Lion
I do not own Reborn! All right's reserved.
It is the time of graduation for 3rd year students of Namimori Junior High, but with many seats being empty, it felt more like a lazy assembly. There's nothing teachers can do but have the police guards outside the school and around its perimeter.
Sasagawa Ryohei though, was safe from the merciless onslaught. As he stood on the podium, telling the speech of his success as a valedictorian, he caught a group of people sitting at the middle of the guest seats.
Sawada Tsunayoshi, Gokudera Hayato, Yamamoto Takeshi, Haru Miura, and his sister, Sasagawa Kyoko formed a line with his parents beside Kyoko's. Pausing to smile, he looked at them and they noticed. Tsuna waved his hand and Ryohei raised his hand.
Continuing his speech, they can't believe that Ryohei is graduating today. They're very fond of Ryohei, and having this particular upperclassmen is what makes any event with him fun. The christmas party, the new year's eve, and the hanabi too was fun with him around.
Still, a part of life is to go somewhere, and Tsuna respects Ryohei's decision to move forward.
Still, it was weird that Hibari Kyoya is missing. He was supposed to be here as per the rules of the school that says "The Head of Disciplinary Comittee must come to official events held by the school."" Yet he's nowhere to be found.
People behind Tsuna, his upperclassmen, was glad that they're not targeted and hurt. Was there something going on that Tsuna wasn't aware of?
He doesn't really know his upperclassmen well and Ryohei is the first upperclassmen he had encountered and it was four months ago. It is true that a rumor had started that the upperclassmens are being picked on one by one by someone from outside the school, but he thought that it was not his responsibility to retalliate.
Ryohei stopped his speech at the same time Tsuna ceased his pondering. Looking at the crowd in-front of him and raised both hand, shouting out loud and was followed by the member of the boxing club.
"EXTREEEEEMEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
"This is goodbye, Tsuna."
"Yeah, take care, Ryohei."
Both of them shook hands and stays like that for a while, looking at each other with determination. Ryohei smiled and so does Tsuna, before they both laughed together without knowing why.
"It was fun, Tsuna." Ryohei released his hand and formed a knuckle.
"It sure was." Tsuna bumped his knuckle to Ryohei's. "You're always welcome to visit us."
"I'll take up your offer then!"
It was then that Ryohei walked away from Tsuna. He stopped at the entrance of Namimori high and turned around. Waving his arm above him, he was replied with Tsuna waving at him.
He can't contain his happiness as he retreated behind the school gate coolly.
"You really like my brother, huh?"
Kyoko walked to Tsuna. Her question throws Tsuna off-guard because she had never seem to be interested in her brother before. Still, remembering that Kyoko is Ryohei's sister, Tsuna was sure that she loves her brother.
"Yeah, he's a fun guy."
Kyoko giggled.
"I know, but he's really stupid sometimes. Like when he tried to force you into the boxing club, or when he pitted class B and class C to fight class A on the sports festival, or when he was easily lied by the lifeguards from the beach we visited a month ago..."
"He is, isn't it." Tsuna agrees with Kyoko. "Seeing him happy like that makes me glad, though."
"And why is that?"
Kyoko looked up.
Tsuna have been seeing Kyoko's face a lot lately, but this one is her cutest yet.
Blushing, he looked to the side.
"I... I was glad that he had a fun-time with me. When I became friends with Gokudera, I was happy that someone thinks of me highly. When I became friends with Yamamoto, I was happy that someone remembers that I exist. When I became friends with Ryohei, I was glad that he had fun hanging-out with his underclassmen."
"Then what did you think when I became your friend?"
Tsuna looked at Kyoko. He straighten his posture and looked Kyoko in the eye. His heart is beating fast and he struggled to form a word.
But it came out.
"I... was happy that a girl as pretty as you wants to be my friend, Kyoko."
"P-pretty?" Kyoko blushed.
"Yeah. Do you remember when you talked to me a a year and a half ago?" Tsuna's eyes are still locking with Kyoko. "That... was the first time a girl has ever talked to me other than my mom. Talking to you like this now made me feel nostalgic. I would be happy if we could stay in touch like this."
Kyoko was stunned, but she nodded slowly.
Her face is redder than ever, and she held her cheek with both hands of her.
"I-I would be honored." Kyoko laughed nervously. "What is this feeling. My chest is beating really fast and my face is all warm. When I look at you right now, Tsuna. Your face seems to be so close to me and I'm really-really happy right now for some reason."
The two of them nervously, but happily looked at each other.
Then the two of them looked elsewhere the opposite of the other.
Awkwardness fills the air, and Tsuna nervously started a conversation.
"T-Then, I'll see you later?"
"Y-Yeah, I have to do something with uh... um... Hana! Yeah, she said we should meet at the park today so um... yeah, uh... bye for now?"
"Yeah, bye-bye."
Kyoko ran as fast as she could, and Tsuna was too embarassed to look where she ran into. From behind him a hand touched his shoulder.
"Tenth..."
It was Gokudera.
"That was amazing!" Gokudera thought. "To think that you've made a girl like Sasagawa Kyoko blush like a tomato! What a guy my boss is. I am so proud to be your right-hand man right now!"
"I-I am?" Tsuna scratched his cheek nervously. "But I didn't have any intention to make her be embarassed like that. It was just a spur of the moment. Honest."
"That's no good, Tsuna." Yamamoto chimed in. His arms lazily hangs behind his head. "We were watching from afar you know, and you missed your chance to make her yours."
It was then that a stun-gun is aimed to Yamamoto's side.
"Speak no more, Takeshi-kun." It was Haru, and she was not exactly pleased with this sudden revelation. "To think that Tsuna-san likes that sort of girl is already disheartening. Aaaah, maybe I should transfer to this school next semester."
"Y-You guys!" Tsuna yelled. "I think of Kyoko more like a friend! Yamamoto, stop giving Haru any weird ideas!"
It was another peaceful day... up until a crashing sound was heard three blocks away from the school ground.
Tsuna was the first to notice it, and Yamamoto was the second. Looking at each other, they looked at Gokudera and then Haru. All of them nodding in an agreement, they ran outside the school in a hurry.
Arriving at the scene of the crime, they're greeted with a lying body of a friend they knew too well. The figure is clutching his arm and the wounds on his shoulder is severe. The bag he held containing his diploma and his boxing gloves are miles away from him, but it has his blood all over it.
He was barely conscious, and the flames that almost surrounds him makes the matter worst. Tsuna hurriedly ordered Yamamoto and Gokudera to pull Ryohei out of the fire. Turning to Haru, she already knows what to do, and that is to call the ambulance. Tsuna himself ran into the fire to salvage the bag that contains Ryohei's precious item before it was too late to be salvaged.
Successfully avoiding a disaster, Ryohei is put onto an ambulance cart.
His condition is critical, but he's still conscious, barely hanging in there.
He looked at Tsuna.
Forming a knuckle, he whispered powerlessly.
"Take good care of my sister."
Tsuna who is accompanying him inside the ambulance, held his hand with his hands. Tears well up and rolls down his cheek.
"I'm sorry!" He repeated. "I'm really, really sorry!"
Inside his fist is a crumpled paper, and he intends to give it to him. He was gaining his composure, but what he reads inside tore his heart into pieces. It was all his fault it became like this. He was careless that he did not foresee this. All the talk about being the 10th head of Vongola Famiglia, and he can't even protect one of his friends from harm.
"I'm sorry."
"I'm really, sorry."
Dear 10th of Vongola
When you read this note, the man named "Sasagawa Ryohei" is already in a critical condition. Rest assured that I will not kill him, but I will introduce him to the world of hurt. I won't claim his life, but I will claim his safety.
About the onslaught of Namimori's students, it was all my doing.
It was a chance meeting that someone knows who the current head of Vongola is, and I am grateful for his honest answer. That is why I spared him.
You're a wise man, Sawada Tsunayoshi.
I would like to meet you as the one who will change the world for the better. You may not tell any soul about this or else I will destroy every acquintance you have. Meet me at an amusement park outside the town of Namimori. Alone.
Sincerely,
Rokudo Mukuro.
It was decided that he is going to go at the middle of the day.
It was Sunday, but there's hardly any sun above him.
There's only a dark cloud that swirled endlessly with the wind. Tsuna wasn't really keen on observing things, but now that he's really not in the mood for it, he started to pay attention to the most frivolous of things he encountered.
He was about to leave the street, but a voice called for him.
"Where are you going, Tsuna?"
Tsuna hesitately looked at Reborn, who is standing atop of a fence.
"I'm going to kick Mukuro's ass."
A shot was fired at Tsuna. Tsuna effortlessly dodges it, but it grazed his cheeks. Reborn shot another, and it grazed Tsuna's other cheeks. Reborn was not pleased with this development of Tsuna, and he can feel the darkness of Vongola that slowly spreads through his body.
"I see that The Vongola's Sins are affecting you, Tsuna."
"And what of it?"
"You're a danger to everyone, and to yourself. That's why I won't let you go through with this."
On Reborn's hand is a taped piece of paper concerning Rokudo Mukuro. Tsuna was surprised as he had already shreds it for sure last night. I guess it was not impossible for Reborn to salvage a missing evidence, he is the best of the best alright.
"I heard about it, Tsuna-kun."
Haru appears from his right. One stun-gun in each hands, she walled the right side of the intersection.
"So a casualty showed up, it's not your fault that it happened."
"Yeah Tsuna."
Behind him now is Yamamoto. A baseball bat on his hand, he waited and blocked the front-side of the intersection.
"If you are played into Mukuro's hand, there's no telling what he can do with you. Or are you already being controlled by him?"
"Sorry Tenth."
Gokudera pulls out four dynamite in each hand. A cigarette is lit on his mouth and he blocked the left-side of the intersection.
"I can symphatize to how you feel, but charging there alone is out of the question."
Tsuna was silent.
The sky s getting bleaker by the second. Tsuna is motionless as he is trapped by his fellow friends. Reborn is blocking the way he came and will surely kill him if he dares to strike him now. He doesn't really want to hurt his friends, but he had no choice in this matter.
Forming a flame in his mind, the dying will is awakened.
Charging for Yamamoto, he raised his hand for a punch.
Yamamoto didn't react. He only stood there as Tsuna went past him, but then at the last moment, he grumbled and released a strike directed to Tsuna's chest. It hits him clean and he fell not far from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto picked him by the nape of his shirt and tossed him back into the middle of the intersection.
Tsuna is half-conscious, not knowing what had strike him.
It is raining. Slowly, Tsuna is overwhelmed by his friend and mentor.
He tried going for Gokudera next, but his wall of explosion prevented him from going past him. He tried his luck with Yamamoto again, but he stopped him with his swift strikes. In desperation, he goes for Haru. Even with a face that is full of raindrops, Haru still outclasses Tsuna in fighting prowess.
"See, Tsuna? You're too weak." Reborn closes into Tsuna and points his gun at his forehead. It is loaded with a real bullet that is purposedly used to kill Tsuna. "Even Haru is stronger than you now. Try calming down, your mind is in a mess right now."
Reborn shot his gun.
The bullet flew away from the gun and hits the asphalt beside Tsuna.
"...I can't aim properly today, this rain is blinding my eyes."
With that reborn retreated.
His three friends walked up to him. Haru slowly raised Tsuna, and it was Gokudera and Yamamoto's job to carry him home. In the wild and thunderous rain, the four of them walked to Tsuna's home, all drenched.
"W-What happened!? Reborn said that Tsuna fell on the street. Is he okay!?"
Nana worriedly ran to Tsuna, he's unconscious.
"He needs some rest." Haru said. "I'll take him to his room. Obaa-san, may I request four sets of towel?"
"Certainly, yes!" Nana ran to the bathroom, while Yamamoto and Gokudera carried Tsuna atop the stairs and into his room. Haru in the mean-time follows Nana into the bathroom to pass the towel upstairs.
"Here's your towel." Haru crudely threw a towel to Yamamoto and Gokudera. She then walked beside Tsuna to dry him up from exhaustion and the rain. "I sometimes wonder if this is the right thing to do. Now that I've really done it, this does not bode well with me. At all."
"That's to be expected." Said Gokudera. "I hate to admit it but Reborn is right. We can't let our boss go and kill himself like that. Even if that damned Rokudo Mukuro did harm Sasagawa Ryohei, we can't let Tsuna go without our company."
"Well, this is a new experience for us." Yamamoto dried himself as he mumbled. "Still, knocking Tsuna down was really painful. The fight felt like it was prolonged indefinitely, and with each strike, I can sense that Tsuna too is overflowing with hate and depression... I can sorta symphatize with him. I've been there once."
"To think that he was desperate to avenge Sasagawa Ryohei... as far as trying to fight me... that was not the Tsuna I know." Wiping his face, Haru bit her lip. "But this face is Tsuna's. I don't understand why he's so worked up about this. He's just an upperclassmen, why go so far for the sake of a single upperclassmen!? He didn't lift a finger when Namimori was in chaos from four months ago. So why!?"
"...Because Tsuna is holding the responsibility of his men."
"Reborn!"
"Throughout history, Vongola Famiglia was known to be the most-feared of all the mafia famiglia. From the first generation up to now, it is still regarded as one. Although they are what we call a pack of monsters, all their leader have the same characteristic of Tsuna. They're stupidly kind to everyone."
Reborn looked at Haru.
"Ryohei is only the catalyst of his anger, but I know that somewhere deep inside him, something else is affecting Tsuna."
"And that is?"
"The Vongola's Sins."
It was lucid.
His dream was.
Meeting nine person that are unknown to her, he looked at the man farther from him. An adult reflection of himself that cozily sits at a throne-like chair. His hand rests his cheek as his head is burning with a dying will flame.
The glove he wears, blazing with a gentle orange flame calmed Tsuna.
"Vongola Decimo." The man said.
It is then that everyone in the room looked at him.
A man with nothing in his hand, burning with burning red flame with an orange one mixed in. In-front of him a man with a blue and orange flames that burned brightly. A man with a fork that is burning brightly with orange flame. A man with a Katar that burns Green in the dark. A man with a Boomerang that burns Indigo. A man with two dimly litted dual revolvers. A man with a cane that burns brightly-yellow.
All of their flames are no match for the one farthest from Tsuna.
He was sure that for a second, the orange flame turned rainbow.
"Vongola Decimo." The man repeated. "Your time for meeting us draws near, but it is not now. Why have your subconcious sends you here? Is something troubling you, have an event awakened griefs inside you?"
Tsuna wasn't really sure how to answer the man.
More or less, he was not allowed to talk.
"...Is it perhaps that, you are unable to talk? Then you're not even fit to be with us. Away with you, you are not welcomed here. Not yet."
The man lifts his chest from his hand. Sitting straight, he used the hand infused with flames and waves it at Tsuna. Instnatly, Tsuna was pushed with the wind coming from the man's light hand-gesture. He was dragged far from the gathering, and into the limitless darkness, until the gathering hall was nothing more than a dot of light, and there there was nothing.
Just bleak darkness of the mind.
Tsuna woke up.
The first thing he saw is Haru who is resting her head on Tsuna's lap.
Tsuna lightly pats Haru's head, ruffling her hair softly.
"Wake up, Haru."
"Ha...hi..." Haru rubbed her eyes with his hand. "Good morning, Tsuna-san."
It took her a while before realizing that she was sleeping on Tsuna's lap. She looked at him blankly before something inside her head exploded and it turned her cheeks redder than apple. Her mouth keeps stuttering to let out a word or two, but she was denied by her own current state of mind.
"Did you have a good sleep, Tenth?"
"Yo, Tsuna."
He in-fact, did.
"I'm sorry I made you guys worry." He looked at Gokudera, and then Yamamoto. He then turned his head towards Haru. "I'm sorry that I made you fight yesterday. That was really stupid, even from me."
"No, it's fine, Tsuna-san." Haru calmly said. "You must have your own reason to do so... but I expect a date with you as compensation."
"I'll think about it."
He rose from his bed and slides out of it.
"Have you seen Reborn?"
"He went back to Italy."
Nana appeared from behind Gokudera. Her arms are crossed, and she glared at Tsuna with something that could kill a thousand demons instantly, and it did made Tsuna shiver from fear, even if it is only for an insult.
"Gokudera Hayato, Yamamoto Takeshi, Haru Miura. You shall not leave this room until I permit you to. I am now going to explain Reborn's order to Tsuna."
"W-What about school?" Haru calmly questioned.
"Who cares about school!"
"Hahi!?" Haru comically replied.
Clearing her throat, she pulled out a piece of paper.
"Gokudera and Yamamoto, investigate about Rokudo Mukuro and the agressor of Namimori High. A special permission slip has been given to the school, so do not worry. For Haru, I want you to ask around your school for a rumour regarding those agressor." She eyed the respective individual, before moving to Tsuna. "Tsuna, your job is to apologize to Ryohei. Your action yesterday was unforgivable for a boss, and I want you to hear what Ryohei's oppinion regarding your actions yesterday."
"Reborn..."
"Also, Reborn entrusted me with these." She pulled out an orange ball of clay as big as her hand. It is tied onto a rope that worked as a necklace. "Wear this and don't you dare even for one second remove it from your body."
Nana threw the lump of clay ball to Tsuna, which he catched with ease.
Looking at it, he found himself looking at his own reflection.
Yeah, this kind of face suits him more. A nice smile with no intention to kill whatsoever.
He wore the lump of clay and proceeds to look up. He looked at his friend and his mom. Smiling brightly, he nodded and everyone nodded back to him.
"That's our Tenth."
"Never hesitate again, Tsuna."
"Do your best, Tsuna-san."
Nana sighed, smiling. She proceeds to exit herself out of the room before it was too rowdy.
"Dear me. When did you grow up, Tsuna?"
"I'm sorry!"
Kyoko slapped Tsuna's cheek red.
"Stupid! You're so stupid, Tsuna!"
Without hesitation, Kyoko went out of her way to be physical. After she heard about Tsuna's heartfelt apology to Ryohei, she couldn't just stay still and be the voiceless one. She just had to drag Tsuna out of the room, across the hallway, down the stairs, and to the hospital garden just to slap Tsuna's cheek red.
Tsuna's cheek is now red.
Kyoko slapped it red.
"Stupid Tsuna! If you have the time to avenge my brother, think of what you're doing first you moron! Who said that you can just go and kill people like that. If you kill that man Mukuro when he started making a ruckus four months ago, then by all means, but your action yesterday... if those were true, then you're an idiot through and through."
Tsuna laughed nervously.
"I... I'm sorry."
"Good." Kyoko smiled. "You may treat the Sasagawas on a dinner in a fancy restaurant next time. I'll be looking forward to it."
Tsuna smiled, even with his cheek red-colored.
"Then... remember the sensation of my slap. Whenever you're going to try something stupid, picture its sensation in your mind." Kyoko grinned from ear to ear. "Now go meet with your friends and kick that Mukuro's ass!"
Tsuna nodded.
Kyoko said her farewell before looking up.
Ryohei's bedroom is where he is looking. At the window, is Ryohei.
He heard the whole conversation, apparently.
"Sorry if my sister was too rough there."
It was only a floor, surely Tsuna could hear his voice clear enough.
Tsuna shook his head.
"No, I needed that. Thanks, Ryohei."
"Anytime you need a beating, Tsuna." Ryohei grinned. "Though, because of you, my sister skipped school to spend some time with me, so for that, I am grateful."
A bomb exploded, and it sent a man wearing glasses across the street.
Gokudera stood proudly, apparently he's winning.
"Damn... that was rough." He mumbled. "I never imagined the perpetrator to be a proffesional assassin."
Still, he managed to blow away the man in question.
Slowly closing his distance to the man, Gokudera stopped as the man rose up from the smokes surrounding him.
Marks of explosions are clearly visible around his body. His torn clothes are also made evident that Gokudera's explosives hits him directly. Yet having that man being so resillient scares him a little too much.
The man adjusted his glasses.
"Ah... I need to go home."
"...What did you say?"
Looking at Gokudera, it was obvious that he holds extreme grudges in him. With his weapon, a spike-propelling yo-yo, he gave Gokudera enough problems for the day, and it doesn't really take him luck to defeat him.
Using every skill he had, Gokudera managed to slide an advantage, but attacking him now would be problematic for him. His dynamites are running low. He had more at stock in his house, but running back to his house would be out of the question right now.
Gokudera steels himself, holding an unlit dynamite on his hand.
"Tell me your name."
"...Chikusa." He dramatically stares Gokudera down. "Kakimoto Chikusa."
He turned his back to Gokudera and slurred his way out of the fight.
"Hey, wait!"
He was interrupted with Chikusa's last swing of his yo-yo, before disappearing from Gokudera's sight.
He wants to pursue him, but the police have already put up their sirens.
Not good. Even if they're the mafias, negotiating with the police would be a waste of their time, not to mention it would complicate matters and trouble the Tenth. Right now, his priority is to go unnoticed by the police.
"Let us overview our findings then."
Tsuna nodded alongside with Gokudera and Yamamoto. They're sitting on the table, eating lunch. Nana cooked a light lunch for seven people, and she is as happy as she can be right now.
"Then I'll begin with what I found." Gokudera started. "I met the perpetrator, or one out of two of them. A man from Kokuryuu Junior High with the name of Chikusa Kakimoto. He is a yo-yo user that spits out thousands of thin needles. Though I won the encounter, I failed to secure the man. I'm really sorry."
"It's fine, Hayato-kun." Tsuna said, looking at Gokudera with concern. "I'm just glad that you're not badly injured."
"Tenth..."
"Then I'll share what I found." Yamamoto sighed. "Sadly, I didn't find anything of note at all. I was about to say that they're wearing the Kokuryuu Junior High outfit, but seeing that they could force Gokudera into a draw, I doubt that they're real students."
"I thought so too." Gokudera clicked his tongue. "Do not hesitate when you're going to fight them, Tenth. Those guys are bad news."
Tsuna nodded.
"Then, I'll share my part."
Everyone turned their head to Haru.
Haru cleared her throat after a sudden surprise.
"I found their hide-out. I was glad that we prevented Tsuna from going, because the theme park that Mukuro spoke of is a land of traps." Haru opened a map. "That park you remembered is no more, Tsuna-san. An earthquake caused a landslide there. The park is mostly forgotten by the owner and the state since it was too bothersome to remade it from scratch. It must be their hideout, and I am sure that you're going to die if you charge head in yesterday. No matter how strong you are."
Tsuna looked down. Arrows of different size have already pierce through his heart many-many time.
"Lunch is served!"
Nana slammed a plateful of food onto the table.
It is a delicious-looking spaghetti with meatballs and tomato sauce.
"Is Italian food alright, Yamamoto?"
"I'll eat anything if its tasty."
Nana turned her glance into glare, and it shocked Yamamoto off his pace.
"Are you challenging my specialty, Yamamoto-kun?" She said. "Mom's Spaghetti, do you doubt its tastiness, Yamamoto-kun?"
Yamamoto is face to face with a woman who can summon devils behind her. He doesn't stand a chance, not even if he brought the entire fleet of japan or seek help from the united nations.
"I...I'm sorry."
"Good."
They began eating and it is indeed tasty.
Mom's spaghetti is the best.
It felt nostalgic to Tsuna.
His mom always fire herself up whenever she was making italian dishes, now Tsuna knows why. Seeing that he himself is part italian, it must be what dad usually eats when he was at home, slacking around doing nothing.
Which reminds him... where is his dad right now?
"Get inside."
A man wearing a cap threw a man inside a fortified jail-cell. The wall is overly-reinforced, and the steel bars are made from the strongest material they could find. Demeaning the man further by kicking him, the prisoner spat the blood inside his mouth at his face.
Wiping the blood off of his face with a little sleight of hand, he smiled at his prisoner.
"Hibari Kyouya, would you be interested in working with me?"
"No."
"Oh, why is that? You don't need to be so hard on yourself for losing to me. Everybody lose to me at least once in their lifetime."
Having his back on the wall, he looked at the helpless Hibari Kyouya, the supposed demon of Namimori, the Ashura of the disciplinary comittee, and all those title that could scare the higher deity into cowering in fear.
"Then how about a proposition?"
Hibari glared at the man in-front of him.
"I'm not negotiating with a scum."
"I never said that you'll have a say in this." The man planted his feet on Hibari's shoulder, slowly moving his head to meet with Hibari Kyouya's. "I'll be borrowing that body of yours, whether you will like it or not."
"You will shut your mouth now," Hibari disgustedly looked at the man in-front of him. His face was so close, but he can't seem to reach it. "If you can't, I'll bite you to death."
"If I say that I'm immortal?"
"Then I'll ground you."
"My, my. Such a foul mouthed human you are." The man turned away and out of the prison. "Hibari Kyoya, you're an interesting man, and one I struggle to control even after a curse have been placed within you. Such a scary man in such a humble time."
In-front of the man is Chikusa Kakimoto.
"An intruder, Mukuro-sama." Chikusa adjusted his glasses. "It is the Vongola."
Rokudo Mukuro smirked, slowly disintegrating into mist.
A/N: I can't believe I finished the second chapter in a day. I must be using a lot of magic right now.
Anyway, this is the second chapter of "Lion". This is a rewrite of chapter 63 to chapter 68, and why it ends in a villain dialogue is because that I don't want to include fighting the Kokuryuu Junior High Gang on the same chapter as Tsuna's character development.
So, reviews are always welcomed, and if you spot any error or typos, please do not hesitate to PM or add it in your review. Constructed critics are advised, and I also would advise against flaming or hate comments for the purpose of hate. What use are those anyway?
I think I've rambled long enough.
Arrivederci!