Second Chances
Chapter Two – Broken Curse
Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyō Hitman Reborn.
A/N: Adult Reborn X Nana. AU. Some OoC. Will update relationships as other relationships appear ;)
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Present Day
When he was finished, Tsuna blinked up at him. "Reborn. Iemistu's dead."
"…" A snot bubble rose from Reborn as he feigned being asleep. He was stunned, to put it mildly. 'Iemistu's dead? How? Why wasn't I told?'
Tsuna could only stare at the sleeping Reborn as his hyper intuition told him something big was going to happen… and he probably wouldn't like it.
Reborn felt anticipation within himself that he hadn't felt in a very long time. A plan began to form in his mind, as he drifted off to true sleep. With the knowledge gained by Verde, he knew his plan would work.
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Five Days Ago
Vongola Nono had approved Reborn's request for Tsuna to become Neo Vongola Primo. Soon after, Verde called all the Arcobaleno together at his lab, where Reborn now stood.
Verde was talking excessively about his research when Reborn interrupted. Pointing the gun-shaped Leon at Verde, he stated simply, "What do you want, scientist?"
Verde glared at Reborn. Irritated by Reborn's mere presence, not to mention the interruption, Verde pushed his glass back up his nose. "As I was saying, I have found a way to return to our original size…"
Skull let out a whoop, while Viper asked how much it would cost. Colonnello looked to Reborn who merely smirked while Leon crawled onto the brim of his fedora. Fon was silent, neither moving nor speaking.
"Who look like to go first?" Verde continued.
As Skull was about to volunteer Reborn stated, "Verde goes first."
Angrily Verde sneered, "I have to administer it."
Leon was again pointed at Verde as Fon stepped between the two. "I will go first." Reborn smirked, and lowered Leon.
Handing Fon a red Box Weapon, Verde instructed him to use his Pacifier and Storm Flame to activate it. Fon focused his flame into his Pacifier, which he then touched to the box.
The red Box Weapon opened. Large amounts of Storm Flames streamed from the box, converging upon Fon. Verde began making notes o his clipboard while measuring the intensity of the Storm Flames.
As quickly as the flames appeared, they disappeared leaving behind an Adult Fon.
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Present Day
Reborn awoke long before Tsuna. Leaving his student to sleep, the tutor headed off to the apartment his adult form was able to rent. Once there, Reborn began to put his plan into action.
Activating his yellow box, Reborn pulled a fresh black suit and yellow dress shirt from the closet, both still wrapped in plastic from the dry cleaners. Knowing his time was short in this form, he set to dressing for the day.
Verde had explained that the boxes were limited. He concluded that the curse was not fully broken because there was not enough flame energy to do so at the time. Therefore, the boxes would slowly increase the flame energy in the user. The more the user used the box, the longer they stayed in their true form. This would continue until the time that they no longer reverted to their baby form.
Once satisfied with his appearance, Reborn placed his black fedora on and headed to the Sawada residence.
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Ding. Dong. The doorbell rang. Nana set the dishes aside and dried her hands. Heading towards the front door, she wondered who it might be. Most of her friends and family had already left Namimori for their own homes.
Nana stared. Standing in her doorway was the last person she could have ever imagined seeing. Her hand rising to cover her now thumping heart, she whispered, "Rebboku-san?"
Reborn smirked. Nana was before him, in her favorite yellow apron with her hand over her heart. "Nana-chan, may I come in?"
Flustered, Nana opened the door for Reborn to enter her home. As Reborn passed Nana, he whispered, "Ren-kun."
Nana blushed. "R- ren-k- kun. It's been a long time." Closing the door, Nana followed Reborn into her kitchen, where he sat at the table.
Entering hostess mode, Nana asked "Would you like some espresso, Ren-kun?"
Reborn nodded the affirmative. Smirking, he pulled his fedora down over his face and watched Nana move through the kitchen.
"Mom!" Tsuna yelled as he tripped down the stairs. "Is Gokudera here?" Getting to his feet he went to the kitchen. "Mom…"
Nana looked up from the table, where she was placing Reborn's espresso, at her son. "Tsu-kun, we have company. This is…"
Backpedalling, Tsuna pointed at Reborn and interrupted, "It's you!" Reborn lifted his eyebrows. "Chaos!"
Smirking, Reborn stood and approached Tsuna. Leaning down and looking into Tsuna's eyes, Reborn asked, "Sawada Tsunayoshi, as the man of this house, I ask your permission
to court Sawada Nana with the intention of marriage."