Chapter 2

DISCLAIMER: I wouldn't even come here if KHR were mine ;A; !

Vongole HQ:

"AUGH! THAT'S NOT IT! AT THIS RATE, I'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO SAVE THE JUUDAIME!" Gokudera yelled. He was sitting alone in the library, surrounded by mountains of books and loose papers, ready to tumble at any given moment. he tussled his hair like crazy, almost ripping it out. He wasn't the only one like this, though. Everyone kept bottling their emotions inside until they exploded; after that, they would argue about trivial things until they finally calmed down, and the process would start again. Reborn kept saying that it wasn't healthy to do, but no one, not even Reborn himself, listened to the wise advice. Gokudera crumpled up his papers and cursed at the sky; then he aimed them carelessly at the trashcan, which was overflowing with failed ideas.

"Oi, Gokudera, do you have the business files you borrowed from Giannini a few days ago? He needs them back," Yamamoto said as he entered the room. When Gokudera didn't reply, Yamamoto gave a weak smile. It was all he could do for now. He decided to walk over to Gokudera, but he accidentally knocked over a book, which knocked over another and another and another, just like a chain reaction. Soon, all the books and papers were just a giant mess on the floor. "Oops," Yamamoto said.

"…YOU STUPID BASEBALL BRAIN! NOW I HAVE TO CLEAN THIS MESS UP!" Gokudera screamed. Yamamoto knew that he was about to explode, so he tried to take things slowly, but Gokudera had a short temper even when he wasn't tense. "You know what? Just die!" Gokudera said. "Rocket Bomb!"

Yamamoto's facial expression grew serious, but he knew he shouldn't fight back, so he kept blocking Gokudera's bombs with his katana. Gokudera slowly cornered him, throwing relentless attacks at him. Yamamoto found no openings as he slowly reached a dead end. Suddenly, Gokudera stopped, with a surprised look on his face, and just as Yamamoto thought he was safe, everything around him flashed white, and he blanked out. Gokudera was still standing, surprised, as Byakuran stood in the spot where Yamamoto disappeared.

"Shit."

With Tsuna:

"You're here to become an exorcist? Excellent!" a strange looking man exclaimed, "My name is Komui!"

"A-ah…Eto…H-hello, Mr…Komui?" Tsuna said without confidence. He secretly thanked Reborn for drilling English into his brain, although he was still new to it.

"Hmm? Are you from Japan, boy?"

"Eh? How did you know?"

"I can tell from your accent."

Just as Komui said that, a man with a smile that spread wide across his face came up behind Komui and said, "Hi! Welcome to the Black Order! My name is Lavi, and I'm Bookman Jr." He was holding a weapon much like a war hammer and had spiky red hair with a giant bandana across it; and an eye patch covering his right eye; he looked friendly enough, but Tuna's super intuition told him not to get too close to the Bookman Jr.

"Oh Yeah!" Komui suddenly spoke," I forgot to tell you, Sawada Tsunayoshi-kun, if you didn't know before, you need innocence to become an exorcist, but if not, you can still join to be a finder."

"Innocence?" Tsuna asked.

"Yes, innocence mostly comes in the form of a weapon, like Lavi's hammer," Komui explained as he pointed to the war hammer that Lavi was holding," but in some cases, the innocence attaches itself to you and becomes part of your body."

"Eh? Really?" Tsuna said in shock. He didn't remember such a thing in his world, so this was the first time he had heard of that.

"Mhm," Komui said, nodding his head, "in this HQ, we have two members with parasite-type innocence, as it is dubbed. These two are Allen-kun and Lenalee-chan. Actually, Lenalee-chan has been dubbed as the crystalline type innocence, but the two are somewhat similar." (Emphasis on Lenalee-chan)

"Oh, umm, well then, can I see them, err, I mean, their innocence…es?" Tsuna asked, merely trying to buy more time to find an excuse for his 'innocence' to be.

"Uh-oh! Sorry, I have to go back to work before my workers kill me," Komui slyly said, "Lavi, can you assist Sawada-kun to them? Oh! And Lenalee-chan? OFF-LIMITS." Komui had said the last part so creepily that it sent chills down the tenth generation boss's body, but anything would make Tuna do that.

With Yamamoto:

"Oof!" Yamamoto cried as he landed on top of a garbage can in a dark alley. He slowly slid off, and exited the alley, looking for help. He spotted a businesswoman and rushed toward her. "Excuse me, m'am " he said.

"…Eh? What?" the lady replied in English. Yamamoto wasn't really good with English, but with his incredible luck, he could just guess his way through.

"Uhmm…I am looking for my Japonese friend, he is short and brown-hair, he look like…a girl?" Yamamoto guessed.

"Huh? Japanese? Well I haven't seen-"

"Watch out!" Yamamoto suddenly exclaimed in Japanese as soon as he sensed something dangerous. He whipped out his katana and stabbed a child who was holding his mother's hand. The businesswoman screamed and ran to get the cops. The other citizens started to panic and run amok, but Yamamoto just stayed in his battle stance, staring at the 'broken' child, as if he expected the child to resurrect and attack him. Suddenly, an ugly beast with a deformed human body stepped out of the now split-open child. It was a child-like creature with a bloated stomach. There was a black star on it's stomach and a lit, closed-ring, "halo-like" oval above its head and wings on its back ironically making it look like a childish angel. (A/N: It's a level 4…D: SHOOOT.)

"Oh?" the creature spoke, "You don't look like you're an exorcist…well, whatever, it doesn't make a difference, I'll kill you anyways."

"You can speak? How interesting, haha," Yamamoto replied, smiling. The creature look astonished at how care-free the man in front of it was, but nevertheless, the Akuma could sense great power in him, so he wasn't to be underestimated.

"Hmph, I'll get rid of that cocky attitude of yours. SOON!" the Akuma said as it swooped towards Yamamoto.

With Tsuna:

"Hi! I'm Allen!" a boy around Tsuna's age said. He had white hair and a red…tattoo…(?) across his left eye.

"And I'm Lenalee," said a Chinese girl. She had dark green/ black hair that reached her shoulders. She was wearing blood red bangles on her ankles. She also looked about Tsuna's age.

"My innocence is my hand," Allen said, revealing a slightly deformed hand behind his exorcist robe, " I can transform it into an innocence sword during battle, but only if I my compatibility level reaches 100%." Tsuna nodded quietly, whilst taking mental notes. Lavi was standing next to him, but Tsuna felt that the Bookman Jr. was too close for comfort.

"My innocence is the bangles on my ankles. During battle, they transform into Dark Boots, my real weapons," Lenalee said.

"Hey! My…uh…innocence, is like that too," Tsuna piped up. The three exorcists began looking at him weirdly, and Tsuna thought that he had said something wrong. "Uhm, sorry for interrupting you, uh Lenalee-san?" He apologized meekly.

"Huh? Oh, no! It's fine!" Lenalee said, and shook her head, "It's just that, it's kind of surprising for a new exorcist to have crystalline-type innocence."

"Eh? Oh, uh no, I think my 'innocence' is the common kind; it's just that, when I'm not engaged in battle, my weapons turn into accessories, too," Tsuna explained.

"So then," Lavi spoke," What's your innocence?"

"Uhhm…" Tsuna began. He hesitantly pulled his gloves and showed them his rings, " This is it.."

"Rings and gloves?" the three exorcists ask peculiarly.

"Yeah," Tsuna said sheepishly.

Suddenly, Allen's 'tattoo' became a lens, similar to the tenth Vongola mist guardian's cambio forma.

"This is bad!" Allen cried.

"Huh? What happened?" Tsuna, Lavi, and Lenalee asked.

"There's several Akuma not too far from here! They might invade the HQ!"

"Then, we have to go deal with them!" Lavi announced, "Are there any other exorcists available?"

"No, Komui sent most of them to deal with a threat away from here, the only ones left are Tsuna and other new exorcists!" Lenalee said worriedly.

"This is bad," Lavi muttered. Then, he looked at Tuna for a while, "…Tuna boy! You're coming with us! We need all the help we can get!"

"Eh? Me?" Tsuna exclaimed.

"Yes!" Lavi cried as he grabbed his (Tuna's) hand. The Vongola Decimo sighed/ cried. He hadn't even been here long and his plan was already falling apart! He doubted that innocence could produce flames, so he would have to try to explain that and fight unknown creatures called 'Akuma.' How worse could it get for this unlucky Mafia boss?

Flames as Innocence: Effectiveness Chart:

Sky: Most Effective/Powerful Doesn't damage Akuma directly

Mist: Okay/Effective (Akuma don't have heads to mess with :) Mukurou Cambio Forma: Works like Allen's curse on his eyes. Grants ability to see Akuma and their souls.

Rain: Very effective

Storm: Very effective

Sun: Very effective

Lightning: Effective

Cloud: Okay/Effective (Cloud Porcupines can stab Akuma 8D)

How do you like the story so far? :) This is my third fanfic and my second series so far. Please review~! (I'm a review whore! :D) Also, when Yamamoto spoke English, I used crappy grammar and Japonese on purpose. He is lucky, true, but not perfect~! ;) CEEYA! AND EARLY HAPPY HOLIDAYS! (For ALL the holidays out there XD)