Silent Sky

Title – Silent Sky

Chapter Title – The Italian Tutor

Author – Megan Riley

Rating – T

Warnings – Slash, Language, Sexual Themes, Violence and Alternate Universe

Pairing/s – 8059, 1827

Summary – Takeo is the younger twin. He is sporty, popular and intelligent. As far as anyone can tell he is perfect, but behind closed doors, he constantly torments and abuses his older brother, punishing him for any slight: real or imagined. But when the famous hit man, Reborn comes into the picture, secrets and truth come to light as the training of the Vongola Decimo progresses.

Disclaimer –The voices told me I owned Katekyo Hitman Reborn and I was so excited, but then reality kicked in.

Late at night in a decrepit Italian bar, two men appeared to be waiting for something, or rather, someone. The air was smoky and music played softly in the background, the bar was unusually empty, even for a Thursday night. It wasn't long before a baby dressed in suit and fedora walked through the door. The darker-haired of the men turned to see who it was.

"It's Reborn…" His blonde companion commented, before turning to face the child, "Looks like you were called by the old man again."

"Must be tough being popular. Going to Roma next? Venezia?" the first man questioned in a interestedly.

"Giappone." The toddler spoke with a voice and tone that made him sound much older than he appeared.

"WHAT!" Both Men stood up in shock as they heard Reborn's destination.

"Looks like the old man must've finally made up his mind." The blonde sat down slowly as he spoke, seemingly still shocked, as Reborn turned to leave the bar.

"Looks like it's going to be a long journey," The child said softly as he walked out the door.

An hour later, as he arrived at the airport, one of the Vongola's subordinates handed him a file on the boy he was to train. As he opened it his only thought was that

his victim – student, had a long, difficult path ahead of him.

Name: SAWADA TAKEO

Gender: MALE

Age: 14

Blood Type: A

D.O.B.: OCTOBER 14

Height: 165cm

Weight: 64kg

School: NAMIMORI MIDDLE SCHOOL

Best Subject: GYM

Worst Subject: MATHS

Club Activities: N/A

Extra Curricula Activities: BASEBALL

Notes: WILL BE SUITABLE AS VONGOLA DECIMO SUCCESSOR. TRAINING TO PROCEED A.S.A.P.

"It's your fault we lost, you know." He hadn't even touched the ball, hadn't even been chosen for a team. He'd once again spent the period sitting on the sidelines, but it didn't matter. If his brother said it was his fault, then it must be. Who would dare doubt Sawada Takeo?

The small brunette just stared at them silently, waiting to hear what the point of that statement was. "So can you do the cleaning? We have plans for our precious after-school time." Surprising, they actually bothered to ask for once. Maybe they're sick he thought, nodding silently, it didn't matter what his response was, he'd end up cleaning up anyway, he may as well just make it easier on himself.

"We're counting on you Dame-Tsuna, you can do it!" His brother laughed as he shoved the broom hard against him, and left the gym laughing with his friends. It was the same as every other day, well except for them asking him to clean, that was new, but the rest was a normal day at Nanimori Middle School. It never changed.

He put the broom down and began picking up all the equipment on the ground, he didn't bother rushing as his teacher probably wouldn't even notice he if he was absent, they never did. Well unless someone told them he wasn't there, but even if they did, he couldn't really bring himself to care.

By the time he was half-way done it became clear that someone had noticed his absence when the head of the Nanimori Middle School's Disciplinary Committee, Hibari Kyouya, came through the door with a harsher than usual glare on his face.

"Herbivore, how many people are required to clean up the Gym?" Even without the look on his face, the tone of his voice was quite obviously pissed off.

The boy flinched, before realising what had been asked and holding up two fingers.

"Then why, Herbivore, are you the only person here? Breaking the rules is grounds for you to be bitten to death, unless you were left here without help on purpose." His tone was cold, with a hint of frustration hidden underneath.

Tsuna looked up at the other boy and hurriedly shook his head, to indicate that it was his own fault he was cleaning the gym. He finished sweeping the last bit of floor and turned to face the other boy with a sad look on his face, which turned questioning after a moment as he realised that the other boy hadn't yet left.

"I will oversee the rest of the cleaning so that the rules remain unbroken, unlike those other herbivores. Now move it." The smaller boy was grabbed by his arm and pushed towards the store room.

The next few minutes he spent with Hibari were surprisingly peaceful; there was no need to talk as Hibari observed Tsuna working silently to get the room was done twice as fast as it normally was.

Hibari felt confused. When he had seen the herbivore breaking the rules, he had planned on biting him death. No-one was allowed to break the rules, but somehow, he had ended up staying and observing, perhaps he was sick. Now he would have to make the herbivore repay him for his wasted time. Though admittedly this herbivore was not as annoying as the others; at least he knew how to silent. Maybe the herbivore could run errands for the Disciplinary committee as payment, no this was the silent herbivore, the one the other herbivores called dame. Perhaps he could do filing instead. Yes that would work; no one can damage filing too badly.

He turned to face the small herbivore as he placed the last of the equipment in the store room. "Herbivore, instead of biting you to death as punishment, you will come to my office and assist me with filing, as you've wasted my time. Bring your lunch, if you faint from hunger, you will be bitten to death."

Watching the small herbivore his filing, Hibari was pleasantly surprised with how efficient he was. The first few moments he spent working out where everything went but after that his speed increased dramatically and he sped through the paperwork, getting it done twice as fast as Hibari normally did, to the point where Hibari was almost tempted to offer him a permanent job. His office hadn't been this clean since he moved in. As he was contemplating the cleanliness of his office there was a knock on his door and Kusakabe Tetsuya walked in.

"Kyou-kun, there's a problem with the…" He trailed off; noticing someone else was in the room. "Kyou-kun, could I speak to you outside?"

"Hn, I'll be out in a minute," was all Hibari said before turning to face Tsuna, "Herbivore, don't leave until all the filing is done."

Tsuna merely nodded as Hibari left the room, before turning back to his filing.

Once outside the room, with the door closed, Kusakabe immediately turned to Hibari and raised an eyebrow, "Why is there a student doing your filing?"

Hibari looked unhappy, "He looked like a small animal."

Kusakabe looked amused at his friend's confession, "He looked to cute to hurt, huh? Well I always wondered what it would take to make you stop, turns out it only takes a cute face. Well that isn't what I'm here for," he said hurriedly as Hibari's eyes narrowed, "The Baseball team is causing problems again and you said you wanted to deal with them personally…"

Sawada Nana was normally a very calm woman; she had to be as a single mother, while her husband wandered around the world. She wasn't stupid, it was easy enough to work out he was lying to her, but she loved him, and didn't pry. However, her younger son was driving her mad. She loved both her sons equally and tried her best to split her time fairly between them. It was made increasingly difficult by her elder son's refusal to speak and younger sons' attitude towards the elder, as well as his habit of misbehaving. The call from the school about Takeo skipping school was the third this week and she was becoming unsure of what to do. If only Iemitsu were here. Maybe the tutor would be a good idea; he could assist Takeo with his schoolwork and hopefully help Tsuna open up. She would call him as soon as she had a free moment, yes that should work.

Upon finding out that his next student – victim – was to be Sawada Iemitsu's son, Reborn immediately went about gathering all the information he could. When the first piece of information that came to his attention was that there were two Sawada siblings, he was surprised. When he found out they were twins, he was shocked. Twins in the Mafia business were never a good idea, there always seemed to be battles over inheritance. The next thing he did was speak to Iemitsu, personal accounts of his children would greatly assist his training program, and while he found a great deal of information about Sawada Takeo (most of it propaganda), the information about Sawada Tsunayoshi was surprisingly limited. What was most unusual was Sawada's insistence that his elder son have as little as possible to do with the mafia. It was bizarre.

His curiosity was aroused.

It was surprisingly easy to get access to the twins; a flyer advertising a home tutor was placed in the mail-box and a few hours later he received a call from Sawada Nana requesting his services, for both her children. She requested help with Takeo's grades and behaviour, but once again it was Tsunayoshi who piqued his interest.

"… I know I've mainly spoke about Takeo, but I was hoping you would possibly, help my other son as well. He's a good boy but his grades suddenly went down just after his first report and he barely speaks at all. I don't mean normal quietness, I mean, unless he absolutely has to, he doesn't speak. I'm worried something happened to stop him speaking, but he won't tell me. I know you aren't a psychiatrist, but please try to get him to open up. I just don't know what else to do."

After the call he figured it would be a good idea to observe his 'students' and he was shocked with what he found. Tsunayoshi seemed genuinely afraid of his brother but had little difficulty interacting with one of the most fearsome people at Nanimori, even going so far to avoid being 'Bitten to death' which seemed to be a favourite past time of the head of disciplinary committee, he also seemed to be able to sense when he was being observed, which was a useful talent for the brother of the Decimo to have. Takeo, on the other hand, seemed exactly as he had been painted; popular, sporty and intelligent, but there was something off about him. It could be seen when he looked at his brother, it was almost hatred.

He was bewildered.

"Takeo, I got a call from the school today. You came home in the middle of class again. What do you plan to do in the future?" The twins' mother called up the stairs, as she headed towards the younger twin's room. There was once again no sign of the elder twin; she supposed he must be in his room, which meant she wouldn't see him until dinner time. She walked into Takeo's room and found that it was still as messy as it had been yesterday, with food wrappers and manga all over the floor, even though she'd told him he had to clean up.

"I don't know… Does it really matter right now? I'll work it out in the future." He said quickly and carelessly before turning back to his manga.

Paying no attention to his disheartening response, Nana walked into his room and continued, "I'm not saying you have to go to a good high school or college, you know."

"Don't barge into my room!"

Once again ignoring her son's indignation, Nana persisted, "You can live your entire life bored like you are now, or live it happily. I want you to live feeling, 'it's great to be alive!'"

"Could you not say that in front of people? It's embarrassing." Her son was obviously disgusted with his mother's enthusiasm.

"Oh my…" A moment of sadness crossed her face before she once more forced herself to appear happy, "Keo-kun… A home tutor is coming today."

"Home Tutor!?" the disbelief in the air was palpable as Takeo exclaimed his shock.

"There was an interesting flyer in the mailbox. 'I will raise your child to be the leader of the next generation. Grade and subject do not matter. Reborn.' Isn't it great? I've never seen a promotion like this before." She made herself sound enthusiastic in the hope her son would feel some of it. But apparently that didn't work.

"It smells like a scam!"

She clenched her teeth before letting out a sigh of exasperation; couldn't he look on the bright side? Forcing excitement into her voice she carried on speaking, "It's probably a tutor from a professional business school for young men. I've always wanted a teacher like that for you,"

"Don't create your own image of him! I refuse to have a tutor, okay! Maybe he can manage to teach Dame-Tsuna something, he needs it more than I do, but then again, maybe he's so Dame there's nothing a tutor can teach him." The cruelty in his voice astounded her. As she once again wonder how she could have missed this? Was this why her son had stopped speaking? Had she failed her children? Just as she was about to reprimand her son for insulting his brother, again, a small voice piped up from the doorway.

"Ciaossu!" Turning to face the door the mother and son pair found a baby dressed in a tailor-made suit, with a black and orange fedora on his head and a yellow pacifier around his neck. Sitting on his hat was a small green chameleon. A few steps behind him, Nana could see Tsuna standing in the shadows, looking wary.

"I arrived three hours early, but, as a service I'll evaluate you now." For a baby, the child spoke amazingly well, almost as though he were an adult.

"Hello…" Nana smiled softly at the child, "Whose son are you?"

"Hm?" The child looked up with a bored expression, "I'm Reborn, the home tutor."

"Oh…" Surprise immediately covered her face at the proclamation, but something made her believe that the child would be able to help her sons, no matter how old he was. She could see Tsuna looking surprised in the doorway to his room.

"Ha, ha, ha. I was wondering what type of person created that bullshit flyer. It's this baby!?" Takeo burst out laughing, ignoring the anger growing on Reborn's face.

"Oh my…" Nana cringed as she saw the new tutor grow increasingly livid and Tsuna seemed to wince sympathetically.

"So you're Takeo." His voice was cold as he looked at the… the brat, who dared to laugh at him.

"I'm sorry but, there's nothing I can learn from you! Maybe there'll be something you can teach Dame-Tsuna, you look like you're at his level." Takeo still had not noticed his tutor's fury and continued to laugh. Finally getting sick of this child laughing at him Reborn lashed out with his foot and hit the brat in the stomach, with 0.01% of his strength, causing him to pass out.

"Well, let's get started. This is the room, right?" He turned to face Nana with an innocent smile on his face, as he walked towards the bed and lay down, "Where is your other son?"

She turned to face Tsuna and raised her eyebrows questioningly. He gave a small nod and walked towards his brother's room as his mother smiled, "Reborn-kun, this is my eldest son, Sawada Tsunayoshi, Tsu-kun, this is Reborn, he is the new home tutor for both you and Keo-kun. Dinner will be ready soon if you are hungry, Reborn-kun, Tsu-kun, just come down to the kitchen when you're ready." Nana said as she left the room.

The two boys examined each other in silence as thoughts ran through their minds. Tsuna was thinking of the danger he could feel radiating off this small child, who he knew, was more than he appeared. Reborn was inwardly marvelling over the fact that this, so called weakling had somehow managed to sneak up on him and was the eldest, this hadn't been mentioned in his reports.

Five minutes of silence later, Takeo started to come around, only to find Reborn pretending to be asleep in his bed (not that he knew Reborn was pretending), while Tsuna hid in the shadows and remained unnoticed. He looked around bemusedly, before faintly asking, "What was that?" A few moments later he seemed to realise what had happened and immediately turned to yell at the child feigning sleep in his bed.

"Hey, wake up! I won't forgive you just because you're a baby!" He leaned over Reborn to push him awake, but before he could lay a hand on him, Reborn, quick as lightning, grabbed his tie and somehow managed to throw him across the room, on top of Tsuna, who didn't manage to dodge on time.

"I have no openings." He said coldly, reaching into his bag and starting to pull out a case. After getting the case out, he immediately started putting together what looked like a gun and pointed it towards Takeo who was cowering behind Tsuna.

"My true line of work is assassination. My real job is to make you a Mafia boss. I was assigned by a certain man to train you to become astounding," Reborn continued, still pointing the gun at him.

"What!? A Mafia Boss?" Takeo shouted in shock and disbelief, while Tsuna was wearing an expression of astonishment.

"The method… is left up to me, should I shoot you once?" Reborn asked mockingly.

"Hey… What!?" The younger twin once again yelled at the small tutor, "You can't shoot me! If you're going to shoot someone, shoot Dame-Tsuna, it's not like he'll be missed, I doubt anyone would even notice he's gone."

The boy he was hiding behind looked down, obviously used to what was being said, which somehow made the situation worse, Reborn's fingers itched with the need to shoot the Brat, who seemed to have no respect for family.

"But not now," The sound of Reborn's stomach grumbling could be heard from across the room as he turned and walked out of the room and towards the kitchen, after putting his gun back into his bag. "Later."

"HEY!" Takeo yelled after Reborn, probably to insult him again, before realising he was still standing behind his brother. "What the hell are you still doing in my room? Get out. I don't want to see your disgusting face, you make me sick!" He sneered and harshly pushed his brother into the doorframe.

Tsuna just corrected himself and left the room, still not making a sound.

"What a guy… Well… There shouldn't be a next time. Kaa-san probably learnt her lesson," the younger twin mumbled to himself once he was alone, before walking downstairs and past the kitchen.

Seeing him walk past his mother called out to him before he could leave the house, "Takeo, what about dinner?"

"I don't want it, I'm going to eat out, so can I have some money? And about that tutor…" he turned to face the kitchen so that his mother could give him money for dinner and was shocked to see the small tutor sitting at the dinner table.

"Hm?" Nana questioned handing him the money, before paying attention to the last thing he said, "The contract states that Reborn-kun will stay here until your grades go up."

"You've got to be kidding!" Was the last thing they heard from the boy as he left the house, as Nana turned to the child sitting at the table.

"Reborn-kun, do you think you could go tell Tsuna that Takeo is eating out tonight and dinner is ready?"

"Hai, Sawada-san." Reborn stood up and turned to walk out of the kitchen

"Don't call me Sawada-san, it makes me feel old," The mother interrupted before he could leave, "You can call me Kaa-san."

"Hai, Kaa-san." He called over his shoulder on his way to get Tsuna.

After the nice quiet dinner the three had without Takeo, Reborn left to follow him on his walk while Tsuna went upstairs to do his homework. An hour later when Takeo and Reborn returned, Tsuna could tell his brother was mad. He therefore planned to avoid him for the rest of the night, unfortunately his plans were ruined by Reborn who decided that he needed to talk to the both of them at the same time and so dragged him into Takeo's room and pushed him to sit down on the bed.

"I was assigned by the Vongola Family's ninth generation boss to come to Japan and raise you to become a mafia boss. The Ninth Vongola is getting old and he was planning on passing the boss status to the tenth generation, but the most qualified of the tenth generation, Enrico, was shot in a feud, the second choice, Matsumo, was drowned and the favourite child, Federico was found reduced to bone."

By this point Tsuna was slightly green, while Takeo just brushed off the deaths as though they meant nothing, "But, what does this have to with me?"

"I was getting there when you interrupted; the only candidates left to be boss are you two." Reborn snapped as he pulled a family tree out of his bag, "The first Vongola boss retired early and crossed over to Japan. He was your Great-Great-Great-Grandfather. So, you are part of the Vongola bloodline and are legitimate boss candidates."

"What are you talking about? I've never heard of this and even if we were candidates, who would put Dame-Tsuna in charge of the mafia?" Takeo stated arrogantly.

"Don't worry about it, you had already been chosen for training before I arrived in Japan and I'm sure I can make you into a fine Mafia boss, I was told to inform Tsuna of the basics of his heritage, it's you I'm here to train." For that explanation he received a small nod of the head from Tsuna as he made his way out of the room, before his brother could make another cruel comment.

Yes, the twins were interesting, one more than the other.

The next morning, Tsuna woke up at his usual time of six a.m. with the feeling that something would go wrong at school today. Normally this would result in him spending the whole day on edge, but mixed in with his apprehension was the feeling that the disaster would end with something good. It was this feeling that gave him the courage to get out of bed. It was unusual for something good to happen to him.

Walking downstairs and seeing his mother starting breakfast, he began to help without being asked; responding to his mother's good morning with a small smile as he listened to her chatting about her plans for the day. It wasn't much later when a loud bang from upstairs was heard and Takeo came running down the stairs in his pyjamas, looking like he had just jumped out of bed.

"Good morning, Takeo, you're up early!" Nana remarked cheerfully from in front of the stove, "But you really should get dressed before breakfast, now hurry up while we cook breakfast, is Reborn-kun awake yet?"

Realising that Reborn had lied and he was not late for school, Takeo turned back to his room to dress, but not before answering his mother's question, "Hai, Kaa-san, he was the one to wake me."

"Oh Tsu-kun, isn't Reborn so responsible; getting Takeo ready for school. I can't remember the last time he was up this early, it's a lovely change don't you think?" His mother was so happy at the thought of Takeo being up early that she didn't even question the loud bang they'd heard earlier, as she gushed to her eldest son.

Five minutes later Takeo was back downstairs and sitting down as Tsuna set the table and got plates out. For once in the Sawada household breakfast was a surprisingly quiet affair.

Mochida Kensuke liked to think himself a rebel, but the one thing he never did was harass women; as far as he was concerned women were innocents, and perverts were the worst sort of people. This was twice as true when it was Sasagawa Kyoko being harassed once again. He had first met her through her brother, who had somehow, between invitations to join the boxing club, had become his friend. So when he saw Sawada Takeo run up to Kyoko in his underwear and ask her out, he was ready to kill him, or at least duel him for her honour. When he announced his intentions to the kendo club the next morning before school, he was shocked to find out that Takeo had walked up to Kyoko earlier to apologise for his brother's behaviour. He knew it had been Takeo who had hassled Kyoko the previous day. For fuck's sake, Tsuna didn't even talk. But for some reason the rest of the school believed him and somehow Kyoko had been pressured into accepting his apology, and he had been pushed into duelling the older twin. What the fuck was he going to do?

"Mochida-kun, Mochida-kun!" He heard the orange-haired girl calling from behind him. "You have to stop this. You can't duel Sawada-san, it wasn't him!"

"I know, for fu- God's sake, the kid doesn't even talk, but everything's already been set up and everyone believes that asshole brother of his. There's nothing I can do." Mochida was nearly pulling his hair out in frustration at his uselessness. While no-one was willing to stand up to Takeo face to face, that didn't mean the older kids wouldn't occasionally help Tsuna when they could; the kid was just too innocent, in a kicked puppy kind of way, of course.

"The-then go easy on him. Make it if he gets a hit he wins and, and then is under your protection, or something like that. That way his brother won't be able to bother him anymore, he doesn't deserve to be treated like that." She was practically begging him to help her classmate.

A thoughtful look came over his face, "You might be on to something there Kyo-chan," he said considering her words. "With a few changes that plan might just work."

"Where have you been?" Kurokawa Hana snapped as her friend slipped through the crowd in the dojo to stand beside her, "I was starting to get worried."

Kyoko smiled sheepishly at her friend before answering, "I was talking to Mochida-kun and I think we found a way of making things easier for Sawada-san."

"Ooh, spill," Hana looked more interested at the thought of pulling one over on Takeo, who was often referred to as Sawada-teme.

"Sorry," Kyoko smiled sweetly, "You'll just have to wait and see like everyone else, but personally I think it's brilliant."

Just then a crowd carrying a terrified looking Tsuna came through the door and deposited him in front of Mochida, who held out a shinai, with an apologetic look on his face.

"Don't worry," he said in response to the horror on the smaller boy's face, "It's an easy duel, even you can understand. You're a novice at kendo, so if you can get an Ippon off me in five minutes, you win, if you can't, I win. If I am the winner, you must apologise to Sasagawa Kyoko and never ask her out again. If you win you get to ask her out, and I'll give you a place on the kendo team."

At the side of the ring, Hana turned to her friend, only to find her smiling happily, "Whose idea was it that he could ask you out?"

"Mine of course, Mochida would never suggest a date with me for the winner," Kyoko responded, "We had to have something that sounded like the reason for the duel; if the prize was only a place on the kendo team, it would have nothing to do with him asking me out."

"But there's still no way he can win against Mochida-senpai."

"Mochida-kun's going to go easy on him, the shinai he's holding is the lightest one they have, the referee's been instructed to raise his flag the moment Tsuna's shinai touches Mochida, Ippon or not. He has to win, if he does, he'll be under the protection of the kendo club…" Kyoko whispered into her ear.

"…Which means that Sawada-teme won't be able to bully him anymore." Hana interrupted, realising the plan.

"Exactly."

Sawada Takeo was at that moment walking through the halls feeling proud of himself; he'd managed to escape a duel with Mochida-senpai by framing his brother. All was good. At least until he heard a childish voice pipe up from behind him.

"Ciaossu!" The next thing he knew he was hanging upside down from the roof by a piece of rope tied to his ankle.

"What the hell are you doing here!?" He yelled at the child in front of him.

"I'm watching to see if you're acting like a mafia boss. It's a chore, but don't worry about it. You and I have a relationship." Reborn said in a falsely cheerful tone, with fury simmering under the surface.

"What do you mean a relationship? I don't want anything to do with you, so leave me alone!" The irritating boy screeched.

"Don't misunderstand. My relationship with you is that of hit man and target." The fury came to the surface as he pointed his gun at the teenagers head, "Now I suggest you tell me why your brother is currently duelling Mochida Kensuke, when we both know that it was you who confessed to Sasagawa Kyoko yesterday."

"I didn't want to risk an injury in the fight when, Dame-Tsuna could do it instead of me, it's not like anyone would care if he was injured, but if I were injured I wouldn't be able to play baseball. I can't risk missing the next game. The coach would be furious."

It was with great difficulty Reborn resisted the temptation to shoot the irritating brat in the head, and not with a dying will bullet either.

"And what are you going to do if Tsuna's seriously injured because of you?"

"Why would I do anything? It's only Dame-Tsuna. No-one cares about him." The younger twin seemed honestly confused at the question.

Reborn stared at him in disbelief, before turning and leaving Takeo hanging there. He needed to vent some anger, before he killed that brat. Training that night would be tough, very, very tough.

"Reborn, where are you going? Reborn get me down! Reborn…!" That is, if the brat could get himself down in time.

Maybe he would go watch the duel in the gym, it would be interesting to see how the other twin would fight, he probably wouldn't win… but, it would still be interesting and if he didn't find something to distract himself, he might end up shooting the insufferable brat that was unfortunately his student. That would be bad… Really bad.

As he got close enough to hand over the shinai, Mochida lowered his voice to a whisper so that only Tsuna could hear.

"Don't panic, okay. I won't hurt you. Just try your best." He gave the small brunette a reassuring smile and received a slight upturn of the lips back, as he walked backwards. He raised his voice so that the rest of the Dojo could hear.

"First we bow," He kept eye contact with the other boy as they both bent slightly at the waist, before nodding to the referee.

"Assume position!" the referee called, silencing the whispers, as Mochida lifted his shinai and Tsuna copied his actions.

"Hajimaru!"

Both boys stood still as they examined each other, seemingly waiting for some sort of sign. After a minute Tsuna stepped forward and gave the shinai an experimental swing, which Mochida calmly blocked. His next few swings were just as feeble as he seemingly got used to the bamboo blade. With one minute of time it was as though something in his head clicked, as he adjusted his grip. He immediately lashed his foot towards Mochida's head at a much faster speed than his previous tries with the shinai, before rapidly swinging the shinai into the older boy's breastplate.

"Amazing!"

"He actually won!"

"What a guy."

"It felt good to watch."

"I have new-found respect for Dame-Tsuna."

Whispers ran through the dojo as the referee raised the flag to signify Tsuna won. A smirk flitted across Mochida's face as he took a step back and once again bowed with the smaller boy, before the gym erupted in cheers. Noticing how nervous Tsuna appeared with the approaching crowd he quickly grabbed his arm and dragged him out a side door.

"Have you ever done martial arts before? Because that move looked like it took a lot of practice," Mochida asked as he escorted the smaller boy to his next class only to receive an unsure shake of his head in return. "Oh well, practice is at six a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in the school dojo. The club will provide you with gear; just wear a pair of sweatpants and an old shirt. Make sure you bring a drink bottle and towel, you'll need them. Don't be late." He sent a smile at the slightly dazed boy, and saw his lips tilt up slowly as they reached his classroom and Kyoko.

When she saw them a smile crossed her face as she reached out and grabbed Tsuna's hands.

"I know it wasn't you, who asked me out, so don't worry about it, okay? You were incredible out there, and you're not just the average guy. Can I call you Tsuna-kun? You can call me Kyoko-chan, if you want. I hope we can be friends."

The bright smile on Tsuna's face was the only answer she needed.

Glossary

Kaa-san – Mum, Mother

Hai – Yes

Dame – No Good

Decimo - Tenth

Kun - Used by people of senior status in addressing or referring to those of junior status, or by anyone when addressing or referring to male children or teenagers. It can also be used by females when addressing a male that they are emotionally attached to or have known for a long period of time.

Teme- Bastard

San – Similar to Mr. or Mrs, respectful term of address.

Ippon – a point in kendo

Senpai - a senior or superior in any academic or corporate organization in society

Hajimaru – Begin

Chan - Mainly for girls. Chan expresses that the speaker finds a person endearing. Thus, using chan with a superior's name would be condescending and rude. In general, chan is used for babies, young children, and teenage girls. It may also be used towards cute animals, lovers, and close friends.

Sensei – Teacher, doctor, professor.

Tonfa - also known as tong fa or tuifa, is an Okinawan weapon. It is a stick with a handle, and is about 15-20 inches long. It was traditionally made from red oak and wielded in pairs

A.N. – Well that's the first chapter done. I thought I'd try my hand at the Tsuna-has-a-twin cliché. I wasn't going to put Hibari in this chapter, but he demanded I put him in. I would appreciate any constructive criticism as this is my first Katekyo Hitman Reborn fanfic, but flames will be used to roast marshmallows. Please enjoy! Inspiration comes from both 'More Than No Good,' by KuraiArcoiris and 'The Rightful Sky' by Heir to the Sky, and both are definitely recommended reading.