Disclaimer: I do not own KHR, it belongs to its rightful owner, Amano Akira.
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Chapter One: Photo
[Italy, Vongola's Manor-Communication Room]
The sound of soft whispering echoes in the dark moonlit room filled with complex wiring communication devices, red lights blinking from one machine to another.
"Like I said, I won't be back in a while."
A 12-year-old raven hair boy, wearing a black mafia suit, said firmly through the computer screen, a green gecko with orange eyes appeared on his right shoulder.
His answer seems to make the skinny teenager with brown hair exhale a heavy sigh in return.
"… Take care of yourself then, Reborn" the brown hair boy said in a worried tone, while adjusting himself under a large table with a laptop on his lap.
"If you have time to worry about others, then you should get some paper work done instead of skipping like this, dame-Tsuna*..."
The tutor replied in a disapproving tone, which made the cinnamon hair boy frown a bit at the nickname but nodded in return.
The monitor screen turns black, leaving the Vongola's boss sinking down deeper under the table, legs bending against the side of the table.
I know that he is not a kid….but…
An image of a 12-year-old kid smiling, hands dyed in red…
Tsuna's eyebrows knit together at his thought, crossing his fingers together and resting it against his chest. He slowly closed his eyes to think.
Maybe I'll talk to the higher-ups and see if they can change this…
Tsuna take out a piece of paper out from his suit. The teen holds his treasure delicately, a small smile curl upon his lips.
It seems that every time when there was something troubling Tsuna's mind, that piece of paper was able to calm him, like the photo has a magic spell binding to it.
The teen closed his eyes and rested the piece of paper against his chest.
[FLASHBACK]
"S-Stands still~!!"
The brown hair boy held onto the taller boy with mismatch eyes as tight as he could, while the other tried to struggle to get free.
"Kufufufu…I'm sorry, but taking pictures with you maf-"
"Like I care about your dislike with the mafia!! We are going to take a picture whether you like it or not!! Beside, you never had your picture taken before…"
Tsuna yelled impatiently as he pout at the taller boy. Mukuro narrowed his mismatch eyes at the smaller boy and grin.
The boy has really grown over these years. Maybe a few inches, but…still short compared to his guardians.
And there was something that he never did understand. Even though they are past enemies, the Vongola boss still has complete trust in him. But…this just makes everything easier when he decided to possess the Vongola Tenth's body.
His thoughts, however, were interrupted as Tsuna dragged him in to the camera view.
"But…I…don't…want…to…be…with…that…bird…guy…" The taller boy squeaks and tries to resist the tiny-strong hand that gripped tightly on to his arm.
"Aaaa…You're so annoying, Mukuro…" Tsuna smiled warmly at the taller boy who was acting like a kid getting a vaccine and chuckle to himself softly…
How could he be scared of someone like this?
At first he was scared of his two guardians; the cloud and the mist. But after they were kicked out of the mansion to take a month-long vacation with all of his guardians on a deserted island, (which was Reborn's idea) slowly, he was beginning to understand each of their thoughts.
Tsuna gave a warm-heartily laugh as he saw his mist guardian pouting and acting exactly like his 5-year-old lightening guardian when he's not getting candies…
After getting in place, Tsuna ignored his pineapple hair guardian's complaints and turns his attention to the silver hair storm guardian.
"How's the camera, Gokudera-kun?" Tsuna asked the silver-hair boy who was adjusting the camera with his left hand and holding a manual in his right hand.
"Yes, Tenth!! It's ready!!..." The silver hair boy beamed widely at his beloved boss, like a loyal puppy. His smile quickly turned into a pissed-off glare when he saw the sun guardian doing extreme training. "Hey you lawn-head!! Stop your stupid training!! ...Hurry up and get in there!!"
"Training to the extreme!!!" The boxer lifts up both of his hands and (literally) shines as bright as the sun. Ryohei halts his training and walks next to the boy who was swinging a baseball bat.
"Hey Yamamoto, where is Hibari?"
"Huh? …Hibari?" The younger dark hair boy raise his eyebrows in confusion and look around, finally his eyes stop at a large tree trunk with a small yellow bird clinging onto the branch…
"Yo! Hibari, let's go~ they're about to take a picture you know…" The younger teen walks cheerfully to the prefect who was leaning against a large tree trunk, apparently he just woke up.
"………Get away from me…"
The black hair prefect gave a death glare at the younger one; however, it seems to have no effect on the tranquility of the Rain.
"Hahaha, come on, don't be so shy~~ l didn't know that you are shy in front of a camera (?)… You can stand next to me if you want… "
Before Hibari can make any movement to bite the boy who disturbed his sleep to death; he was yanked by Yamamoto into the camera view.
"Voooooiiiiii!!!" the storm guardian yelled, impersonating a certain shark species in the Varia, "You idiots ready?!!!"
The silver hair boy pressed on the camera for it to countdown from ten seconds.
"Gokudera-kun! …Hurry~"
"Yes, of course, Tenth!!~" Gokudera rush to stand between Ryohei and Tsuna, and on the left stands Yamamoto, Hibari and Mukuro, who are both engaging in a glaring contest.
Clicks!!
The flash sounded, engraving the treasured picture eternally into their memories.
[ENDFLASHBACK]
Dame-Tsuna = No good Tsuna
This is my first fan-fiction that I have been trying to write for KHR. It's so hard to write in English…TT^TT… I'm not a native English language user, so please give me some advices~ I'll reply your comments with my dying-will!!!