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Meeting in the Past
Chapter 9
In the afternoon Tsuna went back to training his hyper mode with the help of Giotto. The Primo Vongola hadn't missed Tsuna successfully entering the state on his own at the end of the battle.
"You should remember the feeling and determination you had then, it should be the key for you." He advised him.
Tsuna thought back about it and tried again.
The flame flickered to life and when he opened his eyes they were burning orange. He'd finally succeeded.
They didn't stop the training though, first they made sure Tsuna could enter Hyper mode at will, then Giotto showed him some of the things he did in his own training and gave him some advices for his weapon and fighting style.
They trained like that for the reminder of the day and the following day as well.
And they weren't the only ones who decided to train. During the battle, most of the guardians had noticed their weapons similarity and decided to help the younger guardians too.
And so most of everyone was busy training. Even Lambo who was usually too lazy to do anything but play was seriously listening to Lampo, who said he did it only to protect the Lightning guardian position future dignity, training to beat up the bad guy. Even Cozart was helping Enma train.
There was exception though. Of course Mukuro had no need or desire to train with Daemon or listen to any advices he could have and Daemon himself was busy working, picking up the slack of the other guardians as they were now training the new generation. Chrome only needed Mukuro as teacher for her illusions, and spent time with Elena, she ended up bettering her Italian and learning a few lessons of etiquette though.
Hibari, being Hibari, he just regularly fought with Alaude, not much words exchanged, and if it helped him improving his abilities that was due to fighting an experienced fighter. He could have fought with the other strong guardians in this time but they weren't his to fight.
On the day after the battle, in the evening, Talbot reappeared.
"It's nearly finished, tomorrow morning the younglings can go back to their time." He announced.
The atmosphere became a bit strange, the future group were glad to soon be able to go home but that meant they would never see the past people again, everyone was sad at that thought as they'd learned to know each other in the last few days. Both the first and tenth Vongola generations felt that. Still they could not stay in a time they didn't belong in.
On the next day, everyone spent their time doing their own things, saying goodbyes.
And finally it was time to depart.
"No matter what you decide, I'm proud to have a descendant like you Tsuna." Primo whispered to him.
Tsuna felt a bit moved, he'd never truly felt the blood relation with Giotto, it had been too far in the past to feel the connection but now he knew the Italian man who was his ancestor and had created the Vongola, it wasn't as intangible anymore.
"Thank you, for everything." He returned and they smiled at each other. Turning his head he could see Enma exchanging similar words with the first Shimon boss.
"Now gather around and pour your flames in the device."
The time device in question looked like a round metal shield with seven colored gems representing the flames elements surrounding the wish stone.
"Pour your flames in, think of your time, and it will activate." Talbot explained.
Looking at each other they went toward the device and beginning with Tsuna began to pour their flames in, thankfully they had the experience of the Battle game. The gems lit brightly and then the wish stone shined an array of rainbow light, enveloping them and forcing everyone to close their eyes.
When Primo and his guardians opened them again, the future visitors were gone.
"By the way, I forgot about it when I first arrived here the other day but here Primo, what you ordered is finished. Have a look." Talbot passed a medium box to the Vongola boss.
Giotto opened the lid and smiled. Seven pocket watch were inside.
"Thank you Talbot." He said before turning towards his guardians. "As my thanks for staying by my side all these years."
He gave each one a corresponding watch as they thanked him.
"Now, drink this." Talbot took nine little bottles out of his mantle. "You'll forget any future knowledge."
No one was happy about it, they truly wanted to remember that time and the people they met, particularly Primo as when Tsuna went back to his time, he'd felt hope for the future. But messing with time was dangerous and so resigned they downed the little bottle with hope of one day remembering those events.
Meanwhile in a certain time, in the town of Namimori, in the garden of the Sawada house, a group of people appeared.
When the group looked around they saw they were home. Tsuna sighed relieved, before something collided with the back of his head.
"Ouch ! Reborn why'd you do that ?!" He rubbed the sore spot.
"Hmphf. So how was your trip ?" The baby asked with a smirk.
Tsuna thought about it before saying, "It was good."
"Is that so, give me the details later. Others want to see you lot."
Tsuna had of course noticed his father smiling at him next to old Talbot and he nodded before Lambo excitedly interrupted by running past them into the house.
"Mama ! I'm back !"
"I should also go home to see my old man." Yamamoto said, smiling as usual.
"I extremely need to go home too ! Kyoko might be worried." Ryohei followed.
"We'll take our leave too Boss." Added Chrome as Mukuro was already walking away.
Hibari was nowhere to be seen, having long vanished probably to patrol Namimori to see if anything had disturbed the peace in his absence.
"I better go back to see the others. I hope Adelheid won't be angry." Enma said too, muttering the second part.
"Alright." Tsuna nodded understanding them.
"You'll see them tomorrow at graduation anyway." Reborn said.
"Right, I'll see you guys tomorrow. Huh ?! What ? How is graduation tomorrow already ?" Tsuna panicked, he still had a week before graduation when he was sent to the past.
"Be grateful you didn't miss it." Reborn mercilessly returned.
Defeated Tsuna truly thought it was a good point with time hijinks.
Everyone then waved goodbyes and left.
"I'll make my move too Jyuudaime, I should check on my place." Gokudera said.
"Hayato, it's still early, come back later to eat dinner here." Bianchi suddenly came onto the porch.
"Aneki." Gokudera pressed a hand to his stomach and paled assaulted by nausea. It still was better than before as he didn't faint anymore but he hurriedly left.
"Uh uh uh. It's good to see my device worked as intended." Talbot approached Tsuna who quickly bowed in greeting.
"Thank you for your help."
"No need for that. Now allow these old bones to leave as well, I have to go home." He said before leaving taking the device with him.
"Tsuna-nii ! Welcome home." Fuuta rushed to Tsuna. "Mama said she'd make Lambo and your's favorite food for dinner tonight since you came back from your trip"
The boy clung to Tsuna's arm pulling him inside.
"Good job." Iemitsu ruffled his son's hair when they passed him. The brunette wanted to protest a bit but didn't say anything.
"Tsu-kun, welcome home." His mother smiled at him, I-Pin next to her and Lambo in her arms.
"I'm home."
The next day was a rush as the entire house had to get ready for Tsuna's graduation. Thankfully Tsuna himself had to be in school earlier than the guests and left the chaotic house behind.
Gokudera was waiting for him like most morning, and they made their way to school, meeting Yamamoto on the road.
When they arrived Hibari was at the gate, sparing them a glance.
"Hurry to your classroom herbivores or I'll bite you to death."
Not minding the Prefect attitude they greeted him before hurrying to their classroom, just in case.
Enma and the girls were already here.
"Good morning Tsuna-kun, Gokudera-kun, Yamamoto-kun." Smiled Kyoko. "Onii-chan said you went on a trip to Italy, how nice. Invite us too next time, okay ?"
"Ah, yes. It was kind of out of the blue this time so..." Tsuna scratched the back of his head embarrassed. He was actually surprised the excuse Onii-san gave this time was reasonable sounding and quite close to the truth, they were in Italy after all.
Still seeing the suspicious look of Hana, she didn't completely believe it, even though she should be the only one of their group still completely unaware of the Vongola and Mafia.
"Alright settle down !" Their teacher entered the classroom.
After that the teacher took the attendance and then they were made to stand in order outside the classroom before being taken to the gymnasium.
The parents weren't there yet but once all graduating class had sat, the gymnasium doors were reopen for the families.
His parents as well as all the kids, Reborn and Bianchi were there, Haru was in the group as well, he spotted Yamamoto's dad and next to Ryohei, his and Kyoko's parents. In the last row of seats, Ken and Chikusa seemed to be hiding, he couldn't see Mukuro but he felt his presence faintly, so did Chrome judging by her small smile. The Shimon who'd already graduated were also here, supporting the four younger ones. Hibari was leaning against the wall behind the teachers, who seemed a bit discomfited by the Prefect presence.
Finally the ceremony started.
By the end Tsuna was relieved it went without an itch, no attack, no Reborn upstaging the principal, he and Enma didn't trip while going to receive their diploma.
Graduation photos were taken, his mother was shooting non-stop, except when she was in the photos with Tsuna. He took one with his parents alone, one with them and the kids, severals with his friends, well he took a lot of pictures with all of his close ones. But he was happy about it, three years ago the him who was friendless couldn't have imagined this scene.
Yamamoto's Dad invited everyone back to the sushi shop to celebrate and his mother said she'd go back home first to get the cakes she'd prepared. The Sasagawa couldn't make it as they had to go back to work and of course Hibari was absent as he wouldn't be caught dead anywhere that crowded.
Still everyone else came and celebrated. Looking over them, Tsuna felt at peace with his life at this moment and smiled.
This is the last chapter, I hope you've enjoyed reading this story and thank you for sticking to the end. It was never meant to be a long action oriented story, rather this was born because I was thinking of what would each generations talk about if they could see each other face to face. Anyway thank you for all the follow, favorite and reviews! And Happy birthday Tsuna!