The Rings That Kept Us Together

Summary: Tsuna, ever since he was a kid, he was always protected from bullies by this tomboy girl, named Fuyu DelaRosa. He didn't know why, but they became friends quickly. But that is until she moved away in fourth grade. "Ne! Tsuna-kun! This ring will have an invisible string that will always keep us together no matter what! So you better not lose it Baka-Tsuna-Kun! Promise?"

Warning: Violence and a wide vocabulary (of cuss words)

The Rings That Kept Us Together

Six year old Tsuna quivered in fear as he tried his best to cover his body so that he wouldn't receive any fatal injuries. You see, Tsunayoshi was a very clumsy boy. Not to mention that he isn't very bright and is very feminine. And is often bullied by people calling him 'Dame-Tsuna' or would just plain beating him up. And it was happening right now.

It was the end of school so any hope of anyone helping him was useless. If anyone did want to help. The bullies sneered at him as they continued to kick him.

"Baka!"

"You shouldn't even be here!"

"Dame-Tsuna!"

"No one likes you!"

"What do you think you guys are doing?!" That itself was enough for Tsuna to stop quivering and to snap his eyes open and while the others looked behind them to see a girl. A girl with strawberry blonde hair that was tied in twin pig-tails and had fiercely angry minty green eyes and was wearing a pink summer dress with white Mary Janes. They gulped. They knew who she was. A girl who had no sense of style and preferred playing in the mud than playing with barbies. She was practically the tom-boy who bullied everyone. But not a beating-up kind of bully, more like teasing and mocking kind.

"W-what are you going to do about it?!" One of the three boys who bullied Tsuna suddenly yelled as sweat formed on his forehead. One dark smirk from the girl caused them to flinch and run away. After all, one smirk and they knew they were going to be humiliated the next day. Looking at the backs of the retreating figures, the girl sighed and looked at Tsuna in the eyes with a stern look.

"Don't let them do that to you Dame-Tsuna-kun." She spoke up with a small blush on her face as she looked away with a frown; though it looked like a pout.

"E-eh?" Tsuna stuttered out. Why would a bully like her help him out? Soon the girl looked back at him with an angry flushed face.

"S-shut up! I only helped because it was the right thing to do!" She walked towards Tsuna and harshly pulled him up so that he could stand. Guess this Tom-boy doesn't know about being gentle. Tsuna flinched but allowed it anyway.

"E-eto..."

"The names Fuyu!" The girl practically screamed out as sparkles flew around her as if she was a celebrity making Tsuna giggle.

"My name is Tsunayoshi. But you can call me Tsuna." Tsuna replied with a small smile and blush. Maybe he'll actually get a friend.

"No can do, Dame-Tsuna-kun." Tsuna's face was crushed as Fuyu stood there with closed eyes and a proud smirk.

"Just kidding. T-Tsuna-kun." Tsuna perked up and had a flowery background around him making Fuyu's eyes twitch. And this, my friends, was when they became the greatest friends.

~Fourth Grade~

"E-eh? But wh-why?" Tsuna asked as tears began to form in the corner of his eyes and was pouting. This itself made Fuyu twitch. Tsuna himself was even more feminine than her. She didn't even have anything to prove that she was a girl other than the fact that she was always forced to wear dresses by her parents, had a large red bow on her head and always had her long hair in twin pig-tails. And the fact that she was flat-chested as a board didn't help at all. Well what can you do? She was only 9 years old for gods sake.

"Because mom and dad wanted me to pursue my goals of being a pastry maker. You know how I'm the best sweet maker right?" Tsuna nodded as Fuyu smirked. Oh yeah, she was quiet egotistical.

"Well in order to do that, they want to take me to France. The land of love and sweets." At the word love, she cringed and shivered but it subsided. After this, Tsuna had tears falling out. His only friend was leaving! Fuyu panicked and started flailing her arms around. And soon started to pull on her tails as she heard Tsuna's wails become louder.

"D-don't cry! Here!" Tsuna stopped as Fuyu grabbed his face and hugged him. This left Tsuna speechless. She never hugged anyone. Well, not that he knows of but still! She was always hugged by her parents and her brother but she never hugged back. After a couple of seconds, he lifted his arms and hugged back. Soon he heard sniffles from her. He turned his face looked and saw her crying silently.

"G-gomene Tsuna-kun!" She cried out as she hugged him tighter which caused him to cough slightly. Boy did she have a set of arms.

"I-it's fine Fuyu-chan... I understand. So don't cry!" Tsuna let go of the hug and gently pushed Fuyu off him as he tried to wipe away Fuyu's seemingly never-ending tears. Soon tears turned into small trails, small trails turned into hiccups and hiccups turned into her smiling.

She reached into her pocket and pulled out two silver rings that were a bit too big for their skinny fingers but they'll grow. She took one of them and shoved them into Tsuna's chest as Tsuna took it in curiosity.

"Ne! Tsuna-kun! This ring will have an invisible string that will always keep us together no matter what! So you better not lose it Baka-Tsuna-Kun! Promise?" Tsuna soon realized and nodded as he showed a tear-filled grin at Fuyu who returned with her own tear-filled grin.

I promise.

Tsuna woke up with a jolt as he looked at the clock beside him. It was only 4:37 AM and the sun was barely even in sight. He was having the same dreams again for past two weeks. He sighed and looked at his right hand that held the ring firmly on his ring finger. Looks like it fitted after all. He smiled and decided to get some more sleep. As he drifted off to the arms of sleep, the ring shone across brightly before it died down, and a small barely hearable voice rang through.

"I promise."

To Be Continued

-Omake-

A sneeze came through as the girl groggily woke up.

"Excuse you Hime-chan~" A rather deep with a thick French accent voice broke through beside the girl on her left. She looked over and noticed their short spikes up to the left strawberry blonde hair and forest green eyes. She noticed it was her brother.

"Shut up nii-chan." Her slightly high pitched voice was echoed through the dark airplane. She was about to remark about not wanting to be called that but was hit in the head by a board by the person on the right of her. She groaned and glared at the person to meet with sharp brown eyes. It was her tutor.

"What did I say about language Hime-San." The girl's eyes twitch before sighing and slouched back into her chair only to be given a stern look from her tutor.

"'Never to speak such language as a bad-mannered vigilante.'" She frowned and sat straight and read through a book that was next to her about sweets.

"What am I do to with you young lady. I swear."

Berry: Hallo everyone! This is my first ever fanfic so I hope you'll be gentle. I'm sorry if Tsunayoshi was a little OOC and well, I accept constructive con- con... What ever that word is! And well if you have nothing nice to say, please shove it down your throat. R&R and tell me what you think please!