Chapter 1: The Truth Revealed
Today Tsuna woke up earlier than he usually did, not that he was complaining or anything. Glancing around the room he spotted the spirits that he found and befriended sleeping soundly. There was only a total of three; Satou, a spirit that is a very helpful and bulky wolf that usually has a calm and relaxed demeanor in most situations. Itou, a spirit that is in a astral like shape of a woman, all of her raven black hair completely tied in a bun showing her fair-skinned forehead at most times, and who is known best by always having a needle and thread in her hands, making some article of clothing or such. She is very nice and is like a second mother to Tsuna, and finally, Watanabe, a nobleman who's a great sword wielder. He also tends to be quite a pervert at most times and was a priest before becoming a nobleman. He left though, do to 'sinful' desires. Or maybe something darker...He never did completely explain himself to Tsuna.
The three of them seem to be in a comatose like state. Not wanting to wake them from their seemingly peaceful sleep, Tsuna took a clean pair of his clothes to the bathroom and relaxed in a warm shower. After taking a total of 8 minutes, Tsuna silently padded out of the bathroom, clad in his school uniform and looking for his three supernatural friends. After discovering them in the same position they were in when he first woke up, he sighed contently and went down stairs to start making breakfast. Cooking was really the only thing Tsuna was convinced he could do somewhat right. When he first started, he burnt and everything to a crisp or disastrously ruined whatever dish he made , but after Nana saw Tsuna had taken an interest to a hobby that she could help with, she wouldn't let Tsuna give up. So, with his Kaa-san and Itou after finding out he had a curiosity in cooking, started helping until he was able to make edible food. Or, it was edible in Tsuna's opinion anyways, others would often think some 'better' compliments. Well, whoever actually wanted to eat his food.
Upon entering the kitchen, Tsuna swiftly prepared to make the meal he felt like; eggs, toast, and sausage. Once everything was taken out and prepared to start cooking, he heard his mother's soft foot steps coming into the kitchen slowly. He knew it was her because Sora-san never woke up this early.
"Oh Tsu-kun, you're awake. How long have you been up?" Nana drowsily asked her eldest while she yawned into her hand, one eye closed.
"Not long. Just woke up not too earlier than now, only enough to take a shower and start to prepare breakfast." Tsuna replied quietly, his voice barely above a whisper.
Nana smiled softly and asked in her usual cheery voice, all previous signs of sleepiness disappeared "Do you think I can help you make breakfast?" Tsuna also smiled slightly at the question and nodded an affirmative so she could see that he meant yes. They were making breakfast when Nana decided to ask two very serious questions, in her opinion, that she desperately needed to know, "Hey, Tsu~kun, can I ask you a couple of questions?"
Tsuna, not really thinking they were going to be that bad, just subtly shrugged and replied with a,"Sure Kaa-san."
Nana smiled, this time a huge grin, then asked her second question (after all, she ASKED if she could ask some questions, Tsuna just doesn't like to be a smart a**), "I heard you have a crush, is it true?" She finished her question turning her head to see her eldest who i can say was blushing madly and averting his gaze ti anything but her 'guess that's a yes' she thought after seeing her son's reaction.
"Wh-what are yo-you saying Kaa-san?! I d-don't have a cr-crush on anyone..." Tsuna practically yelped (however low his tone of voice may be, it was still a yelp), trying to sound serious so that it didn't appear too obviously that he wasn't lying. He failed horribly.
Nana just keep her smile, hiding quite the mischievous smirk, and exclaimed in reply with a, "Whatever you say Tsu~kun!" before turning back to continue cooking breakfast.
Tsuna stumbled for a few seconds, trying to keep any shred of dignity he had left by huffing and muttering (really not meaning to, but come on, he doesn't speak much, what do you expect?) , "Kaa-san I'm being serious," while still blushing madly and, without his own awareness, pouting cutely.
When Nana was about to say something, they heard something like a not-so-subtle thud form the upstairs. 'must be Sor-kun or a stupid spirit...' Nana thought. The shower that ran shortly after the noise confirmed her thought of it being Sor-kun. She had to ask her next question fast. "Tsu-kun, do you remember about the time you said that you saw that spirit, creature thing a while back, right?" she asked uncertainly, her conscious eating away at the hope she had. She mentally prayed that he replied with a positive answer.
Tsuna stiffened some-what timidly, but covered it up by replying with a "Yes Kaa-san." 'Why is she asking me this now of all times..?' Tsuna thought sadly.
"Well, I know that you can still currently see them and are keeping three in your room at the moment. What I would like to ask you is if you would like to join a organization where you can contact more spirits, help save some spirits from being absorbed and helping the city and the people in in, whether they're alive or spirits?" Nana asked in one breath, not bothering to beat around the bush whatsoever. She glanced up to see Tsuna's face pale with shock clearly evident, but she expected a facial expression as such.
Tsuna couldn't believe what he just heard. Not only did his Kaa-san know about the spirits in his room, but also asked him to joined an organization to help them. "What would I have to do, and what is this organization called?" Tsuna pondered aloudly, curious and nervous as to what his mother will reply with. Well, he now certainly knows not to judge people's occupations based all on appearance and personality.
Nana beamed at the question. She then explained while raising her fingers at each number, "Well, the organization has a total set of three tasks. Number 1) Send unsettled spirits to the world beyond. Number 2) Send akuma to Hell; Oh, and don't forget to close the gate though. And finally, number 3) Form contracts with spirits to battle all akumas that resist their fate of living in Hell. Oh yeah, almost forgot this one, the organization is called Redemption" She then glanced up, obvious interest gleaming in her eyes as she attempted to analyze Tsuna's reaction, which was partly hidden do to the fact that he was looking down cooking the food, his bangs giving a source of shelter to conceal his eyes quite a bit.
"I-I need some time to think about this... Is that possible Kaa-san?" Tsuna whispered after a while, his soft gaze focused at his mother, who was frowning ever so slightly at the answer he gave.
"It's fine Tsu-kun, but I might pick you up at school today or in the next few days, so be prepared to be called to the office." Nana told him, completely and utterly serious judging by the tone she used. Tsuna just nodded gently, a little scared when his mother uses that voice. A few minutes later the food was prepared and Sora came thundering down the stairs in haste. Tsuna ate about half his food before deciding that he would leave for school. So, after putting the leftovers in a container and washing his few dishes, Tsunayoshi slipped on his shoes and began, slowly, walking to school. It was still pretty early.
On his way to school he saw about twenty spirits doing their own things, as usual. He thought it would be nice if he could help them, but what was an akuma? He was so spaced out that he didn't fall or stumble at all on his way to school for the first time in years. Once he finally reached the Namimori middle school grounds, there were many groups together talking and joking around with each other, the more rambunctious even dared to play fight a bit. Not wanting any trouble, he silently and swiftly, almost as if he was air, slipped past everyone on their way to enter the school, once he saw his crush look over to him he quickened his steps even more. He hated school but, because of his crush, Sora, and his mom, he puts up with the dame-Tsuna's and the usotsuki-Tsuna's* all day, everyday. If he could even see only a small glimpse of their truly genuine smiles everyday, he would be content with whatever happened to him. Sometimes he even feels like he deserves it, but that will be explained more later on.
He got to his class within eight minutes (A/N *BETA reader*Lol, just like his shower! Seriously, how come no one ever noticed?) just barely before the bell rang for the first time, people would just start arriving in class soon. He took his seat next to the window and longingly gazed out the large pane of glass as soon as he arrived at his seat. The second he sat down it felt like someone was watching him. It freaked him out. A lot. There were no spirts or people in the classroom he was in at the moment, however he can clearly sense someone watching him. And whoever it was got his instincts flaring up the second they laid eyes on him. He started to panic inside, though not showing the emotions outwards, and started to suspiciously glance around outside quickly, well, that is until school bell rang, surprising him and making him jump ever so slightly. He sighed, this was going to be a long day.
Reborn smirked. Both his student and his brother appear to have a strong intuition that the Primo had. His only regret is that his students brother seemed to be much more fun to tortur- I mean tutor rather than his brother. Well, Nono never said that he couldn't have fun with his student's brother as well. Reborn concluded that this was going be worth the tiring trip to Japan.
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