The weeping Lambo spluttered as the purple smoke cleared. His eyes widened as he realised what had happened.

"The 10 year bazooka?" he asked aloud.

"Adult Lambo?" came the reply.

"Ah, young Vongola." Lambo tried to remain calm for the young Vongola's sake. He did not wish to upset the child at the terrible news from the future.

"Lambo, your eyes are all red…"

"Yare Yare. Oh, that. That's nothing."

"Ciaossu." Lambo's eyes widened again as he swivelled on his heels to face…

"REBORN!"

"This is surprising, Lambo hasn't used the 10-year bazooka in a while."

"The stupid cow must have lost it." Gokudera said from his chair.

… "Uhh, adult Lambo, why are you hugging Reborn?" Tsuna asked anxiously.

Before Lambo had a chance to even begin explaining as to why he had so intimately wrapped his arms around the child Reborn, Reborn had spoken.

"I will sort the stupid cow out."

Lambo felt pain like never before erupt in his forehead. He opened his mouth to scream, but he had already hit the ground. He could faintly hear yelling.

'Yare, yare, what a shame,' Lambo thought 'If I wasn't going to die, I could have stopped Reborn's death in the future.'

With that singular thought, a bright green flame began to burn through his hair. He involuntarily leapt forth, his clothes ripping away from his body, leaving him standing in some rather flattering cow-print boxer shorts.

"REBORN!" he yelled.

"Reborn, what if he didn't have any regrets, you could have killed Lambo!" Tsuna scorned.

"No-good-Tsuna, you already noticed that Lambo's eyes were red."

Lambo sprang forwards, explaining his situation at 100 miles per hour. He raced through how Reborn's death had come about and what he thought they should do about it. Finally, he got onto how much Reborn's death had affected everyone, especially him. During his explanation, Reborn's expression did not change, but his hat sunk lower and lower over his eyes.

Eventually, the green flame burnt out, just in time for Lambo to finish: "I love you, Reborn."

Gokudera squirmed in his seat, whereas Tsuna yelled: "You mean in the future, you two are… you two are?"

"Young Vongola, did I ever say that Reborn loved me also?"

"You didn't tell me, stupid cow?" Reborn spoke up, his face expressionless.

"No… I couldn't, you died before I got the chance."

"Ah."

"How did you know I--?"

"I would have told you the same."

Lambo blinked in a shocked fashion. Gokudera rolled his eyes and Tsuna merely frowned, just as Lambo voiced what they were all thinking: "Che, you're lying Reborn."

"I don't lie."

Everyone in the rooms eyes widened.

Gokudera coughed stupendously loudly, making them all jump.

"Now before you make the 10th vomit, tell us again how Reborn comes to die, stupid cow."

Lambo chuckled lightly as he remembered a few words he had spoken as a child in Inoue's house: "I'm gonna boom Reborn and beat him!"

"To none of our surprise, it was not I who finally ended Reborn's life. Therefore, as you may have gathered, in the future, I do not achieve my goal of becoming the Bovino family's boss." Lambo explained, with an air of nostalgia.

"Cut the self pity crap!" Gokudera yelled, just before a soft toy came into contact with Lambo's face.