A/N: Agh! Maybe I should change it to monthly updates...Anyways here we go.
Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn...hold on I think I saw my name...nope it was my imagination.
Chapter 7
Vongola Mansion, Italy
"VOI! So that sorry excuse of swords-boy left?" asked the right hand man of the Varia.
"Voi nothing you idiot girly man, because of you he left!" the right hand man of the tenth generation boss yelled.
"Girly man? That's Lussaria! Besides he would have eventually would have left since he didn't find his answer otherwise...he doesn't deserve to be taught the way of the sword let alone hold one," yelled back the long silver haired rain guardian glaring at the storm guardian. Changing the subject Squalo asked. angry Gokudera, "Anyways any leads of how your wannabe boss stole those flames?"
"W-what...?" Gokudera sputtered and looked around for any ears within the empty hallways, "how do you know?"
"Mammon has connections and surprisingly Levi paid...er... him or her?" Squalo toned down his voice confuse by the Varia's many mysterious that they themselves have no idea on the answer.
"Even you guys don't know? Wait Levi?! Tch! Must be because he wants Xanxus be Decimo," finished Hayato.
"VOOOI! Doesn't matter now since we all know he can never be Decimo!"
"What?! You guys quit?! Just like that!?" Hayato stared at the quiet brooding swordsman in disbelief.
"VOI! Calm down Storm! Is not like that.. Xanxus feels someone will do a better job that he or that idiot."
"...feeling? As in intuition?"
"Something like that," Squalo went into a strange thinking mode as Hayato reflect over on what he just heard...
"VOI! Of course that stupid Sky Arcobaleno said so as well!" The Varia right hand man yelled as if remembering.
"...seriously? You too?"
"...not risking it," muttered Squalo.
"..."
"..."
"What were we talking about again?" Hayato asked.
"How about people going back to their mansions and let others do their jobs," a dark voice behind "calmly" said. It was the Decimo, Reynardo. Squalo's arm twitched to slash that wannabe boss face as Hayato sighed and stood straighter and greeted with "respect to his boss."
"Good evening Decimo," the storm greeted in monotone. The boss only nodded in acknowledging his right hand man before turning to the Varia rain guardian.
"Any leads?"
"VOI! we may have some ties to Vongola, but we are not reporting every detail to you!" This made Reynardo twitched as he knew by experience it was a losing battle in his part.
"Fine! But I still need your report for security reasons!" The rain guardian stomped away muttering about venting on the lightning guardian for making him do all the paperwork.
"Speaking of paperwork, since I will be taking my leave for a couple of weeks, my dear right-hand man," sneered the Decimo, "you will be doing all my paperwork." Reynardo left smirking and laughing at his underling.
"You are so lucky we need an heir, but the minute another shows up..." the storm guardian just like the rain guardian stomped away to the Decimo's office.
"AGH! I'M GOING INSANE!" Hayato was stuck with his boss and the other guardians paperwork. "At least the scary large stack Nonno still does it," muttered the storm guardian. As he reach for another page a strange shiver went up his outstretched arm. Hayato swore and stood up looking around. After 5 minutes of silence he went back on doing the paperwork, only he notice a black-white checkered letterhead on it with the words:
Check his desk drawer
Hayato was disturbed. It was an unspoken rule to never check the anything let alone touch the confines of the boss' desk. But he strangely felt he must look...
Checking no one was near and prayed for luck, he pulled open the top drawer rather easily. The storm guardian grunted something about over-confident. He found some paperwork and he groaned until he saw a familiar Famiglia name:
Payment: $********.**
Famiglia: Mystique Labs (note: Revenge #69)
Hayato rack his brain through all the allied families...and enemies for such name. He pale after a minute. Mystique was the sister family to Estraneo and his boss always does revenge and he yet to find out what he did for he knows his boss is vengeful if not pure evil.
"He wouldn't..." Hayato became more and more disturbed as he read the files of the 3 very familiar patients. He wanted to yelled, break something, anything...until he notice the door he made sure was closed and locked was opened and stood surprisingly Kyoya who never goes through the door...
"Funny how I use all my resources and the proof was right under our noses," he smirked looking at the storm guardians hands holding or crushing the papers.
"You do realize even if we turn him in we don't have an heir, right?"
"Hn. I have a feeling he suspects of one," Kyoya muttered so softly that Hayato barely heard it.
"Wait! What...?"
"Ever heard of blackmail?" the cloud guardian interrupted.
"I see you pick up some of Reborn charms," Hayato deadpanned.
"Shame, Varia left to find the traitor."
"You really think he or she is a traitor? Well anyone who angers with the boss..." Hayato began and once more is interrupted.
"Its a civilian child."
"What?! Thats...thats," Hayato took out a cigarette but did not lit it once more disturbed of why oh why is he following someone that makes Byakuran look sane and does not like marshmallows.
"Because he is useless dirt! No herbivore should even nimble it let alone adore like a favorite food!" hissed Kyoya not even sure angry at everyone or himself.
"...what's the plan?"
"Just do what you normally do."
"Why..?" But the aloof cloud was gone with the door shut as if he was not there. He just loves to interrupt me does he? Hayato roll his eyes and put everything as it was and miraculously unwrinkled the paperwork and went back to work
Namimori, Japan
"Kufufufu, if it isn't the Poison Scorpion," Mukuro looked at the young lady in amusement.
At the name the assassins stiffen.
"Pathetic, this was his Vongola's best he sends?" The Poison Scorpion began and stood in fake laziness as she looked at her fingernails and the other hand holding a purple fumed pie on standby, "Then again attacking girls protected by Vongola in surprise is a dead give away."
"Ah Bianchi," Reborn ("Reborn!" Bianchi squealed like a school girl.), "poison food expert, best hit-woman, and another note my fourth girlfriend."
"Reborn! Can you give shot Tsu-kun with the stuff that makes Tsu-kun stronger?" Trying to ignore the last disturbing comment Reborn made.
"If I did, you will die...for real," Reborn deadpanned.
"...oh"
"Then you must fight with your dying will like the game we were playing earlier," Reborn kicked his student into the fray that as they were talking had became an all-out brawl.
Mukuro, Chrome and the lackeys were fighting with illusions, paralyzing needles, claws, whereas the Poison Scorpion doing her thing.
After few minutes it seemed the enemy came out of their shock for they began to get the upper hand. Two of which began to remember their mission objective and went to finish off the two girls. Kyoko noticing this ran toward Hana and stood before her to protect her. She was crying, but she stood defiant. Click. Two fingers began to press the trigger.
Tsu-kun saw this and tried to ran toward the would-be murders as memories flashed
"Well, well. 3 sky flames just like he said," a young teen barely older than the white haired, purple eyed boy. The sky flame users tensed for battle as the teen walked calmly toward them.
No! I have to make it...the little boy thought frantically.
"So beautiful too..." Tsunayoshi's senses went haywire, but before he can warned his friends there were three shots! Byakuran's leg, Yuni's cheek, and Tsunayoshi's shoulder.
Gripping his shoulder from a ghost pain, he ducked stray shots, dashing under a couple traumatized assassins.
Yuni was in shock as well as Tsunayoshi that the young teen attacked them first and began to swallow their life flames, Byakuran wings exploded on his back in range burning his back, but he paid no heed as he flew to save his precious friends.
Someone, Tsu-kun didn't see was making the two assassins who were getting closer to their pray miss their shots, but scaring Kyoko.
Unfortunately this unbalance him and was attacked by the teen. His flames was being drained as well, which let only Tsuna picking himself up gripping on his bleeding shoulder.
Like a cowboy showdown the best shooter wins, Reborn shots Tsu-kun.
He ignored the signals of Checker-face that warned him not to summon his flames since he yet to controlled them and will get burned. He practically threw himself at the teen surprising him with his strength.
There was a blaze around the boy and a ten-year old boy stood for a second and gone the next to beat up the two assassins who didn't even see him coming. This shock everyone in the fight even the ex-guardian's side. Some of the other assassins were foolish enough and shot at the young boy, but failed as a flame shield stopped it and turn it to stone. The assassins were shaking once as they saw the boy's golden eyes as the pure sky flame dance in front of his forehead.
Mukuro and Chrome took this their cue to double their illusions and scarring not holding back leaving only a dark purple mist swirling around them and two eerie laughs. As the two lackeys looked at each other, one grinned and call upon his most dangerous animal side and the yo-yo master took out three more yo-yo's filled with poisonous needles.
"Heh, amateurs," snorted Bianchi as she casually walk and somehow the assassins dropped like flies with mysterious pies placed on their faces.
Reborn...he was just drinking his espresso and smirking. "You are full of surprises are you my little student," he thought fondly like a proud father seeing his kid ride his bike.
TakeSushi, Japan
"Y-you sure you are o-okay um Kyoko-chan?" stuttered Tsu-kun who after passing out and returning to normal, Reborn made Mukuro carry him to the shop. This of course was after which calling the hospital for Kyoko and Hana with Bianchi and Shamal looking after them. Now Tsu-kun was calling Kyoko's cell-phone to make sure she was alright wondering why he began his stuttering habit again.
"Don't worry Tsu-kun, besides I heard my big brother is coming to town and he is enough to protect us, not that you were and I want to thank you and your friends," Kyoko answered back while the little boy felt suddenly shy.
"Oh!" Tsu-kun remembered something, "call you later Kyoko-chan and it will be nice to see your brother!"
"Of course! Hopefully he wont invite you to the boxing club since you are too young," she laughed and hanged up. At this Tsu-kun ran toward Reborn and poke his cheek. "Hah! Tsu-kun wins!" Sure enough not a second later the shop's clock midday bell rang.
"Take that Reborn!" Ken shouted as everyone cheered, but was cut short as Tsu-kun wailed.
"Reborn you fell asleep again?!"
"Oh was this?" a rather "calm" voice with a strange edge to it was heard at the doorway.
Reborn internally panicked as he saw all the teens and especially Dame-Tsu looked dirty and bloodied, whereas he was clean. Oh I hope Mamma and Tsuyoshi's punishment isn't too bad...
"Ah the mafia, eh?" Nana was clutching a frying pan that her knuckles were white trying to catch her breath. Reborn a little ruffled glared as now washed-up Tsu-kun who pouted, "Just because he can, does not mean Tsu-kun will lie to Mommy too."
Hissing that only Reborn and somehow the other teens heard, "I don't want to be like the person who hurt her, forgot her birthday, anniversary let alone not even hello, how are you?! "
Reborn sighed and resigned explain what her husband did; like he was part of CEDEF, allied in a sense to the most powerful mafia famiglia...
"Since we are confessing and all...I was part of the CEDEF and was a silencer, but things happen and here I am and the rest is history leaving the very place that killed my wife and now took my son..."
"But...Uncle Tsuyoshi if those meanies hurt Kyoko-chan and Hana-san and is Vongola...is your son them too?"
"First of all nice deductive skill, you been paying attention," at this Tsu-kun beamed, "but as usual you're wrong, Takeshi Yamamoto is not in CEDEF and is in Vongola tenth generation guardian and Tsuyoshi Vongola went back to a roadblock," Reborn bowed his head in shame.
Disturbed the TakeSushi Chief asked, "How so? Is Nonno returning Vongola to its rightful glory?"
"The new Decimo is ruthless he though fears Varia, he eliminates any opposing families and strikes fear to his allies," spat Mukuro.
"Personally that Decimo is fake and lately my sources are proving my theory," Reborn sip his espresso on his cracked mug, no thanks to Nana...
"Kufufufu, but we now have a possible rightful heir..." Mukuro stared at Tsu-kun who pouted back confused.
"Anyways, Tsu-kun knows mafia is full of murders, but like people there could be nice people, but what is so special Vongola?" Tsu-kun trying to change the subject that his feelings were warning him that is very important and could be life-changing.
Reborn smiled wistfully, "Once a upon a time Vongola began not as mafia famiglia with the most bloodiest and darkest history, but a group of people who wanted to protect the people in an era where the law was corrupted and lives were destroyed. People with pure intentions. The leader later began known as Primo, Giotto, " with a softer voice, but still heard he went on, " you actually look like him except he is blonde with blue eyes, but both of you have the same pure sky flame..."
"Reborn...you better not be telling me..." Nana stood up and walk to Reborn.
"Mamma, all the heirs are no more, and, " he looked up at her showing his conflicting emotions at her, "his blood runs in his veins, it is his birthright, and I too wish so much to protect him, but if Nonno asks...Vongola asks, there is nothing you can do."
"Then you train me," Tsunayoshi spoke up, "I'll return Vongola as it was before, after all is what my ancestor wants, no?" He looked up at his teary mother, "This way I can protect you and maybe you can come with me." This finish off Nana and rushed to her boy who though she saw a strong resolve in his eyes, knew he was still weak.
"Oh yeah, Reborn, Tsu-kun still wondering for a while why Tsu-kun was bigger?" the little boy back to his little self.
"Yeah why is the kid got big?" Ken put in.
"Like a ten-year old boy?" Nana put in.
"You saw...?" Chrome wide-eyed whispered. Nana shook her head.
"No, but..."
"Mamma?" Reborn too was curious as he yet get results from Verde who only told him is a strange phenomenon.
"Well even I am not sure, I know my Tsu-kun was ten when we went to Italy," at this Reborn frown, but mentally told himself he will check later with Lal and Colonello, "then the next I was back here living for five years with no Tsu-kun and...my husband," getting teary Nana went on, "until two weeks before my husband's passing I found my little Tsu-kun five years again acting like five year old..." Tsu-kun hugged her harder. Chrome began to tear up but her cousin and the two teens embraced her. Tsuyoshi grabbing Reborn walk to the little Sawada family, embracing them as well.
"Worry not we too will protect you," Reborn not trusting his voice nodded blank faced, but Tsu-kun can feel how much he cares for them, especially...him. Suddenly the shop's door opened.
"...I'm home?" Everyone looks up rather dazed and a gasp from Tsuyoshi as they stared at Takeshi Yamamoto carrying a couple bags feeling awkward.
A/N: Nice way to break the touching atmosphere Takeshi. Now that his son is home and the some of the secrets are out, what other things is Tsuna not telling (or even aware of?) Heh to think I was going to let Gokudera be blind follower of Reynardo, but this came out instead.
So been into Harry Potter fanfics lately, not going to make one though. But, ah man, I have this other KHR fanfic in my head with FemTsuna! I guess I will put it after this story. Worry not fellow readers I have up to chapter 11 written in my notebook is the typing part that takes time and check grammar and life happens too...As the rest in outline. Yeah as I was looking on my story I misspell Reynardo and forgot the "o" it may not be a big deal, but for consistency purposes it is.