Eccentric the Unique Maiden: Alright everyone, the moment you all have been waiting for; the confrontation between our two heroes had finally shown itself in this chapter! Hazaah! I am not sure if it is to your satisfactory actually so I hope I did well. I know, I know some of you people wanted to see some Shadow Games between Reborn and Yami but it won't be reveal until later chapters. So be content on what you have for now cause I am working on that Shadow Games, so don't you worry about that. And to those people who love to give me suggestions on how our characters would meet or interacted to one another I wanted to say thank you for the ideas, it really helped me. To be honest, I was actually stumped everytime I am on the verge on writing this. I hate it when it happens. But I emerge from the depths of Writer Blocks and survive!

Enjoy my friends who loves to encourage me to continue on writing this, enjoy.

Disclaimer: I. Don't. Own. It. Damn it!

Warnings: wrong spellings, wrong grammar, and shonen-ai.


Tuna Meets Starfish

By: Eccentric theUnique Maiden

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Chapter nine: For the First Time

"Tsu-kun?" Yuugi looked confuse for a moment before he became thoughtful. Yami, who was silent for awhile, became to recognize the name, the very same name were this two people had been talking about that early morning.

"Is this part of the letter, mom?" Yuugi asked finding that he couldn't put his finger on that name, he felt the familiarity of it but couldn't quite place a face on that name.

Yuuna nodded and seeing that her son couldn't remember made her sad. Her son's traumatic experience buried that particular memory deep into his mind. With a little nudge she might bring forth that memory with a bit of recognition into those blank eyes.

"Here, Yuu-chan you might read this before I proceed to explain things for you." She handed the letter first before later explaining her son about who Tsu-kun is.

"Okay." Yuugi took the letter and read it with his eyes only. Both Yuugi and Yami we're surprise on what was written.

"So, mom they are coming here? Soon?" Yuugi stared at his mother clearly looking quite surprise at this.

"Yes, they are." She nodded her head vigoriously and give her son a happy smile. "And now that you've read it I will tell you who Tsu-kun is."

"This is big news mom." Yuugi mumbles placing the letter on to his lap, feeling numb.

Ignoring this Yuuna started to explaine, "Tsu-kun's full name is Tsunayoshi Sawada. He is your childhood friend. When you were six years old, me and my best friend, Nana Sawada who is the mother of Tsu-kun, were planning on meeting each other for the first time at Namimori Park. Namimori is the place where Nana-chan and Tsu-kun lives. This is also the first time you met Tsu-kun."

"Namimori?" Yuugi said as he heard her mother's story.

"The both of you became the best of friends instantly! We planned on continuing the meetings for awhile every summer. Sometimes we would take turns on visitng each other like for example; I was the first to come to Namimori for a week then next week it is Nana-chan's turned to visit Domino for another week and so on and so forth." Yuuna said happily at the memory. "But," she frowned, "when you turned eight it all changes."

Knowing what she meant Yuugi remaind silent.

"There's this incident that stopped all the meetings altogether, for it was because I was afraid." She said. "That incident were the puzzle reacted negatively around Tsu-kun."

Yuugi reared back as if he had been stung. "What?"

"It was three days after your eight birthday, it was my turn to take you to Namimori with grandfather, who wished to see Namimori for first time. The puzzle was still in pieces, correct?"

Seeing the nod she continued, "Well according to my observation Tsu-kun touched one of the puzzle pieces and all went wrong. We went up to Tsu-kun's room, me, Nana-chan and your grandfather," Solomon's face darkens at that particular memory. "And what we saw brought horror into our hearts."

"You we're covered in b-blood." Yuuna's voice cracked before she gulped and said with fear in her eyes. "And Tsu-kun was crying hysterically, mumbling about monsters in the shadows. He was traumatized and I won't be surprise if he forced that memory into the back of his mind to forget everything what happened."

"And why is he coming here right now, since you told me that we haven't seen each other for eight years." Yuugi was silent as he let Yami take over his mouth for awhile as he speaks, trying to put a mask on his face to try to hide what he was feeling. The only person that knows what he was feeling was his spirit Yami.

"When you came back from your trip to California you were sick with an illness." She said coldly knowing when she first heard that word she knew it meant trouble.

Yuugi stiffens but remained silent.

"And I want him to help you recover that." She said, her eyes hard. "Tsu-kun is the only boy that is close to you and the only person that I can trust with on helping you heal."

"That's why I asked Nana-chan to bring Tsu-kun here in Domino, to help you."

Yuugi closed his eyes wanting to forget everything what he just heard. It was his and his Yami's problem, they don't need help from this! Yuugi frowns as he opens his eyes to stare at his mother.

"Mom, this is my problem and Yami's. I don't want anyone involving into this! I have enough when my friends risked their lives just to help me on one of my adventuries and I don't want another one to risk their own for it!" Yuuna was taken aback at Yuugi's outburst.

"I don't want anyone to get hurt." Yuugi mumbles.

"Oh Yuu-chan, you don't understand do you?" If only her son knew, on what she knew of the Items and the Soul of the Pharaoh and that her friend, Nana-chan, already knew about her own son hereditay of the Mafia Family and its involvement. Both of them knew of their sons' secrets and the burden that they had to carry but they chose to remain quite and as they wait for one of them tell on their own because of it. She wished that she could tell her own son on what she knew off but she made a promise to that person that she won't tell him.

"What is to understand? The boy is normal! I don't want someone to get into this business!"

"But Yuu-chan, Tsu-kun is the perfect person for you. If he ever founds out all about this I am sure of it that he will keep it a secret, if you are worried of the pharaoh and it's secrets you can trust on Tsu-kun for being understanding."

"Understanding? Mom, this my problem and my business! I don't need some outsider to get involved into this!" Yuugi is now looking furious and sensing his partner's upset emotions, Yami slowly pulled Yuugi's soul into his soul room letting him cool down for a minute as he takes over his body.

"Forgive me, mother." Hearing the word 'mother' she knew very well it is the pharaoh that she is now speaking too. "I believe my partner is upset at this moment and I will be the done that will talk to you while he calms down."

"Alright."

"Mother, tell me why this person is special to you that you believe that he will understand everything?"

"It's because he knows the feeling of it before."

"What do you mean?"

"I guess you will soon find out on your own, the both of you, on what I mean. But right now I will tell you this; Tsunayoshi is the right person to know all about this and I already believed that Tsunayoshi already knows the Separtion of the Spirit so it is safe to assume that he is trusted."

Yami and Yuugi was silent at hearing this.

"And you will never know maybe Tsu-kun might have secrets of his own that closely resembles yours." she gave them a knowing smile.

Yami rasied his eyebrow at that.


"Grandpa, you can come in."

Solomon opens the door to his grandson's room only to see him curled up in a ball. The blankets covering his small frame hiding his face from view. He couldn't tell if his grandson was crying or not.

"Yuugi?" Solomon walks over to the bed and sat down placing his wrinkled hand over the small form.

Yuugi sighs before pulling the blankets down for a bit to reveal his face. His eyes were tired and worn and his face was pale, seeing that the boy wasn't crying but instead was stressed out by the news of a stranger visting him and his family to help him cure his illness, upsets him greatly.

"Grandpa why is mom doing this?"

Solomon sighs sadly, "Yuugi you all know your mother was doing this for your sake."

"But why him? I don't know him! And now he is easy to trust to let him know the secrets of the Nameless Pharaoh? This is not right grandpa." Yuugi sat up, glaring hardly at his grandfather who only shook his head.

"I know Yuugi. The secrets of the Namless Pharaoh was to remain hidden from outsiders but this is an excemption." Solomon rubbed the small back of his grandson to soothe the anger.

"I don't know him, how would I know that he can be trusted? How would I know that he isn't like the others that wished to steal the Items to use it for their own selfish gain?"

Suddenly Solomon showed Yuugi a picture. Yuugi took the picture that was offered to him and stared at it with confusion and curiosity. What he saw surprised him.

A kind looking woman with chocolate hair and matching eyes smiled happily at him and in her arms is a boy with the same hair color. The boy had amber eyes that shines with emotions of happiness and joy as he gave him a toothy grin.

"That boy over here is Tsunayoshi-kun, now look into the eyes of this boy and try to see the malice within."

Yuugi could see that there is none.

"Can you see it boy?"

"No grandpa."

"Then what do you see?"

"A bright soul."

"Now don't be too rash and be judgemental, Yuugi. You say you haven't met the boy but if I remember correctly you and him were childhood friends. It was you, who offered friendship to Tsunayoshi-kun and that it was you who trusted him enough to not break that friendship."

"Grandpa…"

"Give it a chance Yuugi. You will never know that Tsunayoshi-kun's help might solve your illness."

"How is he going to that, then?"

"He will. He will find a way, that is his dying-will."

"Thanks grandpa, I guess I was just upset and angry that I-"

Yuugi stopped when he felt a gentle hand touched his head. He look up with teary eyes to see his grandpa's warm plum colored ones starring at him.

"Everything will be alright Yuugi."


Yami stood right in front of the window where the curtains parted to reveal a bus pulled into a drive way. His dark eyes followed a lone figure that step out and is now heading straight towards the game shop. He vanished in a swirl of shadows when the voice of Yuugi's mother called from downstairs, calling Yuugi to get the door.

"Partner, the boy that was called Tsunayoshi is now outside."

"Thanks, the other me."

Yuugi breath in deeply and exhale through his nose, as he went out from his room. He felt ashamed for ever thinking that way to Tsunayoshi, he may not know him or trust him about the secrets of the Nameless Pharaoh but according to his mom and grandpa that Tsunayoshi and him were once childhood friends. Yuugi rubbed his eyes feeling the familiar cold wash over him, his soul shivers at the prescence of the shadows roaming his spirit.

He now knew why he is feeling bad and tempermental today.

The after-effects of the Orichalcos.

He shouldn't judge Tsunayoshi that way, he should have given him a chance to prove himself he is not one of the bad guys who were after his puzzle. Maybe his mom was right, he needed help.

His friends were great and all but they wouldn't understand. Ryou? He is a good friend that knows when to handle when it comes with his attacks but he wouldn't be there all the time, he knew the albino had problems of his own.

But what is so special with this person then? Why is he the one that will help him heal? For all he knew no one would understand the feeling of being empty and cold, except Ryou, so how come Tsunayoshi can?

Yuugi shook his head as he made his way down the stairs and headed straight to the passage that is connected to the game shop.

Maybe he will see it to himself if this Tsunayoshi character is worthy enough to be trusted.


"Stupid Reborn leaving me behind." Tsuna grumbles as the bus left him. He stood there for a second to stare at the Kame Game shop with nervousness. He wished that his friends were here but, nooo, Reborn wanted him to see his target first before his Family.

Tsuna just sighs.

When everyone of the Vongola Family arrived at their desired destination, the White Horse Hotel, they were astounded at the sight of it. The building is ten story tall, painted in pure white, they could see that this building, this hotel, is fit for every rich people to live here. Tsuna could tell that this is the most extravagant and luxurious (not to mentioned expensive) hotel they ever booked, curtesy by the Millennium Boss.

Tsuna gulped feeling a little bit small.

"Alright everyone follow me." A man with reddish hair and eerie green eyes that somehow glows mysteriously appeared out of nowhere, startling everyon especially Hibari to face their attention on the strange man standing beside them.

He wore eccentric clothing that somewhat came out from a fairytale book, most likely from Alice in Wonderland style that had the same clothing design that matches the Mad Hatter. But the difference of it is his lack of facial expression and that he didn't wore any make-up.

"Who the hell are you?" Gokudera growled at the man, finding quite disturbing to see him without any of them sensing his approach.

Hibari was tense as he held his tonfas in a harsh grip, he too finding it odd to actually find one person that managed to sneak up on them.

They weren't the only ones feeling a bit suspicious either, Yamamoto, Ryohei and Chrome tensed slightly showing a bit their weapons out of instinct, Chrome's tridant and Yamamoto's bat was out in the open while Ryohei raised his bandaged fists.

The red haired man raised an eyebrow at them, "I am here to show you your place and on what room you all lot are staying."

Reborn jumped on the man's shoulder, sitting comfortably.

"Everyone don't be alarmed, he is one of our allies."

They all lowered their weapons but never let their guard down as they eyed the strange man with suspicion.

"Ah, okay. You're our tour guide then?" Tsunayoshi asked innocently at the man.

The man didn't answer as he stares intently at the small boss. Tsuna become aware of those eyes starring at him with such intensity that he started to fidgets. The man smirks at him, seeing the discomfort that is showing around the small boss.

"Your cute." The man bluntly said causing everyone, especially the male guaridans to react badly at those words.

"Eh?" Tsuna slowly blinked as he cocks his head to the side, increasing his cute factor.

"What the hell!" Gokudera roared, dynamites are in his hands.

Yamamoto narrowed his eyes at the man as he wrapped his arm around Gokudera's neck, restraining him once again from doing anything stupid while his other hand is holding the bat using it as a make shift katana.

Hibari scowls darkly, threatening him with his purple aura.

Ryohei knowing nothing but felt in his instincts that the man is no good made him raised his fists once again.

A small portion of indigo mists twirls around Chrome's form, acknowledging everyone that there is another sinister form living inside the little girl's body.

The man ignored their murderous intents as he turned his head to the baby and said, "I approve."

"I knew you find it satisfying." Reborn smirks as he caught the sharp glint in the guardians eyes and seeing the clueless look on Tsuna's face is an added bonus to his amusement.

The man turned to stare at the guardians with a blank looked then his eerie green eyes sparkles with mischief. "Now, now, calm down. I won't do anything to your little boss here."

"As you not know I am one of the Millennium Family so you can trust me on not harming your beloved leader here." Hibari scoffs as he hids his tonfas causing the rest of the guardians to minimize their killing intent on the man.

"Okie dokie, then." Yamamoto gave the man a bright grin as he releases Gokudera.

"Damn it, baseball nut! I told you not to touch me!" Gokudera glares at Yamamoto who smiles at him, saying nothing.

Chrome softly sighs, the mists disappearing immediately.

Ryohei just scratches his head, finding himself confusing.

"My name is Herakles." He tips his large red hat as he bows. "Come, follow me as I show you to your rooms."

They all took a ride on the elevator which they found suffocating to enjoy and knowing Hibari's strong dislike for crowds made the ride scarier. But the man, Herakles didn't finde it distribing or frightening as he remains calm.

Luckily Hibari didn't attack them all.

And when they reach the seventh floor Herakles showed them their rooms. Number 8059 is were Yamamoto and Gokudera are going to share the same room together on which Gokudera is displeased with it since he is not sharing the same room together with Tenth, this had caused Tsuna to sweat drops and blushed faintly as Gokudera whines and he apologies to Tsuna for not being with him since he is supposededly his right-hand man. Number 1833 is where Hibari and Ryohei shared a room together, Hibari didn't say anything or complaints at the arrangement as he silently went in first followed by Ryohei, who trails after Hibari right behind him. Number 8695 is where the two girls, Haru and Kyoko, are sharing the same room the girls have no complaints and went in, number L96 is where Chrome who is holding a sleeping Lambo shared the same room, Chrome calmly walks to their assigned rooms and closed it behind them, and lastly number R27 is where Tsuna and Reborn shared the room together.

Tsuna nervously twitches when Reborn lands himself on Tsuna's brown hair.

"I will leave you to your buisness, little Vongola." Herakles walked towards the elevator before he paused. He turns to looked at Tsuna and Reborn and said with a serious tone, "Watch out for a boy with white hair that is living in that room."

He pointed at the far end of the hallway where there is a door that had the number '07' on it.

And with that Herakles left, leaving a confused and slightly spooked Tsuna.

"What was that all about?" Reborn just shrugged.

"Hurry up Dame-Tsuna there is something that I need to discussed with you." Tsuna turns and headed to their assigned room, closing it behind them.

Reborn skips on the blue carpet as he explores their new room. There are two bedrooms, one bathroom and a living room/kitchen room. Reborn walked quickly to the bedroom on the right and said to Tsuna who follows the toddler around, "This will be our room Dame-Tsuna."

Tsuna scratches his hair and said, "So we're still sleeping together then?"

"Yes, so I can keep a watchful eye on you."

Tsuna sweat drops slightly but shrugged as he takes a seat on his new bed.

"So what are we going to discussed with?"

Reborn fished in his suite to reveal a card. He gave it to Tsuna who took it and read its contents.

"Hey, this is the address to a game shop." Tsuna said looking down to see Reborn smiling at him. Then something dark over take him, this is no ordinary game shop, this is Yuugi's address!

"You are going to that place." Reborn pointed at the card.

"What? Why would I? Isn't it a bit early?" Tsuna started to get nervous on seeing where this was going.

"Tsuna you are going to the Kame Game shop at three o'clock. That's what Maman wanted you to go."

"But why am I the only one have to go? Why can't I take my friends with me then?"

Suddenly a green mallet was smacked harshly on his head causing Tsuna to see clams and guns.

"Stupid! You must use your head and think, you are visiting someone you know! Someone whose condition is delicate and needed to take precaution with. Don't forget that Tsuna, Yuugi is your childhood friend, he is your personal business that only you, a personal friend of his, needed to see."

"Okay, okay I get it, I get it!" Tsuna turns his head to the side finding that there is no avoiding it.

"Now, you should be seeing him before three o'clock. Maman was expecting you on that."

"Aren't you coming?"

Reborn shook his head, "No, this is yours and not mine. This is personal between you and him and Maman and her friend."

Seeing that Reborn isn't a cold-hearted bastard after all touched Tsuna's heart. "Reborn…"

Reborn smacks Tsuna in the face, hard. "Snapped out of it Tsuna! Focus!"

"Right! I got it so how am I suppose to do this? I don't know where it is."

"That's what the address is for, idiot."

"I know but what I mean is how am I suppose to get there?"

Reborn's pet Leon morphed into a green phone, "I am calling Gainnini right now to give you a ride. I am expecting you to come back to the hotel at six o'clock, alright?"

"Okay Reborn. But what about the rest of the guys don't they need to know where I am?"

"Don't worry everything will be taken cared off."

Reborn turns his back on Tsuna as he waited for the rining stops, he smirks mischieviously as he thought on how would he say to Tsuna's guardians on his absence.

And so here he is, standing nervously outside the door debating on knocking it or just up and left. Before he made a decision the door opens to reveal a familiar but haunted looking ameythst eyes starring at him.

"Ah, hi?"


Yuugi was quite surprise to see a brown haired teen standing at his front door.

"Ah, hi?" the teen waved slightly at him.

"Hello." Yuugi said uncertainly.

They stared at one another, knowing nothing what to do or to say. Awkwardness floats around above their heads since they realized that this is their first meeting to each other.

For the first time in a long while.

"Ah, err-do you want to come in?" Yuugi snapped out of it as he realized his manners, opening the door a bit wide for Tsuna to come in.

"If is it alright, I don't want to intrude." Tsuna said avoiding eye contact with those eyes, eyes that held with such hidden pain and anguish.

"It's alright, come in, come in. Mom's been expecting you. Your Tsunayoshi right?"

"Call me Tsuna."

"Alright then, I'm Yuugi but I think that you already know that."

They exchange a small laugh as Tsuna pushed his shoes aside and went into the passage that connects the game shop to the living room.

"Mom, guess whose here!" Yuugi called out.

"Is it Tsu-kun?"

"His here, just right on time."

"Oh that's great!" a woman with raven hair and lavender eyes smiles brightly at them from the kitchen. "Tsu-kun you made it! How was the trip?"

Awkwardly Tsuna just stood there, "It's fine ma'am."

Yuuna went over to the brown haired teen and gave him a warm hug, surprising him at such familiarity that was displayed towards him. He must remind himself that this woman already knows him since he was a kid so it is understandable for her to act friendly around him.

"My, look how much you have grown!" Yuuna placed a warm, motherly kiss on his forehead causing Tsuna to blushed slightly.

"Uh… Mrs. Mutou?"

"Tsk, tsk, Tsu-kun, please call me Auntie Yuuna."

"Okay Auntie." Tsuna tested out, feeling warm inside of him at the way she smiled at him.

Yuugi who had been watching the scene with unbreadable eyes didn't say a word as they interact one another. His mother noticed his vacant look and called out to him.

"Yuugi you should take Tsu-kun to your room and get aqcuainted since its been along time that you both had seen each other."

Yuugi nodded as he led Tsuna to his room. They headed for the stairs first. Tsuna was nervously fidgeting and it occurred to him that he didn't know a lot about Yuugi for a long time, surely the older teen had changed in a span of eight years. Then in order to get to know Yuugi more he struck up a conversation.

"So Yuugi how have you been?" Tsuna spoke as Yuugi opens his room.

"I'm alright. You?"

"Super. Any changes lately?"

Yuugi paused and said, "well, I became a great duelist."

"Duelist?"

Yuugi turned to stare at him with disbelief, "wait, don't you know about Duel Monsters?"

Seeing him shook his head made Yuugi grabbed Tsuna's wrist and brought him inside his room where a collection of Duel Monsters posters plastered on his wall.

"Whoa." Wide eyes Tsuna stared at the poster that had the Dark Magician on it.

"Don't you have Duel Monsters in Namimori?" Yuugi sat on his bed, jumping slightly at the spring.

"I have heard of it in the news but I guess it didn't reach there, yet." Tsuna went to seat on Yuugi's bed when he patted at the mattress for him to sat beside him.

"Well then," Yuugi reached into his desk to show Tsuna his deck. "I will tell you all about Duel Monsters."

And then, before Yuugi knows it he started to warm up to Tsuna as they talked about a children's card game called Duel Monsters and know about the rules on playing them. He explained that each monster had an attack points and defense points. He showed a card that has a picture on what looked like a baby mosquito, a larvae to percise, in a color of yellow with a bit of red on it's side.

"This is the Curse of Dragon." Tsuna cocked to the side as he tries to see it if it is a dragon.

"It doesn't look like a dragon to me."

Yuugi chuckles and then he pointed at the attack points and the defense points. Then right after explaining the monsters attack and defense points he went on explaining the use of a magic card, a trap card and a field spell card.

Then he proceeds to explain the rules of the game.

Tsuna suddenly become interested as Yuugi talks about Duel Monsters that is also involving on coming up strategies, he even mention about the Heart of the Cards at some point.

"What is the Heart of the Cards?" Tsuna asked as he held the Dark Magician Girl finding her pretty and cute. He blinks when he could of sworn the monster just wink suggestively at him.

"The Heart of the Cards is were grandpa told me to have faith in your deck when the going gets tough. You could say you have a bond with you and your deck as trust and faith slowly develops between you and your monsters." Yuugi tooked the card from Tsuna's hand seeing him looking quite pale.

"Is something wrong?"

Tsuna shook his head, 'I think I have gone crazy. There is no way that it actually happened.'

"Nothing Yuugi, hey, what's that around your neck." He pointed at the pyramid shape necklace that hung around Yuugi's neck.

"Oh, this," Yuugi gently craddles the puzzle as he uses his fingers to rubbed the side of the puzzle, gently and lovingly. He debates on telling him and seeing so far that this boy held no harm against him or the spirit gave him the courage to at least tell him it's origins, but not much.

"Be careful Partner, we don't want to give ourselves away."

"I will, you know I will."

"This Tsuna, is the Millennium Puzzle. It was given to me by my grandpa when it was my eight birthday." He paused, starring at Tsuna with a knowing look. "And I know that you know about the puzzle, Tsuna…and it's history."

He smiled kindly at him, seeing no dark emotions swirls in to those eyes. Seeing this Tsuna felt slightly ashamed as he rubbed his hair.

"Your grandpa always told stories about the puzzle when we we're young." Tsuna admitted.

Yuugi nodded as his eyes caught sight of a silver band wrapped on Tsuna's right ring finger.

"Hey Tsuna, what a cool looking ring you got there." He pointed at the ring making Tsuna subconciously rubbed the ring, in a same fashion that Yuugi did to his puzzle.

"This ring? Yeah I guess it is pretty cool." He nibbles his lower lip, knowing what's next.

The dreaded question.

"So who gave it to you?"

"It was given to me by my…grandfather. It's a…family heirloom"

"Really, that's cool. Can I see it?" uncertain but seeing Yuugi's eyes and his smile made his Hyper Intution tingle, knowing he could trust him on keeping the ring safe.

"Alright." He handed the Vongola ring to Tsuna who inspects it. The ring briefly glows in an orange light at his touch.

"I felt intenst burning flame inside this ring."

"Flame?"

"But this flame is calm and kind, like your soul, partner. It is pure."

"Then this ring, it held no darkness?"

"Negative. But I can feel it, the burning flame of the boy's will. It's strong. It purifies the darkness that once tainted the flame."

Yuugi spot the word 'VONGOLA' writted on the ring. "What does the 'Vongola' mean, Tsuna?"

Tsuna seriously debating if he should tell Yuugi the meaning of that word.

"Tsuna?"

"I think you might laugh, Yuugi."

"Aw, c'mon now, it ain't that funny, right?"

"You would."

"If it makes you feel better I won't laugh."

"Alright, if you say so. Vongola is the italian word for clam."

Silence befall the room as Yuugi stares blankly at him, not believing on what he just heard. "Seriously, clam?"

"Yes, clam."

Yuugi patted himself mentally for not laughing out loud, because seriously clam?

"Why clam?"

"I don't know with Reborn-err, my tutor," Seeing the questioned looked on Yuugi's face. "He told me that my ancestors somewhere around four hundred years or so suggested it that the Clam will be their logo and name. It significants the Family."

"But that doesn't explains it though."

"The clam has a shell right, and inside the clam holds a pearl." He tries to explain on what Reborn had told him. "The shell protects the pearl from danger, the clam is a shield that protects something important, like the pearl. My ancestors protected the people of their small town from bandits and theives from being harmed or threatened. My ancestors, according to my tutor, they are protectors, the shell, that protects the innocent from harm, the innocent is the pearl. Get what I mean?"

"I finally get it now, why it is called Vongola."

Tsuna sighs mentally finally saying it without making it looked like a mafia related story.

"Gao!" a growl-like sound could be heard causing Tsuna to jumped in shock and inwardly cursed.

"What was that?" without Yuugi noticing Tsuna hide the other ring from view. His Animal-Box Ring

"I think I heard a cat!" Tsuna said suddenly as he stood up. "And I think I need to go to the bathroom, Yuugi can you show me to your bathroom."

Yuugi confused and bewildred at Tsuna's sudden exclamation he wordlessly pointed to the comfort room.

"Thank you! I'll be right back!" and with that Tsuna hurriedly went in and shut the door.

"Uh, what was that all about?" His puzzle glows and out came Yami in spectral form.

"I believe partner that he is hiding something. Maybe our Mother is right, he might have some secrets of his own."

Yuugi just nods his head.


Reborn munched on his cheetos as he watch the show taken place. He snorts at Tsuna's attempt on hiding his Animal-Box from being exposed.

"Natsu! Get back into your ring form. I don't want Yuugi to see you, he will freaked!" Natsu growls softly before he jumps out from Tsuna's reach, ignoring his master's plea.

"Gao!"

"Naattsuu!"

Then there was a crash from Tsuna, who just accidentally let himself fall face first onto the white tiled floor where Natsu perched on his butt, they both went silent when they heard Yuugi's voice coming from the other side of the door.

"What was that? Tsuna are you okay in there?"

"I'm fine!"

Reborn shook his head as he pluck a cheetos and placed it in his mouth. Lucky for him Tsuna didn't noticed a micro-bug that was planted on his cheek when slapped him across the face. The Micro-bug is like the size of a flea that have camerras attached to it, a fine creation that was created by one of the Vongola's technical specialist. He may have told Tsuna that he won't be coming with him to the Mutou's household but that doesn't mean that he won't stalked him and observed his every move when interacting towards the grandson of the Millennium Family.

Plus it gave him the oportunity to watch the Millennium kid and study him.

When Tsuna left Reborn dutifuly told everyone on where he was going. A chain reaction was occurred, namely Gokudera, as he screamed in shock and anguish at the thought of his beloved Tenth heading to the enemy's territory alone with no back-up, what kind of right-hand man is he?

Without a second thought, or permission from Reborn-sama, Gokudera left to ran after Tsuna.

Reborn sighs and turns to Yamamoto who stood there with a smile on his face. He blinks cluelessly as he was told to go after Gokudera to make sure that he won't be doing anything stupid that might jeopradise their mission.

Yamamoto just saluted and left right after the Bomber.

Leaving Chrome, Ryohei, Lambo and the girls.

Reborn blinks when noticed something is missing. Or someone for that matter

Sensing the question Ryohei answered Reborn for him.

"Hibari went out."

Reborn rubbed his face slightly as he muttered a 'great.' Reborn went to his and Tsuna's room knowing that they will return shortly anyway. He reach for the remote that was placed on top of the coffee table and click on the flat screen T.V. that is attached to the wall.

He is now busying himself on watching his favorite show, Watch Dame-Tsuna T.V.

He smirks and gave a sinister chuckle.

Meanwhile on the streets of Domino City you could see a silver-haired teen running in a very fast speed with no sense of direction. Realizing that he is lost, he skiddles himself to a halt. He bends over as he pants harshly, letting air filled his wind-out lungs.

He cursed himself for his stupidity.

"Tenth! Don't you worry, I'm coming for you, just you wait!" Gokudera screams at the top of his lungs, ignoring some passerbyers who stopped to stare at him, looking shocked and disturbed.

He realized that he caught the attention of the crowd as they gathered around him in a semi-circle, a woman, near his left, grabbed her daughter and stirred her away from the strange man.

He blushed, embarrased because of his stunt but he glares at them anyway.

"What the hell are you all lookin' at, huh?" that did the trick, everyone scattered away from him as they mind their own business, ignoring him completely.

Gokudera huffs and continues his search.

"Tenth where are you?" worried the Bomber tries to look for his beloved boss.

He stopped to check on the arcade to find an interesting looking game that attracted his eyes.

It was a Street Fighter game.

He resisted the urge to go over there and spend all his money on playing that game. But his love for his boss is stronger than that. He must fight the temptation.

His ears perked up when he heard a voice. Or voices for that matter

"Damn it, Honda!"

"What is it Jou, can't admit defeat?"

"Why I'll show you…"

"Honestly boys…"

Two males and one female caught his attention as he went over to listen their conversation and watching them with interest and dare he say it, hope. He couldn't help but had a strange feeling that this people might know where the game shop is.

A blond haired-teen with a weird accent glared at the brown haired-teen whose hairstyle shaped like a shark's fin. Between the two males is a girl that spread her two arms apart to separate them from having a brawl with each other. She too have brown hair. And bright blue eyes that were narrowed into a fierce glare.

And looks like this two guys were about to kill each other if it weren't for the girl who plays meditator.

"Honda! Jou! Stop it!"

"Hey, Gokudera." A voiced whipered near his ear. Gokudera jumped three-foot in the air as he gave out a strangled cry.

The cry had caught the other three's attention.

"Who's there?" The blond dropped his fists as he turns to stare at the white haired teen with sharp green eyes and a raven haired teen with happy caramel colored eyes.

"Hi, there!" Yamamoto gave a friendly wave at the trio.

"Idiot. Careful what your doing." Gokudera hissed near his ear.

"Ah, hey dudes what are you doing over there?" Honda tooked noticed of the two teenagers standing behind a gaming machine. Hello Kitty Island Adventure. Wonderful. They were hidding behind that.

With quick thinking Gokudera instantly comes up with an excuse, "Oh just choosing a game to play that's all, right Yamamoto?"

"We are?" Yamamoto temporarily looked confuse before it dawn upon him and nodded his head happily.

"Really? Alright, hey my names Jou short for Jounouchi, nice to meet ya'!" Jounouchi reached out his hand where Yamamoto happily shook his.

"Nice to meet ya' Jou my names Yamamoto! And this is my friend Gokudera." He patted the slightly short teen on the head. Gokudera growled warningly at Yamamoto.

"Then this are my own friends, Honda and Anzu." Jounouchi waved his hand behind him to reveal the two said teens.

"Hey!"

"Hello."

Honda and Anzu respectively said to them in greeting.

"So what brings you to Domino, since I didn't see you guys around and that makes you new around the place."

"Your right, we are new. We just came here seeing the sight's is all." Yamamoto said.

"Well then buddy let me, Jounouchi Katsuya, show you around! I will be your tour guide." Jounouchi wrapped his arm around the slightly tall dark haired teen as they both laugh like they are old time friends.

Gokudera slapped himself in the face at seeing two idiots in one room. Sighs, I guess that is the nature of the Rain Guardian.

But the good thing about this is that they might have a lead on finding Tenth.


A dark figure jumps from one building as he landed on the roof of Domino High. He had inspected the possiblity of this building, checking every inch of the rooms and find that Domino High isn't any different from his beloved Namimori-chuu. But he knew there will always be a difference from the school that he sworn loyalty too and this school that he was force to attend just for the sake of the promise of a possible fight with the baby.

And find some stupid cure to heal some stupid weak herbivore. Hibari sneered at the thought.

Hibari coldly surveys the scene like a territorial predator that he is. Oh well, this will only be temporarly after all. His blue-silver eyes caught a sight a group of thugs heading their way to the school campus, holding cans of paint.

He smiles.

A deadly, breathtaking smile that shows the beginning of a hunt.

Hibari bared his fangs as he jumps from the school building. He will make himself comfortable and maybe start his reign here.


Chrome tucked Lambo in his bed, smiling softly at the baby five year old. She turns off the lights and went out from their shared room. She stops to take a brief drink, she grabs a glass and filled it with water by using the sink, before heading out. Her miniature-tridant in hand, Chrome closed the door. She won't be long she just needs to stretch out her legs a little and then went back in before Lambo wakes up.

She nods her head at her plan.

The hallway is now empty at the five-thirty time. She went to the farthest end of the hallway where the strange person, Herakles, had warned the little Vongola about the particular room that had the number '07' on it. She didn't know of the warnings as she walked pass the door.

Instantly she felt a strong evil prescence coming from that door. She turned around quickly to stared nervously at the door. She gulped quitely as she realized that she have to walked pass the door again in order to get to her room. She hurriedly walked and managed to survive without any mishaps and went straight towards her room.

She sighs as she tries to calm her beating heart, closing the door and lock it.

"Something is not right here." She said. So much for the exercise.

Outside her room the door that held the number '07' slowly opens.


"Tsuna what's going on?" Yuugi heard a growl like sound followed by another crash.

"I sense strong power behind that door, Yuugi."

"Alright Tsuna! That's it, I'm coming in!" Yuugi fished out a key from his piggy bank, that oddly shapes like a Kuriboh, and unlocks the door. What he saw stunned him to silence.

Natsu froze as the door opens to reveal Yuugi looking quite peeved. But when their eyes met Yuugi froze. They eyed one another before Natsu purrs happily and jumps into his arms. Yuugi stumbles back a couple of paces as he suddenly found himself holding a lion cub.

"Yuugi! That creature!" Yami, looking quite alaramed, stared at the sight of the creature that looks like a lion cub whose mane is made off with the same flame element that he had sense from the Vongola ring.

Yuugi fell flat on his cute buttom at the added weight in his arms. Tsuna snapped himself to his senses, stood up quickly and went over to his fallen friend..

"Yuugi are you alright?" Tsuna looked concerned.

"I'm okay, I'm okay." Yuugi said breathlessly as he cradles the creature in his arms that started to nuzzle Yuugi's neck. "But Tsuna what is this?"

Tsuna rubs the back of his head, nervously avoiding eye contact.

"You won't believe me if I told you." Natsu, despite Tsuna's discomfort, licks Yuugi's cheek.

"Well, we have time." Yuugi sat up, patting Natsu's head. Tsuna stared with amazement normally when someone touches Natsu's mane they would get burned but seeing that Yuugi isn't suffering from a third degree burn made him think about his Animal-Box's intentions.

Why did Natsu started to reveal himself to Yuugi?

"I believe partner that this is one of Tsunayoshi's secrets."

"Look Yami! He looks so cute! Maybe he is a Duel Monster?" Yuugi squeals through their link as he stared at the adorable looking animal on his lap.

A chuckle could be heard, "No, partner he isn't a Duel Monster. But entierly something else, we must ask Tsunayoshi about this."

"You're right, forgot about that."

"Tsuna, what's his name?" Yuugi held the cub in his arms finding that he couldn't resist the cuteness of it. Tsuna smiled softly at the sight and finding that maybe it couldn't hurt to tell him.

"His name is Natsu."

"Gao!"


I really had been working on this really, really hard. Damn, couldn't believe I actually made it. Hope it's good.

-E.U.M

Note: Regarding of the Shadow Games I already told you that there won't be card related duels here, cuz' seriously I can't even duel to save my life, so the Shadow Games will be like Season 0 style, which is anything as long there is rules on how you play the game.

R&R