Edited 3/27/13 6:03p.m.

To Shatter My Soul and Make Me Yours

Chapter One

To be a Target

Tsuna rubbed his eyes as he sat up in his seat. He had fallen asleep in class again; only this time the teacher hadn't caught him, which was rather strange to be honest. The teacher would always ignore everyone else, but when he happens to fall asleep he would immediately get chalk to the head.

Looking around he noticed that the classroom was empty and the lights were off, had school ended? Yet they left him here, that couldn't be it right... deciding that sitting around wouldn't answer any of his questions, Tsuna got up and went to open the door.

The moment he opened the door however he was met by the chatter of his schoolmates, they were being unbearably loud, and it made Tsuna's head hurt.

He ran through the crowd of students pushing them out of his way, yet none seemed to notice him or say anything, which made no sense since being Dame-Tsuna this was usually a chance for someone to push him around for bumping into them. Ignoring that thought for the moment Tsuna continued to run, the voices becoming louder and louder until Tsuna could no longer stand them. His back hit a wall and he slid down to the ground hands covering his ears.

"SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UP." Tsuna yelled as loud as he could, hoping they would listen to him, but instead they only got louder. "... Please stop, no more" Tears began to roll down his cheeks. "Someone, help me..." As if answering his plea, in the distance he saw Gokudera and Yamamoto walking amidst the crowd. Wiping the tears from his eyes he got up and ran after them. "GOKUDERA, YAMAMOTO!" his words went unheard though as the voices around him only got louder, he ignored it though, sure that if he reached them everything would be okay.

After what seemed like a lifetime of running, Tsuna finally reached them. "Gokudera, Yamamoto." He said in the happiest voice he could muster, he was so happy, the voices around him still continued to speak loudly, practically yelling now, but now that his friends were here it would be okay.

It had to be.

The two seemed to have not heard him though since they continued to walk forward. So he tried again this time reaching out to touch Yamamoto's shoulder. "Yamamoto, Gokudera." This time the two turned around, but instead of giving him the normal smile they always greeted him with, they glared at him with cold hard eyes. Shocked Tsuna took an unconscious step back.

"Who are you?" Gokudera said, voice filled with displeasure

"Gokudera what do you mean 'who am I'?" Tsuna felt his heart start to hurt, it was painful to hear someone you considered one of your best friends say that.

"Yea Gokudera how can you not know who that is." Oh thank god Yamamoto knew who he was "That's Dame-Tsuna; the kid everyone makes fun of."

'W-what, do they not remember me? B-but, no that's just not possible.' Tsuna panicked inside his head, this just couldn't be happening, neither of his best friends seemed to remember what they were to him.

"Tsk, whatever, let's just go this kid really annoys me." And with that Gokudera walked away Yamamoto following soon after.

"No..., NO! This can't be true; they would never do this to me. Never, never, never." Tsuna fell to the grown tears falling from dark and clouded eyes. The voices continued to get louder but Tsuna no longer cared, he felt alone, lost and scared in the midst of all these people. He hugged his knees, bringing them closer to him and closed his eyes, tears falling from his eyes like rain, continuously pouring down, staining his cheeks and shirt.

"...Someone, anyone please... help me" Tsuna cried out helplessly

"Don't worry I'll protect you, protect you from everything." A mysterious melodic voice spoke, it sounded unfamiliar to him.

"Who are you, where are you, what do you want?" Tsuna asked, slightly scared.

"Me? I am no one of importance, don't concern yourself with that. And I'm right behind you. " Tsuna felt someone slip his arms around him, the person held onto him in a tight embrace. Said person moved their head right next to Tsuna and whispered into his ear, their warm breath making Tsuna shiver. "And what I want? Well it's very simple I want you and I will have you soon enough my dear Ai." It was at this point that Tsuna began to struggle.

"What do you mean 'Ai' that's not my name!" the man chuckled

"So you say now Ai"

"I'M NOT AI!" Once again the man chuckled. The world around Tsuna slowly began to fade. He felt as if he was being pulled, and then it all went dark.

Tsuna's eyes flew open and he breathed a sigh of relief, the noise, his friends and that man, especially that man, was all a dream, none of it true.

"So eager to get away from me?" Tsuna felt his heart stop, was he still dreaming? No, he was sure he was awake. Then why was this man still here? Was he... real?

No... No... "NO! Y-you can't be real, you just can't" Tsuna said shaking his head violently.

"And why is that Ai?"

"Because..." but Tsuna didn't have a reason, he just didn't want this man to be real, something bad would happen to him and he knew it.

"If you can't think of a reason, then your statement is invalid. Right?"

"R-right" Tsuna was terrified, what did this man want to do with him? Was he going to take him away from his friends and family, kidnap him and then do god knows what? Tsuna didn't even want to think of what this man was capable of. He closed his eyes, hoping that if he willed himself away then maybe he would actually go away, a childish thought but Tsuna was desperate.

'Someone help me" Tsuna thought as a lone tear strolled down his cheek.

"Don't worry Ai I'll keep you safe, always." The man wiped the tear from Tsuna's face.

"I'm not Ai, my name is Tsuna." The man chuckled, he always chuckled when he said his name wasn't Ai, did he not believe him?

"For now, my sweet, for now."

"NO! Not 'for now' forever, I'm not Ai and I never will be Ai, now get away from me!" using all of his strength Tsuna pushed the man away and ran towards the door, but just as he reached it the man grabbed him again, this time his hold much stronger, much more painful.

"Who said you could try to escape." The man's voice no longer held that playful tone it now sounded cold and mean, a tone that scared Tsuna to the bone. Tsuna swallowed the lump that was forming in his throat, this man was terrifying!

"Please... just let me go"

"I'm afraid I can't do that Ai. Now y-"his words were cut off by banging at the door.

"Tsuna! Tsuna, open this door right now or I will knock it down myself"

"I see we have an unwelcome visitor"

"I'm counting down to ten; if it's not open then I'm breaking this door down."

10...

"It seems our night has been cut short"

9...

"Not enough time to escape with you"

8...

"This will have to wait till another day."

7...

"Though I could always just 'deal' with this man"

6...

"No! Please don't"

5...

"But that will trouble me, and upset you"

4...

"Your happiness means much to me"

3...

"So I will leave him"

2...

"Good-bye for now Ai"

1...

He placed a chaste kiss on Tsuna's lips and disappeared into the night. Leaving Tsuna alone to ponder what had just happened here.

0...

"That's it I'm coming in"

"No! Wait Reborn I'm coming." Standing up he walked over to the door and opened it, a dishevelled Reborn greeted him, hair bizarrely unkempt, his shirt buttoned up wrong, and his eyes looked so tired.

"Tsuna (1) what was going on in there? I heard yelling, and another person's voice, did something happen." Tsuna stared at Reborn for a few moments unsure of whether or not he should tell him or not, but something inside him told him he had to tell somebody, if not so they could help him, but just to get it of his chest.

"R-reborn, some man was here; h-he kept calling me 'Ai' and said he was going to take me away. I was scared, s-so s-scared, please don't let him take me away." Tsuna held onto Reborn tightly, eyes filled with tears, his body shaking from fear. "P-please don't..."

Reborn stood their stunned, though he wasn't sure why. Because someone had managed to get into the house without his knowledge, that they had almost taken Tsuna or that Tsuna was now crying against him. He was unsure of what to do, never having been in this situation before, but he decided to just pat him gently on the head.

"Tsuna look at me, he's not going to get you, and on the off chance he does you wouldn't last 30 minutes with him because I personally would come and kick his ass." He gave Tsuna his signature smirk and Tsuna couldn't help but laugh.

"Wouldn't you be busy with work though?"

"I can take a few minutes off from being Chief of Police to come save you, besides it my job to protect the weak." He playfully punched Tsuna's shoulder and Tsuna rubbed it, playful or not it still hurt being punched by Reborn!

"Haha, you protect the weak now, but didn't you use to tell me that you used to have a completely different kind of job.

"Ahh yes, back when I was a hitman, the best hitman of the best Mafia Family I might add."

"Oh yeah because that story is just so believable Reborn." That statement earned him a whack on the head. "Ow, what was that for?"

"For insulting my talents as a hitman and the Vongola Famiglia."

"Vongola?"

"The Mafia Family I worked for."

"Right..."

"Well goodnight Tsuna, and remember if some creeper tries to enter you room again and try to ravage you, give me a holler." After a second of thought he understood what Reborn had just told him.

"R-REBORN!" he yelled, his face a bright red.

"Hey, shush your mom is still asleep; you wouldn't want to wake her up."

"... Reborn"

"Yes Dame-Tsuna" he said smirking at the nickname.

Tsuna stared at the ground, eyes overshadowed by his bangs.

"...Thank you... for everything"

"You're welcome, now go to sleep"

He looked up, a bright smile on his face despite his sad looking eyes.

"Goodnight"

"Night." And with that Reborn closed the door. He walked to his room, thinking about what Tsuna had told him. 'That man is targeting Tsuna; I have no doubt about that. I have to keep him safe, because I can tell that that man likes to play mind games, and I'm not sure if Tsuna will be able to win." As he opened the door to his room he looked back to Tsuna's and sighed deeply.

"I'll protect you Tsuna, no matter what."

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(1)- Reborn still calls Tsuna 'Dame-Tsuna' (as you saw later on in the chap) but at the moment Reborn felt it was too serious a moment to call him that

There was only one but I do have a few other things to explain.

Reborn is in his adult form, for there is no Arcobalenco Curse

The Mafia does exist but Tsuna and his friends have no part in it

So yea basically AU

This is YAOI... and it may be 'm' later on I have yet to decide

Our mystery man is not an OC; it's all I'm saying about him

Nat: Well hello there! This is a new story, yes I have an ongoing one, but this idea has been bugging me and I just had to type it up. Besides I've seen authors with like four ongoing stories, I think I can manage two... hopefully.

I worked all day on this yet it's so short, I'm sorry if it sucks I tried my best

Till later

Ja nae~