OMG! Thank you guys for your amazing reviews! So glad you liked the last chapter and hope you like this one as well. Sorry it took so long to post. I've been working on updating my other two stories. A chapter for 'Grell's Sister' went up yesterday, and Im posting a chapter for 'Whispers of the Ancient Ones: Return of the Beast' later today. Maybe. I'm still finishing it up so I don't know if it will be done by today.
Chapter 7: Call of the Sky
1st Gen. Era, Parallel World, Italy
3rd PoV
Vongola Mansion
Tsuna woke up rather slowly, realizing that he was in Giotto's hold. He blinks, ignoring the position he was in as he senses his guardians coming closer. It was thanks to Mukuro that he could feel them from such a long distance. As he laid there, not bothering to move from his comfy spot, he thought back to what Giotto told him after they had left the others for the night.
Flashback…
"Hey, Tsuna.. You don't have to answer any of our questions if you don't want to. I promise you that I will stop them if they keep insisting." Giotto said as he shuts his bedroom door. Tsuna was barely clinging to Giotto's side, yawning as he tried to stay awake a bit more. Tsuna was tired and it was getting harder to understand the words spoken to him. Though he did remember something important.
"Neh, do you have piano room around here nearby?" Tsuna mumbled out, making Giotto chuckle. He could tell Tsuna was almost out, but was trying to stay awake. He figured it wouldn't hurt to let him know where it was. Though he was curious as to why Tsuna asked.
"Just down the hall to your right. It should be open. The room faces the front of the house so be careful to not get yourself exposed, but let's leave that for tomorrow. Just go to sleep now, okay?" Giotto said, getting things ready for bed. Tsuna nods as he rubs his eyes cutely. He was completely wasted from all of the running and being livid at Reborn that he couldn't muster up any more strength to stay awake. No doubt he'll be knocked out till morning. Giotto carried him over to the bed, taking off his cloak with his free hand. He kicked off his shoes before slipping underneath the warm covers. They both sighed, feeling peaceful for once today as they snuggles closer to each other. Tsuna had his head tucked underneath Giotto's chin, his tuft of brown hair tickling Giotto's nose. Giotto blew the hair away from his nose and grins, holding the boy close by.
"Good night, Little Tuna," Giotto said, using a cute, in his opinion, nickname.
"My name is not Tuna, Papa," Tsuna retorted softly, his breathing settling into deep breathing patterns.
Flashback End...
Right, that's how I managed to get myself into this situation. Tsuna slowly removes himself from Giotto's hold as he slips out of the covers, walking over to the door and opening it slowly. He was planning to go to piano room and open the window. It was something he had everyone remember as a sort of gathering song for he didn't like to yell their names to get their attention in public. Well, not too often, but there were those rare occasions. He quickly followed the way that Giotto had said and arrived at the right place. He moves over to the window next to the piano and opens it wide, letting a soft morning breeze come in. He could see some kind of group coming, making him smile widely.
"Okay, now for this. I like to see how they'll come to me this time." Tsuna mumbled. His guardian's had made it a small competition to see who can get to him the fastest and in the most random of ways. Plus, he was on the seventh floor. Shrugging he lifted the cover of the piano and positioned his hands over them, taking in a deep breath. He was bound to wake everyone up with this, but he was going to do it anyway. He played the first few notes of the familiar song, before taking in another deep breath and letting it out as words.
"Midori tanabiku namimori no
Dai naku shou naku nami ga ii
Itsumo kawaranu sukoyaka kenage
Aa... tomo ni utaou namimori chuu.
Asa tsuyu kagayaku namimori no
Heihei bonbon nami de ii
Itsumo kiowanu sukoyaka kenage
Haha... tomo ni waraou namimori chuu.
Kimi to boku to de namimori no
Atarimae taru nami de ii
Itsumo issho ni sukoyaka kenage
Aa... tomo ni ayumou namimori chuu."
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Down with the group, Hibari and Mukuro were glaring at each other the whole trip back to their dear Sky. They were nearing the Vongola mansion that greatly resembled the one back home, only slightly smaller and newer, but their attention was not focused on those facts. It was on a song. A song they knew and called out to them. Skull, who was guiding them, was completely confused. The voice was soft and beautiful to the point of being enchanting.
"Kufufufu~ It seems Sawada is calling us."
Hibari didn't bother answering back. Instead he had his animal ring and was letting out his porcupine partner. Roll squealed as he turned into several stepping stones for Hibari. Mukuro just chuckle as he used his mist flames to get to the open window where the music was coming from. He actually didn't feel like competing at the moment. He wanted answers, after all.
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Back in the manor, everyone was awoken by the music and almost all rushed to the piano room. Especially Giotto, who couldn't find Tsuna when he woke up. He was the first to appear at the room, and was relieved to see Tsuna. It seems Tsuna was the source of the music, since the brunette boy was restarting the song. Though his momentary peace was broken when he saw a look-alike person coming in through the open window. Tsuna just smiled brightly at the new arrivals, not stopping his playing.
Once the Alaude look-alike stepped into the room through the open window, all but one of the stepping stones he had used quickly dissipated and left the last to turn into a porcupine. A porcupine that burst into cloud flames and turned into a ring. It shocked him, yes, but he was definitely not prepared for the second arrival. Mukuro nonchalantly appeared right beside Tsuna, his head nodding to the repeating intro.
"Kufufufu, you've been waiting, haven't you little Tuna?" Daemon's look-alike chuckled. Tsuna just sighed and stops the music for a moment to crack his fingers. Both new arrivals quickly became alert at his actions as the fingers went back to playing the keys. He played the beginning of the anthem again, the other two joining him in the singing.
"The green that trails Namimori
Not large, not small, middling is best
Always unchanging, vigorous and gallant
Let's sing together, Namimori Middle School!
Shining like the morning dew, the Namimori School
Ordinary and usual, middling is best
Always fighting, vigorous and gallant
Let's smile together, Namimori Middle School!
Your and my Namimori
Common and enough, middling is best
Always together, vigorous and gallant
Let's walk together to Namimori Middle School!"
Everyone else who came in were shocked, spare for Reborn, Lal and Colonnello. Those three were humming along with the song, nodding their heads to the music. They knew the song and sometimes even hummed it whenever the urge came. It was surprisingly catchy and soothing.
Tsuna, however much he wishes to simply continue in peace, stopped. Not a moment later he had to push himself onto the keys and do a back flip to stand on the piano just as Mukuro and Hibari broke the piano seat. Everyone who weren't familiar with the happenings was shocked by sudden shift of mood. Tsuna sighed again, sweat dropping a bit at his guardians' behavior.
"Oya, oya! You're faster than before, Sawada Tsunayoshi!" The pineapple-haired teen said as a dangerous smile graced his lips. Tsuna just groaned as Hibari also grinned darkly. They definitely didn't expect Tsuna to be a little boy. Sure, his voice had been higher through the phone and he may have been dragged like them, but a 7 year old was a couple of years lower than they thought. Though the secretly cooed at how adorable Tsuna looked at that age.
"Oh don't even start with me. That was my Intuition acting up, thanks to both of you. I can't believe you two would try to attack me at first sight after what happened last night!" Tsuna scolded them, making them both drop their smiles right away. Now that Tsuna had the upper hand, Giotto and the military duo were trying to hold in a laughter. It's not every day you see a kid scolding young adults. Reborn just smirks in amusement and hidden pride. Like hell he wouldn't be proud! His student, a no-good brat at the start, was able to tame his most violent guardians even when he looked like a cute fluffy kitten.
"Omnivore, you know where we are?" The skylark asked once the brunette child stopped scolding them, grudgingly putting away his tonfas. Tsuna simply shifted his gaze over to Reborn. Hibari also looks over as Reborn tilts his hat in greeting. Hibari blinks before letting out an annoyed grumble. He knew he couldn't challenge the other while Tsuna was in such a mood.
"Now, now. Kyoya, I'll give you a fight later. Right now I need to explain why you three are here. First off, Mukuro. Stop hiding behind Tsuna. We all know you wont manage to scratch him with that silly object of yours." Reborn said just as Tsuna jumps off the piano. Everyone other than the Arcobaleno's were confused for a moment before the Mukuro by Hibari disappeared. The real one was across the table, trident where Tsuna had been only seconds prior.
"Kufufufu. Arcobaleno, it's been a while since we last met." Mukuro said darkly. Tsuna sighed again, running both his hands through his hair. Now wasn't the time to get the tension between these three renewed!
"Rokudo, knock it off!" Tsuna barely held the warning in his voice, but it was enough for Mukuro to disperse his trident. Reborn gave an amused nod when Tsuna turned questioning eyes towards him.
"I guess I should do introductions then." Tsuna began, turning to his confused ancestor and his guardians. "The one on my right is Rokudo Mukuro, one of my two Mist guardians. On my left is Hibari Kyoya, my Cloud guardian." Giotto was shocked. I mean, who had two Mist guardians? Though he held his questions for later. He trusts Tsuna, but Knuckle and G were getting antsy. Alaude and Daemon were studying their counterpart with careful eyes. However, they were immensely shocked when Tsuna finish his introduction.
"I'm their Sky, and… I'm Vongola Decimo."
