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hanakowriting · 12 years ago

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Shattered; Chapter 1+2

Title: Shattered

Series: Katekyo Hitman Reborn

Pairings: None (1827 later)

Warnings: Light Nana-bashing?

Notes: Cross-posted on ff.net. Adding two chapters as one (because it was beta'd and I won't be posting on ff.net until I have at least one more chapter done and beta'd~)

Songs: Aku no Meshitsukai by Akuno-P (mothy) feat. Len Kagamine (Chapter 1); World is Mine by Ryo (supercell) feat. Miku Hatsune

Watching, yet not commenting, Tsuna couldn't help but to think that his brother was truly stupid. However, at the same time, he couldn't help but think that his brother was someone that he loved dearly, and that he would do anything to ensure his safety.

Already being a target for bullying, the brunette knew that it would be much easier to avoid his twin brother, in hopes of his older brother gaining friends—it would be bad if Ietsuna was forced to become a social recluse because of his association with his brother.

Tsuna also took the bullying that others dished out in hopes of making him seem even more pathetic than his brother—he wasn't stupid, but he could never be called a genius. However, he attempted to make himself seem somewhat stupid, getting the lowest scores ever, and he managed to make even the teachers like his brother over him.

The loneliness was something that he would take, and he would happily take it over and over again if it meant that Ie-kun would have the happiness Tsuna believed he deserved.

Even if his brother would slowly torment him with seemingly innocent words, even if his brother's malicious smile would appear, even if he would rather face the physical abuse at school than the mental one at home, he would protect his brother with his life. Tsunayoshi, despite his shortcomings, was kind by nature, according to his father (who was rarely home, so he did have to wonder as to how his father would know anything about him), and that made him "weak and pathetic".

Though, at times when he was alone, he would go up on the roof to sometimes look at the cloudy or clear sky, he felt as though he could sing about whatever it was that had been plaguing him. The songs were erratic, but they all were undeniably Vocaloid original songs. (Maybe he spent too much time on Nico Nico Douga, or maybe he listened one too many times to one of those addicting songs; he sadly could say he knew more songs than he should but not enough at the same time.)

Sometimes, he would sing songs that he thought were fitting to the mood, such as a depressing song for when he felt as if the rain should fall, cleansing him from the horror that he faced during the day, and sometimes he would sing happily, and oftentimes silly, songs whenever he felt as if nothing could dampen his mood.

The day that Reborn had arrived at their house, Tsuna knew that something would change, and thought that it would be best to avoid the supposed infant, yet Reborn had destroyed all hope of doing just that when he introduced them to the "truth" of them belonging to the most influential Mafia Families within history.

While he wasn't ignorant enough to believe that Reborn was lying to them, Tsuna knew that something was being hidden by the "World's Greatest Hitman". Despite his brother's tutor's words, Tsuna knew that they were still in the dark about the mafia world, and he wasn't naïve enough to believe that his brother's rise to the top wouldn't be hindered by others that obviously knew much more than they did.

If anything, Tsuna knew that he would have to work on the sidelines, within the shadows, to ensure his brother's safety. If worst came to worst, then he would enter as his brother, and take on whatever it was that he needed to defeat. That would mean training, and he would get it if it meant being able to defeat those that wished to hurt his older brother (ignoring the fact that the relationship should have been the other way around.)

Glancing at the clock, he was pleased that he had woken at the usual time, and made his way downstairs, avoiding both his mother and brother. A few minutes later, Tsuna heard something coming down towards the kitchen. Internally panicking, knowing that both his mother and brother didn't bother to wake up, he turned to see Reborn staring at him as if he was impressed by something (or maybe he was that horrible at reading expressions, since he was actually was receiving a blank stare.)

"Would you like something?" It was rare, yet he did speak whenever there were no people. However, he felt as if he could trust Reborn enough to speak in front of him. It wasn't as if he did it out of choice—maybe he did, but that wasn't the point. His brother didn't like to hear him talk back, and he had a habit of replying sarcastically, so he didn't speak out of choice. Yet, he assumed that Reborn thought of him as dumb, so he was expecting the other to either be staring at him in shock.

Instead, he was offered a reply. "Espresso." Without asking why a baby would be drinking coffee, without even considering to ask the question (as Tsuna had already likened Reborn to a mature adult in a baby's body), Tsuna offered a sheepish smile.

"Sorry; we have black coffee, but no espresso. Would you rather have that instead?" It was a bit unnatural to be speaking as if he had done so all his life, but he didn't bother to question it. He found, a long time ago, that it was best to just go with the flow instead of questioning things.

A curt nod was all that he received, and Tsuna had a feeling that Reborn was either uncomfortable with him, which was immediately proven to be false when he saw the hitman's expression, or that he was being considerate of his feelings, which was a foreign action that he had seen but never experienced (on the receiving end).

However, that small moment ended the moment that he set the freshly brewed coffee (which, more or less, was instant coffee). With a small smile, Tsuna left the house, feeling as if something would go wrong. While he knew that this intuition should be followed, Tsuna couldn't help but to feel a bit optimistic about it being wrong.

He learned that wasn't the case as he stumbled upon a scene that he would regret seeing almost immediately. However, Tsuna couldn't help but be thankful that he managed to save Ietsuna from the harsh beating that would have happened.

His ability to dodge the attacks came from years of bullying, the ability to fight back wasn't there, but he was given a huge advantage. Tsuna did his best to win, and he did, yet his body ached from the strain he put it under. To be blunt, he lacked stamina. He didn't have any at all, to be honest, so it was shocking that he didn't faint right after the battle.

That night, staring at the sky, he felt a bitter smile on his face. It had felt nice, defeating someone in order to protect his brother, but that fight also showed him that he had no ability to fight someone who was an actual opponent—Tsuna had no choice but to seek someone out to train him as soon as possible.

While he knew that no one would like to associate with him, No Good-Tsuna, he had a feeling that there might be a certain someone (Hibari Kyouya) who could teach him to fight. However, that wasn't the problem at this moment—he felt like singing, so he did just that.

It was a common occurrence, so he found himself following the familiar path, climbing up to the only sanctuary that he had left. Lyrics flashed in his mind, lyrics that he knew by heart as it had been one of the few songs that he had felt that he could relate to completely (yet at the same time, he couldn't really relate.)

"You are the princess, I am the servant

We're a pair of pitiful twins separated by our fate

If it's for the sake of protecting you

I'll become evil

We were born into the world carrying others' expectations

And blessed by the sound of the church bells

By the adult's own convenient arrangement

Our future was split into two

Even if the entire world

Became your enemy

I will protect you

So keep smiling

You are the princess, I am the servant

We're a pair of pitiful twins separated by our fate

If it's for the sake of protecting you

I'll become evil

When I went to a neighboring country

In town, I caught sight of a Girl of Green

From that kind voice and smiling face

I instantly fell in love

But if the princess wishes for that girl

To be erased

I will answer to that

Why? My tears won't stop

You are the princess, I am the servant

We're a pair of maniacal twins separated by our fate

「Today's snack is brioche」

You laugh, laugh innocently

Before long, this country will probably end

By the hands of the angered citizens

If this is what they say we deserve

I will oppose them

「Here, change into my clothes」

「Please do this and escape immediately」

「It's alright; we're twins」

「No one will be able to tell the difference」

I am the princess, you are the fugitive

We're a pair of sad twins separated by our fate

If they call you evil

Then I must be for we have the same blood

A long, long time ago there was

A savage and ruthless kingdom

And the ruler of this kingdom was

My very cute sibling

Even if the entire world

Became your enemy

I will protect you

So keep smiling

You are the princess, I am the servant

We're a pair of pitiful twins separated by our fate

If it's for the sake of protecting you

I'll become evil

If we could be reborn

I wish to play with you once again."

Tsuna had a bitter smile on his face once the song was complete (of course, he was missing some vocals, since he couldn't sing two parts at once). However, the overall feeling of the song expressed what he felt for his brother. Some parts may be different (such as the Girl in Green), but everything was associated with his life. Even the Girl of Green existed within his and his brother's life.

Before anyone could get suspicious—the song wasn't as long as some others (like Alice in Musicland) but it still was long—he made his way down, miraculously not falling to his death. It was a nice feeling, singing his feelings, but Tsuna also knew that he wouldn't be getting many chances in the future, if the way Reborn had managed to keep his brother home was anything to go by.

Not bothering to dwell on such depressing thoughts, the brunette made his way towards the kitchen, creating his own dinner, knowing that it was required as his own mother tend to forget that he existed at points in time.

Ietsuna smiled, feeling a bit annoyed by the people that called him their friend. However, he had to admit that it was nice to be praised by his so-called friends. With a smirk, which could be seen as handsome, he noticed that Tsuna was sitting by himself. While he was horrified that someone like Tsuna was related to him and oftentimes, would use his brother’s naivety for his own benefit.

Like the time that Tsuna had been bullied, he used the bullying to his advantage, telling his friends to stop picking on his younger brother. However, the cruel smile had managed to fool the others into believing that he was being sincere, that he actually cared about his own brother’s wellbeing. While he didn’t show it in front of others, he didn’t like his brother’s existence, and made sure to show that.

However, he did use his skills in manipulation to create as much of a ruckus as he could in order to look like the good guy, the hero, the knight in shining armor. It was working, as all the girls were tripping over themselves in order to get near him. While some of the guys disliked him for “stealing” the heart of the girl they liked, Ietsuna knew that they could never be truly angry—they liked him enough to not hold a grudge against him. He was too likable to hate for a long time, and he planned on using that throughout school.

His brother, the only one who knew of the real him, would never speak out against him, and Ietsuna knew that no one would believe him in any case even if he did decide to say something. Ietsuna also knew that, in the end, if his brother decided to speak up, he could always reteach him the lesson that had been taught long ago.

Of course, he would have to do it when their mother wasn’t home—while she was wrapped around his fingers as completely as the other girls, he didn’t want to risk anything, especially losing that control of his own mother.

The day he met Reborn, the so-called tutor, Ietsuna couldn’t help but direct him towards his useless brother, No Good-Tsuna. That didn’t go as planned. Instead of having the infant agree with him (and ignoring the fact that the baby was articulate enough to confuse him at some points in the conversation), he was promptly “shown his place” by the infant who claimed to be able to read through his actions (and apparently disapproved of it.)

Ignoring the faint voice in his head that said to be wary of the infant, he aggravated Reborn even more by subtly mocking him while sounding sincere in his compliments. Ietsuna expected Reborn to be fooled—most of the people he knew were fooled by his words—so he was rather shocked to receive such a loathing glare.

No Good-Tsuna, his brother, looked on with a mixture of wariness and disbelief, but Ietsuna didn’t bother to comment on it. Instead, he gave a charming smile, which seemed to irk the infant even more for an unknown reason.

It may have been a momentary lapse in intelligence, or it may have been due to the recent head injury, but Ietsuna decided that mocking Reborn was the best thing to do. Receiving another kick, which more or less hurt twice as much as the first (and thankfully he was used to fighting, as he was certain someone unused to it would have fainted), he glared at the infant, showing his “true nature” for a moment before allowing a smile to grace his face. If Ietsuna had to deal with someone like Reborn being his tutor, then he would make the tutor’s life a living hell.

With a smile of his own, Ietsuna just showed the tutor his room, watching as Reborn took it in with a critical eye. The room was spotless, kept quite nicely as there was nothing that irked him more than uncleanliness, and he felt proud by the slightly impressed look Reborn shot him (for unfathomable reasons).

Shaking off the feeling of something going wrong (he always had this feeling, and usually pushing it to the side did the trick of avoiding it), he allowed the infant to room with him, if only to see his prowess as a mathematical genius (maybe he could finally come up with a sensible way to memorize the quadratic formula)—he assumed the infant was one because that was the only thing he needed tutoring in.

However, after being dragged by the infant and told about the “truth” of his tutoring (honestly, one does not introduce themselves as a tutor while being an infant), Ietsuna could only stare in shock, thinking that, once again, his mother had fallen for some scam. Obviously, that had to be the case because, honestly, no one goes around saying that they’ll be training someone to become a mafia boss.

Watching his brother’s reaction, he nearly snorted in bemusement—obviously, his younger brother (by five minutes) believed the crazy infant. Laughing silently, watching his brother’s obvious nervousness, he allowed himself to grimace at the thought of the supposedly torturous training regimes.

The next morning, he hadn’t expected to be awoken by a trigger-happy infant, wielding some green gun (why it was green, and how he got the weapon, Ietsuna didn’t know.) He also didn’t expect the man to know about his crush on Kyoko Sasagawa, and he definitely wasn’t expecting the infant (Reborn) to threaten him to confess with a gun.

However, knowing how to charm women, he only smirked in response and replied with a, “Sure, I’ll do as you say,” as he walked away from the crazy, mental baby who should have been locked away in a mental asylum long ago. With that in mind, he set it upon himself to find the girl that had managed to occupy his thoughts.

With a charming smile, he told her that he was in love, that she was all that he could think about (which wasn’t completely a lie, but not a truth within itself), and that he would like to date her. While she was against the idea at first, he managed to charm her with compliments and exaggerated truths. (Phrases such as “you’re the number one princess”, etc., came to mind, but never left his lips, yet.)

If there was one thing Ietsuna definitely knew about Kyoko, it was that she was a hopeless romantic at heart. From there, he was able to deduce that she would fall for him if he complimented her while spouting out cheesy, purely romantic lines that he heard his dad use around his mom.

He smiled, genuinely smiled, when she finally accepted his confession, and even agreed to go out with him soon. However, that feeling of happiness was squashed by his feeling of accomplishment and vanity—it was obvious that she would have accepted his proposal, but Ietsuna was also pleased that it didn’t take more than an hour. Had it been anyone other than Kyoko, he wouldn’t have even bothered to try to seduce the girl, but she was important to him. At least, she was kind, well-liked (maybe even respected), and she was known for not being violent. Also, she wouldn’t be extremely clingy, as she oftentimes showed “evil” people kindness, a bleeding heart from what he could remember.

However, it was very nice, especially when he managed to convince his brother to fight Mochida-senpai (not that he couldn’t win) in his steed, and the icing on the cake was when his brother won against the upper classman. Had it not been below him, he would have offered some form of praise to his useless brother, but Ietsuna didn’t.

Instead, he planned out the date, ignoring the fact that Reborn had returned from wherever he goes and could very well kill him in an instant. It would occur on Sunday, the only day that they were free from school, and he would choose the place (in hopes of avoiding everyone and their… cheering.)

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