Title: Blade and Blood

Disclaimer: I don't own KATEKYO HITMAN REBORN, AMANO AKIRA does. I will only be borrowing the characters.

A/N: Don't like BL? Don't read. Be warned. EXPECT OOC BL. You have been warned.

Genre: AU , Supernatural, Romance, Shounen Ai

Pairing: Guess! Clue ?27

Characters: Mukuro, I, Tsunayoshi, Yamamoto

Summary: young hunter, Sawada Tsunayoshi, steps into the world where his family and bloodline calls – a supernatural hunter. The question is – can he live up to the name…

1

Sawada Tsunayoshi, after so many years of hard work the day comes when he will be named as an adult; although he wasn't eager about it nor had to like it. It wasn't his choice to be involved with the family business as his family calls it. He couldn't say anything against the idea of following into his father's steps for there are certain people who make it hard to say it out loud.

"Congratulations!" Tsunayoshi receives a hard tap on the back halting him from entering the large antique looking stone door. He looked back, returned a smile. Another person came close to greet him and congratulations. He gave a nod and a thank you in response.

Before Tsunayoshi ended up stranded at the doorway, he increased his walking pace avoiding any close body contact. He kept smiling at the people who greeted him, gave a short nod acknowledging their praise and congratulatory greetings. He approached his mentor who he caught since he entered the room looking at him; he did not associate with the other families in the room like the others, after all he did not want to enter the circle and divulge even deeper. "Uncle Reborn!" He gave a polite greeting knowing if he didn't he would severely punished even though they were related by blood.

"Don't fail this or else you know what will happen." Reborn reminded his student. He would not accept that his nephew/ student would fail the test to be given especially he who managed the brunette's Spartan training.

"I won't." Tsunayoshi muttered showing his obvious dislike. He knows that his mentor is aware of his dislike of the idea in the same business as them; didn't voice it out knowing he would receive a lashing from his mentor.

The conversation in the room stopped. Everyone's attention fell on the old man standing near a large stone goblet lit with a strong flame. He was surrounded by four males. Nobody in the room would show disrespect at the old man aware who it is, the leader of the guild – Timeteo, the ninth leader of the Vongola Guild and beside were his guardians or at least four out of his six guardians.

"Greetings." Timeteo greeted everyone with a warm smile. He looked gentle that nobody would believe that the man had killed a lot in his younger days if some of them had not seen it – yes KILLED. He would have been thrown into jail in an instant for killing but it was something that their guild must do. And it isn't human that they KILL, not they consider it. All the creatures that had been killed by the guild was creatures called by humans as monsters like vampires, werewolves, elves and other supernatural paranormal creatures that could exist. It is their guild's job to hunt down such creatures.

Something that 17 year old Tsunayoshi did not want considering the fact that it was a supernatural being that had killed his mother. He is considered strange if he were to voice out his dislike of his soon to be job.

"We are gathered here tonight opening the traditional annual ceremony to welcome our young hunters who will step into adult hood." Timeteo voiced. He gestures his hand to 'come forth'. "Approach the goblet young hunters."

All the seventeen years old, some look a bit older approached the goblet most were painted with serious expressions. There were some who looked tense, some looked scared.

Tsunayoshi took instant notice that in the mouth of the goblet something shines. He look closer, saw that daggers had been lined neatly.

"Take a dagger from the flame, and that will decide your destiny." Timeteo informed in a solid voice.

The teens that stood close did as instructed taking a dagger from the goblet that was lined up, everyone careful not to get burned by the flame. "The gem stones on the dagger represent the prey that you will return with." Timeteo continues speaking seeing everyone of the participant held a dagger.

Tsunayoshi took notice of the dagger he had picked was amethyst, 'How quaint!' He couldn't help smile sarcastically seeing that the dagger he had to pick have the amethyst stone – the color according to their guild equivalent to vampire.

"You all have been trained properly. I hope you all bring success. The time limit is two weeks from now. You will begin your hunting once you exit this room." Timeteo finished his explanation.

'My first prey just had to be a vampire.' Tsunayoshi sighs in disbelief. He didn't expect that his encounter with a creature that killed his mother would come so quickly. He was too busy thinking to notice that the leader had stolen a glance at his direction.

"May you all be protected!" Timeteo ended his speech. He dismissed everyone in the room, turned away and left first with his guardians. The room started to get noisy once again as everyone shared what they will hunt and so on.

"SWEET!" someone shouts returning Tsunayoshi to his senses. Tsunayoshi turned his attention to the shout, saw it was the son of the Gokudera family – Gokudera Hayato. He took notice of the dagger the white hair male held embedded with a green stone, 'Garnet – a werewolf huh?' He considers that it was the perfect prey for the male considering the wild streak the male had. He knows well that with a werewolf, one can be allowed to be a bit wild considering werewolves often hunt in packs and the most vicious.

"What did you get Takeshi?"

Tsunayoshi turned his attention towards the two males – the father and son Yamamoto. Yamamoto Takeshi was the same age as Tsunayoshi and attends the same school just like Gokudera and he. His attention didn't last long on the pair, noticed the gem stone embedded on the black hair male's dagger that made his eyes bulge – 'Black pearl, the rarest stone.' He couldn't help feel great envy seeing the stone that meant the prey was a Black Shadow, or as their guild had named it.

"Lucky…" Tsunayoshi unconsciously whispers. He got overheard by another participant who caught his line of sight was to Yamamoto.

"What are you saying lucky for?" the participant uttered in a frown. "Are you being sarcastic? It is the most difficult to hunt!" He was completely unaware what Tsunayoshi had meant so he went on speaking in lecture. "It might be suitable for him considering Yamamoto's luck; it would be hard for a normal hunter to hunt!"

'Normal hunter huh?' Tsunayoshi hid a smile not wanting to aggravate the one who had started to lecture him about the Black Shadows."I didn't mean it like that." He responded hoping to have the young hunter would stop from saying anymore, not that he can't blame the hunter; after all who would suspect that he of all people in the room keeps a dark secret – that nobody would ever thought that a black shadow gather at his side like a moth as if he were their light. A secret he kept to the guild even to his father.

Tsunayoshi immediately excused himself from the young hunter before he receives a long lecture. He returns to the side of his mentor once again.

"Nice." Reborn uttered staring at the dagger Tsunayoshi had picked. "A vampire huh?"

"Yeah." Tsunayoshi gave a weak response. He knew his mentor had somehow seen the irony of the given situation just as he did, after all, his entire mentor knows what caused the death of his mother.

"You are all on your own once you leave this room. I taught you everything I could. I know you will pass." Reborn's words weren't encouragement to Tsunayoshi's ears; all were nothing but a command.

Tsunayoshi gave a weak nod, hiding his real feelings about the task given to him.