A/N:
Next week again. HAHAHA. So yeah. Last update for this week. Yie. Hahaha.
And it's nearing the ending, so yeah.
Anyway, go on.
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Twenty attempts in five days. Reborn sighed as he stroked Tsuna's hair. The kid gave up on today for his fifth fail this day. He was kept on interrupted by his guardians. But instead of going mad, he let them. As of now, he's full of bandages in his arm, one on his neck and on his torso.
Right now, he's hugging the kid as they sat on the grass. They're waiting for the other arcobaleno because Verde wants to check him. He stroked Tsuna's hair as the latter slept his day away, hugging him tight.
He exhaled, feeling calm despite the frustration he felt for being useless around Tsuna. The sky flame on the brunet is harmonizing whenever he's asleep, and broken when awake. And he exactly know what this indicates.
"How is he?"
"He's okay now, Lal." Reborn answered.
"I can practically see the father vibes rolling from you." The said CEDEF agent commented as she stood beside them. "I heard him call you tou-san that one time."
Reborn tipped his fedora down as he smirked. "Tsuna is a good son."
"Adopt him. Nono won't object."
"Xanxus is to be considered."
"Nah. The wrath can just visit him as a brother."
Reborn reconsidered. "I'll think about it."
Lal smiled as she stared at Tsuna's sleeping face. "He looks peaceful."
"He is. Can you feel the sky flame?"
She nodded. "Harmonizing. Completely different when he's awake."
"Been thinking the same thing."
"If only he'd stop the suicidal attempts."
Reborn shrugged. "The only phase left now is the drop dead no eating cycle."
"He is quite handful. But thanks to him and his guardians, the Vongola is pest free."
"Would want to see that solid attacks he gave." Reborn smirked earning a laugh from Lal.
"Who would have known he can be very protective of the world's greatest hitman?"
Reborn didn't reply, but he felt flattered at the said move. He knew from Fon that Tsuna is very protective over his safety. And when he witnessed it, he can't help himself feel happy. It's been years since someone defended him. Although he admits that his ego was a little bruised, but to have someone feel angry for him is somewhat... Refreshing.
Reborn leaned to the right to dodge an incoming punch from a mafioso. He smirked before retaliating a good round kick that made the man flew a few meters away. He wasn't the world's greatest for nothing.
They were doubting him. Ever since they saw him with Tsuna, they thought he was going weak. Oh how stupid of them to think of that. They didn't know that the kid is the anchor of the trigger happy hitman they don't want to see. Can't he look after his student for once? They didn't complain when he taught Dino a few years back, so why now?
Leon jumped on his shoulder once the mafiosi raised their firearms. How laughable. He can see why Kyouya hated crowding herbivores to pretend like carnivores. And now, he's starting to get annoyed at them too.
Leon leaped to his hand when he heard simultaneous clicks, a sign that they took of the safety. The chameleon turned to a green gun, and he immediately turned off the safety before pointing the gun towards them.
"Mayhem." He said and a rain of bullets flew towards them.
All of them took cover making the hitman chuckle.
"You bastard! Can you just rot to hell?! You're not even allied to the Vongola! Don't stick around here like you own the place!" One of them bravely voiced out.
"Aw. Are you jealous that Nono favors me than he does to you?" Reborn taunted.
"You motherfucker weak excuse of a hitman!"
"Reborn." The hitman looked to his side to face his caller. "Are you okay?"
"I want a genuine expression, Baka-Tsuna." Reborn teased, earning a furrowed brows.
"I heard someone insulted you." The brunet said, eyes narrowing. "Who did it?"
"I can already hear you cursing them." Reborn chirped.
"Hah! You're that hitman's bitch?! Take that bastard away from here! Or better yet rot in hell with him!"
"Yeah! That traitor can die!"
Tsuna took his mittens from his pocket and wore them. "Excuse me for a while, Reborn."
"Oi-"
"I don't tolerate insults directed to my family." Tsuna mumbled as he went for hyper dying will mode. "Be it Grandpa's men, Vongola trusted allies nor an enemy. Those who mess with my family especially Reborn, I'll kill you."
"Hey! You can't kill them!" Reborn restraint.
Tsuna looked at him. "I can't?"
Reborn almost winced at the roll of wave after wave of killing intent the brunet is giving off. If he can almost succumb to it, what's more to those morons? "You can beat them up, but no killing."
Tsuna tutted in dismay. A new side Reborn saw. "Fine. Those who can survive me will have to go through Mukuro and Kyouya. No one said about barely breathing though."
Reborn watched as Tsuna dashed towards them in great speed. "When did that kid became a smartass?"
Tsuna was radiating a sense of satisfaction as he removed his mittens from his hands. Reborn stared at the piles of body on the ground, barely moving, even breathing. Good as dead. He peered at Tsuna in front of him who was staring at the sky.
He wanted to ask. He badly wants to ask why he defended him. Why he got angry. Yes. He knew he's part of the family, but he doesn't know his role. He's a sun, and Tsuna already have one.
"Is there something wrong, Reborn?" Tsuna asked before eyeing his tutor.
The hitman shook his head. "Nothing."
Tsuna stared at him before giving off a small smile that immediately vanished. "Ah. It's hard to smile again. I can't even lift the corner of my lip."
"Why so? What did they do to you?"
"Tortured me here and there." Tsuna said before staring at the sky again. "I was kept in the dark for three weeks. No light, sound nor food. Just water to keep me alive. Then put me on experimentation again for the past five weeks. When I saw a chance to destroy their facilities and base, I did it without hesitations. Then Byakuran got me after three days of wondering around. It was nice of him to let me do my suicidal attempts, knowing very well that I won't die."
"So what brought you back?"
"Family." Tsuna looked at him using his eyes to move. "I don't want to leave you out here, searching the world. And I missed you lots."
"Why did you got angry?" Reborn asked, unable to control himself for once.
Tsuna sported a small smile. "Because not a single child will tolerate an insult directed to their parent. I told you, Reborn. You're my Kaa-san and Tou-san. I won't declare it to the world until you want me to. But you will always be the only person fit for the roles."
"You're such a blabber mouth." Reborn hissed, tipping his fedora down as he turned away from the kid.
"I am? I don't recall blabbering things." Tsuna asked as he followed his 'parent'.
"You do. A lot. So shut up."
"But I want to talk to you."
"How the heck did the stuttering went away?"
"After you assured me that you'll keep me safe." He saw Tsuna shrug, almost seeing a big grateful grin on the brunet's lips. "It's really nice to be with you again."
'How can he be so honest?' Reborn questioned before 'tsk'-ing. "I'm making some soup."
"Yehey! I'll help!"
"No. You're going to use the knife again to cut yourself."
"Aw. You got me."
He hugged Tsuna tight. Letting himself plunge deeper into the sky flame. No. He will never give this child up. He'll lay down his life just to keep him alive.
Like a parent to his child.
"You know," Lal said suddenly. "Tsuna was feared in mafia few years ago. Second to your reputation. If I remember right, he killed millions of men just to die with them. And it's always futile. All of those people who survived his attack known him for his brown coat and scarf. Those who will see him are sometimes left alone or tested with their will to survive."
"Have you seen him?"
"Yes. I saw him with Xanxus that one time they went here to see Nono. The kid filled the whole perimeter with suffocating killing intent. I don't know if Nono remembers the experience, but that brat almost made the strongest man kneel to the pressure. And he was pretty much protective of Xanxus."
"Reborn..." The said man looked at the brunet. "Soup please..."
Reborn chuckled. "Huh. And the known child to make the strongest kneel is now hugging me like a Koala and asking soup from his sleep."
Lal cracked up at that.
"I don't even know if I should be glad that you're impenetrable or be horrified to the fact that you found a way to die without being injured severely." Verde said as he stared at Tsuna who was stoic, eyes half way lit with brightness and mischief.
"What way is that?" Colonnello asked.
"Excessive bleeding." Reborn replied before flicking a finger on Tsuna's forehead. "You and your creative imagination that is always on the point to be a possibility."
Skull, Fon and Colonnello laughed at that while Lal, Mammon and Verde smirked. Tsuna just pouted before a merry expression made its way to his face. Reborn shook his head, a small smile kept on his lips as he stared at his 'son'.
They're inside Tsuna's room. The child was asleep after Verde checked him. He was craving for a long sleep. And the scientist knew why so he let him and made his co-arcobaleno Reborn stay with the child. He doesn't want the hitman go havoc because of worry.
Tsuna was about to go out of the bed when a knock resounded from the door before it opened. All of them looked at the new comers. It was his guardians. His face lit up in a whole new level even though his expression didn't change.
"Lambo!" He cried.
"Tsuna-nii!" Lambo shouted cheerfully as he run towards the brunet. He jumped towards the warm embrace and snuggled close. "You've been asleep since ever. You haven't played with me too!"
"Sorry, Lambo." Tsuna apologized as he pats his brother's hair. "Let's do that next time? And sleep with nii-san tonight?"
"Uhm..." Lambo considered before looking at Reborn. "Can I?"
"I'm not you to decide." Reborn replied.
"Sorry, Tsuna-nii. I've been bunking with Ryohei-nii." Lambo sheepishly declined.
Tsuna hummed. "It's okay. We can play anyway."
"Are you okay, Juudaime?" Hayato asked as he approached them. "You've been out like a light since yesterday afternoon."
"You're not sick, are you?" Takeshi questioned with a concern expression. "Or you're tired from all the running we did the past three days?" Ryohei laughed with Lambo while Hayato scowled at him. Takeshi looked at them innocently. "What? I'm just asking."
Ryohei went closer to the brunet and gave him an overall. "Sawada is okay. No need to worry."
"Thanks, Onii-san." Tsuna said before interjecting an 'ow' when a hard thing smacked his head. "Kyouya. No need to hit me if you missed me."
Kyouya glared at him. "Shut up."
Tsuna looked at his mists. "Anywhere good?"
"We're okay, Bossu." Chrome answered with a small smile.
"No need to worry about the chase we did, Tsunayoshi. We had fun." Mukuro said dismissively.
"I wish Nii-san can smile again." Lambo whispered as he snuggled close.
"I will. Reborn's gonna help me gain it again. And you'll help too, right?"
Almost all of them looked away. Even without the smile, Tsuna can lit up like a light bulb in happiness. They can already see the big, expectant smile on his lips.
"I want cake." Tsuna said as he cuddled Lambo. "Want some hug, Hayato? Takeshi?"
"Mind if I do?" Takeshi asked as he goes closer.
"I'm the one asking."
Takeshi went over, taking Hayato with him and jumped on the cuddle. Tsuna let out a small chuckle as he hugged them close. Ryohei jumped in. Kyouya just stood near while Chrome went in when Tsuna motioned her to them. Mukuro stood on his spot, smiling as he laughed.
The room was filled with sky flames, harmonizing with everyone in it. Even the arcobaleno didn't escape the sweet warmth it gave. They sat there, welcoming the feeling they only feel whenever they're near with their sky.
After their bonding time, they let Tsuna have his time but stayed close, especially the guardians on duty. When he went out, he was wearing his cloak and scarf again. Mukuro materialized beside him while laughing.
"What's with the choice of clothes, Tsunayoshi?" He asked.
Tsuna looked at himself. "The cloak makes me feel warm while the scarf makes my neck feel protected."
"Ah. Right. Those filthy scumbags sometimes take off our clothes." Mukuro responded.
"Omnivore. You're being summoned by the Old carnivore." Kyouya said.
Tsuna took the lead towards the direction of Nono's office. They stopped in front of the door, he knocked and opened it when he got a response. Tsuna stood by the threshold, bowed a little in the presence of Nono and his guardians before stepping inside with his own friends following him.
The ninth's guardians looked at him warily. He can understand why so. They've been seeing him trying to commit suicide. A hint that he's very dangerous to their sky. He can't also blame them. They are after all the guardians of his grandfather, the leader of Vongola.
"You called for me." Tsuna stated.
"Ah yes." Nono replied with a nod and a smile. "Please seat, Tsunayoshi-kun."
Tsuna sat on the available sofa while his two powerful guardians are on his either side. "Tsuna is fine, Nono."
Nono nodded. "How are you, Tsuna?"
"..." Tsuna contemplated on what to answer. "Healing."
Nono's smile widened. "Good good. That's good to hear. I presume Reborn and your guardians are helping you heal."
"Yes." Tsuna answered before he looked at the old man's eyes directly. "Can we go directly to the point?"
The room went cold a little.
"What are you planning to do?" Nono asked.
Tsuna stared at him for seconds before answering. "Destroy their bases before going home to Japan with my family."
"Of what can we help you with?" Cayote, Nono's storm, asked.
Tsuna looked at his guardians before shaking his head. "My guardians can handle it."
The ninth's guardians automatically looked at him in disbelief.
"They're destructive enough to destroy them." Tsuna elaborated.
"Kufufufu~ I can't wait, Tsunayoshi."
"Hn."
"But what I'm going to need is something not that hard to give, Nono." Tsuna said. The ninth generation tensed up as the brunet's eyes gave a glint of pain. "I don't want any interference from the Vongola as we destroy their famiglia."
"Won't it be probable for us to be there? To get all those mafiosi?" Ganauche, the lightning guardian, suggested.
"Vindice can take care of that." Tsuna answered.
"V-Vindice?" Brow Nie Jr, Nono's sun, repeated with fear.
The young Vongola nodded. "Yes. They will also provide us help for the transportation. It is more probable not interfere for Vongola men might be mistaken as one of them."
Nono nodded. "I understand."
Tsuna took a deep breathe before saying. "Now, may we go?"
"Yes."
After the young generation went out, the guardians bombarded Nono with questions.
"As what I heard from Reborn," Timeteo started off, lacing his fingers together as he sat back. "Tsuna was taken by the Estrano Famiglia and was experimented for months. After going out, he tried to commit suicide and eventually met his lightning guardian. When he went out again, he destroyed another base of the famiglia and was caught by the Vindice. After witnessing his suicidal attempts, they put him in water prison. After going out of the Vindicare, he met Xanxus then went home to Japan."
"Then why is he like... That?" Ganauche asked, bewildered. "So cold. Lifeless and stoic."
"Apparently, he was experimented again in the span of two months. He attempted suicide but his guardians are aware of this, thus they kept on stopping him. As of now, he is healing and eventually stopped his suicides. According to Reborn, Tsuna is in his dead phase. He'll stop eating, but with some persuasion-"
"Blackmail and bribery?" Schnitten, the rain, provided.
"-and methods, he'll eat."
"Well, Reborn is Reborn." Visconti said. "There's no need to worry. He's with his guardians too."
"But the attack..." The mist, Bouche, opened up. "Will they be alright?"
"They will be." Nono replied as he smiled. "They are, after all, stronger than we thought they were."
"But the decimo hasn't been trained." Brow argued.
"Reborn is with him, Brow. The hitman himself is handful enough to keep the child at his toes." Cayote answered.
"I hope so." The sun guardian murmured.
"Come back, Reborn. Come back to us..." Tsuna chanted as he shakes Reborn. "Please... Please..."
"Another death, Tsunayoshi. Another death!" The doctor, Bene Canzone, shouted happily. "This won't stop not until you come with me or you die!"
The guardians looked at their sky as Tsuna stopped crying suddenly. Takeshi leaped back, instincts telling him to back away immediately. Hayato took Lambo and ran far with Ryohei while Mukuro and Chrome hid within the mist as Kyouya stepped back.
Tsuna stood up from kneeling, bangs covering his eyes. Then slowly, killing intent started to leak out from him. Every mafioso there felt chills went down their spines as the brunet's aura became stronger. Kyouya smiled with satisfaction, while the others are on high alert for anything.
Then flames started to burst out from the Decimo's body.
"You just had to mess with a Vongola." Hayato whispered in the air as Tsuna disappeared from his spot. "A family-loving person of all people."
And a shriek of pain was heard.