Chapter 5: The Fateful Day I'm Going Back to Japan

"What will you do when we're gone? You can't always rely on us, Little trash."

Tsuna was disappointed. Ever since they went to Italy, all they ever did was train. Even though he was already an expert when it came to different weapons, he still had problems with his flames. And Xanxus reverted back on calling him 'Little Trash'. 'I miss the times when all we ever did was have fun. Come to think of it, what are they rushing for? It's not my fault that I can't really control my cloud flames that well.'

Tsuna always saw them in the meeting room, without him. If not, they were busy with some papers. He was very lonely. He was all alone in his room when he had a free time. And when he was training, they seemed desperate to have Tsuna control his flames. Well, it's not that he was having difficulty using it, it was because he felt that cloud flames and him wasn't right. He always felt exhausted after using it for only a limited period of time. He felt that there was something inside him, waiting to be awoken, so he closed his eyes and concentrated.

"We only have 4 months left, Little trash." Tsuna frowned after hearing this. They were always saying something about 4 months left until something big will happen. What will happen? No one would explain it to him. His head was always aching when he heard that. But whatever would happen, he would join and never back out. No matter what happened, whether it was dangerous or not, he WILL protect them. Not the other way around.

He felt heat bubbling throughout his body. It was calm and in harmony. It's like it was in sync with him. He felt that the warm feeling was joining at a certain point in his forehead. When he opened his eyes, Xanxus smirked. Their efforts hadn't gone to waste. There, at the center of the training room, stood Tsuna with blazing orange eyes and sky flames, purer than any other, dancing on his forehead.

"You said that I only have cloud flames. Now what just happened the other day, Xanxus-nii? There is no doubt that those were sky flames. Why did you lie?" Tsuna asked after witnessing his own sky flames the other day. He couldn't believe he had it because from what he knew, sky flames were mostly only for the boss or head of a family. He was not a boss, and never will be.

"I did not lie. You have cloud flames. It's your secondary flame. I only kept it a secret." Xanxus said calmly. He knew this would happen once Tsuna found out about his sky flames.

"But still, Xanxus-nii, keeping it a secret is also the same as lying. Besides, is a family supposed to keep the truth away from a member? You all knew but me." Tsuna thought for a bit before continuing. "Or maybe you didn't tell me because you're afraid that once I find out about this, I would take your beloved position away from you."

There was a moment of silence before Xanxus let out his flame of wrath and destroyed the closest object and slapped Tsuna. "You are not in the position to talk to me like that, Tsunayoshi. Who knows, maybe you're also hiding a lot of things from us. And remember this; I'm not afraid that someday you'll take the position. You're a part of the family, a part of me. If taking the position is what you want, then I will support you."

Tsuna felt guilty. He just accused Xanxus for something that wasn't even true. He was also keeping secrets yet he got angry at him. During his stay with the Varia, he learned all about Vongola, including the CEDEF and the stupid man that was leading it. He also learned about his eligibility to be the Vongola Decimo because of his bloodline with Primo or basically the man from his dreams. Did he consult any of them about this? No, he kept it to himself. He was a pathetic little brother.

He lowered his head and starts crying "I'm really sorry, Xanxus-nii. I never meant it that way. It's just a misunderstanding. I'm just shocked about having sky flames like you."

Xanxus sighed and patted Tsuna's head. "It's okay. It's not your fault. It's a natural reaction when seeing the unexpected. Anyways, I'm also wrong for keeping important information from you."

Tsuna looked at him and sobbed. He had the best big brother. "Thank you, Xanxus-nii. But please, I'll ask you one last time. What is going to happen in 4 months?" There was sadness in Tsuna's tone, so all Xanxus did was sigh. He didn't want to see a sad brunet. There was also no way to keep it a secret now.

"Go to the meeting room later. We're not telling you this because it's for your own good but you're still part of the family. My family."

In the meeting room, everyone's heads turned to a certain brunet at the door with shocked faces. They didn't expect him to come. Lussuria, who had just overcome his shock, asked Xanxus.

"Boss, I thought you didn't want Tsuna to be endangered. Why is he here?"

"I changed my mind. Got a problem?"

Lussuria lowered his head. He couldn't argue with him. Golden rule no. 1 states that the leader was always right. "Nothing, Boss..."

"Good. Now since Tsuna is already here, I have to start from the beginning."

Everyone became serious and looked at their boss.

"We're having a coup d'état in 4 months."

"VOOII! Levi, Belphegor, Fran, you're on the West Wing. Mammon, Lussuria, East Wing. Me and Tsuna will accompany Boss to Nono. Got it?" Squalo ordered. They were now in front of the Vongola headquarters, ready to commence their attack.

"Hn."

"Ushishishi~ it's been a long time since I've seen blood."

"Bel-senpai, just don't rush things."

"I'm gonna have another set for my collection~"

"VOOIII! Tsuna?!"

"I'll do my best."

"Squalo-nii! To your right!" Tsuna warned Squalo. Ever since they entered, Tsuna, using his intuition, was the one who always warned them about the unseen attacks from the enemy.

"VOOII! Thanks, Tsuna. We're here." They were in front of the where Vongola Nono was. Xanxus was beside them with fierce eyes. He was more than ready to attack his foster father.

"Tsuna." Xanxus called.

"Yes?"

"Stay here and don't go in." he ordered.

"But...Xanxus-nii-"

Xanxus gave Tsuna a sad smile and held him on the shoulders. "Just guard the door for us, okay?"

Tsuna slowly nodded. Tears were already forming in the corner of his eyes. By the look on Xanxus' smile and the tone of his voice, and also his intuition, he knew that something was definitely going to happen. Something bad would happen to his Xanxus-nii.

"VOOII! Let's go!" Then Squalo kicked the door, revealing Vongola Nono, who was peacefully signing all his paperwork. Nono looked at two, unfazed by the broken door.

"What's the matter, you two?" Nono calmly said.

The two became irritated. Didn't Vongola Nono know about what they were doing?

"Of course, I know." Nono answered as if he was reading their minds.

Squalo immediately attacked Nono with his sword. "VOOOIII!"

Nono blocked the attack with his cane and sky flames. Squalo was blown away by the impact.

"Now what brings you here, Xanxus?"

"Don't mess with me, Scum. You're the reason she died."

Tsuna was already crying outside the door. Every word and sound he heard inside from Xanxus and Squalo was hurting him, even from the earpiece to communicate with the other members. Luckily for him, no enemy was roaming around or else he would be dead. With nothing to do, he continued to eavesdrop on his older brothers (and sisters).

'Ushishishi~ you think you can beat me, peasants?'

'Bel-senpai, I think you killed everyone.'

'I did not.'

'Levi Volta! Hey, you two! Don't rest yet!'

"I guess everything is okay on Levi, Bel, and Fran's side. How about Luss-nee and Mammon-nee's?" Tsuna said as he switched the channel on his earpiece.

'I can't believe that all of you are actually down with just a few simple illusions. And you call yourselves Vongola.'

'Oh come on, Mammon-chan~ don't ruin my collections.'

"Everything's okay there too. Now, Xanxus-nii and Squalo-nii." He leaned on the door, only to hear some crashing and a muffled 'Vooii's. His eyes widened. His Squalo-nii got injured. As much as he wanted to go in, he couldn't. He promised. 'Squalo-nii...I'm sorry I can't help you.'

'You lied to me. And you're supposed to be my father? How pathetic.'

'What are you talking about, son? I did not lie.'

'Scum.'

Bang!

Tsuna was shivering, but it wasn't because of the cold. Sadness, anger, and fear were dwelling inside him. He didn't know what to do. He was sad because many people were injured in the process. He was angry because of Vongola Nono. And he was scared because of Xanxus' rapid use of his flame of wrath. He never felt such overwhelming power.

'A few years ago, I learned about the existence of my mother, that I really came from a poor family. THAT YOU ARE NOT MY FATHER!'

Tsuna clenched his fists and shadowed his eyes with his bangs. It really hurt when it came to problems with family, especially fathers. He knew it from experience. He wasn't going to let them fight alone. He was going to go inside and help them.

A few seconds later, when Tsuna found his resolve, his sky flames were already visible.

"So you found out...But remember this, Xanxus: I still treated you like my own son, didn't I?" Nono asked sadly. He did not expect Xanxus to know. For how many years was he taking care of the child; it never bothered him that Xanxus was not from him.

Xanxus, on the other hand, was about to reply until he sensed a sky flames outside. 'Oh shit. Tsuna!'

Nono was stunned as well. Never in his life had he sensed sky flames so pure. Even his own was not that pure. There was one question in his mind. Who?

"Don't take your eyes off the enemy." Xanxus said as he attacked Nono. He had to keep him busy and make him forget about Tsuna. He didn't want him to find out.

Squalo, with what little consciousness he had left and having left his previous shock about Xanxus not being Nono's real son behind, called the remaining Varia members.

"Get...Tsuna...away...from...here..."

'We're still not done.'

Crash

"-NOW!"

'What's happening? Okay, we're coming!'

"Nono, fight me, not Xanxus-nii!"

Everyone in the room looked at the brunet. Squalo 'tched' and hoped that the others would arrive soon, before anything happened. Xanxus gritted his teeth. He didn't expect Tsuna to barge in and break their promise. And Nono frowned. He recognized him as one of Iemitsu's sons. And come to think of it, Iemitsu was missing one of them. But he could not assume unless he had some evidence.

"You are Sawada Tsunayoshi, correct?" Nono asked suddenly and everyone in the room, including the newly arrived tensed. Tsuna could become really violent when he heard his accursed surname.

And Tsuna knitted his brows and raised his fist, ready to attack. "No. I am not Sawada Tsunayoshi. And can you please stop calling me that. I despise that name."

He then attacked Nono, but Xanxus blocked it. "Oi Little trash, he's my enemy, not yours."

"But Xanxus-nii, an enemy of one is an enemy of all. I can't just stand by and watch," Tsuna said calmly, well, he was in hyper dying will mode so it's natural.

Xanxus kneeled in front of Tsuna to match his height and looked at him in the eyes. "Listen, Tsuna, you can't involve yourself with him. If he gets a hold of you, he'll return you back to your old family. You don't want that, right?" he quietly asked to prevent someone from listening. Tsuna just nodded in reply and got out of the HDW mode. Finally getting an answer, Xanxus stood up and turned to face Nono. "Let's get this over with."

Nono shook his head slowly. He didn't want to do this but…"I guess I have no choice." he said as he tapped his cane on the ground and his sky flames flickered.

Squalo, knowing full well what the flickering flames meant, shouted at group standing at the entrance of the door. "VOOIII! Get...Tsuna...away or else he will...get caught!"

Everyone nodded and ran towards Tsuna to drag him away. But Tsuna struggled in their hold. "NO! I DON'T WANT TO GO! WHAT DO YOU MEAN, SQUALO-NII! I WON'T LEAVE XANXUS-NII!" They felt the place getting colder by the minute. Tsuna stopped struggling for a moment to see what happened, but then he saw ice on Xanxus' feet. Tsuna widened his eyes.

"NO! XANXUS-NII! LET ME GO!"

"Tsu-chan, you can't. Let them handle this." Lussuria said sadly. He couldn't bear to see Tsuna hurt.

"But Luss-nee-chan! Xanxus-nii is going to be trapped in ice!"

"We can't do anything about it."

Tsuna took a second glance at Xanxus and saw that the ice was already halfway up his body. He became stunned and eventually stopped struggling. It became easier for the group to take him away. They were already at the door when Tsuna shouted. "XANXUS-NII!"

Xanxus looked at him with a sad smile and eyes. "Take him back to Japan." he ordered Bel, Levi, Mammon, Fran, and Lussuria.

Instantly, Tsuna had no power or stamina to spare. He just let them drag him away. When they were out the door, he heard the ice successfully trap Xanxus inside. 'Xanxus-nii, even though you're sending me back to Japan, I will help you in my own way. I will fight my own brother to take the position and give it to you when you come back.'

Nono, after trapping Xanxus inside the ice, immediately called the medical team to treat the injured. After that, he recalled his memories of the brunet he saw earlier. He was going to have a talk with Iemitsu about it. 'Iemitsu, your son has grown up. Too bad you chose the wrong heir.'

This event was known in the whole underworld as the Cradle Affair.

Tsuna was now walking down the streets of Namimori, Japan. He remembered the day when he was walking in the same streets with his things after running away. That was when he saw Squalo fighting some men. That was also when he found a new family. But now, he wasn't trying to finding a new home. He was walking to find his home.

"Tsu-chan, this is the key to our house in Japan. Please take care of it while we're gone. Just believe in us. We'll come back for you together with Xanxus. Until then, try to find some new friends."

That was the last thing Lussuria said to Tsuna before sending him to Japan. 'The only possible thing to do now is believe in you guys. It's impossible to find new friends. Without you, I've reverted back to being mute.' he thought as he stepped around the corner to find their house. 'Well, I guess I have to start anew.'

He started to unlock the door and stepped inside the house. 'I'm home.' He looked around to make sure nothing was wrong, but he found none. It was still the same as they left it. He went to the kitchen, only to find an envelope just like the first time they came here. He quickly grabbed it and opened it.

Inside it was some money for him to use and a letter. And so, he read it.

Tsuna,

I hope you're not mad for leaving you behind like that. I already knew this was going to happen, so I left some money here and this letter. I guess you can say that this was all planned. I'm sorry. But please wait. We're gonna be there before you knew it. Don't clam yourself up. Be brave and confident. If you have nothing to do, then go to school.

Believe in us, Little trash.

Xanxus

'Idiot Xanxus-nii.'

'First thing first...school. How can I go to school without talking?' It was the first problem when it came to clamming up. He couldn't start a conversation. He thought for a bit before realizing something. 'How could I forget?! Hibari!'

He quickly stepped outside the house and ran towards Hibari's favorite place, Namimori Middle! But then he stopped on his tracks and realized something...again. 'It's already been one year since I left school. Of course I'm supposed to be in high school now and probably him too.'

He continued to run to Namimori High until he sensed someone suspicious at the top of a tree. He quickly concealed his sky flames with his cloud flames and looked at the tree. But he didn't expect to see him this early. He knew he was here to train Ieyasu, but to meet him now was certainly not right. 'Reborn, the greatest hitman in the world.'

Reborn was just spying his student, Dame-yasu, in his usual spot until he saw a certain brunet, who looked just like him, running towards Namimori High. If Reborn was confused, he really hid it well with his fedora. Who wouldn't be confused? It stated in Iemitsu's report that he only had one son and to find someone identical was mind blowing.

'Damn that Iemitsu. I'm gonna burn him to pieces if I see him again.'

With no other choice, he continued to spy on his student look alike until it stopped and looked at him. Reborn was somewhat shocked, not that he would show it. He felt a sudden change of flames in the brunet. Too bad he wasn't aware of the first flame. The brunet looked at him even though he hid his whole presence well. He was the greatest after all. Then he heard something from the brunet, even though he wasn't moving his mouth.

'So he knows me, huh? He's really interesting...He can also be one of Dame-yasu's guardians.' Reborn smirked. 'But first, I've got to investigate him. If he really is a Sawada, Iemitsu's gonna pay.'

When Tsuna saw the glint in Reborn's eyes and the evil smirk, he shivered and ran away. Even though he was trained by professional assassins, to be able to meet the greatest hitman was really scary. He also had to be wary of him. He had to be careful or else he would blow his cover. He was an enemy. And without the Varia, he had to be nothing but a normal citizen. 'Don't let them see what you're made of, Tsuna.'

Nearing the school, he could see a blur leaning on the gates. He squinted his eyes to verify that it was Hibari. But what he saw was something shiny flying towards him. 'HIIEEE!'

"Herbivore, I hope you are ready to be bitten to death for leaving me for 1 year."

Tsuna looked around to see if Reborn had followed him. But found no one and sighed in relief before talking to Hibari.

"It's nice to see you too, Hibari." Tsuna smiled.

"Hn. So what brings you here, Herbivore?" asked Hibari.

"I have a favor to ask. I'm going to enroll in this school, but don't want to put my real surname down."

Hibari stared at Tsuna before closing his eyes. He knew fully well that Tsuna despised his surname. "Hn. But you owe me a fight. I take it that you're stronger now…omnivore."

Tsuna smiled at his friend. He missed the times when they were eating lunch on the rooftop, and it was going to happen again. "Of course, Hibari. But not now."

They continued to talk, unaware of the presence besides them thinking about something. A fedora hat wearing baby, who was known as the greatest hitman, watched the scene. 'If he is friends with the bloodlust prefect, that even Dame-yasu can't handle, then he really is something else. I have to call Nono and that Stupid Iemitsu about this. He is more than what meets the eye.'

"We have a new transfer student!" the teacher announced inside the room and you could hear murmurs and gossips about what he would look like or what the person's gender was. The teacher continued. "You can come in now."

Tsuna went inside. He lowered his head and hid his eyes behind his bangs. He fidgeted for a good minute before taking up his courage to say something. "M-My n-name i-is Cielo T-Tsunayoshi. I-It's n-nice to m-meet y-you." He bowed and when he looked at his new classmates, he didn't expect to find them.

A glaring silverette, who was known as smoking bomb Hayato. A smiling raven haired boy, who was great at baseball and his classmate in the past. And finally him, his twin brother, Sawada Ieyasu.

A/N: Chapter 5!

Beta'ed by: Pure Red Crane