Chapter 7: Game

Within the Vongola mansion it was somewhat bubbly. For some odd reason, which the workers were not sure of since they were just 'normal' people, the Guardians were all accounted for; though they don't stay within range of those they dislike. The Sawada parents were there with such a glow that it stung their eyes. It was just strange that everyone was in such a happy mood when their boss was currently 'missing' in the workers case. Though what do they care, they are just working in a 'normal' Italian 'company' called Vongola so they didn't know a single thing… unless they were observant enough to realize it isn't normal to have people sent out to missions and come back in a body bag or severely injured.

Nope it was completely normal...

Except for little Tsuna's appearance, of course… Yes, five-year-old Tsuna. The young boy understood that he was currently not in Japan and a somewhat understanding that he wasn't even in his time considering his parents were older looking. It wasn't hard to figure out with a five-year-olds mind that would run wild with their imagination if they were given a single curiosity in their sight. Sure he was frightened at first but his intuition, unknowing to him that he was using it since he had no clue at the age, told him, as he interpret as an imaginary friend, that he was safe with these people.

*Boom, Crash, Smash*

Well mostly anyways… Tsuna trying to be brave like a man, with shaking knees, only watch the fight as he held onto his… babysitter's (?) hand. Well that's what he thought he was since he kept an eye on him. His innocent caramel eyes drifted to the top of the man's hat with a chameleon on it. The one curious thing that caught his attention… an animal that seemed to be too tamed and surrounded by mystery because of the occurring shape shifting.

*Boom*

Another explosion caused by the silver haired man with green eyes. The boy didn't understand what had happened to cause the fight but he was pretty sure that his dad was winning, due to him laughing his head off. The others that his dad was fighting with were already on the ground defeated; huffing with curses of how strong the old man was considering his age.

"Ne, Reborn-san…" the hitman looked down at the boy who was looking back, "Why are they fighting each other?" His curiosity was just too much and he wanted answers.

"It's just training Tsuna," he said bluntly.

"For what?" he asked again.

"You are too young to understand right now…" Reborn said not wanting to change the boy's future if he changed the innocent boy with the wrong words.

"Under…under…can?" Tsuna struggled with the new word blinking Reborn looked down with a smirk. A sudden remembrance of the diary he found in Tsuna's room when he first moved into his students room. Taking his other hand towards his partner Leon the chameleon didn't have to hear what the man wanted and spit out a small, but larger than the lizard, book. The boy's eyes sparkled in awe at another 'magic trick'.

The former Sun Arcobaleno handed the boy the book breaking the sparkled concentrated eyes to the book in hand.

"What's this?" the boy said taking it into his tiny hands almost falling over by the sudden weight.

"A book you can write in so that you don't get bored," he said with a mischievous gleam in his eyes then pointed at the fight ending with a triumphant father with many of the guardians down and glaring death glares towards the advisor, "I think it would be best if you go sit outside while you do that."

Tsuna blinked but did as he was told walking towards the metal automatic doors and exited the strange room. Once the doors closed he plopped down onto the ground and started writing his adventures so far. Trying the best to block out the explosions and yells behind the doorway.

After what seemed like a few minutes the noise seemed to die down. The little boy wanted to go back inside to see if anything happened but he was stopped seeing movement at the end of the hall. His eyes sparkled at what he saw: a small yellow bird and a yellow cat. Without a second thought Tsuna closed the small book, somehow stuffing it into his overalls pocket, and tottered down the hall to get closer. The two animals turned at the sudden appearance of the young child, ran/flew down another part of the hall.

As fast as his short legs could carry him, Tsuna ran after the two animals. It seemed as if the two were planning against him as they stopped and waited for him to catch up a few more feet in-between them before going off again. They led little Tsuna into rooms then over boxes. It seemed to go on forever. Finally after a while of the red-light-green-light game they seemingly got bored and ran off without a single hesitation leaving the boy in the middle of the maze like mansion.

Scared eyes looked around trying to find his way back however wherever he turned it looked the same as the one he had passed before causing the young boy to get further lost in the large mansion. Tsuna was sniffling now on the brink of tears.

"Ah-le, Tsu-kun what are you doing here?" a voice appeared behind him making him jump. He turned seeing the kind face of the woman that he met before.

"K-Kyoko-nee-chan..?" his voice trailing off not sure if he remembered her name correctly.

Kyoko smiled kneeling down to his eye level before patting his head as if to comfort a puppy taking out a tissue to wipe off the stray tears, "Did you get lost? Wasn't Reborn-san with you?"

"Reborn-san said for me to get out of the room before it became… dangerous? I was outside writing in my book that he gave me. I following a yellow bird and cat when I was done," he said looking down fiddling around with the button on his overalls.

"Hibird and Uri?" A surprised expression on her face, "Ah I see, since you followed them here then that means that they are in the kitchen right now."

At the mention of the kitchen Tsuna's stomach growled followed by an embarrassed-like laugh, "I'm hungry."

Kyoko sighed and smiled at the young boy, "(Seriously he doesn't change regardless of what age he is,) let's get something to eat shall we?"

The toddler nodded with the same warm smile that she had seen so many times before, making her smile even more brightly.

"He will never change, and that's what I like about Tsu-kun…"