THICKER THAN WATER

AN: All right, chapter one here. Of course, the last chapter being a prologue, I figured this would be the real chapter one. Anyway, Jake has made his arrival as a transfer student, but why is he here in all places? Anyway, I don't own KHR, Akira Amano does. I just own Jake. There. ROLL IT!

Chapter One: Introduction to the boy, Introduction to the craziness

Tsuna's head snapped to attention as he saw his cousin for the first time since he was six. 'Why is he here? I hope he's not another one of those crazy gangsters who want to deal with me.'

"Hello, I'll be looking forward to meeting every one of you." Jake said.

"Anyway, why don't you give us a little background as to where you're from and all?" The teacher said.

"As a matter of fact, I will, Kalahari-sensei." Jake replied in his best Japanese. "Of course, with me having the same name as Tsunayoshi over here, you might think I'm his brother, but I'm actually his cousin. I lived in Japan for the better part of five years, and moved to the other side of the Pacific Ocean, Canada, to be precise, and lived there ever since right up to this moment."

"Thank you, Jake-kun." Mr. Kalahari said. "Now, I see an empty chair beside Tsuna-kun. So, why don't you take it?"

"It'll be my pleasure, Kalahari-sensei." Jake replied as he took the seat. Hayato just gave him a little bit of a cold glare as the class went on.

At lunch, Tsuna went over to Jake. "You'll have to excuse Gokudera-kun." Tsuna said. "He kind of gets jealous sometimes."

"I can tell, cos." Jake replied.

"Don't worry about it, Jake." Hayato butted in. "You're the boss' cousin, so I can readily accept that."

"Hey, I like I said, don't worry, Hayato." Jake replied. He then turned over to Tsuna. "So, I've been hearing a lot of stuff has been going on with you, meeting Reborn, getting yourself some subordinates for your family…" It was then that Tsuna stopped him.

"Wait. How do you know about my 'family'?" Tsuna asked.

Jake was about to speak when Tsuna's desk opened up, and out popped Reborn. "The reason why is because I met him during your guys' summer vacation." He said.

"Reborn! I thought I told you not to come here." Tsuna yelled out. "Besides, I knew you would be gone, but why did you go to Canada to recruit my cousin of all people?"

"I think it's because this was the reason." Jake said, as he lifted up his right pants leg to reveal a really bad surgical scar.

"Oh man!" Takeshi said. "Where'd you get that from?"

"I've been playing ice hockey since I was five." Jake answered. "Not many organized leagues in Japan, though. So, we decided to move to Canada to further my ambitions. It was when I turned 16, when I had my last game as a bantam player; I tore up the ligaments in my knee pretty badly, and broke my kneecap. Doctor said I couldn't play again."

"So you were serious about ice hockey like I am with baseball?" Takeshi asked.

"Oh yes." Jake answered. "So this is your family?"

"Well, there are four other members: Ryohei Sasagawa, Hibari Kyoya, Lambo, and Chrome Dokuro." Reborn said.

"THEY'RE JUST FRIENDS AND UPPERCLASSMATES!" Tsuna yelled.

"Yeah, and that cow is annoying as hell!" Hayato yelled out as well.

"I'm just telling the truth." Reborn replied, as he used his secret passage to back to wherever he hid. Class was pretty normal after that.

As the four friends were walking back to Tsuna's place, Jake said, "So, about that red-headed girl…"

"Oh, you mean Kyoko-chan?" Tsuna asked.

"Yeah, that's who I'm talking about." Jake answered. "You got the hots for her or something?"

Tsuna was just about to answer, but Reborn popped out of nowhere again, and answered, "Well, he still hasn't confessed, and Kyoko's getting impatient."

"REBORN!" Tsuna practically yelled out. "Besides, I'll confess if I feel like it!"

"Still, what about Haru?" Reborn asked. "I think she's more attainable."

"Who's Haru?" Jake asked. Just as he asked that question, the other girl in Tsuna's life showed up, and latched onto Tsuna's arm.

"Hello, Tsuna-san!" Haru said cheerfully.

"Haru!" Tsuna said. "What are you doing here?"

"I thought you'd like to walk me home." Haru answered. "Who's this?"

"Oh, that's my cousin, Jake." Tsuna said, giving Haru an answer.

"Hello." Jake said, in his best Japanese.

Takeshi just said, "Tsuna likes Kyoko, but Haru likes Tsuna, just to let you know."

"Oh." Jake replied. The five teens just walked to Tsuna's place, and Jake saw Nana. "Hey auntie." He said.

"Hello, Jake-kun." Nana replied. "Your stuff is in Tsuna's room."

"Thanks." Jake said. It was then he saw Bianchi. "Oh. Hello."

"Hello Jake. Say, how about some dinner?" She asked, as she bought along a poisoned platter. Of course, Hayato, as soon as he saw his half-sister and the platter, just collapsed on the floor, clutching his stomach.

"Uh, thanks, but no." Jake said. "I'll just have whatever Auntie Nana gives me." During dinner, Tsuna tapped Jake on the shoulder. "Yes, cos?"

"You want to know what my advice is." Tsuna asked.

"What, cos?" Jake asked back.

"Get used to this craziness." Tsuna answered.

"Believe me; I've had my own share of craziness to deal with back home." Jake replied, to a hearty laugh from the rest of the dinner table.

Of course, Lambo just acted idiotic, and took I-Pin's dinner. "Lambo-san's got it!" He said.

I-Pin said, in Chinese, "GIVE IT BACK!" and started chasing him. The two other infants fighting at the table, and Jake gave a little amused chuckle at this. He just finished his dinner and went up to do his homework, then after that, took out his hockey stick, and bent the shaft at midpoint; it bent easily, then opened up a compartment at the top, and switched it, then strung the bow. He took out his arrows, and went to the backyard to do some target practice as Hayato, Takeshi and Haru left for their respective homes.

"I always knew you were good." Reborn said.

"Yeah, but you never told me why you left suddenly." Jake replied.

"Tsuna wasn't done with his training." Reborn said.

"Oh." Jake replied. Fuuta was watching this and started to go into ranking mode.

"Jake-nii-chan. 1st out of 88,000 mafia members in marksmanship." He said as he wrote it down in his book. Jake saw this, gave a little chuckle, and went upstairs.

"This is gonna be one very interesting semester." Jake said.

"Tell me about it, cousin." Tsuna said.

"It's gonna be even more interesting when you're the cousin of a soon-to-be mob boss." Reborn replied, as all three slept.

Meanwhile, five other boys got out from the same flight at the airport. The boy at the lead thought, 'We're gonna get you, Sawada…'

END CHAPTER