Title – Silent Sky

Chapter Title – The Italian Tutor

Author – Megan Riley

Rating – T

Warnings – Slash, Language, Sexual Themes, Violence and Alternate Universe

Pairing/s – 8059, 1827

Summary – Takeo is the younger twin. He is sporty, popular and intelligent. As far as anyone can tell he is perfect, but behind closed doors, he constantly torments and abuses his older brother, punishing him for any slight: real or imagined. But when the famous hit man, Reborn comes into the picture, secrets and truth come to light as the training of the Vongola Decimo progresses.

Disclaimer –The voices told me I owned Katekyo Hitman Reborn and I was so excited, but then reality kicked in.

Walking in the door, Tsuna was greeted with the sound of his brother bellowing at Reborn over a crazy woman who tried to kill him. Assuming it had something to do with the mafia; he chose to ignore the conversation and continued towards his room. Just after he reached it, there was a knock on the door and a voice drifted upstairs.

"Italian pizza delivery!" Wondering why his mother had ordered pizza when she'd specifically asked him to make dinner as she'd be late, Tsuna dropped his bag and continued towards the kitchen in the hope that Takeo would get the door.

"Get the bloody door, Dame-Tsuna! I'm busy!" Letting out a sigh of exasperation, he turned towards the door, and opened it to find a tall, pink-haired girl standing on the door holding a pizza box. The strangest thing was that her eyes were exactly the same shape and shade as Hayato's.

"I-I'm sorry, I'm a-afraid you must h-have the wrong house," he stuttered quietly, a polite smile on his face.

"No, I'm sure this is the right address," The woman commented, glancing at a notepad she pulled out of her pocket, "Are you Sawada Takeo? I was supposed to give this pizza directly to him."

"N-no, sorry. That's m-my brother. H-he's upstairs in the f-first room to the r-right, just g-go right up." He smiled gently as he gave her directions.

"Thanks! I'll just be a moment." The pink-haired woman smiled cheerfully at the politeness of the boy, before walking towards the stairs.

"You! You're that girl from earlier!" Takeo was furious. First the stupid girl had tried to poison him while he was running laps for Reborn. Now that… That bitch, dared turn up at his house, attempting to convince him that she was selling pizza, yeah right.

Shoving the pizza in the less polite twins face, with an "Enjoy!" She smirked. Well, even if he didn't, she would enjoy seeing the brat who was taking her Reborn away, suffering.

The moment the pizza was within reach the boy began to retch, "I… I feel sick."

It was then that Reborn returned from the bathroom, and upon seeing Bianchi, shot the pizza in her hands out the window, before greeting the woman. "Ciaossu, Bianchi,"

"Reborn…" the word was filled with emotion as she stared at the child with her heart in her eyes, "I'm here to bring you back. Let's do another big job together, Reborn. A peaceful place doesn't suit you. The place you should be is the dark world where it's more dangerous and thrilling." The passion in her speech was tangible, as she spoke her mind.

"I told you, Bianchi. I have a job to raise Takeo, so I can't." Ignoring the pleading look in her eyes, Reborn spoke emptily.

"Poor Reborn…" Bianchi had crocodile tears, hanging from her lashes, "Unless the Decimo dies in an accident or something Reborn won't be free again."

Upon hearing insinuation, Takeo screeched, "What!?"

Smirking with satisfaction at the other's reaction, Bianchi turned to leave, "I'll go home for now. When the Decimo is murd… When the Decimo is dead, I'll come to bring you back again…" She waved to the smaller boy in the kitchen on her way out, and was rewarded with a kind smile.

The moment she left the room Takeo, was bellowing at Reborn, "Huh!? What the heck are you saying!? What's up with that woman!?"

"She's a freelance hit man called Poison Scorpion. Her special skill is to feed people her poison cooking." Responding calmly to the brat's rude enquiry, Reborn attempted to hide any emotion that seeing Bianchi had brought out.

"Another weird one is here, what is wrong with your world!? She seems to like you a lot." Takeo said tactlessly, giving no indication he may have stepped into a painful topic.

"Bianchi loves me; we went out at some point." Saying the words emotionlessly caused something within him to break; she wasn't the only one to be in love.

"W-went out? So she was your girlfriend…!?" Resisting the temptation to say something insulting upon hearing the other's comment.

"I'm popular with women. Bianchi was my forth lover."

Ignoring the fact that he'd just been insulting the women his tutor had loved, Takeo focused on what he considered the more important topic. "Do you even know the meaning of the word you just said? Anyway do something… She's targeting my life."

"Takeo… Humans are creatures that will all die someday." Hopefully this one sooner than most, Reborn thought viciously, in contrast to his almost serene expression.

"Don't be enlightened all of a sudden!"

"Morning, Tsuna-kun!" The bright voice startled Tsuna as he walked to school, for once not waking up early.

Recognising the voice, He allowed a small smile to cross his face "M-morning, Kyoko-chan,"

"Today's home economics class is going to make rice balls, I'm so excited!" The girl was bubbling as she spoke to her newest friend, "Would you like to be my partner for today? I know you normally like to work alone, but I thought it would be nice if we worked together… Only if you want to of course," Her speech ended on a nervous note at the thought of the boy refusing her request.

"I'd l-like that K-Kyoko-chan," being one of the very few boys who took home economics, Tsuna was often forced to work solo, as the other boys avoided him due to his brother, and the girls refused to work with a boy, Kyoko was the first to ask to work with him, as the rarely seen, bright smile on his face demonstrated.

A woman on a bike rode past and stopped in front of them for a minute, helmet covering her face. It looked like she was going to throw a can of soft drink at them, before she suddenly turned and rode away for no apparent reason.

The moment the woman drove away, the orange-haired girl turned to face her friend, "Was that someone you know?"

"N-no, I d-don't think so. I wonder who it was." Looking confused, the boy gazed after the rider, searching for the sense of familiarity of the person.

Upon being dragged into the Home economics class room by Kyoko, Tsuna was unsurprised when they became the centre of attention.

"What's Kyoko-chan doing with him?"

"What'll Takeo-san say?"

"Are they dating?"

Whispers erupted around the room at the sight of the school idol holding the hand of the school reject, who was smiling for the first time in anyone's memory.

Completely ignoring the stares and mutters surrounding them, Kyoko dragged the small brunette towards a counter in the corner, where her friend, Kurokawa Hana stood waiting, "We can work here, Tsuna-kun!" She smiled excitedly, as they began pulling out ingredients, and Hana greeted them with a curious glance, "Who are you going to give your race balls to?"

Once again shocking the class into silence, the previously mute boy spoke, "I th-think I'll give one t-to Kaa-san, another to R-Reborn-san, one t-to Hayato-kun, one to T-Takeshi-kun, and I'm n-not sure who I'll g-give the last one too. I w-would give it to y-you, but you h-have your own, and I d-don't want t-to hear all the r-rumours that would c-cause." He smiled wryly at the girl as he looked pointedly around the room, towards all the people staring at them.

"Thanks, Tsuna-kun," the girl smiled sweetly.

Hana was surprised at how kind the small boy was behaving, she was wondering whether he seriously was not romantically interested in Kyoko, when a wicked look crossed her face, "Maybe you should give the last one to Hibari-san, I heard he has a soft-spot for you."

"W-what are you t-talking about?" Nerves covered the brunette's face as he glanced around, as though looking for the head of the disciplinary committee.

"Well, I heard that he had you doing his paperwork, instead of biting you to death; if that's not soft on you, then I don't know what is and it seems as though you feel the same, if that blush is any indication." Hana said evily, as a similar smile crossed her friend's face.

"N-no, it's n-not l-like that…" Tsuna said in a panic.

"Of course it isn't," Kyoko said wickedly, "Of course it isn't."

Later as he thought over Kyoko's comments, Tsuna couldn't help but consider her suggestion that he give his last rice ball to Hibari-san, it wasn't because he liked him or anything; it was because all the other boys were given rice balls, and he had been left out. It really wasn't fair that he should be the only boy who didn't get a rice ball, but when he reached the office of the disciplinary committee and was unable to see Hibari, a part of him felt relieved. Handing the rice ball to Kusakabe-san with a stuttered explanation of who it was for, he was turning to leave the room when he, quite literally, ran into the person he was here to see.

"H-Hibari-san, I was j-just here t-to give you th-this," He pointed desperately at the rice ball in Kusakabe's hand.

A grunt was the only answer he received as the head of the disciplinary committee, took the rice ball from his second in command.

"W-we made th-them in h-home economics t-today, and the g-girls gave them t-to the boys, b-but Kyoko-chan suggested I g-give one th-that I made t-to you," he babbled on as Hibari chewed on the rice ball.

"It's edible," He said bluntly before glaring at the quiet herbivore, "Shouldn't you be in class?"

"N-no, Hibari-san. N-Nezo-sensei was sick s-so we h-had a free p-period." The brunette stuttered under the older boys glare.

"Free periods must be spent in the pre-arranged classroom, not roaming the halls, normally I would bite you to death… but my paperwork is piling up, so you may sort and file it for me." He glared at his second in command as the boy held back a laugh, before pointing the herbivore towards his office.

A week after what became known as the 'rice ball incident', in which Takeo made Umukazi Sakura cry by refusing her rice balls, because they 'looked like shit,' and he 'wouldn't eat them if I was starving.' He didn't even notice that her rice balls had been switched with Bianchi's as she offered them to him, Takeo stomped loudly into the house proclaiming the temperature for the whole house to hear.

"Woah, it's so hot, I should sit still in my room, with the air conditioner on." He announced loudly, before retreating to his room.

A short "Ciaossu," was heard by Tsuna, who was in the kitchen, before the younger twin's voice overrode anything else his tutor may have said.

"You're totally indulging the Japanese summer, aren't you!?" his voice was indignant, and Tsuna could imagine him glaring at his tutor.

After a moment of silence , Bianchi walked in, holding something, the older twin new looked disgusting, as he had seen Bianchi make it, "I have some for you too, eat up!"

"Bianchi! What are you doing here? And why are you holding something the looks poisonous," His brother exclaimed loudly, and Tsuna rolled his eyes at what he knew was coming; these people clearly had communication problems, or Reborn was forcing himself to be professional while working. He was betting on the second if the look on Reborn's face was anything to go by. Though he had to give Bianchi credit, she was definitely determined.

"For love," the sigh in her voice could be heard, and he was sure she was staring at Reborn.

Who was most likely ignoring her as he answered separately, "For work."

"Reborn needs me."

"I thought she could help tutor you."

Takeo was furious at the thought of actually learning something as he shouted at both his tutors, "Why are you suddenly talking about her tutoring me!? You barely do it yourself! And this woman's trying to kill me with her poison cooking!"

Deciding she was sick of dealing with the brat, Bianchi gave up any pretense of kindness and brushed the boy off, delivering a subtle threat at the same time, "You're still a kid; you shouldn't be concerned with stuff like that. What I am creating now is poison cooking II, twice the killing rate,"

"I want you out of here, now!" Takeo demanded as though he had any choice in the matter.

"I'll be assisting you in home economics and art, we'll be conducting a home economics experiment, so I'll be in the kitchen preparing, and I expect to see you there in ten minutes." Disgusted by the boy she was forced to deal with, Bianchi stood and left the room, forcing Reborn to deal with him; she would go visit the nicer twin, and plan how she would get rid of the brat, Tsuna would make a much better head of the Vongola.

"At this rate, it'll only be a matter of time until I get killed! Reborn, do something, kick her out! Don't give me that slurp, slurp, slurp crap!" Walking towards the kitchen, she could still hear the younger twin ranting at his uncaring tutor, which probably meant that Tsuna would be able to hear him in the kitchen; how lucky was he.

"Juudaime…!"

In the kitchen Tsuna smiled at the sound of his friend's voice and walked towards the front door.

"H-Hayato-kun! It's l-lovely to see y-you, would you like t-to stay for lunch?"

"Thank you, Juu – Tsuna-sama, I brought watermelon, if you would like some; It's supposed to be really sweet." Hearing voices yelling from upstairs, Hayato immediately stiffened, and moved to stand in front of the small brunette. "Is there some kind of problem? If you want, I'll take care of it for you."

"Ther's n-no problem, Hayato-kun, T-Takeo is just a b-bit annoyed with his n-new tutor and what h-have I told you about m-my name? You can c-call me Tsuna-kun you kn-know, or even j-just Tsuna is f-fine." Tsuna explained nervously to the silver-haired boy, looking as though he were afraid mentioning his brother's name would cause him to appear.

"Are you sure you don't want me to… Aneki?" The taller boy stared past Tsuna with a dazed expression on his face as he dropped the watermelon he was carrying.

Seeing how pale his friend had become, the smaller boy was immediately concerned, "H-Hayato-kun, are y-you alright?" Turning to glance in the direction Hayato was staring in, Tsuna was unsurprised to see Bianchi standing there; the two were surprisingly similar when you looked closely enough.

Face tight with an unidentifiable emotion, Bianchi stared back at her brother, before responding with a single word, "Hayato."

Hearing his sister's voice for the first time in years, Hayato immediately bent over in obvious pain, before running out of the room with a muttered apology, "Excuse me!"

"Wait, H-Hayato-kun!" The smaller boy went to follow his friend, but was stopped by Reborn before he could leave the room, while Bianchi hurried into the kitchen to put the kettle on.

"You don't seem surprised that those two are related." Reborn said as he prevented Tsuna from leaving the room.

Realising Reborn would not let him go until his questions were answered, he stopped struggling and responded. "I w-wasn't."

"Why not?" Reborn was nothing if not determined, and he wanted to know why the boy had not reacted to Gokudera's announcement.

"Th-they have the s-same eyes and similar m-mannerisms," Tsuna answered as Bianchi returned to the room, cup in hand.

"Give him the tea, it always made him feel better as a child, but don't tell him I made it until after he drinks it, if at all, okay?" The woman smiled sadly at the concerned look on the brunette's face, "It isn't poisoned, so you don't have to worry about that. Now, go talk to him, I'm sure he'll tell you the story."

Turning to walk out the room, Tsuna sent a comforting smile towards the older girl, giving her a warm, comfortable feeling, "D-don't worry, I'm sure e-everything will be fine."

Walking out the back, Tsuna was easily able to see Hayato-kun leaning against a tree, breathing slowly.

Turning to face Tsuna, Hayato forced a smile onto his face, "Sorry about what happened, I must've eaten something funny for breakfast."

For once not stuttering, Tsuna looked the other boy in the eye as he handed him his tea, "Hayato-kun, don't lie."

Taking a sip of his tea, and only vaguely registering that it was the same type he'd been given when ill as a child, Hayato began his story, "I used to live with my sister until I was eight. At our castle we used to have a lot of parties, but when I was six years old, I was supposed to perform the piano in front of everyone. For the performance, my sister baked me cookies for the first time. I didn't find out until afterwards, but my sister possesses the ability to make all of her cooking poisonous. Of course at that time after I ate the cookies, I suddenly experienced severe nausea and dizziness and the piano performance was outrageous… But that was only the beginning. That bizarre performance was rated highly in the end. My father, who was in a good mood, decided to make me perform more, that terror traumatised my body and now every time I look at my sister I get stomach aches… I wish I knew why she hated me," As he finished his tea, he muttered the last words wistfully under his breath.

After listening, to the story, Tsuna could only feel sympathy for the two children who had grown up in that castle, if their father had been willing to poison his son, and was about to speak when another voice spoke up.

"I don't hate you, you know." Bianchi spoke up, from her hiding place in the tree, "Father never actually gave me a choice on whether or not to poison you, but I tried my best to tone down the poisoning. You were the reason I learnt to make normal food, that tea you just had, it's the one I used to make. I would always make it for you; since I was the one who made you sick, I thought it was only fair that I help treat you. I was heart-broken when you ran away, did you know? I refused to speak to father, and eventually left myself. Shamal used to send me updates on your progress and how you were doing, and he'd even occasionally tell me where you were, so that I could keep an eye on you. So don't you ever say I hate you! You're my little brother and I love you, don't you dare doubt that!" She jumped down from her branch and turned away from him so that he would not have to see her face, "Reborn isn't the only reason I came here, I had to make sure the boy was worthy of you."

There was a moment of silence as the two siblings stared at each other, so Tsuna slipped away to them some privacy, and return to the kitchen.

Fussing in the kitchen and occasionally taking a peak out the window to see how the siblings were going, he was pleased to see Hayato facing his sister with smile on his face as they spoke calmly. Enjoying the peace and quiet, Tsuna jumped in surprise at the sound of the doorbell ringing. Walking down the hall, looking through the window, he was surprised to catch a glimpse of Kyoko standing on his doorstep. He hurried to the door, and was startled to see Hana standing next to his orange-haired friend.

"Kyoko-chan! K-Kurokawa-san! W-what are you d-doing here?"

"What do you think we're doing here, Monkey? Visiting Sawada-teme? We're here to see you of course." The sarcasm in her voice was easily detect and ignored by both friends, as they greeted each other cheerfully.

"Ohayo, Tsuna-kun! How are you?"

"Ohayo, K-Kyoko-chan! I'm f-fine, thank you. H-how have you b-been?"

"Well, thanks. We thought we'd come and see if you'd like to join us for cake? We normally go with our friend, Haru, but she's busy this weekend, so we thought you might like to come instead." The orange-haired girl smiled infectiously as she questioned the other boy.

"I think, I-I'd like to d-do that K-Kyoko-chan, it s-sounds like f-fun." Tsuna responded, just in time to hear Lambo screaming from upstairs.

While Tsuna had been greeting the girls downstairs, Lambo had accidently walked into one of Takeo's tantrums, in his room. As objects flew everywhere, the younger twin happened to see the toddler out of the corner of his eye, and a nasty smile crossed his face.

"Well, well. Look what wandered into my room; the cow freak." The cruel smirk on his face grew, as he spoke, "Hey Cow Freak, want to play a game?"

"N-no! You're a m-Meany, Lambo-san d-doesn't want t-to play with y-you," although trembling, and scared out of his wits; the child still managed to speak as he stumbled towards the door.

"That's too bad freak; you don't get a choice. Here's how we play; you stand still and I try to hit you, got it?" Takeo shut the door and locked it with a spiteful look on his face, before picking up a baseball that was on the ground near him and aiming it at the terrified child.

"N-no! Help, Tsuna-nii! The Meany's trying to hurt me!" Ducking the ball as he screamed for his brother figure, the small boy reached into his hair as though looking for something.

Footsteps thundered up the stairs as Lambo found what he was looking for, pulled a bright pink bazooka out and aimed it at himself, the door was kicked open with a loud bang, as Tsuna, Kyoko and Hana Rushed through, just in time to see Lambo shoot himself.

Hana and Kyoko had no clue what was going on.

One minute they were inviting Tsuna to come have cake with them, the next they could hear a child screaming for Tsuna from upstairs, as he ran faster than anyone had known he could. They reached the top of the stairs, just in time to see Tsuna kick open a door, and see a child disappear into a cloud of pink smoke, as Takeo glared at him.

"What the hell are you doing in here Dame-Tsuna!? How many times have I told you to keep your disgusting face out of my room? I guess you need another lesson…" A malicious expression crossed the other boy's face as he pulled back his arm to hit his brother, only to have it grabbed by a child.

"What, exactly, do you think you are doing brat?" The deadly tone coming from the child caused, even Takeo to freeze as Tsuna ignored his twin and turned to face the clearing smoke. The new exchange student followed the child through the window, as a pink-haired woman waved from down below.

"Juudaime, are you alright? That bastard didn't hurt you did he?" The silver-haired boy immediately crossed to his boss and began checking him over.

"I-I'm fine, Hayato-kun. I'm m-more worried about L-Lambo-kun," the brunette stuttered, gently pushing his friend away and directing his attention towards the clearing smoke, from which, someone taller than Lambo was beginning to appear.

When all the smoke cleared, Hana stared in shocked disbelief at the handsome teenager standing where the child had been standing previously. "W-what just happened? How- Why- Where did the kid go?"

She wasn't the only one who was shocked as half the room stared at the teenager, not sure of what had happened, who was looking around the room confusedly, before catching sight of the Tsuna.

"Goodness, it seems that I was brought back in time ten years, with the ten year bazooka. Long time, no see young Tsuna-nii."

"L-Lambo-kun… Is that y-you? How c-could you have c-come back in t-time?" The elder twin asked disbelievingly as he stared at the teenager in shock.

"Sure is," He responded with a small smile, "Thank you for taking care of me ten years ago. As for how I got here the person shot with the ten year Bazooka changes places with their self from ten years in the future for five minutes."

"Oh… I s-see, how are y-you -" Tsuna started, before being interrupted by his twin.

"What a load of rubbish! Who would give the cow freak a time travelling device? They must have been really stupid!"

At the sound of the younger twin's voice, The Bovino child felt fury rising inside him, and forced himself to calm down, before he did something he would regret.

"If you must know," he said disgustedly, "It was given to me by my nanny in the hope that it would help me to survive and I suggest you don't insult her, as I just might attack you if you do; she was very important to me."

"Do I look like I care? I doubt you could hurt me if you tried, and she was probably just a dried up, old bitch," the boy sneered, uncaring of the consequences.

At these words a vicious light of satisfaction entered the future teen's eyes, as he pulled what appeared to be a set of horns out of a pocket in his jeans, "Looks like I'll have to use my skills then, to show you how much I've changed in ten years; Thunder set! My horns are one million volts. Elettrico Cornata!"

While all this was happening, Reborn sat on the window sill, observing the interactions of those in the room and was fascinated by what he saw; everyone in that room, with the exception of Takeo, would follow Tsuna without argument, even the girls, who knew nothing about the Mafia, were willing to protect him. He was a powerful sky to draw so many in. Even as these thoughts passed through his head he prepared himself to block the electricity from hitting the brat; as much as he would enjoy seeing him get fried, he'd probably get fired for it and almost froze in shock when the older brat stood in front of his brother to block the charge. It became even more shocking, when the cry baby immediately turned away from the twins, and demanded everyone move away from the window. Rushing towards it, he pushed his horns and head outside, before releasing the electricity towards the sky, allowing it to dissipate.

Once he had done that he removed his horns and turned to face Tsuna with a pout, "Damn it, Tsuna-nii! Why couldn't you let me hit him, it wouldn't have hurt him too badly, I lowered the voltage especially!"

"S-sorry, Lambo-kun, b-but you know how I f-feel about h-hurting p-people, and I d-didn't know you'd lowered the v-voltage," He sent an apologetic smile towards the time traveller, only to have his brother open his big mouth.

"You're such a wimp Dame-Tsuna, I don't know why anyone even cares about you!" This was the last straw for the majority of the room; Reborn pulled out his gun, Hayato grabbed some dynamite, Lambo readied his horns and Hana clenched her teeth, but before anyone could act Kyoko stepped forward and punched him hard in the face, just how her brother had taught her.

"How dare you call your own brother that? Tsuna is ten times the man you'll ever be, you foul loathsome person!"

All in the room were focused on the normally quiet girl as the boy in front of her clutched his bleeding nose, before Reborn slowly began clapping, to be joined by the rest of the room, with Hana grinning at her.

"Good job Kyoko-chan, I've wanted to punch that arrogant idiot for years." The dark-haired girl said just as the older Lambo was replaced with his younger self, who looked around in confusion, before questioning the whole room, causing them all to burst out laughing.

"What happened?"

Glossary

Baka – Idiot

Chan – is mainly for girls. Chan expresses that the speaker finds a person endearing. In general, chan is used for babies, young children, and teenage girls. It may also be used towards cute animals, lovers, and close friends.

Dame – No Good

Decimo - Tenth

Hai – Yes

Hajimaru – Begin

Ippon – a point in kendo

Kaa-san – Mum, Mother

Kata - is a Japanese word describing detailed choreographed patterns of movements practised either solo or in pairs. The term form is used for the corresponding concept in non-Japanese martial arts in general

Kun – is used by people of senior status in addressing or referring to those of junior status, or by anyone when addressing or referring to male children or teenagers. It can also be used by females when addressing a male that they are emotionally attached to or have known for a long period of time.

Teme- Bastard

San – Similar to Mr. or Mrs, respectful term of address.

Senpai - a senior or superior in any academic or corporate organization in society

Sensei – Teacher, doctor, professor.

Shinku Koῡ no Akuma – Demon of the Crimson Downpour

Tonfa - also known as tong fa or tuifa, is an Okinawan weapon. It is a stick with a handle, and is about 15-20 inches long. It was traditionally made from red oak and wielded in pairs

Tou-san – Father, dad