Four days passed quickly, and to everyone's great dismay, the day soon came when the guardians had to leave.
"I don't know how I'm going to be able to live without my little Tuna fish," said Giotto as he hugged his son tightly, wiping away an imaginary tear.
Letting out an amused chuckle, Tsuna pet his father's head. "You're just an overgrown baby, you know that?"
A little ways away from them, G gave one last hug to his son, saying in a stern voice, "Don't get arrested."
Smiling mischievously, Hayato replied with, "I can't make any promises." The scary thing was, they were both being perfectly serious. The silverette had been arrested three times in as many years; the last of which had actually been quite amusing, but that was another story for another time.
"You two take good care of yourselves," said Elena, giving her children a hug.
"And return to us soon," added Daemon, hugging them as well.
"But of course," said the twins in unison, smiling the smiles of angels; on Chrome's part, it was sincere. Mukuro, though, was an entirely different story.
"I hope you enjoy this experience. Japan is quite an interesting place," said Asari to his son almost wistfully.
"But not too much," said Bianca playfully. "We do want you to come back home eventually."
Laughing, Takeshi replied with, "Maa, maa, no matter how much I like Japan, Italy is still my home, and nothing will be able to keep me away from it long."
"Try not to get too weak in this peaceful place, Kyoya," said Alaude with just the hint of a smile tugging at his lips.
"Of course not," replied his son with a smirk.
Then, surprisingly enough, the cloud guardian wrapped his arms around his son for a quick second, whispering into his ear, "I'll miss you." When he pulled away, a small blush of embarrassment could be seen on the man's face, and Kyoya chuckled.
"May the Lord watch over you until the day you are to return to Italy. Amen."
Laughing, Ryohei hugged his uncle, saying, "You don't have to worry to the EXTREME uncle! I'm not young anymore! I can take care of myself and my brothers too!"
A smile stretching across his face, Knuckle said, "I know that, of course, but I can't help but worry."
Soon, everyone had said their goodbyes, and the adults were about to get on the plane, when Giotto suddenly spun around, saying, "Oh! I almost forgot to tell you something important!"
"Yeah?" asked Tsuna, looking curious.
"Reborn will be here soon!"
All the kids' eyes bulged at this.
"Uncle Reborn is coming HERE?" asked Hayato in disbelief.
"Yup!" said Giotto. "He'll explain everything when he gets here! Anyways, we have to go now! Ciao!"
By the time anyone had enough presence of mind to say anything, the plane was starting takeoff. Making a small noise of frustration, Tsuna said, "Dad is way too laidback sometimes."
No one said anything, and after a few notes of silence, the children turned and walked out to the limo that was waiting to take them back home.
When his father had said that Reborn would be coming soon, the kids had thought that he meant in one or two days, so when Tsuna was in his room, and a squeaky voice said, "Ciaossu," from behind him, the poor boy almost jumped out of his skin. Even if he had known, though, that Reborn would be coming that day, he still wouldn't have recognized the infant in front of him.
Furrowing his brows, he said, "I'm sorry, kid, but what are you doing in here? And how did you get in?"
The next moment, the brunette let out a shriek of pain when a tiny foot connected with his cheek, sending him flying backwards.
The next moment, there was the sound of running feet, and before long, the door had been thrown open and there stood Hayato, holding four dynamite sticks in each hand. "What's wrong, nidaime?" he asked in a panic, looking around. Before long, the rest of their siblings were there too and had stalked cautiously into the room, looking for any signs of danger.
"Who's the baby?" asked Takeshi, looking uncharacteristically serious.
"My name is Reborn, and I am here to teach Dame-Tsuna."
There was a moment of silence, before everyone (sans Kyoya, Mukuro, and Chrome) shouted, "Ehh?"
It was then that Tsuna noticed the yellow pacifier hanging around the baby's neck. "Y-you were turned into an arcobaleno?"
Reborn smirked at this. "Looks like you're not so stupid after all, Dame-Tsuna."
"B-but how?" asked Hayato in confusion. "And when?"
Before anyone could see what was happening, Hayato let out a yell of surprise (and possibly pain) and fell to the ground with a thud.
"You were saying?" asked the infant, smiling innocently.
Feeling a shiver run down his spine, Hayato looked down at the floor and said meekly, "Nothing, Reborn-sama." No one, not even Hayato, dared to cross Reborn, the top hitman in the world.
"That's what I thought," said the hitman, smiling triumphantly.
"W-what did you mean when you said you were here to teach me?" asked Tsuna cautiously, and had to dodge another kick.
Reborn smirked when he missed, nodding his head in satisfaction. "I'm here to groom you into the next Don of the Vongola, of course. There are many things you need to learn in order to be suitable for the title of Vongola Secondo, and fighting is one of them."
"B-but, dad already taught me how to fight," said Tsuna, then let out a shriek as he had to dodge a bullet by a hairs breadth.
"Don't make me laugh," said the hitman. "You call that training? Primo may be a powerful boss, but he spoils you way too much, gaki*. As a mafia boss, you will doubtless be in many life-threatening situations in the future, and you need to learn to get used to that now. Since you have your father and every single one of your uncles and brothers wrapped around your dainty little finger, it's my job to be the one to train you."
When he heard what Reborn said, Tsuna felt a dread pool in his stomach. He didn't know what he was in for, but one thing was for sire; his peaceful life was long gone.
One year later
A four-year-old Lambo was lazily wandering the halls of the Vongola mansion, trying to find something to do.
He was so busy not looking where he was going; he bumped into a maid who was carrying a stack of books to the library, on the first floor.
"Woah!" she said when the boy bumped into him. Flailing for a minute, she eventually regained her balance, then looked down at the cause of her near fall. "Young master Lambo!" she said in surprise. "What are you doing here?"
"Lambo is bored!" shouted the young boy. "When are big brother Tsuna and the others coming home?"
The maid let out a small laugh. "I'm sorry, young master Lambo, but young master Tsuna and the others won't be visiting again for another month."
Letting out a frustrated grumble, the boy plopped to the ground. "What is Lambo supposed to do until then?"
Laughing, the maid put the books down, then picked Lambo up off the floor, dusting off the cow suit he loved wearing oh so much. Then, ruffling his curly, ebony locks, she said, "Why don't you go see master Lampo? I hear your grandfather has sent presents again."
At the mention of presents, Lambo's eyes started shining and he turned swiftly to head to his father's room, which was where the presents probably were at this time.
The maid watched him go with a fond expression on her face, then picked up the books and resumed her journey to the library.
"The great Lambo is here for his candy!" shouted Lambo, bursting into his father's room.
It didn't take long for the boy to realize that the room was completely empty.
Smirking, he tiptoed in, whispering quietly to himself, "No one shall stop the great Lambo from getting his grape candies!"
Before the boy could go too far, though, he was distracted by something shiny.
His eyes going wide, he jumped onto the chair and looked at the shiny thing on the table which had caught his attention.
The boy picked it up and found, to his surprise, that it was actually quite light. He was about to turn it around when he sleeve caught on something (the trigger) and he felt himself being hit by something. Before long, he was surrounded by a cloud of pink smoke.
*Gaki: it means brat. Haha, when I was typing this out, seriously, the first thing to come into my mind was Ryoma-kun XD…..I kinda miss him now…
SkyGem: Waah! It's Lambo-sama's first introduction to the ten-year bazooka XD. Anyways, the next chapter will be a bit of a filler, since I'm sure you're all dying to see Lambo's reaction to the future, but after that, we'll continue with the plot ^_^. Anyways, until then, leave a review and tell me what you thought, ne?
