Reborn's name was oddly ironic if anyone could survive long enough to find out his path. Though he's pretty certain people from his first life would be horrified by what he had been made into by their world's insane expectations.

Characters: Reborn, Tsunayoshi Sawada, Mentions of Vernon, Petunia, and Dudley Dursley, mentions of Timeteo

Rating: Pg

There had once been a boy who learned to be obedient and to keep his opinions to himself for fear of what his Uncle would do. Sometimes it didn't always work as the boy had a temper and a strong sense of self, and other times it was just a bad day to be within sight of Uncle.

The boy spent ten years living and serving Uncle, Aunt, and Cousin and having to pretend he was grateful for being worked like a dog and treated like scum all while bidding his time when he could be old enough to try his luck out in the world on his own. Then one day the boy received a letter and his life changed because Magic was real and suddenly he had Hope. The boy then found out that he was famous and this brand new world seemed to celebrate his arrival and the Hope grew.

But Fame is fickle and Secrets killed and the boy who had become a Light in hopes of pleasing this new world soon began to see that his Hope was wasted and being a Light would not bring him happiness. Soon Hope became Apathy and at times Anger as well when it seemed that Magic as a whole couldn't decide whether it wanted him or wanted to throw him away and no matter what he did it could not please any of them for long. Soon he learned he was not just a boy with Hope to them but a Tool and he chafed and fought even as the noose tightened.

The boy did not want to be Tool, because the boy new from his time with Uncle, Aunt, and Cousin that a Tool would be thrown away or destroyed when it wasn't needed anymore. Thus the boy fled when Magic was rejoicing thinking their Tool was obedient and had done what it had been told to do. None knowing their Tool was gone and the boy had become Snake like he should have been all along instead of pretending to be a roaring Light.

As a Snake the boy plotted and found himself in yet another hidden world, this one of blood and death and Families that took Loyalty seriously. Snake thrived in this world become well known and respected, but Hope never grew again. Snake had learned as the boy that hope was just lies and illusions, especially for one created as a Weapon and hands stained red.

Then, one day, Snake was asked a Favor by someone who had the closes thing to Trust that Snake would ever give.

Snake had looked at the boy in front of him and suddenly Snake was again Weapon/Tool/Light/Hope and he had to fight that back down along with the Anger that had sparked because he saw the boy with Aunt, Uncle, Cousin beaten down and with no hope and realized he was being used to make the boy have Hope and become Weapon/Tool/Light for the sin filled Mafia and something in that caused a Snap.

Reborn was proof of what could happen to a child manipulated into being a Savior, and though there was no choice as he had given his word, there was nothing that said he had to make Tsuna into the Savior that Timeteo actually wanted. Especially as it wasn't his fault the flame sealing had sealed the kid's magic as well so only he realized what true potential he had to work with.