Chapter 8 Awakening
Reborn frowned as he stood at a clearing on the outskirts of Namimori, waiting for a certain someone.
He has been civil towards Tsuna for the past few days after Tsuna had confronted him about the letter that he attempted to send to Vongola Nono, but he was still wary of the brunette.
A rustle took him out of his reverie and saw the others that appeared. There with him in the clearing, were the other six Arcobaleno.
"What's the meaning of this, calling us here, kora?" Colonello said impatiently as he appeared with Lal Mirch.
Fon, the Storm Arcobaleno, sighed, "So all of us are called here,"
"Is this your doing, Reborn?" Mammon wondered.
Reborn shook his head. "No. I too, was called out here,"
"What? It's not your doing?" Skull said. "Then who did it?"
Verde appeared through the trapdoor that appeared on the ground, "I know who it might be," he said, appearing.
"Verde. Who is it then?" Lal asked.
"We did,"
All turned to a direction to see a very familiar face. She has shoulder-length hair with parts of it on both sides of her head braided up and tied at the back. She has sharp blue eyes and is wearing an orange pacifier around her neck. Along with her was the Ventesima Regina della Sentinella and her right-hand.
"Aria," Lal addressed. "Who are these with you?"
Aria looked at them, "Long time no see. I called you here for an important meeting," she then turned to her companions, "This is Sawada Tsunarumi, as most of you recognize, and her cousin, Ieyatsu Giotto,"
"They're from Sentinella," Reborn supplied.
Skull stuttered, "W-What? What did we do wrong?" he wondered. To garner the attention of Vindice's spying arm, it would require to cause something that could disturb the mafia world.
"You did nothing wrong, Cloud Arcobaleno, Skull," Giotto replied.
"We are here to put something in motion, which requires the presence of the strongest people in the mafia world," Tsuna answered. "The Seven Arcobaleno."
That go their attention. An event that required their power to be set into motion?
"I'm listening," Verde said, trying to jumpstart their explanation, as Tsuna has instructed. After all, he was already briefed by Giotto earlier before he left.
"I won't." Mammon said defiantly. "We don't even know what this will cost us. What's in it for all of us?"
It didn't take long for the others to agree with what Mammon had said. But it was the truth.
In order to get their favor back, Aria chose to speak instead. "What's in it is that the balance of the Tri-ni-set will not be tipped at a dangerous level," she answered.
Tri-ni-set.
That was the term that caught their attention right away. Tsuna and Giotto could feel a certain resentment towards their fate all because of the three sets of seven relics that caused them to become cursed as semi-immortal babies. But then, they also saw fear. Should the Tri-ni-set balance be tipped, it could have greater repercussions that is worse than being turned into infants.
"Say what you need," Lal said. "We're listening now,"
Aria smiled. "Thank you."
Giotto then spoke, "The matter concerns the Vongola Rings," he announced.
Colonello looked at the Sun Arcobaleno, "Hey, Reborn, what do they mean? Is your student causing another ruckus?"
"He's not," Aria denied. "They're talking about something that is necessary after the candidate is finalized."
"The Succession of the Wills," Reborn answered. As one of the trusted members of Vongola, Reborn knew that defeating Xanxus was the easiest part. There is another step regarding the inheritance of Vongola, where eight bosses out of nine had already failed, thus, never utilizing their full power.
Giotto nodded. "Correct."
Tsuna's eyes sharpened, "It's not about the holders of the rings. It's the rings themselves."
…
After the conversation, Reborn and Tsuna stayed behind the clearing.
"So, you need our help this time around," Reborn said, breaking the silence.
"More like Natsuki does. We are here merely to supply." Tsuna said. "These past couple of days, I'm sure you already realized that your curse is something that cannot be broken unless you're dead," she informed him. Reborn looked at her sharply. "Don't give me that look. All of you should have realized from the beginning that you'd die a dog's death. You are the tutor of my twin. You are not liable to be distracted in training him just because you seek a cure that does not involve you dying,"
"Who told you of this?" Reborn asked.
Tsuna looked at the dark sky, "Doesn't matter who let me in on the secret. Just that I know that most of you are mulling about the curse and trying to break the curse that you have been imparted with since becoming like that. Your Sky Arcobaleno has more than one curse load than the rest of you, and she's not complaining,"
That got Reborn into silence.
Tsuna smiled at the small victory. "You know, I have seen my other self once before," she shared. "He met a baby who trains him on a daily basis that he can't comprehend."
"Your other self?" the hitman questioned.
"Yeah. I saw a glimpse of his life thanks to a certain person." She then looked at him, "Reborn, I'd rather you focus yourself in training the future Decimo than tempt fate of what you eight intend to do. There is no way around it but death. Many have tried before, and all have failed," she said as she left him to his thoughts.
After walking for a few minutes, she was met by Giotto. "Did you have to give him that speech?"
Tsuna sighed, "If I didn't, then he would pursue something that even we can't solve. Byakuran's memories have been blocked up to the point when his other self in a created parallel world was obliterated." She then took a deep breath and smiled, "Well then, everything is arranged," she said as she looked at the far distance, where she and Giotto were staring at a translucent man wearing an approving smile.
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The Next Day
Tsuna sighed. "The seventh day…" she muttered as she looked at the calendar in her room. It is now seven days since her six subordinates went unconscious, and a day since Daemon had gone missing. She has been sensing it all day.
Something was bound to happen, and she wouldn't like it one bit.
Anna had told her that there were things that will be out of her reach, but nothing could prepare everyone for what will happen now.
She held a folded slip of paper on her hand, bearing the name of her twin.
'It will start anytime now.' She thought as she placed the paper on the stack of notes that she made.
When her phone buzzed with a particular message, Tsuna stood up from her seat, ready to face the day.
They're awake. –Irie
Good. Send them to their escorts - Tsunarumi
…
Come to Namimori Shrine at exactly 1 PM today. Or else.
Natsuki wondered if he offended Tsuna or something close to that. The way she worded it, it was like she needed him to do something. He shuddered at the thought of her training him again. It was something that he didn't want to experience after it was piled up with Reborn's own Regimen of Torture. He might actually die this time.
'Sometimes I can't tell who I should fear the most. Nee-san or Reborn…' he thought to himself as he arrived at the foot of the shrine.
"Ah…" Natsuki turned to the other direction and saw Yamamoto and Gokudera just arriving from the other direction.
"Tenth," Gokudera called.
"Hey Natsuki," Yamamoto greeted. "You got a letter from Tsuna and Giotto-san too?"
"Yeah," he replied. "Does that mean that they summoned the others too?"
Gokudera looked at the top of the shrine, "Maybe they are already up at the shrine. Shall we go?" he offered.
The got up to the steps of the shrine, all the while thinking what was so important for the Regina and her right-hand to ask them to meet at the shrine. A lot of scenarios popped into Natsuki's head, but the most obvious would be that it was mafia-related.
When they got to the top, they stopped abruptly in surprise. Almost everyone was there, even his tutor who had disappeared since this morning.
"Took you guys long enough," Reborn said as he watched the three of them approach. "We've been waiting for a while now,"
The brunette turned to see that Ryohei, Lambo, Chrome and even Kyouya appeared. It would seem that almost everyone got the letter from Tsuna.
"Reborn! What is this?" Natsuki asked. From the corner of his eyes, he saw the other of the seven strongest babies except for the Sky Arcobaleno who was an adult. He has met Aria of the Giglio Nero before, and the other Arcobaleno during his early days as Reborn's student, and meeting them once is enough for Natsuki's poor vitality. It must have cost him a few years of his life by just spending a day with these eccentric and dangerous babies.
"Aria-san!" Natsuki addressed.
Aria smiled at Natsuki and waved, "Ah, Natsuki-kun. So nice to see you again."
"Not meaning to sound rude or anything, but what are you doing here?" Natsuki wondered. "And also with the rest of the Arcobaleno,"
"Well, that's…" Aria was about to speak when Tsuna's voice was heard.
"That's for us to tell, though I don't think Aria-san has all the information," Tsuna said as she appeared from the thick forest that was wrapped around the shrine.
"Nee-san!" Natsuki addressed, "What is all this?"
"We'd like to know as well," Kyouya stated, not really liking what was happening since Tsuna was so tight-lipped about it.
Tsuna simply nodded, her face neutral, void of any emotion. That was her when she enacts her authority as the leader of Setinella. "Sawada Natsuki. The Vongola Rings are now in your and your guardians' possession after succeeding the Ring Battles and the final trial against myself." Natsuki winced at the very memory of being thrashed by his sister's real illusion of herself, but held it in. "But you are yet to inherit the true meaning of being the next boss of the Vongola Famiglia."
"Eh?" then he remembered the Vongola Primo's words: "Since I can't convince you that you are worthy of me calling you Decimo, then I will have to do this. I will determine your worth in the succession of the wills,"
"This is…the Succession of the Wills, isn't it? The Inheritance of the first generation to the next in order to draw out the full potential of the Vongola Rings?" Natsuki asked.
It didn't seem to surprise Tsuna in the least. Even so, he could see a faint smile on her lips as she nodded. "Exactly."
"And you're going to administer the inheritance?" Gokudera asked.
"No." Giotto answered. "Rather, the ones who will administer it will be the first generation themselves."
Before anyone could answer a question, the pacifiers of the Arcobaleno started to glow brightly. "Natsuki-kun, hold out your ring," Aria instructed.
Natsuki did it immediately, and his ring glowed bright orange. It created a beam that stopped at the center of the shrine, and had produced sky flames the size of an adult.
All stared as the flames subsided and had revealed a man in a pinstripe suit under an elaborate mantle. The man had blond hair and orange eyes, a flame was on his forehead, indicating that he was in Hyper Dying Will mode, and his gloves was what gave him away, for it carried the symbol of the Vongola Primo.
"You…!" Natsuki squeaked in shock at seeing the man again.
Aria took a deep breath and spoke, "Allow me to introduce you to the founder of the Vongola Famiglia. The Vongola Primo,"
"H-He looks like…" Gokudera trailed off.
"Giotto-san," Chrome said as she looked at Giotto who was beside Tsuna, desperate to make sure that he was really a separate person.
"That brat looks just like the Primo, kora," Colonello muttered.
Fon nodded. "Indeed…"
Primo looked around the place to see the faces that he anticipated. He zeroed in on Natsuki, making the teenager uncomfortable. "We meet again, Vongola Decimo." He then looked at Tsuna and Giotto's direction, "It seems that the two firstborns of mine and Venicia's bloodline are here as well," That got the attention of the other guardians at the mention of 'bloodline,' but left it as just a spoken word of the Primo. "While it is true that the rings accepted you as its new owners, the wills that lived inside the rings are of a different case." He explained. "In order to unlock the true powers of the rings, you have to prove to me and my guardians that you are worthy to carry on our wills."
Natsuki then felt his stare come back to him, "And you, Decimo, will have a different kind of evaluation. Your guardians will be evaluated by my own,"
"Your guardians?" Yamamoto wondered out loud. "Aren't they…well…"
Primo shook his head and answered his question, "My guardians' wills are in your respective rings. Although they would be observing you from now on and would set the right time to give you your trials in order to gain their recognition. In order to do that, they have chosen their hosts."
Their eyes sharpened at his implication of the 'host.' Natsuki has a feeling that he knew exactly who they are.
"I, of course, have no need for a host, for there are two who bears my soul." Primo continued. "I wish you all the luck, Decimo. Ventesima, I leave them in your care," He said as he disappeared with a mass of sky flames in his wake.
"He's gone…" Ryohei muttered as they still set their eyes on the spot where the deceased boss stood.
"Allow me to explain how this will go," Tsuna said. "First, the hosts that the guardians have chosen has already been chosen. They will come to you within this day, and not an hour later. They will live and interact with you, and when they deem you ready to take on their trial, they will set a test for you to accomplish. Should you succeed in their test, you will then gain the inheritance of each element. Do you have any questions?" Tsuna asked, looking around.
"I do," Kyouya suddenly spoke up, surprising everyone, even Tsuna. "Do we know these chosen hosts?"
Tsuna nodded. "You know them very well."
"What about the matter of tutors?" Lal asked.
The brunette nodded, "Your tutors will be the Arcobaleno, as agreed upon. Whoever possesses the same flame attribute as yourself is your tutor. That way, you can understand why they fit perfectly in their flame attribute and their duty as the Arcobaleno."
Giotto continued, "If there are no more questions, then it is time for you to be as you were. The guardians of Primo will come and find you within this day. Best not to make them wait."
As quick as Tsuna and Giotto appeared, they were gone in an instant. The others were contemplating who the hosts were, until they remembered the five unconscious teenagers under the Sentinella base.
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Takesushi
When Yamamoto returned home, he wasn't expecting a familiar scene to greet him—not since his uncle had been sent to Sentinella's hospital ward.
Now he stood there, staring at his father and uncle talking quite casually, like nothing happened. But still, he smiled, glad that his uncle had woken up, "Ugetsu-jii! You're okay!" he said as he went towards the in-laws.
The two looked at him, and from that action, and the way his uncle looked at him, he knew that he wasn't exactly his uncle. "Uh…you're not…him…are you?"
His uncle look-alike smiled. "Very perceptive of you, young one. I am your uncle, and at the same time, I am not,"
"Huh?"
Tsuyoshi looked at his son, knowing that he was getting confused. "Takeshi, Ugetsu is the host of the First Vongola Rain Guardian,"
Then it all clicked in. "Ah. So that means that G-san, Alaude-san and the rest are…?"
The Rain guardian nodded in confirmation.
Then Yamamoto smiled sheepishly, "So…what do I call you then? I guess calling you Ugetsu-jii while you're taking over his consciousness is not a good idea in private. I'd get confused,"
The man smiled. "Yes, you're right. Unfortunately, the two of us bare the same name,"
"Same…" then Takeshi remembered something from Ugetsu telling him about his and Mio's family line. "You were an Asari clan member from the Heian period. I remember you. Ugetsu-jii said that Mom was the one who named him after you, the musician who once traveled to the West by selling all his musical instruments when your friend was in danger,"
"I'm impressed." The man and Tsuyoshi stared at him, wide-eyed that he remembered the stories told to him.
Yamamoto smiled, "Well, your story is one of Mom's favorite to read about in the Asari clan library. Your memoires are still in there,"
"Call me Asari instead," Asari said, settling for the last name instead of the given name.
"Cool!" Yamamoto cheered. He then looked at his dad, "Hey, Dad, Colonello will be staying with us for a while. Is that okay?"
Tsuyoshi nodded, "Sure. Where is the kid?"
"Right here, kora!" Colonello said as he opened the door to reveal him being carried by his falcon for him to be seen in eye level.
Asari smiled, "Ah, the Rain Arcobaleno." He addressed. "Sure brings back memories. Back then, the Rain Arcobaleno was more of a softie, we got along so well!"
Colonello frowned inwardly at that. He looked at Yamamoto, "So, he's the host?"
He got his answer when Yamamoto nodded.
…
Second Sasagawa Residence
Sasagawa Ryo watched as the Sun Guardian who is now possessing his son looked around his bedroom. There were shelved boxing equipment under lock and key, and several trophies that pertained to it.
It has been a little over two years since his son has thrown in the towel and transferred to a Christian school. But he had understood why his son had left. After all, he had been the one to console him when he had gravely injured his opponent. Even though the parents of the boy had told him that it was alright, Nakoru had never looked at a boxing glove the same way. But still, Tsuna kept him as one of his agents, and very rarely would he raise a hand against enemies without good reason.
"So," Ryo was jerked in attention when the Sun Guardian had spoken, "Your son, he is a boxing athlete?"
"He was." Ryo emphasized. "He quit two years ago after injuring his opponent badly. He transferred to a Christian school nearby and hadn't touched his gloves since," he admitted.
It was subtle, but Ryo caught the forlorn look of the man inside the teenager. His eyes tell that they were on the same boat. He knew his history, before he was a priest, he was a boxer like his son and nephew. "Ah, I see." He replied softly. "But he's a wonderful child, I can tell," he said as he looked at the hanged photos in his room. Most of them are with his friends, cousins, and Ryo. "But…I see no mother figure,"
Ryo smiled sadly, "I had Nakoru from my girlfriend who left me the moment she gave birth to him. The mere mention of his mother is taboo for him,"
The Sun Guardian felt a pang on his chest, confirming what Ryo had told him about the mother that left Nakoru. Though he may be in control of the body, that didn't mean that the consciousness of the owners were asleep. No. Their thoughts were still with them.
When Ryo saw the pained look in the eyes of his son for a second, he knew that his son is conscious in a way. He was about to speak again when the front door opened with a familiar voice shouting.
"Ryo-jii! Is Nakoru-nii EXTREMELY alright?!" Ryohei asked at the front door.
"Onii-chan! Don't shout so loud! This is Ryo-jiisan's house," Ryo and the Sun Guardian heard Kyoko's voice downstairs as well.
The two saw it fit to come downstairs to meet Ryo's nephew and niece, "Ah, Kyoko, Ryohei."
"Ryo-jiisan, is Nakoru-nii alright?" Kyoko asked, clearly worried for Knuckle. The only ones who got used to Knuckle being called by his birth name were the Sasagawa siblings, and the others stuck to calling him Knuckle.
"He's alright," the Sun Guardian said in his stead. "But I am currently borrowing his body for a while,"
"So you are the host of the Sun Guardian," Reborn said, appearing on Kyoko's shoulder.
The Sun Guardian smiled, "Ah. The current Sun Arcobaleno. You can call me Reverend, since I bear the same nickname as Sasagawa Nakoru. And we have a long discussion to go through."
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Gokudera Residence
When Gokudera and Fon returned home after telling Kyouya that the Storm Arcobaleno would temporarily stay in the Gokudera household, he was surprised to see his bachelor uncle sitting on the living room.
"Oh, Hayato." Yoh called out, "Ah. Fon, Saki's half-brother?" he addressed.
Fon bowed respectively, "Nice to meet you, Gokudera Yoh. Is my sister doing fine?"
Yoh nodded. "She's guarding Aria-san and is in the Hibari residence now,"
"I see. I just arrived late last night and stayed in a hotel with the rest of the Arcobaleno who came from somewhere else, so I never got the chance to say hello to her," he said with a sigh.
"By the way, G's awake," Yoh informed.
Gokudera's eyes widened. "So my guess is true then,"
Yoh nodded, knowing what he meant. "You're still as smart as when I left,"
A tick appeared on the younger's head, "You were only gone for six months! And when are you going to introduce Ryo-san to us properly?" he said, trying to get back at him. It was a running rumor even to them.
Yoh twitched at the statement. "You…Celes has been feeding you lies again, has she?" he said as he scratched his head. "Go on up to the second weaponry room. He's there waiting," he informed, wanting to dismiss the subject before it got bigger.
Gokudera and Fon simply followed, knowing that the older man wanted to escape the discussion. They headed to the west part of the house where the weaponry rooms were built for the three children of their grandparents. One for Gokudera's mother, Lavina, the second was for G's late father, and the other was for Yoh himself, in birth order. Gokudera and G had inherited the weaponry rooms of their parents after their deaths.
Gokudera didn't want to believe at first that his sweet mother would also use her pianist hands to touch weapons, but when he saw her large artillery, he knew that his mother was not just in Italy to be a pianist. She was originally a hitman like her brothers, but subtle. After all, no one would anticipate a woman to become a skilled hitman. She was involved in the mafia world for a reason, and not just as a mistress of Gokudera's father. The only thing that got in her way was her illness.
He opened the door to the second room and was shocked to see a normal G examining his crossbows. But when the man turned, he saw something that set his cousin apart from the one who was conquering his host. He had those eyes that had seen a lot of horrors in his past, more than half of what G had experienced as an agent of Sentinella. "Ah, you're here,"
"You're the First Storm Guardian and currently using my cousin as a host." He addressed.
The older man smirked, "Yeah. Call me by what you call your cousin here. G, is it? The memories he's giving me is a little rough on the edges, but I can tell that your family situation is pretty complicated,"
"Tch." Gokudera inwardly cursed his cousin for spilling the complicated family situation. It was a good thing that their grandparents were overseas or there would be a lot of questions.
"That aside," the guardian said, "You're pretty clever. That makes my situation better,"
…
Hibari Residence
"So," Kyouya said as he looked at his possessed twin brother, "You are living here to observe me and to give me your test to see if I am really worthy of this ring," he concluded as he held up the Vongola Cloud Ring that he took off from his neck. "And you will only leave my brother's body after it is accomplished?"
He looked at the teenager for confirmation. Beside him was their father, and beside Kyouya was his mother.
"Yes. I was the head of a country's Intelligence Bureau, and honestly I don't remember ever associating myself to the Vongola. But still, it's my duty to confirm if you are worthy of inheriting my will as the aloof Cloud of the Vongola."
Kyouya was a bit ticked at the words of the teenager in front of him. He was similar to his twin brother, but at the same time, he's not. He had always had a close bond with Alaude, not considering his general character. The only one he allowed to be close to him was his older twin and Tsunarumi. But seeing his brother awake and so distant, he couldn't feel anything but irritation for the man who dared possess his twin.
"I have no attachment to Sawada Natsuki, if that's what you're asking. I don't like crowding,"
"And yet you wear the Vongola Cloud ring,"
Kyouya glared, "I could say the same for you,"
The First Cloud Guardian smirked. "Touché. Now, I have a lot of things to say, but I think that we should wait for the Thunder Guardian of the Decimo for this."
At that, the three unpossessed Hibaris raised a brow.
They got their answer when the door slammed open and a shout came, "I-piiiin!"
That startled half of the house upon hearing the voice of their frequent toddler visitor, Lambo Bovino. Kyouya twitched. Of all the things that could happen, why would the cow child appear? Sighing, he got up and went to the entrance door.
"Lambo Bovino why are you…" he stopped mid-sentence when he saw that the young Bovino was with his background bodyguard, Alessandro with a suitcase with cow prints. "Why are you showing yourself, Alessandro?"
Alessandro was a man in his mid-twenties, and had gotten along well with Lambo. Out of all Bovino men in the Famiglia, Lampo had trusted him the most with the safety of his brother. But be that as it may, he was still terrified of the younger Hibari twin for obvious reasons. "I apologize, Hibari Kyouya-sama, but there has been a situation in the house since Lampo-sama has awakened and…was not himself,"
Upon seeing Kyouya, the Bovino child went to him and hugged his knee.
Usually, that would warrant anyone to be killed, but not Kyouya. Alaude had often teased him that he attracts small animals like Hibird and he does so well in babysitting I-pin. It was no contest that Kyouya would know how to handle the younger Bovino in place of his overprotective older brother. Kyouya sighed, feeling a migraine coming on.
"Lambo," Hibari Saki said as she knelt down to get closer to the child. "What exactly happened, and why do you have your suitcase here?"
Lambo was teary, and snot was coming out of his nose. Pulling a handkerchief, Saki asked the five year-old to blow his nose before he spoke. "N-Nii-chan hates me now! And Lambo-sama doesn't know why!" he said as he clung to Saki almost immediately, sparing Kyouya from a soaked pair of slacks. "Nii-chan came home looking normal, and when Lambo-sama hugged him since Lambo-sama hadn't seen him in a week, he just…set Lambo-sama aside!" his voice cracked and all he could do was cry harder as he clung to the Hibari Matriarch.
Getting up, Saki looked at her older son possessed by the First Cloud Guardian.
"Care to explain this, Cloud Guardian?" Hibari Shigeru questioned, not all pleased upon hearing the story of the toddler. If there was anything that pissed him off, it was people who hates children.
The Cloud Guardian sighed, "Our Thunder Guardian is a spoiled only son of a realtor. He doesn't like children that much. Tends to stay away from them and if they kept on annoying him, he would say something harsh that even our Storm Guardian can't dish out," he explained.
But there was still something that bothered Kyouya. Turning to Alessandro, he asked, "And how come that this is the first place that you brought Lambo to?"
Alessandro looked at him as if he was losing his mind. "Eh? Tsunarumi-sama told me that you would take in the young master should this happen."
"I knew it." Kyouya said, pinching the bridge of his nose. Without wasting any time, he took out his phone and called his girlfriend.
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Sawada Residence
"Every single one of your subordinates were chosen as hosts?!" Natsuki exclaimed as he entered his sister's room to ask her more about the inheritance.
Tsuna nodded. "That's why they've been out for seven days. Their bodies were being prepared to become the hosts of the wills of the First Generation of Vongola,"
"B-But why?" Natsuki asked. It was a good thing that Reborn was at Ryohei's place.
"Who knows," Tsuna said. "But we've been told beforehand. What we didn't expect is for Daemon to disappear, and for them to fall unconscious for that," she explained as she flopped on the bed. "Things are not looking up for me, but maybe for you, it would," she said, looking at him. "I believe in you, Natsuki,"
That statement made Natsuki blush to the roots of his hair. It was a bit embarrassing to hear that from his sister who had been managing a mafia Intelligence Bureau—if his international government studies reminded him right about the comparison to Sentinella.
"Well…if it's not much of a bother…" Natsuki started, and Tsuna looked at him with interest, "Can you help me train for the inheritance? Ah! Since Reborn will be training Ryohei-san…"
Tsuna simply giggled. "You know, you don't have to ask that of me," she replied. "Because Reborn left me his lesson plan for the rest of the month!" she added as she showed him the list Reborn wrote. Natsuki had to stare in shock when he saw the line, 'Torture him in Namimori Mountain for a good one hour.'
Natsuki was about to protest on the outrageous lesson plan, but they were interrupted when Tsuna's phone rang.
Tsuna took it from her bedside table and raised a brow. "Huh? Kyouya?" she said before she answered it on speaker.
"Sawada Tsunarumi, why did you tell Alessandro to drop off Lambo Bovino in my care?!" a very angry Hibari Kyouya demanded.
It was so loud that Tsuna had to take the phone away slightly. It was the first time that Natsuki ever heard the head prefect shout, not to mention doing it to his own girlfriend.
"Now, now, calm down Kyouya. I had no choice! And besides, I-pin will take up most of his time," Tsuna replied, trying to placate the prefect.
"Tsunarumi, I have no idea what is going on in that head of yours anymore concerning this, but Lambo should have stayed with you," Kyouya said frustratingly.
"It would only be temporary. I knew that the First Thunder Guardian would not like his company, so I had to send him to a home where he could play with someone, so I sent him there since I-pin lives with you," Tsuna reasoned.
Silence reigned for a while as the prefect assessed her reasoning and the situation. After a few moments, he finally cracked. "Fine. But if that toddler gives me a problem, then you would be in trouble during our training." Tsuna had to wince at that.
"Alright. Thanks for reconsidering," Tsuna agreed.
"And another thing," Kyouya said, "Be sure to explain to me why my brother of all people, was chosen as a host after all this." He said before he hung up.
When the call was over, Tsuna sighed in relief, "Hah. I think he's mad…"
'You think he's mad?! Isn't that a little obvious from the moment he started to shout?' Natsuki thought.
Tsuna then turned back to Natsuki, "We'll have to deal with all this tomorrow. Since the Primo will be giving you your task as well,"
"Huh?" Natsuki exclaimed, but he remembered what the Primo said. His test was a different one. "What do you think it will be?" he wondered.
"Who knows? But if I have a hunch…you already know the task,"
"I know it?! But what could it be that involves the inheritance?"
Tsuna gave a pat at his head, "We'll just have to see. After all, I will help you with this until it ends,"
The reassuring smile she was wearing assured Natsuki that she will indeed, stick to him.
TBC
I might be gone for at least one or two weeks if the internet at my grandmother's area is good or bad, I won't know until I go. It would be frustrating not to update, but there are family situations I can't avoid. I'll try to update again as soon as I can.
I want you guys to honestly tell me if I'm really losing my touch in this fanfic. Because if I am losing it, I can revamp it if the need arises. I really want to finish this fic, but recently, no opinions of the recent chapters has come about, so I felt like all I'm doing is scraps…I know that it might sound a bit…well…insulting for myself, but I don't really think my writing skills are sharpened enough since I've gone haywire on October 2014.
-Cathy Rin
