Who has the Compatibility for Marriage?!

A/N: I have come to the realization that I suck at humor, but I'm trying. Giving me feedback guys, it helps me improve my writing. :D

Part 3

Tsuna was not, in any way, used to things going so smoothly for himself. He watched the three women interact with mild apprehension. He had a sneaking suspicion that something was going to go wrong at any moment.

He was not disappointed.

Well, he was, just not by his instincts. He was disappointed by the entrance of the former Arcobaleno and current Vongola Family Hitman, Reborn.

"Hello, ladies. And Tsuna." He'd added in the greeting to the young boss as an afterthought. Since the lifting of the curse, Reborn had found himself growing rapidly and already was an adult once more. He was eternally grateful he didn't need to stay as an infant any longer.

"Oh, who is this, Tsuna?" Kyoko asked at a loss at the sight of the mysterious man in the black suit.

"Ah, that's Reborn of course," Tsuna responded with a smile.

Kyoko's mouth fell open in shock. "No way!" She exclaimed while Reborn just tipped his hat at her.

Tsuna laughed at her disbelief making her blush. Kurokawa looked confused and so did Rebecca but both girls shrugged them off.

"So, Tsuna," Reborn started with a mischievous look. "Which one of these ladies is your date this time?" Tsuna almost choked while the three women blushed.

"Reborn!" Tsuna chastised. "I ran into Kyoko and Kurokawa by chance and I'm only Showing Rebecca around on Grandpa's orders. There's no dating going on here."

Reborn sighed and gave his former student a disappointed look. "When do you plan on finding yourself a wife, Tsuna. Everyone is getting impatient."

Tsuna's red face darkened as he mumbled a response. "I'm only nineteen, leave me alone already."

Reborn only shook his head.

Rebecca then decided to add in her own opinion into the matter. "You know, he's right," she said leaning towards Tsuna while batting her eyelashes at him. "Not like you have to look far with me for company."

Tsuna almost laughed in her face but decided to ignore her comment. Instead, he looked at Reborn in an almost bored fashion. "I don't need a wife. I need to not be so annoyed all the time."

His former tutor quirked a brow while Rebecca blushed at the insinuation. Chuckling, Reborn reproached his student. "Your legacy is important, more so than your wants. So hurry up and find a wife."

Kurokawa groaned as Reborn continued on. "Leave the poor guy alone, at least unless he's thirty and still living with his parents." She laughed while Rebecca looked at her confused.

Reborn snorted and shrugged. "Fine."

Tsuna was grateful for Kurokawa's interference and smiled thankfully at her. She nodded back at him and took a bite of her cake. Reborn sat down next to Tsuna and snatched his cake before the young man could react. Tsuna made a disgruntled noise but didn't bother fighting for it. Instead, the young heir leaned back in his seat and made faces behind the elder hitman's back and making the girls laugh at his childish antics. Reborn turned a few times but doesn't catch Tsuna in the act making the girls laugh even harder.

Sighing, Tsuna checks his watch absentmindedly. "Well, I think we've been here long enough." He looked back at the group as they cleaned up after themselves. "What do you want to do next?"

"We can look around the new underground mall," Kyoko said, smiling at Tsuna and he nodded at her.

Rebecca was glaring at Kyoko again and stood up with a huff. Reborn watched the blonde woman with intrigue as he stood from his seat to join the group as they left. Rebecca once again attached herself to Tsuna's arm, much to his discomfort, and kept herself between him and the other women. Anytime Kyoko or Kurokawa tried speaking to him, she interjected with a rude, snide, or patronizing remark. Reborn could see Tsuna's patience wearing thin when they entered the mall and he grabbed his arm and pulled him away. Making it a point to physically remove Rebecca from his arm and walked away with him.

"You looked like you needed a break," Reborn said to Tsuna with an empathetic smile.

Tsuna responded with a tired sigh. "If it wasn't for the Ninth asking me to, I wouldn't be putting up with this." He rubbed his eyes as he leaned against the wall, Reborn to his right and also leaning against the wall.

"You should consider making a move towards Kyoko while we're here. Give her your arm and push Rebecca off. I'll keep to your left and Kyoko can be on your right."

Tsuna shook his head.

"What?" Reborn asked, confused. "Haven't you dreamed of marrying her since you were fourteen?" Reborn watched as the three women stood looking in a window at some spring dresses and only Kyoko and Kurokawa were speaking. Rebecca was obviously ignoring the pair and glaring at the men through the reflection in the glass. Reborn waved at her with a sadistic grin making Tsuna choke on a laugh.

"For a long time, yes. But I've grown out of it. It's obvious she'll never see as more than a friend, and I don't think Ryohei would approve of a relationship between us." He looked down at his feet at Reborn's questioning look. "He wants to keep her out of the whole mafia thing, no matter what."

Reborn nodded," ah, makes sense. Ryohei has always been fiercely protective of his sister."

"Yeah," Tsuna said with a shrug. "No loss for me, to be honest. I don't think she would do well in our world anyways. She's too naive and kind. They'd eat her alive."

Reborn readily agreed and patted his shoulder. "Still, you need to set boundaries with that girl. Doesn't matter what the boss says, you shouldn't be forcing yourself for a woman from some lowly family."

"Grandpa wants a merger," Tsuna said with a wry grin.

Reborn rolled his eyes. "Fine, I'll help you out if she keeps acting up. Let's go," he said and walked back over to the girls.

Tsuna followed him, a little less weight on his shoulders. As soon as the men rejoined the group, Rebecca was back trying to attach herself once more to Tsuna's arm. Reborn immediately stood between her and Tsuna and acted as the heir's shield for the remainder of the day.

When it finally began to grow dark, Tsuna gave his goodbyes to his companions.

Reborn stopped him, "we're not far from your car, why not give the ladies a ride home? My car is just around, I can take Rebecca back to her father." Rebecca immediately began to voice her opposition but was shushed by Reborn as he pushed her away. "Don't be too long, Timoteo wants you back before midnight."

Tsuna felt he should decline, but the opportunity for some alone time with his friends was impossible to turn down. So he simply smiled and nodded at the older man and turned to the girls. "I parked in a garage a little ways down the road."

The girls followed silently for a while until Kurokawa spoke up. "What is up with that girl? Rebecca? Why is she so obsessed with Sawada?"

Tsuna just shook his head and pressed the button on his keys for his car. A responding beep could be heard just inside the garage and he walked towards it. "She's the daughter of a millionaire and she thinks it gives her the rights to anything she wants, including me." He shook his head while Kurokawa grumbled in disbelief.

"So, she's not your girlfriend?" Kyoko asked shyly.

Tsuna sighed and shook his head. "I don't have a girlfriend. Grandpa wants me to, but I just can't find a girl that doesn't have ulterior motives. All the ones I've met are only interested in me because they think they'll get something out of it. Money, power, etc."

"What the? Sawada? You rich or something?" Kurokawa said with a laugh.

"Uh, yeah," Tsuna said incredulously. He looked over his shoulder to give her a confused look and her mouth fell open. He snorted at her while Kyoko chuckled. "My grandpa runs an organization that operates similar to a witness protection program, except rich and powerful people pay us to protect them and their families. I'm meant to inherit the business this summer. There's going to be a huge party and everything."

Kurokawa was pretty sure her brain was about to explode. When they finally saw Tsuna's car and a single button press opened all the doors, her heart stopped. "I thought you were kidding!" She shrieked then covered her mouth in embarrassment.

Tsuna made a sound somewhere between a snort, a choke, and a laugh. "Uhm, no. I found out about it when I was 14. That's why Reborn was sent to me, to raise me to take over. I'm the sole heir to a multi-trillion empire." He smoothly slid into the driver's seat and started the car as Kurokawa just stared at him, shell-shocked.

She turned to Kyoko, who wasn't surprised in the least. "You knew?" She asked her smaller friend incredulously.

"Hm, oh, yeah? It was explained to me in our second year of middle school. Brother works for them too. It's why they all went to Italy to study together." Kyoko stood there with her finger on her chin as she thought over her next words carefully. "Brother, Gokudera, Yamamoto, Chrome, and Hibari-san are working under Tsuna-kun as advisors of sorts. Every generation that steps in brings in their own people."

Tsuna was satisfied with her smooth lie and smiled at her making her blush. "Pretty much, but it's not always like that. It depends on the one running the organization. Grandpa has a few from the last generation working under him." It was a lie as well, but it was hard to give details without giving too much away.

Kurokawa looked at them suspiciously. "But why is it structured that way?"

Tsuna smiled at her, making her relax. "Every generation has a different set of ideas or goals and doing it this way prevents the older generation from overstepping and pushing their own agendas on the younger." He shrugged at her tilting head. "It's worked for over a hundred years."

"Holy-! Seriously?!" Kurokawa snapped at him in shock. He only nodded at her gaping mouth.

"You should close that, you might catch flies," Tsuna said jokingly.

Kurokawa snapped her mouth shut and walked over to the passenger side with Kyoko. "Why didn't you ever tell anyone about it?"

Tsuna shrugged. "Wasn't anyone's business. And honestly, I didn't want to do it." He reached around and pushed the passenger seat forward. Kurokawa climbed into the back while Kyoko pushed the seat back and sat next to Tsuna. Kurokawa asked him again why and Tsuna gave a half-hearted laugh. "I was No Good Tsuna, remember? I didn't think I could do it." He gave them a sad smile as he pulled out of the garage. Now that it was evening, the streets were pretty empty.

"And now?" Kyoko asked looking at him expectantly.

Tsuna gave her a wide, genuine grin. "I'm confident. I could do a lot of good with my grandpa's platform. So, I'm pretty excited. Ah," he said as he remembered. "There's a sort of party going on soon, would you girls like to attend?"

The girls looked at each other and Kurokawa crossed her arms. "What kind of party?"

"Formal wear, we're literally calling it a ball." Tsuna laughed as he leaned forward to look around a corner as he turned. "We'll all be in suits and ties, there'll be catering and weird old-timey orchestra music to dance to. Do either of you girls know how to Waltz?"

Both women looked at him as though he'd grown a second head. "No, Sawada, most normal people don't." Kurokawa's tone was cutting, but curious.

"Ahh," he said with a wry grin. "Sorry, Kurokawa-san. I forget people aren't forced to learn formal dance styles with an old crone for an instructor that likes to smack you with a riding crop." Both girls covered their mouths while Tsuna laughed at them. "I'm joking!" He exclaimed even though he was telling the truth. "I can teach you both, there's still plenty of time for you to learn. Up for it?"

Both girls thought a moment until Kyoko smiled at him from under her lashes. "I would love to, Tsuna-kun." Tsuna thought his heart should be doing somersaults with that look, but realized he felt nothing. He really was well and truly over her and it made him slightly sad. He turned his attention back to the road while Kurokawa watched them both closely.

"I'll go too," Kurokawa said from the backseat. "But what should we wear?"

"Leave that to me," Tsuna smiled at her from the rear-view mirror. "Just let me know your sizes and I'll get the dresses bought and sent to you. If they need to be adjusted, my family has their own seamstress to fit it to you."

"What the hell, 'Little Prince'!" Kurokawa said with wide eyes. "Why don't you buy me a Ferrari while you're at it?"

Tsuna looked at her with bugged-eyes. "I mean, I could, but my spending would be questioned." They all laughed while Kurokawa watched her friend begin to fawn over Tsuna.

She knew this was going to end badly for her poor friend.

A/N: There is a very short clip of an older Tsuna speaking on youtube. Link is without spaces

www . youtube watch ?v= wRD0 32gA - wc

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KingdomMaker: Thanks so much for the feedback! :D I tried to make Rebecca very unlikable but still be human (lol). I don't like the whole 'dumb blonde'/'woman are worthless without a man around' types so I tried to make her a more 3D character.

As for Tsuna, I tried really hard to keep his core personality traits while making him more grown-up so I'm glad you felt he came off that way. His style in the manga was always a bot more 'b-boy style' so I wanted to keep that but a bit more stylish. I'll make him dress up more as time goes on, not like he's fresh off the runway, but simple classy style. As for his height, I always felt he would be just a shy bit shorter than the other guys, but the manga shows he's gone through quite the growth spurt so I'm thinking he might be just as tall if maybe an inch under his guardians. So I would say between 175cm and 180cm (5ft 9in - 6ft).

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