AN: Hello again! I'm sorry for the late update, but to make up for it I made an omake for this chapter, something I've never done before! I got a review from someone asking for a scene with an idea I wrote about in the last chapter, so I decided to try it!
I thank those of you who reviewed me, but I was really disappointed with the number of reviews for the last chapter. Come on people! There's over 300 follows to this story, I'm sure most of you have the time to at least write a short review!
-_-' ~ sorry for the rant, and mooooving on...
Anyway, in this chapter I wrote a bit of Gokudera's POV, just so you could get a feel as to what he was thinking when he arrived at Namimori. I hope to change some things next chapter, go a bit into AU territory. No Hibari in this chapter though, he'll be back in the next one!
Here's the next chapter!
WARNING: This fic may contain many clichés known to fanfic readers everywhere, but I hope that at least some of my ideas are original. If not—well, this is fanfiction people! We can't all be geniuses at literature!
Disclaimer: I don't own Katekyo Hitman Reborn or Harry Potter, they belong to JK Rowling and Akira Amano. If I did own them, I'd be rich and own a mansion or something.
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Death's Curse: Chapter 8
"Flight 289 to Namimori, Japan will be landing in fifteen minutes, we hope you enjoyed your flight!"
Hayato Gokudera was sitting down in a first class seat, thinking about the events which had eventually led to him landing in such a small town in Japan.
'If what that Reborn said was true, then the future boss of the Vongola is some pathetic kid that has no mafia training at all! I must challenge him and win!'
Ever since he was young, he had worked hard for recognition, always trying to impress a father that didn't really appreciate him except for the few times he played the piano for his friends at their fancy dinner parties. His sister always got more attention, more respect from their associates.
And now here he was after hearing from one of the Arcobaleno no less, that the future candidate of the Vongola was indecisive about his future as boss, and that if he beat him he'd be able to take over one of the most powerful mafia famiglias in the world!
'Yeah, keep telling yourself that', a small voice in his head told him.
Gokudera ignored the voice and walked out of the plane. The airport was fairly big considering the town's small size.
He looked around at the airport, seeing all the happy families and friends reuniting and walking away together. He just continued walking. No one was here for him.
He got his bags and called a taxi to take him to his hotel.
As he watched the landscape of Namimori speed by through the window he couldn't believe that the future boss of a mafia family came from such a small and happy looking place.
'How could anyone living here possibly know anything about the mafia? He'll get himself killed, I'm doing him a favour by defeating him.'
He paid the taxi driver and walked into the hotel. Because of his job as an assassin, he had been able to pay for a room in the most expensive hotel in all of Namimori.
The inside was impressive. There was a chandelier dangling from above and expensive looking furniture was tastefully placed around the main lobby.
When he approached the man at the front desk he took one look at Gokudera and sneered. The teen in front of him looked like he was some kind of street urchin, what if some guests saw him there, the hotel's prestige would decrease!
"What are you doing here kid, are you lost? This hotel is for those with money, not street punks like you, so scram!"
Gokudera was fuming. How dare that man treat him like that, he hasn't even introduced himself! If he knew he was talking to a member of the Italian mafia he wouldn't act so high and mighty!
He gave the idiot a frosty glare and answered the man currently looking down at him as if he were his better.
"My name is Gokudera Hayato. I believe I have a room waiting for me?"
The man stopped sneering with superiority and tried to salvage the situation by endlessly apologizing as he handed him the key to his room.
Gokudera just took the keys and left, satisfied that the man wouldn't be there the next morning.
Hey, there are perks to being a mafioso.
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Tsuna opened his eyes.
He looked around to see what had woken him and immediately noticed that Reborn was right on top of him, holding his Leon hammer.
He looked at the startled baby and raised an eyebrow. "I hope you weren't planning on hitting me with that hammer Reborn."
The baby looked disgruntled. "It's a Vongola family tradition."
Tsuna knew he was lying, but let it go. He wasn't supposed to know about that kind of thing, being new to the Vongola and all.
'Trying to act like it's all new to me will get old fast, I'll be lucky if I last the next six months!'
Looking back at the baby, he calmly picked him up and dropped him on his desk.
"I guess I better get ready for school then."
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Reborn wasn't sure of what to think. This new student of his was different to any student he'd ever had before, and he was finding himself acting much more comfortably with him than with any other student he'd ever had.
It seemed like the sun felt comfortable and welcome with this sky.
Tsuna seemed like a very mature person underneath the whole clumsy act he had yet to get rid of completely. The boy had adapted to Reborn's way of teaching in just under three days, and while at first this had irritated the baby, he was really appreciating the fact that one of his students actually wanted to be taught and listened to his instructions without question.
So far everything had been going very well, yet he had yet to shoot any of his special bullets at Tsuna. He was beginning to feel like he didn't really need to, what with Tsuna already being able to access them without his help, something that had shocked Nono and Iemetsu once he sent his weekly report.
Tsuna had really surprised him with his fighting abilities, especially due to the almost daily spars he got into with Hibari. His fighting style seemed very well developed and the fights really showed that he had experience.
There were still too many mysteries surrounding his student though, especially when that strange ring had appeared on his middle finger a few days after his arrival. His student had refused to answer his questions and only told him that it was a gift from a friend with an almost bitter tone of voice, and he'd left it at that.
Yet today would be the day of his students' first test. To defeat Smokin' bomb Hayato and convince him to join his family as his storm guardian.
He'd received news of his arrival last night and knew that he'd been transferred to Tsuna's school and attend today, hopefully he wasn't wrong about his student.
'I hope you make me proud Dame-Tsuna.'
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Tsuna was looking out the window when he saw someone approaching his desk. It was Yamamoto.
He smiled at his new friend and asked him what he was up to.
"Oh! Well, today I woke up late because my clock was broken, so I had to run all the way here and crossed paths with this other student from our school, Sasagawa Ryohei! He seemed very enthusiastic about joining me on my run, and he even invited me to the boxing club! I told him I was already in the baseball team, but invited him to eat lunch with us on the roof, I hope that's ok!"
Tsuna was flabbergasted. Yamamoto sure was cheery around people. Then he registered what Yamamoto had said.
Blinking, he replied. "Oh sure! The more the merrier!"
'I just hope Hibari doesn't find out, he wouldn't appreciate the 'crowding'.'
They continued speaking for a few more minutes, oblivious to the whispering of the other students wondering why such a popular guy as Yamamoto was talking to Dame-Tsuna.
"Alright! Quiet down students!"
The teacher had walked in. "We have a new student joining us today from Italy, his name is Gokudera Hayato.
Suddenly the door burst open and a tall male with silver hair and wearing an unorthodox version of the school uniform (something Tsuna was sure Hibari wouldn't appreciate) walked in, wearing a dark expression.
Good lord, he could already hear the girls talking about how cool and mysterious he looked, and they were even starting a fan club!
Of course, he already knew who the transfer student was, having gotten the info through one of his informants a few days ago.
'Reborn probably brought him all the way from Italy just to test me, at least this shows that he's taking this job seriously.'
He was snapped out of his thoughts when his desk was suddenly tossed aside as the transfer student almost shoved him out of his chair.
'Wha...? Why is he so hostile? I bet Reborn had something to do with this.'
He spent the rest of class getting dirty looks from the mafioso.
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The lunch bell rang, and many of the students ran outside to have lunch with their friends.
Tsuna and Yamamoto headed to the roof, finding someone else that was already there.
"EXTREME! It's that guy from a few days ago! You must extremely join the boxing club!"
Tsuna's first impression of Sasagawa Ryohei was of a very hyper looking guy radiating with Sun flames.
'Is this guy for real?! It feels as if he's continuously using his dying will flames!
And, 'Ah! My eyes!'
Sasagawa Ryohei was certainly...interesting.
Tsuna answered. "I'm sorry Sasagawa-sempai, I'm too busy with my schoolwork and helping Hibari-san, I don't think I'd have time for the boxing club."
Ryohei looked disappointed but then brightened again. "Wait, so you work with Hibari? That's great! Please tell him to fight me!"
Tsuna was surprised. "Um, Sasagawa-san, do you know what you're asking for? Hibari-san isn't known for being the best person to fight..."
The other brightened and cut in. "I EXTREMELY know what I want Tsuna! And I want to fight Hibari, and maybe even invite him to the boxing club!"
Both him and Yamamoto (who had until now remained quietly amused in the background) sighed in exasperation. 'He's delusional.'
Tsuna assured him he'd pass along the message to Hibari and they all got their lunches and ate.
Tsuna looked around, smiling at his new friends.
No one noticed the small baby watching from a nearby building.
'It seems like you found your sun and rain guardians. Good job Tsuna.'
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Tsuna was walking home when someone crossed into his path.
Hayato Gokudera looked at the boy who was supposedly the Vongola Decimo.
'Pathetic', he thought with disgust.
"So you're the supposed future Vongola Decimo! I refuse to accept you as him!"
Tsuna just looked at him with a bored face.
Gokudera just got even more enraged from the indifference on the other boy's face.
Reborn suddenly popped from out of nowhere and turned towards Gokudera.
"Gokudera Hayato, you came earlier than expected."
Tsuna turned to Reborn, not even bothering to ask about the other mafioso.
Reborn turned towards Tsuna with an exasperated face. "You knew he was coming didn't you?"
Tsuna gave a smile. " Yup!"
Looking towards Hayato, the baby told him, "Fight him. You want to become Vongola Decimo don't you?"
He jumped away and Gokudera took out two sticks of dynamite. Quickly lighting them, he threw them towards Tsuna.
Tsuna immediately activated his flames and used them to defuse them, which only made Gokudera even more angry.
He took out a double the amount of dynamite and lit them up.
"Double Bomb!"
Tsuna once again defused them.
In the background, Reborn had sat down on a windowsill quietly and calmly sipping his espresso.
Gokudera took out a ridiculous amount of dynamite (how does he even fit the in his pockets?!) and lit them up.
Then, one of the dynamite sticks fell on the ground, and the mafioso looked down, knowing he wouldn't be able to get it in time.
'I guess this is it, the end. How ironic that my own chosen weapon would be my demise.'
Tsuna also saw the dynamite and immediately dove forward and defused it.
As Tsuna tried to steady his breathing, he saw that Gokudera Hayato had knelt down on the ground facing him.
"I'm so sorry Juudaime! I was mistaken, you are the rightful heir!"
Tsuna looked down at him, uncomprehending as to how someone who'd just tried to kill him could have changed so quickly.
"Command me to do anything, I'll follow you with my life!"
Tsuna looked uncomfortable. "Gokudera-san, it was no problem, you don't have to kneel!"
The other looked up at him with adoration in his eyes. "But Juudaime, you saved my life! I didn't really want the position of Vongola Tenth anyway, I only wanted to test your strength! Please allow me to become your right-hand man!"
Tsuna could only nod, and smile as he was reminded of his previous right-hand man, G.
'I see a lot of him in you Gokudera Hayato. I'm sure we'll become the best of friends.'
Reborn looked at them and felt satisfied.
'Storm Guardian aquired.'
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Omake: (because one of you asked, and after I thought about it, this popped up)
Reborn was tired, he'd just woken up and he NEEDED his morning expresso. It was five in the morning and he needed to look as disgustingly awake as he could when he went to wake Tsuna.
Walking out of the room after quietly getting changed, he walked downstairs towards the kitchen after making sure he was the only one in the house who was actually awake.
Yawning, he opened the cupboard and got his mug, and walked over to the coffee machine.
'Ah, heavenly coffee, the drink of the gods!', he thought as he added a teaspoon of sugar to his cup.
He savoured the smell of his espresso, and took a huge gulp. Not soon after he spat it out.
'...my coffee...it's salty!', quickly he looked at the jar of sugar and saw that someone had switched all the sugar for salt, and he had a pretty good idea as to who had done it.
'Dame-Tsuna, you've crossed a line when you messed with my coffee.'
Stewing in anger, he smirked as he imagined all the ways to torture his troublesome student for his prank.
'I'll teach him to mess with MY coffee'.
While Tsuna was sleeping, he suddenly felt a chill go through him and pulled the blanket closer to himself.
It seemed as if his special intuition worked even while he was asleep.
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AN: Aaaaaaannnd... that's a wrap people!
What did you think? I hope you enjoyed this newest chapter, and the omake! This is my first time writing one so I wasn't sure if it was done well.
I know that a lot of the whole Gokudera/Tsuna battle was the same as in canon, and this was mostly because I wasn't able to think of any other situation where Gokudera would have become as devoted to Tsuna because let's face it, the scene with Tsuna saving Gokudera's life is one of the things I wouldn't even consider changing from canon.
As for any of you wondering about the whole Yamamoto or Ryohei scenes with them joining Tsuna's family and if they are going to happen like the manga or the anime, the answer is that they won't happen that at all! Yes! You read correctly, starting from next chapter this story will get slightly AU, and hopefully continue heading into the mysterious and wonderful world of alternate possibilities! Don't worry, Yamamoto and Ryohei will still become guardians!
Don't get me wrong, I'm still going to go through most of the arcs, especially the important ones, but they'll be different to canon.
I hope you read my mini-rant at the beginning of the chapter, and understood my message.
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