Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman REBORN! Or the characters.
*If the other characters seem OOC than I'm truly sorry.*
Author's Note: I blame the plot bunnies. No, seriously, I blame them. Phew, for a few days, I couldn't go on my email and was freaking out. But now everything is taken care of. = w =;; *Also, I made up a few moves and whatnot for Tsuna to use. So please, don't be so mean about them. OTL
Unknown Child
The day was ordinary as civilians did their errands. A child no more than five walked around the crowd. He was wearing a shirt far too big for himself, his small feet touched the cold cement as he kept walking forward to his unknown destination. People gave small sympathetic glances at the poor boy, others merely thought the child was homeless or an orphan. Well, they weren't that far off the target, considering that his family wasn't alive and he really didn't have a home to go to.
The child sighed as he reached the end of the small village, heading towards the forest just to sit on the grass. "How could this have happened?" The child asked himself, bringing his hands up to see them. Small hands popped out of the white sleeves, slowly curling into fists. He had done this plenty of times but couldn't help but refuse the idea of it actually happening. Not long ago, he was in his room, asleep. So many times the child pinched his own cheeks, hard enough to leave red marks and tears. But it was, much to his disappointment, proof that he was awake and not experiencing a dream. "At least I still have these with me.." he looked into the pocket of the shirt to find small mittens and ring. Once again, he sighed. When he first noticed he wasn't in his room anymore, he merely thought it was because Reborn randomly decided to send him somewhere for some more training. But when he got a good look at how small he was, well, he began to panic. Which lead him to run in a circle before face planting the floor because of the shirt.
The small child was lost in his own thoughts that he didn't noticed a group of adults walking towards him. Their feet were only inches away from where he sat down. Finally noticing more people, the child looked up to look at who was looming over him. The child's eyes widen as he continued to stare at the group before him. As for the group of men, they also looked back at the child, mildly surprised. One man turned around slowly, keeping his usual scowl. "Mind explaining why this kid looks just like you?" he asked trying to keep control of his anger. The child blinked owlishly, regaining his thoughts. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to come out of the village. The group of men looked at their leader as he explained that he never seen the child before and didn't know how it was possible for him to look like him. Slowly, the child got up to his feet, taking a few steps away from them. A second later, the child began to run away from the group. He was only a few feet away from the group, he heard their calls to him but he didn't stop. The child was determined to at least get into the forest and possibly lose them, but it seems as fate had other plans for the said child. Small feet stepped on the shirt, making him fall onto the ground face first, once again.
There was a few gasps as they watched the child fall forward rather roughly. Slowly, the child sat up trying to get the dirt off of his face. Their leader was the first to react. He crouched down, helping taking some of the dirt off the child's face. After helping him, the child looked at him with his wide eyes. "It's alright, little one. We will not harm you." The man smiled gently at the child, who seemed to have finally dismissed the thought of running away. "Might I ask you of your name, child?" The man continued to ask.
The group of men had expected the child to know few to none words. Considering the boy's age, he would barely even know his own name. "My name is Sawada Tsunayoshi. But you can call me 'Tsuna'! Might I know of your name, sir?" Tsuna tilted his head to the side to act innocent. He already knew his name but it would be odd for a child to know it when he didn't introduce himself yet.
"Tsuna, is it? My name is Giotto. Where are your parents? Did you get separated from them among the crowd?" Giotto asked as he looked around just to make sure.
"Not at all. My family is not alive." Tsuna said calmly. All their heads snapped at the boy, they had thought that maybe they would see two parents wondering about, worried for their child but when they heard him say that… Tsuna got up to his feet, dusting off some dirt and gave Giotto and his friends a small smile. "It was a pleasure meeting you, sir Giotto!" Tsuna bowed a little, turned around and started to walk away from the man.
"Wait! Where are you going?" Giotto got up to his feet as he watched Tsuna stop to look at him. Tsuna pointed to the forest, saying that he was going to live there. 'A child staying in the forest? That's absurd! He wouldn't last out there! It's far too dangerous for him to be roaming about!' Giotto thought to himself. Before Tsuna could get more space in between them, Giotto picked him up, placing him next to his chest as a father would. "That wouldn't do. Tsuna, would you like to live with us?" He smiled as he noticed Tsuna's wide eyes and look of disbelief.
"WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? WE CAN'T TAKE HIM IN! HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND?" One of his men yelled while being held back by two others.
Tsuna slightly flinched at his volume. 'I didn't think G-San could be so loud. But Gokudera-Kun surpasses him when it comes to that.' He thought to himself. After taking a good look at Primo's Family, he felt sad, knowing that he couldn't see his family and didn't know when he would be returning. He had blocked out they're conversation, Giotto was trying to persuade him to let Tsuna live with them. Of course, G kept barking back a 'no' and other reasons. Tsuna let his bangs cover his eyes as his mind came to a conclusion. Somehow, Tsuna managed to get out of Giotto's hold and landed on the ground. He bowed once again, not wanting to make eye contact. "I thank you for your offer but I do not wish to be a bother." Tsuna stood up straight once again and began to walk away again.
Giotto's eyes widen as he watched Tsuna walk away once again. When he turned, he was going to glare at G, possibly enough to make him frozen for an hour. But his glare met nothing. Giotto looked around and found G picking up Tsuna from the back of his shirt. "Tch. Fine. But you're going to take care of the damn runt." G said, softly tossing Tsuna to Giotto -who caught him easily. Tsuna looked at G and was about to say something but G just looked away with his usual scowl and crossing his arms.
Giotto on the other hand, smiled and looked at Tsuna. "Welcome to the family, Tsuna. Let me introduce you to them." He said as he turned Tsuna to face everyone else. Giotto introduced G, Asari, Knuckle, Lampo, Alaude, and Daemon. All his guardians gave him a nice welcome, sort of. G was still looking away mumbling something, Asari gave him a cheerful smile, Knuckle patted his hair and said something about 'God wanted this' or something. Lampo looked at him tiredly and then looked away, Alaude gave him a long stare before closing his eyes and giving him an audible 'hn'. And then there was Daemon, leave it to him to want the child to be scared of him. But that didn't work since Tsuna already knew him. Hell! Even his illusions didn't work on him, the only person who could get away sometimes with that was Mukuro. But even then, Tsuna was able to see through them. Giotto raised a brow, wondering how the child was not affected by his Mist Guardians tricks but was rather relieved when Tsuna wasn't screaming or trying to kick Daemon away.
Daemon looked at Tsuna rather annoyed. That wasn't what he was planning. He was hoping that the child would at least pee in Giotto's hands, just so he could decide not to take him in. No matter, he'll make sure that even if this child was around in the Mansion, that nothing will get in the way of their work.
On the way back to the Mansion, Asari asked Tsuna a few questions. To their surprise, the boy knew how to speak Japanese even though he was fluent in Italian. How could a child as young as him speak two languages(they don't know it but Tsuna was able to speak more than that.)? Was he possibly a prodigy? If so, what was he doing wondering around in that small village? But they were wondering why he was wearing such a huge shirt too.
Tsuna lifted his arms up -intending to act like a child- making the sleeves fall down his small arms. "I was wearing this when I woke up! I don't remember how I got them!" Asari place his hand under his chin, rather confused on why anyone would dress up with such clothes.
Giotto only smiled at the boy and patted his head, making Tsuna look up at him. "You'll be changing out of that when we are home." Tsuna looked at Giotto, worried that he would be spending their money on him. As if Giotto heard his thoughts, he chuckled softly. "And do not fret, we have enough money for everything." He continued to let his hand go through Tsuna's hair, finding it soft.
Unwillingly, Tsuna became drowsy. It must have been the body he was in and the effects of time traveling finally kicking in. He was just tried to the point that he didn't even realized that he had long passed out due to exhaustion. Tsuna was lean towards Giotto, fast asleep. None of his guardians would say it aloud but the way how Tsuna just clicked with Giotto made it seem as if he was already or had been apart of their family for such a long time. They would have a new adventure with Tsuna in their group. They do say that big things come in small packages, right?
Okay. I know I should seriously stop doing this but I just CAN'T. Don't worry about the other stories, I have them on the side right now and most of the chapters are almost done. My dad just gets mad that I stay on the computer longer than what I should have.
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Hope you guys like this!
