Marisay-chan writing here once again! I am finally able to update again! *Angel light shining again* But, anyways, I have about two weeks of free time, so I will try to update as much as I can before the two weeks are up! Also a big thank you to those who answered my question!

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters, only the story! ^_^

In Italics are thoughts

In bold are flashbacks

*Within stars are cats talking*

~Story Starts~

The next few days was spent uneventfully, with Tsuna still healing from his injuries, and the cats trying to get used to their new residents. So far, the only cats that had warmed up to Tsuna and Shoichi without any questions were Giotto, Yuni, and weirdly, Reborn…

*OWWWWWW!* Every head turned to where the sound came from.

*Don't slack off, Dame-Tsuna, or else I will bite your ear again.*

…At least, it looked like Reborn was only close to Tsuna…in his own way.

Currently, Reborn was having Tsuna to start walking, without anyone's help. The rest of the occupants could only watch the scene, as anyone who tried to help Tsuna, mainly Shoichi, would be faced with Reborn's dark aura.

*Try again,* Reborn told Tsuna, who was lying on the floor, walking away until he was a few feet away from Tsuna and sat there. *You are not getting any rest until you reach me.*

Tsuna flattened his ears on his head, panting softly as he struggled to get up on fours, his paws trembling badly with effort.

Shoichi was biting his lips when he saw that, his hands were clenching and unclenching on his knees. He panicked when Tsuna's front paws buckled under the strain, causing Tsuna to fall forward slightly and quickly stood up to help him, but was once again, stopped by Reborn.

Tsuna let out a soft mewl, before getting up again and limped forward slowly, trying to get to Reborn.

Reborn watched with his black-slited eyes, his tail swinging behind him lazily, as Tsuna slowly got closer and closer. Finally-

*…I…reached…* Tsuna huffed out, looking tiredly up at Reborn, stopping just in front him. Reborn stared back, noticing Tsuna's eyes were drooping. Without warning, Reborn placed a paw on Tsuna's head and pushed. Worn out from the earlier, Tsuna fell to the ground easily with a soft cry at that push.

"WHOA! What are you doing?!" Shoichi, unable to sit still anymore, rushed up to Tsuna.

Reborn did not stop him this time, choosing to walk away from his place and settled himself near the window.

"Tsuna! Are you all right? Any pain? Do you want me to carry you?" Shoichi fussed over Tsuna, his hands flailing slightly.

Giotto blinked and glanced at Reborn, who was watching Shoichi panicking. *…Do you have a reason for doing this, Reborn? He's still injured.*

Everyone turned their attention to Giotto and Reborn, sensing the slightly tense situation.

Reborn flicked his ears. *Don't be foolish, Giotto. Need I remind you that these two are outsiders. To make things worse, he knows about us,* Reborn's eyes locked on Shoichi's, making him gulped. *…And he's not even willing to tell us what's going on. So, the faster Dame-Tsuna recovers, the faster they can leave.*

Shoichi bit his lips, looking a little depressed.

*…We are not staying here?*

Reborn and Giotto looked at Tsuna, who was staring at them with his wide brown-slited eyes.

*Of course not, Dame-Tsuna,* Reborn retorted. *Do you think that you can get free food and free shelter for nothing?*

Tsuna stared at Reborn for a while, before turning to Shoichi. *… We are not staying here?* Tsuna repeated, this time sounding a little weak.

Shoichi look sadly at Tsuna, "No, Tsuna. We are only living here temporarily. Once you are healed, we will look for other places to live."

*…* Tsuna stayed silent looking at Shoichi. He bowed his head, his ears suddenly flopped down. *…*

"Hm? What did you say, Tsuna?" Shoichi leaned down to him.

Tsuna looked back up, his eyes slightly teary. *…I have to go back there?*

Shoichi widened his eyes. "NO!" His shout startling everyone in the room, making him received some glares from certain cats. "…Ugh…sorry…but Tsuna, I told you that I wouldn't let them take you. Please believe me," Shoichi pleaded to the brown cat.

Tsuna gave a soft sniff. *…I…* Tsuna laid his head on the ground. *…I miss big brother…*

"Big brother?" Shoichi was confused by the term. "What are you talking about, Tsuna? You don't have a brother, or any siblings at th-" Shoichi trailed off, eyes widening when realization hit him.

"Tsuna!" Tsuna flinched. "He's not your brother!"

*B-But…*

"Tsuna…" Tsuna curled up into a ball at the disapproval tone.

Shoichi slumped and sighed. "…You really got to stop thinking that you and him are-" Shoichi cut himself off, suddenly realizing that they are not alone. "…Come on, let's get you to bed. Please excuse us."

With that, Shoichi picked Tsuna up and left the room.

The beginning of danger

"You shouldn't have said that, Reborn-kun," Luce said after a moment of silence, her hand reaching up to adjust the earphone that allowed her to understand the cats.

Reborn scoffed.

*But what is Tsunayoshi talking about? A brother? And why do Shoichi-san look so horrified by that?* Fon asked.

Silence waved through at that statement.

*I can't wait to see Tsuna-san's human form,* Yuni commented out of nowhere.

"Eh?" Luce, along with the other cats, turned to Yuni, surprised by that.

*What are you talking about? That Tsunayoshi is just a normal cat, did you not see the color of his fur?* G told her.

*That is correct. He does not bear any color that shows what kind of flame he has,* Asari said.

*…I wonder about that.*

*What do you mean Viper, hey?* Colonnello asked.

Mammon glared, *It's Mammon. Pay me and I might answer you.*

*Why do you need money anyways? You are a bloody cat!* Gokudera scowled.

*No one is talking to you, Octopus head.*

*Wha-* Gokudera shifted into his human form, several dynamites appearing in his hands. "WHAT DID YOU CALL ME!"

*That is an EXTREME nickname! I shall call you that from now on, Octopus head!* Ryohei raised his paw in the air.

"You-" Gokudera turned to Ryohei jerkily. "DO YOU WANT TO BE BLOWN UP, YOU LAWN HEAD?!"

*Don't call me that, Octopus head! It's not nice!* Ryohei pointed his paw at Gokudera, before turning to Knuckle. *What's a lawn head anyways?*

Knuckle sweatdropped, *That's-*

*We are going way out of point,* Fon sighed.

*…Perhaps it has something to do with, why the mist did not work on Tsunayoshi?*

Everyone looked at Giotto, who was staring at the indigo cats.

*Is that correct, Daemon?*

Daemon's tail twitched, *Nufufufu…*

*That Tsunayoshi cat is an interesting one, Kufufu,* Mukuro said, his mismatched eyes sweeping across the room.

*What does that mean?* Lampo yawned out, getting hit by G once again. Lambo could be seen sleeping next to Lampo.

*Don't ask a question if you are not interested in it!*

*How dare you hit the great me?!*

*Got a problem?* G raised his paws threateningly, making Lampo cower.

*I-It means that,* All attention turned to Chrome. *E-Even though all four of us used our mist…h-he was still able to stay awake…*

*Ah? I thought you were slacking off, hey?*

*Is he not suppose to stay awake?* Giotto questioned.

*Nufufufu, of course not, Primo,* Daemon stared at Giotto. *Any normal cat, or even humans, will be rendered unconscious the moment they inhaled the mist.*

*Haha. I still don't understand why Daemon insist on calling Giotto, Primo,* Yamamoto told Asari.

*Because Giotto is the first cat born within the Vongola cats, and since we are from Italy…the name stuck, I guess.*

"Eh?" Luce gasped. "But Tsuna-kun remained awake…"

*That's what makes him so interesting,* Mukuro's tail swished behind him. *And that's not all.*

*There's more?* Skull shouted out.

*Nufufu…perhaps our dear purple cats would like to do some investigation about our guest?* Daemon turned to Alaude and Hibari, who glared.

*Why is that?*

*Nufufu…because dear Primo,* Daemon fixed his gaze on Giotto. *When I say that, cats or humans will become unconscious the moment they inhaled the mist,* Daemon paused. *…The mist is only coming from one.*

*Huh?* Skull tilted his head. *From one? One what?*

Colonnello used his hind legs to kick Skull into a wall. *One of them, you idiot, hey!*

*Hmmm…so that would mean that…* Verde made a comment after staying silent for so long.

Daemon nodded. *He was able to stay awake with all four of us using the mist. Forget normal cats, even the Arcobaleno cats would not be able to stand against two mist, let alone four.*

The beginning of danger

Shoichi sighed as he watched Tsuna slept on his bed.

*…I miss big brother…*

Shoichi shut his eyes tightly. "…He is not your brother, Tsuna…he never was…and never will be…"

A ring from his phone startled Shoichi so much that he fell from the bed that he was sitting on. "Gya!"

Staring with wide eyes, Shoichi quickly crawled to the table where his phone was. Looking at the caller ID, he frowned before answering the phone, "Hello?"

"…"

"Yes…we managed to get to where the Vongola and Arcobaleno cats are staying."

"…"

"Sh-Shut up! I was almost killed by them because they thought I was taking them away! Luckily, the Vongola Sky cat trusts me."

"…"

"Ah…his hyper intuition, I guess."

"…"

"…Tsuna is fine now," Shoichi glanced at Tsuna. "He was shot by one of them."

"…"

"Hm? No…we won't be staying here. The other cats does not seem to welcome us…"

"…"

"That would be great! Tell us once you found a place!"

"…"

"Eh?" Shoichi blinked. "Bad news?"

"…"

Shoichi widened his eyes. "Wha-What! But-!" Shoichi glanced at Tsuna with a horrified look.

"…"

"I-I don't care what you do! But get him away from Tsuna!"

"…" A loud click was then heard from the phone.

Shoichi stared at his phone. He slowly lifted his eyes to Tsuna.

"…Is that why you suddenly said that, Tsuna?"

Tsuna whimpered in his sleep.

The beginning of danger

~Somewhere else~

"S-Someone! He-" A scream cut off the rest of the sentence away.

A hand fell into the light, blood splattering on it.

Footsteps were heard and a foot came into the light as well, next to the bloodied hand.

"…" The rest of the body were shadowed away, making it hard to distinguish the person. However, their eyes could be seen glowing in the dark.

"…I will get you back."

The beginning of danger

Giotto lifted his head up all of a sudden, looking around. All of the cats were currently taking their afternoon nap.

*What's the matter, Giotto?*

Giotto turned towards the voice, to see Reborn staring at him from the window.

*…* Giotto flicked his ear. *…Just suddenly had a feeling…*

Reborn stared for a while and let out a yawn. *It's starting then.*

Giotto blinked, *Starting?*

*Whatever that was chasing them is coming nearer.*

If cats could frown, Giotto would probably be having one now.

*Will we be in danger as well?*

Giotto and Reborn turned, seeing Yuni was awake and listening to their conversation.

*We are always in danger. Those two just brought it nearer than expected,* Reborn said offhandedly.

*…You don't seemed concern by this.*

Reborn looked at Giotto, *It's a bit boring nowadays.*

Giotto flicked his ears again, before turning to Yuni. *Yuni, I am a bit curious when you said you wanted to see Tsunayoshi's human form. What makes you think that he has one? Aside him being able to withstand the mist.*

*Eh? Hmmm…* Yuni placed a paw on her mouth. *…I…am not exactly sure. But, he has one, of that I am very sure,* Yuni nodded in comfirmation. *Also, I think that, our questions might be answered if we could see his human form.*

Both Giotto and Reborn blinked at that.

*Visions? Dame-Tsuna is getting more and more troublesome,* Reborn muttered. *Hopefully they could leave before anything happens.*

Giotto meowed, *You should really be more honest with yourself, Reborn.*

*What?*

Giotto's slited eyes glinted with amusement. *You said that you wanted them to be gone as soon as possible, yet, you are also the one who consented to let them stay here.*

*…*

*And let's not forget about the little performance you gave the first time Tsunayoshi woke up. I have never seen you so…caring…to someone before.* Giotto's voice suddenly became serious, *…You know something, don't you, Reborn?*

Reborn stayed silent.

*Reborn-san?* Yuni asked, seeing that he was not answering.

Reborn continued to stay silent, and slowly…a bubble came out from his nose.

Giotto and Yuni sweatdropped, amazed that Reborn was sleeping with his eyes opened.

*Reborn-san…*

Giotto sighed, *Same as always.* Giotto laid down on his pillow. *Let's just hoped that Alaude and Kyoya will be able to find some information about Tsunayoshi.*

Yuni blinked, *Kyoya?*

*Ah…* Giotto blinked. *That's right, not all of you know about their names. Kyoya is Hibari's name. Gokudera is actually called Hayato, while Yamamoto is called Takeshi. Ryohei used to be called Sasagawa, while Mukuro and Chrome used to be called Rokudo and Dokuro respectively. Lambo is Lambo though, he was taken in at a young age.* Giotto narrowed his eyes.

*Before they were taken into the Vongola, they were taken care of by other humans. Those names, were the family names of the ones who had taken care of them. As you can see, only Kyoya, Hayato and Takeshi continued to call themselves by their family names.*

*Eh? Then…they are not Vongola cats by blood?*

*…* Giotto glanced at the mentioned cats. *They used to be normal cats. But now, they are Vongola cats by blood.*

*I…don't get it.*

Giotto tilted his head to the side. *Have you ever not wonder why Hayato looks so much like G in his human form? Takeshi with Asari, and the same with the others?*

*Eh? I thought it was merely coincidence…*

Giotto shook his head, *It's not a coincidence.* Giotto closed his eyes. *Get some rest now, we will talk more at another time.*

*…Could you at least tell me, how did this happened, Giotto-san?* Yuni asked, lying down at her bed.

Giotto was so silent that Yuni thought that he was not going to answer, so she was startled, as well as shocked, when Giotto replied;

*Forced experiments.*

~To Be Continued~

How was it? The mystery of the Vongola cats is slowly unveiling! Is it a bit boring though?

Sooooo, a brother?! Who? But Shoichi does not seem to appreciate the idea…And just what will Alaude and Kyoya find in their investigation? And what about that phone call? Who was it? And it seems that some danger is lurking, will everything be all right?

Things to note:

Primo = First

By the way, I had another question…Could somebody tell me what are OCs or OCCs? I seen them in some stories, but I have no idea what it is ^_^'''

That's all Folks! Do leave a review to tell how I can improve or if you have any questions!

Edited on 30 December 2014