A/N: The little cute time-traveling cow is up next! Thanks for your support!
Disclaimer: I, in any given time, do not own KHR.
Chapter 4
The same lightning strikes, but in different ways
In another life Octavio would have not bare to see her nephew just as her brother completely ignored the boy (love him, but having no idea to interact), only as another subordinate. In this one with the changed timeline, she spoiled him, but with love included. Also beat up her brother when he has free time and forgets to visit his own son. The Idiot, she thinks to herself (somewhere the Bovino boss and Iemitsu sneezes). Then he does something stupid and it took her a long time to find where did that Idiot brother of hers accidentally send her nephew, which turns out that it was a suicide mission. At least the man felt guilty about it.
Speaking of guilty, she and her whole Science department can't forgive themselves of sending her nephew's godfather to the wrong time. She prays the boy eventually turns up. In the meantime, she has a nephew to to hug like no tomorrow, finish up the details of her brother's punishment. Hopefully the Decimo boy wouldn't hurt her little baby nephew lest she will use all the pranks her best friend, who was little Lambo's mother, ever done to her as revenge!
"Aunty Octavio! He has awesome sky flames like on your research!" Lambo jumped from a young Japanese boy's arms. The boy looked at her sheepishly and apologized in Japanese. It is a good thing they know the language.
"No worry," Octavio said, but frowned, "have you ever used an orange bazooka as of late?" The boy only blinked.
"Orange bazooka? They come in different colors?!" The boy looked terrified. Octavio laughed knowingly.
Reborn kicks the boy, "Dame-Tsuna that is no way a boss should act."
From the floor the boy glares with a look, Speak for yourself. At this Reborn smirks as he takes out a green gun.
The boy only grumbles, "I don't want to be boss," he stood up and spoke louder to her, "Sorry, but would you like to come in?"
"Introduce yourself!" Reborn scolded the boy. The one who one day would lead the strongest Mafia famiglia, and was being shot at by his own tutor, Reborn, the world's greatest hitman. Actually Octavio seen stranger things. It comes with being a Bovino and victim of Miss Bovino's/Lambo's crazy schemes.
"Hieee! Sorry, sorry!" Tsuna coughs to clear his throat from that strange screech. He suddenly looks at Octavio that chills her when he becames serious, "My name is Tsunayoshi and Vongola D– " Reborn shoots at the boy who unconsciously ducks a shot, "Neo Primo of Vongola and welcomes you to the Sawada Residence."
Ah there's the young man who will change the Mafia. There is hope in the world then.
As the day went on, her suspicions were proven right of Yoshi's real identity. Oh the irony and her earlier assessment of Yoshi's connection to future (now current) of Lambo-sama. Oh, how much she wished she could apologize for their earlier error of sending the young man to the wrong time, but there are rules for a reason and she already broke one by coming here before the boy leaves. Just a month before he leaves.
"Neo Primo," she bows in respect in the way of this country to show her appreciation to the boy who gave her hope and strength he will soon give her and love to her only nephew, "the path will be harsh, but don't falter not even when you had fulfilled your goal." The boy just stared at her and solemnly smiled and said he will do what he can.
She bid him farewell and hope it wouldn't be the last.
Lambo may be a child. He is sheltered. He is spoiled. But Lambo-sama doesn't like to be left behind and unable to do his duty as Dame-Tsuna nii-san's guardian. He knows he must protect his big brother. His big brother needs all the protection he needs, especially from big stupid Reborn! After all who will give Lambo-sama all the grape candy in the world . His aunt doesn't count.
Speaking of Aunty Octavio, he loves the story she tells of his mother. The boss doesn't say much for some reason, but its funny when she gets mad at him!
There is one story that makes him very curious. About his godfather Yoshi. How he saved Lambo-sama from death and going to another dimension!
"Gwahahahaha! No one can't catch the Great Lambo!" A guard and a scientist ran after the screaming toddler.
"Come back here, you crazy toddler!" cried out the guard.
"HOW IN THE WORLD CAN YOU RUN THAT FAST AT TWO YEARS OLD!" The scientist yelled.
Lambo only laughed mockingly at his two "nannies" and kept running.
"Was it really worth that pink bazooka!?" The guard yelled behind the sprinting Bovino scientist.
"OBVIOUSLY YE-!" Lambo smirked as he leaped over something...weird. Then the scientist tripped on that something which is best not know what it is and slid through it across the hallway. The poor victim landed next to Lambo. The scientist tried to reach the child, but was stuck. So close yet so far.
"EWWWWW! I TAKE IT BACK! I TAKE IT ALL BACK! TOTALLY NOT WORTH IT!" screamed the scientist as she saw herself covered head to toe with the weird stuff.
"Eat Lambo's dust-!" Lambo shook his diaper butt at them when suddenly Aunty Octavio appeared in front of the trio.
She was not amused at the failed nannies attempts on catching her nephew.
"You know, I might just experiment you two, " Octavio's eyes gleamed maniacally for a second. The two guards shivered in fear, "But this is much more fun to watch!"
Lambo laughed loudly, but casually trying to escape his will-be captor. Unfortunately his aunt grabbed his cow jumpsuit and stared at the child, "If your mother couldn't fool me, what makes you think you can?" Lambo stared wide eyed at her.
"But I have a feeling you might just do it," she smiled softly.
That is the cue for Lambo to say, "YAY! STORYTIME ABOUT MAMMA! TELL LAMBO, TELL LAMBO, AUNTY OCTAVIO!"
Lambo loves spending time with Boss (aka his father). He is funny especially when Aunty Octavio chases him down and he screams for mercy.
Today though is when Boss is going to show his power to the new subordinates. Kind of dumb of them to have to have Boss visit them because they think they are so awesome (and something about the Bovino heir being a crybaby and Boss was mad, which Lambo doesn't get it) and said they don't need training.
"If you defeat Reborn then I might make you my right hand man-" but Lambo stopped paying attention to Boss as began to plan. He now knows what he can do to make Boss proud of him! After all, just yesterday he accidentally send himself into the future and met Reborn, which means he does find him (eventually, but details, details)!
Now where is that bazooka and map for Italian bars...?
Lambo feels guilty. Somehow the cool bazooka he found in the morning that poofed Tsuna-nii away from the Clown Meanie, didn't bring him back after 5 minutes. Then his older siblings/fellow guardians went running around looking for him and told them they don't remember no Clown Meanie. Weirdoes and no, Lambo-sama didn't make him up or got it from the recent nightmares of not able to stop the Clown Meanie shooting his big brother.
But its hard now to not have his big brother to comfort him. He too was worried for Tsuna-nii,. So bad it was that even playing Bomb Tag with I-Pin or reading with Fuuta couldn't distract him.
Someone important is in danger and as usual he can't do anything.
After all the craziness his siblings did around him and acting mother-hen/stalking Tsuna-nii (as if Lambo-sama wouldn't notice, ha!), he shows Tsuna-nii his album, but that day also was when his Aunty Octavio visits again.
And was she crying?
Tsuna-nii sheepishly laughed "Ah...so you found out, " then he muttered something about "Vendice better not find out."
"Oh no, I knew, but I heard you're here, a-and, you are alright!" She began to cry again, but before anyone could comfort her, Aunty froze. Her eyes widen as if remembering something and turned to Lambo, "You always wanted to meet your godfather Lambo, right?" Tsuna-nii's eye twitched.
Reborn looked over when Aunty opened his album to a specific page.
"Octavio?! When did you took that picture?!" Tsuna-nii looked horrified at the page. Lambo jumped on his brother's back to laugh next to his ear and see the picture too.
They stared at the photo of Lambo's baby self being carried lovingly by a kindly smiling Yoshi, his Godfather who also happens to be...
Reborn mockingly coos at Tsuna-nii, who blushes.
"Oh Lambo-sama already knows who he was a long time ago, " Lambo explain nonchalantly. He casually went to sit on Tsuna-nii's lap.
Aunty Octavio stared surprised at him. Ha! A point for Lambo-sama!
Tsuna-nii smiled fondly as he playfully rubbed Lambo's head with his fist, "Obviously," Tsuna-nii goes on ignoring Lambo's mock protests, "since you're too smart for your own good."
Lambo looks up at his Godfather/big brother and gave him his biggest smile.
"-truly believe your famiglia will protect you?" was the last thing TYL Lambo heard before poofing without the usual pink smoke back to his time.
He was greeted by a question from a young man, "How was your trip Lambo? Had me worry there by the lack of the usual smoke."
Lambo looks up to his Tsuna-nii who was looking at him questioning. He was standing in front of his big brother. Lambo looked away from those nonjudgmental dark brown eyes.
"I couldn't save..." Lambo began, but Tsuna-nii interrupted.
"Is alright Lambo, it was for the best."
"But-" Lambo turned to him in protest.
"Lambo," Tsuna half-smiled at the younger boy.
Lambo looks away again and stares at all the paperwork on his brother's desk. He contemplates how Tsuna-nii always carefully chooses the mission to the right person to fulfill it. How he always smiles and greets them before and after their giving mission, no matter how small or big or whenever they are down or even up. How it cheers them up and want to try their hardest and come back alive. That is when Lambo sees how the quiet strength Tsuna gave off, the protection and his love toward every single one in their family.
Lambo then comprehends he and his brother are the same. While Tsuna-nii sits in that desk day in and day out, he, Lambo himself take on "easy missions." Both things that do "nothing" to an outsider point of view (and his before this day) and yet...
"Vongola," Tsuna smiled knowingly at the younger boy's determination and nodded for him to go on, "I wish for a month of training with the Storm and Rain in between missions."
He wont complain for the boring missions, he will prove he can do those and take his Lightning guardian duties seriously. Now he knows even something small as simple missions with his older siblings means so much to Tsuna.
It might have took him almost ten years to realize it: to work hard even for something so simple. That it will grow a long way, especially seeing Tsuna-nii smiled proudly at him by his decision.
A/N: Had too much fun writing Lambo's story...I don't know why I like writing him when Tsuna is my favorite character! So who is your favorite character?
Next up is the feared demon of Namimori with his own personal theme song that strikes fears to those who hears it!