he had temporarily left Varia, where he got to fight and kill almost daily, to tramp around in some forest.
To occupy his time he mumbled curses under her breath, curses against his brother, at the forest, and anything else that happened to pop up in his mind.
The sun traveled its course above him, the insects droned on. Belphegor's fingers itched with the longing to draw out his knives and kill all those annoying little things.
He was just beginning to curse them and their annoying noises when they seemed to silence, to a degree.
Belphegor stopped, body going ridged. A shiver ran down his spine, the tingle of anticipation before a fight. A grin stretched across Belphegor's face, white teeth showing. A fight, a fight, the perfect thing to get his blood pumping, to make this day worthwhile.
Belphegor slowly reached into his jacket pocket fingering the cold metal of his knives, the invisible wires attached to their ends.
Just as he was about to bring them out he froze again. There was something wrong.
He looked around; the trees of the forest rose up around him, the underbrush obscuring his view. He continued to pull out his knives, not able to quite figure out the feeling in his gut.
Something was not right.
He realized what was wrong to late. The explosion shook the woods not that far at all from him, the impact sent him tumbling forward. The heat seared his back, burning him, his head snapped back at the sudden motion, black spots danced in his vision.
He tumbled forward, briars and twigs snapping at his body, shredding his clothes. He rolled on the ground, trying desperately to stop himself, he reached out with his hands, trying to find something to grab onto. His arm smacked against a thin tree, making a sickening thud.
His ribs banged against a tree trunk, bringing him abruptly to a stop. He lay on the forest floor, bloodied and muddy, head and arm throbbing in pain. Everything throbbing in pain. His crown had fallen from his head, lost in the foliage. Twigs, scorched leaves and dirt slowly feel down around, settling after being thrown about by the explosion.
His royal blood trickled down from the many cuts, he smelled it, he could feel it. He tried to get up, the frenzy setting in. It had been spilled, his blood, his royal blood had been spilled.
He had to kill the one who caused it to be spilled.
Who caused the explosion.
He tried to stand, desperate, an insane smile spreading across his lips, a chuckle starting deep within him. But it hurt, it hurt so much.
And the blackness set in, sending him tumbling back onto the forest floor.
He'd kill the person; he swore to himself, he'd kill the person who had caused him such pain many times over.
Well... that's all for right now! First chapter uploaded! Please tell me what you think and if you're interested in my continuing the story. Hope you enjoyed it!