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Next, I'd like to apologise for the INCREDIBLY late update. I just finished my exams a few months back and the holidays have kept me out and away from my computer for a long time.

Also, I recently purchased a BAMBOO TABLET! YAY! I've been drawing, sketching, blah, trying to figure out how to use everything. So enough of my pathetic excuses, here's the latest chappy, hope you enjoy it.

Chapter Three:

Currently, Alaude was very annoyed. So annoyed in fact, one could practically lick the dark aura that emitted from his body.

As the platinum blonde continued to make his way down the town, which was apparently known as Namimori, crowds of people congregating at the busy shopping district separated to make him a pathway. Obviously, they were smart and knew the concept of self-preservation.

To explain why Alaude, first generation cloud guardian, was so annoyed to the point that he repelled innocent bystanders; one would need to go back a few hours.

FLASHBACK

Alaude opened his electric blue eyes, immediately jumping up and whipping out his handcuffs when he could not recognize the environment in which he lay. As his trained eyes scanned the area, prepared for any attacks, he noted he was in a tidy apartment room instead of the usual dark void of his Vongola ring.

When he felt no presences or movement implying he may be under a sneak attack, Alaude quickly stuffed away the handcuffs and made his way to the nearest window. It didn't matter where he was, only that he needed to get out and find some answers.

Opening the window, which was located directly above a bed, he didn't hesitate to jump out. His dark grey trench coat fluttered elegantly as he executed a perfect landing, oblivious to the shocked pedestrians who could only stare.

After looking around, Alaude quickly came to the conclusion he was no longer in Italy. The architecture here was too different and as he neared a couple of women, he recognized their hushed whispering to be Japanese.

This was strange, but definitely not something he couldn't handle. Due to his involvement within the mafia and a certain annoying swordsman, he had already mastered the language.

Rather than standing around like a fool, Alaude decided he needed to investigate the area, and perhaps find the other idiots who he knew were probably behind this.

"When I get my hands on them, they're all going under arrest." He growled quietly to himself.

As he continued to walk around, studying his current surroundings, Alaude couldn't help but frown. He didn't doubt the fact that this was Japan, his deducting skills were flawless after all and the signs written ahead in Japanese proved that. It was just the place was very different to how Asari had described it.

Instead of tall, intricately designed houses with roofs crafted from individual tiles and gardens rivaling the ones in Italy, the houses here were much smaller and barely covered enough space to even fit a garden.

Tch, that would be the last time he trusted the word of a happy go lucky swordsman.

Despite being deep in thought, Alaude didn't fail to notice his path getting wider or the growing noise from farther ahead. Taking a quick turn, his eyes widened at the sight before him.

Flashing lights, crowding people and a cacophony of noises, everything he despised all in one area. Oh, if this were somebody's idea of a joke, heads would be rolling.

Feeling his eyes twitch, Alaude grabbed the closet person to him and sent them a soul-crushing glare. Said person, was a middle-aged businessman who just simply wanted to get home after a hard days of work.

The poor guy never expected this and as he stood quaking in fear, practically shitting his pants, he quickly apologized to every god he could think of and prayed for a swift demise at the hands of this terrifying man.

"Where am I and what year is it?" Alaude snarled at the man. He already had a sneaking feeling to where he was and nearly slapped himself for not figuring it out sooner.

"Y-you're in Na-Namimori and it is XXXX."

So he had been transported into the future. Namimori if he recalled correctly, was the town where the current Vongola Tenth Generation was residing. He didn't really recognize the place, as the last time he was out to test his successor, he hadn't explored much, opting to stay within the seclusion of his ring.

He abruptly let go of the businessman, now with an idea of where to head.

Namimori Middle School, that was the place he needed to go to get his answers.

Unfortunately, this was easier said than done. On his journey to the school, Alaude encountered many problems leading to his initial frustration and annoyance.

These so called problems came in the form of:

1) Ignorant people invading his personal space.

"HEY MR, YOU WANT SOME NEW CLOTHES. THE ONE YOU WEAR LOOK SO OLD! FOR YOU I SELL 20% OFF!"

The salesman's English was shaky, but he knew Alaude was a foreigner so therefore an easier target.

However, the moment he went to grab the guardian's arm, he was sent scrambling back in fear from his threatening glare.

"I'll arrest you fool."

The salesman vowed to never scam ever again.

2) Stubborn women who shamelessly flirted with him despite his cold demeanor.

"Hey handsome, you busy tonight?"

Alaude instantly tugged his arm away from the poorly clothed and obviously desperate woman, clearly disgusted.

"Not interested. Leave."

He patted himself on the shoulder internally as congratulations. He actually managed to speak words that were not threats.

"Come on, don't be like that!"

Alaude whipped out his handcuff, hoping to scare her off. His patience was short and he did not have time for this. Instead of feeling intimated though, like any normal person would, she merely wriggled her eyebrows and giggled.

"You're into that sort thing are you?"

Alaude felt a vein pop.

3) An overall lack of knowledge of the town.

END OF FLASHBACK

Though he would never admit it, Alaude had been wondering around aimlessly for the past hour with no idea where to go. He knew he was in the shopping district, but the place was designed almost like a maze, with streets twisting and turning in every direction.

Honestly, CEDEF and Vongola security could learn from this.

He quickly discarded the thought to the back of this mind however when he saw a gateway saying; THANK YOU FOR VISITING NAMIMORI SHOPPING DISTRICT. PLEASE COME AGAIN.

An exit. Finally he could get out and acquire the answers he needed.

Hibari smirked coldly as he bit another ruffian to death, knocking the unfortunate fellow and his teeth out cold. His daily check up of Namimori was going well, with him DESTROYING a total of 60 yakuza gang members.

Tucking his tonfas safely into his backside, he slowly began to make his way back to Namimori Middle, being extra careful to step over the unconscious gang members as he did so. He was in an unusually happy mood. Perhaps if nothing else happened, he could take a nap on the school's roof.

That being said, when he finally reached his beloved school, encountering no problems on the way there, Hibari yawned. Finally, a break from herbivores.

His happiness was unfortunately short lived, as to his anger, he saw an unknown man expertly scale and leap the school walls.

What? Who in their right mind would even think of doing something as stupid (or brave) as that?

Any sane person knew it was a taboo to touch the feared prefect's school. Even the yakuza knew it wasn't a good idea and made sure to stay clear of it when challenging him, lest they want to die.

Eyes narrowed, said prefect rushed to follow the man. Whoever he was, Hibari would teach him a lesson he'd never forget. NOBODY, and he meant NOBODY touched his school and got away with it.

The unknown figure was already half way across the school, about to enter when Hibari located him. They were much quicker than the average person he would give them that.

"Oi, herbivore, what do you think you're doing?"

The intruder finally turned to reveal his identity and Hibari was shocked with who he saw. His usually calm exterior shattered in an instant and he whipped out his tonfas, eyes narrowed.

"I'll bite you to death!" he snarled.

"Oi, herbivore, what do you think you're doing?"

The voice was familiar and Alaude immediately recognized it as his successor, Hibari Kyoya. The young guardian couldn't seem to identify him so he turned to reveal himself, ready to demand some answers.

He didn't care if the boy was still considered an "innocent" child, as Giotto would say (Alaude honestly doubted anyone thought that though), he would get the information he wanted with whatever means necessary. He wasn't the founder of CEDEF and lead interrogator for no reason.

Not to his surprise, shock was written all over the boy's face when he saw who he was. Alaude was meant to be dead after all. And rather expectedly, Hibari whipped out his tonfas and went on the offensive.

"I'll bite you to death!"

Alaude scowled. The child reminded him too much of himself, when he was younger, when he was still wild and had no self-control.

What bothered him the most however was that he didn't look like he knew anything. Years of experience in the field meant Alaude could easily distinguish between a spy who held top-secret information and a weakling who did not. And Hibari clearly knew nothing.

As of now, fighting him would be a waste of time.

Taking a step forward, he steadily looked the teen in the eye.

"I don't have time to spare on a child." He stated calmly. "It seems coming here was pointless."

The boy's eyes widened and he came to a sudden stop. Alaude raised an eyebrow when the child refused to look up at him. That was far too easy, something had to be up.

As if to prove his suspicions right Alaude felt a sudden spike in cloud flames.

His eyes narrowed when he saw a large shadow form beneath him. Instinctively, he leapt out of the way and just in time too, as he narrowly avoided getting crushed by a giant… porcupine?

What?

The large animal left a large crater on where it landed. Dust and smoke rose up and around the area, engulfing everything it could. On top of the beast, looking as smug as one could, stood none other than Hibari.

"You're the herbivore here."

"Tch"

If the brat was so adamant about it, Alaude figured he could teach him a lesson or two on respecting his elders.

When he finally arrived at Namimori Middle School with Primo in tow, Tsuna nearly suffocated from the sheer amount of dust drifting about the area. Covering his nose and mouth, he waited patiently for the dust to clear.

When it did, his mouth dropped to the ground and his eyes nearly fell out of its socket at what he saw.

"HIEEEEEE!"

"What's wrong Tsuna?" Giotto's worried voice came from behind him.

Tsuna could only shakily lift his finger and point.

When Giotto followed Tsuna's line of vision, he too paled at the sight before him.

No longer existed Namimori Middle School's yard, in its place stood a battlefield. Craters of every size adorned the ground, and chunks of rubble covered the area. Of course, in the middle of all the destruction stood both cloud guardians.

Tsuna's guardian Hibari was slightly injured. Bruises and scratches of every size covered much of his body, but one couldn't even tell with the way he held himself, tonfas out in front ready to strike. Alaude on the other hand was doing far better off. He barely sustained any injuries and was swinging a handcuff around his finger almost casually.

Alaude smirked, Hibari growled, Tsuna whimpered and Giotto facepalmed.

They were supposed to be role models for goodness sake. AND what did he say about attacking children again?

Tsuna grimaced. He was supposed to show Giotto that they were good people. How could that happen with Hibari rampaging about?

In an attempt to stop Hibari, Tsuna did what most would consider insane. He sucked in a gulp of air and yelled out a command to Hibari.

"Hibari san, please stop this!"

Well, it was the most order like he could get with the prefect without fainting.

As if on cue, both guardians directed their glare on him and Tsuna shivered. Not just one but TWO Hibari super deluxe glares were piercing right through him. It was enough to send anyone screaming. And Tsuna did just that.

"HIEEEEEE!"

His display of cowardice lost their attention just as quickly. Without wasting anymore time, he saw Hibari pushed off towards Alaude, intent on continuing and finishing what he had started.

"WAIT! ALAUDE! DON'T HURT HIM!" Tsuna heard Giotto shout. "He's just a kid!"

Tsuna sweat dropped at this comment.

Oh how wrong you are Primo he thought to himself. Oh how wrong you are.

To his surprise Alaude ignored Giotto's orders and pulled out more handcuffs. Whaaaat? But Primo always seemed to hold so much authority? Guess cloud guardians were stubborn, no matter which generation.

Panicking, Tsuna knew if he didn't stop this, thing would get real ugly. With one last attempt, he screamed the first thing that came to his mind.

"WHAT ABOUT THE SCHOOL HIBARI SAN?"

That seemed to work as something inside of Hibari clicked and he hesitated, only if for a split second, but for a veteran like Alaude, that second was all he needed to take him down.

In the blink of an eye, Alaude was by his Hibari's side, quickly disarming him and tossing his tonfas away before handcuffing him from behind. Hibari's eyes widened in both rage and shock, and he aimed a high kick to the blonde's face.

Said man easily dodged as he pulled out another handcuff. He then snapped the contraption around Hibari's neck, almost like a collar. This only further enraged the prefect and he rushed towards Alaude, intent on doing any damage.

He quickly stopped though when the handcuff around his neck burst into purple flames. The flames continued to grow more intense and before he knew it, the multiplication attribute of the cloud flame kicked in and more handcuffs started to sprout. One by one, they began to engulf Hibari, growing in size to fit around him.

Tsuna could only gape in disbelief. Hibari was actually losing a fight. But then again, this was Alaude. He was a member of the first generation Vongola guardians and they weren't known as the best for no reason.

In a matter of seconds, Hibari was covered neck to toe in handcuffs. He slightly resembled a cocoon and before Tsuna could help himself, he pictured Hibari sprouting wings and flying off.

The brunette burst into laughter, tears forming from frustration at the fact he couldn't stop and from fear as when Hibari got out, he would be killed.

As if to prove his point, the prefect practically snarled at him. The sheer terror the sound evoked stopped Tsuna's laughter completely. Yes, He would be dying very, very soon.

Alaude only made the situation worse as to Tsuna's absolute horror; he calmly approached Hibari and lifted him up and over his shoulder. It was as if he was carrying a sack of potatoes instead of an actual human being. Hibari too seemed horrified, as he began to wriggle about, determined to break free.

Alaude then turned to face Primo and him, and it was plain to see from his expression that he wanted answers, NOW.

"I thought I said attacking kids was bad, "Giotto whined.

"Don't push your luck!" growled Alaude, sending him a glare whilst ignoring poor Hibari's struggling and wriggling. "I restrained him and that should be enough!"

"O-of course," Giotto stuttered, sweat shooting down his neck at a hundred miles a second. Sheesh, his cloud guardian never changed. Even after hundreds of years of being dead, he was still as terrifying as ever.

Deciding that stalling would only make things worse, Giotto briefly explained the situation to his friend and prayed he would take the news calmly.

"You don't know who's behind this," Alaude bluntly stated.

Giotto nodded nervously and he felt Tsuna slowly sneak behind him, attempting to hide. He gave the boy a reassuring pat on the shoulder before turning back to face Alaude.

"Yes, but I'm gathering the others so we can figure things out. As much as you hate it Alaude, we don't belong here and have no knowledge of this time and place. It's best if we work together, at least to find out who's behind this."

"Tch"

His guardian frowned but made no movement to leave. Giotto took this as a sign of his agreement and looked back at Tsuna.

"So, who's next?"

"AAARRRGGHH! Are we there yet?"

Gokudera felt his grip on his dynamite tighten. First Generation Lightening Guardian or not, he would blow up the adult sized brat if he made one more complaint. Opening his mouth to tell the green head off for the 18th time, Gokudera found himself beaten to the punch.

"Shut up you brat. This isn't a field trip!" growled G.

Lampo pouted but didn't reply, knowing it would end badly for him if he did.

"Oi, brat, Do you even know where you're going?"

This time the remark was directed at him.

"Tch!"

Who did he think he was talking to?

"Don't doubt me you old man! Of course I know where I'm going!"

From the corner of his eye, Gokudera saw G twitch. This made him smirk. For the tenth's sake, he would work with the man, but that by no means meant he had to be friendly to him.

After all, the red head was a threat to his position as storm guardian. Now that he and from the way things were going, the whole First Generation were back, what would happen to Tsuna?

There couldn't be two Vongola bosses nor could there be two sets of guardians. And considering their age and the fact that the First Generation was the founder and best in Vongola history, there was actually a very high possibility they would be replaced.

Gokudera absolutely refused to let that happen. He had given his best to get where he was now. His friends and family had suffered countless hope crushing battles and he wouldn't let it be in vain.

No, he would not back down.

Looking up, Gokudera saw his destination just a few meters ahead. For once that day, he smiled.

However, it was only momentary as when he neared the famous sushi restaurant, he heard rambunctious laughter echoing from the building.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA"

What hell was going on in there?

G twitched when the brat made a jab at his age. How dare he blatantly disrespect him like that! He may have been dead for a few centuries, but that did NOT mean he was old in any way.

Honestly, why did Giotto get the nice one?

His successor, Tsuna if he recalled correctly, was quite the polite young man, even if he was weak and slightly spineless. He never swore and willingly treated everyone with respect. Even Lampo for goodness sake!

G's successor on the other hand was a brat. He had a mouth that could put the dirtiest of sailors to shame and he was quick to react to taunting. Overall he was annoying.

Having thought that, G ignored the voice in the back of his mind whispering to him.

You were like that too when you were young.

No, he may have been a bit hot headed when he was young, and he may have sworn a bit, but he was definitely nothing like the brat.

After a few more minutes of awkward walking, G could have sworn he heard laughter from up ahead. He felt his suspicion increased when the brat Gokudera stiffened.

Squinting, he looked ahead to see a… sushi restaurant?

Asari had told him about the Japanese dish a few years back, but why were they here? It was very unlikely the swordsman would be here, even if it were his favourite food.

G assumed the man would be looking for his fellow guardians. They were in an unknown environment and it was plain common sense to try and locate a familiar face.

However, he was instantly proven wrong when he entered the building. Among all the customers, G saw Asari happily sitting and conversing with his successor, popping a sushi in his mouth every now and then.

What the hell was the idiot doing?

"HAHAHAHA, you really have the funniest adventure with your friends don't you Takeshi kun. It sort of reminds me of Giotto and the others."

"Really, that's great!"

Storming up to the rain guardian, he grabbed the man's shoulder and spun him around. He didn't even notice Gokudera doing the same with Yamamoto.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?" G yelled, completely unaware he had synchronized with Gokudera.

"Ah, there you are G."

"Maa, maa, Gokudera kun. We were just talking."

Ignoring the children at his side, he glared at Asari.

"Did it ever occur to you to look for us?" He yelled, disbelief at the man's unfazed composure regarding the whole situation evident in his voice. "You're suddenly back from the dead and you decide to eat sushi?

The idiot merely smiled in response and G felt a vein pop.

"Calm down G. Of course this was strange for me, but we've been through worse yes?"

He tightened his grip on his friend's shoulder and let out a breath, forcing himself to calm down. Asari had actually made a good point and becoming riled up would get them nowhere. He had learned so the hard way 400 years back.

"And besides, I just saw Knuckles a few minutes ago."

G felt his anger come back at full force!

WHAT!

Gokudera couldn't believe his eyes when he entered the store. There, in the middle of the restaurant, sat the baseball idiot. He was cheerfully munching sushi while casually talking to his predecessor without a care in the world.

Oh no, that was not okay in Gokudera's book.

He did not hesitate to approach the idiot to give him a piece of his mind. Here he was playing around while the tenth was busy tiring himself out searching for him and the others.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!" Gokudera shrieked, stiffening slightly when he heard G yell the exact same thing next to him.

"Maa, maa Gokudera kun. We were just talking."

"Just talking? The tenth is out giving his best in finding you and all you do is lounge around and talk!"

He felt a small sense of satisfaction when he saw the idiots smile drop for a few seconds.

"Tsuna's out looking for us? So you guys are experiencing this too." Yamamoto slowly stated, briefly darting his eyes to G before glancing back at him.

Gokudera chose to ignore his indiscrete scrutinizing for the sake of nodding.

"Yeah."

"Hahaha. So I guess I should tell you I just saw senpai a few minutes ago. Knuckle san seemed to be with him too."

…

"WHAT!"

In the corner, a certain lazy teen was casually popping pieces of sushi into his mouth, watching amusedly as the scene in front of him unfolded. Said sushi was much more delicious than he had originally thought.

Glancing at the two storm guardians, he allowed a smirk to grace his face.

Despite their supposed disapproval of each other, they were very similar, more than they would like to admit. I mean G had practically synchronized in yelling with the boy. It almost funny really, how they were so alike.

With their volatile personalities, near identical looks and short tempers, they were two peas in a pod.

Huh, almost like a father and son duo, Lampo thought quietly to himself, instantly shivering at what they would do if they could read minds and had heard him.

Sheesh, it was like having two G's around. He would have to be on his guard even more from now on.

A/N: I apologise again for the late update, but at least the chapter was extra long. Personally, I found this part really difficult to write. Maybe it was their unique personalities, but I rewrote this like at least a hundred times. I'll probably do some editing later but yeah.

And also, sorry for the constant POV switching and lack of fluff. I wanted to keep this story a bit realistic and you have to admit, they won't be warming up to each other instantly, (Asari and Yamamoto excluded) especially in Hibari and Gokudera's case.

Anyways, I hope you guys liked it. PLEASE REVIEW.

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