Playing Mafia
Playing Mafia
Takeshi Yamamoto has always believed that anything could be fun if you decide that is will be. As a result, Yamamoto has gone through most of his life with that belief. The reaction he gets from the people around him when he downplays something is just a side benefit. Yes, Yamamoto will admit that he did foolishly think that "mafia" was just a game, at first.
Then too many "coincidences" started to happen. When people from school started to be beaten half to death before his friends decided to play "mafia" with a rival school, it became the coincidence that clued Takeshi into thinking maybe "mafia" isn't a game after all. Sure Yamamoto is aware that people can die while playing games, but those were usually accidents. The fact that several some ones were actually out to kill people, innocent female ones at one point, made Yamamoto think twice. While he was healing from his injuries, Takeshi realized that "mafia" wasn't a game and they really were mafia.
It became time to resign from the game and Tsuna would let Yamamoto go very easily too. But Yamamoto kept putting off his resignation. Tsuna really is the first true friend he's ever had, and Yamamoto finds the things Tsuna does and is involved with to be fun. It became easy to pretend that it was only a game called "mafia" that they were playing.
Then that long haired swordsman showed up and reminded Yamamoto how real "mafia" is. Then he was given an incomplete ring. With that ring Takeshi was ask to be its guardian, to train, and to be prepared to fight for the honor of being the Rain Ring Guardian. It then became imperative to resign; there would be no more putting it off. Hearing Tsuna argue with the infant on his behalf made Yamamoto feel both relieved and slightly guilty.
Then he heard that it would be possible to die while fighting for the honor of Rain Ring Guardian. Knowing that Tsuna didn't want Yamamoto to put himself in any danger while being prepared to face such a danger himself, it reminded Takeshi of why he became Tsuna's friend to begin with. Takeshi couldn't turn down such a request knowing how much of a disadvantage Tsuna would be in if he did. Yamamoto found that he couldn't find it in himself to resign after all. Takeshi decided then and there that he would follow Tsuna to the ends of the earth and that he would kill for Tsuna if was required. If it meant that he would die in the meanwhile, Yamamoto was more than willing and prepared to face such a consequence. At that moment it looked to Yamamoto like he was going to be "playing" mafia for the rest of his life. It should be fun.
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