Chapter 1: How We All Met Giotto was sighing really loud. He was at his desk doing what he always did if h e wasn't out keeping things calm and peaceful which was signing loads and loads of paperwork. Truthfully, he hated this part of the job. Thanks to his Mist Guar dian, Daemon Spade, he was now signing a 100 thousand bill for the damage he had caused during his last mission. Giotto was a mafia boss for the Vongola Family, a family he had created just a year ago and was now becoming rather popular. Th inking back, Giotto smiled at all the memories on how he had met all his guardia ns and how they agreed to become his guardians. Just as Giotto was about to start a rather long day-dreaming session, a loud kno ck was heard on his door. "Come in," said Giotto as he put on his serious face a nd straightened his body posture to make it look like he was very busy. The door flung open and G, Giotto's right-hand man, Storm Guardian and childhood friend burst in. He was looking rather pissed at something. "Oh G. Did you need somethi ng?" asked Giotto as G marched to his table. "Giotto, there's been a report of a disturbance in the nearby village. You know, the one where you always buy your sweet supply. Apparently, a loud explosion was heard and well, one of the shops has been broken into," said G tapping his fingers impatiently. "Which family is it this time?" sighed Giotto tiredly, dropping his pen. "Heh, l ike I know. Eyewitnesses told us they couldn't see anything but whoever they are , they are short," finished G as Giotto looked at him with a surprised look. How could these short people do so much of harm? "Call the rest of the guardians. W e don't know who we are dealing with," ordered Giotto in his boss voice. G smirk ed. "I don't have too. They already went on ahead. I was left the job of telling you," said G as he and Giotto went on their way. "Sorry to be so late then," mu ttered Giotto. G laughed. "Hey, I'm not complaining, Alaude was practically runn ing out the door when he heard the news. Lampo got pulled by Daemon and Knuckles and was dragged to the village with Knuckles yelling "EXTREME SPEED!". Asari to o, for someone who is usually so calm. I guess they must be pretty happy to be d oing something," replied G as Giotto sweatdropped. How typical. Peaceful Village Asari was putting out a fire when Giotto and G ran up to him. Daemon, Knuckles a nd Lampo were in sight while Alaude was standing very far from them, looking at the village. In his opinion, it didn't look so bad. The only casualty they had w as a mini explosion and a robbed shop. He had seen worst. Daemon looked very dis appointed. He was expecting some combat to take place but that wasn't happening. "Asari, did you catch the person who did this?" asked Giotto looking at Asari. "No, I think they'd most probably would have escaped by now. Even though the dam age is minor, it is still wrong," replied his Rain Guardian. "I pray that God will help the person who got hurt in all of this," said Knuckle s bowing his head in prayer. Lampo was looking bored and annoyed. "How dare you both pull the Great Lampo while he is in the middle of his nap?" said Lampo look ing at Daemon and Knuckles. "Nufufufuwould you like me to rip out your internal o rgans?" smirked Daemon pulling out his dangerous looking scythe. Lampo backed aw ay in fear. "N-No need D-Daemon-sama," whimpered the Lightning Guardian as he qu ietly hid behind Giotto. "Cheh! What a coward," muttered G. Lampo immediately be came defensive. "The Great Lampo is NOT a coward! I bet I can defeat you in 10 s econds flat, Pinky hair!" yelled Lampo striking a nerve. "What did you call me y ou insolent brat?" yelled G as he whacked Lampo's head. "Now now, let's all calm down and think about this logically," said Asari with a smile as he restrained G. Lampo had chibi tears falling out of his eyes. "Let me go Asari! This guy nee ds to be taught a lesson!" yelled G as he struggled against Asari's firm grip. Giotto sweatdropped. "Oh well, I guess while we're here we should ask for inform

ation from the wit-Alaude?" said Giotto breaking of his sentence as he saw his C loud guardian suddenly looking alert and rushing to a dark alley nearby."Alaude! What's going on?" yelled Giotto as he ran after him with his guardians followin g behind. Alaude was standing boredly at his spot watching the others when he heard some m ovement running into the alley nearby. Being Aalude, he immediately became alert and rushed towards the spot. He could hear Primo and the others following behin d. Pulling out his handcuffs, he made an attack on the unknown person but much t o his surprise, was blocked by some kind of weapon. Jumping back, he saw in the shadows a silhouette of a boy with weapons raised. "Kamikorosu." snarled the boy before swinging his weapons at Alaude who dodged just in time. He aimed a punch at this boy but was blocked. Alaude took a look at his opponent. Since he had a lready come out into the sunlight, Alaude had a close look at him. He was about 7 to 8 years old and had black hair. His eyes looked like steel and his clothes looked old but clean. He was also holding a pair of steel tonfas. Aluade could h ear the gasp coming from the other guardians but he was not bothered because at that moment, the boy ran towards him and aimed another swing to his face. Alaude dodged right before the tonfa hit his face. "Not bad," said Alaude, a smile coming onto his face. He was fascinated by this boy. 'Kyoya! Kyoya!" chirped a small bird as it landed on the boy's shoulder. So , this boy was named Kyoya. "I don't know who you are but I will bite you to dea th!" said Kyoya as he charged again. Alaude also did the same thing. Giotto arrived at the scene only to have a shock of his life. Why? It was becaus e Alaude was facing off with a boy. Of course, that wasn't the strange part. It was because the boy looked so much like Alaude minus the hair colour but besides that, Giotto would have thought they were father and son. Of course, that thoug ht was erased when both of them started attacking each other. Giotto had to admi t it, this boy was good. He was actually on par with Alaude. Hearing the bird, G iotto assumed his name was Kyoya and had to step in when both of them were going in for the last kill. Kyoya stopped but Alaude rushed in and handcuffed the boy . G and the others were in shock. Daemon had gotten over shock and was now smirkin g at Alaude who held a struggling Kyoya firmly. "Oya oya Alaude, this is unexpec ted. And I used to think you were the most decent one among us," laughed Daemon. Alaude glared at him. "Shut up or I'll pulverize you," replied Alaude . "Seriou sly Alaude, you had a son?" asked G and Knuckles at the same time. Alaude ignore d them and turned his attention to Kyoya who had already stopped struggling and was now emitting a dangerous aura. "You boy, which family are you from?" asked A laude in his monotone voice. Kyoya ignored him and looked away. Giotto tried. "K yoya was it, where are you from?" Kyoya looked at him with dead eyes. "I have no family," was his reply and he continued to look away. All the guardians felt a pang of sadness for the boy. "Then wha" said Giotto but for the second time that day, he broke off his sentence. "Big Brother Kyoya! Where are you?" came another voice, a voice of another child . Kyoya's eyes immediately opened wide. It was obvious he cared for this child, his eyes were saying 'Don't come here!' "Tsk! Don't bother about him Tsuna-sama! I'm sure he's just wondering around like an idiot again" said a second voice. T his one sounded like he respected this 'Tsuna' a lot. "But, he's still our broth er, well, our adopted brother maybe but still" said the first voice in a more wor ried tone. "Hahaha! Now now Tsuna! I'm sure he's fine! You should know Kyoya bet ter! He's the one that got away with stealing that fish for us!" said a third vo ice cheerfully. Primo and his guardians looked at Kyoya with their eyebrows arch ed. So he was the one responsible for all that. "Shut up idiot! Don't speak to T suna-sama like that!" growled the second voice. "SAWADA! LET'S GO JOGGING AGAIN! C'MON! IT'LL BE FUN!" yelled a fourth voice. "SHUT UP TURF-TOP! CAN'T YOU SEE T

SUNA-SAMA IS LOOKING FOR THAT IDIOT KYOYA?" yelled the second voice. "Now Now! L et's all calm down!" said the third voice. Primo and his guardians, except Alaude and Daemon, were surprised. They sounded so much like Knuckles, Asari, G and Giotto. Their shock increased when : "TSUNA! LAMBO'S HUNGRY! THAT FISH WASN'T ENOUGH!" screamed a child who sounded so much like Lampo when he was fussing. "I'm sorry Lambo but I can't give you anything. We've fun out of food again!" said the first voice as he tried to comfort this L ambo. Sadness immediately filled Giotto. Were these kids orphans? Giotto looked at G and saw he was thinking the same. They both understood how it was to be orp haned as both of them were orphaned too. Giotto now wanted to see these kids. Fo rtunately for him, they turned into the corner where he was standing as all of t hem gasped. "B-Big brother Kyoya!" yelled the child with hair that looked like Giotto's exce pt for the fact that it was brown. His companion had silver colored hair and had the same scowl as G. The boy beside them looked EXACTLY like Asari minus the fa ct that his clothes were torn in some areas. The boy with white hair that looked like a lawn looked like Knuckles double except for the fact that the colour was different. A small child with cow printed clothes looked like Lampo when he was a child. They knew this because G sneaked into Lampo's room once and discovered the picture. All of them minus the cow child looked 5 to 6 years old. Kyoya was now looking at the first boy with eyes that said 'Run' but the child still stoo d there as though he didn't know what to do. "Enemies! Let Big Brother go!" yelled the first boy in panic. Giotto walked over calmly and raised his hands to show he was unarmed. The child backed away and h is companions jumped forward. G's look alike pulled out some dynamite whilst Asa ri's look alike pulled out a stick. "Don't worry, I'm not here to hurt you. What are your names?" asked Giotto gently. The first boy looked at him with fearful eyes. Giotto smiled and put out his hands. G was already by his side. The boy lo oked at Giotto's hands and looked at him. With a trembling hand, he touched it a nd closed his eyes, as though expecting Giotto to hit him but when that didn't h appen, he opened his eyes and met with the orange-colored eyes. Giotto immediately felt a strange feeling swell up in him. Was it affection? Lov e? "What's your name?" asked Giotto gently while the child's friends looked wary . "Sawada Tsunayoshi, but people call me Tsuna," said Tsuna shakily. 'Tsunayoshi ? What a weird name, 'thought Giotto. "That's Japanese is it not?" asked Asari e dging in closer. Tsuna nodded nervously. Asari broke into a smile. "Well whaddya know, I'm Japanese too!" exclaimed Asari happily. "What are your names?" asked Asari looking at Tsuna's friends. "Tsk. Gokudera Hayato," said G's look alike. " Yamamoto Takeshi!" said the black haired boy in delight. "This one's Lambo," sai d Takeshi pointing to the child with the cow-print shirt. "MY NAME IS SASAGAWA R YOHEI TO THE EXTREME!" yelled Kunckle's look alike. "That guy is Hibari Kyoya!" exclaimed Ryohei pointed at Kyoya whole scowled at him. "Oh? Where are your parents?" asked Giotto gently. Tsuna shook his head. "All ou r parents, excluding Mukuro and Chrome's, are all dead. We met each otherand hav e been going around together since!" smiled Tsuna cutely. His eyes telling nothi ng but the truth. Giotto felt another pang of sadness. "I seeWho are Mukuro and C hrome?" asked Giotto looking around. As far as he could see, there was no one el se there besides them. Daemon was downright disappointed again. As far as he could see, there was no 'D aemon look alike' and he was feeling down. That was until he heard they appeared . "KufufufuWere you looking for us?" came an eerie voice and everyone whipped aro und. Out of nothing, a boy and a girl, both wearing eye patched appeared. Both o f them had pineapple hair and looked like Daemon. The girl was hiding behind her brother with a shy expression. Her brother stood protectively in front of her.

"Kufufu. My dear sister, there's nothing to fear, I'm here and always will be" sa id the boy as the girl nodded. Well, let's just say Daemon was practically jumpi ng for joy in the inside but was showing an amused expression on his face. "Kufu fuSawada Tsunayoshiwhat have you gotten yourself into this time?" sighed the boy w ith a hint of worry on his face. Tsuna looked at him sheepishly as though he was guilty. "Nothing Big Brother Mukuro," replied Tsuna as Mukuro laughed. "Oya oya , who are these people?" said Mukuro looking at Primo and his guardians. Giotto smiled and said "My name is Giotto and these are my guardians and from now onwar ds, you can call us Family," said Giotto as everyone and I mean everyone stared at him in shock. What was he up to now? Chapter 2: Life With The Vongola "Tsuna, it's time to wake up!" called Giotto one morning. He knocked on his adop ted son's door. Even so, there was no reply. Fear creeping up his back, Giotto o pened the door and entered quietly. The room was dark and he could barely see an ything. "Tsuna?" called Giotto again as he reached the bed to discover it was em pty. Giotto immediately went into panic mode. This was very unusual. Tsuna would have had jumped out of bed and hug his father by now with his usual cute smile. "Tsuna!" called Giotto in an even louder voice, one filled with panic and worry . Being an overprotective father and a mafia boss, Giotto immediately had morbid thoughts. "BOO!" yelled a figure as it jumped onto Giotto's back, giving him a near heart attack. "Hahah! I got you Papa!" laughed Tsuna as Giotto pulled him from his bac k and gave him a hug. Even though Giotto's heart was still racing, he laughed al ong with his son. "Tsuna. Don't ever do that again! You nearly gave Papa a heart attack!" said Giotto sternly after a few minutes of laughing. Tsuna's eyes imme diately became worried. "I'm sorry Papa! I didn't know! I won't do it again!" sa id Tsuna with guilt and worry in his voice. Giotto smiled lovingly at his son. " It's alright Tsuna. Papa had fun though," said Giotto with a gentle smile. Tsuna smiled. A big, sweet innocent smile that made Giotto feel happy. Thinking back, he did not feel any form of regret for adopting Tsuna. Flashback to 5 months ago "I said no and that means no!" said G firmly. Giotto sighed. They were all curre ntly at their home discussing something important. Giotto had said it out loud t hat he wanted to adopt some orphans much to the dismay of G and Lampo. As they c ould not reach a conclusion at that time, Giotto ordered them all to go home wit h the kids and sit down and talk it over. Upon reaching home, Giotto asked a mai dservant to give some food to the children. He and his guardians then went to th e conference room to discuss about the topic. With the atmosphere they were havi ng anyone would have thought they were discussing a battle plan. G had of course disagreed. "But G, these kids need love and care to the extreme!" argued Knuckles as he sla mmed his fist on the table. "You can't just turn them away. You saw how they liv e!" continued Knuckles. G glared at him. "Yeah and I understand that but think a bout it! The Vongola are coming up! It's already VERY difficult to take care of it and now you want to add kids?" countered G as Lampo nodded his head. "I or on ce, agree with that idiot. Besides, it's too much of a hassle to take care ofBRAT S!" said Lampo as everyone looked at him with the 'WTH' face as Lampo was the bi ggest brat they knew. "But G! Look at them! They lost all their parents, family and have to live in the streets, not even knowing when their next meal will be!" said Asari with sad eyes. Knuckles nodded in agreement. Giotto coughed. "Person ally, I er think that adopting them will be no problem," said Giotto as G glared at him. "But what do we tell people when they see them?" asked G. Silence loome d above them. "Let's worry about that next time," said Giotto looking at his gua rdians.

"Alaude, Daemon, what are your opinions?" asked Giotto looking at his other two guardians who were silent the whole time. Alaude looked at Giotto and then looke d away. "I would agree with your thinking. They should and will stay," said Alau de shocking the whole room into silence. Asari and Knuckles were looking at each other happily. G scowled at Alaude. Giotto smiled. "Daemon?" "NufufufuI would en joy having the siblings if you don't mind" replied Daemon with his eerie laugh. E veryone sweatdropped. This was to be expected. Daemon was rather happy when he s aw the two siblings, Mukuro and Chrome. He was even more delighted when he found out that both of them could perform illusions. "Then this settles it! We will be adopting them!" announced Giotto with finality . Lampo heaved an loud sigh. G was silent for a moment, then he sighed and smile d. "You win this round Giotto. To be honest, I am rather interested to become a father," said G as Giotto laughed. He was actually feeling the same thing. Daemo n was looking rather cheerful. Asari had already run out to find Takeshi to anno unce the good news. Knuckles was yelling 'EXTREME!' happily. "Primo, just to be straight with one thing, I refuse to adopt anyone," said Alaude as he walked out . Giotto sighed. What was he to do with Kyoya then? Back to the present 'And someone told me 5 months ago that he did not want to have a kid,' thought G iotto as he and Tsuna made their way to the dining hall for breakfast. Giotto wa s giving a rather happy Tsuna a piggyback ride. On their way, they met with Alau de and Kyoya. Alaude was teaching Kyoya new tricks with his weapon. Even in his dead eyes, Giotto could see Alaude was rather proud of his son. "Good morning Al aude, Kyoya," greeted Giotto as Tsuna squealed and climbed down from Giotto's ba ck. "Kyoya-nii! Uncle Alaude!" called the small brunette in joy. Alaude nodded a t Giotto and opened his arms for Tsuna, something he couldn't help doing. Tsuna ran into his arms and gave him a hug. Turning to Kyoya, Tsuna broke into a smile . Kyoya returned it with one of his rather rare smiles, something he only showed to his father or Tsuna. "Kyoya-nii! Will you be having breakfast with us today? " asked Tsuna with expectant eyes. Kyoya shook his head and ruffled Tsuna's mess y hair. "I'm sorry Tsuna, I have to follow my father to one of his missions toda y," replied Kyoya in a monotone voice. Tsuna's face dropped making Kyoya feel gu ilty. "But I will try to next time," said Kyoya quietly as Tsuna's face lit up. "Yay! Have fun on your mission, Kyoya-nii, Uncle Alaude and be safe!" said Tsuna as he ran back to his father. "Papa, why does Uncle Alaude and Kyoya-nii always go on missions?" asked Tsuna a s he held his father's hand, looking at Giotto with his wide chocolate eyes. Gio tto smiled back lovingly. "Your uncle and big brother erm go around the world he lping those less fortunate people Tsuna," replied Giotto as understanding entere d Tsuna's eyes. "I see!" replied Tsuna as he smiled happily. When Giotto first told Tsuna he was going to be his new father, Tsuna's eyes wid ened and he asked "Will you beat be like how my foster mother did?" This almost made Giotto cry. Not wanting to pry into the topic, he smiled and shook his head . "Never, Tsuna. Never will I raise my hand against you," said Giotto making Tsu na break into a smile. "You can call me Papa, Tsuna," said Giotto gently. For th e past 5 months, Tsuna had never once thrown a temper or fought with any of the other kids. Instead, he was always worried about the others and always had a smi le ready no matter what the situation. Tsuna was the reason why Giotto now had t he mood to do his paperwork. Tsuna apparently got along well with all the others . Hayato was always following him around and calling him 'sama'. Takeshi enjoyed having tea with him. Mukuro was quite overprotective when it came to Tsuna, suc h as when he emitted a dangerous aura when Tsuna tripped and fell down, injuring his knees(making Giotto to worry so much anyone would have thought Tsuna was in a coma). Chrome always smiled whenever Tsuna talked to her. Lambo and Ryohei en

joyed playing with him while Kyoya would always give him rare smiles or gifts. T suna had also made all of Giotto's guardian's love him and they would frequently play with him or tell him stories. Upon reaching the dining room, they saw that Lampo and Lambo were already there. "Uncle Lampo! Lambo! Good morning!" said Tsuna cheerfully as he climbed onto th e chair next to Lambo. "Tsuna-nii! Play with Lambo-sama today!" screamed Lambo. "Okay! We should wait for the others too!" replied Tsuna as his food came. "Lamb o, don't go falling into ponds again okay," said Lampo smiling at Lambo, somethi ng Giotto still found rather weird. Not too long ago, Lampo had been complaining about Lambo like crazy and now, he was being like an overprotective big brother to him. Upon adopting Lambo, Lampo had cut off Lambo's afro and now styled it t o be more like his. He even taught Lambo to be spoiled, something he got whacked for by G. Tsuna was about to dig into his food when the door opened and G and Hayato came in with their normal drabble which sounded like: "HAYATO YOU BRAT! APOLOGISE RIGHT NOW!" yelled G as he pulled Hayato's ears. "NO WAY YOU STINKING OLD MAN! YOU STARTED IT!" yelled Hayato back as he stepped on his father's toes making G release his ears and cussing at the same time. "Good morning Hayato-nii and Uncle G!" greeted Tsuna in between mouthfuls as Gio tto roared with laughter. "G, that's the 5th time you've lost," chuckled Giotto as he helped Tsuna wipe his mouth. G glared at Giotto and sat down in his seat w ith a 'hmph'. Hayato on the other hand saluted Tsuna and yelled on top of his lu ngs. "GOOD MORNING TSUNA-SAMA! I APOLOGIZE THAT YOU HAD TO SEE THAT SO EARLY IN THE MORNING!" yelled Hayato making G to whack his son's head. "Tsuna will most p robably go deaf if you keep that up!" growled G as Hayato whacked his head in re alization. "I'm so sorry Tsuna-sama!" apologized Hayato bowing low making Giotto sweat drop. He had no idea why this boy was so loyal to his son. "Hahaha! Hayato, your voice is so cheerful today!" said Takeshi as he and Asari appeared. Hayato immediately glared at him. "What did you say you idiot?" growle d Hayato as he made to pull out his dynamites but was stopped by G. "Good mornin g Takeshi-nii and Uncle Asari!" greeted Tsuna happily. "Good morning Tsuna, Uncl e Giotto!" replied Takeshi with his usual grin. "Good morning Giotto, Tsuna!" sa id Asari as he and Takeshi sat down for breakfast. "I heard Knuckles and Ryohei are in a middle of a morning exercise!" said Asari cheerfully as Takeshi chomped down his food. "Something about 100 rounds around the mountains," laughed Asari as though running a hundred times was very normal. Giotto sweatdropped. "SighhhTo be expected" muttered Giotto as Tsuna ate his last bit of food. (Tsuna h ad never wasted his food before as he knew how it was to be starving with nothin g to eat.) "Where's Daemon?" asked Giotto looking around. "NufufuLooking for us Primo?" came an eerie voice from out of nowhere. Daemon Spa de had appeared and with him Mukuro and Chrome. Mukuro holding a creepy looking trident he had got from his father while Chrome was being carried by Daemon. "Un cle Daemon! Mukuro-nii and Chrome!" squealed Tsuna with joy. Daemon smiled at hi s rather cute nephew. Mukuro ruffled Tsuna's hair. "Kufufu, have you eaten your breakfast yet Tsuna?" asked Mukuro in a brotherly voice. Tsuna nodded eagerly. " Tsuna"muttered Chrome before she hid her face. Daemon patted her softly. "Now now Chrome, no need to be shy. Like I told you before, me and your brother will des troy anyone who would dare bully you," said Daemon while Chrome nodded. Giotto sighed softly. He could still remember the first day Daemon took care of the kids. Mukuro was standing in front of Chrome protectively, looking fierce. " I will kill you if you harm my sister," said Mukuro with a deadly aura. "Nufufu,

I have no intention of harming her. I will be your new father and I will take c are of you," said Daemon with unusual gentleness in his voice. Mukuro debated wi th himself. "Nagi, are you okay with this?" asked Mukuro softly. "Y-Y-YesI don't think he's like them," replied Nagi softly. Mukuro relaxed his posture. "KufufuI accept, but if you harm my sister, I will not hesitate to harm you," said Mukuro with an eerie smile. Daemon smiled and nodded. After that, Daemon became the wo rld's number one dad as he pampered Chrome and Mukuro like crazy (though he stil l taught them unnecessary things like how to make gory illusions). Giotto could still remember the day some daring men pushed Chrome and threatened to stab her while they were all out shopping. Let's just say Daemon and Mukuro took them awa y for a 'talk' and after that, they were never heard off again. To Giotto, ever known on, Tsuna, his son's this was what he had always wanted. Being an orphan himslef, he had n how it was to have family but now, he felt complete. Looking at his s he smiled and promised to fulfill his role as a father and to protect smile.

That's it for this chapter! I hope it was fine. Anyways, I'm so sorry if I have any errors. Review anyways! If I got the 'nii' thing wrong, please let me know. I actually don't know when or how to use it. Anyways, please let me know what yo u would want for the next chapter, I just can't decide. Here are a few options: Tsuna and the other children's past. What their lives were before meeting Primo. (May take 4 or more pages) or The serious arc. (Where the enemies start to appear and their peaceful lives com e to an end/Reborn appears and senses that Tsuna is special.) or Another random day where they spend at the Vongola mansion.( Bathing, going out, you name it!) (Your opinions are appreciated! Please let me know what you all want so that I c an write more!) CIAO CIAO!:D Chapter 3: Life With The Vongola Part 2 "G, I think it's about time we took these kids to school," said Giotto one morni ng to his right hand man. Tsuna and the other children were still fast asleep an d Giotto was sitting in the living room with his guardians. "Oh? Why bring this up so sudden?" asked G looking up from this papers. Asari st opped playing his flute and looked at Giotto with the same question. "Well, it's because I just found out that most of the kids besides Hayato, Mukuro and Kyoya have never gone to school in their life. When I brought up the word school, Tsu na looked at me and asked whether it was dangerous," said Giotto recalling his c onversation with his beloved son. "Sure, why not?" said G while Asari nodded. "It'll be a great learning experienc e for them too!" said Asari happily. Knuckles nodded in agreement. Daemon frowne d. "Wouldn't that be putting the kids in great risk? I mean any rival family can just kidnap them anytime they want," said Daemon. G snorted. This guy was too o ver-protective. "Let them have a life pineapple head. You'd be robbing them of t heir childhood if you keep them cooped up in here for too long," replied G as Da emon glared at him. Lampo yawned. "But Lambo's not old enough to go to school yet," said Knuckles suddenly remembe

ring Lambo. "It's alright, I already hired private tutors for him," yawned Lampo closing his eyes. Giotto sweatdropped but said nothing. Lambo was Lampo's adopt ed son after all. He had full authority over him but Giotto still worried about Lambo. "Anyways, that settles it! They will be going to school next week. Now le t me just pick out a school"said Giotto as he pulled out a giant book. One week later "But Papa, what if everyone hates me?" whimpered Tsuna on Monday morning as he h id behind his father's legs with nervous eyes. He and Giotto were currently stan ding in front of the school gates with the rest of the kids. Ever since Giotto h ad told his son he was going to school, Tsuna had been worrying non-stop. "Now T suna, why would anyone have a reason to hate you?" said Giotto as he bent down a nd looked at his son in the eye. G was yelling at Hayato again for bringing dyna mite to school. Asari was talking to some parents while Takeshi was standing by his side with his usual cheery grin. Knuckles and Ryohei were doing sit up's whi le all the students stared at them curiously. Kyoya, who refused to mix around w ith these 'weak humans', had managed to convince Alaude he didn't need to go to school, something Alaude agreed to full heartedly. "Tsuna, you know that school doesn't last forever right? You'll come home when i t ends and Papa will be waiting here for you when you are done," said Giotto wit h a gentle smile. "And you'll be fine! Hayato, Takeshi, Ryohei, Mukuro and Chrom e are here as well!" said Giotto. Tsuna finally broke into a smile but his eyes still had some worry. "Okay Papa! Tsuna will try his best today!" replied the br unette as he hugged his father and ran into his school with his other siblings. Giotto smiled lovingly behind him. "Now Mukuro, Chrome, if anyone bullies you or tries to disturb you, do not hesit ate to use the illusions I taught you!" said Daemon to his children. Mukuro nodd ed and smiled eerily. Chrome bit her lip and nodded nervously. "Now Chrome, ther e's nothing to be afraid off! Your big brother is here and I'm sure he'll protec t you when I'm not here!" said Daemon as he kissed his little girl on the forehe ad making her chuckle. Then, he pulled Mukuro to one side and said: "I am entrus ting her safety to you Mukuro. If anyone dares touch her, don't hesitate to wipe them from the face of this Earth," whispered Daemon as Mukuro nodded obediently . "Don't worry Father. Chrome will be very very safe with me, don't you worry," replied Mukuro as Daemon ruffled his hair with affection. "Father will be waitin g here when school ends Chrome!" called Daemon as Chrome walked to class with he r brother. She nodded and waved. Tsuna's Class "Now class, SETTLE DOWN!" yelled the homeroom teacher causing the class to immed iately fall silent. Smiling gently, she started again. "Today, we are going to h ave some new classmates! I hope all of you and I mean ALL, treat them well!" sai d the teacher. "Tsuna, Hayato, Takeshi, please come in!" called the teacher. The door slid open. Tsuna walked in nervously, followed by Hayato and Takeshi. "G-Good morning, m-m-my name is S-Sawada Tsunayoshi," stuttered Tsuna nervously making the class giggle. "I'm Gokudera Hayato," said Hayato with his hands in hi s pocket, making the girls blush. "Yamamoto Takeshi!" said Takeshi happily. The teacher smiled. "Very well, now please go to your seats. Tsuna, you'll be sittin g behind Enma, you Hayato, will be right here and Takeshi, you'll be sitting nex t to the window so no daydreaming!" said the teacher. When the bell rang for recess, Tsuna was feeling rather down. He had no idea wha t the teachers were talking about as he had never gone to school before. Just as he was getting up from his seat, Enma called his name.

"Tsuna was it?" said Enma looking at him. Tsuna nodded. "Well, hello! My name is Enma Cozart and it's a pleasure meeting you!" said Enma stretching out his hand . Tsuna timidly took it and shook it. "H-Hello. I'm Tsuna," said Tsuna as Enma l aughed. "No need to be nervous Tsuna! We're friends now!" chuckled Enma as Tsuna felt himself turn red. Friends. That's what he had said. "TSUNA! ARE YOU ALRIGH T?" yelled Hayato across the room. Tsuna jumped and saw that Hayato was running into his direction . He jumped in front of Tsuna and stood protectively in front of him. "Who are you? Trying to disturb Tsuna?" growled Hayato making Enma back away. "Now now Hayato! He was just having a nice conversation with Tsuna!" came Takeshi's voice. "H-Hayato-nii! Please don't hurt him! He'sHe's my friend!" yelled Tsuna, his choc olate eyes filling up with concern. Hayato relaxed his position. "If Tsuna says so, then I will listen!" said Hayato. He put out his hand. "Call me Hayato!" sai d Hayato as Enma shook it and smiled. "And I'm Takeshi!" laughed Takeshi as he p ut his hand around Enma's shoulder. "We are all friends now!" continued Takeshi, making Enma laugh. Watching the scene, Tsuna broke into a wide grin. Chrome was not having a nice day. When she had already entered her class, she fo und out that she and her brother were not in the same class. Mukuro was not happ y with the arrangements but there was nothing he could do. Looking at her worrie dly, Mukuro promised her that he would find her during recess and she nodded. Wh en her brother walked out, she found all the girls glaring at her for some unkno wn reason. It was only later that she found out that these girls had apparently 'fallen in love' with Mukuro and had somehow found her presence annoying even th ough she was his sister. After her teacher introduced her name, she was asked to sit beside a girl named M.M. As Chrome was about to sit down, M.M pulled her chair, causing Chrome to fall to the floor. The class roared with laughter and Chrome saw the other girl's givin g high fives to M.M who smirked at her. Turning red, Chrome stood up and sat on her chair. What she didn't know was the fact that what just happened was just Ph ase 1. For the rest of the class, her new classmates who had a grudge against her for n o reason started throwing paper at her. As Chrome was very used to this type of treatment, she merely kept quiet until the bell rang for recess. Walking out of her classroom, she was suddenly surrounded by the girls. Chrome backed to the wa ll, frightened. "Hey newbie, know your place in this class," said M.M as the other girls laughed . Chrome didn't reply and bit her lip. "What's that? Cat got your tongue?" taunt ed M.M. "Know this, you are not wanted here, not now, not ever!" laughed M.M I hate you! Why were you even born? Unwanted, useless child! Get out of my sight ! I wishI wish you never existed! Chrome's eyes widened. That was what her mother had told her long time ago, the words which made Mukuro hate his mother so much . Tears threatened to escape her eyes but she held them back. Big brother! Fathe r! called Chrome deep inside. "OII M.M! WHAT ARE YOU DOING? GET LOST ALREADY!" yelled a voice. Chrome looked u p and saw two boys coming towards her. The one standing in front had rather mess y blond hair with scars all over his face. He even had canine teeth and looked r ather frightening. The second boy wore glasses and had purple hair. He wore a ha t and had a face of boredom. He's hands were in his pocket. "Ken? You mutt! Can' t you see I'm busy?" yelled M.M. "MUTT? Why youI'll kill you!" snarled Ken making M.M back away. "Ken, calm down. She's not worth it," said the second boy. "Let go of me Kakipi! I'll tear her apart!" growled Ken making the second boy sigh. M .M had already fled the scene in fright with the other girls. Ken 'tsked' and tu rned to Chrome.

"Oii you! Are you alright?" asked Ken in a rough voice. Chrome nodded shortly. " Then get up already! Seesh!" muttered Ken as he turned and walked away with the second boy. Chrome hurriedly stood up. "W-Wait! What are your names?" called Chr ome as she ran after them. Both of them stopped. "Tsk! I'm Ken and this idiot he re is Chikusa," said Ken as the second boy whacked him. "I-I seeWell then, thank you so much for helping me" mumbled Chrome looking down. Both the boys looked at her. "KufufuI finally found you Chrome" came an eerie voice out of nowhere. Ken and Chi kusa jumped. Chrome, who was used to this immediately turned and saw Mukuro smil ing at her. "B-Brother"muttered Chrome as Mukuro walked over. He's smile was imme diately wiped off when he saw her tears (she had forgotten to wipe them off). "C hrome, who bullied you? Was it them?" asked Mukuro glaring at Ken and Chikusa. "N-No Brother! They helped me! I." muttered Chrome stopping halfway. She did not want to tell her brother what had happened. Mukuro would most probably tell Daem on who will hunt the girls down. "It was nothing" said Chrome as Mukuro arched hi s eyebrow. He patted his sister on the shoulder. "In that case, I must thank you ," said Mukuro smiling eerily at Ken and Chikusa. "I'm Mukuro and from now onwar ds, we are friends," continued Mukuro as Ken and Chikusa sweatdropped. What was it with this kid? When school finally finished, Tsuna and his brother's eagerly ran out of the cla ssroom to meet their father's. Giotto and his guardians were making a scene by s tanding there in their formal attire and most of the students were wondering who they were. "PAPA!" yelled Tsuna as he flung himself into Giotto's open arms. "H ey Tsuna! How was school?" asked Giotto as he hugged his son. Tsuna smiled happi ly. "I met a new friend today!" replied Tsuna happily. "Takeshi-nii, Hayato-nii and I had fun playing with him! Papa! I like school!" said Tsuna happily as Giot to chuckled. "What did I tell you? Now let's go home!" smiled Giotto as he carri ed his son to the car. G was actually smiling with Hayato. Takeshi was telling a cheerful looking Asari how his day went. Ryohei was showing Knuckles what he di d in gym class. Daemon was busy asking Chrome and Mukuro how their day was. "Papa! Thank you so much for adopting us all! I love you!" whispered Tsuna. Giot to almost stopped in surprise. This was the first time Tsuna had said something like this to him and he felt a warm feeling swelling in him. Looking at Tsuna, G iotto saw that he was already fast asleep, still smiling happily. And I'm done! I apologize for spelling and grammar errors. Anyways, I hope it wa s alright. It was hard thinking up a plot for this but I had fun. :D Please feel free to review. I think I will be starting out the serious arc for the next cha pter. (P.S . I will not be writing as frequently as I do right now but I will try my h ardest to keep on updating! Until then, CIAO!) Chapter 4: The Start "Giotto, I have some rather disturbing news," said Alaude one Wednesday morning entering Giotto's room. It was 11 pm and all of the kids including Kyoya were as leep. As he still had loads of stuff to do, Giotto was still hanging around in h is office. "What is it Alaude?" asked Giotto in his boss voice. Alaude stood in front of his desk with dead eyes. "Giglio Nero has been attacked by an unknown e nemy. No one died but they told me that this person was looking for the Sky Arco baleno," said Alaude looking at Giotto's puzzled expression. "Sky Arcobaleno? But she's already you know, gone. What does the enemy want?" as

ked Giotto as Alaude shook his head. "Reason, unknown. I'll try to find out as m uch as possible but in the meantime, I think it would be best if you went there yourself," said Alaude turning around. Nodding his head, he walked out leaving G iotto with a still puzzled expression. The next morning "Eh? Papa went out?" asked Tsuna looking at Kyoya with his big eyes the next mor ning. He was surprised to find his older brother in his room when he woke up. Ky oya nodded. "He went out with my father and I was asked to keep you accompany," said Kyoya boredly. Tsuna's eyes lit up. "Yay! Kyoya-nii gets to play with me to day!" cheered Tsuna. Kyoya smiled at him but immediately wiped his grin off when he saw Mukuro and Chrome approaching. "KufufuSo you're here, KyoyaI was starting to wonder whether you ran away" chuckled Mukuro eerily as Chrome hid behind him. Kyoya glared at him and pulled out his tonfa's. Kyoya had formed a grudge against Mukuro right before he had met Alaude . This was because when they were still living on the streets, Mukuro had once t rapped Kyoya in an illusion and had taunted him for 30 minutes until Tsuna final ly convinced him to stop. Ever since that incident, Kyoya always attacked Mukuro whenever he saw him. Now, the skylark had whipped out his tonfa's and was already charging towards Mu kuro who pulled out his trident and dodged on time. Kyoya, who had learned how t o avoid getting caught in an illusion never gave Mukuro to try. "Big Brothers! S TOP!" yelled Tsuna fearfully as Chrome started trembling. "Big B-Brotherplease" mu ttered Chrome, her voice drowned out by the clashing and crashing of objects. "Oya oya, you've gotten better Kyoya," smirked Mukuro as he used his trident to block. "Kamikorosu!" snarled Kyoya as he swung his tonfa again. Just as he was a bout to hit Mukuro, a voice rang out. "OI BOTH OF YOU! STOP THIS INSTANT!" yelle d G as he and Hayato ran to the scene. G was in the middle of teaching Hayato his homework when he heard the crashing o f objects in the living room. He then heard Tsuna yell. Without wasting time, he and Hayato ran out of the room and saw Kyoya and Mukuro fighting. That was when he interfered. "What on earth did both of you do?" sighed G after he separated Kyoya and Mukuro. He had told Alaude and Daemon so many times to stop their chil dren from arguing which only resulted like this: "Oya oya. Mukuro vs Kyoya? That is interesting. Let them be G," said Daemon as h e walked out happily. "Fighting is good for them," was what Alaude had said before leaving G alone. G smacked his head. "TSUNA! ARE YOU HURT?" yelled Hayato as he shook Tsuna. "N-No Hayato-nii but tha nks for asking," replied Tsuna making Hayato sigh in relief. "KufufuI'm sorry, Ts una, Chrome, that you both had to see something like that," said Mukuro. Kyoya w alked away. "Wait Kyoya-nii! You said we could play together today!" yelled Tsun a running after Kyoya. "I'm sorry but I'm busy. See you later Tsuna," replied Ky oya as he walked around a corner and disappeared. Tsuna looked extremely disappo inted. "GUARHHHHH! KYOKUGEN!" yelled Ryohei as he burst into the room making everyone j ump. One minute later, Knuckles entered the same way. G sighed. "THAT WAS REALLY EXTREME! I'M SO GLAD WE RAN AROUND THE TOWN 100 TIMES UNCLE!" yelled Ryohei. Kn uckles nodded in agreement. "REMEMBER MY DEAR NEPHEW! TO BE EXTREME, YOU HAVE TO BE EXTREME!" yelled Knuckles, making no sense. It made sense to Ryohei though b ecause he was nodding and agreeing with Knuckles. It was only after 10 minutes d

id they notice that there were people in the room. "OH SAWADA! IT'S EXTREMELY NICE TO SEE YOU! I KNOW! WE CAN RUN AROUND THE TOWN A GAIN!" yelled Ryohei making Tsuna jump. "N-No thank you onii-san! I erm er.have t hings to do!" stammered Tsuna as he tried his hardest to escape but failed. "NON SENSE SAWADA! THERE'S ALWAYS TIME FOR EXTREME WORKOUTS!" yelled Ryohei as Tsuna sweatdropped. "Hey you Turf-top! STOP BADGERING TSUNA OR I'LL BLOW YOU AWAY!" ye lled Hayato as he made for his dynamite. Instead of backing away, Ryohei put his hand on Hayato's shoulder. "OH OCTOPUS HEAD! YOU'RE HERE TOO! ALRIGHT! YOU CAN JOIN US! LET'S DRAG TAKESHI AS WELL!" yelled Ryohei as he pulled Tsuna and Hayat o towards Takeshi's room. Knuckle was beaming with pride. "You stupid idiot! Sto p teaching your son stupid things!" growled G as he watched with a hint of worry at the scene. Mukuro and Chrome had magically disappeared. "THAT'S THE SPIRIT REYOHEI! TOTAL EXTREME!" yelled Knuckle's enthusiastically ma king G sweat drop. G sighed and walked away. LATER THAT NIGHT Tsuna was feeling really exhausted. This was because after pulling Takeshi from his room (with Asari yelling warnings about not talking to strangers), Ryohei fo rced them all to run around the town. Hayato cursed Ryohei while he ran while Ta keshi merely laughed and said he was having fun. After what seemed like years, t hey finally finished and went back home. Tsuna went straight to his room and lai d on his bed. Even though he was extremely exhausted, he had to admit they had f un. When bed time came, Tsuna switched off the lights and climbed into bed. It was q uiet. He could hear Daemon cooing at Chrome outside as they passed his room. Kyo ya entered once and said goodnight with a rather rare smile and went off again. Tsuna was feeling rather lonely. Even though Kyoya had wished him, he wished his Papa was there like all the other nights where Giotto would usually tell him st ories or play with him for a while. Sighing quietly, Tsuna went to sleep and had a rather strange dream or rather, something from his memory. "Tsuna, smile and everything will be alright!" said a voice in the pitch-black d arkness. It wasn't his dead parents or his foster mother. Even so, he had a dist ant feeling he had heard it somewhere before. "Who are you?" called Tsuna as he walked blindly. No response. The scene changed. A man was playing with a one year old child outside the house. The child was lau ghing happily as the man tried to catch him. After a few minutes, they stopped p laying and the man carried the child and sat him on his lap. He then put his han d into his pocket and pulled out something. "Tsuna, do you know what this is?" a sked the man as the child looked at the object with confused eyes. The man put t he object into his son's hand and the child laughed happily. A warm light filled his hands and went out. The man sighed, as though sad but continued to smile. "Tsuna, listen to me. When the time comes, you'll have to keep this safe. Papa a nd Mama will be no more but always remember that we love youso much," whispered t he man as his Tsuna broke into a wide smile. "The day will come when they will l ook for you and you will have to go through so much of danger but I know you'll get through it. After all, you are my son after all!" continued the man as Tsuna started to close his eyes. The man laughed and took the object form his son and put in back into his pocket before he went into the house with his son in his a rms. Tsuna woke up with a start. That wasn't a dream. That was part of his memory. Th at man was his father. Tsuna had actually forgotten that conversation. Looking a t the ceiling, tears started to fall as he remembered his parents. He was very h

appy with his new Papa but sometimes, he still missed his real parents. His moth er would always tell him stories on how she met his father while his father, a m an who never seemed to always come home, always played with him and spent time w ith him whenever he did come home. He couldn't remember the day his parents died . All he remembered was the day he was asked to stay with his foster mother who found him a nuisance and would hit him whenever she was having a bad day. Tsuna actually had scars proving her cruelty. 'Cursed child. I never wanted you. If on ly I said no when she gave you to me' was something his foster mother would alwa ys say but Tsuna didn't understand what she meant. That dream made Tsuna remember something else. He got out of his bed and walked over to his drawer. Opening it, he took out a small box and opened it. This was something he dead father had left him and had made it so that when Tsuna wore it , it would become invisible, something Tsuna didn't understand why. Until now, h e had only worn it once because he always saw weird things when he wore it. Tsun a looked at the clock. It was now 1:30 in the morning. His Papa would be home in the morning. Tsuna smiled to himself. He looked at the box. He had a nagging fe eling to put it on. After debating with himself, he took it out of the box and p ut it around his neck (and felt foolish after that) but didn't take it off. When the object touched his neck, colour flooded into it and emitted a faint ora nge glow. Looking at the mirror in interest, Tsuna saw for the first time since that day, the Sky Arcobaleno pacifier. In Giglo Nero Giotto was pacing round the room. What he had heard was rather disturbing to him . "Vongola Primo Sir, I thank you for coming here," said Gamma as he bowed down. G iotto smiled. "It's alright. We're allies after all." Gamma smiled but it was fi lled with sadness. "Now, tell me what happened," said Giotto. Gamma nodded. "We were having a normal routine when out of nowhere a man appeared and started atta cking us. He waspowerful. He took us out in a few seconds. He then demanded to kn ow where 'Sky' was. I immediately knew he meant the boss," replied Gamma as he w iped his face with his hands. Alaude was keeping an eye on the premise. "I seeDo you know why he was looking for your boss?" asked Giotto with a terrible feeling in his gut. Gamma shook his head. "My boss has been dead in a long time . I would love to know the reason why," spat Gamma looking angry at himself. Gio tto nodded. "Do you know who this mystery man was?" Gamma nodded. "It was Corvin o, I'm positive," said Gamma. Giotto was now feeling rather worried. Corvino was a very well known mafia group in Italy. The weird part was the fact that this mafia group was rather peaceful and was and still is, known for fighting with peaceful methods. In fact, Giotto was going to have a peace agreement with them next week. Giotto's thoughts sudd enly flew to his son, Tsuna in the Vongola mansion. All he wanted to do now was go home and spend time with Tsuna but that wasn't possible. 'Calm down Giotto! There has to be an explanation to this!' yelled Giotto in his head. 'Maybe it's just a misunderstanding after all,' sighed Giotto to himself as he sat down rubbing his temples. His Hyper Intuition though, was telling him that something very very bad was goi ng to happen to his family. And there you have it! I apologize for the grammar again. Anyways, I am going to add Tsuna's HDM later on so don't worry! I just have to do some thinking. :D I hope this chapter was alright. I'm kinda having writer's block right now so I ca

n't really think straight and just write down anything that comes to my head. Re view to tell me how it was. I would love to improve my writing skills! Thank you so much for bothering to read this story! (P.S. Corvino means raven in Italian. I hope it's right cause Google Translator isn't very efficient.) Chapter 5: Side story, Hibari Kyoya Hibari Kyoya was standing on his balcony. It was already 11 pm at night. The moo n was shining brightly and a light breeze blew. Alaude had gone for a mission wi th Primo and had asked Kyoya to take care of Tsuna. After making a slight appear ance in Tsuna's room, he went back quietly to his and had been standing on the b alcony since. As he looked at the scenery below him, he pulled out a picture from his pocket. On the photo was a man who had a regent hairstyle. He also had something stickin g out of his mouth. He was wearing a tuxedo suit and was smiling goofily in the picture. Kyoya looked at the picture with a blank face. Flashback "Brother Tetsu, why don't I have parents?" asked a 2 year old Kyoya as he looked at a man with blank eyes. The man smiled and picked him up. "Am I not enough Ky oya?" Kyoya shook his head. "You are, brother but I've never seen mum or dad bef ore," replied Kyoya as the man laughed. "That's alright Kyoya, let's just say they are long gone," said the man as Kyoya nodded. Kyoya had no memories of his parents. He was brought up by a man called Kusakabe Tetsuya, a man who had told him to call him 'Big Brother'. Kusakabe Te tsuya had taken care of Kyoya ever since he was a baby. He was incredibly nice a nd was always smiling. He took care of Kyoya with lots of love. Kusakabe always told Kyoya that he was incredibly lucky to have Kyoya 't ask for more. Kyoya in return, loved and looked up to Kusakabe and led him Tetsu. Kusakabe taught Kyoya how to fight and even bought him s, something Kyoya took around wherever he went. He and his 'brother' small village called Lavoro which meant work as the villagers worked day. and couldn always cal his tonfa' lived in a the whole

Kyoya liked being alone and always said 'Kamikorosu' whenever anyone crowded aro und him with the exception of his brother. This was because the villagers avoide d him, something he couldn't understand why. They even gave him scared looks whe never he walked around the village. Even so, Kyoya didn't care. Kusakabe always told him that it didn't matter what people thought of him. On his 4rd birthday, Kusakabe gave him a rather strange gift. It was a purple Ar cobaleno pacifier. Kyoya looked at Kusakabe with questioning eyes but Kusakabe s hook his head. "I'll tell you when the time is right, Kyoya," smiled Kusakabe as Kyoya nodded. "But you have to promise to keep it safe or bad things will happe n," warned Kusakabe as Kyoya nodded and examined the pacifier. The next Much to ran into alked on day, Kyoya wore the pacifier when he went for one of his usual strolls. his surprise, the villagers looked horrified and some of them actually their houses. Mothers ushered their kids far from Kyoya. Kyoya merely w with a bored expression but deep down, he was confused.

"Brother Tetsu, why does everyone in the village seem afraid of me?" asked Kyoya when he got home. His brother was cooking. "Who knows? Let them be. I don't fin

d you terrifying at all," replied his brother without looking away from his cook ing. Kyoya nodded his head. What he didn't know was that everything would be gon e the next day. When Kyoya woke up the next morning, it seemed like a normal day. He went down, greeted his brother who promised him that he would be cooking something special for lunch and went out. As he walked around the village, the villagers avoided a nd whispered among themselves but Kyoya couldn't care less. Kyoya walked out of the village with a bored expression. He wandered to a nearby waterfall and sat down on one of the rocks. Looking at the scenery, he saw a sm all yellow ball of fluff and wandered what it was. Walking closer, he saw it was a bird. Kyoya bent down and picked it up. The bird flapped its wings and chirpe d happily. Kyoya gave a rare smile. "Hey little one, what's your name? Mine's Kyoya," said Kyoya. "Kyoya, Kyoya!" ch irped the bird making Kyoya smile. He gently sat the bird on his shoulder. 'I'll show Brother Tetsu when I get home later.' thought Kyoya as he stroked the bird gently. A gunshot sounded. Kyoya turned around. It was then followed by screams and more gunshots. Kyoya ran back to his village, his heart pounding. When he reached hi s village, the screams became louder and Kyoya had a shock of his life. Bodies o f men, women and children littered the compound. Some of the houses were on fire . Kyoya felt like puking. He ran home to make sure his brother was alright. Runn ing and hiding, he finally made it to his house. Just as he was about to enter t he house, he heard a gunshot. Kyoya's eyes widened. His hands shook. Laughter could be heard inside. Footsteps were getting closer to the door. Kyoya ran and hid behind a nearby house. Two m en walked out of his house. "Tch, it wasn't even worth my time. Didya hear 'em b rother? Yelling for me to kill him. It was fun though," laughed the first man as the other man looked around. Kyoya saw a raven logo on the man's gun. His hand shook with anger. "I think Bice should be done by now. Ah, I was right," said the second man as so meone screamed, followed by a gunshot. "That girl always makes me proud," chuckl ed the man. "Come on, Aldo, let's go, the person we are looking for isn't here. The boss won't be pleased," said the man as he walked away. Minutes later, a sou nd of a helicopter was heard. Kyoya made sure the men were gone before he ran to house. "BROTHER TETSU!" yelle d Kyoya as he slammed open the door. Kyoya coughed. The house was on fire. Runni ng further in, he saw his brother lying on the floor with a pool of blood beside him. "BROTHER!" yelled Kyoya as he ran towards his brother. "Wake up brother! No, don 't die!" yelled Kyoya as he shook his brother. Kusakabe coughed. "KK..yo..yaR...rru n. Kekeepi..itssasafe," whispered Kusakabe before closing his eyes. Kusakabe Tetsuya moved no more. Kyoya looked at his brother for a while, his tears threatening to come out. He hugged his brother one last time before running out of the house. Kyoya ran and ran. He kept on running even though his legs ached. The image of h is brother dying kept on replaying in his head. His eyes became blank and dead. Upon reaching a town, he stopped and sat against a wall. He took out the pacifie r and held it in his hands. A warm purple light filled his hands and went out. K yoya then kept it in his pocket safely and wandered around the town. For the nex t 2 months, he survived with whatever food he had taken from his house and slept in the allies.

When his food supply finally ran out, Kyoya managed to survive for a week before he gave in to his hunger and collapsed on the side of the road one day. 'Is thi s really it? Tsk, I need to move. I can't let Brother Tetsu down,' thought Kyoya as he tried his best to stand up again. His stomach growled loudly. 'Brother Te tsu' thought Kyoya as images of his brother appeared in his mind. Kyoya closed hi s eyes. Footsteps approached him. "Do you want some of my food?" asked a voice. Kyoya opened his eyes. A boy that looked 4 to 5 years old was standing in front of him. He had spiky hair and had chocolate brown eyes. His clothes were torn in some places. "Here," said the boy as he put some bread beside Kyoya. Kyoya reached for the bread and ate it. Very soon, the bread was finished. The b oy gave Kyoya some more. When he had eaten, Kyoya got up. "Thank you. Now go awa y or I'll bite you to death," said Kyoya as the boy laughed. Kyoya walked away. The boy followed him. "Can I follow you?" asked the boy as he ran after Kyoya. "No." "Please?" "No, or I'll bite you to death," said Kyoya as he whipped out his tonfa's. The boy step ped back but when Kyoya walked on, the boy followed. "Go away or I WILL bite you to death!" snarled Kyoya. He hated being followed. " Go back to your mother," said Kyoya. "She's already gone," replied the boy with a hint of sadness. "Then go back to your father." "He's with my mother," replied the boy. Kyoya felt a pang of sadness. This boy was an orphan too. Nightfall ca me and Kyoya realized he didn't have a place to sleep that night. "Let's go back to my house!" said the boy happily. He took Kyoya's hand and pulled him along. When the boy stopped, Kyoya looked at his 'house'. It was a bunch of boxes stack ed up and a big piece of paper for a roof. The boy sat down. Kyoya followed wear ily. "My name's Tsuna by the way!" said the boy happily. "I'm Kyoya," replied Ky oya. "Can I call you Kyoya-nii?" asked Tsuna. "No, I'm going to leave first thin g in the morning," replied Kyoya in a monotone voice. Tsuna sighed. "Can I follow you?" asked Tsuna. "No." "But it's scary alone. I ran into some ba d people once and got this," said Tsuna as he showed Kyoya a bruise. "How about that?" asked Kyoya as he pointed to a scar on Tsuna's arm. "That's from my foste r mum. She hates me but she's gone now," replied Tsuna. "Oh hey! Want to see som ething? I don't know what it is but my dad gave it to me!" said Tsuna happily as he took out a box. Kyoya was surprised when he saw a pacifier that looked like his except for the f act that this on had no colour. He looked at the boy who was smiling at him. "Do you know what that is?" asked Kyoya as Tsuna put the box back into his pocket. "No, my papa told me to keep good care of it and so I will!" laughed Tsuna. Kyoy a gave him one of his rare smiles. "Alright, I'll allow you to follow me," said Kyoya making Tsuna smile. "YAY Kyoya-nii! We're family now!" laughed Tsuna cheer fully, his chocolate eyes wide with joy. After that incident, Kyoya grew rather attached with Tsuna and both of them look ed out for one another. They stole food and got into trouble. Kyoya always got i nto fights and Tsuna had to bail him out of them. Even so, Kyoya had to admit th at he had fun. It amazed him how Tsuna could smile through everything. Later on, they met up with the rest of the kids and with Primo's guardians. Back to the present Kyoya looked at the picture of his dead brother. He had no idea who was the culp rit who took his brother from him. "Brother" sighed Kyoya as he kept the picture in his pocket.

Kyoya was first very wary of Alaude when he first took him in. He constantly got into fights with Alaude and would attack him whenever he had a chance but slowl y opened up to him. Alaude was someone who hardly showed any emotion but he was actually quite protective of his adopted son and taught him harder fighting move s than what his brother had taught him. "Kyoya, Kyoya!" chirped Hibird, a name Kyoya had given to the bird. Hibird lande d gently on Kyoya's shoulder. "Hey little one, where have you been to?" asked Ky oya as he stroked his pet. "Pocket, Pocket!" chirped the bird. "Pocket?" asked K yoya as he put his hand into his pocket and pulled out his pacifier. It was emit ting a bright purple light. 'Hn? This hasn't happened in a long time. I wonder' t hought Kyoya as he lay on his bed and closed his eyes. Well, that's it for now. I hope this chapter is alright cuz I feel like this is my worst chapter so far. Well, comment anyways and tell me how it was. For the n ext chapter, I would like a vote to know what you want for the next chapter. Opt ion 1 or 2: Finish the side story Take turns for the side story and the serious arc. (Example: Chapter 6 will be t he serious arc and Chapter 7 will be another side story.) Ladies and gentlemen, the choice is yours. Please review and lemme know how it w as. Ciao ciao!:D Chapter 6: The Agreement "Tsuna, Papa has a very important guest today. I want you and your siblings to k eep out of my study, okay?" said Giotto one Tuesday morning. "Okay Papa! We'll k eep clear of your study until the guest goes home!" replied Tsuna as he smiled h appily. Giotto smiled and ruffled Tsuna's hair. Giotto was having the boss of the Corvino family for a peace agreement that day. After listening to what Gamma had told him, he and the rest of his guardians ag reed to keep their children away from him for their safety. All of the guardians , except for Lampo agreed to be in the room when their guest arrived just in cas e something happened. "Hayato you brat, I'm entrusting Tsuna's safety in your hands you understand?" s aid G an hour before their guest arrived. Hayato nodded and saluted. "I'll make sure Tsuna is safe! Don't you worry you stinking old man!" replied Hayato earnin g a whack on his head. "Now Chrome, Father will only be g happens, Mukuro will be there, ghter. Chrome nodded and bit her omforted Mukuro as Daemon walked d him. gone for a few hours so don't worry. If anythin understand?" said Daemon as he put down his dau lip. "Don't worry Nagi, big brother is here," c away. "Brother" muttered Chrome as she hid behin

"Kyoya, bite anyone who goes near the room, understand?" said Alaude as Kyoya no dded. Both father and son stared at each other before Alaude ruffled Kyoya's hai r and walked away. 'Kyoya, Kyoya!' chirped Hibird as it landed on Kyoya's should er. Kyoya stroked it gently. "Takeshi, make sure you practice the moves I taught you," said Asari. Takeshi la ughed. "Alright Dad, have a great meeting!" replied Takeshi. Asari smiled at his adopted son. He was rather attached to this boy who was an exact replica of him

. "MY NEPHEW! DON'T FORGET TO TRAIN WITH EXTREMENESS! MAKE ME PROUD!" roared Knuck le. Ryohei nodded enthusiastically. "EXTREME TRAINING! DON'T WORRY UNCLE!" yelle d Ryohei as his eyes burned with enthusiasm. At 10o'clock that morning, the butler ushered a man into the mansion. The man wa s tall and had short cropped hair. He wore a long black cloak with had the logo of a raven. His critical eyes examined the mansion. "Ah, Good morning Mr. Corvino. Please have a seat," greeted Giotto when the gues t entered the study. Primo's guardians were leaning against a bookshelf. G was s tanding beside Giotto, his eyes wary. Who was this guy? The Corvino boss didn't look like that. "Primo, what a pleasure to meet you!" greeted the Corvino leader warmly but his eyes filled with coldness. "I can see on your faces that you were expecting my g randfather, Alfeo. I'm sad to say that he is no longer with us. I was chosen as the next heir by my father. My name is Franco Corvino," introduced the man. Daem on arched an eyebrow. "I see. So that explains it all! I'm sorry to hear about your grandfather. He wa s a great man," said Primo. Franco snorted quietly. "It was more like he was too soft," he muttered. Giotto picked that up with his Hyper Intuition and frowned slightly. "Anyways, I thank you for coming here just to sign a peace treaty with the Vongo la," started Primo as Franco shook his head. "No no, the pleasure is mine. After all, I've always wanted to see the great Vongola Primo and his guardians," repl ied Franco. G frowned. "But I'm still grateful that you came. Let me just find the needed document," sa id Primo as he walked to his desk. "Feel free to walk around." Franco got up and examined the room. He walked towards a cabinet and something caught his eye. "You have kids, Primo?" asked Franco as he picked up the photograph. Primo silen tly whacked his head. He had forgotten to remove that photo. It held all of the children's faces. "Yes, his name is Tsuna," replied Giotto through gritted teeth . "Only one? Then who's kids are all of these?" asked Franco as he stared at the photo. "My guardians," replied Giotto as Franco sat the picture down. Daemon was intern ally cursing Primo and himself for not checking the room for any photos. G was s ighing quietly. Asari and Knuckle looked disturbed. Alaude had a blank face but deep down, he was controlling himself not to strangle Primo. "Interestingvery interesting" muttered Franco as he sat down again. "Anyways, here 's the document," said Primo as he put a piece of paper and pen in front of his guest. OUTSIDE THE ROOM Tsuna had a very bad feeling. Something inside him was telling him something bad was going to happen but he shook it off. "I wonder why we're not allowed to know what's going on inside," said Ryohei. Ts una and his 'siblings', except Kyoya, were gathered in his room. Takeshi was lyi ng comfortably on Tsuna's bed. He had just completed his training. Hayato was si tting beside Tsuna. Mukuro and Chrome were sitting on the nearby chairs. Ryohei was running around enthusiastically.

"I don't know but Papa said not to go in," said Tsuna, his eyes wide. "REAL MEN DON'T LISTEN TO MEN! I SAY WE PEEK INTO THE ROOM AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON!" yelle d Ryohei as Tsuna sweatdropped. "OI TURF-TOP! DON'T DISTURB TSUNA WITH YOUR ANNO YING VOICE!" yelled Hayato. "WHAT WAS THAT OCTOPUS HEAD?" yelled Ryohei as he an d Hayato glared at each other. "Now, Now, let's all keep calm!" laughed Takeshi. "SHUT UP YOU IDIOT!" yelled Ha yato as Takeshi continued to smile. Tsuna sweatdropped again. "Kufufueveryone keep it down. Your scaring Chrome," said Mukuro eerily. Chrome wa s hiding behind Mukuro again. "Even so, I do want to know what they are talking about in the study" said Mukuro getting up. "Alright! LET'S GET GOING!" roared Ry ohei as he and Mukuro walked out of the room. "Mukuro-nii, Onii-san! We're not supposed to go in!" said Tsuna as he ran after them. Hayato and Takeshi followed. After 5 minutes of chasing, Tsuna finally cau ght up to them. Mukuro and Ryohei were in the room beside the study. "Kufufumy father told me he made a hole here. He said he used to make noises that used to scare Primo," chuckled Mukuro as he searched for the hole. When he foun d it, he turned back to his siblings. "We take turns understand? And be quiet or they'll hear us!" Everyone else nodded. "But it's still wrong to do this. Papa might be mad," muttered Tsuna. "KufufuIt's alright Tsuna. He'll never know," said Mukuro with a mischievous look in his ey es. "I'll go first." Mukuro peeked into the hole with his good eye. He saw a man signing some type of document. He also saw his father looking rather disturbed. "My turn now pineapple head!" said Ryohei. Mukuro glared at him. One by one, the y took turns looking into the room. When it was finally Tsuna's turn, he took a look inside the room. When he finally laid his eyes on Franco Corvino, something weird happened. Tsuna was staring at Franco when weird images appeared into his head. He saw a v illage on fire, his Papa and uncles fighting unknown people with grief and anger in their eyes. He was running. His pacifier glowing brightly. He saw his siblin gs with similar pacifiers but with different colors and they were standing in a circle. The man he had just seen was holding out a hand to Tsuna. "TSUNA!" yelled someone. Tsuna slowly opened his eyes and saw Hayato looking wor riedly at him. His other siblings were also looking at him worriedly. "W-what's going on?" asked Tsuna as he sat up. His head was still throbbing. He looked aro und and saw they were back in his room. Even Kyoya was in the room, looking at T suna with worry. "I don't know. You just fainted like that. It was scary," said Hayato breathing a sigh of relief. "Kufufuwe had to bring you back here before Hayato started scre aming. What happened?" asked Mukuro. Tsuna shook his head. He didn't want anyone else to know what he saw. "Erm, I was hungry?" said Tsuna as everyone nodded. "That has to be it! I'll get some milk for you Tsuna!" said Takeshi happily. "Yo u should eat more Tsuna!" said Hayato worriedly. "Don't worry! I'll cook somethi ng for you!" yelled Hayato running out. "That's alright Hayato-nii!" yelled Tsun a. Unfortunately for him, Hayato had already run out of the room with Ryohei. Kyoya looked at Tsuna with an arched eyebrow. Something smelled fishy but he sai d nothing and walked out of the room. Mukuro and Chrome had quietly slipped out. Tsuna sighed in relief. He lay on his bed and stared at the ceiling. This wasn' t the first time he saw something like this. The last time he had these weird im

ages was the week before his parents died. BACK TO PRIMO "Thank you once again for coming here, Franco," said Primo as Franco got onto hi s car. "No, thank you for having me here, Primo. Goodbye," said Franco before dr iving away. Primo whacked his head. His guardians were standing at the doorway. "Darn it! I should have checked!" cursed Primo. "Take it easy, Giotto. It's our fault too for not checking," said Asari. "But that was my room! I'm the one-" sa id Primo before getting interrupted by a large 'BOOM' that came from the kitchen . All the guardians immediately ran to the kitchen fearing the worst. IN THE KITCHEN Gokudera Hayato, Yamamoto Takeshi, Mukuro, Chrome and Ryohei were in the kitchen . After Tsuna fainted and finding out that the cause of it was due to hunger, al l of them went to the kitchen to cook something for him but things didn't go as planned. "YOUR NOT SUPPOSED TO PUT SUGAR INTO THAT DISH TURF-TOP!" yelled Hayato as he st ood in front of the already burning stove. "KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE FIRE OCTOPUS H EAD!" yelled Ryohei. Mukuro and Chrome were sitting in the corner. Takeshi was t rying to keep Hayato and Ryohei from throwing knives at each other. That was whe n the stove exploded. Luckily for them, no one got injured. "What's going on in here?" yelled G as he slammed open the kitchen door. "HAYATO !" yelled G after taking in the scene. Hayato had already run out of the room wi th G chasing him. "Chrome! Mukuro! Did you get hurt?" asked Daemon as he ran tow ards his kids. Chrome shook her head. "KufufuI took good care of her, Father," sa id Mukuro as Daemon smiled proudly. "Takeshi, did you get hurt?" asked Asari as he looked at his son worriedly. "Nop e! I'm still good!" grinned Takeshi. Asari sighed in relief. Alaude walked out o f the room quietly. "Should I know what happened?" asked Giotto looking at Ryohei. "Well, Tsuna fain ted just know when we were er playing. Me and the others wanted to cook somethin g for him!" said Ryohei looking proud at himself. "Tsuna fainted?" asked Giotto worriedly. Ryohei nodded. Giotto walked hurriedly to his Tsuna's room. "Tsuna?" called Giotto as he entere d the room. "Papa! Is the meeting over yet?" asked Tsuna as he hugged his father . Giotto picked him up. "Yes it is. Ryohei told me you fainted just now. What ha ppened?" asked Giotto looking at his son. "It was nothing Papa. I think I was hungry," replied Tsuna uncomfortably. Giotto could sense with his Hyper Intuition that his son was lying but he didn't want to pry deeper. "I see. If that's the case, let's go out for lunch. I don't want to say it but the kitchen was destroyed by your Ryohei and Hayato," sighed Giott o as he thought of the bills he had to pay for the damage. Tsuna laughed. That's all for this chap. I hope it was fine. I will be writing about Takeshi's past in the next chapter. I think I will finish all of the side stories before c ontinuing the serious arc. Please review. Ciao ciao! Chapter 7: Side story, Yamamoto Takeshi Yamamoto Tsuyoshi meant everything to Takeshi. His mother had passed away when s he gave birth to him and his father was the one who took care of him. Takeshi go

t all his characteristics from his father such as being kind and his happy-go-lu cky attitude. Tsuyoshi worked as a butcher in the town they lived in. He was also very skilled with knives. People would gather to watch him skillfully chop and slice the mea t. Takeshi used to help out with his father's stall. After selling his meat, his father would go home and occasionally prepare some Japanese delicacy such as su shi. 10 weeks after Takeshi turned 4, his father presented him a pacifier. "Takeshi, this is a magical marble. Blue represents rain. Your mother wanted you to have i t," grinned Tsuyoshi as he gave the blue pacifier to his son. Takeshi examined i t closely. "What does it do, Dad?" asked Takeshi as he shook it. "AhahahaI have no clue. You r mother just told me to tell you to keep it safe. She said she'll er protect you if you keep it," said Tsuyoshi as he scratched his head. Takeshi laughed. "Than ks Mum, Dad! I promise I'll keep it safe!" replied Takeshi as he kept it in his pocket. He didn't see the sadness that flooded his dad's eyes. "Dad, can you teach me how to use a sword?" asked Takeshi one day. His father sp at out the tea he was drinking. "Sword? Why?" asked Tsuyoshi looking curiously a t his son. "WellI just wanted to learn that Shigure Soen style I always see you p racticing," said Takeshi sheepishly. Tsuyoshi scratched his head. "Sure, why not? But be warned, Takeshi. I will not go easy on you," said Tsuyosh i seriously. Takeshi nodded. After that, his father gave him a bamboo sword and told him that it would transform into a sword whenever he did Shigure Soen. For 4 months, Takeshi practiced hard. When Takeshi was about to turn 5, a terrible disease hit the town he lived in. M any people died. Unfortunately for Takeshi, his father was also infected with th e disease. His father lay in bed every day, coughing and sleeping. Takeshi had t o take care of him, something he did with love and patience. "Takeshi, I think.it's timetime for meto see your mother" whispered Tsuyoshi one rai ny morning. "Don't say that Dad! You'll be fine!" yelled Takeshi nervously. His father's condition had become worst. Even the doctor, who made daily visits, sho ok his head when he visited yesterday night. "TakeshipracticeShigure Soentake caremarble" whispered his father again before coughi ng violently, blood coming out. "DAD! Stop talking!" yelled Takeshi again. His f ather laughed weakly. "Now now Takeshi. That's not like you to lose your cool li ke that!" Tears poured out of Takeshi's eyes. "Take care of yourself, Takeshi," whispered his dad before closing his eyes. Takeshi kneeled beside his father and wept. After Tsuyoshi's funeral, Takeshi left the town. As he walked, his heart was fil led with grief. Memories of his father flooded his head. He pulled out the pacif ier. A warm blue light filled his hands. "I thought you said you would keep us s afe, Mum?" whispered Takeshi as he looked at the pacifier. The longer he looked, the angrier he felt. Unable to take it anymore, he threw the pacifier onto the ground. His fist shaki ng with anger, he started cursing his life until his anger went down. "I'm sorry Mum, Dad," muttered Takeshi as he picked up the pacifier and wiped it clean. He then continued his journey to the town. When Takeshi reached his destination, his eyes were cold and blank. He took out the money his father had left him and went to the nearest shop he saw. He used u

p all his money and bought lots of food. Carrying his food, he made his way to a n abandoned house and stayed there. He was so depressed, he didn't notice his pa cifier glowing brightly. Somewhere else in the same town "Hm? Your pacifier is glowing Kyoya-nii," said a young boy with brown hair and e yes as he ate a piece of bread his older 'brother' had stolen minutes ago. The o ther boy who had black hair took out his pacifier and looked at it, curiosity en tering his usually dead eyes. "Hn. This hasn't happened in a while. I wonder why" muttered Kyoya as he put it b ack. "What do you think, Tsuna?" he asked as he leaned against the wall. Before Tsuna could open his mouth to answer, a bunch of thugs appeared in front of them . "There you are! You managed to avoid us last time but not this time!" yelled the leader as he raised his stick. Kyoya pulled out his tonfa's and blocked. He the n hit the leader in the jaw. Pulling Tsuna's hand, he ran as fast as he could, t he thugs chasing them."This has become rather usual, don't you think so Kyoya-ni i?" said Tsuna as Kyoya nodded. Just an hour ago, they were running from the bak er for stealing food. As they ran, they saw that their route was sealed off as thugs appeared from the opposite direction. Looking back, Kyoya saw that they were blocked from both en ds and that he needed to fight. Stopping in front of an abandoned house, he push ed Tsuna behind him and raised his tonfa's. He then charged towards his enemies and went on an all killing spree. BACK TO TAKESHI Takeshi was sitting on the floor with a dazed expression when he heard the sound of fighting. Looking out, he saw a boy charging at some men with a weird lookin g pair of sticks and a little boy throwing rocks with a panicked expression. Tem porarily forgetting his depression, Takeshi picked up his bamboo sword and ran t o aid them. Kyoya had just finished with a thug when he heard a : "DIE KID!" and turned arou nd. He saw a man fire a gun. He knew he didn't have time to dodge and held up hi s tonfa's. As he covered his face, he heard a slash and looked up. A boy holding a katana had just sliced the bullet. "I don't remember asking for you help!" snarled Kyoya as he charged at another e nemy. Takeshi sweatdropped. "I'll take that as a thank you," muttered Takeshi as he knocked a thug unconscious. After 15 minutes, the remaining thugs finally re treated yelling "We'll be back soon!" "Thank you so much for helping us!" yelled Tsuna panting heavily. "Kyoya-nii! Yo u're not injured, are you?" asked Tsuna as Kyoya shook his head. "What's your na me?" asked Tsuna, turning back to Takeshi. Takeshi held out his hand. "Yamamoto Takeshi but just call me Takeshi," smiled Takeshi. Tsuna took his hand and shook it. "My name is Tsuna and this is Kyoya-nii!" said Tsuna brightly. Kyoya merely folded his arms and looked away. After that meeting, Tsuna always visited Takeshi whenever he had a chance. At fi rst, Takeshi found it very annoying as he just wanted to be alone but he slowly warmed up to him and even started telling him about his life, something Tsuna li stened to closely. Kyoya on the other hand, merely slept. "My dad just passed away. He died of a disease and I couldn't do anything for hi

m. Maybe I'm better off dead," said Takeshi bitterly. Tsuna looked at him with p anicked eyes. "Don't say that Takeshi! Your papa wouldn't have wanted you dead. If he did, ermhe would have killed you himself!" said Tsuna. Takeshi laughed. "Do you understand Tsuna? How it feels when parent's die?" asked Takeshi coldly. Tsuna nodded. "My parents are dead. So are Kyoya's parents and brother," said T suna scratching his head. Takeshi looked at them. Kyoya was still sleeping with a bird perched on top of his head. "Me and Kyoya-nii live together on the street s now!" continued Tsuna with a smile on his face. "Would you like to join us?" Takeshi looked at Tsuna with his mouth open. He nodded his head slowly. "Can I c all you Takeshi-nii?" asked Tsuna quickly, his eyes wide with excitement. Takesh i laughed. "Sure! Why not!" Kyoya scowled. He hated crowds. "Hey weakling. Do you happen to have one of this?" asked Kyoya as he pulled out his pacifier. Takeshi looked at it with shock. "You also have a marble?" he aske d as Kyoya sighed and walked away. He had just solved the mystery of his glowing pacifier. It seemed that they lit up when another pacifier was nearby. When Asari took Takeshi in, he was surprised to know that Takeshi had a bamboo s word with him. As Takeshi had never shown his the Shigure Soen style before, Asa ri taught him the basics. Asari reminded Takeshi a little of his dad. Both of th em were incredibly nice and had so much of patience. After moving in with the Vo ngola for 2 months, Takeshi finally put his father's death behind him and starte d calling Asari 'Dad', something Asari agreed to and encouraged. Maybe life wasn't as bad as he had thought. That's it for this chapter. I just couldn't think for more to exceed 2000 words. I hope it was readable. Anyways, I'll be writing about Gokudera next time. Plea se review and let me know whether it was alright. Ciao. (P.S I won't be uploading often cuz school starts again tomorrow but I'll try my hardest to update as much as possible.) Chapter 8: Side Story, Gokudera Hayato Mornings in Vongola Mansion was very peaceful. The birds were chirping, the sun was shining. Yes, it was just like any typical morning. That was until a certain voice was heard yelling throughout the house. Hayato was yelling at Takeshi aga in. "YOU IDIOT! THAT'S NOT HOW YOU SPEAK TO TSUNA! BE MORE RESPECTFUL!" yelled Hayat o as Takeshi smiled. They were all revising their homework. Tsuna was looking at his textbook with a lost expression. Giotto and his guardians were out on a mis sion and Hayato had volunteered (loudly) that he would teach Tsuna his homework. Takeshi followed them as he too had a lot of work to be done. When the trio sat down to get their homework started, Hayato tried teaching Tsun a some of his work in a theoretical manner, only to result with Tsuna staring bl ankly at him. Takeshi on the other hand, had already completed his homework and said Tsuna was a slow learner and thus causing Hayato to over react. "Hayato-nii! Don't start fighting!" said Tsuna as he tried his hardest to calm h is brother down. "Tsk! If that's what you say, I'll listen!" replied Hayato as h e folded his arms. Takeshi laughed. Tsuna sighed again. "I am so dead tomorrow. Teacher is going to punish me!" said Tsuna as he bit his lip and looked once mor e at the textbook.

"Let me teach you, Tsuna!" said Takeshi as he moved in closer to Tsuna. Hayato s norted. "Like you can do any better." For the next 15 minutes, Takeshi explained the problem to Tsuna who understood in the end. "I seeSo that's how you do it! T hanks Takeshi-nii! You're the best!" smiled Tsuna as he quickly wrote down the a nswer. Hayato felt left out. Looking at Takeshi and Tsuna laugh, he felt a pang of lone liness. Silently, he slipped out of the room and went to the garden. 'Tsuna does n't need me. It's always Takeshi this and Takeshi that,' thought Hayato dejected ly as he sat down below a tree. His thoughts raced back to the time when he stil l had his parents. FLASHBACK Gokudera Hayato grew up in a rich household. Servants would come running to him with a snap of a finger. His father was a mafia boss, just like his uncle Giotto . His sister, Bianchi was a person he always thought hated him, had long purple hair and was constantly feeding him her poisonous cooking. Thanks to that, he wa s very skilled in running and evading. His mother, a woman who was very skilled in playing the piano passed away after she accidentally drove off a cliff, due to the fact it was very dark that night and she couldn't see where she was going. Her death affected Hayato the most as she spent most of her time tutoring him and teaching him how to play the piano. After she died, he refused to even walk near the piano and asked his father to g et rid of it. He kept a picture of his mother in his pocket and would look at he r whenever he felt lonely. Being the son of an important mafiaso, Hayato rarely saw the outside world. His father always feared that someone would kidnap him and hold him ransom. That was why Hayato yearned for friends he could play and joke with. The only other pers on he saw everyday was his sister, someone he was scared of seeing and Dr. Shama l, the perverted doctor that constantly ran after the maids. Hayato was always d isgusted by him even though Dr. Shamal was his dynamite teacher. One day after his 4th birthday, Hayato ran away from his house, the reason mainl y because he was being chased by his sister with a purple cake that was emitting the aura of death. After running a long distance, he finally stopped and realiz ed he was lost. Looking around, he saw buildings and people. A few thugs approac hed him. "Hey look what we have here! Look at his clothing! He must be from that rich fam ily up north! I wonderhow much would the father pay us?" chuckled the first man. His subordinates laughed with him. "A million or more! I say we take him!" came another voice. Hayato made his move. He kicked the first man and ran for his lif e. He could hear them chasing him. "Psst! In here!" said a voice. Hayato turned and saw a boy standing in an alley. Seeing no other choice, Hayato turned and ran into that direction. The thugs ra n by. Panting, Hayato turned to his savior. The boy was smiling at him with choc olate brown eyes. He wasn't alone. Another boy was leaning against the wall at t he back. Another boy with spiky black hair and an idiotic smile was standing bes ide the first boy. "Thanks. You saved me back there," said Hayato gratefully. The other boy grinned . "Haha! Those men are bullies! Kyoya-nii usually gets into fights with them." H ayato nodded. "What are your names?" "My name is Tsuna, this is Takeshi and that is Kyoya!" said Tsuna as he companion nodded. "You look like you're not from ar ound here, what's your name?" said Takeshi as he smiled an easy going smile.

Hayato immediately felt annoyed with the boy. "I'm Gokudera Hayato. My father is a mafia boss," said Hayato as Tsuna and Takeshi looked at him with interest. "M afia boss? What's that?" asked Tsuna innocently. Hayato chuckled. "It's like an organization. He's the person in charge of an organization he created I think," he replied. Tsuna nodded his head. Hayato looked at his watch. It was now 6:30 p m and he knew his father would be worried. "I have to go. My father will be worried," said Hayato as he turned to walk. "Yo u all should come visit me when you have the chance. My house is just above the hill outside this village," continued Hayato. "Really? That would be great! Did you hear that Kyoya-nii?" said Tsuna excitedly. The other boy snorted in reply. When Hayato reached his home safely, his father pulled him into a big hug and st arted asking questions and saying he was worried. That night when Hayato was in bed, he looked at the ceiling and thought about the people he just met, hoping t hey would really visit him the next day. "So this is your mother?" asked Tsuna as he looked at the photo Hayato gave him. Hayato shook his head. After his lunch that day, Hayato wandered into the garde n and met Tsuna and Takeshi. Apparently, both of them were excited to see how a big house looked like and woke up early to meet him. Unfortunately, they got los t along the way but finally found the house around lunchtime. Kyoya had refused to follow, saying he was tired. "My mother's dead too," said Tsuna after Hayato told Tsuna how his mother passed away. Hayato looked at him. "So are Kyoya's and Takeshi's. Our parents are all dead. Even so, we're brothers now!" said Tsuna happily as he returned the photo to Hayato. Hayato was starting to like this boy more and more. "There you are HayatoI was looking for you. I made another cake especially for yo u," said Bianchi as she walked into the garden with another purple cake. Hayato' s eyes almost popped out. "Oh? Who are these boys?" asked Bianchi as she saw Tsu na and Takeshi. "My friends. I met them yesterday," muttered Hayato as he looked away. Bianchi smiled. "I seewell then, let's eat my cake together!" Hayato quick ly stood up and pulled Tsuna and Takeshi who were about to take a piece each. He then started running. Bianchi sighed, smiled and started giving chase. "Hm Hayato? You dislike your sister?" asked Takeshi laughing as he and Tsuna tri ed their best to keep up with Hayato. "IT'S NOT THAT IDIOT! HER COOKING IS POISO NOUS!" yelled Hayato as he dragged his two new friends. Tsuna looked at him with questioning eyes. "You'll see! It melts anything it touches! Just run!" yelled Hayato as they ran. Nightfall came and it was time for Tsuna and Takeshi to go home. After 2 hours o f playing 'hide and seek' with Bianchi, they finally escaped. "Goodnight Hayato! We had fun today! See you again tomorrow!" yelled Tsuna cheerfully as he and Ta keshi made their way down the hill. Hayato smiled and waved.