Chiiwasu~!
See I told you I'd be back
I promised and… I didn't really keep it
But I'm glad that you guys really liked this
Though I know this idea's been done a lot before
Trust me, I read most of them haha
But I'm sure you guys wanna get to the chapter already
So here it is…
We Start!

Disclaimer: No rights to Katekyo Hitman Reborn, I only write fanfiction

Part 2

Gokudera was getting very annoyed with his opponent. He tried to throw bombs at him but he just swiped the flame before it could explode so many of them remained cluttered on the floor. Duilio seemed to be extremely happy, fighting someone who was easily angered like Gokudera. The pair had been fighting for a while now and the poor classroom was getting total with Gokudera using objects to try and slow the other down and Duilio slicing everything in his path.

"You know, you'll never win with a temper like that. I wonder what the Decimo was thinking, picking a person like you who's the most dangerous for him and his own family." The redhead laughed as he disarmed a few more bombs.

"Don't you insult Juudaime. I was the one who came up to him and asked to be his right hand man." Gokudera said. Duilio then rushed him and tried to take his head, but Gokudera knew better and was glad that he knew hand to hand combat. He was able to avoid the attacks but it was harder for him since he was unarmed and the other had two blades. He had tried to find suitable weapons but whatever he found wasn't strong enough to stand up against the others weapons.

"No matter what you get, it won't be able to compare to mine. It's made of the world's best carbon steel and is able to withstand anything thrown against it. It was made flawlessly by the greatest swordsman on earth." The other bragged as Gokudera just scoffed at him.

"There's no such thing as the perfect blade. It'll get damaged eventually; you just need the right tools." He said smugly but it didn't seem to faze the other boy.

"Well, you won't be able to get out of this without losing an arm or something." The attacks didn't cease but Gokudera was trying hard to think of a way out of this battle. He looked around him and noticed all the bombs on the floor.

"If only I could light all of those, I'll be able to get him in one shot." He thought as he looked for something, then something eventually did catch his eye as he spotted his teacher's lighter and his sweater.

"Don't look away!" Duilio came crashing over him and almost got a hit on him but the silverette luckily pushed himself backwards and grabbed the lighter in that same instant. He then grabbed the sweater and looked at the material it was made from. "Yes, cotton..." Gokudera thanked and then made his way towards the windows quickly.

"Where do you think you're going?" Duilio looked upset that he was getting ditched.

"I'm making my escape." Gokudera said simply as the lighter instantly ignited the sweater and he threw it towards the many bombs scattered on the ground. Duilio's eyes just widened as he realized what the other was trying to accomplish and then tried to get out of the room as well but he was in the middle of the bomb field and narrowly reached the doorway as the explosion erupted. Gokudera shot himself out the window and found a few shrubs underneath him to break his fall. As he landed, he had heard a loud scream and turned his towards the field, unable to believe what he'd seen.

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Hibari didn't feel as though it were a challenge to fight against a girl but when the time calls for it, then he'd have no choice. He wanted to fight the tall blond but he knew the kinds of opponents that weren't meant for him but for someone else. So he left the man to the herbivore. This girl on the other hand, seemed to be an interesting one. Instead of regular weapons, she customized her own fans and made them deadly.

"I hope you won't be disappointed fighting me instead of your first choice." Celia said as she waited for the other to make the first move. However, the boy seemed to be observing first so she couldn't hope for him to move first but if she did, then it was possible that he would disarm her right off the bat.

Celia moved slowly, placing her fans in front of her so as to guard her body. She made her moves slowly in order to not alarm the other boy but he still gave her his hard look none the less. They've remained there for over 5 minutes now, neither moving but soon after, the boy seemed to have finished his observations and then immediately commenced on his attack. This surprised her a bit but she was ready.

Hibari had moved to knock her grip off of her fans and she had to admit that it was a good idea but she was trained to prepare for the worst. "That was a nice thought but I can read people like you easily." She then motioned to slice his wrist in which he blocked with his tonfa. She backed away for a bit as she smiled.

"Hibari-san right?" Hibari didn't answer. "You move better than I thought. The Vongola was smart to recruit you. It's no wonder how you took down our ten other members within the school."

"They were all herbivores." Hibari then clashed with her again. He tried to swipe at her but she dodged, spun on her toes and made the boy back away as well as she swiped the air with her fans as she turned. She stopped herself then launched towards him with her left hand tucked in and waited for the right moment to strike.

"I take it that herbivore is a term you use to classify the weak from the strong." She jumped and kicked at the tonfa and redirected its course, leaving the boy open. Hibari quickly blocked with his other hand and twisted to bring his other arm to hit the back of her knee. She quickly lost balance but she recovered as she backflipped towards the ground. "If this is correct, then what'll you classify me as?" She challenged him.

"Herbivore." He said simply.

"For what reason?" She guarded herself again, waiting for his charge.

"You're too soft." He said as he did charge her like she expected and she was about to move out of the way when he suddenly stopped in front of her and he made to hit her arm but she instantly brought both fans in front of the metal bar to absorb the attack. He indeed hit the fans but the impact that he pushed through was too great and she was sent flying backwards into a tree, knocking the wind out of her.

She grunted as she tried to pick herself up and watched as Hibari stalked towards her. She stood up but her feet were still a bit shaky from the impact. "I'm not finished yet. Just because you got a major blow in, that doesn't mean I'm out of tricks." She leaped into the tree above her and moved swiftly until she was above the boy.

"I expected you to continue on." Hibari smirked and waited for her to come barrelling on top of him. Hibari waited for the attack since she did use this earlier on but when she came out of the tree, instead of aiming for his head, she pushed her foot on his back and pushed him off balance. Hibari turned around to see that she was already bringing her foot up for a kick towards his face. Quickly moving his tonfa, he ducked and whacked her ankle.

The girl winced but she didn't stop her motion and brought her foot down on him. Hibari felt the impact but he then pushed his body forward and made a blow towards her stomach. She doubled over and clutched at the pain. Celia saw that the black haired boy was going to make a move to knock her out but she somersaulted away, keeping a good few feet away from the other.

"For what reason do you have to side with the Vongola?" She exclaimed as she took this time to temporarily distract him.

"I have no reason to aid the herbivore, I'm merely using them to help find a worthy opponent." He said.

"Then there's no reason for you to stay with them once you find that certain opponent right?." She tried to convince them otherwise.

"I have my own personal reasons for remaining." He stayed firm. "There's no further reason for you to oppose me." Hibari put away his tonfas and walked away.

"Wait!" Celia called out in an attempt to try and stop him when there was a sudden explosion from the classroom.

"Herbivore." Hibari growled as he witnessed Gokudera fly out of the window and into the shrubs. "He'll pay for the destruction of school property."

"Hold on a min..." Celia tried to call out again when she caught sight of her boss as a loud scream froze the air.

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Tsuna just grunted as he landed on the ground roughly but the rope was still present on his wrist and was roughly pulled towards the blond man. Tsuna flew towards the man and was then knocked down by the center of the bow he held. The poor boy was crippled on the ground as the other stood over him, seemingly victorious. Cesare had then turned his bow and forced the blade to the ground. Tsuna then ignited his flames and thrusted himself along the ground, avoiding the deadly blow.

Yes it hurt, but it had to be done. Tsuna turned himself around and got up once again. He instantly burned the rope off and took to the sky in order to gain any sort of advantage that he could get.

"You tried that earlier and it didn't work." Cesare said and then shot another arrow at him like before. But this time, Tsuna knew that it was coming.

"The same trick doesn't work the same time twice in a row." Tsuna prepared as he shot the arrow in his direction.

"Who says it's the same trick." Cesare grinned as the arrow was lit like one of Gokudera's dynamite sticks and was burning fast.

"Luckily for me, I deal with someone who has better dynamite than you do." Tsuna then dodged the arrow and it blew up in the air. Then another arrow made its way towards him right after.

"Never said that I wouldn't try the same trick twice." He exclaimed in his direction but Tsuna didn't panic as he prepared for this. He blasted his flames in the same way he did the X-Burner but in a minimum fashion so as to not cause as much damage. The fire had burned the arrow and the flame ran along the rope until it reached Cesare's hand. He let go immediately and suffered minimal damage but was still annoyed by this flaw.

"Well there was one more thing that you didn't expect." He said as the side of his boots then ignited dying will flames as well and he followed the boy in the air. He tackled him in his state of shock and then continued their fight of hand to hand though Tsuna was having a harder time than the other.

"H-how did you get Dying Will Flames too?" Tsuna struggled to ask in the midst of the fight.

"We had to figure it out ourselves unlike the selfish Vongola who kept the secret of their weapons to themselves." The Gallo head bitterly said which made Tsuna cringe a bit as he listened to the other. "If it weren't for you Vongolas, then we wouldn't have had to suffer and we wouldn't have had to rely on you people either." As he spoke, he started fight a little harder, which put more pressure on boy.

"W-what did they do t-that c-caused you so m-much pain?" Tsuna asked.

"Wouldn't you like to know." Cesare stated but didn't answer him. Tsuna tried to get away from the close range fight but with Cesare closer than he'd liked him to be, he was once again at a disadvantage and was suddenly grabbed by the man when he had let his guard down for just a brief moment.

"Now this is the difference between you and I. Unlike you, my hands are free to use while yours are what's keeping you up." The blond then bound Tsuna's hands behind him and quickly dove from their high altitude. The brown haired boy found it hard to breath with the air rushing in his face but he knew that if he were to hit the ground at this speed, the other would have won. So in this moment, he struggled to try and reverse their situations.

He threw his head back and it collided with the other's. Tsuna took advantage of this and pulled his hands away from the other's loosened grip. He fought for dominance as he used his legs to climb over the other, using his hands as support to finally push the man underneath him.

"Use your flames!" Tsuna yelled at him but the man didn't listen.

"I wouldn't use it to save a Vongola." He said bitterly as he still refused.

"Then do it to save yourself!" Tsuna exclaimed as he jumped off the other and flew away from him and landed safely on the ground.

"You're soft Vongola." Cesare yelled at him as he eventually did ignite his flames once again and then flew over the crowd of students as the school building behind them had exploded. There was a wave of screams emitting from the crowd and all these screams and yells had drowned out one particular individual's as she was hoisted in the air and carried around by the Italian man.

Tsuna didn't notice at first as his attention was snapped towards the school building and towards his guardian that was falling out from the window. "Gokudera-kun!" Tsuna exclaimed as he was about to rush over to save his friend when the voice of the blond man had interrupted him.

"I wouldn't move if I were you, Vongola." He said as he gently landed a few feet away from him with a girl at hand. She was crying out of fear as she looked at Tsuna pleadingly. Coincidentally, she was a girl from his year, in one of his classes.

"Saaya-chan!" a round of voices called out towards said girl as Tsuna then caught sight of Gokudera landing safely in the shrubs. He was relieved for a moment but then focused his attention towards the girl in danger.

"Cesare, let Saaya-chan go. She has nothing to do with this!" Tsuna tried to persuade the man but from the looks of his expression, it didn't seem to convince him otherwise.

"Let's see what the precious Juudaime is willing to do to save a hostage in danger." Cesare said sadistically and pulled out his bow and an arrow and placed in the girl's hands. She trembled as she was forced to take it while the man guided her to hold it in place. He positioned her arms and aimed the arrow right for Tsuna.

"Sawada-kun! Please move out of the way!" She exclaimed with tears in her eyes.

"If you move out of the way, Vongola, then there's no guaranteed that she'll be returned unharmed." The girl visibly gasped at this fact, she was now beyond petrified. Tsuna however, just stared at the man and slowly took a step towards them.

"That's a cowardly way of handling the situation, Cesare." He said coolly, taking another step towards them. Everyone watched with faded breath, hoping for both their classmates' safety.

"And what do you plan on doing to stop me from harming her?" He threatened as the blond man's grin became eerie looking as it stretched from ear to ear. "With one misfire, she'll lose a finger and with one bad move of the bow, she could stab herself in her mid-region. Anything could go wrong in this predicament."

"Then she'll just have to hit me." Tsuna looked at the girl, silently asking her to trust him. She wasn't sure if she could do it, but it wasn't like the man was giving her much of a choice as to what she was doing let alone, to where she was aiming. Tsuna had taken a few more steps toward the pair but Cesare wasn't liking the fact that Tsuna wasn't intimidated in the least.

"If you don't stop moving, Vongola, you'll get more holes than you'd like." He threatened.

"I care more for what you're doing to my classmates than what you are trying to do to me." He said sternly much to the surprise of the other students who were watching helplessly.

"Juudaime..." Gokudera stood up and looked at his boss as he went closer and closer towards them. Cesare then released an arrow and it suddenly grazed Tsuna's head but he didn't cease his movement. The man then grabbed another and attempted another shot, forcing the girl to aim towards the boy and this time, it landed in his shoulder. Tsuna winced but he pulled it out and continued on until he was a few feet away from the pair.

"Gokudera!" a familiar voice called out toward the silverette. Said boy had turned his head to the right and saw the baseball lover to be running up to him with the black haired swordsman of the Gallo Famiglia on his left. "What's happening with Tsuna?" He asked worriedly but Gokudera was more worried with the fact that the enemy was standing so close to them casually.

"Yakyuu baka, what's he doing here?" Gokudera's defensive senses were alert to its maximum.

"We've decided to put our fight on hold after we heard an explosion from up above us and a scream that came from the outside." Raffaele explained. Gokudera just eyed him carefully but brought his guard down and then looked towards his Juudaime.

"So what do we do?" Yamamoto asked Gokudera who also assessed the situation.

"There isn't much to do when our boss winds up finding himself a hostage. When he gets to this point, there's no turning back for him." Celia then came walking towards them, clutching her side.

"Celia, are you alright?" Raffaele asked calmly.

"Ah, but Hibari seems to have gotten away." She lowered her head.

"Haha, I guess Hibari left huh?" Yamamoto laughed.

"He seemed really angry that the school building suddenly blew up." She explained. "I think he went inside to go check on the damages." Gokudera just sweatdropped and knew that he'd hear an earful from the prefect. Well, he felt a fight instead of a conversation coming on from the other. "Shouldn't you boys check on him?" Celia asked.

"Naw, Hibari can take care of himself." Yamamoto answered again. "Say, Gokudera, what happened to that guy you were fighting?" Celia then gasped when she looked up at the classroom.

"Did you... to Duilio?" She looked horrified at the sight. However, before the silverette could respond, they heard a loud yell followed by a thud. They all turned towards the school entrance and found the redheaded boy lying flat on his face. The pair from the Gallo Family exchanged glances before rushing up towards their friend.

"Duilio, are you okay? I heard that you were caught up in that explosion." Celia sounded worried.

"Naw, I got away before it touched me." He said with a wide grin despite his clothes being slightly charred and was emitting smoke as though he was recently just burning and his face covered in some sort of soot. The two just sweatdropped but listened to the boy. If he said that he was alright then he was definitely alright.

"Then what sent you flying out the door?" Raffaele asked with no delicacy whatsoever which made Duilio pout when he remembered what had happened.

"Some kid they call the skylark found me and tossed me out of the school." Gokudera and Yamamoto were laughing from where' they were when they'd heard that.

"Serves you right for attacking Juudaime's school!" Gokudera barked at the trio. Just then, he heard a grunt and looked back towards where Tsuna was to find that he was on the ground. "Juudaime!" He exclaimed as Cesare just looked at them.

"You move anywhere close to here and this girl will get her throat slit."

"Sawada-kun!" she cried at the boy in front of her. It appears as though Tsuna had attempted to get the man's arms off of her but he quickly moved the girl as a shield and had easily overpowered Tsuna.

"Why?" Tsuna asked much to the confusion of the other.

"Why what, Vongola?" Cesare had an unamused expression planted on his face.

"For what reason do you have to hate the Vongola so much as to come here and threaten me? The Nono is a man that doesn't take kindly to those who harm innocent people and isn't the type to degrade anybody, so why do you hate the Vongola family?"

"Do you really want to know what your so called family's done to me and the people of our town? You want to know what kind of things they'd done because we had apparently degraded their social status?!" Cesare was raising his voice at this point. "I'll tell you what fate had in store for us when your family had first walked through our town." He spat the words as though they were poison.

Gokudera just watched the scene since couldn't do anything because he knew that Tsuna wouldn't be happy if he tried anything while putting said girl in further danger. So he stayed put and looked at the poor boy who struggled to get back to his feet.

"It's useless you know." Celia interrupted the silverette's thoughts.

"What's useless?" Yamamoto wondered.

"Thinking of a way out of getting her killed. Once boss is like this, then there's no stopping him." She said coldly as though she'd seen it before.

"We aren't even enough to get it out of his mind for a moment." Raffaele added.

"But we can't just let an innocent girl get killed because of us." Yamamoto looked troubled.

"And I can't image what Juudaime would feel after that happens." Gokudera frowned.

"I know you said that you guys were angry with the Vongola for scaring innocent people and treating them badly but you guys don't seem as bad once we started talking to you. What had happened to you guys exactly that caused you to try and attack us here in Japan?" Yamamoto was genuinely curious since he found this group of people somewhat friendly underneath their hatred.

The trio exchanged glances as though they were deciding whether or not to share what they'd experienced and why they all felt so strongly to defeat the Vongola and bring them down. Eventually, they'd agreed since there was a possibility of them to abandon their family as well.

"Well, we've all come from a small town in Italy and we were all like family because of the fact that not many people had lived there." Celia started. "We were all grateful for the Gallo Famiglia, which had originated in this town, whom have protected us from any and all threats that had come our way. They aided in any crisis that had presented itself and were loved by all the townspeople."

Raffaele then took over. "However, one day, there was a group of travellers that had appeared in the town and we welcomed any and all people inside. We gave them the utmost hospitality but they were unsatisfied with what we provided, saying that it was all worthless and demeaning to their social status. We didn't understand what we'd possibly done wrong but the group had taken out their boss' anger on the rest of the town and attacked mercilessly as a 'warning'.

"Many people were injured but they didn't care. All that was mentioned from them was that they were there to only take a short break from their mission and let off some steam before accomplishing it. We were left with a deep scar after they'd gone but not before we had found out whom they were working under." Raffaele finished his part of the story.

Celia then stepped back in to continue. "When we were in the pits of our despair for those who were in dire need of immediate treatment and to those who had suffered major injuries, someone had asked them, 'Who do you work for?' and the leader just turned his head slightly, looking at the man. He answered, 'The Vongola, and you better not cross us again.' After that, our famiglia had sworn its revenge on the family that nearly destroyed our town. They were also the reason for our town to become seclusive and paranoid; we were never the same old friendly town that we once were. Everyone in the town had become bitter and never trusted any outsider, or any person that had ever once crossed them for that matter." Celia felt less spirited after sharing the story and looked at the boys' reaction.

"But if you do somehow take down the Vongola, what good would that be for your town?" Gokudera asked, not understanding their reason still.

"We will have obtained our long awaited revenge for our village." Raffaele answered like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"But you'll have gained nothing..." Tsuna exclaimed as Cesare had finished the tale.

"You're wrong! We'll obtain everything that we've wanted." He yelled back as he gripped the girl's neck tighter in his arm.

"But that won't bring your village back to their wonderful, outgoing personality. All you'll be doing is adding more fuel to the fire!" Tsuna tried to reason as he slowly but surely made his way over towards the fuming blond man. Said man had eventually noticed what Tsuna was up to and positioned the girl in front of him so that she would take any hit that came his way.

Tsuna just narrowed his eyes as he thought of a plan to save her.

"Whatever you try won't help you much, Vongola!" Cesare spat as he smiled evilly in the boy's direction. Tsuna didn't listen however, he just remained focus on his target and made a flame in his palm and then froze it with the zero point breakthrough, first edition. "If you're planning on hitting me with that, then good luck." The man challenged him to throw it directly at him.

The brown haired heir then did just that and threw it towards them. Saaya just shut her eyes as she waited for the impact, accepting her fate of death. The many spectators on the upper field just watched in horror as they watched Tsuna chuck the sharp, pointed ice ball towards their fellow classmate. Cesare flinched as he waited for it to make impact, but realized a bit too late that it had missed.

"You were aiming to miss all along!" The man exclaimed as he reacted too late as Tsuna quickly thrusted himself forward with the help of his HDW flames.

"My main priority is the safety of those around me. Whereas you, yourself," The surprise caused Cesare to loosen his grip on the girl in his arms but she was freed entirely after a swift kick to his jaw. "... are flawed in more ways than one." Tsuna then carried the girl immediately and jumped backwards a few good meters.

"Are you all right, Saaya-chan?" The boy took notice of the shaking form in his arms and placed her down gently.

"H-Hai... arigato." She thanked with a small smile on her face. The pair then froze after hearing the man cackle as he lied, sprawled across the ground before them. Tsuna instinctively motioned Saaya to get behind him.

"You think you've won now, don't you? Well, I'll just show you how wrong you really are; especially when you think you can win against my famiglia!" He rested on his knee as he spoke and then stood up in a fighting stance. "We'll just see which one of us that is flawed."

As Cesare was about to make a comeback move after Tsuna had finally saved the hostage girl, Saaya, he was suddenly struck from behind and he grunted as he fell to his knees. "What was..." He turned to see who had come in between their fight and realized that there were about five men behind him who also seemed to be mafiaso. His eyes widened as he tried to get away but they moved fast and restrained him. Tsuna and the girl behind him were both surprised by the sudden attack but they didn't dare move either. Tsuna especially, since he had no idea who these people were and for all he knew, they could be enemies as well.

"Let me go!" Cesare exclaimed as he tried to break free from their grip. However, they weren't as easy to budge as he'd expected. One of the others that just watched the scene then walked over towards Tsuna and Saaya. Tsuna put up his defenses and got ready to fight back but the man then kneeled before him.

"We have secured the suspect, Decimo-sama." He seemed to be reporting to the boy who was caught off guard by the spoken phrase.

"Ah, right." Tsuna just answered dumbfounded.

"Sawada-kun..." the boy looked behind him. "do you know them too?" She still seemed quite frightened.

"N-not really." He answered truthfully. A voice then interrupted their conversation and it drew their attention back towards the blond man.

"Just forget about fighting back, if Tsuna and his guardians were fighting at their full strength, then you would have been obliterated long ago." The browned haired boy had recognized the voice this time and looked around for its source. Tsuna then felt someone land roughly on his head before bouncing off. "You should have wrapped this up a long time ago, Dame-Tsuna, but here you are with a hostage and bruises." Said the small figure in front of the pair.

"R-reborn!" Tsuna said in awe as he looked at the infant in front of him. Another man then escorted the girl back towards her classmates. She was terrified at first but with reassurance from Tsuna, she went along with him.

"What do you mean, we would have been obliterated? I knew you were full of hot air Reborn, but that's just pushing it over the top. Do you not see the state that they and the school are in?" Duilio argued from afar as he and the other 3 were brought towards the circle as well, along with Gokudera and Yamamoto who walked alongside a few more mafia looking men.

"Duilio, shut up or you'll get us all killed for sure." Elena shushed him. Celia just stayed out of the conversation despite being older than the other girl.

"I'm not full of hot air, and if you know what's good for you, you'll listen to that little girl." Reborn had killing intent written all over his person.

"So you were holding back this whole time, Vongola? Do you wish to humiliate us every single time?" Cesare was angered by the fact.

"N-no! You're misunderstanding!" Tsuna hurried with his words to insure that there wouldn't be any more misunderstandings or fights.

"What he means is that we don't come to school fully prepared for any sort of battle." Yamamoto put words into the boy's mouth.

"Then what's with the sword?" Raffaele asked skeptically.

"This was a just in case. I always carry it around." Yamamoto said happily.

"And dynamite was my first weapon choice but it isn't what I'd normally use on famiglia enemies alone anymore either." Gokudera said reluctantly, not wishing to share their weapons with outsiders.

"Alone?" Celia questioned this time.

"We have something called Vongola Rings and Box Weapons but Tsuna doesn't allow us to bring the boxes to school. The kid had also warned us about losing them or getting them stolen, so we all thought it best to leave them in a safe place." The rain guardian explained.

"I've heard rumors about said weapons but wasn't sure of their exact power. However, if they're as powerful as the rumors say, then we wouldn't stand a chance." Raffaele lowered his head in shame.

"But that's still no excuse for getting as beat up as you all are." Reborn exclaimed towards the group of boys. "In a time where your weapons aren't around, you have to be able to defend yourselves using basic defensive moves. If you are unable to do that at least, then you still need more training." The sun arcobaleno said with an evil glint in his eye. Tsuna didn't like the sound of that. "That goes for you two as well." Reborn pointed towards the duo.

Cesare's eyes widened as he had forgotten to factor in the famed box weapons of the Vongola, and realised that they were fighting with their normal, everyday strength. "Well, you beat us fair and square Vongola..." Cesare had finally admitted defeat after his realization of the massive power difference between them.

"Mada mada ne, Dame-Tsuna." Reborn said to the boy who was sitting on his legs behind the baby hitman, ignoring the statement just made by the Gallo Head. Tsuna just looked at him with happiness in his eyes when he fully took in the sight of the child in front of him.

"Reborn, I still can't believe you came back." Tsuna said almost exasperatedly.

"Of course, I couldn't have you let them destroy the school. Hibari wouldn't ever forgive you if you'd let that happen. You're just lucky that I got back in time." Reborn said harshly but the brown haired boy didn't care. "However, these people won't be going home to a happy sight. They'll be punished directly by the Nono himself for attacking his precious grandson." The sun arcobaleno said as he had an evil glint in his gaze once again. The Gallo Famiglia members just shuddered at the thought.

"Matte yo, Reborn!" Tsuna said as he motioned to stand up but winced in pain. His two guardians were immediately at his side to assist him but he reassured them that he was alright and attempt a second try to stand on his own. He then went over towards the other. "Y-you can't punish them."

"Why not? They hurt you and your family, not to mention your classmates whom were all innocent to being with." Reborn justified.

"I know that they hurt us and they threatened the school and even exposed my secret on top of it all, but they were the ones who were threatened first. So you can't blame them for not wanting revenge." Tsuna argued back, slightly surprising Reborn.

"Yeah, Tsuna does have a point kid." Yamamoto spoke up behind them.

"Demo, they attacked Juudaime and that's unacceptable." Gokudera argued soon after, rebutting Yamamoto's remark in the process.

"But they did have their reasons." Yamamoto said once again.

"H-hold on... Cesare-san!" Tsuna called out as the man was lifted to his feet and brought over towards the crowd.

"What do you want now, Vongola? I've already handed you victory." Cesare spat at him.

"Please don't hurt bossu~!" Elena exclaimed from her spot. Tsuna just gave her a small smile before he turned back to the blond man.

"Cesare-san, would you mind telling me who you met exactly from the Vongola Famiglia?" Tsuna questioned him. He once again explained the ruthless man that had come to visit them and even started to mention the others that he'd brought with them, as though they were some group working together. In total, he said there were about seven of them. Just then, Gokudera and Yamamoto suddenly recognized the description they were given and started to laugh out loud for a bit, as did Tsuna when he heard it the second time. This time, with the danger out of the way, the description was finally able to sync in fully.

"Ano ne..." Tsuna withheld his laughter for a moment. "The group that you met may have been a group that is part of the Vongola but if this was as far back as you said it was, then I'm sure that it was them."

"Them? Them who?" Duilio questioned as the others just shrugged. All they'd heard from the group were that they were connected solely to the Vongola.

"Judging from the description given to us, it had to be our assassination expert squad who usually act on their own and are usually detached from the family. However, they only use our name so as to boost up their reputation as ruthless hitmen." Reborn explained.

"It's been at least a little over a decade since then hasn't it?" Some of the other Vongola members were chatting amongst themselves now as they reminisced about the old squad.

"Who exactly are you all referring to?" Cesare wasn't liking this game where everyone named those people that attacked them so long ago as 'them' or 'they'. He wished that they'd just spill who they were already.

"Well, they've gotten a whole new team of teenagers now to replace the older members but they're still around the famiglia, helping whenever they're needed. They sometimes even give pointers to the newly formed generation." Another man said.

"Maa, judging from you're expression, it seems like you still don't understand who you were going up against in the past." Reborn confronted the man who was now visibly annoyed.

Tsuna then decided to free the Gallo people from the torture and told them exactly who 'they' were. "The group that we're talking about is our fore mentioned elite assassination squad also known as the Varia." The Gallo's jaws dropped when they heard the name that struck fear into the hearts of anyone that's heard of them.

"Of course, their leader in every generation is a power crazed, high and mighty not to mention lazy yet highly skilled man who can kill in the blink of an eye." Gokudera added on.

"So if you would please find it in your hearts to forgive them, then we'd gladly try to help your home town get back on its feet and help the people recover from the trauma. I'm sure that they didn't mean to cause you... much harm." Tsuna hesitated with the last bit. "If possible, we'll even gather them again and get them to aid as well. If they were to come back, then the healing process might be even faster after that." Tsuna tried to reason out.

Cesare just looked at the boy who was genuinely trying to reach out to him and help. His gaze then fell as he felt ashamed of his previous actions of trying to kill this boy who had no intention of killing him from the beginning. He had tried to rid the world of someone who was, in his eyes, destined to make it better than it was presently.

"I humbly await any punishment that befalls upon myself, Decimo-san, but I ask that you please spare the others for their actions as well." Cesare kneeled, surprising Tsuna and his guardians.

"No, you don't have to ask something like that..." Tsuna obviously wasn't comfortable with the situation of someone kneeling towards him.

"Why should we take orders from you?" Gokudera raised an eyebrow at him.

"Maa, maa, Gokudera, at least he's being honest and honing up to his mistakes." Yamamoto easily forgave the man.

"You should learn to be harsher, Yakyuu Baka!" Gokudera exclaimed but Yamamoto just laughed in response.

"What should we do, Reborn?" Tsuna had no idea where to go from this point.

"This is your call, Tsuna. As the future boss, you have to learn how to deal with these types of situations."

"W-Well," Tsuna took consideration in his words and of the other's feelings before making his verdict. "I'm sure that deep down, you really didn't mean anything that you've done but I also know that the things that you did to my famiglia and to innocent people is unforgiveable." From the sound of things, Cesare knew that neither he nor the others would get off the hook as easily as he'd hoped; despite the kind demeanor that the boy in front of him carried. "So maybe... I could ask the Nono to give you a light punishment in exchange for you to cooperate with our famiglia from now on." Tsuna just smiled as he looked at the man straight in the eyes.

"But our actions in the past... how could you ask such a thing?" Cesare was genuinely confused by the boy's suggestion. It was just too much for him to understand.

"It was our fault for not keeping our famiglia in check and because of it, we seemed to have ruined the lives of innocent people as well. So if you are willing to forgive us, then we'll forgive you in return and would accept you back into our alliance too. But, that's only if the Nono agrees..." Tsuna trailed off and scratched his head sheepishly.

"You know, things in the past can't be erased but they can be forgiven and forgotten. So if you accept Tsuna's offer and give us your complete loyalty and trust, then we'll offer you whatever you need in return." Reborn reinforced what his student had said. In truth, he was happy with the way Tsuna had handled the situation and thought the solution to be an acceptable one. However, that didn't make him forget what had happened prior to his arrival.

"That is very kind of you to offer us." Cesare bowed his head gratefully. "On behalf of the Gallo Famiglia, I humbly accept your gracious offer and swear our loyalty towards the Vongola Decimo and towards his family." They were all then dismissed as they were picked up by a large helicopter that came down from the sky. Reborn had told them to relay what had happened here to the Nono. With that said, they then took off.

"Phew, we saved the school from being destroyed." Yamamoto let out a sigh of relief as he looked at the building, though it had a huge hole on the side thanks to Gokudera's bombs.

"Ano, Reborn-san, where have you gone for the past 24 hours?" Gokudera ignored the swordsman and looked towards the infant for answers.

"I had been summoned to Italy by the Nono because of some information that had been gathered. There had also been a report that Namimori, namely Tsuna and his guardians, would get attacked by a grudge bearing famiglia; so I was called over to get some help and to show where the place that they'd most likely attack would be." He explained to them.

"So you knew beforehand that we were going to get attacked and didn't tell me about it?" Tsuna whined.

"I found out when I had gotten to Italy. Of course I would have told you immediately if I had known, Dame-Tsuna." Reborn sounded a little defensive at this point. "At least I brought help to help retain them."

"I-I guess." Tsuna gave in to the explanation.

"Now, enough chat, we have some more important business to take care of as of right now." Reborn turned their attention to the students who were all wondering if it was over or not and wondered if they were still in danger.

"What do we tell them?" Tsuna seemed to panic a little.

"We'll just say that there was a terrorist attack." Gokudera suggested.

"We can't say that!" the brown haired boy objected immediately.

"There isn't much else to say other than the truth. Where's the harm if they know?" Yamamoto seemed to be taking this rather lightly.

"Them knowing is the harm!" Tsuna felt like he could just drop dead right then and there. "But I guess we don't have much of a choice in the matter." He sighed and then walked over towards the large group. "A-Ano, minna-san!" Tsuna called out towards them but they were still talking in slight panic and worry amongst themselves. The boy tried to get their attention one more time but it still didn't seem to work.

Gokudera finally stepped in and exclaimed that they listened to his precious Juudaime. Tsuna thanked him in a regretful sort of way but the silverette didn't seem to notice and was just happy to receive his boss's praise.

"Ja, minna, I just wanted to let you all know that you are safe now and that the people have been taken into custody and are returning back to Italy." Tsuna exclaimed much to their relief but some person just suddenly blurted out a random question.

"So, what does that make you guys?" he exclaimed towards them.

"Well we are part of an Italian Mafia called the Vongola Famiglia and Tsuna is next in line to becoming the boss." Yamamoto told everyone. There were many feelings of shock, gasps and surprise emitting from the crowd at this newfound information. They were especially surprised at the fact that the person who was most famous around the school for being 'Dame' was the next heir.

The questions didn't stop there of course and they were forced to answer every single one of them since Reborn had insisted that they all know. Gokudera, later had then threatened them all to keep their mouths shut about the new facts that they've learned and to keep it to themselves and not blurt it out to their outside friends and family.

"If any of you, both teachers, students and any other person here, tell this to anyone who was not involved, then we'll be forced to find you and those who know the secret and you wouldn't want to know what happens after that." Everyone, even the adults, paled at the silverette's words for they had seen what he was capable of doing. "And trust me, with our networking, we'll be able to find you in a blink of an eye."

They were all then instructed to get back to their classrooms and to temporarily forget what had happened that day. Tsuna had promised the principal, with Reborn's word, that they would pay for the repairs for the school and was even guaranteed that by the week's end, the school would be as good as new. Once Hibari was informed of the repair project, he quietly left the scene. Ryohei had been with the large student body, making sure that no one had hurt themselves and even went as far as to heal them with his sun flames.

Meanwhile with Tsuna, once they had returned to their *ahem* destroyed classroom, thanks to Gokudera, Tsuna and his two guardians were then bombarded with questions that didn't get to be asked outside. "So why were you chosen to be the next in line?" Someone asked.

"Well it seemed that I'm a descendant of the man that had started to family about a hundred years ago, and since the Nono, whom is the ninth boss of the family, doesn't have any family, I'm next in line." Tsuna tried to stay calm when answering.

"So you were forced to be the next heir sure, but why'd you have to force Gokudera and Yamamoto to join to? That's just cruel!" Some accused the poor boy.

"Hey! Juudaime didn't force anyone to do anything. The whole reason why I'm here in the first place is because of Juudaime. Besides, I was involved in the mafia since the day I was born." Gokudera exclaimed as he challenged them to accuse his precious boss of doing anything else that was bad.

"And I stayed of my own free will. I could've left at any time I wanted but decided to stay." Yamamoto just smiled happily as he answered. The person that had asked just shrunk backwards, regretting asking the question.

"A-ano..." this time, it was Saaya who had interrupted. "Isn't it dangerous to be a part of the mafia? Why would you force yourself to pursue this?" She felt really bad for the boy when she'd heard that he was forced to take on the role.

"Well, it is dangerous yes but thanks to this, I was able to meet all of my wonderful friends and was able to live my life more enjoyably thanks to it. So I'm grateful that my life had turned out this way, no matter how dangerous because I know that they'll always be there to help me just like how I'll always be there to help them in return." Saaya just smiled at the response and nodded in understanding.

"Yokatta ne, Tsuna-kun?" Kyoko murmured to herself as she watched as the boy was the center of attention and was glad that he finally got his well-deserved praise; even if he was getting overwhelmed by the attention and looked like he was going to faint. But either way, she was happy that they were acknowledging him positively now, especially after all of those years of being made fun of and bullied.

In time, this became common knowledge to every single person in the building about those who were involved in the mafia. They all had learned that Tsuna was the boss of a large Mafia family, and that Gokudera, Yamamoto, Ryohei and surprisingly, Hibari were all his guardians. Even the fact that Kyoko had known this all along and that Reborn had been disguising as various people in the school was known as well. And just as he was feared by Tsuna, Reborn had become a frightening figure inside the school as well.

Also, no one had dared to utter a single word about this outside of school grounds for they were scared of the consequences, nor did they want to even know what those consequences consisted of.

Back in Italy, the Gallo Famiglia had kept to their word to be nothing but loyal towards the Vongola Family; just as how the Vongola had kept its word to help restore the once broken town. Through time, the townspeople had regained their once lost friendly atmosphere and love for travellers. The Nono had taken into consideration what his grandson had suggested and decided that if that's what he felt towards the family that attacked him, then he couldn't oppose.

He had punished them but not as much as Reborn would have liked. However, he was glad that the boy was growing to be a fine heir to the family and felt that one day, he would surpass himself and all the previous bosses and make the Vongola stronger than ever before.

Hoorahhhh! I finally finished it~
Writers Block really sucks…
For both readers and writers lol
But at least I finally got it up ne?
It may seem a little rushed
but I just wanted to put it up as fast as possible
please excuse any mistakes found...

Hope you'll forgive me… ^^
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Owari desu~