I'm having a problem continuing the other stories... :/ oh well... ANYWAY

So yeah, some people are having trouble understanding… so let's summarize this quickly:

So there are two worlds highlighted in this story:

The Original world where Tsuna is no-good and a wimp and had Yamamoto, Gokudera, Kyoko etc. as friends and he lives with his mom, Bianchi, Fuuta, I-pin, and Lambo (and apparently Reborn).

The Parallel world where Tsuna is not no-good and doesn't really let himself get bullied and has a nasty temper. He doesn't have friends and he lives alone with Reborn.

Now, these two different Tsuna exchanged worlds. NO-GOOD TSUNA (aka ORIGINALTsuna) was transported in the PARALLEL WORLD. And NOT NO-GOOD TSUNA (aka PARALLELTsuna) was transported to the ORIGINAL WORLD.

That's why P.W. means Parallel world, which means, the chapter is about the parallel world where Original Tsuna is.

AND O.W. means Original world, which means, the chapter is about the original world where Parallel Tsuna is!

And since I love you so. Much. I'll add in more info:

PREVIOUSLY:

O!Tsuna (Original Tsuna) finds out his in a parallel world and was desperate for answers. However, his tutor wasn't really helping—only giving him vague information and so on. So he then decides to solve all his unanswered questions on his own. And it seems like he found the key to his problem as he finds a certain letter hidden in his closet.

Meanwhile, it seems like Reborn is calling someone… who could it be?


+ P. W. +

Chapter 9

After getting lost for almost a couple of times and asking almost every person around, Tsuna finally arrived to his destination. He looked up to the house that is just as big as theirs and frowned. It was just probably him or did he hear plates breaking?

AND STAY OUT! YOU GOOD FOR NOTHING BASTARD!

The front door slammed open and the brunet jumped in surprise. A middle-aged man in a suit came out of the door looking very much pissed while cursing under his breath. His hair was unkempt and apparently he hasn't been shaving for a while. His eyes were sunken and had dark bags beneath them. Though, despite his stressed out look, he seemed to be in top shape figure instead of the usual bellies most married men would grow in the course of time. But then again, it had only been months since their wedding, the belly has yet to come!

The man continued to mutter to himself and the young boss managed to catch some words like; stupid, marriage and task.

He gulped as the guy finally saw him. Eyes widened presumably in surprise and embarrassment for being caught arguing with his wife and just as Tsuna was about to apologize, the man left in a hurry.

"THAT'S RIGHT! WALK OUT LIKE YOU ALWAYS DO!"

Tsuna turned back to the front door, and as he had expected, there stood his aunt. Her hair slightly messy and the face that was smiling brightly in the photo he saw was now set into a deep scowl and of course… she had no make-up, making the brunet gulp in slight fear.

The woman was about to retreat back to her house, making Tsuna speak up, "W-wait!"

She watched as his aunt stiffened before turning around in surprise, "Tsu-Tsunayoshi!"

She hastily headed towards the gate and opened it, beckoning him to get inside, "What are you doing here? After all those times— and why didn't you attend my wedding?"

The brunet opened his mouth to probably stutter out a lame excuse but his aunt interrupts him once more as she led him to the living room.

"Not that it matters anyway. That marriage was probably one of the biggest mistakes I've ever made next to agreeing to take care of you, no offense."

Tsuna winced at the other's bluntness and watched as his aunt gestured at the couch for him to sit on, "Uh… w-was that Koriyama-san?" He asked as he sat, his aunt sat at the opposite side in a rather… un-lady like way.

Suddenly, her amber eyes narrowed at him, "You've changed."

"Change? H-how?" Finally, some answers.

"Well you know." She made some motions in the air as if he were supposed to understand, "What happened to your usual impolite comebacks? Usually you'd be like, 'I'm surprise someone would marry a hag like you' or something like that. You were always such an impolite kid."

"I-I was?" The words came out before he could stop them, fortunately though, his aunt didn't seem to find this suspicious as she merely nodded her head and went on, "You've been in another fight haven't you?" She was eyeing the cast and slowly she shook her head while clicking her tongue.

"Don't you ever get tired of fighting? I mean, it's been four years and you still get yourself into fights? I'm surprise you still have both your arms." She sighed in exasperation, "And having to patch you up all the time, that was one of the reasons why I had to quit! Of course, I didn't completely leave you on your own. I taught you how to cook and clean the house, didn't I?"

"C-cook?"

"What? Don't tell me you forgot how to! Or did you lose those recipes I left you that's why you came here?" Tsuna actually had no idea how to respond to that, fortunately his aunt continued, "Just like my good-for-nothing husband, you always lose a lot of things. Believe it or not I met him because of you."

"W-what?"

"Yeah, you don't know about it. That's why I wanted to invite you to the wedding. It was indirectly because of you." She looked out the veranda as if reminiscing the past.

"W-wait—I knew him?"

"What? No of course not. That's not what I meant." She rolled her eyes, "When I left, I met him— in Namimori of course— and at first he was like "Aren't you the lady who was taking care of Sawasa-san's kid? I've seen you with him a couple of times…" — and that's when it all started. I almost mistaken him as a pedophile you know? He kept asking about you, which bothered me a lot, but he assured me he was just interested at the fact that you seem to get yourself into a lot of fights. You were pretty popular at your neighborhood. And I don't mean it in a good way. And then after that, I started seeing the signs that he seemed to be interested in me you know?"

Tsuna didn't make a comment. Instead he tried to digest the new information he received.

'Always gets into a fight? What the…?'

"You just really love ruining everything don't you?" Tsuna looked up at his aunt surprise, a little hurt at what he heard. The woman just kept on staring outside, "First I have to take care of you… and instead of a month… it had to be a year! A year of getting called by parents, by cops! A year of cleaning up your mess! And then because of you—I meet this guy that would probably ruin my whole life! I thought he was the one— but lately, ever since after the marriage, all we do is fight and fight! And I'm pretty sure he was frowning while I was walking down the aisle!"

He opened his mouth and closed it. He didn't know what to do or say. And he wasn't sure if comforting her was going to make anything better. Truthfully, Tsuna finds her a little selfish and blunt, judging by the letter he read (I mean—who suddenly writes to a person they left for four years to invite to a wedding as if nothing happened?) and for the things she said. But now he wasn't so sure if the lady was the villain or the victim. Probably the latter.

"I know your mom left you but couldn't you keep your anger to yourself?" The woman had tears in her eyes now as she stared at him mournfully, "Why'd you have to do this to me?"

"I…"

Tsuna couldn't look back at her, so he settled on looking down instead. He tried to assure himself that she was just overreacting and that she was just finding someone to blame her failed marriage. But… she had fair points. However, seeing that he was doing nothing but probably making his aunt's day worse, he stands up, "I should… probably get going…"

Then the picture frame that hung on the wall beside him suddenly shattered and fell on the ground, causing more glass to scatter. His aunt was on her feet looking surprised while he quickly turned to look out the window. Brown eyes widened as he saw a hunched figure at the house from the other side of the street.

"I-is that a bullet?" He heard his aunt gasped in horror and without hesitation he tackled her to the ground as his instincts screamed.

"GET DOWN!"

A shower of bullets caused the window's glass to shatter and more items fell and crash. The screaming of her aunt wasn't helping so was the pain that suddenly exploded in his shoulder.

One thing came into his mind as he knew who those people were that kept shooting.

"In this world, you are still undergoing training as the next Vongola Boss."

"What's going on?!" His aunt asked him hysterically.

"W-we're under attacked…!" He ducked as a piece of porcelain flew over his head. He quickly tried to look for his pills in his pockets and tried to ignore the wails and screams of the other. He continued ignoring the bewildered look that came next as he took out his mittens and wore them.

"Are those bullet-proof?!"

"U-uhm… no."

"THEN WHAT ARE YOU WEARING THEM FOR?!"

He didn't bother responding as he took out his pills. And just as he was about to swallow them, the shooting suddenly stopped. The silence was sudden, and all the brunet could hear was the heavy-breathing of his aunt and another piece of china breaking.

He counted 'til ten and shakily pushed himself off the ground, his aunt whimpered in fear before covering her face, as if not wanting to see him get shot in the head. Very encouraging.

He carefully peeked out the window and immediately stiffened as he saw a silhouette standing by it— but finally relaxed as he realized who it was. The arcobaleno turned around with his usual unreadable expression and that certainly got him worried, but for now, he had more concerning issues.

"R-Reborn, d-did you…?"

Reborn hopped inside the window, a pistol in one hand before slowly transforming back into a certain green lizard. Tsuna just watched him with wide-eyes. Not that he wasn't grateful, but since when did Reborn ever intervene during assassination attacks? He'd usually let him deal with it.

"You look surprise."

"I-I just…" He looked down his mittens and the infant followed suit.

"Are t-they gone?" Tsuna turned to his aunt, he almost forgot about her. Slowly she looked around with wide-eyes, "M-my house! No, no, no, no!"

He watched her scamper towards her broken picture frames, and suddenly felt bad. He was about to reach out to her but Reborn grabbed his shoulder. He looked at him, and the infant spoke, "Come on."

He looked back at his aunt who tried to salvage for the stuff that didn't broke before reluctantly standing up and following Reborn out of the house.

"Why…?"

That was the last thing Tsuna heard from her as the door shut behind him. He numbly followed Reborn out of the gate and stayed quiet as they continued on their way towards the station to obviously get home.

He knew he shouldn't have just walked out like that. He should've stayed and comforted the woman and tell her something to keep her from going crazy out of confusion. But… he also knew staying there with her was no good. She might as well have grabbed a knife and try to stab it with him because for sure she would be blaming him to whatever just happened there and that really made things worse.

"I… it was all my fault…" He finally spoke, unable to bear the weight of the guilt. Tears stung at the back of his eyes as he stared at Reborn, "If I didn't went to visit her then—"

"It was bound to happen." Reborn interrupted him, "Tagami Koriyama, the man your aunt had married, was just an undercover. He is actually an assassin of another famiglia and he had been waiting for you to visit their merry little home, the place he knew you would let your guard down."

When I left, I met him— in Namimori of course— and at first he was like "Aren't you the lady who was taking care of Sawasa-san's kid? I've seen you with him a couple of times…" — and that's when it all started. I almost mistaken him as a pedophile you know? He kept asking about you, which bothered me a lot, but he assured me he was just interested at the fact that you seem to get yourself into a lot of fights.

"But my aunt—his wife—!"

"…didn't matter. Before he even met her, his top priority was to assassinate the future heir." Reborn still wasn't looking back at him as he continued walking ahead, "Your aunt was nothing more but an instrument… a bait for you. And I know you can tell… he never really loved her."

And then because of you—I meet this guy that would probably ruin my whole life! I thought he was the one –but lately, ever since after the marriage, all we do is fight and fight! And I'm pretty sure, during the wedding he was frowning while I was walking down the aisle!

"Reborn…" His voice trembled. The guilt was now overwhelming that he had to stop walking. The woman's words kept echoing in his mind over and over again.

You just really love ruining everything don't you?

I know your mom left you but couldn't you keep your anger to yourself?

Why'd you have to do this to me?

"This isn't your world, Baka-Tsuna." Reborn snapped him out. The arcobaleno turned to look at him, "You don't have anything to feel guilty about."

Of course he had to feel guilty! Whether it wasn't directly him that caused what just happened, it was still because of Sawada Tsunayoshi. Whether from another world or not, it was because of him that he ruined another person's life.

"Look at it this way." Reborn continued, "She's free. She doesn't have to be loved by an assassin. Now she can start anew."

Tsuna shook his head, not wanting to know if Tagami was dead or not, "But she still got her life ruined—Ow!"

Reborn had hit him in the head unexpectedly, "Reborn-!"

"Not her entire life, idiot." Tsuna rubbed his head and tried to glare at his tutor, who just huffed in return, "Don't be like the Dame-Tsuna of this world. Try to look at the bright side and stop collecting the dark things. Move on. Her house may be in ruins and she might never see her husband again and it might take her awhile to cope… but she'll move on, baka-Tsuna. And you should too."

He took in a shaky breath as Reborn turned around and continued walking ahead of him, "Because unlike her, you have more problems to deal with."

And just like that he sighed. Leave it to Reborn to give him a pep talk and somehow make everything okay despite it being not. Tsuna looked back as he heard familiar sirens from afar, "Won't the police be suspicious of what happened?"

"They won't. Ninth's men took care of the assassins I… dispatched. And there are disguised Mafioso in the neighborhood who would make up a bunch of stories for the police to believe in and clean up the mess in your aunt's house." Reborn explained.

Suddenly a droplet of rain dropped, and as soon as the young boss was aware of it, the rain came pouring down.

"Hiee!" He felt Reborn jump over his head as he ran towards the nearest shelter. The sky rumbled and Tsuna couldn't help but look up.

A sudden silence fell between them and the brunet was surprised that Reborn was still with him because usually he would disappear at the most random of times. He looked up at the baby that sat on his head, "How'd you know I was here?"

"I followed you."

Of course. Why did he even ask?

Tsuna bit his lower lip at the next question he had been thinking for a while now.

"Why did you fight those assassins?"

He couldn't exactly see the expression his tutor was making but he was pretty sure he was feeling cautious. The next seconds of silence proved him right and he wondered if he should change the topic.

"I presume you deal with them on your own." Reborn finally spoke, "And why?"

Tsuna stiffened, a question for an answer? This was obviously a complicated topic.

"Because you think I have to deal with on my own. T-that's it's my duty as a "soon-to-be-boss"."

"And it means I can trust you that you can defeat those idiots."

Tsuna paused as something clicked in his mind, "But… doesn't that mean you don't trust the me of this world to defeat them? W-why?"

"Because… he doesn't have what you have. The power to be able to defend and protect those you deem precious." Reborn's voice was lowering at every word.

"You mean…"

"I couldn't share this to you because if this information leak, then Vongola will be doomed."

Tsuna gulped as his eyes widened, "The other me… he doesn't have…"

Then it all clicked—from his first meeting with Reborn and his mysterious interest with his sky flames. He should've seen it and man, now he knows why Reborn liked hitting him when he would act stupid.

"When I first shot him with the dying will bullet," The hitman hesitated, "He didn't wake up."

End of Chapter


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