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ALSO. SLIGHT SPOILERS FOR SOME ANIME, LIKE THE MID OF DEATH NOTE. There's some other anime references, but they're mostly just brief description.
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Chapter 4: The Sadistic Mafiaso Home Tutor Baby
Being mentally weak and submissive, Tsuna had no choice but to accept the baby as his tutor. For now, at least.
Tsuna opened the door and gestured for Reborn to go in.
The baby did so, even without sparing Tsuna a glance.
That egoistic baby.
Was Tsuna so pathetic that even babies didn't bother to acknowledge him?
The brunette was about to enter his room before noticing Reborn was just standing near the door, back faced to Tsuna.
Reborn carefully yet quickly glanced through the entire room, needing to understand his student.
The brunette's room wasn't as Reborn had expected. He was expecting a messy room with bits of dirty clothes thrown here and there, books in the corner gathering dust, and maybe even some dirty magazines to represent Tsuna's puberty level hidden somewhere.
Instead, the room was bombarded by manga of various categories, anime DVD and some blu-rays, posters and some nendroids.
You can't judge my hobbies…Tsuna felt self-conscious after a few minutes of tensed silence, but couldn't bring himself to break it, being shy and all.
Reborn walked towards a bookshelf and observed it.
I've heard some Japanese teens would be obsessed with these comics. I didn't think he would be one. Reborn thought.
When the baby picked up a Miku figurine, Tsuna promptly forgot his shyness and squeaked out, "Don't damage it!"
Reborn turned around with an amused smirk. "You get defensive over a bunch of toys, but you say nothing when you were bullied?"
'What? How did he know about today?' Tsuna thought to himself.
He tried thinking back; surely Reborn didn't know what school he was in unless Nana told him?
How did Reborn know about Mochida without catching attention to himself? A baby in suit with a chameleon was needless to say, was bound to arouse some curiosity.
"Wh-what are you talking a-about?"
"Not even going to hide the marks when making that statement?"
Tsuna suddenly realized the hand marks on his neck. He immediately pulled his collars up and covered his neck.
Tsuna was scared at how Reborn really did seem a lot different from what you would expect from his age.
"You still have a lot to learn." Reborn let out a sigh. "I'm not going to beat around the bush, dame-Tsuna."
"H-how did you know about that…?" Tsuna was pretty sure his nickname was only given by Mochida and that was just today.
Reborn was already irritated at Tsuna's questions which seemed obvious to the baby. So he kicked the brunette's abdomen, making the latter fall onto the ground.
"Agh!" Getting hit several times already in one day? Tsuna was wondering if he was stuck in some manga that would make the rest of his life miserable.
Reborn stayed standing at Tsuna's stomach, looking at the brunette with what Tsuna thought to be the cockiest look ever.
"I'm hardly just a petty home tutor of a scam."
Tsuna held back a scoff.
"I'm a hitman hired by a boss to train you to become the next mafia boss."
Tsuna's indifferent expression soon changed to a shocked one.
"W-wh-what?"
If it weren't for the fact the baby had somehow managed to flip him over, Tsuna would probably go to his mother to chase Reborn out. (It's not like the cowardly brunette could do it himself anyway)
But there is a limit when you play pranks, you know. But Tsuna didn't dare to voice out this thought.
"I-I'm not as stupid as n-not being able to d-differentiate the 2-D world with re-reality, o-okay..."
The expression on Reborn darkened.
Before Tsuna knew it, Reborn kicked him to the ground in one swift motion and pointed a pistol to his forehead.
"The mafia is not to be kid with."
Tsuna felt his blood ran cold, he couldn't even move his body, petrified with fear. The pistol looked too realistic for it to be a fake and even made a sound when Reborn cocked it.
Satisfied with the reaction, Reborn got off Tsuna with a smirk. "I hope you won't disappoint me, dame-Tsuna."
The brunette panicked when Reborn was leaving the room. Tsuna shot up. "W-whe-where are you going?!"
"Downstairs. Don't ask the obvious."
"W-what's with your g-gun?!" Tsuna didn't want Reborn to shoot his mother dead.
Reborn turned around, looking creepily innocent. "Huh? What gun?" Reborn opened up his palms and no guns were present, only the green chameleon on his right hand.
"H-huh…?" Was it just my imagination?
"This is Leon, by the way." Reborn said before turning back.
Tsuna tried standing up, but his legs literally felt like jelly, so he fell back down.
Ugh, what is happening?
But despite all that, he felt he could trust Reborn to at least to not harm his mother dearest.
I'm just crazy, I know it.
Nana saw the baby walking downstairs, just in time for breakfast. "Reborn-kun?" She called out.
"Yes, Sawada-san?" Reborn answered with a professional tone.
The woman chuckled.
"Just call me maman." She added, "Do you get along with Tsu-kun? He's such a shy child, I'm worried about him."
"Don't worry, maman. I'll make sure dame-Tsuna open up in the future."
"Dame-Tsuna? Is that a nickname you made for him? How cute!" Nana giggled. They barely knew each other for half an hour and they're already that close!
When Tsuna arrived at the dinner table, he half-expected Reborn to do something, well, mafia-like.
But instead he saw Nana babying Reborn.
"Say 'aahhh', Reborn-kun." Nana cooed while holding a spoon near Reborn's mouth.
Reborn shook his head. "I can do it myself, maman."
Tsuna felt his heart prickled and a wave of jealousy washed over him.
But, not wanting to get on the dangerous baby's bad side, Tsuna simply took the seat furthest away and ate his meal silently.
Reborn noticed the slight gleam of jealousy in Tsuna's usually dead eyes.
"Ah, maman, I would like a glass of water."
"Okay!" Nana left the room.
"Dame-Tsuna." Reborn called.
Tsuna swallowed at the serious look on Reborn.
"Accept it." Reborn demanded.
"Huh?" Accept what? My fate? I still don't get the whole mafia thing.
"Accept the challenge."
Tsuna realized Reborn was talking about Mochida's kendo challenge. He shouldn't be surprised that Reborn knew about it, but still.
"W-what- h-how…" Tsuna stuttered, lost for words.
"A boss will defeat any obstacles in his way." Reborn glared at Tsuna when the latter opened his mouth to protest, effectively silencing him.
"You can't depend on others to protect you or you will always be dame-Tsuna."
But instead of a nervous squeak like Reborn had expected, Tsuna uttered out a firm, "No."
Tsuna felt bad when he saw the look in Reborn.
Wait, why should I even feeling bad that he's disappointed?
Ao_no_Usagi is online
Tuna27 is online
Ao_no_Usagi:
How's school? I made like, tons of friends!
Tuna27:
Mine is the complete opposite.
Ao_no_Usagi:
So… little friends?
Tunay27:
None.
Ao_no_Usagi:
You know, you remind me of Kuroki Tomoko*.
*Kuroki Tomoki: The girl initially thought she could become mega popular once she ges into high school (Like those characters do in manga. But she finds it much harder in reality and tries countless attempts to socialize and fails in the end because of her social anxieties issues.
Tuna27:
I'll consider that as a compliment.
Tuna27:
…
Ao_no_Usagi:
Okay, I think somebody's upset here.
Ao_no_Usagi:
Tell senpai what's wrong.
Tuna27:
My mum just hired a home tutor for me.
Ao_no_Usagi:
Wow!
Ao_no_Usagi:
Warning! Warning! We have a rich kid here!
Tuna27:
What, no!
Tuna27:
He's probably just a con artist, I don't know.
Ao_no_Usagi:
Isn't that a bit dangerous?
Tuna27:
Maybe. And he's really scary.
Ao_no_Usagi:
Where's he now?
Tuna27:
In my house. No idea where though.
Ao_no_Usagi:
Yikes!
Ao_no_Usagi:
Having a total stranger in your house must be nerve-wrecking!
Tuna27:
It's not only nerve-wrecking. He flipped me onto ground just after we met.
Ao_no_Usagi:
Are you sure you're not mixing the whole even up with an anime?
Tuna27:
No!
Ao_no_Usagi:
People tend to do that sometimes, they say.
Tuna27:
They're all true, I swear.
Tuna27:
Not only is he crazy strong and a baby…
Ao_no_Usagi:
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Tuna27:
He claims he's from the maf
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Ao_no_Usagi:
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Ao_no_Usagi:
…
Ao_no_Usagi:
… Still waiting for your reply…
Ao_no_Usagi:
…
Tuna27:
Sorry. I have to sleep now, talk with you soon. Goodnight.
Ao_no_Usagi:
But you just got here!
Tuna27 is offline
Ao_no_Usagi:
…
Ao_no_Usagi:
Fine.
Ao_no_Usagi is offline
"Gossiping about me online already, dame-Tsuna? It's no good to reveal my identity, you know."
Reborn smirked at Tsuna, who was on the floor all beat up with his back facing the ceiling.
"W-what did you d-do to me?! I-I was in the m-middle of a conversation!"
Tsuna tried moving his battered arms and feet, but he could only move his mouth. All he knew was that the baby suddenly popped out from nowhere and started slamming his head onto his keyboard, followed by some kicks and punches.
"A-and what did y-you type in there?!"
Reborn ignored Tsuna and answered his earlier question."Just pressed some pressure points to numb your whole body. Don't worry."
"T-that's-"
"You're full of opening; it's unfitting for a mafia boss." Reborn sighed. "I will take note of teaching you basics of pressure points."
"Why wo-would I ne-need to kno-"
"Why wait? Let's begin now." Reborn clapped his hand twice to catch Tsuna's attention. "The medulla oblongata is at the back of your neck; top of the spinal cord."
Tsuna stayed silent, waiting Reborn to do something.
"If you apply enough force onto your medulla oblongata, you can make the person lose conscious. If too much force is applied, it may cause death."
Tsuna didn't like where this was going.
"Since I believe experience is worth much more than boring old lessons, I shall demonstrate now."
Before he knew it, Tsuna felt a force on the back of his neck.
The whole world went black for him.
The next day
"EEEEEKK!"
Tsuna shot wide awake upon hearing his mother's shriek. He saw Reborn at the window observing what was happening downstairs.
The brunette rushed downstairs in panic and saw her outside the house, on her knees with a pile of clothes beside her.
"Kaa-chan!" He slammed the door opened.
"Ah, Tsu-kun?" Nana smiled. "Morning! Sorry if I woke you up, it's still pretty early-"
Tsuna grabbed Nana's hands to pull her up on her feet. When doing so, he noticed that her hands were sticky and now that he looked closely, Nana was drenched with eggs.
"W-what happened?!"
Nana chuckled. "Somebody just dropped some eggs, no big of a deal."
He rushed quickly outside, hoping to catch the suspects.
His eyes widened in shock. He saw about three silhouettes in slightly familiar clothing. Isn't that Namimori Middle's school uniform?
But his mother's well-being was more important than catching the bastards.
Tsuna saw Reborn besides Nana.
"Are you alright, maman?"
"Yes. Sorry to worry you, Reborn-kun." Nana said apologetically.
"Kaa-chan, I'll take care of the laundry." Tsuna said.
Nana seemed hesitant at first, but she was touched by her son's kindness. "Alright, Tsu-kun." My boy's such a dependable boy now. She was swelled up in pride and joy at the thought.
Tsuna separated the dirty and the clean clothes. He did the laundry albeit slowly, because of his slight klutz self and his mind clouded with thoughts.
"I'm sure you're not as dense as to not being able to figure out who is responsible for the prank, dame-Tsuna." Reborn stated in a stoic tone.
Tsuna didn't say anything and continued doing his job silently.
"You can never run away from a challenge, dame-Tsuna."
Snap!
Tsuna had accidentally snapped a clothes clipper into pieces out of anger. He threw the pieces away carelessly and continued on.
Just when will Reborn stop quoting Mochida already?!
Tsuna walked slowly to his class slowly, still thinking about today's incidence.
No matter how you think about it, it's obviously Mochida to blame.
He really wanted to tell Mochida off, but the cowardice side of him keeps telling him to forget it and let bygones be bygones.
But Mochida should really get a lesson- No, you're not hero. But can't I just try? No. You're just dame-Tsuna.
Tsuna tried shaking off the mental argument he was with having himself.
He let his passive self win when he decided to just forget about the whole thing.
"Hey! Dame-Tsuna!"
Tsuna was whirled around rudely and he saw Mochida with some of his seems-to-be friends, who Tsuna named them as the background characters, behind him.
"What says the wimp about the fight?" Mochida asked.
"I-I re-refu-" Tsuna cut himself short when he heard the background characters' whispers.
"What? He's still backing down even after the prank?"
"Hahaha, what a wuss!"
"Shh, you don't want him to hear!"
"Who cares, he's dame-Tsuna!"
Tsuna smacked Mochida's hand away from him.
They were surprised at Tsuna's action.
Mochida was about to get angry, but then he saw the furious look on Tsuna.
The kendo captain let a smirk crept out his face. So even his dead eyes can be lighted sometimes. "I take it you accept the challenge, dame-Tsuna."
Mochida turned around, not bother to look back.
"I'll see you after school in the dojo. Don't you dare chicken out!"
"What- seriously?"
"Dame-Tsuna's gonna fight?!"
Tsuna stayed on still where Mochida left him. He glared at the ground, trying to calm himself down before he does something he knew he would regret.
I'll kill you, Mochida
Reborn, who had been outside the window, was able to witness the whole scene before him. He was glad that Tsuna had accepted the challenge; a coward who backs down in the face of obstacles for a future mafia boss was simply no good.
Reborn was upset at himself for not being able to protect Nana from harm, even if it's just a measly prank.
Perhaps the peaceful state of Namimori was a façade, but that was probably just Reborn being paranoid.
"So, hurricane bomber, I take it you like being here in Namimori?" Reborn faced the back of Gokudera Hayato, who was smoking at the rooftop.
Gokudera turned around in shock, not used to having people sneak up on him without him noticing.
"Ah, but of course, you're probably not here for sight-seeing, right?"
Gokudera glared at the baby. "Who the hell are you?" He bit down on his cigar. No one was supposed to know the nickname.
"I'm just a home tutor hired for a dame student." Reborn answered simply with an innocent smile that could fool everyone but the teen present there.
"Just what is your real purpose here, hurricane bomber?" Reborn asked.
Glaring, Gokudera replied, "None of your business."
"It is if it has something to do with the decimon."
The statement shocked Gokudera. Surely he wasn't discovered of his true intentions already?
"Who is the decimo?! Is he your student?!" Gokudera demanded an answer.
Reborn was of course unfazed by Gokudera's sudden outburst.
"Cast aside your previous mission. It's impossible with me here." Reborn had a pretty good idea Gokudera's true intention of coming to Namimori. "I have a new one for you."
Willing himself to calm down, he asked, "What is it?"
"I'm sure you've heard about the fight in the dojo this noon."
Gokudera mentally groaned as he was reminded of the event earlier.
Just hours ago
"Gokudera-kun, did you know? Tsuna's gonna fight Mochida-senpai!" A girl was clinging desperately onto the silver head.
"He's such a weakling though."
Another girl practically pushed the other away. "It's going to be held at the dojo later! Want to sit together?"
The other admirers of the delinquent immediately protested.
"No fair!"
"I wanted to ask him!"
Gokudera took this as a chance to leave while they were distracted. It was lunch break and all he wanted was to take a drag on his cigarette at the rooftop like usual.
Besides, he had no idea who this Tsuna was nor did he care if he gets pummeled to death.
Present
"I want you to prevent any severe injuries from happening." Because god knows, Tsuna might just actually kill Mochida if Reborn carries out the plan he had in mind.
"And what do I get?"
Reborn smiled. "You'll have a higher chance to get accepted into the Vongola."
So one of them is Decimo? Gokudera let the thought sink before answering. "I'll do it."
"Take this just in case."
Reborn slid a taser across the floor to Gokudera. You could never be too careful after all.
The teen picked it up without much thought. He doubted he would need it though.
It was finally the time the students had all been waiting for.
As time passed, Tsuna's determination of defeating Mochida faded away and eventually, it was gone.
I shouldn't have accepted the challenge. I really shouldn't have.
Tsuna began lamenting his mistake and thought about how he was going to escape from this horrid situation.
I'm not the protagonist of a manga. I don't have any super strength or power to help me!
Finally deciding to just run back home while throwing away his pride, Tsuna turned around and headed for the main gate.
Before he was actually able to escape, Reborn had delivered a good kick to the brunette's abdomen; resulting the latter to back away in pain.
"En-enough already!"
"Where do you think you're going?" Reborn asked dangerously. "A boss must always be punctual."
"B-but-"
"If you dare run away and shame the name of your famiglia, I'll make sure that you suffer slowly and painfully every single moment I see you."
Reborn walked back into the school, presumably to the dojo.
Tsuna gulped; not daring to voice his protest and followed behind Reborn obediently.
As they got nearer and nearer to the dojo, Tsuna couldn't help but get nervous over how empty the hallway was.
It was usually crowded; students usually would be bustling for the curricular activities.
But not today.
They're too excited to watch the brunette get beaten up in public.
Before he knew it, Reborn had snapped Tsuna out of his clouded mind, stating that they had already arrived.
Tsuna was getting more and more doubtful of himself when he peeked through the door.
He saw hundreds of students were there chattering, waiting for the guest of honor to appear. Mochida was there gloating how he would win graciously.
Tsuna leaned against the door, all stressed out.
He looked at the baby. If he was truly his tutor, he might as well treat him like one.
"Re-Reborn, wh-what do I do…?" He looked at the door. "I-I ca-can't fight. He'll s-snap me l-like a t-twig."
Though he had expected this, Reborn couldn't help but to arch an eyebrow at this. This wasn't the brunette who had fearlessly confronted Mochida earlier today.
"Tsuna, do you remember what your mother faced because of this?" When the baby saw Tsuna's eyes flared up a bit, he took it as a sign to continue talking. "Who knows what Mochida could do next time?"
The brunette glared at the door, as if trying to imagine himself making Mochida suffer.
"Th-that's right." He muttered. "I… I wanted to…"
"Kill him."
Reborn frowned at Tsuna's choice of words. A boss shouldn't be lusting for blood with just a few taunting.
But whatever, it was enough to get Tsuna fired up.
Reborn cocked his gun and aimed it at Tsuna's unknowing back.
"Then die."
Mochida, unlike the audiences, was rather glad that Tsuna didn't show up.
That way, he could enjoy watching others looking down at Tsuna for being a coward.
"If dame-Tsuna isn't here…" Mochida paused for dramatic effects.
His teammates leaned in closer.
"That means I win by default!" Mochida let out a roar of laughter. "Kyoko-chan will be mine!"
The younger students scowled in disgust.
"That's low, senpai, even for you."
"Cheap shot."
Mochida glared at them, daring them to speak up again.
Even if Tsuna showed up, he did have some other plans for him.
His armor weighs a ton. The judge's one of my comrades, so he won't be raising dame-Tsuna's flag anytime soon. Mochida cackled inwardly.
Meanwhile, Kyoko, who was standing a bit further, was too worried to even bother to listen to Mochida talking.
"Hana-chan, what do you think happened to Tsuna-kun?"
Hana shrugged. "If he doesn't show up, you're not dating him any time."
Yamamoto was with his group of friends. Though the cheerful idiot was worried for Tsuna, he couldn't help but get excited over the reason for the battle.
They're fighting over a girl in public! How romantic! Being a lover of cliché romance movies since young, his smile brightened up enough to reach miles.
The girls who witnessed it squealed loudly.
Gokudera, who was nearest to the arena, covered his ears and glared at Yamamoto. He's just stupid and smiling for no reason! What the hell is so damn squeal-worthy?!
He had been eyeing Mochida for a while, having suspicions that he was who Gokudera had been looking for the past few days.
I'll gladly kill the Decimo after this mission is over. His hatred for Mochida increased by the fact the male was older than him.
The silver head always did have an irrational hatred over elder people, younger people, people shorter than him, people taller than him or basically anyone.
After a while, most of the students soon started complaining about Tsuna's lateness. They were greatly disappointed, having sacrificed their precious for nothing.
"Is he coming or not?"
"This is wasting my time."
"That's it, I'm leaving."
BANG!
"Kill Mochida with my dying will!"
Everyone flinched at the sudden noise and turned towards the door.
Is he naked? Gokudera's jaw dropped at the brunette who was only in boxers.
Tsuna rushed towards the arena, with his forehead blazed for some reason.
Mochida got up. He didn't need to humiliate the wimp, since he was doing all the work by himself. "Dame-Tsuna! Since you're just a beginner, I'll-"
The kendo captain didn't have any chance to finish his sentence as the semi-naked brunette punched his lower jaw with unspeakable force.
"Never mess with my mother again."
The dojo was pin-drop silent with the unexpected event.
Mochida quickly went into his stance, suddenly feeling doubtful of his victory.
Tsuna delivered a hard kick to Mochida's chest. The latter held his ground and bit back a scream.
The taller male raised his shinai*. He striked hard on Tsuna's head, enough to crack the weapon.
*Shinai: A weapon used in kendo practice to represent the Japanese sword
But instead of recoiling, Tsuna grabbed onto the sword and snapped it into half with his bare hand.
Gokudera sprinted to the arena when he saw Tsuna's hands reached for Mochida's throat with the murderous look he was too familiar with.
The silver head grab hold of Tsuna's body and threw him onto the ground.
Surprisingly, Tsuna got up as if he felt no pain and kept chanting,
"Kill, kill, kill, kill."
Gokudera tried getting Tsuna under control by locking his arms. "You're goddamn insane!" He yelled.
As much as he knew, people weren't supposed to attempt murder when they were just middle school students.
The task Reborn had given wasn't as easy as he thought.
Some students ran down to help, but Gokudera was stubborn to let them lend a hand.
He discreetly took out the taser Reborn gave him and jabbed it into Tsuna's back. He activated it, making sure the power wasn't noticeable to others but strong enough to knock a person unconscious.
But instead of getting shocked and black out as expected, Tsuna still remained thrashing around to get out of Gokudera's tight grip.
Tsuna shook off Gokudera who got caught off guard and dived for Mochida's neck.
Luckily, before he could actually do any harm, the flame on Tsuna's forehead sizzled out and he dropped onto the ground.
Other students quickly surrounded the brunette.
"Is he… okay?"
"I think so- ah! His fingers are twitching!"
The quickly backed away in case Tsuna went crazy again.
Huh…? What happened? Tsuna opened his eyes groggily. His body felt extremely sore and it was painful enough to sit up. Why is everyone staring at me?
He felt a bit chilly. When he looked down, he realized he was only his boxers.
Embarrassment filled Tsuna's mind and he scrambled upwards to run off.
Students let him passed by easily by quickly parting ways for him.
"Mochida-senpai, are you okay?" A teammate of Mochida asked.
The kendo captain was still shocked by well, everything.
Did that wimp of a brunette just beat me up?!
The thought of it was not only humiliating but also frustrating.
Tsubaki offered a hand to him with a tired grin. "You did try."
Offended, he smacked away Tsubaki's hand. "I'm fine."
Mochida was anything but fine. He, the kendo captain who got third in the kendo tournament in Japan, not only lost, but he lost to a weakling who can't even defend himself.
Humiliating was at its worst today for Mochida.
Good thing the others were more focused on the brunette's action than him now.
"That damned dame-Tsuna..." He muttered before limping away.
Thankfully, Tsuna reached his classroom without much trouble. The whole school was almost empty; the students were still at the dojo after all.
Tsuna could prance around in his boxers and no one would know or care.
Instead of doing something that would humiliate himself any further, Tsuna thanked the heavens for there being physical education today, which was a first.
His body was not only sore, literally from head to toe, there was also this weird burnt mark on his back.
He tried not wincing as pain shot through his hand when he took the P.E. clothes out of his bags.
The brunette shot out of his classroom as soon as he was clothed.
He opted to just walk home, but the fear of being found by other students was enough to will himself running.
Tsuna mentally decided to just get back and shut himself in his room for years.
I don't care if I'm a NEET*.
*NEET: Not in Education, Employment or Training.
Tired from running, Tsuna panted as he closed the door behind him. "I-I'm ba-back…"
He looked around and saw no one. Tip-toeing up the stairs, he winced mentally as each muscles felt like they were being burnt.
Tsuna was about to reach for the doorknob of his room but Nana, who just happened to exit her room, gasped when she saw her son. "Tsu-kun! Why are your hands bruised?!"
"I-I-I…"
Tsuna definitely couldn't tell her somehow he ended up naked. He himself didn't know the exact details.
His memory of the fight was vague; a gunshot was heard (that was unsettlingly close to him now that he thought about it), surge of energy rushed through his blood, and by then, he saw Mochida lying on the ground all injured.
"He was just running laps, mama. But he kept tripping." Reborn popped out from behind Tsuna.
Tsuna shrieked, scared witless, to which Reborn smirked at it.
The woman smiled. "Ah, I see." Slight worry etched into her eyes. "Take a bath Tsuna, you're drenched in sweat." She chuckled before leaving to downstairs.
Tsuna turned to Reborn. "W-what happened? I-I was naked- an-and I swear I saw some flames."
Reborn ignored him and instead, kicked the door open and walking into the room.
"W-wh-why-"
"If you want answers, shut up and shut the door." Reborn ordered.
Tsuna did so obediently and sat in front of Reborn, but with a few centimeters between them just to ensure safety.
Noticing the baby seemed like he was waiting, Tsuna started, "Y-you're not a normal tutor, are you?"
Reborn smirked. "Correct. I would be offended if you had actually thought so."
"Wh-why are you he-here?" He's involved with the mafia. But I'm sure kaa-chan and I aren't anywhere near them…
"Well, I'll have to explain from the beginning."
Sometimes I myself am confused about Tsuna's mental state.
Preview of next chapter: (Yes this is true wink wink)
"Gokudera, you freak me out so much."
"Please, tenth! Don't leave me!"
Tsuna turned around dramatically, leaving the heart-broken silverhead alone.
Replies:
Glassed Loner:
I like trolling people too, but I try not to be too mean. :P Basil? That's a good guess. I'm not saying it's right or wrong though! I'm glad that you reviewed even though you must be sick of this rewriting crap. ;=U=
Guest:
They're like one big weird and twisted family. :D
Booklover1209:
I try not to bash Mochida too much though. Like, I bash everyone equally.
Comedy-Neko-Chan:
Yes… Tsuna's probably straight. Though I wonder what you would think after reading the 'preview'. If Tsuna breaks the 4th wall I'm going to push him back forcefully lol.
gabrielatsuki:
Thank you~ v
RikuNo:
We all love the sadistic Reborn-kun, don't we? Awww, thanks dear! Good luck, bro, coz SPM is gonna be crappy.
soulxclous97:
Thank you! For my anime preferences, I normally like comedy, drama, action (not like the characters are fighting 24/7, that's so ugh) and shoujo (Though I'm rather picky with it). Harem is something hard for me to accept though. What about your preferences?
xxreader:
Much more linear? Um, as in it's more focused to one thing? Also, I hope this chapter has slightly hinted Gokudera's reason for his sudden debut and why he just seemed like he disappeared. If not, next chapter will. It's not really an emo background sort of thing though
