Here we go! Next chapter! Sorry it's a little late, I was having trouble convincing myself to work on this because I was busy writing one of my personal stories and trying finish up gosh dang Les Mis. Plus I knew once I got this up I'd have to think about my other two fanfics on my other account. Anyhoo, I had free time this morning and thought, what the heck, so here you go! I hope you enjoy!
Oh, and I had someone ask what the pairings were (I think so at least) I kind of want to make this pairingless. there might be some hints of a Tsuna and Uni thing, but I think I might just make that sisterly/brotherly love.
Ieyasu sat in class, his mind in the clouds, not caring that his blonde hair was askew or that his blue eyes had the look of a sleepless night. The Mittsu Joku had acted so strangely, like they were tight knit, and it was obvious that they all had sky flames, which aggravated Ieyasu. When he had gotten there it had been obvious that they were kicking their butts, but they hadn't even brought out their flames yet, not even Bloody Angel who had been fighting Dino, one of the strongest people Ieyasu knew.
The teacher had been saying something, but Ieyasu had been paying her no mind, but he immediantly started to pay attention when he saw three new faces enter the class room. The teacher had them introduce themselves, and Ieyasu's eyes fell on the first person in the group.
He introduced himself as Shinda Tsunayoshi. He had brown hair and brown eyes, and his heart soared. He looked so similar to the little picture Ieyasu kept in his room, and his mind went to a million possibilities. What if he had survived the car crash, what if he was standing right in front of him? What if his father had given Tsuna away to someone else and had lied? He didn't even care if his father had lied; he just hoped his brother was alive, and his hand shot up into the air.
Shinda Tsunayoshi had a faint look of surprise on his face, but gave a small nod in the direction of Ieyasu, and Ieyasu shot up.
"Do you have a family?" The question blurted out of his mouth before he could stop it.
"Ummm, yeah?" Tsuna got a shy look on his face and scratched the back of his neck, pointing to the two new students next to him. With the question done and gone, answered and with the answer he didn't want, he sat back down and listened while the other two introduced themselves to the class.
The one next to Tsuna was a little shorter than him. Her name was Shinda Uni. Her shining ebony hair glistened down her back in a single braid. Deep blue eyes glared slightly at Ieyasu and she had a protective stance over Tsuna.
Next to her was another boy, this one several inches taller than the other two named Shinda Byakuran. He seemed relaxed and at ease, unlike the other two. His hair was a shocking white and his violet eyes contrasted with the purple mark under his left eye, they seemed to say that he was very laid back, but the mafia had trained Ieyasu better than that. Under the many layers of real and fake contentedness, there was a certain guarded expression that seemed to say; lay a finger on these two and you won't live to see tomorrow.
The three were separated throughout the room, Tsuna in the back, Uni was in front, and Byakuran was around the middle, right next to Ieyasu, in fact. The rest of Class went by fairly quickly, but there was a constant buzz about these new transfer students, until finally, the bell rang to tell everyone that they could go and treat their growling stomachs.
oOo
Ieyasu was heading up to eat with a Gokudera and Yamamoto to eat on the roof, hoping to get some privacy. They went up the familiar steps, chatting about studies and such, but when they opened the door, much to their surprise, there was someone already up there. On the other side of the railing were the three Shinda siblings. Seeing somebody standing on the other side of the railing like that dredged up the old and almost forgotten memories of Yamamoto's suicide attempt what seemed like a lifetime, and so caught up in the old memories, Ieyasu lurched forward in panic.
"No, don't jump!" Ieyasu yelled, Uni and Tsuna visibly jumped, obviously they hadn't realized there were other people on the roof, but Byakuran just gave a laugh, as if nothing could surprise him. The oldest sibling turned around, revealing that he was holding a bento.
"Ieyasu~ don't you trust us, we were just eating~" the white haired boy gave a pout. By this time Tsuna and Uni had gotten over their initial shock and were climbing over the railing so that they could talk more properly with the trio, both holding a bento as well.
"Yeah, and we like being on the other side of the railing. I feel much more free on the other side, just sitting on the roof… it's like being a trapped bird in a cage." Uni said, smiling as she looked at the shocked looks on their faces.
"But what if you fell?" Ieyasu asked, worry in his voice. Tsuna gave a little chuckle.
"We'd be fine." He said mysteriously, "I guess you could say we have a guardians ange-" Uni harshly elbowed him in the stomach, breaking him off mid sentence.
"He means that we're extremely careful and we're all used to heights, right?" She gave him a threatening glare, and Tsuna managed a nod.
"O-of course that's what I meant." Byakuran watched the entire exchange with a serene smile on his face, that could only mean this was more or less usual behavior for them.
"Do you want to eat with us?" Yamamoto asked, his voice having its usual friendly lilt to it.
"What, they shouldn't eat with Jyuudia-" Gokudera started, before getting cut off by Ieyasu.
"It's okay, Gokudera, I don't mind if they eat with us." He assured the silver haired boy. Grumbling, Gokudera let the argument go. The six of them ate in an awkward silence. Ieyasu, nervously looking at the three new kids and trying to gauge whether sitting with them had been an okay thing to ask or if it was rude, Gokudera sending glares at them, and Yamamoto smiling cheerfully at them, oblivious to the tension in the air. Uni and Tsuna were sizing them up, and Byakuran just happily munching on some marshmallows.
"So… what brings you to Namimori?" Ieyasu asked hesitantly.
"We move around a lot." Tsuna replied with a shrug.
"Well, it's really just the three of us. Byakuran is the oldest so he works, and whenever his work moves we have to go with it." Uni supplied more information.
"I-I'm sorry, I didn't think that was a sensitive subject." Ieyasu apologized, his face growing warm as he feared that he may have overstepped his boundaries.
"Don't worry about it~" Byakuran waved it off. "We're all perfectly fine with the situation were in and we're glad to at least have each other." Despite Byakurans' attempt to diffuse the tension that entered the air upon the words 'just the three of us', it seemed as heavy as wet cement, and the others focused on eating their lunches gloomily, Uni and Tsuna occasionally shooting random glares at Ieyasu.
Ieyasu wasn't really sure what their problem was. He didn't think it had been that sensitive of a subject, and he didn't think he had done anything exceptionally offensive to any of them. He eventually came up with the solution that he should probably try to hang around them a bit more to try and find out why in the world they seemed to harbor so much hate for him and his guardians.
Finally, relief came with the end of lunch, the chime of the bell being the savior and scapegoat everyone needed to leave the roof. As everyone got up to go, Ieyasu told his two guardians to go ahead of him so that he could keep an eye on the three new kids alone. Yamamoto agreed, though Gokudera needed some persuasion, in the end they both left.
As they walked through the halls leading up to the classroom, still in awkward silence, still with Byakuran eating marshmallows, Tsuna suddenly collapsed onto the ground, as if his legs had simply ceased to work.
"Tsuna!" Uni cried, rushing to his aid. But he fell into a coughing fit, his body convulsing, and when the hand in front of his mouth retracted itself, it was covered in blood. The crimson liquid drizzled down his lips before he began to cough once more.
Uni supported Tsuna into a sitting position, grabbing a tissue to wipe some blood off of his mouth, even though his coughing fit persisted. Ieyasu felt useless, just sitting there, until Byakuran gently pushed him away, shooting him a glance that seemed apologetic and making it clear that there was nothing Ieyasu could do.
The violet eyed man handed Tsuna an orange, almost glowing, pill that looked like it was full of fire, but Ieyasu shook his head at the notion, chalking it up to being merely a trick of the light. Tsuna gladly took it and swallowed it in between coughs. Slowly the coughs stopped and Tsuna merely sat on the ground, breathing heavily. Byakuran helped support Tsuna as he tried to get up, allowing the smaller boy to lean heavily on him while he walked him the rest of the way to the classroom, the two disappearing inside.
"What was that?" Ieyasu asked, looking at Uni, who had tears glistening in her eyes. Wiping them off, she turned toward Ieyasu.
"Ever since Tsuna was little, he's been sick like this. We don't think there's a cure, only a temporary fix." Ieyasu didn't ask for more details, and Uni didn't give any, but in his mind he couldn't help but to think that the similarities between that boy and his brother continued.
oOo
Byakuran looked himself in the mirror. He had asked to be excused from class for a minute, he needed to compose himself. He had to be the rock that Tsuna and Uni made him out to be. He couldn't let them see him like this. His bags under his eyes seemed exaggerated and his the worry lines deeper.
He had given Tsuna a pill just this morning. They were losing their effect faster than Byakuran had prepared for. The day was coming, much quicker than Byakuran would have liked. He splashed some water on his face and grabbed a few marshmallows. He had known the day was come. He had known ever since he had taken Tsuna in. He was just going to procrastinate for a little bit longer.
oOo
"Hey, Dame-Ieyasu." Reborn called as he kicked the kid in the side of the head, causing the boy that looked so much like his father to fall onto the ground, groaning and cursing himself for not seeing that coming.
"What do you want, Reborn?"Ieyasu asked, slowly getting up.
"The Shimon family are coming over to visit you, and it would be rude not to welcome them." He said, the news making Ieyasu feel immediately better, excited to see Enma again. He remembered the Shimon. They had been so nice to him when they first met. I mean, sure they hadn't really trusted him at first, but then Ieyasu had found a ransom letter to go to an abandoned site if he wanted Enma to live.
It had turned out that it was just a test to see if he really did care about Enma and the Shimon family. After that all the tension between the groups melted away like ice cream on a hot summers day and ever since they had actually been extremely good friends.
"Where are we meeting them?" He asked eagerly, excited to see his friends. He'd have to tell the guardians, they loved the Shimon too.
oOo
"Whew, tough school day, huh? I see why you never made us go as kids. It 's so boring." Tsuna said, plopping on the bed only to get shoved up again by Byakuran.
"Not so fast, lazy pants." Byakuran said, waggling a finger at Tsuna. "…we have another mission."
"What's it this time?" Uni asked as Tsuna started to grab his Blazing Lion suit from the drawers.
"It's only 10,000 dollars, but it's way easier than the other one. The Shimon are coming into town today and they want us to test out their skills." Byakuran took off his shirt, revealing the lines criss-crossing his chest, a long, still healing, pink one standing out. "I guess the group want to have the 'honor' of taking down the Shimon themselves or something stupid like that. But hey, I'll take. And don't forget tomorrow we have to take care of any witnesses from that assassination last week." Tsuna started to unbutton his school uniform.
"Guys!" Uni yelled, causing the two boys to freeze in place. "Can you wait to get dressed until I get to my changing room?!" She shouted. Tsuna blushed bright red mumbled an apology and buttoned his shirt back up. Byakuran just gave a laugh.
"Come on Uni-chan~ lighten up. Here, have a marshmallow. It's extra big~" Byakuran teasingly held out the giant marshmallow, which Uni just swatted away, causing it to land on the floor.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Byakuran cried, rushing to the fluffy white object on the floor, tears falling down his cheeks. "Have you no humanity?"
"I'm leaving." Uni grabbed her outfit and headed towards the bathroom.
"Sorry Uni." Tsuna apologized, his face still flushed. Uni's face softened.
"It's fine, Tsuna, it's not your fault we have a horrible father figure." She said, shooting a glare at Byakuran.
"I heard that!" He shouted from his position across the room, dusting the marshmallow off.
"You were supposed to!" Uni shouted back, slamming the bathroom door.
oOo
Yeah, I know, it's kind of an okay ish chapter. Not a ton of action happens here, but it really starts hinting at the main conflict of the story and the actually plot. With any luck I'll find the energy to flesh this story out more than it was previously, but we'll have to see. So just to clear things up, in this au The entire Shimon battle thing didn't happen, so the Vongola rings also never got their cool upgrades. This story also has it so that the Arcobaleno Trials didn't happen. At least not yet or whatever. If you have any questions on the details of the au, just ask ;) thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed the chapter!
~Awesome11