Sairenji Haruna smiled as she walked to school, her thoughts elsewhere as her friends, Mio and Risa, chattered on and on. It wasn't until one of them pushed her a bit that she came out of her thoughts. "Hey Haruna, what's up? You're being pretty quiet." Mio asked.

Risa smirked as she got behind the other girl, grabbing her breasts and squeezing them, much to Haruna's dismay. "Maybe it has something to do with the fact Haruna-chan's breasts have grown another cup size."

"R-Risa, stop it! That's not it at all!" Haruna shouted, pulling herself away from Risa's groping hands. She waited for the blush to slowly fade before smiling a bit again. "I'm happy because my younger cousin is moving here! I haven't seen him in years and I really missed him."

Risa and Mio both looked at her odd before it clicked in their heads. "Oh, is this the little cousin you kept telling us about? And I thought your apartment was small. How's he gonna live there?" Haruna nodded quickly.

"He'll be a freshman here and I'm really excited to see him. Me, Rito-kun, Lala-chan, and Yui-san are showing him around before class today with Mikan-chan and Yami-chan. And he's gonna stay with a relative on his fathers side of the family that owns a private detective service here in town."

"Haruna may as well have drank ten cups of coffee. She kept me on the phone till four last night, telling me all about it." Said a very familiar voice behind them. They turned to see Yuuki RIto, Lala's fiancé and Haruna's boyfriend (a little arrangement Lala convinced Haruna and Rito of [Haruna first of course]) standing beside said alien princess, who was smiling almost broadly as Haruna. Rito walked over to Haruna and kissed her cheek, causing her to blush lightly.

"I think Haruna blushing might be cuter than you blushing, Rito." Lala, hugging her friends close with Rito sneaking a kiss to her cheek as well, earning a giggle from the alien princess.

Risa smiled at seeing this. "You know, if any of the boys in school knew you were engaged to Lala and Haruna, they'd try and kill you."

Rito merely chuckled as he rubbed the back of his head, his girls on his sides. "To be honest, they wanted me dead when they found out me and Lala were engaged, so there's nothing new there."

Lala just cocked her head in confusion. "Why would the boys in school want you dead, Rito?"

All in attendance laughed or chuckled as Rito just patted his innocent minded future wife's head. Haruna smiled at the scene, very happy to see two of the people she loved most so happy. "So, when is Tsuna supposed to show up, Haruna-chan?" Rito asked.

Haruna jumped a bit as she remembered what she had been talking about before, the human girl blushing a bit at her own forgetfulness. "His tutor, Reborn, told me we'd meet him at school. I guess he's walking from the hotel he was staying in."

"Well, I've got his room made at Ieyatsu-san's house. Reborn-san and someone named Iemitsu-san called me too. Iemitsu-san said he knew Tsuna-kun made some odd requests for his room. Mikan-chan decided to stay behind and finish up a bit before she left. She seemed to be really excited when I said who was coming to live here." Lala hummed as she put a finger to her chin. "Hey Rito, could Mikan be in love with Tsuna-kun?"

"Lala-chan, it was supposed to be a surprise that Tsu-kun was coming to Sainan. And Iemitsu is my uncle!" Haruna said dejectedly as Rito simply laughed it off.

"I can't say 'in love' Lala, but she definitely had a pretty big crush on him at one point. They used to play a lot when they were little before we moved to Sainan. To be honest, I was pretty shocked when I found out Little Tsu and Haruna-chan were related, but it might be fun having him back." A dark shadow fell over the Earth boys face. "I just hope he doesn't get dragged into anything unnecessary."

Haruna giggled as she hugged Rito's free arm, her mind wandering back to her cousins relative. What kind of person is this Ieyatsu?

"Yuuki Mikan, might I ask why you've been so distracted today?" the blonde haired assassin asked her friend as they walked the path to school, Yami chewing on a piece of taiyaki.

To say Mikan was distracted today would have been an understatement. She was wearing her new Sainan High formal uniform, walking beside her best friend in the world, and yet she was totally silent. Why was she going to highschool at thirteen? She skipped a grade. Something she enjoyed using to tease her brother with.

Mikan's dream like grin was quickly replaced by a mild blush as she laughed nervously. "So you noticed, huh? Sorry about that, Yami-chan."

Yami just kept eating her treats. "Does it have anything to do with this Sawada Tsunayoshi person?" she asked bluntly.

Mikan's blush didn't lessen, but she still smiled. "Yeah, he's a good part of why. Me and him were friends when we were little when me and Rito lived in Namimori, so to get the chance to get to know him again just makes me really happy." Her dream-like grin returned as little stars formed around her. "I wonder how much he's changed over the years.''

Golden Darkness watched her friend closely, seeing a light in her brown irises. She often saw this light when Yuuki Rito would look at one of his future wives, though Mikan's wasn't as strong. She didn't have time to dwell on her thoughts as she felt an evil intent beginning to gain on them. She stepped closer to her friend, pushing a bit away from the intent. She would have just destroyed the danger before, but her time on Earth had changed her. Right now she just wanted her friend safe. "Mikan, we are being followed."

Mikan gasped and tried to look, but was pulled back by Yami. "No, don't let them know we're onto them." Yami miscalculated, though, as several more men came around the corner, boxing them in. The assassin looked at the men with disgust, hating the perverse grins on their faces.

"Hey now, no need for such a scary expression, Kawaii-chan." Someone said. Yami turned the face the perpetrator. He was a young man, several years older than them with dark brown hair and even darker eyes. He could have been considered good looking if it weren't for the fact his face was contorted in an even more perverse grin than his subordinates. "We just wanted to know if you'd like to hang with us for a bit."

"Hey boss, can I have the brown haired one? She's way cuter in my opinion." Said one of the larger of the men. Mikan eeped as Yami stepped between him and the earth girl.

"What, are you stupid? The blonde one's way prettier. I bet she'd be lots of fun." Said another man as Yami's hair began to rise, preparing to end this threat to her friend.

"Now, now boys, you know the rules. The hunter gets first taste." The leader sneered as he eyed the girls.

"That's enough."

All in attendance turned to face the interloper. He wasn't the knight in shining armor most girls in their age group hoped for. He was rather short with gravity defying spiked hair that went in every direction with a pair of caramel brown eyes. He was wearing a Sainan High School formal uniform. The voice he used exuded power and undeniable authority. It was the kind of voice that when it told you to do something, you did it. It didn't fit what they were looking at at all.

"Why are you bothering these girls, they have done nothing to you?" He asked, his voice cool and calm. Yami was taken aback by this. This boy gave off an odd, but horrendously powerful aura that seemed to cause the air around them to heat up.

The leader was shocked as well, not understanding why someone was standing up to them. Then he simply laughed. "You must be new here, otherwise you wouldn't so stupid as to get in my way. I am Yamato Tanimoto, leader of this fine group of scum." The men chuckled behind their boss as the boy just stared on. Then he looked over Tanimoto's shoulder at the girls.

He squinted a bit as he caught Mikan's eyes. Yami tried to hide the human girl behind herself, but Mikan just pulled away, a look of both happiness and shock on her face. "Tsuna-kun?!"

Tsuna smiled broadly as he recognized the brown haired girl. "Mika-chan!

Rito paced in front of the school's entrance, checking his phone every few seconds. Yui and Haruna watched him, growing increasingly concerned with his nervous streak as Lala put her own nervousness to better use by tinkering with a few of her older inventions. Nana and Momo would have been there as well if Yui hadn't shooed them off to class.

"Yuuki-kun, you're going to give yourself a heart attack if you don't calm down. It's difficult to explain that at a school." Yui said as she stood, putting her hand on his shoulder. She was honestly trying to calm him down, but her more tsundere attitude decided it was time to make an appearance.

She'd been rather hurt when she found out he was now spoken for by two of her best friends, having been deeply infatuated with the boy for quite some time, but more than for herself, she wanted them all to be happy, so she settled for being a voice of reason for her otherwise 'shameless' friends.

Rito sighed as he checked his phone once more. "I know, Kotegawa-san, but it's not like Mikan or Yami to be late like this. I could expect it of Yami, but not Mikan." As he finished his statement, his gaze was turned to a new development at the front gate. The girls noticed as well and decided to go with Rito to see what was happening.

They were rather shocked to see a limo pulling up. "Hey, didn't Tenjouin-san already get here?" Rito asked. The three girls nodded their heads as the limousine slowed to a halt. The students watched as the driver got out of the front of the vehicle, went to the passenger door and waited by it for the order of when to open it.

"What is going on out here?" A rather familiar voice shouted as the sound of their uniform shoe heels clacked behind them. Rito and company turned to see the young woman they had just been talking about walking over to them, Rin and Aya behind her on her left and right respectively.

One of the boys walked over to her, Rin stepping in front of her, hand on the hilt of her wooden sword. "Uh, Tenjouin-san, I was told it had to be the new boy that transferred here this year that everyone has been talking about."

Haruna and Rito looked at each other in disbelief. There was only one new boy transferring to their school this year from out of town. 'It can't be.' They looked back at the limo as Saki laughed.

"Oh, is that so? Well, that just means there will be yet another boy to bask in my beauty!" Saki shouted as she laughed again, many of the students in attendance sweat dropping as the driver finally opened the door, the first person shocking them all.

"Oh, hey Rito, been waiting long?" Mikan said as stepped out, shouldering her bag. Just behind her stepped out the golden haired assassin.

Rito's eyes widened as Lala ran forward to hug them both, cheering about how worried they were and how happy she was that they were okay. The driver asked them, in rather broken Japanese, if they would move so the boss could step out. They did and the man looked out at the crowd with a blank expression. "Introducing Vongola Juudaime, Neo Vongola Primo, Sawada Tsunayoshi."

He stepped away from the door as a rather red faced Tsuna stepped out of the cab. "Giovanni, it's not necessary for you to do that every time I'm somewhere new." He said, speaking fluent Italian as he addressed his driver.

Giovanni, an older man in his fifties with a full head of dark blonde hair which was growing gray at the roots, bowed slightly. "Forgive me, Decimo, but Gokudera gave me the explicit order to be sure you were known by all titles whenever you went somewhere previously unknown."

Gokudera-kun… Tsuna sighed as he turned away from his driver, telling him he'd call when it was time for him and his party to head home. Giovanni bowed and took his leave as the young Mafioso turned to his friends and cousin, flashing a brilliant smile. "Hey, Haru-nee, Rito-nii, did you miss me?"

After a quick reintroduction to Rito and Haruna and a formal introduction to Lala, Yui, and Yami, and Yui scaring everyone back to class, as well as the incredibly odd sight of Tenjouin Saki and her companions bowing and apologizing to Tsuna for reasons only Saki knew, they began the tour of the school. "So, Sawada-kun, I was under the impression your family was middle class. Why did you pull up in a limo?" Kotegawa asked.

The others of the group, minus Yami and Mikan, wondered the same, though Mikan wondered less why and more of how he got a limo. Yami didn't care. She was too focused on what had happened before that. The skill and power he displayed back there far exceeds that of any human, even Yuuki Rito's ability to dodge my attacks.

Tsuna blushed lightly as he rubbed the back of his head. "Well, I kinda met up with Mika-chan and Yami-san on the way to school and, all things considered, I figured it was safer than walking the rest of the way."

"I don't think that's what she meant, Tsuna. And would you mind telling us how you learned to speak Italian when you can barely speak English?" Rito asked. Tsuna just smiled nervously and rubbed the back of his head.

Haruna looked at her cousin strangely, seeming to ignore her boyfriends comment. "I can understand it being faster, but safer, Tsu-kun? And how did you even afford a limo?" She narrowed her purple-blue eyes at him. "Did something happen on your way here?"

Tsuna started waving his hands in front of his face as he stammered, looking for an answer that would satisfy his cousin.

But then Mikan shot that to hell! "It was awesome, you guys! Tsuna-kun was like a hero from a shonen manga! Seven guys couldn't touch him! It was like he knew what they would do before they ever did it! He was so strong that if I hadn't known any better, I might have thought he was related to Lala-san instead of Haruna-san!" She cried. Lala began grilling a blushing Tsuna for answers as she was more curious than actually worried as Haruna, Rito, and Yui simply looked at each other. It was rare that Mikan fan girled over anything, let alone a boy, so whatever happened had to be pretty out there, even for them.

"I'll explain if anyone wishes me to." Yami said as she began to bite into another piece of taiyaki.

"Mika-chan?" I asked as I turned to my friend.

Mikan blushed fiercely and hid her face in her hands. "It was a nickname he gave me when we were little. I was hoping he'd forget it."

"The chances of me forgetting that are about as good as me forgetting you, Mika-chan." Sawada Tsunayoshi said with a kind smile.

(Tsuna works fine, Yami-san, ehehe)

(Alright, Tsuna-san.)

"This is really cute and all, but-" Tanimoto began.

"Cram it." Tsuna said, his voice returning to it's cold, calm tone, his brown eyes changing to a light orange color as well as an odd flame appearing in the middle of his forehead. "I'm only interested in hearing you apologize for bothering my friends."

'Why would he consider me a friend?' I thought to myself. 'I'd never even heard about him until this morning.'

Tanimoto all but howled with laughter. "Me, apologize? Man, you've got balls, I'll give you that." I noticed Tanimoto's eyes flicker for a moment to something that seemed to be in Tsuna-san's direction and I heard Mikan gasp behind me. I looked to see a mountain of a human man behind him, hand pulled back for an overhand right. Where we were standing and where they were, Tsuna-san would have never seen a shadow as the sun faced them. I opened my mouth to warn Tsuna-san, but he seemed to be one step ahead of me.

He stepped back as the man lashed out, the blow going over Tsuna-san's right shoulder. The man had put most of his weight behind that attack it would seem, as he became unbalanced and began to fall over until Tsuna-san grabbed him by his face. The man cried out in what I would assume was pain as Tsuna-san began to apply pressure to his head.

Tsuna didn't deign to torment the man however as he simply pulled his hand forward, swinging back with a sharp elbow to the man's gut with enough force to send him flying into a car that had been parked at the corner, bending the metal around his body. Needless to say, the man was unconscious.

The other men began to take up fighting stances, readying themselves to attack, but again, Tsuna-san was a step ahead of them as he rushed forward, past both myself and Mikan, the sounds of grunting and cries of pain filling the air around us. I turned in time to see Tsuna-san strike the last man in the stomach, catching him with a viscous upper cut that sent the man flying a few feet before landing on his back.

Tsuna-san then turned his attention to their leader, Tanimoto. To say that even I was shocked at the level of skill and obvious experience this human boy was displaying would have been like trying to compare Yuuki Rito to the power Gid Lucione Deviluke possesses. It's something that simply was impossible to fathom.

Tanimoto, for his part was just as shocked, if not horrified by what was happening. "Well, what's your next move, Yamato Tanimoto?"

Tanimoto's face went from afraid to bright red with rage as he glared at the boy. "You… YOU LITTLE BASTARD! YOU'RE DEAD!" He reached and whipped out a pair of collapsible tonfa, roaring loudly as he rushed towards Tsuna-san. I took a step forward, ready to stop him when Tsuna-san put his hand up to stop me, not even looking as if his intuition alone had told him I had moved.

"Stay back. If somebody got hurt because I couldn't protect them, I wouldn't be able to die in peace." I cocked a brow at this as he began dodging blow after blow from the thug, leading him away from us and further down the street.

"Tsuna-kun… he's become so cool! … Wait, did I actually just say that? And when did he get that strong? Oh, who cares?! Get him, Tsuna-kun!" Mikan cheered behind me as we watched him duck and weave under the other combatant.

"Dammit! What are you, a mosquito I can't swat?!" Tanimoto flipped one of his tonfa so the long end could be used for an overhead strike, bringing it down quick. Tsuna-san did not sidestep this time however, as his hand flashed up and gripped the weapon midstrike, stopping it cold.

His hands seemed to glow as what looked like a pair of wool gloves began to transform into a pair of red leather and metallic gloves. "You're pathetic. My Cloud Guardian would bite you to death for simply disgracing his weapon." Tsuna-san said, his voice still calm, but holding obvious venom and disdain for his opponent.

Tanimoto's rage began to subside as terror once more took hold. "You, I-I thought I recognized you." Tsuna-san's grip on the tonfa tightened until he began bending it in his hand, steam seeming to rise from where his glove and the metal were meeting. "My boss told me about you," Tsuna-san's free hand became covered in a flame of similar color to the one on his head, but more crystalline and brighter. "Vongola Juudaime!" Tsuna-san lashed out, his flame covered fist striking the man hard enough to send him flying back into the front of the car the first man had slammed into, bending the front end around his body.

Tsuna-san looked at the tonfa in his hand, the hand it had been in lighting it's own flame, quickly reducing the weapon to a puddle of molten metal. He turned his eyes from the puddle to myself and Mikan. I stepped in front of Mikan out of habit, but something told me that this person would never hurt her or me.

He stood there, staring at us for a moment before pulling his gloves off, letting them turn back to the wool mitten form, placing them in his pocket before pulling out a rather expensive looking smartphone.

(Ben: Out of curiosity, Tsuna, how much did that phone cost?

Tsuna: Probably in the ball park of 5 or 6 hundred euros. It's not just a phone, you know.

TLR Cast: How much?!)

I'm not actually sure what he said next as I don't speak Italian, but once he got off the phone, he closed his eyes, and the flame on his head began to recede. When he opened his eyes again, they were the brown color they had been before. He smiled at us and blushed mildly. "Sorry about all that. I would have preferred you hadn't seen that after it had been so long since the last time we saw each other." He started to make his way to us, his shoe hitting a part of the sidewalk. He shouted as he fell, slamming face first into the concrete.

All was silent for several seconds before Mikan and I walked over to the supposedly human male. "Uh, Tsuna-kun, you okay?" Mikan asked.

Tsuna-san lifted his head, an awkward smile on his face. "Sorry about that. Looks like I still need to work on just walking around."

Everyone, even the other two that lived through the ordeal, where shocked beyond words. This was… out of the norm, even for them. "After that, Tsuna-san's driver pulled up and he drove us here."

Tsuna was the first to speak after a few seconds, a soft laugh bubbling up from his chest. "Wow, that's some memory you've got, Yami-san. The Varia would love to have you in their ranks."

Everyone began to laugh at that, though only Tsuna what the Varia were. Something about how Tsuna was just attracted people to him. Haruna had always known this because it was one of the reasons she loved Rito. But after having no contact with her little cousin for over a year and a half, it seems that he's grown from the scared, clumsy 'No Good Tsuna' his bullies pegged him as.

Haruna looked over as everyone gasped, seeing Tsuna fall down the stairs. Well, at least he's not the scared little boy he used to be. A surprised shriek finally got her attention as everyone ran over to the stairwell, several of the girls (and Rito) blushing brightly as they saw the young Vongola's face pressed deep into a dark red faced Tearju Lunatique's chest.

Tsuna cried out as he lifted his face, taking a deep breath of life giving air. When he did finally open his eyes back up, he got an eyeful to say the least. His face began changing to a shade of red that would have put Gokudera's Storm Flame to shame. "I-I-I-" His blush quickly vanished as he felt the sting of killing intent radiating from behind him.

"Yami, wait, it was-!" Rito was cut off as Yami let fly a massive fist made of her hair at Tsuna and, coincidentally, her creator. A large dust cloud came up as the fist met the stairwell. It was then Yami fully realized what she had just done.

"Tear!"

"Tsuna, Tearju-sensei!" Rito began to run down the steps, the girls close behind him. He started to push a rock aside, but it wouldn't budge. Lala came up next to him and slung the boulder aside with ease, but they all froze when they saw what was underneath. Or, more aptly put, what wasn't underneath.

A sharp whistle got their attentions and they turned to look up at the top of the stairs, seeing an orange eyed Tsuna with an orange flame in the middle of his forehead, holding a very shocked Tearju-sensei, bridal style. His X-Gloves steamed lightly as he gently set the young woman on her feet. "Are you alright, sensei?" he asked, his orange eyes never deviating from Yami's glare.

The still shocked sensei shook her head to clear it a bit. Everyone, even Yami, began to think the same thing. How did he do that? "Uh, yes, I'm-I'm fine, but-" She was cut off as a blade made from Yami's hair whisked by her, aiming at Tsuna's throat, to which he simply grabbed between his fore, middle finger, and thumb.

"I hate ecchi people." Yami said just before kicking off the wall at the young man. Tsuna released her weaponized hair, something he'd have to worry about asking about later as he was having trouble just staying on his feet without lighting his flames.

"I don't know what you think, Yami-san, but I did not do that on purpose." He stood his ground, catching one of her hair fists with his hand, stopping it dead. He knew they'd all be surprised by this. To be honest, he was pretty shocked himself, but he knew that he had to shelf it or else he was gonna end up dead.

He had his other hand behind him, releasing a constant stream of near invisible soft flames that held him in place. Tearju could feel the heat radiating from him, as well as an unwillingness to harm. He was only aiming to stop Eve from hurting anyone, not actually hurt her.

The others of the group ran back up the stairs intent on stopping the fight, but Yami was now more intrigued with the boy than willing to hurt him. Is he really human? Well, I guess I'll have to- Tsuna vanished from sight, her fist plowing into the ground. Where did he-?

"Go? Right behind you." The assassins eyes widened as she slowly turned to face the voice behind her. She saw Tsuna's hand raised, heat and light radiating from it, his eyes as cool and calm as before.

She shut her eyes with a soft sigh. "I lost. Do what you will."

Tsuna lowered his hand after just staring at the seemingly young woman for several moments, a ghost of a smile on his face. "As long as you mean no harm to innocent people, you are no enemy of mine, Yami-san. I do have a question though."

Yami's eyes widened a bit as Tsuna closed his eyes, the flame on his forehead receding. He opened his eyes, showing they'd returned to their original brown color. "How did you do that with you hair?"

Out of everything that happened, that's what he asked. Even Yami sweat dropped a bit at this as she regarded young mafioso.

"Sairenji Haruna, are you sure you aren't half alien?" Yami said as she looked back at Haruna, the girl laughing, leaving Tsuna confused.

"Aliens?"

Rito sighed as he put an arm around his 'little brother'. "Strap yourself, Tsuna. You're in for a hell of a story."

"It would seem things have become a bit more complicated." A voice said in the shadow of his ship's bridge, a glass of juice in hand as he didn't hold his liquor well.

"Nara-sama, we have entered the solar system Lala-hime resides. We should be at Earth in a few days."

The figure, Nara, smiled as he set his juice down, a long tail flicking behind him, the metal blade surgically attached to the end of it scoring deep gouges into the floor of the ship. "Tell me, Karna, who is that boy our scouts reported in about?"

The elder man looked up at the screen, seeing a young man with a large ahoge, his brown eyes radiating a gentle, kind light. "I do not know my lord, but his name is Sawada Tsunayoshi. I have our scouts doing some digging into who he could be. I do not believe he is a threat to us."

"I beg to differ. He defeated seven men who should have been far more experienced than a boy his age in the time span of a minute fifteen seconds, not to mention the odd flames on his head and hands." Nara pressed a button on his console, showing Tsuna fighting in his Hyper Dying Will Mode.

Karna watched the short fight, somewhat shocked a human could be so fast and strong. But, he regained his composure quickly. "A powerful human, if he is one, yes, but in comparison to you, my lord, he is but an insect with no real power to threaten your betrothal."

"That maybe so," Nara started, "But I didn't get to where I am by taking chances. I want him eliminated. Have the other me send the blonde after him. She seems like she'd like a rematch."

Karna saluted the younger man before leaving the bridge, leaving the general alone… with the exception of one. "So, do you think from what you've seen of him, that he can stand up to your Golden Darkness?" Nara asked, looking to another corner of the room.

His informant simply smiled as she walked into the light, her darker skin being accented by the night dress she wore, her feet bare as they padded across the bridge, her long black hair almost dragging behind her. "It'll be an interesting fight, but my darling Golden Darkness can beat him if she gets serious." Nemesis said with a smirk.

"You have quite a bit of faith in your fellow weapon, Nemesis. And what of Mea?"

"She fall in line all the same as soon as I have my part of the deal."

"Yes, yes, I remember, Yuuki Rito is yours to play with to your hearts content once I have Lala." Nara gave a perverse sneer as his tail flicked again, ripping through the metal of the floor.

Even Nemesis didn't want to have to fight this man. She'd already seen what men as powerful as him could do to her, and she didn't want a repeat. "You're a despicable man, Nara, but that makes sense, with you being the top general of Deviluke. Even your teacher, Zastin can't hold up to your power, isn't that right."

Nara's smile widened to show off twin rows of sharp teeth. "I hope you're as interesting as Gid-sama says you are, Earthlings. It maybe all that saves your wretched lives."

A new threat looms over the earth, and it's target is Rito and Lala. How will Tsuna protect his new family, and who is this mysterious Ieyatsu that Tsuna is going to be living with? Will I ever get back to work on my other stories?! FIND OUT NEXT ROUND!