SkyGem: W00t! We're on the fiftieth chapter! I can't believe it! I swear, this fic is so much more popular than I had expected. Thank you all so much for staying with this fic until now and I look forward to your continued support! I'm warning you guys now, though, this future arc won't go into as much detail as you guys might expect for two reasons. One: it would take way too long, and frankly, I don't think I have the patience for that, and two: I already have a new arc that I want to do which I've had planned pretty much since the beginning of this fic and I promise, you'll enjoy it more this one. Anyways, onto the chapter!


Dinner had just finished and Reborn was just about to clarify a few points for everyone when, once again, they heard the sound of approaching footsteps, and the door to the dining room was once again opened to let in four more people.

A pink-haired lady and a tall young man were the first to enter, greeting everyone with smiles, and were followed by two middle-aged women who were looking around nervously.

"Ciaossu Bianchi, Fuuta," greeted Reborn, "I was wondering when you were going to arrive. Did everything go well?"

The pink-haired lady, Bianchi's, eyes suddenly filled with tears and she offered up a watery smile. "Reborn, it's so good to see you again," she said in a shaky voice, not bothering to wipe away the tears that were on her face.

It took Tsuna a while to realize why she was crying; Reborn seemed so on top of things, half the time he forgot that the infant was also from his time.

"Everything went perfectly, Reborn-san," said the young man, Fuuta, when Bianchi didn't answer the infant's question. His expression stayed calm as he turned to survey the other occupants of the room and said, "It seems you've achieved quite a bit in the time we…"

As Fuuta's eyes came to rest on Tsuna, he slowly trailed off, and his eyes widened. "T-Tsuna-nii?" he questioned.

Tsuna tilted his head to the side, wondering why he had added –nii to the end of his name; the only person he knew who did that was Lambo.

Tackling him into a hug, Fuuta said to the young heir, "I can't believe it's you! It's been so long, and I've missed you so much! You have no idea how upset I was when I found out that they had killed you!"

Tsuna awkwardly patted the older male on the back, not knowing what else to do. When it was Hayato, Takeshi, and Lambo in his place, it had been easy to console them, since he had known them all his life, but he'd never met this young man before in his life, so he didn't know how to deal with it.

Meanwhile, as Tsuna was trying to decide how to get Fuuta to quiet down, there were eight people in the room that were absolutely flabbergasted at what Fuuta had just revealed.

"Killed?" questioned G.

"How can Tsuna be dead?" asked Bianca, her eyes filling with tears.

Giotto, who had until now forgotten the fact that his son was supposed to have died in this era, suddenly frowned. Back when he and the others were still imprisoned and his hyper intuition had told him that his son was alive, was it because his son from his own time had arrived in the future?

But no, something still didn't feel right; somehow, he knew that the Tsuna from this time wasn't dead; he was convinced that he would have known it the moment he had been brought here if that were true.

Giotto was about to voice his opinion when Reborn finally decided it was time to intervene.

Once he had gotten everyone's attention, he said, "I-pin, why don't you take the girls to their rooms? I'll come explain things to them after we're done here."

"Of course, Reborn-san!" said the Chinese girl immediately, getting up and ushering the three girl from the past out of the room.

"And Bianchi, can you take the rest of the females to their rooms?" continued Reborn. Immediately, it looked as if Bianca, Elena, and Sylvana would protest. "The Vongola women can stay, though," he finished, and they all sat back, looking satisfied.

The four mothers looked nowhere near as satisfied, though, wanting to know what was going on. Before they could say anything, though, Bianchi ushered them out of the room, assuring them that they would get an explanation later.

Turning back to the remaining seventeen* people, Reborn asked, "Now, where should we begin?


As I-Pin led the three girls to their rooms, all was quiet until Kyoko finally broke the silence.

"Excuse me, um, I-Pin-san?" she said uncertainly, and the girl turned around.

"Oh, please, you don't need to be so formal," said with a smile. "We're actually really good friends in this time, Kyoko-nee."

Kyoko smiled uncertainly at this. "It feels kind of weird to be called that by someone older than me."

I-Pin let out a small giggle at that. "Well, it'll feel weird, but I can call you Kyoko-chan if that makes you feel more comfortable?"

Kyoko smiled and nodded. "That would be great, I-Pin-chan! Anyways, can you please tell us what's going on?"

"That's right!" added in Haru. "What did that guy mean when he said that Tsuna-san was killed?"

"I'd also like to know," said Hana with a small frown on her face. "I've known Taru ever since we were children. We've spent our summers together, and even go to school together now. He's one of the nicest guys I've ever met. Why would anyone want to kill him?"

I-Pin continued walking, but looked at her out of the corner of her eyes, as if trying to figure out how much she should tell her.

"How much do you guys know about the Vongola?" asked the Chinese girl.

"The what?" asked Haru, never having heard the word before.

"That's the organization that my uncle works for, isn't it?" asked Kyoko.

"Yeah, Taru told us about it once, I think. His father is the one that founded it, and all his siblings' fathers work for his dad, right? That's why they all live together and why they're so rich?"

I-Pin nodded slowly. "I guess you could say that," she relented. "Anyways, because Tsuna-nii is the one that's going to take over the Vongola after his dad retires, there are a lot of people and groups that are after him. One of those groups is the Millefiore; they're a very bad organization that will do anything to get what they want."

The girls all shuddered when they heard the name; it gave them a sense of foreboding.

"Are the Millefiore the ones that killed the Tsuna-san from this time?" asked Haru.

I-Pin nodded. "That's right. Tsuna-nii went to a conference with them, where they were supposed to negotiate a truce. Unfortunately, he didn't tell any of his siblings about this and went alone, which is how they were able to kill him so easily. He can be too trusting sometimes…"

The girls remained shared a glance at this. They had no doubt that I-Pin was telling the truth, but for some reason, they had the feeling that she was holding some things back…


*Okay, so I'm pretty sure you guys are starting to get pretty confused as to who's at the base, yes? Well, currently, there are twenty-seven people at the secret base. There's the seven first gen guardians (Giotto, G, and Asari are from the past), the three wives (Bianca is from the past), all the second generation guardians except the twins and Ryohei (Tsuna, Takeshi, and Hayato are from the past), the four mothers, the three girls (all from the past), I-Pin, Bianchi, Fuuta, Iemitsu, and Reborn. If you guys want their ages, ask and I'll PM them to you.

SkyGem: Well, that's all for now! There wasn't much in this chapter, just some explaining, but everyone has different knowledge levels of what's going on atm, and I felt I had to somehow tie it together and get everyone on the same page, hence this. So please, leave a review anyway, and I hope this chapter wasn't as boring as I fear it is. Well, that's it for now; I'll see you guys tomorrow! Ciao~

P.S. For those of you reading TItP, I have a new poll on my profile. Please do go and vote, yes?