A/N: So yeah as I have promised, once the internet in our house is back, the ff will be flooded by 8027! Let the flooding begin! I made this story a few months ago and IO've made 70 pages of this story… I'm just having trouble seperating the story into chapters so yeah… And there's also the summary and stuff… *sigh*
Personal Guardian
By IlYamaTsuna7227li
Chapter 1
It was dark in the room of Tsunayoshi Sawada as a certain baby was seen talking to the phone with a serious expression.
"I see." Reborn said his eyes shadowed by the night cap he was wearing. "Thank you for the information." With that said, the small arcobaleno hung up and the phone reverted back into his loyal pet chameleon.
"Hmph. Things are starting to get complicated again." Reborn said as his eyes drifted towards his sleeping no-good student. Suddenly a flash of intuition passed by Reborn's eyes and the sun-pacifier-baby smirked. "Oh well, with this I can at least kill two birds with one stone."
Somewhat satisfied, the small baby laid back down as Leon morphed into a sleeping mask.
"Tomorrow's going to be a rough day for you Dame-Tsuna." Reborn whispered. "Get as much rest as you can." And before long a bubble was already forming by the arcobaleno's nose, signifying that he was finally asleep.
He did not notice the slight shiver that passed by the brunet who was peacefully sleeping on his bed.
The next day…
"What do you want Reborn?" Tsuna said yawning as he entered the living room still wearing his pajamas. It was Saturday, a rest day. And the young boss hoped that he could at least over sleep.
"Shut up and sit down Dame-Tsuna." Reborn said as he drank his espresso on the living room sofa. Tsuna frowned, his mind still hazy from sleep. Nonetheless, he did what his tutor asked and he stumbled towards the sofa.
"Slap yourself awake if you have to Dame-Tsuna because I want you to listen to what I'm about to say." Reborn said. Sensing the seriousness in the other's voice, Tsuna immediately straightened up and slapped himself lightly on the cheeks. Reborn smirked. "Good."
"What's going on Reborn? Is something going to happen again?" Tsuna asked his voice slightly panicking. He didn't want to involve his guardians in any more fights if it was possible.
Reborn frowned. "I got a call yesterday from a reliable informant. It seems a new famiglia is being formed in Italy."
Tsuna raised an eyebrow. What did this have to do with him and his guardians? Unless-
"Don't tell me…since they're a new family they're planning to target me and the guardians because not only are we young and inexperienced but we are also part of the mot powerful family in the world?" Tsuna said in horror.
Reborn looked up impressively. "I admit I'm amazed by your deduction…"
"Then I'm right?" Tsuna said appalled. Reborn shook his head.
"You didn't let me finish Dame-Tsuna." Reborn said looking solemn. "I'm amazed by your deduction; however what you said is not the entire situation."
"T-Then what-?" Tsuna asked his eyes wide with fear.
"The new famiglia is composed of criminals that had escaped Vindice and that also have grudges against the Vongola." Reborn said. "And from what my informant has gathered, they have only one target… And that is you."
"M-me?" Tsuna said trying to act surprised. But the truth is he wasn't. His intuition had somehow suspected that even if his guardians weren't targeted he, himself would at least be targeted.
"Yes, you." Reborn said. "The young and inexperienced sole heir of the Vongola. The future of the Vongola family."
Tsuna gulped as he heard Reborn say his title out loud.
"So what do we do?" Tsuna asked not really caring if he was in danger. Instead he was wondering if Reborn would somehow involve his guardians again.
"Don't worry about that." Reborn said and as he said that the door bell rang. Tsuna could hear his mother yelling 'coming!' at the door. "I've assigned one guardian to guard you 24/7 until the danger is taken care of by the Cavallone and the Estraneo in Italy."
"One guardian?" Tsuna said his eyes wide. As if on cue someone entered the living room.
"Ohayo Tsuna!" Came a bright greeting. Tsuna automatically stood up as he stared at his guardian.
"Yamamoto!" Tsuna said in exclamation.
"That's right. Yamamoto will be your guard from now on." Reborn said as he finally finished his espresso. "He will be temporarily staying with you at your room and he will go with you to and from school. Don't worry he already knows the situation."
Tsuna turned to look at his guardian who grinned at him.
"And the others?" Tsuna asked his tutor with narrowed eyes.
"No one knows about the situation except Yamamoto." Reborn said. "It's better if the other guardians don't know. We might make the enemy fall into a false sense of security if they see them frolicking about as usual."
"I see." Tsuna said uncertainly. He looked at Yamamoto who was standing in the living room with a sports bag in his hand. "So, you're dad is okay with this?"
"Oh yeah!" Yamamoto said smiling. "The old man is getting a well-deserved rest in Shibuya. He won a hot springs ticket last week and he told me that he'd prefer it if I stayed with a friend rather than at home alone."
"Oh." Tsuna said wondering if Reborn had anything to do with that so-called hot spring ticket.
"Stop standing there like an idiot and show Yamamoto to your room like a proper host." Reborn said throwing a Leon slipper at his student's head.
"Ack!" Tsuna said when the small slipper made a big impact on his head. He rubbed the spot Reborn hit as he stood up and signaled Yamamoto to follow him.
"Sorry for intruding." Yamamoto said as he entered Tsuna's room. It was a familiar scene of many meetings with the other guardians.
"I'll get you a futon from the other room." Tsuna said smiling lightly. "Make yourself at home."
Yamamoto grinned at the brunet, "Thanks."
Tsuna nodded as he made his way out of the room, his mind full of thoughts. Why was it, that out of his 7 guardians, it was Yamamoto who was chosen?
"It's because Yamamoto is the second strongest fighter in Nami-chuu." Came a small voice. Tsuna turned around and saw Reborn balancing by the railing of the stairs.
"Stop reading my mind." Tsuna said to his tutor when he jumped down.
"It's not my fault, you're easy to read." Reborn said shrugging. Tsuna sighed.
"Reborn, out of all my guardians, Yamamoto is probably the most normal and sane one of all." Tsuna said. "And it's him that you choose to drag into this mess."
Reborn raised an eyebrow. "Out of all your guardians he is the most natural born hit man. He is the best candidate to guard you."
Tsuna looked at Reborn uncertainly before he entered the room where his mom kept the futon.
"I just wish that he won't get hurt." Tsuna said as he opened the cabinet and dragged the futon out. "For his sake… as well as mine."
Reborn looked at the expression on the brunet's face. Tsuna was looking down with a frown on his face. The arcobaleno smirked as he saw this.
"Hey Tsuna!" Came a familiar voice. Tsuna looked up slightly surprised. Yamamoto appeared by the door." Do you need some help?" He said with a calming smile. Tsuna blushed.
"I-It's fine. I can get it myself." Tsuna said. Yamamoto entered the room and took the futon from Tsuna's hands.
"Aw, come on Tsuna. Two pairs of hands are better than one." Yamamoto said grinning in that relaxed sort of grin that somehow manages to calm down the brunet.
"Okay." Tsuna said smiling lightly as he and Yamamoto grabbed the futon together. Meanwhile neither of the two friends noticed Reborn watching them with a smirk on his face.
An hour later (after they set out the futon and after Tsuna took a bath)…
Tsuna and Yamamoto were at the breakfast table eating their breakfast together…
"Tsu-kun, I'm going out to buy groceries with Futa-kun, Lambo-chan, and I-pin-chan. Bianchi will stay here in the house. Do you have any plans with Yamamoto-kun?" Nana asked as she placed a glass of milk in front of Yamamoto.
"Uhm…" Tsuna said unsurely. With his life being targeted he wasn't even sure if he was allowed to go out anymore. Yamamoto noticed this and frowned. He was going to find those people who dared target his boss.
"Dame-Tsuna." Came a voice. Tsuna automatically looked at the door of the kitchen. Reborn was there looking up at them. "I want you and Yamamoto to get some things for me."
"Eh?" Tsuna said. "But Kaa-san is going grocery shopping, why don't you-?"
"These aren't things you get in a super market stupid student of mine." Reborn said as he jumped unto the table and gave a list to Tsuna. Tsuna opened the folded paper warily.
"Rope… flashlights… pocket knives… binoculars… What do you need these things for Reborn?" Tsuna asked. At those words, Reborn's eyes shadowed and a dangerous smirk made its way to his face.
"Let's just say that those criminals will get the punishment of their lives before Vindice gets their hands on them." Reborn said in a creepy voice.
HHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII! Tsuna thought. Reborn's scary!
Yamamoto placed an arm around Tsuna's shoulder as he looked at the list. "I think we can get most of it at the sporting goods store."
Tsuna nodded as he leaned in against his guardian's warmth tiredly. The news that a whole mafia famiglia from Italy was seeking revenge against him (and only him) made him emotionally tired coupled with lack of sleep due to Reborn's early wake up call.
Yamamoto noticed this and he placed his cheek against the brunet's hair. He could feel the sadness emanating from the tired boss and he somehow wished he could do something to help.
The two teens were too busy thinking about something that they failed to notice Nana's silent squeals at their closeness. Even Reborn was smirking however…
"Jyuudaime!" The two jumped apart at the sudden noise that came from the door. They turned around and sure enough, in came a panting Gokudera holding up what seemed to be two tickets to a movie theater.
"J-jyuudaime I-" Gokudera looked up, however he stopped when he saw Yamamoto in the same table with his precious boss eating breakfast.
"Y-YOU-!" Gokudera shouted pointing an accusing finger at the black-haired boy named Yamamoto.
"Hahaha! Me." Yamamoto said pointing at himself while smiling.
"What are you," Gokudera emphasized the 'you' with so much hatred. "…doing here?"
"I'm eating breakfast." Yamamoto said with a slight tilt of his head as he continued grinning at the bomber. Tsuna looked at Reborn wondering what he should say. Reborn raised an eyebrow and whispered 'lie'. Tsuna gulped.
"That's not what I mean idiot!" Gokudera hissed. "I mean, what are you doing here in jyuudaime's house, eating breakfast?"
"That's-" Yamamoto began but then Tsuna interrupted.
"He just came by early today because we were going to buy something together for Reborn." Tsuna began. "But he was so early that he skipped breakfast and we invited him to eat with us instead."
Gokudera looked at Tsuna in adoration. "As expected of jyuudaime! Your kindness knows no bounds."
Tsuna sweat dropped. Good thing Gokudera's adoration for him overpowered common logic.
"Anyway Gokudera-kun, what brings you here?" Tsuna said to his storm guardian. At that, Gokudera straightened up his posture and smiled at Tsuna uncertainly.
"I-I was going to ask jyuudaime if he'd like to watch a movie with me." Gokudera said his eyes sparkling. "I bought tickets for a horror film. I'm sure you'll enjoy it." Tsuna shivered. He didn't like horror films.
"Wow that sounds awesome!" Yamamoto said grinning. "Can I come too?"
At those words, Gokudera' eyes twinkled evilly. "Unfortunately for you baseball idiot, I only bought two tickets. And the film's sold out too."
"I'm sorry Gokudera-kun but I can't go with you. Yamamoto and I have to get some stuff for Reborn." Although Tsuna said this, it did not deter Gokudera's hope.
"Don't worry about it jyuudaime! The film starts later this afternoon! You and the baseball idiot can finish the errands this morning! And I'll come with you so that afterwards we can immediately go the theater!" Gokudera said happily. Tsuna saw no more way out of this as he and Yamamoto exchanged looks. Tsuna knew that he couldn't separate from his rain guardian, especially since he was the only one who knew that Tsuna was being targeted by a new enemy.
Reborn hid his irritation beneath his fedora. The storm guardian was sure clingy. The arcobaleno sighed, oh well, he had no choice.
"Bianchi." Reborn whispered so only Tsuna and Yamamoto could hear him. And just as Reborn said that there were footsteps and Bianchi appeared.
"Maman, Lambo and I-pin are ready but Fuuta's still taking a bath." Bianchi said as she entered. Suddenly Gokudera froze. Bianchi noticed this and turned to her little brother. "Oh? Hayato! Have you come to visit me?" Then she saw the tickets in his hands. She placed both of her hands on her little brother's face so that they would see each other face to face. "I see, you want to take me to the movies!" Bianchi said enthusiastically.
Tsuna and Yamamoto waited for Gokudera's groan of pain but in never came.
"His eyes are closed." Reborn said with a frown.
"Whoah." Yamamoto said. "That's quick thinking."
Tsuna gapped. Gokudera had his eyes tightly closed while Bianchi held his face.
"Now what?" Tsuna said. Suddenly a flash of inspiration came into Yamamoto's mind. Tsuna looked at the rain guardian curiously when said guardian grinned at him.
THUD!
What was that? Gokudera thought distracted but his eyes still closed. It sounded like a body falling to the floor.
"Tsuna!" Came Yamamoto's panicked voice.
"Oi! Dame-Tsuna!" Came Reborn's voice.
"Jyuudaime!" Gokudera said as he opened his eyes, totally forgetting that his and Bianchi's faces were inches apart. And so, it happened in slow motion just like the movies. Gokudera opened his eyes to find himself face-to-face with his sister and he only got a glimpse of Tsuna's limp body on the floor. There was a long second of silence before his stomach caught up with his eyes and he groaned followed by a protesting sound from his stomach. He toppled towards his sister who sighed as once again the bomber fainted.
There was silence in the kitchen before it was broken by Yamamoto's laugh.
"Wow that was something!" Yamamoto said as he bent over and helped Tsuna up. Tsuna groaned as he rubbed his head.
"Good job Yamamoto." Reborn said smirking at the rain guardian.
"Nah, it was Tsuna who really did all the work." Yamamoto said as Tsuna got up, clinging to him. The young boss rubbed his head.
"You really didn't have to kick me in the head Reborn." Tsuna said at the arcobaleno tutor who was now reading the newspaper.
"It made it more realistic didn't it?" Reborn said as his eyes scanned the paper. "So stop complaining."
"Here take this." Bianchi said as he gave Yamamoto the tickets to the movie theater.
"Those are Gokudera's tickets." Tsuna said as he looked at Bianchi. "I don't think we should touch those."
"Hayato is going to be out for a while. You should take the tickets and not waste the effort and money he put into it." Bianchi said firmly. Tsuna and Yamamoto exchanged looks.
"Just take it Dame-Tsuna. It's no use letting it go to waste." Reborn said. Tsuna sighed as Yamamoto took the tickets gratefully.
"I guess that takes care of our afternoon activities, doesn't it Tsuna?" Yamamoto said cheerfully as he pocketed the tickets.
"Ah." Tsuna said in agreement as he mentally sighed.
"Now hurry up and get going." Reborn said as Bianchi dragged Gokudera to Tsuna's room. "You still have things to buy." As Reborn said this, he threw a wallet filled with credit cards and cash to Tsuna who caught it.
"This is?" Tsuna said his eyes widening at the thick wallet.
"That is Vongola's funds. Use it to buy the materials." Reborn said. "Oh and while you're at it, can you get me some expensive Peruvian coffee beans?"
"Hai… hai…" Tsuna said as he sighed and wrote it down the list.
"Oh and since it's the Vongola's budget you can use to buy some snacks for you and Yamamoto." Reborn added. Tsuna looked at his tutor suspiciously. Why was he being so kind today? Reborn just smirked at him
"Tsu-kun, you and Yamamoto-kun should get going now." Nana said as she hung her apron. "The sports store should already be open."
"Hai." Tsuna said as he placed the wallet in his sling bag which was somehow conveniently in the table. Yamamoto took his sling bag for his Shigure Kintoki.
"Thanks for the breakfast Mrs. Sawada!" Yamamoto said grinning at the Sawada female.
"It was no trouble, dear." Nana said as she waved at Yamamoto. With that, Yamamoto and Tsuna headed outside.
Tsuna shivered slightly as he and Yamamoto went out of the house. The fact that it was cold although it was sunny meant that the winter days were coming. The young boss looked at Reborn's list again as he calculated how long it would take them to buy said stuff.
Meanwhile… Yamamoto was looking around at what seemed to be an empty street.
Maybe it's too early in the morning? Yamamoto said as he noticed that everything seemed to be quiet. He frowned. Too early or not, this is the perfect situation for those guys to attack…. The baseball fanatic still remembered the conversation he had with Reborn on the phone last night.
RING! RING! RING!
Yamamoto yawned as he picked up the phone. "Hello?" He said sleepily as he rubbed his eyes. He looked at the clock; it was around two in the morning.
"Yamamoto, it's me." Yamamoto recognized the voice to be the Reborn's.
"Oh, kid it's you." Yamamoto said injecting a cheerful tone but then his tone suddenly turned serious. "Wait, why did you call? Is there something wrong with Tsuna?"
"He's fine. He's sleeping like there's no tomorrow." Reborn said a hint of amusement in his voice. But then it suddenly became business-like. "I heard your father's at Shibuya on a trip for the hot springs?"
"Yeah. He won a ticket in the lottery last week. Why?" Yamamoto asked.
"Well, seeing as you're all alone at your house why don't you stay here at Tsuna's house for a while?" Reborn said. "He's going to need a body guard for the next couple of weeks."
"What do you mean?"
Reborn sighed. "A new famiglia is being formed in Italy." The arcobaleno said bluntly. "And the aim of this famiglia is to eliminate the Vongola Decimo. In other words, Tsuna."
"They're going to assassinate Tsuna?" Yamamoto said in an incredulous voice.
"Yes. I've been getting their movements from an informant of mine in Italy. He has been observing their moves for the last few weeks." Reborn began. "Seeing as they weren't doing any harm yet, I didn't tell anyone about them hoping that maybe the Vendice or some allies of Vongola will get to them before they made their plans into action…"
"And?"
"I got the latest news from my informant today that the famiglia has started to move towards Japan." Reborn said. "The Vongola tried everything in its power to prevent them from coming here, however it seems like several of them slipped through our fingers."
"Have you told the others about this?" Yamamoto asked.
"No." Reborn said bluntly. "I'd like to capture these people by luring them into a false sense of security. It would be more appropriate if the guardians go about their business as usual. However as a precaution I will tell Tsuna everything tomorrow morning."
"I see." Yamamoto said as his grip on the phone tightened. "But why did you only tell me about it? Why not Gokudera or Hibari?"
"From Fuuta's ranking you're the second most powerful fighter in Namimori. I would've chosen Hibari since he was the first but you know him. He probably won't protect Tsuna." Reborn said. "And besides you're Dame-Tsuna's best friend. So the fact that you will be sticking to him like glue in the next couple of days won't be suspicious."
"I understand." Yamamoto said.
"Good. Now I want you to pack your things and coming here around seven in the morning." Reborn said. "After packing get some sleep. You're gonna need it."
"Ah." Yamamoto said, and with that he put down the phone.
Yamamoto sighed as he looked at the brunet next to him. He couldn't help but chuckle when he saw Tsuna's face concentrating on the list. Tsuna looked up when he heard Yamamoto laugh.
"What's so funny?" Tsuna said.
"Nothing." Yamamoto said as he placed an arm around his small boss. Tsuna gave a small yawn as he leaned into Yamamoto.
"Neh, Yamamoto…" Tsuna said in a serious voice.
"Hm?" Yamamoto asked as he kept looking ahead, trying to sense if there was any killing intent around the area.
"I'm sorry for putting you through this." Tsuna said sighing as he leaned against his rain guardian. The arm around Tsuna tightened but he didn't mind.
"You don't have to apologize, Tsuna." Yamamoto said as he and the brunet walked. "I don't mind doing this for you. Those people shouldn't be targeting you at all since you didn't do anything wrong."
"Actually…" Tsuna said softly. "I'm quite relieved that they're targeting me."
Yamamoto let go of Tsuna and looked at him in confusion. "What do you mean?"
Tsuna looked up as he scratched his cheek uncertain. "Well, at least they're not targeting you guys… so I don't really mind it."
"Tsuna, you shouldn't say that." Yamamoto said shaking his head. "Think of how Gokudera and the others will feel if they hear you say that. They'd want you to treasure yourself more especially since you're in danger."
"It's fine." Tsuna said as he looked up at the worried face of his rain guardian. "Since I have you protecting me right?"
Yamamoto blinked before the expression in his face softened and he gave Tsuna a gentle smile. "Right."
However, their moment was interrupted (again) when there was a sudden killing intent in the air. Yamamoto grabbed Tsuna and pulled him away just as a bullet whizzed past, missing the brunet by a few centimeters.
Yamamoto immediately got out his bamboo sword and encased it in blue flames making it turn into a bladed sword. Tsuna took out his mittens and pills from the pocket of his parka. However there was no one there.
Yamamoto relaxed his stance when he felt the killer intent pass. Tsuna looked around warily seeing if they were really alone. The brunet bent down and looked at the bullet that was fired at him. Yamamoto also bent down but his guard was still up.
"I think we should bring this back to Reborn" Tsuna said as he took a small plastic bag from his pocket and placed the bullet inside. After doing that the two of the straightened up.
"We should get going." Yamamoto said as he grabbed Tsuna's hand and ran.
A/N: Please R&R!