Namimori, Japan; Powers Mansion

Enma sighed for the fifth time that day. He was in his room, looking through his homework, A few classmates had come by to give each their workload. The three have been gone from school for almost 2 weeks now, The older boys , Mukuro , Ken and Chikusa, were only going since they had to actually do more work than the younger ones. For the past 2 weeks, Tsuna had been jumping from rage to depression. He would be crying about his step mother one second then start throwing pillows and seat cushions at the walls, all vaz and breakable things were put away after his first episode.

Gokudera and Enma had no idea what to do, they tried making his favorite foods, give him his favorite sweets. Even putting his favorite music, but nothing seemed to work. They had to return to school on monday, two days from now, and he wasn't sure Tsuna would actually go back. If worse come to worst, he might actually have to ask for a favor, but he hoped it wouldn't come to that. With a final sigh, he stood from his seat on the bed, and put away all the work before walking out of his room. Enma made his way down the hall and towards Tsuna's bedroom, he knocked slightly and walked in, watching at Tsuna lay on his stomach with his head in the pillows.

"Tsuna?" He called, though he was only met with silence "Have yah uhnm finished all the work? We have to be back by Monday yah know" again, he was met with Silence. He sighed once more and walked in, sitting himself on the bed beside the brunette. " How about we make some red velvet? " He tried once more, only to be met with the same response. "Alright Tsuna, this is enough, we'll go back to England and look for her during summer, just a few more months okay?" Enma waited, but no response came for a while. He sighed once more, reaching over to pet the unruly locks of the pouty brunette.

" Come on Tsu-chan, I'll give yah whatever if it'll get you outta this mood, please?" Finally, Tsuna sat up , turning around to face the red haired boy. "whatever? really?" He muttered, looking up at the red haired boy through his eyelashes. Enma blushed slightly, but nodded his head. "j-just say the word" At those words, Tsuna's face lit up. "Then! Can we get help from your familia to look for her? please?" The boy brought his hands up, as if in a prayer and looked at Enma with the biggest eyes he could muster. Enma only chuckled, and nodded his head . "I'll call my father later, but for now, your homework?"

Namimori, Japan ; Vongola house

Tetsuo sighed as he finished off another paragraph of his essay. It had been weeks since he's seen his brother, or his friends for that matter. He had told his grandfather the day he found out about Mrs Powers, and he instantly let out a search party over all Europe. While he was glad for his grandfather's help, something kept bugging him at the back of his mind. When he called, the secretary seemed almost apathetic and solem. 'Did something happen to mom? No, Grandfather would've told me….' With another sigh, he finished up his essay and the rest of his homework. Tetsuo stood up an hour later and made his way downstairs to start dinner. Since Oliver and Chiara now live with him, he has been starting dinner earlier than usual. Ipin and Lambo easily took a liking to Chiara while they sort of stood clear of Oliver, for obvious reasons.

An hour in a half later, dinner was finished and ready to be eaten. He called everyone down and started dinner without delay."So when are you guys starting school?" Tetsuo asked, setting down a plate in front of the two kids. "We start tomorrow" Chiara answered, looking down at her plate. Oliver nodded in agreement "We received our class schedules and uniform this morning, and we stopped to buy anything we needed on our way home." Tetsuo nodded his head, "I see, which classes do you have then?" The two explained their classes, which made Tetsuo blink in confusion. "Wait, why- I mean" He sighed, already knowing the answer. Reborn. The two had his exact schedule. The rest of dinner went on smoothly, they talked about the small mafia wars happening in Europe, Chiara talked about her sister, and her usual, 'i met a boy i love' stories, this time she had gone to Germany it seems, and met a boy named Nikolai who took a liking to the girl as well. When they had finished, the kids when up to their room to play while the three teens talked about how they were going to go about going to school tomorrow.

The next day was a mix of confusion. Chiara had lost her brush and was wrecking havoc all around the house. Lambo had accidentally walked in on Ipin changing, which didn't end well for him. Oliver was trying to fill his backpack with things to rid his boredom of at school, with Tetsuo cleaning out said backpack. All in all, the group ended up arriving late after taking The 10 year olds to school. Tetsuo glared at Oliver the whole time, while Chiara was glaring at the road ahead of her. Her hair was up in a side ponytail tied with a red ribbon. She was wearing some brown short boots, which he was sure wasn't aloud in school, with some black stockings, her tie, or bow, was gone and her shirt was unbuttoned by the first three-four buttons. Oliver on the other hand was wearing the uniform as it was suppose to be worn, he was pouting though, since he couldn't bring his toys with him to class.

The trio entered the school, glad that they were a few minutes late. He led the two to his class, telling them to wait outside while he told the teacher. 10 minutes later, Tetsuo was sitting in the last row while their teacher introduced the new students. Oliver Overland, from England and Chiara Vargas, from Italy. They took their seats beside Tetsuo and the class started.

At lunch, Chiara and Oliver joined him on the roof, after lessons had ended, the two were swarmed with teens, asking questions and scaring the two . Oliver almost killed the teens, that is until Tetsuo used his 'charm' or whatever it is he has with girls to pull the two away and towards the lunch room to get something to feed their stomachs. They got a bit of bread and milk then made their way up to the room to eat, which was where they were now.

"Considering how the students here are, this place isn't half bad" muttered Chiara, as she took a bit of her peach flavored Anpan. "The teachers know their stuff at least" Oliver nodded in agreement as he ate a bit of pineapple bread. Lunch ended minutes after, the three made their way to their classroom and continued on with classes .

Later that day

Tetsuo decided, since his brother hadn't come to school, then he might aswell go see him, but his plan was foiled when he remembered he had training with Reborn and his guardians. He made his way home to change out of his uniform then towards the training grounds with Oliver and Chiara. Where the others were waiting. They train for hours, till an hour before dinner. Then head home so Chiara and Tetsuo could cook their dinner. Ipin had somehow found out about Lambo being a guardian and was showering him with praise about how brave he was, Lambo replied in stuttering , broken sentences. Dinner was the same as always. They ate then went to do whatever they had to do before the next day, and it went on in the same pattern for about 4 months , up until Valentine's day the next year.

The next year, Valentine's day

For Tetsuo, it was another boring day and an annoying one at that. It has been the same for years, ever since he knew what the damned holiday was about. This year however, was different. He woke up early, as usual, and made breakfast for his housemates, then left with everyone to school, dropping Ipin and Lambo off at their school before making their way to their own. Oliver had created these chocolate cupcakes, decorated in red and pink frosting for this very day, he gave one to each of his friends, or housemates, who in turn tried to dispose of said cupcake in a safe manner. Chiara didn't give anything but she had stuttered out a reply, saying she had something to give him after classes.

At school, girls had tried to get near him, unbeknownst to Tetsuo, who was happily talking with Yamamoto about his next game. Chiara threw a glare at any girl, or boy, who got even a foot near Tetsuo. Said boy or girl would scamper off quicker than a jack rabbit. This progressed even further in class. While many girls had lied about losing their books in order to share with the oblivious brunette, Chiara had actually left her book at home and got to share with him, while other girls were forced to take out their hidden workbooks.

At the end of the day, Chiara was walking home with Tetsuo, Oliver had run off, saying he had to get more ingredients for his cupcakes for the upcoming battle for the rings in the next month, and Chiara thanked whatever god had listened to her prayer about being alone with him for this day.

"H-hey! uhnm h-how about we uh go to that uhnm cake shop on m-main?" she asked, smiling shyly, which was rarely seen. Tetsuo smiled and nodded his head. He followed the girl to a pink tinted shop in the center of the shopping district. The two walked in, getting a secluded table in the far corner of the store. Tetsuo smiled, remembering coming to this very shop when he visited japan so many years before. The two ordered their cakes along with a cappuccino and a Frappe. The minutes after ordering were silent, Chiara was trying to think of someway to start a conversation while Tetsuo was just reminiscing about his past.

"T-tetsu" Chiara finally said, looking down at her lap , her bangs were covering her face and blush. "I-I know th-this i-is s-sudden- b-but uhnm w-well…" She fumbled with the ends of her skirt, cursing herself for being a wimp "m-my d-dad uhnm s-said he had to g-go to th-this p-party i-its i-in about 2 months, b-but uhnm" She shut her eyes, taking a breath and continued "He can't go, so being the oldest, i h-have to…. b-but I need a-an e-escort.."Tetsuo smiled, knowing full well where this chat was going.

"w-wouldyoubemyescort?" she muttering quickly, her words mixed together, so it was hard to tell what she was saying .

Tetsuo chuckled silently. He loved seeing her so red in the face, since it rarely happened, it was amusing when it did. "Sure" He said grinning when she looked up at him, her eyes lighting up instantly. When the cakes arrive, both chat for a while longer, then leave when they finally finish their drinks. Along the way, they run into Oliver, who has his hands full of bags, the two help him, though reluctantly, and head home, ending the day with dinner.

After dinner, there's a knock at the door. Tetsuo, answered with a 'come in!" without looking up from the book he was reading for his english class. Chiara walked in, wearing her green sleeping gown and matching slip-ons . She hid behind the door, watching him for a bit before she took a breath and walked in. "T-tetsu,.. h-here!" She said thrusting a pink box in his direction, he was sitting on his bed. Tetsuo caught it instantly, looking up from his book seconds before it hit his face. "D-don't think this m-means anything idiot!" She said again, running out of the room and to the safety of her own room.

Tetsuo blinked confusedly before looking down at the box he was given. It was tied in a red ribbon, with red glitter glued on the pink box. He chuckled a bit before standing up from the bed and walking to his desk. He set the box down and untied the ribbon before opening the box. When the final side was opened, he visibly blushed. Inside the box was not only some homemade chocolates, he could tell since it was so neatly wrapped in the same paper as the box, but also, it had a small plushie, and a letter. He got the letter out first, noticing the skull sticker at the center of it. and opened out the letter and reading as quickly as he could.

Dear Idiot

Don't take this the wrong way moron!

It's just a thank you! For what, I don't know yet!

Just take it and Shut up!

Also, If you strap the plushie to your backpack, people will stop annoying you,

its something I made recently, it works well, I tried it with the other boxing idiot a few days ago.

sincerely

Chiara Vargas

Tetsuo chuckled, remembering how no one would get near Ryohei that week. He smiled before folding the letter and putting it away in a safe place. He got the out the plushie, which was a Black Football(Soccer). It had red instead of white and had the Vongola Logo on one side. Taking his backpack, he strapped it to one of the zippers and set it down once more. Looking into the box once more, he took out the chocolate and took it back to his bed with him. He ate the chocolate while reading, happy that he hadn't received anything from other girls today.

For the next Month, Tetsuo's group continue to train for the battle of the rings. Using their halves to fight off against animals or each other. Reborn stepped in sometimes as well. The days passed one by one, until the day before the battle. Reborn had received a call and stepped out of class. Tetsuo could hear shouting and cursing then there was a bang, as if someone had hit a wall or something. Reborn walked back into class, red faced and angry. He looked towards Tetsuo , then the others, who quickly got up and walked out with Reborn.

"What happened?" Asked Chiara. Standing behind Yamamoto and Tetsuo. Oliver had his arms behind his head, waiting for what was about to be said. "Y-you sounded pretty mad" she continued. Reborn only sighed, lowering his hat before looking at the group. "Tetsuo's not the rightful heir" He stated.

The silence that continued was deafening. It was Chiara who broke the ice, stuttering a reply before keeping quiet looking down. "How is that possible?" muttered Oliver, his arms now at his side. Reborn sighed before looking up at Tetsuo. "Nana, Your mother, was told about the fight earlier today…" He looked to the others who had his undeniable attention "She didn't want you to fight, saying you were her baby and so she shouted that you weren't the oldest"

"W-what? But I am! They always-!"

"She said they had Switched you guys. they changed your times" He sighed shaking his head "they spent the day trying to figure out if it was true or not but… " He didn't bother looking at Tetsuo " They found some documents, the original ones. Tsuna is listed as the oldest in them, while you're the youngest."