"I'd like for you to test both the candidates out. Vongola is counting on you, Smoking Bomb."

He had never packed so quickly in his life.

The first thing that popped into Gokudera Hayato's mind, when it came to the candidates as soon as he saw the twins, wasn't pretty.

They looked so weak, so civillian, so free. It irritated him, because he never had a chance to not care about fame, about prestige, about being accepted.

But here these two were, going about their lives as if they never had anything to worry about.

(Distantly, in the future, Hayato stares blankly at a blonde man passed out over a black box.

In this case, his boss – one of them for the other would never get up not now not ever – didn't have much to worry about anymore.

And that fact terrifies Hayato, because Ienari only functioned properly when he had something to fuss over.

Seeing him like this. It hurt. It hurt so damn much because Hayato could have done something, anything, to prevent this.

He hadn't seen it coming.

And he curses himself for it.)

Hayato's lips pulled into a sneer when the two brothers began walking back from school. Apparently there had been a minor scuffle with some idiot captain over a woman which ended with the older sibling (who had been covering for his brother) having even more fangirls that had them both paling.

(Unluckily for this world's Tsunayoshi, Ienari never did unseal his overpowered abilities and accidentally broke the seal placed so long ago when his newly discovered flames sought out the brunette's.

This lead to releasing all the potential and intuition young Tsunayoshi held within, which in turn reversed his Sky Harmony effect back to the way it was before. Drawing in everyone around him and falling for his genuine charm.

Resulting in rather hectic holidays and avoiding swim classes because of the dreaded...er, admiration, the school had of them both.)

They were pathetic. What was Vongola thinking, naming two civillian brats possible candidates to the family?

It didn't matter. Hayato would show them how delusional they were.