A Heart Full of Sky
Prologue
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Reborn doesn't believe in second-hand information.
It's a habit that has saved him on numerous occasions, something that has become an tradition ingrained into his body for every job he accepts.
That's why when Iemitsu's information arrives on the last heir of the Vongola, Reborn only scans through it, picking out the key details to tear apart later. The facts are the only thing he allows to remain, all things that cannot be changed by personal perception.
Fact; the last heir is a female, born four days early on October Tenth, ironically enough sharing Xanxus' birthday.
Fact, the heir is called Sawada Naruto, with bright blonde hair and burning orange eyes; were she born male she'd probably have been a carbon copy of Primo.
Fact, the heir attended an all girls academy for her middle school education, but will not be returning. Instead, the freshly turned sixteen year old will be enrolling in Namimori High School. How painful, that the only information he has that is concrete is those three facts.
The rest is nothing confirmed, but Reborn can read between the lines.
Sawada's previous school had heavily applied that, after all her antics -pranks, fights with bullies, ect- if she dared enrol for high school with them, she'd be getting expelled not long after. Sawada Naruto had average grades, teacher reports seemed to indicate she could do better, but only did the bare minimum to please her somewhat ditzy mother, who in all honesty couldn't care less about anything other than her daughter's happiness.
Sawada has an incredibly boisterous personality, bold and bright. She gets along with all her schoolmates, though her determination and willpower scares aware potential friends. Lots of amiable acquaintances, no friends to speak of. Though she does seem to shine in any form of physical activity.
It's also noted on her file that she has a crippling fear of ghosts, and an ungodly love for ramen, be it freshly cooked or instant cup ramen. Oddities, but then, all the best Mafioso have them.
No, what Reborn is more interested in, is the environment.
Because Namimori has always been a safe zone, acknowledged as such by the big Mafia families. It's only small fish, freshly established Yakuza, who dare dabble there. The Mafia of course, allow this to happen. Because no crime rate at all would draw attention, and that would be a bad thing indeed.
Only, in the past six or so years, that crime rate has been steadily descending, even with the Hibari clan's relocation to the town a generation back.
While it's well known that the brat descends upon anyone breaking the peace, the steady decline of the crime rate suggests there's something more afoot. That all the criminals hogtied and handed over to the police whimper about a white-cloaked figure…
Well, Reborn might not have the famed Vongola Hyper Intuition, but he's got a good feeling about this job. Namimori's Vigilante will make an excellent guardian for the future Tenth.
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If Reborn boards the private Vongola jet with the tiniest flickering hope that maybe, just maybe, the vigilante is actually Sawada, well he doesn't breathe a word of it to anyone.
So, I read Flare through, and I really didn't like it; it felt rushed and I knew I could to better, it pained me to read it so I never felt motivated to write more. Hence the decision to rewrite here.
So here we are.
As for ages, I'm messing with the timeline, aging everyone below 20 up by two years. Naruto's on her second to last year at school, she's 16. As far as I can work out, Hibari, Ryōhei and Mukuro are all a year older than her.
Tsume
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