First chapter ever! Rated M for later chapters.

Disclaimer: Katekyo Hitman Reborn and its characters do not belong to me, they belong to Amano Akira

It's coming and it's approaching quickly…Silent words slithered through the brunet's mind and woke him from his sleep but he didn't open his eyes. What, was coming? Tsuna's body reacted faster than his mind did as a hundred ton hammer came down, with crushing force, towards his head. Sensing danger his gloved hand shot out to catch the oncoming weapon. Chocolate brown eyes opened to stare at his so-called attacker. Reborn gazed back at him, not happy to have his early morning entertainment taken away. "Dame-Tsuna, how dare you prevent him from being amused?" The 24-year-old man tensed as he thought about what he had just done. His ex-tutor was even more harmful than years ago; after all he was now a full-fledged adult and the baby-look-alike wouldn't hold back. The Arcobaleno even came to visit him so he could torture his student, that's why when he didn't try to hit him again he was confused.

"Reborn? Is something wrong?"

Without warning the hammer went down again and Tsuna narrowly avoided it. "Of course there is, Decimo." Hearing Reborn call him that he scooted away from him a bit, when the other called him that he meant business or he was playing with him. Whichever one it was he didn't really feel like doing it this early in the morning. In fact as he looked over at the clock he noticed that it was only four A.M, groaning he fell back onto his orange colored bed. If it was important he would be forced to listen to it. Too bad Reborn's idea of important usually wasn't the same as his own.

"What, can I do for you?"

After Tsuna spoke he thought he would get his answer right away. His ex-tutor wasn't one to beat around the bush. That was if this had been a normal situation. Glancing over he sat up seeing the dark expression on the other's face. "Decimo, your mist guardians have been captured." His ears must be deceiving him, it was near impossible to get a firm hold on the mist guardians. "Yes, that is why it's such an important matter. I assume that Mukuro only contacted me, as you don't know about this. Their captors must have some way of blocking them because in the middle of telling me, he vanished. He had no chance you tell you fools."

Although Tsuna didn't want to believe what Reborn was saying it very well could be true. In some corner of his mind he may have been suspecting this. A week ago the two mists were assigned a mission and left to do it. A mission that wouldn't take more than three days kept them away for a week without a hint of contact. In the days that passed he had covered up his worry with thoughts that Mukuro and Chrome may have stayed behind just to play around. The silence didn't break after the hitman spoke and it irritated the baby. "Well, Dame-Tsuna, what are you going to do?"

Hearing Reborn he turned his head to look at him, "I'll hold a meeting." Whoever could capture Mukuro was a fearsome foe indeed. There was no way he could let his guardians walk into that blind. Not if the terrifying Mukuro was taken and also with so few people left. Excluding his mist guardians he was still missing one. While Tsuna thought about the situation he climbed out of bed and went to get dressed. Opening the gold-rimmed closet doors he took out the nearest suit that he was forced to wear. He recalled his ex-tutor taking out all his clothes that he deemed un-suitable for a boss to wear. He had a nice bonfire with them. The few that he was able to save were safely hidden away.

In the room Tsuna had his own private bathroom as all his guardians did. That was where he was heading now to change. When he went in there was a tiny bit of a shiver as his bare feet hit the cold tile floor. He had forgotten his slippers inside his room but didn't bother to go get them. A few minutes later he left the washroom straightening his tie. Slipping on his shoes he exited his room after grabbing a cane that was propped up against the wall. Oh no, that wasn't for his leg but for something else

The first guardian's room that he passed was Gokudera's. Knocking on it he told his right-hand man, "Come down to the conference room, we'll be having a meeting." He turned to go but spotted Yamamoto's room across from Gokudera's. He knew that the baseball player wouldn't be found in his room so he didn't bother trying to knock. "One more thing…tell Yamamoto that for me, please." As he proceeded down the hall he could hear a loud noise and assumed it was his friend getting kicked off the bed since there had been a short laugh after the noise. Then the shouting started.

The next room Tsuna came across was the reason he brought the cane. It was their youngest member's room, Lambo, who happened to have a problem waking up. Knocking, he told his thunder guardian the same thing he told Gokudera but unlike before there was no sound of life behind the door. Sighing he took out the cane and placed the end around the handle. Pulling hard he expected the handle to fly off like it always had but it seemed the boy had gotten smart. The handle wouldn't budge, so he couldn't put his fingers in the hole and pull the door open. With an odd look on his face he walked down to his sun guardian's room.

Lambo held in his laugh at hearing his boss's plan fail. There was no way he was going anywhere this early. In fact he wouldn't be awake if it wasn't for Gokudera's yelling. Since the last time Tsuna had played this move on him he had reinforced the handle. Now he couldn't get his hand inside the door. Unless he wanted to burn down the house his boss's strength would not be able to break down the door. Hearing another knock he rolled over smiling, yet it was wiped off fast as his only protection went down with a 'BANG.' Sitting up quickly he gawked at the vision of Ryohei standing there with his back being patted by a smirking brunet.

Leaving Lambo in Ryohei's hands Tsuna went on his way to the conference room. Out of habit his legs took the long route to his destination. He stopped at the door to his cloud guardian's room that was quite a ways away from the other's rooms. Placing his hand against the door he smiled, "He would have loved to fight such a high-class enemy…Too bad he's on a mission." Around the same time he sent his mist guardians on their mission he sent his cloud on a longer one. Two days from now should be his return date. A light blush colored his cheeks as he thought about the last time he was at this spot. Hibari pulled him inside and he didn't leave until the early morning, which had met several types of protests from the dark haired man.

Shaking his head Tsuna rushed off to join the others in the conference room. When he arrived he pushed open the doors only to be met with the sight of Reborn. That wouldn't be so bad if he hadn't been telling his friends what to do. "…now let's vote on if we'll try to save the pineapple. Tsuna take charge of this." Even if he didn't want to admit that he was right to question the saving of their comrade but he was. He hoped not to have to force his guardians to do such a task.

Sitting in his chair at the head of the table Tsuna revised Reborn's words, "Do you want to save our mist guardian?"

"Tenth doesn't need to rescue that guy."

"Haha, let's do it Tsuna."

"Let's save him to the extreme!"

"No, I have always found him creepy."

Not one of their responses surprised him, but he sighed anyway. He at least wanted there to be more people fine with doing it then not. Yet they had landed on a tie. Then it hit him, "It's not just Mukuro. Chrome has been taken as well."

There was silence for a second and Gokudera made a sound in the back of his throat. "Doesn't make a difference. Tenth shouldn't need to worry over them."

After he said that Lambo stood and started to walk to the door. All eyes were on him but no one made a move to stop him. Right before he opened the door he turned to look at them. "What are you waiting for? The ties been broken." Smiling Tsuna stood and joined him by the door.

"If Tenth is going then so am I." Gokudera's words had everyone filing towards the exit. It didn't take long for all five of them to gather at the entrance not knowing where to go. For Tsuna this was the first time he tried something without planning. That left him standing in front his guardians with a confused look on his face. Where were his mists being held? Back in his old 'Dame-Tsuna' mode he didn't see or hear Reborn coming at him with a flying kick. The baby's foot connected with his head and the 24 year old went tumbling to the ground. After he fell he felt a piece of paper being thrust into his hand.

"That is the general area in which you'll find them." Staying in his place on the floor Tsuna lifted his hand and unfolded the paper, it was close by. It was a rare, almost an impossible, occurrence for his ex-tutor to help out. It was so rare that it was suspicious. Eyeing the sadist he couldn't help but wonder if by doing what he said they would fall right into one of Reborn's schemes. "Don't give me that look Dame-Tsuna. I'm also worried about what kind of person would go against Vongola."

Getting up Tsuna dusted himself off while sighing. "I know. You're not that evil, Reborn." Maybe…He turned to the group behind him a wiggled the paper between his fingers. "I guess we'll be heading here." He gave the paper to Gokudera and walked off, letting him announce that the place was close.

A couple of hours later Tsuna, who had been walking this whole time stopped and leaned against a nearby tree to rest. It hadn't taken them long to get to the area Reborn suggested yet he should have known it wouldn't be that easy. After all it never was with the Vongola. Gokudera and Yamamoto were searching the northern part of the town, which happened to be like a forest, with him. He thought it would be best to give the more populated area to Ryohei and Lambo. They were less likely to draw attention that was unneeded. Men with dynamite and swords would cause quite a scare. That's why he wasn't really expecting to find his missing member here but it stilled worried him when he didn't feel even a pulse of energy. He moved his head a little to look at his cellphone. Ryohei also didn't sense any use of illusions or mist flames. Sighing he chose to sit down for a moment.

The minute Tsuna sat down Gokudera was by his side, fretting over his sudden exhaustion. "Ah, don't worry Hayato. I think he just walked too much." The baseball player stretched his long arms. "Mm, thinking about it my legs are tried to."

"Damn baseball-idiot! I don't care if you're tried. Only the Tenth matters." The silver haired man may have mellowed out over the years but Yamamoto never failed to rile him up.

While the two started another of their signature meaningless arguments' Tsuna felt his phone vibrate. Reaching for the moving object he flipped it open but before he could say anything the person on the other end yelled into his ear, "Sawada! We need help over here. The enemies have found us." Ryohei had surpassed his own record of loudness but what really amazed him was who he could hear in the background. Lambo's screams were volumes above his sun guardian's voice.

The Vongola decided to ignore the terrified sounds as best he could. "We'll be right there." Closing the phone Tsuna stood up in a hurry and glanced at Gokudera and Yamamoto who had stopped their form of chatting. "Oni-," Before he could finish his right hand man put up his arms in an X shape. The brunette nodded in understanding. They must have heard the loud voice through the phone. Pulling out their weapons the group of three dashed off to help their comrades. "Hurry!"

Through the years of torture from Reborn's intense training Tsuna could say with confidence that he was fit. Enough so that he could dodge a bullet at a seconds notice but the other two men were built better. That resulted in the tiny 24-year old mafia boss taking the rear in this run. There was never a reason to complain about this before but he truly wanted to when he felt his small nose smash into Yamamoto's back. The rain and storm stopped in their tracks at the sight of Ryohei caught by a net upside down in a tree. His Vongola gear was activated and he was tearing at the strings that wouldn't break. Lambo's was laying on the ground with his helmet on and groaned in pain.

In the middle of the mess stood a man, he seemed ordinary enough expect for a rather large remote in his hand. Immediately knowing the man was the cause of his friend's predicament Tsuna nearly growled out, "How dare you?" The brunette charged at him not yet in hyper dying will mode. Out of nowhere several other men came out and went for his guardians.

Their separate fights started with little time to get used to the situation. Body parts connected and disconnected with each other. Wounds formed when one couldn't block an attack in time. Bombs went off and sword met with sword as weapons were drawn. A hard kick soon sent Tsuna grappling for his dying will pills. To pull his flame out without the help of the pills would be possible but hard. It took energy and should only be used for a short lived fight else the flame would disappear. Although he got a good hold of the bottle the man went for it and knocked it out of his hand. Instinct kicking in the smaller of the two brought out his fist for it only to be caught.

After a while the man's hands let go of his but went straight for his neck. The strangling began and his guardians tried to push through the growing group of people to get to their boss. Gokudera's dynamite didn't even reach him when it was thrown. Usually it would have but he was throwing it at an angle so he could not hurt his boss. Tsuna was losing awareness from the deprivation of oxygen. His lungs felt like they were going to explode along with the bombs. His consciousness was going weak and he saw the world grow dimmer. The psychopathic smile on the man's was what kept him from giving in to the pressure.

Making a choking noise in the back of his throat the brunette grabbed onto his attackers arms. Yanking did nothing but he left his hands there. Distracted by the other's actions the man didn't notice as a leg was swung sideways and slammed into his knee cap. In surprise he went along with the force that was pulling on his arms. With the appendages removed air filled the younger man's lungs and he grew annoyed. The brat was really asking for it.

There was no waiting for Tsuna as he lunged for the pills on the ground. Undoing the top he placed one in his mouth and swallowed. A beautiful flame lit atop his head and his eyes grew calmer, colder. In that moment his guardians realized he could fight for himself and with reluctance went back to bashing the lackey's.

With renewed vigor the mafia don went for the man again. The fist battle didn't last long, the man wouldn't let it. He drew a line at having a possible broken nose and a few ribs. This he knew was the Vongola's true strength. Smirking, the man eyed the remote that was back in his hands. That strength wouldn't be able to stop this machine. All he had to do was wait and the boy would bring his own downfall. The man didn't have to wait for long as he soon got what he wanted.

Tsuna flew backwards with the use of his flames and decided to end this now. They were in a fairly buildingless area and there was no one to get caught in the crossfire. Putting one arm in front of him he put his other behind him. "X-burner." The contacts did their job as it showed him the power level of his attack. The man on the ground looked up at his with an odd expression on his face. Intuition prickling he felt that his attack wouldn't land. Brushing it off he let his flame loose.

The huge amount of fire was aimed perfectly at the man and was going towards him at the speed of light. A button on the machine was clicked and the flames that should have hit him went into the large remote. It took a minute for him to comprehend what actually happened. In that timeframe another button was pressed and a small amount of his flames left the machine and came after him. Taking the stance of zero point breakthrough first edition Tsuna tried to stop his own attack from injuring him. This always worked before in freezing things but yet now it chooses not to work. He barely had time to dodge the still active flame and the proof of that was the burn marks on his fingertips.

The burn tingled but didn't leave an excruciating pain like other wounds had caused him in the pasted. Ignoring the tickle he wondered how the man stopped the freezing. Were his own flames unable to freeze? No it shouldn't be that, sky flames could be frozen. While his thoughts grew wild his attention was draw to the remote. If it could store flames like that it was probably the cause of their strange behavior. Suddenly he felt a small portion of heat coursed pasted him. This whole time he hadn't moved a muscle letting him stay an open target in the sky. "Hey, let me go you filthy bastard!" That was Gokudera's voice and he didn't sound pleased. Looking over he saw what was happening.

The silver-haired male had drawn his bow and was aiming it in general direction of the man with the remote. He was in the mist of locking onto the man when he was jumped on from behind. Quite literally actually as a boy probably no more than sixteen was climbing all over him. Once he was thrown off, more people came to take his place. They were grasping at his collar trying to keep the storm in place.

Gokudera threw them off one by one but they kept coming. In one moment of throwing a rather heavy individual off he caught sight of Yamamoto. The baseball player was having the same trouble but he was much less vocal about it.

Tsuna found it strange, it seemed like the men were trying to stop their movement. If that was their plan then it was definitely working, his guardians could hardly move at all and when they did there was always more people to keep them in place for a while. "Hey, Vongola Decimo." While watching his friends he made sure to have on eye on this man but until just now he watched along with him. "Your guardians are about to be burnt to a crisp."

The remote was raised and two buttons were pressed. The one that had previously let out his stored sky flames and another that he found released storm waves. The combination was horrid as it now possessed the power to hurt his companions more. It was a split second decision he made as the flames went rushing towards all four of his guardians. The ball of fire was massive and could hit the widely spread group. Not only would it take his comrades out but also the man's. He knew the attack couldn't be stopped but he dashed in front of them anyway. The results were almost as expected. The flames didn't stop but they didn't reach his friends either.

Tsuna felt the pain for only a instant as the whole fiery mass was sucked into his body. He wasn't absorbing the rays of flames they were killing him. Blood dripped from his closed mouth and splattered over the ground. Even his eyes bled from the attack. His reaction isn't normal for fire and he knew that. What was really hitting him and attacking him from the inside had to be something else. While his thoughts progressed the pressure on his heart increased and the number of beats doubled. Yet he stood his ground so he could have the whole attack hit him and not his guardians. Finally, when the last drop of the flame was pushed into him he felt his heart explode.

Bodying going limp Tsuna went flying towards the river. When gravity decided to take him he landed on the rocks that protruded from the water. Head hitting against a large stone his legs fell into the gently moving liquid.

"Tenth!" Punching one of the guys that had held him Gokudera ran to go help his boss. Realizing half-way there that no one was stopping him but he didn't notice the man hit another button and point the remote towards the river. Yamamoto not far behind him sped up to caught up with him. Running too fast to stop his thighs hit against the medal railing as he grabbed it to jump over. Hands found his wrist to prevent him from doing so. He growled at the baseball idiot. Turning so he could look at his lover he nearly snarled, "I'm going to help Tenth. Let go."

Arms went around Gokudera's waist after his wrist was let go. "No." That one word whispered into his ear made him struggle against the hold on him. "Hayato, take a good look at the river." Looking down he wanted to gasp as he clearly saw that the water was a sickly green color. Fish that minutes before were swimming peacefully now floated at the surface. Some even twitching from the contaminated water. After seeing that he raised his eyes to look at Tsuna. The mafia boss's shirt was covered in blood. His face especially stained by the substance. "It's too late." Feeling his waist being released he jerked forward a bit, but the hands came back to cover his eyes. "There's no need for you to see more."

Even as the rain guardian tried to comfort him an animalistic roar ripped from his mouth and he tour the hand off of his eyes. Turning he charged at the man who had started this. His feet flew across the ground at a speed he never thought was humanly possible. He leaned forward with an arm out stretched to grab hold of the man but a button was pressed again and he disappeared along with his lackeys. In his place tied up and gagged were Mukuro and Chrome. All the adrenaline left his system and he wobbled on his feet. Head raised he shouted to the sky, "Why?"

Ah, poor Tsuna! More chapters to come. Reviews make my fingers move faster, that means more updates.