Earthbound Family

I feel much better! I received the normal amount of reviews I usually received, but it doesn't mattered. It's finally time...the first arc is on the ending line. How many chapters till the end? Don't know...I'll just wright till I feel like it. So please enjoy these final chapters. And here is another character bio.

Name: Cross Zeo (Zeo Cross)

Age: 15

Birth: July 2

Height: 164 cm

Weight: 51kg

Weapon of Liking: Broad Sword

Character base on: Allen Walker ( D. Grayman)

Mark and Flame: Mist

Partner: Unknown.

Info: Ikaru's first and best friend. Zeo shows a talent at sword playing and has a big imagination, making him a perfect candidate for creating illusions. In his younger days, after his father's death, he served as one of Mukuro's underlings. That changed when the Vongola illusionist left him behind to be beat up by Tsuna after getting information about them, but it never happened. He became part of the family and Tsukuyomi's apprentice in the art of making illusions. He loves money and by the look of thing, gambling. Ikaru always trying to get his friend out of trouble and debts.

Well let this chapter begin!

( When the Skies fall )

Tsuna yawned, feeling bored and tired from the teachers constant babbling. A week had passed since the end of the trial and things have been going on normally. The brunet turned to look at his boyfriend next to him, his head resting on his palm as he looked in the teacher's direction, but Tsuna knew better. Tsukuyomi wasn't paying attention at all. Shin was writing furiously on his notebook, writing everything the teacher was saying while Sky simply stared at Shin with a dreamy look. The twins were also in the classroom, they decided to attend Nanimori for a while, while the Vongola family made arrangement for them to return back to Italy. Tsurugi was paying attention while Tetsua made a doodle of him beating Tsuna to the ground.

Tsuna yawned again " Ah, I don't think I can stay awake much longer. Why does class have to be so boring?" he said in a quiet voice so the teacher couldn't hear him.

" Yeah. I wish we could go back to the trials, at least we had some fun there." Sky sighed feeling bored as well.

" Well you two better suck it up. You two should start acting more like oni-san over there." Shin scolded the both of them.

The duo turned to see the raven still staring in the direction, not moving a muscle. Tsuna sweat dropped " I think he fell asleep with his eyes open."

" Cool." the brunet swordsman said in awe.

Shin hit them both of the head " Are you two blind!" he hissed silently " It's obvious he's paying attention to what the teacher is saying and memorizing every word!" his eyes shone with admiration " Look at that concentration, he's not even blinking! I have to study harder if I'm ever going to be like oni-san!" with that he continue to wright furiously at his notebook while both boy sweat dropped at his determination.

After some times the bell finally rang signaling the end of the class, and lucky for them it was the last class of the day and to tops things up it was Friday. Tsukuyomi finally snapped from his daze and got everything put away before he stood up and stretched before picking his bags and waiting for the rest of the group. The four boys walked outside of the classroom heading for the exit. Shin was talking happily about the last class subject while Tsukuyomi answered back his question flawlessly and asked some in return.

Tsuna's mouth hung loosely. ' He was awake! But my intuition said he was asleep...is my Vongola abilities deteriorating or something?' he asked himself confused. Sky then began to talked, or ramble, happily with Shin, and seeing his chance he walked right next to his boyfriend " Tsu-kun, you were awake during the class? I thought you fell asleep with your eyes open."

Tsukuyomi laughed nervously " Actually, I was asleep. I simply cast an illusion on my eyes to make it look like they were open."

Tsuna's jaws dropped " Then how the hell could you answer all of Shin's...you guessed the entire time didn't you?"

" Guilty as charge!" the raven boy grinned. " Now how about we go and get some pizza!"

" We're in!" the trio shouted.

At Tsuna's home, Kasumi was finishing closing the store because it was already late. She knew Tsuna and the others would not be home anytime soon and business was slow, so she thought she might as well close the bakery a little early. The elderly woman was finishing cleaning her store when the bells from her door alerted her of company.

Kasumi walked toward the desk and smiled " Welcome to my bakery customers, how may I help you?" she put a smile on her face even thou she almost finished closing the store. Making her costumers happy was far more important.

" Um...yes, hello. We were wondering if by chance you happen to be Kasumi?" a young lady said next to a taller looking man.

The blue hair woman nodded happily " Why yes dear. My name is Kasumi, owner of this little humble bakery. How may I help you young couple this fine evening?"

The couple looked a little nervous before the woman spoke again " Yes there is something. My name is Sawada Nana, and this is my husband Sawada Iemitsu. We are Tsunayoshi's birth parents."

Kasumi's eyes widen before she let out a sigh " I knew this day would eventually come." she motion the pair to follow her to a table " Please, come this way. We have a lot to talk about."

The three adults made their way to the table and took a seat, facing each other. Nana looked around feeling nervous " Um...is Tsunayoshi here at the bakery by any chances?"

" Of course not deary. It's Friday after all, he's probably spending time with his new friends somewhere else." the blue hair woman replied receiving a sad ' Oh'. She then took a breath " I am not one to judge people because I don't like others to judge me, but please tell me...why did you leave a newborn son to face the cruel world on his own without his two parents to help him on his way?"

Nana burst into tears after the elderly woman finished her sentence making the elderly woman regret saying anything. Iemitsu embraced her, sadness evident in his tone as he explained for his wife " We were young and foolish. When Nana told me that she was pregnant with Tsunayoshi, we were both thrilled and happy to be able to have him. But we were living in difficult times, and not in the economic department. The part of japan we use to live was filled with mafia gangs all around the place causing all sort of trouble. I myself am part of the mafia world in a way and know the cruelties that can befall to others."

The brunette was now a little calm and continue " When I gave birth to Tsuna I felt like the happiest woman in the world. I felt pure joy as I looked into my son tiny form. Then the doctor told us of his condition."

" His weak arms weren't the problem, it was his heart. Anything to strenuous could cause his heart to malfunction and end his life. Nana, had already been attack on two occasions by mafia gangsters on our very house." the man continue.

" Oh my! It must've been a horrible experience to have your own home attack like that." Kasumi said in shock.

Nana nodded " Yes, it was. Thankfully my husband was able to save me on both occasions. Tsunayoshi having a weak heart might have not survived. An event like that could actually scare him to death because of his condition. So...Iemitsu offered the idea to leave him behind with the hospital he was born in. I...I had a hard time deciding what to do, but in the end I rather see my son from afar with another family perfectly safe than living this dangerous life. I also made sure to leave false information on our feelings for our son so other wouldn't kidnap him and use him in anyway."

The blue hair woman gasped in surprise " The diary!" she received a nod from the other woman.

Iemitsu nodded " It was hard for us to do so but we left him with the doctor to take care of him or put him in an orphanage. Some months later the Vongola offered us a safe haven in Italy."

" We were thrilled because that meant we could get our baby back again and raised him like we originally meant to do. But when we arrived at the hospital they said they gave our boy to a random orphanage, and to make matters worse they didn't wright down where it was or the number." the brunette continue.

" We searched for two years. But every time we got close to finding out where he was, something always got in our way. Nana became pregnant again with the twins and it was beginning to be to dangerous to stay in japan for too long. So, with a heavy heart we ceased our search and move to Italy." Iemitsu finished.

Some tears began to fall from Nana's eyes " But we're thankful that Tsunayoshi-kun was able to taken care off by such a kind soul as yourself. We were worry over who might adopted him, but once they told us it was you, they said that he was being taken care of by a blessed and kind woman. Thank you, please forgive us for what we have done."

The blue haired woman smiled " You have nothing to be sorry for dear because to me there is nothing to forgive. But it is the little angel you must speak with, not I."

Nana nodded " Yes, you are right."

" But I have a feeling that things will turn out for the better once you speak with him. Tsuna-kun is very understanding and shy, he will accept you." Kasumi smiled before the bells of her shop once again chimed, alerting them of another presence in the shop. They all turn to look at the people who had entered the shop.

Tsuna and the gang were enjoying themselves eating pizza and making jokes. Some time later Tetsua and Tsurugi, along with Yamamoto and Gokudera, join the group since they were there to eat as well. That's when thing got interesting as Tetsua challenge Tsukuyomi to a pizza eating contest, of course Sky butted in and took on the challenge himself. After many boxes of pizza, Sky emerge victorious due to the younger brunet getting a stomachache while the mark one of the thunder simply rubbed his belly which still look normal.

The group had their laugh and all when Tsuna got up from their table " Tsu-kun, I gotta go home and check on mom. I'll go to the base later today." the raven nodded before he kissed the brunet on his forehead making Tsuna giggle. Tsuna walked out the pizza store and headed home but was stopped just a few feet away.

" Tsuna, wait!"

The brunet turned around to look at the person who called him, thou he already knew who it was " Tsurugi, what can I do for you?" he smiled.

The blond smiled softly " I want to go with you and introduce myself properly to your mom. I think she probably knows, but I just wanted to meet and tell her who I am myself. Tetsua wanted to come too...but he got a stomachache right now and can barely move. You wouldn't mind...would you?"

Tsuna chuckled " Not at all. I'm sure she will be pleased to meet you."

" That's good that your spending time with family Tsurugi, thou I can't say the same for your brother." Reborn said as he appeared before them from out of nowhere drinking his espresso.

" Hiii! What the... Reborn?" Tsuna shouted in surprise.

Tsurugi, who jumped as well, groan " What are you doing here?"

" What? Can't I visit one of my two pupils and his brother for no apparent reason?" Reborn said childishly.

" No." Both Tsuna and Tsurugi replied at the same time.

The Arcobareno smirked " Good, at least you got that part right baka Tsurugi and Dame Tsuna." he got glares for the insults " Any who, if your going to Tsuna's home then you better be ready. Your parents are speaking with Kasumi as we speak."

Both Tsuna and Tsurugi went pale. The blond gulped nervously before turning to his older brother " Tsuna...we can go later when they're gone. I'm sure it's nothing important."

Tsuna sighed and shook his head " No, I have to face them sooner or later. I might as well do it now and get this pain off my chest. Besides, I don't think they plan to take me away with them...not by force anyways." He then looked at the skies " Either way, I wanted to meet them for some time now and this is my chance." he then looked at his brother and smiled " Let's go and meet them. If we hurry they might still be there."

The blond boy nodded while he smiled, as well as Reborn but he chose to hide it " You guys better go then. It's going to be nightfall soon. I'll get your brother and the others after a meeting with the ninth. Have a nice day." with that the sun Arcobareno jumped away and disappeared.

Both boys looked at each other before shrugging and leaving for their destination. The sky was beginning to darken, and a now orange color adorned the skies above. Both boys were chatting pleasantly as they walk toward Kasumi's bakery when their intuition started acting up, warning them of danger. They look at their surrounding but saw nothing out of the ordinary, that is until Tsurugi spotted a cloud of smoke in the distance.

" Tsuna, look over there!" he exclaimed.

The older brunet looked at the direction his younger brother was pointing and spotted the cloud of smoke " That cloud is too dark and dense to be normal. Somethings was set on fire, and that direction..." Tsuna's eyes widen " That cloud is coming from my mom's street! I gotta hurry and make sure she is safe!" he said in panic as he summoned his gloves and took flight, Tsurugi did the same by putting his gloves on and followed.

Picking up their speed, both boys arrived at the source of the smoke in a matter of minutes. The sight made Tsuna's and Tsurugi's eyes widen in both shock and fear. Before their eyes, Kasumi's bakery was being consumed by flames. One could tell that the fire was just starting because it hadn't spread out of control completely.

" Mom!" the older brunet shouted in fear a he rushed toward the bakery without a second thought. Tsurugi was no better as he kept calling his mother and father's name while he ran right behind the older boy. Both entered the store, the fire was beginning to pick up his paste as it grew in size, but they both ignored it as they searched for their parents.

The search didn't lasted too long because as soon as they entered through the doors and ran where the desk and the seats for the customers where, they saw five men dressed in black holding guns and weapons. But what really caught their eyes was the bloody bodies a few feet away from the five. The were maimed in the worse possible way one could imagine, holes cover a large part of their bodies and the three were soaked in blood. The bodies couldn't be recognize at all.

" You think this will let them know we mean business." on of the men said.

Another laughed " Of course. These three really meant something to them. Now they will now that the Lotus family are going to rise up to power."

The other men began to laugh before they heard a pair of feral growls coming from behind them. Tsuna looked vivid as tears were running down his face, his eyes turned black as his pupils remained glowing orange, the center of the flames that appeared on his forehead turned black as well. Tsurugi was gritting his teeth and his eyes were glowing orange, the flames on his forehead were sparing and burning wildly, tears were also running from his eyes. Both gloved hands were surrounded by sky flames.

" Hey what are you brats doing here!" one of the men shouted.

" YOU!" Tsuna roared, malice evident in his voice " I'LL BREAK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID TO THEM!" he appeared right in front of the man who spoke and punch him with all his might sending him crashing through the wall, instantly killing him and disfiguring his face.

" Why you little punk!" another man shouted as he raised his gun and aimed, only to be grabbed by the blond boy " What the...!" his sentence was cutoff as his arm was snapped making the man scream in agony before being punch into a bloody pulp.

The other three got out their weapons and went for the killing, only for them to end up being the one dying. Tsuna appeared in front of one of the Mafia men and grabbed him by his throat and proceed to petrify him with his flames until he was completely made of stone before breaking him heartlessly. Another man began to shoot wildly at Tsurugi, but the blond move around with a greater speed, knocked the weapon up and froze him on the spot without remorse. The last man's head was snapped by the older brunet before he savagely tossed his body to the guy frozen in ice and shattered the ice into tiny pieces.

Both boys panted, it had taken them some time to eliminate the mafiosos. The fire had spread considerably and the temperature had risen up. Sweat was running like water from their bodies but they didn't care. The were both kneeling on the ground panting staring at the three corpse that once upon a time were his parents. Hot tears ran down their face, they didn't care to move or that the fire was spreading toward them. They lost something important in their life, nothing matter to them at the moment. Both boys felt themselves being picked up by someone but their eyes remained glued to the bodies. The person fought through the flames and the weight but was able to get them out of the burning bakery and on to the outside.

Rain was falling from the skies as the two brothers continue to look at the burning building as it got smaller and smaller. The person had carried them to the near by park and laid them both on the ground. Everything seemed empty to the two boys, they didn't even bother to look at their savior. The sound of sirens from both police cars and ambulance could be heard in the distance, but they didn't care...nothing matter anymore.

" I couldn't save her." Tsuna muttered as his hands gripped tightly the soft wet grass below. " I couldn't save them. How could I let this happen?" he mutter to himself while Tsurugi remain silent.

" Well now, didn't I say something like this could happen if you weren't careful Tsuna-kun? Now look at you, defeated on the ground with all hope gone." someone spoke.

The two boys finally looked up to see who it was and gasped. Tsurugi growled " Byakuran!"

" What are you doing here?" Tsuna asked before a thought entered his mind making him growl viciously and grabbed Byakuran by his outfit collar " Were you the one responsible for murdering our parents!" he glared and so did Tsurugi.

" Me?" he said pointing at himself while he blinked " Like I said last time Tsuna-kun, I don't have a death wish. However, I was the one who got you out of the fire." and true to his words his white outfit had some burn marks on some places.

" You saved us! Why!" Tsurugi asked suspiciously, still not entirely convince of the situation at hand..

" If you two would've die in the fire, and with some security cameras showing me walking by the neighborhood. The Earthbound and the Vongola would've thought it was me who murder you two. Quiet frankly I have enough problems to deal with and I do not want to add more.~" he said in a childish voice.

Tsuna mutter something before letting go of the white hair boy and staring into the distance " Whatever...nothing matters now. Mother is dead, my birth parents are dead...why couldn't I protect them!" he shouted the last part looking up in the rain.

" What you really should ask is why didn't Tsu-chan protect them." the white hair teen smiled innocently.

Tsuna's eyes turned to him, his pupils became slitted as he enter his hyper dying will mode once more " What did you say! Don't go blaming him for...!"

" Involving you in the mafia?" Byakuran cut in while still smiling that sickly smile. " Think about it for a second Tsuna-chan.~ If you wouldn't have cross path with him then this would've never happened. Haven't you ever asked yourself what would it be like if you didn't get involved in the mafia? The answer is this horrible event wouldn't happened at all. Sure you would still be that sick little boy, but atleast your adoptive mother would still be alive." Tsurugi was about to protest put the white hair teen beat it to it " The same goes for the Vongolas, Tsurugi-chan. Your mother and father would still be alive if they weren't and worse of all, you two could've grown up with Tsuna-chan together if they didn't get involved."

Tsuna's orange eyes widen in disbelief " This could've been avoided?...Mom would still be alive?...Why Tsu-kun..." he knelt to the ground feeling despair "...why couldn't you protect her...them?" a part of him was trying to be reasonable with him, but his negative emotion were getting the best of him. Despair was setting into his heart.

" The answer is simple Tsuna-chan.! The Earthbound boss can't be everywhere, he can't protect everyone at the same time. He isn't a god like we picture him to be. The sad truth is that he is mortal like everyone else and so he can make mistakes as well." Byakuran said in a sing song tone.

Tsurugi stomped his foot on the ground " No!...That's can't be!...All the friends we made..."

" Are nothing more than future mafia members. Would you guys be friends if you didn't met in the mafia world? Would they care for you if you met them outside the mafia?" Byakuran cut in. His smiled grew in size " The 'what if ' are a very scary words, aren't they? The possibilities are endless."

Tsuna hands fisted in anger " How...How could he do this to me?...He loves me...he promised..." any thought and memory about the one he loved were now clouded, his mind was not listening to his heart at all.

The white hair teen sighed " Promises are hard to keep in this world Tsuna-chan. Maybe he did love you or maybe he didn't. Who knows, perhaps he was using you? Or he wanted something from you? The Vongolas are no different from him after all. I heard that you, Tsurugi, didn't want to be part of them, but look at you...you still ended up at their door step because your so called brother drag you in." he said making both Tsuna's and Tsurugi's eyes widen in anger and fear.

" No! This is all wrong! This isn't happening! He loves me, he told me himself!" Tsuna shouted as tears ran down his face, his brother was no better.

" Everything they told us is a lie?" the blond sobbed in despair.

Byakuran smiled " It is too late to turns the hands of time now. What's done is done. Now the real question is, are you two going to do something about it or go back to your make belief lies? It all really depends on you two, now does it?" he said as he began to walk away. " Then again you could come with me and do something about it. Again it is your choice, not mine." he said as he continue to walk away with his umbrella held high protecting him from the rain.

" Everything is a lie...he doesn't love me...he ...he." the older brunet's eyes were now empty. His entire body felt numb. He then heard whimpering from beside him and turned his head to look at his brother crying on the ground. The younger boy felt his pain. It took a lot of effort to move, his cloths were soggy from the rain. The broken mark one of the sky embraced his brother and tried to comfort not only him but the both of them. Rain was falling from the sky in a more aggressive way as thunder began to be heard.

Both boy laid there unmoving, letting the rain hit them without a care in the world. Both felt anger, betrayal, and heartbroken. The rain drops ceased to fell on them and both got curious and look up. Once again Byakuran was there, this time holding his umbrella to shield the two boys from the merciless rain. Both looked at him with empty eyes as a limo suddenly pulled close to their location.

" Come with me. I can't leave you in the rain getting wet and all." he extended his hands toward Tsuna who was still holding the younger boy. Tsuna stared at the hand with no emotion, he didn't care anymore...so he slowly grabbed the hand with his own. Byakuran smiled " We'll have a blast, just the three of us." but none of the two seemed to hear him. He then smirked wickedly as he thought ' Oh yes. I'm going to have a blast corrupting your minds.' he thought as he chuckled darkly.

Byakuran has capture Tsuna and Tsurugi. What will become of them? Find out next week!