Phalaenopsis
Parallel World 7
Summary: Reborn was sent to train both Tsuna and his twin, Natsu, to become a Mafia Boss. In one year, he would choose which one was the most fit to be the tenth boss of the Vongola. However, he sees that both of them are lacking what the other twin has.
Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
Choosing Between Twins
Chapter 1:
Never having the need to be heard since no one expects to hear you. Never having the chance to share your opinion since no one pays attention to it. Never having the opportunity to have someone to confide in since no one was there for you. Never having the moment where you think you could die happy since you never had the chance to be happy.
You just stayed content with the little you had since you believed that was the most you could ever get. You didn't want anything more since you couldn't imagine more. You didn't know how it felt to have friends that understood you and knew how you really felt. You didn't think it was possible to have any friends in the first place. You just stayed content that you could be in the same room as another person since that's the closest you could get with someone. You never thought that you were lonely since that was what you were born and raised with. You never asked for anything more since you didn't know how.
You didn't know how, Sawada Tsunayoshi.
Two brunets, one of them was eating lunch with his friends and the other was alone on the roof. Sure they looked strikingly similar, they were twins after all. However, that was the only similarity between them.
The green binoculars changed into a chameleon that climbed onto a fedora with an orange stripe. The infant whose name was Reborn, looked back down at the school. There were two possible candidates to the position as Vongola Decimo, and the infant was the one to decide who deserved the title. He had been given a year to decide, yet he believed that he only needed a minute. However, he didn't know that in another minute, he could choose the opposite.
To Reborn, it was obvious who was the one fit to become the Decimo. Sawada Natsu attracted people towards him like a true sky. He was popular and athletic; everyone liked him. Tsuna, on the other hand, was shunned away by everyone. He was the worst athletically and academically with his average being 17.5; that was why his nickname was Dame-Tsuna.
If Reborn could make his decision right now, he would pick Natsu. However, Nono wanted Reborn to use every bit of time to think over who was fit to become the next Boss. So Reborn had to wait for a year while observing. Well, it was time to meet one of his new students.
Tsuna picked up one of the apple rabbits Nana had made for him. He marveled at the beauty caused by each delicate and precise cut of the knife. Even if Nana seemed to treat Tsuna like a child by providing him with apple rabbits and octopus sausages for lunch, Tsuna liked to see his mother's beautiful craftsmanship. Although he silently wondered if she forgot that Natsu was younger than him since she didn't make any apple rabbits for Natsu.
Tsuna was about to bite into the apple when he felt something land on his head. He placed his obento down and touched what landed on his head. He gently lifted it off and held it out in front of him. What he saw made him scream. "Hiiieee!"
Tsuna backed away as quickly and far as he could from the spider that he dropped. The brunet sat shaking against a wall with his large frightened eyes. The spider slowly crawled over towards Tsuna with the brunet frozen in fear. Tsuna always had a fear of spiders since the time Natsu made a prank on him. Tsuna had been five years old.
The spider was now in front of Tsuna, almost touching the brunet's shoes. Its green head tilted to the side as it watched Tsuna. Suddenly the brunet felt that he was no longer alone. There was someone else here that wasn't the spider, but he was too scared to look around.
The spider suddenly glowed and changed into a chameleon. Tsuna stared at the animal, overcome with confusion. The chameleon flicked its tongue and crawled away from Tsuna. The brunet watched as the chameleon climbed onto someone's fedora. Was that an infant? And was the infant eating his lunch?
"Ciaossu. So you're Sawada Tsunayoshi?" the infant asked as he walked towards the brunet. Tsuna felt his instincts yelling "danger". It warned him that this was not an ordinary baby.
Tsuna tried to put as much distance between him and the infant as possible. However, that was hard to when his back was already against the wall. Reborn minutely raised an eyebrow. Was Tsuna scared of everything or was his intuition warning him? Either way, this was going to be a memorable first meeting.
"My name is Reborn and this is Leon," the infant said as the chameleon stood up on the fedora. Tsuna watched with frightened yet curious eyes.
"A-Are you the tutor Okaa-san mentioned?" Tsuna asked quietly as if he was afraid of being heard if he was wrong.
"Yes. I'll be seeing you and your brother after school. Prepare a greeting," Reborn said as he held Leon in his hand. Leon transformed into a glider and lifted Reborn when a breeze came by. Tsuna watched as the infant and the chameleon were carried away.
Amazed yet slightly wary about the experience, Tsuna shook his head to clear his thoughts. He should focus on eating lunch, but didn't the infant eat it? Tsuna stood up and wobbly walked over to his obento. Just as he thought, his lunch was gone.
"I'm going to the bathroom for a bit. Continue the conversation without me," Natsu said as he stood up from his seat. His friends nodded their heads and gave a short wave. Natsu walked out of the classroom while hearing his friends laugh in their conversation.
Natsu's easy-going smile turned into a frown. He was finally free from the tedious exchange of talk and laughter. He was becoming tired with all the fake smiles and laughter. But that was one thing he had to put up with in order to stay popular.
Natsu went to the bathroom in order to wash his face. He had five minutes at maximum to enjoy his time without those petty nuisances he called "friends". But he could always lie that he was talking to someone on the way to the classroom.
As Natsu was washing his face, he suddenly felt something in the sink. Then he immediately moved his hand away as he felt electricity course through his body. Natsu's eyes narrowed as he glared. In the sink was an electric eel that was green. Well, that was one mystery solved.
"Looks like you met Leon. My name is Reborn," a voice said. The voice came from the infant that suddenly landed next to the sink. The electric eel changed into a chameleon and hopped onto Reborn's hand.
"Why did you do that? Didn't you know that I could have been killed?" Natsu yelled angrily while pointing his finger at Reborn. Leon flicked its tongue at Natsu. The chameleon was hiding the fact that it was sticking its tongue at the brunet behind its usual habit. Reborn pet Leon and had it to sit on his fedora.
"Leon made sure to not kill you. Be grateful," Reborn said. Natsu bristled as he stomped towards the infant.
Stretching Reborn's cheeks, Natsu said, "Be grateful? Why you insolent demon chil-"
Bam! Natsu released his hold and wobbled backwards while holding his head. Reborn held Leon in mallet form while observing Natsu. Now this brat was getting on Reborn's nerves. Natsu was lucky that Leon had transformed into a mallet and not a gun.
"What did you do that for?" Natsu yelled back indignantly. Reborn was tempted to hit Natsu again.
"Leon doesn't like you. You weren't being grateful," Reborn answered back. Natsu seethed as he stomped towards Reborn again.
"Who gave you the right to talk like that to me?" Natsu yelled. Reborn just stood calmly as he watched Natsu walk closer towards him.
"I did. I'm your new tutor so prepare me a present as well as an apology to Leon," Reborn said as he lifted the mallet. Then he brought it crashing down onto Natsu's head.
Reborn walked out of the bathroom. It was going to be interesting to see the twin's reaction when they saw him at their house. He wondered if they were actually going to prepare him a gift. Well, whoever didn't give him a welcoming present was going to face early morning training.
Chapter 2:
Tsuna stared at his obento. From what he had seen, Reborn seemed to like the apple rabbits and octopus sausages since the infant had eaten his lunch. But then again, Reborn could just be hungry.
Oh well, Tsuna placed the lid on top of his obento. Hopefully Reborn would accept the welcoming gift Tsuna had made. And hopefully the food wasn't too undercooked or overcooked.
Tsuna glanced at his watch and saw that the time was forty-five minutes past the end of school. His brother should be done with kendo practice soon. Tsuna gave a small, almost non-existing, smile as he made his way to the kendo room. Maybe he could walk home with his brother?
Natsu swung his shinai over his shoulder. Today's practice had been successful. He had kept his position as captain since he beat Mochida again. Natsu laughed internally; it was great seeing that look of dread on Mochida's face. It was a great way to forget about that infant and chameleon. His day was going great. He would enjoy it until-
"Natsu," the familiar soft-spoken voice said. Natsu scowled, not now. He did not want to see Dame-Tsuna now. "Natsu."
The younger twin stopped as he waited for Tsuna to catch up. It seemed as if this was inevitable. Why couldn't his failure of an older brother leave him alone? Tsuna stopped and panted for a bit as he stood next to Natsu.
"H-How did Kendo practice go?" Tsuna asked with the same quiet voice as he handed a bottle of water to Natsu. The younger brunet grabbed the bottle and opened it. Tsuna gave another almost non-existent smile. No matter how much time passed, Tsuna could still help his younger brother.
"I beat Mochida as usual," Natsu said as he finished drinking a third of the bottle. It looked like Natsu was thirsty. "It was great seeing the look of submission on Mochida's face. He was never meant for the position of captain."
Tsuna's smile became strained until it was no longer on his face. He looked up towards the sky so that his dull, disappointing eyes were no longer fixed on his brother. Natsu was one who craved for the sense of leadership, for the sense of power and importance. Tsuna had hoped that his brother would come to appreciate the people that were with him. Natsu would become a greater leader that way.
"Dame-Tsuna, your status is making some people believe that I have some of your dame-genes. At least try in something so that you won't burden me," Natsu suddenly said. Tsuna flinched, but Natsu was looking the other way so he didn't notice. There was that word again. That word that he had hoped to never hear coming out of someone's mouth, especially not his brother's mouth. Burden. Tsuna never wanted to burden people but sometimes he believes that it's inevitable.
However, Tsuna did not have that much time to sink into his depressing thoughts as they were already in front of the house. Natsu opened the door and walked inside first. Tsuna's instinct was telling him that something was different inside the house. He stepped inside and took off his shoes while nervously looking around.
Here comes what his instinct had been warning him about. Reborn landed on the frozen Tsuna's head with Leon on top of Natsu's head. Natsu waved his hands above his head in an attempt to get the green hawk off. The hawk flapped its wings and flew over towards Tsuna. Tsuna continued to stand still as he felt the hawk land on his shoulder. Surprisingly, the hawk did not feel like a threat to Tsuna as he lifted his hand slowly to touch the animal.
The hawk blinked once before changing back into a chameleon as Tsuna's hand paused as it was about to touch the animal. Leon flicked its tongue as it licked Tsuna's hand.
Reborn hopped onto the floor and looked at each of the twins. Yep, they were nothing alike besides from their appearances. Leon even favored one twin over the other.
"Hey, you're that baby from before!" Natsu yelled while pointing his finger at the infant. Reborn looked back at Natsu as he remembered that this twin pointed his finger at him before. Reborn would have to fix that habit in case Natsu angered the Boss of another Family that way in the future. "You still haven't apologized!"
"Do you have my present?" Reborn asked innocently while ignoring the earlier statement. Natsu scowled as he bristled in intense annoyance.
"Of course I don't have a present for you!" Natsu yelled at the top of his lungs. Tsuna blocked both of his ears using his hands. His younger brother could be loud whenever he wanted to.
Reborn seemed unaffected by it. "Do you have an apology for Leon?" Reborn asked with that same tone as before. Now Natsu was losing it.
Tsuna tried to stop Reborn from irritating Natsu too much. "R-Reborn, could you please-"
Apparently Tsuna wasn't quick enough as Natsu exploded. "An apology? You want me to apologize to that lizard?" Natsu yelled. Leon flicked its tongue at Natsu. "You should be the one apologizing! Demon, get out of my house!"
"So, do you have a welcoming gift for me?" Reborn said, suddenly turning towards Tsuna. The brunet gulped as he felt a glare from his brother. However, Tsuna knew that Reborn was not one you should ignore.
Tsuna nodded his head as he searched in his bag for his obento. After a couple of seconds of searching, Tsuna brought it out. Tsuna crouched down and handed it to the infant. "I-I'm sorry if it doesn't taste good. I don't have good cooking skills."
"Don't you dare give that demon food, Dame-Tsuna!" Natsu warned. Tsuna flinched at the tone Natsu used, but Reborn took the obento from Tsuna's hands.
"Thank you," Reborn said as he took off the lid.
"Dame-Tsuna, you're going to pay dearly for that! You worthless, no-good, burdensome-"
"Caw!" Leon-turned-hawk poked Natsu's head with its beak. Natsu waved his hands in order to try to grab the hawk. Reborn stood with a smug look as he ate Tsuna's gift. Tsuna watched with frightened eyes as Leon continued to attack Natsu.
Reborn whistled when he was done eating, and Leon flew towards Reborn. The hawk turned back into a chameleon again and landed on the fedora. Natsu glared at the infant and chameleon with intense hatred that had Tsuna inching towards the door.
"I don't want to see you ever again!" Natsu yelled as he stormed off towards his room. Tsuna flinched as he heard the door slam shut. Luckily Nana was out shopping.
"I want a drink," Reborn said childishly after a moment of silence. Tsuna looked back down at the infant. He almost forgot about the infant after Natsu stormed away.
Tsuna walked steadily towards the kitchen, hoping that he wouldn't shake too much from the events that happened. Reborn hopped onto the seat when they were in the kitchen. Tsuna walked towards the teapot that was already set on the stove and read the note on the kitchen counter.
Tsu-kun, I left a pot of tea on the stove. It should be done when you get home. Also, I hope you get to know the new tutor, Reborn-kun. He'll be yours and Natsu-kun's home-tutor from now on.
Love,
Nana
Tsuna folded the note and placed it in his pocket. Nana had even placed a heart at the end. Shaking his head, Tsuna brought out two cups and poured the tea in both of them. Placing the pot down, Tsuna brought the two cups to the table. He gave one to Reborn and kept the other.
Reborn took a sip of the tea and watched Tsuna fiddle with his thumbs. "The apples were too sour and bruised. The sausage was undercooked and had too much salt. The onigiri was burnt and had too much seasoning in one spot," Reborn said. Tsuna lowered his head as he listened to the criticism. He should have known that it would be better that he didn't attempt to make the food in the first place. He was never good at anything in the first place. "However, I found no imperfections with the omelet."
Tsuna looked up at Reborn in confusion. Was that a compliment he was hearing?
Tsuna continued to stay silent so the infant continued. "Since the omelet was good, you don't have to do morning training."
"M-Morning training?" Tsuna asked in that quiet voice of his that seemed to be scared if he was heard.
"Yes. Your brother has to do morning training since he made no welcoming present, and he did not apologize to Leon," Reborn said. Tsuna decided not to ask what Natsu did to Leon. "I haven't told you or Natsu yet. I came from Italy to choose one of you to become the next boss of the most powerful Mafia Family, the Vongola Family. I am the world's number one hitman, assigned by the current Boss, Nono, to train one of you to become a respectable Mafia Boss."
Tsuna's eyes widened in shock and fright as he fell off his chair towards the floor. Reborn took another sip of the tea. Looks like Tsuna fainted.
A/N: Nana wanted to pass on at least one of her recipes to Tsuna and had him learn how to cook an omelet. That's why he was able to cook it. I'm probably going to have reviews telling me how much of a jerk Natsu seems. But it's necessary for the story that you're probably not going to be able to read unless I want to type this story years from now (which I might). By then you're going to probably forget this chapter ;^;
You remember the words only dream that parallel Tsuna had in the last chapter? It was based on the same dream I had. One of the sentences of this chapter (You just stayed content that you could be in the same room as another person since that's the closest you could get with someone.) can seem strikingly similar to another fanfic I wrote. So dreams plus fanfic equals... you're getting a chapter that was from a dream of mine. You'll see it next chapter.
Preview:
"Tsuna listen to me. Do not forget the reason why you fight nor your resolution. Do not jump to conclusions so quickly and do your best to stay alive."
"Reborn, you sound like this will be the last time we'll meet. I'll see you again, right?"
"Yes and you better not fail the Entrance Test or else I'll personally hunt you down."
