A/N: hey guys! I'm getting pretty proud of this story. I'm glad I a mange to be ahead. Chapter 4 is written already but I won't post it until number 5 is complete. It helps me pace myself! Most questions I receive concern Tsunas guardians and yes they will appear eventually. Next chapter it'll be explained somewhat.

Alright, the couples suggestions are all over the place and I'm getting myself ready to put some in the story but remember it'll take some time and it won't take much away from the main plot. So far the suggestions are 3 all27 one 1827 one G27 and one R27 and one for no romance. I'll reread reviews and double check when I put in romance. The plot will start to take place next chapter since this chapter is still working on Ieyasu's and Tsuna's relationship. Reviews will be at the bottom for those who asked questions to the others thank you so much for your support you make me so happy!

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"Don't worry, Tsuna. Mommy and daddy will pick you up in the morning okay?" There was something in her voice.

It shook.

"When we come mommy will make you the biggest breakfast! So be a good boy okay? Don't make trouble and in the morning mommy will bring you home."

He didn't understand why she was promising him something but he loved his mother. She would never break a promise and lie to him. His father agreed before leading his mother who was sobbing into her hands.

He waited for days, months, years, until he realized his mother had lied to him. The sweet forgiving mother who would never harm a fly had left him there. It was that day he decided he would stop. He would stop talking.

He wouldn't let anyone else lie to him ever again.


Tsuna gave a shaky breath running a hand over his face as he leaned onto his back staring at the dark ceiling. It was that dream again. He placed a hand over his eyes quickly calming his heartbeat. A cough tore through his lips making him curl into his body as he winced at the burning sensation.

He got up quickly and grabbed his suitcase, throwing it open before looking for the small case of pills hidden in the back. Now that he thought about it he hadn't used the pills in pills were small condensed forms of Reborn's healing flames made by the famous Verde. He grabbed one throwing it into his mouth without water as he gave a tiny sigh at the instant relief.

The pills had been made for him shortly after arriving into Aria's care. Apparently it was some kind of disease that ate away at his lungs. Turns out sun flames can ease the pain and heal the lungs. But there was always going to be the small piece of his body that had the disease so the pills were made.

Closing up the suitcase he laid on his back and sighed, not bothering to get back into bed. He was currently sleeping in the many rooms of the safe house Reborn had in Namimori. Reborn had given him strict orders to stay at the safehouse since it would rise suspicion with Nana if he didn't have a sponser family, since he was technically studying aboard.

Unfortunately for Tsuna, he was to stay alone since Reborn had to be with Ieyasu at all times. Tsuna couldn't help but feel mad Reborn left him. Since he was little none of the other Arcobaleno left him alone. He winced as the thought brought a feeling of homesickness. He wondered what the others were doing. News hadn't leaked that the Arcobaleno were seen in their adult form. Not that Tsuna thought they were like their old adult forms.

After releasing the curse they started to age. Tsuna chuckled remembering those months were they had started to act their age. They grew into, he believed, 21 before the process stopped to become normal. Colonello and skull were 19, Reborn, Lal and Mammon were 20 and Verde and Fon were 21. Aria was naturally 26 since she hadn't been Under the same curse.

He was able to secure his mothers future and his little sisters. Uni was the image of innocence. There wasn't anyone she couldn't wrap around her finger. He felt an ache of sorrow for not being able to see them until the mission was over. He reached for his cellphone before crawling back into bed. Flipping it open he realized Uni had sent one more photo before going to bed.

He laughed.

It brought warmth to his heart as he smothered his laughter into the pillow. It wasn't even the fact that it was a funny photo. It was the fact that Uni could tell her brother felt home sick even though they were miles apart. The photo displayed an up close Uni followed by Aria and her right hand man Gamma chasing after her faces blushing.


His room was becoming hazardous to his health. Ieyasu quickly realized when Caelum sends him to Reborn it was worse then being shot by a gun. Reborn wasn't a normal tutor mainly because when he arrived home by gunpoint, He was kicked into his room and hit by a green mallet. Then he was forced to do his homework which, luckily for him, had been simple to do.

The entire time Caelum was messing with his phone placing it on silence while dodging a few stray bullets. Ieyasu wasn't liking the mafia boss story but he soon realized he didn't have a choice. Reborn wasn't kidding and his methods in whipping Ieyasu into shape were enough proof of that. Caelum apparently didn't need help, being able to complete his homework with flying colors.

The next morning Reborn managed to wake him up with a green whip(he was starting to think Reborn enjoyed the color green). At school it wasn't any better. He crashed into Caelum while trying to reach his first period and wound up on the floor at the bottom of the stairs for some reason(Caelum looked a little flustered. Apparently he was half asleep himself).

Then he realized their was an issue going around with Kyoko. Kyoko Sasagawa was the schools idol and she was the nicest girl Ieyasu had ever met. She had short orange colored hair with bright golden eyes. Since Ieyasu was a school idol himself they claimed they were meant to be. Ieyasu wasn't sure when he became a school idol.

He had been called handsome by many of the female occupation but he never really paid attention. He didn't care what he looked like. Kyoko was an angel and although she seemed like the ideal girl to fall in love with, Ieyasu didn't hold feelings for her.

His upper class men Mochida didn't seem to understand that.

Mochida was up high on Ieyasu's list of people to take care of. The kendo captain was a big bully and his adoration for kyoko was starting to get on Ieyasu's nerves. Turns out the feeling was neutral to Mochida. A tap on his shoulder made him blink out of his thoughts to look and see Caelum standing beside him.

A note was shoved into his hands as the blonde stared in surprise. He barely noticed that Caelum was wearing fingerless gloves. They looked pretty heavily patted. The blonde opened up the letter before feeling a frown tug onto his lips.

"Ah, I'm going to be attacked soon aren't I?" He asked to no one in particular.

Caelum calmly stepped back waving at Ieyasu who gave him a glare. A group of students crashed into the classroom shouting about the match he had been challenged to before dragging him off.

The only thoughts currently processed in the blondes head was that Caelum was a jerk and a traitor.


Tsuna scaled to the small window pane in the gym beside Reborn. The hitman was sitting casually, leaning on the side while he stroked the top of Leon's head.

"This will be interesting. Have you seen if he had any fighting skills?" The hooded boy nodded before looking at the group of excited students. Reborn picking leon up and changing the chameleon into a sniper rifle(Tsuna felt a twist of longing for his own rifle that had been taken by Lal).

Ieyasu was forced to the middle of the circle a look of boredom on his face. His blue eyes lit up in recognition at the girl who was forced to become the prize.

"If I hit him with a dying will bullet, will he die or will he have regrets?" Reborn's mumbling made Tsuna roll his eyes. Leave it to the hitman to get excited over the possibilities of new ways to torture his charge. Tsuna brushed a few strands of his brown bangs to let his eyes peek through.

"Will you use it?" He asked softly looking at his guardian. Reborn spared him a glance as he realized the match had started and so far Ieyasu was holding his own.

"...sure, why not." With a simple twitch of his finger the bullet was shot and hit Ieyasu directly between the eyes.

"Perfect shot." Tsuna mumbled holding a hand up as Reborn smirked giving him a high five. Tsuna knew the after effects of a dying will bullet and expected the familiar aggressive persona appear. But to his surprise,and Reborn's, Ieyasu calmly got up his eyes burning a calm orange color the sky flame on his forehead burning brightly.

Tsuna stared in awe before smiling calmly. Ieyasu picked up the wooden blade and in one quick motion defeated Mochida.

With all his clothes in tact.

"Seems like I need to get more research done." Reborn said before Leon changed back. "He reminds me of you a bit."

The hitman said with a shrug before turning out to the window and jumping down. Tsuna looked at the hitman and frowned. Something in his stomach was giving him a feeling of unease. He turned back to Ieyasu in time to see the boy cough out a used bullet. Tsuna smirked in amusement before jumping out the window himself.


"Oi, Caelum, what the hell was that? We're you trying to kill me?!" Ieyasu exclaimed angrily his blue eyes shinning as he sat down in front of Tsuna during lunch. Tsuna remained stoic, though a small smirk tugged on his lips. Ieyasu frowned and brushed his blonde bangs away before placing two bento boxes on the table in between them.

"What was that anyways, I don't remember bullets being able to be coughed out. If that was possible they wouldn't be weapons of mass destruction." He mumbled pushing the orange colored bento to Tsuna before opening the purple colored one he had. Tsuna stared, not sure if he was supposed to take it. Looking up he realized Ieyasu was staring at him.

Ieyasu gave a warm smile his blue eyes lighting up, "it's for you, Caelum. It's not poisoned or anything. Mom said she didn't see you have a lunch yesterday so she told me to bring one for you."

Tsuna frowned before opening the lid looking at the perfectly crafted food inside. Nana was an amazing cook and Reborn never hesitated to eat her food.

"Ne, are all you mafia people this stubborn?" Ieyasu exclaimed his voice slightly teasing as he poked a chop stick into the octopus shaped sausage. "Unlike you mafia, I don't have anything to gain by killing you... Besides my life but you know." Ieyasu smiled once more before bringing the sausage to his mouth and turning to look out the window.

Tsuna didn't like being teased but decided not to hurt the blonde. For once he'll let it slide. He poked a sausage with his own cop stick and brought it to his mouth before silently chewing. He quickly covered his gaze as he enjoyed the flavor.

"Hey, Caelum, why are you traveling with a hitman instead of going to school? You look like a normal guy, a little weird, but normal."

Before tsuna answered the blonde he made sure to smack him with the top of his bento box. He really had to get lal's lesson of smacking annoying people out his lists of famous habits(the other one that put Ieyasu in harms way was his reaction to force people down when they crash into him. Ieyasu's luck took him straight to the bottom of the stairs).

He fished for his cellphone typing in the reply while his blonde companion rubbed his abused cheek. He shoved the phone in his face before eating a piece of rice. "...your line of work? What do you do for a living anyways? Traveling with Mr. Reborn must mean you are good at that hitman crap." The blonde closed his eyes ignoring the obvious sting in his cheek.

Tsuna rested his cheek in the palm of his hand eating the rest of the rice while thinking of an answer. Ieyasu didn't know of his status as the top assassin of the Giglio Nero family. No one in Japan knew only those involved in the mafia. This could be the new start for him but he never gave much thought to going to school. Ieyasu suddenly looked up a smile lighting his face before he slammed his hand down on the table almost making Tsuna throw the chop sticks at him.

"You're 15 right? Same age as me! Then you can have fun like a normal kid too, right?!" Fun? What on earth? Tsuna blinked staring at the blonde who reached into his bag and yanked out a black colored cellphone. "Caelum, you act to adult. So as your new first friend I'm going to take you to the arcade! There you are going to experience what a normal 15 year old kid does!" Tsuna tried to comprehend what Ieyasu was planning to gain from this.

Was he just going to use him?

But the happiness and determination in Ieyasu's eyes wasn't fake. Tsuna tightened his hold on his chop sticks as Ieyasu rambled on stealing Tsuna's phone and programming his number into it. Ieyasu's smile never wavered and the warmth in Tsuna's chest was growing with each act of happiness.


He hadn't felt this thrilled to hang out with someone before. Ieyasu was a fairly popular boy who was constantly asked to go hang out with someone. Ieyasu never really found someone who would be a true friend but he still hung out every once in awhile. Caelum was the first person he was actually forcing to go out with him.

Just seeing that emotionless face cried for attention-and no he was not being dramatic. He texted his little brother telling him to tell their mother he was going out. The cellphones were a gift from their father a year back and nana disapproved taking them away shortly after he left. They were rewarded a few months back and the phones were back in their possessions.

With all preparations set he took Caelum's hand and ran out of school giving a triumphant smile at the boys face of shock. Of course he still couldn't see his eyes but recently he was seeing the brown bangs more.

That was progress!

"Caelum! Choose any game you want to play! I'm paying since this is my treat!" The blonde exclaimed giving a 100 watt smile. The hooded boy scratched his cheek while looking around. He finally pointed to a zombie game making Ieyasu grin in triumph. He took the others hand dragging him over before throwing his book bag on the ground in between them.

"Alright, I'll be red and you'll be blue!" He inserted the coins as Caelum picked up the gun in question. "It's really easy! Just shoot the zombie in the head and we can advance levels! To reload point your gun up!"

The brunet nodded looking serious as he took on a professional form. Ieyasu sweat dropped at that before taking his own stance and concentrating on the screen. Before long they managed to rack up countless points and were close to passing the game until Caelum shot the back of Ieyasu's characters head.

Caelum had given him a deadpan look which Ieyasu swore meant 'you-were-in-my-way'. Shaking his head the blonde smiled and lead them to another game.

His mission for the day was to get Caelum to smile at least once.

After cashing up their tickets Ieyasu burst through the doors of the arcade his face slightly flushed. In his arms was a giant white bunny he was snuggling against. Caelum followed holding a black bunny his cheeks having a flush of pink.

"Ne, Caelum, I think we pissed off the clerk!" The blonde said running off with the hooded boy on his heels. "I mean, did you see his look when you blasted the targets like nothing!" Ieyasu laughed twirling to a stop his eyes shinning with happiness. "Although we had to pay for that video game you broke."

At the reminder Caelum opened his mouth about to cry out a protest before stopping and shoving his face into the head of his bunny. Ieyasu batted the air with his hand as if waving it off. He had seen the boys childish side and he didn't care if he refused to talk. Ieyasu would understand.

The whole evening the only thing he had been doing was talking anyways. Caelum would talk to him whenever he was ready.

"Oh, I have something for you!" He called out, barely remembering the item he had gotten his companion when the silent boy had been gathering up points in the basketball game. Reaching into his back pocket he pulled out a tiny phone charm that resembled a tuna fish.

"Now don't give me that look. You remind me of a tuna fish and that's final!" The taller male exclaimed before shoving it into Caelum's hands. He looked up at the sky smiling to himself before looking at Caelum's face.

"You may be in the mafia and have all these problems but that doesn't mean you can't have fun! So you guys want me to become a mafia boss, I'm not about to change who I am to meet these stupid rules. And neither should you." Before long Ieyasu, realizing the mood was sobering, grabbed Caelum's hand and yanked him into a jog.

"Ne, Mr. Reborn's going to kill me huh?" He chuckled not bothering to concentrate on the expression on Caelum's face.

If he had, he would have noticed the tiny smile on his face.


A/N:

XSkyeStarlX: Tsunas guardians will be appearing soon hope I get them in character! Thanks for the vote! Let's see who else votes for it. G27 is also one of my favorites!

Skye(guest): If I end up putting romance it won't have a big factor in the story since its mainly focused on Tsuna and his family. I'll keep this suggestion and see how things turn up the other reviews thanks for your support!

Yorutsuki-Lunia(guest): whoa that's a lot of questions and they will be answered in the next chapter well, most of them!:) where Tsuna and reborn live was answered in this chapter you reminded me that i forgot to mention it, thanks! Hope you liked this chapter and your questions will be answered in due time!

L.S(guest): I appreciate the long review:) no need to be sorry! As for your question, I don't think I'll mention this later so I'll answer it. Aria had been visiting Japan so he was abandoned in Japan. Taking him in Aria brought him to Italy with the other Arcobaleno. He was left at an orphanage about 2 hours away from Namimori. Thanks for taking your time to review!

That's all for question reviews. Thank you guys a bunch on the reviews and favorites and alerts! I enjoy it a lot! I'll update again when chapter 5 is complete! I hope you liked! I apologize for grammer mistakes and junks! Have a nice day and review please?