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Chapter three
Harry had been in Namimori Japan for about three days now, gathering information about everything he could find out. Just like the letter Reborn had sent him had suggested he do. So far Harry hadn't met face to face with Reborn yet, even if he was positive said hitman knew he was there. Seeing as there was no way that the hitman in question didn't know he was there; in fact Harry got the feeling that Reborn was rather amused about the fact they hadn't met up yet.
At the same time, despite the fact Harry hadn't met up with Reborn yet, Harry had still managed to find out quite a bit of information. Something that he, got the feeling, he was going to be somehow tested on, at later date, for some reason.
So, knowing his gut feeling were usually correct Harry took care to get the most accurate information he could while doing so. He wasn't planning of failing any test that Reborn put him through; knowing he wouldn't like the consequences of doing so. Besides Harry, now that he had the choice in it, found that he really didn't like to fail anything; not if he could help it.
One of the bigger bits of information he had managed to find out, being the fact, he had found out who the 'him' that the people around him had been whispering about. Or at least he had heard them speaking about after they had seen the first form he had originally decided to take when it had first arrived in said town. And a form he had since then changed because he got really irritated about being followed around, rather obviously at that, by a group of teens.
Which led to Harry not only changing his form to something the complete opposite of the first from he had taken, but also finding out just why they were following him. And by doing that also having the benefit of finding out just who the 'him' the younger part of the town spoke of in hushed whispers really was.
It seemed that the followers he had gotten on his first day, and lost not long afterwards, were followers of the 'him' in question. Something that had amused Harry as everyone seemed to be afraid of this person and usually called him, 'him' or a demon perfect. Which again was something that rather amused Harry and made him just that much more curious about find out more about this 'him' in question.
But in the end, after a little bit of looking around, Harry had found out who the person, so many people seemed to both fear and respect so much in equal measures, actually was. Not to mention he was able to find the reason he had been being followed around to begin with.
Though he did have to admit he was a little surprised when he found out that it was all because of a teen that was close to his age; just a year older in fact. Called Kyoya Hibari; or more commonly known as Hibari.
As Harry had learned that when it came to names here, last names where more commonly used then first, with only those the person deemed close to them being able to use the first name; or at least that is what Harry believed was true.
Which had surprised Harry a bit, at least until he got more information about the teen in question that is. Like the fact that another name he was commonly known by was Skylark; something that stuck something in Harry when he heard it. And that the teen in question was in the Namimori Middle Disciplinary Committee as both the foundation leader as well as the Committee leader.
With said disciplinary committee being made up of mainly a group of delinquents that were all loyal to Hibari. Mainly because he had beaten them all in a fight and made them loyal to him through a combination of respect and fear. Which was the group of teens that had been following him before he had shifted his looks to avoid them.
Even if he really wasn't intimidated or even remotely frightened of the group that had been following him. It had just been easier to avoid their attention when it came to his information gathering than anything else.
Though at the same time, Harry did take not of the second in command of the Disciplinary committee as someone who could be easily ignored, as Hibari himself seemed to respect him to some degree and this was another teen called Tetsuya Kusakabe. Whom Harry noticed with a raised eyebrow that along with the rest of the disciplinary committee, bar Hibari, had the most ridiculous "regent" hairstyle Harry had seen recently.
When it came to appearances, something Harry didn't put all that much stock in considering he could change his in a blink of an eye. Hibari was a young man, that was a little older than Harry's true form, with a little above average height, toned body that came from years of training, and with short black hair. That from what Harry could see was rather long in the front while shorter in the back. Or at least hair in the center of his face was longer as Hibari didn't let any of his hair fall in front of his eyes.
Eyes that Harry observed to be narrow grey eyes; that reminded Harry of a predator for some reason. And eyes for that matter which seemed to be rather intimidating to those he was threatening. If the fact that no one seemed to look him in the eyes long was in indication.
Not only that but from what Harry saw of Hibari, when he was out and about, he was most commonly seen what Harry found out was the Disciplinary committee uniform; more than anything else. Making Harry wonder just how dedicated the teen was said committee as everything he seemed to do seemed to be based on the committee in question. Hell, even the place he rested the most outside his house was part of the school his committee protected; what when you consider the place he rested was on the school roof.
On top of the uniform he always seemed to be wearing Harry also took noticed of the fact that Hibari always had a pair of Tonfas on him; usually attached to his side in some way. Tonfas that he used to attack people he deemed breaking the rules. Even if it seemed to be unwritten rules at that.
Though Harry was rather amused by the fact he seemed to say he was going to bite someone to death before he usually attacked them. Not to mention he seemed to take a good amount of joy in 'biting' a person to death afterwards as well. Making Harry wonder just how animalistic Hibari's mentality may be. As for some reason he continued to think of a lone wolf while he watched the demon perfect in question.
Which brought Harry to the personality he had found that Hibari seemed to have. Again, being reminded of a lone wolf as Harry continued to watch the teen in question. Narrowly avoiding being caught doing so several times as he did so.
Letting Harry know just how skilled Hibari really was, as Harry had successfully observed several different assassins without them even realizing he was there in the past; and his skills had only improved since then. Making Harry rather impressed by Hibari, as well as making him want to test said teen even further; maybe even get in a fight with him to see just how skilled he really was.
But for now, Harry continued to simply observe, taking in the fact that Hibari seemed to terrify all the other kids in the school, with just his mere presence. Which seemed to suit the teen just fine as Harry was quick to note that he preferred to be alone and really hated others crowing around him. In fact, most of the 'fights' Hibari had been, and most of the prey he had 'bitten to death', had been while others were doing what he deemed crowding.
At least that was what it was like while Harry was watching him. Considering the rumor Harry had picked up about Hibari hunting down any gang that made their way on his 'territory' Harry figured there were other fights in the past that had been over ore then just simply crowding.
Several other facts that Harry noticed about Hibari, that he took care to note of, before deciding to move on past that were small but rather interesting acts. Including the fact that, Hibari had full confidence in both his own strength and power. He disliked being made to work with others and didn't take other suggestion into consideration often.
And then finally, Harry noticed something he was sure not a lot of other people knew about the teen in question and that was that Hibari seemed to really like small animals; mostly birds. Which struck Harry as something he should keep in mind as he felt that it could end up being important at a later date.
Since finding this out, and to get even more information about the town he was currently in Harry had changed his form several times already; getting a little bit more information each time he did so. Not to mention avoiding making it look like one certain person was looking too much into certain people as he did so.
Though the most fun he had while doing so was when he took the form of a younger red-haired girl and pretend to have a crush on a certain perfect to get some information. The sheer cooing, he got while doing so made his day. Not to mention he had seen a rather enraged looking Perfect hunting down said red haired form not long after that; honestly that gave Harry the biggest laugh at of all thing things he had done so far.
Most of the time while he was going through the different forms, Harry was trying to get more information on either Hibari who caught Harry's attention in a way that almost nagged on his instincts something fierce. Or, when not that, information on the boy he had seen running around the town in his underwear with his head on fire.
Who Harry knew was one of, if not the main reason, Reborn had called him to this small town to begin with. But yet at the same time Harry found himself not as interested in him despite knowing his, and knowing that he was also a sky of some sort; the orange flame burning on his head when he had first seen the teen in question screamed that much at the very least. Yet, even if he wasn't as interested in him Harry knew that he did have to find the information he could about him; if only to avoid whatever Reborn would have planned for him if he didn't.
Which is why Harry did his best to find the most information on said sky, then anyone else. No matter how much his instincts told him he needed to watch out for Hibari more than anyone else there; bare Reborn that is.
No matter how more interested and curious he was about the perfect, and no matter ow much he wanted to challenge said perfect to a fight just to see how strong he was. No Harry ignored those indicts and instead did the job he knew was expected of him; until he no longer had to do so.
By the end of the three days observation he was doing on everyone, or at least everyone he deemed important for the time being, he had found a good amount of detail in return. Though he didn't get as much as he would have liked seeing as the time limit and the fact he didn't want to be noticed by anyone getting said information.
Still what Harry had found was rather interesting and could end up being beneficial to him as well. Starting with what he had gotten about that one that Reborn had originally brought him to watch in the first place. First, and easiest to get, was his name which happened to be, Tsunayoshi Sawada; but seemed to prefer being called Tsuna.
Everything else that Harry found out about Tsuna, left Harry feeling a bunch of mixed emotions, ranging from confusion, anger, sympathy as well as a good deal of pity. Confusion because why he was called here in the first place, and why Reborn was for that matter. At least until Harry got a little bit more information about the teen in question and then he got the answers he wanted. While at the same time felt the urge to flee the town he was in, fearing his freedom may end up being threatened.
Anger because he had a good idea just why Reborn had called, him there in the first place and could feel his instincts now sitting up and growl at the idea of being caged once more. At once more someone trying to trap him in something he didn't want; something he wasn't sure he ever wanted. And the anger beginning to get tinged in fear at the idea of losing the freedom he had worked so hard to gain; that he had given up so much to actually have.
Sympathy because Harry felt that if he had stayed with his so-called family, he could have very well ended up like Tsuna currently was. Or even worse as Harry got the feeling that if he hadn't ran when he did, and if he was still with his so-called family now that if they hadn't killed him by now; which Harry knew they would be very much willing to do. Then they would have broken him in some way that made him desperate for any type of friendly touch. And that he'd follow and obey the first person who offered said friendly touch to him. Something that Harry's very mind rebelled against at the moment.
Especially as he had long since learned about the British Magical war, and the plans a certain headmaster there had for him. Plans that made it, so Harry very rarely stayed in his true original form for long; for fear of being recognized. As since that was the only way for said headmaster to find him, as awakening his flames had the extra benefit of changing his magical signature when it had happened. Making it all but impossible to track him through his magic like Dumbldore had been attempting to do before.
And then Pity, because Harry was able to quickly realize that Tsuna was currently a teen who seemed to know nothing about fighting, or even the Mafia for that matter, was going to be leading one of the largest Mafia families there was.
Not to mention had just been thrown to Reborn's less than tender care to train. Reborn who didn't know what mercy was and raveled in the chaos he brought along with him. The chances of Tsuna ever having a normal life instantly disappeared the moment Reborn had even appeared in his hometown.
However, none of these emotions he was feeling, nor the fact he wanted leave before anyone could try to collar him, would stop Harry from doing what he felt was his job; getting all the information he could about the situation he was in. He hadn't failed a job yet, and he never let his emotions make him do so now; not after everything he had done to get to the place he was.
Because of this Harry had been able to find out that, Tsuna was known as Dame-Tsuna by the majority of the town. Which Harry figured was because of the way Tsuna appeared as well as the grades he continued to get; had been getting for years even.
Seeing as in appearances Tsuna was a slim, rather short teenage boy, with spiky brown hair and almost golden orange looking eyes. Harry noticed that he seemed to take a lot after his mother, Nana Sawada. Who was rather delicate and harmless looking herself.
In fact, to Harry, Tsuna whole looked all but screamed harmless kitten or something similar to that. Something Harry knew that attracted bullies to him like flies to honey. Just as he knew the fact, that on top of that Tsuna also seemed to be really clumsy and had bad grades didn't help with the bully factor in any way. If anything, it drew even more to him as they knew he wouldn't be able to do anything to them in retaliation; too harmless to be able to do so.
Not to mention from what Harry had seen the bullying that Tsuna was suffering under had been going on for years now and no one did anything about it; not even the boy's mother. Hell, a lot of the teachers even joined in on it telling Tsuna he was all but useless with no consequences happing because of that. Meaning that the bullying had turned into something so common that everyone was expecting it in some way; Tsuna the most of all.
As for why Reborn had wanted Harry to check Tsuna out so much, he figured it was because of several different reasons; or so Harry believed. Most of which Harry had been able to find out about to begin with, because of the friends Tsuna now had; friends he had recently gained since Reborn had been there for that matter. So, Harry guessed there was one positive for Tsuna based on Reborn's arrive as Harry seriously doubted he would have made friends otherwise.
These reasons were, well the first Harry believed was because Tsuna had sky flames. Something which became obvious to Harry not long after he had first saw then teen in question. What the running around in just his underwear, with bright ORANGE flames dancing from the center of his forehead. Really couldn't have made it any more obvious than that.
Which made Harry seriously hope that Reborn wasn't trying to get him to bond to the sky in question because Harry really didn't want to be bond to any sky, didn't want to lose the freedom he currently had; even if Tsuna himself didn't seem that bad a person to be bond to. Just not the person Harry himself wanted to find himself bonded to. He got the feeling that Tsuna wouldn't be so accepting of what Harry did, or how he did it sometimes either.
The second reason Harry felt that Reborn wanted him there, was because just why Reborn was teaching Tsuna to begin with. Something Harry had been able to find out rather easily due to one of Tsuna's rather loud-mouthed friends. Something anyone who was in the know about anything dealing with the Mafia would have been able to figure out; despite the fact obviously was supposed to be kept a secret.
And this was that Tsuna apparently was being trained to the tenth boss for the Vongola famiglia, at least if the screams of Juudaime from a certain silver haired friend meant anything. Which again made Harry feel a bit pf pity for Tsuna as because of how big, as well as, important the Vongola family was meant that Reborn was going to be utterly merciless in his training; more so then he already was.
But at the same time knowing that Tsuna was going to be head of that family made Harry even more wary about actually meeting the teen in question. As he didn't want to be tied down to any family; even one of if not the biggest one there was. And he got the feeling that if he did meet the teen and get attached in any way he could kiss his untied status goodbye.
At the same time, he couldn't help but wonder if he was being a bit paranoid about what the Hitman could have planned. After all Reborn himself wasn't tied down to any family, and was a freelance hitman, so he could understand where Harry was coming from.
Yet, at the same time after everything he had heard about the man in question, he didn't seem to be the type to try to force a bond on anyone; if anything, he seemed rather disgusted about doing so. So, he could have just called him down around Tsuna to have a sort of alliance with him; similar to what Reborn himself had with the same family? Which would be something Harry wasn't too against; for the most part. Especially if what Reborn had told Tsuna about him bringing the Vongola back to the roots it had in the beginning was true.
But even know this, Harry hadn't been too sure about going and meeting Tsuna after finding all of this out. No, before he did that Harry, really wanted to get more information first; to get to deeper into to the root of it all if he could.
Both on Tsuna, as well as the friends he now hung out with. His mind, and sense of self really wouldn't let him do anything else. Besides when has having information on the people you're going to be around, and might be attacked by, ever really been a bad thing? Especially when what could be at risk if you didn't have the information in the first place.
Because of this, Harry was able to find out that Tsuna seemed to only be able to access his sky flames due to the dying will bullet that Reborn shot him with, and even then, they felt slightly off to Harry for some reason. Like they were trapped or not reaching their full potential for some reason.
In fact, Harry was strongly getting the feeling that the reason that Tsuna was so clumsy, as well as why he seemed to do so bad in his schoolwork was due to that odd feeling his flames had. Something that was bugging Harry so much that he swore to himself that he would bring up to Reborn when they met up. As long as he was sure he wouldn't get shot for doing so that is.
Because something about the feel of Tsuna's flames was bring up some of the worst memories he had. Including the fact, he had found out a year after he had been on the streets that his magic had been nearly completely blocked from him; with his flames being the thing that freed him from said block to begin with.
Why he was reminded of this Harry couldn't quite say, but as far as Harry could tell there really had to be a reason the hairs on the back of his neck rose up and his magic got a wild feel to it when he had felt Tsuna's flame for the first time.
As he hasn't really been able to feel Tsuna's flames the first time he had seen them, only a couple of days later had he. And Harry as he thought this, he tried to ignore the nagging feeling that he knew just why he was feeling like this to begin with; that he just didn't want to admit it even to himself.
But moving past the flames, and back to the person that had said flames where from brought Harry's attention back to the fact that even though he was supposed to be the newest boss of the Vongola family he didn't seem to be doing all to willingly.
In fact, Harry could tell Tsuna was being dragged kicking and screaming, while all the while clawing his nails through the dirt, into being the boss he needed to be by Reborn; which again got Harry to feel a bit of pity for Tsuna.
Not that he'd be helping Tsuna escape from it, as Harry knew there really was no escaping from the Mafia if they wanted you; especially if Reborn of all people was in charge of the actually getting you their part. Besides he didn't really know the kid personally and there was no way he was sticking his neck out, or risking his freedom, that he would help him; as Harry in no way wanted either Reborn or worse the Vindice coming after him.
The next things that Harry noticed about Tsuna, besides the way he looked, the way he acted, the way people reacted around him, and what his future job was going to be, was the fact that while he had no confidence in himself; literally no confidence what so ever.
To Harry's utter astonishment, as he didn't see how having such low self-confidence was possible. However, at the same time he noted that when push came to shove, Tsuna did have a spine of steel in him. Even if it took a lot of work to get said spine to actually show.
Something that was proven with the two new friends Tsuna now had. Seeing as from what Harry had been able to find out, was that Tsuna had managed to befriend the both of them in two different yet jarring ways. Each time showing the steel spine no one would guess he actually had.
\The first being someone who Harry was able to quickly identify as Hayato Gokudera, or the smoking bomb as he was known as by the Mafia. That and fact he was a bastard child born from a lower Mafia family and the half-brother to the poison scorpion; whom was one of the few natural poison cooks out there. Not to mention came of as almost obsessive when it came to who she was dating; a yandere Harry believed it was called here.
Gokudera just so happened to be the one who caused Harry to figure out just what Reborn was doing with Tsuna to begin with. Considering the fact what he constantly called Tsuna the title he was going to be taking in the future; often time shouting it loudly as he ran after Tsuna to begin with.
However, from what Harry had been able to figure out from the people around them, the school security system, and by the way Gokudera reacted around Tsuna. Their first meeting hadn't been the one under the best of circumstances. And it was either during or after the meeting that Tsuna had done something, most likely saved Gokudera's life in some way, that earned Tsuna Gokudera's respect as well as an almost puppy like adoration at the same time.
Which if Harry thought about it was rather terrifying in some way as Gokudera was known as the smoking bomb for a good reason; and it wasn't only because of the weapon he used. Speaking of the bombs Gokudera used Harry had a good idea just what or how Tsuna had saved Gokudera because from what Harry had heard about the smoking bomb was, he was rather hot headed, and when he got highly emotional, he usually lost control over said bomb.
Speaking of things that Harry had heard about Gokudera, well Harry had found that the teen in question, a silver haired green-eyed teen, was usually noted as being very smart and a brilliant strategist. Or he was as long as he remained calm enough to do so that is.
Harry also recalled that, in the past this didn't show as much as Gokudera usually he let his emotions get the best of him and blew up like the bombs he favored using. Ignoring that keen intelligence, he had in favor of a fiery wrath of explosions.
But back to the times Tsuna showed the steel spine, Harry knew he had, the second time he had done so, at least too Harry's knowledge that is. was with the newest friend he had just recently gained.
One that had in fact only joined Tsuna's group not even a week ago. After Tsuna had literally jumped off a building to save his life from a suicide attempt the teen in question had been taking. This was a teen called Takeshi Yamamoto.
From everything Harry had heard about this incident, which was quiet a lot since it happened not so long ago, was that Yamamoto had attempted to jump off a building to kill himself; after he had broken his arm.
Harry was sure he had heard something about the baseball gods abandoning him or something like that being the reason? But at the same time found that to be utterly ridiculous and wanted to pass it off as a rumor; but still keep it in mind just in case it wasn't.
Either way before he could actually jump from the roof Tsuna had talked him out of it. Only for Yamamoto to fall backwards before he could get away from the edge of the building, and Tsuna hadn't even really thought about it before he jumped after him.
Then somehow, most likely due to a combination of something Reborn did and Tsuna's own flames, Tsuna ending up saving Yamamoto's life. Ending up with what Harry could tell was a serious lifelong friendship from Yamamoto in return. Not to mention a loyalty a lot of people would quite literally kill to have from the teen as well.
Speaking of Yamamoto, from what Harry had been able to find out about him was he was, or really is, usually a very warm and friendly person who is rarely without a smile. At least according to the people around the town.
Not to mention apparently, he was the star baseball player of his school; at least until he broke his arm. But to Harry he seemed a little naive, but friendly, and seemed to have a rather fake smile that Tsuna seemed to be turning into a real one.
Not only that but from what Harry had seen about the teen in question there was something about him that felt very familiar and had Harry ready to defend himself at moments notice if he had to. As sometime the air around Yamamoto reminded Harry of an assassin for some reason.
From what Harry could see Yamamoto's former so-called friends had all been using him and weren't actually his friends to begin with. Something Harry was sure Yamamota had noticed and had started the fake smiling soon after; a smile that became something like a mask for him to hide the hurt he was actually feeling. Which made Harry feel better about the fact that Tsuna seemed to be genuine in his friendship with Yamamoto; as no one deserved fake friends like that.
Another thing that Harry noticed, about Yamamoto, and the first thing most people would notice about him in general, was that he was very tall; taller than most forms Harry chose to take for that matter. Yamamoto, when it came to his physical form, also had black hair and warm brown eyes.
Not to mention because he had played baseball for as long as he had, he was in very good shape; better so then the majority of the others Harry had seen in this town. But at the same time Harry got the feeling that the baseball, despite his love of the sport, just didn't fit him. Not completely at least.
That there was something missing from the teen in question; even when he did have a baseball bat in hand. And once Harry dug a little deeper into Yamamoto, he quickly found out why he felt that way. Seeing as with a little digging he found out that Takeshi's father was a pervious user of the Shigure Soen Ryu sword fighting style.
A style that Harry's instincts screamed at him was what Takeshi Yamamoto was missing. That instead of the baseball bat he should have a sword of some sort at his side. Something Harry got the feeling that Reborn also knew and had picked up a lot faster than he did. As there seemed to be nothing that man missed; not when it came to his job anyway.
This wasn't the only information Harry had gathered no, not in the least bit. He wouldn't have gotten as far as he did if that was all the information, he could find in three days-time. No, Harry also had the feeling that he had a good guess on what flames the three friends had as well. Well, knew for sure what flames one of the friends had, Tsuna's, seeing as that was pretty much a given. But he was also sure he was correct in regard to the other's types of flames as well.
Not to mention had a good idea what a certain demon perfect's flame was at the same time. Seeing as Harry always had a talent in figuring out flame times of the people, he met based on several different characteristics.
And usually he was correct and if not, the flame he thought they were was usually a very strong secondary flame. And that was all without the flames in question being active; like most others used to figure out what flames a person had.
Due to this Harry was pretty sure that he had a correct guess on what type of flames the people he had been watching had. Especially as they all seemed to show classic characteristic of certain types of flames; making it more obvious as to what flames they had.
Because of this Harry was sure that Takeshi Yamamoto was a rather powerful rain. While Hayato Gokudera seemed to be what he felt was most definitely a storm, with at least one secondary Harry wasn't so sure of. Then finally, and even though Harry knew that he wasn't even remotely close to Tsuna or the rest of the group, in fact if anything Tsuna was most likely utterly terrified of the Perfect in question, Kyoya Hibari was one of the most classic clouds he had ever seen.
Currently Harry was actually in the form of a female at the moment. One that was about two or three years older than his actual age; so about seventeen to eighteen years old. And was yet another form he usually used, though at the same time it was a form he hadn't used here yet.
As Harry had taken to use forms that he didn't use all that often during his jobs; as he wanted to keep those forms for when he really needed them. Well, besides the first form he had taken they weren't really used all that often.
This time Harry was in the form of a long-legged teenaged, with hip length sliver hair and purple eyes. To most Harry knew his most recent form looked like a fighter or amazon looking woman; and he was proud of that as it was just what he had modeled to form from.
Besides he had worked hard to make it so that the form in question wasn't only like that because he chose to make it look like that, but was actually in that shape form all the hard work and training he had put into it. Just like several other forms Harry had taken under the name as Mimic. With this one being one of the very first ones he had made and worked under.
But right now, Harry wasn't really paying attention to this as he was finally going to meet up with Reborn. Where they would hopefully go over the information he had gathered together. Not to mention where Harry would be able to see just what the demented chaos loving hitman wanted with him.
At the same time as he did this, Harry could literally feel the relative peaceful life he had lately was going to explode in a rather spectacular fashion. Especially now that Reborn had his attention on him. Something that Harry really didn't want but seemed to be unable to avoid; even more so no that he was in the same town as the hitman in question.