There was a pattern developing. Abandoned mafia children just seemed to gravitate to her part of the world. From Lambo, to most recently Fuuta and Ipin. And it seemed that every time a new child joined the Sawada household, Nana would dote on them. Tsuna didn't feel like she belonged in that house anymore, she was like the outsider looking in, an intruder. Did she belong in their world? In their world of complaining about toys, in their world of wanting dessert before dinner, in their world of tantrums? Maybe she did, once.

It felt like a struggle getting up and out of bed each morning.

It started to develop into a cycle. She felt like a doll.

Get up, make breakfast, and go to school. Leave school and walk back home. Study, go to sleep. Rinse, wash, repeat.

Nothing seemed interesting enough for her anymore, the only even getting her out of bed and going to school every morning was Reborn.

It was always Reborn.

Just a little sliver of sunshine to brighten up her day.

He would wake her up and place her in front of the mirror every morning. He would hold her tight from behind and whisper into her ear, "You are strong, you can do this, you can get over this." he would kiss her neck and allow his flames to mix with hers.

She looked forward to those.

"Have you thought about how you're going to go about Rokudo?" he breathed into her ear as she stirred the pot of soup on the stovetop.

She sighed, "Not much, does the Ninth have a deadline to when I'm supposed to be "hunting down" this guy?"

Reborn took a moment to think, "Probably as soon as possible."

"As soon as possible can wait until after I finish studying for that test tomorrow."

"... Fair."

Tsuna took a deep breath and stuck her head out the kitchen, "Breakfast's ready!". All members of the Sawada household began to scramble to sit at their seats.

"Get out of here, Broccoli Head!"

"I was here first!"

"No, I was!"

"Bleh!" Tsuna looked around.

"Settle down children, what's for breakfast, Tsu-chan?"

"Where's Fuuta?"

Everybody seemed startled, they begun to look around wildly. Truthfully, Fuuta Della Stella was nowhere to be found.

"Seems like Fuuta went for a walk" hummed Nana.

"I just saw Fuuta-nii just this morning!"

Tsuna looked at Reborn, "Fuuta wouldn't wander off without telling us, did you see anything?"

Reborn thought for a bit, "He woke up in the middle of the night and left the house, he hasn't been back since."

The future Mafia boss could do nothing but shake her head, she knew that it could only be mafia related. But this behaviour disturbed her greatly, Fuuta was a Mafia child, he knew danger, and he knew how to avoid danger. She hadn't known the child for long, but every piece of her wanted to wrap him up and keep him safe from the world. She sighed, "We'll just wait until he wants to come back!" she said with a fake smile. Her mother was the only one fooled.

Breakfast was a tentative affair, the only sounds came from the matriarch and the children; all of them were so easily distracted from the fact that a member of their household had gone missing, Tsuna couldn't bring herself to talk. There was a niggling feeling in her chest that just wouldn't go away. She just knew that something was wrong. So horribly wrong.

School was a tedious affair. She couldn't focus, not that she usually did anyway, Yamamoto and Gokudera could sense her mood and snuck worried peeks at her.

Gokudera, Tsuna still couldn't look in the eye. He was so empty, like there was no life in him any more. He no longer bickered with Yamamoto, he no longer argued with the history teacher on accuracy, and he no longer went to his Astronomy club meetings. It was as if his only purpose in life was to obey her. It made her hate herself.

When the bell sounded, Tsuna ran off to sit by herself. How could she just joyfully chat with her friend's when someone in her household had just gone missing? She ran off to a secluded area to meet with Reborn.

As the two boys saw her run away, they let her be, she seemed to wanted to be alone. Yamamoto rummaged through his bag for his charm, he exclaimed happily when he found it. He walked up to Gokudera, geez! He really did seem down in the dumps.

"What do you want." Gokudera side-eyed him warily, Yamamoto flashed a grin.

"You seem to have been down in the dumps recently! So I went and made you a charm!" Yamamoto handed him the small pouch, "This will surely keep all the bad out, and invite all the good in!" Yamamoto laughed and ran out.

Gokudera stared at the small pouch in his hands and slipped it into his bag, Tsu-hime probably put the fool up to it. He'd accept the charm, just for her. But Yamamoto, he worried for; Yamamoto unfortunately happened to be the minority of children who were natural assassins. There was always something wrong with them, they never fit in right, because of this, many civilian ones would kill themselves early on, and those in the mafia turned into killing machines or joined the Varia. Yamamoto must have had a good role model to have adjusted this well. But he worried that seeing the dead body of Bianchi triggered something in him. He'd have to keep a closer eye on him, the wrong instincts might manifest in front of his Tsu-hime, and he could not allow that to happen.

Tsunami looked up the tree that Reborn was sitting in and began to climb. She made herself comfortable and dug into her lunch.

"Forgot to introduce you to him, but I've instated a new nurse, Trident Shamal."

"Anything I should know about him?"

Reborn began counting the list off his fingers, "He's a total lech, only likes treating women, doesn't like the thought of men, one of the greatest minds in the mafia, a great assassin, one of the only surviving that rejected an offer from the Varia."

"What's Varia?" She said with food muffling her words.

Reborn shook his head, "Don't talk with your mouth full and they are an organization of the top assassins in the mafia, they act as a separate branch of Vongola."

"That sounds like fun."

"So I'll just let you know, don't go anywhere near him!" She could only nod. "He is a man-whore and will not hesitate to sexually harass you!" She nodded.

Shamal sneezed, 'Was someone talking about me?'

He shook himself out of that thought and continued to meticulously organize his released Trident Mosquitos, but without his knowledge, one escaped out the window and flew out the window and up through the room of the window a floor up.

Tetsuya stepped into the reception room with a small stack of papers, "Tanaka Jinzu-san was sent to the hospital early this morning." he said as he plopped the papers on his desk.

Hibari hummed as he began to look through the contents.

"This makes it the ninth disciplinary member this week."

"Anything left on his body?"

"All of his teeth were pulled out."

Hibari clenched his knuckles until they turned white. Herbivores had dared intrude on his territory, they had dared to question his rule, they had dared to hurt those under his wing. Unforgivable, absolutely unforgivable. When he finds the culprits, he would show no mercy.

"Levi honey, you don't have to sit here every waking second, Boss is still frozen."

"I will sit here until Boss is awake! Until then, I will not move!"

Lussuria rolled his eyes, "Look, he won't be awake for another couple of weeks or so! Just leave! You're disturbing my concentration!, jeez!"

"I refuse! I will remain here, ready for Boss' orders!"

Lussuria could do nothing but clutch his face in his hands.