Irie Shoichi was eating his dinner at the Vongola hideout. Vongola Decimo and the rest of the guardians were also there. They were the ten years younger bunch. Kyoko and Haru were preparing a feast for them to boost up their training.

"Here you are! Enjoy the food!" Kyoko and Haru said.

"Wow! It looks so good!" Tsuna exclaimed.

"Lambo-san will eat everything!" Lambo cried.

"Stupid cow! Let the tenth eat first!" Gokudera shouted.

"Now, now," Yamamoto tried to calm them down.

"Gokudera...it's okay…let Lambo go…" Tsuna said.

Gokudera was bouncing Lambo like a basketball.

"Got…to…stay…calm!" Lambo ran off crying.

"Now look what you did Gokudera!" Haru cried.

"Stupid woman…" Gokudera said.

"What did you call me?" Haru said, annoyed.

Humph. "Stupid cow, upsetting the tenth's dinner like that," he muttered while sitting down.

"Now, now. Don't bully the little kid," Yamamoto said.

"The tenth should eat first…" Gokudera muttered.

"Eat to the extreme!" cried out Ryohei.

"Stupid turf top," Gokudera muttered.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY? I'M ANGRY TO THE EXTREME!" Ryohei shouted.

"You want to fight?" Gokudera challenged.

"Now, now, stop it guys," Yamamoto tried to calm them down. He was smiling like he always was.

Gokudera and Ryohei frowned at each other.

"Calm down, guys," Tsuna said.

"Well… if the boss says so…" Gokudera said and turned away from Ryohei.

"Come and eat now," Reborn said.

"Lambo-san will eat it all!"

Gokudera frowned and turned around.

Lambo was standing by the door. "Lambo-san is hungry!" Lambo cried.

He jumped on the table and started sticking his face in the food.

"Lambo-san! That's not nice!" I-pin cried.

Eh? Lambo looked surprised.

"Now, now, there's enough for everyone. We'll make more for you if there's not enough. You don't have to eat everything," Kyoko said while smiling.

Lambo looked innocently at Kyoko with his wide green eyes.

"Thank you for the food!" everyone cried out and began to eat.

Irie Shoichi smiled.

The atmosphere here is so great. I like it here very much. I wish that it could always be like this…

"Hey, Irie…" Tsuna asked quietly. He was sitting next to Irie Shoichi. "Yeah?" Irie answered. "About Byakuran…have you heard from him yet?" he questioned.

Irie frowned. He was no longer happy. He was worried about Naomi on that dangerous mission but although he did not like it he knew that no one had a higher chance of completing the mission compared to her. He had started regretting sending her on the mission a few weeks ago. He still hadn't heard anything of her since.

However, Irie knew that he had expected that much. It was definitely difficult to have a private conversation without being detected in the Miliefiore. And he hadn't tried contacting her in fear that she would be overheard by someone in the Miliefiore. But he still wished that he had some way of knowing that Naomi was fine.

"So…?" Tsuna prompted.

The room was drowned out by the screaming and crying of Lambo, the angry shouts of Gokudera, the calm voice of Yamamoto and the extremely Ryohei.

Tsuna and Irie would not be heard. He talked silently as he did not want Kyoko and Haru to hear and worry about Naomi. Although they had only met Naomi once, they were well known for their ability to worry over people who they hardly knew when it came to safety. They were kind hearted and didn't want to put anybody in danger.

Especially Kyoko-chan… Tsuna thought while smiling.

His thoughts were interrupted by Irie's voice. It was soft but loud enough for Tsuna to hear.

"No…I fear for her…" Irie Shoichi said.

"Irie-san…" Tsuna said softly, signs of worry showing in his eyes.

But then he smiled.

"I'm sure she'll be fine. I trust in her…" Tsuna said.

Irie Shoichi nodded and smiled.

Putting his trust in his friends…this is truly the tenth Vongola boss that I know.