A/N: Happy early Christmas (since I wont be updating till next year, Happy early New Years!) This is a early update as a present for you as thanks for the reviews and follows and fav TvT

Disclaimer: I really, really, really, don't own KHR.

Chapter 9

Somewhere at Namimori, Japan

"Darn it Kyoya!" hissed the storm guardian as he followed the trail of broken bodies of surprisingly of yakuzas and thugs. As Hayato followed the trail longer, the trail itself began to wane as he reached Namimori. Once he arrived the town he cursed again, forgetting on getting a map. At least I know that Disciplinary Committee of his is doing their job, thought Hayato.

He stopped in the middle of an empty road looking for clues, when he heard it.

"Kufufu, if it isn't the loyal storm," Hayato whirled around him quickly and was face with, "Pineapple head?!"

"Oya! How rude not even a hello," mock-pout Mukuro.

"Well watcha expect, he is a delinquent and acts as such," growled Ken.

"Hello Storm-san," Chrome greeted softly as Chikusa nodded.

"You-you-you and her...you're alright," Hayato sighed in relieved. Mukuro's face soften a bit, but pull up his dramatics again, "But of course, why would it be?~"

"Nothing." Hayato schooled his face and looked around for any clues.

"...do you know something?" Mukuro asked seriously as Hayato debated to say anything or not.

"Hmph shouldn't have worried! You of course save them and stuff," the storm guardian said looking away. Then looked back at them little unnerved at the unusual silence.

"What?"

"Mukuro-sama came after we were rescued," Ken looking away in shame as Chikusa looked on in blank faced.

"Boss saved us," Chrome smiling wistfully looking at Mukuro.

"Boss?"

"The little bunny," smirked Mukuro rather mysteriously.

"...what?"

"He might have the same problem as the baby," Ken pondering.

"No, the boy is different." Chikusa put in. All the Mist cousins and the other lackey stared at him. Hayato stood there confused. Baby? Bunny? Boss? What is next Brat?!

"Better question," Chikusa began as he turned blankly at Hayato, "Why are you here?"

Everyone stared, glared at the storm guardian.

Hayato rolled his eyes, "Relax you lot," Hayato sighed, "we came to stop or do damage control on some idiots..."

"We?" Chrome cocked her head confused.

"Kufufufu, is Skylark-kun nearby then~?" Mukuro asked as he thought ways to torment an old friend.

"Yeah, I have to hurry though, you know how he is protective of this place and since the Varia is here..." Once again he was interrupted, but was surprise at how.

"WHAT?!" Everyone minus Hayato screamed.

"You don't think Mukuro-sama...?" Chrome asked worried.

"I would be surprise with the luck that kid has," Ken muttered.

"Explains his uneasiness when he visited," Chikusa put in.

"Why are they here for though?" Mukuro wondered out loud.

There was an explosion of flames of wrath up ahead. Hayato sighed rather mournfully, "Hope that little five year old is alright,"

"Five..." Chrome blinked.

"...year," Chikusa asked.

"...old?" Ken squeaked in shock.

"Gokudera Hayato what exactly was the Varia's mission?" Mukuro took out his trident threatening to pierce the storm guardian like no tomorrow.

"Hey I don't know much, Kyoya has all the info. Only something about a civilian child," Hayato was annoyed.

"Guess we better meet up with the Varia or Cloud-san, to find out if it is Boss or not," Chrome stated determined.

"You know if the Varia is here, I get to see my student and Master Viper," smirked mischievously Mukuro as they all went rushing toward the explosions.

"Should've known," growled an annoyed cloud guardian as he saw the ex-mist guardian and his peps.

"Kufufufu, I missed you too my dear Skylark-kun~" Mukuro smirked, "Funny we all here too and maybe be reunited like old times~." Hayato was confused, but it took all Kyoya's willpower at not to groan.

"The sun and rain are near." It was stated as a fact. At this Hayato did the groaning for him. The cloud guardian crouched down to barely notice pompadour-hair prefect who was barely conscious.

Hayato blinked at the object floating above Kyoya, "What is that yellow fluffball?"

"I knew that bird was evil," growled Ken remembering all the times the bird tormented that only a bird can.

"Hibird report." Kyoya commanded.

"Help Tsu-kun. Varia trouble. Namimori hurt." chirped Hibird as he perched on Kyoya's shoulder. At this the two mists and lackeys ran behind the school all worried leaving behind Hibari and Gokudera with the perfect who began to explain.

"Varia came thinking ways to annoy you until they find him...President, please save the child...he help protect the town and its people from crazy assassins attacking...those girls...Reborn is also training him..." the vice president of the Disciplinary Committee ignored the shocked faces of the two guardians and asked, "Sorry for my ignorance, but why is Reborn training the child that the Varia is trying to assassinate?"

"This is bad," breath Hayato craving a cigarette more than ever. Kyoya nodded at his VP of the DC which apparently permission to faint away. Looking at each other for a second, they nodded and ran toward the explosions and faster when they heard a shriek.

Gesso Mansion, Italy

A white haired teen strolled around the Gesso mansion. He took no notice at the servants staring or gaping like a dying fish at their boss. After all this is the eccentric boss who never ever walks normal around the mansion like a normal person. On the contrary the Mare ring user did all the impossible to not walk. Some speculate he hurt his leg, but some say is just the Gesso charm.

The thing was the last time he walked was the day before he was rushed to the medical wing in emergency, bleeding all over and thrashing something about "NOO!," "Leave them alone!" and "I'm sorry, bring him back." His cries afterwards were so heart wrenching for the guardians and everyone in staff who began to warm up to him in the past month, they pray they don't have to go through that again. So it came no surprise they panicked once the boss was out of sight and pray whatever problem would come to pass and their boss will be alright.

"Hm~, that Reborn of all people," laughed Byakuran as he walked to the conference room, "shame I cannot go, it would look suspicious besides this impromptu meeting with that Decimo sure is making even me uneasy." At this thought his insane grin turned serious, "Should I call Yuni?"

"Oh~! I feel like Tsunayoshi from the other world going to that other meeting with me," a strange feeling came over Byakuran as he said that. He then chuckled darkly, "He just wants to brag why he is the one who should lead Vongola." Byakuran heard over the rumor mills and the Vongola's upper echelon itself that Reynardo should be replace since something about him makes them uneasy with the guy. Some say there is an heir and Reynardo is fervently looking for him or her since he was a child. Some others say he actually succeeded ending an old line that had all the right to be the next heir. Byakuran and Yuni knew better though.

"Hopefully there will be marshmallows cake, oh just like..." Byakuran stood in front of the conference room doors as he remembered...

"What?! Your birthday already passed?!" Tsuna pointing at Byakuran in irritation.
"Yep~!" Byakuran was confused at Tsunayoshi's expression as Yuni nodded.
"Why did you guys didn't tell me!" Tsuna accused feeling somewhat betrayed.
"That is mean Tsuna!" Yuni reprimanded.
"Yeah. This was before we truly met you," Byakuran tapped his chin, "besides is your own fault for meeting us until after my birthday~." At this Tsuna gaped, but hung his head retreating in those rare moments of going into himself.
"...sorry," Tsuna apologizing in a small voice, "I wanted to make you something special for putting up with me."
"Geez Tsuna you act as if you never had friends before," giggled Yuni. Byakuran frowned when he notice Tsunayoshi flinched.
As if sensing Byakuran about to question him, Tsunayoshi looked up, "Well as a sorry and late birthday present I will give you that!" proclaimed the young boy.
"That?"
"Oh yes Tsuna! It is great timing too!" Yuni was clapping happily.
"Oh,oh,oh, what is it?" Byakuran was jumping around Tsunayoshi and Yuni all excited making the two friends laugh at his childishness.
"You have to come back to we are staying at," Tsunayoshi explained.
"Right now Tsuna?" Yuni began to worry as she eyed Byakuran.
"Yeah why not?" Tsuna frowned. Yuni tried to explain, but Byakuran cried out.
"We can try out my wings and fly there!" Byakuran excited said and Yuni protested, but too late; the wings were summoned. He hugged his friends and flew out with Yuni screaming and surprisingly Tsuna exclaiming in glee.
Once they reached outside the guarded house, Tsunayoshi gushed, "I-that-oh-my-go-it was...AMAZING," Tsuna went on, but with a wistful tone, "I wish I could fly."
Byakuran smiled softly as he whispered so they could not hear him, "Don't worry one day you will."

"That is...for me?" for once Byakuran was speechless. Behind him, Tsuna smirked at Yuni who pouted giving him some money for a bet as Byakuran touched the Marshmallow Sweetness Fortress Cake of Cavities in a reverent way once he was told that they made it from scratch. He turned to them and hugged them so tight they couldn't breath. But they didn't complained as they heard how heartfelt he whispered thank you to them.
"Of course isn't it what friends do?" Tsuna giving his special smile to him and looking at Yuni as if in assurance. She nodded.

Byakuran smiled sadly thinking back the birthdays without them were not the same especially the Marshmallow Sweetness Fortress Cake of Cavities cannot be redone without the love and friendship that was made at that time. Soon we will meet again and I will get to eat it~ Byakuran smirked. He opened the doors and notice he was early. Early as in on time when usually he is an hour late. Hence his guardians were in a middle of a discussion. They hushed rather abruptly when he came in though. Byakuran grinned insanely, "What are you talking about? Me~?" Everyone looked everywhere minus their boss. At this the Gesso boss was curious, but shrugged,"Lets start the meeting, hm~."

After going over queer dreams of other parallel realms and lower amount of missions, one asked the question that been bothering them.

"Why are we truly here?" Zakuro the Mare Storm guardian asked as he crossed his legs on the table.

"Not to mention...you been...normal," Daisy, the Mare sun guardian muttered playing with his bunny, Bubu on the table as he use its leg kick Zakuro, who protested.

"Normal? How so?" Byakuran felt a tiny sweatdrop as he saw Zakuro trying to squish Bubu, but it was dancing with the help of Daisy's sun flames dodging all the snatching.

"You been ignoring Bluebell, Big brother!" pouted Bluebell, the Mare rain guardian.

"Not to mention, Big brother did not come to our scarring sessions with the therapist," Torikabuto the Mare mist guardian and little Ghostie nodded mutely, who was the lightning guardian thanks to an experiment done by some idiot who must not be named...

"You actually finish all your paperwork before the afternoon," Kikyo the Mare cloud guardian eyeing his boss, "without me bribing you."

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Suddenly there was gasps and cries of outrage.

"WHO ARE YOU?"

"BIG BROTHER IS NOW RESPONSIBLE?!"

"Mou~How rude, I just had a phone call from Reborn a while back," pouted the Gesso boss and their accusations.

"...isn't he AWOL?" Kikyo asked wondering why the sun Arcobaleno would talk to the boss.

"Why because he found him," Byakuran grinned mischievously, sitting back and crossing his arms.

"HE FOUND HIM?!" Kikyo was happy that he would at last met the boy who help change his boss to...care about them.

"Yay Bluebell can met boy!"

"Wonder if he likes fire, right Bubu?," muttered Daisy as he petted his bunny stuff animal ducking another snatch attack from Zakuro.

The door was slammed loudly and Shoichi the Mare technician came in gasping as he catch his breath. "Good...you...have...not left...yet..."

"Yo, red head," Zakuro greeted, but Shoichi ignored him and looked down ashamed and sad.

"Shoichi you never guess..." Kikyo began rather excitedly, but was interrupted by a serious Byakuran, "Shoichi?"

"...that...fake," Shoichi's voice shook and the guardians felt uneasy knowing Shoichi always get stomach-aches because of stress or yells at them for their destruction or fascinated by their abilities is always strong no matter what, until now that is.

"That faker...sent another warning," Shoichi tried to say.

"...what family?" even Daisy began to worry hugging Bubu tighter.

"Bovino is no more..." There was a long silence broken only by Byakuran told his guardians to go and wish to speak with Shoichi alone about something. Fortunately for him they agree without protest not realizing something was off.

"How...why them? They always no matter what will be Vongola's allies," Zakuro played his flames juggling them unconsciously.

"Why does Reynardo does anything?" tried to explain Kikyo as he walked his fellow guardians.

"No more blue candy from Bovino boss guy.." sobbed Bluebell.

"One of these days I will give him something he will never forget," Torikabuto swore as he hold onto little Ghostie's hand.

"Lambo?" little Ghostie asked for his friend. All the guardians froze unsure what to say.

"Well..." Fortunately Shoichi came from behind them and answered that question in a soft tone, "Don't worry, I heard he and two others escaped the day before," All the guardians sighed in relief and Ghostie smiled happily. Shoichi only smiled half-heartly and turned to the guardians, "Protect boss."

"What does that mean?!" Kikyo yelled.

"What are you implying!" hissed Zakuro.

"The boss is acting weird..."

"Well he did found him..." began Torikabuto who was making faces to Ghostie.

"No...is just a feeling ok..." Shoichi frowned worried then sighed, "Well I would be seeing you later Shiro-chan sent me off to another of his crazy missions."

Namimori middle school, Namimori, Japan

Tsu-kun panicked ducking the flying angry-looking guy coming toward him. Meanwhile the rest of the Varia tried to get near, but were stopped by Reborn and Ryohei (they told Kyoko to run back to Bianchi and help guard mamma in case there are more assassins near the TakeSushi).

"EXTREME TRAINING!" Ryohei went ecstatic as the prospect at fighting a good opponent. Reborn eyed his student worried, but felt his instincts to stay. Besides he felt his partner pulsing on his fedora. "Its almost time," Reborn smirked.

Squalo in the other hand was rushing toward his boss to help him finish the assignment. Unfortunately for him he sense a bullet-speed object coming toward him and sliced it in half. He blinked at the item. A baseball. He jumped back as he dodge more baseballs and saw the Vongola rain guardian, who had narrowed his eyes with untrained killer intent oozing out of him, "Leave Tsu-kun alone."

The loud white haired swordsman smirked, "VOI! Show me what you got brat then!" Swords clashed as rain flames showered around them oblivious at their surroundings.

"So have you find your answer yet?" The right hand man of the Varia swiped his sword that only cut the tip of the Vongola rain guardian's sleeve.

"Not yet, but I cannot let you interfere their fight!" Takeshi twirled as he ducked his opponent sword aimed at his chest as the young boy aimed at his opponent's arm.

"VOI! You seriously think that child has any chance?!" Squalo threw a wave of rain flames toward his ex-student.

Takeshi gave a quick glance at Tsu-kun who barely glanced back. Takeshi frowned for a split second as he duck another blow as he notice Tsu-kun's image overlapped with an older...familiar young boy, whose eyes glowed golden in determination as if saying:

Don't worry and do what you feel what you must do.

Takeshi grinned and jumped far back from Squalo. The swordsman student smirked as he switched to his most serious mode, "Of course." Squalo was astonished at such faith...that is until the little boy followed by a furious Xanxus ran between them.

"COME BACK HERE YOU PIECE OF TRASH!" Xanxus shooting at the little boy annoyed at the ability of the boy's dodging skills.

"HIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEE! TSU-KUN WONT! TSU-KUN DOESN'T WANT TO DIEEEE!" Tsu-kun screamed in such a high note that Xanxus growled and little confused at the familiarity of the screech.

Both rain users sweatdropped at their antics wondering if this is actually an assassination attempt or a deadly game of tag...Vongola-Style.

Mukuro and his friends came into the fray and a mist surrounded the rest of the Varia in gleeful murder. Ryohei who was in the middle of a boxing match just outside the sphere of doom, fighting with Lussaria yelled, "I AM EXTREMELY HAPPY THAT YOU JOINED IN THE FUN!"

"But of course, I wouldn't have it any other way, kufufufu," Mukuro laughed as he merge powers with his cousin.

"Oh Master Pineapple, I am happy that you are alive," deadpanned Fran.

"Have you been watching horror movies as I told you," Mukuro asked as he countered Mammon's illusions. Fran nodded watching the show as Bel boredly threw knives at his frog hat.

"Hello Fran, Mukuro-sama is now officially training me so I hope we can be friends," Chrome calmly said as she sidestep a chain coming towards her.

"After I kill your master you have to show me what you got so I would know if you were slacking off with Master Viper again," Mukuro said all business-like.

"Getting cheeky now!?" Mammon asked annoyed at the fact that now he/she is on par with the ex-convict and his cousin.

"Don't damage the school now~!" Reborn mysterious said in glee. Everyone outwardly or inwardly shuddered. That is until a large Killer Intent was felt. The cloud has appeared. The storm gaped at the damage and knew without looking that the cloud was beyond furious. Then he saw Reborn smirking at something while holding onto now glowing ball in his hands.

Tsu-kun ducked, rolled, dodge, and singe here and there as he tried to get out of the way of the murderous sky flame user. Tsu-kun eyed the shooting flame guns that somehow made the older young man fly! Why me? Tsu-kun cried. One of the shots missed and almost hit Ken, who cursed. Tsu-kun frowned. Better end this or it will be more than just cursing! Barely glancing around him, he saw some of his friends fighting and Tsu-kun didn't like that, but he knew they as well as he are getting tired so he must end it now. But how?

Nevertheless he will keep fighting, no matter what. After all, his feelings are telling there will be a way...Sure enough a glow pierced through Tsu-kun bathing him with light as Xanxus shot two very powerful shots that would have finished the little boy. There was an explosion.

Xanxus landed waiting for the smoke clear as the fights around him stopped. There was a silence, but another explosion occurred when Xanxus notice a figure standing and rushed quickly toward it. This cause another explosion and strong flames were being emitted pure and wrath kind. Suddenly Xanxus flew out landing on his back, creating a large crater on the side of the school. This damage lead Kyoya, who could not taking anymore to see his precious school being defiled like that, stalk, but Reborn stopped him with blank face. A orange streak flew toward Xanxus as the Varia cried out in fear for their boss and the others cheered.

"Sky flames?" Hayato and Kyoya glanced at Reborn who pulled down his fedora with a smirk. They frowned confused as they saw a ten year old boy frozen with a sky-flamed fist, inch away from a wide red-eyed wrath-flame user staring the red feathers swaying with the wind...

"Well," Tsuna began and scratching his cheek sheepishly, "I been talking to him already for a...week?"
"Mou! How rude Tsuna," Yuni pouted.
"Though I have a feeling you know him, he is in the mafia," Tsuna muttered.
"Figures," Yuni sighed not believing Tsuna's luck at somehow getting involved in some kind of mafia plot.
"Yeah I gave him some red feathers, looks nice on his spike-ish black hair and goes with his red eyes," Tsuna feeling proud.
"Your mother help you didn't she?" Yuni giggled and Tsuna nodded feeling sheepish. Then looked at strangely silent Byakuran.
"Red feathers, black hair...red eyes... does he have a temper and scars on his left cheek?" Byakuran asked rather seriously.
"Yeah! See you do know him! Though he had a hard name..."
"XANXUS?!" Yuni screamed.
"Hahaha, only Tsuna will calm the beast or is it the wrath...?"
Tsuna only blinked confused.

"XANXUS?!"

"...Tsunayoshi." Xanxus had an unreadable expression as he stared at the boy not shifting from his position.

A/N: Well, well, the fight might as well stopped here, but anyways one of the reviewers brought a good point: where is Lambo? Well worry not the little cute cow child with the crazy bazooka will be up next chapter with company! Though for the record he is already mentioned.

***Just so you know Tsuna is not crushing on Xanxus is more like a sibling kind of love or something. Sorry to yaoi fans everywhere.***