Era of Change - Decimo's Ascent
Genre: Friendship/Family
Rating: T overall (for language and violence)
About Pairings: I don't plan to give you guys all the pairings anytime soon (I have already planned them out though), as a few of them are surprises. I hope you end up liking the surprise pairings, but if you don't, I'm sorry to say that they are final.
Giotto on the other hand, since he's the main character, I'll tell you who he's paired up with so you can watch how their relationship grows throughout the story. He will be paired up with Cozart, but don't think he will not have any rivals vying for Giotto's attention. With the way Cozart's character is at the beginning, it'll take quite a while before Giotto actually starts to take interest in him other than a close friend.
Just to let you know though, this first part of the trilogy is mainly focused around the bonds Giotto makes between his family and friends. Romance is more centered in the two sequels.
Disclaimer: Characters of Katekyou Hitman Reborn! in this story all belong to Amano Akira. I have no claim to them no matter how much I wanna own Tsuna u
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Ages
I'll be screwing with the ages in this story, so look forward to it XD The ages here are only for this chapter. Also, the ages here vary depending on when the they meet Tsuna and his friends.
Giotto: 5
Alaude: 9
Daemon: 9
G: 8
Asari: 7
Knuckle: 10
Chapter Summary: They had already resigned themselves to the lives they lived, even if they tried to fight against it in different ways. But was it really fate that brought them to these people or mere coincidences?
Prelude:
Inevitable Memoirs
*Northern Italy*
He had always known the mafia was not a kind place, but even so, he was treated with respect and was taken well care of by the members of his famiglia. But that was when he was a sheltered and naive brat. He knew better now that everything was a farce. The strongest heir was kept while the rest were left to rot in the labratories. Did every famiglia, no matter how picture perfect they were in the public eye, do this as well?
"I...I'm not sure...BUT!" he emphazied after seeing the raised eyebrow on the man's face, "BUT I know for sure I HATE the Estraneo Famiglia! Giving us a blanket of security and then ripping it away just when we prove not strong enough, I hate that they are willing to stoop that low just to mantain a strong front! I...I want REVENGE! I want to cause them pain as much as they caused us!"
Time stood still as both he and Mukuro stared each other down. Yes, this were his true feelings. He wanted to destroy the family that threw both him and Elena away, and he would enjoy every little pain he inflicted on them. Let them see that no one messed with Daemon Spade and not expect any retribution in return. His feelings seemed to have reached Mukuro since the man gave a satisfied look and he held out a hand to him.
"Well then Daemond Spade, I propose a contract. I will give you the power you desire to get revenge on the Estraneo Famiglia, to have your full potential unleased and have everyone in the mafia world know your name, and they shall forever fear it. And in return..." he trailed off as he witnessed the boy's awestruck face.
"And in return?" Daemon inquired tentively. It seemed just too good to be true. He couldn't suppress a shiver at the malicious grin upon Mukuro's face..
"In return, you will..."
*Namimori, Japan*
"At least you've managed to find him. I'll let you off the hook for now as compensation for not letting me waste anymore of my time looking for him," Hibari smirked at his now reflieved student. "However, it's a different story with your quick defeat against the boy. Another sparring session a top your regular session should suffice." Alfonso looked as though someone had told him that both Christmas AND his birthday were cancelled for the year. Hibari ignored him and let the teen wallow in his self misery. He had other important things to deal with right now. "I applaud you for taken down this many men considering your age, but there's still much you need to learn before I let you completely take over 'my' town."
"Who are you?" Alaude inquired the man warily, yet his tone much more respectful than what he gave the man's student. However, the next words the guy spoke was not what he was expecting.
"Leroy Alaude, age 9, became an orphan 2 years ago and was sent to Namimori's orphanage under the care of the head matron, Sasagawa Kyoko. Known to be too violent for anyone to adopt, the orphanage has become your permanent place of residence, and to earn your keep, you have helped the matron in handling the other children. Secretly fond of small animals and children, is claustrophobic to a degree," Alaude's eye twitched, "and your greatest ambition is to take control of Namimori and rule it with an iron first and drive away all Yakuza organizations from the town. A noble goal, but clearly out of your reach at your current level of power."
"Are you insulting me!?" The blond Skylark glowered.
"Not at all. If I was, I wouldn't have wasted my time trying to locate you." Alaude's chin was then abruptly lifted up and he was able to clearly see the other's cold gray orbs. Instincts told him to submit to this creature, but his pride would not stand for it. "You have nice eyes," the man purred lowly to the boy, who in turn gave him both a bewielderd and confused look, "these eyes are no different from mine. They are showing me that a powerful carnivore lurks beneath its depths...and is wanting to get out." The man's lips then curled up in a small semblence of... fondness? "Yes, you will do."
"Wha?"
"My name is Hibari Kyoya, and from now on, you shall be known as Hibari Alaude."
*Milan, Italy*
He had EXTREMELY done it.
He had beaten everyone and became the new junior boxing champion. This will show them that even though it was his father's reputation that let him in the tournament for teenagers in the first place, he had shown that even size and age didn't matter for passionate upcoming boxers like him to claim victory over opponents older than him.
A rush of proud happiness swelled in him as he continued to bask in the cheer of the crowd. He was so lost in his moment of victory, that he almost missed the spokesman announce the awarding of the trophy and that a special guest would be the one to give it to him.
Suddenly the cheering escalated and screaming of surprise and delight echoed loudly throughout the stadium. Knuckle turned his attention to the walking figure approaching him, trophy in hand, and he nearly fainted from shock. He couldn't believe it. There in his almighty glory was the boxing world's reigning champion, Ryohei Sasagawa.
The man had kept his title as the best for over 7 years in a row, never once looking like he would tire out anytime soon. Just like many young boxers, the man was Knuckle's idol and role model who he hoped to be like one day. Not only was he strong, but from what he knew of the man from various interviews and sports magazines, he was also incredibly kind and honorable, not to mention very EXTREME. What young boy didn't look up to people like that?
"I witnessed such EXTREME boxing matches today!" Ryohei spoke to the crowd. "I'm EXTREMELY honored to present this trophy to this EXTREMELY EXTREME young boxer! Congratulations Knuckle!" At the sight of the full out grin plastered on the man's face, the 10 year old practically glowed in euphoria.
"I EXTREMELY thank you Mr. Ryohei!" Knuckle replied back with much vigor as he accepted the medium sized gold trophy. Knuckle didn't think the crowd could cheer any louder.
"By the way Knuckle, I see EXTREME talent in you that I haven't seen in anyone else, and I think if honed the right way, you'll no doubt be even EXTREMELY stronger than me! So how 'bout it? Want to be my apprentice?"
Of all things, Ryohei didn't expect the boy to faint. EXTREMELY.
*New York City, America*
"Are you sure about this?" the man asked him. "If you want to learn the ways of the sword, you must devote yourself to the blade and not let other interests get in your way of mastering it. That includes playing your flute." Asari's eyes widened at that.
"I...I have to give up music?" he whispered quietly, but Yamamoto managed to hear him. For one split second, the man's eyes held pain and sorrow in their depths, but it vanished and he grinned, then proceeded to ruffle the boy's hair.
"Ha ha, I didn't say you had to give it up. When you practice playing the flute for contests or want to learn how to play a new song, don't you focus only on that and not let other things distract you? Like eating, sleeping, or even your parents calling for you?"
"Yeah..." Come to think of it, that did happen often, especially that last part.
"It's exactly the same way with the sword. It's okay to have more than one passion, as you're very good at music and that talent should not go to waste, but the moment you show your blade to your opponent, nothing else that doesn't concern using the sword should disturb you; not thinking about music contests, not worrying about a forgotten homework, or missing an important date. The only things that you should be paying attention to is your opponent and the way you use your sword."
"You mean...to kill?" Asari's face whitened at that. A sword was a tool to kill right? He'd seen enough movies about them to know. Yamamoto grimaced at that. He didn't have the heart to tell that kid that such a thing was inevitable, but there was so much more use for the sword than just to take away a person's life, and he was going to make sure to stuff every one of those lessons inside the child's head.
"I hope you will never have to take someone's life away. But Asari-san, if you must kill, always keep in mind that you do it soley to protect the lives of those you cherish."
*Messina, Italy*
Never in his entire life did he meet someone as good as this guy when it came to guns (he wasn't practically interested with the other's usage of bombs too, so he ignored that). Not even he could shoot blindly with such accuracy, and he was told to be pretty good for his age. Was it because of their age difference and experience? Or was it something more? Either way, he wasn't going to let this opportunity pass him by.
"Hey Old Man, tell me how you did that!" he demaned to the silver haired guy who scowled at him. "You shot those guys' vital points in a pitch black alley way! Do you somehow have cat vision or something?"
"Don't be ridiculous, I'm not a cat, nor do I have cat genes in me. What an idiotic thing to say."
"But something like that is unatural, impossible! And I'm not an idiot!" G yelled back.
"Che, could have fooled me. Later Kid." The man turned away to leave, but G would have none of that. He ran towards the man and kicked him HARD. "Gaah! What the hell was that for 'Pinky'!?" Ignoring the insult to his hair - it's red dammit! - he stared up at glaring green eyes with a determined look.
"Take me with you and make me your apprentice! Teach me how to fight and use a gun better!" A haughty smirk formed on Gokudera's delicate face.
"And give me one good reason why I should teach a snot-nose brat like you anything?" G didn't back down from the harsh look the other was giving him.
There was no longer anything for him in this place. His mother was dead, his bastard of a father abandoned them, his so called 'friends' betrayed him, he no longer had a home to go back to, and he barely had enough money left to buy food for himself, let alone enough for a tram ticket to go to another city. He was a known delinquent around the area, and the people didn't take too kindly to him, so he knew they wouldn't help him in his dilemma. The way he saw it, he'd end up kicking the bucket by the next month if he decided to not start stealing.
Just a few days ago he had resigned himself to his inevitable fate, but then this man appeared before him and he finally found a bit of hope. He just had to make this work.
*Nara, Japan*
"Yoshi is gowing now?" asked the 5 year old boy. "Wen you comin back?" At the question, 'Yoshi's' face lost a bit of the brightness he had earlier.
"A few years, but I don't know how many though." Giotto's eyes widened in shock and then went to run to his beloved 'Yoshi'.
"No no! Yoshi no go!" the little boy wailed as he started to sob on the other's pant legs. The man smiled sadly at the crying child. Kneeling down to the little boy's level, he tried conforting him by carassing his soft spiky blond hair. It seemed to calm him down a little, but the child still refused to release his grip.
"I'm sorry Gio-kun, but I really do need to leave now." He sighed as Giotto shook his head and continued his tight grip on his pants. He looked up at the boy's dejected looking parents, only to recieve an apologetic smile in return. They didn't want to be the 'bad guy' to their son right now, so they decided to let the man handle it himself.
"Gio-kun, look at me," he commanded gently to his godson. He inwardly flinched as large watery, hurtful eyes met his gaze. Vigorously pushing down the huge guilt he felt, he gave Giotto a warm smile. "I need you to be a strong boy for me Gio-kun. I know it'll be hard, but I promise you'll see me very soon. You'll just have to wait patiently for me okay? You'll see, I'll be back before you know it. Promise." Giotto hiccuped as he stared intently at his godfather. Yoshi had never broken a promise before, so if he said he promised to come back real soon, then he will right?
"Pwomise?"
"Promise," 'Yoshi' replied with conviction. He then held up a pinky. "I'll even pinky swear on it." Giotto hastily wiped his eyes with his sleeves, and beamed up at 'Yoshi' and nodded. He held up his lil' piggy finger and intertwined it with the man's own pinky. "I also promise to send you letters and pictures, lots of them."
"Un! Gio-kun pwomises too!" 'Yoshi' smiled and kissed the boy's forehead.
"I look foreward to them."
But just after 3 years, 'Yoshi's letters and pictures stopped coming.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Author's Notes: It's been years since the last time I wrote fanfiction. Inspirations went down the drain dramatically when other interests came up. I've become a daily person on deviantart, as I needed to start drawing stuff again. I discovered rp groups and joined many, but ended up leaving some, and I've even created some.
So what made me come back? I've become a die hard Reborn! fan, and although I've thought of many different fanfictions to do for the series, I couldn't think of one to stick with. That was until I read several stories with 'Primo family fathers/Decimo family childrens' and 'Decimo family as Arcobalenos' prompts. Needless to say, I finally thought of a concrete story to try out.
Concerning my other stories, well, there are some that I wish to forgo, as those particular stories are no longer of any interest to me. Each of them are quite popular, but sorry I refuse to continue them.
However, if you any of you guys are wanting to adopt any of the ones I don't want to continue anymore or the ones I'm still debating about, then you are more than welcome to do so. Just PM me. I will give you my overall version on how I had intended to do the whole story. From there, you can decide what to do with it.
Stories that I will NOT continue: 'Journey to the Past' (ToS), 'Gennins All Over Again' (Naruto), and 'Egyptian Ghost' (YGO)
Stories that I'm still debating over to rewrite or drop completely: 'Shuffle' (YGO), Pure Heart (Naruto/Anime-crossovers), and 'Remembering You' (Digimon).
Stories that I will be rewritting: 'Knowing it All' (CCS), 'With Darkness Comes Light' (Naruto), and 'Alternatives' (ToS).
Stories that are still on-going: 'Legendary Dreams' (Naruto/Pokemon) and 'Paradise X' (X/1999).
For summaries of the stories if you've forgotten what they were, they can be found on my profile.
Anyways, I hope this chapter caught your interest. This is my first Reborn! fic, and although I've reread it a lot of times, I still don't think I'll be able to get some of the characters' personalities correctly. However, some of the characters will be OOC on purpose for certain reasons.
Requests: I need last names for G, Knuckle, and Elena. Do you guys have some ideas?
Quizzes (See if you can answer them. I won't give you the answers right away though)
1) Can you guys guess the reasoning behind each chapter's name?
2) Oh, what does Mukuro want from Daemon? Any guesses?
3) Wow, Hibari has a student? I wonder who that is? Hint: It's an OC, but at the same time it's not. Although, it's more about guessing what future boss Hibari was assigned to tutor.
4) Who is Yoshi? I know you guys know already as it's pretty obvious, but meh, answer anyway.
5) Why don't you try guessing the pairings in the story? Most of them are M/M, but ther are also M/F and a planned threesome.
Ciao ciao *waves*
preview:
"You look like you have something on your mind Okaa-san. Would you like to share?"
"Ah, Gio-kun always knows when I'm troubled about something!" Nana smiled brightly. Giotto gave a deadpanned look in return.
"It's written all over your face. It's not that hard to tell." His mother's smile faltered a bit but then came back again, but not as bright.
"Well Gio-kun...uh...we know you're doing very well on your school work, and we know that your've very busy being the president of your school's student council...but nonetheless, your father and I hired a pair of tutors for you. They'll be here tomorrow evening when you get home from school."
Giotto dropped his chopsticks in shock.
Next time on 'Era of Change - Decimo's Ascent': Daily Life Arc Prologue: Drawing Days