A/N: It's finally making a comeback! There's quite a bit of backstory to this specific fanfic but the short version is. The original writer quit fan fiction, I adopted this and a few other of his stories and was flamed for some of the writing I did, he took all the stories back despite the response to my continuation of this actually being really good, so I've finally convinced him to re-release the story into my custody!

As for a quick rundown of what changes, at the beginning of this fiction all of the characters are a few years older and Tsuna has already worked off the 'No-good' nickname, however he remains content with just being average, until of course Reborn enters the picture! With that I hope you enjoy!

'Thoughts'


It was your average day in Namimori, birds chirped, the wind blew softly rustling the leaves on trees, people move about their daily lives and a lone passenger of a bus arrived, the small child-appearing man wore a black suit with an orange undershirt, black tie and sported a black fedora with an orange stripe through it a small green lizard perched on the lip of the hat, he said nothing to the driver as he walked away.


Beep, Beep, Beep.

The alarm continued to beep steadily until an arm extended from under the green blanket hitting the top with what would be considered too much force for most people, The teen sat up with a yawn stretching his arms above his head as his back made a small pop as the bones moved for the first time in twelve hours, he let out a sighed relief and kicked his feet over the edge of the bed, Sawada Tsunayoshi, rolled his neck as he got up, walking to his cupboard he slid it open and pulled the Namimori high uniform from its hanger, it was practically the same as Nami-middle, although it was a dark blue blazer this time of year, he dressed himself tiredly and exited his room, going about his daily ritual. He even attempted to fix his hair, although after the sixth attempt he gave up it had a habit of spring back to its usual semi-spiky look anyway. He let out another yawn as he stuck his hands in his pockets and walked to the kitchen.

"Ah, Tsu-kun, looking cool today." His mother piped up cheerily as he walked in.

"Mom, please," Tsuna frowned as he sat down "It's just the uniform, it's nothing special."

"Now, now, you need to enjoy the little things, Tsuna." The familiar voice announced from the door.

"Yamamoto?" Tsuna glanced towards the kitchen door, the black haired baseball player stood in the doorway, he wore the same uniform Tsuna did "At least announce when you come in."

"My bad," Yamamoto waved off as he entered "Morning Mrs. Sawada."

"Good morning." She called back, not bothering to turn around from cooking.

Tsuna shrugged and began eating his breakfast "You know, she isn't fair off Tsuna, You have certainly changed since middle school."

"I studied for a change," Tsuna returned flatly "And trained for that matter, besides getting to average from terrible isn't an improvement."

"Well, I suppose." Yamamoto nodded.

"At last have the decency to deny it," Tsuna joked, giving the baseball-nut a light jab "Well, Were off."

"Ah, Take care!" His mother called after him.

"Yeah," Tsuna called back, pulling on his shoes as he got to the door "You're here early by the way."

"Well, Thought I'd make a good impression on the first day," Yamamoto countered "And I came to give you some good news."

"I'm worried," Tsuna shot sarcastically "What happened?"

"I ran into Senpai on the way here, Kyoko's starting at Namimori high too," Yamamoto continued "Isn't that great?"

Tsuna chuckled "I guess, she barely knows I exist though. And it's Ryohei-san, stop with this Senpai stuff, you know how annoyed he get's when you don't act friendly."

"Old habits I guess," Yamamoto countered as the pair rounded another corner "Well, I am going on ahead, I'm gonna try and sneak in a bit more practice before school."

"See ya later." Tsuna waved, he watched his friend steadily decrease in size until he rounded a corner a few houses down 'Honestly, were in high school and he still act the same way he did in middle school, Well I suppose I am not really much better.' He continued around the corner towards Namimori high, a feeling steadily rose in his stomach, like he was being followed, he turned his head slightly and saw the street behind him completely empty, he turned back around. The sensation came back much stronger than before, he pulled his head to the side as a stone bounced off the road in front of him 'That was close.' He whirled around and his eyes darted around the street 'But who threw it?'

"Your reflexes are pretty good, even if I was going easy on you." The voice was so high-pitched it reminded him of a toddler, he turned around and looked down, a small black suited baby was looking up at him, the strange lizard on the kids hat blinked at him twice and he just stared at the child for a moment.

"Hey, kid, are you lost?" He asked after a second.

"Nope." The baby responded.

Tsuna stumbled back slightly, although he couldn't explain why, this kid just made him feel odd "Where are your parents?" He decided to go with, seemed like the safest option.

"So your Sawada Tsunayoshi, huh?" The baby tilted it's head slightly upward, a mischievous glint in its eye.

"How do you know my name?" Tsuna asked.

The Lizard cycled through a set of colors and shifted before a small handgun appeared in the babies hand, Tsuna tripped back and landed on his back, knocking the wind out of his lungs as he scrambled to his feet struggling to get air back in his lungs.

"Hey, What do you regret?" The baby suddenly asked.

Tsuna frowned, it was an odd question to be asked at gunpoint, a number of things ran through his head but one repeated more than the others "If I was going to die in the next five minutes, it would be the fact I never mustered the courage to tell my crush how I feel." He said flatly, not missing a step at all.

"You pass." The baby announced, there was a click and Tsuna could only stand as the small red bullet left the barrel of his gun, the lead fell away and a red fire like flickering hit him in the forehead, he fell to the ground with a thud and stared at the sky 'Yeah, it's definitely Kyoko.' His brain thought before it went black, the abyss didn't last more than a few seconds at most, before he was back on his feet, he stared at his hands in mild amazement, they were glowing a light gold and he felt…powerful, he never felt powerful.

"Now, go make your feelings known!" The baby shouted in order, Tsuna frowned at the child before running off, he didn't have time to deal with lost kids at this point, he did have an overriding thought, he wanted to talk to Kyoko and it didn't really matter how he did it. He wasn't aware of how fast he was going until he passed Yamamoto, that was when the sensation of air rushing past him finally registered in his mind, he heard the truck before he saw it, but by the time he realized exactly what was in front of him he had slammed into the side of it, he flew into the air, he turned his body around and planted his feet on the side of a mostly incomplete building, he gritted his teeth as he launched from the position 'Huh? I can do that?' he questioned in his own mind as he rolled around in the air to land on the road again, he was crouched as if about to begin a sprint in the Olympics, he placed his hand on the ground and pushed off firing forward so fast the wind around him flew outwards and pulled the leaves off the pair of tree's on either side of the road. He rounded the last corner, th only thing between him and Namimori High was a small sit where some road workers were fixing a busted water main, they were lifting a large section of pipe from the ground, although the pipe was rusted an already damaged it did cover the entire street, The only thought Tsuna had was to go right through it, planting his right foot he launched himself forward, extending his left hand as he connected with the metal, it groaned under the force before cracking, he rolled over his shoulders on the other side of the hole in the ground and ran towards Namimori High.

The Outside of the school was almost identical to Namimori middle, Well it was just a ladder towards college, the wall was white and the school's name was placed on the side of it in silver plate. Tsuna ignored the school as he slid to a stop on front of the woman who held his current thoughts, She had grown taller since Middle school, her face still held the same innocence it always had, her slightly golden eyes stared at him as if surprised, her hair had grown out, hanging loosely over her shoulder and down her back, she held her bangs towards the left side of her face with a single clip. The only difference in their uniforms was, she wore the girls standard skirt.

"Sasagawa Kyoko! Please, Go out with me." Tsuna practically shouted, he hadn't meant to. As he slowly regained control of his mind, the glow died down and he sighed.

Kyoko's eyes widened and she let out a startled shriek before running away, Before Tsuna could completely comprehend the situation he felt a sharp sting in his jaw as a black-haired upperclassmen hooked him. He hit the ground with a loud thud and snapped his head back up, taking in his own appearance for the first time since he blacked out 'Where the hell are my clothes?! Did I really just confess to Kyoko?' He placed his forehead in the palm of his hand.

"You damn pervert!" The upperclassmen scoffed, turning on his heel and marching inside.

Tsuna got to his feet slowly, the memories were steadily returned to his mind, he had punched through a steel pipe, been hit by a truck and ran down the side of a skyscraper. He looked down at his hands, 'it was all after that kid shot me.'

"Ciaossu." A childish voice Tsuna recognized suddenly piped up, he started and turned to face the child, the kid held his uniform and his bag 'Well at least he brought those.'

"What the hell are you doing?" Tsuna demanded, snatching his clothing back and pulling them on hastily.

"I was sent here by the Ninth Vongola Mafia Family Boss," The child informed "I am the Hitman Home Tutor, Reborn!"

"A very cartoon introduction, As expected of a child," Tsuna shot at the baby "So, why are you here, Mr. Hitman Tutor-san."

"To train you to become the Tenth Vongola Family Boss." Reborn responded.

Tsuna's head poked through his shirt and he stared at the child "I have no intention of joining the Mafia, leave me alone."

Reborn smirked slightly as Tsuna picked up his bag and walked into the school, 'I had better apologize to Kyoko as soon as possible, If Ryohei heard about this he'd probably kill me.'

"You, brat," The voice was as cold as ice, Tsuna didn't need to turn around to know who it was, Namimori's Disciplinary Committee chairmen, Hibari Kyoya "Why are you making such a ruckus in front of the school so early? Would you like me to bite you to death."

"Sorry, Hibari-san," Tsuna spoke quickly, showing his palms "It won't happen again."

The boy seemed to accept it, lowering the two Tonfas he always carried on his person and marching away, Tsuna walked inside.


He hit his desk chair with a sigh, placing his bag on the edge of his desk he leaned back slightly 'planning out his apology to Kyoko, among other things, The Vongola Tenth? There's no way, he must be looking for someone else, Wait, when did I decide to believe him?' Tsuna frowned, he couldn't explain the feeling he had, but for some reason he knew the kid was telling the truth.

"Tsunayoshi-kun." The voice was light, he recognized the owned and jumped to his feet.

"Ah, Kyoko-san, Sorry about this morning." He quickly apologized.

"No, My friends tell me I don't get jokes fast enough either," Kyoko smiled, waving it off, the voice of Kyoko's oldest friend called from the door and she turned around "Talk to you later Tsunayoshi-kun." The girl said simply before walking towards her friend.

'She thinks' it was a joke,' he thought slightly disheartened 'Well, at least she doesn't hate me…I'm just back to square one.' He sat down the another sigh, he heard the commotion outside the door before it reached him, the Black haired upperclassmen who had hit him earlier marched in, despite the protests of his underclassmen, his eyes scanned the room and landed on Tsuna, Tsuna stared back at him impassively, his jaw still hurt from that punch this morning.

"You," The upperclassmen pointed at him "You damn Pervert, I, Kensuke Mochida, Challenge you to a fight in the gym."

"How very heroic," Tsuna taunted getting to his feet "I won't be there." He announced boredly, walking out of the room, he had a few minutes until class started, may as well buy a drink.

A tick mark appeared on Mochida's forehead as he stared at the retreating form of Sawada, his mood changed instantly when Kyoko entered the room, she noticed him and jogged towards him.

"Mochida-Senpai, is something wrong?" Kyoko asked worriedly.

"How many times, Kyoko-chan, call me Mochida," The upperclassmen smiled innocently "I am having a little practice match against the new members of the Kendo club today, it would be good if you could come."

"I might swing by then," Kyoko smiled "See you later."

Mochida nodded 'Damn Sawada.' He thought menacingly.


"Tsuna!" The voice caught his attention, he swung his head around as Yamamoto jogged up to him.

"Have you been training or something? I Don't remember you ever beating me to school before." Yamamoto asked

Tsuna pulled his ice coffee from the vending machine "Huh? Well, something like that I guess."

"I heard you got challenged by Mochida-Senpai over Kyoko." Yamamoto raised an eyebrow at him.

"Whats Kyoko got to do with it?" Tsuna asked, suddenly a little more interested in the upperclassmen's challenge.

"Apparently he planned to confess to Kyoko this morning, Your little stunt prevented it, he's pretty mad, she is going to be there to watch though." Yamamoto explained, jogging towards the classroom.

'He's angry cause I was faster?' Tsuna slumped his shoulders and he finished his drink, dropping the can into the trash as he passed it 'Whatever, I can't fight the Ace of the Kendo team, I'll just go home.'

"Running away?" The childish voice of Reborn cause Tsuna to jump.

"Reborn? Why are you in the school and what do you mean run away? It's stupid to fight someone so much stronger than me." Tsuna countered.

"What do you think Kyoko would think? You started this mess, you had better clean it up as a man, even if you lose, if you fight with all your will and strength nobody will look down on you for it." Reborn shot back.

Tsuna straightened slightly "That's not something I want to hear from a baby." He retorted, walking passed the baby.

'He is right though.' He admitted.

Reborn smirked and jumped back out of the window.

Tsuna sat back down at his desk and sighed 'As a man, huh?' He thought idly as he looked out the window.


Tsuna stared at the door of the Gym 'So I came huh? Well, no point going half-way.' He slid the door open.

"Oh, Tsuna actually came?!" The large crowd in the Gym shouted in surprise.

"Nice of you to show up," Mochida taunted from the door 'Although you can't win.' "I cannot allow someone as unrighteous as yourself go unpunished."

"Unrighteous, huh Senpai?" Tsuna asked flatly.

"We will have a simple match, but since you are a beginner, you will only need to score one point to win," Mochida announced "the Prize is…of course, Sasagawa Kyoko!" He tossed the bamboo practice sword to Tsuna, Tsuna watched it passively catching it as it came into reach.

"You think Kyoko's a prize?" Tsuna asked flatly, as if angry. Kyoko paused and stared at the boy she knew since middle school, something was different about him.

"Of course, only the strong are worthy of being close to such a beauty." Mochida announced cockily "Prepare yourself."

Tsuna sighed as he brought the practice blade in front of him, altering his grip slightly as he watched his opponent "She may be beautiful, but who are you to decide she is a prize?" Tsuna asked angrily before darting forward, Mochida's eyes widened as he brought his practice sword around in time for the block 'He's not the same middle schooler.'

"Weren't you going to punish the Unrighteous one? Or are you the true unrighteous one here?" Tsuna taunted.

Yamamoto chuckled from the sidelines 'It was a mistake to get Kyoko involved in all this, Mochida.' Even if Tsuna trained to become average, that was all he was, it was when you got him truly serious he became like this and Kyoko was about the only thing that got him this serious.

Tsuna was forced back a few steps, he watched Mochida carefully, he spotted the tell almost instantly, he planned his movements with his eyes 'In that case.' Tsuna moved left, bringing the practice sword around breaking the first lead in Mochida's rush and forcing him off balance, his Sword was behind him and he had no way to stop Tsuna's follow up at this point, Tsuna planted his foot with enough force for it to echo around the Gym a few times before slamming the hilt of his practice blade into Mochida's stomach, The upperclassmen groaned as he fell to the floor.

The Gym was eerily quiet as Tsuna straightened, he looked around casually "What?"

"TSUNA WON?!" The Gym erupted in a torrent of noise and Tsuna received more than enough encouragement from those around him, in fact his arm had already began to bruise.

Mochida glared at the back of Tsuna's head as he got to his feet, he grip tightened on the practice sword and he gritted his teeth as he charged the unaware opponent, Tsuna got a bad feeling and turned around to see his upperclassmen charging him, when Mochida realized Tsuna had seen him he shifted, attempting to slow down and appear as neutral as possible, although the black haired boy had clearly sped up to much, he slammed his foot down and lost his balance tumbling forward, while doing so he tossed the practice sword, Tsuna's eyes widened as he realized exactly who the practice sword was aimed at 'I won't make it.' Tsuna thought desperately.

"You'll have to do it with your Dying Will." Reborn chuckled to himself as he tugged pulled the trigger from the perch he currently occupied, the lead fell away and the red flame struck Tsuna's forehead, he hit the ground with a thud, he felt the same rush of power he had that morning and assumed his clothes had torn off as well, at this point it didn't really matter, he shot forehead placing himself in front of Kyoko as the hardened piece of Bamboo slammed into his forehead, it was enough to knock him unconscious even in Dying will mode.


He wasn't sure how much time had passed since he had been knocked out, he assumed school was over judging from the light slowly fading in the sky, he sat up quickly and groaned as he placed a hand to his head, his head throbbed painfully.

"Tsunayoshi-kun, your awake." The familiar soft voice chirped.

Tsuna looked up at the form of Sasagawa Kyoko, she stood at the corner of the curtain someone would pull across to close off the beds in the nurses office, her arms were crossed under her chest and she wore the same warm smile she always did.

"What happened?" Tsuna asked.

"Mochida fell and accidently threw his practice sword, you jumped in the way and it knocked you out," Kyoko explained "But you were really amazing today, do you mind if I call you Tsuna-kun from now on?"

'Accident huh, that's what he is going with.' He thought, he simply smiled "Yeah, that's fine."

"And, Thanks for sticking up for me today, You didn't really have to." Kyoko finished, a small amount of red coloring her cheeks.

Tsuna smiled widely, his won cheeks coloring slightly as he scratched the back of his head nervously "It's fine, anyone would do it."

Kyoko just nodded "Well, I am off, I need to get home before my brother sends a search party, Be careful on your way home." She waved as she left.

"You were actually pretty impressive, for a no-good Tsuna." The childish voice was easily recognized, Reborn floated through the window with a green parachute, the thing shifted back into the lizard on his hat and he looked at Tsuna calmly.

"Thanks for the help at the end," Tsuna replied laying down and taking a deep breath "I haven't heard that nickname in a while."

"Don't worry, I will make you into a strong Mafia Boss." Reborn changed the topic suddenly.

"I still have no intention to join the Mafia." Tsuna shot back 'But a little strength wouldn't be a bad thing, right?'

"Brat," The cold voice drew Tsuna's attention to the door "The school is closing, if you don't leave immediately, I'll bite you to death."

"Yeah, Hibari-san, I'm going." Tsuna responded flatly getting to his feet and beginning his walk home.


A/N: There's the first chapter, As I said it's not an on-cannon retelling so do don't expect a mirror to the story, That being said the core concepts will still be there. Regardless I Hope you all enjoyed this chapter!