A/N: Thank you for always waiting for this.

I have an important explanation at the end of this story, so please read it, thank you.

Before you read the rest - I want to tell you that this chapter is an un-beta'ed version. Dawnsty, my beta reader, is currently have a problem so she can't beta my stories in fast pace. Please understand. I'll replace the beta'ed version as soon as I accept it from her. Thank you. (June 2nd, 2015)

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Disclaimer: I wish Haru die.

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PEOPLE CAN CHANGE IN TEN YEARS

CHAPTER 10

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BY: MIHARU MIDORIKAWA

BETA'ED BY: DAWNSTY

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And behind the counter, a young man around the same age as Tsuna appeared. Gokudera, Yamamoto and Mochida gawked in awe when seeing the man.

"Hey, Al. Have you finished my order?" Asked Tsuna calmly and rested his hand on top of the wooden counter.

"Ah, Tsuna-san. Yes, I've finished it a moment ago." Answered the man while wiping sweat from his forehead that makes his silky long black hair stick to his forehead. After realizing that Tsuna has brought company, he stared deeply at them with those deep black eyes of his.

"Sorry. Let me introduce them, this is Gokudera Hayato, Yamamoto Takeshi and Mochida Kensuke." Said Tsuna with his usual smile.

"I see. Well then, nice to meet you, I'm Alfred Forté."

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The man named Alfred is… quite normal, just like the other blacksmith's would wear. A plain white T-shirt with many tints of oil and dirty from other materials, and of course a baggy jeans with many pockets around.

"Alfred… You're Italian?" Asked Gokudera in curiosity.

"Not really, I'm half between Italian and Asian. Much my face and body I inherited from my mother who's Asian, my father is the one who Italian and he's the one who gave me this name."

The other nodded their head.

"So, what are you doing here?" Now is Yamamoto's turn to ask a question.

"I work here to make weapons, I can make anything."

"Can you make a baseball bat with some kind of spikes coming out when I need it?" Asked Yamamoto. Sure, he already had a baseball bat that can turn into a katana if he swing it at a certain speed – but, still.

"Of course."

"Whoa…" Yamamoto entered into his fantasy land, Gokudera shook his head looking at that idiotic face of Yamamoto. While Tsuna is exploring around the shop and looking thoughtfully at the weapons around him, Mochida is doing the same thing as Tsuna, wandering around and blinked at the unfamiliar weapons.

"Well then, can you make a weapon that can shove people away of they gets close to Tenth besides me?"

Yamamoto snapped back to reality and turned his body to see Gokudera in the eyes, "Hey, Hayato, which means I can't get closer to Tsuna?"

"Of course, that is the point." Gokudera snorted.

"So mean…"

"Hmph. Whatever." Said Gokudera as he looks away from Yamamoto. Alfred, Tsuna and Mochida watched that scene silently and thought; they get along really well.

"By the way, Tenth."

"Yes, Hayato?" Tsuna looked away from the weapons in front of him, "If it's for a weapon, why didn't you ask Talbot for it?"

"Ah… that… recently I can't get through to him. Only God-knows-where he is right now, and he rarely listens to anyone's request. Anyway, I met Al when we arrived in Japan a few weeks ago." Said Tsuna with a smile on his face and glanced to Alfred behind the counter.

"Ahahahaha, talking about the time we first met, Tsuna-san, it was quite weird and interesting though." Alfred let out a soft giggle, "You're right." And now the Vongola Decimo laughing too with Alfred. Gokudera, Yamamoto and Mochida who see that scene in front of them immediately let out a thick of dark aura – for Mochida's case, he let it out unconsciously.

Looks like the weapon to shove away people from Tsuna is needed right now.

Let us claps for Gokudera's brilliant idea.

-Cough. Okay, Alfred who noticed Tsuna's friends' behavior smirked in victory before get back to the brunette to continue his talks between them. And occasionally Alfred leaned more his body from behind the counter to get closer to Tsuna, and – oh? Looks like that actions made the aura around thicker and suffocating.

"Hm? What's wrong, guys?" Asked Alfred with an innocent face towards the three who burned by jealousy.

"Tch. Nothing, but you better keeps your hands off from Tenth."

"Ahahahaha, it's nothing. I just somehow want to pull out my shigure kintoki."

"Oh, nothing. Seriously." –nothing my ass! Can't you see there's something wrong with me?! Are you blind?!' Continued Mochida in his heart.

"Hmmmm, I see." And Alfred gets back to his 'business' with Tsuna while occasionally laughed here and there, "Oh, by the way, Mochida. Take a weapon you want from here, take it as my gratitude for fighting with me at the Reunion." Said Tsuna as he turned his body around to see Mochida with a warm smile on his face.

"E-Eh? Seriously?"

"Yes, you have to keep it in mind that we are a Mafia Organization, at least you have one or two weapons to protect yourself. And I believe that kendo sword of you can do anything useful. Take it for the worst possibilities." Tsuna gave pressure to the last word, Mochida gulped nervously when remembered that he's one of that Mafia Organization now, it's not a a weird story if this is the last time he could breath.

White Tsuna, Gokudera and Yamamoto talking about weapons and stuffs with Alfred, Mochida walked away towards the corner of the room which is a bunch of katanas there. He pulled out one of the katana from inside a barrel, after he observing it, he pulls it out from the sheath. Deciding it was feels… not right, he put it back – and that's when his eyes catch something interesting. A long length katana with an emerald green fabric covering it, a smirk formed on his face.

The sheath has the same color as the covering fabric, with a few lightning marks carved into the wood, Mochida smiled when brushed his finger through the carved lightning. His smile became bigger when saw the blade – it was beautiful. When he moved the blade towards the light, a shade of green will appear on that silver blade.

"My my, you've found a good weapon." Chirped Alfred.

"Eh?"

"Hm – Oh, what a beautiful katana you found. It's that what you want, Mochida?" Said Tsuna as he observing the chosen katana by Mochida, "Umm well, yeah. It is okay? I mean, it looks pretty expensive…"

"Who do you think I am? Well Al, I take that – oh yeah, please wrap my order."

"Understood, Tsuna-san." And Alfred got back to the back to wrap Tsuna's ordered thing neatly.

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"Thank you, Al." Said Tsuna with his usual smile, Alfred replied that smile and bowed in respect, "Ah, no, thank you, Tsuna-san."

"I'll come again."

"I'll be waiting for you then." And Tsuna bid him a farewell then walked away with a brown paper bag in his hand. After passing the narrow alleyway, finally they can breathe freely without any weird smell lingering around. On the way back to the HQ, no any of them trying to start a conversation – just Yamamoto that occasionally whistled. They only followed Tsuna from behind and raised their eyebrows when they got back to the Shopping District.

"So, Tenth, is there anything you need here again?"

"Hmmm, not sure." Then Tsuna smiled when found a coffee shop across the street. He remembered in the past Reborn said that the coffee beans in that coffee shop is quite good. Well, he can go home with a souvenir for his beloved ex-tutor.

"Wait here, there's something I want to buy there."

"But Tenth, I can buy it for you."

"No thank you, I can buy it myself. Won't be long." With that he disappeared into the shop – leaving his two guardians outside waiting for him. Yamamoto suddenly pats Gokudera's shoulder, "Maa maa, Hayato. Don't be upset. Tsuna can protect himself, don't be that stiff."

"But, he could be attacked by another Family anytime."

"Well, you're right. But, we're here for him. That's why we're here now as his guardians who protects him."

"Hm, you've got a point there, Baseball-idiot."

"Ahahahahaha~ It's been a while since you called me with that nickname."

"Hmph."

"Umm…" Yamamoto and Gokudera turned around to see Mochida who's standing behind them, "What?" Asked Gokudera calmly.

"Why… why are you accepted Tsuna as your Boss?" Yamamoto and Gokudera exchanges looks, not long after, Gokudera looked up at the beautiful clear sky above him. Seeing the clouds moving slowly and birds fly soaring the sky, everytime he saw that beautiful sky, somehow reminding him to his beloved Boss who accepts all.

"Hmm, let's see…" Mumbled Gokudera – his gaze is still to that sky above, "He – Tenth, accepts me for who I am. When the first time I met him, I immediately threw my bombs without any mercy." Gokudera snickered when remembered when the first time he met Tsuna, "But, after that, he accepted my apologies like nothing is wrong from the first place."

Mochida and Yamamoto listening to Gokudera silently.

"He gave me a hope when I judged that there's no one like him in this world, I never met a kind person like him in my life – I think he's the kindest person I've ever met. He's an amazing person. He even accepted and forgives Mukuro and Byakuran who's hurt him and his family in the past. Since that, I've decided to follow him until the end of my life." Gokudera glanced at Tsuna's figure in the coffee shop across the street.

"I see… what about you, Yamamoto?" Asked Mochida.

"Hmmm, Tsuna Is the savior of my life." Answered Yamamoto with his usual grins, "Your savior?"

"Un! Did you remember when I was in middle school trying to jump off the school's building?" Yamamoto said that with a cheerful tone, not like any other person who would be sulking with a sad face, "Jump… from the – ah, I remember! I was at the Dojo that time so I don't know who's trying to jump." Said Mochida while scratching the back of his head, Yamamoto laughed at that, "Yes, it was me."

"O-Oh…"

"The one who stopped me was Tsuna," Yamamoto glanced too at Tsuna's figure who's still inside the coffee shop, "When everyone is persuading me with fake smile and keep a distance from me, Tsuna is the only one who actually steps forward and rescued me when I accidental slipped off and fell. He's the only one who knew that I always put a fake smile. And, I don't know exactly when, but I started to smile from the bottom of my heart."

Gokudera snorted with a small smile on his face, "Baseball-idiot."

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting, everyone!" Said Tsuna while running from the coffee shop towards his Guardians and friend, "Tenth!" Gokudera approached Tsuna and noticed that he carried another paper bag in his hand, "I'll carry it for you." Gokudera stretched his hand at the other paper bag, but Tsuna smiled and hold his hand up.

"It's okay, Hayato. I can carry it myself."

"But Tenth, it looks heavy – mentioning you already carrying something from Alfred's shop before."

"I said it's okay, I'm fine. This is not that heavy anyway." Said Tsuna as he brought up the paper bags in his hands to make sure Gokudera it's not heavy, "Let's go back, there's something I want to tell you guys."

Gokudera, Yamamoto and Mochida exchanges looks with each other.

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BLAM!

The big mahogany doors opened roughly and slammed to the wall besides it, "I'm home!" Said Tsuna cheerfully, the occupants of the room immediately looks into the opened door.

"TSUUU-CHAAAAN~!" A blur vision of an indigo pineapple running towards Tsuna with welcoming hands for a hug, when that pineapple getting closer, Tsuna steps aside calmly – thus, the indigo pineapple who's now can be identified as Mukuro fell to the floor.

"Ku-Kufufufu…Tsu-chan, why are you dodged it?" Mukuro gets up slowly from the floor and rubbing his poor beautiful face, "Anyone will dodge that, Mukuro-sama." A beautiful woman with shoulder length purple hair standing in front of him.

"But Nagi, he maybe accepts it."

"Maybe."

Once for a while Mukuro hoped that Chrome isn't this straight forward.

"Yo, Tsuna! How was today?" Asked Ryohei as he pulled Tsuna into a tight hug, "It was fun actually, I managed to buy things I wanted."

"Good then!"

"Oi. Put your hand off of Tenth." Ordered Gokudera with a scowl on his face towards the boxer man who's hugging his beloved Boss tightly. "No."

And a fight starts between them with Mochida and Yamamoto as the spectators. When Tsuna found a gap between Ryohei vs Gokudera fight, he slips off without being noticed by the two. His chocolate caramel orb lit up when saw Reborn sitting in one of the couches, without saying anything, Tsuna shoves one of the paper bags towards the man. Reborn flicked his fedora up to see Tsuna and takes the paper bag. A smirk formed on his face when his nose smelled pleasant smell from it.

Tsuna smiled and took that Reborn likes his present from town, he spend almost 20 minutes to pick what kind of coffee beans for Reborn after all. Then he glanced towards the other couches across Reborn, there he found his little cow all curled up and sleeping comfortably despite the loud noises in the room. He shook his head at the loud noises Gokudera and Ryohei made.

Finally, before he sits on his oh-so comfortable chair, he walk towards Hibari who's leaning his back at the corner of the room, "I'm back, Kyoya."

"Hn."

Tsuna smiled at his attitude and proceeding towards his desk, he opened one of the drawers and put the paper bag he got from Alfred in it safely. He brought his head up and wrinkled at his room's condition. He sighed deeply before brought his hands up and –

SLAM!

He slammed his desk hard, making a loud enough sound to gain their attention. Now the entire room is silent, excluding the whimpering Lambo because he fell to the floor after the loud sound Tsuna made. Tsuna give them an innocent smile.

"Let's have a karaoke contest!"

"WHAT?"

To Be Continued

A/N;

So, here's what I'm trying to explain; finally, there's someone asked that this isn't a reunion themed fanfiction again. Yes, it's indeed not.

I use that as a trigger for Mochida. So, I don't really cling to that 'reunion' thingy. I just want to make everyone realized that Tsuna is an amazing man – especially Mochida. I want him to feel he's glad to be joining the Vongola. That's all. Thank you.

Maybe I'll write another fanfiction about showing people how amazing Tsuna is. What do you think?

Thank you again, and see you in the next chapter.