Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn.

Helpers

As Tsuna walked in the first thing he quickly notice was Lambo's big Afro coming right at him. Launching his long awaited attack, the little toddler screamed at the top of his lungs, frightening Tsuna where he stood as Lambo jumped to his face. Letting out a high-pitched "HII!" Gokudera rushed in to see what seemed to be the problem.

"Stupid cow! Get out of the way! We have something serious to take care of!" he says angrily, as he grabbed the little baby by his hair and threw him at the bottom of the stairs.

"Oh, welcome back Tsuna." his mother greeted him as she walked from the living room. "I see you brought in everyone today." She said as they all walked in, excusing themselves for the intrusion. "I'll bring up some snacks up for you."

"A-Actually… we're going to see if we can somehow help out Reborn." Tsuna told him mom with a worried face.

"Well isn't that thoughtful of everyone!" she said happily. "Then please take care of him. Hopefully you can make him get better." Nana said smiling at them as they headed to Tsuna's room. As they enter they make sure not to disturb Reborn. They then noticed him breathing heavily and sweat pouring down his baby face. The girls gasped at the sight of Reborn in pain and quickly reacted.

"We'll get a wet towel for him so he can cool down." Haru said and in an instant she and Kyoko ran off downstairs to Nana. The boys then turned at one another, each of them awkwardly staring; not knowing what to do. It was a few moments later that Gokudera shook his head and broke the uncomfortable silence.

"Tenth! If I may, can I show you the fruit of my research." he asked, bowing down in front of Tsuna. The boy dumbly nodded. Gokudera smiled with pride and swiftly reached for one of the books he carried, while walking over to the small baby. Flipping through the pages of the books he mumbled under his breath. He then stopped at a page and turned to his boss. "Tenth, you won't happen to have any honey and garlic?" he asked in a serious tone.

"I can go ask Mama." Yamamoto offered and began walking to the door. However, when opening the door, out came Haru and Kyoko with a small bundle of towels and a bowl of water. "Whoa!" he cried and dodged the girls. "Careful." he said smiling before leaving.

"This should help Reborn's fever for now." Haru said as she placed one of the towels on Reborn's forehead.

"Has Reborn eaten anything lately, Tenth?" Gokudera asked. Thinking, Tsuna pondered for a while before he shook his head. The Italian boy sighed before he turned his head to the girls. "Women go to the kitchen and make something for Reborn." he said dryly.

Haru frowned at his rudeness. "You could ask more kindly you know!"

Gokudera, angered by her remark, was about to snap back, but gets cut off by Tsuna politely and shyly saying, "Could you make something for Reborn, please?" He blushed, realizing that he was also asking Kyoko do to something. Smiling, Kyoko and Haru nod.

"Of course! Anything for you Tsuna!" Haru said with a big grin. They quickly head out of the room and go back downstairs again.

"And tell that baseball freak to hurry up!" Gokudera cried out.

From Tsuna's bed, Ryohei grabbed his chin in thought. Within a few seconds the boy jumped up from his seat and cried, "I have an idea!" Before Gokudera could protest of whatever his empty head have half concocted, Ryohei pushed the Italian boy out of the way and situated himself next to Reborn's bed. Clearing his throat, the boxing player asked, "What's brown and sticky?" Tsuna and Gokudera looked at each other, confused at what the older boy was doing. "A Stick!" he said with a smile. However, that smile slowly faded when nothing happened. "Hm, that one always gets Kyoko. Ok, ok, what's a bear with out teeth called?"

Before Ryohei could finish, Tsuna asked, "What are you doing, big brother?"

"I remember hearing that laughter is the best medicine," he said before setting his face straight. "What kind of room has no walls?"

Gokudera pinched the bridge of his nose as he heard the sun guardian's lame jokes. He was oblivious with the difference between real founded cures versus fake home remedies. "This isn't the time for your stupid jokes Lawn head!" Gokudera cried.

Before Ryohei could defend that his joke weren't stupid and that they did work, Reborn opened on of his eyes and said, "What are you three doing?" The boys froze in place as they heard the weak Arcobaleno. "Those puns of yours won't get a laughter out of me."

"How are you feeling, Reborn?" Tsuna quickly asked.

"Come here, Tsuna," the baby requested. And just as the boy came closer, Reborn jabbed his tiny fingers into Tsuna's eyes. Ignoring his student's cries of pain and Gokudera's worried shrieks of "Tenth!" Reborn glared at them. "As you can see I'm fine." But as he said that his body betrayed him and ended up coughing. The Hitman said nothing to retort of his condition and went back to sleep. The three of them looked at each other, their worry growing as time passed by.

"We have to do something, to the extreme!" Ryohei cried out in.

"Would you shut up!" Gokudera hissed in annoyance. "This isn't a place where you can yell out, especially since this is serious!" He slowly gets up in frustration. Tsuna then starts waving his hands around telling them not to fight.

It was then that Yamamoto walked in with the ingredients Gokudera asked for. The boy blinked at the scene before him and immediately said, "Calm down, guys. Reborn's still asleep. He's not going to get any better with you arguing." He then hands Gokudera the items with a smile.

Flustered, he grabs them from the boy and kneels next to the baby. He then takes a small bottle from his bag and adds honey into it. Next, getting a scalpel from the bag, he cuts the garlic into small pieces and adds them to the bottle with the honey. Finally, he mixed the two together, until he was satisfied with what he made. He looked at Ryohei; handed him a spoon and instructed him. "Take the honey and see if you can give him a spoonful. Let's if that'll help him." The boxer nodded and did as he was told.

However, when he had the spoon near Reborn's lips, the baby moved his head away from the utensil. Ryohei grunted before he tried again. But like before Reborn managed to move away from the spoon. Somehow the baby was able to move away wherever Ryohei's hand was. It would seem as though he knew where the spoon was coming from.

After three minutes of trying he cried, "I can't do this! This is annoying to the extreme!"

Gokudera said nothing as he noted how Ryohei's attempt to give the baby a spoonful of honey resulted. He then went back to his bag and took out an eyedropper. Next he absorbed the honey-garlic remedy with the eyedropper. Ignoring the confused looks given to him, he moves to Reborn and gently dropped the remedy into his mouth. But missed as the baby moved away once again. Tsuna closed his eyes, hoping that maybe the boy might succeed on making the baby better. Looking back, Gokudera then moved quickly as he could with the eyedropper, and by chance he was able to put the eyedropper in his mouth and emptied it. He held his breath for a moment before sighing and nodding to his boss in success. Ryohei screamed in joy and fist pumped the air. Yamamoto then leans in and puts his arm on Gokudera, and smiled at Tsuna, as he lets out a big sigh.

Reborn's eyes then open, startling the four boys. They made no movement as the baby coughed out the concoction. After the Mafioso stopped coughing, he slowly turned his head and gave them a blank expression. Tsuna bit his lip, hoping that Reborn wasn't going to do anything; that being the lest likely. However, the baby did nothing to them but stare. Yamamoto, then felt a sudden chill go down his spine as the room slowly got cold. His knit his brows as he sensed a strong killing intent come from the baby.

"Soup's done!" Yamamoto blinked as the room went back to normal with the feeling of danger absent. Haru's smile was gone as she saw the boys standing still in place. "Hahi? What's wrong?"

The guys shook their daze off and turned to see the girls and Nana in the room. Mama spotted the Hitman awake and smiled. "Ah Reborn, you're up." She then turned to the boys. "You can leave the rest to me. You all take a break downstairs, now, you deserve it." She said smiling at them. As they all exit the room, they hear the doorbell ring. They each look at each other for they know no one's missing among them. They then hear a loud cry.

"VOOI! Vongola brat! We got some things to talk about!"