A/N: …wah! I'm so thankful to everyone who reads my fic…! I'M SO HAPPY! Thank you thank you thank you…! Thank you so much for all that has added this fic to their favorite list and to their story alerts… (bows) Arigatou… You already know who you are so I don't need to mention… (bows again)

Doremishine itsuko- whoa! I have fans now? And I never thought anyone would describe that as enchanting… anyway, thanks… ^-^

Zessei- ehehehe… I guess, I really did went too far in using those Japanese words (rubs back of the neck). Don't worry I'll use less of that. I really didn't think that it could come out like I was showing off. Sorry about that if anyone thought of it that way… I don't know how much I said this, even in the latter chapters but… Thank you for reading and reviewing!

Ri-Chan 89- Yes I did have worked so hard so that Hibari wouldn't sound or act so OOC XD… I'll remember to keep updating as soon as possible (salutes) so please keep on reviewing no matter if it's positive or negative, I'll accept it.

Reidluver- really sorry about those… hehehe… I really did overdo it… putting so many random Japanese words... I promise to keep it to minimum… I'll only use those words that everyone already knows in general… ^-^

Tsuna was about to leave the rooftop and find his friends to apologize for running off like that when Reborn suddenly appeared with a frustrated look on his face.

"R-Reborn?" Tsuna asked, sensing that there must be something wrong.

"Tsuna… the Itokawa-kai and Okada-gumi yakuza have been murdered last night. Even the Yoshioka-kai, the strongest yakuza in the Kanto region, are gone," Reborn spoke in a serious tone, "That makes seven famiglias and another ten free lance hitmen were assaulted in Japan."

"That can't be!"

"It's not just that, the Ninth said that the enemy has been spotted to use flames and weapons from boxes,"

"The box weapons…? But it still shouldn't be out. At least not until for a few more years! How could that have happened?"

"Verde,"

"What?"

"Remember when you defeated Byakuran and Uni died in the future, the Arcobaleno of that time and space and the Arcobaleno here share the same memories and information…

"This may have sped up Verde's creation of the box weapons and have sold it to the black market,"

"Kuso! This can't be happening!"

"Baka! It's already happening,"

"Where are the-"

Reborn suddenly kicked him on the face before he could finish his sentence.

BOOM!

An explosive was thrown at them, leaving a part of the rooftop ruined.

"As expected, Arcobaleno-chan! Sugoi!"

A sweet voice giggled in the air.

"Ne~ Ne~ Show me some cool moves, Arcobaleno-chan!" a teenage girl, around the same age as Tsuna's, jumped down from nowhere, smiling so sweetly.

Tsuna narrowed his eyes to have a better look on this girl. She has black hair cropped just below her jaw line with long bangs shadowing her eyes. She wore a white long sleeved bottom-up shirt with a black and red striped tie and skirt. Also, she had black knee-high boots, completing her gothic Japanese school girl look.

She's definitely eccentric, he thought. Then, the wind blew and her eyes were revealed. Her eyes were as red as blood and it shows blood lust and amusement. Though her smiles are sweet, it didn't change the creepy chills she gives him down to his spines.

The girl looked at him with a devious expression when she noticed his gaze, "Eh? Sawada Tsunayoshi-san, the Vongola Juudaime, is this scrawny boy? How pathetic!"

"Who are you?" asked Reborn.

The girl pouted her mouth but laughed maniacally a second after.

Gokudera and Yamamoto were both looking for their friend. They were worried for their best friend for just running off like that. They looked around town but they couldn't find him. They then decided to go look at their school. So, they hurried their way but then as they reached the school-

BOOM!

An explosion was released in the rooftop. They didn't wasted time and went there as fast as they could. On their way, they spotted the D.C. Chairman going ahead of them to the same destination. They raced to the stairs and as they got near the rooftop they could hear a voice laughing like a mad man. And as they finally reached the rooftop, they stopped on the door.

Tsuna noticed the three familiar faces that had showed up on the door. The girl also took notice of this and stopped laughing.

"Ara~ You three are his guardians, right?" she said and pointed right back at him, "This makes it more convenient so with this I don't have to worry about reintroducing myself… Anyway… Hasegawa Sakura desu! Please to meet you!"

In a flash, Hibari charged right in with his tonfas to the invader. Metals clashed. Sakura have shielded herself with a scythe that's as tall as she is.

"Why are you here?" demanded Reborn but only received a playful grin from the person in askance.

Soon enough, his two other guardians charged in. Yamamoto got the Shigure Kintoki in his hands while Gokudera threw his infamous rocket bombs. Though there were already three attackers, the girl was able to shield from the assaults or evade them in a whim.

Hibari kept on swinging his tonfas at Sakura but she kept her scythe clutched in between them. At some points, Yamamoto and Hibari would get in each others' way since Hibari only wishes to beat his prey. He even have told them off to not to interfere to his fight but the other two weren't even listening to his demands. Gokudera also assisted from a distance throwing constantly some dynamites when he had a chance.

"Hmm…?" Sakura pouted as the three seemed to catch their breaths, "Are you sure you're strong? You can't even catch me. Though I'm not the group's weakest, I'm also not the strongest. So how are you people being any hindrance to us? Ace sure did make a mistake when he said that Vongola Juudaime and his famiglia are strong."

HIbari's pissed. Yamamoto twitched. Reborn was unreadable.

"Teme!" Gokudera groaned, "Don't underestimate us! We still haven't used our real power to you!"

"Then, why don't you?" she paused and asked curiously.

"Because we can't just throw in all our cards in the table without knowing our enemies' capabilities," Tsuna came from behind her in his Hyper-Will-Mode.

A look of shock was shown on her face for awhile. Tsuna took this chance to make a hit on her but she immediately recovered and dodged his assault. Then, she smiled.

"Ne~ Once I take a good look on you… you do look cute... and cool at the same time," she said then squealed,"Kyah~ You're just my type!"

"What. The-" he heard Gokudera said.

"Can I just call you Tsu-kun! Let's go on a date!" she giggled.

"Oi, woman! Don't talk so familiarly to Juudaime!" Gokudera howled but the said person doesn't seem to have paid any attention to him.

"Kamikorosu," Hibari said then attacked but Sakura jumped right pass him and paced to Tsuna. Tsuna readied himself for an attack. As she got near him, she motioned to make a blow at him with her knee. Tsuna easily read this. He stopped her knee from hitting him with one hand while she's on the air.

He thought she was going for another attack with her scythe when she moved it behind her as if to gain momentum. He didn't have any time to evade. He waited for the blow but it didn't come though she kept coming closer. Then, in a fast pace she had moved her arms around him, her knees locked his arms and she inched the distance between them. She did the one thing he didn't expect her to do and so did everyone else. She kissed him.

...

After her quick peck in his lips, she instantly pulled away and jumped right to the fences. He didn't move and went into a trance but got back to his senses when she spoke.

"Ne, I came here because I wanted to meet Vongola Juudaime and his famiglia. To know how you people really are," she said without facing anyone, but it's easy to notice her happy tone, "Ace said we have to take out the yakuza first before coming after you since we're already here at Japan. Anyway, I just couldn't help but wonder about how you people are!"

"What? You came here and attacked Juudaime just for that stupid reason?" Gokudera growled with anger, "How dare you? Such insolence to the Juudaime must not be forgiven!"

"But~ This meeting made me realize that Vongola Juudaime is my true love~" she giggled. Then, she turned around to have one last look at him and jumped to the ground from the building. But before she fell, she spoke, "By the way, that kiss was so sweet Tsu-kun! Until we meet again! Ja ne~"

Hibari immediately left to pursue her when she jumped. They concluded he wanted to bit her to death.

As Hibari left, the other two guardians paused to look at the unmoving Tsuna. His eyes were shadowed and his expression was unreadable.

"Tsuna?"

"Juudaime? Is there something wrong?"

His friends asked worriedly.

"Juudaime, is it because of that kiss from that bitch?"

"Tsuna… I'm sure girls won't mind if your first kiss was already taken,"

His friends continued to blabber about not making such a fuss with the kiss, but Tsuna's mind was on somewhere else that had made him angry.

Why? Why must they kill? Although they target mafia men, they're still humans. They can't just kill them like that! Why must they do such a terrible thing? his mind kept on asking questions, it was almost endless until the voice of his tutor caught his attention back.

"Oi, Tsuna," Reborn called.

"Kuso!" he groaned, voicing out his frustration, "More people are going to die. And at a fast pace! Soon enough they'll be here to annihilate us. When this happens, everyone will get involved and many would get hurt!"

"Now then…" Reborn cleared his throat, "What are you gonna do now?"

"I have to get stronger," he answered with great determination, "I can't let anyone get hurt."

"Hmph. And here they thought you were worried about the kiss," Reborn smiled deviously.

"Kiss?" he asked. Then the incident came he flushed furiously in different shades of red, "Hii! Please DON'T EVER MENTION THAT!"

"Maa~ Maa~ its fine, Tsuna. We won't tell anyone about that," Yamamoto said with his goofy smile.

"Thanks," he murmured, still with a small tint of red in his cheeks.

Suddenly, someone bursted out of the door.

"SAWADA! WHAT WAS THAT EXTREME EXPLOSION?" Ryohei jolted with fire in his eyes.

"Onii-san, please slow down," came Kyoko with Hana in tow and a few curious students behind.

"It was nothing," he answered in a soft voice.

"Sawada, how can that be just nothing? That explosion was heard all over the school and you're just gonna say it was nothing! We're not idiots," Hana exclaimed while Kyoko stood beside her silently, expecting for a reason as well.

"Gokudera accidentally fired some fireworks," Reborn said, already in a different set of clothes that Tsuna could remember Reborn used to introduce himself as a 'Mr. Reboyama' beforehand.

The oblivious spectators bought Reborn's statement and dispersed with a few side comments. Hana also left while pulling Kyoko with her.

"Ryohei, stay behind," Reborn said, making it sound more of an order than of a request when the boxer was about to leave.

Ryohei nodded as he finally sensed the serious aura coming from both Tsuna and Reborn. They all have been engulfed by silence.

Tsuna went back to his sitting position beside his bag while the rest took their own spots around the rooftop.

Reborn turned his gaze to Tsuna, signaling him his obligation to explain the situation.

Tsuna took a deep breath before he started with his explanation, "Onii-san… that explosion awhile ago was caused by an explosive and not by fireworks."

"What?" Ryohei roared, "Oi, Octopus-head! BE MORE CAREFUL WITH YOUR EXTREME DYNAMITES!"

"That wasn't me, Lawn-head!" Gokudera returned with a scowl as Tsuna only sighed and continued.

"Yesterday, Dino-san informed me that there were a great number of Mafioso that has been killed for the last few days, two families in Europe, three in Asia and hundreds of hitmen in different areas. And awhile ago, before that girl showed up, Reborn got a call from the Ninth…?"Tsuna looked at his tutor for confirmation and the said person answered him a nod, "It seemed that the same group of people that did those are here in Japan, in the Kanto region to be exact… and three more families were found murdered. The third one was the strongest and infamous yakuza in Kanto."

"As of now, only two have been identified in this group, Hasegawa Sakura, the girl who just attacked, and the person she mentioned, Ace," Reborn added, "And like she said, that group would be aiming for us after they finish in Kanto."

"I'm not sure if they're just really strong or she's just really fast that no one didn't even got a hold of her…" followed Tsuna with grim, "Or she just got lucky that we were caught off guard… I don't know… But either way, I have to get stronger." He beamed with full determination on his eyes, not wavering with any weakness, all he cares about now is to protect everyone that is dear to him.

"Don't worry Juudaime! We're already strong. We were able to defeat the Millefiore in the future so how could these enemies be stronger than us. I'm sure she was just lucky… and besides, we didn't even use our box weapons."

"So did she," Tsuna said, gaining confused looks from the three, "The enemy are also using box and flames."

"That's-"

Tsuna silenced Yamamoto with his sharp eyes that no one has ever seen him use, "We didn't use our weapons and same with her… She said she wasn't the strongest but she isn't the weakest either. If I can't even land even a finger on her then how much more to their strongest ally?"

"You're that anxious to her? You can't even say her name," Reborn teased with a smirk, "So, are you going to make her name a taboo now? Just like how Hibari despises even hearing a certain illusionist's name."

"Stop it, Reborn," Tsuna sighed and ran his fingers on his hair.

"I EXTREMELY DON'T UNDERSTAND A WORD SAWADA SAID!" Ryohei roared.

"Yamamoto-kun and Gokudera-kun, could you two please explain it to Onii-san again?" Tsuna asked as he stood up and took his bag with him. He went to the door and was about to leave when Yamamoto spoke.

"Where are you going?"

"Kokuyo Land," he answered without turning around, "Since Hibari-san is probably still searching for that girl, it'll be long before he'd be in sight so I'll go to someone who stays frequently in one place first."

Tsuna waved his hand then left.

Yamamoto looked at his friend's retreating back.

"Well, it's a good thing he's thinking now," he heard Reborn said.

"Juudaime!"

Gokudera was going to follow Tsuna when Reborn made him stop.

"I believe Tsuna didn't asked you a request but an order," Reborn said casually.

"Juudaime ordered me," Gokudera said in realization and zoned out, dreaming about how great his boss is, "Juudaime's first real order to me."

"Yeah, it's first alright," Yamamoto agreed.

"And it may also be the last," Reborn said, they were going to ask about it but the person in askance have already disappeared.

"What does Reborn-san means when he said last?" Gokudera asked with a confused face.

"Something's wrong…" he started with a serious tone.

"What do you mean?" Ryohei asked in a surprisingly in a less volume than usual.

"Tsuna's going to Kokuyo alone without any worry at all. Then there's that sharp look he gave me awhile ago… It's the first time he ever did that," Yamamoto answered with a now sad face.

"Ever since the Bucking Horse talked to Juudaime… He hasn't been himself. It was like he was thinking of something all the time,"

"Reborn-san did say Tsuna has something to think about,"

"And at the hospital today… Reborn mentioned something about to remember what they talked about with Cavallone,"

"Oi! Would anyone EXPLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON?" Ryohei shouted with so much energy.

"Alright! Just shut up and listen!" Gokudera scowled.

Tsuna made his way out of the school, carefully sneaking out of the sight of the patrolling prefects and to other students. As he successfully left the school's premises without getting noticed, he made his way to Kokuyo Land.

On his way, he was put to an abrupt stop in front of the grocery store then, his stomach crumbled. He's hungry.

"I guess, a little snack won't hurt," he said, not talking to anyone in particular. He went inside the store and tried to find something he could eat on the way. While looking around, a familiar voice called him.

"Bos-su,"

He turned around and met Chrome, carrying a bag of sweets on her hands.

"Chrome-chan? What are those sweets for?" he asked while pointing at the chocolate bars and candies.

"I-It's for lunch, Boss," she answered shyly.

"Eh? But that's not healthy for you," he said then sighed when he saw her looked to the ground guiltily. He took the bag on to himself and grasped her petite hands. Then guided her out of the store.

"Anou… Where are we going?" she asked softly.

"To our house… I'm going to have Mamman cook something for us," he said without looking back and continued pulling her until they reached their destination.

"Okaa-san…" he called.

"Ara~ Tsu-kun… Why are you here? Why aren't you at school?"Nana popped her head out from their yard.

"Oh… uh… There's a faculty meeting so it's fine to leave early," he rubbed the back of his neck and laughed nervously. His mother just mumbled an okay before smiling, "By the way, mom… Could you cook something for me and Chrome-chan? We haven't eaten lunch yet."

Nana looked at Chrome who's shyly hiding behind him before nodding and heading to the kitchen.

"Come on," he gestured for her to enter.

"Uhm… boss," she said then looked at his hand still holding hers.

"Ack!" he instantly let go with a flushed face, "Gomen."

"It's okay," she whispered cutely.

They both went to the dining room and waited silently until his mother has finished cooking.

"Itadakimasu," they both said in unison as Nana left them alone. They silently ate. After such, he went on to business.

"Chrome-chan… I need to talk to you about something," he started.

"What is it, boss?"

He sighed and shadowed his face with his bangs before speaking with a serious tone, "Awhile ago, before I ran into you… we were attacked by a girl named Hasegawa Sakura."

Tsuna looked at his conversant and it seemed that her silence was unlike the usual. His intuition was telling him that it's because of his tone. However, he can't change it or it wouldn't be taken seriously so he continued explaining the same way he had explained it to his friends beforehand.

He took another glance at Chrome and she seems to have caught on to the severeness of the situation.

"Chrome-chan, be careful," he warned.

He then stood up and took the used plates to the sink.

"Yes, thank you, boss," Chrome answered. Then, Nana arrived and the two teens left.

"I'll escort you back to Kokuyo," Tsuna offered but the other just shook her head and took her bag of sweets from his hand.

"Don't worry, boss. I can take care of myself. I've bothered you too much already," Chrome bowed then left.

"Tsuna," said a voice beside him that he recognized to be his tutor's, "As to how you're acting… you act like you're their boss."

Tsuna stood there, stunned to his tutor's statement.

"You ordered Gokudera and Yamamoto to help Ryohei understood things. Then, you left to assure your Mist guardian is well informed… just like how a boss would do to take responsibility over his men's welfare," Reborn paused but continued nonetheless, "You say you don't want to be a boss yet you act like one unconsciously. Are you sure you know what you want?"

"I-I…" before he could arrive at an answer, the baby hitman was already out of sight.

"Do I really know what I want?" he asked himself.

"Tsuna-nii!"

"Oi, Tsuna! The great Lambo-sama is back!"

"Tsuna-nii-san,"

Three familiar children greeted him. He faked a smile to the three. Two of them bought it but the eldest didn't. Fuuta yanked his shirt with a worried expression on his face when the two went inside the house.

"Tsuna-nii… Is there something wrong?" the boy asked.

"Fuuta…"

"You've been so sad these past few days, Tsuna-nii… Everyone's worried about you… Can I do something to help? Do you want me to rank something for you?"

"…"

"Please I want to do something for you. You've helped me a lot before so I want to help you too… so please let me…"

Tsuna stood there while staring down at the boy's sad face. He could see the desperateness to Fuuta's eyes. He can't turn the boy's offer because he knows Fuuta would get hurt. So, he crouched down to Fuuta's eye level then smiled softly.

"Okay… Could you rank me in the most incapable people that will be mafia bosses?" he asked, not giving a very hard request.

Fuuta nodded enthusiastically. The gravity around them begun to drop as the boy started his ranking.

"I hear you, ranking planet…" Fuuta started while looking at the sky in his eyes, "Tsuna-nii's ranking to the most incapable mafia bosses is… none. Your rank is far from the world…"

"I see… I'm so no-good that I'm not even on the list,"

"But Tsuna-nii's rank to people that are capable mafia bosses is 525 out of 1611. And Tsuna-nii's rank to the most caring mafia boss is number 1…"

The gravity started to get back to normal and the objects around them have now dropped down to the ground.

"Tsuna-nii?"

Fuuta's voice brought his attention back. He didn't even notice that he was staring into space.

"Tsuna-nii is a capable boss… Tsuna-nii is the most caring and kindest boss… Tsuna-nii," Fuuta said, "Tsuna-nii isn't no-good. Tsuna-nii is great!"

Tsuna smiled then patted the boy's head, "Thank you, Fuuta," Fuuta grinned wide and Tsuna petted his head.

"Tsu-kun! Fuuta-kun! Come and have some snack!" Nana called with her usual bright smile.

"Hai, Mamman," Fuuta answered and pulled Tsuna's hand, "Tsuna-nii, let's go."

Tsuna smiled and nodded. He let himself got pulled by Fuuta to the house.

Really… Thank you, Fuuta he smiled, You're such a nice little brother. We may not be blood related but I do treat you as family. And I know you do too.

"Ace!" Sakura called as she got back to their current base.

"Sakura, where have you been?" a husky voice asked from the shadow.

"I went to Vongola Juudaime," she answered carelessly while sticking her tongue out.

"Haven't I told you not to do such reckless things," the man scolded with a dominating aura around him.

"I'm sorry! But I just can't help it," she said with her hands in a ball on her chest.

Then, another voice hissed from behind her.

"You're so troublesome, Sakura,"

"Shut up, Vin!"

"Ace…"

"I know," the voice that they refer as Ace answered, "Tell everyone that there has been a change of plans… We're having clams next week instead of next month. So they must wrap it up here before the week ends."

"Kyah~ I'm going to see Tsu-kun again! I'm so excited!"

A/N: I'm going to say sorry in advance because I may be able to update late. School has just started here in the Philippines and I have to put my studies first. But don't worry because I'll write in my spare times… I'll update ASAP. Ossu~ I have to work hard!