Madness of Hazzard

If the friends of a normal person would start to argue, then these normal person would certainly go between. But if said friends start to swing baseball bats or try to throw dynamite at the just mentioned baseball bat wielding friend, a reasonably sane person would immediately flee.

Unfortunately, Sawada Tsunayoshi was anything but a person who would fall into the category "normal". After all, he was raised by assassins. That something exploded, was actually quite common.

So he just went on his way and smiled to himself, as Yamamoto Takeshi and Gokudera Hayato met for the first time. Hopefully, the neighborhood would survive it. And if not? Well, not his problem.

After his little incident with the Mafia yesterday, Hayato insisted to stay with Tsuna and, if necessary, to protect him with his life. Tsuna, who really didn't need a babysitter, tried to get Hayato off this stupid idea and he had almost done it. But then Reborn intervened and announced with his problem promising grin that the whole thing was a brilliant idea, because he will be searching for information and thus could not protect Tsuna. For Hayato there was no tomorrow.

That he pretty much classified every person on this planet – and other planets as well - as a potential threat, did not really help either. Which brings us to our current dilemma.

Crouch.

"Ha, ha, ha, this is fun."

Explosion.

"Get out of Tsuna-sama's presence."

Tsuna smiled and then went one step ahead towards the school and let the loud couple behind him. How beautiful. They had befriended each other. It is best to give them some time to get to know the other better – far, far away from him. They were running late, anyway. Makes no sense if they all came too late.

Unhurried, Tsuna went through the gate of the school. After his clock, he had no less than five minutes to reach his classroom.

When he was about in the middle of the school yard, all his senses were ringing like an alarm system. He quickly dropped to the ground before something flew away over him and left a small crater in the bottom where it hit.

An attack! But Reborn told you that they did not know about me being here. Tsuna quickly jumped back and took a fighting stance. But before Tsuna could attack, he recognized his attacker.

Before him stood Hibari Kyoya and thus was the something stuck in the ground, one of his legendary tonfas that had taste a lot of blood over the years – according to Hibari's catchphrase.

"Kyoka", Tsuna greeted the newcomer, but didn't let his guard down around the head of the Disciplinary Committee.

"Tsunayoshi Sawada", Hibari answered in his usual threatening tone. "Why weren't you at school yesterday? Answer or", he took his fighting stance again, the second tonfa mysteriously reappeared in his hand, "I'll bite you to death."

Ironically, this reminded him of the good old days.

As in recent years, after Adriana's and Reborn's disappearance, Tsuna tried to live his life as normal as possible. Thus, the thirteen-year-old boy, made himself ready for school, as on every other day of the week.

Due to an incident yesterday, he hid a gun in his school uniform today. The weapon should not be noticed if possible. After all, Tsuna wanted to stay under the radar.

His first lesson omitted and the students were free to move. After Tsuna had talked for a while with Kyoko and Takeshi, he decided to take a walk while looking discreetly out for other assassins. Wouldn't want to repeat the drama from yesterday.

The good news: Tsuna didn't meet an assassin, but someone much worse. Hibari Kyoya. He just stood in the hallway, staring at Tsuna.

After the first meeting of him, Reborn and Hibari on the first day of school, Tsuna tried hard to go out of the way of the self-appointed defender and judge of the school rules as often as possible.

Tsuna felt quite uncomfortable under the gaze of the prefect. He smiled nervously and said: "Hibari-san, what's up?"

Hibari just continued to glare until his eyes fixed on something on his jacket, or rather under his jacket. "It is forbidden to bring weapons to school. Because you have dared to break the rules, I'll bite you to death." And he pulled out his tonfas.

Sure, of course, but he was allowed to carry weapons. Let him only once bite himself to death, Tsuna thought angered.

Tsuna raised his arms in defense and tried to keep Hibari from fighting here, but Tsuna had just enough time to step to the side as a tonfa - a ticking too close for Tsuna's taste - rushed past him.

Tsuna quickly pulled his gun to the fore and blocked Hibari's next attack. He knew that Hibari was strong, but that was ridiculous.

When Hibari had to jump back from Tsuna's attack, he again glared at him. He seemed to analyze the situation. Tsuna went into a defensive position, but instead of attacking, Hibari put his weapons away.

"Come to my office tomorrow and get your uniform as a disciplinary committee member", he said before turning and left.

Would that be an anime, Tsuna would now fall to the ground.

Nevertheless Tsuna spent the next year as a member of the Disciplinary Committee and developed with Hibari even something like a friendship.

Back to the present, where Tsuna was still facing Kyoya.

"I am sure that my brother has informed the school yesterday, that I did not come, Kyoya."

"Hn." Hibari put back the tonfas, from wherever he got them. "Tell him that I want a fight." With this Hibari walked past Tsuna. But before he was out of earshot, Tsuna said one of his thoughts out loud. "Do not tell me that you've been worried about me."

Hibari's steps sat out a second before he continued in his normal pace. Tsuna just smiled.

As Tsuna came home from school, he received a strange surprise. He heard an explosion in the house. But with Reborn that was not so new. As soon as he opened the front door something black and white flew at him.

Practiced by the events of the day, Tsuna dodged it elegantly.

Turned out that the black, white something was a little boy - Lambo Bovino. An assassin of the his family, sent to kill Reborn. A suicide mission, how Tsuna found.

After an incident that involved a strange bazooka and an older Lambo, Tsuna would rather not talk about, their family grew by a member.

Lambo called Tsuna from then on, Tsuna-nii, and Reborn, black demon or simple baka.

Tsuna rolled over in his bed for hours and just couldn't sleep.

He turned to the side and looked at his digital clock. It just jumped to a new time: 0:00.

"Happy Birthday, Adriana," Tsuna whispered sadly.

"Happy Birthday, Adriana!", shouted a seven year old Tsuna and an eight year old Reborn and let streamers trickle on Adriana.

Adriana laughed heartily. "That's really sweet of you." Then she hugged the two.

"Here, we have a gift for you." Tsuna beamed and handed her a small package. Adriana took it and unwrapped it carefully. What emerged was a black pocket knife. On the handle there was a flame painted with three different color levels. Purple, yellow and orange.

"It will always remember you of us."

A tear rolled over Tsuna's cheek. What became of Adriana?

Now Tsuna couldn't sleep even if he tried. He decided to make a glass of warm milk and left his room to go to the kitchen. But before he could go into the kitchen, he stopped at the doorway to the living room.

Reborn was sitting on a stool with his back turned to him. A blanket lay on his shoulders. He stared at a photo. The photo of Adriana's last birthday. He mourns, Tsuna realized. This seemed to give something human to Reborn.

"It was not your fault", protested Tsuna when he went to Reborn. Reborn glanced over at him.

"If I had stopped her at that time, maybe she would still be here now", said Reborn.

Tsuna grabbed Reborn by the shoulders, so that he had to look at him. "It was not your fault."

Reborn stared at Tsuna for a while, then Reborn opened the blanket-wall around him with one arm. Tsuna sat beside Reborn and snuggled up to him when he put the blanket around them.

"Don't you dare tell anyone of this, Dame-Tsuna." Mission accomplished. Reborn was himself again.

Tsuna laughed. With all the chaos that took place at the time, that did really well.

"Kyoya wants a fight with you."

First there was silence, but then you could hear a laugh again, but this time it came from both of them.

Preview: Normality slowly settles down again, Tsuna is a little demon and a pact is made.