Tsuna stared at himself in the mirror. He turned left. He turned right. He did a full body spin, and then stopped. He just couldn't get it. He couldn't understand why Reborn would make him do this. There was no point to it! Haru could have easily done this. Kyoko-chan would have been perfect for the task, and Tsuna would be participating in the activities in a more…masculine way. But no! Here he was. Standing in front of his mirror. In a dress.

Tsuna let out another frustrated sigh. It wasn't just any ordinary dress either. Reborn could have had him wear some simple Alice in Wonderland blue dress, or hell even a little House on the Prairie get up!! But no. Of course Reborn, being the kind-hearted baby that he was, decides to make Tsuna dress up in gothic Lolita. It was a blood red dress that came down to just above his thighs. Under the dress were hundreds of ruffles, giving it body. The bodice was a heart-shaped corset, with black ribbons. The sleeves puffed up at the shoulders and came down to his wrists, held together by onyx cufflinks. He wore black stockings with lace trimmings that stopped just above his knee. Given the shortness of the dress and the stockings, a lot of leg was being shown. And on his feet were red buckle-shoes.

And if you thought that was enough, it wasn't. Reborn insisted that Tsuna wear a red ribbon around his neck. He then recruited Bianchi to place pigtails high above his head. They fell just below his ears in one giant curl. To tie up the pigtails were to long ribbons that trailed down to his knees. Bianchi was about to attack with lip gloss and nail polish but Tsuna finally distracted her by claiming her Romeo just ran by the window. In truth is was Lambo who probably was just defeated by Reborn (again) and jumped into his bazooka. Tsuna felt almost sorry for the 5 year old turned 15 when Bianchi took off after him with poison-dish spaghetti but then he looked at himself in the mirror and decided that since Lambo wasn't a part of the solution then he was part of the problem.

"I can't believe this." Tsuna was literally about to cry.

"Dame-Tsuna, stop crying. It's time!"

"GYAAAAH!" Tsuna jumped back and stared at his mentor. He was looking at his reflection when the full-body mirror (lord only knows why masculine Tsuna had a full body mirror in his room) flipped and revealed Reborn attached to the wood on the back.

"Tsuna, you should be able to detect me by now." Reborn jumped off the mirror and shook his head at Tsuna, Leon bobbing in agreement.

"I think that would be an insult to your credibility." Tsuna murmured.

Tsuna was promptly hit on the head with a Leon-sledge-hammer.

"GYAH!! Do you know how LONG it took for Bianchi to finish my hair?!!" Tsuna rounded on Reborn with a glint in his eye. "I swear if you ruined it…" Tsuna stalked up to the baby Mafioso. One would think in the girly outfit, the entire Mafia-boss approach-tactic wouldn't look formidable. It actually made Tsuna look like Misa from Death Note when she found LightxL. Beware the fangirl.

"Dame-Tsuna stop acti-"

"Stop. Calling. Me. That." Tsuna took a step forward on each word.

"Tsuna you need to-"

"I don't need to do anything. You should respect your boss."

Reborn didn't know whether to be A) Happy that Tsuna finally found his Mafioso Boss side. B) Upset that Tsuna dared to use this new found power on his tutor (who obviously taught him everything) or C) Be disturbed that Tsuna's new power awakened only after he was dressed in a Gothic Lolita outfit. But now wasn't the time to ponder these things.

"Tsuna. I'm sorry."

Reborn thought he heard something that sounded like 'Damn Straight' coming from the boy. "But anyway, we need to go to the site."

At this Tsuna deflated. He reluctantly let himself be herded out of the house and into the car.

"Dino-san!" Tsuna yelled when he saw his pseudo-brother at the wheel. The blond turned around to look at the young Mafioso. When he did, he wished for two things. The first, that he hadn't. His nose immediately began to leak, sending Tsuna into hysterics. The second, he then wished the young boy didn't think of him as his brother. He could deal with the age barrier thing later. After Romario cleaned up his nose and Reborn calmed Tsuna down, Dino set to driving. They were going to a special location Reborn had built especially for this night. The Bucking-Bronco smirked as he thought about why the special location was built.

Reborn had come up with an idea to increase the strength between the family. It was quite simple. There was an obstacle course along with many other challenges that the family would have to overcome in order to save Tsuna from imminent doom. He would basically be hanging by a bondage looking rope, over a mechanism that swung 5 foot wide blades back and forth above a pool full of sharks, piranhas, and a lion, above a boiling pot of water. The challenges would start off as a family thing. After the second challenge it would be moved to an individual bases to see who would become the boss's right hand man. Needless to say Gokudera was incensed with this development but only firmed his resolve when he saw Tsuna looking at him with hope in his eyes. All of the challenges were timed. Every half hour, Tsuna would be lowered half a foot down to the traps of doom. His legs would be 6 feet above the trap,. That gave them 6 hours minimum to complete every challenge. Then Tsuna would need to bend his leg or something if he wanted to keep them.

As Dino pulled up the car into the special location (which just happened to be Namimori middle school. He just drove around the city over and over to make it seem like they were really going to a secret location), he felt his brotherly instincts kick in. 'If any of them try and touch Tsuna…' He looked at Romario and they shared a look. It basically said 'Stay by my side so I can whip their asses if they try anything stupid'. Romario nodded. Dino wanted to participate, but since he was not part of the immediate family, he couldn't. And also Romario would have to follow him through the courses and though the subordinate was tough, he wasn't tough enough for what Reborn had in store.

"Alright Tsuna." Dino turned around and looked at his…little-brother. "You'll be fine." He smiled at the small grin Tsuna sent him. "I'll be there in case anything bad happens, despite what Reborn may say."

Tsuna was filled with adoration for Dino-san and thanked him with a big smile. He looked out the window and sighed with resignation. It was time.