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Prolog: It Was Going So Well
Tsuna thought that his life was going good. The Arcobaleno's cures was lifted, allowing them there adult bodies back along with the skills that they gained while being Arcobalenos. He was graduating middle school; Not the most important thing but still even his father had agreed to go to the ceremony. And that was saying something considering Iemitsu never left work for almost anything. He was chose to be Vongola Decimo though he really didn't want to be a mafia boss. Plus he had people that cared for him, and good friends that would do anything to keep him safe.
But all things must come to an end. His guardians, after the representative battles had seemingly forgotten that they were guardians. Gokudera was preoccupied with the occult club and hiding from the hordes of vicious fan girls. Yamamoto was Busy with the baseball team. Apparently because he was graduating and going on to the bigger leagues they wanted to make his last year a championship year. So he was always with the team either training or working out there game plans. Chrome and Mukuro were out of Japan and using their powers to crushing evil mafia organizations, all over the world. (Mafia families that kidnap and experiment on children). Lambo was back visiting his father in Italy. For some odd reasons His father seemed to miss Lambo and his constant loudness and destruction. And Ryohei well he by some higher power actually got people to join the boxing club! So he was constantly there training the new recruits for EXTREME matches.
The gap between Tsuna and the others was growing. When he had tried to get in touch with any of them he always got an excuse; such as busy with baseball/boxing /occult club or hiding away from fan girls or busy killing things need to go. He hadn't talked to any of his guardians in months. Well all but Hibari.
When his friends stopped appearing around him all the time it was like open season for bullying the poor brunette. Multiple times a week he would limp home and bandage himself up. Hibari would be there soon after the beatings start to put an end to them, along with biting some of the stupid herbivores to death for harming his omnivore. Then rumors got around that Tsuna had paid Hibari off to protect him, or seduce the perfect into helping him. But the end result was the same he would still be beaten up.
And yet, His main problem seemed to be that he was getting lonely. Not talking to your guardians for weeks on end can have horrible side effects, such as attempted to strike a conversation with Hibari. That ended up with him fighting for his life and trying very hard to not get bit to death.
Xanxus and Byakuran were staying in Namimori and under the same roof no less (to Tsuna it seemed like a very bad idea). They would occasionally come over to talk (more like an excuse to smother and play mind games with) or train with him. He was grateful that Xanxus actually tried to teach him things, such as using the Flames of Wrath and other Vongola abilities without trying to vaporize him needlessly. On occasion he would race with Byakuran through the skies. The openness of the sky seemed to comfort some of his loneliness but it never seemed to last.
Reborn and the other Arcobalenos left for some reasons or another, apparently there were things they wanted to do with their adult bodies that they couldn't do as babies. Reborn said that he and some others would be back in Japan to watch his graduation to High school. But other than that he has no clue where they all went.
All that changed one fateful night.
It was about a month away from the graduation. Tsuna was sitting down in the living room watching a show with his mother when there was a pounding on the front door. He went to answer it not so sure who would pound on his door that late at night. He was expecting something bad because his hyper intuition told him something was going to happen if he opened the door.
And against his intuition he opened to the door, only to have a half dead man fall onto him.
The man was wearing a ragged and bloody suit. He had blond hair though you could barley tell because it was so dirty and greasy. Cuts and burns could be seen where the clothing was torn away from. He looked he had just escaped from hell, though in all reality he might have really just done that.
"Is…Is this the ….Sawada..residence?" he asked in a raspy voice barely above a whisper. Not knowing what to do Tsuna just nodded his head.
"I….I'm.. Federico…..Vongola." and that man fell unconscious. Really unsure about what was going on he yelled for his mother to get the first aid kit.
Doing the only thing he could think of he reached into his pocket grabbing his cell phone and dialed a number he hoped he would never have to use.
"Ring….Ring…..Ring.. Ah Hello?" a happy almost carefree male voice replied.
"Dad, I need your help. Some man just stumbled to our house half dead claiming to be Nono's son Federico. He is unconscious right know and getting patched up by Mamma."
Tsuna looking into the living room where Federico was moved to, the man was in really bad shape. his mother opened up his shirt to gain access to more wounds to reveal many lacerations that look like it was done with a whip. Though what really caught his attention was a ring on a chain that hanging from "Federico's" neck.
"WHAT! Tsuna you let a stranger claiming to be Nono's Dead son into our house! Throw him out at once! It's probably a ploy to let your guard down to kill you! Get out of~ "He was cut off by Tsuna before he could finish the sentence.
"Did Nono give anything to his sons to proved identification?" Tsuna asked with a somewhat worried.
"Why of course he did, he gave each son a Ring with his dying will imbed in it. There is no way to duplicate a person's flame. But what does this have to do with an imposter?"Iemitsu replied
"Because he is wearing a chain with a ring on it around his neck and it appears to leaking out small amounts of sky flame."
With that one sentence the line seemed to do dead. But after a minute had passed and he was about to hang up Iemitsu replied with a solemn voice.
"Please call Xanxus and get him over there to prove the man's identity. I'll be there as soon as I can." And Iemitsu hung up.
He just stared at his phone before realizing his father had just hung up on him. And that he was given an order to actually contact Xanxus about this person claiming to be Federico.
But seeing no way around it he called up Xanxus. The man nearly broke the front door when he came over. The unconscious man's identity was confirmed by Xanxus, He was the "Burnt to death" son of Timoteo. A few hours later Federico regained consciousness. Iemitsu had arrived about an hour earlier and was sitting next to Xanxus on the couch. Seeing his adoptive brother and the Head of the CEDEF in the house, he was relaxed enough to spilled his tale of woe.
There were mafia families in Italy that wanted him gone and the Vongola to fall. So they planned to kill him, only to reconsider and hold him for information. He was not burned to death; one of his bodyguards was in his stead. They had transported him overseas for the reason of secrecy and so no one could actually find him. Inside Japan he was tortured and whipped demanding information on the Vongola family workings. But he held out and as soon as they had turned their backs on him he made a run for it. Somehow managing to make it to Namimori he made his way to the only place he would know would be safe, the home of the last Candidate for Vongola Decimo "Sawada Tsunayoshi".
The story was good enough to make even a rock feel sympathetic. His mother insisted that Federico stayed with them. She was told an edited version of the story without any mafia included in it. And he was given one of the vacant guest rooms in the house (Bianchi had left when Reborn had). He had decided that it would be safer to stay at the Sawada residence, though only until Reborn came back then head to Italy.
Time passed, it was the day of graduation. Tsuna in all that time still had not gotten in touch with his guardians even when he went straight up to them and asked. The loneliness was suffocating and turning into absolute despair, he had managed to shove it out of his mind but it still lingered around.
It was about a two hours away from the graduation ceremony and Tsuna was just about to walk into the gymnasium.
"Tsuna!" it was a familiar voice that called out to him. Turning around he saw his father, Chrome, Mukuro, Yamamoto, Gokudera, Ryohei, and Lambo (who was being carried by Gokudera) all walking up to him. They had on a looks of indifference, except for Lambo who was busy munching on a grape candy drop.
"Everyone! It's so good to see you all here. I mean sure you are graduating too but It has been forever since we last talked!" Tsuna rambled on like this until Iemistu stepped forward.
"Tsuna would you please hand over the Vongola Ring version X?" That got Tsuna's attention.
"What?"
"Tsunayoshi-san, this is not a request. Timoteo, ninth head of the Vongola familia has demanded that you turn in the Vongola ring along with the rights to succeed him. You were found to be inadequate as a boss for the Vongola familia. So please make this easier on yourself hand the ring over to Iemitsu-san." Said Yamamoto in a cold and cutting voice.
Tsuna took a step back looking at each and every one of his supposed friend and guardians. Then he turned to this right hand man. "Gokudera-kun what is this, some type of joke? I..I thought that after the inheritance ceremony that it was final that I was Decimo? I…I mean Reborn said that and well…." Tsuna started to look down to the ground and mumble.
Then something happened that will change the lives of so many. With a glare that could kill Gokudera stomped up to Tsuna and literally ripped the ring off Tsuna's finger.
That act alone was what finally drew the whole picture for Tsuna. He was not needed by his guardians they didn't want him, and know that Federico had come back Tsuna was only a hindrance. That's what he was, a substitute incase no one else was found to take the mantle of Vongola. No one needed him there; he was useless dead weight only able to drag the Vongola down.
Fighting back tears he ran out of the school, not even daring to look back at his ex-guardians and friends. As he was ran out of the school he bumped into Hibari just as he came out of the front gate. Hibari gave him a shocked look before he had turned and started to run again.
Seeing that Tsuna had tears in his eyes Hibari was about to give chase when Mukuro had appeared out of mist. Slowly The familiar Gate of Namimori Middle School turned into a wasteland of dead trees and mist that came up to your knees. "He is not the Sky you should be following." Stated Murkuro as his trident materialized in his hands.
"What nonsense is that? I follow only the omnivore and no one else. Know move out of my way, you annoying herbivore before I decide to Bite you to Death."
Mukuro only sighed and looked Hibari in the eyes. "You are the Vongola Decimo's Cloud Guardian not the Dame-Tsuna guardian. The boy was proven unworthy of the title of Decimo and it was striped from him."
Angry couldn't describe the feelings that Hibari was experiencing. 'The omnivore was abandoned by the other herbivores? They expect me to follow some other useless herbivore instead of the omnivore. They are ordering him, HIM of all people!' That had to stop was what he decided. The omnivore Tsuna was the only one he would follow; he was bound to that endless bright sky.
He lunged at Mukuro not really caring if he was attacking an illusion or the real body but by the way his tonfas cracked into the trident it was a good start at biting him to death. The battle ensued and only got more and more dangerous each passing second. That was until he summoned his hedgehog Roll into the fight. Mukuro was unprepared for the ever expanding and pointy attack. End result was a very badly beaten Mukuro lay at Hibari's feet.
Looking down at the pineapple head he reached to his wrists and unclasps the Vongola bracelets Version X. He looked at them for a second and then threw them in the dirt next to Mukuro's head.
"The only Sky this cloud wishes to drift within is Tsuna's. Whatever useless herbivore you wish for me to follow can be bitten to death for all I care." And with that said Hibari walked off into the direction he hoped Tsuna had run off in.
Tsuna ran and ran until he was in a clearing in the woods of Namimori Park. There he sat down on the grass and wept. He sobbed and cried out all the raw emotions he had within him. This mind being preoccupied with other things he didn't realize someone had followed him. His Hyper intuition screamed at him to move, and he barely dodged a dagger aimed at his heart. Even as disgruntled as he was right know he still knew to fight or his life was forfeit. Pulling on his gloves and swallowing a dying will pill he launched a counter attack. His movements were too quick for the assassin to follow and he pinned him to a nearby tree.
"Why are you here? Who sent you after me?" Tsuna yelled at the assassin. Who only laughed in response.
"So you want to know why I'm here and you also want to know who sent me? Well that is good and all but I don't think you really want to hear it. You see, I was sent here to kill a blemish on the Vongola records, that blemish is you." The assassin laughed as Tsuna took in the information. "Oh but there's more, so much more! The ones that paid for your heart on a stake were Federico and his Vongola guardians. They wanted The Dame that tainted the Vongola's Name removed for all time."
That broke the dam that Tsuna had made to block out his despair. His mind and body refused to more they no longer registered anything. All that Tsuna could hear was the voice in his head chanting.
'No one needs me. No one wants me. My own friends abandoned me and then sent a killer to finish the job. I'm alone and unwanted. I'm nothing but a no good Dame-Tsuna! The Vongola doesn't need one as useless as me. They abandoned me after all, I'm a Broken Sky.' Were the thoughts that ran through Tsuna's head, he didn't even realize that the assassin had broken out of his hold and was aiming his dagger at his heart. No realization occurred as the dagger plunged into his chest and pierced his heart.
The exact moment the dagger hit Tsuna's heart the sky became an ugly grey color. It was as if the sky had lost all its weather. No sun, clouds, mist, rain, storm, lightning, or blue color hung in the sky, it was broken. Then a black rift started to crack in the sky. At the same time Gokudera, Yamamoto, Chrome, Ryohei, Lambo, Hibari, Mukuro all clutched their hearts as if someone had just stabbed them in it. Xanxus coughed up blood, Yuni and Dino Cried blood, while Byakuran coughed and cried blood. "Little brother!" cried Dino as he bolted out of the gymnasium. "What the fuck are those Guardians doing!" yelled Xanxus as he stomped out of the mansion to his motorcycle. "Yuni what's wrong? Kora!"Called out a worried Colonelle. "Tsuna-kun!" Yuni yelled as she dropped the beverages that she had bought for everyone and started to run to Namimori Park. Then disembodied Voices started to speak in each of their heads.
"A Sky abandoned by its weather becomes broken." A solemn male voice stated. "When the broken pieces can no longer hold together they fall to the world and blanket it in despair." A worried female voice whispered. "The Sky is falling with no one to catch it!"Exclaimed a hyper male voice. "Sink to darkness, everything sink to Nothingness!" Laughed a crazed male voice. "The sky will fall!" Cried a sad female voice. "The sky is falling!" all the voices cried at once.
