Chapter 4

If anyone says that being a Reform is better than being in Rehab, then they have not met Hibari Kyouya.

Those delinquents under his jurisdiction follows his every rule and obeys every command. And if you abide by everything the Disciplinary Committee says, then that means you want to change. Or simply get out of harm's way.

When he had met the teenager on his first hour back in Namimori, he struck him as a delinquent, as Reborn had told him. But he was simply some sort of warden, and the son of the headmistress who demanded nothing more to the Reform students but to obey the rules of the school, the city, and the country itself. Her son, living by that since childhood, probably sent her son at her school on purpose.

Those who refuse will meet the tonfas of the Disciplinary Committee Chairman.

That was how Ienari met Hibari Kyouya the second time around on Friday, almost a week after he transferred. He was passing by during his free time on his second day to explore a bit when something caught his eye. A group of first year delinquents fresh out of juvenile facilities challenged the prefect for a fight for dominance, refusing to bow down to the head prefect of the school.

And Hibari had showed them just who is in charge in the Reform Faction.

He swung his tonfas with precision, making hits on vital areas accurate and swift, not bothering to take a second glance at the ones who fell from the blows of his steel tonfas. One by one, the naïve delinquents fell until no one stood up anymore. The higher years of the Reform Faction simply stared at the upstarts with sighs as they watched their underclassman with pity for defying school rules. A group of Rehab students are there as well, being surrounded by the Reform students.

"Ah, Kyouya is at it again."

Ienari turned around only to see his older brother look at the scene before them. The surprise almost made him have a heart attack. "Whoa!" he squeaked.

Tsuna smiled apologetically, "Sorry. I saw you heading to the gym, and I got a call from Hayato that Kyouya is doing something with the first years of the Reform again. I was supposed to stop him, but…" he pointed at the prefect's area.

Hibari pulled one of the first years' collars and glared straight in his eyes. "I'll say this once, so listen good, you disgusting herbivores. This is not a place where you can lord around people. You are all under my jurisdiction. In the Reform Faction, I am the rule." He growled. "You have a lot of nerve to attempt to attack our Rehab students. If that had carried on, you would be sent straight to juvenile detention until your adulthood and transferred to jail, whichever their parents choose."

At his words, Ienari couldn't feel anything but relieved.

"Hey, Hibari you bastard!" Ienari turned his head to the left to see the same silver haired teenager he had seen in the restaurant yesterday wearing a gakuran, his hair tied up and glasses on, "Why do you always act on your own?"

"And…here's Hayato. Just in time." Tsuna mused.

"I am the head of the committee, Secretary Gokudera Hayato. I do what I need to do," he dropped the delinquent back on the ground and crossed his arms to his chest, "And where have you been?"

"I was on the phone telling Tsuna-san of the situation! You couldn't have waited before you taught them a lesson?!"

Ienari looked at his brother, "Aren't you going to stop him?"

"Yes, yes I should. Stay here, will you?" He said with a sigh as he approached them. Ienari watched Tsuna carry himself with such calm authority seeping out of him in an instant. "There's no need to wait for me, I saw everything," he started.

"You're pretty late, Sumeragi Tsunayoshi," Hibari addressed as he put away his tonfas.

"Sorry. I was on the other side of the building talking to a student. Hayato sounded so urgent that I had to come and see what was happening here."

Ienari watched as almost all of the people in the area stared at Tsuna as he walked towards Hibari in one swift motion. Tsuna scanned the area to see a group of Rehab students were being shielded by the Reforms. "Katsuragi-san,"

"Yes!" one of the Reform students said in attention.

"Please explain what happened before Hibari arrived," he instructed.

The Reform student named Katsuragi straightened up and began to speak, "They were trying to extort money from Shimada's group while they were here for a group study. We—Terashima and Harata of the Reform Faction, were with them, but we went on a drink errand. When we returned, these first years were trying to get money from them. We tried to reason with them properly, but they have been verbally assaulting us, and even used force. When Hibari-san arrived, we were holding them down and were trying to get Shimada and the others away from these students."

Tsuna nodded as he listened and looked at one of the delinquents who was in fact, carrying an eco-bag from the vending machine in case of multiple drinks are bought. "I see. And have you explained to them why you are protecting the Rehab students?"

Katsuragi nodded. "We warned them that their stress levels may increase should they assault them, but they wouldn't listen to reason. We even tried telling them what would happen should Hibari-san catches wind of this, but alas…"

"They kept on arguing with you, and Shimada-san and the other Rehab students are being stressed out?" when Katsuragi nodded, Tsuna went to the group who were sitting on the ground, writhing in pain.

He went to the student whom Hibari had lifted a while ago and looked at all of them in the eye, "In this school, you follow the rules of your faction. If you are in Rehab, you follow our advice, if you are in Reform, you follow the rules of the Disciplinary Committee. We care about the welfare of the students here, in order to make sure that they could live in peace without any sort of weight holding them back. When you hurt the Reform students, you will get physical retaliation, based on the rules set up by the school. But if you hurt the Rehab students, we have a big problem." Tsuna's stare intensified that it almost looked like a glare.

"We here at Namimori Reformation and Rehabilitation Institute makes sure that the Rehab students are well taken care of. We are not here to make their mental states worse because of people like you." Tsuna said sternly. "If you want to continue this behavior, do it somewhere else. Your parents sent you here in hopes that you will become a better person, but it seems that you yourself don't want to." He then straightened up. "Hibari, as a fellow head of the school system, what could we agree on with punishment?"

Hibari shrugged, "I already bit them to death."

"That's not what I meant,"

"Fine. A week's suspension for attempting to attack more than one Rehab student and not listening to reprimands, and a probation period until next semester. Should they not meet the standards to become full-fledged Reform students, then they will be dismissed and sent to Namimori Juvenile Detention Facility." Hibari said, as if memorizing all the rules.

'That's in the handbook!' Ienari thought. 'This guy…does he love the rules so much?'

"Well then, that settles the verdict." Tsuna finalized. He then went to the Rehab students, "Shimada-san, are you guys alright? Any stress increase?"

Shimada and his group shook their heads. "No worries, Sumeragi-senpai. Katsuragi-san and the others blocked us from them before they did anything,"

"I see. That's good. But to be sure, we have to go to the hospital building if there is any lasting damage." He looked at the student, "You have some bullying problems before, is that right? It's not good to re-expose you to that environment,"

"I-I can handle it senpai! Really!"

"Really? Then that's good." He looked back at the Reform students. "Can you guys make sure that they get to the hospital building for a check-up with Mimura-sensei? Just in case,"

"Yes, Sumeragi-san," Katsuragi replied before he and his group of Reform students led the Rehab students to the direction of the Hospital Building.

After Hibari ordered tall man to 'get rid of the bodies' in the site, Tsuna turned to Ienari's direction and motioned him to come closer. Hesitant, Ienari obeyed.

When Ienari arrived, Tsuna turned to the silver haired teen, "Hayato, this is my younger brother, Ienari. Ienari, this is Gokudera Hayato, the Secretary of the Disciplinary Committee."

"A forced secretary." He then looked at Ienari, "I would ask you how you ended up here, but you're a Rehab. Works better with the Reforms," he said casually.

"How about you?" Ienari wondered. If this guy ended up in Reform, then that means he could do anything that is short of murder.

Gokudera scoffed. "Tried to blow up an alley. Branded as a delinquent for defying authority, and I was shipped here. I was a transfer student from Italy at Namimori Middle School. Now I work for Mr. I Will Bite You to Death if You Defy Me as his secretary until I graduate just because I have the skills." He informed as he dodged a tonfa aimed at his head.

All too soon, the simple strike turned into an all-out fight with Gokudera dodging while Hibari kept assaulting him with his steel tonfas.

"Well, that's a way to put it," Tsuna mused as the brothers watched the fight. "Takeshi should have been here…" Tsuna said as he looked around.

Ienari looked at Tsuna, "You know the one who gave me the introduction?"

"Of course. He's a counselor like me," Tsuna shared. "And he's one of the few who can calm Hayato down."

"What about you?" he asked.

Tsuna laughed sheepishly, "I usually get hit in the process even if I try to avoid it,"

"What?"

"I may be changed, but my usual clumsiness is hard to get rid of. Just look at Papa's former student, then you'll see."

"You know Dino-san?" he asked incredulously.

Tsuna nodded, "He comes by during weekends when he has free time. Usually to oversee Kyouya's training," when Ienari gave him a questioning look, he continued, "They met during Mom and Papa's wedding. Let's just say that the backyard of the reception location had a lot of dents in them because of their fight. It ended up with Kyouya being Dino's apprentice." He shared.

"That's weird. Dino-san didn't strike me as the masochist type…"

"I thought so too."

With that, the brothers shared a smile, which Ienari found to be so easy right now.

It made him feel like they were picking up where they left off, barring the slap incident when they were seven. Tsuna was right in that respect. He didn't hold a grudge against Tsuna for being weak. He was feeling guilty that he did that to Tsuna instead of continuing to stay as his protector.

"Tsuna…I'm sorry…" the words immediately fell on his lips before he had the time to take it back.

Tsuna's eyes widened expectedly at him, clearly surprised by his apology. "About what?"

"About what I did to you when I was seven…the slapping you and telling you I hate you incident," he said as he looked away.

Without warning, Ienari felt Tsuna's had ruffle his blond locks. When he looked at him, Tsuna was smiling and his warm caramel eyes spoke of elation at his reply. "You know I already did. But did you already forgive yourself?"

"I regret doing it…"

"Then there's nothing to forgive." Tsuna said. "Unless…"

"Unless what?"

"Unless you call me Tsuna-niichan again,"

At that, Ienari felt himself burning up. "I-I can't do that so suddenly!" he complained.

Tsuna laughed and raised his hand in mock surrender, "I was just joking. It's fine if you still call me Tsuna. At least it's not my old moniker,"

"Yeah…" Ienari said, trying to lower his face temperature. "But still! I can't call you that right out of the blue…"

"AH! Tsuna-san look out!"

Both brothers looked at the direction of the fighting duo when a blur of silver went towards them. Things went on too fast until the silver blur ended up colliding with Tsuna's forehead, bringing him down on his behind.

"Tsuna-san!"

Tsuna simply held onto his forehead and moaned. "Ow…" he then looked at the prefect who looked like he regretted nothing. "Kyouya! At least make sure no one could get hit if Hayato dodges it!"

"You're already strong enough to dodge things at the last second. You were merely distracted by your herbivorous brother."

"Hey!"

"Geez…" Tsuna grumbled.

A shadow loomed over him, showing a concerned face of Ienari. "Are you okay Tsuna-nii?"

At his concerned face, Tsuna felt himself go back to memory lane back when Ienari was five and Tsuna fell downstairs of their old house. "Tsuna-niichan are you okay?"

In an instant, the three looked at Tsuna who merely smiled fondly, "I've forgotten you were so cute, Ienari…"

At that, Gokudera paled. "He's lost it! I'll get the baseball idiot with a first aid kit at once!" Gokudera said as he immediately fished out his own phone and speed-dialed Yamamoto Takeshi.

While that was happening, all Ienari could do was blush at the smile of his older brother, realizing that his tongue slipped at the added honorific.

TBC

Well…calling him Tsuna-nii is just a little accident. Ienari's problem had nothing to do with Tsuna in the first place, so adjusting to calling him Tsuna-nii is simply reconnecting their bond. It has been a week already, I suppose.

And yes, I did retain his clumsy and sometimes absent-minded side for added adorableness for Tsuna! If Dino could pull it off, why can't Tsuna?

One of my reviewers requested for me not to put up pairings, but then…I can't really write anything without pairings! I just can't! Believe me, I tried, but the temptation was too much. My pairings would still be in question as I erased my initial intended pairing in the first chapter posted. I'm going to add something else too. Maybe adding in 00/? for a change? But rest assured it would not overall affect the story in a way.

Tell me what kind of pairing you want to see. Personally, D18 is coming right at me upon writing this. But my woes about that pairing always leads me to the thought: 'In the end, Dino would choose his family's survival over Hibari out of duty' kind of thing. And then my thoughts go to advanced Vongola Technology and m-…STOPPING THERE!

Ahahaha…well, this would be my last update for the month. I'm going on a trip to my grandmother's house (I sound like Red Riding Hood) which is completely internet free, and my pocket wifi is very much unreliable there.

It leaves me with a lot of thinking to do, especially with my Turning the Tables sequel problem.

See you guys in May~!