It was a peaceful morning in Namimori. There had been no explosions, no assassins and, best of all, no one attempting to murder, maim or destroy anything or anyone all morning. Heck, even the sun was shining brightly down on the people as the birds chirped merry little tunes. Yes, it would have been a perfectly peaceful and lovely morning if it wasn't for the one-year-old hitman with newly transformed middle schooler in a cage; a cage created by a shape shifting chameleon.
"Let me out!" the middle schooler shrieked as he bounced around his cage, trying desperately to escape.
"Don't waste your breath. I can't understand a word your saying."
Reborn continued to smirk, sitting atop the cage and looking off into the distance, while he ignored his students pitiful escape attempts.
Tsuna started slamming himself against the side of the cage but Leon held firm against the assault and his only protest to it was to get a little smaller. Tensing up when he saw the bars move closer to him, the teen looked up to where the baby's voice had come from.
"Liar!" he cried as he pawed gently at his green cell, too afraid to struggle much more than that anymore, "I know that you can understand animals! Come on, Reborn, fix this. I don't even understand what being a cat has to do with becoming a mafia boss! This is just cruel."
"You're not a cat."
Tsuna stopped his pawing and simply stared up in confusion. I knew he could understand me, was the only full thought that came to mind.
"You're actually a Pokémon," Reborn continued as he hopped off Leon and watched the approach of a fast moving ball of fuzz in the distance, "To be more specific, you're an Eevee."
"A what? Reborn I don't-" the teen began but paused when he noticed what Reborn was staring at. As he moved to watch it too, his confusion only grew as another strange animal came barreling towards them. Well, actually, towards him.
"TENTH!" the other thing screamed as it slammed into Tsuna's cage and began attempting to pry it open with his little paws, "Release the Tenth!"
Looking closely at the new animal, Tsuna took in its orange body, its bushy tail and mane which were silvery and the hair on its head that looked like…
"Gokudera?"
The animal focused completely on him when he said the name and a huge smile stretched across his muzzle.
"Yes, Tenth, I'm so glad you're ok! I—"
"Hey, Tsuna! This is a weird game, isn't it?" Yamamoto's voice carried through the air as the baseball player trotted over to them.
All pair in the cage could do was stare in total awe at the odd form before them. Obviously Yamamoto had been changed too but he was definitely not a creature that they had ever seen or heard of before. The other now had fins instead of ears, a fish like tail, a dorsal fin coming out of his hair and an odd fin like mane around his neck.
"Y-yamamoto, wh-what are you…?"
"What are you talking about, baseball freak? This isn't a game!"
"Herbivore, you will explain and fix this or I will bite you to death," came a cold snarl from the other side of the cage, causing Tsuna to suddenly thank the heavens that he was inside it. As a cold shiver ran down his spine, he slowly turned around, his large ears drooping pitifully as he came face to face with a very pissed Hibari.
As the young mafia boss expected, the prefect was also transformed; he was pure black except of the yellow rings on his legs, ears and tail. His eyes had also been turned to a rather terrifying red. He also notice the Discipline Committee band on his front leg, though he could not figure out how it was staying there, and that Hibird was nestled in his hair. Distracted by trying to figure out the mystery of the arm band, Tsuna was startled by the angry snarl of the prefect, causing him to jump back with a squeal.
"HIIIII! H-hibari-s-san, I c-can't really explain this. Reborn, he-"
"Then come out of that cage and face me, Herbivore."
Just as Tsuna was about to try and explain that he was not in the cage by choice (though, admittedly, he was happy to be there at the moment), the cage changed back to a chameleon, who ran back to Reborn.
"Well, it seems everyone is here," the baby said, his smirk never fading as he watched the events before him unfold. As he spoke, there came a rush of calls from all around the first arrivals.
"SAWADA! Isn't this training EXTREME?" Ryohei had silver fur except for the green on his ears and tail which looked like large leaves, brown on his feet and his bandages on his nose and front legs.
"Ahaha, Lambo is here!" The Lightening Guardian was still smaller than everyone else but he now had yellow fur, save for a black afro mane, and cow spots.
"H-hello, Boss."
"Kufufufu."
Chrome and Mukuro's fur was a light purple, there was an odd red jewel on their foreheads, little spikes on the back of their heads that gave them the pineapple look, their miss match eyes (Chrome still had her eye patch) and their tails split in two at the end.
"Perfect, now I can explain why you're all here and what you are," Reborn said with a smile, looking at the tenth generation Vongola. They all turned to look at him, their own bickering and worry forgotten; all save for Tsuna. No, he knew Reborn too well. He turned to his tutor and the baby could see the fear that filled his large brown eye.
It's just too easy, Reborn thought.
