Sylvia-san: This idea popped into my head when I was dozing off in class... I just had to type it down before it disappears. -.- This might also look like an OC-centric story at first glance, but it's not, so please keep continue reading until the end! :)

Oh, and also, when you see this *, it means that I have a note about that at the bottom.

Warnings: OOC characters, and a few curses here and there.

Disclaimer: "Magic mirror on the wall, who is the one to own KHR?" "Amano Akira." "Damn it!"

"Taiyoshi, listen up." The said person immediately looked straight into his father's golden-colored eyes. He knew that something was serious when his father called him by his full name instead of using the usual 'Taiyo-chan' and talked to him in that tone.

"Yes, Papa?" the eleven-year old asked.

"What if I told you that I was in the Mafia?" Iemitsu asked, his eyes filled with different kinds of emotions, but mostly sadness and regret.

"Papa's in the Mafia? That's so cool!" Taiyoshi exclaimed, not knowing what the Mafia exactly was. He had only seen movies and T.V shows that showed what the Mafia was vaguely. To an eleven-year old like Taiyoshi, he would find it cool to see something that was on T.V in real life.

"Taiyoshi, the Mafia is not a place where you can just exclaim that it's 'cool'. The Mafia is ruthless and cruel. You should always avoid them at all costs."

"So the Mafia is bad? Does that mean Papa is also a bad guy?" the child questioned with curiosity shining in his golden eyes that he inherited from his father.

"Papa is different. I'm... a normal person now." Iemitsu told Taiyoshi, trying to avoid his son's question. "Anyways, there is a reason why I'm telling you this." Iemitsu's eyes sharpened and he stared right into his son's eyes. Taiyoshi just blinked like the innocent child he was.

"Because Papa used to be in the Mafia, people are going to try and target me and then eventually, all the people related to me. So when Mama and I are gone, I want you to try and protect Tsunayoshi, your younger brother no matter what happens. Can you promise me that?"

"I promise! I pinky swear!" Taiyoshi wrapped his pinky around his papa's own. He did not fully comprehend what his father said. He got what his father said about protecting his younger brother, but he still didn't get what his father meant when he had said, "When Mama and I are gone." He also didn't know what the Mafia exactly was.

"Should I tell Tsuna about this?" Taiyoshi asked his Papa.

"No. I'm going to tell only you about this. Since you're the oldest sibling, I want you to protect Tsunayoshi, but please don't tell anyone about what I told you, including Tsunayoshi and Mama, okay?"

"Yes, Papa!" Then, Taiyo (short for Taiyoshi) skipped off, searching for his younger sibling and his Mama to play with. Iemitsu smiled softly as if a weight was off his shoulders. Unfortunately, the Sawada family didn't know what was in store for them in the very near future.

Ding dong!

Nana looked up from washing the dishes. She was about to go get the door until Iemitsu told her to that he would handle it instead. Iemitsu opened the door while Nana just stood behind him, looking over his shoulder to see who was at the door.

Two buff men were standing side by side. Iemitsu scanned them for anything suspicious with his trained eyes. And he saw the one thing he did not want to see after going in hiding from the Mafia.

Guns. No doubt about it. The two men in front of him were from the Mafia.

"Who are you and what do you want?" Hearing her husband's voice laced with poison, Nana narrowed her eyes. Her husband had told her about his past Mafia job. He didn't tell her the exact details, but she didn't pry any further. Regardless of Iemitsu's past job, she still loved him.

"Nana, get Tsuna and Taiyo out of here now!" Nana immediately dashed to where her sons were. She was gone so quick that she didn't catch her beloved's last words.

"Goodbye. I love you, my family..."

Nana ran up the stairs to where her sons were playing toy trucks with each other on the matted floor. They looked up from what they were doing when Nana burst into the room.

"Mama? What's wrong?" Tsuna asked with worry. Their Mama was usually so bubbly and calm, but she was different today. Nana grabbed Taiyo by the wrist and carried Tsuna with the other arm. When Nana was about to escape from the backdoor, gunshots were heard. Nana's eyes widened, but she continued running with her sons. When Nana deemed that they were far away from the house, she placed her sons near the bushes.

"I'll be back later. Stay here, okay?" Nana said with a strained smile, trying to reassure the siblings that everything was okay. Before they could say anything, Nana was out of sight.

"Taiyo, why is Mama not back yet?" Tsuna asked with worry in his voice. It has already been about three hours since Tsuna and Taiyo had been dragged here.

"I'm not sure. Let's go check." The siblings tried to find their way back to their house. Taiyoshi, being the eldest, managed to find their way back while Tsuna gave wild guesses that were surprisingly correct. Maybe Tsuna was just lucky?*

Unfortunately, what they saw in front of their house was not what they had in mind. There was no Mama or Papa greeting them with smiles on their faces with their arms in a welcoming gesture. No. They saw police cars with a few adults gathered around. The brothers squeezed their way through tangles legs to go to the front of the crowd. With their small size and quick feet, they went through the front door of their house that was opened for some unknown reason.

What they saw weren't for the eyes of the young children they were.

Blood. Bullet holes. Four dead bodies covered with white sheets.

They both stared with wide eyes at the corpses. They know all too well who two of the corpses belong to. After all, they had spent their whole lives with them. Tsuna could feel tears stinging his eyes while Taiyo just covered Tsuna's view with his body. Taiyo's body was shaking with resentment, but he knew that he had to stay strong.

"Let's go, Tsuna." Taiyo said with a stern voice. Tsuna may know what happened, but he didn't know the complete details. Taiyo somewhat knew what happened. He remembered his past conversation with his Papa. After the conversation, he had done his research on the Mafia due to curiosity. He learned about what the Mafia was and the type of deeds they did. He had to protect Tsuna.

"W-where to?" Tsuna sniffled.

"I don't know but we'll manage. We have to stay positive. Now stop crying. Mama and Papa doesn't like it when you cry right?" Taiyo forced a small smile on his face. Tsuna hastily used his sleeves to dry his tears and tried to smile back. They'll just have to bare with the lose at the moment. They have more important things to do. From all the movies they have watched before, they would be sent to the orphanage at this rate. There was no way in hell Taiyo is going to allow that. He didn't want to separate from Tsuna and vice versa.

Before they left, Tsuna saw something glistening on the table.

"Wait a minute!" Tsuna scrambled to the table.

"Hurry up before the police finds us!" Taiyo called out quietly. Tsuna climbed up on a chair and placed his palms on the table. On the table was an orange laptop and a box next to it. The laptop was in an opened carry-on bag. Everything needed for the laptop were already in the bag. It was also Iemitsu's gift to Tsuna on his ninth birthday. They had held a huge party filled with firecrackers, courtesy of Iemitsu. It was over the top, but it was one of the best days of his life.

Tsuna shook his head to get rid of the happy memories that dared to flood his mind. He looked back at the box, curiosity taking over his senses. It was as if something was pulling him toward this box that held some unknown content. The box had a weird crest on the lid. The crest was in the shape of a shield with golden-colored embroidery around it. In the middle of the shield was a bullet. On top was an embroidery of a clam with wings while there were letters on the bottom.

'V-Von-Vong- Blehh...' Tsuna gave up trying to make sense of the words. He opened the box and he gasped. They were the prettiest things he had ever seen! In the box were seven rings with the color of the rainbow.**

"Tsuna, hurry! They're coming!" Tsuna grabbed his bag that held the laptop. He looked back at the rings, deciding whether or not to bring the rings with him. Without much thought, he grabbed the seven rings and tossed them into the bag. The next thing they knew, they were zooming out the backdoor and out into the streets of the unknown.***

AN: Please review and tell me what you think please? I also want you to tell me what you think about Taiyoshi honestly and what I have to work on. I know some people are not fond of OCs, but this story is going to be about Tsuna. Taiyo has his own little role in this. I think I could have done better with the emotions... I don't think this was good enough... Constructive criticism is desperately needed!

*This part, I was referring to Tsuna's Hyper Intuition, but they don't need to know that... yet.

**I'm going to use the Original Vongola Rings.

***They are NOT in the town of Namimori nor are they currently in Italy. They are in some small, random town in Japan that Iemitsu decided to escape to so he can avoid detection from the Mafia. I didn't really feel like creating a random town, so yeah...