What now?

Part 28 Caution and Misery

Squalo scowled at the brunette, not only had the boy witness him kill a man, the boy was ignoring him as well. He didn't take kindly to being ignored, it reminded him of his stupid boss. "Don't you know it's rude to ignore your superiors!"  

Tsuna turned around slowly, hoping Squalo would calm down.  He stiffly waved and smiled at the man, he wasn't sure what else he could do. He was unable to fight so running was not an option. Using his flames was definitely out of the question. That would only get Squalo more fired up for a fight. "Uh, hey...?"

Squalo glared at Tsuna in annoyance, there was something  off about the boy but he couldn't quiet figure it out. One thing was for sure; despite the the innocent smile and squishy face, this kid wasn't normal. Most people would turn tail and run, or beg for their life, something at all. Not stand there as if killing a man was an everyday occurrence.  "Okay kid, who the hell are you and what are you doing here?" 

Tsuna mentally groaned. He didn't want to go through this again. "Uh, I live here..." He was hoping Squalo would just take it, but the assassin awaited the other half of the question. Not that Tsuna expected any different. "Right, right," he sighed. Clearing his through he straitened his back and looked the taller man in the eyes. "My name is Sawada Tsunayoshi, and you are?"

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It had been about a week since Tsuna's disappearance and still nothing had shown up. Reborn paced the kitchen table, lost in thought. He was the best hitman in the world, how hard was it to find a teenage boy. The tiny hitman had asked around and nothing came up. The only news worthy thing he discovered was about the Varai. Apparently Xanxus was gone. You'd think if somebody as well known as Tsuna was wandering around, somebody in the mafia would have spotted him by now. News traveled fast in the mafia, it'd be a miracle if something like that did.'t make it's way around. 

Nori was practically pulling out his hair, they had searched every nook and cranny of Namimori and still nothing. Tsuna was just gone, no traces of where. It was like he just poofed to another part of the world. He always thought stuff like this only happens in the movies.

Sora came downstairs hoping to hear some good news, but only found moping faces.  He has searched Tsuna's room, somthing he never thought he'd do again, for some clues. Anything at all would have been fine. But all he found was Tsuna's phone, not that it was much help. The search history was just filled with random stuff, or anime titles. Tsuna only seemed to call a select group of people. It was either him, Nori, their mother, Haru, Yamamoto, Hibari, and occasionally Reborn and Bianchi. The room was extremely neat which was strange, he always remembered Tsuna as a messy person, but people changed. 

He sighed catching everyone's attention. They looked at him earnestly, their eyes almost begging for something. It broke his heart to see their faces fall even further when he answered. "Nothing yet." A heavy silence filled the room. 

Nana suddenly burst into tears.  One of her precious children, just gone. Her precious Tsuna was nothing more than a memory now.  The child she ignored and abused for years, the one she never got to know. "This is a-all my fault!" she cried out through her sobs. It was her fault Tsuna ended up the way he did. Maybe if she wasn't always paying attention to Sora, maybe if she didn't chase after Iemitsu, maybe if she wasn't obsessed with Nori when he wasn't even living with them at the time. Maybe then Tsuna would have been happy, maybe he'd never have tried to kill Sora, maybe he'd still be her. 

Bianchi rushed over Nana in a panic. "Maman , what's wrong?! What's your fault?!" It devastated her to see such a kind women just break down like that. It frustrated her so much that she couldn't help. "Maman, please... don't cry." She held the sobbing woman in her hand, rubbing her back hoping it would help.

Hayato sighed as he watched the scene. He didn't understand how everyone had become so attached to Tsuna, not that he could complain. Despite his treatment towards the doe-eyed brunette, he couldn't lie, he too had formed an attachment to Tsuna. "Hey Tenth?" he called quietly. 

'Uh, yeah Gokudera?" He turned to the silver haired boy with tired eyes. He tried to smile, but it was a failed attempt.

Gokudera frowned and decided he didn't want to bother his boss. "No, never mind, it's fine."

"You sure?" Nori asked worriedly.

Gokudera nodded. "I'm sure."

Haru stood up suddenly, not being able to take the silence anymore. "I-I have to go. M-my parents are probably getting worried. It was a blatant lie but she knew if she stayed any longer she'd be crying as well. Before anybody could say a thing she had already left the room.

"I'll make sure she get home safely," a dry voice spoke up. Yamomoto hadn't spoken a word, it was unusual. At the beginning of the search he was so optimistic, hoping that Tsuna was just playing an elaborate game of hide-n-seek. But his happy disposition soon faded.

he kitchen that was once a happy place was now filled with a thick silence. It seemed as if the silence was settling in and making a home there. But it was soon disrupted by a frantic knock at the door.

And that's it. It's so nice writing for this again, but it's been so long. I would have updated sooner but I just couldn't get past the first paragraph, but here we are. I think we should switch back to Namimori for a bit. We even have another character joining us. And hey look! We didn't forget Hayato, success! Hopefully I'll update soon. Bye!