Hello! Thank you for looking at this fanfic! *Note: if you have already read this chapter, sorry for the random updates - I was in a hurry to put this up and didn't properly make the changes as I was supposed to, so I apologize* I really appreciate you taking the time to read this! I originally wrote this for a prompt for 1827 month back in February, I think? It's obviously been too long, but nonetheless, I do hope you enjoy this. I had to split this into 2 parts because of the fact that this was originally a one shot but my brain spit out words and kept going, so technically, I couldn't find a good time to end it, and I also became very busy with my job. I'll try my hardest to make this story a very good one, and one I hope will satisfy your KHR feels.
The world was silent as the stars twinkled in the night sky. It was a bit nippy, since it was the beginning of winter, and pitch dark, save for the light of the moon that lit half of the world. In the nippy cold, however, was a figure with a black, long sleeved coat that went a little past the knees, leaning casually against a building, arms folded across his chest and eyes closed as if he were asleep standing up. Opening his eyes, he looked up at a window, the only window in the building that had no curtains covering the bright inside. Sighing, he closed his eyes again and went back to his original postion of waiting. All was quiet again, until the sounds of shoes hitting the pavement were heard, and stopped suddenly. The man didn't bother looking up as he spoke.
"So. What brings you here? I thought you were making the herbivore do more work?" he asked, voice seemingly uninterested.
A deep chuckle replied. "Well, even a young Mafia boss, such as No-Good Tsuna, deserves a little rest."
"I thought you were always ruthless towards him. Why are you bothering to be nice now?" the man asked, slowly opening his eyes and looking at the fedora-wearing male several feet away from him.
"'Nice,' you say? This is not being nice, nor is this kindness. Tsuna has enough of that for both me and him. No, this is simply a short break before I become, as you say, 'ruthless,' again."
A small smirk made its brief show before the man replied back. "That herbivore is nothing more than that: an herbivore. Regardless of him becoming the Vongola Mafia boss now, he still is that same herbivore that was annoying and destroyed Namimori Middle School, disrupting the order of my school."
"Are you still going on about that? We were protecting all of Namimori, and you get mad at a little disruption. But you must admit that he ended up becoming more than just an herbivore, wouldn't you agree, Hibari?"
"Baby.." the man, Hibari growled out lowly, non-threatening, but low enough to make one back off.
The man just smiled as he tipped his fedora to hide his eyes further. "Please, I'm not a little baby anymore, Hibari. Just call me Reborn."
Hibari said nothing as he went back to his original postion, face revealing nothing. Reborn smirked and turned around to leave, already knowing what emotion Hibari was going through. Stopping in his tracks, he turned his head towards Hibari.
"Take good care of the Family, Hibari. Especially Tsuna." Reborn walked away, slinking back into the darkness.
Hibari never showed his emotions, but he sighed in irritation.
-A few days ago-
"VOI~~~~!"
Tsuna jumped in his seat at the sudden shout, the building shaking in response to the voice that interrupted the flow of the calm that settled in the air. Sighing, as he attempted to calm his heart, he began to pick up the papers that landed on the floor that he was looking at until he threw them up into the air. He wasn't all too surprised this time when the door slammed open and in came Superbi Squalo, yelling about God knows what. Instead of looking up and acknowledging Squalo's presence, Tsuna just tidied up his desk and papers, and sat back down, closing his eyes and waiting.
"VOI! YOU USELESS SCUM OF A VONGOLA BOSS! ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?!" Squalo screamed in Tsuna's face, spit flying everywhere.
Tsuna winced at the volume level so close to his ears, and wiped the spit off of his face, then looked at Squalo, whose face was twice as red as normal.
"No, I'm not. Sorry, Squalo."
"THEN WHAT ARE YOU DOING AS VONGOLA X?! GIVE IT TO XANXUS IF YOU AREN'T GOING TO EVEN LISTEN!"
"Well," Tsuna began calmly. "if you would calm down and talk at a normal volume, I would be able to listen to you better, instead of not being able to understand you when you're screaming in my face."
Squalo turned even more red in the face than he had even been before. Instead, he turned around and breathed in a deep breath, and let go, earning Tsuna's little smirk behind his back, before hiding it again as Squalo turned back around.
"Oi."
"Yes?" Tsuna replied.
"You got a job for us to do, or should we just go ahead and wreak havoc?"
"What for?"
"YOU KNOW WHAT FOR!" Squalo screamed again before toning it down again. "The boss is getting quite bored, and when the boss is bored, he starts killing people and causes problems for me."
"Squalo, I KNOW that you are perfectly capable to know how to handle Xanxus when he gets like this. You have been for years. Though, I DO wish he wouldn't kill innocent people just because of his boredom.." Tsuna said, concerned.
"That'a exactly the reason why I even came here. Give the boss something to do, or it causes more problems for me!"
"Wahh~~ Squa-chan! You do care about the boss~! That's my little Squalo!" a high-pitched voice said.
Squalo and Tsuna turned to the door to reveal a rainbow-colored hair male with sunglasses. He came in, almost like a busty woman trying to seduce all men with her charms, and tried to hug Squalo, who tried to cut him down, but he turned away; something about being in despair that he was trying to get hurt by his precious child, or something or other, Tsuna tried ignoring that part..
"LUSSURIA! WHY ARE YOU HERE!?" Squalo shouted.
"Ho~ my precious Squalo! How could you not know~? I'm your precious mother~ I have to look out for my children!" Lussuria exclaimed.
"CUT THE CRAP!"
"Aww, really~ The boss wanted me to check if you were doing your job~ Those were his words not mine~"
"Rhhggggg..." Squalo growled, body visibly shaking as his sword hand began to cut the air.
"Really, now~" Lussuria complained. "You should not be trying to cut someone up. If anything, you should try to cut up the boss~ but don't I don't want you to hurt the boss, Squa-chan~"
"SHUT UP! AND DON'T CALL ME THAT! WHO SAID I WAS YOUR FUCKING CHILD!?" Squalo shouted.
Tsuna sighed as they, more like just Squalo, argued and pinched the bridge of his nose, trying to stop the headache that was beginning to form. He almost succeceeded when Squalo came up into his face.
"VOI! YOU USELESS VONGOLA BOSS! DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING FOR US OR NOT!?"
"Alright, alright, already," Tsuna sat up straighter and began to rifle through his stacks of paper as his voice dropped down to his boss voice. "I do happen to have a mission from someone requesting the Varia. It's top of the class. Difficulty: 10 out of 10 stars. The pay is triple the amount than normal."
Squalo and Lussuria, by this point, had stopped arguing and were paying quiet attention to the details of the job that was being assigned. Tsuna hid a little smile and continued on. As soon as he was finished, he awaited the reactions of Squalo, since he WAS the second in conmmand, and Lussuria, who had a giddy look upon his face towards Squalo.
"So? What do you think? Is it about a 90% or higher success mission to take upon yourselves?"
Squalo pondered in silence, with Lussuria in the background, taking out his phone and telling Xanxus the mission, before Squalo loudly declared that the mission was accepted. Tsuna smiled, and gave him the folder containing the private information of the job, as well as his signature to show that he approved the request.
"Right. Well, I shall inform them that they should expect you within 24 hours. Is that sufficient enough for you?"
Squalo grunted his response as he took the file, and turned away to leave. Just before his foot stepped out the door frame, Tsuna called out.
"Oh, Squalo!" Squalo turned his head. Tsuna smiled at him and said, "Tell Xanxus thank you, and good luck to you."
Squalo blushed, turned away and grunted out, "Whatever," before shouting after Lussuria.
Tsuna smiled, and sighed in relief. That should hold off on Xanxus killing his poor innocent workers for a while. Turning to his desk phone, he called up the employer for the Varia, and told them to expect the Varia within 24 hours. Thanking them, he hung up and looked out the window, feeling even more tired than he normally felt. The Varia drain his energy way too much, even more than his stacks of paperwork. Reluctantly, he turned back to his paperwork that he had to keep working on, otherwise Reborn would use Leon and hit him again for not doing his work. Wincing, he grabbed his pen, and worked again.
"Kufufufu~" a low chuckle vibrated thoughout the room. A chill ran through Tsuna's spine as he realized who that was.
"Rokudo Mukuro. What brings you here? I thought you weren't supposed to be back for another two days?" Tsuna asked, as he stayed concentrated on signing his papers.
"My, my~ You look as serious as ever, Sawada Tsunayoshi. Won't you look up at me?" Mukuro asked, voice mischievous.
"You haven't answered my question yet, Mukuro," Tsuna warned, sitll paying attention to his current paper.
"Kufufufu~ ah, yes. I happened to finish my job early, so I thought I would check up on my sweet Tsunayoshi-kun~ but it seems that he is ignoring his lover's request," Mukuro said, showing a display of fake shock on his face.
Tsuna looked up and saw his long haired Mist guardian being dramatic again. When Mukuro looked over at Tsuna, he smiled at the bored glare given to him.
"Mukuro, we've been over this. I'm not yours, nor am I your lover. I never agreed to such a thing and I never will. Please take this seriously."
"Ah? But I am, Tsunayoshi-kun~ do you doubt your own guardian? My, my. And I thought you appreciated me~" he said, slinking over to Tsuna's desk.
"Yes, that is correct, Mukuro. I do appreciate you, but that doesn't make you any more favorable than when I first met you. You still intend to take over my body and destroy the Mafia world, even the entire world. I cannot allow that," Tsuna said, now ignoring his papers, and stood up.
"My, my. You do look even more appealing than when you were 15 years old~ your body is ready for the taking," Mukuro purred, as he stood behind Tsuna, hugging him from behind.
Tsuna shivered, and not in the good way. He turned away and began to leave the room, opening the door and waited. "Please, Mukuro. If you aren't submitting your report right now, then please leave. Have a good evening."
Mukuro smirked and started to walk away from the desk, before stopping in front of Tsuna, and caressed his jaw.
"Someday soon, Sawada Tsunayoshi. Someday soon, this body of yours will become mine. Kufufufu~" and with that, Mukuro vanished, leaving Tsuna to sigh once more in relief.
Tsuna had just gotten back into doing his paperwork when he sensed a hostile glare towards him. He turned around and looked out his window, seeing a man with a gun at his side smirk at him, before turning away and disappearing in the shadows. Getting a bad feeling, he called for his three trusted Family members into his office.
"Jyuudaime!"
Tsuna looked up to see his right-hand man, Gokudera. Smiling at how prompt his friend is at his call, Tsuna said hello, and smiled fondly at the man, causing Gokudera to blush and bow a deep 90 degree bow, and making Tsuna a little embarrassed. Next in came Yamamoto Takeshi, with his goofy smile and his carefree attitude that agitated Gokudera's own attitude, and Tsuna to stop him, but saying a gentle hello to Yamamoto. He was waiting for his last guardian to come in, when suddenly a deep voice was heard.
"I am here, herbivore."
Everyone in the room turned around to see Hibari Kyoya leaning against the door frame, looking bored and further away from the others.
"Hibari-san.." Tsuna said, breath being released as he said the name. "Please, come in. Have a seat," he gestured to the couch in the room.
"I hate crowds. You know this, herbivore. Do not test my patience," Hibari replied.
"You bastard! Jyuudaime gave you an order, so you better respect him!" Gokudera shouted as he lunged for Hibari.
"Now, now, there's need to be so rude to Tsuna, Hibari! There's nothing wrong with denying Tsuna's offer to let him sit, Gokudera. Why don't you relax?" Yamamoto said, good-naturedly to both Hibari and Gokudera, while holding onto the latter.
"You baseball idiot! He has no respect for Jyuudaime! I won't let him get away with this! Let me go!" Gokudera shouted as he tried to release himself out of Yamamoto's hold.
Tsuna sighed and shook his head. "Yamamoto's right, Gokudera-kun. Hibari has every right to refuse to sit down. Everyone has choice if they want to or not."
Gokudera calmed down, and hung his head down in shame, so as soon as Yamamoto let him go, he kneeled and begged his apologies to Tsuna, which Tsuna had a hard time getting him to stop and said he forgave him over and over. A throat cleared and everyone looked at Hibari, who was obviously getting irritated at all the noise.
"Right, back to the business at hand," Tsuna began, his voice sounding deep and low, something that straightened his men up and showed that Tsuna wasn't messing around.
Sawada Tsunayoshi may have physically changed over the years, but he was still the same old "No-Good Tsuna" inside. Throughout the battles and training Tsuna received, his body and mind had changed, one that seemed to fit the mold of a Mafia boss, but his reactions had remained unchanged, as well as his nature and his clumsiness, though much less than before. He certainly wasn't going to kill people, and he still refused to use his Mafia ways to hurt someone, but instead he used the power of the Mafia to keep his family and friends safe. Reborn kept insisting that his friends are not just his friends, but his Family, but Tsuna still rejected that idea, and calls them his friends, refusing to change his mind. As much as Tsuna refused to be Mafia, he did admit that there were some perks of being the Vongola Mafia boss that seemed to benefit him: the means to protect all whom he loved and appreciated. He hated the paperwork that came with the job, but he can't really complain since it's part of the benefit of what he wanted.
"So, there's a reason why I called you three in today. I need you three to do a stakeout of the area for a little while. It's for the safety of everyone here, as well as preparation for the upcoming party in the next few days, and you three are my strongest friends to take care this. I would like this to be done quietly and thoroughly."
"Why? Is something wrong, Tsuna?" Yamamoto asked.
"No, not in particular. I just wanted to be a little cautious, and make sure nothing's out of place," Tsuna replied, shaking his head.
"How long is this supposed to take, herbivore? I have another job to do, at the moment," Hibari said, ignoring the glare and growl from Gokudera.
"It's only going to happen at night, and every once in a while, during the day. It's mostly going to be around all your schedules, so, you can go ahead and do what you want or need to do. I know that there are jobs I have assigned you all, so please don't take any uneccessary measures to do this one job for me. Besides, it's just a little paranoia that should go away after making sure everything's all ok!" Tsuna laughed as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Jyuudaime!' Gokudera shouted. "As your right-hand man, I shall take responsibility of this job! Leave it all to me! Forget those other two guys, and I will take care of it all!"
"Ah, no, Gokudera-"
"Hmph. Ignorant herbivore. You are no match for me."
"What did you say!?"
"Now, now, Gokudera. We can all do this job, right, Hibari?" Yamamoto asked.
"Hmmn."
Tsuna smiled. "Thanks, you guys. I really appreciate it. Now, let's talk about your schedules, and see what can be done."
After an hour, everything was ready, and Gokudera and Yamamoto had the first shift, much to the dismay of Gokudera, and Hibari would take the next one. Tsuna felt a little better, and sighed as he allowed his friends to go. He began to focus on his paperwork again, when he noticed that Hibari was still in the room.
"Hmm? Hibari-san, you're still here? Didn't you need to leave for your job right after I called for you?"
"Herbivore. There is no reason you needed to call me for a simple job as a stakeout around here. There is something that you haven't said to me, nor the other two herbivores. I will not waste my time doing this if it's something as small as a 'safety check,'" Hibari said.
Tsuna said nothing as he stared at the paper in front of him. He should've known better than to keep that from Hibari-san and the others, but he just wanted to be safe than sorry and not to make a huge deal out of it if it turned out to be nothing.
"I'm sorry, Hibari-san, I-I don't know what you mean..?" Tsuna began, chuckling a little. "I seriously am a little concerned about the safety of everyone. If you're concerned about the amount of time you are to be on this job, it's only for a short while, a week at least. I couldn't ask any one of you to take more time on this than I already have. I know you're a free spirit, and you don't like being tied to one place, but I ask this of you, because I feel safer knowing that you are around to help me protect everyone from Namimori."
Hibari said nothing, then left, leaving Tsuna a little confused as to why he would mention that Tsuna was hiding something. Ignoring the little disappointment that seemed to bubble within him, he carried on with his duties.
The building that was called a castle become bustling with energy, all the men and the women were rushing around, carrying linens and rags, and food. The place would've been a mess if not for Tsuna, who was directing the people around and giving stern orders in the middle of the room. Going through the last of his orders, he left the room and made his way to his private quarters, sighing and wiping sweat off his forehead. He reached his room, and changed in the bathroom. He found that his clothes were already placed neatly on the bed, and shook his head. He wished that he wouldn't be waited on so much, especially since he didn't deserve it, but he couldn't do anything about it.
By the time he was dressed, a knock was heard and a voice telling him that guests had arrived, to which he replied with a thank you and he'll be right out. Fixing his last minute messes, save for his hair because it was as good as it was going to get, he put on his jacket, and left his room, being greeted with a few of his men, and Gokudera, who insisted being on his right and engaged in a nice conversation.
It was a party, one that celebrated the anniversary of Tsuna becoming the tenth Vongola boss when he was just 15. It's been a few years, and Tsuna was happy with how far he came with his friends and family. Vongola IX was retired, since he was sick and needed to stay home most of the time instead of the office, but he helped Tsuna out every once in a while. Tsuna's mother stayed in Namimori, even when she was given the chance to live with her family, but she insisted that she stay in Japan, just in case anyone wanted to come home and have some place familiar. Haru and Kyoko stayed with her so she wouldn't feel too lonely, and the kids, I-Pin and Lambo, stayed until they grew up, little by little, going back and forth between the castle and Namimori. Tsuna's father, Iemitsu, went home as often as he could, bringing home gifts and foods from his travels, as well as pictures. He stayed in Italy most of the time, but he did often call his "cute wife" everyday, and talked to her for hours on end.
Upon entering the room, an announcer had called attention to all the guests and announced Tsuna's arrival, in which Tsuna gave a short greeting to all and let the party begin, as he headed to a part of the giant ballroom and mingled through all the guests, giving his individual greetings to them, and engaging in small conversation. He was talking with another family boss, when he heard his name behind him. Surprised, he turned around and was greeted with a chest instead, causing him to look up and almost fall backwards, but caught by Gokudera before that could happen.
"D-Dino-san!" Tsuna gasped.
"Yo, Tsuna," Dino greeted, smiling his dazzling smile, causing everyone around, including Tsuna himself, to blush.
"It's been a while! You've changed a lot!" Tsuna exclaimed as he looked at Dino again, and realized how tall he really was, his hair shorter, slicked back and one huge side bang covering one eye. Realizing this fact, he pouted, a little disappointed that he couldn't catch up with Dino's height.
Dino laughed a small laugh. "Well, I'm sure I haven't changed, but if the great Vongola X has noticed, then I guess I have to agree with you! Besides, I have to say that you seem to have changed the most, in comparison to when I saw you last."
"E-eh? I guess so.." Tsuna stuttered, scratching his face.
"Tsunayoshi!"
Tsuna turned and looked towards the voice, waving him over. Tsuna waved back and turned back towards Dino.
"Forgive me, Dino-san. I have guests to continue to greet personally. Let's catch up later, ok?"
"No problem. I just wanted to come by and say hi. I'll come visit later," Dino replied.
Tsuna agreed, and then left, heading the opposite direction.
"Wahhh~~! Finally! I can go to bed!" Tsuna exclaimed as he flopped onto the couch, loosening his tie, and closed his eyes.
"Haha, you did a great job, Tsuna!" Yamamoto exclaimed, sitting across from him and doing the same thing.
"Jyuudaime! Congratulations on your anniversary!" Gokudera exclaimed and bowed in front of him.
"Hehehe, ah, thanks, Gokudera-kun!" Tsuna said, sweat dropping down his cheek.
Tsuna was glad that Gokudera was still around, and especially since he had managed to tone down his attitude towards others, but not towards Yamamoto, as much as Tsuna had hoped. But he didn't mind, since he knew that Yamamoto could take care of himself and let it wash over him like he usually did.
"Ah, about the job.." Tsuna began, before Yamamoto interrupted him.
"Don't worry about it, we got it. Hibari did his shift yesterday, and it's our last shift tonight. We got this handled, Tsuna."
Tsuna had full belief in his friends, so he let the subject go and moved on to a new subject. Soon after, Tsuna felt sleepy, and excused himself to his office for last minute work for another hour. After the protests of his friends, he promised them he'd be in bed after finishing the most important work, ones that needed to be done and sent in the next day. Waving good night, and greeting each person on his way, he finally made it to his office. He only had a minute of quiet before he looked up and saw Hibari on the couch.
"Hiiie!" he screamed.
Wincing slightly, but not enough to show it, Hibari was waiting for Tsuna to come back to the office.
"Sawada Tsunayoshi, I am here to give my report. You have taken quite a long time to even get here. Maybe you deserve some punishment for making me wait."
"Oh, Hibari-san, it's just you!" Tsuna breathed out shakily, seemingly ignoring the threat he was just given as he made his way to his desk, removing his tie and sitting at his desk. "I'm sorry for making you wait for so long. I got caught up with Yamamoto-kun and Gokudera-kun.."
"I did not ask for an explanation. Here is my report. And I would like a new job."
"Ah, yes, yes. Thank you," Tsuna said as he grabbed Hibari's report, and began shuffling through his papers to look for the files he needed. "There's one that is just as high ranking as the Varia's current job, but you may need back-up, since -" Tsuna stopped speaking as soon as he felt a glare upon him, then continued. "- they requested it, but that doesn't seem to be necessary, since Kusakabe will be enough back-up for you, if anything."
Hibari said nothing, and waited for Tsuna to give him the file, until he brought out his tonfas as soon as he felt evil near him. Tsuna felt the same thing, then sighed, knowing what was to come.
"Kufufufu~" the voice sounded. "Well~ it's certainly late, Sawada Tsunayoshi-kun."
"Mukuro.." Tsuna groaned, and let his head hit the desk. "What do you need?"
"Herbivore, keep this man away from me, or I will bite him to death," Hibari growled out.
"Oh-ho? What's wrong with a little sparring? I'll take you up on that offer," Mukuro laughed as he pointed his staff at Hibari.
"STOP THIS INSTANT!" Tsuna yelled, stilling the men in front of his desk. "I do not have time for this crap right now. Please, refrain yourselves while in MY office. I'd prefer it that you guys don't fight, but if you have to, please do it outside, away from the castle. Now, Hibari-san, let me finish telling you about this job, then here's the file for it. Mukuro, you have ten seconds to tell me what business you have here."
The two men were a little stunned that the once-nervous-and-frightened Tsuna had stopped them, once again, but both had felt the same thing: excitement. Putting away his tonfas, and bringing his staff back to his side, Hibari and Mukuro followed Tsuna's commands.
"I came for a job, Sawada Tsunayoshi-kun. I have, here, my report from the last job, and request another."
Tsuna had calmed by then, and was thinking while shuffling through papers again. "Right.. I don't seem to have anything for you right now, so you can go ahead and take a few days off.." Mukuro sighed in disappointment internally. ".. Or you could do this job with Hibari-san, if you really don't have anything to do."
Hibari growled. "Is this some sort of joke, herbivore? Because if it is, you must be wanting to be bitten to death by me."
"Surely, you don't wish for something like this to happen, Sawada Tsunayoshi-kun?" Mukuro asked.
"Unfortunately, I'm being quite serious, Hibari-san, Mukuro. This is a job that's not to be handled by just one person. This is why I required back-up for you, Hibari-san, even though I know full well that you could do it all on your own. But, I just wanted it to be safe enough. Thankfully, Mukuro can help out with this job. If you get it done quickly enough, the less time you will be needed to even be NEAR each other. Now, take it or leave it, both of you."
Both were silent, and both glared at each other. Soon, a sigh filled the room, and Mukuro agreed, along with what may have been an agreement from Hibari, if the grunt was anything to go by. Tsuna nodded, trying to keep the smile from showing. He signed his name, including the paperwork for Mukuro, and gave it both men. Begrudgingly, they left the room, after Tsuna told them they were to start the job in three days and dismissed them.
"Well done, Dame-Tsuna. You have seemed to gained some sort of control over those two Guardians of yours."
"Uhg, Reborn~! They are the kind of people that can't necessarily be controlled... besides, I'm not controlling them, I just want them to respect others, if not me!" Tsuna exclaimed, as soon as he calmed his heart from being shocked by the unexpected appearance of his tutor, which he never seemed to ever get used to, even when he was a baby, so very long ago.
The fedora-wearing male smirked, and went to the window. "And that's what makes you able to control them - because you want them to respect and be considerate of others, if not, then at least to refrain themselves from doing any unnecessary harm onto others. That seems to resonate within them, thus respecting your commands on them."
"Ehh, I don't think so," Tsuna replied, looking at the papers in front of him, but not really seeing.
Reborn looked in the reflection of the glass, and saw Tsuna's face, one of blankness, when he couldn't do anything more or just couldn't think. He stared out the window, and saw something in the corner of his eye. Not wanting to alert anyone, he pretended not to notice and continued his conversation.
"Well, the Family has suggested to me that you need to have some rest, even though you have important matters at hand. For now, just go to sleep tonight. You'll finish it all in the morning."
"Nhhnn.. I guess you're right.. Just two more papers, and then I'll head to bed."
"So be it," Reborn said, then was about to leave when he stopped and turned around, heading back to Tsuna's desk then went all up in his face, making Tsuna pull back in shock. "Oh, and.." Reborn's lips barely touched Tsuna's, hot breath ghosting over lightly in a chaste kiss, then pulled back and left for real this time, shouting a "good night" to him.
"..." Tsuna was too stunned. Oh, how he hated Reborn.
A knock sounded.
"Sir? I have some tea for you," a muted deep voice sounded through the door.
"Hmm? Come in," Tsuna replied, briefly looking up in time to see one of his butlers coming in with a serving tray with a cup and a pot, along with some tea bags and make his way to the desk.
"I have some tea, since I heard you'd be awake for a while, sir," the butler replied.
"Ah, thank you, Renaldo. I don't remember calling for tea..." Tsuna mused.
"You didn't, but one of the Family told me earlier that you'd possibly still be awake, working on some things, even though you should be in bed already, sir. Please, take a rest," the man, Renaldo replied as he poured the hot water and let the tea bag soak.
"I guess you're right, Renaldo. What time is it?" Tsuna asked, as he looked at the clock towards the couch. "It's 3? Oh no, Reborn will need me up in a few hours to finish these reports.."
"Please, sir. It's not a good idea to ruin your health to get some paperwork done. You deserve some rest," Renaldo brought the cup to Tsuna, who thanked him, and took a sip.
"Fine, fine, I guess I will.."
Tsuna's heart thumped. He got a feeling something wasn't right. It was strange, but he must've imagined it. He took another sip, and his heart thumped again, but this time, he felt warm, warmer than normal. Soon, he felt weak, he couldn't grip the cup anymore, and dropped the cup onto the floor, suddenly slumping over, his eyelids getting heavy. The last thing he saw was Renaldo, who wasn't moving towards him at all, before he closed his eyes.
Tsuna heard inaudible noises, then silence. He slowly opened his eyes, moving his head, which felt heavy, to take a quick look at his surroundings. Next thing he assessed was the fact that he couldn't move his arms or legs. He put the the pieces together and realized that he was kidnapped and was locked away in a basement of some sort, probably in some other Family's home base. Thinking of who might've done this sort of thing, the door opened and revealed a burly man with sunglasses in a black suit, smoking a cigar, and chuckling, followed by more of his men. The man grabbed a chair from the opposite side of the room and dragged it in from of Tsuna and sat in it.
"So.." the man began, letting out a puff of smoke from his cigar before he continued. "This is the legendary Vongola X, isn't? He's just a little rabbit!" he laughed, alongside his men, their deep rumbles of laughter reverberating throughout the room.
Tsuna didn't like being called names, especially an animal like a rabbit. Rabbits are supposed to be fast, depending on the type, and cute, and considered as a pet, not Tsuna. Tsuna was not a pet, he was not cute; his anger flared, but he did his best to not let it show - instead he put all that anger into a glare at the man.
"Oh? We glarin' now, are we? Let's see if you can keep that glare up when I'm done with you!"
Tsuna had tipped over, since he was tied in a chair, and hit his head on the floor, gasping in pain. More laughter as he looked at the man in front of him through one eye. He knew he had to stall for time for he tried to summon his Dying Will Mode, but he couldn't reach for his Dying Will Pills, nor could he summon the feelings to activate it. Where the hell is Reborn at a time like this to shoot him? So he had to switch to another tactic - conversation.
"So, what kind of family do you come from that allows you to do these kinda of things, huh?" Tsuna asked, getting the sense that the man is kinda stupid, and would actually spill whatever secrets he held.
"Hmmf," the man huffed, pride filling him. "Surely, the Romarios' Family will be able to take care of the Vongola Family Castle as soon as you are gone, and that your subordinates will be taken care of nicely..."
Tsuna didn't like the sound of that; he didn't like the sound of that at all. His anger had been building steadily, but he refused to let go of it at this time. His intuition said to keep talking to him. He took a breath and kept talking.
"What was the main reason you even took me? I hope you realize that it'll be futile and that the Vongola Family will show no mercy against the Romarios."
"Well, the main reason - we just want your subordinates to surrender themselves quietly, and maybe, we'll spare them as we take over Vongola. But if any resistance happens... there's no telling what we will do to those who do.." the man threatened, a disgusting smile clad upon his face.
Tsuna wanted to punch him, or he wanted to vomit, he didn't know, but he DID know that he had to stall for time, not knowing exactly what was going to happen in store for him, but he certainly can guess, and he most definitely didn't want to find out.
"Um, excuse me?" he asked, letting a little fear come through his voice.
"Hmm?" the man asked.
"C-can I... know your name?"
"Boss.." one of the men whispered into his ear, but Tsuna could still hear him. "It's probably best if you don't tell him. You never know if he is faking being scared. Maybe you should give him an alias."
"Nonsense!" he roared out. "What can this little rabbit do when he's all tied up like this, and at the mercy of me and my men here!? It'll be fine, since no one will come and rescue him. You, Vongola X, you shall have my name, but only on one condition."
"And what is that?" he cautioned. His intuition screamed nervousness, and disgust.
"You have to be my bride."
Tsuna kept a poker face, but inside, he really wanted to puke. He was absolutely disgusted at the thought of being this pig's wife - he was a male, for God's sake, so why should he marry this man that can't even seem to make a decision all on his own? Sighing a heavy sigh internally, he spoke with conviction.
"I'll do it."
"Dammit!"
"Please, don't break the table, Gokudera-san. I'm trying my hardest to make the results happen, but you're not making it go any faster."
"Hurry it up! We have to find Jyuudaime!" Gokudera screamed as he paced the floor.
"Now, now, Gokudera, we'll be able to find him!" Takeshi said, trying to calm Gokudera down as much as possible.
"Hrrgg, shut up, you baseball loving guy! We don't even know if Jyuudaime is safe or being... tor-"
"Gokudera!" a voice inturrupted him.
Gokudera turned to the voice, and before he could even protest, a foot had knocked him out cold.
"We're all worried and stressed about Tsuna, Gokudera. We don't need you wasting your energy freaking out when all that energy could be focused on all the efforts in actually finding him instead."
No one moved out of their spot when Reborn was fixing his jacket and his fedora, dusting himself of anything that may contaminate his clothes. Takeshi sighed, picked up Gokudera and threw him over his shoulder, grabbed his sword, all the while saying that he'll take care of Gokudera for now, then left the room, seemingly dispelling the tension that built up in the room, created by, none other than, Reborn.
"Back to our order of business. What's the status at this current moment?" Reborn asked, turning towards the remaining people in the room.
"Sir, Rokudo Mukuro has not been seen since the incident, and the last we heard from his last report was that he was still working on his current mission..."
"Has he been informed of the situation?" Reborn questioned.
"We have informed the men that have accompanied him for the mission, but no word yet."
"That doesn't give us any good news. Mukuro likes to finish his missions early and wait until the alloted time to come back and turn in the assignment, all the while secretly taking another mission for fun. Keep requesting to get them all here as soon as possible."
"Sir."
Reborn turned to Lambo, who was just sitting on the couch, lollipop in cheek, and lost in thought. Reborn dreaded talking to Lambo, but he had to question and give orders.
"Cow," he said stiffly, ignoring the full body flinch Lambo gave. "What were you doing when this happened? And why were you not near Tsuna like I told you to do?"
"B-b-b-b-b-b... but Tsuna said that he was fine that if he could see me, and I could see him, then I could go around the room and eat food and dance and have fun. He said that we all needed fun every once in a while.." Reborn wanted to punch the dumb cow, but Lambo continued. "He mumbled that everyone should have a little R&R, even 'that guy.' I still kept my eye on him, up until.."
"'Up until..'?"
"... Up until he went to his study. I heard him say that he was going to work on some more important paperwork so that you wouldn't beat him up or something like that. He was going to go into his study then go to bed."
Reborn turned to the security gaurds and demanded to show him the footage. The techs pulled it up, and showed the time Tsuna started going down the hall. Reborn confirmed that what Lambo told was true, and saw the people that went in and out of the study.
"Wait!" he shouted. "Rewind!"
The video rewound and played again. Reborn watched the last 25 seconds, and soon he saw red.
"Get Renaldo here, stat!"