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Yamamoto's P.O.V.

I followed Gokudera to his room, he still looked pretty sick. His face was paler than normal and his movements were slow and stiff. He didn't say anything as we walked and I knew better than to say something. He stopped in front of the door and paused with his hand on the doorknob. His silver hair covered his green eyes but his mouth was in a tight line and his shoulders were tensed.

"What do you want?" Gokudera asked, his voice sounded tired and strained.

"I'm just seeing if your ok." I replied gently. "I just want to talk."

"About what?" Gokudera asked looking up at me. His eyes were foggy and he looked like he was in pain.

"Are you still in pain?" I asked him. I wanted to reach out and touch him. I wanted to hold him and make sure he was ok. But he would probably get angry if I did, so instead I shoved my hands into my pockets.

"I'm fine." he hissed opening the door and rushing in. I followed him in and shut the door.

"You don't look fine." I told him, leaning against the door. "You look mad."

"I'm tired." he said shortly pulling his shirt off and tossing it onto the floor. "It's been a long, short day."

"Your upset because Tsuna trusts the Varia and you don't." I said quietly, bracing myself for the rage that was about to follow.

"So what?" Gokudera mumbled laying down on the bed and facing away from me. "Did he forget that they almost killed him?"

"Gokudera did you forget that they almost killed us too?" I asked sitting on the bed. "Tsuna didn't. He'll never forget that and he'll never completely forgive them either. But Tsuna believes in second chances, and we believe in Tsuna. Gokudera you've never doubted him before, so why start now?"

"I'm not doubting Juudaime." Gokudera said yawning. "But I don't trust the Varia."

"Tsuna isn't asking you to." I told him leaning over and giving him a gentle kiss on the forehead. "Get some sleep we can talk tomorrow." I stood up and walked to the door when Gokudera called my name.

"Takeshi..." Gokudera started, I turned around and saw green eyes staring at me. "Where are you going?"

"I was going back to my room." I told him. "I didn't think you would want me in here."

"Oh..." he said looking away. "You can, you know. Stay here that is, if you want."

I smiled and walked to the bed and pulled the covers back and laying down. I faced away from Gokudera, I didn't want to make this harder for him. I was almost asleep when I felt Gokudera press up against me, his hands clutching at my shirt and I felt him lay his head in between my shoulder blades.

"I'm sorry Yamamoto." Gokudera said burying his face into my back. "I'm so sorry, Takeshi."

"If you're just going to sit there and sigh then go do it elsewhere you're annoying." Hibari growled snapping me out of my daze..

"Huh?" I replied stupidly. "Oh, sorry...I was just...thinking."

"Well think about the task at hand." he said looking back down at the papers. "We have a limited amount of time and I don't need you slowing us down."

"Right, sorry." I said grabbing another stack of papers and began reading. "But I don't understand why we're doing this. If we've never heard of this family before then why are we looking for old records of them? I thought there weren't any."

"They may not be mentioned by name." Hibari said sounding annoyed. "We're looking for anything that makes a hint that they've been around. They may not have been a family before but an organization that has been in touch with the mafia before."

"Like the Varia?" I asked reading the pages again.

"No." he said rubbing his head. "The Varia are part of the mafia. Tsuna doesn't think these people were but instead an outside group that has crossed paths with the mafia sometime before."

"Oh." I said yawning. Looking at all these papers where making me tired. "I don't think we're going to find anything..." I said stopping as a knock echoed through the library. The heavy wooden door opened and Gokudera walked in. I felt my heart skip a beat as he walked up to the table.

"Hibari," he said looking down at the man. "Juudaime wants to speak with you in his office immediately."

Hibari stood up and sat the papers down before walking out of the library shutting the door behind him. Gokudera looked over at me and I felt a blush creep up the back of my neck. He sat down and picked up the papers Hibari had sat down. The room remained quiet despite the occasional shuffle of papers.

"So Gokudera what's going on?" I asked breaking the silence without looking up from my papers. "What did Tsuna want with Hibari?"

"I don't know." Gokudera said without looking up at me. He was still paler than normal but some of the color had returned to his face and he didn't look as tired as he did last night. "I didn't ask, but Tsuna did seem worried about something."

"I wonder if he might have found something and he needs Hibari to check it out.

"Maybe." Gokudera said grabbing another stack of papers. We fell back into silence till all the stacks of papers had been sorted and thoroughly read. By the time we had finished the sky was painted with the orange of the sunset and birds could be heard singing their last songs of the day.

"So Gokudera are you feeling an better?" I asked leaning back in my chair. He looked up at me a gave a small smile.

"Yes." he said looking back down at the papers. "I'm fine now."

"Hey Gokudera..." I started sitting up and leaning forward toward him. "There's been some things have been bothering me." I told him as he looked up at me, he lowered his eyes and sat still. "It's probably nothing and I'm just worrying for nothing."

"What is it?" he asked quietly.

"Why did you leave the restaurant?" I asked him taking the papers out of his hands and sitting them down. I took his hands in and scooted my chair closer to him bringing one of his hands to my lips. "And what made you stop in the alley."

He stiffened and winced looking sad. "I'm sorry about that..."

"Gokudera I'm not mad and I'm not asking for an apology." I whispered against his hand. "I just want to know what happened. If it's not something you want to talk about then I won't ask again."

"I kept hearing a girl screaming." he told me quietly looking up at me. I lifted my head and watched him as he explained. "When I got that headache I started hearing a girl screaming in pain. She kept asking for help, she needed someone to help her. And I could hear someone saying my name beneath her screaming. He kept saying it quietly wanting me to come and find him. I don't know why I did but it was like something was pulling me so I left the restaurant and went to find them. The screaming was the loudest in the alley but when I looked there was just a man standing there."

"I didn't see anyone." I told him paling slightly. "You were the only one in the alley."

"There was someone there." he whispered. He looked up his eyes were sharp and definite and sharp like they were back in school. "He left when you and Chrome showed up. He had a crescent shaped pendent in his hand and his face was covered by a hood. But he was definitely there."

"I believe you." I told him standing up. He stood and I followed him out of the library, locking the door behind us. The library was at the end of the mansion we rarely went to so we were all alone. The quiet between us wasn't something all that unusual. Even in high school we usually enjoyed each others company in silence.

I looked over as we made our down the abandoned hallway. The golden sunset colored his silver with a light orange and made his hair glow with a light orange and it illuminated his enchanting green eyes. He took my breath away and I could help but stare, he looked over and caught my eyes. I stopped walking and he did too looking puzzled.

"Takeshi?" he said turning to face me. "What's wro..." he started before I leaned down and capture his lips. His eyes widened and a blush crept up his face. I licked his bottom lip and he parted them granting me access to his sweet mouth. I moaned and pushed him up the wall, he groaned and closed his eyes tangling his tongue with mine, he hands slid up under my shirt scratching at my back. I winced and pushed up harder against him enjoying the rising heat between us.

I pulled away as the need for oxygen became to great. "Hayato..." I panted kissing down his neck before biting down on the junction between his neck and shoulder. He hissed raising a hand to cover his mouth.

"S-stop." he whimpered arching into my touch as I trailed my hands down to his hips. "W-what...if...someone sees." he panted weakling trying to push me away.

"Let them..." I said nipping his lips before mixing our tongues together in battle. My mind was quickly going blank and my body was acting on its own. I pulled myself away with a sigh leaning my head on his shoulder panting. I felt him against the wall his body heaving against mine. "Hehe...maybe not."

"Why?" Gokudera asked wrapping his arms around my shoulder.

"I wouldn't have been able to stop." I said standing straight and smiling. "Come one lets get something to eat I'm starving."

"Well you haven't ate anything have since early this morning." he replied straightening his shirt. He turned and began walking back down the hallway fighting to get the blush of off his face. I smiled and followed him with my hands shoved in my pockets. This is a life I wouldn't trade anything for.

Hibari's P.O.V.

We stood in silence as the setting sun created dancing shadows on the floor. I watched Tsuna from my position by the door where I was leaning against the frame. Tsuna had his back towards me staring out the window. What he was staring at I didn't know, but I knew that if I broke the silence then I would break him in the process.

The silence stretched until Tsuna shifted and spoke. "She's gone." he whispered, his voice steady. I didn't say anything, I only continued to watch. "The house was destroyed, and she was gone."

"The neighbors?" I asked quietly.

"They didn't see or hear anything." Tsuna said his voice rising. "She's missing and no one knows anything." he took a deep breath before speaking again. "Hibari I want you to find out what happened." he turned and I felt my heart freeze. Tsuna's eyes were cold and hard and the smile that usually graces his lips was replaced by an icy frown. "I want to know what happened to her and find her."

I walked up to him and bowed. "Yes Boss."

"Find my mother." he ordered his voice going flat. "And the people who took her."

"And when I find them?" I asked not looking up.

"My only concern is my mother." he said. "I don't care what you do to them as long as it's not murder. But don't be careless, don't put my mother in any more danger."

I stood up and walked towards the door thinking of plans to complete the mission. I stopped as he spoke again. I turned around and looked at him.

He had a small smile on his face and some small light returned to his sad eyes. "Thank you." he said his voice going warm. I bowed and left pulling my phone out of my pocket. I wasn't going to take any of the guardians with me but I knew one person I could call that would help. I flipped open my phone and dialed Kusakabe's number. My patience was already low so luckily I didn't have to wait long for him to answer.

"Hibari?" he said with a surprised tone.

"I need you to do something." I interrupted him. "And I don't know how long I have. Tsunayoshi's mother has been kidnapped."

Tsunayoshi Sawada?" he asked before rushing on when I didn't reply. "I haven't heard anything and no one has been talking about it."

"That's what he said." I replied walking into my room. "The neighbors know nothing yet she's gone and the house is completely trashed."

"I just sent a couple of the boys to check it out." Kusakabe replied. "I'll call you if we find out anything. Do you think it might be someone connected with the mafia or the weapon smuggling?"

"I doubt it." I replied pulling on a black t-shirt. I couldn't walk around in town in a suit without looking suspicious. "A mafioso wouldn't trash the house. They wouldn't make it so obvious she was kidnapped. As for being part of the weapon smuggling it wouldn't make sense. One, we would probably know by now, two, we already can't find them so they wouldn't have to worry about using her to get away." I said looking through my closet.

"Then it might have just been common street gang that either has enough standing that people are too scared to talk or they just got really lucky."

"They just got lucky." I threw a jacket on the bed and pulled out my black jeans. "But their luck just ran out. When I find them I will bite them to death." With that I snapped my phone shut and tossed it on the bed. I pulled on my jeans and slid on my coat. Tsuna told me to find his mother and those who took her. I'll them all back here, Nana safe and the others unconscious and beaten.

Reborn's P.O.V.

I narrowed my eyes as Hibari drove away from the mansion. None of the guardians were supposed to leave unless they were given direct orders from Tsuna and I haven't heard that he was sending any of his guardians out.

"What are you looking so sour for Reborn?" a soft voice said beside me. I watch Lambo lean against the wall staring out the window. "Where's Hibari in a rush too?"

"How should I know?" I growled walking off in the direction of Tsuna's office. The idiot followed me smirking out my outburst. My eyes narrowed and my irritation raised.

"Just asking since you seem to always know what's going on." he said walking two steps behind me. "Tsuna seems to have been out of it earlier this morning." he jerked back as I stopped and turned to him.

"What do you mean?" I said glaring at him. He raised his hands and paled slightly.

"I had to drop off a message from that was sent from Iemitsu." he replied shaking his head. "I just did what I was told."

"What was the message?" I said grabbing his arm. He winced at my grip on his arm. He raised his hand and laid it on mine but he didn't try to pull away.

"I don't know." Lambo said looking away. "And I didn't ask, he looked upset and he wasn't up to talking so I left."

"And so you left." I spat, throwing his arm at him. "Why did I choose you as guardian when you're so useless?" I turned and walked away missing the sad look he gave me as he watched me walking away.

Damn him, this could have been something important and Lambo just leaves. He's nothing but a coward. To think that I had hoped that 5 year old cry baby would grow up and become a good mafioso. I was a fool to think that good for nothing idiot would ever amount to anything.

"Hey Reborn." Yamamoto said as I rounded the corner almost bumping into Gokudera. He glared at me while Yamamoto smiled his usual annoying smile. "You look mad about something, is everything alright?"

"Does anything anything take that ridiculous smile off your face?" I growled pushing past them, my frustration growing with every passing second. So by the time I got to Dame-Tsuna's office I was murderous. I threw open the door and Tsuna looked up his eyes weary as I approached his desk.

"Reborn." he said looking back at his papers. "Is something wrong?"

"Why don't you tell me that." I said slamming my hands down on his desk. "Maybe you can explain why Hibari was leaving the mansion a few minutes ago."

"I sent him to do something for me." he replied, he signed the document and sat it aside before looking up at me. "Is something bothering you?"

"If there is something that needs to be discussed with all the guardians then I suggest you not withhold the information." I told him. He looked at me for a few seconds before realization dawned on his face.

"That's what you're angry about?" he said standing up. "How did you know about the message from my father?"

"Your lightning guardian told me." I replied narrowing my eyes. "We have a new family and weapon smuggling going on and you are withholding information."

"Reborn stop." he said rubbing his head. "I am not withholding information. My mother is missing and I sent Hibari to see what information he could find."

"Why not tell the others then?" I asked him. When did his mother go missing and why didn't Iemitsu contact me?"

"There wasn't a point." he said. "At the moment we have more important things to worry about than my mother going missing." he winced as he said it and I honestly felt bad for him, his mother was one of the most important people to him, for him to say that I knew it was breaking him inside. "I can't afford to send any of my guardians away. Not even Hibari, but Reborn, he might be the only one who can get information on my mother. I can't abandon her, no matter what's going on here and I couldn't afford to send you. Dad wanted to send Basil but Basil is already on a mission for the CEDEF and wasn't anywhere near Japan or Italy."

"You still should have notified that others." I told him rubbing my head. "But what's done is done and all decision are ultimately yours to make. You have no information on what happened to her?"

"No, no one saw anything." he said moving over to the window. Whenever he had to think about a lot of stuff he always seemed to look out the window. "Father had asked the neighbors if they knew what might have happened and they said they didn't see or hear anything."

"How can no one know anything?" I said sitting on the arm of the couch tilting my hat over my eyes.

"Hopefully Hibari will be able to find that out." he said looking out the window at the empty grounds. The guards were all at their posts, unseen from untrained and trained eyes. "That's why I sent him. He'll have the Foundation helping him." the room grew dark as the last of the sun finally set, the moonless night cast no shadows in the room making the atmosphere oppressive and heavy. "I know Hibari will find her, safe." he said pausing for awhile before muttering so low I thought I might have misheard him. "Alive..."

"He will." I said standing and bowing. "I'll leave now. I still have some affairs to tend to please make sure you finish all of the ones that need done tonight as well please."

"I will." he said walking to his desk. I nodded and left, not pausing as the door shut behind me I set off down the hall making my way to the kitchen. I needed to speak to Skull, as much as I despised him there was something I needed him to do.

Gokudera's P.O.V.

I frowned as I stared out the kitchen window. The sky was dark and moon wasn't able to shine tonight. The window blew the trees around harshly the temperature was beginning to drop. I rubbed my arms as goosebumps appeared.

"Are you cold Hayato?" Takeshi asked looking over at me. We had just finished eating and were relaxing in the kitchen since we were too lazy to actually move. "We can go back up to the room."

I rolled my eyes and dismissed that last thought. "No I'm fine." I said glaring out the window. "What's wrong with Tsuna?" I asked turning to Takeshi. He shrugged and walked around the table.

"I'm sure Tsuna's just fine." Takeshi said rubbing my shoulders. "If something was wrong then he would have told us."

"I suppose." I said looking down. If it was really important Tsuna would have told us. I gasped as Takeshi spun my around pushing me out the door. Almost everyone had fallen asleep and Reborn was no where to found, not that that was unusual. The hall was completely dark was made our way to the stars. Takeshi held my hand in his as he led me up the stairs.

Thunder could be heard in the distance and flashes of lightning could be seen if you looked out the window. It wasn't close enough to light the house but it still looked menacing as it outlined the bare trees outside. Takeshi led me to his room and pulled me inside, he locked and shut the door behind me and walked all the way into the room shrugging off his jacket.

I threw my jacket onto the chair with his and sat down on his bed. He sat down beside me and wrapped his arms around my shoulders. His room was pretty much just like him. He had a picture of his mom and dad on his dresser along with some of his old books that were mostly about baseball. He had his old bat in the corner with a worn ball on the floor beside it. His closet doors were shut but I knew inside there were everyday outfits along with the suits that we were required to wear for important things. I took a deep breath and noticed that his room also smelled liked him. Something I hadn't noticed before. It had that familiar sent from when we were still in school that I had always tried to ignore. I leaned into him and held his arms closing my eyes. He smelled just like the rain, he smelled fresh, and clean. But he also had that smell that I could only describe as him, a smell that reminded me of warmth and safety. A smell that had no name.

"Are you asleep?" he asked after we had sat in silence for awhile, the storm was closer and you could hear the wind howling outside. Rain had started to fall lightly and lightning was now able to light up the room casting eerie shadow through out the room. Thunder rumble and was followed by another flash of lightning. The rain grew steadier and harder and now could be heard pounding against the roof. While it was rare for it rain like this in March it still happened from time to time. So it didn't shock me, but it did shock me with it's ferocity. "Hayato?" he asked again shifting slightly.

"No I'm not." I muttered burying my face in his arms. "What time is it?"

"Almost 2." he said. "Let's lay down your arms are cold." I grasped onto his shoulders as he suddenly lifted me into the air before laying me down on the bed. He crawled over me and covered us up with the blankets. "The storm's getting worse."

"I know." I said staring up at the ceiling. I felt him slowly drape his arm across my stomach and I gave a sad smile. I didn't want him to be hesitant in our relationship but I knew for awhile he would be. I also knew that it was my fault he was.

"Why do you look sad all of sudden." he asked lifting himself up onto his elbow. I grabbed his arm as he went to move and looked away from him.

"I don't want you to be so hesitant." I told him as I stared at his bat. He had given up baseball so he could join the Vongola family. And for some reason I felt sad, he was good at it and he loved it.

"I don't want to make you uncomfortable." he said laying back down, he pulled his arm from grasp and slide up my side till he was able to run his fingers threw my hair.

"I love your hair Hayato." he said smiling. "It's really pretty and soft."

"Are you trying to sound romantic?" I asked turning over to face him. "Cause if you are that's a really cliched line."

"Haha you hurt me Hayato." he laughed taking on an old accent. "I mean nothing more than comment you on your beauty. It is definitely something to admired."

I laughed and I felt him begin to shake next to me as he joined in on my laughter. I stop as he kissed my forehead. "Seriously thought Hayato." he said tugging lightly on my hair. "You are beautiful, please don't ever forget that. Your hair, your eyes, you pale skin, even your scars. They make you beautiful. And your temper makes you beautiful, everything about you makes you beautiful." I blushed and hit his arm gently.

"What brought all that on?" I asked and he shrugged.

"I wanted to tell you that." he said yawning. "I have for a long time. And now that we're dating I finally can."

I yawned and closed my eyes. "Thank you Takeshi. Don't you dare change, you hear baseball freak. If you change I won't forgive you. Stay the way you are, the way you have always been."

He hugged me and slowly I fell asleep. "I won't, for you, I will never change." I heard him whisper before we both fell asleep oblivious to raging storm outside, or to the shadows that filled the room.

Tsuna's P.O.V.

I flopped down on my bed burying my face into the pillows. My body ached and my head was spinning. I rolled over and looked out the window, lightning kept flashing lighting up the inside of my room. I sat up and rubbed my eyes looking around, the desks in my room was covered with history books and maps. And my floors weren't any better, the were varies papers but used and clean that littered almost every inch of the floor. This was the room of the Vongola boss, a mess. I stood up and crossed over to my closet stripping down to my boxers on the way. I pulled on my blue sweats and a blue t-shirt that I used for bed. Natsu jumped out of the closet giving me a shock. I laughed as I held him to me. I walked back to the bed and tossed him on it. He rolled over and gave a small roar. I sat down on the bed and summoned sky flames from ring and held it out to him. He licked it and started purring as he drank the flames. I flipped open my phone, it was well past two and I would have to get up early in the morning. I rubbed Natsu's back and moved him to the pillow and laid down next to him. I listened to his soft purring and slowly fell into a restless sleep.

I woke up to Natsu hissing at something that was lit up at the end of my bed. I sat up and picked my phone and Natsu up. My eyes widened and I quickly answered the phone.

"Hibari?" I whispered forgetting that I was alone except for Natsu who was staring up at me curiously but he began purring when I said Hibari's name.

"I thought I told you to call me Kyoya." he laughed. "Why are you whispering?"

"No reason just habit." I said speaking up. "Did you find my mother?" I asked desperately, I wouldn't even try to hide I had to know where my mother was.

"Yes." he said, I could hear rustling beside him and I knew he wasn't alone. "The Foundation found out who took her. She's hear in Italy."

"She is?" I asked confused. What was she doing in Italy? "Is she ok?"

"Yes." Kyoya said. "We can see her from here. She's tied to a chair in the kitchen, she doesn't appear to be hurt in anyway but she does look tired. We were getting ready to go in and get her. I wouldn't to call you first to let you know that in an hour we will be bringing your mother to you and the people that took her."

"Kyoya," I said quickly before he hung up.

"What?" he said sounding slightly tiring.

"Please be careful." I told him. "I don't you or anyone else in the Foundation getting hurt."

"We won't get hurt." he laughed. "We already know about the idiots in that house. They're going to be easy to take out, there's only five of them and we have their locations. When we have them I'll leave some of my people hear to inspect the house for any sign of being part of the new family or weapon smuggling."

"Thank you." I said letting out a sigh of relief. "I thought it would take much longer to find her. Bring her back soon, I'll be expecting her in an hour don't be late."

"I am never late." he growled. I laughed and the line went dead. I dropped my phone on my pillow and picked Natsu up going over to the closet and changed into a suit. I walked out of my room petting Natsu the entire time.

"Reborn wake up the other guardians and tell them to come to my office in an hour." I said looking over to where Reborn was leaning against the wall in the dark. "We're going to have some guests."

He nodded and left muttering a string of curses under his breath. I smiled and shivered, even after all these years he still scared me, though I doubt anything would ever change that. I walked into the office and place Natsu on my desk. He whimpered slightly as I walked past him closing the curtains.

"Don't worry Natsu." I said for no reason. I was nervous too, that's why he was nervous. He mirrored what I felt and I knew until I saw Mother and Kyoya I would remain nervous. No comforting would be able to change that.

"Boss." a guard said bowing from the doorway. "Hibari-dono* is here."

"Thank you." I said walking to the back of my desk. I picked up Natsu and sat him on my lap. I felt a great relief when Kyoya and Mother walked in and it took all my strength not to show it. Yamamoto and Gokudera both stood up and led Mother over to the couch. She smiled and at them and looked over at me. "Hello Mother, are you alright."

"Tired." she said looking around the room. "Can you believe it, these boys just walked right in and started breaking everything. Then they dragged me out of the house and knocked me out. The next thing I know I'm tied to a chair in a stranger's house. Then these young men came in then arrested those boys. This young man told me that I'm in Italy. Tsu-kun is that true? I mean you're here, but how did I get here?"

"I'm sorry Mother." I said giving her a small smile. "You went through a lot but you're safe now. Yes you're in Italy,but I don't know how you got here. Are you hurt at all though?"

"No." she said standing up. "But I should call your father."

"Of course." Reborn said gesturing her over to him. "Kyoko and Haru will let you use the kitchen phone." they nodded and led her out of the room.

"Hibari." I said as moved to stand beside me. "What about the men?"

"Mere child's play." he said sending a swift message. "They'll be brought in now."

"How many?" Chrome asked looking at Hibari.

"Five." he replied watching the door.

"You're bringing in all five?" Chrome asked as Yamamoto and Gokudera sat back down.

"Yes." he replied sitting Roll on my desk who was trying to get to Natsu. Natsu jumped onto the desk and curled up into a ball as Roll approached. "Though not all of them may be conscious. I was only told to bring them in alive." he finished, watching Roll lick my finger. I looked up as Kusakabe entered with five badly beaten men in with him. He nodded and the Foundation members dropped them onto the floor and left.

"Mukuro please make sure they can't move." I asked rubbing Roll's stomach as he rolled onto his back. "But I want them to be able to talk." Mukuro glared at me but green vines crept out of the floor and bound them. One of the men looked up and glared at me with a look of pure hatred.

"That one seems to be their boss." Hibari said returning his glare. "He's not known for his manners. He doesn't appear to have any actually." he walked over pulling out his tonfas and stood behind them.

"Fuck you!" he spat, Hibari hit him on his head causing the man to collapse.

"As I said no manners." Hibari growled.

"Then show him some." Gokudera growled having to be retrained by Yamamoto who didn't look like he cared if Gokudera attacked him or not.

Hibari grabbed the man's hair and forced him to look at me. "You will answer to him or I will punish you. You will speak only when he tells you too or I will punish you. You will not show him the disrespect you just did or I will kill you. Sound fair to you?" he asked looking at me. I nodded and looked back down at the man. I hated it when I had to get like this, when I had to act mean. Even though they took my mother and I hated them I still had a hard time being mean.

"What were you planning on doing with the woman we found with you?" I asked keeping my voice flat. The man only smirked and spat on the floor not saying anything. Hibari hit him between his shoulder blades causing the man to lurch forward.

"Answer him." Hibari hissed.

"Why should I?" he laughed. "You won't like the answer. I'm just saving you from a heartache." I didn't reply and only watched him the dread I felt earlier creeping back into my heart.

"Maybe you didn't understand." Chrome said standing up her hair lifting in a gentle breeze as she summoned her illusions. She glanced at the vines and turned them into snakes that tightened their grip on the man who began to struggle. "When the boss asks you a question you answer. And I'd stop struggling or they'll keep tightening around you till your bones break."

"No wait please!" a man behind him yelled. "I'll answer your question but please don't kill my brother!" Chrome turned to look at me and I nodded. She turned back and the snakes turned back into vines. Hibari hit him one more time and moved behind the other man. This one was younger looking than the others, almost as if he was just a young boy, and he was very pale and was trembling slightly but remained silent until I remember that he would talk till I told him too. I smiled on the inside, Kyoya could scare so many people and in such a short amount of time too, it was kind of funny if it wasn't you he was scaring.

"Tell me." I told him noticing his wince.

"We received a phone call a couple weeks ago." he said his shaking growing worse. "W-we didn't know who the p-person was h-his v-voice was distorted so we d-don't actually know i-if it's a boy or a g-girl it was so distorted. B-but the person g-gave us an address and told us to t-take the woman that lived there back to Italy. W-we were told not to h-harm her in any way and that we would find a-an envelope in our m-mailbox. And h-he was right a large v-vanilla envelope was filled with money. H-he said that we would get the other half a-after he had the woman. H-he didn't tell us h-he wanted with her. At least if h-he did I wasn't told. He only talked to m-my brother. W-we just did what w-we were told." Hibari raised his tonfas and the boy flinched and cried out again. "Honest! I don't know anything else."

"Hibari stop." I said and he lowered his tonfas. "How old are you?"

He looked up and looked back to Hibari then to me. "13." he replied, his voice cracking.

"Where are your parents?" I asked him. He was too young to be living alone.

"They died in a fire." he said looking at the floor. I shook my head and stood up. The boy snapped his head up and look at me as I walked to stand in front of my desk. "M-my brother has been taking care of me since I was 7."

"You have no idea why this man wanted her?" I asked. "Think about it for a moment. Try to remember anything else."

"You'll be fine." Yamamoto said kneeling down in front of him. "You're doing great, just answer the questions and Hibari won't hurt you, he's good on his word. If you help us then we'll be able to help you."

"I don't want you to kill us!" he cried out suddenly throwing Yamamoto off for a moment. "The man said that the woman was the mother of the 10th Vongola boss and that if anyone found out what we were doing then his guardians would come out and kill us. He said that you guys didn't have an issue with killing and that you wouldn't hesitate to do so no matter the reason."

"Kid if Juudaime wanted you dead you'd already be dead." Gokudera growled lighting a cigarette. "Yet your not and continue to remain useful and you'll find that you will live longer."

"But I can't remember anything!" he sobbed tears flowing down his eyes. "I wasn't told everything, my brother just said to do what he said and not to ask questions. That's what I did!"

"Enough." I said. "For now no more. Reborn I want you and Lambo to take the four men down to the cells* and we'll take care of them later. No we aren't going to kill them." I said as I saw the boy start to panic. "We'll question them later on. Ryohei take this boy with them and Reborn put him in another cell that's as far away from theirs as possible." they nodded and Reborn and Lambo both lifted the four somewhat conscious men. And Ryohei lifted the boy and guided him out of the room with the others. "I-Pin in a couple minutes I want you to go to the kitchen and make something small for that boy and then talk to him, try to calm him down see if he tells you anything else. Maybe once he's calm he'll be able to remember more. I'm sorry to ask this of you."

"It's fine." I-Pin said nodding her head. "He's so young. I can't imagine how he got caught up in all this."

"If this is the life he led since he went into his brother's care then it's the only life he knows." I said rubbing my head. Dawn was just now peaking over the horizon and I don't think any of us actually slept. "I don't want him alone at anytime though. At noon switch with Chrome, I have a feeling he'll probably feel more comfortable with girls then he will be with boys. He might be more willing to talk then." I-Pin nodded and left the room closing the door behind her.

"Yamamoto, Gokudera I want you both to go to the CEDEF headquarters and report to Basil everything that is happening right now." I told them. "I doubt my father is there at the moment. Get some rest first but in four hours I want you on your way there. See if Basil might have an information on this group. He should be willing to help you but if not tell him to contact me and I'll try to work something out so that he will."

"But Tsuna." Yamamoto said. "Wouldn't Iemitsu be heading over here since Nana is?"

"As to my knowledge my father isn't even in Italy at the moment." I said shaking my head. "I don't know where he is or if she was even able to get through to him."

"She was." Haru said entering the room. "And I'll be willing to talk to that boy after Chrome. I-Pin filled us in. I know what to do and I won't communicate with the other four."

"That's fine but I may send Ryohei down with you." I said picking Roll and Natsu both up and they clawed at my sleeves to get my attention. "That's the same if Kyoko goes down there too. I don't want either one of you down there without a guardian even if it's the both of you."

"Thank you I didn't really want to be down there alone anyways." Haru said looking relieved. "But I wanted to help."

I smiled, Haru was a sweet girl she always wanted to be helpful no matter how uncomfortable it would be for her I knew she would do it with little to no hesitation. "Thank you Haru. You are helping me. Now get some rest if you haven't. Be ready to go when Chrome comes and gets you. There will be guards already down there but make sure you find Ryohei before you go down there."

"I will." Haru said smiling. "Thanks for letting me help Tsuna." I smiled at her and she left Gokudera and Yamamoto left as well following her out of the room. After the room cleared I sat down at the table and rubbed my head, my eyes were heavy and I didn't know if my legs would be able to carry me much longer.

"Mew." Roll said licking at my hand. I looked up and sighed.

"Did Hibari forget you?" I asked turning my hand as he licked it.

"No." his voice came beside my ear causing me to jump. Natsu let out a cry and jumped onto my lap quivering. He laughed and picked Natsu up petting him gently to calm him down. I looked up at him, he seemed so different when he wasn't trying to kill somebody. He seemed so out of character and it made him look even more handsome. "I thought we talked about this." he said looking at me. "It's Kyoya. You are the only one allowed to call me that."

I laughed quietly putting my head down on the desk. "I didn't know if you wanted me to call you that in front of the others." I looked up as he grabbed my wrist and pulled me up into him.

"You know me as Kyoya now." he said lifting my hand to his lips. "And only you will ever see me as you do now. You changed me Tsunayoshi, and now you must take responsibility for it."

"I hope that won't be too difficult." I said as he brushed my hair back out of my eyes. He slid his hand over my eyes and down to my lips where he touched them gently. He leaned down and pressed his lips against mine in a gentle moment that didn't last long.

"It won't be as long as I am your only lover." he whispered before straightening up. "I need a shower." I blinked and started laughing. He gave me a look and started pulling me to the door. I quickly snatched up Roll and he pulled me out into the hall. "Your room is closer."

"W-what?" I said as he pulled me down the hall which thankfully was empty. He pushed open my door and walked in letting go of my hand as we walked in.

"Do you mind?" he asked pointing to my bathroom.

"Not really." I said blushing. "I just wasn't expecting that. What about your clothes?"

"There in my bag." he replied. "I stopped by my room and grabbed them." I looked at him as he pulled his shirt off and turned on the water. I felt heat go down my neck as my blush spread. He planned this! I unzipped his bag and pulled out his clean clothes just as the door shut. "Just bring them in ok?"

"B-but!" I said starting to shake. I sat Roll down by Natsu and walked up to the door. The shower water was running but I couldn't hear anything else. I paused, what the heck was I expecting to hear? I sighed and opened the door, the curtain was closed but I could see his shadow. I closed the door and sat his clothes on the counter by the sink.

"Tsunayoshi," Kyoya said as I pulled him out a towel. "You did well today, with those people. Even though you were stressed about your mother and tired you didn't show it. You've changed a lot over these years ever since you began training to become the new boss."

"I'm still weak." I said leaning against the door. The steam from the shower was causing my hair to lose it's normal wild look and lay flat against my face. "I have a lot of work left to do. If I was stronger I'd be able to stop this all from happening."

"Don't say that." Kyoya said sharply. "Don't doubt yourself now, not after everything you've been through. You came to far for self-doubt."

"I'm not doubting myself." I responded, tugging at my hair. "But I know that I could be stronger than what I am."

"You are!" Kyoya said reaching out from the shower and grabbing my arm. He pulled me to him and somehow managed to pull me into the shower. The hot water hit my back soaking me with in seconds. Kyoya wrapped his arms around me and pulled me against him, his wet skin sliding against mine. "You are more than strong enough. And what strength you lack, us guardians make up for. That's why we're here. To be the strength the boss lacks. The eyes and ears he doesn't have" I closed my eyes and laid my head on his shoulder. My shirt was sticking to me as if it was a fourth layer of skin and my pants were being weighed down, making my skin itch.

"Kyoya." I said looking up as he leaned down and caught my lips with his, his hands sliding up under my shirt.

"You are fine." he said pulling away slightly. "I love you more today than I have any other day.

Reborn's P.O.V.

Now I was tired, getting the men into the cells wasn't a hard job but they did offer some resilience, well except for the youngest boy but he simply refused to acknowledge our existence completely. After hearing extreme death threats from his brother and friends he simply gave up and Ryohei had to carry him to the cell he was going to stay in. By the time I got the bastards quiet my headache had turned into a migraine. Ryohei had chosen to stay with the boy until someone came down to trade places with him. That meant I was stuck coming up out of the dungeons with the idiot cow Lambo.

Though in all honesty it wasn't that bad right now since he wasn't trying to start a conversation. But in a way his silence unnerved me. I glanced over at him, he had his head bowed and his lips in tight line, his curly hair covered his eyes but through his posture I could tell something was bothering him.

"What the hell is the matter with you?" I barked causing him to jump. He looked up at me his eyes wide.

"R-Reborn!" he said clutching his heart. "You startled me."

"Damn cow." I snapped.

"S-sorry." he said looking back down at the ground before stopping. I sighed and stopped as well. "It's just...I feel like I've seen that man before."

"Which one?" I asked rubbing my head.

"The main one, the brother of that boy." he replied crossing his arms. "But I don't know where I've seen him from."

"Then what help are you?!" I said annoyed. "Don't bother mentioning it if you can't give us any useful information."

"You asked though Reborn!" he yelled back surprising me. "You asked me what was the matter. You asked so I answered you! If you didn't care to know in the first place then don't bother asking next time." he finished. He tripped trying to go up the stairs and would have fallen face first if I hadn't caught him a split second before he landed.

"What the hell." I said pulling him upright.

"Let go of me Reborn." he said pulling himself out of my grasp. "I would have rather fallen. I'm tired of you. I'm tired of the way you've been treating me." He walked away leaving me standing on the steps watching him. I titled my hat down covering my eyes and grinned. Finally, a reaction of some kind that wasn't crying. I left the dungeon and walked up to the window. Light was just beginning to creep up over the horizon and I narrowed my eyes. Things were getting worse, and our every step was being watched. I have a feeling I knew what they were planning to do with Nana and if I'm right then Tsunayoshi was going to have another war on his hands, only this time with half of the mafia families in Italy.

too be continued...

lie: an intentional untruth, a falsehood. ~Dictionary-Reference~

Me: Chapter two is now up. Honestly I am not at all happy with the ending of this chapter so I'll probably go back and work on it some more. I changed the date in which I'll be updating this story because I ran into some problems with the previous date, I only want to update this story once a month so but with the way I had it before it would update twice a month and I just couldn't do that and make a good, long enough chapter. And if you read any of my other on going stories that will go for them I will now only update my ongoing stories once a month it's easier for me instead of having one story to update after another and no real time to actually update them. Anyways some stuff is going down now and what will our favorite guardians uncover now.

Later ;P