Still don't own KHR, 'nuff said.
Excuse the errors, I am lazy... as always but I do hope you guys enjoy this chapter.
~The Sun that Guided~
"So from now on you will be staying with me. Do you understand?" Reborn stated after explaining to Enma about his plan of guarding after him. The boy stared shyly "But mister, aren't you a pedophile?"
Reborn raised a brow. Does he look like some sick psychopathic bastard? "No, I am too cool for that. How do you even know that word anyway?"
"Adel-nee told me. She said they are the people who are going to eat me. Are you going to eat me? I don't think I taste good" The boy stated meekly. Reborn chuckled with amusement. "No, I'm not"
The boy sighed with relief. "Are you really going to take me with you?"
"You don't want to?"
"It's not that! But why?"
"Why not?"
"Because I'm a bad luck. That's what my uncle keeps on telling me. It's the reason why he keeps on hurting me"
"Your uncle is a bastard. He's a liar so don't believe what he says" Reborn patted the young lad, wow he's really going gentle isn't he? First he took Tsunayoshi and now Enma. If the other's found out about this, they'll probably laugh their assess out. Him? Mr. Hitman number 1 actually have a soft spot for kids?
Is the world about to go down into piles of ashes?
Wait? maybe instead of laughing they'll be disturbed... caring Reborn just doesn't add up with sadistic Reborn.
Well then, It'll be their problem.
But Reborn can't help but wonder. Why? He had saved countless of brats before (He's not heartless, sadist yes but not heartless) mostly from missions others during moments when he decides to stick his nose on other people's business and he had encountered kids in situations much alike or sometimes even worst than what the other two have experienced. He did help them but never once did he gotten so attached to the point of offering his own home, despite the danger and the unnecessary things that might happen.
And it was as if he'd be willing to sacrifice his own life, if he had too...for them.
All Reborn is currently sure for the moment is that undeniable fact that when he looked into the two kids eyes, he saw potential and power... it was as if they're bound for something so great into the later parts of their lives and something inside the Hitman tells him that fate made it so that he would be there to make it all happen.
And when that time comes, Reborn knew he would be proud.
"Sir?"
Reborn stared at his new ward. "Come on, it's getting late we should head home. We'll just order take-out for dinner."
"Okay, sir"
"Reborn"
"Huh?"
"My name is Reborn"
"Your name is weird" Enma pointed out
"and yours sounded a lot like a girl's" Reborn teased making the young red-head frown.
...iOiOiOiOiOi...
"We're home"
"Welcome back, Mister Reborn! Is he with you?" A young boy's shout was heard from one of the rooms. Soon after, small running footsteps was heard before a young boy with gravity defying brown locks came into view. "You must be Enma, hi my name is Tsunayoshi but you can call me Tsuna"
"Hello, Tsuna..."
Tsuna grinned. "I'm happy your going to stay with us from now on! Now I can have someone to play with since Mr. Reborn is always going somewhere and I'm stuck here by myself! and besides, even if he's got the time to play with me, he's boring"
Reborn raised an eyebrow at that. Boring? Him?
"Why are you with Reborn-san?" Enma asked "Did he kidnap you? and are you his houstage?"
"It's hostage..." came Reborn's voice from the dining area, having left the two so he can prepare for dinner.
"Nope, my father wanted me dead and Reborn saved me. He may not look like it but he's really nice" Tsuna explained "Then he gave me a home and he's really taking good care of me"
"Is he really a nice person?" Enma leaned closer to the other boy and asked in a barely audible whisper.
"Yes, I think so. He did save you too right?"
"Hai, but I saw him carry a gun. Does he kill people?"
Tsuna stared at his new-found friend before nodding "Yes, if he has too"
"Then I don't think we're safe...we should run!"
"Silly, Enma-kun!" Tsuna chuckled "We're safe here"
"But he's got a gun and he kills too!" Enma hugged himself for comfort.
"Doesn't mean he's a bad person. I know so, I can feel he's a really nice person" Tsuna smiled "If he's really bad, he wouldn't have taken us into his home and just let us die and not really care"
"I guess so... he did save me"
"See?"
"Dame-Tsuna, Loser-Enma what are you two waiting for? Dinner is served" Reborn smirked having actually heard the conversation.
"I told you not to call me Dame!"
"Loser-Enma?"
...iOiOiOiOiOi...
Tsuna stared at the television screen blankly and without care. Well, it seems to be that way but in reality he had been listening attentively, absorbing everything and storing the data he had gathered by watching and listening. He had been browsing the channels for a new show to watch since his favorite show had already ended when he came across a televised math quiz bee and he instantly had gotten hooked by the numbers and how to solve them.
"Given this formula, give the value of x" The host stated as a formula appeared on the screen in front of the students "You have exactly three minutes"
His eyes watched with amazement as his brain calculated and before he knew it, his mouth opened to utter the answer. "x= 27"
Reborn stared in wonder, secretly watching the boy. Tsuna had already told him that he can't write and count and yet he managed to give a correct answer even the college students taking the quiz had some difficulty with. Heck, four of them didn't even get the right answer.
"Next question, if Anna gave three pineapples to her friend in exchange for a large bag of marshmallows and the value of each pineapple is..."
Could it be that the boy is actually a born genius? To the point that his own brain cells would calculate the answers without the need of a pen and a paper or even a scientific calculator? Sure the formula had been given but it would take time for calculations and finalizing the answers but the boy barely took time before answering the given question...correctly.
"Tsuna..."
"Yes?"
"How did you know the answer? You shouldn't be able to just yet. That's a high school level type of question"
"I don't really know... I just saw how they where suppose to solve it and since I can't write yet I ended up solving them in my mind. Did I do something wrong? I'm sorry..."
"No, you didn't do anything wrong. I'm just curious that's why." Reborn ruffled the younger boy's hair. "It's late, why aren't you sleeping yet?"
"I was but then Enma started shouting in his sleep, I think he's having a nightmare so I stayed up to watch over him until he stopped screaming but now I can't sleep myself so I watched TV"
"Why don't I tuck you in?"
"But I'm not sleepy yet!"
"You have to sleep. Tomorrow, I'm going to start to teach you how to write and read and I'm sure you can't count yet"
"I can count, up to a hundred! I can add a little too!"
"Really? How did you learn?"
"Well, every time he would hit me he would go one, two, three, four... sometimes up to a hundred and he would go like 'It's twenty today, tomorrow there'll be an addition of five, do you know what it means? It means twenty-five hits' so yeah..that's how I learned"
Reborn clenched his fists. If he finds out who the boy's father is, he would do so much more that bury him six feet under. One more thing, is it the reason why the boy managed to answer all those mathematical questions despite having no educational background whatsoever?
"Well, tomorrow I'll teach you properly but for now, let's get you ready for bed"
"But what about Enma? He might wake up again and have those nightmares and I wanted to comfort him since those nightmares are nasty! I know cause I sometimes dream of them too"
"Don't worry about those bad dreams. I'll stay up and watch over you two"
Till the next chapter!
Review Answers:
Great: That I don't know since none of either Tsuna nor Enma's guardian's will appear in later chapters, yet and so I really haven't thought of it so far. If I can't think of one, it'll remain as it is...A mystery.
cross-over-lover232: We'll see about him being Decimo but there's a great possibility and as for Nono finding out, he will later...
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