PARALLEL WORLD = CANON DECIMO TSUNA

CANON WORLD = PARA! TSUNA

Chapter 10

PARALLEL WORLD

Tsuna was apparently inside of the bathroom absent-mindedly brushing his teeth. It was already morning and the Decimo woke up early, a habit he caught form his former tutors daily bombing. It was quite convenient since he wouldn't like another Reborn blowing his counterparts bedroom. Oh god! The nerve on that! That'll be lots of paper works.

He was actually thinking about the encounter with Mukuro Reborn had told him last night. The encounter all in all was different in his world. The Vindice didn't come to capture Mukuro and his allies. His counterpart didn't experience being shot by a Dying Will Bullet nor given a gloves made by leon. Byakuran was friends with his counterpart and was killed by the latter. Tsuna froze for a second. There's just something off about Byakuran being killed. He thought finally deciding to finish brushing his teeth.

"I was there arcobaleno."

Tsuna mouthed what the counterpart Mukuro had said.

"What does he mean by that?"

"Was he there when his counterpart killed Byakuran?"

"And why did my counterpart killed Byakuran?"

"What was the trigger?"

With the last question, Tsuna couldn't help but remember what had Reborn had told him about the encounter with Mukuro when he asked the single worded question 'why'.

"'why' what?" Mukuro innocently stared at the hitman, "why I decided to knock the Vongola out?" he paused, "why did I help you? Why did I do all this mess? Or…" he grinned "why do I know everything about the Vongola's past?" he utterly stared back. "I'm sure it's not my obligation to answer you any of these questions." He smirked, "Kufufufu, I had my fun already. I am certain that he is quite pleased of what I did. Okay, I'm out here. Don't worry, I won't cause any trouble such as this anymore."

"Who is this 'he' Mukuro kept referring to and why does Mukuro do all this just for the sake of this person?"

Lots of question runs through his mind that he couldn't answer. He could only sigh. His head hurts.

Tsuna was on his way to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. He was not cooking. He was only going to prepare a toasted bread and the coffee he learned to brew in his world thanks to his ever sadist tutor who taught him for self-centeredness purposes only. The Decimo sighed at his former tutor's egoism at the same time carefully taking the flight of the stairs when he sensed another presence in the house. It made him stop in his tracks and immediately hidden his presence out of habit. His intuition didn't warned him about danger but it did told him to be aware at the said presence. He then decided to continue walking his way to the kitchen and there he had known who the other presence was.

"Bianchi…" Tsuna couldn't help but muttered in surprise.

The said hitwoman immediately turn towards the brunette inwardly startled at the sudden call of her name. She couldn't help it. Bianchi didn't notice the brunet's presence until he had spoken.

The Decimo was happy to see the poison scorpion even though he's sure she was not there for him but obviously for his tutor.

"I'm not here for you Sawada, I'm here-,"

"I know," Tsuna smiled interrupting Bianchi in her words. "You're here solely for Reborn." He turn his sight at the arcobaleno who's apparently sitting at the dining table. 'Is he trying to help me?'

"Well, that's good to hear." Bianchi replied shifting her focus entirely to the hitman as if he never existed.

Tsuna sweat drop at the act. He then reached to the toast in the kitchen and put it in the toaster and proceeded to brew some coffee, this had caught the arcobaleno's attention when the aroma of the said drink spread around the room. The latter had hopped towards his gravity defying hair and watch the brunet make the coffee. The poison scorpion just watched them. There's nothing knew about Tsuna preparing something in Bianchi's outlook but to the certain hitman, it was. This Tsuna didn't told him that he can make a coffee with an addicting aroma that suit his taste.

Tsuna had prepared three. One for Reborn, the other for Bianchi and last for himself. The toast was ready just in time he had finished preparing the coffee. He immediately served it in the dining table as the Arcobaleno was already in his designated sit. Tsuna wasn't surprise at the hitman taking interest of tasting the coffee he made, this kind of coffee he prepared was his former tutor's favorite that soon became his too, so it's no wonder if this coffee caught the hitman's attention.

The moment he had served the coffee he immediately sit across the arcobaleno to watch him as he take a sip.

Bianchi first inspect the coffee probably to make sure he hadn't put any poison. The Decimo just didn't mind it since how could you possibly just drink something the person who tried to kill your brother had served. She's the poison expert so Tsuna can trust her to notice that it was just pure coffee, no additional poisonous ingredient. After checking it, she had finally took a sip.

"I commend the one who taught you brew this coffee." Reborn stated with a smirk making the Decimo sweat drop once again.

"Thanks." Tsuna muttered as the hitman smirked at the sarcasm.

Bianchi for a minute was stopped on sipping the coffee after hearing the exchange of words that happened between Reborn and the vongola. It had seemed that the two has reconciled? The thought made her confuse but drop it once she remembered how the brunet manage to conceal his real colors to all of them. "It's about time you start heading to school or you're going to be late. Well, not that you-," This words was halted by the time Tsuna who was enjoying his cup of coffee had manage to spit out on the table due to the realization of being late.

Now, the brunet was in panic running around to find his bag only to remember that it was on his bed that made him curse. He had ran back upstairs and stumbled down the stairs as his bag is already with him. "Gaaah! I'll be going now!" Tsuna managed to say in a rush.

Bianchi was left stunned at the display of the strange act as she turn her attention from the door where Tsuna had exited to the hitman she love. It was a surprise that the brunet actually cares of being late? And since when did he become so clumsy? She thought as the memory of Tsuna stumbling down the stairs. There are so many question that her head had made that she wanted to ask the hitman badly.

"That was a satisfying taste." Reborn said after a while. It concludes that the hitman was already finish in his coffee. He stood from his seat, fixed his suit for a sec and jumped down to the floor. "I'll be heading out, make sure to lock the door when you leave." Bianchi could only nod on that. She couldn't ask anything because maybe it was all just in her head.

Tsuna was running late. It was really a good thing he knows the secret passage going towards the school and he was already about to head on that path when he heard something that caught his attention.

It was that familiar voice, the childish sometimes annoying voice of Lambo.

The lad was singing about his greatness and all just like how he remembered when he was still in middle school.

Tsuna smiled on that.

He found himself missing the lad, he even remembered punishing him by bombing the whole place into pieces. He chuckled before he noticed the singing voice stopped.

He creased on that since he wanted to hear more but when he turn to his side, he already knew why the singing was stop. Lambo saw him.

They are probably three meters away from each other.

The lad was now staring at him in horror. Tears about to come out. Flinching at his very sight.

Tsuna felt hurt at the child in front of him. The hyper, gullible, sweet, and sometimes annoying brat he knows is afraid of him.

"I'm sorry." He said, apologetic at what the child had to go through due to his counterpart's actions. He smiled sadly putting a grape candy on the ground and left after. He didn't dare walk near to the lad. It was already clear that Lambo is afraid of him, he didn't want to frighten him even more. It's just not the time yet.

CANON WORLD

"Do I really need to wear this cape?" Parallel Tsuna asked looking at the mirror inspecting the said cloth. The Vongola insignia were visible in it sewed with white silky strings.

"Of course Dame-Tsuna, we're attending a ball hosted by a very trusted and long-time ally of Vongola. As a respect, you are expected to have an intimidating aura. Look as powerful or even surpass as what the rumors says about you but at the same time still very saintly." Reborn answered as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Ally" of all what the hitman had said, only that word had caught the brunet's attention. He had turn to look at Reborn's direction for more elaborate info. Unfortunately, the number one hitman in the world merely ignore him and just walk away. "Wait! Who's this ally you're talking about?"

The hitman discreetly curl his thin lips upward lowering his infamous single stripped hat. "You'll know when we get there." He answered before entirely leaving the room.

The brunet was left staring at the door where the hitman exited. Ever since he had met the hitman, the adult form of Reborn, he couldn't help but just do whatever he was ordering at him. It was weird. Weird in a sense that he knew in the deepest part in his heart that he didn't want to do anything what he says. He looked down to his right palm then to his reflection from the mirror. 'Odd'.

As he continue to stare at his reflection, the door where Reborn has left suddenly burst open revealing a running fifteen years old Lambo dressed in a tailored suit with a green inner shirt and behind was the adult Gokudera wearing the same only the inner shirt was red. He's looking quite pissed about something the younger had done.

"Tsuna-nii!" Lambo cried as he was running towards the said brunet.

"Come here you cow!" Gokudera shouted. "Hello, tenth! You look magnificent as always." His expression entirely shifted from zero to one hundred eighty degrees upon seeing the brunet.

"Tsuna-nii, Bakadera's being mean to me!" Lambo told who's now hiding behind Tsuna.

"What?" Gokudera's eyes grew wider at the cow's accusation. "I'm not!" He glared down to the young guardian who obviously didn't flinch since he did manage to stick his tongue out to the infamous delinquent. The said delinquent gritted his teeth but just decided to back down and just shift his sight back to the Vongola. "I'm just teaching Lambo to act proper in front of the guests since it's his first exposure as your guardian..." he paused and sighed at the young guardian. "When suddenly the cow kicked my knee to escape."

"Yes, you're oh so boring lectures Bakadera." The lightning guardian mocked standing at the side his both hands in his pocket looking bored. The storm had glared down at him once again as he immediately landed a fist on the cows head. The younger had cried miserably as the older bow, says his apologies about the disturbance he and the cow had caused before leaving the room.

On the other hand, Tsuna was just watching the two from the start, didn't even respond anything during the encounter.

'Everything in this world seemed weird, not that it was bad. He actually liked how all are just peaceful and happy. He has friends, loyal ones. Of course, Reborn was the one to tell him about this. The hitman has brought 'his' photo albums from where he first met Reborn up to now. He has a lively memories in this world. Byakuran is also alive with still the same unreadable attitude. There are also a lot of person who he couldn't recognize in the photos. It's as if he was just dreaming all this time and just woke up from a nightmare.'

"Tsu-kun?" The call had awaken him in his trance. It was 'his' mother who had come in. He smiled at her, he didn't know if it looked forced but he tried to make it more genuine. "Aw, you look charming just like your dad." Nana had commented making Tsuna blush a little.

'He could also conclude that he was in the future and the incidents were memories of the pasts…'

Nana had walked up to him and give Tsuna a motherly hug. The brunet hugged 'his' mother back as Nana giggled in delight and give him a kiss on the cheek.

"Reborn-san, told me that everything is already set. You already have to go or else you will be late." Nana told his son smiling. Tsuna nodded as he once again plastered a smile saying his goodbye's to 'his' mother.

"Take care, Tsu-kun." Nana said with a smile.

'However, there is no way that this is all real as Byakuran wants him to believe.'

He smiled one last time to 'his' mother as he take his step out of the room. The bright smile that he plastered later on vanished as he closed the door. The cold stoic face has replaced it while he took his way to the main exit of the mansion where his tutor and his so called friends are waiting.

"Jyuudaime."

"Tsuna."

"Boss."

"Sawada!"

"Tsuna-nii."

"…"

'His' friends immediately acknowledge his arrival right after they saw him walking down the grand stairs. He faked a smile at them. 'This are 'his' loyal friends.' He couldn't help but internally smirk at the thought until something hard hit his head making him hiss in pain, his both hands had automatically reached the pained head. 'What the?!' He turned his sight around him only to find nothing. Confusion was painted in his face.

"That was a good reaction from you, Dame-Tsuna." He heard. This had put him into stop. Stiffly looking at the Hitman who didn't bother to hide his smirk. 'Why did he do that? It's not like he knew what I just thought.'

"That was just too obvious I didn't even need to hesitate if I was sure of what you're thinking, Tsuna." The hitman once again smirked.

The rest of the guardians had turn towards the EX-arcobaleno. "What do you mean, Reborn-san?" Gokudera asked a bit curious about what the hitman meant.

Tsuna couldn't help but widens his eyes in shock. 'He can see through me?' Eyeing the hitman whose attention is now at the chameleon. 'No… this has happened before in the bedroom when he woke up and Reborn was there when he met Gokudera for the second time in this place. I just didn't noticed it because of the confusing situation.' Not that he's not confused anymore but still he could have caught on immediately. 'He's making fun of me.' Tsuna gritted his teeth and this made the hitman smile mischievously that the brunet didn't notice.

"Kufufu, Sawada Tsunayoshi-kun." The brunet tensed up by the time he heard the creepy laugh.

'What is he doing here?' He thought stiffly turning his sight at the illusionist.

He never thought he would see nor even meet him. Reborn had presented an album of the one's he knew and Mukuro was not on those pictures. Tsuna couldn't help but turn his sight at the hitman whom he failed to see the expression his tutor is now making because he was already walking towards the limo when he manage to look at him.

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