Looking at the amount of Favorites and Follows, I'm so grateful to you guys. I'm very happy to see that you guys are enjoying the story so far. I know Ieyasu may seem like a really side character, but to me, he's like how Nana was in the KHR series. Appears here and there, but doesn't stay for a long time, ya'know? I don't know how to make Ieyasu as a character since he's suppose to be bitter and jealous of Tsuna, but I'll try to make his character have a huge impact on Tsuna.
Anyways, if I explain anything further it'll cause spoilers for later chapters, but Ieyasu for now will be a side character, appearing here and there, but I have to plan out what he'll do later on. The story is going to follow canon plots, the changes would be the dialogue and everyone's attitude towards one another, also this is a GENERAL fic. There would be changes to some canon plot, but in the end it'll have the same plot too.
Please leave a review! I would like to know everyone's thoughts.
My best friend beta read this! Thanks so much xD
Edited 8/16/16: Horizon-Dawn helped find mistakes that I didn't see, thank you C:
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There were times where Tsuna wanted to just curl up in a ball and scream at the world for being so unfair to him. He already failed in his life as Giotto before, how can he be sure that he wouldn't fail the life as Tsuna now?
When he looks at Ieyasu, he is reminded of Daemon. They are similar, yet different at the same time. Ieyasu was a reminder to Tsuna that, when he was Giotto, he had failed to stop his friend from falling into the pit of revenge. It didn't help that Tsuna doesn't understand Ieyasu also; he may have memories from another life, but he isn't fully able to relate to Ieyasu.
There would be other times where Tsuna would wake up and believe that he was Giotto still. He'll wake up and be greeted with G telling him the day's schedule. Then Asari would be drinking a cup of tea, his flute on his left side because he just recently played it. Knuckle would come back to the mansion after he had finished praying to God, and Lampo would be lying around on the couch. Alaude would be busy with CEDEF and doing paperwork to ensure the security of Vongola. Daemon would be with Elena, both in the garden looking at each other with happiness and love.
Even Cozart would be around, with his guardians and it'll be a day of peace. Both of them protecting the city that they swore to protect.
Then the image would break and Tsuna would blink his eyes and see that he was in his room. He wasn't Giotto but a young boy, and Tsuna would feel a deep hole in his heart. He would be reminded of the days that were gone because of his past mistakes. How he had to run away and could only let Daemon destroy Vongola with Ricardo. There would be problems and probably misunderstandings between the future generations of the Shimon family and Vongola, but he wouldn't be able to do anything about it.
Giotto ran away to Japan and changed his name to Ieyasu Sawada, and created a family. As he silently was filled with guilt, the next generations of the Vongola would be fixing up his mistakes that he couldn't fix.
Meeting Reborn, the greatest hitman, he heard about Vongola being part of the Mafia. How it was not a vilagante group that it once was, and was now filled with blood and corpses. As Giotto he hadn't been blind to what Ricardo was doing, but he trusted him.
Now here he was, staring at himself. His hands that used to be calloused and filled with tiny scars because of fighting to protect, was now just small feminine looking hands. Not calloused, no scars showing his past fights, none of that. It was instead just soft skin, and it'll stay that way.
If I could, I wish I could change Vongola back to how it used to be. If I could, but if it couldn't be changed back, then once as Vongola Primo, I would not hesitate to burn it to the ground.
Hayato have taken to accompany Tsuna with his daily run around the town. Not like I could do much now, Tsuna would think. He would have a usual exercise routine, but lately, he could only finish a run around the town before feeling the need to go back to the house and do some damage control between Ieyasu and Reborn.
Like water and oil the two of them, Tsuna would think with exasperation.
"Hayato, after school, can you come over to help me with some of the homework?" Tsuna asked Hayato when they were walking to school. Hayato looked over to Tsuna, with eyes filled with respect and determination.
"Of course, Tsuna-sama! I would be glad to help you with homework," Hayato replied with enthusiasm and Tsuna smiled.
"Thanks a lot Hayato," Tsuna said and they continued on with a comfortable silence to Nanimori Middle School.
"Good morning Kusakabe," Tsuna called over when he passed by the school gates, and headed to the Disciplinary Office with Hayato to his right side.
"Morning Sawada!" Kusakabe replied back.
A normal morning, the only difference is there's someone accompanying me, Tsuna thought. Tsuna hadn't really noticed, but he was lonely. Even with Kyoya, it didn't do much to fill up the gap in his chest, having Hayato helped him feel less lonely. It wasn't the same with his other best friends in the past, but it was enough to make Tsuna feel content.
"Hayato, I'm grateful you're my best friend," Tsuna told Hayato with sincerity before he started to work on the pile of paperwork Kyoya left for him.
In the distance, he heard delinquents getting beat up by the boy. Well that's normal, at least Kyoya tolerates Hayato.
Tsuna didn't need to look up to see Hayato giving Tsuna a big smile, filled with happiness and with relief of actually being needed in someone's life.
One thing G and Hayato have in common is that they are both lonely, and are always willing to show that they could do something to ensure that I'll be their friend and I wouldn't leave.
Hayato took some papers from Tsuna and helped him sign the pile. Only asking if there was a specific signature and Tsuna showed him the signature that the Disciplinary Committee used and Hayato was quick to learn it.
A comfortable silence filled the room, until a distant scream of REBOOOORRRNNNNN! Tsuna chuckled, the dying will bullet and the stripping part is very entertaining to watch sometimes. Looking over the window, Ieyasu was once again running into the school at full speed, Sasagawa Ryohei running behind him screaming EXTREEEMEE.
"Tsuna-sama, I finished the paperwork," Hayato told Tsuna as Tsuna finished his last paper. It helped that there were now two people doing the work, it'll take Tsuna the whole day to finish it. Probably two days, since he couldn't skip class, Hayato was a great help.
"I'm done here too, thanks a lot Hayato," Tsuna smiled up at Hayato, while Hayato grew a dog tail and dog ears and eyes shining.
"No problem Tsuna-sama! If you asked, I would finish all of the paperwork for you!" Hayato exclaimed and Tsuna laughed. Without a doubt Hayato would do that for Tsuna, but Tsuna wasn't going to do that. The paperwork is his duty, and he was pushing it already having Hayato help him with it. So he might as well try to finish his portion or Kyoya would have his head for having someone else do it for him.
"We should get to class," Tsuna said as he stretched out of his seat.
P.E. Tsuna's most hated class. Well, he didn't really hate it it's more like he hates the fact that people bicker over who's going to take him on a team.
Team leaders screaming, "We don't want to lose," and "You get Dame-Tsuna," it was really annoying to hear. Hayato was doing something and was currently skipping the class, it left Tsuna lonely and at the same time vulnerable.
Ieyasu was on the other team, also arguing that he didn't want Tsuna on his team, but then in his all saving grace, Yamamoto Takeshi came.
"Hey guys, we should have him on our team," Takeshi interrupted the argument. Everyone looked at him in disbelief and with uncertainty.
"You sure Yamamoto? He'll make the team lose," one guy said, and Takeshi merely smiled, the smile Asari would give when he wanted everything to settle down.
"Yeah, if anything I'll help score as many points as we can!" Takeshi smiled, it looked somewhat strained, but it was real at the same time. Reminds me when I brought up the topic of Asari's flute to Asari.
"Well if you say so Yamamoto," the other teammates said.
In the end, his team lost and many people looked at him with anger. "You're the reason we lost, you might as well be the one to clean up," they sneered at them. Ieyasu stayed behind, along with Takeshi.
Tsuna was silent as he cleaned the gym, but he heard Ieyasu and Takeshi talking to one another.
"Hey, Ieyasu, can you help me with something?" Takeshi asked Ieyasu who wasn't really doing much to help with the cleaning. Ieyasu looked at Takeshi with a raised brow and slowly nodded his head.
"Sure," Ieyasu replied. Not looking the least bit interested in the conversation, but Takeshi didn't mind. It seemed like he was desperate for someone to listen to his problems.
"I'm not improving in my baseball skills, and I've been practicing as much as I can. But it's not doing anything all that different, and lately you've been doing some cool stuff. So do you know what I should do?" Takeshi asked with a small amount of plea.
Ieyasu looked at Takeshi, with an expression that was filled with discomfort. As he didn't know what to really say, and also didn't really care at the same time.
"Try harder, I guess?" Ieyasu replied pathetically. Takeshi had a downcast look and then returned his smile looking strained.
"Yeah, I guess I should do that. Thanks for listening to me, Ieyasu," Takeshi replied with a fake sort of cheer. Tsuna looked over and felt his intuition screaming at him. Ieyasu looked awkward, but when he saw Tsuna looking he glared at him.
"Whatever, I'm going now." Ieyasu said and proceeded to walk back home. Takeshi looked tired as if the information Ieyasu gave him was not the answer he was looking for. Tsuna decided to hesitantly take a step forward.
"Uh, Yamamoto-san, I'm finished with cleaning," Tsuna said and then mentally slapped himself in the face. That's the most stupid way to start a conversation, Tsuna scolded himself.
Takeshi looked at him with surprise, as if he just noticed that Tsuna was there and smiled.
"Oh okay! Well I'll see you later Tsuna!" Takeshi said walking off. Tsuna stared at the spot that Takeshi was at, before he heard rapid footsteps coming from behind him.
"Tsuna-sama!" Hayato's voice echoed and Tsuna chuckled. But the feeling in his gut would not go away, it was churning in a very uncomfortable manner, and he just knew that something bad was going to happen.
The sky was cloudy and Tsuna couldn't shake off the feeling of fear. He looked over to Hayato, and he was giving Tsuna a worried look.
"Are you okay Tsuna-sama?" Hayato asked worriedly, and Tsuna nodded. He bit his lip, I should tell Hayato..
"I guess you could say I'm being paranoid, but I have this feeling that there's something bad going to happen," Tsuna told Hayato. Hayato put his hands on his chin and hummed, face scrunched in thought.
"I don't think you're being paranoid Tsuna-sama," Hayato replied back, but couldn't explain Tsuna's feeling either.
"I just hope nothing bad will happen today," Tsuna murmured under his breath, but this feeling had helped him in his life as Giotto and saved him multiple times, so he couldn't just ignore the feeling.
"Yamamoto is going to jump off the roof!" Someone came running into the classroom, out of breath and looking frantic. Then everything jumped into action, everyone ran out of the classroom and ran straight to the roof.
Tsuna looked at Hayato and without a second thought; they both ran to the roof also.
I knew something bad was going to happen, Tsuna thought. Pushing through the crowd, Tsuna finally made it to the front.
"Yamamoto-san!" Tsuna shouted. Takeshi was standing behind the fence, giving Tsuna a dead eyed look. His arm was broken, which was from practicing way too much, and Tsuna looked at him with concern.
"Oh, it's Dame-Tsuna; you should know how I feel right?" Takeshi said to Tsuna and Tsuna shook his head.
"No, you and I are different Yamamoto-san …" Tsuna replied looking Takeshi in the eyes. Takeshi glared at Tsuna, eyes darkening further.
"Oh I see, you're the great Tsuna now, it was wrong of me to think you would understand how I feel," Takeshi mocked. Tsuna took a deep breath and stared at Takeshi, eyes turning a dark orange. He stared at Takeshi with determination.
"I said that because you can put effort into everything. I admire you because you can talk to people and smile at everything, I can't do that. Also the fact that you make friends with anyone, I'm jealous of that." Tsuna said, his voice slowly shying down. He didn't know how to properly say the words; it's been awhile since he did speeches.
Takeshi looked speechless and he looked at Tsuna, before a small smile broke out. He looked at the ground and saw that it looked farther than it had before. He slowly decided to get up from the fence, but the fence was rusty to begin with and suddenly Takeshi was falling down. Tsuna quickly reacted; he grabbed Takeshi's hand and gripped as hard as he could.
But even with his grip, Tsuna was slowly slipping and internally panicked. Hayato grabbed Tsuna trying to help with pulling Takeshi up.
"Don't let go Takeshi! We'll get you up," Tsuna said, his voice strained because he wasn't all that strong, but had the stamina to keep trying to pull Takeshi up. He was grateful for Hayato helping him, and slowly, but surely they got Takeshi up the roof.
All three of them sprawled on the ground, but they all started to laugh.
"Thanks you guys," Takeshi said, his voice breathless and filled with some adrenaline, but it was the start of a beautiful friendship.
Tsuna looked at the sky and smiled, this is what he longed for. It's not perfect, it's not the whole thing, but he's slowly getting the thing he yearned for, friendships that'll last till death.
Takeshi, Hayato, and Tsuna all walked home together, and in the end decided to camp out at Tsuna's house to do homework together.
Reborn was irritated. He was irritated at Ieyasu because he wasn't passing any of the test Reborn threw at him, and then there was Tsuna, he was putting a hole in all of Reborn's plans.
Tsuna may be somewhat of a Dame, even though he had an average intellect and an average in physical, he could deal with that. He dealt with Dino, he could fix dame, but he could not fix arrogance and ignorance.
Ieyasu was nothing like a boss, if anything, he wasn't doing all the things that Reborn expected him to do. Recruit Gokudera Hayato, but in the end Hayato pledged loyalty to Tsuna when Ieyasu left Hayato to die. Try to recruit Yamamoto Takeshi, but in the end blew it up when he showed no interest in being friends with him.
Ieyasu couldn't recruit Hibari Kyoya as a possible cloud guardian because Kyoya was loyal to Tsuna. They were childhood friends to begin with.
Sasagawa Ryohei is a possibility for a sun guardian, but with the way Ieyasu is treating Kyoko, it'll be an iffy chance that Ryohei would stay with Ieyasu. The mist and lighting guardian is still in deciding, but at this rate, Ieyasu would not have any guardians.
"Tch," Reborn felt frustrated. Ieyasu was a sky element, but he wasn't the boss that Nono imagined. Ieyasu would be just like Xanxus, he'll destroy Vongola. Ieyasu also didn't have the charisma to gather people into his group; he was too arrogant and only really cared about himself.
Reborn knew the rule between twins, the younger one was the spare, but when Reborn looked at Tsuna, he see's all of Nono's ideals coming to life from this boy. But Reborn couldn't do anything about it, Iemitsu was adamant about Tsuna staying out of the Mafia because his dear little Tuna-fish would not survive in the Mafia. Also, he would use the reason that Tsuna didn't have any sky flames, and Nono would agree with that. Ieyasu had pure sky flames; he would be the one leader that'll bring Vongola back to its former glory.
What Reborn sees, Ieyasu wouldn't do that. He'll most likely cause Vongola to fall harder into the Mafia, and Reborn would fail into making him into a Vongola Boss.
Ieyasu have similar characteristics to the bosses from Secondo through Ottavo, they all relied on aggressive ways to prove their point. Nono trusted Reborn to make Ieyasu a Vongola boss, a boss with similar ideals that Primo had. Nono may be trying to remake Vongola to how it once was, but that did not mean he did not use aggressive ways to prove his point.
Reborn promised Nono that he would make the Vongola Decimo candidate, Ieyasu, Vongola material. Not the Vongola that used violent means to prove their point, a Vongola boss that is willing to protect the weak, a kind hearted and charismatic boss.
Reborn looked at Tsuna who was sitting in his room with Takeshi and Hayato, doing homework and laughing together.
There was something about Tsuna that Reborn could not put his finger on, as if Tsuna knew more than he showed. Tsuna dragged people in with his kind smiles, not many people see it, but when Tsuna is with Takeshi and Hayato it's a bright smile.
Sometimes Tsuna eyes will be filled with a wistful look. As if he missed something that was similar to the things around him.
Yes, Tsuna was interesting, and Reborn would rather train him than Ieyasu. Reborn looked at Ieyasu who was in his room doing homework, scowling and glaring at the wall where Tsuna's room was.
It might be time to call Nono and ask him if we could change candidates. Reborn thought, at the rate this is going, Ieyasu might as well be the spare and Tsuna would be the boss. If only Tsuna was the older brother and Ieyasu was the younger brother, then this would be less stressful as it is.
Reborn did not like failure, but with Ieyasu, he might fail and break a promise with Nono also.
Okay! I did it. I think this chapter is somewhat okay. To be honest it wasn't what I wanted, but I think this is good. I hope you guys enjoyed this, and also I have a question.
For the Vongola rings, is the first generations soul in the rings or is it their will, because I always thought that since Giotto along with the first generation guardian, their will would have a bigger impact because they were the original owners. I guess you could say their souls are there, but is it just their will?
Thanks for reading! I'll see you guys next time,
DestinyButterfly signing out.