Hey so I'm new here at KHR central haha
Well for writing a story that it
And I'm not sure if there's another story like this but trust me I search long and hard
I might've seen maybe a few stories similar maybe… hopefully not haha
But I still hope you guys like this!

Please go easy on me lol but criticism is accepted all the same, it helps in growth
But I do have a bad habit of starting stories I don't wanna finish in the future
Though imma try and break this habit for you guys if you really like this story

Well, enough of my ranting jabber gahhh
We Start!

Quick Summary:

What if Tsuna had met Reborn in elementary school rather than in middle school? What if he was more involved with the mafia earlier than he was? What if because of a past traumatic incident, he's closed himself off from others he doesn't feel could be trusted? Tsuna had lived his whole life which revolved around Japan but he's experienced a whole other world in Italy. He's still the same old, lovable Tsuna with a small twist to him and he'd had Reborn as his tutor since he was 4 years old but after parting ways for about 8 years, he comes back to Japan to wreak havoc on the poor boys life once again.

Quick Note:
"speaking"
'thoughts'
"Italian"

Prologue: When You Grow Older...

"Okaa-san, where are you?" A little boy roamed the grand halls of an outrageously large mansion as he looked for is mother. Said little boy was maybe around 3 feet tall with a head topped with messy brown hair. His large brown eyes were filled with worry as he looked around for his mom.

Just then, one of the maids of the house had come out of a room and had seen the little boy. "Oh, young master, you should come along. It's almost lunch time." She said to him as she reached for his hand.

"But I can't find my mom. Dad told me to go get her but she wasn't in her room." He explained to her.

"I'm sure she'll be there by this time, we should go check. If she's still not there, then I will look for her for you, after all, you're still a growing boy and you need to eat." She smiled to him as he then nodded and took her hand. The pair had made though the mansion and walked into the dining room together. When they had walked in, the young boy had found his grandfather to be sitting at the head of the table, his father on his left and a man whom was known as his grandfather's storm guardian on his right along with the other guardians lined down the table. Beside his father was his mother.

"Okaa-san!" the boy exclaimed as he then thanked the maid and then ran off to sit beside her.

"Ah, Tsu-kun, I was wondering where you had gone." She said as she greeted her son.

"Tsuna, we were just talking about you." His father had said as his grandfather nodded as well.

"We were discussing the fact that you will one day inherit our... uh, company." He said as he noted that Tsuna's mother was present as well. Though she lived in the household, she was unaware that the family was really mafia related or the fact that her husband was an external advisor to said mafia family.

"Why me?" Tsuna wondered. "Why can't Otou-san do it?"

"Well, I'm already the external advisor to the family, so I'm in a position where I can't lead the family and am not eligible to become next in line." His father explained, his 3 year old son just nodding in understanding, though he didn't really understand.

"Also with the way my family is, me not having a son of my own, I've decided to pass this on to you and your father. It appears as though you will be the next in line for the title of Decimo and with your birthday coming up, you'll be turning 4 this October. With this, you will begin your... ahem, studies in order to be prepared for your future inheritance. You will be enrolled in school and will be assigned a home tutor for your... special studies." He explained to the boy. Despite his age, Tsuna was exceptionally bright, was quick on his feet and adapted easily so he knew the boy somewhat understood.

"Okay." Tsuna said with a cute smile on his face. "But who's my tutor? What is a tutor?" Tsuna wondered as he thought about it.

"A tutor is a personal teacher that will help you at home with your school work." Tsuna's mom, Nana, explained to her son.

"So I'll have two teachers?" Tsuna seemed to find the idea interesting.

"Yes that's right, and you'll learn even more than other kids will." His dad added.

"Yay, so who is he?" Tsuna asked before taking a mouthful of food.

"Chaos." A young man had stood in the doorway to the large dining room as all heads turned towards him. The man wore all black with a white dress shirt under his suit and a black fedora on his head. It was tilted over his eyes, hiding the majority of his expression though his devious smile still present on his face.

"Ah here he is now, Tsuna, I would like you to meet your new home tutor, Reborn." Nono had introduced.

"Domo, Reborn-san!" Tsuna waved towards the man who just nodded in response.

"Would you like to join us, Reborn-san?" Nana offered him a seat.

"No thank you, I had eaten before I arrived." Reborn just settled for leaning against the wall.

"Well, feel free to pull up a chair." Tsuna's father, Iemitsu, offered the man.

"Will do." Reborn said though he didn't budge from his spot. Tsuna just blinked as he looked at the man. He seemed nice enough and he was friendly with his grandfather as well, so it may turn out to be not so bad. Tsuna had a few past experiences with his grandfather's other friends but they didn't seem as friendly as he had made them out to be. Though his mother was none the wiser as she just wandered around the mansion, thinking that they were all business partners, which in a way, they were.

After Tsuna was done eating, his father had suggested that he and Reborn go somewhere to get to know each other better. Tsuna nodded and then ran over towards Reborn and took his hand, leading him out of the dining hall. Reborn just followed much to the amusement of the guardians who continued to eat. They all loved their boss's grandson even though they weren't really blood related and he was the one that seemed to add a little sun and joy to their day every time they saw him. "Jaa, where should we go?" Tsuna asked the man but the man suddenly stopped, causing the little boy to suddenly get pulled back by the force and hit Reborn's leg with his back.

"Tsuna, do you know how to speak Italian?" The man asked as Tsuna looked up above him.

"Uh huh." Tsuna said.

"Then from now on, we'll be speaking Italian. It will help with your knowledge on the language and make sure that specific people won't know what we're talking about." Reborn said cautiously as he looked around.

"But everyone in the mansion knows how to speak and understand Italian. The only person who doesn't know is..." Tsuna started as he then realized what Reborn was getting at but didn't really understand why.

"That's right, only your mother doesn't know what's really happening here. Of course before now, you didn't know exactly what went on either but I'm here to tell you." Reborn looked at the confused child as he then commenced in bringing the child outside in the garden. They'd walked until they reached a wooden bench and sat there in the middle of the garden. "So you will need to hide all the information that you learn from me from your mother and anybody else for that matter unless needed. There are some things that she will need to know however this isn't one of those things. You will learn little by little but eventually you will need to fight for your rightful place as the Vongola Decimo."

"What er... What's Vongola? I heard some of grandpa's friends say this before and calling him this too but I never knew what it meant." Tsuna asked his new tutor, remembering that he was supposed to speak Italian only.

"Well, the family that you think of as a normal family is actually an Italian mafia with unmatched global connections and a great deal of power. As we progress, you will eventually learn all that you need to and how vital it is for you to keep information a secret and must share only to those whom you think are trustworthy." Reborn explained but then remembered that he was speaking with a three year old.

"Were you able to understand all of this Tsuna?" Reborn made sure not to lose the kid in all of this adult talk. If possible, the ninth would of preferred to have found a better, more suitable inheritor and would of made sure to hide this entire world of destruction from his beloved grandson, just like how Iemitsu had managed to somehow keep his duties a secret from Nana and portrayed himself as a construction worker for cover. Although, it seems that not everything goes as planned and has apologized repeatedly to Iemitsu for dragging his son into the mafia world.

Iemitsu did hear any of it for he didn't blame the Nono for his son's fate. If anything, it would be his own fault though the Nono had also protested to this as well. They tried hard, tracing the lineage of the family tree but it was still in the processing stages. Therefore, they had no choice but to deem Tsuna as the heir for now and give him the proper training while he was still young. It didn't matter what they had to do, if it was for the sake of Tsuna being prepared and ready to take on whatever may come his way, so be it.

The brown haired boy refreshed his mind a bit as he thought of the words that the man had just spoken. Sure he was three years old, but that didn't mean his vocabulary was limited. "So Vongola means that this family is a fighting family, right? And grandpa is the head of this secret thing that mom isn't supposed to know about. I'll learn a lot of secret stuff that I'm only allowed to share with people who I think are good guys. That must be important 'cause you said it a whole bunch of times." Tsuna stated as he looked up at the man who seemed to be taken aback by the little boy.

"You..." Reborn didn't know what to say. He then regained his composure before explain the things that he'll learn with him for the next few years. The pair talked about battle training, self defense training and mental training, in other words, studying. Reborn even went into how he should be sociable with others and mannerly. Tsuna just absorbed everything in like a healthy three year old should.

"You'll be a great person when you grow up." Reborn said as he ruffled his hair playfully while Tsuna laughed.

The training had gone by exceptionally well, even better than what most people would have thought; however, through the years as time went on, Tsuna had grown and Reborn had gotten harsher and harsher with his training. He left from time to time to fulfill his other duties as a hitman, which he had eventually told Tsuna was his primary obligation. And with each return, Reborn had changed and seemed to be more strict and was even harder on the poor boy than the last time they've met.

Eventually, things have started to change as Tsuna grew older and became more aware of what was happening around him. He started to despise the mafia and everyone involved, he began to resent his father even more for being around less and lying to his own family, causing his mother unwanted pain, and eventually, he started to trust people less and less due to some unwanted memories that were said to have been traumatic for the boy.

Tsuna and his mother had both decided that it would be best for them if they had gotten away for their life at the mansion for a little while and decided to take a summer vacation in their native land, Japan. Though, this vacation had ended with them staying there permanently and Tsuna attending school in the area. His father hardly visited because of his so called construction job which didn't matter much for Tsuna, the only thing he worried about was how his mother had felt. Tsuna had left his life in Italy when he was 9 years old, rejecting his life completely as a mafiaso, as the heir to the Vongola Famiglia, everything. This all happened three years after Reborn had stopped coming back to the mansion regularly.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tsuna had started in the 4th grade when he'd gotten into the Japanese school year, with summer vacation being in the middle of the year then the students continue on with the same grade, while in Italy, the school year begins in September. Either way, Tsuna would've ended up in the same grade anyways but with this, he'd still be all caught up due to his advanced tutoring in the Vongola mansion. If he wanted, Tsuna could've been moved up to the seventh grade. The brown haired boy, however, had decided to keep his family heritage a secret, not wanting any unwanted attention with his classmates and also decided to keep a low profile in school so as to not attract any outside attention.

"Students, it seems that we have a transfer student joining us this year. Please make him feel welcome. You may come in now." The teacher called out to the boy who waited to be called into the classroom from the hallway. Tsuna had entered and stood in front of the class. He told his mom to make sure not to say where he was transferring from; otherwise, the other kids would make a big deal about it.

"Hello, I'm Sawada Tsunayoshi, yoroshiku onegaishimasu. (please take care of me/ I'll be in your care)" Tsuna bowed in greeting and looked around shyly as everyone just looked at him.

"Sawada-kun, you may take your seat beside Sasagawa-chan. Sasagawa-chan, may you please raise your hand so that Sawada-kun may know where you are?" The teacher called out as a small, orange haired girl raised her hand. Tsuna had made his way over towards her as she smiled and introduced herself as Kyoko and wished to be addressed by this name. The boy then told her to call him Tsuna in return. She nodded in agreement as they then listened to their teacher.

Tsuna wasn't sure why he had offered his first name to her since he still didn't trust her as much yet. Though, he let it be and decided not to make further contact as the day went on.

As school days passed on, others had found out that Tsuna was pretty bright, not that he'd shown his true knowledge to any of them. He was also athletic, level headed yet very seclusive. This had led to him being alone most of the time, despite the attempts of other kids to try and get to know the boy. He just brushed them off and they couldn't do anything further than this. Everyone had thought of him as a hard shell that was even harder to crack. No one could really get close enough to find out much about his past or his family or himself for that matter. That is, no one, with the exception of Sasagawa Kyoko.

She would often try and have a decent conversation with the boy but she would only get quick responses and hardly anything in return. She didn't stop there though, she vowed to herself to get Tsuna to talk to her like a friend, no matter how long it took. Good thing for her that length wasn't an option for it had taken almost 3 months before she had been asked a question by said boy. And after that, Tsuna had started conversations with her, even if they only lasted for maybe 10 minutes max.

He'll have to admit to himself, Kyoko was very persistent and he even started taking a liking to her company from time to time but that wasn't enough to convince him entirely. He still gave her the cold shoulder but when he felt like it, he'd talk back in which, made the other so unbelievably happy.

After this, Tsuna had begun speaking with others briefly, but only when he needed something, when the time was appropriate or when he had to because the class required it. The only 'real' conversations he had were with Kyoko. Nobody had really gotten to know Tsuna though, even when he had remained as their classmate for the future years to come, he didn't reveal anything like his life had depended on it. The only information that they've managed to gather was from observations that they've made; it felt as though they were studying him like a newly discovered species. Was he really that interesting, just because he chose to separate himself from the rest of the class? Tsuna never really understood why they couldn't just leave him alone and be in peace.

Eventually, Tsuna had grown accustomed to his new life and classmates.

And now we've come to the present day where our story begins with the opening ceremony for the new students of Namimori Middle School, where a 13 year old Tsuna has now attended for a year. But what he didn't know was that his first year would be the last of his ever so peaceful days.

Jaa~ how was it?
You like it, not like it?
Good or Bad?
I'm not really sure but I wanted to give it a shot anyways
I really do hope this makes sense, it made sense to me
Though, I'm the one with the ideas of where to take this story -.-'
Now I'm doubting myself, I should end this before I change my mind

Haha, see ya ^^
Owari desu~

Updated: 13/11/2012