Nana stopped and blinked at her five year old son. Tsuna sat near the TV watching his favorite program, which really wasn't anything to be surprised about. What had made the mother stop in confusion was the doll that little Tsuna had sitting in his lap.

The doll usually stayed in a case that sat on the bookshelf in the living room. It was a lovely well-made doll of a man with golden blonde hair, and amber colored eyes dressed in a suit, and regal looking long black mantle as well as odd looking gloves that adorned it's hands. Nana remembered the doll was designed to look like one of her husband's ancestors, and it was older then anyone in this house though it's age didn't show because of how well it had been taken care of. Iemitsu never needed to tell Nana that the doll was special, she had just known it was from the first time she saw it.

Normally Nana would have taken the doll form her son, and scolded him gently for playing with such a family treasure, but for some reason she couldn't. For a boy who hadn't really showed much interest in dolls, Tsuna seemed really attached to this one all of a sudden… So instead the mother smiled at her son's back and said, "Tsu-kun, lunch is ready. "

Tsuna jumped, surprised by his mother, before she scrambled to his feet and came over to Nana with the doll in his arms. He looked like he was about to get in trouble as he held out the doll for his mother. "H-He fell Mamma…"

Nana blinked at her son again before she smiled at him and gave his head a pat, "Why don't you bring your friend with." She suggested to her son. Tsuna looked up at his mother with wide eyes.

"Mmhm!" He replied happily hugging the doll close to him again.

Tsuna was about seven when he went missing one day. Both Nana and Iemitsu had been worried beyond belief. However Iemitsu had insisted that Tsuna would be safe when they realized that their son had that blond haired doll with him.

The biggest surprise of the day for them came around dinnertime when a young man let himself into the house.

He had wild blond hair, and amber eyes that seemed to not only reflect everything he was thinking, but were able to see everything that you were thinking as well. He was wearing what looked like an expensive suit, and a long black mantle that was decorated ornately. Though his overall appearance looked like he had been in a fight or two before he came to the Sawada house.

Those amber eyes looked up at the two parents and he shifted what he was carrying revealing it to be a sleeping, but safe Tsuna. He passed the boy over to Nana with a murmured, "I am sorry it took so long to bring him back."

Nana stared at the young man speechless with confusion. He looked so familiar, and yet she couldn't tell why.

"Darling, you should let the police know that we have Tsuna back safe." Iemitsu said to his wife, his eyes never leaving the young man. He gestured for the young man to follow him, and with a nod the amber-eyed young man did.

By the time her husband returned two officers had arrived hoping to interview the young man who returned Tsuna. However the young man was no longer with Iemitsu, instead the man carried a doll that he set next to his sleeping son. He explained sheepishly that the young man had explained he wished to remain anonymous, and didn't even give his name before he left.

As he did so Nana stared at the doll that her sleeping son was now cuddling close to him. The blond haired, amber eyed doll that Tsuna had taken such a liking to. The doll that now wore a different suit then it had before, but the same mantle that the young man had been wearing.

Tsuna was almost nine when he stopped carrying the doll, Giotto, everywhere with him like it was a safety charm. It very well might have been one for him though, because usually when Tsuna got in trouble that blonde haired young man would come and save him when Nana couldn't. To the mother it was almost as if the doll was some sort of charm to call Tsuna's guardian angel.

Nana watched as he carried the doll over to the workbench and set him there gently. Both looked a little worse for the wear, making Nana think that Tsuna had gotten bullied again.

"Tsu-kun, is something wrong?" Nana asked with her usual light voice, and her usual smile as she looked up from the doll sized dress she was working on.

"Dolls are for girls… I don't need this any more." He said to her looking at the ground. The boy stood there for a moment, before he turned and ran out of the shop and up to his room.

Nana watched her son, the smile replaced with a frown once he was gone. Setting aside her current project she went over to Giotto and picked the doll up gently. Once again she usual smile was back, a mask this time, as she said. "Well let's get you fixed up. Tsu-kun will be back for you soon I'm sure."

At dinnertime Nana returned the doll to her son, who hesitated before he looked away stubbornly and repeated, "I don't need it."

Nana blinked, "Ara? Tsu-kun you've been playing with Giotto-kun for a long time now though." She said.

"Boys don't play with dolls…" Tsuna mumbled back.

"But Tsu-kun…" Nana trailed off as she looked at her son. He was shaking like he was trying hard not to cry, his little hands curled into fists at his sides so he couldn't take the doll he was trying to give up. She bit back a sigh and stopped holding out the doll to him. Carefully she cradled the family heirloom in one arm, smiling at Tsuna brightly like always as she said, "Mamma understands Tsu-kun. I'll put Giotto-kun back into his case. Giotto-kun will be lonely though, with out you to play with."

Since that day Tsuna didn't touch Giotto once that Nana knew of. Most of the time it sat in the case, only to come out when Nana felt the need to make sure nothing was falling off, or coming apart.

Not long after Nana finished breakfast, and Tsuna had long since dashed form the house to get to school on time, she blinked and looked at the calendar that was marked with a big red circle on that day's date. Looking closer she gasped seeing that it was written that they would be getting a guest that day. How could she have forgotten?

The person coming was a friend of her husband's, who had volunteered to come and be a home tutor for Tsuna when Iemitsu shared her worries about the boy with him. Since they had a spare room, and it really wouldn't be all that much more work to feed one more person Nana accepted the man's offer to help.

Though now that she was thinking about it Nana didn't remember if she had told Tsuna about his new tutor…


A/N :: Hello everyone, and thank you for reading these first two chapters of my AU. I apologize for the sucky title it has, I've never been good with those. Anyways this little story of mine is an AU I've been working on for awhile now, a mash up of KHR, and pretty much every doll related anime/manga you can find. It's still very much a work in progress that has many, many kinks for me to work out, and a few holes for me to fill in still, but I've been wanting to post this up for awhile now, so I figured that I would do it bit by bit as I figure this world, and story out.

I don't think updates will be very quick, I've got a million little fragments of chapters, and scenes that I have to try and make sense of, and put together. However I'll try to update as quickly as I can!

Please review with your dying will! Flames will still be used for roasting marshmallows.

Disclaimer : Cluelessfangirl does not own characters, places, or anything from Katekyo Hitman Reborn!