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A/N: So I have to take my little brother to see The Hunger Games (really don't understand why that movie so popular, maybe I'll found out when I see it) laterand I have to work tomorrow so I thought it would be best and nice of me to update this before I forgot to do it since I tend to forget stuff like this when I get distracted which has been happening a lot lately.

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Chapter 6

"TENTH!"

Tsuna looked over his shoulder to see Gokudera running up to him. He didn't slow down though so the silver-gray haired boy had to pick up his speed until he caught up to the smaller boy.

"Is something wrong, Tenth?" Gokudera asked worriedly.

"Nothing at all, Gokudera-kun." Tsuna told him, flashing him a smile, though on the inside he was yelling. No friends! He did not have friends. Gokudera could not be around him. It would get him hurt. "I'm just trying to escape Reborn by getting to school early."

Gokudera's brows furrowed in confusion. "But he is the student teacher for our class."

"He is, but I do not want him to walk with me to school. It will cause too many questions so I am trying to get there without him." Tsuna explained.

"Ah! I understand, Tenth."

Rolling his eyes, Tsuna turned the corner. Seeing as he was nearing the school gate, he was about to slow to a jog when SLAM!

He ended up slamming right into a body. Because of the speed he was going, this caused him to knock the body over and for him to fall on top of him.

"Ow," Tsuna whined, rubbing his head. What the hell did he run into?

"Tenth! Are you okay?" Gokudera asked worriedly, pulling the smaller boy to his feet and immediately looking him over for any injuries.

"No, Gokudera-kun! I'm fine. I swear." Tsuna said, trying to push the older boy's hands away.

"What the hell do you think you are doing?" A voice snapped at them.

Blinking, Tsuna glanced down at the boy he knocked down and blanched when he saw it was a red in the face Mochida, captain of the Kendo team. Why did fate hate him so much? What did he ever do to anger fate?

Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw a blushing Kyoko standing near them. Looking between her and Mochida, it wasn't hard to figure out what was going on. Mochida was asking her out or confessing to her. Either way, it did not matter as Tsuna had interrupted them by running into Mochida. Well, what the hell did he expect to happen when he stands in the middle of the sidewalk? Really.

Looking at the glare being sent his way, Tsuna wondered if he should have waited for Reborn after all. Mochida was not scary at all, but he didn't want to blow his cover. After all, he has been working on this cover since he was five! There was no way in hell he wanted to mess it all up now.

Actually, it was all Reborn's fault! If he never appeared, none of this would be happening! Everything would be fine if that sadistic hitman didn't appear Friday to inform him that he was to be the Tenth! His cover was slowly, but surely, beginning to get messed up as he tried to avoid Reborn. He considered himself an expert, so how the hell could one hitman possible do this to him?

"Who do you think you are yelling at the Tenth like that?" Gokudera shouted, dynamite magically appearing in his hands.

Eyes widening, Tsuna grabbed Gokudera's wrists to keep him from throwing any of them. "No! You can't throw dynamite here! You might kill someone. Put them away, Gokudera-kun!"

"I know what it is!" Mochida declared suddenly, smirk in place.

Tsuna blinked as he turned to look at the older boy. "Huh?"

"Dame-Tsuna has a crush on the school idol which is why he knocked me down. Well, I cannot simply allow someone as dame as you to take this fine maiden's hand." Mochida declared. "A duel in the gym after school for the maiden's hand."

Excited whispers came from the students watching the scene while Tsuna sweat dropped. He slammed his hand over face and took a few deep breathes. "No thanks."

Silence followed Tsuna's words. When he looked up, it was to see everyone looking at him surprised that he dared to turn down a challenge. Usually he was too scared to even say no when told or challenged to do something.

Ah, screw it, Tsuna decided. He didn't have time for this. Who the hell knew where Reborn was at? He needed to escape before that sadist appeared again. "I am terribly sorry, Sasagawa-chan, but I do not have a crush on you so I will not duel for your hand." He told her with a smile.

Obnoxious laughter drew his attention from the school idol to stare at Mochida. Didn't he know when to quit?

"Dame-Tsuna is truly a coward. He is even too cowardly to even fight for his crush."

"What did you say, you bastard?" Gokudera growled. He lit a cigarette before his dynamite magically appeared in his hands.

'Didn't I just say I didn't like her? He's either deaf or an idiot, maybe both.' Tsuna thought, not really caring to listen to Mochida's rant at the moment. Seeing as he was in a hurry to get to class before Reborn, Tsuna just walked right on passed Mochida to get into the school yard.

"Hey! Where are you going, Dame-Tsuna? I'm talking to you!"

"No, you're not!" Tsuna shouted back at him without stopping. "You're actually talking to the crowd and I don't particularly care about what you have to say. Gokudera-kun, come. I don't want you killing him!"

"Yes Tenth!"

The students watched in confusion as Gokudera and Tsuna left. Since when were those two friends? They seemed like mortal enemies on Friday, and now Gokudera was following Dame-Tsuna around like a lost puppy! And since when did Dame-Tsuna have a backbone and the ability to control someone like Gokudera?

"OH!" Tsuna suddenly exclaimed, stopping to look back at the staring crowd with a smile, though he was looking at Kyoko. "Mochida was confessing to you, right?"

Kyoko nodded.

"Then I think you would like to know that he's a three timing cheater. He has three girlfriends right now. You would be number four. It might be best if you stay away from him." Tsuna told her with a smile, though he shot dark eyes at the spluttering Mochida. "Nobody likes a cheater."

Out of anger, Mochida suddenly drew his bamboo sword from his bag and lunged at Tsuna.

"SAWADA! CATCH!"

Recognizing the voice, Tsuna turned to it to see a cheerful looking Yamamoto throwing a bamboo sword to him. Where did he suddenly get that from? Wasn't he a baseball player?

Not wasting time with his curious questions, Tsuna caught the sword and blocked the attack from Mochida. Though, he really wished he didn't catch it. Having a weapon in his hands caused his instincts from fighting for years to kick in.

Tsuna spun away from the bamboo sword that was coming to hit him in the side, then swung his own sword forward to whack Mochida in the side where he left himself open when he attempted to hit him. Obviously Mochida didn't think he would have any skill since he was Dame-Tsuna. It was the fatal mistake of his enemies.

Without wasting a moment, Tsuna spun on his heels once more to get behind Mochida, who was distracted with the pain in his side. He brought the hilt of the sword down to the back of the older boy's neck. It was a great place to hit to end a fight quickly. It just took enough force in the hit to knock the opponent out.

When Mochida hit the ground unconscious, Tsuna finally came back to himself and stared in shock at what he did. Now this! This….was the perfect way to ruin his cover. Curse Reborn! That was it! He was now going to blame every single thing on that sadistic hitman! It only happens because he is around. That damn hitman threw him off his game.

Speaking of Reborn.

Tsuna shivered when he felt the familiar dark eyes burning into his back. He could tell it was him because of his presence. It was hard not to notice that presence when it was around! At least there was no killing intent from him which meant he was safe for now.

He turned his head slightly to see Reborn leaning against the gate with his eyes locked onto him. There was a smirk gracing his lips that grew when Tsuna looked at him. Tsuna quickly looked away and busied himself with the silent, shocked looks he was receiving from his classmates, except for Gokudera, who was cheering about how great he was, and Hibari, who was walking towards him with his tonfas ready.

Seems normal.

Wait a moment.

Hibari.

Tonfas.

….

….

Shit.

"HIBARI! WAIT! LET ME EXPLAIN!" Tsuna yelled frantically. There was no way in hell he was fighting Hibari in front of all these people. They would definitely suspect something if he was able to hold his own against Hibari, of all people.

"For disturbing the peace, I'll bite you to death." Hibari growled, stepping over the fallen form of Mochida to get to his prey.

"I think it's time for class." A student murmured.

"Yes, class!" Another student said.

It was like a record time with how fast the students entered the school to leave Tsuna, Hibari, Gokudera, Yamamoto, Reborn, and an unconscious Mochida alone.

"Ma, ma, Hibari, calm down. Mochida attacked Sawada. He was simply defending himself. You can't punish him for that, can you?" Yamamoto said placidly.

"Shut up, baseball freak! This doesn't concern you!" Gokudera snapped at him, already pulling more dynamite out to kill Hibari with.

Hibari ignored them in favor of looking at the adult that was approaching them. "You. You would be Reborn." The Prefect looked at him with a frown as he evaluated him. "Fight me."

Reborn raised a brow, but otherwise, ignored the boy. "Dame-Tsuna, if you're late to class, I'll shoot you."

Tsuna stared at him with a scowl. "I hate you. Yamamoto, your sword." He tossed the kendo sword to the baseball player before disappearing inside the school with an amused sadistic teacher following him.

Yamamoto, Gokudera, and Hibari stared at each other.

"Smoking on school grounds is against the rules." Hibari growled, glaring at Gokudera with his tonfas raised. "I'll bite you to death."

"Oi! You want to go, damn Skylark?" Gokudera retorted.

*K.H.R*

"I can talk, but not for long." Tsuna said, staring down to the ground from where he was on the school roof. It was the middle of lunch and he just managed to ditch Reborn to answer a call he got during class. Sadly, but lucky for him at the moment, Gokudera and Yamamoto were trapped in the infirmary after a fight with Hibari. Both were unconscious. It wasn't a surprise. What was though, was how the school yard looked from their fight. It was destroyed. He didn't think those two would be able to hold their own so well against Hibari. To be able to do that, they must have worked together, which would be a surprise since he didn't think Gokudera would fight with anyone. Plus, he didn't think Yamamoto could fight. He thought he could only play baseball. "You're lucky my phone was on vibrate earlier or my teacher would have heard it."

"Sorry, Tuna."

Tsuna twitched violently and toyed with the idea of throwing his phone over the fence, but decided against it as he needed it for business. "What did you need anyway?"

"I'm coming to Japan with a friend. I'm actually leaving tomorrow."

Tsuna sighed. "Need a place to stay again?"

"Yeah, will it be a problem?"

"Not really. I told you before. You always have a home here." Tsuna muttered, scratching the back of his head in annoyance. "But I would have preferred a little bit more warning, especially since Reborn is here."

"Reborn? That famous hitman? What is he doing there?"

"I don't want to talk about it over the phone. I'll tell you when you get here."

"Thanks for the help. See you soon, Tsuna."

"Yeah, bye." Tsuna snapped his red phone shut as he turned his eyes to the sky. It seemed that life was going to get more and more chaotic soon. He couldn't believe these horrible coincidences. Why were they all showing up in such close time spans?

*K.H.R*

"How do you do it?"

Tsuna stopped sweeping the baseball field to look at Yamamoto, who chose to stay behind and help him. The only one to do so since Gokudera disappeared after school saying that he had to restock his dynamite. Tsuna was not surprised. After all the dynamite he lit this morning and used to fight Hibari, he was bound to run out of it.

"Sorry, Yamamoto, but I do not know what you mean." Tsuna said kindly. He may act like a dame student and avoids making friends, but that didn't mean that he was mean to them. It wasn't in his nature to be mean unless it was absolutely necessary or when Reborn was involved.

"This act of yours. How can you stand to do it?" Yamamoto clarified, dropping his broom in favor of staring at his classmate. He had that cheerful grin in place, but he couldn't hide the curiosity shining in his eyes.

All the young Tenth could do was stare at his classmate in shock. Of all the people to notice, it was Takeshi Yamamoto? The baseball player had about the same grades as him in classes, though Tsuna suspected that was because he was so busy with training that he didn't have time to study. Was he really that observant and smart?

"H-how?" And this time the stutter was real because he really was shocked.

Yamamoto laughed, ruffling his hair with that ever present grin. "Sawada, I am able to put the pieces together. You were injured protecting Gokudera on Friday. When we were talking Friday night when you woke up, your stutter was gone. On Saturday, I saw you leave the gym after Hibari and you were limping. I can only conclude that you two were training in there, why else would you willingly go to the gym where Hibari was for hours and stay. Today your stutter was missing again. Anyone else would think it was a fluke, but since I saw you Friday night, I know better. It was amazing how you fought Mochida. There was so much skill there. I could see it, since I train with a sword."

"ARGH!" Tsuna pulled at his hair in frustration. "I can't believe I made so many mistakes around you. You have such a calming presence that I just forget myself when you're around."

Sighing, Tsuna dropped the broom and sat on the ground, casting the other boy a curious look. "You use a sword? That would explain the bamboo sword."

Yamamoto chuckled.

"I thought you only did baseball." Tsuna continued, staring up at the sky that was slowly turning gray with storm clouds.

"Yeah," Yamamoto suddenly look sad, catching Tsuna's attention.

"What's up?"

"My game is off. My average keeps going down with each game I play and my field is screwing up. At this rate, it will be the first time since I started the game that I don't start." Yamamoto explained, turning his face to the sky as it began to sprinkle. "What do I do, Sawada?"

Tsuna blinked in confusion before closing his eyes and letting the rain wash over his face. For some reason the rain didn't feel right today. It felt sad and lonely. It wasn't often this happened with the weather. What was going on? Why was the rain sad today? "Why are you asking me? It's not like we're friends." He told Yamamoto, trying to focus on the conversation, rather than the rain being sad.

If only his eyes were open, he would have seen his classmate wince at his words. He could have seen the pain that flashed behind those warm light brown eyes. He could have seen how it all vanished within a few seconds to be covered up with that grin and laughing eyes. He would have seen how fake his classmate felt.

"Good point. I just thought you would be able to help since you seem to know what you are doing with your own activities." Yamamoto replied, giving a small chuckle.

Tsuna sighed. "I guess it would be because you're trying to do too much. You have school, homework, baseball practice, and sword practice. Honestly, Yamamoto, you've got to choose. Your sword or baseball? I don't think you can do both anymore. One of them is going to occupy your mind, not both. Trying to do both will affect your skills in both and cause your grades to drop even farther."

"You have a good point. What do you think I should do?"

Sighing, Tsuna pushed himself off of the muddy ground. "I don't know, Yamamoto. I don't know anything about you. You are the only one who can make the choice of what to do. Is that all you needed?"

Silence met his ears so he turned around to look at the boy still seating on the ground. "Yamamoto? Are you okay?"

Yamamoto glanced up at him with curious eyes once more. "Reborn-san mentioned that you were to be the tenth boss of the Vongola Famiglia and you called it the Mafia." Tsuna's shoulders tensed, allowing Yamamoto the chance to chuckle. "You were nervous about me hearing all that on Friday. I could tell because you kept looking at me out of nervousness. You also yelled at me that it was real, even though you didn't want me to know. I guess it was frustration."

Closing his eyes, Tsuna counted to ten in hopes that his heart would stop beating so fast. He couldn't believe this. Of all people, he never expected Yamamoto to be the one to put the pieces together. The baseball player was not dumb; he knew that, but he just thought that Yamamoto couldn't take anything seriously since he was always smiling and acting all cheerful. Being like that, Tsuna never thought in a million years that Yamamoto would take the mafia serious. It just didn't seem like him.

"It's alright." Yamamoto's calm voice cut through Tsuna's worries like a knife. "I won't tell anyone about it, especially since I was there when you were told. Because I was there, I know that you have not always been involved and you're scared. I just needed to know if it was true. You don't need to answer. I already have a feeling."

Tsuna gave a small nod of his head, but didn't say another word. He walked away and Yamamoto didn't try to stop him. The slightly older boy just watched him go, allowing his smiling mask to slip off. Not even Tsuna was able to help him.

If only Tsuna had looked at his classmate more closely to see the pain shining ever so clearly in those brown orbs, he would have been able to release the sorrow in that sad heart.

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