Gokudera POV

I hate birthdays.

Well, there's a lot of things I hate, from loud annoying people (*cough cough* Lambo) to people who are so quiet it's impossible to hear them. I just hate people in general. Except Juudaime. Juudaime is amazing.

It's not that I hate allbirthdays either. I liked celebrating Juudaime's birthday. I remember searching online months ahead trying to find the perfect gift. I made sure everything was in order two weeks before the party started.

Things never go as planned.

Everything was going great until I start see that Baseball Nut on the way there. He waves to me from the other side of the street. "Hey Gokudera, those are nice gifts," he yells.

Tsk. What is he doing here? He's wearing that grumpy little outfit too. "Of course they are! Juudaime deserves the best after all!"

He laughs. "I'm sure he will. I hope he likes my present. I didn't have much time to pick one out, working in the shop and all."

Then why even bother showing up at all? "Yeah, whatever." I quickly walk ahead of him. I can't let Juudaime see me with that Baseball Idiot.

He quickly catches up to me and starts talking about some baseball game he watched on television the night before. I groan. Well it's worth it to see Juudaime be happy.

We finally show up to Juudaime's house. However, there are many fancy looking cars with hundreds of people in tight suits standing outside. I duck behind a poll.

What the hell are they doing here? Have they come here to hurt Juudaime? To assassinate him? On his birthday?! I set my present on the ground.

I will never forgive them.

I quickly grab my dynamite and throw it at the crowd, destroying a good portion of it. Baseball Brat whistles.

"Oh yay are we playing mafia again? Good thing I brought my sword!" He thrusts that thing out and starts cutting down the rest of the group, hair flowing in the wind. I join him and soon everyone was on the ground, whimpering. That's when Juudaime comes out.

He stares at us wide-eyed like he'd just seen a ghost. I know I'm pale but no need to be rude. The baby come out and sits on his head.

"That was the Vongola Family messengers. They had just come out to see how the heir to Vongola was doing. You just injured them all." Reborn smirks darkly. "They will take this as a direct threat to the organization." He kicks Juudaime in the face and then scatters off.

I stand there, shocked. What have I done? Juudaime's party is now ruined because of me and now he's in real danger! It's all my fault! How could I be so incompetent?

"Forgive me, Juudaime! It's all my fault!" I present him with flowers. I quickly look at the flowers and realize that they got damaged from the dynamite and are now all torn. I quickly snatch them away and set them on the garbage can.

"These will not do. I must get more." I turn to run to the store to get more when he grabs my shoulder.

"Hey Gokudera-kun, it's alright," he says sweetly. No. This is not how his birthday is supposed to go. It's all ruined.

Then Baseball Nut over there has the nerve to go pat Juudaime on the back. "Wow, your party is awesome! You have the best attractions! I loved how you incorporated the mafia game into the party! So cool!"

He goes over and touches the arm of one of the people flung onto the floor. "So realistic," he gawks.

Again, Juudaime stares at him wide-eyed and confused. Does he really still think this is a game?

Reborn quickly steps in and take control of the situation. "In order to save us, we must all get to the Vongola HQ hidden in Namimori and explain the situation to them."

"Wait…there's an HQ right here in this town?!" Juudaime yells.

"Well of course. The ninth must keep watch on you somehow." Juudaime just stares stupidly at Reborn. How dare Reborn make Juudaime feel inferior.

"The HQ is heavily guarded. It will be hard to get in. But we must do so in order to talk to the chief and to get things straightened out. Tonight."

"But how?! We haven't gotten any preparations or…" Juudaime stammers.

Lawn head jumps from out under a bush. "SOUNDS EXTREEEEEEEEEEEEEEM!" he yells. "They will be EXTREEEEEEEMLY defeated!"

"Whaaaaaaa-?" Juudaime calls out.

Baseball Idiot laughs. "Sounds like fun! This birthday party is awesome!" he grins.

"Then it's decided," Reborn states.

"But..."

"Juudaime. It's alright. We'll definitely get this straightened out," I grin.

"Gokudera-kun," he mutters.

"Let's make the preparations then," Reborn says matter-of-factly.

Everyone starts to leave. My eyes harden. I have to get this straightened out. I cannot loose. No matter what. To redeem myself from the sins I've committed. For Juudaime.