Disclaimer- Reborn! does not belong to me.

(A/N)- Fixed a lot of mistakes in the last chapter... can't believe I didn't pick them up... What wonders being lazy and slacking off does to you...
Again... Late update... -excuses starts now- I was working on a 10051 fic, and I got side-tracked... Sorry. And I had to redo this whole chapter. My computer exploded and deleted all my work. ALL 3/4 OF IT. -RANT-

FREE FORTUNE COOKIES TO THE PEOPLE WHO ALERTED/FAVED AND TO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE-

HanaIchigoOriginal- Surprise~ It's one day early~! (le gasp) You seriously crack me up. I read Reborn Target 308- and omg, Giotto said 'beloved G'~ (in Cloud Nine~) And, yes, I do want to see your epic drawings, I'll PM my email to you. Good luck with exams~ My school term starts tomorrow, -cries- so we'll both have to work hard.

Soaha- xD Gokudera, you should hug back. -Forces Goku to hug you-

Melodious Lion- Yay~ xD Hope you'll enjoy this chapter as well~

AlvissXGinta- Geh... I think you'll hate me for this chapter and the chapter after -hides- (Please don't kill me?)

jenjenshim- (And here I was trying to be all like 'Then I'll surprise all the readers by having G show up, not Gokudera~!') Anyways, did you mean the 8059 in the previous chapter or as in for the whole story? Because if it was for the whole story, then it'll come up soon, gradually (because these chapters are still prologue-ish). Hope you like this chapter as well~

lynixe- hehe, thanks for reading~

This chapter contains one-sided GokuderaxTsuna, or 5927.


Paradise Message

Prince the Ripper was not amused.

He had watched everyone's reaction to the appearance of some peasant, and he found it irritating. He also had a good sense, and whatever aura that the supposedly Storm Guardian lit, it didn't exactly match the one he saw five years ago.

The one five years ago was a purer colored flame, not this dull flicker. If his memory served him right, then it should have been more vivid, more illuminated, more radiant, and more alive. This flame he saw was nothing like that. It did not hold the strong will in his flame, and Belphegor finally distinguished between the two after working the two out. He wasn't known as the 'genius' for nothing.

"Ushishishi, who's that?" He sung, propping both his hands to the back of his head.

"Bel-sempai, are you really so much of a genius that you don't recognize the person you fought in the Ring Battles?"The person beside him commented, ignoring his question completely.

Bel frowned, not liking the fact that the Froggy just ignored his question, and even more disliking the fact that he dared to insult him.

"Ushishishi, hey, Froggy, do you want to become a cactus?"

Ignored again. He fanned his shiny knives in front of Fran's face when his lips opened.

"Can't I take off this stupi-"

Stab.

"-d hat, it's getting in my view of the Storm Guardian."

"Don't insult the prince, didn't you know that peasant resigned? Ushishishi." Bel grinned again.

"He resigned?" Fran feigned surprise, but nothing pass a tiny movement of his eyelids, "A fallen prince wouldn't know anything."

Bel's grin turned upside down, but before he could stick another knife into his partner's body, he moved backwards a bit and bumped into a person.

"That hurt, peasant." Bel scolded the human, and didn't think twice to flick the knife at him. The knife plunged nicely into the human's wrist, creating a dripping river of fresh blood. "Who are you?"

"M-Me? Um... I-I'm just a waiter..." The peasant answered, carefully taking Bel's knife out before clenching his wrist. Bel noted that he didn't cry in pain from the wound, and snatched his bloodied knife from his hands.

"Ah, Bel-sempai, the Commander's going to go at you when he finds out, possibly the Tenth Boss as well. The fallen prince will fall even lower..." Fran walked over to the waiter, "That fallen prince is sorry for what he did, what can he do to repent?"

The waiter stuttered, covering his face by trying to level out his glasses. "W-What? No... I-It's okay, you don't have to do anything, I'll be fine if I go and get a change of clothes."

"Froggy, it's one thing to ignore me, but it's another if you insult me." Grinning, Bel stuck a few more knives into that hat Fran wore. "The Prince doesn't repent for anything."

Fran ignored him once again to attend to the poor waiter, pulling the knives out and snapping them in half. He assured him that it was absolutely fine that his partner is putting knives into him and it doesn't hurt a bit.

"Then, I'll help you-" Fran created a small illusion only covering their area, and conjured up several rolls of bandages. "Give me your hand."

"N-No, really, it's fine." The waiter dipped his head, and retreated from the Varia members.

But he made one mistake; in an instance, Fran felt there was an illusion breaking. He looked up and his mouth opened just a tiny fraction.

The moment that waiter removed his hand, he saw- it was so obvious- and he instantly knew.

Fran stood beside Bel the whole time the mysterious waiter ran through the crowd.


His green eyes looked through the crowd at his height. He felt a jolt of his own illusion swiveling and he hoped that something didn't happen to Hayato. His eyes found a movement in the crowd, and his worry eased a little. His attention was brought back to the situation at hand when he felt a tiny squeeze on his arm, and his eyes finally saw everything else.

He ran a hand through his hair while deciding what to say after his grand entrance. "U-Um... I'm back...?"

Tsuna felt his eyes sting, and his shoulders heaved up and down while he breathed abnormally. "Go-Goku..."

Tsuna couldn't keep his tears in any longer, and he found himself weakly walking towards the stage, repeating 'Gokudera-kun' while he got up the stage.

G's mind went dizzy, what was he supposed to do now? He saw the Tenth Boss taking several steps closer and a hand reaching out.

Dammit, Hayato, you never said anything about-!

"Gokudera-kun!" Tsuna cried, running up to him for his final steps and tackled him lightly.

G was taken aback by the hug, and awkwardly patted the boy's back. He felt his clothes soaking, but he didn't pull the young boss away.

He felt a sudden sting on the side of his head and when he turned and looked, his green eyes met teal. He narrowed his eyes into slits, never breaking eye contact. The teal-eyed person continued to watch him, without any emotion plastered on his face. He brought his mind back to Tsuna when the boy moved in his grasp.

"Gokudera-kun, w-why...?" The voice under him was muffled by his clothes, and the boy tightened his grip even further.

"I-I had to,... Vongola Decimo." G replied, softly removing himself from his grip.

Tsuna cried a bit more when he longer heard those reassuring 'Juudaime's' from his lips. It sounded foreign. He was erased from Gokudera's world by that title, and it sounded like he had cut all ties with him.

"Gokudera-kun..." Tsuna started.

"I'm sorry, but I have to pay my respects to the Vongola Guardians now." G walked down the steps of the grand staircase, passing a few on-lookers and the frog-hat illusionist.

"Oi, Froggy, why are you staring at him like that~?" Bel added another to the collection of broken knives when they passed through.

Fran stayed quiet, and when G was clearly out of sight, he casted an illusion over the whole mansion.


"Voi, I don't care about Storm Guardian trash or whatever, just force him to take his shit back."

Tsuna, Squalo, Dino, and Reborn was currently in a room, a few doors down from the big hall.

Each of the boss's of each branch was supposed to come, but most of them were too 'busy', apparently.

Xanxus in fact was free, but sold Squalo out, instead having a nice time to himself at the side of the hall. Byakuran, Millefiore's Boss, was too engrossed in flirting and playing around with the ladies that Shoichi had to give him a small whack in the head before dragging him off for a lecture. Basil was tricked by Tsuna's dad yet again, lying out cold in a chair when he tasted 'water' when it was a glass of really strong wine. He was knocked out as soon as one sip passed his throat, with Iemitsu laughing his head off while catching him and slumping him in one of the available chairs. Tsuna settled with what they got.

"B-But, Gokudera-kun might... not want it..." Tsuna objected, thinking that if he forced the position on Gokudera he would just run away again.

"He came back, didn't he?" Dino reasoned, "Why did he come back if he isn't taking his spot back?"

A session of wild imaginations ran through each of their minds. Tsuna paled as his got worse, hoping with all his might that Gokudera-kun didn't come back to kill.

"So, the rule applies to him as well?" Dino asked Reborn, stopping everyone's thoughts and confirming that he came back for good.

"Yes." Reborn's answer sounded too fast.

"But,...Reborn!" Tsuna argued, turning to Reborn for a debate that he can never win, "He's one of-"

"He's not, Tsuna." Reborn cut in sharply, "He's not. Gokudera Hayato left of his own accord, leaving behind the position of the Storm Guardian."

"B-But Stupidera said that... he'll be back for it..." A meek voice came from the door, and Tsuna saw that Lambo was sneakingly peeking in, overhearing everything that they just said.

Lambo opened the door to reveal himself, his small hands lightly touching the door frame.

"But-but... He really did... Reborn- He sa-said that he-he'll be back... with everyone again." He was again close to crying.

"Stupid Cow." Reborn eyed Lambo with his hat tipped down, creating a menacing atmosphere. Lambo's breath hitched before he sprang into weeping, and the air around them got awkward with a crying child.

Reborn stared at Lambo until he felt insecure and scurried off back to the hall. He lifted his head up after the nuisance was gone.

"He'll have to pass the test, even if he was an ex-Vongola member." He concluded the meeting, and dismissed the people.


Gokudera ran through to the back of the hall, only stopping to apologize to some guests he bumped into. He let out a sigh of relief when he lost the green haired illusionist and that knife freak. He adjusted his glasses and tidied up his hair, now dyed a non-suspicious black color because of the illusion G made, wondering what the hell just happened. He was too close to being discovered...

"Yo!"

A hand slapped onto his shoulder, emitting a loud scream from Gokudera and the feeling of being scared to death.

He was ready to turn around and bomb the living daylights out of the person who dared to do that to him, when he recognized that face.

"Base-... Vongola Rain Guardian?" Gokudera yelled, trying to cover for himself.

"Ahaha, what's up? You looked really tired." Yamamoto grinned, "Is being a waiter that tiring?"

"N-No." Gokudera answered, not looking him in the face despite having a illusion cast over himself. "W-What about you? Why aren't you with the crowd? Aren't you a Guardian too?"

Calm down, Hayato. They don't know it's you.

"Ahaha, I'm trying to rest my legs. I got careless on a mission." Yamamoto laughed at his own injury, making Gokudera think that he's still the same idiot.

"Ha? Are you so useless that you even got hurt on some mission that probably even that Stu- Thunder Guardian can do?" Gokudera spat, eying the slight dabs of blood forming on his clothes.

"Eh, Lambo was with me with the mission, ahaha..." Yamamoto grinned his famous smile. "Besides, Ryohei healed me with his flames, so it's all right now!"

Yamamoto gave his thigh a smack, and a flicker of pain crossed his face before resuming his own mask of smiles.

Gokudera yelled into his face and resisted the urge to wipe that smile off, but the loudspeakers boomed over his yelling.

"As the last hour... the New Year approaches... Special... New Year Event~!..." The speakers cracked with long buzzes, covering what it was supposed to say.

"There's going to be a special New Year's Eve event!" Yamamoto's grin turned even wider. "Are you going to participate as well?"

"No." His reply was blunt, wondering why he couldn't hear a single thing he said when he shouted it right into his ear.

He was glad to be rid of the baseball freak when some of the participants dragged him into the event; finally some peace and quiet.


"Kufufufu..."

That voice was what he expected to hear the least. He sensed that the illusionist master was coming closer to him with an aura saying 'not friendly', and he pointed an accusing finger at the Mist Guardian and said in a deadly voice; "How did you know?"

"Oya? Fran is my pupil." Mukuro said straightforwardly, leaving no gaps in his answer.

"Fran?" Gokudera voiced, racking his brain for any recognition of the name, "You mean that kid in the Varia that always have a frog hat on him and is a masochist?"

Mukuro just softly 'kufufu'ed, but his demeanor changed the second Gokudera said he knew Fran.

"Why are you here, Gokudera Hayato?" His voice was just like hundreds of daggers surrounding the prey, waiting for that moment of weakness.

Gokudera froze, feeling his own illusion being shattered by the mere utter of his name.

"H-How?" He croaked, now overly-conscious about his appearance.

"Kufufu, the illusion was superb, but, nothing can get past my eye." Mukuro held his hand over his eye, only removing it to show him his now burning red eye.

"You have a weird taste, pineapple-freak."

"Why thank you... Do you happen to know if the skylark is here?" Mukuro changed the subject just as he changed his aura. He went up to a window and opened it slightly, just enough for his body to slip through.

"That bastard? Haven't seen him around. Probably didn't come."

"Oya oya... I see..." Mukuro's voice faded out as he turned back into Chrome, some mist hanging in the air as they mutely disappeared.

"Oi! Pineapple bastard! I haven't-!"

"Gokudera-kun?"

He had a feeling that he shouldn't turn around.


A fast fall of an illusion alerted G of the happenings. He ran towards to where they felt it vanish, not looking back, only to be in sight with Gokudera and the Vongola Decimo, oh, and the Mist Guardian.

G gritted his teeth, and when Decimo saw him, he swiftly ran to Hayato. Chrome stayed a distance back, taking everything in without a sound.

"Are you okay, Hayato?" G asked, gripping both of his shoulders protectively.

"Y-Yeah..." Gokudera didn't even hear his own voice, "G...?"

G released his shoulders when he knew for sure he was fine. G turned around, his own illusion scattering away and revealing him for who he was. His hair turned to their original red, and his tattoo faded back onto his face. He still maintained a human form, though.

Tsuna gasped as the person he thought was Gokudera peeled away to someone completely different. His surprise was doubled when the supposed Gokudera called the other Gokudera 'Hayato'. Tsuna was never this confused in his life, and he gaped at the scene unfolding before him.

"Trash!"

"Tsuna!"

Tsuna heard the voices of the ones catching up, and when they saw what was happening in front of them, they too were speechless.

"W-What..." Tsuna whispered out, not knowing what to say.

"Go-Gokudera...-kun?" Dino stuttered, his voice sounding exactly like Tsuna's.

"Voi! Trash! Is that your brother or something?" Squalo yelled, not really getting what was so time stopping about having a person who looked exactly like Gokudera standing next right in front of them.

G sighed, this was what happened when Haru was the one who saw. This was why he didn't like making himself see-able to human's eyes.

"Goku..dera-kun..." Tsuna uttered again, this time with his voice full of question.

"Dame-Tsuna, you need to verify them for yourself." Reborn said, his voice never holding any fear. "Go."

Tsuna cleared away the precious tears at the corner of his eyes, looking up again with a completely new face and tone. He didn't even notice Reborn standing at his feet, Leon already as a gun in his small hands.

"You're... You're not our Storm Guardian. What did you do to him?" Tsuna demanded, trying to maintain the tone in his voice. "To Gokudera-kun?"

"Shut up." G stepped in front of Gokudera to prevent him from seeing any more, "You have no right to say that."

"But you-!" Tsuna raised his voice, only to be stopped by G again.

"Me? What did I do?" G questioned Tsuna, spitting every word out like venom. His own personal issues arose, lashing out his anger on the Tenth Boss. "I only helped Hayato. But you..."

"Wha-!" Tsuna started before getting interrupted yet again.

"G...?" Gokudera whispered weakly, although it went unnoticed. He heard someone yell, but- "Juu-Juudaime?" Gokudera breathed out, his tone uncertain, not realizing that he had reverted to the old way of calling Tsuna. He stirred, stepping up to the side to see what was going on. His mind was still hazy from the effects of the illusion...

He saw Tsuna- the Vongola Decimo, the Buckling Horse, the Shark of Varia... and Reborn. They all were lined up in front of him, their faces laced with surprise and mouths slightly open but no sound coming out. He brought one of his hands up of rub his head, trying to clear away the dizziness that took him.

"Ah..."

In his hands was the Vongola Storm ring, laying neatly in the middle of his palms. Gokudera had just noticed, but G must've gone and retrieved the ring while he was lazing around. He pushed his brain for some solution, and when his lip thinned, and the whole gathering stood still as they wondered what would happen next.

Finally, a ghastly whisper came from the silver haired as his decision was made.

"Sorry, I shouldn't have ran away, but to end this once and for all."

G weakly smiled. It was like deja vu of that moment happening all over again.

'If you don't want the Storm to end, go to the hill at the back of the Vongola mansion tomorrow afternoon. I'll be waiting. -Gokudera Hayato'


Preview-

Next Chapter; Solo Petal

"What- Do you really think you can fool me, Asari Ugetsu?"...

"G, I'm going back."...

"Gokudera-kun! Why, why are you doing this?"...

"Because I love him-"...

"Get away from me! Your present life too; Get him away from Hayato!"...

"This is the end, it seems."...


(A/N)- I think my writing abilities are slipping away... -bombed- OTL Apologizes if this chapter was a bit confusing. I personally think it makes no sense at all and I should just die.

Review please?