Earthbound Family
(Second Arc)
Sorry, for the little delay but I was very busy this week. So without further a do here's the next chapter for this week. Please enjoy!
( Transfer Students )
The sun began to rise on the horizon, signaling that morning has began. Movement could be heard from within the base as everyone began to prepare for another day of work. Each one of the marked ones has gathered at the table waiting for their leader and the raven illusionist, which five minutes later arrived. However something was off...way off. Tsukuyomi was limping and wincing as he did while Tsuna wore a smile on his face. Despite the raven limping was a major surprise, what caught them off guard was the smile. It seemed so innocent and pure, but they could all feel it...the dark, mischievous aura that surrounded the brunet. Everyone in the room shivered at said aura and said nothing but ate their breakfast in silence and got ready for school.
As they made their was to school, Shin approach the raven casually while his hand rested inside his pockets. " So..." he started. "...I see Tsuna-kun made good on his promise to punish you. How did it feel?"
The raven huffed. " Humiliating...while at the same time arousing. Who knew Tsuna could use a whip like that." he said lowly so only Shin could hear as a shiver ran through his spine. " But it won't end that way..." he smirked. " Papa plays to win." he grinned feeling his temporary lost pride coming back.
Shin shook his head. " Something tells me this will be the beginning of a long war." he sighed as they reach the school gates.
Having made it a few minutes early, they all said their temporary goodbyes and left for their classrooms. Sky, Shin, Tsuna, and Tsukuyomi arrived at their classroom with little to no problem at all, which greatly bothered the raven boy. Tsuna obviously felt something off. His day was too good to be true. No tripping on thing air, no one pushed him around, no bitten to death, and he even dominated his boyfriend with no problem what so ever the day before. Things never went that well for him, almost perfect even. His suspicion where confirmed when he saw his boyfriend frowning.
" Tsu-kun...do you feel like something is off?" the brunet said, gaining the attention of the other two friends.
" You guys notice it too?" Sky asked surprised.
The raven nodded. " Something about this is bothering me. Things went a little too well today. This is what one would call the calm before the storm. Something is going to happen and soon."
They all frowned at this, but before they could even contemplate Tsuna's head was slammed to the desk of his chair by a hand, his brothers hand.
" Hey guys! What's up!" Tetsua said with a large grin on his face while his hand remained on the twitching brother's head.
Tsurugi simply sighed at his brother's antics before turning toward the other three boys. " Hello Tsukuyomi-kun, Shin-kun, Sky-kun. How have you been?"
" Suspiciously well considering what happened yesterday." the raven teen replied.
" Hey yeah, what was up with all that yelling? What caused it?" Tetsua said from the floor since some time ago Tsuna reverse his hold and now he was sitting on him.
The red eye boy grinned at them and wink. " It's a secret, but we manage to take care of it."
The blond twin raised a brow but let it pass, after all the guy could kick their asses if he wanted to. " Oh yeah! I almost forgot. Grandfather has finally deem us worthy to carry out the Vongola title. He's going to do a ceremony with all the family allies to make it official." the excitement was evident in his voice.
" Really?" Tsuna blinked, still holding his headlock over Tetsua while said younger brunet was pulling his hair and a ear. The older brunet suddenly let go of the younger one before he hugged him. " That's great! You guys deserve it after all!" pride evident in his voice.
Tetsua blinked before he sighed contently and grinned. " Yeah, but we couldn't have done it without you guys. You taut us so much. I guess we should thank you for that."
Tsuna let go and embraced the younger blond. The mismatched eye boy smiled. " Right. You guys helped us grow up." he pulled away before looking at the floor looking nervous while shifting from side to side.
Tsuna notice that Tetsua was doing the same thing. Raising a brow he decided to ask. " Alright guys, what's up? Something is making you nervous. Come on out with it. The sooner you get it out of your system the better.
The blond boy fidget but decided to speak. " Well...we were wondering since your our brother..."
" We were wondering if you could attend our ceremony!" the brunet twin said suddenly closing his eyes.
" W-What?" Tsunayoshi shuttered while his friends nearly fell from their seats.
" You can bring your friends too of course!" Tsurugi added.
" We just want our big brother there and be proud of us!" the twins shouted in unison, not caring that they were in a classroom. Luckily for them no one seem to be paying attention.
Tsuna blinked surprise before looking at his lover. The raven was smiling softly at them before turning his attention to Tsuna and nodding showing his approval. The brunet smiled widely before turning to his brothers. " We would be honored to do so!" he said excitedly making the twins smiled widely. " But know this, I'm always proud of you guys no mater what."
The blond Vongola guardian of the Sky looked as if he was about to cry. " Big brother...your the best." he said before noticing that his brother's back was facing them and sniffing. " Tetsua...are you crying?"
Tetsua's eyes had a puppy look and tears running down them. " NO!" shouted the boy. " I'm not crying! I'm a man and men don't cry!" he sniffed.
" Well now, this call for a celebration! I say we all go to the beach and spend the day with the Vongola as a treat. Tomorrow since we have the day off. What do you guys say?" Tsukuyomi said as his grin appeared on his face.
" Awesome! Another day at the beach!" Sky punched the air excitedly.
Shin simply nodded while Tsuna sighed but smiled. He knew when both families where together they were asking for chaos to come knocking at their doors. In a good way of course. The twins were excited and immediately agree to come and bring their friends. The raven boy laughed at their eagerness and told them to met them by the school to take them toward the beach. After that, the bell rang signaling students that it was time to start their day, making everyone groan in displeasure.
The door opened and in walked the teacher holding some papers and all. " POP QUIZ!" he shouted making everyone jump out of their sits.
" Oh no, I didn't study! I'm doom!" Tsuna said dramatically while Sky was having a panic attack.
" Well if you weren't busy 'teaching me a lesson' last night you might have be ready. That means you need more training!" the red eyes illusionist said in a sing song voice while Shin nodded his head and blush. Tsuna threw his way an evil gaze.
" Thats right, you good for...I mean blessings that came from your parents." the teacher coughed before continuing. " We'll be having a quiz today, but first! We have new students." ' Great just my luck more losers coming at this sad excuse of a school...my life sucks.' the teacher thought the last part.
" How can there be new students at this rate?" Tetsua asked.
The man behind the desk shrugged. " Beats me, I'm just doing what their paying me to do." Everyone sweat dropped. It was a know fact that their teacher dislike them, and thats putting it mildly. " Any who, we got seven new suckers, but only two will be joining our class. Now remember to put your happy face on and make them feel welcome. Then you can let reality hit them hard on their heads." he walked toward the door and slide it open.
In walked two new teenagers. One was a weird looking girl dressed in the most scify way one could imagine. She was wearing very tight white clothing and two inflatables around her person. She seemed to be bald except for the little patch of hair on the front, she also had sunglasses covering her eyes.
" My name is Shitt P., but you can call me Shitopi-chan." she started while everyones jaws drop to the ground. " My talent is Hakko, and my favorite food is Pi-Pu, Pu, Pu, PIII." she finished of with a click sound. Many of the students where left baffled by her and the things she said for they had so many meanings.
The twins jaws were wide open before they felt the presence of one of their guardians and looked around until they spotted Gokudera sitting outside on the branch of a tree with some binoculars shouting ' That's a real live UMA!' before pulling out a note pad and right at it furiously. The twins sweat dropped at his antics.
The teacher's left eye twitched. ' Great, another weirdo. My life's just peachy.' " That's great Miss Shitopi-chan. Pick any available sit." ' Please God almighty let this one be normal.' " Alright young man it's your turn. Please introduce yourself to the class."
The boy had red hair and was wearing a different school uniform. His face had some bandages from side to side, obviously from being picked on, and he was looking at the floor emanating a gloomy aura. Tsuna couldn't help but to relate to this kid, he reminded him of himself from a while back before the raven boy entered his life.
The boy was stiffed and unmoving. " ….My name is...Kozato Enma." he mumble softly, almost like a whisper.
The classroom began to murmur to themselves while the teacher sighed in annoyance. " Son, you're going to have to speak louder than that. Please, try to look at the classroom as you introduce yourself."
The boy, Enma, sighed before reluctantly looking up. As he opened his mouth to speak, his eyes landed on a certain person. He let a gasp of surprise before a smile appeared on his face, his eyes widening and shining with glee. Tsuna was left baffled by the sudden change and looked at the direction the red hair teen gaze went. Only to find they landed on his boyfriend. Tsuna almost jump of fright when he saw his boyfriend's look. Tsukuyomi was glaring menacingly at the boy, emanating a dark and vile aura around him that send shivers to everyone inside the classroom and out of it. Tsuna was shocked as he felt a large intent to kill coming from his lover. Never had he seen the raven in such a state of rage and hatred before. Tsuna again turned to look at the red hair boy who still looked as he just received an early Christmas present.
He then grinned and pointed at himself showing pride. " My name is Kozato Enma. I transfer from Shimon with my friends and I hope we can all get along!" he said with much energy.
The teacher had raised brow. ' I'm surrounded by weirdos!' " Um...yes well...go ahead and take a sit. Alright! We'll start with...the...huh?" the man suddenly felt a menacing atmosphere around him and slowly turned to look. When his eyes met with the raven boy he could swear he was seeing a demon staring back at him. Sweat began to run down the man's face. " Well would you look at that you all got a perfect score on the quiz! CLASS DISMISSED!" he then ran out of the classroom.
Tsukuyomi slowly got up from his desk, picked up his materials, and left the classroom without saying a word. The rest of the classroom followed, even the new students exit after him. Shin quickly got out his chair and went straight for the brunet.
" What the hell was that! In the time we spend together I never seen Oni-san so...so...so out of it! He looked like he was going to kill someone!"
Sky looked worried as he stood next to them. " He looked like a completely different person. I never felt so scare of him. I have always felt save around him."
The brunet leader frowned. " I know. He's so kind and happy. To see him like this...it's just not normal."
Shin growled. It took almost every fiber of his being to stop himself from punching the answer of whoever had upset his friend. " Who or what could've trigger such a negative emotion on him!"
Tsuna's frown deepen. " It was that red hair guy. The moment he entered the class it was when I felt the rage." he picked up his thing and began to walked toward the door. " Come on guys, let's find him and see what is going on." he walked out of the classroom with the other two boys and search for their friend.
Outside the school, where the many sakura trees resided, a lone teenager was found there standing still and silent. To anyone else the boy was simply doing nothing in there, but to a train person one could tell he was having a hard time controlling his rage. Tsukuyomi was beyond pissed. He had almost forgotten this dreadful feeling and he did not like it one bit. But he couldn't help it. Oh, how he wanted to find that red hair bastard and kill him in the most painful way imaginable, but he couldn't do that. Not only would he put many in death way but it would go against his nature.
' How?' he thought feeling frustrated. ' How did he find me! I made sure to stay away from those fucking people and covered my tracks. So how is it that the entire Shimon family is here!' he growled to himself. After he left the classroom, he quickly and with agility checked up the entire school in search of the rest of the new students without being detected and to his dismay they all belong to the Shimon family. A family that rivaled the Vongolas in power.
Unknown to him a figure walked calmly toward him from behind. " It's been such a long time, hasn't it Tsu-kun?" a voice said smoothly and lovingly. " I thought you disappear from the face of the earth and I really believed I would never see you again."
Muscles began to tense and hands turned into fists. Not turning around, the raven boy took a deep breath before speaking. " To you it may have been a long time, but for me it wasn't long enough. What are you doing here Kozato? How did you find me?" he asked in a restrained voice. His teeth pressing against each other hard.
Enma grinned, amused. " Pure coincidence. You see, the Shimon Family was invited to the Vongola inheritance ceremony. As allies of the Vongolas it was our duty to attend as guest."
' Shit! I thought the Vongolas and the Shimon had taken different paths. I should had know they would still be at contact with one another.' The raven didn't turned around but continue to speak. " That's odd. History says that the Shimon and the Vongola had taken different path. The once brother families had separated for different ideals. All thank to your ancestors."
" Your right. The Vongola and Shimon had been at quarrel for many years and we avoided each other. However, the Vongola ninth had invited us, wishing to be allies with us once more. At first I was reluctant to do so, but then I thought I might gain something from it. Never thought I would see you if I agreed to be here."
The raven was cursing his luck before he felt a pair of arms wrapped themselves around his waist. Soft yet firm and strong hands began to caress the mid section. The red eyes illusionist felt like he was going to rip someones head's off. Enma had sneaked quickly behind him and he had embraced him. " I missed you. How about you and I get acquainted once more?" he smirked before he blinked in confusion. The raven illusionist felt odd. The red head boy sighed. " Man, you've gotten better with the illusions. It took me longer to realize it than before."
The surroundings warp for a moment before the location of the black hair boy was revealed. He was leaning against a nearby tree with his arms crossed, glaring at the red head. " If you know what's good for you Kozato you will keep a fair distance from me." the raven boy then smirked darkly. " Unless of course you wish to die?"
Enma sighed before he grinned putting his arms inside his pants pocket. " Now, now Tsu-kun. There is no reason to be snappy with an old friend. Can we put the past behind us?"
The raven's eyes narrowed dangerously as they changed form and reveal the black pinwheels inside his eyes. " Watch it you fucker. You're walking on thin ice. Say that again and I will kill you."
The other boy's grin grew nervous as his eyes with the strange cross symbol in them stared at the black pinwheel inside the eyes of the other. " Fine, fine. No need for needless violence." he then smirked proudly. " But know this Tsu-kun. Now that I have found you once more...I will not let you go." with that the red head began to walk away at a calm pace.
The illusionist blood felt like it was boiling a little too hot, he literally snarled at the other. At that moment Tsuna and the other two showed up, missing the entire confrontation. " Tsu-kun there you are! I was worried that..." the brunet boy was cut off when a hand forcefully grabbed his shirt. The next thing he knew black flames had surrounded him and everything became dark. Seconds later he found himself in a rocky wasteland with no sign of life nearby. " Huh?"
The raven teen gave him no time to look around and discarded his school shirt leaving him with the white under shirt. " Tsuna...fight me, now!" he growled as his black gloves appeared covering his hands and black mist like flames surrounded them. His eyes glowed red as black flames appeared on his forehead.
" W-What!" the brunet was confused and panicked.
" I...I am really angry Tsuna." the other boy replied. Tsuna could see his body shaking as the other boy was holding himself from lashing angrily at him just yet. " I need to get rid of it, let my frustration out." his eyes narrowed. " Don't hold back or you'll die." with that he dashed toward the brunet and was upon him in an instant.
Tsuna instantly entered his dying will sated and summoned his gloves, barely able to dodge the flaming fist. " He really is going all out. I better focus and tired him out." the brunet then used his gloves and went for the attack.
The fight lasted for hours, the sun was beginning to set and the place looked like a wreck, adorned with craters and the ground sliced up or burned. Tsuna was laying on all four taking deep breath and fighting to remain in his dying will form. His body was covered in bruises and pieces of cloths torn up. Slowly lifting his head, he gaze upon his lover who was still standing on two legs and was panting as well thou not as much, but he too was covered in bruises and his pants torn in some places.
' I can't believe it. I came at him with everything I got and still he can go farther than I can.' he thought while still panting.
Lucky for the Earthbound boss the raven had finally calmed down and dropped his posed. " That's enough Tsuna, I'm not angry anymore."
Tsuna looked hopefully at the raven coming out of his dying will mode. " A-Are you finally alright? D-Do you feel better." he received a shameful nod from the other before crawling toward him.
The other boy dropped to the ground and embrace his lover. " I'm so sorry Tsuna. I was just so angry. I needed to get that out of my system or I might have hurt someone. Please forgive me." he said hugging Tsuna closer to him.
The brunet snuggled into the warm and gentle embrace. " It's ok, I understand. But...what caused you to become like that? I never once saw you ever loosing your cool."
The raven sighed. " Let's get back to the base and I'll tell you and everyone in there."
Else where at a fancy hotel, a group of teenagers where talking to one another or just sitting or standing somewhere before the door suddenly opened. The redhead, Enma, enter the room grinning a little. " Hey everyone, I'm back."
The room was silent but before anyone else began to insult the boy like he knew they would one of them spoke. " Enma...you're smiling." A woman with black hair tied in a pony tail spoke. She was wearing a black uniform that hugged her body perfectly and a band on her left arm and a skirt. Her cool eyes gaze upon him curiously. " I haven't seen that smile in years. Did you finally meet the Vongola heirs or something else?"
" Something else Adelheid." he continue to smile before taking a seat in a comfy red chair.
Another one spoke. This time a teen with glasses and shoulder length hair that one could say he was one of the smart ones. " Well Looser Enma, what is it?"
Enma grinned this time. " I've found him." he simply said. Everyone in the room already knew who this person was and they couldn't help but worry.
Back at the Earthbound base, the raven and the brunet finally arrived and were bombarded with questions. After the raven calmed them down he asked them to meet him and Tsuna at the meeting room and they all ran toward said room. Minutes later Tsuna and Tsukuyomi arrived and took their seats. Verde and Ms. Granger where also present in the room.
" First of all, I would like to apologize for the way I acted at school and for making you all worry." the illusionist began to say in a sorry way.
" It's ok Oni-san but, what happened? What cause you to become so...blood thirsty all of the sudden." the teal headed trapper asked.
The raven turned serious for once. " That's what I wanted to talk to you about. You all heard the news of the seven new students that arrived today at Nanimori, right?" he received nods from his answer. "Well I want you all to stay away from them."he simply said and the rest became shocked.
" Shishou...why? You never tell us to stay away from anyone. What could make you say that?" the blue hair apprentice asked.
" I suppose I owe you all an explanation." the raven started. " For century the Earthbound family have been assign to be the protectors of this world. It is our duty to protect it from harms way, every being in it as well. Now, from the beginning when the first chosen marked ones appeared with the seven universal flames a large portion of the human had began to think that the mythical creatures, the Lythians, were abominations. Things that were just abnormal and needed to be remove from the earth. They consider them the beast of the devil and began to hunt them down and wipe them out."
He took a breath before continuing. " They nearly drove them to extinction but you already knew that. The dragons became outraged and stroked back full force. Now the humans faced extinction and all that let to the sealing of the dragons by the atlantians who sacrifice their whole civilization on their imprisonment. The marked ones were powerless during this time but they did not sit down and watched. They began to search for the ones responsible for this disaster and eventually found them. They were known as the Vongola and the Shimon tribe."
" What!" Sky shouted.
Misty's eyes narrowed slightly. " Vongola tribe?"
Tsuna's eyes were wide. " Tsu-kun...you can't possibly mean..."
The raven nodded sadly. " Yes Tsuna-kun. Your ancestor nearly brought the end of the world."
The sky marked one simply couldn't grasp this well. He stared at his marked with stunned eyes. " But then...why was I chosen to be..." he was cut off when he felt the raven's hands on his.
" Tsuna-kun...if you were chosen it means that you are worthy of protecting the earth and your family." Tsukuyomi reassured his boyfriend.
" So the Vongolas are our enemies since many centuries, but...who are these Shimon?" the model marked one asked keeping her voice neutral.
The raven sighed before continuing. " The Shimon are like the Vongolas brother. The Vongola use the sky flame while Shimon used the flames of the earth. Ironic isn't it?"
" You mean...like my flames?" Ikau frowned.
The ex-boss nodded. " Yes, however their flames are divided into seven just like the Vongola."
Verde and Ms. Granger were not liking where this was heading. " If your saying this...does that mean...?" the arcobaleno frowned.
Tsukuyomi nodded. " Today at our school...those seven students...are the Shimon family, descendants of the Shimon tribe. Kozato Enma showed up at our classroom today."
Verde's eyes widen while the secretary slammed her hand against the table. " Impossible! How could he know!" she shouted outraged.
" They were invited to the Vongola ceremony like we were." he closed his eyes and relaxed. " It was pure coincidence."
Ms. Granger gritted his teeth. " Damn our luck!"
Every marked one looked confused and worried. " Are they strong? Why is this a problem?"
" Not yet, their rings flames have been sealed away by the very Vongolas. Years back there had been a quarrel between them and it ended with the Shimon and Vongola rings true power being sealed away. If they had their full power they could be a problem in groups. And the problem...you guys remember when you asked me if I hated something, right?" everyone's eyes widen. " You guessed it. The Shimon current boss, Kozato Enma, is the one I hate with my entire being." he said darkly.
The tension could be felt by everyone in the room. Sky shyly decided to ask. " W-What he do?"
The raven boy's eyes narrowed dangerously before he calmed himself. " Something that for me it would be hard to forgive if not never. He nearly manage to kill my family a few years ago before Byakuran." he then stopped himself, looking at Tsuna with uncertainty and the brunet notice it. " I really don't want to talk about it. Sorry guys, but this is a touchy subject for me. I'm going to bed early since we got to take the Vongolas to the beach tomorrow, good night." with that he left a confused group and worried look and a worried Tsuna behind.
Shimon has appeared after all these time. What will happen next? Wait till next week!