I'm back! This is only a short chapter, but I promise to update this story regularly. I think at least bi-weekly is possible.
Raidon / Tsuna: 13 years
Nana: 33 years
Luna: 31 years - physical: 25 years
Salazar: 1,039 years - physical: 29 years
Fon: 47 years - physical: 25 years
Reborn: 44 years - physical: 13 in years
Fred & George: 34 years - physical 29 years
Kyoya: 15 years
Conventions:
"text" - speech in Japanese
'text' - thoughts
'text' - telepathy
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"Sky Arcobaleno?" Nono gulped.
"Yes, Raidon is the Sky Arcobaleno."
"How?"
"He has offered Luce and Aria to take over the burden and they accepted. But you needn't worry about this, due to his magical heritage he has none of the negative effects from the curse… You only have to consider, whether this disqualifies him as Vongola Decimo. Raidon would prefer to keep the tri-ni-sette separated. He would support his twin anyway."
Nono needed some minutes to gather himself, then answered, "It would make sense, but I have to think about it. I assume that this is a secret and shall stay one?"
"Yes, we would prefer it. But you needn't worry about this secret." The old wizard glanced to the glowing bubble of the secrecy contract.
"Are there any other surprises?"
"Not at the moment." Salazar answered with a smirk. "I assume that Andrea will evaluate the twins and send you his results."
"Yes, that was the plan."
Salazar opened a drawer of the desk and retrieved two bundles of paper.
"Ok, here are copies of their mundane curriculum and their grades of the last years as well as the curriculum we plan to home school them beside Namimori Middle School."
Both, the Vongola boss and the tutor-to-be, fetched a bundle and skimmed through it. The wizard smirked with twinkling eyes. He loved to shock people especially hardened mafia members. Nono gaped at the paper with huge eyes.
"Bu-but there are only 13."
Andrea was more composed, only his eyes widened slightly and he raised both eyebrows.
"I suggest that Andrea evaluates the twins and their flame active friends. But before he starts to train them, I'd like to see his plans for them. I reserve the right to cancel trainings unit, which I think to be extreme or unfit. As you can see, Raidon and Tsuna have already lessons with tutors beside school, Andrea is not allowed to prevent them." Salazar said seriously.
Nono and Andrea studied the wizard in front of them. He looked intimidating and his body language expressed that those stipulations were not negotiable. Both mafiosi acceded to the terms with nodding.
"All right, I propose to complete the secrecy contract and introduce you to Nana, the twins and the other occupants of the manor. Are there any urgent questions from your side, we need to clarify beforehand?… No question, great. Before I complete the contact, I need to add you to our secrecy ward. Otherwise you will be influenced by them, when something supernatural occurred on the property."
Salazar retrieved the ward stone from its secured drawer and positioned it on the desk in front of the mafiosi. He infused magic in the sets of runes dedicated for the secrecy ward, which started glowing.
"Please infuse some of your flames into the ward stone. That will add you to the secrecy ward."
All three guests infused one after another their flames into the stone. The wizard completed the configuration of the ward stone and secured it again in its drawer.
"I will complete the contract, now." Salazar inquired with a raised eyebrow.
After some moments, he whispered the closing phrase and the glowing bubble faded slowly.
"Please, follow me."
The wizard stood up and led their guests to the door of the office.
"Before I forget it, one more thing. The twins demand to have no or at least as little contact as possible with Iemitsu. I hope that can be considered." Salazar inquired and looked back to Nono with a raised eyebrow.
The Vongola boss nodded abstractedly still trying to process the previous conversation and the surprises. Salazar turned back and continued to lead them to the living room with a big smirk. His plan worked smoothly. He had distracted them thoroughly.
Salazar led their guests into the living room, but stopped after a couple of yards.
"Where are the boys? Shouldn't they wait here?"
"Kyo-kun came and dragged them outside." Luna answered with a big smile and twinkling eyes.
"Ah, that means they are in the garden."
"Most likely. But before you go outside, you could introduce us and we can continue with our plans for the day."
"Of course, everyone this is Timoteo or Vongola Nono, current boss of the Vongola family. Beside him is Andrea De Luca, the new tutor for the twins for their mafia training. Behind them is Coyote Nougat, Nono's Storm guardian and right hand. Nono, Andrea and Coyote this is Nana, the mother of the twins. On her right side is Luna my bond mate. The left redhead is George and the right one is Fred his twin. Between them is Verde their bond mate. The last two are Neville and Katie." Salazar introduced the two groups pointing to the particular persons.
The three mafiosi stared at Verde, but before any of them could say anything, Nana interrupted with a big smile, "Nono, it is nice to see you again. Come join us on the couch, then we can catch up."
"Sure!" Nono returned the smile and joined them.
Salazar turned to Andrea and said, "Follow me, I will take you to Tsuna and Raidon."
Tsuna, Raidon and Kyoya were fighting against each other in the trainings area of the garden. While Fon was observing the fight from the sideline, he gave them feedback. Reborn was sneaking about and shot rubber bullets at the trio. The hit man was smirking. He loved such training session and they needed to learn to be always aware of their surroundings. Unfortunately, he was only allowed to use rubber bullets.
Salazar arrived in the trainings area followed by Andrea and walked beside Fon. The martial artist glanced shortly to the newcomers, but concentrated back to his charges. Andrea observed the fight starting automatically his evaluation of the three teenagers. All three were promising, but the boy with the tonfas and the black haired twin were obvious stronger than the brown haired twin. His eyes widened slightly as he realized that all three used flames during the fight in a very advanced way. After another ten minutes, Fon stopped the fight and ordered them to start relaxing with tai chi. The Storm Arcobaleno turned to Andrea and Salazar.
"Hello Andrea, we haven't see each other for some years. How are you?"
Andrea looked suspiciously at the Chinese martial artist, who was somehow familiar. His eyes widened slightly in recognition.
"Hello Fon. I'm fine. It must be at least ten years. How are…"
The mafia tutor ducked his head in time to avoid the rubber bullets shot at him. He spun in the direction the bullets had come and grasped one of his daggers. But before he could draw it, a smirking black haired teenager walked out of the bushes.
"You are still aware of your surroundings, unfortunately. Otherwise, I could have justified some remedial training for you. Let's see what I can do about it in the next days." Reborn said with a devilish smirk and a certain glint in his eyes.
As Andrea saw that smirk and glint in the eyes of the teenager, he got flashbacks of four years hellish trainings from a sadistic hit man, which sent shivers down his spine. He gulped slightly and concentrated to relax to not show any weaknesses.
"Hello Renato."
Guardians of Raidon
Salazar - Mist
Fon - Storm
Reborn - Sun
Luna - Rain
Fred & George - Lightning
Kyoya - Cloud
Animal companions
Raidon - Sayuri (hybrid phoenix)
Salazar - Midir (quetzalcoatl)
Fon - Lichi (monkey)
Reborn - Leon (chameleon)
Luna - Flidais (fey dragon)
Fred - Nyx (Shadowfox)
George - Apep (Shadowfox)
Kyoya - Sanzu (Pseudo Hellhound)
Guardians of Tsuna
surprise