A/N: I give-up. I'm sorry for everyone I've kept waiting, I've been trying to get this chapter a lot longer than it is right now, but...it didn't really work out so well. I think I've been stretching the Daily Life arc out to long so I'm going to start cramming them all into the same chapters. As to my really long delay...I got caught up in roleplaying again. A Katekyo Hitman Reborn roleplay actually, it's a lot of fun ^^

As I said before, i appreciate all the favs and alerts, but I'd appreciate reviews more. Thank you to everyone who reviewed and still haven't given up hope on me.

As for this chapter, I don't know what happened but my muse seemed to have ran away, I don't like this chapter at all...especially as it nears the end. -sigh- well enjoy~

Ciao~ Aoi-kun


It was early but for some reason Crocifisso found himself standing just outside of Tsuna's house. His brown eyes blinked from behind their glasses as they trailed up the building and to the window that led to Tsuna's room, where moments before a loud scream had pierced the quiet morning air. The window was open and Crocifisso debated on whether or not to climb in through it, something interesting seemed to be happening in there…

"Ciao. What's up?" The unexpected voice made Tsuna whirl around and give off another undignified shriek. Crocifisso cocked an eyebrow and turned his head in Reborn's direction. The baby smirked minisculely before indicating the body sprawled on Tsuna's bed with a slight motion of his head. A small smile flickered across Crocifisso's face as he identified the "corpse". It couldn't hurt to mess with Tsuna just a little bit could it?

"My, Tsunayoshi, I never knew you had it in you. I must congratulate you."

He hopped off the windowsill and into the room, standing just off to the side of the window before continuing, "I can still remember my first kill…it's always the first one that leaves a lasting impression." The way he said it…with such…fondness, scared Tsuna. Just what was this person?

"But I don't want to go to jail!"

"Don't worry Tsuna-san! I'll definitely wait for you no matter how long it takes!"

Only after that statement did Crocifisso realize there were other people in the room. Three others to be exact. The girl that has spoken, octopus head, and a drunken idiot knocked out on the floor. Out of the three there was only one that Crocifisso didn't know. "And you are?" He directed his question at the girl.

"Oh! I'm Miura Haru, Tsuna-san's future wife!"

"Don't tell people that, they'll get the wrong idea!"

Crocifisso laughed, "Of course, but don't you have other things to worry about Tsunayoshi? Like a dead body for example?" This set Tsuna off into another panic attack and Crocifisso sighed.

"Don't you know somebody who could help?" Reborn suddenly asked. This made all the noise in Tsuna's room suddenly cease as all eyes turned to Crocifisso. The boy tapped his chin, "Yea, now that you mention it…he would be the perfect guy for the job…Ho ragione? (am I right), Reborn?" Reborn nodded and Crocifisso slid a thin black phone from his pocket, hitting speed dial and waiting for the person on the other end to pick up.

"Hey can I ask a favor sempai?"

"…"

"I know the conditions…"

"…"

"Well there's also Reborn asking…"

"…"

"Yea, the baby."

"…"

Crocifisso sighed before pulling the phone away and handing it to Reborn. The arcobaleno took it without a word and started talking, trying to negotiate with the person on the other end. "Crocifisso." Said boy took his phone back and pressed the phone to his ear again.

"…"

"Ah…"

"…"

"Me? But…"

"…"

"Alright. Do you know where to go?"

"…"

"Hai. I'll see you in a bit sempai."

Crocifisso ended the call and slipped his phone away again. "Hibari-sempai is on his way." Before Tsuna had anymore time other than to scream while Gokudera started to yell, a loud revving filled the room. Then it suddenly cut off and another figure appeared in the window. "Can't anyone use the damn door anymore?" Gokudera shouted.

"Shut up herbivore/kitten."

Crocifisso and Hibari said at the same time. A few seconds of silence followed where Tsuna and Gokudera stared at Crocifisso in disbelief while the other boy yawned lightly before turning to converse in hushed tones with the prefect.

=short intermission with sounds of Tsuna screeching and Gokudera cursing=

"Herbivore, I'll get rid of the body for you."

"E-eh?" Tsuna was beyond shocked now. In fact, Crocifisso was surprised the boy hadn't gone into shell shock yet, what with all the times he kept screaming. Actually…shouldn't all the noise have attracted Tsuna's mother at least?

"I'll send somebody over from the disciplinary committee to pick up the body later."

'So that's how he uses them?' Tsuna, Haru, and Gokudera thought.

"Come on Kimura."

Tsuna blinked in surprise as Hibari reached over and grabbed Crocifisso's wrist before dropping back out the window, the thinner boy following right after with a quick nod to Reborn.

"Wh-what? Reborn! What just happened? Hibari-san just…?" Tsuna questioned as a motorcycle peeled out of his driveway, Hibari driving while Crocifisso sat behind him, arms wrapped around the older boy.

"Crocifisso agreed to pay for this favor."

"Eeeeeeeeehhh?"

=scene change=

I still didn't understand why I had to stand in for Kusakabe while he was out sick but I guess it didn't matter, this way I had something to do instead of hanging around Namimori being bored. Who knew there were still so many troublemakers left in Namimori? Especially after I've seen what Hibari does to them…I sighed again as I dropped the person that I was holding, they landed on the ground with a medium sized sounding thump and a low groan of pain. I brushed my hands off of any dirt that might have gotten on them and leaned casually against the wall, waiting for Hibari to finish with his portion of the thugs. I didn't have to wait long.

"Here."

I looked up just in time to catch a black bundle heading for my face. "This is…"

"Wear that tomorrow or I'll bite you to death."

I couldn't help but smirk at Hibari's expected answer, "I'd like to see you try." I replied before unfolding the bundle. It was almost exactly the same as the uniforms I had seen Kusakabe and Hibari wearing all the time. Just the top of course. There was even that little disciplinary committee armband. I quirked an eyebrow at that, so did that mean…I looked up to Hibari and he confirmed my suspicions with a curt nod before he turned back to nudge one of the fallen thugs with the toe of his shoe.

"Well, if you want me to join this committee of yours Hibari-sempai. There's something you should know."

"I already know."

Another smile tugged at my lips and I shook my head, of course. Nothing ever escaped the sharp eyes of this teen. He was too smart for that. "Well then, can I take my leave for now sempai?"

"Hn."

I bowed quickly before throwing the uniform jacket over my shoulders and tucking the armband neatly into my pocket, "Tomorrow should be fun…" I murmured to myself as I retraced the streets Hibari had sped past on his motorcycle…motorcycle, huh?

=scene change=

Crocifisso yawned as he leaned casually against the front gates of the school. He'd come fifteen minutes early. Today he was dressed in black jeans with a red t-shirt, the black uniform top draped casually over his shoulders. The disciplinary committee armband was wrapped around the top's upper arm, his hair tied into a low ponytail once again. Students were starting to trickle in and they were blinking at him, he had managed to lean against the wall with the sleeves behind him so no one had spotted the armband just yet.

"Ah, g-good morning Crocifisso-san."

"Good Morning Tsunayoshi."

The brown haired boy looked around nervously and Crocifisso laughed again,

"Hibari-sempai isn't on late students duty today."

"Is that so?" he said with a relieved sigh. "Mm-hm, I am~" Crocifisso said with a cute expression on his face. Gokudera suddenly appeared at Tsuna's shoulder, "Don't joke about something like that idiota." He snapped. Crocifisso frowned slightly before standing up straight so that his sleeves fell back to his sides, the red armband glaringly obvious against his black top. "Scherza? (Joking?) I was being completely serious octopus-head." Tsuna couldn't help but wonder what the male before him and Hibari had done after they had left his home the day before. "Now, if I'm not mistaken…you kittens are late." Screams soon filled the morning air.

=moving on=

"Did you hear the news?"

"About the new kid?"

"Yea, he must be like some buff kid to be able to get into that committee."

Those were a few of the things being said about Crocifisso throughout the school. Now, where was he anyway? He certainly wasn't in the lunchroom, or the classroom where he was supposed to be. No, instead he was taking a nap. In the reception room. While Hibari was working. The sharp eyed skylark looked up briefly at the figure curled up on his couch before sighing silently and returning to the papers spread out on his desk, only to be surprised a moment later when a teacup was placed in front of him, courtesy of the person that had previously been believed to be sleeping. "You must be tired from all that paperwork Hibari-sempai. Maybe you should take a break?" Crocifisso asked, returning to the black leather couch. "What are you doing in here?" Hibari retaliated. "I was tired. The couches looked comfy…and I have a letter for you." The joking air that had been surrounding Crocifisso disappeared as he pulled the letter out of thin air, holding it out for the skylark to take.

"It's from Reborn…the baby."

Hibari took the letter silently and unfolded it, scanning through the neatly written words quickly. Then he placed it back down on his table, when he finally looked back to Crocifisso it was to find the other occupant of the room sleeping once again. A moment later his sharp eyes darted to the open window.

"Baby."

Reborn nodded in acknowledgement before moving his gaze over to the sleeping figure, curled up on the couch. "So will you do it?" he asked, eyes still not moving from Crocifisso's prone form. Hibari moved his gaze from Reborn and joined in staring at Crocifisso, "…" he seemed to think for a moment and Reborn smirked to himself. Hibari then picked his pen back up and returned to his paperwork, "Ah."

When Crocifisso awoke he instantly noticed the lack of light in the room. He sat up quickly, registering something falling into his lap before looking around. "I slept through the whole school day…" he murmured before getting up, gathering whatever had fallen into his lap into his arms. Only after stretching his legs did he look down at what he was holding. It was a disciplinary committee top. That confused him, if he remembered correctly he'd left his hanging on the back of his chair in his classroom. "Then this must belong to…" He looked in the direction of the desk and noted the empty teacup. A faint smile appeared on his lips, "I see…"

It was then that he noticed the time. Frowning slightly he realized he was late. Knowing Hibari, he was probably still somewhere within the school building patrolling. Crocifisso dug a pen and piece of paper out of his bag and wrote a note in his neat scrawl for Hibari, thanking him and saying that he would return the jacket tomorrow. After setting the paper down on Hibari's desk, Crocifisso slung his bag over his shoulder and hopped out the window, heading directly for Tsuna's house.

Once there Crocifisso paused briefly to straighten his clothes before knocking on the front door. "Coming!" a faint voice called from within the house. Crocifisso waited patiently and smiled when Nana, Tsuna's mother, opened the door. "Good evening Mama." He greeted the woman. Crocifisso had picked up on the nickname of sorts that Bianchi, Reborn, and the other kids had taken to calling Nana, even I-pin, the little Chinese girl that had recently shown up had taken to calling the woman Mama. The woman smiled and stepped to the side to allow Crocifisso into the house, "Hello there Crocifisso-kun, Tsuna is in his room with some of his other friends right now." Crocifisso nodded and stepped into the house, slipping his shoes off, "Thank you Mama."

Crocifisso was outside of Tsuna's room in no time flat, opening the door without even knocking and blinking at the scene that greeted him. "Oh, seems I missed out on beating Tsunayoshi into the ground…" Tsuna, along with the rest of the room's occupants, turned to the door when it opened. "Crocifisso-san? What are you doing here?" Tsuna asked, slightly unnerved by the other boys opening statement. "Reborn told me someone I knew was visiting." Cold brown eyes slid over to the second oldest occupant of the room and he tilted his head, "It's you."

The shock seemed to fall off of Dino at those words and he dropped the overbearing aura he had been exerting, along with Reborn, over Tsuna. Instead he chose to launch himself out of his seat, somehow managing to wrap his arms around Crocifisso, pulling the smaller individual into his chest, without tripping.

"È stato troppo lungo! Come lei è stato la piccola sorella? (It's been too long! How have you been little sister?)"

(A/N: From here on I shall refer to Crocifisso as a girl which means 'she/her' and I'll be shortening Crocifisso to 'Cross' which is so much easier to type = - =)

Cross smiled slightly, the edges of her lips twitching upwards as she buried her face into Dino's chest, inhaling the familiar scent. She was glad Gokudera wasn't there because he would surely have understood what Dino had just said. She returned his hug, albeit with less enthusiasm, "Sono il bel fratello, lei non deve preoccuparsi così molto. Ha Reborn l'ha informato della mia situazione? (I'm fine brother, you needn't worry so much. Has Reborn informed you of my situation?)" Dino released the girl he held so closely and smiled, "Yes, he has." he answered in Japanese. Cross nodded and let her arms fall back limply to her sides even as Dino kept one arm wrapped around her thin shoulders.

"Do-do you two know each other?" Tsuna asked after the two had broken apart. Cross smirked slightly, "Of course Tsunayoshi. This is Chiavoron Dino. He took care of me for a while during my residence in Italy." Cross frowned in thought for a moment, "Like a…how would you say…older brother?" She nodded for emphasis. Tsuna had recovered enough by now to sit up and nodded as well, in understanding though, not for emphasis. "Oh I see."

So after proper introductions, Cross was seated at the table in Tsuna's room with a cup of tea. She sat with a straight back just watching as Dino explained about his past to Tsuna. She'd heard it already, witnessed some of it to. Some of the memories brought a small smile to her face. Then she happened to see the time, "It's that late already…?" She got up again and straightened her clothes, "I have to go." She murmured, heading for the window. "Wait, Crocifisso-san you aren't-!" before Tsuna could even finish speaking, Cross had already pulled the window open and jumped out.


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