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With just the three of them in the room Tsuna suddenly felt like the walls were closing in on him. The angry, betrayed, and hurt looks on their faces were crushing the shorter teen. He couldn't believe he had done it either. That he had agreed to herd his only friends into a trap set up by his godfather. There was no way Tsuna would forgive someone had they done that to him, had they done what he did to them. Before either of them could say anything Tsuna hung his head, shoulders dropped, and would have even got on his hands and knees if he thought it would help.

"I'm sorry."

He muttered lowly. Barely a whisper. Then he straightened his shoulders and lifted his head. He wasn't going to run away from things this time.

"I'm sorry."

This time the words sounded solid and real. The deadly look on Yamamoto's face softened.

"Tsuna this wasn't your idea."

Tsuna felt his heart slow down. He had been afraid one of them was going to kill him for trying to apologize. The furious look on Gokudera's face told him his life was probably still in danger.

"No, it wasn't but I didn't stop Reborn either. And I am the one who got all of your personal information."

Yamamoto tilted his head to the side and seemed to be back to his friendly self.

"How did you find all that stuff out about all of us anyway, Tsuna?"

Tsuna looked around the room, anywhere but his friends.

"I hacked the school records."

He mumbled.

"You what?!"

Gokudera demanded.

"I hacked the school records."

Tsuna sighed out.

"It wasn't that hard. Except for yours Gokudera I have no idea what was up with your file but it took me forever just to find out when your birthday was!"

He laughed partially because he was nervous and the other part was because he found it funny.

"That's because I encrypted it myself after hacking it when I enrolled."

Gokudera admitted with a calm expression.

"Wow."

Yamamoto interrupted them.

Then Tsuna started laughing. Yamamoto smiled as he watched the shorter teen laugh.

"What? What's so funny?"

Gokudera demanded.

"Well for you it was all pretty clear after I got all of your school records but for Yamamoto I had to go through police records of his dad's and man is he about as scary as your dad when it comes to reputation."

Tsuna laughed some more before calming down enough to talk normally again.

"So are we still okay guys?"

Yamamoto laughed as he slapped Tsuna on the back.

"Never better."

Gokudera shrugged.

"I never would have thought that idiot was yakuza."

He snickered as Yamamoto faked a pout.

"Not me really. My dad used to be but when he married my mom he quit the life."

Gokudera looked to the door his eyes seeming to see nothing as his face went blank.

"No one leaves the 'life'."

Tsuna felt the ice in his words and watched the frost take over Yamamoto's face.

"Yeah. He learned that when it was just the two of us a few months after I was born."

Neither of them pushed for an elaboration on that. They could both put two and two together and figure out what he was implying. Tsuna had read it when he got into his files. Yamamoto's mother had been murdered before he was even a year old. There were no witnesses and his father refused to speak about his past with the yakuza.

"I should head home. My dad wanted me home for dinner today since I don't have baseball practice today."

Tsuna smiled.

"Alright. See you at school tomorrow Yamamoto."

"Later."

He replied as he showed himself out. Leaving Tsuna and Gokudera alone. Gokudera looked like he was suddenly uncomfortable again. Then his face became serious as he turned determinedly to Tsuna.

"How do you know Reborn?"

He asked sternly. Tsuna gave his best fake smile.

"He's my godfather. My dad's friend, or so they told my mom and I."

Gokudera nodded.

"I should get out of here."

"Alright, bye."

Tsuna walked with Gokudera to the door and waved as the silver haired Italian walked away. He couldn't help but feel like he had just been exposed for some horrible crime when it was everyone else's lives that had been thrown open. Sure he tricked them all into coming over, and hacked the school, and federal websites to get the dirt on them, but still.

"Are you done clearing things up with your friends?"

Reborn asked as he leaned against the wall next to Tsuna's bedroom. Tsuna didn't hold back glaring at the man.

"I can only pray they don't come after me."

Tsuna sighed.

"Just think if they do you already have a huge advantage over them."

Reborn grinned like serial killer and Tsuna thought about telling him just that but decided against it.

"I have homework so…"

Tsuna walked into his room and closed the door behind him. Not bothering to turn his light on or change his clothes Tsuna collapsed onto his bed and stayed there. Part of him never wanted the next day to come but the reasonable part of his brain knew there was no avoiding it. He fell asleep like that hoping no one got killed during the band practice.

The next morning came too soon for Tsuna and he was woken up by the usual Reborn methods of pain and sudden fear. So of course he was five minutes late to school even though he was running the whole way. As those closed gates came into view with the dark figure waiting for him just outside of them Tsuna knew he was in for it. He came to a halt in front of Hibari and gave the teen his best pleading face.

"Hibari I didn't mean to be late!"

He instantly began to explain and knew the tonfa smacking him in the face was about to happen. Only while Tsuna had his eyes closed and was waiting the emanate beating it never came. Chancing it Tsuna opened his eyes just barely to see Hibari still standing how he had been when the younger teen arrived.

"Um Hibari?"

Tsuna asked tentatively. The dark haired teen blinked once and then turned his once again sharp gaze to Tsuna.

"I have decided I don't care after all."

And with that said Hibari beat Tsuna like any other day and then allowed the tardy student to proceed to his class. It wasn't until lunch that Tsuna really thought about what had happened that morning before school.

"Maybe he almost feared what Reborn would do to him if you went home with your face like that."

Yamamoto suggested when Tsuna brought it up to his friends. Gokudera snorted.

"Yeah like he fears anything. That guy would probably try to take on a nuke with his bare hands."

Tsuna laughed nervously as he agreed with his Italian friend.

"I think Gokudera has a point on that one."

Yamamoto looked thoughtful for a moment then smiled to the other two as an idea hit him.

"Well then maybe he was trying to decide if he wanted to fight with Reborn today or wait another day before challenging him again."

Gokudera was about to disagree when he really thought about it.

"Whether to fight him so soon after getting his ass handed to him or wait till he was back to 100% to take him on again. Sounds like something that violent freak would consider when debating if he should beat Tsuna up or not."

He stated out loud.

"That does make more sense."

Tsuna shrugged then winced as the motion irritated a sore spot on his shoulder.

"I still kind of wish he would have considered the fact that I have to go as long as it takes all of this to heal in school this way."

He complained as he shifted and moved to try and work out all of his kinks and soreness. Most of which weren't even from the morning beat down but from the brutal workouts he had been going through since Reborn had taken over.

While the morning had been slightly eventful Tsuna and the others pretty much droned on for the rest of the school day till that last bell rang. Then the nerves kicked in.

"So I guess we're gonna just walk with you back to your place Tsuna."

Yamamoto commented as he slung his guitar case over one of his shoulders. Gokudera had one as well and Tsuna smiled up at his friends.

"Yeah that's fine with me."

As they reached the gates Mukuro and Ryohei were already standing there. Mukuro looked annoyed and Ryohei seemed oblivious to it as he continued to talk/yell at the other teen. That is until he spotted the three heading towards the gates.

"Hey Sawada!"

The boxer called out excitedly as usual.

"Hi Ryohei."

Tsuna greeted back in a much subtler tone.

"Kyoko suggested I walk home with you so I am not extremely late to band practice by getting lost on y way there."

Tsuna laughed.

"Alright."

What the shorter teen wasn't expecting on his way home that afternoon was Mukuro Rokudo and Hibari to follow him as well. While Hibari was becoming a new constant in Tsuna's life Mukuro was still a scary unpredictable addition to the equation and Tsuna wasn't sure how to handle the older teen just yet. He knew Gokudera was impulsive and if he asked nicely the Italian teen would calm down eventually. And Yamamoto never caused problems for anyone but Gokudera apparently. Ryohei was easy to deal with since he was so hyper and happy all the time all Tsuna had to do was be his usual timid self around the boisterous teen. Hibari was violent but reasonable on a more primitive scale than the rest. If he spoke to him in a calm manner and didn't meet his eyes sometimes Hibari didn't beat the crap out of him.

For a second before they reached his front door Tsuna considered sharing some of this insight on how to deal with the ones he did understand but instead he smiled to himself. Maybe he would let his godfather suffer alone in that one.