A/N: Ermm… I guess you guys are already used to me so… here we go.
Gokudera gritted his teeth. And slammed his fist in the ground. It seemed he was the only one not progressing. No matter what he did he was pathetic. That Hibari has already managed his flames and was fighting with them. Even that baseball idiot was slowly but surely on his way to becoming a sword master. The girls were already more powerful than him. And he...The one born into the mafia was being left behind.
It was frustrating and humiliating. But worst of all, he was disappointing the tenth. The only person who accepted him for who he was.
"What's wrong Hayato? If you're done already I want to go. There are some sweet girls I need to consult."
"Then go you shitty doctor."
Shamal sighted and then with a little wave he went away.
Gokudera gritted his teeth and slammed his fist on the ground. He promptly ignored the wetness around his eyes.
Xxx
Bianchi observed the three girls before her. One seemed to kind, another too eccentric and the last one to practical.
But she heard from Fon that these girls had fought with everything they had in order save that boy… so maybe, she could work with that. Beides if she wanted Reborn back she had no choice but to train these girls. She could dispose of that boy, but Hayato made it perfectly clear that he wouldn't forgive her if she did something like that.
" Listen girls. Being a woman in the mafia is even more dangerous than being a man. As women we will have to do some things we do not want to do in order to survive and to help the men…"
"You can skip that part.", said Hana.
"Huh."
"Tsu-kun would never let us do something like that.", smiled Kyoko.
"That is naïve! Even if you don't want to do something that vile it will be expected of you. That's how things are in the mafia. So stop being brats and…"
"Hahi. Haru doesn't know what you've been through but Tsuna-san would never expect something like that from us. In fact he would probably expressly forbid us from doing something like that."
"Tsu-kun promised us that he'll fight alongside us. So there's no way he would let us do something like that."
Bianchi stared at their unwavering eyes. Could that brat really be that special?
Xxx
Tsuna sighted as he observed Lambo, I-pin and Skull play around. Fon sat next to him on the porch.
"May I inquire as to what is troubling you Tsunayoshi."
"Lambo and I-pin… they're really young. I do understand that they are part of this word. They need to train in order be able to protect themselves. But… they're just…"
Tsuna lowered his head for a moment listening to the laughter of the children. He suddenly lifted his head, an orange hue entering his eyes.
"As long as I can, I'm going to protect them. Those precious to me as well."
"Tsunayoshi-kun. You are truly kind.", smiled Fon. "Your Family is very fortunate to have you."
"Fon-san what are you talking about? You are also part of my Family. I'm going to protect you as well."
Fon looked startled. Then he smiled. Maybe...He might join a mafia Family after all.
Because he would never do that he refrained from rolling his eyes at the smirking Reborn.
Xxx
Tsuna hummed as he walked home with the groceries. His mom decided, since everyone was working so hard, to make them dinner.
"Ah Tsuna!", waved Dino towards him...only to trip.
Tsuna sweatdropped.
"Are you alright Dino-nii?"
"Ah yeah. Don't worry Tsuna I'm fine.", assured him Dino as he tried to untangle himself from his whip.
"I wonder.", muttered Tsuna and went to help him.
Ten minutes later after they manage to tangle themselves together and then untangled themselves they finally walked home.
"Tsuna, you have a good Family."
"Eh... Ah I know. They're all trying so hard for my sake. For the sake of someone like me…"
"Like you? Eh Tsuna?"
"Dino-nii, I don't really want to become a mafia boss. I'm not suited for this job. But they all came for myself and are training for my sake as well. But I'm not suited for the mafia world. And I don't even want to be.
"This situation is the worst."
"Tsuna…"
"Ah sorry Dino-nii. You probably didn't need to hear all that."
Dino stopped walking.
"Dino-nii?"
"You know Tsuna… I also didn't want to become a Mafia Boss."
"Eh!"
"Mhm. I hated the mafia. I resented my father for putting me in that position. I resented the whole Famiglia and all the people that basically raised me. And when Reborn came… I resented him as well.
"Ah well that was till he smacked me.", Dino chuckled.
Tsuna observed him. Dino may be scared when Reborn was involved but… he sounded really fond just then. Tsuna smiled.
"Reborn told me that I was being selfish and a spoiled brat. He told me that the job my father worked so hard to maintain, all the people before him and all the people that supported them… they didn't give up when things got hard.
"I was just running away without even trying. He told me that if I didn't like how things were run I should just change them. That's why I think whether it's for your friends or not… you should give it a try. You don't know till you try."
"Change it, huh.", whispered Tsuna. "Thank you Dino-nii I think I really needed to hear that."
Tsuna walked towards him when a blur connected with him.
"Tsuna.", shouted Dino and ran towards him, whip in hand.
"Tsuna-nii, please help me!", shouted the blur.
Dino and Tsuna froze and stared at the little boy, who was carrying a big book.
"You are…", began Dino.
"Tsuna-nii, you are the first person in the world least likely to refuse a request, so please help me."
"Hieeeeeee!? There must be some sort of misunderstanding. I'm just…"
A bunch of tough looking men came into view and sneered. The little boy's grip on Tsuna's jacket tightened.
"Oi. Give us the brat and nobody gets hurt.", smirked one of the men.
Tsuna slowly picked himself up.
"Tsuna…", began Dino coming in front of him and the boy.
"Dino-nii, I know you normally can't fight without your men around, but me and you are Family as well. Is that enough?"
Dino startled, smirked and then nodded.
Tsuna gently pushed the little boy behind him and took the fighting stance Fon taught him.
He and Dino began fighting. Though Dino rounded most of them up, Tsuna found that most of his training paid off at least for dodging. Till one of them sneaked up behind him. And was promptly bitten to death.
Dino and Tsuna sweatdropped when Hibari descended upon the tugs and made short work of them.
"He's not cute at all.", whispered Dino.
Tsuna loved Hibari but he had to agree.
Xxx
They returned home with Ranking Prince Fūta, as they learned his name and title was, in tow.
Nana and the kids, Skull included, were happy to have him along. Reborn just smirked. Only Tsuna observed how Gokudera clenched his fists and how he wasn't that into the usual arguing. Tsuna frowned. Something was wrong.