Chapter 1
Past
"Tuna~ Tuna~ Ugly Tsuna! TUNA!~" A small group of children sang as they surrounded a small boy with brown gravity defying hair at the playground. Not far away on the swings, a boy that looked like the first one, only he has blonde hair, sat there swinging , just looking and having fun at the scene infront him not caring if his own twin brother was mocked and bullied while the teacher pretended that she doesn't see the scene infront her.
"Hey what do you think you're doing you stupid turds?!" said a childish yet authoritative voice. All of them looked to where it came from and it was from a small boy with short black with white tips and a pale complexion. He was known as Nick Forester, the foreign boy from U.S. He was emitting an irritated aura that made the other children disperse. He went closer to Tsuna and lent him a hand to stand up.
"Hey. I am Nick Forester." Tsuna looked a little confused and it was noticed by Nick.
"Oh. Forester, Nick. Sorry about that, I often forget that I am already in Japan." He said flashing a shy smile.
"M-My N-n-name i-is Sa-sawada T-Tsunayoshi b-but y-you can call m-me T-Tsuna i-if you like." mumbled Tsuna.
"Mmm Ok"
Then Tsuna realized that he hasn't even thanked Nick yet.
"U-um T-thank you f-for e-earlier."
"It is fine" then he held out a hand "We can be friends if you want?"
Tsuna looked at the hand before smiling a little as he took it on his own.
"Un!"
Hiko, Tsuna's twin was scowling as he watched the two interact. He really hated his brother because he's troublesome, he's not good at academics, he's not good at sports, he makes Kaa-san and Tou-san disappointed. Hiko doesn't to be related to someone that is as no-good as his brother.
Going home~
"Go ahead. I don't want to walk with you." Said a bad vibed Hiko. Tsuna could only nod. He was used to such treatment from his brother although he really didn't know the reason why.
As he was walking, he bumped into someone and tumbled down. He looked up. 'Nick? When did he dye the tips of his hair black and why are his eyes different in color?'
"Herbivore."
That's when Tsuna realized that he was staring. "He-Herbivore?"
The other kid didn't reply and just looked at Tsuna with his slightly narrowed eyes. 'Hiiee. When did Nick became this scary?' Tsuna thought. Then he realized that he just bumped into the other boy. "S-sorry" Tsuna immediately stood up and started apologizing to 'Nick'. On the name, the other boy frowned. "Nick?"
"Huh? A-aren't you him? W-When d-did you die your b-black?"
Hibari was starting to get annoyed by the herbivore.
"My name's not Nick, I'm Hibari Kyouya, Nick's my cousin on my mother's side."
Tsuna made an 'O' shape with his mouth. Hibari raised an eyebrow. 'This herbivore got my cousin's attention. Hn.' . Tsuna then started apologizing again.
"Herbivore, you say too many sorry." Oh he really was starting to get a little annoyed by the herbivore. Tsuna opened his mouth to apologize again but stopped himself when Hibari narrowed his eyes so he only bowed.
"Hn. Good." And with that he made his way.
'Scary…. And wierd' Tsuna thought before rushing home, tripping in the process.
When Tsuna got home, he saw his mom.
"kaa-san" he called out only to be purposely ignored by Nana so he decided to go towards her to tell what happened to school today.
"Don't touch me, you good-for-nothing ingrate!"
Tsuna stopped on his heels. Did his Kaa-san really told him that? No it couldn't be, could it?
Reaching out he said "Kaa-sa—" only to be slapped in the hand by Nana.
"I said don't touch me!"
"K-Kaa-san, did Tsu-kun do something wrong?" he asked with tearful eyes.
"You're a failure of a child. A great disappointment to the family!" She snapped as she stormed out of the room leaving a startled and shaken Tsuna to cry there.
Nana's POV
It was really a bad and tiring day. At first, I went to the market and when I'm about to pay, I remembered that I had forgotten my wallet so I had to go back home again to retrieve it. Then, the water bill came together with the electricity bill. When I saw the price, I started to get a little irritated and frustrated. Next was when I was doing laundry, a cat passed by and the basket with the clean clothes fell to the mud so I had to wash them again. Uggh! What would make this day even worse.
As I was walking to the kitchen I hear the door open and my name being called by Tsu-kun, my no-good son but I ignored him. I don't want to deal with him today, he's troublesome. He'll only make me more irritated. Then he came rushing towards me and I snapped at him.
Normal POV
When Hiko arrived, he saw his no-good brother crying on the floor and decided to ignore him. 'Hmph. Serves him right. Maybe Kaa-san had enough of his stupidity' Hiko smirked inwardly.'He doesn't belong here.'
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Present
The dining was more magnificent than the welcoming lobby. There was a long table at the center where in almost 16 people can fit in. It was covered with a red table cloth that complemented the maroon carpet, purple foamed chairs, light orange wall, and white ceilings. It was covered with a bright, undisturbed aura and—
Bang!
Nevermind—
The doors were opened carelessly by an over energized dirty blond haired girl with the others in a tow.
"Were here!" announced Miki
'You don't say' Tsuna said mentally.
"C'mon and get your asses up or I'll eat everything without you." said Miki so they did.
Tsuna was sitting at the head of the table. Ethan was sitting to his right and beside him was Rein and beside her was Nick. Chris was sitting on Tsuna's left and beside him was Miki with Accel beside her.
While eating~
The group took their time catching up with a few laughter here and there, that is until Tsuna asked a certain question that turned the joyous atmosphere into a serious one.
"So guys…" This earned all the attention of everyone. "How are they doing after that incident? I heard that even Vongola's external famiglia helped in searching for their precious leader's son."
"In secret of course, only the higher ups know along with the private search parties that were sent out since it's basically a private matter that involves the CEDEF's leader's family outside the mafia." stated Accel
"Hmp! Apparently, they did come to their senses after a few months." coming from Ethan
"Hn. I really don't care 'bout them. Thinking about what they did to you is unacceptable and it makes my mood and day go in the dumps." said Rein.
"Tsss… of couse, even with the Vongola backing them up in searching, they couldn't find you, cause you're with Uncle Checkers" stated Nick
"And besides that, your twin was chosen as Vongola Decimo though I know you already know it." said Chris. Tsuna nodded.
"Hmmn. Yeah,. Even sent the 'World's greatest hitman' to 'tutor' him." said Miki as she made quotation marks with her fingers. After that remark, they proceeded to eat again in silence sans the sound of the clattering of their eating utensils.
At the Sawada residence…
Achoo!
Reborn sneezed which surprised Hiko.
'Did Reborn just sneeze?'
"What? First time you've seen someone sneeze Baka-Hiko? Go back to your homework" said Reborn monotonously as he pointed Leon-gun at Hiko.
"Okay! Okay!" said a panicky Hiko.
"Hmph." 'At night, it's so cold. At day, it's too hot. Maybe I'm starting to catch a cold from this immediate climate change.'
Back at Fiamma Base…
"How about I show myself to them? I can't just hide from them forever and I really want to see them again despite what had happened 7 years from now, they are family too. And I also want to meet Reborn personally besides I've got nothing much to do but laze around and train, waiting for a new mission. I think I want to experience living more normal than usual." said Tsuna.
"Well, I see no reason why not but two things." replied Ethan.
"What is it?" asked Tsuna.
"First, I still don't trust them to care for you or even touch you for the matter. Maybe they'll try to hurt you in other ways possible when you get back." stated Ethan. Then he was followed by several nods from the others.
"Yeah, I think we won't be able to suppress our temper anymore if ever they do it again to you, boss…" said Chris.
Tsuna smiled at their thoughtful feelings towards him "What. I'm just going to show myself. I didn't say I'll stay with them." he smiled slyly.
"Hmm… It could work but they're Vongola too and Reborn's there, we don't really want to be acquainted to them, they'll give us more trouble concealing ourselves from the Mafia." Said Ethan.
"Then I'll just have to play as 'Cool-Tsuna' so they will see much difference from the 'me' 7 years ago and the 'me' they expected me to be. All we need to do is to plan out how I'll meet them 'unexpectedly' and…"Tsuna looked towards Nick. "…Nick, can Accel and you handle giving false information about me."
Accel and Nick smirked.
The next day (a Saturday)~
Nana was out shopping. Good thing there wasn't any people out their houses and the group made sure that no one will be watching but them.
"Okay guys I'm ready. How are things looking up in your positions?" Tsuna said on the radio at the back of his ears hidden by his brown hair.
"Reborn is still 'tutoring' Sawada-kun. And it seems that he hasn't noticed me yet." –Accel
"Everything is clear at Las Vegas St." –Ethan
"Oka—" –Tsuna
"Guys! Sawada-san just went out of the market. She's carrying 3 grocery bags and is now heading to Baker's St.. Nick!"-Miki
"Okay. I see her. She greeted Mrs. Collins. They're having a good little laugh aaaaaannnndd~ okay she's now moving east." –Nick
"Roger that" –Tsuna
"She's now nearing you, and rounding a corner at seven O'clock."-Rein
"I see her, boss. Walk slowly, she's rounding in 5…4…3…2…1!"-Ethan
Tsuna walked forward just in time to come face to face with Nana. They stared at each other for a while before Nana's eyes widen in realization. She instantly dropped the grocery bags before pulling Tsuna in a hug which Tsuna found a little surprising before slightly pushing her away.
"Tsu… Tsu-kun…"
"Um, sorry maam but, do I know you?" Nana was shocked.
"T-Tsu-kun, I-I- it's me your mother, Nana" she said in a voice that sounded like she was about to cry. Tsuna cringed. He didn't have a mother only an uncle, a father figure and a mentor, Uncle Checkers. "I-I'm really sorry maam but I thinks you're mistaking me of someone else." He said politely. "You see, my family died when I was still a child. My uncle was the one who raised me a—"
"NO! I know it's you!" Nana forcedly snapped.
Tsuna's eyes widened a bit before showing a polite sorry face, "I'm sorry maam but my mother in heaven wouldn't like it if you keep on—"
"No. You're my Tsu-kun." Nana forced out as she grabbed onto Tsuna's shirt. By now she was already crying. Tsuna held both of Nana's hand and looked at her.
"I,.. uh… I-I'm really sorry maam. But if you don't mind me asking, is-is this 'Tsu-kun' you're speaking of is your son and was umm… lost maybe?"
Nana only sobbed as she wiped away her tears, trying to calm herself down. She then walked to pick-up the fallen grocery bags. Tsuna followed her and also picked-up some of the bags. When he was about to say something, he was interrupted by Nana who was covering her face with her bangs, "I-I'm sorry about that young man."
Tsuna looked dumbfounded, "Huh?" There was silence. Then he realized, he made it very awkward, "U-um… i-it's nothing really,.. hehe" he said flabbergasted, unsure what to do as he scratched the back of his head with a big sweatdrop. Though he was wondering why he said that.
*giggles*
Tsuna looked at Nana who was giggling at his reactions. It was scary, females and their mood swings.
"Way to go" –Ethan
"Guys, I think we just saw something we aren't supposed to see" –Rein
"How come? –Nick
"Well, it was like a mother-son kinda thing" –Rein
Tsuna followed Nana as they made their way to the Sawada Residence. It was silent and fortunately, it wasn't uncomfortable. Tsuna failed to see or even notice the tightening of Nana's hold on the grocery bags that she was carrying.
"Nice. They're here." –Accel
When they arrived, Nana invited Tsuna inside and placed the bags on the kitchen counter. Nana then turned to Tsuna, "Thank you for helping me bring the bags umm…" then they remembered that they haven't properly introduced themselves yet. "Nakatsukasa Tsunayoshi" Nana forced a smile as her hands balled to a fist under the table, "Tsunayoshi-kun then. Thank you for helping me with the bags and if you want, you can stay for lunch?" Tsuna scratched his head, "Sorry but I have to decline."
"No. You can't." Nana said sweetly. Tsuna sweatdropped.
Nana then faced the stairs, looking up. "Hiko-chan~, Reborn-Kun~! I want you to meet someone! *squeel*" Nana called. Then Tsuna heard some shuffling of feet upstairs followed by an irritated 'Reboooorrrrnn!' and a squeaky 'Shut up Baka-Hiko'. Nana motioned Tsuna to sit down at the table.
A boy with blonde hair went down the stairs together with a baby in… a suit? And a fedora? 'Weird but I like his taste. He must be Reborn. Hiko looks so much like him now.' Tsuna thought as he put up his 'mask'.
"Hiko-chan, Reborn-kun, I want you to meet Tsunayoshi-kun! Isn't it great I was just walking from the market when I accidentally bumped into him. He even helped me with the groceries. What a gentleman. OOhhh… I can't wait to tell your father about this! *squeal*." Nana said gleefully. At the mention of the word 'father', Tsuna and Reborn grimaced inwardly while Hiko seemed to brighten up a bit then it turned to a shocked expression.
'No way. If that moron of a father hears this, it'll be troublesome' -Tsuna's thoughts
'That idiota.' –Reborn's thoughts
'Yes! Tou-san!Huh? Wait… Tsunayoshi-kun?" –Hiko's thoughts
"Tsunayoshi-kun, care to introduce yourself?" Said Nana.
Reborn and Hiko were met with golden brown (AN: Roasted Chicken! JK :P) eyes.
Hiko's expression slowly became filled with a mixture of surprise and anger as he stared at the familiar brunette infront of him. "It's you!" he exclaimed roughly as he pointed his finger sharply towards the said brunette's direction.
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Sooooo~ there you have it.
This chapter is where I really changed the flow of the story,, but I still hope you guys are still up for it… And not dislike this story.
Thanks for reading!