A/N: again, these are just a bunch of random prompts, while they don't all fit the story placement, it was where i thought it would fit best. anywho, this is if Tsuna had a cousin living with him during the series and how she might change the plot line.

Discliamer: I don't own KHR, it wouldn't be nearly as amazing if i did.

Kairi Saito stared blankly as people slowly left the cemetery, offering her their condolences and well wishes, but she was still trying to wrap her head around the fact that her parents had just died in a landslide while driving. It had been a medical that they had been found at all, she knew there were several people still missing. Kairi was supposed to be with them, but she had been invited to a friends house for the day and thus had been spared.

"Kairi-Chan?" Came a timid voice. Kairi turned mechanically to see her younger cousin, Tsunayoshi Sawada.

"Hn?"

Tsuna twisted his dark button up shirt timidly, "Ano, Kaa-Chan is going to talk to the Priest then she'll take us to you're house to rest while she puts the rest of your things in order before we leave. She wanted us to wait by the car for her."

Kairi nodded and let him lead her to the Car that her Aunt had rented for the trip to Okenawa. They waited in what was awkward silence, not that she noticed in her apathy, for several minutes before her Aunt managed to come over.

"Alright you two. Lets go." She sighed heavily, none of her normal oblivious upbeat attitude present with her older brothers death.

The two climbed in and stayed silent for the trip. Nobody said anything until they got to Kairi's old house and walked in the door where Tsuna promptly tripped on air and flailed wildly before face planting.

"Tsu-Kun!/Tsuna!" Kairi and her aunt called in worried unison. Kairi helped Tsuna back into an upright position.

"I'm o-ok." He stuttered, blushing bright red. Nana oba-chan just giggled, patted him on the head and said,

"Alright tsu-kun. I'm going to run by the post office to mail some of those boxes, drop by the lawyers office to sign the last of the papers and talk to the realtor before I pick you two back up to go home." Before heading back out the door. Kairi stared in disbelief after her Aunt.

"That's all? She didn't even check to see if you had a concussion?"

Tsuna shrugged, "it's okay, I trip a lot."

Kairi continued to stare blankly at him. "You're a hazard to yourself." She stated, frowning in thought as an idea quickly began to form in her mind, pushing the depression of her parents deaths out of mind for the moment. "I've got it! I'm going to make sure you don't hurt yourself!" She decided out loud. Tsuna immediately started to protest.

"Nope! I've made my mind up. When we get to Nammimori I'm gunna teach you how to walk without tripping!" She said, quickly growing more and more fond of the idea.

"You d-ont have to d-o that! I d-not want you t-o waste your time on a dame like me."

Kairi scowled, furious at what was coming out of her 12yr old cousins mouth. "Who calls you dame? I'll tear them to pieces." She snarled, startling him.

"E-everyone calls me that." He stated. Kairi muttered under breath angrily.

"Fine, then I'm gunna help you change everyone's mind!"

She had made her mind up and no one was going to change it. She had been told when she was five that girls couldn't fight and she had decided to learn karate and be the best there was, someone told her when she was eight that her drawings sucked and she should give it up and so she took art classes till she was good, at eleven she was told she would be a horrible housewife so she learned everything she could about cooking and sewing and all things household related. And now at fourteen, her twelve year old cousin was telling her that she was wasting her time so of course she was going to fixate on that (that it took her mind off her parents helped).

Tsuna seemed to see he wasn't going to win and visably wilted. He knew his cousins habit of fixating on things and dreaded what she would come up with to help him… actually, he almost felt bad for his bullies, he was pretty sure his cousin could go toe to toe with Hibari-san and come out not too bruised.

Kairi sniffed and wondered off to start jotting down a few lists of what she needed to do when she got to Nammimori, both for herself and a tentative one for helping her cousin out. She debated what extra curricular activities she wanted to continue, but decided to wait and see what the school she chose offered and what she could find around town. She also wrote down some ideas of how to help Tusna and what she thought she wanted to help him with first.

Soon enough, Nana-Oba was back and taking them out to eat before leaving for home, after a bit of convincing on Kairi's part that she didn't need to say any last goodbyes.

"We've got your room all set up and Tsu-Kun made a list of all the karate dojos in the area for you. I've also called your school to send some copies of your transcripts over and have a list of the middle schools in the area for you to look over." Nana-oba told her. Kairi nodded and glanced to her cousin who turned red and mumbled into his chest.

"I remembered that you really liked Karate and thought you would like to continue."

Kairi smiled the first real smile since the funeral. "Thanks Tsuna-kun." He smiled back shyly at her.

The rest of the ride was quiet, none of the trio really knowing what to say under the circumstances. As soon as they arrived at the quaint little house that Kairi remembered from the few visits, Nana-oba and Tsuna hopped out to grab her things and pay the cabbie. She also got out and tried to grab her cases before Tsuna tripped but was too late. He stumbled before nearly flipping over her two suit cases. Kairi ran over to him in alarm.

"Tsuna! Are you okay?" She asked as she helped him up, noting his pure embarrassment.

"I'm fine. Thanks." He said as she helped him back up and grabbed her own cases.

"Ara? Did you trip again Tsu-Kun?" Nana asked, sighing at her son.

"Do you have an inner ear problem?" She asked. Tsuna and Nana looked confused. Kairi sighed. "Okaa-chan said that you might have an inner ear problem because it puts off your equilibrium, often making you clumsy because the ground feels like its swaying under your feet. You should get that checked out."

Nana looked thoughtfully at her son, who just looked hopefully back.

"Alright, we'll go get Tsu-Kuns ear's checked tomorrow. Hopefully that's all it is." She murmured as she opened the house up for them. "I'm going to start dinner, why don't you show Kairi-Chan to her room."

Tsuna nodded and motioned her to follow him. "Your room is across from mine." He said, opening the door for her. She looked around and her eyebrow rose, instead of the normally bland room that it used to be when she visited, they had changed the curtains to a dark blue that faded into purple, the bed had new blankets on it that looked like the night sky, and she could see that the ceiling now had the glow in the dark stars all tastefully put up. They had also added a vanity and a school desk with a spin chair and two small piles of pamphlets, one for Dojo's and the other for Middle Schools and a small pile of boxes that she had to mail ahead of time because she couldn't carry all her stuff onto the plane.

"I hope you like it. I picked everything out for you." Tsuna said shyly. Kairi blinked and pulled him into a hug.

"Thanks." She whispered, tears blurring her vision. She hadn't been sure of the fact that she would be living with her Aunt and Cousin because she had always found them to be a strange duo, but it was clear that they were really trying to make her feel at home.

"No problem." Tsuna replied awkwardly. "Do you need any help unpacking?"

"No thanks." Kairi whispered, ready to be alone again for a while. Tsuna just nodded and walked out of the room.

"I'll come and get you for dinner then." He said and left, thoughtfully closing the door behind him.

Kairi swallowed thickly as she looked around the room before collapsing on the bed and crying silently for several minutes, feeling sorry for herself for a while before pulling herself together again. Then she grabbed one of her suit cases and started to unpack her clothes before opening one of the boxes to start bringing out some of her pictures and posters that she would decorate her room with. She was part way through one box when Tsuna knocked before opening the door.

"Dinner is ready… Woah!" He said in surprise at the amount she had managed to accomplish in the short amount of time. He looked at her and visibly hesitated at her red, puffy eyes but refrained from saying anything.

"Thanks." Kairi said as she looked around her new room and followed him out. "After we eat, do you want to look through the pamphlets with me?"

Tsuna looked up at her shyly. "Sure!"