Heehe! It's here, the second chapter of Tainted Time! :D Thank you for favouriting and following my story, it gave me the dying will to continue writing my story. :)

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Chapter 2: Vongola HQ

Reader's POV

'Kufufufu,' Mukuro smiled creepily, his dua coloured eyes bored into the back of Tsuna's head like a famished predator, sending goosebumps up Tsuna's spine.

Tsuna turned around to face him instead. He didn't like that feeling that he would be jumped from the back.

'OI, Mukuro, STOP EYEING JUUDAIME ALREADY.' Gokudera was super pissed off, having held it in for a full 10 seconds already(having gave face to Tsuna), holding up his dynamites ready to bomb a pineapple into undistinguishable pieces.

'Gokudera! This is a plane! Don't throw dynamites in here!' Tsuna quickly held back Gokudera's hands much to his unwillingness. He grumbly muttered curses not meant for children's ears under his breath and sat back down on his seat next to Yamamoto with a plop.

'Maa maa, its fine isn't it?' Yamamoto grinned cheerfully, poking Gokudera playfully.

'It's not fine obviously!' Gokudera shouted, but let it go. He was too tired to retort Yamamoto.

'THIS PLANE IS AWESOME TO THE MAX' As usual the loud Ryohei was almost blasting everyone's ear drums, even when their ears are still adjusting to the atmospheric pressure change.

'Kufufufu, I feel like kicking that stupid boxer off the plane right now.'

'Hmmph, I agree.'

If you are wondering why they never fought even when they were this close, it was because Tsuna was staring at both of them in his HDW mode, ready to stop the fight if it starts.

'Breakfast is here,' Vongola chefs announced , pushing the food cart out, immediately spreading a rich aroma around the plane, much to everyone's stomach delight and gratefulness. They have been awake since the wee hours of morning and not eaten a single of food at all.

'Oh it's here!'

'Lambo-san is super hungry!'

Lambo jumped onto the food tray like a hungry ghost, but unfortunately he just so happened to step onto a plate with slippery sauce and he literally ice skated across the entire food tray, knocking everything out and one just so happened to land on a pissed off Hibari's uniform and Mukuro's trident. It really just so happened that way.

'Hibari-san!' Tsuna cowered a little as Hibari's murderous aura spiked dangerously, his tonfas at the ready.

'Even Mukuro!' Mukuro's face was dark like gloomy cloud.

'Brat, do you want to have a food fight, is it? I will play with you,' Mukuro said in a silky voice, one that fits his mood very well. It wasn't a very inviting voice.

'Lambo-san will play with you!' Lambo said in his usual carefree voice, not aware of the consequences, just happy to have someone play with him. Kids…

'Stupid Cow!' Gokudera hissed at Lambo.

'Alala~ Stupidera, I know you want to play with me~,' Lambo shook his hand at Gokudera with half-lidded eyes.

Gokudera couldn't help but facepalm, or maybe facecow. That brat innocence is far too stupid to be considered of having any intelligence at all. He wondered that someone so stupid could actually even exist in this world at all.

'IT'S FOOD FIGHT TIME!'

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'….'

It was everybody's reaction as they got off the plane, covered in food that were meant to be breakfast which met an unfortunate end.

It's around 9 in the morning.

'Why am I the only one getting bitten to death by Hibari…' Tsuna whimpered as additional bruises decorated his body apart from the physical morning alarm he got from Reborn.

Reborn and Chrome were perfectly clean(Since they rushed to occupy the toilet immediately after sensing something was amiss), Hibari and Mukuro were clean as well, except for some stains here and there on their weapons, the rest were exactly like…. Food. Octupus, Chocolate… You name it, we have it.

'We will go to Vongola HQ in that car,' Reborn pointed out a black limousine parked in the airplane arrival runway.

'Parking a car on a runaway?! Are you out of your mind?!' Tsuna could barely hold in his feelings. He was worried, anxious, tired, and it all summed up to his rather agitated mood.

'Heh, rest assured. There wouldn't be any planes,' Reborn smiled with a glint in his eyes.

'That doesn't make me any assured…' Tsuna's shoulder slumped.(Btw, he already got out of that mode already after the food fight)

'Let's go!' Yamamoto cried cheerfully as they all clambered up the car, with Hibari getting a special seat in the front.

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'Wah, this is the Vongola HQ? It's so grand! It's like a castle from fairy tale! Well even though it is not as glorious as it looks…' Tsuna gasped at the magnitude of the castle, even the building itself was giving out a majestic aura.

'This is the Vongola family we are talking about after all,' Gokudera said proudly, rising his nose in the air.

'Kufufu, mafia with richness built on sins' Mukuro chuckled not in a pleasant way and turned away.

'Omnivore, if there is more people than this, I will bite you to death' Hibari threatened, his voice showing no mercy that if even a small ant were to join the crowd, he would bite poor Tsuna to death.

'Hiii' Tsuna held up his hands and backed away.

'This castle is Lambo-san!'

'This is cool!' Yamamoto smiled.

'OOOOOOHHH THIS IS AWESOME TO THE MAX,' came the loud, saying-the-obvious commenter.

'Tsuna, the ceremony will begin on Monday. I took 3 days off school for you.' Reborn mentioned as they walked down the seemingly endless corridor of the HQ which looked exactly the same everywhere. It was like a maze itself, entangling enemies within its premise. The more they struggled, the more they wouldn't be able to break free.

Extravagant and captivating paintings sometimes lined the wall, along with elegantly designed chandeliers. White-washed walls with golden linings and crimson flooring. The flooring reminded Tsuna of…. Blood… Tsuna shook his head of that disdainful thought.

'Really?!' Tsuna's mood lighten up immediately. The prospect of not being dame-tsuna at school for 3 days seemed like a paradise… Well in exchange for having to face scary people. Maybe it wasn't that good thinking back.

'Heh, but after you get home, prepare to meet hell,' Reborn tilted his head such that only the smile on his face was visible, his trusty gun in his right hand held up ready to fire its deadly bullet.

'Hiiii!' Tsuna shrieked, much to the shock of the subordinates bowing in deep respect when Tsuna pass by.

'I'm not used to this formality and respect…' Tsuna thought in his head as they were led by the subordinate dressed in carefully ironed suit. Don't they ever feel hot in that black suit? It sure did to Tsuna, it must be a burning savannah inside. The rest of the guardians were living on the same floor too, but they were led away by other people dressed in the same dress code, saying it's some guardian business.

'Get used to it then,' Reborn muttered, reading Tsuna's mind like reading a children picture book.

'Stop reading my mind so easily!' Tsuna hissed, caught off guard that Reborn was able to read what he was thinking.

'Well, your eyes tell me everything that is going through your mind.'

All of them will be living beside each other, 7 rooms in total, Tsuna's room obviously being the grandest and biggest which all the past Vongola bosses have stayed in before. All of them are living on the 7th floor, the top floor of Vongola HQ aka mansion. They were careful to put the cloud guardian and the mist guardian as far apart as possible, just in case the HQ gets torn down.

'Here, Boss-sama' The subordinate bowed exactly 90 degree, pointing out the double door room at the end of the corridor, with 3 doors on either sides of the door. The 3 on the left for the Cloud, Sun and Mist. The 3 on the right for the Rain, Storm and Lightning.

'If you can excuse me, I will be back to my work,' He bowed deeply again.

'Y-Yea…Thank you,' Tsuna stuttered a little.

The subordinate smiled a little as he rose and left.

'Reborn, what are we supposed to- Wow…' Tsuna's jaw dropped literally all the way onto the marble polished floor. He was wrong to think that the exterior of the castle was grand; this room was the very epitome of extravagance. The room is literally shinning like a diamond, each furniture carefully furnished to perfection, every speck of dust was cleared, it was like the room was even clean of bacteria itself, and it wasn't an exaggeration. The wallpaper is golden, decorated with red flame patterns. The Vongola emblem was printed across a huge stretch of wall. It was a 2 floor room with a spiral staircase studded with crystals and diamonds leading upwards. On the first floor would be the kitchen and living room area, and the top would be an exclusive bedroom.

'By the way, Reborn, where are you staying?' Tsuna asked as he took careful steps around the room, fearing to touch anything as though they are fragile crystals that would break when touched. The furniture was horribly expensive after all, he couldn't even begin to imagine the number of zeroes on the cheque for each piece of furniture you can find in this room.

'I will be on this floor too, from this corridor, you turn left and the first room you see will be mine.'

'Ah, I'm glad you will be close by,' Tsuna breathed a sigh of relief.

'Tsuna, after you get changed, go down to the 3rd floor dining room for breakfast. Everyone will be there,' Reborn said as he get off Tsuna's shoulders and left.

'Okay.'

Tsuna turned around and stared at the room.

'This room may extravagant, but I can't help but feel a sense of loneliness emitting from this big and empty room. A room with a fancy exterior but an empty shell on the inside… Isn't it lonely, the past Vongola bosses?' Tsuna said aloud to no one in particular as he proceeded to change his clothes.

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Tsuna headed down to the dining room.

'Tsuna, you are finally here!' Yamamoto grinned.

'Yo, Sawada!'

'Juudaime!'

'Bossu…'

'You guys are in… suits!' He gasped. His guardians look absolutely every bit like mafia members. The previous time they wore suits was quite some time ago, in the future during the Choice battle. Tsuna shuddered. It wasn't exactly a pleasant memory to reminisce about.

'Sawada, why aren't you in a suit? I thought they said it was compulsory?'

'Eh, no one told me that.'

'Oh, it slipped my mind' Reborn said nonchantly as he sipped his espresso especially loudly.

'How can you forget!' Tsuna half shouted, exasperated with Reborn's calm demeanour even though he made a blunder. Though Tsuna does suspect that he did it on purpose, it wasn't like Reborn to forget something like this…

'I really did forget.'

Maybe not.

'Maa maa. Babies are forgetful.'

'Baseball freak! Reborn isn't a normal baby!' Gokudera shouted back in an indignant voice, though it wasn't necessary to raise his voice so high when the person he is talking to was just next to him.

'I see you guys are as lively as ever.' A shaky yet kind voice sounded out from the direction of the dining room door.

'Grandpa!' Tsuna cried as the wrinkled face full of wisdom and kindness came into light.

'Grandpa?' Tsuna was astonished. The 70 plus year old Vongola Ninth had alot more wrinkles and eye bags than the last time he saw him. It dawned on Tsuna that indeed, the Ninth is getting on in years already.

'Tsunayoshi, I'm happy,' He simpered, making the wrinkles more obvious, yet it lit his face with an undeniable glow.

Smiles like the light of stars that stood out from the dark sky itself and eyes full of conviction and strength. That is the Vongola Sky Guardian.

'Happy?'

'That you are going to take over the Vongola family.' The Ninth said as he walked to the couch in the dining room, slowly bending his knees and sat down.

'Grandpa, don't you want to have breakfast?'

'It's fine. Tsunayoshi, I have something important I have to tell you before I go and settle some stuff, can we go to your room for a bit?' He stood up again with the help of his cane.

'S-Sure…' Tsuna was shocked for a moment before standing up and entering the lift lobby with the Ninth behind him.

Everybody's eyes followed their every moment with the exception of Hibari who have already eaten at top speed and left, not in the very best of mood.

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'Tsunayoshi, look at that,' Ninth pointed to the big Vongola emblem printed across the stretch of wall.

'Huh? Yes….' Tsuna responded in a confused voice.

'You are not to light your flames anywhere near that emblem when you are in this room.' Ninth stopped smiling and he turned to face Tsuna with an austere face.

'Why?'

'I have never tried it before, but the Vongola Eight warned me not to, so I didn't. I had to hold in my curiosity the whole time I was in this room,' Ninth chuckled a little at the end and looked around the room in a dreamy manner, as though he was remembering good old memories.

'Ahh, how long had it been since I last used this room. 40 plus years maybe?'

'Ehhh, that's long!' Tsuna screamed in a shocked voice. The room was still in perfect condition even after so long?

'The room is constantly cleaned, and this room is especially only for use during the inheritance ceremony. It is said that the furniture and everything in this room was from Primo's time. Though it seems a little too illogical,' Ninth said as though he seemed to read Tsuna's thoughts. Why does it seem like it was so easy to read Tsuna's mind?

'Ohhh… Right. Grandpa, can I ask you a question?'

'Yes?'

'What will happen to the inheritance proof? Since Sin got broken…'

'As to that…' Ninth's smile fell a little. 'It is a problem.'

Lol, I'm terribly sorry at this chapter ending. It wasn't a very good ending. Rest assured, the next chapter will definitely make it better. Poor Giotto still not making his appearance yet.

What will happen to inheritance ceremony now?

Giotto: Oi, when will I be appearing? I have been preparing for my appearance since the start of the story already.

Itake: Giotto..*Sweat Drop* Not so fast yet, maybe Chapter 4?

Giotto: Eh! That's too long! Considering I'm one of the main in this story. I'm pretty sure your readers feel the same way.

Itake: Sorrryyy *Cries*