Summary: Tsunayoshi Sawada has lived in Italy almost all his life, and is the rightful heir to the title of Vongola Decimo. For the most part, he has exactly what it takes to be the leader of Italy's most powerful mafia famiglia, but there is only one problem; he is mute. Due to his inability to speak, many oppose the thought of him taking over…but what no one knows is that this seemingly innocent boy is hiding a shocking secret. My 100th fic!

SkyGem: Well, in a surprising come from behind victory "To Say the Word" won the poll! Wow, that caused me a lot of trouble XD. When I woke up this morning and saw that this was in the lead, I seriously panicked 'cause, I'm ashamed to admit, I didn't have a plot ready, seeing as I expected Misunderstandings to win. All I knew was that Tsuna would be mute. I have one now, though, and I'm totally psyched about it, so I hope you all like this, ne?

Disclaimer: I don't own KHR.

Prologue

"Decimo, sir, we will be landing in Namimori in approximately twenty minutes."

Sawada Tsunayoshi looked away from the window and up at the man that had just spoken, holding his gaze with those piercing brown eyes of his until the man had to look away.

The brunet allowed himself a small smile before dismissing the man with a wave of his hand.

There weren't many that could hold his gaze for very long, and Tsuna made it a point to never be the first to break eye contact. It was a sign of weakness and Tsuna was already looked down upon in the mafia world for not being able to talk. He had to show everyone that he was just as capable a boss as any.

As for those in the family, Tsuna had gained the trust and respect of most, and almost all those that had accompanied him to Japan were loyal to him even before Nonno.

The boy stayed lost in thought for the rest of the trip, seeing as he didn't have much else to do, since his best friends hadn't come on the same flight as him. They would be arriving next week.

After the long and arduous process of claiming his luggage and other such things, the boy slowly began weaving his way through the crowd, his tutor and three bodyguards following closely behind him, all on full alert.

The first glimpse Tsuna caught of them was two tall heads of light brown hair on either side of one shorter head of the same light brown hair.

They seemed to spot him at the same time as he did them, and there were simultaneous, excited shouts of, "Onii-chan!"

As the two girls rushed towards him, Tsuna had to quickly sign for his bodyguards to hold back, to stop them from attacking his sisters.

And before long, the boy found himself engulfed in his twin sisters' embrace.

His twin sisters who were a year younger than him and yet were taller than him by two whole inches.

"We missed you so much, onii-chan!" gushed the older twin, Reira.

"I can't believe you're still cuter than us, though," pouted the younger twin, Reiko. "It's totally not fair."

Tsuna blushed at his younger sister's words, and shook his head, quickly signing, "I'm not cute. Not cute at all."

Reira merely laughed as she let go, saying, "Deny it all you want, nii-chan, but it's not going to make it any less true."

And now, it was Tsuna's turn to pout as he turned his head away childishly.

Nana merely laughed at her kids' antics and stepped forward to wrap her son in a hug, saying, "It's so good to see you again, Tsu-kun! You've grown so much!"

'I should hope so,' Tsuna signed back, a cheeky smile on his face. 'It has been three years after all.'

"It has, hasn't it?" asked Nana, her expression nostalgic.

Reborn, reluctant though he was to break up this reunion, tapped Tsuna on the shoulder, getting the boy's attention.

"We should be leaving now, Juudaime," he said into the boy's ear, his eyes darting around, still looking for potential dangers. "You must be tired, and Cielo is beginning to get restless." Cielo was the boy's pet German shepherd and was incredibly well-behaved, even now; if one knew him well enough, though, they would know that the slow back and forth movement of his tail and the occasional flick of the ears showed his irritation.

Tsuna nodded in response, taking Cielo's leash from Reborn before turning back to his family.

With a smile, he signed, "Let's go home, ne?"

SkyGem: Yes yes yes, very short, I know, but it is really just a prologue. The story will be starting in the next chapter, okay? In this one, I just really wanted to introduce my OCs. Please leave a review and tell me what you think of them, ne? Ciao!