Story Thus Far: Dino has revealed to Tsuna that he's not the only one being asked (more like told!) to produce Dino's child. He doesn't like the idea of either one of them being forced to have someone's kid especially since he doesn't know or want to think about how that works. He learned more about Dino's past, but knowing that won't stop Tsuna from being taken by the government...

Tsuna sat up and rubbed his eyes. This time he immediately checked his side for any strange men. He was stunned to find that he was laying in the futon with Dino by his side, so he let out a single screech.

"What's wrong, Tenth?" The voice of Gokudera echoed throughout the house. Footsteps, then the boy came skidding into the room. Upon seeing Dino in the same bed as Tsuna, Gokudera kicked the blonde's head. "You pervert! I can't believe you did something like that to the tenth already!" He roared.

Dino awoke because of Gokudera's relentless attacks. "Ow!" The man cried. "Don't get it wrong! We didn't do anything! We didn't do anything!"

"Oh, really?" Gokudera said as other classmates came dashing in.

"Is Tsuna okay?" Yamamoto asked from the doorway.

"I-I'm fine." Tsuna mumbled, feeling bashful after wrongly thinking that Dino had done something to him.

"Good." Ryohei and Yamamoto sighed.

"Hey," Ryohei snarled. "Why is Tsuna in your bed?"

Dino blushed and scratched the back of his neck. "I tried seducing him, but he got too horny and let out his Soul's Appearance. While in that form, he was shivering so I kept him warm through the night."

Gokudera kicked Dino again. "That's for seducing him." Then he gave Dino thumbs up. "But good job assisting the tenth when he was in need."

"Me too." Yamamamoto said. "I want to kick and thumbs up Dino-san."

"Yeah, I do too!" Ryohei said.

"So do I." Reborn called out.

"Eh?" Dino gasped. "Why you, Reborn?" The tall brunette man then began brutally stamping on Dino and laughing.

"This is all for the seduction part." Reborn said. He then slapped Dino. "And that was a 'good job' slap."

"What?" Dino retorted.

"I'm kidding." Reborn stated. "I don't care about what you did to Tsunayoshi, but I do enjoy beating you up. Alright, retrograde, come on, we have work to do."

"Eh? But I need to get ready for school." Tsuna said making everyone else laugh.

Dino ruffled Tsuna's hair. "You're cuter than I thought." Tsuna blushed.

"Today's Saturday." Yamamoto said. "This new life must've gotten to your head and you forgot."

Gokudera smiled and grabbed onto Tsuna's hand. "After your training session with Reborn, let's hang out, Tenth!"

Reborn slammed his hand into Gokudera's face, pushing him away from Tsuna. Reborn then picked Tsuna up and swung him over his shoulder. "Idiot Gokudera, you're coming along too! You and Dino are going to help me teach Tsuna though it'd be better if that Dumbo were here." Gokudera and Dino were the only ones in the room who knew that 'Dumbo' was Reborn's affectionate nickname for Lambo.

"I get to help the tenth?" Gokudera asked gleefully.

"Is there anything we can do to help out?" Yamamoto asked.

"No, I have no need for a middle seed or an inexperienced bear." Reborn said sternly. "I barely want these two idiots to help." He motioned to Dino and Gokudera making them grunt with distaste.

"Oh," Yamamoto murmured. He smiled at Tsuna. "Well, I guess… we'll leave, but call me after you're done."

Tsuna shouted, "Wait! Don't go! Don't leave me with this weird guy!" He flailed about, kicking and screaming.

"Shut up." Reborn snapped before exiting the room. The other four were left dumbfounded by Reborn's forceful personality.

"Where is Lambo?" Dino asked.

"On a date with some girl." Gokudera said.

"I see."

"…Aren't you mad?"

"Should I be? Girls aren't a threat to my objective. I don't care if he gets someone else pregnant."

Gokudera kicked Dino one more time, harder than his other hits. "I don't get why he doesn't hate you!" The silver-haired boy screamed then stormed out the room.

Dino seethed at the pain. "What a violent person."

"Hey, Dino, I've been meaning to ask something." Yamamoto said.

"Hm?" Dino muttered, uncaring about anything Yamamoto or Ryohei would have to say.

"Lambo's not an Inujinnin, is he?"

Dino walked into the yard and was immediately startled by gunfire and screams.

"Dino-san!" Tsuna shouted, leaping out and latching on Dino with tears running down his eyes. "That guy's gonna kill me!"

"Oi!" Reborn called out. "I warned you about the consequences of getting an answer wrong!" He cocked his gun and aimed at Tsuna. "Now stay still."

Dino bristled. "Stop, Reborn! You'll hit us both!"

"So?" The brunette man laughed before pulling the trigger. The bang made both Tsuna and Dino sprout stiff ears and an upright tail, but they relaxed when they noticed the gun was a fake.

Reborn shook his head. "I expected more from you, Dino."

Dino's stringy blond tail and pointy white ears twitched. "S-Sorry! It's just that you're crazy and for a second, I thought you were seriously gonna kill us."

Tsuna gazed up at Dino, his whole body red. "You're… you're… you're so pretty~" He moaned, reaching up for Dino's ears and stroking the man's tail.

Dino blushed at this. Reborn snickered and scratched his head with the tip of his gun. "Dino, you might want to hide your soul shape, you're getting the retrograde fired up and what if he—"

Tsuna laid on the ground in the ground his Returner's to Ancestry form, curling around Dino's ankle and mewing. Reborn kicked Tsuna across the yard. "You loser. Don't lose control of your Soul's Appearance so easily or I'll beat you up."

Tsuna shuddered with pain next to a tall gray cat, a Japanese Bobtail to be more specific. Dino, with his tail and ears concealed, strode over and picked the cat up by its bushy tail. "Hm? Why is Gokudera like this?"

Gokudera quickly returned to his human form, panting and wheezing. "I was… supposed to be a mold for… Tenth to practice… Costume-Soul."

"Costume-Soul? Reborn, you want Tsuna to learn how to mimic another's soul shape when he can't even keep his under control. It's impossible." Dino said, crossing his arms.

"Dumbo was just a little brat when he learned how to do it." Reborn noted.

"Yeah, but he was under different conditions." Dino said.

"How?"

"He'd grown up knowing what a madararui was and he had always been aware of his soul shape, but Tsuna is new to this."

"Tch. It'd be easier if that cow kid were here. He's a master a costume-soul."

Tsuna sat up, though still groaning from the slight pain. "What are you guys talking about?"

"Costume-soul." Dino said. "It's when a madararui pretends to be a monkey or another madararui. So, you can sort of lie to others and say you're a cat instead of a Returner's to Ancestry or something. It's one way to protect you and something you have to do in order to pass the test and be accepted into the madararui world."

"Cos…tume…soul? …Like cosplay?" Tsuna asked confusedly.

Reborn trembled with frustration. "He's… so… dumb…."

"Don't get mad, Reborn." Dino begged. He turned back to Tsuna. "Lambo uses Costume-Soul all the time so it'd be better if he were here to show you. Can you show him, Gokudera?"

Gokudera shook his head. "Nah, I'm not very good at it, besides there's no one for me to imitate."

"Can you imitate a dog?"

"No way! Not only is that way too hard for me, but I hate dogs, why would I want to pretend to be one?"

"There you go again with that…" Dino sighed. "For now, Reborn, don't you think Tsuna should work on something else?"

"I was thinking of using Freeze on him to teach him resisting." Reborn said, stroking his chin in thought.

Dino gulped. "Uh, that might be too much as well, don't you think?"

"What's Freeze?" Tsuna asked.

"It's another heavy-seed move." Dino said. "Your Soul's Appearance will be forced to stay inside the body, wouldn't be able to come out even if it wanted to."

Tsuna's face lit up. "Wouldn't it be best if you used that, then?"

"It's not a permanent fix for the problem, 'cause it—" Dino was stopped by Reborn hitting him on the back of the head. "What was that for?"

"Shut up, Tsuna says he wants to do it, so let's do it." Reborn stated with a smirk.

"Interesting." Gokudera said. "I've never seen someone use Freeze before."

Reborn snickered a little, while Dino still looked uneasy. He strode over to Tsuna and put his fingers on the boy's forehead. "Look into the center of my pupil, got it?"

Tsuna did as he was told. Just as he was about to question what was going to happen, Reborn uttered the word, "Freeze" and Tsuna felt his body go still.