Summary: Vongola Family Rail is the safest mode of Sky-Rail transportation, and has been for the past ten generations. With connection to the Shimon Earth-Rails, Cavallone trail stations, and Mare Sea-Sky-Ports, the VFR is the best mode of transportation for both the daily commute, and long haul holiday. So welcome aboard, we will be departing soon.
Sky: Hi everyone! I'm Sky, one of the two writers running this account. This is my first fic on this account, so I ask that you all please look after me from now on! Thank you very much and I hope you enjoy my fic!
"Goooood afternoon passengers, this is your conductor speaking! The time is currently 2:03 pm and we are just leaving the sky-earth interchange terminal! Please be advised that this is a proof of payment route so you are required to keep your tickets on hand until you have exited the train! It is looking like we currently have clear skies ahead, but in the event of a storm or any other disruption to our journey, passengers are expected to remain calm, return to their seats, and put on their seatbelts. Expected arrival time at the next station is 3:00 pm. Thank you very much for choosing to ride with Vongola Family Rails and we hope you enjoy your journey!"
Holding the smile on his face until after he'd let go of the broadcast button, Tsuna stepped away from the mic and let out a long breath.
After having spent most of his childhood on the sky trains, after having started training at the age of fourteen, after having become the youngest certified conductor in the history of the Vongola, that Welcome Announcement was far from the scariest thing he'd done. But even after having said it so many times the words were basically etched into the backs of his eyelids, Tsuna didn't think he'd ever get used to it. He still got so nervous it felt like his heart would jump out of his throat every single time.
He sat there for a few moments, just breathing, letting his heart rate return to normal, before getting himself together and standing up.
The track of glittering orange sky flames he'd laid out before departing from the station stretched ahead of him, disappearing over the horizon. His family's trains had travelled this route for so many long generations that their flame signatures were etched into the very atmosphere itself. It didn't take much thought from him to chart their course – all he needed was to call his flames forth, and they would flow naturally into place, forming the same routes the Vongola family had been following for centuries. It was the job of Tsuna's assistants to keep track of their course, and inform Tsuna whenever he needed to make a slight adjustment to their direction.
In that time, Tsuna would finish up any paperwork he might have, or attend to the needs of his passengers.
Nine times out of ten, he would choose the latter.
Humming cheerfully to himself, the brunet took one last moment to make sure his suit was wrinkle-free and his conductor's hat sat perfectly on his head, before stepping out of the driver's compartment.
As he walked down the aisles, greeting his passengers and stopping every once in a while to make small talk, Tsuna caught sight of his sky lion, Natsu, for a moment, his brilliant orange fur rippling in the air currents as he galloped along beside the train, keeping his eye out for any dangers that may crop up.
A little girl in one of the seats near the middle of the train was glued to the windows, watching in childish wonder as the whole country spread out below them, distant and tiny, resembling a child's abandoned playthings strewn about as if in a whirlwind.
She giggled when Natsu fell behind to run next to her, stretching her hand out as if she could pet him through the glass of the window.
In response, Natsu threw his head back, shaking out his impressive mane and drawing out a delighted gasp from the girl and an exasperated chuckle and head shake from Tsuna.
"Show off," he muttered under his breath, more amused than anything else.
Tsuna made to move on then, assured that everything was running as normal, but just before he was about to turn away, he noticed Natsu suddenly go rigid, and his ears perk up.
Feeling the amusement drain out of him, Tsuna froze in place, hoping it was just a false alarm.
A few moments later though, Natsu turned and lunged with powerful legs onto the roof of the train, and then down on the other side.
By the time he'd taken off running, Tsuna had already turned on the PA system.
"Ladies and gentlemen," he said pleasantly into the mouthpiece, "This is your conductor speaking. Please be advised that there is a minor threat headed our way in the form of armed combatants approaching from the East. I would like to request everyone to please return to your seats and put on your seatbelts. All combat personnel are to report to their stations in a calm and orderly fashion and await further instructions from their superiors. If at any point during the confrontation any of the passengers require assistance, please don't hesitate to flag down one of the attendants at the front and back of your car. We thank you very much for your cooperation, and will broadcast an update as soon as the situation has been dealt with!"
Turning off the PA, Tsuna turned to the passengers currently in the same car as him, his gaze catching on the little girl.
She looked unsure now, frightened.
Smiling warmly at her, he took off his hat and plopped it on her head.
"Take care of that for me, will you, little one?"
The girl stared at him for a moment, eyes wide, before her lips stretched into a wide smile.
"Hai!"
Sky: That is all for this chapter! I really do hope you all enjoyed this, and please do leave a review letting us know what you thought! Next chapter is being written by the lovely Natsu as we speak! Please look forward to it!