A/N: *breath in* *breath out* Osu! I'm back! Bringing you the update~
After awhile of waiting… without a further ado… I now present to you the ninth chapter~ enjoy!
Famiglia
Chapter 9
08/29/10
Second defensive form, Sakamaku Ame (Rolling Rain).
He tucked his weapon to his front for his defense. He then sees his father's figure through the water and waited for his attack. Tsuyoshi jumped up to slash his sword.
Takeshi raised the blade to his face as he sees his father's image in the wave of water to his left. However, a second later he saw another figure of Tsuyoshi on the wave at his right.
What the…? How'd…? his eyes widened as realization struck him, from behind!
He turned around when he saw his opponent's real figure falling down with his katana in front.
Takeshi jumped back to his father's attack however he fell behind instead. He gulped as he took his katana to guard his front with one hand on the handle and the other on its blade. Tsuyoshi pushed his sword nearer and nearer to his son, exerting more force as time passes.
Sweat begun to drop from Takeshi's forehead. Half his body was damped with cold water, making him almost delirious with his heart beating fast and stomach churning from nervousness. His breath became heavier as exhaustion from running finally came to him. He turned his sight to his father's eyes, and met his stern and sharp gaze. He could see coldness on those eyes and a faint disappointment, almost like hoping for him to give much more of a fight.
What to do? What to do? What to do? The same question echoed in his mind. He gulped and opened his mouth to let out his warm breath.
After awhile of silence and constant exchange of strong force, he'd managed to push his opponent away from him.
He breathed through his mouth as he tried to think calmly. He breathed in the same pace as his heartbeats as the cold night breeze nuzzled on his nose.
He closed his eyes and inhaled softly. His katana lay limply on his side.
Stay calm, he told himself then opened his eyes with his head still on a bow. His eyes stayed still as he watched the reflection of the moon in the water. A droplet fell from his Shigure Kintoki's tip and fell on the reflection. The image became fuzzy. His lips parted a centimeter under his shadowed face as an idea came to him.
Takeshi returned his father's look with an equally stern face. His eyes narrowed to a sharp gaze. With his feet apart, he positioned his blade on his right near his waist, and slanted his whole katana diagonally so its edge is pointing on his left shoulder. Then, not a moment later, he charged his way to his opponent. Two blades clashed every second as the two swordsmen dueled for the win.
Tsuna stepped inside his house while heaving a sigh of relief.
"I'm home," he called while taking off his shoes.
"Juudaime! You're back," Hayato chimed and went scrambling from the living room, "Are you hurt? Did anyone bother you in any way? Lemme knock them down so they'll know their place!" Hayato went to inspect him for any injury.
He sweat-dropped over this and patted his friend's shoulder in assurance of his well-being, "I'm fine, Hayato."
"As expected of Juudaime~ you're absolutely amazing. You've taken care of those bastards by yourself that you didn't need any help at all!" Hayato praised with his hands clasped from one another and his eyes shimmering in amazement.
"Ie, Hayato… There's no one that actually… uh… bullied me or hurt me in any way," he smiled.
"Yeah, because they're probably already tired of bullying dame-Tsuna," Seiji leaned on the wall with a disgusted expression.
"Wha-"
"Calm down, Hayato," Tsuna said in much authority when the said bomber was about to punch Seiji on the face.
"Lucky bastard," the young Mafioso grunted.
"Dinner's ready~" Nana called from the kitchen, easing the tensed atmosphere, "If you don't come here now, the food will get cold."
"Coming!" he answered and gestured for them to follow.
All the while, the teens were silent as they ate. Not saying a word apart from the constant reprimands to a certain stubborn cow.
"Did you enjoy the meal, Hayato? Sato-kun?" Tsuna asked, offering a warm smile at the guests.
"How am I going to enjoy a meal when I know that there's an enemy that's after our BLOOD… and Dad just has to entrust the most dame person of our school with our lives," Seiji grumbled lowly so Nana won't be able to hear him.
Tsuna smiled sadly at this, realizing once more the severity of the problem.
"…You always fought with your life in the line. Life is irreplaceable…"
Reborn's words flashed back to his mind. And soon several more statements from other people splat all over his head.
"…You won't be able to reason out to the enemy and expect them to listen to you…"
"Won't you regret if they die and you can't do anything about it?"
He covered his eyes with his palm as his elbows leaned on the table.
"Tsu-kun… Are you alright?" Nana asked worriedly as she noticed his son's gloom.
"…You won't be able to escape. If you stay only in your so called safe zone, soon enough the enemy will break down those weak fences…"
He bit his lower lip and stood up from his seat.
"Juudaime…?" Gokudera stood up as well and slowly came to his side.
"You can't turn your back now…"
"…You want to protect them too…"
"…You're the same, aren't you?"
Tsuna lifted his bowed head and looked straight into Seiji's eyes, "Yes. I will protect them. I assure you that I WILL do EVRYTHING that I can to assure a better future."
Seiji was grumbling while eating when he heard his so called dame classmate ask him a trivial question on this dire situation. He was hoping for the other to hear it and was expecting Tsuna to cower as he made emphasis to the word 'BLOOD'. However the reaction he got was different. The said soon-to-be-boss didn't even flinch like he has seen other's blood spurt around him but instead he only smiled sadly. Later, half of his classmate's face has been covered by his eyes. The rest of the company with them soon noticed the brunette's silence and held their tongues.
"Tsu-kun, are you alright?" Nana broke the deafening silence in the room.
Frustration soon was written in his face as he got on his feet. The young Decimo's dog tried to inquire of his master's well being.
Seiji noiselessly snorted. He looked at back again to his classmate with a bored expression. He yawned then clicked his tongue. He watched as Tsuna lifted his face and revealed his big chocolate eyes. He silently gasped as amazement flowed through his system. He blinked once… twice… thrice. He rubbed his eyes with his balled hands as he thought he saw those chocolate eyes blazed in a fiery orange hue.
"Yes. I will protect them. I assure you that I WILL do EVRYTHING I can to assure a better future," the other declared with a calm but strong voice as if commanding him to believe his words.
"Kyah~ Tsuna-kun's becoming more like Iemitsu more and more each day!" Nana squealed, "I'm going to make a call to your father right now."
"Anou sa… Okaa-san… it's no-" he sighed as he left his unfinished sentence when his mother hummed to the phone.
Seiji was going to ask what that was all about when the brunette's senses' got alerted and side-stepped. A flash of black landed on the floor.
"Hmph. You were actually able to dodge this time around," Reborn made his way to his seat on the dining table as Seiji just stared blankly. He can't decide if it's because he's supposedly no-good-classmate were able to have sensed and dodged that fast flying kick that no one have been aware, or that if a baby was able to make that awe-inspiring flying kick.
"Reborn… where were you?" Tsuna asked while Seiji and Gokudera watched the other pair.
"Takeda Hojo along with the rest of the small fry yakuza in Kanto were all found dead for the last few minutes," Reborn stated.
"Who's-"
"Takeda Hojo is one of the most notorious criminal in Japan," Tsuna explained, answering Gokudera's unanswered question, "He's been told to be missing for three years now and nobody have ever caught him. It's said that it's because he's good at hiding."
"Oh… I see," Gokudera nodded in understanding.
"Yeah and it's also because that's not his real name," Seiji added.
"And how would an incompetent insect like you would know anything, huh?" Gokudera said, raising an eyebrow.
"That's 'cause his my brother," Seiji damped on the silverette's face, "…argh! I'm going to make them pay for killing Onii-sama. He's been laying low 'cause he wants a peaceful life and now they've killed him. I WILL NOT FORGIVE that person who killed my brother."
"Tch,"
"So I'll take it that you'll be helping us, Sato-kun," Tsuna stated with a smile.
"Che. This will only be a one-time-deal so don't think that we're allies," Seiji crossed his arms on his chest and looked the opposite direction.
"Well, since its all clear that the enemy is on the way here… what's the plan now, Tsuna?" Reborn petted Leon and looked at the person in askance.
"Me?" Tsuna asked while pointing himself.
"You're the Boss, aren't you?" Seiji followed.
"If there's anyone that's going to order me, it's going to be Juudaime," Gokudera avowed.
"Eh?" Tsuna frowned and slumped his shoulders on his sides.
"Baby…"
They all turned around as another voice resounded in the room.
Seiji's eyes widened as he pointed at the newly arrival, "H-Hi-Hi-Hibari K-Kyo-y-ya!"
"Sawada Tsunayoshi, I'm holding you responsible for the disruption of the peace… if you don't then, I'll bite you to death," Hibari gazed pointedly at the said brunette.
"Hii! R-Reborn, what's Hibari-san doing here?" Tsuna immediately turned to the said baby.
"You're going to need all the help that you can get so I called him here," Reborn answered so casually.
"Oi! How dare you come to Juudaime's home unannounced? And furthermore… Why the hell did you have to enter through the window?" Gokudera accused as he and the prefect glared at each other.
"H-Hibari-san… Hayato… Please don't fight," Tsuna looked at the two, getting frantic with every second that counts.
"Tch. If it weren't for Juudaime I could have already blown you to smithereens," Gokudea scowled while straightening himself.
"Explain yourself, Sawada Tsunayoshi," Hibari then turned his attention back to the young Decimo as the other heaved a frustrated sigh.
What the hell is THE HIBARI KYOYA doing here? Seiji's mind screamed.
"This is going to be a tiring night," Tsuna murmured to himself.
Sweat dropped one by one from both swordsmen. They pant in synchronization as their battle ended. One of them stooping on the ground with his weapon thrown away to a distance as the other held his katana with its blade touching the other's neck.
"Good work, Takeshi…" Tsuyoshi said, closing his eyes, "You won. You can take a rest now."
With that said, the Shigure Kintoki transformed back into a shinai and Takeshi collapsed with a victorious smile to his father's arms.
"Sleep well… my son," he muttered in a soft voice, Yoru no Ame (Rain in the night), huh? They better watch out for that one.
A/N: Well, that was kinda weird… I added 'Takeda Hojo' on this for my OC, Seiji, for some reason though it's not much of a major thing for the plot so don't worry about that. It's just to add to the drama. But feel free to express your thoughts, opinions, suggestions, reactions, questions… or whatsoever for a review…
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