SeikiSeiki: For anyone who's here for the (not yet written) summary, I promise it's gonna get written! ...I just don't know when...Rest assured it's coming soon though!

Anyway, thanks for the support and here's a (slightly more funny than the last by virtue of being longer but not quite since OC is too preoccupied angsting) chapter as OC contemplates the meaning of life.

I'm thinking of writing a side-fic where OC writes down what she remembers of KHR while inserting her opinion and "funny" comments...here's a slight snippet:

Somewhere along the line, Xanxus gains his Guardians:

Storm Guardian Belphegor "Prince the Ripper" (a pyscho teenager who's apparently royalty and has a knife fetish),

Sun Guardian Lussuria (a pyscho adult who's a Muay Thai fighter and has a dead men fetish),

Lightning Guardian Levi A Than (a pyscho adult who fights with fucking umbrellas and has a Xanxus fetish),

Rain Guardian Superbi Squalo (a pyscho teen/adult who looks like Rapunzel and has a sword fetish)

Mist Guardian Mammon/ (a pyscho Arcobaleno Viper with a money fetish)

I'm starting to see a pattern here in the requirements for becoming one of Xanxus' Guardians.

Somewhere along the line, the three legimate Vongola heirs die, making Xanxus the only candidate left. Except he's not, 'cause he has no true Vongola blood.

I bet Daemon fucking Spade had something to do with this shit. Nosy fucker has an unhealthy interest in Vongola. It's also possible Xanxus aided in the Vongola heirs' death. He leads an assassin squad, after all.

Presumably, Tsuna is Sealed before the heirs die, as Timoteo thought Tsuna would not need his flames and that he could live life as a civilian. (haha you thought wrong bitch)

Xanxus finds out he's not eligible for the Decimo position since Timoteo's not really his father. Feeling betrayed, he plots a coup or something.

Basically, poor communication kills and Xanxus' Daddy Issues could have been avoided if Timoteo took the time to actually explain to Xanxus his true parentage before such a delicate issue could arise while Xanxus is emotionally vulnerable. Also, I'm not sure if Xanxus found out before or after the three Vongola heirs die.

Ottabio, a senior Varia officer from Tyr's time(?) and Xanxus' possible Cloud Guardian, is the only one smart enough to think that staging a coup is a fucking stupid idea. He reports the Varia's treachery to Timoteo, who is prepared for the coup with forewarning.

However, because he is the only (possible) Guardian who has any sanity and lacks any fetishes, he doesn't quite fit in with the trend. AKA the rest of them survive but his betrayal is revealed and Xanxus kills him. Good deeds often go punished, I guess.

Feel free to skip this chapter if monologues bore you

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"Even though Mukuro's a complete dickhead, I kind of pity him now. I remembered only one of my reincarnations and it was a pretty chill life. Poor dude had to go through hell six times. No wonder he's such a jackass."

-Sawada Chiyohime Random Thoughts Part One

The first thing I did upon waking up was scream, which was rather cathartic and made me feel better to some extent.

The second thing I did was reassure a worried Mama that no, there wasn't a deranged serial killer inside my room about to murder me, I just saw a gigantic spider.

The third I did was question my mother's sanity as she immediately jumped to the conclusion that I was going to be murdered upon hearing my scream of frustration.

The fourth thing I did was grab a blank notebook and pen from my desk to write down my thoughts. I decided to write everything down in English, mainly because it wouldn't do for Mama or Tsuna to stumble onto my notebook and understand every single word because I was stupid enough to write it in Japanese.

The fifth thing I did was contemplate my existence and ponder the semantics of reincarnation.

I was Sawada Chiyohime, but I wasn't. I could remember important aspects of my past life such as my name, my relationship with my friends and family, my likes and dislikes, etc. Basically, I remembered everything that made me Not-Chiyohime. I could also remember important aspects of my current life, such as how to speak Japanese, my personality, my relationship with people in my life. Basically, Not-Chiyohime's memories didn't completely overwrite Chiyohime's. Which was a relief, because explaining any drastic change in personality and my sudden inability to speak Japanese would have been really inconvenient. Figuring out where Not-Chiyohime and Chiyohime started and ended led me to my next question(s)...

Who even am I? I suppose they were technically the same soul, just that Not-Chiyohime had her memories wiped so Chiyohime could exist as a blank slate instead of being just Not-Chiyohime in a new body? Except that Chiyohime developed her own characteristics, making her a different soul from Not-Chiyohime? Was I the metaphorical bridge between both souls, possessing traits of both Not-Chiyohime and Chiyohime? On their own, both had memories of their own life but were unaware of the other. However, if both were fused themselves together, I suppose I would be the result since I could remember both of their lives.

I hastily scribbled down my thoughts, foregoing neatness for practicality as I wrote down everything I could before I could forget or lose my train of thought. I squinted and examined my words; the words were wobbly and slanted, nothing like the neat font I was used to writing as Not-Chiyohime. I resolved to get Chiyohime's body used to writing neatly like Not-Chiyohime and retrain my muscle memory.

Writing slowly, I carefully made sure the TDLR; I'm the fusion of my previous reincarnation and the "original Chiyohime" was visible.

The conclusion that I was both souls fused together was both relieving yet worrying. By assuming that I was both Not-Chiyohime and Chiyohime, I didn't have to worry about the following things:

1. I am not a body snatcher, I am just the fusion of two souls

2. Neither souls died or got absorbed by the other, they just fused into one

3. I didn't have to wonder about slipping up and revealing that I am Not-Chiyohime, since I am technically Chiyohime as well.

I also made sure these words were legible, in case I had a midlife crisis and worried about the semantics of my existence in the future. I added a TDLR; I'm not a bad person possessing Chiyohime (like Mukuro kinda is), I'm simply Chiyohime with my previous reincarnation's memories

However, this line of thought opened a whole new can of worms.

1. Why did Chiyohime specifically remember Not-Chiyohime's life? Yes, the technical answer was witnessing Timoteo seal Tsuna, but why? It could have been possible for Chiyohime to just assume fictional superpowers were real and Flames were a normal part of this world. (Which was true, Flames were normal, just for the mafia instead of the whole world) Why did witnessing Tsuna's Sealing reawaken past memories?

2. Did Not-Chiyohime and Chiyohime just...cease to exist as I took over them by fusing their memories? Was there a way for one of them to technically come back if I somehow forgot either Not-Chiyohime or Chiyohime's memories?

3. I clearly had more of Not-Chiyohime's personality traits, seeing as I'm intelligent enough to question the meaning of my existence. Chiyohime was a six year old child, I doubt that she would be mentally debating about life before she hit puberty. Did Not-Chiyohime's years of experience and maturity overwrite any naivety and inexperience of Chiyohime during their fusion into me? From a technical point of view, I'm just Not-Chiyohime's personality and memories haphazardly grafted beside Chiyohime's personality and memories.

4. Were there certain parts of Not-Chiyohime and Chiyohime I forgot but am not aware of? Obviously, I remember many aspects of Not-Chiyohime and Chiyohime, more of Not-Chiyohime's personality and experience and more of Chiyohime's memories. Which made sense, since Not-Chiyohime had more years of memories while Chiyohime's life was happening more recently than Not-Chiyohime's. But could I forget anything about Chiyohime's life? Surely it would be too convenient for everything to be perfectly fused into me. What if I forgot a crucial aspect of Chiyohime's personality/memories and exposed myself as being a warped version of her.

TDLR; I have more of my previous reincarnation's personality than my current one, perhaps due to age differences.

Furthermore, I had more questions regarding reincarnation that weren't related to my fusion.

1. Was this what happened to all souls? Did Heaven or Hell or Nirvana or whatever religious after-place not exist? Did everyone reincarnate into a different world, just unaware of their past life? What about those who were temporarily dead but revived through advancing modern technology?

2. Why did I remember my reincarnation(s)? What was so special about me that allowed me to remember? Did other people also remember, but didn't reveal themselves? That was the most logical possibility, but my main concern was regarding other people like me. If there were other people like me, would I ever meet them in this world? What if some of them was less benevolent, and decides to fuck the world up? What if someone was also aware of KHR, but decides to kick canon in the metaphorical balls by say, killing Kyoko/Haru/Chrome/whoever they hate.

3. All those Self-Insert fanfictions...were they real to some extent in another universe far away from mine? The whole situation seemed pretty surreal reading it through a screen, but now it has happened to me in real life. What if those poor hapless souls in fanfictions really did experience reincarnation in another universe?

TDLR; I have an existential crisis regarding alternate universes.

I paused to consider my situation. At least I was born into a relatively harmless world. Sure, people died, but that was expected of the mafia and life in general. Hell, even in my previous life, people died from crime all the time. The mafia wasn't created in only this world, it's just that I would now be in the heart of it as a Vongola relative.

Could I be a Decimo candidate? After all, I am older than Tsuna even though I'm a girl. Will the mafia be sexist enough to dismiss an older female candidate for a younger male one? Daniela, Timoteo's mother, was the only female boss in Vongola's history. Were all of Vongola's male bosses the firstborn, or were they given priority over any older sisters? Was Daniela given the position as the firstborn, or was she the only candidate since she didn't have any relatives able to inherit Vongola?

TDLR; Find out if Vongola is sexist/if I could be a Decimo candidate

I quickly wrote down the string of questions before returning to my original train of thought. All in all, KHR wasn't a bad place to be reborn into. Best case scenario, I travel abroad to the safest country I can find and avoid the mafia/any crime syndicate at all costs and live life as a normal adult. I mean, I could have been reborn into Naruto, Tokyo Ghoul, Boku no Pico, Shingeki no Kyojin, Berserk, Neon Genesis Evangelion, the list goes on.

Furthermore, even though people might be attempting to gun me down for my Vongola blood, I was still relatively safe, being born as a relative to the main character. I doubt that Reborn would allow one of his (potential) students to die under his watch nor would Tsuna, bless his messianic soul, allow his sister to die. I could have been reborn as Belphegor's sister aka get murdered brutally for fuck's sake! As the metaphorical cherry on this clusterfuck of a metaphorical sundae, I'm pretty sure I would be the main character if my life was a fanfiction. Which means plot armour. I doubt any author would want to kill off the main character or that any cosmic being taking amusement in my suffering would want their source of amusement to die. If I am indeed Genre Savvy enough to exploit my status as main character, I can make it through my life/story without dying.

Of course, there was the chances I was the wrong kind of genre savvy. Maybe I wasn't the main character, only a side character to a bigger and more important Self-Insert and I'll eventually die because There Can Only Be One. Alternatively, I could be a main character in a multi-POV story where my death motivates the other protagonist. Or my author is an asshole who kills me off to incite shock value for the paltry amount of readers they have. If there was a higher cosmic being who dropped me into KHR for their sick amusement, chances are they can drop another soul into another universe once I die and they lose interest.

TDLR; Be glad you're reincarnated into a relatively normal world and that your chances of surviving are marginally higher than some other poor sods in other universes

The alternate universe question made me overthink the situation even more, if that was possible.

Were all fictional works real in some universe? In fact, if those fanfictions were real, what's to say I'm not reincarnated into some bizarro alternate universe where some things are drastically different? Canon Tsuna didn't have a sister. What if in this universe, the Vongola heirs never died/Xanxus was descended from Secondo (seriously they look so fucking alike, there's no way they're not related. Shit, what if Xanxus was a reincarnated Secondo in canon but not related? I'm pretty sure the First Generation reincarnated into the Tenth, what's to say Secondo didn't reincarnated into Xanxus?) What if Tsuna never got his Seal broken and continued living life as a loser without his flames?! Was the theory that he was such a loser in canon because his Flames were sealed even true?

I didn't like thinking about the infinite possibilities so I didn't bother writing a TDLR.

I moved onto my next topic: My foreknowledge of this world and the potential implications of my existence.

Fortunately, I remembered some "useless" details that weren't that relevant, such as manga and anime, including Katekyo Hitman Reborn. Which becomes extremely less useless, now that I'm living inside it. I briefly thanked whatever higher cosmic being who was out there for making sure I could remember KHR, which made my life more convenient because I didn't have to stumble blindly through this world and accidentally cause the villain to take over the world or something.

Unfortunately, I didn't have an eidetic memory, so I couldn't quite remember every single detail about it. For goodness' sake, I couldn't even remember what I ate for breakfast yesterday! I only remembered majority of KHR because of all the Self-Insert fanfictions chronicling life in Namimori. The problem was that many of them weren't complete and stopped after the first half of the series. I had a much clearer image of the first half, but I could barely remember anything from the ending other than canon Tsuna was still a loser without Reborn. Which I call total bullshit, by the way. Poor boy went through so much shit and he hasn't even reached his twenties yet. Even though he's not that experienced to be an extremely competent mafia boss, I doubt he's completely useless.

I turned to a new page and started to write a rough timeline of the parts that I could remember, in chronological order.

I scanned the timeline I had just written down, notes included. I paused occasionally to laugh at the stupid comments I wrote down, ignoring that it was a bit childish. After I finished re-reading the timeline, I sobered up enough to realise I was a loser for managing to write down that much junk, even if some were speculations/theories.

Reborn shows up during Tsuna's Middle School Years. I didn't remember the exact year, but the minimum age for Japanese Middle Schools was 12-13, depending on your birthday. Assuming Reborn appears right during Tsuna's first year, I would be approximately 14-15. In conclusion, I could only keep this notebook until I was 13 before I had to make preparations to get rid of this before I turned 14 or 15. In a world rife with improbable hackers and fucking impossibly fancy mafia, the internet didn't seem like a particularly safe place to store such sensitive information. I had no delusions about my ability to learn hacking and safely store my knowledge on the internet. Furthermore, Reborn seemed like the type of nosy fucker who would want to find everything about his students. Surely he would catch me refreshing my memory on the internet! This also meant that I couldn't keep the notebook remotely near me if I didn't want Reborn to find out. Hiding it wasn't plausible because Reborn would surely get suspicious and he seemed paranoid enough to be able to find it. He was the World's Greatest Hitman for a reason. It seemed like I would have to memorize relevant information and burn the book before Reborn's arrival.

What, was I supposed to reveal I know what will happen in the future? For one thing, I don't even know whether my information was reliable. Canon Tsuna didn't have a sister. Clearly, my canon information could have some mistakes. Furthermore, my notebook was blurring canon and fanon into an unreliable mess. Secondly, revealing information was too risky, I didn't know whether anyone would spread information regarding the future. What if PreRedemption!Mukuro/Daemon/Checkerface/whoever is villain of the arc found out I knew the future? Even worse, what if they actually found out what would happen in the future? I doubt plot armour could save me should they decide to torture me and drain my mind of every thought before killing me. Lastly, canon got on fine without me. In the end, the world was saved. I didn't need any foreknowledge to ruin a situation and cause the end of the world.

I paused, should I even bother doing anything in this world? A butterfly flaps its wings and causes a cyclone on the other end of the world. My existence has probably caused more trouble than any good I could do. Did my knowledge of the future even mean that much for the overall good of things?

I stared at the book, unsure what my next actions would be.