A/N: IM SORRRRY! I've been caught up in school and I finally got myself a vacation! Its my first actual vacation since I started highschool ;-; but here's your chapter and the others will follow. This answers a lot of questions.
I've seen this in the reviews and I think I'm going to disappoint you guys. I feel bad but I'm sure you guys can guess it and forgive me? ^^
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"I'm moving to Japan." The blonde said as he turned to stare at his friend who hadn't spoken a word.
"... You shouldn't have given the position to him." The French man said with a slight growl. The blonde gave a laugh before looking up at the sky.
"It had to be done. Even you know I couldn't keep the position forever... I'm tired of the pain and suffering." He closed his eyes, taking in a shuddering breath.
"Giving that man the title won't end the pain or suffering. You should know that better then anyone." The hiss and venom made the blonde sigh as he turned to face the other male, his black cape swishing around his frame.
"There's a reason I want you to stay in Italy. Its not to keep tabs on a certain..." The pain in his eyes shown brightly as he swallowed, "person, its to create a system that will help protect the family after I'm gone. When we give him the inauguration, you will split the rings. It should limit his power and hopefully save a few life's." The blonde fingered the silver ring on his finger while giving a shaky smile.
"... You do know what that man plans to do when he's given the rings, correct?" The silence that filled the air was enough to give the answer to the French man as he stood up abruptly. "Homme stupide! Yet you still want to go!"
The blonde boss raised his hand, silencing the man, his eyes showing wisdom that was past his years. "I've known this for awhile, my guardian. I plan to do this despite your arguments. Things happen for a reason and what will happen at the inauguration needs to occur."
The French man clenched his fists as he glared at the wall, frustration shown on his cold features. "... Giotto, I will not let those idiots act out of line and...let you die."
The blonde blinked, slightly startled by the mans words before he chuckled softly. "Alaude, thank you..." The eyes turned slightly hollow as the blonde traced the designs on his ring. "But I need to accept my fate. I apologize. For now... And for later."
Ieyasu woke up with a jolt, tangling himself in whatever he was sleeping in as he placed a hand over his racing heart. He wiped his sweaty bangs out of his eyes as he looked around alarmed. It took him a few moments to gather his thoughts to realize where he was. He was sleeping in a sleeping bag inside a tent. Looking beside him he saw Caelum fast asleep with blankets wrapped around him, making him look like a caterpillar.
He slapped a hand on his face in hopes to clear his jumbled thoughts. After realizing he wouldn't be able to sleep, he quietly slipped out of the blankets and the tent. He knew better then to make noise and wake up a high class assassin like Caelum. Looking out into the darkness of the night he noticed Reborn (which was difficult to see, considering the hitman blended into the shadows very well). The hitman was leaning against a tree, staring off the edge of the cliff they were on. In the tips of his fingers was a cigarette making Ieyasu cringe at the prospect of his tutor smoking.
"What are you doing up?" The hitman asked bluntly as he took another drag from the cigarette and peered at the blonde. Ieyasu jumped while rubbing the back of his head and joining the hitman.
"Couldn't sleep."
Instead of barking out an answer or order as Ieyasu had expected, Reborn turned back to the scenery letting out a deep breath. "You're going to need the rest idiot-Ieyasu."
Ieyasu brushed it off as he sat down on the tree trunk beside his tutor while taking the time to look out the cliff he had climbed up the morning before. He arms still ached where Caelum placed tiny bandages all over. The silence between them grew as the future mafia boss closed his eyes. Ieyasu hadn't had a lot of quiet the past few days, it was nice to relax.
"You do understand the situation." Reborn stated, breaking the silence as Ieyasu looked up in surprise. The blonde gave a small sigh while playing with his fingers.
"That Xanxus wants to kill me over the seat of Vongola Decimo? That he wants the rings that we gave to the others and the fact I need to face him in order to keep everyone safe? Yeah, I get it pretty well, Reborn."
The hitman didn't respond as he scrubbed the tip of the cigarette on the back of his shoe before taking a seat beside the blonde. His dark gaze fell on the blonde, looking over the bruises and the cuts making him seem weaker then he was. The determination in his baby blue eyes sparked the same familiar feeling he had when he saw the growth in his students.
Pride.
"Each of your family members has gotten a tutor, picked out by me and Caelum. We have a little over a week until Xanxus realizes the rings were fake. In that week I need to make you into a fighter." The hitman looked back to the cliff before giving a small smirk, "In a weeks time you need to be worthy of the Vongola Decimo position."
"One week and I will finish gathering what we need." He stated bluntly into the phone as he rubbed his temples.
"Nufufufu~ you sound stressed Alaude. Is our little boss making you worry?"
The officer growled into the phone, making a few people around him scurry away.
"Daemon. Come back to Japan. Before the week is up." He slammed the phone shut, mentally wincing as he heard the crack echo around him. Alaude leaned his chin into the palm of his hand as he looked around the small cafe he was in. He decided to visit his younger brother's beloved town and was slightly annoyed at the whispers and rumors going around. He picked up the folder he had been reading to continue, trying to block out the curious looks around him.
"Wao! Is that a badge, mister?"
Alaude blinked in surprise before looking to the side of his table where a small boy was gazing at him with bright blue eyes. He had short brown hair with an innocent smile.
"Are you an officer?"
Alaude peered at the half hidden badge in his front pocket before bringing it out slightly for the kid to look at it with bright eyes. It reminded him of his little brother when he was younger. Despite his cold look on the outside, Alaude had a weak point for kids. Something that man had liked to exploit.
"Mommy says we should always respect police officers since they keep us safe! My name is Takuto!" The eight year old said hastily as he rocked back and forth on his heels. "What's yours?"
Alaude grimaced briefly as he placed some of the files inside the folder. "Where is your mother, child?" He managed to say it with a calm voice as the kid tightened his hands on the table.
"Moms buying some food, would you like to meet her?"
Was this child dense? Alaude shook his head. He'd drop the kid off to his mother before leaving. He stood up, ready to tell the boy to follow him when the child grasped his coat eyes glued to the front door. Looking up a man dressed in a black suit had entered. His eyes were hidden under sunglasses but Alaude had seen the brief pause as he caught sight of the kid.
"Hey Mr. Officer, you see it to don't you?" The child asked, his eyes trained on the man who had begun to make his way over. Alaude stared at the child briefly before bending down to pick him up.
"Is your mother actually in this shop?"
The boy smiled, blue eyes glinting with mischief. "No, my mom is out of town."
Alaude couldn't help the smirk tilt on his lips as he walked to the door, knowing the man would follow them. "I'm impressed, you have my attention."
The child only continued to smile brightly as the tiny arms wrapped around his neck. "A talk. I believe it's necessary Mr. Officer."
"Wait a minute, please tell me you're kidding." The blonde exclaimed as he looked at his tutors in exasperation. Tsuna put a hand on his hip while sighing.
"Ieyasu, just stay still." The brunet said calmly as he clenched his hands into fists, ready to pounce. The blonde gazed at him in disbelief.
"Stay still? Stay still! You're going to kill me!" The blonde screamed, looking about ready to tear his hair out.
"Not if you move." Tsuna didn't give the blonde a chance to protest again as he jumped forward and landed a very hard punch to the blondes gut. The brunet winced when he heard the crash as Ieyasu collided into the wall. Tsuna heard Reborn come closer, both holding in their breath in case Ieyasu hadn't been able to handle it. A cough sounded from the chaos, making Tsuna breathe a sigh of relief.
"That hurt." He grumbled glaring fiercely at Tsuna.
"But you're still conscious. The whole point was to see if you could take a hit. Congratulations, you have passed the first stage." Reborn stated with a smirk while walking closer to Tsuna who looked slightly crest fallen at hurting the boy.
"... What's stage two?" Ieyasu asked warily as he got to his knees, nursing his wounded stomach.
"That would be mastering your flames." Reborn informed while giving a small sigh. Tsuna played with the edge of his shirt while sighing.
"To face Xanxus you need to make your flames into a weapon. Just because you have an intuition it doesn't mean you'll be able to defeat Xanxus." The brunet informed as he reached into his back pockets to pull out the familiar black gloves. "These are what I use to make my flames into a weapon. They are called the X-gloves."
He tossed them to the blonde who caught it while he was in the process of standing up.
"X-gloves? But it says twenty-seven." Ieyasu stated bluntly as Tsuna let out a small frustrated sigh. He had been over this when he first received the gloves. None of his guardians stopped teasing him about it.
"Don't ask. Try them on. Our flames are a little alike so we're assuming it would be able to work with you." He left Ieyasu to gaze at them in wonder before turning to Reborn. "Are you sure it'll work?"
The hitman sighed while crossing his arms over his chest. "If what I'm thinking is true, it should."
"But it won't."
Tsuna jumped, actually startled by the voice as he whipped around feeling Reborn pull out a gun to point it at whoever managed to sneak up on them. It was an elderly man with a blindfold wrapped tightly over his face. He had a cane in his hands with a dark green blanket like coat wrapped over his body.
"Talbot?" Reborn said actually sounding surprised and completely caught off guard. The old man grinned, looking evil as Tsuna blinked in surprise.
"Reborn! Its nice to see the arcobaleno pacifier has been put to rest." The man gently tapped the cane against the hard ground before grinning again. "You never get old do you, Giotto?"
Reborn and Tsuna turned to Ieyasu who looked startled at being called Giotto.
"Excuse me?" Ieyasu said, eyes looking slightly cautious. Talbot gave a huge laugh, almost knocking himself over as he walked closer to the blonde.
"I should have expected the ninth to interfere without realizing it. What do you go by, boy?" Talbot asked while using his cane to poke at the teens side. Ieyasu frowned while giving a look to a clueless Tsuna. Tsuna looked back at Reborn, who had pocketed his gun and was looking at the interaction with interest.
"Um... I'm Ieyasu. Who the hell are you? Why'd you call me Giotto?"
Tsuna saw the glare Reborn sent the blonde, which Ieyasu quickly shivered away from.
"Too many questions. You're still a child, seems my calculations were wrong. Not to worry though! I've sensed your conflict and brought over something very important." Talbot stretched an arm out, showing the others and assortment of different objects. What caught Tsuna's attention was the vial of red liquid he was sure he didn't want to know what it contained. Talbot shifted through the items before pulling out a pair of gloves. Staring at them, Tsuna blinked in surprise. The color was black leather with a metal guard on the back like his own gloves. Instead of the X on the back, there was a roman numeral of one.
"I've kept them prepared and ready for a few hundred years. Along with this." Ieyasu took the gloves carefully, his expression unreadable as Talbot pulled out another item finally closing his utility coat. It was a golden pocket watch.
"You'll understand in time. For now its best if you keep it with you at all times. I'm sorry to disturb you Reborn, Caelum. I'll be off." The old man turned as Ieyasu continued to stare at the pocket watch in wonder. Tsuna blinked while giving Reborn a look. That old man had come from nowhere and spoke his assassin name like nothing, not to mention they never met before.
"That was Talbot, the greatest weapon maker out there. He worked for the Vongola Primo directly and invented his famous I-gloves. The ones you're holding now." The hitman lowered his fedora as he spoke and gave a glance to the blonde who looked a little startled.
"I have Vongola Primo's gloves, wha-why?!" Tsuna continued to stare at Reborn. He was just as confused and wanted answers as well. He turned back to where Talbot was headed and was surprised to see there wasn't a single trace of the man left anywhere. The brunet was about to voice his opinion when he saw the familiar look on Reborn's face. Taking a step closer so he could peer up under the fedora he saw the calculating black eyes and familiar frustration on his face. Out of habit he reached up to grasp the hitman's hand to get a response. He was glad to see Reborn jump slightly before focusing on him. With a small nod Reborn smirked and looked at Ieyasu who looked confused at their interaction.
"Try them on and jump into hyper dying will mode. Caelum will do the same and teach you to fight with the gloves."
Whatever Reborn had been thinking about, he had solved it and come up with plans of things to do in the future. Tsuna smiled softly knowing everything Reborn would do included him and he couldn't imagine it any other way. He would be glad to live the rest of his life by Reborn's side.
"Alaude." Takuto said, trying the French man's name on his lips. The officer was leaning against a wall in the tiny office they were in. It was a little dark with a little bit of light. Papers were cluttered everywhere and the computer had a black desktop with a little yellow puff ball popping out on the screen every once in awhile.
"Alaude Hibari. French and Japanese who worked down in Italy until recently. So, I'm guessing you understood what I told you?" The child smiled as he played with the golden chain on his wrist, reading over the engraved name 'Takuto'.
"You are a child of eight years. A child should not be ordering me what to do." Alaude stared him down. Takuto's smile faded as he looked up, eyes showing wisdom past his eight years of life.
"It's true, I am eight but I'm a Sawada. My older brother is Ieyasu Sawada and I know you know about the work my father is doing. Its the reason Caelum and Reborn are here. They are talking about rings and fighting. Ieyasu has disappeared with Reborn and Caelum and my mom was sent away. I can tell you everything you ask but you have to promise me two things." Alaude scowled as he leaned off of the wall and walked to the desk.
"Child, if anyone found out I got my information from a child.!"
"And no one will find out unless you tell them. Do we have a deal?"
The blonde man scowled as he ran a hand through his hair and gave in. Takuto smiled, knowing he had the man where he wanted him. Alaude wanted information and Takuto was the right person to give it to him.
"State your terms."
Takuto reached into his pocket before producing a tiny bracelet and an engraved name on it. There was also an old picture beside it.
"First, I want you to promise to keep my brother safe during the battles. You are looking for him and he will appear. Second... I want you to find out who exactly Tsunayoshi Sawada was." He pointed to the picture of a small brunet boy looking identical to his older brother, smiling without a care in the world.
Dino cringed when he realized the boy was glaring at him. He tightened his hold on his whip while taking a deep breath. Why did he get the most anti social student to teach? Did Reborn despise him that much that he was being sent to immediate death?
"I don't have any idea what you're talking about nor do I want to be involved in it." The raven haired boy said bluntly while holding up his weapons.
"But you have to, that's why the rings around your neck." The Italian man pointed to the chain hanging around the teenagers down before glaring at him yet again.
"I don't know where it came from." Dino felt sweat build on his brow at the murderous glare as he let the whip free and prayed that whatever hidden skills he had would suddenly appear. With his subordinate's nearby he felt a little more confident.
"It doesn't mater. You're trespassing on school property. I shall bite you to death."
Dino sighed as he read through the boys moves and quickly angled the whip to grab ahold of the boy. Why was he doing this? Oh yeah, because Reborn ordered him to and Tsuna had asked him with that puppy dog face he had mastered.
"See, Kyoya, if you listen and train under me to help Ieyasu you can fight strong people." He tried to ignore the glare of being stopped. He noticed the interested look as he smirked slightly. It seemed he knew exactly what to do to make the new cloud guardian work with him. With that in mind he smiled. 'I won't let you down, Tsuna, Ieyasu.'
A/N: As for why Takuto's so smart. Let's just say he's from Primo's bloodline and a little bit smarter then what people think he is.