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Chapter 12

'I should have known better by now.' Tsuna wailed inside his mind after getting ditched with a bill at TakeSushi that he could never pay after Reborn ran off with Bianchi and his wallet. "You've been working so hard, yea right." He muttered under his breath guessing Reborn was still mad at him for the few things he planned on doing soon.

Ignoring Haru for the moment who was in her own little world talking about her and Naruto escaping up the coast of Japan Tsuna had his cell phone out praying someone at home would answer when he called. "If you can't reach anybody soon I'll have to call the police." The waiter that was serving them stated with his arms crossed tapping his right foot impatiently.

"There's no need for any of that I'll cover the bill for them." Turning around Tsuna was about to thank whoever it was when he froze in fear seeing Naruto's older brother smiling at him while dressed in a police officers uniform. The fear got even worse when he saw that Itachi was dragging the handcuffed unconscious forms of Naruto and Kyoya by the back of their shirts.

"Hieee! I-Itachi-san what are you doing here?" Tsuna stuttered out seeing the small smile on his face when he handed the waiter a credit card. His eyes kept glancing back and forth between the approaching older brother and the handcuffed unconscious forms of his two strongest Guardians but couldn't move under the piercing gaze.

"Tsunade wants to talk with you but before that we're going to have a little talk." Itachi admitted with the same look on his face from last time but the glint in his eyes told another story.

Outside the sushi restaurant watching from across the street three of the Arcobaleno watched as Itachi walked out of TakeSushi still dragging Naruto and Kyoya behind him but now he had an embarrassed Tsuna slung over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. "Looks like Itachi ruined another one of your little plans Reborn." Obito joked only for Reborn to press his finger down on the button electrocuting the Moon Arcobaleno he had strapped with a tracking device this time. While Obito was on the ground twitching the other two watched Takeshi jogging out of the sushi restaurant to catch up with them followed by Hayato racing after them from down the street.

"He's just going to have a 'chat' with Tsuna and embarrass Naruto before forcing him to talk with Colonnello since they know about each other now." Verde told them in a tone that said he could care less since he had his face in the computer screen but the small tracking device in Naruto's cell phone being monitored in a smaller window he had in the corner of the screen told differently.

Reborn just gave an annoyed tsk before pressing down harder on the button punishing Obito for putting the two of them in the same town for more than a few minutes.

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A few hours later Naruto wakes up in his room to the sound of voices coming from down the hall and a weight pressed up against his side. Glancing down at the weight he saw the light brown mop of hair sticking out of the covers and knew it was a sleeping Fuuta who broke into his room yet again. 'This is the third time he's done this since that Mukuro guy grabbed me and Lambo.' Naruto thought knowing it was either him or Tsuna climbing into bed with him after he taught the kid how to pick a lock in case he ever needed to know how to escape from somewhere. Picking up the covers slightly with his right arm Naruto sees Fuuta has his left arm in a tight grip as a little snore floats towards his ear leaving him to still try to figure out how the nine-year old kept making his way over here from Tsuna's without being seen by anybody. 'I guess I'm just that good of a teacher.' He thought after a few minutes with a small laugh thinking of himself dressed up like Reborn tutoring people.

Turning his head slightly to get the sun out of his eyes Naruto tried to remember how he wound up back at his apartment. The last thing he remembered was fighting the teme on the roof of the school then nothing everything after that was completely blank leaving him to guess his onii-san was the one who knocked him out.

Hearing the door open slightly Naruto glances over to see the brown tufts of hair belonging to Konohamaru followed by Lambo and I-pin trying to sneak into his room. "Hiya onii-chan." Konohamaru whispers loudly from across the room waving his hand as they got closer still trying their best to be sneaky.

"What are you doing here Maru-kun?" Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow seeing the kid he hasn't talked with for about a month and a half in his room instead of through video chats like normal. He hid a smirk seeing his cheeks puff up as the kid climbed up onto his bed followed by Lambo and I-pin who were loudly arguing in hushed whispers near his feet.

"I told you not to call me that anymore." Konohamaru whined slightly before yawning rubbing his eyes. "I came her with granny after Itachi-nii said you needed some help and she beat up all the bad guys." Naruto bit back a groan seeing him yawning again before seconds later his only free arm was being used as a pillow leaving him trapped by the four sleeping kids using him as a bed. A few minutes passed as a trapped Naruto stared at his ceiling trying to listen in on whoever was talking and thinking about increasing his training so he wouldn't get taken out so easily again.

"You look like your having fun Naruto." A nervous looking Colonnello called out breaking him from his thoughts. Glancing over at the still open door the kids didn't close when they tried sneaking inside he saw his padre glancing around the room.

"Yea I'm great at being a pillow want to join them Col- padre." Naruto had a nervous grin of his own seeing his father standing in the doorway not coming inside yet. It was something he always wanted after his mother's death to just look up one day to see his father standing there with a happy grin on his face coming to take him home. But now that he was older and buried himself in the darkness of the underworld Naruto didn't know what to think anymore. He really wanted to give Colonnello a chance since the man was cursed with the same thing as Verde and Obito and thought he was dead but the resentment built up from his childhood without any parents was still there in the back of his mind even now. He felt a little bit bad about punching him through the door telling him to leave and after calming down some wanted to at least talk with the man.

"No thanks kora." Colonnello replied still looking slightly nervous but more relaxed seeing Naruto was willing to talk with him now. With a quick jump he landed on his figlio taking in the four kids using him as a bed but his eyes couldn't look away from all the scars adorning his child's chest. 'I should have been there with him. I could have kept him safe from whoever attacked him.' Those thoughts twisted in the back of his mind as he took in every burn, cut, and bullet wound that he could have prevented. That his son had to deal with alone because of a long dead Mist.

"I got that one dealing with some kid calling himself incantatore di serpenti." Naruto explained seeing Colonnello's eyes on the largest one near his heart and bringing his padre out of his darker thoughts with his story. "The guy was a strong Lighting Flame type and had a cocky attitude with some pretty good skills if the teme didn't have a stick up his ass thinking he was untouchable because of his father." Colonnello could see the far off look in his eyes as he recalled the fight in his mind. "He had three people backing him up during the fight when the order to take him out was sent our way. So while onii-san dealt with them I handled the main target. After awhile it became obvious that I couldn't keep up with his speed so I thought up the most insane idea I could think of to catch the slippery bastard." Naruto was grinning now remembering the look of shock on his face when he caught the teme. "I let him hit me with his strongest attack and when it pierced me through my chest I grabbed his arm before he could get away. Incantatore di serpenti wasn't able to dodge a bullet when it was an inch away from his face."

"Sounds exactly like something your madre would do to catch her target kora." Colonnello told him with a smile knowing from experience that when she got frustrated she'd come up with the craziest of ideas. "So how good are you with those guns of yours kora?" He asked with a smirk seeing the gaze in his son's eyes that matched his own.

"Perfect aim just like you old man maybe better since I'm not a fossil. trapped in a babies body" Naruto answered him enjoying the twitch in his father's left eye that appeared after the fossil comment.

"We'll see when you're not being used as a pillow but for now I should get back to Tsuna. He's having a talk with Itachi down the hall about the two of you." Seeing Naruto pale slightly trying to struggle out of the sleeping kids iron grasp Colonnello left the room glad they were at least able to talk with each other.

While at the same time down the hall Tsuna sat in-between his mother and Naruto's big brother. His face was completely red as both of them showed off the baby photos they had of them to each other while talking like old friends catching up.

Tsuna took a quick peek over towards his Guardians for help only to find Takeshi and Ryohei who followed them here watching the sports channel on Naruto's television and Kyoya who was fast asleep on the other couch having been drugged by Itachi so he could recover from his injuries. Hayato would have helped him if Bianchi and the girls didn't show up a few minutes ago leaving him out cold on the floor because of his sisters presence

"Mama please stop showing those pictures around." Tsuna pleaded face getting redder hearing Kyoko laugh at the picture of him when he was four dressed up in a little lion costume while Hana kept the small smile on her face.

"But you look so cute and this picture of Naruto dressed up like a fox looks even cuter." Nana told him showing Tsuna both pictures but his eyes drifted over to a younger version of Naruto with fox ears on his head and a bushy tail attached to the back of an orange hoodie looking away from the camera. 'He looks so adorable even with that scowl on his face.' Tsuna thought thankful for his face already being red so nobody could see him blushing.

Hearing a slight cough he looked up to see the amused smirk on Itachi's face and the vindictive look in his eyes making him remember the threat he made to him before everyone else showed up. 'Vongola Decimo or not remember this if anything happens to Naruto and you break his heart in any way you're a dead man no matter who stands in my way.' Itachi's voice whispered in his thoughts causing him to gulp seeing the smirk grow.

Hearing a shout of victory they looked up to see Naruto running in with a sleeping Fuuta in his arms and Konohamaru hanging off his back yawning with half closed eyes. "Put the baby pictures down onii-san." Naruto growled out trying to be quiet with the sleeping children hanging off of him.

"You should be resting Naruto." Itachi told him with a calm voice that caused him to gulp seeing the glint in his eyes.

"Your brothers right, the two of you saved my Tsuna from being mugged so you should be resting." Nana was getting involved now leading Naruto back to his room with a stern gaze that killed any protest he might have come up with.

The second she was out of the room and the girls took the pictures into the kitchen Itachi pulled a handful of tickets out of his pocket placing them down on the table. "Everything's there for your meeting with Tsunade and you even get a free luxury cruise out of it for your troubles."

"B-but I get seasick." Tsuna muttered seeing the tickets for a cruise ship they'd never be able to afford if Tsunade wasn't paying for everything.

"I figured you'd be thrilled since you and Naruto are sharing a room for the trip." Itachi told him with an amused look in his eyes watching Tsuna's face burning brightly once again the second he mentioned that.

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A few days later after convincing his mother the tickets he had came from a lottery he won Tsuna and most of his Guardians were making there way towards the meeting while the kids kept Nana busy. "So you showed up early." Tsunade said watching the tenth generation Vongola enter the casino they rented out for the afternoon. She took in the five of them as she shuffled the deck of cards in her hand.

Takeshi had an easy-going smile on his face looking like he didn't have a care in the world but from the way he stood just a little bit closer to Tsuna she could tell the events at Kokuyo Land had him shaken. Next was Hayato who walked right next to Tsuna placing himself close enough to pull him out-of-the-way in case something happens still looking guilty that he let his temper get the best of him and was unconscious when his Sky needed him. Last were Kyoya who was glaring daggers at Itachi for drugging him and Naruto with his hands in his pockets placing them closer to his holsters and an extra case of ammo. Colonnello was riding on his shoulder taking small glances at the people but other than that looked completely relaxed.

'Looks like your brother trained you up to his standards brat.' She smirked slightly seeing the two in the back taking in everything around them the second the walked into the room. Then her eyes landed on the Vongola Decimo Tsunayoshi Sawada. He looked like the smallest noise would cause him to have a panic attack but she chalked that up to Reborn riding on top of his head. She noticed the way his eyes kept sneaking small glances back at Naruto and her eyes soften figuring out that they were dating with just a glance.

"Relax brats and play a hand with me." Her words got Tsuna to relax slightly as everybody took a seat at the table except for Kyoya who just leaned against one of the slot machines. "Enjoying your little vacation?" She asked already knowing from her talk with Reborn that Tsuna's Sun Ryohei was away on another vacation with his family otherwise he'd be here with his little sister and her friend.

"Y-yes mam, thank you for the tickets." Tsuna told her having no clue how to play blackjack but trying only for Naruto to win the hand.

"Don't thank granny." Naruto interrupted getting Tsunade to twitch. "She probably charged everything to Vongola so she could drink all the free alcohol on the ship." Hearing that had Takeshi laughing and even Kyoya had a small smirk on his face at seeing the corner of the table crack under her grip.

Unbeknownst to them as they kept playing against her was that this was what Tsunade and Reborn had planned all along to help all of them unwind after everything that happened at Kokuyo Land. That's why they were heading to Mafia Land with Verde who stayed behind along with Colonnello forcing Reborn to hold back on Tsuna's training for at least the first couple of days so they could have some time to enjoy themselves.

They played a few more hands where Tsunade talked with Tsuna about being in charge of a Famiglia like Dino did and even if the Senju were now smaller thanks to Danzo she still had a few tricks thanks to her age. "But I'm not a mafia boss what does it take for someone to believe me?" Tsuna asked her letting out a small whimper when he felt Reborn's gaze on him.

"You might not want to be the boss but there's no helping it with Iemitsu being in charge of the CEDEF." She ignored the hurt look that flashed across Tsuna's eyes when she mentioned his father and dealt another hand. "It's in your blood kid and your father should have said something the moment your name came up as the next in line instead of throwing you to the wolves."

After a few more hands the teens left leaving Reborn who stayed behind to glare slightly at Tsunade which she returned with twice the heat behind it. "You didn't need to bring Dame-Iemitsu up."

"The kid needs to know why he's being dragged into this mess and covering up the mistakes that man made won't help anybody." Tsunade tells him with the same heat in her voice. "You probably haven't even told him about what's coming have you Reborn." Seeing Reborn use his fedora to cover his eyes gave her all the answer she needs as Tsunade stands up from the table her good mood ruined.

"Mi dispiace." It was barely a whisper but Tsunade still hears it when her hand was about to reach for the door. She freezes for a second but doesn't turn around not this time as she stares at his reflection in the glass.

"You can't just say that and expect me to forgive you like old times Reborn." A tear ran down her face that she quickly wiped away. "You asked me to give you a home and I did. You asked for my hand and I gave it to you." Her eyes were watery but she held strong as she gazed into the eyes of his reflection. "You, you even asked me to watch you walk away and I didn't say a word when I wanted to beg you to stay. But you can't ask me to stand by and watch one of the children I watched grow up march to his death because he wasn't ready and that fool of a man wants to keep secrets." She walks through the door as Reborn watches her leave.

{Second Omake - Twin Pains}

"Wait Lambo please calm down! Don't do it!" The others could hear Tsuna yelled for Lambo to stop crying when a loud thud was heard when the ten-year bazooka fell to the floor before firing. Smoke filled the hallway as the others ran upstairs hearing the explosion.

"Juudaime, Juudaime are you okay!?" Hayato yelled through the smoke only to hear Lambo crying and two sets of coughing coming from the where Tsuna's bed was. Takeshi opened the window to help get rid of the smoke only for all of them to wish it never left seeing the two four-year old forms of Tsuna and Naruto looking around confused and ready to start crying any second. Little Tsuna was wearing a yellow lion jumpsuit that even had a fluffy little tail dragging along the floor and little Naruto was looking around at everything in the room while wearing an orange fox jumpsuit that had a pair of fluffy ears on its hood.

"Ju-Juudaime." Hayato stuttered out catching both of the chibis attention only for little Tsuna to start crying seeing the two big kids in the room towering over him causing little Naruto to growl at them trying to look threatening.

"Meanies!" Little Naruto yelled out kicking Hayato in his knee before grabbing little Tsuna's hand running out of the room but not before sticking his tongue out at them.

"Get back here you little monster!" Hayato growled out chasing after them with Takeshi following a few steps behind even if he was secretly having fun watching him chase the kids around.

The next five minutes were hell on Earth for Hayato as he chased the pair around the house trying to catch them only to fall for one prank after another each one getting more and more elaborate the more time the pair had. Little Tsuna started giggling seeing the big kid covered in flour when his new friend ran back inside followed by a loud crashing sound and someone screaming out a few new words he didn't know.

"Come over here guys and you can play with mister lion if you promise to stop running around." Takeshi called out getting the pair to stop torturing Hayato with all the different pranks they could set up. Seeing the stuffed lion in the bigger kid's hand the pair of chibis ran over to him wanting to play the new toy when another loud crash was heard from somewhere outside.

Hayato stumbled back inside seconds later with swirls in his eyes covered in orange paint seconds before smoke-filled the living room switching everything back around to the way it originally was. "Why are you covered in paint Hayato?" Naruto asked feeling a sense of deja vu while Tsuna was trying his best not to giggle for some reason.

{Ending Omake - See you later}

Author's Notes -

Nobody commented on the Omake yet so this probably won't keep going on as much as I planned.

Hope everyone likes the story so far and I'm sorry if any of my translations are wrong. I'm looking them over again and rerunning them through the app on my computer so hopefully only the ones on chapter eleven were wrong.

Yea I'm giving Reborn and Tsunade some history from before he was cursed. I thought up something good between the pair so I hope you like it.

Translate

1. father - padre

2. son - figlio

3. snake charmer - incantatore di serpenti

4. mother - madre

5. I'm sorry - Mi dispiace

6. I am too - Sono anch'io

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