*Smiling with closed eyes and an angry mark* I would like to take this moment to comment on an oh-so wonderful review I read from a certain guest. Before I start, I want to point out one thing in case none of you bothered to look at my bio to see that I'm an f-ing female so calling me a sexist is very uncalled for.
So without delay, I would like to apologize for not explaining further in the previous chapter about the importance of wizards and witches even though it will be explained in the chapter. Now we all know that mages (that is what I'm going to call them, to make it easier) can do amazing things like healing, becoming invisible and even teleportation. Even transforming into animals to be perfect spies.
We also know that the mafia in KHR are power-hungry and will do anything to gain power, right? So what would happen if you add this two together? Get the idea?
That is why Gokudera said that mages are symbols of power and authority because of what they can do. But being as such, with some exceptions, mafia famiglia treated them as tools or weapons, no longer being classified as human beings.
Because let's face it, even though they said Harry is the chosen one in both books and movies, thus the only one who could defeat Voldermort, if you think of it in a darker aspect, don't you think they were using him as a tool to destroy the dark Lord? If he wasn't the chosen one, instead it's Neville, Ron, Draco... Heck, Dudley for all I care, do you think the Wizarding world will even look at him? I bet they won't give a flying crap if he suddenly jump off a cliff because he's not the 'chosen one' or the 'Boy Who Lived'.
That's why Reborn said Felicia is a prize, because of what she is and who she is.
Just imagine; an ordinary mage has so much potential. So what about those from the high noble houses? Get the picture?
Also if you think that I made Reborn heartless, then you must have missed the parts where he showed care and concern for Felicia. It shows he may be a hitman but he is not a heartless bastard despite torturing Tsuna. He only said that to provoke Tsuna to act since he knows the brunette doesn't like it when someone insults his friend.
So if I still make you sick, by all means, leave the story and go read another one, one that won't make you throw up.
As for the rest, enjoy the chapter~
As the opening song starts, the title appears on screen before changing to show Tsuna with a clear blue sky background. He starts walking before stopping when Felicia appeared in front of him with Reborn in her arms.
She smiled while Reborn looked up to him as his pattern, Leon, shifted into a gun.
Pulling the trigger and the flash of a Dying Will Bullet, the next scene shows Dying Will Tsuna doing amazing feats like jumping high into the sun and running in high speed before he returned to normal, the flames dissipating, smiling as Felicia appeared next to him.
The next scene features Gokudera, Yamamoto, Sasagawa Ryohei and Hibari Kyoya showing off their Attacks/Weapons in full motion before showing the X-Gloves and Tsuna.
The next sequence showcases I-pin doing kung-fu and Lambo throwing greandes around before being smacked into the 4th wall by Reborn.
The next scene is Tsuna and Felicia with Reborn in her arms again, looking into the sunset before turning to find their friends and allies before shifting to a final group shot of TYL I-pin, Ryohei, Gokudera, Hibari, Yamamoto, Bianchi, Dino, and TYL Lambo in the backgrounds while Dying Will Tsuna and Felicia stayed behind Reborn in the middle.
~CHAPTER 5: The Cow Kid and Poison Cooking!~
Around the Sawada house was nice and peaceful, that is until an explosion came from Tsuna's room and a scream from said boy.
"Ara, it looks like they're having fun." Nana said as she was preparing food before going back to what she was doing with a smile. "Boys are at their best when they're energetic."
In the midst of the smoke in Tsuna's room, you could hear coughing. As the smoke blew away, it revealed a blown up Tsuna who looked disheveled as he fell backwards. The one coughing was Felicia who sat next to him, waving the smoke away before pulling out her wand. The clothes he's wearing was warded by the Brit so it wouldn't be blown up by Reborn's rather explosive teaching methods.
"Hey Reborn!" He yelled at the infant as he shot back up, "In what universe is there a tutor that blows up their student when they answer a question wrong!"
"This is the way I do it." Reborn said. He was in a construction uniform, and was holding onto a handle of a bomb that is labeled 'Question 2' with another labeled 'Question 3' beside it.
"That can't be right!" Tsuna muttered.
"Actually I think he got this idea from my uncle..." Felicia said as she repaired the damage and cleared the debris. "He can be quite explosive as well." Tsuna paled at that.
"It's good that you were able to get subordinates. That's not bad for a boss. Keep working harder." He said, nearing Tsuna.
"By surbodinates, you mean Gokudera-kun and Yamamoto-kun? They're just my classmates." He said as the hitman went back to the 'bomb site'. "I don't need subordinates and I'm not going to become some mafia boss!"
Unfortunately, his words went passed the hitman, "Here's the next question."
"Listen!" He said in exasperation before sighing. "Why do I need to be taught by this baby... My grades aren't that bad anyways."
"Well, Reborn-san is a perfectionist so he'll expect you to get As instead." Felicia said with a nervous smile.
"Eh?! That's not possible." Tsuna said.
Felicia giggled. Tsuna smiled, glad that the Brit is back to normal. He frowned when he remembered what Reborn told him a few nights ago after the whole 'fight for the Tenth title' incident.
"Reborn, explain to me!" Tsuna shouted at the hitman when they reached home.
After Gokudera told him about why Felicia's status as a witch is such a big deal in the mafia, he rounded on the baby tutor to demand some answers. Normally he wouldn't do this, fearing to get hit or have a gun pointed to him, but this concerned his friend and he didn't like the fact the Brit is avoiding him when that was revealed.
"You've heard what Gokudera said. The mages are symbols of power in the mafia so having one in the famiglia is an honor and a proof of one's strength." Reborn said as he sipped his espresso.
"But that means they're being treated like nothing more than tools!" Tsuna clenched his fist. "That's not right! They're human beings too, you know?!"
If Tsuna had calmed down, he would have noticed the flash of guilt in Reborn's eyes as he stared out of the window. "To you, they are. But in the mafia, they are no more than means to prove who's the strongest. In the past, I would have agreed with you since mages were a proud race who fought alongside the mafia without question. Proud, yes but loyal as well. Which is why they were once called "Scudo". But now, as the underworld grew arrogant, that alliance turned into a contract with the devil. Once you signed it, you're forever in their possession until you're considered useless in their eyes."
Tsuna's eyes widened.
"I've seen many mages die by the hands of their own brethren, wanting to prove their worth while showing that their famiglia is the stronger one. That is, until they had enough and hid themselves in seclusion. Those who were lucky enough to secure a stable alliance with a mage were let off easy. While those that didn't struggled to find their place." Reborn solemnly said before continuing, this time a hint of pride evident in his voice. "The house Felicia came from, the High Noble House of Potter, is the one the Vongola had allied with, since Primo's time. Even when its history had been bloodied, the House remained ever loyal and had never turned its back on them. That is why the Vongola is the strongest."
Tsuna couldn't helped but be in awe about the mafia family he's supposed to lead in the future. 'Even though I'm never going to be a mafia boss.' Then he realized something; the reason why Felicia had been acting strangely since he was revealed to be the Tenth Vongola boss could be that she thought he'll treat her as such as well. That their friendship will turn into servitude. Is that why she suddenly became so distant? He didn't notice before since she's always smiling as usual but if he had looked closer, he would have noticed the smiles didn't really reach her eyes.
"Reborn, you said that Feli-chan's family had been allied to the Vongola since the beginning, right?" Reborn nodded, eyes watching his student. "Then... I don't want to be a mafia boss. I know I said it before but this time it's for a different reason. If being one means Feli-chan treating me as her master, then I refused to be one!"
The room was silent until Reborn smirked, "Then tell her that. Tell her what you said to me."
"Reborn..." Tsuna's eyes shone, feeling a bit of respect for the baby.
"Of course, that does not mean I'm stopping my duty to turn you into a brilliant boss." ...And the respect crumbled to dust.
"No way!"
The next day, when Felicia came by his house, she was surprised to find the boy already standing at his gates, waiting for her.
"Tsuna, what's wrong?" She asked, heart aching since this could be the last time she'll ever call him by his name before she'll call him her 'master' since he's the future boss.
The boy didn't say anything but looked straight into her eyes with a determined stare. "I heard everything from Reborn. How the mages have a duty to uphold their side of the bargain when allying with a family."
Felicia blinked before smiling ruefully. This is it, then.
"That's why... I won't become a mafia boss." Felicia's eyes widened. "If I'm not going to be one, then there's no reason for you to be a tool. You are a human being with emotions and feelings, not some mindless badge or trophy. And I don't want that to be the reason for you to be near me under the pretense of being friends."
Felicia's eyes watered as tears streamed down her face. She had already prepared for the day where she'll serve the next boss as their mage as her ancestors before her. But for Tsuna to suddenly say this...
She covered her eyes to hide the tears, "You idiot, just when I resent myself to my destiny..." Tsuna sheepishly scratched his head as she wiped her tears away. "Really, you're quite an interesting fellow." She smiled.
"I've been told much." Tsuna beamed as they walked together.
"But there's something you were wrong about." Felicia said as she turned to him, a small genuine smile graced her face. "Even if you weren't chosen to be the next boss, I would still be your friend."
Tsuna smiled at the memory as he turned to look out of the window where he saw a kid with an afro in a cow suit holding onto an arsenal of heavy weaponry. "Wuh?!"
Felicia turned outside when she heard his scream, "Reborn-san, there's a kid outside!" But said tutor ignored her in favor of asking another question.
"Die, Reborn!" the boy said pointing a gun at Reborn but due to the weight of all the weapons, the branch gave out, making him fall. He got up from the ground slowly, tears forming around his eyes. "Gotta… Stay… Calm."
He later came back but used the front door, "Reborn-kun, let's play!" He rings the bell many times.
"Yes, who is it?" Nana opened the door, not noticing the boy running in and up the stairs.
"It's been a while, Reborn! It's me! Lambo!" the boy yelled running into Tsuna's room, effectively opening the door.
"Ah, he came in! Reborn, do you know him?" Tsuna asked.
"Remember this formula, all right?" he told him.
"Completely ignored..." Felicia muttered with a sweat-drop.
"Hey, don't ignore me!" Lambo jumped towards Reborn, but the tutor just smacked him towards the wall on the left side of the door, causing an imprint.
"So cruel..." Tsuna said with Felicia nodding.
"I tripped on something…" The cow kid mumbled before starting to laugh or cry... or both. "The 5 year-old Hitman Lambo of the Bovino family, who came from Italy, has tripped!" he yelled. "My favorite foods are grapes and candy drops! The sworn rival of Reborn, Lambo, has tripped"
'He's trying to introduce himself while crying...' The two teens thought in unison.
"It's so nice to see you again, Reborn!" Lambo greeted as he walked by him in a friendly manner.
"Try solving this with the formula." Reborn pointed to said formula.
"What?! You're ignoring him?!" Tsuna paled.
The kid sniffed after being ignored again, "Gotta be... calm..." He then shuffled in his hair, mood back to normal. "Oh my I wonder what this is? Ta da!" He took a grenade out of his afro (How the hell that's even possible?).
Tsuna exclaimed in fright while Felicia whipped out her wand.
"Die, Reborn!" Lambo threw the grenade at Reborn, who whacked it back (without looking), causing it to hit Lambo's cheek sending him flying out of the opened window. There was then a high pitched scream and an explosion. The wards that surrounded the house protected it from the blast that happened right at the front yard.
"Now the next question." Reborn continued, oblivious of the chaos while Tsuna just stare.
"How nice that they've made new friends" Nana said smiling to herself.
"You really didn't need to go that far." Tsuna looked back towards Reborn.
"That's right. You know him, right Reborn-san?" Felicia asked.
"I don't know him." Reborn answered calmly. "The Bovino family is a small to medium sized Mafia. I can't be bothered with lower-ranking people." An imagination of him standing under a spotlight, looking larger than life with a row of smaller silhouettes came to both their minds as he said it.
"H-He's so cool..." Tsuna said.
"Well, this is Reborn-san after all."
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The next day sees Tsuna and Felicia walking down the path to school, both talking about the kid from yesterday.
"What was with that kid yesterday..." Tsuna said. "Weirdos keep popping up since Reborn came..." He then realized what he said. "Ah, that didn't mean you as well, Feli-chan."
"No harm done. Reborn-san has many enemies wanting his head so I'm not surprised the kid could be one of them." Felicia said.
Tsuna shrugged. "Ah, today the girls will be making cakes for home economic, right?"
She nodded, "Then we'll be giving them to anyone in class. Kyoko-chan and Hana-chan had been asking me who I'm going to give mine to."
Tsuna blinked before blushing, 'I hope she'll give it to me...'
Then ahead of them, a woman on a mommy bike with a helmet and goggles on came riding by. They stopped at the same the woman stopped and took off her helmet and goggles, and revealing that she was beautiful.
'Wow, such a good-looking person…' Tsuna stared in amazement.
Felicia only raised an eyebrow, wondering why this woman looks so familiar.
"Here, you can have this." the lady said as she threw an orange soda can at him, and then rode away.
Tsuna tried catching it but dropped it, "I look so uncool… It spilled too. But why me?"
Just as Tsuna crouched to pick the can up, Felicia grabbed his hand and pulled it away. He was about to ask when a noxious purple fume came out, causing a bird in the sky that was passing by to fall.
"I knew it. It's poisoned." The Brit said.
"What the hell?!" Tsuna yelled.
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Tsuna slumped tiredly as they walked to their classroom, "What was that about..."
"Saa..." Felicia shrugged as she opened their classroom door, only to be greeted by Gokudera Hayato.
"Ohayo gozaimasu, Tenth, Hime!"
"Wah, Gokudera-kun!" Tsuna stepped back in surprise. "Stop calling me that..."
"And why are you calling me 'Hime'? I'm not a princess." Felicia added.
"No, the Tenth is the Tenth." The bomber stubbornly said. "And Felicia-san is an important ally to the Vongola and from the esteemed noble house, so you're technically a 'princess'."
"Oh, you're still playing the Mafia game?" Yamamoto said as he walked up towards them, "Looks like fun, let me into the 'family' thing too!"
'He thinks it's a game...' The two teens thought with a pale face.
Felicia then felt something on her leg and looked down where she found Lambo clinging onto her, crying. "Lambo?!"
"Eh?! When did you..." Tsuna, who noticed the baby cow, exclaimed.
"Who is he?" Gokudera asked.
"Oh, it's cute!" Yamamoto said.
"Lambo, why are you here?" Felicia crouched down to his level while trying to dislodge the cow-kid, only for him to hung on. Then all the students began murmuring towards the opposite side of the hall, causing them to look.
Tsuna panicked at the sight of the person when the students parted like waves, 'The director of the discipline committee, Hibari-san!'
"Ah, Hibari-san." Felicia greeted before remembering Lambo who is still clinging onto her. "Eto, this kid is lost so I was on my way to bring him out. Excuse me." She then pulled Tsuna with her as she ran the other direction.
"Ah, Tenth, Hime!" Gokudera ran after them.
"Come back before class starts!" Yamamoto yelled to them.
All the other students looked back at Hibari. "I wonder what Hibari-san will do…" one student whispered, "Hibari-san is so creepy…" another said.
"How long are you going to crowd there?" Hibari finally spoke making everyone flinch, "I'll eliminate you" He said as everyone began to run towards their classes.
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Running outside to where it connects to the gym, Tsuna and Felicia took a breather before turning to Lambo.
"Your name was Lambo, right?" Tsuna asked after he managed to dislodge the baby off of the Brit. "What are you doing here?"
"I was… looking for Reborn" he sniffled.
"Uh, so you're lost." Tsuna said. At the same time, Gokudera finally caught up with them.
"Tenth, Hime, who is this kid?" Gokudera asked with his hands on his hips, "It seems he knows Reborn."
"Uh yeah, they're acquaintances… or something." Felicia said.
Reborn then popped out from a secret entrance in the sink, "Tsuna, Felicia, classes are starting soon! Hurry up and get back to class."
"Where the hell are you coming out from?!" Tsuna said shocked.
"My hideouts in this school are all connected by a secret passageway." Reborn explained.
"Don't just randomly do that!" Tsuna exclaimed.
Then Lambo crawled up on Tsuna and jumped on his head, "Gyahaha! You fell for it, Reborn! Everything up until now was staged to get you to come out!"
"But you were really crying…" Felicia pointed out, causing Lambo to freeze.
Taking a minute to recover, Lambo jumped off then took out a missile launcher and pointed it to Reborn, but Tsuna and Felicia are in the same direction.
"Reborn-san, could this kid be…" Gokudera said as he turned to the tutor.
"He's a hitman from the Bovino family." Reborn told Gokudera.
"Stand back, Hime, Tenth. I'll handle this!" Gokudera then took out his bombs while standing in front of them.
"Wah, no! Gokudera-kun!" Tsuna yelled for Gokudera to stop, but it was too late.
"This is your end!" Gokudera lit his bombs and threw it at Lambo.
Lambo didn't move out of fear and blew up; after the smoke blew away, they saw Lambo face down on the ground, the missile launcher broken to pieces. He sat up and began crying.
"Ara mah, he's crying again." Felicia said, feeling sorry for the cow-print wearing hitman.
"He's… so weak." Gokudera said as he sweat-dropped at the kid.
Lambo then began to look for something in his afro before pulling out a huge purple bazooka.
"How did he get that out?" Tsuna exclaimed.
Lambo then threw it down and jumped in it. The trigger was then pulled and an explosion of pink smoke went off. Then after the pink smoke went away, a young handsome man replaced the crying cow.
The man was wearing a black jacket with cow print lining and a locket hanging around his neck, he also wore white pants. His features were of black wavy hair and light blue eyes (eye since he keeps one eye closed).
"Ah, geez. Nice to see you again, young Vongola 10th." He said waving over to Tsuna.
"W-Who is he…?" Tsuna stuttered.
'I've seen him somewhere…' Gokudera thought.
"Thanks for taking care of my 10 year younger self." the handsome man said as he walked closer. "This is that Lambo, who was once a crybaby"
"W-What!" Tsuna yelled in shock.
"I see, the Ten Year Bazooka." Reborn said.
"What's the Ten Year Bazooka?" Tsuna asked.
"Eto, I think it's a well-used weapon in the Bovino family." Felicia said.
"A person hit with the Ten Year Bazooka will be replaced with themselves from ten years in the future." Adult Lambo explained, "But it only lasts five minutes."
"No way, this cool guy is Lambo." Tsuna said in shock.
"Yo, it seems you didn't recognize me, Reborn." Adult Lambo said walking over towards the four, "It's me Lambo, whom you've always been ignoring." he said.
Reborn was petting Leon the whole time, 'He's still ignoring him…' Tsuna and Felicia thought.
"Well, it seems that this is going to come down to a power battle." Lambo said, his hair shadowing his eyes. "I'll show you how much I've changed in ten years."
Lambo then took out two metal horns and placed it on each side of his head, "Thunder set!" Adult Lambo yelled. The sky suddenly turned cloudy, and then thunder struck Adult Lambo causing his horns to glow. "My horns have a million volts!"
"No way!" Tsuna shouted.
"Die, Reborn!" Adult Lambo yelled, "Electtrico Cornata!" He ran towards Reborn. Leon then transformed into a cane, helping Reborn to whack Adult Lambo on the head.
Adult Lambo then began to chant again as three bumps appeared on his head, "Gotta… stay… calm..." He then ran away crying before them.
"He hasn't changed at all in ten years..." Tsuna sweat-dropped.
"Sorella, Reborn is being mean to me!" Adult Lambo hugged Felicia around her legs, with his head on her stomach.
Felicia, not knowing what to do, patted the teen on the head. "There, there."
This calmed him down as the teen had a happy, goofy smile, "Sorella is always so nice to me~" Of course, his happy moment was ruined by both Reborn and Gokudera.
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"Geez, this morning was a disaster." Tsuna said as the four teens sat on the roof with their bentos in hand. "At least I didn't get scolded, thanks to Feli-chan."
"It's nothing." The Brit replied as she unwrapped her bento.
"Well, it was just for helping a lost kid." Yamamoto said happily.
"Why are you even here, Baseball-man?" Gokudera asked angrily.
"There's nothing wrong with that, eating under the blue sky is best." Yamamoto said cheerfully.
Tsuna nodded, "Un, that's true."
He was about to open his bento when Felicia stopped him. Noticing the same pattern, he handed the box to her, watching cautiously as she opened it. A foul smell wafted out from it, causing a few birds flying by to fall right out of the sky. The teens then saw the food was purple and had bugs in it.
"T-This is…" Gokudera began to grow pale.
"It's better if you don't eat that. You'll go straight to heaven with one bite." said a childish voice above them,
"Reborn!" Tsuna stared up towards his tutor.
"Come out. I know you're there, Bianchi." Reborn said, and then coming through the door was the gorgeous woman from earlier.
"Ah, the girl from this morning!" Tsuna pointed out.
"Big sis…" Gokudera said, holding his stomach.
Tsuna looked at him in shock before turning back to the woman, "Sis... sister?!"
"No wonder she looks so familiar. She looks like Gokudera-kun." Felicia said.
"It's been a while, Hayato." Bianchi said, walking towards them. She then looked up towards Reborn.
"Ciaossu, Bianchi." Reborn said.
"Reborn!" Bianchi blushed and began to twiddle her hair. "I've come to take you back, Reborn. Let's do some large-scale jobs again. The place where you belong is in the dangerous and thrilling underworld." she imagined herself and Reborn dodging bullets and killing off the enemy.
"I told you before Bianchi, I have the job of raising Tsuna." Reborn said calmly.
'I wouldn't call blowing him up or setting traps in his room 'tutoring'.' Felicia thought with a sweat-drop.
"Poor Reborn. That means that if the Tenth doesn't die in some horrible accident, reborn will never be free!" Bianchi pointed at Tsuna accusingly.
'What!' Tsuna panicked,
"I'll wait for it. I'll kill the Ten- I mean, if the Tenth dies I'll come to bring you back." Bianchi said as she walked away from them.
Tsuna stood there, mind completely blank, 'Am I... being targeted?'
Felicia frowned. Now she knows of Bianchi and her poisonous cooking. She started devising ways to prevent Tsuna from being food-poisoned.
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It was home economics, and we find Felicia, Kyoko and Hana, and the rest of their female classmates making their cakes. The girls were chatting on who they're going to give their cakes to while the three girls focused on their own.
"Yosh!" Felicia wiped her brow after putting the finishing touches on her mint chocolate cake. "So who are you giving yours to?"
Kyoko pondered for a while as she placing the icing on her strawberry shortcake, "I wanted to give it to my onii-chan but we can only give it to people from our class."
"I'm sure the boys will be very happy to receive it." The Brit said as she washed her hand. "What about you, Hana-chan?"
"You and Kyoko, since I don't want to give mine to any of those baboons." The taller girl said with finality as she looked up from her chocolate roll cake.
'Baboons?' Felicia then imagined the two popular teens, Gokudera and Yamamoto, as monkeys. 'Only Hana-chan would call the two most popular boys in school monkeys.'
"Then I'll give mine to Feli-chan." Kyoko beamed at the shorter girl. "I haven't thanked you for your help."
"It was nothing." Then she felt something trigger the wards that she had placed around their cakes. She turned just in time to see a shadow exiting the room before turning to their product. Silently waving a bit of magic over them, she sighed in relief to feel nothing out of ordinary. That is, until she waved her magic to the other girls to find theirs had a bit of abnormalities. Maybe she should have enforced wards around theirs too... Since the boys in her class are going to eat it.
'Well, too late for that...' She shrugged as they walked back to their classrooms. The boys waited anxiously for the girls to give them their cakes.
She inwardly giggled at the disappointed yet blushing faces of the boys when Kyoko and Hana gave their cake to her. "Ah Kyoko-chan, this is delicious. You should be a patisserie in the future. And your roll cake has this mature taste to it, Hana-chan. Just like you."
"Really? Thank you, Feli-chan." the School Idol beamed with her flowery and sparkly background.
"Of course." Hana crossed her arms in pride. She is proud of her cooking, after all. "So who are you going to give yours to?"
Felicia tilted her head in that cat-like manner of hers, pretending to think even though she had already thought of who. Looking around the classroom, she found Yamamoto and Tsuna, Gokudera is in the infirmary since he had a trauma-stomachache. She made sure to bake the cake big enough to be shared between the three while leaving some for Kyoko and Hana.
Yamamoto placed an arm around Tsuna's shoulder, "Tsuna, have you decided who you're going to take it from yet?"
Tsuna blinked before flushing a bit, "Uh, well I guess..." 'Feli-chan's...'
As if knowing what he was thinking, said girl appeared in front of him. "Tsuna, Yamamoto-kun. Here, I'll give you mine."
"Uwaah, is it alright?" the baseball-star asked.
The Brit nodded, "I baked it big enough so you can share between the three of you." Noticing the confused expression, she clarified, "Tsuna, Yamamoto-kun and Gokudera-kun. I even left some for Kyoko-chan and Hana-chan."
"Thank you, Felicia!"
"Y-Yeah, thanks Feli-chan." Tsuna blushed as he reached out to receive the cake when they heard multiple 'thuds'. They turned to find a few of their classmates on the ground foaming at the mouth. "W-What happened?!"
Felicia's eyes darted to the door where she found Bianchi's form. Placing a Notice-Me-Not charm on herself, she walked towards the three fallen student and gave them a dose of Uncommon Poison Antidote. She would have used the one for Common Poison but she had a feeling Bianchi's poison is not so simple. Not waiting for the students to wake up, she exited the room and found Bianchi looking through the gap of the door.
The Poison Scorpion inwardly yelped when she felt her arms snap to her side and she fell to the floor. She turned her head to find Felicia with her wand out pointing at her, eyes blazing green.
"You may be an acquaintance to Reborn-san, but I won't tolerate any harm towards Tsuna." Felicia growled out.
Bianchi stared before giving a smile, "Is this enough, Reborn?"
Felicia blinked before feeling a weight on her left shoulder. She turned to find Reborn, "Ah, thanks for the help, Bianchi."
"Eh?"
"I called Bianchi here so she could tutor Dame-Tsuna." Reborn explained. "At the same time, asked her to test if you are capable to uphold your duty."
"Wait... So the threatening? The supposed poisoning on Tsuna? All of that was a test?" Reborn nodded. Felicia blanked out as she slid to the floor. "No way... There are better ways to do the test!"
"But where's the fun in that?" The baby's eyes glinted.
'Demon...' Felicia paled. 'He's definitely a demon!'
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"W-Why are you here?" Tsuna shouted as he pointed at Bianchi who is calmly sitting beside Reborn. It was after school and after the whole poison cake fiasco and a few Reversing spells to turn the poison cakes to normal, Tsuna, Felicia and Gokudera went to Tsuna's home for a study session. Yamamoto couldn't go since he has practice.
Of course, when Nana told them about a new tutor...
"It's for love." Bianchi said naturally.
"It's for work." Reborn said differently.
"Reborn needs me." Bianchi said.
"Bianchi will be in charge of part of your training." Reborn popped up.
'What they're saying is totally different…' Tsuna and Felicia just stared at them nervously. Gokudera is down on the fall, holding his stomach.
"I'll be teaching you home economics and art." Bianchi said pulling out some poisonous snacks. "Reborn asked me so I have no choice. I'll teach y-o-u."
"No!" Tsuna yelled while Felicia sighed, knowing it'll turned out like this.
As the ending song starts, it shows Tsuna sitting on the grass looking at the sunset with wind blowing. Felicia by his left with reborn on her lap, both looking at the sunset as well.
Tsuna then closed his eyes as images of his friends appeared starting with Gokudera and ending with Kyoko.
As he opened his eyes, Felicia turned to him with a smile. Tsuna then turned to her with his smile. The both of them watched as Reborn hopped onto the Brit's shoulder before looking back to the sunset.
The next scene shows the teens standing up just as the screen panned to oversee Namimori and the evening sky, signifying the end of the song.
{Omake}
Two days before this chapter,
"Tenth, how did you find out of Hime's magic?" Gokudera asked as he looked at the various moving photos.
It was a Sunday afternoon when Tsuna and Gokudera dropped in on the Brit's home for a study session, which was a routine for the two teens. Tsuna decided to invite the bomber to their sessions when he said he was free and Reborn had to go somewhere so no crazy explosions.
"Um, it was actually by accident." Tsuna confessed as he looked at the Brit who was feeding her pet snowy owl, Hedwig. "And a a bit of my fault."
Three days after they became friends, Felicia noticed that Tsuna's grades were... lacking so she opted to tutor him. You can imagine the happiness portraying in his eyes as waterfall of tears streamed down his eyes.
So we find the Brit in his room after she was introduced to his mother, waiting for the brunette to come back with snacks so they could begin. She sweat-dropped at the messiness of the room before peeking out to make sure he's not coming back right away. Whipping out her wand, she swiped it across the room, causing the items to levitate back into their original places. She only did it for the heavier objects like the game consoles, video games and manga. She picked up the empty water bottles and biscuit wrappings before throwing them into the trash bin.
Hearing footsteps, she quickly stopped her magic, dropping a few bottles that had slipped her sight and hid her wand behind her back as she sat down at the small table.
"Sorry, Feli-chan, for the wait. Kaa-san was a bit of a chatterbox." Tsuna said as he walked into the room with a tray full of drinks and snacks. Either he had forgotten his room was messy in the first place or he had conveniently forgotten about it as he accidentally stepped on a bottle that was by his foot and slipped, dropping the tray.
Though he didn't fall. Tsuna blinked as his body floated in the air before being righted into a standing position. He turned to Felicia who had her wand out to catch the boy with a shocked expression.
"Feli-chan, was that your doing?"
Felicia had snapped from whatever stupor she was in when her mind finally registered what she had done, "W-Wait, Tsuna! I can explain!"
"Was that... magic?"
Felicia hesitantly nodded, ready to cast an 'Obliviate' on him. She didn't want to do it, not when she finally have a friend who is not a witch or a wizard, and memories of her treatment from the Dursley's haunted her mind even after seven years.
"That's so... cool!" Tsuna exclaimed, eyes shining with excitement. This caught her off-guard. "Does that mean you're a magician? Can you do anything else?"
She blinked before nodding as she waved her wand to the broken glass on the floor, and Tsuna watched as they revert back to their original form with the drinks and snacks intact. It's a surprise how Nana didn't come running when the loud 'crash' would have had anyone running.
She hesitantly turned to him, "You're not scared?"
He shook his head, "Why should I? It's so amazing! Think of all the things you can do with it!"
She flinched, not wanting to think of the possible things she would have to do in the future, "I don't find it amazing. In fact, I hated it..." Seeing the confused look, she continued reluctantly, "...I told you that I was bullied because of some reason they heard, right? Well, it's because of this... After I accidentally turned a teacher's hair blue, or had rats appearing out of nowhere, my whole neighborhood thought of me as a devil's spawn. The relatives I had lived with? They hated me more; locking me in the cupboard underneath the staircase, denying me food, having me do the chores. While my oh-so wonderful relatives smother my cousin with love and kisses, I get sneers and bruises."
Tsuna's eyes widened.
"Even when my guardian came to get me, he told me of what I am and what really happened to my parents. At first I was told they died in a car accident, but..." She laughed bitterly. "I had wished that was what they'd died to. Instead they died protecting me from a group of dark mages. They're pretty much bad guys of the Wizarding world, the world where I come from. After a friend of theirs took me to my mother's sister, they thought she would love me like she was her own daughter. Unfortunately, he underestimated my aunt's hate for my mother if her family's treatment towards me was any indication."
"...I don't think that's right." Tsuna muttered, hands clenched into fists. "Why would your aunt hate your mother so much? They're siblings, are they not?"
"She did... that is, until mom discovered she has magic. My aunt then resented how much attention mom got from their parents just because she can do magic. Even though it's not strange for non-magical folks, or muggles as we call them, to have magic, not all of them will have it." She explained.
"Still, that's not a reason to take out her jealousy onto you. Even less so to have her husband and kid to follow through!" He shouted. Luckily, she had placed a soundproof ward around the room so no one can eavesdrop.
"Uncle Vernon had already hated anything that's out of the ordinary... Dudley just followed their footsteps." She shrugged. "Besides, I had long denounced any relations to them. So if they had died in a fire, or dropped into a ditch, I could care less."
Tsuna didn't know to grimace at her morbid satisfaction or the small part of him that agreed her notion. "...So when you cast your magic, do you chant out 'hocus pocus' or 'abracadabra'?"
The girl stared at him like he had grown a second head before bursting out in laughter, causing him to blush, "T-Tsuna, I don't think I-I'd ever heard any m-mage use those c-cliches!" It took a while for her to calm down as she wiped her tears away. "Phew, I don't think I had ever laughed so hard."
"I'm glad I amused you so..." Tsuna grumbled in embarrassment.
She gently pushed him, "Oh, chin up. You're the first muggle to ever make me laugh." She giggled before her face became grim. "...Will you tell your mother?"
"...I won't tell anyone. It's your call."
"Thanks."
Tsuna smiled after recounting the memory before sweat-dropping at the teary face of Gokudera, "Tenth, you're such a compassionate person! I, Gokudera Hayato, am so touched!" He cried into his arm.
"Ah, Gokudera-kun..."
Felicia and Hedwig turned to the boys, one with an amused smile while the other had an exasperated look. "...You know Hedwig. I'm glad we moved to Namimori." The owl hooted.
So the mages in my story have a role in the mafia world. Just like how Sky holders have their own guardians, the mages themselves are the guardians of them. Just imagine; the Sky is the king/queen, the guardians their trusted knights, the mages their shields. They are tasked to protect the whole family, not just the Sky or the guardians but everyone in the family which is why they have to be strong for if they fall, their family will fall with them.
At first I wanted them to be the hidden shadows that fled the world to hide from the mafia because of their potential but then I won't be able to get much out of it so I scrapped that idea and went with this. Now each family can have more than one mage but quantity don't always win over quality.
Now there's also one more thing I forgot to mention; Felicia will have one more Flame to her that she inherited from her parents. One of them is her more dominant Flame, the Night Flame. Then the second is a lesser, the Sun Flame.
Now someone told me that Felicia's traits does not fit the Sun's role since they are said to be outgoing and energetic. This I don't believe since... *Looks at Reborn, Daisy, Irie Shoichi, Cappuccino, Ninth's Sun Guardian, Knuckles, Ken Joshima, Ginger Bread* Looking at these people, I don't see that in them... Knuckles, maybe but he seems more mellow than his descendant. If anything, it's more associated with loyalty since all of them are fiercely loyal to their respective persons like Ken to Mukuro, Reborn to the Vongola, Knuckles to Primo etc.
The next chapter will be different since I'll be skipping a few episodes or the story will never end if I don't skip the more mundane ones. So I'll only do episodes that'll introduce another main cast, or where I can introduce my own main cast.
Now in the previous chapter, I said I wanted to experiment something which is making an opening and ending sequence like in the anime. I just added Felicia in. I think it looks crappy, but I felt like doing it anyways so it looks more permanent.
Then there's the fact that Gokudera calls Felicia 'Hime' since she is an important person in the family, and it's the only thing I can think off besides 'mage-sama' or something. Tell me if it's OK.
Edit: I added the omake since it's been bothering me.