Written March 9 2016

Edited January 3 2020

Reborn frowned at the information.

'Why is Tsuna so obsessed with protecting his idiotic brother?... It's not like Baka-Ie has done anything recently to deserve protection... If anything Tsuna is the one who needs protection'

"Lazy-Tsuna, you should start protecting yourself"

The hitman stated, not wanting to have to deal with the brunette getting injured all of the time.

"I'll protect you Tsuna-Sama"

The bomber added excitedly at the thought of being of some use to the brunette.

The honey eyed brunette frowned and shook his head.

"It's too troublesome to protect myself, I'd rather you keep an eye on Ie-San and keep him safe"

The brunette sighed as he slowly walked up towards the window.

"I'm sorry Tsuna-Sama but I refuse to protect that fake"

Hayato replied solemnly as he avoided eye contact with the brunette.

"Lazy-Tsuna, stop being so lazy, protect yourself so that there will be less problems with training you. I can't train a severely injured student"

Reborn reasoned, hoping that his excuse would make the teen protect himself.

'I could still train him when he's injured but I'd rather not... I'd be fine if Baka-Ie was injured but I'd rather not have lazy-Tsuna too injured'

The brunette was silent for a few moments before shaking his head.

"No I'll be fine, if you want, I could start my training now"

"As expected of Tsuna-Sama!"

Hayato praised, happiness glimmering within his emerald eyes, the brunette smirked slightly and rolled his eyes at this.

"Fine, you're to jog around Namimori, I don't care where you go, just don't stop running"

The hitman sighed, the brunette raised a curious brow at the simple training.

"That's all? But doesn't Ie-San always come back half dead and all messy?"

The hitman lowered his fedora to hide his smirk.

"He does, but I'd like to test out your stamina this time"

Tsuna nodded in acceptance and jumped out the window.

'His entrances and exits are just as flashy as the demonic perfect's'

"Tsuna-sama!"

Hayato called in fear, they were on the second floor. The bomber let out a sigh of relief when he saw the brunette standing on the ground perfectly fine, he was looking up towards the window.

"Get going Gokudera, don't lose your boss"

Emerald eyes gleamed with excitement as the bomber raced out of the infirmary to meet up with the brunette.

'I wonder how much stamina lazy-Tsuna has'

Tsuna and Hayato were standing side by side together at the front of the school, Reborn was sitting atop the brunette's head.

"Start running, and don't be afraid to impress me"

The hitman stated, the brunette nodded silently as he took off into a moderate jog, which seemed more like him bounding than running with how much distance each step gave him.

The hitman was impressed with the starting speed, though he was sceptical as to how long the brunette could keep up with the speed, for Gokudera seemed to be unable to catch up.

'I didn't expect lazy-Tsuna to be so fast considering I've never seen him run anywhere... Though that would explain how easily he disappears '

After running for a half hour, the bomber seemed to be having trouble keeping up with the brunette.

"Gokudera you've done fine, head back to your house and rest"

Reborn called, knowing that the bomber would have pushed himself until he passed out. He'd rather not interrupt the brunette's running.

The silver haired teen bowed his head in acceptance as he slowed to a stop.

"Tsuna-sama you're amazing! Keep going!"

Hayato praised, the hitman noticed the embarrassed blush that tinted the brunette's cheeks.

'Due to lack of praise in his life, lazy Tsuna is very vulnerable to praise'

Reborn noted how the brunette's breath was still steady after another half hour of running, it was somewhat unnerving to him for some reason.

"Pick up the pace and take harder routes lazy-Tsuna"

Reborn called as he tugged on the brunette's soft hair, the brunette winced slightly but raised his speed nonetheless, he was now at the speed a little bit above that of the average runner.

Reborn had to hold onto his fedora and the brunette's hair tightly as the honey eyed teen quickly turned into an ally. The teen effectively leapt over fences and any obstacle in his way, he even leapt over this one homeless person's shack.

'Well I did say to impress me, and lazy-Tsuna sure has impressed me'

The brunette kept on running through alleys before he came across one with a dead end, the hitman frowned at the teen's miscalculation.

However his frown disappeared when the brunette scaled the wall by leaping from window sill to window sill. The two ended up on the roof.

"Tsuna..."

The hitman trailed off, growing suspicious of the brunette's skills.

"Yes Reborn?"

The brunette replied evenly, not once losing his breath.

"Why are you able to run across rooftops like it's nothing?"

'Only high class hitman can do such a thing with such ease...'

A small frown marred the brunette's lips as he jumped from one building to the other.

"I had to train hard to protect us from any mafioso that tried to attack me and Ie-San..."

The brunette muttered, a land of sadness was laced within his voice.

'What?... Damn you Iemitsu! Your family was supposed to be safe'

"So you really do know about the mafia..."

The brunette nodded solemnly as he came to a halt on one of the rooftops.

"Yeah, it's hard not to when assassins keep trying to kill and kidnap me and Ie-san..."

"So Baka-Ie doesn't know"

"He doesn't"

Tsuna confirmed.

"What do you do with the people that you stop?..."

The brunette was silent for a few moments.

"They are never seen again... It's my duty to protect Ie-San and mom"

The brunette whispered softly, Reborn felt a cold chill run up his spine.