La Ragazza

by Dark (because having nothing to do is a good motivator)

Summary: Sawada "Tsuna" Tsunayuki a.k.a. No-Good-Tsuna, never thought that she'd ever be important enough to get a home tutor, let alone one who wanted to turn her into the tenth generation mafia boss of the Vongola family, and the first female one at that. But now in the midst of trying to raise her grades and make new friends, she's finding that there's a lot more to this "Mafia" business than she first thought.

Pairings: GokuderaTsuna, YamamotoTsuna, HibariTsuna, DinoTsuna, MukuroTsuna, LanciaTsuna, RyoheiTsuna, BasilTsuna, SqualoTsuna, BelphegorTsuna, XanxusTsuna, ChikusaTsuna, KenTsuna, maybe OlderRebornTsuna, one-sided HaruTsuna, Chrome+Tsuna, and Kyoko+Tsuna. Maybe-ish some Adult!LamboOC.

Disclaimer: As much as it seems like I should (yeah right, you're not fooling anybody -.- -Wix) I don't own Reborn. It belongs to the awesome people that it belongs too (is it obvious that I completely forgot the names?).

And dedication for this chapter goes to Hibari because his voice makes me go "Waa! //// " every time I hear it.

Quote for the Story:
"Be careful what you wish for, for it might just come true, but not in the least the way you expected."

Obiettivo Dieci

Cottura del Veleno II

Songs listened to while writing this chapter: Crawl, by… someone whose name I forgot.

Quote of the Chapter:
"Now- Hey, Tsuna, get away from him!!"
"Eh? Why?"
"He's dangerous!"
"But he's just like a dog (pet pet scratch scratch)!"
-Sawada Tsunayuki, Gokudera Hayato, Reborn, Chapter I don't know and I'm too lazy to check
Moral: Keep a close eye on Tsuna or she'll do something dangerous… like treat the enemy like a dog.

Sawada House

'God, it's so hot!' Tsuna complained to herself as she walked back to her room, having just gone to the kitchen to get a drink. 'I should just stay in my air conditioned room and read,' she thought as she opened her door, only for it to stop as it hit something with a dull, 'clunk'.

Looking down, Tsuna noticed that the door had hit Lambo, asleep from exhaustion caused by all his assignation attempts on Reborn. Sighing in barely contained frustration, Tsuna bent down and picked the little boy up, intent on placing him on the bed she had set up for him (as he now seemed to be living in the Sawada household, invited or no) so that he could get some real sleep.

Walking fully into the room with Lambo in her arms, Tsuna was forced to stop in surprise when she saw Reborn casually sitting there, slurping at some noodles as he did so, the very picture of a traditional Japanese summer.

"Ciaossu," he greeted without even looking at her.

Tsuna just sighed and moved past him, gently placing Lambo down on the small bed next to her own. She didn't even want to deal with Reborn right then, she was feeling so tired and hot. Maybe she'd just follow Lambo's example and conk right out…

"I have some for you, too," a highly unwanted voice announced from behind Tsuna at that moment, causing her to jump and whirl around. "Eat up," the voice told her.

"Bianchi-san…" Tsuna muttered exhaustedly, too tired to even bother as she looked at the older woman. The pink haired lady was once again holding a platter of poisonous looking food stuffs, the ever present fumes hovering over it ominously. "What are you doing here?" Tsuna asked, letting out a barely perceptible sigh as she collapsed back onto her bed.

"It's for work," Reborn said calmly, at the same time Bianchi said, "For love."

"Reborn needs me," Bianchi continued, insinc with Reborn who said, "I decided to have Bianchi tutor you as well."

Tsuna stared at them for a moment, her expression blank. 'They're completely misunderstanding each other,' she thought duly, feeling too tired to care. A bad habit of hers was that after she got tired enough (after the state where she went into a panic at every single thing and lost most of her inhibitions) not much could phase her or elicit a reaction from her. It often made her do or say things she wouldn't normally do, and though she knew it, whenever she was in that state, she could no longer bring herself to care. Luckily, it didn't last long, and went away as soon as she started to really wake up.

"Why are you suddenly talking about tutoring?" Tsuna asked her 'tutor' dully, "You hardly ever do it yourself," she added. "Besides, Bianchi-san will most likely try to kill me with her poison cooking," she said bluntly, making a small motion towards said woman with her head.

Bianchi laughed. "You're still a kid, you shouldn't be concerned with things like that," she said, and Tsuna glanced at her, raising an inquisitive eyebrow. "What I'm creating now is Poison Cooking II," the woman said, "Twice the killing rate!"

Tsuna almost face-faulted. Instead she just closed her eyes and let out a heavy sigh. "I want you out of here," she stated, "Now."

Bianchi ignored her. "I'll be assisting you in Home Economics and Art," she told Tsuna as she went out the door, "We will be conducting a Home Economics experiment, so I'll be in the kitchen preparing."

"Wait!" Tsuna called, but it was already too late. 'At this rate I'll be killed!' she thought, finally mustering up enough energy to start to care, 'And I don't even need help in Home Economics!' She turned on her tutor. "Reborn-kun, do something!" she told him.

Reborn just stared at her.

Tsuna frowned, starting to get angry, but she was interrupted by a voice coming from downstairs.

"Tenth!" it called happily, and Tsuna twitched.

She was really starting to get annoyed, now that all the activity was wearing away her tiredness. 'This voice…' Tsuna thought, heading for the stairs, 'Not at a time like this!'

Unfortunately, the visitor turned out to be just who she had thought it was. Hayato stood there, clothes gangster like as usually, wearing way too much jewelry to be normal for anyone, and a cigarette hanging from his lips. The only difference from the norm was the large watermelon he was holding. As Hayato spotted Tsuna descending the stairs he broke into a wide grin of pleasure.

"Hayato-kun, hello," Tsuna greeted when she reached her friend. No matter what she was feeling, she had to be polite to her friends, "What's up?"

Hayato smiled again and held up his watermelon. "Would you like some watermelon?" he asked her, "It's supposed to be really sweet!" he added.

"Oh!" Tsuna exclaimed, slightly surprised, "I'm very thankful, but right now I'm in the middle of something…" she told him as she rubbed the back of her neck in slight embarrassment.

In an instant Hayato's expression turned angry. "Some kinda trouble?" he asked, "If you want, I'll take care of it for you," he said, jerking a thumb back at himself.

"Eh?!" Tsuna exclaimed. Then she gave the suggestion some serious thought. 'Well… Bianchi-san really is trouble… but I don't want Hayato-kun to have to deal with that. She could really hurt him!' Tsuna decided. "Um, no, it's fine," she told him, plastering a fake smile on her face as she looked down at the ground.

Hayato looked at Tsuna and frowned, seeing right through her smile. He was just about to call her on it when he spotted someone he always dreaded to see coming up behind his future boss. His face dropping into a pained grimace, he dropped the watermelon he had been holding, letting it crash and break on the ground.

"Eh!?" Tsuna shrieked, jumping slightly at the loud noise, "The watermelon!" she exclaimed, looking at the broken fruit as it dribbled all over the floor. Then she turned to look at Hayato worriedly, wondering what had caused him to do such a thing. It didn't seem like something he would normally do at all!

"Big Sis!!" Hayato stuttered out, gapping and letting his cigarette fall to the floor, looking horrified at the sight in front of him.

"Eh?" Tsuna asked, confused as she looked behind herself and spotted Bianchi and Reborn coming up behind her.

"Hayato," Bianchi greeted with a nod, a whipping bowl and a whisk held in her hands.

"Huh?" Tsuna spluttered, looking back and forth between Hayato and Bianchi at an ever increasing rate, "Big Sis?" she muttered, feeling utterly confused.

Hayato let out a pained groan and collapsed to his knees, clutching his stomach tightly as it started to make strange noises. Forcing himself to his feet, he ran unsteadily out the door, his eyes tightly closed, calling, "Excuse me!!" over his shoulder as he left.

"Wait! Hayato-kun!!" Tsuna called, extremely worried about what had happened. She was moving forward before she knew it, starting to head after her friend when Bianchi spoke.

"He's always been like that," the woman said, seemingly to herself. "Strange boy," she added, heaving a sigh before leaving for the kitchen once again.

'Big Sis… Big Sis…' Tsuna thought to herself, her mind whirling at the new information, 'So that means… that means…?!' And then the thought snapped into place. "Hayato-kun and Bianchi-san are siblings?!!" she shouted out in surprise, suddenly realizing why Bianchi had looked so familiar the first time they had met. She looked like Hayato!

"Yep. With different moms," Reborn informed Tsuna calmly, content to sit back and watch the drama unfold.

Tsuna was too confused to think about it any longer, so she decided to just go after her friend and see what was wrong. Now with a purpose, Tsuna left her house, intent on finding Hayato. He couldn't have gone too far, after all, could he?

(SCENE CHANGE)

Near Some Temple

'There he is!' Tsuna thought with relief as she finally, finally, spotted Hayato leaning against a tree ahead of her. She increased her pace, calling out, "Hayato-kun, are you alright?!" as she did so.

Tsuna frowned when he didn't answer. "I'm sorry about what happened…" she told him, thinking, 'He looks scared…'

There was a moment of silence before Hayato spoke. "I used to live with my sister," he revealed, "I lived with her until I was eight. At our castle, we used to have a lot of luxurious parties," he said, "And when I was six years old I was expected to perform on the piano in front of everyone," he added, his expression troubled.

'C-castle?!' Tsuna thought, eyes wide in realization. Hayato was actually a rich boy?!

"That time where I was expected to perform, my sister baked cookies for me for the first time," her friend continued, oblivious to Tsuna's thoughts, "That was the first of her poison cooking." He looked sick just thinking about it. "I didn't find out until afterwards, but my sister possesses the skill to make all of her cooking poisonous," he added.

'How is that even possible?!' Tsuna wondered, feeling a bit horrified at what Hayato was telling her.

"After I ate the cookies I experienced severe nausea and dizziness," Hayato continued, "And the piano performance I gave was outrageous. But that was only the beginning. That bizarre performance was rated highly in the end. The audience said things like, "How abstract!" and, "Wonderful!"" he told Tsuna, looking a bit angry. "My father was in a good mood and decided to make me perform even more. He told my sister to make her cookies again," he finished.

Tsuna looked at her friend with sympathy, feeling bad for what he must have gone through. She'd only gotten a vague taste of what Bianchi's cooking was like before, but that had been enough for her. She couldn't even imagine what Hayato had gone through.

"That terror traumatized my body and now every time I look at my sister I get really bad stomach aches," Hayato said, holding his stomach as if even the thought of Bianchi's cooking made him feel sick.

"I got a slight feeling of sickness from her, but it seems she's quite intense," Tsuna told him, not really knowing what to say in a situation like this.

"Yes. I hate her," Hayato spat out, surprising Tsuna with his vehemence. For all Bianchi had done to him, she was still his sister, and didn't that matter? Maybe Tsuna just didn't understand because she didn't have any siblings, but that's what she'd always thought.

"I can't get anywhere close to my sister," Hayato told Tsuna seriously. Then he paused. "Tenth… can you please drive my sister out of town?" he finally asked her.

"Ehh?!" Tsuna exclaimed, surprised. She wanted Bianchi gone as well, but to drive her out of town?! Wasn't that going a bit too far? Wasn't it a bit mean?! "W-well, if I were to choose, it would also make me happy if Bianchi-san left…"she started, looking down at her feet as she shuffled them nervously, "But… drive her out of town...?! I c-can't…" she told him, looking up and staring earnestly into his face.

"I have a plan!" Hayato assured her, trying (mostly unsuccessfully) to ignore Tsuna's expression. It was most… distracting. Hayato cleared his throat and continued. "Before my sister fell in love with Reborn, she had a man she was obsesses with," he said, "He died due to an accident, but my sister still can't get over him. So, all we need to do is go find a guy who looks like her ex," he explained, "If she sees him, she'll chase him to the end of the world."

'It's another outrageous plan!!' Tsuna thought, and wondered why she was so shocked. This was Hayato, after all. "Hayato-kun…" the girl started, "I don't think that plan is possible… even more impossible is to find a guy who looks like him…"

Hayato wasn't listening. "This is a photo of her ex-boyfriend," he said, drawing a picture out of his pocket and showing it to Tsuna.

Tsuna's eyes widened in surprise as she looked at the picture and saw someone that was the spitting image of the Lambo from ten years in the future standing next to Bianchi. "I-I've seen someone like him before!" she told Hayato, looking up in amazement.

(SCENE CHANGE)

Sawada House

Tsuna creaped back into her house and past the kitchen, climbing up the stairs on tiptoe in a successful attempt to not alert Bianchi to her presence. Finally, she made it to the door to her room. Opening it, she spotted the person she was looking for, laying right where she had left him. Tsuna walked towards Lambo, thinking about what Hayato had told her.

'As long as the lookalike appears for a moment, it's fine,' he had said, 'My sister will go out to search for him.'

Tsuna still had some misgivings about the plan, but Hayato had seemed so distressed at the thought of his sister that she just couldn't refuse. Reaching out, she took the sleeping boy by the shoulder and gently shook him. "Lambo!" she cried softly, "Lambo, wake up!"

"Hmm…?" Lambo asked, looking at Tsuna and sleepily rubbing his eyes.

Tsuna smiled at him. "Lambo, could I ask you to use the 10 year bazooka and call out Lambo from the future?" she asked him pleadingly.

Lambo flinched, tears welling up in the corners of his eyes. "L-Lambo never shot a 10 year bazooka!" he insisted.

Tsuna's eyes widened. 'What!?' she thought, shocked. She had clearly seen him shoot the 10 year bazooka. What was Lambo trying to say now?

"Boss told me that I'm not allowed to shoot the 10 year bazooka," the small boy in cow print continued, "L-Lambo won't shoot that…" he said, shaking in fear.

Tsuna looked on him pityingly. He seemed to be terrified of his boss, enough so to not do as she asked him too. Usually he would do whatever she asked of him (something that rather worried her, why would he listen to her of all people?), as long as he didn't get side tracked by trying to kill Reborn.

And, normally, Tsuna would leave it at that, but Hayato was so afraid of his sister… 'But what can I do?' she wondered to herself, 'The only time Lambo uses the 10 year bazooka is when Reborn makes fun of him... so what can I do…?' Tsuna felt her eyes widen in realization.

'But… could I?' she wondered, even as she started to look around her for her home tutor, finally spotting him outside, standing next to an inflatable pool. "Ah!" she exclaimed, turning and heading outside without another moments thought.

"Reborn-kun," Tsuna called as she opened the sliding door to the backyard, "Can you do me a favor?"

Reborn looked at her curiously, and Tsuna froze. What had she been going to ask? She couldn't just ask him to beat up Lambo, she was practically the small boys' mother, after all! Tsuna found her mouth moving before she had even formed a coherent thought about what to say, "Err… Lambo-"

"No," Reborn said bluntly, cutting his student off as soon as he heard the other hit mans' name. "I told you before, I don't deal with lower ranking opponents," he stated coldly, pulling out a pair sunglasses from nowhere and sliding them onto his face.

Tsuna stared at him for a moment, faintly relieved that she had been interrupted and faintly annoyed at Reborn's insult at the boy she was starting to view as her son (how could she not, with the way he hung onto her and called her 'Mama' all the time?). She opened her mouth to say something, but was interrupted once again, this time by Lambo.

"You can only say that until now, Reborn!" the afro haired boy called as he stood on the roof, "Lambo-san is going to be brave and jump from the 2nd floor!" he stated, and Tsuna looked up in horror, so scared at that he really would jump that her voice froze in her throat.

"Die, Reborn!" Lambo cried, jumping off the roof, something clutched in his hands sparking slightly, "With the stun-gun I got from boss, go zap!" he cried.

Tsuna stared, her mind going blank as her body started to move on its own, trying to catch Lambo before he fell into the pool of water with his electric stun-gun.

Unfortunately, she started too late, and Lambo slammed into the pool, electrified water splashing out as he screamed in pain.

"Lambo!" Tsuna called, her voice finally coming back to her as soon as she didn't need it.

Lambo sniffled as the pain washed over him, and he brought out his 10 year bazooka, shooting it at himself as he always did when he was in pain.

"Goodness," 10 years later Lambo muttered to himself as the smoke cleared, leaving him sitting in a pool too small for him, "Why am I drenched in water?" he wondered.

"Ah!" Tsuna exclaimed relieved that Lambo seemed to be alright. Then she remembered why she had wanted to get adult Lambo out in the first place. She cried for Bianchi, deciding to take advantage of the opportunity while it was there. "Bianchi-san, come here! There's something you need to see!" she cried.

Bianchi came through the door, one of her deadly concoctions in her hands. "What is it?" she asked, annoyed, "I don't like to be interrupted while I'm working-" she started, then coming to a halt when she spotted adult Lambo. "Romeo!" she cried.

Adult Lambo looked at Bianchi, confused, from where he was still sitting in the pool, soaking wet.

"Romeo! You're alive!" Bianchi cried, looking ridiculously happy as she ran towards the soaking teenager.

'Yes!' Tsuna thought in triumph, 'She thinks he's real!'

"Romeo!!!" Bianchi cried, causing adult Lambo to look at her in shock as she ran towards him, screaming.

"Poison Cooking II!" Bianchi called suddenly, slamming her poisonous concoction into his face as she leaped past, landing lightly behind him as adult Lambo was slammed back into the pool, her cooking splatter over his face.

'What?!´Tsuna thought, shocked.

"It seems like right before Bianchi broke up with him, they had a horrible relationship," Reborn stated as he watched, "Every time she thinks of him, she gets upset," he added.

"Eh?!" Tsuna exclaimed, completely shocked. That wasn't what Hayato had told her! Then she remembered Lambo went to him to see if he was alright, after all that had happened.

"To-Ler-Ate…" adult Lambo muttered to himself as he started to fade out of consciousness.

"Lambo!" Tsuna cried, rushing up to his side, "Stay awake! Don't sleep! Please cry!!" she told him desperately.

"Maybe with the medical skills ten years in the future, he can be saved," Reborn commented lightly, feeling none of his students' distress.

(SCENE CHANGE)

The Road to School

"So that's how it was…" Hayato said when Tsuna told him what had happened the next day. "Oh, yeah… I heard the reason why her ex died was due to food poisoning…" he suddenly remembered.

"What?!" Tsuna exclaimed, feeling as horrified as Hayato looked. They both slumped. How would they get Bianchi to leave now?

(SCENE CHANGE)

Sawada House

"On the hottest day of summer, I want to eat good eel," Reborn told Bianchi at the same time Hayato and Tsuna were having their conversation.

At his words, Bianchi turned and left, now on a quest to Hamana Lake to get eel for Reborn.

(THE END)
for now

A/N: TTATT I want Hiba-chan!! (Oh god, he'd kill me if I ever called him that) Please hurry up, self, and get to Hiba-chan!!! (I am digging my own grave XD)

But aren't you happy?! We saw another side of Tsuna this chapter!! XD Now we know: her I don't care side, her distressed side, her determined side, her 'Dying Will' side, her calm side, her worried side, her friendly side, her OMG! CUTE! side, her 'I feel like a Mama, sorta' side, and her slightly angry side. Hopefully we'll learn about more soon!

And I just had a great idea!!! I'd like everybody who reviews (which will be ALL of you, RIGHT?!) to tell me how they think Tsuna-chan will react to a certain character. Any character at all, big (like, say, Hiba-chan) or small (like Yamamoto's dad). I'll give prizes (of what? You tell me) to the most creative and most accurate. You can do whoever you want, and you can do the thing as many times as you want, but with different people. No doing the same person twice! The most accurate will have a prize for each character, so the more obscure, the more chance of winning, but for the most accurate it will end when I write in the meeting of the character. Most creative will go on until I decide it will end, and it can be done for characters already introduced. It will only have one winner. Now get to it!!

So, that's all! Dark out!