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Why do I always end up living with a perverted man?

Narumi tightened her grip on her comb, furiously combing through the tangles of her long golden hair, as a scowl played on her pink lips. The cold breeze from her air condition should be enough to nip her to the bones, enough for her to forget what that man said to her but it wasn't enough for Narumi to forget what happened with Reborn.

"I won't mind getting punished by you."

Reborn's words echoed in her ears, reminding her again and again that those words had been anything but innocent. With the way those black eyes twinkled, it sounded like he was propositioning me. A growl escaped from her lips as all of the blood inside of her body rushed straight to her cheeks. She grinded her teeth together.

If I don't end up going for a jog, I might actually murder that bastard for saying those words to me.

"Narumi-neechan, is it okay if we can talk?"

Narumi blinked and put down her comb on her dressing table, inhaling and exhaling as she tried to control the wave of emotions flooding inside of her. If it had been anyone else, she would have no problem with putting on a smile and acting like nothing bothered her. But this was Tsuna. Her little cousin.

The little boy that she practically raised and one of the few people who could read her moods.

"It must be something really important if you decided to come to my room without knocking the door," Narumi took in a deep breath and turned her chair around to face her younger cousin. The boy flushed a bright shade of red, offering her a tiny hesitant smile and the blonde sighed. "But yeah, we can talk. What's up?"

Her cousin chewed on his bottom lip, pushing it back and forth as his warm brown eyes looked everywhere but at her bright blue eyes. This only made Narumi frown. What on Earth was going through her cousin's mind? Why was he fidgeting like there was no tomorrow? Her cousin knew better than anyone that she wasn't really all that scary.

"I want to know why didn't you try to stop the fight between Mochida-senpai and me?"

The words hung in the air as brown eyes focused on her. Brown eyes flashed with so much uncertainty and confusion that it made Narumi tilt her head. What should she tell him? Should she be honest? Or should she make up some lie for him? It wasn't like Tsuna would question her if she gave him a lie. Unlike Tsuna and Nana, she had always been excellent with excuses.

"Old Man, why didn't you tell me the truth? I deserve to know the truth!"

The words from her first life rang into her ear and Narumi hunched her shoulders. When the Hokage hid the existence of Kurama from her, she had been so furious. The whole time she blamed her parents for making the village hate her, believing they had committed some great offense. If she had known the truth earlier, she probably would have worked harder to change their opinion.

Even though Tsuna is nothing like me, I'm not going to ever let him think that I would lie to him.

"I can't always fix your problems Tsuna," Narumi grimaced and rubbed the back of her neck and Tsuna jerked his head at her. "I know I always try to fix your problems but things changed. Until recently, I thought you were just going to work in some big shot company or have a normal job…so I would have time to teach you how to deal with your problems. But that isn't going to happen now."

Her younger cousin knitted his eyebrows together. "What do you mean?"

"Tsuna, I can't help you fix your problems when you become the head of a Mafia family," Narumi took in a deep breath and steadied her trembling arms. A part of her just wanted to curse God for putting her cousin in this situation while another part of her just wanted to punch the wall for what was happening to her cousin. "I can't help you with Mafia issues."

The brown-haired boy clenched his hands into a fist and lowered his voice. "Did that Reborn tell you?"

There was a part of her that wanted to nod her head and see whether or not Tsuna would grow to hate Reborn for telling her this. She just wanted to make things difficult for the man, who had been nothing but a headache for her. But a larger part of her knew that there was no point for her to do this. It wasn't going to help her cousin in the long run and Narumi wanted Tsuna to thrive.

"He wouldn't have told me if I hadn't figured out what he did for a living," Narumi admitted. She picked up her comb, twirling it around as brown eyes widened. She could practically see the question forming in his mind and the girl grimaced. "When you told me that he shot you with a bullet, I knew he wasn't some simple tutor."

I knew he was dangerous from the moment we met. The words were on the tip of her tongue but Narumi swallowed the words. If she told him that then Tsuna would have more questions of how she could recognize it. Questions that she would never want to answer even if someone tortured her.

Tsuna grinded his teeth. "He shouldn't have told you."

"Tsuna, I was going to find out sooner or later and Reborn recognized it." Narumi explained. Her blue eyes darted to the single photo of her and the man that created her second biological body. She smoothed the wrinkles of her shirt and offered a smile to her cousin. "C'mon he realized I'm not some blind fool who is going to believe whatever lie you guys will give me. If anything, you should be happy he told me because now you can talk to me about your problems."

Her cousin slumped his shoulders and took a seat on the floor. Brown eyes focused on the photo of her and her body's biological father, looking so troubled and thoughtful that Narumi felt the temptation to hug him. She shook her head and looked at the photo of her younger self before darting her eyes back to her cousin.

"Ever since Reborn told me that I was going to be the 10th, all I could think was that you are better suited for the role." Tsuna hunched his shoulders and stared at her. "You are lot more confident than me and you are older too! And well you are definitely stronger than me…if anyone was really suited for this job then it should be you."

I'm not legible for the job because I'm considered a bastard.

She swallowed down a lump and clenched her hands into a fist. If it was up to her, she would have taken the position. She knew bloodshed, had nightmares of the war even though so many years had passed since her first death. But this world was different from the first world that she had been born in. The Mafia would never accept a bastard female to take over the business.

No matter how talented she was, those people would never accept her.

"Even if I'm better suited for the job, the 9th chose you over me." Narumi inhaled and steadied her trembling arms before darting her eyes to her young cousin. "I'm sure he has faith that you are going to do an excellent job of managing the Familigia."

Tsuna hunched his shoulders. "But I'm only 14, Narumi-neechan! I don't know if I can do this."

"You are going to need to get some confidence Tsuna because I can't take over," Narumi whispered, twirling a single strand of blond hair over her finger. Tsuna frowned and the blonde sighed. "Men don't accept orders from a woman, especially a bastard."

Tsuna shook his head. "You don't know that, Narumi-neechan! The 9th should see you when it comes to managing everyone in school! He will definitely think you are great for the job."

"And you will be great too," Narumi offered him a smile and took in another deep breath. She focused her bright blue eyes on her cousin and the boy slumped his shoulders. This only made the girl sigh. Maybe her coddling Tsuna caused him to have less self-confidence instead of having more self-confidence. A sigh escaped from her lips and Tsuna tilted his head at her.

She placed her hand on top of his shoulders.

"Look Tsuna, if I know that there is even the slightest possibility that I can take over without any issues then I'll do it in a heartbeat."

Narumi-neechan! L-Look at that frog!

She wanted him to stay forever that sweet innocent little boy that looked at her like she was the sunshine in his life. But the world was cruel and Narumi knew she would have to play her role with helping Tsuna become an amazing boss. But she would start doing that after her jog. Maybe after she jogged, she would know what to do with Tsuna.


"Reborn, why did the 9th choose me over Narumi-neechan?"

Tsuna put down his pen and dropped his textbook on the table before swirling his chair to look at Reborn. It had been twenty minutes since his talk with his cousin and not once could he forget what she told him. Why did it matter whether or not she was born out of wedlock? Unlike him, Narumi always got the best scores. She never ever let someone bullied her and if it wasn't for him, Tsuna doubt his cousin would be a teacher.

She was so much better suited for the role of a scary Mafia Boss. Even though his cousin looked delicate with her long blond hair and bright blue eyes, Tsuna knew from the rumors that his cousin had been a delinquent. Well it wasn't really a rumor. He grimaced as he recalled the various times his mother scolded Narumi for getting into fights.

Reborn paused and twirled his gun around, black eyes looking at him like he was an idiot for asking this question. Tsuna only grinded his teeth together. What was so stupid about his question? Unlike Reborn, he had no clue about the Mafia. Even though he read that stupid manual his tutor threatened him to read, Tsuna couldn't wrap his head around the stupid laws.

The black-haired man sighed and tilted his hat down, not allowing Tsuna to see whatever emotions were going through his head. "If your cousin had been born a man then the situation wouldn't be so complicated for her. But unfortunately for the both of you, your cousin was born a girl."

"And why does that matter?" Tsuna demanded. He raised his body, only to sit back down when those black eyes looked at him like he was a little bug. The brown-haired boy grinded his teeth. Why did it matter if Narumi-neechan was born a girl? She was so scary that even the Yakuza made sure to avoid her. Sometimes Tsuna believed his cousin couldn't even date because most of the men in their small town were just too terrified of her.

Reborn leaned his body back in his chair and regarded him with blank eyes. "Because if your cousin had been born a male bastard then the 9th would have no problem with introducing her to society since no one would look down on her too much. But she is a female bastard and in the eyes of the Mafia, she is of the lowest of the low."

"That's stupid!" Tsuna snapped, balling his hands into a fist. "Narumi-neechan can wipe the floor with them! She shouldn't be out of the running just because she was born out of wedlock! Why does it matter if she was born out of wedlock? She can make them respect her!"

Reborn tilted his hat downwards but from where Tsuna sat, he could not see the usual smirk on Reborn's face. The lack of smirk brought a chill to his bones. Had he spoken too soon? But someone had to defend his cousin. He didn't want to be the Mafia Boss and he certainly didn't want it for his cousin, but Tsuna wasn't an idiot. He knew that between the two of them that Narumi would have no problem getting people's respect.

"This is the first time that you talk with so much passion." Reborn commented. The man leaned against his seat and took in several deep breaths as if he was trying to control his temper. Tsuna grinded his teeth together and darted his brown eyes to the gun. Was Reborn going to shoot him again for talking out of turn? He could see that devil doing this to him.

He shut his eyes and took in a deep breath. "Y-You haven't answered my question, Reborn!"

"The 9th knows how difficult it is for a woman to run the Vongola Familigia," Reborn tilted his hat upwards and clasped his hands together, his black eyes showed no emotions. "No matter how tough a woman can be, there will always be someone who will try to tear her down. There will always be someone who will look down at her, not just for her gender but for the circumstance of her birth."

Tsuna balled his hands into a fist. "And they are being silly to underestimate her! My cousin can knock some sense into them!"

Reborn grimaced and rubbed his cheek, wincing as if he was recalling something unpleasant. Did Narumi-neechan do something to him? The thought almost made him laugh but Tsuna held himself back. He wasn't insane. One laugh and that devil was going to point his gun at him and threaten to shoot him. Actually he would shoot him.

He was a sadist like that.

"The Eighth was a female too and she had a lot of people who opposed her becoming the boss," The hitman leaned his body forward and put the gun inside his holster. "And she was born from the legitimate wife of the Seventh. A lot of good came from the Eighth reign but the Vongola Familigia nearly crumbled because most of her men refused to listen to her and her ideas. The Ninth doesn't want to see this happen again."

Tsuna grinded his teeth together, feeling his temper boiling over what Reborn had told him. He inhaled and exhaled, trying to control his temper, before looking out to the window. He could see Narumi jogging in the streets, eyebrows knitted together into a thin line and lips curled into a frown. What was going through her head? He hunched his shoulders.

Was she worried about him?

"The Vongola Familigia already went through hardship in the last ten years," Reborn commented. Tsuna swirled his head around and black eyes seemed to follow his cousin. "The Ninth chose to take the path that would bring less hardship for the Familigia. To the Ninth, the Familigia is more important to whatever belief you have of your cousin. In his eyes, you are the safer option for the Familigia."

Tsuna hunched his shoulders and could only watch his cousin with a frown playing on his lips. There was only one thought running in his mind as his cousin greeted their neighbors.

Why was life so unfair?

His cousin deserved better than this.


"How much do you love me, Naru-chan?"

Narumi closed her eyes and curled her legs close to her chest as several people jogged right past her, only slowing down to look at her. Their eyes flashed with concern but the blonde only forced herself to smile at them. Just give them a smile and they would leave her alone to her thoughts and memories. She inhaled. Yeah, she needed some time to think and remember her past.

Even though she only spent such a short time with her second biological father, Narumi could never deny the fact that the man adored her. He used to bring her to the park, never listening to her whenever she claimed that she was just too old for the park. You are only three, Naru-chan! That had been the man's words as he carried her over his shoulders.

He died when she turned seven and Narumi regretted that she never treated him like a proper daughter. That is the curse of only focusing on the past. She inhaled and picked up a rock, throwing it up and down before tossing it back to the lake. When she woke up as a baby, Narumi refused to acknowledge the idea that she had been reborn.

It wasn't until this body's father died that she came to accept it.

"I thought I would find you here."

Narumi blinked and swirled her head around, blue eyes widening at the sight of Reborn standing behind her. His black eyes showed no emotions and it only made Narumi pause. What was he doing here? Shouldn't he be forcing Tsuna to do his homework or something? There was no reason for him to follow her here.

She shook her head. "What do you want, Reborn?"

Bastard. The word was on the tip of her tongue, ready for her to lash out but Narumi swallowed it down. She tucked a strand of her blond hair against her ears as Reborn stared down at her. His black eyes focused on her eyes, narrowing slightly and Narumi clenched her jaws together.

"You are upset." Reborn commented.

Narumi relaxed her jaws and forced herself to smile. "And why would I be upset, Reborn? My cousin is doing well in school and Nana isn't annoying me to go out and date."

The black-haired man tilted his hat downwards and took a seat right beside her. Narumi darted her eyes to him, waiting for him to make some kind of comment but all he did was just stare at the lake before them. That was good enough for her. She didn't want to pour her heart to a man that she didn't know all too well about.

"You are probably upset that you can't take away the burden from Dame-Tsuna." Reborn commented. Narumi swirled her head, blue eyes widening as black eyes locked onto her. No emotions showed in his eyes which only made her sweat. What the hell was going through his mind? She couldn't be certain. He tore his eyes away from her. "And that irritates you."

He only knew me for a few days and he acts like he knows me. Narumi grinded her teeth together as her anger increased to the point that she might actually punch the ground. How dare he talk to her like that? He doesn't know anything about her. So what if he followed them? He shouldn't be able to tell her feelings.

There were only three other people who knew how she felt and two of them were dead.

Reborn offered her a small smirk and Narumi scowled. He almost looks like the damn bastard when he smirks. She clenched her hands into a fist as a pair of black eyes flashed before her eyes. But they were two different men. That bastard would never make the comments Reborn would make, while Reborn reminded her of Kakashi-sensei with his humor.

Except Kakashi-sensei would never make those kind of jokes with her.

"That Dame-Tsuna really surprise me," Reborn commented and Narumi swirled her head at him. The man tilted his hat upwards and the blonde blinked at the thoughtful look coming out of his eyes. "For a 14-year-old, Tsuna has a lot of faith of your capabilities. He doesn't know much about the Mafia yet he thinks that you can do an amazing job as a Boss."

She blinked and stared at the man right beside her. With the way the orange skies stood behind Reborn, Narumi could almost see what made the man so confident when it came to girls. He is a good-looking guy. She exhaled and stared at the man before looking back at the twinkling lake.

"Tsuna probably said it because he doesn't want to be in the Mafia," Narumi said, shaking her head. "He knows as well as I do that there is no such thing as a good person in the Mafia."

Reborn smirked and tilted his hat downwards. "Am I not a good person?"

"We both know that you are joking about it." Narumi shook her head and let out a little laugh. The man stared at her for a good couple of seconds, black eyes flashing with slight amusement before returning into a fake happiness that made the girl frown. Right. Reborn really did not like showing his emotions.

"You almost hurt my feelings," Reborn declared and Narumi snorted. He smirked even wider and tilted his hat upwards, black eyes shining with a seriousness that made the blonde raise an eyebrow. "But jokes aside, I want to make an offer for you."

Narumi tilted her head and stroke her chin as black eyes focused on her. The seriousness in his eyes told her that she probably would want to hear the offer without making any jokes. The blonde grimaced. Inhaling and exhaling, Narumi steadied her trembling arms. "What's the offer you want to make?"

"I tell you of my plans for Tsuna ahead of time," Narumi raised an eyebrow and Reborn tilted his hat downwards. "And in exchange, you will tell me everything that your stupid Uncle hasn't thought to tell me. I want to know everything about Tsuna's childhood, friends, strengths and his weaknesses."

The blonde rubbed her chin. "And what will you do if I refuse to that offer?"

"Well then you have no right to interfere with any plans that I have for Tsuna," Reborn shrugged and Narumi narrowed her eyes at him. "You will have no right to complain of what I will do with your cousin, even if you find my methods to be too extreme for him."

Narumi grimaced and the man offered her a cocky smile that made her want to punch him. Why did he have to say this to her? If she didn't know what was going to happen then she couldn't lessen the blow for whatever trouble Tsuna might get in. She tapped her fingers against her knees and exhaled.

Bastard put her in a corner.

"I will tell you everything that you want to know," Narumi slumped her shoulders. "I can't have you go crazy with him without me knowing whatever insane scheme you have going in your mind. Also! I'm changing the deal! I'm going to oversee whatever insane training plan you have for him."

Reborn tilted his hat downwards and leaned closer to her. Blue eyes widened as Reborn's coffee scented breath tickled her ears and a shudder broke out of her body. "And why would I agree to your plans, Narumi? You are going to scream in my ears over what I plan to do! And it isn't going to be the fun screams either."

Steam erupted from her ears and Narumi flushed a bright shade of red. "F-Fun screams?"

The man smirked even more and the blonde felt her heart raced even more as black eyes locked onto her flushed cheeks. The longer Reborn looked at her, the more Narumi felt a scotching sensation around her body. This bastard is even more dangerous than he looks. Her cheeks burned an even brighter shade of red and Narumi pushed the man back.

"You have got a really dirty mind, Sawada." Reborn commented, dusting off the dirt from his suit. A smirk played on his lips as black eyes twinkled with slight mischief. "I was only talking about the innocent fun screams that comes from having fun."

Narumi's eyebrows twitched. "We both know that wasn't what you were joking about! Make that kind of joke again and I will punch you to the next century."

If there was one thing that Narumi could be certain now, it was the fact that it wasn't going to be her students that were going to kill her. It was going to be Reborn and his desire to cause mayham in her life. She took in a deep breath and stared out at the lake.

It was time for her to get back at the hitman for his actions.


A/N: Please review and tell me what you think about the chapter. How do you think Tsuna would react if he sees the interactions between Narumi and Reborn?