"Okay, so did I set this up right?" Tsuna asked. I looked over at his worksheet. Small scribbles and doodles littered the margins.
"Hm, you need to switch these two numbers, the formula goes like this…," I wrote the formula and went back to my own scribble-covered homework.
It was after-school and Tsuna and I were hanging out in his room doing math. My mom told me I could stay over since she was going to refill our fridge by buying all the on-sale food…
Isn't my mom just adorably eccentric?
Knock knock
Hm?
Tsuna and I looked at each other in confusion. That knock was a little too high-pitched to be Nana-san.
Slam!
The door burst open to reveal…
…a…a baby?
U-uh, anyway he walked in sporting a black fedora and tiny black suit wearing a small smirk on his lips and a mischievous gleam in his eye.
I mentally shivered. Someone else to add to my ever-growing list of scary people. And he was just an infant.
I think I finally cracked.
Next to me, Tsuna was lamenting over his broken door. Poor Tsuna…
"Ciaossu," The small baby said. Hold it…how old is he? And isn't 'Ciao' a foreign greeting?
"Wh-who are you?" Tsuna shouted. The baby's smirk grew larger.
"I'm your home tutor, Reborn," he replied.
…Now this is just absurd. Then again…that little chameleon resting on the brim of Reborn-san's fedora looks pretty suspicious…
Ah, Tsuna's having one of spazz attacks, and I'm wondering how I'm being so calm about this. Wait, everything's turning black…oh nevermind, I'm just going into shock for a bit.
"Ch-Chi!" Tsuna yelled, eyes filled with worry over his out-cold, black-haired friend. Nana then came in and spotted Reborn in her son's room, not at all bothered at the fact that her son now lacks a door to his room and her best friend's daughter was passed out.
"Ah! Tsu-kun~ I see you and Chi-chan met Reborn-kun~" she smiled cheerfully. Tsuna turned away from Chi, pausing from trying to revive her.
"M-Mom, who is this kid?" he shouted indignantly, "He's not really a tutor is he?" Nana only giggled.
"There was a flyer in our mailbox," she explained, "It said he'll train you to be the next leader of your generation!" She walked downstairs to begin dinner.
"Right, that didn't sound fishy at all!" Tsuna frowned. The gleam in Reborn's eyes grew brighter and even more devious.
He suddenly pulled out a large rifle and aimed directly at Tsuna's forehead, "Don't test me," he said, menacingly, "In real life, I'm a trained assassin. I'm here to train you to become a mafia boss."
"Wh-What? What are talking about?" Reborn merely tapped the boy's forehead with his rifle.
"I was hired to teach you."
Tsuna let out his trademark 'HIIIIIIEEEEE', "A-are you insane?"
Reborn's smirk grew wider, if possible, "Want me to prove it to you?"
The baby's finger barely brushed the trigger before a loud rumbling could be heard from his stomach. The rifle mysteriously disappeared and reborn walked out of the room saying, "But first, dinner."
Tsuna could only stare after him in disbelief and remembered that his best friend was still passed out on his floor.
Nana was about to call Tsuna but saw her son walking down.
"Tsu-kun, dinner's almost ready." Tsuna shook his head.
"No thanks Mom, I need to restock my supply of smelling salts for Chi," he mumbled, exhausted by the recent events caused by a possibly insane infant, "And Mom, about that tutor-" Tsuna paused and gawked at the appearance of his 'tutor' at the dinner table.
"Mom! What's he still doing here?" he shouted. Nana smiled.
"He'll be staying here until you're grades improve!" Tsuna's mouth dropped.
"B-but what about Chi? I think she's doing just fine tutoring me!"
Nana sighed, "Tsu-kun, remember that Chi-chan is your best friend first before anything else, you can't always expect her to be tutoring you. And besides, she deserves a nice break, don't you think?"
Tsuna's shoulders slumped and he released an large, defeated sigh.
Morning, Mifune Residence
Chi's POV
"Mm…hm?" I rolled over and found myself wrapped in my blanket.
Odd.
I don't remember walking home last night.
But I got up and got ready for school. After I brushed my teeth, I went downstairs and saw my Mom placing my finished breakfast on a plate, with my lunch right next to it.
"Good morning sweetie!" she chirped, "Tsuna-kun was so sweet to call to let me know that I had to pick you up!"
I blinked in confusion, "He ran out of smelling salts?" She nodded.
"Better hurry up sweetheart, you and Tsuna-kun wouldn't want to be late for school!"
O-oh dear…I-It wasn't a dream. The talking baby is real. I'm scared, I almost want to cry…
I stood on Tsuna's front porch almost petrified and he was trying to calm me down before I fainted again.
"J-just stay calm, okay Chi?" he made a 'settle-down' motion with his hands. I turned to him.
"Explain. Please," I begged him with my eyes, the rest of my face frozen in shock.
After the explanation, Tsuna and I began walking, for once not rushing due Reborn-san's threats on waking Tsuna up early. Might I add that he's following us?
"U-um," I stuttered, "Sh-shouldn't you be in preschool?"
"Assassins don't go to preschool," was his curt reply. How scary…
"I-I see…" I gulped and walked a bit closer to Tsuna.
"Will you just cut the act already?" he scolded.
Tsuna seems really agitated today. Hm? What's he looking at-?
Clunk
Ouch, why are we hiding behind a wa-Oh, it's Sasagawa-san. Eh? Why isn't Reborn-san moving?
"Oh how cute!" She gushed. Cute? He's not cute, he's the devil's spawn!
…says Tsuna's quiet muttering.
"Ciaossu," he greeted.
"Why aren't you in school little boy?"
"Because I'm in the mafia." Sasagawa-san giggled.
"Wow! That's so cool!" Tsuna and I cringed. Is she really falling for it, or is she just playing along?
"Good luck then!" And she walked away.
"Mafia guys always score," Reborn taunted. I'm guessing that was directed towards Tsuna.
"Wh-wha-!" Reborn interrupted.
"You like her, don't you No-good Tsuna?" Hm? How'd he know?
"Th-that's none of your business! And how'd you learn that name?" Reborn smirked.
He really likes smirking doesn't he?
"I'm trained to read minds."
…He's joking right?
"Just leave us alone already!" Tsuna shouted.
"No can do," Reborn-san replied, "I told you, I'm here to train you to become a mafia boss."
"And I told you, you shouldn't lie!" Reborn-san smirked.
"Have you even told her how you felt?" Mm, I'm not liking where this is going…
"Wha-who are you talking about?" Spazzing and his face is getting red…Why do I get the feeling something big is about to happen…?
"That girl, Sasagawa Kyoko, you have a crush on her don't you?" Reborn-san asked, well, more like he stated it, "I bet you didn't tell her."
Tsuna sighed, his face a pale pink, "Of course not! Sasagawa Kyoko's the most popular girl in school! She probably doesn't even know I exist!"
I sighed, "I'm sure that's not true, Tsuna…" That's the thing with popular people, people hate to love them.
In most cases, anyway. Sometimes other people love to hate them.
"Hmph, spoken like a true loser, No-good Tsuna," Reborn-san remarked, and rather harshly at that.
"Leave us alone," Tsuna spat. We started walking again until I heard Reborn-san sigh, and a metallic 'click!'
"Guess it's time for me to do my thing…"
Tsuna and I turned around in confusion and were faced with the barrel of a gun. It moved directly in front of Tsuna.
…Wait…WHAT?
Tsuna laughed nervously, "That's a toy, right?" Reborn-san smirked again. Ugh…I can already feel my body locking up already…
"You'll see…" Reborn-san said, "When you die, you'll understand."
D-d-die?
BANG!
A small bullet hole marred Tsuna's forehead. Some blood flew out as his body fell to the ground.
...Ts-Tsuna...?
"Reborn-san," I asked, my tone vacant.
"Yes?" His face held that infuriating smirk again.
"I know this is very impolite to say, but I want to smash your head into the ground until you are nothing but a pile of unrecognizable muscles, organs and matter."
Yikes, that's a little scary. Note to self: NEVER threaten anyone with a gun when you have no means of defense.
Reborn-san chuckled, "Just wait."