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Tsuna hummed as he finished slotting fresh batteries into the kitchen. In the background, he was waiting to hear the thumping as Ieyatsu fell down the stairs once again. Huh, in another world that would have been him. He affectionately rubbed Natsu's head and powered the camera on.

This could make a fabulous anime or something.

"Hie!" Tsuna jerked up, the camera flying out of his hands. Natsu hissed as it nearly landed on his head and jerked away from the panicking tuna.

It wasn't his fault! Reborn was just suddenly there in the room like some ninja or something!* He scooped up the camera and attempted to regain his scraps of dignity.

He hadn't even heard the door opening!

Then fell back onto his butt as Natsu dove into his lap and attempted to burrow away from the baby hitman. Reborn seemed unfazed by the two as Tsuna could finally hear the rhythmic thumping of the stairs. Reborn turned towards the stairs with an ominous smirk.

Was that music he was hearing in the background?!

Tsuna scrambled back to his feet, dumping Natsu on the floor, and carefully walked over to Nana. "Is he my new friend?" He asked. Reborn twitched away from examining Ieyatsu, hand inching towards his gun.

"No no dear," Nana said, smiling brightly down at him,"He's here to tutor your brother!" Ieyatsu folded his arms and Tsuna discretely passed the camera to Natsu.**This was going to be good.

"Ciaossu. I am here to make you into a mafia boss."

Ieyatsu started to laugh and thereby sealed his doom as a chew toy. Tsuna started to hum a funeral dirge. He had always liked tulips, though they probably weren't very funeral appropriate.

"Nana, he is just a baby! This is just some scam and I am not going to be taught by some toddler!" Ieyatsu whined, earning himself a kick in the head. Tsuna sighed with joy (which really just looked like average toddler antics). Finally someone else to be tor-tutored! Though just to hammer it in a bit…

Tsuna gasped, his eyes going bright and shiny. His head cocked at the perfect angle to allow the light to fall just right and illuminate the gathering tears while also subtly accenting his pout. It also caused the light to give him a subtle, almost angelic, glow, pose 3.8 of the Kicked Puppy subset. "Brother? Are you saying I'm not smart?" He whimpered. Natsu shrunk down next to him, whining slightly.

Instantly Ieyatsu back pedaled, hands flailing. "No of course not! But it's just, uh, just- Hey look at the time! I need to get to school!" He said, scrambling up.

Tsuna perked up immediately, taking his camera back from Natsu. "I'll walk you there!" He chirped. Ieyatsu sprinted out the door, unknowing of his younger brother and the hitman slipping out after him. The door closed softly behind him as Tsuna ran to catch up.

Of course Reborn caught up easily to Ieyatsu.

He most definitely wanted to be there though for the first dying Will bullet.***

Tsuna wheezed slightly. It was hard running so fast in a younger body and he wasn't ashamed to admit (yes he was hopefully Reborn would never find out) that he usually got Natsu to carry him. Except the lazy lion had stayed home with Nana.

Plus it would probably be kind of noticeable. Four year old riding around on a giant cat that was wearing a cap and turtleneck sweater.

Then again, Reborn.

Tsuna stumbled as he finally caught up to Ieyatsu. "Kyoko!" He looked up to once again see the school idol as well as his childhood crush.

He snorted as he pulled out his camera. Ieyatsu look utterly spellbound, enough to forget about the baby hitman on his head. Who was staring down at Tsuna ominously. Tsuna fumbled the camera and attempted to sweetly smile back up.

Also where was that music coming from again?

Wait did everyone seriously have theme music? Someone was laughing at his life right now.

Tsuna just focused on getting the camera on and aimed, completely missing the "Hahi!" in the background. "Big bro's first crush! Am I going to get a big sister?" He asked, voice positively dripping in sweetness. Ieyatsu spluttered.

"No way! Kyoko is way out of my league. She's the school idol and the most perfect, and cutest, girl to ever exist!" Ieyatsu said. He glanced down quickly. "Though she isn't as cute as my little Tuna Fishy!"

Oh god flashbacks, flashbacks. Ieyatsu was way too much like Iemitsu. He sort of regretted his cuteness right now.

"That isn't very fitting behavior for a mafia boss, Dame Ieyatsu." Reborn remarked, jumping down from his perch. Tsuna twitched slightly, memories of Leon Mallets coming back to haunt him instead. Ieyatsu groaned.

"I'm not a mafia boss, baby!" Reborn jump kicked him again, Leon shifting to the form of a gun.

"So if you died right now, you'd regret not confessing?" Reborn inquired. Tsuna snorted. Not like the hitman didn't already know the answer to that. Ieyatsu seemed pole axed however.

Was he ever that bad?

"Thanks for answering my question. Die." Reborn raised the Leon Gun and fired.

For a moment, Tsuna's heart seemed to stop. The camera bobbed in his shaking hands. If he moved right now, activated his flames, he could shove Ieyatsu out of the path of the bullet. Save his life- Tsuna forced his chubby hands to stop shaking, shoved away all the bad ominous memories away.

Of a future that had never been but would be again.

He still couldn't quite get his heart out of his throat.

Ieyatsu seemed to fly back, ridiculously high and far, in slow motion. Tsuna shrunk back in his orange hoodie. He wobbled again in relief as Ieyatsu's body seemed to glow, his clothes burning away.

Oh hello there ducky boxers. You will make great blackmail material.

"REBORN! CONFESS TO KYOKO WITH MY DYING WILL!" Tsuna lunged forward, clamping on to his brother's leg. There was no way he was going to miss this show. The blackmail material it would be!

Even with his tight koala grip though, Tsuna was struggling not to fall off. Luckily it was a pretty fast trip to the school. He released Ieyatsu's leg, rolling across the ground and popping up, camera already in his hands.

Oh he was right. This was comedy gold. He made sure to zoom in on the look on Ieyatsu's face when he realized what was happening.

"Wow Iey-kun! I didn't know you like duckies!" Tsuna chipped in with a wicked smile. Ieyatsu blushed and flailed.

"No Tsuna! LOOK AWAY!" That was an impressive shriek. Ieyatsu practically sprinted into the school. Tsuna just hummed cheerfully, tucking his camera away into his hoodie pocket. It wouldn't do to be caught at the school when it started without a pass.**** His Intuition seemed to ping and he looked up to Reborn's stare.

Heh. "Wanna hug?' Tsuna asked, spreading his arms wide. Oh how he loved innocent cuteness.

"Hitmen don't hug people." Reborn remarked drily. Tsuna giggled.

"You're funny Reborn." He said skipping away.

His walk home was long and meandering. Cheerfully, he unleashed the chihuahua from the nearby house and herded it to their yard to await Ieyatsu's return. Tsuna giggled again as he put out some food and water. After all, a mafia boss shouldn't be afraid of dogs.

He shuddered briefly at remembering what Reborn had done to desensitize him. Never again.

"I'm home Mama!" Tsuna yelled. He shrugged off his hoodie and left it folded by the door after removing the camera. Nana poked her head out from the kitchen.

"Ah Tsu-kun! I'm going grocery shopping. We'll need more stuff since Reborn is staying with us. Do you want to go with?" Tsuna smiled back at her. It was hard not to be happy around Nana.

"No I'm good." He said, heading up the stairs to his room. It was about time he strategized what to do for the future.

Tsuna nudged Natsu off the center of the bed, sprawling across it. The sky lion looked disgruntled, curling up on top of the pillow. Tsuna kicked his feet idly, staring at the floor.

Mafia Boss Rule 270: Always assess your situation.

From where he had started, Ieyatsu wasn't that bad off. Will to protect his 'cute Tuna Fishy' as well as another Sky in the household had made him slightly better. Incredibly clumsy but grades slightly better so not to be a bad influence on his little brother.

What he was really worried about were people who could reveal him.

Tsuna flopped even more, slowly sliding over the side of the bed. Luckily Reborn couldn't actually read minds, and was only extremely adept at body language.

Still the Arcobaleno were all on the list. They weren't world renowned for nothing. However Reborn could provide a good cover. Eventually his weirdness would just be put down to the chaotic hitman.

Byakuran also worried him. He could see through parallel timelines which a frankly ridiculous power. Which means he could guess that Tsuna wasn't from this timeline. Honestly the marshmallow obsessed Sky was going to be the death of him (Tsuna resolutely ignored the fact that Byakuran had technically killed him once).

Mitigation? Bribe with marshmallows and someone to watch the show with.

If not he could always hold the marshmallows hostage.

"Gao?" Natsu meowed. Tsuna smiled, reaching up to rub at the cat's head. The sky lion purred happily.

"Don't worry, I won't let you get hurt." Tsuna reassured, ignoring the feeling that his eyes had flashed Sky orange. His cowardly pet seemed to feel better though, settling back onto the pillow.

Honestly sometimes Natsu was the only one keeping him grounded. The feeling of Disharmony in his flames from technically losing his Guardians had been alleviated by just the lion's presence. Not to mention, when they figured out how to make him go full lion sized (and then some), he made quite a good ride.

Plus it was just epic.

Tsuna pinged his Intuition and finding everything okay, reached under the bed. He fumbled around the wooden slats before his fingers finally drifted over the spot.

A little hidey hole he had made when he realized that the time was drawing close. Tsuna tugged at the object inside before finally pulling out a large box. It landed with a thump and he helped slight before looking around, embarrassed.

Quickly he opened it. Tsuna tugged out a pair of hand knitted mittens with 27 on them and felt them heat up slightly in his fingers.

Those had been his longest project when he had woken up. For one thing, they had to be hand knitted carefully. But finally he had recreated his battle gloves. He tossed them on the bed. He'd need to keep them close by now.

The rest of the box was almost boring by comparison. Extra cameras and batteries, a waterproof photo box, and a cookbook filled with scrawled notes. Tsuna lifted this one out and flipped through it carefully.

At first it seemed normal but soon it devolved into notes about his, and therefore now Ieyatsu's most embarrassing moments. He needed to be there to capture the moment after all. He tucked it away into the box, resolutely ignoring the small iron checkerboard that lurked at the bottom of the box.

(It had a horse head engraved on the bottom corner. He couldn't tell if Kawahira was threatening him or had just watched too much of the Godfather. The day it had shown up on his bed, Tsuna had beat his head against the wall and pulled a Yamamoto on the lingering traces of powerful Mist flames in his room. It never happened.)*****

Tsuna returned the box to under his bed, looking at Natsu with a lazy grin. "Looks like our fun is about to start." He yawned. "Wonder if I can show up at the kendo match."

Omake

"Oh Tsu-kun! There's an antique shop over there!" Tsuna turned, all smiles before abruptly freezing. The smile slowly slid of his face as he read the sign.

"Kawahira's Antiques"

"Tsu-kun?" Tsuna slowly backed away. Nope. Not even going there. It did not exist.

*Luckily he wasn't a ninja. Tsuna was pretty sure Fon was one though.

**Another priority he had done. Obviously he couldn't always be able to record.

***It was what kicked off the beautiful chaos. Also his memory of waking up almost naked and confessing to Kyoko was something to be treasured. When watching another person go through it.

****Hibari did seem slightly more lenient on adorably fluffy four year olds but that only went so far.

*****He also ignored the mysterious antique shop that sometimes appeared. Nope.

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