Chapter Ten – Decimo

Of course, they all meet Tsuna. It is quite fun for them, but it leaves the poor boy feeling like he has fallen down the rabbit hole, going deeper every day.

Reborn is the first to meet Tsuna – after all, it was his job to make Tsuna into a mafia boss, even if he has to drag the teen kicking and screaming to those duties. Therefore, it is easy to see how he has the biggest impact on Tsuna (usually the evidence is in the bruises and bumps). If nothing else, Reborn has the most chances to traumatize Tsuna, and he judiciously takes advantage of each and every single one. But even if Tsuna spends years denying it, he is glad that he met Reborn – and that Reborn chooses to stay.

Selena meets Tsuna second, and despite the fact that she is the only one who tries to be nice to him, she ends up traumatizing him even more than Bianchi. This is because Selena has a temper to match Gokudera's and the only one who can get her to stop throwing around explosives when she's angry is Reborn, and he doesn't usually do so because he sees it as good training for Tsuna. She always apologizes profusely and tries to make it up to him with small gifts of candies or by making Reborn actually give him breakfast for a change. So even though Tsuna is rightly afraid of her, she is the only one of the wizards that he thinks might be his friend.

Shamal is the third to meet Tsuna – although Tsuna is never quite sure why he needs to keep such a perverted asshole of a doctor on staff. Of course, Tsuna doesn't know that it was never out of pity that Shamal cured him. No, it was because Reborn gave him a look that said get on with it and stop acting like an idiot. It's not until he releases the mosquito that he sees what he will later use to tease Tsuna. Because, if nothing else, Shamal does have a reputation to uphold as an unrepentant pervert and asshole, even after he settles down with Bianchi – who still poisons him at least once a day for his comments no matter who they're directed at.

Mammon meets Tsuna last and, to Tsuna at least, it seems like he's trying to make up for lost time. And he is. After all, Reborn's had Tsuna for months by the time Mammon meets him for the first time, and Mammon is nothing if not competitive. Luckily for Tsuna, the time Mammon has to torment him is limited. That doesn't stop Mammon from sending him packages filled with all the things that creep him out, but Tsuna doesn't dare complain to Reborn for fear of Reborn making it worse – because Reborn would do something like send Mammon a list of even more things to send.

So Tsuna keeps on living, dodging assassination attempts and scary babies, while the watching wizards just smirk – and throw in a bomb or ten.

Disclaimer: No. Maybe for my birthday?

AN: Well , it is very Tsuna-centric, but I wanted the tenth chapter to be about how the wizards met and interact with him. Besides, it seemed fitting for my entrance into the double digits of chapterhood.

I have had a couple of inconsistencies pointed out – namely the relationships the between Arcobaleno – so I will be writing a chapter to fix that. If anyone spots any others, please don't hesitate to point it out!

Also I am so glad everyone likes this story! And PoisonAndSugar - I'm glad that you decided to read my story! Thank you all for reviewing, now please don't stop!

Don't forget to review!

~Ciaossu

Edited 28/1 by Skyflyte12

Reposted: 2/26/12