Chapter 63

He shakes his head. "That means I need to help her, then."

"You will stop his birth then. Her daughter needs to be driven insane and end up as a whore. That's how Xanxus is born." Seeing the pain written on his face, Kawahira adds in a softer tone. "Life isn't pretty, Tsunayoshi-kun. Sometimes people will suffer and we won't be able to save them. You can't help all."

He knows that. That doesn't mean it doesn't hurt though. He still remembers being bullied and no one helping him. Being called No-Good while others laughed. Falling and tumbling because his feet didn't obey him. The frustration and hate of it all, while at the same time he longed for someone to help him.

Tsuna wants to help but... he's selfish. He prefers to sacrifice someone he doesn't know that people he cares about.

He takes another deep breath as he cleans the tears with the back of his hands. "So, what's the plan then? Do I'll end being the Sky arcobaleno ?"

Kawahira nods somberly. "But I have to remind you that the future doesn't have to change much. Luce will have to be the Sky Arcobaleno, too."

Tsuna blinks. "But, how? Can two people be the Sky arcobaleno? Lal and Colonello demonstrated that it can't be done... or can it happen?"

" No, you're right. However, the problem of the past was that we needed a Sky arcobaleno bonded with the arcobaleno for it to work. You will be that Sky."

He doesn't like how his intuition is starting to buzz, countless possibilities start to form as he sees something flash in Kawahira's eyes, too fast for him to follow with his flames suppressed as they are by Mamoru.

"I-I don't understand. Will I have to give them then to Luce? Can't we de-curse then immediately afterward?"

"You're not listening, Tsunayoshi. The arcobaleno need to be cursed."

"I know that," he snaps, feeling angry all of sudden. A headache is starting to form between his eyebrows as his intuition keeps flashing him with images, possible theories. He tries to calm himself, to take a deep breath, but it doesn't seem to work. He was calm just a second ago but now it seems the large room is too small for him to be in. He unconsciously grabs Mamoru, still in her metal form around his neck.

"Please. Please tell me, clearly," he nearly sobs, "Tell me what are you trying to say."

"I think you know already."

'I don't know,' he wants to scream but he bites it out.

"I think what the Earthling tries to say is that their curse can only be taken away after the moment you decided to go to fix it all for the first time, Tsunayoshi-kun," Daemon says with an oddly soothing tone of voice as if he's a small animal that he isn't trying to scare.

Not that Tsuna cares. He feels like one at the moment.

"W-What?"

Kawahira approaches until he can kneel in front of him. He blinks realizing for the first time he's on the floor. "Tsunayoshi, calm down."

Tsuna shakes his head because now that he's heard it, he can see it. He was sent back to the past and been told to change it but at the same time, he's been warned of the dangers of changing it too much. It should have been obvious considering he knew that the only thing malleable was his future, but…

"What will I tell them…?"

"The truth, if you want. There's nothing they can change, after all. They're already cursed. I modified the pacifiers exactly for that."

"You did?"

"I'm not so cruel as to throw you to the wolves to tell them they have to be cursed. It's a hard decision and I took it from you. They would always see me as the bad guy, it doesn't bother me to take the blame and play the role."

Daemon laughs that weird laugh of his. "Though you have got to admit that being the bad guy holds a certain appeal."

"Not now, Daemon," Tsuna snaps.

"Oh, is that a spine growing from you what I'm hearing?"

"Daemon," Kawahira says, immediately shutting up the Mist. He then turns to Tsuna. "Do you feel any better?"

Tsuna lets out a bitter laugh but doesn't answer. Luckily for him, Daemon is here to ask the question he needs the answers to. "There's something I don't understand though. Tsuna already asked but I'm also wondering how you will make two Sky arcobaleno. Is it even possible?"

"No, it isn't. However, Tsuna won't have to deal with anything he hasn't dealt with before in this case. We just have to repeat the process Timoteo used on you."

His intuition makes the words click into place. "You will seal my flames away," he says in a monotone, not caring at all. "When you gave me Mamoru you told me it could hide and seal things away. I thought you only meant taking things into her mouth but that's not it, right? You already knew then what I would have to do since then… right?"

"It was the only thing that occurred to me after I discovered the reason you were sent to the past."

"And I've to let things occur as it has done before," Tsuna murmurs, hand going to cover his mouth in an attempt to hide the sob that comes out of his mouth. "…I can't even be with them and help them afterward."

He feels more than sees Kawahira sharing a look with Daemon. "Not directly, no."

This time is Daemon the one kneeling next to him, his face set in an emotion he has trouble deciphering. He only knows that it's real and meant for him alone. The expression softens as he looks at him for a moment longer. He then grabs the hand covering his mouth and pulls it away. His other large hand moved to the side of his face, cradling it softly.

Tsuna closes his eyes, not bearing to look any longer at Daemon's face. "I don't know why I'm crying. I haven't bonded with them, yet... I-I love them. I don't think I can watch them suffering when I'm able to help them."

Arms pull him close into a hug. Hold steady and firm, unlike how unreal and without form he feels most times.

"… What will I tell them?" he whispers, mostly to himself.

"I think the truth is a good start."

He shakes his head. "It'll hurt them."

"You don't have to carry the weight alone, Tsunayoshi. You'll destroy yourself."

Tsuna looks to the side, where Kawahira is now standing, looking at them with a thoughtful look. "Will it be okay? If I tell them all, I mean. Well, not all, but-"

"It doesn't matter to me. You can tell them if you want," he interrupts him, but before he can add something else, saying, "However, you've to understand that the past must remain as closely possible as it once were. We chance the destruction of this timeline, if not."

Tsuna's eyes widen at the same time Daemon's grip tightens. "That means…"

"I will have to seal their memories after your flames are sealed, yes."

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