I.

With the help of Zero, Tsuna manages to answer all of the questions directed at him over the course of the school day.

"Tsunayoshi-kun! What is 52 divided by 8 plus 13 minus 90?!"

"Negative 70 and a half."

"N-Negative 70 a-and a h-half!"

"Takayama is an old Japanese town renowned for what occupation, Tsunayoshi-kun?!"

"Carpenters. In fact, they were the ones to build the Imperial Palace in Kyoto."

"C-Carpenters!"

"Tsunayoshi-kun! World famous English playwright, William Shakespeare, invented what word?!"

"What the fuck?! How the fuck is a six year-old child supposed to know the fucking answer to that question?! Okay, this teacher is now on my blacklist. He's fucking going down."

'Wh-What's the answer, Z-Zero?!'

" It's a trick question, Kid. There are many debates about whether or not Shakespeare was the first person to invent a word or if he was the first person to have recorded a word, as most words can be traced back to: Ancient Roman, Greek, Chinese or Arabic words."

"H-He m-might not have c-created a-any word b-because all words c-can be t-traced back to ol-older wo-words…"

The teacher narrows his eyes at the brunet before turning back to face the board.

"Fucking bastard," Zero seethes in Tsuna's head, "If I had my own body, I'd punch him in the ass before kicking him in the face!"

'Y-You s-swear a lot, Zero…'

"Hm? I do? Never really noticed. And not gonna stop cursing like a sailor, Kid. One thing you should definitely try and remember: Never try and change someone, especially if they don't want to change. It's best to accept people as they are, you know?"

'O-Okay.'

"Good, now get out your food – it's lunch time!" Tsuna stands, grabs his schoolbag, and begins to head for the classroom door when Zero barks at him, "What are you doing?! You aren't leaving this classroom!"

'W-Why? I a-always eat o-outside…'

"Uh, because your food's gonna get taken from you! Haven't you noticed that whenever you eat outside, those older morons always take your lunch?"

'O-Oh…'

"Gods… 'O-Oh' he says… from now on, Kid, you'll be eating lunch inside the classroom!"

'B-But it's a n-nice day ou-outside…'

"It's also a nice day to not eat anything at all!" Zero is silent for a moment before continuing, "Look, Kid, if you don't get your three meals a day, you aren't gonna grow up healthy, okay? By not eating outside, you're saving your food for you and are providing important nutrients and stuff for your body to grow up big and strong. Think of it this way, Kid, your body is like a battery and the food you eat is the power inside the battery; without enough power, the battery cannot work, yeah?"

'Th-That makes sense…'

"It does, right? So sit back down and eat your food before lunch is over!"

II.

Once lunch is over, the rest of the school day goes by smoothly.

The teacher has apparently had enough of Tsuna answering questions correctly and goes on to question other students in the class.

"Again, your teacher is a fucking bastard, Kid… If I wasn't here you'd have definitely gotten all those questions wrong!"

'I-I know… thank you, Zero…!'

"Hmph…! Don't thank me yet, Kid, I'll make you smart enough so that way you'll be able to answer hard questions without my help! That way I can just sit back and relax and have you do all the work!"

Tsuna lets out a muffled giggle at Zero's words. 'Thank you, again, Zero.'

"… It's no trouble, Kid."

Just a question for my readers: Should I keep italicizing Zero's words? Is it easy or hard for you guys to read it? Can you differentiate whose talking or thinking when?

Things will pick up in the next chapter, I'm planning on possibly doing each chapter as a school year in order to get to the start of KHR as soon as possible.