Chapter 1: The coming of Storm
In the middle of the night, a storm raged on. Thick mist settled along the forest making it impossible to see. Within said forest a battle between two people was taking place. The first person was a young man with silver hair holding several bombs in each hand while the second person was completely engulfed in mist. Only eerie eyes, one red and one indigo could be seen.
"Kufufufu, enough with this stupid fight." The man in the mist laughed, looking annoyed.
Both had fought through the whole night. The silver-haired bomb wielder panted, tired from their battle but refused to give up even knowing the fact that he was the most injured between the two.
"There's no way I'll give up! I'll fight until the end, even if I die!" The second man yelled.
The person within the mist chuckled at his words, 'So amusing...' He thought. 'No matter what world you're in, you're still as stubborn as ever... fine by me. I still have work to do and only you can do the rest… Gokudera Hayato.' With those final thoughts the two men lunged at each other and continued their battle.
Namimori Japan, Sawada Residence
Sawada Nana hummed happily as she washed the dishes in the kitchen. Unbeknownst to her Sawada Iemitsu, her husband worked for the mafia as the head of CEDEF for the Vongola Famiglia, the strongest mafia family in the world.
Nana and Iemitsu had twin boys, Sawada Leyuji and Tsunayoshi. Tsunayoshi her eldest inherited her brown hair and eyes while Ieyuji her youngest had the same blond hair and yellow eyes of his father.
"Yuji-kun please help me for a bit." She called her son who was currently sitting in front of the TV.
Ieyuji grunted at first but obeyed his mother. He really didn't like doing household chores and he thought his brother should do the work for him.
Meanwhile Tsunayoshi walked down from the stairs and took a peek in the kitchen. He saw both his mother and younger brother working in the kitchen. Nana sensed his presence and began to feel uncomfortable. In truth, she had trouble talking to her first born due to his condition.
"T-Tsu-kun, i-is there something wrong?" she asked, feeling strange about his presence.
Sawada Tsunayoshi just stared at her without emotion. His expression was entirely blank and his eyes completely empty. At first many thought he was blind because of how white his eyes were, despite this fact he could see perfectly. However due to his lack of emotions many described him as soulless.
Tsunayoshi kept staring before he shook his head and slowly turned around, heading back up the stairs.
Ieyuji irritated by his brother's actions began to complain, "Mom we should just get rid of him or send him to some freakshow where he belongs. That idiot is no help at all."
"Yuji-kun don't talk like that! No matter what he is your brother." She snapped. Even if she didn't know how to act to her older son, she could never think about abandoning him.
"But mom we have no use for a soulless person like him...!" He argued but stopped when he met the burning eyes of his mother. Nana never got angry with anyone but when someone talked about her sons in a disrespectful way no one could stop her wrath.
Ieyuji frowned as he looked away, 'Why should I think of him as my brother? It would be better if he just died.'
"IEYUJI!" Nana's furious voice broke him out from his thought as if she knew what he was thinking. The blond haired boy started to shrink under his mother's frightening gaze.
Deep inside, Nana wanted to help her eldest son. The problem was no doctor could help him. He barely ever spoke, he remain emotionless, soulless. She prayed someone would come to help her son.
The next morning, Nana was really happy that a home tutor was coming to teach Ieyuji whose grades had been falling. When she had found a flyer in the mail she was delighted when it said 'A home tutor with no need for money just food and a room to stay in'. She's wondering if she could ask him to help her Tsu-kun to regain his liveliness.
"Mom I don't need a home tutor! The one who needs that is my Soulless brother over there!" Ieyuji yelled as he pointed at his twin brother, clearly unhappy.
"No. Your grades have been getting worse unlike your brother who who average or even perfect scores." She said in a serious tone before becoming delighted, "Oh I wonder what he looks like. Maybe he can help our Tsu-kun too?" She said cheerfully.
Ieyuji didn't do anything but sighed knowing once she had an idea in her head her it's impossible to change it.
Tsuna came down the stairs with his bag and sat beside Ieyuji. The blond glared at the brunette who's staring at their mother, preparing breakfast. Moments later she set the plates down in front of them before eating.
"Tsu-kun listen! There is this tutor coming and he will be staying with us starting today. I hope you say hello to him." She said happily. For the first time in a long time, Tsuna froze, it shocked them both.
It was the first time he had shown a reaction since the incident and Nana was happy but she's also curious as to why the word tutor made him tense. She wanted to ask but he continued eating his breakfast like nothing happened. This made her even more determined to help her Tsu-kun recover from his illness.
The twins went to school together but kept their distance. Ieyuji ran ahead while Tsuna walk behind. Soon Ieyuji's friends who also bullied of Soulless Tsuna showed up.
The twins were in the same class but Ieyuji was surrounded with friends while Tsunayoshi was always alone, watching the sky in silence. No one ever talked to him or even tried actually. They all saw him as somewhat creepy. To them he was as soulless as his nickname stated.
The only people that ever tried to be nice to him were Sasagawa Kyoko and Kurosawa Hana. They attempted to talk to him on several occasions although they never received any answer or attention despite their efforts, even then they were still nice to him.
Yamamoto Takeshi the star baseball player in their school talked to Tsuna once in a while but never paid much attention to the nagging feeling that he had meet Tsuna somewhere before. When he tried confronting the shorter male about it his only answer was a blank stare along with tears flowing down his cheek. Remembering it made him shiver and a great sadness wash over him for reasons he couldn't understand so he decided to leave the problem be.
Tsunayoshi although soulless wasn't stupid, clumsy or useless. He has good marks, only average but if he ever wanted everyone knew he could be at the top of the class. He's good at fighting considering none of the bullies he came across could ever land a hit on him.
It was rumored that he could even matchup against Hibari Kyoya, the school demon prefect and he had gained the title 'Carnivore' although neither had ever confirmed it. No one knew where he learned to fight but they knew that Tsuna didn't react unless someone tried to physically attack him.
Tsunayoshi who was previously staring at the sky turned his head to a tree in the distance which was almost as tall as the third floor his class was residing on. A small figure behind the tree smirked. No one noticed, not Ieyuji, not anyone except the brunette with soulless eyes.
After class Ieyuji and his friends tried to pick a fight against Tsunayoshi but only end up being defeated. He never said a word, just silently walked away leaving them on the ground.
Tsunayoshi arrived home first, being greeted by Nana's 'Welcome home' and went straight to his room. Later, Ieyuji came back home still frustrated that he lost against his Soulless brother. He went to his room and smashed his door shut. Nana had no idea what happened that made her younger so angry. In that moment Tsuna came out his room, having changed from his school uniform into an orange T-shirt and black pants.
"Going off somewhere?" Nana asked. No reply came as he walked outside. She sighed and said, "See you later."
When Tsuna came back, it was time for dinner and while he was gone a baby wearing a black fedora along with a suit and a small green chameleon resting on his hat had arrived.
"Ciaossu, I'm Reborn, please to meet you Sawada Tsunayoshi." Reborn introduced himself, standing on the table.
Tsuna didn't reply, only stare him for a moment before simply walking over to the table and sitting down. Reborn didn't like that attitude, the young brunette needed to be taught a lesson. It was too bad that he was here to train that Idiot Ieyuji to become the next Vongola Boss instead.
After dinner, Reborn saw Tsuna heading straight to his room, ordering Ieyuji to do the same and wait in his room. The blond refused at first but with a kick to his head, he obeyed even if he was still reluctant.
Reborn turned to confront Nana, "Mind telling me what happened to Tsuna? Why does he act the way he does?"
Looks like the rumors he had heard from the reports about the soulless child were true. When he came to observe the twins, especially his student Ieyuji, he could tell from the blond's attitude he had many things that needed to be fixed to become a suitable mafia boss.
To do that, first Reborn would have fix the boy's hate towards his brother. To know how to fix the problem, he needed to know how they became like this. He's also became interested in Tsuna because he was the only person who saw him in the tree and a good fighter. He could become a good asset for the Vongola decimo as his brother.
Nana became silent as a frown fell on her usually smiling features, "Seven years ago, someone broke into our house. It was night and at the time, I was out to pick something at the nearby convenience store, I thought I would be gone for a few minutes so I left Tsu-kun and Yuji-kun. To tell you the truth Reborn-kun, Tsu-kun is a good child. His smile was wild and brilliant, everyone thought it was adorable but that incident changed him." She paused for a minute then continued.
"There was a robbery and… the man stabbed my boy in the chest…" She began to cry as remembering the blood coming out to his body. "I was terrified but I managed to call the hospital... somehow the ambulance made it… but… he…" There was a pause. Tears flowed down her cheek non-stop as she remembered what happened. Reborn remained quiet, knowing better than to comfort her.
"T-the doctor said… he… he didn't make it… he died… I was so devastated that my little boy died… I hugged his body as soon as they showed it to me… he was cold, I really can't believe he died and then… something happened… like a miracle."
This caught Reborn's attention. He waited patiently for her to continue. "His body just shuddered and started to breathe again. I called the doctor and they restarted their treatment… after that… when he woke up after… three days… he… he looked at me like I was… nothing. I asked the doctor what was wrong but they couldn't see any problems with his brain or anything. He barely speaks… he's never cheerful anymore, he became… like that." She ends her story.
Reborn absorbs the new information carefully, but still something bothered him. How or why did Tsuna become like this? Yes, miracles happened but this seemed pretty suspicious. There were people who had experiences like this but they came out perfectly fine, why was the brunette any different than the rest? He needed to know the answer if he's going to help Nana. A question popped into his head.
"How did Ieyuji react?" That's the true question.
That made Nana think, "I'm not sure if he was worried or not Reborn-kun. For me it was like…" It wasard for her to say but she did. "Its like he really wanted him to die." That made his head spin, he hadn't been expecting that.
"Thank you Maman, I'll do what I can for Tsuna so don't worry." Reborn assured her. He was the world's number one hitman after all, he could do anything.
Nana gave him a gentle smile, "Thank you Reborn-kun."
Reborn went upstairs, but instead of heading straight to Ieyuji's room he went to Tsuna's. It was unlocked so he simply walked in. Inside the room he noted that he only saw simple furniture: drawer, bed, study desk and a lamp. There were a few books on a couple of the shelves and a small table at the center.
Reborn also noted that Tsuna was sitting on the bed staring at the moon. The seemingly soulless boy slowly turned to see him. The hitman observed the boy carefully, amazed to see so much fight was packed into the boy's scrawny body. He could tell the older twin was strong and needed to be cautious. After a long moment of starring at one another, tears slowly built up in his eyes and overflowed, falling across his face.
"Why are you crying?" Reborn asked, looking straight to Tsuna's eyes. The hitman realized that he while he couldn't read the boy's face, his eyes held sadness and pain inside them.
Reborn felt a sense of familiarity wash over him, making him relax. He briefly wondered if they had met before but discarded the thought as impossible. He hadn't been in Japan for years so it was impossible for them to have run into each other. Still not receiving any answer he asked another question.
"Can you talk?"
Tsuna just stared, still crying as tears showed no signs of stopping. Why?
"Can you do sign language?"
Still no response, normal people needed a lot of patience for this and Reborn was up to the challenge.
"Are you listening to me?"
Still no reply, he gave a deep sigh as he pull down his fedora to cover his eyes. It seemed he would have to find another way of communicating with him.
"I'll make you speak no matter what happens. After all I am the world's number one Hitman."
Reborn gave him a smirk and surprisingly, Tsuna smiled back.
"So you were listening after all. Mind answering my questions then?"
Tsuna's smile fade as quickly as it appeared before he continued to stare.
"You can use any paper or notes to communicate you know."
Tsuna still didn't do anything. Reborn decided he would focus on torturi—tutoring Ieyuji to become the Vongola Decimo.
The next day, Ieyuji ended up running to school in his boxers yelling 'REBORN! I'LL PROPOSE TO KYOKO-CHAN WITH MY DYING WILL' or something like that. Reborn smirked and looked at Tsuna who stood beside him.
"Mind giving me a ride to your school?" Reborn asked. There's no response. Reborn got the feeling that the older twin agreed so the hitman jumped onto his brown locks and they began to walk, to school.
Reborn noticed absent-mindedly that Tuna's hair was softer than Ieyuji's, once again he was hit by a wave of familiarity. He couldn't help but think he'd get along with the boy.
Gokudera Hayato frowned as he watched the fight between the kid, Mochida and the future boss. The silver haired, green eyed bomber seemed disappointed.
'Why the heck is it this guy? Who is he!? What happened to my sky?' He yelled inwardly. He paused, remembering the call back in Italy when he was summoned by Reborn to go to Japan to test the future Vongola boss.
Flashback
"Really Reborn-san!?" He was surprised by the announcement, it could only mean one thing…
"Yeah. Come to Japan and see if he's worthy of becoming the next boss of Vongola. I'm expecting you to come quickly, Smoking Bomb Hayato." Reborn told him.
He was delighted. "I will Reborn-san!" With that he hung up the phone. He beamed enough excitement that he looked like he'd burst in happiness.
"I can finally meet him... My Sky, My boss... Juudaime!" He whispered as he touched something on his belt. It was the Buckle of the Storm Version X.
End of Flashback
'This can't be… what happened to him? … Juudaime...' Gokudera was worried for his sky and quickly came to the conclusion that he needed to find him. For now however, he would do what Reborn asked him to do which is to test the next boss, unwanted boss.
It wasn't until the next day when he was introduced in the class as a transferred student from Italy who would be joining Ieyuji and Tsunayoshi's class. He honestly didn't care for any of them but he search around trying to find him and eventually, he did.
"Well our new student here is came from Italy and-" The teacher wasn't finished when he started to walk forward heading towards a certain student. "Hey wait!" The teacher cried.
The request went ignored as Gokudera went to Tsuna who's staring outside. Noticing his presence, the brunette turned to face the silverette. Shock flashed over the Italian's face, noting the fact that the brunette's eyes were different. He wanted to ask what happened but remembered to control himself. Reluctantly he went to Ieyuji with a scary expression.
Ieyuji had no idea what his problem was, "I-is there something wrong?" He asked nervously. Gokudera continue to glare at him and kicked his table, "After school behind the back field." He turned around and left.
He was going outside the room when he was stopped by the teacher, "Gokudera where are you going?"
The bomber glared at the teacher, "None of your damn business!"
Gokudera left, leaving everyone in the room speechless.
From where Reborn was hiding, confusion flashed across his features. Why was the bomber acting like this?
Outside behind the school, Gokudera punched the wall with all his might and started to cry.
It took a long moment of silence for him to calm himself. His eyes opened now full of determination.
'Just wait my sky, We will come to your aid soon.
After school, Ieyuji and Reborn met up with Gokudera who was waiting for them, both hands inside of his pockets.
"You came. I thought you would run away." The bomber mocked. Ieyuji frowned for a moment before getting irritated, "Really, tell me what's your problem? I didn't even do anything to you."
Reborn answered him, "He is mafioso sent by the Mafia to test you."
That surprised him, "HIEEEE! Ma-Mafia!?"
Reborn smirked, "Yeah. He is known as Smoking Bomb Hayato due to the fact that he hides many dynamites on his body. I must say he's quite strong and dangerous ."
Gokudera felt flattered by the complement but hid it.
"That's right, and I'm here to see if you are worthy to become the next boss of the Vongola Famiglia. Although I can already see you're not worthy to be one." Gokudera said in a calm tone.
"Gokudera is seeking the position of boss as well, so he's here to kill you and take your position instead Baka Yuji." Reborn said casually not seeing any problem with the situation.
This made the blond fired up for some reason, "Take my position huh? You can try but it will be me who will defeat you!" Ieyuji said confidently.
Gokudera observed the teen and sighed, "I have no more interest in taking your position, although there is someone who is more worthy to take the position of boss, other than you."
Ieyuji startled, "What!?"
Reborn's attention shifted, "What do you mean? Explain." He said in a demanding tone.
"As I said, he is not good enough for the position. I see no resolve. How can he lead a Famiglia without it? He's not capable at all. Reborn-san this may be bold to me but please tell the ninth to change his decision, if he won't ask the CEDEF boss instead."
Reborn narrowed his eyes to Gokudera, "How do you know about this?"
Gokudera answered, "Because I, his Storm serve the true Decimo, my boss, our boss, our Sky."
"Sky?" Ieyuji questioned, confused as to what was going on. All he understood was the silver haired transfer student kept telling him he wasn't good enough to become the Vongola Decimo.
Reborn pulled down his fedora, thinking. 'What does he mean by true Decimo? How did he know about Dying Will flames?'
"Re-Reborn what's going on? Why is he talking about the weather forecast?" Ieyuji asked. Reborn didn't answer, it's wasn't the right time to explain to him.
"But as Reborn requested, I will test you." They both turned to Gokudera, "I will see if you can gain your resolve. Only then will I admit you have potential. Just remember if I win, I will make sure you will not take the position and make him become the next boss. I swear my loyalty to him alone."
Gokudera took out his hands from his pocket and in his hands, were bombs. He's prepared to attack Ieyuji. "Show me your resolve."
Ieyuji had no time to think and quickly got ready. Reborn transformed Leon into a gun. "If we win, answer all my questions Gokudera Hayato. You have many things to explain." Reborn was get serious .
Gokudera just smiled and answered, "Of course Reborn-san but not until we all gather and help our beloved boss. This brat is nothing, compared to him."
Reborn narrowed his eyes within the shadow of his fedora. 'Gather? He has companions? If he knows about flames and keeps saying, him as his sky then… He has five more companions but who are they? Enemies?' The thought made him smirk, 'Heh, no need to think about that. I'll find the answer in no time... How interesting.'
Reborn point his gun at Ieyuji, "Fight him with your Dying Will Baka Yuji." He said as he shot a Dying Will Bullet at the blond's forehead. The younger twin fell down before he stood back up in boxers shouting, "I'LL FIGHT YOU WITH MY DYING WILL!"
'Now let's see what you got.' Gokudera smirked and began to attack. He pulled out his bombs, lighting them and throwing them with rapid speed.
As they fought, Reborn watch them closely. He sensed someone coming around the corner, and saw it was Tsuna who didn't greet them. His attention focused on Gokudera and Ieyuji.
Ieyuji barely managing to dodge the bombs , letting them explode around the area while Gokudera continued his assault. Tsuna who's eyes were still emotionless and blank had no intention of interfering. Reborn decided to let him watch before shifting his gaze back on the two.
Gokudera started to use twice as many bombs but Ieyuji avoided them and ran straight at him. Gokudera threw a single bomb at the side before he attacked again more ruthlessly this time. They were both going to explode and Ieyuji thought he had him but then Gokudera smirked. The side bomb that he had thrown first exploded. Gokudera used this chance to avoid the explosion by dodging to the left.
"Not bad." Reborn commented. Tsuna continued to watch them in silence.
Gokudera was thrown on the ground from the explosion and used his right leg to sit up. He quietly observed what happened. He closed his eyes and stood up, he opened them and saw Ieyuji within the explosion, still standing but having several injuries all over his body.
"Still want to continue? If you do, you could truly die kid." Gokudera said, not worried but if this kid was the Vongola decimo, there's a chance that in this world, he could have been his boss… Gokudera couldn't kill him for that reason.
Ieyuji was breathing heavily. He glared at Gokudera who noticed his sleeves had gotten burn but didn't care at the moment he instead continued to observe the blond.
Ieyuji was pissed, "How? I'm in my Dying will mode but you… Tch, how did you-" before he could completed his sentence, Gokudera answered.
"Easy, I just knew what the flow of this battle would be like. Although there's a slight difference, I knew where I was to fail and used it as my advantage to take you down."
Reborn spoke up, questioning in serious tone. "Slight difference?"
Gokudera glanced the Arcobaleno and nodded, "Yes. If it's him, he would make sure all my bombs didn't explode by snuffing out the flame on my bombs. In that situation, failure would have killed me but he saved me. This kid however was only focused on killing me. That's the difference."
He looked back to Ieyuji who was still breathing hard and almost out of Dying Will Flame.
"You can give up and fall down now kid. You have no place inside the Mafia." Gokudera said giving him a chance to back out but, "No! I'll fight you until the end." Ieyuji protested.
Gokudera release a deep sigh, "Then I'll end it."
Ieyuji dashed toward Gokudera, he threw three bombs straight at him. The blond jumped to avoid them and smirked, like he had won.
"Idiot." Reborn muttered under his breath.
What Ieyuji hadn't noticed, were two bombs Gokudera had thrown into the air seconds afterwards. Ieyuji was unable to avoid them in mid air.
"Feel my Rocket Bomb kid." Gokudera murmured.
It explodes directly in front of him. Ieyuji hit the ground with a loud thud, and lost consciousness.
Gokudera approached the unconscious teen slowly then stop staring at him in pity. "Don't worry, I won't kill you unless he tells me to." He left the unconscious body, heading toward Reborn before he froze, seeing him, his boss.
"You have gotten stronger Hayato… hmm?" Reborn noticed that Gokudera had frozen in shock. Reborn followed his gaze tracing it to Tsuna. The Italian student had also acted like that when he spotted the brunette before.
"You know him?" Reborn asked.
Slowly the bomb wielder went to Tsuna, bowing down 90 degrees. "I'm sorry for the trouble I've caused, please forgive me!" He apologized. The soulless boy continued to stare. Reborn pulled down his fedora to hide his confusion.
Gokudera looked up, he smiled at Tsuna, "I've been waiting for this day to come. I have missed you, My beloved boss, Juudaime." Reborn raised his hat to look at them. So Gokudera was talking about him, Sawada Tsunayoshi.
Gokudera continued, "I remembered everything Juudaime. I'm here once again to serve you. I assure you, we will start to gather for you Juudaime. Just wait a little bit longer and ah!"
Tsunayoshi began to cry once again. He didn't reply but he cried and for the first time since he came here Reborn saw his eyes hold any real type of emotion in them, happiness.
Knowing this, Gokudera smiled. "Juudaime as your right hand and Storm Guardian I swear to you, I will break the seal that keeps you away from this world and free. Accept my loyalty once again Juudaime."
After a long silence, the brunette didn't reply he just turned around and left with tears in his eyes. Other people might think he was rejecting the idea but Gokudera knew better. Tsuna had accepted him and was silently telling him to follow.
Gokudera smiled, he started to walk before stopping for a bit and turned to Reborn, "We will explain everything after we've all gathered and freed our boss from the seal that stops him from communication. We assure you we are not Vongola's enemies." With that, he turn back to his Juudaime.
Reborn was confused but his instincts were screaming to trust them. They whoever they were seemed to know what happened to Tsuna. He would find information on his own. For now though, he looked back at his stupid student and sighed. 'Triple training may not be enough for this idiot.'
Reborn was sure that Gokudera had changed, the last time he had met the bomber he was still weak and immature but now... The Italian was a lot stronger than before with greater ties of loyalty. He didn't know how or when both of them had met but he knew one thing, something interesting would happen soon.
The original author of this story is seventhassassin. I just decided to fix up the grammar because the story was nearly unreadable.
Don't know if I'll do the whole thing because the ending becomes very hard to read and I tried to stay true to the story.
