BECOMING THE BOSS – BUY ME A SUIT
A Busy Street in Central Tokyo
The street was as busy as ever, people rushing backwards and forwards from their job, absent minded about the world around them. One person was forever vigilant about the world around him however, that person was the Hitman Tutor Reborn. Reborn was here today walking alongside his much taller student Dino.
"Why are we here?" asks Dino, previously he had been planning a party with his subordinates. Although they weren't technically members of the Vongola family, the Chiavarone family was under their protection. It was a big deal for them that Tsuna was going to become the new boss, especially since he and Dino were so close.
"I need a new suit for Tsuna's wedding" remarks Reborn with a childish smile on his face.
"Why are you making me do this then" enquires the bucking bronco, "It's Tsuna's wedding, go bother him about it".
"He is busy with his duties as the next boss" the child replies, "I can't be bothering him". Of course Tsuna's wedding is in the forefront of the young boss' mind but the running of the world's strongest mafia had to come first. Who knows what they would get up to without his guidance.
"I'm already a boss and you're bothering me" criticises Dino who had been a boss since long before Sawada Tsunayoshi.
"He's a more important boss than you" Reborn comments flatly.
"You don't hold back do you" Dino complains as he hangs his head in shame. What do these people make of a child talking down to a fully grown man?
Reborn frowns as he elaborates on Dino's presence, "I would do it myself but nobody accepts the money when a child tries to buy a suit".
"That's quite funny" laughs the blonde haired boss.
Suddenly the duo stops when they hear a faint voice behind them. "Mr Reborn" the voice cries, "MR REBORN".
Dino is the first to recognise the source of this voice. "Enma" he says with a surprised undertone, what was the Shimon family boss doing here.
"What's wrong Enma" asks Reborn.
As Enma finishes his run towards the two of them he is seemingly ignorant of the stares he is receiving from onlookers. The young boss leans on his own knees as he takes a moment to catch his breath.
"A fight of great power is approaching" explains Enma, "I can feel it".
Dino adopts a solemn expression following this reminder. With the talk of a wedding it was easy to forget that the Vongola had an enemy hidden in the dark. If the Vongola had an enemy that meant that the Shimon, the Millefiore and the Chiavarone had that same enemy.
"The fight Mukuro warned us about is coming" continues Enma, "So please, train me to use the ultimate flame". Enma asks this with great sincerity. Learning the ultimate flame is a truly difficult task, Reborn has only ever witnessed it being used by two people, Tsuna and Bana, the mightiest of this generation.
Despite the difficulty of the task Reborn gives a simple answer, "Oh… alright" he says.
"As easy as that" yells Dino he almost loses his balance. Enma was a very similar fighter to Tsuna, the two both used the hyper dying will flame and greatly cared for their subordinates. If anyone could learn the ultimate flame it was Enma but teaching it was no easy task. Only two people had successfully 'taught' the flame. Vongola Primo and the Hitman Tutor Reborn.
"On one condition" says Reborn raising the tension surrounding the conversation.
"What is it" Enma stammers, "I'm willing to do anything".
"Buy me a tailor made suit" requests the young shopper.
"A suit?" questions Enma, shocked that Reborn wasn't going to request something more strenuous from him. "Of course it's done, we'll go right now".
"Excellent, then you will be the new student of the Hitman Tutor Reborn" proclaims the mafioso.
Dino suddenly smiles widely, "Perfect, you can take him shopping then" he says as he begins to walk away from the undesirable distraction. "Good luck Shimon, you will need it".
A Restaurant
Sawada Tsunayoshi and his fiancée Chrome Dokuro had been regulars at this restaurant recently. Dokuro had said that she was particularly fond of the references to the cultural history of Japan, something Tsuna didn't know she was interested in. Perhaps one day when he retired from being the 10th they would have opportunity to explore culture more.
The reason that these two were at the restaurant presently was because they were meeting their wedding planner. The mafia worlds current leader, the 9th Vongola boss. The man had taken the lead role in arranging what would happen when they were married, he had been a great support to them both throughout the hole process.
"Now that the arrangement is done on our side it is up to you" explains the 9th.
Seeing that the 10th generation members were confused he decides to elaborate further, "Elements like the guest list, chief bride's maid and the best man, also you will need someone to walk you down the aisle in the absence of your father Chrome".
"Arranging a wedding sure is awkward" sighs the bride-to-be.
"We should be thankful that's all we have to do" consoles Tsuna, "Imagine having to pick a venue and such as well". Tsuna had never been particularly good at admin nor was he very intelligent, Dokuro's experiences in life also meant she lacked in this department.
"Yeah" replies the purple haired guardian, "Than you for all you have done 9th".
"It's fine don't worry about it" smiles the 9th, "I'm looking forward to my retirement but don't forget you can always ask me for advice Tsuna". Retirement is an exciting prospect but the 9th knows in his heart he won't completely leave the mafia world, there is a difference between going into retirement and getting bored.
"Of course I'm sure you won't need any advice; you will be a great boss" the 9th compliments Tsuna.
"Thank you very much 9th" says the 10th, "I think I am quite lucky really" he continues before looking lovingly at Dokuro, "I have such great guardians who look after me".
"Yeah, you do" agrees the 9th.
Tsuna, Dokuro and the 9th all say farewell to each other before going their separate ways, Tsuna to talk to his guardians, Dokuro to arrange certain elements of the wedding and the 9th to continue the process of transitioning power to his successor.
Tsuna's Bedroom
Dokuro, Ken and Chikusa had been sleeping in here recently but Tsuna had insisted that they clean the room for his meeting with his guardians. Something they hadn't done in years brought a great feeling of nostalgia to the 6 who had gathered, Ryohei, Lambo, Gokudera, Yamamoto, Hibari and Tsuna.
The first subject Tsuna wanted to bring up was his wedding which everyone was clearly excited for. "You are all close friends to me but you are also my guardians, so that I'm treating you equally I'm not going to ask any of you to be my best man" declares Tsuna. It's only fair that he treats all of his subordinates equally. Although they officially are his subordinates Tsuna had always considered them his equals, the relationships he shared with his friends were his most valuable treasure.
"However you are all invited of course" smiles Tsuna as he hands out invitations to the guardians.
"Don't worry 10th" requests Gokudera with his usual aplomb, "We'll make sure nobody interferes with your wedding".
Panicking at his right-hand-man's over-the-top attitude caused Tsuna to quickly yell back to Gokudera, "Please don't throw any bombs, Dokuro's mother doesn't even know we're mafia". There would be nothing worse than having to explain this in the middle of the service. To say the least, it might sour the mood.
"I will force him to behave to the extreme" Ryohei promises to his sworn brother.
"You're the last person I want to hear tell me that" remarks Gokudera, noting that Ryohei is probably the only person in the room to be louder than him. There was however, one more contender for that title.
"Lambo will get a nice suit" the child declares with his usual obnoxious whiny voice.
"I better help you with that" smiles Yamamoto as he gestures to try and calm Lambo down.
"Lambo doesn't need any help" replies the younger brother of Tsuna.
"Well" begins Yamamoto, "I think it would be better if you didn't show up in a cow suit".
Failing to be amused by this back and forth of words the cloud guardian, Hibari Kyoya rose to his feet and headed for the door.
Tsuna moves quickly to question the policeman, "Hibari, will you be there" he asks, full of hope that his usually introverted friend will make an exception and show up to this public gathering.
Hibari pauses for a moment and replies, "I will register people's names as they enter and make sure nobody undesirable turns up". Before explaining himself to his peers, Hibari then left, leaving silence in his wake.
Interrupting the silence Yamamoto concludes that this answer meant Hibari was going to show up, "I think that was a yes".
"It was about as much of a yes as I can get from Hibari" sighs Tsuna, "As for the people I would like each of you to bring". Tsuna pulls out a list with some badly drawn diagrams on it, he may have worked hard in the education system but he was no genius when it came to organisation.
"Big brother, you can ask Kyoko but it would probably be best if she kept away" suggests Tsuna, entrusting the decision to her brother.
"I will handle the situation with care" replies the sun guardian in a way that is unusually tame for the professional athlete who gives everything 110%.
"Lambo, well you can bring I-Pin if you want" says Tsuna, not wanting his little brother to be the only one without guests to bring. Also he naturally wanted I-Pin to come to his wedding, she was a member of the family too.
"Lambo will bring some really call guests" proclaims the thunder guardian. Nobody quite knew what he meant but they were all confident that Hibari would dispose of anyone who shouldn't have been there.
"Gokudera, your sister and Shamal are invited, and if Haru… well it's the same as Kyoko" Tsuna hesitates. He never should have been put in a situation where he struggles to invite two of his closest friends to his wedding but the world is a cruel place.
"I understand 10th" Gokudera replies.
"Yamamoto, your parents are invited" Tsuna informs his cheerful friend.
"My father's doing the catering, the 9th asked him" explains the swordsman.
"I thought as much" smiles Tsuna, why wouldn't Yamamoto's father do the catering, after all everyone enjoyed his food. Hopefully Bianci won't try any more cooking. That's just one more thing that could happen at this wedding.
'I'm marrying Dokuro' Tsuna recalled, 'What could possibly go wrong?'.
The Millefiore Japanese HQ
Dokuro had come to the Millefiore headquarters to meet an old friend. With the death of Byakuran the leadership of the Millefiore family had passed onto Yuni. Yuni was the sky arcobaleno, meaning she was the leader of two of the three Trinisette families. Theoretically this made the young lady the most important figure in the mafia world.
That was not why Dokuro had come to the Millefiore family headquarters though, she had come here for a personal reason, to discuss the wedding with one of her closest friends. Formerly she could have discussed this with Haru and Kyoko but since their 'death' and 'rebirth' relations had become strained.
"That's why I would be really grateful if you were my bridesmaid" Dokuro says, finishing a story in which she explained how the preparations had gone this far.
"Me?" starts Yuni, "Are you sure".
Dokuro nods, "You are a close friend to Tsuna and I, the Millefiore family is a valued ally, it's a move with both personal and political advantages".
"How exciting" replies Yuni with a smile on her face, "I'll have to pick out some clothes and write a speech" she notes, listing allowed all the duties she now has.
"And I better take you dress shopping" she continues.
"Yes" responds Dokuro, "Also, I will be really grateful if you would hand out these invitations to the other members of the Millefiore family". Dokuro hands Yuni several of the beautifully created invitations, something you would expect at a royal wedding, not a wedding between a commoner and someone who was homeless this time last year.
"Of course I will" says Yuni, "This is all really exciting, I've never been to any weddings before".
"Really" asks Dokuro, surprised seeing as how important, likeable and friendly Yuni was to everyone she met.
Yuni shook her head in confirmation, "There has always been too much trouble within the family but Tsuna and you guardians have changed that for all of us, we're very thankful".
"It's fine" smiles Dokuro, "We're happy to help".