Written March 21 2016

Edited January 4 2020

The two went into a comfortable silence, neither of the two wanted to disturb it yet both of them knew that it needed to be disturbed, so after a few moments Reborn did just that.

"Tsuna, how do you feel right now?"

The hitman questioned once he observed the brunette, he had noticed many small hints of the brunette's sickness during their conversation.

The brunette laughed emptily at the hitman's concern.

"I'll live... The air is just a little chilly to me..."

The brunette replied softly with a cough, Reborn frowned at this.

'He was fine during and after the run but as we began to talk, eventually he began to sweat slightly, that would be normal if it wasn't so cool out nor if he had sweated during the run... He's pushing himself... But just to show off or something else?...'

"That doesn't answer my question lazy-Tsuna... But whatever, let's get back"

The brunette nodded and the hitman seated himself comfortably in the teen's hair before the brunette began heading back home.

They were silent until they were about half way back, the hitman raised a brow when the brunette suddenly stopped.

"Tsuna?"

The brunette hummed in response as he picked up the hitman and placed him on the ground like one would a puppy.

'Does he sense something?...'

Leon shifted into a gun in Reborn's hands as onyx eyes flitted around for any sign of danger.

'Strange... I don't sense anything...'

"Reborn, you head back and check on Ie-San and mom..."

The brunette muttered softly, the hitman frowned at the orders and tugged the brunette's hair.

"You're not my boss lazy-Tsuna and don't think about protecting me, I am the world's greatest hitman after all"

Tsuna rolled his eyes as a small yet tired smile played upon his lips.

"True... But I was just saving you from getting all bloody..."

'Ah I sense the enemy now...'

Tsuna whispered as he quickly hopped to the side to dodge metal spike.

The hitman's eyes narrowed when he observed the spike wedged into the ground, it was in the shape of a diamond, he didn't recognize it at all.

'So new weapons have been manufactured, I've got to learn about them...'

"Don't bother..."

The brunette coughed as he jumped into the air to dodge another spike then twisted to the side in the air to stop a hoard of smaller golf ball spikes from impaling his head, however one managed to nick his cheek.

Reborn jumped off into the shadows.

"What do you mean?..."

The brunette hummed once more as he landed in a crouch, honey eyes glinting dangerously as a small trail of blood flowed from his cheek.

"You won't find those weapons anywhere in the mafia..."

The brunette replied as he began to dodge a barrage of spikes that began heading towards him, the hitman guessed that the enemy gave up on technique and had decided that they'd test their luck with random aiming.

'Nowhere within the mafia?... Just what type of people are after Tsuna then?'

The hitman decided to observe, after all, he wasn't supposed to interfere with his student's battle, he was greatly impressed by the almost dance that the brunette was doing as he dodged the many spikes.

Though it concerned him with how he hadn't located the group's location, and how they were using metal spikes instead of bullets.

'Maybe I should call in Gokudera for some training...'

Reborn turned away from the battle and had Leon shift into a green phone.

"Hello?"

"Gokudera, come to the ally left on Kagero street. Your boss is under attack"

Reborn stated, not wanting to waste time with pleasantries.

"W-what?! I'll be right there Reborn!"

The bomber replied before hanging up, the hitman smirked darkly in excitement before hopping to the side to dodge a stray spike.

He looked at it closely and frowned, it was pure steel with a silver coating on it.

'Probably to make people temporarily blinded by the light that reflects off of it'

The hitman trailed his fingers along the edge of the spike up towards his point, he tested his finger upon it for a few moments before frowning.

'There seems to be a seam...'

The hitman tapped on the tip a few times only to jump back in surprise when the spike split open at the seam into the shape of a square based pyramid template, sending a glittering rope towards him, he frowned when it snagged onto his leg.

'I can't break it...'

The hitman was slightly disturbed by the fact that he'd unwittingly fallen into a trap that wasn't even meant for him, a strangled scream cut the infant out of his thoughts.

Onyx eyes snapped over towards where the brunette was.

'Tsuna!'

The teen was surrounded by a web of the glittering string, multiple strands were attached to almost every part of the brunette from all directions.

'Shit they weren't aiming to kill! They were aiming to capture!'

Tsuna panted as he tried to tug away from the strands, they were tightening and beginning to draw blood. The worst part was the multiple strands that were latched around his neck.

Honey eyes flickered towards the hitman's hidden location, the brunette guessed that Reborn had been accidentally caught because of how the hitman hadn't jumped out to help him just yet.

Tsuna slowly brought his hand to his side and pulled out a knife from it's spot strapped onto his belt, eyes watering from the pain of going against the threads.

He tossed it up into the hitman's direction before allowing his eyes to close, falling to the ground like an empty sack.

Reborn grabbed the knife and looked at it oddly before testing it on the thread that was restraining his movement, he raised a brow when the thread snapped on contact.

'What the?...'

Onyx eyes flashed towards where the brunette was only for the infant to freeze.

Tsuna and all of the spikes had disappeared, leaving only the indents from the spikes as proof.