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~Previously~
They soon reached the outside of the school and Tsuna began to walk to his group of friends, waving good-bye to his teacher.
Reborn watched Edward's retreating form, "Edward Elric, personal bodyguard of Vongola Primo… how could he still be alive? He should've been dead a long time ago, unless this is just his descendant…with the same exact name. Very unlikely, I must do some research…"
~With Edward~
"I swear I'm starting to see things," Edward muttered to himself, "I think all of these years alive are causing me to go senile… Vongola Primo has been dead for a long time, but to now find someone who is the spitting image of him who has friends that are also the spitting image of his guardians… Ugh, Alphonse what should I do?"
Edward continued to walk whilst muttering to himself; he barely noticed the feeling of someone following him.
Over in the bushes outside the windows of the hallway Ed was walking through, Reborn sat patiently, watching the 'young' teacher walk slowly through the hallway.
Reborn was contemplating to himself. Very little was known about Giotto's personal bodyguard and close friend, the only well known thing was how he was called 'Fullmetal' for some reason. More research still needed to be done.
Reborn pulled his fedora tighter onto his head and walked back to where his student sat with his friends eating lunch.
He plopped himself down on Tsuna's head, not even bothering to steal his lunch…he had more important things on his mind.
The minutes ticked by quickly and soon the bell rang, signaling the end of lunch. The tenth generation family stood up and cleaned the area. When that was finished, they began to walk back to class together, talking quietly.
Reborn took it as his cue to go do some research. He left to go to the library where he could quietly do some research that he definitely could not do so at the house as Lambo would constantly be bothering him.
When he reached the building, he snuck in with stealth and quickly got lost among the many books. He took Leon of his shoulder and changed him into a mini-computer and he quickly got to work, researching the mysterious Edward Elric.
He hadn't realized how long he had spent there until he heard the dismissal bell ring. Reborn had learned many things and needed to test something out.
He left the library, mulling over the information he had gathered. According to the Vongola's files, Vongola Primo's bodyguard had a prosthetic right arm and left leg, hence the name 'Fullmetal'.
Reborn soon reached the gates and waited patiently for his pupil to exit the building so they could go to Yamamoto's dojo in order to discuss his findings… the family needed to know.
With luck, he could also maybe get Mr. Elric to come as well… probably not, but what's wrong with hoping?
He returned his attention to the school building once he noticed the untamable mass of chestnut hair that defied gravity. Lucky for reborn, half of his guardians were already with him.
When they passed the gate, Reborn jumped onto Tsuna's head, "Dame-Tsuna, we need to go to Yamamoto's dojo for a meeting. Only You, Yamamoto, Gokudera, and Ryohei need to come at the moment so don't worry about the others."
Tsuna sighed, but agreed nonetheless. It was pointless to fight with reborn over some things.
They set off for the dojo, some silently fearing what would become of them.
~At Edward's House~
Even though Edward was alone, he purchased a house anyway as he didn't really like to deal with neighbors a lot.
It was a pretty small house, but pretty large if only for one person. Edward could still be considered a genius even now. He always had chemistry and science engrained into his memory. History was easy as he had been alive through most of it. Math was something that walked hand-in-hand with science so he was good at it. Language and Writing was good as well as he had plenty of time to learn many languages. So, even in this world, Edward was still a genius.
Almost all of the problems he had come across, he could answer quickly, but the only question that he really hadn't been able to solve was the mystery of the Vongola look-alikes.
Ever since Giotto had been overthrown, Edward cut himself away from the Vongola family and the mafia as a whole.
He was still quite the fighter though, but he still honestly preferred being a doctor, something he had been for quite a while. He was even known as the phantom doctor, treating a patient for a few days, but mysteriously disappearing right after the patient was well.
He had earned many names over the centuries he had been alive. Sometimes he thanked Truth for his longevity as he was able to help people, but he also cursed Truth, as he could not be reunited once more with his old friends who had died a long time ago…
He had probably completely changed his character over his lifetime. He was no longer hotheaded, as age mellowed him out. He no longer yearned to find a way to return home; he had no home to return to…even in Amestris.
Edward couldn't help but wonder how much longer he would be cursed to wander this world before he could finally die; maybe this was his punishment for committing the forbidden.
~At the Dojo~
The small group gathered around before, expectantly waiting what the tiny tutor was going to say.
"Everyone, I have called to talk to you at this place because a pressing matter has risen."
"What is it, the Varia again, another mafia family? I will protect Juudaime no matter what!" Gokudera assured.
"None of those, Gokudera," Reborn said, "This involves your new teacher."
"Edward-sensei?" Tsuna asked, tilting his head slightly to the side, "What's wrong with him?"
"I believe he may in fact be hundreds of years old," Reborn replied.
"That's old, to the EXTREME!" Ryohei said.
"I'm not positive, but it could very well be true… after all, Vongola Primo had a bodyguard whose description matches Mr. Elric perfectly. Even the names are the same."
Tsuna gaped slightly, "How are we going to find out the truth, though?"
"Simple. Primo's bodyguard had to prosthetic limbs. His right arm and left leg should be fake if he truly is Primo's bodyguard. The leg is from the knee down and it's the entire right arm."
"That still doesn't explain how we are going to figure out if he's really that old or not, kid," Yamamoto said.
"I have a plan," Reborn smiled slightly.
LunarFallenStar: Done~! Yeah. Okay R&R everyone!
