.:KHR:.

Memories Rebirth

Chapter 5: Revelation Reborn

Disclaimer: I do not own anything but the story and Nyx, all else goes to KHR's creator and owner Amano Akira.

VxG: Hey y'all hope you liked the lengthy chapter you got last time, it was fun to write about the torment and drama. So guess what, you get more torment, drama and releases so get ready to cry a lot, the big release is close at hand, and you will get some family bonding and spartan Reborn, that much is apparent. Hope you enjoy, peace out. Also, this chapter has not been betaed, still. I hope you enjoy.

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The room was dark, the air felt heavy and dry. A constant drain was felt from ones mind.

Tsuna felt a blind cold run through him, a presence he didn't like, but at the same time he felt a familiar tug to his core, Tsuna felt uncertain how many it was, if it was one or if it was two he didn't know.

The dread was overbearing, to the point where he almost felt dizzy, a creepy echoing laugh filled his mind, while indigo filled his vision. Mist flames where burning up his body and around and around him. trying and failing to make contact, a contact that Tsuna want's to share. A desperate need was burning off of them, as if the Flames had a presence to it, they felt desperate, desperate to get free, but free from what?

The laughter that filled the air, kept going and going, not once stopping. It was as if he could feel the owner of said laughter, crawling up his body, touching him in uncomfortable ways. He felt a breath of sort close to his ear, something wet touched it moments later.

"Siiigghhhhhh ooohhh you are a wonderful little Sky, I can not wait to add you to my collection."

Another touch was felt, touching right around his throat. Gliding up to his jaw and onto his cheek. Long well kept nails lightly clawing into Tsuna's skin. "I can hardly wait for you… little Sky child."

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Tsuna woke with a start, cold sweat ran down his body. There was that dream again, the very same dream he has had for over a week now. And it is not a fun dream.

Looking out through the hospital window, watching the night sky with its stars shimmering and moon watching over its people. Turning his head to look over at Hibari, who had been placed in the hospital bed besides him. They had both been severely lucky, all of them had. The doctors had told them that they would not have any lasting damage, the bullets that had pierced or stayed inside their bodies had missed a lot of important muscle and organs. The broken bones had been debatable, but they too had been carefully put back together, and mended with Sun flames. At the longest it would take them at least a month and a half for the injuries to heal. Tsuna's burns had been mended and is barely even visible on his arms.

The only thing the doctors have been unable to remove, was the chain markings the chain seekers had scarred into their skin. No matter how much the doctors had tried to heal the scars, it just stayed where it was.

Tsuna had noticed that Hibari appeared to be more annoyed by it the most out of the four of them. Lambo and I-pin being part of that list as well… It almost hurt to look at Lambo now. He is always so scared now, jumping at every shadow, the poor little cow has been traumatized by the events that had transpired. Most of the time leaving the room where he and I-pin had been placed, and into Tsuna's and Hibari's shared one. He would crawl up into Tsuna's lap burying his face into Tsuna's abdomen or chest, depending on the little Lightning's mood. Tsuna would let him, shooing away the nurses or doctors that had wanted to take the little Bovino child back to his original room.

Tsuna was glad little Lambo was imprinting on him, he could feel a bond slowly form between them, it felt nice to have him in his arms again, last he had seen Lambo in his original time, was the day Tsuna had passed away. Not a very happy memory, but a memory none the less. All that remained now was Mukuro and Chrome.

Chrome he had no idea, as it had been Iemitsu who had talked Mukuro into being his Mist guardian and he had never found out from where she had appeared from either of them, as they had wanted too keep it a secret. Only letting him know about Chrome's parents and their negligence. As for how Iemitsu got into contact with Mukuro… Well, Tsuna never asked, he and his father was never on good ground even back then. Asking Mukuro never really appeared to him as he was busy with other stuff.

And now that it was pretty much obvious that Tsuna didn't even want to talk to Iemitsu, no way was he going to be able to locate either of them before Mukuro makes his move, which should be closing in soon. At least he hoped so.

Looking back out the window again, a week had passed since the little mishap with the Boss-napping as Takeshi had put it. A lot has happened since then. For one Bianchi had appeared out of nowhere, ramming herself into the hospital room he and Hibari had been placed. Of course the two of them have had visitors at the time, in the form of their little band of friends. Hayato collapsed on the spot at the sight of his sister. Some things never change it seemed, though once the woman had placed her goggles on, Hayato had started to recover some. The two's bond appeared to be closer than what they had been initially in his first life.

Bianchi and Hayato didn't rally start to bond properly before the Time travel mishap that happened last time. So it was a very pleasant surprise to see them so close this time. Speaking of surprises, Kyoko had a very shocking one, one that the medical team went right on to figuring out after she had asked about it reluctantly.

Kyoko had a very small subtle amount of Sky flames, but it had been pushed back due to her strong overcasting Sun flames, the Sky flames were so subtle that Tsuna himself had not been able to pinpoint it, then again he hadn't been able to properly use his HDW for a while now. The reason as to why he was unable was a mystery to him still. It felt as if he was missing something, and it isn't the gloves, that he knows for a certainty.

Speaking of gloves, man was he glad he didn't have those mittens around anymore. They where such an annoyance to run around with, and people didn't take him seriously when he put them on initially. Reborn hadn't said anything about the gloves though, just throwing them into Tsuna's lap a few moments after he had woken up from the surgery. The hitman had left just moments later, dropping by every now and then to give Tsuna some homework to work on while still in the hospital.

Reborn had been acting strange lately… well, stranger than normal for Reborn's standard. To be honest, Tsuna knew Reborn was hiding something, he knew the hitman well enough to know that. The strange thing about it all was that fact that Tsuna felt no dread of that thought. Which in and of itself scared Tsuna more.

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One Month Later

Tsuna never did see Fon when the man went to meet his student, I-pin, Tsuna only knew he had been there when I-pin herself had told him about her master visiting her often in her and Lambo's shared room. Which had Tsuna wondering, when would Reborn start to introduce his fellow Arcobaleno. As for others, he had met Shamal briefly, having been forced to work in the hospital, at the cost of his life.

Hibari was getting restless, he wanted to move, he wanted to fight, and each and every time he tried to do so, the hospital staff tried, and almost failed to restrain him at multiple times, Tsuna would have to do something about that building stress, Hibari might be one who likes to nap and sleep a lot of the time, but he uses just as long training and patrolling Namimori, his parents can't do it, as they are gone half the year dealing with the family business.

Tsuna would have to offer the prefect a little sparring match as soon as they got released from the hospital. To be perfectly honest, Tsuna was getting restless himself, and who keep people with broken bones in the hospital at all hours… Vongola does that apparently. They do it when a possible boss and his guardian is in danger. And man is it frustrating. Three more weeks and they are good to go.

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Another Month Later

It has been a week since they had all been released from the hospital, much to the relief of both Tsuna and Kyoya. Nana had constantly gone to visit Tsuna and his Cloud, instantly falling for Lambo and I-pin when she had first met them. Allowing said children to stay at their home, along with Bianchi as she was the sister to Hayato, and said teen was staying with them, why not let his sister join in with them as well, the more the merrier really… The home felt somewhat safer, but not by much, the hospital had felt safer than this. It was nice to be with his family, his friends and of course Nyx, who had made a full recovery herself. But there was this feeling of dread that hung over the home, noticeable by the entire group. Even with Bianchi in the household, even with Fon lurking around, even with Reborn himself. The house still had this constant feeling of dread and paranoia.

For one thing, Reborn was gone most of the time, leaving early in the day, returning every now and then to make sure Tsuna and his Guardians did their workout and homework. Leaving again and returning in the evening for some late night tutoring of Tsuna's Boss training. The hitman was hiding something, and it was driving Tsuna up the wall trying to figure it out.

Luck would so have it that the very next day Reborn had told them to pack their stuff. They where moving to a different house. Why was it that, that dread that had clung to him for so long, was slowly drifting from his shoulders, the feeling of peace filling his mind, the feeling of… relief.

Exiting the house, watching as multiple men working for Vongola came and helped with the move, Nana standing besides him, Nyx leaning into his other side.

"Well… We really should have moved out sooner, won't you agree Tsu-kun?" Nana said, nostalgia plastered onto her face as she was watching the family home. A little sad that they had to leave it all behind.

Tsuna didn't say anything, just gently pulled on his mother's arm turning them around, giving one last glance towards the home he had know for many, many years, known for literally two life times now, watching the home that had felt like a safe haven, how it had transformed into something not… how it had transformed into something that was completely opposite of safe, something that had been pulling his family and their guest and friends along down with them.

It was not a good feeling, one Tsuna felt like he would be glad to get rid off. The only problem with that was the fact that he knew the home could have been safe… but it wasn't, it never would be safe ever again.

Grasping the bag tighter on his shoulders, turning away from his childhood home, grabbing his mothers bag out of her hands, deciding to lighten the load for her, his intuition flaring up about the possible long walk.

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Tsuna and Nana just stood there, with the group of friends standing behind them watching in awe, all of them staring with wide eyes not believing their eyes. Nana and Tsuna could not take their eyes off of it, this… was their new home?

Before them stood a three stories tall building, more of a mansion really. It had a mixed design of both Italian and Japanese architecture. It was white in color with darker streaks of black along the tiled roof and edges of the house, walls, window sills and pipes, windows both wide and small adorned the building, at the front of the house, tall mahogany double doors stood atop a half circle stone staircase. The road was paved in stone slabs leading up to the front door. The location of said 'house'.

The middle of nowhere up in the mountains just a short mile away from Tsuna and his friends campsite.

No drive way, no garage or anything added to the huge sight before them. Just an impressive mansion standing tall in the middle of the mountain road. It would give even the Vongola manor a run for its money in terms of looks and sheer size, the Vongola manor would win in that battle in he end of course, but this was still one amazing piece of architecture.

Reborn stood before them, head raised high, his serious mask on, Tsuna realized.

"This will be your new home. Every single window, brick, stone and metal has been crafted for the sake of its owners safety. The windows are bullet proof, hidden cameras, Flame detectors, and locks not even the best of thief or hitman/woman would be able to get past. The materials used in this construction has been coated and/or created with Flame resisting material. It will take some serious heat to damage this house. Try Super nova heat and you might get close to what is needed."

Tsuna squirmed a little uncomfortably. 'Won't be using the X-burner any time soon then if that is the case.'

Reborn gave Tsuna a quick glance, before turning his attention to the group of people that had gathered. Those said people would be: Takeshi, Ryohei, Kyoko, Hana (making sure to stay far away from the kids as possible.), Haru, Kyoya (standing at the back of the mob of people.) Hayato, Bianchi, Nyx, I-pin and Lambo.

"While this may be the new home of the two Sawada family members, there has been prepared rooms for each and every one of you. The guardians share their own corner in this home, each interlinking with each others. But we will get to that when we get there."

Reborn gestured towards the house. "While we only see the top layer of this house, there are two floors down bellow it. Those two basement floors, both of which will be used for strictly training as that is what those two floors has been dedicated to become."

Turning his head towards Nana who had tears in her eyes, Tsuna comforting her as he too was close to crying at this point.

"Maman, Tsuna, if you would. We have a lot more house to see than this, you can get emotional later."

Tsuna and Nana walked with small steps up to the front door. Each holding a hand to the two door handles, opening the doors into the foyer area of the house.

The design of the room was Italian, but the décor was Japanese. It was quite cosy looking, frames of pictures adorned the walls, looking closer, Tsuna had to smile a little when he noticed the framed cloth of Iemitsu's behind that Nyx had torn had been hung on the foyer wall leading in towards the rest of the house.

Family photos of Tsuna and his mother, his guardians, friends and puppy pictures of Nyx covered the wall. Even some newly pictures of Tsuna, Lambo and I-pin in the hospital cuddled up together. Kyoya in the background with a book in his lap, could also be seen in the photo.

Walking into the open area of the house standing at the foot of a great double staircase leading up to the floors above them. Turning around taking everything in, glancing towards his mother who had stopped at a small table besides the corner wall. A picture frame in her hand, he watched as tears of pure joy fell down her eyes.

Tsuna walked over to his mother, looking at whatever it was his mother was looking at.

It was a picture of Nana in a hospital bed with a newly born Tsuna in her arms, Iemitsu was not visible in the photo. Probably the one who had taken the image in the first place.

"Kaa-chan? where did this come from, I don't remember ever seeing this before."

Nana just beamed. "I don't know, I thought I had lost it forever. I am so happy to have it again. Look at you Tsu-kun, you where so adorable when you where little."

Tsuna could do nothing but blush at that, true he himself had done embarrassing things to his own children when he had been a parent in his previous life, but still, didn't help the current fact of things going on right now.

Everyone had walked in to the home at this point, Takeshi looking over some baby pictures of him and Tsuna when they had been growing up together. Even some of his own mother had been placed upon the walls, standing besides Nana, the women holding onto each others children. Nana holding Takeshi while Yukino held onto Tsuna for the camera.

The giggles of Kyoko was heard when she and her brother looked at an image of Nyx having ran off with one of Ryohei's boxing gloves. Tsuna and Kyoko in the distance laughing their ass of watching the elder teen run after the mischievous Wolf cub.

"Alright people, eyes to the front." Not waiting for all of them Reborn continued. "This is the ground floor, here you will find the pool room, Music room, hobby room, kitchen, dining area, a small library and study. There are two bathrooms located down here, there is also located two bathroom in each floor of the household. The rest of the ground floor contains the living room with a fireplace, a lounge area, entertainment center for the teens and children as well as the TV room with surround sound and cinematic size screen and quality."

No one said anything, so Reborn continued.

"The second floor is the sleeping quarters, all of you that is present have a room here to call your own, including a few extra should there be a necessity for it. As for he top floor… well, there is the location of the big main library, a bigger study room with multiple desks. The briefing room and office… Any questions?"

Again, nobody said anything.

"Hm, then you go explore, just do not enter the basement floors, I will take all of you down there later. The same goes for the briefing room, so do not enter that room yet either, You are dismissed."

And move they did, it was one giant experience for everyone, the moment they had found the music room, Hayato had Immediately fallen in love with the grand piano that had been placed in there. It had a shiny black color to it with ivory keys. It was indeed a beautiful instrument, Tsuna had to admit to that.

Why there even was a music room in the first place Tsuna would never know, he was what one would call, musically challenged. He had never gotten the time nor interest to learn to play anything either, just enjoying the peace of Hayato's music whenever there was a down time or when Tsuna was in a desperate need of a break. It had been one of the few relaxing none 'all hail the Juudaime' moments between him and his Storm in his previous life.

Hayato had started to notice after a pretty strenuous week of nothing but paper work after two or so years of being in charge of Vongola. Hayato had returned from a mission, looking to relax a bit in the music room playing the piano, as he had walked in to his boss's office to report on his mission completion. Walking in noticing the literally dead tired form of Tsuna sitting at the desk, writing away at the piles on piles of both finished and none finished work. Coffee had stopped working it looked like. And his precious Juudaime was literally working on fumes at that point.

Wanting to do something for him, Hayato offered to play him something to relax. Tsuna, desperate for a change, accepted the offer straight away. He was DONE with those multiplying paper demons. He'd swear that there had to have been some form of accident in regards to Cloud attributes at some point. They where duplicating like bunnies.

The rest of the house was also something that happened. Takeshi and Ryohei had found a great joy of the pool room, there was as the name suggested, a pool table in the middle of the room, two pinball machines where leaned up against the wall. A dart game was visible on the wall from where they had entered the room. What had caught Takeshi and Ryohei's attention however was the Air hockey table placed alongside the pool table. (with space in between them of course.) Immediately the two had started it off, playing to their hearts content.

As for the entertainment center, that was just the room next door, Tsuna watched as I-pin and Lambo brought forth a game, both electronic and board games were present in the room. Watching as the two had found and playing four in a row. They where content, the only thing off from it was the fact that Lambo was no longer the loud child he had used to be. He knew the little cow had been traumatized, but to the point of sharing with/and respecting I-pin? Well, at least one good thing came out of that little episode they had all been through.

Walking in towards the kitchen, Tsuna could straight away smell the delicious cooking from his mother. The sounds of Kyoko, Haru and Hana joining in on Nana's jovial breath of relief.

Walking in on them, watching his mother so calm, so free. She was like a totally different person here, and that was in a good way. Glancing towards the wolf who had started to approach him from her spot on the floor next to Nana.

Taking notice of this, Nana turned around and noticed Tsuna standing there as he leaned down to pet Nyx on her head.

"Ara, Tsu-kun! Look, isn't this kitchen just the biggest thing you have ever seen. I could feed a whole army in here. With those friends of yours, it is not a far stretch now is it." Nana was so happy. All Tsuna could really do was smile and nod in agreement.

"I'll be going to check upon those bedrooms Reborn talked about. I'll be upstairs if you need me Kaa-chan."

"I'll call you down for dinner then." She said, pointing to a series of pipes by the door way on the wall besides him. Each of them labeled a different name for each room in the house.

Just as Tsuna was about to leave, Kyoko walked up to him. petting Nyx's head as she walked by the wolf. "I'll be joining you then, Tsu-kun, if you don't mind?"

Tsuna shook his head, gently grabbing his girlfriend by the shoulder leading her away from the kitchen and up the stair to the second floor, Nyx following them close at their heels.

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As the two teens got up at the top of the stairs. The immediate reaction was… wow, just wow. There were three hallways, the left one to the staircase leading up to the top floor had two single doors, and was the shortest out of the three hallways. The right one, had a lot more rooms to it, while the third… a straight path with seven distinguishable doors, right down to the color and label.

It was pretty obvious who those belonged too. Ignoring the other two hallways, Tsuna walked down the Guardian path, as he had decided to dub it. And just as he was walking past Kyoya's domain, did the door to said domain open. It wasn't Hibari, Tsuna knew the prefect was down in the lounge, looking through the small shelf of a few animal books that had been placed in there.

Reborn must have figured it out after watching the prefect reading almost nothing but animal biology and theory in the hospital. It probably helped that he called a lot of people Herbivores, a few Omnivores and even fewer than that again, Carnivores.

So no, Hibari could not have exited the room, who did though, almost caught Tsuna off guard a bit. It was Kusakabe.

Tsuna and Tetsuya had never been on a very close personal level like Tsuna was to his Guardians in his previous life, Tetsuya was usually going where Kyoya went, or didn't follow him at all. The two did talk on some friendly grounds on occasion, and he did always respect Tsuna as his superior. (Kinda have to, when said superior was in charge of the most violent man he had ever known. Hibari Kyoya.) But it never had gotten beyond friendly term chatter and some mutual respect. Tsuna respecting Tetsuya for having dealt with Kyoya since the two had met as young children apparently, he had never gotten the specific. Kyoya was so vague and hard to read back then, and before he had gotten a good read on his Cloud's emotions, Tsuna had stopped caring, Tetsuya was who he was, no need to ask the man random questions when they weren't on complete friendly terms. No changing that fact any time soon, even in this time line.

Tetsuya had respected Tsuna because, again, Tsuna was in charge of said Cloud, and one of the few of three people able to calm him down to not be going on a killing spree because of a certain Mist who had been taunting him into said rage, the other two being Takeshi and Reborn.

As for this time line, Tsuna and Tetsuya have not have had much interactions with one another.

Just a few hello's, and a brief nod of acknowledgment to one another. Nothing more than that really.

"Kusakabe-san? What are you doing here?" Tsuna began, not really sure how to deal with the fact that he was… well, here.

"I was brought here, by a little child in a suit. Telling me to help out with a room." Saying so as he motioned to the open double purple doors that had the label 'Cloud' on it.

Looking in to the room, Tsuna was slightly surprised at the size of it. There was a queen sized bed in the middle of the far wall. Two doors to the sides of it with the labels, Connector and elevator. A small stylized chest with a flat surface stood to the right wall. Probably for the storage of clothes.

The same form of pipe he had seen in the kitchen located by the side of the entry way door going down into the floor.

The room itself was in a very old style of Japanese. Not too much of a surprise to Tsuna, as he knew that Kyoya comes from a very strict traditional family. And Hibari himself is a very traditional person. Always drinking tea instead of sake or other forms of booze at parties or other formal events. Respecting this as Tsuna is very well aware of the fact that the prefect can't hold his liquor, lest he want to get seriously drunk or get himself seriously sick in the following morning.

That had been a thing that had happened once. While it had been hilarious to watch the usual stoic hard cooled temper washed away as he had been pretty thoroughly passed out bright blushingly red drunk on the bar table at the Vongola manor. It still didn't stop Tsuna from fretting over his Cloud to take a rest, banning the prefect from all things alcohol from there on out.

It had taken the prefect almost three days to recover, and he had only had one glass of red vine. The man was able to fight with poison potent enough to kneel an elephant in his blood stream, but give him a single glass of Vine and the prefect would babble random slurred death threats and other random mumbles. Passing out just soon after, beat red.

The rest of the room was just as simple, the walls colored in a combination of both dark and soft shades of purple, a traditional tatami mat covered the entire floor of the room, none lit scented candles filled the room with its aroma of a mixture of jade and lavender from where they had been perched on small shelf's specifically made for them on the walls and on the desk by the right hand side of the wall. Even some had been placed by the bed side table besides the bed.

A small miniature bookshelf in one of the corners, both thin and thick books filled it to its entirety.

Spare tonfas hung on the wall along with weaved Japanese styled tapestry, imagery of clouds basking in the sun-set, floating in the wide open sky. It was quite beautiful to look at.

'So this will be Kyoya's room' Tsuna thought as he looked over the area once more, very simple in design, but Kyoya is a very simple person, so it is a win, win situation really.

"So you where asked to come here to help decorate Hibari-san's room Kusakabe-san?" Kyoko spoke up, directing her attention to the second in command of the disciplinary committee.

"Yes, the little child said it was of utmost importance, I came in just around three or four days ago, help placing the finishing touches to the place. Just, try and keep my cousin out of trouble, it isn't all that fun to deal with him when he is riled up. But anyway, if you would excuse me, I have to report on the completion of the room." The teen left, closing the doors to Kyoya's domain behind him.

Tsuna was in shock at the news he had just gotten. 'Wait… what?… Cousins? Tetsuya and Kyoya where related… that… explains so much.'

Kyoko looked just as dumbfounded. "I had no idea that Tetsuya-san and Kyoya-san where related. Did you know Tsu-kun?"

All Tsuna could do was shake his head, no he had no idea, in a way he felt like he should have. If only for a moment you'd think you knew a guy, a bombshell like this falls and you question what you know of reality.

The couple watched the elder teen leave, leaving the two alone, watching as he was walking up the stairs to the third floor.

Taking notice of the missing wolf, Tsuna and Kyoko was about to search the area, when they heard a small kink sound, turning their attention to the bottom of the hallway, towards the orange double doors, they could see Nyx standing there, head popped out from a dogie door besides the door in the wall leading in to the room itself.

Now that Tsuna looked at it better, all of the Guardian rooms had that little flap besides the doors of their respective domains. Nyx had free roam of every door and room in the house it would appear. Good for her as she would not have to wait for anyone to open up for her anymore.

Sharing an amused look with Kyoko, the pair walked towards Tsuna's room, his hand hovering ever so slightly at the door handle. Not quite prepared at what would wait inside.

As he opened the door, with a slight bit of hesitance. The room before him was almost breath taking. At the far end of the wall across from the door was a king sized bed, the Vongola insignia carved into the headboard above it. And again, the two doors much like in Kyoya's room, the door to the elevator and the connector right to the sides of the bed wall.

A bookshelf covering half the left wall, filled with books in multiple languages, from Japanese, Italian, English and Spanish. Along with a few other. On the floor by the other half of the wall was a big, fluffy pillow bed for Nyx. The said wolf was spinning around for a half a minute trying to get comfortable in the fluffy fabric. Watching as she almost literally disappeared into the deep soft fluff as she laid down in it.

A comfortable looking arm chair sat in the right hand corner of the right wall, a lamp behind it for some better reading light, a small rectangular table besides the chair, happy to note that it was his favorite Italian book that was laying there. Ready to be continued to be read.

A desk with an office chair sat along the right wall as well. A few papers seemed to be stacked there, but luckily that was all there was, just blank papers with an ink pot and a feathered pen besides it resting on the desk, along with Nyx's brushes, cleaned and properly arranged in their usual spot in their basket. A closet to the left side of the right wall. Which is where Tsuna would not be all that surprised if he would find all his clothes and Judogi.

The floor had a soft red carpet placed along the entire floor of the room, the walls had both dark and soft shades of orange, on said wall, framed pictures of him, his friends, family and Nyx littered the wall. It was quite cozy, if Tsuna had to be completely honest with himself.

Feeling the texture of the bed sheets, sitting down on the soft mattress, watching Kyoko look through the bookshelf, his mind could not help but be running a mile a minute. He would have to tell someone about his dirty little secret soon. While he would be quite happy to keep it to himself for the rest of his new life into the next decade, it won't really matter much when it comes down to it in the long run, his memories won't change the fact that he is who he is. So weather or not someone knew about it don't change a whole lot, seeing as the differences are so vast and different from his original time, his experience in one alternate universe, won't be of much use in another.

He was no Byakuran, able to enter another version of himself and extracting complete knowledge from said version, Tsuna relied on memories, and while that might sound all good and dandy. A memory is a fickle thing, they can be quite fuzzy and unreliable at times.

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Two hours went by in a flash, eating a delicious meal, in courtesy of Nana. It was once the meal had been eaten, that, Reborn had told them to meet up at the third floor in front of the briefing room. There was someone there he had wanted them to meet.

As they opened the door into the room, the room was big, but very simple, hard wood floor, and light wood walls, there was a long table, with chairs filling the sides of the table. That was pretty much it, a very simple long table, a table where (as the name of the room indicates) a good place to brief a person and/or groups of whatever it is they needed to be briefed upon.

What Tsuna hadn't expected was the amount of people already in the room, adding to the number of people with him and his family of friends. The amount of people present is not a good thing, Kyoya can not be happy about this.

Glancing over to the prefect who was clenching hard down on both of his tonfa. He was twitching in an odd way. Walking over to said prefect, Tsuna laid a calm hand to his shoulder, pointing over to an unoccupied corner. Tsuna felt the previous tense shoulders loosen up a bit. The Cloud huffed and walked over to the said spot.

Kyoya is not a people person, never has been, never will be. That is just something you cannot change no matter the time line it appeared. Kyoya had, after the events of the future and the failed inheritance ceremony, gotten very sick at one point, after Tsuna went to his home asking for him to join in their team with the representative battle that was closing in on them, being stopped by Kusakabe, telling them that Kyoya had broken out in hives because of all the "crowding" he had done with them up til that point. So no, Kyoya is not very good with a big amount of people for extended periods of time. Tsuna had kept that very close to his chest from there on out, wanting to make sure Hibari got his break from the masses. The less crowding the better.

Turning his focus back to the people in the room, Tsuna was a little surprised to see a certain white headed marshmallow loving idiot in the room. Byakuran Gesso. By the looks of the Mare ring on his finger, it is very apparent that he has taken over his famiglia, those wide closed smiling eyes of his, the way he was munching away on that bag of his favorite treat said that he was pretty much the same in this universe as Tsuna's own original one.

As for others, he could see Dino with Romario and Kusakabe standing a bit behind him. Three of the Arcobaleno (excluding Reborn) stood on the table, Fon, Colonnello and Skull, all stood there.

Reborn jumped up onto Tsuna's head. "Alright people, time for some introductions! These people have come far and wide to help bring light to two battles that will happened in the near future, so listen up!"

Reborn jumped down onto the table, giving Colonnello a quick headbutt as he passed him by, one of which the previous COMSUBIN returned. Continuing forward to kick Skull of the table as he walked up to the Gesso heir, why did he kick the cursed cloud off? Meh, he can do what he wanted, his lackey was annoying anyway.

"This is Byakuran, the current boss of the Gesso famiglia! He has come here on the order of the ninth boss of Vongola, to tell us of one of the two recent events. Byakuran, if you would."

Byakuran smiled, throwing another piece of his go to sweet into his mouth. Nodding his head in affirmation. "Wow Reborn-san~ You are as scary as they say, but sure, I'll talk. I was brought here for that reason after all."

Byakuran grabbed a remote, pointing it to ceiling, which, now that Tsuna looked closer. Could see that there was a projector up there pointing down at the table.

With a click of a button, the steady hum of the machine floated through the air, leaving a 3D holographic image of, what appeared to be a lighthouse. Standing close to the edge of a steep fall going into the cold watery ocean bellow, the only walking route was a thin strip of land, leading to the front of the tall cylindrical building. The land appeared to have a walking width of two buses besides one another, facing the tower. So not a whole lot of land mass to work with there.

"This is something the Vongola alliance has dubbed: 'The Facility'. It is a place where this man."

Byakuran hit another button. The 3D projection of a man appeared in the stead of the building. A man, that Tsuna recognized with a cold dread.

"Has build up a base, a base where he has his underlings capture young children and young adults, all so that he can drain them of their Flames and use them in his experiments, experiments where he is trying to create warped Flame animals. That is all we know about him, we don't know his name, we don't know where he came from, nor his personality or even his Flame attribute."

Tsuna felt like a cold dread flow through him, vaguely feeling the weight of Lambo jumping up into his arms, shaking in fear.

Feeling something cold wrap around his arms and body, the choking sensation, that clamming smoke tightening up ones throat. A heavy weight falling upon ones shoulder. The feeling of a touching hand going up and down ones spine, the heavy seducing breathing, wheezing into his ear.

The creepy, long fingerly touch up his chin, lifting his face by the cheek, something wet, long and.

"TSUNA!"

Tsuna sapped out of it with a start, his body was shaking, a cold sweat was running down his face. Giving a thankful nod toward, Takeshi who had snapped him out of it.

"Th-thnk- t-thank y-you." Tsuna felt light headed. He had barely gotten a few minutes in with that creep when he had been captured, but the man had imprinted on his mind, raging through his dreams, playing on his fears, playing on his emotions. Draining him both mentally and physically.

Takeshi along with Hayato stood to Tsuna's sides, Takeshi gently rubbing Tsuna's back, while Hayato gently held onto Tsuna's shoulders, keeping him steady, as Tsuna's legs had started to shake. Threatening to collapse underneath him.

"Tsuna! What happened to you?" Takeshi said as he helped Hayato steady the young Sky on his feet.

"I dunno but, that man… has haunted my nightmares for months now. And… Byakuran, was it?"

The white headed boss nodded, a rare solemn look on his face.

"I know what flames he has. He is a mist, a powerful mist at that, and… I think he is going to be… my Mist. His Flames, when we had the 'honor' of meeting, even with that circlet on, restraining my core. I could feel it. That mans Mist Flame was drawn to me, and I felt drawn to it, at the same time. I keep seeing those indigo Flames in my dreams, like they are trying to bind to me, but are unable to do so… I can't explain it, the flames are drawn to me, but the man is not. It is as if…"

A sudden realization befell Tsuna at that moment, a realization he had not been able to put his finger on ever since he had met that creep of a man.

"J-Juudaime?" Hayato softly muttered as Tsuna let the shaking child down to the floor, standing up with secure steps walking towards Reborn.

"Reborn, is there a possibility that a person could be able to drain a person of its flames and add them to ones own, not just as a quick boost, but actually use those said Flames as if they where his own?"

"W-what are you like, extremely talking about Otouto?" Ryohei asked as he walked up to Tsuna.

"I mean, a person may be able to drain a Flame from its host right? But one cannot use said flame as if they where their own, for example, I cannot use your Sun Flames Onii-san, I can only drain it. But what if there was a way to remove a flame from its original core, and add it to another person's core. Freely enable them the use of said Flame they are sucking on."

Ryohei had a strangled look on his face, not quite getting the point.

Hayato rolled his eyes. "Oh for the love of – Juudaime is saying that the man is using another persons Flames as if they where his own!"

This. Got a reaction from Ryohei.

"WHAT! IS THAT LIKE EVEN EXTREMELY POSSIBLE?!"

Tsuna just turned to Reborn, ignoring his Sun and Storm's banter in the background. "Is it? I believe so! I feel absolute no connection towards the man himself, but the Flames is on a whole other level. It almost hurts thinking about the thought that, that man is using someone else's Flames, a someone else that is desperately trying to find me and get my help, trying so hard to get to his or her Sky, to get away from this torment this MAN is doing to them. I can't just not let it slide, so please, tell me we have a plan of action to take this MANdown!"

The room is silent, not a soul dares speak. After a minute of silence, Reborn turns towards Byakuran.

"Byakuran Gesso! Do we have a plan of action? The Vongola Decimo has spoken."

Byakuran's eyes bore into Tsuna's own for a whole minute. "No. We do not, give me two weeks and I'll think of something, now that I have an idea of what is going on I can gather some more information. Now. If you'll excuse me, I have some delving to do~" Smiling all the while, plopping another treat into his mouth, walking past Tsuna, walking past the Guardians and out into the mountain trail, an out of sight.

Takeshi was the first to speak up after walking up to a stoic Tsuna standing almost stiff like a log in the same spot he had stopped in.

"Sooo, you said something about a second event? What is that all about?" Takeshi said as he locked eyes with Reborn.

Reborn smirked a little, but it soon faded from his face just as quickly. "You have a good memory Takeshi, very well, that blond idiot over there is my previous student, Dino Chiavarone and the tenth boss of the Chiavarone Famiglia. Dino! You know what to do or there will be consequences!" Reborn said as he pulled out a Leon transformed gun and pointed it at Dino.

Every person in the room watched as the tan from the mans face instantly fell from his face, a white sheet taking its place instead.

"Y-yes o-of course Reborn!" Dino cleared his throat, preparing for the little slide information dump he had gotten from Timoteo.

"The current ninth boss of Vongola, Timoteo contacted me to deliver a message as Reborn had summoned me to help with the building of this building he thought it a good opportunity to rely something he and his advisor have mutually come upon an agreement of."

Tsuna clenched his fists hard, so his 'father' has a hand in this, then this can't be good.

"Things have gotten a little out of hand in Italy between Fredrico and Xanxus, so far that the ninth and current leader of CEDEF have decided that enough is enough. In two months time, all three candidates – along with their chosen Guardians, will meet up here in Japan and fight for the title of Decimo and Vongola Guardians, receiving the Vongola Rings as a sign of their victory and title." Dino turned to face Tsuna, his eyes holding a slight sorrow in them, "Tsunayoshi, I am sincerely sorry it had to be brought to you like this with the whole Facility thing going on at the same time too."

Tsuna didn't say anything for the longest time, all he did was look deep into Dino's eyes, giving off an exhausted sigh, shoulders slumping. He looked up at Dino once more, a sincere look crossed his face. "You are not to blame Dino-san, it is this entire mess that is at fault. If you will excuse me… I need some air."

Tsuna walked out of the briefing room, down the stairs to get to the ground floor, pulling on his shoes he walked out, wandering in the forest for a few hours. It was when Tsuna returned to the mansion that Tsuna got glomped by a small little calf.

"T-Tsuna-nii!" Lambo jumped up into Tsuna's arms, a little caught off balance because of the weight of said child, he was not as small as he had been in his original time, he was around the size of Fuuta…. Fuuta, the little child should have showed up by now, unless… The possibility is there, they had captured both Lambo and I-pin, both of which can be hard to take down even for children. There should be no stretch to even imagine a defenseless child with a big giant book to be even remotely able fight off people who was able to restrain down even Hibari.

"Your back Tsuna, you ready to see the rest of the house."

There stood Reborn, his Guardians (with Hibari faaaaaar in the back) all stood there. Kyoko, Haru and Hana was probably with his mother cooking up something.

"Yeah, sure… Lead the way Reborn."

.:VxG:.

"As you all probably all know by now, we have two major battles coming up, these two floors will help you get prepared for both of those battles and preferably for future battles as well. This is the B1 area, here you will find a dojo with a boxing ring and a Judo circle. There are dummies for your kicking, punching and slashing purposes.

There are weights, for both resistance and strength training. There are appliances for your leg muscles, your arms your whole body if need be.

You can find a laser tag room to the right hand corner over there, there is a shooting hall to the left of the dummy there. A full Flame proof room where you will ONLY train your Flame combat in. We have set up a Paintball course on the other side of the house outside in the mountain. There is both an indoor and outdoor obstacle course, there is an indoor wall climb as well as mountain climbing outside. All of these indoor things you will find here on B1.

As for B2. That entire floor has been designated to a swimming hall. There we will train you in being able to hold your breath for longer periods of time, build up some arm and leg strength, how to dive from high places, build stamina and softening your stiff muscles. Get some natural fluidity into those bodies of yours. How to dive into the deep end in one breath. All of this will be done in the five pools that are down there. Any questions?"

No one said anything. Most of them glancing around the room they where in. Kyoya standing far away from the group, not wanting to 'mingle'. His crowd patience wearing on breaking point.

Reborn nodded. "Very well, just to let you all know, you have been excused from school the next three weeks, I want you all here, living here for easy access to training. We will still do homework, education is important after all, but it will have to take a back seat for a while, for now you are free to go, why don't you go check out your rooms, you can reach them from the elevators over there."

The group dispersed, leaving only Tsuna and reborn left.

"What's wrong Dame-Tsuna? Too much for you?"

Tsuna didn't say anything. "Reborn… could you meet me in the office later? I am going to go talk to my friends for a bit, there is something I want to do, but I need to tell you something, something I have kept from everyone, and it will stay that way for a long while still. You are the only one who gets to know this for now."

Tsuna turned around, not waiting for a reply from the Hitman, Tsuna knew he would come. Reborn was just that kind of person, a person that did not like to not know anything. So Reborn would come.

Walking out of his own personal elevator, walking out of the door to his room, noticing on the way that Nyx was still very much asleep in that new cozy bed of hers.

Glancing around the corridor of the Guardians path. 'Kyoya is a no go right now, Onii-san is probably in the room with Kyoko, and Hayato is gonna fawn all over me the moment I stepped into the room, so he is a no go right now as well, Lambo was someone Tsuna wanted to wait with, for as long as possible. Lambo was still only just five, so they would not have 'the talk' just yet, so that only leaves...'

Tsuna glanced to the blue doors to the left hand side of his own.

'… Takeshi.'

.:VxG:.

Takeshi heard a knock on the door to his room… His amazing room that is. The wall had a mixture of dark and light blue soothing colors. Hard smooth wood flooring. Posters of baseball players hung on the wall decorating it together with both fake and real katana blades. Takeshi loved Baseball, but he loved Swordplay as well. He had never been able to choose between the two, so Tsuna had told him why even bother to choose, do both of them. So that is what he had ended up in doing.

A queen size bed across from the door, the elevator and connecting path besides it, a desk, closet filled the room, a little book shelf with some of his manga in it. Some smaller shelf's hung on the wall displaying both his kendo and baseball trophies. Some treasures from his childhood, like the first ball he had caught at a baseball match he, his father, Tsuna and his mother had all went to just a year after Takeshi's mother had died. Just to do something fun to bind the two families closer a bit further.

Another knock was heard at the door, walking up to it Takeshi opened it up to find Tsuna standing there. At times, it felt as if Takeshi didn't even know Tsuna, he had these… moments where he would stare off into the distance, his face almost void of emotions. It is true their Flames where not yet bound to each others. Right now Takeshi was just a Rain underneath the Sky, a home. But that home, it was as if a heavy burden was weighing down onto his Sky's shoulders, like a lot of stress had build itself up to the point where it was hard to hold back. A weight Takeshi wished he could somehow share with his Sky, his friend.

Looking at Tsuna now, that weight was just all the more prominent. The stress is too much for just one element to handle.

Tsuna had bags under his eyes, his clothes somewhat ruffled, his hair more messy than normal, how had he not seen this before?

"… Tsuna? Wh-what's up?"

Tsuna didn't say anything, just walked up to his Rain, hugging him, holding him close.

"Tsuna?" Tsuna hugged him tighter. "Can I just… stay like this for a bit… Please."

Takeshi didn't say anything, just returning the hug of the falling Sky before him. A minute ticked by, another minute, until fifteen minutes had passed that Tsuna finally did stir.

"Takeshi, this might sound weird but… do you think I can bind my Flame to yours?"

Takeshi grasped Tsuna by the shoulders, holding him at an arms reach, staring onto Tsuna's down cast face.

"What a stupid question, of course you can, I was starting to wonder here if you even wanted me as your Rain?"

Tsuna stared up at Takeshi in shock, his eyes glassy with tears. "What? Of course I want you as my Rain, have we not know each other since we where babies? There is no other Rain for me, how could you even THINK that!"

"Then bind me to your Flame Tsuna! And I will bind yours to mine."

Tears started to fall from Tsuna's eyes, activating his head flame, leaning his forehead to Takeshi's own. Drawing out Takeshi's calm beautiful blue Rain flame, drawing it out to the point where his flame burned on his forehead.

The two flames danced together, touching and burning in a synchronized breathing, twirling together, binding each of their cores to one another. The flames died out, Tsuna pulling Takeshi down with him as he fell. A giant wall of a burden has fallen from his chest, his tears could not stop. Clinging to Takeshi as if he was a life line. Breathing hard, sniffling sobbing loud and in the open. All that stress that had built up, all that pain of having to deal with all that has happened in this life time. His father's stupidity, his mothers tears and longing for her husband, the constant assassination attempts made on them. The constant discrimination from his teachers and students, the constant bullying, the mocking, that creep that is after his Flames, if not something else. All of it flows away with the Rain. Leaving his mind so clear, so free for the first time in years.

Crying harder and harder, tears soaking into Takeshi's shirt. Grasping onto him, clawing at the Rain's back, almost drawing blood. And all Takeshi could do, was hold his Sky, his brother and friend. Watching as years of stress was being released from his Sky's shoulders.

Takeshi had felt it, the moment Tsuna's flame had hit his, he had felt it. The strain, the burden of a name he has yet to obtain, everything was a whirlwind of years of bottled up emotions rushing into him, almost making him feel like shouting to the heavens, but he had only but felt it for a moment. Hardly being able to even imagine living with that kind of strain.

All he could do now was hold his Sky, hold him and wash away all of the sorrow that beheld his friend. Watching and feeling Tsuna's grip loosen slightly, his breathing evened out a bit. And just like that, Tsuna fell limp into Takeshi's arms. Asleep and at peace for the first time in years.

.:VxG:.

Reborn was a very patient man, he have now waited five hours on his student, but still, said student never showed up to the office. Okay, it was time to find him, and find out what is keeping him, Tsuna himself had asked Reborn to wait for him, and wait for him Reborn had.

By the time Reborn could even set foot on the first step of the staircase could he tell that something was up.

Getting down to the second floor, he watched as Kyoko, Ryohei, Hayato and Lambo all stood there, right outside Yamamoto's room. Kyoya was nowhere to be seen. No real big surprise there.

Reborn ignored the perplexed guardians, walking straight up to the door, kicking it open. What the group found was Tsuna and Takeshi sitting upright thoroughly passed out at the foot of Takeshi's bed. Tsuna cuddled up in Takeshi's arms, Yamamoto's legs at the sides of Tsuna and his arms protectively holding around him. On closer inspection, Tsuna had swollen cheeks and streaks of still wet tears going down his face.

It didn't take long for Reborn to realize what had happened.

Ushering the other people out explaining that things where under control, no need to panic, and it be best to leave them alone for the rest of the day. Exclaiming that training will be starting the day after tomorrow instead. Having a feeling that Tsuna would like to do this to his other guardians as well. One day with no training would be fine. But if Tsuna asks him to wait again, well, reborn would not be as considerate as he had been today.

.:VxG:.

As Tsuna was waking up the next morning he had never felt more relaxed, his mind felt so free, like nothing could weight him down. The next thing he noticed was Takeshi, his arms held protectively around him, the soft humm from his Flame was almost like a lullaby. Tsuna felt safe, he had never felt this close to his Rain before, not even in his previous life.

The binding of their flames had made his connection to his Rain that much stronger, but it was time to get up. He had a few other Guardians he had to bind to as well as his little talk with Reborn. Gingerly getting out from the protective embrace of Takeshi, Letting his Rain sleep. Tsuna walked as quietly as he could out and away from the room, it was not until he had closed the door behind him that a certain someone came jumping on his shoulder. Tsuna was just barely able to hold in his startled scream.

"We are going to talk Tsuna, and we are going to talk now!"

Tsuna looked confused at Reborn. "… How long was I out?"

"you have been asleep ever since you binded yourself to your Rain yesterday. It is currently early morning next day, around seven or so."

Tsuna was mortified, he had kept Reborn waiting again. Last time was when he had needed to punch of some steam, which reminds him, he still had to pay for that damaged wall he punched into oblivion. That is going to have to be added to a to do list soon, he keeps getting side tracked.

Even with the hanging doom over him, Tsuna still smiled. "Sure, why don't we take it now, the office is as good as any right?"

Tsuna said, not even letting the baby say anything as he took both of them to the third floor into the office that had been built there.

The office in this house, was not anything like the one in the Vongola manor. For one, there was a friggin goddess to goodness Coffee machine stationed in there. A comfortable couch facing a fireplace, an entire wall filled with books… Seriously, it is true Tsuna read a lot, but two libraries, personal bookshelves in the guardians rooms, a few random ones scattered around the house… isn't it a bit much? When will he have the time to even read all of those darned things.

Anyway, the floor had high quality hard wood, there was a nice blown up image in between the two big windows behind the desk and swirl office chair. A full on family picture, with everyone in it. Nana, and Tsuyoshi standing besides each other, with Takeshi and Tsuna besides them again. Lambo and I-pin in front of the adults sitting on the floor of their old home. Kyoko standing besides Tsuna hugging his arm, while Ryohei is holding the double V sign for the camera behind her.

Hayato stood besides Takeshi glancing over to the side, trying to avoid eye contact to Bianchi that is standing besides him, his arms crossed. Hana and Haru stood off to the side of Ryohei and Kyoko. While Reborn was sitting in Tsuna's mop of hair. Kyoya standing as far as he was allowed to the other side of Bianchi. His face turned into profile, a slight scowl on his face, his tonfas drawn.

Tsuna could not help but to smile at the picture. Walking over to the coffee machine, glad to see some water had been prepared, he started to boil the water. "Want some espresso Reborn?"

"You are stalling, but fine, I can do with one cup." Tsuna smiled, Reborn could never say no to a cup of his favorite drink.

Getting the drink ready Tsuna sat down at the couch, noticing a long coffee table had been placed in front of the shoe horse couch, how he had missed the table he didn't know. Holding the warm mug of coffee Tsuna could not help but feel relaxed.

"You look like you are fine now Tsuna."

"Hmm?"

"You look like you have had a lot of that built stress be released, and by binding your Rain to your Sky must have done the trick."

Tsuna could only nod his head. Pausing as he was about to take a sip of the warm liquid, Tsuna stopped himself. Glancing down at Reborn, who was currently sipping away at his espresso.

Tsuna decided to speak up. "Whatever I am about to tell you now Reborn, you must never tell a single soul about!"

Reborn looked up from his mug. "I swear it Tsuna, what is it you want to say?"

"Oh no, that is not good enough, I need you to swear it upon the Omerta, not a single word of what I am about to say can't be uttered outside of this room, it MUST stay between us."

Reborn's eyes squinted ever so slightly. "How do you know about the Omerta? I have yet to teach that to you."

"..." Tsuna didn't say anything, just sitting there, staring into Reborn's eyes.

Reborn's left eyebrow flinched ever so slightly. He had no choice in this. "I swear it upon the Omerta, not a single soul will hear about this from me or anyone else, lest it be on your orders to tell me to do so. In life or death, I won't tell a soul."

Tsuna, happy with the seal from Reborn, it is true a normal swear from Reborn is just as good as the Omerta, but you can never be to sure with these things.

"I have my memories intact from a different life in a different universe. In courtesy of Vongola Primo and the predecessors before me. Yes, Reborn, I was Vongola Decimo in another universe."

.:VxG:.

Reborn had expected a lot of things to come out of his student's mouth, but this was not one of them.

"How do I know you speak the truth?"

Tsuna actually smirked. "I knew about the Omerta didn't I, and as you said yourself, how can I know of it if you never told me… well, you kinda did, but that was an alternate you."

Reborn had to give it to his student, he could not explain around it. Iemitsu may be a jerk when it comes to his blood family, but he knows Mafia very well. He would not explain his reasons about 'Omerta' to them. So no, Tsuna had to be telling the truth.

"Why tell me then? wouldn't your Guardians be a better choice?"

Tsuna frowned. "No, they don't need to know yet, I don't want them feeling like I am with them because they where my Guardians in my last life. The choice to be my friend was theirs, they just got close enough to me that they themselves chose to be my guardians. I didn't chose them last time by the way, you did." Tsuna said as he pointed an accusing finger at the baby.

"The same can be kinda said for Kaa-chan and Kyoko, Kyoko because well..." Tsuna's face got all red. "We married. Don't want it getting… uncomfortable, I still love her, and while it was a little uncomfortable in the beginning for me, when we first started out, I still love her with all my heart."

"That may be, but still. You trust a hitman over your friends and family?"

Tsuna had a nostalgic smile cross his face. "But Reborn… You are family, which is why what I am about to say next is more grave than what you could imagine." Tsuna took a deep breath, calming his nerves a bit down. Making sure Reborn was paying attention.

"In my original time, there was no true heirs other than me alive. Xanxus as he is not a blood relative of Nono had no true right to the title. Fedrico and the others had perished and/or killed. Which left me, the only blood relative to the Primo line other than Iemitsu alive."

"Hmmm, then you should know this Tsuna. Xanxus in this universe is indeed a blood son of Nono. He does not have the same mother as the other three, but they are half brothers by blood."

Tsuna choked on his coffee in surprise. "Cough, cough… WHAT!… Anything else I should know about him before I continue?"

Reborn shook his head, smirking a little as he sipped his espresso. "Nope, that is pretty much it."

"Oh, okay. Good to know."

Clearing his throat Tsuna started to talk again. "What does the name. Mukuro Rokudo mean to you Reborn?"

"Nothing, should it mean something to me?"

Tsuna nodded his head. "Yeah, you should, in my time Mukuro was able to escape the Vindice TWICE. He was captured both times, the first time was when he sacrificed himself for his two companions, Ken Joshima and Chikusa Kakimoto. The second time was after I defeated him and Vindice apprehended him and stowed him deep into the ground in a watery prison, never too see the light of day again.

All tree of them had been born into the Estraeno Famiglia and was among the few who survived some experiments that had been done to them as children, Mukuro being a powerful mist, and user of the six paths of reincarnation, was able to free himself and kill the entire Estraeno Famiglia, erasing said famiglia from existence. I never asked about the details, not wanting to rip open their wounds. And Mukuro hated the mafia because of the experiments. The only reason he was with me was because of his wife Chrome Dokuro trusted me and having have had him released from Vindice making him be one of my two Mist Guardians.

I guess a form of mutual trust/bond had been formed between us at one point, that and he just loved to push Kyoya's buttons, ugh, what a nightmare."

Reborn got silent for a while, thinking hard about something.

"Hmmm. I'll look into it, it is true the Estraeno Famiglia has been very silent and off the map in recent years. I'll see what I can find out, I'll have something by tomorrow. In the mean time why don't you go bind yourself with the rest of your Guardians."

Tsuna smiled, giving a small nod to Reborn. Standing up bringing his still hot coffee mug with him.

"And Tsuna! A question if you will."

Tsuna turned his head in acknowledgment.

"Your laptop, what are those three letters on it? I noticed it when I first got into your room."

Tsuna smirked. "What? You have not figured it out yet, Reborn? Are you slipping or something?" Tsuna was just doing a bit of teasing, nothing to serious.

"I have an idea, I just want to know if I'm right."

Tsuna continued to smirk as he rested one hand at the door handle. "They are my initials Reborn. Tsunayoshi Vongola Sawada is my full name is it not?"

And with that Tsuna walked out the door, leaving a pondering Reborn behind. This was just getting better and better, Reborn thought. Smirking away as he sipped his espresso. It was high time Tsuna had all of this baggage lifted from his shoulders. Tsuna had looked a lot more relaxed after binding to his Rain, and a tad more relaxed after Tsuna had told him of his secret. And he still had five more Guardians do bind himself to. Tsuna was bound to show his true colors soon, washing away that doubt that is shrouding the mans mind. Great things are going to happened soon, Reborn could literally taste it.

.:VxG:.

Tsuna walked down the Guardians path, stopping to a halt in front of two red doors with the label 'Storm' on it. Giving a quick glance towards Takeshi's room, feeling the soft steady beat of the calm Rain's pulse.

There had been no such thing as a binding ritual in his last life, and even if there had, Tsuna would

not have invoked it. The reason is because well. Only mafia and the government really knew of the Flames of the Sky and the Flames of the Earth, so when a mafia boss would appear with an ex amount of people, chances are they where either Guardians or workers for said boss's famiglia. So binding was not necessary, and another part of Tsuna was still a little against his friends being bound to him back then. There had been a small part of him that had wished that they had not been dragged into that world.

In this world however. Every person at least have the knowledge that Flames exists, and it is harder to distinguish who is Guardian and who is just a simple Flame living beneath the arms of the Sky. So a binding is important if you want to make sure you don't want your elements to be taken by another Sky. Another thing they did, was give the binded a boosted sense of the Sky they are bounded too. Like they can feel emotions better, feel the presence of each others Flame and so on and vice versa.

Tsuna don't want to lose his friends, and yet. At the same time he wished he could push them away from the mafia life. But his friends had been drawn to him, they had helped him in killing off the assassins and would be kidnappers. So no, it is not possible to push them away when they have been apart of it for almost their entire life. A part of him still wished he could though.

Turning his focus back on the door in front of him, Tsuna took to knocking the door. There was a strange sound of someone stepping on paper.

Tsuna knocked again, and a crash of tumbling… something, was heard, with a loud swear following short after. It did not take much longer until the door was forced open, and standing there was Hayato. He had pulled back his hair in a short ponytail, glasses placed on his nose. Black smudges on his face of… was that… paint?

"Hi Hayato, how you do-aahh!" Tsuna didn't have much time to react as Hayato started to hug him hard around his chest. Almost sending the two teens to the ground, along with Tsuna's coffee mug and its delicious content, we can't let that happened now can we.

"Hay-Hayato? what's wrong?"

"Juudaime, oh what a terrible person I have been, not being able to notice the signs, not being able to notice your grief. I feel just terrible about it!"

Tsuna was floored, could this have something to to with his breakdown yesterday?

"Hayato… whatever it is you think you should have seen, don't worry about it. I am fine, really truly I am, so straighten yourself, you have done nothing wrong."

Hayato begrudgingly let go of the teen before him. His shoulders sagged, as a hint of sadness befell the bombers eyes.

Tsuna could only smile, a little saddened that his loyal, beloved Storm felt down like this. Placing a hand to the bombers shoulders, watching as Hayato looked up at the Sky.

Tsuna squinted his eyes a little. "Hayato, I am serious. You have absolutely no reason to feel bad about what happened. I have known Takeshi since we where both very young. As for you and me, we have barely know each other for just a few months. But be that as it may be, I care for you. Never forget that. You are important to me, Hayato!"

Hayato Gokudera was speechless, literally. His mouth open wide in a gape. Eyes blown almost to the portions of his head. His arms had fallen to his side, hanging limp. It took all of Hayato's will power to even be standing upright.

"I… I don't deserve your kindness, you give me a home, in a literal sense and elemental. I have done so many bad things in my years of being in the mafia, I have killed, I have used people, other people have used me… You are kind, welcoming, treating me as if we have know each others for years."

Tsuna could only smile in nostalgia 'which I have, but that is besides the point, this Hayato and the other Hayato are two different people. I just want to be as honest with him as I can be.'

Tsuna patted Hayato's shoulder. "And so what? I have killed both women and men that has come after me and my mother. I don't care if you have murdered an emperor or the king himself, you have been raised to kill, raised in a family of violence. I could not care less about that, it isn't good true, but so long as you don't enjoy it and are doing strictly for your family or in your defense we're good. So Hayato, I am asking if I can bind my Flame to yours?"

"B-bind? Y-you would ask something like that of a stranger?"

Tsuna could only shake his head gently. "We are not strangers anymore, Hayato. All those hours we spent talking in the hospital, how you would help out with the hard homework Reborn had given me, those chess and card games we would play when we had nothing better to do. Those where not me using you to make time in the hospital go by faster. That was me spending precious time with my friend. My Storm."

Tsuna ignited his head Flame, staring with amber eyes into Hayato's green ones.

"Will you let me Bind my Flame to yours Hayato Gokudera?"

Hayato at this point, was crying up a river, almost quite literally. "I would be honored Juudaime!… But is it not better to do it in my room, than out here in the hallway?"

Tsuna snapped out of his HDW trance. Removing his hand from Hayato's shoulder, scratching with said hand behind his head letting it linger there ever so slightly. As his other was still a little pre-ocupied at the moment holding onto the now luke warm mug of coffee.

"Hehe, yeah I think that might be a good idea now wouldn't it." Gesturing to the door with his mug. "Shall we then?"

.:VxG:.

Hayato's room was, unique to put it mildly. There was plastic and old newspaper laying on the floors along the edges of the wall, a lot of the furniture had been pushed into the middle of the room with a tarp covering it, protecting it from the paint that Hayato has got strewn around. One of the paint buckets was laying on the floor had fallen over, its content staining the tarp, must have been what had tumbled and crashed earlier.

Said bucket was in the path of a very eager Storm, as said Storm walked right into its content, slipping slightly getting his foot stuck in the paint bucket. A rage filled swear filled the room, all Tsuna could do was laugh at Hayato's predicament.

"Here, let me help you with that Hayato." Tsuna said as he helped pulling off the – by now, deformed bucket off of Hayato's foot.

Gokudera could only grumble. A little dark cloud hanging over his head as he sat down to try and dry his leg from the paint covering it.

Tsuna placed the bucket by one of the corners of the room. Looking up on said wall, Tsuna just realized that there was black skulls painted on the red wall before him.

"Hayato? Is it you who have painted these skulls over here?" Tsuna looked over to the Storm wielder, watching a literal stars was glimmering around Hayato's face. His eyes lit up in adoration.

"So you did notice them Juudaime, I did indeed paint those, though first I had to wait for the red paint I painted the walls with yesterday to dry. I had just started with the skulls when you first knocked, when I realized it was not one of the others, I got so excited I ran and stomped into the bucket of paint by my feet. Managing to kick it off my foot as I heard you knock a second time."

Tsuna looked at Hayato, then to the very empty room, and back at Hayato again. "Hayato… Where did you sleep last night? You said you painted the walls red yesterday. So… where were you?"

Hayato clenched his fists tight, lifting them excitedly up to his chest, in an almost kind of a fist pump. Eyes gleaming with pride. "Do not worry Juudaime, I slept on the couch in the living room, it is a very soft couch so I did not have any trouble sleeping right. My back is fine, no awkward sleeping positions where made."

The sound of the palm of Tsuna's hand hitting his own face was heard through out the room.

Hayato never changed. Not now nor ever, and Tsuna had a hard time deciding weather that was a good or a bad thing.

Staring back up at a still gleaming Hayato, Tsuna closed his eyes. Concentrating for just a moment, when his Flame burned bright on top of his head.

Opening his eyes again, looking with his amber eyes into Hayato's own green ones.

"Are you ready Hayato?"

Hayato nodded, awkwardly holding out a hand towards Tsuna, in which said man grabbed, pulling Hayato into an embrace. Leaning his fore head to the bombers own. Drawing out Hayato's flame, much like he had done with Takeshi just the day prior.

Tsuna could feel the warmth entering his body, feeling the mighty powers of Hayato's powerful Storm Flames binding itself to his own. A feeling of strength, a feeling of protectiveness came barreling in over Tsuna's mind.

Deactivating the Flame, feeling the erratic pulse of his beloved Storm's Flame burn in tandem with its host's breath and heart beat. Almost breathing with Tsuna's own core.

Tsuna had tears in his eyes. Uncertain as to why, looking over to Hayato, who was crying his eyes out, no loud sounds, no talking, no nothing, other than the silent tears running down from both Tsuna's and Hayato's eyes.

It felt like hours, hours of nothing but silently staring into each others crying eyes. Until the silence was broken by Hayato himself.

"J-Juudaime? Can I be your right hand man?"

Tsuna blinked, did he just… ask?

"What has brought this up Hayato? I don't mind it, it is just a little sudden."

"I know it is a strange question, but feeling your warmth, your wast reaching arms. It made me realize just how long I have been searching for a Sky to accept me. How long I have been searching for you. So would you do me the great honor of being by your side, helping you become the best boss Vongola has ever have seen since the first boss founded the Famiglia."

Tsuna didn't say anything, just staring at Hayato before him. When had this happened? When had Hayato changed this much? No matter how many years they had spent with one another last life, Hayato would always be a bit forceful on his approach. He had mellowed down a bit sure, but that fierce undertone had always been somewhat present. Seeing Hayato like this was so strange. A part of him wanted to ask what had happened, but it was a very strange question to ask at this moment, so Tsuna held his tongue, deciding instead to speak some sense into the bomber.

"I don't mind you becoming my right hand man, but before you decide on anything." Tsuna placed a hand to Hayato's shoulder. "At least think it over a bit. Okay, at least promise me that."

Hayato nodded his head with vigor. Opening his mouth to say something, but was cut off as there was a knock at the pathway door. Sticking his head in was none other than Takeshi.

"Oh hey, there you are Tsuna. I was wondering where you went."

Takeshi invited himself in, flinging his arm around the bombers shoulders. Hayato looked a little peeved at it though.

Takeshi turned his head towards Tsuna. "So what is it you two are talking about anyway?"

A soft smile grew upon Tsuna's face. "I just finished binding with Hayato, and he has asked if he could be my right hand man, to which I answered that he'd take some time to think more over it."

"Hmmm, so you are basically going to be Tsuna's right ear lobe then huh, Hayato?"

Gokudera threw the other teens arm off of him in anger. "Right earl lobe? The hell is wrong with you, you idiot. I'll be his right hand man and that is final!"

"Hahaha, you are hilarious, isn't that right Tsuna!"

Tsuna turned towards the bickering elements, having tried to escape out through the door, to leave the two alone. Happy to note that their flames have made contact. A funny thing that happens when an element that have binded itself to a Sky, and is making physical contact with another element that is binded to the same Sky, will bind themselves to one another as well. Having briefly touched their Sky's Flame, which said Flame has touched the other elements, all another element needed to do, was touch any part of the other binded elements, to bind them together.

"Don't be too mean now Takeshi, but anyway, sorry I gotta go. I have to talk to Onii-san for a bit. See you both later."

"Ah, Tsuna wait! I wanted to ask if since Gokudera over here is to be your right hand, could I be your left?"

Tsuna opened the door to the hallway, looking back at his Rain. "Of course Takeshi, just think a bit more on it, when you feel like you have got the proper resolve, come and ask me again alright?"

Takeshi could only smile and nod. "So Gokudera, want me to help you out with your room, it is a giant mess over here."

"You stay out of my room you weird freak!"

Tsuna closed the door behind himself, unable to stop smiling like a goof.

.:VxG:.

Walking down the corridor, glancing around, trying to sense his brother's flames. Glad to note that Ryohei has yet to leave for his morning run. Not even able to knock on the door as said door opened up with a yank, standing before Tsuna was Ryohei, dressed in his jog attire. Tsuna just got there in time before Ryohei left it seemed.

"Ah! Tsuna, EXTREMELY good morning to you! You wanna go for a morning jog together?"

"Sorry Onii-san, I came to just talk with you for a bit."

Ryohei's eyes squinted a little. "I am not all that extreme about talking Otouto. You know that, I'd rather be taking a jog working out than sit still."

"I know Onii-san, which is why I'll make it quick, I want to bind my Flame to yours."

Ryohei beamed, quite literally as well, as Sun Flames emitted from his body. As the boxer went to grab Tsuna in a bear hug. Carrying the future boss to be into his room, settling them down onto the middle of the floor in Ryohei's room.

Ryohei's room was simple, there where posters of famous boxers hanging up on the wall, a punching bag had been placed in there. A small bookshelf with DvD's of multiple boxing moves and tutorials to unleash said moves.

The floor was hard wood, no rugs or carpets. The bed was queen sized, and had been placed like all the others, back against the back wall, in between the two doors of the connector an elevator. The walls had a very soothing pale yellow color to it. Other than that, the room was empty and simple in décor. Along with the posters, hung a few boxing gloves and trophies he had won in competitions.

Tsuna didn't have time to admire it, for Ryohei held him by the shoulders, staring intently into Tsuna's eyes.

"I know I am not extremely smart, and I know I can be a little ablivous as well but–"

Ryohei was cut off as Tsuna gently touched his big brothers arm and smiled. "I believe the word you are after is oblivious, Onii-san."

"Yeah, that. Thanks Tsuna!"

Tsuna nodded, gesturing for the athlete to continue.

Ryohei clenched down harder onto Tsuna's shoulders. "But you are my little brother, maybe not in blood. But you are just as important to me, as what Kyoko is. I know you take good care of her, I would have punched your gut out if you didn't."

Tsuna could only weakly laugh, having gotten punched by the teen in front of him once for making Kyoko cry when they had been in the future. He had deserved it sure, but it still didn't sit right with him that he had made Kyoko cry in the first place.

"Yamamoto talked to me earlier actually. Well more like he told me something really… ARGH! Words, you are so EXTREMELY CONFUSING! What I am trying to say is… I have waited for you to bind with me for years now, I was getting EXTREMELY irritated that you didn't DO anything! SO EXTREMELY GET YOUR ASS OF THE GROUND AND EXTREMELY BIND WITH ME ALREADY!"

Tsuna stood up, not slow or fast, just… got up. Stared into Ryohei's eyes. Said eyes burned with an extreme passion, a passion Tsuna shared.

Tsuna grabbed a-hold of Ryohei's strong powerful arm. Lifting the teen off the ground almost effortlessly. Tsuna's bright Orange Sky Flame burned bright on his head. Amber eyes bore into Ryohei's own. Tsuna brought his head to Ryohei's. Drawing out the powerful bright Sun that burned withing Ryohei. Touching it, binding it to his own.

A flow of positive energy flew into him, a surge of joy and energy he hadn't felt in years filled his mind. No the feeling was different than what he had ever felt before, it was like a warmth filled his very core, a warmth he had only have had in the presence of Ryohei in his last life. Now it filled his mind and body, almost to the brim.

Tsuna felt so free, so safe. But there was still a lot holding him back. He had no idea what those chains around his heart did to him, but he knew, he had to get to Kyoya. Lambo – while he is going to be his Lightning. Is preferably going to wait a few years before the young five year old is old enough to take on a Guardian position. "Thank you, Onii-san, your Flame is as bright as ever, I am sorry I can't join you in your jog. I have stuff to do still."

Ryohei slammed his hand hard against Tsuna's back. "Don't worry about it Otouto. We can always go tomorrow, besides. There is that little training hall in the basement, we can always have a little spar there later today."

Tsuna could only smile to that. "I'd like that Onii-san, I'd like that a lot."

Tsuna left the room, walking across the hallway, giving a quick wave as Ryohei walked out with him, and out the mansion door to do a little jogging. It was a little past seven in the morning still.

Just as Tsuna was to knock on Hibari's door, something slammed into his legs. Looking down he could see Lambo sitting on his butt, a hand to his head as he groggily looked up at Tsuna.

"Lambo?… What are you doing up so early?" Tsuna asked.

Lambo stood up, rubbing his eyes slightly. "I was thirsty, so I wanted to get something to drink."

Glancing towards the door to Kyoya's domain, deciding the prefect could wait a bit more. Grabbing Lambo by his hand, walking them down to the first floor, telling the little cow that they could go get something to drink together. A little irritated that his coffee had gone cold. Barely being able to sip at it, as a lot of it had spilled as he had chocked on it when talking to Reborn earlier.

Walking in to the kitchen Tsuna watched as Nana was up and about preparing the breakfast for the house hold, giving his cold coffee mug to his Mother to dispose of, happy that Nana had prepared the coffee machine, so all he had to do was pour himself another cup. Helping heating up some milk for Lambo, adding a little honey to it, giving the warm contents to Lambo.

After giving a quick hug and kiss to the temple of his mothers head, Tsuna and Lambo left for the living room to enjoy their drink. Tsuna would level a mountain if he couldn't drink his coffee now. He had been denied a full mug earlier that day, no way would he allow for the coffee to go cold this time.

.:VxG:.

As Tsuna and Lambo sat in each others company, enjoying each their own warm morning drinks. Tsuna noticed that Lambo had finished his glass of warm honey laced drink, and was sitting besides Tsuna, fidgeting a little. The little calf appeared to have something on his mind.

Finishing his coffee, setting the now empty mug on the table before them, Tsuna let the warm effect of the coffee linger in his mind, as he finally turned to Lambo besides him.

"Is there something on your mind Lambo? You look like you have something you want to say."

Lambo just kept fidgeting from where he sat. a minute or two went by until Lambo met Tsuna's eyes. "Tsuna-nii, can I be your Lightning?"

Tsuna's eyes were wide. Had he not placed his mug on the table he would have dropped it in shock.

"You want to be my what?"

Lambo stood up standing in between the couch and table, looking up at Tsuna, determination filled his vision.

"I want to be your Lightning, I want to fight for you as your Guardian, I want to fight for you to destroy that disgusting man. Please, let me do so Tsuna-nii!"

Tsuna's eyes squinted. "Alright first of all, you are only five, Lambo. I am not saying you are not strong, quite the opposite really. Your Flame is strong, you have a very big pool in you core. And who said I won't make you my Lightning, you have your own room with me and the other Guardians. What is stopping me from doing so is because, well… I don't want to destroy the childhood you can have."

"BUT I DON'T HAVE A CHILDHOOD!"

Tsuna jumped at Lambo's outburst.

Lambo sniffled a little, tears falling fast down his face, his hands trying to stop the flow of tears from falling.

"*Hiccup* My birth family hates me, I know that after playing with I-pin. *sob* I know that after Mama treats me, how she cares. *Hiccup* I know that after being in your embrace. So please, please don't push me away, fighting is all I know."

Tsuna grabbed the young boy's shoulders, staring intently into Lambo's eyes. "You are loved Lambo, but fighting is not something you should focus on. At least not yet, please Lambo. Be the child that you are, and have fun with I-pin while you still can."

Tsuna would not let Lambo go through that ordeal again, Tsuna would not let Lambo fight in the Ring battle, nor would he let him fight when they would infiltrate the facility. The thought of losing Lambo in battle was too great.

Lambo threw Tsuna's arms off of him, pointing an angry, emotional finger at Tsuna.

"I-pin gets to fight, she train every day with that master of hers! SO I WILL DO THE SAME!"

"Lambo." Tsuna's voice was stern and hard. He was staring hard down at the child, he would have to force the kid to listen if he had too.

"NO!" Lambo yells so the house almost shook, his Lightning Flames burning rapid at his horns, tears falling down from his eyes like a waterfall, he ran out of the room moments later.

"Lambo!" Tsuna yelled after his Lightning as he ran after the young cow, following him back up the stairs down into the guardian corridor and into Lambo's room.

Tsuna didn't have the time to properly look about the room, for Lambo instantly ran towards the end of his bed, towards an all to familiar bazooka that has given him a lot of grief in his past. Tsuna was unable to stop the boy from jumping into said bazooka, moments later the all to familiar pink cloud covered the room.

As the smoke cleared Tsuna heard an all to familiar voice, though it did sound somewhat deeper than what he remembered.

"Yare, yare, my little self has gone and done it again. What kind of trouble did I do this time."

Ten years later Lambo looked… different. Like a lot different, his long curly hair had been put in a low ponytail that rested at his shoulder. His horns still present at the sides of his head, though they looked bigger than what they usually did, and they appeared to have some form of a black streak go through them, from bottom to tip.

He wore a black singlet that hung loose on his body, his arms and chest somewhat bulky and strong, not his usual petite form Tsuna had expected, but he was still thin in a healthy way. The Lambo before him reminded him more of twenty years later version, in a time where the two of them had trained together to build up some muscle and Flame control.

His pants where beige and baggy with a lot of pockets sown into them, and a jacket had been tied around his waist. Heavy duty boots, that didn't look too uncomfortable or too snug, but just right for a lot of walking and running. What would happened in the next ten years to make Lambo look like… this.

"Ah. Well if it isn't young Vongola. How you do?"

Tsuna felt his right eye twitch a little 'Vongola? What had he done to deserve that kind of nick name from his Lighting?'

Tsuna had a strained smile on his face as he responded.

"Good I suppose, you're Lambo right, just an older version. I have had lessons with Reborn explaining the functions of the Bazooka, also why do you call me 'Vongola?' It's insulting." Tsuna said as he crossed his arms. A little stern look on his face.

Lambo could only smirk. "It is pay back for what you have put me through the last couple of weeks, and still you have me do it. I swear if I have to be watching over that violent smart ass red-head of a brat for another week I will strangle him."

Tsuna was quiet, silently wondering who this red-head is, Tsuna was staring up and down Lambo's carefully built body, he could feel the crackling right beneath Lambo's skin, his Flames had gotten stronger it seemed. "What happened to you? You look like you have been training for a few years, but you are just fifteen right? What happened in the ten years between now and then?"

Lambo didn't even smile, just stared hard into Tsuna's own eyes. "You are worried because I am young and should not be bothered to fight." The teen's horns started to spark. "You may not care for it, but I do. I want to fight, I want to fight so that I can protect you, what kind of a Lighting am I if I can't even do that."

Tsuna was speech less, but still he pushed. "I care for your safety Lambo! Why can't you just let me treat you like the child that you are, protect you from anymore harm. I don't want to see you like when we first met, I don't want to see you hurting."

"And what about my feelings, sure you want to let me have a childhood but. I am already knee deep into it, even at five, I was always surrounded by violence, I was always surrounded by pain. Until you came around, accepting my Flame into your wast arms of the Sky that you are. Of course I want to fight for you. After all… It was all I knew."

With a beep of an alarm, and a poof of smoke, Ten year later Lambo was returned to his original time, sitting before him was this time's Lambo, a packet of grape flavored candy in his hand. Eyes slightly poofy from his crying. But the child looked somewhat content.

Tsuna leaned down to Lambo's eye level, gently caressing the boy's hair out of Lambo's face. "Lambo gomen-ne, I didn't mean to be yell at you earlier, forgive me?"

Lambo didn't say anything, just pushed his way into Tsuna's stomach, hugging him and burying his face into Tsuna's shirt.

"Tsu-nii, can I bind my Flame to yours please?"

Tsuna just hugged his Lightning close. "Of course Lambo, was there even any doubt I wouldn't."

Tsuna placed his head to Lambo's His head Flame dancing upon his head, drawing out Lambo's own, binding it to himself, much like he had done thrice earlier with the others. A warm feeling of strength and protection filtered through his mind, the power filled his whole body. Another big release from his shoulders had been lifted.

Tsuna hugged Lambo tighter to his body, his fingers caressing into Lambo's curly hair. Untangling some of the child's tangles from the bed head.

"Thank you Lambo, and I am sorry for not listening to you earlier."

"I'm sorry too Tsu-nii, I didn't mean to yell at you like what I did."

Tsuna gave a quick kiss to Lambo's forehead. "I have to go talk to Kyoya, are you going to be alright on your own?"

Lambo nodded, grasping the little bag of treats he had gotten, most likely from Tsuna's future self, now that he thought about it. If ten years later Lambo was just ranting to him about an assignment he had gotten. The most probable cause would be that they had interrupted in said conversation.

Lambo stood up. "I'll go and see if I-pin is awake, maybe she even want's some of this candy I got?"

Tsuna could only smile, now that was not something his original Lambo would do, no way would he share his candy with anyone. It was nice to see Lambo being civil with I-pin for once. Their arguments could run him up the wall at times even as they had grown older.

Walking out of the room closing the door behind them, Lambo gave Tsuna another quick hug, before disappearing off in search for I-pin.

Tsuna walked over to a certain prefects door. How he would be able to get his Cloud to bind to him he had no idea. Giving a solid double knock on Kyoya's door. It didn't take long for the door to open, revealing Kyoya in his morning kimono. The scent of lavender hit Tsuna's nose as Kyoya opened the door to his domain, practically dragging Tsuna in when the prefect had realized that it was Tsuna who stood there.

As Kyoya had quite literally kicked Tsuna down to the floor, standing over said Sky with his arms crossed, a pissed off expression befelled the skylarks face. Like a lot more pissed off than normal.

All Tsuna could do was sit up properly and rub the back of his head in uncertainty. "I should have gone to you first huh?"

Kyoya's eyes squinted a little.

"But you where at your limit with crowding, I could not have gone to you like that."

"Hn." Kyoya sat down in front of Tsuna, forcefully grabbing the front of Tsuna's shirt. Pulling Tsuna in so their face are mere inches apart.

"You are to bind with me now, Tsunayoshi. You are the only Sky that even has the privilege of being in my presence. Now do it."

Tsuna could only smile, happy to oblige. Activating his Flames, placing his head to Kyoya's. Letting the Flames touch and bind. A wave of a fierce strong will, flew into his body. Emotions so strong it would make a person kneel into submission. But Tsuna knew that this fierce emotion was not for him, it was something he would share with his enemies, sharing them with Tsuna to show his point. Making them kneel before Kyoya, making them kneel before Tsuna as the Sky that he is. Kyoya might be at the top of the food chain. But Tsuna stood besides this predator as an equal. Standing besides him with open arms no chains binding him down. Just letting the Cloud do what he wanted, letting him roam the expanses of the wide wast sky. Only calling the Cloud back when he have to.

"You are strong Kyoya. But you could be even stronger." Tsuna said in but a whisper after the two had settled down from the high of their Flames touching.

Kyoya's eye twitched a little.

But Tsuna kept going.

"Meet me down stairs in two hours. I got stuff I have to do, see you later." Tsuna left the room, gently closing the door behind him. walking over to his own room, walking up to his closet, grabbing a white singlet and sweat pants, putting them on. Walking over to the bed side table, Tsuna picked up the new gloves he had gotten from Reborn. It was finally time to try them out. He had yet to do so, as the week has been nothing but training to get back to where he was prior to the capture. Sitting still in a hospital bed weeks on end was boring.

Walking into the elevator in his room, taking it down to the training hall on B1. Walking up and into the room Reborn had pointed to as the Flame proof hall. Pulling his gloves on a bit more tighter on his hands. Tsuna walked in.

The room was open and big, it reminded him a bit about the place he had trained and sparred in the future mishap that happened in his last life.

Walking in to the middle of the room, Tsuna activated his Flames. Happy to note that the gloves looked pretty much like what they had done the first time he had used them, black with silver fingers, a big X covering the top of the hands. Tsuna ignited the gloves, jumping into the air, glad to note that the gloves pretty much acted the same as they always have. Flying around the room, getting a feel for his weapon. Testing out different volumes of power.

An hour of this later, has Tsuna slightly out of breath and sweating on the ground, not needing to turn around to know someone was behind him.

Turning around, Tsuna comes face to face with his tutor, Reborn.

"Reborn, I have a request." Tsuna started, lifting a flame filled fist in determination. Not waiting for Reborn to speak.

"I want you to train us into the ground the next coming weeks. Can you do that, we need to be prepared, prepared for both the facility and the battle of the rings. I don't trust myself to not train enough, I have done all I can for my friends up til this point, but I am no tutor. So please, help us out."

Reborn smirked, locking his eyes with Tsuna's own. "Well of course, I would not have it any other way… Decimo."

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VxG: And that is a wrap for this chapter. OMG I HAVE NO IDEA HOW I MANAGED TO GET THIS CHAPTER SO LONG, JUST A MERE 50 WORDS AWAY FROM 18K!

Anyway, this was a fun chapter to write, I put a lot of thought into this, and there is also that one little teaser for the sequel in here. Yes, for those unaware, I have plans for a three part story for this series. There is a little hint in this chapter for this stories sequel. Assassins Flame, is the name to said sequel. Think you can find that little hint?

Anyway, with that all said and done, this has been, VxG. I hope to write more for you all in the future. See you all in chapter 6, have a good day everyone.