Hey guys. Ben here. After a bit of advice from Dark 7 Thunder, I will not be revealing anymore of Moka and Tsuna's future until the end of the story. They pointed out that I was revealing a bit too much and after reading over the chapters, I felt they were right. I was revealing too much of the future without actually adding anything that could progress the story outside the fact that Moka was pregnant and no longer had her seal. So, until I reach a point where I feel using the future Moka and Tsuna can be of benefit, no more future scenes. Onto the story!

"Everything is f-INE HAYATO!" Tsuna said, his voice jumping in volume. He spoke in Italian through clenched teeth. "Just get here. You're the only Guardian left and they won't hold back just because you aren't all here."

"Juudaime, you alright?" Gokudera asked, a worried tone in his voice.

"Y-yeah I'm fine. I stubbed my toooo-oh god!"

"Sounds like it really hurts. You didn't break it, did you?"

Over time, Gokudera had dialed the 'best right hand man/protector' thing back a bit, but he was still protective. So, needless to say, if he knew what was actually happening, Tsuna was sure that the park would be a very pretty crater. "N-no, just stubbed it really hard is all. Listen, the Zaracosta are prepping for an attack, but we can't pinpoint where. We need to figure out what our counter should be or if we should attack first. You know I don't want to do that, but if that'll limit the amount of casualties, then that's what will be done."

The stormy bomber heard his friends tone grow darker as he spoke, now beginning to fully understand the situation. Tsuna heard nothing but silence for a few moments before he had to pull his phone away from his head. "Gokudera-kuuuun~! Let's go down to the hot tub!" he heard Haru cheerfully shout.

"A-ahonna, the hot tub is closed right now, no one is… Juudaime, I'll be there in two days. Right now I need to-"

"Don't. Just go enjoy what's left of your vacation."

"Make sure you wear a condom, Gokudera-san!"

"Who the hell was-!"

Tsuna flipped the phone shut as Gokudera started screaming into it, looking down at the girl currently resting against his chest. "Moka-chan, I realize you needed to be close to my phone, but was it really necessary to tease Gokudera-kun?"

The vampiress pulled herself out of the crook of her friends neck, licking her lips. "Sorry, I couldn't resist. It was just too easy. Oh, and you should cut down on your salt intake."

Tsuna gave her a deadpanned look. "You're giving me advice on what I eat… after drinking my blood?"

She gave him a halfhearted excuse of a glare. "Well, someone needs to watch out for how you eat since half your meals aren't at home anymore."

"How do you know that?"

"Your mom."

Tsuna vaulted face first into the ground and was about to ask why she would even ask about something like that when Moka's mobile started to ring. She looked at the phone and smiled for a moment, tapping out a quick response. She looked back up at her companion, seeing him giving her an inquisitive look. "Just my little sister."

"Ah." She turned back to her phone, taking her eyes off the scheming mafia don as he smirked. He slowly crept up behind her as she texted her sister, hands raised for the right moment. Then… he attacked! He grabbed her around her midsection, the girl shrieking in surprise until she felt his fingers dancing over her belly. Moka started laughing and struggling to get free.

She'd found that when he needed to be, Tsuna could be quite strong, so that made getting away from her tickling tormentor all the more difficult, even for her. She thrashed in his grip for a few more moments, her phone having safely fallen onto her bag, before Tsuna stopped tickling her. He kept his arms wrapped around her as he sat them back down under their tree.

She was left panting, but smiled and relaxed against his chest. She loved it when he held her like this. His hold strong, yet gentle, as if wary that he could hurt her, but afraid if he didn't hold on tight enough, she'd disappear. She had never in her life felt safer and more wanted than when he held her like this. It made her wonder what he'd be like during sex. 'I really might be falling for him.'

It had been two weeks since she had told him that she was a vampire. She'd expected the worse, but got something even better than the best. He accepted her. He was, by far, the best friend she'd ever had, but part of her wanted it to be more. That's when an odd thought worked it's way into the content vampires' mind. A look on his face like… he was guilty of something and the look of anger and malice that Sasagawa Kyoko had given him. "Tsuna-kun?"

He hummed gently, sounding as if he was almost asleep. She smiled lightly, it wouldn't surprise her if he did. She had no idea what he did at home that made him so sleepy, but whatever it was, it was taxing. A pang of guilt hit her as she briefly wondered if she'd taken too much blood. "I'm fine, just a long night is all."

She looked up at him, exasperated. "How do you-?"

He smiled without opening his eyes. "Intuition."

She glared at him before letting it falter, leaning back into him as his arms wrapped a bit tighter. "Why does Kyoko-san seem angry at you?" She felt him tense under her, instinctively reaching out for his hand, rubbing the back of it with her thumb. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bring up a bad memory."

He shook his head a bit, his hand turning and lacing his fingers into hers. Her face heated up and she could swear she felt her heart skip a beat. "Her brother and I… we worked with each other a few months back and… he got hurt because of me. Ryohei tells me whenever I visit that he's fine with how things turned out, that he isn't angry, but I see it in his eyes. He's hurting. He could have been an amazing boxer. And now…"

Moka felt his chest shake a bit under her and heard him sniffle. She let go of his hand and turned in his arms, cupping his cheeks so that he had no choice but to look at her. "Tsuna-kun, no matter what you think you did, what happened wasn't your fault. You didn't make Ryohei do anything. Whatever it was you two were doing, he followed you because he wanted to. I know you. You probably told him you could handle it alone, didn't you?" The look of shock on her friends face was all the confirmation she needed. "He cared enough about you to sacrifice his boxing career for you, so sitting here feeling bad and moping isn't just unhealthy, it's disrespectful to him. To his choice to stand by his friend."

He smiled softly, nuzzling her hand with his cheek. "Did Ura help you with that?"

She pouted, then looked down, embarrassed. "A little bit."

"Well, thank you. To both of you." She looked up and smiled at him. She noticed then how close their faces were. She felt her cheeks flush again, but she didn't pull away. Tsuna had a similar reaction, but just gave a soft, lopsided smile. 'This girl… I really might be falling for her.'

Her hands still on his cheeks, her emerald eyes locked onto his doe brown pair, she began to lean forward. He saw what she was doing and part of him wanted to stop her, to keep this from going further, but instead, his body obeyed the part of him that wanted it.

He pulled her a bit closer and began leaning in as her arms wrapped around his neck. They were so close now they could feel each other breathing, slow, softly. A loud ringing from Tsuna's pocket shocked them both, causing them to jump away and turn away from each other. The now rather miffed mafia boss pulled his phone out of his pocket, flipping it open. "This is Tsuna."

"Well, I'm shocked. I thought you'd be too 'busy' to answer your mobile." Came the sarcastic answer.

Tsuna cleared his throat a glance at the very nervous looking Moka who was combing her fingers through her hair. "I wasn't, uh… Just get on with it, Reborn."

Reborn decided to spare his student any further torment for now. "I need you back home. You've gotten a bit rusty and we need you in top shape for the fight with the Zaracosta."

Tsuna sighed a bit and looked at Moka. He turned his attention back to the phone. "I know it's important, but there's something I need to do first." The boy had the feeling his teacher was smiling rather broadly on the other end of the phone.

"It's always good to keep in mind what you are fighting for. Take all the time you need." Reborn said, his voice soft and kind, something that threw Tsuna off for a moment.

"Thanks, Reborn." He flipped the phone shut and looked back at his friend. He smiled and walked over, taking her hand. "Follow me." He said, letting her hand go and running off.

"Tsuna!" she yelled, giving chase.

He looked back and laughed. "Hey, I thought vampires were stronger and faster! I'm outrunning you! How sad is that?!" She looked legitimately insulted by that, glaring at him as she pulled her shoes off, taking off after him. "Oh, shit!" he cried, picking up the pace as she started to close the distance.

The boy laughed as his vampiric friend caught up, her glare replaced with a broad smile as they ran through the woods. Moka stopped short as they came to a creek in front of a cliff. She gulped loudly as she looked at the water. "T-Tsuna-kun, I can't-" She shrieked as Tsuna lifted her into his arms, hopping over the stones in the river with practiced ease.

"I used to train here with Reborn. This place is like a second home to me now." He said as he jumped across the last stone to shore.

Moka looked at him oddly as stepped down on dry land. "Just what kind of tutor is Reborn-san?"

Tsuna smiled at her before walking to the cliff face. "The best." He started rocketing up the side of the cliff, making it seem as though he just doing a warm up exercise.

The vampire girls eyes widened, her mouth agape as she watched him scale the cliff. He looked back down at her, still smiling. "Are you insane!?"

He shrugged a bit. "Probably." He continued to climb after that, looking back down to see Moka making her way up slowly towards him, having had to put her hair into a ponytail. He let go of the rock face and dropped down, grabbing hold as he came to her level. She stared at him in shock. "I'm getting good at surprising you."

"You're lucky I don't just push you off." she said with a snide smirk.

"Go ahead. I've fallen from higher." He said confidently, starting the climb back up, leaving his friend to look at him in awe. She started climbing, catching up as quickly as she could.

After about ten minutes of climbing, Moka huffed loudly, sweat coating her skin. "Okay, Tsuna-kun, mind telling me why... we are climbing up this cliff?" Being a vampire, she was naturally athletic, but even she had her limits.

And yet, Tsuna was treating this like it was a morning walk. "You'll see when we get to the top. If memory serves me right, the top is only about fifteen meters (45 ft) away."

'ONLY FIFTEEN METERS?! WHAT THE HELL KIND OF TRAINING DID REBORN PUT MY TSUNA-KUN THROUGH?!'

'Your Tsuna-kun?' Ura said mockingly.

'Shut up, Ura-chan, or I will stick my head in the river.'

'… That's just fucked up.'

Moka smiled and continued her climb, huffing a bit as she rose, looking over at her human friend every so often. He was still just smiling, pulling himself up further, but not far enough that he wasn't beside her. After another ten or fifteen minutes, it was hard to tell, they finally reached the top, Tsuna pulling her up the last little bit.

The vampire looked around a bit to see if there was anything special about this place. To her shock, she didn't see anything but a forest a little ways away from the cliff. "Uh, Tsuna-kun, what exactly did you bring me up for?"

He remained silent as he walked over to a boulder, walking behind it for a moment before he came back around, holding a briefcase and a picnic basket. He set them both down, pulling out a blanket from the basket and spreading it out. He put the basket and case on the blanket, turning to Moka with that same old smile he always gave her when he brought her a gift.

The vampiress was blushing brightly, yes, but her lips were drawn into a happy smile as she ran forward, embracing her friend a bit tighter than she meant to, only realizing it as she looked up at his blue face. She let him go and apologized profusely, finally sitting down on the blanket. The mafia don smiled and sat across from her, opening the basket and passing her a can of tomato juice.

She accepted and smiled again, using her fangs to puncture the top of the can as he pulled himself out a roast beef sandwich. He noticed her green eyes flick over to the suitcase he'd brought with him. He chuckled lightly. "By this point, I'm sure you've figured out that I had this planned." She giggled and gave him a 'maybe' kind of expression. His smile fell a bit as he took a deep breath, steeling himself.

"Moka-chan, what happened back at the tree… I do like you. A lot. I want to try and have a real relationship with you, but I can't. I'm too scared that my life will end up getting you hurt or killed if I let you get too much closer, but I'm not strong enough to push you away. I'm gonna tell you everything and let you decide from there."

He reached into his pocket, pulling out a large ring with what looked like a sapphire inset and an odd lion carving at the top, chained to a smaller, silver ring. He slipped the larger ring onto his middle finger and the smaller on his ring finger.

He clenched his fist a bit, letting his knuckles pop. "It's been a while since I've actually worn this thing."

Moka tilted her head to the side in confusion. "Is that ring an heirloom?"

Tsuna smiled softly. "Sort of. It's more of a symbol of office, more or less. It names me as head of the family." His expression took a turn, turning to a slight frown. "Moka, what I'm going to tell you cannot leave this place. Anyone outside my friends and family are not to hear this. Understand?" The surprised vampire nodded lightly.

"Thank you. Well, I'll start from the beginning. A magic or cursed baby came to my house, saying he was gonna turn me into the tenth head of a mafia I didn't even know existed, putting a gun to my head and asking if I wanted to die.

By the end of the story, despite the fact that she had laughed hard enough to almost choke on her juice at points, Moka shared the same horrified expression that both Haru and Kyoko had when he told them the truth.

"I… I don't even know where to begin with trying to process all this, Tsuna." She said. "I mean, I've always known that you were hiding something, but this…" She put her face into her hands, her shoulders shaking. "That means Ryohei-san-"

"He took a bullet for me, literally. For all of my hyper intuition, I didn't see it coming and he took the shot for me. It tore his rotatory cup apart. It's why he can't box anymore." Tsuna said calmly, wanting to do something to help, but he had no idea what to do. He could only watch.

She looked back up at her friend, her green eyes glazed with unshed tears. She slowly reached for him and when he didn't stop her, she slowly pulled the right shoulder of his shirt aside. She gasped as she saw the deep pink scar on his shoulder, the scar he earned from his fight with Tazaru, from protecting Kyoko. Her lip quivered and she gripped his shirt, pulling him forward and mashing their lips together.

Tsuna's eyes widened, not sure what to do, letting his body do what it felt natural, cupping her cheek and kissing her back. Neither of them had done this, so it was a bit awkward, but they found their rhythm after a few seconds. As inexperienced as they were, they needed to break apart for air fairly quickly.

Tsuna panted a bit. "So… is that a no?" Moka smacked his chest with a smile on her face. He always melted inside at that smile.

"Tsuna-kun, you accepted me when I told you I wasn't human. You willingly give me your blood when I ask. You have the kindest heart I've ever seen. I can't say the fact that you're a mafioso ever crossed my mind as your secret, but you're my best friend. My first real friend. I'd be insane to walk away from you." Her cheeks flushed a light pink as she nestled her face in the space between his neck and shoulder. "Besides, I'm sure we'd be a pretty big subject at school as a couple." The mafia don groaned loudly at this suggestion.

"Maybe this was a bad idea." He yelped as the vampire started smacking him. He got his hands around her wrists and pushed her a bit, unintentionally pinning her under him. Both of them blushed fiercely, but Tsuna was the first to make a move this time. He slowly closed the distance between them, his girlfriend lifting her head a bit to meet him halfway. Their lips were close enough that they could feel to others light breathing.

Without warning, Moka's rosary hopped from her chest, hitting Tsuna in the chest hard. He cried out in shock, hopping away from the vampire. "Ow!"

Moka sat up and looked at her rosary, an angry look on her face. "Ura-chan!" The ruby on the cross began to faintly glow. "What? Well, how am I supposed to do that?!"

"Uh, Moka-chan?" She looked up at her boyfriend. "What's she asking for?"

The vampire sighed a bit as the rosary went still. "She wants to come out, but I can't take off my rosary to let her."

Ching!

Moka looked at Tsuna with wide eyes, seeing her rosary in his hand. "Hey, look at that." He covered his eyes as a bright lit filled the area, this dark, not evil, but dark and most definitely powerful aura erupted around him. He hopped to his feet, smiling lightly. Once the light faded, the mafia don almost couldn't form the words he needed. "Wow."

Moka's hair had changed from bubblegum pink to moonlight silver, and, while she hadn't grown in height, she was a bit more 'filled out' now, much to Tsuna's surprise. But, what struck him most was that her eyes had changed from the glittering emeralds they had been to a pair of blood red eyes slit like a predators.

The Moka he knew was beautiful, but in an innocent schoolgirl sort of way. This Moka was beautiful in a completely different way. Sultry came to mind. Also, fucking terrifying with how she glaring at him.

Ura's eye twitched a bit as her cheeks flushed a light pink. "You little… WHO TOLD YOU YOU COULD KISS ME!?" She screamed, lifting her leg and catching Tsuna in the jaw hard enough to send him flying through the woods.

"Ura-chan! What was that about?" Omote shouted, but Ura wasn't listening.

At the last second… The situation played again in her head. As she unleashed her kick, Tsuna jumped into the air a bit and turned his head into the hit. He minimized the damage in less than a second.

Maybe there's more to him than meets the eye. "Omote, stop screaming. I'm not gonna kill our blood bank." Ura said dismissively, starting the long walk to get her new boyfriend out of the rock he was lodged in. This was going to be a very interesting relationship.

A man ran into the well furnished office of his boss, immediately kneeling. "Sexta."

The elder man looked at his underling with a guarded expression, offering his hand to younger man. The young man took it and placed a kiss on it before standing. "What is your report, Lorenzo?"

The man smiled a bit. "You were right, sir. He does have a weakness."

"Men like him most often do. They're not smart enough to realize cutting yourself off from real attachments is the only way to keep yourself and your family safe." Lorenzo passed his boss a folder that had a photo of a young, pink haired woman on it's front. "Hm. Quite the beauty, isn't she?" An almost deranged smirk appeared on the old mans face as he opened the file. The last picture was of the girl and his target, the head of the Vongola Famiglia, kissing. "Oh ho, this is all too perfect." He turned to Lorenzo. "Inform any wet assets we have in the area. I want a bounty put on this girl. Make the Vongola squirm. Force them to decide, either attack us, or defend her."

Lorenzo bowed and ran out of the room. Zaracosta smirked once he was alone. "I will show all in this world that the Vongola are nothing but entitled weaklings. I, Giovanni Martelo di Zaracosta, will take my rightful place as leader of the underground." He looked to a portrait on his wall, his smirk vanishing. "I will make them pay. I swear it."