A/N: I felt like trying out some stories of a younger Tsuna as he grew up with friends. I'm now good with child speech but at this age my niece was speaking proper so i'll go off that. Since this one is short i think ill be able to update faster. I kind of have the next two chapters already written. I'll update my other stories soon.

childish Adventures

"Regular"

"Italian"

Age 7

A seven year old Sawada Tsunayoshi or, Tsuna to his friends, peeked around a tree with his best friend right behind him. Tsuna had wide honey brown eyes with long lashes and light brown gravity defying soft hair.

"Ma-kun, you see that kid over there?" Tsuna was pointing at the silver haired pale skinned child that was sitting on a swing in the park.

"The kid with silver hair? Yea I see him." A seven year old Enma Kozato replied. Enma had bright red hair and eyes. His eyes had a compass symbol in it that all his family members had.

"Good that means he's not a ghost." Tsuna sighed in relief.

"G-ghost?" Enma stuttered nervously. Enma was afraid of ghost but Tsuna was way more afraid. The one time they saw a ghost movie Tsuna refused to leave Enma's side for a week.

"Well he can't be a ghost if you can see him also." Tsuna reasoned.

"He looks sad." Enma observed. The kid had his face turned towards the ground and his shoulders were slumped.

"Lets go over there then." Tsuna announced as he grabbed Enma's hand and dragged him towards the kid.

"Hello there my name is Sawada Tsunayoshi. This is my best friend Enma Kozato."

The kid looked up with his emerald green eyes gave them a scowl as soon as he spotted them. "Who are you?"

"Oh no he's speaking his ghostly language. It really is a ghost." Tsuna wailed and almost ran back to the tree if Enma wasn't holding on his hand.

"Tsu-kun he's speaking Italian. I don't think he understands Japanese. He's only asking who we are." Enma sighed.

"Oh that's ok then. I forgot about Italian. Ma-kun, you can ask him the question while I get over my embarrassment." Tsuna asked as he covered his face to hide the blush. Tsuna knew Italian also but in his excitement he forgot about it.

Enma rolled his eyes at his best friend but still did what he asked. "My name is Enma Kozato, call me Enma. This is my best friend Tsunayoshi Sawada. He wants you to call him Tsuna. What's your name?"

"I'm Hayato. Hayato Gokudera." Hayato said hesitantly.

"I think he wants us to call him Hayato." Enma told Tsuna.

Tsuna nodded and lifted his face out of his hands. He had an excited smile on his face. "Hi Hayato. How old are you? We're seven years old."

"I'm seven also." He seemed less wary as the conversation continued but he still had his guard up.

"You're from Italy right?" Enma questioned.

Hayato nodded sharply, even more on guard that before.

"I don't think he likes being reminded of Italy Ma-kun." Tsuna stated.

Tsuna explained for his best friend. "Enma is from Italy also but he moved here. Did you also move here?"

Hayato shook his head. "I didn't move here. I just came with my guardian."

"Well while you're here let's make your stay fun. Come, play with us. Let's be friends." Tsuna gave him a bright smile.

Hayato was confused because no one was ever really nice to him before. He didn't have friends back in Italy and other kids didn't like him because he was smarter than them. No one ever cared if he was sad before and came up to him just to make him happy again.

Hayato returned the smile the brunet gave him. Even though Hayato's own couldn't compare to Tsuna's brightness it was no less genuine.

The three of them played around the entire playground until Hayato's guardian, whose name was Shamal, came for him.

Hayato ran up to Shamal with a smile on his face, his two new friends trailing behind him.

"Dr. Shamal. I want to stay here and go to school." Hayato simply stated.

Shamal was surprised to see Hayato smiling again. He mostly had a scowl or a frown on his face ever since his piano teacher stopped coming. It got worse when he learned she was actually his mother which is why Shamal was taking care of him now. Hayato ran away from home and Shamal ended up taking him in.

Shamal looked at the two kids behind his charge. The redhead was giving Shamal an intense look. It seemed like he was trying to make Shamal agree with Hayato. Shamal turned to the brown haired one and almost gasped at what he saw in the young child's eyes that were now glowing orange. The kid was looking at Hayato with happiness, affection, and a fierce protectiveness that Shamal was almost scared to get in between. It made his decision for him.

"If you are able to speak, read, and write Japanese by the end of the year I may be able to work something out."

Hayato smiled brightly in happiness because he was a genius and they both knew that Hayato would easily be able to complete that task. Tsuna and Enma gave their own smiles to Shamal and Shamal felt like he wouldn't ever regret this choice.