Disclaimer: I do not own KHR, It's characters, or its cannon plot.
Chapter 1 A first and A last
He was sleepy. Awake, but so, so tired.
This is why he didn't study. What was the point when he was to out of it to remember everything (anything most days) later? And on top of the usual post-study haze, his wierd sight beyond sight thing had him feeling as if... something. He was to sleepy to care. And it also said that his mother had a suprice for him.
yay
"Tsu-kun? Oh you're awake, ohayo."
Tsu-kun, or Tsuna, stopped his hazy staring out the window (and his muttering) to face his mother, lifting his head from the desk. To do that he lost sight of the tree. For some reason that bothered him.
"Ohayo Kaa-san."
Appearance wise they were a lot a like. Same big, natural brown eyes, both smaller than average, both with brown hair, though Tsuna's was lighter and far messier, fluffy and stuck almost straight up compared to his mother's short bob and shallow 'M' shaped bangs.
Nana shook her head at the delayed response as she moved around dirty laundry and the chabudai* in the center of the room to peel a paper of Tsuna's face. She shook her head again when she saw the beautiful red number on the math test.
A twenty-seven. But then she smiled, scaring Tsuna, and said casually and happily,
"You wont grades like this any~more Tsuna-kun. I hired the home tutor Papa recommended."
And then she left with "Hurry up or you'll be late" tossed over her shoulder.
Looking back out at the tree, Tsuna tried to process what just happened.
Tutor. From Tou-san. Tou-sans alive? Late. Why would Tou-sa... wait what?
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Tou-san nononono
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late
yeah that was it
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...oh. Late for school. huh
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"HIIIEEEEEEEEEEE!"
As He scambled for a clean uniform and his school bag, Tsuna could hear his mother laughing from the bottom of the stairs. Biting back a girlish screech of something like 'that's not funny', he let out a strangled half whimper half whine instead. Ready in 18.5 seconds, 2.4 seconds faster than last time, Tsuna threw one last look at the tree before turning to brave Evil.
"Hiieee!"
The stairs.
Which he just fell down.
E~vil.
"Are you alright Tsu-kun?
"I will be."
All he did was kiss his beloved floor good morning. Like he did every morning. Tsuna liked to think that the floor was very affectionate. Before he could peel away from it's 'gentle' embrace, there was knock on the front door.
"Will you get it Tsu-kun?"
Moving towards the door Tsuna tilted his head down slightly, just enough to avoid eye-contact but not enough to be rude.
Then he opened the door. Brown meet onyx.
A second passed.
Then orange was staring into goldenrod.
Earlier that day
The closer the plane got to Japan the more he wanted to get off the plane.
Now Reborn wasn't afraid of flying or nervous or something. He always said that it was the feeling before doing a task that would have great benefits for him. Not that you could tell by looking at him or anything.
He wasn't called, no he wasn't the best for just for show.
But as soon as his feet hit Japanese soil the want became an outright need. A need to go some where, go to some one.
In order to col... Prepare.
Yes that was the right word. Prepare not collect. Because he was always collected.
In order to prepare himself, Reborn tilted his head down, with it his black fedora, to take a few deep breaths.
And his breath caught.
Because there, just above his tie, was a pacifier glowing a soft, pulsing orange. If it was bright yellow he would know what it meant and be rather annoyed. But orange? Orange meant Luce was close by and that she needed him. It wouldn't stop until he went to her.
That's why he was, and if he wasn't the best he would have shuddered, confused of all things.
It was too pale but still! It shouldn't be orange. It couldn't be orange.
He was there when Luce died years ago.
After, and he just ruined he record, collecting himself, Reborn decided to just ignore the pacifier to head for the Sawada residence and his next job. Iemitsu's letter flyer combination must have been believable because Reborn got a call from Sawada Nana the same day she got them.
Reaching the house, such a long walk for such a small body, Reborn was happy to see that there was a tree just out side his new student's bedroom window. The perfect place to observe his student, read Iemitsu's file, and rest without looking like he's resting.
Sawada Tsunayoshi
Gender: Male
Age: 13 Birthday October 14
Eyes: Natural-Brown Self-Orange with yellow ring Mate-Pie eyed
Hobbies: none
Athletic ability: Below average
Academic ability: Below average
Friends: none Soulmates meet- none
Interests: none
Talents: Extreme and unconcious MOE-NESS
Notes: My sweet and naive little Tuna-Fish. and most impotently DON'T YOU DARE BREAK MY BABY REBORN
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Iemitsu calls this a file!?
A blaring alarm, that stopped seconds later and snapped him out of his near murderous thoughts, reminded him of his student. So he looked through the window into Tsunayoshi's room.
And his breath caught.
Again.
Because the boy was staring at a spot just above and a little to the left of him with big, sleepy, unfocused eyes.
Because the boy, Tsunayoshi, was murmuring premonitions under his breath and the one about his mother came true seconds later.
His ear shattering scream was hilarious though. And it was the perfect time to knock on the door.
It had nothing to do with the fact that Tsunayoshi looked back at the tree the second Reborn moved. Nothing at all.
Tsunayoshi screamed a second time as he fell down the stairs.
Klutz.
It was still funny.
Reborn knocked on the door, adjusted his fedora, and looked up (he hated being short).
When the door opened Reborn was gazing into milk chocolate brown eyes.
A moment later, and those same eyes were orange, with the right having a deep yellow slice.
End Chapter 1
umm... I live? *sigh* after 53 days I have finally typed up the first chapter. To help make it up to the 50 who followed, the 31 who favorited, and the five who reviewed, I uploaded a one shot... in the hopes that no one shoots me...
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