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KHR does not belong to me.

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Dinner was usually a quiet affair in the Sawada household, the only inhabitants being Nana and Tsuna, and while Nana is a very kind and charming person, she is also very private. Nana's husband, Iemitsu Sawada, is said to work abroad mining for oil, and has been absent from the girls lives through the years. Last time Tsuna saw him she was still in grade school, and didn't fully understand what his job was supposed to be.

There were postcards, and e-mails and 'the call' that happened every third Sunday of the month, which just conveniently happens to be Tsuna's special cake day. He did send her gifts all the time, from whatever country her father happened to be working at the time. Frilly girly things, and bizarre novelty items that just gathered dust at the top of her closet. Tsuna knew he was doing it on purpose, she had heard her mother explicitly telling him how she was into anime and video games. Maybe it was his way of trying to get her attention.

Tsuna remembers very little about her father, and the little that she does is that he laughed very loud. His prolonged absence has been a topic of gossip between the neighbors, and always came up in school meetings. Her classmates used to tease that her dad left because Tsuna was such a failure, that he was overwhelmingly ashamed of both she and her mom. Tsuna regrets not speaking her mind back then.

So Tsuna grew up with only her mother as an authority figure, and her mother tried to overcompensate for her husband's absence by being too lenient with her daughter. She regrets that now. Tsuna had always been behind her peers in school, and required extra attention. Nana had always hope that her daughter's shortcomings would not get in the way of her making friends, but children could be so cruel.

Years of constant bullying had driven her daughter to become completely anti-social, and who could blame her? But, things were looking up now. Tsuna had finally meet two wonderful, kind girls that wanted to be friends with her. There was finally hope, and Nana knew that she had to grab onto this opportunity.

Getting a tutor was a good start in Nana's opinion. Tsuna, on the other hand, would like to differ.

At this moment, she is trying very hard to ignore the conversation the little baby was having with her mother. She tried to ditch, hoping that by the time she was back her mother would come to her senses and see just how ridiculous it was to have a tutor, let alone one that was obviously a baby. But the little monster had smacked her and reprimanded her and her manners and proceeded to kick her all the way down to the kitchen.

"From Italy! Oh Tsu-chan are you listening to this, he comes from Italy, how chic!"

"I graduated from the university degli Studi di Roma, here is my diploma."

"A child genius! Tsu-chan listen to this!"

Tsuna knew her mother was kind of a ditz, who knew she could be this gullible.

"Anyone can make one of those with photoshop."

"It seems to me that Tsuna is doubting my credentials."

"Of course, I'm doubting you. You are just a baby!"

Tsuna said accusingly, pointing a finger in his direction. A finger that was promptly pulled painfully, making Tsuna crash forward to the table so that Reborn could reach and apply some pressure into that certain spot that made Tsuna see white before she passed out.

"Oh my."

"Do not worry Mama, I will not leave this house until Tsuna has been properly trained to become the boss of the next generation."

"Boss?"

"Boss, Ceo, leader, manager whatever it is that you want."

"But, what about the payment?"

"Here."

The little baby opened his suitcase and handed Nana a piece of paper.

"This contract states that I would personally tutor your child in any subject, any day at any time and all the payment needed is a place to stay and food. I would also supply any materials needed, and the costs for any travel expenses."

"This is all so very professional, I'm surprised."

"I am a professional, the best one in Italy. Here, these are my recommendations."

"What is this?"

Nana looked at the envelope addressed to her. She took it and opened it with care since it looked expensive and was surprised to find a letter with her husband's messy writing inside. There was a tiny moment of hesitation from the woman, but the baby thought nothing of it.

"From Iemitsu?" She asked hesitantly.

"Yes, he is the one that sent me here, but he doesn't want Tsuna to know. He thinks she would deny on principle alone."

Nana was certainly impressed; to think that her husband would go to all that trouble. Hiring a secret Italian tutor must have been very expensive… 'About damn time!' She thought to herself, upset that it had taken her husband this long to finally do something about his daughter's situation.

"He is right." Nana said sadly, her face not giving away her actual thoughts. "Tsu-chan doesn't get along well with her father."

She looked at Tsuna passed out on the table and then at the baby sitting next to her. She could finally see it, many opportunities waiting for her daughter, finally within reach.

"If my husband trusts you, then that should be more than enough for me."

Nana stood up and gave a polite bow.

"Reborn-san. I leave my daughter in your care, please help her to succeed in the future."

Reborn smirked.

"Oh, I will."

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When Tsuna woke up an hour later, she was confused to do so in her room. The first thought that came to her was that she was still hungry, followed by why am I in pain and finally…

"Reborn!?"

"Yes."

"Augh! It wasn't a dream."

"I guess not."

"Hey! How dare you?! I won't forgive you just because you are a baby!"

Tsuna was insulted. In the last couple of hours, she had been abused by a baby, ignored by her mother and apparently left starving. She was not happy at all. She tried to get a hold of the baby to give it a little scare, but was thwarted when, against all the laws of physics, the baby grabbed her bow tie and threw her over his head and onto the floor.

"What the hell are you kid?!"

"You are one hundred years too early if you think you can defeat me. I have no openings, for my true line of work is assassination."

"Eh?" Tsunako looked very confused.

"I'm saying that."

Reborn reached for his suitcase again and started to pull out parts.

"The real reason that I'm here."

He took each piece one by one, and started to put them together.

"Is so that I can make you into."

Tsuna stared at the baby with trepidation. Those parts looked a lot like a gun to her.

"A great mafia boss."

"MAFIA?!"

"That is correct. I was assigned by a certain man to train you to become an outstanding mafia boss."

"Forget about being a phony, you are just a loony."

"The method is left up to me."

Reborn pointed the gun at Tsuna as if it were a normal occurrence for babies to have guns.

"Should I shoot you now?"

"What? Hey, stop playing around!"

"I don't play around. I'm a professional."

"Enough! This is just ridiculous! I have a headache and I'm hungry." She tried to sound commanding, annoyed that a baby was getting the upper hand.

"Where are you going?"

Tsuna ignored the baby and left her room in search of her mother.

"Mom, can I have some money? I wanna go out to eat."

"Oh. Tsu-chan you are awake. Do you want the left overs?"

"No, I want to go out. And about that tutor…"

"Did Reborn-kun tell you already? He will be staying with us until your grades go up."

"What!? You decided already?! But I don't need him!"

"Tsunako please just give it a try. I looked at his recommendations and he is well known and legitimate. Think how impressed Kyoko-chan and Hana-chan would be with you."

"Don't get them involved."

"Tsu-chan, please, for me."

There goes her mother's sad puppy dog face. Tsuna was suddenly more irritated, she has never been able to say no that face. Nana smiled at her daughter and gave her a hug.

"I promised you that I wouldn't push you to go to some fancy high school or university, and I won't, that would be your choice. But I do want you to continue your education and to be able to follow your friends. Tsu-chan, I love you so much and you know that. I know that you have your limitations, but I also know that you can do more than what you give yourself credit for. Just give it a try please."

Tsuna hugged her mother back and tried to stop the tears that were threatening to spill over. Tsuna could never say no to her mom.

"Fine. A try and that's it. Can I still have some money?"

"Hai, hai. Here, why don't you get a cake while you are out."

"Thanks mom!"

Nana sat down and took the letter out of her pocket, she smiled at reborn as he passed by her, probably after Tsuna.

Finally, alone in her home, her façade broke down, and the sadness she kept so well hidden hit her full force.

"She is not a little girl anymore." She said out loud to the empty home, "we can't keep lying to her…It may be the time for you to comeback."

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I hope Reborn is in character.