Hey guys! I'm back! I suddenly got that inspiration to write the next chapter, and I have to apologize for the almost year wait. I'll try to make it as long as possible! I hope you guys enjoy! Everything may seem super messy, because I'm writing this from memory. I'll try to make it as close to canon as possible, but boy, I'm not sure if I am going to add the future arc, I'll see. The Battle of Rings will be tricky to write, but I'll try my best!
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Tsuna woke up with familiar warmth and a nervous drop in his stomach. He slowly pulled himself up and shivered. There's someone watching…Tsuna thought and turned his head to the window, he didn't see anything, but knew better. His intuition was warning him, and it wasn't a good idea to ignore it. It had saved him in the past and it helped a lot with avoiding bullies.
Sighing and slowly feeling exhausted, Tsuna decided that he should just skip his morning exercise and do his morning routine. He'll need the energy for later.
After he finished getting ready, he carefully walked down the stairs. It wouldn't be good if I ended up tripping to the bottom again.
"Morning mom," Tsuna greets Nana as he walked into the kitchen, a smile fitting on his face upon seeing his mother. Nana hummed a happy tune, and turn around with a big smile on her face.
"Morning Tsu-kun, you're not doing your morning exercise?" Nana asked, Tsuna shook his head, the smile still on his face.
"A change of pace isn't bad for the soul," Tsuna replies amusement written on his face. Nana just laughs and goes back to making breakfast. Tsuna walks towards the chair and sat down, waiting for Nana to finish making breakfast and then go to school to meet up with Kyoya.
After a few silent minutes, Tsuna heard shuffling up the stairs. Ah, it seems like Ieyasu is awake.
"Tsu-kun, can you go get the mail for me? I'm kind of busy at the moment," Nana asks, not bothering to look up and turn around to ask. Tsuna just nods and walks out the house to get the mail.
A prickling sensation crawls onto his back, and Tsuna felt the hairs on his neck stick up. He rubs his neck, trying to calm himself down. Rummaging through the mail, he soon sees an advertisement about a home tutor.
Suddenly, he felt the urge to crumble the paper and throw it in the trash, it'll save a lot of problems, Tsuna thought. His intuition blaring at him to do the action he thought of, but Tsuna resisted. No matter how innocent it looks, I can't stop the feeling of wanting to crumple the paper and throw it away; he sighed, and walked back inside the house. He sees Ieyasu on the top of the stairs, scowling his way down.
"Morning Ie-kun," Tsuna greets, only to get shoved off to the side from Ieyasu.
"I don't want to see your pathetic face this early in the morning," Ieyasu sneers at Tsuna, and Tsuna just sighed. No matter how many times I try to treat him nicely, it just doesn't work. But it doesn't mean I'm willing to give up, Tsuna thought.
"Mom, there's an advertisement talking about a home tutor," Tsuna informs Nana as he walked back into the kitchen, Nana smiles.
"Oh my, I should call that tutor then!" Nana exclaims happily, and takes the paper from Tsuna's hand to call the home tutor. Tsuna chuckled worriedly, I don't think you're supposed to be willing to call this shady home tutor Mother.
Ieyasu scowls harder, glaring at Nana's direction, "Is she really going to take up something that clearly smells like a scam?" Tsuna just stares at Ieyasu for a moment, before smiling.
"I'm sure Mom is just thinking for the best of us," Tsuna replies calmly. Ieyasu didn't seem to agree with Tsuna and growls. Tsuna heard Ieyasu mutter, "I'm living with stupid people."
Nana then walks back into the kitchen with a wide smile on her face, "Tsu-kun, Ie-kun! I hired a home tutor," and Tsuna mentally face palmed. Ieyasu glared at her," Why would you call that tutor! It's clearly a scam," Ieyasu sneered at Nana, but she didn't look any different.
"It's free too; the tutor only wants food and a home to stay in!" Nana didn't look like she was going to change her mind about this 'home tutor.'
The saying 'ignorance is bliss' echoed in Tsuna's brain. Suddenly the door bell rang, and Tsuna walked over to the door.
Opening the door, he didn't see anyone, it must be one of those pranks, ding-dong ditch was it?
"Ciaossu!" a high-pitch voice from below Tsuna greeted. Tsuna looked down and saw a black fedora with a yellow band wrapped around it. A baby with chubby cheeks and beady black eyes, and was wearing a suit. Then Tsuna eyes stopped upon seeing the pacifier, a yellow pacifier. That's when Tsuna remember, Aracobaleno?
Tsuna's face scrunched up, but made a mental note to research it later. Crouching down to be the same height as the baby, "What are you doing here?" Tsuna asked.
"I'm Reborn, the home tutor!" The baby said, and Tsuna stared at him. He didn't feel a lie coming from the baby, and he was pretty sure this baby wasn't really a baby. He knew the curse, he had seen it before, and so he knows the truth. Tsuna just smiled at the baby, not bothering to show any disbelief.
"Hmm… is that so? Mom, the home tutor is here," Tsuna turned around and made a 'come in' gesture to Reborn.
"Oh is he?" Nana asked and then she saw the boy following Tsuna and crouched down. "Ara, what is a baby doing here?"
"I'm Reborn, the home tutor that was hired for your son," Reborn says. Tsuna was eating him breakfast, not wanting to go to school without anything in his stomach.
"Oh, then welcome!" Nana cheerfully replied to Reborn. Ieyasu wasn't as accepting as Tsuna and Nana.
"What do you mean you're the home tutor? You're just a baby!" Ieyasu exclaimed, glaring at Reborn. "I'm pretty sure this baby is playing a joke on us."
"Maybe he's a genius Ie-kun," Tsuna retorted back, finishing his orange juice and dusted himself as he got up. "Indulge him, don't judge by his appearance," Tsuna scolded. Ieyasu only glared at Tsuna, before shoving him. Nana's eyes sharpened when Ieyasu did that action.
"Stop trying to act all smart, Dame-Tsuna," Ieyasu scoffed.
"Whether you believe it or not aren't my problems; I'm here to tutor you, Baka-Ieyasu," Reborn smirked. Tsuna sighed, I feel so tired today, I hope Kyoya has some tea ready in the office.
"Tutor me? If anyone needs a tutor, it would Dame-Tsuna; he's stupid. I'm sure you two will get along because you're both idiots," Ieyasu taunted. Tsuna silently got up, not bothering to defend himself from the verbal insult.
"Ie-kun, stop saying such rude things to Tsu-kun," Nana's voice was sharp. Ieyasu flinched a little, but recovered with great speed.
"Hmph, whatever," Ieyasu muttered. Tsuna put his shoes on and headed for the door.
"I'm going now!" Tsuna yelled and walked out the door, "Have a safe trip!" Nana replied.
Chaos is going to start, I just know it, Tsuna shuddered. He was just glad that he wasn't going to stay in the house with Ieyasu being grumpy. He lifted his head and looked up at the sky; there were barely any clouds today.
Still…Why would an Aracobaleno be here? The Aracobaleno were seven people who held onto one set of the Tri-ni-set, they had a curse that forced them into the body of babies. Tsuna, when he was Giotto, had seen them before. They are usually stuck with the mafia, Tsuna reflected.
Seeing the gates of Nanimori Middle School, Tsuna greeted the guards walking around the school grounds. Kyoya, just like Alaude, has his own security force. Tsuna chuckled, Kyoya was exactly how Alaude used to be when he was younger, but soon enough, Alaude grew up and matured. At the moment, Kyoya was still young, it'll take him awhile before he changes and matures.
Making his way to the Disciplinary office, Tsuna saw Kyoya sitting near his desk.
"Herbivore, take care of the paperwork," Kyoya demanded, and Tsuna paled just a bit. No matter where I will be, paperwork will forever be my enemy.
"If you don't want this much paperwork, you should stop destroying Nanimori buildings," Tsuna stated as a tonfa was flying his way. Moving to the right, Tsuna just continued to walk towards the desk.
There was peaceful silence in the room, only the scribbling of pen writing on paper was heard in the room. Suddenly, a rumble was heard from the front of the school (and a loud yell of REBORRRNNN!), and Tsuna peered out the window. What in the world? Tsuna thought, and there he saw his older brother in his underwear and a dying will flame on his forehead, standing in front of Sasagawa Kyoko.
"KYOKO-CHAN, I LIKE YOU, PLEASE GO OUT WITH ME!" Ieyasu's voice echoed throughout the whole school. Tsuna bit the bottom of his lip, oh my.
The dying will flame went away from Ieyasu's forehead, and then made a face filled with horror at seeing that he was naked. As if he was being summoned, Kensuke Mochida walked right in front of Ieyasu, looking down on him.
"I challenge you to a duel! Whoever wins gets Sasagawa Kyoko as a prize!" Mochida exclaims, and Tsuna felt disgust fill him. His eyes looking at Kyoko and he could see that she was very uncomfortable, you don't treat anyone as if they are objects, Tsuna angrily thought.
"Okay! I'll accept that challenge, as if I'll be beaten by someone like you," Ieyasu glared at Mochida.
"Herbivores are crowding," Kyoya said, and jumped out of the window to disperse the crowd gathering. Tsuna decided to follow him, but not jumping out of the window; he went through the regular way.
He walked towards Kyoko and patted her on the shoulders, "Don't worry about Kyoya, just get to class," Tsuna whispered to Kyoko's ear, and she smiled at him. The tension on her shoulder released and she walked to class.
Tsuna looked at Ieyasu, he couldn't stop the feeling of disappointment enter him. Not bothering to say anything, he shook his head and started walking to class.
School went through the regular routine; Tsuna being chosen to answer questions that he knew the answer to, but gave an answer that is close to the regular answer.
The bell rang, telling everyone that it was the end of school and all the students were gathering around in the kendo dojo.
Tsuna stayed quiet, not wanting to get involved, but was curious on how this would end.
"Ciaossu!" Reborn's voice came to the right of Tsuna, causing him to flinch from the sudden sound. He turned his head and smiled at Reborn.
"Reborn, is it okay for me to confirm that you are here to watch Ie-kun?" Tsuna asked, and Reborn smirked. Tsuna just kept on smiling, not bothering to ask any further questions.
"I'm here to train Baka-Ieyasu to become a Mafia boss, Vongola Decimo," Reborn informed Tsuna, and Tsuna felt everything freeze. Rolling the information in his brain, and hearing the word Mafia and Vongola, Tsuna felt everything drop down on him.
It makes sense when we met the old man long ago, and the sealing of flames, but to hear that Vongola have fallen to the hands of Mafia…Tsuna felt sorrow fill his frame.
"I see…" Tsuna replied wistfully. Reborn narrowed his eyes, but didn't question Tsuna's reply, instead just jumped on Tsuna's head.
Tsuna didn't object to Reborn sitting on his head, instead he continued on his way to the dojo.
There was a huge crowd gathering, and Tsuna could see Kyoya's watching eyes in the corner of the room. Of course he wasn't going to get any closer than that, not wanting to get near a crowd.
Two figures were in the center, Mochida was in his kendo armor, and looked straight at Ieyasu, who was slouching and looked horribly bored.
"Let's just get this over with," Ieyasu drawled out, which ticked Mochida off.
"Do you believe you're going to win? I'm going to defeat you and defend Sasagawa-chan from your perverted actions," Mochida haughtily laughed.
"The rules are easy, you have to hit me once, anywhere, and if you do, you win. This should be easy for you, since you're a novice," Mochida explained. His stance was confident, as if knowing that he would be the one to win.
Mochida then attacked, the weapon Ieyasu received was way too heavy for Ieyasu to carry. So he was stuck with dodging attacks from Mochida, until a bullet hit Ieyasu's forehead.
Reborn had mysteriously disappeared after Tsuna had entered the dojo, so he already knew Reborn was the one who shot the bullet. Then Ieyasu fell to the ground, and all of his clothes were burnt off. Eyes shooting open so quickly and a dying will flame on his forehead he screamed, "REBORN! DEFEAT MOCHIDA WITH MY DYING WILL!" Ieyasu's voice echoed throughout the room.
Miracles happen, and Tsuna saw Ieyasu run towards Mochida and punch him in the face.
"W-winner is Sawada Ieyasu!" one of the kendo students said as he raised Ieyasu's flag. Tsuna stayed quiet, deciding to find Kyoko in the crowd.
Dying will flame fading out, Ieyasu showed confusion before smirking.
"Looks like I win, Kyoko will be going out with me," Ieyasu said. Tsuna found Kyoko and tapped her on the shoulder. She turned around, tensed up a little and looked at Tsuna in the eyes. Without even needing to know what she was thinking, Tsuna knew that Kyoko didn't like Ieyasu, probably afraid of him.
Wouldn't be surprised, he stalks her a little bit. Tsuna thought, and he held out his hand to her, "If anything, you could always reject him, you don't have to say yes." Tsuna advised Kyoko and she gave a hesitant grin.
The crowd dispersed after they heard the voice of Hibari Kyoya," Herbivores you are crowding, I'll bite you all to death," and everyone was screaming and running away.
Ieyasu marched up to Kyoko, and sneered at Tsuna for being near Kyoko. Tsuna internally sighed, and Kyoko took a hesitant step.
"I-I'm sorry Ieyasu, but I don't want to go out with you," Kyoko bowed down. Little shakes of her shoulder knew that she was afraid of how Ieyasu will react, Tsuna saw Ieyasu scowl. Glaring harder at Tsuna, "What do you mean?!" Ieyasu hissed out.
"Ie-kun, don't try to push her into dating you," Tsuna narrowed his eyes, and before Ieyasu could respond, Kyoya appeared behind him.
"Sawada Ieyasu, for causing a crowd and stripping on school grounds, I'll bite you to death," Kyoya said as he pulled his tonfa's up. Ieyasu shouted and started to run away, the one person Ieyasu was afraid of was Kyoya, but he wasn't the only one.
Tsuna patted Kyoko on the shoulder, "Good job, you should go home now," Tsuna said with a smile.
"Thank you Tsuna-kun," Kyoko replied with a smile. Tsuna nodded his head and started to walk home.
Oh yeah, I forgot to finish the paperwork for Kyoya…I'll finish it tomorrow, Tsuna thought. A sudden weight was on his head, and Tsuna looked up.
"Oh Reborn, I thought you'll be with Ie-kun," Tsuna hummed as he made his way back home.
"Baka-Ieyasu is already at home, I'm here to ensure you get home safely," Reborn stated, and Tsuna carefully nodded his head.
A comforting silence was set on the way home and Tsuna decided to ask the question that has been plaguing his mind since Reborn told everyone that he was the home tutor.
"Why are you training Ie-kun to be a Mafia boss, isn't there anyone else?" Tsuna questioned. Pass a couple more houses and Tsuna should be home by then.
"Because it's in his blood," Reborn replies, Tsuna didn't feel satisfied with that reply, but wasn't going to question it either. If I ask, it'll look suspicious.
"Baka-Ieyasu was the last candidate available since all the other candidates died, you're not on that list since you are the younger brother, the spare," Reborn clarified. Tsuna hummed once again and opened the door to his house.
"I'm home!" Tsuna yelled out, he heard the sounds of the boiling water in the kitchen.
"Welcome home Tsu-kun!" Nana yelled back. Tsuna smiled and took off his shoes, "Ie-kun should be in his room, do you want me to take you there, or do you know where it is already?" Tsuna asked Reborn.
"Take me there," Reborn demanded, he had a smirk on his face, and he's enjoying this. Tsuna walked up the stairs, towards the room on the third room near the end of the hall. Tsuna held up his hand to knock on the door, only to have Reborn kick the door down.
"Baka-Ieyasu, I have important things to discuss with you," Reborn strolled into the room as if he owned it. Ieyasu looked at Reborn and then looked up to see Tsuna; he got up from the bed quickly.
"What are you doing in here Dame-Tsuna? Did I tell you that you can come in my room? Who do you think you are?!" Ieyasu jeered at Tsuna. Tsuna just looked tiredly at Ieyasu, and was about to walk out the room before Reborn shot Tsuna.
"Stay in the room, this is something that you both have to hear together," Reborn said to Tsuna, voice serious, Ieyasu was laughing.
"Haha! That's just like you Dame-Tsuna; you would get controlled by a baby of all things. Oh god, you'r-" Ieyasu was cut off, Reborn shot a bullet at him.
"Quiet Baka-Ieyasu," and Reborn pulled out a family tree chart. Tsuna slowly walked into the room, it seemed like Ieyasu wasn't going to shout at the moment, and not when he was just shot by a bullet.
"You two are descendants of Vongola Primo, whose name was Giotto, but changed his name to Sawada Ieyasu when he moved to Japan. He has the same name as Baka-Ieyasu," Reborn announced. Tsuna stared at the chart, why is it in English?
"Baka-Ieyasu was chosen to become the next boss of Vongola, while Tsuna you aren't going to be a candidate, you would most likely be endangered because you are related to Baka-Ieyasu." Reborn continued on, and Ieyasu gave Tsuna a look, it was a look that screamed 'I'm better than you'.
"All the other candidates died, Enrico died by a gunfight, Massimo drowned, and Frederico only had his bones found. The death is unknown," Listening to the description, Ieyasu didn't look terrified, and instead he looked indifferent. As if he didn't care about the death of the other candidates, Tsuna felt sick. He could tell that the Ninth must have been grieving over his sons deaths, he was once a father, he could relate to how it must have torn Timoteo apart.
"There's one other candidate, but he isn't an option, so we had to go to Baka-Ieyasu, he's the last resort," Reborn ended.
"It doesn't really matter, I'll be the next boss, obviously I fit the role for one," Ieyasu arrogantly said. Tsuna could see an imaginary nose growing from Ieyasu's nose, reminds me of the story, Pinocchio.
"Tsuna won't be an option since he's the youngest brother," Reborn added. Ieyasu looked overjoyed and he looked over at Tsuna.
"Hah! As usual Dame-Tsuna won't be important since he's useless and is the younger brother," Ieyasu rubbed in Tsuna's face. Tsuna sighed and got up.
"I'm going to sleep now" Reborn said as he lay on Ieyasu's bed, "Wait! Who said you could sleep on my bed? Get off!" Ieyasu demanded, Tsuna left the room and quietly closed the door.
The mafia, I have this feeling that I won't be getting away with this, without going in deeper.
Tsuna did his usual run in the morning and ate breakfast after he took a shower. He didn't want to be near Ieyasu and Reborn at the moment, he had a feeling that Ieyasu would be more frustrated and angry now that Reborn was here. So leaving the house immediately, he heard a loud crashing sound coming from Ieyasu's room.
Tsuna continued on his way to school, remembering he had stacks of paperwork to finish for Kyoya after all. Making his way towards the Disciplinary room, he saw Kusukabe standing on the side of the room. Kyoya wasn't there, but Tsuna had a suspicion that he was doing a 'clean up' in Nanimori at the moment.
"Morning Kusakabe," Tsuna greeted as he made his way towards the stacks of paper.
"Morning Tsuna," Kusakabe responded, and Tsuna then went back to work.
Small sounds of EXTREEEMEE and REBORNN! But Tsuna decided to ignore it, he had important things to do, and that was finishing up the paperwork before Kyoya 'bite him to death'.
"Class we have a new student today, he came all the way from Italy," Nezu-sensei yelled over the class, all the girls squealing when they saw the new student walk into the classroom.
A familiar face and a familiar posture, Tsuna felt the ache of nostalgia hit him. He looks like G. Tsuna thought. Silver hair instead of red hair, medium length hair and a scowl on his face, there was no tattoo on his face, but it still gave the same affect of nostalgia.
"I'm Gokudera Hayato," he says, slouching but looking around the room, he stopped when he met Ieyasu's eyes. He marched his way towards Ieyasu and kicked his desk. Nezu-sensei was trying to tell Gokudera to sit down, but he wasn't listening.
"Tch, someone like you does not deserve to be the tenth," Gokudera taunted at Ieyasu, which in return, Ieyasu's face was red from rage and embarrassment.
"What's your problem?" Ieyasu yelled, but Gokudera just glared at him.
"You're my problem, you don't deserve to be the boss," Gokudera said and just walked to an empty seat, which was near Tsuna. He looked at Tsuna and snarled at him also, Tsuna just smiled.
He has the same attitude G used to have when we were younger, Tsuna thought, he wasn't at all afraid of Gokudera's actions. He was used to worse. Girls were squealing in the background.
"Oh my god! He's so cool."
"We should make a fanclub!"
"Kyah! We got another hottie in the classroom!"
Gokudera threw a dirty look at the girls, which caused them to squeal harder. He threw a piece of paper at Ieyasu's back.
Tsuna just stared; this is only the start of it.
School ended and Tsuna decided to follow Ieyasu to where he was going, his intuition telling him that he should follow and not leave Ieyasu alone. He looked over and saw Gokudera leaning on the tree and he saw Reborn also. Ieyasu looked furious.
Tsuna silently walked towards Reborn. Gokudera and Ieyasu didn't spare to look at him.
"Reborn-san, if I defeat this guy, I'll be the boss?" Gokudera asked Reborn, to which Reborn nodded.
Ieyasu glared at Reborn. "I won't let you take that title away from me. I fully own it!" Ieyasu snarled while Gokudera scowled at him.
"Let's see about that!" Gokudera threw bombs towards Ieyasu. Ieyasu grimaced and tried his best to dodge the bombs.
"Reborn! Do something," Ieyasu desperately asked, and Reborn smirked.
"Then die for me," Reborn said as he shot the dying will bullet towards Ieyasu. Tsuna stayed quiet, feeling the dreading feeling gather in his stomach, there's something wrong here…
Ieyasu fell on the ground and once again went into Dying will mode, and started to fight back.
"REBORN! BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF GOKUDERA!" Ieyasu exclaimed and started throw punches at Gokudera.
"Double bombs!" Gokudera yelled, he kept on throwing bombs and Ieyasu extinguish the bombs as he went.
"Shit!" Gokudera growled as bombs fell out of his hand. Ieyasu didn't do anything he just stood there and smiled maniacally. The flame on his head dispersed, but he wasn't making any movement to save Gokudera.
Tsuna saw Reborn pull down his fedora, probably a sign that he was frustrated and agitated with Ieyasu's act.
It shocked Tsuna so much to see such a maniac grin on his face. Maybe it was the fear, and frustration, to see that Tsuna himself wasn't doing anything, but watching. Gokudera's body wasn't moving, he was too shock at seeing the bombs fall, close to blowing himself up. Tsuna didn't know when his body moved, but before he noticed, Gokudera was getting closer. Tsuna figured out he was running, and he yelled.
"Get away!" and Tsuna tackled him down. Memories hitting him like a bullet, the panic and G don't die!
"Why did you save me?" G had asked Giotto when G almost got shot by a bullet. G was caught stealing food, and he was going to get shot, but Giotto had ran and saved him.
"Because people like us need to stick together and protect one another," Tsuna/Giotto had said.
Gokudera was shocked.
"Tsuna-sama! Thank you so much for saving me, I'll follow you anywhere!" Gokudera had said as Tsuna looked at him with confusion.
Reborn looked at the scene and sighed, the younger twin is messing everything up, Reborn thought, but he couldn't bring himself to care. At the moment, he was disappointed in the way his student was acting, how he had left someone to die right in front of him and didn't bother to save him.
"Hmph, pathetic pieces of trash like you should stick together," Ieyasu mocked, walking away from the scene. He was glaring in the distance, Tsuna always messes everything up. It's his entire fault! Ieyasu thought darkly.
Tsuna looked at Gokudera and smiled, "I rather have a friend than a subordinate Goku-Hayato," Tsuna told Hayato.
"Of course Tsuna-sama! I'll be your best friend!" Hayato exclaimed with happiness and admiration.
In Tsuna's heart, he felt the hole of his missing friends fill up, I'll enjoy life as much as I can. Tsuna thought and laughed at Hayato's actions.
THERE'S THAT. Omg I can't believe I finished writing this qq. I felt the frustration for trying to write this all out, it's really messy and it probably doesn't make sense. It's been almost a year since I wrote a chapter for this story, but I hope you are happy with this chapter!
Please review and tell me how this chapter was! I need to know what I can improve. And also, there won't be any romance in this fic, it's a general one. There might be crushes here and there, but there won't be pairings, since I am absolute shit when it comes to romance. Also Giotto may be in Tsuna's body, but that doesn't mean he'll be exactly like how he used to be as Giotto. He'll different because he has to adjust and change himself because he's in a new era and body so.
Thanks for reading and I'll see you for the next chapter!
DestinyButterfly Signing out.