A/N : Laaaaattttteeeee updaaaaaatttteee! Sorry for the very late update. I've been busy with my study (the University Entrance Exams will starting tomorrow for two days) and I haven't got any chance to post a new chapter! I apologize for the late update! (Nuuuuuhhhh)
Anyway, I decided to divide this chapter into two parts (because it's tooo long!) So, I'll post the other half after my exams' over. I think this is the longest chapter so far... *shrug*
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Warning : OOC-ness (as always), grammatical error (feel free to point it out!), and so on...
Note : "Hibari-san loves Hibird," -Normal conversation and Normal!Tsuna
"Hibari-san loves Hibird," -Dark!Tsuna speaking.
And also, if I'm not mistaken, I'm sure I put one quotes from one famous anime. Feel free to point it out! And also, check out my new one-shot called "CONCESSATIO" with link in my profile!
on with the story, yeah!
The Sun Guardian (Part 1)
"Destroying the misfortune that attacks the Famiglia with their own body..."
Kyoko stayed behind as Haru told her that she had to come home already (since she was the one in charge for dinner). Kyoko said she would walk around with her brother since it had been a long time since the two of them met. Right now, the two siblings were sat down peacefully in a small café with a glass of iced-tea for Kyoko and chocolate milkshake for Ryohei.
"You haven't told me a lot about your life in Italy," said Ryohei out of the blue.
"Is that so? I thought I call you once a week and sent you a letter at least once a month…" said Kyoko softly.
"But it never really mentioned what you did. Why did you go to the Italy in the first place? Dad didn't tell me a lot, even after he…"
"Because I told him not to. Onii-chan, do you trust me?"
"I… Of course I trust you, you're my sister to the extreme!" said Ryohei.
"Then do you believe me if I told you my decision is for the best? For us?"
"Kyoko, what are you talking about? I don't think—"
"Tell me, Onii-chan," said Kyoko quietly. "I don't want you to blame anyone upon this. This is my choice and I hope you understand. Dad also thought that this is for the best."
"Kyoko! What do you mean by… this is for the best? What is 'this', Kyoko?" asked Ryohei as he felt his sister had done something dangerous.
"I can't tell you…" Kyoko whispered quietly.
"I know! It must be about that Sawada boy! What did he do to you, Kyoko? Did he hurt you… or…?"
"Onii-chan, please!" Kyoko pleaded in the verge of tears. "It hurts for me to leave you in the dark, but I promise you, everything's gonna be alright. I just want you to trust my judgment, and I don't want you to blame Tsuna-kun for what I've done. Tsuna-kun had done enough for me, because he was always there to support me and took me under his wings. Haru and I were so grateful when Tsuna-kun found us."
There was a pregnant silence as the siblings didn't say anything but simply watched the busy street of Namimori Shopping District. Ryohei wasn't a thinker, but all the pieces of information that he had been forcing him to think. What happened in Italy? His sister surely didn't want to tell him. Had Kyoko joined some dangerous group? Or (God forbid her!) prostitution? Why she always looked up at Tsuna? What did the boy do to her? Those entire questions were swimming around his head.
And since he wasn't a great thinker…
"Aaaah! What the hell to the EXTREME!"
Kyoko was a little bit startled as she saw her brother's outburst, but she just laughed at her brother's antics.
"Listen to me, Kyoko. Someday, you have to tell me what you really do, okay?" asked Ryohei as he overcame his outburst.
"Sure," Kyoko answered softly. "I think I have to go back to the Manor," said Kyoko as she looked at her watch.
"You still can't go home, can you?" asked Ryohei.
"I'm sorry, Onii-chan. It's just…"
"I understand. Don't push yourself too hard. If you're ready, I'll always welcome you with a extremely happy feelings."
"Thank you, Onii-chan," said Kyoko. "I'll see you tomorrow."
With that she left Ryohei. The boy only stared at his sister's back with so many thoughts running down his mind.
"How was the meeting, Kyoko?" asked Reborn to the girl as she entered the Manor. Reborn was there, beside a long haired woman who also known as the Poison Scorpion; Bianchi.
"It was great. Where's Haru?" asked Kyoko.
"In the kitchen."
Kyoko left the two alone as she headed to her room before going to the kitchen. Reborn glanced at Bianchi, as if he waited for her to say something.
"The girls are still here?" asked Bianchi.
"As you see," said Reborn calmly.
Bianchi let out a sigh, as she inspected the Manor.
"You still tutor him?" Bianchi asked absent-mindedly. "What are you doing in this place? Tsuna is big enough to do his own job. You could leave him be and go back to Italy with me."
"I couldn't," said Reborn. "There are a lot of things that he should know before being a Vongola Decimo. The Ninth entrusted him to me for tutoring him so he could be a great Vongola boss in the future."
"I still wanted to kill him to free you from your schedule and we can go back to Italy," said Bianchi in a dark tone. "I don't really care about how it is your order or shit. I can kill him easily—"
"Over my dead body," said Reborn darkly. He already leaned down in front of Bianchi with his gun pointed at her head. Bianchi couldn't even see Reborn's movement or when he pulled his gun from his jacket. Bianchi only sat there, paralyzed since she knew, Reborn was serious about his threat. After several years of partnership with Reborn, Bianchi could tell that this man was always serious about everything, and if he said 'over my dead body' he actually meant it.
Bianchi let out another sigh.
"Fine, I won't," said Bianchi smiled. Reborn smirked and holstered his gun.
"What kind of business brings you here?" asked Reborn after he calmed and took a sip of his espresso.
"Can't I see the love of my life without any purpose?" Bianchi asked him back.
"Whatever. If you don't have anything to talk about, you can leave now," said Reborn. Bianchi rolled her eyes and pulled out a piece of paper from her pocket.
"Gesso Family and Giglio Nero family are planning on their merger. You know, how Gesso Family hates Vongola. This is going to be a great war in the mafia world. Chiavarone Family already gave us their full support and so are the other allies of Vongola. But the Varia keeps stubborn to not doing anything if Tsuna would lead the Vongola forces in the war. They only served under Vongola Nono," said Bianchi in a monotone voice.
"They still thinking that Xanxus would be a better boss for Vongola?" asked Reborn.
"Of course. Xanxus said there's no way a piece of trash like Tsuna could lead the strongest mafia family."
Reborn only shrugged. "Carry on."
"Okay. The Ninth wanted Tsuna to stay out of this since he isn't the official boss yet. But you probably knew about that."
"That's why he sent Tsuna here. To make sure that he was safe from the other mafia families. And also, Tsuna hasn't had all his guardians."
"Hmm… But I see he picked my younger brother," said Bianchi.
"Yeah. Gokudera could be a great right-hand man if he works hard. Aren't you felt honored?"
"Should I?" asked Bianchi. "Just tell Hayato I say hi." The Poison Scorpion stood up from her seat.
"Oh, you want to leave already?"
"What? You're gonna miss me?"
Reborn snorted as Bianchi left him. He took another sip of his espresso and opened some paper work that he had to check.
"This is incredible, Tsuna. I never know you have such a big house!" said Yamamoto as Tsuna and Gokudera took him around the Manor. Gokudera kept 'tch'-ing. Suddenly, a sight of a five years old boy wearing a cow suit caught Yamamoto's attention.
"Tsuna! Lambo-san doesn't want to eat those nasty things!" Lambo shouted and ran at Tsuna.
"Ah! Lambo-chan, you have to eat the green peppers!" Haru shouted from the kitchen. The girl and Lambo ran down around the house. For a few seconds, Yamamoto thought Tsuna would stop them, but he didn't. Tsuna only let them passed him in the hallway before making their way to his study.
Yamamoto took a better look of his surroundings. Just what he would expect from this kind of a house, the study was well-furnished with maple-wood flooring and a French-window across the room facing the rose garden under it. They were in the first floor and Yamamoto could get a clear look of the street from another French-window facing the street in front of the Manor. Each window connected with a balcony. The room itself was comfy.
Against the window, there was a large ebony table and black leather chair. The wall was full of bookshelves and several thick books; mostly in Italy, several in English and Japanese. In the far end wall, there was a big wooden door which led to another room. Beside the door, there was a fireplace and several comfortable puffs and a thick rug. Over all, the study showed some elegance and comfort.
Tsuna took a seat on his leather chair, while Gokudera stood on the right side of Tsuna. Yamamoto's movement stopped for awhile as he sensed the change of the atmosphere around him and he looked at Tsuna. Gokudera also realized, but he didn't say anything. Tsuna already back to his real persona. Gokudera noticed the startled look on Yamamoto's face and he was sure that Tsuna's aura would scare especially for someone who sensed it for the first time.
"Yamamoto, something's wrong?" asked Tsuna calmly as he slightly smirked.
The next thing happened was something unexpected.
Yamamoto smiled brightly at Tsuna, without any trace of fear on his face.
"Ah, it's nothing, Tsuna!" he said in a light and cheery tone.
"Is that so?" said Tsuna. This was the first time, no one feared for Tsuna himself. Most people would cower in fear right now. He could sense that Gokudera was stiffened beside him, but as his right-hand man, there was no way Gokudera would leave his side.
Seemed like he already got the suitable Guardians.
Ryohei couldn't help but felt unease at home. Even though Kyoko told him that she would tell the truth someday, there was something kept nagging on his mind. Was that Sawada boy? What was his connection to Kyoko? Kyoko told him that they didn't romantically involved with each other, but then… what? There's something odd about the boy. He came in the odd time of the year, and his presence…
There was something in that boy that held an unapproachable atmosphere surrounded him. Surely that boy only hanged out around Kyoko and that girl… Miura? Also the white haired boy with octopus-like head from Tsuna's class… Gokumaru or something. And also, today he looked very friendly with that baseball club's number 4… Yamamoto Takeshi.
They were a bunch of unordinary people (or perhaps extraordinary?). Ah…! All these thinking things pushed him to the edge! He needed more practice!
And so, as usual, Sasagawa Ryohei walked up to his sandbag and started to train. He sure would be the greatest boxer in the world!
When they went to school the next day, as usual, Tsuna dropped Lambo off on the kindergarten while Gokudera, Haru, Kyoko and him went to school. Yamamoto decided not to stay at the Manor since he still had his father who ran Sushi shop. Tsuna didn't mind though Gokudera didn't seem very happy about his decision.
"Do you think something bad will happen in the school today?" asked Kyoko to Tsuna. She already heard the story of the attack of illusionists from Gokudera. Kyoko kept apologizing at Tsuna for not been able to protect him and so was Haru. Today, they'd make sure to do their job properly as the Bocciolo di Assassini. They couldn't disgrace the name of Vongola Decimo because they were too absorbed in personal matter.
"I don't really know… He could come back anytime soon though," said Tsuna. "I didn't blame you for what happened. I'm alright."
"But…" Haru tried to speak up, but Tsuna stopped him and gave her a soft smile.
"Stop it, you two," said Tsuna. Haru quickly sealed her mouth before Tsuna snapped. Normal Tsuna was soft-spoken and almost looked innocent. She didn't want to ruin Tsuna's mood in the morning this time.
They reach the school's gate, and a certain leader of Disciplinary Committee was stood there in his calm manner. They passed without any problem this time, and Yamamoto joined them and lightened up the mood.
The time passed, until the school was over and most of the students already went home. Tsuna and his Guardians still cope up in the school since Tsuna still have an assignment he had to do because of his absent for a few days. So, Gokudera, Yamamoto, Haru and Kyoko waited for him until he finished the task.
Suddenly, a loud explosion could be heard from the school's roof, which forced Tsuna to leave his task and ran up to the roof with Guardians hot on his tail. When they passed the teacher's lounge, Tsuna's homeroom teacher tried to stop him.
"Sawada-san! What do you think you're doing?" he yelled.
"Shut up. Out of my way," Tsuna said, making the teacher froze in fear.
On the roof, there was Hibari, with his tonfas in his hands and before him; there was a man with creepy face. He had spiked black hair and two scars on his right cheeks. On his hand, he held a chain which connected to a big metal ball. Over all, the appearance of this guy could scare people in general.
"You… You are…" said Kyoko as the girl recognized the face.
"The Strongest Man in North Italy…" said Haru. "Lancia!"
The man, Lancia chuckled as he stared down at the boys and girls in front of him. This surely would be easier than what Mukuro had told him. He smirked as he saw the boy; The Vongola Decimo. Though he couldn't understand why Mukuro would want a small boy like him, but considered that the boy was the heir of the strongest mafia family, Lancia couldn't lower his guard.
"Tsuna-kun, please step back. Let us handle this," said Kyoko as she stepped forward and pulled out her needles. Haru also stepped forward with her knives ready in her hands.
"Gokudera, you could protect Tsuna while we handle this," said Yamamoto as he pulled his Shigure Kintoki from its cover. "Can't let the girl took over the show."
They attacked forward, towards Lancia, the Strongest Man in Northern Italy.
Sasagawa Ryohei had finished his training, as he put on his t-shirt and jersey. He glanced at the clock. He still had two hours to cooking for dinner. It would be no problem. When he stepped out of the club house, he could sense something unusual. His step was stopped by the sound of an explosion coming from the roof of the school building. He glanced up and saw a black smoke coming from the roof.
'Shit!' he thought to himself.
Ryohei quickly ran to the building and climbed the stairs. Somehow, his gut feeling told him that something bad had occurred. He pushed himself to run as fast as he could until he finally reached the rooftop, panting.
The scene that greeted him was beyond extreme.
He could see at least see two figures laid there, beaten up. There were still four figures who were able to stand up, and an unknown man, looking down at them. In his hand, attached to some chain, was a massive metal ball which he could swing at ease. But that wasn't the thing that shocked Ryohei.
It was one of those standing figures; which was his sister! Sasagawa Kyoko stood there, with serious expression on her face. The girl held something in her hand. Was that… needles? Three six inches needles to be precise in each hand. What did she do? Beside her, in a fightitng stance was Kyoko's friend, Haru. Slightly behind them, there was Gokudera with some (was that dynamites?) in his hand and he was protecting… Sawada?
What the hell was happening to the extreme?
"Kyoko-chan, we should attack him at once!" said Haru. "The mid-range combat wouldn't work against him since he would use that weird ball."
"Okay. Let's do this!" said Kyoko. They charged in with an amazing speed. Ryohei couldn't believe his eyes as he watched his sweet little sister fight like a real fighter, with all her grace and her perfect synchronization with that Haru girl as if they'd done this many times before. The creepy guy smirked as he threw his metal ball to the air and put both his palms in front of him.
The force of gravitation made the ball fell in high speed. With a great timing, the guy hits the ball to add extra power. The ball was moving in high speed. Kyoko and Haru tried to dodge, but somehow, both the girls weren't able to, and the heavy ball was smashed into their stomach. Both of them were sent flying to the other side of the rooftops unconscious. Haru's long knives were dropped and it was bended from the impact of the ball.
Gokudera was the only one left, yet Tsuna didn't even try to lift a finger on their enemies. He simply stood there and watched what happened.
"I never knew the Vongola Decimo would be this heartless, even though his subordinates beaten up badly, he didn't even try to protect them," said the creepy guy. He glanced at the unmoving figure of Yamamoto and Hibari and also the girls. "Or… are you scared?"
"Shut up, you bastard! The Tenth isn't weak! There's no need for him to lift a finger against you because we're here to protect him!" Gokudera yelled at the creepy man. With those words, he charged in and threw his dynamites.
"That's useless!" the creepy guy yelled back as he threw his metal ball at Gokudera. "Senja Reppa!"
Without thinking, Gokudera threw several mini bombs in front of him and used the explosion to escape from the deathly weapon. He managed to survive from the attack, but still, the metal ball hit him pretty bad despite his method of escape.
Ryohei couldn't take this anymore. First, he hurt his friend, and he hurt his sister, and lastly he let Gokudera fought this creepy guy alone? He didn't understand what happened, but he knew he couldn't let Tsuna out of this easily. Without thinking, he ran towards Tsuna and grabbed the boy by the collar of his shirt.
"SAWADA! What the hell are you doing?" Ryohei shouted at the boy. Tsuna didn't do anything, he just let Ryohei pulled his collar roughly and stared at him emotionless.
"Let go," he ordered. Ryohei could sense something which made him shivered with fear. Was that Sawada? The boy only said two words, and Ryohei could feel his inner self trembled in fear. What the hell…
But Ryohei quickly overcame his fear because he couldn't let anyone hurt his sister!
"How dare you hurt my little sister? Huh?"
"I said 'let go'!" Tsuna yanked himself from Ryohei's grip and fixed his collar. He stared at Ryohei with the emotionless caramel-brown eyes and smirked. "You have no right to stop me, Onii-san. What are you doing here in the first place? This isn't a place for you."
"The hell with that! I ask you, dammit! How could you let Yamamoto and Hibari being beaten and let that creepy guy knocked the girls that badly? How could you let your friend fighting him alone?" Ryohei shouted at Tsuna.
Tsuna glanced at Gokudera who still stood there and fought Lancia with all his might. Tsuna's smirk got wider.
"Hmmm… I wanted to see their resolve," said Tsuna. "People without determination and will couldn't join the Vongola and incompatible to be my Guardians."
"The hell if I care!" said Ryohei as he threw a punch at Tsuna's face. Tsuna didn't try to dodge it, but simply receive the blow which sent him flying a few meters. "You hurt my sister, and there's more than that you have to receive!"
"TENTH!" Gokudera yelled as he saw Ryohei punched Tsuna. But he couldn't go there, because he got his hands full with fighting Lancia.
"I don't care a single shit of what you said about Vongola, Guardians or whatever it is! Don't you care about your friends? How could you put them in such position!" said Ryohei as he threw another blow to Tsuna's stomach.
Tsuna wiped a slight blood which slipped from his lips with back of his hand. "They know this is the consequence of the path that they choose. Gokudera knows that, Yamamoto knows that, and of course Haru and Kyoko-chan knows that when they decided to join the Vongola."
"And even when they determined to sacrifice their life for you, you won't even protect them? Who the hell are you anyway?"
"I am Sawada Tsunayoshi. The heir of the strongest mafia family; the Vongola."
"Ma-mafia?"
"See? You didn't understand."
"I don't! But you're supposed to their leader! How could you let your subordinates die? A king exists for his people, without them, rulers cannot exist! You are the boss, so it is your job to protect your subordinates, hence, your own friends! I don't care about your mafia stuffs or shit, but I can't let this happen! You're no leader to anyone if you couldn't even protect your friends. You are nothing but an egoistic bastard which full of arrogance!" With that, Ryohei threw another punch and left Tsuna to help Gokudera.
Tsuna only sat there, didn't bother to get up. He didn't even glance, as Reborn appeared next to him. The hitman only smirked as he saw the young boss condition.
"He managed to beat you?" asked Reborn.
"I let him."
"Why don't you stop him?"
"Didn't feel like it."
"He's right, you know," said Reborn calmly as they watch Gokudera and Ryohei fought Lancia. "Are you to proud to admit it?"
"Shut it, Reborn," said Tsuna as he stood up, and smirked.
Gokudera couldn't take it anymore. Even if Ryohei helped him, they were no match to Lancia. He was pretty strong and he could beat them with ease. The Steel Serpent Ball wasn't an easy weapon to face against. The weapon was dangerous, since the ball's snake-like engravings on the surface could track and redirect air current that could create a vortex which can suck whatever was near and made them unable to dodge the attacks. If Gokudera kept using the mini-bomb to dodge it, it would cause more harm to his body. He also had to think about Ryohei. Unlike him, Ryohei only fought with his fist which made it harder. In a few blows, Ryohei was laid there, beaten up by Lancia.
He had to fight and win. He had to protect the Tenth with all his might. Gokudera pulled out his dynamites and threw it.
"Rocket Bombs!"
"Useless!" said Lancia. When the steel ball sucked the air around them, it made the dynamites sucked into the vortex to. But suddenly, the dynamites changed directions towards Lancia and exploded. Gokudera smirked.
Yet he had no strength to stand at all. He started to fall and hit the ground when a gloved hand and small arms held him from the impact. The hands laid him softly to the ground as Gokudera stared at that orange eyes and the blazing Dying Will Flame. Gokudera smiledas he recognized the face and a soft smile on that face.
"Tenth…" he whispered quietly.
"Thanks for your good work, Gokudera-kun," said Tsuna softly. Gokudera smiled and nodded as he closed his eyes.
Tsuna stood up and faced Lancia.
"Ah, so finally you stand for them!" said Lancia. "Anyways, it'll be easier since all that I had to do is brought you with me to Mukuro-sama's place. I just had to beat your subordinates into pulp, and finally you snapped to revenge them. How sweet…"
"Cut the crap. I'm not standing here to revenge their lost. It's just showed me how weak they are," said Tsuna, "And how strong their resolve."
"Still… I'll kill you!" said Lancia. "Bouja Reppa!"
As Lancia hit the steel ball with his palms, Tsuna was already there to stop the ball with his hand.
"Slow," said Tsuna. Without hesitation, Tsuna brought up his fist and punch Lancia's face with his Flame coated fist. Lancia didn't stop there. He pulled the chains of the steel ball and made it fly towards Tsuna. Tsuna dodge it with the push of his Flame.
"Hija Reppa!"
Tsuna dodge the ball again and threw a series of punch to Lancia. For his final blow, Tsuna jumped and with the push of the Flame, he flew and circled Lancia in high speed from the top to the bottom, engulfing Lancia with the spiraling flame.
"X-Stream."
Lancia screamed as the flame covered him completely and disappeared.
Tsuna's Dying Will Flame faded, as he started to fall. As usual, Reborn caught him before he hit the ground. Reborn let out a sigh and smiled at Tsuna's sleeping figure.
"Thank you for the good work, Tsuna."
"I'm really sorry, Tenth! I'm such a fool who couldn't protect you and reckless!" Gokudera came and cried in Tsuna's room as the young Vongola ate his breakfast. The wounds of the battle had healed almost perfect (thanks to Vongola's special treatment). Kyoko and Haru's wounds weren't that bad, since they managed to dodge a little. Hibari woke up a few hours after the battle and left the Manor as soon as possible. Yamamoto and Ryohei were the only one who hadn't wake up from their wounds.
"It's okay Gokudera-kun. I didn't blame you," said Tsuna. "Have Yamamoto wake up yet?"
"He hasn't. Do you want me to check out on him? I'll make sure that the Lawn-head also wake up…" said Gokudera.
"Thank you, Gokudera-kun," said Tsuna.
The next morning, Ryohei woke up from his sleep, but he couldn't recognize his surroundings. He was in a big elegant room, with a massive king-sized bed. The room was enormous with wood flooring and even this room had a fireplace. Ryohei got up from the bed and wandered around the room. He glanced around when the door was opened softly and his beloved sister Kyoko was stood there and smiled at him.
"Onii-chan, you wake up," she said softly. "Great. Tsuna-kun want to talk to you about something."
A/N : First part completed! Muahahahahaha! Anyway, I need some idea for the Cloud Guardian chapter. How'd you want Hibari-san to join the Vongola Guardians? Open for suggestions, gents! Now, now... the "THANK YOU" part of the story...
I'd like to say thank you to : Mutsumi Ayano, Aki Sou, R3iga1004, AngelHonoreku, Dementra, Lexie-chan94 and ayz283 for their wonderful review. And also to : Taira-keimei, Jariya Tompkins, hash16, Shizuka Eien, tenzaichigo, GodsPromiseToMan and Yumemite for put my story to their Story Alert. And also to : Izanagi-no-mikoto, PrimoGiotto5510, GodsPromiseToMan, ArcobalenoCanvas, Athena's lil' Girl and Ayz283 for putting my story to their Favorite Story List. Thank you so much!
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