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Untouchable

By: Hiki-chan

Tsuna slapped his hand over his eyes. Why, oh why heaven above was his other self constantly doing this? 'One would think he was enjoying this…' Tsuna gave his other a glance, cringing at the triumphant grin plastered on his handsome face. 'Sadist.'

Dino could almost feel his jaw dropping to the ground. If Tsuna wasn't a usually careful kid, he would have commented that Dino looked rather funny standing there with his mouth hanging open but he didn't. 'This isn't the time to think of this right now!' Tsuna scolded himself.

Yamamoto was too stunned to say anything. Even when Gokudera's eyes turned dark and reached into his vest to bring out a few dynamites, before lighting them with his cigarette, Yamamoto did not react. Thankfully, Chrome reached over and snuffed out the flames before Gokudera could throw it at Tsunayoshi.

"Oi, bitch! Why did you do that?"

Chrome did not reply. She didn't do that because she wanted to do. Mukuro took it upon himself to make her body move. But he didn't do that to save Tsunayoshi, no. He did it in favor of wanting to kill Tsunayoshi himself. That's right, Tsunayoshi was now definitely a hundred and one percent on Mukuro's 'TORTURE and KILL List', with capitals.

Fortunately (or unfortunately), everything on their mind was put to a halt when Hibari opened his mouth.

"I'll bite you to death!" Reborn had to actively go and stop Hibari as the black haired disciplinary leader dived towards Tsunayoshi, rage emitted in waves from his body.

"Stop, Hibari." Reborn said calmly as he blocked Hibari's attack with his gun.

Hibari pulled back just a little but continued glaring, the murderous intent not going away.

"You can hurt him later." Reborn explained. Tsunayoshi opened his mouth to make a comment but he was immediately cut off by Reborn, "Enough, Tsunayoshi."

"Reborn's right, Tsunayoshi." Tsuna frowned at his other, a small pout forming on his perfectly shaped lips. He had to put a stop to this. He had to prevent the bloodshed that was sure to occur if Tsunayoshi continued baiting Hibari.

Tsunayoshi would have gladly ignored Reborn outright but… He stared into Tsuna's pleading eyes before letting out a snort and turned to face the other side.

Tsuna smiled a little, that meant that Tsunayoshi would listen for now.

Dino stared on, realizing that Tsunayoshi had listened to Tsuna.

"I need to explain the situation to everyone. That includes you, Hibari." Reborn said staring evenly at Hibari, making sure that there was no room for argument.

Dino glanced between Hibari and Reborn before deeming that Hibari would listen to Reborn. "Do you want us to get Tsuna's other guardians?"

Reborn smirked a little, "No that wouldn't be necessary. You can explain to them yourselves after this." After all, the people that would make this interesting were already here, but Reborn kept quiet about that. With that, Reborn turned and started walking towards Tsuna's house. "Shall we?"

Gokudera, Yamamoto and Dino glanced at each other uneasily while Chrome remained silent.

Tsunayoshi grinned. He was not one to get upset over a little 'scolding'. Reaching out, he grabbed hold of Tsuna's hand and interlaced their fingers together before pulling Tsuna close to him again. "Let's go."

Tsuna blushed brightly. He wasn't used to this at all! 'You're not exactly pushing him away either.' His traitorous mind muttered.

Gokudera opened his mouth to shout at Tsunayoshi for touching Tsuna and for him to let go immediately but Dino put a hand on his shoulder and shook his head. "Don't do it Gokudera. He's reacting to our outbursts." Here Dino shot a knowing look at Hibari who glared angrily back.

"Che." Gokudera spat before stabbing out his current cigarette with his foot and taking out another. Yamamoto looked over at Gokudera before sighing and turned his attention Tsuna and Tsunayoshi.

All eyes flickered over to where Tsunayoshi was pulling slightly on Tsuna to move him along while Tsuna stuttered and blushed at their interlaced fingers. They caught onto a sentence Tsunayoshi said and almost attacked him again.

"Come on Tsuna~ I'm just holding your hand, it's not like I'm making out with you in public." Here he shot Tsuna a pointed smirk, "Of course that isn't a bad idea is it?" His comment obviously resulted in more stammers and stutters which thrilled Tsunayoshi like no one could.

Yamamoto smiled to hide his frown at Tsunayoshi's words but his twitching eyebrow may have given his actual feelings away. He tried to be optimistic. "Let's see what the kid has to say. Maybe there's a way out of this."

'There'd better be.' was the unspoken words that rang through each and every one of their minds.

Chrome tightened her hold on the trident as she followed the group. What was going to happen now that this new Tsuna showed up?

Tsuna knew that this talk was something that he needed to listen too. As much as he… liked his other self, there was too many questions left unanswered and he knew Reborn knew the answers. Tsuna sighed inwardly, Reborn had probably planned everything from the beginning especially since his mother and the kids were out of town.

"Take a seat." Reborn instructed to all of them as he settled in his chair. Everyone but Hibari listened to him and took a seat. Hibari simply stood against the wall, hands crossed.

Tsunayoshi almost pulled Tsuna onto his lap but a warning glance was shot at him from Reborn. He rolled his eyes and refrained from doing so.

Once they were all settled, Reborn laced his fingers together and gave everyone a serious look. "I'm sure everyone is wondering what is going on." Reborn smiled when no one said anything. Smart. They were getting smarter. They knew that he hated to be interrupted and that information was all in his hands. Information is power.

Here, Reborn took out a bullet from inside his suit and showed it to the guardians. It was a unique deep blood red metallic color. Kind of like the color one would have painted on a spots car. "Tsunayoshi appeared before you all in a real form because of this bullet." His eyes followed the movement of everyone carefully. "This bullet was made from Leon. As you all may already know, anything that comes from Leon is made for a reason."

There was a diminutive nod from a few around the table.

"Let me ask you all a question first. Have you ever noticed the difference in personalities between Tsuna and Tsunayoshi? As in, has anyone wondered about the change in personality when Tsuna goes into hyper dying will?"

Dino spoke up, breaking the silent contemplation that had settled in the room. "I'm pretty sure we realize the difference in personalities, Reborn."

"Tsunayoshi…" Tsuna suddenly said. All eyes turned to him and Tsuna glanced down in embarrassment but continued speaking, "Tsunayoshi… when I went into hyper dying will mode, I could always feel different emotions. I got angry easier than usual and I knew I could get what I want. I felt so confident… But every time I revert back…"

"You turn back to dame Tsuna." Reborn said with a smirk.

Tsuna flinched slightly but did not deny it.

"Oi, Reborn-san! Juudaime isn't dame!" Gokudera interrupted loudly, quick to defend Tsuna.

"Dame isn't the word to use." Tsunayoshi added in smoothly, his eyes flickering from Tsuna to Reborn. All attention was on him immediately. "My light is simply a much nicer person than I am."

"Your light?" Yamamoto asked in confusion.

Tsunayoshi didn't answer Yamamoto but he stared straight at Reborn, eyes flashing. "It's good to clear up any misunderstanding, Reborn. Stop thinking of Tsuna as a loser."

Tsuna pulled a little on Tsunayoshi's sleeve. He was touched that his other self was defending him from Reborn in a very direct way. So direct that Tsuna was almost sure it was meant to sound threatening. But talking back to Reborn was… well, almost unheard of.

Dino blinked, he didn't expect the other Tsuna to actually say something against Reborn, especially in the presence of everyone. Gokudera couldn't help but stare at Tsunayoshi with a mix of hatred and admiration, even Hibari was mildly impressed. Chrome seemed to nod very minutely in agreement. She after all, has seen Tsuna's strength and she herself has acknowledged him as her boss even without Mukuro's intervention.

Thankfully, Reborn's smirk only widened. He seemed to approve of what Tsunayoshi had said and lifted his chin. "Anyway, Kyuudaime and I noticed the difference in personalities. So we went deeper into research and found the possibility of an entirely different entity residing in Tsuna."

"An entirely different entity?" Tsuna echoed in wonder.

"And when Tsuna goes into hyper dying will mode, this personality comes out." Reborn said simply. "This personality is Tsunayoshi."

Gokudera quickly asked, "Wait, Reborn-san I don't understand. You mean to say that Juudaime is not fighting the battles?"

"Well, Tsuna is fighting."

Reborn gained confused looks from almost all the occupants in the room, save for Hibari and Tsunayoshi who simply snorted and crossed his leg.

He sighed, "Technically, Tsuna is still fighting. In a way, he is still leveling up in his fights. However, the best way I can put this is that Tsuna is fighting together with Tsunayoshi.

There was silence as all of them tried to digest this information but Tsunayoshi interrupted, "My appearance comes out when Tsuna goes into hyper dying will mode. But Tsuna is still himself."

Tsuna tilted his head a little in confusion, "But I do get your personality as well right? I remember getting … angry and my temper…"

Reborn answered despite the question being directed to Tsunayoshi. "That's right Tsuna, it's because Tsunayoshi's personality sort of takes over you."

The more innocent of the duo blinked, "So does that mean that now I can't go into hyper dying will mode? Since Tsunayoshi is out?"

"Ah, that's another theory I would like to test later on. However, right now I want to explain the situation." Reborn got up from his chair and landed on the empty table.

"Wait… Reborn, this is so much to take in. Up till the day before yesterday I always thought I was just me. Now I have Tsunayoshi who is supposedly… another me? So if I go into hyper dying will, am I still me?" Tsuna shut in eyes tiredly, "I just don't get it."

Tsunayoshi's eyes softened at Tsuna's troubled stance before he gently took Tsuna's hand and squeezed it reassuringly. "Don't worry so much about it, Tsuna. It'll be explained in time."

Tsuna opened his eyes and met Tsunayoshi's warm gaze. "Tsunayoshi…"

The moment was almost immediately ruined when Yamamoto cleared his throat uncomfortably and Hibari let out a snort. Gokudera's fists shook as he clenched them tightly while Dino tried not to notice the fact that there was in fact, a moment going on. Chrome on the other hand, took everything in with silence. It would seem that she was discussing the situation with Mukuro inside her head.

Tsunayoshi almost let out a snarl in annoyance at the guardians as Tsuna quickly broke the eye contact and wrenched his hand out of his grip.

"That's what I want to know as well." Reborn admitted, ignoring the entire scene before him and turning his eyes to Tsunayoshi. "Because Kyuudaime and I could only guess so much, tell us bluntly who are you?"

The other Tsuna was still pissed about being interrupted by the others but calmed himself down at Reborn's question. He was the only one who really had the answers. "I am Tsuna's darkness."

Reborn nodded in understanding, "I thought so."

But the other guardians did not get it. Dino spoke up, "What? Darkness? What do you mean by that?"

"I am the other side of his soul. I hold all the emotions that he keeps hidden." Tsunayoshi grinned, his eyes narrowed eerily. He had all the power here. "You all did well not to hurt me just now. Because anything that happens to me, happens to Tsuna. And anything that happens to Tsuna, happens to me."

To be continued

Dun dun dun~ Boring chapter done! Okay any questions will be answered so blast away. Of course more will be explained in the next chapter and as the story goes on. So what's gonna happen now that the guardians can't physically harm Tsuna? How DO they plan on getting rid of him? How will it backfire? XDDDD

I was SO tempted to make Tsunayoshi call Tsuna his aibou. As you guys can see from this chapter, I've been reading too much yu-gi-oh. XD I would think the best way to explain the relationship between Tsuna and Tsunayoshi would be of light and dark. :P It's cliché but it's the best way to describe them.

Damn, I want a 7227 make-out scene (this story IS suppose be M after all)… I think I'll write one in the next chapter! :333 Anyone support my idea? XD (And because you guys are so awesome ((and apparently huge fans of Hibari)), I think I'll post up my 1827 oneshot later on once I've spruced it up a little.)