Chapter 9 – When The Rest Barge In... – Part 2

"Rise and shine, Tsu-kun!" Nana shouted from downstairs, calling her beloved son. Her eyebrows furrowed together when she heard nothing. She blinked, and tilted her head a little while hummed in curiosity. It's strange… Tsuna didn't usually wake up late. Still not hearing nothing after a little while, she stepped up onto the stairs to her son's room, quietly. Nana pushed the door to Tsuna's room slowly and popped her head to look inside.

A soft smile crept up her face when she look at the sight in front of her.

Tsuna in the middle of the bed, being occupied by Lambo on his left that clinging to Tsuna's shirt while being pillowed by Tsuna's left hand and I-pin on his right side snuggling closer to Tsuna by hugging the brunet like a life-line while she too, pillowed by the said boy's right hand. The scene that made Nana blinked and blinked and blinked over and over again. But what can she say when her loner son get attached by many like that? A proud and warm feelings swelling inside her chest sending a little moist to her eyes.

Nana just wondering where's Reborn at this time with an odd feeling when the tutor is not in the picture, but immediately tossed it aside when Lambo stirred slowly and mumbling something while snuggling closer to Tsuna, while the brunet just keep still and bring the little kid closer to him with his eyes still closed. He really look like a very protective older brother. And that's make she so proud.

They were so adorable. The sight that she never imagine to see. Slowly, but surely, her beloved son is changing. Together with his little friends, here and there, by his side.

Nana send a glance at the clock near Tsuna's bed, the needles pointing at six thirty. With soft click, she closed the door and headed to the kitchen to prepare breakfast to her slowly growing family. For the time being, she will left Tsuna to sleep more. Maybe he's still a bit tired from played with the kids all night.

Yeah, her son really is changing. And she can ask no more. With soft humming, she prepared the table before she goes waking up the kids once again.

-.-

KRING! KRING!

Tsuna closed his mouth to cover his yawn when a girl riding a bicycle stopped by his side and send him a small smile. Didn't want to added some weird fellow to his already full of weirdo list, Tsuna just side stepped a little to avoid a can of soft drink that the girl throw to him before she hurried away with a wave of goodbye. Tsuna can see a glint on her google.

And it's really creepy.

Tsuna suspiciously eyeing the weird purple liquid that spilled to the ground and it became smoky after a few seconds. Not long after that, the unlucky crow that accidentally fly low dropped to the ground, and dead.

Immediately, Tsuna flee from the place. He didn't want to ask any question when the answer is too obvious. He believe, more of them will come.

The mafia. The one that want to kill him of course.

He already missing his quiet and peaceful day. Small sigh ended up escaping his lips.

-.-

Not wanting to go home, Tsuna stopped by the park near his house to relax. The house now was full of people. Not that he didn't like it, he just didn't want to get attached to it. It's troublesome. But, when he saw Nana's face when the house get a little noisy, he let out a smile of content. She look so much happy with the kids around and that's all what he would ask for. There was no other thing that he need except for his mother's happiness. With this all mafia thing going around in his life since Reborn arrived at his doorstep, one by one people pooped up in his life. Slowly but surely, his world getting bigger by the passing time.

He flopped down on the swing and swinging back and forth slowly. Enjoying the rarely quietness in his days. He look up to the blue sky and inhaled the air contently. Such a nice day…

Thud!

Or not…

Tsuna eyed the small kid that falling on his face first to the unpromising ground in front of him, carrying a quite big book at his chest that he hugged like his life were depend on it. His long brown scarf sprawled at his feet showing the cause of his fall. Tsuna raised from his swing and walked slowly to the kid that struggling to get up but failed, reaching and helping him to stand up.

"Are you okay?" asked the teen to the kid that taking the big book closer to him, and send him down to his back when the said kid tackled him to the ground with happy grin plastered at his face.

"Tsuna-nii!"

Tsuna tilted his head, a bit confused when the kid just called him like they know each other for a long time already. "Who?" he asked the kid while blinked his eyes suspiciously.

"You must protect me Tsuna-nii!" declare the kid confidently with huge grin on his cute face.

"What are you talking about? And who are you?" Tsuna asked the kid when the both of them already on their own feet facing each other with Tsuna sit back to the swing that he were earlier.

"I'm Fuuta de Stella, I'm your brother." Said the kid cheerfully.

Not even a bit of surprised with the declaration, Tsuna let out a sigh. "Tell me the truth or I'm not hearing another word." Tsuna rested his cheek on his palm while his elbows rest at his knees, looking completely bored at the kid that starting to fidget at his toes.

"I'm sorry, Tsuna-nii," his cheerful face that turned to pleading one caught Tsuna off guard, "I just want you to protect me from the bad guy," he look down to his feet. Without the book that look out of the place, Fuuta really look like a normal kid. But with Reborn and Lambo as example, he's not quite sure anymore.

By the bad guy that Fuuta mentioned, he think he have an idea for that. It's a bit risky, but what can he say, a kid that asked for help, it's just… troublesome.

"Why?" come the question that sent the kid tilted his head while eyeing Tsuna curiously.

"Why… what?" Fuuta blinked his eyes.

"Why did you come to me?" he really didn't want to ask that, but it's bugging him too. When he sees the kid's face lit up, he can't help but gulping down his smile.

"Oh, that. It's because that Tsuna-nii is ranked first in your inability to turn down request!" Fuuta said merrily while pointing at one page in his book that he opened up from inside his jacket. How that big book that practically twice his size fit in that, is question that Tsuna will save for later.

"How'd you know that?" Tsuna straightened his back in slightly relaxed manner. He didn't want the kid to know that he think he's a weirdo. Right?

"Ah!" Fuuta smile cheerily and closed his book. Tsuna glance at the crest at the cover, it's… unique, to say at least. "I'm the informant who can make accurate ranking based on the star on the day I look upon to. You can trust me. My rankings are hundred percent accurate, I'm sure of it." And the kid practically beamed at him now.

"Well…" Tsuna let out a heavy sigh and stand up. He can understand now why is 'the bad guy' want him. Well, he can ask Reborn later for the detail. "Let's go." He motioned the kid to follow him with his head. With a content smile, Fuuta trailed behind him to his home. He pressed his thumb at his temple, the growing headache really take a tool from him, and… how to explain this kid to his mom…? He sigh again.

-.-

"I'm home!" Tsuna announce his arrival to the house occupants while taking his shoes off with Fuuta at his side doing the same.

"Welcome back, Tsu-kun. Do you want an afternoon snack or…" Nana pooped out from the kitchen and trailing at her words when he saw the kid by Tsuna's side, "Oh, hi there…are you Tsuna's friend?" she smiles fondly at the small kid with huge book that he hugged closer to his chest.

"Hello, I'm Fuuta," the kid bowed his head to Nana and the woman cooed at the cuteness.

"Hello, Fuuta. Come and have a snack with Tsuna." Soft smile plastered and with a gentle push on the kid's back, she ushered the boys to the kitchen to join the others who already there. To Tsuna surprised but hiding it completely behind his bored demeanour, Reborn being hugged by the girl that he met earlier. And the said hitman just letting the girl feeding him like a real baby, with him sitting on her lap.

Not mused at the sight, the brunet left to his room. While wearing a blank look.

It's starting to get hectic around. He can feel it. Strongly.

-.-

"Tsuna, wake up!" Tsuna get tossed to the wall when a big green mallet hit him square in the face. He grumbled and refocusing his sight by blinking several times and saw Reborn standing on his bed shouldering the out of place big green mallet while smirking smugly.

"What do you want in this…" trailed in his words, Tsuna turn around eyeing his clock beside his bed, "three in the morning, Reborn?" he asked while getting up, yawned and stretched. It's been awhile since he got up in this godly hour. And he's really not in the mood to argue on everything when he's in that groggy state.

"Ten laps around town, now!" said the small hitman while the green mallet changed shape to a green lizard and the small animal crawled up to his fedora and sleep.

"Huh?" Raising his eyebrows, Tsuna questioning the small hitman, but didn't get any answer but a waves of hands asking him to hurry up or else. Sighed and groaned, Tsuna slowly changed his pyjamas into a black t-shirt, his usual orange-white hoodie sweater and a black tracksuit. After mumbling 'small devil' and 'a demon' and some other things, he proceed to run with Reborn watching on his back. The hitman actually leaped from roof to roof silently. Like a ninja. Send a small smile from the corner of the brunet lips.

Not that he hate it, nor that he like it too, but the method that Reborn use to train him really build up his muscle. It's not that often, but the muscles that he slowly build on his own before the hitman arrived was not as effective as this. And despite all the beating and the torture, he honestly quite grateful at him.

With this mafia thing trailing him like a shadow, with Reborn arrival and his tutor slash torturing season, with his so called friends, his world slowly changing. Slowly, but surely.

When the laps nearly done, the sun begun to shine from behind the mountain.

For once in that morning, he smiled looking towards the sky.

Gratefully.

-.-

Why's there so many men in black here? Tsuna furrowed his eyebrows when he'd been greeted by a mob of man in black suits with a bunch of cars parking right in front of his door step. Yawned, he walked a bit slowly to his house's gate while eyeing them suspiciously. He let out a sigh when an idea struck him, this must be Reborn doing again.

"Hey, kid!" one of the man stop him just right when he want to pushed open the gate, he glance at the man with his ever bored facade. He raised an eyebrow as if asking the man 'what' without word.

"Who are you? Our boss have a meeting with this house owner, so go away!" the man that wearing a black sunglasses grab him at his shoulder and ready to throw him away.

"You know," Tsuna shrug the hand away. "You're an idiot if you come to somebody's house and didn't know the owner, then try to throw everyone away as if you own the place," the man stepped back a bit shocked when get called an idiot.

"Why you-" the man raised his voice just to have Tsuna swiftly cut it with cold glare pinned him in place.

"Now back off! I want to get in MY. HOUSE. IDIOT!" Tsuna pressed in each of his words. They get taken aback when seeing the brown eyes turn blazing orange for in split second when the teen glared at them. Sending a shiver down to their spine.

"Tsuna-nii! Welcome back!" a bunch of children come crashing at Tsuna just right at when he step into the house before he even said his usual greeting. Fuuta with his scarf at his neck smiling, Lambo with a lollipop at his hand laughing and I-pin trying to pry Lambo away giggling at Tsuna's feet. A bit happy that Tsuna finally came home.

"Hey guys, I'm back." the brunet ruffled their hair gently. "Where's mom and Reborn?" he asked them while taking his shoes off and shoved them into the rack. He glance at three pair of leather shoes laying at his side. Reborn's friend?

"Maman is cooking," Fuuta said while holding Tsuna's left hand with both of his hand tugging him to the kitchen, while Lambo and I-pin resuming their tag play by running across the living room.

"Reborn is upstairs. With a guest." Said Bianchi while helping Nana setting the table with utensil, as if she'd been listening to them from earlier. Tsuna gave her a nod and greet his mom that replied with a wave of her spatula and a gentle smiles.

"Guest?" Tsuna narrowing his eyes at Fuuta and the kid's nodded his head slowly.

Sighing in defeat, Tsuna climbing the stairs onto his room. And he just realize, that the surprise around Reborn is actually never stop. He will always receive them as long as the small hitman is still around. When he think about it, he actually quite… happy. For some reason.

When he opened the door to his own bedroom, what greet him is a man with blond hair sitting at the leather chair (needless to ask, it's must be their doing for it to be there in the first place) behind the coffee table smiling so majestically. Two man in black suit, one of them wearing a glasses and had moustache nodding at him curtly that he returned curtly too, standing near the blond guy (maybe his personal bodyguard?) and the other one with bulky build standing near the door. And Reborn, sat at the other side of the table facing the door – at him - , sipping his coffee ever so comfortably while crossing his legs.

"We've been waiting for you, Tsuna." Reborn said placing his cup down and clasp his fingers together and placed them at his knees. Tsuna didn't answer him, he still standing at the door with the handle still in his hand. He look at Reborn and the blond guy back and forth slowly. Silently. Calculatingly.

"Is he the one?" the blond guy asking Reborn while eyeing Tsuna up and down.

"Yeap, he's the one." Reborn following the blond eyeing him up and down as if agreeing with something.

"Yo, Vongola Bos-"

"I'm not, Vongola Boss." Tsuna cut him, nice and swift. Dumbfounded, the blond coughing a bit at his hand.

"I travelled from afar to pay you a visit," the blond smiles a bit as if nothing's going on earlier. "I'm Cavallone Family's tenth boss, Dino." The blond, Dino, introduce himself while nodding and placed both of his elbows at his knees and the tattoo of his left hand quite sticking out too, staring at Tsuna as if trying to read every inch of the brunet's move.

"Sawada… Tsunayoshi," Tsuna answer him shortly while placing his school bag at his bed while still eyeing the blond and Reborn. The two absolutely realize it too, but still playing innocent.

"He's no good!" Dino said while laughing loudly, his green coat shock along with him.

Tsuna's eyes narrowing at that. But didn't talk back as the two hoped from him.

"He's got no aura," the blond continue while placing his cheek at his knuckle as he look at Tsuna, eyeing the teen closely.

"He's got no ambitious either," Reborn added while picking his nail, shouting that he's not caring at anything.

"There's no sense of anticipation from him," Dino said.

"His legs is short too." Reborn added.

"The way you present yourself is no confident at all."

"You look unlucky too."

Tsuna just standing there eyeing the two listing about his 'no-good-quality' on and on. He didn't pay attention to it either. He look bored as ever. He just want to drop on his bed and sleep. It's all that small hitman's fault in the first place that he didn't have enough sleep today. And now, the mafia business came crawling at his feet even though he didn't want to get involved in it. In the end, the one who got to blame is, 'that man'. And even though these guys look scary, he's quite surprised at himself that he didn't afraid at them at all.

"Your disposition to be a boss is zero." Dino finished with a chuckled, he's two bodyguard that standing near the door now laughing too. They look like wanna get crawl on the ground and laugh their ass off. Reborn just smirk as usual.

"You know," Tsuna said with a low voice, sent the man's laugh died in an instant and the room temperature suddenly dropped. "I don't want to be the boss. I really don't have a desire whatsoever to be the one either. Mafia or not. Vongola or whatever, I don't really care." Tsuna glance at the shadowed eyed Reborn and then at Dino that now sitting straight as if being forced to listen to the authority speeches.

"But, looking at how Reborn put his all into tutoring me, it's not really a bad feeling." Tsuna send his look at the outside, to the blue sky. Not noticing the soft eyes of Reborn that flashed for a mere second and an owe look of Dino with a content smiles.

"But still, I don't want to be one." As if enchanted at the idea, Tsuna keep repeating himself. Even though it fell into the deaf ears. Hearing that, Dino laugh again.

"You just like what Reborn said. Exactly the same as who I used to be." Dino said a bit too happy while crossed his arms at his chest. Tsuna eyed the man suspiciously.

"Dino is your senior apprentice." Reborn told him pointing at Dino with his tiny index finger as if he can read the brunet's mind. "I taught him how to become a mafia boss before I came here." Explained the hitman.

"Hmm.." Tsuna hummed in not so interested tone at that. He just looking back and forth at the two while holding back a yawn that treating to come out. It's just not the wise thing to do at the moment, he think.

"Before I met Reborn, my capability to be a boss is none too. Just, don't let the comment get to you, that's all." Said the blond smirking.

"I don't care," Tsuna walk to the door, he really want to go out, to the kitchen or somewhere else but here. "Are you two done? You can do whatever you want, Dino-san, stay here or go back," the brunet look at the two slightly from his shoulder, "Mom's just make a snack, let's eat it while waiting for dinner."

At that invitations, he clearly didn't have any more to say. Dino quite speechless at this kid demeanor, he send a glance at his former tutor silently asking for an explanation.

The smiles on Reborn's face says it all. The kid was specials.

Later of that night, things go on a bit hectic as Dino's turtle make a mess at the bathroom when it chewing the tub as if it is a snack. And the pet's owner, trying a bit too hard to tame it, and failing when he trapped at his own whip and falling face first to the unforgiving floor.

Sometimes it can't be helped you know. The idiots is.

-.-

The sky is so beautiful on that day. The brilliant orange, the sparkling red, the soft purple, the calming blue, the bright white and yellow, mingled together forming a magnificent evening sky.

And a smiles forming at his face, satisfied. He inhaled the clean air, deeply, enjoying the once again peaceful day. Cannot tore his gazed away, he keep staring with his narrowed eyes.

"Tsuna."

He look to his left, Yamamoto been sitting there with a small smile adoring his feature. Looking forward, also stunned with the perfect picture.

"Tsuna-san."

Tsuna look to his right, Gokudera's hair flowing back and forth, following the blowing wind. Hugging his right leg and placed his chin on top of it. Honestly, he's speechless. At the stunning sky. At how high they are now. At the gentle smile that Tsuna's wore. Everything's perfect.

"Thank you." the silverete teen flashing a smiles at Tsuna. Too much he want to thank to, too much he want to convey, too much he want to ask, too much emotion bubbling inside that jumbled up until he didn't know how he supposed to express himself.

"Yeah," Yamamoto glance at the emerald eyed teen, understood at the unspoken words. "Thank you, Tsuna." Loss of words. It's the only thing that they can say. Gratitude. Pride. Respect. Proud.

"Hn." Hibari humped followed by an eerie laugh.

Tsuna let out a soft chuckle. To them, his laugh just like a rings of a bell. Pleasant. Warm.

"This is truly extreme!"

For the first time since they know him, Ryohei talk without shouting. And it really save their ears. As if in agreeable term, they all nod.

Do you wanna know why they're all in that place?

Well… too much happened.

Save it to the other day~

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TBC

a/n: I tried and tried again and again to reread it to make it better, and in the end it's just turn out like this. I hope you like it. Sorry for the long wait... well... hahaha… R&R guys~

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