The Azure Sky

Chapter 46: Running

<<(In Another World)>>
"What has EXTREMELY happened?"
"Omnivores..."
"Haha! I thought I died! Am I wrong?"
"Eh? Where's Tsuna-nii?"
"Kufufu~now this is interesting."
"Boss..."
"Tsuna-sama....where is he?! Oi, you old man!"
A certain redhead let a tick mark appear on his head.
"Brat....."
The man sighed as he lit a cigarette with his Storm flames.
"Don't worry. He'll be back soon. Wait for him."
The silveret who had asked the question grit his teeth before sighing, closing his emerald eyes.
"You better be right, old man."
"I'm not a old man!"
A ravenet on the side was tugging at a curly sideburn as he looked at the blue sky above.
'...Dame-Tsuna...'
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<<(With Tsuna & the Others)>>
"Sawada! Why didn't you tell us--!"
"Shhh....not now, Lal."
The brunet was currently leading their group away from their enemy; Byakuran and Tsuna came to an earlier agreement that the brunet and his group would be able to get away and get ready for the final battle.
Right now, they were trying to be unsuspicious as they walked through Namimori's streets; Tsuna was indirectly leading the group to Kawahira's shop.
Before all of this, the group was back at their HQ after 'escaping' from Byakuran.
But then Zakuro appeared and trashed the HQ--Squalo stayed to stall time, and Tsuna knew that the other would be alright as he left with the others.
Dino also stayed behind to get Squalo; he ended up facing Daisy. Kyoya also followed the blonde, saying that the herbivore would probably need help.
Currently, Tsuna was almost at Kawahira's shop with the others.
The man himself was standing out of the shop, slurping some noodles.
The glasses-wearing man glanced up and made eye-contact with the brunet.
With Kawahira being the overseer of the Tri-Ni-Sette, the man already knew who Tsuna was and that he was from another world.
Kawahira's smiled and waved at the other with his chopsticks in hand.
Tsuna nodded his head briefly and quickly motioned for the others to follow him.
Everyone stared curiously at Kawahira as he opened the doors of his shop; Reborn narrowed his gaze when he felt a familiar presence from the man.
Once everyone was inside, Kawahira gave a brief wink to Tsuna and closed the door.
Tsuna sighed in relief as he heard Zakuro and Kawahira conversing with each other outside; the white-haired man acted scared as Zakuro continued to question him about Tsuna and the others.
Soon enough Kawahira was able to make Zakuro leave by creating a fake killer intent in a town far away from them, tricking the redhead.
Once he was gone, Kawahira sighed and dispelled the illusion of people walking around as he entered his shop.
"It's good to see you, Tsunayoshi-kun. How are you?"
"Just fine, Kawahira-san. Thanks for the help."
Everyone looked between the two with surprise.
'How does Tsuna/Sawada-Sensei know someone form the future?'
Tsuna ignored the stares before coughing harshly into his hand; Kawahira looked at the other with concern.
The brunet waved him off as he turned to the others.
He was quickly bombarded with questions from Lal.
"Sawada! You have some explaining to do! Why do you have that pacifier? How did this happen? Why are you...." She grit her teeth. ".....Why are you the Sky Arcobaleno?"
Tsuna sighed.
'This will take a lot of explaining...'
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Everyone was left staring at the brunet with shock and horror--although Reborn simply looked grim since he was one of the few that already knew of Tsuna's condition.
Tsuna sighed at their expressions and smiled brightly.
"Maa, Mina. It's not that bad--"
"'Not that bad'? Sawada, you're dying!"
The brunet turned to look at Lal; his gaze was calm and firm.
"You don't need to worry now. My life is not the main problem here."
Lal grit her teeth as Tsuna turned to look at Kawahira; the brunet smiled and gave a brief nod of the head.
"I'm sorry about what will happen to your shop."
The white-haired man pouted.
"You owe me later on."
Everyone blinked in confusion once more.
Crash!
Dust was kicked up and the roof of the shop was blasted through, shocking everyone except Tsuna and Reborn, who simply readied themselves for battle.
The brunet saw Torikabuto floating in the sky.
The ex-Decimo glanced at the rest of the group and stepped back slightly.
'This is not my fight. This is Hito-kun's.'
The blonde teen was already in HDW mode as he flew up to meet Torikabuto in the sky; Chrome assisted Hito from below with Daemon's eye p-glass.
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Kyoya ended up defeating Daisy, and Hito the same with Torikabuto.
Tsuna smiled at their accomplishments.
The brunet quickly led the group into a forest on the outskirts of Namimori, where they would have their final battle.
Dino, Kyoya, and Romario still went back to the HQ to find out if Squalo was alright; Takeshi also followed, worried slightly for his teacher.
Tsuna knew that they would return soon as he led the rest of the group to a clearing; he told them to rest there.
The brunet told them of the upcoming battle with calmness that slightly unnerved the teens, but Reborn understood that the brunet went through all of this before; the ex-Decimo had confidence that Hito would win the battle.
Those that were able to battle--Hayato, Ryohei, Hito, and Lambo--were getting prepared for the enemies on all sides.
Night slowly fell, and everyone went to sleep--except for a certain brunet and ravenette.
"Sawada-san.....how can you be the Arcobaleno when my mother died from the curse? She had the pacifier, right?"
Tsuna looked at the girl guiltily as they both sat beside the campfire.
"Yuni-chan.....your mother, Aria-san....she took a poison that would slowly deteriorate her life--like the Sky Arcobaleno Curse--for this future. She hasn't taken it yet though--not in the past."
Yuni looked at the brunet with shock; Tsuna bowed his head as he looked at the fire.
"I'm sorry...it's my fault."
Yuni's lower lip trembled, but she took a deep breath and smiled brightly.
"You took away my mother's burden though. I'm really grateful for that, Sawada-san."
Tsuna looked at the other with wide eyes before giving a lopsided smile back.
"Thanks...Yuni-chan."