Moment In Time

Chapter 34

Chapter 34:Love

Tsuna was one of the most loved Bosses in Mafia history.

Vongola flourished under his kind merciful, stern strong guidance, and in return for his kind hand and honesty with his men, as well as his just punishments he earned the loyalty and devotion of all under his command.

The day Tsuna was shot by an assassin from the Solaranzo Family Vongola went into an outraged uproar. He had been out with Reborn. They had been making a trip out of the Vongola Mansion so Tsuna had a chance to escape his office walls, the stress, and the paperwork.

Tsuna had sensed the danger only a second before Reborn had.

Reborn had turned and shot at the threat as Tsuna had turned to face the sniper on the roof a few blocks down and to the right. The sound of Reborn's shot had covered the assassin's and Tsuna had taken a sharp gasping breath when he felt the unexpected pain spread out from the left side of his body around his lung. The assassin had missed his target- Tsuna's heart- because Reborn had shot him as he had pulled the trigger knocking his aim off.

Reborn's eyes had snapped to his Boss' at the sound and a sharp Italian curse had slid from his lips even as he jumped into action. One hand was dialing the emergency number on his cell- the one that let everyone know something was wrong- while the other was putting pressure on the wound. He would have healed it on sight but he didn't have the tools to safely remove the bullet from Tsuna's chest and there were civilians around him.

"Reborn what happened?" Gokudera's voice came over the phone before the first ring had finished.

"I need a medical transport vehicle immediately. Tsuna has been shot." He rattled the address of the place they were standing to Gokudera. Gokudera had a tone full of worry, but there was no panic or distraction. He had become an excellent Right Hand Man.

Reborn hung up and pressed another number into the phone. It was answered before the first ring was over as well "Oh? What's this? Reborn? Why would you be calling me?"

Reborn calmly answered "Tsuna's been shot. I need to know who, why, and what family. I would do it myself, but I'm stopping him from bleeding out right now. Also the sniper is located here." He gave Mukuro the location of the sniper's body.

Mukuro's voice sharpened "Someone has shot the Vongola? Well now..." his voice darkened "We can't have that. I'll call you back."

Reborn hung up and pressed harder on the wound and Tsuna hissed. Reborn glanced into his eyes, ignoring the civilians that seemed to be panicking around them. "Tsuna?"

To everyone else it would have sounded apathetic and uncaring, but not to Tsuna. Tsuna heard the unvoiced "Are you alright? I'm sorry I didn't notice sooner, this won't happen again. I'll take care of it."

"I'm fine." Tsuna was a bit breathless and beginning to feel dizzy but despite that to everyone else his would have sounded steady and calm, but not to Reborn.

Reborn- who had been with Tsuna for years- knew he was weakening with all the blood loss and he cursed the fact the bullet had remained in Tsuna's chest so he couldn't fix this himself. He could hear the nearly unnoticeable waver that indicated his student was in serious pain.

Reborn only blinked when he heard the wail of a siren approach, but he was relieved as the ambulance approached. He recognized the vehicle for the Vongola vehicle it was.

Tsuna had been taken into a Vongola owned and operated Hospital where Shamal himself had overseen the surgery to remove the bullet and seen to his Boss' recovery.

The Vongola Guardians and Reborn had done their research and discovered the who, the why, which family and the how.

The rest of the Vongola had found out too.

The Solaranzo family had had no warning.

They hadn't known their assassin had been killed milliseconds after he had fired the shot. All they knew was the bullet had sent back a positive hit signal and they had been smug with their supposed victory.

The Vongola family had come into their home and demolished them.

They had eradicated the Solaranzo family so completely no one dared to speak their name.

They had made it very obvious that any attack on their Boss was not taken lightly and was treated as a declaration of war.

Tsuna had come out of his recovery to find his paperwork had been done for him, the family responsible was taken care of, and everything had been managed in his absence.

Tsuna was very much loved by the Vongola Family.

And he loved them in return.