Collision 04

Reborn's mind started running after seeing that orange eyes and sky flames burning on Tsunayoshi's hand.

Timoteo and Iemitsu told him that Tsunayoshi's flames are sealed, that they themselves did it to preserve the civilian child's life and peace.

Personally, he thought that was a stupid move. Sealing a person's flame along with the technique on how to do it had been recorded in the Vongola's secret vault that only Vongola bosses could access. The problem though is that it was a damaged book. It might have contained a lot more detailed information about the subject before but because it was damaged, only the technique was recovered along with some sentence that implied that it had been used before.

It did not give information on how to break it. It also did not tell why it was developed or if it was safe to use. In this, Reborn think it was stupid to even contemplate on using it, unless to an enemy to experiment and know more about it.

They sealed a child's flame, the very manifestation of a person's soul. Just that thought should have been enough to not use it, much less to a child. He didn't know what his old friend was thinking at that time. In his old mind, he probably thought it was necessary.

And now that problem fell on his lap. They expected him to unseal Tsunayoshi's flame and make sure it won't create trouble for the teen. Or if it did, to fix it.

He had been agonizing about how to do it. Because again, no proper information was given on how to do it. He assumed that the seal would be quite strong as it had been left there for ten years.

He had the plan of forcing Tsunayoshi's flame to come out using a dying will bullet until the side effect of continuously using the bullet for the first time reveal in the form of skull disease. Sky flames are strong and somewhat sentient. It always finds ways to make sure of its survival along with its host. He was sure that the flames would successfully shatter the seal as the illness would lessen the strength of the seal. Then he can teach him how to properly use his flames.

It was the only valid method he could think of.

But it looked as if the seal had already been taken off with minimal fuss. With no unpleasant side effects.

It also looked as if Tsuna could properly wield his flame, which was extraordinary for him to see.

A civilian boy managed to completely use and control his own flame without any instructor. He's even better at it than anyone he had seen at the same age of 13, and with that with an instructor even. It also looked as if he knew how to use it properly to attack given how he appeared decisive and calm in his action.

Reborn's hand didn't even twitch. It remained steady as it continued to point to the pair of teens. Tsuna also remained in the same position, hand clearly pointed at him with his hand still burning strong.

"So you know how to use your flames," Reborn commented. Tsuna didn't say anything. He just remained in that same state, eyes calm yet looking like he was daring him to go and pull the trigger.

The situation right now had turned so drastic and even his actions became impulsive. He slowly put down his hand and allowed Leon to transform back to his base form.

He had to talk to Timoteo. He needed to tell him about this heir, what's been happening with his stay in this small town, and the differences in the Sawada family from the information he got from him.

Though he places all the blame on Iemitsu for everything that has gone wrong.

He jumped towards the frame of the window, ready to leave the room behind when he stopped as Tsunayoshi suddenly spoke.

"I want to talk to the current leader of the Vongola Family."

Reborn slowly tilted his head down, not giving him any response before he finally jumped out of that window without saying anything. When he finally found a secluded spot, he pulled out his phone and dialed the number of the person he most wanted to talk to.

"Reborn?" Timoteo's voice sounded relaxed when he answered. Reborn is not sorry to break that relaxation, what with him being in an absolute guard since he came with this family.

A vacation just because he's in a civilian family? He was clearly underestimating things.

"...I'm going back." At first, he just wanted to tell Timoteo about the differences of the Sawada family from the information and the heir he decided to train to be his replacement. It was only at that moment that he decided to just return. He wanted to have that talk face to face.

"Why? I thought you accepted my request?" The other's voice sounded confused yet alert. He could even picture out Timoteo sitting straight up on his desk with his table full of sensitive documents needing his signature.

"There is new information," New? More like the information you gave me is false, he thought to himself. He didn't say that though. It's best to give everything he wanted to say when he gets there. He was about to drop the call when he paused and remembered something. "Also, call Iemitsu. I want him there," he added before finally canceling the call.

Maybe he'd get to skin Iemitsu alive. CEDEF leader or not, he certainly deserves it for putting him in this kind of environment without any warning.

He then called someone on his phone and told them to prepare the private plane for departure back to Italy.

. . . . .

"That was Reborn?" Shoichi gasped as he slowly but surely calmed down. With the origin of his nervousness and anxiety gone, his body sagged and his stomachache slowly diminished. Tsuna nodded at that, worriedly watching as Shoichi's complexion finally improved.

"A baby as a hitman," Takeshi said slowly as if he was still stuck in the image of that small body emitting large amounts of anger, his aura seeping out of his tiny body. He snorted, especially when Kyoya suddenly whacked Takeshi's head rather hard with his hand.

"Herbivore." Takeshi looked at Kyoya with wide eyes as he rubbed his head that was hit.

Tsuna could understand every one of his friends to an extent, but not always. Not because he doesn't try. They are just too diverse sometimes in other matters that it is a little hard to get them. But Takeshi, no matter how different he was to Kyoya in terms of his temperament, personality, and their view in life, could understand Kyoya even when his face was blank, more so when he speaks.

Takeshi slowly smiled. "You're right. I should have expected it since Tsuna did warn us," he then raised his arm and was about to put it around Kyoya's shoulder when the tonfa that he had clearly seen was embedded on the wall when he threw it towards Reborn earlier was now in his hand was pointed towards Takeshi's neck. The other laughed like nothing is wrong. Tsuna shook his head at Takeshi's seeming recklessness.

"He's so much aggressive now..." Byakuran muttered. Tsuna ignored that for the moment because he knows that even if he asked, Byakuran won't ever answer him unless he finally decided that he wants them to know.

When he finally was sure that Shoichi's finally fine, he took another illusion seal and replaced the shattered one with it before activating. When everyone noticed it, they fell silent and watched as he took out two of his phones, the orange for every day and a black one for private, and used the black to call someone. When the call connected, he put it on handset mode and connected it to a speaker so they could all hear and communicate.

"Tsuna?" an exasperated voice called out. He frowned a little in confusion.

"Otoya? Where is Fujimaru?" He asked. He had called Fujimaru, he was sure of it.

"He's in the toilet. He told me to answer your call." Tsuna nodded. Otoya isn't a stranger to them anyway. They had also known Fujimaru trusted the other. Besides, Otoya is also brilliant on his own. And Fujimaru needed someone he trusted right beside him constantly. He needed a minder because of his recklessness.

Takeshi laughed at that while Kyoya just rolled his eyes.

"We have great timing, right?" Takeshi asked. There was a snort on the other side followed by a shout.

"No, you don't!" It was Fujimaru's voice.

Takeshi was about to open his mouth when he beat him to it.

"We need his help." Almost immediately, the air around became serious. There was silence on the other side before Otoya finally spoke.

"From Falcon?"

"Yes."

There was a pause. "Alright. He's coming." Otoya's voice was calm yet serious. They waited for a few minutes before Fujimaru's voice came in.

"Tsuna, you need Falcon?"

"Yes. I'm sorry for doing this. I know you're a little busy with the project you got from your dad, but this is really important."

"How important?"

"We have names on some of the core members of the mafia."

There was silence on the other line once again. He could understand. It is a pretty big deal having access to the names of core members even. The inaccessible group of underworld people for a very long time.

"May I call the Minister of Justice, Tsuna?"Otoya's voice sounded cautious.

"I'm sorry Otoya, you do know I don't trust your grandfather," Tsuna said honestly despite knowing how it would sound to the other party.

As much as possible, he doesn't like judging a person without even knowing about them, but something in him is screaming, telling him quite clearly without any reason that Kujo Masamune is bad news. And more than anything, he trusts that that feeling would not ever lead him astray.

Though the alarm wasn't as intense nor as dangerous as Reborn.

"That herbivore disrupts the peace," Kyoya said coldly, lips lifted a little with a sneer. Though he doesn't follow others quite well, he does know that whenever Tsuna's instincts are acting up, it's usually accurate and is rarely wrong, if ever.

"Just let Fujimaru-kun investigate a little Otoya-kun. There's no harm," Shoichi said softly. There was a deadly silence and Tsuna sighed. He decided to drop this subject for Otoya's sake.

He didn't know what Otoya feels about his grandfather nor does he feel it appropriate to enter into that business.

Especially because Otoya is also a friend.

"Don't worry, I have contacts in the government. I'll contact them myself."

"So... Falcon. What do you want him to do?"Fujimaru started, reeling the conversation back to the initial topic.

"This isn't a slight to your ability but I'm unsure if you can track anything about one of the core members of the mafia. I'm sure he's quite protected more than anyone else due to his... unique circumstances."

He's talking about Reborn and his abnormalities, not even mentioning the flames thing since he and the rest of the members of Thallium have it, or even his... chameleon pet.

"What do you mean by unique circumstances?" Fujimaru asked, confusion evident in his voice.

"He's a baby hitman!" Takeshi chirped. There was a pause after that, disbelief could be practically heard in that long silence.

"Right. Cancel this call Tsuna. Let's have a video talk." Fujimaru didn't even wait for his confirmation and just hang up.

"He is so impulsive," Tsuna couldn't help but comment. Shoichi immediately had his phone out and looked to be texting.

"I'll tell Fujimaru-kun to wait for a bit. Call our contacts first Tsuna-kun." Kyoya became uninterested in their talk and had once again laid down on the sofa. Byakuran went looking for the marshmallow packets he had hidden in the room while Takeshi only pulled a chair and positioned it so that he is sitting beside the napping Kyoya.

"Just tell them about the plan first Tsuna since we're still in need of further information," Takeshi softly said. Tsuna sighed before he started calling the official contacts he had in the various government agencies around the world that he was helping about the issue with the mafia.

The underworld community is the source or always connected to every crime that's been happening in the legal aspect of the world. But though they already knew about that, knowing any vital information about them is like looking for a needle inside a forest. Not to mention that infiltration has always been unsuccessful.

It is a point of frustration for everyone.

They had categorized the mafia in accordance with the information they managed to gather.

There are two types of members. Those are the outer and core members. The outer ones clearly do not know anything vital about the world they were living in while the core members are pretty much in the know. But even when they managed to identify them, getting them to talk is absolutely hard.

Though everyone respects and follows the omerta, the core members are completely different from the outer members.

While the outer members could be reasoned with, or even could cooperate with them when they benefited from the betrayal, the core members don't. They're almost fanatical about it. They would more often greet death than speak. Not to mention that their wills are abnormally strong that even torture can't get them to talk. Even when they went insane.

It's an admirable yet frustrating thing for everyone. That is also how the government sometimes differentiates a core member from an outer member when they catch an underworld member.

There are also four rankings. From bottom to top, it's the third stage, second stage, first stage, and the elites.

Almost everyone from the third stage is an outer member no matter how much they are infamous or wanted by the public and government.

The second stage is a mixed one with some core and many outer. Often, the core members came from the first stage and have jobs connected to the second and third stages - most often recruitment. They often get exposed because of the outer member's fault.

The first stage is people who are composed of core members. At least all of them think so. They have significant information that they just refuse to divulge.

The elites are the ones who are a big shot to the underworld even if the government didn't know anyone from this group. They just labeled those unknown superpowers as elites because some core members they managed to capture often shout out about what would happen to them if their powerful employer knows they were captured.

And some members of the force get killed the very next day. Mainly the ones who are well known as involved in the capture of that core member, or even those who were only known to a few.

They are all being cautious because of the very fact that they do not have any reliable information about the deeper parts of the mafia, nor do they have any contacts while the underworld clearly has some who managed to infiltrate even inside the most secure organization.

Their numbers might even be numerous than previously speculated. Or the spies might even be in a higher position.

They are operating and combating blind while the other side's eyes are clear and wide open.

It has always been a puzzle to him of what differentiates an outer member from the core member as there was no pattern.

Now he knows that it is the flames. The flame users are the core members while those without are the outer members. The core members probably mingle with the outer members to look for potential recruits who could have a latent flame and could be activated.

Also, the reason why core members get fanatical about the omerta is because of their own enforcers, the Vindice.

He still has no clear information about Vindice so they had to be extremely careful about their moves.

It's a good thing Thallium has always been private and only a few knew about their identity. He can also trust them to it.

Tsuna exhaustively called every single one of them and told them that they will finally have an eye on the first stage, or even the elites before telling them that he would call them and have a conference when he can finalize everything.

He could practically feel their surprise and excitement. He smiled.

They could finally fight back.

TBC.


A/N:

So, the crossover in this chapter, in case you all didn't know, is the hacker. Fujimaru and Otoya aren't OC's. They are from a manga (and I guess live action? I'm not sure if there is an anime) titled "Bloody Monday". It has books 2 & 3 I think? MC is a hacker. It was an enjoyable read. Go on and check it out.

Anyway, review!


Edited: 12/27/2021