Hi everyone! No new people this time! I just wanted to do this chapter since it seemed like fun. Hope you enjoy! ^.^

Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn nor its characters except my OCs.

Chapter 9: Family Entrance Test

It was a sunny morning in Nanimori as Yukiko and Ryuzaki were walking to school, exhausted from the recent arrival of Lambo. "Oh God, I'm tired." Yukiko said while yawning

"Yeah… that kid tries too often. And why do we keep getting involved?" Ryuzaki commented, just as tired as Yukiko

"Because Reborn is a cruel bastard." Yukiko bluntly stated

"Yo! Yukiko, Ryuzaki!" A new voice said from behind them

"Yamamoto! Good morning." Yukiko and Ryuzaki said simultaneously

Yamamoto paused in surprise before laughing "Wow. You guys are totally in sync. And what's with the bags under your eyes? Lack of sleep?"

Yukiko and Ryuzaki paused at that, mostly from the sync comment. 'We're in sync?' They thought

Yukiko broke the silence by answering Yamamoto's question "Some stuff happened during the weekend."

While Yukiko was making an excuse, Ryuzaki thought of the horrid experience the two had while Lambo ran amok in the house. 'And in the end, Yukiko-sama didn't get much studying done…' he sighed at the thought

"Well, as long as you're not sleep deprived from studying that's good." Yamamoto answered

This confused both of them. "Why?" they asked, simultaneously

"Haha! You guys did it again! And to answer the question: I'd lose my failure buddy!" Yamamoto said while laughing

"Hey! I'm not as bad as you! I at least pay attention most of the time!" Yukiko said in a mock hurt tone, defending herself. Ryuzaki simply chuckled

From afar Gokudera was watching the three interact and reacted violently when Yamamoto elbowed Yukiko. "Ah! He elbowed her!"Gokudera started to crush the cigarettes in his hand 'Damn that baseball bastard… Being all clingy with the Tenth!' Gokudera looked over to Reborn "Reborn-san, are you really planning to let him in the family?"

"I'm not planning to, he's already in. I've decided. Yukiko gave me permission too." Reborn said 'Well, I basically forced her too, but it still counts…' he thought with a smirk

"Wha!" Gokudera couldn't finish his thought since Yamamoto elbowed Yukiko again "Agh! He did it again to the Tenth! Damn him…!" Gokudera returned his attention to Reborn "Please rethink it, Reborn-san! I can't accept someone as rude as him entering!" But Reborn was already asleep, while standing. 'Will he not listen to me..?'

Later that day at the pool, "So, to satisfy Gokudera I've decided to hold the 'Family Entrance Test' for Yamamoto." Reborn announced to Yukiko and Ryuzaki while lazing around in the pool

Yukiko scowled at that "Well, I'm not okay with it. I told you not to do anything extreme, Reborn. Forcing Yamamoto to take this test is what I count as extreme. Yamamoto's busy with baseball as it is, and I like having him as a normal friend. Can't you keep him out of our world? And get out of the pool."

Reborn ignored her every word. "I had Gokudera call Yamamoto out already." He said while diving into the pool

"What? Damn it!" Yukiko exclaimed while running, Ryuzaki right behind her

'I just hope Gokudera doesn't use any of his dynamites before we get there…' Ryuzaki thought while sweat dropping

Out at the school field, Yamamoto and Gokudera where looking at each other. Yamamoto was casually wondering what was going on and Gokudera was staring daggers at him. "Hey, hey Gokudera. What's with calling me out and doing a silent stare down?" Yamamoto asked in a confused tone

'Che. There's no way someone so weak can protect the Tenth!' Gokudera thought in anger

Yamamoto broke his train of thought by bringing out a carton of milk "You should drink some milk Frustration is usually caused by lack of Calcium."

'That's my limit…' Gokudera thought while pulling out his dynamites

"Hey!" Yukiko yelled so they could here

"Tenth!" Gokudera exclaimed in a surprised tone while re-hiding his explosives

"Yukiko!" Yamamoto called in a happy tone while waving towards her

'Thank god… nothing happened yet.' Yukiko thought as she approached them

Yamamoto looked over to Ryuzaki with a confused expression. "Who's that? Your younger brother?"

"Ciaossu." Reborn said. While holding a rope to Ryuzaki's pants and riding a skateboard

'So that was the sudden weight…' Ryuzaki thought monotonously

"I'm not their little brother. I'm Reborn, the Vongola family hitman." Reborn continued, answering Yamamoto's question

'Well, that's one way of introducing the mafia to him…' Yukiko thought while sweat dropping

"Haha! I see, well I apologize! It must be troublesome to be a hitman at such a young age." Yamamoto laughed

"Not really. You're going to join the Vongola family too."

"Okay, that's enough Reborn…" Yukiko started

"Come on, he's just a kid. Didn't you do it when you were young too? Pretend to be a cop or hero?" Yamamoto defended him

'…You think it's a game. And no, I didn't pretend to be any of those things, I was busy trying to control my destructive flame…' Yukiko thought while slightly glaring at him

Yamamoto picked Reborn up and put him on his shoulder. "The 10th head of the family is Yukiko." Reborn continued his explanation

"Oh, now there's a good choice of person. Ok, sure. Then let me join the Vongola family, too." Yamamoto stated

"What?" Yukiko and Ryuzaki yelled. Reborn looked to Yukiko and smirked in victory 'Damn you Reborn…' Yukiko thought while openly glaring at him

"So what am I supposed to do?" Yamamoto asked, ignoring Yukiko and Ryuzaki's response

"First, the Family Entrance Test." Reborn exclaimed

"Oh, there's a test? That's pretty legitimate." Yamamoto said in an impressed tone

"If you don't pass, you can't enter the family." Reborn continued while jumping off Yamamoto's shoulder "And if you don't pass, it equals you death." Reborn stated the clincher making Yukiko face palmed at the lose-lose situation she was put in

"Haha! You're seriously funny! I like you." Yamamoto said, still not understanding how dangerous a situation he led himself into

"The test is easy. Dodge the attacks." Reborn said while taking out two guns. "Well, let's start. First, knives." Reborn started to throw multiple knives at Yamamoto.

"Whoa!" Yamamoto yelled while dodging

"Reborn! Are you trying to kill him?" Yukiko yelled while getting in front of Yamamoto

"Hey, Yukiko. It's fine, when I was a kid I played with wooden swords too. It's alright, I'll stick around." Yamamoto ended his comment with a smile.

One that resembled Shigure's more than Yukiko wanted. 'How can you still think it's a child's game! And stop resembling a dead man!'

While she was thinking Reborn approached her saying "As the boss, show him an example Yukiko."

"Sounds good. It's a race to see who's going to pass the test." Yamamoto agreed

"What?" Yukiko yelled 'Does no one care about my opinion?'

Ryuzaki was about to say something when Reborn interrupted him "Don't even try to help them Ryuzaki, or I'm sending you back to Italy." Ryuzaki didn't have a choice in the matter either

Back with Yukiko and Yamamoto, "Well, let's run!" Yamamoto broke off into a sprint surprising Yukiko at the sudden action

"Ah! Wait up!" Yukiko started to run after him; knowing full well that if she didn't, Reborn wouldn't hesitate to shoot her

Reborn started to throw knives at them again. "Whoa! Good form!" Yamamoto exclaimed while dodging the knives with a smile on his face

'His life is in danger and he's laughing…?' Yukiko thought while dodging the knives without bothering to look behind her, a skill that developed from Reborn's harsh training during her time in Italy. And the fact, Reborn was throwing them in a way that Yukiko could easily sense them. 'Reborn's going easy on us… or me… not sure if I should be insulted or grateful yet…'

While watching Reborn commented "His reflexes are great, he's got skills from training in baseball."

Upon hearing this, Gokudera's temper started to rise once more. "Is... that… so…" His voice was even strangled

Reborn had ignored Gokudera's comment to speak to Ryuzaki. "At least Yukiko has some evasion skills in her. Now, I want you to know… I know you and Yukiko are hiding something from me."

His comment surprised Ryuzaki, "Is that so?" He tried to reply monotonously

"Yes, normally I would force you two to tell me. But you both know how I dislike being lied to, so I'm going to trust your choice… for now." Reborn explained "Now, time to continue the test; the next weapon is a bow-gun." Reborn suddenly got in front of Yukiko and Yamamoto

Before Reborn could shoot, an annoying child's voice could be heard from above. "Haha! Found you Reborn! I'm Lambo from the Bovino Family! I'm Lambo who came to Junior High school even when he's 5 years old!"

'Why is he out of the house?' Yukiko and Ryuzaki tiredly thought, tempted to even groan in horror

"Bovino? Never heard of them. What do you want to do, Reborn-san?" Gokudera asked in a bored tone at the new arrival

"Continue." Reborn shot to arrows at Yukiko and Yamamoto. Both had barely dodged the surprise attack

Lambo, realizing he was being ignored again started to tear up. "To-ler-ate… Oh yeah! The boss from Italy sent Lambo, who's working hard, a weapon." He said while searching in his bag. "Tada! Missile Launcher! Die Reborn!" He yelled while firing

However, the missiles went to Yukiko and Yamamoto instead. "Look out!" Yukiko yelled while pushing Yamamoto out of the way of the blast.

"Darn, lacked 10 more meters." Lambo said in a disappointed tone

Yamamoto, still unaware of the danger, simply sighed in relief "Phew. Looks like if I take it easy I won't be able to pass." He started to smirk too

Reborn had still ignored Lambo's action in favor of moving onto his next weapon "Next is a sub-machine gun. "

"Shit!" Yukiko yelled as she and Yamamoto ran from the bullets, as they were running another set of missiles were heading towards them. "Not again!" This time there was no need to push Yamamoto out of the way

As the two were running, Reborn returned his attention to Gokudera. "Gokudera, you can go loose too." Gokudera was about to object "Think about killing Yamamoto and do it." Was all Reborn needed to say to convince him

'Oh…that's too bad then. Since Reborn-san did suggest it…' Gokudera thought with a smile while pulling out his dynamite. "Tenth!" he yelled to Yukiko, when she looked over he made a signal that read 'Dodge it, please!'

Yukiko started to seriously worry 'What the hell did Reborn tell him to do?'

Lambo was getting tired of being ignored by Reborn and decided to bring out his 10 year bazooka. "Damn it, Reborn! Then I'll use the 10 year bazooka!" He fired and smoke was all around him "Goodness, looks like the Lambo from 10 years later has got to do it." The older Lambo stated with a slight smile

"Next is a Rocket Missile." Reborn stated monotonously, but part of him is wondering if Yukiko could actually survive the last attack

"Die." Gokudera had enveloped himself in the thought of killing Yamamoto and had forgotten that Yukiko could also be in danger

"Thunder Set." Lambo stated while charging his thunder into the missiles

'Is Yukiko-sama going to survive this?' Ryuzaki honestly had to wonder

Reborn, Gokudera, and Lambo launched their attacks at the same time. At the sight of this, even Yamamoto's eyes widened "What the…?"

Yukiko was unable to stop her running soon enough and instead ran right into the center of all the attacks 'Shit!'

"Yukiko!" Yamamoto yelled while trying to reach out for her.

Yukiko looked over to him and hesitated to move 'Shigure…'

The combined attacks collided into gigantic explosion. 'Oh crap. I think I over did it..' Gokudera thought after the explosion "Tenth! Are you alright Tenth?" He yelled into the smoke

"Over there." Reborn and Ryuzaki pointed towards the shadow

"Phew. That was close." Yamamoto said while carrying Yukiko bridal style

Yukiko was still in shock. "Yukiko-sama! Are you alright!" Ryuzaki exclaimed wondering why she needed to be carried

"Ryuzaki, I'm fine. At least, since Yamamoto grabbed me before the attacks hit me… By the way, you can let me down now." Yukiko ended her statement to Yamamoto

"Oh, right." Yamamoto placed Yukiko down with a slight blush on his face.

"You passed the test. You're officially a part of the family. Good job on protecting your boss by the way." Reborn told him while thinking 'A blush? Hm… it seems the relationship between these two should be carefully watched… And why didn't Yukiko move sooner? If it weren't for Yamamoto, she'd be done for…' He speculated

Gokudera came up to Yamamoto and grabbed his shirt "Good job. You protected the Tenth, so I have no choice but to admit you into the family. But, since Reborn is the right arm, the Tenth's left arm is me. You can be the shoulder blade."

Yamamoto was confused at the comment "Sh… shoulder blade?... Haha! I thought so before, but you're a funny guy!" Yamamoto's voice suddenly became serious "But, I don't want to withdraw from being Yukiko's left arm. So, you'll be the ear lobe."

And thus, the argument on what body part the two were began. While watching this Ryuzaki noticed something. "Have I been completely ignored as a possible left arm?"

Yukiko simply glared at him "Don't you dare join that argument. You are all on equal terms, understand? And does that argument mean their getting along or not? I can't tell from the different reactions."

Ryuzaki looked back to the arguing boys "…Hard to tell… more like they're both already into subordinate mode."

"Fuck." Yukiko cursed, though slightly touched that they already care enough about her to go into that mode.

"By the way, what happened? You normally can escape that kind of attack, albeit still hurt but you can. Why did Yamamoto need to save you?" Ryuzaki asked, truly curious and slightly worried

"…Yamamoto… his action… made him too similar to Shigure." Yukiko replied while not looking Ryuzaki in the eye

"Yukiko-sama…you already knew he was similar to Shigure. Why would that make you hesitate now?" Yukiko's explanation didn't make sense

"I just saw Shigure in him, and remembered that day. That's all."

Ryuzaki couldn't reply; he knew how much the incident affected her. Instead they both looked over to the others in hope of the tension between them would be relieved.

Yamamoto had, finally, stopped arguing with Gokudera on the ranking and picked up his stuff, which had somehow escaped the whole ordeal untouched "Well, I'm going to practice, see ya shorty." Yamamoto looked over to Yukiko and smiled his usual carefree smile "But those bombs and toys these days seem so real!"

At that Yukiko and Ryuzaki just stared at him. '…He still thinks it's a mafia game…?' They thought, unable to understand his way of thinking

Once Yamamoto had left, Gokudera left as well to do something. Ryuzaki looked over to Yukiko. "Yukiko-sama… Reborn knows we're hiding it…"

Yukiko didn't react "I'd be more surprised if he didn't with his suspicions on everything."

"Are you ever going to tell him?"

"Not likely. Hopefully, it will fix itself."

"You and I both know how unlikely that is, even on our standards…"

"One can hope for a miracle… anyway, let's go home. I have a feeling we're going to have a long summer." Yukiko ended their little conference by walking away.

Ryuzaki looked up at the sky "I don't think our miracle will be granted Yukiko-sama… One can only receive so many…"