Ohayo! (And Konicchiwa for those who aren't in the morning)

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{Ashiteru, Ashiteru, Ashiteru}

"Her friend," she stopped to glance at her son "Was you, Tsu-kun."

Tsuna lowered his eyes; he knew very well that it was him. But there was a question that loomed in his mind that piqued his curiosity.

"A-ah, Mom? Can I ask you one more question?" he asked her, quite determined.

"Sure, anything if it's about Hachi-chan."

"How…how come I don't remember her?" Nana Sawada would only stare at her son. She sighed sadly and looked at him once again.

"I'm guessing I have to tell you the Goodbye and Accident, huh?" she closed her eyes; she really had thought she would've kept all of this a secret. If he knew about it abruptly, surely he would go and look for her.

"G-Goodbye? Accident? What do you mean?" Tsuna didn't understand her at all. What was she trying to tell him?

"You and Hachi-chan had become very close friends. Over the course of only 2 months, you two had known every single about each other. Well Hachi-chan would guess, since of course you wouldn't speak to her."

"I… wouldn't speak?"

"Yes, sadly you were very unsure and scared of what to say. You had always thought that if you said something stupid, Hachi-chan might not like you anymore. At least, that's what you told me." Nana said, quite teasingly a bit.

'I can't believe I was such a coward before!' Tsuna sulked silently, putting a fake smile anyone could deceive.

"You were so happy together, and you two would always play in the same place where you guys first met. But then of course, happy stories like these always have a twist in the end…" Nana sighed once again. Tsuna tilted his head and curled his lips in a misunderstanding way.

"A twist?"

"One day, you had finally told us that you're going to say 'hello' to Hachi. That quite made us extremely happy knowing you were going to talk to your best friend. But as you came back to the house, you had a frown on your face and you started crying. We asked why you were and you mumbled 'Be-because… Hachi… is leaving…'" Tsuna widened his eyes. Leaving? To where was his old friend leaving? Was this the reason why he forgot her? But of course, she wasn't finish telling the story yet.

"We were quite shocked at what you said and we visited the Tanaka Residence again. Her parents said that they were leaving because Hachi-chan's father lost his job, and now they had to go back to Italy. I asked them since when did they plan it, and well, they said a month ago…" Nana frowned. Wow, his mom looked terribly sad since she started talking about Hachi.

"Mom, what happened in the Goodbye?" he asked softly. Nana nodded and continued.

"Well, there was no other choice but to leave it be. You kept crying that night, and we tried so hard to make you fall asleep, but of course you couldn't let go of the fact you're best friend was suddenly moving away." Tsuna looked away for a while, this girl…

"The next day, we accompanied you to the park so you would say your goodbye. Even though you haven't slept much the other night, you still looked wide awake. Hachi arrived soon and started off with short goodbyes…"

"Hi… Tsuna-kun…" Hachi smiled slightly at her friend. Tsuna gave a small and faint smile back, showing that he wasn't too happy about this.

"I'm sorry that we have so suddenly like this. It's just that Daddy needs a job; we're going very far away, back to our home country. We're going to Italy." Hachi softened her eyes for him. Tsuna was taken back a little bit. He had thought that she was just moving somewhere else in Japan. He never expected her to leave the country.

"I don't want to go, but Father really needs to go back. I'm sorry Tsuna-kun…" she neared him a little and gave him a soft hug. Tsuna's eyes started to water. He had thought that his tears had been gone last night, since of course he was crying his eyes out.

"I'll miss you…" she said softly, closing her eyes as she felt that Tsuna had returned the hug back, crying now.

"Aw, Tsuna-kun… you know me… if you cry… I'll… I'll…" she couldn't finish her sentence because she had felt small streams of tears started to fall down her cheek. She cried silently in comparison to Tsuna's small bawling. After a few good minutes, the pair was interrupted when they heard a beep from Hachi's car.

"I… I have to go…" she said, wiping the tears softly. Tsuna opened his mouth to say something, but then, as always, he couldn't feel the words he wanted to say were coming out. Hachi noticed and gave another a small smile.

"It's okay Tsuna-kun, you don't have to say anything…"she said, she neared him once more and gave a very small peck on his cheek.

"Goodbye Oniisan." She said, and walked away to her car. Once inside, she waved at him another goodbye through the window, he did the same and soon enough, the car was out of sight.

Tsuna's arm lowered back to his sighed. He regretted not saying at least ONE word to his best friend. He gritted his teeth.

"Goodbye…little sister…"

Tsuna had widened his eyes at the story. How… how could he just stand there and watch his first friend leave and walk away. He could at least whisper a goodbye, even if it wasn't audible as much, as long as he had tried his hardest to say something. But letting her go like it wasn't important, he couldn't live with that.

Tsuna stood up, he had enough. He didn't want to talk about what he did that day. It was something he wouldn't forget anymore.

"Tsu-kun, don't you want to know about the 'Accident'?" Nana asked him. He stopped from leaving and turned to his mother, a sign that showed he wanted to know.

"Please sit down, I don't think you'll be able to handle what happened next as you stand up." She softened her eyes for him. He nodded his head gently and sat back down.

"When she had left, you couldn't handle the pain of her gone…"

Tsuna just stood there for the next two minutes. His parents had let him sink all of this in for a while, and then decided that it was getting dark and went up to the young boy.

"Tsu-kun, time to go home." Nana said softly.

"No… I don't want to go anywhere…" he said stubbornly, a few sniffs were also heard and also a hiccup.

"Oh sweetie, you have to let her go a little bit…" she tried to grab his arm but then of course he roughly pulled away.

"NO! I don't want to forget about her!" he shouted, tears still streaming down. What happened next was a shock to Nana and Iemitsu. Tsuna started to run with his eyes closed, he wanted to leave everything else and wished that Hachi would come back. He shouted it out even, attracting a lot of people in the process.

"Tsu-kun!" Nana shouted and the two chased their troubled son down the streets.

Tsuna continued to run blindly, going wherever his feet wanted to go. Right now, he didn't care. If he got lost, so what? If he fell down, so what? It all didn't matter right now. The only thing that did was that orange eyed brunette that was always on his mind. He didn't think of Hachi romantically, he thought of her as a little sister of some sorts, but he couldn't just tell her like that.

When Tsuna did open his eyes, everything went black again.

"TSUNA!" he could hear his father yell, but as soon as he did he fell back into unconsciousness.

~!~

The worried parents where now in the hospital, talking to the doctor hopefully.

"I have good news, Tsuna will be okay. Luckily they weren't severe injuries, just scratches and bruises. But the impact on his head did some more damage, he'll be okay at least, his head will just ache is all." Iemitsu thanked the doctor as Nana cried happily. The two went in the hospital room to see their son sleeping silently on the bed. Nana walked up the bed and sat down at the edge, she touched Tsuna's cheek softly and was surprised as he saw his eyes flutter open.

"Tsu-kun…" she said happily and softly. Tsuna turned slightly to her.

"Mom…?" he asked and she nodded.

"Look sweetie, I'm sorry about what happened to Hachi… if we can… we might be able to visit her sometime when we have enough money and-"

"Mom…?" he asked again, she turned to him.

"Yes?"

"Who are you talking about…?" he asked again, and both parents widened their eyes in shock. The impact on his head must have made him forget about Hachi. Nana opened her mouth to answer but Iemitsu whispered to her not to mention Hachi anymore. Since doing so might have him run into a car all over again. And they didn't want that to happen.

"No one Tsu-kun… that was no one…"

Tsuna stared at his mother for a while, in disbelief and surprise. He wasn't mad, just… sad.

"I'm sorry Tsu-kun, we were worried of what would happen next if we reminded you about her." Nana said apologetically to him. Tsuna put his hands up embarrassingly.

"No no! It's alright! It' just…" he lowered his eyes again.

"I wonder how Hachi is doing in Italy right now, she must've grown up as much as I did." The tow nodded and started to talk more positively of Hachi. Nana continued more stories of the two of them happily, and Tsuna listened attentively.

Their chatting was interrupted with the sound of a doorbell.

"Oh, I'll get it." Tsuna stood up and walked to the door. He glanced at the watch he had put on just a while ago, seeing as though it was already 5:00 a.m.

'Must've took a long time to talk about her.' Tsuna thought silently. He went to the door and opened it slightly, to reveal a long haired brunette with bright orange eyes. Oddly, Tsuna hadn't recognized her.

"Yes?" he asked the girl, she smiled brightly and tucked her bangs behind her ear to prevent it from falling over her eye again.

"Ohayo, Tsuna-kun." She smiled at him. Tsuna raised an eye brow, still not recognizing her.

"Ohayo, I'm sorry… who are you?" he had finally asked. She sighed sadly but then again smiled again.

"You mean you don't remember? That's quite sad on my side." She said with a smile on still. Tsuna was about to open her mouth to say something when Nana exclaimed.

"Hachi-chan! I can't believe you're actually back in Namimori!" Nana went up to hug her, she hugged back enthusiastically.

"Mrs. Sawada, it's nice to see you again too." She replied.

"My, you've grown quite beautifully and tall too! How was Italy?" she asked.

"Oh, Italy? It was nice to be back in my home country. You could also say Ho avuto un tempo fantastico qui." *I had a fantastic time there.

"Really? How foreign!" the two continued to talk, ignoring the gaping figure of Tsuna in the background.

'No way! This is Hachi? She's not what I expected... well, things change in the course of 9 years...so...'

"You know, I have a job in protecting people back in Italy." She announced happily to Nana.

"Really now? What is it?" Nana asked her.

"Oh, it's an oragnization called the CEDEF!" Tsuna widened his eyes at the acronym. Without thinking, he hurried to Hachi's side and covered her mouth.

"Ahaha, can I talk to you in my room?" he asked nervously and Hachi nodded slowly as Tsuna dragged her figure up the stairs.

"Why don't you stay for breakfast Hachi?" Nana shouted for her to hear.

"Of course Mrs. Sawada!" she grinned and soon found herself in Tsuna's room.

"Oh! I haven't been in your room yet Tsuna-kun." She said cheerfully and looked around the rather messy room.

"Okay, first of all, Hi." He said, a panting a bit.

"Oh, hi!" she giggled.

"Second, don't mention anything Mafia-related to my mom." He warned and Hachi nodded, showing she understood.

"Third, HOW DO YOU KNOW THE MAFIA AND THE CEDEF?" he shouted and Hachi tilted her head.

"Why wouldn't I? I lived in Italy after all, it's always Mafia here, Mafia there, might as well get involved with it." She said rather plainly. Tsuna shook his head.

"No, you shouldn't get involved with the Mafia. It's dangerous for someone like you to be in it."he said with serious eyes. Hachi blushed suddenly at this, then realized something.

"Tsuna-kun, you know what?" she grinned knowingly.

"What is it?" he said, remaining his cool demeanor.

"Just a while ago, when you opened the door and said 'Yes?', that was the first thing you have ever said to me." She smiled again. Tsuna's cheeks reddened in embarassment.

"Uh...well..." he scatched the back of his head, clearly losing his cool demeanor.

"You are so lame, Dame-Tsuna." They heard someone say and turned to see Reborn sitting on Tsuna's bed.

"Reborn!" Tsuna exclaimed, embarassed still.

"Reborn? Oh! I've heard of you, you're the greatest hitman in the world! It's an honor to be in your presence." She bowed her head slightly to show some respect and Reborn nodded approvingly at this.

"It's an honor to have you be honored. What is your name?" he asked him.

"My name is Hachika Tanaka, I am in the CEDEF along with Basil-kun, Oregan-chan, Lal-san and Master Iemitsu." She says and Tsuna widens his eyes.

"W-what? You work under Dad?" he asked, very shocked. Hachi just nodded.

"Yup! I was surprised too. After my parents funeral, I met Master Iemitsu and he trained me to take care of my own and gave me a place to live in in the CEDEF." She said plainly.

"Woah, wait, your parent's funeral?" the memory of that day made Hachi silent. She stared at Tsuna with sad eyes. Tsuna realized his mistake.

"Oh, sorry for mentioning that..."

"No, it's alright Tsuna-kun, it's not your fault."

"So, Hachika, why are you here in Namimori? Came to visit?" Reborn asked.

"Nah, Master Iemitsu told me I was old enough to travel and take care of myself. He gave me a plane ticket to Japan and I made my way to Namimori. Now I'm permanently living here, protecting the Tenth Vongola Boss while I'm at it." She smiled playfully and Tsuna gulped. Hachi, taking care of Tsuna, now that's certainly weird.

"The Tenth Vongola Boss you say?" Reborn smirked.

"Ah, the problem is I don't know WHO is the Tenth Vongola Boss. I just visited Tsuna-kun is all." She scratched the back of her head sheepishly.

"Hachika, the Tenth Vongola Boss, he's right behind you." Reborn added. Hachi turned enthusiastically and only saw Tsuna sweat dropping. Hachi blinked for a while then her eyes had lit up.

"Wow! Oniisan is the Tenth Boss of the Vongola! I'm so happy!" Hachi purred happily. She was so happy she clinged into Tsuna's arm.

"A-ah..." Tsuna was surprised.

"Oniisan... can I enroll in Nami Middle?" she asked, so childlike.

"Uh... sure?" Tsuna asked/answered. She rejoiced happily.

"Yay! Yay!" she jumped happily.

'Wow, that certainly was a change in mood. But, I'm glad she's here with me after such a long time.' Tsuna thought knowingly.

"Uh, Oniisan, I have a question." Hachi said, Tsuna turned to her.

"What is it Hachi?" he asked.

"Can I live with you for a while? I don't have anywhere else actually." She said sheepishly again. Tsuna just smiled.

"Of course, Hachi."

{Sayonara, Sayonara, Sayonara}

How's that for a second chapter?

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