Action/Closed -- Vongola XII

[not_mafia]

[It'd been a fitful night for Tsuna, his sleep tormented by nightmares yet again. Scattered nightmares, both from what he'd experienced when he was in everyone else's nightmares, and then some. Let's just say learning what a Chosen was meant for didn't exactly make his sleep any less troubled. He ended up starting awake at around three in the morning, and though he was tired, he found himself unwilling to go back to sleep, so he begrudgingly took a shower, clothed himself, and headed outside.

Zelos wouldn't be in the garden for awhile yet, so Tsuna decided to just take a walk around the castle, letting the cool air clear his mind. His mind wanders to the nightmares. He knows that without those nightmares, it's likely that most of those things would have never been brought up. Knowing what he did... even if it wasn't his fault, he couldn't help but feel like he cheated. Cheated into learning deep-seated issues of his friends. Like accidentally eavesdropping on an intimate conversation, if when you were eavesdropping, you also suddenly found yourself with an inability to walk away.

Of course, he hadn't gotten off scot-free, either, and his own nightmares had... varying amounts of real life consequences, from an almost too easy forgiveness, to a punch in the stomach. He... still wasn't sure how to feel about having his weaknesses exposed like that, honestly.

About thirty minutes later, he finds himself in the garden once more. He sits down on a bench and takes his dagger out of its sheath, and takes a small grinding stone from a pocket in his coat, then sets to sharpening his weapon.]

Comments

[wilder]

[Zelos, meanwhile, had mostly gone back to his normal routine. Nightmares didn't bother him as much simply because he always had nightmares. It's why he had such a strange sleep schedule as he did now, going out to practice at such insane hours. The Cruxis Crystal had only made it easier, but it had been his way for years before that]

[Though okay, he'll admit that he did pick such an early practice time was partly to be a dick. But. Details]

[So mostly he's in good cheer when he comes out to the garden, at least good cheer for Zelos. He doesn't have the slightest idea of what happened between Tsuna and Martel or any of that. It'll show when he finally comes by about ten minutes after Tsuna arrived]

Well well! You're here early and I don't see any cups of coffee. Color me impressed!

[not_mafia]

[Tsuna looks up. Jeez, Zelos, no one has any right to be this lively at nearly four in the damn morning.]

Ahaha... Well, I don't drink coffee, so that would be why. [Well, it doesn't explain why he's here early, but. Details.]

[wilder]

[He snorts]

Seriously? Wow, you really are a kid.

[not_mafia]

Hey, what is that supposed to mean?

[wilder]

Oh nothing. I'm guessing you don't drink alcohol either then.

[not_mafia]

Of course I don't! I'm fifteen years old!

[wilder]

What? Is there a drinking age in your world or something?

[not_mafia]

Yeah. You're supposed to be at least twenty in Japan.

[wilder]

[He snorts]

And you never break the rules, huh?

[not_mafia]

U-uh, well... [nope]

[wilder]

Thought so.

[A SIGH]

We have a long way to go.

[not_mafia]

[YOU ALWAYS INSPIRE SUCH HOPEFUL FEELINGS IN TSUNA ZELOS.

Tsuna puts the stone away and stands up.]

What are we going to do first, then?

[wilder]

[ALWAYS BRO, ALWAYS]

[He smirks a bit]

Well you said you had a handle on the basics, so I wanna see what you got.

Sparring Match

[not_mafia]

[After Tsuna had demonstrated what he'd learned and taught himself over the course of a month, the two fell into a spar. Tsuna wasn't doing too bad, actually-- he'd managed to keep up with Zelos so far, and hadn't received any 'mortal' blows.

And maybe it would take Zelos some actual effort to keep up with him-- if it wasn't for the fact that his responses are becoming delayed. However, it doesn't appear to be due to fatigue.

No, he's definitely distracted, because he falls right into an obvious set-up...]

[wilder]

[Zelos all the while had been noticing the improvement. The kid really wasn't kidding when he said he'd been working hard at it. Sure, he still had a long way to go, but Zelos is kinda surprise to see the improvement]

[That is until he starts noticing that his responses are getting delayed and faltered from distraction. To even test it further, he does an easy feint move that most people who are paying attention would understand to be a trap. ]

[And when the trap gets sprung, Zelos boredly shoves Tsuna to the ground]

Oh c'mon, I know you know that's a classic set up move.

[not_mafia]

Oof!

[Tsuna falls on the ground, dropping his weapon and shaking his head.]

Right. Sorry.

[He grabs his dagger and gets back up.]

[wilder]

Got something on your mind?

[not_mafia]

U-uh, well--! [sure is getting kind of flustered over here!]

[wilder]

Heh, thought so.

What's up?

[not_mafia]

N-no, it's nothing. [He refuses to look at Zelos, and instead nervously looks over at a nearby batch of flowers. Those sure are some nice flowers!]

[wilder]

Uh huh.

[He's noticing that]

What? Was it some sort of embarrassing dream or something?

[not_mafia]

No, nothing like that...

[Yeeep, he definitely looks a little guilty.]

[wilder]

You and Arya didn't get into another fight, did you? [Not that he knows any detail of their fights, since hey you stay out of the fights of preteens unless it's near nuclear level]

[not_mafia]

N-no. [I mean, they kind of bickered a little, but Tsuna wouldn't call it fighting.]

[wilder]

Hm. [He shrugs it off]

Well either spit it out or get past it. Being distracted during a fight is one of the fastest ways to get killed.