A/N: I'm hyped up because this coming 18 I'm gonna go to ToyCon as Tsuna! XD Hey, if my kababayans are reading this and if you have plans on going to the convention as well, please let me know! XD

I was hoping to buy a suit for that cosplay (that greyish white suit tuna wore in the Vongola 77) but I spent all my money on that wig so… yeah. But I plan on buying a suit though. Suits look so fiiiiine… XD

Anyway, how are you guys doing eh? Hope you're all okay. ^^

Shout outs:

Conanfan15-san – haha, I love the reviews you give me because it always makes me laugh and smile. Thanks. ^^ I actually, don't have any answers to all of your questions since I'm still figuring things out a bit so… you'll just have to find out. ^^ thanks once again!

-Yuna's Reincarnation-1-san – haha, yeah… XD thanks for the review though!

Princess Arcs di Cielo-san – thanks! XD and thanks for the review!

Icedchan – haha, glad to hear that. ^^ please do enjoy the chapter.

DiveToWorld-san – Thank you! ^^

YuujouKami-san –well, making Tsuna suffer makes me happy..*is shot* anyway, thank you and please enjoy the current chappie. ^^

Kiseki no Tenshi-san – Thanks! XD

Kichou-san – Thank you! ^^

RealityBitez-san – belated happy birthday by the way. ^^ It was in the manga, where Ken called Hibari skyduck, and you're very welcome. XD Thanks for the review!

MikaUchiha666-san – assuming that's a typo, thanks. ^^

xMelonBreadx-san – It's okay. ^^ I'll do my best. Thanks for dropping a review!

xXxEminaxXx-san – ahaha, yup, you guessed right. ^^ the chapters are in fact named after character songs and songs that are used in the anime.

Vongola-Decimo27-san – If you meant perverseness, yes I'm making Hibari into a pervert..*insert evil laugh here* anyway, thanks for the review! XD

Sephony-san – thank you! It's great to receive reviews like yours. ^^ I appreciate it. And the bit about Reborn being ooc, thanks for noticing! I'll work on that. Thanks for the feedback!

honey-vanilla11-san – yes, please do! Enma and co. are arriving next chapter, I think. Thanks for leaving a review!

Crazyanime-san – I want to go to mafia land as well… XD Thanks for dropping a review though!

Dozo~

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"Why must it be Mafia Land, Reborn? I thought this is a vacation." Tsuna narrowed her eyes at her tutor as the latter sunbathed.

"It is." The hitman replied coolly. "You're officially in the Mafia now, aren't you?"

"Not yet." She corrected firmly and cleared her throat.

"It doesn't make any difference because you'll be accepting that title anyway. And besides, I want the others to take a look at you."

"Others?" Decimo raised an eyebrow, and as if on cue, her hyper intuition supplied her with a plausible answer. "You don't mean you've invited –"

"Fon has a very trained sense and Verde, well, Verde is Verde. I'm sure, together with Colonnello, they'll be able to pick the same vibes I've been feeling all this time."

"I can't believe you actually dragged Fon, Verde, and Colonnello into this. Have you lost your mind? Those two will laugh at me! And Fon will pity me!"

"Just shut up and stop being so miserable." Reborn turned his head to his student. "You're going to make me look bad."

Tsuna rolled her eyes and blew bubbles into her drink.

"Their opinions matter to me." The arcobaleno stated and settled down once again. "If you don't wanna thank us, then at least feel honoured. Half of the Chosen Seven has troubled themselves to look in to the predicament you're in."

A pang of guilt hit Tsuna as Reborn finished that sentence. "…Sorry. I'm sorry. It's just embarrassing to let other people see me in this form. My pride as a man is badly damaged from all of the… the girly stuff I've been doing, you know. I know you've been working hard to find me a cure, Reborn. I appreciate all of those hours you've spent on searching for some sort of clue," she turned to him, "And I – huh?"

Snot bubble. 'Nuff said.

"Don't freaking sleep when people are pouring their hearts to you!"

"Juudaime!"

Before Tsuna could vent her anger at the sleeping hitman, she felt a hand tap her shoulder. "Oh, hey, Gokudera-kun."

"I've been looking all over for you, Tenth." The bomber said as he beamed wide. "Are you hungry?"

"Eh? Well, not really." Tsuna smiled back, feeling a light urge to laugh because her friend searched for her only to ask her if she was hungry. "Where are the others, by the way?"

"Oh, they're in one of the rooms playing strip poker."

"Oh…" Tsuna blinked and then tilted her head as she looked back at Gokudera. "Did you say strip poker?"

"Yeah." The storm guardian nodded. "And that damn baseball nut's real good at it."

"W-Wait, Kyoko-chan and the kids aren't playing too right…?"

"Everyone's playing except for that cloud bastard and Dokuro's two dogs."

"What? Are you serious?" Her chocolate brown eyes widened as panic settled in her veins. "Who plays strip poker with kids? And it's midday too!" She pointed at the brightly lit sun but Gokudera merely waved his hands.

"Don't worry Tenth. It's just a harmless game of poker."

"What if Kyoko-chan… Kyoko-chan…" Tsuna imagined her beloved stripped off of her clothing and immediately blood rushed to her face. "What happens if she, you know, loses?"

"Hmm. I don't know about that Tenth, but that girl is pretty good at it too."

"But even so…Gokudera-kun, you must take me to that room! Immediately!" She took her right-hand man's hand and dragged him away. "Hurry! Before something really embarrassing happens!"

The silver haired teen became a little flustered but did as told anyway. After climbing a few stairs, they caught Lambo running around the hallway, naked.

"Lambo!" Tsuna called out between breaths. "What are you doing? Put some clothes on!"

"Nyahahaha! Lambo-san doesn't want to. This means I won the game so I won't obey Tsuna." The lightning guardian explained carefully, skipping all over the place with his clothes and horns hanging on his neck.

"That meant you lost, idiot cow!" Gokudera (like a great big brother that he is,) pointed a finger at the five year-old. "You really are pathetic."

The afro haired kid frowned, since he probably realized why the game is named 'strip poker' in the first place. "That's not true! You're lying, Stupidera!"

"Che, I wouldn't expect you to understand." Smug as ever, the bomber looked down at Lambo and smiled sarcastically.

"Uh, Gokudera-kun, I think that's enough…" Tsuna, once again, sighed at her guardian's antics. She walked toward Lambo, kneeled and pulled the clothes off of his neck as the latter mumbled 'gotta stay calm'. "Come on, Lambo, put your clothes on. You'll get cold."

"Lambo!"

The three of them turned at the voice of the caller, who was running toward their direction.

"I-pin?" Decimo blurted out as the little assassin sped her way to them.

"Give back ace!" The Chinese hitman (hitwoman?) shouted in her broken Japanese. She was wearing her bathing suit as we speak, and Tsuna got a pretty clear picture to what had happened between the two of them.

Lambo lost the game. He thinks of a good plan to avert the attention he'll be receiving that's sure to embarrass him. He steals I-pin's cards somehow, and I-pin notices. And then, voila! Another road runner show parody has been made.

"Nyahahahaha! No way! Lambo-san won't give you back your cards!" He ran off to the distance before he even put on his shirt. Naturally, I-pin followed, muttering something in Chinese that sure sounded like curses.

"Let's just ignore them, Tenth." Gokudera said casually, making Tsuna sigh for the second time. "For the meantime, we should –"

"SAWADA!"

Oh boy. Here comes another one.

"Onii-san! And everybody else…?"

"Yo Tsuna!" Yamamoto greeted with a smile.

"Tsuna," Bianchi began, "Have you seen Lambo and I-pin?"

"A-Aneki…" The silver haired paled immediately and collapsed.

"Gokudera-kun!" Decimo caught her right-hand before the latter plummeted down to the floor.

"Oh Hayato. Did you miss me so much you've fainted at the sight of your beloved sister?"

"…" Barf.

"I'm so touched. Because of that, I'll take care of you for the rest of the day. Why don't you guys look for I-pin and Lambo?" The poison scorpion then took her brother into her arms.

"Wait, what happened anyway?" The brunette inquired, a little reluctant to let go of her unconscious friend. "Did you guys get in to some kind of trouble?..."

"Actually," Bianchi lowered her voice and leaned closer to Decimo, "We boarded this ship illegally. And now that they've found out, thugs were sent out to kick us out of here."

"WHAT?"

"The Ninth originally sent a private yacht for us but Reborn insisted that we should live on the edge. It's his style. He's so charming isn't he?"

"What's so charming about that? And whose ship is this, anyway?"

"From a rival family named... Hmm. I forgot."

"No way!" Tsuna pulled on her hair in despair. "We'll all be killed!"

"Hahi? What's wrong Tsuna-chan?" Haru blinked at her peculiar reaction.

"Tsuna-chan?" Kyoko knitted her eyebrows and looked worriedly at her friend.

'Oh no… I should think of a way fast! I don't want Kyoko-chan and the others to be in trouble…' Decimo cleared her throat and tried to compose herself. "We should look for Lambo and I-pin first. I think… We won't be welcome in this ship any longer, so I'm afraid we should escape." She looked at them carefully and then spoke once again, "Ken-san and Chikusa-san, and Hibari-san aren't with us so we should inform them about this as well. Chrome, please get Ken-san and Chikusa-san. I'll go inform Hibari-san."

"ALRIGHT!" Ryohei, who was only wearing boxers, shouted at the top of his lungs. "DOKURO! Let's go get your buddies and Lambo and I-pin to the extreme!" The boxer dragged the illusionist toward the opposite direction and ran off.

"Onii-chan!" Kyoko called out and followed her brother. "Don't pull Chrome-chan so forcefully!"

"Wait for me!" Fuuta ran after the three and soon, they were out of sight.

'I was hoping Kyoko-chan to be with me though…' Tsuna felt kinda down, but figured now wasn't the time to sulk. "Bianchi, please get some kind of thing er, for us to escape from the ship. Can you do that?"

"Sure," The Poison Scorpion, who was wearing some goggles now, stated. "I'll go get some life boats for us."

"Thanks!" She turned to Yamamoto and Haru. "Let's go find Lambo and I-pin first. I'm sure they went that way…" her two friends nodded in response and so the great chase began.

After a few close encounters with the mafia thugs that were sent to hunt them down, Tsuna and her two companions finally hit the jackpot. At an intersection, they found Lambo and I-pin chasing each other in circles and were currently making a lot of noise, which of course, isn't very good, considering the situation they're in right now.

"Lambo! Give back cards!" Demanded I-pin.

"No way tail head!" The lightning guardian replied with a smile. As the Chinese assassin heard the insult, she posed her trademark Gyoza-ken stance and they knew what would happen next.

"Wait, I-pin!" Of course, it was too late. Lambo was already in the air, bouncing off of the walls as I-pin maneuvered him with her hands. Haru then scooped her off of the ground, making the latter lose her control on the floating Lambo.

"I'm sure Lambo-chan didn't mean to make you angry, I-pin-chan!" Haru told the five year-old and patted her head. "Won't you forgive him?"

I-pin frowned but nodded. She looked at Lambo.

Yamamoto caught Lambo before he could fall tragically to the ground so he was quite safe. "…No way tail head! It's your fault!" He jumped out of Yamamoto's arms and stuck his tongue out.

With this, I-pin got out of Haru's arms and frowned further. "I-pin won't forgive! Gyoza-ken!"

Tsuna wasn't so sure what happened next, but there was a cloud of purplish pink smoke encircling them after about ten seconds after I-pin screamed her attack. "Everybody! Are you all alright?" She coughed and surveyed the surroundings.

She saw Haru coughing by a wall and Yamamoto trying to look for the two of them. The smoke cleared soon after and the next person they saw shocked them.

"A-Adult I-pin?"

At the center stood fifteen year-old I-pin wearing a red, sleeveless Chinese dress decorated with Oleander flowers and was in her fighting stance and had a serious expression on her face and, beside her was the ten year bazooka.

"Eh? What happened?" She mumbled and blinked. "Who are you?"

'That's right, she doesn't know who I am…' Tsuna smiled weakly and walked toward her. "Ah, I-pin, you were hit by the ten year bazooka so, you're ten years in the past right now…"

"Ten year bazooka?" She repeated like a parrot and darted her eyes to Haru and Yamamoto, and to her surroundings. "Oh no! I must hurry! If I don't carry out this assassination, I'll be late for the deliveries!"

"Hahi!" Haru's eyes widened at that. "Did I-pin-chan just say 'assassination'?"

"I thought she quit…" Yamamoto mumbled and was about to ask her, but the latter dashed off instantly.

"Wait, I-pin!" Tsuna ran after her in panic. "Don't go toward that direction!"

As if on cue, Yamamoto (who later picked Lambo up once more) and Haru followed close by. Unfortunately, I-pin ran faster than the rest of them, and soon, they were starting to lose track of the girl.

"This, this is bad!" Tsuna blurted out. "She's going toward Hibari-san's hall!"

"Ahaha, Hibari has an entire hall to himself? Wow."

They turn to a corner and then, in some perfect timing that only occurs in stories like this, they saw I-pin and the fearsome prefect together. It appears they had stumbled in to each other like in those chick flicks.

"Hahi!" Haru pointed and pulled on Tsuna's dress. "It's like…a meeting destined by fate!"

Yamamoto laughed at that. Tsuna merely stared at the two of them, scared that Hibari might suddenly feel the unusual vibes I-pin was releasing and attack her or something.

I-pin stared at her childhood crush with beady eyes. Hibari stared back, as if trying to figure out who she was.

"Have I met you before?" The Chinese assassin asked and took a careful step back.

"Hahi?" Haru's dream of some romantic conversation was crushed while Yamamoto tilted his head as he began to mull over the situation.

'That's odd.' Tsuna blinked and looked at I-pin. 'She doesn't know Hibari-san?'

Hibari's eyebrows came together. He was able to recognize the fifteen year-old girl in front of him by now, but reconsidered his conclusion since he appears to have been mistaken. When he was about to say something, I-pin reverted to her fighting stance and glared at him.

"Or are you one of their assassins?" She said in a stern voice. "Please make it quick, I need to get to your boss and kill him as soon as possible."

'What is she saying?' Tsuna pulled on her hair once more because of the dangerous situation unfolding before them.

To this, the prefect merely smirked. He brought out his steel tonfa and assumed his fighting stance as well. "I don't know who this 'boss' you're talking about, but I can assure you I'm not working for anybody."

"Wait, Hibari," The swordsman began and stepped closer. "Don't you remember her? She's that little girl that goes 'boom!' when she sees you!"

Hibari cocked his head at Yamamoto. "This one is different."

"What?" Yamamoto blinked and looked at Tsuna.

But before Tsuna could speak, I-pin came charging toward the cloud guardian with such ferocity, that even Haru, who doesn't have any fighting experience, can feel her killing intent.

"You're quite the dirty player, aren't you, girl?" Kyoya commented as he blocked I-pin's attack with his tonfa.

"Everything's fair in murder." She replied and took a leap back.

"Stop, wait a second!" Tsuna shouted and got in between the two of them. "There's no point in fighting –"

"Step back Sawada." The senior coldly snapped as a smirk climbed its way up to his lips. "Find yourself some other prey. This girl is mine."

"No, that's not what I meant!" Tsuna waved her hands in alarm. "This is really I-pin! I swear!"

"Why do you know me?" The Chinese assassin was the next one to speak. "Are you one of them too?" She reverted back to her battle stance.

"No, no, no!" Tsuna waved her hands again and turned to I-pin's direction. "You're wrong! I-I'm Tsunayoshi Sawada's cousin!"

"Tsunayoshi Sawada?" She repeated, relaxing a little bit. "I –"

Poof.

"Hahi?" Haru, who was paralyzed by I-pin's deadly aura moments ago, was finally able to move. "I-pin-chan?"

Purplish pink smoke took over once more, and for once Tsuna was grateful to see that. The five minutes that could have produced one of the most intense battles of all time was now over and they were safe… For now.

"Uh, Tsuna…"

"What is it, Yamamoto?"

"I think we should run."

"What?"

"The count down. It started."

And this, my friends, was the way Tsuna and company escaped the dangers of being caught by the rival mafia thugs. They not only defeated all of them, but also destroyed the whole ship thanks to I-pin's Pinzu time bomb. Luckily, Bianchi had prepared the life boats in time so they were saved from the dangers of the sea. With the sinking luxury ship behind them, this was the right backdrop for our titular character to appear.

"You guys sure had fun without me." Reborn commented as held on to Leon who was in his parachute form.

"Where were you?" Tsuna almost wailed, as she sat in all of her messy glory. "We could have died you know!"

"You gotta live your life on the edge. Like a boss."

"Stop it with the memes already!"

"You may want to start rowing. Those surviving thugs aren't alive just to chill out, you know."

They all turned to look behind them, only to find hundreds of lifeboats inching their way toward them. So, once again, this was the start of an epic struggle to survive, courtesy of Reborn.

And that was how Tsuna and his family came to Mafia Land. The end.

I lied! That was only the start.

~Fin~

A/N:

****I've totally ignored the episode when 'adult' I-pin saw Hibari and didn't react, since that one is not in the manga. So I've assumed that she should know how Hibari looked like (well, I'm sure you won't forget how your first crush/love looked like anyway. I'm sure I won't. XD) even though she saw him in his younger form. So that scene is not a replica of the scene in that episode of KHR. I've put that there for a reason.

Oh, on a side note… HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUKU-SAMA! And happy birthday to Itachi-kun of Naruto and The Hitachiin Twins of Ouran. Lotsa birthdays on the ninth huh… anyway, hope you liked the chapter. Thanks for reading!

Oh and, I don't think I'll be updating soon… it's school time once again… TT_TT. Well, see you later guys.

Peace out.

*leaves with the four birthday boys and grabs some beer*