Since that day, Tsuna and Yamamoto have been hanging out a lot lately. Yamamoto was probably Tsuna's first friend, seeing as he lived in the middle of the woods with no one but his mother. Usually Tsuna would head to the docks to visit the boy, and occasionally Yamamoto would visit his house as well.

There was a knock on the door when Tsuna was sitting at the dining table with his mother having breakfast. "Did you invite anyone over?" Tsuna asked his mother.

"Hm, I don't think so. Maybe Yamamoto-kun has come to visit again." she replied as she spread some jam on a piece of bread.

Tuna shook his head, "He's busy today."

The brunette got up from his chair and headed towards the door. When he opened the door, there was no one there. "Is this a prank?" Tuna muttered under his breath.

"I believe not." replied a high pitched voice.

"Hie!" Tsuna squeaked in surprise. He looked left and right to find the person who spoke to him.

"Down here." the voice said.

Tsuna looked down and finally met his visitor. "Ciaossu." the little visitor said. He wore a black suit with an orange undershirt and a fedora that had a matching orange ribbon going around it atop his spiky black hair that had two curls on either side of his face. He looked like he was an infant, except he had large black eyes that looked like they stared into your soul.

"U-Uh..Wh-Who are you?" Tsuna asked the stranger. Before he could get an answer, his mother interrupted with conversation. "Tsu-kun, what's taking you so long?" she asked her son. Looking down, she saw who he was talking to. "Ah! You must be the private tutor who offered to teach Tsu-kun. I didn't expect you to be here so soon."

"Mom, you know this kid?" Tsuna asked in disbelief.

"Hehe, yup! And he offered to teach you for free, all he needed was a place to stay." the lady answered, "It's nice to meet you sir, my name is Nana, or you can call me Mama if you'd like." she said kneeling down and offering a hand for the stranger to shake.

"Ciaossu, my name is Reborn. The feeling is mutual." the infant said, shaking the mother's hand.

Private tutor? For free? What the heck was she going on about? Sure Tsuna did not have the opportunity to go to school like other kids, and he was happy that his mother went through the trouble of getting a teacher. But this Reborn person looked like someone they couldn't trust! Asking for a place to stay? He was like some kind of fugitive! This was way too fishy. What if he is actually some criminal that the authorities are looking for?

While all these thoughts were popping up in Tsuna's head, he didn't notice that his mother had already invited Reborn to have breakfast with them. By the time he realized, it was too late. "Mom..." he groaned in complaint. Something bad will come out of this, Tsuna was very sure about that.

"So Reborn-san, when will you begin wit Tsu-kun's lessons?" Nana asked as she poured a cup of water for him.

"I think tomorrow should be an appropriate time." Reborn said before taking a bite out of his bread.

"Splendid! Though we don't have a guest room here... I guess Tsu-kun will be staying in my room from now on." the lady said, clasping her hands together.

"It's no problem, but I think it would be better if your son and I stayed in the same room." Reborn said.

Tsuna choked on his food. Him stay in his room? He prayed that his mother would defend and reject his offer.

"Ah, I see. I guess that would be good." she said instead.

"Mom!" Tsuna protested.

"But Tsu-kun, it'd be better you'd be able to focus on your studies more that way, and you'd get along with Reborn-san faster as well." his mother said.

"But mom, I'm telling you this is a bad idea!" Tsuna tried to argue, though he knew it was useless.

The mother decided she had enough of her son's protest and lightly slammed her fist on the table. "Tsu-kun enough!" she said, making the boy shut up immediately, "Now that you're both done with your food, why don't you bring Reborn-san to your room and help him settle in?" she said, now smiling brightly.

Tsuna sighed, "Okay..."

Tsuna nervously stood by the door of his room as he watched Reborn inspect it. "Pretty messy for a boy your age." the infant commented.

"Give me a break, it's not like we get a bunch of visitors here." Tsuna grumbled.

Reborn walked over to the window and started unpacking a suitcase that he brought with him. From it, he took out a cot and set it up. How does he fit that in such a small bag? Tsuna thought, staring curiously at his soon-to-be tutor.

"If you wake me in my sleep, you're dead." Reborn said bluntly, turning to Tsuna. The boy quickly nodded, he was not planning on finding out what would happen to him if he did.

In the corner of his vision, Tsuna noticed a slight movement within the newly set up cot. "What are you looking at?" Reborn asked.

"I thought I saw something move." Tsuna said.

Reborn walked back to the cot and put his hand in it. When he brought his hand up, a strange green creature was resting on his arm. "Hie! W-What is that?!" Tsuna exclaimed.

The creature had large yellow reptilian eyes, had four legs, and a tail that curled at the end. "This is Leon, my companion. Don't tell me you've never seen a chameleon before." said Reborn, walking closer to Tsuna to give him a better look at Leon. The brunette stared at it fearfully at the unfamiliar animal. Is it poisonous? Will it kill him?

"He's harmless." Reborn assured him, noticing Tsuna's unease.

"O-Oh, ok..." said Tsuna. He bent down and lightly patted Leon on the head. The chameleon closed its eyes in response, approving of its treatment.

"Hey Reborn. Why did you offer to tutor me anyway?" asked Tsuna. Reborn didn't answer and brought Leon up to rest on the brim of his hat. He then walked over to the chest that was next to Tsuna's closet and sat on it. "Oi, did you hear what I asked?" Tsuna demanded, standing in front of Reborn.

"What do you think about witches?" Reborn asked.

Tsuna was taken aback by the question, "Excuse me...?"

"What do you think about witches?" Reborn repeated.

Why was he asking this sort of question so suddenly? Was he another witch hunter in disguise?

"W-Well, I think that we they are doing to innocent people is bad." Tsuna answered. This is bad, were we found out?

"Anything else?"

The boy gulped, he had to sound more convincing, "They are wicked and don't deserve to live?" Tsuna answered, though the uncertainty in his voice was crystal clear.

"Hm, I see." Reborn said, "But from that incident a year ago, I don't think those are your true feelings."

Tsuna's heart dropped. He was found out, his mother as well. Crap. He's going to kill me us! But wait, how did he-

"I saw you helping that witch back when I was passing through these woods." Reborn said, answering the question on the perplexed boy's mind, "So I'll ask again, what do you think of them? Why did you save her?"

Tsuna clenched his hands. If he was going to die now, then he might as well defend the witches with all his might, "I think, no, I know that witches aren't bad people. You're just afraid of their capabilities and kill them needlessly to keep yourself 'safe.' They're not that different from us you know? They have feelings just like we do. They can love and hurt. Just because someone isn't like you doesn't give you the right to harm them." Tsuna said, his voice shaking but strong, "If you are going to kill me...go ahead. Just please, don't do anything to mom."

Silence filled the room as Tsuna awaited Reborn's response. He could feel his hands and legs trembling. He knew he was going to be executed.

"Tsuna." Reborn finally said.

"Y-Yes?" the brunette responded.

"I need you to help me."