Chapter 1: Vongola Twins

11:50 A.M.

"Okaa-san?" A three-year old boy asks, tugging his mother's apron in wonder. The mother paid no heed, continuing to cook lunch for her family. The boy had brown spiky hair and big caramel brown eyes, he was fidgeting a little as if he knew something was off. "Where's Nii-chan? Okaa-san! Okaa-san! Answer me please!"

"In the neighbor's house, playing with his friend." The mother didn't even give a glance to her son as she answered his question. The small brunette bowed thankfully and went to his way, tripping along the way.

'Nii-chan! Hold on!' Tsuna grabbed his arm, feeling invincible bruises in that area. 'Tsuna's coming!'

As Tsuna was able to reach outside, he could see another person's point of view as he ran to his destination.

11:52 A.M.

"Stupid Riko!" The neighbor's son said, holding out a club which he used for hurting his playmate on the floor. "You lost again! You'll never win against me so why keep coming back?"

Tsuna's right eye twitched, his body slowly receiving pantomime pains all around his body as he went nearer. 'Nii-chan...I have to save Nii-chan!'

"Please stop it..." A boy looking exactly like Tsuna whispered, the only difference was that the boy was injured. "Didn't Okaa-san say that we can't play this game? It could give us bobos..."

"I don't care." The elder boy stated, pointing the club at his companion's head. "It'll just heal again so why bother? Now, time to finish our game..."

11:55 A.M.

"Noo!" Tsuna screamed, banging his whole body at the door for it to open. "Nii-chan!" Once the door opened, Tsuna scurried all the way towards the backyard. Seeing that his twin was just about to be hit by a wooden club, Tsuna flung himself to that area, shielding his brother in the process.

"Oh? Guess your brother wants to take your place Riko." The boy clubs harder, giving Tsuna bruises. "That won't do!"

"Nii-chan..." Tsuna whispered, as much as his body began to feel wet stuff, Tsuna did not bulge, staying in place to protect his older brother. "A-Are you alright?"

11:58 A.M.

"S-Save me...Save me please?" Riko whispered, tears were on his eyes. "I-I don't want to die...I don't want to..."

"You won't die Nii-chan..." Tsuna reassured him even as he slowly lose his eye sight of him. "They'll have to...kill me...first."

"Tsu-Tsu..." Riko's eyes closed, tired from all the pressure exerted to his body. Tsuna was also reaching his limit, feeling very wet and fatigue, the young brunette wishes to sleep too like his twin brother.

12:00 P.M.

'Then go sleep...I'll take care of this mess for you...' A voice from the back of Tsuna's mind whispered, Tsuna nods in agreement, closing his eyes for the pain to go away. "Please do..." Then the last thing he remembered was standing in front of the bully with red paint all over his body. Tsuna didn't know why he was smiling and singing in a happy tone as he went closer to his neighbor, the last word he spoke out while holding orange fire in front of him was...

"Smile~"

-Hospital-

"Neh! Nii-chan look!" Tsuna urged his older brother, showing his back at him. "We have the same birthmark on our back!"

"Heh! Your right but!" Riko shows his back to his brother too. "Mine's darker than yours!"

"Fine, you win." Tsuna puffs, putting back his shirt on, the brother laughs happily.

"I always do~!" Riko replies back, dancing around the room happily. Tsuna sadly goes back to bed, covering himself with his favorite blue blanket. Riko, noticing his twin, hops to the bed as well. "Don't feel bad or else I'm calling Otou-san to come back home for you."

"Huh? Otou-san came home?" Tsuna peeks out of his blanket to see his brother give him a playful pat on the head.

"Of course he did, you were so happy that you even cried in front of him, baby~!" Riko stuck out his tongue out, Tsuna blinked innocently. "Sheesh! It's as if you get stupid when you sleep Tsuna~!"

"That hurts Nii-chan!"

"Haha~ Gomen..."

"Tsuna!" A familiar voice forced Tsuna back to reality, this voice belonged to his father; Sawada Iemitsu. "Are you okay?!"

"Otou-san..." Tsuna said, processing slowly the information being taken from his surroundings. When he finished realizing who and where he was, Tsuna started crying. "Otou-san!" Lunging at his father for comfort.

"There there~" Iemitsu hugged his son back, making sure that his son was alright. "Tell Otou-san everything you remember."

"Nii-chan was being hurt by his friend so...so I protected Nii-chan and then...And then..." Tsuna gripped his father's shirt tighter, Tsuna didn't know why, but he couldn't say it...He told a lie. "I woke up."

"It's going to be fine...Don't worry okay?" Iemitsu saw his son stare back at him with teary eyes. The only thing amazing to Iemitsu was to see green eyes stare back at him.

"Tsuna?" Iemitsu looked closer, Tsuna's eyes went even greener. 'What's going on?'

"Where...Where's Nii-chan's playmate?" Tsuna's eyes glowed green, Iemitsu could feel some jolts of electricity hit him.

"We're finding him." Iemitsu twitched, the pain was starting to get him and the only possible explanation was that it came from his son's finger tips. "Tsuna? Please calm down. Papa's here so everything is going to be fine. Take deep breaths."

Tsuna nodded, closing his eyes, he did what his father told him to do. Iemitsu watched him along the way, watching as his son calmed down a lot.

"Now open your eyes." Iemitsu was expecting to see his son's brown eyes back not aquamarine eyes. "Tsuna? Is something wrong right now?"

"I feel cold...Hug me tighter Otou-san..." Tsuna closed his eyes, hugging his father a bit tighter than usual. Iemitsu knew there was something wrong, but he's not going to pressure his son, no...He's going to have a little chat with the Ninth about this.

"Anata~!" His wife called him, opening the door where the two were hugging. "Ri-kun needs you now."

"Tell him I'm coming just wait." Iemitsu puts Tsuna down, tucking him back to bed. Iemitsu grinned when he saw Tsuna's brown eyes stare back at him curiously. 'He got his mother's beautiful eyes.'

The wife frowned though, feeling extremely impatient, she pulled her husband by the sleeve.

"Let's go already!" She urged, Iemitsu nodded and gave his son a swift kiss on the head. Tsuna smiled back happily then faced his mother, reaching out to her with his right hand.

"Okaa-san?"

"Ri-kun doesn't have all day." She continued on, dragging her husband off with her, leaving the child all alone in his room. Tsuna blinked, looking back at his hands, he asked himself.

"Why does Okaa-san dislike me?"

-After one week of hospitalization-

"Nii-chan?" Tsuna was about to touch his brother's shoulder, but was slapped instead. "Wha-?"

"You killed him!" Riko screamed, Tsuna's eyes widened in confusion. Riko got more angry at this and punched his own brother on the face. The punch was so hard that Tsuna landed on the ground. "Don't lie to me! You killed him didn't you?!"

"Nii-chan?" Tsuna was confused, wasn't it that Riko was the one who begged to save him from his friend so why?

"We were having so much fun until you came." Riko shouted, tears falling down his cheeks. Tsuna was paralyzed, what was his brother talking about.

"Don't you remember being hit by him?" Tsuna asked, getting a shook from his brother. 'Nii-chan doesn't remember...!'

"What are you blabbering about? Of course not, he would never hurt me in a life time." Riko explained, Tsuna's eyes went blank with understanding.

'Nii-chan doesn't remember things like me...But what he forgets are the memories of the bad...' Tsuna wanted to cry, but he can't. Otou-san told him that he should be brave in his place.

"You know what?!" Riko asks rhetorically, Tsuna just looks at him helplessly. "Everyone's right. You don't deserve the Vongola's place, you'll just make it fall."

"Fall?" Tsuna asks, keeping his tears back as his brother nodded.

"Yes, fall...Like all the civilizations there is in the past." Riko turned, moving away from his stunned brother. "And that's a promise..." When his brother was gone, Tsuna commented quite late with a different aura around him.

"Really?" Tsuna questioned, tears landing on the ground as he stood up. The only weird thing was that Tsuna's eyes were in the shade of red-brown and he smiled, a very sad smile.

"That's our promise? Well...Let me keep it in mind then...So I can fulfill it..Sawada Rikohoshi..."