A/N: Haven't decided whether this is AU or not. Will later contain yaoi (a.k.a boy's love). Don't like, don't read ;D

Got the title from the song 'COLOR' by MARiA~ it's the opening for the Freezing anime~

DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN KATEKYO HITMAN REBORN. If I did…*evil noise*

EDIT: There's now a poll on my profile that lets you vote for who you want Tsuna to be rescued by~ you can choose two options ;3

Tsuna was thrown against the wall roughly. He gave an unmanly squeak of alarm.

"Where's your money?" The gangster yelled at him, his buddies surrounding Tsuna so that he couldn't escape.

"Wha-What?" Tsuna sputtered incoherently, blinking his large caramel eyes innocently, tears starting to form as he spoke. The gangster blushed a bit at how cute his victim was before he shook his head and took out his switchblade threateningly.

"Gimme your money! Or I'll kill you!" He snarled, the gangsters behind him cackling evilly. Tsuna cursed his luck. Why did everything bad happen to him? He didn't do anything to deserve this!

He lived like a normal kid in his neighborhood, Namimori, and went to school every day. He was a law abiding citizen. He never told a lie in his life, for goodness sake! Okay, so maybe his test scores weren't great, and he was the worst athlete in his grade. That didn't exactly give fate a reason to kill him while he was in middle school, right? He squeezed his eyes shut. Maybe this was all a dream. Y-Yeah. A dream. Then, he felt the punch that hit him right on his jaw. Ouch. Maybe this wasn't a dream.

"P-P-Please! Don't kill me!" Tsuna begged, tears leaking from his eyes as the head bully began to beat him up. His chocolate colored hair was messed up and some strands of hair were even being pulled out by the other gangsters. He began to bleed from some of the cuts inflicted by the switchblade. As Tsuna was tossed around, he bit his lip to keep from crying out. He didn't want to give the gangsters any reason to hurt him too badly.

"S-Stop p-p-please!" He pleaded again, only to be kicked around some more. He felt a gangster step on one of his fingers, and heard a crack.

His scream shattered the silence of Namimori. The head gangster cackled in glee as he saw Tsuna's broken finger begin to bleed.

"Keep going 'till he forks over the money," He ordered. The other gangsters nodded in reply and continued to hit Tsuna violently. Tsuna got a heavy kick directly to his head, knocking it back against the brick wall behind him. He coughed viciously, spitting out some crimson blood. He started to slump over, exhausted from the beating, but the gangsters pulled him upright again and held him in place as they continued their ministrations.

Tsuna was so dizzy he could barely even keep conscious. His left eye was swollen shut, and the cut above his other eye kept bleeding and dripping blood so he could hardly see anything. His lip was bleeding and starting to stain his white school shirt. Oh no, he thought hazily. Mama won't be…happy…about the stain…

His head pounded like a dozen bombs were going off inside of it. Tsuna winced slightly at the metallic taste of his blood. He felt like he was going to throw up at any moment. The gang's jeers and taunts at him were starting to sound more and more quiet, until all he could here was a low buzzing.

Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, the bullies stopped hitting him. He heard the gangsters talk amongst themselves, agree that they should leave him there for dead, leave quickly, and then, quiet. Tsuna could faintly hear the crickets chirping as the sun set. If he strained his ears a little, he could hear the highway a couple of streets away, where the cars were rushing by.

Tsuna ached everywhere; he was bleeding all over the place and he was pretty sure he had more than just a broken finger. He felt a pang of loneliness. He didn't want to die alone, at the side of the road, with no friends, no family…not even a random stranger to call 911 for him.

He cracked his eyes open a little, and admired the sunset through his blurry vision. The sky was a blaze of orange, pink, and purple, with a hint of blue. Tsuna could make out some birds flying across the sky, slowly turning into small black pin pricks and gradually fading altogether. He slid his eyes away from the sun to gaze forlornly at at the drifting clouds, respecting their need for solitude. If only he could get used to being alone…He closed his eyes, tried to fight the darkness that started to consume him, but in the end, he just slumped down and let it take over.

***(a/n: No it's not over yet xD)***

When Tsuna woke up again, it was pouring outside, and he was soaked to the bone. He shuddered as the cold water seeped into his clothes. He lay there limply, hoping someone would come…anyone. But fate continued to ignore him as he sat at the side of the road, waiting for someone who would probably never come. Tsuna felt oddly calm, as if the rain was somehow washing away his worries. He gazed out as the rain continued to spatter against the sidewalk. He heard the distant rumble of thunder as the storm continued to approach.

Tsuna flinched as he saw a bolt of lightning flash through the sky and heard the roar of thunder that followed. He was scared, to be honest. He had never gotten over his rather ridiculous fear of storms that formed when he was a kid. But the lightning never seemed to hit anywhere near him; it stayed the same distance away from him. It was as if he was at the eye of the storm, where it was calm and eerily quiet.

Tsuna couldn't remember how long the storm was, but some time later, it stopped. He felt a bit relieved, but he sank back into a sort of depression he was in before when he realized that still no one had passed by to help him.

Tsuna began to feel unnaturally warm. He started to shiver uncontrollably. His breath came out in short pants, and he watched the little puffs of steam float into the air. They look like cotton candy, he thought absentmindedly, admiring them.

Before long, a light mist started to form in the damp atmosphere. Things weren't going very well for Tsuna. He couldn't believe that not even a single person had passed by his street yet. He felt tired. He felt the most tired he ever felt in his life. He was weary to the bone, and he was pretty sure he was sick. Tsuna started to cough up blood again. He rested his head against the wall and once again succumbed to the blackness of his dreams.

When Tsuna woke up again, he was sweating heavily and not feeling like he was in the best shape. His vision was sketchy at best and he was having trouble breathing. He slipped in and out of consciousness throughout the day. Look at the bright side, he thought to himself dully as the sun set once again. At least you've stopped bleeding…mostly.

Tsuna felt like he couldn't survive another day without medical treatment. It would be better to just die here, he thought sadly as he watched another blurry sunset. He thought he heard footsteps, but he figured he was hallucinating again. After all, he thought he heard footsteps every time he woke up…but obviously, no one came to rescue him, right?

Tsuna gazed at a passing cloud forlornly, and felt the blackness start to consume him. In a daze, he wondered if he would die if he let it take over. Yes, he thought to himself. I will let it…end here…He smiled crookedly at the sun, unaware of someone running towards him.

Tsuna stretched out his hand, wanting to touch the sky, just once. He let a single tear slide down his cheek and drip onto the concrete.

He slid his eyes to it as it darkened the road. It looked lonely. In need of a little love.

Tsuna closed his eyes, letting his hand start to drop, letting the darkness that was waiting for him welcome him into its embrace…

Tsuna slipped over the edge just as someone caught his hand as it fell.

***END (To be continued o_o;)***

A/N:

Okay…that was depressing o_o;

Don't worry! Poor Tuna is still living~ I just can't decide who to pair him with (a.k.a who finds him in the end lol xD)

Did you catch the Guardian references? ^_^ Yes, I am a genius.

Tell me if you find any grammar mistakes/spelling mistakes/etc. as this is un-betaed and it's my first fanfic :3 Please review and give your opinion on who I should make his savior :DD I'll try to update soon…If I decide on a pairing =_=;

If I don't...this'll be a oneshot... c': yes I am evil xD

before I forget-please pray for the victims of the tsunami and earthquake that hit Japan TTATT hopefully, my favorite manga/anime artists and their families are safe and sound~

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