AN: This is back in high school when he's 16 after being in Italy, which you will find out about later. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

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Tsuna thought back to his time in Italy for the past year. Returning to Japan after such a long stint in Italy seemed like an uphill battle. He had returned to his old room in his house last night with adult Reborn. To say Lambo and I-pin had been excited was an understatement. Now that they were eight and their older brother was back, they seemed to feel the world was the limit. and Tsuna was trying his best to make those thoughts possible. But for now his plans included starting school at Namimori High School which he had tested into before coming home and seeing his famiglia again.

In Italy Tsuna had the habit of calling them whenever possible, although it was usually during his lunch break. And at one in morning when he would come home from work and usually Gokudera would be on his way to school. He felt he owed it to him to at least talk to him on his way to school. He sometimes missed calling him because of work. he let Gokudera assume that today was one of those days. Tsuna's fingers flew over his touch screen organizer and began reading finance reports and such on his way to school. Reborn had decided to come to Namimori to protect Tsuna. It wouldn't be long till people began to figure out he had left Italy for Japan. Once that happened, people would begin crowding him thinking that he could be easily swayed without the Ninth's protection.

He groaned inwardly as he ran his hand through his hair, now a bit shorter thanks to Reborn's gunshots, the sun had also lightened it during his time in the mountains. He remembered that time fondly, training in the Italian country side. He would be extremely burned if he didn't burn off his skin daily because of his flame. He had also grown taller during his time in Italy. According to Reborn, his shoulders had also grown wider. Yet Tsuna still lacked the ability to grow any type of facial hair.

He was at the gates when someone first recognized him

"Dame-Tsuna?" asked someone from next to the wall. He cringed.

"Well, well, I must say I missed you. no one was quite as efficient as you when it came to doing my errands." Startled, and still not used to this atmosphere, he let his instincts take hold. Tsuna swept his leg under the boy and his companion. He head butted the one that came closest, then slammed their heads together for good measure. Before he could be seen and linked to the crime scene, Tsuna jumped the fence into Namimori High School property.

"I wish you wouldn't discipline my students for me, it is not your job; unless you have decided to join the discipline committee?"

"Hibari, as appealing as that sounds, I'll have to pass." Not pausing to let Tsuna offer an excuse Hibari walked off.

Looking around the courtyard he noticed its lack of students, which meant he was early. After finding his assigned classroom Tsuna went to look for his professor. Upon entering the teachers' lounge he smiled at the busy bee atmosphere and found Yamachaka-Sensei sitting in a corner. True to the report Tsuna received on the man, which were promptly floating on his screen, he was just as mousy in real life as he was on screen.

"Excuse me Yamachaka- Sensei" Tsuna bowed like he hadn't in a while, which he hadn't.

"Hello, you must be Tsunayoshi Sawada correct?" Tsuna nodded respectfully in response.

"Alright, well here are your required books and I have found a seat for you if you would follow Me." while he was walked by the older man through Nami-chuu, he finally saw the student body he had missed on his way in. They were hanging out outside and through the halls, like normal teenagers. He sighed at the normalcy compared to the base that he usually inhabited. Whenever he walked down the hall he would find himself being bowed to and he would stop and chat with random people.

Once seated Tsuna took his touch screen organizer and began browsing. He opened up and email from Squalo.

"Hey little boss, these are floating around your old peasant school according to Bel. Good job maybe when you come back you can start a harem." Upon opening the attachment he saw a Catalog of him training shirtless with Reborn. Tsuna had a sneaking suspicion these were taken by Bel, since they all had some sort of blood on him. And they were sold by Marmon.

"Tell Marmon I expect a cut of the profits." was his reply before he closed it down. And layed his head on his arms; and closed his eyes after seeing students begin to trickle in. he just waited.

According to his information Gokudera and Yamamoto both had this class. He browsed the student's flames, and frowned at the lack of them. They all had hardly enough to draw them out. Then again, a flames full power came out during a time of crisis.

Then what he waiting for happened, he saw their flames through the walls first. He immediately noticed their growth during his time away.

Once they entered he heard Gokudera sob and hyperventilate. Then he was taped softly on his shoulder by who could only be Gokudera, acting like his father had finally come home from a business trip.

"Tenth?" Tsuna peeked out from his arms and smiled.

"How did you recognize me Dera?" he asked in Italian.

"You're so big!" laughed Yamamoto in his broken Italian.

After that they began laughing like he had never left. Gokudera bullied people out of their desk, just to sit next to Tsuna. It seemed that during his time away Yamamoto had learned Italian and become a high school baseball star. Gokudera had cut his hair and got more sophisticated with his jewelry and looked less like a thug and more like a pimp.

"Are you staying at home Tenth?"

"Yea, I want to stay with my mom a while. I'm going to buy my own place with the money I got working in Italy. But I'm not going to do that for a while."

"That's good; you should come eat sushi after school, ill skip practice today."

"Don't skip practice take-kun." gasped Tsuna.

"This is a special occasion, and special occasions require special attention!" he smiled and turned to the teacher who was entering, cutting the argument short.

"We seem to have a new student today, please come up here and introduce yourself." Sensei smiled and gestured for him to come up.

Tsuna stood and went up to the front. "Hello I'm Tsunayoshi Sawada; I just came back from studying abroad. Um, as far as my interest go I like manga." He smiled and indulged in the stares of recognition. He bowed and walked back to his desk.

"Alright well….."

After class Tsuna felt tired, and stupider for the experience. The topics covered were things covered by his private tutor's eons ago. To entertain himself he passed notes with Gokudera.

He thought back to Ryohei who was still in Italy. He had hit him in a certain way before he left, that would leave him sleeping for at least a week at the Varia compound. That would give Tsuna enough time to prepare things for his arrival. Like protection for him, and a new home away from Kyoko.

Speaking of Kyoko, she came around the corner with Hana and surprisingly Haru flanking her. He decided to feign disinterest, and praised Gokudera. he was showing him how his new dynamite technique worked and for once Tsuna was in awe of the amount of thought that went into it, and even began to throw in his own suggestions to the mathematical algorithm. The girls were close when his phone went off.

Reborn: I have set up the bullet proof windows, miss you p.s I found ur manga stash ur running laps once your home.

Tsuna: uh no more laps, I'll do something else. Did you hear about that catalog going around my school?

Reborn: of course dame, they were a huge hit in the base. at least three pictures are hung in the kitchens and in a certain someones room.

Tsuna groaned at the information and was replying when he was attacked with a hug.

"Tsuna!" Haru, was hugging him. "Haru, Haru was so worried when you were gone so long!" he hugged back, and pulled back to look her over.

"Haru, you've gotten smaller!" he gasped at how short she was.

"No; Tsuna has just grown too much!"

"Hello Tsuna it's nice to see you, does this mean big brother will be home soon?" she asked hopefully.

"Yes, he will be home in a week. I think," Her smile fell, of course missing her brother. They chatted for a while, before they began walking towards the gates. At the gates Reborn was standing with a cup of coffee in his hands. He left the group and approached him.

"Uni is in Japan, and she says she refuses to go back to Italy without you."

"I would ask if this was a joke; if I didn't know her so well," Reborn laughed.

"At least your good for something, it seems you have already developed a female following here." He gestured towards the group of girls looking at Tsuna.

"I think that's because of you old man."

"We do make a striking pair; I'll see you after you have sushi. Also your mother has been getting visits from other mothers in the neighborhood. All asking about the nice young man that arrived last night." Tsuna blushed and Reborn laughed. "Bakka." After that he walked off.