Chapter 9
(Past)
*twitch*
"Here's your tea and report, Tsuna-sama!"
"Ah. Thank you, Hayato." Hayato was elated with the praise that his Tsuna gave while Tsuna look at the latest files that unfortunately Nana couldn't see.
*twitch*
"Hello there, Lambo. Let's get you some milk, shall we?" Takeshi smiled at Lambo who gave bubbly responses.
*twitch*
Yukari controlled her laughter, preventing herself to laugh at her twin brother's reaction.
"What in the world is going on here?" Keichi growled. He wouldn't expect these kids to be in the mafia.
"Cool down, Onii-sama." Keichi continued growling.
"Ara, the twins of Hibari clan? What brings you here?" Yuka entered the room, holding up a file.
"That request." Yuka flipped the pages of the file. "Ah… Nana did mention about this."
"Mama?" Yuka nodded.
At the moment, Kyoya entered the room with a full-blown smirk.
Tsuna jumped up in happiness. "Kyo-nii! How's your fight with Mama's and Aunt Yuka's men?" If there is anything surprising within the two of them, it would be the younger brunet hugging him.
But Kyoya just stood there, ruffling Tsuna's hair as affection for him. Yuka scratched her face, laughing nervously while the Hibari twins just stood there and stared. It wasn't everyday that their son/nephew accepting someone.
"It was interesting."
Keichi's eyes widened. It was extremely rare that his son would approve of anyone. Kyoya looked at his father.
"You look like a herbivore if you continue to stare like that." Kyoya strode away, scaring any men within his vicinity.
Keichi mentally twitched his eye. A Hibari doesn't stare but observes his surroundings.
Tsuna happily went to his laptop, not before taking up the plate of cookies and placed it near him. Hayato took up a book and started reading while Takeshi continued playing with Lambo.
A certain child raven came into the room and joined Takeshi as she cooed over the infant. Yuka smiled as her eyes shone with glee. Nana who just entered the room held a phone on her ear.
"I know, I know, Nonno oji-san. I just need this certain amount of time before that plan works. I don't know how it's going to end up, but those men aren't the best in quality."
"….." Sakura Nonno spoke in rapid Kansai-ben as he angrily spoke.
"Alright, you win this time, oji-san. But we aren't going to make this work anytime soon you know." Nana sighed as she ended the call.
"Mama?" Tsuna cutely planted a piece of the cookie into his mouth, and the females in the room almost squealed at the adorable child. Nana would have done it too, but she was more fixed to her job at the moment.
"Sorry about that commotion I made, Yuka. Are our new guests whom you wanted?"
"They are the most potential candidates I could find." Yuka shrugged.
Kyoya came back with something unexpected on his head, giving a silent satisfaction of the young animal that lay on his head.
"Kyoya-sempai?" Tsuna recognized that as one of the forest's regular guests. The fluffy little bird had come into the area for quite a few times, but most likely he would link it back to Izumi's new acquired Animal Pheromone Alice.
"Hibird." Silence enveloped the room as the young raven just named the bird after him, like the world was going to end. Even Lambo who was squealing suddenly stopped as he curiously stared at his newest brother.
The yellow canary just hopped around on Kyoya's head, and Yukari was on the verge of laughing.
"Pff… Like father, like son huh?" Yukari smiled as Keichi growled at his twin. At least he was more expressive than his ancestor and his mother combined.
"Young mistress! Young masters!" A maid ran like a death god had chased after her, if her appearance hadn't shown enough.
"What's wrong, Hinako?"
"A lion and a leopard! It entered into the mansion!"
Tsuna and Hayato stared at each other.
"A lion? Leone?" Tsuna then lighted up as he ran out of the room
Wha- Leopard!?" Hayato may have his share of large animals, but that doesn't mean he could get used to this.
"That should be Rai." Tsuna pulled Hayato, who in turn pulled Takeshi, who left Lambo in his mother's hands and pulled Kyoya, who was definitely annoyed.
Seeing the chain of children being pulled caused the Soul-linked brunettes to smile at their tactics. They had never failed to amuse them even if it cost them damages.
The children reached their location and finally found Leone and Rai, before turning to the forest to return them back safely.
"Now Leone, what did I tell you about scaring everyone you meet?" Tsuna folded his arms as the lion tried to explain for himself. The more the lion tried to explain, the more serious the situation was starting to get.
"Leone, Rai. I need you to navigate around to see if can find more of them. We got company." Tsuna's caramel eyes shone light orange, which unconsciously caused the boys to sharpen up.
"Hayato, I need you to inform Mama and the rest. We need more people more than ever." Hayato nodded and ran back into the mansion
"Takeshi, escort the rest of the staff to the emergency room. I don't want any one of them injured." Takeshi smiled. Best to leave him to such matters.
"Kyoya-sempai, you'll have to follow me." Kyoya couldn't do anything but to only nod his head and follow for once. Tsuna ran through the forest as he combed through the area with precision. Kyoya couldn't help with the amount of bloodlust he was having right now.
"Kyoya, if you see anyone, bite them to death. As rampant as you can." Kyoya gave a crazed grin. The herbivore isn't one at all, but a carnivore ready to rip someone apart.
As if sensing Kyoya's reply, Tsuna ran faster and disappeared when a piece of information entered into Kyoya's mind. 300 meters, 59 degrees to your right. Kyoya had not questioned where did that voice come from, or where in the world the baby carnivore is, but one thing's for sure: He could finally bite someone without restraint.
"Nana-sama! Yuka-sama! Madre!" Hayato came rushing into the room while Takeshi swooped around to get the staff moving into the room.
"What's going on, Hayato?" Hayato was panting from his run.
Man…. He really needs to start training his body if he needs to run this amount of distance.
"Trouble… Forest…. Warning…. Must… Hurry…. There….. Now…." Hayato really needed to catch his breath if he needs to pass this message proper.
"There's trouble in the forest?" Yuka asked.
Sakurai stopped playing with Lambo. "Who's attacking us?"
"Where's Tsu-kun!?" Nana hysterically screeched.
"More importantly, where's my nephew?" Yukari stopped smiling for once and her eyes were sharp enough to pierce any grown man. Keichi frowned. Yuka and Nana started running into the forest.
The greens of the earth sometimes may have been disturbing, but it had camouflaged the mansion well from the Elementary Principal and his goons, as well as from other Famiglie.
Screams and shouts echoed at one area, and they had not stopped from crushing their enemies. Kyoya just stood there bloodied as he swiped his tonfas off from the blood. Men whimpered and begged to stop their abuse. Tsuna just sat on one of the rocks, patting Leone as a job well done while the lion himself was eating the corpse whom he had killed before. But Tsuna wasn't fond of killing, just which those at the upper parts of the food chain had to kill to survive.
Like Kyoya…. Tsuna knew that he was the perfect example, since Hayato had always been explosive and Takeshi is too cheerful for his own good. Kyoya on the other hand, knew the rules like it was the back of his hand. True to the fact, if he grows up stronger than this, he will sure be one heck of a killer.
"Tsu-kun! Kyoya-kun!" Nana rushed towards them, having beads of perspiration down her face. Her worried eyes inspected her precious Tsu-kun, while Keichi sta-observed his own son.
Tsuna did not have any injuries judging how Leone protected him so and gaining a meal in the process. Kyoya on the other hand, wasn't injured but filled with blood, something that he wouldn't be in everyday context.
"Mama…." Tsuna yawned as he gently smiled. Maybe overusing his Alice was such a great idea after all….
"Tsu-kun?!" Nana caught hold of the young boy as Yuka reached her hands out and checked.
"Don't worry, Nana. Tsunayoshi-kun just happens to need some rest now." Leone licked Tsuna with affection, knowing that he was tired. Nana didn't like it one bit when her Tsu-kun had these moments.
"Let's go back in and back to the topic. Izumi, you're there right?" Yuka turned to one of the trees as she waited for response.
"The Search Alice huh?" Izumi popped out from the tree where he had been hiding while smiling at everyone.
"Eh?" Takeshi tilted his head as the man walked towards Yuka and gave a kiss on the cheek.
"Izumi-sama." Hayato bowed.
Izumi sighed. "Hayato, just don't do that. I don't feel comfortable with you doing this." Hayato's mood almost flattened when Izumi continued. "But if you want to respect me, just call me anything you want." Hayato perked up with sparkers in his eyes.
"Oh, Izumi-sama's such an honorable person. He's like Tsuna-sama, Yuka-sama and Nana-sama…" Hayato continued singing his praises of everyone he had practically worshipped. Izumi sweat-dropped at the praising and regretted his words. Deeply.
"Let's just go back into the mansion and get Kyoya cleaned up, shall we?"
For a long time in a while, the twins of The Hibari Clan completely stared at the massive wardrobe for Kyoya that had been created in courtesy of the Famiglia itself. Everything was what Kyoya needed and wanted; from the clothes to the weapons to the littlest detail that not even the adults know. Kyoya came out in a Kimono, which somehow appeared to be very interestingly attractive.
"Ara, Kyo-kun?" Yukari apparently loves the aura that he had been producing: Dangerous yet atrociously attractive. No, attractive wouldn't even be able to cover up the hidden beauty that the young boy has.
"Aunt Yukari. Father." Kyoya greeted causally as he strode towards the other room which held the tea room where most of his tea ceremony materials are, sitting down in a seiza position. He stared at his father and his aunt as if waiting for something to happen.
The twins stared at each other before moving towards the guest's entrance and sat in front of him.
Kyoya may not know much about tea ceremonies, but he had seen Mikan and Yuka done it once and immediately captivated him as a form of art. He had met the old famous assassin Nonno once when he went to hunt down the group and saw the old man doing the same artistic trick.
Nonno had even taught him once that the peaceful art of tea ceremonies had been complicated, and even in the tea room has its own traps. The tea could be used as a truth serum or doing it with slow poisoning. There were many other methods that could be done in the tea room, or in his carnivorous words, a dungeon or interrogation room. That seriously put a grin on Kyoya when he realized maybe some methods that they have been doing are actually deemed carnivorous.
Kyoya stared at the tools and told himself to ritually clean his utensils including his tea bowl, whisk and tea scoop in a precise order and using prescribed motions, he places them in an exact arrangement according to the particular tamae procedure being performed when Nonno taught him. Well….. It was one of the method only ever taught to him first. He still had more to grow after all. (He hadn't worn the Jittoku yet.)
He bowed to the elders one by one before starting his exercise. He folded the Fukusa before cleaning the Natsume and repeating it with the Chashaku and left it on top of the Natsume. The Chasen had already been laid out in front of him, so he need not need to worry for anything missing. He put the Fukusa down before starting the next movement; the cleaning of the Chawan with the Chakin. Taking out the Chakin and leaving it aside, he took the scoop and scooped the water out from the Tetsubin.
As he cleaned the tea bowl with the Chasen, he made first soft 'clink' along with picking up and rotate to the tea bowl and repeating to two more times before whisking softly short and throwing off the water into the waste water bin, the twins stared at the fact where the infamous Hibari Kyoya would do such a chore. (But years later they would find out why Notte Fantasma's tea rooms are considered dangerous and why are there no interrogation rooms.)
Unlike the simple ceremonies that Nonno had taught him, the Natsume he had had no lid on it, and he needed to be professional sometimes so he just took the Chashaku that he left on top of the Natsume and scooped twice for the tea leaves. He made another 'clink' on the tea bowl with the Chashaku and left it on top of the Natsume again.
He took up the scoop again and scooped up the water for the second time, this time mixing it along with the tea. Taking up the Chasen once more and whisked slowly, the rhythmic brushing sound of the Chasen against the tea bowl slowly gaining rapid speed. He whisked till the tea itself became frothy. The Chasen was put down and Kyoya rotated the tea bowl clockwise twice before passing the first bowl of tea to his father and bowed. Keichi was skeptical of the sudden ability, but he masked it up and took up the innocent tea, bowed and rotated it thrice before taking a sip. Kyoya started on the second bowl of tea in the same way that he did.
Yukari smiled brightly as she happily accepted the tea that was given by her sweet nephew.
"Ne, Kyoya. Where did you learn all these from?"
"Hn." Someone taught me a trick or two.
Keichi raised a brow. Who could have taught his son such a beautiful trick of an art?
Silence soon enveloped the tea room even as Hibird entered the room and onto Hibari's head, giving in a soft chirp or two. But the silence was short-lifted when the door slid open with the all-familiar face the newcomer possessed.
"Tetsuya?" Yukari stared her oldest nephew as he bowed and announced. "Kyoya, Tsunayoshi-kun wants you to review this."
Kusakabe passed the purple files to him, signifying it was meant for the Cloud guardians. But seeing that the twins were not part of the Famiglia, the only Cloud and Wind users were Teresa and he himself.
The files had contain different kinds of Famiglia information, and Kyoya had to memories the most of them just to get the gist of what is happening in the Mafia. And recently, they were even talking about wanting to learn French and Chinese.
Talk about weird….
At least he still has the knack for Chinese, since most of the Hibari Clan comes from the Chinese side these days. And The Aurelio Family comes from the British before moving to Italy and now Japan. Teresa had the gist of English, and heck, mastering that language just few months ago (Not that he wasn't as much of a prodigy too).
"What is that, Kyoya?" Yukari took a sip as she asked the question.
"Hn." Paperwork. To keep in top shape, the omnivore thought it would be good enough to memorize them.
"You need to do that?" Yukari stared at those files incredulously. There had to be quite a few of them to memorize them.
"Yup. Since Kyoya is under the I&I, it's natural for him to know all about this." Tsuna spoke as he stopped in front of the tea room with his laptop on, typing away whatever sources he needed before sending them to either his mother or his Aunt Yuka.
"I&I?" Keichi spoke.
"Intelligence and Interrogation. One of the best of the best in Mafia. Vongola actually failed this one." Tsuna continued with his laptop, and Keichi had a glint in his eyes, getting interested with the newest information. Yukari started to get interested with her brother, well…. More on the interrogation part, that is.
"Teresa-chan is more on the intelligence since she has her own task force to help, but Kyoya… let's just say he on both." Tsuna smiled.
"Then Onii-sama and I would take the job." Yukari smiled brightly as she could think of ways that this department could do for her." Tsuna stopped for the moment and turned behind.
"You heard her, Mama, Aunt Yuka." The two bosses sweat dropped at the young sky and night's bluntness. They have looked at Yukari's mind as all the cruelty and vindictiveness came into the cheery Wind and Keichi's mind…
Well…
Let's just wish their enemies good luck when they are in their hands
(Present)
Bianchi woke up in an unfavorable position as she looked around the room with caution. It had been a few days since she had been captured by the school and now she had been wary of anything within. She stared at the window that showed the sky along with its elements.
Outside of that window, Hayato felt sick as he caught sight of her. She wasn't the best sister that he ever had (It had been given to Chrome since she was family herself), but she was one of the very few relatives that he ever had.
"Ara, Hayato? Why are you doing outside the room?" Lavina walked pass and towards him, curious since he had been standing there for an infinite amount of time.
"Madre…. It's nothing." Hayato shook off whatever feelings he had of his sister and concentrated on his mother.
"Then why don't you invite yourself in to have a conversation with her?"
"I…" Hayato knew that there was nothing to talk about, especially when now he's temporary a civilian, and not a Mafioso.
"Just go, Hayato. My intuition Alice is telling me that everything would be fine." Most of the Notte Fantasma has at least one anyways, well… Yuka and Nana is one person after all.
Hayato couldn't find himself to retort, and reluctantly opened the door. Bianchi stared at the door in disbelieve.
"Ha-Hayato?" Her half brother, her only younger sibling…
Bianchi knew these facts when she was young but she couldn't reveal it to the then innocent Hayato. And the lady who taught Hayato piano was indeed beautiful, yet she would realize that she was also Hayato's mother. Then Hayato had to disappear from the mansion, never to be heard from again.
And now the same boy is now standing in front of her, and in full glory.
"Sigh….. How are you, Aneki?"
"I….. But….. How did you….."
"Survived? I guess I owe it to my benefactors, and I would risk my life to protect them."
"Benefactors?" They couldn't be someone dangerous out there to harm her brother, would they?
Hayato's face softened as he was reminded of the good times he had with his Kaichou as well as the rest of the council members.
"They gave me a reason to live." And Madre being alive is a good reason. Hayato added in his thoughts.
"I-I see."
"And you?"
"I'm working as a hitwoman." Hayato frowned.
"After all these years, you're still in the Mafia huh?"
Bianchi was about to reply when Lavina walked in with a crimson red mask. "Tempesta."
She walked in with prim and poise, like a young rich lady entering into a commoner's premises.
"Cometa-sama, why are you here?" Hayato bowed to her since she is respectable and on a higher position than her. Bianchi stood there like a stone as she couldn't comprehend what was happening.
Madre, what's going on!?
"Nothing Tempesta, just wondering where were you."
"Sorry Cometa-sama for worrying you." Tsu-kun just needs to talk to you for a moment. With that, Hayato gave the two women a concern look before stepping out of the room for a moment.
Kaichou?
Just call me Tsuna when we're not in school, Hayato. You know that very well. Hayato could feel him frowning from their Mind Reading Alices.
Sorry, Tsuna-sama. Our target is still in my house.
Mou, Hayato… When are you going to stop calling your half-sister a target? Hayato kept silent. She may have been one of our mission objectives, but that doesn't mean that you have to treat them as one.
Yes, Tsuna-sama. I know that very well.
Try and improve your relationship with her, alright? Tsuna mentally smiled.
Hai, Tsuna-sama.
Lavina and Bianchi had a stare-down before Lavina spoke.
"You're Tempesta's sister, aren't you?" Lavina sat down as she sat on the chair that she materialized with her Alice.
Bianchi wasn't going to trust Lavina, but Hayato had magnificently respected the woman and wouldn't get to the bad side of hers. "Yes."
Lavina's mouth moved as it turned into a smile, catching Bianchi off guard. "Tempesta sure is a promising man, isn't he?" Bianchi mentally bit her lip.
"How did you find him?" Lavina's eyes soften within the mask that was covering her. "It wasn't I who found him, but the forever young benevolent Cielo who found him. He only discovered my misery of without a child before handing over Tempesta to me." Lavina was reminded the times where Tsuna actually found Hayato before they were part of the family.
"Which Famiglia are you?" Bianchi had the urge to ask that question some time ago. Lavina merely smiled. "Notte Fantasma." Bianchi's eyes widened before finding a weapon to protect herself from the enemy (Reborn's enemy is Bianchi's enemies too.). Lavina giggled seeing Bianchi so panicked over such trivial matters.
"Don't worry, Bambino. We're not like what as those rumors would say, though our damages could be compared to Vongola's." Nana and Yuka had both complained all about their work, and along with Yuka's storm, they had to make sure they couldn't run away from their duties, even if it means to hide away from the Sun Arcobaleno.
Bianchi couldn't let her guard down, Lavina sighed. This is really one of the traits of the family.
"I won't hurt you even if it wasn't for the sake of Tempesta, you know." Lavina pouted and muttered. "And you mistook the Famiglia's mottos like everyone else."
"What?" Bianchi widened her eyes.
"I know Tempesta at the back of my hand, and Tempesta acknowledge you as his sister, is just that…. he prefers his Famiglia over family these days."
"Lies. Hayato wouldn't abandon the family! He….."
"I would." Hayato stood at the side of the door, narrowing his eyes before bowing to his mother. "Cometa-sama, I'm done with my work."
He turned towards his sister as he sighed and took off the spectacles that he has been wearing for some time when he first came in. "I'm not going to go back there, Aneki. You know what I have been through there."
"But Hayato…"
"You know what that man told me one night when he was drunk? He told me that he would parade around with Madre as his trophy. He has no respect to Madre; he has no respect for his damn wife!" Hayato shouted angrily, his comet flames protesting to flare out from him. His storm flames came out as a result, shocking Bianchi at the moment.
"Che, Cielo-sama wouldn't be happy if my flames come out any further." Tsuna seemed to have listened to his mind and spoke. I don't mind, but do care for your health and our hidden signs, Hayato.
Hayato mentally nodded. Hai, Tsuna-sama.
Bianchi was amazed by how beautiful his little brother's storm flames are. They were in a lighter shade of red and being a storm user herself, she couldn't help but to stare in wonderment how much of a beauty it was.
Hayato ceased his flames and took a breather, then spoke. "I'm not considered a Mafioso anymore. I'm just a normal civilian now."
"Eh?" Bianchi took a double take.
"Hayato Salvo of the Salvo Famiglia is considered dead while he was playing truancy when he was 7. Gokudera Hayato is the only child of the late single mother, Gokudera Lavina. I, Fantasma di Notte Tempesta, will not be allowed to be in the Mafia anymore until I am of age." Hayato represented himself as a member of Fantasma Notte, though he didn't present himself as one of the core members.
"That means…. That woman is your guardian and one of the core members of the Famiglia?"
"Yeah… Why are you here?" Hayato sat down on one of the chairs laid randomly across the bedroom.
"I….. I want to take Reborn back with me." Hayato sighed.
"What would Reborn-san think if you succeeded in poisoning his student? For all I could know, his reputation could have plummeted because of you, Aneki. And I wouldn't agree having my Kaichou becoming the next Vongola Boss." Whom had abandoned him when he was younger and having more potential than that clone. Hayato thought to himself, telling himself that his Kai- Tsuna-sama was the ideal man for all the jobs anyways.
Hayato had seemed to succeed well in guilt-tripping Bianchi as she bit her lip nervously. If she had actually killed the candidate, Reborn could have actually left her, deeming her worthless to the hitman's time.
"Sorry, Hayato…."
"Don't be. Just be with Reborn-san and tutor that candidate he's training." Bianchi immediately changed her mood as she beamed in delight.
"Thank you. I shall tell Reborn that!"
Hayato sighed once more. "Just don't cause myself or the student council members anymore trouble." And we have a lot to worry for a day.
Fuuta de la Stella and I-pin sat at the mansion where it has been known (not) as Notte Fantasma. Izumi had been amused when Tsuna came back with them. Tsuna hadn't been picking up 'strays' as much as he did went collecting his own guardians when he was much younger.
Well, Mikan on the other hand, has some of the guardian candidates in that school and the rest of them was only with her for every once in a while when she had to enter that school during her younger days.
Needless to say, once Tsuna picks up one, he doesn't give them back. He may not have shown it, but he is one heck of a vast possessive sky who doesn't know when to stop keeping them for himself.
"Are you two alright now?" Izumi stared at the two.
"是。"I-pin answered. Izumi was surprised at how she had reacted.
Calm, relaxed, attentive to her surroundings.
But Izumi was just Azumi Yuka's husband for nothing. He could feel it completely different in her heart; anxiety, fear and so, so much of the negative emotions; it had dampened his mood and frowned. The La Petit prince wasn't doing as well either as he stayed quiet for a long time and that started to make Izumi worried.
"Er… Did I… do something wrong?" Izumi felt almost dejected when Tsuna came in while drying his hair. "Uncle Izumi?"
In an instant, the two children hid behind the older man in fear.
"Wha-What did you do to make them this scared?!" Izumi patted the children's heads as Fuuta was close to spilling out his tears and I-pin being so afraid like a monster trying to get them.
Wait a minute….
"I killed with both of my flames while doing my mission." Tsuna bit his lip as he secretly reminisced on his mistakes on killing in front of the children. Unlike Ienari, he had experienced firsthand on massacres and he had done one before. But it was for the better good; there are so many Famiglie out there doing worse than what he's doing. These children are born into the mafia and they literally had to live with such cruel conditions.
Tsuna would never allow them to be tainted, even if it means to dirty his hands. He had opposed of his guardians doing such missions but they were so ridiculously insistent on following their sky and night. Each and every one of them (and even Lambo for Primo's sake) has dirtied their hands one way or another.
"Tsuna… Nana wouldn't be happy if she hears this again."
Tsuna sighed. "But you know how the mafia works these days. The Torretta Famiglia has been causing trouble in our territory, and not to mention, drugs. We don't do drugs!"
"But killing in front of the kids is wrong. They may have gotten use to the mafia, but that doesn't mean you could scare them." Tsuna closed his eyes as he thought about those sentences. It wasn't his fault that they were exposed to the mafia at such a young age, but assassins don't stop their plots for such stupid reasons, even if it meant killing the Young Lion of the Vongola's child. They would just kill for their own personal selfishness.
Nothing more. Nothing less.
And that hurt Tsuna as much as the rest that they have to kill for the better good.
"Are they really…" Tsuna interrupted Izumi.
"I just froze them." Izumi closed his mouth and opened again, gaping like a fish.
"But you just said….."
"I did mean literally!" Tsuna rebutted. "I just decided to use my Hyper Dying Will to finish the job for the mission!"
At the moment, Izumi felt like face-palming. Why were the kids so afraid for then!?
I-pin spoke right then. "你要对我们做什么?要我们杀人吗?还是你要伤害我们, 成你们的[玩具]?!"
(What do you want to do with us? Are you going to hurt us, or turn us into one of your 'toys'?)
Tsuna choked on his breath as he concentrated to listen in Chinese. He didn't look into the prince's book in the first place, but she was one of the most promising assassins that the mafia has (After Takeshi. He thought).
The La Petit prince hid even further into Izumi's back, waiting for Tsuna to go off. Tsuna sighed and replied. "没有。 我只刚刚好在做我的工作的时候看到你跟那位王子,就救了你们。 如果你们不想住在这,那我们可以把你们送回你们的家庭,而且我们也不会拖累你们进这个黑暗的世界。"
(No. I just did my work when I saw you along with the Prince and saved both of you. If you don't wish to hide here, we could send you back to your homes. And we would rather keep you out of this dark world)
I-pin was immediately elated. She had so wanted to get back there. "那… 你可以送我回去我的师父吗?"
(Then... Could you send me back to my master?)
"你的师父是谁?"
(Who is your master?)
"我的师父的名字是叫风。"Tsuna and Izumi took a double take. Who would have known that the Storm Arcobaleno is actually I-pin's master? Yuka had thought of recruiting him before Lavina came into their lives. Tsuna was surprised that the promising assassin in training could actually be dangerous if she grows up to be one.
(My master is Fon.)
Izumi frowned. He hadn't had wanted to meet up with one of the Arcobaleno since there's a devil in disguise in a form of a tutor for the Vongola side (he had been observing with the cameras after all) and surely it wouldn't have been a pleasant thing to formerly meet with one of them, right?
Tsuna thought about it and decided maybe it was best that she returns to where she belongs after all.
"好吧。你要我和你的师父同个电话吗?"I-pin excitedly nodded her head. Tsuna gently smiled at her and patted her head before turning to Fuuta. Izumi went into the office and made a phone call as I-pin followed him.
(Alright. Do you want to make a call with your master?)
"Would you like to return home, Fuuta de la Stella?" Tears were threatening to fall out from Fuuta's eyes as Tsuna widened and panicked. "I…..Err…..I….."
"Why?" It was that one simple question that made Tsuna stop panicking.
"Err… Because you look like you needed them?"
"I….. I was abandoned by them, sir." Tsuna rubbed his head.
"Please… Don't call me that. Call me Tsuna or Onii-san."
Oh…. How he hated to be called that or Boss…..
He could never get used to this!
"Then… Tsuna-nii." Fuuta waited for the bashing that he was going to get, but Tsuna merely patted his head and smiled. Having a good feeling, Fuuta decided to do a ranking.
"Oh….. This is Fuuta... Yes, I can hear you ranking star. Sawada Tsunayoshi is ranked first to unable to refuse a request when asked for help..." Fuuta absent-mindedly continued ranking, making one after another, causing Tsuna to grow red in embarrassment and leaving Izumi to laugh at the sheer irony of it.
(After ranking…..)
The objects started to descend down as Fuuta controlled them from breaking (Thank God for the unbroken priceless vases).
Fuuta smiled sweetly and blinked innocently as he asked. "Tsuna-nii, can I stay with you?"
Tsuna nodded. "But not here. We're staying in Namimori Academy City."
Fuuta widened his eyes. "As in the 2nd most peaceful and safest place on earth!?"
"A-Ah!" Tsuna was surprised. Namimori Academy City is that famous already?
Maybe he would have to thank Kyoya and Teresa for maintaining the peace in Namimori Academy City. And maybe scaring the thugs of their lives.
Or maybe not….
If the cousins hear of this, this could be bad news.
"Then….. What's the first?"
"Mafia land!" Now it's not a good idea to introduce this ranking to them (unknown to him, in the far future, times would change).
"Heh… Mafia huh?"
"And Notte Fantasma is tied with Vongola, the most powerful Famiglia in the world!" If Tsuna had been drinking anything, he could have choked or spitted out in surprise. All the more of a reason to go against the top of the food chain, but even Tsuna didn't realize that they were so close and on par with the famed traditional Famiglia itself.
"Err… Fuuta-kun?"
"Yes?"
"Refrain from saying this to anyone when we reach Namimori Academy City, especially the ones who are in charge there."
"Eh?"
"The members are…." Tsuna tried to find the word to best describe everyone. "Competitive when it comes to ranking. You see….. They preferred to be at the top of the food chain, and your ranking can prove them that they are not the best, and you wouldn't want to see War World III to start." Fuuta seems to understand as he nodded and promised to keep it a secret.
"But…" Tsuna smiled. "Welcome to the family, Fuuta." Fuuta smiled brightly at the sentence. It was time for a change to have a family that would accept him for who he is.
I-pin and Izumi came back at the same time where Tsuna was welcoming their newest member.
"The Storm Arcobaleno has been reinsured that his student is doing fine and…" Izumi paused for a moment. "He wants us to take care of her since he himself is being busy in a mission right now."
"Eh?"
"谢谢你收留我。我不会掉绕你们的。"I-pin made it so convincing that she made it like she was sold to someone else instead.
(Thank you for keeping me. I will not disrupt any of you.)
"不用紧。 你不会掉绕我们,反而我会包括你在我们的保重下会玩的开心。"Tsuna patted I-pin's head, and it had seemed that the newest members are warming up to the pure vast sky.
(No worries. You won't be disrupting anything. Or rather, I will promise you that you will have a fun time with us.)
Izumi smiled as the problem has been solved, for now.
Least I got this done before my exams...
To Farronewp: I think you could have told me in a much polite way. You wouldn't want an author to scold you in different languages like a particular person in the future. Or to be treated like a child who needs his language corrected by an adult.
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