Old friends and new tracks

Outside, the birds were chirping and warm sunlight streamed through the window onto the closed eyes of a still sleeping, brown-haired teenager. Said teenager moaned and tried to escape the light, as he laid his pillow over his face.

Even now, when it was so pleasantly dark again, the world didn't allow him to go back to sleep. There would be problem number two: The birds and their oh so lovely singing in the morning.

After Tsuna had found out that it did nothing to press his hands over his ears, he groaned and threw the pillow from his face to the other side of the bed. Instead of getting up, he dropped his head back on the mattress.

Well, to be gently awakened by birds, was still better than Reborn ... Reborn!

He had to see if it was not just a dream. Tsuna dived out of bed - or rather tried to. His feet tangled in the blanket and he greeted his floor.

Ouch!

Tsuna rubbed his face. The wood was hard. In retrospect, he should have laid carpet - it's softer. But the wood was cool.

Tsuna still lied on the ground. Reborn ... was it really just a dream? Had his imagination and longing played a trick on him? With his luck, very likely. Ha was used to it, anyway.

Slightly depressed Tsuna struggled on and made his bed vividly again. Then he began to get changed. When he was done, he went down to make his breakfast, but froze halfway when he perceived a sweet odor. Full of hope, he sprinted down the remaining steps and into the kitchen.

And there he sat. As always in a suit and with a hat. Reborn. Tsuna smiled with joy and began to make his bento for the day.

"What are you smiling at, Dame-Tsuna?"

Tsuna turned around and tried to resist the grin, but couldn't do it. So he improvised. "Just so, Reborn" He was so happy, he felt somehow embarrassed.

"I bet you thought that yesterday was only a dream and when you woke up you fell on you're face", Reborn determined with his usual smirk on his lips.

Reborn's answer was once again one hundred percent correct. Tsuna bumped his head on a cabinet. Today, his head had to hold out a lot. He just was not used to Reborns comments, anymore, he told to himself.

"Don't you need to go somewhere?"

Tsuna rubbed the head a second time and first didn't record what Reborn said, until his eyes fell on the clock.

"Hie! I have to go or I'll be late!"

Hurriedly, Tsuna grabbed his bento and wanted to get out the door when he remembered something. He turned to his big brother.

"Say, Reborn, don't you actually have to go to school, too?"

Reborn looked at him briefly, but then pointed to the clock, whose second hand was ticking relentlessly. Tsuna was in a dilemma: Bring Reborn to answer him – rather unlikely – or be not bitten to death.

Screw it. Reborn he could later ask; escape Hibari, not. Reborn should do what he wants.

He quickly ran towards school. Actually, he still had enough time to arrive on time, but you never know who you meet on the way.

"Sawada!" Speak of the devil.

Behind him was, nourished in a cloud of dust, Sasagawa Ryohei. Just before he could run Tsuna over the pile, he braked sharply.

"An extremely good morning, Sawada,", cried Ryohei and stretched his fist up the air. Tsuna smiled. "Good morning to you too, Oni-san."

Tsuna knew Ryohei already exactly as long as Kyoko, but they had met separately. With Ryohei it had something to do with the boxing club and anger management. But that's a story for another time

"Do you know what is going on with all these men in black around?"

Tsuna frowned. That didn't sound good. "Men in black?"

Ryohei nodded. "Like him", he said, pointing to a man in a suit who was trying to hide behind a vending machine. He had to get out of here. "Perhaps, a congress takes place nearby", suggested Tsuna. "I need to go. See you later." He started to run down the road. On the way to school, some of these men began to pursue him. Also, they came from the front. If this continues, they would cut him off his path.

Good that he knew a shortcut. Tsuna ran into a side street, ready for the final sprint onto the school grounds and - since when is this wall here?

A bullet flew past his face. The men had blocked the exit. Why had he not thought of a gun?

He closed his eyes and made a decision. He would not give up without a fight. Just as he wanted to switch to a suitable position, the men were hurled through the air. Smoke moved on. Tsuna was also caught by the blast and thrown against the wall.

Just before he lost consciousness, he heard a familiar voice shout: "Tsuna-sama"! and two arms heave him into the air.

"No."

"But why not?", whined a seven year old Tsuna.

"We are only there because of a conversation, you would quickly become bored", tried Adriana to explain. Reborn went with a suitcase in hand past them, put it down and went to get the next one.

"But just then-", Tsuna tried again, but was interrupted by Adriana immediately.

"No! And that's my last word, Tsuna!" Adriana said sternly and walked out of the hall into the kitchen.

Typical. He was never allowed to. He was always either too young or too inexperienced. Tsuna looked at the suitcase. He smiled. This time he would not stay at home.

Reborn carried the suitcase to their room through the castle. Tsuna was sad. He as found out during the meeting: he sneezed. Stupid rookie mistake. Their host, however, had not noticed. Only Adriana and Reborn.

Well, it was pure luck to have come this far.

As Reborn put the bag down in the room, Tsuna opened the trunk from the inside and hi head looked out. In there, it was really tight.

"I'm very -" ,Tsuna began to apologize, but Reborn silenced him with a wave of his hand. "I'm the wrong person for it. Just stay here until we pick you up." And he was gone.

Tsuna sat on the bed. There would be trouble.

The door opened again. In came a boy with silver hair, about his age. Awesome he looked into the room. But when his gaze fell on Tsuna, there was not much to see of reverence. "Who are you?"

"I could ask you the same thing", Tsuna replied defiantly.

"I wanted to meet the Master Assassins Adriana and Reborn ... and instead I find you."

The boy was about to leave again when Tsuna had an idea. Makes no sense to wait here bored. "What to play something?"

The boy looked at him shocked at first, then ... angry? Had Tsuna said something wrong?

"You're just like all the others. I don't need your pity", he exclaimed and ran out of the room. Tsuna was left astonished, but then ran behind the silver-haired boy. After Tsuna was looking for sometime - and thank God, he had not run into Adriana or Reborn or somebody else for the matter - he found him in a large garden. The boy sat on a marble bench, but when he saw Tsuna, he stood up.

"Leave me alone! I need no pity! And certainly not from you!"

"What ever do you mean by that?"

"I said leave me alone!", the boy shouted and the next thing Tsuna knew was that he jumped to the side, before the ground where he just stood exploded.

Dynamite!

The boy suddenly had three more rods in his hand and threw them at Tsuna. Tsuna thanked Heaven for his training.

"I'll prove me to you all, you see! And if it kills me!" In his anger - or despair? - he forgot the dynamite in his hands and stretched his arms to the sky. The dynamite would hit him this time. But instead of dodging, he stood as if paralyzed.

Tsuna ran up to him and knocked him off his feet. Behind the two exploded the earth. Both boys were full of dust and earth. The boy looked at Tsuna, shocked when a tear fell on his cheek.

"How can you put your life just so recklessly at risk? I am sure that here are enough people that hold you dear and that you would make very sad with your death. Think about it", Tsuna said softly, almost threatening.

Then he got up and left. Before he left the garden, he heard a small voice ask: "What is your name?"

Tsuna wiped the tears away and turned around. "Tsuna."

The boy smiled genuinely for the first time. "Thank you, Tsuna."

Tsuna woke up in pain. He felt as if a truck ran over him.

He lay in his own bed. Gokudera was kneeling beside him. The boy looked worried at Tsuna. Reborn was leaning against the opposite wall. He nodded at Tsuna.

"How are you, Tsuna-sama", asked Gokudera. The '-sama' Tsuna could not wean him even after all these years.

Tsuna sat up and leaned on his elbows. "There were better times. But what are you doing here, Hayato-kun?", Tsuna asked, still a little bit dazed.

"When I learned of the fights, I'm rushed here immediately. You could be in danger, and indeed, you were."

Fights? This was the first, or had he forgotten one?

Now it was Reborn's turn. He looked at Gokudera. "Gokudera, please go out. Tsuna and I need to discuss something." Gokudera looked at Tsuna again and went out. As the door slammed shut, Tsuna asked: "These men were of Vongola. Why did they shoot me?"

Reborn pulled his hat deeper into his face. "For some time now, an organization makes the mafia world insecure. They attack randomly. No one knows what they actually want. But one thing everyone knows: they're incredibly strong. Some families have already fallen victim to them. I have also persecuted and almost found them, but then our present dilemma came in between", he stopped.

'Vongola is nervous, but I do not think they know where you are yet. Probably, they have sent teams to various places. Thanks to Gokudera, it will take some time before our pursuers notice what has happened here."

Now they are so despaired to use guns. Is probably really better to keep me covered. Wait a minute!

"Reborn, you said that you had chased them. Why?", Tsuna asked suspiciously.

Reborn sighed and sat down on the bed next to Tsuna. He raised his head and looked him in the eyes. "Because this organization is was a part of Adriana's job before she disappeared."

Reborn said nothing more. He just walked out of the room, leaving Tsuna alone with his thoughts.

Preview: Gokudera and Yamamoto meet for the first time, Hibari attacks Tsuna, somebody's birthday and a cow comes flying in.