WARNING(S): OCC's, Parent!bashing, depressing!thoughts, suicidal!tendencies,

NOTES: "Japanese" - "Italian" - 'Thinking' - *Tsuna's eye speak* - [Messages]

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn. Amano Akira does. I just own this story.

Tsuna woke up at 5 a.m. as usual and started to change to his running clothes. 'Just because Reborn is here, I can't stop my training.'

(Inwardly, he knew that this was just a petty way to get back at Ienari because there is no way that Reborn wouldn't increase Ienari's training)

He was so lost in thought that he didn't notice anyone staring at him with curious eyes until a bullet whizzed past him. Despite that, he wasn't startled easily. His parallel self memories showed that this was a normal occurrence and so, he calmly turned around to come face-to-face to Reborn who was sporting a dissatisfied look on his face.

(He would never tell Reborn but he was enjoying playing around with Reborn, the self-claimed know it all.)

"Nothing, huh," the baby muttered, eyeing Tsuna in a way that looked like he was planning something. 'No wait, he is planning something. This is Reborn we are talking about.'

In lieu of that, he merely smiled and he knew he had successfully annoyed the hitman if the twitch of his eyebrows was anything to go by. In retaliation, the baby fired three more bullets in his direction, barely missing him, and snorted.

"I'll get you to talk soon," he said while Tsuna slumped in a mixture of relief and dread.

'Great, just what I needed! A demon-in-disguise Reborn trying to get me to make a sound!'

(Reborn would in the future look back and understand just why he was so bothered by Tsuna not talking. They had a strong bond - something that carried over to different universes.)

"By the way Tsuna, why are you awake? It's still 5 am."

Tsuna tilted his head to the side, *It's time for my morning run.*

"Morning run?" Tsuna nodded at the question and was Reborn imagining it or was there a suspicious looking glint in his eyes that looked vaguely familiar to him.

*Can I leave now?*

The baby could only nod in surprise. He didn't expect Tsuna to do a morning run so early in the morning since it did say that Tsuna was no-good in everything. But well, it looked like his early observation of hiding his true strength was true.

He was also disappointed that he couldn't try out waking the weakling (Is he really though?) up Vongola style. Oh well, at least he could still do it to the other twin.

But still...

"Who are you Sawada Tsunayoshi?" he asked the now empty room

(Reborn also idly noticed that Tsuna's room was surprisingly was white curtains and light orange walls. The whole room was color coordinated as even the bed had white pillows along with darker orange blankets. There was a desk near the window with school books neatly stored away was to the left of the room, and a brown closet to Reborn's right.

What disturbed Reborn, however, was that there was nothing else. No story books, no toys, nothing. The only other thing was a sketchbook lying on the desk. But nothing else. Nothing else indicating that Tsuna was acknowledged.)

As Tsuna started his morning run, he remembered the first time his parallel self went through this. He had been on the verge of death by the time they had it finished. But well, he couldn't deny that it produced results...

'Well, now that Reborn is here, I'll have to start moving things too. I'm pretty sure they've been waiting for some fun.'

"EXTREME MORNING RUN!"

SIGH~

After he deals with this...

His morning run usually lasted for an hour - he had gotten very good at finishing 25-40 laps in that time. However, today he decided to cut his run short for some time and well, deal with Reborn.

Seeing that there was still time left till Reborn wakes Ienari, he decided to start making their bentos and the breakfast of three people including an espresso for Reborn. (He needed to get in Reborn's good graces, in case he needed a favor.)

At exactly 6, Tsuna was almost done making their breakfast when he heard yelling, stomping and gunshots.

(Ah, the morning wake up call Vongola style, how he missed it...not.)

"Ciaossu Tsuna"

*Reborn, I'll suggest using dogs and insects against my brother if you really wish tort-tutoring my brother. Also I have your breakfast and espresso ready.*

"Thank you," Reborn thanked genuinely. Believe it or not, Tsuna had awesome material against Ienari... there is no way that he wouldn't take his advice.

*Ah, one more thing Reborn.*

Reborn looked at Tsuna quizzically, motioning him to continue. *Please do give me your blackmail materials against my brother.*

"Sure!" Reborn said with a gleam in his eyes and nodded approvingly towards Tsuna. Besides, it was a fair trade - he was using some of Tsuna's and so, Tsuna could some of his.

(In his mind, he wondered just what did he use the blackmail for?)

(Tsuna would never tell Reborn how he started collecting blackmail material by accident and then decided to continue to put Ienari in such embarassing positions just to collect those. Ah, good times even though he got a beating after.)

"REBORN! WHAT WAS THAT?!" Ienari asked running downstairs... half-naked?

Tsuna turned towards Reborn questioning, *Please tell you took a picture right?*

Reborn smirked; tilting his fedora downwards to hide his amusement. "Of course I did, Dame-Tsuna."

"STOP IGNORING ME!" Ienari screeched.

"Dame-Nari, don't scream at me," Reborn said kneeing him in the face. "Second, go eat breakfast." Ienari grumbled under his breath.

Then he looked at Tsuna, "Oi Dame-Tsuna, how long will you stay there. Hurry up and leave." He growled; not getting a reaction from the said-person. "Or do you want that to happen again?"

Now that had Tsuna frozen in his tracks and paled considerably before hurrying outside. He however, made sure to pick up the two bentos; one wrapped in purple cloth while the other in orange.

Reborn, who was listening and watching the twins interaction was curious and angry. Curious for Tsuna's reaction and angry for Ienari's behavior.

Reborn gripped his spoon tighter. The Sawada Household was certainly interesting especially the twins.

One twin just happened to more interesting than the other. Yes, he'll enjoy his stay here, Reborn thought.

(He would have never thought that he would want to kill that twin just because of all the problems that bast- nope, not thinking that again.)

Tsuna ran quickly to Namimori Middle School - wanting to get away from Ienari. Despite having the memories, it did not change the fact that he was a 14 year old Tsunayoshi with almost no support from anyone.

(Or rather he did but did not want to put them in danger or oust their plan so easily too. Vongola would never let a possible(?) heir go.)

Regardless, he didn't want to go through that. It would break him forever. If he hadn't been there- no, not thinking about that.

God, he wanted him here now. Even since receiving his memories, there was a time frame where his mental condition was worsening. It didn't help that he couldn't believe in it, actually he still had trouble believing in these-

WHACK!

Though, he was lost in his thoughts, it seemed that his body moved automatically to protect himself from the incoming tonfa.

(Did he forget to say that he was friends with the prefect? Yes, well now you know.)

"Omnivore, why are you an hour early?" asked the prefect of Namimori, Hibari Kyoya.

Surprisingly, he was his first friend in this world - well from his guardians. He had other hidden friends before him.

*Ienari woke up early and told me to... you know...*

"Hn," Hibari said as usual in his usual sour mode.

*That's right, Kyoya. Here, your bento,* Tsuna "said" to Kyoya while giving him the bento wrapped in purple cloth.

"Hn."

Tsuna beamed. *Your welcome*

"Hn. Go to class, Omnivore," Kyoya said as he petted Tsuna's head and then left.

Tsuna inwardly chuckled at his ex-cloud guardian's action. Truthfully, other than Reborn, Kyoya was the one who was awesome at figuring out what he wanted to say with just his eyes and body language.

(10 years later, Byakuran would complain about why was it that Kyoya could understand him so well, when he was the one who was so anti-social.)

School went by quite peaceful.

For once, there weren't many people that decided to bully him today and he didn't know if it was good thing or a bad thing. Though, he was basking in this peaceful atmosphere and was hoping that his sore ribs would get the time to heal - his bullies had gone a bit far yesterday.

But if his memory served him right, then something big will happen soon.

As he headed towards his locker, he saw people heading towards the gym, muttering about who they think will win in the match. Tsuna sighed an inaudible sigh.

Opening his locker, he noticed a note... from his brother.

(His HI was going crazy because for one, his brother never left notes. If he wanted something, he would go straight up to him and demand it. And two, isn't this a bit too old fashioned?! There are phone messages for a reason!

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Was it sad that he was more worried about the second problem than the first one?)

Come to the gym after school
-Ienari.

Puzzled, Tsuna headed to the gym getting a bad feeling.

As he opened the doors, he heard cheers. Cheers... for him... WHAT?!

"Go Ienari! Show Mochida his place!"

'Wait, they think I'm Ienari?!'

Somewhere above, where Reborn was observing, he muttered, "Tch, you left the responsibility to your clueless brother. Dame-Nari, I'll triple your training..."

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"...Though, this is a good chance to see Tsuna's capabilities."

Oh well, its beneficial to him anyways.

Tsuna was shocked. Not only was he being set-up by his brother (why was he so surprised?), he was sure that Reborn was watching him. 'Damn, why me?!'

Somewhere in the crowd, Kyoko was nervous, "Tsuna-kun..."

(Kyoko would keep denying it but there was a time where she actually liked Tsuna but would never get the courage to confess because she didn't wanted to destroy their small friendship they had. No matter how much the rest encouraged her - she would just take it to her grave.)

"What are you waiting for, Ienari?! Come up and fight like a man!"

Tsuna desperately wanted to clear up the misunderstanding but he didn't speak. He was mute in front of them. 'Why am I the only one who always get in trouble?'

(He was also sorely disappointed in the fact that nobody realized that he was Tsuna and not Ienari, thank you very much. He wasn't that similar to Ienari anyways!)

"Haha! What's wrong, cat got your tongue? What a loser! Oh well, let me remind you that Kyoko is the prize! Of course, since I'm stronger than you, Kyoko will be mine!"

This was starting to get on Tsuna's nerve. He already knew that Mochida was a spineless idiot but seriously claiming a human as a prize ? He was already annoying in the other world and was just as annoying, if not more, in this one.

In the end, he sighed and went over to the practice swords; completely ignoring the shinai that was ready for him. If it wasn't for his parallel self's memories, he would have never realized that those were heavier than others.

Everyone froze as he began testing the one best for him. This started to make some uneasy especially Mochida. Once, Tsuna found the one that best suited him, he went to the stage standing in front of Mochida.

"H-Here's your armor, S-Sawada-san," some members of the club said hesitantly. Tsuna, however, ignored it and waved them off.

Mochida gritted his teeth, clearly worried of what will happen. But, he still has the judge on his side, so he gets to make the last call.

"Get ready, Sawada!" Mochida said as he got ready. Tsuna, being the silent guy he is, just got ready.

(This certainly brought more questions and doubt in the minds of the audience. Ienari was loud so why wasn't he speaking?!)

Before the whistle sounded though, Kyoya came, "Hold it herbivores."

Tsuna could only raise an eyebrow questionably while Mochida stilled. Kyoya walked up to the paling judge and said, "You, herbivore, if you cheat, I will bite you to death! Also, the herbivore that loses will be bitten to death by me."

(Ah, of course - Kyoya never liked cheating herbivores...)

Mochida cursed in his head. His last of hope of victory was lost. No matter, he would still win. He was, after all, stronger than Sawada. And if his hunch was correct, this was the dame twin - he hadn't spoken a word.

He heard the whistle and did not even wait for Tsuna to be ready and attacked him continuously; attempting to get a point.

However, Tsuna was perfectly defending himself and was starting to be bored by the non-existent fight Mochida was putting up. From the corner of his eyes, he spotted Kyoko sitting there looking worried, Yamamoto looking with sharp eyes, Onii-san looking excited and Kyoya watching his movements carefully.

'This is boring...'

(Somewhere in his mind, he was wondering what had happened to him that he was thinking that a fight like this was boring. He was blaming Reborn.)

'Speaking of Reborn...'

He looked towards Reborn (seriously how can no-one see him?!) and shook his head clearly saying to not shoot that damn, dying will bullet !

Once he thought that he had wasted too much of his precious time (why did this sound like Mammon?) catering to Mochida's failing pride, he went offensive. It was then, that Tsuna got an opening and attacked Mochida's Do with enough strength that pushed him back.

For a while, everyone was silent and Kyoya eyed the judge who hadn't raised the flag.

"Herbivore, flag," he said as he brandished his tonfas from nowhere. (Tsuna wondered if his suits was like Lambo's hair or like Byakuran's dimensional pocket where he stored his marshmallows?)

"S-Sawada wins!" stuttered the judge, clearly petrified from Hibari standing near him. Of course, that was when everyone got over their shock and had started cheering for the brunet.

'Do they even know it's me? Dame-Tsuna?' Tsuna thought while rolling his eyes.

"HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?!" came a voice from behind. "YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO LOSE!"

(Does he realizes that it would have lowered his reputation down? ...The Idiot.)

"Dame-Tsuna?" somebody in the crowd whispered.

"No, Dame-Tsuna doesn't speaks... then that means he is Ienari!"

"Then... if Ienari is here who was fighting Mochida?" asked a random student.

Everyone turned their heads towards the other brunet who was putting back the equipment neatly. Then, he noticed the attention was on him so he turned around towards Mochida and bowed. Everybody sweat dropped.

'Why is he bowing?!'

"Wait a minute! So it really is Dame-Tsuna?!" exclaimed Mochida.

"Yeah, is that a problem?" asked Ienari clearly not interested.

"Actually yes, there is. You should have told me! I would have made the match harder!" claimed Mochida.

"But you lost in the first round," Ienari retorted.

"Wait a second, does that mean that Kyoko belongs to Dame-Tsuna?!" exclaimed Mochida horrified.

Everyone quietened down and turned towards the forgotten brunet... only to find he was not there.

"...Where did he go?!" someone in the crowd exclaimed.

"Herbivores, get back to class otherwise I'll bite you to death!" This caused everybody to snap back into reality. Of course, the demon prefect had to be still here!

Inside the gym, everyone cleared the area in a matter of seconds while Mochida was pale. Why? Because Hibari said the loser would be bitten to death by him!

He brandished his metal tonfas and advanced towards the pale Mochida who was also about to pee in his pants.

"W-Wait, Hibari-sempai! I didn't fight with the correct person!"

"For disrupting the peace of Namimori, I will bite you to death!"

Inside, a shrill scream could be heard but yet no-one payed attention to it; knowing they will be the victims too if they interfere.

"Tsuna-kun! Wait a minute!" called Kyoko, running after the silent brunet.

Tsuna stopped in his tracks and turned around while taking out something to write on. "U-Uhm, Tsuna-kun, a-arigatou..."

Tsuna shook his head and wrote [I'm sorry for not saying anything, Sasagawa-san. I have no intention of... you know...]

Kyoko after reading this, smiled. "Call me Kyoko, Tsuna-kun."

Tsuna looked slightly taken aback before he nodded. While he was putting his stuff away, Kyoko spoke again.

"Uhm, T-Tsuna-kun, c-can we be f-friends?" she asked slightly hesitant. She wanted to be friends with Tsuna-kun for quite a while now. But was always afraid that it would get the brunet in trouble, well in more trouble than he already is. She could see the slight bruising that he had hid from concealer and felt her heart pang.

She also felt weird around him; like a familiar bond was around them.

Tsuna smiled and nodded his head. This made Kyoko brighten up too. "Then, see you tomorrow, Tsuna-kun!"

(Maybe it was here that the slight crush of Kyoko's began but she was never sure when it exactly started.)

The duel, as Reborn thought, was interesting. He got to observe the older twin and noted his strength. He was sure he was holding back considering how he made it look like it was a piece of cake.

Though Reborn was, once again, perplexed by the enigma named Sawada Tsunayoshi. The reports said he was clumsy, tripped over air, and was bad at studies. Yet, all of those seemed forced now; as if he holding back on purpose.

Though he had learned not to trust the reports (he had burned them - especially Tsunayoshi's with such a vengeance that the devil, himself, would have been alarmed), he was still skeptic. In a way, the reports had managed to build an useless image of the older twin and his pride was now taking a bit of damage whenever something happened that was out of his control.

Not to mention, the result of the duel intrigued him more. He was certain that Tsuna knew where he was hiding. It also seemed that Tsuna was aware that Reborn was about to shoot him the Dying Will Flame. Was that why he shook his head in denial so that he doesn't shoots?

Well, that certainly worked though. He was thrown off guard. Not expecting Tsuna to react like that.

"I'll figure you out Sawada Tsunayoshi," he promised himself.

As he filed the observations he made, he called someone back in Italy to evaluate his student and possibly gain a guardian. But first, he needed to tort- I mean tutor his student. Maybe he should ask Tsuna about certain tips. He needs variety which seems to be severely lacking.

"Let's have some fun, Dame-Nari..."

Author's Note: The 4th chapter will be posted sometime next week! Beta Read by Midnight Coffin and A.N-Miyazawa