Honey Eyes

Chapter 1: Into the dark

Tsuna moaned as he forced his body raise his body from the wonderfully comfortable bed he was on. He did not really remember when he went to sleep but he could remember vague parts of his memory of how he got to this bed. He remembered he had been how Hibari had relentlessly chased him around the school to punish him for all of the days he had been late that week. Even now, Tsuna could hear Hibari's catch phrase that he told his victims before their end...

"I will bite you to death..."

That is one memory that Tsuna could have lived without. The brunette boy sighed, leaving the warmth of the bed and moving to change his clothes. One problem though: he wasn't wearing any!

"Wha-what!" Tsuna screamed eyes widened as he looked farther down his body to find he was wearing absolutely no clothes. How did this happen? He was sure he didn't return home and just strip down to the nude. It just was not something he would normally do before he went to bed.

"Tsu-kun!" He heard his mother from downstairs. "Hurry it up or you'll be late for school!"

At the immediate sound of her voice, Tsuna began to pick up the pace. His mind was still trying to remember what happened last night that would make him go to bed naked. What on earth happened last night? Did Hibari hit him so hard that he made not only suffer memory loss but destroy his clothes from the sheer force of being hit? If that was the case, who in the world got him home? So many questions he hoped to get answered...

"Tsu –kun, are you almost ready?" Once again, Tsuna picked up the pace, grabbing his books and stuffing them into his book bag. He was about to run out the door of his room when he noticed a manila envelope placed perfectly onto his desk. He picked it up carefully, for some reason worrying about the contents inside...

"What am I doing... it's just a letter. It can't be that bad." He told himself. Though Tsuna knew that he did not believe that statement. Upon closer inspection, he could see his full name spelt out in red ink. The hand-writing was beautiful; each letter seeming to have great detail in it. His breath went heavy as he felt like he was receiving a letter from someone he had not seen in a long time. There was a feeling of longing squeezing his chest, almost making the entire world fade from around him. He shook his head, trying to put his head in a more rational place of mind. Whoever had written this for him must have really wasted his efforts for 'No-good-Tsuna'. He turned the letter over, opening the flap and hesitantly reaching in to grab the note. He looked at it with worried eyes...

To my dearest Tsunayoshi-chan,

I am so sorry to have left you like this I assure you it was of the greatest importance. I would have loved to stay but such things are unavoidable. I promise that I shall return to your side as soon as possible.

My treasured little one, I apologise for the events from yesterday, it was something even I could not foresee. Until I return to your side, I want you to be safe so I will give you this small piece of advice.

Stay out of the sun.

Rokudo Mukuro

Tsuna's eyes widened and he was almost in shock as he read over this insane letter. Surely whoever this Rokudo Mukuro was he had mistakenly gotten the wrong person. Perhaps another Tsunayoshi lived in the area...

"Tsu-kun!" his mother shouted up to him again. Tsuna jumped, still clutching the letter in his hands. In his hurry, he dropped the letter, hurrying down the stairs and running towards the front door.

'Stay out of the sun'

Tsuna halted as he clutched the door knob in his hands. He remembered that Mukuro had written him to stay out of the sun. But, hadn't he already told himself that it was to the wrong person... even though he knew he was wrong he stayed in denial.

'Besides,' Tsuna smiled, opening the door to see the cloudy weather. 'There is no sun today... not that it matters though... because that letter is not for me!'

"Goodness Tsu-kun, you're so slow today." Tsuna's mother, Nana came from the kitchen, handing Tsuna a piece of buttered toast. "You know I don't like to see you miss breakfast."

Tsuna smiled, taking the toast and biting of the corner of the toast. "Thanks mom." Nana gave her son a smile when she saw an unfamiliar mark on Tsuna's neck. She was just about to inquire about it when her adorable brunette son had already sped off out of the door, the piece of toast hanging in his mouth.

"How strange..." Nana mumbled, deciding to start on the laundry. "I wonder where Tsu-kun got that mark?" she stopped for a moment, deep in thought. 'Now that I think about it, it kind of looked like a vampire bite...' Nana giggled, finding such an idea so silly. 'Oh my, how silly of a thought. Of course that's impossible.'

"Tsuna!" the brunette turned, seeing a raven haired boy run up to him. He smiled at the sight of the boy.

"Yamamoto!" he waved, stopping his pace to wait for him even though he knew he was running late. "How are you today?"

"Great!" Yamamoto grinned. "Running late as well?"

"Yeah..." Tsuna found his eyes looking up, at the clouds that blocked the sun. Tsuna's mind wondered to the letter and the warning was written in red ink. 'I thought it had been a mistake... but then why I'm I so worried. Why does the name Mukuro make my heart feel heavy?'

"Tsuna, are you okay?" Tsuna snapped out of his daze and his eyes flew to his concerned friend. "You scared me there for a moment."

"What are you taking about Yamamoto?" Tsuna gave his friend a confused look from what he said.

"Your entire face went white for a moment and your eyes were glazed over. I thought you were going to pass out for a moment." Tsuna's eyes widened and his jaw dropped. Had he actually looked like that when he had been lost in thought...?

"Come on, let's get to school. We can get you checked out by the school nurse when we get there."

"Yamamoto!" Tsuna shouted in surprise as his friend grabbed his wrist and started running down the street with him.

Elsewhere, a small, meek girl with an eye patch over one of her eyes stood on top of the building, enjoying the cloudy view of the Namimori School. It wasn't often she could enjoy mornings like this. She felt very relaxed in this rare moment of peace... too bad it didn't last long. Her blue bangs whipped around as she felt a hand tap her on the shoulder. Her fluttery moment just came crashing down as she saw the silver haired man behind her, glaring menacingly...

"Huh who is- O-oh it's you Mr. Gokudera." She said sheepishly, seeing the silver haired man hover over from behind her.

"Chrome, where is your master Mukuro?" he kept his hand on her shoulder, glaring at her in a way that made his underlings squirm.

"Master Mukuro... he is busy training one of his fledglings at this moment." Chrome told him. The man she called Gokudera let go of her, sneering. "He won't be back for another month."

"Again?" Chrome would have gone white if she was not already colorless. "Did he not just finish training you three months ago?"

Tears formed in the corners of the small girl's eyes. "I-I am sorry. M-m-my master says it was of the greatest importance."

Gokudera winced at the sight of the girl's tears. This is why he did not like fledglings. "C-calm down! It's your master that should be crying, not you."

Chrome wiped her eyes with her green sleeve. "O-okay..." she said after a sniff.

"Just tell you master when he gets back to stay out of my territory. It's bad enough that he's keeps hanging around my territory but now he's making new fledglings in my territory!"

Chrome blinked... wondering how many times he was going to say my territory in one breath...

"I'll be sure to tell him..." Chrome bowed as the angry silver-haired left with a sneer. Chrome frowned as she saw him stomp off. She nervously played with the hem of her skirt as she heard Gokudera grumble all the way to the edge of the roof. He was finally silent as he leapt off the roof and onto the ground like a graceful cat. As soon as he was out of ear-shot she dug into her pocket and brought out a cell phone.

She dialled a number on the cell phone button pad. She held the phone up to her ear when she heard the ringing. "Master..."

"Yamamoto, I'm fine I swear." Tsuna insisted to his friend. Yamamoto did not respond as he pulled Tsuna into the nurse's office.

"Excuse me, my friend here wasn't feeling very well. He was pretty pale before and looked like he was going to faint." The nurse stood up from her desk.

"Oh my, please come and lie down here." She gestured to Tsuna to come over to the infirmary bed. Tsuna did as he was told and climbed into the clean white sheets.

"Really, I'm fine. There is no need for everyone to worry." Yamamoto sighed, staring down at his smaller friend.

"I'm sure you are Tsuna. I just don't want you to faint on me." Yamamoto smiled, leaning down to Tsuna and whispering. "And besides, at least we have a good excuse to be late." Tsuna chuckled.

"You know Hibari-sempai wouldn't except that excuse." He smiled.

"Don't worry about it, I can handle him." Yamamoto winked then walked over to nurse to talk to her before going off to class.

Fifteen minutes later, the nurse left the room, saying she needed to step out for a moment. Tsuna just laid there, his eyes unable to go to sleep. He gazed out of the window near the side of the infirmary bed. It was still pretty cloudy out. Unfortunately, this only left Tsuna's mind to wander of thoughts about the mysterious letter. He sighed... he supposed now he couldn't deny that the letter was most likely for him. Now that he thought about it, it was highly unlikely that the letter was a mistake when it was in his room. Tsuna sighed... he wasn't sure if he was in denial before or if he was stupid No-Good-Tsuna like everyone said.

"Mukuro... who are you. Why did you leave me a letter like you knew me so well...?" Tsuna thought to himself. What kind of person is this Mukuro; Tsuna could not even think about the type of person who wrote in beautiful red handwriting could be.

"Mukuro..." Tsuna found himself saying before closing his eyes lids to rest. He was in such a deep slumber he did not even noticed he was being watched through the infirmary window. The man who in question was tall with long pony tail that whipped in the wind. He wore a white button-up shirt and black leather pants with two belts hanging around his waist.

"Kufufu...Tsunayoshi, my precious one." The man grinned, gazing up as the sun threatened to break through the clouds. "You don't listen well... do you my pet." The man muttered, the grin on his face transforming to a concerned look as he continued at the young boy you he called his 'pet'. He was brought out of his staring when a ringing sound erupted from his pocket. He took it out of his pants pocket and flipped it open.

"M...Master!" A voice cried from the other end of the phone. He grinned into the phone, chuckling at the voice.

"There, there my Chrome. What is the matter little one?" The girl called Chrome cleared her voice as she tried to collect herself.

"Mr. Gokudera came by again. He was very angry this time..." He chuckled and rolled his eyes.

"Kufufu, my dear, is he not like that all the time?"

"Yes... I suppose." Chrome murmured into the phone. "He's upset of us being in his territory. He's said he doesn't want us here or making fledglings here."

The man chuckled again. That silver haired bombs-for-brains had such possessiveness about him. It was bad enough when he made Chrome but now with a second fledgling he supposed that was enough to drive Gokudera to argue with Chrome and hunt him down. His attention faltered slightly when he saw his Tsunayoshi turn in his sleep though the window. Ah, such a perfect little pet he was. He looked forward to spending time with him... it would be most delicious.

"So Master Mukuro... when will the new fledgling come home?" Chrome asked. The man called Mukuro laugh sinisterly while looking at the beautiful brunette through the infirmary window.

"He shall be home in two months. In due time, you will meet the new fledgling Tsunayoshi."

"Huh? I thought fledgling training lasted but one month?" Chrome spoke with genuine confusion that made Mukuro smile light-heartedly.

"Ah, but this, my dear Chrome, is very different training." Mukuro smirked. Chrome made a surprised noise from the other end of the phone.

"D-different training...?"

"That's right, my lovely Chrome." He gazed upward to see the sun peer out through the clouds. He grimaced; he had lost track of the ever-changing environment. "I must be off my dear. Please be safe in my absence, my angel." With that, he snapped his phone shut, terminating the call right then and there. Mukuro miss-matched eyes softened slightly as he saw his pet begin to shift uncomfortably though the window.

"My sweet Tsunayoshi... you will now learn what happens when you do not listen to me..."

"Dammit, that Mukuro!" Gokudera shouted, punching the wall of his house. "Namimori is my territory and he's just making new fledglings left and right." Gokudera sat down in a chair with a 'fwump' and for about ten minutes was lost in thought.

'Hmm... That Chrome girl said that he'd be gone from his house for a while. But that doesn't mean he isn't close by. Knowing Mukuro's taste, the new fledgling is probably pretty young... which means it would be in school...'

Gokudera smirked, a devious look appearing on his face. He knew what he had to do...

Tsuna opened his eyes and found that even after such a long sleep that he was feeling a lot worse. He felt overheated, dizzy and his skin felt as if it was being burned by the sun...

"Stay out of the sun..." Tsuna whispered his throat very dry at that moment. He sat up, moaning in the pain. He called for the nurse only to discover that she was still not back yet. "Mukuro..." Tsuna called out the strange name although... it didn't feel foreign to his tongue. He rose from the bed, beginning to walk even though each step hurt his entire body. His body seemed to be moving of its own accord... all he could think about was to go home. He wanted to be back to his family. His body complies with his desires and moves through his pain out of the infirmary and towards the outside.

"Yamamoto, where are you going? We have lunch now!" Yamamoto looked over to one of his teammates from baseball who called to him. He gave his usually happy-go-lucky smile.

"I'm just going to check on Tsuna. I'll meet up with you guys in a bit." He started walking away, ignoring the whispers and mummers that he was used to hearing. The ones about why he even bothered hanging out with 'No-good-Tsuna'. It did kind of make the athlete a little annoyed about what people said about his friend. Most days he ignored it but after the scare Tsuna gave him he was much more irritable. He bit back his tongue and continued in the journey on to check on his ill friend. He had to say he was fond of the small boy; Tsuna felt like his first really close friend. If it hadn't been for Tsuna, he would have jumped off that roof years ago. That is why, no matter what, he would protect that fragile boy.

As he walked into the infirmary, his perfect smile suddenly vanished. Tsuna was gone. The nurse looked at Yamamoto, a little surprised to see him back.

"Ah, Yamamoto Takeshi, correct?" The nurse said to him. "Was your friend feeling better? I went to put in a new order for the first aid kit and when I returned he was gone."

"A-ah... I see..." Yamamoto nodded nervously, absorbing the information as it was thrown at him. Tsuna was not here... he was obviously not in class at all... so, where was he?

"Are you here to pick up his school bag? He left it here." The nurse pointed over to the innocent looking bag in the far off corner of the room. Yamamoto could only nod, feeling overly worried. Of course no one else would worry because it was 'No-Good-Tsuna'. Any other person would simply blame Tsuna's forgetfulness for leaving his school bag and assumed he'd ditch. Any other time, Yamamoto might think that as well, but after Tsuna's near fainting spell, he couldn't see the kid moving that far. He thanked the nurse, before heading off to find his friend. As time went on and no sign of Tsuna, he began to sprint down the halls as panic began to set in.

"Herbivore." From the corner of his eye, Yamamoto could see a silver glint come toward him. If it not had been for the years of baseball, he would have been hit in the back with a pair of tonfas. He stumbled a little before he was stable enough too able to turn himself around and see who attacked him.

"Hibari-san!"

"Yamamoto Takeshi. You do not run around Namimori School. You will be bitten to death." Yamamoto gripped Tsuna's booked bag like he was holding onto his hand.

"You don't understand Hibari. I think Tsuna might be in danger." Hibari's face remained indifferent except for a twitch of his eyebrow. Though, Yamamoto wasn't sure if it was concern or if he just angered Hibari more from talking back to him.

"Please Hibari-san; I have a feeling something bad is going to happen to him. Please." Yamamoto bowed to Hibari, praying to whatever looked over him that the prefect would let him save his friend.

Hibari put away his tonfas, walking over to Yamamoto. "So, what happened to the little mouse anyway?"

Mukuro jumped down from the tree, revealing himself to the sun completely. He had little worry about the light; he was too old for that to affect him. He was able to spot the brunette stumbling out of the school and he rushed to his aid, taking a hold of the boy before he could leave the safety of the shaded building.

He looked down at the pitiful boy; his eyes were a blood-shot red and his skin looked burnt in some areas. The boy barely looked conscious; Mukuro didn't even know if Tsuna knew if he was being held.

"Tsunayoshi..." he chuckled, holding the brunette closer to him. "You are going to make a most troublesome vampire."

First Hitman Reborn story... so... I hope everyone likes it. Please critique. Suggest pairings that you would be interested in seeing and most of all tell me if you want me to continue. Thank you!

~Lady Seikie