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I'm going to go by the manga. Because it will be a learning experience for me and perhaps a pace of change for you guys, I wouldn't know of course but let me hear your opinions! I will make it different from the manga chapter of course.
Disclaimer: If I owned Katekyo Hitman Reborn...It won't be as popular. :)
Sorry to keep you readers waiting!
Tsuna heaved a huge sigh of relief. Tutoring Yamamoto in History wasn't that tough. To her surprise, the baseball junkie was actually pretty smart and would have scored ninety-two on hundred if not for his passion for baseball. He had asked her to tutor him a bit in Math as well since she was scoring better now (it was all Gokudera. She would have to buy a new set of winter clothing for him later. Apparently he didn't have any even if it was freezing cold outside) and she had gladly offered but only on the easy parts. She'd have to ask Gokudera to tutor them both later.
She felt like throwing a party once Reborn said he was going out to buy some coffee. However, looking through his belongings could satisfy her curiosity and boredom...if not for her cynical thinking.
She didn't fancy playing Russian Roulette with him thank you very much! Yes she knew all about Russian Roulette thanks to some studying on topics associated with guns, a homework decided by Reborn. She had studied so thoroughly...she had found the sick and disgusting game.
And Reborn was the type of person to play Russian Roulette. A completely sadistic person would find pleasure in playing Russian Roulette. And Reborn, professional hitman or not, was sadistic and would find pleasure in playing Russian Roulette.
Just then the doorbell rang and Tsuna yelled to her mother "I'm getting it!" and ran down to the door. Imagine her surprise when she opened the door...she found Reborn sitting on her first friend, Kyoko Sasagawa's shoulder.
She shrieked for dear life.
"Oh Tsuna-chan! Nice to see you!" Kyoko said smiling.
"A-a-a-ah Kyoko-chan...hello..." Tsuna said, ready to faint. Reborn, seeing her expression, smirked. She gave a glare to Reborn, to which the hitman looked impassively at her.
The look on her face demanded explanations. There was merely a fainted amused expression from Reborn. However Kyoko, oblivious to the hostile look from Tsuna decided to explain.
"When Reborn-kun went to buy coffee, the saleswoman there was pretty mean to him so I decided to buy the coffee for him and he invited me to your house!" Kyoko said excitedly.
She then looked at Tsuna with stars in her eyes.
"Is Reborn-kun your brother?" Tsuna went white with horror. Hell no!
"No I'm her-" Tsuna was quick to grab the annoying baby and shut his mouth with her hand and looked sweetly at Kyoko.
"He's my cousin!" Tsuna said, with disguised cheer. Reborn was quicker to pull her hand away from his mouth for which Tsuna was extremely glad for.
She then whispered in Reborn's ear; "Are you mental? I don't want questions on my heritage. You'd do fucking well to keep your mouth shut on Mafia. I really don't care if you can shoot me to my death or not but I'd rather everyone at school not know my Mafia heritage unless absolutely necessary." She whispered with such a fury that Reborn was quite amused at it.
Kyoko looked confusedly at Tsuna. "Tsuna-chan?"
"Ah...I was just lecturing him not to go outside to buy coffee." Tsuna said quite smoothly. Oblivious or not, she didn't want Kyoko to know anything by the slightest chance.
She let Reborn jump from her arms and sheepishly rubbed the back of her head. "Where are my manners? Make yourself welcome here!" She said brightly.
Kyoko sat beside the family table while Tsuna sat on the other side, keeping a wary eye on Reborn who was sitting right next to her.
"I envy you, Tsuna-chan." Tsuna was surprised.
"Eh?"
"I can't see my cousins so easily...and yet your cousin is right next to you..I really love my cousins so I envy you for seeing your cousins so easily." Tsuna felt so guilty she wanted to slash and hack Reborn into pieces.
'Now that I come to think of it, Kyoko-chan had been talking to Kurokawa-san about not seeing her cousins...I'm more of an idiot than Yamamoto-kun. Scratch that, he's much better than me.' Tsuna thought woefully.
Tsuna looked so guilty that Kyoko felt alarmed.
"I d-d-d-don't mean anything by it Tsuna-chan!" Tsuna looked alarmed and then shook her head, chuckling.
"It's ok Kyoko-chan...So...Kyoko-chan, what do you want to do?" Kyoko then had a gleam in her eyes.
"Talk about the guy you like of course!" Tsuna's face went as red as a tomato.
"Huh?" She asked, not sure if she heard Kyoko clearly or not. Sure she had a crush on a certain baseball lover but she might as well throw it at the pit of her mind. She had a crush on him from the moment she saw him and well...he was pretty oblivious so she might as well save the heartbreak.
Reborn smirked to himself. It was a good chance to blackmail Tsuna and he wasn't about to let it go, no matter how disgusting the talk would be. He had learnt that from a Spartan woman a long time ago. He might also be able to enjoy Iemitsu squirming just at the thought of his 'Tuna-chan' having a crush on someone when he gives the report to Nono.
He already knew of course, it was Yamamoto. But then again, he wanted to hear it right from Tsuna's mouth.
Tsuna went red. She knew that Reborn would be listening for some twisted reason or the other but Kyoko wouldn't give up. Well if they wanted a chess game, they'll get it.
"Yep! So..Who is it?"
"No one." She lied with a blank voice. Kyoko looked disbelieving and raised an eyebrow.
"Oh really? Well why did you go red when I suggested the talk?" Kyoko asked smartly. Tsuna felt like face palming herself. There was a reason that Kyoko got good scores after all. Not that she didn't like Kyoko or anything of course, but she had pegged the girl as oblivious as her mother. Ah well, looks like her judgement has been wrong for once.
"Probably because I'm hormonally attracted to boys?" She decided to retort. She felt no shame in saying that because it was scientifically true in some ways. She was, after all attracted to the opposite sex and there was nothing embarrassing about it. To her, anyways.
Kyoko went red. "Tsuna-chan! For crying out loud, you're no fun!" Tsuna inwardly smirked. Checkmate. Thank the lords. Kyoko had been embarrassed at the fact she included hormones in their conversation.
"Sorry Kyoko-chan but I really don't like talking about this." Tsuna said, genuinely apologetic. Maybe that had been a bit too far. Reborn felt disappointed and amused at the same time. His disappointment was because the girl had not said who it was. He'd shoot anyone who pointed that out though.
His amusement was that the girl had cleverly managed to weasel her way out of an embarrassing situation. A good trick up a mafia boss' sleeve, he noted. Looks like Nono won't be disappointed with the choice. She was much better than the other bosses by a various advantages, having the benefit of surprise up her sleeve for one. Her diligent research was quite another coupled with her analytical mind.
Although, he thought to himself in heavy amusement, she wouldn't be able to weasel her way out of her embarrassment with Dying Will Bullets.
"So...want to do something?" Tsuna asked.
Just then, Nana Sawada just rushed in like a hurricane with sparkling eyes.
"Tsu-chan! You never told me you made a friend with a girl!" She said so brightly that Tsuna had to shield her eyes. Her daughter swore that there were flowers and moe items at her back.
'Should've known Mama wouldn't let this escape her notice...Now I'll most probably be made to wear...eww, dresses and be dolled up. I don't want my pride as a tomboy to go awaay!' Tsuna yelled in her mind. She was well known amongst the girls as a 'stupid tomboy.'
Well better a 'stupid tomboy' than a giggling girl who wouldn't focus on her studies. She wanted to get into a good college and get a nice future thank you very much!...Even if she had to become a Mafia boss.
"Ah...So much happened Mama. And you were busy enough as it is..." Tsuna said guiltily.
Nana waved her hand with a flourish. "Nonsense Tsu-chan! You think like an old man sometimes! You have to tell me if you get a boyfriend, ok?" Tsuna went red. Kyoko giggled.
'Like hell!' She thought vehemently.
To Tsuna, Nana and Kyoko got on like a house on fire. She watched blankly as they chattered about random stuff. Why did God make her a girl again?
In Heaven...
The ultimate being in the universe known as God, sneezed. Giotto, also known as Ieyasu Sawada, looked at him in horror.
"God! What has happened?" God looked at him blankly.
"Your descendant is being sarcastic and cynical...again." Giotto face palmed.
What kind of girl was his descendant anyway?
Back to Earth...
Tsuna sighed in relief as her mother went to get refreshments. Thank the Lords for saving her from potential embarrassment.
"Tsuna-chan...Can we play a game?" Kyoko asked pleadingly. Tsuna was not heartless after all, despite the approval Reborn was showering on her earlier.
She was so easy to read, and her thoughts were interesting as well. That didn't mean he was a mind reader though. Tsuna was just that easy to read, despite her best attempts to discard her thoughts in front of him.
"Hmm...I can't think of any...maybe shogi?" Kyoko sweat dropped at the suggestion.
"What are you, an old man?" Tsuna blushed.
"I just happen to like the game very much!" She defended herself.
"Ok, Reborn-kun, how about you?" Tsuna went white in horror.
Who knows what the sadistic baby would pick? Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit! Screw the fact she was swearing, Reborn might pick something which was not middle school friendly. Oh why was she such an idiot to go pick shogi of all things?
Reborn smirked to himself at her panic. "Russian Roulette then." Tsuna almost fainted while Kyoko looked oblivious and just looked confused.
"Russian...what?" Kyoko asks, tilting her head to the side with a question mark above her head.
Tsuna wanted to die and kill her ancestor now. Screw Reborn, she needed to kill that freaking ancestor of hers!
"Tsuna-chan? You look pale..are you having a fever?" Kyoko asked worriedly. Tsuna shook her head.
"I'm fine Kyoko-chan. Right as rain!" She said grinning...weakly.
"So...Tsuna-chan. Do you know how to play Russian R-roulette?" Kyoko asked in pure confusion.
Tsuna didn't know what to do now. For all her bluntness, she couldn't form any words in her mouth now.
Reborn was satisfied. Tsuna now could not interfere in his plans, to say the least. "Russian Roulette is a risky game of testing one's luck. You load one round of bullets in a gun and aim it at your own head in a suicidal fashion and then pull the trigger. It is indeed a life-risking game of testing your luck."
Kyoko thought about it then clapped her hands. "All right then! We'll play it!" Tsuna almost fainted from shock again.
'What part of 'aim a gun fully loaded with bullets at your head and pull the trigger' and 'life risking' does she not understand?!' Tsuna thought in shock. She really needed to drink some apple juice or just start eating sweets in case she really got stress and high blood pressure.
Just then her phone started ringing with the 'Ichirin no Hana' song. Tsuna took the phone and almost sobbed in relief at the caller's ID. For no reason whatsoever.
'Yamamoto-kun!' She thought relievedly.
She accepted the call and placed it near her ear. "Hello Yamamoto-kun?"
"Ah Tsuna...my old man wanted you to come eat sushi with us some time...think you can do it now?" She could hear a shout of "Juudaime-hime is probably busy now you idiot!" courtesy of Gokudera.
"Ah...I need to ensure somebody's safety now...Maybe this evening?" She asked. She then face palmed. Her and her stupid bluntness!
"Ah...Ok then. Are you playing the mafia game again?" He asked with disappointment lacing his tone. Again, there was a shout of "The mafia is not a game you idiot! What part of murder and killings you do not understand?!" once again, courtesy of Gokudera.
"Is Gokudera-kun there with you?" She asked, tiredly.
"Yeah. Apparently he was surrounded by fangirls when he reached his house so he's hiding here."
"What?" Her tone was laced full of disbelief.
"You heard me." She could practically hear the grin in his tone. Then there was a shout of "Don't you fucking embarrass me in front of Juudaime-hime!"
There was a sound of a scuffle then Gokudera's voice could be heard.
"I'm extremely sorry Juudaime-himeee!" The drag in the last syllable was probably because of Yamamoto casually snatching his phone back.
There was an awkward silence and Tsuna didn't like it.
"So Yamamoto-kun...got any doubts in Japanese?"
"Yeah...I don't understand some of the conjugations though. Thanks for the help!"
"Sure thing." She paused, thinking of something then shrugged.
"See you later Yamamoto-kun." She said.
"Yeah sure." He said cheerfully.
Once she put her phone down, Kyoko and Reborn smirked at her.
"So...what was that about not having a crush huh?" Kyoko teased. Tsuna went red.
"I don't have a crush on him!" She vehemently protested. Kyoko shrugged.
"Suuure." She drawled, having a mischievous smile on her face. Then her face brightened.
"Let's start the game!" Tsuna paled. Oh the dreadful moment she was waiting for...not. The moment was pretty dreadful anyway.
"Wait a minute Kyoko-chan!" Tsuna yelled and quickly took Reborn's gun. Reborn smirked at her. (Was it her imagination or was he smirking all the time whenever she saw his face? The girl wondered fleetingly)
"Don't worry Dame-Tsuna. The bullets are for party use." Reborn said. Tsuna tested it and lo and behold came out a bunny in a jack-in-the-box style.
Tsuna was still skeptical however. However Kyoko was enthusiastic about the whole thing. Way too enthusiastic for Tsuna's liking.
Reborn handed the gun to Kyoko, much to Tsuna's growing dread. Kyoko then aimed the gun at her head and pulled the trigger.
Much to Tsuna's horror, the bullet did not come out in the jack-in-the-box style. It just made a clean shot at Kyoko's forehead. Tsuna immediately knew what bullet that was. Reborn was no ordinary hitman and as such wouldn't use ordinary bullets...that only left...
"Reborn you bastard, you used they Dying Will Bullet didn't you?!" She yelled, holding the baby up by the collar. Reborn just looked calmly at her.
"Very perceptive of you Dame-Tsuna. Yes, I used the Dying Will Bullet." Tsuna went white with horror and rage.
"You...fucking bastard, how could you?! What if she didn't have any regrets at all?! How could you just go kill a pure, innocent girl?!" Tsuna yelled angrily. Tears were now coming from her eyes.
Reborn still was calm, not appearing horrified at the fact he just shot a girl who had no connections to the mafia whatsoever...other than the fact her dear friend was a mafia boss to be of one of the most dangerous mafia families.
'She probably doesn't have any regrets dying...her life was full of fun, joy and laughter after all. It probably wasn't black and white like mine...' The girl thought sadly. She sobbed so much that she was coughing.
Just then, Kyoko arose with all her clothing...gone except for her undergarments. Tsuna just fainted from blood loss. What? Kyoko was good looking.
"The fuck?!" She shrieked when she woke up.
Reborn looked at Tsuna. "I don't shoot innocent people for no reason. She does have regrets."
Tsuna glared. "Don't you dare talk." Reborn just smirked.
Tsuna looked at Kyoko with wonder. "She's pretty quiet for someone in their Dying Will Mode..." The girl noted.
"Tsuna-chan...Please don't lie to me now. I want to know the truth from now. Please don't live like a hermit, I want you to come to my house sometime." Tsuna went red. Her lying was something Kyoko regretted. Damn, she really was horrible.
And the things Kyoko said...
What. The. Hell.
She really should start being more social if she didn't want to be called a hermit of all things.
Just then Nana came in and just shrieked at the sight of a girl in nothing except her undergarments. She fainted much to Tsuna's horror.
"Reborn! Just fix this! I don't want anyone else to see Kyoko-chan like this! It's degrading!" She yelled. Reborn smirked.
He took out a hammer which was ordinary looking. Tsuna looked warily at it.
"Reborn...Is a hammer necessary?" The baby didn't bat an eyelash.
"Yes. This hammer is a Reverse 1 Ton." Tsuna raised an eyebrow.
"Reverse...1 ton? It looks pretty ordinary to me."
"It isn't. It weighs 1 ton." Tsuna wondered whether today was 'Stress Tsunayoshi Day' because she got stressed...again.
"What the hell?!" She asked in horror and shock.
Reborn didn't answer and hit Kyoko on the back of her head. The bullet just popped out and the Dying Will Flame was extinguished.
"The bullet got knocked out!" Tsuna said in surprise.
"This hammer disables Dying Will Bullets and changes the victim's mindset, making them believe it was a dream. Only I can use this method though."
"You should have used it earlier!" The chocolate haired girl yelled as she was carrying Kyoko bridal style.
Reborn tipped his fedora in a very annoying manner to Tsuna. She had to give a dress to Kyoko so her parents wouldn't freak out seeing their daughter in a near-naked state...And she really did not want to meet Kyoko's brother. She had the misfortune of meeting him once and she had got traumatised with his...extreme personality.
Thankfully she knew the way and most thankfully her parents weren't there...Nor her brother.
Tsuna sighed. She should really go to Take-Sushi and relieve all that stress.
Kyoko wondered why she had a weird dream of talking to Tsuna about lying to her in her undergarments. She didn't remember sleeping today...
There were so many questions but Kyoko decided to focus on her Physics homework for now.
Huh...I am a bit satisfied with this chapter. And I have added 8027! Well the story's main focus is Yamamoto and Tsuna so...yeah. Obviously I have to add Yamamoto here and there whenever he's not given focus.
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I have decided to give a preview of each upcoming chapter.
Next chapter, Lambo appears! So...(mischievous smile) Expect something different.
Until the next chapter!