Hello again, dear readers!
So here we go again, with this chapter, we're almost at the middle of the first arc. And that's good because it's the most boring so I really want to get to the second arc. (It's also when the love story really begins...)

And without further ado, enjoy your new chapter!

Il Maestro

First Arc

IV

After realizing that his mission could take some time, he decided to travel. After all, Byakuran was not born yet, he didn't see why he had to stay hell-bent on that white devil.
So, he began to travel, browsing through Europa in its years of reconstruction, discovering the Occidental culture with wonder but never forgetting his past.

Some women and men tried to bed him but it never really interested him. His heart was already taken so he didn't see any appeal in bedding some strangers. Then, he went to Sicily and met them.

They didn't use flames but that didn't prevent him on noticing them as soon as they were right in front of him. His eyes tarnished by the loss of his most cherished beings in the future reviewed the four men as well as the two women and a thin smile graced his lips.
Curiously, they had felt him and perceived him as a threat. That night, he had to battle against those persons and the battle had stopped when their boss had forced them to step back in order to talk with him.

Tsuna had then met the brown and lively eyes full of will power of the leader and had slowly nodded when they had asked him The question.

That day, he joined the Vongola family.

The days, and soon after, the weeks passed, and he surprised himself when he began to sincerely smile from time to time. The Vongola family of this era wasn't his but they were welcoming and knew how to party.
But, even if those people were heart-warming, that didn't replace his guardians' smiles.

Then, he had had enough of all that ruckus and the agitation of the Vongola. He had asked an interview with their leader and had succinctly explained his desire to leave. The Vongola Ottavo nodded and let him leave.

They shared a look that day and the young woman knew that the man that she had welcomed before would come back.

Because they were family.

They kept on traveling and finally, in the middle of the night, stopped short in front of a mansion in Sicily. Reborn looked up to appraise the luxurious ivy-covered wall and let out a sigh.

"Your family lives there?" he asked without much hope.

They had travelled for so long that he couldn't really picture their journey ending anytime soon.

Tsuna silently nodded and stepped towards the entry. He opened the heavy door without really caring about the noise he was making or about the fact that it was a really late, and was very quickly rewarded by multiples weapons directed towards his chest.

"I'm happy to see you too," the brown haired said ironically as he looked up to the menacing men. "Wake her up and tell her that I'm home."

Reborn frowned and stayed in Tsuna's shadow. Who was the woman that should wake up? Was she his protector's spouse?

Steps could be heard in the majestic hall and the teenager looked up to catch sight of the lithe figure of a young woman. She was gorgeous even with the exhaustion that made her eyes puffy and her dark ruffled hair that she obviously hadn't had the time to comb. A tattoo with a floral pattern adorned her left cheek and her brown eyes shone with strength and kindness. In short, Reborn could perfectly understand why Tsuna fell in love with the young woman when he saw her advance towards them with a decided pace and discarding the armed men with a simple hand gesture.

"Vongola Ottavo," Tsuna whispered while he slightly tilted his head.

The teenager's eyes widened while he realized what the adult had said. Vongola! The name of the mafia family most feared in the whole Europa and that was slowly expanding his dark empire in the world. He looked around him and noticed then the inconspicuous signs that proved that he really was in a mafia mansion. Men armed and wearing dark costumes and, more than everything else, everyone had that same vibe of violence around them.

"Tsuna," the young woman answered with a voice surprisingly deep. "I wasn't expecting your return."

The brown haired man laughed softly and stepped towards her without caring about the shotguns that were still targeting him.

"Even I wasn't expecting that," he winked with a wry smile. "But I needed a safe place."

The young Vongola Ottavo looked at him without understanding and Tsuna quickly added, "I need a place to properly train him."

All eyes looked then at the teenager who still was in the entry and Reborn kept his poker-face while he thanked internally Tsuna. The man had taught him that little trick some days ago.

"I see," the young woman whispered as she softly caressed her tattoo. "You're starting to get old and you want to have a disciple, so you can leave a legacy... You fear that none would remember you."

"I don't know how old you think I am," the man retorted with a slight frown. "But I'm not that old. I still haven't reached the thirties, Daniela."

The Vongola Ottavo laughed happily as she saw Tsuna's annoyed face and turned towards Reborn. "Come," she said and this time, her brown eyes had a more serious twinkle.

The teenager obeyed reluctantly and advanced in the light of the hall.

"He has potential," Daniela admitted after a long observation.

"He'll become the best," Tsuna assured with a self-confident nod. "The most wanted hitman."

Reborn simply kept silent while they were discussing his future in front of him. His dark eyes stopped on the man's figure, the person who took him out of his wretched village, and he looked at him.

"Right," Daniela finally sighed. "I'll let you one of our abodes. Just choose whichever you want and settle down there. Also, don't disturb me unless the training is over."

Tsuna nodded and turned towards Reborn. Their eyes connected, and the teenager felt his heart jump in his chest. He felt like he was in the edge of a precipice. If he jumped, he would fell in an endless chain of adventures. If he didn't jump, he would return to his normal life and could die happily in his bed.

"Are you coming, Reborn?" Tsuna asked.

He never liked living normally, the teenager decided as he followed the man.

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