The prologue was really short, so I did the first chapter as well :P
Harro! Ok, ok, so I never completed any of my other fics, but this one has been nagging the back of head for weeks. So…if I stop updating for a long time, somebody nag me about it, because I actually have the whole plot planned out.
Please don't flame me if I am missing details or something because it is un-beta'd. Thank you!
Enjoy~!
P.S. In case you haven't noticed, this story is AU, and please forgive me if the characters are a little OOC, but I will do my best, even if it isn't good enough
Just Be There Chapter 1: Recall
Tsuna let out a shaky breath as he stretched after exiting the plane. His ass was rather sore for sitting in the same position for more than ten hours, regardless whether it was a first class seat or not.
It had been two years since he had seen his brother, and his brother's guardians, who were almost all, related to Tsuna's guardians. They had moved to Italy, due to the orders of the Vongola, while he had stayed in Nanamori, Japan for a while longer, due to his…poor health. It had taken months to convince Reborn to finally let him move to Italy to meet with his brother. He hummed happily to himself as he thought about all the good times that they had together, and was delighted that they were going to be able to make more.
"TSU-CHAAANNN!" Tsuna suddenly snapped away from his thoughts after he heard the loud cry of…his brother, Sawada Giotto.
The next thing he knew, was that the living daylights were being squished out of him in a bear hug. "H-hey G-G-Gio-nii." Tsuna stuttered as he gasped for oxygen.
"Oh my god, Tsu-chan! I missed you so much!" Giotto gushed as finally let go of his little brother and ruffled his hair, "How are you? How do you feel? Reborn told me you were a lot better. It must have been a long flight…are you hungry? I know that airplane food is horrible…"
Tsuna giggled; his brother hadn't changed at all. "I'm fine, Gio-nii, just a little bit tired, that's all."
"Are you sure, Tsu?" Giotto said as he slid a hand under the brunet's bangs to feel his forehead.
Tsuna simply nodded happily in return. A few years back, during his parents' funeral, Reborn had come up to the two boys and had taken them under the wing of the Vongola, the top mafia family in the world. That was where they had both met their guardians, who they now considered as family, as well as their grandpa that they had never met before. Originally, they were going to compete against each other in order to decide who was to become Vongola Decimo, but Tsuna's body was frail, and he was forced to forfeit the position to Giotto. Tsuna didn't really care though, as long as he was with those he cared about, he was certain everything would be fine.
"Yes, I'm sure." Tsuna smiled rainbows up to his brother, whose cheeks turned a slight tint of pink. After those two years, Tsuna was still as cute and girlish as before.
"Alright then, let's get your luggage to the car." Giotto said, turning around to hide his pink face.
-time skip-
Tsuna was looking forward to spending the day with his brother, peacefully, which meant that they were not supposed to be in the situation that they were currently in at the moment. While driving home from the airport, they had been stopped by the police for speeding, which wasn't a surprise due to Giotto's driving habits. After stopping in an alley way to talk, it turned out the police, were not the police, but in fact assassins who were trying to take down Vongola Decimo (aka Giotto, remember?).
Tsuna, who had stayed in the car, thought that it would be suspicious that the police in Nanamori enjoyed talking in the alleyways, and decided to go check out what was happening. As soon as he turned the building to face down the alleyway, a bullet whizzed right past his face, nearly killing him.
Giotto, who was currently in hyper dying will mode, spun around, slamming one of the assassins in the face with the back of his flaming fist, and the assassin flew back into a wall. "Gio-nii! Are you alright?" Tsuna fretted as he ran towards his brother.
"Tsuna! Dodge!" Giotto yelled back as an assassin threw a knife in Tsuna's direction.
Tsuna quickly squatted down, again, barely dodging the fatal weapon aimed at him. The (pitiful) assassin who had threw the blade was quickly knocked out with a kick in the jaw, followed a square punch in the face delivered by the blond Vongola boss.
What they both failed to notice was that the other assassin, who Giotto had previously slammed into a wall, had pulled out a walkie-talkie. "This is Mario, requesting back up again Vongola Deci-" he was broken off when his walkie-talkie was taken from him and snapped in half. The last thing he remembered was a foot to his face.
"Come on Tsu," Giotto said as he grabbed Tsuna's hand and started pulling him back towards the direction of the car.
Unfortunately for them, they were stopped by a crowd of men clad in black, all holding weapons of some sort, and even a couple with flames.
Before one could say "Holy sht," the massive group of assassins lunged towards the two brothers. Tsuna, who now had already put his gloves on, popped a HDW pill into his mouth, and a bright flame emerged from his forehead and his hands, exactly like his elder sibling.
They both sprang into action, defeating the assassins in a manner just so that they were knocked out, while dodging various weapons aimed towards them. Suddenly, Tsuna felt a sharp stinging sensation from his chest, and he felt his flame diminish quickly as he dropped to the ground. "Dammit! Why is it acting up now out of all times?" Tsuna mentally cried as he coughed. "Tsuna!" Giotto yelled as he shoved one assassin into another, knocking them both out.
Giotto quickly rushed to his little brother to defend him from other assassins who were trying to take advantage of his weak state. "D-Don't *pant* worry Nii-san *pant* it's just ugh…" Tsuna coughing a bit more as he clutched the clothing at his chest tightly, creating wrinkles in it. It was a familiar feeling, and he felt slightly like hurling whatever he had eaten on the plane right back up.
"I can't keep them all away! There's too many!" Giotto thought as he glanced at his little brother, who was obviously suffering.
"Sistema C.I.A. Flame Arrow."
A beam of red flames shot through the hoard of assassins, blasting about ten of them away.
"Juudaime!"
"Giotto, you idiot!"
Two figures emerged from the parted gaggle, which had now stopped their attack to the two new figures that arrived. While the assassins were still in shock of the new arrivals, Giotto scooped up Tsuna from the ground like a princess so that he was more comfortable, and sprinted out, following Gokudera and G after firing a couple more blasts.
Giotto followed Gokudera and G to a different car, since he doubted that his car would still be there. G and Gokudera first slipped into the back row, and Giotto and Tsuna in the middle row. The assassins may have been weak, but they weren't that stupid to not destroy Giotto's means of transport. Giotto knew from experience.
As soon as they assassins were out of view, and it was clear that there was no longer anybody tagging behind them, Giotto peered down at the brunet who was leaning against his chest. He seemed a little more relaxed now, and the panting and coughing had died down. Tsuna still had one hand on his chest, as if it would help relieve the pain a bit more.
"Is Juudaime alright?" Gokudera leaned forwards from the back row, along with G.
"I-I-It's just a little bit *cough* of heartburn, Gokudera," Tsuna wheezed, "W-what are y-you *cough* doing here anyways? I thought Reborn told you *cough* to stay in Italy…"
"We can answer questions later. Hibari, you know what to do." a voice said from the driver's seat.
"Hn. Herbivore, give this to Tsunayoshi," a hand was thrust in from of Giotto's face, and that hand just so happened to belong to Hibari Kyouya.
Giotto's head snapped up to the two familiar voices. "If Hibari's here…than means…" Giotto looked to the left of his little brother's cloud guardian, only to see Alaude in the driver's seat. "Wha-" Giotto started.
"Give Tsunayoshi the pill before I bite you to death, herbivore." Hibari hissed impatiently.
Giotto couldn't really blame Hibari for being ill-tempered in this situation. After all, all of Tsuna's guardians had been scared after that incident three years back.
oXoXoXoXo
Three years ago.
Tsuna had just exited hyper dying will mode, after a sparring session with Reborn. It was the almost the day that he would have to fight with his brother, Giotto, for the position of Vongola Decimo. That's why Reborn had been extra careful during this training session not to land a single scratch on the brunette, and being the world's best hitman, he succeeded gracefully, and for once, Tsuna came out of training unscathed. Tsuna landed on the ground and let his flames dissipate, and closed his amber eyes and opened them again, now reverting back to the innocent caramel.
"Juudaime! You were amazing!"
"Bossu!"
"Herbi-…Tsunayoshi…"
"Haha, great job Tsuna!"
"SAWADA! THAT WAS EXTREME!"
"Tsuna-nii!"
"Kufufufu~ I'm impressed~"
"Eh? Everybody…what are you doing here?" Tsuna exclaimed, turning around to face his famiglia, "You're supposed to be resting! It's going to be a big day tomorrow."
"We came here to watch you, Juudaime!" Gokudera exclaimed happily.
"You seemed even more sexual than ever on the battlefield, Tsunayoshi-kun," Mukuro Rokudo mused.
"YOU LOOKED EXTREMELY COOL OUT THERE!" Sasagawa Ryohei yelled energetically.
"Tch…boxing idio-"
"I agree Tsuna! You looked so awesome!" Yamamoto said, cutting Gokudera off as in not to ruin the mood.
"Now then, don't get too cocky Dame-Tsuna," Reborn said smirking. Inside his heart swelled with pride. His student had really grown up.
"Haha…thank you, everybody." Tsuna smiled happily, "Tomorro-" without warning, he was cut off when a sudden coughing fit racked his this frame, and he feel to his knees.
"Juudaime/Tsuna/SAWADA/Dame-Tsuna/Tsunayoshi-kun/Bossu/Tsuna-nii/Tsunayoshi!"
It hurt. It hurt so much. It was as if somebody had decided to slowly stab a knife into his chest, then froze his insides and micro waved them. Waves of nausea rolled over him, and he could no longer hold down whatever bile that was forcing its way out of him. He fell over; his body lurched forwards as blood came flooding out of his mouth. Black spots began to crowd his view, and he passed out.
-xxx-
Giotto stood with his guardians at the designated battlegrounds to decide whether he or Tsuna was going to become Vongola Decimo. He glanced at his cell phone. It was already twelve thirty, and they had agreed to meet here at 9:00am. Some of his guardians had begun to wonder if their bosses little brother had chickened out, but Giotto knew better, and had snapped back that Tsuna wasn't that type of kid.
Finally, somebody arrived, but it wasn't who Giotto and his guardians were waiting for though. It was the same man who had dragged them into this mess in the first place, Reborn. For some reason, his whole outfit was messier than usual. Even his side burns seemed to droop a bit.
"Reborn!" Giotto exclaimed, "Where's Tsuna and the others?"
Reborn seemed to tense up for a second before responding, "He won't be competing for the position anymore, Giotto, orders from Nono."
"What?"
"You are now automatically Vongola Decimo. Congratulations." Reborn turned around to leave, but was stopped in his tracks when Giotto stepped in front of him.
"What do you mean that I will automatically become Vongola Decimo?" Giotto said, confused, "What about Tsu-chan?"
Reborn closed his eyes and sighed. How come the Ninth had given him this job? He could be doing an easy assassination for good money right now. Reborn took in a deep breath and exhaled. There was no easy way to tell the brunet's overprotective brother what had happened.
"I'm going to be straight forward," Reborn said, his sharp eyes piercing into Giotto's sky blue ones, "Yesterday, right after a sparring session with me, Tsuna started puking up blood and passed out. He's been in the hospital ever since, and is still under examination."
That was one of those moments in life when Sawada Giotto didn't know how to respond. He didn't know how to feel. He didn't know what to say. He didn't know what to do. He simply stood there. Why hadn't anybody told him earlier? Was it so that it wouldn't interfere with match that was supposed to take place today? If so, then fuck the Vongola. Tsuna was way more important than any mafia organization.
It felt the same way when Tsuna had first gotten that lung surgery, except ten times worse since his parents weren't there to tell him it was going to be ok. The same questions began to resurface. What would he do? Why would Tsuna leave him? Would Tsuna leave him…alone?
oXoXoXoXo
When the coughing had died down, Tsuna had fallen asleep on Giotto after he had taken his medication. Giotto gazed out at the passing scenery, as Alaude continued to drive towards the mansion. The rest of the ride had remained silent, in fear of waking the brunet up from his much needed rest. Gokudera and G had gotten off halfway to pick up some dinner, and said that they would walk back. So, Alaude, Kyouya, Giotto and Tsuna were left alone until they reached the Vongola mansion.
"Thank you, Alaude, Hibari," Giotto whispered before slipping off the car, holding his little brother in his arms as it he were a doll that would fall apart anytime.
Giotto quietly walked up the stairs and turned to the left and all the way down to the end of the corridor when Tsuna's room was. Lucky for him, somebody had left the door open, so that Giotto gently pushed it aside and slipped in.
After tucking Tsuna into his new bed and taking off his shoes, Giotto sat down beside Tsuna, looking at him sadly. That occurrence in the alleyway had really frightened him. He was so scared of become close to losing Tsuna…again.
Slowly, he slid out of the room as in not to disturb the brunet, and the door shut with a small click.
"After all, the night sky will mean nothing if the bright blue sky is never there."
TBC
It makes no sense. I know. Blegh.
Thank you for reading and I shall attempt to update asap! I'm really sorry if anything was unsatisfactory but I suck at writing good stories…*blabbers on and on*… This chapter was longer because it has a memory portion to it, but I will try to make them as long as I can, but still keep it interesting :D
