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Tsuna stared at the bowl of poridge that was served in front of him. His guardians had left not too long ago when he had started a coughing fit. Turns out his rib was just newly healed and that the bone was still new like a newborn's. G came in and shooed them out, then had sent a maid over to give him food.

Truthfully, he was very hungry. Three days without solid food in his stomach made him realize how weary of soup he was. He stirred the porrige with his spoon. While it looked like he wasn't satisfied with the food he was given, he was actually thinking hard.

How were they supposed to get Deamon to take them to Wales? After what they did back in the Vongola mansion, Tsuna didn't blame the man that he didn't trust them. They were foolish. The Deamon Spade they knew from the fure wasn't the Deamon Spade they know now. While he did seem arrogant, sadistic and creepy, he was far from being the cold and cruel man he was.

He saved Tsuna once. It was enough for Tsuna to start trusting his adopted father's Mist Guardian.

And speaking of his father… Tsuna looked at the door that jointed their two rooms together.

He felt guilty. More guilty than the time he lied to his Mother about the dangerous things they've been doing and to Haru and Kyoko for when he dragged them into a dangerous world.

Giotto had become the father that Tsuna always wished for in Iemitsu. He cared for him, understood him, was there for him and even had the time to be with him. Giotto worked hard in the morning so that he didn't have to deal with work in the afternoon just so that he could spend time with Tsuna. He treated him like his very own son, despite being only together for two weeks. If ever, Giotto reminded him of Nana who just took anything in and loved it.

It filled the empty gap in his heart where a father's love was supposed to be. Iemitsu will always be his father but Giotto is the only real dad. Giotto had done nothing but love Tsuna.

And Tsuna… Tsuna was lying to him. He was afraid that when the time comes for the truth to come out. Afraid of how Giotto would react. It hurt him to lie to his dad.

Tsuna's little shoulder slumped and his head had hung low. Should he tell the truth? He wasn't even sure they can do this anymore; not without help that is.

"What are you, constipated or something?" Mare said and caught the bowl of porridge that was tossed into the air as Tsuna almost fell out of the bed, startled.

"It's not nice to waste food," Mare said as he took a spoonful and shoved it in his mouth.

"I'm not constipated and stop eating my food!" Tsuna said as he fixed himself on the bed.

"Your face was all scrunched up. You looked like you had a bad case of diarrhea," Mare replied.

Tsuna ran a hand down his face and with a sigh, he asked, "What are you doing here Mare?"

Mare gave him a blank look. "I'm visiting you aren't I? I didn't risk my life to have you dead you know."

To this, Tsuna can't help but smile. But his smile faltered as he remembered something. He didn't have time to think about it before but now that they were alone in the room, he wanted to ask Mare a few things, like the time Mare had spoken inside his head.

"How did you – ?" Tsuna started.

"Communicate in your mind?" Mare finished, "I don't know. It just happened." He shrugged carelessly.

Tsuna frowned, "It didn't just happen Mare ; there has to be a reason for it." He took out the pacifier from under his pillow. "And this," he said. "How did you get it?"

Mare continued to eat Tsuna's porridge silently. Tsuna started to regret not eating his food now. His stomach was growling with hunger.

"Lia told me you don't have any memory of your previous life before you met her." Tsuna said quietly.

Mare stopped and before Tsuna could say anymore, Mare shoved a spoonful of poridge into his mouth. Muffled and gagged, Tsuna coughed as Mare explained,

"I don't. I don't remember anything at all. I just remember Lia taking me into her home and her mother stripping me." This statement caused Tsuna to spit out the contents out of his mouth but Mare didn't pay him any mind, he was in his own world. "Miss Lyla, Lia's mother, taught me how to do this and that. She was a great physician." he smiled fondly. "I don't know how I talked to you in your head - I thought I was going crazy - but I just knew you were in danger. I can see...things...things that are going to happen in the future."

By this, Tsuna was now slack-jawed and eyes as wide as saucers. "You...can see the future?" he said. There was only one person that Tsuna knew that had that gift and it was Yuni. Could it be possible that they were related? Impossible. He didn't even see the similarities.

Mare shrugged but had a shadow covering his eyes. "Visions I suppose. Lia is scared when I have them," he said.

Tsuna blinked, forgetting about Yuni's ancestry. "Lia is scared?" he wondered.

"Let's just say its a bad omen for her." Mare had this look in his eyes, grief. Tsuna wondered what could have happened but didn't ask anymore about it.

Instead, he opted to ask something else - something that he had been daring to ask for a while now - and said, "Do you know about the tri-ni-set?"

Tsuna knew that his words affected Mare, like something had just clicked because Mare had a new expression on his face; he was remembering something.

Slowly, Mare locked eyes with Tsuna and Tsuna instantly felt like Mare knew. Even though his grasp of his memories were feeble, Mare remembered the feeling of purpose. There was a reason for him being here. But the tri-ni-set... he knew something. But it was buried deep into his mind. He supposed that it had everything to do with his name and strange powers. Everything he did was out of habit. He did things without thinking, as if he was used to it.

"I'm not sure," Mare said, his voice toneless. "But the moment I met you... I knew you weren't supposed to be here."

Tsuna's eyes widened, surprised but not shocked. He somehow had a feeling that Mare knew deep down inside. His Hyper Intuition didn't lie before anyway.

"You're right," Tsuna said and looked down on his lap. "I'm not from around here. I don't even exist in this time."

If the situation wasn't so serious and solemn, Tsuna would have laughed at the expression on Mare's face. It was the first time that Mare made a face like that and probably the last.

Tsuna took a deep breath and had started to tell his tale.

He told Mare about the future, that the tri-ni-set of the past had been disrupted and the future was slowly changing. He told about the Arcobaleno that sent him and his friends into the past with the task to save the future. He told him how old they really were and Mare didn't even asked questions - which bothered Tsuna a lot - but he did nod every now and then, taking every single word with silence. When Tsuna was done, he nervously fumbled about in his bed.

What was he going to ask? Tsuna wondered. He didn't tell everything about the tri-ni-set - he had left out the Mare rings and the Vongola rings.

"So... you're not really related to Vongola Primo?" Mare asked.

"Eh?" Tsuna said, surprised at the question. It was far from what he had in mind. "Um... actually I am."

"How are you related?"

"Er... I'm his Great-great-great-grandson?" Tsuna said. Mare stared at him and whistled.

"If he ever found out I think I would bet my money that he would faint," Mare said.

Tsuna glared at him and said, "He's not going to find out and he won't faint."

Mare shrugged. "Whatever, so what does this make you?" he asked. "Are you the boss of the Vongola family in the future?"

"No, I'm not." Tsuna flat-out denied.

"Suuuure you are," Mare said.

Tsuna balled his fists. "I'm telling you I'm not!" his voice came out louder than he meant to. They heard a pair of hasty movements in the other room and shuffling of feet. Mare stood up and took up the tray - with Tsuna's porridge and orange juice - and with skill, placed it on his hand and left the room faster than any assassin.

The door opened and Giotto came through, his hair ten times messier than before.

"Tsuna, are you okay?" he walked up towards him and placed a hand on Tsuna's forehead. "You're not feeling dizzy are you?"

Tsuna blushed and looked down. "I'm fine dad."

Giotto sat on the side on Tsuna's bed and placed his large hands on Tsuna's shoulders. "Are you sure? You're not hurting anywhere? You shouldn't move around so much, your rib-"

"I'm fine Dad," Tsuna said and smiled.

Giotto sighed, relieved. "I'm glad," he murmured as he ruffled Tsuna's hair. Tsuna let his eyes close at the touch. It felt nice. His mother hadn't done it in years and if it was his father, his head would probably collapse under the weight of his hand. Too rough.

"Hmmn. You've grown," Giotto murmured unconsciously.

Tsuna's eyes snapped open. "I what?" he gasped.

Giotto chuckled. "Have you eaten yet?" he asked.

"Ah... uhm... no." Tsuna said sheepishly and was cursing Mare in the back of his head.

Without warning, Giotto scooped Tsuna up in his arms. Tsuna squeaked as he was placed on Giotto's hip. Embarrassingly enough, he was still small enough to be carried around.

"Let's go to the kitchen shall we?" Giotto said and started to walk.

Tsuna felt embarrassed yet he felt gratitude. His legs were still too stiff to walk with yet.

~ Chrome Dokuro ~

After getting shooed out of the room, Chrome wandered around by herself and had bumped into Lia. The older girl decided to treat her to some tea and cakes which Chrome shyly accepted.

She sipped her tea and watched as the older girl poured some for herself.

"Do you like it?" Lia asked.

Chrome nodded, her cheeks pink.

Lia sat down opposite of her, propped her elbows up and placed her chin on her folded hands. She smiled. Chrome smiled back as well, deciding that Lia was someone she could trust.

She reminded her of Bianchi, Haru, Kyoko and Tsuna's mother; she was very kind and welcoming.

She fingered the rim of her cup, wondering what she should do. She was the one who suggested the idea. Something told her that Boss would be the one to try and convince Deamon Spade as he was the most polite person she knew (and much more confident than herself). But she couldn't ask him to do that, not after what he'd been through.

"Is something wrong?" Lia said softly as she pushed her bangs away.

Chrome blushed at the contact.

"I-I'm fine, thank you. I-It's just... I have this... problem," Chrome said.

"Oh? What kind of problem?" Lia asked her kindly.

"About my...um... uncle." Chrome brought herself to say. In all honesty, she didn't know what to make of him.

"Which one?" Lia asked.

"Um... the one with the melon hairstyle." Chrome replied. With this, Lia burst out laughing. Chrome flinched, expecting the melon-headed man to bust through the door at any moment or appear out of nowhere with all his creepy glory.

"Oh... I'm guessing he's pretty awful if you call him that." Lia chuckled. "So, what did he do?"

Chrome shook her head slowly. "He... didn't do anything," she said quietly. Not yet at least.

"Then why do you call him like that?" Lia asked.

Chrome didn't answer. Now that she thought about it, Deamon hadn't even done anything to them at all - except maybe that time with the kitchen fiasco when he blamed them - and last time she checked, Deamon had saved Boss before. He may have said a lot of times that he doesn't have anything to do with them but he never truly ignored them. It wasn't fair to him that they treated him like an enemy when he had truly done nothing as of yet to them.

And also, there were these...times... when she would receive a mysterious plate of sweets on the table inside the gazebo that she sometimes spend her afternoons in. She knew it was for her since she knew no one usually comes there anymore and the only person who ever saw her there was...

She got up from her seat. "Excuse me please," she said.

Lia nodded understandingly. "Go," she said with a smile. Chrome nodded, full of determination and ran out.

She always sees him in the library so she decided to search for him there and hoped he was. Praying that Mukuro-sama won't be angry at her, she pushed the large doors and saw Deamon leaning against a table, a hand in his pocket and the other holding a book.

"Deamon...san?" Chrome said, nervousness leaking into her voice.

Deamon looked down from his book. His eyebrows shot up, surprised that the one that tried to avoid him the most had just walked up to him.

"Yes?" Deamon said.

"Um... ano... ah..." Chrome blushed, not knowing what to say.

Deamon could see that the girl was struggling to find the words to say. He shut his book and placed it on the table. He turned around and waited.

Chrome shut her eyes tight and said, "Thank you very much!" and then gave a classic Japanese bow.

Deamon blinked. "Thank you? What for?" he asked.

Chrome shuffled her feet nervously. "That time... before Bo-Tsuna got kidnapped... you saved him." she said, hoping that Deamon did not noticed her little slip-up.

Deamon looked at her for a little long and chuckled softly. "Nufufufu, that was nothing. Anything to get Primo to owe me."

Chrome looked down on her feet. Deamon pushed himself from the table and walked towards the door. Chrome let him pass with a sinking feeling in her stomach; so it didn't work?

"What are you standing there for? Let's go," Deamon said, a hint of a smile on his face.

Chrome's eyes widened. She approached him and went through the door he held open for her before closing it before them. Maybe this Deamon wasn't so bad after all. He was still creepy, sadistic and scary but... he was nice. In his own creepy way.

~ Tsunayoshi Sawada ~

Tsuna inhaled the smell of his soup. This time, it was tomato soup with a slice of bread - the only thing solid that Giotto would let him eat - and a cup of water. He ate it without complain as Giotto chatted to the cook. Even though the young Don still looked like he needed a week's rest, he appeared to have the energy to last the whole month. Was this the power of a boss?

The door in the kitchen slammed open, startling both Giotto and Tsuna as G marched in with the rest of Giotto and Tsuna's guardians following from behind, except for Deamon, Alaude, Mukuro, Chrome and Hibari.

"You!" G said. "You should be in bed!"

"I was hungry," Giotto whined.

"Then you could have sent someone to get some for you!" G said. Giotto shrugged in reply as he chewed on his bread.

Tsuna turned in his seat, not listening to the chatter of his friends, he jumped down only to have his legs buckle beneath him.

"Jyuddaime!" Gokudera said frantically as he caught him.

"Tsuna?" Giotto said as he stood up.

"Oi, what's wrong?" Yamamoto asked.

"Yamamoto... You're on the same height as Hibari-san now," Tsuna said as he stared. Before Yamamoto was at least a few centimeters smaller than Hibari. Tsuna's guardian's stiffened.

"Now that you mentioned it," Asari said and ruffled Yamamoto's hair. "You have gotten taller."

Tsuna's friends looked at one another.

"WE EXTREMELY DID IT!" Ryohei roared in delight. Knuckled only chuckled.

Gokudera and Tsuna had to cover their ears at the volume. Gokudera growled and said, "That was just a first lawn-head!"

"Hahaha, ain't this great Tsuna?" Yamamoto chirped at the dizzy Tsuna that had suffered from the volume.

Lambo was examining Tsuna closely with a measuring tape that he got from who-knows-where-and-can-only-be-explained-by-Reborn-logic.

"You only grew half a centimeter young Vongola," Lambo said.

"Yare yare, it makes no difference anyway. He's still short." Lampo said.

A vein popped in Gokudera's head as he lowered Tsuna down in a sitting position before marching up to Lampo and kicking him in the shins.

"ITAI!" Lampo said as he bounced around on one foot.

"Jyudaime grew taller you green-haired-freak!" Gokudera said.

"G, control your brat's mouth!" Lampo said to G.

G looked at him with an all-too innocent expression on his face. "I didn't hear anything," he said.

Lampo looked like he could cry at any moment. Tsuna stood up on wobbly knees and said, "Gokudera-kun, please say sorry. It's fine really. I am short."

"But Jyuddaime..." Gokudera looked at him pleadingly. Tsuna smiled in response.

With a huff, Gokudera marched up to Lampo and glowered at him before saying sorry. Lampo flinched at the Gokudera's ferocious glare and only gave a similar huff in response, "I was only stating the truth after all."

"La~mpo..." Giotto's sing-song voice reached him.

Lampo stiffened and started shaking in his shoes. If Giotto used that tone then Giotto was really displeased with him.

Um...yes?" Lampo said meekly.

"You should also apologize to Tsuna. There is a difference see? He grew taller." Giotto said with a sickening smile.

If Lampo valued his sanity, he would have said sorry. Which he did, "S-s-sorry." Lampo muttered, but loud enough for Tsuna to hear.

"Good," Giotto said happily. "Anyone would like a cup of hot chocolate?"

How can they refuse? It was then that Giotto's guardian's had found out that Tsuna's height is a very touchy subject for their boss.

Hibari Kyoya ~

Hibari was sleeping on top of the northern tower. The wind gently blowing against his face.

He would never look like it but he was tired; having to patrol constantly for three days straight. There was no danger but there was a hostile presence hovering in the air.

A presence that he sensed from the name alone, Carmine Estello.

He looked into the records and found no evidence that a student with a name Carmine Estello ever attended the school. The herbivore had somehow fooled the whole school and had infiltrated it with ease. To fool people with illusions was one thing but altering memories? Hibari had never encountered this kind of thing before.

It had started when he had talked to Mathias - the swordsman that Yamamoto had encountered in the fight - and had found the older teen having this half-crazed look on his face.

The other northern students were the same (except for Gloria and Clovis, he didn't really care for those herbivores), at the mention of Carmine's name, they would claim that they do not know him and then later would have the biggest headache in their lives.

If Hibari wasn't a cool thinker then he would have thought that the whole Academy was pulling a bad joke on him.

To place false memories and to erase them just like that like it was nothing. It was flawless... perfect even, but there was just one problem... Maximus Gonoche or in other words known as Max. He was a close friend of Crispin that became a northern student and had changed quite a few months ago under the influence of Carmine.

Hibari didn't know the full details but the young man had lost his mind, muttering endlessly Carmine's name and strange flames... flames that Hibari was sure was dying will flames.

Who was this Carmine? What did the herbivore want from the students? Hibari didn't know. All he knows was that he was going to bite Carmine Estello to death.

Want a sneak peak on future chapters? xD

"You can't be serious." Giotto said in a dead-panned voice.

Deamon waved the dress that he was holding and said in a very impatient voice, "We don't have time to fool around. If you want to get inside you have to do this!"

"And how does me wearing that," he pointed at the frilly dress and blonde wig that Deamon was holding. "is necessary? You're an illusionist for a reason." Giotto crossed his arms, refusing t do anything else.

Deamon rolled his eyes. "I promised Elena not to use my illusions tonight," he said.

"If I refuse?" Giotto said.

"Then you won't see Tsunayoshi," Deamon told him.

Giotto muttered under his breath in a grudging manner before yanking the dress and wig out of Deamon's hands.

"I'll do this once," Giotto hissed.

Deamon pointed behind him. "What?" Giotto asked, his eyebrow twitching. He turned around to see G holding a corset, Lampo holding a pair of expensive-looking shoes and Asari and Knuckle armed with make-up tools. Behind them was Alaude, reading a book without even sparing a glance towards them.

"No way in hell-"

That was when they lunged at him.

That's it for now. I kinda wrote this chapter in advance but it's still unfinished so there. Was it alright? Because this future would be a break from the serious-yet-still-part plot.

TU Family Tales will be coming out soon, just so you guys know. Probably this week or next Monday but not sure, I'm kinda miffed with Logic at the moment (why is it they make it so damn complicated?) so I'm kinda having a hard time focusing on writing.

One more thing, in TU Family tales there are four special chapters:

1. Bond

2. Kitty Fight

3. Box Weapon Stroll

4. Haunted Manor

these chapters will be inserted randomly within the story.

Hope you guys have a nice week! Ciao-ciao!