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I have finally escaped! No more coddling! No more glomping! No more marshmallows! No more anything! I am so thrilled to have my freedom again, I can't put it in words!

You see after the battle (I spent the whole time with Bakugan-sama and his marshmallows… ugh…), which the Vongola lost, I had been lifted (by the one and only albino) and we went to go meet up with the Vongola. The disputes and unease in the air clashed, and it was then that another pretty girl showed up (what is up with these pretty girls coming up from nowhere?), and went against Bakugan-sama (that was the first time I had seen him so angry too… so he isn't all 'happy go lucky' then, huh). Some sort of drama flick happened right before my eyes (I had to make sure that I wasn't seeing something weird), and then everyone made a run for the machine that had brought them here.

That was pretty much it.

What I wasn't expecting was for a raven haired teen, with bandages, to grab me and make a run for it. I was too stupefied to even make a sound. I had later learned that his name was Yamamoto Takeshi, a guy who took the love of something to a whole different level. The rest took Takeshi's introduction as their cue to introduce themselves… well at least the short guy did…

"I'm Sawada Tsunayoshi," Tsunayoshi gave a smile as he held out his hand. I looked down at his hand then up at him, taking it into my grip. His smile grew in warmth, it could easily give warmth in a cold place that smile… "it's nice to meet you in person, Cannon-kun."

How did he know my name again? Oh… right, Bakugan-sama had been saying my name for quite a while now…

"It's nice to meet you too, Tsunayoshi," I managed to give my own smile.

"Ah, you can just call me Tsuna," Tsuna gave a laugh. "my name can be quite the mouthful, aha~"

So he knows that too… I gave a small laugh. "Is that so? Well, I must say that suit looks quite good on you, Tsuna."

His reaction was amusing, and adorable. However it was cut short when a yell cut through. "Why you! Don't get the Tenth all flustered! If you do anything wrong, I swear I'll– !"

Tsuna immediately turned to the silverette and calmed him down. "Gokudera-kun! It's alright! He just complimented me, that's all!"

The guy clicked his tongue but calmed down nonetheless. I waited for him to introduce himself, but he didn't. So I ended up taking matters into my own hands. "I'd love to get to know you all, seeing as I would be stuck with all of you for the next, oh I don't know, say two hours?"

"Two hours?" Tsuna gave a small frown.

I shrugged. "It's a saying."

He nodded and turned to coax the silverette, who had given in and grit out an introduction. "Gokudera Hayato, right hand man of the Tenth."

Slowly the rest of the group put in their two cents in. The extremely loud guy was Sasagawa Ryohei, his sister was, the auburn haired girl, Kyoko. The girl beside her was Haru, I recall hearing her name before, but I shrugged it off. The pink haired woman was Bianchi, Hayato's sister apparently. There was another girl, her name was Dokuro Chrome, again I have had the feeling that I had heard her name somewhere before… not to mention that she looked familiar… her eyepatch, on the other hand was pretty cool. The guy in the farthest from the group was Hibari Kyoya, the man beside him was Kusakabe Tetsuya, his pompadour… was a whole different level of weird. There were two children with another man, the man was Fuuta and the kids were Lambo, with an afro, and I-Pin, the Chinese martial artist. I wasn't expecting that either… Another teen male that had come with Tsuna was Basil, I had to ponder on whether that was a plant name or something… it seemed familiar. The girl that had appeared out of nowhere, and pissed of Bakugan-sama, was Uni. Her Uncle was Mr. Hitman, Reborn. There was a blonde man, with the most casual clothes I've seen all day, called Cavallone Dino. The fat dude from before was Giannini, a mechanic along with Spanner and Irie Shoichi.

I stared harder at Shoichi. "Irie Shoichi? As in the guy I had saved from drowning from the river?"

A lot of surprised exclaims went around, and soon everybody was staring at the red head. I felt bad with bringing the spotlight on him, but it felt good to not be at the center of attention. Man… I am such a selfish person, aren't I?

The red head gave a wry grin. "It seems that you have connected the dots all by yourself, Cannon."

"No, not really, I've only been hitting walls here and there, and I've only recently been able to complete learning Japanese with Kikyo." I huffed, crossing my arms childishly.

"Ah, that would make sense." Shoichi nodded.

"You know, I still haven't forgiven you for pushing me towards that bazooka." I pointed out, Shoichi merely smiled at me. Very irritating.

Tsuna cut in. "Bazooka?! You mean Lambo's bazooka?!"

"I don't know whose bazooka it was, but it was definitely a bazooka." I shrugged, scratching my head in thought. These names seemed really familiar, I couldn't place my finger on them.

Tsuna had turned to Shoichi and demanded an answer for this, and the red head was surprisingly taking it well. "It was this era's Cannon's wish, to come into the Vongola much earlier than he had done here."

"But we could have prevented him from entering into the mafia!" Tsuna wailed.

"True, but as a friend, I was sworn to bring him here." Shoichi sighed, ruffling his hair. "Sometimes I don't even know what he's thinking up."

"But still!" Ah, it seemed that Tsuna was running out of points.

That's right, I needed answers, and I needed them now. I turned to Reborn. "Mr. Hitman,"

"No need to be so formal, Cannon," Reborn smirked, I still couldn't get used to that. It just wasn't logically possible.

"A force of habit is all it is," I waved the matter off, and looked him dead in the eye, serious. "I'm rather curious on whether you'll offer that explanation I had denied last time."

Was it me, or did the smirk grow wider?

My mind is playing tricks on me again…

"You won't chicken out this time would you?" He questioned.

I sighed. "As much as I'd like to, I'm afraid I won't be able to rest quietly if I don't have an explanation for all the… phenomenon that I have been experiencing."

"You sound like you have had more than one or two experience," Reborn stated.

"I'm not one to deny the weird stuff I have encountered." I ran a hand through my hair, letting out a breath. I was then aware of the eerie silence that had taken over the group. I switched back to English. "I'd very much like to speak with you alone."

Turns out, Reborn wasn't the only one who knew English. But I didn't pay any heed to any of the outbursts and waited for the answer that I would receive. Reborn tipped his hat. "Alright, but then you'd have to promise that you would give an explanation to Tsuna afterwards."

"Crystal," I then followed him farther, so that no one would hear us.

He told me everything, what the Vongola was, who Tsuna was, who everyone was. He then went on to explain on what they had gone through, trail after trail. I admit, I had to feel some pity towards the brunette. Reborn then went on about what they were currently going through, and what exactly went on while I had been in my little world. He finished his explanation, and I stayed quiet for a while. "So, let me get this straight, Bakugan-sama here is the all-round bad guy that you were trying to beat earlier, and it's because of him you are stuck in what you call a 'parallel future' that is situated at exactly nine years later. Is that correct so far?"

I received a nod, and I continued. "And here, nine years later, you all, of this era, are at war with Bakugan-sama, who wants to take over the whole of the Universe, and has control over every other future that is known, right?"

Another nod. "So, Tsuna, being the Vongola Decimo, was brought here, by his nine year later form, to defeat Bakugan-sama, because he has the Vongola Rings, which were destroyed in this era, thus not completing the Trinisette."

"His future self has stated that Tsuna has more possibilities than himself," Reborn spoke up. "and that's according to Irie."

"I see…" I nodded thoughtfully. So far everything fit snugly into place. "And this… bazooka, how does it come into play?"

"The ten year later bazooka is a time travel device created by the Bovinos." Reborn stated.

"Another mafia?" I asked.

"Of course," Was all he said.

I pinched the bridge of my nose. "And what exactly does this time travel machine do?"

"You've already experienced it." I let the statement sink in, thinking back to all my misadventures…

Darn, so all of that was the future?

"Yes everything you've experienced was the future, ten years into the future to be exact."

I looked down at the infant hitman warily. "Was I thinking out loud again?"

Reborn smirked. "No, I'm a mind reader."

"Ha, no." I waved it off. "Anyways, thanks for telling me."

"Nothing is free in this world." He stated.

"And I need to know this, why?" I questioned, with a raised brow.

"I want to know your half of the story." We had a stare down for a while.

I then decided to break it with a question. "My side of the story?"

"From the moment you had been brought into this era." He answered.

"Oh… that," I nodded thoughtfully. "Well, after I had been pushed towards the bazooka, I was kidnapped by these flying people. After that, I had been confined in a bedroom, until that time I was called down to Bakugan-sama's office, or whatever it was. I was then placed back in the room, until I was dumped into a room with the group of weird people. And today, you should know the rest."

Reborn was silent for a while. "You must have a sense of humor."

"Pardon?" I asked, unsure if he was talking about my explanation or not.

"To call Byakuran, Bakugan-sama, even though you perfectly well know his name." He smirked.

I blinked, and I couldn't help but grin back. "Haven't you heard? Old habits die hard."

We had a short pep talk afterwards, and soon returned to the group immediately. Though unfortunately I had…

blacked out, when I was whacked round my head. I have no freakin' clue on why I was whacked, but I do know that my attacker was none other than Kyoya. That just doesn't make any sense. What confuses me even more is that I was practically dragged with his group to the Namimori Middle in this era. Dino, the kind man he was, explained to me why he had brought me here… though I don't remember the reasons, since I was busy fuming on being knocked out for how many times now? Three times? Seems legit.

Daisy had appeared here and Kyoya had taken care of him. He then turned to some sort of lizard, and all these handcuffs seemed to come out of nowhere, and thus R.I.P Daisy. Short and crude. I kinda felt sorry for him, but then again, we weren't that close.

Dino explained how the flame system worked, and went through all the details concerning them. He even gave me a reference on the Tenth Vongola Generation, Tsuna and company. His explanations were quite easy to follow.

Kyoya on the other hand, came bursting through the door of the roof (not so long ago) and is now currently trying to beat the crap out of Dino (I feel sorry for the man). Tetsuya and Romario (both right hand men of the two battling) were standing to one side and talking to each other (while I decided that hiding would be the best choice, so I can write this entry).

I hope Tsuna and the rest of the others are okay, I can't help but feel indebted to him. But on the bright side, I can finally piece together everything.

Knowledge hadn't felt so good.

P.S. Bakugan-sama must be stuffing his face with marshmallows right now…