Earthbound Family
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( A families bond )
It has been two days since the marked ones were send to face their trials and get their destined weapons and dragons. Each and everyone succeed in bringing them back from their temple, all had scratches and bruises from said trial. All came back to the base, all except for Tsuna. The raven had returned from the meeting after finally establishing an alliance with the Vongolas, he sense a certain discomfort coming from the Ninth but he shrugged it off, once home he received the news that Tsuna hadn't returned back from his trial. This worried the raven a little but decided to give him more time, just in case. The hours passed and the raven was now worried and went to Tsuna's door to go to his temple and check on him, only to find that the light from the transporter was shut down. Verde's inventions never failed, he now knew something was wrong and send a team, including himself, to the Sky temple. After investigating the place carefully they discover signs of struggle on the area and came to the conclusion that Tsuna was taken hostage. Tsukuyomi order a complete search through out all of japan in search for the brunet, so far they had found nothing.
Shin walked into the raven's room with a tray of food and coffee along with Zeo. " Onii-san. I brought you something to eat."
The raven looked from his paper worked with tired eyes " Thank you Shin. Put it on the table over there."
" Onii-san, why don't you get some sleep instead?" he said placing the tray on the table. He turned to face the red eyes boy " You haven't slept in the passed two days. Black rings are starting to form under your eyes. Tsuna will be fine, he's strong. Heck, he was trained by you, so I should know."
" Yeah master. You've been over working yourself to the bone! Why not take a break?" the blue hair boy added.
" I know you two, but I can't sleep knowing that something bad could've happen to him. The mafia world is a cruel and unforgiving thing. What if..." he started but was cut off when he felt a pair of hands holding his.
" Please, Onii-san. For the rest of us...for me? You have us worried sick, we missed Tsuna as well and we all want to find him, but if you tired yourself and he really is in trouble then you won't be able to protect him at your fullest. Resting will do good to you, please?" the teal hair boy pleaded.
The raven looked at Shin and Zeo with tired eyes before nodding " You're right Shin. I shouldn't tire myself yet. Bring me some sleeping pills, I'm going to force myself to sleep. Zeo make sure no ones interrupt me, ok?" The boys nodded eagerly and were about to do what they were told, when the monitor turned to life and saying in a computer voice ' Incoming Transmission'. The raven sighed " Shin, will you get that?"
The teal hair teen went to the monitor and accepted the transmission " TSSSUUUUUUUUUUUU-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!" a voice shouted making the room tremble at the high pitch sound coming from the monitor.
Shin and Zeo covered his ears, as well did the raven " What the hell do you want now Byakuran!? Can't you see I'm busy sulking!!?" the raven shouted as he treated his ears.
" Yeah, no surprised there. You look like the sand man hadn't paid you a visit yet." the white hair teen said in a sing song voice.
" What is it now Byakuran? Are you going to declare war on us again? Because I seriously not feeling up to it, why don't you try later on." Tsukuyomi sighed.
Byakuran pouted " I still haven't recover from last times defeat." he then smiled " So, I heard that the heir for the Earthbounds has gone missing." The raven was giving him an evil glare when he quickly put his arms up in defense " Don't look at me like that! I swear I didn't do it this time!"
The raven sighed " What do you want now?"
" Well..." he said as a map appeared next to his image, a portion of the map was cover in red " ...I was wondering if you could let me and my family borrow this portion of land of yours for our experiments."
The raven took a closer look to the map " Isn't that the place were the worse of the worse criminals hide?"
" That's the one! I would've moved already knowing you wouldn't mind, but I decided to be careful this time and asked first. Isn't that nice of me!!?" he said smiling brightly.
The raven thought for a moment before nodding " Fine, those guys have been giving me a headache anyways. For how long?"
" Six to Eight weeks!"
" Fine go ahead. Just don't cause trouble for me and my family." he said sternly.
" Thank you!! And I won't. Bye!" with that the transmission ended.
Zeo turned to look at the tired boy " Are you sure it was wise to let him experiment on our turf master?"
" Don't worry, I'll have Misty spying on them. She's become good at it. Now bring me those pills so I can finally get some sleep." The two boys nodded before he left the office. The raven rand a hand through his hair ' Tsuna-kun...I hope you're ok.'
( Vongola Family Main Base: Italy )
Tsuna groaned as he felt himself coming out of his unconscious state. He slowly opened his eyes, but his vision was a little blurry so he had to blink a few times before he could see things a little better. The first thing he notice was the fact that he was in a soft and comfortable bed. After a few fail tries to make himself move to a sitting position, he finally was able to sit up and look around the room. To say the least it was descent, but he could tell by the atmosphere that this place wasn't in Nanimori. Heck, he could even say it wasn't in japan.
Memories of what happened before he lost consciousness came rushing back into his head. This place was not the Earthbound headquarters, this was the Vongola's base. Tsuanyoshi began to move ready to jump out when he notice that his hands were being handcuff together. Not only that he tried summoning his gloves, they didn't come. ' These things...they're disrupting my desperation flames.' he thought grimly. He looked at his legs and sighed with relief as he notice that they weren't being bound by anything. ' Good, at least I can now run away from this place. '. He moved to the edge of the bed ready to sprint out of here when he was met by an invisible force pushing his back to the bed.
" The hell!!?" the brunet moved slowly and moved his hands over the edge and pressed the against something. He felt the pressure pushing his hand but it was much softer then when he tried to get out of the bed. " A forcefield? Great, just great. No flames, no escape, no nothing." he said as he sat once more on the comfy bed.
The door to the room opened and the brunet eyes turned orange as his dying will flames burned lightly on his forehead. In came the little mafioso " Ciaossu Sawada Tsunayoshi. Welcome to the Vongolas main base in Italy." he said trying to sound friendly.
" Why did you do this to me?" Tsuna said softly as he frowned " The Vongolas left me behind since birth, why would they be interested in me now? Because I don't have weak arms anymore? Because my heart is normal now? Because I would've become a mafia boss to one of the strongest family around? You guys are selfish bastards."
Reborn sighed " I understand your discomfort with us, but you have to understand that it wasn't suppose to happened. Your mother and father love you very much Tsuna."
" Now that's bullshit!! They left me in a fucking hospital because I wasn't any use to them and their family! I was a tool to them and when they found out I was broken, did they kept me? No! They threw me away! You know how I found out? I did a little research and found where my real parents lived and went there to confront them, but the house was empty and all I found was my so called mother's diary, telling me of why they left me! Do you even have the slightest idea how I felt when I found out!? Don't you go on telling me they love me because that is the biggest lie of all!!" the brunet barked as he panted from shouting. Outside two figures flinched at the sound of the brunet's harsh yet truthful words.
Reborn stood there in silence " Yes, they did left you behind. But they did it behind our backs, we would never aloud them to leave you Tsuna. Family is family, no matter how strong or weak they are."
Tsuna's glared lessened " But that doesn't change the fact that they didn't want me. My own grandfather didn't want me."
" Wrong again Tsuna. You think you were the only one to suffer. But what you don't know was that after your parents left you, they immediately regretted their action and went back to get you. However, by the time they returned you were already gone. They searched for two year before they thought they lost you forever and had the twins. The rest of this story you already known. They regret it still to this date. And the ninth didn't know of your existence until recently."
Tsuna was frowning " Sorry if this insults you, but I don't believe you one bit. Even if what you say is true, I still won't forgive them...not that easily. Abandoning is abandoning, and it doesn't matter if they regret it...it was their own fault." he paused before he turned to look at the alcobareno " But enough about that, you should worry about yourself. Once Tsukuyomi finds out you are keeping me captive...he will crush the Vongola family."
Reborn stood silent but then nodded " I know. If it were up to me I would let you go. You already have a family. But the higher ups had made this choice. Right now, I'm hoping the training I'm submitting everyone will be enough to hold them back...but somehow I doubt it."
" Then set me free! Why the hell are you listening to people who obviously have a death wish! I can talk to Tsu-kun and maybe come to an agreement, but if you keep me here you'll have to fair for yourself and try your luck!" Tsuna tried to reason.
The alcobareno stood there in thought. He moved his head to look at Tsuna " I'll see what I can do. Your grandfather has been working on that since you arrive here, he really cares abut you and with me by his side the others won't have a choice but to oblige. Besides you have a point there, I rather live and be on good terms with you and your family than causing the genocide of the entire Vongola Family."
The brunet sighed before he smiled " Thank you Reborn."
Reborn smirk " No problem, anything for our Family." he said as he walk away.
Outside the alcobareno sighed at the two people waiting outside the door as they spoke quietly " I don't think it is a good idea if you see him right now."
" I figure as much. After the stupidity we made all those years ago, I wouldn't expect any less." a man said with sorrow.
A women by the man side started to let silent tears flow down her face " But Iemitsu, it took us all these years to get our little Tsuna back. Can't we at least try?"
" I'm sorry to say this Nana but if you go there right now Tsuna will most likely have a breakdown. He still hasn't forgiven what you have done to him, which is understandable." Reborn answered.
Nana cried silently as her husband comforted her " Don't worry Nana, someday he will be ready to see us again. We know where he lives and we know that's he's being taken care off better than we could ever have. We just need to wait for a chance to speak with him."
The women nodded " Ok. I'll wait until then." with that the three left the door.
The rest of the evening was spent more or less in a boring matter, nothing interesting happened to Tsuna as he laid in bed watching TV, thankfully Reborn has gone out of his way to free Tsuna from the force field but still he couldn't leave. He also got a visit from Timoteo, which he found out it was very enjoyable having his grandfather with him. He talked with him, made lame jokes that made him laugh, other things which he enjoyed very much. The only thing that annoyed him was that the Vongola's mist guardian, Rokudo Mukuro, was spying on him...for the wrong reasons. He really wish he wasn't handcuffed so he could punch the pervert out cold. ' If Neo-chan was here, she would have a field day with this.' he said imagining the dragon of the rain taking picture every five seconds, the brunet shudder at the thought.
" Mukuro, stop spying the predator with those peeping eyes." a cold voice said from outside.
The next thing Tsuna knew was that the tree outside the window was taken down, a person screamed before the tree hit the ground. The next thing he heard was the sound of someone dragging something away. He chuckled " Well, they're as lively as my family that's for sure."
After that Tetsua along with some of the guardians barged into his room and demanded to know the weaknesses of the Earthbound with later on turned into a full out argument that Reborn later on had to break by kicking the younger brunet in the face. The next few hours were uneventful, until nightfall came that is. Tsuna was flipping the channels with uncaring eyes, he was really thinking on going home and cuddling with the raven. A small blush was present but it went away as he heard the handle beginning to turn. He eyed the door waiting for a maid or Reborn to come in, but whoever it was, he or she was having second thoughts because the door haven't opened fully.
" Um...c-can I come i-in?" a timid voice asked.
Tsuna raised a brow ' Why would anyone bother asking for permission when I'm the prisoner' he thought. " Sure, come in."
The door fully opened and in came the blond twin, Tsurugi. He was currently watching the floor with great interest as he closed the door and walked toward the brunet. Tsunayoshi sat up and looked at his younger brother with curious eyes. Tsurugi was frowning before he finally looked up " Hi." he said in a low tone.
" Um...hi." there was an awkward silence for a while " So...what can I help you with Sawada-kun?"
The blond kept on frowning before he turned to face the older brunet " Tsunayoshi...is it true?"
The brunet almost cringed at the question but manage to catch himself. He averted his gaze to look at anywhere but the boy beside his bed " I'm afraid I don't understand. What's true?"
" Please don't fool around." the blond said in a soft voice. Tsuna could tell that he was shaken by something, maybe Reborn told them his secret. " Tsunayoshi-kun...are you...are you really my older brother?" Yep, Reborn told them.
Tsuna remained silent for a moment before he spoke " I could tell you, but what does your heart say about me?"
Tsurugi bit his lips before he threw himself to the older brunet and embraced him. This was definitely not what the older brunet was expecting. Tsuna at first was shocked but manage to return the hug, with much difficulty because of the handcuffs. Silent tears were falling from the blonds eyes " You are...it says you are my brother."
The older brunet rubbed, as best as he could, the blonds back to try to calm him down a little " Hey come on Tsurugi, you are going to be the Vongola Tenth along with your brother in the near future. You have to be strong."
" How can I? If our parents left you behind...what's keeping them from doing the same to us? This position? Do they really love us at all, or is it just a facade to make us take this path? I'm so confused!?" Tsurugi muffled voice replied.
" Don't start questioning them now. Of course they love you and your brother."
" But they left you!" Tsurug shouted, angered toward his parents " All because you had weak arms and heart. That's not fair!"
Tsuna nodded sadly " Yes, but it was because of it that you and Tetsua came into this world." he smiled.
Tsurugi huffed " Then maybe we shouldn't have been born at all!" he suddenly felt himself being pushed back gently. He was now laying on the brunet lap as said brunet stroked his hair softly. " H-Huh?"
" You gotta calm down Tsurugi-kun. Sure, life is unfair but we both gain something from it. For you, you got your brother and your friends. As for me I got a new family and friends. So you see no matter how bad things get, there will always be something to make up for it. Wouldn't you agree, little brother?" the brunet said trying out saying those word, he found it to be pleasant.
The blond blush in embarrassment but he was too comfortable to argue " Ok I guess." he said looking at Tsuna with his orange eyes.
Tsunayoshi continue to stroke his hair in a soothing paste " Say Tsurugi. Why are you and your brother always in hyper dying will mode?"
" It's sort of a training from Reborn. We have to learn to sustain it for a long period of time as much as we can. A-And..." he said blushing "...I used it a lot to cover my eyes. You see...their not the same color like Tetsua."
" Can I see?"
The blond looked uncertain " Only if you show me your mark." he received a nod from the other. He sighed before he relaxed himself. His eyes began to take different colors as the blond came out of his dying will state. Tsuna looked at his eyes in astonishment before he smiled, one eye was blue while the other was brown. " S-See its weird."
" Nonsense Tsurugi. I think you are special to have those eyes. But if you want I'm sure Verde would come up with a way to make them both the same color." he offered.
" You want me to put my trust in that guy? He looks like a crazy weirdo."
Tsuna laughed " No, he doesn't look like a crazy weirdo. He is a crazy weirdo." at this the blond sweat dropped. Elsewhere as certain alcobareno sneezed . " But trust me he is a genius and would come up with a way to do it." Tsurugi nodded while he laughed as well " Well now for my part of the deal." he raised his arms in front of the blond and focused. Moments later an amber colored dragon mark appeared on Tsuna's right arm.
Tsurugi eyed it with amaze eyes. " The mark of the dragon of the sky." he said as he took both hands to looked at it closely " This make you more special than the rest of us, huh?" the blond said as he went back into hyper dying will mode, his eyes both taking the amber color on the eyes and the pupils.
" Nah. I don't feel like one. Thou I wish I could go back to my friends...and Tsu-kun." Tsuna said with sadness.
Tsurugi was about to reply when the door burst open and in came Tetsua with the rest of the guardians. Mukuro had bandages all over his body for obvious reason. The brunet looked stunned to see his brother in the same bed with the other brunet but quickly let it go.
" You, I have some questions and you better answer them!" he growled at Tsuna as amber eyes narrowed at the brunet on the ed.
Tsuna sighed. Something told him that he wasn't going to have the same luck with Tetsua as he did with Tsurugi. Tsuna put on a neutral face " And what might that be?"
" I think you know what we want!" the younger brunet glared.
" The answer is still no. Now, why don't you be a good little boy and leave me alone?" Tsuna smirked at the glare Tetsua was throwing him.
Gokudera growled " Watch your mouth you bastard! You're talking to the next Vongola boss! Show some respect!"
The older brunet growled " Why the fuck should I!? You taken me away from my family and friends and now you expect me to tell you whatever you want!? Who the fuck do you think you are!? And by the way they became boss because MY friend declare it in the match! And don't you go telling me what to do after the stunned you pull at Nanimori!!"
Gokudera growled but didn't say anything back while Hibari glare at silver hair italian, clearly displeased with the news. Tetsua snarled before he walked toward the brunet and grabbed him by his shirt making the older one's eyes widen. " Listen here you! Right now you are no threat to us since you are wearing Hibari's special weapons combine with Giannini's special device! In other words your powers are cut more than half, so quit stalling and tell me what I want to know or I might not hold back on you any longer!"
Tsuna was glaring while gritting his teeth before he looked away from the younger boy frustrated. ' He's right. At my current strength I wouldn't last even half an hour with this guy. But I won't submit to him...I won't betray them and certainly not the one I love.' " Go ahead."
" W-What?" Tetsua asked startled.
The dragon of the sky frowned in his direction, but didn't show hate. He showed determination. " Go ahead, beat me up to your hearts content. I won't betray my family and Tsu-kun." he then gave a painful chuckled " Not like I haven't had a beating before."
The younger brunet's eyes widen for a moment before he narrowed them again showing his frustration. He raised a fist ready to punch the older brunet " You asked for it!!"
Tsuna's eyes closed waiting for the pain that would surely come, but it never came. He slowly opened his eyes and saw the fist only inches away from his face. The brunet notice that Tetsua's eyes were wide as there was a hand holding back his fist. Tsurugi was holding tightly the offending hand while his bangs cover his eyes. He then grabbed the other hand that was tightly holding the older brunet's shirt and yanked it away before he pushed his twin back to a startle looking guardians.
" Tsurugi..." the younger brunet said softly, he was confused by his brothers actions before his orange eyes narrowed down "...what the hell do you think your doing!?" he snarled at the blond.
The blonds eyes still remained hidden behind his bangs " Don't you dare hurt Tsunayoshi...not after what they told us. Because if you try that method again..." he raise his head and revealed glaring eyes at the entire group. "...then I will protect him from you."
" What!? What the hell are you saying!? I'm your brother, you can't fight me! Besides he is the enemy!" Tetsua roared.
" He's no enemy of us, he's family!" Tsurugi shouted.
" Tsurugi..." Tetsua said in a low and dangerous tone "...move out of the way before I decide to beat some sense into you." his eyes narrowed as he gritted his teeth.
Tsurugi glared back " Are you willing to fight your own brother?"
The younger brunet gritted his teeth hard before he looked away closing his eyes. His legs were shaking and so were the rest of him " Fine! Have it your way, I don't care! But I will come back to get some answers from him!" with that he stormed out of the room. The guardians decided that it was time to leave and not get involved so they each took a different way.
Tsurugi's legs felt like jelly and he was about to fall to the ground when he felt a pair of arms holding him from his waist. Tsuna held his younger brother tightly and placed him in his bed to rest. Tsurugi looked shaken from the whole ordeal. " Tsurugi-kun...why did you defend me?"
The blond looked at Tsuna with shaken eyes but he smiled none the less " Because you are my brother as well as Tetsua. You are my family as well."
The brunet's eyes widen before he smiled " Thank you Tsurugi."
" For what?" the blond asked curious.
" For accepting me, of course. My old life was a living hell and making friends or getting people to accept you was very difficult, to none existing. It really means a lot to me." he said as he embrace the young blond in a brotherly way. " Well you better get to bed. It's getting late."
Tsurugi looked trouble " My room is the same as Tetsua and with what happened just now... can I..." he was now blushing from embarrassment " ...forget it. I'll just..."
" No, wait. Tell me what was it you were going to say, might as well get it out of your system." Tsuna said in an reassuring tone.
The blond was fiddling with his fingers " Ok. Could I...sleep with you tonight? I mean I'll understand if you say no with all this mess and all."
Tsuna smiled and gave him a goofy grin " Sure you can! It's no bother at all."
" R-Really?" the blonds eyes looked hopeful.
Tsuna gave him that big brother smile " Of course. You protected me when I was in trouble, now let me return the favor." he said as he got into bed and left a space available. " There's a pair of pajamas inside the closet, go change and I'll wait for you here."
The blond nodded as he took the clothing and quickly made to the bathroom. On another room Tetsua opened his door and slammed the door shut. He was angry, he was confuse, but mostly he was upset. Why would his own brother pick the older brunet over him and the rest of the family, he and his brother always agreed with each other. He changed his clothing and jumped in the bed punching his pillow while coming out of his dying will state.
" Why Tsurugi, why!?" he asked to no one in particular. ' I know why, but why is he sticking by his side. I'm the one who's been there for him when he was bullied at school! I-I just can't accept what they told me about Tsunayoshi! I just can't because...everything I once believed would be a lie.' silent tears came from his brown eyes as he fell asleep.
Meanwhile, Tsurugi just came out of the bathroom already in his pajamas and took the place next to his older brother. " Thanks again for letting me stay, Tsunayoshi-kun. I just...can't face Tetsua after what I did."
" I understand, you did what you thought was right and I believe in you." he embrace the younger boy as a way to try and comfort him " Why did you protect me? I mean I know you are my brother and all but...I haven't been part of your life that long for you to go and shake your bond with your brother. So why?" the brunet asked curiously.
Tsurugi shrugged" You're right Tsunayoshi-kun, I don't know you that well and all, and everything related to the Vongola angers you hiding your true nature. But facts are you are my brother, and I protect my family members from anyone. Even if it is another beloved one. But more importantly..." he paused for a second before his mismatch eyes gaze at the brow ones "...I can see the pain you had to endure, but also the kind and gentle heart hidden beneath that rage. So if some one is wrong here...it would be us. So I don't blame you if you hate me and my brother."
Tsuna tighten his embrace " I don't hate you guys. Your brother may be a pain but I can understand that because...I was the same. I couldn't accept the facts of what mom and dad did to me so I became angry. But in time I learn to calm down and accept it. Give it time, Tetsua will come round."
The blond sighed as he snuggle inside his brothers hold " I hope your right Tsunayoshi-kun."
Tsunayoshi gave him a reassuring smile " I know so. After all, family bonds are hard to break and you two are as close as it can get. Now close your eyes and get some rest."
Tsurugi yawned before he close his eyes and went to sleep. Tsuna smiled before he looked at the moon through his window ' Tsu-kun...I hope you're ok.' with that thought he too went to sleep.
Ok guys, and gals, I want to ask something of you. You see Tsuna gets out of the Vongolas headquarters real soon, sorry for the spoiler thou not going to tell you how soon or how, and I want to know if you guys want me to extend his stay and write a few chapters about the days he's spend there with the Vongolas or continue with the chapters I originally have. I usually don't do this, you know ask people what they want, but you guys have been good to me so I'll make exception this time. You can tell me on the reviews. If I get at least four people who want to have a mini series on what happens in the Vongola base then I'll start writing immediately so I'll have it ready for next week and so on...or if by some miracle I get 20 reviews, even earlier. But you guys have to be quick, because I got homework and all and I need to make time. Hope you enjoyed this chap, I'll be waiting to hear what you guys have to tell me...see ya in a week, or sooner.