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Our Memories

Tsuna closed the door to his room and walked down the hallway with a small smile on his face. He fiddled with the cuff of the sleeve of his black, pin striped suit as he strolled; it had been a full year since he had been made to wear those stiff suits, a full year since he had arrived in Italy. He looked around the extravagant hallway and chuckled, 'I remember on the first day here, I got lost immediately and Hayato ran around the whole mansion looking for me. I'm glad he didn't blow anything up.'

He strode down the halls, taking all the memories that came with them from the past years; the fights, the parties, the games and the training.

Tsuna shivered, he hated the training, 'it brings back so many memories, like how after the first week of being here, the training wasn't much harder than the training I got at home; so I thought it would be easy if I got used to it.' He took a turn, waving at a maid that passed, 'but as if he was reading my mind, Reborn told me they made the first week easy on purpose, so we could get used to that amount of training and could eventually move onto harder stuff. After that, the training just got tougher and tougher; I was surprised I lasted more than a month!'

He pushed open a big set of doors and came face to face with the garden; he stopped for a moment to look at all the different plants presented to him.

'I remember when Takeshi almost had a nosebleed here because Kyoya suddenly cut his hair after two months of the trip, claiming that it was getting in the way of his eyesight so it would hinder his training. He almost looked like how he did in the future but younger and I have to admit, he is good looking.'

He decided to take a detour from his journey and started down the vast garden path that led deep into a forest that surrounded the estate.

'Takeshi had a training accident on the second month too; it was really gruesome since there was a lot of blood.' The brunette cringed at his memory for a moment before continuing down the path, loving the feel of the sun rays on his back. 'He got hit in the face by an experimental training machine; Kyoya went mad and would've beat Giannini to death if it wasn't for Takeshi stopping him. Although it wasn't that serious, he still has a scar on the right side of his chin, much like the ten year later version of him did.'

Tsuna came to the edge of the forest and looked out over the town of Sicily in-front of him, he sat down next to a tree and leant on it; he checked his watch to see that he still had an hour left before he was told to meet his tutor so he decided to get lost in his memories.

'On about the third month, Mukuro and Chrome told us they were finally together, I was very happy about that since I knew Mukuro wanted to ask her but didn't act on his thoughts but at least he did it in the end.' He closed his eyes and relished in the feeling of the wind wash over his skin and ruffle his soft hair. 'Chrome has gotten more bold because of their relationship too so that's good.'

He yawned as he leant more of his weight onto the tree, his eyes still snapped shut, 'Even though we've been here for more than a year, none of us have been on a proper mission, except for Ryohei, he was sent on one near the end of the fifth month here since he was really improving. But it ended in disaster; although he completed the task, he was sent to hospital in a critical condition; he had almost died.' Tsuna opened his eyes and watch the leaves on the trees, 'Kyoko-chan and Kurokawa-san were worried and they shouldn't have to feel that way. I need to take better care of my friends, boss or not.'

He watched one leaf fall to the ground next to his outstretched legs, 'that's not all that happened, Lambo got kidnapped a few months ago, although nothing happened to him, he now acts more mature than a ignorant 5 year old. Although it's unfair to him, I think it's safer this way now since he is involved in the mafia.'

He picked up the leaf and examined it; checking his watch he sighed before standing, the leaf still in hand.

'All of my guardians have changed, like Hayato's temper has cooled plenty, he doesn't threaten to blow up anyone that looks at him or me in the wrong way anymore.' He twirled the leaf as he made his way back down the path, 'he told me where he went on the day of graduation and I really do hope he asks Haru out soon before she goes ballistic on him for taking too long.'

He made his way back into the building waving at the patrolling guards, 'Takeshi also told me where he went at graduation and I laughed for 15 minutes straight at what Kyoya did. It's still quite funny to see them there days since their relationship hasn't changed much.'

The leaf was still between his fingers when he reached his destination; he checked his watch, 'right on time'.

He waited for three seconds before knocking, 'yep, this past year has definitely been a roller coaster ride.' The response was almost immediate, "come in Tsunayoshi," a small but stern voice that he had come to know very well called from the other side of the door. He pushed open the big oak doors and stepped into the office of the Ninth.

Shutting the doors behind him, he looked up to see many faces; first there were his own guardians, then there were Nono's guardians, Nono himself and his very own tutor, Reborn.

His hands were by his sides, the leaf clutched tightly in one of them, 'this talk is going to be serious.' Nono gestured for him to sit so he took the empty seat that was probably saved for him between his storm and rain guardians. His brown eyes locked with the elder boss', his face serious, "there is something you all need to know."

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