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Summary: When Tsuna's pride - his family - shattered, there really weren't anymore reasons for him to be the all-encompassing Sky. But when he was given another chance, to protect them once more, he didn't hesitate - even if it's in another parallel world where he is no longer Vongola Decimo but his twin brother, his Elements no longer his but his brother's... and Vongola is falling (quite literally in terms of ranks).

Sawada Tsunayoshi was definitely someone worth watching, Reborn decided as he stared at the so-called time capsule that his student and guardians fished out after bombing the playground.

Despite the length of inactivity, Tsuna's intuition was still stronger than Baka-Nari's.

It actually made him start thinking what would it have been like if he had Tsuna as a student instead.

(If only he hadn't fallen into a coma...)

But a promise is a promise, Reborn looked at the to-be Vongola Decimo and his guardians with a frown marring his chibi face. "Baka-Nari, I'm going to double your training."

"W-what?!"

The hitman pointed a gun in his student's direction. "No stuttering and you shouldn't even have gotten into trouble in the first place if you were to act more like a boss and take control of the situation."

"But-but it had nothing to do with me!" Ienari complained once more. "It was Tsuna who -"

Reborn promptly kicked him in the guts. "Making your brother the scapegoat is not fitting of a good boss."

He would have told them the truth if he hadn't promised Tsuna to keep it between them. He could understand the teen's sentiment though.

It wouldn't do the boy any good if people start knowing about his accurate intuitions.

It would explain why Tsuna had accepted, warily, the fact that an infant can speak fluently in speech and be a tutor among other things, though... there was still the unexplained depth of wisdom that shows up from time to time when Tsuna spaces out.

Tsuna would definitely be a good addition... Was his train of thought. He may not be eligible to become a guardian since Reborn could detect an unusually high density of Sky flames (All the more reason it was a shame that he couldn't train Tsuna instead), but the boy will definitely be useful, what with how Lambo, I-pin, and Fuuta already clinging onto him.

He was definitely a sky.

Maybe as a future adviser. He pondered. Or CEDEF Head so Vongola might finally have someone with an actual brain for second-in-command.

Now... if he could only solve the mystery that was one Sawada Tsunayoshi. He was a sky that seem to be able to stand without its elements - or rather, he's trying to keep a distance, yet he can easily trust the elements with his life without a second thought.

He was similar to Ienari, but different at the same time.

With Reborn here, Tsuna had to take more caution in his training schedule (which meant no going to the extremes). He did not want the hitman to find it suspicious of how he knew combat when up until a month or so before, he had been known as Dame-Tsuna with no prior knowledge of the underworld, and who had been hospitalized for seven years (hardly someone who should know how to fight much less actually putting it into practice).

Just thinking about how to explain that kind of mess that might possibly lead the current him to gave Tsuna a migraine.

For the rest of the morning after another round of jogging, Tsuna relished in the nostalgic feeling of chaos that only happens in the Sawada household.

"Stupid cow, let go!" Gokudera was, apparently, having some sort of tug-o-war with Lambo while throwing insults at each other - the child cow was standing on the table.

Tsuna was currently denying the existence of the rocket launcher they were bickering over - "No! You let go or Lambo-sama's going to blow your head off!"

"How dare you- I'm going to blow your head off!"

Yamamoto was laughing while Ienari groaned, the former cheering them on while the latter was mumbling something about never getting any normalcy in his life.

It was at this time that Bianchi entered the room -

"What's all this noise? Ah, good morning Reborn!"

- She went fawning over Reborn a second later.

"A-Aneki..." Gokudera promptly lost in the tug-o-war in favor of fainting.

"G-Gokudera!" Ienari immediately went to support his Storm.

Lambo laughed victoriously, which lead to him being assaulted by I-pin for being too loud.

More chaos and mayhem ensued (with the introduction of poison food, kitchen utensils, and grenades - oh joy!) but Tsuna was taking all of this in strides.

Just for your information, he was still very much sane.

"Tsuna, are you interested in joining the mafia?"

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Albeit he had to admit, he could do without Reborn's sudden - but not unexpected - invitation at the dining table.

"P-pardon?" Tsuna refrained from doing a spit-take of his drink, secretly relief that his mother was nowhere in sight. His gaze fixated on the infant casually drinking his daily espresso at the head of the table like nothing special happened.

The immediate silence that followed spoke volumes of just how surprised everyone else present were - minus the kids of course, they're still oblivious to the sudden tension.

He could understand Ienari, Bianchi, and Gokudera (He woke up a few seconds before Reborn dropped the bomb), but Yamamoto tensing up too? That, in itself, was a miracle - though he did remind himself that this was a parallel world; there should, and will be, deviations from his own.

"Join Baka-Nari's Famiglia." Reborn reiterated with an edge of amusement to his tone.

(The sadistic b*****d -)

"Famiglia?" Here, Tsuna looked none the wiser but he was sweating bullets inside.

"It's Italian for family and is often used by the Mafia to describe their organizations."

The brunet could practically hear the capital 'M' when Reborn said Mafia. "I'm a hitman hired to tutor your brother to become a mafia boss. It would do you good to join his Family."

Tsuna was mentally screaming his head off at how Reborn had blatantly threw out the topic of the underworld onto the table as if they were talking about the weather.

Omertà be damned.

"Reborn," His twin unknowingly agreed with him when the blonde narrowed his eyes and hissed not-very-subtly since Tsuna can still hear him. "Don't joke around! He has nothing to do with this!"

(He silently gave Ienari props for giving attitude back to the hitman, who can make your life a living hell just for back-talking.)

Tsuna let his gaze travel between the teacher and student, silently deciding to see how this plays out while reminding himself to keep up his clueless facade. What can he say? He was trained by the World's Greatest Hitman. Tsuna will win the Oscar for Best Acting if he really tries. (Reborn doesn't settle for anything less than absolute perfection when he teaches.)

"Tsuna is your brother," Reborn retorted, unfazed by Ienari's glare. "That, in itself, already speaks for how he has any and everything to do with the mafia."

"He's an average civilian and obviously not in any condition to get involved!"

Reborn briefly glance at the brunet before returning to his younger twin. "Are you saying that you're going to leave your brother defenseless?" From assassination attempts, Tsuna picked up from what the infant omitted - and it gave him an involuntary shiver. (He had dealt with enough of those to last two life times thank you very much.)

"What?"

He idly noted that Ienari isn't as sharp.

"How many people have made attempts at your life in the past month alone?" Reborn asked instead of answering. "In both Italy and Japan."

... Well, Tsuna was obviously just a piece furniture if they're discussing murder attempts against his own brother so freakin' openly. But granted, he was taking all this in as if it was an everyday thing.

"... Thirty-six?" Ienari furrowed his brows. "What does that have to -"

"And you think they had only targeted you and your guardians?" Reborn cut the blonde off with a pointed look. "If it wasn't for Vongola's discreet intervention on your behalf..."

Your families would have been lying dead on the ground in cold blood.

Ienari and his Storm and Rain guardian immediately tensed at the unvoiced danger that hovered over their heads.

Tsuna took this opportunity to break the pregnant silence with an awkward laugh, attracting five pairs of eyes on himself. (Tsuna abhorred attention, but if it could break the unbearable silence, he would draw in attention like Vongola's Lightning.)

"Are you guys role playing a mafia game?" Yes, he was going to pull a Takeshi - at least the Takeshi that he knew since he wasn't sure about the Yamamoto sitting across from him. Because as much as he should and will have to get involve in the matter, he wanted his life to stay as relatively peaceful for the time being.

Being a trouble-magnet 24/7, he deserves some kind of break.

Tsuna watched with amusement when he saw Ienari sputtering indignantly at his assumption. And from the barely noticeable twitch, Tsuna knew that Reborn did not take well to his apparent naive words.

Any Mafioso would take offence when their occupation was being belittled.

He was ashamed to admit it, but he was enjoying this a bit too much. (He has a feeling that Reborn knew that he was acting. Perhaps it was him showing his intuition yesterday... Dammit.)

"Uh..." Ienari somewhat regained his bearing, but that was it when the words failed to leave his mouth.

Tsuna had gotten a hint from when they met that he and his twin weren't as close as when they were little.

He didn't feel insulted, honestly, when the blonde had blatantly shied away from him since Tsuna could empathize with how Ienari felt when he was suddenly told he has a brother.

... But towards Nana too? That's a bit much.

From the memories that he received from his parallel self of when they were kids, they were as close as two peas in a pod. The incident had been a bit too blurry for Tsuna to interpret so he wasn't sure what had happened to have caused Ienari of his selected memory lost.

"Mafia is NOT a game!" Gokudera practically screamed and started a spiel of what the mafia was and what they do for a living.

Yup, Omertà be damned.

... Then again, Tsuna knew as much about the mafia as the next mafioso and then some without them making a mention at it anyways.

The bomber then slammed his hands on the table as he stood up glowering at Tsuna. "I don't care about the sword-freak, but how dare you mock the Tenth, Reborn-san, and I!"

The brunet bristled but show no other discomfort. If only you knew.

"Gokudera Hayato!" Ienari hissed. The bomber looked rightfully kicked, and - and dogeza'ed. (Okay, so he does do that sometimes... but only when Ienari's really angry with him.)

"I'm so so so sorry Tenth! I didn't mean to spill our secret!"

Tsuna's hand around his glass of water twitched. Seriously, they have no qualms in blurting anything and everything out!

"You all seem to be enjoying this game," Tsuna gave disarming smile.

"We do take it seriously though." Yamamoto offered. "Who knows what might happen."

Tsuna quirked a brow at how the baseball-lover's jawline was set so grimly... and his eyes suddenly took on a dark look - a telltale sign of a rainstorm that was nothing if not roiling. It was not like the Rain he knew at all.

... And he had to remind himself that Yamamoto was not Takeshi.

Don't mix a stranger with a friend - a friend that's long dead because he protected a worthless Sky -

"Really?" Tsuna blinked twice with a tilt of his head, covering pain with obliviousness. He would be damned if he was to slip up now. "You sound like it's as important as your life..."

"Because it is dammit!" Gokudera barked again before promptly being clammed up by Ienari's hand to prevent any further outbursts. (Tsuna fondly remembered doing the same to his Storm when their secret was about to leak out.)

Reborn finally decided to enter back into the conversation again by shoving Ienari away with a kick. ("GAH!") "So how about it Tsuna? Will you play this... game with us?"

(Wow, Tsuna didn't think Reborn would play along. Was his act that convincing?)

"Reborn!"

Both Tsuna and Reborn ignored Ienari's protest in favor of having a silent stare down.

"... As interesting as it sounds," Tsuna started politely - almost business-like if he didn't take rein of that habit of his.

He knew that he'll have to get involved sooner or later -

"I don't want to ruin anything by joining."

- But it did not mean he will whole-heartedly embrace his fate. (Fate hates him anyways so the feeling was mutual.)

"Besides, I doubt my physical condition allows draining activities right now, and I do have to catch up academically too so I need to focus on that."

His job description told him nothing about being directly involved. (It didn't tell him anything, really.)

"But I guess I can play mafia once in awhile if you'll let me."

He could be the errand boy, but he wasn't going to be a core player.

Reborn tugged his fedora down, showing only a slight upward curve of his lips... And Tsuna's Intuition immediately flared up at the sign of trouble.

"Good, glad to have you on board."

... Apparently, Tsuna's answer was a positive in Reborn's books - much to his chagrin. He very nearly rebutted that no, he wasn't on board, but didn't because that wouldn't do anything for his case. Reborn does whatever he wants after all. (Tsuna sometimes wondered why the hitman wasn't a Cloud.)

Tsuna smiled vaguely in response. He decided to play along with the hitman, but he wasn't going to let Reborn have his way with him every single time.

"Now, you guys better leave before you're late for school."

The underlying danger in his sentence was evident by the blanches on their faces.

It was just another day that Tsuna dearly wish he could get back.

So... this is kinda of a filler/built-up... Actually, there's gonna be another (and shorter) chapter like this next so I'll put these two up earlier than my-possibly-weekly-updates-if-I-can-keep-it-up ('^')b

We're seeing the discrepancy showing bit by bit guys and sorry if it's a bit boring. But - I can guarantee something happening in the chapter after the next :D

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P.S. - I'm not that evil. Things will get better for Tsuna... after next chapter, I swear! It's just that you can't have nice things without experiencing the bad ones so Tsuna's going through that treatment. And well... he has to resolve his problem first before he tackles other things.