In the eyes of a Guardian
Rokudo Mukuro.
Will be 15 in a couple months before Summer truly begins.
For seven years, after a year of hell when the Estraneo were ostracized he lived in Japan with his Savior and Sky, living an ordinary life.
Well...almost ordinary.
He lived with the upbringing of a warrior while obliged to do well in school.
As a young boy, he learned Italian and English for two years and half before his hell began...then had Japanese in his language repertoire.
He was classmates with his Sky for several years as arranged in order for him to adjust until he is alright enough. Due to how hard it was, he resolved to study hard while exploiting his...science-gained abilities. His body down to the last cell was modified that he spent months in a tank, before released to being 'trained brutally' as a soldier of the family. He was taught techniques and strategy...before he would be forced to fight and kill.
This was thanks to his enhancements that enabled faster learning, and stronger and faster bodies that are virtually immune to diseases.
He lived these years by watching his Sky, Sawada Tsuna(沢田 津菜)
She changed her name to Tachibana Tsuna(橘 繋) to hide from her family. She would have named herself Natsume Tsuna(棗 繋)if not for the fact she'll get the maniac aware of her existence and turn her into 'meat' to feed his ideal warrior.
'I know I made my mom cry that she's lost me for years.' she would tell him. 'But I foresaw what my life will be like had they destroyed me and she's raising the 'destroyed me'.' Tsuna told him. 'And exposure to disharmony from my body caused by that Flame Seal...while she still gives the basic care a parent is expected to give a child, she has no hope and no faith in me and became apathetic to the bullying I suffered because of my severely-restricted learning ability and cosmic-joke-levels clumsy. I would have nobody and no one so my self-worth is shot to hell. That's too painful to deal with so running away while I'm still normal...mom at least still cares for me.'
Flame Seals are very restricted. Reserved only for traitors of a family who committed terrible betrayal/treason to his/her famiglia. As its an In-House Affair, the Vindice will normally not interfere. The effects varies on Flame Types. In a Sky's case, its Disharmony in their own body and with the whole world around them! Second-worse to that was Mists going insane, Cloud becoming a living disaster by themselves, Lightnings become reckless with abandon, Storms become 'living dolls' in calmness. Rains on the other hand, act like druggies so stoned beyond hope and Suns are out-of-control that its often best to kill the Sealed Guardians off while for a Sky, being Sealed is a fate worse than Death.
But sealing a child who doesn't even know what a crime is? That's inexcusable...and last the two kids checked, 'For an attempted sealing on a blameless child who has no clue about our world and on a Sky at that, Vongola will hereby lose her as a potential heir and Sawada Tsuna, child of CEDEF Boss Sawada Iemitsu is to never have anything to do with Mafia ever again.'
When Timoteo came to Japan to seal her, two of his sons are already dead.
And now according to her, Federico who went missing was found as bones. So now the two bosses are bargaining(read: BEGGING) with the Vindice to let them have Tsuna as their heiress.
But given how Tsuna saw her future when they destroyed her?
Hell no.
She knows that the Vindice are enjoying things way too much, while the two of them lived the life they wanted.
They had the protection they wanted as long as they don't break rules that could get them chucked to Vendicare.
But for now...Tsuna saw a future that worried her and took Reiki with her with Shin's permission for who-knows-what, instead of attending school on her first day.
In her hometown.
Curiosity is really eating him...as he has a job that he too, will skip school on his first day on his Sky's orders.
He'll go get a nice girl.
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Bargaining with the Vindice is difficult, she thought, as she took them on a nice spiritual Road Trip by invoking the power within Reiki, to get the help of her ancestor, Natsume Iyo.
The wardens complained on WHY is she naked?
Iyo said, 'Ghosts can't bring clothes with them when they die.'
Because of what will happen two years from now, she has to gather her guardians quickly to prepare for the battle for the future...and they don't even have the Vongola Rings! So they'll settle for the future's A-Class Rings until then. And their martial arts skills and flame training to compensate.
While she can get to Lambo, Gokudera Hayato and the girl who would become Chrome Dokuro, she has to court three boys.
That meant, going to school in Namimori until she could at least, train them up to snuff for two years, leaving Mukuro to deal with crap in Tokyo, trusting him with missions, and sending Chrome her way.
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Asakura Nagi. The girl who would become Chrome Dokuro.
The daughter of a famous actress and a new stepfather the mother recently married.
Until then, she was the very-much-neglected daughter of a single mother who hired a babysitter who only fed her and left her to her own devices while watching TV. That, and neglect aside, it was made clear that she was a burden.
Growing up never knowing kindness nor warmth, made her very lacking as a human being while hungering for 'something she doesn't understand'. But she hungers.
She is now currently in Grade 6.
It was then she met a handsome young man outside her school's gate.
'Hello...Nagi-chan.'
The first human to smile at her kindly and spoke to her so gently.
Nobody ever did that for her...
...so she fell hard, just as her other parallel worlds had.
But her life changed immediately.
Her belongings packed up, transferred to a school in some faraway town with her parents giving her huge amounts of money...
...this man, Mukuro told her everything she needed to know.
While she could not believe it, Mukuro showed her his powers and what their Sky saw through her visions. Only, in all those futures, she lost an eye in a car accident and her digesting system as well as part of her lungs. Here, she's thankfully whole, thank you!
He took her to Namimori to meet their Sky. Beautiful Tachibana Tsuna.
She wasn't told Tsuna's real surname as they were hiding from 'unwanted people'.
And Tsuna...rented a nice large apartment.
An apartment that can fit four people with a very large space.
'For now it's just us.' Tsuna sighed as she glanced at their large apartment that she rents for 1.2 million a month, but has to pay for the initial costs. A deposit of 4.8 and an Agency Fee of 1.2. The rent of 1.2 was due to a combination of rent, electric, gas and water bills. To make that rent money worth it, Tsuna bought state of the art electronics and appliances to milk that rent otherwise she'll feel she's paying for too much for so little uses in their apartment.
That, and that huge living room? Became a Training Room! The family room became the living room.
Their apartment has four bedrooms with their own closets, four bathrooms with western toilets, there's even a room for a maid if they hired any but THEY WON'T, a family room, a large kitchen and dining room and the largest room by far, was the living room with an electronic fireplace. They also have a nice veranda to hang out the laundry. Not only that, there's a nice large freezer, fridge, dryer, dishwasher, washing machine and disposer installed! Its also pet-friendly.
Their apartment features air conditioner for summer and a heater for winter, auto-lock, cable with broadband and wifi. The huge rent was worth it!
'We will get help in having Lambo and Gokudera Hayato here with us.' she said. 'Thanks for bringing her, Mukuro.'
'Kufufufu...this is easy compared to what you'll have me do this year.' said Mukuro with a twitch. Tsuna looked sheepish.
'Ahahaha...sorry Mukuro, but either that or blood will flow in school!' Chrome stared at her two elders incredulously. 'You gotta keep boys away from Maya-san or Shin-niisan will kill those guys.'
Mukuro sighed comically.
'There's that. That damn sister-complex cousin of yours...'
Mukuro then left for home for his jobs, leaving Chrome to Tsuna.
Tsuna will be Chrome's Master in martial arts by day, Mukuro will be her Master in her sleep in using spears and Illusions while their bodies rest.
That, was their arrangement.
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Lambo Bovino was lured to Namimori by a rumor that said 'Reborn is there' sought him out, and Tsuna 'snapped him up' and had Mukuro make him forget his so-called mission in order for her to teach the kid. His energetic-ness...she'll put to good use while she enrolled Chrome in the local elementary and Lambo...not yet. She'll teach him personally at home through Mukuro's illusions at night, so he's ahead by the time he's Grade 1 by studying in his dreams. But in real time, she would give exams.
Gokudera Hayato arrived two days later.
He just got an envelope in his apartment in Italy, telling him of a location, and an address.
Baffled, he went there thinking he has a mission...and was met by a girl his age who emitted 'the aura of a don'. He thought he'd get a job from her...
'Job? You'll get training here, Gokudera-kun.' said 'Tachibana Tsuna'. 'And I'll grill you good while you attend school just to keep the truant officers off your back.'
So he accepted with a gulp. He found he's living with a creepy-quiet girl and 'that annoying stupid cow' as he has heard of Lambo.
'Now that you're all here...know that training will be very rough.' said Tsuna. 'And Eating Healthy is a must so Gokudera-kun, no smoking cigarettes, alright? And no dynamites for now either.'
'Yes ma'am! But what training will we be doing?'
'Ancient Martial Arts. Not the bullshit used in sports tournaments.' said Tsuna. 'And real martial arts is very useful in real battles.'
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Namimori...at home, dinnertime...
In this town, Tsuna can freely let her hair down. Gokudera, Chrome and Lambo were in disbelief with how long her hair was.
'W-why is your hair so long?!' Gokudera, Lambo and Chrome gaped because when they first saw Tsuna, her hair was in a bun!
'Ahaha, family tradition to only cut it when you're married and if and only if it touches the floor.' Tsuna smiled. 'Its always ankle length otherwise.'
'Heee...'
'Won't it be a hassle though?' Gokudera pointed out.
'Well, we were trained hard in moving and fighting with long hair.' said Tsuna, putting food on the table. They noted that when in mornings its all vegetables, eggs and tofu, at night it's lots of herbs, meat and fish.
And their food? It's way too much! But due to training, they'll need a lot of calories. So they'll have to learn to eat a lot too.
Lots of healthy food, and if she's ever frying, it's always olive oil she's using or coconut oil. And she was one hell of a cook that Lambo, a fussy eater has no complaints...because starting tomorrow...training will be crazy-hard!
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Namichuu...
Tsuna stole a lot of attention just by merely existing...due to her looks and long hair. Her long hair is parted in the middle, and tightly bound at the tip with cotton ribbons.
Particularly one prefect standing by the gates as he recognized power on sight.
Sure he can't recognize a martial artist, but he recognizes strength by 'how they carry themselves'.
But!
'Oi. Hair that long is illegal for safety reasons.' he spoke strictly-coldly. 'Cut it to a reasonable length after school.'
'Sorry but family tradition keeps me from doing so even if its a pain in the neck.' Tsuna would tell him. 'We're only allowed to cut it when we get married and our husbands do the cutting. Until then we put up with extra baggage.' the boy known as Hibari Kyoya twitched. 'Look up the Natsume Family, will you? Martial Arts clan in Tokyo.'
'...I know of them. Nevermind...but...' Hibari grinned as he lunged at her and she effortlessly subjugated him in fast speeds. 'You're the real thing.' he grunted but he looks oddly happy.
Gokudera and students coming in were shocked by the display of speed and strength...and later got distracted by flaring hair and panty shots to see what really mattered...she has holster-belts on her upper thighs containing an ornate box each.
'Well, I am a maiden of that house by maternal links...' Tsuna grinned before she got off him and introduced herself. 'From the Natsume-Ryuu Kenjutsu, I am Tachibana Tsuna. Mairimasu.' she did an exaggerated bow as if she were a gentleman. 'Let's play again soon...senpai.' she giggled before skipping off.'
'Shishou, wait up!' Gokudera jogged after her.
'Tachibana Tsuna...huh?' Hibari mused, dusting himself. 'Finally. I was getting rusty if she could catch me that easily...' he grinned.
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In Classes...
'Gokudera-kun, back to your seat, its not P.E time!' the teacher squawked as Gokudera was doing training at the back of the classroom.
'Oh, don't mind him sensei, its on my orders as the student of my family dojo back home.' said Tsuna airily. 'He can still catch up with schoolwork as he's listening while doing his menu.' she said nonchalantly, 'As long as he performs well in school that should be of little matter, no?'
'Well he'd better!'
(Gokudera proved he aces his quizzes and recitations whenever he was called)
At Elementary...
Chrome was doing the same thing, while an illusion of her was at her seat while she was invisible at the back.
At home, Lambo was free to do everything in the privacy of his own home.
'Uwee...to be strong to beat Reborn for boss...is this much work?' he wheezed out, red-faced as he was allowed a ten minute breather before going back to training by Tsuna. And his real break was when it was lunch time and by then, because he was still a kid, after lunch he is to stand still for twenty minutes and drink lots of water, then take a nap setting the alarm to 3:45 pm because when Tsuna gets home from school, training will be a lot tougher. 'Ga..ma...n...gotta get strong...'
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After School...
Hibari challenged Tsuna to a fight.
She tested the waters before soundly trouncing him...and gave him a lecture she would teach to the rest of the kids at home.
'If during school you physically train your entire body...after school till bed we will be doing technique training after homework if we have any.' said Tsuna. 'Let's start with the basics of punches and kicks. Gokudera already knows that so he can skip to his own training while I lecture the two of you in what you are to do.' she told Lambo and Chrome.
'Training?' Lambo asked. 'Whassat?'
'In your full power and full force,' Tsuna demonstrated a full-powered punch and kick, 'Do a basic technique 100 times, be it your left or right arm and leg. Before you two do that, I'll lecture you first. Before that, I'll instruct Gokudera on what to do.'
'What do I do, shishou?' Gokudera asked her.
'You have a smoking background, so by running a Record Marathon around town with rubber tires tied to your back, you can flush out the tobacco from your system, while greatly improving your lung power which will also raise your stamina and improve your reserve of oxygen.' said Tsuna, giving him a custom-made leg holster for water bottles...a thick rope and car tires.
"These little bastards are heavy yet she lifts them effortlessly..." Gokudera gulped nervously.
'I showed you a map earlier, and the ideal place to run laps in while you run like hell, imagining yourself being chased by a pack of angry Great Dane dogs and those dogs are 86 cm tall.' Lambo, Gokudera and Chrome gulped. At their age, those dogs are monsters! 'I taught you the Nanba Running Technique, use it.'
'Hai!'
'Now go out there, tie the tires to yourself and run! Your goal is 20km run in 1 hour and 10 mins!'
'EHHHH?!' Gokudera's eyes popped.
'Run!'
'Hai!' Gokudera scampered out with the tires.
'You two will do that too when you're a bit better in shape.' Tsuna giggled as Lambo and Chrome paled. 'For now, basics 101!'
Needless to say, Day 1 was hell alone...