Hey! Hi everyone! I'm so sorry I'm late with the updates. I hate school so much. Too much homework. And on top of that, I have to go to work so I barely even have time to finish my homework. And then my laptop goes and gets a virus! I really do have bad luck. BUT! It's mid-year exam week! Why am I excited to take 2 hour long tests? I'm not… But I'm happy that I get to leave school extra early because of it! :D Meaning, more time for writing! To bad I have to use my mom's computer. D:
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You guys don't know how happy I am to get so many reviews! I love you guys~! You are all so nice! Hooray for reviews~! And I finally got 100+ reviews! I'M SO HAPPY TO THE EXTREME! Okay enough of my ranting.
First, let me present to you my family~!
Sky Guardian: Me!
Mist Guardians: the-person-over-the-rainbow and yukari-desu!
Storm Guardians: CloudyDays12 and kuroitsubasa24!
Rain Guardian: Anonymous!
Cloud Guardians: EK12 and Sayaka Sakura!
…. It upsets me that I have yet to find a Sun and Lightning guardian….
But it's okay! We even have a name!
We are now –cue drumroll- the Scurare Famiglia~! Hooray~! Thank you very much to CloudyDays12 and her friend lightning587 for giving us a name~!
But I also want to know what the rest of you think? Do you like the name? I want a name that everyone can agree on so please let me know. ^_^
AND FINALLY, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO~ THE VOTES ARE ALL IN! AND HERE ARE THE RESULTS!
G.: 10
Alaude: 8
Daemon: 4
Asari: 3
Lampo: 1
Knuckles: 0
Poor Knuckles…. Sorry to those of you who wanted Alaude to go last. I wasn't counting who was going last so I couldn't really add those votes. Only the votes for who was going first. Sorry. But there you go~! Alaude is second! To be honest, I wanted Alaude to go last too but oh well~!
NOW ENOUGH OF THIS! ON WITH THE STORY!
Warning: A bit of OOCness. Mostly on Tsuna's part. After all, no parents living with them so I needed to make her a little more mature. Not too much though.
Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN ANYTHING! If I did, 1827 would be cannon even though I already consider it to be. ^_^
"Hi" = First Generation speaking out of dream
"Hi"/ 'Hi' = Dream / thoughts
"Hi" / 'Hi' = Regular / thoughts in dream
Chapter 9: Test of Patience
-Tsuna's Dream-
"na…"
Tsuna lay there in her dream world. She was asleep on a large fluffy white cloud. She could here a noise but chose to ignore it.
"Tsu…" There it was again. "una…"
Tsuna wondered what the noise was. She just wanted to sleep and the noise was distracting her.
"Tsuna…"
Giotto, who came to visit Tsuna in her dream again, tried his best to wake her up gently. He didn't want to force her awake. Then again, the person behind him was getting annoyed.
"Five…. more minutes…" Tsuna mumbled in her sleep.
Giotto sighed. He understood her ways. He himself loved to sleep and it was hard to wake him up once her was knocked out.
A certain redhead behind him wasn't so patient thought Actually, he was in a bad mood and his patience was wearing thin.
"Come on Tsuna. Wake up," Giotto said as he shook her shoulder a bit. He could sense his friend's anger slowly rising.
'I can hear you Giotto-san. I'll wake up in a bit,' Tsuna thought. She was just too tired. The host club is fun and all but now that they have the two new hosts, things got even crazier than usual. Lambo was annoying Gokudera and the bomber in return tried to blow him up. Yamamoto tried to calm them down which somehow seemed to irritate Gokudera even more. Then Ryohei would go and challenge Gokudera, anger him further, and finally resulting in them yelling at each other. Very loudly. Mukuro didn't help either. He would cast illusions on them, which further increased Gokudera's anger. The entire host room was now filled with yelling, screaming, crying (from Lambo) and explosions. In the end, Tsuna had to break them all up.
And to top off Tsuna's list of worries, Hibari still hadn't shown up to the host club and it's been almost three weeks. The only upside was that her arm was now fully healed again.
Meanwhile, Giotto was still trying to wake her up before his friend does.
"Come on Tsuna. You really need to wake up now," Giotto said.
"That's it," was all that was said before the sound of the safety being taken off of a gun was heard with a soft 'click' sound. He aimed right next to Tsuna's head. After all, he wanted to wake her up, not kill her.
"W-Wait! Don't shoot!" Giotto tried his best to calm down his best friend before anything bad happened.
Tsuna however, knew all to well that sound and her eyes shot open.
"HIIEEE! Don't shoot me Reborn-oji-san!" Tsuna immediately sat up to face two men that looked at her with both confusion and shock.
"So . . . That's all it takes to wake you up," Giotto said. What confused him more was that she seemed used to it.
"Che," the redhead beside him said.
"Ah! I'm sorry! Whenever I don't wake up on time, Reborn-oji-san shoots at me. It's pretty scary," she admitted. Giotto shivered but nodded in understanding. 'I know someone like that,' he thought as he glanced at his friend.
"Well Tsuna, now that you're awake, I'd like to introduce you to my best friend G.," Giotto said, gesturing to the redhead beside him.
Tsuna got up and bowed to him while introducing herself. She didn't know what it was but this G. reminded her of someone . . .
"G. is Gokudera's ancestor," Giotto explained, as is reading her mind.
'That's why he looks so familiar! He is Gokudera-kun's ancestor,' Tsuna thought. She looked carefully at G. The only differences were that G.'s hair was red –or pink. She wasn't sure- while Gokudera's was silver, and the style was a little different too. Tsuna still couldn't deny that it did look a bit, octopus-ish. Also, G.'s eyes were a reddish pink color while Gokudera's were green.
But what really caught her attention was the red flame tattoo on his right cheek and above his right eye. It was just so, interesting. If she looked closely, she could even see a bit of it on his neck. It made her wonder just how big the tattoo was.
She didn't really like tattoos. She was completely against the idea of Dino getting a tattoo but he got it anyway. In the end, she just decided to ignore it.
"What are you staring at?" G. glared at Tsuna. She snapped out off her daze and squeaked, quickly hiding behind Giotto to avoid getting hurt. If G. was anything like Gokudera, he was –as Ryohei would say- extremely violent. Not towards her of course but G. is another person. He doesn't know her, therefore, doesn't care about her. He almost shot her like Reborn does, and that was enough proof for Tsuna.
Giotto turned around to pat her head. He smiled at her and she cursed in her mind. It was that smile that could make her do anything he wanted. That freaking smile. She planned on learning that. Too bad she didn't know she already used it almost everyday on her friends.
"Don't worry Tsuna. He won't hurt you," Giotto said.
Tsuna slowly nodded and peeked from behind Giotto at G. True, something about G. seemed different from Gokudera. He definitely seemed calmer.
G. sighed. He really wasn't in a good mood.
"U-Um . . ." G. looked down at Tsuna who now stood directly in front of him.
"Yes?" G. tried his best to sound as nice as possible, which Tsuna noticed. 'No need to take it out on the little girl,' he thought.
"H-How may I help you G. -san?" Tsuna was curious as to what his request would be. It made her anxious. She really didn't want to do . . . that. (kiss)
"You know, just because I can't directly talk to him and he can't see me, doesn't mean I can't hear him. It's really annoying," G. said. Tsuna stood there confused about what he was talking about. "Just listening to him gives me a freaking headache. Damn brat," G. murmured.
Finally, Tsuna understood what he was talking about. 'He must be talking about Gokudera-kun's yelling,' she thought.
"So how can I help?"
"Test his patience. If he so much as argues, threatens, yells, gets in a fight, or blows anything up, he fails. I'm only asking for one day," G. said as he ran his fingers through his red hair. It took Tsuna a while to digest what he had told her and a few seconds later, she panicked.
"Hiiiee! How am I supposed to do that? !" Tsuna looked like she was about to rip out her own hair. Calming down Gokudera for a whole day was like calming down a starving lion; nearly IMPOSSIBLE!
"Like I know. Figure it out. He should listen to his precious Hime-sama right? I'll give you as many days as you need. Just hurry up and figure it out. I want some peace and quiet damn it," G. replied, completely turning around and walking away.
"G-Giotto-san, would you help me? This really won't be easy," Tsuna said as she turned to look at the blond. Giotto grinned sheepishly, understanding her problem since he could see and hear Gokudera through Tsuna's eyes and ears.
"Of course Tsuna. I'll be here giving you advice the entire time."
"Thank you," Tsuna replied with a smile.
-End Dream-
Soon, the scenery began to fade and consciousness began to come back to the brunette. She slowly opened her eyes but quickly closed them again and winced as the sunlight shined bright from the window beside her bed. Minutes in her dream seemed to be like hours in the real world. At least she didn't feel tired anymore.
She tried to open her eyes again and slowly adjusted to the sunlight. She turned to her alarm clock that lay on her bedside table.
7:00 a.m. She was lucky today was Saturday and she didn't have school. But, this was the usual time she woke up on the weekends.
She got out of bed and made her way down the stairs to the kitchen. Of course she fixed her teal colored pajamas first. The others may be family but that didn't mean she wasn't the only girl in the house. She still had to look decent around them. Of course I-Pin was a girl too but she didn't have much to worry about or hide. After all, she still took baths with her and Lambo. Tsuna herself didn't have much either but she wasn't exactly as flat as a board.
Tsuna sighed. She knew she would be the only one awake at this time. The latest we woke up during the weekend was 8 since she now had to do the cooking in the house. She had learned from her mom and anyone would argue that her cooking was almost as good. Not perfect like her mother's but close.
Lambo and I-Pin woke up at around 9 and knowing Dino, there was no telling what time he woke up. There was a possibility of him waking up at around 11 but either Reborn or the smell of food would get to him first.
The brunette girl sat at the table to think for a bit. She decided to start cooking later since it would only take a few minutes to cook and it would get cold if she started now. She decided to just make some omelets, rice, and sausages for breakfast. She'd have to make a lot since Lambo had a big appetite and would always try to take someone else's food. And she was right, Reborn would be coming at around 9 and try stealing her food.
For lunch, she decided to just ask the others later. Right now, she planned on taking a shower and getting dressed. It was now 7:30 so she had more than enough time. She left the kitchen and walked back up the stairs and into her room. She didn't stay in for long and simply grabbed her towel and a change of clothes. She decided to just wear her orange skirt that reached just above her knees and a white tank top with black vest.
-Time Skip-
Everything was ready. The table was set and the food was set out on the table for people to grab. The time was 8:59 a.m. Just a few more seconds the house would be its usual self. Chaotic.
"5. 4. 3. 2. 1."
"Gyuahahahahaha! Lambo-san is awake slaves!"
"Lambo bad! No screaming early in the morning!"
Well it was obvious Lambo and I-Pin woke up. For reasons Tsuna, nor anyone else understood, Lambo always seemed to wake up at exactly 9. And I-Pin, being a very light sleeper, would immediately wake up and scold him for yelling. It always happened without fail. The only one who was oblivious to this fact was Dino since he was a heavy sleeper. Sooner or Later, Reborn would show up and-
SLAM!
Never mind he's here.
"Dame-Tsuna you better have that food ready because I'm hungry. Now," Reborn said as he promptly slammed the door behind him with as much force as he opened it.
"Of course Reborn-oji-san. The food is ready. I'll go get Lambo and I-Pin," Tsuna said as she once again, began to make her way up the stairs.
"What about that idiot brother of yours?"
"You know it's hard to wake up Dino-nii. And he surprisingly didn't wake up from the smell of food this time," Tsuna said over her shoulder, stopping half way up the stairs.
"Unacceptable," Reborn replied as he swiftly made his way passed her up the stairs. Reborn didn't look like it, but he had a habit of eating with everyone at the table. Sometimes he would purposely leave someone asleep to get on their nerves and eat all of their food but that was when he was in a good mood. Obviously, he was not in a good mood. And that was rule number 3. Stay clear of Reborn when he was in a bad mood. If you thought Hibari was scary, then you haven't seen Reborn.
Tsuna made her way to the kids' room and they immediately jumped into her arms. Lambo was wearing his usual cow print pajamas and I-Pin was wearing her red pajamas. I-Pin was 5 just like Lambo but she didn't go to the host club. Instead, she practiced martial arts with Reborn's friend Fon. No one really minded. Fon was nice and very well respected and the fact that he was willing to teach I-Pin to defend herself was good too. He looked a lot like Hibari. The only differences were that his hair was longer and pulled into a braid, and his eyes were a very dark brown. Tsuna admitted he was handsome since he did look like Hibari's twin but she never felt anything for him other than a friend. For multiple reasons: such as it would be considered pedophilia and she liked Hibari.
"Tsuna-nee! Lambo-san is hungry!"
"Okay Lambo. Food is ready so lets go eat and then I'll give you and I-Pin a bathe," Tsuna responded; used to his obnoxious behavior.
"Tsuna-nee, what are we going to do today," I-Pin asked politely. She had a bit of a Chinese accent since she spent most of her time with Fon and he was Chinese. (A/N: I'm only guessing. I assume he is Chinese since his clothing looks Chinese and he often uses Chinese phrases.)
"What ever you want. I'm free today," Tsuna replied.
"Gyuahahaha! Lambo-san wants to go to the amusement park!"
"I-Pin wants to go too!"
Tsuna sighed. She really didn't have a choice in the matter. "Alright then. We'll go later. How about we even invite the other hosts and Fon?" 'This is my chance to get Gokudera to stay calm for a whole day,' Tsuna thought.
"Good idea Tsuna," Giotto said.
'Thanks Giotto-san,' Tsuna replied.
"Bakadera and Takeshi are coming!"
"Haoshou-sama!" (A/N: Yep. I found out exactly what I-Pin calls Fon. I know it means master but I always wondered how to spell it. I finally realized she is mixing Chinese and Japanese. Haoshou is Chinese for Master and the "sama" part is Japanese.)
"Alright. Now how about we go downstairs and have breakfast? I'll call everyone after," Tsuna said as she left the room with both children in her arms. On her way down the stairs, various gunshots, explosions, and cries of pain were heard.
"Wake up idiot!"
"Reborn! Argh! Are you trying to kill me? !"
"Get your ass up! NOW!"
"Gya! I'm sorry! Please don't kill me!"
More gunshots were heard and Tsuna was just happy she was out of the way before Dino came running and fell down the stairs, sliding down the last few steps and lying on the ground before the entrance. His clothes were in tatters, wrinkles, and burnt in a few places. Smoke was rising from him and it was obvious Reborn didn't spare him. It was even more obvious when Reborn walked down the stairs and stepped on Dino's head as he walked into the kitchen, not even hesitating in doing so.
'So evil,' Tsuna thought.
"Are you sure that's not the spawn of Satan?"
'More like Satan himself,' Tsuna replied to Giotto.
Tsuna placed the kids in their seats before going to help Dino get up and into the kitchen before Reborn came back for him.
Once everyone was seated, they quickly said their thanks and began to eat.
"Hello?"
"Good morning Yamamoto."
"Tsuna? Good morning! What's up?"
Breakfast was done, the kids were bathed and now playing in the living room with Reborn watching them as he polished his gun, and Dino was currently taking a shower and changing into unharmed clothes. Tsuna took the time to call the hosts and invite them to the amusement park.
"I was wondering if you wanted to go to the amusement park today? Lambo and I-Pin want to go and I was planning on calling the rest of the hosts too," Tsuna said.
On the other end, Yamamoto was thinking about his reply. 'I don't have practice. And the shop is closed today.' "Okay," he said with his usual cheerful voice.
Tsuna brightened up. "Great! Meet us at the entrance at 2!"
"Okay then! See you there Tsuna."
With that, the call ended and Tsuna started to call the rest of the hosts. The calls ranged from Gokudera almost crying from joy that his precious Hime-sama called him to invite him to the amusement park to hearing shouts of how EXTREME the day would be and how excited they were from Ryohei and Kyoko. Hana didn't sound too thrilled but agreed nonetheless and Haru was more than happy too join the group. Mukuro thought it was a date at first and started to flirt with her until Tsuna explained that more people were going. In the end, Chrome had to take over since Mukuro went to his emo corner to sulk about never having enough alone time with his precious Tsuna-chan.
Once all of the conversations were done, it was about 11:30. That gave her more than enough time to make snacks for everyone. A picnic wouldn't hurt right? Dino came down the stairs in a simple pair of gray jeans and a black t-shirt.
"I see everyone is invited. Aren't you going to call Kyoya," Dino asked as he reached the kitchen. Almost immediately, Tsuna's happy mood vanished and she looked almost depressed, an expression that really didn't fit her. Dino didn't notice this though and continued. "Speaking of Kyoya, he hasn't been to the Host Club for a while. I wonder what's up."
"A-Ah. Yeah. I wonder," Tsuna started. Dino finally took notice of Tsuna's depression and gave a worried expression.
"Did something happen?" Almost instantly Dino emitted a demanding aura practically promising pain if he didn't like the answer. Tsuna, noticing said aura, tried to calm her brother down.
"I-It's nothing! Really. I-I just didn't t-think he would want to come anyway. S-Since he does h-hate crowding and all. A-Anyway! What do you want me to bring for lunch? I was thinking of having a picnic," Tsuna said in an attempt to try and change the subject.
"Tsuna," Dino started. "Please don't lie to me."
"I . . . I just-"
"Just tell him Tsuna," Giotto suggested.
'B-But. I don't want to make the situation worse,' Tsuna thought.
"Trust me. He will help," Giotto reassured her.
Tsuna sighed. She really didn't have a choice. She sat down at the table and motioned for Dino to do the same. She continued to explain everything that happened between her and Hibari. She hesitated about mentioning the part when she accidentally told Hibari she hated him but told it anyway after some persuasion from Giotto.
"Tsuna why didn't you tell me?"
"Because I was scared," Tsuna replied.
"It's been nearly 3 weeks. Is this why Kyoya only comes to the Host Club when you aren't there?"
"P-Probably . . ."
Tsuna looked like she was about to cry so Dino decided it was time to give her a hug.
"I'm inviting Kyoya and we are solving this problem," Dino said.
"B-But-"
"No buts," Dino interrupted her. Tsuna nodded and went to go make snacks. Dino left the room to call Hibari.
"Oh! I almost forget!" Tsuna power walked –since she can't run- into the living room. "Reborn-oji-san, can you call Fon-san," Tsuna asked. Reborn stopped petting Leon, his pet chameleon, and looked at her questioningly.
"Why would I do that," Reborn asked.
"Because I-Pin wants him to go to the amusement park with us," Tsuna replied.
"Why would he want to do that?"
"Because he is a nice person."
"How come I wasn't invited?" Reborn faked looked hurt, which Tsuna immediately noticed and ignored.
"I did invite you. But you were in too bad of a mood earlier to listen," Tsuna replied.
"Well then, I'm going. And I'll call Fon," Reborn replied, taking out his phone and looking through his contacts.
"Thanks Reborn-oji-san," Tsuna said as she went back to the kitchen.
Lambo, who heard the whole conversation, decided to try and annoy Reborn, who he considered his rival.
"Eww! Reborn is coming? But you're so old~," Lambo said mockingly. Reborn felt a vein pop and he covered his eyes with his fedora.
"What did you call me brat?"
"Old~! Old~! You are so old~! Geezer," Lambo taunted him as he shook his butt in Reborn's direction.
Reborn put down his phone and Leon transformed into a gun. "That's it brat."
He aimed his gun at Lambo who had yet to notice since he was still shaking his butt at him. He noticed when he turned his head to stick his tongue out at his uncle that he had a shiny green gun pointed directly at him. That was when he started to shake.
"You little brat," Reborn started with his shoulders shaking and head down. Lambo turned pale at the sight and slowly backed away from him. He could practically see the killing intent coming from the man!
"Don't. Call. Me. OLD!" Multiple gunshots and cries for help were heard from the living room. I-Pin went running into the kitchen and hid behind Tsuna's leg muttering things like, "There is a demon in the living room," and "That was really scary."
Tsuna sighed knowing all too well what was going on. Lambo pissed off Reborn by calling him old. Simple.
"I'M 38 NOT 80 YOU DAMN BRAT!"
And more explosions and gunshots were heard. Their parents were going to go crazy will the repair bills.
"LAMBO-SAN DOESN'T WANT TO DIE!"
"What a lovely household," Giotto commented.
'Oh yeah. You never get bored here,' Tsuna replied sarcastically.
"Kyoya what happened?"
"None of your business herbivore."
Dino was currently in the process of trying to get Hibari to explain his side of the story. So far, it wasn't working.
"Tsuna told me everything," Dino said.
From where he was, Hibari tensed at the reminder. For some reason, it hurt. His heart hurt and he didn't know why. That reason alone irritated him. He didn't have feelings for the small herbivore so why did it care what she thought? A lot of people hated him!
"What you do does not concern me," Hibari replied.
"Come on Kyoya at least try and work it out! You know Tsuna didn't mean it," Dino tried to reason with him.
"Hn," was Hibari's intelligent reply.
"At least try and talk to her! My little Tsu-chan has been depressed! Oh! Come to the amusement park with us," Dino suggested. That would be the perfect place to settle the argument!
"I refuse."
"Wha? ! Why? !"
"I refuse to crowd with herbivores."
"You have to get over that at some point! Just come! It will be fun! Tsuna is cooking and everyone else is going too!"
"Goodbye."
"Wait! No! Kyoya! Don't hang up the pho- He hung up . . ."
Dino sighed. Getting Hibari to listen was harder than he had expected.
-at the amusement park- (This is where the trial will begin)
Instead of meeting at the amusement park entrance like Tsuna told them, they all met up at her house at 1. They all walked to the station where they too the train to the amusement park. Everyone, meaning Gokudera, Yamamoto, Ryohei, Kyoko, Haru, Hana, Mukuro, Chrome, and Fon walked with her along with Dino, Lambo, I-Pin, and Reborn. Tsuna didn't complain because she had more people to help her carry all of the food she made. There were at least 4 lunch boxes filled with food. Not to mention the sushi Yamamoto brought and the food Kyoko and Haru made. Translation: They were going to have a feast.
It was a miracle that Fon managed to come on short notice. The reason being that once Reborn finally stopped attacking Lambo, he was in too bad of a mood to call. Instead, he kept mumbling "Thirty-eight is not old," and Lambo was shaking in a corner and muttering things like, "I'm sorry," "Please don't kill me," and "Lambo-san doesn't want to meet Satan again."
Tsuna had to call Fon and ask him herself. He agreed to come without hesitation and was actually the first to show up. Next was Gokudera who accidentally confused Fon for Hibari and almost threatened to kill him. Tsuna couldn't have that. So she immediately put her plan into action. Another trick Dino showed her called, Puppy Dog Eyes. One look at her and you had no choice but to obey. Gokudera, being as loyal as he is, turned a bright red and immediately apologized and promised not to start any trouble. When Yamamoto showed up, Gokudera was barely able to restrain himself from insulting the baseball lover. The conversation went like this:
"Yo! I knew everyone would show up here instead! Haha!"
"You baseball id-"
"Gokudera-kun."
"Please forgive me Hime-sama!"
"Whoa! Gokudera didn't call me an idiot today! It's a miracle right Tsuna?"
"Hey! Don't be so friendly with Hime-sama or I'll b-"
"Gokudera-kun."
"I'm so sorry Hime-sama! I don't deserve your kindness!"
"Hiiee! Gokudera-kun please don't bang your head on the cement!"
Now that that was over, they had all bought their tickets and were walking into the amusement park.
"Okay everybody, gather around. I'm decided the groups," Reborn called out.
"Eh? Groups? I didn't know we were going to have any," Dino said.
"Neither did I," Tsuna admitted.
"That's because I just decided this," Reborn replied. There was a chorus of "Ooooh" before everyone quieted down and let the man with the curly sideburns speak.
Out of nowhere, Reborn pulled out a large blackboard with everyone's names and groups written on it. Where he got it from no one knows.
"Okay. Here are the groups. Tsuna, Lambo, Gokudera, Haru, and Yamamoto are Group 1. Dino, Hana, Kyoko, and Ryohei are Group 2. Finally, Fon, I-Pin, and I are Group 3. Any problems?"
"How come your group is the smallest," Dino asked.
"Multiple reasons. For example, if I get stuck with that stupid cow I will kill him. Fon and I are the oldest. And I-Pin doesn't annoy me," were Reborn's reasons.
"Okay. But why am I not with Tsuna," Dino whined.
"Because I said so now deal with it. We will meet in the garden just outside the amusement park in one hour. All of the food is in a locker I reserved. Now get moving before I shoot you all," Reborn said as he raised his Leon gun for emphasis. Everyone took the threat and ran off with their groups.
"Was it really necessary to scare them like that," Fon asked as he stood next to Reborn with I-Pin in his arms.
"Completely," Reborn stated as he began to walk away, knowing that Fon would follow.
-With Group 1- Tsuna, Gokudera, Yamamoto, Haru, and Lambo (I purposefully put people that annoy Gokudera the most in the same group. Not counting Ryohei because then the group would have been too big.)
'I hope this was a good idea,' Tsuna thought.
"Of course it is Tsuna! This is perfect. Nearly everyone that annoys Gokudera, not including Ryohei, is here! This is a perfect way to test his patience," Giotto replied.
'That's the problem! It will be harder to keep him calm now,' Tsuna argued.
"Well it wouldn't really be a challenge if it's that easy now would it," Giotto stated. Tsuna could just imagine him pouting.
'Let's just get this over with,' Tsuna thought. She sighed and Gokudera immediately began to fuss over her.
"Hime-sama! Are you okay? Are you tired? Would you like to sit down?"
"Gokudera-kun I'm okay. Really," Tsuna reassured with a smile. Gokudera instantly calmed down and turned away from her, a blush visible on his face not that Tsuna noticed. She was too busy cheering in her mind. 'Yes! I got the hang of that smile! Now I have the same power as Giotto-san!'
"Eh? What power," Giotto asked, trying as best he could to sound like he had no idea what she was talking about.
'As if you don't know,' Tsuna replied.
Giotto sighed. Now she had another weapon to use other than her puppy dog eyes. Just perfect.
"Lambo-san wants to go on the roller coaster," Lambo shouted as he jumped up and down in Tsuna's arms.
"O-Okay." 'I can't watch Gokudera-kun there,' Tsuna inwardly panicked. "U-Um. Haru-chan you guys go and take Lambo with you," Tsuna said.
"Hahi? Aren't you coming Tsuna-chan?" Haru started whining about how she wanted Tsuna to come with her. Gokudera and Yamamoto also complained about how she should come.
"I'm sorry but I can't. If I do I might get an asthma attack from all the screaming and it won't be easy to pull out my inhaler there. Plus, with my heart condition, (A/N: Refer to chapter 7 if you forget) it would be a bad idea to go on the roller coaster," Tsuna explained. Yamamoto and Haru sighed and nodded knowing all too well her condition. Gokudera however, was still new to all of this and didn't know.
"What heart condition? Hime-sama are you sick," Gokudera asked worriedly.
"Well, three years ago Tsuna had a heart attack. She was forced to stay in the hospital for two years. She just got out last year. I don't know too much about what happened since I didn't know her at the time," Yamamoto explained to him.
"That's right! It was really scary and everyone was really worried when she suddenly collapsed in the middle of recess in school. Kyoko-chan, Hana-chan, and I were the ones that called the teacher to help," Haru continued.
"I knew about your asthma but I didn't know about that! Hime-sama please be careful! If you want, I'll stay here with you incase anyone tries to harass you," Gokudera declared.
"T-That's okay Gokudera-kun! You don't have to! I'm fine now see? There is absolutely nothing to worry about. I'll be fine on my own. Please go have fun in my place," Tsuna said with a smile.
Gokudera stuttered a bit at the smile but kept protesting, along with everyone else, except for Lambo who was too busy whining about how he wanted to go to the roller coaster. It took a few more smiles, reassuring words, and finally, the puppy dog eyes to get them to listen to her. It took a few more (one more) puppy dog eyes to convince Gokudera to listen to Haru and to not argue, threaten, insult, or hurt anyone, specifically Lambo since he would start a scene.
After all of that, Tsuna sighed and sat down at a nearby bench. Hopefully Gokudera would listen and Haru wouldn't go overboard.
-With Haru, Gokudera, Yamamoto and Lambo-
"Gyuhahaha! Bakadera can't do anything to Lambo-san 'cause Tsuna-nee said so~," Lambo teased. Gokudera was seething but tried his best to stay calm. He couldn't let his precious Hime-sama down. He just couldn't!
"Y-Yeah. Whatever," Gokudera replied.
"Whoa! Nice job Dera-kun! Way to stay calm," Yamamoto said as he placed his hand on Gokudera's shoulder.
"Who said you could call me 'Dera-kun' huh?"
"Well we are friends right," Yamamoto asked.
"Hah? Who ever sai-"
"Gokudera-san! Remember what Tsuna-chan said," Haru interrupted. Gokudera tensed at the reminded and forced himself to calm down.
"Tch. Whatever. Call me whatever you want," the silver haired teen said as he moved with the line they were currently waiting in.
'This is going to be a long day,' Gokudera thought.
-With Tsuna-
Tsuna was in the middle of having a conversation in her mind with Giotto and G.
"Good work Tsuna. So far, Gokudera hasn't misbehaved," Giotto said.
'Yeah. I'm still worried though. He argues a lot with Haru, Lambo, and Yamamoto though. I wonder if it was okay to leave them,' Tsuna thought.
"Well you didn't really have another choice now did you," Giotto replied.
"Che. Stop worrying so much. I can hear everything he is saying remember. The brat is doing fine so far. The other girly brat is making sure of that," G. reassured.
'Girly brat? You mean Haru? They aren't fighting?'
"Nope. Whenever he tries, the girl reminds him of his promise and he immediately shuts up. He's as loyal as a dog," G. replied.
"See? I told you it would be fine Tsuna," Giotto said.
'I know. I know. You're right,'Tsuna answered.
"Hey cutie! You alone? You should come with us," a guy said. Said guy along with his group of friends looked 16, maybe 17 and they didn't look friendly. They all looked like thugs and were much, much, taller than Tsuna. Not that that was unusual since almost everyone was.
"N-No thank you," said Tsuna. She got up from her seat on the bench and began to walk away until a hand grabbed her forearm and forcefully pulled her back. Tsuna stumbled back into a hard chest and tensed at the contact. She did not like where this was going.
"Don't worry. We'll take good care of you," one said as the others snickered.
-With Dino, Kyoko, Hana, and Ryohei-
"So, were do you guys want to go next?" Dino walked in front of everyone else. He had a bad feeling at it was bothering him. But he couldn't tell what it was.
"I extremely suggest we go to the roller coaster," said Ryohei, surprisingly quietly. That wasn't a good sign.
"Whatever. There are too many little kids here," Hana replied. She was glaring at any child that came close to her. Kyoko giggled at her friend's response.
"Come on lighten up Hana-chan. We are supposed to have fun today remember?"
"Fine," said the wavy haired girl. They turned a corner and walked in the direction of the roller coaster, only to stop when something caught their attention.
A girl: with brown, messy hair, orange skirt, Surrounded by a group of mean looking guys, looking like she was on the verge of shedding tears. That could only be one person.
"Tsuna!" Dino screamed as he ran toward his little sister. Was no one kind enough to help a defenseless girl anymore? There were a large number of people yet none of them took the time to help her. That, pissed the blond off.
Dino stopped and stood protectively in front of Tsuna who was released once Dino's scream was heard. "Don't you dare touch her," Dino screamed at them.
"Oh yeah? And who are you? Her boyfriend or something," one of the guys asked sarcastically.
"She's my little sister idiot. Now go before something bad happens," Dino replied.
"Oh so you're the overprotective big brother huh? What are you gonna do? Call your mom on me," another boy taunted.
"No need," Dino stated. He relaxed his position and stood casually in front of Tsuna. He grabbed her hand and began to walk away. "Come on Tsuna. Let's go."
"Hold it! Where do you thi-" The guy, who was probably the leader, started but was interrupted by a bullet grazing his cheek.
"I suggest you get moving before the next bullet doesn't purposely miss the back of you head," a menacing voice said from behind the group. The thugs turned around to face a tall man in a black suit wearing a fedora . . . with a green gun without a safety in his hands. He had an almost visible aura of killing intent coming from him. Beside him was another tall man in red, Chinese attire, with a smile that seemed almost too kind.
"Reborn-san. Usually I would advice you to be merciful but, I don't really feel like it today." The Chinese man said.
"I wasn't planning on listening even if you said so Fon," replied Reborn with a smirk.
Dino took this time to speak up. "I told you something bad would happen," he said.
All bullies left running and screaming apologies. "Seriously. Not one peaceful moment with you people," Reborn muttered.
"Tsuna-chan! Are you okay?"
"Yeah Sawada. Did they hurt you in anyway?"
Tsuna, who was pulled away from Dino by Kyoko and Hana, was now being hugged as if her life depended on it.
"I-I'm sorry for worrying everyone. Thank you very much for helping me," Tsuna said as she hugged them back.
"It's okay Tsuna," Dino said as he patted her head.
"That was EXTREME," yelled Ryohei.
Everyone laughed until Tsuna interrupted.
"U-Um . . . Has anyone seen Mukuro or Chrome?"
"Now that you mention it, where is Chrome-chan," Kyoko asked.
"Did they have a group?" Dino looked towards Reborn who shook his head.
"I forgot about those two," he admitted.
"Kufufufu. Glad to see we were missed."
Mukuro's voice rang around them as they were surrounded by mist. After a while, it cleared to reveal Mukuro and Chrome with . . . a lot of prizes.
"Where were you two," asked Hana.
"Mukuro-sama and I went to the haunted house to scare people after Reborn-san put the food in the locker," Chrome explained.
"Poor children," Dino mumbled under his breath.
"Excuse me?"
"Nothing!"
"Kufufufu. Good. Now how about we go eat? It's been an hour and frankly, I'm starving," Mukuro said.
At that moment, everyone's stomach growled and they all blushed with embarrassment. Everyone except Reborn who covered his face with his fedora.
"Where are the other idiots," Reborn asked.
"Roller coaster," Tsuna replied.
"Why didn't you go," Mukuro asked.
"I can't go on roller coasters. It's bad for my health," Tsuna explained.
"Ah yes. The heart condition," Mukuro said.
At that moment, three teens and a cow child came running towards them. Their hair was messier than Tsuna's.
"Hime-sama! I'm glad to see you're okay," Gokudera yelled as he approached the group.
"How was the ride," Tsuna asked them.
"It was great desu~! Haru screamed her lungs out," Haru exclaimed while throwing her arms in the air and screaming for emphasis.
"Haha! It was really fun!" Yamamoto came running behind them with Lambo on his shoulders, who was shaking.
"Did Lambo have fun?"
"G-Gotta . . . stay calm . . ."
"I'll take that as a no," Tsuna sighed. Everyone else began laughing and soon, there were walking to the lockers to get their food and go to the garden. During that time, Haru explained to Tsuna Gokudera's behavior, which she was happy to hear, was good. Gokudera sat surprisingly quietly beside Tsuna, though is arms were shaking, indicating that he was holding back his irritation.
"I'm glad everything is working well," Giotto said.
'It almost seems too easy,' Tsuna thought.
"Don't get your hopes up yet. It's only half way through the day and the brat looks like he's about to explode," said G.
'You have a point. Good thing he wasn't there when those guys showed up. He would have gone crazy,' Tsuna replied.
"We got lucky I guess, Giotto said.
-Meanwhile-
The group of thugs kept running until they were out of breath. Everyone knew of Reborn's reputation. It was said that he used to be a hitman. Why else would he have so many guns?
The group rounded a corner and into an alleyway.
"Damn Reborn. Getting in the way of our fun. We could have gotten such a cute girl too," one of the guys whined.
"And that guy in the Chinese clothes next to him looked familiar too," another commented.
"Yeah but there's no way that could have been Hibari. He was smiling! Hibari never smiles like that," the third said.
"Those punks really piss me off. Who do they think they are anyway? Especially that Hibari: walking around like he owns the place. I really just wanna beat the crap outta him," the leader said.
"Herbivores," said a menacing voice from in front of them. All of them looked up to see complete darkness.
"Who said that! Show yourself," the leader called out. The saw something shiny before a figure stepped into the light. Their eyes widened as they saw the rave haired boy. "H-Hibari-san!"
"So. You herbivores want to beat the crap out of me huh," Hibari said. The group of thugs started shaking until the leader spoke up, with an evil grin on his face.
"Yeah. It's eight against one. What are you gonna do?"
"Hn," was the raven's only reply before he sped past the leader. He slammed his tonfa into the side of another's head and looked at the leader with amusement in his eyes. "Now there are only seven herbivores," he said before another came and tried to punch his face. Hibari ducked right before the fist hit him and slammed a tonfa into the man's side, throwing him into the wall directly beside him. "Seven left."
"W-What the . . . We didn't do anything to you," the leader exclaimed as he watched his men go down one by one.
After beating everyone, Hibari turned to the leader and glared at him. "First, you were crowding. Second, you challenged me. And third, you tried to take what is mine. For that, you will pay," the raven said before he ran to the leader and connected his tonfa with the leaders head, successfully knocking him out and throwing him at the wall. He proceeded to literally kick them into a pile. A pile of bloodied unconscious bodies. Hibari glared at them one last time before swinging his tonfa to get the blood off of it before it dried.
He left the alley as if nothing happened and continued to walk around, making sure no one he knew saw him.
"It's 6 o'clock. We have time for a few more rides," Reborn said. The groups had long been forgotten and everyone just walked together. Well, I-Pin and Fon heard about a martial arts tournament and went to join, Ryohei want to watch (and most likely join) a boxing match, and everyone else was just walking around. Tsuna stayed in between the two groups. For some reason, the boys were walking on the left and the girls on the right, even though they were still close to each other. Tsuna stayed in between because she needed to keep and eye on Gokudera but she still wanted to talk to her friends.
Even during her conversation with the girls, Tsuna could hear Lambo provoking Gokudera and Yamamoto laughing it off. Tsuna sighed at their antics. She made it her priority to make sure Gokudera didn't say or do anything bad: so when he tried to hit Lambo on the head, Tsuna called out his name and he immediately but reluctantly stopped.
"Glad to see the day went well," G. said.
"I agree. This are working so well," Giotto replied.
'This day has been crazy. I'm so tired,' Tsuna stated.
"Hime-sama! What ride do you want to go on? You've barely been on anything today," Gokudera said.
"Yeah Tsuna-chan. You pick," Hana suggested.
"Shut it tur-"
"Gokudera-kun."
"Please forgive me Hime-sama!"
Tsuna sighed. It was definitely a long day. She thought for a moment. What rides could she go on?
"Hmmm . . . How about the bumper cars?"
"Great! Let's go their then," Dino cheered as he grabbed Tsuna's hand and led them all to the bumper cars. The lady running the machines looked curiously at the large group. It wasn't everyday a huge group of 11 came all at once to the ride. Let alone such good looking people. She didn't know that they were actually missing a few.
Since the amusement park was closed to closing, the line was empty. They were immediately allowed and they sat two to a car.
Tsuna sat with Dino at the wheel in car number 27. Yamamoto and Gokudera, who was complaining about not being able to sit with his Hime-sama, sat in car number 80 with Yamamoto as the driver. Kyoko and Hana paired up in car 95, leaving Haru and Lambo in car 86 since Hana refused to be paired with a "snot nosed brat." Mukuro and Chrome, as usual, sat together in car 69 with Mukuro as the driver. Reborn was the only one who had the luxury of sitting by himself in car 1 (I just gave him a random number since he doesn't have one). Why the numbers on the cars were so random, no one knew or felt like asking why. They just allowed the lady to start the cars and let them bump into each other.
Dino bumped into Mukuro who in turn, collided with the back of Hana and Kyoko's car. Hana, having nowhere to go but forward, charged into Yamamoto's car. Yamamoto and Gokudera's car went spinning and almost hit Reborn's car that dodged by bumping into Haru and Lambo. All in all, it was a complete mess.
Gokudera was cursing under his breath for being paired up with Yamamoto. When Yamamoto aimed to hit Tsuna's car, Gokudera took the wheel out of his hand and rammed the car into Haru's car. Haru started yelling at him and Gokudera was tempted to yell back until he remembered the promise he made Tsuna that day. Only a few more hours and the day would be done. He would finally be able to go crazy to his heart's content.
Once the chaos at the bumper cars was over, (Reborn was the winner since he bumped into the most people and avoided being bumped into) the group met up with I-Pin, Fon, and Ryohei again. They continued onto other rides such as the merry-go-round, (only the girls went since Lambo and I-Pin wanted to go) and the haunted house. Mukuro took this to his advantage and terrorized everyone with the help of Chrome. Tsuna screamed and ran screaming, which resulted in her having to take out her inhaler. Everyone was around her asking if she was okay and she simply smiled up at them, reassuring them that it was nothing serious. They glared at Mukuro for being careless though.
The day ended at around 8 when everyone arrived back in Namimori. Everyone split up and was on their way back home.
"Well, looks like you made it," G said.
"Congrats Tsuna! I knew you could do it," Giotto added.
'Thanks guys. I'm just glad this day is finally over. Wait, G. -san. You can finally talk to Gokudera-kun right?'
"Yeah. I think I'll go scare him now," G. said. After that, he completely stopped responding.
"I guess he really went," said Giotto.
'Yeah. I wonder what Gokudera-kun will think. Now that I think about it, can you guys appear here? I mean, outside of my dreams and my mind,' Tsuna asked.
" . . . Now that I think about it . . . Yes. We can," Giotto replied.
'That's cool. Maybe that's what G. -san will do,' said Tsuna.
"I would but it would be weird. Not only you but also everyone would be able to see me. I mean, they can't hear me, but they can see me. The thing is though, they can't see us in their dreams or hear us. So what's the point of showing up outside of their minds," Giotto replied.
Tsuna nodded to herself. 'Then once everyone meets, they will be able to hear you,' Tsuna concluded.
"Correct," Giotto started. "Although, if I showed up now, Dino would probably be able to hear me. Even the kids. For some odd reason, I think it's only my group of friends and I that have this problem."
'Strange. Oh well. I wonder who is next,' Tsuna thought.
"Who knows when they will show up," Giotto said.
-Somewhere else-
Gokudera was just entering his apartment. He took of his shoes and put a small plastic bag on the counter. He had just gone to the convenience store to get some dinner and some snacks. He sat down at a small desk and began reading.
"You know, when you aren't being an annoying little brat, you're actually tolerable to be around," a voice said in his head.
"What the-. Who said that? ! Show yourself!"
Gokudera looked around the room but found no one there. He was sure he had locked the door and the windows. Plus, who would be so much of an idiot to sneak into his apartment?
He got up and continued to look in every place he could think of. He looked in the closet and even the cabinets but no one was there. He pulled out a few sticks of dynamite. If the person wouldn't come out, he would threaten to blow the place up. Simple.
"Come out before I blow the place up!"
"Che. So damn annoying," the voice said. Before Gokudera, a red flame appeared revealing a tall man with red hair and a large flame tattoo.
"Who are you and what are you doing here? !"
"Calm down. Damn cocky brat," he muttered. "My name is G. I am you ancestor so be respectful."
Gokudera shot G. a glare. 'He can't be serious right?' Gokudera thought.
"I am completely serious. If you want, you can ask Tsuna yourself," G. replied as he read Gokudera's mind.
"What the- Wait a minute! How do you know Hime-sama? !" Gokudera completely ignored the fact that someone strange was in his house.
"Idiot. Stop screaming you're giving me a headache. Tsuna is fine. If it wasn't for her I wouldn't even be able to talk to you right now," G. explained.
"What are you talking about," Gokudera asked.
"I'm saying that today was your test. I told her to test your patience. Meaning that promise you made to her today was part of it. And surprisingly enough, you passed. Congrats," said G.
Gokudera's eyes sparkled with admiration. "Hime-sama is so amazing!"
"At least I wasn't stuck with Lampo's kid. Knowing that selfish brat he's probably the worst," G. muttered under his breath.
-a few days later in Tsuna's dream-
"Hey Tsuna! Wake up," Giotto exclaimed.
Tsuna murmured in her sleep but didn't wake up. Too bad G. wasn't there to wake her up. The only problem was, even though the person beside him had a lot of patience, it wasn't enough. They had been trying to wake the girl up for almost half an hour!
"Giotto. If this girl doesn't wake up now I will arrest her," the taller man beside the blond said.
Giotto paled. G. was his best friend so he wasn't afraid of him. This man was another story though! There was no way Giotto could argue against him without getting at least a few bruises.
"Hehe . . . I'll get her up! Just don't do anything!"
Giotto took a deep breath and got closer to Tsuna. His head was beside her ear and it looked like he was about to whisper something to her.
" . . . TSUNA WAKE UP!"
"HIIEE!"
Tsuna's head shot up and hit Giotto's forehead. Both clutched their heads in pain and muttered a sorry to each other. The tall man that stood behind Giotto just looked at them through impassive eyes.
"Hn," he said.
Tsuna's eyes widened. There was only one person she knew that did that. Two but Reborn usually did when he had something up his sleeve. This one sound annoyed more like –
"Hibari-san?"
Tsuna looked up to see a tall man, a bit disappointed that it wasn't Hibari but also a bit relieved. But she was surprised to say the least.
The tall man looked down at her and caught her stare. He had platinum blond hair and ice blue, narrow eyes. He wore a buttoned up dark gray trench coat and slacks. If it weren't for the hair and eye color, Tsuna would have thought it was Hibari.
"Tsuna, meet Alaude. He is Hibari's ancestor. Alaude, meet Tsuna"
DONE! TADA~!
Let me just start by saying that is by far, the LONGEST CHAPTER I HAVE WRITTEN! HOORAY~!
Lol Sorry for the long wait. Final exam week ended today and I've been working on this chapter since Friday. True story.
Well, I hope you can forgive me for making you wait so long. Also, until I can think of a favor Alaude would ask, I'm going to start writing another side story. Some people have been asking me to put up Gokudera's test answers so that's what the next chapter is going to be. After that, will be Alaude's trial. Think of these as the First Generation trials from the show. Except less fighting. And Tsuna is in charge of making sure that it works without her friends noticing.
So, look forward to Gokudera's test answers and I'll try my best to upload them as soon as possible! Until then~!
Ciao ciao~!
