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"Reborn, where are you?," cried dame-Tsuna as he ran around Namimori, searching for his hitman tutor. He's been searching for him all afternoon and is clueless of his whereabouts.
Tsuna kept on running, hoping to find the first person who believed in him. "Re- Ouch!" exclaimed Tsuna as he found himself sitting on the ground with his right hand rubbing his forehead and the other leaning against the ground…
"Watch it you little-," barked a young man with gray hair, "Juudaime! I'm so sorry… I no longer deserve to be your right hand man. I'm terribly sorry… Please-"
"Hayato, calm down… I'm not your boss and besides, we've got a bigger problem," Tusna said as Hayato helps him to get up, "Reborn… He's been missing since yesterday…"
The two continued searching for the arcobaleno, asking each and every person they come across with, when a tall light brown-skinned guy wearing a baseball jersey appeared before them.
"Yoh! Tsuna… Hayato," greeted Takeshi.
Hayato made a fist. Somehow the way Takeshi smiles and takes things so lightly annoys him so much that he can't help but burst, "Shut up you baseball head! Can't you see the boss is having a problem here?"
Takeshi straightened his face, "What happened, Tsuna? Is there anything I could help you out with?"
"I'm okay," Tsuna forced a smile, "It's just that I haven't seen Reborn since we went home from school yesterday…"
The three continued walking around the neighborhood. They were silent. Neither Hayato nor Takeshi wanted to talk. They both know how important the arcobaleno is to Tsuna.
"Let's call it a day for now. The sun's already down," started Tsuna as he break the long silence, "Hayato, Takeshi, thanks for helping me out today. I'm also sorry for troubling you two…"
"It was nothing, boss, really," Hayato replied.
"We're glad that we could help out somehow," Takeshi added with a smile, "If you want, we can search with you again tomorrow."
Tsuna looked down and gloomily thanked both of them and stared lazily walking towards their house, which is two blocks away, while the other two walked the opposite direction.
Takeshi placed both his hands behind his head and looked up at the starry night sky, "Hayato, don't you feel weird?"
"Yes, I do," he replied with an evil glare, "Who wouldn't when one is walking with you?"
Takeshi chuckled, "No, not that." He placed his hands inside the pockets of his jacket and suddenly looked serious, "Don't you feel that this has happened before? Reborn has gone missing and the three of us searching for him?"
"Now that you've mentioned it, yeah," Hayato said looking suspicious at Takeshi, "I thought I was the only one feeling nostalgic so I did not utter a word. It happened when-"
"The day before we went to the future!" they concluded together.
"It could not have happened twice now, could it?" Takeshi asked worriedly, "We should tell Tsuna at once." He turned around, freed his hands from his jacket, and was about to run but Hayato caught his shoulders.
"I don't know what happened nor do I know if we have to go there again," said Hayato with a calm voice, "But we shouldn't tell Tsuna yet. It's already late and if we tell him now, the tenth won't be able to sleep… We should let hi rest for the night and so do we."
He relaxed his shoulders and faced Hayato, "You're right. We should think through this first before telling him."
The two walked silently and separated on the next corner.
~The Next Day~
"Good morning, Boss Tsuna!" greeted Hayato with very sleepy eyes.
"Good morning H-Hayato…" greeted Tsuna surprised due to Hayato's appearance, "Uhmmm… What happened? Come on inside."
The young man helplessly dragged himself upstairs while Tsuna stared blackly into space. When Hayato and Tsuna reached his room, Hayato instantly fell down and that was the only time Tsuna came backt to his senses.
"Hayato! Are you okay?" Tsuna asked while helping Hayato Gokudera up.
"It's fine, boss, I'm at fault for not sleeping," he replied while Tsuna continued assisting him to his bed.
Tsuna released a deep sigh; he was well-aware that he has been such a burden to his friends especially to Hayato and Takeshi. He has also been too absentminded to notice and recall things that might help him find Reborn.
"Boss Tsuna," Hayato said with a blush, "I know this is somehow disrespectful of me to ask of you but… May I please sleep for a little, while waiting for Yamamoto?"
The brown-haired lad smiled, "Of course, Hayato. Get some rest." Tsuna felt sorry for his friend, his intuition is telling him that the poor guy wasn't able to sleep thinking about something related to Reborn.
"Hayato I-," Tsuna stopped when he realized that the storm guardian was already in deep sleep, "Never mind, I hope you sleep well."
He stood up, went outside and closed the door quietly assuring he wouldn't wake up Hayato. And he headed downstairs.
"Mama," he greeted as he approached her in the kitchen, "Has Reborn gone back?"
Nana turned away from her cooking, "Why no. Now that you've mention it, I haven't seen him for almost two days. But-"
Tsuna's mother was interrupted by the ring of the doorbell.
The face of Tsuna darkened as shadow covers up his face, "I'll get it… It's probably Takeshi." Tsuna averted his eyes, followed by his head, then he unconsciously ran towards the door.
He held the door knob and slowly turned it, "Reborn why won't you come back? Where have you gone to? Reborn, just please come home already," he silently wished and yet knowing that he wouldn't be the one standing in front of the door.
Tsuna opened it and he was right it was Takeshi.
Yamamoto, Takeshi was wearing a straight face, "Tsuna, I'm sorry for running late. I had to help dad in the shop."
"It's fine. Gokudera is sleeping upstairs."
"Tsuna," the rain guardian started while looking at the stairway, "Did Hayato say anything yet?"
The young boss lifted his head, "No… He just immediately fell asleep."
"Okay then," Takeshi smiled as he patted Tsuna's head, "Cheer up a little and let's go to your room."
Tsuna lead the way to his room while Takeshi stared at Tsuna's back as he tries to figure out a way to break the news to Tsuna. When they reached the room, Hayato was already awake, sitting on the ground in front of the small central table.
~Reborn's POV~
Ouch… I placed my hand on my head hoping Leon was there and still alright despite of the fall from… Where? Where did I exactly fall from? And where in the wordl is this place? This isn't the future is it? The place does not show any signs of technology… And this place is most certainly not Japan or Italy… So where am I?
I stood up and took a good yet very quick look around. I cleared my throat… In what dimension am I in? Am I really that too far away from my own that the curse lifted itself on its own?
I hid my buried my face with my hat. I was amazed that I'm actually in my normal state again but at the same time I was worried, but I took those thoughts aside for that moment. I walked around the town and did some observations.
This town's unbelievable! It's as if almost everyone mastered their attributes. I found myself further and deeper inside the town. What's that? His control of his dying will flames are too good to be true. I smirked. This is going to be interesting… I must stay here and observe for a little more.