I just took a very important exam I think I'm going to fail so we're going to take a break from studying all these words.

X-Men is Marvel's.

X's Men
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"They need a place to call home," Iemitsu had said, eyes pleading and hopeful. "The Primo built this place for people like them. Please, Tsuna."

How could Tsuna say no?

One by one, the mutants Iemitsu scouted arrived. The first to turn up was an intelligent, albeit loud and brash, chain-smoker who could turn everything and anything he touched to bombs he could detonate at will. He made a very effective teacher and instructor and Tsuna, glad for his presence, secretly hoped the others would arrive before long.

The second one appeared during an insanely heavy downpour and Tsuna soon learned that the carefree, easy-going swordsman came not during the rain but with it. Still, all was well and good as Tsuna no longer had to worry about watering the plants and bathing and playing with the children.

The third mutant to clock in was a passionate and dedicated boxer of monstrous strength who took it upon himself to make morning exercise, noon training and evening cool-downs a ritual. Needless to say, majority of the children weren't impressed and it amused Tsuna to no end to see his students struggling to escape their newest mentor by utilizing all their powers. At this point, Tsuna was extremely positive his father had specifically sought out and sent these mutants to help him.

The coming of the fourth mutant proved him dead wrong. A crybaby and a coward, the half-cow, half-child mutant was a handful, one who generated electricity, redirected currents, called forth thunder and generally made sure the power went out at least once a day.

Some time after the cow-child came, Tsuna felt compelled to step outside at dawn and upon doing so, dimly noted the fact that the whole perimeter of the school was surrounded by around a thousand guys with the same midnight-black hair and steel-gray eyes, the same gold-imprinted red armband, the same haphazardly-worn jacket. That was how Tsuna met the fifth mutant, the violent and dangerous prefect who cloned himself and whose clones could clone themselves in turn. He was a stickler for discipline and, as such, made himself present everywhere, every time to make sure the students behaved themselves well.

The last mutant to arrive was the most troublesome one. A sly and cunning ex-con, the last mutant could conjure illusions and possess the bodies of humans and animals alike. Against Tsuna's will, he taught the students the basics of battle and the techniques to winning.

Indeed, these 'guardians,' as they called themselves, made Sawada Tsunayoshi's life as the headmaster of The Vongola School for Gifted Youngsters livelier and more exciting, but on summer days, days like this when the children were out of school, when they were free to do as they please, Tsuna would roam the mansion, pass through cracks made by Gokudera on walls, ascend the staircase overflowing with water like a falls thanks to Yamamoto, get shocked by wires detached by Lambo, enter metal doors broken courtesy of Ryohei, only to reach the rooftop and find the illusions of Mukuro and clones of Hibari wrecking everything that hadn't been wrecked yet, and Tsuna would wonder if the fun was worth this much trouble, if the good times were worth his days of peace.

Tsuna would raise a hand, a bright flame would grow on his forehead, his pupils would turn orange and yellow and all those shades in between, his feet would leave the ground and he would splay his fingers and everything would return to its rightful place: the blocks of cement would go back to the crumbling wall, the water cascading down the staircase would evaporate, the disconnected wires would reconnect to its cords, the metal door would reattach itself to its hinges, the illusions would vanish, the clones would return and Tsuna would lower his hand, the bright flame would slowly die, his pupils would return to their original caramel hue, his feet would touch the ground again and he would smile and ask them whether they wanted to watch a movie or play some basketball. One by one, they would forget what they were doing and give in to his smile.

And Tsuna would think that yes, these people were his guardians, his family. These people were more than worth it.

X's Men

The Vongola as mutants? Win.

I'll edit this more some other time. For now, why don't you - yes, YOU, you handsome dawg - review and tell me what you think about this piece, yeah? And while you're at it, I'd like to know if you guessed what Tsuna's powers are correctly!