You can't change your bloodline. It's stupid to even try.

[not_mafia]

Who: Tsuna and you!
What: The nightmares of the next vongola boss...
When: The nightmare plot
Where: The realm of nightmares
Rating: nightmare The first section may and probably will escalate to R (it pretty much starts out at at least T anyway); the other two sections are PG-13.

[From a boy like Tsuna, you wouldn't imagine the nightmares to be as hellish as other resident's were. To some extent, this is true; however, his nightmare does not revolve around petty fears. These nightmares are not littered by events of the past, but are shaped by apprehension for the future. The nightmares have differing situations, but there is one feeling that rings strongly through them all.

Helplessness.]

Helpless | Worthless | Hopeless

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HELPLESS

[not_mafia]

[You've come onto a battlefield, and there is blood strewn everywhere, and the ground is peppered with dead bodies. Most are so mutilated, you can't even tell who they are; the other faces probably hold little relevance to you.

What does hold relevance is that the battle is still going-- if it could even be called that. There's Tsuna, flying around in hyper will form, and then there's a cloaked figure chasing after him, speed right on par with Tsuna's. After watching for a moment, it becomes easy to tell what's going on. Tsuna's running, injured, desperately trying to get some ground, and the untouched figure-- Jager-- is toying with him. One of the chains comes out from the cloak and whips out, grabbing Tsuna's leg. He yells out as it yanks him back viciously, slamming him into the ground, hard enough to make a dust cloud big enough to obscure Tsuna's body.

Perhaps you should stop popcorn.gif-ing and do something about this.]

[pocketmage]

[ Genis hasn't a clue where he is, but he quickly picks up on his surroundings that there's a battle going on. It's easy to tell when someone's killing innocents- and this cloaked figure is most definitely doing so.

Conditioned to fights, he drags out his kendama, chanting a spell under his breath... intending to get a surprise hit on the man. He focuses his mana... ]

....Pancake time! Stalagmite!

[ Slabs of rock begin to shoot up from the ground underneath the figure, intending to spear him. ]

[not_mafia]

[The spikes of rock all go through the cloak, like he's not even there. Slowly, he turns his head towards Genis. Meanwhile, the dust cloud clears, and Tsuna can be seen propping himself up, coughing. There was a fire alight on his forehead before, but it's gone now. He looks up at the figure, then follows his gaze.

He becomes frightened, and yells out to Genis.]

Get away from here!

[pocketmage]

[ Genis stands his ground, frowning- he was a ghost? Then maybe a light element spell...?

Tsuna's yell makes him snap his head to look at him, and he shakes his head before focusing back on the cloaked figure, beginning to quickly bounce his kendama again, narrowing his eyes, staring warily as he started summoning more mana... if he could try and get this spell in before he got there... ]

[not_mafia]

[The figure is slowly starting to drift towards you. He sure does seem to be taking his precious time; you'll have plenty of time to fire off that spell.

Tsuna calls out again.]

No!

[pocketmage]

[ The slow drifting makes Genis a tad more confident, and he squeezes his eyes shut for a moment to make sure he's completely concentrated... ]

I call upon the power of the holy blade... Prism Sword!

[ he calls, swords of light descending upon the figure. ]

[psych0p0mps]

[Whoa Tsuna do you realize that your head is on fire - oh wait, maybe that guy beating him up is the bigger problem here. Alright, she may not know what's going on here, but she's not gonna let some nookstain beat up her friend! Aradia charges up her time powers and darts toward the mysterious figure at inhuman speed, then unleashes a hard temporal stop on the guy. It worked on Bec Noir, after all, so she has no reason to think it won't work on this guy.]

Tsuna! Go!

[not_mafia]

[It would work-- were this guy not a thing of nightmares.

As it is, he simply turns and looks at Aradia. Tsuna, already looking pretty beaten up, coughs and looks at Aradia. So much for his head being on fire.

Damn, he looks scared, though.]

Aradia-san! No! Not again...!

[psych0p0mps]

[Bwut? That did nothing. Aradia is rather alarmed, since the last thing that was immune to her powers was Slenderman, but - alright, that's not going to work. She equips her razor wire gauntlets and snaps out a six-foot whip from each of them.

No way is she ditching Tsuna now, he looks like fuckin' shit. But to get to him, she's gonna have to go through the thing of nightmares.]

Yeah, you! Why'd you get in line twice when they handed out ugly?

[not_mafia]

He's too powerful, Aradia-san! You need to get away!

[The taunt seems to work; the figure produces two chains of his own, obviously waiting for Aradia to strike first.

Of course, Tsuna needs to get in the way. He cries desperately at the phantom.]

No, stop! I'm your enemy, not her!

WORTHLESS

[not_mafia]

[You're in a crowd of people. There's outraged yells from the ones up front-- "Down with Vongola X! Down with the Mafia!" "You're the leader of criminals, is what you are!" "And what do you intend to do as the next boss, huh? Perhaps kill a town full of people in a display of power?!" -- and it keeps going on and on. "What's the Mafia?" one of the people ask, closer to you, and another person responds, likening it to a malicious group of people that you're familiar with-- or basically calling it a 'criminal organization' if you're not familiar with one.

So who's this proclaimed leader? Well... it's Tsuna, obviously, but you don't know that yet! You'll have to wade through the crowd to figure it out.]

[cyan_maid]

[Well this is a change of pace - there's a lot of people, and they're alive for once. Jane is officially done with all this situation-hopping bullshit, but that doesn't mean she's not paying attention to what's going on.

Whoever this leader is, they seem to be the center of this situation, so she's going to push through the crowd - politely, of course.]

Excuse me...pardon me - whoops, sorry!

[not_mafia]

[When Jane finally gets to the front, she can see Tsuna standing there, head gently bowed. He looks completely hollow, and doesn't react at all to the people berating him, yelling at him. Someone even throws a rock and he winces slightly as it strikes him in the forehead, causing blood to form and trail down.

Perhaps you should intervene before the crowd deides it's a good idea to stone the boy to death.]

1/2

[cyan_maid]

[At first, she can't really come to believe it. These people are saying such things about Tsuna? Sweet, nice Tsuna?!

And then someone throws a rock.

Oh. Not cool. She turns to the crowd and gives them a very frightening look.]

Hey! You cut it out right now!

2/2

[cyan_maid]

[And then she turns right around and takes Tsuna by the arm. They're...probably going to be chased for this.]

Come on, don't just stand here!

[not_mafia]

[Tsuna... doesn't react to Jane, or her touch. He stands there, silently, awaiting his punishment.

The crowd has mixed emotions about Jane's reaction. "What do you think you're doing?!" "Maybe she's one of his henchmen!" "Sweetheart, be careful! Get away from that monster!" "Don't you know who he is?!"]

HOPELESS

[not_mafia]

[There's darkness surrounding you on all sides. There's an overwhelming feeling of distress, of desperation. You're watching Tsuna from behind, as he speaks-- more like pleads, begs-- as he speaks to an older man.]

Sawada Tsunayoshi. It is finally time for you to take your place as the tenth boss of the Vongola family.

[Tsuna responds stubbornly, swinging his arm out angrily.] I told you already! I don't want to be the boss!

[And the man replies calmly.] The choice is not yours to make. You are the last heir.

[Tsuna's voice rises, and is laced with desperation.] I don't care! I want to live a normal life! A life where me, and my friends can all live in peace. [Nearly a scream:] A life where the people I love aren't in danger because of who I am!

Idiot. Quit running away.

[As Tsuna turns, the older man disappears, and in another spot, there's a small baby wearing a suit. There's a stern expression on his face, from what you can see, but his eyes are shadowed.

Tsuna, becoming more upset, speaks to him.]

Reborn! Isn't there anything I can do? Anything you can do? A..anything...

[His parting words as he disappears are harsh.] Don't be such a coward.

[And he's gone. Tsuna falls to his knees and hands. Even though he's a bit away from you, his strained words, wobbly from holding back tears, can be heard clearly.]

I just want to live a normal life... Is that really so bad?

[And the tears begin to fall. You can finally move... so what will you do?]

[persequor]

[ Arya is with the baby on this. ]

You're an idiot.

[not_mafia]

[His breath hitches a little at the voice, and he looks over and sees Arya. He looks pretty pathetic with the streaks down his face.

Guilt written on his face, he turns away again. A soft, choked sob escapes him. His voice is a whisper.]

I know.

[persequor]

[ Arya walks up to him and seizes him painfully by the ears. ]

[not_mafia]

[He yelps, more tears rolling down his face.]

Ow! Ow ow ow ow!

[ino]

[of course she's rushing to Tsuna's side as soon as she can! and putting a hand on his back] Tsuna ... !

[not_mafia]

[Tsuna startles a bit at the touch, then looks back to see who it is.

He stares at Ino for a second with a tear-streaked face.

And then he throws himself against her, wrapping his arms tightly around her back, gripping the cloth tightly with white-knuckled, shaking fists.

In between sobs, he whispers out:]

Please help me, Ino. Please... get me out of this.

[ino]

[she kind of stares at the place where the older man and the baby were standing before, and then looks back to him. she doesn't understand the mafia, or most of the position he's in]

We'll figure something out. [she sounds certain of that, at least, though she has no idea what that something will be]

[not_mafia]

[Tsuna's hands don't stop trembling, and he sinks into her a little further. The hopelessness is so overwhelming, it's like you can barely move.

Like you're trapped.

Hey, when that cage appear around the both of you, anyway?]