Sora: Chapter 10


Yamamoto, Gokudera, and Tsuna have all gathered in front of Reborn on the rooftop of Namimori Middle School after school. Tsuna had only slightly recovered from the incident during the morning, and Tsuna hoped that he would have enough energy to avoid what ideas Reborn had cooked up.

"By the request of Gokudera," Reborn began, "Yamamoto, we will be holding a family entrance test to see if you are worthy of being capable of one of Tsuna's guardians."

Yamamoto cheerfully grinned and rubbed the back of his head. "Is this part of your mafia game?"

"It is not a game!" Gokudera growled at his rival.

"Ma, ma," Yamamoto brushed his angry words off, further irritating the bomber. "Sure, I'll join!"

"Very well then," Reborn said, albeit sadistically. He brought out twenty-four set of throwing knives and chucked it at the three boys. "Run!"

All three sprinted as fast as they could, dodging when the knives got too close to them. They were still looking behind their shoulders when Reborn's voice sounded in front of them.

"Too easy for you guys," Reborn casually remarked before he took Leon into his hands. The chameleon turned into the baby's favorite pistol. Upon seeing the new weapon, the boys came to a hard stop. Each boy did their own turn while they dodged the oncoming bullets. Yamamoto, with his quick reflexes, were able to dodge all of the bullets through ducking and moving side to side. Gokudera blocked his roll of bullets through with his dynamites. Tsuna, assassin's mode in full force, backflipped into the air. However, he failed to notice the two bullets aiming at his unprotected legs.

Pain shot through his legs as he went crashing towards the ground. However, before he fell completely to the floor, his arms were pulled up and onto the shoulders of his two best friends.

"You alright there?" Yamamoto asked.

Gokudera barked at Yamamoto, but didn't dare to do anything, as Tsuna was in between them. "Don't address Tsu-kun so casually!"

Tsuna groaned silently as the pain throbbed through his whole body. He did not have the adrenaline to pull his legs up under him, as he knew that Reborn would never shoot him dead. "Go," Tsuna gasped to his two friends. "Finish training. I'll be able to catch up to you soon."

"Tsu-kun, you sure?" Gokudera said concernedly. Tsuna nodded.

"Just go, Hay-kun."

As he finished that statement, several bullets rang throughout the air, forcing the two remaining boys to fend for themselves.

Tsuna panted in pain before crawling out of harm's...wait, those bullets were coming very close to him. The injured boy looked at the direction from where the bullets were coming from, and he saw Reborn with a maniacal grin on his face. "Just because you're injured doesn't mean I'm letting you off so easily!"

Tsuna suddenly found himself fighting for his life, rolling around on the ground while Reborn peppered bullets around him.

From a distance, the voice of Gokudera echoed to him. "Tsu-kun! Are you okay?"

"Yeah!" he shouted back semi-consciously, focusing for a time between rounds so that he could get up. At a two second pause that Reborn took to switch cases, Tsuna scrambled painfully to his feet, adrenaline slowly pumping through his body. He ran towards his two friends on the other side of the roof, a little bit slower than before, but still managing to dodge almost all bullets.

"Good, now you are all back in training, we can continue," Reborn said. Reborn propped a sniper gun on his shoulder, preparing to shoot, but after several intense moments with the three kids waiting in nervous anticipation, he withdrew his eye from the magnifier, and Leon turned back into his normal form. Tsuna, Yamamoto, and Gokudera sighed halfway when Reborn had one more surprise for the three.

"Dynamite time," Reborn gleefully said. Appearing in his small hands appeared several rolls of dynamites.

Tsuna hesitantly asked, "Are those...Hay-kun's dynamites?"

"None of your business," he said shortly before lighting them up and scattering them. Tsuna's eyes widened, and he stumbled back. The boy closed his eyes as the dynamite exploded in a large explosion.

It was to his surprise when he opened his eyes, safe and sound. He looked over, and he saw that Yamamoto had saved him. "I'm saved!" Tsuna said in shock.

"Hey Baseball-Freak!" Gokudera said. Yamamoto looked at his rival as he approached the two winded boys. Gokudera grabbed the front of Yamamoto's shirt. "Good job."

However, Gokudera just had to rub in and reinstate his position. "I must accept you into the family. But I'm Tsu-kun's right-hand man. You can be his shoulder blade."

"What?" Yamamoto said in surprise. "No, you're such a funny guy!" He patted Gokudera hard on the back, earning a harsh glare from his rival. "I don't want to not be Tsuna's right arm, so you can be his ear lobe!"

Gokudera was sufficiently riled up at that statement, and continued to argue with Yamamoto. Tsuna could only sigh at their antics. Besides him, Reborn commented, "They are good family members."

"Yes, they are," Tsuna agreed, looking at the fighting pair.

"But you, you need work," Reborn harshly remarked. "Every hit spells MORE TRAINING."

Unfortunately, at that point, Tsuna's adrenaline had faded away, and he swayed on his feet. Reborn looked at his charge. "Sit down."

Tsuna had no choice but to obey. He sat cross-legged on the ground in front of Reborn. Reborn said, "I will do this only once for you."

Reborn placed his tiny hand on Tsuna's forehead and chanted a few phrases that Tsuna couldn't quite catch. In a few moments, Reborn's pacifier glowed yellow, and the young injured boy felt warm and comfy as his wounds healed.

"Sleep, and be healed." Reborn said gently. The young boy happily obeyed.


First published: 3/7/2014

Reedited: 6/3/2014