Hello, everyone! I know it has been a while. I'm sorry for not posting sooner. Anyway, I'm finally having my vacation now so, I'll try my best to post regularly. Thank you for staying tune with this story. And to the readers who had followed/favorited this story, I thank you very much. I really appreciate your effort in following this story.

So, without wasting more time. Let's get started.

Reminder: "this" : the conversation is in Italian.

Disclaimer: I do not own KHR

Warning: THERE WILL BE LOADS OF OCs AND OOC-NESS HERE, SO PLEASE JUST DEAL WITH IT.


Chp 49

Location: Estraneo's hideout

Enma was standing in front of the double-sided mirror, his arms across his chest. Sure, whatever was happening on the other side of the room was not pretty at all, but he was just having no sense of guiltiness in him right now. Being born in that family, she deserved this.

"Enma, that guy Mukuro has relentlessly been asking for his sister. He said he can't be sure of her safety unless she is by his side…" a blond man reported in.

Looking annoyed at the request, Enma was looking at the hooligan-looking blond over at his shoulder. "His request is denied! Unless he made sure that he isn't trying to do anything funny with that mist flame of his, then he cannot see his sister"

"But, what if when he agreed and we brought his sister to him, then he decided to attack us still?" asked the blond again, his face looking so unsure.

His question made the red-head smirk. "Then, I'll use Sawada Tsukiko as my next bargaining chip"

The blond gulped when they heard his young master's cold declaration. He surely has changed, isn't he? This young man before him was no longer the sweet, gentle young man he used to know.

"W-what are you going to do, Enma?"

The red-head slowly turned around and that blond could clearly see that cold, heartless emotion on the former's face. Simultaneously, he could hear a stabbing sound and a loud high-pitched scream from the room right behind the red-head. His eyes widen as he watched the whole ongoing torture through the double-sided mirror. The sight even looking more terrifying as he saw Enma's lips slowly blooming into a cold smirk.

"Why don't you use your imagination for that, Kaoru?"


Mukuro stood by the window, staring at the darkness outside. He was torn. Joining Estraneo means that he have to go against the Vongola. Joining Kurogane would also mean that he could at least spare his sister from being experimented on, or "modified", as of how Kurogane nicely put his intention to his word. But, joining Kurogane was also means that he has to make an enemy out of Tsuna. He saves his sister for the price of Tsukiko's life. He messed up, he knew that much.

"I believe in you, Mukuro. Do what you must do, but please return to us soon…" Tsuna's voice echoed in his ears as he shut his eyes. He couldn't believe of just how much unwavering trust that he had received from his dear friend. A friend that he knew he didn't deserve of having at all. He was surely felt happy as well as blessed for having Tsuna as his friend, but too bad, he has to throw that bonds away. After all, being happy? That was not a monster like him deserved.

All of sudden, the door was kicked open and a girl was pushed in. instinctively, Mukuro ran and caught her from falling to the floor. He glared at the one who dared to treat his love one roughly. The other person just rolled his eyes, ignoring that meaningless stare from Mukuro.

"I envy you, Mukuro. I had decided to kill any of the Vongola guardians' respective sister at least so they could feel my misery of losing mine. But Otou-san has a different plan for them. Both your sister and Decimo's were spared by him…" Enma spoke in a cold voice.

"You don't know what you are doing, Enma-kun" Mukuro tried to talk some sense into the red-head. "I may be ignorant for not knowing anything of what happened to Shimon famiglia, but all I could tell is that Vongola is innocent…"

Enma scoffed skeptically. "Sure! When the Vongola's CEDEF, that monster, decided to finish off my mother and sister, he is innocent indeed. Stop telling bullshit to me, Mukuro! I witnessed everything with my very own eyes!"

"When Mukuro-sama said Vongola is innocent that means Vongola is innocent! Mukuro-sama would never lie when it comes to Vongola's innocence" Chrome yelled out her thought. "Tsuna-kun is a kind person. Hime-chan might be rude sometimes, but she has a sincere heart and Maman has a gentle heart. Someone as amazing as Tsuna-kun and Hime-chan wouldn't be born from monsters. Therefore, the claim of Vongola-CEDEF as a monster would be invalid!"

"Tch!" seeing the siblings' loyalties to the Vongola somehow disgusted him. He doesn't understand why his father would want to spare these two. Was it because he needed Mukuro, as that older teen was considered as the most successful experiment from Estraneo? Therefore, meeting Mukuro's demand was actually crucial for the Shimon. He glared at the siblings once more and it irked him no less when he saw both of them were looking at him with sorry eyes in return. Why?! What was that look supposed to mean?! Stop looking at him with those pathetic eyes!

"As a mist flame user, all I could tell you is… sometimes, something that you had seen was not something that it may seem. Unless you had seen the full picture unless you heard both sides of the story… you cannot place the blame on one single side only. Being a human with feelings, even your very own eyes could deceive you, manipulating your feelings to do something that is unspeakable" Mukuro continues to advising the furious red-head.

"What kind of shit are you trying to tell me, you moron?!" Enma walked to the center of the room and kicked the innocent table there, plunging it to the wall.

"I don't understand why Otou-san didn't want me to kill both of you. It was clear that both of you shit-face are still with the Vongola. Leaving both of you walking freely here… what the hell that stupid old man thinking?!"

There was a disbelief look on his face. He was violent towards them but the siblings couldn't help but look at him in sympathy. Despite hurting Tsuna and probably killing Reborn; by using their usual way of judgment, Enma somehow still appear innocent in their eyes.

"You know nothing, Enma-kun…" said Chrome in her timid voice.

"I KNOW EVERYTHING! I'M NOT STUPID! STOP LOOKING AT ME WITH THOSE EYES!" Enma turned around and slammed the door closed when he stormed out.

Her words somehow earned Chrome a weird look from her brother. "Was that a GOT reference, Nagi?"

Please tell him that his sister had not watched any inappropriate series behind his back. Seeing that 'you got me'-smile on her face had proven him otherwise.

"You know nothing, Mukuro-sama"


Location: Enroute to Novalog resort

*FLASHBACK*

"Gokudera-kun, Yamamoto… Both of you are coming with me. Onii-san, you're the fastest here so your task is to find a way to contact Hibari-san and get help. And Lambo, it's going to be morning soon… I want you to scout the vicinity perimeter. Think of variations of strategies that could benefit our side in some ways"

"W-why? What?! You can't send me alone out there, Tsuna. I can't do this on my own. I- I…"

Lambo shut his eyes when he could feel Tsuna's hand on his head, gently patting him. The gesture managed to calm him down somehow.

"Lambo, you can do this. You're more capable than you think you ever were. Please Lambo, you are our hope to victory now"

Tsuna put his hand away and Gokudera's finger met the boy's forehead.

"Maybe it was my fault for spoiling you this whole while, helping you out when you were in total loss without giving you a chance to think. But, I know you always could do better off without receiving the pressure from me. Do what you do best, Ahoshi and make us proud!"

"F-fine!" Lambo looked away but failed to hide his blushing face. "I- I'll do it…"

Ryohei grinned and patted the boy on his head. "Atta boy, Lambo"

*End of flashback*

The sun and lightning guardians were running at the top of their speed and went separate way once they reached just outside the Estraneo's region. For someone as loud as him to be able to get them out of the enemy's lair unnoticed, Ryohei knew Lambo must have a lot of questions to ask him. That needs to wait, but surely, he needed to thank him for paving the path for him.

The sun was slowly rising up from the horizon, but it does not change his cold surroundings. He was running as fast as he could towards the north. Because of their communication devices being confiscated by the Shimon, he knew Hibari has no means of contacting them anymore. He has to relay Tsuna's message to him so he could formulate another plan with the other teen.

As he ran, somehow he recognized that one disheveled spot and brakes. One person came across his mind…

"Reborn…" he muttered softly as he walked to the edge of the cliff and look down. He was taken aback as he was aware of the deadly height from he was standing to the bottom. The hitman was nowhere in sight but his sharp sight caught few red blotches amongst the thick snow and he knew, the hitman was not unharmed. With that much of blood, it was not a small injury even.

Few more observations and weighing the situations in hand, he shook his head. Tsuna's mission is still his top priority. Silently apologizing, Ryohei turned his heels around and continues running back towards the north.

"Stay alive, Reborn!"


Location: Estraneo's hideout

The remaining three Vongola were calmly walking along the hideout's hallway. It looks like both Gokudera and Yamamoto were following Tsuna's instruction excellently. Even when they walked passed by a group of scientists, they paid no heed to the Vongola's group, thinking that they are just another of Estraneo's goons. They seem not to be suspecting anything even though they noticed the emergency route map in Gokudera's hand, makes the storm wondered if they were just too stupid to realize or too smart to get themselves involved. One of them even brushed his shoulder against Yamamoto's and he had to be amazed of the baseball-boy's capabilities of putting intimidating air all over him to the point the said scientist shrieked before walking away faster.

Tsuna chuckled softly after the scientist was far from their hearing range. "That was scary of you, Yamamoto…"

"Gotta act like Romans do when you're in Rome" Yamamoto simply shrugged. Seeing that he made use of his brain, the Storm seems impressed too. "Those scientists were looking pale. I wonder when the last time they absorb vitamin D anyway…"

"I'm wondering how many floors up to reach their lab…" Gokudera muttered softly but still being overheard by the smiling Rain.

"Since we're on Basement 5, then its 4 floors above us" the Rain replied confidently with his wide smile.

Gokudera narrowed his eyes at the boy, looking at him suspiciously. "You're not guessing, aren't you, Baseball-freak?"

Realizing the fact that his friend was suspecting him, he instantly pulled out a white card. "That what's written on this card I borrowed from the science-dude just now… Lab 3, Basement 1. We need this for accessing controlled-place do we? " he flipped the card to read the rest of the card and his face contorted to delight. "and maybe just our luck, but we have an 'All-access'-card at the top of that…"

"I'm not gonna lie. That's amazing, Baseball-freak!" Gokudera was totally mind-blown and he didn't even bother to hide his feelings. Just how many new things that he didn't know about Yamamoto Takeshi.

"Praise me more, Gokudera…" Yamamoto replied smugly, enjoying his compliments. Sure he wasn't the brightest amongst them, but he still can be useful using his wide range of skills.

Tsuna smiled. Having temperamental, yet analyzing Gokudera and level-headed, yet carefree Yamamoto by his side was very assuring. Sure, he is worried about his sister's wellbeing. Unlike previously, he and she didn't make any prior plans to encounter this situation so he was feeling a bit down. He did try summoning out Giotto, but somehow, he could feel some kind of interference in space-time-realms dimension and he failed. Something is happening, Tsuna could only tell as much. He was wondering if this is related to Daemon's odd behavior. Hopefully Primo could settle that matter from his side of the world.

"Naa, Tsuna…" Yamamoto's suddenly serious tone gained his attention. He turned his head facing him and could see him looking nervous. "Hypothetically saying, what will you do if Kozato did make Hime-chan turn her back away from you?"

"Tch, stopping saying nonsense, Baseball-freak. There is no way that Bakahime would betray Juudaime…" Gokudera glared at him in disbelief and frown when he saw Tsuna shaking his head, disagreeing with him.

He smiled bitterly before saying something. "Sure, Hime-chii wouldn't betray me, but what if Yamamoto is right? What if Makoto found a way to make her betray me? If that happens…" Gokudera swore he could see a glint of fear in Tsuna's eyes. "I have to do that one thing we promised with each other"

Yamamoto's brows furrowed in curiosity. "what was the thing that both of you promised together, Tsuna?"

The brunet could felt a heavy sensation in his chest as he was reminded of that promise. "If either of us betrays Vongola, the other one will have to terminate another…"

Gokudera's eyes widen as he heard such promise was made between the twins. Just how much these two are devoted to Vongola to the point of making such promise anyway?! He couldn't imagine those two engaging in a fight-to-death battle, honest!

"But what if Hime-chan has a valid reason of doing so? Are you still going to kill her?" the Rain asked more. Surely Tsuna would be lenient if that is the case, would he? Seeing the brunet shaking his head had drained whatever hope Yamamoto had left.

The Vongola-trio was surrounded by silence the rest of the journey and finally, they reached their destination… Lab 3, Basement 1. Feeling extremely nervous, Yamamoto swiped the card and the lab door automatically opened. The lab was surprisingly vacant and while Tsuna's eyes were quickly scanning the room, he recognized the bloodstained dentistry- chair at the center of the room and know that it was the same chair where his sister was tortured.

Gokudera seems to recognize the lab from the photo as well. "Juudaime, this is…" he instantly clamped his mouth shut when he saw his boss's pale complexion. He looks around and noticed something after he takes note on the apparatus present in the lab. This lab is merely an extraction lab, therefore it is either Tsukiko was left locked up or the Estraneo had already started whatever kind of experiment they are having in mind. He could conclude that his boss's sister is still alive somewhere in this building, but maybe not for long.

The silver-head quickly went to the nearby messy workstations, looking for any possible clues left by the scientists. There are lots of interesting documents here and it was mostly about flame and DNA extractions. There were also some blood test results and its compatibility with certain chemicals. Not to mention, he also found certain data something about neuron mapping. "I was right! This is an extraction lab!"

Seeing how preoccupied the Storm with skimming through the data, Yamamoto made himself useful too by rummaging through the steel cabinets and found few interesting files in it. His hand was hovering over a certain file as he read the tab; Rokudo Kurogane. Well, that is interesting! Why on earth the file of the actual Estraneo's boss would be kept here in plain sight and in extraction lab no less?! Curiosity was overwhelming him as his guts feeling was telling him to open the file. In there, he saw the basic biodata about Rokudo Kurogane and that was it. Feeling disappointed, as Yamamoto was about to put the file back, a flash drive dropped out from the folder to the floor. Quickly, he picked it up and looked around for a working PC. After he found one, he swiped the scientist card to access the said machine and insert the flash drive. His eyes widen when he finally accessed its content.

"Oh my God, guys! I think I just figured out why Estraneo and Shimon are working together…"

Hearing his claim, both his friends went to his side and read through the new found information. Tsuna groaned loudly after he was done with reading. He crouched on the floor, sighing helplessly, wondering what he supposed to do with the new found information.

"What should we do next, Juudaime? Should we just proceed with rescuing Tsuki and ignore what we saw just now?"

"I cannot leave this be when I already know what is going on in this famiglia. I have to help them!" the brunet stands up, giving his friends an apologetic look. "I am sorry if I'm being nosey here, but will you guys help me?"

The Storm and Rain were exchanging a look before turning back to Tsuna with a wide smile on their respective face.

"That goes without saying, Juudaime"

"We are all in this together, Tsuna. Let's do this!"

"Thank you, both of you…" Tsuna let out a relieved sigh after he received agreement from both his best friends. Yet, his relief was cut short when he finally sensed a presence nearby. His quickened his steps to the exit only to find no one was around. Once again, his senses getting haywire. "Yamamoto, print out all of those data quick and Gokudera-kun, try to reach Hibari-san! We have to get out of here soon…"


Tsukiko could hear her own breathing as she was literally dragged by two Estraneo-goons back to her cell. Her feet were no longer supporting her weight and she could felt her bleeding toenails scraping the floor. Just what kind of drug had those creepy scientists inserted into her bloodstream?! Sweats were beading on her forehead and she swore, despite the extreme coldness of the island, she felt burning hot instead.

"Urgh!" she groaned when she was thrown back into her cell and her face planted on the hard floor. The cement was cold against her hot-burning skin. She could hear the clanging sounds of metals echoing the cell as the goons were locking her inside. After she heard their footsteps moving further away that she turned her body around. Her eyes instantly focused on the dark ceiling. Is she gonna die?!

"Oii, Chibi-byon!" she could hear someone calling her with an insulting tone. As a reflex, she glared at the voice way and retorted.

"I'm not Chibi, you fuck face!" raising her voice made her cough really hard and the newcomer just sighed at her. Tsukiko squints her eyes to see that person clearer. A blond teen was staring back at her, not even looking worried for her. She could not make up if this teen is a friend or an enemy.

The blond crouched down, whistling in amusement. "for you to still keeping conscious even after those mind-controlling drugs, you sure are amazing, Principessa… I wonder if I could tell you to do that?"

He pulled out a rolled manila file from his back pocket and scanning through its contents. Filing the materials in archive surely turn out to be useful after all. He gained more knowledge after learning the contents of those confidential files. One sentence from her report intrigued his interest. A smirk formed on his lips. "… maybe you could do that after all, but I wonder if I could make use of you-byon?"

"What do you mean by that?" Tsukiko somehow is feeling cold. Her body temperature was like a rollercoaster right now. "D-didn't you Estraneo h-hurt me e-e-enough?"

Tsukiko could see the blond was frowning at her. "in case you didn't notice-byon, that was all of Shimon's doing-byon. That Kozato scavenged what was left of Estraneo after Mukuro-sama destroyed the famiglia and had been using us after the boss went missing five years ago"

The blond was being chatty, isn't he?, Tsukiko thought. Maybe she could take this opportunity to stay awake and find out what actually happened in Mukuro's past. Hearing from the bits of pieces of his story, she knew some major details are missing. "Hey, blondie… You sound like you know Mukuro very well…"

"Just so you know-byon, my loyalty is for Mukuro-sama only and the name is Ken, not blondie-byon!"

"Nice to meet you then, Ken…" Hearing his introduction, Tsukiko's lips formed a smile. Is he telling her to trust him? "Now, before I lose my consciousness… do you mind telling me what is happening here?"


Location: Novalog's lodging.

The lobby was crowded by the confused looking 2A-students. They were woken up at the middle of the night and was alerted with natural disaster news which required them to evacuate the island immediately.

Yamada-sensei was looking so concern as he wearily looking around. "Anoo, Hibari-kun. I see some people are missing here. Where are Reboyama-sensei and the twins? Gokudera-kun, Yamamoto-kun, Dokuro-san, Sasagawa-kun, and Bovino-kun are not here too… I'm, I'm worried…"

Usually, the spineless behavior and too many questions would tick the Prefect off, but knowing that this kind soul-sensei was genuinely worried about the rest, he decided to give him the answer.

"They already hopped on to the earliest flight back, so rest assure…"

Not just Nezu, but the rest of the students were shocked when they witnessed the prefect was replying the question respectfully.

"Eh, really? Thank goodness" Yamada, who remained clueless with the change, let out a relieved sigh. "Thank you, Hibari-kun…"

Ipin who was watching the interaction brought her hands to her chest while gently gazing at the sensei. Ever since she went to Namimori middle, she knew how hard that sensei worked to pass down his knowledge to the students. Not to mention, that young sensei was always being protective and always sincerely trying his best to help students in need. "Yamada-sensei is so precious. We need to protect him…"

Nezu somewhat was quite suspicious with what was going on around them. All of the students were gathered and was sent off group by group, but he was pretty sure there were other customers living in the hotel as well but he didn't see them evacuating at all. On contrary, he saw a large group of men standing outside, each holding the leash of each tracker dogs. It does not take a genius to figure out that these people are in search of something. Few unknown adults then approached Hibari and whispered something to him. He saw the prefect nodded acknowledging something, while his face turned grim. They were exchanging look some more before those men stepped back and bows down towards the prefect. As soon as they stepped outside, Nezu could see them giving out orders to the suspicious group of gentlemen in a foreign language. How the hell the Nami-chuu prefect get acquainted with those foreigners anyway? Then, he watched how the manager of the resort hastily approached Hibari and Nezu tried to tune into their conversation, yet he could not understand a word as they were conversing in a foreign language, which he suspected would be Italian.

"the search party are ready to be deployed under your command, Signor. Rest assured, the Vongolan will be located soon!" the manager said in a convincing tone.

"Deploy them now and those herbivores are better to be found or I'll bite you to death!" Hibari replied threateningly as he pulled out his phone from his pocket, quickly dialing a string of number. "Good evening, father. My apologies for calling as of late, but I need to ask for a favor…"

For those who just heard Hibari spoken more than 5 words, they were more than surprised when they overheard him speaking in the language Tsuna and the gang always accidentally slipped in whenever they were conversing. It was all speculation before but does this means that the carnivore prefect is actually part of Sawada Tsunayoshi's gang as well?

Just as the sun was rising and the final batch of students together with Yamada-sensei was about to leave, the tracker canines were barking nonstop and attracted everyone's attention. Not far from the entrance, a silhouette of a man can be seen. It did not take them long to realize that that person was none other than the Namimori middle's boxing captain. Hibari's narrow eyes widen as he quickens his steps to the entrance. Seeing his comrade there, Ryohei was running towards him. Every spectator was expecting the boxing captain to be beaten for rushing at the carnivore-prefect, yet once again, the prefect surprised everyone as he helped Ryohei steadying himself when he was about to collapse before him.

"Hibari…" Ryohei grabbed Hibari's shoulder as he tried to stand up straight. Understanding the questioning look on the prefect's face, Ryohei sighed heavily and nodded his head, to the prefect's relieve.

"W-why is Sasagawa-kun here? H-Hibari-kun, I thought you told me he already get on the earliest flight?!" Yamada-sensei interrupts the silent conversation between the Vongolans and Hibari clicked his tongue as his lie was about to be found out. As if Yamada was not enough, Kyoko and Hana joined in the questioning as well.

"Onii-chan, are you okay? Why are you hurt all over? Did you get into a fight?" Kyoko chocked in as she realized her brother's condition. Here she thought Ryohei had promised her not to get involved in a fight anymore.

"Where are the rest, Ryo? What hap…" Hana clamped her mouth shut when Ryohei was looking at her intensely as he grabbed her shoulder. From that look, she instantly knew he wanted her to shut the hell up.

"Time is extremely not on our side this time, Hana. A second extremely wasted and a life will perish. Take Kyoko and everyone else safely back to Namimori. I'm extremely counting on you!"

This whole time, Hana only considered Ryohei as an annoying, loud, evolved monkey. But today, he sees him as a responsible man, trying to finish his mission while ensuring the civilians' welfare. She truly has too many questions to ask both Ryohei and Hibari, but if the situation is as dire as Ryohei had described, then she has the duty to ensure everyone's safety. She placed her hand on top of the Vongola Sun's, tightly gripping it as their eyes locked.

"You can count on me, Ryo. So make sure you and everyone else return back safely too…" then, she turned to her best friend and drag the confused girl away. "We are leaving, Kyoko"

Hibari turned to Fuuta and Ipin, calmly giving out his instruction. "Board the plane and keep everyone in order. Answer where appropriate, ignore if you must…"

Both young Vongolans nodded their head before Ipin dragged Yamada-sensei back into the van and told the driver to drive away. Hibari and Ryohei watched the van until it disappears from their sights. Then, the prefect shifted his attention back to the boxer, sternly glaring at him.

"Details. Now!"


Location: Estraneo's hideout.

"What are we going to do next, Tsuna?" Yamamoto looked at his friend, expecting the next order from him. He saw the brunet was biting his nail, clearly still thinking. The Rain feels like his head would explode anytime soon with all his brain gears working nonstop. He doesn't have the Vongola Intuition like Tsuna's, but his instinct somewhat kept raising the red flag. How the hell the confidential document such as regarding the Estraneo's boss could be easily accessed? That information was way too crucial to be accessed by anyone. If it was him, he would lock such documents into a seven layered-vault, located deep underground at least and he would be entrusting the access to someone he trusted with his life, not to some random scientists. Even their escape from the prison was rather easy and judging from their calm surroundings, he was pretty sure Ryohei and Lambo had made it out safely. Was the luck truly on their side making everything went smoothly for them or are they dancing on someone else's palm? Should he raise this matter to his friends?

"Let's have a talk with Enma-kun…" Tsuna finally decided. Gokudera and Yamamoto were looking at their leader in disbelief. They just managed to escape the prison and now he wanted them to have a talk with the one who captured them in the first place?!

"With all due respect, Juudaime, but shouldn't we avoid them instead of approaching them?" Gokudera raised his concern. They only saw a glimpse of Enma's strength, but enough for him to know that he doesn't have any possible way to encounter it.

Tsuna rubbed his face with his palms as he sighed loudly. "I know that, Gokudera-kun. But, don't you think they deserve to know the truth too?! If we managed, we could even pull them to our side! 5 years is too long a time to be lied to…"

"Okay, say we go for Tsuna's plan, how the hell are we going to execute that? I mean, how are we going to search for the Shimon when we don't know where are they? Hell, we don't even know our way around this hideout!" even Yamamoto argued with the older twin. The Rain might not be the smartest, but at least he was born with logic as well.

The brunet leaned his body against the wall, his eyes staring up the white ceiling. There was nothing wrong with Gokudera's concern and Yamamoto's logic just now, he knows. But what else can he do to approach Enma unless they walk through every nook and cranny of the hideout just so Tsuna could meet him face to face? What else can he do? Continues thinking, Tsuna shut his eyes.

*Flashback*

Tsuna tucked his pen behind his ear as he finally remembered the question he wanted to ask his tutor about. "So, Reborn, say if you need to find someone important among a huge crowd, how will you manage to find that person?"

Reborn looked at his student weirdly. "Just why on earth you need to know that?" he expected this kind of random question from Tsukiko, but not from Tsuna.

"You do realize it was very hard to track Hime-chii once we let her loose at the mall, right?" Tsuna's question made the tutor raised his brows as he was reminded of the same thing too. He admitted that Tsukiko's behavior does trouble them sometimes. Last time she did that, Nana found out and both of them got some earful nagging from the former assassin. That incident even made him considered to put Tsukiko on a leash so she wouldn't go disappearing again. "That's why I need to know!"

"Fine. It is for our own good anyway…" Reborn put down the textbook he was reading on the table and face his student properly. "If there is mutual need between you and the person you are looking for, then you are in luck because both of you are becoming each other's priority…"

The older twin narrowed his eyes at the hitman tutor, trying to understand his explanation. "I don't get it, Reborn. What are you trying to say?"

The hitman grabbed the textbook next to his hand, rolled it up and hit the brunet on the head with it. Why does his student have to be so slow today?

"What I'm trying to say is… in order for you find someone but don't know how to find them, then why don't…"

*End of Flashback*

Tsuna's eyes snapped open as he remembered Reborn's words. Then, he quickly faced his friends and both of them noticed that excitement on his face. Both of them was staring at him curiously. Did he figure something out?

"How's your flame reserves and stamina right now?"

"W-why are you asking us this, Tsuna?" Yamamoto was clearly confused. What is up with those random questions anyway?

Gokudera scratched his silver-head, feeling confused too but replied to the question nonetheless. "My flame reserves are full and I'm in a good health, Juudaime. I think Yakyu-baka is in the same condition as mine too. What are you planning, Juudaime?"

"That's good to hear then!" Tsuna grinned widely. "I remember something that Reborn had taught me before…"

"What did the Dude told you, Tsuna? Does it have anything to do with our situation now?" Yamamoto tilted his head, still not understanding where Tsuna is going with his words.

The brunet gladly nodded. "Reborn told me, if I need to find someone but have no idea how to find them, then why not I reverse the roles instead?"

Yamamoto was still clueless, but Gokudera quickly grasped the meaning behind his leader's words. "Are you insane? Did Bakahime actually died and possessed you?! I expected this craziness from her, but not from you, Juudaime!" the Storm somewhat was too surprised that he doesn't even bother to watch his words anymore as he scolded Tsuna.

"Don't you get it? They could send out anyone else, but Enma tachi was entrusted to capture us instead. By calculation, the reason why Enma-tachi was sent out is due to their ability to overpower us. So, if we are strutting up there, automatically, Enma-tachi will be sent out to capture us again. The opportunity is perfect, Gokudera-kun!" Tsuna explained his reasoning and Gokudera couldn't argue with that. That was the fastest route if they need to meet eye to eye with Enma.

Yamamoto punched his left palm as he understood what Tsuna meant. "You mean, instead we are going to them, we make them come to us! That's a very straightforward approach, Tsuna. I hate troublesome things so I'm in!"

"The majority agreed, and that's left us with you now, Gokudera-kun" Tsuna wasn't being pushy, but that does not mean Gokudera was not pressured to make his decision.

Finally, he let out a groan. This plan is reckless, but they have to make their move quick. "Fine, I'm in! we will improvise with everything we got!"

Tsuna excitedly pumped his fist to the air. "Let's wreck a havoc!"


And that's it for this chapter. Yeah, yeah… I am totally aware that my plot is slow and some are just plain confusing, but I promised the next chapters throughout this arc will explain everything eventually so please be patience and stay tune.

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