Ciaossu! It's me again, with the fourth chapter to As Far As the Sky's Reach. I changed the name and the summary, it was simply too boring.

dolphinherovamp5: Really? LOL, I didn't know...hm, I'll go check it out. And no, I don't want anybody to forget about it, so I'm trying to dish out chapters as fast as I can...LOL jk I'm barely looking at it these days. /shot

Answers for my last question:

Takashi - Not yet, since nobody really answered that one.

Taiyou - Lightning Guardian (That means dolphinherovamp5 gets the first prize! Congrats, you get a oneshot of your choice~!)

Disclaimer: I don't own Reborn, yada yada yada.

"I'll bite you to death." -Normal

'I'll bite you to death.' - Thinking/Flashback

Previously in chapter 3...

"Hey, you're that kid from last time!" Takashi exclaimed randomly. Reborn turned to him and said, "Kintokita Takashi. I forgot to say this, but congratulations on entering the family."

"Family? What family?" Taiyou said in confusion, tilting her head.

"Average-Enro's family, of course. For the mafia," the baby replied, smirking. "Why don't you join as well, Shiromane Taiyou?"

"R-Reborn! Stop trying to recruit them into your weird mafia thing!" Enro said frantically.

"Mafia? Heh, sounds interesting. Can I join, then?" The blonde looked at Taiyou in horror at her reply. "Sh-Shiromane-san? Wh-why?"

"Why not? It sounds fun," the girl said, smiling.

'Nooo! Reborn's turning all of my friends into mafioso! Wait, did I just call them my friends? ...Yeah, they are, aren't they? Wow, I have friends!' Enro thought to himself, grinning.

"...What wrong with Enro?" Taiyou asked, frowning. "Don't mind him. He's having a moment," Reborn smirked, his eyes shadowed by his fedora. "So you want to join?"

"Huh? Oh, yes!" Taiyou snapped her attention back to the baby.

"Good. Now we have one more person, huh..." Reborn muttered. "You two, come over to Enro's house. There's someone I want you to meet."

-End...whatever this is-

The threesome made their way to Enro's house.

"Mom! I'm home!" Enro called, taking off his shoes. "Ah, er, you can just leave your shoes here...we don't really have slippers, if that's ok with you two."

"It's fine," Takashi grinned, as Taiyou looked around.

"Welcome back, Enro, Reborn-chan," Enro's mom, Hana, greeted them. "Ah, you brought friends home!" The brown-haired mother lit up in delight, and shook the two's hands. "Pleased to meet you, I'm Hana, Enro's mother."

Taiyou nodded politely while Takashi grinned. "Pleased to meet you, Niizuma-san/Enro's mom," they said in unison.

"Oh, you can call me Hana or Mama, if you'd like. Stuff like "Niizuma-san" makes me feel old," Hana said, cupping her cheek with her hand.

Taiyou and Takashi exchanged looks, then Takashi said, "Ok, Mama."

Hana giggled. "Oh, Enro, you have a guest in the living room," she added, then disappeared into the kitchen. "I'll bring some snacks out for you, ok?"

"You have a pretty mom," Taiyou commented, looking at Enro.

"Ugh, she can be so embarrassing sometimes..." the blond groaned, leading them into the living room, where they were met by the sight of Reborn and a man were sitting on the couch, sipping tea.

"Ciaossu, Average-Enro. You sure took your time," the baby smirked, giving Enro a kick.

"Ow...why'd you have to do that, Reborn? !"

"Shut up, it's training, in a way." *kick*

"Ouch!"

Taiyou and Takashi, who were watching the spectacle, looked up when they heard a low chuckle. "Good to see that the new boss is so lively."

Enro also looked up, asking, "Um, who are you?"

The man raised an eyebrow. "Oh, forgive me, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Ling, pleased to make your acquaintance," he introduced himself, bowing.

Ling had long white hair tied back in a ponytail, and sharp, shocking brown eyes. He wore a plain blue traditional Chinese robe and white pants.

"Ling is an assassin from China working for the Vongola Family," Reborn explained.

"A-assassin? ! Why is an assassin here...? !" Enro cried in confusion.

"Shut up, I was getting to that," Reborn ordered, cocking his gun at the blond. "Now..." he continued, ignoring his student's cries of terror, "As I was saying, Ling is here to visit you, Enro, as the next candidate for the Vongola boss. Be nice to him, and he won't hurt you."

'The heck...? !' The blond sweatdropped.

Ling snapped his head around to look at Enro, and said blond flinched. The Chinese inwardly smirked, then smiled at the future boss. "Take care of me from now on, Enro-kun."

"A-ah, yes, take care of me..." Enro scratched his head and bowed awkwardly. 'Wait, what? T...this guy's not living here from now on, is he? !'

"Actually, yes, he is," Reborn's smug voice broke into the blond's thoughts.

"Stop reading my mind!" Enro yelled.

"Shut up. You're a thousand years too early to be back-sassing me." Reborn dropped his smirk and shot at Enro with his Leon-gun.

"AHHH! SOMEONE SAVE ME!"

"This is training, nobody's gonna come save you!"

"AHHHH!"

Meanwhile, Taiyou and Takashi sat on the couch, forgotten. But that was ok with them, because they were glad to see their new friend so energetic-looking.

"Crap! The teacher's gonna kill me!" Enro panted as he sped through the halls. A few hours before, Enro's English teacher had come up to him and said, "Niizuma, please come see me at lunch." Now The blond had totally forgotten about it, and now he was on his way to the classroom. At least he was trying, until...

"Oof!" Enro fell onto his butt as he crashed into someone.

"Hey! Watch where you're going, brat!"

The blond flinched, and looked up. 'Oh crap! It's that scary guy from the other day...um, Amano Ichiro-san, right? Wait...I'm not a brat. We're the same age."

Ichiro looked down at Enro in surprise which quickly turned into anger. "What'd ya say?"

The blond smacked his hands over his mouth, horrified that he had actually said that out loud.

"Well?" The orange head demanded.

Enro began stuttering in fear. "U-u-uh w-w-well, I-I, e-er...P-please don't hurt me!" The blond quickly covered his head with his hands.

"Don't be so pathetic, Average-Enro. Stand up with your Dying Will!" A sniper glinted from a tree as Reborn took aim and fired. "It's Dying Will time!"

Enro suddenly fell onto his back as he was shot, and then suddenly leaped up half naked, an orange flame blazing on his head, and yelled, "I'LL STAND UP TO AMANO-SAN WITH MY DYING WILL!" He glared at Ichiro and yelled once more, "AMANO-SAN! I WILL NOT TOLERATE YOUR ATTITUDE ANY LONGER!"

Ichiro looked at the blond in complete shock before recovering and grinned. "Interesting. Bring it, Niizuma!"

The orange head charged at Enro, and swung his fist at the blond's face. Enro dodged, and Ichiro brought his other fist up. Enro leaned back just in time, and Ichiro kicked a leg out and swept Enro off his feet. Enro flipped off of his hands and pushed himself back away from Ichiro's fists. The orange head frowned, and rushed at Enro once more, this time adding more speed into the run. He began to throw a whole series of punches at Enro, trying to knock him out, but the blond simply dodged each and every single one of the punches. Enro sidestepped Ichiro's fists before grabbing one and flipping the orange head onto his back forcefully. Ichiro's eyes widened in shock as he was overpowered and yelled in frustration. "Why? ! Why didn't you fight back? !"

Enro's eyes changed back to blue as the orange flame on his head dissolved and released Ichiro. "Because, Amano-san...I didn't have any intentions to hurt you...and I don't think you really wanted to hurt me, either."

Ichiro stared at the blond in shock once again as Enro gave him a small and unsure smile.

"Hey! What's going on here? !" A sharp voice rang out angrily, snapping Enro and Ichiro out of their staring contest.

"Amano! And Enro, too? !" Taiyou said in surprise when she arrived upon the scene.

"Shiromane-san!" The blond said in relief.

"Geh! It's the Vice-Pres! I'm outta here!" Ichiro exclaimed, running away.

*Wham!*

"And where do you think you're going, Amano-san?" Taiyou sneered, planting her foot firmly on the orange head's back.

"Fucking...get off me, electric eel!" Ichiro snapped, trying to lift his head and glare at the girl in vain.

"E...ELECTRIC EEL? ! YOU BASTARD, I'LL SHOW YOU ELECTRIC EEL!" Taiyou yelled in fury as she proceeded to give Ichiro a beatdown.

Enro watched in terror and horror as his friend beat up the other mercilessly. "Sh..shouldn't we stop them...?" He said weakly, lifting a hand.

"Nope, it's useless. Once Taiyou gets like that, nothing can stop her," a cheerful voice sounded beside the blond. "Plus, she hates it when somebody calls her 'electric eel.'"

Enro looked at the newcomer, Takashi, in surprise. "Then why does Amano-san call her that? She sure doesn't look like one."

"It's because Taiyou can shock other people, whether it be intentionally or unintentionally."

"Shock...? What do you mean?"

"You know how sometimes, when you touch another person or something metal like a doorknob, you get a small shock? Well, Taiyou can do that all the time, except it can be an even bigger shock. But she tries not to let it happen very often. Only when someone pisses her off."

"...Oh."

Ding...dong...ding...dong...

"Ah! Lunch time, lunch time!" Enro stretched happily.

"Ahaha, all that thinking made me hungry!" Takashi grinned, patting his stomach. "Er, Kintokita-kun, don't you get good grades, though?" The blond asked, sweatdropping. "I do?" The black haired boy asked, scratching his head.

"I always wonder how you maintain those grades of yours," Taiyou said, also joining them. "Aw, don't be like that, Taiyou! You know you're the one behind it all!" Takashi grinned. Taiyou just ignored him and asked Enro, "You want to go to the rooftop to eat today?"

"Sure!" The blond replied, and the three traveled to the roof.

Enro opened the door and they settled down, opening their lunches. "Wow, Enro, you have a pretty fancy lunch," Takashi commented, biting into an onigiri. "Oh, yeah, well, my mom can be kinda elaborate sometimes," Enro replied, looking at his lunch blankly. "D-do you guys want some? I don't think I can eat this much..."

"Really? ! Oh wow, don't mind if I do!" The kendo player happily reached out and took a piece of octopus from the blond's bento. "Mmm...delicious! I should come over to your place to eat sometime, Enro, your mom cooks great stuff!"

The blond smiled as Taiyou reached over and took a piece too, commenting on the taste. He was glad grateful that he now had friends; it was times like these that made him feel warm and happy inside.

In a hidden compartment...

Reborn smirked as he watched his student eat with his new friends. "That's good, Average-Enro. It's times like these that you need to appreciate, especially since dark times are ahead."The baby's smirk disappeared, only to be replaced by a small frown. "We need to get you your other Guardians, and fast."

-preview-

"Oh, Leon's tail fell off. This is a good sign."

"How the hell is that a good sign, dammit? !"

"... … ...I was hired."

"...this guy...doesn't really talk much, does he?"

"Less talk, more fighting! Ah~hahahahaha!"

-to be continued-

Question Time!

What Guardian do you think Takashi is?

Ok, I'm really sorry. You can kill me with hate reviews. I am sooooo bad (or is it good?) with procrastinating. I haven't even looked at this in about a year. Probably. I actually planned to publish this earlier, but it never got beta'd, and I totally forgot about it. ._.

BRB throwing myself off a cliff.