Chapter 1

It had been ten years since this graduating class of Namimori Middle had gotten together, and it was all thanks to their science teacher and some select students for arranging this reunion. Invitations had been sent to old classmates as soon as they were created, giving each individual time enough to prepare for the visit. Now, they were beginning to gather in what used to be their classroom; 2-A.

Upon entering many of the former students began to exchange greetings with each other and express the number of fond memories they have kept with them. This included topics such as guys who were one considered datable, and those who weren't which lead to a deeper discussion of Gokudera Hayato, Yamamoto Takeshi and Sawada Tsunayoshi.

"Well obviously Gokudera-kun and Yamamoto-kun were easily the bachelors of our class. I mean, they were absolutely the greatest! Gokudera-kun was so smart, and Yamamoto-kun so good at sports, either one of them was the best." One woman exclaimed with a sigh.

"Dame-Tsuna was another story though. Sure he hung around them, but he was not dating material, no way! He was terrible at everything." Another exclaimed with a roll of her eyes.

"I just hope they come. Yamamoto-kun was so good at baseball back then; he's probably with the pros now, so I wouldn't be surprised if he can't make it. And like you said, Gokudera-kun was always so smart! I wonder where he's ended up." The involved in this conversation nodded in agreement.

"Well, I'm pretty sure we can all guess where that Dame-Tsuna ended up!" One man called out with a laugh which spread like a wild fire to everyone else who heard.

"Most likely on the street somewhere, it's like Ai-chan said, he was terrible at everything." Another commented. "He probably still looks like a complete loser too, which would make employers immediately turn him down." He sighed and shook his head just as an older man cleared his throat from the front of the room.

"Welcome back to Namimori everyone," Dohachiro Nezu said to the adults who had already arrived. "Let me just say before you continue with your discussions that it's wonderful to see you all again and looking as though you're doing so well with your lives. Hopefully you'll remember me since I was your science teacher; personally I thought my teachings would leave a good enough impression." This earned a small laugh from the small crowed. "Well, be merry and enjoy this reunion!" There was a small wave of cheers as more people filed in at that moment. Everyone half expected them to be Tsuna who had been the person of discussion before their former teacher's interruption, but to their excitement it was the former idol Sasagawa Kyoko and her best friend Kurokawa Hana.

"Ah, hello mina," She said with a slight wave of her hand. "It's been a while." Everyone who had remembered her with short orange hair was taken aback when they seen how long it had grown. It shone like the setting sun, and her eyes were liquid gold. The green dress and darker green sweater she wore didn't dull her features at all.

Kyoko wasn't the only one to change out of the two. Hana had in fact cut her hair to a significantly shorter length than what it used to be and sported what looked like some expensive professional attire much like many other adults in the room.

"Kyoko-chan, Hana-chan, it's good to see you two again!" One of their old friends called and waved them over to the group. They gladly complied and jumped into the conversation. It didn't take long for them to bring the discussion back up.

"For you girls, Yamamoto and Gokudera may have been the ones to chase after, but for us guys it was none other than Sasagawa-chan here." Informed one of the men included in their discussion. Another laughed and joined him.

"Sure was, the idol Namimori Middle, Sasagawa Kyoko. You were good looking then, but you're absolutely beautiful now!" Kyoko blushed and waved them off modestly.

"Oh please, you don't mean that." She said.

"So what are Sasagawa and Kurokawa doing these days?" One person asked. Hana let a smirk grace her lips before she answered.

"I'm working in the Investigation Division." There were a couple of ou's and ah's as a result.

"And I'm a model overseas." Kyoko smiled happily when more excited comments came and once again, more people entered the room. They were easily recognized.

"Gokudera-kun and Yamamoto-kun are here!" A woman cried happily, completely ignoring two others who had walked in, who also happened to be her friends. She was more preoccupied with absorbing their changed images.

Yamamoto who had been such a baseball-is-everything kind of guy was wearing a black suit over a sky blue dress shirt and his black tie loose around his neck. He also carried a bamboo sword, something everyone who noticed found odd because of who he was. His light brown eyes which many remember expressing his easy-going nature now seen they had hardened with maturity but still showed some of that cheerful side of himself. A scar on the right side of his chin was also noticeable among his features which only seemed to be enhanced because of it.

Everyone remembered Gokudera as the delinquent one, so when he showed up in a suit much like Yamamoto's there was shock though out the room. The only difference in their attire was the colour of the shirts they wore; where Yamamoto's was blue, Gokudera sported red and the fact that his tie was the one done up correctly.

"Maa, looks like Tsuna isn't here yet." Yamamoto commented as he glanced around the room. Gokudera who had been scowling when he entered changed his expression to that of shock. His eyes which had been hidden by his silver hair were now visible as he looked in every corner of the classroom for the said person.

"Juudaime's suppose to be here already!" Gokudera panicked. "Damn it, what if something happened on the way here? An enemy could have attacked him when he wasn't looking or-"

"Matte Gokudera, I'm right here!" Someone huffed from behind Yamamoto. The black haired man opened his eyes with slight surprise and stepped out of the way to let the shorter man pass him. "Gomen, I got held up in traffic on my way here." Where there had been pockets of chatter when Gokudera and Yamamoto walked in, complete silence fell upon Tsuna's arrival.

Everyone turned to see the young man almost everyone one of them had bullied once upon a time. He too was wearing a black suit with the jacket undone to show his white dress shirt and loose black tie. His sleeves were rolled up to his elbows and everyone could see the slight muscle tone in his forearms. His brown hair still stuck out in every which direction, but appeared to be in a more orderly fashion while his ember coloured eyes which had been so naïve ten years ago were now filled with knowledge.

"Juudaime!" Gokudera practically shouted. "I'm so relieved you made it here safely."

"Maa, maa Gokudera, Tsuna was fine the whole time. You worry too much." Yamamoto laughed at his fellow Guardian. A vein throbbed in the silverette's head before he barked out at the Rain Guardian.

"Why don't you keep your mouth shut you baseball-freak?" The Storm Guardian threatened with his fist.

"W-wait a minute here," Someone else interrupted before their brewing fight could go any further. Tsuna appeared to breathe a sigh of relief. "Are you saying that that's Dame-Tsuna? As in the no-good, nobody who failed at everything?" Asked the very same man who had voiced that he most likely would look like a loser instead of someone the women among the ex-students were drooling over.

"Yeah, that's me." Tsuna answered as he scratched the back of his neck with a soft laugh that was smooth and sweet and included a small smile. Dohachiro Nezu starred at the man who used to be possibly his worst student. This person who had once almost cost him his job and failed every single one of his tests was standing in this classroom wearing what looked like the most expensive suit among everyone present. Logic was not working correctly today.

"W-well Sawada, welcome back." Dohachiro Nezu stuttered as soon as he found his voice.

"Ah, arigatou Dohachiro-sensei." Tsuna bowed slightly before he glided over the crowed where Kyoko and Hana stood.

"Hello again Tsu-kun." Kyoko said with a bright smile which Tsuna happily returned.

"Wow, it's kind of hard to believe you're that Dame-Tsuna everyone used to pick on." Another man said. Tsuna recognized him as Kaneda Osamu. "I mean look at you, you're nothing like everyone was expecting."

"Yeah, and just what were you expecting, hun?" Gokudera asked, suddenly pushing in while holding up a stick of dynamite. Tsuna merely sighed before wetting his fingers and smothering the flame on the match.

"Its fine Gokudera and what did I say about the dynamite?" The brunette made a slight glare at his Guardian resulting in the silverette making a sound of annoyance before tucking the weapon away. "I suppose you guys were expecting someone as useless as me to be jobless, right?" Tsuna let out a nervous laugh when he turned back to everyone else.

"Well you're obviously not jobless. Do tell Tsuna, what do you do?" One of the women asked for everyone wondering the same thing.

"Nothing much really, mostly just charity stuff you know. Like helping foreign countries and all that." This had obviously been the last thing they expected.

"That's it, charity?" Someone muttered. "After seeing the suit, I expected more."

"Tch, obviously you're all missing the link here. Juudaime is the head of the company that does all the charity." Gokudera pointed out. "And I happen to be his right-hand man." Everyone then looked at the three of them standing together. Gokudera, Yamamoto and Sawada all in expensive looking suits. Sawada as the head of a business and Gokudera claiming to be his right hand man. Yamamoto in the same-looking suit.

It finally clicked for everyone.

"So, you both work for Sawada then?" Someone asked with disbelief. Yamamoto nodded with a grin on his face.

"Hibari-san and Sasagawa-sempai too." He included. That's when the disbelief sky rocketed.

"Okay, now we know you're lying. There's no way Hibari-san would work for someone like Dame-Tsuna."

"WHY YOU! I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW JUUDAIME IS A GREAT BOSS!" Gokudera shouted rather loudly.

"Maa, maa Gokudera, calm down." Yamamoto laughed as he held the man back from attacking their former classmates.

"You, let me go! How can you just stand there and let them insult the Juudaime?" Gokudera struggled to escape Yamamoto's grasp while everyone slowly inched away from the struggle, not wanting to have anything to do with it.

"So Tsuna, you've got to tell us; just how did you get to be such a big man in the world?" The brunette seemed to think about the question for a moment.

"Well, I guess you could say I inherited it." His smile was broad as everyone starred at him incredulously.

Well, this would be my first KHR fic. I was reading a bunch of the reunion fics, and since I've been wanting to write a KHR story for a while now, I thought I'd take a bit different of an approach.

Sorry if everyone seems OOC, I don't think I have quite a handle on them yet, but hey, practice makes perfect! ^^

Please R&R and tell me what you think. Suggestions are welcome too since this IS NOT a one-shot. (Hence the "chapter 1" at the top.) That said, I have no idea how long this fic will be. I may possibly extend it after the, what I suppose I would call, the "reunion arc" and attempt to come up with something else. But who knows, I'll leave it up to you guys. =)

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