Chapter 2: Vongola Law

Walking very quietly, a three-year old boy peaked in one of the rooms his father and his father's friend were in. This boy had brown, spiky hair and brown eyes, he was wearing his favorite shirt his father gave to him when he was at the age of two; the 27 T-shirt. What the boy saw was his father looking extremely angry with the old man who, what the boy thought was his father's supposed friend.

"Screw the law!" His father screamed, the brunette watched very silently even though he had that urge to come inside and hug his father very tightly. "I will not let anyone of you kill my sons just for you to have an heir!"

"It's the Vongola law Iemitsu..." The old man said towards his father causing the small boy to frown. "I have lost all my sons and you are the only bloodline left to acquire my next heir."

"But why not take one and leave the other one behind." His father reasoned out, clearly trying to calm his temper, but to what the brunette can hear, was a sound of desperation. "My children aren't half-bloods so.."

"They are twins Iemitsu." The old man's voice suddenly became solid, making his father stop talking. "The rule clearly states that when twin heirs are born, the stronger one will obtain the position while the weaker one be killed in order for no rebellion to come out from him or her."

"And have you decided yet?" His father's voice was so low that the peeping child was having a hard time hearing in the conversation.

"I chose your youngest son, Rikohoshi." The brunette's eyes went huge, putting his hands on his mouth to avoid gasping. The brunette then thought of various reasons and statements concerning this, but only one idea popped out which was. 'Riko-nii? Why would Otou-san's friend want Riko-nii?'

"What will happen to Tsuna then?" The brunette snapped out of his thinking moment when he heard his nickname Tsuna which stands for Tsunayoshi.

"He will be killed."

Tsuna's pupils went smaller, staggering away as he heard the noises get louder.

"When?"

'Otou-san?' Tsuna couldn't believe it, his own father, the only person in the family who loves him, is letting him go?

"Three years from now..."

Tsuna didn't trust those words being uttered by the people inside, his father wouldn't...His father promised to protect him in all times like a superhero.

"Can I stay with my family for this week then?"

Tsuna didn't want to hear anything anymore so he ran away until he reached the white light on the other side..

KKRRIIINNGG!

"Gah!" A small brunette screamed out, awakened by that nightmare. He wore a light blue plain pajamas and was inside a room filled with nothing except a bed and a bunch of cobwebs. This boy was one of the descendants of the well-known Sawada family in Namimori. However, even though he is just six-years old, he looked slightly malnourished. Anyways, it was the twentieth time Tsuna was forced to wake up due to the repetitive nightmare he experienced right after his father's visit...

"It was...just a dream..." Tsuna whispered, closing his eyes as tears threatened to come out. Hugging his legs together in fetal position, Tsuna chants to himself a soft rhyme he found deep from his head.

"Umi ha todomaru tokoro o shira nai~"

(The Sea knows no bounds~)

The lyrics were short, but was very comforting. Tsuna doesn't know where he heard this and he plans that no one will ever know this.

"Hamaguri ha sedai kara sedai he to sono keitai o shita ni watashi masu."

(The Clam passes down its form from Generation to Generation~)

Tsuna doesn't understand or even want to know the quotations in this song yet he could never forget it.

"Reinbow..."

(The Rainbow...)

Tsuna sang the last words with sorrow. After that he wiped his tears away and stood up to change for school. While Tsuna was taking a shower, he started calculating on how many minutes he has left before going to school. Before he completely went outside his room, he pulled out a small container that contained a pair of brown contact lenses which his father gave him for safe keeping and then wore it. Tsuna never did find out why he kept wearing it, even if he heard and saw it for himself personally that his father would let him die, Tsuna would always love him as a father.

"I have twenty minutes left before Hibari comes out to beat the day living lights out of me so..." Tsuna said out loud as if talking to another person while buttoning his shirt and going down the stairs. "I'll use fourteen minutes for making my lunch and dinner..." Tsuna headed to the kitchen where no one was there. "Another three minutes in going to school..." Tsuna pulled out a frying pan and knife followed by some natural ingredients like egg, rice, cooking oil and other stuff. "Added with two minutes to evade my classmates along the way..." Cracking the two eggs quickly, Tsuna places this in the pan. "I'll be just in time for class." And Tsuna continued cooking.


-Twenty minutes later-

Namimori Middle School

'I was right...' Tsuna thought in his mind, carefully hiding his bandages in his long-sleeved student shirt. 'I didn't get late, but I got ten times worse of a beat up than usual...The nurse didn't bother helping me as usual, giving me a bunch of bandages is one of those signs.'

"Attention class!" The adviser called off, causing all the students to face him. "I would like to congratulate our class for its hardwork in achieving one of the highest grades within five years in Namimori."

"Woohoo!"

"Yeah!"

"I knew all my tips paid off!"

"But!" The teacher continued, looking quite annoyed and disgraced. "All because of one student...We could not break the highest grade's record. This person is Sawada Tsunayoshi."

"Why does Dame-Tsuna always ruin our success?"

"Maybe he's retarded?"

"I think his parents just bribed the principal to make him stay here. Seriously."

"Hey Riko...Are you sure that he's even related to you?"

"He must be a pain to keep inside the house ne?"

Tsuna bowed down his head, taking all the insults being thrown at him with no defiance. For three years, Tsuna was treated like this and sadly, he got used to it. After all, no one wanted him here so there was a low chance of being defended, protected or even be comforted by one of his classmates. All they know about him was that he was Dame-Tsuna, the most pathetic student in their school, a failure in both academics and sports, a disgrace to both his parents and a false carbon copy of the popular Rikohoshi, his younger brother.

*Ding Dong Ding Dong!*

"Goodbye class and have a nice summer vacation."

Immediately, Tsuna shot out from his seat before any bully gets to him and ran to the safest area he could ever think of hiding in...The roof top. As stupid as this statement sounds, it was the least expected area Tsuna's classmates would ever check for; One, lots of people hang out there in the mornings. Two, you could actually fall to your doom when someone pushes you off there. And lastly three, Hibari was almost always there. Yes, the great and fierce head of the disciplinarian committee rests there so do not disturb him or he'll bite you to death.


-Midnight-

"Why is a herbivore here?" A man with jet black hair asked the brown brunette sitting on the rooftop.

"Hibari-san..." Tsuna faced the guest with a soft smile. The boy before him had grey eyes and wore a long-sleeved white shirt, black trousers with matching shoes and a gakuran top worn on his shoulders. And let's not forget about his signature mark, the committee's armband pinned onto his left sleeve.

"Want to eat with me?" Hibari looked away, glancing back to see the child still smiling at him. Eyeing his prey closely, Hibari could clearly see the injuries and bruises the brunette gained in a mere span of a day. Without the man knowing, the brunette was moving inch by inch towards the male. Hibari only noticed this when he saw a bento box in front of him and the boy look at him innocently.

"What is the meaning of this?" Hibari asked suspiciously, taking one step back to get some of his personal space back.

"Please! Only for today." Tsuna pleaded, once more going closer to Hibari. The surprising thing was (for Hibari) that Tsuna wasn't scared of him, not like most students and teachers.

"And why would I do that?" Tsuna stopped when he heard this and did a thinking pose causing the prefect to sweat drop.

"Oh I know!" Tsuna cheered to himself, making Hibari raise an eyebrow this time. "Let's make a promise."

"Promise?" Hibari watched as Tsuna remove his brown contact lenses just to show plain brown eyes. 'What was the contact lenses for?'

"Yeah!" Tsuna said, pulling out his pinky finger towards the feared disciplinarian. "We'll do the traditional pinky promise."

"And what will you promise me?" Hibari asked, nearly smirking on what he saw the child try to do with him. 'Promises are and always will be broken anyway..'

"When I become stronger.." Tsuna started, once more showing his pinky out to the older one once more. "You can just ask me to fight you and I'll accept it no matter what the time is. Do you agree?"

"When you become stronger." Hibari repeated, but because of the soft orange glow he saw in Tsuna's eyes, he summoned out his right hand and sealed the pact. "You better not break this."

"I won't." Tsuna teased childishly, lifting the bento box once again towards the older boy, Hibari finally accepted this and sat beside Tsuna. Hibari's eyes widened by a few nanometers when he saw the food inside.

"Hamburger steak..." Hibari muttered, looking down at the food item strangely.

"You don't like it?" Tsuna questioned, unconsciously pouting at his newly acquired friend.

"No..." Hibari then took it and started chewing much to his dismay. As they ate silently, watching the stars shine above them, Hibari was the first to break the silence due to his curiosity.

"Why aren't you at home?"

"Okaa-san and Riko-nii went to a five-star hotel for Riko-nii's Seventh birthday."

Hibari analyzed how the boy answered, curious to see why Tsuna isn't crying his eyeballs out yet.

"Aren't you two twin?"

"Yes, twenty-seven second difference, but Okaa-san likes Riko-nii more so why bother."

Hibari didn't get why this weak boy in front of him act so emotionless when it comes to family relations. Hibari always imagined Tsuna as a spoiled brat just like his brother. *CoughHibariisalsorichcough*

"How long has this been happening?"

"More than two years I think..."

"Then why?"

"Why what?"

"Why won't you fight back?" Hibari didn't know why he was pumped up over another's problem, but he did. Tsuna stayed still though, putting his finished bento box inside his bag, he faced Hibari.

"Because they are family.." Hibari looked away, knowing that he couldn't change this boy's direction in life. Strangely, it was kind of frustrating for Hibari since he is more acquianted with the boy now. Watching the brunette stand up, getting the empty bento box away from him, Tsuna smiled.

"H-Hibari-san?" Tears started to form as Tsuna tried to continue his sentence, he didn't want to feel rejected again, but he had that feeling today was different. "Can you..." Tears now rolling down his face. "Can we make a promise again?..."

"..." Hibari wanted to say something back at the child, not wanting anyone to mop around on him yet he did not do so.

"To be here tomorrow to celebrate m-my birthday?" Tsuna wiped his tears away, blurred by its presence on his eyes. When he cleared it away, he found himself being petted by the older child.

"I will..." Even when those words were said with a dull tone, Tsuna knew he had found his first friend. "And I'll have to start teaching you to get stronger."

'Thank you..." Tsuna hugged the shocked Skylark before leaving. When the brunette went, the Skylark regained his senses and only shook his head, angry at his emotions for being controlled temporary by a small boy.

"He is just a herbivore..." Hibari repeated to himself. "That does not break rules and is pathetically weak so you can not bite him to death yet..." Sighing after the said-statement, Hibari decides to head back to take a nice rest until he spotted a familiar object.

"Oh?" Hibari picked it up and realizes it to be the brunette's contact lenses. 'I'll return it to the herbivore tomorrow.' Pocketing the container in his pants, Hibari continued to go outside. 'It isn't like the herbivore will all of a sudden disappear on me. Now...What can I give to the herbivore?'

Hibari walked aimlessly towards his house, unknowing of what is about to happen...