Hehe surprised? Me too, I never thought about adding Lennan into the mix until I was typing the previous chapter. But then I have some use to him, and I hope that everyone liked a little twist and revelations before my chapter finale.

Chapter 26

Lennan entered the room and looked at his brother, fast asleep with bandages on his upper body, being informed that Julian was slashed in the back with a katana, but other than that, he looked peaceful.

He went close to his brother and took a seat on the side of the bed. He caressed his right cheek and smiled at their resemblance with their father. But worry rushed over him. He held his hand and looked at Yuni, "How long has he been like this?" he wondered.

Yuni went to the bedside table to place the anemones on the vase, "Over a week. When he got here, they immediately took him for a surgery, and has been given anesthetic and morphine to ease the pain. The doctors say that he is fine and he needs a lot of bed rest after the whole ordeal. It took at least two hours to stitch the wound," she explained.

Lennan looked at his little brother, "I see,"

Yuni, wanting answers, cut to the chase, "You know that this whole ordeal was your fault right?"

Lennan's head turned to look at her, "So I've heard. But there was something that happened after that incident when I was five," he stated.

Yuni sat down the chair, "I'm listening," she urged.

"After that explosion, I didn't die like Dad had thought…" he stated. "I was outside when the Vongola started to trash the place and destroyed it. There was a large explosion and I was caught in the edge." He explained as he took off his jacket revealing a scorch mark on his left arm, "I survived that explosion and I escaped near the forest, afraid that I would be targeted should they see me in the base's vicinity. I was in the forest for two days, and the next thing I knew, a kind mafia boss of a neutral family found me and sent me to the hospital. But I couldn't remember a thing when I woke up but my name that was on my necklace,"

Lennan took out the small locket with his name engraved on it in gold. "And so the family took me in, and treated me as one of them. I never remembered a thing until two years ago when I got involved in a glitch experiment at school when my project had a combustion reaction. I remembered that day and who I was..."

Yuni could see that it was hard on the teenager, but he had kept going, "After that, I spent some time in searching for my family, but they are very secretive than I imagined. Until the whole mafia world had gotten wind of the Vongola-Millefiore second war, and that's when I knew what had transpired between them…"

"What happened when you told your adoptive family the truth?" she asked.

Lennan sighed, "Well, they took it well enough to help me. That particular family was very neutral and stayed that way even in the middle of the Millefiore tyranny. But they were still eager to help me out since I had served the family well for years to pay them back. But after a year of searching for my dad and brother, my adoptive father, their boss, died of heart attack, and with his decree, left the family in my hands. So I never got the chance to look again until this news had spread," he finished.

Yuni looked at the sleeping Julian, "You don't even know your younger brother. How could you be so worried about him like this?" she wondered.

Lennan just smiled, "I don't know. Somehow I had this feeling that I want to take care of him all of a sudden and be there for him, because I hadn't for all his life," he explained.

Yuni smiled, "I believe you," she replied. She then turned serious, "But first I think you must talk to the Vongola Decimo to set things right," she stated. "The reason that Byakuran had come after Himeno was because he thought that the Decimo has killed you along with the base fifteen years ago,"

The teen frowned with regret, "I know. I never knew having amnesia could be so troublesome," he admitted. "But I have to do what I can to make up for my absence to my brother."

…

Julian looked at his father's study table when he was asked to wait for him to go to the park that day because next week, he would be sent to Japan by the wishes of his grandfather from his mother's side. He then saw a boy with black hair and purple eyes with his father in the garden which seemed rather familiar. "Wonder who the kid is…"

The door then swung open revealing his father with a smile. "Hey Julie, ready to go?" he asked.

Julian looked at his father, "Daddy, who's the kid with the black hair?" he wondered.

Byakuran had a little sad expression that Julian couldn't comprehend, but it was something that he would rather not notice. The man went close to the table where he was and picked up the photo, "Want me to share a secret to you Julie?" he asked.

Julian sat on his father's lap and nodded. Byakuran adjusted his son a bit and made him look at the picture with the smiling boy, "This, Julie, is your big brother,"

Julian tilted his head, "Big brother? But why is he small? Should he be called little brother?"

Byakuran laughed at his five year-old. "No. He was born before you," he explained.

"Oh…" Julian said, "Where is he?"

Byakuran stood up and carried Julian to the window. He opened it and looked up and pointed to the sky, "He's up there, in the heavens," he explained.

Julian looked at his father curiously, and he got the answer, "Big brother is in heaven?"

"Yes Julie. He was your age when he went to heaven…" He said. "Now, shall we go to the park?"

Julian nodded as he told his father to drop him to the floor. "Race you outside!" he exclaimed, and his father came after him in pursuit.

Julian opened his eyes, clearly his back was in pain despite the soft bed that he was lying on. The first thing he saw was a white ceiling. Just earlier, he heard some talking and an unfamiliar voice had reached his ears. He couldn't tell who that was, but it had seemed that he sounded worried about something. He tried to listen clearly, since his mind was still weak in processing things, but something had caught his ears a while ago that had caught his attention.

"I never knew amnesia could be so troublesome, but I have to do what I can to make up for my absence to my brother."

Now that was something that he didn't quite understand. It was beyond his thinking. What could make the guy say that he was his brother? Unless her brother was alive, but as far as his father had told him back when he was young, he was already dead and gone. Based on the dream that he had, it was quite true. His father was not the type to lie about his brother. It was like the only topic that he didn't want any lie to stain the memory of his first son.

But why did the man earlier say that he would do something to make up to his brother? And why the hell was he holding his hand tight as he said it?

Julian groaned, "That's quite impossible…" he muttered. "That guy is already dead…" he said to himself.

The door suddenly opened revealing Yuni and someone was behind him. The woman had a shocked expression on her, "You're awake!" she said happily.

Julian smiled back at the woman, "How long have I been out?" he wondered.

"Over a week," she replied. "It was because of your operation that it took too long for you to wake up," Yuni stated.

Julian began to sit himself up, but pain on his spine told him otherwise. Yuni panicked for a while but she managed to let him sit up. "What happened to Himeno?"

Yuni couldn't answer him for a while, but she encouraged herself, "After you and the others that were severely injured were evacuated from the battlefield, Himeno fought your father herself." She began. "But afterwards, he shot his dragon stake towards the Decimo, but Himeno had taken the blow instead…"

Julian's eyes widened, "What? That stake has poison in it and it is released once it comes into contact with skin!" he stated, knowing fairly well the weapons of his father.

"Don't worry Julian," she assured. "Himeno had managed to only give her a small wound, and the doctors had already tended to her and she is safe from harm for now…she is yet to wake up as well…" she informed.

Yuni forgot the presence of the other leaning on the door, and she knew that Julian had to know the truth sooner or later. She motioned Lennan to get inside the room completely, and then looked at Julian who stared at the teenager that was coming close, "Julian, I would like you to meet Lennan," she introduced. She could see the shock in Julian's eyes, as if not believing what he was seeing. "He has something he wants to tell you," she then stood up, "I'll leave the two of you alone," she said and left the room.

Five minutes later and still the room was fed with silence. No one dared utter a word. They were just staring at each other. Julian was beyond shocked to see the older boy. He had thought that he was dead for a long time ever since he had discovered who he was.

Lennan couldn't bare the silence, so he started to break it, "So I guess you are shocked huh? You thought that I was dead," he said.

Julian looked at his bed sheets as if it was the most interesting thing in the world, "Why…why didn't you come back?" he demanded.

Lennan sighed, "When I was five, I was found by the wife of a kind mafia boss of a small neutral family. I forgot who I was until two years ago when the memories had started coming back to me after an accident." He answered.

Julian's head shot up and looked at his brother, "Amnesia?"

Lennan nodded. "I wanted to come back, I really do, but things got out of hand, and if I show myself, I'm afraid that it might get worse," he explained. "I spoke to the Decimo earlier already," he informed. "It was my fault that this whole second war had started between them, and I will compensate the faults of Dad, starting with the medicals and the reconstruction of the things that had been destroyed," he stated.

"You…you talked to the Decimo? What did he say?"

Lennan sat on the side of the bed and smiled, "He took it well than his hotheaded guardian," he said. Julian knew that the person was Gokudera. "He was kind and considerate, something that I have not expected for a mafia boss of an elite family to possess. He said that it wasn't my fault, since Dad was the one who initiated the revenge after jumping to conclusions. Really, he didn't know of my existence, and he apologized to me as well for endangering my life and making me lose my memories for thirteen years,"

"That's the Decimo alright," he replied.

"You know, I've also seen your friend, Himeno," Lennan informed. "I have heard many rumors about the girl assassin of Vendetta called White Lotus, and I was amazed to see that the professional assassin turns out to be only fourteen years old." He stated. "We sure do have a lot of young prodigies these days,"

Julian smiled at the thought, "She's the nicest person I have ever met, and practically my sister,"

Something hit Lennan on the head when he heard the word 'sister'. "I'm sorry if I wasn't there for you all these years," he apologized.

The younger boy was surprised at the words, but smiled, "It's alright. You had amnesia, but you are still going to pay for making me stand Dad's annoying but dangerous antics for the past fifteen years," he said.

Lennan smiled, knowing that the boy was forgiving him, "I'll have to remember that one," he joked.

"By the way…" Julian said, "What happened to Dad?"

Lennan's smile faded suddenly. He couldn't drop the bomb to him that easily. "Well…you see Julian…"

Julian frowned, realizing that he asked a stupid question. "Don't answer that. I know. I should have taken Himeno's words at heart that he would kill the person responsible for all this," he replied.

"I know Dad had done a lot of evil things, and I have witnessed some of it when I was still with him, starting when I was four. I was really young, but I had already matured, and by then I realized what was going on around me, but I still chose to play innocent," he said. "Don't get me wrong, yes, our Dad loved us, but you were right to go against him," he said.

"Y-You know about that?"

"Why else would the Vongola tend to your needs?" Lennan stated.

The white haired boy looked down, "I guess so…"

"Now," Lennan said dropping the subject, "Can you tell me more about Himeno?" he asked.

"Why the sudden interest?" Julian wondered.

"I thought I should know the one who got the receiving end of Dad's revenge for me so that I could assure that she wouldn't punch me in the face or the gut," he explained.

Julian laughed at the humor of his brother, and he consented in telling him everything he knew about Himeno.

…

Yuni and Tsuna smiled at the sight of the two brothers talking about something that they couldn't hear. One thing is for sure, that the reunion of the two brothers was a success.

"You don't see that everyday," Yuni stated.

"I agree. I'm glad Julian didn't react violently about this case," he stated.

Yuni then looked at Tsuna with a troubled face. Tsuna didn't fail to notice the expression on her. "How are you going to tell Himeno about the truth?" she asked.

Tsuna stayed silent for a while, but had managed to give an answer, "I'll just have to tell her the entire truth without sugarcoating it. If Himeno had inherited some of my traits of thinking, then I would want things to cut to the chase so that I wouldn't be left with questions to ask later," he answered.

"I hope you are right about that notion, Decimo,"

That's it! Watch out for the last ones! I plan on doing it in March, at least after my final exams.

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