Hey there everyone. It's ILoveWriting07 here. Sorry for the slightly late update. It has been raining here at my place a lot and as precaution, I have to plug off my router so it wouldn't break down like the last time. I had learnt my lesson, it was better off of the internet for a day rather than losing it for a whole two month.

So as usual, I would like to thank all of you who had recently followed and favourite-d this story. Thank you for taking your time to read my story.

And a special thank you to my dear Beta-reader, Sapphire644, for your hard work and the helping hand too. You're awesome~

Now, as usual;

Disclaimer: I do not own KHR

Warning: contains OCs and OOC-ness as well.

Happy reading, everybody!

Chapter 23

The twins were standing right in front of 'IX hotel'- one of the famous five star hotels in Namimori. Tsuna took a glance at his sister and noticed that she was just wearing a casual peach dress and denim jacket with open toed brown leather wedges. Then he saw her adjusting her orange headband. All in all, his sister could blend in everywhere she went pretty well.

Then, Tsuna looked at himself. He was wearing an orange and white hoodie with number 27 printed on the back, blue jeans, and a pair of Converse. He knew one thing for sure...

'What the hell?! I'm underdressed!' He mentally screamed. He could see a man with messy, blonde hair and wearing spectacles approaching them.

"Sawada Tsunayoshi-sama and Sawada Tsukiko-sama?" The stranger asked.

Tsuna could feel some odd vibes from this person, but he could hide his suspicion excellently, while his sister seemed failed to do so as he saw her glaring murderously at the stranger.

"Should we answer your question, sir?" Tsuna asked the stranger as he pulled Tsuki behind him rather protectively.

The stranger smiled at them apologetically.

"My apologies... I am Ottabio, Vongola Nono's new assistant." The man introduced himself rather politely.

Tsuna smiled back at him.

"It's okay... Nice to meet you too, Ottabio-san. You can just call me 'Tsuna' and this is my sister."

"Well, shall we go now? Nono and the rest are expecting both of you... they're waiting at the Penthouse at the top level of the hotel."

Ottabio told the twins that he had some errands to do and told them to go on their own. The twins entered the private elevator and two Vongola-ghosts materialised next to their respective child figures.

The blonde ghost sighed heavily and this had attracted the twins' attention.

"What is it, Giotto?" Tsuna asked out of curiosity.

"So, this is it, huh? My boy is going to face the biggest 'interview' of his life. The second big interview would be when he finally meeting the parents of his future bride." There was a prideful smile on Primo's face.

Tsuna instantly blushed. "I'm just fourteen, Giotto. Can we talk about 'marriage' after at least ten years?"

Giotto just laughed light-heartedly at the older twin's reaction and ruffled his son's messy hair.

"You ready, brat?" Even Ricardo failed to hide his feelings and not to mention that his tone was telling everyone that he was overjoyed right now. His big, translucent hand was gently patting the girl's back and gave her, what Giotto and Tsuna could see, an almost hug.

"It would be a lie if I told you that I was not nervous, Papa. But as you were already aware, I was born ready." Tsukiko smile with a confidence was obvious on her face.

Giotto pouted when he witnessed the interaction between the younger twin and his rowdy-cousin. Then, he looked straight at his son and groaned.

"Why can't we be more like them, Tsu-kun?! It wouldn't hurt if you called me 'Dad' or 'Papa' once in awhile..."

Tsuna let out a fake cough as soon as he detected the jealousy in the blonde-ghost's tone.

"Dream on, old man..." Tsuna looked away, hiding his now blushing face from Giotto's eyes. It's not that he didn't want to call him 'Dad'... It was that he was not his sister. It was just kind of embarrassing in the boy's opinion.

"Mou, Tsu-kun!"

But, before Giotto could start his complaining, 'Spice Girl's Wannabe' was playing on the elevator radio. Knowing that there were only them in the elevator and noticing that the said elevator was rather spacious, and not to mention that it is going to take few minutes to reach the top, they don't see why not they do 'that' to kill some time. They grinned widely at each other and then Tsuna opened his mouth.

"Yo~ I tell you what I want, what I really want..."

"So, tell me what you want, what you really, really want..." and Tsukiko joined in singing and dancing along as well until they had reached their destination.

(A/N: Feel free to use your imagination)

(B/N: I don't want to live on this planet anymore -_-"...Tsuna's dancing has burned a hole in my brain.)

Both Vongolian ghosts sweat dropped as soon as they saw the kids started to dance like maniacs and sighed heavily.

Ricardo pinched the bridge of his nose, trying to stop the oncoming headache while Giotto was just let out a small the two disappeared into a portal of sky flames.

"We're outta here."

Timoteo and Iemitsu as well as the Ninth Generation guardians were sweat dropping as they are watching the twins' antics through the hidden camera in the elevator, while Reborn who quite used to their 'unique' behaviours, just quietly enjoyed his cup of espresso.

"These are the kids that are supposed to lead Vongola in the future?" Coyote asked in disbelief.

Visconti cleared his throat. "Quite interesting kids you have there, Iemitsu..."

"They are fun~" said Ganauche, letting out a small laugh.

'DING!' Every eye was focused on the opening elevator when it revealed two serious-looking teenagers, instead of the playful pair that they saw on the surveillance TV just now, stepping out from it and walking towards them.

'Their personality did a 180...' The elders sweat dropped again.

Timoteo snapped out from his thoughts and greeted the teens. "Welcome, children..."

Tsuna narrowed his eyes at the old man who was sitting elegantly on the luxurious looking leather couch and his eyes widened as he had a sudden realization of something.

"O... O...OJII-CHAN?!" Tsuna rolled over to evade the incoming bullet and glared angrily at his tutor.

"What the hell was that for, Reborn?!" He shouted.

"You were stuttering, Dame-Tsuna. A boss should NEVER do anything that will put his image down..." Reborn lectured him.

"And you're saying that teaching me to become a Casanova is definitely 'not' going to bring my image down." The older twin said sarcastically.

The tutor shot at the teen boy's direction again.

"...and you're underdressed!"

"I already noticed that, Sherlock!" Tsuna angrily retorted.

"So, Katekyo-san, you promised that they were going to serve cakes. That's why I'm here. So, where are they?" Tsukiko asked nonchalantly, completely ignoring the quarrel between the two.

"They will serve them during tea time, Genius!" Reborn replied with a hint of annoyance in his voice.

Tsukiko shrugged in acceptance.

"Well, I hope you're true to your words, Katekyo-san..."

"Are you saying that I'm a liar, Dame-Tsuki?!" Reborn narrowed his eyes at the brunette girl.

"I'm saying, a gentleman should always keep his promise, Katekyo-san~" Tsuki replied with a wide, innocent smile on her face.

"You brats..." the hitman tutor was glaring begrudgingly at the twins.

"Pfft- Ahahaha..." everyone was looking at Timoteo as he was bursting out in laughing as he witnessed the arguing students and tutor. This was definitely the first time he saw someone could actually talk back to the hitman tutor and not ended up six feet under, even the Cavallone boss would never dared to do that.

"You really taught them well, Reborn." said the Ninth.

"We learnt from the best, Kyuudaime." The twins said and sneered mockingly at their tutor.

Reborn's finger was itching to pull the trigger and shoot the twins in their faces, but he resisted the urge to do so.

"Can we just get to the discussion now?!"

Timoteo and the rest tried to suppress their laughs at the hitman's rare display of emotion and succeeded. Then, his expression changed, showing seriousness.

"Have a seat, children." The elder said to the twins, and they took their place next to their tutor with one on each side, keeping their focus solely on the Ninth.

"According to Reborn's report, Tsunayoshi-kun had agreed to accept the Decimo position on the condition that Tsukiko would become the next CEDEF boss. Am I right?" Timoteo asked looking straight at the older brunette.

"Yes, that is the condition. I don't want anybody else other than Hime-chii to become my advisor." Tsuna said confirming his answer.

"But why did both of you have to get involved in the mafia world if only one of you were needed for the position?" the Ninth asked. "Why did you have to drag your sister along, Tsunayoshi-kun?" The Ninth asked again.

Tsuna and Tsuki exchanged looks. Then, the older twin gave a faint smile.

"I didn't drag her... she was the one who wanted to come along. And when I gave it some thought, I was pretty sure Hime-chii was the only one who fit the bill anyway."

"What makes you think that it was your right to voice your opinion?" This time, it was Coyote who was asking a question.

"What makes you think that it was your right to tell me not to voice my opinion?" Tsuna asked back. Noticing the slight change on the older man's face, Tsuna let out a soft sigh.

"I don't mean to be rude, Coyote-san...but, truth to be told...I have my own agenda for when I finally take over the Vongola."

The elders' eyes widen when they heard that.

"Agenda? What are you planning to do with the Vongola, Tsu-kun? Reborn, do you know anything about this?!" The freaked out external advisor asked. He couldn't believe his innocent looking son was plotting something that he didn't know of.

"Let the brat finish his words first, Iemitsu. Don't be rude." Reborn said while glaring at the blonde in the same time.

Tsuna smiled again and glanced at his tutor before resuming his words.

"Thank you, Reborn. External Advisor, what makes you think my agenda might be a bad thing when I am being honest with all of you here?" He smirked, enjoying his father's dumbfounded expression.

"So, what do you actually mean by agenda, Tsunayoshi-kun?"

Tsuna was already expecting the question the Ninth just asked. Then, he gave the elders the brightest smile he had.

"My agenda?" His paused sentence was really building up the suspense in the elders.

"... I am going to destroy the current Vongola."

Tsuna could see that Ganauche spat out his tea while Coyote looked as if he was having heart attack. Schinitten's jaw was hanging in the air. Tsuna could see various reactions from the Ninth generation but all were about the same expression: shocked... or EXTREMELY shocked if he was using Ryohei's figure of speech.

"Tsu-kun...I don't care if you're my son. If you're going to harm the Vongola, I'll have to kill you..." Iemitsu's face darkened. The elders were getting up from their seats and ready to attack if the young brunette was going to make any unnecessary movement.

"You know I'll never allow that, Tsunayoshi-kun!" Timoteo said in threatening voice.

Tsuna scoffed. He knew he shouldn't have provoked the mafiosi, but he just really liked to have them worked up like that.

"Why not? If Primo was still alive, he would agree with me. Hell, even Secondo would do anything to rewrite everything he had done."

"How dare you said that, Sawada-kun?!" Brow Nie gawked at the brunette boy in disbelief.

"Maa, maa... Calm down, minna-san. Please sit back down and let us talk this through in calm manner." Tsukiko said as she tried to lower the tension in the room.

"Hime-chii, you're siding with Tsu-kun too?!" Iemitsu took a step forward.

Tsukiko narrowed her eyes as she gave warning glare to the Ninth generation, which made the males flinch and quickly sit back down. Yes, they might have been a group of dangerous and strong mafiosi, but they lived under a few rules and one of them was 'Never! Never go against the women in the Vongola if you wish to stay alive'.

"Such a simple order and I have to give the order out twice. TWICE!" Tsukiko said in an extremely cold voice.

Timoteo might have had tons of experience in handling women, but he trembled slightly when Tsukiko was talking in that tone. It was as if it was his mother who was scolding him for being a bad boy. He just couldn't believe himself for 'losing' against a mere teen's words.

"And you Tsu-kun... stop playing games with them and start telling them your intention!"

"Hieeee~ I will, Hime-chii. Just don't get angry at me~" Tsuna was flapping his arms around randomly before he finally composed himself.

"... if you did not listen carefully, I said I was going to destroy the current Vongola, NOT Vongola as whole. Note the difference... my intention would be one and one only..."

Everyone in the room was staring intensely at the male brunette, making him all nervous. Then, he flashed out his bright smile.

"I'm going to return Vongola to its initial state. Just like what Primo's intended to do when he first established the Vongola... A vigilante group that will protect the weak."

The elders let out relieved sighs simultaneously after hearing the brunette's true intention. Timoteo swore that the boy could give him a heart attack with his 'acting' while Iemitsu thought his son could win some awards for his talent.

"So, do I answer your question, Kyuudaime?" Tsuna asked in excitement. The Ninth, thinking that it was enough for 'a chance for heart attack' today nodded his head.

"I approved of your intention, Tsunayoshi-kun. After all, Vongola needed to face some change after 400 years of bathing in blood, no?"

"Some change is good, Kyuudaime." The brunette replied calmly.

Iemitsu looked straight at his daughter. "Now, that leaves you, Hime-chii. Do you have what it takes to become the next CEDEF's head?"

"I am going to be a better head than you will ever be, current External Advisor. That's what I know of at least." Tsukiko replied confidently.

"Being cocky will bring you to your downfall if you keep that up, Hime-chii..." Iemitsu warned Tsukiko.

"There is a clear line between being cocky and being confident, External Advisor. I know what I am capable of." The younger brunette retorted.

"Oh, a strong statement from a girl who got in her brother's way during the battle and got herself injured to the point of getting into a comatose state for days. Surely you had over-estimated your capability." Iemitsu said mockingly.

"And the sarcasm sounded like a joke when it came from someone who didn't have the complete detail of that event. Hmm, hilarious I'd say~" This time, it was Tsuki's turn smiling mockingly at her father.

"Hime-chii didn't get in my way, External Advisor. In fact, she was the one who had made the path for me to end the terror in Namimori town and she was the one who had taken the blow that was supposed to be intended for me." Tsuna added.

Noticing Iemitsu's blushing face, Tsuki shushed her brother.

"Tsu-kun... enough with the details. I don't give a damn about what he thinks of me anyway..."

"But I can't stand it when someone calls you useless, Hime-chii." Tsuna replied.

"As long as you know I'm not useless then I'm cool with it." Tsuki just smiled at him.

"I am still not convinced of your capability as well, Tsukiko-kun. In your current state, you'll just get in everyone's way. Not to mention, according to your health record, you have a very weak body. We don't want any weakling to lead the CEDEF in the future as you know; CEDEF is Vongola's protective fort." Coyote said. He sounded like he did not approve of the involvement of the brunette with the Vongola.

"I survived from a shot in my head, I survived from my brother's fiery fist, I survived from the degeneration effect of storm flame... news flash everyone! I am not as weak as you thought I was supposed to be!" A hint of annoyance could be detected in the girl's voice.

"I told you not to underestimate me, didn't I?!"

"And, I would listen to her if I were you." Reborn added as well, siding with the girl.

"You heard the man." said Tsukiko victoriously while pointing her thumb at the hitman. If the best hitman in the world was approved of the girl, the rest could never argue with that.

Timoteo nodded in understanding.

"I see...so, Tsunayoshi-kun, are you ready to bear the title and responsibility of Vongola Decimo?"

"I wouldn't be here if I wasn't, Kyuudaime..."

The Ninth shifted his eyes to the younger twin. "What about you, Tsukiko-kun?"

"Bring it on, Kyuudaime!" she glanced at her father and let out a smile saying 'challenge accepted'.

"Just bring. It. On..."

"Very well..." The Ninth let out a relieved sigh before he turned to Iemitsu to give him another command.

"Distribute the rings to the guardians..."

Tsuna managed to capture the last word and looked straight at his father and the Ninth, finally losing his cool-head.

"Wait... WHAT GUARDIANS?!"

Tsukiko took a glance at her frustrated-brother, who was currently staring at the ring in his palm, and sighed. She gently patted his back, trying to give him some strength and support.

"Tsu-kun... Would you just get over it? After all, you can't become a boss without having your own guardians."

"But, Hime-chii... dragging everyone into the mafia world?" Tsuna ruffled his brown locks.

"... I am the worst!"

"Tsu-kun... from my investigation, everyone who were chosen as your 'guardians', they all have their own mafia-background." Tsukiko finally decided to share her findings with her brother.

Tsuna shot his sister a disbelieving look. "Everyone? Like EVERYONE?! Gokudera-kun, Lambo, Mukuro and Chrome I know, but the rest too?!"

"Geez, I told you this in hoping you to calm down, not to fucking freak you out more! CALM THE FUCK DOWN!" Tsuki smacked Tsuna's back, making a loud 'SMACK' sound.

"Ackk! ITEEEEE!~" Tsuna screamed as the stinging sensation was spreading at his back.

"BUT I CAN'T CALM DOWN! THEY'RE MY FRIENDS! I DON'T WANT TO DRAG THEM IN THE FUTURE TROUBLES THAT COME AFTER ME WHEN I FINALLY INHERIT VONGOLA!"

The older twin tried to make his point, even though the fact that everyone was already involved in the mafia world was already registered in the older twin's mind.

"WOW! Just... WOW!" Tsukiko rolled her eyes and leaned back into the comfort of the couch, while crossing her arms over her chest. Then she looked away.

The older brunette instantly noticed that his sister was quite annoyed and she was just being sarcastic when she was using that tone.

"What was that? What are you trying to say actually, Hime-chii? Are you saying that I should accept them as my guardians without any objection?"

"Can you tell me a good reason why they should not be your guardians that will protect you with their lives in the future?" Tsuki stared right into her brother's eyes.

"You tell me one excellent reason... and I'll be siding with you in objecting Otou-san and Katekyo-san's decision!"

"They're my friends!" Tsuna abruptly stood up from his seat and immediately answered the question.

Tsukiko followed her brother in suit and facing him.

"I told you that your so-called reason was not good enough!"

"WHY ARE YOU ACTING LIKE THIS, HIME-CHII?! DO YOU LOVE TO ENDANGER OUR FRIENDS' LIVES JUST LIKE WHAT HAPPENED AT THE PORT BEFORE? PLEASE TELL ME YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY ENJOYING THIS!" Tsuna started to raise his voice again.

"FUCK YOU FOR HAVING THAT THOUGHT, TSU-KUN. I CARED ABOUT THEM AS MUCH AS YOU DO! THE ACTUAL QUESTION IS, WHY YOU ARE ACTING LIKE A DICKHEAD TO THEM?!"

"I AM NOT ACTING LIKE A DICKHEAD, HIME-CHII! WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY I'M ACTING LIKE A DICKHEAD TO THEM ANYWAY? THEN, WHY DID YOU ACT LIKE YOU WANTED TO SEE THEM DEAD IN ORDER TO PROTECT ME?! HOW WILL THEY FEEL WHEN THEY FOUND OUT THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE 'USED' FOR THAT PURPOSE?!" Tsuna retorted back.

Tsukiko pulled her hair in frustration again when her brother did not understand what she was trying to say.

"WHY... ARE... YOU...ACTING...LIKE... OTOU-SAN, TSU-KUN?!" She yelled out the question as loud as possible.

"DON'T YOU DARE PUT ME IN THE SAME GROUP WITH THAT PATHETIC-EXCUSE OF A FATHER, HIME-CHII! I'M NOT HIM!" Tsuna was definitely 100% rejecting the idea.

"Oh? You're not like him?" Tsukiko scoffed and poking her own temple with her index finger.

"Funny when you have the exact mindset as him as well!"

"What do you mean by that, Hime-chii?" Tsuna asked. He just couldn't believe when his sister was putting him in the same category as their father.

Tsukiko gently shook her head and sighed rather heavily when her brother still couldn't understand her.

"... it's up to you to realize that. If I point out everything, I'll just hurt you more, Tsu-kun" Tsukiko turned around and marched out of the living room.

Tsuna didn't bother going after his twin, but instead threw himself to the couch and lay down. His right hand was gently massaging his throbbing temple.

(B/R: At this point, I want to say that my head is also aching from staring at my laptop for 3 hours straight beta'ing this.)

(A/N: keep it together~ you almost reach the end of the chapter!)

Tsukiko's words kept echoing in his head over and over and over again.

'I... should realize... WHAT?!'

B/R: WHOA WHAT. We were at the end of the chapter? I thought there was like at least 4 pages more! Love-san, you sure write a lot.

A/N: see, I told you, you could make it. Yeah, I know… this chapter is definitely one of the shortest chapters I ever posted.

*clapping hands* another chapter is done!

So, how were the twins' interviews with the Ninth Gen? Oh and also, as you guys already noticed, there was a heated argument between the twins at the end of the chapter. Who said they could only act all sweet and adorable? So, how do you feel about the twins' relationship now? Feel free to drop your reviews.

Now, some replies to the previous chapter's reviews:

Urara: yep, Hibari joined the others' outing as well, but he mostly went for the ice cream though. (Apparently, this Hibari have no problems with crowding with the Vongolian's herbivores)

Risako: Iemitsu is an idiot… STRONGLY AGREES. Hahaha :D

GirloftheArts, Kira: thanks for reading :)

Alritteyy, that's all for now. Love you all and hope to see you soon. Don't forget to review. Ciao~ Ciao~