Author's note

This chapter sure took long to update. Unfortunately I can't guarantee that the next ones will appear faster. Unless my sister breaks up with her boyfriend, that is. ;)

The next day Tsuna wake up in his new (and quite comfortable) bed. "My, yesterday was such a tiring day…" He sat up and rubbed his still sleepy eyes when he saw a small figure before him. "Reborn! What are you going to do with this stuff?"

The miniature hitman quickly hid a defibrillator he was holding just a second ago. "I was going to use the vongola's traditional method to wake you up. But there is no need for it anymore since you're already awake."

"Were you going to wake me up or kill me?"

"Today you're supposed to train with Xanxus. Go and fetch him."

"Don't change the subject like that! And how I'm supposed to fetch him?"

"I heard you two finally started getting along, so it should be simple. Just go to his room, wake him up and tell him to come to the training hall."

Tsuna sighed. "I can't wake him up. You said it yourself that he's a very heavy sleeper. No matter how much I tried my voice will never be as loud as Squalo's."

In response Reborn smiled and took out the defibrillator again. "Then use this."

"I don't want to kill him! Or get myself killed in the process either!"

Reborn unceremoniously kicked Tsuna out of the bed. "In that case, think of something else, no-good Tsuna! I want to see both you and Xanxus in the training hall at ten. Don't be late or I'll…"

Reborn took out the gun. There was a dangerous glint in his eye. Tsuna cringed. "Hiii! All right, I'll do it!"

The boy quickly took shower and changed his clothes. Then he reluctantly headed for Xanxus' room. He wasn't sure whether he would be able to wake up the varia boss and survive. He knocked at the door and unsurprisingly no one answered him. Tsuna sighed and entered.

What the boy saw inside made his already big eyes grow to the size of extremely large saucers. In Xanxus' bed there was an attractive, black-haired girl. And she was even wearing the varia boss' pajamas (that were several sizes too big for her). Tsuna stood there gaping at her unable to do anything. Xanxus himself was nowhere to be seen. Finally the boy made the decision. He moved silently towards the door. He was quite sure that the varia boss rather wouldn't want to be bothered by him in such a situation. Just before he left, his intuition told him to look at the girl once more.

She changed the position and was now laying on her back. Thick, messy black hair were no longer covering the left side of her face. Tsuna's eyes grew even bigger. "Wait, what! Why does she have identical scar to Xanxus?"

The boy took a better look at the girl. Now her face seemed awfully familiar. She had tawny skin, her black eyebrows split at the ends and on her forehead there was a similar scar to the one on her cheek just smaller. A terrible realization dawned at Tsuna. "Ummm, Xanxus?"

To the boy's surprise the girl slowly opened her eyes. Accidentally they were dark red. She yawned and stretched lazily. Then she looked questioningly at Tsuna. "What?"

"Is that you?"

"Who else would it be, trash? And why are you staring at me like that?"

"Ummm….Well…I…"

"The hell? Spit it out!"

Only then Xanxus realized something was wrong. Since when were his pajamas that big? And his palms that small? He quickly got up and looked at himself in the mirror. It was smashed to pieces almost instantly. Tsuna watched in horror as the girl was bleeding from her fist. "Where. Is. Your. Shitty. Tutor?"

"Hiii! I don't know!"

"Find him! Now!"

"Yes!"

Still shaking the boy run out of the room. It was quite obvious to him that Reborn was responsible for all this. Tsuna quickly recalled the events of the previous day.

Just as Tsuna and Xanxus returned to the vongola headquarters after protecting the ninth's guardians, they saw Reborn waiting for them at the bottom of the stairs. "Good work, no-good Tsuna. I've got a present for you."

The tutor took out the gun and pointed it at the boy. Tsuna tried to protest. "W-wait, don't shoot me!"

But it was already too late and Reborn fired the gun. But Tsuna unintentionally tripped and fell down the stairs. The bullet missed him and hit Xanxus who was standing right behind the boy. The varia boss was shot in the forehead and fell on his back. He laid there seemingly lifeless. Horrified Tsuna quickly run to him. "Xanxus are you okay?"

Luckily Xanxus winced in pain and slowly stood up while holding his now aching head. He gave Reborn a truly terrifying death glare. "I'll eradicate you for that, trash!"

But Reborn ignored him altogether and looked at his gun with discontent. "That Giannini! His invention didn't work again! I'll have to take care of him!"

Fortunately for him, Reborn managed to disappear before Xanxus' bullets could reach him. But there was burnt ground in the place he stood just a second ago. For the second time this day Tsuna grabbed Xanxus' waist trying to pacify him. "Please calm down! Nothing happened to you, right?"

Xanxus looked at Tsuna with distaste but he lowered his guns. Then he spoke. "Go report to that old fart, trash. I don't feel like talking to him now."

The boy nodded obediently and watched as Xanxus walked away.

Tsuna facepalmed. "Just what was Reborn trying to do? Turn me into a woman?"

"Good morning, juudaimee!"

"Hello there, Tsuna."

Tsuna looked at Gokudera and Yamamoto in resignation. "Hi. Have you seen Reborn?"

"He told us he'll be waiting for you in the training hall. But more importantly, juudaimee! That baseball idiot told me that Xanxus became your subordinate! Is that true?"

"Well, yes. Supposedly. But actually I'm the one being ordered around."

"That bastard!"

"Ma, ma. Isn't it good that they're getting along?"

"Sorry guys, but I can't talk with you any longer! I'll have to go and find Reborn quickly or something bad will happen!"

Tsuna ran in the training hall with his two friends closely following him. But there was no one inside. The boy started panicking. "Reborn isn't here! What do I do?"

"Don't worry juudaime!"

"We'll help you look for Reborn, Tsuna!"

"Thank you, Gokudera-kun, Yamamoto!"

The three boys split up and went to search for Reborn in different parts of Vongola mansion. Eventually Tsuna was able to find his tutor enjoying an espresso in the kitchen. "What are you doing here, Reborn? I've been looking for you everywhere!"

"It was taking you too long, so I decided to take a coffee break. Where is Xanxus?"

"Your bullet changed him into a woman!"

"Really? So it did work. I've beaten Giannini unnecessarily."

In the meantime Xanxus tried to get dressed and was swearing viciously in the process. The fact that his clothes were now several sizes too big for him wouldn't be so bad, if he could button up the shirt on his new and rather ample chest. He swore once again when he heard a sunny voice. "I've brought your breakfast, Xanxus-sama."

Ida placed the tray on the table and glanced at Xanxus. Just like Tsuna's not so long ago her eyes enlarged to the size of saucers. "What happened?"

"Nothing. Stop staring at me like that and bring me some woman's clothes."

Ida complied with the order rather quickly. She brought Xanxus a black suit similar to the one he was previously wearing but designed for women. Xanxus noted with content that it fitted him quite well. When he finished dressing he noticed that the maid didn't leave the room. "Are you still here, woman?"

In response Ida blushed and started twiddling her index fingers. "I've got one big request, Xanxus-sama…"

"What is it?"

The maid took the camera out. "May I be allowed to take a picture?"

Xanxus raised an eyebrow in a mixture of irritation and disbelief but after some consideration he (now she) nodded.