Darn it, I made a major error on the first chapter. I wrote Namimori High instead of Namimori Middle. Oh well, I changed it. So that's why people aren't reading this?

Or I think I just suck at writing stories.

Oh well, on with it! I do not own KHR blah blah and blah

:D

Meeting the Famiglia: The Tutor and Lambo

Approximately five hours had passed since Veronica came to Japan, and the following day was still not in her favor.

It was evening when they got to Sawada residence, and Nana, being the good host she was, told Veronica to take a hot shower, for she had already prepared it before they left to fetch her. Tsuna, on the other hand, just sat down on the couch and glanced to his left and right as if he was looking for something, or rather, someone in particular. After that he just stood up and headed somewhere, probably in his room. Veronica just shrugged it off, thinking he was just neurotic. "Kids these days," she thought.

Nana told Veronica the directions to her room, which was just directly across Tsuna's, and asked if she needed some help, which she politely declined. "I think I can manage on my own, Mama," she said. She had managed to catch a glimpse of where Tsuna was headed and that helped her locate her destination.

She spent about thirty minutes unpacking her luggage and organizing her room, after which she decided to take the hot bath.

Problem number one: She didn't know where the bathroom was. Good thing the answer was just a few steps and a knock away from her.

Veronica stepped out of her room and knocked at Tsuna's door. Tsuna didn't respond so she just opened it.

Much to her surprise, she was greeted by Tsuna being beat up by a baby wearing a suit and a fedora hat. Tsuna was sitting in front of his table with some papers laid across him while the said baby stood at the table as he slaps Tsuna with a paper fan.

Problem number two: There's a baby in the house and the said person is beating up Nana and Iemitsu's son.

The two noticed her and Tsuna suddenly tensed up. "Kinomoto-san!"

She rubbed both of her eyes fiercely, then she took a look at Tsuna. I must be hallucinating. I MUST be hallucinating! I really hate kids!

It was just Tsuna there. Just Tsuna looking so nervous.

"Where's the baby?" she asked.

Tsuna scratched the back of his head. "W-what baby? "

She continued to interrogate him. "I'm positive I've seen a baby here. Don't kid with me, Sawada Tsunayoshi."

"Eh...was that supposed to be a...joke?"

Veronica just glared at him.

"HIIIIIIIEEEEE! T-there's no baby here, I assure you! You must be hallucinating, Kinomoto-san!" he flinched.

The glare was still present in her face. They continued their staring contest, or for Veronica's part, a one-sided glaring contest, until Tsuna looked away. I figured that much. "Hmph. If I find that out there's a baby here, I'm gonna feed your insides to a Chihuahua," she smirked.

"HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEE!"

A smile crept up Veronica's face. "Haha! I'm just joking. Don't get all tensed up."

"That was definitely not a joke!" Tsuna gaped. I'm pretty sure that the other one was supposed to be the joke.

She crossed her arms. "Kidding aside, can you give me the directions for the bathroom?"

"Turn left. The only door you'll see is the door to the bathroom," a voice familiar to Veronica's ears echoed through the room.

Tsuna was already panicking while Veronica tried to locate its source when suddenly; a figure emerged under Tsuna's table. It was the baby earlier.

She raised her eyebrows at him. "I thought there's no baby here?" Tsuna raised both of his arms in defense. "H-He told me to not tell you! It's his fault!" he said while he pointed at the baby.

She looked at the baby. Something about it seems familiar. She stared at the baby some more and then the reality cut through her like a blade. "Ciaossu," the baby said. "I'm no-good Tsuna's home tutor, Reborn. Have I seen or met you somewhere?"

Well, fuck! Reborn's here! I haven't seen him in the last few years, but I didn't expect to meet him now! My first mission at that!

Her cool façade slipped off and was instead replaced by a nervous one. Veronica was expecting some troubles along her mission but she didn't expect it to come so soon. Knowing Reborn's playful nature, she decided to play along. "No, I don't think you have seen or met me anywhere because I don't think I have seen or met you, too, ha-ha-ha-ha..." she waved her hands dismissively. Crap, that sounded really suspicious.

"I'm positive I've seen you before. You look a lot like someone I know, only about 6 or 7 years older," Reborn said. There was some sort of evil glint in his beady eyes that Veronica missed.

"What's up with this baby, Tsunayoshi?" beads of sweat trickled down her face. I hope I'm not being too obvious.

Tsuna felt something off as he watched the two converse. It was like the girl knew Reborn, from the way she talked with him. Another thing was that she wasn't even caught off guard by Reborn's introduction. Heck, she didn't even thought of Reborn as cute, like most of girls Tsuna met did. Could Reborn's assumptions be true? He felt uneasy.

"Anyways, Imma head out to the bathroom, so if you'll excuse me," she hastily stepped out of the room.

Reborn still looked at her direction even after she has left. What is Veronica doing here?

"Eh? What's the matter, Reborn? Are you alright?"

Reborn snapped out of his thoughts and smacked Tsuna with his paper fan across the cheek.

"How considerate of you, Tsuna. Now get back to work."

Veronica woke up feeling rather exhausted for someone who had more than eight hours of sleep. She touched her head and winced. Oh joy. A headache.

She headed downstairs to get some aspirin and proceeded to clean herself. While showering, she thought of Reborn's visit in her room last night.

Veronica was casually talking with Iemitsu via video call when Reborn's usual greeting made her shut her laptop down.

She snapped her head to Reborn's direction. "Reborn! Haven't you ever heard of knocking?!"

"At least I alerted you of my presence. You know, a good spy must be aware of the presence around. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about," he said as he plopped down on her bed.

She waved her hand dismissively and lied. "No, I'm afraid not. I don't even have a molecule of clue of what you're spouting," all while keeping her famous business face. Heh. I'm so good at lying that I can earn money from it. I'm so confident in my skills, that even Reborn will fall for it.

"Veronica, stop messing around. Why are you here?" Or not. Damn you Reborn, that's a blow to my pride.

She sighed for the umpteenth time, "If you know that much already, then why are you even asking questions, mister know-it-all? Damn it, thanks for ruining my mission! Now I'm sure I'll get the blah blah," and she goes on.

"It'll be best for you to tell me everything."

"Fine. Iemitsu ordered me to spy on his son. Spy as in report on his daily life. Somewhat like stalking. Or whatever, your choice. He said if Tsuna or Mama finds out about this, he'll give me a punishment."

"So what's the punishment?"

"I honestly don't know."

He smirked and headed for the door. Before he closed the door he said, "Actually, I know all about your mission. Iemitsu knows I'm here, too, since Vongola Nono assigned me to make Tsuna into a mafia boss."

She turned off the shower and dried herself off. So the tutor thing was just a cover up? And to think a guy like Tsuna will be the Vongola Decimo. Damn, then what does that make us normal people? She just stepped out of the bathroom when she heard an explosion. She momentarily stopped on her tracks and tried to find the source. "Where...?"

Veronica had three guesses where. One, in Tsuna's room, two, in Tsuna's room, and three, in Tsuna's room.

I guess I have no right to be complaining, considering what he's going through. "Good luck to you, Tsunayoshi. You'll definitely need it," she mumbled to herself before going on her merry way.

Sometime later, Veronica was doing a report on Tsuna's life when her laptop flashed a blue light and a window popped on her screen.

"So what happened, Ashitaba? How's the mission?" Iemitsu's grin greeted her. She put her right palm forward. "Wait," she said. She stood up and locked the door, after which she proceeded to return to her sitting position, plug and wear her headphones for maximum security.

"One word. Terrible."

He smirked. "Enlighten me."

Veronica stared at the monitor. Stared some more. Stared some more. Stared some more at Iemitsu's never-changing face, until she resigned. "Fine fine. I'll tell you. It's part of my job, anyways."

She started her speech with a cough. "Ahem...so...apparently, Reborn found out about the mission. He came and confronted me when we were talking last night."

"I know he'll find out soon enough."

She nearly chucked the laptop out the window. "Damn it, why do you always make things hard for me?! You could've warned me or something! And he said that you know he's here! Damn it! *Sigh* So...what's the punishment? You better say it now, or else...!"

"Hold your horses. I did say that there'll be punishment BUT! The thing is, if only Tsuna or Nana knows. Hahaha! So there's nothing to worry about...for now."

"You know y—"

"Oh and one more thing. Do you know why I asked you to wear a formal outfit for your departure?"

That definitely caught her attention. "Why exactly?"

"Well, I was kinda hoping that you would get it, but I guess you really are stupid." Ouch. This dude is asking for it.

"Why, you...!"

"It was for you to use your illusion. How can you be able use it to modify what you look at your will, but not even be able to use it to change your clothes?"

Huh. I've never even gave it a thought. It hurts to admit that he's right...Gosh why am I so stupid?! I even went and made things difficult by forcing myself to act friendly with Oregano! Daaaaaaaamn iiiiiiiiiit!

And then there was an explosion again. Oh, thank heavens, a distraction!

"Uhm, so you probably heard an explosion, right? I'm just gonna...check what's going on. It might be the end of the world for all you know."

"Or it could just be Reborn."

She smiled sweetly. "Bye, boss!" Then she snapped her laptop down.

"I think it's not just Lal that I'm going to thank for the power to save people from awkward situations," she mumbled before leaving.

She closed her door and much to her surprise, she saw Tsuna doing the same.

"Yo, Tsunayoshi. How's your life? Me? I happened to hear an explosion about thirty minutes ago, and another one just now, so I'm checking it out," she casually told him.

"Ah...I'm just...doing the usual thing, uhm, studying with Reborn, and Reborn tutoring me," he said while scratching his cheek.

"So you didn't hear the explosions? Impossible."

"There's no way I'm telling her!" he thought.

Just when Veronica was about to express her thoughts, Nana called Tsuna downstairs.

Thank goodness, mom! "I'm coming, mom!" he dashed to where Nana was.

"Wait up, Tsuna. I'm coming too."

It was not what Veronica had expected. The dirty, snotty and crying kid in front of them was not what she had expected to see. Why am I so unlucky? I hate babies, but I really hate crying babies the most!

"He's Reborn-kun's friend, right? Did they fight?" Nana told Tsuna. "Tsuna, you're older than those two, so be the middle man and settle it out. I'm going to make dinner so I'll leave it to you."

"Eh?! I don't want to!" Tsuna looked really helpless with the kid clinging onto his right leg. "Hey, let go!" His tears and snot are seeping in!

Veronica just stood there while her arms were crossed. To her, Tsuna's misfortune was really enjoyable. "Well, I'm gonna leave you to your babysitting duties." She turned to leave.

"No, don't go, Kinomoto-san! Help me out, please!" It was his turn to cling onto Veronica's leg.

"Ack! Alright, alright! Just get off me!" Geez, I just keep getting surprises, don't I? "I'm just gonna be your support, so do whatever you want," she just shrugged off.

"Thanks, Kinomoto-san." He turned to the crying kid. "I'll call Reborn for you, okay?"

The kid shook his head.

Fiercely.

"Geez, Tsunayoshi, what did you do to him? He looks really scared."

Tsuna can't help but sweatdrop.

"Hey, isn't he running out of tears?" Veronica asked Tsuna. They were sitting on grass beside the river, with the kid between them. It seemed the kid won't stop crying.

"He won't stop crying! Ack, what should we do? It looks like I made him cry," Tsuna, on the other hand, was on the verge of being insane. "I kinda see that, Tsunayoshi. Well, since this is your entire fault, why don't you give him a treat, or something to make him calm down a bit? Don't you have anything with you?"

"Let me check." He fished for something in his pocket, and seemed to have found something. "Here," he handed the kid a candy. "You like to eat candy, right?"

"La-Lambo's dream is to be the boss of the Bovino Famiglia and...*sniff* to make all humanity bow down to me," Lambo said while crying. "But my boss told me to defeat the super first-class hitman, Reborn."

Tsuna suddenly became interested at the mention of Reborn's name. "Oh yeah, you really met Reborn before?"

Lambo told them the tale of his meeting with Reborn. How they talked a lot, according to him. How he was eating his favourite grapes and how Reborn was blowing bubbles from his nose back then.

"That means he's sleeping!" Veronica and Tsuna gaped at Lambo, and thought of the same thing.

Then Veronica turned to Lambo,"*sigh* That's some crazy dream, kid. You know, I think a kid like you isn't fit to be in a mafia world. You're too much innocent of all the dangers waiting. (A/N: She seriously needs to take her own advice.) Not to mention you cry too much, crybaby."

Lambo looked shocked. "I-I do not! The great Lambo is not a crybaby!"

"Then what do you call the things that you did earlier?" Both of them just stared at each other until Lambo's tears welled up and he started to cry again.

"Kinomoto-san! We just made him stop! Please stop making him cry! Oh, and wait, WHY DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE MAFIA?!"

It was in that moment that she realized what she had said. Damn, of all the people I could have slipped my identity to...! I guess there's no use denying, huh? Then punishment it is! "Uhm, cause I'm in the mafia?"

"So do you know Reborn, by any chance?"

"Yes."

"I KNEW IT! Well, we should go home now, don't you think?"

Well, that was not the reaction she was expecting. At least he won't know of the mission.

"Maybe after we've calmed Lambo down, don't you think?"

At the dinner table, the atmosphere was heavy.

"It's fine, you two! The more, the merrier!" Nana exclaimed.

Tsuna's thoughts: It's not fine! Why should I be happy eating dinner, surrounded by kids...

Veronica's thoughts: It's not fine! Why should I be happy eating dinner, surrounded by a know-it-all hitman and a crybaby!

"I'm going out to deliver the circular bulletin next door, so be good, you two!"

After Nana left, the atmosphere was still tense. Tsuna couldn't take it anymore, so he asked Reborn and Veronica to do something, which the mentioned two just ignored.

"Sure, ignore me," Tsuna said.

Before Veronica can even retort, Lambo threw the knife he was holding, at Reborn, which he easily deflected with his spoon. The knife stuck through Lambo's forehead, which was now trickled by blood.

Veronica gaped at Reborn, "Hey! That's overdoing it, Reborn! He's just a child! Take it easy on him!" Before she can check up on Lambo, Tsuna suddenly shouted something and then POOF!

They were surrounded by a pink smoke.

Aaaaand cut! Reviews are appreciated! :D