Returning CH2

Tsuna was tense on the plane. The slightest movement made him jump. He drummed him fingers against the armrest and bit at his lip every few seconds. Slowly a hand covered his own. "Gokudera?"

"Judaime, I may not know what's been bothering you, but it will be alright. Trust me. Trust us." Some of the others turned around to look having noticed Tsuna's tenseness.

Tsuna pulled a shaky smile and squeezed Gokudera's hand. "Okay."

Gokudera smiled. "Good, now relax a little. We're on vacation!" Tsuna chuckled. "There! Much better!"

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When they landed, every fiber of Tsuna's body wanted to jump off and kiss the ground. To avoid doing that he was biting the inside of his check and griping the seat like it was his last line to sanity. Gokudera noticed this but didn't want to mention it.

They started walking off after what seemed like ages to Tsuna. A thick knot of emotions ranging from dread to excitement formed in the pit of his stomach. He knew that once he stepped off he could be sensed by other countries. He could refuse to get off but that would only buy a few hours. There was no going back. 'If Romano is still looking he'll find me in at most 2 days. It's dumb to think he isn't, he is my brother after all.'

Every step down to the ground felt like he was walking to hell. Tsuna sucked in one final breath before he stepped of the plane.

As soon as his feet touched the ground, everything became brighter. His curl emerged from where it was hiding. His before pale skin now sparkled with a light tan. The brownish auburn strands raised into a glistening auburn in the sunlight. Italy soaked in the sunlight feeding his country; he felt released from a heavy burden and was now as free as a bird in the sky. His later concerns could wait.

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Most of the family hadn't noticed Italy's transformation, but Reborn most certainly had. He would remember that curl anywhere. There had been a man sent to witness the arcobeleno event with an identical curl. He had disappeared after the event. 'I can't believe it toke me this long to notice, but is Tsuna aware? No, he surly would have asked me on what happened after. What if he remembers some? That would explain the nightmares. Maybe he has realized who he is, but doesn't remember the event? To many questions, not enough answers.'

Reborn glared at the back of Italy's head. His face, which was normally impassive, was slightly scrunched in frustration. He sighed as everyone got out of the car and checked into the hotel where they would stay the night. Reborn knew there were Vongola guards surrounding the hotel incase something should happen, but that didn't settle the hitman's mind.

"You alright, Reborn?

Yamamoto's voice pieced through his dwellings. He looked up and faked a smirk. "I am fine, Yamamoto. Could you please take my bags to the room?"

"Yes sir!" Yamamoto saluted with his usual goofy smile.

Reborn sighed watching Yamamoto interact with the others. 'What a predicament.'

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The next morning the crew traveled to a villa, property of Vongola, on the coast near Ravenna. 'Maybe I'm overestimating my brother to much.' Italy thought.

They pulled up to the sunny mansion and there was Romano with his arms folded and a very pissed off look on his face.

'I guess not.'

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Reborn also spotted Romano. 'That must be his brother and he looks very angry.' The others were very confused at seeing Romano. To Romano's right was Vongola Nono and his left was a man with brown hair and sunkissed skin.

They got out of the car and Nono greeted them with a smile. Tsuna was the last to get out and crawled out sheepishly. He tried to sneak passed and muttered a 'ciao' to Nono, but a voice interrupted him.

"Where the hell do you think you're going?"

Tsuna froze in his tracks and answered squeakily, "Inside?"

"No, you are going the stay and explain to me why you disappeared 15 YEARS AGO!" Romano's voice raised.

"Sì, but could we not in front of my friends?" Tsuna gestured to his group.

Romano's eyebrows furrowed, "Nono, lead them inside. This is a family matter." He answered with a 'sì' and led the ones unknowing away, including Reborn. Gokudera protested a little but was swiftly made work of.

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"Fratello, where did you go? What happened?" Romano said, his anger melting away. Italy grimaced at the desperation in his voice.

"I don't remember much, but I ended up in Japan in the body of Tsunayoshi Sawada." Italy couldn't meet his brother's eyes.

Suddenly, he was enveloped in a hug; soft sniffles came from his brother. Italy gripped him tight and started crying as well. "I looked everywhere for you! I had everyone searching for months! I missed you! Veneziano!"

"I'm sorry Romano!" Italy repeated over and over. Once their little reunion [coughcryfestcough] was over Spain decided to let his presence be known.

"Now that we have settled, how about we discuss how to get out of this situation?" Both jumped having forgotten Spain was there.

"Um… I think we should wait to tell them. Tell them when they are older." They pondered this idea. "O-or fake my death when I'm about thirty."

"The second idea will be problematic, first is better." Romano said. They all nodded in agreement.

"What should we say now, though?"

"You are my cousin from Rome and we met a couple times on trips to Italy with my Papa. Are Nono and Iemitsu aware of who we are?"

"Nono is, I don't know about Iemitsu."

"I think it is time to return to the others."

"Yes, I'll send a letter to Iemitsu informing him of the situation and I'll speak with him. You don't have to lift a finger, Fratello. But I did save this weeks paperwork for you."

"E 'così dire, fratello. [That's so mean, brother.]"

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Nono had the family in the parlor waiting for them to finish their discussion. Over time, people started to chat and argue like they normally would. Occasionally, Nono would put in a few stories from when Tsuna was a child to the girls. The girls and some of the boys were unaware that Nono meant ninth instead of nonno meaning grandfather.

The nations entered talking cheerfully about the past. Gokudera ran up to ask if Italy was all right and he assured him he was fine. They then told their story about being cousins and everyone bought it [Nono went along with it despite knowing the truth.] Italy joined his friends and they started conversing again.

Romano went over to Nono and whispered in his ear, "Is Iemitsu aware of 'us'?"

Nono answered with a quiet, "yes" and Romano breathed out a sigh of relief.

By that time, Haru and Kyoko had gone up to Spain, "Hey, why are you standing here alone?"

"Yeah, Why don't you come talk to us?"

Italy had noticed the girls and called out to Spain from the couch, "Come over here Antonio! Don't be so glum by yourself!" and patted a spot right next to him.

"Thank you, Tsuna!" and sat down in the designated spot and quickly got chatting with the others.

After a while, Nono stood, "I believe it is time to head to bed."

As the others started filing out to get some sleep a thought occurred to Italy, 'Why is Antonio here anyway?' Italy shrugged, 'I'll ask in the morning.'

End of chapter.

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