Today was a special.
A day where new 1st year students were going to start their first day of middle school at Nami-chuu. All the young students sat in rows of metal chairs inside of the main gym of the school, all waiting for the assembly to start. Conversations can be heard as many of the students seemed to have already started to make friends with one another. For example, a black, spiky-haired adolescent was surrounded by his peers as they mainly talked about baseball. Not everyone was making friends though. There were a few exceptions, especially for those who were socially awkward, shy, quiet, or loners. This included a brown, spiky-haired boy who sat nervously in his seat, shoulders hunched, and peering anxiously around him.
He was not completely invisible though, but the attention he was attracting were not positive ones.
"Isn't that no-good Tsuna?"
"Yeah, it is!"
"I hope he's not in my class."
"He's quite useless, isn't he?"
"Yeah, what a loser!"
Hearing the taunting words of his peers, the boy shrunk down into his seat, wishing for the floor to swallow him whole. It wasn't long for the principal to walked onto the stage, gaining everyone's attention and silencing all conversations.
The first thing the students noticed was how nervous the principal looked. His whole body was shaking as he walked up to the podium. His eyes darted around in fear. Once he got to the podium, he gave a nervous coughed, eyes still scanning the gym as he sweat profusely.
"W-welcome students to N-Nami-chuu. A-as students of N-Nami-chuu, you are expected to all uphold the g-glory of Nami-chuu. Any p-problems towards the s-school will be," the principal shivered, "W-will be dealt with by the Disciplinary Committee. I-I hope that a-all students have a w-wonderful time h-here. N-now, I would l-like to introduce you to t-the school's student body president."
The students clapped as the principal rushed off the stage, looking as though he was about to burst into tears. The clapping shortly ended as confused murmurs were exchanges. Many of the students were puzzled by the principal's behavior. Before they could dive deeper into the subject, some movement on the stage distracted them. On walked a handsome-looking boy, with long, black hair and exotic-looking, red eyes. Many female students swooned at the gentle smile on the boy's face while others whispered to their neighbors, all wondering about who this boy was.
The boy stopped behind the podium and faced the audience. With a gentle smile, his strong voice resonated around the room. "Good morning. I am the student body president here at Nami-chuu. My name is Kimura Yuuki and I would like to personally welcome you all to our institute. Here at Nami-chuu we strived to be the best, whether it is academic, sports, art, music, strength, or being a leader and I hope that all of you will be able to find that inner strength in which will help you push forward into a distant goal. Thank you."
The students clapped. The principal's odd behavior was wiped away from their mind after hearing such a normal speech from their president. Yuuki continued to stand at the podium, waiting for the students to stop clapping. Slowly, the clapping died down as perplexed looks were exchanged between students. Why was the president still standing there? Was he not done with his speech?
Once everyone was silence, Yuuki started to address an important topic that can affect the survival of the students. "Now that all the pleasantry was given, it is time to move onto an important matter. In this school, most of our rules are regulated and enforced by the Disciplinary Committee and their leader, Hibari Kyoya."
Yuuki paused as gasps could be heard coming from some of the students. "Some of you may be aware of who I am talking about, but for those who does not, let me inform you of the danger you be facing if you ever cross paths with this person. I'll make it simple so that everyone can understand. Mess with Hibari-kun and you'll find yourself at the hospital on deathbed. Heed my warning or you'll get bitten to death by our residential carnivore."
A blanket of tension filled the gym. Those that knew about Hibari was completely anxious by the thought of going to the same school as him while those who didn't was simply frightened by the ominous warning of their president.
"Now then," Yuuki suddenly said, his bright smile immediately chasing away any tension that was in the room. "I hope we can all make wonderful memories here at Nami-chuu!"
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Somewhere on the Island of Sicily, Italy…
A town sat along the coastal hills of the island. The calls of seabirds and lapping waters can be heard while rays from the descending sun painted the sky red, dyeing the town in a coat of reddish hue. It was that time again, where church bells' melody can be heard ringing throughout the town as people lingered in the streets, filled with laughter and chatter. Day was beginning to turn into night, enticing those to come out and have some fun under the cloak of darkness.
A couple stood a few feet away from a bar, the woman giggling bashfully at the flirtation of the man. With bottle in hand and arm securely over the woman's shoulders, keeping her close to him, the man smiled playfully at the woman.
Before anything could go any further, the sounds of clonking heeled shoes drew the couple's attention, draining away any linger feeling of light-heartedness. They watched as a 40cm tall infant with black, spiky hair and thin curly sideburns walked down the middle of the street and towards the bar. It was a strange sight for the woman. She has never seen an infant who could walked like him or dressed like him: an all-black suit, a red long-sleeved shirt, black necktie, and a black fedora with an orange stripe.
The man, on the other hand, instantly recognized who the infant was. He was frozen in fright from the appearance of the infant, sweating slightly from the tension. Once the infant walked passed the couple, the man released his breath in relief before smirking devilishly.
Meanwhile, in the bar with low lighting, covered windows, and air filled with a smoky element, sat two older men. The older-looking one with white hair sat with drinks in hand while the blonde that sat beside him smoked from a cigarette. The two of them were silent, back facing the door entrance of the bar.
It wasn't long until the door of the bar creaked open, slightly illuminating the room and casting the looming shadow of the visitor.
"That you, Reborn?" The blonde called out to the infant standing under the doorway.
"The Godfather called you in again, huh?" The other commented.
"Being popular must be tough." The infant stayed silent as a small, green chameleon appeared on the rim of the infant's fedora, cancelling out its camouflage. "Is it Roma this time? Venezia?"
"Giappone (Japan)," Reborn replied in his high-pitched baby voice.
"Japan?!" The white-haired one cried out in surprise as the two turned around in their seats to look at the baby. "Did the old man finally make up his mind?"
"It's going to be a long trip," the infant simply relied, not answering the man's question, but slightly confirming his suspicion. "Luckily, I have someone there to help."
Suddenly a shadow cover the infant as the man from before stood behind the baby with a dagger raised in the air, poised for attack. The man went in for the kill, but before he could even touch the baby, he was suddenly faced with the barrel of a green and black gun. The man froze, sweat dripping down his face.
"This isn't a toy," Reborn said, as the man dropped in dagger in defeat. He closed his eyes, bracing himself for his execution. Instead, the gun transformed back into a green chameleon, the same one that was previously on the infant's hat.
Turning around, the infant walked toward the two men sitting at the bar while the man who tried to kill him fled. "Reborn," the blonde one said, "Who's this helper of yours? Are you sure they are to be trusted with the task?"
Reborn stopped in front of the two men, the rim of his fedora pulled down to conceal his eyes, "Mugen's Blank Arsenal."
"Mugen's-?!" The two men shouted in surprised.
"Reborn," The white-hair man said, "You can't possibly be saying that a member of the most notorious family who is well-known for their fierce loyalty to their own family, will be providing you with assistance?!"
Reborn simply smirked, not replying. It was time for him to get to work as the Home Tutor Hitman.
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"Amazing!"
"He actually won!"
"I have newfound respect!"
Down the hall, loud cheers can be heard echoing from the school gym. Inside the gym, a large crowd of students was surrounding a half-naked boy in some sort of celebration. They have just witnessed the boy win a match against the kendo team's captain and was in awe by the victory. The boy, Tsuna, could only look around in amazement, feeling delighted for probably the first time in his life. He finally had the acknowledgement of his peers. He was not useless. No one was shunning him. Lost in the wonderful feeling, Tsuna began to ruminate back to his life before his life-altering encounter with a small, hitman baby.
Tsuna's past has always been painful, whether it was physical pain, psychological pain, or even emotional pain. He experienced it all in his life. For as long as he could remember, he has always been outcast and bullied by his many peers for his uselessness which earned him the dreaded name of 'No-good Tsuna', a name that seemed to follow him wherever he goes. So, he was quite familiar with pain; physical pain from his bullies; psychological pain from his jeering peers; and emotional pain from the loneliness. He had little support from his peers and teachers – no one really believed in him or ever believed that he could succeed.
He was not ungrateful though. He had at least his mother who cares for him, but it was still depressing, not having any friends and constantly feeling useless all the time. Tsuna accepted his reality though, going far as to internalize the mocking words of his schoolmates and putting little to no effort into anything. What was the point of doing anything when you're just going to fail at it, that you'll still be useless no matter what you do. Despite this, Tsuna continued to foolishly hope that one day things would change for him. That maybe he wouldn't be 'No-good Tsuna' anymore.
Fortunately, things did change for Tsuna, just not in a way he had expected.
One day, an infant appeared into his life. This infant was not an ordinary infant, his name was Reborn and he was a hitman. He came into Tsuna's life under the disguise of being his home tutor before declaring Tsuna to be the next mafia boss of the Vongola Family. Since then life became much more hectic for Tsuna. He had to deal with Reborn's crazy traps and antics – all to help train him to be the next mafia boss.
One of Reborn's many antics involved shooting Tsuna with a Dying-Will bullet which apparently helped release his dying-will. This incident caused him to appear before his crush, Sasagawa Kyoko, in only his underwear and confessing his love for her. Once he got out of his dying-will state, he was beyond mortified by his actions and news about the incident quickly spread throughout the school the next day. Soon after, he was challenged by Mochida-senpai, the kendo team's captain, with Kyoko as the prize.
At first, he was going to give up since he was useless, but then Reborn interfered and shot a dying-will bullet which transformed Tsuna. The whole event afterwards was a blur, but he could recall that he has somehow managed to win the fight, thus bringing us to where he was currently at – surrounded by his peers and getting the attention of his crush, Kyoko. Fortunately – or it could be somewhat unfortunate – Kyoko has thought that the whole underwear episode was all a simple joke created by Tsuna. He seemed to have avoided a bullet with that one. Lucky him.
"Hey! What's going on here?" A clear voice rang through the gym, instantly silencing the crowd and drawing everyone's attention. There, appearing from the doorway of the gym was a young male with a small crowd of students following behind him. The feminine-looking male has long black hair and wore the same school uniform just like the rest of the male students: white, short-sleeved shirt, black pants, blue tie, and a black blazer. The only thing distinctive about his appearance was his uniquely-colored, red eyes and the blue and white armband on his left arm. This was Kimura Yuuki, the school's student council president.
When Yuuki heard about a commotion happening at the gym, he immediately headed down to settle the situation before Hibari could. Can you imagine what would happen if Hibari was to come down and 'fix' the problem? Yuuki did not need that extra amount of paperwork. He has enough already.
When he arrived at the gym, he could see the students cheering and surrounding a single student who was in his boxer. Isn't he cold? Yuuki thought, raising an eyebrow. That boy was lucky it was Yuuki who arrived first. Tsuna would be in big trouble if Hibari saw him in such a sorry state.
Next, Yuuki took notice of the bald kendo student laying unconscious on the ground. From scanning the scene, Yuuki has deduced what had happened. It looked like he has some angry parents to appease – how troublesome. Facing the group, he started giving orders to students. "Everyone get back to class! And someone bring that boy to the nurse's office!"
The students promptly obeyed and slowly the crowd dwindled in numbers. Two of Mochida's friends went over to his body and helped the boy up to take him to the school nurse. As the crowd shrank, Yuuki turned to face Tsuna who stood nervously in front of the president. Not wanting to confront the president, Tsuna clenched his eyes shut in embarrassment. It was humiliating to stand in front of their president with only an underwear on.
Yuuki stood silently, scrutinizing the boy before him. Soon, a certain glint appeared in Yuuki's eyes as he seemed to have detected something noteworthy about the boy. Instead of saying anything though, Yuuki took off his blazer and draped it over Tsuna's shoulders. Tsuna's eyes shot open in surprised, grabbing onto the collar of the blazer so that it doesn't fall. Letting go of the blazer, Yuuki smiled gently in reply before walking away.
Holding the blazer in place, Tsuna watched the president go in awe before flinching in fear when he saw the jealous glares from the president's many fans. The president was quite popular in school and everyone knew who he was, including Tsuna. The president was probably the only one who at least acknowledge Tsuna's existence. They weren't close, but it made Tsuna a bit happy to be seen. Unfortunately, this drew the wrong kind of attention from his peers. Some were jealous of Tsuna while others couldn't fathom why Tsuna was receiving attention from their admirable president. The hostility didn't help with Tsuna's lonely situation, but he was too stubborn to give up his first potential friendship with someone.
Fearing for his life, Tsuna quickly ran away, a small smile plastered on his face. The last few weeks was a bit of a mess ever since Reborn came into his life, but seeing how things turned out in the end, Tsuna could feel his hope growing. Tsuna could feel it in his gut, this was the start of a brand-new change.