Author's note

I'm so very sorry for such a long delay. I know it's been a month already. I'm trying my best, I swear! It's just that between school, part-time job and nagging my sister, I have so little free time…

"What gotten into you, Reborn? Why did you want to turn me into a girl?"

"It was the ninth's idea."

"Eeeh? What? It was Grandpa's?"

Tsuna looked at his smiling tutor with disbelief. The latter continued. "He said: 'It's such a pity that Tsunayoshi-kun isn't a girl. He would make a great wife for Xanxus."

"It's impossible!"

"It's the truth. But not everything is lost. Since Xanxus is now a woman you two could still marry."

"Are you joking, Reborn? That's the last thing I'd do!"

"Why? Is Xanxus not pretty as a girl?"

"No, quite contrary…But that's not the point!"

In the meanwhile Xanxus got annoyed and left her room with the aim of searching for Tsuna and his tutor (and also killing the latter). Just as she stepped into the corridor, she bumped into no one else but her second-in-command. "VOIII! WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING, GIRLIE!"

Squalo was quite surprised when said "girlie" punched him so hard that he hit the floor. He took a good look at her and blinked several times. He recognized those scars and fierce red eyes. "BOSS? IS THAT YOU?"

"The hell are you here again, trash-shark?"

"VOOII! I JUST WANTED TO REPORT!"

"Report what?"

"SOME LOWER RANKS WERE TRYING TO REBEL WHEN YOU'RE GONE BUT IT'S BEEN ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF!"

Xanxus wondered why his second-in-command couldn't come up with better excuse. She was in a really bad mood, so she punched Squalo again. "If it's been already taken care of, then couldn't you wait with the report till I return?"

"SORRY FOR THAT, BOSS! BUT TELL ME, WHY ARE YOU LOOKING LIKE THAT?"

"It's that shitty arcobaleno's doing. I need to find him."

"VOOOI! CAN I HELP?"

Xanxus didn't answer and just shrugged her arms, so Squalo took it as 'yes'. He closely followed his now-female boss. When they left the corridor, they run into Yamamoto. The boy smiled cheerfully when he saw varia's second-in-command. "Squalo! Nice to see you again. And who is that pretty girl? A girlfriend of yours?"

A vein popped out on Squalo's temple. "VOOOII, BRAT! ARE YOU FUCKING BLIND? CAN'T YOU SEE IT'S XANXUS?"

Yamamoto took a look at Squalo's companion and laughed with embarrassment. "Hahaha. Now I see. Sorry for that, Xanxus. Last time I saw you, you looked a bit different."

The girl shot Yamamoto an icy glare. "Where is that Sawada trash?"

"Tsuna? He went to the left wing to search for Rebo…"

Yamamoto didn't manage to finish his sentence since he was interrupted by the sudden arrival of Gokudera. "It's you varia! What do you want from juudaime?"

Xanxus passed the grey-haired boy without saying a word and headed for the left wing. Squalo quickly followed her.

"Hey! What are you doing, you bastard?"

"I think sh…I mean he's ignoring you, Gokudera."

Meanwhile, Tsuna couldn't hide his indignation at his tutor's words. "How could you think about something like that, Reborn? First of all I like Kyoko! Secondly I highly doubt that Xanxus would ever agree to marry me!"

Reborn smiled slyly. "If the ninth ordered him to do so, he wouldn't have any choice."

Tsuna paled. "Grandpa wouldn't do something like that…"

"It depends. If he believed that it would improve his son's personality…"

"We have to change him back!"

"Then you have to talk to Giannini. He was the one who made the bullet."

Tsuna wanted to ask Reborn where to find the inventor but his tutor suddenly disappeared. There was a burnt hole on the table that he was sitting just a second ago. The boy caught a glimpse of Reborn's black fedora disappearing behind the window, so he guessed that the arcobaleno managed to get away. He turned over just to see a very angry girl with a gun in her hand. "Where is that Giannini trash?"

"I didn't manage to ask Reborn about that before you shot him…"

"You're completely useless, trash."

"Hey, you bastard! Stop insulting juudaimee!"

"VOOII! YOU BETTER STOP INSULTING THE BOSS, BRAT!"

"Ma ma. It's all right. It was just a friendly talk, right, Tsuna?"

Only then Tsuna saw that behind Xanxus there were Squalo, Gokudera and Yamamoto. The boy sighed. He just hoped they wouldn't make much trouble. "Do any of you know where to find Giannini?"

Squalo needed a second to think. "IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, HIS WORKSHOP SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE NEAR THE HEADQUARTERS!"

Xanxus looked at him. "Where?"

"I DON'T KNOW EXACT…OUCHHH! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?"

"Stupid, useless shark."

Tsuna felt nothing but sympathy for Squalo. Apparently, varia's second-in-command had even harder time with Xanxus than him. Just as he was losing any hope, he heard a pleasant voice. "Excuse me, but I accidentally overheard your conversation. Are you looking for Giannini-sama?"

Tsuna saw the familiar maid and smiled with joy. "Ida-san! Do you know where we can find Giannini?"

"Of course. I visited his workshop several times. I can draw you a map, if you'd like."

"Thank you very much!"

Just as Tsuna and the others were leaving the kitchen, Ida smiled and waved them goodbye. "I'll always treasure that picture, Xanxus-sama!"

VOII! WHAT PICTURE? OUCHH!"

"Not your fucking business."

Truthfully to Squalo's words, Gainnini's workshop wasn't situated too far away. With the help of the map they were able to get there quite quickly. Feeling that Xanxus' anger was growing, Tsuna hesitantly knocked at the door. Giannini opened it and smiled at the boy. "Greetings, juudaimee. How may I serve you?"

But Giannini's smile quickly disappeared just to be replaced by terrified look when he saw who was accompanying Tsuna. Xanxus unceremoniously burst into the workshop, grabbed Giannini and shook him not too gently. "Did you make the bullet that changes gender, trash?"

"I did but it was just a prototype! Reborn-sama promised to test it for me!"

Tsuna was afraid that Xanxus might lose her temper and kill Giannini, so he moved between them to ensure the latter's safety and spoke to him. "Is there any way to cancel its effect?"

"I haven't tried that yet! I wasn't even sure it worked until now! Please don't kill me, Xanxus-sama!"

Only then Gokudera decided to cut in. "If I understood correctly that bullet changes gender, right? So all you need to do is shot Xanxus with it again and he should return to normal."

"VOIII! THAT BRAT IS RIGHT!"

Tsuna was overjoyed that they finally found a solution (and that he'd escape possible marriage) but Giannini dispelled his hopes. "I had only one such bullet. Creating another would take months."

Xanxus pointed her gun at him. "You'd better do it quicker, trash!"

"I'll get down to work immediately, Xanxus-sama!"