Tsuna was squirming as he slept, he wasn't having a nightmare, but he was dreaming something. Something that would affect Tsuna's life if it ever came back. Or she.

Tsuna's dream seemed normal, it was just a hidden memory that Tsuna had forgotten years ago. His 14 year old self was invisible to the little kids playing around the playground. He started to walk around, finding himself. And there, at the corner of his eye, he found him.

There was 5 year Tsuna sitting quietly on the swing, feeling obviously alone and left out.

"I didn't know I was so lonely then…" he said to himself and continued to watch him swing on his own. After a short while, most of the kids had already left and Young Tsuna was still swinging quietly to himself.

"Watching myself like this, kind of makes me realize I would regret to have no friends before. I should be lucky and grateful now…" he says; ready to wake up from this sad dream.

"Hey Useless!" Tsuna turns again and sees a spiky haired kid near Young Tsuna.

"…" Young Tsuna does not respond. All he does is look up with a scared expression. Tsuna stares at the scene.

"What is this…? I don't remember this at all…"

"Give me all your candy!" the young boy commands.

"…" Though Young Tsuna doesn't seem to even at least respond to the boy.

"C'mon me, do something at least…" Tsuna hopes and just watches himself helplessly.

"Oh…I see the silent treatment. How about if this happened?" The rash boy punched Tsuna, knocking him off the swing set.

"Hey! You can't do that to me!" Tsuna starts to get enraged by this, even if it was all just a memory, a mere dream.

"Fight back you coward!" the boy picked him up by the scruff of his shirt and threatened to punch him again, but this time even harder.

"…" Young Tsuna still hadn't done anything to defend himself, he stood silent and yet trying to brace his attack.

"This kinda makes me want to pity myself…" Tsuna thought silently as he watched himself get beaten up… almost.

"Hey you! Don't hurt him!" The two kids, including the Adult Tsuna, turned to see who had remarked.

It was a little girl about 5 years old also. She had long brown hair and orange eyes. She wore a small blue dress with some mini sneakers. She pointed her finger at the boy who was still carrying Tsuna by his collar.

"Who…who is she…?" Tsuna questions to himself as he continued to watch.

"Yeah? Like I'll listen to you." The boy smirked and the girl seemed irritated. She walked right up to him and pinched his arm, making him let go of Young Tsuna, who had dropped on the ground and sat quietly once again. She crouched down to have eye level with him.

"Are you alright Tsuna-kun?" she asked sweetly, Young Tsuna nodded his head unsurely as the girl looked back at the taller boy.

"You brat! You're gonna pay for this!" The boy growled and Hachi just chuckled smugly at him.

"Yeah, not gonna happen." She grabbed the boy's cheek and pinched it roughly that it had turned red afterwards.

"You…you'll regret this!" the boy said, hand on cheek and running away.

"What's to regret?" she screamed so he could hear. After that, she giggled cutely to herself that made Young Tsuna and Tsuna smile. She then turned her attention to Young Tsuna who turned away, slightly embarrassed that a girl had saved him.

"Don't worry Tsuna-kun, I'm a friend!" she held out a hand, and yet Young Tsuna just stared at it. The girl noticed he was very unsure of himself and decided not to shake hands instead.

"My name's Hachika Tanaka, but you can call me Hachi!" she smiled again, making Young Tsuna smile also and blushed immediately. Hachi giggled and grabbed his hand, pulling him up and sitting on the swing.

"I know you don't feel comfortable talking with me, I am just a new kid. It's alright though; I believe Silence is the best conversation, at least that's what my mom told me." She swung and smiled, Young Tsuna kind of like the company, and decided to swing with her.

"If it's alright with you, Tsuna-kun, I'd like to call you Oniisan." Hachi slowed down a bit to face him. Tsuna looked surprised, nonetheless. Hachi giggled and looked away.

"I knew that I couldn't, it couldn't hurt to try anyway. I'll be your friend and I'll be there for you though, don't forget that!" she smiled and gave a thumbs up at him. The two exchanged smiles and Tsuna stood there, pleased.

"Hachika Tanaka, how come I haven't remembered her… did something happen…?"

"Tsuuunnnaa…" Tsuna looked up, nothing.

"Tsuuunnnaa…." He turned, but nothing was there.

"Tsunaaaa…." He felt dizzy and so tired and soon fainted.

"Tsuna!" Lambo shook him, yet all Tsuna did was shift in his sleep.

"Lambo-san will do this then!" he used his finger to pick his nose and out came a booger the size of a baseball. (o_o) He snickered mischievously to himself and neared the disgusting thing to poor Tsuna's face. And when it was about to touch the very skin of his nose, Tsuna's eyes shot wide open.

"Hachika Tanaka!" he yelled, startling Lambo and having him fall off the bed. Plus, the Disgusting Booger Ball was flung to the clean wall. Tsuna looked around and sighed a bit. He checked the clock on his desk and sighed again. It was only 2:00 a.m.

"Hachika Tanaka… I have to find out who she is…but, I don't remember anything about her." Tsuna pondered and started to think about her but with no avail.

"Why don't you just ask Mama?" Reborn says, half asleep.

"You're right Reborn, maybe she knows." He got up and walked out the door, forgetting about Lambo and the Booger Ball.

"T-tolerate…"

Kitchen

"Mom? You're up early." Tsuna says, going in the kitchen and taking a seat. He inhaled the delicious smell in the air as Nana Sawada was cooking breakfast.

"Unbelievable that you are too Tsu-kun. What's wrong?" she asked with a smile, continuing to cook some eggs.

"I just had a dream, which was more like a forgotten memory. I was thinking maybe you would help me remember." Tsuna says and looks up to his mom, who had finished and took a seat with him.

"Sure Tsu-kun, I bet it was one of the times when you were a kid!" she clapped her hands together in delight of remembering Tsuna as a baby.

"Sort of, it happened 9 years ago." Tsuna says unsurely. Nana nodded and smiled.

"Alright, what is it about?"

"About this girl, her name was Hachika Tanaka." There was silence after Tsuna said the name. Nana just stared at Tsuna and he was getting worried and anxious.

"Do you know her Mom?" he asked and scratched the back of his head.

"Well… I remember her…"

"Really? Can you tell me where she is now and how come I don't remember her?" Nana's eyes lowered at the thought and sighed all the same.

"Alright, Hachi was a girl from the Tanaka Family that had just moved to Namimori 9 years ago. Me and Iemitsu wanted to welcome them and visited their house, in which we saw Hachi already going out to play on her own. When we went in, we immediately asked her parents why she wasn't with somebody. They responded that Hachi was an only child who begged for a brother or sister, but her mother wasn't capable of having another." Nana explained a bit. Tsuna frowned at his friend's not so happy life.

"That's kinda sad."

"We talked for a while and her parents continued to talk about her, how she was always polite and honest and how she never wanted much. Though sad as it was, there was only one thing that Hachi had wanted though her parents couldn't give her at all." Nana frowned at that one thing.

"What is it Mom?"

"A friend," Tsuna widened his eyes then lowered them afterwards.

"They explained that Hachi was very lonely. At school, she wouldn't talk to anybody or even make any contact. And after school, she would just go up her room and stare at the wall quietly. Though she is like this, she excels in all her grades and is a Valedictorian."Nana seemed to cheer up at that fact. Tsuna sweat dropped.

"And I really thought we were exactly alike… apparently not…" Nana laughed at his statement but then stopped at remembering something.

"I almost forgot, there was something about Hachi when we walked out of the Tanaka Residence that day."

"Really? What is it?" Tsuna asked.

"When we went out, we had run into Hachi, who was back with a smile on her face. I asked her how her day was, and she replied that she found a new friend. I was taken back by this but was also happy for her. She also added in that her friend will become her big brother soon. And after that, she giggled, waved us good bye and went in her house." Nana smiled again, Tsuna did too, even if he didn't know who her friend was.

"Afterwards, when we came home, we were relieved that you too had finally come back from the playground. The thing that shocked us though was you were smiling and chuckling to yourself, a thing you rarely do. We came to ask you and you said 'I made a friend today!'" Tsuna widened his eyes, could it have been coincidence? Or could their new found friend be each other?

"M-mom! Who…who's the new friend Hachi had gained that day?" Tsuna asked nervously, if he was right, what would he do?

"Hachi's new found friend was…you, Tsu-kun."

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Meanwhile, on the outskirts of Namimori, there was a young 14 year old girl who stood with a bag over her shoulders and a suit with black necktie on. She brushed away the long brown bangs that covered part of her left eye.

"Finally! I'm back home in Namimori…"

Great! First Chapter finish, I hope all of you would like it! Please be nice, this is my first KHR Fic!

And please read and review!

See you again desu~

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