I apologize for not updating before. You see, I had an entrance exam to a university and I'm having my periodical exams so I… well… you know.

Sorry about that, but REJOICE for I have a new brilliant idea for a new fanfic! Don't worry, I won't drop this one. I love this too much!

Reborn was sipping on his coffee calmly in Tsuna's room. It's been ten hours since they left and there were no signs of anyone suspecting their absence. He told Mama that Tsuna went on a camping trip. When will they get back, who knows, time is unpredictable and Reborn was exhausted. A great amount of flames was taken from them and they felt like they were sucked dry. Time isn't easy to understand and neither is the trini-sette. They have no knowing what would happen, unseen forces were happening and they couldn't understand it, which meant not knowing is really bad. Who knows, an hour might be equivalent to a year, a day to a decade. It was a terrifying thought but there was one thing good though, they won't age, hopefully, they won't stay there long. He sighed quietly.

Tense as he was, he felt tired… and sadistic. Without Dame-Tsuna around he had no one to harass- er… train. He had no one to train.

As if the gods had answered his wish, the door opened and revealed a familiar red head. "Tsuna-kun?"

Reborn smirked under his fedora and out his cup down. "Tsuna isn't here Enma."

Enma jumped. He didn't notice the corners of Reborn's curling up to a smirk. "Really? Where did he go?" he asked.

"Oh, I just sent him and his guardians for ah… special training camp."

"I-I see…" Enma said nervously, taking a step back to the door. Something in his gut told him something bad was gonna happen to him, either it's paper work or Reborn. He saw Reborn pull down his fedora but not before seeing the devilish look on his face.

He tried to make a brake for it but… being pulled by into the room by the ankle with a green extendable chain while screaming for help was the last thing heard from Kozato Enma the whole afternoon.

~ Vongola Famiglia ~

Tsuna sprawled himself on the newly mowed lawn. Undignified yes, but he was a kid so what? He was raised four hundred years in the future and he was tired, no, exhausted. Finally… FINALLY they finished it under a few hours. It was noon already and almost lunch. Natsu settled himself beside him and purred when he scratched his ears.

The roof and floor were fixed, windows wiped clean, rooms dusted, door replaced (Tsuna did not know where Ryohei got the door) and the lawn mowed. Tsuna had to say they did a pretty good job with the place, it still looked old but it had a comfortable feeling around it.

"Uri no!" Tsuna heard until something warm and fuzzy with sharp claws fell on his face. With a yelp, Tsuna startled Natsu by stepping on his tail while trying to get Uri off of him. Natsu panicked and jumped on his master and had started a one-sided cat fight. Gokudera, horrified, had summoned Uri back and Tsuna was left with Natsu flat on his stomach.

"Jyuddaime!"

…

They had themselves settled in when the first wave of students came. It was also when Mitchel woke up.

Mitchel sat up and rubbed the back of his head. Where…? He looked around himself and found he was lying outside (uh-oh, Hibari isn't there…) and what about the dormitory? He looked and his eyes widened. He grinned and let out a small whistle, "Well I'll be…" he whispered and got on his feet.

The dormitory wasn't what it used to be; it was cleaner and much more… liveable if there was a word like that. It was still yellow faded but it gave itself charm, the windows were sparkling clean and the lawn certainly didn't look like some grassland full of undiscovered bugs.

"What do you think?" Yamamoto asked from behind. Mitchel turned and grinned, "Vongola never ceases to amaze me young master." Yamamoto grinned back. It was kind of lucky for them Mitchel didn't hold any ill-will against them for knocking him out.

Mitchel was still admiring when a small group of students curiously passed by. He recognized them as one of the neutral families by the emblems of their families branded into their uniforms. He quietly watched with Yamamoto who looked a bit nervous. They didn't hang around much though, the girls giggled away while the boys just clicked their tongues and left. As if the Vongola actually dared to make the plae look good but after one loathing look from Gokudera they left just as fast as they came.

"Where is young master Tsunayoshi?" Mitchel asked. Yamamoto laughed. "He's inside right now, taking a nap. I heard that he was playing with Uri…" Yamamoto stopped himself.

"Uri?" Mitchel asked curiously. Yamamoto laughed again, "Gokudera found a kitten around here and named it Uri."

"Is that so…" Mitchel mused, young master Gokudera liked… cats?

Soon, students with their very obvious motives walked by their dormitory, whispering about them. In Gokudera's eyes, the people in this school are no more than rich brats, judging by the way first impressions are all about looks. Of course, after working like possessed demons, they got hungry. This gave them the chance to explore the school and with that, they set out with Tsuna who has recovered. It was really lucky they had Mitchel otherwise they would have been lost and about that…

"Ne Mitchel, why is it you know so much?" Tsuna asked.

Mitchel flushed slightly, "You see young master I used to go here two years ago," he laughed at their surprised faces. "sadly, I couldn't spend my last year here. Grandfather had called me back you see."

They just couldn't see it; Mitchel, the stable boy who worked with the horses went to an elite school? It's no wonder Mitchel knew so much.

"Whose your grandfather anyway?" Gokudera asked.

"You already know him." Mitchel replied.

"Eh?" the all said.

Tsuna lost in his thoughts who this mysterious granfather was felt something tug at his conscience and fell back without them noticing. He looked behind him but nobody was there and when he looked back to his friends, they were gone.

Oh… my… HE'S LOST THEM?

He ran and turned around the corner and saw nothing. He crumpled to his knees in despair. It's understandable that his luck sucked but that didn't mean his sense of direction too. He got up once more, determined to find his friends. Students would glance at him as he passed but they ignored him like he wasn't important compared to the rumors of the Vongola. He heard ridiculous rumours about him being tall, handsome, blonde (sorry but he liked being a brunette) and there was one particular rumor that said he was some merciless Mafioso with an aftershave. Tsuna felt pity for himself, why? Why did people expect so much from him? And why would they imagine aftershave on a ten (not really) year old boy? While drowning in self pity, he ran into someone.

Tsuna fell flat on his butt with potatoes rolling all around him.

"Look at that kid, what a dork." He heard. Getting up to his knees he heard a faint "ow" and looked. His eyes widened and almost, almost went into Hyper Mode and blow this person into oblivion because what he saw wasn't what he had expcted.

In front of him, picking up potatoes was his old enemy, Byakuran. Okay, maybe that went a bit too far calling the guy Byakuran, after taking a closer look, this person was not Byakuran. White hair, purple eyes and a mark below the eye… no. He may share a few similar traits but this person was absolutely not Byakuran.

That didn't mean he was still suspicious though.

He got on to his feet and started picking up potatoes. He put his guard up as he approached the older boy with his arms full of potatoes.

"I'm sorry sir." Byakuran's not-so-look-alike said. He didn't raise his head to look at Tsuna in the eye, like he didn't want to be bothered with the likes of him. Tsuna sighed and completely dropped his guard. After all, Byakuran changed right? If this person was like… his ancestor or something? Nah, this person totally looks nothing like Byakuran and that mark under his eye? It looked like it didn't belong there but as the older boy got up Tsuna squeaked, "Can I come with you?"

The boy hardly reacted, except for his eyebrows that rose in surprise.

"Um, I don't mean to be rude sir but… why?" None of the students here would be caught dead hanging around the schools servants. Even the youngest students knew that.

Tsuna's ears went red. "Eh… well… I got lost you see." He waved his hands for emphasis.

The older boy looked around him and saw how students were already whispering to each other. He turned to look at the young boy in front of him, he was small, and completely bully material. They better not linger for long, he always hated seeing the weaker ones get picked on.

"As you wish sir…?"

"Tsuna. Just call me Tsuna." The younger boy smiled.

Mare felt something ring in his head. Tsuna? That name felt awfully familiar… Tsuna… He shook his head a little and stood up. He'll think about that later on.

"Step this way if you please." He said.

After some time of walking, Tsuna noticed as they went down corridors the less students there seemed. Classes? Maybe. Then he thought, what time was it? His stomach growled loudly and he blushed.

The older boy stopped and looked back at him.

"Sorry… I haven't eaten lunch yet you see…" he explained bashfully.

Mare nodded. "It won't be long then, we're almost to the mess hall sir Tsuna."

"Tsuna." Tsuna corrected.

The older boy smiled a little.

"I'm sorry for not asking this before but what's your name?" Tsuna asked.

First he asks if he could come with him, then he wants to know his name? The young boy was very strange one.

"Mare."

Tsuna's brain went dead. Mare… Mare… MARE?

"Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh?" he fell down on his butt again and stared at Mare, shocked. Just to make it worst, he felt his ring in his breast pocket heat up. Mare placed a hand on the back of his neck as if someone just poked him, looking puzzled.

After a while, Mare blinked and shook his thoughts away. Now studying Tsuna so intensely it almost looked like he was glaring. Scratched that, it looked as if he was staring into his soul. Who was this person anyway?

Mare? Are you kidding me? Tsuna thought. Mare continued to look down on him and eventually, held out his hand for him to take. Tsuna looked at the hand but thought the better of it, Mare is an Italian word. He may not be what I think he is. Besides… it's impossible! With those thoughts in mind he took the hand gratefully.

"Thank you… I… I… saw a spider." It was the lamest thing ever. PERIOD.

"A spider." Mare repeated in his monotonous tone. All emotion fell from his face, including his eyes leaving an empty look. For some reason that look scared Tsuna. It was alien, a complete inhuman look. It wasn't natural. He swallowed slowly. Now he's seen people with empty looks but this… it's as if there was nothing in those eyes. One moment there was life the next there was nothing.

"Oi! What do you think you're doing?" Tsuna looked to his right and saw someone being flung into the wall.

Mare's eyes flickered to life once more and turned to look.

People came out to see what was going on and found one of the senior classmen knocked out. He tried to get up but fell down again as a sleek black shoe forced him down. Tsuna and Mare ran up to see…

"Hibari-san!"

Hibari looked up. "What are you doing?" Tsuna asked.

Hibari raised his tonfas and Tsuna flinched. Looking back down to the student he said, "This herbivore broke the rules… he must be bitten to death."

Tsuna grabbed the roots of his hair. "Hibari-san, this isn't Namimori Middle!" he said in Japanese.

Hibari smirked, "I knew that." He looked at the fallen student "Romantic relationships are prohibited in school premises. For that I will bite you to death"

People all around watched. Who is this kid? Taking down a student from the northern tower? Clovis, the ever most handsome in the whole school? Of course, Hibari is Hibari so who cares? Hibari raised his tonfa for the final blow when the student went on his knees and begged "Please, spare me! Anything but the face!"

Tsuna recognized the smirk on Hibari's face which told him he will anything be but merciful. And he was right,

with a swish of the tonfa

and a cry from the boy,

down he went in an endless sleep.

Bending down on the body of Clovis, Hibari picked something up and raised it to eyelevel. A prefect's badge. Alarms sounded in Tsuna's brain, trying to warn him but it was too late. Hibari had pinned the badge on his chest and at that moment, the Disciplinary Committee had been born in Enollavac Academy.

So much for getting away with whatever they were planning to do.

Hibari glared at the students, "Class." He said and with his one word command, they ran back to their classrooms leaving a deserted corridor.

"Hibari-san… can you actually just do that?" Tsuna asked. Aren't they like, breaking rules and stuff?

"I just did, didn't I?" Hibari's blunt reply was. Looking past the herbivore his eyes narrowed threateningly. Tsuna realized he was looking at Mare, who was just in awe what he had seen before him. Clovis… Clovis was taken down by a mere child? Wow, he can't wait to tell Lia!

For a moment, Tsuna and Hibari locked gazes with each other. There was one thing in Tsuna's eyes: Later. Hibari didn't look like he would argue but Tsuna knew he would be demanding answers later on. Hibari approached him and held out a folded piece of paper. Tsuna took it hesitantly and opened it.

"A map?" Tsuna said in a puzzled tone.

Hibari didn't answer as he just wordlessly walked pass, the heels of his shoes echoing down the corridor as he begun he new reign of discipline.

Looking back down on the map, after a few seconds of scanning it over he found out it was a layout of the whole floor. How did he know that he would get lost? No matter, Tsuna fingered the way and found the mess hall.

"Um, Mare-san?" Mare stared at him quizzically. "San?"

"Oh! It's an honorific from where I come from." Tsuna explained. Mare nodded anyway. Where he came from? Wasn't he Italian?

"Sorry for taking your time, I'll help you carry those if you want." Tsuna said, forgetting that he was in a ten year-old body and most probably wouldn't be able to carry a basket of potatoes twice his weight. Mare had no love for the mafia and stuck-up people but Tsuna was rather… well… sweet.

"Are you sure you're not a girl?" he asked bluntly.

Tsuna's smile faltered. "No. Last time I checked I'm still a boy." Which was this morning.

Mare nodded, as if a little disappointed.

"If you excuse me then sir-"

"Tsuna." Tsuna corrected again, smiling. "Not sir, just Tsuna."

Mare sighed. "If you excuse me then Tsuna." He bowed respectively before walking away. Tsuna just watched him leave, still smiling. When Mare had gone the smile fell from his face, replaced with a rather tense look. Could this be a coincidence of the sort?

Probably.

Tsuna turned and almost tripped over the unconscious Clovis. He stumbled but regained balance.

~ Later on ~

Realizing that their beloved boss had disappeared, Gokudera freaked out. It took all of Mitchel's energy just to keep him from taking out his bombs and demanding each every person that passed if they had seen Tsuna. Mitchel was so relieved when Tsuna enetered the mess hall with an apologetic smile on his face.

"Where have you been Tsuna?" Yamamoto asked.

"Sorry everyone. I got lost. But luckily," Tsuna rummaged his pockets and took out the piece of paper. "I ran into Hibari-san and he gave me a map!" he showed it to them.

Mitchel's eyes were almost bugging out. "May I see young master?" he asked.

"Sure." Tsuna handed it to him.

Mitchel looked at it and felt his jaw drop. Holy whiskers… where did master Hibari get THIS? This is like… super top secret! It was a complete layout of the whole floor, including the secret passages! Young master Tsuna may not have realized but this was a marauders map! How the young master Hibari had gotten this he'll never know. As expected from Master Alaude's son (Giotto gave the servants the story that most of them were children of the guardians and that they've been abroad. Lambo was Lampo's cousin, Ryohei was Knuckle's nephew and Mukuro and Chrome were Deamon's nephew and niece), only the son of the External Advisor would able to get his hands on this!

While Mitchel was thinking to himself in wonder, Tsuna had his guardian's huddle around him and whispered, "You won't believe it but…"

Their eyes widened slightly.

"Think it's possibly Gokudera-kun?"

"I'm not sure Jyuddaime but this is the closest we have been to the trinisette so I guess we should stick around him."

"Just because his name is Mare?" Yamamoto said.

"Not only that stupid baseball nut! It could be our lead! We've been here for two weeks and we have found nothing." Gokudera muttered darkly.

They were quiet for a moment until Tsuna's and Ryohei's stomach grumbled.

"Heheh…" Tsuna laughed weakly.

"Extremely HUNGRY!" Ryohei said.

Gokudera sighed and smiled.

~ Cavallone Famiglia ~

"I hope they enjoy their stay here." Flavio murmured as he sat in his office, looking outside his window.

Ailith was beside him, scribbling furiously on his clipboard that he was holding. "I doubt it for what you have in mind." He muttered.

Flavio smiled and leaned back against his chair. "Come now, you shouldn't be pessimistic… they'll love the event this weekend!"

Ailith rolled his eyes. "If they die?"

"I already made the rules. No killing, no maiming." Flavio said cheerfully.

"This is a mafia war between the dorms and you're expecting them to follow your rules?"

"Tut, tut. It's not a war Ailith, it's called capture the flag!" Ailith sighed again and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Pray tell where in the world did you get that idea?"

"Come now Ailith, didn't you know how soldiers know how the battle was over? Once the enemy's flag is captured, both sides considered the skirmish settled. It's would give them experience as well anyway." Flavio said as he took a sip of his tea.

Ailith looked at his boss with a slight admiration in his eyes. True, their boss was weird but the man was brilliant. He's a good boss.

Flavio smiled, his eyes staring into the distance.

A soft knock made it's way to his ears and the door opened, revealing Hibari Kyoya with the Head Prefect's badge on his chest.

Ailith adjusted his glasses. "Well, I didn't expect you to defeat Clovis that easily."

Hibari shrugged, "The herbivore is an airhead."

"I won't deny that." Ailith said.

"Ailith, what is all this about?" Flavio asked, a bit confused.

He smiled at him, "Meet the new Head Prefect Headmaster." Hibari smirked. Later on, Flavio realized how ruthless discipline could be.

Hibari wouldn't be Hibari if he was staying at a school and he wasn't the prefect so I just had to make him. As for the capture of the flag, THAT is so gonna be the turning point where everything really starts. Destruction, violence, you name it and it will be there.

I'll tell you guys ONE thing about Mare though… he's not… well… completely HUMAN. 8D