Otoya was having a rather perplexing day. Mostly good, but still confusing. What was supposed to be a simple outing to Namimori to record some new shuffle units had turned into quite the adventure as Haruka had, as per usual, managed to become lost. The boys had decided to split into groups, and Otoya had ended up partnering with Tokiya, who had simply frowned and started walking away. Ittoki had been forced to jog to catch up with his former roommate as the two began their search. The red head took it upon himself to fill the awkward silence between the two by chattering away about any random topic that came to mind, not even noticing when Tokiya put his earbuds in and hit play on his iPod. Otoya was just in the middle of discussing his favorite flavor of ice cream when suddenly he felt something grab onto his leg. He stopped and looked down to see a young boy with poofy, curly black hair. The boy, who was wearing a cow print suit and had little horns sticking out of his hair, was bawling loudly as he clung to the red-head's leg. Tokiya kept on walking, not noticing the cease in his roommate's chatter.
Suddenly, the boy released Otoya's leg and stopped crying as he realized that this was not his mama or his oni-san's leg, but rather a stranger.
"Hey little guy, are you okay? What happened?"
"Reborn ignored the great Lambo-san, so he has decided to make you his new minion!"(Lambo wasn't about to admit that he had mistook Otoya for Enma, who like Tsuna usually kept a stock of grape candy in his pocket just for Lambo).
"Oh, but what about your family? Won't they be worried that you're missing?"
At this Lambo started crying again, whimpering "Tol-ler-rate!"
Otoya tried to calm the boy, trying to think of what to do as he looked around, finally noticing that Tokiya was no longer in sight. Oh well, it's not like he's good with kids anyways. Otoya started thinking of the orphanage where he had grown up, and suddenly he got an idea from how he had calmed down the kids from the orphanage on his frequent visits. Otoya started singing to the boy, and he calmed down, smiling at the teen.
"Hey Lambo, how about I help you find your family? Where did you last see them?"
Lambo sniffled, pointing down the street towards the shopping center.
"Alright, I'll carry you, okay? Let's go look for them." Otoya picked Lambo up and started walking down the street with his little charge starting to calm down.
"The great Lambo demands that his minion teach him how to sing!" the five-year old suddenly shouted, making the idol laugh, as he started to teach Lambo the words, singing one line at a time as they walked through the town, with occasional pauses for Lambo to give directions. The boy in the cow-print suit was soon singing along fairly accurately, when several kid's voices could be heard from farther up the street, yelling for Lambo. A lady with short brown hair and kind, but worried, eyes could be seen jogging towards them with two kids, one a boy who looked to be about nine years old, and the other a younger girl with a braid that seemed to be about Lambo's age.
"Mama!" Lambo shouted as he wriggled out of Ittoki's arms and ran to the trio where he was embraced by the two kids. Meanwhile the lady approached the teen smiling and thanking him for finding and helping the little boy.
"Haha, it's no problem, I love kids, and in fact I have lots of younger brothers and sisters that I play with all of the time!" Otoya exclaimed, referencing the kids from the orphanage that he visited on a weekly basis.
Nana and the kids said their farewells, with another round of thanks and a teary goodbye as the red-head walked off flashing his trademark grin and waving to the group as he headed off in search for both Haruka and his elusive roommate, who was now probably lost without access to the map that was still tucked in Otoya's pocket.
All the way back to the Sawada residence Lambo taught the other two kids the new song he had learned, and for the rest of the night they could be heard singing, until a certain hitman shot at them, muttering, "That's the worst rendition of 'Smile Magic' I've heard in my entire life," though he smirked at their choice of song nevertheless.