Okay! I will be showing in the next two chapters the characters I kind of forgot to insert along the guardian selections. I think you can guess who they are right now.

I was surprised everyone liked the previous chapter, but personally, I didn't like it that much because of some things...

Oh well, enjoy the next chapter!

Chapter 10 Poison Scorpion and the Smoking Bomb

Natsuki is going out of his mind. Ever since this morning, he has feared food. Why wouldn't he when there's poison on his bento this morning? He knew that his tutor's fourth ex-lover is here, and Reborn was not going to tell him. What is it with people letting him find out for himself anyways? Things are not going as he seemed anymore.

Since the Poison Scorpion is here, then there is a chance that she might also put poison on Tsuna's food as well. So when lunch break came, he came to the office of the Student Council office for her. It was a good thing that Yamamoto and Gokudera were still there. He knew the bomber to be the half-brother of the woman. To his astonishment, Giotto was missing again, probably escaping his duties again, and it was up to Alaude to hunt him down again. Mukuro was there, giving him a silent look. He had explained to him that Tsuna doesn't know that he is in disguise. The only ones in the room besides the illusionist were Tsuna, Yamamoto and Gokudera doing some work while eating. It has been like this for days now ever since they had started preparing for the two special events. He knew that they were in a stress mode, and Tsuna had proven that when she has easily snapped a week before.

"Natsuki, what are you doing here?" she wondered.

Natsuki started to stutter, "Um…I need to talk to Gokudera for a while, if that's okay Nee-san," he asked.

Natsuki gave Gokudera a pleading look. Tsuna saw it. She figured it had something to do with the Poison Scorpion. "Okay,"

Gokudera stood up from his seat and went outside. "What is it Tenth?" he wondered.

Natsuki whispered in terror, "Bianchi-san is here right now!" he informed.

The silver haired man's face paled at the knowledge. "What? Aneki is here?!" he panicked. "This is bad indeed…"

"Look, if this is about her poison cooking, I am well aware of it. The only problem is that I fear that she would target Nee-san's food,"

"I wouldn't do such a thing," a woman's voice said.

Both teens froze when they heard the voice. Both turned and saw the Poison Scorpion standing behind them. The two yelped. "Bianchi-san!" Natsuki exclaimed. It was then when he heard a large thump beside him, and there lay Gokudera, hands clutching his stomach and passed out. "Gokudera!" he said with worry. On the back of his mind, now he knew the second reason for Gokudera to faint.

The Student Council office door opened revealing a worried Tsuna and Yamamoto.

"Gokudera-kun!"

"Hayato!"

The two shouted in unison. Tsuna was the first to reach him, "Are you okay?" she asked. Gokudera just groaned in response. Tsuna looked at Yamamoto, "Take him to the infirmary quick!" she ordered. The boy didn't need to be told twice to lift the boy up and ran to the infirmary. Hopefully their perverted doctor will not think twice in treating the bomber. Frankly, they sometimes hope he wasn't there at all.

Bianchi sighed, "As usual, he always faints when he sees me," she said hurtfully.

Tsuna looked at the woman. She had long fuchsia hair and wore a black top and grey pants, "Ah, you're Gokudera-kun's relative?" she wondered.

Bianchi nodded, "I'm his half-sister, so to say. I'm Bianchi," she introduced.

Natsuki looked at his sister, "She will stay with us for a while. Reborn invited him over," he explained.

"Oh," Tsuna replied and smiled at the woman, "Nice to meet you Bianchi-san, I'm Natsuki's twin, Tsunarumi. You can just call me Tsuna,"

The Mafiosi smiled at the cheeriness and the obliviousness of the brunette girl. She wonders why Iemitsu never talks about her. She seemed to be a lovely girl. "Nice to meet you, Tsuna," she replied. "Well then, I must be going. I need to find Reborn and tell him I'm here,"

Tsuna tilted her head, "Aren't you going to see Gokudera-kun?" she wondered.

Bianchi gave out a sad smile, "I believe he doesn't want to see me this time. Well then, see you soon," she bid and left the twins.

"You should see if Gokudera is okay," Tsuna said, "I'm getting a little busier, and tell Yamamoto that I need him here," she said.

Natsuki nodded as he ran towards the infirmary. Tsuna frowned when she couldn't see her brother anymore. "What are you going to do about your sister, Gokudera-kun?" she muttered as she went back inside the office.

…

Natsuki got there in two minutes, but he abruptly stopped when he heard some moaning sound. He peered into the crack of the door and his eyes widened when he saw the baseball star's lips on the silver haired teen. He blushed and tore his eyes away from the scene and gathered all his sanity back, ignoring the fact that he now knew what his sister had meant after the bomb accident a week ago. Gathering up himself, he knocked on the door for fair warning, "Gokudera?" he said as he opened the door. Yamamoto was sitting beside the bed where Gokudera lay.

"Tenth," he called. "I'm sorry for my action back there,"

Natsuki shook his head, "It's okay, but, care to tell me the whole reason why you fainted with a stomachache?" he said as he sat on another chair.

Gokudera smiled weakly, "Um…you see, ever since I had held a recital on our family castle, Aneki always gave me some of her poisoned cookies because it made my father think that I did good with it…from there, she has always made cookies for every recital I had and gave me stomachache afterwards, until up to the point where every time I see her face, the stomachache returns…"

Natsuki stared dumbly at it. No wonder the teen had been traumatized. "I see…well, I do understand you. I had been a victim to her two years ago..." he mentioned. "Are you going to be fine, Gokudera?" he asked.

The boy nodded, "Yes. Don't mind me; I just need a bit of rest. You can go too idiot. Hime-sama needs help in the work," he said, "I'll join you in a while,"

Yamamoto and Natsuki heeded his words. When they got out of the infirmary, Natsuki smirked, "So, you and Gokudera,"

Yamamto stuttered a bit. "Ah…how did you know?" he wondered.

The boy snickered, "If you're going to make out, be sure that the door is completely closed," he advised.

Yamamoto blushed. "Hehe…you found us out…"

Natsuki smiled, "How long have you been together?"

"Two years…" he informed.

"I see. Then Gokudera must be happy with you," Natsuki commented. "Is Nee-san aware of this?"

"Thanks Natsuki. Yes, Tsuna knew. She was the one who did the matchmaking you know," he commented. "Something she picked up at Otome Road, or something near that,"

Natsuki stopped on their tracks. "D-Did you say…O-Otome Road?" he asked.

"Yeah, why?" Yamamoto asked.

So he was oblivious that Otome Road in Akihabara was the haven for Yaoi fans. Natsuki cringed at that. "Nothing…"

…

"It's done!" Giotto said while he stretched his arms victoriously. The others did the same as well. They had finished the preparations of both the Sports Fest and the Scholastic Decathlon with weeks to spare.

"Thank goodness it's all finished!" Yamamoto said with glee.

"We had EXTREMELY done it in an EXTREME two weeks!" Ryohei exclaimed.

"Kufufufu, I guess everything paid off," Mukuro mused.

Their Council had a knack of finishing ahead of time, and does it perfectly well. It was instigated by Giotto himself to save enough energy for the occasion itself. Regular students can't have all the fun. Besides, they have some training to do for the events they are in.

Giotto then looked at them, "Then, why don't we have dinner at my house for some celebration?" he offered.

"Go!" they all replied gleefully.

"Oh, and Tsuna," he called, "Is it alright if Nana-san does the cooking? I already asked for her permission,"

Tsuna laughed, "Why would you ask me when she already agreed? Tell her to bring Natsuki as well. I'm sure he would find company with the others, especially Fran-kun,"

Giotto looked at Fran who was finishing up the files at the storage of Giotto, "You seemed to get along pretty well with Natsuki, Fran," he commented.

Fran nodded, "He is a better company than Ken-niisan and Chikusa-niisan," he explained.

"What was that you little-!" Ken growled, but Chikusa held him in his place.

M.M., another member of the Errand Committee sighed, "You three won't stop bickering for that," she said.

Giotto clasped his hands, "Well, shall we keep these files so that we can go?" he offered.

"YES!" they all replied.

…

"Mom, tell me again why we are coming in Giotto-nii's place?" Natsuki wondered.

Nana smiled at her son, "Well Natsu-kun, Gio-kun asked me to cook for tonight for the entire Student Council because they have finished their preparations for the Sports Festival and the Scholastic Decathlon with weeks to spare. They have worked very hard, and I always cook for them after their preparations as celebration of their early-bird success." She explained.

"And why is Bianchi-san and Reborn with us?" he wondered while pointing to the woman and the baby who was sitting on her left shoulder.

"Well, I can't possibly leave them on the house now, can I? Besides, Gio-kun said it was okay," she said.

Natsuki sighed. It was going to be a long night.

The moment Giotto and the others of the Student Council arrived (Except for Alaude and Kyouya because of their hate in crowding and Kyouya's hives because it acts up when he is surrounded by a population of over fifteen), the table is already set and Nana had already laid out the food that she had cooked an hour before. As usual, they were entranced by the amount of the food that was prepared on the large table of the dining room. Giotto's family, on the side of his father was very well-off, and had showered him with enough luxury. His mother, who is the sister of Nana, was good in cooking also, being a world renown chef in Paris and is there for a formal gathering of one of the most powerful politicians. But she had admitted that Nana was far better than her in terms of cooking.

"Welcome home Gio-kun~!" Nana greeted as she came out of the door with Natsuki who was wearing an apron.

"Hey guys," Natsuki greeted. "Oh, and Gokudera, Bianchi wants to talk to you at the porch, if you don't mind," he said. A grunt from Gokudera knew that he didn't like the sound of his sister around the corner, not when just a direct stare from her would send him to a myriad of stomachaches. "Don't worry, she placed on her goggles so that the two of you could talk properly," he informed.

Tsuna insisted on more, "Go on Gokudera-kun, the evasion has gone far enough,"

Gokudera couldn't resist the twins that he has sworn his loyalty to. For him, their orders are absolute. "Of course Tenth, Hime-sama, go on without me," he said as he went to the porch where his sister was sitting on the railing, a backpack slung on her right shoulder.

Gokudera shoved his hands on his side pockets as he stared out on the garden of the Ieyatsu mansion. "So, what do you want to talk about?" he asked, not looking at her.

Bianchi stared at her brother behind her goggles, "Are you still angry about Father not telling you anything about your real mother?" she asked.

Gokudera gritted his teeth, "Of course I am! He forbade my mother to see me anytime she wanted even though he can. I never even knew that she was my mother until after her death…I thought back then that she was just a lady who loves and taught me the piano and has rare visits especially on my birthday…" he said. "I hate Father to the core for not telling me the truth, and the fact that there are rumors spreading that he ordered one of his men to kill her by means of a car accident!"

Bianchi sighed as she got the bag off of her shoulder and handed it to her brother, "Here,"

Gokudera reached out to get the bag from her. He looked at his sister to find her eyes insisting him on opening the bag. When he did, he saw that the bag was filled with letters addressed to his mother. "This…this is…" he managed to let out.

"Those are the letters that Father had kept on writing to your mother," she revealed. "They were letters that were never sent to her," Gokudera stared at her as she continued. "In truth, Father wanted to marry your mother after he divorces Mother, but she refused. At that time, she was slowly dying with an incurable disease. She didn't want to burden him or you in her illness. Before the car accident on your birthday, she was already killed by that very illness that had plagued her,"

Gokudera clutched the bag that held the letters, too shocked to even say anything. But his sister continued, "Father never stopped hoping that one day the three of you would be together. But the accident had made that futile. He stopped writing them soon after she died. Remember this Hayato, you were brought to this world by two loving parents," she finished.

"I…I never thought that Father still cared for my mother that way…" he said.

"You were still young, and before Father could tell you, you ran away and Shamal took you in as his guardian. What more could he tell to a son who had ended up hating him?" Bianchi reasoned. "Father gave those to me before I left for Namimori, and instructed me to tell the truth to you," she revealed. "He hoped to set things right about the knowledge he had of your mother, and the truth behind her death. To let you know that he had loved her."

Gokudera bent his head down. He felt like a fool on not confronting his father when he had the chance. He never knew that his father had been so ready in telling him the entire truth about the mother he barely knew. She was the one who had taught him the piano and the one who had given him that talent. He could still remember that smiling face of hers, and her long silver hair that has been passed onto him…her radiant smile that he sometimes compared to Yamamoto. Maybe that was the reason why he fell for the baseball idiot even though he was pretty much of an airhead at times.

Bianchi interrupted his train of thoughts, "Our parents aside," Gokudera's head shot up, "I wish that your love life would be less complicated than mine," she winked, "I like that Yamamoto Takeshi. Very happy-go-lucky…he had been a great influence in your temper, and Sawada Tsunarumi seemed to have done wonders into your rebellious streak," she said as she turned to go inside.

"Aneki…" Bianchi stopped, "Thanks."

Bianchi smiled back at her little brother, "No problem. We better get going or the food will run out. Don't worry, I didn't help with the cooking," she informed before going back inside the dining room.

Gokudera was left in the porch. He looked at the letters that were addressed to his mother by his father. Who knew the old man would be the romantic type back then? Sighing, he zipped the bag and returned to the dining room. Hopefully they wouldn't hog all of the food down in less than five minutes.

…

Two hours later, Gokudera and Yamamoto went home together, having been enjoying themselves too much at the President's house. By the time the two left, they were still playing twister game with Fran winning, and Monopoly, which Tsuna had been winning three times in a row, bankrupting Natsuki in less than three minutes. Reborn seemed to have stood strong in Tsuna's arsenal, but he too lost after a mistake in buying a property at his twentieth turn.

As they walked holding hands since it was the middle of the night, Gokudera leaned in his lover's shoulder. "Hey, Takeshi…"

Yamamoto looked at the silver haired teen, "Yeah?"

"If I ever break up with you-" at that moment, Yamamoto's hand tightened his grip, but Gokudera ignored it, "Because I was gravely ill and it could kill me anytime, what will you do?" he wondered.

"Is this got something to do with the talk that you had with Bianchi-san?" he wondered.

"Just answer the question," Gokudera said irritably.

Yamamoto returned his usual smile, "Well, of course I will not break up with you!" he answered. "Should that happen, I will stay by your side until your last breath so that I will know that you will be happy until the end,"

Butterflies seemed to fill up Gokudera's stomach after hearing his words. He would go that far for him because he loved him. His father honored his mother's decision because of the very disease, and he respected that, but the fact that she had ended up hurting the three of them, that was another matter. But looking at it, it would cause him and his father greater pain in seeing her die by their eyes, and that was something that she didn't want to happen, but still…

"You know, your decision is wiser than what father did…" he replied. Yamamoto knew that it had something to do with his parents after all. "Mom refused to marry my father because of her illness, fearing that she would become a burden…" he started shaking, holding his tears, "But she didn't know that it hurt us more in not letting us share her pain…and I thought to myself…what if I do the same with you? Would you act like what Father did in the past…?"

Yamamoto stopped and pulled the teen into a hug, is face smiling, but his eyes told otherwise. "Maa, maa, no matter what you do, I will never leave you alone with a killing illness." He said, "Even the others will not accept it. Besides, G-san will go nuts if you ever tried that stunt that his aunt had pulled,"

Gokudera smiled. "Thanks Takeshi…"

Yamamoto just smiled and pulled away. He reached for his hands and pulled him towards the road, "Well then, shall we get some ice cream before heading home?" he offered. Gokudera just rolled his eyes at his childishness, but decided to go for it.

…

Bianchi stared at the porch as she glanced at the gardens of the mansion. Her eyes blank and not directed at anything in particular. Her mind was on her brother and how he had taken that revelation to heart. She was happy that her brother had found someone to love, and vice versa. She could only hope that his love wouldn't be as tragic as his parents, and she wished that for herself as well.

"I wish you all the best, Hayato…"

I know, Gokudera is a bit OOC, but it helps for him to show some emotion since he was raised differently in this world. It was fun to write a slightly sappy 8059 for once in my life. The next chapter will show one of my favorite sub-characters of the anime! I hope you can guess who that is.

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