A/N:
@bbbk007: I honestly didn't know why I didn't elaborate that part of where Tsuna go. Thank you for the review though.
So, here it is. I'll try updating tomorrow... Or not. Depends.
Anyway, go on.
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Reborn doesn't have his legs crossed. No. His feet are apart, elbows planted on each knee and his eyes are narrowed. He's calm. So lax that it scares the other occupants in the room. Because although he appeared like this, he also looks like he is ready to attack any minute.
Hayato tutted. Takeshi has a smile on while Ryohei is by his side, waiting for any signal. Lambo is perched on Ryohei's shoulder, vigilant as he sucked at the lollipop he has in his hand. The two mist and Kyouya are by the corner and away from each other. The only missing is their sky. They were all wearing black suits, making them look professional, handsome and dangerously deadly.
"Uncle Reborn!" A four-year old girl called as she run towards the hitman. She has this short green hair with a long hair tail at the back, an orange colored flower tattoo just below her left eye, and blue eyes.
"Hey Yuni." Reborn greeted back as he gently tousled the kid's hair. "How are you?"
"I'm good! Where is Uncle Colonnello? And Skull-nii?"
"They'll be here." The man answered.
Yuni cocked her head to the side and stared at him. "Are you okay, Uncle?"
"Just dandy, Yuni."
"Yeah. Dandy, yet you look like you're ready to kill." A woman with shoulder length black hair, her bangs are tied for a half ponytail, blue eyes and orange flower tattoo. "You're scaring Gamma here."
"Stop teasing me, Boss." Gamma, a blond man in suit who was following the woman, said.
"Still lively as ever, Aria." Reborn acknowledged.
"Why are you here? It's almost a year since you visited." Aria pointed out as she sat down on the couch. "And you brought some people too."
"We're here to know if you encountered a fourteen year old with a brown hair and brown eyes." Reborn asked.
Aria stared at him, then looked at the people with the hitman. "You're his guardians."
"Hai." Hayato answered with full respect.
"Can you tell us where he is?" Takeshi asked politely with a smile. "We've been waiting for two months, and searching for two weeks."
"We really want to see Nii-san." Lambo chirped.
"If you're looking for Tsunayoshi, he maybe in the Gesso base right now. If he won't change the future, he will be there, resting." Aria answered.
All guardians perked up and stood properly.
"Finally. Kufufufufu." Mukuro said, a spark of happiness is seen in his eyes.
"We can finally see bossu." Chrome beamed with a small smile.
"Extreme Sawada!" Ryohei cheered. "I'm going to extremely lecture Sawada for doing that again!"
Takeshi laughed at his fellow guradians' enthusiasm. "Let's go get Tsuna."
They were very happy. Even Kyouya who was silent through out is sporting a small smile. It's like the serious atmosphere awhile ago depleted. And this made the other occupants of the room look at them in curiosity. Reborn sighed inwardly as well. Relief made him calm. His stance relaxed, hostility vanished into thin air.
Gamma's brow rose at the sight. He was informed of the new generation of Vongola famiglia guardians. Truly, he was intimidated when he saw them. He can sense the overflowing aura from the seven people despite their ages. Even the afro kid has this aura that makes Gamma shut up. And to see them act like this just for the mentioned kid, he's wondering where did the frightening guardians went to.
"Tsunayoshi is really fortunate to have you." Aria commented with a smile.
"No. We are more fortunate to have Juudaime." Hayato denied, eyes twinkling as he thinks of his beloved tenth. "Juudaime is always there for us."
"He saved us from death." Takeshi chirped.
"Tsuna-nii is really warm." Lambo commented as he smiled. "He's also our parent. He always fusses on us, ask about our welfare and always saves us from future disasters."
"But Sawada is extremely selfless." Ryohei said with a serious tone. Fist clenched tightly. "He put others first over himself to the extreme. He extremely worries about other's health before he attends his own injuries. If it comes to extreme selfishness, bottling things inside him and never sharing it to others are his faults. He kept on extremely blaming himself for everything that harmed us, and thinks that he's an extreme burden which is really extremely wrong."
"Bossu doesn't judge. He forgives us easily if we do mistakes. But he silently does revenges whenever we break a rule." Chrome mumbled.
"Tsunayoshi is naive." Mukuro said with a smirk. "But he's smart. He won't do this kind of stunt if he doesn't have any plan."
"Hn." Kyouya hummed. It made the lady look at him expectantly. The skylark looked away, not wanting to glare at the woman. "Tsunayoshi Sawada is a sky who do not restrain his cloud. Thus, the cloud can roam freely in his domain but can keep an eye on the herbivores from a distance to feel at ease."
Aria looked at Reborn who was sporting a pleased grin. "You have a fine student there, Reborn."
"Indeed." Reborn agreed before placing his partner that turned into a smartphone to his ear. "Chaos."
They all looked at Reborn as he talked silently to the phone. When he finished, he stood up.
"Vongola Mansion is under attack." He said. "Let's go."
Hayato followed Reborn to the garden. "Yes Reborn-san."
"Wait! The front door is here." Gamma said.
"We're going to use a faster transportation." Lambo informed.
Aria and Gamma looked at one another while Yuni followed them. The two followed suit. Aria stood by the threshold and watched the eight people gather in the garden. Hayato pushed his coat aside, revealing a bunch of boxes. He lit up his Vongola ring with his dying will, a storm flame furiously dancing on it. Then he pushed it one of the boxes and bone-like loop structures creating three circles with storm flame transparent shields came out.
"Fon," Reborn said as he stepped inside on a descended shield.
"Reborn." Fon said with a nod as he appeared from the corner.
"Guard Giglio Nero mansion with the others."
"We will."
"Chaos." Reborn bid as the eight of the ascend in the air before zooming across the sky.
Gamma gaped at the sky before blurting out a question. "What the hell was that?"
"One of Verde's invention with his subordinates." Mammon answered as she materialized in front of them.
"I call them box weapons." Verde said as he emerged from the forest. "Good to see you, Aria."
"Likewise, Verde." Aria greeted back with a smile. "So tell me more about Tsunayoshi."
Hayato growled at the enemies in front of him. He just want to lash at them for ruining a perfect time to see his Juudaime. He was so excited. Other than seeing Tsuna, he wants to scold his sky for going alone.
He quickly set off his weapon and shoot at them. Smirking, he finished them off with his dynamites before looking out for his fellow guardians. He hates to admit it but he needs to make sure that they won't die. He doesn't want to disappoint his boss, and have a died brother. They are after all a family.
Seeing Takeshi is having fun mutilating some, he sighed. He thought the guy will forever see the mafia as a game. But when Tsuna disappeared two months ago, Takeshi started to train harder, despite his baseball practice. The baseball star did his promise to his friend, to take care of himself and don't overdo things.
Well, they all did train. For themselves and for their selfless sky.
"They kept on coming." He looked at Lambo who was walking towards him.
"They're like bacteria." Mukuro chirped as he materialized. "They don't die, they multiply."
"Just how do we kill a bacteria?" Ryohei asked as he punches a man who was going to attack Hayato. "And be careful to the extreme, Octopus head."
"Shut up, Turftop."
"Hmmm... We can use some cold." Mukuro answered.
Just then they felt a wave of sky flame slam into their system. The warmth of the flame made them calm as they looked around, only to see a big ice forming from miles away.
Hayato looked at Takeshi who was laughing cheerfully.
"Like that?" The rain asked as he pointed at the ice.
"Or some heat." Mukuro added.
Then a big orange flame suddenly made its way to a direction, destroying everything in its path. They just stared at it getting bigger before it vanished.
"Like that." Lambo pointed with a big grin.
"What the extreme was that?" Ryohei questioned, astonished at the sheer power of the flame awhile ago.
"Who ever did that is dangerous." A baritone voice replied. Reborn walked towards them, eyes trained to the direction where the flame came from.
"Shit. He's here." They all looked at Squalo who landed in front of them. "That brat came back to his chaotic self again."
"Brat? Who-"
"W-Where is-is X-Xanxus?"
Hayato looked at the person who interrupted him. The person is a man, who is wearing a dirty brown cloak, a hood over his head, and a black scarf around his neck that covers his lower nose to his chin, hiding his face away from the crowd. His voice was cold and raspy. Almost like it was never used. But the way he carried himself is disturbing. It was confident and dangerous at the same it. His aura is leaking killing intent.
Hayato looked at the frozen Squalo in front of them. Who would have thought that the sword emperor can pull a frowning expression.
"He's upstairs." Squalo answered.
"Hn." The man answered. The guardians went rigid when they felt the man's eyes surveyed them. "N-Nono?"
"Upstairs too. Being guarded by boss."
The man tutted. It send shivers down every guardian except for Reborn. "Y-You le-left t-them t-there a-alone?"
"No. Levi is there with Belphegor."
The man nodded. "B-Better."
Squalo scowled. "Went back to old habits huh? Suicidal brat."
The guardians stared at the man who didn't answer quickly. "I-I d-did. T-They to-touched m-me a-again. Do-Don't w-worry. I-I wi-wiped t-them o-out."
Squalo 'tsk'-ed. He's pissed off. God knows how terrible it is to be experimented. True, he didn't experience it. But the mere thought of being touched and injected with unknown fluids with unknown side effects, he just wanna destroy every single thing.
Reborn stared at the man in front of them. He knows him. Be it after two months and two weeks of no appearance, or ten months since he last heard that stuttering, he will always remember him.
So he stepped forward, placed a hand on the man's head and patted it. He felt the killing intent from the man slowly stopped sipping out as he continued to assure him. Leon returned to his chameleon form from being a gun and leaped towards the man. Reborn sported a small smile on his lips as he watched his partner tried to comfort the dangerous specimen.
Takeshi took the hint and went over. He put a hand on the man's shoulder and let his flame ooze out. The latter's shoulder sagged in comfort.
"It's okay now, Tsuna." Reborn murmured. "Let's work on the speech again, okay?"
"I-I n-need t-to me-meet t-them." Tsuna replied quietly.
Reborn nodded, understanding who was 'them'. "Fine. Takeshi, Mukuro, come with us. Hayato, take care of things here."
"I won't disappoint." Hayato replied before motioning his fellow uncalled guardians to follow him.
But before the three went on, Reborn watched as Hayato, Lambo, and Ryohei gave light pats on the brunet's back. The hitman adjusted his hat, and removed Tsuna's hood before striding towards the untouched mansion. He was followed by Mukuro and Takeshi who were accompanying their silent sky. Squalo behind them.
The moment they stepped in, all of the mafiosi inside the mansion looked at them. At first they felt relief that it was someone they know, but when they saw a familiar cloak, they all went for a small hide. It made the three out of five curious. Especially the hitman. But they continued on.
Reborn led the group to the room where Nono and Xanxus were situated. There were a lot of mafiosi outside the room, and on high alert. Lal was there, but she didn't say anything when she saw the cloaked man. Reborn made a mental note to ask the woman what she knows about Tsuna's personality years ago.
He hated being clueless about something. Small or big, as long as it's an information, it is still a information.
Reborn knocked first before opening the door. Before he can say anything yet, Xanxus was already in front of Tsuna. The brunet didn't say a thing. He had his head on a low hung. Xanxus grunted before taking a fistful of the kid's cloak and dragged him towards the sofa. Reborn sighed and followed suit. He sat on the center table as Xanxus forcefully made the brunet lay.
"You just have to fucking use your energy instead of reserving the hell of it. Are you that stupid, trash?" Xanxus rhetorically questioned.
"X-Xanxus-"
"Those piece of shits." Xanxus cussed before taking a deep breath and glared at Tsuna. "Sleep, trash. Or I'll knock you out."
They all waited as the cold brunet stared at Xanxus before he looked at the others. Sensing his reluctance, Takeshi smiled and kneeled in front of him.
"Sleep, Tsuna. We won't go away. Don't worry, Hayato and others will come. We'll make sure you're safe." Takeshi assured in a small voice.
"Sleep already, baka." Reborn asserted as he gave nod on the brunet's way.
"We're here, Tsunayoshi." Mukuro whispered.
Tsuna stared at them then he nodded before closing his eyes. The moment he slowly drifted to sleep, his killing intent slowly leaked away before it settled into full blow, bathing each person inside the room with pressure.
A knock was heard before the door opened. Lal went in half way and looked at them. It was obvious they felt the strong dangerous aura Tsuna gave off. Nono had his hand on the table, unwilling to succumb on the pressure Tsuna was giving off. She snorted. Almost all the mafiosi outside were cowering in fear. So it's only normal to see even the greatest man in the Vongola fall down to the teen's intent.
"Ah. It's been awhile since we experienced this." Squalo muttered under his breath.
"Tsuna was like this years ago?" Takeshi asked as he stared at his friend.
"Yes, Trash." Squalo answered before giving him an impressed look. "Good thing you're holding up."
Takeshi smiled. "For Tsuna, I will."
"Can this be the fullest?" Timeteo, Nono as they called, asked, slightly struggling.
Xanxus went for him and made him sat on his usual sit. "You won't fucking want to answer that, Old man."
"Xanxus is right." Reborn replied as he stared at his student. "You don't want to ask something Tsuna will obviously make you double over. He can kill expectations, Nono."
Nono looked at the sleeping brunet. "So this is Tsunayoshi Sawada."
Xanxus guffawed. "Don't get impressed yet, Old fart. If he's back to his fucking habits, then you'll fucking see a shit load of surprises."
"What kind?"
Reborn's expression became grim, as well as Takeshi. "Suicides."
Lal's eyes went big on that one.
"I don't even know why they're letting those pest rule over us. They don't even know what it takes to be a mafioso." A man with guns complained.
"They kept on butting in on everything. And wanted to look for their fucking sky. They better off died before they even survive this world." The listener replied.
The former laughed. "Right! I can just shot my gun on them and bam! Dead!"
"What did you just say?"
Both froze on their spots after hearing the chilling question. They stared at the cloaked teen in front of them, Hayato scowling with Kyouya on his other side. And Reborn not far from the group. Before they could even say something, a wave of killing intent choked them.
For a moment, the two guardians stepped back while Reborn smirked. Tsuna just woke up, switched off his aura and went out to obviously start his suicidal routine. The guardians already discussed this among themselves and established a lookout schedule. Three guardians will keep an eye on the brunet. That includes Mukuro who's hiding in his flame.
Tsuna stepped forward, cold orange eyes are visible under the hood. He tugged his scarf down as he stared at them.
"You're Vongola, right?" Tsuna questioned.
'The stuttering went gone.' Reborn thought.
"Do you know why Vongola is the greatest?" They didn't answer. "Hayato, do you know?"
"Because they value family." Hayato answered.
Tsuna nodded. "Does family backstab a member?"
"No, Tenth."
The two stared at Tsuna in shock. 'Tenth?!'
"I remember Reborn telling me that there are many rats inside my famiglia. Not that I'll inherit it now, but it won't hurt a fly if me and my guardians with Reborn will clean the house this day, will it?" Tsuna questioned.
"I'll do the biting, omnivore." Kyouya volunteered, an excited smirk graced his lips.
Tsuna nodded. "I'll assign you on interrogation too, Mukuro. You can scare them all you want."
Mukuro laughed as he materialized beside Hayato. "A pleasure, Tsunayoshi."
"Okay. Let's go to the kitchen. I need a knife." Tsuna invites as he went on, leaving the two at the three's mercy.
"Eh?! No Tenth!" Hayato shouted as he followed his sky.
"Now what do we do with them?" Mukuro asked.
"I suggest you punish them." Reborn suggested as he walked past them. "They made Tsuna angry. Adding salt to the wound. Oh lookie~ He's looking for a knife to kill himself."
Mukuro and Kyouya looked at the two. And no one knew if the two survived the demons' wraths.
