A/N: Hi :) This is my first fanfic for this series, and honestly speaking I don't expect this to get a lot of reviews xD (Or any at all, really...)

But you know, I'm kind of set with posting this story anyway :)

Mm...Well, I don't really even know what the pairing is going to be xD I'm leaning towards 2786, but it could quite possibly become 5986, or 8086, or even 1886...or even no pairings at all. Depending on what people want.

But I'll be putting this in the TsuHaru category for now :O!

I'm just kind of obsessed with this anime right now, so this fanfic has helped me get some of my feelings out xDD

KAY, KAY, here we go~

Disclaimer: I don't own anything but the plot, and my OC's.

Hope you enjoy :)

P.s: THIS WILL BE A MULTI-CHAPT~

Tsuna huffed in exasperation, casting an annoyed glance at the little akcanbo who was staring up at him smugly. Five hours. IT HAD BEEN FIVE HOURS SINCE HE STARTED THIS STUPID TEST AND THIS WAS THE SIXTH – SIXTH! – time, he had failed.

How was he suppose to know any of this, anyway!?

When in a life or death situation, who do you choose to save? Your lover, or your closest sub-coordinate?

Basically the question was asking him to pick between Gokudera and Kyoko.

At first he picked Kyoko. He failed.

And so he picked Gokudera. He failed.

He even tried picking both! ...He failed.

The only other option he could think of was neither of them.

…Reborn hit him on the head with a newspaper.

On his fifth try he didn't even answer it.

And so, here he was again. Taking this stupid test Reborn was forcing him to take. He was grumpy, and irritated, and for once – just, ONCE – wanted to rest, and relax like a NORMAL person.

"Reborn.." Tsuna started out, ready to call it quits and stop wasting his time on this stupid question. "I—"

"No talking!" Reborn deadpanned, getting ready to shove his tiny feet into the back of Tsuna's head.

The brunette quickly backed away, a hiss of annoyance and slight worry coming out of his mouth. "Re—Reborn!" Tsuna hissed again, his voice only slightly above a whisper, "Please, can I stop taking this stupid test?"

"Did I say yes the first seven times you asked?"

"No.."

"Then no."

Stupid baby...Tsuna sighed, scratching the back of his head impatiently. Who did he think he was! Ordering him around like that...But in the depths of his mind, Tsuna knew he couldn't live without Reborn, considering how use he's gotten to having the little baby in his life now. Racking his brain for answers, Tsuna banged his head against the table when he came up with nothing, fully regretting it the second after.

"Itee..." He hissed, covering his now slightly bruised forehead.

Why? Just, why him?

It was then, that his bedroom door suddenly swung open, revealing a smiling Yamamoto, and a smirking Gokudera. The two boys greeted him.

"Yo, Tsuna!" Yamamoto nodded at him calmly.

Gokudera glared at the baseball loving nut. "Che...idiot, have some respect for the boss and don't address him so casually!"

"Maa, maa, I'm sure he doesn't mind. Right, Tsuna?"

"Eh...no." Tsuna answered uncertainly, kind of relieved the two had come to save him from this horrid test.

Tsuna almost smiled when he saw Gokudera turn away in hidden indignation, "W-Well, if the boss is okay with it, s-so am...I.."

Gokudera and Yamaoto took a seat near Tsuna, wondering what the boy was up to.

Yamamoto stared at the blank piece of paper Tsuna had situated in front of him. "What's that?" He pointed at it.

"Uhm.." Tsuna had started to answer, wondering just what exactly he should tell them. Brown eyes darting all over the room in hopes of an answer, Tsuna stopped when he saw Reborn staring at him harshly.

Meaning he didn't want him to answer.

"N-Nothing, really..."

"Oh, I see. Can I see it?" Yamamoto's tone of voice was so innocent Tsuna didn't want to say no.

"Baka, can't you see this is a private matter for the boss? Don't ask such idiotic questions!"

Yamamoto merely laughed, shrugging his shoulders. "I guess you're right. You don't have to show me if you don't want to, Tsuna." He smiled, and the patch of guilt growing in Tsuna's stomach grew even more.

The brunette looked towards Reborn for an answer. The baby was simply standing there, tiny arms crossed with a look of seriousness on his face. Tsuna's eyebrow's darted together immediately. Was telling them really that bad? Reborn usually only had that look on his face if something was so terribly serious, it required absolute attention and observation.

"Ah, well...what are you guys doing here?" Tsuna asked.

"I apologize for intruding, Juudiame," Gokudera's face expression took a one eighty, and he, too, now had a solemn look on his face. "But it seems that the Aho-na...is missing."

Tsuna paused for a long time. What did he mean? "W-What?"

Yamamoto cut in, frowning. "Haru, she's missing."

"W-Wha—"

"When did she go missing?" Tsuna was in the middle of stuttering out a response, when Reborn hopped onto his desk table and confronted Gokudera and Yamamoto himself.

"We don't know," Gokudera murmured, eyebrow's furrowing together. "On the way here some people stopped us, they asked if we knew where she was. We said no, and they told me and Yamamoto that the stupid woman was missing. I don't think it's been more than a week though."

"Haru.." Tsuna uttered the girls name worriedly, quickly standing up and heading for the door. "We have to go fi—"

"Sit down." Reborn said, eyes suddenly turning cold.

"Reborn! You can't be serious, Haru could be in danger, or even worse injured, I'm not going to just leave her out ther—"

"You have no right to be saying that, considering you're the reason she left."

Tsuna stopped in his tracks then, brow eyes widening in surprise before shaking at the possibility of what Reborn saying, being true. He looked serious, he sounded serious, and it was obvious at a time like this there weren't room for jokes.

But how could he be the reason Haru was missing? He didn't do anything!

"I-I am not! How?" Tsuna glared, tired of just standing here and doing nothing.

"Do you know why we've been taking these test for five hours, Tsuna?"

"No, no I don't and I'm tired of wasting my time doing them!" The brunette snapped, raising both his arms for emphasis. This was so stupid.

"It's your fault you don't know the answers to simple questions."

Yamamoto and Gokudera watched the two argue quietly, neither of them having the will to interrupt. They weren't even sure what they were talking about.

"Simple? How is having to choose between my friends lives, simple? I'm not just going to let one of them die!"

"Of course you're not."

"So then what's the answer!?" He's had enough. Enough! This was so time wasteful and irritating! And here he finds out that one of his friends have gone missing, that they could be in danger, and Reborn is making him stand here, and waste more time on these stupid test!

"..That question shows that you are not fit to protect your friends." Tsuna was about to interrupt him, but Reborn quickly cut him off. "The answer...is that having to choose between two of your family member's lives will never happen, because as the boss, as their protector, you wont ever let your loved ones get into the situation of you being forced to leave someone behind."

Tsuna was quiet.

He didn't know how to respond to that. Because it was true. No matter how badly he didn't want to admit it, Tsuna knew that the minute he vowed to protect everyone, to protect his nakama – his family, that he had accepted the role of being the Tenth Generation boss, of the Vongola Family. That he had a responsibility to protect his friends, and to make sure they were safe. And getting any of them into a situation where he had to choose between one life or the other...

How could he ever say he wanted to protect them?

"...Okay. Okay, I understand." Tsuna sighed, his defensive tone falling. "But now that we're done with that, I have to go look for Haru—"

"No, you don't."

"Reborn!" Tsuna yelled the baby's name indignantly, exasperated beyond belief.

"Reborn-san," Gokudera finally cut in, not willing to watch his boss suffer any longer. "I think the Juudiame is right, though I'm not fond of that stupid woman, I don't want her dead or in danger. The longer it takes us to find her, the more vulnerable she's going to get."

Reborn turned to the silver haired boy, staring him down slightly. "None of us have the right to look for her."

"Yes, but why?" Tsuna almost demanded, his patience slowly disappearing. They weren't accomplishing anything by just standing around.

Right now, Haru could very well be being held captive, or tortured by some murderer. She could even quite possibly already be dead!

In the future...Her own parents left her because they were being targeted because she knew him. It was all his fault her family left her on her own..! ...Now that he had destroyed that horrid future...he had to make sure nothing happened to her – that nothing happened to anyone – so that they could all actually experience a good future, ten years from now...together.

And Reborn was jacking it all up!

"None of you are going to search for her..." Reborn's expression softened then, beady dark eyes narrowing. "...If anything that'll only make her feel worse."

"Huh? Why?" Yamamoto spoke up then, too, not understanding why they were all just sitting here when one of their friends could be in trouble.

"Do you all honestly not remember what happened the last time Haru was here?" Reborn looked at the three men before him, all three of him shaking their heads solemnly.

Well, at least they understood this situation was serious...

The small akcanbo sighed. "Last week. Haru came into this house for the first time after we got back from the future. She had something important to say...namely to Tsuna, but none of you listened. This includes Kyoko, Ryohei, Lambo, even Hibari, though I doubt him ignoring her is the reason she decided to run away."

"Run away?" Tsuna repeated. "You mean she wasn't stolen or anything?"

"That's great!" Yamamoto smiled.

"Che...stupid woman making Juudiame worry.."

"...None of you are getting the point!" The dangerous aura surrounding Reborn instantly made all of them shut up.

"Haru had came to thank all of you for helping her when we in the future. She had also come...to tell Tsuna, that she loved him."

"But she tells me she loves all the time." Tsuna rolled his eyes. "Me not listening to her say it once shouldn't be enough reason for her to run away."

Reborn glared. "Okay, dame-Tsuna, you tell me then, when was the last time Haru had said I love you, to you?"

"All the time!" Tsuna insisted. "She's Haru, she's always claiming she'll be my wife, and making me compliment her, and being a wierdo.."

"You're not answering my question. When has she said I love you?"

"W-Well..." Tsuna stammered, trying to think. There had to be a time! It just seemed normal that the girl who was always being his personal little number one fan, would have said I love you by now. "T-There had to be a time.."

"I see you've now realized what you've done." Reborn looked towards the other two sober looking teens. "You too, Gokudera, Yamamoto..."

He paused.

"You've all thrown her feelings away. You've all made her feel as if she wasn't worth your time – that she wasn't worth the effort of being listened to. Because no one would listen.

Because everyone had brushed her off like she was some useless little bug no one wanted.

...If she can't expect her own family to want her, how can she expect anyone else?

None of you were there for her when she needed you. And now you're paying the price."

The room was silent, then.

Gokudera grimaced visibly. This was all his fault. If he had just been more attentive, and more alert – he could have at least listened to her and could have prevented the painful, scared look on his beloved boss's face right now. It was all his fault.

...How could he have let this happen?

...How could he even call himself the boss's right hand man?

Yamamoto, too, was angry at himself. If anything, he was suppose to be that one friend you knew you could go to, that you knew you could trust to always be there when you needed him. To even think that he had so carelessly pushed one of his friends away...

What kind of monster was he?

"Five years." Reborn's small voice echoed throughout the room once more. "She'll be back in five years. Until then, I want you all – that includes all of the other guardians – to work on your people skill's and think about what you've done." He scoffed. "Losing a family member over something as pointless this...You should all be ashamed."

The akcanbo started to walk towards the door, set on leaving these guys drowning in guilt. He stopped a step away from leaving.

"I know you're the most ashamed, Tsuna...because you know leaving someone behind is nothing to be proud of."

There was a pause in the room. Then,

"Get out.." His murmur was weak – broken, as if all the pain just came hurdling towards him this moment.

"Juudiame.." Gokudera mumbled softly.

Yamamoto, too. "T-Tsuna—"

"GET OUT!" He was crying. Tears were rapidly falling down his cheeks, dripping down his chin and falling onto the floor silently. And taking one look at the boy's eyes – firey orange with a tint of red – all of them knew.

Tsuna had just willingly entered Hyper Deathperation Mode.

His feelings of fear, anger, and regret...they had pushed his dying will to the surface, and right now it was completely obvious his emotions weren't in control.

"...We should leave." Reborn said, finally taking his last step out the door. Gokudera and Yamamoto followed him, not wanting to cause Tsuna even more emotional distress.

And then Tsuna was left standing there, alone, the pain in this chest growing even stronger.

He had to look for her. He had to find her.

It didn't matter what the hell Reborn said! She was his friend! She was his family! And he had pushed her away like some insensitive fool!

"Haru..." Her name being said by his lips stung.

This wasn't right.

...I have to find her.

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Five years later...

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"Haru-sama!" The brunette halted her and her Rain Guardians training. "The limo has arrived to take you and the guardians back to Namimori."

She smiled. "Okay! Thank you for telling Haru, Gin. Haru and her guardians will now take their leave, wish us luck!"

The lowly servant boy smiled. "But of course! We hope you return to us soon." He bowed.

"Don't worry! If anything goes wrong when Haru is gone, you know to call her and she will be back here in a flash! Haru promises!"

"Hai, please have a safe trip, Haru-sama."

Haru smiled once again, walking up to the servant she knew as Gin. She had saw a lovely spirit in him. "Gin," he turned his head up slightly to look at her, "by Haru's words, she now promotes you to D-rank soldier. Haru thinks you will do a fine job as one of her protectors. And with a little training, will become strong enough to post as one of the six generals."

The boy took on a disbelieving tone. "H-Haru-sama, I-I couldn't possibly—"

"Why? Does Gin-kun not wish to become a soldier? Gin-kun may very well pick any other position..." Haru trailed off, not knowing what else to say.

The servant boy didn't know how to respond. Why was she suddenly promoting him? It – he didn't deserve it! Or...at least he didn't think he did...

But it seemed as if the rumors were true. Miura Haru, the first generation boss of the Fortise Family...Was a kind, caring young woman. Not to mention very strong and reliable. People who were close to her have said she could be such an air head at times, but right now...right now she was basically handing his dream to him! Saying no to her would mean disrespect. And he most certainly wasn't going to disrespect the woman who was trying to help him reach his dream.

"Ah...no, I-I really, really appreciate it, Haru-sama!" He bowed his head to her once again. "T-Thank you so much!"

"You're welcome," Haru smiled, the smile and slight blush on the boy's face making her feel warm inside. This was her favorite part of the job...making people feel as if they had done good. That they were needed, that she needed them.

That she saw potential in them, and wasn't going to leave them out.

"Sa, stand up straight and give Haru your right hand. Haru will give you her seal of approval before she leaves. Gin-kun is permitted to start training to be a solider anytime." She winked, reaching out her hand for him to place his wrist into.

"H-Haru-sama.." He was about to cry. He seriously was about to cry.

"Eh? Why is Gin-kun crying? Did Haru do something to upset him? H-Haru apologizes if she made you upset!"

She bowed to him. SHE BOWED TO HIM. OHMIGOSH! But suddenly he felt a deathly aura trying to kill him. Scared eyes glancing all around him, Gin stopped when his eyes fell on the Rain Guardian – He was glaring at him...

"Tatsuko, Haru can feel your killing presence. Tatsuko-kun is scaring Gin, stop it."

Immediately the gloomy aura went away, followed by the sound of embarrassed whistling. "Ahaha...ha...Gomen, Haru-chan."

Haru rolled her eyes, smiling a bit as she did so. "Tatsuko-kun is always getting angry when Haru acts un-boss-ly-like.."

The brunette finally raised her head, turning to the Rain Guardian and giving him a thumbs up.

"But he always keeps her in check, so Haru doesn't care if Tatsuko-kun is bossy!" Haru giggled, brown eyes lighting up happily when the Rain Guardian mumbled an offended, "I am not bossy.." crossing his arms like the childish teen he was.

"Anyway, Gin-kun! Haru doesn't want to keep the other guardians waiting too long, so what category would Gin-kun like to be placed in?"

The underling blushed, still not believing this was happening to him. "U-Um, i-if it's possible...Rain, would be n-nice.."

Gin trailed off, and immediately Tatsuko smirked, "Bold choice. I look forward to working with you." The Rain Guardian smiled warmly, and Gin couldn't help but think of how unique all of Haru-sama's guardians were.

"A-Arigatou!" He bowed once again.

"Mou, Gin-kun! Haru hasn't even put the seal thingy on yet!" Haru whined freely, sulking a little as she did so.

"O-Oh! Sorry! M-My deepest apologies, Haru-sama!" Gin flew up then, extending his right hand to her.

"Hai, hai. Haru accepts your apology." She smiled, and thevsmall servant boy blushed. She was so pretty, too...

Haru breathed deeply, before a tranquil blue light started to form in her right hand. Placing it over Gin's wrist, Haru murmured the words, "With this seal, I, Miura Haru, here by authorize Kameko Gin, the privilege of being able to participate on the Rain Guardian, Hamachi Tatsuko's, general team; starting out as a D-rank soldier. Anyone who objects to this can answer to me. Ame no shiru!"

The blue light disappearing from her hand, Haru slowly let a breath out and smiled at the awe-struck boy, staring down at his wrist which now had a light inscription kanji for Rain.

"Gin-kun now has Haru's seal of approval imprinted on him. Anytime Gin-kun wants to retire, or stop being a solider, he may tell Haru and she will remove the seal.

The seal Haru has given Gin-kun, is a power seal of approval, that will give Gin-kun some of Haru's power when he is in trouble or on the brink of death. And as long as Gin-kun is inside estate boarders, it is impossible for Gin-kun to die. As Haru had first promised you when she invited you to join her family, Haru will protect you with her life. And now that Gin-kun has the approval, Haru hopes you will do the same for her."

"H-Hai! T-Thank you again, so much Haru-sama! I promise I will do my best to protect you!"

Haru smiled, starting to walk away with Tatsuko right beside her. "Thank you for providing your protection, Gin-kun. Haru hopes to see your progress when she gets back."

"Hai!" Gin watched the two leave, a new found happiness in his heart. He glanced down, blue eyes reading the small kanji on his wrist once again.

Rain.

Arigatou, Haru-sama...I promise to not waste your judgment on believing in me.

—

While they were walking, Haru could faintly hear Tatsuko sigh. "You're too nice to people, you know that, Haru-chan?" He smiled warmly at her, shoving her slightly with one of his broad shoulders.

Haru simply smiled back, going on to complain to him about how his shoulders felt like cinder blocks, or how he shouldn't shove a lady, or how she was tired so he had to give her a piggy back ride, or...

Haru sighed mentally. It's been five years already, huh? ...She wasn't ready to go back yet. What if they didn't even remember her? I had been five years...

Why was she even going back?

"Maa, Tatsuko-kun already knows about Haru's past...Haru just wishes for everyone in her family to feel special." Tatsuko watched his boss cringe slightly, while forcing a smile. "To make them feel needed...You guys make me feel needed...So as the boss, I really would like everyone else feel like that, too.."

"Haru.." She had stopped walking, forcing Tatsuko to stop and wait for her.

Baka...He was such an idiot! Bringing up such a sensitive subject...

Five years ago...Five years ago he had found Haru sleeping in a deserted ally way, dirty and slightly beaten up. They were but thirteen then. But when he saw her, his personality had then come into check, and he seeked her out, asking her what her name was, where she was from, what she was doing here...Then she had told him her story.

No body needs Haru. It's just as Gokudera-san says, Tsuna-san had never loved Haru. Haru was so stupid for ever thinking that he did. Haru doesn't want to bother them anymore. Haru is a burden to everyone, even her parents. Haru doesn't know what to do...

Back then he had no idea of who these 'Gokudera-san,' and 'Tsuna-san' were, but over the years he had found out that this 'Tsuna-san,' was really Sawada Tsunayoshi, the tenth generation boss of the Vongola Family. And this, 'Gokudera-san,' was the Vongola Families Guardian of the Storm ring.

At first Tatsuko had been surprised that this seemingly homeless girl knew such people. But when she had finished telling her story, the young man had suddenly felt a huge feeling of rage, and anger towards the people who had the heart to do this to a girl.

He had brought her back with him to his friends. There were seven of them now, and they were all run away's. He found it ironic, really, how so many people with the same past had all gathered.

But here they were now, and all they needed was each other. Finally gaining the courage to look her in the eye, Tatsuko smiled at the slightly younger girl. "Come on," he reached out his hand to her. "Let's go get the others."

Brown eyes suddenly filling with tears, Haru nodded quickly; repeatedly, willing herself not to cry in front of one of her strongest guardians. Finally she took his hand. "..Tatsuko?"

He glanced at her knowingly, gripping her hand tighter. "Yes?"

A stray tear fell down her cheek, and she finally closed the space between them, wrapping her arms around her Rain Guardian tightly; she embraced him in a hug. "Thank you...t-thank you so much..!"

Silently Tatsuko hugged her back, making a note to himself...that today, today he would finally be able to see the people who had done this to her. Who had made her half the woman she should be. That had broken her to the point...where she had stopped believing in herself.

He would make those people pay.

...And he would save this slightly younger girl he thought of as family.

—

Tsuna sighed, eyes tried and face solemn as the now eighteen year old boy prepared himself for yet another day of useless High School.

Over the years things had changed. Once Kyoko found out that Haru left, she had forced herself into solitude; not talking to anyone, or anything for three months.

Gokudera had resorted to inflicting pain on himself, still not forgiving his apparently, 'oblivious' actions of letting Haru leave in the first place. Of causing his boss to suffer in the place.

Yamamoto had forced himself to act happy. And no one noticed, for about a month. And then he broke. Said he couldn't stand himself, now that he had actually pushed someone he called his friend away. Didn't smile for about year – because there was nothing to smile about.

Lambo, who was now ten years old, had cried constantly, yelling for his "Haru-nee," who never came to visit him anymore. And once he learned the truth, he had called all of them stupid. No one disagreed.

Ryohei had actually served as support, telling himself that he couldn't brake – not when his sister was already broken. He held out for three years. Trying his best to be himself, yelling out the word, "EXTREME!" in his sentence at least once like how he always did. But after three years – after three years of seeing everyone so entire gloomy, so entirely different...Even he didn't have the courage to go on being himself.

Chrome didn't find out till a month after, none of them knowing her where abouts. She had started crying, at first, saying that Haru was one of her first friends. That she had tried so hard to be nice to her, only for Chome to ignore her in the end. She felt terrible. And half way into the year, Ken and Chikusa had come complaining to him, telling him that Chome wasn't eating. That she wasn't doing anything.

Hibari? ...Hibari didn't give a shit.

But with five of his six guardians broken, beaten up inside, and just down right depressed...Tsuna had told himself that he couldn't, he absolutely refused to brake. He couldn't. Not when everyone else had already given up.

And over time, the once immature, spazzing little thirteen year old, had been forced to grow up. To face reality and the fact that he had basically thrown his family away. His eyes were now permanently a firey, solemn orange. And his flame of resolve...

Stronger than ever.

Tsuna remembered, when he told Hibari the bad news, and the prefect had simply shut the door in his face, telling him he didn't care, and to never ring his door bell ever again, or he would bite him to death.

It took five seconds for Tsuna to brake his door down.

The brunette remembered screaming, screaming at the man who supposedly didn't care. And the moment Tsuna trespassed into his house, Hibari had had his tonfas held up, pushing Tsuna against his wall with a scowl on his face.

He had said.

"You expect me to care for that useless girl? She was worth nothing. Not to me, not to my ambitions, not to my life. At the most she was someone I had no objective to kill. So I suggest you get ready to die here, Sawada Tsunayoshi. Because I will bite you to death."

Tsuna remembered the look on Hibari's face, when he held the prefect 10,000 feet off the floor. Gripping him by his neck, the more than pissed off brunette had uttered these words.

"She was part of my family, as are you. I don't care if she can't fight for shit – she cared about me. And she cared about you. As long as you're going to be living on this earth, you will care about your family members. Because they are all you have."

After that, what Hibari had said shocked him.

"Kill me," he had choked out, still gasping for air at the mercy of Sawada Tsunayoshi. "I rather die than live knowing I loss to a herbivore like you."

Tsuna had almost let him fall, the idea of Hibari not treasuring his life angering him. Hibari...the ungrateful little ass.

"You will continue to live on this earth," he had disappeared, leaving only an echo of his solemn voice. "For as long as I deem it necessary."

Since then Tsuna knew Hibari had discovered a new found respect for him. He knew it, when, last year – all the Guardians (plus Kyoko) had all gone out to search for Haru...one last time.

The results were excruciating when they again, came up with nothing.

But the fact that Hibari actually showed up, had told Tuna that the loner prefect had at least thought about what he said. Getting ready to walk out the door, Tsuna paused to think for a moment.

I have this feeling...just a feeling, that something's going to happen to day..

—

There, Haru stood, looking down at what was now the Tenth Generation Vongola boss.

Her heart thumped.

He hadn't changed at all. Not inside.

Ahaha...End :))

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