Okay guys! Seeing as how I'm starting to lose inspiration to writing the story – the fact that I enjoy reading more than writing does not seem to be helping my cause at all – I have decided to speed things up a bit! It will probably seem like the story is rushed, but hopefully – if not, seemingly – it does not ruin the story! :D
Disclaimer: I do not own any characters from KHR! Wish I did though ): They're good …
Title: Tsunayoshi's Plans
Ratings: T (…)
Pairings R27
This means thinking is occurring!
Please enjoy! (:
~ * Chapter 7 * ~
~ * Lock and Load Boys * ~
Previously …
The Guardians' Point of View
Tsking at the fact that they had no luck in finding their Vongola boss, they all headed downstairs, or in Ryohei's case upstairs, towards the dining room, hearing Nana shout out that dinner was ready. As they all washed up and sat in their rightful places, they noticed the only empty seats were Reborn and their own boss.
"Reborn found Juudaime?" Gokudera asked, looking at the empty spots at the table.
"Kufufu. I believe so." Mukuro said, chuckling behind his hand.
"Extremely not fair!" Ryohei said, arms crossed in defeat.
"I thought I would be able to find him. Guess not huh?" Yamamoto said laughing.
"Hmph."
"I helped make the food!" Lambo said proudly.
"So that means you didn't look for the Juudaime at all?" Gokudera said, looking down the table at the Lightning Guardian.
"I-I did! I tried!" Lambo argued back.
"Baka-dera! What do you know?!"
"What did you say brat?!"
The doors to the dining room opened, revealing Tsuna asleep, carried in Reborn's arms bridle style, wrapped in Reborn's jacket.
"Juudaime?! What happened?"
"Don't worry about it Gokudera. He's just tired, but for the record, I found him and caught him. He spent all his energy. We'll be dining in our room." Reborn said, before leaving the dining room.
"Maa, everyone! Let's enjoy dinner okay? Let's have dessert afterwards too! And not bother them, since Tsu-kun would probably be busy resting." Nana said smiling, a happy aura radiating from her.
"Yes Maman." Everyone echoed, before digging in.
Ten points Reborn.
In Tsuna's Room
Reborn rearranged Tsuna's body closer to his chest in order to free his hands to open the door leading to their bedroom. Stepping into the sunset lit room, he closed the door with a gentle push from his shoe, hearing the tiny click, announcing the door has been shut.
The clicking of his heels muffled from the rug covered floor, Reborn strode towards their bed, gently placing his sleeping brunette down onto the mattress. Extracting himself from the body, he watched for a few seconds, hearing Tsuna's light mumblings before heading towards the bathroom for a warm, but wet cloth.
After cleaning up and drying his messy lover, he stripped Tsuna of the, now dirty, maid outfit before replacing it with dark blue, silk pajamas. Pulling up the blankets to cover Tsuna up, he walked towards the window, closing it until there was a slight space from the bottom of the windowsill before pulling the velvet curtains shut.
Reborn headed over to the corner of the room where a small table was set, a coffee pot seated right in the center. He had just prepared a cup of espresso for himself, before a knock was heard at the door.
"Reborn? I brought your dinner to you."
Deciding it was better not to leave Nana waiting, he sat his cup down onto the placemat and walked briskly towards the door. Opening it for her and stepping to the side, he welcomed her into the room and watched as she headed straight towards the little table where his espresso sat waiting.
"Ah la, Reborn. When you finished your espresso, please have some tea as well."
Reborn nodded his head in affirmation, closing the door behind her. He walked up to her, pushing her hands away gently.
"It's alright Nana. I'll take care of it. Thank you for bringing our dinner. Forgive me for troubling you."
"Oh, not at all. There was no trouble at all. Although, everyone was fighting to try and bring it here." She said with a light laugh.
"I see. Well, since you're here. Would you like some coffee? I do have some tea imported from several other continents." Reborn said, as he led her over to the unoccupied seat.
"Oh that would be lovely."
Heading over to the glass cupboard by the other side of the table, he pulled out a teapot, a tea cup, another placemat and a container filled with various tea leaves.
"Which would you prefer?"
"I don't mind any. But if you have chamomile, please."
Carefully scooping out a spoonful of chamomile leaves, he sprinkled them into the tea pot before pouring hot water in. Mixing the leaves within the mixture, he tapped the spoon twice onto the edge of the teapot before setting it down and closing the lid over it.
Lifting the teapot and various accessories over to the table, he set the cup down in front of Nana before pouring some chamomile tea inside.
"Mmm, that smells heavenly."
Reaching for her teacup, she stopped the cup before her lips, eyeing the teapot.
"Such an intricate design, don't you think?"
"Yes, a dragon for the handle, the top of the lid is jade. The words on the teapot mean respect. "
"Where did you get this?"
Clearing his throat, Reborn answered. "On a trip to Asia. It caught my eye when I was walking around the stores."
"Oh? Do you frequent around the world?"
"Er, yes. When the need comes."
"The need?"
"Well," he clears his throat once more, "When Tsuna needs me to, I go."
"I see. Such a dear." Nana says, sipping her tea cheerfully.
Feeling slightly uncomfortable under Nana's gaze, Reborn lifted his espresso to his mouth, quietly drinking. Leaning on the cupboard, he looked at Tsuna's sleeping figure, and put his cup down. Walking over to the bed, feeling Nana's gaze following his every move, he lifted the covers higher again, as Tsuna had brushed it off in his sleep.
"You love him, don't you?"
"Yes."
Humming her approval, she finished her tea before setting it back down on the placemat, pushing it further towards the center of the table.
"Well, I've taken enough of your time. Please watch over Tsuna from now on."
"Wait, Nana, there's something –"
"It's alright Reborn. I understand. I'll leave him in your care." She said, walking over to open the door.
"Oh, that's right. Make sure he gets his meal." She said, bowing lightly and stepping out of the room.
The door shut close with a light click and Reborn was, once again, left to the silence of the room, now with a lingering chamomile and espresso scent.
"Mmm.."
He turned his head back to his lover who seemed to waken, eyes opening up groggily, vision still impaired from the sleepiness. Rubbing his eye slowly, Tsuna turned over onto his back and opened his other eye, sensing a presence by his side.
".. Reborn..?"
"Hm?"
".. I'm hungry.."
Chuckling, Reborn walked over to the table, grabbed the dinner and place it on Tsuna's lap when the brunette had sat up properly in bed.
"Dinner in bed? I was hoping breakfast in bed would happen first." Tsuna said, smiling at his meal.
Rolling his eyes, Reborn just sat by his side with his own dinner.
"Itadakimasu." Clapping his hands together, Tsuna pulled his chopsticks out from the gap between his thumbs and forefinger before picking a piece of salmon from the dish.
"Mmmm! Delicious!" he said, eyes twinkling at the deliciousness of the food.
Reborn watched in amusement as he chewed his own dinner.
A while later, they finished their dinner. Tsuna was rubbing his belly and murmuring satisfied remarks from time to time.
"Reborn, tea."
The hitman quirked an eyebrow at the sudden demand and continued watching Tsuna.
"Reborn, tea." Tsuna repeated, arms folding across his chest, looking directly at his ex-tutor.
"Why should I?"
"I can't exactly move, now can I?"
"Try."
Throwing off the blanket, Tsuna twisted his body and got on his feet. Glaring at his lover and muttering how he was being annoying and wouldn't take responsibility for his actions, he gripped tight to his bed and maneuvered his way around his lover, who was still sitting at the edge of the bed.
Reborn only looked on with amusement as the Vongola boss walked on unsteady and quivering legs, his knees buckling in protest at the weight and his back surely protesting in the sudden movement after what it had gone through that afternoon.
Slumping down against the bed frame, Tsuna finally let out a distressed wail before admitting defeat. His body was in no way ready to move. He needed his rest.
"Reborn, please. I want tea." He said sniffling.
Shaking his head, Reborn walked over to Tsuna. Picking him up in yet again, bridle style, he placed Tsuna down onto the bed and pulled the covers up onto his lap. Walking back to the cupboard, he opened the container and refilled the teapot with green tea leaves.
"Did mom come here?"
"What makes you say that?"
"It smells like chamomile."
"You don't mind drinking chamomile green tea do you?"
"No, it's fine."
Setting down the container, he quickly mixed the leaves together under a newly boiled mixture and poured some into the teacup.
"She asked you know – about where I got the teapot from."
"Oh? What did you say? Surely you didn't tell her what you did in Asia."
"Of course not."
Bringing the teacup over to Tsuna, he watched in silence as his lover took in the smell before sipping the tea.
"You know Reborn."
"Hmm?"
"I was thinking.. maybe I should step up the games."
"Like?"
"You'll just have to wait until tomorrow to find out."
Huffing in protest at how his lover was being too secretive, he quickly rearranged the scowl on his face, remaining as nonchalant as ever. The edges of Tsuna's mouth curved upward as he saw the brief change in Reborn's expression before he set the cup down on the bed side table.
"Come to sleep?" he asked, pulling the covers up.
"In a bit."
Nodding his head, he put the covers down and rolled to his side, curling up into a ball before the calming effect of the tea took its hold on him. Watching him sleep for a bit longer, Reborn ruffled Tsuna's brown spikes before placing a kiss upon his forehead, lingering there to take in Tsuna's scent.
Stepping back, he took the teacup from the bed side table, and walked back to the table where their plates were set down. Placing all the dishware and tableware onto the steel tray, he lifted them up and out into the hallway, leaving them on the side besides the doorway.
The maids will get them. He thought, as he closed the bedroom door behind him and made his way back to the bathroom. After his quick shower, with several erotic thoughts and scenes replaying and plaguing his mind of what has happened this afternoon and several urges to touch his seemingly growing length, he finally gave in a let a slight groan escape before truly cleaning up.
Leaving the bathroom, he rummaged through his dresser before pulling on a black silk pajama pants on. Sliding in next to Tsuna, he pulled him close to his chest, wrapping his arms around his waist and body, keeping him close.
Sighing out in comfort, he slowly let sleep take a hold of him.
~ * R27 * ~
Reborn x Tsuna
~ * R27 * ~
As sunlight peeked in through the curtains, Reborn's eyebrows furrowed together. He dug his head deeper into his pillow, arms outstretched, feeling for Tsuna. A frown etched itself onto his face as he found that his source of warmth had left the bed.
Covering his eyes with an arm and turning on over onto his back, he sighed before reluctantly rising from the comfort of his bed. Eyeing the drawn back curtain, recalling he had closed them yesterday when he brought Tsuna into the bedroom, he got up off the bed and walked over the bathroom to get ready for the next event.
Slipping into his usual black attire, he straightened out his tie before fixing his fedora properly on his head and walked towards the dining room, already hearing the normal chatter of every morning.
"Good morning."
Choruses of greetings greeted him as he sat down and took his breakfast. Sipping from his cup, he eyed down Tsuna as he returned his look with a smile. Eating his fill, he observed that all the guardians seemed, anxious excited for the next event – probably thinking they would avenge their score by winning the next few events.
As the maids cleared away the table, Tsuna cleared his throat to prepare to announce the next event of the day.
"As you all know, Reborn won yesterday's event. And, I marked down appropriate scores for each and every one of you based on your location within the Vongola estate. So far, we have Reborn leading with 20 points, Gokudera with 15, Yamamoto 14, Ryohei 14, Lambo 10, Hibari 13 , Mukuro 12."
"Oya, I'm behind the little birdie?" Mukuro asked, aware that Hibari's cold gaze now landed upon him.
"Hmph." Was Hibari's only reaction towards his score.
"15 points?! So I was only half way close to Juudaime's location?!" Gokudera asked, fighting the scowl on his face.
"Maa, maa Gokudera. At least you have 15 points, I only have 14." Yamamoto said, trying to help the Storm Guardian see there was no reason for his growing aggravation.
"14 POINTS TO THE EXTREME! I'M TIED FOR 3RD PLACE!" Ryohei shouted, the fire burning in his eyes.
"I'm last." Lambo said, upset.
"Now, now everyone. No need to cause an uproar. The next event will be 25 points, but that's only based on how you perform in it." Tsuna said, calming his guardians. Peering at Reborn, he only saw a smirk on his face, as Reborn knew he was currently at a higher percentile to win Tsuna's little games.
"You guys will be doing target practice, with several weapons." Tsuna said.
Standing up and walking out of the dining room, motioning everyone to follow him. He led them to an archery ground in the back, where the targets were lined up side by side, at least 7 feet apart from each other. Each target distanced about a good 15 feet from where they stood.
"This should be an easy enough distance. Now, as you can see, there are 10 rings for each target. They are color coordinated based on the point arrangement. The middle two rings are yellow. The next three outer rings from them are red. The next two rings from that are blue. The two rings from that are green and finally the very outer ring is black."
He looked towards his audience before continuing with the instructions on the grading system of the current event.
"Basically put, it will be 5 points for the yellow, 4 points for the red, 3 points for the blue, 2 for the green and of course 1 point for the black ring. Any questions?"
Receiving silence, he motioned for each guardian, and Reborn, to head towards the bow rack to grab a bow and an arrow.
"You guys will be using a bow and arrow first. The second round will be a dagger. The third will be a gun. The fourth will be a needle. And the last one will be, hm.. let me think.. " he said, pondering on the last one.
"Well, no matter." He finally stated, glancing at his guardians.
"I'll think of the last one while you guys work on the first four. Of course, take your time. And, if this didn't come across as obvious, if you miss the target, you get 0 points." Tsuna said, shrugging his shoulders.
"I'll be over there waiting. With everyone else. If anything happens, give me a sign." He said, walking over to the seating area.
The Guardians glanced at each other before acquiring their weapons and heading towards the space in front of the target, 15 feet away.
~ * R27 * ~
Reborn x Tsuna
~ * R27 * ~
From the audience's seating area, Tsuna glanced down the row as he watched his guardians and Reborn line up at the line. He blinked again before noticing what he was missing.
"Ah! Wait!" he shouted, a hand lifted to stop everyone's actions.
All eyes peered to him in curiosity, wondering what the matter was.
"You can't use a bow and arrow without equipment and uniform." He stated, as he got up off his seat and shuffled the bewildered group into a changing room.
"There should be enough uniforms for everyone." He called out from the outside of the room.
"Put them on properly and come out."
Muffled grumbles were heard through the door as Tsuna waited patiently outside for his Guardians to appear. A couple of minutes later, Hibari was the first to step out, followed by Mukuro, Reborn, Yamamoto, Gokudera, Ryohei and finally Lambo.
Each had on their uniform as well as a glove of their choosing, either a Mitsugake (a three-fingered glove) or a Yotsugake (a four-fingered glove). Each expression different from the rest.
Hibari seemed to be relaxed and calmed in this outfit. Of course, being Hibari, he loved traditional things like drinking tea and watching the sakura fall from the trees. Mukuro smirked as he came out, no doubt using an illusion to trick everyone's vision, but a once over look from Tsuna and Tsuna was sure he had his uniform on, literally.
Yamamoto fixed the glove on his hand and moved to help Gokudera, who seemed to be struggling with the waistband of his uniform. Chuckling at the flustered man, he fixed him up before moving to Lambo.
Reborn just simply walked over to an empty spot, taking place. Ryohei fumbled with his attire, before finally giving up, and walked to join the hitman and Hibari whom seemed to have taken the place next to the ex-Arcobaleno.
After fixing up Lambo's outfit, they both walked to join the rest of the group who seemed to have gotten ready to start the event. Nodding his head in approval, Tsuna went to join his own group and continued watching as he noticed several presences nearby, no doubt the Varia, Dino and the ex-Arcobalenos.
Nodding his head in permission to start, he watched as his guardians performed to the best of their abilities. First off he noticed Reborn.
Of course Reborn, being the world's greatest hitman, had gotten his target all in the same mark. Bow and arrow, a dagger, a bullet, a needle all landed on the middle of the target. Each weapon splitting its mark right down the middle. Tsuna was impressed. He didn't know you could split a dagger down the middle. Then again, this was Reborn he was impressed with. The world's greatest hitman was capable of things the normal man wasn't.
Next was Hibari. The man had a calming aura around him. He breathed in, let it out and opened his eyes, focusing his gaze on the very middle of the target. Pulling the string back and letting it loose, he watched as the arrow whizzed through the air, landing directly in the middle of the target. Of course, seeing as how his rival, the used-to-be baby, had already acquired the first 20 points, made him competitive.
But Tsuna couldn't help but wonder how the close-combat guardian would suffice in a long-ranged field, Reborn's specialty. He watched as Hibari threw the dagger and saw it land in the middle, next to the arrow. Followed by the gun and finally the needle. Seemingly satisfied with his effort, Hibari walked towards the wooden benches behind him and sat down, waiting for Kusakabe to hand him his cup of tea and a towel, which he did.
After that was Mukuro. While everyone else applauded his skill as well. Tsuna knew it was an illusion he put up. Calling out, he scolded Mukuro and told him to keep illusions off. Glancing at the young Vongola, he sighed dramatically before accomplishing the feat. Harrumphing in triumph, he called back with a smirk on his face, "I can do it even without illusions."
Rolling his eyes, Tsuna moved onto the next contestant, Yamamoto his Rain Guardian. Watching him, he mused. Yamamoto's cheering look in his eyes became a dangerous glint as it narrowed and focused on the target before him. After shooting the arrow from his bow, he quickly threw the dagger, whipped out the gun, shot the bullet and flung the needle.
The arrow got to the target. The bullet hit the 4 point mark, seeing as how Yamamoto wasn't used to the recoiling of the gun. The dagger and the needle however made it towards the 5 point mark. Taking a deep breath, he opened his eyes and was all smiles again.
"Haha, baseball freak. You didn't get full points." Gokudera said, holding his stomach.
"Maa, maa. At least I have full point with you." Yamamoto said, looking Gokudera directly in the eyes.
Gokudera flushed, and stumbled towards his weapons. Of course messing up with one of them and putting the blame on Yamamoto.
"You baseball freak! I messed up! It's all your fault!" he cried out in frustration.
Yamamoto dragged his distressed lover towards the wooden bench, arms around his shoulder in comfort. Meanwhile, the only guardians left were the lightning and sun guardian.
Ryohei was definitely the close-combat guardian. Using his fists as his weapons, Tsuna was surprised to see him being able to wield the weapons in the first place, but to no avail.
"This doesn't matter! I have my fists to the extreme!" Ryohei shouted.
"Ryohei.. that doesn't work like that.." Tsuna said, anime-sweat dropping.
Ryohei, unsatisfied with the Vongola's answer, just threw everything towards the target, each landing on the four point mark. Pumping his arms up in the air, he walked away, muttering how he had done well. Then Tsuna drifted his gaze to his youngest guardian.
He watched Lambo struggle to pull the bow before Yamamoto switched his heavy weight bow to a light weight one. Then Yamamoto fixed his stance and watched as Lambo drew the string close to his chest and let it go, watching the arrow fly towards the four point mark.
"Not bad for a first time." Yamamoto said, clapping his hand on Lambo's back. Lambo grimaced at the sudden impact, before massaging the spot. He gripped the dagger by hilt and threw it with all the strength he had.
It landed on the three mark, and he frowned before grabbing the gun and shooting it at the middle, earning five points. Finally the needle, he earned a four point and the event was practically over. Lastly, Tsuna stood up and walked over to the guardians, motioning them to follow him into a dark room inside the Vongola Headquarters.
Placing them at different points within the room, and turning them to face the wall, away from the different obstacles in the room, Tsuna himself walks to a different spot before calling out to his guardians.
"This time your target is me, and your weapon will be the flame from your ring." He called out.
Surprised by the sudden turn of event, the guardians murmured in protest, with Hibari and Mukuro smirking in approval at it.
"Depending on where your flame lands, your points will be tallied. The heart will be 5 points. The head 4 points, legs 3 points. The arms are 2 points and the chest is of course 1 point. Now go!"
Darting over to another position in the room, away from the spot where his voice had drifted from, he stood still, waiting for the flames to appear. 10 minutes later, with several flames coloring his attire. The heart was colored by a bright yellow, blue, purple, and sky blue.
The head was colored with red and yellow and green.
Stepping out of the room with guardians and Reborn following after, he announced the rest of the scores.
"25 points for Reborn, 23 for Gokudera, 24 for Yamamoto, 25 for Hibari, 25 for Mukuro, 20 for Ryohei and 20 points for Lambo."
"I couldn't hit Juudaime in the heart." Gokudera grumbled out.
"Hmph." Hibari looked away.
"Kufufu. That was easy. Are you sure you weren't giving away from points?" Mukuro said.
Tsuna chose to ignore his remark, as he listened into his other guardians' opinions.
"EXTREMELY HARD!" Ryohei said.
"I thought it was as well." Lambo mumbled.
"You guys need more practice." Reborn announced, arms across his chest leaning on the wall.
"Well, there's one more event before the final event. So you guys don't have to worry that much." Tsuna said smiling at them fondly.
Reborn only looked on with suspicion in his eyes, watching the guardians settle down around the Vongola boss, awaiting the news of the second to last event.
Alright guys. I'm going to stop right there. I wouldn't had the next event written down, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEAS :O So, while you guys chow down on this new chapter. I'm going to throw around some ideas in my head to see what will happen next.
