"Dame Natsu, get up right now!" Reborn yelled hitting him with his hammer.
"Ow, what the hell Reborn?!" Natsu yelled.
"You let yourself get easily beaten by that hitman." Reborn frowned.
"Tenth, are you okay?" Gokudera asked.
"No, obviously not. You're supposed to protect me!" Natsu yelled.
Gokudera and Yamamoto looked down at the ground. "You should be able to protect yourself." Reborn stated with a frown.
Natsu huffed and looked away, standing up and walking away. "Grow up Dame Natsu!" Reborn called after him.
"Sorry, Reborn Sama." Gokudera said with his head bowed.
"Dame Natsu is a bigger child than I thought." Reborn said with a scowl, "It's disappointing."
"I don't mean to be rude but are you sure Natsu Sama is supposed to be Vongola tenth?" Gokudera asked a little above a whisper.
"I don't know." Reborn replied, "Anyway I have some research to do."
He disappeared leaving the two alone. "What do we do?" Yamamoto asked.
"I don't know." Gokudera replied, "I'm going home."
He walked away from the courtyard with his hands stuffed in his pockets. "Are you okay?" A voice asked behind him.
"Tenth?" Gokudera asked surprised, "Yes, I'm fine."
"Um, my names Tsunayoshi not tenth." He said with a chuckle.
"Oh, I'm sorry. You're that guy from today right?" He asked with a weak smile.
Tsuna nodded with a smile, "Why are you limping?" He asked with fake concern.
"I just got into a fight." Gokudera said, "It's not a big deal."
"You're friends with that Natsu guy are you not?" Tsuna asked.
"Well, 'friends' isn't exactly the right words I guess." Gokudera replied, "He's more of my boss then anything."
"Boss?" Tsuna asked.
"Nothing, I should go." Gokudera replied quickly, and ran off.
"See you tomorrow then!" Tsuna called after him with a smile, which switched to a frown when he was out of sight. "How can I get him over to my side?"
He shoved his hands in his pockets and walked towards his temporary apartment.
*Meanwhile*
"Nero Tsunayoshi." Reborn said to himself, "He just appeared out of nowhere, and looks exactly like Dame Natsu. Something's not right."
Natsu opened the door to his room slamming it behind him. "What's your problem?" Reborn asked with a frown.
"Why is he here? He died 9 years ago. He should have died 9 years ago." He hissed.
"He might have something to do with that assassin from today. But then again I didn't sense any strength in him at all." Reborn stated rubbing his chin.
"It should have just been me left." Natsu said raking his fingers through his hair.
"Shut up Dame Natsu, go train somewhere." Reborn said in annoyance, holding a his gun up to his face.
Natsu huffed and walked out the door for a run. "I need to know what happened 9 years ago, if I want to know what's going on." Reborn said with a frown, before going downstairs to talk to Nana.
*Back with Tsuna*
He opened the door to his apartment and threw his bag down beside the door. He dug into his pocket and brought out the canister of blue pills. "Now to figure out what these are." He said shaking them and setting them down on the table.
He changed his clothes and took one of the container. "Well," He said shrugging his shoulders, "What's the harm in just trying one."
He popped it in his mouth and swallowed. Suddenly his flames burst to life. "What the hell?" He said extinguishing them.
"If this activates flames then that means," Tsuna started as a grin crossed his face, "He can't access his flames willingly. Interesting."
He closed the container and threw it into his bag. "I'm bored now. That was way too easy to figure out." He said with a bored expression. "It's about time for Uncle Checkerface to tell exactly what I'm even doing here in the first place."
Suddenly his phone rang. "Uncle Checkerface?" He asked.
"Hello Tsunayoshi, are you ready to hear your mission?" He asked.
"Yes, finally." He said with a smile.
"I want you to get the Tenth's guardians on our side and finally put to end the Vongola." He said.
"Are you serious?" Tsuna asked, "That's so lame."
"Really? I thought that was a pretty cool mission." Checkerface whined, "No actually this is a personal mission."
"What do you mean?" Tsuna asked.
"I just wanted to give you the chance to kill the brother that caused you so much pain for the first 6 years of your life." Checkerface replied.
"So this is basically all for me?" Tsuna asked.
"Mmm hmmm." Checkerface hummed into the receiver.
"How do you know me so well?" Tsuna asked.
"Well, I basically raised you." He replied.
Suddenly the door bell rang. "I have to go, I'll call you later." Tsuna said and hung up.
"Coming!" He called, and opened the door.
"Hey." Mochida said.
"What are you doing here?" Tsuna asked, "How did you know where I lived?"
"I followed you." He replied.
"What the hell? Why?" Tsuna asked. "How did I not notice him?"
"I need to ask you a favor." Mochida said.
"What?" Tsuna asked.
"Whatever you're up to I want to be part of it ." He said.
"What are you talking about, I thought you were his friend." He said.
"I don't trust him." Mochida said, "Ever since we were kids and we talked about those girls deaths and you disappearing, he would just smile like it was the best day of his life."
"Well basically was." Tsuna said.
"Please, I can't have him doing anything to my friends or family." He replied.
"Fine." Tsuna said.
"What?" Mochida asked.
"I said you can help me 'stop' Natsu." Tsuna replied.
"Really?" Mochida asked with a smile.
"Yeah, but you have to do some training." Tsuna replied, "I'd be more than happy to train you myself."
"Okay, no problem when do we start?" Mochida asked.
"Tomorrow after school." Tsuna said slamming the door in his face.
A/N: Okay so that's all for right now. I'm really sorry for not updating much sooner! I'm just busy because of school and work, but here's a new chapter. I was also wondering if someone could make some cover art for this story if anyone has time? Thanks and please review