Chapter Four: First Sign

It hadn't been easy for the Kyoko, Hana, Haru and I-Pin to organize a party for so many people while trying to keep their children from destroying the house and in the end they all ended up regretting having asked for their help. Kaemon and Shou ended up trying to blow up the bathroom twice, which by the second time resulted in Yoko running around the house after them and trying to hit them with a frying pan. As if this little 'chase' wasn't enough, since they had successfully knocked down several pieces of furniture, Yasuhiko convinced Shou's younger siblings to play baseball with him, which lead to young Sora and Shoji having to be bandaged up and given ice packs for their heads. Special mention also must go to little Raiden who managed to get stuck in the wall after trying to exemplify his father's 'Electric Cornatta'

So yes, it was indeed a though party to organize but in the end they pulled through.

Tsuna and his Guardians had been absent on an important meeting hence why they couldn't come and help but according to Kyoko's watch they would soon be coming. The wife of the Decimo looked around the dining room to make sure everything was in order and then moved to the living room to guarantee the kids hadn't messed it up again. Everything seemed just right and perfect which relaxed Kyoko a lot. She knew that Tsuna and the others worked on an erratic and busy schedule so she wanted to take advantage of this free day to provide everyone with a good, relaxing time. She wanted this dinner to be, in a way, like old times when they gathered at Tsuna's old house or even when they had been sent to the future and she and Haru cooked for everyone there. That's why she had gone through all the trouble of cooking herself and not asking for help to any of the servants. It was also why everyone else decided to pitch in and help her.

"Mom?"

"Yes, Shou-kun?" Kyoko questioned, turning around and smiling softly at her oldest son. "Just wanted to let you know that Yoko just called to say that they'll be here in less than 5 minutes."

Kyoko nodded her head slightly, glad that it was good news. Somehow the idea that at any time something bad could happen to her family had imprinted itself onto her mind which was why she was relieved to hear that the her brother and nephews were still coming. "That's good, how is Raiden-kun?"

Tsuna could only sigh by this question, scratching the back of his head a bit. "He's upstairs in my room, making a mess with Sora and Shoji." He admitted, hoping his mom wouldn't get upset over it. Raiden had insisted that he wanted to stay and play with Shou's younger siblings and so I-Pin had left them be, promising to be the first one to get to the dinner after getting changed.

Kyoko however didn't seem to mind this at all. Having Raiden around was almost like when she and Haru took care of Lambo and I-Pin when they were younger which provided Kyoko with a lot of good memories. "It's alright, we'll clean it up later." She assured Shou. She was going to say something else but was cut off by the sound of the doorbell. "I bet it's Yoko-chan!" Shou suddenly exclaimed, causing Kyoko to giggle. Soon enough Raiden, Sora and Shoji all came running downstairs while arguing with each other about who was going to open the door. Kyoko smiled softly before going after them to greet the first people to arrive.

…...

The dinner went perfect and just as Kyoko thought it would go. This of course means that it was utter chaos. The guardians spent their time telling stories of when they were younger, while the young ones claimed that they wanted to go through interesting experiences like that as well. It was truly a shame that the Cloud Guardian hadn't come but it was somewhat to be expected.

After dinner was over the adults remained within the dining room whereas the kids went around the house playing and just overall raising havoc.

The younger ones were upstairs in Shou's room whereas the rest were in the living room currently trying to keep Yoko and Ayane from tearing each other apart. Well, not all of them were trying that, Nagi and Kaemon for instance were just fine and dandy watching the whole thing go down.

"What did you call me! ?" Yoko hissed while struggling against Akio and Yasuhiko's hold on her, both trying to keep her from punching the life out of Ayane. Ayane however was also struggling against Shou and Yasu's younger brother Yuu's hold. "You heard me!" Ayane snapped.

"Kufufu what an interesting turn of events." Nagi commented with an innocent smile while sipping on the soda she held in her hand. "Nee-chan! Don't say things like that!" Kiri protested as she stood in between the girls, trying to keep them apart and working as some sort of last line of defense in case the guys couldn't hold them off.

"Akio, Yasu let go!"

"No way sis, we don't want anyone dying here today!"

"If anyone were to die it wouldn't be me, it would be that boar-woman!" Ayane snapped before looking over her shoulder to glare at Shou and Yuu "Shou, Yuu let go already!"

Yoko's glare only narrowed as she clenched her jaw upon being called boar-woman "That's IT! I'm going to beat your fucking face in, snotty bitch!"

Kaemon just snickered "Oh man, I need my camera…" he murmured, glancing around the room before holding up his hands as if asking for a time-out. "Hey, hey, time out everyone. I need you people to tell me if you've seen my camera. It's very important." he said, being completely serious.

"NOBODY FUCKING CARES!" Both Ayane and Yoko shouted at the same time.

Kiri was honestly starting to tear up at the argument that had been going on for at least 20 minutes. "Please everyone…we shouldn't be fighting… let's all get along, please?"

"Kiri, let them be." Nagi spoke in a nonchalant manner.

"No, Kiri is right, you girls need to stop this now!" Shou said, finally speaking up. He sounded incredibly serious which actually calmed down both Yoko and Ayane a bit. "We're here tonight to spend some time together, as family. We don't get many opportunities like this so please behave and don't ruin it for everyone else." He added on. His words did make Ayane and Yoko feel embarrassed and soon they both stopped struggling and yelling. Ayane huffed, dusting herself off before looking towards Shou and then facing everyone else doing a polite bow. "Shou-kun is right. I'm sorry for having made everyone listen to this fight that didn't concern them." She said politely.

At that point everyone looked back towards Yoko, who simply looked away while stuffing her hands in the pockets of her jeans. "Yeah. Whatever. I'm sorry too." She muttered and turned around "It won't happen again so you don't have to worry about it." She added on and started walking away. "Eh? Yoko where are you going?" Yasu asked as he frowned lightly. She, however just waved it off "I'm going to get something to eat."

….

After the little argument was over things got a whole lot lighter between the kids. Eventually though the boys wanted to video games and since the girls didn't they went up to Sora's, meaning Shou's little sister's room since the former was still playing with Raiden and her brother Shoji. In the bedroom Ayane sighed as she hoped on the bed. Nagi chose to sit down on a nearby chair, whereas Kiri was standing. Today the only way you could tell them apart was by hairstyle, since Nagi wore it like Chrome used to (and consequentially Mukuro) and Kiri wore it all the way down to its full length. "Wha-What will we do now?.." Kiri questioned looking between the two. Ayane shrugged her shoulders a bit "Don't really know." She admitted, flicking her hair over her shoulder. Nagi on the other hand let out another chuckle "Why don't you go clear the air with Yoko-chan, it seems to me that things aren't exactly great just yet."

Ayane frowned a bit "Oh please, like I'd actually fall for that. You don't even care how we're doing you just want to try to start another fight!"

"Kufufu true enough."

Kiri looked disapprovingly towards her sister before facing the silver haired teen sitting on the bed. "I think Sasagawa-san is a really good person! And so is Gokudera-san, so you should…you should definitely try to get along!" she blurted out, blushing a bit in the process of doing so. However it actually made Ayane smile. "I wish Nagi was more like you, Kiri-san."

"I take offence to that."

"No you don't."

"Hn. True."

Ayane rolled her eyes in a somewhat dramatic manner before turning to face Kiri "Look, me and the boar-woma—I mean Yoko, simply don't get along. We clash over every single thing, I doubt we'll ever be good friends, so if I'm not worried about it and neither is she, you really don't have to be." Ayane told Kiri, in a matter-of-fact kind of tone that only made Kiri frown instead of feeling reassured. "Still…" she murmured before heading towards the door.

"Eh? Where are you going?" Nagi questioned, yet Kiri didn't even turn around to face her "I'm going to talk to Sasagawa-san." She said, hastily leaving the room.

"Your sister simply doesn't know when to drop it huh?"

"She seems to be under the illusion that everyone can or better yet should get along."

"So you don't believe that?"

"I'd rather not talk about my beliefs with you." Nagi said simply, giving a pleasant smile as she gracefully rose from the chair she had been sitting on "So, let's go back downstairs?"

….

Sasagawa Yoko on the other hand had just finished another round of Tekken against Yasu and was back in the kitchen to answer the question of how much ice cream she could gobble down without throwing it all back up. She sat on a stool, eating away while contemplating the fight with Ayane. She frowned at the thought of it and felt herself become embarrassed when she remembered Shou's words. She really didn't want to be a hassle to everyone else in the family but she and Ayane simply did not get along. It was something that had been noticeable ever since they were little kids with little more than 5 years old.

"Ano…Sasagawa-san?"

"Eh?"

Yoko looked up, the spoon sort of dangling from her mouth as her eyes focused on Kiri. "Um…is something wrong?..." she asked, somewhat hesitantly, while awkwardly scratching the back of her head. She couldn't honestly remember the last time she had talked to Kiri alone so it was somewhat…odd. Especially since she couldn't even see what this was about.

"No-Nothing in particular," Kiri began as she took a couple of steps forward and stopped in front of Yoko who was now eying her a bit suspiciously. "Right…" she murmured and soon returned to her ice cream.

"Ano…"

"Yes?"

"Um…is that ice cream any good?..."

"…"

Yoko could only respond with silence as she contemplated the quiet girl in front of her that for some reason had decided to talk about her chocolate ice cream. Yoko arched an eyebrow, wondering where exactly this conversation was headed but since Kiri didn't strike her as a bad person or anything, nor did she disliked her she decided to answer.

"Yeah…" she began and then raised it to her eye level along with another spoon "Wanna try some?"

"Um…uh…su-sure…" Kiri stammered and hesitantly reached out a hand to take the spoon Yoko was offering her and took a bit of the ice cream, the daughter of the Sun Guardian had been holding out to her.

"Good?"

"Ye-Yeah…" Kiri stuttered again though this time Yoko smiled a little and handed her the whole cup "You can keep that then, I'm going to get another one." She informed and walked back to the fridge, leaving Kiri to nibble on the chocolate ice-cream by the counter.

Kiri looked up watching as Yoko tried to choose a new ice cream flavor and decided that she should try her best to get her and Ayane to get along. She figured that maybe if she could pull that off other's would appreciate her more and recognize her as valuable which was something of great importance to Kiri.

Soon, Yoko returned to her original spot and had solved the question of 'which ice cream flavor to pick' by choosing one of which. Without another word she started to eat right away, giving Kiri time to think about how to approach the subject of Ayane without causing Yoko to blow up. "Hmm…Sasagawa-san?"

By Kiri's words Yoko suddenly looked up with an arched eyebrow in such a sudden manner that Kiri lost the nerve she had gathered to start talking about Gokudera's daughter "Eh…that's a very nice t-shirt….!"

Yoko blinked her eyes stupidly before slowly looking down at the t-shirt she wore. It was not only incredibly large for her but incredibly old and one could even see that it had a rip on the hem. Despite it being very comfortable, Yoko didn't really see what was exactly 'nice' about it, especially not when you were to compare it to the elegant light purple top Kiri had recently bought.

"Uh…thanks?"

Kiri chuckled nervously as she noticed Yoko's confused and suspicious stare and decided to elaborate more on her previous statement "I…I really like the na-navy blue and the '33' number on it!..." she added on, though her tone made it painfully obvious that she was just making up things as she went.

"Uh, I see…" Yoko murmured, taking a bit out of her strawberry ice-cream though kept an intense gaze on Kiri "Is there something you want to say to me?"

Feeling like she had just been caught Kiri saw no other choice but to confess so she nodded her head a number of times "Ha-Hai!" she blurted out, though refused to met Yoko's gaze and instead focusing on watching the chocolate ice-cream that was by now starting to melt. "I would really like it if—if…if you could make up with Gokudera-san!"

If Yoko didn't like ice-cream so much she would have probably dropped the spoon full of it that she was holding close to her lips. "What?"

"I…The two of you are such good people…I really think you should try and get along better!"

Yoko wasn't quite sure how she was going to answer that. It was really difficult to blow up or even rant to someone that looked like she was about to pass out from fright so Yoko was considering her other options. She definitely didn't agree with Kiri as she didn't think she and Ayane would ever be able to get along seeing as they were constantly arguing over the smallest of things. Even the fight from before steamed from who was entitled to holding the remote and choosing the channel on TV they were going to watch.

"I don't really think that's possible."

"But…can't you at least try?..."

Yoko sighed, slapping her forehead in the process upon realizing how hard it was to say no to this girl. She was however spared of having to think of an answer when Yuu came running in the kitchen "Yoko! You're not going to believe this!"

Both Yoko and Kiri looked up only to then find themselves donning questioning and pretty confused looks when they saw Yuu using a shower curtain as a cape.

"What the hell man?..."

Yuu blinked his eyes and then followed the girl's stares to the shower curtain. "Oh this? I was just trying to show the guy's that with little supplies you can pull off an awesome cosplay outfit!"

"You failed. Horribly."

"I did not!" he protested putting on an appalled expression before turning to face Kiri "Neh Kiri doesn't this cape look awesome?" he exclaimed, going from annoyed and shocked to happy-go-lucky in less than a minute.

"U-uh, yes!"

"See? See? !" Yuu exclaimed, sticking out his tongue at Yoko who just gave him a dull look. Yeah, that's the same tone she used to describe my t-shirt, she thought looking at Kiri from the corner of her eye and sighing slightly.

"Kiri, I'll make you a cape too!" Yuu suddenly declared which caused Kiri to blush while trying to stammer that she really didn't need a cape, so feeling sorry for the girl who would soon be wearing a shower curtain if Yuu wasn't stopped, Yoko decided to intervene. "So, Yuu, what was this thing that I wasn't going to believe?"

"Oh right!" Yuu suddenly chirped, having completely forgotten about that due to the excitement over his shower curtain/cape thing "Guess who's at the door?"

Yoko shrugged her shoulders a lightly giving Yuu the sign that she really didn't feel like guessing, and resumed to eating her ice-cream.

Yuu grinned "Listen closely: Hibari Hisoka."

…...

"VOOOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!" The familiar sound of Squalo's voice rang through the night, waking up neighbors and scaring away the bravest of dogs, as he mercilessly pounded on the door to the Sawada Residence. He honestly couldn't believe the Decimo had chosen to live in Namimori when he could have moved to the much larger and bigger headquarters of the Vongola, but right now it wasn't the time to judge that. "Won't anyone open the godforsaken door? !"

"Be quiet, before I bite you to death." Tsuna's Cloud Guardian said simply, as he glared at the swordsman next to him "You're an annoyance."

Squalo's eyes narrowed at Hibari and in a split second he had already raised his sword "What was that ! ? I'll rip your head off!" He growled, whereas Hisoka just whished someone would hurry up and open the door. Hibari on the other hand eyed the older man with disdain and was preparing himself for another comeback when the door opened to reveal both Tsuna and Kyoko.

"Squalo?" It was fairly obvious that the swordsman had been waiting by his door just going by the characteristic 'VOOIII!' but it was still pretty surprising to find him standing at his doorway at this time of night. However his eyes then fell on Hibari and his son and at first he was confused at seeing the three together but then smiled softly and the Cloud Guardian. "Hibari-san I'm glad to see you here. Hisoka-kun, I'm glad you came too."

Hibari only closed his eyes briefly looking away, before re-opening them with an expression even more serious than usual that was enough to tell Tsuna that indeed something was wrong. "I'm not here for the party, there's something we need to discuss." He stated simply.

Kyoko too caught on to the seriousness that seemed to suddenly befall them and just gestured for them come inside. "Come on in then, all the adults are in the dining room. Hisoka-kun, everyone else is in the living room playing video games, why don't you go join them?"

Hisoka froze for a minute, not really sure of what to answer and then turned his head slightly towards his father, who was still frowning over being in such a crowded space. Tsuna noticed this and looked down at Hisoka, with a peaceful expression and warm smile "Go on Hisoka-kun, your father will be busy for now."

At this Hisoka slowly nodded his head and stepped closer to Kyoko who began to lead him away, showing him the path to the living room, not that it was that hard or anything.

Once Tsuna made sure that Kyoko and Hisoka could no longer ear them he turned to face the two men "Let's go to the dining room then."

….

-Sawada Sora (Tsuna and Kyoko's only daughter) Despite looking and acting a lot like Kyoko used to, she has also received some influences from Yoko so she can often act bossy around mostly Shou, Shoji and Raiden. She's 13 years old.

-Sawada Shoji (Tsuna and Kyoko's youngest son) He's the second youngest of all the kids and absolutely worships his older brother Shou, viewing him as a really cool guy and the epitome of awesomeness wanting to be just like him when he grows up. For that reason he's continuously trying to become better and those efforts have caused him to actually do better in school than Shou or Tsuna did when they were his age. He's 10 years old.

-Raiden (Lambo and I-Pin's only son) He's very much like his father in the way that he puts on a strong front but actually acts cowardly although he does have a few moments of genuine bravery and courage. He's playful and childish and in the same way Shoji admires Shou, Raiden admires Kaemon and his talent for pulling pranks. He's 9 years old.

-Yamamoto Yuu (Yamamoto Takeshi and Miura Haru's youngest son) He's a lot like his mother in that he's more eccentric and hyper than the easy going Yamamoto. He also adores cosplaying like Haru but despite that seems to have inherited all the talent for baseball that Yasuhiko seems to be missing. He's 14 years old and in the same class with Shou and Kaemon although he keeps himself busy with practice for the many sports teams he's in and thus hangs around more with Akio.