Chapter 17: Tour
Just as Reborn said, the following day, Nezu became kind and gentle. When the students who undergone torture went to the field late, he did not shout at them. Instead, he worriedly asked if they were alright and could continue the day. Tsuna and the others felt weirded out and swore in their hearts to never make Reborn angry to the point of making him change your personality.
"Ne, juudaime." Gokudera said to Tsuna. "I want to ask Reborn-san what he did to Nezu but I'm afraid he'll do the same to me."
"I know, Gokudera-kun so I decided to just shut up before he targets me." Tsuna replied.
"The both of you do know that I am behind you, no?" Reborn asked with a smile while the two whisperers jumped slightly, slowly turning around to face a smiling Reborn who had a fire background behind him. The fire behind him was just their imagination, right?
"I-I think that we should start running now, Gokudera-kun." Tsuna said while sweating profusely, quickly grabbing two random weights before running with all his might, beating the students in front.
"Ye-yes, juudaime!" Gokudera yelled as he followed suit. The rest just sighed deeply, feeling pity for the fellow friends who had to run fast early in the morning before doing the same thing when Reborn faced them. After all, they do not like the idea of being tutored again by Reborn. Once was enough, thank you.
After everyone finished running, the students still failed but were not punished because, according to Reborn, they are needed to be on time for breakfast as Nono had an announcement to make which cheered up the lifeless students who were thankful to have the opportunity to rest their exhausted body from yesterday. Everyone quickly changed their clothes into something neat as they will meet a boss and assembled behind the door leading to the dining room before entering in two straight lines, one for girls and another for boys. They hurriedly sat down, briefly noting the presence of Giotto and his friends who sat nearest to Nono whose guardians were behind him in a straight line (so that they could protect Nono if a stupid enemy attacks).
"Hello, everyone." Nono stated after seeing how no one wanted to speak. "It seems that you had a busy day yesterday. Because of this, I decided to give you a break. And, since none of you had the chance to properly look around the mansion because of your busy schedule, it is the perfect time for a tour. You will look around the mansion with Giotto and the others and, when you finish, can do whatever you wish until tomorrow."
The students looked at each other happily. Not because they were given a tour the Vongola mansion, they were too tired to even think of moving their bodies for anything today, but because they could rest after the tour. They quickly ate their meal and went to the lobby where Giotto and his friends, who finished earlier, stood as they waited for them. When they saw that the students arrived, they greeted them with either a smile or their normal face.
"It's good to see you all again." Giotto said with a 'kind' smile. "As you might not remember, I am Giotto and will act as your tour guide today with my gua-friends."
"Hello." the students greeted lifelessly, hoping for the tour to be quicker.
"Well then, let's begin." Giotto said when he saw Tsuna making a sign for him to go faster at the back. They started the tour and went everywhere - from the gardens to the kitchens, no room was ignored except for the super secret ones like the boss' office and Tsuna's room. After one hour, they finally arrived on their last destination - the portrait room which consisted of the painted picture of all the Vongola bosses and guardians. Of course, they removed the paintings which showcase the existance of flames and left only the normal ones (Tsuna and his guardians were not yet painted as he was still not the boss). When the students entered, bored out of their mind, Reina noticed a certain picture that shocked her.
"Ne, Giotto-san." she said in curiosity while he turned his head towards her, immediately noting how Tsuna mouthed 'good' to him. Not that he needed to as Giotto memorized every good and bad student present.
"What is it, um, Reina, yes?" Giotto asked while pretending to be unsure of her name. She nodded shyly before pointing at a specific portrait in the middle (the portraits were fixed like 864213579 bosses).
"Is this you and your friends?" she asked. "Because you look scarily similar to be a coincidence."
The students and Nezu, who heard her, started whispering to each other, wondering if what Reina said was correct and that he is either a ghost or everyone in the mansion was pranking them. Giotto, however, just laughed.
"Hahaha." he laughed. "I didn't think anyone would notice that."
"So, what's the answer?" Kendrick asked. "You dead?"
"No." Giotto said with a sly smile. "That man is our ancestor."
"But even if that is true, it's hardly possible to look that similar with each other." Akira argued, thinking of numerous theories that would explain.
"You see, our families have a weird tradition of marrying someone from only the line of our father or mother. Thus, our parents are the children of those people in the portrait. And, while it is creepy that we look too alike, it is possible with the genes in our body."
"What?" Ayumi said in confusion. Not only her, everyone was confused by his explanation.
"Basically, we have the same blood as our ancestors because of the stupid tradition of marrying only the same line over and over." G explained with a roll of his eyes.
"Ohh." the students exclaimed in wonder before wincing, their bodies still painful from yesterday as the good students stared at them weirdly (they don't know what punishment the bad students undergone).
"Anyway, back to the tour..." Giotto continued his tour as the students started to lose interest except for one.
"And that's all." he said as they stood in the lobby where they first grouped. "You are now free to do whatever you want."
As if those words were magical, everyone immediately ran back to their rooms to sleep and rest except for Tsuna and the others. When they saw that everyone was gone, they went to Nono's office where Nono and his guardians were as a huge monitor that was showing the entire staff of the mansion stood in the middle of the room. They greeted each other as Tsuna stood in front with a smile.
"Thank you for following my orders and not losing patience with them." he said while everyone else smiled back.
"It was not a problem, boss!" they answered in unison before the screen faded to black.
"So," Reborn said. "why did you order us to give the students a rest day?"
"Because I felt bad for them when I saw their dead faces in the dining room." Tsuna answered.
"That's partly the reason but the complete version?" Giotto asked after using his own hyper intuition on him. Tsuna knew this and smirked a little while leaning on the table.
"Well, won't it be boring if the students are tor-tutored when they have no energy?" everyone nod, understanding his thought process.
"That's true." Yamamoto said. "It will be boring to break an already broken doll. We need them to freshen up first before breaking them again."
"Yep!" Tsuna said with a bright smile. "Oh, and the arcobalenos will exchange with Arco-kun and the others tomorrow, right?"
"Yes." Reborn said. "Tomorrow is their time to shine."
"Perfect." Tsuna answered with a satisfied smile. "Well, let's go back before someone becomes suspicious of us."
"Eh?" Kyoko asked while tilting her head as everyone looked at him in confusion. He simply smiled and patted Kyoko in the head before heading out.
"It's nothing." he said as he neared the door. "Just a little doll trying to become human."
Somewhere Else
"Reporting." a male voice spoke in a dark room. "The target seems to have either duplicators of the real first gen or the first gen somehow became humans again."
"Great job, heir." a hoarse voice spoke somewhere in the room. "Continue on or else."
"...Yes." the first voice answered hesitantly when he felt something near his throat.
"What was that?" the owner of the second voice whispered to the first's ear while a sharp object was placed in his throat.
"I said yes, sir." the male voice shakily answered, sighing in relief when the pressure on his throat vanished.
"Make sure to never hesitate, get it."
"Yes."
The second voice left the room, leaving the first one to sigh in relief before taking out a photograph.
"Soon." he whispered. "I'll meet you again."
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