Full Summary: At birth, Sawada Tsunayoshi was taken away by a hitman called 'The Silent Killer'. 'The Silent Killer' or Li renamed Tsuna as Kurihira Taka. During the incident when Taka was seven years old, his Sky Flames was activated. How will Taka's life turn out now?
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"Talk" – Italian
[Talk] – Chinese
'This' – Thoughts
Arc 01: Prologue
Chapter 04 – Close Hand Combat
At the age of six, Taka was learning how to hack into any network to gain information from his Father. His Father told him to hack only when it is necessary to hack.
~ KHR ~
On the second month, Li brings Taka to his friend's house to train Taka to be better in close hand combat. Li was actually a master with weapons but not in close hand combat. Li and Taka walked to a hidden house in the same forest where Li and Taka lived.
When they reached the house, they were greeted by a baby wearing red clothes and have a tail of long black hair braids.
Taka wondered. 'A baby? Why is there a baby here?'
"Come on in," and said baby lets them in.
Taka and Li went into the house and the baby leads them into the living room.
~KHR ~
~ Living room ~
All of them sat down.
"It has been a while, Fon."
"Yes, it has been a while 'Silent Killer' or maybe I should just call you Li?"
"Li is fine, I do not want my cover to be blown and risk this child's life."
Li looked to where Taka sat. Fon followed Li's eyes as well.
Fon raised an eyebrow. "So, he is Taka. Your apprentice?"
"He is my son. Come on Taka, introduce yourself."
Taka bowed. "My name is Kurihira Taka. It is nice to meet you, Fon-san, the Storm Arcobaleno."
Fon raised an eyebrow again. "You told him?"
"Yeah, just a little. Listen, I need you to do me a favour."
"What favour?"
"I need you to train him for me in close hand combat. He needs to be able to defend himself even without the use of any weapons."
"You already trained him to hold weapons? How long has it been?"
"Two to three years. Please, can you do me this favour? I will leave him here until he is as good as you."
Fon signed. "Alright, I will train him. I will send him back once he finishes his training."
"Thank you, Fon."
Fon nods. "Taka, I hope you can get along well with my apprentice."
Taka nods excitedly. "Sure!"
Li smiled. "I will be leaving now."
"Okay, goodbye Father."
"Goodbye, Taka."
Fon then leads Li out of the house and walked with Li to his house.
~ KHR ~
While they were out, Taka was sitting quietly in the living room. Suddenly, another person went into the living room. It was a little girl.
[Who are you? Where is shishou?]while the little girl was getting into a fighting stance.
'She speaks Chinese?' Taka then stopped the little girl. [Wait! I am not an enemy!]
The little girl stood still. [You are not an enemy? Then, where is shishou? And who are you?]
[My name is Kurihira Taka. How about you? What is your name?]
[My name is I-Pin. Where is shishou? Do you know where he went?]
[Your shishou? Your shishou is Fon-san right?]
[Yes, I-Pin's shishou is Fon. Where is shishou now?]
[Fon-san is currently escorting someone home now. He will be coming back soon.]
[Really? That is good. Oh yeah, can we be friends?]
[Sure I-Pin. Please take care of me from now on.]
[Please take care of me from now on too, nii-san.]
Taka and I-Pin then shake hands. While they did, Taka felt another presence from entrance of the living room.
"Fon-san, you cannot hide from me. Come out now!"
I-Pin was confused as she does not understand Italian while at the entrance, Fon was amused.
Fon entered the room while smiling. "You can sense my presence?"
"I was trained by the hitman who was said to be on par with the strongest hitman in the world, of course I could."
"You are interesting… your skills must be the same as your father."
"I will take that as a compliment," and Taka bowed.
I-Pin was totally confused. [Shishou…?]
[I-Pin, Taka came here to learn martial arts. You will treat him well right?]
[Nii-san came here to learn martial arts? That is great! Nii-san, you will be living with us right?]
Fon looked at Taka and wanted to translate. But the next moment Taka speaks, Fon was shocked.
Taka smiled. [Yes, I will be living with you all.]
I-Pin hugged Taka. [That is great!]
Fon signed. [You… Why do you know how to speak Chinese?]
[I have been learning many kinds of languages since I was small. I can now write, read and speak in more than fifteen languages.]
Fon's eyes widened. [How old are you this year?]
[I am six years old this year.]
[What?! When did you start learning the languages?]
[I started learning the many kinds of languages when I was just a baby.]
Fon pinched his nose bridge. [Your father is really a simple person.]
[I am fine really, so do not worry.]
[Alright then, today you will rest. Tomorrow we will start your training, you too I-Pin.]
[Thank you shishou.]
[Alright Fon-san.]
Fon smiled. [You can call me sensei, Taka.]
[Thank you, Fon-sensei. Also, may I teach I-Pin Japanese and Italian?]
Fon hummed. [Why?]
[She may be going to Japan when she grows up. Also, she will suffer if she does not know the language of the country she is living in.]
Fon nods. [Alright, I agree to let you teach I-Pin Japanese and Italian.]
[Thank you.]
Taka and I-Pin bowed to Fon and left the room. Next, I-Pin leads Taka to his room and they talked for a while.
~ KHR ~
The next day, training started for Taka. Fon trained him and I-Pin separately. After training, Taka would always teach I-Pin how to speak, read and write in Japanese and Italian.
As the days pass, Taka's close hand combat skills were getting better while I-Pin was able to speak, read and write in Japanese and Italian. Taka also learnt about Fon's white monkey, Lichi and I-Pin's 'Pinzu-Timed Super Explosion'. Taka learnt how to tame Lichi and deactivate I-Pin's 'Pinzu-Timed Super Explosion'.
By the end of the year, Taka has already surpassed Fon in close hand combat skills. I-Pin too can speak, read and write in Japanese and Italian fluently.
Re-edit on: 30-12-2015