Sakura didn't need to be told who was coming when she went to see Kyouya. Only one person made him this irritable and that was his grandfather Fon.

Sakura hid a smile... Fon was a lot more fun than Reborn to have around and he didn't mind if Sakura dressed him up in matching costumes. Reborn was too mean to ask him to do it.

"Fon is bringing his current student with him. Apparently he needs someplace to take her since she was given a rather dangerous ability from her grandparents and they cut him off from helping her directly."

Which meant he couldn't just leave her with Hibari, since they were related.

Sakura tilted her head.

"What about having an older apprentice train her until she's ready to learn the more advanced forms?"

"Why do you think he's coming here? He'll probably want you to be her trainer and let her have an actual child hood," said Hibari.

Oh, so that's why he was irritated. He didn't like sharing her at all, but he put up with it because it made her happy. He barely tolerated Lambo at all.

"Well at least I can share some of the new costumes Mama got for us," said Sakura.

"Why not share them with Reborn?"

"Too scary and I don't know if he'd be willing to join in."

Hibari openly snorted. He'd seen that fake baby dress up in ridiculous things before, multiple times. Most of the costumes were from random anime series or books, and rarely anything too humiliating. After all, no one wanted to hear Sakura cry because some idiot made fun of what she was wearing.

Fon was smiling as he lead I-Pin directly to the house. Considering how near sighted she was, she could benefit greatly from Sakura's little tricks of getting around without sight.

At least until she was old enough to wear contacts anyway.

Lichi hit the doorbell and it took Nana a few seconds to look down.

"Fon-san! And this must be your apprentice Kyouya mentioned. Come on in! Sakura should be coming home soon with her little friends, and we're having Thai tonight."

Fon smiled and took I-Pin inside. The music on the stereo was a mixed selection of some very old and some popular songs from his homeland. Sakura had loved it, since it meant she had more variety to listen to at home.

I-Pin seemed to relax once inside... likely from the music and the atmosphere.

Fon had sealed her special gift until she was old enough to use it and not take out innocent bystanders.

"Mama, I'm home! Lambo was extra good today," said Sakura. The little Bovino was sitting on her shoulder happy enjoying some grape lollipops.

Nana easily took the little boy from her shoulders, and Lambo didn't hesitate to transfer over to her. He was thriving in this new place, and they had high hopes he'd be able to attend school soon once they heard back from his family.

"Ciaossu, Fon," said Reborn.

Fon blinked.

"Who sent you?"

"Timoteo did," said Reborn.

Fon looked at Sakura with surprise. So she was the heiress of the Vongola now. That made his decision to leave I-Pin with her a much better one... not even her grandparents would be able to remove her if she bonded with the Vongola heiress.

"Who's Timoteo?" asked Sakura.

"One of two people I will be having...words...with the next time I see them," said Reborn darkly.

He had admitted to placing the seal on Sakura, but not any follow up after. It was as if he expected Iemitsu to actually be a real father to his child when he didn't even visit that often.

Reborn smirked and held something up for Fon to see.

Fon blinked, before he groaned.

"Kyouya gave you that, didn't he?"

"He gave me a number of interesting pictures."

"That little..."

He was going to get Kyouya for that. Giving blackmail to Reborn was never a good idea unless you were trying to get him to do something for you later.

Fon glanced at I-Pin, who had quickly fallen under the strange charms of Sakura. The little girl was absolutely smitten with the older one. It was adorable to watch.

Though he was very glad he sealed away her ability to blow up when Lambo took notice of her. In the way of little boys everywhere, the little Bovino started teasing her.

"Now Lambo-kun, that's not very nice. You don't like it when Reborn or Hayato pick on you, so that's no reason to pick on I-Pin," scolded Sakura.

Lambo looked ready to cry. He didn't like being scolded by his Onee-sama.

"On that note, I got a letter from the Bovino Familigia about Lambo. They said they're fine with Sakura adopting him."

"Hear that Lambo? You can stay with us from now on!" said Sakura cheerfully. That made Lambo's day.

Fon looked to Reborn.

"What did it really say?" he asked in Chinese.

"I told the Bovino family Lambo had become her Lightning Guardian and they were more than happy to let him stay as long as she wanted him around," said Reborn. Lambo was very annoying, and if the Vongola Heiress wanted to keep him as a little brother, they were happy to let her so long as she took care of him properly.

"That reminds me... Verde said he might be heading this way at some point with his pet," said Fon.

"Why?"

"I think he saw the sculpture she made of my true form and he's intrigued if she can do that with all of us or just those she's close to."

"She did it to me as well. Less than a week after I came here she started making one of my adult form," said Reborn.

"I'm surprised you haven't run into Viper yet. She's particularly fond of Sakura, as is her partner."

"Viper's been here too?" said Reborn. "I haven't seen the miser in a long time."

"She comes here regularly because her partner likes the sushi at that restaurant run by the retired Rain. She was very put out Sakura knew her gender despite the fact she went to great lengths to hide it."

Actually it was more that she was irritated Sakura told Fon what her gender was, since it was one of the big mysteries of the Arcobelano.

"She said that they were currently tied up since their Sky was recently freed and still healing," said Sakura. "But they should be able to head this way sometime in the near future. Their boss is particularly eager to visit Namimori for reasons she didn't want to explain."

Xanxus wanted to test out the new Decimo heir...and possibly try to assert his own claim as one of the Decimo candidates if he didn't like the "spawn of Iemitsu". Since all he knew of the new heir was that it was a girl about fifteen or sixteen with brown hair that lived in Namimori, they were mostly going to track Reborn down and find her through him.


Hibari was minding his own business and keeping an eye on the peace of Namimori when he overheard something he didn't like.

It was Nana, looking everywhere for her wallet.

He didn't frown, but he did look annoyed. He detested those who disturbed the peace of the city...especially when the target was Sakura's mother.

And then he saw someone looking particularly smug about the situation and his day got a whole lot better.

The pick pocket didn't see the tonfa coming. Neither did his two older brothers.

"Oh no, what am I going to do?"

"Wao. Is this yours?" asked a familiar voice.

"Kyouya-kun! You found my wallet!" said Nana in relief.

"Someone particularly foolish took it from your bag. I bit them to death for the offense," said Kyouya, as if he hadn't just left three people bloody on the side of the road.

Considering several people were finding missing items in their possession, the herbivores weren't exactly inclined to care about Hibari's punishment.

It was their own fault for doing it while he was in the area.

Nana was so pleased she convinced him to help carry some of the groceries home so she could make him hamburger steak as a thank you.

"Kyou-chan!" said Sakura happily, hugging him.

"Wao. Hello little bird. Having fun with the new additions?"

Sakura nodded.

"Lambo and I-Pin get along really great, and it's like I have little siblings now! And I-Pin is a really fast learner..." said Sakura happily.

Hibari patted her head gently and let her ramble on. A happy Sakura meant a less violent Kyouya, which was good for everyone. Even if he had to deal with Fon staying in town for a few months so Sakura could learn some new staff forms he had managed to get for her.

At least the annoying carnivore was staying with Sakura, and not him.


Hibari was frowning when he saw the large grouping of almost-carnivores surrounding the house. Sakura immediately clung to him from surprise.

"Halt, only members of the Sawada family are allowed past."

Hibari raised his tonfa in his own warning.

"Crowding in front of Sakura-hime's home is not allowed. Leave or I will bite you to death," said Hibari narrowing his eyes.

"Ah, there you are Sakura-chan. Reborn's called in his previous student so you can meet," said Fon from the wall.

The sea of almost-carnivores parted, and Hibari was very displeased.

Fon looked at the 'sea' of Cavallone Family and felt he did owe them at least some minor warning... if only to enjoy the fun of seeing grown men cry when they realized how horribly outclassed they were.

"You do realize that was Sakura-chan's boyfriend with her, right? A particularly vicious and territorial Cloud who hates large groups more than she does?"

"And?" asked Romario.

"Nothing. I think Reborn might actually bring popcorn while we watch the show if you think grouping up in large numbers outside the house is a smart move around Hibari. Though I would advise keeping the noise level down, otherwise he'll really get angry with you."

Something in the way he said that sent bad vibes down their spines. Like he was anticipating a particularly one-sided fight.

Inside the house...

Dino didn't know what to think of the Vongola heiress and Reborn's new unlucky student. Though the baby seemed a hell of a lot more gentle with her than he ever was with him.

Probably because she was a girl.

Or at least that's what he assumed for all of an hour, before he found out the truth.

It was only natural he would wince when he heard the specifics from Reborn...which for very obvious reasons would be kept very firmly a secret until it blew open.

Finding out Sakura was blind was the last thing he expected to learn. She didn't act like it, and the way she moved spoke of training. A lot of training.

Seeing a second Arcobelano actually sitting on her shoulder looking perfectly at ease with being there was another surprise. He had heard of Fon, but hadn't actually been formally introduced.

And don't get him started on the girl's obvious boyfriend. It wasn't "official" according to Reborn, but one look at the way the two interacted and it was pretty damn obvious that the girl and her Cloud were dating. Hell, he was already getting some majorly dark looks from the kid!

Hearing Nana's yelp from upstairs, Dino suddenly realized he hadn't seen his pet Enzo in some time.

Considering Nana had been heading to the restroom, it didn't take a genius to figure out what happened.

"Relax, stupid Dino. Sakura can handle this sort of thing better than you can. Just watch."

"But she can't see."

"She doesn't need to see," said Reborn cryptically.

It was the only reason he had kept his silence on her condition to the Familigia.

Dino went upstairs...and found Enzo calmly sitting in her lap, despite the way he had to weigh at least a ton with how much water he absorbed.

The turtle was never that calm around newcomers. He still bit Dino.

"What...how?" said Dino baffled.

"She has that effect on almost everyone...and her Flame is still firmly sealed," said Reborn smugly.

Watching her train with the little Chinese assassin with Fon occasionally correcting them both, Dino had to admit, her prospects as a Mafia Boss were better than his when he was her age.

Sakura had a quiet strength and a sort of magnetism that simply drew you in and didn't let go. And all of it was accomplished without any Flames.

"Hmm? It seems her ability drew you in too," said Reborn.

Dino blinked...then he realized that he hadn't tripped over anything or any other minor accident despite sending his men away for the night.

How strange.

Reborn smirked.

"How about a test for her growing Family?" said Reborn.

"I'm listening..."

"Count me out," said Fon without hesitation. "Not unless you bring popcorn first."