(A/N) I now have 100+ favorites too now! As a thank you for all of your support I made this is my longest chapter yet with approximately 5,800 words; it's a record for me. :D

In this chapter I jumped around with some random school information, so I'm sorry if I just confused anyone. I literally just pulled out all of my present and past school notes and opened to random pages for what I wrote, but I tried to stick to the general ones.

Also, I usually reply to reviews personally, but I can't do that with guests. So to "Zex", my story certainly has R27 potential, but I have yet to decide if I want to write that. I love the pairing, yet it really depends on how the story develops.


It's the Omelet's Fault


Every shard, down to the miniscule splinters, were removed. The medical team used sun flames to close Tsuna's various cuts, his bruises were less gruesome, and the pressure on his ribs alleviated somewhat.

They told him he was lucky to only have bruised ribs and nothing serious; they did lightly bind his chest however.

The Vongola specialists had him patched up within an hour. When they left, the head had made sure to give Tsuna pain relievers along with pills with little dosages of sun flames, enough to increase his recovery rate without any harmful side effects.

So Tsuna was quickly left alone with Reborn snoozing in a chair across the room. He wouldn't have minded much if not for Reborn's sleeping habits; he slept with his eyes open.

Wide open!

It was freaking him out. How does someone fall asleep like that? Could the hit man even see while unconscious?

The better question would probably be, why don't his eyes dry out?

A theory popped into Tsuna's head, but he would need to examine the new specie 'Reborn' up close.

Tsuna swung his leg over the bed only feeling a slight reminder of his body's state thanks to the pain killers. He made sure to blend his presence with the surroundings and move silently.

The doe-eyed male crouched in front of Reborn and stared under the shadow of the man's fedora.

He had an odd temptation to reach out and see if his curly sideburns would bounce...no! He mentally slapped his cheeks, I have to stay focused!

His big honey-brown eyes stared at Reborn's own coal black irises. They were definitely moist, but it's not there!

Tsuna leaned over and changed his angle so he would look up rather than directly into the hit man's eyes. It just didn't make any sense! Where are his second eye lids?

That was the only logical explanation, that Reborn had some sort of mutation and developed clear eyelids like crocodiles. But his theory was debunked.

Tsuna leaned in closer, trying to see if this was a trick of some kind. Maybe Reborn was just a really excellent artist? His hand reached up to prod his eye, but Tsuna thought better of it.

Even if they weren't real, the hit man's instincts would kick in at being touched. So scratch that theory out.

He stared harder, hoping that the answer to this riddle will present itself.

"What are you doing?" Reborn demanded.

Tsuna jumped and lost his balance. He unfortunately fell forward due to physics; his head collided sharply with Reborn's.

It didn't help that the chair had a weak structure, causing one of the thin wooden legs to snap. And it definitely didn't help that Tsuna was still disorientated and managed to trip over the falling chair, bringing Reborn – who had started getting up – toppling over the tan arm chair.

Each half of Tsuna's body was hanging over opposite side, while Reborn was laying right next to him just as awkwardly sprawled across the chair but unlike Tsuna, his feet were only connected with the cushion seat.

Tsuna smiled sheepishly at the man next to him, "Sorry."

Reborn sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. Wait through his hair? Tsuna frowned, he felt like something was missing when his vision was suddenly blocked.

He reacted and was about to elbow the man or woman that had snuck up behind him in the gut when he realized Reborn's was the only other presence in the room.

Tsuna lifted his hand to remove what had obstructed his view when it was removed on its own and a light weight was lifted with it.

Reborn's hand was retreating with the object and plopped it onto his head. That's when Tsuna realized that the hit man's hat had landed on his head.

Reborn's eyes suddenly became focused solely on him, lingering over his bandages and fading bruises.

Reborn furrowed his eyebrows, "What's the damage?"

Tsuna's mouth opened, Reborn actually sounded concerned. Pink tinted his cheeks, he wasn't used to his well-being being cared about, "I just h-have bruises left. My ribs are badly bruised, and luckily weren't fractured."

The hit man's eyes shadowed over, "I see."

Tsuna frowned and was about to question the hit man's words when a hand forced his face to plant into the chair's back. The hand was replaced by a foot when Reborn stood up.

"When I got here, you looked like you were on the brink of death. Yet you 'just have bruises'!" Tsuna tried to say something, but his voice was only muffled sound due to the foot forcing him to eat fabric. Leon transformed into a mallet "You're going to have much more than 'just bruises' when I'm done with you," A sadistic grin came onto Reborn's face, "Shall we have fun, Tsuna?"

A shriek of terror was muffled, but that didn't stop Reborn from playing Whack-a-Mole with a certain brunet rather than the burrowing mammal... close enough.


Tsuna was staring at the breakfast in front of him. He was currently at the Sawada residence.

The hotel Tsuna had been staying out had politely told him and Reborn that they were no longer welcomed. Tsuna had never been kicked out of a hotel before; he practically lived in them.

Apparently, they have a no violence policy. Who knew?

And just a random fact, but because of an 'excess of undesirables' in Namimori the hotels share names of unwanted guests.

So Reborn's and Tsuna's 'names' were added to the list.

When they were on the curb Reborn had tossed Tsuna (and his luggage) into his car. The man had a disturbing smirk, and Tsuna had long since figured out that Reborn had many different smirks, this one happened to be his evil plotting smirk.

Definitely unnerving.

The brunet had calmed down though when they reached the Sawada house. The moment their feet touched the property Nana knew; Tsuna swore he had never met a stranger woman than her. She had opened the door before they even knocked, and told them that breakfast was ready.

Which left him in his current situation, staring at an omelet with an empty stomach.

He smiled, grateful for the food, "Thank you, Nana-san."

The woman laughed cheerfully, "Please call me Mama." The smile on her face left no room for argument.

"Of course," Tsuna felt warmth rushing to his cheeks and he found himself stuttering, "M-Mama."

Nana just laughed and went back into the kitchen to do the clean up. She left three bentos at the end of the table.

Reborn was already eating his omelet. Tsuna 's stomach grumbled, so he decided to dig in as well. His doe eyes widened at the first bite.

It was a simple omelet with vegetables and cheese inside, but my god was it delicious.

The egg was cooked with the right amount of fluffiness and was still pertaining the perfect temperature to be eaten at. The vegetables were a sliced combination of mushrooms, onions, and greens with warm cheese melted in between. Each bite caused his taste buds to cry tears of joy.

Forget delicious, this masterpiece was heavenly. He was sure he was grinning like an idiot.

He cut another piece and brought the slice to his mouth, but he didn't taste his omelet; his chopsticks were empty.

Tsuna frowned and went to get cut another piece from his omelet when he saw Reborn chewing contentedly... with an extra omelet on his plate.

Correction: Tsuna's omelet.

At this discovery Tsuna did the only thing he could do, put operation SMO into play, also known as 'Save My Omelet'.

Reborn closed his eyes and hummed savoring his breakfast. Tsuna struck, and in a flash his chopsticks were not only gripping the rest of his omelet, but Reborn's too.

Reborn was still chewing when he brought his own pair of chopsticks down, only to find an empty plate. The hit man's eyes opened.

Tsuna resisted the urge to chuckle, as he wolfed down the rest of the omelets with Reborn watching in pure hatred.

Tsuna finished the last bite. "Something the matter, Reborn?" He asked with innocent eyes, but who was he fooling? He may have innocent eyes, but his smirk said otherwise.

Reborn didn't respond; his glare only increased in intensity. Tsuna widened his smirk, and Reborn's glare darkened in turn.

That was when Tsuna's rationality decided to remind him of the bumps aching on his head. Maybe I should start running?

The raven's glare was replaced with something far worse, that special sadistic gleam only Reborn got. That twinkle in his eyes told Tsuna many things.

One, he had made a horrible mistake.

Two, it was useless to run.

And Three... his pain killer dosage may need to be upped.

The brunet licked his lips nervously, "He-hey," he slowly got up and started backing out the dining room, "I'm just going to go to the restroom r-real quick, okay?"

Reborn pushed back from the table, Leon was already transformed into green rope. "I'm sure you can wait until after we finish a little game."

Without a moment to spar, Tsuna spun around and ran out into the hallway when he collided into a blonde.

"T-Tanaka-san!" Giotto pulled Tsuna into a bear hug, "Thank god you're safe! We were so worried!"

Tsuna started to pale his voice in a harsh whisper, "Giotto-san!" His face started to get a blue-tint, "Please..." he gasped, "Le-let go!"

Giotto's blue eyes widened comically and immediately released the blue teen. Tsuna took in precious air. The brunet's color returned after a minute of gasping for breath.

"I'm sorry! I was just worried after I realized that you were the one to save us, and we left you behind. I'm older, so I have a duty to protect you instead of the other way around." Giotto blabbered, he was shaking Tsuna's shoulders now.

The blonde took a deep breath and his eyes became sharp, "Don't ever do that again, understand?"

Tsuna almost nodded at the authoritative tone. Instead he tilted his head at the sudden urgency, "Huh?"

Giotto let a long sigh and his eyes, became softer. "I said, 'Don't ever do that again.'"

His throat felt dry. Tsuna wasn't sure how to respond, and honestly the sudden heaviness of his mouth probably would've prevented him from even stringing a proper sentence.

Blue continued to pierce into his own brown, waiting for an answer.

Then the sound of footsteps, arguing, and laughing was heard. Asari and G walked into the dining room. Giotto was still waiting for an answer when G decided to interrupt.

"Bambi! Er, I mean, Tanaka-san." G said hurriedly, but under his breath he muttered, "I still can't believe he's just a kid."

Giotto's hand were thrown off of Tsuna's shoulders, when he spun around. The doe-eyes were widened at Reborn. " You told them?" He asked dumbly.

Reborn shrugged, Leon was back in his original form, "It might have slipped."

His eyes shone with frustration. It might have slipped? The brunet marched in front of the nonchalant hit man. "How am I supposed to live a comfortable, anonymous life with you going around telling people who I am?!" Reborn gave a small chuckle at his pout. He opened his mouth to tell off Reborn for laughing.

Giotto smiled and reassured the brunet, "It's fine Tanaka-san. You don't have to worry about us."

Tsuna turned his head and gaped. How can he act like what I do is nothing?

"Well, Reborn is a hit man. G is the son of a mob boss. And my dad is the head of CEDEF, so it's normal."

Giotto's words took a while to process, as Tsuna was mentally banging his head on a wall for talking aloud on accident, but the information stuck. "Wait, CEDEF?"

The blonde nodded happily. So that's why Byakuran mentioned the CEDEF, and why Reborn was so protective of Namimori. He had heard – from a source he can not disclose – that the CEDEF had Vongola blood, so if he ever had a son... .

"Yep." Giotto replied simply.

Nana came out from the kitchen, "Ara? Gio-kun, shouldn't you and your friends have already left for school? If you don't hurry you're friend will have to come pick you up again."

Giotto paled, Asari laughed nervously, and G started breathing curses.

Reborn snickered, "Actually, you're already late."

Tsuna's eyes widened momentarily when he felt a fast approaching presence outside, and he instinctively relaxed his body for any upcoming assaults. But Reborn shot him a quick look of amusement and shook his head.

"Oh g-OD!" A handcuff collided with Giotto's head with enough force to knock him down.

More hand cuffs flew from the window, and clasped onto the three students and the three were soon bound together. A dirty blonde appeared through the open window.

"Sawada Giotto, you and your dogs have failed to arrive at school on time once again." A blood thristy grin appeared on the teen's face, "Physical discipline has obviously no affect on you three, so I shall be implementing special punishments for delinquents, like yourself."

Giotto and his friends shrunk into themselves.

Tsuna blinked at the scene, what in the world? He decided that he should try to say something to save the teens from the other.

"Um, excuse me..." Slanted blue eyes turned on him, and seemed to evaluate Tsuna.

The high schooler walked up to him, "Shouldn't you be in school, little one?"

His mouth fell open, did he just call me "Little one?"

Hand cuffs swung down to clasp around his own wrists, except, they didn't. Instead Tsuna had automatically clasped onto the male's wrist and twisted him around. The teen's eyes widened when he was forcibly turn and slammed into the wall. A foot was pressed on his back along with his hands being held awkwadly behind his back with enough force to incapacitate him. The grip was too strong, so he tried to trash his legs back, but his position posed an issue for that.

G whistled, impressed, "I guess you are the real deal."

Tsuna's eyes became refocused and widened when he saw he was still holding the other in place. He quickly let the teen go. The blonde teen's eyes were still wide with shock and curiosity.

Tsuna bowed, "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to pin you down like that... uh."

"Alaude." he provided. Alaude examined Tsuna with an even closer eye, "And your name?"

"Uh, my name is Tsu-Ta-..." Shoot, what was he supposed to say, he shouldn't use Tanaka now since the run in with the Gesso, but the others think my name is Tanaka still.

A snort came from the side of the room, "Just go with Tsuna."

"Why would you call Tanaka-san Tsuna?" Asari asked curiously, but he was ignored.

Tsuna sighed, "You know, for the world's greatest hit man, you sure have a careless with information."

Reborn forced a smile and patted Tsuna's head much to the boy's ire, "Poor, poor Tsuna, you'd have to tell them eventually considering we'll be staying here for a while. I'm only helping you out."

"Explain." Alaude demanded.

Reborn grinned maliciously. "Tsuna." Reborn addressed.

Color was draining from Tsuna's face, "Yes?"

"Remember to never steal my breakfast again."

Tsuna gasped, Reborn wouldn't. But Reborn was a sadistic bastard who loved causing distress.

"No-." Reborn's hand covered Tsuna's mouth, and he smirked victoriously.

"His name is Tsuna, not Tanaka Mamorou." Asari opened his mouth, but again was ignored. "He lied, which is common for theives." Tsuna struggled, but it proved useless against Reborn. "He's temporarily working with me." Giotto looked like he wanted to ask something this time. "No, Giotto, I told you already to mind your own business."

Tsuna's shoulders slumped in defeat and let out a small sniff. He wasn't a liar; he just made up some stories is all.

Alaude was sitting at the kitchen table, writing away. Giotto was grumbling about Reborn. And Asari and G were watching Tsuna.

But Reborn wasn't done there, "And since Tsuna and I will be staying here for a little bit." There was that glint in the man's black eyes again. "I'm sure he'll be more than happy to experience Namimori's great schools."

"Bambi will go to our school?!" G shouted.

Reborn shot a glare at him. "Of course not, he's only fourteen."

G's eyes rolled back and he landed with a loud thud on the wooden floor. Reborn really couldn't blame him, Bambi's age shocked him too; however, that didn't stop him from taking pleasure in G's humiliation.

Alaude took out his phone and pressed a few buttons before shutting it. "It has been arranged. The little one is expected to start school today, so he'll be excused for tardiness for today. He can get his uniform in Namimori Middle School's front office."

The disciplinarian placed a map of Namimori along with a small note on the table.

Tsuna let out some muffled shouts of refusal, but Alaude had already disappeared through the window.

Reborn removed his hand, and wiped it on the back of Tsuna's t-shirt.

"Next time don't slobber." Reborn stated scrunching up his nose in distaste, "You four better hurry."

The three students yelped and grabbed their awaiting bentos and bolted out the door.

Giotto shouted on his way out, "Sorry Tsuna-san!"

Tsuna stared as the kitchen door shut, then to Reborn.

"So why am I going to school?" He asked numbly. The word itself was daunting. School... he shivered at the thought.

Reborn just smirked and 'lightly' elbowed him in the ribs. Tsuna winced, the pain killers only worked so much.

"For one, to watch you suffer." Tsuna scowled, he knew it. "For another, since your still recovering and we have yet to receive word from Nono we might as well do something while we're stuck here." Reborn said.

"Why can't I just recover in peace-?" Tsuna stopped, "Wait we?"

Reborn's smirk only widened, "Of course, I'm still curious about you, so what better way to learn about you than to see how you interact in day-to-day life?"

The brunet wondered if he'll still be sane by the end of the week.


Tsuna tucked the map away when he arrived in front of his new school. He still held the note in his hands. It was rather simple, so he wasn't sure if he would truly get into this school with just it:

Give the little one the uniform.

He starts today, and is excused for being tardy.

Name: Tsuna

Age: 14

- Alaude

Tsuna sighed. He felt a steadily approaching presence. Was he really going to a school?

"Are you the Herbivore?"

Tsuna ignored the nickname and nodded.

The teen who had spoke resembled Alaude greatly, and Tsuna would bet they were brothers. He held the note out with a slight bow.

If they really were brothers, he sure wasn't going to go out of his way to piss him off.

The teen read the note, and tucked it in his uniform. "Go to the front desk."

Tsuna nodded again and began to move, but was stopped by a tonfa held in front of his nose. Tsuna struggled to keep the incredulous look off his face.

"Break any rules, Herbivore, and I will bite you to death." The teen threatened, then walked off like nothing happened.

There's no doubt... they're brothers, Tsuna thought sweat dropping.

He entered the main building and gave the secretary his note. The man smiled at him and gave him his uniform in a bag.

Tsuna was given another slip for his class, and sent off.

He changed in a bathroom and started his way to his class. The new note was just telling his teacher the Hibari's had said he was to be a new student with the same information Alaude had provided.

Tsuna couldn't help but let out a snort. What kind of school would welcome a student with their background and vacinations, let alone a surname?

Namimori was a weird town with even weirder inhabitants.

He stopped in front of a door marked '2-A'.

With a deep breath Tsuna straightened his shoulders and knocked lightly on the sliding door.

Seconds passed and Tsuna had the urge to run, but then the door slid open.

A Japanese man was staring at him, "Is there something you need?"

Tsuna held out the note, and the teacher grabbed it. The man's face turned from mild confusion to fear, then he stuffed the note away.

"O-okay, then. Come in and introduce yourself to the class."

Tsuna silently stepped in after the teacher and faced the class. He gulped at the sudden attention.

The teacher was staring at him expectantly.

How were you supposed to introduce yourself in Japanese schools again? Oh, yeah. "Good morning, my name is Tsuna. Nice to meet you." He bowed, "Please take care of me."

"Ah," a voice exclaimed, "Tanaka-san, right?"

Tsuna paled. He remembered the other: Yamamoto Takeshi, he was the sushi chef's son. "U-um, actually I prefer to go by Tsuna usually."

The raven grinned, "Haha, Tsuna then, it's nice to see you again!"

Tsuna offered a small smile. He knew the Japanese weren't so casual to leave proper suffixes off with most, but something told him Yamamoto that it was just his friendly nature.

"Is there any questions for Tsuna-san?" The teacher spoke up.

Various hands shot up. The teacher called on them one by one.

"Sasagawa-san."

A girl with short orange put her hand down, "What's your favorite music?"

Tsuna made something up, "Jazz."

"Osamu-san." A boy was called on.

"Where did you live before Namimori?" Tsuna mentally going through his database of fake identities before choosing one.

"America." Paranoia was handy at times.

Another student was called, "Kurokawa-san."

"What are your favorite color?" She asked with a bored tone. Tsuna had the feeling the girl really could care less.

He answered simply, "Orange."

There were more questions, and they each became more boring or intruding.

Hobbies? Stealing, but he went with reading. Perfectly normal answer.

Favorite food? Salisbury steak, but he went with a random foreign food: menudo. (1) No one understood, but neither did they question.

Blood-type? A, but he answered 'I don't know' to the disbelief of the class. (2)

One student asked for his last name, but he avoided the question without the kid even realizing. Tsuna was still working on a complete background.

After an agonizing five minutes, he was directed to his seat behind a random student. He noticed that there was a student that resembled G, but instead of light red hair and eyes he had silver hair and green eyes.

The class continued with whatever the teacher had been teaching; Tsuna really didn't know, but it probably math or science with all those numbers and weird signs.

Needless to say, Tsuna wasn't feeling to well. All the students kept on to bothering him or force him into clubs. In their defense, transfer students weren't normal in Japan, so the brunet had an imaginary arrow pointing at his head reading 'different.'

He didn't have any supplies either. He was forced to share books with his neighbor. And notes were impossible to take, but that didn't matter, he didn't particularly care for school.

Tsuna was self-taught, but he only taught himself what he had to know.

With school, he had a basic understanding of the material taught, but a basic understanding didn't tell him what the use of matrices were in math or all about the history of Japan.

When the bell rung, signaling the end of the day Tsuna bolted out the door with the small bag of his clothes in hand.

He found himself gasping in front of the Sawada house. Finally, he was away from all of those eyes and white noise. He rose his hand and hesitated. The normality of the situation was absolutely abnormal. Oxymoron? Sure, but exact.

He bit his lip and went through with his action.

"Why are you knocking Tsuna-san?" Giotto asked from behind him.

Tsuna felt his body jolt and clamped his hand over his mouth before a squeak escaped. He was so caught up in his own world that he hadn't sensed anyone approaching. He turned around and saw that Giotto wasn't alone. G was with him along with the look alike and Alaude's brother (?). He added a mental question mark on purpose.

"Tch, what's the wimpy transfer student doing here?" the silver-haired teen ground out, but G shot him a look. "Never mind, just show me Bambi."

Tsuna's eyes turned on G, making them even wider. "Eh? Bambi? What's that?" He said innocently to tick the teen off.

G's smiled twitched, "Oi, it wasn't my fault Hayato's just delusional." No way was G going to admit he slipped, in a day no less.

The door opened and Reborn stepped out in all his glory. Tsuna noted that Hayato transformed from a delinquent into a puppy wagging his tail. He rubbed his eyes thinking it was an illusion. Nope, still there.


Reborn heard a knock, and answered the door. He smirked when he saw Tsuna. Gokudera Hayato was there too, but he just ignored him and went straight for Tsuna.

"How was your first day?" He teased.

Tsuna had only one reply to Reborn's ever-present smirk, "I hate you."

"You?!" Hayato exclaimed, "How dare you-?!"

"It's only school," Reborn acted like Hayato didn't exist, "Can't be that bad."

Tsuna grumbled darkly under his breath.

Reborn raised a brow surprised at Tsuna's behavior, "Really, it's just school. No need to throw a fit."

The brunet crossed his arms, "Then you go and see how much you like it."

"I've already graduated out of many top colleges." Reborn bragged, "I don't see the big deal."

"Wha-." Tsuna's eye twitched, "For your information, school is just another name for Hell."

A tonfa flew at Tsuna's head, but the brunet ducked caught it and tossed it back in the same direction without even looking. Reborn raised a brow at the fuming Hibari. The teen seemed to be in conflict with himself whether to defend his school or watch.

Tsuna went back to his rant. "People stare at you, refusing to leave you alone. They ask you irritating questions that are simply invasions of privacy. Seriously, who in their right mind asks someone for their blood-type? Are they plotting to keep me around 'just in case'?! And then they're so loud and try to make me join their clubs and what not, like I should be honored to be asked!" Tsuna whined unable to stop now, "They act all friendly And the teachers spew out absolute nonsense!"

Reborn blinked, then blinked again... and again. Processing. It's reasonable that Tsuna's occupation as a thief has made him develop an aversion to people. The blood-type is an odd question for foreigners so that's also understandable. However, he was certain Hibari had down background checks on all the teachers after the fake teacher scandal, so the teachers were more than qualified.

"Um..." Giotto started sensing that they should leave. He and G forced an angry Gokudera through the front door, "We'll just be inside." The front door slammed shut leaving Tsuna, Reborn, and the Alaude-look-a-like who was watching the scene with amusement, all thoughts of attacking Tsuna gone.

"If I remember you said you were home schooled. What exactly were you learning?"

Tsuna blushed, "Important stuff."

Reborn frowned and decided to figure out what Tsuna actually learned, "What's the value of an imaginary number?"

"Imaginary number?" Tsuna blurted out. Reborn could read his expression, which clearly said, 'What's that?'

"What's the equation for the Pythagorean Thereom?" Reborn continued. It was a very simple one so surely... .

Tsuna's blushed darkened, and looked away. What did Tsuna even 'teach' himself?

"Just nod if you recognize any words I say," Reborn decided to make it easier, "Phase change, binomials, Newton's Laws, centripetal force, Marie Curie, polynomials, the Potsdam Conference?"

Tsuna was still looking away, refusing to make eye contact.

Reborn found himself uncharacteristically gaping. He only listed a few standard material, but really, what did this kid learn?

"It's not like I need to know that stuff." Tsuna muttered.

"Then what do you know?" Reborn question. Maybe Tsuna was just really behind caught up with his job? But then he'd have to be in the elementary level.

"I know some languages and country customs. Basic math. And a lot about money, business, and law. Particularly court systems, rights, and strategies used in court."

Well, maybe much more knowledgeable than most in those subjects. Still... "Have you even gone to a school before?" Reborn was doubtful from what he knew of Tsuna's past, it was highly possible for him to never even stepped in a school before.

To his surprise, Tsuna nodded, "A few times, but not too long. I only went to er-," his brown eyes shot towards the teen watching, "Meet special requirements." Hoping Reborn would understand the reference to Tsuna's work. And of course, the hit man did.

Reborn almost sighed, he really should've guessed that a child teaching himself wouldn't bother with common school material. He had just assumed that Tsuna knew what other kids his age did. At least the kid did know relevant information for his job. Maybe a bit overboard with the law... on second thought, it wasn't so farfetched considering Reborn himself knew all about the law and politics for his own job. You could never be too prepared if you end up being caught.

He'll have to help the kid keep up with his school work. His normal smirk reappeared. Reborn will surely have a lot of fun 'tutoring' Tsuna.

"Hibari, you came for Tsuna's information, right?" The hit man asked. Hibari grunted, no longer interested in the conversation.

Reborn gestured his head towards the door. "Come on in, we'll go to the guest room and fill the forms."


"Herbivore, you expect me to believe you don't have a last name?" Hibari growled. They had barely begun the task of filling out the required forms, and already hit a road block on the first question.

Tsuna crossed his arms, "How many times do I have to tell you? I don't know it."

Reborn chuckled, "Just put down 'Sawada'; it'll be easier to explain the address." Tsuna looked confusedly at Reborn.

Hibari grunted an filled in the name. "How do you spell you first name?"

Tsuna snapped his attention back to Hibari. "T-s-u-n-a-y-o-s-h-i." Tsuna spelled out.

"Is that your full name?" Reborn asked.

Tsuna shrugged, it really didn't matter, "Yes, but it's a mouthful."

"Why are you named after a Tokugawa Shogun?" (3) Reborn was naturally curious.

"What's a shogun?" He asked. Honestly, he remembered hearing 'Tsunayoshi' before he had a name and deciding to call himself that. If he recalled right it was a sad stranger who he had randomly approached and cheered up that had told him the name and other random stories, but he couldn't remember exactly since he was little.

Reborn shook his head, "Never mind."

"Name of Parent or Guardian."

Tsuna shrugged, "None."

Hibari tapped his finger impatiently, "Herbivore, answer the question."

"I did," Tsuna stated blandly. Hibari pulled out his tonfas.

"Just put down 'Reborn'." Reborn interrupted.

The teen's glare shifted to Reborn, "What makes you think I would make false records, baby?"

Tsuna burst into a fit of coughing that may have been used to cover up his laughter. Did he just call Reborn baby?

"He's under my charge for the time being."

"Fine." Hibari ground out tucking his tonfas away. "Fill out the rest, American herbivore." He snapped getting up, "I expect it on my desk in the morning." Hibari opened the window and jumped out.

"Is Hibari-san related to Alaude-san?" Tsuna asked. What was with the window-as-a-door fetish?

"They're brothers." Reborn answered and looked at him questioningly, "American?"

Tsuna scratched his cheek in embarrassment. "I have a lot of insurance."

Reborn just shook his head in disbelief. "Let's just fill out the rest."


"Reborn?" Tsuna whispered to the man sleeping on the other side of the room.

He didn't answer for a while, "What?"

"How long are we going to be staying here," the brunet asked, "Before we go back to our job?"

"Maybe a couple of weeks," Reborn answered vaguely. Truthfully he didn't know. Nono had informed him that it would take a while as all the information had to be gone through manually in case something was missed. He had also informed him that he would send someone over to inform him and Bambi of the results and what they would need to do next. The Vongola weren't taking any chances with information leaks.

His mind went back to his other mission given to him by Nono. Reborn didn't know why Nono had wholeheartedly trusted Tsuna without even meeting him, but he had no business questioning the Vongola's intuition.

Determine if Bambi is fit to be recruited into the Vongola.

A different smirk covered Reborn's face before the hit man drifted into slumber. He really liked challenges.


Byakuran knocked at the address. He was finally off and wanted to come and play with Tanaka-san. After the entire incident they had found out that the Gesso system had crashed, so he was expected to be in charge of the mess. But he didn't want to stay cooped up in that boring office all day.

So that morning Byakuran ran to go have fun. He rarely had any interest in people, but this Tanaka-san was worthy of his attention. He had gotten Shouchi to track down the man, and he had gotten an address.

He was finally going to meet him officially. The man got into his base without his knowledge. The man that not only took one of his guardians out, but held himself well against the others. The man who possessed a Sky flame.

The door opened and revealed the image of Tanaka-san. But something was different.

"Hello." The man greeted.

Byakuran frowned. The voice was rougher. Not only that but only the basic appearance - brown hair and tanned white skin - was the same. The aura too wasn't there.

"Whoops, seems like I made a mistake." Byakuran smiled wickedly. The man shivered.

"I-I see. G-good day then!" the man squeaked and slammed the door.

The marshmallow lover was still standing there with a disturbing smile. So Tanaka-san had lied to him the Gesso boss. Not many would dare. Byakuran's smile turned into his normal carefree one and he walked away from the house.

He'll find the fake Tanaka. The man just became more interesting with the lie.

Something told him he was going to have a lot of fun.


(1) Menudo is a Mexican dish; I like it, but... many won't eat it after knowing its contents.

(2) Blood type is important in Japanese culture. Not only for medical reasons, but personalities and horoscopes.

(3) For any that don't know, the Sawada's have a tradition to name their children after the Tokugawa Shoguns, who ruled Japan during the Japanese Edo Period.

P.S. If anyone sees any mistakes in my writing let me know please. I do the editing myself, but I still miss my mistakes. So feel free to let me know even for the most basic errors so I can correct them asap.