Disclaimer: I don't own KHR. I only own my characters :) Oh, and this is my first fanfic, so please take good care of me!
There will be some cussing in here, but I think that if you can handle it in the manga/anime then you can handle it in here. It's not like I'm going to do this: "You #$%, go #$^& and *^%$ #$%%$!" So...yeah, I think you guys get my point. Also a little side note, I'll mostly keep it in my OC's Ani's POV as well as Tsuna''s, but I'll also include others; just to avoid confusion. Anyways, enjoy.
Tsuna was so warm. He snuggled in deeper into his bed and sighed. "Dame-Tsuna, wake up," a squeaky voice ordered. Tsuna groaned and pulled his blankets over his head in an attempt to block out the voice. "Wake up!"
"Come on, Reborn. It's Saturday," he mumbled. Tsuna sighed and peered at the clock from under his sheets, "Besides, it's only ten in the morning. Let me sleep in for once, would you?" Then there was that familiar clicking sound that made Tsuna's blood run cold every time he heard it.
"Wake up, Dame-Tsuna, or I'll shoot you through the head and then I'll really give you a reason to sleep in," Reborn growled. And sure enough, when Tsuna pulled back his covers there was Leon, in gun form, pointed at him. Tsuna immediately shot up and put his arms up protectively, his sheets thrown back.
"HIIIEEE! Don't shoot! I'm up, I'm up!" he shrieked and tumbled out of his bed.
Reborn smirked, "That's what I thought." Leon transformed back to his original form and crawled back up onto Reborn's fedora. He stuck his tongue out at Tsuna, and Tsuna couldn't help but feel that Leon was mocking him. "Now go get dressed. The Ninth sent a letter of some urgency so we need to have a family meeting. Everyone's here already."
"What! Why didn't you wake me up sooner then?" Tsuna cried as he dressed under record time. Reborn shrugged.
"Didn't feel like it," he replied, and leaned back against the pillow that Tsuna's head had been using just until a minute ago.
"Well, that's nice to know," Tsuna muttered, buttoning up his shirt. Suddenly, a small foot connected with the side of his head, sending him flying out into the hallway. Tsuna groaned and grabbed at his head, turning to glare at Reborn who was now standing at the doorway with a menacing glint in his beady, black eyes.
"Go downstairs. Now. As a mafia boss you have to be considerate for your family. I won't tolerate this rudeness," Reborn growled. Holding his head, and partly shielding his head, Tsuna reluctantly got up and made his way downstairs, not wanting to get kicked again. He sighed, he had never wanted to be a mafia boss in the first place. But no matter how much he said this nobody ever listened, and if they did then they ignored him or twisted his words around so that they meant the opposite.
Sighing again, Tsuna turned into the living room and gawked slightly at how crowded it was. All of his guardians, except Hibari and Mukuro, of course were here. Fuuta, Bianchi, and I-pin were here though, although that was probably a given. Somehow, Reborn had gotten down here before him, since he was already sitting on Bianchi's lap while she played with his curly sideburns.
Tsuna watched as I-pin and Lambo ran around the room with I-pin yelling at Lambo to behave. Instead, Lambo guffawed and taunted her, yelling something about how she could never catch him and how she was stupid. Gokudera was scowling at everyone, and was especially avoiding looking at Bianchi, even though she was wearing her goggles. Yamamoto was being, well, Yamamoto. He laughed as I-pin tackled Lambo to the ground and pinned him down by his arms causing him to cry with frustration and embarrassment.
"Tolerate..." Tsuna sighed, and just hoped that Lambo wouldn't resort to using the ten-year bazooka. Of course, Gokudera was the first person to notice Tsuna.
"Ah! Good morning, Tenth!", he greeted and bounded over to his side. That caught everyone else's attention and they all started to say their greetings.
"GREETINGS TO THE EXTREME, SAWADA!" Ryohei yelled. He stood up and punched into the air several times. "I have a feeling that this meeting will be really EXTREME!"
"Shut up, Turf-head!" Gokudera hissed. "You're being too loud!" Tsuna sighed as they ended up getting into an argument, and just ignored them.
"Yo, Tsuna!" Yamamoto grinned, getting up from the couch.
"Good morning, Boss," Chrome said from the corner of the room. Tsuna's mother came out from the kitchen carrying snacks and drinks.
"Oh, good morning, Tsuna," she beamed at him, "isn't it so nice to get together with your friends like this? I think it's absolutely refreshing."
Tsuna sighed. Only his mother would think something like this was refreshing. Yamamoto lumbered over to Tsuna and slung an arm over his shoulder.
"Hey, Tsuna. I heard the news from Reborn. We're having another mission, right? I'm getting really excited, aren't you?" he said, his trademark grin plastered on his face.
"Um, we are?" Reborn hadn't told him anything. He'd only threatened him like he usually did. Tsuna glared at Reborn briefly before he felt a killing aura emanating from Gokudera.
"Hey, Baseball-Freak! Don't touch the Tenth so casually, or I'll blow you up until there's nothing left but ash!" He snarled, pulling out dynamite from wherever it was he kept them.
"HIIIEE! Gokudera, calm down!" Tsuna shrieked waving his arms around.
Yamamoto just laughed, "Ma ma, calm down Gokudera. No need to get all worked up."
"Right! So let's just sit down and listen to what Reborn has to say," Tsuna begged. Gokudera glared at Yamamoto once more before putting his dynamite away.
"All right, whatever you say, Tenth," he plopped down on the couch and lit a cigarette. Tsuna followed suit, (without the cigarette, though!) and made sure that he sat in between Gokudera and Yamamoto, who had also joined them on the couch.
Nana covered her mouth and giggled before heading back into the kitchen, "Play nice, now, Tsuna. I'll go make some more snacks." And of course, the snacks that his mom had brought in just minutes ago were already devoured. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Reborn and Bianchi wiping at their mouths with a napkin, while Ryohei belched patting at his stomach.
Once Nana was gone Reborn coughed to get everyone's attention, "All right, then. Now that Dame-Tsuna's finally got his family calmed down let's get on with the family meeting." Bianchi nodded in agreement, while Tsuna frowned in annoyance. Reborn jumped off of Bianchi and onto the coffee table, pulling a letter out of his jacket as he did so. Tsuna recognized the flame on the letter as the Ninth's, showing that it was official. He gulped slightly as Reborn opened it and laid the contents out on the table.
There was a piece of paper with writing on it that Tsuna recognized at the Ninth's, a picture of a girl, and to Tsuna's surprise a large wad of cash as well. How did all of that fit into the letter?
"Whoa, what's the money for, Reborn?" Tsuna asked. Everyone was eying the money with interest. What really caught Tsuna's attention was that they were U.S Dollar bills, not Euros or even Yen.
"If you'd actually let me talk, Dame-Tsuna, then I could answer your question," Reborn said, a dangerous glint in his eyes. Tsuna eeped, and closed his mouth. "Anyways, the Ninth sent this letter just last night. It's actually pretty important so I'll read it out to you."
Dear Reborn, Tsunayoshi and family,
First, I must apologize for this sudden notice, but when I received word about this from the boss of the Fortunata Family, I felt that we had to do everything in our power to help. I must also ask Reborn to explain our relations to the Fortunata family after you read this so everything can be fully understood. There are certain things that must be known before you can involve yourselves.
But, I digress. The boss of the Fortunata Family, Martin, personally came to see me, and many other mafioso bosses. It seems as though it was his time to choose the next boss for his family. In this case, his daughter, Anima Fortunata, was meant to have her ceremony on the last day of last month, which was October. However, the day before the ceremony took place Anima mysteriously disappeared. It is unknown whether she was kidnapped or if she just ran away. Whatever the case may be, Martin has asked many of us for this favor: to find his daughter and bring her back safe and alive.
It seems that Martin is very desperate to find his daughter, because he has offered up ten million U.S Dollars up front to each family, and promised 30 million to whomever brings back his daughter. I split the money he gave me, so the amount of money you all have in front of you is about 1 million U.S Dollars. It seems fair to give you this money since you'll be doing most of the grunt work, and however you wish to split that amongst yourselves is up to you. I also gave the 1 million to Varia, who will also be assisting with the search. I suspect that they'll arrive in Namimori in about seven days.
I'm not asking you all to do this just because of the money, well that is part of the reason, but the main reason is that doing this favor for the Fortunata Famiglia will help increase our relationship with them, and thus works in our favor as well. The only advice I can offer you right now is that the last anybody has seen or heard of Anima's location was supposedly in Japan, so that gives us a head start and an advantage. Please, Tsunayoshi, do this for the sake of the Vongola.
Best of luck,
Vongola Nono
P.S. I look forward to hearing about how all of you are doing.
"Oh my god! Varia's coming! Why would the Ninth send them here! They'll just dest- OWOWOW! I give! I give, Reborn!" Reborn jumped behind Tsuna then twisted his arm so far back that there was actually a large popping sound.
"So long as you understand, Dame-Tsuna," Reborn smirked, letting go of Tsuna's arm and jumping back onto the table.
Everyone was silent as Reborn started speaking again, "So as you all can see we have a big mission on our hands. Like Nono said, you need to know a little bit more about the Fortunata Family before you go through with this mission. And I, being the knowledgeable hitman that I am, will graciously enlighten all you young minds." Tsuna rolled his eyes, which resulted in a whack from the Leon-hammer. Reborn continued as Gokudera fussed over the bump Tsuna was sporting on the top of his head.
"The Fortunata Family's location is in the United States, and their power rivals that of the Vongola's, to some extent. They haven't been around for as long, but they are still very influential. Despite this, the Vongola haven't always been in the best of relationships with the Fortunata. We've had a few major battles with them, so I can see why Nono is so eager to help them. I've also heard rumors of a power that they posses that can destroy the world. I'd be best if we were on their side in that case. This could ease tensions between our two families and something good could come out of this," Reborn paused in thought, then smirked, "It would also be in our favor if we do rescue the next heir so we can basically build a new relationship between two new bosses," Reborn looked at Tsuna as he was saying this, "all right then, everyone, we'll meet up later to start our search, so don't be late!"
Tsuna frowned, he was still trying to get what Reborn was suggesting earlier. When he turned to ask Gokudera, he saw him gawking at Reborn like he had been speaking a completely different language.
"Are you serious, Reborn-san? A relationship between the Tenth and the Fortunata heir?" Reborn just smirked and tipped his fedora so that it covered his eyes. Then he started walking off with Bianchi following right behind him.
"Who knows..."
After a few more seconds, something finally clicked in Tsuna's head. He blushed and screamed after Reborn. "That's not funny at all, Reborn! There's no way that will happen!"
Ryohei had his head tilted in thought. "Arrghh!" he punched the air in front of him repeatedly and turned towards Tsuna, "I don't get it to the EXTREME, Sawada!" Tsuna face-palmed while Gokudera began yelling at Turf-head about how he was a complete, fucking idiot. And of course Ryohei just decided to begin throwing punches in order to shut up Octopus-head.
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Two days had passed without any sort of leads and Tsuna was starting to wonder if they would ever find Anima at all. Japan was such a large area, and was pretty crowded as well. It was like finding a needle inside a haystack. He sighed and looked out the classroom window as the teacher rambled on about some math stuff that Tsuna really didn't feel like paying attention to.
This whole thing was probably just going to add unnecessary stress to their lives. The inheritance ceremony had been not too long ago either. Even then he had only gone through with it because Yamamoto had been attacked and he had wanted to find the culprits. The culprits had ended up being Enma and his family. Things were cleared up between them now that Daemon Spade was gone.
Even so, Tsuna wasn't going to be the Vongola tenth boss, ever, so why did he always have to become involved in this mafia business?
Sighing, he remembered the picture of Anima. At first he was expecting someone who looked really tough and mean, but she had looked like such a normal person. Blonde hair, green eyes...he wouldn't be surprised if Anima had run away to avoid the mafia life. If Tsuna had the choice, he would probably choose the non-mafia life, too.
Tsuna glanced over at Enma who was starting to doze off. He vaguely wondered if he should try asking him for help. They could cover more ground that way, but...no. He shook his head and discarded the thought. He didn't want to drag Enma into anything that could end up being dangerous, even though he was probably strong enough to handle it.
Tsuna glanced over at Gokudera and Yamamoto who were both paying attention to the teacher, and when Gokudera noticed Tsuna looking he grinned and waved enthusiastically.
"Sawada-san."
Tsuna rubbed at his eyes and yawned.
"Sawada-san!" Tsuna startled when he realized that the teacher was addressing him.
"Yes, Sensei?" He asked standing up.
"Am I boring you, Sawada-san?" She asked, crossing her arms and tapping her foot on the ground impatiently.
"N-no, Sensei," he stammered, feeling his cheeks starting to burn. Some of his classmates snickered at him.
"All right then, since I'm not boring you, then I assume that you know how to solve this, correct?" she stepped aside to reveal a very difficult looking math problem on the blackboard. Wait! Why was there a 'z' in that equation!
"Um..." Tsuna started doing calculations in his head. Oh, why did she have to pick on him all the time. Everyone in the class jumped when something crashed against the blackboard, causing a large crack to splinter across the middle of it.
"You bitch! How dare you pick on the Tenth like this!" Gokudera was standing with one foot on his desk and the other on his seat, while his hands were full of dynamite. "I'll fucking kill you!"
The teacher gawked at Gokudera and backed up against the unbroken parts of the blackboard with horror plastered on her face. Gokudera lit the dynamite and swept his arms back ready to throw.
"Wait! Gokudera, STOP!" Tsuna yelled trying to calm him down. Suddenly, the classroom door shot open and a gleam of silver sailed through the air and collided with the side of Gokudera's head. Gokudera let out a strangled cry and fell back onto the floor.
Unfortunately, the dynamite fuses were still lit, and they ended up blowing out the wall creating a magnificent window that really allowed one to see how calm and peaceful it was ouside. People in the class let out some screams of terror, but Tsuna wasn't sure if they were because of the explosion, or because of the menacing figure who was standing in the doorway .
"For disrupting the peace in Namimori, I'll bite you to death, Herbivore." Tsuna cringed. Then when he turned to look he saw Hibari glaring at only him, with his remaining tonfa at the ready. Everyone in the room cleared a path for Hibari as he lunged towards Tsuna.
Why did God hate him?
XxXxXxX
It was such a hot day today, with the sun at its peak in the middle of the sky. And of course she was thirsty. So thirsty. When was the last time she had something to drink? Oh. Right...it was yesterday morning. She had run out of money then, too.
She stumbled as she took another step, but caught herself and sighed. She couldn't find any water fountains anywhere. Wasn't Japan well known for having an abundance of water? She didn't want to ask for help either because she couldn't draw any attention to herself.
She opened her eyes and noticed that she had somehow ended up in the middle of a town. There had to be a water fountain around somewhere. A sudden dizzy spell came over her and she fell down onto her knees. If only her dad could see her now. She laughed at the thought and tried pulling herself up but she just fell back down.
Panting, she managed to crawl over to a nearby wall and lean against it, taking in deep breaths. As she watched the crowd of people walking past, she closed her eyes and pressed her cheek against the cool wall. Nobody was bothering to help her. Some people gave her concerned looks, but then they just ended up walking away.
It was probably better that way. If she was taken to a hospital then it would be easy for her dad - especially her brother - to find her. And that wouldn't be good. She licked her lips in an attempt to moisten them, but it only made them more chapped.
Dang it, she knew she should have grabbed that extra couple hundred dollars. She sighed and felt her ears start ringing. She was so tempted to just go to sleep and get away from all of this. It sounded so nice.
"Hey, are you alright?" someone asked. It was a boy's voice. She felt a cool hand being placed on her forehead, which made her cringe at how cold it felt. Where was she anyways? It was starting to become difficult to focus on the things around her. She couldn't even see the face of whomever it was that had stopped to help her.
The boy worried when she didn't answer, so he wrapped an arm around her and hoisted her up. "I'll get you some help, all right?" He wasn't really expecting her to answer him, but he was surprised when he heard her murmuring something. "What?"
Suddenly she grabbed onto his shirt with more strength then he'd expected her to have. "No hospital. Please! I can't!" she croaked. He could feel her hands shaking under her grip.
"Well, all right," the boy complied, "I'll take you to my house, then, if that's okay? It's not too far." She didn't reply, and he hoped that meant that she was giving some sort of consent. It would be really awkward if she didn't remember any of this. He tried guiding her along, but she stumbled after taking a few steps.
She didn't even have the strength in her to stand up? It was hard to hold her like this though, so he bent down and hoisted her up onto his back. He felt her wrap her arms around his necks, causing him to choke slightly under her hold.
"So what's your name? Mine's Yamamoto Takeshi."
He frowned when she didn't reply after a while, and began walking briskly back to his house, being careful not to make the ride too rough for the girl. He was halfway to his house by now. He heard her muttering something, and he could only do that since her face was next to his ear. "Ani. My name's Ani."
So...Did you like it? Hate it? Do you see any mistakes? The only way I'll know is if you review~ I'm just joking, but reviews would be nice. I'll try to update weekly so stay tuned.