I have started working on a shorter Fanfic and I think this weekend I will be posting the first chapter. It may be around 3 or 4 chapters long if I can help it. I also plan to update this one two more time this month. So wish me luck on fulfilling that goal.

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Chapter 11

Tsuna was at work making the bento lunches for everyone. This time he made sure to have plenty for Ryohei. He decided on making takoyaki. He didn't make too much though. Knowing the others, they will be making extra food too. 'We have a new person added to the group. Making food like this might get difficult,' he wondered. After he finished making the bento lunch, he got ready to headed out of the house to meet up with the others. Tsuna walked out of the house and flicked off the hallway light. As he locked the door to the house, he felt weird at this new routine. He turned and headed to Yamamoto's place. He walked slowly because he didn't need to hurry. It was still earlier than usual. Once he arrived at the restaurant, Tsuna could hear Yamamoto yelling and calling his dad.

"Have you seen my baseball bat?!"

"It's down here!" Tsuna heard footsteps coming down the stairs. He assumed Yamamoto coming down to get his baseball bat.

"Oh, my bad." He heard the teen say. Tsuna could tell that he was right at the door entrance. He felt weird to suddenly open it and see him there so he waited a moment.

"You left it down here after practice," his dad said to him. Tsuna could barely hear him from the distance.

"Yeah, my bad. I wasn't thinking." Tsuna could tell he walked away by the way voice flowed away. He decided to head in but stopped as he heard Yamamoto. "I've been thinking about some things lately, so I've been really distracted. Probably because of these dreams lately that I've been having…"

They were quieter now. Tsuna decided to head in. He was already feeling guilty about listening in on them. As he walked in, he saw no one around. He was curious where they went. He walked to the bar where he heard their voices again.

"Lately, you've seemed to really take a liking to Tsunayoshi." Yamamoto's father said. It was quiet for a moment but Tsuna heard a soft voice finally speak.

"Yeah, he acts different and he feels different."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, he seems... not like everyone else. And to be hon-"

"Good morning," a voice from behind Tsuna said. Tsuna whipped around to see Gokudera walking in. He walked toward Tsuna, and the brunet slightly panicked as he walked towards the other. "No one here or something?" the silver haired teen asked as he looked at the bar and saw no one.

"I don't know. I came in and saw no one around. Suddenly the doors to the kitchen opened and out came Yamamoto and his dad. They smile brightly as they saw the two.

"Good morning boys!"

"Morning Tsunayoshi! Sorry if I took too long. I was running around losing things from last night."

"No problem."

"Just hurry, or we'll have to deal with Hibari!"

"Haha, yeah. I wouldn't want that."

"Here's the bento for you boys. I added extra sushi for your new friend."

"Thanks, Dad." The three boys headed out to school, though they were still early. As they arrived at the school gate, they heard an extremely familiar voice calling them. They spun around to see Ryohei running up to them.

"Good morning, Ryohei-san!" Tsuna said back.

"Why are you always loud!" Gokudera yelled back with a harsh but non-threatening glare. The louder, older teen stopped in front of them looking at the silver teen with a confused look on his face.

"Haha, am I?" he laughed loudly as he scratched the back of his head. The boys stared at him like he was crazy for not realizing that he talks in a volume that is impossible. Even so, Tsuna smiles at him like what he said was purely innocent. Tsuna lowered his hands from his ears after having to protect them.

"If Ryohei-san can't help it, it's fine. Besides, I have a feeling you enjoy speaking loudly. Don't you Ryoh-"

"CALL ME ONII-SAN!" He screamed to the small brunet, and everyone threw their hands to cover their ears again. "You protected my sister, so you have the right Tsunayoshi!"

"Oh-alright," he said with a small smile as he looked at the older teen. Ryohei was smiling as he looked at the smaller boy.

"Onii-san!" Ryohei looked toward his little sister as she came into the school gates.

"Morning Kyoko!" He said. She smiled and walked up to him. He once again placed a hand on her head in sibling loving way. "You ready for an Extreme day?"

"Yes, today will be a great day." She smiled looking at the boys in front of her. Hana was behind, smiling down at the happy, brunet girl.

"We should probably get moving, or Hibari-san will come and bit us to death for crowding," Tsuna warned them. They began to walk inside the school. They ended up in class earlier than usual. The boys were talking. Well, Yamamoto was talking to Tsuna while Gokudera every once and awhile would say something rude to the baseball player. Tsuna was mostly busy thinking about where they could have lunch at. He knew they would have to cautious in order to not upset Hibari. He also knew they needed a space to themselves, or they would be causing trouble to the other people.

xxxxxx

Class started and lunch came quicker that Tsuna had hoped. He felt like it came too fast this time because he still could not think of a place where they could eat together without bothering the school's demon.

"Let's go, Tsunayoshi," Yamamoto said as he stood in front of the struggling brunet.

"R-right," he stuttered softly. He stood with his things. They walked out of the room and they turned to the right. 'What?' "Where-"

"I found a spot yesterday. Hibari was doing his perimeter check around the school, and I noticed he stood away from the Cherryblossom tree in the courtyard. No one really sits by it oddly enough. So I thought that it would be the best spot for us." They walked off as they made it there already Ryohei and the girls were setting up. As they got to sitting and pulling out there things another person appeared. Tsuna saw that she was the girl Kyoko was partnered with.

"Wow! Really? That sounds like a really good spot." They walked off to the spot. As they made it the tree, they noticed Ryohei and the girls were already setting up. As they were sitting and pulling out their things, another person appeared. Tsuna saw that she was the girl Kyoko was partnered with for the project.

"Hello! I'm Marui Haru. Pleased to meet you all. Kyoko-chan told me to come meet you guys here for lunch."

"Hello," Tsuna began, "You're Kyoko's partner for the project, right?"

"Yep!"

"Haru come sit over here!" Kyoko called as she waved her over where she and Hana sat. The squealy girl leaped at the invitation. Haru and the two girls were talking and laughing in no time. The boys listened to them as they giggled.

"You have to come with me when it opens Kyoko-chan, Hana-san." She smiled to the two and they smiled back. They began to talk about a pastry shop that is opening up soon. In the end, they agreed to go that day with her. Tsuna started to place the main dish bento in the center of their circle. Hana noticed and moved to place her bento in front of her by Tsuna's, and Yamamoto did the same by placing it in front of hers. Kyoko placed her's beside the two's and in front of Tsuna's.

"Today's dessert is another surprise experiment."

"Sounds good Kyoko!" Yamamoto said as Gokudera passed everyone their drinks. He got everyone their usual and Ryohei some juice. He looked to Haru and said.

"I have an extra juice if you like this kind of juice." He handed it to her and she smiles and said.

"I love juice! I love anything really!"

"If there is something specific you like, Gokudera will get it for you next time," Tsuna said smiling. Gokudera stared at the girl waiting for her response. She looked a bit confused as she stared at them. "Hahi? Do you guys always do this? Have a big banquet of the sorts!" She had a wide smile on her face but her eyes held confusion.

"Yes!" Kyoko spoke first. "We each bring something for everyone. We share it together." She spoke happily and excitedly.

"Oh," Haru said as looked at the others. They were staring at her waiting for her response. Ryohei thought it was weird and even felt cautious about it too, considering he is new to this too. He remembers one day after school, Kyoko had come home and told Ryohei all about their system. When she told him about it, he was worried and shocked by such a weird thing. He was worried at first that Kyoko was being used. He wanted to come back to school that next week, but Kyoko forced him to take another week off. He was amazed seeing their system first hand the other day, and he was amazed by how these people were so caring for her. He heard lots of stories from his sister these last two weeks. Haru looked to the others with curiosity still evident.

"You need to answer woman, or you're going tomorrow with out a drink!" Gokudera yelled as he got impatient with waiting for her answer. Tsuna thought the delinquent teen was embarrassed at the attention he was getting, after they all started to stare at him, and noticed he looked away. Tsuna laughed at his reaction.

"HAHI! That's no way to talk to a new friend! Do you not have any manners?" Haru screamed to Gokudera. " If you had asked properly, I would have told you I like sweet drinks like juice." She continued as she jumped up from her spot on the floor placing her hands on her hip. Gokudera sat shocked at her reaction, but he jumped out of it quickly enough to jump up too.

"Well, you should have answered the question when it was asked instead of ignoring Tsunayoshi-san!" he yelled back. Both of them were red faced and that made Tsuna laugh again. They looked like a couple of kids fighting over something stupid. In a way, they were. Everyone looked at the laughing brunet before laughing at the two themselves. They looked back at them in shock before embarrassingly sitting down quietly. The rest of lunch passed with a lot of talking from the girls. Ryohei took the time to talk about his own school day since he has been absent these past two days. Tsuna finished packing Hibari's lunch together and was getting ready to head off when he felt a horrible sensation.

"Herbivores," a low growl was heard from behind him. They all looked over Tsuna to see the demon perfect in attack mode. Before Tsuna could turn himself around, he was hit in the back of the head with Hibari's tonfas. The brunet was sent forward, hitting the ground with his face. Gokudera, Ryohei, and Yamamoto jumped up to fight Hibari. The girls checked on Tsuna.

"What was that for you demon?" Gokudera asked. Hibari ignored him though and ran to attack. Gokudera tried to dodge, but Hibari was too quick with a counter. The perfect knocked him down to the ground. Ryohei took the opportunity to attack. Hibari hit the other teen in the face with his right tonfa as Ryohei was dodging the attack from the left. Once he was on the ground, Hibari turned his attention to the last teen standing. He glared at him. He waited for his attack, but the other was just smiling.

"What's going on, Hibari? Did we upset you somehow?"

"Crowding and being here," he spoke in a growl. Yamamoto looked confused to the older teen.

"What do you mean? Why can't we be here?" Hibari ignored the question and began to attack. The confused teen dodged the attacks aimed at his mid section. It seemed to be Hibari's pattern, and Yamamoto picked up on it. "Were we banned from here or something?" He tried again to get answers from the teen. Hibari glared hard at the teen before jumping up and attacking his right arm. Yamamoto jumped out of the way quickly but was not quick enough to dodge the attack from the left. He got hit and fell to the ground. Hibari walked over to the girls, and Kyoko took the bento from the ground, She passed it to the demon perfect.

"Don't come back here," he ordered her.

"Where can we go then?" She asked him innocently as she smiled at him her sweet smile.

"Anywhere else."

"The roof?"

He stood silently before turning and walking off. "Hai," he said from a distance. A scary teen from before appeared out of nowhere and looked to the girls. He walked to them and looked to the boys on the ground.

"They look fine. They might have a few bruise but no blood was dropped today." He smiled at them. "Kyoya-san seems to go easy on them. You are all lucky for that." The girls nodded at him indicating that they understood.

"Who are you?" Kyoko spoke.

"I'm Kusakabe Tetsuya. I am the second-in-command of the Namimori High Disciplinary Committee." He left to catch up with Hibari after that. The bell rang and that told them lunch was over. The boys were beginning to awaken, and though they still felt groggy after their encounter with the demon, they still hurried to gather up their things. The girls tried to explain what happened as they began to rush to class before the bell. They made it barely in time. Haru was with them since the groups from the other day were to meet up in their new classroom this week to work on their project. They sat in their spots, and Gokudera was already fighting with his partner. Yamamoto and his teammate were already laughing. Tsuna could see Hana already talking to the short, black haired girl about their project. 'Straight to business. Just like her.' he thought to himself.

"Tsunayoshi-kun, this is your partner. He was not here yesterday that's no problem because we will be starting work on the projects today with research and plan design. Shota-kun, this is Tsunayoshi-kun." Behind the teacher was a fluffy haired petite teen. He had a sweet smile on his face as he looked at Tsuna. Tsuna felt hope as he saw the kind looking teen. The teen looked shorter than himself, but he did have fluffier hair.

"Hello," he spoke softly. He bowed his head slightly sending his fluffy, blonde hair bouncing. Tsuna could see that he gave off innocence.

"H-hello, I'm Tsunayoshi. I gu-guess we're partners." Tsuna smiled back at the blonde. The teacher smiled at them seeing that they were getting along alright. Tsuna wondered if it was because the teacher worried what he worried. That the teen would be upset being paired up with Dame-Tsuna.

"Alright, class! Today, we'll get started on the project. First, you must all answer these questions on this sheet about the Economical Situation of your country. Pick a country from the five listed on the top of the paper. After you do this, keep one copy for yourselves, and give me one to grade. After you are done with the sheet, you and your partner can get started on the actual making of the board and talk about what progress, good and bad, your country will endure this next week. By Monday morning, you will present your work. That includes individual essays turned in, poster boards set up on your desks with complete mandatory work, and presentation should be prepared and ready. So let's get started, everyone!"

Everyone began to talk to their partners about the project or whatever else they wanted to talk about. Tsuna looked to Shota, who was reading the paper they have to turn in. Tsuna still felt nervous about it since he personally didn't understand most of the teacher's instructions. Tsuna looked at the sheet in front of him to see if something clicks.

"So, Tsunayoshi-san, do you understand much of what was said?" Shota spoke nervously. Tsuna shot his head up with wide eyes.

"Umm, n-not really. Sorry," Tsuna said sadly thinking he was no help to the other.

"Hmmm," was all the sound Shota made. Tsuna sat, quietly hoping he can think of something to help with the project and the assignment. "Well let's just do our best and ask for help if we need to. I think I understood some of it."

"Oh, okay," Tsuna said. He listens to Shota as he explains some of the things that they had to do. Tsuna and Shota looked to the instructions and try coming up with an idea. Once they did, they worked on researching the country.

All during the class, Shota had been kind, patient, and understanding to the clueless brunet. He wondered if he was dreaming. He began to wonder if the blonde teen was just like Yamamoto and Gokudera. 'Would he accept me for what I am? Will he ignore the fact that I am Dame?'

"Tsuna, you ready to go?" Yamamoto asked the brunet who he stood in front of. Gokudera was behind him staring at the small brunet. Class ended and it was time to go home. Home, where no one was at.

"Sorry, I was just thinking."

"What about?"

SLAM!

They jumped and turned to the door. Hibari stalked in. He placed the bento on Tsuna's desk. He glared at them before walking away. "Herbivores, you're crowding," he growled not too nicely to them as he walked out. Tsuna sighed as he heard him go.

"I'm worried about him," Tsuna said with worried eyes as he stared at the bento on his desk. "Last week this happened for two days, and the week before that it was only one day. I hope tomorrow is better." Tsuna looked to his friends as they nodded. They agreed that this week was worse than last.

Last week, Hibari had been in such a foul mood that he took on all the troublemakers he could find. They heard he even got into a brawl with a gang on the streets one night. The demon perfect was not merciful these days. The anger that flowed out of him upset Tsuna and Yamamoto, who seemed sensitive to Hibari's emotions. Tsuna wondered if he can sense other people emotions in away.

"Let's go," Tsuna spoke as he stood and headed toward the door. Kyoko and Hana went to get Haru and was going to meet them at the gate. They saw Ryohei running down the hall towards them.

"Hey!" he screamed. He got to them and started walking with them. "Where are the girls?"

"They went to get Haru and will meet us at the gate," Yamamoto said.

"Yeah, so calm down. There's no need to yell, Turftop." Gokudera grumbled back at the older one.

"Haha, sorry about that!" he continued. "So what are you boys doing today?"

"We are going over Tsuna's to see if Gokudera can teach us some more about this crazy project. My partner and I barely got today's thing done with the help from the teacher. Haha!"

Gokudera scolded the baseball freak as he laughed. "Don't laugh about something so pitiful!"

"Actually, I didn't really understand the project either, but Shota-san seemed to get it and helped explain it to me. We figured out the rest after that. He seemed to be really smart."

"Well, it seems Shota-kun is a nice guy," Yamamoto said smiling to the brunet.

"Haha, I wouldn't understand any of that, so it's Extremely awesome that you guys understood any of it!" Ryohei screamed as they caught up with the girls at the gate. They begin to head home.

xxxxxx

"Mom took the kids away yesterday to visit my Dad," Tsuna said to the two boys with him as they walked down the street to his house. Yamamoto had asked his dad if he could go over to study for a few hours before heading home. He had allowed it.

"Oh, so you were home alone last night?" Gokudera asked him as he walked in his usual spot next to Tsuna.

"Yeah, but no worries," he said as he smiled at them. "She should be calling tonight, so we can talk to them today."

"Cool," Yamamoto said as they made it to his house.

Once inside, Tsuna began to look around the dark hallway listening to the silence in the house.

"We're home," Yamamoto said as he and Gokudera began to take off their shoes to walk in. Gokudera flicked the lights on, and they headed to the kitchen. Tsuna put together cookies and began to boil some water for tea.

"It's really quiet with out the kids and Mama," Yamamoto said as he looked around the room. They headed up stairs to Tsuna's room with their snacks and tea, and they got to work on their project. Dinner time came, and Tsuna began to heat some curry and made some rice. Yamamoto decided to head home already. He said his good bye and headed out.

"This was left over for us so we can eat." Tsuna was working away as Gokudera cleaned the living room of dust. Since Mama was away, they decided to keep the house clean for her. So she won't have a workload to do when she got back. They began to set the table when the phone rang. Tsuna left to answer it.

"Hello,"

"Tsu-kun! How are you? Did you eat? I had curry left over in the fridge and there are ingredients in the fridge for just about anything you want to make. The first aid is in the kitchen cabinet, but I did go ahead and replaced the old one in the upstairs bathroom. Make sure you boys don't stay up too late. Okay?"

"Yes, Mom. I understand. Don't worry we can take care of ourselves for a few days on our own. Especially, Gokudera-kun who lives by himself."

"Tsu-kun," she sounded worried as she spoke. "I know you can but I still worry. I will do my best to not worry too much."

"It's okay, Mom. I under-"

"Tsu-nii! It's Lambo! Lambo has been really good so no worry!"

"Haha, that's good, Lambo," he said not sure if the cow lover could hear him. He heard his mom repeat it back to the small calf who he imagined was hopping up and down beside her.

"Here Lambo-kun," he heard his mom say as she passed the phone, most like, to the boy.

"Tsu-nii?" he heard the boys voice softly ask.

"Yes," he answered him.

"Tsu-nii, Lambo's been a really good boy! Lambo's gotten lots of toys and candies. And Papa's really, really nice! Lambo's been having lots of fun!" Tsuna chuckled at the excitement he heard in the little boy's words.

"Well, that's great Lambo. I'm happy to hear that you've been having a lot of fun there."

"Lambo," Tsuna heard a scolding voice that was too childish to be his mother's. He knew it had to be Ipin talking now to the small calf boy. "I want to talk too and Fuuta-kun too."

"Put them on Lambo. We can talk again tomorrow okay. I miss you."

"F-fine," Tsuna smiled at how the small calf acted. He felt that he missed the child more than he had expected to.

"Tsuna-nii," said a soft voice. He guessed Ipin was testing the words.

"Yes," he said to the tiny girl. "How are you Ipin-chan? Is Dad taking care of you kids okay?" he questioned her.

"Yes, Papa-Iemitsu-san is taking care of us. We have been on our best behavior. Fuuta-kun did not like the flying, but we are resting at the house here."

"House?" 'I guess dad bought one since he lives over there for a long time. He never mentioned it before...' "That's great! I'm happy you are all okay and happy. Have lots of fun over there and makes sure the boys behave."

"I will. Bye Tsuna-nii!" She said loudly before he heard a lot of rustling.

"Hello?" Fuuta's voice said from the other side of the phone.

"Hey, Fuuta-kun. How is the trip?"

"Tsu-nii! It's been good. We met Papa and played around the house before bed last night. Today, we had talked about adopting with a person, and they say it's going to be official soon. We saw Grandpa as well."

"Tsunayoshi? Is that them?" Gokudera interrupted.

"Oh, yeah it is. It's Fuuta now. Here." He passed him the phone as Gokudera spoke to Fuuta. They talked for a couple of minutes before Mama came to get the phone. She asked Gokudera about how he and the others were at school. She made sure that they were eating right. Tsuna walked back from the dining room with some food in his mouth.

"Bye Mom," "Bye Mama," they said as they hung up.

They walked back to the dining room together. Tsuna had a little bit of rice and curry left, and Gokudera went to serve himself a second serving. They ate and Tsuna headed upstairs to shower. Gokudera finished eating and began to clean up the table. He washed the dishes and was heading up stairs. He walked into the bedroom and went to his bed where his new book laid. He picked it up and began to read it.

CRASH! Gokudera jumped off of his bed and ran to the restroom to check on Tsuna.

"I'm sorry. I just slipped and fell." Gokudera heard from the brunet.

"I'm coming out, and you can shower." Tsuna opened the door and saw the silver haired teen look over him. He was scared he was injured. "Sorry about that. I'm so- careless." He looked away as if embarrassed. Gokudera stared at him uneasily. He suspected something but just did not know what.

"It's fine. Let's head to the room." They walked down the hall to the room. Gokudera went to get his stuff and started to pick up clothes and a towel. "I'll be back," he said and Tsuna felt like it was threat and promise of some sort.

Tsuna sat on his bed as Gokudera headed out. Tsuna looked to his desk and noticed something on it. He jumped out of the skin. His heart began to beat hard in his chest. He ran to the desk and opened the drawer. He picked up the picture and placed it inside the drawer. His heart was still pounding in his chest, and he felt fear.

Gokudera came back quickly from his shower. He wanted to make sure he was not gone for too long. Tsuna was making him worry. As he walked into the room, he saw Tsuna worse than how he left him. The brunet sat on his bed with his head in his hands. He was worried again but worse. 'Something is going on with him.' Gokudera thought as he placed his things on his bed and walked over to Tsuna. To Gokudera, he looked like a fragile and scared child. He placed his hand on Tsuna's thin shoulders, but he did not move. He wrapped his arm around the shorter teen and slowly pulled him toward him. He thought if maybe he comforts him, he would relax. Right now, he was tense and getting taken over by his emotions.

Tsuna felt himself being pulled toward the silver haired teen. At first, he was going to pull away or maybe push the other one away, but Tsuna felt no energy in him to even try. He relaxed his body some in order for Gokudera to effortlessly pull him down. As Tsuna felt the older teen's shoulder under his head, tears began to fall softly from his closed eyes. The tears just flowed with no real emotions behind them. He still felt the stress he was under inside him, but at the same time, his body was slowly relaxing.

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