Tsuna cricked his neck to the left and then the right before sighing heavily; he really didn't need the hordes of the school questioning him as much as they had, nor did he want to be the kindhearted soul he was who answered every one that came his way - though he tried to avoid the more 'risky' inquiries such as 'Can you take your shirt off?' and 'Can I eat whipped cream off of your chest?' and worst of all... 'How big is your-?'

"Dame-Tsuna!"

"Argh-!"

Tsuna was brought back from his thoughts by the ungodly heel of his tutors shoes, knocking him clear into the ground and nearly cratering it from the force. Reborn arched a brow at that, entirely used to his student surpassing the point of being knocked down from such an attack, he even recovered from the last one which sent him sailing through a window!

"R-Reborn!" Tsuna shouted from his crouched position before managing to gain his footing once more, "That was uncalled for.." he almost whimpered.

Wait, why did his tutor just smirk?

Why is he looking about ready to jump?

Why is his foot in my face again?!

"There was need for that one" he informed as he vaulted back flawlessly, "You told me that the last was uncalled for" he said nonchalantly, no doubt to irritate his student further so.

Tsuna sighed heftily; it worked...

"You continue to elude me even now Reborn..." he said with a small and daresay- amused smile decorating his features.

Reborn smirked in return, tipping his fedora down to cover his face in the way that Tsuna had come to learn was his way of hiding his expressions when they became too much for him to hold. A little tidbit of what he had come to know about the infamous hitman; someone he knew far more than most if not all others at this point in time. Reborn spoke from under his veiling fedora, "Of course I do my no-good student," he flicked up his signature headwear to reveal the amusement he could no longer contain, "If I didn't then I wouldn't be doing my job right" he finished, Leon crawling down and onto the end of the hand in which Reborn held outright to support him, "Hm..." he said thoughtfully before sighing and sending another kick at Tsuna; one in which he managed to avoid by a hairs breadth, "Leon wants to be with you; take good care of him or else Tsunayoshi" he threatened, onyx eyes glinting in warning.

Tsuna tilted his head to the side in thought before finally smiling at the proposition, "Of course!" he said with the young Sky's signature smile, nearly blinding in its radiance. Reborn huffed lightly as he held his stubby limb out against Tsuna's shoulder to allow his loyal companion to crawl onto him, the reptile instantly taking his favoured seat nestled in the young Mafia Don's fluffy brown hair; yellow eyes peeping out with his tongue flicking forward as a sign of content.

Reborn smiled wistfully (Well, inwardly at least; he had much better reign on his emotions than that), the sight of his companion nestling so comfortably in his students hair was a sight he would think of - but never admit - as heartwarming, his little green comrade obviously finding safety and even comfort within the boy; a testament to what he had become over the time he had spent tutoring him.

Tsuna smiled as he petted the chameleon gently with the tip of his index finger before then turning to Reborn in what seemed like recollection, "Oh! Was there something you needed?" he questioned, reminding the Spartan tutor of his original intentions.

"Of course" he confirmed, "You have your fight with Hibari in negative three minutes" he informed innocently.

Tsuna blinked, "W-what...?" he asked shakily with a small and broken smile.

"Ah" Reborn raised his head thoughtfully, "That translates to you being three minutes late" he leant to the side to peer at a clock at the small brunette's six, "Four and a half now-" he stood straight once more and looked into his students eyes, "-and counting" he concluded, to which he gained satisfaction in seeing the lad nearly lose it.

"Oh damn, oh damn, oh damn!" he repeated as he crouched down, hands against his temples, "Hibari will kill me for being..." the clock in his head finally set off in alarm, "I'm wasting time...!" he muttered in panic before darting off at nearly superhuman speeds to where the match was to take place; the Namimori playing fields.

Reborn smirked as he grabbed the clock from off of the wall from a small leap into the air, turning it and then twisting the clock back thirty minutes, "Geez, who would leave a clock thirty minutes ahead of the actual time..." he smirked as he hung it back against the wall and made for the grounds.


Tsuna grimaced. To his left was Gokudera, smiling the way that only his beloved boss could make him as he supplied encouragement for him in his upcoming fight - as well as near-vicious slander for the skylark of an opponent - and assurance that he had this undoubtedly 'in the bag'.

Nothing weird about that though. On his right was Yamamoto, grinning that signature carefree smile of his as usual, his baseball bat slung over his shoulder since he had just finished practice prior to the matches public announcement minutes ago.

Again, nothing weird about-

...

Wait, public announcement?

Yamamoto tilted his head to the side, "Yeah, Reboyama-sensei spoke it out over the intercom that some fearsome competitor would be taking on Hibari" he smiled wide, "Who do you think it could be?" he wondered, apparently not having figured it out as Gokudera had, though the impressive number of students populating the area seemed to be with Takeshi when it came to being blissfully unaware of what was truly going on here.

Tsuna gulped loudly, what did that dastardly infant have planned this time around?

"Ahem" the muttering around the field was silenced as Reborn (dressed as Reboyama-sensei) walked into the centre of them all and made his presence known. He smiled to himself as everybody waited patiently for what he came to say, "I see we have a great turnout here, you must be eager to hear of who has come to take on the infamous skylark Hibari Kyouya, yes?" he questioned, rhetorically though a number of students still yelled in affirmative, stopping when said prefect appeared from nowhere and approached the baby.

Kyouya stopped next to the sun Arcobaleno, "Baby, why are they crowding?" he asked with barely contained malice at the unwanted turnout, "I'll bite them to death for this" he warned, flashing his tonfa and causing a large number of the audience to instinctually step away despite already being a good distance from him.

Reborn tilted his head innocently, "Well this is a necessary implementation for the fight, Dame-Tsuna needs to learn to show his prowess in the face of many when necessary; though we will be implementing another addition to this fight" he explained, staring Hibari down until he finally caved in; if not only to get his fight with the brunette sooner

"I'll still bite them to death afterwards" he warned - luckily not within earshot of the audience - before making his way to one side of the field.

Tsuna was nearly hyperventilating. Reborn couldn't expect this of him! This was a fight where Tsuna would be beaten to a bloody pulp if he weren't to fight back to the best of his ability, he couldn't just reveal himself as one of the most powerful beings to exist as of now, nor could he put the lives of his family and friends in danger due to his abilities being discovered and then exploited. Fun fact; bad guys always go for the defenceless ones, and Tsuna and his guardians may be able to protect themselves but they certainly aren't capable of being everywhere at once.

"Juudaime, here" Tsuna was brought back from his thoughts to see that his right-hand man had something offered out to him, something that made Tsuna's eyes widen in shock. Gokudera caught onto his confusion and explained, "Reborn told me and the baseball idiot to give you this in order to protect your identity" Tsuna carefully grasped the edges of the soft material of the Fedora - exactly like Reborn's Fedora bar the trim being an amber rather than the usual orange of the Arcobaleno's- and gently placing it atop his head and shadowing his eyes and face to everyone but not obscuring his view at all. He gasped in surprise and Hayato nodded with a small smile, "Reborn informed me-"

"And me" Takeshi interrupted with a chuckle.

Gokudera grit his teeth audibly, "Reborn informed us..." he ground out before exhaling and composing himself, "...he informed us that the Fedora is imbued with mist flames to keep your face obscured from view. It gives all who see you a slightly altered interpretation of your actual features so that it can't truly be pieced together" he smiled reassuringly for his boss, "I think this one happened to be created by Shouichi not too long ago under direct request from Reborn" he informed, causing his boss to sigh at the thought of Reborn having this planned all along - which he did, to be fair...

Tsuna sighed and stood; fitting Leon onto the rim of the fedora since his hair was now covered, "Fine, as long as I won't be seen then I'll play his little game..." he muttered as he made his way to the field only to be stopped by Yamamoto placing a hand on his shoulder

"He also said that if you'll be wearing his style then you need to look the part else he'd fill you with holes" he informed nonchalantly, that grin refusing to leave his face despite the severity of that information.

"So what do-?" Tsuna was cut off as a brief case was handed to him by his smiling right-hand

"Just get dressed Tsuna" Takeshi smiled playfully, Hayato showing a rare case of sharing his amusement at the situation.

Tsuna sighed lightly as the two left, allowing himself a small but warm smile. What did he do to deserve such good friends?


Hibari glance to the clock that was hung on the side of the school building, seeing that the match was starting in nary a minute. He grunted to himself, he hated people who neglected their promises as much as he hated heterochromic illusionists; and that was bloody saying something!

"Ready?" came a voice that Hibari took a moment to register before he smirked in recognition; that was the Omnivore's voice when his fangs were bared. He flashed the silver of his tonfa and turned to see something that caught even him off guard. Across from him was undoubtedly Tsunayoshi Sawada in his eyes, but he looked so different now, and very few others seemed to pick up on that.

Tsuna felt confident. Maybe it was the Fedora or the fact that it hid his identity away or maybe it was the new outfit that Leon had lovingly woven for him over the past months. Either way, Tsuna wanted nothing more than to give his Cloud guardian the fight he had promised.

Students around the field stared either enviously, wantingly or amazedly at the incredible specimen that now stood before them. He strode forward purposefully, his black slacks just screaming out class along with the shiny black leather belt and the intricately designed silver belt buckle - an X carved out in the centre with an unusual blue stone surrounding it; etchings of some foreign language that no student here could make out (Bar Gokudera of course). His shoes were the same shiny black material as his belt and somehow spoke finesse despite their formal appearance, meaning that this outfit would do nothing to slow down this mysterious individual. The contrast came about once you got to the shirt; an unusual amber that one would never think to use despite just seeming natural in this outfit, the top buttons undone, the sleeves rolled up to the elbow and a slim black tie hanging loosely around his neck. Of course, then you got to the mysterious part. His face was hidden spare the ovary-destroying smirk bared under the shadow of his fedora.

Hibari grunted lightly, a small sign of approval with the omnivore's new appearance. His blood almost bubbled in anticipation and he gripped his tonfa tightly; he felt a shiver run down his spine and had to hold back the goosebumps that coveted his arms for but a moment.

Hibari felt like he was finally going to receive his fill in this fight, though outwardly he was unmoved, refusing to show even a hint of his excitement despite the small smirk that was only noticeable to the foe opposite; the boss he respected, the boss he would likely never admit to wanting to follow as his wandering cloud.

He wanted to bite the embracing Sky, the Lion cub of the Vongola, Vongola Decimo.

Sawada Tsunayoshi

"Omnivore" all of the muttering and admiring of the mysterious individual halted as all turned to the carnivore, never having heard him call anyone an omnivore before. Kyouya cricked his neck to the side and brought his tonfa into a fighting stance, "I will bite you to death" he said with the faintest hint of a smirk.

The mysterious entity that was the young Decimo flashed the amber of his eyes for but a moment, that smirk still in place

"I will fight you with my dying will"


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