"Speech"

'Thoughts'

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"By the way…"

"Where's Tsuna?"

"Ah, Tsunayoshi-kun went up already."


A gravity defying brunet walked towards the center of the forest where the coffin of Vongola Decimo lies. He smiled at the words disappearing from his middle school journal before turning towards a tree, a few feet away from where he stood.

"You don't need to hide, you know," he said softly.

A baby wearing a black fedora trimmed with orange in a stylish black suit with a yellow pacifier in the middle jumped down professionally from the tree and walked towards the brunet.

"Dame-Tsuna," Reborn started, "Did you really need to do that elaborate plan of yours just to beat Byakuran?"

The brunet looked at his tutor for a while before facing himself towards the calm, peaceful blue sky.

"That was the only way left." Tsuna replied slowly. "My past-self did managed to beat him with the help of Giotto and-"

"Not that," Reborn interrupted. While Tsuna waited for Reborn to continue, he promptly sat on the ground to give his tutor his full attention.

"Did you really need to die?" Tsuna blinked and noticed Reborn's fedora that hung low covering his face.

Tsuna smiled a little before replying, "It was deemed necessary. If I just went into hiding, Byakuran would have lured me out using those precious to me and killed all of us either way. And technically, I didn't die. Besides Reborn, you died before I did. And a positive thing to add is that those died especially you came back to life."

"Don't act smart Dame-Tsuna."

Tsuna chuckled lightly. "Ah, gomen Reborn. Maybe I did get carried away. My guard- no my famiglia did believe I was dead for quite a while. Except for Hibari. They're probably angry with me right now."

"That's what you get for dying."

Tsuna didn't say anything back, merely enjoying the moment of silence with his tutor. Tsuna would have admitted that seeing Reborn alive, lifted some weight over him and would have hug him the moment he came into his vision but being Reborn, Tsuna would have felt any affection shown toward his tutor would be a result of him getting a kick from Reborn thus earning a comical reunion. However, the gesture was not needed as Tsuna knew through his developed hyper intuition that Reborn felt the same way about his student alive. So, all in all, Tsuna thought it was a fair trade. Plus, Reborn never showed affection as his pride as the world greatest hitman seemed to be his first priority.

"Ne, Reborn-" Tsuna began when he heard footsteps coming from his right. Tsuna saw his right hand man, Gokudera Hayato looking relieved and furious.

"Juudaime!" Gokudera shouted. He closed the space between him and Tsuna spewing curses in different languages calling Tsuna idiot in Japanese and finally hugged his boss that seemed a bit amused at the expected reaction of his right hand man. Gokudera later took notice of his actions and immediately asked for forgiveness. Tsuna was about to calm him down when shouts from his other guardians echoed through the forest.

"Tsuna!"

"Sawada!"

"Boss!"

"Tsuna-nii!"

One by one, his guardians came with Hibari being the last. Hibari as he always is, leaned against a tree that was close enough to hear all of them yet still far away from them. Tsuna was happy enough that none of them got hurt when Yamamoto, Ryohei, Lambo and Chrome jumped towards him. Even though Tsuna was sitting down, the four managed to drag him towards the ground. Each had their arms wrapped around him tightly. Reborn smirked at the scene while Hibari looked towards the reunion with little interest. Tsuna hugged them back tightly, expressing the happiness he could not put into words into his actions. Even though the moment seemed short with Gokudera yelling at the others to get off his beloved Juudaime, Tsuna could see he was relieved making Tsuna cherished the moment with his heart. After making sure that Tsuna wasn't an illusion and Ryohei checking for his pulse, the guardians let go of him.

"Juudaime." Tsuna focused his attention on Gokudera who began to berate himself for not being there for his boss when he got shot.

"Hayato, stop. It wasn't your fault. I planned all of this. Considering that the Arcobaleno shared memories of the future to past selves, you should already know that I was responsible for this. So there's no need for you to do that. I'm the one that should be saying sorry. I put you guys through a tough time and-"

"Maa, maa, Tsuna. It's alright. You did all of this for us, right?" Takeshi said smiling. He still hasn't berated his friend for the danger he put himself but Yamamoto felt that he could do that tomorrow.

"That's right, Sawada! In return for that shock you gave us and your past-self telling Kyoko about the mafia, I want to punch you again extremely!" Ryohei responded.

"Ore-sama will forgive Tsuna-nii since Tsuna-nii is my subordinate!" Lambo replied nonchalantly.

"Ahou-shi, what the hell are you saying?" Hayato smacked Lambo on the head thus earning a glare from the cow. "There's no need for you to be sorry, Juudaime. My skills as your right hand man are still not up to standards. How can I not forgive my boss who's forgiven me for the past ten years?"

Hibari simply glanced at Tsuna muttering, "Herbivore."

Chrome smiled quietly and passed a look to Tsuna who understood. She understood that Tsuna did this so all of them wouldn't have to suffer. Also, Mukuro came back thanks to his past self. Tsuna felt his spirits lifted despite his state and replied, "Thank you everyone."

Feeling that enough time has been wasted, Reborn getting into his old habits kicked Tsuna at the back of his head lightly for the first time. "Let's go, Dame-Tsuna."

Tsuna gingerly rubbed his head agreeing with his tutor. "Ahaha. Hai, Reborn."

He let his guardians get up first before he did himself; seeing them fully for the first time since his return . The moment he stood upright, a wave of nausea clouded his mind. He gasped silently and glanced towards his guardians who were all waiting for him. He motioned for them to go first. Reborn noticing something off with Tsuna turned to his student cursing softly.

"Don't Reborn. Not in front of them," Tsuna strictly whispered to his tutor but his Cloud guardian who heard the exchange raised an eyebrow to the matter. Reborn, not taking no for an answer, sternly gazed at his student making Tsuna cringed inwardly. Tsuna sighed in defeat and turned to explain the situation when Yamamoto called out, "Tsuna?"

Both his Storm and Rain guardians looked towards him, confusion etched on their faces as to why their boss hadn't even taken a step.

"Coming!" Tsuna shot Reborn a look that said I'll tell you everything later. The moment Tsuna took a single step, the nausea stronger than the last overwhelmed the brunet's mind. His vision clouded and the intensity of the pain forced him to give in. These effects caused Tsuna to stumble, his functioning legs giving out. Tsuna barely saw his guardians running towards him as he fell; one of them hoping to catch their boss in time. There was no need as Hibari caught the young boss and saw Tsuna's breathing going slower who managed to say "Sorry" before efficiently passing out.

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Hibari felt the brunet's body go limp as he lost conscious. He muttered something that suspiciously sounded like Tsunayoshi before carrying the unconscious boss towards the pack of panicking herbivores. He gave Tsuna to Gokudera, just nodding towards the holder of the yellow pacifier and disappeared towards the trees. Gokudera and the others were asking what happened when a gunshot echoed through.

"Gokudera, get Tsuna to the medical bay, quickly. Ryohei go with them. Now," Reborn ordered.

The two guardians hastily went back to their base with the others hot on their heels.

"Always making others worry for you, Dame-Tsuna."

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It turned out that Tsuna who had just come out of his paralysis state needed rest. The doctors explained due to the sudden use of his body functions which have not been able to move for a full year strained his body into moving around too much. Everyone sighed in relief to find out there was no side effects from the bullet.

"Wasn't it just like I told you?" Shoichi said nervously when Gokudera had demanded why the brunet had fainted a moment ago.

"Che. How do we know if we could trust you?" Gokudera retorted. Gokudera had mixed feelings about Irie Shoichi as he was the person who killed yet saved his boss.

"Gokudera, enough. He helped warned Tsuna of the danger and better yet helped trained your past selves." Reborn stated.

Gokudera could not answer back the logical reason but he could not help the feeling of frustration towards himself and Irie Shoichi.

"Ahem, as I was saying before all of you interrupted me," the doctor obviously annoyed continued, "I advise you to let him rest before letting him do anything. Whether it's signing paperwork or sparing with you, the stress accumulated will not help speed his recovery. I'm glad Decimo is back but please keep the excitement to a minimum." The last statement was more of a plea as almost everyone knew how boisterous the family was when Tsuna was involved.

The last time they were in the medical bay, a wall had collapsed due to the over-excitement of the Sun guardian when Tsuna had woken up from exhaustion of signing paperworks. This later caused Tsuna to pass out from thoughts of extra paperwork earning a frantic Gokudera who insulted the Sun guardian which lead to a face-off of insults. Yamamoto was laughing his usual self, enjoying the scene while Chrome was staring at them confused at what to do and Lambo ignored them commenting of them being childish. Unfortunately, the comment was unheard by Gokudera leading to another fight. At the end of the day, the medical bay was obliterated.

'Heh, you got lucky this time, Tsuna.' Reborn smirked; whether it was due to his Hyper Intuition or his years of being tutored (tortured) by Reborn, Tsuna who lied peacefully on the bed shivered.

"Now, you guys go get some sleep. It'll take that idiot student of mine to wake up in a while."

"But Reborn-san,-" Gokudera started.

"I'll stay here with Tsuna, Gokudera. Now, go before I start shooting all of you. I also believe that some of you have some issues with Tsuna unresolved."

Gokudera reluctantly left the room while Yamamoto was torn being staying with his friend and following with Gokudera, ultimately choosing the latter with help from a certain hitman. Ryohei was sent out earlier to accompany Kyoko and Haru home and Chrome sent a whisper of 'Get well soon, boss' before leaving to meet up with Mukuro. Lambo and I-pin soon trailed after. When they had all left albeit unwillingly, Reborn sat on a chair to the right of the hospital bed and doze off.


Meanwhile, news of Byakuran's demise alerted the Millefiore headquarters. The families allied with the Millefiore hastily cut off their ties and promptly left with no trace of being involved. Shouts of fear began to overwhelm the subordinates of the Millefiore.

"Byakuran-sama has beed defeated!"

"What do we do?"

"The Vongola is going to take revenge!" one screamed.

That one statement sent all of them into terror. They knew of Vongola's history. Any that went against the famiglia was wiped out.

"Why are you all afraid?" A clear voice rang out calming the ocean of voices. Everyone turned to face a person cloaked in black with a hue of indigo, a hood covering his face.

"Isn't that-"

"But I thought-"

"The person Byakuran-sama-"

"People, people. I'm asking this again. Why are you all afraid?" The cloaked figure asked.

"Because Byakuran-sama is gone. The Six Funeral Wreaths have been defeated. The allied families have left us at the mercy of the Vongola!"

Laughter echoed throughout the hall. "Are you really?" Confusion covered the faces of the subordinated. The man continued to chortle slightly before continuing.

"In my opinion, the Vongola is still weak. Vongola Nono is alive but he is a frail old man. The Decimo from what I've known is alive yet destabilized by his paralysis death. We are still considered one of the most powerful famiglia in this era."

Getting the attention of the people in the room, he continued, "Wasn't it fun taking out the Vongola? One of the oldest and powerful famiglia beaten by us? A newcomer in the mafia world. There is still a ray of light for us to win and rule over the others!" He ended with that outburst and many started to agree with his way of thinking yet some were still uneasy.

"And moreover, if any of you should feel doubtful, recognise my face as the person successor to Byakuran-sama."

The cloaked man lifted his hood and many gasped. Be it beauty or atrocity, everyone was focused on the man. His eyes were still closed.

"Listen to my voice and follow what I say." His voice melodic sounding like the comfort of their beloved ones.

"Obey my command and acknowledge that I am Byakuran-sama's successor. Understood?"

"Understood." The reply came almost immediately, devoid of emotion and free will.

"Good." The man gave out a last command and opened on of his eyes revealing a kanji for the number 7.

"Now, when the Vongola orders or even tries to take back control, retaliate. Retaliate for the death of your former boss and his dishonoured guardians and in celebration of your new boss, Shichirou."


A/N: So this is chapter 1. I needed this to start off from where Tsuna stood before his coffin since it was vital for me anyways. Parts of this chapter has been inspired by other stories on FF. Like 'Welcome Back' by Reidluver. This note is only made for this chapter only. So if I haven't made reference to stories that are similar to yours, then I apologize as I'm a frequent visitor of FF but never a member till now. Or it's also because I haven't read it yet. Note the word 'yet' but I most probably will.

Please go easy on me as this is my first time doing this. This haven't been beta so I'm correcting everything. If there is anything I miss kindly point out. Also I want to ask the characters of the TYL tenth generation. Are they similar or different. I'm trying to make them as the same as possible but because of the lack of interaction with the TYL tenth generation, I'm definitely sure that some aspects of their rash behaviour is more controlled. Thank you again for those coming to read this. Giving me pointers would help me a lot so go easy on me! Hehe. ^^

P.S tell me if I need to keep noting that the speech is in "this" while thoughts are in 'this'. Since it won't waste time for me.