AN: New chapter, hope you guys like it. And about the Hyper Intuition thing. The way I see it is that Nono's Hyper Intuition isn't as strong as Tsuna's because Tsuna is a direct descendent from Primo. Also, with the fact that he is still injured from when Xanxus used him and his emotional state from seeing his son added together, Nono's Hyper Intuition wasn't working at its best.

Comments and reviews are appreciated as always.

AN2: New and improved version, hopefully this is…. Was that Yoda-like?

Disclaimer: don't own KHR

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-8 years ago-

"Hey Tsu-chan?"

"Hmm?"

"What does your dad do?" Misaki asked as she and Hiroshi played on the swings.

Tsuna, who was building yet another sandcastle looked up and answered "Mom says he works for some sort of construction company that makes him travel around the world. He only comes home once or twice a year."

Misaki and Hiroshi shared a worried glance. "I don't think I've ever heard of a construction company that works like that." There were probably plenty of other reasons the boy's dad was never home and none of them were good. How was she going to break it to him? "Do you think that maybe your dad is trying to keep a secret?"

Tsuna paused for a moment to think before he continued making the moat for his castle. "Yeah, he works for the Mafia. Some important position called CIDER or DEFACE or something like that." Or, at least that was what he thought it was called. The boy was barely learning his alphabets when he first accidentally saw some files on his father's desk years ago. So into his work, Tsuna never noticed the incredulous looks he was receiving.

"You know, when I said secret, I meant something like he has another family somewhere else or he lost his job and goes gambling all the time!"

"How do you even know he works for the Mafia?" Hiroshi who was quiet so far asked.

"Well, it's not like he was doing such a good job of hiding it. His subordinates visit our house sometimes when he's at home, he answers work related phone calls in front of me, he leaves papers all over the house, and I'm pretty sure that his Boss came to our house last year. He told me to call him grandpa." Tsuna responded in an even tone, as if what he was saying was everyday facts and not important.

"Tsuna? Do you know what the Mafia does?" Hiroshi asked when he noticed Tsuna's reaction wasn't normal.

Tsuna's face turned affronted as if to say 'Of course I know what it is' before he answered. "Aren't they a toy company? I don't know why dad doesn't just come out and say he works for a toy company. He could get me all the new toys for free or something!"

Misaki resisted the urge to face palm and took a deep breath instead. "Tsu-chan…. the Mafia isn't a toy company. It's more like a, uh how do I say this." She didn't want Tsuna to panic when she told him what the Mafia really was. "They're a group of people who get together and do whatever they want. There's a leader that everyone listens to and they refer to each other as Family. I think they're mostly Italian or something like that."

"So, they're just like us right? We have a group of people who we call Family: You, me, Hiro, Lia, Alex, and Dex! And, you're like the leader. Does that mean we're the Mafia? So cool! I can be just like my dad! But, we're not from Italy so it might not work. Oh wait, Lia comes from Italy!" Tsuna exclaimed, not really getting what Misaki was trying to explain.

Both his friends sweat dropped and let him continue his rant about getting more Family members. They weren't going to ruin his fun and tell him that his dad was a criminal. Maybe when he's older, but not now.

And then, they both paused. "Wait a minute. Who's Lia? I don't remember meeting someone with that name." Misaki asked.

"Huh? I didn't tell you guys? I met her last week." Tsuna said and when he didn't elaborate Misaki whacked him on the head and yelled. "Don't just stop there! Tell us how you met her and what she's like!"

"Owww. You didn't have to hit me Misa-nee. Jeez, girls and their tempers" he muttered before explaining about the meeting.

-Flashback-

Tsuna was coming home from a tiring day of school. As he reached his house, he noticed that a black car was parked outside. When he went inside, he saw a bunch of people in his living room enjoying snacks. His first thought was that his house was being robbed. But then, he saw someone he hadn't seen for half a year: his dad.

Tsuna couldn't help but think that his dad didn't quite fit in with these people since everyone else was wearing expensive looking suits and his dad just had his regular construction outfit on. He even had his shovel next to him.

The first person who spotted him was actually his dad, who happened to yell out his name. "Tsuna! You're home early! I thought you had school!"

"I did. But school's over now. Anyways, where's mom?" Tsuna replied.

"She has a girl's day out with her friends. And, what do you mean school is out? It's only 1 o'clock! Oh no! You're too young to be skipping school already! Pretty soon, you're going to be smoking and drinking too. What happen to my sweet and innocent Tsuna who used to call me papa?" Iemitsu exclaimed while crying crocodile tears. Yup, that was his dad all right. Always so dramatic.

Tsuna just stared at his dad and sighed. His dad was always like this, trying to get him to call him papa. "Dad, I'm in the first grade. We let out earlier than the other grades."

"Oh, okay then" his dad said as he instantly composed himself. By now, the guests were already staring at his dad like he was an alien. Weird. If they worked with him, they should already know how he acted.

"Hey dad, who are these people?"

"Um, they're construction workers just like your old man! We have to talk business right now. Tsuna, why don't you go outside and play?"

"Play what? Why don't I just go to my room? Playing outside by myself is boring."

"You won't be by yourself. Mr. Conti here has children around your age and they are all outside. Treat them nicely okay?" Iemitsu said as he pushed his son towards the back door, barely giving the boy a chance to protest.

When Tsuna went to his backyard, he saw four other people: two girls and two boys. One of the girls was sitting by herself and the other three children looked like they were in the middle of a game. So, Tsuna walked towards her so he wouldn't get in the way of their game.

"Hey, I'm Tsuna. What's your name?" he greeted the girl with his usual smile. She looked about 7 and was wearing a flowery dress. Her hair was dark red and her eyes were also reddish. She looked like she had been crying.

"Go away!" the red haired girl cried.

Tsuna, being the gentleman Misaki taught him to be, decided to stay and comfort her. "Hey, what's wrong? Why are you crying?"

"It's none of your business! Just leave me alone! Go play with them, I know you want to. Everyone always wants to play with them and not me!" the girl turned her head away in a childish fit and cross her arms. Tsuna had to admit, it made her kind of cute. But, he was too young to think any further.

"Them? Nah, their game looks boring. But, why aren't you playing with them?" Tsuna replied while watching the other three kids play.

"They don't want me to play with them." she said in a quiet voice.

"Aren't they your siblings? Why won't they play with you?"

"We're only half siblings. I have a different mommy." She explained. Now that Tsuna thought about it, the other three kids did look different. For instance, all their hairs were blond and their eyes were more brown than red.

"Still, half siblings still means you're family. So, they should let you play with them." Tsuna reasoned. After all, his friend from school had five siblings and they all spent time together.

"They never treated me like family." she sniffed, "my mommy went away last year so I had to move in with my daddy. But, my step-mom doesn't really like me so her kids don't like me too. Only daddy plays with me and he tries to spend time equally with all of us so I don't see him that often. Plus, he has work to do."

"That's horrible…. I know! Wanna be apart of my family?" Tsuna asked with hope in his eyes. This was perfect. He could help someone and possible get a little sister all at once!

The girl turned to look at Tsuna and shook her head. The idea was kind of ridiculous, after all. "Your family? I don't think I can. You guys live in Japan and we're from Italy. And, your dad is friends with mine so I think he would feel bad for taking me away from him."

"Hmm? Oh, that's not what I meant. I meant my family of friends! And you won't have to worry about distance cuz I have two friends in America!" Tsuna instantly replied.

"Family of friends? What's that?" she asked. That term sounded kind of familiar. Her daddy once mentioned that the people he worked with were like a family of friends.

So, Tsuna explained his idea to the girl. He told her how they communicate since some of their members were overseas. Alex and Dex were geniuses with technology and managed to make their own communicating device. Since they were rich, they didn't have any problems making extras so that when Tsuna made new friends, they could be introduced to everyone else easily.

"So, I never got your name?" Tsuna said when he finished.

"I'm Emilia Conti. Nice to meet you Tuna!"

Tsuna's eyebrow twitched. "It's Tsuna! Not Tuna! I'll call you Emily."

"E-MI-LI-A not Emily. Emilia sounds much more proper." the red haired girl shot back.

"Then call me Tsuna! Otherwise you're gonna be Emily… or maybe Ems. How about Lia?" Tsuna teased.

"Get it right, Tuna! It's Emilia!" a shouting match started between the two. When the adults came out to call the children in, they saw the two of them laughing and shouting at eachother. Iemitsu quickly apologized for his son's behavior but it was waved off. After all, boys will be boys his guests told him.

Before they left, Tsuna remembered something important. "Hey Emilia! When's your birthday?" he shouted as the guests were walking out.

"February 4th. Why?"

But, Emilia never got an answer because Tsuna was on the floor screaming "WHY?" she just shrugged it off as part of his weirdness.

-Flahback End-

After finishing the story, Tsuna bid his friends goodbye as he went home for dinner. Misaki and Hiroshi looked at eachother before sighing.

"Tsuna's new friend has a Mafia family too, huh?" Hiroshi asked.

"Yup."

"Only Tsuna…"

"Yup."

-Present Time-

Unknown Location

"Hiro! You're back! How was the ceremony?" a voice shouted out in excitement as soon as the owner saw the familiar figure.

"Yeah, Yanagi! How does it feel like to be outa middle school? Joining the big boys now, huh?" another one said.

"Where's Boss? Didn't he say that you guys would come together?"

"Yeah. Where is he?"

Yanagi Hiroshi walked into the room still in his graduation outfit. He took off his glasses and threw them on the table. Inside the room were the other Guardians of the Ombranera Primo: Emilia Conti, Dexter and Alexandra Gram, Kim Sung Ha, and Yang Ju Long. The questions stopped as they noticed the mood he was in. He closed his eyes for a second and the minute he reopened them, everyone in the room knew that something was wrong. "Boss can't come today. The Vongola has decided to waste his time again." he said in an even tone, but all who saw him knew that he was not happy.

It wasn't a secret that the Ombraneras didn't approve of their Boss working for the Vongola. They understood Tsuna's dream of uniting the two families. It was his birthright to lead the Vongola, after all. Just because they understood didn't mean they had to like it; he was theirs first. But, as members of the Family, they did the best they could to make his dream come true. He considered his Vongola Guardians as friends and he always protected his friends. In return, they would always protect him. But, they were his true Guardians and if the Vongola did anything to hurt their Boss, there would be hell to pay.

"So, what happened?" a female voice asked. The person that the voice belong to was a stunning girl who had long red hair. She looked about 15 years old and had a retractable Bo staff tied to her waist.

"They sent him and the Guardians on a mission, Emilia." Hiroshi explained. As he went into details about the mission, the other people in the room became more and more confused.

"How is this even possible?" Dexter asked. "Frederico Vongola was in our care. When did we ever torture him?" Not that he didn't want to. Since the teen was in charge of obtaining outside information, he needed to know all there was to know about the major Families out there.

When Tsuna first talked about rescuing Frederico, Dexter took it upon himself to find out everything he could about the man without rousing any suspicion. Compared to Tsuna, the man was an insect. If Tsuna donated money to different orphanages around the world, Frederico rashly spent his on extravagant and useless items. If Tsuna treated all women with respect like any gentleman would, Frederico played around with them and broke their hearts. If Tsuna used his resources to help others, Frederico used his to keep people silent about his crimes. But, all this info, Dexter kept to himself. He wanted Tsuna to form his own opinion of the man after he went through all that trouble saving him. Besides, Frederico might have a change of heart after such a life changing experience.

"I know, I know. What he said were lies. But the question is whether those lies were intentional or not. Let's look at the facts." Hiroshi pressed a few buttons and a screen slowly came down. Everyone listened waited patiently for him to start because when Tsuna was not present, Hiroshi was the de facto leader. "So, what so you guys think?"

"Of course the Vongola scum lied! He's making himself look good so that the higher ups will change their minds and make him the Decimo instead of Boss!" Emilia yelled. A few people in the room nodded their heads in agreement.

"Well, Boss thought that he might have hallucinated. His mind had too many blanks to fill after being knocked out so it made a scenario that seemed plausible and stuck with it. That's why Frederico told such a story." Hiroshi said as he explained Tsuna's theory.

Emilia scoffed and the idea, "Like hell that actually happened!"

"You have to admit, that does sound pretty farfetched." Ju Long added. And with that, theories were thrown back and forth. Hiroshi just sighed again and watched his friends argue. This was going to be a long day. He hoped that Tsuna was doing beter.

Genovesse Family, Verona Base

It only took half as long as it usually took to get from Japan to Italy because of the superior speeds the Vongola private jet could go. The Genovesse Main Base was located in Verona, Italy and it was heavily fortified. As Tsuna and his Guardians stepped off the plane, they were given some equipment; things like a SOS beacon, radio, water, and other essentials that Iemitsu thought they might need.

The plan was simple: there would be three points of distractions so that the enemy would split their forces. Using the explosions that Gokudera would cause as a cover, Tsuna would make his way to the meeting room where the Family's Advisors and Boss were and take care of them. Intel showed that all of them were going to spend the next 3 days discussing the potential of making a new treaty with the Santino Family and how to increase their Family's recruitment rates.

It started off without a hitch. Hibari and Yamamoto were together because Yamamto was the only one that could work with Hibari without getting mad. Together, they took care of the left side. They were the powerhouses and the main distractions. Mukuro and Ryohei worked the front side. Ryohei would use his power to protect the illusionist while he did his thing. Gokudera and Lambo got the right side, which was the farthest from the side where the meeting was being held. There were two reasons for this. The first was that Gokudera's dynamites created great covers and Tsuna needed to use these convers to sneak inside. Since the right side would have the least defense, infiltrating would be easy. The second reason was because Lambo could not be counted on as a real fighter so they needed an easy place to attack.

And with that, the battle started. Tsuna rushed into the Base as soon as the wall exploded. He met little resistance and quickly rushed through the halls. With the map memorized, he easily made his way towards the meeting room in minutes.

He stood in front of the door and took a deep breath. He didn't even bother to admire the finely crafted door in front of him. He didn't have the time. This was it and he had to finish this quick, before everyone else came. With determination burning in his eyes, he gathered the strength necessary to push the bolted door open.