Hello! I'm new here, and I also know that Hibapin pair hasn't been receiving that much love, so I'm here to give them more love and eventually make other people do the same too!

I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn! in any manner.

In Wonderland

I-pin hurriedly paced through the base as she carried an envelope of documents that she should deliver to the boss of the Vongola family or else her boss would be angry. So she dodged people going here and there, also making sure that what she carried didn't get folded in any manner.

Finally she reached Tsuna's room but before entering, she took a deep breath and knocked. She heard his voice from the other side as he commanded to enter and she did. Briskly she walked towards the boss of the family and placed the envelope on his desk and made a short summary of what was inside.

He smiled at her, and uttered a small thank you. As he took out the documents he continued to speak,

"I'm really glad you accepted this job." Tsuna said whilst not parting from the papers. "And I'm sorry because we really are short on hands," now he looked at I-pin who in turn looked at him with very bright eyes. She's bloomed into a very beautiful lady now. Yet he sighed and this troubled I-pin.

She dashed behind his desk and kneeled beside him, her hand on his shoulder. She could tell that he was quite tired.

"Tsuna-nii?" and then I-pin smoothly ran her hand on his back. "Maybe you should take a break." The said person sighed again and lowered his head.

"I'd love to, but there's just too much chaos that I can't take a break!" Tsuna grumbled as he flung his hands in the air, so that I-pin can see how grave the situation was. But at the same time he knew well that she always listened to news about his family and continued to support him in any way that she can that will not anger her boss. Tsuna swore that this time he is going to kill him in the most painful way.

And then Tsuna remembered something really important, something he wanted I-pin to know in the very beginning. "I-pin, I'll be assigning you to a new post if you don't mind," he started and put into mind that it should have been if he doesn't mind. She nodded as she got up from her position.

"Can you please babysit my son today?"

"Of course I can. Where is he anyway?" I-pin asked, suddenly being curious. Tsuna's face turned sour at her question.

"He's at the infirmary right now." However, Tsuna quickly waved his hands and explained his son is not in a severe situation when he saw I-pin's expression. She was relieved, since Tsuna's wife, Kyoko, and their son were attacked by members of a rival family a few days ago.

I-pin quickly obliged to her new assignment but before she can even leave the room, Tsuna begged her to explain things to him afterwards. She laughed at his sudden panic and at the thought that he can frighten the boss of the strongest Mafia family in the world.

'Oh Hibari Kyoya, you never stop to amaze me.' She thought as she left Tsuna's office to head to the infirmary to nurse the eleventh boss.

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I-pin entered the room and presented herself, "Hello."

And the little boy looked up from his story book to find his aunt standing at the doorway waiting to be invited into the room. With a smile, the little boy called his babysitter to come sit by his side. By the time I-pin sat down he already formed a request for hers to fulfill, a story was what he wanted to hear.

She thought for a while and thought of a good story to tell him. "Then I will tell you something about The Mad Hatter."

"Isn't The Mad Hatter a character in 'Alice in Wonderland'?" The little boy was quite curious about what else there was about that certain character that makes her aunt think The Mad Hatter was interesting. She nodded in reply and begun her story…

Once upon a time, there was a girl who arrived at a place that she was unfamiliar of. The place was called Wonderland for there were extraordinary things in that place. The girl was really amazed at what spectacles she saw.

But the little boy interjected with a simple question, "What's the name of the girl, aunt I-pin?" To this I-pin giggled and told him to wait as she was getting to that part.

The girl wandered through the forest and saw some people through the bushes. She heard the Cheshire Cat telling her that there was a tea party on the other side of the shrubbery, then the cat quickly disappeared. So, she walked over to the tea party, curious as she was to be a part of it as she kept in mind that it must be a fun get-together.

But as she got closer, a creature ran away towards the other direction that she was going. She tried to ask the creature but it did not turn its back and continued to run. What was it escaping from?

Alas, she received a whiff of what frightened the creature from a few moments ago. A man with a black top hat attacked her yet she was able to dodge to his surprise.

"Wait! I thought you were going to tell me what the girl's name was!" The boy asked impatiently. Instead of answering, she just looked at the boy and then continued,

"Who are you?" the girl asked as she dodged another strike. Yet the man chuckled at her question and replied,

"You're the one whom I should ask." He smiled grimly at his new opponent, who was quite an entertainment. So he stopped for a moment to hear her name, it should be a privilege for her for him to ask her name, was what he thought.

"I-pin, I'm I-pin."

"Wait a minute! That's you!" The boy frowned and pouted his lips. He crossed his arms and spoke, "I thought you were going to tell me 'Alice in Wonderland'!"

"I never told you that! I told you I was going to tell something about The Mad Hatter." She reminded the boy and went on with her story.

When he heard her name, for him it was an uncommon one and this interested him. And so, "You're quite a tasty catch." This man dashed towards her and attacked once more to her distaste.

She continued to evade but countered once in a while. As she continued with her tactics, she saw how destructive this man was and she continued to question his identity. So she devised a strategy to trap him and she succeeded. But such a trap was futile. To her surprise, he had stopped attacking and he removed his hat next.

"I am The Mad Hatter." He said with a smug smile lining his lips. "You should be honored."

Upon seeing the man's face, I-pin was caught off-guard and bumped a table behind her as he stepped forward. She tried to grab anything that was on the table, and got a teapot. She pointed it at her attacker, trying to look dangerous as she can. A drop of liquid fell from the teapot and onto the ground.

The Mad Hatter eyed her and she stood her ground defensively. She made a move to take a cup from the table and poured tea in it. She watched him closely if there was any hostility but there was none to her astonishment. She slowly lifted the cup to take a sip and The Mad Hatter stood still.

"This tea isn't good at all!" She spattered then emptied the teapot of its content. Then at that very instance, The Mad Hatter seized her hand and growled at her.

Again, the boy butted in, "Aunt I-pin! The story is going nowhere!" the boy complained whilst flinging his hands in the air. I-pin patted his hair and noted how much alike this boy was with Tsuna.

"It IS going somewhere. Just be patient, okay?" She smiled at him and he had no choice but to listen to her for they are stuck with each other for the rest of the day.

She was afraid as he gestured like a prowling predator that nailed its prey. She shook under him, but still had the strength to speak, "I-I'll make tea for you. I p-promise it'll taste good!"

He believed her, thus let go since he can easily kill her if she lied to him. He sat down on one of the chairs across somebody whom I-pin did not notice to be there in the first place.

After a few minutes, she was able to produce tea that went along with her taste. She poured some on his cup and to the other's cup. They both lifted their cups and took a sip but only the other made a compliment. Apparently, this person is a frequent and unhurt guest of The Mad Hatter in his tea 'ceremonies' and he graced her with his name, he was called Kusakabe. He told I-pin a lot of things about The Mad Hatter, but of course, in a whisper, because the Hatter did not like too much noise when he drinks his tea.

It was said that every time that the Hatter did not have a good tea, he rampages about the forest beating up whoever crossed his path.

"And that is why The Hatter was eventually called The Mad Hatter." I-pin ended her story. The little boy told her that her story didn't really make any sense for him and it disappointed her. And then she heard Kyoko's familiar giggle from the other bed. I-pin was happy to see that she has awoken.

Aside from Kyoko waking up, I-pin's boss opened the door without knocking. He looked around the room and scared Tsuna's son when their eyes met. Afterwards he turned his glare at I-pin, approached her, looked at her for a few more seconds then turned and left the room with a growl. I-pin looked over her shoulder to see Kyoko smile as permission that she can leave and follow her boss to make sure not too much chaos ensued. She left and didn't forget to wave goodbye at them. Kyoko's smile faded slowly and was replaced by a worried look.

"I hope Tsuna won't get bitten to death today…" she sighed as her son looked at her inquisitively.

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In Hibari's territory

After a very busy day of delivering documents here and there and of storytelling, I-pin gave a heavy sigh as she stood in front of Hibari's office. The men who usually stood guard there were absent as they were needed in cleaning up the recent incident. She knocked twice before entering, and then opened the door to peek, making sure the coast was clear of rampaging carnivores.

She saw him open his eyes as the door creaked open. He looked at her and Hibird, which formerly perched on his head, flew past I-pin before she closed the door. She saw that there was no more tea on his cup so she motioned for the teapot near the cup but he seized her wrist. This made her blush ten shades of red, if it was even possible.

"I don't need tea right now Alice." He said with a smug smile on his face.

"W-What does The Mad Hatter want then?" She spoke coyly, but there was an underlying flirting in her words. He smiled, wasn't it obvious?

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The men who were under Hibari's authority were quite worried since I-pin suddenly disappeared and left the line of command. And as if it was her cue, I-pin suddenly passed by, and Kusakabe noticed that her hair was unbraided and it messily fell on her shoulders. He also saw that deep blush on her cheeks when he called her.

When they arrived at their boss's office, they saw him comfortably sitting crossed-leg on his couch, with a teacup in his hands.

"Little lamb," Hibari spoke with his eyes closed as he took in her scent that lingered under his nose.

It's another epic failure for me if nobody, I mean nobody, reads this story and I'll end up deleting it. Anyway, if you're reading this, then that might mean you read this story, and I'm thankful for that. Please leave a review so that I know that somebody did read this chapter! Again, thanks!