Um, idk what to say, I was planning on finishing my other Tsunax Chrome story, but I had been thinking about this one for the longest. It is an AU though. Not really that different from the orginal story, except Tsuna wears a Strawhat as a symbol of his dreams. This is kind of a prequel to another story, one piece: sky king, but its not a crossover and you don't have to read the other one to understand this one. It's pure TsunaXChrome!

Chapter 1

Her friend

It had only been a couple of days since Reborn came back from his trip to the ninth's mansion, and called Boss the Neo Vongola Primo. Boss denied this title. If he was going to be called anything, he preferred Decimo, although he refused that one also, contradicting himself.

Chrome had been recently attending Namimori middle with everyone and was concerned. There was no enemy to fight. She was only there with them during a crisis. She started school with them, before the battle for the boss watches. Now that it was over there was no reason for her to stay close to Boss's family. She was walking to school mulling over these thoughts, alone.

She heard the cries of her boss slowly coming with in ear shot. She peeked back, her eye remained natural seeing him running at full speed.

"Hiee! I'm late!" He cried, he was holding his school bag over his shoulder, sprinting down the same path as his mist guardian. He had fear in his eyes, until he noticed his friend. She only stared as his fast run, became a slow jogging pace til he reached her. He slipped as he tried coming to a full stop in front of her. He landed on his right side to avoid landing on her. She only turned along to his fall next to her. She heard him apologize as he stood up, and he picked up the strawhat that fell behind is neck and place it back on his bushy brown hair.

"Hello Chrome!" He said with a normal smile happy to see a friend of his. She nodded, a little confused.

"Good morning Boss. Do you need assistance or help?" She asked wondering why he would talk to her. He scrunched his head not understanding her question.

"No, but wanna walk to school together?" He asked, innocently. He couldn't find a reason not to walk with her. She was a friend, and a part of his family. She nodded with a stiff neck, she couldn't find a reason why he would want to. Their was no crisis around, unless he needed to tell her something bad. She tensed at the thought, but walked normally. Boss didn't notice.

"So how are you enjoying school now, that it's peaceful again?" He asked. Tsuna hadn't had the time to spend time with her since she transferred, she fell ill, and the battle for the boss watches strained all of them. Tsuna enjoyed peace, but he always hoped to follow a dream of his. He looked over at Chrome. She never really talked about herself. He wondered what her hopes and dreams were. He grew nervous,as she took her time to answer his first question.

Chrome was thinking hard at the question. Boss never really talked to her so casually, before. "Um, Kyoko and Hana treat me well." She said truthfully. They were nice to her, but she never felt like she clicked with them. Tsuna nodded with a smile.

"That's good Chrome. I hope we can all enjoy these peacefull days together, for a long time." Boss told her honestly. She paused after he said that. Tsuna walked, while he kept his eyes on her. His head turned back as he passed her frozen body. He smacked into a light post, cheek first and fell back. "Hiee!"

His fall caused her to connect back to reality. "B-Boss, are you fine?!" She asked worried. She realized it was her fault, he fell. He rubbed his cheek before ignoring the injury. It happened to him on a daily bases. He smiled at her concerned face. She always had an innocent expression, no matter the emotion she displayed.

"Yea, hahaha..." He tried to laugh his uselessness away. She looked guilty at his injury.

"Sorry Boss." She said looking down. He looked confused, she didn't do anything.

"For what Chrome?" He asked. He leaned foward and looked at her with innocent confusion.

She nervously hugged her elbow, with her hand behind her back, while she answered. "You fell because I stopped walking." She said, not able to make eye contact with him. She had a blush full of guilt. She had turned her head to the right, so he could only see her closed eye and nervous red cheek. He looked confused.

"But it wasn't your fault." He told her confused. He was scratching his hair under his strawhat trying to understand the situation. She dared to peek at him, opening her eye slightly. He then continued while they made eye contact. He smiled at her, before he said. "I'm clumsy by nature hahah." He laughed, pityfully at himself. "You didn't hurt me or anything. So don't blame yourself, ok?" He only smiled at her. She looked confused, but nodded.

He didn't blame her and he wanted to enjoy peaceful days with her. She couldn't comprehend why he would want to. They continued to walk, but then Tsuna did ask her why she stopped walking. She looked at him innocently. "Because you want to spend peaceful days with me?" She asked and answered, honestly confused.

He mentally cringed. 'She can't comprehend our friendship!' He shook his head trying to regain his composure. "Yea, we have been through many battles together, but never spent normal days together, as friends. I want to cherish these days with you and everyone." Tsuna stated in a moment of brilliance, during the storm of his dense nature.

Her eye grew innocently at his words. She still found it hard to understand why he was being so kind to her. She looked at him and his big toothy grin. Her lips quivered upwards, do to its contagious nature. She nodded with a blush as they reached the front gates of school. They heard the bell ring, and ran from Hibari's fangs.

Tsuna grabbed her hand as he ran through the gate and past the cloud guardian. She looked completely blown away by his intimate action. She was blushing, not believing he would hold her hand with out a thought. He ran with a skip in his step, happily dragging her to safetly, away from Hibari's fangs. He had his other hand on his strawhat making sure it didn't fly off, as he ran through the school to class.

"B-Boss?!" She only asked nervous, as she ran behind him, being dragged. He looked back with a smile. That smile he showed all of his family.

"Let's go Chrome! To our nakama!" He cheered, before reaching the class, where all their friends would be waiting for them. She could only focus on his bright face. She couldn't respond. She had a confused, innocent eye. But also the smallest of smiles. Boss became the first real friend she made... she never knew such a warm feeling existed!