Edited 13/10/016


Chapter 9

"What the hell do you think you're doing to my son?!" Iemitsu screeched.

Reborn and Fon gazed into the living room with bemused looks while Tsuna purred ignorantly.

Iemitsu and Xanxus were fuming; large seeping miasma flowed from their bodies. The infamous X gun and pickaxe were ready for action.

And blood.

Tsuna was too out of it; he wouldn't have given a crap about his relatives gearing up for a fight that could possibly have destroyed the condo.

That was, until the Chinese Vampyre tugged him away from the man he considers a walking aphrodisiac.

Fon's fiery and spicy scent snapped him straight out of his delirium.

Fifteen minutes later after a one-sided shouting match and a smirking Reborn, everyone sat comfortably on the couch set. Tsuna was avoiding Reborn's gaze for two reasons he did not want disclosed.

"…"

The memory of the alleyway incident flashed under his eyelids and he blushed a deep red. Hence the reason he was looking away and sitting as far as physically possible from the man. At least Reborn was being considerate enough to not expose his revealed state.

Nono gave his grandson a contemplative stare. "The wound itself was shallow, how is it that you were almost barren of blood from a shallow wound like that old friend? Not to mention there was barely any blood on the ground, much less on Tsunayoshi's clothes to insinuate that you bled out."

Tsuna made an offending noise while Reborn wisely chooses to stay silent. If the raven said anymore then his grandpa would get clued in.

Tsuna spoke up, "You don't need to know why grandpa. Trust me." He made solemn eye contact with the old man. "It isn't in your best interest not to know."

Nono hid his surprise at seeing wide eyes stained with active Sky flames. Reborn had told him of Tsuna being unaware of his own flames. But as an older Sky Nono refused to be cowed in the face of another Sky.

"Reborn is my subordinate Tsunayoshi." Tsuna didn't bat an eye, "You hurt him and I need to know why." Tsuna narrowed his eyes.

"In Reborn's line of work, getting hurt is nothing extraordinary. There's nothing else to be said."

Nono stared down Tsuna oppressively, "He is an important ally."

"I. Do. Not. Give. A. Fuck." Tsuna growled. Iemitsu and Enrico gasped at Tsuna's language.

Reborn kicked Tsuna's shin with a wordless glare, he glared right back.

Nono only raised an eyebrow, observing their interaction and disregarding Tsuna's disrespect.

"That is a funny thing to say when the two of seem to be so close." Nono drawled.

Tsuna glanced away from his roommate, eyes wide with mockery when he locked gazes with the old man, "Close. Close?" Tsuna chuckled darkly, "If I so much as get close to him I feel like wanting to ride him like a bitch in heat while watching the light fade from his eyes. I want to bath in his blood grandpa. And if you leave whatever poor soul with me, should you recall Reborn, then the same fate will be upon their shoulders if you leave them to my not so tender mercies."

Iemitsu leaned away from his son, there was a hint of insanity shading his son's expressive eyes.

The blond swallowed thickly, "Tsunayoshi, what happened to you?"

Tsuna snapped burning orange onto Iemitsu and snarled, "My freedom was stolen from me."

A frown crawled its ways onto Nono and Iemitsu's faces. "I belong to him now. And I don't have a choice but to belong to him." He spat. "What the hell do you think happened to me?!"

Enrico felt sweat roll down from his temple, "But little Tsu-kun, you always have a choice. You don't belong to anyone."

Xanxus and Fon both scoffed, drawing attention to them. "The brat doesn't have a choice. The fucking scum won't leave him be until he's good dead."

Enrico gave his younger brother a inquiring look, "And do you know?"

Xanxus glared, "I'm the same fucking way."

Tsuna tensed and scowled.

He hated him. He did. But he did not wish his sire death.

Considering Vampyres are not creatures of the books. They live and breathe just like any other person but their long life spans and diseased blood was more than a little cause for concern among humans, not to mention their new blood borne abilities.

Plus his Sire acted on emotion when he turned Tsuna. He could never blame him. Because had been told the reason why.

"Well? Tsunayoshi-kun, don't you think that would be the best course of action?" Nono asked.

Tsunayoshi blinked, "Sorry, I wasn't listening."

Enrico cocked an eyebrow, "The location of the man backing you into a corner. Will you tell us who and where he is?"

Xanxus and Fon's eyes became slitted in anticipation.

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Reborn wanted to sigh in misery. There was nothing he could say. While Nono had used him as an excuse to come to Japan, he'd actually come to gauge the instability of his grandson's mental state. The man witnessing firsthand Tsunayoshi's unusual behavior. Not to mention everything about the brunet had changed after being attacked.

Nono was severely pissed though the man did not show it.

Reborn watched Tsunayoshi take a long moment to absorb their claimed solution to his problem.

An eerily calm expression overtaking his face and for the first time in Reborn's and presumably in the other's lives. They'd outright flinched at someone who was considered a civilian.

For Reborn, this was not the case.

Tsuna had proven himself to be very much a non-civilian.

"You will not lay a finger on my Master…!" he hissed brutally.

Iemitsu and Enrico stared incredulously at the young man. They were spluttering at his hateful rejection and the title in which he had called the man.

Xanxus glared, "He's chaining you down! You're just gonna let the scum get away with it?!"

Tsuna gritted his teeth for a second then exploded, "OF COURSE I'M GONNA LET HIM GET AWAY WITH IT! VONGOLA RUINED HIS LIFE!" His current glare could freeze continents if it could.

Reborn's eyes widened in shock. …what?

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"I hate him… I hate him so much for taking it out on me, when all he wants to do was hurt you." Tsunayoshi whispered in admittance. "Just leave us alone. I may not care about Vongola itself but I care about everyone else in it, mom especially. I don't mind suffering for your sake…"

Fon pursed his lips and leaned back. Everyone else remained quiet for a while.

Nono and Enrico's faces were the epitome of displeasure despite all their volatile emotions being directed at themselves. They had made an enemy of someone and now that someone hurting someone they cared about. Tsunayoshi couldn't even defend himself much less hurt another person without feeling bad afterwards. It was the reason why Iemitsu honored the brunet's request of leaving him a civilian.

Now, that doesn't seem to be the case anymore.

"Mafia?" Xanxus questioned. His face was twisted in heavy surprise, he had not recalled any of their kin in Sicily aside from the Giglio Nero and they, much like Fon's former clan, always kept to themselves.

The only other enemies they made, that happened to have Vampyre backing, were the Russians and even they seemed unlikely to hunt down the brunet to get to them.

Why?

Because only one man held a grudge.

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Fon had pretty much the same thoughts as Xanxus but he'd already figured everything out.

Vongola had made an enemy out of an older Vampyre in a previous generation and said creature was seeking out a lamb to sacrifice.

Tsunayoshi being the lamb and his humanity the sacrifice.

Fon frowned in thought.

He was barely two hundred and only recently began running with the Italian side of the spectrum where Dying Will runs the underground. The incident must have taken place before his birth, he surmised. And if that was the case, then Tsunayoshi belonged to an Old Vampyre.

The older the creature the stronger they are, the more powerful their bonds become should they foster Children.

No wonder Tsuna was against us trying to kill his sire.

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Tsuna gazed at Xanxus when he'd spoken, then went unbidden towards Reborn. The man was perfuming the air with an electric sweetness, his state of mind just a bit on edge. Feeling him staring, Reborn looked up.

He forced his gaze unto his grandpa's and continued, "There's nothing more you can do for me."

Iemitsu winced. The way his baby had said it, sounded so final.

But…

"Tsuna, do you think that running away is even an option?" Tsuna gave him a questioning look, "To the Mafia."

"Oh." he uttered.

Iemitsu slumped when Tsuna shook his head in the negative.

Of course his grandpa wouldn't back down like his dad would. The old man and Enrico persistently tried to get Tsuna to believe that he could get away. That they could protect him.

Tsuna remained adamantly in the negative.

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Three hours later, after Tsuna had retired to his room. The trained Mafiosi gathered with solemn faces. Enrico was the one to voice his father's words, "We will go against Tsuna's wishes and hunt the man down." Enrico gave his little brother a look in askance. "And all we have to do is to kill him?"

Xanxus grumbled, "Yes, the only way for the scum to leave the brat be, would be to kill him." He paused, thinking of an explanation, "Example, chalk it up to a flame technique that ties one trash to another. If we don't kill the scum then the brat will never be freed."

Iemitsu and Enrico nodded in understanding.

Unfortunately, Nono informed them that they were over staying their welcome and had to return to Italy. But the watchers would have the additional duty of finding Tsunayoshi's attacker and taking him out. Whilst Xanxus was not pleased in the slightest by the decision, he did not complain, though he did offer to leave a couple of his Varia operatives behind. His father accepted.

They were dealing with another Mafioso after all.

Nono gave both Fon and Reborn a stern glance. "I want to the two of you to continue as before. Fon, observe from a distance, Reborn keep close and keep trying to get through to him. His new way of thinking is unwanted." Reborn gave minute nod.

"And also, when the obstacle has been removed, bring Tsunayoshi to Palmero. He does not belong here anymore."

With Nono's attention on Reborn, Fon glanced behind him briefly and sighed behind his sleeve. It seems that Tsunayoshi has left for another hunt.

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"…"

Tsuna wondered how long he could get away with remaining among the humans. He heard a disembodied voice humming to him and Tsuna discreetly relaxed.

As he was walking down a nearly abandoned street, the heels of his shoes tocking on the concrete just as another pair of footsteps fell into step behind him. He stopped and turned back to see who his companion was. It wasn't his Sire, the man was still watching him at a distance and he feel the man through his stare.

He sighed as he locked gazes with obsidian orbs. He thought he got away from him.

For some reason he wasn't all that surprised that it was him.

He was going to be confronted sooner or later. After all, Tsuna did almost kill him.

"Well hello there Reborn…how may I be of service tonight?" he called a touch sarcastically.

TBC…


A/N: If something comes across as off in this chapter please tell me, something was bugging me about it! Also next chapter will be flirting and a weird situation.

Till next installment!