No, I do not own Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn! or any related merchaindise :D

Grow Your Own – Tsunayoshi Sawada & Crew

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Once upon a time, there lived a young boy named Sawada Tsunayoshi. He had big brown eyes and a tuft of hair that could not be tamed, no matter how hard he tried. He lived with his mother and his papa was hardly ever home due to his job as an advisor for an Italian noble.

But Tsuna could deal with it; after all, he had his gigantic fish to keep him company. A big sunfish, along with its tank filled up half of Tsuna's bedroom. He named the fish Reborn, since the fish came from the wild and was given a new home in Tsuna's own house. He was 'reborn' in his home.

There was something about Reborn that Tsuna had never told anyone about though. Reborn was not just your normal sunfish. No. No, he was a fairy mermaid fish thing. At night, Reborn would turn into a man with weird mer-legs and criticize Tsuna harshly, but that was alright. Because Reborn was family.

And as much as you might be fascinated with a sunfish turned man, this is not a story focusing on his unfortunate, perhaps fortunate, curse. This is a story about how our own little Sawada Tsunayoshi faced the odds of growing his own…

Death.

Oh, sorry about that, I had meant family. Yes, family.

You see, although Tsuna never really showed it, he was very lonesome. When he went to school, Reborn was not there, nor was his mother. And the other children at school would poke at him and call him names. Tsuna never tried to stop it or stand up for himself, after all, what can you do? It was routine, since junior kindergarten.

And this is where our story starts.

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Ring, ring.

"Class dismissed!" the teacher nodded at the students and opened the door, signaling them to leave.

Although everyone was moving to get out, Tsuna did not move. He did not want to see those bullies. But alas, the teacher snapped her ruler on his desk, jolting him back to reality.

"Sawada, didn't you hear me? It's time to leave."

He did not want to face them. He really hated to. And now, he had to.

"Ah, yes! I'm terribly sorry for inconveniencing you." he nodded his head and left quickly.

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Tsuna poked his head out the doors of the school, phew! Those bullies must have gotten tired of waiting for him. He felt sorry for those who they found to be their newest victim.

Tsuna started inching out of the school before he froze. He heard them. Had they seen him?

"Tch. That no good loser isn't here! But at least we got you, beautiful." Tsuna looked a little further to the left and he saw them.

The bullies and a girl. She had dark blue hair and it looked like she had a black eye from far away. They were surrounding her. He wanted to help, but what could no good Tsuna do?

"So sweetheart, wanna play?" he saw one of those filthy thugs grab her arm, twisting it behind her.

The girl looked like a rag doll and Tsuna could not just stand by and watch anymore. He had to take action, Reborn would surely be proud of him then… or not.

Tsuna rushed over and held the bully's hand tightly, "Hey! That's not nice! Let go of her!"

It happened so fast, Tsuna did not know what was going on, but he sure felt it the next morning. He only remembered being used as a personal punching bag and then the girl who seemed so fragile pulled a punch on the oafs.

A right hook that made them fall like dominoes. All three of those big muscular brutes. All it took was one punch. Admiration filled Tsuna.

His mouth fell open, "Wow! You're so strong!"

Tsuna's chatter abruptly stopped when he realized that the girl had two lynx ears and a small bunny like tail behind her.

"You smell like that mer-boy. That annoying sunfish." the girl gave Tsuna a once over before nodding, "My name is Lal Mirch and I'm the same as your guardian. But since that lazy bum couldn't be bothered to carry your first kitten, here you go." she shoved a package in Tsuna's hands.

It was a purple egg covered in some typical plastic figurine case, with instructions of what to do with it, "Eh? What? Y-You can't be serious…" he trailed off.

"It's alright if you don't get it, Maggot Number Two. Just follow the instructions and you'll be fine."

Tsuna shook his head, he did not want to get involved in anything, "I'm sorry, I cannot accept this, please leave me alone!" he turned to run away but the girl stopped him.

"Shh. You hear that?" Tsuna strained his ears and heard a call.

Someone was calling out a name.

"I gotta go, maggot. If you have any questions, just ask the Sunfish. My maggot is here." with that, Lal Mirch somehow turned into a small bluish black cat and sauntered towards a tall blonde man who had just turned the corner.

Someway or another, Tsuna was once again roped into something that he desperately did not want to be part of.

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"Reborn!" Tsuna slammed his hands onto the glass panels of the fish tank, "What is this?" he held up the purple egg to the mer-hitman.

His mother was out tonight, catching up with old friends and would be coming back in two days. That meant that Tsuna only had two days to clean up this mess.

The sultry brunette smirked, swimming to the top of the fish tank and propping his elbows up, "It seems like you've finally got your first companion."

"My what?"

"Didn't you read the instructions? My, my, you really are no good. A femme fatale, aren't you?" the older man chuckled, running his hand through his spiked locks before stretching one of his ridiculously curly sideburns.

"I didn't get delivered to you out of pure luck and coincidence, Tsuna." Reborn gave the boy a fixed stare, "As you know, I am not human. I'm what you humans would refer to as a Guardian Angel, or a Godfather Fairy."

Tsuna did not miss a beat, "What the heck's a Godfather Fairy?"

"We are only sent out to the most desperate of humans and among the six billion and something people would there; you ranked the highest for loneliness, Dame Tsuna. You ranked the first for the want of companionship. I had suggested that we just send you a dog and get on with it, but apparently, you're allergic to fur. So I was sent instead of that annoying Skull."

Tsuna blinked, "Skull? And I'm not that desperate!"

Reborn hid a small smile that was playing on his lips; at least the boy had enough pride to deny it, "I won't be here with you forever, Tsuna. Once you've collected all your companions, those eggs, I'll leave. I have other children and adults to help. You'll forget all about me and ten years after, I'll have to drop in and make sure you're doing well."

"Eh? Reborn will leave?" Tsuna was really no good; he felt the stinging of his eyes and the blurriness happing fast.

The man sighed and scooped up some gravel from the bottom of the tank, hurling it at the boy, "Don't be stupid. You won't need me then. My job is done once you are actually happy. I ought to be helping children who actually need help, those who need freshwater or those who need to escape from their factories."

Pause, "Anyway, read over the instructions and do as you're told with that egg. I'm going to sleep." with that, the fish swam back into the depths of the water, leaving Tsuna alone with his miseries.

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Tsuna sighed as he read the instructions and carefully placed the egg into the bathtub filled with water, "Wait eight hours." he mumbled.

And boy oh boy, was he going to get a surprise in the morning.

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Tsuna's eyes snapped open; he had just heard a crash. What on earth could that be? But Tsuna was really tired, could it not wait?

CRASH!

On second though, no.

Brandishing a broom he had found, Tsuna armed himself to go down the stairs and into the kitchen, where he saw a very peculiar sight.

There was a cute girl with violet locks, an eye patch over one eye and wolf ears and a bushy tail. She was wearing something akin to a school uniform. There was another one though. One that so ever so vulgar and tasteless.

The naked man was reaching leaning down to kiss the girl, long azure hair pooled over his shoulders, part of it pinned up to form some kind of pineapple hairstyle. He also had the animalistic features to him. One vermillion eye and one sapphire.

Tsuna screamed.

Before promptly fainting in what was now enemy territory.


:D So? whaddaya think? i really hope thi won't turn out to be as much of a fail as my other one... XD

R&R PLEASE! :D