A/N: I'm both glad and mortified right now.
I got one of the highest scores in my preliminary exams in Anatomy and Physiology but I almost failed in Organic chemistry. Those damn reactions…Y u so hard? T_T I always forget to include those fucking double bonds…*rages on* well, anyway, enough about me. How about you guys? How're you all doing? ^^
I know this is a bit late and random but… Isn't Alan Rickman awesome? That man…Hnnnnnggh. I thought I was the only one who had a weird crush on him when I saw the first Potter movie… Oh and who among you got in Pottermore early? I'm WillowPumpkin206 there. Hmm, but literally, I'm not in yet, since the second email hasn't arrived…
Okay, before I rant away on HP, let me get us back on topic. *SPOILER AHEAD* Holey crap I was so surprised about Daemon's Elena thing…(because I named an OC Elena back then, haha, imma genius XD) I mean… Whoa. I used to curse him so much…sorry Dae. And by the way…Amano-sensei is overloading us with 2700 lately. And Mukuro got his body back and is out of Vendicare! Now my plot is all messed up. *shakes head* Seriously, what am I gonna do with this… But since the new arc is focused on Fran, I think I'll be able to forgive her. XD*End of spoiler*
Oh, and I'm proud to say that this little shitty thing right here has begun to move on with it's intended plot. So look out kiddies. This might be crack-filled and all at this point, but beware…*laughs evilly on the background*
And also…Sweet chestnuts, TIFT reached the 100th review mark! Oh wow. Thank you very much for staying with me and this little story. I cannot promise to give you a good story, but I'll definitely give you the best I can do. Thank you readers, reviewers alerters and to those who faved this!
Shout outs:
Hiyomi-san – oh wow, to review each chapter…Thank you! You are so kind. ^_^
Long live marshmallows-san – I've already made Tsuna go into Hyper mode in the Be more chapter, but not dying will mode. I don't think it would be appropriate for her to run around wearing her underwear only XD.
Alice no Kuro Usagi-san – haha, we all love some 1827 hints now and then don't we? XD hope you like this chappie and thanks for dropping a review!
Alineup-san - *shades falls from shit knows where and lands on my eyes like a boss* They do indeed amigo, they do indeed.
Geniusly-Unique-san – X27. Honestly I haven't read a single X27 fic in my life. Ever. I'll try though, I'll do some research XD. The Varia won't be coming yet so I still have some time to squeeze that pairing in.
FallenSeraphXeno-san – Basil-kun is that you? O_o nah, just kidding. ^^ it's a pleasure to make my readers happy. Thanks for the review!
Nikooru-sama – sorry for not updating soon…well, here it is! Hope you enjoy it!
EminaRukiax-san – Awww, thank you! I will write the next chapters with my dying will as well! XD
Kichou-san – thanks for the review!
Crazyanime-san – well…I want to tell you why I-pin didn't recognize Hibari or Tsuna, but if I did, I'll be giving away the plot. Heehee…Oh well. I got the intended reaction so that's fine. Thanks for the review!
RealityBitez-san – honestly I just got a little lazy to type everything at the end…*avoids pineapples* sorry. That's my bad. Thanks for leaving a review!
YujouKami-san – I like I-pin too. XD thank you and thanks for the feedback also!
Princess Arcs di Cielo-san – chaos makes Tsuna's world go round, yeah?^^ thanks for the review!
Conanfan15-san – Oh, you noticed that she didn't recognize Haru or Yamamoto too! Everyone just got distracted about her not recognizing Hibari or Tsuna…Well that's a clue. You got one part of the clue – that I-pin didn't recognize Yamamoto or Haru. You're right about the bit about the future changing once again, and I gotta say, that your theory might just be a possible plot for another series…you amaze me. O_O. The other part of the clue (of course I'm gonna shut up at this point) has not been found out by somebody else because… it's just too overlooked I guess. I've been giving out clues since last chapter (well, not exactly, the very first clue I made was in the Kufufu no fu chapter) so…yeah. I'm just happy somebody notices them OTL…thanks for the feedback!
Yuna's Reincarnation-1-san – you bet it is… because it isn't what it looks like…haha. Well anyway, thanks for the review!
MikaUchiha666-san - I feel that sometimes people forget that I-pin is a young assassin so yeah...I made her cool here. ^^ here's the update!
Dozo~
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"It's okay with me if you put me in danger, but dragging Kyoko-chan and the others in is unforgivable!"
The arcobaleno stopped for a moment as if in deep thought, and then jumped and kicked Tsuna on the face.
"What did you do that for?" The Vongola tenth wailed as she put a hand on her forehead.
"When you take the position as Tenth, all of your enemies will try to kill your allies. This one is only a light thing compared to the things that they will do to get to you." Reborn discarded his outfit and changed into a target patterned swimwear. "So get used to it."
"But still…" The brunette frowned and sighed. "I can't actually swallow a dying will pill and save them in hyper mode."
"Aren't you the one who always promised that you'll protect them no matter what?"
"I know, I promised. Of course I won't go back on my word. It's just that –"
"Then that's enough. Go get changed. We'll be meeting the other three soon." The hitman turned and trotted away with Leon on his shoulder.
Decimo stared at her retreating tutor and felt a little angered and helpless. Sometimes she wondered why she agreed to all of Reborn's plans in the first place. Sometimes she wondered why she only had one reasonable choice. Again, she felt the need to bang her head on the wall but fortunately, Kyoko and Haru arrived at the scene to prevent her from doing so.
"Tsuna-chan!" The caramel-colored haired girl called sweetly and greeted her with a wide smile. "Come on! Let's change and go to the sea!"
Tsuna tried to compose herself and smiled a bit, trying to act normal. "Okay."
But then, she remembered something. Idiocy strikes again.
"Crap."
"Hahi? What's wrong, Tsuna-chan?"
XXX
Actually, Tsuna did bring some swimwear, in the form of trunks.
But because of all the trouble she's been through, she apparently forgot what she currently looked like.
"Don't worry, Maman gave me a bikini for you." Bianchi spoke as she unpacked her luggage.
(If you're wondering where Maman is, she's somewhere in Sicily having a romantic date with Papan.)
'Mom sure knows me.' Tsuna scratched her head as she stared at the orange, two-piece suit Bianchi brought out. 'Although I prefer not wearing those…'
"What's wrong, Tsuna? Don't you like them?" Bianchi asked and stared at the brunette.
'Of course! It's embarrassing to wear something like that in front of everybody! I'm a freaking boy for Buddha's sake!' Decimo fought the urge to wail out those words as she took the swimsuit. "No, it's fine. I'll call mom later to thank her for this."
The Poison Scorpion smiled back and nodded. "Let's go get changed shall we?"
Those were the very words Tsuna dreaded to hear.
She didn't understand how girls can run around in the beach with only two pieces of cloth covering their private parts. Why do they feel embarrassed when boys see them in their panties but they don't when they see them in their bikinis? What is up with that logic?
"Tsuna-chan? Is something wrong? You look pale." Kyoko patted her shoulder as they walked toward the beach.
'Kyoko-chan looks so cute in her swimwear…And wait, when did we get out of here?' Tsuna faked a smile to hide her uneasiness. She's been detaching from reality too often these days. "A-Ah, yeah… I'm fine, Kyoko-chan."
The younger Sasagawa nodded and smiled back.
"Is it because you're nervous?" Haru asked suddenly. "I've been watching you very closely, Tsuna-chan!"
"E-Eh?" Tsuna took as step back as her intuition sent warning signals in her brain. "What do you mean?"
"You like one of them, don't you? One of Tsuna-san's guardians!"
"WHAT?"
"Eh? Really Tsuna-chan?" Kyoko was the next to ask. "You really do?"
"No! I don't!" Tsuna waved her hands in denial.
"Then why did you invite them all? Even Hibari-san! It's him, isn't it? Hahi! Dangerous!"
"NO! It's not Hibari-san!"
"Then you do like one of them after all! I knew it! Is it Kyoko-chan's big brother?"
"Eh? You like Onii-chan?"
"No! I mean, I like Onii-san, but not in that way…"
"So it's Yamamoto-san in the end!"
"Haru! I just invited them because their my fami –"
"Look out!"
The three girls whipped their heads toward the speaker. Haru and Kyoko saw that it was Yamamoto who shouted but Tsuna saw nothing because a beach ball had just made its very own landing space on her face.
"Oww..." Decimo rubbed the part which the ball had struck her. It didn't hurt that much since it was just the plastic inflatable type.
"Are you okay Tsu…na…" Yamamoto's speech capabilities slowed down for a moment as he took in the sight of his best friend.
"You idiot! Look at what you've done to the…Te… Te-Tenth?" Gokudera's green eyes looked like billiard balls as he averted his gaze at his beloved boss.
Ryohei looked like he became a flagpole as he stood in the shallow water.
"Don't just gape like that." Bianchi broke the silence as Chrome, who was carrying I-pin in her arms, stood by her. "Apologize properly."
"Ack!" Gokudera was torn between vomiting and nose bleeding as he collapsed at the sight of her sister and his boss. Yamamoto looked panicky as he tended to his silver haired friend, while Ryohei, still, looked like a red matchstick.
"No, it's okay." Tsuna smiled and shook her head. "I'm alright, no harm done."
"Sorry about that, Tsu-Tsuna." The rain guardian beamed lightly as he carried the fallen Gokudera.
"S-Sawada…Y-You look extremely…Extremely…O-Orange."
"Eh? You think so Onii-san? Should I change?" Tsuna looked at herself. 'I do look a bit weird in this thing. I knew it. I should have worn a t-shirt instead.'
"Sh-Shuddap, Turf-top… The T-Tenth looks great in a-anything she wears!" The storm guardian managed to speak as his sister put on some sunglasses.
"Th-That's not what I meant, octopus-head! Sawada looks extremely good! That's what I meant! She extremely looks good in orange!"
"That's not what you meant earlier!"
"It is!"
"Now now, you two…" Yamamoto laughed, a bit tense himself. "It's a good day today so let's not fight okay?"
Tsuna wanted to bury her head in the sand with all the attention she's been getting. Why are they acting so strange so suddenly? It's embarrassing. Everyone's eyes are on them. There's too much unwanted attention for her to bear, really.
"Tsuna-chan, come, let's swim!" Haru tugged on her hand. "Or maybe you want to play some ball?"
"Let's play!" Lambo declared, then picked up the large inflatable ball that hit Tsuna earlier.
"No, I have to pass." Decimo smiled apologetically. "I don't really feel well, er, with the heat. You guys go ahead and have some fun."
Haru and the rest of them frowned at her reply. Even Tsuna wanted to frown. It was such a nice day! But attention wasn't something she liked drawn toward her. She forced a smile and retreated back to the shade, a bit guilty herself for being too shy to run around in a swimsuit.
Tsuna may have become a girl, but she still has the lowest self-confidence out of all of them.
"Do you want me to escort you back to the hotel, Tenth?" A voice asked and Tsuna needn't have to turn to know who it was.
"No, Gokudera-kun, I feel fine." She smiled at her faithful friend. "I just don't want to embarrass myself any further."
"What do you mean, Tenth?" The silver haired teen asked further.
"I feel so weird." She admitted, a hint of bitterness seeping in her tone. "This is not right – me wearing bikinis in front of everyone. I'm a guy. And I have to wear… wear bras and period pads. It's unnerving to notice other guys staring at me. I know they just see me as another girl, but to me… to me, those glances are different." Tsuna sighed and wrapped her arms around her legs as she sat on the sand. "I'm sorry Gokudera-kun. Just forget everything that I said. You should enjoy our vacation."
The emerald eyed guardian sat silent for a moment. "Juudaime…Just tell me who those bastards who stared at you earlier were… and I'll dispose of them at your command!"
"No, Gokudera-kun! It's okay!" Tsuna blanched and tried to pacify him. Well, you were one of them though…
"Are you sure? I promise I'll make a clean kill." He said in an assuring tone that made Tsuna not reassured at all.
"Gokudera-kun… I said it's okay. It's okay." She smiled and patted his shoulder. Even though at times, this dedicated bit of Gokudera drives everything else in Tsuna's life into trouble, she can't help but to be thankful. Tsuna's glad she has a friend who's willing to kill (though not encouraged,) for her when she's in need.
And besides all that, the quarter Italian is quite good-looking as well.
After debating why her mind suddenly wandered into that realm of thinking, Tsuna proceeded to slam her face on her knees. The revenge of the hormones has begun.
"Juudaime? Are you alright, Juudaime?"
"Yes! I'm fine! Ahahaha…" Tsuna mumbled while her head was ducked. What the fuck, Tsuna, what the fuck? This is not the time to stare at your best friend. You should not feel attracted. You should be jealous. Yeah, that's right, jealous. Gokudera's handsome and you're wimpy. He's got such nice –
Gaah. Okay. Look somewhere else.
Decimo lifted her head and tried to distract herself with other things. Stare at other people. She tried to search for Kyoko and found her, playing beach volleyball with Haru, Ryohei, and Yamamoto. Tsuna concentrated on her beloved, but found her orbs fluttering away from the beautiful Sasagawa to her older brother.
'Onii-san sure looks happy,' Tsuna smiled to herself as she watched her sun guardian yell 'extreme' as Kyoko tried to spike a ball. The boxing enthusiast is energetic and lively as ever, but his smiles and yells were different today. Being locked up in Vendicare didn't seem to have affected him at all, and to this Tsuna's thankful.
And how fine he looked, that Sasagawa.
For the second time, Tsuna slammed her face to something; the sand, this time.
"Juudaime?" Gokudera called. "Are you sure –"
"I'm – I'm just thirsty, haha, that's all…" Tsuna stiffly replied as sand stuck to her face as she lifted her head up.
"You could have said so! Wait here Tenth; I'll bring you some drinks." The silver haired teen exclaimed and dashed off immediately like a retriever after a stick.
Tsuna sighed, feeling restless.
Haru cheered as Yamamoto (who was her partner in the game) scored one for them. They high-fived. Ryohei yelled something while Kyoko complimented the baseball player.
Yamamoto. Don't get started with Yamamoto.
Tsuna dusted herself off of the sand and didn't want to look at her raven haired guardian, because thoughts that made her heart beat a little faster were flooding her brain already. She wanted to get away. Where's Reborn anyway? Tsuna stood up, completely forgot about Gokudera, and walked off aimlessly to escape this torture.
Crash.
"I'm sorry! A-Are you alright?"
Tsuna blinked twice as she got knocked down by the stranger who slammed onto her. "I'm okay!" she hastily replied and felt a hand pull hers.
When she looked at that person, she felt like she saw something very grave, like kittens dying.
It was Enma.
The Shimon boss' crimson eyes were unblinking as he stared at Tsuna (of course, he didn't know the girl was his friend). Tsuna stared back, terrified.
Enma, who concluded that he made her scared out of her wits, hurried another apology.
"S-Sorry! I… I'm really sorry! A-Are you hurt? Are you bleeding?" the red head panicked and looked at her if she was injured.
"Hey Enma!" Katou Julie, whose hair was swept back in a messy little ponytail and was wearing swimming shorts, ran toward the two no-good bosses. "You're hitting on girls without me! Sneaky!" The bespectacled teen poked Enma on the side and checked Tsuna out. "Hello there miss. Don't be too comfortable with this one; he's no-good."
Tsuna opened her mouth to speak but no sound came out. Enma flushed immediately. "Julie! Stop it! I'm not hitting on girls! I – I just –"
Before the crimson haired teen could finish, Decimo had already made a run for it.
"Aww, Enma, you scared her off."
"Julie!" He sighed. "Ahh, what should I do now?"
Tsuna was hyperventilating. 'Enma-kun is here.' She ran faster at the very thought. Was it Reborn? It probably was him. He's always the mastermind of everything .
"Tsuna!"
'Oh no,' Tsuna thought bitterly running faster than ever before. 'Did Enma-kun find out already? What am I gonna do?'
"Tsuna, wait a minute!"
'He's getting closer!' She thought, wishing that she didn't leave her mittens in the hotel.
"Tsuna!" A hand grabbed her arm, effectively stopping her.
"I'm not Tsuna!" She shouted, shutting her eyes tightly.
The voice chuckled. "What are you saying?"
Tsuna opened her eyes. "Dino-san!"
"What's wrong?" The blond asked, loosening his grip on his little brother (sister). "You look like a mess."
Tsuna wanted to cry and breathe properly at the same time. "Shimon," She said between breaths, "They're here!"
"Oh, you saw them?" Dino beamed, coaxing Tsuna to sit on a nearby bench. "I invited them here."
"WHAT?" Dino jumped at the sudden change of tone. "B-But why?"
"Why? It's to help you out of course!" The Cavallone boss chuckled. "It's what allies do, isn't it?"
To this, Tsuna had nothing to reply to. Dino was right. Finally defeated, she heaved out a sigh of frustration. "I'm just… I'm just… Embarrassed. I don't want them to see me like this."
"You're embarrassed?" To this, the blond klutz fell a little silent. "Then why did you introduce yourself to me that day if you were embarrassed?"
"Because you're my sworn brother!" Tsuna replied. "If I didn't tell you, then that would be… Something like betrayal."
Dino smiled and patted Tsuna's head, and had the urge to mess her hair but didn't, since it was already messy. "The Shimon and Vongola family share deep bonds since Primo's time, isn't that right? Then Enma has been your brother longer than I have been!"
The brunette frowned, guilt sweeping through her. "I'm sorry. I just… Don't want to get any more people involved. I don't want them to get into the mess I'm in."
"You know it doesn't work like that when you're in the Mafia." The Cavallone Boss chuckled. "Sometimes you're just too kind for your own good, Tsuna."
Tsuna blinked at that, not knowing what it meant.
"Should we go back to where Reborn and the others are?" Dino stood up and beamed still.
Decimo froze. "No, I don't think that's a good idea."
"Hmm? Why not?"
"Well…I…I can't take it anymore."
"What?"
"My friends. Wearing…Swimming trunks. And looking…really…g-great."
Dino stared at her for a couple of seconds.
"You mean, you…?"
"Yes."
"Wow…okay." The blond sank back to the bench beside her.
"It's really disturbing."
"I can imagine."
"Sucks to be you."
Silence.
"Reborn!" Both Dino and Tsuna exclaimed in unpleasant surprise. One of them almost fell out of the bench.
The baby hitman was sitting between them wearing his usual suit, but this time he didn't have his coat and his sleeves were rolled up. "Come on, Dame-Tsuna. We're going to meet 'em."
"Meet them?" Tsuna repeated. "The other arcobaleno you mean? Wait, where are they, anyway?"
"Dunno." He shrugged his little shoulders. "I forgot to tell them where we should all meet."
"How can you forget something like that?"
"Wait, why are you going to meet them, exactly?" Dino butted in suddenly and crossed his arms.
"Just to make things clearer." Reborn smirked. Leon jumped from his head to Tsuna and scampered toward her shoulder and transformed into a bright green, loosely woven t-shirt with the words "SEVERUS SNAPE IS THE BRAVEST MAN I EVER KNEW" at its center.
"Come on." Reborn jumped off of the bench and started walking away.
Tsuna stood up as well and turned to Dino. "I'll tell you everything later, Dino-san!" She ran toward Reborn who had now disappeared in the thick tree-filled area of the island, leaving a partly confused Cavallone boss sitting on that bench.
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Reborn was looking intently at the sky as they strode.
"What are you looking at?" Tsuna asked and turned his head upwards.
"Colonello's sign."
"Sign?"
The hitman stopped. "There."
He pointed at a bird soaring so high it looked like a mere speck on the blue. It circled on a spot and never moved toward any other path. Without saying anything, Reborn continued walking. Tsuna felt the aura of the situation change dramatically; it seemed like he was walking to a place where he would find the answers to all of his questions. A kind of morbid anticipation was bubbling in her stomach as they took one step closer to the destined place; it was as if she was walking on tar.
She felt like she wanted to run away and yet a part of her wanted to know.
They arrived on a clearing where a little hut made out of dried-out palm leaves stood silently, surrounded by bushes of dark purple flowered Echites. Tsuna could easily see Fon, who was wearing his usual red clothes, drinking some kind of yellow juice. Colonello was polishing his rifle, and moments later his partner, Falco, landed from flight, scooting near its master.
"Ciaossu."
The other two members of the cursed seven paused and looked at their fellow comrade as he greeted them.
Fon almost choked on his mango juice, but didn't make it obvious. He cleared his throat and bowed in full recognition.
Colonello dropped his rag briefly but picked it up instantly and continued polishing his rifle.
"Judging by your reactions, I think Tsuna gave you two quite the surprise."
Fon smiled apologetically.
"What the hell have you been up to, hey?" The ex-COMSUBIN soldier asked and turned to Tsuna.
"Eh? I… I haven't done anything –"
Colonello kicked him briefly on the face.
"Don't lie to me, kid. Someone did this to you; don't you feel anything, dammit?"
Tsuna almost lost her balance and muffled a shriek upon receiving the hit. The raven haired martial artist stood and put a hand on Colonello's shoulder. "I think we should ask Verde first."
The blond frowned lightly. "Don't you feel it, Fon?"
"Yes, yes, I sense something very peculiar about this but before we go wandering in different conclusions, we must ask for Verde's opinion, because what he will say will matter. I think that is why Reborn asked for the three of us."
Tsuna involuntarily gulped.
Fon looked behind him. A white UFO-like aircraft was lying there beside a window, and Tsuna thought for a moment Gokudera would jump out of the bushes and declare that he's been right all along. He would be delighted to see such a thing, Tsuna was sure. The portal opened on one side and a familiar green-headed scientist jumped out.
Reborn pulled Tsuna toward Verde. "Can you alter genders, Verde?"
The scientist eyed Tsuna carefully and looked back at Reborn. "I can, but not completely, especially with a time limit of at least 8 hours – impossible. If what you've told me is true, Reborn, then this pupil of yours…"
Tsuna felt his heart sink a couple of feet down.
"Your intuition – including Fon's and Colonello's – are in fact right. Something has caused this untimely change." Verde stopped and circled Tsuna, noting details in his head. "If all of your information about this Vongola brat is all facts, then I cannot – no one can – change him back. This contradicts the laws of nature. This kind of transformation is simply unattainable. Not even the technology we have in the future could have done this. That is why…it is so troubling."
Tsuna opted to look at Reborn for some kind of assurance – anything, but the hitman didn't speak.
"Something's off about him. About everything, damn it." Colonello frowned and bit his thumb. "Something's not right."
"I am not an expert on these kinds of things," Fon began, "But this…this unsettling feeling – I've felt it once before. But I cannot remember when or where…I think you should see Viper – he knows a lot of things about… disturbances."
Tsuna felt chilly when Fon said those words directly to her.
"I'll see what I can do." Verde spun around and strode back to his aircraft.
"Th-Thank you!" Decimo spluttered out. The bespectacled infant threw him a blank look.
"I'm only doing this because you're the bearer of the Sky Vongola ring." Verde replied and rolled his eyes and the portal opened again. "If I wasn't one of the Seven, honestly…God, you lot give me so much trouble…" He hopped in and the portal closed. It hovered and suddenly flew away with a thundering sound.
'Disturbance,' Tsuna thought to herself, her heart beating faster than she thought it would. She caught herself spacing out again, with that single word pounding on her brain unpleasantly like a migraine.
~Fin~
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Once there was a useless Crown Princess named Tsuna who had scored so low in her math test during her preliminary examinations. Reborn, her great sadistic tutor, decided to punish her for this ungraceful result. But she knew it was no ordinary penance for Reborn was well known to make every little thing a challenge for his students.
Tsuna-Hime's punishment was imprisonment – she was to be locked in an abandoned tower deep in the woods. But it was no ordinary detention for Reborn stated that he would let her out of the tower if she would solve a single problem – a math problem – etched on the metal door of her jail room. Alas, Tsuna knew it was impossible for her to solve such a thing as she tried countless of times to reason out a solution and failed epically. Seeing that it was utterly useless anyway, she gave up on that and proceeded to try another method of escape.
The Vongola Monarch was famed for controlling what they called the 'Sky' flame. And Tsuna being the heir to the throne naturally inherited this trait. She positioned herself before the fated door and lifted a hand and summoned her dying will and produced a great blast of flame –
But it seemed that the room itself was trolling her. There was no flame emitted from her hand.
Her plan back fired. The room was charmed by Reborn, making it fire proof. U mad, Tsuna?
And so Tsuna-Hime continued to wallow in her moment of despair as she realized this.
Unbeknownst to our heroine, this was a plan of her tutor to scout for a suitable partner – a Prince Charming if you may – that will stand beside the Princess that would soon be Queen. In other words, Reborn's searching for a husbando for Tsuna. Tsuna-Hime didn't know she was imprisoned in a tightly-secured, highly-dangerous, mind-boggling, shit-bricking hell of a prison – she didn't know that Reborn had announced to the whole kingdom and to the neighboring kingdoms as well that whoever saves the Princess from the tower would be crowned King.
And of course she also didn't know that hundreds of men had already perished within the past ten minutes while she had rested her butt on the floor.
And also Tsuna doesn't know that five men – five young, handsome and unstable men had gotten past the preliminary elimination. Only those five guys passed; but it was not over yet. Reborn had expected them to get through after all.
The first one that I'm going to introduce is –
"This wall is so EXTREME!" Shouted the high spirited son of Earl Sasagawa, Ryohei.
Ryohei of the Sasagawa House is a good friend of Tsuna's since he is the older brother of one of her close friends, Kyoko. Tsuna-Hime had treated him much like a true brother, since they practically grew up together.
The young EXTREME noble stared at the EXTREMELY tall and smooth wall standing before them, and shouted, "How do we get past this EXTREME wall?"
"Would you shut up and stop stating the obvious, turf-head!" An emerald eyed young man snapped at Sasagawa, and then continued. "Since the wall is so smooth, I don't think it's practical to climb it."
The next one to shout is Hayato Gokudera, an exiled Prince from a distant kingdom who has a witch for a sister (who was partly the reason why he exiled himself) and had been befriended by the fair Princess. The hot-blooded teen decided to become Tsuna's very own knight, though Tsuna did not (want) approve of such thing since they were such good friends and being a knight endangered Hayato's life. In simple terms, the title's just self-proclaimed.
"Well thank you for stating the obvious too, Hayato." A tall man with a hairstyle modelled after a tropical fruit retorted casually. "I think it is logical that we find the entrance first – a gate or something."
Mukuro Rokudo was the one who spoke. The peculiar blue haired illusionist is the leader of a known group called Kokuyo who ruled a little town known for growing the most delicious pineapples and for being too similar to the town of Silent Hill. The said group was dreaded by all but it seemed that this was not a threat enough for Tsuna when Mukuro challenged to overthrow the Vongola Monarch. The Princess defeated him in a match – flame versus his six paths of Reincarnation – and surprisingly, Tsuna-Hime won. Defeated, the illusionist vowed he'd be back for revenge but these past few months, Mukuro merely visited the dame-Hime to tease her(to death).
Hayato glared at Mukuro, his green eyes narrowing. "I know that pineapple head. But searching for a fucking gate would take us a hell lot of time – time that we should be spending in saving the Princess. So if you could just shut your fruity trap and think harder, maybe you could be of some purpose to all of us."
"Who said that we are working together?"
"Come on guys," a raven haired teen piped up with a booming smile. "Tsuna's our priority here; we're just here to save her. It's just a game, na?"
The one who was kind enough to butt in is a young man named Takeshi Yamamoto, son of a very skilled swordsman – they called them samurai – who came from the distant land of Japan. Takeshi was brought by his uncle Asari into the west for him to get his mind off of the untimely death of his father. He met the clumsy Princess the day he arrived. It appears that she had snuck out of the castle to explore the town since she was not allowed to do so due to her status. Being what she is, she was bound to get into trouble but luckily, Takeshi was there to save her ass just in time. That was the start of their friendship. Eventually Tsuna also introduced Takeshi to all of her close friends (including Hayato and Ryohei) which helped to put the swordsman's attention away from depression.
"It's not just a game you sword-idiot!" Hayato snapped, fuming. "Didn't you hear what Master Reborn said? The Princess was kidnapped by some fucktard and – and she's in danger! We have to save her immediately!"
"Huh? But I think what Reborn-san said was –"
CLANGCLANGCLANG.
Three pairs of eyes whipped toward the sound that butted in their merry chat.
"Kufufu, you know Kyoya," Mukuro sarcastically began, "You can't 'bite' the wall 'to death' no matter hard you try."
Sharp blue grey eyes didn't bother to look at the illusionist. The dark haired (not) gentleman relaxed his arms and pushed something on the tonfa he was holding and immediately spikes came out of the flawless steel.
The tonfa totting fella is Kyoya Hibari, 18th son of the Emperor Fon of China. He came to the west with his little sister I-pin to find a worthy opponent since he was diagnosed to die from ennui. Upon setting foot on the land, he successfully met Mukuro who was apparently strolling with his meek twin sister, Chrome, that morning. The two instantly made the unbreakable vow of fighting each other to death for any reason they can think of (like scandalous hairstyles and of carrying yellow fluffy animals around). Chrome found it necessary to inform Tsuna-Hime since she was the only person aside herself who could calm Mukuro's tits now that the latter was not listening to her anymore. And so to Tsuna's horror, she found two bloody, exhausted and insane men fighting upon her arrival.
Seeing that the situation required some divine intervention, she opted to go into hyper mode since obviously, no angel was willing to step in and help her. Tsuna managed to separate the two and then proceeded to lecture about 'illogical fighting'. The princess didn't know stepping in would be the greatest mistake she would ever make.
Kyoya decided to fight her instead.
After so many 'Hiieee's from Tsuna and protests from Mukuro, their fight ended when the 18th crowned prince to the throne decided to stop since he noticed his little sister and his pet were missing (he's not a good onii-chan. Boo.). Before leaving, he thanked Tsuna for 'giving him the cure' and told her he'd 'come back for more' after he found the two.
CLANGCLANGCRASH.
"Well fuck," Hayato stared at the wall incredulously, "There's no way we could break through it either."
The wall has a first layer of steel coating, which Kyoya had successfully destroyed. Underneath it was stone, and underneath that you could almost see another layer of steel.
"As I was saying –"
BOOM.
The four of them froze their asses from moving.
"Who the fuck did just –"
"What in the name of–"
"Haha, wow."
"…"
They saw a fist punch into the air among the rubble and dust, and there was no need for them to utter a word.
"I punched an EXTREME hole in the EXTREME wall!"
"You were saying, Pineapple head?" Hayato couldn't help but to slap a snide remark at the illusionist.
And so with the first obstacle gone, the five of them went on and continued their quest.
omakeALERT!omakeALERT!omakeALERT!omakeALERT!omakeALERT!omakeALERT!
A/N: I hope this monstrous chapter is enough to be my compensation for not updating. Lol. Anyway, yeah, what do you think? Have you noticed the clue I included in this chapter? I guess not, since it was waaaaay too vague. But if you think you found something, let me know. I'll let you decide on who Tsuna ends up in the little omake of mine as a prize.
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Later. *rides nyancat and leaves*