Here's where the story really starts. Have fun.
Unlocking The Power
It wasn't Sawada Tsunahime's fault, really. The 15 year old was just trying to save the poor pigeons that were being mutilated by a gang of boys. Being the animal lover she is, she had to step in in case a pigeon is still alive somehow. Which is unlikely, seeing the damage the boys had done. Oh, well. She still has to keep Namimori Town peaceful.
She was thankful that she learned martial arts from Hibari, one of her many friends. Though it was still 4 against one, and not in her favor. She got plenty of scratches and bruises from the fight, maybe a scar here and there. Not like she wasn't used to it, being the leader of Vongola and all.
She still managed to win though, when Yamamoto and Gokudera came along and drove the boys away from the pigeons. A fluttering of wings attracted her attention and she watched as a lone survivor flew away from the dead bodies of its friends and towards the sun. So one still has the will to live, huh? She was glad her decision wasn't for nothing.
"By the way, thank you for helping me." Tsuna spoke to her companions.
"It's what friends do, right?" Yamamoto laughed.
"Jyuudaime, baseball idiot is right! You can rely on us if you need to!"
Yamamoto pouted. "That's mean. Stop calling me a baseball idiot."
"Well, you are one!"
"Aw, but I thought you liked me!"
Gokudera's blushing now. "N-no I don't! I need to leave now. Goodbye!" He dashed away, presumably heading to his apartment.
"Well, I need to go as well. See ya, Tsuna!" Yamamoto waved before setting off for his home.
Tsuna sighed. Soon the new term at True Cross Academy will start, and she'll be alone without her group of friends. Plus she hasn't gotten a job yet and had stayed the night over at Hibari's place. The tonfa user wasn't happy until they fought. Then in the morning she went to the center and found the group of boys killing pigeons. She left the center and headed home.
It was around 1:00 when she came home.
"Tadaima." She called out, slipping off her shoes.
"Okaeri." Her younger twin brother, Sawada Ieyasu, replied. It was lunchtime and they were waiting for the young girl to join them.
Fujimoto looked up as Tsuna came in. "Did you get a job?"
"Yamamoto-san offered me one." Tsuna said.
"Nee-chan, you're hurt." Ieyasu pointed out. Fujimoto frowned at this.
"Young lady, how many times do I have to tell you to stop fighting?"
"27 times, but who's counting?" Tsuna replied as she took a seat.
"Not to mention the number of times you stayed at that Hibari's place."
"18 times. Still, who's counting?"
"Why do you insist on fighting all the time?" Fujimoto muttered.
"Vongola is a group that keeps the peace in Namimori. You know that crime rates have dropped ever since we started."
"You will have to grow up sometime. You can't keep on staying here. "
"I know that!" Tsuna shouted. Nearby, the stove went up in flames.
"Ah! The stove exploded!" One of the church members exclaimed. "The stew…."
Fujimoto looked concerned before another one of the church members came up to him.
"There's someone here to see you."
"I see." Fujimoto got up. "Ieyasu, treat Tsuna's injuries, will you?"
"Sure." Ieyasu went to get the first-aid kit.
"Ieyasu, when are you starting high school?" Tsuna asked when her brother came back.
"Soon, Tsuna." The blond dipped the cotton swab into some alcohol and gently rubbed it onto Tsuna's knuckles.
"You'll be starting at True Cross Academy, huh?"
"Yeah. I'll be working as hard as I can so I can become a doctor. I hope your dream will come true as well."
"I've been practicing whenever I have time. I just hope it's enough."
"Tsuna! I've heard you many times and you still sound wonderful! I know you can be a singer if you put your heart into it!"
"Thanks, Ieyasu."
After Ieyasu finished tending to her injuries, Tsuna went to her room and got dressed in a black shirt and black pants, complete with a gray jacket. She tried to brush her hair down, but her hair kept popping back up.
"Accursed hair. Why won't you go down?" She muttered, giving up and setting down her brush.
She walked quickly towards the entrance of her home, where Fujimoto was giving a young girl a charm.
"Take this amulet," Fujimoto was saying. "It'll keep away evil spirits." He waved as the girl and her parent left.
"So do demons really exist?" Tsuna asked, coming up from behind him.
"Sure they do. In our hearts." Fujimoto replied.
"Well then, I'll be going to my job now." Tsuna said. She jogged towards the gate, only to trip when she turned her head to look at a small black speck floating towards Fujimoto. She quickly got up, dusted herself off, and left.
Fujimoto crushed the black speck as he stared at where Tsuna was last. "Tsuna…"
Tsuna rubbed her eyes. And rubbed them again. 'What are those black specks? It doesn't look like anyone else can see them…'
"Oi, Sawada!" She turned around. It was the pigeon killers from earlier this morning.
"What do you want?" She asked warily as she eyed what appears to be horns and a tail on Renji Shiratori. 'Is that cosplay or something?'
"We want to apologize about what happened this morning. Got a minute?" Renji asked.
"Sure… As long as it's quick."
"How much should I pay you?" He asked.
"What?"
"My parents are well known, the new term at True Cross Academy is starting soon, and I don't want any bad rumors floating around."
"So you're going to the same school as my brother and friends? That'll be bad. I don't think the school wants to do anything about people like you."
"Right, so call this hush money. You need it, right? After all, your family's so poor that they can't pay to get you to school. Take the money. Your brother studied hard to get a scholarship, right? How sad. That's like debt. Put this towards his tuit-"
Tsuna punched him hard on the cheek and sent him flying. Her eyes were bright with fury. "Don't you dare insult my brother!"
Renji spitted out some blood. "That hurt. Now I'm mad. Get her!"
One of his thugs tackled Tsuna and slammed her onto the ground. 'Dammit. I didn't pay attention to my surroundings. Hibari will kill me if he finds out.'
Renji took out a razor. "Your hair looks messy. Let me give you a haircut. Forgive me if I cut some skin off. I'm quite new at this, you see." His voice changed to be more sinister-sounding than before.
"H-hey, Renji. I think this is enough. Going any further is a crime." That boy who decided to speak up got a broken nose and lost consciousness.
Renji knelt down and pressed the razor to Tsuna's forehead. He continued. "Maybe we can see your brains too." He laughed manically. The razor cut into her forehead, blood slowly leaking from the new wound.
'He's going to kill me!' Tsuna panicked.
Then up went beautiful sky-blue fire with sunset orange flames at the center.
