Hi this is ChibiChubbz! I've had this account for quite a while now and finally I motivated myself to write something. This is my first fanfic so tips and advice would be greatly appreciated. Also beware, this story is unbeta'd BUT I'm very accurate with spelling and grammar. My punctuation should also be at least adequate.

Edit: Okay so after someone so very nicely told me that I had been spelling Tsuna's full name wrong, i'm here to change it. If there are any more spelling errors please tell me :D


Summary:

He was the shadow of a brother. Sawada Tsunayoshi, is he really an ordinary boy? Son of Vongola's external advisor and possible Decimo candidate, life should be peaches and cream correct? Well according to societies corrupted logic, no. He is also the twin brother to Sawada Natsume. The golden boy, praised for every little thing he did. Very fit and exceptionally intelligent for his age. There was never any time to concentrate on the "failure". But the ironic thing is that if anyone had ever spared a glance his way, they would immediately conclude that this boy was indeed gifted. A "once in a life genius". But time was money wasn't it? Such a thing would never happen. Tsuna loved his brother very unconditionally, so he did what he thought was the right decision.


8 years earlier

It was eleven o'clock at night; Natsume was sound asleep upstairs as Nana was finishing off the last of the day's chores.

"Okaa-san"

Surprised, a young Nana happily turned her head towards her elder twin son. Little 6 year old Tsuna.

"Yes sweetie?"

"I'll be going off to Italy tomorrow. Please tell Natsume that I am going on a very long holiday."

She laughed quite awkwardly towards herself.

"Ahaha, Tuna you're so funny." She replied with a crooked smile.

"Okaa-san, I'm not telling you a joke. I have my things packed already and accommodations sorted."

She couldn't believe it, one of her infant sons were talking as if they were an adult. Not only that but, the emotion in his eyes were not one of a six year old child, but one of a high-class adult.

"Tuna sweetie, what do you mean?"

"Okaa-san. I love you and Natsume very much but I only seem to be a hindrance towards this family."

She laughed awkwardly again.

"I already know that you love Natsume much more and I can understand why, but I will not let myself amount to nothing. I must prove my worth of existence. I don't want to stay as "dame-Tsuna" for the rest of my life; I want to feel accomplished with myself. It's very hard living under a roof where you're the black sheep, you know? I see the looks of disapproval that come my way from auntie and uncle whenever Natsume gets another award. "Oh sad child, born with a genius as a twin. Must be very hard right?" Let me tell you something that's worth listening too. I am truly happy at my brother's achievements and so I will never come to hate Natsume. It's just that it can get a little lonely when everyone is always concentrating on him that I'm usually left with no-one. I cannot even remember how many times I've been left in my bedroom all alone, which is actually quite sad."

Tears starting falling from her eyes as she could not comprehend what had just been told to her. Her little baby had been feeling this way all along? As a mother, wouldn't it mean that she has failed? How could she have not noticed the sadness and loneliness that her child had been suffering?

"Tsuna what are you saying?" She could not control the oncoming tears pouring down her eyes. Tsuna was taken back from this. ", Mama loves you equally. You will never be a hindrance in my eyes my cute little tuna fish."

Soft brown orbs stared gently towards his mother. His intuition told him that his mother was not lying.

"I'm sorry Okaa-san, but nothing will change my mind. I need to do this. It's for everyone's sake."

Nana was not letting one of her precious children out of her grasp so easily.

"Okay tuna. On one condition," This piqued Tsuna's interest. He had expected for her too refuse immediately and he would've had to give her a knock-out pill. ", You must send me a letter or phone me at least once a month. And expect to be visited at least four times a year." She said nonchalantly. Tsuna sweat dropped. "That's two conditions Okaa-san." He thought.

"Now sweetie, please tell mama who you will be staying with." Nana asked with a happy tone, whilst wiping away a tear.

Tsuna had hoped that she wouldn't ask this. Should he lie? But then how would she visit him? "Oh dear," Tsuna thought. ", this isn't going to end well."

"Well, umm…Ahhh…" He just couldn't say it! How could he tell his mother that he was going to train under a mafia boss as an apprentice? It was just absurd to think about it yet he had to announce it confidently.

"Okaa-san, since I love you very much I'm going to talk honestly. Papa's works is not the mine; he works for the mafia, a very big one at that. The mafia's family name is Vongola. Although I am part of the Vongola's blood line, I will not inherit the next title as Decimo because there are already three candidates before Natsume and I. Instead I will be training as an apprentice under the mafia family, *Nero Leone's boss. They are in the top three rankings of the mafia world, with Vongola taking the top spot."

Nana took a noticeable gasp.

"No need to worry. The boss is very fond of children. My training will finish in eight years' time. I'll be 14 by the time I return from Italy Okaa-san and I hope that you will welcome me back with open arms."

Breathing steadily, Nana forced herself to sound as happy as possible.

"I will Tuna. I'll also tell Natsume that you'll be going on a long trip to your distant uncle's house. Please stay safe Tuna. I've always known that Iemistu's work was not the mine but I would have never had guess it was something so dangerous. I might even take a couple of self-defence lesson too."

"I forgot to tell you Okaa-san, a limo will come to pick me up at 6am tomorrow. Please make sure that Natsume doesn't wake up at that time, although I doubt he would."

"Oh Tsuna."

Nana pulled her son into a long passionate hug. She knew to make this memorable as she will not get to do this again until eight years into the future.

"Tsuna, I'll assume you don't want me to help you tomorrow morning as I know that I can be a bit of a klutz sometimes. Good bye my adorable tuna fish. I wish you luck on your training and can't wait to have you back again."

Now it was Tsuna's turn to cry. He didn't imagine his mother to be this supportive, he was so grateful for the kindness she was showing him now.

"Y-yeah, bye Okaa-san."

With that they both went to bed knowing that their lives would change for the time being or even forever.

Present time

"Okaa-san. I'm home" Natsume said while taking off his shoes.

"Ahh! Natsume your home! Hey today I got a flyer advertising a free tutor! All he requires is food and a place to stay. I know that you're already doing quite well, but think of all the opportunities that it will bring!"

"What!? What's the point of a tutor if I'm already doing well in my studies and sports?"

"Natsume! You will never get a job if you're closed-minded! Now the tutor will be here very soon. Ohhh why can't you be as excited as I am?"

It was pointless now. Natsume knew that when his mother wanted something, she gets it. Urghhh! Why can't his mother be like other parents? She would praise him for his awards but it was as if he got a certificate of attendance. Like why didn't he ever get any special rewards? He wasn't a spoilt kid but most parents would offer their "genius" son a gift or two.

Knock knock

"Ohh that must be him" Nana yelled as she walked to the door. She opened the door the still talking to Natsume.

"Hello Okaa-san. It's been a while ne?"

Nana whipped her head around, tears forming in her eyes.

"…Tsuna..." Was all she said before she pulled him into a heart-warming hug.

"Tsuna," she started. ", you're back. Finally back. I've missed you so much since then."

As one of Nana conditions, she found excuses to visit her son four times a year. Except when Tsuna had turned ten years old, Leone's boss had to cancel this arrangement as well as the other condition as the last four years of training were the most crucial. Nana reluctantly agreed to this.

"Ne, Okaa-san lets go inside the house first shall we?" Tsuna suggested.

"Tsuna's back?" Natsume questioned. Ever since he randomly left for his "holiday" eight years ago without him, he had grown to hate him. "We did everything together, why'd you leave me alone? He thought.

Natsume attempted to head upstairs until a voice interrupted him.

"Natsume! Hey it's been a while aye? Let's catch up on all the missed yea-"

"Why are you here?"

"Huh?" Tsuna asked.

"You've been gone for eight years Tsuna. We don't have that bond anymore. Now your just dame-Tsuna to me."

Tsuna flinched. He hasn't heard that nick name for eight years now. The kids back in kindergarten would tease him about not being as smart as Natsume and trip him over, and even when they were the ones tripping him over, they would still yell at him for being clumsy. However Natsume would always stand up for him. He would stay by Tsuna's side, and help him up after they had finished bullying him.

With that, Natsume stormed off to his room in a pissed off mood. He didn't want to see his brother anymore. Just when he needed to talk to him the most, Tsuna wasn't there for him. So why should he stick round for him too?

"Ahaha," Tsuna thought. ", Well you can't really blame him for hating me. I was gone for quite a long time."

"So Tsuna how was the training?"

This got him to turn around.

"It went-"

Knock knock

Nana quickly went over towards the door, giving Tsuna an apologetic smile. She opened the door to find no one standing there.

"Oh, guess no one's her-"

"Look down please"

Sure enough there was an infant standing there.

"I'm the home tutor reborn. Nice to meet you."

Tsuna froze. Not at the appearance of a talking baby but at the fact that it was Reborn. The sun arcobeleno. "Why is he here" He thought.

"Oh how wonderful! Let me just go fetch Natsume!"

Nana then started walking upstairs yelling that the tutor arrived. Reborn just gave Tsuna a blank stare. "What should I do?" Tsuna thought. ", ah that's right! I used to be dame-Tsuna. Well looks like I've gotta act it out again."

"Sorry to intrude but whom are you?" Reborn asked with a "blank" stare, but anyone who was a highly trained hit man such as himself would have seen the confusion in his eyes. "Brown eyes, gravity-defying hair, average height, good physic. The only thing off with him is that his hair is brown not blond." he thought.

"Ano, I'm Sawada Tsunayoshi." Tsuna meekly replied.

"Hnn. Sawada Tsunayoshi. Wasn't he supposed to be missing?" Reborn thought again. ,"According to the records, Tsunayoshi was deemed missing at the age of six which happens to be eight years ago. Things are about to get interesting" Reborn had a dark smirk on his face.

"Oh boy," Tsuna thought. ", things are not looking good."


* I used google tranlsate. Not italian.

Well prologue done! I hope you liked it and if i get even a single fav or follow i'll definitely continue the story.