I stepped back from the scene unfolding in front of me. I didn't want Squalo or Basil to blow my cover. Not that either of them knew I had anything to do with what was going on, but because I didn't want Tsuna to know that I knew them. That would be too many questions for me to process at once.

I watched as the others had gone straight to Tsuna, probably asking if he was okay. I smiled at the fact they were so caring but that quickly turned into a scowl. I sighed and ran my hand through my hair. I was on edge. I literally just came back and now Squalo is here.

Kyoko and Haru were running with I-pin and Lambo. I waved my arm around and caught Kyoko's eyes who pulled the three towards me. "What is that?" Haru screeched. A massive wind blew from where Squalo had swung his sword. Loud as always and as grand of an entrance as always, I mused. I turned to them with urgency.

"Let's go this way, you guys," I said seriously. At least amongst all this inner anxiety I could keep a calm head to help out. The most important thing I needed to do was to make sure they were safe. I quickly noted that Reborn had probably turned them towards me, knowing I didn't want a run-in with Basil and Squalo. "Tsuna will take care of it. Let's get you guys away from here."

They nodded at me and began to follow me as I weaved through Namimori away from the shops. When it was a while after we stopped hearing the sounds of the fight, I looked back. We were in the middle of the residential area and I'm pretty sure that meant we were safe. Squalo had no reason to go after us anyways. "Alright, you guys should be okay over here. I can take the kids back home."

Kyoko looked worried, "Are you sure? It might still not be safe. Especially with two kids, we should go with you." Haru spoke in agreement. These two were too nice for their own good. They worried a lot. They should worry about themselves, too.

I smiled at them in order to calm their nerves. "Don't worry, I can take care of them. I promise. I'll send you guys a text as soon as I get home, you guys do the same for me as well, okay?"

Though Haru and Kyoko wanted to say something, their hesitation showed me that they knew they should start heading home. They looked a little shaken.

Lambo decided this was when he was going to be a big guy, "Ahahah, don't worry, the greatest hitman Lambo-san will take care of I-pin and Yuki." Lambo flashily stroke a pose to show off his biceps - or lack thereof, he was like five.

This brought a laugh to Haru and Kyoko who seemed to calm down because of Lambo's outburst. Well, at least it was useful even if it was annoying. "Alright," Kyoko giggled cutely, "If you say so, Lambo-san. Please take care of Yuki-chan and I-pin-chan for us, ne?" Lambo's head became bigger after this flash of praise and made even more comments about his greatness. My head started to hurt. He was too loud for my liking.

After saying goodbyes and exchanging numbers, we split up and I took the two kids to my house while I-pin and Lambo spoke the entire time. Lambo was complaining about being hungry while I-pin kept shushing him, noticing my irritation.

I walked into the house before Tsuna got there. Most likely they were done dealing with Squalo. I just hoped they weren't hurt. Squalo was excessive at times. No, more like a lot. He was flashy, loud and loved his sword. I walked around the house trying to find Dad. He wasn't in the kitchen where Mom was, but he was on the porch connecting the kitchen to the small backyard.

I walked inside the kitchen, gave Mom a quick hug and grabbed an onigiri. I pushed the sliding door open and sat next to him. I let my feet over the porch and munched on the onigiri.

A couple pings came from my phone in my back pocket, and I took it out to look at the notifications. It was Kyoko and Haru letting me know that they got home safe.

I sent them a small text back that the two kids were taking a nap and had already eaten as well. I inwardly smiled. It was nice to be able to make friends easily, albeit in a weird circumstance of running away from a sword-wielding maniac. But making friends nonetheless. I put my phone away and looked in front of me out at the backyard.

"Squalo's here," I said. I hoped that he would tell me something, a reaction or tell me a little about what was really going on with the Ninth. All I knew was that Xanxus wanted to be the tenth boss for the Vongola family and that many sided with him… sorta. I was shocked when I learned after the three sons of the Ninth that died, her brother was in line for the head. I really didn't know who came up with that one. My brother as the Tenth boss seemed surreal to me.

My dad's eyes darkened and a shadow cast over his face, "They're here, huh?" That gave me nothing but at least a recognition that he knew he was going to come. Why else send Basil to Japan when my dad was already here in the first place?

"What's going to happen with the rings?" I asked, I didn't want them to fight over the rings in the first place.

I read the Vongola history about the ring battles in previous generations and it never ended well. Past generations ended with bloodshed and I wanted to avoid that at all costs for Tsuna. When I learned that my twin was going to be tutored to become the Tenth Vongola Boss, I went straight to my dad and demanded to know why. I didn't want him to become involved in the mafia when he hadn't grown up the same way I had. I knew the rest of the sons of the Ninth were dead. I knew Xanxus was next in line but, in the back of her mind, I also knew that our family was directly related to Vongola Primo, which was why Tsuna was an option in the first place.

All that he said, I remembered, was "Do you really want Xanxus to lead the Vongola?"

I knew if Xanxus was to lead the Vongola, they would start going down a dark path. All Xanxus knew was anger and I pictured that if he were to become the boss, it would lead to fallen allies and a broken family.

I didn't want that for the people in Italy who became my family. I became good friends with many of the famiglia members while I was in Italy. It was just frustrating knowing that even though this was one of the best choices for the Vongola, Tsuna had to be dragged into it because his good nature was the characteristic that the Vongola needed to continue.

Tsuna came home, tired and rushed. He muttered something about doing homework when I waltzed into his room. He squealed at the noise of the door opening and I jumped at the sound, "Woah, easy there it's just me."

Once he heard my voice, he relaxed and started taking papers out of his backpack.

I sat next to Tsuna on the floor, propped my elbows on the table and put my head into my hands, "Are you okay Tsuna? Someone landed on you! Nothing bad happened right?" I grabbed him, scanning his body for injuries. Seeing that he had none, I let go of him and went back into my earlier position.

"No! It was nothing. I'm fine. Everyone else is fine too." Tsuna gave me a reassuring smile, but I still saw deep concern in his eyes. His mind was obviously somewhere else. "Were you hurt?" He asked me back, now looking over me.

"Ah, I made sure Haru and Kyoko ran away before anything could happen to them. They got home safe," I told him, showing my phone with the texts from the girls. He sighed in relief. "Do you wanna talk about earlier?" Tsuna shook his head at me, wanting to dismiss the issue.

I made a face, "If you're sure. Don't tell me you forgot we're twins! I've always got your back and understand you more than you know just like you do with me!" I knew he wasn't the kind who'd want to burden others with his problems, not that it was a burden to me at all. I would do anything for him. But I figured I shouldn't push it right now. Everything happened just a couple hours ago.

Tsuna seemed to appreciate the thought, an affectionate smile was sent my way and I returned it. It had always been like this. When we were younger, people would always come up to him and bully him because he wasn't as smart as everyone else or as athletic. That didn't make him any less of a good person, though, and he always took it. Which made me mad.

I would go up to them and scare them off and tell Tsuna that he was a better person than them. That he was capable of doing anything and that he was my favorite person in the world. I wanted him to know that nothing had changed and I still thought the exact same.

Remembering why I came in the first place, I took out two bottles of strawberry milk and handed one to him, "Let's do this homework together?" Tsuna groaned but grabbed the bottle, happy that it would be able to distract him from his thoughts.

My eyes opened from a sudden scream coming from Tsuna's room. I sat up and rubbed my eyes. I swear, Tsuna could be so loud when he wanted to be. I walked over to my desk vanity and sat down on the chair in front of it. Something hit the middle of my chest and it felt like… metal?

I was wide awake. I hesitantly reached my hand to my upper chest and pulled out a small ring that was attached to a metal chain. I took a closer look to inspect it. It was silver and there were clams lining the top of the shield and right in the middle of the ring, was a snowflake.

Butterflies rushed to my stomach, making me feel slightly nauseous. I knew it was going to come. But it just felt so soon. I was here for about a week. No wonder Tsuna was screaming as soon as he woke up. I recalled the countless times throughout the week that Reborn mentioned the Vongola and Tsuna exclaimed that he did not want to become the boss.

With the advent of the rings, it dawned on me that I would have to tell him why I'm soon. I looked at the ring in hesitation and wondered if I should do it today. I hadn't been completely honest with Tsuna. I came here knowing I would be a guardian. My dad said that because Tsuna was going to be the successor, and all the guardians were here, I would have to join them when the rings are passed down. Since he sent me back home, I assumed it was going to be soon. But a week later? That was fast.

My hesitation was fueled with the fear that Tsuna would see me differently, knowing that I had been trained by the Vongola all this time and keeping such a big secret from him. It would be so nice to just finally let it out, but that fear preyed on me, leading me to keep my mouth shut. I was scared that he would stop trusting me and be scared of who I was but at least I would be able to finally help him when he needed it. And that was what I wanted to do.

I should know better, though. I sighed. Tsuna is not the type of person who would stop talking to someone in frustration. He was compassionate to a fault and believed in the good in everyone, no matter how scary they were. He would maybe be confused and a little wary, but we're blood and I know he would do anything for me and vice-versa. It was me who was scared of going up to my brother and to tell him the truth.

To be honest, thinking about yesterday's events. He probably felt the same about me, not wanting my view of him to change knowing that he had to fight someone from the Varia or the fact he was in the mafia training to be the big guy.

I put on my uniform and walked out my room with my backpack on my back. I heard Tsuna rushing and called out for him, resolved to tell him about the ring. Tsuna yelled back at me, "Sorry Yuki, I have to go take care of something before class." I watched him run out the door and sighed. I seemed to be sighing a lot lately.

I walked outside and Dad was talking to Reborn. They looked at me as I walked towards them. "So you have your ring?" Dad asked.

I flashed it to them from the necklace. "Oh, it's whole." Reborn said.

I chuckled, "Of course, it's whole. Who else? You didn't tell him he had eight guardians did you?!" I yelled, feeling like Tsuna at the moment whenever he was surprised at something. Reborn calmed me down saying that he hasn't explained the rings to him yet and that he wouldn't tell him about her until I told him first. I relaxed, letting the hand that went up to my hair drop. I looked at my phone to check the time. Before walking away I said to my dad, "I have to go, It's almost time for school. I think I'm going to tell Tsuna soon, Dad." He looked surprised, but nodded in understanding.

"He'll take it fine. Stop worrying about that, that's your brother. He loves you too much to get mad," He said. I went up to give him a hug and then began walking towards the school.

A/N Hehe two chapters in one day! I'm excited. I've been reading some really good fics and it inspired me to write again today. Hope you guys like it!