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Half Breed.

Chapter.07.

Cursing every obscenity he knew, Tsunayoshi scowled as he looked down to his innocent looking phone; he had the right mind to throw the thing onto the wooden flooring and to step on it for good measure "Remember your blood pressure" he heard Reborn's voice chide, with laughter in the tone. Rotating on his heel, he saw the two raven-heads standing on the bottom of his staircase; where they had no doubt been listening in.

"I'm not an old man!" the brunet retorted, the other's smirk further annoying him as he pocketed his phone; deciding it best not to destroy his only means of communication because of his anger - it would be short lived anyway.

"One of your connections?" Reborn asked, in a tone that made Tsunayoshi think twice before answering; it was serious and demanding, unlike before.

"One of few. I told you Reborn, I'm not well liked" Tsunayoshi replied, though he knew the man meant no harm to him, it was going to take sometime before he opened up with such secrets "I'll explain once I trust you" he stated, eyeing Reborn carefully, who didn't look too impressed by his answer, but nodded never the less. Before the brunet turned to the baseball star.

Sighing, he rubbed the back of his neck "Yamamoto-san, I'm sure you still have some questions" because he was sure that while he was out, Reborn had been running his mouth more then he should have been "- and since your end of the contracts now complete, I can't deny you any longer - your daimōn blood will grow stronger whether I like it or not"

Takeshi frowned as he saw the masked emotion in his friend's ember eyes, but followed the teen to the kitchen after seeing the gesture to follow; Reborn was moving silently behind him. Yamamoto sat himself down on one of the askew chairs; relief flooding his tired and sore body, as he watched the brunet flick the kettle's switch, to start boiling the water before joining them.

"Okay, fire away" Tsunayoshi nodded, after settling himself.

Takeshi frowned in thought "…I feel…weird, is that normal?" he asked, oddly nervous as he felt the two sets of gazes on him; this was completely new to him and so were the changes.

"Where does it feel weird?"

"behind my eyes, and around the t-tattoo" he answered, while running a finger across his collarbone, and the darkening line it donned; he'd probably be wearing winter clothes for awhile, as he tried to ease his dad into the ideas of body art.

"That's fine then." Tsunayoshi nodded reassuringly, much to Takeshi's relief; he hated illness and doctors "the burning in your eyes is the iris' changing; it'll be more then a little weird for awhile; your sight will be coming and going - focusing and un-focusing, but the end result will be heightened vision. Sorry to say, your probably have to wear glasses, and if you don't want to be the talk of the town, I think it's best if you stay at home; having hazel eyes one moment and blue eyes the next isn't what humans would classifier as normal"

"But…I suppose you could always say they were contacts…" Tsunayoshi added thoughtfully.

"His powers still haven't settled, so the colour will keep dying in and out, of what it used to be and what it is now." Reborn interjected, as he folded his arms "the lie wouldn't last long"

"There's that I suppose…" Tsunayoshi hummed in agreement, before moving on; there really wasn't much you could do humanly, to hide such changes, so he couldn't really suggest much "your skin's burning because the pigments changing; while it is similar to a tattoo, it's impossible to get rid of it; it's apart of your body now and it'll only disappear if you break what you promised me"

Both teens looked purposefully at each other as they both remembered all too easily exactly what had been promised and what would be lost if Yamamoto's word should not be kept; and although Tsunayoshi didn't like the idea as Takeshi as his guardian, or him ruling, he also didn't want Yamamoto losing an arm.

The brunet sighed, though a melancholy smiled appeared on his features a second later "Every parents worst nightmare…" he commented, which in turn made Takeshi pale "you'll have to find a way to either hide it from your father, or to break the news to him"

Tsunayoshi didn't want Yamamoto to lie to his dad; it would be better for the both of them if Takeshi explained what was happening, but Tsuna had no right to comment on their relationship when his relationship with his father is nonexistent.

The baseball stay swallowed uneasily; he knew his dad hated tattoo's; the old man thought that they were dishonourable and he doubted very much that his father would change his mind, even if he told him that it was now necessary. Though Yamamoto's skin paled further when his mind backtracked "M-my eyes are blue?" the body art was bad enough, but his eyes?.

"Sorry" Tsunayoshi breathed, smiling apologetically which was a complete rarity; it made Yamamoto think - did Tsuna just act cold in school to save feelings from being hurt? "you'll also have other troubles with your teeth" the teen informed, while he tried to move on from the subject of Takeshi's eyes.

"Nearly all daimōn's have pointed canines, or if you wanted to be creative about it; vampire teeth - I'm only warning you because I've hardly met any daimōns without them" Tsunayoshi said, flashing his own teeth in his explanation.

"Don't forget horns" Reborn said helpfully, while garnering much enjoyment from Takeshi's facial expressions. The assassin had a feeling that Yamamoto usually kept on a cool front, so seeing so much emotion was pleasing to him.

"Right" Tsunayoshi nodded "though I'm not entirely sure if you'll get them or not; it depends on who your ancestor was, and what heritage you own. But if they do end up growing in, then I'd suggest staying over here for awhile; the growth of horns are painful and you probably won't want your father seeing you like that - it isn't a pretty sight" he didn't really want Yamamoto staying here; because he was that the idol would end up seeing things they wouldn't like. But there was no one else; Yamamoto had lots of friends yes, but friends that weren't human?.

Unlikely.

The idol blinked, before laughing uneasily at the thought of something pointing out of his head, which bought him to another question, that had been bothering him for awhile now "When your at school your eyes are a brownish colour,…how do they change?"

Tsunayoshi's brow crinkled, but the small quirks of his lips remained in place "That was my human form. This is my natural body, without any 'makeup" he replied, his tone was slightly stained as pointless thoughts came to mind; because even in this world, he could never be himself "You'll be able to do it soon enough too…"

Reborn cleared his throat; informing Tsunayoshi that he had forgotten something important, while Yamamoto was left glancing between them as the brunet raised an eyebrow at the man before something seemed to click "A-ah…you see daimōns aren't allowed by law, to show their true nature…er selves to humans. Celestials are more…lax, about showing themselves then…we are" Tsuna said, as that stained tone grew "which now includes you, Yamamoto-san. Your fine in front of us, of course. But other humans are out of the question…. To hide things like teeth or your eye colour - and revert back to what you were before, you'll need to concentrate you flame and focus it on the area that needs to be hidden"

Yamamoto frowned, and was about to interject about something that concerned him when Tsunayoshi continued "Of course you won't be able to control yourself like that for at least a week - maybe longer; your daimōn bloods weak, so I don't know if that will make you quicker or slower in gaining what you need"

Tsunayoshi knew all too well that people with weaker blood sometimes had a hard time lighting their flame at all, but then at the other end of the scale, people with blood too powerful will have a hard time controlling their flame; it really all depends on who you were.

Yamamoto nodded and tried to file the information away for when it would be needed "Tsuna…" he spoke softly, as he paused "…back when you stopped me from jumping…didn't you reveal yourself?" he remembered what Reborn said, of course, but his explanation was full of holes and was a little hard to understand when he didn't have all the facts.

Tsunayoshi looked a little thrown by that, but his features soon settled and his eyes closed as he smiled, his words were spoken just as he revealed his orange orbs from the lids "I did, but you need to understand this, Yamamoto-san." his tone was gentle, but there was a edge of importance to it that made Takeshi feel nervous "that time, when I activated my nature - I was outlawed. Their laws no longer applied to me" although they might now - went unsaid as he gave his undivided attention to the teen in front of him.

"-even if they were keeping an eye on me, they couldn't have done anything about it" Tsunayoshi breathed.

"You're a new-blood; a baby. And although your other half is weak…it'll grow stronger; and when that side of you matures, the council will notice the new presence, and send men out to look for you" the brunet paused, glancing to an emotionless looking Reborn "that's protocol for infants. But…you're a special case, Yamamoto-san. You've been…chosen as a guardian, so I'm sure Reborn will be reporting back before then, and that no one from Vindice will actually be sent out"

Reborn made a noise of conformation, as he sat silently; his questions were growing, because he didn't care how intelligent Tsunayoshi was; this wasn't something he should ever have knowledge of until his training started.

"But the rules now apply to you, rather the summons comes or not; rather your accepted or shunned. The rules and conditions now hang over your head…and now that you've awakened, they will always hang over you head"

Takeshi's blue eyes grew a deeper shape as he felt Tsunayoshi sadness and guilt, and maybe he should have taken it more seriously, but he wanted to lift the mood, so he couldn't stop the words as they ran out of his mouth "So…I basically just have to keep this secret, right?"

The result was instant, as Tsunayoshi's face contorted into surprise. Reborn smirked and thought 'The rain indeed' he would admit, that he had his doubts about Yamamoto; there didn't seem to be much to the boy, but he was starting to like the kid.

"…er, yes?" Tsunayoshi blinked.

Yamamoto grinned; stupefied was better then sad any day of the week "Okay!. I got it!" he exclaimed, before Tsuanyoshi sighed, though the baseball star could tell that there was a laugh in that puff of air as the brunet ran a hand through his hair, and was probably wondering what he just got himself stuck with "I've just got one more question"

Tsunayoshi nodded, and straightened again "You keep saying 'your half of the contract', so…is it not complete yet?"

Tsunayoshi paled slightly, and entangled his fingers on the surface of the table and had to fight very hard not to look away from those open blue eyes in front of him "No. It isn't" he admitted, and the tension grew "and I can't complete my end"

A/N-

Dun. Dun. Dun!

Oh nose, whats going wrong now?.

Sorry, I wanted to update this sooner, but I lost some of my fondness for it and really didn't want to touch it. But now my passions back and I'll try to get the next two chapters out today!.

Chapter 8 will be another rewrite, but chapter 9 will be a new new chapter - if that makes any sense.

So did I do well *tail wags* huh?, huh? - did I?, did I?. I hope so, because I know that it is a little shorter then the other chapters, and I did cut a little bit off the end, but that was because chapter 8 was a too little and I had to even it out.

So anyway, those are my plans; I hope I can manage it!.

I Apologise if there are any mistakes in my spelling/ grammar, or if you find anything I have written offensive.

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