AN: got an early chapter for you guys! ^^ I got a good rhythm this time and the chapter 15 had already started in my files. Maybe I could just hash out my note that I'll update once a week, ne? The reason for this early present is because you guys gave me lots of reviews! haha seems a bit shallow reason, but I never prayed to read six reviews on a chapter~ me being a newbie and all. Anyway, if you gave me this much support I might update the next one much sooner. ^^ so enjoy!

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Chapter14: Bomber

Naruto hastily sealed the room as they gathered in the dining room. The rising tension was palpable in the faces of the team, it seems he and Haku were the last one to arrive. He silently made his way on the right side of the head of the table as they wait for their leader to calm down.

The blond had seen a lot of sides of his surrogate brother, there's the helpful and teasing one- a rarely shown side and the one he missed the most during their separation-, there is also the lazy side -one of Kakashi's most used facade- then there is the sadistic side -only reserved for his training-, and lastly there is the serious and scary side. The last one was more of an alternate version of Kakashi, and Naruto, along with others named that version as 'Inu', the ANBU, the killer and the one to be feared.

However for the first time in his near thirteen years of living did Naruto saw a side that he had thought that Kakashi would neve had and that is the near panicky state the masked teen was in right now. If the situation did not have the heavy tension in the air, Naruto would have teased the older teen for mimicking a mother hen, unfortunately the situation calls for seriousness.

"Alright, stop making a rut on the floor Hatake." Anko snapped after the 50th turn the masked teen made before them.

Kakashi snapped his gaze back at his members and Naruto stared in disbelief when he saw the pissed off and nearly harassed look in the eyes of the masked teen.

Naruto watched as Kakashi comb his hair roughly and put his hand on his hips. The older teen heaved out a sigh and pulled out a scroll from one of the seals on his arms.

"Read it."

Hinata quickly took the scroll and unrolled it, Naruto and the others pooled around the 'blind' girl and silently read it's contents.

"Shit." Anko summarized.

"Yeah." Naruto agreed and copied his surrogate brother's actions and combed his hair in ire. "On the plus side though, the Familgia will come out, Baa-chan even got an alliance with the Vongola." He added summing up a positive note on the news.

"Still shit." Anko bluntly replied, crossing her arms. "We aren't prepared for the Arcobaleno, we only got what? Two months?"

"The plan we made had a preparation of four months" Gaara supplied. "Our mission will be compromised, Unless we have a plan B?" He asked directing the question to their leader.

"We have, and it's actually plan N." Kakashi answered. "However, we are taking huge risks. The Sun Arcobaleno has his own network of spies. I have no doubts that he heard of our infamy in the past." He added, tilting his head towards Itachi.

Naruto knew that they were silently indicating of their 'freelance' undercover work a year after they were transferred in the Mulinello base. He had been kept out of the more specified details but he made the general gists of their infamy, in short Kakashi and Itachi had wrecked havoc in the underground world enough to warrant most of the powerful Familgias to keep an eye on their movement. However, now that the two of them are tasked with this long term mission, Naruto suspected that they either faked their death or layed low for most of the time.

"He's quick in connecting the pieces of puzzle, the most that we can do is delay this discovery unless we want Vongola to break the contract. Even if most of you are currently categorized as a 'civilian' you still have a connection with 'us' and consequently the Mafia- so to speak." Kakashi added as finally sat down on the chair.

"What's the plan then?" Naruto asked a bit nervous at the sudden change in plan.

"Nothing."

"What do you mean nothing? 'ttebayo." Naruto asked loudly in confusion.

"It is as it is, we will do nothing." Kakashi paused, rubbing his masked chin in thought. "Although we need to be careful."

Itachi sighed as the rest of the members looked at them in confusion. "In other words, we need to 'go with the flow'- as the saying goes. Namimori group will continue strengthening the bond with the heir. While the rest of us will follow through on what events that will come up."

"So, that means giving Tsuna subtle suggestions then?" Naruto clarifies raising an eyebrow.

"Yes and no." Their leader answered. "Reborn will win if any of you join in with a psychological warfare against him so it will be obvious to him if you continue those suggestions. No matter how small of a detail it is, the Sun Arcobaleno's mind is a near comparison to the Naras, the most that you could do is using your expertise in a certain skill."

"Sealing?'

"No you brat, your unpredictable-ness." Kakashi exasperatedly sighed. "Just do what you always do, but let the Vongola lead for now."

"What about me and Bee?" Konohamaru asked.

"Just continue teaching him in hand to hand combat." The masked teen replied.

"What about you two, yo?" Bee added, pointing at Kakashi and Itachi "The sun will know your jobs sooner or later bro."

"For now, both Itachi and I will make ourselves scarce in meeting with the heir. Anko has the least contact with the heir, so she's relatively safe." Kakashi started.

"And the rest of us?" Hinata asked.

"The rest of you must be prepared for the chaos."

"Hhhiiieee!"

Bang.

"Reborn-what t-the." Tsuna stuttered, still shock at the horrifying wake-up call he was subjected into. He flinched when he realized that his long forgotten shriek had returned.

Although he reasoned to himself that a person would shriek like a banshee if he/she woke up face to face with a really large green hammer.

"My bed!" Tsuna mourned when he saw the feathers bursting out of his pillows, the ten ton green hemmer had decimated it.

"Don't worry, Tsuna. I reinforced the bed yesterday." Reborn said nonchalantly. "It will survive a month's worth of hammering. Good job on dodging it, though."

"What the hell!" Tsuna shouted.

"A boss needs to be alert all the time." The toddler replied as if his words was the answer to all of questions in the universe,

"Tsu-kun! Tsu-kun! Open up!" The muffled and panicked voice of Nana shouted from the other side of his door.

"Mom? Oh, wait a sec." He hollered back as he tried to wiggle out of his bed sheets, he ran up to the door and opened it, switching the light off lest his mother saw the hammer.

"Tsu-kun, what happened? I heard a loud bang." Nana asked in concerned, her bed hair was worse than a nest.

"Tsuna just fell out of the bed, maman." Reborn replied.

His mother squinted at the direction where Reborn stood and made a move to switch on the light. Tsuna, grabbed her hand before he reached the switch.

"I-I'm indecent mom!" Tsuna shouted.

"Mou, Tsu-kun, I raised you and saw you naked when you're still little." Nana started. "I promise I wouldn't laugh if you're wearing those heart patterned briefs."

"Mom!" Tsuna flushed, somewhat glad that the sun was still not up yet.

"Ah, I'm just kidding." Nana giggled and lowered her hand. "Are you going for your morning jog?"

"Hai." Reborn answered, Tsuna's eyebrow twitched when he glanced at his digital clock and saw that it's still four in the morning, an hour earlier than his schedule.

"Good luck then, but I'm going back to bed. I'll see you in breakfast." Nana replied as she shuffled back to her room.

Tsuna heaved out a sigh as he closed his door, he switch the light on and bit back another shriek when he saw Reborn training a gun at him.

"You heard me, go get change I'll wait by the gate." Reborn ordered, his squeaky voice did not deter the tone of his voice.

"Okay, Okay. But please lower the gun." Tsuna replied sticking his back to the door. His body relaxed when the gun was lowered and made his way to his bed and saw that some thing was missing.

"Uh, where's the hammer?" He asked glancing at Reborn and saw something he had never seen before. "Is that...is that a lizard?" He added pointing at the green creature idly sitting on top of the toddler's fedora.

"This is Leon, he's a chameleon and my partner." Reborn explained as he jumped on the window sill. "Three minutes, a second late..." The toddler warned raising his gun.

Tsuna gulped and nodded at the threat, he watched Reborn nod and jumped out of the window.

"What-" Tsuna ran towards the window in alarm not expecting the baby to jump down from the second floor. He leaned forward out of the opening and saw Reborn landed in ease. "That baby's going to kill me with a heart attack." He murmured as he returned to his chore.

"You're going to be late." Reborn stated, he's sitting on his student's head, feeling comfortable at the surprising softness of the brunet's hair.

Tsuna grumbled under his breath as he continued his slow pace towards his school.

"You're going to be bitten to death by Hibari, if you're this slow." Reborn mused.

"I don't care, I won't a feel a thing even if he beats me up because of your 'training." His student replied rotating his shoulder until a crack had sounded. "Ah, better...jeez, Reborn, you're as bad, if not, worse than Naruto."

Reborn tilted his head at the name, this was the first time he heard Tsuna speak a name. He was too busy making his hidden base back in the Sawada house and was not able to spy on his student in school. For now, he had made little progress in knowing about Tsuna's socializing skills.

The file that Iemitsu gave him was useless after he called the blond about it. The CEDEF boss told him about the info and as Reborn suspected the report was an old one, so he burned the papers without a second thought. He then asked about his other 'family' and Reborn felt ire when Iemitsu proceeded to tell him about the long gone habits and characteristics of Nana and Tsuna, it was then Reborn concluded that the idiot did not have any knowledge about the changes in the Sawada house for the past two years.

For one, his student was not the cute and clumsy 'Tuna-chan' anymore and is now a growing teenager, the brunet was not clumsy and had a steps of a fighter, he also have a loyalty to his mother's well being and has fierce dislike for his absence. Nana on the other hand was not the ditz- to put it blunty- anymore and have an air of independence, the woman had put effort in raising her son and Reborn saw the concern and hidden temper in her eyes just this morning. He recognized the protectiveness of her when she made an eye contact after the Tsuna opened the door.

Reborn had cut off the call after a minute into Iemitsu's monologue, he forgot to ask the man if he saw that the funds he gave to his 'family' was touched or not. He guess he could question the blond after he make another call. The CEDEF boss will be in a surprise the second he'll step into his house.

Tsuna made in into the bridge after Reborn snapped out of his musings.

"Who's he?"

"Who?" Tsuna asked tilting his head up a fraction.

"Naruto." Reborn clarified.

"Ah, he's the new student this year along with another one." Tsuna replied. "He's a friend, and a co-instructor in the dojo he introduced he into."

Reborn sat up straight at the info. His student had already made friends.

"What is he like?"

"A prankster." Tsuna huffed out and Reborn felt an air of exasperation at the reply. "He's lazy, a ramen addict, a procrastinator, a sadistic trainer, and loud."

"Sounds like troublemaker." Reborn commented and felt Tsuna nod.

"He is. But he's a good friend, he helped me in my studies along with his adopted brother. He gave me more opportunities and a helping hand than the teachers." Tsuna murmured.

Reborn stayed silent, contemplating whether the blond is fit for guardianship. He had already made a call to 'him' and Reborn is expecting the teen to appear this day.

"Yo, Tsuna wait up!" A call hollered behind them.

Tsuna turned around and Reborn saw who called his student. It was a raven haired teen, a tall one and athletic if the body gave anymore clue. But what Reborn had also saw was the potential in the raven, a potential to be an assassin.

His student stopped and they waited for the teen to reach their place.

"Morning Takeshi."

"Ahaha, good morning." The teen replied and his eyes easily landed on Reborn. "Who's the kid?"

He's my tutor." Tsuna replied for him. Reborn saw the confusion in the raven's eyes. "Don't ask."

"Ookay...So what's you're name?" Takeshi asked directing the question at him.

"I'm Reborn, and I'm a hitman." Reborn replied brandishing his gun in display. He felt Tsuna tense beneath him and he ignored it.

"Oh, you're playing a game then." The teen mused.

Reborn had gone to the flow and subtle kicked his student's head when the brunet decided to interrupt. "Yep, we're playing Mafia, wanna join? Tsuna's the boss." He asked, no use to waste the potential, besides the teen is fit for being a guardian.

"Su-" Takeshi was about to agree when Tsuna interrupted.

"Ah, Takeshi!" Tsuna started with a panicked voice. "I-I never knew your scores y-yesteday. Ouch, Reborn stop that."

Reborn ignored the complaint and continue to painfully grab the brunet's hair.

"Well, I passed all of them that's for sure." Takeshi said with a grin, ignorant of his friend's pain.

Reborn jumped off of his student's head and landed on the fence beside them. He pointed his gun at the teen in a sign of warning still ignoring the glare that Tsuna directed at him.

"What's you're answer?" He demanded.

"I guess I can jo-"

"Ah, Takeshi we're going to be late! I don't want Hibari to bite us!" Tsuna interrupted again while simultaneously pulling at the taller teen's arm and glaring at Reborn.

"Ahaha, sure. I'll race with ya."

Reborn sighed silently as he watched the two ran away. He should have told Tsuna about the guardians, but where's the fun in that?

Tsuna sighed as he sat on his chair, glad at the dodging the large bullet Reborn made. But what heck was that about? Join the Mafia? A game? He glance back at Takeshi and saw him already taking a nap, the baseball player can sometimes be dense in some matters.

They made it just in time for the bell to ring and as always, Naruto was late- again.

He sat up straight when the teacher entered.

"Alright class before we start- oh where's Namikaze-san?"

"He's occupied with someone, sensei." Haku replied looking at the window.

The man looked out of the window and sighed when he saw his blond student dodging Hibari's tonfas. The teacher just sighed and shook his head, this event kept occurring daily and most of the teacher in this class had already been synthesized on the blond's lateness.

"Anyway, before we start our class. Let me introduce you to your new classmate." The teacher continue and looked at the door. "You can come in now."

Tsuna perked up at that, a new student in the middle of school. A rare case in Namimori school, he saw his classmate gazing at the door in anticipation.

The door slid open and nearly all of the girls in the class swooned. The new student has an air of a bad boy and looked one too. With all the punk bracelets and necklaces the teen wore, along with the silver hair and unkept uniform, it was an instant attraction. Tsuna would bet that by the end of the day another fan club will be created.

He continued to observe the teen and hid his nervousness, when he saw that the new student was glaring directly at him. Those green eyes speak a high volume of hate.

'What did I do?' He asked himself, while fidgeting in his seat.

"Please introduce yourself." The teacher said.

The new student gave the man a glare and returned his attention back to him.

"Gokudera Hayato, from Italy."

"Does anyone want to asked Gokudera-san any questions?" The teacher droned and immediately majority of the girls raised their hands.

"Ah, Hakato-san." The teacher pointed at one girl.

"Ah, eto..." The girl composed herself and was about the state her question when Gokudera left his post and walked towards the isle.

"Ah, Gokudera-san-..."

The teacher's call was disregarded as the silver head continued to way towards him. Tsuna braced himself when the teen reached his place and out of no where the silver head kicked his table.

Tsuna had shuffled his chair back just in time before the table his his legs, his sudden movement woke Takeshi up. All of the eyes in the classroom was directed at him.

"What happened? Tsuna! Are you alright?"

"What the heck was that!? Dattebayo." A new voice shouted and heads swiveled to the now opened door where Naruto was standing by.

The new student glared at the blond and back at Tsuna.

"Tsk." The teen clicked his tongue and continue to walk at the back. He sat on Naruto's empty chair.

The teacher slapped his head and the students leaned back in their chair as another chaotic event will occur, some females glared at Naruto, already defending their new found crush.

"Bastard that's my chair, 'ttebayo!" Naruto shouted stomping his way to his seat.

"It's mine now." The silver head teen retorted glaring up at Naruto when the blond was just a feet away from him.

"Who told you that!? You have an assigned seat, dumbass." Naruto retorted, glaring back at the silver head with equal intensity.

"What did you called me!?" The teen shouted back as he stood up, using his height to glare down at the blond.

"Dumbass, you bastard. What? Too slow to comprehend that?" Naruto insulted.

"You-!" The silver head raised his fist and Naruto followed suit with a stance.

"Namikaze-san! There will be no fighting in my class!" The teacher snapped slapping his hand on the table and made his way to the arguing duo. The man pulled the blond back using his collar. "And you Gokudera-san, your seat is over there!" He added angrily pointing at the empty seat in the corner on the opposite side.

"Tsk."

"Don't get me with that attitude young man, now go!" The teacher reprimanded pushing the silver head towards the place.

The teen gave one last glare at the teacher and slowing made his way to his assigned seat. He made an unworded insult to the teacher when he sat down on the chair and raised his feet up the desk.

"He didn't apologized to Tsuna." Naruto heatedly reasoned back his temper slowly simmering.

"Sawada-san will get it in time and Namikaze-san, your brother will be notified of this. Calm yourself down." The teacher patted the blond on his shoulder and returned back to his post.

"Sorry sensei." Naruto bowed in apology and the teacher accepted it with a nod.

"Alright, Sawada-san please arrange yous place."

Tsuna glanced back down on his fallen chair, nearly forgetting that it had been kicked down. He crouched down and began to arrange his things, his seatmates silently offered their help by picking his things up while Takeshi took care of his desk.

"Thanks."

"Now, attention to the board please, we will discuss about..." The teacher began his lesson and soon enough the class drifted off to the subject, momentarily forgetting the incident.

Tsuna was too engrossed in his notes and jumped on his seat in surprise when a paper landed on his desk. He glance at Takeshi who pointed at Naruto and him. He subtly opened the fold and a message was inside.

'Do you know the bastard? If you want retaliate I can prank him. -Naruto.' Beneath that was a:

'Are you alright? -Takeshi."

Tsuna glance at the teacher, whose back was turned on them and hurriedly scrawled back his reply.

'No and no, Naruto. I don't know why, but he glared at me the moment he entered the room. And I'm alright Takeshi- he just surprised me.'

He folded the paper and returned it back to Takeshi. He glanced at Naruto's seat when the paper was returned to Naruto. He saw the blond huff out and crumpled the paper. Tsuna spare a consoling smile, knowing that blond would just prank the new student anyway. He directed gaze back at the silver head and flinched when he saw that the teen was still glaring at him.

'What's his problem?' He mused, forcing his focus back to the lesson.

"Maa, Tsuna did you made an enemy in the break?" Takeshi asked dragging his seat towards his desk as the lunch break started.

"I went full time in TakeSushi, remember?" Tsuna replied unease when the glaring eyes are still on him.

"Oh right." Takeshi mused, pulling out his bento and placed it right beside his.

"I'm sorry Tsuna but he'll get pranked." Naruto piped as he dragged an empty chair and joined in with the small gathering, Haku was just behind him another chair in his hands.

"Ah, but please lessen it. I don't want him to have a grudge with me." Tsuna added in resignation, and found himself sighing in relief when Haku blocked the view of the silver head.

"Do you have relatives in Italy?" Haku asked as he opened his bento.

"No, Mom's from Kyoto and she's an only child." He replied not mentioning his father's origin- which he knew nothing about. "Why does it have to do with the country?"

"The bastard's from Italy." Naruto explained opening cup ramen and pouring in a hot water from his thermos.

Tsuna blinked as dots connected in his mind. As far as he knew the Mafia originated from Italy and Reborn was from Italy. Maybe the baby knew the teen, but why does he hate him so much?

They spent the reast of the lunch and the rest of the afternoon in relative ease. Although there was another event in their math class when Nezu targeted the new student. Gokudera had been unruly as ever and kept ignoring the man until he shut Nezu up after answering a college level problem. In the end the man left the teen alone.

"Another group assignment." Takeshi announced as they walked out the room. "Whose house?"

"What about yours Tsuna? We haven't been into your house." Naruto suggested.

"Yeah- wait we have an assignment?" Tsuna asked in surprise.

"Nezu announced it after the debate with the new student." Haku supplied and Tsuna remembered that he too busy ignoring the glares from the new student.

"Oh, is it the booklet?" He asked pausing in his steps.

"Yep. Let me guess, you forgot it." Naruto stated.

"Yeah, let me get it. Just wait for me by the gates." Tsuna said as he backtracked to the building.

"Sure." Takeshi answered and Tsuna ran dodging incoming students.

He swiftly made it into their classroom and got his booklet. He hastily retraced his steps but just right before he exited the building a group of seniors blocked his way.

"Hoho, lookit here it's Dame-Tsuna." Their supposed leader announced using his height to intimidate him.

"We haven't saw you for a while Dame-Tsuna." One of his friends added.

Tsuna inwardly cursed, the older teen's group was the most persistent of his bullies and kept harassing him despite the infamous 'Mad Nana Incident'. So he kep dodging them for a year, he always defended himself if he was attacked first but he more or less choose to run away before it came to that.

And run he did.

He made a detour to the teacher's lounge just to be sure and used the back of the building to exit, however before he can fully ran to the grounds bumped into someone.

"I am so sorry." Tsuna apologized and froze when he saw who he bumped into. "Go-Gokudera-san...eto..." He slowly stepped back when the teen glared at him.

"You're not fit for being the boss." The silver head announced so suddenly that Tsuna took a second to comprehend what the teen said.

"You're in the Mafia." Tsuna clarified, glancing around and saw that the place was devoid of any students.

"Yeah, Reborn-san sent me here to assess you." Gokudera began pulling out a cigarette and lighter from his pocket. "You're not fit to become the boss."

Tsuna watched as the teen light up his cancer stick and took a long drag. His mind was muddled in confusion when the information doesn't add up.

"How come? As far as I know Reborn is supposed to be the one who has the last say in my position. Besides, a higher up ordered him to train me, the back-up and the only available for the job." Tsuna reasoned putting as much distance between the teen.

"Lies!" Gokudera shouted in rage, pulling out a handful of dynamites out of nowhere. "I'll take the position from you and become the boss!" He shouted and lit up the bombs using his cigarette.

"You got be kidding me!" Tsuna shouted as he ran away the bombs a few feet away from him.

He ran around the corner just in time for the bomb to explode.

A loud boom soon followed creating a mini earthquake at the force.

"I thought this was an assessment not an assassination!" Tsuna shouted in alarm, covering his ears at the volume.

"Ciaossu." A squeaky voice greeted and Tsuna glanced up and saw Reborn sitting idly on a branch a few feet away, a cup of coffee in his hand.

"Reborn, who the heck was that!?" Tsuna asked.

"He's a member of a Familgia I called in Italy." Reborn explained.

"So you did send him here." Tsuna commented stepping back a few feet when he saw Gokudera standing at the corner another batch of dynamite in his hands. Fortunately it was unlit.

"You came right in time, Gokudera." Reborn stated.

"You're the infamous hitman and trusted assassin of the Ninth Boss, Reborn." Gokudera praised glancing at the baby.

"I though you knew him?" Tsuna asked in confusion.

"This is the first time we met." The toddler idly replied.

"Are you serious about me being the candidate if I killed the guy?" Gokudera asked pointing a thumb at him.

"What!?" Tsuna shouted and looked Reborn. "You're not serious about this, are you?"

"I am."

"What about the blood line?" He asked stepping away as far from the two.

Reborn smiled and Tsuna spelled doom from that one expression.

"I lied."

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Tsuna saw red.

"You fucker!" He shouted in rage surprising Gokudera that the teen stepped back. "If you're going to replace me this easily why the hell did you even made a contact with me! You could have gone to him in the fucking first place!" He added pointing a finger at the bomber.

"And I wouldn't made that fucking deal!" Tsuna cursed clenching his fist in anger.

Reborn trained a gun at him and he didn't bat an eyelash at the threat.

"Watch you language. Cursing is unbecoming for a boss."

"The hell I care! He can be the boss!" Tsuna threw his arms up and walked out.

A gun shot echoed and Tsuna froze when he saw a bullet hole an inch away from his foot.

"No student of mine will walk out of a fight." Reborn stated. "You're quick to quit, Tsuna."

"If it will gave less trouble." Tsuna muttered his back still facing the two. "You lied to me."

"No, I told you the truth." Reborn replied.

"Then what is this?!" He asked turning around and gesturing at the bomber.

"There is no easy way to become a Mafia Boss, no short cuts, nor a lucky promotion. This is one of the hurdles I'll throw at you." Reborn said.

Tsuna stayed silent as he forced his breathing to even out, a muddle mind is useless for a conversation and anger won't help.

"What do you want me to do then?" He asked, dropping his bag at the side.

"Fight him and win."

Gokudera chose the moment to scoff at the remark. "Him? Win? I don't think so." He swiftly lit up his dynamites and began to throw the bombs at him.

"Shit" Tsuna cursed as he ran away. "Watch my bag Reborn!"

He was a meter away when the bombs exploded, too close, he realized when the blast of air threw him to the ground. He gritted his teeth in frustration and quickly stood up ignoring the gashes on his elbows and knees.

"Gokudera Hayato is said to be a human explosive, he can hide dynamites all over his body." Reborn stated as he was narrating a story. "His other name is Smoking Bomb Hayato."

"That's not helping me a bit!" Tsuna hollered out as another batch of dynamites exploded, pushing him a few feet from the force.

"Die!"

"Hell no!" Tsuna replied as he ran again he came up near the grounds and saw that the students are already gone...except for his friends.

Tsuna stopped dead in his tracks when he saw Takeshi waving at him. He didn't have to decide and ran back towards Gokudera. He can't have his friends dragged in this Mafia business.

"Huh, you finally got the balls to face me." Gokudera smirked and threw his dynamite.

Tsuna dodge to the left, ignoring the heat of the explosion, he would not step back lest his friend saw him. His heart froze when he heard a concerned shout from Naruto, his heart pounded in worry when he peeked at the corner and saw his group running towards his place.

"Better hurry this up." He muttered beneath his breath and went on offensive, he closed in to the silver head, dodging the explosives in his way.

He was a feet away from the teen when Gokudera suddenly threw a dynamite right in front of his face. Without even thinking he grabbed the lighted fuse and made a pained shout at the burning feeling. He forced himself to move forward and used his weight to punch the teen on his face, successfully throwing out the cigarette from the bomber's mouth.

"You bastard!" Gokudera shouted spitting out a tooth and retaliated with his own punch.

Tsuna crouched an let the fist flew over his head. He grabbed the arm and used the momentum of the bomber to throw him on the ground. Gokudera landed on his back and gave out a pained grunt. Tsuna didn't gave an opening and locked the bomber in a submissive position.

"Do you yield?" Ha asked putting as much force on his strained limbs, his heart pounded in nervousness as he heard the closing footsteps of his friends.

"Fuck you!" Gokudera shouted.

Tsuna clicked his tongue and added pressure on his arms, straining the bomber's neck from taking in anymore air.

He counted to ten and repeated his question. "Do you yield?" Tsuna felt the bomber nod and he stood up.

"There done." He spoke, looking at Reborn.

"Good job." Reborn said and holstered his gun.

Tsuna sagged in relief and began to check his injuries, nothing too serious. But the burn in his hand stings.

"Here." Reborn said, throwing his bag back at him. "I'll meet you back in the house."

Tsuna clumsily caught the bag and began checking it's contents. He nodded at Reborn and the toddler disappeared, he looked at the damage around him and paled at the thought of Hibari finding about the destruction in his school.

"I was wrong..."

He glance at Gokudera who was still lying on his back.

"I was wrong, you're fit to become the tenth boss." Gokudera repeated and sat up on his hunches. "From now on, I, Gokudera Hayato, will serve under your name."

"What the-?" Tsuna asked stepping back the turn of events. He stared at the green eyes and felt something wrong about it. "Why?"

"The loser of the fight will serve under the winner's Familgia." Gokudera bowed.

"That's bullshit." Tsuna replied ignoring his crass words. "I know for one that the fights in the underground will always lead to death for the one who lost."

Gokudera did not replied, still bowing on the ground.

"Reborn, made a deal with you, didn't he?" Tsuna asked and took the silence as a yes.

"Why? I thought you had a Familgia back in Italy." He mused and rest his tired body before the kneeling silver head.

"Tsun-"

Tsuna snapped back and saw his friends running from the corner.

"What happened?" Takeshi was the first one to ask, seeing the destruction in the grounds.

"Just a misunderstanding guys." Tsuna replied shaking his head at Naruto who was about to scold the new student. "I'll tell you about it later, but can you please give us a moment?"

"No the bastard-" the blond vehemently denied but Haku cut him off.

"Naruto." The long haired raven reprimanded, holding the blond's arm before he can take a step. "Leave them be. We'll wait for you at the gates, Tsuna."

"Thank you." Tsuna nodded at Haku's understanding nature. He watched as the long haired teen nudge Takeshi and Naruto out of their sight.

Tsuna stayed silent, waiting for the bomber's reply. His body ached at the damage it got from the fight.

"...I don't belong there..." Gokudera finally answered in a murmur.

"How come? You made a name for yourself if what Reborn had said is true." Tsuna asked watching as the silver head fidgeted in his position.

It is weird having a 'counseling' with a person that nearly killed you, but he saw something from the bomber's eyes that kept bugging him.

"Reputation does not hold any rank if your blood is tainted." Gokudera replied still kneeling before him. "...I'm a bastard child."

"Oh, so this deal from Reborn is a chance for an approval then?" He voiced out, keeping his tone light. He glanced at Gokudera who turned his head away from him.

There was a moment of silence as the Tsuna enjoyed the afternoon breeze.

"I want them to be wrong..." Gokuera began, his was serious and fierce . "I want to show them that blood does not define a man's worth."

Tsuna saw the silver head in a new light, and realized that he and the bomber are more similar in their situation. It was true that the teen might have it worse than him, raised in a Mafia community and all, but the feeling of being ostracize,d, shunned and insulted will always give the same hopeless feeling, the one that drags you down to the dark void.

"We're not too different then." Tsuna mused and saw Gokudera look at him in surprise. "Two years ago, every one this school called me Dame-Tsuna, the stupid clumsy teen that got bullied daily. I was literally useless in everything, sports, academics, even being a son."

"How..." Gokudera whispered.

"I changed." Tsuna smiled at the bomber. "Simple as that, I found a reason to strive and fight back at the adversaries thrown at me. I got some help from friends and a support from my parent and this is what I have become."

"Why are you telling me this?" Gokudera asked in a bitter note. Tsuna heard a tinge of jealousy in the bomber's voice, it was to be expected if you heard another person in a similar situation as yours succeed before your eye, he wouldn't blame the silver head for that though.

"Because I want to help you." Tsuna simply stated, garnering another wide eyed expression from the bomber.

"But- but it's supposed to be the other way around! I'm your servant!" Gokudera retorted.

"I don't want to have any servants. You sacrificed everything with that deal with Reborn and you lost all of it the moment you yielded to me. I'm giving you this chance to redeem that dignity you lost Gokudera." Tsuna replied hardening his voice and saw the silver head teen speechless on his words. "You will never be a grunt nor a lackey under my care...I want you to become one of my nakama."

"I-I can't..." The bomber shook his head in denial. "The r-rule-"

"Screw the rules." Tsuna stubbornly replied.

"I..but..." Gokudera sighed as he sat on ground seemingly resigned to the changed events. "...How can I repay you, boss?"

Tsuna inwardly grinned at his success. "I want you to be a friend... No titles though" He added in afterthought.

Gokudera gave an expression that was a mixture of elation and horror. Tsuna began to sweat in nervousness as he continued to watched the bomber open and close his mouth in hesitation.

"But- but what can I call you!?" Gokudera asked in panic.

"Ah, so that what got your tongue. You can call me Tsuna." He replied, slightly amused at the problem.

"I can't do that."

"I can't also have you call me in any mafia titles around my friends."

Tsuna eyed the desperate gaze the silver head directed at him, that pleading look was as near as identical to a lost puppy. He watch in hidden anticipation as the bomber followed his request.

"T-Tsu..Tsuna...-sama?" Gokudera stuttered his name and nearly spoke his name until the honorific was blurted out.

"That won't do." Tsuna shook his head. "Scratch out the 'sama'."

"I'm so sorry, boss! I can't do it." Gokudera apologized giving out another bow with enough velocity to hit the ground with his head. "I failed your order!"

Tsuna sweat-dropped at the melodramatic act and scratch his head with his uninjured hand.

"How about we compromise. You can call me in your chosen title when there's only the two of us." He began and smiled when the bomber eagerly nodded. "But, when we are in public or with my friends, you will call me Tsunayoshi, that's the most formal name that I will allow you to call me. No honorifics."

"I'll try, Juudaime." Gokudera grinned eagerly using the chance.

AN: So what do you think? Concerns and suggestions are welcome~ Sorry for the bad mouth of Tsuna^^ hehe I made his fuse a bit shorter in my plot~