Sorry for the long wait you guys but here it is! The next chapter! Sorry for kinda giving some you guys the idea of me saying that I'm not continuing the story with that Author's Note.

I had fun with Giotto but I still think I could do better. xD

Btw, please read the AN at the end, I've got something important to say there.

Disclaimer: I wish I own it but never will, it all belongs to the amazing Amano Akira!

Gokudera thought that they hadn't been followed, thinking that they had shook them off. He thought that he had it all planned out. But all plans had flaws, and in his particular plan, his flaw was that he didn't think things through. Over the years he had learned to be patient and not to just jump head-first into danger.

Well that went well until the moment his boss was captured and all the things he learned were just thrown out of the window.

He grumbled something unintelligent under his breath. Probably another insult.

"What did you just say?" G snapped at him and Gokudera merely scowled at him.

"Enough G. Someone might hear us." Giotto said, his eyes hard as he looked through the darkness.

Gokudera tried to move his wrists and found that he could. Alaude's handcuffs were actually in different sizes, so his was a perfect fit. He wondered what kind of people that Alaude had handcuffed and decided not to think about it at the moment.

Slowly, he brought his arms under him and slipped it through his legs, bringing his arms out in front of him.

Beside him, Yamamoto and the others did the same thing while Lyla struggled to do hers. Eventually she did and they all huddled up.

"Busted." Lambo said under his breath. Gokudera glared at him.

"How are we supposed to get out of this one?" he whined and Gokudera glared at him some more.

"Just shut up stupid cow!" he hissed.

"But Sawada!" Ryohei said.

"I know!" Gokudera said, his voice coming out louder than he meant to.

G loomed over them, his expression terrifying. Lambo whimpered beside him.

"So…" G said, his eyes narrowing.

"So what?" Gokudera answered back.

Before G got to retort, Asari and Alaude returned.

"No one seemed to have suspected us." Asari said. Giotto nodded and turned towards his cloud guardian.

"The entrances are poorly guarded." Alaude said.

Giotto and G exchanged questionable looks.

"I bet they really have something nasty for intruders inside then." G said, not liking it at all.

"We're not here to intrude G." Giotto said, looking back at Gokudera and the others. "We're here to bring them back."

Gokudera's eyes widened and blurted out "But Jyuddaime is here!" before he could stop himself.

Giotto turned around, a shadow on his face. "How do you know?" he asked.

Gokudera gulped. He made a mistake, he knew that. But this was their only chance, he had no other choice.

He told how Hibari had somehow found some traces of a shirt that was Mare's and that it had eventually lead them somewhere out of the academy.

"And how he found it?" G asked.

"Hibird." The children chorused, as if it was the most logical answer. They didn't bother to ask anymore about that.

"From there the trace ended." Gokudera said, frowning. "There could be hundreds of places they could have been."

"So for short, you're just guessing?" G said.

Gokudera growled. "Let me finish old man!" he said. "We had to think of how they disappeared so easily without a single trace – they couldn't have gotten far with that many students and those weird flashy animals."

"How far did you search?" Giotto asked, surprised with the info he was getting. How could they have missed that? Especially Alaude?

Alaude growled from behind him, as if sensing what he was thinking.

"We figured they couldn't have gone far so we searched the closest place to the Academy where you can hide a large group of people." Lambo said.

"And so you found the mine." Giotto finished. They all nodded, except for Lia and Mitchel, who had know idea about all of this.

"But there's more!" Yamamoto said. "Earlier, we saw a bunch of kids being dragged inside!"

"What?" The first generation family said.

Alaude turned his head away, putting the pieces together in his mind. "I see." Alaude said. They all turned on him.

"See what Alaude?" Asari asked.

Alaude snapped his fingers the their handcuffs crumbled to bits.

"Alaude, what are you –" Giotto didn't have time to finish as his Cloud guardian started walking towards the entrance.

"What are you, crazy?" G shouted over tohim but Alaude didn't stop. But he did look over his shoulder and said, "No, just doing my job." He then left his fellow guardians stunned and had started to walk away. The Vongola kids looked at each other before sprinting after their Uncle, leaving Giotto, G and Asari to run after them.

And that's how it led them into a crazy hide-and-seek hunt.

Alaude had already disappeared within the dark while the rest split up into three – Yamamoto, Chrome and Ryohei went straight for the right of the first fork they encountered with Asari going after them. Gokudera and Lambo went another way with G cursing at their heels and Gokudera screaming 'Jyuddaime!' and lastly, Giotto followed Lia and Mitchel.

The farther they went in, the colder Giotto felt. This place was so cold… so cold… the two started to disappear from sight. How can they run that fast? The he suddenly realized that it was he who was slowing down. He wasn't tired… but he certainly felt uneasy. He looked around, he was so focused on catching them that he didn't know which way to go now.

The air in this place constricted his lungs. He suddenly found it hard to breath. Slipping into Hyper mode defensively, that's when he fully received the blast.

His senses, more sharper than before felt the stinging cold hit his face even if there was no wind, like a blizzard just came. His body tensed as a dark feeling crept from the soles of his shoes. Evil. That was what it was. His flame flickered, as if it was being threatened.

This place reminded Giotto of the inside of the grave… with a terrible spirit still entrapped in its body. The mine was its rotting corpse and the dark sensation was the malicious spirit.

It was a good thing that Giotto didn't believe in ghosts.

The tunnel suddenly shook violently and Giotto had to lean against a wall to stay on his feet.

He felt it, a spark – no, it was a flame. Pure and full of light… but then he sensed another one. He didn't think of it, he just ran. He ran where his intuition guided him and stopped when he was in front of a large steel door.

Without thinking, he blasted the door of its hinges that would make his guardians proud.

Whatever he felt when he saw his adoptive son, lying down on the ground, covered in bruises and wounds, hardly breathing… with a man standing over him in a stance indicating that he was about to deliver the final blow… he thought nothing and felt everything.

With a roar, he launched himself at the man, slamming against him and sending him to the far wall.

One look at Tsuna sent his flames into a frenzy, for the first time ever… he had wanted to kill.

NO! A silent voice said in his mind. To loose your cool in battle will only kill you dumbass!

He had said those words back then to G when they were younger and now it was coming back to him. Ahh G… always the voice of reason in his head, strange though because he always thought it was Asari.

His opponent stood back up and Giotto went into a fighting stance.

Kishim brushed the rubble off his shoulder and glanced at Giotto. He took a step towards Tsuna. Giotto immediately appeared before him, standing between the boy and him.

"What a surprise, I didn't expect for you to come just before I dispose of him." Kishim said.

Giotto snarled.

"A very nice father I see." Kishim replied.

"You." Giotto said quietly, the rage barely being concealed. "What did you do to Tsuna?"

Kishim looked at the unconscious boy. "I certainly haven't killed him yet, that's what." Turning to look at Giotto, his eyes hardened.

"I have no business with you. Die." He then charged towards Giotto.

Giotto read Kishim's movements, knowing what came next. He grabbed Kishim's left hand with his right, and Kishim's right with his left, locking them in an X. He knew immediately that this person fought with his fists… fists that pounded his boy senseless behind him.

He gritted his teeth and his grip tightened until a loud crack was heard and Kishim kicked him in the stomach, flipping backwards with his left hand limp.

Glancing down on his arm, he looked back at Giotto, his face barely showing any pain that Giotto wanted him to feel. This irked Giotto, he was sure he grounded the man's bone. What was he? A mindless puppet?

Kishim flipped his left wrist and it stood straight. Giotto watched in horrible fascination as the broken bones started to squirm under the skin, making little cracking noises as it did so until it was completely whole and healed.

Shocked with what he just saw, Giotto felt himself wondering if he can really beat this guy. His opponent had healed himself and not only that… he doesn't show pain.

Backing down so easily? Weakling. Alaude's voice rang in his head.

He blew his bangs away from his face. Alaude was right, or at least, his stubborn will to back down. He can't back down, not when Tsuna needed him.

Tsuna…

One word alone made his flames grow in size. He can't lose. Not now, not ever!

Tsuna tried his best to keep his eyes open and at the same time, keeping counts on each breath he draws. Eyes half-lidded, he can see the blurry shapes of his ancestor and opponent. It took a while for his brain to process that his adoptive father was actually there and was fighting Kishim, who had supposedly kicked his ass a few minutes before.

His eyes shot open as his senses went haywire.

"No…" he croaked. "Don't fight him!"

Giotto didn't look. He heard it, but he couldn't look. If he did, he was afraid of loosing what little composure he had gained for the last few seconds.

"Tsuna," the relief was heard clearly in his voice "stay where you are. It'll only take a minute." Giotto said, his eyes focused on Kishim.

Tsuna tried to get up but couldn't. His body wouldn't allow it. He watched the fight in half-lidded eyes, his breath becoming shallower.

A minute, his dad said.

"Home?" Tsuna made out weakly. Just the thought of being back in the mansion made him feel better… even though he can hardly feel his legs.

"Home." Giotto said.

A small smile came on Tsuna's face. That's right, he should believe in his dad. Without meaning to, he slipped in a state of unconsciousness again.

"How sweet." Kishim commented. Giotto growled.

Both men came barreling to each other. Giotto used the force of Kishim's attack and pushed it away, avoiding his hands that he now noticed, was palm up. The pressure that surrounded his hands felt heavy. He barely had time to think of it when Kishim's left foot kicked him. He blocked it with one hand and jumped back as one of Kishim's hands went down in an arc, slicing the air where Giotto's head was once before.

He put some distance between, contemplating on his chances on whether to continue on hand to hand or use his weapons.

Kishim didn't left him any other option when he suddenly went into a circular motion, his hands glowing a sickly yellow. Without hesitation, he threw his flames at him, whizzing through the air like the blades of a scythe.

Giotto raised his cloak in defense as they flew at him in unbelievable speed. They diminished the moment they came in contact with his cloak. Under his cloak, he charged his flames into one hand. Pulling his cloak aside, he propelled himself till he was inches from his opponent. Kishim's face suddenly turned rigid, as if something was holding him back from attacking. He punched himself. Taking a step back, he distanced himself from Giotto far enough not to have his fist to connect.

That was his mistake.

"Burning Axle!"

A fistful of flames the size of a small ball came to him, growing in size as it got bigger and bigger. Kishim couldn't pull away as it sucked him in. When it came into contact with his body, it burned and twisted his clothes and skin, his flames being overridden by the high purity. The pacifier that dangled around his neck came off and it rolled out of sight.

"Agrrr!" with effort, Kishim pushed it back and extinguished it.

Giotto waited. Kishim was smoking, burns covered his body and his hands were charred to a crisp.

"Unforgivable..." Kishim raised his head, his eyes purely black. Giotto took a step back.

"I'll remember this Vongola Primo..." Kishim said, his voice not like his own. It not only came from him but everywhere. It was younger, no more than a child's voice.

Giotto didn't answer. This wasn't the man he was fighting before wasn't him. Someone was acting within the shadows.

"Show yourself you coward." Giotto said in a low threatening voice.

"Until again… Primo." With the last word, Kishim fell to his knees, his head back and his mouth agape, the black still in his eyes. Black and dark orange flames came through the ground, surrounding the man in a circle and eventualy cacooning him in. It constricted before blowing up, knocking Giotto off his feet and smashing against the wall.

He slid down on his knees and panted, his body weary and mind shaken.

The ground trembled.

Whoever it was - whatever it is, it wasn't natural. Kishim wasn't acting normal too, he paused in the middle of battle. Was he trying to get killed? No, he looked like he was willing to die in that one moment of hesitation. But… there was a spark in his eye that was different from before. Like he knew what was happening. And suddenly, he knew the man was being controlled. Giotto shook his head and stood up. There isn't time to think about that now. The blast managed to scorch parts of his suit and a cut was on his cheek. He wipped the blood away.

The ground trembled once more and this time, Tsuna's worst fear really was coming true: they were going to be buried alive. Parts of the ceiling gave way where Tsuna was.

"Tsuna!"

Giotto looked frantically at his son and saw that Tsuna was being held by an older boy, who was shielding him with his already injured body while rocks fell. Giotto didn't waste time as he darted over to them, covering them with his cloak.

"Can you walk?" he asked the boy. He nodded.

They got to their feet and started to make their way out.

"Brace yourself. It's only the beginning."

Giotto looked back when he heard it. There was no one. It was a whisper, but he heard it loud and clear as if Kishim was standing right next to him.

~ G ~

"What the fuck is this?" G said. Gokudera and Lambo were too horrified to say anything.

G had chased Gokudera and Lambo into a room that was a mixture of some kind of a mad scientist's laboratory and a murderer's den. In huge transparent capsules were Flames and... horribly disfigured animals. There were animals embryos floating in some of them, others had almost-fully matured ones. Lambo tapped one that contained a deer.

It opened one empty eye socket. "GUPYAAAAA!"

All around them there were things that G couldn't recognize but Gokudera did. Technology. Advance technology. Machines. How?

A surgical table stood at the center of the room. It had dark red liquid splattered encrusted its sides and a foul smell hung around it. The same smell though, came on stronger from the other side of the room. There was only one door besides from the one they came from and it was on the other side. They wouldn't come near it. It reeked of blood... and death. G then suddenly realized, it was the smell of rotting corpses.

He marched towards the door and wrenched it open. "The fuck..." G said. Not wanting to let the kids see, he remained where he stood.

Gokudera didn't see what G saw because he was blocking the way. He took a step closer.

"Don't come any nearer!" G shouted and Gokudera stood still. He suddenly felt like he doesn't need to see it after all. The stench hit him with full force and he had to cover his mouth in order not to vomit. Unfortunately for Lambo, the moment he caught a whiff of it, he started to puke. Gokudera patted Lambo's back.

"Come on stupid cow, Jyuddaime isn't here." Gokudera said

"B-b-but!" Lambo stuttered. His face a sickly green.

Gokudera shook his head. Not wanting to say anything.

G slammed the door close and turned around.

The look on G's face was absolute disgust and anger, deep, uncontrollable anger.

He took out his bow and had shot one of the capsules. It shattered and the contents scattered around the floor before disintegrating into nothing.

"Those bastards." G growled. "Destroy it. Destroy everything you see!" he said.

If G was telling him to actually destroy something then Gokudera didn't need telling twice, he had a suspicion what G saw. He took out his bombs and blew up everything.

Lambo, still queasy, was pale and sweating. He was shaking.

Together, both father and son started to wreck the place. The ground below their feet trembled and then they heard "I'll remember this Vongola Primo..."

G picked up Lambo and started to run with Gokudera behind him as the room they were in collapsed.

~ Lia and Mitchel ~

Lia and Mitchel had run into Alaude when Giotto lost them. They found him beating the guards and goons mercilessly and had, along the way, destroyed doors that kept frightened children in.

"Master Alaude..." Mitchel said, unsure if now would be the right time to talk with the most unsociable Master he ever had.

"Escort these children outside. When you're done, come back and see if there are more."

Terrified, Mitchel dragged Lia along with him, doing as they are told.

"Ssssh, come with me young ones, I won't hurt you." Lia said soothingly.

"Mama!" one child wailed.

"Papa!" another cried.

Slowly, they coaxed the children to come along with them. Leading them away, surprisingly, Mitchel can remember which way was which and continued to lead them. They brought them outside and came back to get more of them out, that was when they came to Crispin's cell.

"What are you doing here servant?" he hissed at them as Mitchel tried to unlock the door.

"Saving you now quiet!" Mitchel said.

Footsteps came closer and Lia had to drag Mitchel back into another tunnel. Two familiar men came running. It was the Ugly troops. They looked panicked and their hands were shaking. One of them was pointing his gun at Crispin. "Time to move." Ugly one said as he fumbled with the keys.

"Rather not thanks, I like it where I am." Crispin said.

Ugly two laughed nervously. "You wouldn't, once this place comes down." To prove his point, bits of rock gave way from the ceiling.

"What's going on?" Crispin said.

"Intruders." Ugly one muttered and dropped the keys.

"You fool!" Ugly two said.

The two of them started to bicker and Mitchel took his chance to eliminate those useless goons. He didn't have to though, as Ryohei suddenly appeared, barreling pass them and ramming the two who didn't see him coming.

"EXTREME!" Ryohei shouted and punched Ugly one and two. The two men knocked the steel door down.

"I don't believe it." Crispin said, his eye twitching.

He could have handled a servant saving him because this was a matter of life and death. But to have the most loudmouthed and most irritating kid he had ever met to save him was an insult to his pride.

"Young master?" Mitchel stepped out.

"Are you EXTREMELY okay?" Ryohei asked.

Mitchel grinned. "Yes sir, I'm extremely okay."

"Wait up sempai!" Yamamoto said as he ran up to them.

"Uh… ano…" Chrome then came, panting with her hand clutched against her chest. Both boys suddenly turned sheepish.

"Haha, sorry Chrome." Yamamoto said.

"It's fine." She panted.

Mitchel looked around. "Hey, I thought master Asari was casin gafter you three?" he said.

"He was." Yamamoto said.

"But we extremely lost him!" Ryohei yelled.

"Is that so?" Asari said, smiling from behind Chrome and Lia. They all jumped. Asari laughed quietly from behind a fan he was carrying. "I have to say, you have me quite a run."

"Ah… uh…" Yamamoto rubbed the back of his neck.

Asari glanced at Yamamoto before looking behind Ryohei. He lowered his fan. "Is that…?"

The students that were watching remained quiet. Not clearly understanding what was happening. They had at least understood that they were free. Before the students spoke a word, the ground shook.

"I'll remember this Vongola Primo..."

Asari hid his fan in his sleeve, his face serious.

Murmurs started to break out and before they knew it, they started shouting at one another. Other voices broke out as well from the tunnel. They screamed to be freed, afraid of the voice and the constant shaking of the earth.

"Can you all move?" Asari asked Crispin.

Crispin showed his hands and feet; they were chained. "Can't." he said.

In a flash, Asari had his long sword out and slashed the chains. "Now you can." He said and started on the others. Yamamoto brought out his own sword and had started to help his 'uncle'.

"Are there any more of you?" Asari asked as he cut several more.

Some of them nodded.

"Are they close?"

They nodded again.

"I'll extremely help them!" Ryohei said and ran to the closest cell he found. He punched the doors until they gave way. Chrome ran in end began to break the others free with her trident. Mitchel sighed and kneeled down.

"What are you doing?" Lia asked.

Mitchel straightened up. In his had he held a full set of keys.

"Eh…?" Lia said.

Mitchel sighed and the ground shook. "Let's hurry up before we're buried alive."

Outside, they were greeted by Alaude.

His was standing guard in front of the rest of the children with his arms crossed. Last time Lia and Mitchel were there, he wasn't there yet. It seemed Alaude came out while they were inside. Asari blinked. Recognizing some of the faces that he saw from the pictures of the missing children throuout the continent.

No wonder Alaude let the children do as they pleased.

The ground shook again and this time, they heard and guessed that the lower shafts of the mine had finally gave way.

"Giotto? G?" Asari asked Alaude.

Alaude didn't answer but continued to stare ahead. Smoke billowed from the entrance.

Yamamoto tried to go back in but Asari held him back,along with Ryohei.

"Let us go! Sawada needs us to the extreme!" Ryohei said.

"Gokudera and Lambo are still in there!" Yamamoto cried.

Asari's face was grim but he looked confident. "You forget, G and Giotto are still inside. Don't worry, they'll get out." he said. He then smiled, one that Yamamoto knew well as he had done it himself, and said "Besides, here comes G right now."

Their heads snapped up.

Sure enough, G stumbled out, carrying both Lambo and Gokudera on his sides.

They ran forward, Yamamoto catching Gokudera and Ryohei holding Lambo. Lambo was knocked out, while Gokudera had nothing but scratches on him.

"Oi! What happened to Lambo?" Ryohei asked as he shook Lambo violently.

"Leave him alone turf-top, the stupid cow fainted while running." Gokudera muttered and stood up.

"Wait Gokudera, you should sit-" Yamamoto started.

"Where's Jyudaimme?" Gokudera said, his head twisting around the sides, trying to get a glimpse of a familiar brunette.

"Maa, maa Gokudera." Yamamoto tried to calm his friend.

"Are you telling me that Jyudaimme is still in there?" Gokudera growled and yanked Yamamoto's collar. Something exploded in the mine and the ground shook once more. Gokudera let go of Yamamoto and had started to run back inside.

"Wait, Gokudera - "

"Stupid brat!" G said and hit Gokudera on the head.

"ITAI! What the hell old man!" Gokudera turned on his adoptive father but shrank back at the look on G's face.

The look of anger on G's face was terrifying but there was also fear in his eyes. He didn't want Gokudera to get hurt, not when his best friend and nephew were in there as well and still hadn't gotten out.

"You're too young to die!" G shouted. "I'll go instead!" he glared at his son, daring him to say no.

Gokudera stared at him. Asari sighed and tapped him on the shoulder.

"What the hell do you want sword freak?" G snapped on Asari, who was smiling gently. He pointed towards the entrance. G looked and grinned.

Giotto came out, supporting one teenage boy with his arm around his shoulders and cradling Tsuna's body on his other. A huge portion of the ceiling crumbled and had sealed the entrance. Mitchel came running forward and took Mare from his master.

"Idiot." Mitchel said, his voice having a fond tone in it.

"Loser." Mare replied.

Mitchel chuckled. Lia had suddenly appeared out of nowhere and had tackled Mare to the ground.

"You idiot! You moron! You son of a- "

"No need to go that far." Mare muttered and Lia started to slap him in a way that would make Lal proud. After slapping him a hundred times she hugged him, painfully. Mare didn't show it, as he went limp, his pale cheeks smoking and red.

"Jyuddaime!"

"Giotto!"

Giotto and Tsuna's guardians ran towards them, except Alaude, who took his time walking.

"You idiot! You had us worrying!" G said.

"Now, now G. At least he made it out ne?" Asari said, smiling.

"Sorry G." Giotto said, a small smile adorning his tired face.

G sighed. "If you died I would have killed you myself." G huffed.

Giotto gave him a tired smile and pulled his cloak away to show Tsuna to his friends. They huddled around him in a tight circle except for Lambo, who was perched on Ryohei's back and still out cold.

"Jyuddaime." Gokudera looked at his boss.

"Boss.." Chrome whispered.

"Wait a minute, what's wrong with him?" Yamamoto said, his voice wavering.

"Sawada's extremely turning blue!"

Tsuna was turning deathly pale. His chest was rising and falling slowly, he was hardly breathing anymore.

Giotto stood up abruptly, the flame on his head ignited.

"Oi Giotto, what are you doing?" G said.

Giotto's eyes were shadowed. "G, I'll be going back to the Academy first. I'll send Deamon and Lampo here after I get Tsuna to Knuckle. I leave you the children."

G nodded. "I understand."

Gokudera yanked at Giotto's sleeve. "Jyuddaime will be fine right?"

Giotto smiled softly at him. "Don't worry. He will be." He meant it.

With one last look at the children and his guardians, Giotto launched himself in the sky and flew off towards the Academy at light speed. A lot of children gasped and pointed, hardly believing what was going on.

Back to where G and the others were. Mare snapped his eyes open. A blank and empty look in his eyes.

Tsuna wandered aimlessly in a large mansion.

'Where am I?' he thought to himself. It certainly didn't look like the Vongola mansion. He walked down a long corridor until he came face to face with two large oak doors. Reaching his hand out, he gently pushed it open. Surprisingly, it swung forward for him easily. He walked in slowly inside a large room with lush carpets and squashy chairs with a fireplace burning. Above it was a portrait of a family of three: his eyes wandered to the young boy stationed between his parents, he had strawberry blonde hair, dark sea green eyes and a birthmark under his left eye the shape of a clover.

He looked awfully familiar for some reason.

"Hey." Tsuna whirled around to come face to face with the young boy in the portrait. He looked around ten years old, the same age Tsuna appeared to be.

"Do I know you?" he asked, staring at Tsuna curiously.

"Eh? Me? Uh... no, you don't know me." Tsuna said.

The boy cocked his head to the side. "Really? Yet you know me." he pointed at himself. "I'm Dayne by the way." he held out his hand.

Tsuna hesitantly shook his hand, his eyes never leaving the boy's face. "I'm Tsuna." he was pretty sure he didn't know this kid yet he left like he should.

Dayne didn't let go and only stared at him. "So Tsuna, what brings you around here?"

Tsuna blinked. "Uh... I don't really know." he admitted.

Dayne stared at him some more. Tsuna shifted, not feeling comfortable under the boy's stare. "Really?" he said after a while of awkward staring. "I don't know why I'm here either."

"Eh?" Tsuna said, confused. "Don't you live here?" Dayne shook his head and looked at the fireplace. The room darkened considerably and only the fire from the hearth lighted their faces.

"Don't you have anything better to ask me?" Dayne said.

"Better to ask?" Tsuna repeated, confused. What was he supposed to say?

Dayne sighed. "I guess not." he shoved his hands in his pockets and leaned on one leg. "Go on, try anything."

Tsuna thought for a moment. A thousand questions flooded his mind and a lot of them he didn't understand. Slowly, he said "Does the Sky have a dark side?"

It probably wasn't said right because Dayne burst out laughing.

He slapped his knee and clutched his sides and Tsuna found himself turning red. "That's one of the most dumbest things I ever heard!" Dayne laughed.

"T-t-there's no need to say it like that then!" Tsuna said.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm sorry." he wiped his eyes. "But really? Of course the sky has a dark side!" Dayne said, staring at him like this should be common knowledge."Where there's day there is night, get it?"

Tsuna stared at him, not understanding what Dayne meant. The room went even darker. Dayne looked up as if someone was calling him.

"Looks like I have to go now. I'll see you around Tsuna!" After that, Dayne ran off.

"Hey wait!" Tsuna followed him, only to have the door slam in his face and being swallowed by darkness as laughter ringed in his ears.

"HIIIIIIEEEEE!" Tsuna wrenched the blankets off him and rolled off the bed, falling on the ground in a heap of a mess.

Thundering steps sounded from the hall and suddenly the doors were pulled open. Giotto was the first through the door, his hair even messier than before, dark circles were under his eyes like hadn't gotten any sleep and his shirt was unbuttoned on the top.

The first thing Giotto did when he saw Tsuna on the floor, struggling in his sheets was to pick him up and place him on the bed, relief flooding his face. Tsuna stared at the face of his father. A look passed between the two of them. He opened his mouth to say something only to get interrupted -

"Jyuddaime!"

"Tsuna!"

"Sawada!"

"Boss!"

"Young Vongola!"

Tsuna didn't even had time to understand what was going on when he was suddenly tackled by what felt like an entire football team.

"Wait a minute you brats!" G said as he skidded outside the room. "He just woke up!" He stomped to where the children were and started to pull them off of Tsuna. Gokudera wouldn't let go as he was crying out "Jyuddaime please forgive me!" and was hanging on tightly to Tsuna's waist. Gokudera glared at G, "Let me go you stupid old man!"

"What was that you little snot-nosed brat?" G said.

"Haha, Gokudera is really close to G, ain't he?" Yamamoto said.

"They sure are." Asari agreed as he stood behind Yamamoto.

"Shut up!" Gokudera and G said.

"EXTREME BONDING!" Ryohei roared.

Knuckle frowned at G. "You should be grateful for the blessings you have G." he scolded him.

A vein pulsed in G's head. "Shut up!" he roared.

"Yare, yare, G is at it again." Lampo yawned.

"Yare, yare, why do I have to be stuck with you again?" Lambo said with a hint of annoyance in his voice. "Here I thought that we would get some time with young Vongola too." Lambo sighed.

"I hate brats." Lampo muttered.

Chrome just smiled softly as Mukuro walked in. "Sawada Tsunayoshi has finally awakened?" Mukuro asked.

"Hai Mukuro-sama." Chrome said.

Giotto sighed and ran his hand over his already messy hair. "G, Hayato, Tsuna just woke up." he said it wearily. Gokudera immediately let go, a horrified expression on his face.

G stumbled back and landed flat down on the ground with Gokudera in tow. Gokudera didn't seem to mind the fall as he struggled up into a kneeling position and proceeded to bang his head on the floor. "Forgive me Jyuddaime!" he said over and over.

G groaned and stood up. He picked Gokudera up by his collar like a kitten.

"Let go!" Gokudera said.

Tsuna sweat dropped. "It's fine Gokudera-kun." Tsuna reassured him. Gokudera stopped kicking and looked at him. "You sure Jyuddaime?" Tsuna nodded. G put him down, knowing that he wouldn't do anything bothersome.

Giotto pulled up a chair and sat down next to him. "How are you feeling Tsuna?" Giotto asked.

"Eh?" Tsuna realized that he could move his legs and his arms. "I can move!" he exclaimed. He flexed his fingers, "How?"

Giotto frowned. He can move? Just what did that man did to him that made him unable to move in the first place? Wiping the troublesome look on his face, he replaced it smoothly with a smile. "I'm glad." he said and ruffled Tsuna's hair. He couldn't ask Tsuna anymore, not what after he went through.

When he came back to the Academy he rushed off to Knuckle and ordered Deamon and Lampo to go to where G and the others were. Handing Tsuna over to him and waiting probably was one of the hardest things he had ever done. He waited only to be joined by the children after a while and then after a few hours, his guardians.

It was a long time before Knuckle came out, almost fainting from exhaustion. He had used a huge amount of flames to restart Tsuna's body back into working order. As to how it came to that state he didn't know, there were bruises and a broken rib but not anything life threatening... except for the dark flames that he expelled from the body.

After that, Tsuna was asleep for over three days.

"Three... days?" Tsuna's voice went high at the end. He was out for three freaking days? His eyes widened as he suddenly realized something. "There were other people there! The students and other kids!"

Giotto placed his hands on Tsuna's shoulders and pushed him down gently. "They're all right Tsuna. The students are back at the Academy, safe and sound." Tsuna noticed the grim looks on his guardians as Giotto said this. "As for the other children, Deamon and Alaude are sending them back to their families."

Tsuna could see how Giotto truly was tired from up close. Without thinking, his small hands reached towards Giotto's face, a concerned expression on his face. "When was the last time you slept dad? You look really tired."

Giotto blinked. "Uh... um..." Giotto said nervously as he pulled back, rubbing the back of his neck. Next to him, G and the others had an 'I-told-you-so' expression on their faces.

"Your idiot father here," G jerked his thumb at Giotto. "hasn't slept for three days."

Tsuna's eyes widened at this. A guilty expression marred Tsuna's face and Giotto had to glare at G as if he was saying 'Now look at what you've done'.

Giotto patted Tsuna's cheek gently. "It's not your fault Tsuna. Don't worry, I'll get some rest as soon as I'm finished with work."

"No you're not." Giotto's guardians said in union.

"What?" Giotto whirled around to face his guardians.

"Giotto, I'll flat-out say it: you look like shit." G said bluntly.

"G, language!" Asari scolded him. Turning to Giotto he said "G's right though, you really need rest. Don't worry, we'll handle everything." he smiled.

"Leave it to us to the extreme!" Knuckle thumped his chest.

"Leave me out of it." Lampo said as he tried to walk back, only to be pulled by by all three guardians.

"No way in hell brat... we're doing it together." G said darkly.

"That's right Lampo. It's what friends are for after all." Asari said, smiling. The temperature around him dropping into a shocking cold.

"We will extremely help Giotto." Knuckle said. All of them were releasing a dark aura. Lampo whimpered.

G dragged him out of the door with Knuckle following. Asari turned around and flashed a smile at them before closing the door.

They stared at the door for a while before Tsuna turned to his dad. "What were they going to do?"

"Paperwork." Giottto's reply was.

Tsuna turned to his guardians to find them looking away or avoiding his eyes. It was one thing to try when they get back to the future.

Giotto stretched. "I'll leave you kids here then. I'll be going to sleep before G drags me there." he joked. Placing a soft kiss on Tsuna's forehead, he left, closing the door that was jointed to Tsuna's room gently. Tsuna turned deep red.

He touched the spot on his forehead. Only his mom ever did that and whenever Iemitsu tried he would kick him or struggle. A warm feeling crept inside his chest. Giotto really was the dad that he always wanted. Guilt pricked his heart as he thought about the lies he told them. How long were they supposed to hide the truth?

"Kufufu, I wouldn't think of doing anything if I were you Sawada Tsunayoshi." Murkuro said.

Startled out of his thoughts, Tsuna turned to him. Was it really obvious on his face? The expressions on his friend's faces told him so.

"Ano, where's Hibari-san?" he asked.

"Last time I saw him he was biting some seniors to death." Yamamoto said as he scratched his cheek.

Tsuna sighed. No, he can't think of this right now. He decided to tell them of what he knew, from what Kishim told him and how Mare acted so strangely out of character.

It scared him. Mare had acted so different from his usual self, it was like another person possessed him. It shocked Tsuna to know when Gokudera said that Mare had no recollection of whatsoever during his time when they met the Arcobaleno.

"Jyuddaime! I almost forgot, that white-haired freak gave me this!" Gokudera pulled a white transparent pacifier from his pocket.

"That's..."

"Mare said he just picked it up." Yamamoto said, a bit disturbed at the sight of the pacifier. Who can blame them? When the last time they saw one was that when they went to the future and found out that all the Arcobaleno sans Yuni and Lal were dead.

"Who could have done it?" Tsuna said, a panic lacing into his tone. "What if this completely changes the future?" he shrieked.

"Kufufu, from what I heard it was Vongola Primo who did it. As to killing him, I'm not sure." Mukuro added the last part when Tsuna looked like he would protest.

"So... this Rhan. She's in Wales right?" Yamamoto said.

"How are we going to get there?" was the question.

They shot down Mukuro's idea of 'borrowing' one of Vongola's ships.

Yamamoto's idea was also denied of flying there.

Ryohei's was flat-out denied of running all the way there.

Lambo suggested running away but Tsuna couldn't do that to his father. As selfish as it was, Tsuna didn't want to leave. Gokudera was also in the same dilemma as Tsuna was although he didn't voice it out loud.

"How about Miss Elena?" Chrome suggested.

"Miss Elena?" Tsuna asked.

Chrome looked down at her hands. "Maybe they would let us visit her. Didn't she go to Wales to visit her relatives?"

Mukuro patted her head. "A very good idea Chrome."

Chrome blushed. "T-thank you Mukuro-sama."

"Jyuddaime... at think that could work!" Gokudera said.

Tsuna thought about it. It was true that Miss Elena did say that she was going to visit some relatives in Wales. (A/N Elena's first visit will be in TU: Family Tales)

There was one problem though, how do they contact her?

There was only one person who knows exactly where she is and he was their least favorite First Generation guardian.

Somewhere from within the Academy, Deamon sneezed.

TU Family Tales

- A story based from Trinisette, Unleashed. Composed of 14 chapters from the 14 days that Tsuna and the gang had spent at the mansion before getting shipped off to the Academy. Family Fluff and just pure humor. Dedicated to the people who have read Trinisette, Unleashed since the very beginning.

Ever wonder why I rarely reply to people's comments in this story? I'm just embarrassed, really. I never had a story with so many reviews before so sorry if I never replied. This is just my way of thanks.

Vote on my profile to decide what the first chapter will be! What hilarity will ensue in the Vongola Mansion? It's you're decision guys!

P.S I will be tagging some names of my reviewers on each chapter.

Oh, and as for Hibari? He'll show up in the next chapter. If you guys have any questions, just please hold it if it's got something to do with the next chapter. Because if you asked it, it would probably show with or without someone asking it.

Hope you guys will like it, see you in the next chapter!