#i'm not sure yet but most of the ninth generation vongola probably won't look good in this fic

[tonystarktogo]

(this could’ve been) a villain’s origin story -- KHR remix

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There is a moment, when Sawada Iemitsu looks down at his five year old son, his cute, shy, perfect little Tsuna, and the voice in his head -- that irritating, always spot-on instinct his family is reknown and feared for, the intuition that has never once lead him wrong -- tells him this boy will burn everything you hold dear to the ground.

He drops the child -- his sweet, gentle Tuna fish, his son -- in shock. Tsuna screams in fear, but luckily doesn’t hurt himself from the fall. 

[Though the boy never lets Iemitsu throw him up into the air again.]

Later, Iemitsu will shake the eery feeling off. Will push it aside and convince himself of the folly of his five year old son being in any way, shape or form a threat. It helps that his intuition never flares up again, not with that intensity. But an uneasy feeling remains, and though Nana is sad to see her husband leave so soon, eagerly waits for him to return, it will be eight years before Iemetsu returns to visit his family for a meaningful length of time.

He’ll find Tsuna a downtrodden, cowardly boy, bullied and friendless and so very unsure of himself and the darkest part of Iemitsu -- the part he will never admit to -- breathes easier for it.

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Tagging everyone who expressed interest in this ‘verse that I remember (you might want to keep an eye on the #this could’ve been ‘verse tag): @serendipitystears, @lirial89, @peaceful-fury