A/N: oops this is late upload here in FFN. As a heads up I will only update Green Eyes and Burnt Marigold until it finishes here in FFN, any new work or ongoing stories aside from it will be updated only in AO3.

May 15, 2021: This is an update to let readers know that I am still not planning to ditch this story and that I am still working on it (very slowly *sobs*)

There is no Lambo!Tsuna in this chapter, so any mention of Tsuna is the Tsunayoshi Sawada of this world.

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Interlude: Reborn

Reborn was grouchy and irritated.

It had been 13 hours ever since the stupid cow was taken and 8 hours since Dame-Tsuna had passed out, sending his guardians into rabid fit when all of the sudden his student started crying and feverishly citing they had to find Lambo soon before he had passed out. No amount of trying to wake him up worked and he had to concede to the fact Tsunayoshi would likely wake up by his own volition.

Since then he had to direct the panicking guardians to do as told; Gokudera, Yamamoto and Sasagawa prowled the street. While Fuuta and I-pin were tasked with guarding the passed out brunet and to call him when he wake up.

Reborn hadn't slept a wink as he was investigating the identity of said albino. And that brings him inside the closed Namimori Shopping District eyeing the newly furnished building and appreciating the secret underground base where Byakuran Gesso, the newly assigned Don of the Gesso Family should reside.

He took a step forward planning to stake the whole building and it's hidden entrance when the sound of a wheel echoed in the silent neighborhood. Reborn discretely hid, and felt suspicious clouding him at that almost coincidence.

A black car parked in the same place he had stood earlier, and then a person stepped out. A woman he knew from her infancy, even when she was still on her mother's womb.

Aria.

Reborn unmasked his presence and appeared before her with a greeting. "Ciaossu, Aria! What brings you here?"

"Uncle Reborn!" Aria smiled at him. "I'm glad I caught up with you. Shall we head inside to talk?" she gestured towards the open car and Reborn stared at her tight smile. "Aria-"

"Uncle Reborn." her eyes held the sheen of steel and Reborn nodded before wordlessly sat inside the car.

For Aria to be here now of all times, it seemed she had seen something.

Aria turned towards the driver seat and said, "Please head to the next coordinate, Gamma."

Gamma glanced at the mirror at the world greatest hitman with confusion then turned his attention back towards Aria and heaved a sigh. "As you wish, Aria."

Aria's subordinate began driving. Aria on the other hand turned to Reborn, waiting for him to ask and he obliged the silent request.

"What are you doing here in Japan?"

"Direct to the difficult question huh?" she lightly laughed. Her back easing in a comfortable sitting position, hand crossed below her chest, then face turned towards the window.

"Five years ago, I saw a girl in a dream, she had the giglio nero insignia tattooed on her face-" like hers "and a pacifier on her neck. She sent a message to me."

"At that time, I didn't know who she was referring to. But now I've seen." Aria turned towards him with a smile, eyes fond and shimmering with inner flame. "That's why I'll help them, the precious friends of my daughter."

In the background, Gamma spluttered but thankfully didn't make a mistake as he drove.

"Them?" Reborn inquired.

"Tsu-chan and Bya-chan." she answered with a mischievous glint on her eyes and Reborn knew there was an inside joke that he wasn't privy to; a missing link he didn't know.

Reborn tilted his fedora down.

It seemed something was going on with Trinesette that the future sky arcobaleno was time-traveling and leaving messages on a dream to the present.

He was interrupted on his musing when the car stopped and upon checking their surroundings, they were parked outside the Sawada Residence.

Aria handed a written note and said, "We don't have time to discuss right now but we will meet again once you go to this address with the others." Reborn eyed the paper, knowing it was a private land.

"Bya-chan is in Italy right now with the person you seek."

Stupid cow.

Reborn eyed her suspiciously before he gritted out a: "Fine." In return she laughed again.

"Don't worry, Uncle. You'll get your answer soon."

"That answer better be enough, Aria." he warned and faced with his annoyance, she winked before she was lightly pushing him out.

"See you later, Uncle Reborn."

If they were going to Italy, Reborn could only bring a select few. That counted out all the civilian girls while Bianchi should remain here as a protection. Sasagawa and Yamamoto didn't know Italian but considering how sudden this trip would be, they should return here in a few days. It should be good practise for them, so he would still bring them. About the kids, Fuuta and I-pin had insisted they would come along so he let them. I-pin could fight back if needed and Fuuta knew how to scram.

Reborn had already informed those three guardians hence they should be packing by now but on the other hand Tsunayoshi was still asleep.

Shamal already checked him up last night and in layman's terms Tsuna was only sleeping off flame exhaustion. But that's the thing, there was no way for his student to be exhausted. Shamal surmised that it was a delayed effect from the sky ring battle but they both knew that flame exhaustion didn't work that way.

Reborn checked him earlier using his own flames and he didn't detect anything wrong as well.

Unknowing of the real cause… The hitman didn't like it. There had to be a connection between the things happening right now.

Lambo was taken by Byakuran Gesso, Aria was here in Namimori because of the future sky arcobaleno, and Tsunayoshi passed out from flame exhaustion.

Did something happen in the future that the sky arcobaleno of that time wanted to prevent? By helping Tsuna and Byakuran?

Leon crawled and nestled on his neck and his tail smacked him, causing him to stop thinking.

Tsuna twitched and Reborn's attention swivelled to it. The brunet's hand and elbow moved, and his brows scrunched up. Then orange eyes shimmering with inner flames opened. Reborn observed from his position.

Dame-Tsuna blinked and looked around him in anxiety, eyes darting around frantically then it morphed into restless confusion. Then finally a hand rested on his own chest, gaze looking lost.

"Yu...ni?" Brown eyes blinked. "Bya...kuran?"

Tsunayoshi jolted from his position and shot up ramrod straight with a cry of another name: "Lambo! That's right! We are looking for him."

It seemed, it's not only Aria having dreams but his student as well.

"Ciaossu, Sleepy Head Tsuna!" Reborn greeted at Tsuna's side causing his student to jump and shriek.

"Hieeee! Reborn!" And unfortunately Tsuna's feet and legs got entangled on the blanket and smacked face first on the floor.

Sweet sweet shrieking and yowling of a young boy disrupted and awoken the whole resident. Reborn smugly revelled on it.

"Now that you are awake, pack up your things, we are going to Italy." Reborn declared even as Tsuna was nursing a bruised injury. As expected, Tsuna immediately bursted out: "Italy?! Why?!"

"Stupid cow is there." Reborn replied flippantly. Tsuna blinked then blinked, stupefied. The brunet looked like a dumbed Iemitsu right then that Reborn just had to kick the other in the shin to erase that expression.

"You have 10 minutes to pack and eat breakfast or we will be leaving without you." Reborn smirked before he nimbly left the room and down the stairs, leaving his student loudly scrambling as the time limit began.

They would go to Italy in almost an hour, and he didn't know what to expect once they landed there.

But Reborn would get his answer, especially on what was that stupid cow's connection with the Gesso heir.