IT'S BEEN SO LONG PEOPLE! HOW ARE YOU? *silence* I miss you all too...

This - Is when people are communicating via mind. [Basically italic and bold mean this.]

"..." - This is for documents, remembering other character's words when not in a flashback, on phone talks or earphone, notes, texts, and letters.

Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn. Thank you.


Kim's POV-

I dragged my tired self home, hunching forward. I swear, I will be like the Hunchback of Notre Dame at this rate. I coughed out ash that must have gotten into my mouth when Reborn decided to set part of the forest on fire.

"Does Tsuna go through this everyday?!," I yelled, enervated.

I leaned against one of the wall-like fences nearby to rest. I cried inwardly.

I'm going to die at this rate.

I took in a deep breath, later regretting it as the crap in my mouth went down my throat more.

Ew!

I spit out to the side, happy no one can see me. It's not lady like to spit on the floor, or so I'm told. My logic is if you can get away with it, it's all good. I started my limping, drag home. I opened the door, surprised my keys survived in my pocket. Heck, I'm surprised my pocket is still in tack. It's a good thing I didn't wear my favorite clothes.

"I'm home...," I said, not getting a reply. I scratched my head.

It's not that late yet...she's probably resting.

I crawled upstairs, into the bathroom. I did not return till more than an hour later.

"Ah~ I feel much better!," I chirped, examining my handiwork on the injuries I got. I had a band-aid on my nose, left thigh, and right cheek, some bandages on my left wrist, right shoulder, my right knee, my left, index finger, and my right calve. They're not serious injuries. I doubt Reborn would ever go that far. My hand twitched.

Wonder what that was about...?

I went downstairs, expecting my mom to be in there with food out, but she wasn't. I went to the fridge, seeing a note taped up.

"Hey sweetie! I forgot to tell you this this morning, but I have to go visit a friend today! If anything happens be sure to call me. There's some leftovers in the fridge. I'll see you when I get home. Bye bye! Mwwwaah!

-Mom"

"I guess I'm alone tonight... It's been awhile," I crumpled up the note and threw it away. I opened the fridge and took out some leftover meatloaf from yesterday. "I should make some tea...it'll help with the pain..."


Tsuna's POV-

"Reborn! Where have you been!?," I yelled from the safety of my bed as Reborn walked in through the window.

"Busy," he said.

"Why did Colonnello have to train me today?!," I yelled, mad that I was running for my life all day as Colonnello shot at me.

"You should be grateful," Reborn kicked me off my bed.

"Itte!," I rubbed my head. "On top of that, Kim-chan's mad at me because of you."


Kim's POV-

"Finished homework!," I cheered, throwing my arms in the air, leaning back in my chair.

CRACK

"Ah! The pain!," I fell off of my chair, rolling on the ground in pain. I apparently pulled something in my arm.


This morning, I woke up and breakfast was already laid out, but my mom wasn't in sight. She left another note saying she had to go somewhere today.

I sighed, eating in the company of my music and headed off to school. None of my injuries are really visible, except the ones on my face and on my finger. I made sure to wear thigh-highs today.

When I got to my desk, I laid down, exhausted, as if I ran a marathon.

"Are you okay Kim-chan?," I looked up to see the worried face of Kyoko.

"I'm fine," I smiled. "Just tired."

"How did you get those?," she pointed at my face, her worry deepening.

I sat up straight, "O-Oh! I fell down the stairs at home on accident. Heh. I didn't see where I was going."

"You should be more careful Kim-chan!," she put her hands down on my desks in a slamming motion, except her hands didn't making a slamming sound.

"I-I know," I sweat-dropped as the rest of the class, that was present, looked at us. "Where's Hana?"

Kyoko smiled, "She's out sick today. I'm going to drop off her work after school."

"That's nice."

"You should join me!"

"... I-I can't Sorry Kyoko-chan. I have to do something after school. Maybe another time."

She smile faltered, "I understand."


Tsuna seemed to fidget a lot today. Whenever I looked at him, he'd flinch and look away from me.

Did I do something wrong? Oh well, I'm tired. I'm sure it's nothing.

I currently had a book propped up in front of me to make it look like I was following along with the lesson in my book when in reality, I was catching up on sleep.

At lunch, I headed up to the roof ahead of everyone else, trying to figure out a good excuse for my injuries.

Me falling down the stairs seems legit. I can even say that I got a paper cut on my finger.

"Oh, she's already here," I looked up, hearing Takeshi's voice.

Tsuna, Takeshi, and Gokudera walked through the roof access door and sat by me. I smiled, waving as I heard Tsuna gasps and gazes boring into my face.

"What happened Kim-chan?," I could hear the worry in Tsuna's voice.

I mustered up a fake smile, "I fell down the stairs yesterday, then I cut my finger on some paper from my homework."

"Clumsy woman," Gokudera muttered, eating his sandwich.

"Good thing you're okay," Takeshi laughed.

"Yeah...," Tsuna said as I started eating my lunch as well. I could feel Tsuna's gaze still on me.


Tsuna's POV-

Something doesn't feel right with her explanation...and her smile...it doesn't feel the same as all her other ones. She couldn't be lying...could she?

I turned away from her injured face, and started eating my own lunch.

I'll confront her about it after school today...and apologize... Things will only get worse if I keep delaying it!

That never happened though. Kim was already packed up and ready to go two minutes before the bell rang. I'm surprised the teacher didn't notice. Anyway, she bolted out of the room the second the bell went off.

"Kim-chan...," I mumbled to myself.

"Kora!"

I lost all color in me as the hair on the back of my neck stood up.

Not this again!


Kim's POV-

After changing my shoes, I was ready to head over to the woods for more training. I only had around four days left.

"Fuko-san," I turned to see my teacher coming over to me. "Please come with me to the staff room." He grabbed my arm and dragged me off toward's the staff room.

"C-Can we do this later? I have somewhere I need to be," I said, trying to pull my arm out of his grip.

"Your mother is here too," he said.

I froze.

What the heck did I do? I did nothing wrong... Am I in trouble for sleeping during English? He didn't notice me though!

When we got to the office, I was taken to his desk where my mom was sitting in a chair, confused. I sat down in a chair next to her as the teacher sat in his chair.

"I'm sorry for my daughter's behavior," my mom bowed from her seat.

"I didn't do anything mom!," I yelled, confused with everything.

The teacher cleared his throat, "Your daughter needs to take a remedial class in Japanese. Her grasp of the language...is very fault at times. This happens especially on her writing assignments."

"I see. Well her Japanese isn't what it use to be," my mom agreed, nodding.

This was the problem?!... Well it is hard to write sometimes and I guess I confuse words...

"Luckily, a tutor came at the right moment saying he'll get her to speak fluently in just four days! Starting today of course," the teacher reported. "He's not only ole' tutor either. He's a home tutor."

My mouth quirked downwards into a frown, and my eyes closed as my eyebrows twitched.

Why do I feel like I know what's going to happen ne-

The door to the staff room opened and a very young voice sounded, "Ciaossu!"

I let out my held breath, exasperated.

I knew it.

A little baby in a suit hopped onto the teacher's desk.

"Here he is now," said my teacher. "I'll leave him in your care Mrs. Fuko."

My mom smiled at me teacher, "Thank you so much."

Once the teacher left I yelled, "Reborn! What are you doing here? What's this about being my tutor? Aren't you Tsuna's tutor?"

"Your Japanese is very poor, and you need training, so best to get both of them taken care of in the time we have," Reborn replied, nonchalantly.

"I see...," I sighed, letting him do as he wishes.

"So you're staying with us for now?," my mom asked him.

Reborn nodded, "Take are of me, Mama."

"I'll head home and prepare everything," my mom said, leaving.

I looked at Reborn, thankful for everything he's doing for me despite his mission to train Tsuna, "Than-"

"Don't thank me yet," Reborn pointed his gun at me and I froze in shock. No one else was in the staff office but the two of us. "Run to the usual spot. If I get there before you, you shall be punished."


"I'm home...," I meekly called out into the house.

"Welcome home sweetie, Reborn-sama," my mom popped her head out of the kitchen. "Clean yourself up sweetie and come have dinner."

"Right, right, right," I waved her off, going to the bathroom to shower.


Reborn's POV-

I walked into the kitchen and sat on the table as Kim's mother put coffee there for me.

"Asano," I said to the woman who was currently cooking.

"Thank you for looking after my daughter. I'm sure she'll become stronger...if something happens, please contact me," she said. "It's vital if something were to...happen."

Like what?

"Genesi de la fiamma eterna."

I noticed Asano stop her chopping for a second before she continued.

"What does that mean?," she asked, acting innocent.

"You know exactly what I'm talking about. I did some digging into Kim's accident a few years back."

Asano just continued to cook as her mood turned sour.

"That was a stupid name people made up. It's preposterous... I gave birth to her..."

"She was kidnapped some days ago by the Voltaic Family."

"What?!," she yelled, turning to look at me straight in the eyes, glaring. "They know we've returned!"

"Don't worry. You are all under the Vongola's protection. You always have been, right?"

"... Tamotsu does what he can."

"You seem to have contact with the Giglio Nero Famiglia as well."

"Where do you get your information from?"

"I have my ways."

"I may not be as knowledgeable as my husband, but I can tell that you must know the boss of Giglio Nero since you both wear a pacifier."

"What is your relationship with them?"

"I can't tell if you already know or you just can't find all the information. Just know that if it were up to me, I'd have Kimberly not involved with any Famiglia."

"Mom?" I didn't need to tell that Kim just came into the kitchen.

Asano looked surprised and afraid, "S-Sweetie."

"Do you know where the painkillers are? I'm in a lot of pain from training...," Kim held her stomach.

"Ah!," Asano must have realized that she didn't hear our conversation. Asano reached into a drawer and handed her daughter her painkillers. "Here you go. You must be working hard."

I looked at Kim. She was wearing green shorts and a baby blue t-shirt with a towel scrunched up over her shoulders. Her hair was still wet. Kim nodded to her mother and sat at the table where I was.

"What were you and Reborn talking about?," she asked as Asano was finishing up dinner.

"Rabbits," I replied, drinking my coffee.


Kim's POV-

"Now just translate this sentence," Reborn said to me.

I nodded, fearfully doing so. After dinner, Reborn decided that we should start my remedial studies, so we went into my room to work. This was all fine until Reborn attached explosives on me so that every time I messed up he'd activate one. He even changed his clothes to look like a construction worker.

Is this what Tsuna goes through?

"Done!," I yelled, holding up my work.

"Wrong. You forgot a period," Reborn said.

"What?!"

BOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!


Asano's POV-

"Are you sure about trusting the Vongola?," I asked my husband on the phone.

"Yes Asano. They're trustworthy. Iemitsu works with me here, heck, he helped me get involved with the Vongola. Tsunayoshi will also be the tenth generation boss of the Vongola soon enough," my husband said, trying to reassure me.

I sighed, "How do we know that Tsuna won't turn into a ruthless boss?...I won't let my daughter be a weapon Tamotsu."

My husband started laughing, "I'm sure Tsunayoshi won't become like that. Look at him. He's a fine man who'd rather avoid violence and killing. That's perfect for Hime-chan."

"Why can't she just be apart of Aria's Family?"

"We've been over this."

"I know...but still..."

"Go to sleep Asano. You'll feel better about it in the morning."

"It's hard to when she's out training everyday."

"You're her mother, so you have to understand her."

"Easy for you to say...she likes you better than me... I'll go to sleep after I call Nana-chan."


Kim's POV-

I managed to get a bathroom break from Reborn after promising that I'll get back to studying.

"Nana-chan, I need advice on getting closer to my daughter... Ask Iemitsu for any tips for me. Him and Tamotsu are like one in the same. If I asked my husband he'll just joke with me and laugh," I heard my mom whine from within her room.

She must be talking to Tsuna's mom... I am close with my mother. I don't know what she's saying.

I went into the bathroom and did my business. When I finished, I started walking back to my room, hearing my mom's voice again.

"Thank you Iemitsu! I knew I could count on you!," my mom yelled happily.

Iemitsu...?... Oh, Tsuna's dad... WAIT! I have to ask him something!

I slammed my mom's bedroom door open, surprising her, "Mom, is Tsuna-kun's dad still here?"

She nodded, her phone still up to her ear, "I just hung up on him before you came in. He's probably asleep by now."

I groaned, "I'll be right back okay? I have to ask him something important."

I ran out of her room, into mine with her yelling, "It's too late to head over there and it's rude to wake them up!"

I ignored her yelling as I slipped on some socks and a jacket, "Reborn, I'm heading over to Tsuna's place. I promise that I'll study hard when I get back."

"Why?," he asked, now in his usual attire, jumping onto my head as I ran downstairs, shoving my shoes on before running out the door.

"I have to ask him something before I forget and before he leaves. Who knows when he's going to leave."

Awhile later, after Reborn quizzing me on my Japanese as I ran, which I perfectly aced, I made it to Tsuna's house. I breathed hard to catch my breath, still worn out from today's training, and rang the doorbell more than five times. I heard shuffling and the door opened to Nana yawning.

"Hello Kim-chan. I haven't seen you here in awhile," she greeted.

"Sorry, I've been busy," I apologized.

"Ciao Mama," Reborn greeted.

"Reborn-kun too," Nana smiled. "Please come in."

She stepped aside as I walked in.

"Sorry for the intrusion," I said, coming in as Nana closed the door.

"It's no problem Kim-chan. I love having you here. It's like having a wonderful daughter," she said, looking off somewhere with her hands on her cheeks and a dreamy look on her face.

I sweat-dropped, slipping off my shoes as Reborn disappeared, "I won't be here long. Is Tsuna's dad here?"

She nodded as said man walked out of the kitchen.

"Looking for me?," he asked.

"Yes," I nearly yelled. "I wanted to ask you something."

He laughed, ruffling my hair, "Then ask away."

"Wait, I didn't wake anyone up, did I?," I asked, hearing shuffling upstairs.

"No," Nana said. "Bianchi-chan is probably getting ready for bed still. I'll make us some tea."

She left into the kitchen as Tsuna's dad led me to the living room.

Once we were both seated, I asked him, "Do you know when my dad's coming home?"

"Oh. That's it? Well, I took a break off our current job to visit home," he said as Nana placed our tea on the coffee table, situating herself on a different end of the table.

I gasped, "So you basically left all the work up to my father. That's so mean!"

"It sounds like that, huh...," he sweat-dropped. "Don't worry. He's coming home soon."

"When is soon?"

"What?"

"Give me a specific date."

"Uh, well-"

"You both are working on the same project, so surely you must know when he'll be done and have free time to come home."

"R-Right...if you would just excuse me for a moment," he quickly left the living room.

He has no idea!

"I heard from your mother that Reborn-kun is helping you with your Japanese," Nana said.

I sipped my tea, nodding, "I'm not that use to using Japanese all the time. Sometimes when I'm doing writing assignments, I keep writing in English upon impulse."

Nana laughed, "You tutored Tsu-kun in English too."

"I guess you can say that Tsuna-kun has the Japanese I lack and I have the English he lacks," I joked.

"You two are perfect for each other. You two should have study dates here so I can see you more. The kids miss you too."

"...Then we wouldn't be focusing on our studies since the kids would want to play with me."

"Oh right!"

I blushed, embarrassed at the thought of me and Tsuna on a study date.

How can studying also be a date? It's so weird!

"Your father will be back next week. That's the most detailed I could get. You never know when something might happen while directing traffic," Tsuna's dad said, grinning.

"Of course!," I smiled, holding my cheeks. "I can't wait for daddy to come home. Hehe."

"You still have a father complex," Tsuna's dad laughed.

I glared at him, embarrassed, "Do not!"

"Yes you do."

"Nuh-uh!"

He gasped, giving me a 'oh no you didn't' look, "Yeah-huh!"

"Nope."

"Yes. It's very true. It's as true as day."

"It's as false as-"

"Tsuna's chances of getting straight A's," Reborn said, cutting me off.

That's so mean Reborn!

"Where'd you go Reborn?," I asked, quickly changing the subject before Tsuna's dad could fire back.

"I was fixing things up for Tsuna to make sure he's properly studying," Reborn smirked.

Why do I feel as if he really means "studying?"

"That's wonderful! Now Tsu-kun won't be deprived of learning," Nana said, excited.

"I overheard Reborn was tutoring you temporarily," said Tsuna's dad.

I nodded, "My Japanese is bad apparently since I'm not use to speaking and writing in it."

"Her final is going to be to sing a song that I choose. If she fails, she'll have to do a second final to make up for the one she failed," Reborn said, a mischievous glint in his eye.

"Eh?! This is the first I've heard of this! Why do I feel scare for the second final?," I said, scooting away from Reborn, holding my hand out as if I was trying to stop something.

Everyone laughed, but me and Reborn. Reborn just smiled, aiming Leon at me in gun form.

"Time to go home and study," he replied, taking off the safety.

"My, my. Toys these days look so real," Nana commented.

"I get it. I get it," I flailed my arms around, getting up, leaning forward a bit.

I finished my tea and Reborn hopped onto my shoulder.

I bowed to Iemitsu and Nana, "Thank you for the tea."

"You're welcome," Nana replied.

They followed me out the door and I waved 'bye' to them. I started jogging back home. For some reason, I felt content with life. I felt so at peace that I didn't even mind that Reborn was going to have a field day making me explode from messing up.


Tsuna's POV-

I woke up, yawning. I froze, realizing something.

Reborn didn't wake me up.

I looked over at his hammock to see it empty.

He's not here? He must be doing something again.

I got out of bed and immediately tripped over something. I looked behind myself to see what it was to see I tripped over a wire and that the wire was connected to grenades that would-

BOOOOMMM! BOOOOOM!

"HIIIIEEEEEEE!"

BOOOM! BOOOOOMM!


Reborn's POV-

I sipped my espresso, smirking widely as Kim walked into the kitchen.

"Did something good happen Reborn?," she asked, sitting down, eating her breakfast.

"You can say that," I said, tilting my fedora.


Kim's POV-

Reborn walked beside me to school, still drinking his espresso. Actually, I think he got a new one.

"Is it really alright for little kids to be drinking espressos?," I asked. "Or caffeine in general.

I've been wondering that for sometime now.

"We should go over sentence structure again after training," Reborn said.

He ignored me!

"Don't i-"

I stopped, watching as a kangaroo hopped around the corner and looked around. It set its eyes on me. I could swear that I saw it glaring. It started hopping towards me, seemingly mad.

"Eh?!," I started running away. "Reborn!"

I just know he had something to do about this.


Tsuna's POV-

"Tsu-kun," said my mom. "Did you hear about the kangaroo at the zoo escaping? It's somewhere in town right now. Oh I hope they find it soon before it gets injured."

"Mmhmm," I said, eating, barely listening.

When I see Reborn I'm going to give him a piece of my mind.

I had to run to school because I was running late. I managed to make it to school right when the bell rang. I quickly went to my seat, noticing that Kim wasn't in hers. I didn't see her anywhere in the classroom.

Is she sick? Maybe she got more injured...

I thought back to my now long-term predicament as I took out my books. The love letter.

What if she's avoiding me because of that... NO WAY! Reborn must be making it-

My eyes widened, remembering something. Something big.

Kim-chan confessed to me when Reborn shot her with a Dying Will bullet! She must have meant love as in like, as in as a friend. Right? Or best friend, even though I don't remember her much yet... If she likes me...as in romantically... What should I do? I've never been in this position before! No one has ever had a crush on me before, not counting what Kim-chan, her mom, and my mom tell me about when I was a kid.

"Are you paying attention Sawada-san?," the teacher asked as everyone was staring at me.

"S-Sorry!," I yelled, grabbing my book quickly as some people sighed and others laughed.

I need to talk to Kim-chan after school. I'll go over to her house.


I stood at the door to Kim's house, summing up everything I wanted to say. I managed to convince Colonnello to let me visit Kim before training.

"Right," I said, trying to pump myself up. I rang the doorbell. The door opened to Kim's mom.

"Oh, Tsuna. How can I help you?," she asked.

I patted my bag, "I came to give Kim-chan the homework she missed and check up on her."

"You're so thoughtful," she said, letting me inside.

I laughed nervously, "Is she in her room?"

"Yeah. I was just in there actually. You see she- How rude of me. I need to prepare some snacks for you kids," she headed to the kitchen and I took this as a welcoming to go to Kim's room.

I heard loud music playing. It was in English. I knocked and opened the door. I dropped my bag, taking in what was happening.

"Reborn!," I yelled, noticing him holding his One Ton Mallet and Kim knocked out.

I ran over to Kim's bedside, making sure she's fine, only to reveal that she had more injuries than yesterday. She was in lazy clothes and I could see her uniform hanging on her chair ripped up at parts.

I looked at Reborn, accusingly, "What did you do to her?"

"Shouldn't you be training with Colonnello?," he asked.

"I asked him to let me visit Kim-chan since she wasn't in school today," I explained.

And to finally talk to her to clear up everything.

"Are you sure you weren't here to talk to her about the lover letter?"

I blushed, "Don't read my mind!"

Kim's mom came into her room, "Okay, there are some snacks downstairs. Huh? Kimmy is already sleeping? Just a second ago she was whining."

"All the whining must have worn her out," said Reborn nonchalantly.

He's lying! He knocked her out!

"My poor baby. The kangaroo that escaped the zoo went and attacked her on the way to school. She came home dragging the kangaroo. She had it all tied up. In fact, it's in the backyard right now. I'm still waiting for the zoo to pick the fella up," Kim's mom said.

My mom was saying something about a kangaroo this morning! Why didn't I listen more!

The doorbell rang and Kim's mom seemed to perk up, "That must be the zoo people. You two get some snacks downstairs." She disappeared downstairs.

"Where have you been anyway Reborn?," I asked, putting the homework Kim missed on her desk before I forgot.

"I was helping out a friend."

Is he lying?

"Are you doubting me again?," Reborn asked, a gun in his hand.

"No, no, no. I wasn't. You must have misunderstood," I waved my hands in front of me, afraid of Reborn's weapons as usual. "Were the traps in my room necessary?"

"Just making sure you aren't slacking off."

Slacking off? Like I could if I wanted to.

I looked around the room, noting how different it looked like since I helped unpack. There were more things and pictures around. My stomach growled, so I went downstairs where I was previously told snacks were. I sat at the island, pouring myself some orange juice and helping myself to sandwiches.

I hope Kim-chan wakes up soon... I really want to sort things out... Why am I always finding Reborn around her when she's injured? Scratch that. Why does it seems like he's the reason for her injures most of the time? Maybe she didn't fall down the stairs like she claimed yesterday. Maybe Reborn did something Reborn-like to her. That could explain where he's been.

"If you have something to say, say it," Reborn said, appearing out of nowhere.

I spit out the orange juice I was currently drinking.


Kim's POV-

DREAM START

My eyes opened to a blue sky full of fluffy, white clouds. I sat up and found a calm scene of a hilly, forest surrounding me.

"Where am I?," I asked to no one in particular. "I could have sworn that I was just in my room when..." I put a hand to my head. "Reborn must have knocked me out with something... Huh?" I felt around my body. "No pain. No injuries. No scratches. And-" I looked down at myself as the soft wind occasionally blew at my, freely falling, hair. I was barefoot in a plain white gown that went down to my knees.

Am I dreaming? This can't be a memory... I wouldn't be able to control my movements if it was... I guess I am dreaming. Huh. My dreams don't usually happen like this.

Everything felt so real. I guess dreams make things feel so real. For some reason, I felt drawn to the east, out in the distance. I got up as the wind picked up. I made my way east, following my instincts. A house started to come into view. It was a normal sized house. Probably two bedrooms, one bathroom. It had a country feel to it, probably because the walls from the outside looked like logs. I hopped the wooden fence surrounding the property, more like stepped over it, and peeped into the window. I saw a women working on the counter of what seems to be the kitchen. A little girl ran over to her mother's side from somewhere. I pushed my face closer to the window, trying to get a better look, when I fell forward.

"Kyaa!," I squeaked, falling on the ground. I looked up and saw that I was now in the house.

I went through the wall!?...That's kind of cool though. Hehe.

I walked over to the mother and daughter.

"S-Sorry for the i-intrusion," I apologized, bowing.

"Mama, what's for dinner?," asked the little girl, tugging her mother's long skirt, ignoring me.

A-Am I being ignored?

The women turned to look down at her daughter, "It's your favorite."

I waved my hands in front of the mother's face, trying to get her attention, "Hello? Can you hear me?... Can you even see me?"

"Fried chicken!," the little girl yelled, excited. The mother shook her head, smiling. The girl pouted and yelled, "Noodle soup!"

I guess they can't see or hear me...

The mother smiled and pat her daughters head as a man emerged from...somewhere? I'm not sure, my back was to the rest of the house. The little girl's face brightened as she ran to, I guess, her father. I looked at the father. He was wearing a black suit and a matching fedora. He had a yellow dress shirt on the inside and his fedora had a yellow stripe on it.

Is he a business man?

Part of his eyes were hidden by his fedora as he looked at the little girl at his feet.

"Where are you going daddy?," the little girl asked, pulling on his pants.

He patted her head, "I have a meeting to go to."

"Do you have to goooo?!"

"I would rather stay here, believe me, but I don't have a choice in the matter."

The little girl looked like she was about to cry, "I wanna come!"

The mother looked worriedly at her father. He nodded and bent down to his daughter. "You can't, you need to stay here and protect your mother."

Her mom looked like she was about to start laughing. The girl nodded sadly and ran off into a room. I looked over to the mother, who was now saying her goodbyes to her husband. The mother was fairly pretty. She had flowing brown hair and pale skin, unlike her husband's that was tanner. Her eyes were a soft gold, while-

Hold up.

I moved and looked under the rim of the father's hat. He has black eyes, from what I could tell. And-

Hey! He had some nice sideburns! Pretty attractive!...Wait, why did I just think that right now...

The little girl seems to resemble her mother more in my opinion. The women wore a dress that went down to her ankles, those house wife kind of ones from the olden days. You know that they wore back then. Basically, everything was outdated. Her flowing hair was tied back, allowing her bangs to frame her face.

"Kyahh! Bam bam bam!," yelled the little girl, running in with two toy guns, pretending to shoot invisible enemies.

"...HAHAHAHAHAHA! SHE'S SO WEIRD IT'S HILARIOUS! IF IT WERE ME, I'D BE EMBARRASSED OF ANYONE SEEING ME LIKE THAT!," I laughed, holding my stomach.

Oh second thought, heh, maybe she takes after her father. Guys are mostly into this kind of stuff than girls. Plus, he looks like the sadistic type.

The father ruffled his daughter's hair and left, saying he'll be home in time for dinner. The little girl had definitely gotten her good looks from her parents. She had her mothers hair, and soft eyes, but she had her father's tan skin, and, heh, gun interest. She was wearing a white dress with a pink apron like thing over it. She looked out the window and a sharp, confident look ran throughout her eyes. She ran into a room; and came out with a toy sword hanging over her shoulder, and four guns strapped to her waist. Two guns on her waist and two on her thighs.

"What. The. Heck...," is all I can say to this. She apparently filled the guns up with something, since they're toys.

She looks like she's ready to kill someone. What is she, a hitman?

"Mommy!~ I'll go search for intruders!," the girl chirped, leaving. I followed suit, seeing how that would play out.

"That liar!," I yelled, running after the little girl, who seemed to be chasing after her father.

She's such a daddy's girl!

She went from tree to tree, making sure not to make noise that would attract attention. She was masking her presence well, considering her father didn't noticed yet. A building came into view soon enough and her father walked into it. The little girl, instead of following him to the door, found an air vent opening and made her way into it. She crawled through, as if she knew where she was going. That is, until she fell through a vent and onto someone.

The man whom she fell on had purple hair and wore a full leather outfit. He had a piecing and purple makeup on his face...or was it tattooed on? He looked at the little girl as if he was a monster, ready to devour his prey. The girl shrieked and whacked him with her plastic sword, running away, down the hall. She hid behind a gap in a bookcase. Footsteps were nearing her while I just stood there. She was trying her best to stay hidden. A small monkey hopped in front of her and she stared at it. The monkey smiled at her and she smiled back. She picked it up and let it perch on her shoulder.

"What a cute monkey," I said, bending down to look at the two.

A foot stopped right in front of her, right next to me, hiding place and a face appeared in the next second. The owner looked to be Chinese, and wore a martial art outfit. He looked handsome and-

I leaped backwards in surprise, falling on my butt.

He looks a lot like Hibari?! Maybe they're related or something...oh wait, this is just a dream. Gosh! Next Tsuna will come out dressed as a fish!

"Ack!," the girl screamed, grabbing one of her guns, and shooting it at him. Out came gummy bears. The man jumped back as the girl ran away, with the monkey.

"Wait!," yelled the man calmly, holding his hand out.

Definitely not like Hibari. Guess he just looks like him.

She climbed up some furniture to get back into the air vents and crawled like her life depended on it.

"There's a lot of enemies here," she said to the monkey. "Don't worry though, I'll protect you."

Enemies?! They look more like innocent victims!

She opened a vent carefully and peeped her head threw it. There was a green haired man wearing a lab coat. Most likely a scientist. The girl held out one of her hand guns, and shot it at him. Chocolate pudding came flowing out, catching him by surprise.

Does no one detect her?! I guess she's good at masking her presence.

She closed the vent and continued on. She found a room where a blue haired female, in a flight attendant looking outfit, was sitting. The girl held out another one of her guns and aimed it at the lady. The lady seemed to have noticed her presence and dodged the gummy bear attack. The little girl yelped and grabbed a different gun with her free hand. She shot gummy bears at the women till she got her at the right spot to- The women jumped up to try to grab her. Panicking, the little girl pulled the trigger on her other gun, making water come out. It was a good thing too, since now the women was distracted, and pissed off. The little girl closed the vent quickly, crawling away to a new opening.

Why is she doing this in the first place?! Just what goes through this girl's head?

She opened it and jumped in, finding her hiding place in the vent system compromised. She ran down the corridor and ran into a person wearing a black coat that covered his eyes when it got to the hood. The girl grabbed a gun and tried to shoot gummy bears at him, but they were stopped in midair. The girl was frightened and was about to run away, until she too was suspended in midair.

"Who are you?," asked the man, not really caring.

The girl didn't answer and just started crying. A women in white came running over. She yelled something, but I couldn't hear it. Actually, I couldn't hear anything anymore.

What's happening?

The man let the girl, and gummy bears, fall to the ground. That didn't help to calm the little girl down. This made the girl cry even more. The women, who came to the little girl's rescue, looked like she was pregnant. She was wearing a big white, mushroom-like hat that matched her dress. She had kind, soft blue eyes. Actually, she somehow reminds me of my aunt. She bent down to the little girl and rubbed her back. The little girl, still crying looked up at her through tears as I still heard nothing. The world I was in was starting to fade. I just watched on as the women hugged the child, calming her down. Something about this women even made me feel calm. They started to fade away and a tear fell down my cheek, unnoticed by even myself.

DREAM END

I woke up, feeling the pain throughout my body again.

"P-Painkillers...," I muttered, reading for then on the bedside table. I struggled to sit up, but when I did, I took a glass of water that was also on the table and took it with the pill. I sighed as I let the pills do their work.

What a weird dream...

I got out of bed and dragged my feet downstairs. I looked out the window to see my mom talking to some zookeepers.

They must have taken away that kangaroo by now.

I heard voices from the kitchen. Curiosity got the best of me as I went in, searching for the cause of this noise. I stopped flat in my steps, just watching. Just trying to process what was happening.

"Beg Tsuna, beg," Reborn said, standing on the island, holding some sort of food as Tsuna was in a tuna fish costume. Tsuna's face was red, meaning he was embarrassed. Tsuna wiggled like a fish as I just watched. My mind couldn't process this.

A-Am I still d-dreaming?

"Oh, you're awake Kim," Reborn said, looking at me as if he didn't know I was there.

Tsuna snapped his head to me, eyes wide, and face somehow redder than before, "K-Kim-chan! T-this isn't w-what i-it looks like!"

I held my hands up in front of me, backing away slowly, "W-What does this l-look like T-Tsuna-kun?"

Tsuna started pulling at his costume, "I can't get it off!"

"I must be dreaming still. Yeah. Reality never makes sense in dreams," I said, trying to convince myself that I didn't just experience what I just saw.


Tsuna's POV-

She's denying reality!

She turned to leave, and I hopped towards her to stop her, "Wait!" I slipped forward, falling over onto her. "Sorry!"

"Mmmmm!," she yelled from under me. I think I was suffocating her.


"Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. So-"

"It's alright Tsuna-kun," Kim said, sitting at the island.

She helped me get out of the tuna fish costume. I tried to explain what happened to her, but she'd always stop me and say she didn't want to know.

"What are you doing here?," she asked, calming down from the...event.

"Y-You weren't in school today s-so, I...uh..."

"You brought me the work I missed?"

I nodded, "I put them on your desk."

"Thank you. I'll work on it when I get the chance." She took a bite out of a sandwich.

I nervously sat next to her, "I-I also came here for another reason..."

"What is it?"

How did I plan to start this again?!

"Sorry!," I yelled, everything in my mind scrambling.

"I thought I told you it was o-"

"I'm sorry for not meeting up with you that one day. You see, Reborn was pretending to be me, so when you were texting me, he was the one texting you," I explained. "I had no idea of us having to meet up. Oh! And that love letter you were going to give me. I'm sorry I wasn't home at that time when you were going to give it to me. I came to talk about our relationship before it gets ruined."

Kim just blinked, staring at me like I was crazy, "Are you feeling alright Tsuna-kun?" She put her hand up to my forehead. I knocked her arm away from me, blushing harder, falling backwards with the chair.

"Ugh...Itte," I rubbed the back of my head.

"Are you okay?," Kim asked, immediately at my side, holding a hand out to me, worry etched in her eyes. "I think you need to lay down."

I ignored her hand and got up on my own, "You've been mad at me for the past few days because of me ditching on you! Well it seemed like I ditched you, but I didn't!"

"Tsuna-kun, I really don't know what you're talking about," she said, crossing her arms.

"Eh? Didn't you come over on... Was it Sunday? Yeah, didn't you come over? I was told you came over since you got off practice early."

"I did... Is that what you're talking about?"

"Yes! What else?"

"...Tsuna, I wasn't there to deliver a...love letter. I was there to see if you wanted to hang out...," Kim said, looking off to the side in a bit of a distant gaze.

"B-But Reborn and Bianchi said that-" My eyes widened, realizing what must have happened. I held my head in my hands. "They were messing with me again..."

"I was texting Reborn with your phone number," she said. "I was asking him somethings. He must have thought it'd be funny to mess with you... Damn Reborn, he put me in an awkward situation."

I laughed, waving my hands around, "Just forget what I said."

She stared at me, "What were you going to say if I did do those things?"

"N-Nothing."

"Tell me. I'm curious now."

"It's nothing now."

She stepped closer to me, her arms crossed, "Really?"

"Y-Yes really!"

She sighed, backing down, "Well, at least this misunderstanding was cleared up. No wonder you've been acting weird lately. I didn't write you a love letter."

I smiled, "Yeah."

I know I should have felt relieved, but I felt a bit hurt that it wasn't true.

"Why have you been acting weird lately Kim-chan?," I asked, wondering why she was always somewhere and why she was cold at times.

"I have been? I guess I've just been having a lot on my mind. What with the match on Saturday."

I see, that makes sense. She's just under a lot of pressure right now.

"Tsuna-kun, what made you think that I would have written a love letter for you?"

Kim looked away, her hair blocking the view of her face. I was a bit shocked that she asked that.

I blushed, fumbling around the room with my eyes, "W-Well..."

Shit! What do I tell her? She doesn't remember anything that happened when Reborn shot her with the Dying Will Bullet.

"Tsuna is a very gullible person," Reborn said, appearing out of nowhere again.

I was about to yell at Reborn until Kim accepted that answer.

"Shouldn't you be training now, Tsuna?," Reborn asked.

Is he hinting for me to leave?

"Y-Yeah. I should be going now. Bye, Kim-chan," I waved to her.

"Bye, Tsuna-kun," she said.

I walked to the door with her following. Before I fully left her house, I looked at her and asked, "What was our relationship again when we were kids?"


Kim's POV-

"What was our relationship again when we were kids?," Tsuna asked me, halfway through the door.

What should I tell him? In a way we were lovers...but we were far too young to know what we were doing fully to that extent...

I smiled, "We were the greatest best friends ever."

Silly Tsuna... ...I need to start over with my feelings for you. I need to know if I truly love you like I did back when we were little. That I'm just not trying to hold onto the past. Despite how similar you are to how you were back then...you've changed. I want to see if I'll fall in love with this new you...after I've settled things with the Boxing Club.


Thanks for reading. It's been awhile since we had a dream in a chapter. Hehe. Tuna fish agrees. My messing with the timeline still continues on. Don't expect the Future Arc anytime soon (so much must happen before then). Don't forget that Giotto has a role in this story as well, not just in the Future Arc. Hahahahaha! I will give you all a warning that I will give many times (in certain chapters if I feel like it). I am messing with the past's timeline as well, which is a pretty confusing task for me, and will ultimately make things confusing for you (probably). So don't whine to me if I...uh, I don't know, mess with history and logic. As a fanfiction, I'm making this story my own, so *sticks tongue out* I love you all! REVIEW MY HARD LABOR!