Memories Reborn

Prolouge

Summary: Tsunayoshi Sawada, the Decimo of Vongola, had led the Vongola famiglia for 50 years. He was now lying on his death bed. He had but one regret, the regret that he should have accepted the title of Decimo from the very beginning, but that is all in the past, there is no going back...or is there?

Disclaimer: I don't own Katekyo Hitman Reborn, it belongs to it's original owner.I only own the story you will currently be reading, and four OCs you will meet in this chapter.

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Tsuna was laying on his death bed after 50 years of being a boss, he is ill and weak and he knew this day would come. The day he would leave his friends, his family, his famiglia. He knows that Vongola is in good hands with the current undicesimo boss, his daughter, Tsukiyoko Sawada Vongola.

He taught her everything he knew on how to treat her family and friends, and he knew she would do the same to her children. The same went for her younger twin brothers and younger sister, he didn't regret anything, the only regret he had was that he hadn't accepted the title of Decimo that morning when a certain baby hitman came to his door to train him into the boss he has become.

He regreted that he didn't just accept the title and go through the training without the whining, without the complaining, and just go with it.

That is the only thing he regrets, how he wishes that he could go back in time and maybe, probably, become a bit more reliable and a stronger person. Other than that, he had absolutly no regrets. His guardians had all retired and are all still going strong and are healthy, Reborn was still alive, his parents and Vongola Nono had passed away a few years back with their family around them, and the Vongola famiglia is going stronger than ever before.

Yes, Tsunayoshi Sawada held no regrets, but still wished that he could go back to the past, the one thing he would do differently would be to accept the posision of Vongola Decimo, mayby not straight away, but he deffinetly wouldn't let two years pass to accept it like he did.

But that was all in the past, and as he was lying in his bed, looking up at his guardians who all stood around him. Respect and concern all laid heavily in their eyes, he had been sick for 3 months now and his condition was not getting any better, he was getting worse and worse, and his guardians rarely left his side. The only time they left was when they needed to eat or for bathroom breaks, or sometimes Tsuna had to order them to leave so they could get some sleep.

Today was different, though, way too different. He was getting weaker and weaker, he could barely breathe. He was so weak that every last one of his closest family and friends had come to see him, his eldest daughter and the current boss of Vongola was at his left side holding her father's hand with both of hers holding it to her face slightly crying, her two younger twin brothers, Imashi and Tomashi, were behind her holding onto their sister's shoulder while looking at their dying father. Tsuna's youngest daughter, Yuki, was holding onto Lambo's shirt crying loudly into it.

Gokudera Hayato. the Vongola Decimo's storm guardian and right hand man, was sitting at Tsuna's right, holding his other hand with both of his much like the Vongola Undicesimo, only he was looking straight at Tsuna holding his hand almost in a deathgrip, tears threatening to fall out of his eyes, as he watched over his precious juudaime, his boss, his friend, as he was dying in front of him, in front of them, from an illness they had no control over.

Yamamoto Takeshi, Tsuna's Rain guardian, stood next to Hayato holding onto his left shoulder while looking down at Tsuna. A small sad smile plastered onto his face, trying so desperatly to keep his promise to the baby hitman Reborn, his promise to Tsuna, that no matter what he would smile true, although right now he had to force it a bit, though it became more genuine when Tsuna managed to look up at him, smiling slightly through the pain he was in.

Ryohei Sasagawa and Kyoko Sasagawa Sawada both held onto each other. Kyoko was crying in her brother's arms, while Ryohei, Tsuna's Sun guardian, older brother and brother in law, held onto her, soothing her, stroking her back while looking at his younger brother who was in so much pain, sweating from the feaver, his pale skin, and listening to his heavily shaking breathing, he looked at him in concern because they couldn't do anything else but to wait for him to die and he hated it.

Lambo Bovino, Tsuna's Lightning guardian and younger brother, tried desperatly to calm the crying twenty one year old Yuki in his arms, as he did so, he was still looking at his Tsuna-nii. He might be his boss, but he still called Tsunayoshi Tsuna-nii, because that was what Lambo wanted to do, making his Tsuna-nii remember that he is his boss but he is still his brother.

Hibari Kyoya, Vongola Decimo's Cloud guardian, stood tall and stiff next to Hayato looking down on the carnivore. Tsuna was no longer a herbivore, he had proven himself to the prefect many years ago that he was worthy of the carnivore rank, he had long passed the omnivoire status. Hibari rarely showed his emotions, but over the years he had learned to respect the carnivoire and the other omnivoires, but even so he rarely showed expressions. It was only the last 3 months now he was starting to lose that mask, even to the point where he and Mukuro could sit next to each other in silence, but he hadn't cried even once when Tsuna was sick, it was only now that he was struggeling to keep his emotions in check, looking down at the Carnivoire. Tsuna still had that stupid smile on his face, he couldnt take it anymore as the tears ran down from his eyes and Mukuro slowly grabed the cloud silently for comfort.

Mukuro Rokudo, one of Tsuna's Mist guardians, Chrome being the other, silently put his arm around Kyoya's shoulder, lightly squeezing his shoulder in comfort as the cloud lowered his head as he silently cried for their sky. Mukuro joined the prefect in the silence, he slightly looked down at Tsuna looking him straight in the eye, silently thanking him, without him he would still proabably still be in the Vendice prison. He owed the man his life plus some, and it hurt seeing him like this, so weak, so helpless, and Mukuro knew Tsunayoshi Sawada didn't have long left, and he knew that the Decimo boss knew this as well.

Chrome Dokuro, the female illusionist and the second mist guardian to the Decimo, was standing next to Takeshi holding onto her trident so hard that her knuckles turned white. Yamamoto had to pry the trident away from the girl, as she was starting to bleed because of her tight grip. She owed so much to her bossu, she owed everything to him, she would do anything for him, but what good is an illusion when all it is is an illusion. She can't bring people back from the dead, and she can't keep him alive either, it was so painfull to watch, and as Takeshi tried to pry her trident away she flung to him holding onto his shirt crying loudly into Takeshi's chest.

Reborn, free from his curse, looked down on his ex-student, thinking back to the Dame-Tsuna he once was. He still called him dame, but it was more teasing nowadays, as he had proven time and time again that he truly was a powerful mafia boss. Llooking back at the time he spent training him, he couldn't help but smile a little at the memories, but the smile slowly faded as he looked down on the dying man in front of him. He had seen this two times too many, he had known both Vongola Ottava and Nono, and he was blessed to be able to know even the Deimo and the Undicesimo, only to remember that life will come to an end one day.

Yes, he had indeed known Vongola Ottava for the short time she lived. They met when he was first introduced to the Vongola.

She was a strong woman who was the start of the turning point for Vongola, by the time he had known her she was already an old woman, but good grief was she stubborn. She had the aura of a boss till her death, and Reborn had to smile a little at her antics as she had a smug grin on her face before her heart failed on her. As for Nono, he was already getting old before Tsuna took over. It was still a miracle he had lived as long as he had, the mafia is not a world where people get to die old, yet the last three, counting the now dying Decimo, had all passed their fifties.

The reality of it all was so strange to Reborn, it all started when Ottava, the eight boss of Vongola, wanted nothing to do with the murderous antics of what her father, the Vongola Settivo, was doing with the mafia. She wanted it to return to the way the Vongola Primo had intended it to be, to be a vigilante group who protect the weak and fight the evil.

It took all of her strength and antics to make it happen. Timoteo, the Vongola Nono, helped, but he was not able to carry it onwards like the Vongola Ottava had started, and it started to slowly go back again. It wasn't untill Tsuna had taken the title of Decimo that the Vongola had finally managed to return it to its glory, and then to finally return the original bloodline back to where it was supposed to be.

Reborn's frown deepend as he looked to the eleventh boss of Vongola, Tsukiyoko Sawada, the Undicesimo boss. Tsuna had raised her well, same goes for all of his children, he had taught them early on that it is important that you treat others like you would like them to treat you, don't judge a person based on apperance alone, (the Varia was mostly the reason for this) and friends and family come before anything else.

Yes, Tsuna had taught them well, all four of his children where understanding, wanting to help and so much like their father in so many ways, though they have more back bone in them then when their father had started his training.

"R-Reb..orn"

Reborn's eyes shot up, looking straight at Tsuna's, he had just talked, he hadnt talked in 5 days (most likely due to exhaustion). He looked down at him, Tsuna's guardians and children, as well as the Varia, Dino and the Shimon family were all crowding around Tsuna, they had all heard it too.

"Hehe...*cough* wh..why the long fa-ce Re..born...all...lives...e-end ev..even...tu..ally, rig..ht?"

Tsuna was forcing himself, everyone knew that, but they also knew he was right, it was going to happen eventually whether they wanted it or not, and despite Gokudera screaming for him not to give up and keep fighting everything would be fine.

"Go...Gokud...dera...ku..kun sto..stop it al..alrea..dy, stop holdi...ing ont..to su..ch sma..ll ho..pe, th..there is..sn't muc...ch ti..ime f..for m..me le..eft."

He really is straining himself, Reborn thought as he looked at his ex-student.

"Dame-Tsuna just say what you want and we will let you die in peace, you are straining yourself too much. "

Gokudera, as well as every other eye in the room (exept for Tsuna and the Varia), glared in disbelief at the number one hitman.

Before there was an uproar, Reborn began to explain. "Right now Tsuna is knocking at heaven's door, and it is only a matter of time before that door opens, so before that happends, Tsuna, what do you want to say before you strain yourself too much?"

All eyes turned to Tsuna again.

Tsuna managed a weak smile at his ex-tutor and his current advisor. "I am sleepy...Reborn, but I wan..wanted t..to thank you."

Reborn knows that as soon as he closes those eyes he won't be waking up again. Reborn tried to swallow a lump that is in his throat, but wasn't quite able to, he is so close to death, he is in so much pain, but he still thinks more of his friends than of himself. Reborn lifted his head and looked into Tsuna's eyes.

"Thank me for what, Dame-Tsuna?"

Tsuna only smiled meekly as he turned to look everyone in the eye.

"I wanted t..to thank you...for brin..bringing me...into thi...this wo..wonderful family." His voice was but a whisper, but even so everyone in the room heard it. Tsuna lowered his head as his eyes started to fall. "I...have no regrets...Re..Reborn, I'm just very...very happy, my fa..family, a..and everyone is...here, Vo...Vongola wi..will be..safe with Tsuki-chan, and...I kno...ow she...will ra..raise her...chil..dren like I did them, so thank you, all of you."

His eyes closed and one last whisper of 'thank you' filled the room before the hands that Tsukiyoko and Gokudera held went limp and fell from their hold. He was no longer panting, had no more fever, no more cold sweat, no more pain, all that was left was a small smile on his lips. He was at peace, he was dead.

TBC

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A/N: ...Is it really okay for me to say that I was almost crying when I wrote this? I actually had to stop for a bit to calm myself down enough to be able to continiue writing, I wanted to add more at the end because this is not a one shot story, this is a Tsuna sent from the future with memories intact story, only to realise that would make the death less tragic, if I added more the story would be so weird, and yes, Ottava makes an apperance, sadly, I don't remember her actual name so we had to go with Ottava. I don't remember correctly if it was Ottava or Nono who started to want to change the Vongola, and I read in a diffrent fanfiction that Ottava was the one who started it, I don't remember what fic that was, I have read so many KHR stories lately, but I was really inspired about that, and yes Tsuna has four kids, and yes the Undicesimo is also a girl, I don't want Ottava to be the only Vongola female boss. I don't think I will be using his children for the future, though (they aren't even born yet, how are they even supposed to do that). Stay tuned for the next chapter though, and I'm sorry if I made some of you cry. I really wanted to get that trust there, that bond that the guardians and Reborn had managed to build over the years they had been working together, and yes that means Hibari had to cry, please don't kill me, I was trying to really understand the personalities they have, and a lot can change in 50 years, but they still have that characteristics that makes them who they are, and yes, Varia, Dino, and Enma and his guardians are there, I wanted to take their take on it but then this part would become LOOOOOOONG and tedious so I just took it from the guardians PoV as well as Reborn's, I felt like they were the most important ones to add.

As for the reason I wanted to make a story like this, as far as what I have seen so far, there aren't all that many good future Tsuna reborn to the past stories, as I like to call them, there are some nice ones but mostly bad in my opinion, sure there are people who like some of the stories I hate, and there are people that hate stories that I like.

Like for example the most common story among lets say twin-fic that I CONSTANTLY see is that the younger of the twins, which is 99% of the time (that I have seen) the better one and the one Reborn is going to train, while the elder of the 2 is left out, and the elder is tsuna 99% of the time, they all follow the same pattern.

Tsuna is the Dame and the brother is the 'cool' one, Tsuna gets the guardians on his side when it is supposed to be the other way around, and it is Tsuna who is the supposed better of the 2.

This is constant and I don't like reading genderswap fics because in my opinion they are wrong and should never exist, so if you know any twin fics that you like that has the category 'gender swap', keep it away from me, I don't mind if you think it's a good story, I just personally hate gender swap fics, but if you like them go ahead, read them, I got nothing against that.

So anyway, back on topic, why am I writing all of this down, if the stories are so constant why bother with them, that is because I have found 2 rare really good twin-fic stories, they're up there with the 'Flames and Family Chronicles', if you don't know what Flames and Family Chronicles is, you are missing out on some good reborn stories, look them up on fanfiction, they are amazing stories, you won't be disappointed.

Anyway, back on topic, I have two great stories for you if you are looking for some twin-fics, they are called:

To that faraway sky by KuraiArciris and BlackBird by Jadetiger27

I personally like Blackbird better from the two, because in that story Tsuna is Mute but at the same time not, he has been silenced out of fear for his twin, and Fon makes an important role in both of the stories if I remember correctly (why is this author's note so looong).

There is also another story I am reading at the moment, it has a nice twist to it but I won't tell what that twist is. It is called He deserves better by AliceVermillion

There is also Silent Sky by Megan Jay Riley (though I think it has some Yaoi pairings, I haven't really touched it yet, it just seems like a good story from the summary, so don't hold your breath if it isn't).

ANYWAY I better stop now before I keep ranting even further, geez this note is getting ridicously (is that even a word) LOOOONG anyway I better get on with working on the next chapter see ya later ~VxG~