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Dame, No more

Chapter 1: Dame Facade

Reborn and Sena were in the kitchen eating the foods that Nana made. Sena made sure to have a one meter distance away from Reborn. She was cowering in fear under his gaze. She wouldn't even look at him in the eyes. She kept on cursing in her mind about her stupid father sending an unknown tutor from a good distance of Italy. She didn't need it when she was still young and she didn't need one now.

Reborn examined Sena very well. He was sure that the dangerous and deadly aura came from her before. He was even surprised at the sudden transformation. She was as deadly, dangerous and scary like a real Mafioso before and yet, in just a split of a second, she matched all the information which he gathered about her eight years ago.

~Flashback~

Sena glared at Reborn when she saw him standing at the bottom of the stairs. She knew that there was something that he was hiding from all of them especially to her mother. She can sense it. Reborn was no ordinary tutor.

"A Tutor... Huh...?" Sena thought to herself as she examined Reborn from head to foot.

It was a little bit dark in the stairways because the lights on the second floor were turned off. With Reborn's trained eyes, the darkness was just nothing. He could see that Sena was glaring down at him.

There were only a few people who were able to glare at him directly namely Timoteo, Iemitsu, Xanxus and Colonello. Other than them, there was nobody else. If there were people other than the mentioned names were able to glare at him, then those people weren't able to live up to that day.

"This person before me is the Vongola Decimo? Interesting... I wonder what happened to her this past eight years for her to change this much?" Reborn thought as he examined Sena from head to foot if she really matched all the things that he had investigated before.

Sena released a small sigh and calmed herself. She must do what her mother taught her during the past eight years. Sena went down the stairs and tripped. She fell down the stairs which caught Reborn surprised and strange.

"Ow..." Sena sat up and rubbed her face since she fell from the stairs face flat.

"Hm?" Reborn looked at her.

The two had some eye contact before Sena moved away from Reborn. Sena was no longer glaring at him. Instead, she was trembling under his gaze. Reborn was completely surprised at how she reacted from him.

"HHHIIIEEE...! S-S-S-STAY AWAY FROM M-M-M-ME!" Sena shrieked while scooting away from Reborn.

"This girl... a moment ago, she's acting like a real Mafioso but now... She matched all of my investigations eight years ago!" Reborn thought to himself as he continued to stare at Sena.

"Tsu-chan! Reborn! Breakfast is ready!" Nana called from the kitchen.

Sena stood up abruptly and ran inside the kitchen as quickly as she could with a loud scream. "Kkkyyyaaa...!"

Reborn released a deep sigh and followed Sena. The feeling that he felt before must be his imagination. "I must have imagined things. She is a dame one..."

Sena entered the kitchen while clutching her chest. Her mother's back was on her because she was making some riceballs and preparing Sena's bento. She looked at where she entered and glared at it.

"That's no tutor! That body built... The way he stood... The calluses in his hands that marked his gun's expertise... There's no doubt... He is like a hitman or maybe he is one! But I don't have any evidence yet... What is Dad thinking sending someone like him here? Hm... It seems like Dad is related to something big like Mom. He is seldom at home as well. He's work is kind of fishy." Sena thought as she continued to glare at the entrance of the kitchen.

Sena looked away when Reborn entered. She took the farthest seat away from Reborn and ate there quietly while trembling under his gaze. She won't look at him and she refused to. Someday for sure, she'll dig her father's secret but for the meantime... she must act normally and how she should be.

Reborn ate his fair share of food while staring at Sena. He continued to examine her. The feeling that he felt before and how she acted before him now was completely different, it's as if like she was suffering in some split personality or something.

"This girl... There is something in her which I failed to uncover before... Just you wait... I'll uncover that secret of yours..." Reborn thought as a smirk began to appear in his face.

Sena caught a glimpse of that smirk which made her blush and ate her food quickly. His smirk made her heart skip a beat like she was getting a heart attack. She was getting nervous and conscious around Reborn at that time.

"Stupid Dad! I swear I'm going to kill you once you get home!" Sena thought to herself.

Luckily, her bangs covered her facial expression so Reborn failed to see the angry and murderous look on her face.

~End of Flashback~

Sena finished her food and brought her dishes to the sink. She went back to her room again to change in her school uniform while ignoring Reborn's eyes and presence.

Her white blouse was a long-sleeved one and over it was her navy blue vest. She still had her red ribbon attached and her skirt reached below her knee. She wore knee-high white socks and black leather shoes. Due to her fashion sense, her classmates and the people around her school called her "Dame-Tsuna, who came from the Edo era."

When she saw the time on the clock, it made her jump and almost ran in circles.

"H-H-HHHIIIEEE...! Oh no! I'm going to be late! Hibari-senpai will bite me to death if I'm late!" Sena ran as she grabbed her things.

She gave a kiss to her mother on the cheek and gave Reborn a reluctant bow which was really against her will. After that, she ran off outside the house and went to school.

Reborn drank his espresso as Sena left. Nana finally turned around and sat across from Reborn.

"Well? What do you think of my daughter, Reborn?" Nana asked Reborn sweetly while showering him the goddess' smile.

Reborn placed down his cup and smirked. "Hm... She's a no-good but I will deal with it..."

A glimpse suddenly appeared in Nana's eyes. Her goddess' smile became terrifyingly brighter. "Is that so? Please take care of her then... I'm afraid that she might do something stupid and reckless if left alone all by herself."

Reborn nodded and went out of the house. He remembered that he still have to take care of his part-time job in Namimori.

When Nana was left alone in the house, her eyes have become sharper and she smirked. "It seems like my husband is not just working the traffic in some construction sites, huh? I'm afraid I must make my move... But Tsu-chan is..."

Nana shook her head and continued. "No... She can deal with this all by herself... She is MY daughter after all."

She resumed washing the dishes and hummed her favourite song. She was thinking on how fun things would become now that Reborn appeared in their lives.

In Namimori School, Sena had come face to face with the head of the Disciplinary Committee, namely Hibari Kyoya. He had his tonfas out and ready. He was blocking Sena's way for she was already late. He was standing in front of the gates while majority of the students stood behind him. Beside him were his subordinates like Tetsuya Kusakabe who was standing on his right side.

"HHHIIIEEE...!" Sena shrieked in a very high pitch which gave the people a chill in their spine and made them shudder.

Hibari's eyebrows twitched at the ear-splitting scream. "You're late, Herbivore..."

"H-H-HIE! C-C-Can't you just g-g-g-give me some considerations, Hibari-san? It's j-j-j-just... one minute..." Sena hugged her bag while trying to find some way on how to enter the school grounds without interacting with Hibari.

She was dead scared of Hibari because that was how a dame person should act before him.

"Late is late... I'll bite you to death!" Hibari said as he lunged for an attack.

"EEEPPP...!" Sena ducked at the first wave of attack coming from Hibari's right tonfa.

Sena ran for her life while Hibari chased her. She would jump, duck, crawl, spin and roll just to avoid Hibari's attack. Miraculously, Hibari couldn't land a direct hit at her. It pissed Hibari more.

"Herbivore..." Hibari seethed through his teeth as he chased Sena.

"YYYAAAHHH...! NNNOOO...!" Sena ran inside the gates when she saw a chance to get inside.

Kusakabe tried to catch her but she jumped and used Kusakabe's right shoulder as a stepping stone to create a long jump. When she landed a few good meters away from Hibari, she tripped on the ground and landed face flat which made all the students laughed at her.

Sena stood up quickly and ran inside the school without looking back at Hibari who was standing while staring at her retreating figure.

Kusakabe dusted his right shoulder where Sena stepped on. "I'm sorry, Kyoya..."

Hibari glared down at the students which made them went back to their classes quickly. He hid his tonfas again in his coat and went back to his office. He was somehow caught off guard and surprised at what Sena did just to escape Kusakabe's hold.

"For a herbivore like her... That was quite a display of skill..." Hibari pondered as he went to the Disciplinary Committee Room.

Meanwhile, as Sena turned to a corner, she stopped on an empty hallway. She clutched her chest and panted. She looked behind her to see if Hibari really followed her. She released a deep sigh and felt relieved when he didn't follow her. She faced the wall beside her and pounded her fist there countless times. She glared and let out her anger and irritation at the poor wall that was standing peacefully beside her.

"THAT TOOTHLESS CARNIVOROUS SELF-PROCLAIMED PREFECT! The nerve of him to threaten me with his repetitive line "I'll bite you to death!"... There is not a single day where he won't say those corny lines! Can't he even give some considerations?! I'm already late and I'll be late more thanks to him! If he didn't block the way, then the time for my tardiness would be lesser! If it wasn't for Mom's stupid condition eight years ago, I would have kicked his ass already for a long time!" Sena ranted and complained angrily on the poor wall that didn't respond to her.

She stopped what she's doing and flinched when she heard some footsteps coming. She forced herself to calm down and composed her features. She went towards her room while clutching her bag closer to her chest.

While walking, she encountered some girls who were dressed outrageously with their uniforms. Their vests were off and their blouses were partially open just to reveal their big assets. Their short skirts were shorter than the prescribed rule. They have thick make-ups on like you'd think they'd go in some party or worst, work in some whore house.

The girls sneered and laughed at Sena when they saw her passed by. They were somehow irritated and pissed off when Sena didn't react at all and ignored their presence.

Deep inside Sena's mind, she wanted to scar those girl's faces. She restrained herself for they didn't do anything major to her yet so she ignored them.

"Stupid, flock of sluts that have nothing better to do with their life! I can forfeit their life if they asked me to..." (Sena's thoughts)

As she turned to a corner, she reached a hallway that was filled with students who were laughing with their friends and grouped with their own kind. Sena passed all those students while ignoring their verbal bullying. Majority of the students got angry and irritated at her when she ignored them. For them, it was like she was acting cocky and high to all of them.

One of the female students place her foot forward just to trip Sena. Sena fell face-flat on the floor and let go of her bag.

The hallway was filled with the students' laughter while chanting the words "Dame-Tsuna" in unison. As the girl tried to walk away, Sena moved her feet and hooked it to the girl's knee to make the girl fell on the floor face-flat as well. It was so quick and fast that no one saw what Sena did.

The beautiful girl fell on the floor with her face first. Her skirt was also flipped open which revealed her pink-laced underwear. The students, who saw her fell, blushed on the display. There was even one who dared to whistle at the sight. The laughter stopped and they were wondering on what happened.

"What happened?" One of the students said to his friend.

"I don't know..." The student's friend replied.

"Did you saw what happened?"

"No, I didn't..."

"Did somebody here saw what happened?" One student shouted to all of the students for them to hear.

The student received some shaking heads, wondering looks and a loud "NO!"

Sena and the one who tripped her were lying on the floor. She sat up and rubbed her face. "That hurts..."

She looked behind her to see what happened to her bully. Her face turned red when she saw the girl's underwear. She stopped herself from releasing a loud laugh and saying the words "Serves you right!".

She approached the girl with a concerned face. "A-A-Are you alright?"

The girl stood up abruptly and glared at Sena who was sitting on the floor. The girls' friends helped her while glaring down at Sena as well. Sena just looked up to the girls with fear.

"You! This is your entire fault!" The girls' leader screamed angrily as she tried to slap Sena on the cheek.

Sena closed her eyes tight and bowed down in fear.

"What did I do?" She said in her most convincing and innocent tone.

The slap didn't come. Sena cracked her eyes open to see a man's pants before her. She looked up to see one of her classmates, the most popular guy in her class and the baseball star of her school, Yamamoto Takeshi.

"Stop that! What did Sawada do to you? She was just passing by peacefully, not until you and the other students bullied her!" Yamamoto reprimanded the girl while tightening his grip on the girl's wrist.

Sena looked on the floor as she heard Yamamoto's words. His words made her regret her actions."You're wrong... I also tripped that girl and embarrassed her to the public eyes..."

The leader and her friends blushed due to embarrassment. Yamamoto released the girl and they ran off. The students began to return to their classrooms because they felt like they were also scolded by Yamamoto.

Sena was brought to her senses when a hand was placed on her right shoulder. She looked at the source and she was surprised to see Kyoko Sasagawa, the school's star, looking and smiling down at her. Kurokawa Hana, the most feared woman of her class, was holding her bag while standing beside Kyoko.

Sena scooted back on the wall while looking at them with fear.

Yamamoto, Kyoko and Hana looked at her strange behaviour until they've realized that they just scared her. Yamamoto scratched the back of his head while laughing and Kyoko gave her an assuring smile. Hana sighed and walked towards her. She placed her bag dangling in front of her face.

"Here... You're bag... You don't have to be scared of us, Sawada..." Hana told her.

"Don't worry, we won't hurt you." Kyoko added while smiling.

"Haha... Sorry, if we scared you, Sawada! But can I call you Tsuna-chan? Sawada is too formal." Yamamoto said as he placed his hands behind his head.

That was a first for Sena to have other people other than her mother be nice to her. She didn't know how to react or handle those kinds of situation. They might be telling the truth but what if they were like those people who approached her nicely, acting like a true friend, and yet when she turned her back, they'll backstab her. In the end the latter won her mind. She took her bag quickly from Hana's hands and ran off without saying anything. Not even the words "Thank you".

Hana was somehow irritated and offended at what Sena did to them. "Hmph! She just ran off without thanking us or saying anything? Didn't she have any sense of gratitude?"

"Hana!" Kyoko said in alarm.

Yamamoto scratched the back of his head. "It seems like we scared her."

Sena ran away from them and from the people around her, her mask was completely torn off. Her eyes have become sharper and she was glaring into the nothingness.

She passed on the hallways without looking on the empty rooms. She decided to skip the class. If Hibari would pester her about it, then she will have no other choice but to face Hibari. She was afraid that in her current state, she won't be able to restrain for her true self to come out. Luckily, she had never encountered Hibari on the way.

Sena remembered what her mother taught her eight years ago. The training of her mother which she accepted eight years ago had somehow made a monster inside her.

"No matter what happens, you must never show your true self, Tsu-chan... You must create a "mask" like what I did. Showing your true self is almost the same to showing your weaknesses to the enemies." Nana's teachings echoed in Sena's mind.

*huff huff* "I must compose myself... If this continues, I'll..." (Sena)

"Behind the "mask" is a monster... A monster which is called You, the real You..."

Sena's breathing had become heavy as the seconds passed.

"The "mask" will serve as a limiter for the monster that lives in you and a pleasant facade that would conceal the horrible truth for the people to see."

Sena shook her head to clear her thoughts with her mother's teachings. The fact that she had seen her mother's true self in her younger years brought a trauma to her. She never saw her mother in the same light as well since that time when Nana revealed everything to her. A tear escaped in her eyes and she ran towards the school's back.

As she disappeared on the school's hallways, the door on one of the empty rooms which she passed by before had been opened suddenly. Reborn stepped out of the room and looked at where Sena disappeared. He happened to see everything that happened including what Sena did to that bully.

"The feeling before... It's not my imagination..."

Author's Notes: After my e-mail had been flooded by fanfiction due to alerts and favourites. After reading your reviews... I've finally decided on NOT to delete this story. Yes... You read that right... I will continue this story even though working on four ongoing stories is almost like suicide but it is not. So... yeah...

Unfortunately, there is a consequence on this... that is... my updates will go slower than before. That is why I am asking for your understanding and considerations. My life does not revolve in fanfiction alone.

One last thing... I am BEGGING ALL OF YOU on not to pester me about the updates and updating soon. After reading the entire chapter, all you could say is "UPDATE", "Please update soon...", "I want to see an update", etcetera and blah blah...? Come on, I know that you guys were smart enough to construct a sentence without the word "update"... I will update but please wait for it because I am EXTREMELY busy in real life. I'm even trying my best to insert writing my stories in my tight schedule so that you guys won't wait that long. (Like this chapter here...)

Reborn: *smirks* How considerate of you towards the readers...

Hai: *glares* Shut up! This is my time... Go back to where you belong...

Reborn: *eyebrows twitch*

The lines "I want the next chapter!", "I want more chapters!" and something related to those lines are almost the same with those update lines. The construction of the sentence is different but the thought is almost the same that is why... Don't bother typing those lines because it pisses me off as it adds to my stress.

Those who would tell me "I want the next chapter! UPDATE soon!" or something with those lines. Please do research about the definition of PATIENCE, read it carefully and plant it on your brains. If you don't want to do that, then go dig a hole or something. Just as I've said... it adds to my stress even though I can ignore it but still...

So PLEASE... The only thing that I'm asking you readers is to have PATIENCE that's all...

Another one last thing, if any of you tries to piss me off about the updates again after this rant... I swear I'm going to leave this story in a MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR (repeated countless times) cliffhanger and abandon it! I swear I will...

I've let it go before because I can still take it but now... Argh! You're adding up to my stress! Honestly...

If any of you got hurt by this rant or complaint, all I could say is I'm sorry, please forgive me. I didn't mean to hurt you. I just want to express my feelings and thoughts... that is all... I didn't mean any harm.

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Thank you for your reviews Soul Vrazy, Secret29, Lee-Lee-sama, scarlet rose white, VenomRogue, AnarchistMongoose, hitomi65, Immortalis Cruor Elf, Someone, Vikky Plushie, saphire644, Gothic Fairy Girl, TherychanXD, and Aira-Chama! You guys have convinced me successfully to continue this story! To the other readers, better thanked this good people who spent the time in reviewing. If it wasn't for them, I would have given up with this story already. :D

Soul Vrazy: Um... He's in adult form including the other arcobalenos.

Secret29: No matter how well known they are for their intelligence, that fact that Nana and Iemitsu are good in keeping their secrets cannot be denied. Except that, Iemitsu kept his secret through lying in a ridiculous and unbelievable way while Nana, in this story, kept it in a professional way.

Lee-Lee-sama: You're welcome... Hehehe...

scarlet rose white: I hoped you liked the first part of my Author's Notes. :)

VenomRogue: "Just having 4 stories at the time seems way to stressful." – It's not SEEMS... It's TOO stressful... :D

AnarchistMongoose: Thank you so much for telling me my mistakes. I will check the first chapter again and correct its mistakes once I get some free time. *bows*

Someone: I'm not yet sure if this would follow the KHR storyline. Maybe yes and maybe no... It all depends on how the ideas in my mind run. Hee-hee!

Vikky Plushie: Don't worry, it's alright... :)

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Did anyone notice the book covers, image covers (whatever they are called...) in my fics? I just want to inform everyone that the images DO NOT BELONG TO ME... They are just images in the internet that I've found. The images belong to its respective owners. Unfortunately, I don't know the owners or creators of these wonderful images but I'll still give credit to them (whoever they are...).

Those images were just representations. When I saw these images, it struck me because it really came close to what I have imagined (especially to the character's appearance...). I would have created my own cover that is IF I'm gifted with great talent in drawing. Unfortunately, I am not... *sniff*... so I'll just borrow the images.

Have pity on this frustrated artist for once... *goes to a corner and cries*

Anyway, I'm sorry for the long author's notes... This won't happen again except if it is necessary... Hehehe...

Do enjoy reading everyone! ^_^