A/N: Sorry for neglecting this story for so long! With school, sports, music, art and other activities it's really hard finding time to write.

This chapter was supposed to be longer, but I decided to split it up into two chapters or else it'll be longer before I get something up. As a result, it turned out short to the extreme because I couldn't find a more suitable break in the chapter...I do hope that this chapter at least satisfies everyone, more or less even though a chuck of it was taken out for the next chapter.


Chapter 2: The Truth

"Gokudera-kun! Yamamoto! What on earth is going on here!?" the feminine voice of the Vongola Decimo cried out in panic from the nurse room.

Both teenage boys didn't know how to react. They just stood still as stone in front of the nurse room without an answer. Like they even had one… They were just as shocked and as confused as the now feminized male.

"How pathetic."

Both boys didn't even get the chance to respond to the voice, when they were each delivered a swift kick on the head by the Sun Arcobaleno.

"Your boss is in there in a panic and you're not going to go do anything about it?" Reborn said, staring at the two guardians, who were holding their throbbing heads in their hands.

The kick from Reborn apparently brought Gokudera and Yamamoto back home to earth. They immediately rushed into the room to check on their boss.

"Juudaime, are you alright?" Gokudera asked, as he stared at his boss's current form. He was trying to keep himself from blushing at the cute girl in front of him. She was his boss after all. He had to restrain himself for any unnecessary feelings.

Tsuna's eyes told him everything. Panic, fear, confusion were all present in the round brown eyes.

"It's alright Tsuna. There's got to be an explanation to this," Yamamoto tried to reassure his friend. He sat down on the bed next to Tsuna and was about to lay a comforting hand on the trembling shoulders, when it was suddenly smacked away by the other guardian.

"Don't touch Juudaime!" Gokudera shouted at the taller male.

Perplexed by the storm guardian's suddenly reaction, the rain guardian, could only stare and blink his brown eyes.

Reborn however, seem to understand something that the rest did not. He stood a distance away from them with a smirk on his face; one that indicated that his desire for entertainment was being triggered. The small baby made his way near the threesomes and with that same smirk plastered on his face, looked directly at his main student, observing the body from head to toe. His smirk grew even wider, which sent shivers down Tsuna's spine.

"You're completely wasted as a man, Tsuna."

Tsuna's jaws literately dropped open. He felt as if his pride has just been smashed to bits.

"Reborn-san, what are you saying? Juudaime is a great example of a man that everyone should follow!" Gokudera declared, trying to defend his boss.

Reborn turned to face the silver haired mafiaso. "Well, Gokudera, do you think that Tsuna is cute right now?"

Gokudera's face almost instantly turned bright red. "He is kind of cute…I mean well, of course! It's Juudaime after all! He's got attractive details and traits on him!"

Tsuna can feel his face bright red and burning as if it was on fire. Hearing comments like these from his friends, when they were both guys was pretty embarrassing and awkward.

Upon seeing Gokudera's answer and Tsuna's reaction, Reborn immediately moved on to his next victim. "What about you Yamamoto? What do you think of Tsuna right now?"

The poor baseball lover didn't know how to answer. He slowly turned to face his best friend. He couldn't keep his eyes from wandering every which way in observing Tsuna from head to toe. He quickly turned away with a blush streaking across his face.

Reborn smirked. "Not as innocent as you seem, are you Yamamoto?"

"What were thinking when you were staring at Juudaime like that!?" Gokudera exploded, lunging for Yamamoto, who held both his hands up in denial.

"Reborn, stop messing around with them!" Tsuna yelled at his tutor. The situation was turning extremely awkward. The poor feminized male's face was bright red; burnt with complete embarrassment. It was just plain weird having two guys starting at him in such a way. He was also the same gender as them, even if his current form says otherwise. Facing Reborn, Tsuna decided to finally ask the question that had been on his mind since the transformation.

"What on earth is going on? Reborn do you know?" From past experiences, the Vongola Decimo had found out multiple times that whenever things are out of the ordinary, the hitman tutor always had some kind of explanation to it.

"I think that there is someone else who can answer your question better than I can," Reborn replied, not satisfying Tsuna at all.

Tsuna frowned. This means that Reborn knew something about what was happening. But, what did he mean by another person who can give a better explanation?

"Anyways," Reborn started again, "I already had the teacher informed that you were too sick to continue with class and was also able to get Yamamoto and Gokudera excused too." He started moving his tiny feet towards the door. "Let's go home then."

Tsuna opened his mouth to question about the reason behind the Arcobaleno's decision for them to go home, but Reborn was already gone, so he had no choice but to oblige.

"Are you sure you're okay, Juudaime?" Gokudera asked his boss with a worried disposition.

Tsuna managed a smile. "I'm alright Gokudera-kun."

"Do you want me to carry you?"

Tsuna's mouth dropped open a bit as he was taken back by his storm guardian's proposal. "I'm perfectly fine." 'Sort of…'

"Maa, maa, Gokudera, Tsuna seems alright, so calm down a bit," Yamamoto said, trying to make Gokudera a bit more relax. The dynamite user seemed to be quite worked up about Tsuna at the moment.

"What would you know, baseball idiot! Juudaime needs special care right now!" Gokudera yelled back.

Yamamoto could only laugh nervously, not knowing what else to do.

Tsuna, who saw that the situation was never going to get any better unless he did something, decided to go ahead of his two guardians and walked out of the room. "Hurry up you guys!" he called back to his friends.

Noticing their boss's departure, the two guardians quickly followed him out of the nurse room.

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"Hey, Gokudera, you're scaring everyone away with that face."

"Shut up baseball idiot! I'm doing this for Juudaime's saftely!"

Tsuna sweatdropped and let out a sigh of exasperation. Yamamoto was right. Gokudera looked as if he was an angry madman who was ready to murder the first person that he could get his hands on. Not long after they got out of school, Tsuna managed to steal the attentions of a group of high school boys. Gokudera, noticing this, threatened them off and from then on made every effort to scare off anyone within a meter radius, who could 'harm' the feminized Vongola Decimo.

"Gokudera-kun, you can relax now," Tsuna tried to persuade his storm guardian to go back to this normal self. Gokudera looked scary enough at first glance being his normal self, and now with the deadly protective aura around him, he gave off an impression of being just as frightening as Hibari.

"I can't do that!" Gokudera declared, stopping to face Tsuna.

With the loud reply and the scary expression on his face, he made Tsuna instinctively jump behind Yamamoto in surprise.

"Calm down Gokudera. You're even starting to scare Tsuna now," Yamamoto said, glancing behind his shoulders at his feminized friend.

Realizing what he had just done, Gokudera instantly bowed down in apology. "I'm sorry Juudaime! I only just wanted to protect you! I'm sorry if I frightened you or troubled you in anyway!"

Tsuna waved his hands frantically in front of him. "No, no, it's fine Gokudera. I know that you only wanted to keep me safe."

Gokudera instantly straightened himself out. "Really Juudaime? You knew in heart my intentions? I'm so happy that Juudaime takes so much care in noticing other people's feelings!"

Tsuna laughed uneasily before letting out another sigh. He then felt a hand on his shoulders. Looking up he saw Yamamoto smiling down at him. Tsuna smiled in return. There was no need for words. The rain guardian's smile told him everything that he needed to hear.

"Come one guys, let's get to my place. Reborn is probably already there waiting," Tsuna said with a small smile.

Gokudera, who seemed to have calmed down a bit, nodded, and so did Yamamoto before continuing on their walk.

Once the threesome finally reached the Sawada residence, Tsuna opened the door and they all walked inside.

"I'm home!" Tsuna announced, making his way with his friends to the kitchen. He stopped dead in his tracks when he saw the presence of the four figures around the kitchen table; especially one particular person.

"Dad, what are you doing here?" Tsuna asked in shock at seeing his father in his home. He had not seen him since the end of the Vongola Ring Battle. "I thought you went back to Italy."

"I did, but after realizing it was your fifteenth birthday, I caught a plane back here," Iemitsu explained. He walked over to his feminized son and observed Tsuna. His face broke into a grin. "Well, you've grown up to be a pretty cute girl. You're my daughter alright!"

"What do you mean by your 'daughter'?" Tsuna asked, puzzled. "Wait, so you know something about this don't you, dad!"

Iemitsu nodded. "In fact I do. That's the reason why I came back here. He paused a moment before continuing. "You see, Tsuna...you were born biologically female."

"What!?"