DISCLAIMER: Katekyo Hitman Reborn and the characters belong to Amano Akira respectively. I own nothing but the storyline, but if there is a resemblance in any part, that would be pure coincidence. Though, I'm not getting any profit from this and I'm not sure if this thing can make me a fortune.
Chapter 9 – The Family Gathering 2
Mukuro prepares a barbeque stoves in the yard, while Tsuna prepares an onigiri with different types of flavours. He smiles as he hears the kids laughing while cleaning up all the mess of their bed and then running outside to accompany Mukuro. He was done with onigiri when he hears a bicycle bell's ringing at the entrance; meaning Fran and Aoi are already done with the shopping and he can proceed to the next food that he wants to cook.
Tsuna could hear a footsteps walks fast towards the kitchen; where he is at. He's put the onigiri on the kitchen table when Aoi comes and give him the plastic bag that he recognize so much.
"So, you managed to get the red meat?" Tsuna happily takes the bag from Aoi's extend hand.
"Mm! The uncle is nice enough to give me some discount as well!" Aoi said.
Fran then comes in with another groceries bag, and put them on to the cooking table. Tsuna quickly walks to see the ingredients that they managed to bought from the market. "Ah, you've managed to get a lot of ingredients too. You guys have helped me so much!" he said as he takes out one by one vegetables from the groceries bag.
Fran and Aoi looks at each other with a content looks, and then they heard their stomach grumbles. Both of them look each other in question, until they heard the sound again. Aoi blushes.
Tsuna laugh sheepishly as he heard their grumbling stomach too. "Why don't you have some of the rice ball first…? I'm sorry that I couldn't make much for now…" he smiles apologetically.
Fran and Aoi's eyes glittering upon hearing that. "We can have the rice balls…?" Aoi asked. Tsuna nods gently. "Then Fran-chan, let's eat together…"
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Gokudera look at the navigator again, he was sure that the address that he had entered was the right one. And yet, why is it still end up like this?
"Tou-chan… where are we now…? I'm scared…"
"… Well, I can't really say I know where we are… I never seen that fancy house with too much lantern either…" Gokudera answered his son as he look at the 3-storey bungalow in front of him.
Ran sighs, she bends forward and pats her father's pocket. "Call Uncle Tsuna…" she said.
Gokudera sighs defeated, he really got no other choice than to ask for his help now. Takes out his smartphone from his pocket, and then push a quick dial button.
It takes some time before the line were picked up. "Moshi, moshi…"
"Tsuna… I n-need your help…"
"Oh? How can I help, Gokudera-kun…? Aren't you on your way here…?"
"W—well…"
Ran was waiting patiently for her father explain to Tsuna frantically as she looks outside of the car through window. Everything becoming calm until a short haired man suddenly kiss the mirror.
"Kyaaa!" Ran shrieked.
Gokudera got startled look at the now panic Ran. "What the….!"
"Tou-chan!" this time it's Shun and Ran calling for their father's help.
Gokudera let the phone away from his ears when he hears his daughter screaming a loud and his son backing away. He let his seat belt loose and stomps out from the car to actually choke that culprit that scaring his children. "I'm so going to—…. Yamamoto!" he said when he get to see full face.
"Yo!"
"Don't 'Yo!" me, you idiot! You scared the hell of my children….!"
"I'm sorry, I guess I did go overboard just now…" he said while scratching the back of his head. "… Are you visiting someone before you go the Tsuna's house, Gokudera?"
"Wha… No, I was just… we were just…" Gokudera become flustered to explain the whole humiliating stuff about he is actually lost.
Ran takes a look at the phone that her father left on the seat. She could hear a voice still coming out from it. She takes it and put it on her ear. "… Moshi, moshi…?"
"Ah… Ran-chan? Is that you…?"
Ran blushes upon hearing the sweet manly voice over the phone. "… Yes…?"
"Did something happened just now? I heard a scream…"
Ran take a peek through window to see her father are explaining their situation to Yamamoto, he looks rather shy than angry since his face becomes so red. "We're with Uncle Takeshi right now…?"
"Yamamoto…?" asked the other line. "… He's there…?"
"Mhm…"
"Well, where are you exactly…?"
Ran sighs as she look at Shun and they're both nod simultaneously. "W—we're lost…"
"… Eh?"
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"Yaho!"
"Papa, please not so loud…"
Mikan tugging her father's shirt as she palming her face due to embarrassment. The Sasagawa family has arrived except Kyoko. She will be there with Haru, or so as she texted her niece that is.
"Tsuna, the gorilla has arrived…" Mukuro said it with ease while still preparing for the barbeque stand.
Tsuna was in a rush when he heard Mukuro calling for him. "Mukuro, don't say that… Welcome, Nii-san! Ouuff!"
"Aww… you've gotten skinnier to the extreme!" he hug the small man tightly.
"W-well… I got a lot busier these days, so…" said Tsuna while trying to loosen the hug a little.
"Papa… you're suffocating him…" Mikan pulls her father's shirt from behind.
After hearing what her daughter just warned him, he let Tsuna go. "… Woah! I got carried away! Sorry about that, Tsuna…" he said while scratching the back of his head.
Mukuro chuckles as he just watching the whole scene. While he at it, he notices of Ryohei's daughter, Mikan, suddenly he remembers his own daughter, Aoi. He turns around to see if she was at the back but there was none. Even Fran was missing. But when he turns around, he sees his daughter standing at the door with Fran.
Ryohei had taken notice that there's a girl and teen boy that he never met before. He look at Tsuna with a serious expression, put his hand on Tsuna's shoulder and clear his throat. "… I never knew you were such a person, Tsuna!"
"Eh…?"
"Why didn't you tell me that you got married again and have a secret grown up children behind your late wife's back! Guh!"
Tsuna was about to explain when a pan has been thrown onto Ryohei's face. He turns around, only to face with a dangerously smiling Mukuro. "… They're mine, you loud gorilla…"
Mikan helps her father up and her father rubs his face. She's ticked off as she saw someone is hurting her father. She stand up from her father's side, walks towards Mukuro calmly as Mukuro watch her and then without alarming anything, she kicked Mukuro's calf. "Papa is just joking! You don't have to throw that to his face!" on contrary to her petite body, her strength is something else.
"Bwahahahaha!"
All of the people that gather on Tsuna's yard look at laughing Aoi in question. Aoi is laughing while holding her stomach, which she looks almost painful to laugh anymore.
"… Hey, your father got kick here, and you laugh?" Mukuro groans.
"I'm sorry, but the whole joke is so messed up! I can stand to laugh at all!" she continues to laugh.
Mikan look at her weirdly. "… You are…?"
Aoi tries to control her laughter. "Sorry, I didn't introduce myself. My name is Rokudo Aoi, and that cruel yet victim person that you just kicked is my father, Rokudo Mukuro. This weird brother that standing behind me is my cousin, Fran… May I know your name…?"
Mikan blushes as she hears the introduction. She bows slightly. "I'm Sasagawa Mikan, this insensitive person here is my father, Sasagawa Ryohei…"
"Mikan-chan? Nice to meet you, Mikan-chan!" Aoi said as she approaches Mikan and have a handshakes, which Mikan do it awkwardly. "And I'm sorry Uncle Ryohei that my father have been rude to you…"
"N-no…"
"Papa, say something…" Aoi said with one eyebrows rise up.
Mukuro smiles hesitantly. "… Please give me the pan back…"
"… You really never changes these past years, haven't you Mukuro?" Ryohei calmly stated.
"Are you one to talk here…?" he replied.
Ryohei grit his teeth and clenches his fist. He lounge towards Mukuro which Mukuro quickly defend himself by holding Ryohei's arms away. "I want to kick your ass to the extreme!"
"Like I let that to happen…" Mukuro said with a smirks.
"Maa… stop fighting, you two!" Tsuna sighs tiredly.
Aoi and Fran walks towards Tsuna calmly and tug his shirt. When Tsuna starting to notice them, Aoi gesture to squat down. "Is your friends stuck somewhere…?" she asked.
"… Hm?" Tsuna look at her weirdly. "How do you know…?"
"We overheard you talking on the phone… Do you need us to fetch them?"
Tsuna queit for a moment until, "… Ah!" he let out a shriek.
Both of Aoi and Fran surprised by the sudden jumps. "… What-what happened, Uncle Tsuna?"
"I was supposed to fetch them, it seems that they got lost. Everyone enjoy yourself while I…" he halt as he hears his phone ringing.
"… Yamamoto? Oh, so you're with them?" he asked to the other line.
"Yep! It seems we are very much fated to bump into each every now and then…!" Yamamoto said cheerfully.
"… Like hell we are, idiot…!" Gokudera scowled while tightly guiding the steering wheel.
"Well, Tsuna. We'll be there around 5 more minutes, until then, so hi to everyone for us…"
Tsuna sighing relief. "Good to hear that. Alright, I'll inform them that you'll be arriving soon. Bye." He hangs up. He then look at Aoi and smiles warmly as he rubs Aoi's head. "… It seems that they're fine now. Why don't you prepare something to welcome them instead…?"
"… You said Yamamoto, is he Takuma and Takumi's father?" she asked as she tilted her head.
"Yea! One of the coolest single father I've ever seen! And he'll be coming together with Gokudera…" he said with a happy smile.
"Gokudera…?"
"It'll be the first time for you to meet the both of them. They were your father and my friends' friend during our high school years! It's been awhile since we get to be together like this…"
Tsuna looks at the fighting friends over the barbeque now. While looking at the childish quarrel between his friends, he suddenly remembers his own and Yamamoto's child. He rushes in to see them only to find they're stealing food.
"… It's delicious Tou-chan…" Yuu said with a guilty smiles and a smudge of rice on his cheeks.
Tsuna smiles rather dangerously as he shoves them a money. "Could you get me some more of meat and veggies please? All three of you…"
Takuma and Takumi hides behind Yuu's back, shivering scared. "… Y-yes…" Yuu answered.
"Why don't you go now…?"
Yuu and the twins quickly runs towards the nearest store to buy things before anything happen to them.
Tsuna sighs as he looks over them from behind.
Yuu was running when a car ride is passing them. Even though it was a glance, Yuu could see Shun inside the car.
"Shun…?"
The family gathering is about to start! Wait until the skylark with two of his children comes, I wonder if it still going to be cheerful like this...? The Christmas is on the way you guys! But everyone around me keep saying boxing day is near... =_="
So tell me, what kind of celebration do you have for the past Christmas that you had before? Sad? Chaotic? Too much noise? Get into trouble(?!)
Oh well, until we meet again next time, bye bye!
