Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn. They belong to Akira Amano
Summary: Shinigami are portrayed to be emotionless and merciless beings that guide the souls of the dead into the afterlife. For the Shinigami, Tsunayoshi, his life slowly changes as he meets many people that bring about emotions he thought he lost long ago.
Warning: Yaoi/Shounen-Ai, Language, OC, OOC, AU
Pairing: Family All27, eventual 1827, and other hinted pairings.
A/N: Chapter 1 will be posted later today or tomorrow since it is done along with a few other chapters (that needs to be edited).
Prologue: Introduction Arc Snippets
"Good evening, little Reaper. I'm Luce, nice to meet you." Luce greeted the young Reaper, who raised a brow at the woman mannerism.
"…I don't understand. Why do you smile when you know death is near you?" Forgetting his manners, Cielo went straight to the subject that bothered him the most at the moment.
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"Um…I am a pacifist. I don't fight, because that is not part of my job description as a Shinigami." Tsuna raised his hands in surrender, and stepping away from the bloodthirsty raven. All he knows is that his stomach was churning from the thought of fighting a dragon and a single thought of running for the nearest hills sounded like a good idea.
Maybe the sarcasm was a bad idea since the dragon looked annoyed, then without another word charged straight for him.
"I'll bite you to death!"
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"Finally you're starting to look better than the last few weeks." Tachibana sighed loudly, watching the baseball player expression contort to confusion. The brunette elaborated by pointing to Takeshi back.
"Your wings," He said softly, "They're livelier than their exhausted state."
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"JOIN THE BOXING CLUB TO THE EXTREME, TACHIBANA!"
"And speak of the devil, he will come to you." Hana quoted mysteriously, smirking at how the brunette jumped at the ear-splitting shouts.
"Oh hell no…"
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"Okaa-san…Why is this thing still here and breathing?" The boy, introduced as Hiroshi, snarled at the brunette.
Tsuna blinked at the question, offended how he was referred as "this thing". His friends not taking this very lightly either.
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"I apologize for Dame-Hiro disgraceful behavior. He'll make it up to you later as an apologry." The tall man wearing a suit and fedora spoke to the group of kids. His onyx eyes never breaking away from Tsuna.
"Um…Thanks, Mister…" Tsuna trailed off, realizing he did not catch the man name.
"Reborn. I'm that idiot tutor." Reborn introduced himself curtly.
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"Don't think like an herbivore, Omnivore." Kyoya stated, standing up and dusting off any sand on his black pants, and walked away from the brunette.
Recovering from his shock that Kyoya actually tried to cheer him up, in his own way of course, Tsuna smiled at the prefect.
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"So you were a Shinigami, Tachibana?" Reborn inquired after a long silence, satisfied how the brunette did not falter from his stare.
Quiet, the raven took the chance to ask the question he had been dying to know.
"Do know a Shinigami by the name of 'Cielo'?"
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"I'm not doing this out of benefits or anything." Tsuna cut the bomber off and looked straight into Hayato eyes, "I did it, because I wanted to help you."
Touched by the sincerity and honesty of the brunette, Hayato knew that this person was definitely the one he should follow. Determined, the silver haired Spirit instantly got on his knees and bowed in front of the shocked brunette that stared dumbly.
"As expected of Tsunayoshi-sama! From this point on, I, Gokudera Hayato, will forever follow you!" Hayato declared.
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"Tsuna-nii!" Fuuta rushed over to his big brother, who glanced up from his research of the paranormal.
"What is it, Fuuta?" Tsuna inquired, noting the two tottering five-year olds following Fuuta into the room shortly.
The boy smiled brightly before shoving a piece of paper into Tsuna face. The brunette took it and blinked at what he saw; a drawing full of colorful scribbles attempting to make out some people. Then the three children began to point them out.
"This is Tsuna-nii, I-pin…"
"Lambo-san! Fuuta!"
"Kyoya-nii and everyone. All one big family!"
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"I'll be blunt here then." The normally polite boy narrowed his eyes to glare darkly at the blond.
Hiroshi flinched at the glare, but he kept his ground as the one in control.
"Please stop bothering my friends. I don't know what you want and I could care less, but I ask if you want to be friends with m y Familiars…" Tsuna scowled at Hiroshi lack of care, especially when he rolled his eyes at him, and the Shinigami wasn't going to let it slide.
"…Please do it in a way that doesn't require stalking and violence."
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"I'm curious, Tsuna." The maroon haired woman asked, catching Tsuna attention.
"Are you related to Sawada Hiroshi?"
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"Hahahaha. I'm so sorry for bothering you with Enzo here." The boss of Chivarone apologized and scratched the back of his head, "I honestly don't know what happened. One minute I take my eyes of off him and he's gone!"
At that point, Tsuna had nothing more to say when Dino tripped next.
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"Oya, oya…A Shinigami, an oddball at that too." Heterochromatic eyes were tinted with interest at the brunette.
"So you are a freak after all, Loser Tsuna." Hiroshi hissed, earning numerous quizzical looks from foe and friends alike. On the other hand, Tsuna ignored the blond.
"And how am I an oddball, Rokudo Mukurou?" The Shinigami inquired.
Mukurou smirked.
"Kufufufu~You are more human than Spirit actually."
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"Nice to meet you, Bossu." The young girl, looking too similar to a certain pineapple head, greeted Tsuna.
"…Likewise." Tsuna greeted, wondering what excuse he should come up with in case he meets Chrome furious fan boys.
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"In the end I can't really hide anything from you guys." Tsuna sighed loudly, staring straight at his branded arm in seven colors.
"It's obvious, Omnivore." Kyoya stated, annoyed. "Don't think such herbivorous thoughts. Let them run their own course of nature."
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"It looks like the hard part is going to start soon. Well, they'll get through it."
To Be Continued
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