Hey there guys :)

Well...I am not dead and back with a new story! I know that there are so many Father/Giotto and Kid/Tsuna stories out there, but I really wanted to try out my own. Give it a go, guys! It couldn't hurt, right? ;D.

CHAPTER 1

Walking on the same road

Step after step;

But when I stop…

Who will follow in my tracks?

"Dammit Giotto! There you are!"

The angry shout to my side immediately snapped me out of my peaceful thoughts. I was resting with my back against a tree trunk, enjoying the beautiful day. Yes, I knew why my best friend had been seeking me out and I definitely knew what had him so mad. I smirked as he came to a sudden stop before me.

"Why do you always leave your damn paperwork to me?! I may be your right-hand-man, but you are the boss. Do your work yourself!", yelled the red-head.

I chuckled and tilted my head to the side while pouting. I knew that that was a childish act seeing as I was already 24 years old, but I got him with it every time.

"Aww, but G…I hate doing the paperwork. It's so boring and the day is too beautiful to waste it with signing all these documents! Besides, I need a break once in a while!", I replied lazily while yawning.

I saw him clench his fists at his sides in anger and he already opened his mouth to retort, when a loud cry interrupted him.

"Hey, old man! Where did you hide my dynamites? How can I train when you always take my weapons away!"

G straightened his back when he saw a miniature G with silver hair instead of red came running towards us.

"Hayato, you always blow up the whole mansion with your stupid dynamites! You'll get them back when you learned to control your temper and don't throw a stick at anyone you don't like."

The young boy scowled and glared at his father while crossing his arms over his chest.

"It's not my fault that there are so many stupid people here! Especially the damn lawn-head and the baseball-idiot!"

G shook his head and ruffled his son's short hair.

"They are you're brothers, brat. And a family sticks together, alright. Try to get along with them, they really aren't that bad."

I saw the interaction between father and son and I felt something in me ache painfully. It was a touching moment that really was rare for the two hot-heads and I was glad that they got along so well, despite their hard outer appearance.

I sighed and looked back up at the sky. The clouds were gently moving along and a gentle breeze ruffled my blond mane.

I thought of all of my friends and guardians and I couldn't help but smile when my heart soared in love and happiness. I really was a lucky man. I had it all. Money, fame and a wonderful family. But…sometimes I felt so excluded, like something was still missing in my seemingly perfect life. And I knew what it was. All of my guardians, even my aloof cloud and my self-obsessed mist guardian had a child of their own. They were fathers, they shared a different love with someone that I couldn't help but be so envious of. Sure, I treated all of these children with the same kind of love as if they were my own, but…it just wasn't the same. I always dreamed of it; of a little, cute child that would finally call me papa.

My heart clenched again in pain, when I thought about what I could not have. Sometimes I even thought about adoption, seeing as I couldn't just force a woman to carry out my child and then dumb her. There hadn't been a woman in my life that I loved, so I had no hope to ever receive the gift of a child myself. I even discussed the matter with my dearest friends, but they all declined. In my positions as the Vongola primo I couldn't let an outsider's child enter. It was essential that the Vongola line was held pure and the sky flame wouldn't die out. So I really had no choice.

I sighed and stood up, walking away from G and Hayato without them noticing. I entered the nearby forest and just walked and walked. I knew that I wasn't supposed to go outside without one of my guardians, seeing as there were so many enemy familigas that would love to see me dead, but I wasn't helpless. I wasn't the boss of the Vongola family for nothing; I could take care of my own.

And right now, I just wanted to be left alone with my thoughts, get away from all the worries and just feel the warm sun rays on my skin and feel the gentle touches of the wind.

"I wonder why everyone gets what they want, but I…I…aaaahhhhh!"

I was so deep in thought that I hadn't looked where I went until I suddenly tripped over something.

I immediately got back to my feet and looked for the offending thing that caused me to fall. It was a tree root, sticking out of the ground. I glared the wood and was about to kick it into oblivion, when suddenly I heard a strange noise to the side of me.

I looked around and my eyes widened at what they saw.

There, in a puddle of blood lay a wild animal. I got closer and crouched before the huge creature and my blue eyes grew even wider when they recognized what it was.

It was a beautiful, golden lion, that wasn't moving. I got even closer and saw that it's chest was still rising and falling, though just barely. My heart clenched at seeing the animal so alone and on the brick of death. I reached my hand out and gently and oh so carefully touched it's head and stroked the soft, golden fur. I loved lions, they had always been my favorite animals.

I looked closer and my mouth fell open, when I realized that the lion was actually a female lion…in labor. Her stomach was big and swollen and deep gashes were tearing inside her. And then…she stopped breathing. I could practically feel how the life escaped her body and then…she was gone.

"What happened to you, proud lioness? Who would have ever done something so cruel to a bearing mother?", I whispered to the animal.

My hand went towards her stomach and I let it rest there. I felt so much pity for the unborn baby inside her. I believed that it must be dead, for the wounds on the lioness's stomach were far too deep and grave.

But then…there was a sudden movement beneath my fingers and I felt my heart skip a beat. The baby was still alive! I looked around frantically, hoping that I found something that would give me a clue as to what I could do. But I was completely alone in the forest. The baby moved again and I couldn't ignore it any longer. I had to do something!

"I'm so sorry dear lioness. But your death will not be in vain. I will try to help your child, it's the least I could do."

I tried to stick my hands through the wounds and I shuddered when my bare skin touched the still warm blood. I didn't have a knife or anything sharp with me to lay open her stomach open and my hands couldn't reach any further.

I closed my blue eyes for a second and concentrated. The next time my eyes opened, they were a rich orange color and equally bright orange flames were igniting on my forehead and hands.

I took another deep breath and carefully burned the fur away. With my flames alight I had to be extremely cautious to not hurt the baby inside the womb. Slowly, centimeter for centimeter I reached further inside. There was so much blood flowing out of the wounds and I was glad that the lioness had already been dead before I started my rescue mission.

Sweat was already trickling down my face, but I didn't dare lose my concentration. Just one slip up and I could kill the innocent life inside the mother.

And then finally, I could see something inside. I immediately dimmed my flames and tried to burn around it, so I could pull it out. But suddenly, one of my hands shook and my flame touched the baby inside. What then happened would forever change my life.

My heart had skipped a painful beat and I feared that I had burned the baby, but suddenly the small creature was completely engulfed in warm, blinding light. My flames were being sucked inside the golden orb that had surrounded the baby and I couldn't do anything against it. I wanted to take my hands out and stifle my flames, but instead the thing inside the lioness soaked my whole flames out of me. I felt my strength leave me and I fell to my knees. I panted hard and I feared that I would die. But as soon as my flames had started to be drained from me, it all just stopped.

I opened my eyes again, which I hadn't realized I had closed and stared with disbelieve at the see-through egg-like thing that lay outside the dead lioness body.

With shaking hands and wide blue eyes, I approached the thing and touched the warm surface of the egg. There inside, slept a small baby boy. Not a lion cub, but an actual, human baby.

Tears were streaming down my face and I didn't know what had happened! How could a child be born from a lion's body? I didn't care at the moment though. There were more important matters to attend to now. I carefully caressed the egg-shell and felt it pulsate beneath my trembling fingers. It was…alive!

My heart soared and I couldn't help but feel love for the little human thing inside this egg. I felt drawn to it, to the little life that was just born and which I helped to be born.

And then an overwhelming protectiveness coursed through me and right in that moment I knew that he was mine.

"My child, my Tsunayoshi.", I whispered.

The name just fell from my lips, but it fit him well. He was my lucky rope, he was my gift, my miracle.

I embraced the egg and pressed it gently to my chest and kissed it.

And as soon as my lips touched the surface and I breathed on the egg, it cracked and opened. The shell shattered and fell in thousand tiny pieces to the ground. I tightly held onto the small boy inside, now skin touching skin. And the feeling was so overwhelming, so wonderful that I couldn't help but sob and cry and thank the gods for this little gift that now belonged to me.

Tsunayoshi then stirred in my arms and I was greeted by the most beautiful eyes in the whole world. Large, caramel eyes that held so much innocence and love in them slowly opened and when they focused on me, a bright smile lit up the tiny face and made my heart beat frantically.

I knew that everything would change from now on, but I didn't mind for I had been given a special love. I wouldn't let anything take him away from me.

Never.

A/N. So that was the first chapter. I dunno if I should continue or just leave it as a One-Shot...I leave the decision to you :D.