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I'm really, really glad you all enjoyed this story; personally, I thought it's crappy and a bit overrated but you guys thought otherwise, so thank you. And to celebrate, here is an extra long chapter~ Also Felicia's Flames has been decided and will be revealed below. Also this is the starting point of where Felicia's status and how important they are in the mafia world is going to be revealed.
For now, just enjoy the chapter.
General Warnings: MOD!Fem!Harry, Slight bashing on the Dursley's, OOC!Fem!Harry, Slightly dark themes in future chapters
'Thoughts'
"Talk"
"Talking in English"
"Talking in Italian"
~CHAPTER 4: The Transfer Student~
Felicia hummed a tune as she helped Nana make breakfast. It's a usual routine for her before she joined the Disciplinary Committee, and today is a rare day-off for her.
"It's nice of your chairman to let you have a day-off." Nana said.
"Well, I was sent a text from Hibari-san that he's letting me off for the volleyball tournament afterwards. For some reason, they had a sudden lack of players and couldn't find suitable replacements so they turned to me." Felicia relied as she set the table. It was then they heard a painful scream upstairs and they both looked up at the same time.
"Ara, Reborn-kun must have woke him up." Nana smiled as she flipped the pancakes. "That's so nice of him."
Felicia could only sweat-drop, "Eto... I'll go check on him."
With that, the Brit walked up the stairs and headed for Tsuna's room where she was in time to hear, "The volleyball tournament has nothing to do with me or Feli-chan. I'm just a substitute player while she's not even involved." Tsuna said in confusion.
Reborn put his planner away, with his Mafia clothes magically back on. "But suddenly, they ran out of regular players. So the substitute of the substitute of the substitute of the substitute, namely you Tsuna, is going to play now," Reborn explained calmly. "And since they couldn't another replacement, they went for Felicia."
Tsuna leaned over at Reborn with wide shocked, horror eyes. "What? Why?" Tsuna asked.
"Who knows," Reborn shrugged.
Tsuna slowly leaned back in fear. "Reborn, is this because you..." Tsuna gulped, as he imagined Reborn in the dark night holding out his gun at his classmates from their homes, and shot them in the head. "You couldn't have..." Tsuna looked at the ceiling with horror eyes with his mouth wide open.
Reborn looked the other way. "Of course not,"
Tsuna looked at Reborn, and felt relieved with a smile as he scratched the back of his head. "Yeah, that's right, even if you're a hitman you wouldn't go that far."
"It seems that everyone got a pizza delivery from the same place and they all ended up with stomach problems," Reborn said.
"So it really was your fault!" Tsuna shouted in disbelief with a pale, horror expression.
"I knew it." Felicia muttered as she stepped into the room. "No wonder you suddenly wanted to borrow a few of my potions."
"Potions?" Tsuna asked before realization struck him. "You poisoned them?!"
"Actually, he took a few laxative potions..." Felicia said as she nervously scratched her cheek. "They're not poisonous and are used to cure constipation but... I can see why they suddenly developed stomachaches."
Reborn sat while petting his green salamander. "The only reason I did all of this was just so you can become a great Vongola family 10th generation boss."
"Don't joke around! I'm terrible at ball sports!" Tsuna shouted as he crawled near Reborn. "And I told you before, I'll never become a Mafia boss!"
"And besides, why am I included? I doubt playing volleyball has anything to do with my training." Felicia placed her hands on her hips.
He smirked as his onyx eyes glinted, "You'll know in time." Reborn stood and looked at both of them. "This is both of your destinies. Never give up on life," Reborn said.
"I told you, I don't want some baby talking to me about life!" Tsuna groaned.
"Don't worry, I'll stick with you both everywhere you go so that you're trained well,"
"That's what I'm worried about!" Tsuna shouted with a groan as he flipped back on his bed.
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"Felicia." Said girl turned to Reborn as Tsuna and her were about to walk to school. "There's something I need to ask of you." She blinked in surprise since Reborn rarely, and I mean rarely, asks for a favor so she nodded and told Tsuna to head on without her.
"What is it?" She asked as Reborn plopped onto her shoulder and whispered into her ear. "Eh? But-"
"This is the only way. Tsuna right now, he's getting a bit cocky since he thinks he can do anything if he has the Dying Will Bullet and you by his side." Reborn then tilted his fedora down. "If he doesn't realize there would be a time where neither you nor a bullet would save him, he will really die."
Felicia's eyes hardened. She wanted to protest but unlike Tsuna, she had already seen the darker side of the world. Like Tsuna right now, she was once an innocent and naive girl who was ignorant of what lies underneath. After she was shown of the world, her life changed. No matter how much she protested, she couldn't deny the fact that Tsuna being as he is now, he won't be able to survive if he truly is the next Vongola boss candidate.
"Alright, I understand." She nodded. "As much as I didn't want to, I can't deny the fact Tsuna is like a walking target if this keeps up. Especially when he's hanging out with me."
Reborn glanced at her, a flash of pity appeared in his eyes. "...You can't undo what has already been done, Felicia."
"I know..." The Brit whispered bitterly before walking towards school. "Even though it hurts..."
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"I'll introduce the transfer student," Their sensei announced. He held his hand out to his right while looking at the transfer student. "He was studying abroad in Italy until now, his name is... Gokudera Hayato-kun,"
Gokudera Hayato wore a blank expression as he looked at the classroom. He was different than anyone from the class besides Tsuna and Felicia. He had short silver hair, a bit above his broad shoulders. His eye-brows were slightly furrowed. His silver hair framed handsomely to the side of his face. His eyes were an unusual light, forest green. He wore the school's uniform, but unlike most of the boys, he wore his collared, buttoned shirt open. With his white buttoned shirt open, it revealed a red shirt underneath. Around his neck he wore two chained necklaces, and black wrist-band with two black and red leather wire-like wrist-bands.
To say the least, he attracted all of the girl's attention in the classroom. "Wow, he's so hot," "On top of that he's moved from another country,"
'Italy would also be Reborn's home country...' Tsuna thought, till a sudden realization came to him, and turned around towards Felicia who had a blank expression. He sighed, relieved but a bit worried since said Brit had that face on since she came back from whatever Reborn wanted to talk privately with her. 'I wonder what did they talk about.'
"Hmm? What's wrong, Tsuna?" Felicia asked after she noticed him staring at her.
"Ah, well I was wondering what you and Reborn had talked about-" He was cut off when his view was blocked by the new transfer student. 'Eh?' Tsuna thought, as he looked up at the transfer student's scowling face. 'W-What? M-Me?'
Without warning, Gokudera kicked Tsuna's desk, sending him falling to the floor. The sudden movement caught everyone in class, including Felicia, off-guard.
'W-what the hell?' Tsuna thought, looking at Gokudera with a confused expression. 'D-did I do something?'
"Gokudera! Your seat is... Gokudera-kun!" Their sensei shouted, but Gokudera ignored him and walked on toward the back of the classroom calmly.
Tsuna quickly scrambled back to his seat while a classmate asked him, "You know him, Tsuna?"
"O-Of course not..." He shakily replied.
"He's definitely no good," One classmate whispered.
Meanwhile, a familiar black spiked, hazel eyed boy looked back at the new transfer student.
"That's his good part," A girl whispered dreamily.
"His scary-ness makes me go numb!" Another girl whispered with a blush.
"We're definitely making a fan club!" Another girl said determinedly.
Tsuna looked at the girls in disbelief then looked back Gokudera. All he saw was Gokudera's scowled glare, which frightened Tsuna to death. He immediately turned around with a pale, horror expression.
'What is it? Why me?' Tsuna thought dramatically.
"You alright, Tsuna?" Felicia asked.
"N-Not really..." Felicia just patted his shoulder.
An hour and a half later, the bell ran for the end of class. It was a tiring for Tsuna the whole time his sensei was teaching the class. He was exhausted, and it wasn't the end of school yet. He laid his head on his desk with his arms and hands stretched out on his desk as well.
'I'm tired from nervousness,' Tsuna thought with a sigh.
"Fight, Tsuna." Felicia assured as she tousled affectionately at his hair which he smiled at. But he felt something was strange about her; She seemed placid today. Usually she'll be glaring up a a storm or shooting icy daggers at whoever bullied him which happened so very rarely nowadays. But now she's doing neither as she stood languidly by his side with that blank expression.
'Something is definitely up.' He thought. Suddenly, Tsuna felt a hand patting his shoulder so he turned around to find Yamamoto Takeshi. Behind him were the rest of the guys in their class.
"Yamamoto?" Tsuna blinked. Felicia snapped out of her stupor to turn to them as well.
"We're counting on you today, Tsuna, Felicia!" Yamamoto said with his familiar smile on.
"C-Counting on me for...?" Tsuna looked at him and rest of the guys in confusion.
"The volleyball tournament, of course," One of the guys answered.
"I didn't know you played volleyball too, Yamamoto," Tsuna said, knowing full well of his favorite sport being baseball and seeing Yamamoto is technically playing on the school's baseball team.
"Even though baseball is his club activity, he's still good at other sports too," Another guy explained.
"You've been awsome lately," Yamamoto complimented. "I can't wait to see you in action,"
Tsuna's eyes widened, then remembered his match with Mochida because of the Dying Will Bullet.
"YOU'D THINK I'LL GET ONE POINT!"
"I'VE GOT HYAKU-PON NOW!"
"We can't wait for today's match. Be sure to show us that power again," Yamamoto encouraged him with a smile.
'Yamamoto...' Tsuna blushed from his fellow classmate's encouragement. Then he immediately realized something. "Wait no... That was..."
"Yeah, you were so cool, Tsuna-kun!" Kyoko said with her warm smile.
"Even though no one had called you Dame-Tsuna, I doubt they'll still see you as one after that." Hana said.
Tsuna's eyes widened, "That's true..."
"Do your best," Kyoko said with a smile. "I'll be rooting for you," She then turned to the Brit. "You too, Feli-chan. Do your best."
She nodded with a smile, "Thank you, I will." Turning to Tsuna, she smiled her warm smile. "Let's do our best, OK Tsuna?"
He blushed and nodded, inwardly panicking, 'What do I do...? But if I can get hit by Reborn's Dying Will Bullet, everything should be fine.'
From afar, at the end of the classroom, Gokudera still sat there and watched Tsuna and Felicia the whole time. His eyes narrowed at Tsuna.
'Let's see if what happened before wasn't just a fluke,' Gokudera thought.
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"Reborn! Reborn!" Tsuna called out. "Where are you?"
Right now Tsuna is wearing his regular P.E. uniform. He had been running around the school looking for Reborn for awhile now. Felicia had made herself scarce by heading to the gym first, which really worried him since they always stick together.
"Weird, I thought he was supposed to be keeping an eye on us wherever we went," Tsuna said. "And then there's the fact Feli-chan has been acting strangely... I hope she's feeling OK." Then he smelt something strange. "Huh, what's that smell?"
Looking around, his eyes landed on the white, fire hydrant box. Tsuna walked toward it and leaned in to listen. Before he could blink, the door flew open which threw Tsuna to the side by surprise.
"Ciaossu," Reborn greeted, with his hand holding up his cup of coffee while the interior of the fire hydrant looked like a Japanese office with a green plant at the far wall. In front of Reborn, who was sitting on a comfortable chair, was a brown table with a silver, tall tea-pot and a coffee vending machine. "I'm having coffee break now,"
"Why are you in there?" Tsuna asked in disbelief.
"I have secret hiding places all over the school," Reborn answered.
"When did you have time to do that?" Tsuna asked before remembering what he came to do. "O-Oh right, never mind that. Shoot me with the Dying Will bullet! I have the volleyball tournament next. I have to look good in front of everyone!" 'Especially when Feli-chan is counting on me.'
"I can shoot you but you'll die," Reborn said.
"Yeah, I'll die," Tsuna said with a smile, still hadn't registered his words till a few seconds later. "What?"
"If you don't have any regrets when you are hit by the Dying Will bullet, you won't revive," Reborn explained. "Do you think that someone like you who's gotten so overconfident after all the flattery will have any regrets?"
"Then that means..." Tsuna's eyes widened in horror. "The Dying Will Bullet is useless!"
The green salamander crawled down to Reborn's right arm, and transformed into a small green and black gun. He pointed his gun at Tsuna, which he immediately paled.
"Do you still want to give it a try?" Reborn asked. "If you're lucky, you'll die without pain."
"N-No way!" Tsuna said in fear, holding his arms out.
"Well, then good luck hero," Reborn said as the the door closed.
Tsuna's face was still pale as he looked at the fire hydrant. 'W-What do I do...?' Tsuna thought in depression, as he slowly got up and walked away, not realizing Reborn sitting on his left shoulder.
'And I thought I could show Feli-chan how dependable I could be, when she had helped save me a lot of times.' Tsuna thought sadly. 'If I mess up this game then everyone will think worse of me and all of Feli-chan's efforts will go down the drain,' Tsuna frowned then looked up in determination. "Right, this means..."
"I'll just have to run away, thinks Tsuna,"
"That's my only option!" Tsuna said.
"But that would mean betraying Kyoko-chan, who was so excited about the match, and Feli-chan who was counting on me."
"Yeah, that's the problem," Tsuna sighed, then his eyes widened and looked at his shoulder where Reborn sat with a plastic megaphone right next to his ear. "Eh? Reborn?"
"I'm speaking for your heart," Reborn explained.
"You don't need to voice them out!" Tsuna grumbled firmly.
"If you're a man, you'll choose death over running away," Reborn said as he jumped onto the ground.
"Don't say something that irresponsible just because you're not involved," Tsuna said angrily at Reborn.
"No one will laugh if they see someone who's using all of their strength and will. That's a man's battle," Reborn said.
"Reborn..." Tsuna muttered.
"Besides, are you going to let Felicia do all of the hard work?" Reborn asked. Seeing the confused expression, he sighed. "You know of her story, right?" When the boy nodded, he continued. "Then you'll understand why she did all of this for you. She knows of your pain so you can experience the happiness you longed for. Even if it means sacrificing her own."
Tsuna's eyes widened.
"But sooner or later, there will come a time where she won't be there for you. Well, good luck at the tournament." Like that, Reborn is gone, leaving a thinking Tsuna.
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Felicia turned when the crowd in the gym exploded into cheers as Tsuna entered. She smiled as they gave out encouragements and cheers to him. She then frowned as she remembered what Reborn told her.
"If he doesn't realize there would be a time where neither you nor a bullet would save him, he will really die."
She gritted her teeth before smoothing out her face when he came near. She smiled as she always did, "Hey, Tsuna."
Tsuna inwardly sighed in relief. The words Reborn had said had been plaguing his mind for a while. What did he mean by 'a time where Feli-chan won't be there'? Does he mean when she finally became fed-up with him? He didn't want that. But after seeing the warm smile she always give him, he dismissed the thoughts.
It was then he realized the last participant. He paled when he caught Gokudera scowling at him, 'Gokudera-kun's here too?!'
"I heard he volunteered himself since one of our players couldn't make it." Felicia whispered to him. They both sweat-dropped, knowing the real reason.
'Reborn again.' They thought in unison.
With the sound of the whistle, the match has begun.
One of the players from Class C served first, which headed straight toward Tsuna who stared at it, not knowing what to do. Fortunately, Yamamoto immediately got it and scored the first point for the team. The people cheered from Class 1-A for the lead.
"As expected from Yamamoto of the baseball club!"
"Takeshi!"
Yamamoto merely smiled in his carefree self, waving at them. "Thank you, thank you,"
From the front stood Gokudera, who scowled at Yamamoto with his arms crossed on his chest.
The ball was served again by Class 1-C, who aimed right toward Tsuna... again.
"It's yours, Tsuna!" Yamamoto warned.
The brunette panicked but managed to hit it, though it was too weak. Felicia immediately dived toward it and, with her eyes set, she hit it with all of her might, over the net much to Tsuna's and everyone else's relief.
The other team hit it back, but this time, Gokudera hit the ball which gave the team the next score. The crowd from Class 1-A cheered.
"Alright! We're in the lead!"
"Kyaaa! Gokudera-kun is so cool!"
Tsuna sighed in relief when they had gotten the next point. He was worried that he would let the team down. He felt a hand on hit shoulder and looked up to meet Yamamoto's hazel eyes.
"You did great, Tsuna! Let's keep going," Yamamoto said with a smile.
Tsuna's eyes widened then smile and nodded. "OK, let's do this,"
As the match goes on, Reborn, who was watching from a high enough place, sighed. Even though it's apparent that Tsuna is slightly improving, he's still panicking whenever he was targeted by the ball, which meant Felicia to come to his rescue. At times, Yamamoto. He sighed again as the relieved and thankful smile Tsuna sent the Brit. At this rate, he'll need to intervene if nothing's going to happen. That is, until...
"Ita!" Felicia yelped as she fell to the ground, grabbing her ankle after running for the ball that had been heading towards Tsuna for umpteenth times. The match was stopped as Yamamoto and another guy helped Felicia to the bench. A nearby nurse staff came by to check her now-swollen ankle.
"It's not sprained but I suggest you keep off of it so it doesn't get worse." The staff said. "Looks like you'll have to sit this one out."
"...I see." Felicia nodded.
Yamamoto patted her shoulder, "Leave it to us, Felicia. You just take a rest."
She nodded before turning to Tsuna who had his head down. "Gomen, Feli-chan. It's my fault that..."
She smiled. "It's alright, Tsuna. I'm just glad you're all right."
"But-" Tsuna stopped after seeing her smile, despite the bruises on her arms she got from protecting him from the ball.
"You'll have to go on without me."
"W-Wait, I-I can't! If Feli-chan's not there, then how am I-" Tsuna sputtered. "I mean, you know I'm terrible at sports. And the only reason I can do well is because Feli-chan's there. You're always there to help me, no matter what."
It was then he remembered the words Reborn had said to him.
"Besides, are you going to let Felicia do all of the hard work?"
"She knows of your pain so you can experience the happiness you longed for. Even if it means sacrificing her own."
"But sooner or later, there will come a time where she won't be there for you."
"...And I did nothing to help you back." He muttered, realization hitting him. "You've always protected me. Comforted me when I'm at my lowest. While I did nothing at all."
Felicia smiled again, "...A person once told me... Don't focus on what you can't do, but you can do. Even if it's something small, it makes a big difference. As long as you give it your all, nobody will laugh at you for failing." Tsuna's eyes widened at the familiar words. "Since they know you did your best."
The brunette felt his eyes sting before wiping away the small droplets, "I'll... I'll do my best, Feli-chan! J-Just watch me!" He then turned back to the group who had been waiting for him. 'There's still four set left. I'll fight with my dying will.'
As if he heard his thoughts, Reborn, who was about to aim his gun toward Tsuna, saw the same determined, fire expression in his eyes and stopped. A smile graced upon his lips. "Seems that you understand now," Reborn said, as he took out a different type of bullets. These were blue with an orange fire on them. He moved his aim toward Tsuna's legs.
'It's embarrassing,' Tsuna thought as he walked toward the team. 'Accepting this because of my overconfidence. Trying to use the Dying Will Bullet to do what everyone else worked so hard on. Feli-chan is right, I'll focus on what I can do!'
"Something's different about him," Kyoko's old brother muttered, as he looked toward Tsuna.
From afar, Hibari, too, kept his eyes on him.
'I'll do that and apologize to everyone,'
"As long as you understand. Take this!" Reborn said as he pull the trigger. With blue firing flame, it went straight toward Tsuna's legs, which brought him down to the floor. His eyes widened in shock in confusion.
'What?' Tsuna thought.
"What happened, Tsuna?" Yamamoto asked in concern.
"Did something happen to your legs?" His classmate asked.
Tsuna sat up and looked at his legs in confusion. 'Two shots in my legs... Nothing's happening so it's not...'
The gun Reborn was holding soon vanished and turn back the familiar green lizard.
The referee blew his whistle for the next match to begin. The other team served once again.
"It's coming, Tsuna!" Yamamoto warned. "Block it!"
Tsuna nodded, 'I'll do what I can!'
The front of the opposite team jumped to spike the ball. Tsuna ran with gritted teeth and jumped. His brown eyes widened in shock, along with everyone else in the gym, when he jumped much higher that no normal person can jump.
'The Dying Will Bullet is just one of the special bullets of the Vongola family. The bullet I just hit Tsuna with is the Jump Bullet!' Reborn smirked.
The opposite player spiked the ball. Unfortunately for Tsuna, the ball went straight toward his manhood... the most painful organ that no man would dare to do.
"He blocked it with his organ!" Kyoko's brother said with a sweat-drop and dread.
"Tsuna?!" Felicia exclaimed in shock, a sweat-drop appearing on her head as well.
All the boys inside the gym were wide eyed and pale. They couldn't believe what Tsuna had done.
"I can't believe he would sacrifice a man's most valuable part just to block the ball!" Kyoko's brother said in disbelief and awe. "Awesome! That's proof of his strength!"
"How is that?!" Felicia retorted before turning to her poor friend who is jumping up and down as he held his throbbing groin, his face scrunched in pain while the team all grinned upon Tsuna's sacrifice for the team.
"Sugoi!"
"Good job, Tsuna!"
Yamamoto grinned and clenched his fist in determination. "Yosh! Let's turn the tide!"
"Yeah!"
Meanwhile, Gokudera, with his arms crossed, just looked toward Tsuna with a blank scowl. He wasn't sure what to make for the Vongola boss candidate. He's just going to watch carefully and find out.
The whistle was heard for the next serve. It was finally Class 1-A's turn to serve. As the game progressed, they were finally catching up, doing everything they can to win for their class and team.
Kyoko, with her hands clasped together, looked up toward Tsuna in admiration. "Wow, thanks to Tsuna's enthusiasm, the team is working together!"
The whistle was heard for the end of the game. "Game set! Year 1 Class A wins!"
The whole class of Class 1-A cheered wildly for their win.
Yamamoto put his arm around Tsuna's shoulders with a grin. "You really did it, Tsuna!"
Tsuna smiled. "Yeah, we won!"
"You really are amazing," Yamamoto said with a warm smile.
Tsuna's eyes widened then softened with a small smile. They both started to laugh.
Reborn smiled at them, then looked down toward Yamamoto. "Yamamoto Takeshi... His competence in athletics and his popularity are definitely a necessity for this family. It's good they became friends,"
Felicia hobbled to their place with a proud smile. "Congratulations, Tsuna."
"Un!" He nodded before realizing something. "Ah, how's your ankle? Should you be walking already?"
"Hmm? It's fine. It still hurts but not as much as before." She replied before patting his head. "But you did great just now." Tsuna blushed with a bashful smile before outright blushing when Felicia leaned in to whisper, "Later on, I'll let you drink a Pain-Free potion to relieve your pain." He nodded a thank you since he's still feeling the ache.
"It's not over,"
Tsuna and Felicia looked up in surprise toward Gokudera, who had his back turned.
"I won't accept it," Gokudera said, as he turned around with an angry scowl. "I'm the one that's worthy to become the Tenth Vongola boss, and the witch's magic!"
"H-Huh? The Tenth?" Tsuna said, with wide eyes.
"Wait, witch's magic?!" Felicia added in shock.
Gokudera merely glared at them.
'Why does he know?'
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It was the end of the school day that we find Tsuna, Felicia, and Gokudera behind the school building. Gokudera had told them to meet him there for something.
"U-um, what is it, Gokudera-kun?" Tsuna asked nervously.
"If some trash like you become the Tenth, the Vongola family is done for," Gokudera said.
"W-Why do you know about the family?" Tsuna asked. "And how did you know Feli-chan is a witch?"
"You're annoying," Gokudera muttered with narrowed eyes. He suddenly brought out two yellow dynamites. "This is your end,"
"D-Dynamites?" Tsuna shouted in shock while the Brit's eyes widened.
"This was faster than I'd expected,"
Tsuna, Felicia, and Gokudera looked up toward the tree behind Tsuna and Felicia. A square from the top trunk of the tree opened like two doors to reveal Reborn, elevating up with his arms behind him.
"Reborn! In a place like that..." Tsuna looked up at the Hitman baby in disbelief.
"It's another one of my hideaways," Reborn explained, then jumped on top of Tsuna's spiked, bush brown hair and sat down.
"Gokudera Hayato," Reborn said, looking toward to the said boy.
"What!" Tsuna looked up toward Reborn with wide eyes.
"You know him, Reborn-san?" Felicia asked.
"Wait, you didn't?" Tsuna asked, which the girl shook her head.
"Yup, he's a family member that I called over from Italy," Reborn revealed.
"You're in the Mafia, Gokudera-kun!" Tsuna asked, with a sweat-drop.
"It's our first time meeting though," Reborn said.
"So you're the hitman that the Ninth has the most trust in, Reborn," Gokudera said. "I've heard rumors about you,"
'Reborn is the hitman that the Ninth trusts the most...' Tsuna thought silently.
"It better be true that I'd become the Tenth and get the witch's magic if I get rid of him," Gokudera said, looking straight toward Reborn's black eyes.
"Eh?!" Felicia exclaimed.
"Wh-What are you-!" Tsuna backed up, also looking at Gokudera with shocked eyes.
"Yup, it's true," Reborn said, cutting Tsuna off.
"What!" Tsuna and Felicia shouted, looking at Reborn with wide eyes. "Can you even do that? Was it a lie that I'm destined to be the Tenth! And what did he mean by getting Feli-chan's magic?!"
"If you don't want to lose, fight." Reborn told him.
"Eh? F-Fight?" Tsuna shouted, looking toward Gokudera nervously. "Y-You've got to be kidding,"
"We can't fight against a Mafia guy!" Tsuna shouted.
"Who says Felicia has to fight? She's the prize here." Reborn said, earning shouts of surprise from the two teens.
A yellow dynamite was thrown ahead of them, and immediately exploded once it hit the ground. "Stop right there," Gokudera said darkly, as he held out four dynamite on each hand, counting eight dynamites.
"Wh-Where did you...?" Tsuna said, his face pale.
"It's said that Gokudera Hayato can hide bombs in any part of his body, in other words he's a human bomb," Reborn explained as he retreated to a safer distance. Tsuna and Felica were both shocked as their eyes widened even further.
"My other name is Hurricane Bomb Hayato," Gokudera told with his usual scowl. His hands crossed, getting ready to attack. "Brace yourself,"
Out of no where, the dynamites lit up on their own which shocked Tsuna and Felicia.
"H-How can the fire automatically-?" Tsuna shouted in frustration.
"Like that matters now, Tsuna! We have to go!" Felicia shouted, as she grabbed Tsuna and ran off.
Not far from them on top of a trashcan, was a familiar looking brunette girl. 'I've come along to this school. That pretty baby is probably here somewhere!' She thought as she looked around, till an explosion exploded near her, which the dust cloud exploded toward her face. This caused her to fall down to the floor. "Th-This school...is extreme..."
With complete ease and impossible grace, Felicia managed to dodge the dynamites while pulling Tsuna along. "Mou, this is really ridiculous already!"
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Back at Tsuna's home, Nana was watching the television while drinking tea when she suddenly heard the explosions from Gokudera's attacks from the school.
"Oh, fireworks?" Nana wondered, while blinking her eyes curiously. "I wonder if they're having a huge sale somewhere..."
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Back at the school, when the dust cleared, Tsuna and Felicia stood away from Gokudera. The Brit stood protectively in front of Tsuna, while glaring at the bomber. They noticed they were trapped, with the school behind them. Gokudera went into his stance again, holding onto another eight dynamites in his hands.
"Next is the fatal blow," Gokudera told them, the lighting of the dynamites lit up automatically like usual.
Felicia gritted her teeth as she flicked her wrist and a thin wand appeared in her hand. Tsuna noticed since the Brit rarely used it unless for emergencies, like right now.
"Oi, Tsuna, Felicia,"
Said teens turned around, and their eyes widened with worry. "Y-Yamamoto!"
"What are you doing over there?" Yamamoto asked curiously, with his carefree smile.
"This is the end of the Tenth," Gokudera said, and immediately threw them at them. "Disappear!"
Felicia's green eyes darted from the dynamites to Yamamoto, weighing the risks of performing magic in front of the public when Tsuna suddenly leaped forward.
"I have to extinguish them!" Tsuna shouted, as his hands caught two lightened dynamites with his hands, which immediately burned them raw. "Itai! Th-This won't work!"
"What game is this?" Yamamoto asked, holding onto a dynamite with a curious expression. "It looks like fun! Let me in too!"
Tsuna and Felicia paled with a sweat-drop.
"No, not that!" Tsuna shouted.
Reborn held out Leon, his pet lizard, and made him transform into a familiar green and black gun. "Fight with your dying will!" Reborn said, before triggering the gun and shot out a familiar looking red bullet. It immediately aimed right toward Tsuna's head.
Tsuna's eyes widened as he began to flip back in slow motion.
I felt regret.
If I had the dying will, I could have extinguished the fires on the dynamite.
Like last time, yellow light spread all around Tsuna then an orange fire lit on his forehead. His eyes transformed in bright yellow around the white irises and slightly wild with determination.
"REBORN!" Tsuna shouted, as he stood up with his fist clenched. His clothes were once more ripped from his body, showing his blue and yellow stars boxers. "Extinguishing fires with my dying will!"
With a speed that no human being possessed, he grabbed the dynamite that Yamamoto held and extinguished the fire. He repeated this action toward the other dynamites from the floor.
"Extinguish! Extinguish! Extinguish! Extinguish! Extinguish!" Tsuna shouted as he kept going.
Gokudera scowled angrily. He held out more dynamites in his hands.
"Double the bombs!"
This didn't stop Tsuna. He kept jumping up and down toward the bombs, extinguishing every bomb being thrown at, especially those that were close toward Yamamoto and Hinata.
Gokudera glared at the brunette. "Triple the bombs," Gokudera said, as he held out more bombs in his arms and hands.
Unfortunately, it was too much for Gokudera to hold. One bomb fell from his arms, much to Gokudera's dread, as more also fell as well.
"Oh crap," Gokudera cursed, as all the bombs fell the floor. "The end of... me,"
Felicia 'tched' thinking a 'Screw the rules!' before shouting, "Wingardium Leviosa!" Gokudera was then levitated out of the danger zone while Tsuna extinguished the bombs. Gokudera looked at them with shocked eyes as he was gently dropped somewhere safe and dynamite-free, not believing that they both came to rescue him when he was trying to kill them not that long ago.
Once he extinguished the last dynamite, Tsuna breathed rapidly with a sigh and the Dying Will Bullet stopped its effect. "Ah, thank goodness,"
"Are you alright?" Felicia asked as she tucked her wand away.
Tsuna smiled softly at her. "Yeah, a bit tired, but I'm fine. What about you?"
She nodded, "I'm fine."
"I did not realize it!"
Tsuna and Felicia blinked, then turned toward Gokudera who, much to their shock, was kneeling down with his head bowed toward them.
"You are the one fit to become the Tenth and holding the magic." Gokudera said, looking up at them in admiration in his eyes. "Tenth, I'll follow you until the end of the Earth! Ask whatever you want of me!"
Tsuna and Felicia sweat-dropped, both feeling confused. "Huh?"
"The one who loses becomes the winner's subordinate, that is this family's rule," Reborn explained.
"Rule?" Tsuna and Felicia blinked.
"Actually," Gokudera began, looking down at the floor. "I never had the desire to become the Tenth or get the magic. I just wanted to see if the Tenth really had the strength to become a suitable boss and capable of handling the witch's magic."
"Gokudera-kun," Tsuna looked at the silver haired boy with soft eyes.
"But you proved me wrong!" Gokudera said with exciting and admired eyes. "You are much more than I'd expected! You even risked your life to save me, even though I was your enemy! As Gokudera Hayoto, I will give you my life!"
"Wait, that's troubling!" Tsuna said, waving his hands with wide eyes. "Can't we just be regular classmates?"
"I won't let you do that," Gokudera said seriously, with his eyes narrowing.
Tsuna and Felicia sweat-dropped, looking at the silver haired boy in disbelief.
'He's so scary that I can't talk back...' Tsuna thought. 'What's with this situation...?'
"Good job, Tsuna." Reborn told them. "It's because of your strength that Gokudera became your subordinate," Reborn took out his planner in satisfaction. "You've passed for today, and you didn't need the Dying Will Bullet,"
'Even if what he does is totally messed up, he really is thinking about me,' Tsuna thought.
Yamamoto laughed with his signature grin, as he put his arms around Tsuna's and Felicia's shoulders.
"Tsuna, Felicia, the both of you are such funny people! Let me into the group too," Yamamoto said, which somehow pissed Gokudera off from the close proximity he was toward Tsuna and Felicia who he already respected being a witch.
"You're the boss, right Tsuna?" Yamamoto asked with a grin. "And Felicia is the witch? Haha, sounds like a magical girl!"
'He's just thinking it's a game...' Tsuna and Felicia thought with a sweat-drop.
"Hey you!" The trio looked up toward an upset looking Gokudera. "Don't get friendly with the Tenth!"
"Wait, there's something I don't understand. Why is Felicia being a witch so important?" Tsuna asked Gokudera. "I know she can do magic, being as such and she's training to hone her powers but why make such a big deal out of it?"
"You mean, you don't know?" The bomber asked back, surprised when the brunette shook his head. The silver-haired teen glanced at the Brit who was looking at the side, not wanting to make eye contact. "Well, it is a big deal... since Witches and Wizards are a symbol of power and authority in the mafia."
Dun dun dun!
OK, so finally Felicia's status as a witch has finally been revealed. i thought of putting an omake to show how Tsuna knows of her magic but since it's currently 3;18AM, I'll leave it for the next chapter and stop here for the day.
So I did say I'll reveal which Flame she'll have so here it is: The Night Flame, by popular demand.
Now I want to know of her Animagus since yes, I want her to have one like her father and godfather. Also the next chapter will have a different intro since I want to experiment something.
Until next time~