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CH. 2 The Sawadas

The next day, Reborn and his friends met up at the front of the magic school. They were all wearing their normal outfits and their pacifiers. Magic school had no dress code. However, Reborn did switch to a smaller fedora with an orange ribbon. His yellow-striped fedora was stored safely under his bed for the day he got his adult body back.

After exchanging greetings, the group headed into the headmistress' office. The office was neat and organized. At the far side of the room there was a desk with a chair pushed behind it. The desk had a lot of papers stacked on top, along with a few picture frames. Facing the desk were two couches, both of them able to easily seat four people.

Once he was done with his examination of the room, Reborn turned his eyes to the figure walking towards them. She would be considered short to anyone's standard. She also had low-cut brown hair and an air of authority. Once she was close enough to talk, she flashed a kind smile at them. Reborn was not impressed, but at least it managed to set Skull at ease. The boy had been fidgeting uncontrollably for the last five minutes.

The woman introduced herself, "It's wonderful to meet you all! I'm Sawada Nana, the headmistress of this school. You must be the Arcobaleno I've heard so much about!"

Reborn stared at her, trying to process how she didn't notice their current forms. Anyone who had heard of them would have heard about their adult forms, not their cursed baby ones. After all, they are considered some of the most promising youngsters of their generation, according to various magazines and newsletters. Those did not contain information about their cursed forms however. That was top secret, known only to the few who found them that fateful day and a few higher ups in the government.

Luce nodded politely in response, shaking Reborn out of his thoughts. Luce answered, "Yep. I'm Luce and these are my friends," she started pointing at them as she said their name, "Reborn, Verde, Skull, Colonello, Lal, Viper, and Fong. It's nice to make your acquaintance."

Headmistress Sawada pulled some papers out from behind her back and handed one to each child. "These are your schedules," she answered at their inquiring look, "On them are the classes you will take and when they are as well as where."

"Now," Headmistress Sawada started up again, this time more seriously, "We will need to go over the school rules. Number one: no killing the other students, and number two: no cursing the other students." She looked over them all and seemed satisfied by what she saw. She smiled happily at them, "I'm sure you'll all follow these rules."

Headmistress Sawada soon started again, "As I'm sure you all know, during your time here at magic school, you'll be living in the dorms." She looked at their suitcases and nodded. "Each room houses two students. I'd like you all to decide who you would like to room with."

Verde soon spoke while pushing up his glasses, "If it wouldn't be too much trouble," he started, "I'd like to have my own room, so I can conduct my experiments in peace."

Headmistress Sawada looked thoughtful at this. She soon nodded her agreement and motioned for the other students to decide.

Colonello was next. He requested, "Can I share a room with Lal kora? We are dating kora."

The Headmistress shook her head at the camouflaged baby and replied, "Colonello-kun, it's against school policy to have males and females sharing rooms."

Colonello looked downtrodden at this. Fong soon noticed this and requested Colonello as his roommate. This pairing was accepted.

Luce glanced at Lal and said, "I'll be rooming with Lal. We're the only two girls." Lal nodded in acceptance. The Headmistress agreed.

This left Reborn, Viper, and Skull. Realizing this, Skull quickly attached himself to Viper. It seemed he didn't want to be a lackey from the moment he woke up to the time he went to sleep. This was fine with Reborn. Skull and Viper were annoying.

Headmistress Sawada once again agreed with the pairing. This left only Reborn. She turned towards him, "Reborn-kun, do you want your own room, or would you rather I assign you a roommate?"

Reborn sighed. There were pros and cons to each decision. In the end he decided on the roommate. This way, he'd have some company and a slight feeling of security against the nightmares.

Reborn answered, "I'll take a roommate, Headmistress Sawada. Who do you suggest?"

Headmistress Sawada answered, "Please, call me Nana. As for your question, let me think." She struck a thinking pose, her hand rising to rub her chin. She suddenly made a little exclamatory sound and slapped her right fist into her left hand. She spoke, "I've got it! You can room with Tsu-kun. He's my adorable little son. He's in the same year as you. It's perfect." As she talked about her son, a genuine smile stretched across her face.

Despite himself, Reborn became interested in the boy. They would be rooming together after all. However, he didn't let any curiosity show on his face. He just nodded and said, "Sounds good, Nana."

Nana smiled brilliantly and ushered them all out of her office, "Now that we have this all sorted out, I suggest you all go to your dorms. Here are your new dorm numbers, and your keys to them." She handed out pieces of paper she had been writing on to each student as well as a corresponding key. She waved them off, "Have a nice day."

The kids wandered around until they came to their dorm building. Once they were all inside, they split up, each going to their separate rooms. For Reborn, this meant going to the room he now shared with this 'Tsu-kun'. He'd really have to ask the boy what his full name was. There was no way he was calling him Tsu-kun.

When Reborn arrived at the dorm room, he checked the dorm number he had to it. They were both number 27 in section R. According to the map at the entrance to the dorm, there were 26 sections, one for each letter of the alphabet. In each section there were thirty rooms.

Reborn unlocked the door. He slowly opened it, not sure what he would find inside. A mess of a room greeted him. Strewn all over the floor were books, papers, and various other things one would expect to be found in a teenage boy's room. Pushed to the right side was a bunk bed. The lower level of the bed seemed to be occupied, a puff of brown hair peeking out from under the blankets.

Reborn ignored all this for the moment, choosing to investigate the two other rooms he saw were connected. On the right side near the beds there was a door. He walked over to it and softly opened it, not wanting to wake the other occupant of the room. It was a bathroom. His curiosity satisfied for that room, he moved on to the next one. The other door was on the left side of the room. It led into a tiny kitchen, one which looked like it was cooked in on a regular basis.

Reborn made his way over to the beds and climbed up onto the top bunk. He set his suitcase down next to the pillow. Glancing at his watch, he saw that it was only 8:00 A.M. That left him three hours before classes started, so he'd have to start getting ready in two hours to make it to class in time.

Deciding that two hours was enough time for a nap, Reborn pulled the blankets over his small form and snuggled into the bed. He was soon asleep.

Sometime later, he was shaken from his sleep by gentle hands. His black orbs blinked open to stare into brown eyes. Seeing this, the boy shaking him stopped and climbed back down to the ground. He had messy brown hair, brown eyes, and was short. If Reborn didn't know any better, he'd assume the boy was only fifteen.

The boy spoke, "I'm Sawada Tsunayoshi, but please call me Tsuna." Then, realizing that he had just woken Reborn up, he bowed and squeaked, "S-sorry for w-waking you up. Class starts in about fifty minutes. I hope we can become friends." After saying his piece, the boy went off into the kitchen, having presumably already taken a shower, if one were to judge by his wet hair.

Reborn raised an eyebrow at Tsuna's behavior. For one moment he seemed bold, and then he was skittish, as if he expected to be hit by the tiny baby. He'd have to look into this later, Reborn decided. Right now he needed to wash up.

After taking a nice, warm bath, Reborn dressed in his miniature clothes. He then brushed his hair back into its proper position. Last of all he placed his fedora on his head. As his adult self, his fedora served to give him an aura of mystery by casting a shadow over his eyes. Now it only made him look cuter, according to Luce. He was fine with it either way.

Once he was out of the bathroom, he looked over his schedule. It read:

Spell Theory 11:00 AM – Noon Room 200

Summoning Noon – 1:00 PM Room 200

Lunch 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Battle Magic 2:05 PM – 3:05 PM Room 400

Healing Magic 3:05 PM – 4:05 PM Room 400

Free Time until bed at 9:00 PM

Reborn heard a clap of hands behind him and turned around. It seemed Tsuna was looking over Reborn's shoulder at his schedule. Now they were face to face because Tsuna was leaning forward with his hands on his knees so he could see Reborn's schedule. At the sudden closeness, Tsuna blushed and fell down on his bottom.

Even though he was amused by Tsuna's blush, Reborn managed to keep a blank face. He raised an eyebrow at Tsuna and questioned, "Why did you clap?"

The brunette's blush died down a bit. He smiled shyly, "I saw that we have the same classes."

"Is that so?" Reborn inquired, twirling one of his curls between his right index finger and thumb. Secretly he was glad that Tsuna wanted to spend more time with him.

Tsuna nodded. He then paled as he remembered something. "We have to leave for class now or we'll be late!" he exclaimed in a slightly panicked voice. Then, without waiting for a response from Reborn, Tsuna grabbed his hand and started running out the door. Tsuna somehow managed to both close the door and lock it in his haste. Tsuna then sprinted out of the dorm still holding Reborn's hand.

Reborn was too shocked to do anything at first. Then, when he realized he was basically gliding through the air, his only link to the ground Tsuna's hand, he knew he had to get the other boy to release his hand or he would be sick by the time they got to their destination.

Reborn started speaking, "Tsuna." There was no response. He tried again a little louder, "Tsuna." Again there was no response. He finally resorted to yelling, "TSUNA."

Thankfully, this time it seemed to get through to the brunette. He gradually slowed down allowing Reborn to once again land on the floor. Tsuna looked curiously at Reborn, "Yes?"

Reborn glanced meaningfully down at their connected hands. Tsuna seemed to get it and released Reborn's hand with a slight blush.

Reborn had to wonder how many times Tsuna blushed in a given day at this point. First there was earlier and secondly there was now. That was twice in less than an hour.

Pushing those thoughts out of his head, Reborn once again talked, "I can walk by myself Tsuna." Then, tilting his head slightly to the side in curiosity, the infant continued, "Anyways, we still have fifteen minutes until class. Why the hurry, Tsuna?"

Tsuna didn't answer for a minute. Then he said quietly, "I just like to be early is all." Reborn could tell that this wasn't the whole truth, but he accepted it for now.

They were now outside the buildings for the classrooms. Tsuna turned to the far left building and went into it. Reborn followed quietly.

Before they were able to enter their classroom, Reborn was ambushed by Colonello. The blond baby tried to jump kick Reborn. Unfortunately for him, Reborn was able to catch his foot in midair. Colonello quickly back flipped so he wouldn't get thrown.

Tsuna interrupted before the battle could escalate, "Reborn, who's this?"

Reborn turned to his roommate. He pulled his fedora down to shadow his eyes and smirked, "This is my idiot friend Colonello." At Colonello's cry of indignation he continued, "Colonello, this is my roommate Tsuna."

Colonello turned away from Reborn and glanced over the brunette. A smile appeared on his face as he greeted Tsuna, "It's nice to meet you kora. You must be the 'Tsu-kun' Nana mentioned."

"Eeeehhhh?" Tsuna cried out, a light pink tinting his face. "My mom talked about me to you guys?!"

"Yep," Colonello replied. He continued on, a devious look in his eyes, "Must be why Reborn decided to room with you. She did say you were adorable."

In truth that was not the reason Reborn decided to room with Tsuna. However, as Reborn thought over Colonello's words, he couldn't help but admit to himself that Tsuna was adorable. He blushed lightly. Luckily, it was hidden by the shadow of his fedora.

Getting annoyed at Colonello's wild accusations, Reborn forcefully pulled Tsuna into the classroom. Reborn glanced around, trying to find two open seats. Thankfully, there were two open at the back of the classroom. Reborn sat down at one of them and pulled Tsuna down next to him.

Once they were seated, Tsuna spoke up despite Reborn's slightly dark aura, "Why did you do that for?"

Reborn had to congratulate Tsuna on his nerve to speak. Not many people dared to when he was angry. Nonetheless, Reborn didn't answer Tsuna's question.

When Tsuna opened his mouth to speak again, Reborn shot him a look that said 'shut up'. Tsuna sighed and closed his mouth.

Reborn took this opportunity to glance around the room. Out of his friends, only Verde also had this class it seemed. He managed to also spot some kids sending dark looks in their direction. He ignored them. They were not worthy of his attention.

Turning his focus back to Verde, Reborn saw that he had been spotted. Verde was currently moving towards their position in the back. Once he was there, he sat down next to Reborn.

Tsuna glanced curiously at Verde and then at Reborn. Reborn answered the unanswered question in his eyes, "Tsuna, this is my friend Verde. Never agree to try anything he makes. He may have slipped some weird kind of potion in it."

Tsuna sweat dropped at that and introduced himself to Verde, "I'm Sawada Tsunayoshi, Reborn's roommate. It's a pleasure to meet you, Verde."

Verde chuckled at that and pushed up his glasses. He gave Tsuna a calculating look, "Yes, it's a pleasure to meet you, Tsunayoshi."

A man then walked into the room and tripped. He had blond hair and a goofy look on his face. As he pushed himself up to his full height, he introduced himself, "Class, I'm Dino Cavallone. Please call me Dino though."

As many of the girls seemed to swoon at the sight of the man, Dino glanced around the room. His eyes landed on Tsuna and lit up. As he was about to open his mouth, Tsuna shot him a look and shook his head. Dino pouted, but nodded anyways.

Reborn watched this exchange and decided to question his roommate later. Right now they had class.

Once Dino was done sulking, he continued on with his introduction, "As I was saying, I'm your new Spell Theory teacher. I hope we can have a wonderful year." He smiled, dazzling many of the students with its brilliance.

"Now," Dino started, "Who can tell me what Spell Theory is?" When he saw no one raising their hands, he picked someone randomly. "You, with the green hair, what's your name?" he asked.

Verde sighed, he had been called on. He reluctantly glanced up from his notes and stated, "Verde."

Dino's eyes widened slightly at the name, having recognized it. He spoke again, "Verde, what is Spell Theory?"

Verde answered quickly, "Spell Theory is the theory of how spells work, are made, and are broken, as well as how to cast them and what different kinds there are."

Dino nodded in agreement and said, "Verde's correct." He then got a curious glint in his eyes, "Verde, would you be as kind as to answer another question?" At Verde's reluctant nod he continued, "So, Verde, how do you know my adorable little bro?"

Everyone was a little taken aback by the question, except for Tsuna. Tsuna half-yelled, "Dino!" in embarrassment at the question. Then, when he realized everyone's attention was on him, Tsuna blushed a deep red and buried his head into his hands in mortification.

Dino didn't seem to notice Tsuna's embarrassment and greeted him happily, "Little bro, you're just as cute as usual~"

Tsuna groaned out loud and buried himself into his arms instead.

Reborn decided to take action and raised his hand. When he was called upon, Reborn stated, "Dino-san, shouldn't we start class now?"

Dino reluctantly agreed and the class of Spell Theory started.

A/N I'd like to thank SawadaTsunayoshiLover for being my beta :)