Hi, minna-san! My name is Alix and this is my first time writing for Reborn!

Please know that I'm still a beginner and a lot of mistakes are to be expected :)

I hope you enjoy my story and please don't forget to rate and review!

Reviews are very much appreciated whether good or bad ;)

(Disclaimer: I do not own Reborn and its characters, they all belong to Amano-sensei!)

Hajimemashou! (Let's start!)

Chapter 1: Out of Place

"Juudaime!"

The Vongola family was filled with tension and anxiety before a familiar voice called the attention of the Tenth boss. Tsuna turned around the instant he heard his name and finally saw his storm guardian now awakened. The Boss got up from his seat and went to his bed side.

As Tsuna gets nearer, Gokudera notices the bandages wrapped all over his body, from head to toe. He placed his hand on his neck supporter and knitted his eyebrows because he couldn't move his head freely. Despite feeling so tired and heavy, he exerted an effort to face his beloved Tenth properly, yet an excruciating pain met him as he tried to get up. The storm guardian let out a sudden curse.

"Don't push yourself!" Tsuna advised him in a worried tone as he supports his storm guardian to lie down again.

From his bed, Gokudera could see the concerned look on Tsuna's face. His expression was serious with a hint of sadness. The dark circles under his eyes only proved how he couldn't get an adequate sleep from worrying in the past few days. "I must have troubled Juudaime a lot" Gokudera thought. He couldn't bear to look at his Boss's expression anymore. Feeling a bit guilty, he shifted his eyes to the opposite direction and bitterly frowned.

"I'm glad that you've finally woken up, Gokudera…."

His eyes returned to their initial position and saw a soft smile on Juudaime's lips.

"You had us worried, Gokudera!" The rain guardian suddenly appeared beside Tsuna.

The storm guardian couldn't help but twitch his eyes in irritation every time he hears his fellow rain guardian talk. It was really annoying. And the mere sight of him smiling makes him wanna punch his face. Yet, he couldn't because he was just too damn weak to do it.

"Nobody asked you to be worried, baseball freak!" The injured man quickly replied.

"Eh?"

The other guardians including Kyoko in the room were surprised at his abrupt remark, yet it was usually what he says to Yamamato every time they converse. The man felt terribly awkward as the room became oddly silent.

"Wha-what's wrong, Juudaime?" Gokudera asked peculiarly.

Tsuna and his rain guardian looked at each other and then back to the Italian.

"It's…. nothing." Tsuna answered like he was unsure. "Anyway, Gokudera, it's been weeks since you got hospitalized…... and….. unfortunately Ha-"

Gokudera eyed the Tenth curiously as he was explaining his situation. He sensed the change of aura in his boss, there was an air of authority coming from him now and at the same time he was as if filled with wisdom as well. There was definitely something strange yet he can't put his finger on it. Or maybe he was just imagining things? Nevertheless, being the ever so smart storm guardian, he figured it out soon enough.

"AHHHHHHH!"

"What is it?!" Tsuna together with the family were pretty much startled with Gokudera suddenly screaming.

Gokudera broadens his eyes at the sudden realization in front of him. Slowly, he lifts his unwounded hand and points his finger at his boss.

"Ju-Juudaime… you're taller!"

The Vongola Boss drops his mouth open wide and says, "HUH?!"

The thought of the storm guardian becoming crazy ran through the minds of each person in the room.

"Yare, yare, Ahodera must have hit his head hard…." The lightning guardian whispered to himself in the corner.

Gokudera looks around to confirm that not only Tenth changed in height but Yamamato, Ryohei, and others as well. Lambo and I-pin who used to be small kids back then are now standing as young adults before him.

"You guys look a bit older too.…" Gokudera added.

"Of course, we're already in our 30's for extreme's sake!" Ryohei shouted as he came running in front of Gokudera. The sun guardian was getting confused with his comrade's strange behavior. He really wanted to know what was going on with him.

"Lawn-head, what do you mean by that?! We're still-"

He looks immediately at his own body when the thought of what Ryohei said passed through his mind. And Lawn-head was extremely right. He, himself, got taller too. His arms and legs are longer than usual and his muscles are more developed as well. The unexpected changes made his hair stand on end.

"How is this possible? I'm sure that I'm still fifteen…" He nervously thought.

Just then the door opens and reveals Dr. Shamal, Bianchi, and a grown up Reborn enter one by one in the room.

"I brought Shamal as soon as I heard Hayato woke-" Bianchi was cut off when his brother suddenly reacted seeing her face.

"Aneki!" A loud growling noise was heard from Gokudera's stomach as he begins to lose sight of everyone and squirms out of terrible pain.

Seeing his brother's reaction, Bianchi turned away immediately and went somewhere out of his sight.

"What's wrong with Gokudera? Hadn't he overcome the stomach pain reaction a long time ago?" Shamal asked the Vongola boss.

For Tsuna, he was confused on what was happening as well, "I don't know…..it's as if he reverted back to our teenage years, Shamal-san."

"Hmm, it's chaos..." The hitman said out of the blue.

Curious, Shamal walks towards his pupil's bed. "You know I only treat women, right?"

He cracks an eye open upon hearing his former teacher. The Irritation quickly builds up in him when Shamal until now preposterously does not do his job properly.

"What kind of doctor are you?!" Gokudera glared at him, "You're so picky on your patients!"

"My, my, aren't you bratty today?" Shamal did notice the big change in his attitude. He used to be calm and collective as an adult. But this…it's as if he was back to square one again. So for once, he decided to do his duty well without gender discrimination.

The doctor proceeds with the usual check-up routine. He takes out his stethoscope and places it on his chest. Shamal asks Gokudera to breathe deeply to which he reluctantly does with a click of his tongue. He didn't hear anything unusual with his breathing but just to be sure he also places the stethoscope on his back. Next, he examines his pulse rate by feeling the side of his neck for a minute. His pulse was neither slow nor rapid. "Good" Shamal thought. With his free hand, he then taps on his abdomen to detect abnormal swellings. His patient cringes a little, "Ow, watch it! It hurts!" Shamal looks up to him and says, "I don't enjoy doing this too you know, but if you were a girl then-"

SMACK!

Without a warning, the perverted doctor earns a blow from Bianchi who wasn't satisfied with the way he treats her precious brother. His brother, by the way, covers his eyes quickly at her sudden appearance behind Shamal.

"Hayato is still wounded, can't you be more gentle?!"

"I'm trying my best ma'am." He pauses for a while to soothe the pain on his head. "I wish it was you instead." He smiles at her obnoxiously.

Another hit was thrown at him, but this time it wasn't Bianchi.

"Watch what you're saying, Shamal….."

Reborn gives the doctor a menacingly death glare that made not only him but everyone else shudder a bit. "Oh, I forgot. Bianchi-chan is already married to him." Of course, anyone would be angry if someone was hitting on their wives. Especially, if this is Reborn we're talking about.

"Ok, ok I'm sorry. Let me wrap this up and I'll tell you the results."

Bianchi goes somewhere to a corner again so she wouldn't be seen by her brother. Dr. Shamal heavily sighs before he continues with the check-up procedure. The last thing that he will do is to ask some questions to his angry patient.

"What was the last thing you remember?" The doctor had a serious face now.

Gokudera becomes silent for a moment as he searches in his brain for an answer.

"Now that you mention it…." He blinks twice before he continues, "I don't remember the last thing that happened to me….all I know is that I still go to junior high with Juudaime and everyone….."

"Not even a bit?" Shamal cocks an eyebrow at him.

"THEN I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU ALREADY, IDIOT!" His shout echoed through the room.

"I see." Shamal then turned around and said, "Everyone, let's have my 'stupid' reckless student get some rest, shall we?

"Why you-!" Gokudera yells again from irritation.

"Hayato, get some rest already!" Bianchi scolds his brother.

His sister purposely stands in front of him to pipe him down with the expected sharp pain that he will instantly receive in his stomach. Tsuna and the family were feeling a bit sorry for him at the sight of Bianchi torturing her brother. Soon, one by one exits the room leaving the storm guardian behind.

"When will I get over this stupid pain?!" Gokudera thinks to himself.

Gomen, it's short but more revelations in Chapter 2: "Bianchi's Gonna Say It!?"