Sawada Tsunayoshi doesn't want to do this but as the Tenth Boss of the Vongola Family, he will have to put his foot down on the matter at hand. He cannot show his weakness in front of those that oppose him lest he will fail to protect. That is the golden rule if one wants to be a strong Boss that the Family can rely on; a Boss that can protect.

The brunette looked squarely in the eyes of the person in front of him, his hyper intuition flaring up. Tsuna's eyes became sharp and calculating. However, that person took no notice of him and continued to grin lopsidedly from ear to ear, feeling that Tsuna is of no threat to him. 'That can't be a good sign' scowled Tsuna. 'I cannot afford to fail here or else Reborn will…' He gulped as he looked at his tutor with the corner of his eyes. Reborn was lying somewhat a little further away from him. He was too afraid to think of the many possibilities, none of which he liked.

Through months under Reborn's tutelage, Tsuna had learned to trust his gut feeling. He was aware that this problem was going to come his way sooner or later and his intuition didn't fail him. Cold sweat broke and slid slowly from Tsuna's forehead. From the body language his opponent is showing alone, Tsuna knew. With a grit of his teeth, Tsuna readied himself into a battle position. 'It's starting…'

In a blink of an eye, his opponent lunged forward with incredible speed, his arms lashing out fast straight towards Tsuna with deadly accuracy. Before the expected happens, Tsuna managed to dodge by jumping backwards with a grunt, hoping that his dodge will slow the other person down. His hopes were dashed completely when his opponent practically bounced back on his feet and continued to aim at Tsuna.

This time, Tsuna managed to side step the enemy. It was Tsuna's turn to smile triumphantly as he appeared behind the person and held out his foot. The person tripped and lost his balance. Tsuna quickly moved in to pin the guy down with his foot but the foe rolled out of the way and stood up. Tsuna's heart missed a beat. The aura surrounding his opponent was suddenly different. 'Shoot. He was just getting serious?'

"AH!" gasped Tsuna in shock as he spied the two grenades his opponent held in his hands. The opponent threw the grenades and Tsuna evaded one that came too close for comfort. The other grenade however exploded very near to where Reborn was lying. Before Tsuna could do anything, the person charged at him to continue the combat. With new determination, the foe attacked with surprising speed and left Tsuna with no room to counter-attack. All he could do is dodging and hope reinforcement arrive on time.

'Gokudera, hurry!' thought Tsuna. 'If he succeeds...'

Tsuna's eyes wandered to where Reborn is with fear gnawing inside him. Big mistake. Out of the blue, a loud war cry reached Tsuna's ears as the enemy tackled Tsuna to the ground. It was all over and Tsuna could only give out a startled cry.

"YES! I GOT TSUNA-NII'S TOAST!!" screamed Lambo at the top of his lungs.

"…ugh…" moaned Tsuna from the ground. Just great! This happens every day! It looks like he will just go to school with an empty stomach.

"Baka Tsuna. You need more practice." said Reborn as he got up from his cocoon disguise. "That idiot. I wonder if I can kill him and get that reward for killing the most annoying Mafioso…"

"How can you say that with a straight face!" spluttered Tsuna.

"And as for you, Baka Tsuna…"

"HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!"

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A/N: Yeah, lame. Tsuna never got to use his hands coz he was holding a plate. Funny how Tsuna considered Gokudera a "reinforcement", LOL.