Chapter 14

"Reborn," Aria greeted.

Reborn looked at the woman who was a splitting image of her mother.

Aria giggled and said "Did my mother ever told you that your best feature is your curly sideburns?"

Reborn chuckled mildly. "Yes she did. It's so good to see you again Aria. If it were less chaotic times I would have liked to have a cup of coffee with you, maybe even two. Unfortunately the Vongola is facing yet another crisis. I need your help."

Aria nodded. "Of course Reborn. My mother would have it no other way either. Let us get going."

With that she motioned for Gamma to pick up the luggage while Reborn called for a car to be brought around.

As soon as they left, another person's plane touched down. With his trusty right hand man and pet turtle under an arm, Dino Cavallone strode without any signs of friendliness in his expression. The ladies swooned over him but Dino just ignored them. Something of far greater importance was now occupying his thoughts. Romario followed his boss closely, afraid to make a sound or step out of line. No one knew how scary the Cavallone boss could be when angered. The last time had been two years back when he discovered a plot about the assassination plot to murder the Vongola Decimo's guardians and force the Decimo to submission by a minor famiglia back in Italy. Dino had informed the Ninth of it and immediately took actions before anyone could stop him. The bucking horse wiped out the entire famiglia and its alliances single handedly. It was the talk of the mafia community for some time before the incident died down. Reborn had even taken notice of his ex-student's growth as an important alliance boss.

"Romario," the usually warm and cheerful voice was now as cold as ice.

"Yes boss?" the middle aged man fidgeted.

"I'm going to run a few errands. Once you have checked into the hotel be sure to inform Mama about my arrival. I want to see my little brother tonight. Text my if there is anything, do not call me."

"Understood boss!" Romario bowed deeply as he waited for the sound of his boss's footsteps to fade in the distance. Sighing to himself, Romario called for a cab when he retrieved the luggage. His boss could really be a pain sometimes but he had no right to tell his boss so even as a trusted friend. "I hope he can accept what he will hear…"

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Mukuro sighed for the fourteenth time that hour. "School is such a drag. I wonder how those people get through it… especially a certain skylark who seemed to enjoy it."

Reborn had sent a text to Tsuna's rain and storm guardian informing them Mukuro would be creating an illusion of Tsuna to attend school as per normal with his eyesight returned. Gokudera had protested but was silenced when Yamamoto told him it was for Tsuna's safety as Decimo. Tsuna was vulnerable in his current state and news of his temporary blindness could attract assassins who wish to attempt on his life. Gokudera piped down and reluctantly agreed. He did his best to act as normally as he could around the illusion like Yamamoto although they both knew it was just an act.

When Ryohei walked in and saw Tsuna's 'extreme recovery', he demanded an explanation which meant Gokudera and Yamamoto had to drag him to some place silent to explain which was the rooftop which Mukuro had been lazing at.

"I EXTREMELY DO NOT GET THIS!"

"I was saying that Tsuna is now an illusion! He DID NOT have a recovery!"

"So Tsunayoshi is still blind?"

"Yes…"

"And Tsunayoshi is here but not here?"

"Yes!"

"…"

"Do you get it now?"

"I AM STILL EXTREMELY CONFUSED TO THE EXTREME!"

Yamamoto had to restrain Gokudera at this point of time when the 'fireworks' were taken out.

"Hahaha! Maa maa, take it easy sempai. Tsuna's now just something like a replacement because we are hiding the real Tsuna so he will be safe."

"So this Tsunayoshi is another person to replace Tsuna so Tsuna who is still blind is safe?"

"Yep." Yamamoto smiled.

A light bulb visibly clicked in Ryohei's head. "I get it to the extreme!"

Gokudera spewed vulgarities at this point which Ryohei chose to ignore. In the background was heard something that sounded too much like imbecile.

"I am Sasagawa Ryohei. Nice to meet you to the extreme Tsunayoshi replacement!"

The Tsuna illusion reacted exactly the same as the real Tsuna and gave a feeble laugh.

"Woah! He is really good. I extremely can't tell the difference between this Tsuna and the real Tsuna!"

"That's the point of the whole thing you shitty turf top head!" Gokudera yelled.

Ryohei picked up his nickname and got even more fired up. "What did you say Octopus head?!" The two continued to bicker (actually fight) while Yamamoto tried his best to calm them down to no avail.

"Maa maa, why don't the two of you calm down?"

His consoling turned on deaf ears. Then Yamamoto sensing the situation going out of hand called out "Why don't you give me a hand over here Mukuro-san?" This effectively stopped the bickering guardians.

"Oya oya, it looks like I have been found out." Mukuro lazily sighed. "Ciao," he greeted which made both Gokudera and Ryohei go into defensive position in front of Tsuna. Mukuro wanted to laugh at the ridiculousness of the situation of the guardians trying to protect their illusion conjured boss. "well, looks like my day is not going to be as boring as I thought. Although I could use mi belle for entertainment anytime…" Mukuro smirked.

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Viper continued to sulk and occasionally cried. She wanted to stop Fon but the man was too stubborn to listen. "Stupid Fon!" she cried and threw a rock into the pond. Watching the ripples disappear from the surface, Viper mulled on the events that happened so quickly. "Why can't he listen to me just once?"

Basil who happened to be training nearby in the woods behind the Namomori shrine heard the sound of something falling into water and decided to look around. He found a small hooded figure by the edge of the pond. He was about to call out to the arcobaleno but stopped short when she mumbled something.

"Why can't he listen to me just once?" she had asked and Basil reflected it upon his and Mukuro's relationship. "That's so true…" he unconsciously let the words slip from his lips. Alarmed, Viper cast her strongest illusions and Basil barely evaded them on time.

Upon identifying the 'enemy' Viper frowned. "What do you want?" she snapped and Basil slowly got up. He walked right up to her and sat down beside. "I accidentally overheard what you said. I can't tell you why but I feel the same as you."

"You do?" the arcobaleno was surprised.

Basil nodded. "I don't know who Mammon-san is talking about but for me I wish Mukuro-kun would talk to me about the things he do and what troubles him. I can't help but wonder if he really loves me. He always does things the way he thinks it is best for me but sometimes I wish he would listen to me even if it is only once."

Viper looked at the boy and sighed. "Me too. If only Fon would discuss through things with me instead of taking everything into his own hands."

The two shared a newly found companionable silence in the woods of Namimori.

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Colonello, Lal, Fon and Verde gathered in Verde's secret lab underneath a huge rock.

"I will go through the plan once again. Fon will transform into Hibari and lure Tsuna away. Colonello will distract Hibari and Lal will kidnap Tsuna to the base in the warehouse. After which we will get both Fon and Hibari come to the warehouse. Reborn would be here as well. If he is unable to make it in any case we would at least have Xanxus witness the whole event. Fon, you can only use the potion three times during the process. If you use more than that I cannot guarantee your body's form once you go back to normal. Viper would be devastated just in case. The effects for three potions will last you half a day or rather, six hours. You have to complete the mission by then. Any other questions?"

Without further ado, Verde sent the arcobalenos off to complete their individual missions.

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Hibari jumped off his motorbike and dashed up the steps to his house. Once inside he rummaged through the clothes to find suitable ones for Tsuna. However none of them were the right size for Tsuna. Sighing, he decided to make a trip down to Tsuna's house to ask from his mother some of Tsuna's clothes.

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At Tsuna's house Xanxus waited patiently. "They said he will be coming today. That shitty brat hasn't even showed up."

Nana offered Xanxus the third cup of tea which Xanxus gladly accepted. "Japanese tea make a good change from those wine I left back at the headquarters," Xanxus mused.

Just then the doorbell rang and Nana went to open it. "Ara? Isn't this Hibari-kun? Please come in!"

Xanxus grinned. Finally something interesting was going to happen.

Author's Note: I finally got down to writing after clearing up the massive pile of projects and reports for school… I haven't exactly scored very well for my exams but at least I passed. I find myself to unfocused nowadays so in the event everything else screws up I still hope this will be a good fan fiction written for me to look back on Please review and continue to support me. I promise you will not be disappointed. Maybe some of you have already figured out what the end might be xD But I try to make it interesting. Boring stories will never be written because they are simply a waste of time for me. I enjoy writing and I seriously hope my readers enjoy reading what I write Thank you for all your support!