A Fractured Thief

by SmallBasilisk28

He smiles at them with a Cheshire like grin or tugs at their hearts as the poor boy with no family. So many mask the young thief has to hide behind and all of them stolen from others leaving no-one to know the person hidden underneath it all. Hero, villain, orphan, nobody, friend, lover, thief or a fractured Sky. No-one really knows what hides behind those jaded eyes. {Yaoi!}

1. Chapter 1

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{SmallBasilisk28 here! -I'm back everybody and even better than ever after everything that happened. A new idea since I've only had time to think with everything that happened two months ago but first things first, I have to do a disclaimer again! I own nothing except the OC things I think up.}

{Warning. This story will have Yaoi Male x Male so don't read it if you don't like it. You have been warned.}

{Pairing: ? x Tsuna.}

{This story will have a slightly jaded, Chaotic Good Tsuna. He'll be a fractured Mist/Sky with an OC Kwami and Miraculous so this is your advanced notice to turn back now.}

{Warning the story if it takes off won't be completely canon.}

{Warning updates are random and flamers can go jump off a cliff if they don't like the idea that was sent my way by a friend!}

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Chapter 1

'Heroes are made by the path they choose not by the powers they are graced with.'

A flash of lightning cracks across the darkening skies outside and Iemitsu feels a heavy sense if foreboding building up inside him as he answers his cell phone. "We have a problem." The iron voice of Reborn cuts him off before he could even get a hello out causing the lump in his throat to almost double as Iemitsu exchanges a look with Timoteo who was sitting across from him listening in on their conversation. They were already growing worried when Reborn didn't contact them on the first day to report in but now a week later he was ready to fly back to Japan himself just to make sure his family was alright.

"Whats wrong, did Nana not hire you to be Tsu-kun's tutor like we planned?" Iemitsu asked trying to stay calm but on the inside he was barely holding it together waiting for the other shoe to drop any second now. If it was anything as simple as that then Reborn would have already reported in days ago letting them know instead of waiting a week to check in with them no matter how much they didn't like each other.

"No they're not here and haven't been seen in Namimori for the last six years." Reborn tells them bluntly already knowing Timoteo was listening to everything they were saying. Iemitsu's heart almost stops after hearing what Reborn said but he keeps a straight face needing to hear everything the hitman was able to learn since stepping foot in Namimori. "I've been looking around to see if anybody knew what happened to them. What little I was able to piece together from the neighbors is apparently your wife saved up enough money to get away for a few weeks and took Tsunayoshi on a vacation that they never came back from."

"What!? No that can't be true." Iemitsu said with a slight bit of hesitation in his voice that the other two were able to pick up easily. "I know she used to write me all the time worried about Tsu-kun's trouble with school and bullies but Nana never mentioned a vacation in any of her letters."

"When was the last time you heard from your wife?" Timoteo ask looking Iemitsu straight in the eyes when he flinched unable to meet the older man's gaze.

"Seven years ago." He admits not willing to meet the disappointed gaze of the Ninth. "Nana kept sending letter after letter asking me to come home for a little while since Tsu-kun kept asking about me and she was running out of things to tell him. I just didn't have any free time with everything going on back then so I just had one of my men run to the local drug store and send her a postcard every once in a while saying I missed them. Honestly I didn't think much about it at the time when they stopped coming and figured the postcard must have been enough." Reborn scoffed on the other end of the line not wanting to deal with how big of an idiot Iemitsu was for ignoring his family for so long. Did he really think they wouldn't notice or care about his little disappearing act after he abandoned them for years without anything but a simple card to tide them over.

"This isn't good. Tsunayoshi is the only heir I have left." Timoteo mutters under his breath trying to hide his distress even though the other two men already knew the reasons behind his worry. He was getting older and slower with each passing day and sooner or later someone was going to kill him if old age didn't get Timoteo first.

"What do you want me to do? I have a few leads but the trails been cold for six years." It'll be like chasing a ghost but he wasn't the World's Greatest Hitman for nothing. Besides Reborn liked the sound of hunting down his newest student before the real training could even begin.

"Find him. Vongola needs an heir so the sooner we find him the better. Once you find them report their location so we can set up a security net around the family then start his training as soon as possible." Timoteo ordered not liking the fact he was sending Reborn to hunt down a pair of civilians that knew nothing of their world but he was running out of options.

"Understood then." Reborn said and Iemitsu could feel the smirk forming on the hitman's face.

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In another country the weather was perfect that night as a figure ran across the rooftops of Paris a content smile on his face hearing the police sirens growing further and further away with each passing second. Running closer to a nearby ledge his smile only grows feeling the wind brushing against his cheeks when he flips through the air before landing on his feet without breaking stride or slowing down.

The cloudless night lets the moon's rays illuminate the city as he runs giving any who were watching a good view of the short teenage boy free running across the roofs. He was wearing a textured dark grey skin-tight cat-suit with metal details and a silver-colored choker around his neck that had a metallic lion claw attached to it. Wrapped around his waist was a long belt that hangs out from the back like a tail. While on his hands are a matching pair of gloves that have claws on the fingertips, and boots with a hidden wedge and silver toes that help with his free running. On top of his head blending in with his light grey almost silver-colored spiky hair were pair of matching dark grey cat ears along with a matching mask covering the area around his eyes preventing anyone from getting a good look at his face. His eyes were what set him apart looking more cat-like with an orange sclerae, dark brown iris, and oblong pupils while his hair was long and untamed looking more like a lion's mane hiding his normal ears. The thing that would catch anyone's eyes though outside of the cat-suit was the fact that the small bits of fur lining the areas around his wrist and ankles looked like living fire with the way it moved in the light as the teen ran.

What once was a necessity to help him get through the each day without starving soon became a thrill to the teen three days ago when he found the tiny chest hidden in a store belonging to an old man he robbed. At first the teen didn't know how he was going to sell a silver choker of all things to his buyer but after the light show that happened when he touched it the thief wouldn't change the meeting that happened next for a thing after one of the few people he could call a friend appeared out of nowhere. Because it was thanks to his Kwami Gitanno that the teenager could be up here closer to the sky he loved running free and able to do whatever he wanted even if it was only for a few brief minutes at a time.

"Tonight's been pretty good so far wouldn't you agree Gitanno?" The teen asked with a voice light and caring as his clawed fingers brushed against the smooth silver of the choker around his neck enjoying the warmth it gave him. The five claw like markings running along the middle of the choker were all gone except for the last two letting him know that his time was running out before his transformation faded.

He already knew by now that his friend couldn't respond while they were transformed but was still aware of what he did to get the little bit of extra money needed to live on. It wasn't like he enjoyed robbing people either but when you grow up on the streets through most of your childhood it really limited your choices to steal, beg or starve. The teen tried the second one for a few weeks after his mother vanished not knowing what else to do since he really couldn't speak the language back then but after getting hit for being street trash and having the police called because nobody wanted a dirty child around their store his morality took a backseat to survival after his teacher found him. "What do you say to hitting one more home before calling it quits?" Waiting a few seconds the masked teen pretended to hear a response before taking a running jump off the nearby ledge making his way towards the mansion he spotted a few buildings away.

What would have taken a normal thief hours only took him seconds using the wires that came with the suit to get over the wall and through the first open window he could find. Looking around the large bathroom he found himself in the masked teen pocketed a few small things that could fit into the hidden pockets built into his suit before silently slipping through the door into what looked like a rich kids bedroom. "It almost seems a little to purr-fect to me but then again most rich people just confuse me with all the things they buy." Looking around he saw an expensive looking plasma screen near the windows a professional foosball table and at least three different arcade games that must have cost a good chunk of money. 'Rich people.' The masked teen though with a humph as he worked his way around the room pocketing any small objects that could get him some easy money to go with the jewelry store he hit earlier.

"D-don't." Freezing in his tracks the masked teen waited any second for the light to turn on but when it didn't he quickly turned to the king sized bed where a teenage boy around his age was still fast asleep unaware of the intruder in his room. Every step and breath he took was silent as he stepped closer curious to what a rich kid would be dreaming about only to take in the view without helping himself. The teen must have shifted in his sleep because his covers were half way off the bed giving the thief a good view of his shirtless upper body that had muscles in all the right places giving the rich teen a figure any girl and a few guys like him would swoon over. With messy golden hair that fell down around his face along with the slightly tan skin and the slight rosy tint around his cheeks and nose the rich teen could have been the perfect package in the thief's mind but to bad he was probably spoiled rotten judging by everything in the room. "Don't mom." 'He's dreaming about his mother.' The thief thought with a raised eyebrow. "Please don't leave me." 'I guess there's somebody else that can relate to my problems. Teacher would put me through hell if she learned I was going soft on a target then charge me for the trouble of not outright killing me.' Placing the few items he picked up on the nightstand beside the rich teen's bed the thief leaned down his lips brushing against the other boy's own for only a brief second before turning to walk away as a mist started spreading across his form. 'At least I managed to steal something valuable from this place tonight.' With that one thought he was gone like the Cheshire Cat never noticing the drowsy set of green eyes watching him fade away before falling back asleep with a smile at the thought of the cute cat boy his imagination made up.

Outside standing on the roof of the mansion the masked teenager watches the first rays of daybreak approaching with a sad smile. For a moment the thief stands there wondering if his mother was watching the same sunrise as him before shaking his head when the warning that his transformation was about to run out went off when another claw mark faded leaving only the final one left. Jumping off the ledge he'd let the sun chase him as he disappeared with the shadows of the night.

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It took some time but the thief finally made it home after meeting with his buyer to sell off the few things he was able to steal. Slipping through the skylight of his modest little apartment the transformation the Kwami was trying to keep going finally gave out in a brief flash of light as an exhausted Gitanno plops into his hands. Looking around the small living room of his apartment the teen takes in the stack of schoolbooks scattered across an old desk he was able to find pushed into the corner along with a coffee table and cheap couch that still looked good even if it had a few stains.

"Sorry buddy." The teen mutters down at the Kwami in his hand. "I guess hitting one more home wasn't such a good idea." With a forced smile his eyes gazed over the small dark grey creature in his hands taking in Gitanno's large head and small body. His appearance looked very much like the lion themed suit he helps him transform into, having cat-like ears, a tail with bushy fur near the end, two sharp fangs sticking out of his mouth, and yellow cat-like eyes, along with a mane of lion-like hair around his neck and hands.

"It's fine Tsuna. I'm sorry I'm not as good as the other Kwami out there with cool powers." Gitanno replied looking up at the teenager with big round eyes that were starting to get teary. "All I can do is make people overlook you and even I know it's a stupid power."

"Hey it's not stupid." The now named Tsuna tells him while using his finger to scratch behind Gitanno's ear to cheer his friend up. "The power of Concealment has helped me as Cheshire get into places I could never get into being plain old Tsuna." It was true to because ever since three days when he stole the little box containing his friend's silver choker the amount of money Tsuna had to live on doubled after just the second night. Even now after three days of playing around Paris's rooftops he's been able to hit more places in one night as Cheshire than he could ever do by himself even with the light orange and indigo flames helping him. Tsuna honestly didn't know what the strange flames were but ever since they appeared all those years ago when he got tired of begging for help and refused to die in a gutter somewhere his life slowly started turning around. All he knew was that his teacher called him a fractured MistySky and that his life became more manageable after learning how to use them the right way instead of playing around with his flames like a rookie.

"Really?" Gitanno looking up at him with hopeful kitten like eyes since the only other person that didn't throw him away was mister Jack but he went away over a hundred and twenty-two years ago. "You really like having me around?" The way Gitanno asked sounded so childlike and innocent that it reminded him of the way he used to be before his mother vanished.

"Yea buddy." Sitting him down on the nearby counter as he walked into the small kitchen Tsuna went over to the fridge. "Your one of the few friends I have around here besides Nathanael so I really enjoy having you with me." With a triumphant 'aha' the teen pulls out the last cookie in one hand and the empty box in the other before handing it to Gitanno. "Get some sleep buddy you've earned it after tonight."

Leaving Gitanno to his cookie after tossing the empty box into the nearby trash can Tsuna made his way down the small hallway past the bathroom towards the only room left in the modest little apartment. His room. It was barely furnished using what little money he had with a single bed, a nightstand along with a few other things he picked up after learning how to hide his real age using the indigo flames but everything in the apartment was his. Taking a seat on the window sill Tsuna took in his own reflection without the Miraculous altering what he really looked like. His silver hair and orange cat eyes were gone for now reverting back to a puffy brown that still stuck out everywhere and large doe like eyes. He could barely remember his mother or why she vanished all those years ago leaving him all alone in a foreign country but hoped most of his looks came from her because Tsuna always enjoyed the few times he could find a reason to smile. Those few precious times reminded him of his Mama for even the briefest of seconds and even if he couldn't remember her name or face that well anymore Tsuna still counted it as a blessing if only because their smiles were hopefully the same even if they brought up painful memories.

"Where did you go Mama?" 'I'm just going to pick up something to eat for lunch. I'll be back in a few minutes Tsu-kun.' Those were the last words he could clearly remember her saying before she just vanished. No I love you or anything just 'I'll be back in a few minutes'. Only those few minutes slowly became hours that turned into days where he was slowly forced to fend for himself while worrying about her. It was days like this that Tsuna looked into his reflection and wondered if his parents really did love him since his father left after his fifth birthday and his mother vanished on his ninth but he held onto her last few words. The fifteen year old held onto them like a life line because he was afraid how much more of him would fracture if she didn't. Closing his eyes Tsuna holds onto the image of a caring woman smiling down at him and prays his Mama really did love him otherwise the fractures building up in his heart might break the young thief one of these days.

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"Could I have your autograph please?" "Adrien!" "Can I have your autograph Adrien? I'm your biggest fan." Tsuna looked up from the small black book he was writing in hearing other students crowding around outside the classroom begging for the teen model's autograph. It had been five days in total since he met Gitanno leading to him becoming Cheshire and now Tsuna was back at school going over what little the morning news was saying about Ladybug and Chat Noir who had to have a Miraculous like him.

"Wow I'll never get tired of the praise. So this is your seat Adrikins. I saved it just for your right in front of me." Chloe Bourgeois boost proudly like the spoiled brat she is as Adrien Agreste famous teenage fashion model walks into their classroom a few steps behind her.

Watching from his seat in the back row Tsuna watches how things would play out with the rich boy before scoffing under his breath when Chloe starts going on about commanding respect. "Anything you want to say to me gutter trash?" Chloe demands glaring up at him only to lock eyes with his bored gaze not noticing the shocked look on Adrien's face at hearing what she just said.

"Not a thing princess." Adrien glanced up at the teenager Chloe was glaring at who was wearing an unzipped dark green and white hoodie letting him see the plain white shirt he had on underneath it. Then his eyes trailed over the plain-looking jeans and worn out sneakers the teen had on before glancing up at the black headphones with the number twenty-seven printed on each side hanging loosely around his neck. Then as his gaze traveled up towards the fluffy haired teen's face Adrien was positive he saw him somewhere before today but the question was where. "Besides we've already been through this little song and dance before haven't we. Your daddy can't be seen taking a hard-handed approach against 'gutter trash' like me are the voters might not be to quick in re-electing someone like him next year if he starts abusing his power to much." The smirk on the fluffy haired teen's face was malicious making Adrien wonder what went on between the two of them when Chloe suddenly made a strangled noise that sounded like a cat dying before storming over towards her seat.

Looking back and forth between the two of them for a few seconds Adrien didn't know what to do as walked over towards his seat in front of Chloe. "You're friends with Chloe right?" The boy next to him asked not bothering to hide the disbelief in his voice over the thought that she could even have a real friend. The teen was a bit taller than him with short dark brown hair, brown skin, and golden brown eyes. He had on a plain red cap, black-rimmed glasses with dark gray, blue, and orange headphones around his neck. The short-sleeved blue shirt with an eye design on the front of a black pupil that looked new unlike the fluffy-haired teen in the back who looked like most of his clothes came from a thrift shop. Along with that Adrien could spot the lime green, pink, red, blue, and yellow bands around his right wrist, the blue-gray jeans he had on, and the red and white high collar shoes with a white knight design on the tongues.

"Yea but why does everybody keep saying that?" Yes he already knew from first-hand experience that Chloe could only be dealt with in small doses but the way those two looked at each other flat-out confused him.

"Simple really. You see last year when Tsuna started coming to school here Chloe threw her biggest tantrum to date when she found out he was dirt poor shouting at the principal to get rid of the 'trash' infecting the school or she'd call her 'daddy' to do it for him." He explained lowering his voice to a whisper so Chloe wouldn't overhear them. "So the principal not wanting to deal with the mayor coming in here throwing his weight around expelled Tsuna that afternoon only for him to show up a week later with that same smirk you just saw on his face and a camera around his neck. I don't know how he did it or what was on that camera but the principal made it clear to even her father that unless they had solid proof Tsuna actually did something worth getting expelled over that she had two choices. Either she had to stop whining or transfer to a different school." Looking back at the fluffy-haired teen talking with the boy sitting next to him with messy red-orange hair Adrien couldn't help but wonder what he could have done to make someone like the mayor back off. "He's a really nice guy once you get to know him but if you're friends with Chloe expect nothing but the cold shoulder from Tsuna."

Class went back to normal after that with a pair of girls named Marinette and Alya coming in a few minutes later to find gum on their seats but Chloe was to busy glaring daggers at Tsuna to notice anything about her little show of respect being ignored.

"Bourgeois Chloe." The teacher called out as she walked in taking roll call while walking to her desk.

"Present." The rich girl grit out when she noticed Tsuna was completely ignoring her.

"Bruel Ivan."

"Present!" A giant stone golem shouts crashing through the doors causing the students to scatter running for the opening where the doors used to be trying to escape.

"Aren't we going to stop him?" Gitanno timidly ask peeking out from the hood of Tsuna's hoodie to look around when they were alone in the boys bathroom down the hall from the classroom.

"No. You already said only Ladybug has the power to capture Akumas so they don't need us." Tsuna replies scratching his little friend's ears to calm down the scared Kwami while ignoring his own shaking hands. "Besides I'm no hero. I'm nothing but a thief." More screams could be heard followed by a loud crash causing Tsuna to shack even more as he tried to convince himself Ladybug and Chat Noir didn't need someone like him helping out. But his legs were already moving as he ran out of the bathroom towards the screaming all the while thinking how much of an idiot he was for doing this.

"Time to hunt Gitanno!" His teacher was going to kill for this when she found out. They were thieves before everything else and did nothing without expecting something in return so the second she learned about him going out if his way to be a hero of all things Tsuna's teacher was going to be angry.

Author's Notes -

This is a fun idea we put together that ShiroHollow96 helped iron out some so I hope somebody out there likes it as much as I do. You really won't like what I put Tsuna through before his teacher found him on the streets trying to survive but that just makes it more exciting to make the tragedy that much more heart breaking. And I'm not talking about his mother vanishing that's a whole other thing completely related to the mafia side of things. I'm talking about the kind of events that happen when the wrong sort of person catches an inexperienced Tsuna trying to steal his wallet. Meaning someone like Xanxus or Reborn.

Gitanno is supposed to be based off the Italian word for gypsy with just an extra n added and fits with the other Kwami names being short with a double letter. If I got it wrong would somebody please tell me. Gitanno is like a little kid afraid of almost everything since he never got to leave his Miraculous that much unlike the other Kwami. He really doesn't know that much about humans and is kind of like canon Tsuna just trying to be friends since most of the people in the past that found him didn't like his power and tossed/sold his Miraculous after a few days.

The power of Concealment is just like it sounds while his weapon is a mix between gloves and wires like Walter from Hellsing just not as sharp. Though that'll make Reborn and Vongola's job that much harder he'll still find the missing heir and find out Tsuna's got a sharp set of claws on him. It'll be a mix of both sides with Tsuna just wanting to be free doing whatever he feels like and Vongola wanting him to be the next heir while Reborn is stuck dealing with his stealing habits later on. I just let my imagination run wild on some of the things he'll have to put up with like trying to find a way to get the Guardians they wanted to Paris, the test Tsuna will some times ignore and the police trying to chase down his thief of a student.

I kind of like the idea of Tsuna going by Cheshire unless somebody can think up a better name. Tsuna himself though will be more courageous, cocky and a little bit flirty as Cheshire since nobody knows who he is behind the mask and the terrible puns he'll use are just funny to think up. Without the mask though he's still Tsuna but slightly jaded after the things he did and went through to make it while living on the streets before she found him and taught him how to live in exchange for a favor or two down the road. Because of the flirty pun filled nature I wanted to give him as Cheshire I haven't made up my mind on a pairing yet though I'm leaning towards Nathanael or Takeshi who comes in a bit after Reborn tracks Tsuna down so suggestions are welcome.

Like I said though this was a fun idea ShiroHollow96 helped me come up with so hopefully you'll like it and live a review or favorite it. I hope nobody gets mad at me for posting this a few days before my bundle but I really want to see how you all like it before I start coming up with a hundred different ideas.

Response - (Thanks for your reviews.)