Thanks to Arithra, who gave me inspiration for this chapter.

Also I'm going to assume that all doors are the hinges type.

It was well-known throughout Namimori that the Yamamoto family lacked a mother. They never talked about her, nor did any of the Namimori residents ever see her. Hence, they had come to the conclusion that she was dead, leading them to avoid any and all mentions of her around the Yamamoto family.

This made things rather convenient for both Tsuyoshi and his son, Takeshi. After all, it would be dangerous if people found out that Takeshi's mother was the head of one of the most powerful families in Tokyo.

Tsuna was in Tokyo yet again. He had been going there often in order for the Hisakata kumichou to train him in taking over the family. Tsuna gave up on trying to clear up the misunderstanding and just went along with everything. It would hurt less that way.

"Young master," one of the men at the base said. "We apologise but the kumichou has some urgent business to take care of, so he's calling off today's lesson." Tsuna's eye twitched. Right, of course. Why didn't they tell him before he made the two hour journey to Tokyo?!

He forced down his anger and gave a smile. "It's alright. I'll just come back next time! See you."

As he walked through the compound, everyone bowed at him and greeted him. He smiled and greeted them back courteously, saying their names when he remembered them. He really couldn't get used to the overwhelming adoration the people in the Hisakata yakuza had for him. Even the kumichou had said that it wasn't usual for them to be so warm and accepting of a normal heir, much less a totally new member of the family! The kumichou theorized that Tsuna naturally had something within him that made people want to follow him.

It was a terrifying thought.

Once Tsuna was a considerable distance away from the Hisakata yakuza compound, he moved to a nearby fountain to rest. He didn't really feel like making the long trip back home, especially after he told his mother that he wouldn't be home for dinner. He dug out his wallet and checked the amount of money he had. Just enough for a small meal and a ticket back home. He knew he could always ask the Hisakata for a ride back but… he didn't really want their neighbours to see him come out of a sketchy, expensive-looking, entirely black car. Rumours were really bad, after all.

He sighed and leaned back, before shrieking and flailing, catching himself just in time before he fell backwards into the fountain behind him. He placed a hand on his heart, feeling it race under his palm. That was a really close call.

A chuckle from beside him drew his attention and he blushed. Someone saw his embarrassing actions! He quickly hid his face in his hands to prevent anyone else from seeing the pure redness flooding his cheeks and ears. Timidly, he peeked through his fingers to see the person beside him. She was a beautiful woman wearing a black suit. A black suit that Tsuna was very familiar with. Immediately, all the embarrassment he felt was replaced by apprehension. The woman seemed to have sensed his emotions, for she gave him a sad smile.

"You don't have to be afraid of me. I don't harm children," she said. Tsuna slowly removed his hands from his face to properly look at the woman. He gave her an awkward smile and she smiled back. "You can call me Suzume. You are?"

"T-Tsu…" Tsuna suddenly paused. "Yoshi. You can call me Yoshi."

"Tsuyoshi?" Suzume seemed a little surprised. Tsuna quickly shook his head.

"Yoshi. Just Yoshi." He forced out another smile and she laughed.

"You know, I have a kid the same age as you. I wonder how he's doing right now," she mused. Tsuna kept quiet as Suzume turned back to look at him, as if she was looking for something within him. She seemed to have found whatever it was that she was looking for, and smiled gently. "Do you mind if I tell you a story, Yoshi-kun?"

"Um, not at all, Suzume-san," Tsuna replied awkwardly. Wasn't she a little too friendly for an unknown yakuza member?

Suzume then told Tsuna about how women didn't exactly have a place in the yakuza. They couldn't get out of that society, yet they couldn't truly be in it either. Suzume couldn't take it, so she decided to run away with an assassin that was sent to kill her.

Tsuna had a short moment of blanking out at that, but soon recovered enough to listen to the rest of Suzume's story.

After running away, she and the assassin wanted to start a family. Soon, she realised that she couldn't truly escape the yakuza society but by that time, she was already pregnant with her son. Therefore, she made a deal to go back to the family, in exchange for leaving her husband and son alone.

Tsuna was suddenly reminded of his father, and tentatively asked if Suzume still kept in contact with her family.

"Of course I do!" she seemed almost insulted that Tsuna would suggest otherwise. "For one, there's the internet! It's just… too bad that I can't physically be there for them. It's already pretty hard to defend my place as the head of the Enkai Yakuza simply because I'm female." She gave a wry laugh, making Tsuna frown.

"But… as long as you're a good head, it should be fine, right? Your gender shouldn't matter in these situations!"

Suzume ruffled Tsuna's hair, making him twitch in annoyance. "You're a good kid, Yoshi-kun. Haha, you remind me a little of my son." Suzume checked the time on her watch and stood up, prompting Tsuna to do the same. She then held out her hand for a handshake. Tsuna stared at the hand for a while, hesitating, but eventually took it. He fidgeted awkwardly, taking a step back, when his foot stepped onto the fabric of his jeans and he lost his balance, lurching back and pulling Suzume along with him. Not expecting such a thing to happen, Suzume went down as well. It was also in that moment that a man burst out of the shadows and charged towards Suzume. Or rather, the place Suzume used to be.

Unable to stop himself in time, his lower legs collided with the fountain and he fell in with a loud splash. The knife he held in his hand went soaring through the air and landed mere inches away from Tsuna, making him shriek. Suzume quickly recovered from the fall and leapt to her feet, fishing the man out of the water with one hand and lifting him up into the air by his collar.

"Who are you?" she demanded. "What family are you from?" The man couldn't quite answer her since he was choking, but she didn't let up in her interrogation. Tsuna watched the scene with terror shown blatantly on his face as he panicked. They were making a scene! What if the police walked by? All three of them would get thrown into jail! Tsuna really needed to break up this fight.

He quickly stood up and tried to defuse the situation by prying Suzume's hands off the man's neck. However, before he could even try to do so, he tripped once again – also due to stepping on his jeans – and slammed into the man. Suzume quickly let the man go as he flew back and hit the statue in the middle of the fountain with a painfully loud 'thud' before falling into the water. Something black was knocked out of his hands and flew in a graceful arc, landing on the floor beside Suzume's feet.

It was a gun.

Suzume picked it up to examine it and her eyes narrowed. "This is my family's crest," she hissed. "What…?"

"S-Suzume-san…?" Tsuna stuttered out hesitantly. This snapped Suzume into action.

"I knew it," she hissed. "They're going to assassinate me and my family to make way for the second heir!" Tsuna's jaw dropped open at that.

"You need to go to see your family!" he said urgently.

Tsuna didn't know how Suzume needing to go and see her family involved him. Why was he tagging along? Well, at least there was one thing he learnt out of the situation: being the passenger on a motorcycle is one of the most terrifying experiences he's ever had.

The roar of the engine subsided when Suzume reached her destination. Tsuna shook as he pried his hands from the death grip he had on the woman, and slipped off the side of the motorcycle while Suzume marched into the building nearby. When Tsuna recovered enough to see past the haze of fear and adrenaline, he found himself in the streets on Namimori, outside a familiar shop in his neighbourhood.

Suzume's son lives in Namimori?!

Tsuna flung open the door. The familiar sound of door hitting human made itself known to his ears once again. It was heard alongside another familiar sound of door hitting human skull. Tsuna shrieked and threw himself back with all his strength when he saw the end of a blade cut through the door.

Tsuna sat awkwardly at the table with Suzume as her husband tended to her son's wounds. There had been an assassin in the house and he had taken Suzume's son hostage. It was only due to Tsuna that they were able to take their son back before the assassin could do anything to him.

Suzume was eternally grateful.

"I am in your debt," she said and tried to bow. Flustered, Tsuna quickly stopped her.

"No, no, it's okay. I did what I could! You don't have to owe me anything!" he said hysterically. It was at that moment that Suzume's husband and son came back into the room. Tsuna turned to look at them and he gaped. Suzume's son gaped at well.

"Tsuna?"

"Yamamoto!"

Suzume looked between the two. "Takeshi, you know Yoshi-kun?" she asked. Yamamoto nodded.

"Yeah, he's my classmate from school." He seemed to have calmed down, but Tsuna was still shocked. Who knew that Yamamoto's mother was a yakuza boss?

Yamamoto's father tried to bow to Tsuna too in order to express his gratitude, but Tsuna would have none of it. It was embarrassing, especially in front of the super-popular Yamamoto Takeshi! "It's fine," Tsuna kept saying. "I did what I could."

"Still, let me repay you," Yamamoto's father insisted. Suzume backed him up. In the end, Tsuna was treated to a rather expensive dinner at Takesushi, and would also be able to call the Enkai Yakuza to his aid at any time, any place, as long as Suzume was still the head.

Tsuna wasn't going to take her up on that offer. Ever.

"Oh, Yoshi-kun… I mean, Tsuna. If I may ask, what were you doing in Tokyo?" Suzume asked. Tsuna fidgeted, wondering if he should tell the truth. Well, it wouldn't hurt, right?

"Um, I'm somehow… accidentally… the heir to the Hisakata Yakuza?" his voice got smaller with each word he spoke. All three of them stared at him. Suzume started to laugh.

"Oh man, the Hisakata Yakuza?" she grinned, and the grin wasn't unlike one a shark would make when it had locked onto the scent of blood. Tsuna wanted to shrink.

"Yes?" he squeaked out.

"Technically, Takeshi's the heir to the Enkai Yakuza too," Suzume pointed out. "And the Enkai Yakuza has been thinking of allying with the Hisakata Yakuza for a really long time. The Hisakata kumichou and I are thinking of forming a bond between our families and we tend to do that by making our heirs brothers in all but blood…"

Yamamoto Takeshi seemed to be listening closely to his mother's words.

"…or by having an arranged marriage between the two. Usually the latter because it's more stable. So what do you say, Takeshi?" Suzume teased. Yamamoto flushed red at that. Tsuna, on the other hand, went totally white and started to choke.

"I…" Yamamoto's eyes flickered to Tsuna and then quickly snapped away, his face turning an even darker red.

"Tsuna?" Suzume asked. Tsuna flailed, trying to say something, but he was still choking. No one noticed and Suzume took that as no protests. "Alright then!" she said with a smile. "I'll tell the Hisakata kumichou!"

Tsuna started to whine. Loudly. Still, no one noticed.

Thankfully, Suzume was just joking. Tsuna had never felt such sharp relief before in his entire life. Eleven years old was way too early for an arranged marriage! Still, with Tsuna's actions, the Enkai Yakuza and the Hisakata Yakuza became allies.

"It really was the best choice I've ever made to appoint you as the heir to the Hisakata Yakuza," the kumichou told Tsuna. Tsuna laughed awkwardly, but didn't say anything.

And hence, little Tsuna made his first alliance as the heir of the Hisakata Yakuza.

Enkai means ocean.

Arithra told me she thought Tsuyoshi was a bodyguard who ran away with a yakuza princess. Hence.

Do NOT EXPECT UPDATES for this. This is merely a side project; the plot bunny cage.

Is this up to standards? If there is anything I can improve on, please feel free to tell me.