Tsunayoshi Sawada was nine years old today and once again no one remembered. He didn't blame anyone. He had no friends to remember his birthday, his dad was dead, and his mom tended to ignore the world around her, probably so that she didn't have to think about Iemitsu (his dad). He heard her crying at night sometimes, and he wanted to help her, his mom was a great person she deserved a better son, but he was dame-Tsuna, and he figured the best thing he could do for her was to remind her about his existence as little as possible.
And if that meant that he hadn't had a birthday since he was five? Then so be it.
He wasn't even upset about the lack of birthday, he had gotten used to it, and if it weren't for the fact that not knowing how old you were would be bad (even for someone as stupid as he was) then he would have forgotten about it too. And he did sometimes, but he always remembered whenever October ended that his birthday had passed, even if he didn't notice the actual day.
Today was a Special day.
Not because of his birth; no it was because of the four boys in front of him, saying they would be his friend if he went to Mount Ebott with them. He didn't know what to do. One on hand he had wanted friends for a really long time now, but…
No one came back from Mt. Ebott, and he didn't want to never be seen again. Plus, he had read a book once that monsters lived under The mountain, if he was scared of dogs, what would he do if he met a monster? Tsuna was not going to meet a monster, it was too scary he wouldn't go, real friends wouldn't make you go to a mountain as a condition to be friends anyway. But the boys didn't take well to his "no" and instead of being nice, began to do what everyone else did, bully him.
Tsuna didn't know how he ended up on mount Ebott, but he was Not Happy about it, nor was he happy about the cave in front of him, and the bullies at his back telling him to be brave and not dame for once and go in. He didn't want to go. The cave looked like the mouth of a giant monster, with giant pointy stalactites hanging down, and giant pointy stalagmites Jutting up from the ground. The whole thing was horrifying, and he didn't want to be eaten. He didn't want to be dame either. He really, really hated being dame. He walked forward. And tripped. And fell down a Dark Hole.
"HIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"
