Title: The Welcoming Sky
Pairings: No Pairing
Summary: They are twin brothers; one was a teacher, the other a student. He wanted to protect the other from the horror that is the mafia, but the other wanted to help in his brother's growth to be a mafia boss. Tsubasa was Vongola X, while Tsunayoshi was supposed to live a life as an ignorant candidate for Vongola X. Yet the elements of the sky knows their true boss, even when they can't follow him.
Warnings: AU, and I'll add more in the future if there's anything else.
It was a normal morning for Nurse Suzuki; who was walking over to her small nurse's office before she was counted late, which was punishable of being 'bitten to death' by a certain Namimori Disciplinary Leader. She had a cup of coffee in one hand, and her work bag in the other. It was just a normal day with probably one or two students complaining about tummy aches, or fake sickness to get out of school; the usual.
What she didn't expect to see was her boss, the school principal, with the famous Professor Borin by his side. Principal Ato gave his employer a kind smile, before moving aside to reveal another person; a man known as Doctor Shamal, who was recommended by Professor Borin.
"Suzuki-sensei, please meet your new partner as this school's doctor. He must be quiet skilled if Professor Borin recommended him to us, so please help him get use to this school." Principal Ato explained with a kind, naïve, smile.
"Ohh~ She's cute." The new help, Doctor Shamal, commented; rubbing his chin in interest.
The short professor, Borin, merely smirked before turning to the school's principal. "I assure you, Doctor Shamal is highly qualified to take care of this school's students."
A short laugh escaped from the elderly principal, and the two left. Leaving behind a dreaded Nurse Suzuki to deal with one perverted Doctor Shamal. Casting a longing glance at the clock, Nurse Suzuki desperately tried to will the time to go by quickly; unfortunately it was only 8:56 in the morning.
"So, what's your hobby? Do you want to go on a date? How about we go on one right now?" Shamal asked excitedly, trying to pull her out of her seat.
Staring at the doctor in front of her, and glancing back at the time again in mild hope, she released a tired sigh before wrenching her hand away from him. She raised her hands in slight surrender, and gave him a weary smile.
"Shamal-sensei, I'm sure you're kind and everything, but I'm already married. I apologize, but I must decline your advances." Suzuki explained, while pulling out her marital rings that hung around her neck with a thin golden necklace.
A look of sheer disappointment dominated his facial expression, as he looked at his new colleague with longing. Then in a moment of pure sadness, he went to the unused desk and sat there with his head bowed; crying tears of 'what could have been'.
Then the door slide open again, revealing a senior, female student with a bruised elbow. She was a rather pretty girl, who was known for being a volleyball player; which explained some of the bruises and scrapes that occasionally littered her body after a fierce game.
"Suzuki-sensei, do you have any-"
"Oh, please come over here and let me tend to your injuries.~" A masculine voice said, a far-cry from Suzuki's own voice.
Doctor Shamal walked over to her, and tenderly dragged her to his own desk. He grabbed a few bandages from the desk, and began to ask her questions. It wasn't until Suzuki actually listened to what they were discussing about that she nearly spitted out her coffee. He was openly, and enthusiastically, flirting with the female student who was currently in his care!
With a twitching eye, Suzuki debated on whether or not she should interfere. On one hand, he was no longer 'depressed' and wasn't bothering her. However, she couldn't just allow him to harass a student of this school! Eventually self-preservation won out, and Suzuki decided it would be pointless if she interfered; after all the sight of a female student dodging his advances, and then hitting him on the head before running away was far too hilarious for her to interfere.
***Break***
It was already lunchtime, and the Nurse of Namimori wanted to desperately have a drink. Sure Doctor Shamal was no longer bothering her, but he kept on spouting out nonsense about a pink-haired woman that was destined to be his one true love. He even went as far as to ask Suzuki how her husband had propose to her, and how he, her husband, had won her over.
She gave him vague answers for his numerous questions, but when the bell signaled for lunch to end, and there was a slight tremble throughout the school; Nurse Suzuki wanted so badly to find a bottle of vintage wine to drink away her headache. Shamal was avidly taking notes on 'what to do' and 'what not to do', claiming that she was a reliable source to gain the female populations' favor.
A few minutes after lunch ended, a gasping Tsuna entered the, now shared, nurses' office. The young teen pointed at the door, and wheezed out an explanation for what was going on. Seconds later another Tsuna was being dragged into the office by a silverette, who was cursing heavily under his breath.
"Sawada-san, please calm down an explain to me again what happened?" Nurse Suzuki ordered in a calming voice, usually, reserved for a hysterical patient.
With a tired gasp Tsuna yelped only one name, "Hibari-san!"
As soon as the name was muttered, the violent Disciplinary Leader calmly walked into the, now, cramped room. The silverette immediately became louder at the sight of Namimori's strongest student, and cussed at the other violently; only to be stopped by a stoic Dr. Shamal. Recognition shined in the foreign teen's eyes before he reluctantly quieted down, if only for his Juudaime's and Juudaime's Nii-sama's sake .
Taking matters into her own hands, Suzuki spoke up to the head of the Disciplinary Committee in a respectful voice; no wanting to inquire his wrath.
"Hibari-san, can you please tell me which rules these students broke?"
The oldest teen amongst the group merely turned to the unconscious copy of Tsunayoshi, before turning to Tsuna himself. Silence ranged sharply in the cramped room as everyone waited for Hibari's reaction. Too overwhelmed by the tense atmosphere, and worried about both Tsubasa's and Gokudera's battered forms, Tsuna spoke in a shaky voice; hoping to get any form of leniency from the skylark.
"Hi-Hibari-san, please f-forgive our tardiness this once? I-I promise w-we'll make it u-up, but my brother and G-Gokudera are both injured s-so..."
Tsuna was visibly shaking as he tried desperately to speak in a normal voice to the intimidating teen, but stopped when Gokudera interfered.
"Juudaime's Nii-sama, you don't need to explain anything to a bastard like him! So please don't look so worried or scared!" Gokudera assured, while glaring at the skylark.
Annoyance edged the features of Hibari's expression, and before he could raise his tonfas to punish the silverette both teachers of the sick room interfered. Dr. Shamal immediately got up from his chair, and gave a surprised yelp; waving his hands in the air. Nurse Suzuki merely grabbed a hold of the injured students, and hesitantly gave a shooing motion to the leader of the school.
"Now, now Hibari-san! They all made it to the Nurse's Office before you could hurt them anymore, surely you know that it's our job to take care of any injured students? If you cause anymore damage, you would be a distraction to our job and therefore you would be breaking a rule. Besides Sawada-san said that they would take responsibility later." Suzuki tried to persuade.
"Yeah, I'm sure you can punish them later. Maybe when it's afterschool where neither one of us have any obligations to stop you." Dr. Shamal added, while glancing at Gokudera to see the extent of the other's injuries.
Everyone waited with baited breath, watching the skylark's reaction to their request. A moment of tense silence passed before he finally nodded, and spoke for the first time. "Come after school today to receive your punishments." A sharp demand was given, before the powerful skylark left.
"... So, you're taking care of them right? Cause I don't tend to men." Shamal asked his new colleague.
"..."
With practiced ease, and patience, Suzuki ignored the comment from Dr. Shamal and took out the first aid kit. The brother of Sawada Tsunayoshi was placed on one of the cots in the sick room, and was the first to be tended to; especially because he bore the most injuries. Dark, ugly bruises were already forming on the teen's arms and legs. His palms bore the most damage, however, almost like his fists were his primary defense. Scratches could be seen on his face, and there was an especially nasty bruise forming on his stomach that looked like a large, semi-thin strip of skin.
Tsuna grabbed a spare of clean bandages and applied some healing ointments to his brother's hands before wrapping them; having watched Suzuki doing the exact same thing to him not too long ago. Not knowing what to do, and completely incompetent to tending wounds, Gokudera could only observe in silence to the duos quick work. As soon as he saw the female nurse wrapping clean bandages on his boss's upper forearm too tightly, he was quick to lash out.
"Hey, you damned teacher! Watch what you're fucking doing!" The short tempered Italian was quick to cuss, and before he could say any more a red apple was shoved into his mouth.
"An apple a day keeps the doctor away, so eat it; the quicker you're out of this room the better." The tall woman commented, before turning back to her current patient.
The Italian was clearly annoyed at her, and took the apple out of his mouth. He opened his mouth wide and was about to scream profanities at her, but stopped short when he saw Tsuna's pleading face. Not wanting to upset the shorter brunet, Gokudera closed his mouth before looking at the apple. There was no point in wasting food, so the silverette began to munch on the red apple.
Delighted that the other had heeded his plea, Tsuna returned to his previous task.
"So why aren't you hurt, kid?" Shamal asked, pointing at Tsuna.
Surprised at the sudden question, Tsuna gave him an embarrassed smile before explaining the previous circumstance. "The three of us lost track of time during lunch, and before we knew it we were all three minutes late. So we tried to run back to class, but Hibari-san caught us before we could make it back. When Tsubasa saw him pulling out his weapon, he fought back before Hibari-san could actually hit me."
"Hoh, so he basically protected you." Shamal commented, before glancing at the unconscious teen.
"... Yeah..."
"Well he's fine, so don't worry too much. We'll just let him rest for a bit, and both of you can go back to classes. Gokudera only has minor scratches, and I'm sure he doesn't need any bandages so it's fine." The nurse explained, before writing a slip for the two.
"Arigato, Suzuki-sensei." Tsuna thanked before the duo left.
Once the slip of paper was given to Nezu-sensei, who quickly mocked the infamous 'Dame' student, the two took their respective seat; after Tsuna calmed his brother's right-hand man from attacking Nezu for daring to 'insult his Juudaime's Nii-sama'. Class proceeded without any troubles, and soon it was the time of day that most male students waited for the most.
The desks were pushed back on the west side of the room, and the male population stood right next to the desks. Gokudera stood next to Tsuna, and asked the other a curious question. "Juudaime's Nii-sama, what are we waiting for?"
"Oh, you and Tsubasa are new to the school, so you don't know what's going on yet. Every month all the girls would be in the culinary classroom to make a desert that was taught that month. Once they have made it a number of times, and the teacher believes that they are ready to make the sweet without having to read the recipe directly they would have a test. The test is to make the dessert one final time as a class grade, and the dessert has to be given to a male student. If the male student likes the dessert then it's an automatic hundred, if he doesn't like it he has to explain why. If the dessert proves to be too dry, or too flaky then the girl's score would be lower. Also the girls can't give it to the same guy twice in a row, they have to do a drawing to see who they are giving the dessert to." Tsuna explained with a kind smile.
Gokudera narrowed his brows slightly before nodding his understanding. It was an odd way to test a person's baking skills, but he couldn't complain about something he didn't really know about. A hand was waved in front of Gokudera's face, and he snapped out of his thoughts regarding Namimori's strange testing program. He blinked a few times before turning to his Juudaime's Nii-sama.
Tsuna gave the other a smile when he finally caught the other's attention. "Gokudera-san, can you please call me Tsuna? I have a name, and I'd rather you use it."
There was obvious hesitation in the silverette's expression, but remembering the kindness that Tsuna had given him previously the other reluctantly agreed; if only because he still felt guilty about the shorter brunet's hands, which were still bandaged.
"Of course, Juu- Tsuna." Gokudera consented, trying to get used to the sound of the other's name coming out of his mouth.
A smile of pure happiness crossed Tsuna's face, putting the other at ease almost immediately.
"Hey, Tsuna!" Yamamoto called, walking over to the duo.
"Bastard! Don't talk to Juu- Tsuna in such a casual manner!" Gokudera growled at the other.
A tense smile formed on Yamamoto's face, as he regarded the other silently before waving his hand in a casual manner. "Ma, ma, you're Tsuna's friend now right? Then we can be friends too."
"Who would want to be your friend!" Gokudera accused with a pointed finger.
"Gokudera, it's fine. What did you want to talk about Yamamoto?" Tsuna soothed, before turning to the other.
The baseball star of Namimori gave the shorter teen a cheerful smile that didn't quite reach his eyes, before requesting to see the other after school. Once he was assured that Tsuna would meet up with him as soon as the other could, Yamamoto gave a light chuckle.
"Oh, by the way where's your brother?"
"Tsubasa is in the Nurse's Office right now. He needs his rest." Tsuna answered.
Soon the door slide open, and all the female students in their class came back in. In every girl's hand there was a plate that held a slice of cheesecake. The appearance of the creamy dessert varied; some appeared to be slightly smashed together, while others looked far more savory than those previously mentioned.
Amidst the female student stood a pink-haired woman. With quick movements, and careful steps to assure her success and lack of attention she managed to switch her plates of poison cooking with another girl's own cheesecake.
Bianchi made her careful retreat, and watched from the edge of the door for her plan to unfold. A simple plan, that had always worked before. She watched as Sasagawa Kyoko give her cake to the Vongola Don, and watched the way her brother's face become pallor before he clutched his stomach in pain at the sight of her poison cooking.
With worried eyes Tsuna kneeled down to Gokudera, and tried to help the other up. "Gokudera, did you accidently hit one of your bruises? Do you need me to take you to the nurse's office?"
"Ju- Tsuna, you can't eat that woman's cooking." Gokudera gasped out, while pointing a shaky finger at the cake in Kyoko's hands.
The school's female idol cast the new transfer student a worried look before turning to look for a teacher, just as she was heading out she felt small arts grab at her ankle. Releasing a surprised shriek, Kyoko looked down to see a toddler dressed in cow prints holding on to her.
"What happened, Kyoko?" Hana asked, after giving her cake to Yamamoto; the relatively tolerable monkey in the class.
As soon as the other female saw the toddler holding onto Kyoko's leg, she made a strange face that was a mixture of repulsion and irritation. With a firm hold of the toddler, Hana grabbed the boy and forcefully removed him from her best friend. Once Lambo lost his grip on the other girl, he opened his mouth and began to cry out, "Ghawa! Dame-Tsuna, come and get Lambo-sama!"
The loud cry from Lambo caught everyone's attention, and Tsuna rushed over to the two girl's side. As soon as he saw Lambo Tsuna gently reached over for the child, and Lambo's cry slowly started to decrease in volumes. Upon seeing the familiar face of Tsuna, and being held in the gentle arms, Lambo eventually settled down.
"Wahh, Tsuna-kun you're good with kids huh." Kyoko commented upon seeing the sweet scene before her.
A blush creep up on Tsuna's face at the compliment from Kyoko, and he merely looked down at the calming Lambo. He could feel Yamamoto coming up from behind him, and when he turned around to face the other he was reminded of their current predicament. Gokudera was being supported by Yamamoto, as he tried to wheeze something out for Tsuna to hear.
"Mus...at...ake..." Was the constant murmur of Gokudera's slurred words, as the Italian tried to make Tsuna understand the danger he was in.
"Don't worry, Gokudera we'll take you to the nurse's office soon." Tsuna reassured, while trying to support the other with his free hand.
"Only one student is needed to take Gokudera Hayato to the nurse's office." A squeaky voice commented.
All eyes turned to the short teacher that stood atop the teacher's desk. His spiky hair was free of any restraints, and his curly sideburns bounced with a shake of his head. He wore a brown teacher's suit with his hands behind his back; a stance that only an experienced teacher would take while in front of a class. The short man had an air about him that demanded attention, and complete obedience less there will be severe punishment.
"W-who are you?" One student was brave enough to ask.
"I am Mr. Riboyama. I will be substituting today for Sato-sensei, who is currently away for therapy. Yamamoto go take Gokudera to the nurse's office." Mr. Riboyama ordered in a squeaky voice, while sporting a slightly smug smile.
When the two teens left, class resumed as they had before and the male population enjoyed their slice of cake. Kyoko picked up her plate once more, and gave it to Tsuna. Lambo, who was still in Tsuna's arms, was the first to take a bite of the cake and immediately spit it out.
"Lambo! That's not nice!" Tsuna scowled lightly before apologizing to Kyoko, who didn't take much offense.
The toddler that was slowly loosing focus grabbed the cake and threw it to the floor in the middle of the classroom, and took out a pink little toy that looked suspiciously like a grenade. With his own teeth, Lambo bite off the top and threw the toy at the cake.
Not liking the way Lambo was acting, Tsuna walked out of the classroom with Kyoko and Hana to scowl the young cow-baby in the hallway. Bianchi watched the whole scene with disinterest, before she realized that her plan had failed. With a bored expression she walked away, and just as she walked away the grounds of Namimori High School shook in a violent stutter.
In room 2-B the classroom was now covered in a dark purple substance that had knocked out all the students that had been inside at the time of the explosion. Mr. Riboyama shook off the residue on the umbrella that was in front of him, which effectively covered him from the poison cooking, and placed the umbrella back where it belonged. Seeing that there was no student to teach, and the only other students that were still conscious were currently away, Mr. Riboyama jumped off from the desk and walked away. He wasn't a janitor, therefore it wasn't his job to clean up the mess that currently resided in room 2-B.
***Break***
Another headache was forming as Nurse Suzuki looked at the pile of students in the nurse's office. Sawada Tsubasa had finally woken up, and was currently talking to Tsuna about classes. Gokudera Hayato, although still pale, was now back on his feet and was ready to leave with the twins. Yamamoto Takeshi had already left, saying something about baseball practice. And the cow-baby was currently in her chair, swinging around and playing with the popsicle sticks that every school doctor had to have even though she didn't really know why it was there to begin with.
Turning to look at the other side of the room all she saw was pure chaos. Rows upon rows of students from room 2-B lay with a dark purple goo sticking to their faces and clothes. Dr. Shamal was excited about treating the female population, but the class had more boys to girls ratio; leaving most of the work to her. Rubbing her forehead in hopes of soothing the headache, Nurse Suzuki picked up the telephone and called Namimori Hospital.
"Hello?"
"Hello, how can I help you Ma'am?"
"I have twenty students that needs medical attention beyond that a school nurse can provide. Can you please send someone over to take them?"
"Of course Ma'am. Where are you at?"
"Namimori High School."
"Okay, we'll be there in ten minutes."
Suzuki hung up, and turned back to the situation before her. Everything was just as they were before, and seeing no change she checked the time. One minute away until school ended, and much to Suzuki's delight the time changed to 4. Grabbing her bag, and giving Tsuna a quick 'good-bye' she left everything in Dr. Shamal's care; who remained for the female students.
Screw her morals! Dr. Shamal wouldn't go too far, and she was in desperate need for some good wine. With that in mind, Suzuki Agate left Namimori High School just as the hospital trucks came in.
AN: Yeah, yeah, I gave some screen time to Nurse Suzuki but she actually plays a role in the story. Not a super-duper, major one! But an important role none the less. As for Hibari's punishment, it's in the next chapter; also some twin bonding time too. :)
Amu4ever, I don't think Tsubasa is acting more dame than the canon Tsuna, especially because that's kind of how Tsuna reacted himself. Although I could have made a mistake in his character design... Can you please do me a favor, and tell me why he's more dame than the canon Tsuna? It would help me a lot. Please? :)
princesseru10, I can honestly tell you now; no Lambo isn't going to be Tsuna's guardian, BUT one of the canon guardians of Tsuna will be one of his guardian in this story. I'm sorry if I disappointed you about Lambo not being a guardian, but I can't make it fit in the story. Especially because Tsuna is going to great lengths to make sure Vongola and all other mafia family don't know about his involvement.
27, Hibari and Tsuna haven't spar before, and Hibari actually knows Tsuna because of the brunet's record; only that though because there's no other purpose for Hibari to know Tsuna any better. As for Reborn and a soft spot, hmm... Let's just wait and see; I promise you I'll give you a full answer to that question in later chapters. Yamamoto doesn't really pay much attention to the group yet because Tsuna asked him not to worry too much about Tsuna, refer to chapter 6. Haru will meet Tsuna because she already knows Tsubasa, maybe she'll have a crush on him. Maybe. Iemitsu will pop up at around either the Mukuro arc or the Varia arc. Twin fluff is coming next chapter.
Knight Yuuki, don't worry about the review. As for the two strangers, one of them was already introduced; although I will admit that they didn't have much of a screen time, less than Haru's I believe. As for the Vongola style games, one is coming up soon in the next two chapter or so.
Thanks for the reviews, and I want to thank all of you who read this story. It makes me happy to know that people actually like the stories that I write. Please R&R.