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Lily: And Shiro is no longer mad at me!

Shiro: Not completely

Lily: Sorry it took so long. I was actually in the hospital for a long time. To which, I must thank my friend Angel-chan from winterguardianangel24 for recommending my stories while I was away, and allowing me to read other people's updates from her phone whenever she visited me.

Shiro: I guess I owe her, so both of us would like to recommend her stories to you guys. She's put up two so far: Angel or Demon and Twin Dilemma. But she has two more in the wings, unfortunately despite how she acts through her words, she's been feeling really discouraged because she doesn't really get a lot of reviews.

Lily: So please read and review her stories! Angel focus' on OC stories, and they're really good!

Shiro: We thank Suzume, aliagepyon, and treasure family for reviewing this story while Lily was away. Thanks for all the adds and favorites as well.

Lily: I still have a ton of homework to make up since I was gone for so long, so I don't know when I'll be able to update next.

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Chapter 4 Training Regimens

"Alright students!" The last teacher of the day said excitedly as she walked in. "So you all heard about our new 'Big Buddy Program' we're calling it for a lack of a better title. So~, since we have more high school kids than second and third years some of you may have two, or possibly three, high school kids with you!"

'Big Buddy program. What is this, elementary school?' Most students thought in irritation.

The teacher continued, "The student council members from Nami High get first choice, and-"

"Hold it! How come they get to choose?" One of the boys in class asked in frustration.

"Because they're older. Now sit down so I can finish," the teacher somewhat explained. "Anyway, some of the Student Council members have chosen a few of you in this class. So I will now have them announce who they picked!" The teacher signaled to the high school boys waiting outside the door.

Tsuna felt like his stomach dropped through the other side of the earth when he saw the blonde haired boy walk into the room. This was definitely not good. Tsuna wanted to die right then and there, to save himself from whatever agony his intuition was warning him about.

"Hey ya! I'm Sawada Ieyasu, the student council president for Nami High," Giotto told the class. He eyes roamed the class; he ignored the blushing girls, and finally landed on the brunette he had met moments before. Said boy was frowning and staring pointedly out the window, purposely looking anywhere but Giotto. The blond smirked. This was definitely going to be fun.

"Yo! I'm Asari Ugetsu, the secretary!" The Yamamoto look alike smiled.

"I'm the Vice President, G," the red head said shortly.

"Alright!" The female teacher started again. She was obviously happy to have three good looking males in her classroom. "Now that we have finished the introductions, why don't you tell the students which ones you've chosen to assist!"

"I've chosen that brown haired boy over there!" Giotto said immediately and pointed at Tsuna.

Tsuna slammed his head down on the table. But before his classmates could react, Tsuna stood up, slamming his hands down on the table at the same time. "Teacher I object!"

"Why?" The teacher asked confused.

"Because if we're stuck together one of us is going to end up dead," Tsuna practically growled.

"What?..." The female teacher asked with her increasing confusion.

"Because either I'll kill him or I'll kill myself," Tsuna explained.

Tsuna's classmates and teach looked at him in surprise. They had never seen Tsuna talk back to anyone before. Heck, they had never seen him get mad before.

"Sawada-san that's not polite. You should feel honored that the student council president has chosen you," his teacher tried to reason.

Tsuna used his forearms to make and 'X'. "No way! I refuse to be stuck anywhere near that guy!"

"Aah! Come on Tsuna, I can't be that bad," Giotto said, pretending to be hurt.

"I refuse! Any one of these girls would love to be with you, choose one of them instead," Tsuna said frowning at the older blond teenager and waving toward the females in his class.

"Sawada-san, this is not up for debate. You are now partnered with Sawada Ieyasu. Now sit down so that we can continue, or it's detention."

Tsuna looked like he wanted to argue more, but sat back down slowly and silently seethed about his predicament.

"Now please continue!" The teacher turned happily back to the high school students.

"Hey you! Grouchy," G said looking at Gokudera, "Gokudera, I'll be working with you now." The silver haired boy grumbled in response while checking up on his precious Juudaime.

"And I'll be working with you, Yamamoto Takeshi!" Asari said happily. Yamamoto waved happily at his upperclassman.

The three high schoolers went to the back of the room to observe the rest of the lesson and to wait for their younger counterparts.

As soon as the bell rang Tsuna ran out of the room, barely managing a good-bye to his friends in his attempt to escape the blond male.

A hand grabbed Tsuna's collar from behind. "Hold it right there," a stern voice said.

Tsuna turned around to see a Hibari look alike. "Hiiiiiie!" He squealed.

"Hey Alaude! Thanks for catching my partner!" Giotto said as he walked out of the classroom. G and Asari along with their partners walked out behind him.

"Hn," Alaude grunted and pulled Tsuna over to Giotto. Well, he tried to at least. Alaude turned around when the weight in his hand lightened considerably, to see that Tsuna had shrugged out of his yellow school jacket and was running with all his might.

"Ha ha!" Yamamoto laughed, "That was pretty good!"

"Way to go! Good job Juudaime!" Gokudera cheered enthusiastically.

Tsuna slipped off his indoor shoes and pulled on his outdoor shoes as quickly as he could and started to sprint toward the gate. But fate decided to screw him because he was stopped by the extremely vicious prefect.

"Herbivore. No running on school grounds. I will bite you to death for breaking school rules," Hibari threatened as he pulled out his tonfas.

"H-h-h-hold it Hibari-san!" Tsuna begged, "I'm trying to get away from Ieyasu-senpai, Alaude-senpai, and their other friends!"

Said males started toward the two just then.

Hibari stiffened and glared at the approaching males. "Leave now herbivore," he said irritated. Tsuna recognized that this was his chance to escape and thanked Hibari as he ran past. Hibari held up his tonfas facing the older males.

"Hey Alaude, this guy is the one you picked right?" Giotto asked. Alaude gave a noncommittal grunt. "Well then get a handle on your junior."

"I have no interest in fighting the weak," Alaude said shortly.

Hibari started to lunge at his older counterpart, but jumped back as a bullet replaced where he had been standing moments before. The younger males recognized this as Reborn's handy work and looked over to see the hitman sitting on the wall.

Reborn jumped down and walked over to the group. "Hibari, Yamamoto, and Gokudera. We need to have a meeting at Tsuna's place. Get going and make sure you aren't followed."

The older males stared in disbelief and slight amusement. This child had come out of nowhere and was ordering their juniors around. But to their surprise their younger counterparts started to obey him!

"Hold it! Where do you think you are going?" G barked at the boys. "You're supposed to stick with us."

Yamamoto and Gokudera turned around to look at the high school boys, however Hibari ignored them and continued to walk away.

"Sorry senpai, we can't play." Yamamoto said smiling. "If the kid is calling a meeting with everyone, then it's going to be something important."

"Well since I have to find my charge, why don't we all go along? Like we said, we're supposed to stick together," Giotto tried.

"Are you an idiot? Reborn-san said to come alone. Don't stick your noses into our famiglia's business," Gokudera yelled.

"You're not going anywhere without us," G growled.

The air was thick with tension. Any bystander left was clearing the area, sensing a fight coming. Gokudera's hands were inching toward his dynamite and Yamamoto had his hand on the zipper of the bag covering his Shigure Kintoki that was slung across his back. Yamamoto knew that if they made a run for it, they would be unable to get away because of the numerical disadvantage.

"Kufufufu," a creepy laugh came out of nowhere. "It looks like the Arcobaleno was right. You two need help getting away correct." Mukuro materialized between the two groups of males. But before they could react, Mukuro had transported Yamamoto, Gokudera, and himself away with his mist, leaving a stunned set of high school boys.

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Tsuna was breathing hard as he walked into his house after successfully evading the high school student council members. He kicked off his shoes and shuffled slowly up the stairs after yelling a weary greeting to his mother. He opened his door and backpedaled as he was met with the sight of all his guardians, sans Lambo.

"Hiiiiiiee! What the hell! How did all of you beat me here?" Tsuna exclaimed.

Yamamoto laughed. "Mukuro here helped us out."

Gokudera clicked his tongue in irritation and looked away.

"Kufufufu, I was merely curious as to why the Arcobaleno needed my help, and decided to lend my assistance this once."

"Thanks!" Yamamoto said enthusiastically and laughed again.

"What did you want infant?" Hibari called from his perch on the window sill. "I don't like crowding, so make it quick or I'll bite you to death."

Tsuna shivered and turned his attention to Reborn who was sitting on the bed. "Reborn, why did you call everyone to my house?"

"I'm sure you've all seen the members of Nami High's student council correct?" Reborn said, getting straight to the point.

Tsuna started getting a headache from remembering the irritating man he just met. "Yeah, so what?"

Reborn fixed everyone with a stern look. "I'm sure you all recognize them." There was a short silence while they thought.

"Ah! The Vongola's First Generation!" Gokudera shouted.

Reborn nodded.

"But then…why haven't didn't they recognize us?" Tsuna asked.

"I'm not sure." Reborn held his chin between his index and thumb in thought.

"And I'm not entirely sure they're the first generation," Tsuna persisted. "When we met the first generation to get their approval so that we could gain a little more power to fight Byakuran in the future, they seemed more mature and I held no animosity towards them. But when I saw Giotto-senpai today, for some reason, I felt really agitated and he really annoyed me just by looking at him. My hyper intuition was telling me to make a break for it and that that guy would be a pain if I didn't manage to escape."

Reborn studied his student before answering. "I've talked to Nono and we came to the conclusion that the first generation may have been reincarnated."

"But then why did I get so annoyed when he came over to talk to me?" Tsuna questioned.

Reborn just gave a noncommittal shrug. "I don't know. I'm not an irrationally emotional no-good person."

"Reborn!" Tsuna exclaimed. But the young hitman just smirked.

"So does this mean Daemon Spade really was reincarnated?" Yamamoto asked a little seriously.

Reborn nodded causing the group to frown and Chrome to shudder a little bit. "But that doesn't mean he'll try to do what the first generation mist guardian did," Reborn reminded them. "Even if he is a reincarnation, you have to remember that he's a different person… that is, unless he gains the memories of his past life…" Reborn trailed off ominously.

At this, Mukuro and Chrome finally had enough and disappeared in a cloud of mist.

The doorbell downstairs rang a couple times causing the group to quiet down and listen to hear who the visitor or visitors were. There were some muffled words, but nothing distinguishable or a recognizable tone. When they heard the door shut, the group started to relax, but then Nana called up to them.

"Tsu-kun! You have some visitors!" Nana shouted cheerfully.

Tsuna sighed wearily and walked out of his bedroom. He was about to walk down the stairs to see who had come over, but froze at the top step as his eyes landed on all seven of the first generation clones.

Tsuna face palmed and backed slowly into his room. Everyone looked up to see and uncharacteristically irritated brunette walking back into his room. Tsuna ignored them and walked over to his window, which Hibari had vacated some time ago so that he could take a nap on Tsuna's bed, and reopened the glass covered hole.

"Juudaime, what are you doing?" Gokudera questioned a little uneasily.

Tsuna turned his head slightly with a foot on the window sill. "What's it look like? I'm going to jump out and make a run for it."

"Though if you did that, G and Knuckle would just catch you when you fell," a new voice said smugly from the bedroom door. The group looked around to see five older males filling the doorframe with Giotto in front.

"How dare you enter Juudaime's house without his permission!" Gokudera shouted as he stood up.

Tsuna looked down, and sure enough, G and Knuckle was looking up at him from the ground below his window. Tsuna slapped his forehead again. Tsuna jumped off the window and looked around at older males, crossing his arms in the process. "What are you doing here and how did you find my house?" The young boy demanded.

Reborn watched the exchange with amusement. The appearance of the seemingly reincarnated first generation of Vongola could turn out to be a good thing if it made Tsuna man up more. But more than that, it irritated Tsuna, and using these guys to irritate Tsuna even more would be a lot of fun. This thought made Reborn smirk in anticipation of a new torture regiment.

Giotto smiled good-heartedly. "I'm your partner now, so I'm supposed to stick with you and aid you where I can. And I was able to find this place thanks to Alaude and his information network."

"Peachy, just peachy," Tsuna said sarcastically and rubbed his temples with one hand.

Hibari, who finally had enough with all the crowding, stood up and jumped out the window. With quick reflexes he landed on the wall and jumped off, walking away to who knows where. Tsuna stared enviously, knowing that his coordination skill lacked the ability to escape the same way.

"Hey Alaude, your charge got away again," Asari informed the light blonde haired man jovially.

But Alaude didn't move from his position of leaning against the wall. "Hn, I already know where he's going. I can go after him later."

"Hey, senpai," Yamamoto called. "I know you have to stick with us, but can't you just follow us around school?"

"Well we have classes too, so we can't always follow you around," Giotto explained, "and the teachers decided that it would be beneficial to you guys if we got to spend time with our charges after school hour where we can all relax more and get to know each other better."

Tsuna finally looked back up at the intruding males. "Usually I don't mean any offense, but I really don't feel like getting to know any of you more."

"Usually huh? So this time you mean offense?" Giotto asked with a raise eye brow. Tsuna shrugged.

Asari laughed. "You're right Giotto! This kid really does seem interesting!"

"He's a lot more different than the usual lot," Lampo agreed. "He's definitely no suck-up."

This made Tsuna frown. "So if I act like I like you and cling to you a lot, you'll leave me alone?"

"Nope!" Giotto said happily. "You're interesting, so I think I'll stick around."

Reborn smirked. "It's your fault Dame-Tsuna. You acted like that in the first place."

Tsuna face palmed again.

"Shall I get rid of them for your Juudaime?" Gokudera asked eagerly, taking out a handful of dynamite.

For a fraction of a second Tsuna actually contemplated the idea, but couldn't continue his thought as it went against his morals. He sighed, exasperated. "No Gokudera-kun, it's alright. I'll find a way to deal with this."

"By the way, who is Lampo-senpai looking after?" Yamamoto suddenly asked.

"Huh, how did you know seaweed head's name?" G asked, coming up behind the group.

"That is because Lampo-sama is prestigious and recognized everywhere," Lampo said proudly, puffing out his chest slightly.

"Recognized everywhere as leader of the seaweed heads," G muttered sarcastically.

Asari smiled and place a hand on G's and Lampo's should as the two started to bicker. "Now, now G, Lampo."

"So how do you know?" Knuckle asked, he had also walked up behind Giotto.

Yamamoto laughed. "Of course we know all of you!"

"Shut up baseball freak!" Gokudera said tersely, fearing that the dense boy would give something he shouldn't away.

"It's probably because we're all on the student council," Giotto reasoned with a smile.

Alaude finally had enough of all the crowding and went back downstairs and out the door, to find his charge.

Tsuna, taking note of this, stood up and started to head out of his room. But Giotto caught his wrist and held him back.

"Hold up short stuff. I'm not letting you get away a second time."

"Look, I'm just going to the bathroom. And the last time I checked, I didn't need permission to go anywhere in my house," Tsuna said, pulling his hand free without looking at the other male, his eyes closed.

Giotto raised an eyebrow suspiciously. "Oh really? Then you won't mind me following to make sure you don't try to run out the front door instead."

"Do what you want," Tsuna replied grumpily and headed down the stairs.

Giotto leaned against the wall a short distance away from the bathroom. He crossed his arms and placed a foot against the wall as he waited.

Meanwhile Tsuna was quietly opening up the window and lowering himself outside. For once in these matters, lady luck was on his side and he managed to slip outside and around the house unnoticed. He watched Giotto check the bathroom and head back upstairs before he opened the door quietly and took his shoes. He then slipped back outside the house and walked away. He laced his fingers behind his head as he walked in a random direction, feeling more cheerful than he had felt all day.

After a few minutes, Giotto noticed that he could no longer hear any movement inside the bathroom. He knocked gently on the door calling for Tsuna and asking if he was alright. When there was no reply he opened the door, frowning a little at the oddness that it wasn't locked, and looked around seeing that no one was inside. As his eyes landed on the open window Giotto started to laugh. He walked back upstairs and rejoined his friends still laughing.

"Giotto what's up?" G asked.

Giotto smiled. "I was right. This kid is going to be a lot of fun!"

"Oh? What happened?" Asari questioned.

"That kid slipped out the bathroom window." Giotto chuckled again.

"Great job Juudaime!" Gokudera cheered, even though his friend wasn't there.

"How did he get his shoes though?" Asari asked. "I'm pretty sure he didn't get them prepared ahead of time."

"Tch! You idiot! I bet if you had stuck around the front door a little longer, he would have come in so that he could retrieve his shoes." G whacked Giotto upside his head.

"Hm, I guess you're right. I didn't think of that," Giotto said as he rubbed the spot G had hit.

G shook his head. "Come on, let's go find the kid," he said rather reluctantly.

"Do any of you know where he might have gone?" Asari asked the younger group kindly.

"There's no way we would betray the tenth and give away that information!" Gokudera exclaimed.

Yamamoto laughed. "I'm not really sure. But it sounds like Tsuna really wants to be alone, so we should let him."

Giotto sighed a little. "Guess we've got to find him on our own. Come on guys." The group went downstairs and left the household, after a polite farewell to Nana, to go find Giotto's partner.

Reborn smirked again. This would definitely help Tsuna improve a great deal. It had already had many beneficial results in a few short hours. A few days or months would unquestionably be a great training regimen for the young soon-to-be boss.


Lily: So that's it for now, please tell me how it went!

Shiro: And please read winterguardianangel24's stories. I want her to put her bleach fanfiction up and she's started one for HunterXHunter which I haven't gotten to read yet, and I don't think she will post wither of them till she has more reviews (that aren't from me and lily =.=)

Lily: Thanks again! Bye bee!^^