~Present Day; Nanimori, Japan~
"…Today was such a tiring day…" Tsuna grumbled half to himself with a sigh as he was heading back home after his school day had ended.
Tsuna is just about your average fourteen year old junior high student who slacks off, gets below average grades on his work, and is…generally useless and called so by his peers. But there's another side to him. He's also – unwillingly – being mentored to become the Vongola Decimo (1) by none other than Reborn himself. Tsuna is about five feet and one inch tall with wild somewhat spikey light brown hair and brown colored eyes. He was currently wearing the Nanimori Junior High uniform, which consisted of a simple white short sleeved button up shirt with a red tie and black slacks and tennis shoes.
"You got that right, Juudaime (2)!" he heard a familiar male voice exclaim from beside him. He gazed over his shoulder to see…
"Gokudera! What are you doing here?!" Tsuna asked with surprise before noticing everyone else standing there with him. "Eh? Everyone else is here too?"
"Of course!" Kyoko replied happily.
"We scheduled a study session today." Haru added.
"Oh? We did…?" Tsuna said in response while he rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. "I guess I forgot…"
"Well what are we waiting for?" Yamamoto asked.
"Let's go study to the extreme!" Ryohei shouted out as he pumped his fist in the air while everyone agreed.
The group then continued to head for Tsuna's house, while the young boss in training dreaded the possible craziness to come.
Gokudera is about five inches taller than Tsuna with straight silver hair that's parted in the middle of his face and ends at the base of his neck, flaring out a little. He has greenish silver colored eyes and is wearing the same uniform but usually wears several bands, punk style bracelets, and rings around his wrists and on his fingers.
Kyoko is the same height as Tsuna, with short orange brown hair and brown colored eyes. She's wearing the female Nanimori Junior High uniform, which is a dark blue pleated skirt and short sleeved button up shirt with a red bow tied around her collar. She was wearing black knee high socks and brown loafers as well.
Haru, Kyoko's friend, is also the same height with her brown locks in a ponytail with the exclusion of her bangs. She had brown colored eyes to match her hair. Haru is studying with the group, but she attends a different school – Midori Junior High – and is currently wearing the school uniform. This consisted of a short sleeved white button up shirt under a sleeveless crème colored sweater with a blue ribbon tied around her collar and a grey pleated skirt. She also wore black knee high socks and brown loafers.
Yamamoto is the tallest in the group at five feet nine inches tall with spikey black hair, slightly tanned skin and brown colored eyes. He also wore the Nanimori Junior High uniform with sweat bands around his wrists.
Ryohei – Kyoko's older brother – is the same height as Gokudera with short spikey white hair and grey colored eyes with a small scar over his left one. He was wearing the P.E. uniform which was a long sleeved track suit jacket over a simple white t-shirt and red track pants with tennis shoes.
Once the group had reached Tsuna's front door, he took a deep breath before opening it. No doubt Reborn was waiting inside with some new training regime for the teens.
"I'm home!" Tsuna announced after opening the door and walking into the hallway, making sure to remove his shoes before doing so.
"Ah, Tsuna! I see that you've brought some friends over!" his mother said happily in response as she emerged from the kitchen with a smile. "It looks like we'll be having a full house today!"
Nana Sawada is the same height as her son, with short brown hair and brown colored eyes. Being a housewife, she is usually seen wearing a yellowish tan apron over a simple button up shirt and long skirt.
Tsuna's eyes widened before he uttered with shock, "Eh?! Why's that?"
"Oh, Dino decided to pay a visit and he's brought over a friend of his…" Nana replied. "They are in the living room speaking with Reborn and having some refreshments. Why don't you go join them and I'll bring in some drinks for you and your friends?"
She then retreated back into the kitchen while Tsuna rushed over to the living room door and opened it. Inside he found his home tutor Reborn sitting on one side of the low rectangle table with Bianchi beside him.
Bianchi, Gokudera's older half-sister, stands at about five feet four inches tall with straight pinkish mauve colored hair that ended at her chest with grey colored eyes. She was currently wearing a light purple tank top under an open black shirt with blue jeans and the same type of accessories as her half-brother, with the addition of a pair of glasses resting on her nose.
Sitting on the opposite side of the table was Dino and next to him was a woman unknown to Tsuna who had Lambo and I-Pin playing beside her.
I-Pin and Lambo are both five year olds and are about the same height. I-Pin looked of Chinese descent with what black hair she had in a braid atop her head and her eyes are always squinting. She wears a red Chinese top and white pants. Lambo, on the other hand, was decked out in a black and white cow print onesie and had his black hair styled in an afro with little horns poking out of it. He had green colored eyes.
As soon as the door had opened the woman's gaze was directed right at Tsuna. She then stood and Tsuna got a good look at her.
She stood at about five feet seven inches tall with wavy brown hair that fell in rivers over her shoulders and stopped just below her chest. Her bangs were parted on the right side of her face and framed it perfectly. Clear blue colored eyes seemed to peer deep into his soul he could just make out a small dark blue star in her right eye. She was wearing a dusty pink tank top with teal jeggings and two necklaces hung around her neck. The shorter of the two had a small tube stringed on it and the longer one that rested on her chest had what looked like half a ring on it.
"Rosetta, this is dame-Tsuna (3)," Reborn announced with a smirk. "Tsuna, this is Rosetta Mezzanotte."
Before the young boss could say anything, the woman named Rosetta had walked over to him to size him up. At once she narrowed her eyes which made Tsuna a little nervous. Then she took him and his friends by surprise when she grabbed him by the shoulders with a fan girlish squeal.
"So this is the Tsunayoshi Sawada I've heard so much about!" she exclaimed with excitement before turning to where Reborn and Dino were sitting. "He reminds me so much of you when we were his age, Dino!" – she looked back to Tsuna with admiration – "He has so much potential…And I can see the fire in his eyes! His guardians look pretty strong too."
She walked over to face his friends and continued, "This would be Ryohei, I presume?" – to the white haired one – "And Yamamoto. I've heard your sword skills could rival my brother's." – to the now chuckling tan boy – "And Gokudera of course. Long time no see!"
She then came up to the girls saying, "I believe these two lovely young ladies are Kyoko and Haru." – she then turned to Tsuna and whispered slyly – "I can't wait to see which one you'll choose for your wife!"
"How do you know us?" Yamamoto then asked with genuine curiosity.
"Oh, Dino told me all about his travels here. I wanted to come too of course but I had my own duties to attend to." Rosetta answered with a smile. "From what Dino has told me about you Tsuna, I'd say that you'll become a great boss someday."
"Ah, so it's decided then?" Reborn asked after taking a sip of his coffee. "Looks like your destiny is set, Tsuna."
"Eh?!" his student exclaimed as he and his friends finally joined the others in sitting around the rectangle table. "Why?"
Dino then rested his arm around Rosetta's shoulder before answering with, "Well, it usually goes that when my wife says something, it usually happens."
There was a collective gasp from the teens and Tsuna exclaimed, "Eh? Rosetta-san is your wife Dino-san?!"
"Yes." The Cavallone boss replied with a soft smile towards Rosetta, who was blushing a little.
"Then why did Reborn introduce her as Rosetta Mezzanotte?" Gokudera asked with a stern expression on his face.
"I just didn't want to give it away while I was introducing you." Reborn replied.
Immediately the two young girls were the first to ask when the couple got married and it was Rosetta's turn to answer with, "We actually got married a few months ago, on Valentine's Day…"
"H-How did you two meet?" Tsuna asked a little hesitantly.
"Well, we actually grew up together and I attended high school with Dino for almost a year," Rosetta replied with a smile. "But then I had to leave to attend to family matters and I didn't come back until about six years later…" – she then chuckled a little – "It really is quite a silly story, how we met again…"
"Well then regale us with your tale." Reborn suggested while everyone else agreed.
After much persuasion and urging on, Rosetta decided to start as everyone settled in to hear their story of how they came back into each other's lives…
(1) Vongola Decimo: Vongola the tenth in Italian.
(2)Juudaime: Tenth in Japanese (is the nickname Gokudera usually uses for Tsuna).
(3) Dame-Tsuna: Useless Tsuna in Japanese (Reborn's – and his peers' – nickname for Tsuna).
Hey sorry guys for all the descriptions for those of you who are well versed in the anime/manga, but I really wanted to add them in. They aren't that long so it should be okay.
Anyway, I'll probably be taking a break for the rest of the month and all of February because I want to focus on some special pics that will probably take a while to get done. But if I do have some free time I will try and get the flashback chapter(s) done and submitted (It'll probably happen anyway, but you know just in case).
There's a lot in store to look forward to for the Present Arc, so I hope you'll stick around!
