Disclaimer: I don't own Katekyo Hitman Reborn

I have a perfectly good reason as to why this update took so long…besides college. I started playing World of Warcraft for a few days before I was in the living room and my brother started playing one of the Tales game. We got into a huge discussion about them and it reminded me of Tales of Vesperia which I played a few years ago but never finished. I decided I wanted to play one again, but, of course, our xbox broke a few years ago so I can't play Tales of Vesperia. How tragic. Anyway, I started playing Tales of the Abyss, which I beat in a week! Would have been sooner, but, you know, college. Anyway, I really like the game and had to play again on a harder level and do all the side quests I missed the first time around. So, yeah. I've lost myself in awesome games.

Thanks to everyone who reviewed!

"Talking"

'Thoughts'

Precious Sky

Chapter 11

"You don't have to help, Hayato." Tsuna said as he grabbed the strap of his backpack to shift it on his shoulder since the weight was annoying his side.

Hayato shook his head, eyes shining brightly. "It's alright, Tsuna-sama. I am honored to help you move to the dorms."

From Tsuna's left, Takeshi chuckled at the aghast face that Tsuna was making at the sparkling excitement coming from Hayato. It seemed that Hayato's undying loyalty, even though they've only known each other for three days, was driving him insane. He even heard Tsuna mumbling plans about how to snap Hayato out of it. Attending Namimori Academy with these two would surely be really fun.

"Tsuna, how did your mom feel about the sudden decision to move to the dorms?" Takeshi asked curiously.

Blinking the determination to break Hayato's undying loyalty out of his eyes, Tsuna gave amused eyes to his friend. "Well….."

Flashback

Silence and staring.

Stare.

Stare.

Stare.

Giggle.

At the sound of a giggle, Tsuna blinked and looked at his mother standing in the doorway of the kitchen.

"Tsu-kun, why are you lying on my kitchen floor with such a serious expression?" Nana asked, smiling at her son.

"Well, you see, I was looking for you, but," Tsuna sat up abruptly and gave a dramatic wave of his arm. "You were nowhere to be found! I was all alone in this big house. How so very sad!"

"Should I cut back on the amount of movies I let you watch?" Nana asked as she deposited her grocery bags on the table.

Blinking, Tsuna walked over to the table on his knees. He leaned on one of the chair seats and stared up at his mother. "Mama, the movies are convincing me of nothing. Don't do that to me! How am I to survive without my movies?!"

"Hmm, I wonder, do you desire to be an actor or singer?" Nana mused, ignoring her son. "Are those movies just inspiring you more? Why didn't you say so, Tsu-kun? We could have looked for roles that you could have auditioned for?"

Tsuna dropped his head to the chair seat. He was being ignored. "No, mom. I don't have any desire to be famous. I just find it amusing to be dramatic and IT IS NOT THE MOVIES!"

"Hmm, if you say so." Nana replied as she began to unpack her bags.

Sighing, Tsuna stood up and began to take the items she put on the table to put them away. "Well, I have something I need to talk with you about, Mom. It's about my schooling now that Reborn is gone."

"Reborn and I decided for you to attend Giotto's old mi–"Nana started, but was, unusually, cut off by her son.

"No can do, mom. That is the branch school of the elementary school I went to five years ago. I am not going back there." Tsuna said casually, as if it was unimportant, as he finished putting everything into the cabinets. "Besides, Takeshi, Hayato, and I have already chosen and been accepted to our middle school."

"Oh? And which school is it that you are all attending?"

"Namimori Academy as dorm students." Tsuna commented, depositing the food he was carrying into the fridge. When there was no reply from his mother, he looked over his shoulder to stare at her. He raised a brow when he saw her just staring at him in shock. "Something wrong?"

"W-why that school?"

Brows furrowing in confusion at the tone of his mother, Tsuna stood up straight, closed the fridge and turned to her. Shouldn't she be proud that he actually got accepted there?...even if he did had to do a bit of blackmailing to get in?

"Tsuna, that school….protection can't get to you there." Nana whispered.

'Protection?' Tsuna thought, staring wide eyed at his mom. "No." He whispered. It wasn't possible. "You can't know."

"That your brother is the Tenth boss of Vongola and that Reborn is a hitman that was tutoring him." Nana finished for him, giving a sad smile. "I know it all, Tsu-kun. I never told you this because I wanted to keep at least one of my sons from that world when I knew it wasn't possible to keep one from becoming the Vongola Tenth."

"I don't understand! Why do you know?" Tsuna shouted, voice raised from the shock.

Nana turned her back to her shocked son to fold the bags to put them away. "Truthfully, I was a part of that world at one point, but left when I married your dad."

"H-huh?"

"Yes. I was called the Illusive Maiden." Nana continued, collapsing into a chair at the table. She motioned to the seat next to her. It took a few minutes for Tsuna to join her because he was so shocked that he couldn't move for a while. When he was sitting, she continued. "I was a computer expert and hacker for an ally Famiglia to the Vongola. It was actually the Famiglia that Dino is the boss of, Chiavarone Famiglia. There were even times that I went out in the field to do what needed to be done."

"Wh-what?" Tsuna stuttered, shock still running its course through his body. "Y-you ki-killed?"

"Oh, heavens no." Nana replied assuredly, gently rubbing her son's cheek to calm him. "I was called the Illusive Maiden because of my skill with illusions."

"Illusions?" Tsuna asked curiously. "So does that make you a Mist Flame user?"

Nana nodded with a smile. "Do you really have to attend Namimori Academy?"

"Yes." Tsuna said. "I need to escape my brother and Vongola. I need them to see that I no longer need to be protected so much. Nii-chan is too overly-protective."

End Flashback

"The Illusive Maiden is your mother?" Hayato said shocked, but also with a lot of admiration.

Tsuna wanted to smack his forehead. Why was there so much admiration in this boy?

"You know the Illusive Maiden, Hayato-kun? Is she that famous?" Takeshi asked curiously.

"F-f-famous?" Hayato spluttered. "Of course she is! She first appeared when she was fifteen as a freelance hacker and Illusionist that attacked the really horrible Famiglias that were involved in illegal experiments, child trafficking, selling of drugs, and all the other horrible stuff you don't see with the Vongola Famiglia. Three years after she appeared, one of her jobs became too much for her and she almost died. That is when the Chiavarone Famiglia appeared and saved her."

"Is that when she joined them?"

Hayato nodded. "Yes, but only for a few years as she married and wanted to escape the life when she found out she was pregnant. No one knows where she disappeared to."

"Until now." Takeshi said.

The silver haired boy nodded. "Yes, until now."

Takeshi gave a low whistle. "Wow. That is ama–" He paused when he saw Tsuna's face. It was enveloped with a dark look that he tried to hide by bowing his head. "Tsuna? What's wrong?"

"It's nothing."

"From my experience in the dark world, people don't normally house dark looks like that unless something is wrong." Hayato pointed out. He didn't want to push the person he admired, but, at the same time, he knew it was not safe to leave dark matters alone and untouched. They can warp into something much worse or the person thinking such dark matters might change the situation into something a lot worse than it is.

Tsuna scowled. Now, of all times, Hayato decided to drop the admiring mode of Tsuna always being right and guarding him from intrusive questions. "It's just my family."

"What about it?" Takeshi asked confused, scratching the back of his head. "I thought you were happy with them?"

"It's not that." Tsuna sighed. He came to a stop in front of the bus stop. "It's just, I was left out. Everyone knew about our family being involved in the underground world, but me. They all left me in the dark. Did they think I wasn't trustworthy or strong enough to tell?"

"Tsuna!" Takeshi said exasperated, shaking his head. "My dad kept me in the dark about his being involved in the mafia. I never knew he was an assassin before, and that's because he didn't tell me because he wanted to keep me safe and ignorant of the danger in this world. They did it because they love you."

Tsuna didn't reply right away as the bus finally arrived. He and his friends got on it, stopping to show their bus passes or pay to ride the bus. Afterward, they went to the back of the bus where they could have more privacy.

"I guess." He mumbled when he was sitting.

Takeshi scratched furiously at his head in frustration. "You really need to get rid of those pessimistic thoughts. You are good when it comes to others' problems, but when it is your own, you are as blind as a bat."

"Oh, geez. Thanks Takeshi." Tsuna mumbled.

"Well, since you can't do it for yourself, I think it is best that I point out the cold hard truth." Takeshi said with a smile.

"Then why are you smiling while you say it, you damn sword freak?" Hayato grumbled.

"Maa, Maa, Hayato-chan. There is no need for the attitude." Takeshi replied.

Hayato sent a furious glare at the taller boy. "Don't call me Hayato-chan, idiot."

"Hayato, Takeshi." Tsuna said in a warning tone, shooting both boys a look. "Hayato, don't call Takeshi names. Takeshi, don't purposefully provoke Hayato."

"Sorry, Tsuna-sama." Hayato said, bowing his head.

Still grinning, Takeshi mumbled his own apology.

Tsuna raised a brow. "What are you apologizing to me? You are meant to be apologizing to each other."

"I would never apo–"

At Tsuna's disapproving look, Hayato shut up. His cheeks filled up with a bit of pink as he glanced at Takeshi. "Sorry, Takeshi-kun." He mumbled quietly.

"I'm sorry as well, Hayato-kun." Takeshi replied, though he was less embarrassed about it.

"What a troublesome pair." Tsuna mumbled to himself in amusement as he turned to look out the window in time to see the sea coming up on his right. They were driving alongside a beach where quite a few people were spending the last day of their vacation enjoying the day with beach games and making sand castles, though none were swimming as it wasn't quite warm enough for that.

"Is that the school?" Takeshi asked, leaning into Tsuna to look out the window. Coming up on the right a bit of ways off in the sea was an island with train tracks about a hundred and fifty feet above the water. "It's a pretty small island."

Behind the swordsman, Hayato smacked his forehead. "Of course it is small! It's quite a ways away from the coast. If it was close, there would be no point in having all these regulations about the school because than anyone could get there."

"Well to be fair, planes, helicopters, or boats could get to the island, but that would be breaking all the codes and cause some trouble among people." Tsuna argued.

"No one would be insane enough to do that though." Hayato retorted.

Takeshi chuckled. "I wouldn't be too sure about that."

Hayato raised a brow. "And why is that?"

"Giotto is a bit overprotective of Tsuna." Takeshi said with a grin, causing Tsuna to groan.

"Please don't remind me, Take-kun." The shortest boy of the three mumbled. He reached up to push the button that would single the driver to stop.

As the three boys disembarked from the bus, they found themselves staring in amazement in front of them was a grand train station that was two floors high. The moment they entered they found themselves in a magnificent hall with a tiled floor that shined so brightly their reflections could be seen clearly. In front of them were stairs that led to the only train in the station. Past these stairs and on the right and left were staircases that led to the second floor. None of them knew what was up there, but it didn't matter. Their only concern was getting to the school. Not that many students were around as they were mostly all already at the school getting ready for tomorrow.

Above their heads was a high ceiling that held skylights here and there. Though there were also chandeliers here and there on the high ceiling. Probably for those cloudy days or at night time. There were adults standing around in black suits with weapons at their sides. The only reason students weren't freaking out were because they were all wearing red armbands that said Namimori. They must be the guards of the station so no one who wasn't allowed got in. Standing before the train were a few gates lined up. The gates consisted of two rectangular walls with two flappy doors that swung open when a pass was scanned to allow entrance. Four allowed passage to the train and four allowed passage to leave. The ones that allowed passage gave a glowing green arrow on both parts of the gate, while the ones that were the exits had a glowing red 'X.' The rest of the area was filled with walls that went from the floor to the top of the gates. The guards were on duty to stop people from jumping.

"Amazing!" Takeshi said.

"Makes you wonder what the school is like." Tsuna said, chuckling. "Come on, let's go. The next train leaves in five minutes."

The three boys used their temporary passes they received in the mail to get passed the gates.

It wasn't long for the train to leave. The boys looked out the window to watch as the sea flew by. Tsuna leaned against the wall, watching all the people at the beach become smaller and smaller, and couldn't help but wonder, what were they thinking as they watched this train head to the school? Him, when he came to the beach as a kid, always watched in wonder when he saw this train heading to the school. Living here in Namimori, he knew all about this school and thought it was amazing when he saw this train. Who were the students going to this school? How did they get in? Where did they come from in the world? He couldn't help but wonder those things when he saw this train. What do those people think when they see the train?

In a few minutes the train arrived at the train station on the island. They exited the train with the other students to enter a similar station that they were just in. The only difference was that there were more people around in this station. And it wasn't just guards, though they were a smaller amount of guards here since they didn't expect anyone to get past the first station. It was mostly students in the station. Some were helping new students, while others seemed to be old students coming back for a new year.

"Any idea of where we should go?" Tsuna asked his companions.

"Not in the slightest." Hayato replied.

"I would suggest walking around until we found where we want to go, but…considering the size of this island…" Takeshi trailed off.

"Yes, that might not be the best idea." A voice behind the three boys said in amusement.

All three turned to see a boy wearing a uniform for year one of middle school if the dark blue tie and white pin that said 1B were anything to go by. The boy was about Hayato's height with messy black hair and familiar blue eyes that were sparkling in excitement. On his shoulder was a strap that went to a bag similar to what Takeshi carried his sword in.

Tsuna blinked. "Mido Kentaro?" He asked shocked.

"Yo, Sawada, Yamamoto." He greeted with a grin. "It's been a while."

"A while?" Takeshi laughed. "I haven't seen you since that night in the sushi bar!"

Kentaro shrugged. "Been busy with studying and practice." He said before the grin slipped from his face. "I heard what happened that night in the sushi bar. That some crazy shit. Why would the Yakuza attack your dad's shop?" He shook his head. "This is such a strange world we live in."

Tsuna looked away, anger flashing in his eyes. He was still mad about that night four years ago. That was all his fault. He put his friend in danger because of his family ties.

A hand planted firmly on his shoulder knocked Tsuna from his thoughts. He turned his head to see Takeshi grinning at him to reassure him that everything was fine before the taller boy turned to the other boy. "So you're attending here? Since when?"

"I got a scholarship last year." Kentaro replied.

"Scholarship? For baseball?" Tsuna asked.

Kentaro shook his head. "I gave that up for kendo. Hearing about that attack on your shop made me realize how dangerous this world is. I need to protect my little brother so I took up kendo."

"Oh! How is your little brother? Doing better, I hope?" Tsuna asked, frowning in worry.

His question caused a dark look to pass over Kentaro's face. "If only. We don't have the money to get his treatment so he's just been getting worse. He is living in a hospital at the moment because of it. We can barely afford that."

"I'm sorry." Tsuna said, but wished he could say more. But, what could he say to that?

Kentaro just shook his head. "Don't worry about it, Sawada. Here, since I know this place why don't I show you to the dorm?" Without bothering to get any form of agreement from the two, he turned to the third boy in the group. "I'm Mido Kentaro, an acquaintance of theirs. And you are?"

"Gokudera Hayato." The silver haired boy answered.

"Nice to meet ya." Mido replied before turning back to Tsuna. "So, let's go."

Since he was the only one to know where the hell they were, Mido took the lead, weaving through the crowd with the other three struggling to keep up with getting around the people while not hitting them with their bags.

By the time they were outside, the boys were a bit dazed. That sure was a crazy experience. "Is it always that hectic in there?" Tsuna asked.

"That wasn't hectic, Sawada." Mido replied with a laugh. "You guys are arriving a bit late so you haven't seen hectic train stations just yet."

"Ah, great." Hayato grumbled in annoyance. He wasn't a fan of crowded places. He found from the underground world that they could be dangerous places when the people one is dealing with doesn't care about hurting innocents and those crowded areas could also be a great smokescreen. So, yes, he found them very dangerous and liked to avoid them.

"Wow."

At that one word from Tsuna, his friends looked at him to see him staring ahead. Curious, they looked ahead to, only to have their mouths drop in amazement. In front of them was a hill that seemed to go all around the island, but that wasn't the amazing part. The amazing part was the stairs. These two staircases went to the top, but crossed over each other part of the way to top two times. In between the stairs though was what was amazing. Between the staircases was like a waterfall, but it was made like staircases that stopped to make a small platform before continuing. Water poured down from these wooden stairs. At the very top was of the water fall was a stone lion that reminded Tsuna of a guardian that was watching over the area. The water poured out of the hill on either side of the lion.

"Amazing right?" Mido asked, grinning. "And this isn't even half of it."

"How much cooler can it get?" Takeshi asked.

"Why don't we climb the stairs to find out?" Mido asked, but was already heading up the stairs before he paused and went back down to Takeshi. "Here, let me help with your bags."

"Thanks." Takeshi said, handing some over.

Once the boys reached the top of the stairs, they were once again shocked by what was in front of them. In front of them was a stone path that led straight ahead, to the left, and to the right. These stone paths had hedges on either side of them with flowers sprouting from them. If one went straight ahead they would find themselves in a rest spot that was in the shape of a circle with a few benches around it. In this area was a magnificent stone fountain that was four circles high. If one was to follow any of these paths they would veer off at some point and lead one to many different locations. A few trees were here and there among the hedges and flowers.

"Okay, you see that building in the distance straight ahead?" Mido asked, and when he got three nods, he continued. "That is the high school building. The elementary and junior high are connected to it. The junior high is on the right, while the elementary is on the left. Behind the schools is a track field, a baseball field, a soccer field, and another building which has a few floors. This building consists of the swimming pool on the first floor along with a gym where high school and junior high students meet for gym. The second floor consists of weight equipment for those who wish to train, along with the rooms for the boxing club, kendo club, and other sports clubs. There is a cafeteria in each school section for lunch, but you don't have to eat in there if you don't want. Breakfast and dinner will be held in the cafeteria of your dorm. The girl dorms will be found in the forest on the left while the boy dorms are found if you turn right here. Of course, you have to find the entrance to the forest first then follow the path."

"Forest?" Tsuna asked confused.

Mido nodded. "The dorms are in the forest on either side of the island so the boys and girls can't get together. In fact, only the teachers and student council know where the entrance to the girl dorms and boy dorms are. If you are a guy, you are not allowed to know where the entrance to the path to the forest for the girl dorms is. And vice versa."

"What about the teachers?" Hayato asked.

"For the adults who aren't helping in the dorms, there is a dorm building near the boy dorms for the males and a building near the girl dorms for the females just in case something happens. There is a doctor in each dorm and a few in the school for any emergencies. Along with a highly equipped doctor's office since it is likely it will take a long time for any paramedics to get here and past all the security." Mido explained as Takeshi let out a low whistle.

"They seemed well prepared." He said.

"Yes, and for anything." Mido said, grinning. "There is another building in front of the junior high building that is a little to the right of it. It's a ballroom. It's for any parties or events that we are hosting."

Tsuna laughed. Oh, he was so glad he was just a regular student attending here. If he was the president of the student council, he would go absolutely insane with all that workload and keeping track of anything. Poor sucker.

"I can see now why a president hasn't lasted pass a single term." Takeshi laughed.

"It's lucky for them that a term is only half a year." Mido said, grinning mischievously. "You should have seen our last president. He was crying tears of joy by the time the semester ended."

Tsuna winced. Oh, it must be a lot worse than he ever thought. If only he didn't need to escape Vongola, he would have never come here….which reminds him. Should he inform his brother where he was attending now that he was safely on the island?...hmm, no. It was still too soon to inform him.

"Well, I can't think of any more to tell you so let's head to the dorms." Mido cheered while the three boys behind him sweat dropped or peered around anxiously. Just what did they drag themselves into?

A/N: So, not much happened in this chapter….well, at least, I introduced you to the school! That's a start…

Question: For Lambo, do you want him to be five or a little bit older? He will be younger than Tsuna and the others by a few years if the latter is chosen. Just need to know. Either way, I am going to get rid of some of his really immature antics. Though, since he is going to still be a kid, I can't get rid of them all.

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