AN: Sorry for the lateness of the update, I got caught up in Fantasy-Magician's "Parallel axis of Sawada Tsunayoshi', it's quite good. Hope this chapter isn't too long.
Notes: No one was exactly concerned, but I like to elaborate. I know Tsuna is...different from Cannon, but he was dame and bullied in it. With a twin like Natsu, I doubt anyone can hurt a single hair on his head without earning the eternal wrath of an overprotective sibling.
Chapter 5: Deal of Hell
"Reborn-kun? Is that you?" asked Tsuna, confused. Natsu looked on, more curious about the mentioned 'Dual' then anything else. Mochida was the same, and the rest of the class looked on warily.
Irritation was clear in Hibari's eyes, but an hue of interest was also visible. Fujimori-sensei had the strangest expression of all. Her's was of blind worship and devotion, admiration practically bounced off her form.
"Don't be silly, Sawada-kun" admonished Fujimori-sensei,"This is Mr. Reboyama (1), a famous top-class teacher, graduating from Oxford, Harvard, and Cambridge with the top degrees. He's the role model of all who hope to reach the top of the teaching world!"
Natsu sweatdropped. His usually calm, sweet sensei had burst into the flames of determination, sparkles were in her eyes, and she was punching the sky. Glancing at his twin, Tsuna's expression held a mix of shock, and doubt.
"Eh?" sputtered Tsuna, shooting glances at the famous teacher, that he was damn sure was Reborn.
"Hn. Shut up Herbivores. You, Baby. Explain. Now" growled Hibari, and instantly, silence was golden. Natsu swore up, down, left, right, and all around, that if a feather fell that second, the whole room would have heard it.
"A dual, of course" supplied Reborn, stroking one of his sideburns, "Have this guy," Reborn tugged at Natsu's hair, causing him to yelp, before pointing to Mochida, "fight this guy."
"Hn, And what will I get out of this, baby?" said Hibari with a low, amused, voice. Natsu felt a shiver go up his spine. In all of his years being on the bad side of Hibari, he had learned that if Hibari-god forbid-liked something, he better run for the hills because he was dead, better yet, murdered.
"You'll get to bite the loser to death, along with a anonymous donation of 500,000 Yen (2)to Namimori Middle School" bargained Reborn. Natsu's jaw dropped. How the heck was the baby going to produce that much money!
Hibari's eyes narrowed. With years of practice, and experience, Natsu knew he was considering the deal. If there one thing, the guy loved, it was Namimori Middle School.
"Up it to 1,000,000 Yen (3). I want the loser herbivore to serve in my committee for a week afterwards" grunted Hibari. Natsu heard Tsuna gasped, Hibari was taking the bargain.
"Deal. You have to provide the arena, and referee the match" complied Reborn, smirking. Natsu and Mochida sputtered in disagreement.
"Hey, wait a minute! We never agreed to a dual!"
"The idiot blonde is right! We haven't agreed!"
"Deal" agreed Hibari, completely ignoring the two.
"THE HELL IT IS!" roared the two, for once in complete agreement. There was no obvious winner of the match, both of their reputation's being equally matched, and neither wanted to risk being bitten to death and serve under Hibari Kyoya for a week.
"Match is on Friday, after school. Report to the gym for the match" said Reborn, and with that finally note, he hopped off Natsu's head and disappeared out the door. Hibari followed him soon after, leaving the room in tense silence.
Natsu felt an irresistible urge to punch a hole through the wall, just to spite Hibari, and if Mochida's face was saying anything, he wanted to chop up some of the desks with a butcher knife.
Suddenly, an idea popped into existence into Natsu's mind. It must have shown on Natsu's face because Mochida raised an eyebrow at him.
"What?" asked Mochida, in which Natsu answered by discreetly jerking his thumb at Tsuna, because if there was one thing Tsuna could do, it was blackmail Hibari with all the dirt he could until Hibari had to stop the dual or risk absolute destruction of his reputation. That, or Tsuna could sell his information, and possible rat a few people out.
Unfortunately for Natsu, Tsuna beat him too it.
"Dream on, Ni-san. You're on your own this time. Perhaps you'll learn your lesson this time around."
The sound of hope being crushed was almost audible.
Hiding in the shadows, Gokudera Hayato went unnoticed, except by only a select few, as he continued to observe two certain people.
"Tsuna~" pleaded Natsu, following his younger twin's slender form as they walked home. "Please, please, please. Help your Ni-san, will you?"
"No" grounded out Tsuna with visible irritation. Natsu sighed. Looks like, Tsuna was still mad at him for the fight at school. Natsu sulked, say he has a brother complex, whatever, he really didn't like Tsuna being mad at him.
The time when he stole Tsuna's teddy bear, Kuma-chan (4), when they were 6 as a joke was the worst day in his life. He never thought that Tsuna giving him the cold shoulder would be that bad. Needless to say, after a full hour of begging, Natsu did his best to not get Tsuna mad.
As they neared their house, they couldn't help but notice there was a lot of people near it. Specifically, a crowd of men in fancy, expensive suits. And they were all staring at either them or the house, itself. Tsuna stopped in his tracks, obviously unsure whether the men were a threat or not.
Natsu tensed, and pushed Tsuna behind him despite the small brunette's protests. When the men moved aside, instead of attacking as Natsu expected, Natsu relaxed slightly. He was still wary of the strange men though, so he grabbed Tsuna's hand and ran to the door.
Kicking the door open, Natsu pushed Tsuna inside before going in himself. Then he slammed the door into the men's faces, before they could try to get in, and locked the door securely. Then he did the sensible thing. He grabbed the heaviest things he could and barricade the door with them. Tsuna quickly joined him, piling up things against the doorway.
"Tsu-kun? Na-kun? What're you doing?" said a voice behind him.
The twins turned, half expecting some enemy, but was relieved to see their mother. "Ka-san, thank god you're all right" cried Tsuna in relief as he glomped Nana in a gigantic hug.
Nana giggled, "Of course, I'm alright. Why, wouldn't I be?"
"There are strange men outside, they keep staring at our house" informed Natsu, tense and wary. What was going on? Was Reborn involved? Was what the baby said true, that he was involved in the mafia?
"That would be my men" said an unfamiliar voice. Natsu, his eyes straying behind Nana, flashed with a mix of surprise and distrust. In their relief, they hadn't noticed Reborn, who was standing next to Nana, nor his companions.
One of them looked a couple years older than them, about 22 years old if Natsu had to guess. He had a head of blonde hair, like Natsu, though a different hairstyle. He had a pretty boy face and dancing brown eyes, like Bambi the deer. His skin was the same as Reborn, an italian olive.
He wore a black shirt with a white skull decorating it, underneath a tan jacket with a fur-tipped hood. A tattoo was visibly peaking out on his hand and he wore cargo pants along with riding boots underneath his pants.
Following close behind, was a older man, about 38, with salt and pepper hair. He had a pair of glasses and a black suit with a white dress shirt and black tie.
"Who are you?" said Tsuna warily, backing away from them, dragging Nana with him.
"My name is Dino, and this is Romario" said the blonde with a friendly smile, "I'm here for Reborn-"
"Reborn?" said Natsu, his attitude going through a complete 180. Smiling brightly, Natsu shook their hands with delight. "So you're here to pick him up. Thank god, we weren't sure who his family is. Don't bother thanking us, you taking him off our hands is thanks enough."
Moving with speed that Natsu had gain after years of sports, Natsu snatched a stunned Reborn off the floor,and handed him to Dino. At the same time, Tsuna, having lived years with his crazy twin, opened the door. The two then kicked them out, and promptly slammed the door in their faces.
Dino blinked, before looking at the livid infant in his hands. "Just to make it clear, I was never as bad as them" pointed out Dino helpfully. Romario and the rest of his subordinates could only nod in agreement.
Less than 3 minutes later, Reborn and co were back in the house and making themselves home drinking Nana's absolutely divine espresso after lots of shouting, a broken door, guns, rope,and a new vocabulary.
Reborn sipped his espresso and nodded at Nana in gratitude, "Delicious, Signora Nana."
Nana blushed bashfully and giggled in delight. "Oh call me Mamma. That's 'mother' in your native language, isn't it Reborn-kun?" asked Nana, with a light smile. Natsu couldn't help but wonder if his mother was just exactly right in the head. Most mother's wouldn't be reacting like nothing happen if their children were in a situation similar to his.
"It is, Mamma" agreed Reborn, taking another sip. Natsu proceeded to curse at Reborn with words that wouldn't have gotten him a thorough washing of his mouth with soap by his twin if it was audible. Not that Tsuna could, considering the circumstances, hell, Tsuna just might follow his lead. Which he did, a second later.
Reborn's eyes narrowed, and with a twitch, Leon transformed into a hammer. Without warning, the hammer connected to Natsu and Tsuna's head, silencing them.
"Watch your language" growled Reborn.
"You can hear them?" questioned Dino curiously, glancing at the twins nervously. And for good reason. The twins were currently tied back to back at the hands and their legs were covered in knots. Gags were securely in their mouths, muffling all sounds.
But despite the restraints, they could still glare. Dino swore that they were one of the most scariest glares he had ever the most unfortunate in receiving. They were just below Reborn himself. By, like a nanometer.
"Of course I can" stated Reborn in a tone that said that the question was very, very dumb. "It seems you need more training."
Dino paled, blood leaving his face, "N-No thanks. I'm perfectly fine!" If it weren't for the fact that the man had just stood and watch Reborn as he bound them together, Natsu and Tsuna would have pitied him. Maybe.
"Well, I have to go shopping now. Enjoy yourself boys!" hummed Nana as she retrieved her stuff and left with the slam of the door, not even waiting for an answer.
Putting down his coffee, Reborn regarded the twins with a critical eye, completely ignoring their death glares. Natsu muttered a few suggestions of how Reborn should die. He personally preferred the one involving the gun, pepper spray, and acid.
"Well, Now that Mamma is gone, lets get down to business" smirked Reborn, as the hammer turned back into a chameleon and climbed back on his hand. "I'm here to home tutor one of you guys into become the future Vongola Decimo, the Boss of the strongest mafia famiglia in the world, by the order of Vongola Nono. We just don't know which one of you is the better candidate yet."
A muffled snort sounded from one of the twins.
Reborn pulled out a family tree along with three pictures. Lifting the family tree up in the air so the twins could see it, Reborn explained, "Vongola Primo, after retiring, settled down here in Japan and changed his name to Sawada Ieyasu. He is your great great great grandfather through your father."
Taking the photos, Reborn said, "The other candidates have all died. Nono's eldest, Enrico was killed killed during a gunfight. The second in line, Massimo was drowned a couple weeks later. Federico, Nono's favored son, was reduced to the bones soon after. You two, Sawada 'Natsu' Natsuyuki and Sawada 'Tsuna' Tsunayoshi , are the only candidates left."
Then with a nod from Reborn, DIno removed the gag. A torrent of filth spilled out.
(1) This is one of Reborn's disguises. I'm not sure if it's Mr. Riboyama or Mr. Reboyama, but I'm just going to go with this.
(2)It's exactly 5048.98 in US Dollars, but I'm rounding it to 5050.
(3)It's 10097.95 in US Dollars, rounded to 10100.
(4) Kuma mean's bear. I know, uncreative.
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