To make things clear,

First, no. He does not have bad sense of direction. Second, no. He does not have a habit of getting lost. There's a big difference. See, Tsuna's the type of person who often relies on his gut feelings more and would end up places he needs to be, not the one he has to be.

Sure enough, that goes the same right now.

Granted, Tsuna did took a strange turn and somehow got himself behind the school building, which also appears to be quite secluded from the place he was previously. But that just means he managed to found a secret passage.

He could just hear the praises his sister would shower him for the accomplishment.

Now back to reality.

Standing across him was a doll-like 'toddler' looking sharp in his suit, complete with a classy fedora. Tsuna pat himself on the back for not screaming when he stumbled into them -Seriously, this was the fourth time today! And went fully default on this.

"Are you a teacher?" The perfect opening to any conversation with a stranger. Please, someone, anyone, just bury him. He prefered it to be two meters deep but beggars can't choosers.

"Why do think so?"

At that point, Tsuna saw a shining light to his plunging doom. He could remember every single detail of it. The voice was squeaky yet even. It flowed with ease, fluent, with confidence, promising untold consequences if being told the wrong answer.

Huh. Well, that's unfair. It's an open question. Was there really a wrong answer to it?

"Unaffiliated people are forbidden from entering the school's ground. It was written in the school handbook. Since you're here, you're not one, right?"

Maybe he's petty and get angry if he doesn't like the answer. Ah... He shouldn't be thinking bad of a stranger. Bad Tsuna. His sister influences just keep getting stronger and stranger by year.

"Close. I'm a home-tutor." The apparent tutor said almost amuse, not sure why though.

"I see..." A wry smile hanging at the corner of his mouth. Even if, he just save him from a total breakdown but still.. "Do you have the permits to enter here? I don't want to accuse but- I don't think it's a good idea if you don't." Tsuna grimaced at a thought.

Reborn lowers his fedora, suspiciously lock his eyes on the direction the brunet ran. He didn't manage to extract much information from the encounter but if the previous interaction with the targ- his-son-to-be-student was true. It didn't seem they have any connection. Coincidence maybe? No, he couldn't take the chances. Something like that isn't some coincidence. He smirked.

"It seems this mission isn't all that boring after all."

Climbing up the stairs, Tsuna could feel a chill down his spine. Note to self, wear warmer clothing.

The ever vast sky.

Tsuna breathes in wonders, idle gazing the mass of blue above him. He grinned at his excellent choice to have lunch on the rooftop. He could easily see whole field and the students littering around.

He chuckled when he saw Ieyasu's group just where he was told they would be. Tsuna doubt there's that many people with blond hair here. Then again, Ieyasu does have a unique aura. Familiar, it was at the tip of his tongue but Tsuna just couldn't guess what.

He sighs, leaning back the rusty rails, slightly cocked his head to his right where his lunchbox laid innocently. He clenched his hand and steadily calming his nerves. Right. Enough about that. He's on an important mission. Failure is not an option. He refused it to be.

He took a big breath.

Count of three,

Two,

One.

"There's a lot of clouds these days, don't you think?"

The steel-eyes locked with his own honey-brown. Tsuna could feel something bubbling inside of him, his heart thumping at a fast beat.

The name smoothly left his mouth.

"Kyoya."

Fights were bad. They hurt people, make them bleed, gave them wounds.

But despite knowing, Tsuna can't deny how captivated he was back then.

Freely, without any influence on it. Elegant and deadly. Sharp eyes, a predator's smile. The craze for adrenaline as they smashed all the walls in their way.

He couldn't helped but admire it. The strength, the willpower, the-

"HIIIIEEEEE!!!" Tsuna screams, running for his life with the demon prefect hot in his trail, thirsting for blood. Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! He should have known this would happen! Happy reunion his foot!

"Woa-" Tsuna almost trips on his feet, barely dodging Kyoya's attack. Having the prefect catching up, he quickly took a dive and rolled behind a wall. He gasped for air, gathering his bearings, counting the footsteps. You can do this, Tsuna. Bear with it!

Tsuna grits his teeth and slipped out to the open, bracing himself for impact.

Only it didn't came.

"Kyo...ya?" Tsuna hesitatedly took a peek with one eye and the perfect was nowhere at sight. Huh?

Oh no.

He began to pale horribly. This was bad. He didn't think things would go down like this. He needs to find the exit asap!

HE'S TOO YOUNG TO - Tsk-ed.

Tsuna halt his dramatic exclamation and looks over the place he layed his lunchbox. Oh, thank God. His anxiousness melts as he walks closer with a loose smile hanging.

"You scared me, Kyoya. Here I thought we're about play the jungle law." He chuckles and about to take a seat when realisation hits him. Shoot. Tsuna froze in a squat formation, maintaining eye contact with the demon prefect. Please, anything? One hint of emotion. Was he in the clear right now?

Argh... It's been so long. His skill reading between the brows had gone rusty. His mind races of the options he could take and one made things crystal clear.

HE MUST PERFORM A DOGEZA!

"I'MSOSORRY,KYOYA.PLEASEFORGIVEMEFORMYINSOLENT.FORBOTEVENTELLING.ISWAERIDIDN'TKNOWBEOFREHANDAND.WHENICAMEBACKICOULDN'TJUSTSHOWMYFACE.I'MSOSORRY."

The prefect stare with an indifferent gaze and tsk-ed. "Stop. You're becoming more of that pathetic carnivore."

Tsuna raise his head with hopeful eyes, "Does that mean the one at fault is Nee-san and not me?"

Tsuna swear he don't normally do this but surely, this one was an exception.

His sister wouldn't mind. She's the one always saying, use my name and I'll always be your shield.

Again. It's fine, he'll just cook her favourite dish as compensation.

Tsuna packs up the peace offering when he noticed Kyoya already walking away. "You're going already?"

"Hn."

"Well, okay." He scratch behing his head awkwardly. They known each other since childhood but guess it doesn't mean their friendship would rekindled just like that. It was a wishful thinking from his side when he was actually the one been avoiding him for 3 years.

Suddenly, something warm fell on top of his head.

"Don't think too much." He heard someone says.

A brief memory came to mind and he smiles.

"Yeah, thanks."

Tsuna slips into his seat and couldn't helped but notice Ieyasu current conditions. He chewed the inside of his mouth from the guilt and scolded himself for mentioning Ieyasu's lateness to Kyoya. He always did that. Tsuna should really worked on his answering habit.

"Please forgive me, Sawada-san." Tsuna whispered under his breath.

"Forgive you for what?"

Tsuna jumped that Ieyasu DID hear him. "Ar... For your... Injuries??" He grimaces inwardly. Why can't you make up a lie?

Thankfully Ieyasu didn't catch on of his telltale and waved airily, "You don't have to do that, you know. It's not like it's your fault I got injured, Tsuna." -If only you known. Said brunet shrinks.

"I was getting for it for being late. Knew it was impossible to get away from the Demon's clutches."

Tsuna frowns, feeling agitated how his maybe-friend was calling his still-friend a Demon but didn't voice it instead, he says how painful it looks. Ieyasu once again waved it off saying he was getting used to it, being a frequent victim since grade-school.

"-ring fourth grade. Now, that was ugly." Ieyasu shivered at the memory.

Tsuna gawped, "And you didn't do anything to fix that habit?"

"Hey! I'm still an excellent student, you know." Ieyasu proudly says before turning sheepish, "Just... It's hard to get up early. I'm not exactly the morning type of person" He found himself being given the unimpressed look. "-but I tried! I really did! My body just won't cooperate." He laughs awkwardly, embarrassed having to tell his blunders to someone only-met-not-even-passed-a-day.

"I'm sure you did." Tsuna reassured the blond his faith on his words and steered the conversation away from the topic, idly aware of someone's staring.

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That's a wrap for the re-write of chapter 9 part 3 and 10. Was it fine? It was hard to write it. It was hard to re-write it. To this day, my mental image of Hibari and Reborn are just boss level hard. How exactly do they even speak?

Well, see ya at the next update!

Hopefully, in this year.

[Revised: 14 May 2019]

[Reuploud here: 4 July 2019]