I've had this idea for a long time now and I felt like writing it instead of doing what I am supposed to be doing (Yay procrastination!).
I do not Katekyo Hitman Reborn.
The moment Reborn stepped into Namimori, he immediately knew something was wrong. The atmosphere of the entire town felt as if some great tragedy had occurred.
Ignoring the atmosphere, Reborn headed toward the house of his soon-to-be student only to discover that there was nobody there. He had thought that it was strange that Nana, based on what the moron Iemitsu had said about her, hadn't called him to tutor he no-good son. The fact that nobody was there explainedwhy she didn't call.
Reborn decided that before he called Nono, he would find out more information. Turning away from the house, Reborn headed to TakeSushi.
Arriving at TakeSush, Reborn was surprised to see that it was closed. Walking around the back of the restaurant to the attached house, Reborn knocked on the door. The elder Yamamoto answered the door and stared at Reborn in surprise. Reborn used those few moments to closely examine the man. Reborn quickly determined that he looked like complete and utter shit. His eyes were sunken, there were bags under his eyes, his black hair was a mess, and his eyes looked dead.
"Tsuyoshi," Reborn said as a greeting. "We need to talk."
"Come on in," he held the door open just enough so that Reborn's infant form could slip through. Reborn followed Tsuyoshi until they reached a sitting room. Tsuyoshi gestured for Reborn to sit down before heading into the kitchen retrieve some drinks. He returned and set a cup of espresso in front of Reborn before sitting down on a seat opposite Reborn.
Leon crawled onto the armrest, and Reborn got down to business. "What happened here, Red Swordsman?"
Tsuyoshi flinched at the use of his old nickname before responding. "Seven people have gone missing. Seven children, all under the age of fifteen, and one adult." He seemed to grow more depressed after he said it. "Shoichi Spanner, Kyoko and Ryohei Sasagawa, Haru Miura, Kyoya Hibari, Hana Kurokawa, Tsunayoshi Sawada and his mother Nana, and," Tsuyoshi hesitated for a second. "...my son Takeshi."
Reborn though for a few seconds. That explained why he looked like shit.
Wait.
Seven children missing. If Nana saw something she shouldn't have and ended up getting involved, that could mean…
"Did the children have noticeable flames?"
Tsuyoshi was surprised at the question. "I'm not sure about Shoichi, Haru, or Hana, but i know for a fact that the others have flames." Tsuyoshi stopped talking for a second, but continued talking to answer Reborn's unspoken question. "My son has some of the strongest rain flames that i have ever seen. Ryohei has an incredible reserve of flames; whenever he runs he leaves a trail of sun flames behind him." Reborn noticed that Tsuyoshi was only using present tense while he was talking about the missing kids. "His sister, Kyoko, has decently strong mist flames that she often uses unconsciously. Kyoya definitely has cloud flames. Tsuna had the purest sky flames, but they were sadly sealed when he was a kid."
When he was sure that Tsuyoshi had finished, Reborn took a moment to process the information. If what Tsuyoshi said was correct, that would confirm what he thought.
Over the last month or two, children around the world had been going missing, whether civilian or mafia born. The children were all between the ages of five and sixteen. Normally, the mafia wouldn't concern themselves with this, but there was a common thing between all the children. Flames. All the children had anywhere from moderately to extremely strong flames. Nobody has yet to figure out who is taking the children, and Reborn wasn't originally interested in taking the case. Maybe he should look into it now.
Reborn was so lost in thoughts that he almost didn't hear Tsuyoshi ask, "Why is it important if they have flames?"
Reborn snapped out of his thoughts and answered, "I may have an idea about what happened to the kids."
Tsuyoshi looked somewhat relieved and sat straighter. "What is it?"
"I can't tell you yet. I'm not sure if I'm correct, plus there are no leads on the case."
Tsuyoshi deflated a bit. Reborn stood up, picked up Leon, and started headed toward the door. "I believe it is time for me to leave and investigate this matter"
Tsuyoshi, not even bothering to stand up, called out "Reborn?"
"Yes?"
"Why are you here?"
Reborn reached the door and opened it before answering, "Tsunayoshi Sawada is to be the Vongola Decimo."
He shut the door behind him before hearing Tsuyoshi's response.
Reborn wondered what he should do next. Call Nono and inform him of the situation or talk to the Hibaris first.
He decided to talk to the Hibaris first.
The Hibaris are basically the people running Namimori. They are in charge of the police force and, despite not actually being a part of any famiglia, are famous in the underground for their strength. If anybody has any information on the case, they would, especially because one of their own is missing.
After meeting with the Hibaris and learning very little new information,exept that the three other children indeed had flames, Reborn headed back to the Sawada household and let himself in. Once inside, he pulled out his phone and called Nono.
Nono cheerfully answered the phone, "How is my grandson Reborn?"
"...Nono."
Nono, hearing how serious Reborn sounded, went into his boss mode. "What happened Reborn?"
"Get Iemitsu," Reborn could barely hold in his disgust as he said the name. What kind of man didn't even know his own family was missing? "We need to have a long chat."
An hour later, Reborn hung up on the eventful call. He didn't even know Nono knew how to swear in Spanish. Iemitsu also passed out, muttering Tunafishy, and Lal had to finish the call instead.
Reborn dialed Mammon's number and started looking into who took his student and his mother.
Over the next month, more children went missing. The most noticeable to Reborn were the Bovino brat, Smoking-Bomb Hayato, and surprisingly Skull. Skull wasn't even a child. How did he even get involved?
A month after he first stepped into Namimori, Reborn found himself back at the reopened TakeSushi conversing with Tsuyoshi when he heard screams. Normally, Reborn would ignore the screams, but these screams sounded like people were being killed. Reborn ran out the door, with Tsuyoshi close on his heels. Reborn had his gun out and Tsuyoshi had his sword out.
Once outside, Reborn could not hide his shock. The view outside was straight out of a horror movie; people who were obviously dead were moving around and eating other people. Tsuyoshi and Reborn shared a shocked look before they started attempting to rekill the undead.
The zombie apocalypse has begun.
So like… I have no idea how long this story will be and i have no idea how often i will be able to update it. School started today and I am taking two AP classes and other classes with heavy workloads.
So if any of you read my other story, The Shattered Mask, I renamed it Shattered Skull and I'm also attempting to rewrite it (I found out it doesn't let people know when you edit a chapter). Like in this story, I have no idea how fast the updates will be.
Thank you for giving this story a chance!
