Chiwassu~
So I hope you guys are really liking this story so far
But this chapter, will now focus on the canon characters
...and Katsu too haha
Can't forget about the boy who kicked Tsuna out of the Heir position

So, now that everyone is here, I'll have to start on the new arc
I just hope you guys got the information I set out last chapter
It was really an earful wasn't it?
Haha sorry
And sorry for making you guys wait for sooo long~~~
Saa, story start!

Disclaimer: If I owned KHR, then I'd be the happiest person on the planet to have created such wonderful characters… on reality's side, I didn't create these characters (except Katsu) and therefore, I'm not the happiest person and there therefore, I don't own KHR… reality is really tough *sighs (_ _")

Ps: end of term is coming and I won't be studying for the summer so, I have four months of FREEDOM! That's it

***** REVISED *****
though I just tweaked this a bit... not sure if there's really much difference ^^

Target 03: Just a Day in Life

Tsuna yawned and woke up early as per usual. He in fact, really liked mornings. They were one of the most peaceful times of the day and he could just relax and take in the warmth of the sun shining through his window. He didn't have to think much and could just laze around for a moment or two before he'd have to come downstairs. His mother didn't mind his company when he was with her in the kitchen; she woke up much earlier than he did to get an early start on the household chores.

"Ohayo okaa-san." Tsuna gave her a warm smile before helping her to set the table.

"Did you sleep well, Tsu-kun?" Nana smiled back as she continued cooking the breakfast. She finished one up early and handed it to her son.

"Hai, and sorry I had to miss dinner with you last night." Tsuna apologized but his mother just shook her head and told him not to mind it. She then proceeded to tell him about what Lambo and Ipin were doing during the day before. He just smiled and laughed when she laughed, not wanting her to feel bad about the little jokes she made every now and then. Ever since he had started this thieving job, he had begun to understand just how important it was to spend time with his family. He never knew what would happen on the job so he made sure to treasure every moment he had with his mother and his brother, when Katsu actually let those moments appear.

Tsuna finished up his breakfast before looking at the time. It was around the time when Reborn would go to wake up his twin. Though, his methods of waking people up were different than what normal people would do. He'd gather buckets of iced water, bring up tazers and voltage batteries with cables, sometimes, Tsuna would see these clever contraptions hanging over top the peaceful sleeping boy and the next movement that he'd make would trigger the whole thing, resulting in something landing on him. Whether it be heavy weighted items, or the buckets of water or eels, it was different each time and it never ceased to amuse the brunette.

This was the other reason why he would wake up early; it was to escape the wake up attempts on himself by the sadistic baby. "I'll be going now Okaa-san, I'll call if I'm going to be late." Tsuna waved goodbye, noticing the loud exclaim that erupted from his twin's room. "He must be awake now." Tsuna thought amused.

"Have a good day, and try your hardest at school!" Nana called back as the door had shut. Reborn then found his way to the kitchen table and sat in his seat.

"Good morning Mama, did Tsuna leave already?" Reborn asked the woman.

"Yes, Tsu-kun likes leaving early but I wonder why it is that he never does well in school. I see him study and he does his homework on time, but his tests don't reflect that hard work. He used to be such a bright boy." Nana frowned and pondered on this for a moment longer before drawing her attention back to the food.

"Probably because my twin was just as dame as he was in elementary school." Katsu said as he finally walked in after 15 minutes. Reborn whacked him in the head.

"That's no way to talk about family." Reborn scolded. He really had to do a number on his student to alter his attitude. Katsu only conversed with people when he felt like it or needed to but when he did speak, it was always cocky, sarcastic and usually insulting to the one being spoken to or about. The infant figured that he was the 'uncaring stoic type' of person on the outside but when it comes down to it, he would be of big help to people in need. He was pretty soft on the inside, as shown when he dealt with Yamamoto and Haru but he wasn't entirely sure if that was an act or if it was his true nature.

That was something that pissed Reborn off when it came to the twins, he could never figure out what their true nature was. Tsuna was kind and gentle yet seemingly had poor grades and lacked physical abilities. Katsu was doing well in school and was very active, though his personality was something of a turn off. He's insensitive and doesn't care about anything unrelated to himself but as aforementioned, there was another underside to this personality that seemed carefully hidden.

Reborn had to find his answers fast and he wouldn't let the Sawada Twins get the best of him and play him for a fool, even if it was unintentional on their part. As revenge for his painful thinking, he stole the golden haired boy's food.

"Hey I was eating that!" Katsu narrowed his eyes at the infant.

"You snooze, you lose Ba-Katsu." Reborn retorted.

"Katchan, if you don't leave soon, you'll be late." Nana said. Katsu nodded and said his goodbyes to his mother. She saw Reborn get up and leave as her son did and she knew that he'd be safe today as well because Reborn would be there to watch over him. Then Lambo and Ipin came in the kitchen followed by Bianchi who offered to help with the dishes later. She smiled and thanked the woman before settling down to eat as well.

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Earlier~

Tsuna had walked out of the house and was moving towards the gate when he felt the presence of people standing by. He continued to walk casually but made sure to keep his guard up just in case. When he got there, he found his brother's two most trusted friends, or sidekicks may be the more appropriate word in Katsu's case. Tsuna then immediately dropped the suspicious aura and moved to his dame self.

"O-Ohayo G-Gokudera-kun, Yamamoto-kun..." Tsuna gave a nervous smile. He noticed the disappointed look on the silverette's face. "I-If you're w-waiting for Katsu... R-Reborn just woke him up so..." Tsuna didn't feel the need to finish.

"It's fine." Yamamoto smiled back towards the brunette. "It's nice seeing you too, Tsuna." Yamamoto had decided to call both twins by their first names so that there wouldn't be any confusion between them.

"But you two are always so early and I feel bad that Katsu is always making you two wait for him." Tsuna voiced his opinion.

"We didn't ask for your opinion, did we?" Gokudera said harshly. "You're just a copy, a Pseudo version of my precious Juudaime." He mumbled.

"Maa maa, Gokudera, no need for name calling. Tsuna and Katsu are both different; no one's a copy of anyone else."

"That's fine, Yamamoto-kun." Tsuna smiled. "Well, I'll be leaving so see you at school." Tsuna waved before passing the pair. Tsuna then continued down till he reached one of the school's back entrances which went past the large dirt field and baseball diamond. He normally entered through the back so as to avoid any unnecessary attention from bystanders who liked hanging around the front, or were waiting for friends to arrive.

Once Tsuna arrived, he looked around cautiously for anyone that may be around. It was pretty early to be at school but that didn't mean that there weren't those early comers plus those who had morning duty chores. But in particular, the brunette was trying to scout out the presence of a certain someone that always roamed the school grounds from dawn to dusk.

When Tsuna was certain that no... ahem, 'normal people' were around, he stalked through the fence but just after a few feet, he froze and immediately side stepped, though he made it look like he had tripped; but nonetheless, he managed to evade a metal object swiping down where his head used to be. Any later and his skull would have been split in two. Tsuna looked back and found the president of the disciplinary committee hunched over, with his tonfa at hand, in a post slashing state.

"Hiiieee... Ah, O-Ohayo H-Hibari-san." Tsuna tried to give a sincere and non-herbivore like smile but unfortunately, he didn't know what that looked like. He would normally meet Hibari when he arrived at school, but there were days when he got lucky and the prefect didn't show up. However, Tsuna didn't know the reason for these constant meetings or what Hibari wanted exactly from him, but he had a pretty good guess; he doesn't really remember how many times he's confronted Hibari since the first time he did so either.

Tsuna had the feeling that the skylark had noticed something about him, observed and then ended up waiting till he arrived to school. Now that the brunette thought about it, it was very carnivore like of the prefect. The boy just guessed that since Hibari may have noticed something about him other than his Dameness, he was probably testing the waters to see if he could get a good fight out of the brunette. The skylark had a pretty uncanny sixth sense for tough opponents; though for the sake of his preserving his Dame self, usually after giving his quick greeting, the brunette would immediately jet off somewhere else, avoiding any violence.

"Hn." The prefect just stood up from his kneeling position and looked at the brunette with analyzing eyes.

"I-Is something t-the matter?" Tsuna knew that he shouldn't stutter since he knew that Hibari hated it when he did but in order to keep up appearances, he did what he had to no matter the risk. "I-If you're looking for Katsu, then..."

"I'm not looking for the cocky herbivore. I came to test something." Hibari said and positioned his tonfas as if giving the brunette a warning that he was going to attack yet again. 'Please don't tell me that Hibari really did notice something!' Tsuna shouted in his mind and had a scared expression. This was actually the most that he'd ever spoken with the prefect since normally, he would have run away by now, but for Hibari to answer verbally was something that made him stay where he was.

"W-What are you t-testing H-Hibari-san?" Tsuna asked, genuinely nervous. Hibari didn't answer however and just gave a quick smirk before saying his signature catchphrase.

"Kamikorosu." The boy then leaped into action and charged towards the poor Dame-labeled kid. Tsuna didn't know what to do, should he take the hit or should he dodge? But either way, both options were pretty bad. He couldn't risk getting hurt before knowing when his two genius friends would find a lead on an artwork but on the other hand, he would risk blowing his cover if he did dodge. As he continued to think of any other possible option, Tsuna had dodged reflexively and paled at that.

'Damn reflexes.' Tsuna cursed himself and then ultimately decided to just let it go this one time at least. Hibari was surprised that the other had dodged his attack seemingly with ease and it fueled his interest further. His eyes seemed to narrow further as if focusing his attacks and began to speed up slowly so that the other wouldn't notice. Tsuna just continued to evade naturally.

Soon, instead of just evading attacks, he would move around Hibari's arms so as to redirect the direction of the blow or would just knock the tonfas away from him, but he still made a few struggling noises for appearances. Then to put space between them, Tsuna jumped back to observe Hibari's movements but the other moved fast, not letting him rest; Hibari was there on a sort of mission after all, a mission of self-interest that is.

After a few moments, Hibari stopped and Tsuna fell on one knee panting, but didn't lower his guard. It wasn't until they stopped moving that Tsuna noticed how fast Hibari made him move. "You're holding back. That's why you're still an herbivore." Hibari said.

"I-I don't u-under...stand w-what you m-mean, Hibari-san." Tsuna stood up warily with a small smile. Hibari didn't say anything after that and just walked away. The brunette sighed in relief before looking at the time, noticing that his 'fight' had taken up a good 10 to 15 minutes. By this time, other students had started to arrive as well and Tsuna decided to get to the classroom before things got worse.

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School hadn't changed in any way. The lessons were still boring, the teachers still picked on him mercilessly and the other students weren't any better. When breaks between classes started, the brunette spent most of his time avoiding bullies and the predator of all predators, the disciplinary skylark. Tsuna found that his school days never really had a sense of ease to them, much like his current household life.

When lunch finally rolled around, he was able to find sanctuary on the roof top as not most people like to go and spend their time up there. He relaxed as he settled by the fence and watched the school grounds as groups of girls with their lunches at hand walked around while others sat on the benches by the baseball diamond to watch some of the boys play a small game. Then there were other groups of kids who were scattered all over the school inside and out but Tsuna paid more attention to those aforementioned as they were the noisiest.

Like those girls, he watched the game as he ate his lunch and then immediately spotted Yamamoto who was going up to bat. There was a pause before the ball was slammed out of everyone's vision.

"Dude, you did it again!"

"My ball!"

"That was awesome!" Some of the boys said, either congratulating or scolding the boy. Although Tsuna couldn't really hear them, he was reading their mouth movements... at least, as much as he could see their mouths moving. He then saw Yamamoto apologizing with a smile spread across his face but somehow, that smile really frustrated the brunette. He didn't like the expression that the boy was making or the laughs that he tried to share with his friends. Tsuna saw that every day from being in the same classroom as them but even from the roof, he could still spot that.

Then there was Gokudera's natural tendency to be a loud potty mouth, which gets him in trouble with adults often; however, girls found that to be attractive somehow, which confused the brunette. Tsuna thought of this pair as strange as they were supposed to be in the same family with Katsu. They even wait so loyally outside the house for him, but once they reach the school, Katsu just separates from them and hangs out with other people.

Yamamoto still has his friends from sports, which was good for him, but Gokudera was very antisocial and on top of that, he was a new transfer that year. Tsuna would've approached him but having himself as a friend would greatly deteriorate his social standing at school. He didn't have to worry further about that since Katsu had approached him in his stead; though it was because of Reborn, heck, Reborn was the entire reason why Gokudera was there in the first place.

But there was something extremely off with the three's relationship with each other. It wasn't anything like other famiglias that he's seen and they held no bond together whatsoever. Sure Tsuna didn't like Reborn involving normal people with normal lives in mafia affairs, but he had to admit, the people that he chose did have potential to be successful as the Vongola tenth generation. But there was still something the matter with them all as none of the family members seemed to be friends or even interacted with each other at all for that matter.

Tsuna's thoughts were cut short as there was a beeping noise coming from his cell phone. He snapped out of his train of thought and looked at the caller to find that it was Shoichi.

"Moshimoshi?" Tsuna spoke into the phone.

"Ah Tsuna-kun, sorry to disturb you during your lunch break but I just wanted to relay some news that I heard. It's been going around some of the famiglias but it's pretty much a hushed secret." He said worriedly. "I just happened to overhear." Tsuna knew that when Shoichi and Spanner 'happened to overhear' it meant that they were using their radio machine which tapped into mafia transmissions randomly. But the brunette had to admit that it was a handy way of picking up information without being heard or tracked without a bit of work. (if they even notice that they're being listened in on in the first place)

"What is it, Shoichi? If you had to call me during school, then it must be really important. Don't worry, I'm alone on the roof, and Reborn is watching Katsu from a tree across the dirt field."

"Well, um... you see..." Shoichi was stuttering, feeling his stomach aching.

"Just tell him already." Tsuna can hear Spanner in the background.

"R-Rokudo M-Mukuro was said to be in town according to a source of the Vongola."

"What? Do they know what he's after?"

"Well, they weren't sure per say but I looked him up and it said that he's an escapee from Vindice Prison in Italy. Also, he escaped with a lot of other people who seemed to be cooperating with him. They all disappeared after that. But it's said that he holds a deep hatred of the mafia, so destroy the mafia might be a sort of goal he's aiming for, but I have no idea why he would be here in Japan or somewhere around Namimori no less."

"Thanks for the intel, I'll keep an eye out. But if this is a matter of the Vongola, then I'm sure that the Nono has already informed Reborn of this." Tsuna speculated.

"I guess, but please don't do anything rash should anything happen, Tsuna-kun. If something happens, then we wouldn't be able to carry out our mission in collecting the art pieces and stopping the Gesso Famiglia in the process."

"I know, I know, but you can trust me, can't you Shoichi?" Tsuna joked.

"Well, you tend to rush into things before thinking it through, especially when it involves people in danger. So I can't trust you completely." Shoichi joked back.

"Hehehe, I guess I do have that habit." Tsuna laughed. Just then, the school bell had gone off and Tsuna panicked a bit. "Sorry, Shoichi, the bell just went off, so I'll call you later if anything happens."

"Oh okay, then I'll do the same if I find anything else." The two boys then hung up and the brunette rushed off to class so as to avoid the wrath of the prefect.

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After school had ended, Tsuna was trailing home. School was giving him such a headache and he couldn't take it anymore. He knew how to do the problems and answer the questions but for the sake of preserving his identity, he had to go through purposely failing or close to failing.

Tsuna let out a long sigh and let his guard down for a moment. But it only took that one moment to give him a small shock as someone had reached out to him and put a hand on his shoulder. "Hiiieeee!" Tsuna jumped away from the contact and was about to go into a fighting stance when he caught glimpse of who it was. So instead, he just fell back and looked exasperated at a slightly stunned yet amused looking Yamamoto.

"Y-Yamamoto-kun... you really surprised me." Tsuna faked calming down.

"Whoops... sorry about that Tsuna." The black haired boy smiled and held out a hand for the smaller. Tsuna took it but not before giving the baseball ace an odd look. "Is something the matter?" Yamamoto caught the other off guard again.

"Huh? Ah, sorry... I didn't mean to look at you that way." Tsuna apologized immediately as he stood up. "But sorry if you thought that Katsu would be walking home with me." The brunette tried to lead away from the topic of Yamamoto's fake expressions.

"No, no, I was actually running to catch up to you. Katsu said that he had to go off somewhere and wouldn't be going back home for a while. So since it was a rare chance, I thought I'd try hanging out with you too since I hang out with your brother."

"Oh you really don't have to if you feel like you must. I'm sure your reputation would be ruined if you hung out with me." Tsuna said in a quiet tone and starting to walk down the block again, just like he did before his 'big scare'.

"Naw, I don't feel that way at all, and besides, all of my friends had something else planned since practice was cancelled today." The boy laughed. "I asked Gokudera to come with us but he said that if Katsu wasn't there, then there was no point in hanging out together. He's not very honest haha."

"But he isn't the only one, is he?" Tsuna mentally asked but just nodded sadly in response, though it went unnoticed by the other. Just then, his phone went off and Tsuna panicked a bit since he knew that it was Shoichi, of course because no one else, maybe other than his mom, would be calling him for any reason. "S-Sorry Yamamoto-kun... I-I should r-really take this." Yamamoto just waved it off, saying that it was alright.

"M-Moshimoshi..." Tsuna tried to sound a bit shy and quiet so that Shoichi would get the message that he was with someone.

"Ah Tsuna-kun... um... I just wanted to tell you that I found something, but if you're busy now, then I can wait till later." Shoichi responded.

"A-ah, gomen, I can't come... in today." Tsuna responded. "I do hope that y-you'll please c-cover for me." Tsuna smiled into his phone. Shoichi could picture the look that the brunette was carrying and just sighed.

"If you can come over later, it's fine. But there's something that Spanner found that you really need to see." He responded.

"Hai, I understand. Thank you." Tsuna said politely before hanging up.

"Who was that Tsuna?" Yamamoto took the click of the button as a sign that he could start talking again.

"O-oh, j-just a... co-worker asking if I could come... in today." Tsuna somewhat lied.

"Ah I see. So you have job, that's pretty cool. I work in my dad's sushi shop sometimes."

"Wow, I didn't know that your family owned a restaurant."

"Yeah, you should come by some time." Yamamoto invited with a huge smile on his face. "Oh, I can see your house now." The boy put a hand over his eyes, blocking the sun to get a better view. Finally, after seeing that last smile, Tsuna couldn't hold in his frustration any more.

"Why do you smile like that?" He asked as he stood in front of Yamamoto, halting his movements. He looked at him sternly in the eyes with concern.

"What are you talking about? It's good to smile, though I'm still trying to convince Gokudera of that, haha." He laughed again. "Come on, you should try to." He said looking at the frown the brunette now had on.

"But your eyes aren't smiling at all. You know, it's even worse to smile without actually feeling like it." It was Tsuna's turn to smile this time. "If you don't mind talking to me about it, I'm willing to listen. But that's only if you want to, I won't force you." Tsuna felt satisfied that he got that out of his system.

"Heh, am I really that hopeless that the one that noticed my silent suffering was the person they call Dame at school? Even though Katsu was the one that saved me and helped me down from the school roof, he still doesn't really understand, does he? But, I guess it's to be expected since I've only been friends with him for little over a week." The baseball ace still tried to laugh it off.

Now Tsuna sort of felt bad about his mentioning of it, but he knew that this was something the other boy needed to hear. "T-That's just the kind of guy Katsu is. He sort of does things without really knowing the whole situation, but he feels like it's better for him to not get totally involved in people's lives if it will only become troublesome for him in the long run. He also does things only if it will benefit him in some way or if he will be able to prevent trouble for himself in the future." Tsuna sighed, not really liking this talk of his brother. "I... I know it's hard to hear or it may be hard to accept this fact but that's how he is."

"So I'm assuming that you don't understand me either." Yamamoto started to lose his cheerfulness.

"No, I don't. But I won't unless you help me to understand. Even if I could just be of some use to help you vent out your thoughts. That would be good enough, ne?" Tsuna tried to show his compassion through his eyes, as if demonstrating to Yamamoto how to convey his emotions more thoroughly.

"Maa, if you're willing to play a little doctor Phil, then I wouldn't mind talking to you." Yamamoto decided to give it a shot. After all, it couldn't hurt to have someone to talk to; even if that someone was your best (could he call Katsu his best friend after hearing about him?) friend's twin brother.

Tsuna smiled at him again. "Would you like to come in? I'm sure that Katsu would be coming back home sooner than expected. And Okaa-san wouldn't mind having a friend over." When Tsuna had said the word friend, it unexpectedly made Yamamoto feel much lighter inside. "Alright." He agreed to the invitation. As the two approached, they noticed a certain silverette stalking around the house perimeter. "Yo, Gokudera, whatcha doing here?" Yamamoto called out.

"Gah, Yakyuu-baka, why are you here with Juudaime's Pseudo Copy?!" This response had confirmed Tsuna's observation of this Vongola generation's difficulties in their relationships with one another. Nothing family like at all, unless you speculate that Gokudera's name calling and hostility was a form of affection.

"Since Katsu was busy, I thought it would be fun to hang out with Tsuna for a change." Yamamoto put an arm around the smaller boy's shoulders comfortably like it was only natural.

"W-Why don't you come in too, Gokudera-kun?" Tsuna invited him as well. It was only right of him to do so since this guy was going through the trouble of monitoring the perimeter of his house.

"I won't go anywhere with a Pseudo Copy." The silverette huffed and walked away.

"Maa, he's just being antisocial. I'm sure he really wants to come inside haha." Yamamoto joked again. The two boys just laughed with each other before walking up to the doorway.

"Okaa-san, tadaima." Tsuna called into the house.

"Tsu-kun!" Nana came rushing through the door. She sounded like she had been worrying about something all day.

"What's wrong, okaa-san?" Yamamoto was surprised that he picked up the woman's worry so quickly. He figured that that was how the brunette had found out of his fake smiles and such, because he was so observant and mindful of others. Yamamoto knew that he was very different than what others give him credit for.

"Have you seen Fuuta-kun? I haven't seen him at all today and Lambo-kun and Ipin-chan are starting to get worried." Nana said.

"Oi Dame-Tsuna, where's Fuuta hiding?" Lambo called out to him. "I guess he thinks they're playing hide and seek." Tsuna sweatdropped.

"I'm afraid that he might be stuck in a hiding place somewhere." Nana confessed.

"So she thinks it's all a game too?" Tsuna sighed yet again.

"So you haven't seen him at all?" Tsuna suddenly remembered the boy's absence at the dinner table last night as well. Nana shook her head. "Well, we'll find him. Don't worry okaa-san. I'm sure that he might have gone to visit some friends of his in the city but forgot to mention it to us." He reassured.

"Oh, I see. Well then I guess it's alright." She cheered up. "You see Lambo-kun? Fuuta had just gone out for a little bit." She said to the five year old.

"We'll go looking for him, ah, if you don't mind Yamamoto-kun." Tsuna looked at the other.

"Of course I don't mind, we should make sure that the kid is safe after all."

"Okay, you boys be careful and come back in time for dinner." Nana called out.

"Hai, okaa-san." Tsuna replied before setting his bag down and leaving once again. Tsuna was hoping that this disappearance wasn't related to what he was thinking and hoped that Fuuta was really safe.

"Please be safe..."

Aha finished!
And I just wanted to give you a heads up
I revamped my image of Katsu on deviantart here:

dark-*hazumi*.*deviantart*.*com/*art/KHR-*Sawada*- Twins-34*6579*723?q*=gallery%*3Adark*-hazumi*&qo=0

just remove the asterisks (*)as usual ;P

But if you don't want your image of Katsu possibly ruined,
then you should probably just ignore it (and it was done a really long while ago)
its just a simple sketch I did with him and tsuna together for once haha

and a little side note on Katsu nickname:
Ba-Katsu - a little Japanese nickname: mixing 'baka' with 'Katsu' thus the name meaning stupid Katsu
thanks for reading!
Owari desu~~~

Uploaded: 11/04/2013
Updated #1: 28/07/2014