SkyGem: Ohayou, minna-san! Just woke up and am writing this thing first thing in the morning at about…8:22 am (EST). Hope you guys appreciate the effort, ne?

Tsuna's age: 14


His Father…Of Bombs and Tunas

"Do you understand what you have to do, brat?" asked an irritable pink…red-haired ghost.

"Ha, hai, shut up, oyaji. I get it already," waved off his equally irritable silver-haired descendant.

Letting out a small growl, G told his surrogate son, "You better not mess this up, you little bastard. The Vongola is Giotto's precious family, no matter how bloody it's become, and we can't just let some snot-nosed brat take it over!"

"I told you to shut up, jackass. I get it already!" said Hayato in an annoyed voice before looking past his father and seeing a head of fluffy brown hair walking towards them with Reborn beside him.

Recognizing the infant, Hayato immediately left his hiding place to take a stance on the sidewalk, ready to attack.

So concentrated was the boy on taking in every single aspect of the approaching brunet, looking for weaknesses, and so unused to being interrupted, that when his father suddenly bellowed, "WAIT!" he started violently, tripping over his own two feet, and onto the road.

It was an unlucky coincidence, too, that a car was approaching fast at that precise moment.

Cursing under his breath, Hayato's mind was racing, telling him to get out of the way, but he knew he wouldn't make it in time.

Suddenly, a strong hand clamped down on his arm and jerked him away from the road with almost enough force to practically yank his arm out of its socket.

Turning back to look at who had rescued him, Hayato was surprised to see the candidate for Decimo grinning at him.

He was about to grudgingly thank the boy when he said something that made even Hayato speechless.

"Good thing that you didn't hurt the car!"

Hayato stared at him speechlessly for a moment before demanding, "What the hell do you-?"

The brunet just laughed off his anger, saying, "Oh come on, I don't think any son of G's would allow a mere car to hospitalize him. You were probably about to pull out a dynamite on it or something, ne?"

Hayato flinched and quickly averted his gaze at the direct bull's-eye, eliciting a laugh from the smaller male in front of him.

Suddenly, though, the use of his father's name registered in Hayato's mind, and he whipped around to look piercingly at the brunet.

He merely pointed off to the side, and Hayato looked in the direction to see his father being glomped by a hyperactive blond ghost wearing a mantle who was chattering away excitedly at him.

Turning back to the brunet, Hayato saw him shrug and say, "They were best friends, after all, and I've already heard so much about him…anyways, I'm Sawada Tsunayoshi! And you are?"

"Gokudera Hayato," said the silveret, looking away with a slight blush, feeling suddenly shy for some reason.

"And how did uncle G become your father?" asked Tsuna.

"Nani?" asked Hayato, confused.

Tsuna merely shrugged, saying, "Well, you know my father is "the Young Lion of the Vongola" so he's never home. What's your relationship with your dad?"

"Ah…" said Hayato, looking away. "I'm an illegitimate child, but I'm my dad's only son, so I'm under a lot of pressure to take over his family afterwards. He always treats me like dirt and expects me to be perfect. That oya-baka over there helped me to run away."

When he was finished, there was complete silence; not even the adults were talking.

And then, the next moment, the storm found himself in a bone-crushing embrace.

Startled, he looked up to see who the arms wrapped around him belonged to and found…Giotto?

"Waah! Hayato-kun's family life is so sad! It's even worse than my Tsu-kun's! I feel so sorry for you! But I promise, you'll like it much better in our family, ne?"

Hayato blushed at the blond's words, not quite sure how to react. He would be…welcomed into their family?

The silveret looked over at Tsuna, and saw the boy smiling widely before he too came over to hug him as well.

"You're definitely welcome in our family. Always."


SkyGem: Hehe. I think I quite like this chapter. It came out pretty well, and I know quite a few of you were looking forward to this little meeting. Hope you liked, ne? Please do leave a review and I'll update this later today! Ciao!

Next chapter: His Father…Pineapples and Melons