Author Note: I don't really have an update schedule in any shape or form, sorry. I am still alive so don't worry. I don't really know who I'm pairing Tsuna up with right now but I do know that I will not pair him up with Kyoko that I already decided. Also, Tsuna might be paired with more than one person I have not decided yet. So I changed the rating because I realized just how bloodthirsty some of the monsters are so the rating is for blood and violence ok? If I will have any type of sex in my story it will be on Archive of Our Own because they have the explicit rating.
The Clan
Chapter 2: The Beginning of The End
"Tsuna! Time to wake up you have school today!" Nana Sawada yelled up the stairs to her soon to be 14-year-old-son.
She heard a thump signifying her son's unpleasant waking. She shook her head, that happens every school day. Tsuna really loves his sleep. The boy is always in a bad mood when he can't sleep as much as he wants. He is preparing for his awakening on his 16th birthday. On his 16th birthday, he will turn into a Monster as Tsuna and his Mother are both part of a clan or species of people who can transform into a Monster form. Nana Sawada is a Shah Dalamadur a 1,444 foot long snake-like Elder Dragon.
Her father, High King LotDovThur has grown weary of being King and is eager for the day Tsuna transforms, his Awakening, for the first time as he and his mother agreed to return home for a visit. They will have to register Tsuna's Monster form and his new name when they visit after his first transformation. It is the law after all.
The Awakening is the actual term for the first transformation a Monster goes through on their 16th birthday. Tsuna is 13 years old right now his 14th birthday is in two weeks, he only has a little over 2 years until he transforms.
Nana sighed she regrets marrying Iemitsu as she wanted Tsuna to actually feel the love of a father before he is thrown into his responsibilities as High Prince. Once he turns 16 he will no longer be a child under monster law but an adult.
Nana loves Iemitsu really, but he is the most foolish human she has ever met. She knows he has lied to her the entirety of their marriage, but she does not have the heart to divorce him. She really wished that he would just come home and explain the real reason why he never visits anymore. The last time he visited he brought his idiot of a boss with him and she nearly killed the old fool, how dare he try and take away Tsuna's beautiful soul fire, he is currently the only Monster with the ability to use them he was lucky that he left before she realized what he did to him! Nana had quickly brought him to Lord Kirin as he is the leading mind on Soul Fire and he found a seal on Tsuna's wonderful orange flame. Lord Kirin had called on an old friend of his by the name of Daemon Spade.
Daemon, a man with powerful Mist Flames, was enraged that someone was foolish enough to even think about putting a seal on someone let alone a five-year-old. The effects that Flame Sealing has on the one sealed are horrendous they would be lucky if they just end up with no balance, a severe learning disability, and unable to do anything right! That is the best case scenario for someone who was sealed at any point in their life let alone someone who was sealed at the age of five like Tsuna was. Had Nana not immediately brought Tsuna to Lord Kirin and got him checked he would have died at age six.
Daemon unsealed Tsuna right then and there. Tsuna had actually gotten really sick just from having the seal on him for the few days it took to get him to Lord Kirin, he was bedridden for days after the seal was removed, waiting for his Flames to recover. The whole time Daemon was caring for him, they bonded over the experience as Tsuna views Daemon as his savior. Tsuna really came to adore Daemon and is in return. In fact, Daemon is going to come over tomorrow after Tsuna comes home from school. He is going to take him to Akihabara, the anime district in Tokyo, for an early birthday present as he will be away for the next three months on business regarding some foolish idiot in China. Daemon didn't say what the idiot did to get on his bad side, but it was bad enough that it needed Daemon's personal touch. Nana almost feels pity for him. Almost.
The mother finished making her son's breakfast and lunch as the young monster finally came down the stairs.
"Good morning, Monah," Tsuna said rubbing his eyes sleepily.
Monah means mother in Dovahzul the official language of Alternis Terra. Tsuna yawned as he sat down to eat his breakfast which consisted of healthy foods with a lot of protein, carbs and essential vitamins and minerals. He did need as much energy as possible to prepare for his Awakening. Nana sat down to eat with her son, saying nothing as he would not be able to respond properly until he was more awake which will not occur until he finishes breakfast and had his morning coffee. The female inhaled her own cup with appreciation. Coffee is actually very healthy for Monsters and is considered a delicacy depending on how it's made. You can even say that it is essential to proper growth in young Monsters. As such Coffee is highly valued by all Monsters.
After Nana finished her breakfast she took her plate and prepared a nutrient shake for the youngling so he could drink it on his way to school. After breakfast, he finally looked awake.
"Good morning Kul, how was your sleep?" Nana asked her son. Kul means son or child in Dovahzul. Tsuna yawned.
"I slept well, but I want more sleep. How about you?" Nana smiled and handed the shake to him.
"I slept really good, thank you." The seemingly normal teenager looked at the clock and sighed.
"It's almost time for me to go…" She brought her son into a hug.
"I know you don't like school and I'm sorry, but you have to go even though I would prefer that you get to rest all day until you're Awakening, human children are required to go to school and it is suspicious when they don't. If we want to keep up our facade we have to behave like humans would."
Tsuna hugged his mother back "I know I can't wait until we can permanently move back to Terra, I miss grandfather and Lord Kirin." Nana and Tsuna hugged for a moment until Tsuna pulled away and looked at the time.
"I have to get going Mom, I really don't want to be late." He sighed.
Nana laughed "That little Cloud is really serious about protecting his chosen territory isn't he?" Tsuna looked annoyed and nodded.
"He takes protecting a school much too seriously, if I didn't know any better I would think he was a Rathalos." Nana laughed and nodded.
Tsuna said goodbyes to his mother and left for school. As he was walking he thought about his upcoming birthday, he only had 2 years until his Awakening. He wondered what Monster he will turn into, he will most likely be an Elder Dragon as he comes from a long line of Elder Dragons. He really wanted to be a Kirin like Lord Kirin. Lord Kirin is the ruler of all Kirin as such his name was changed to Kirin upon his coronation. Tsuna will be officially named when he Awakens and his Monster form is known.
All Monsters have two names a human name and a monster one. Depending on the circumstances one name is used over the other. A monster gains their monster name after their Awakening. Names a very important to the Monsters and no monster has the same name.
Tsuna yawned and chugged the last of his nutrient shake putting the reusable bottle away in his backpack. As he reached the gate of the school he saw Hibari Kyoya standing guard over the entrance to his territory. Tsuna nodded to acknowledge the ruler of the territory Namimori Middle School stood on. Hibari ignored him as Tsuna went through the gates heading to his homeroom.
Tsuna was tired of the predictability of the humans, they did the same thing every day with little to no variety. It reminded him of the definition of insanity, what did it say exactly? If you do the same thing over and over again expecting a different outcome that's insanity. It also reminded him of Vaas but that's just because he just finished Far Cry 3 yesterday.
Tsuna walked into his homeroom class and sat down at his seat near the back. He sighed as he spotted Takeshi Yamamoto surrounded by his so-called friends, did he not see that they were just using him? He realized what those people were doing long ago, was Yamamoto simply too dense to realize it? Or is he simply ignoring it and doing what the other humans expect him to do? Either way, he didn't understand why he still let them hang off him like that. It confused him greatly. He would have eaten them already. At least that was a fantasy that would carry him through the rest of the day.
Don't even get him started on Kyoko Sasagawa. Is she oblivious on purpose or is it a mask? It might be a mask, but he really couldn't tell. If it is she probably uses it to fend off that idiot Kensuke Mochida's unwanted advances. Even a blind person can tell she's not into him, yet he can't take no for an answer, what a fool. One of these days he's going to be arrested for sexual harassment if this keeps up. Tsuna took a moment to wonder what Mochida would taste like, disgusting probably.
Now Hana Kurokawa, on the other hand, is a truly fierce female, she knows what she wants and doesn't let anyone or anything get in her way. She is Kyoko's friend and she actually has common sense which is ironically a rarity. She is protective of Kyoko and doesn't let the more foolish human males do anything stupid to Kyoko or any other female.
Seriously what is wrong with some of these people!? Do they want to get arrested for sexual harassment or something?! Do these fools have any decency or self-respect? They even go after feminine looking males, for the love of Amatsu, what is wrong with these crazy males!?
Amatsu above he really wants to eat them, he forgot how many times they cornered him in order to "get some" fools. He thought they would give up after he broke that one guy's, whose name he didn't even bother to remember, arm. Just because he looks frail and weak didn't mean he was! He's a monster for Amatsu's sake he was much stronger than any human his age and size.
Well let's see them try again after his Awakening, he will definitely eat them then. He will enjoy it too. He really couldn't understand why they forced themselves on others, not even the most desperate monster would force themselves on another, it does help that the attempt would end in the attacker's death or at the very least a permanent wound- but he was getting off topic.
He turned away from the humans to look out the window, he sighed, he couldn't wait until Iemitsu died, he could finally live his life as he wanted then. Instead of being trapped on this boring planet and being forced to play by the human's rules. He could be living on Terra, his rightful home as High Prince as he should already be. Is it cruel that all he wants is for Iemitsu to drop dead? By human standards yes, but by monster standards? Tsuna or his mother should have already had him killed a long time ago.
You see, Monsters don't care about the human concept of respecting your father or mother if they only contributed to their DNA. A Monster's progenitor was honored depending on whether or not if they were good parents. Meaning they actually stayed and raised the kid instead of leaving and only visiting once to seal said kids Flames, which would have ended with the kid's slow and painful death had the other not realized something was wrong and took them to a Flame expert and got them unsealed, but he wasn't mad or anything, what gave that idea?
Regardless he really wanted Iemitsu dead.
The bell rang signifying the start of class. Tsuna sighed, he was sighing a lot today, it's already been a long day and it was only the start of the first period and of course, his first class happens to be his most hated, Science. Oh how he loathed Nezu Dohachiro the science teacher, but more like a bully. If a student doesn't get good scores on the tests he loves so much you can bet your ass that he's going to make their lives as miserable as he can. Amatsu forbid that you actually get good scores without spending all your free time studying he will really make your life hell.
Tsuna wondered why Hibari didn't kick him out. Tsuna knows for a fact that many students have reported him in the past so why hasn't he been bitten to death yet? Is it because he graduated from a good college? If so, the number of reports made on him should at least have caused some type of investigation. How suspicious.
As Dohachiro walked into the class he promptly started calling out roll. He went through the list of names and stopped on his. What a coincidence.
"Let's see if our wonderful prodigy is actually here today, Sawada Tsunayoshi." Tsuna raised his hand and said here. Dohachiro sneered "So you have decided to grace us with your presence huh? What, got bored pretending to be sick at home?"
Tsuna showed no emotion.
"No, sir" How it disgusted him having to be respectful to this poor excuse of a human, he would be better suited as a meal. One day, he will be. The young Monster wondered how he would taste slowly roasted with onion, chilies, pepper and other spices. Tsuna daydreamed of the day. He couldn't wait. Dohachiro made a disgusted sound snapping, Tsuna out of his pleasant daydream, and moved on he knew that trying to rile Tsuna up would yield no reaction.
The rest of the class dragged on as Dohachiro taught the class what Tsuna already knew. He was the soon to be High Prince, as such his grandfather and mother demanded he gets an education fit for such a role. His tutors were harsh and unforgiving knowing that this will help him during his rule. He had long since started what humans called college courses.
The boy had access to whatever he wanted to learn and the people who wanted him to learn it. He learned whatever Grandfather and Mother deemed necessary and what Tsuna wanted to add. As such, he found Dohachiro unworthy of being a teacher. To be a teacher is to nurture your students, to show sympathy when needed and to be strict when the time calls for such an action. A teacher wants their students to succeed and will do anything possible to allow their student to grow even if that means letting them go to learn from another teacher. Dohachiro shows no such traits, he has no sympathy, he attacks his own students for the slightest mistake. He definitely does not want his students to succeed and grow, he wants them to be the same as they are so that he can constantly show how superior he is, doing anything to stifle his students and to stunt their growth even if it means using underhand tactics to do so. In short, he is a disgrace to teachers everywhere and should be fired with dishonor so that he may never destroy another's will to learn again.
In fact, he had a plan on how to accomplish just that.
But first, he needed to get through the school day. The rest of the day dragged on with lunch passing by with no incidents and classes being as boring as ever. Finally, the bell signifying the end of the day rang out. The young prince hurried to pack up and was the first out of class.
He made his way to the Discipline Committee's headquarters and requested to meet with Kusakabe. He was directed to an empty waiting room and sat down to wait. The waiting room was small only with enough room for two couches pushed against the wall with a simple end table in between them. Across from the couches, was a coffee table and two chairs arranged to be at the ends of the table. There was a houseplant in the middle of the table.
Before this meeting, Tsuna had compiled all the evidence on Dohachiro he could find, evidence that should get him fired. The more he found on the man the more disgusted he became, that poor excuse for a teacher had never graduated from the illustrious college as he claimed, in fact, he had falsified most of his academic record. He had barely graduated from the fifth-rate college he had actually attended, but only after eight years of study. It takes about six years to become a middle school teacher but this man had required an additional two?
How this man went on uncontested for so long was beyond the young monster. Especially since all this information was so easy for him to gather. Almost effortless. So how did this happen? Well, this was one of the reasons why Tsuna is going straight to the DC instead of presenting this to the principal.
The principal might cover all of this up in the effort to save face since he was the one to hire Dohachiro, in fact, that is what Tsuna thinks has been happening. The sheer quantity of reports that have been made in the last year alone should have sparked investigation but nothing has come of it. This reeks of a cover-up.
Hibari and the rest of the DC will allow no such thing to occur. Tsuna knew that for a fact. Hibari held Namimori Middle School in high regard, in fact, he held the entire town in high regard. He views Namimori as his territory and Hibari takes care of what's his. He would not allow such anything that would sully the reputation of Namimori as a whole to continue on.
How the principal managed to hide the large number of reports made about Dohachiro from Hibari is a mystery.
The door to the waiting room opened and Kusakabe walked in. Kusakabe is Hibari's second in command and the one you went to report any complaints. He relayed the complaints to Hibari if they could not be resolved without his help. He helped organize the committee while Hibari rallied them. He is 16 years old with black hair arranged in the iconic pompadour the entire DC besides Hibari has. He had a little stick in his mouth that he chews. He nodded to Tsuna and asked what his business with the Disciplinary committee was.
The young monster stood handing the yellow file containing all the evidence to Kusakabe. He looked the older boy in the eye having to look up to do so. "This is all the information I can gather on Nezu Dohachiro. I know that there have been many reports filed about him but no action has been taken against him. With this information hopefully, something may be done about him." Tsuna said.
The sixteen-year-old took the file looking confused about the prince's comment but as he thumbed through the documents his expression grew more and more stormy until with a snap he closed the folder.
"I will ensure this heads straight to Hibari. An investigation will be conducted on how this could have gone on for so long. Rest assured that Nezu's days are numbered." The black haired youth bowed and thanked Tsuna for bringing this to his attention and quickly left in search of Hibari.
Tsuna gathered his belongings and set off for home he had to finish the homework assigned to him today and then start on his political lessons. He hurried home taking shortcuts to avoid anyone who wanted trouble and soon made it home unmolested.
Nana was there with a healthy snack of a bowl of mixed fruit and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich along with a strawberry and banana smoothie. He sat down at the table after greeting her with a hug and in between bites told her of what had occurred that day.
"So the little Hibari was unaware of this treachery huh? Well, he's only going to be more observant in the future, now if only this didn't come at the cost of countless student's education." Nana voiced as she looked her son in the eyes " I'm so proud of you my kul you will be an amazing king one day. You managed to find all of the evidence of Dohachiro's treachery all by yourself and when you recognize that you alone would not be able to get something done about him, brought it to the one who will be able to do something about it. Being aware of your limitations in life and recognizing the need for help is one of the most important things a king or queen needs to know. Hell, it's one of the most important things for anyone to know!" the soon to be queen said with a laugh.
Tsuna blushed under her praise feeling happy to receive a compliment on his character and abilities.
He wanted to be a good ruler to his people so getting praise from royalty older than he made him happy. The only thing that would make him happier is if the people praised him themselves or if his grandfather commended him.
After his snack, he went upstairs to his room to start on his homework from the school. After about an hour he finished it all and took a small 15-minute break. He then went down to the basement to start his political lessons with his mother who before his birth traversed the unique political landscape of the monsters.
Now the thought process of monsters is in some ways vastly different from and similar to humans, for one thing, monsters are more attuned to nature and are much stronger than humans. Monsters are as likely to talk as they are to battle things out. While fighting is outright disapproved of in human society it is seen as a perfectly valid way to settle things when nothing else can. Such fights are categorized by what they are fighting over, if it is over territory it is called a turf war for example.
Since monsters are so likely to battle over their arguments half the time the political landscape of Terra is a battlefield. As such political lessons are also Tsuna's fighting lessons where he learns how to not only wield the different weapons of Terra but hand to hand as well. He will also learn how to fight in his monster form when he obtains it.
This specific lesson is on the fanged wyverns of the New World. As the little prince entered the basement, which looked more like an arena, his mother immediately started grilling him on the different fanged wyvern species in the New World.
"Which fanged wyvern lives in the jungle and brushes its fur against the ground and trees to build up static electricity in its fur?" She questioned.
"Tobi-Kadachi." He answered.
"What wyvern attacks monsters stronger than themselves when hungry and balloons to unbelievable proportions after swallowing prey whole?"
"Great Jagras."
"What wyvern has large eyes and constantly fights with Tzitzi-Ya-Ku over prey?"
"Shamos."
"What monster passes through the Coral Highlands when carrion is not enough?"
"Odogaron."
"What wyvern can paralyze prey as large as Radobaan with one bite?"
"Great Girros."
The quizzing continued with the questions getting harder and harder until the Dalamander in human form was finally satisfied with her son's knowledge of the species of fanged wyverns in the New World.
"Good I see that you have been keeping up on your studies. Now I'm sure you're wondering why I am testing your knowledge of the fanged wyverns of the New World, that is because we will be going there during your summer vacation to negotiate with the Legiana there we want some of their warriors to become part of the crown guard." Nana stood in front of her son with a serious look on her face. "We have to get the Legiana back on our side after the horrid incident with that rouge Rathalos. The Legiana will be invaluable in our effort to fully map our world and as patrols in the sky."
Tsuna nodded that made a lot of sense they will be able to fly long distances and is more even-tempered than the Bazelgeuse who tend to go off on their own looking for fights.
The reason Terra has yet to be fully mapped is because several Elder Dragons that rearranged the territories they were in. It's annoying but they can't really help it since they are so large.
"Lady Lunastra has also asked for our help in getting rid of a Deviljho outbreak, for now, it's stalled by some of the Bazelgeuse but it won't be for long. We will be going to the New World with our retainers and 50 other Crown Guards to not only get rid of the Deviljho but to train Lady Lunastra's guard." Nana put her hands on Tsuna's shoulders "you will be entertaining Lunastra's son in the meantime ok? I don't want you anywhere near a Deviljho until your at least 17 is that clear?"
"Yes, mom." Tsuna would rather do literally anything else than fight a Deviljho at his level he would most certainly die. Let it be known that monsters have a strong sense of self-preservation.
"Well it's already time for me to start dinner so do you want to help or do you want to get started on the reading Lord Kirin assigned to you?" the princess asked.
"Well I have five chapters to read and it is a thick book...So I should start on the assigned reading."Tsuna sent an apologetic look to his mother and she smiled in return. "Well, I would not want you to get behind on your studies ok? Well, we are going to be having some Italian food today specifically fettuccine alfredo with chicken and broccoli." Tsuna's face lit up he adored the Americanized version of fettuccine al burro while the original is not a main course the alfredo version has a thicker sauce and has chicken, broccoli, seafood and other foods added to make it a main course. It is very filling and delicious perfect for a growing monster.
"Ok, Mom well I'm going to head up then! I love you!" The little prince hugged his mother and went upstairs to start on the reading assigned to him. He got through three of the chapter when his mother called him down for dinner. He quickly washed up and joined his mom at the table.
They had a lovely dinner with the elder monster telling stories of her misadventures with her two retainers, Arren and Klaus an Azure Rathalos and a Green Nargacuga respectively.
"You three actually tried to steal Lagiacrus' kill?" Tsuna laughed. "I know we failed miserably the only reason we're alive is that I am the princess." Nana laughed "Oh man father wrote me the riot act all three of us were grounded for weeks!"
They continued to laugh over the stories Nana had to tell and soon dinner was over and Tsuna stood to help his mother clean up. After they finished the young prince went on to finish one more chapter of the assigned reading and then put away his school supplies and booted his ps3 and started to play god of war 3.
Meanwhile, Nana went off to finish going over the letters and reports made by the guards she carefully read through each letter and penned a reply and made copies of her reply and the letter for the record. She then went through the reports about a massive territorial dispute between five lagiacrus and 6 Plesioth that had caused a lot of trouble for the humans nearby. Thankfully the hunters and the patrolling guard in the area managed to get them to calm and settle the matter peacefully.
Eventually, she finished what she had to get done that day and soon settled on the sofa with some music playing and a book to read. She was on the fourth Harry Potter book and was very disgusted on how the adults handled literally everything so far. Tsuan agrees with her.
Soon it was time for bed and so both Nana and Tsuna said their goodnights and went to sleep Tsuna being unaware of the surprise waiting for him at school.
-Chapter 2 End-
