My Family

Chapter 2: Restart

Cold.

That was the first thought that flew through Tsuna's head.

Sunset-orange snapped open to gaze at his surroundings.

'Wha--?'

Bubbles were emitted from his mouth.

'Am I...underwater!?'

Tsuna quickly started to swim upwards, suddenly noticing the icy feel of water.

'Geez, is it winter now?'

His hands met a solid layer of ice; sunlight was just beyond the thin barrier.

Narrowing his eyes slightly, Tsuna gathered his Sky flames into his palms and quickly melted the ice, bursting forth from the icy prison.

Landing with a flip and a crouch, Tsuna rubbed his hands together, standing up as he glanced around at his surroundings; his breath came out in white wisps.

"I'm...in Namimori?"

Darting his eyes around, he looked back at the small break in the ice, where he saw his reflection in the dark waters.

He widened his eyes when he saw his reflection.

'Eh? I'm...a teen again?'

<<(In a Dark Alley)>>

Silver-blue eyes blinked open.

A foot came into his view, causing a certain Skylark to roll out of the way.

"Woah! He's still alive!"

Kyoya stood up, glancing momentarily at his bloodied, white undershirt; he felt no pain, so it was either someone else's blood or his injuries had miraculously disappeared.

The Skylark whipped out his legendary tonfas and uttered his infamous catchphrase.

"I'll bite you to death."

<<(At the Bottom of a Cliff)>>

"Hm?"

Sitting up, a raven glanced around to look at his surroundings, scratching the back of his head.

"Where am I?"

He brushed his hands on the stones under him, and his fingers met something sticky.

Recognizing the feeling, Takeshi's eyes quickly darted downwards.

Blood.

It looked fresh.

And it was staining the back of Takeshi's head and torso.

"Eeeeeeh!?"

<<(In Another Dark Alley)>>

"Onii-chan! Please wake up! P-Please!"

Silver eyes quickly snapped open, immediately recognizing the familiar and distressed voice.

"Kyoko?"

The said ginger widened her eyes before more tears started to roll down her cheeks.

"Uwaaaah! Onii-chan w-wasn't breathing! Y-You scared m-me!"

"What do you EXTREMELY mea--?"

"Th-The th-thugs were kicking you a-and punching you! Onii-chan, you c-coughed up blood!"

"Eh?"

<<(An Abandoned Warehouse in Italy)>>

"Tch..."

"Oi, oi! He's still alive!"

Sea-green eyes quickly adjusted to the dimly-lit room before him; Hayato's gaze narrowed at the sight of three punks before him.

Hayato shifted slightly, noticing that he was sitting on a chair with chains wrapped tightly around his arms.

One of the punks stepped forwards, sneering.

"What does it take for you to die already--?"

"POISON COOKING!"

"GYAAAAAH!"

Hayato blinked his eyes in surprise at the sight of a rosette barging into the warehouse, throwing purple cakes and other poisonous concoctions; she immediately took out the punks.

"Aneki!"

Bianchi quickly whipped her head to look at Hayato, eyes tearing up slightly with relief.

"Hayato!"

She melted the chains away with her Poison Cooking and wrapped Hayato in a tight, sisterly hug.

"Hayato, Hayato, Hayato..."

She kept repeating his name like a mantra.

Hayato smiled softly, slowly wrapping his arms around Bianchi and hugged her back.

"I'm fine, Aneki. You don't need to worry."

"B-But the blood!"

'Blood?'

Hayato looked down at his clothes and found that they were, indeed, stained with the red liquid; the blood was also pooling around the chair he was sitting in.

<<(In a Mansion at Italy)>>

"FREAKING BRAT! WHY CAN'T YOU JUST DIE ALREADY!?"

"Ore-sama doesn't want to~bleh."

A certain baby dressed in a cow suit ran away from a furious man.

Instead of acting bratty and energetic--like a child should be--the baby had a lazy slouch with one electric-green eye closed as he continued to run.

'How did Ore-sama get here? I need to find Tsuna-nii and Baka-dera.'

Lambo scratched his head and flinched when he touched something warm and sticky; he raised his hand to view.

"Blood...?"

<<(In a Hidden Lab)>>

'Kufufufu~so I'm in this cursed hell again.'

Heteromatic eyes narrowed in the darkness.

"Mukuro-sama/Mukuro-san!"

The said indigonet blinked his eyes in surprise before turning his head to see two tear-stricken faces.

"Chikusa, Ken..."

The blonde, Ken, furiously scrubbed his eyes with his dirty arm, trying to hide the fact that he cried in order to show no weakness to Mukuro.

"Mukuro-san! We thought you died there for a second!"

'Died?' "Kufufu~why would I die now? I still need to watch over you two."

This made the two smile.

"Hai Mukuro-sama/-san!"

<<(In a Hospital at Namimori)>>

'Eh? Haven't I...been here before?'

A single purple eye blinked owlishly at its surroundings.

'A hospital....ah...is this...?'

Chrome noted how thin she looked, and the machines that were hooked up to her, including the oxygen mask on her face.

Using her Mist flames, Chrome created her own organs.

Turning the machines off before detaching them from her body, Chrome struggled slightly to get out of bed.

She reached the window and slid it open, watching her breath fog up into the air.

"Must find Mukuro-nii-sama, Boss and the others..."