Title: Elements of Harmony
Summary: Reborn believes it's time to go over his student's diplomacy skills. Will Tsuna be able to entertain the guests that the Vongola famiglia wish to ally themselves with?
A/N: I believe the only day where it would be acceptable to post this would be today.
... I am so so sorry for those who want my DC fics. I swear, I have a serious one all thought out, I just need to write it. It will be done over the Spring break.
Chapter Title: Friendship Story
Ever since Tsuna had acquired his devil-reincarnate home tutor arcobaleno, also known as the number one hitman Reborn, he had always dreaded waking up in the morning to continue the living hell that was his life.
This morning was an exception. Somehow the tenth boss to be just knew that today was going to be particularly interesting.
In all honestly, it probably started last night. Everything was calm and in order, which hadn't happened since this whole mafia business started.
For one thing, he wasn't awakened violently as he had been lately. He gently awoken from his dreams that he couldn't remember, blinking away before tensing. The only reason he would wake up so calmly is because of a harsh battle or another.
Thus was the life of the Vongola Mafia Boss.
But, this morning was different. Someone had shut off his alarm and was shaking him gently, a soft voice murmuring for him to wake up or else he would be late for school.
He turned, and couldn't help but let out a scream before a smack on the head shut him up.
"Ow, ow ow," he muttered, rubbing his head in hopes of relieving his pain.
"Celestia, are you okay? Here, let me help," the gentle voice said and the pain soon left the brunet.
"You would have to excuse him, Miss Sparkle," the tutor said, ignoring his student's whimpers of confusion."I greatly apologize for my student's incredible rudeness. If you would be so kind as to wait outside so that I may inform him of the situation."
Tsuna opened his eyes to see a pale girl with long violet hair with a few pink highlights bowing to Reborn. "But of course, Reborn-sama. I shall be waiting outside." She rose and the boy saw a flash of violet eyes before the hair of the same shade blocked his line of sight as she turned and left the room. Tsuna stared where the girl around sixteen years of age had been previously with the silence for a few moments before Reborn smacked him once again.
His student flinched in response, rubbing the sore spot. "What was that for?" He stared the baby before turning to the door. "Who was that?" He stifled a yawn and moved to search for his clock. "What time is it?"
Reborn tsked. "You ask too many questions. You don't have respect. It's six o'clock. There was a reason as to why everything was so calm and with order. Were you not curious as to why you were allowed to go to bed early last night?" Tsuna nodded.
"And that," Reborn pointed to the door, "was the Royal Equestrian Ambassador, Twilight Sparkle."
"… Twi… Twilight Sparkle?" Tsuna was confused. What kind of name was that? "Royal Equestrian Ambassador?" What kind of title was that?
"I believe that now would be the perfect time to nurture your diplomacy skills," the hitman said, "A mafia boss needs to know how to work with many people to gain many allies less you make enemies instead."
"B-but," he stuttered out, actually ready with an argument as to why he didn't need so improve his skills, with examples, before he was cut off.
"No buts. This is not only for your training, but for all of the Vongola family. Nono believes that you will be able to work with the Princess' royal pupil."
"P-princess? Royalty? What?" So much confusion.
Reborn smacked him again. "You ask too many questions, Dame-Tsuna. The core of the matter is that the Vongola family is trying to ally itself with the magical equines."
Tsuna blinked. "Wait… are you talking about ponies?"
Reborn has an amazing pokerface, but Tsuna could tell in his eyes that he was impressed that he knew that word. He wasn't that stupid.
"'Ponies' would be another term, yes. The ruler of these… 'ponies'... is the unicorn pegasus Princess Celestia, whose pupil is the one you have just met, Twilight Sparkle. That girl that you have just seen is the student of the sole ruler, using magic to take on a human form as to not attract attention to you. The princess wants her student to study humans and Nono has offered to let her accompany you throughout your day to aid her studies until Miss Sparkle believes she has learned enough. "
"What do you mean, 'draw attention'?" No matter what the girl was bound to attract attention!
Reborn sighed, eyes no longer readable. "Even you cannot distract people if there was a purple pony following you."
"P-purple pony!" Tsuna exclaimed.
The cursed arcobaleno handed him a picture. "These are what they look like in their original forms. See this one in the middle? The purple one is Miss Sparkle and you will address her as such unless directed otherwise." He pointed to the other ponies surrounding Twilight Sparkle. "For future reference, this pink one is Pinkie Pie, the orange one is Applejack, the white one is Rarity, the blue one is Rainbow Dash and the yellow one is Fluttershy, according to my sources."
Tsuna stared before pointing to certain horses. "The blue and yellow one have wings! And the white one and Miss Sparkle have horns!"
Reborn smacked him once more. Seriously, Tsuna should report physical abuse. Not that Reborn would get caught, but at least he'd tried.
"Show some respect. The ones with wings are pegasi and the horns indicate they are unicorns. How else would have Miss Sparkle relieve your head?"
Tsuna let all the information all sink in as Reborn watched expectantly.
"So… what you're saying is that I am going to be tagged by a purple pony in the shape of a human?"
"And don't screw up. How honorable it would be for the Vongola family to be the first to ally itself with the magical equines."
"So, no pressure," Tsuna sighed.
Reborn cleaned his gun. "Just do whatever Miss Sparkle wants, and be wary of her friends. I believe they are around the general vicinity." He aimed the gun at his student.
The brunet jumped out of bed before Reborn could push/kick/hit him out of it and to the cold floor. "You mean to tell me that there are five magical ponies run rampant in Japan?" he exclaimed, dodging the projectiles that Reborn had shot at him as he got ready for school.
There should be more order in the house more often, it allowed for him to get to bed early so that he could, in a sense, take his time to school.
"Baka-Tsuna, we need to make Miss Sparkle feel as welcome as possible. So everything needs to be calm. Work on your diplomacy skills with her while I go and speak with the princess. Since she is a star student, I'm sure that she could aid you in your homework while I'm gone."
Tsuna let out an "Ehhh?" before pulling his shirt down and turning back to his tutor. "You're leaving? For how long? Don't tell me you aren't going to be here!"
The arcobaleno didn't answer, but instead shot a bullet right next to Tsuna's head. "Go downstairs for breakfast and entertain Miss Sparkle as necessary. Keep an eye out for her fellow friends. I'll return when needed. Oh, and Tsuna, don't fuck this up."
And with that Reborn fell down a trap door placed in Tsuna's bed.
The brunet stared at the dark abyss that was in his bed before a hesitant knock was at the door. Tsuna turned to it to hear the pony turned human's voice ask, "Sawada-sama? May I come in?"
There was a whosh and the trap on Tsuna's bed disappeared. He stared at it for a few moments before deciding that no matter what he was just going to forget about it since there was nothing he could do about until further notice. He moved to the door to not keep the human unicorn waiting.
"N-no need to call me that, Miss Sparkle! Just 'Tsuna' is fine! And I'll be right there!" He opened the door to find himself face to face with large violet eyes. She was dressed in a pink sailor uniform, a bag strap on her shoulder with a necklace made of strange symbol of stars around her neck. Her violet hair with dark pink highlights went up to her waist, and her blunt bangs did not cover the rest of her face, with wide purple eyes that just glistened with curiosity and slight excitement but most of all respect.
"Tsunayoshi-sama then," She mused, ignoring him. "Must pay respects."
"R-right," he stammered, "U-uh -"
Twilight let out a small gasp before bowing her head. "I am so sorry! That was incredibly rude of me to intrude on you this morning, but I just couldn't help myself. I was just too intrigued and before I knew it I was in your room!" She bowed furiously. "Excuse my rudeness and please let me start over," she begged, giving Tsuna pleading eyes. He just nodded, not knowing how to respond to that.
She composed herself and curtsied. "My name is Twilight Sparkle. I am here on the account of Princess Celestia to improve my studies on the human species. I was also told that I was to help you with your school work, as it is not particularly high."
Tsuna stared. "O-oh, well I'm -"
"Sawada Tsunayoshi, aged fourteen in human years and of mixed Japanese and Italian descent, from the nation Italy from your father's side and this current country of Japan from your mother," she read off from a thick notebook filled with notes and stray papers. "Humans are run by a patriarchal society. However, after your great-great-great grandfather moved from Italy to Japan, he changed the last name to be 'Sawada', in order to fit in and not stand out. Your name should actually be Tsunayoshi Vongola, if we were to follow Western order of names, of the Vongola familia, which is an Italian family with criminal background that, while originally good natured, had strayed." She looked up from the book and slammed it shut.
"However, the Princess has a particular interest in you, Tsunayoshi-sama, believing you to be different and so I am here. Regardless of this data, I know that field work is different from notes read from a book, based on experience. So, Tsunayoshi-sama," she smiled warmly as she placed her book back in her bag. "I hope that your study habits are not accurate, as it would be troublesome."
He didn't think that he could get Miss Sparkle to stop calling him that, but at least it wasn't 'Juudiame' or 'Decimo' or something along those lines. "S-so you're like a replacement tutor while Reborn's out?" he asked, and she nodded.
"That is correct, as the Princess said that it wouldn't be right for Reborn-sama to neglect his duties to you in regards of the treaty."
Tsuna raised an eyebrow. "Treaty?"
"A-ah, sorry about that, Tsunayoshi-sama. Actually, I am not quite sure of the details just yet," she said as they made their way down the stairs, Tsuna gripping the railing for dear life less he wants to trip and fall and bring the girl down with him.
"O-okay then," he replied, "So, uh, Miss Sparkle -"
She shook her head. "Oh, no need to call me that. Just 'Twilight' is fine."
"Twilight-chan then," he replied as they finally reached the bottom of the stairs, his knees shaking.
Twilight turned to him, eyebrow raised in concern. "Are you alright?" Tsuna felt a flash of comfort, similar to that of relieving his pain this morning.
"Fine, just fine!" he answered quickly, struggling to compose and not make a fool of himself. "This way to the kitchen..."
"Oh gosh, Twilight, this is so weird!" Was… was that a dragon?
"HIE!" Tsuna pointed at the monster. "A… a dra-dragon!" He quickly retreated behind Twilight, trembling.
The girl frowned fearlessly at the dragon and narrowed her eyes at him. "Spike, what about that spell I gave you?"
The dragon known as Spike opened his mouth to say something, before closing it and making his way to Twilight.
Without warning he thrust his hand into her bag, rummaging for something before Twilight slapped his hand away. She placed her own hand in her bag, searching, when her annoyed look became one of shock. She slowly pulled out jade green emerald, and Tsuna was wide-eyed as the dragon took the gem and consumed it. With a puff of purple smoke appeared a young boy of about eight with jade hair and eyes in the dragon's place. "See?" Spike said.
Twilight blushed. "Sorry about that, Spike, but then what about the..." Her eyes grew wide and she let out a groan. "Wait, don't tell me..."
Spike looked away, guilt all over his face. "I couldn't help it!"
Twilight fell to the ground, about to burst into tears. "Oh no, the Princess is going to banish me for this!" She trembled as she imagined her nightmare. "Oh no, no no!"
Spike shook his head. "The Princess wouldn't do that -"
"Don't you get it, Spike? Those gems were specifically offerings to give to Tsunayoshi-sama! Now what can I do?" Tears started to roll down her face and before he knew it Tsuna knelt down to her eye level and brought her into a hug.
"I don't know what you were supposed to give me, but it cannot be worth it if it made you that upset," he said to comfort her, to stop the tears.
"I…" she trailed off, biting her lip to gain confidence.
"I think that they are around the other… Vongola human people…" Spike commented, Tsuna curious as to what he meant.
However, he didn't have much time to think about it as the girl released herself from the hug. "I suppose that we will find them as the day goes by." She got up, wiped her tears and smiled. "Thank you, Tsunayoshi-sama."
Tsuna blushed. "N-no need for that! A-anyway! After that long trip from…"
"Equestria," Spike supplied helpfully.
"Right, Equestria," Tsuna continued, "You must be hungry." He raised an eye to her, almost forgetting her true form. "Wait, do you eat people food?"
She laughed, all the dark and gloomy atmosphere gone. "Yes, I do eat 'people' food. Although, I refuse to eat any meat."
Tsuna nodded. "That would make sense. Alright, well my mom's a great cook so -"
Spike let out a burp, and from his mouth came green flames along with a scroll. Tsuna just stared speechless as Twilight's eyes widened, slightly afraid.
The human dragon eyed the ribbon attached to the paper. "It's for Sawada Tsunayoshi," he said, handing Tsuna the letter.
"That's Sawada-sama to you," Twilight lectured, but Tsuna's focus was too distracted to correct her. He took the letter, unrolled it, and began to read the letter that was written in English, then shifted to Italian before staying on Japanese.
Dear Sawada Tsunayoshi or Vongola Decimo,
Please keep this letter private and don't disclose this information with anyone else, including my fellow subjects or your family members.
I greatly apologize from having to take your home tutor away from you, and greatly hope that my own student Twilight Sparkle would be able to help you during this time.
Now, as formalities require, let me formally introduce myself as I possibly could in a letter. I would be Princess Celestia, ruler of the land known as Equestria, which has been lost to the ages as time would have it. However, somehow, your family of the Vongola seemed to have been able to locate our realm in search for what in your land is known as a myth, our sacred relics known as the Elements of Harmony.
I have to admit, there is something about your family I do not like. Nor do I wish to describe what exactly it is, in case I accidentally offend you.
However, as the one called Vongola Nono showed me a picture of your family tree, something about you seemed different. You seemed to be an exception to this… darkness, if you will. I believe I can trust you.
And so, I trust you with my beloved student, Twilight Sparkle, as your family leaves me with the one known as Reborn on a different level of 'trust'.
Perhaps you could teach them a thing or a few.
Sincerely, Princess Celestia
A/N: April Fools!
Because seriously when else would this be acceptable?
If you would like to continue, that would be great. xD