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Chapter 7: Casa Tutore Hitman Reborn

"The doctors said I can get out of hospital in a few days," Minerva said cheerfully to Dino. Compared to when he first visited her, she was doing a lot better. The two weeks before she could barely speak and it took him ages to comprehend what she was trying to say.

Two weeks had passed since the incident with Morte and the Scellerato. During that time nothing bad happened, but…he counted down that his father didn't have much time. What would Minerva or Squalo do. If they were in my situation how would they react?

"Is something wrong, Dino? You can tell me anything," Minerva tilted her head as Dino snapped out of his thoughts. "Uh….it's just that…." Dino looked away and shut his eyes. "My Dad….hasn't got much…time left…"

"Must be hard, I know how you feel," Minerva placed her hand on Dino's shoulder. He looked at her, "You do?"

"Yeah, my Dad gets in a coma every now and then. Whenever he does, it's for a really long time. Apparently he'll be gone in a few months time…."

"S..sorry to hear…" Dino apologised.

"Don't worry Dino, no one can do anything about it." There was an awkward silence between the two until Minerva pulled her hand back, "By the way, Squalo might be feeling a bit lonely. Why don't you go visit him too?"

…

"So…Squalo, how've you been?" Dino awkwardly asked.

"I've been juuuuust fine….being shot by a bullet in the stomach and all," Squalo replied extremely sarcastically.

"The nurse told me you'll be fine in about a week and a half."

"What about Minerva?" Squalo asked.

"A few days from now and she's out," Dino replied.

There was an awkward silence between the two boys. It was cut off when they heard the door slide open and they both looked towards the door. "Romario?" Dino turned his body around on the stool.

"Dino, we're going home. Sorry Squalo, he can come next time," Romario walked forward and dragged him out the door.

…

"Romario? What's going on?" Dino asked while in the back seat of the black car, driving hastily through Pace.

"It's the Boss…." Romario's voice cracked.

"Papa? What happened to Papa?" Dino leaned forward in his seat.

"He wants to talk to you as soon as we get home…"

Dino froze, no…Papa…it can't be that….

…

Dino got out of the car the second it stopped and raced up the stairs into the Cavallone Base. Hang in there, Papa.

He barged the door open and rushed over to his Father's side, "Papa!" The old man didn't move as Dino held Genroso's hand in his. "Dino…" he voice cracked, his last words, "hear me out, okay?"

Dino stayed silent.

"Dino," he began, "I'm relying on you for the Cavallone…"

Dino did his best to stay strong, "Please don't say that. I told you; I won't take the Famiglia."

"Dino…." His father's voice softened more. Dino let go of his hand and darted out of the room as he shut his eyes tight. Genroso reached his arm out to the sound of his running footsteps. Dino saw Romario coming in from the door as he ran past him, "Dino!"

His feet carried him across the green marble floor and to the long wooden steps. He grabbed on to the mahogany rail and then let go as he sprinted down the steps. Dino suddenly felt himself fall forward as the wooden steps suddenly came closer to his eyes. He slipped and painfully rolled down on the stairs, grunting every time he hit a step. Romario watched him from the door fall down to the bottom.

Romario entered the room and to his Boss' side. "Boss…."

"It's fine," Genroso said to Romario's surprise. "Someday, Dino will become a great boss."

"But…" Romario protested.

"I called him," Genroso smiled.

Dino lay outside the mansion with the sun gleaming down on him. He couldn't relax, not in that situation. "I already told him I didn't wanna do it…" he mumbled to himself. A shadow suddenly loomed over him and he looked upwards to the shadow. There he saw a baby with a suit, a fedora and a yellow pacifier sitting on a broken column.

"I am the home tutor hitman, Reborn," the baby said. Dino sat up and turned around to Reborn. "I'll make you into a great boss," he said.

"You're….the 9th Vongola Boss' most trusted assassin, aren't you? Wh..what are you doing here?"

"I already told you didn't I? I'm here to make you into a great mafia boss. If that wasn't what you meant, then it's because the Cavallone Famiglia is the 3rd most influential ally of the Vongola.

"Now, shall we get started?"

… [a few days later]

Minerva walked next to her father's old friend, Amico. He asked him while walking out of the hospital, "How's Dad?"

"He's fine," he replied bluntly.

"H..hey, can I ask you something, Amico?" Minerva hesitated.

"Anything," he didn't even look at her in the eye.

"Can we go to the Cavallone Base?"

Amico's expression became serious, almost as though he looked disgusted, "The Cavallone are our enemies, why would you want to go there?"

"Uuuh…when I become boss, I want to know who our enemies are so maybe if I could know where it is now I could help with future missions," Minerva lied (but pretty well).

"Alright then."

…

Minerva and Amico reached the gates of the Cavallone Base when Amico turned around and walked away. "I'll be here in one hour." Minerva nodded and then turned back to Dino's mansion. She slowly walked up the stairs only to be stopped by Cavallone Mafioso. "What business does someone of the Saggezza have here?"

"I'm Dino's friend, Minerva. I would like to see him."

The men nodded at each other and then said to Minerva, "Only if we accompany you. We don't trust the likes of you."

"Fine by m-" she was suddenly cut off by the sound of an explosion. She heard Dino shout and looked up to a window with smoke coming out as glass poured to the ground. She suddenly ran past the men and into the mansion shouting, "Dino!"

Hey guys! How was your day today? :D If any of you guys want to try something new and easy to eat, cook some rice and get a slice of cheese. Break up the slice of cheese into chunks (they don't have to be small) and push it into the rice. Then put it into the microwave for 40 seconds. It's yummy, no joke!

BTW Casa Tutore Hitman Reborn is Katekyo Hitman Reborn in Italian...I think, correct me if I'm wrong...I used Google translate (fail).

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