Moment In Time

Chapter 51

Chapter 51:Faith

Reborn had once been asked what he believed in.

What did he place his faith in when the darkness grew to be too much?

Before he would have answered "I have faith in myself."

Then Tsuna came stumbling into his life all clumsy and useless and panicking.

The answer had still been 'myself' then.

Then he had gotten to know Tsuna, witnessed the lengths Tsuna was willing to go to and reached despite whatever stood in his way, and he began to trust.

He still had faith in himself, still hadn't been aware of what exactly Tsuna had done until the whole Arcobaleno Trials came up.

He had insisted Tsuna hand him his Boss Watch and forget about it, because he didn't need to die for the Arcobaleno.

Tsuna had refused.

Reborn can remember being shocked that his student- who had been so clumsy and useless not so long ago, so scared of his own shadow- had yelled at him and refused to bend to his will.

He can also remember the very instant that he began to hope for a better future. The very instant that he began to believe it was possible to come out of it curse free and alive...

Nowadays if someone were to ask what he had Faith in he would answer "I have faith in myself." And silent but always true, always spoken without words:

I have faith in Tsuna.