Wow. I almost made Tsuna into a genius in this chapter. Just saying, but Tsuna is like, seven years old so he's in… second grade. Yeah. And Kyoya is two years older…

Haha.

My sister made me write so much. Thank her. Thank Scheming Rabbit and… maybe check out her story, Little Prince.

Also! Just saying! I don't own Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Because… giggle. Heh. Heh.

Tsuna felt pain. A lot of pain.

I-it… hurts…! Tsuna pitifully thought.

He could not see anything or move. But Tsuna could tell that he was being carried off somewhere. Everything sounded distorted—all weird.

The next thing he remembered was that he fell painfully on his back and he heard lots of screams.

"Argh..." Tsuna groaned. Tsuna felt slightly warm and concluded that he was sick.

I guess that place was a hospital. The scary man gave me a shot… Mama would be there when I get a shot… Why wasn't Mama there? Mama… I don't wanna be sick.

Tsuna heard a grunt and he opened his eyes on instinct. He felt danger. His instincts were telling him to get away. Spread his wings and flee.

W-wings? I don't have wings… But I have to get away. His eyes roamed his surroundings and blinked. There was a familiar figure in his field of vision. However, his eyesight was still blurry from the intense pain he felt before losing conscious.

When his sight cleared up, he could identify the figure from his face. And that figure was one to be feared.

Hibari-san!

"H-Hibari-san…?" Tsuna croaked. Hibari turned around fully and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes. He seems to be focusing on something else.

Hiiiie! He's not thinking of biting me to death, right? Please no… Tsuna mentally whimpered.

"Herbivore..." Tsuna tensed.

What rule did I break now?!

"You're on fire."

"…"

"…"

"Huh?" Tsuna blinked and sat up, but a flash of pain from his limbs prevented him from doing so fully.

"Owiiie!"

It hurts! Tsuna wailed in his mind. He struggled to turn around, but managed and indeed…

"HIIIIIE! I'm on f-fire! My back is on fire!" he yelped and attempted to get up to get a better view.

"OWIE!"

Before he dropped down on the floor in pain, he saw that he had orange flames that flared out to the side for a couple feet. It looked like he had wings. But for some strange reason, the flames did not hurt. Instead, they gave them warmth and happiness—something he did not experienced often.

A sigh was heard. "Herbivore, if you keep on scrambling around, you'll be in more pain."

"B-but… I have to get back to Mama… She might be worried!" Tsuna said and looked down in fear. The fire on his back seemed to have tensed up.

"Since the hospitals are closed down for some reason and I do not know where you live... I'll heal you. Leaving a citizen of Namimori on the streets unprotected would desecrate the beauty of Namimori," Hibari replied.

Tsuna seemed relieved and shocked, and loosened up. And with that, the fire went out and Tsuna passed out after a few seconds.

In Italy, there was a man with blonde hair that seemed to be buried under a mountain of papers.

"Argh, why are there so many papers?! I shouldn't have this many like Nono!" he complained to himself.

Suddenly, his phone rang, alerting him and preventing him from falling into the hands of sleep.

"Argh… I just wanna sleep..."

"If you do that, I will come in there and make you do your paperwork! It's your fault you have that much anyway," threatened a voice through the wall. Then the voice spoke to itself, "Really… Destroying our one of allies' base with a bazooka? How did that happen?"

The man just sighed and answered his phone.

"Hello?"

"Honey! Tsu-kun is missing!"

"Nana?"

"I don't know where he is! I just—I just don't know what to do!"

"Nana, calm down. What happened?"

"He—he… I went to buy groceries, but after I came back I couldn't find Tsu-kun! He was supposed to be playing with his favorite pink ball like always, but—but he's not here!"

"Nana, I… I can't..." the man trailed off. His eyes were swirling with worry and panic but held a mask of calmness. "As much as I want to—"

"Why? Why can't you be here for us? Why can't you—" Nana broke off, sobbing. "I just… Why?! Why…?"

"Nana..." his voice cracked, unable to keep his calm mask on.

"Iemitsu," an elderly voice called out.

Iemitsu turned around, tears already collecting in the corners of his eyes.

"Nono?"

"You can go." Iemitsu muttered something to Nana through the phone and he was gone in a matter of seconds.

When Tsuna woke up, he felt slightly better, but he still felt sore.

"Nrrrrghh..." Tsuna groaned. Everything just felt painful. Painful. Pain. Tsuna did not like pain.

"I hate pain…" Tsuna grumbled to himself. Why couldn't everything be nice? Like Mama! Tsuna misses Mama. Why wasn't Mama here right now?

"Mama..." Tsuna whispered. Tears began to well up in his eyes from the loneliness.

"Herbivore, I do not need you to cry. It's annoying. Shut up before I bite you to death," a familiar voice threatened.

Tsuna whirled around quickly. "Hiie! H-Hibari-san…? P-please don't bite me to death!"

"I told you to shut up."

Tsuna hurriedly covered his mouth with trembling hands, making a slapping sound.

"Hn." And Hibari exited the room.

When did he enter? Actually, where am I? Tsuna wondered.

Tsuna took this time to look at his surroundings. The walls had a clean cream look and had a calendar to show the day, with zabuton cushions adorning the floor. The floors were tatami and there was a hot cup of green tea and some takoyaki next to him. The steam from the green tea was like a thick ribbon, dancing upwards in circles and seemed limitless. He was sitting on a futon, which was very warm and comfortable. There was a cool breeze coming from the door connecting to the outside.

It looks like those places in the movies… and it's very roomy. It's like a castle!—Is... Hibari-san rich?

Grumble...

Tsuna blushed. Ah, he was hungry. Then he looked at the takoyaki and green tea.

"Did Hibari-san make me this?"

Tsuna smiled childishly. "How nice of him!"

…

...

"Hibari-san… nice?" Tsuna gasped. "Well, he is a human being. Everyone has a heart—no matter how scary Hibari-san can be..."

After his sudden revelation, he decided to eat the takoyaki and the steaming hot green tea. He picked one up with the toothpick that was delicately put to the side and blew on it to help cool it down. Then he popped it into his mouth.

"Mmh… It's yummy! I wish I could make something like this, but I'm dame..." Tsuna sighed wistfully. He chewed carefully and swallowed.

He held the cup delicately and took a sip. "Uwah, it's like the tea I have at home!"

Tsuna's eyes dimmed. "Home..." He sighed. "I miss home. I miss Mama."

He shook his head. "I shouldn't think about that! Just get better! For Mama!" And he continued to eat with renewed energy.

Sparkles and rainbows could be seen from all around.

...Is this the herbivore's doing? Hibari wondered silently to himself as the light died down.

"How strange," he mused, then took a gentle sip from his cup. "I wonder if he ate the food I laid out for him."

Tsuna, content and full, looked out the window. It was night and the moon was full and bright.

On the days when the moon was big, Mama would sing for me… Tsuna learned many songs from his mother, who sings gently and lovingly. Tsuna hoped that he could one day, like his mother, help others calm down through singing.

He opened his mouth and sang quietly into the night.

"Yoru no yami ni hitori tokekomi

Hakanaku chiru MONOCHROME no sekai somari

Tsukami sokoneta hoshi no kakera

Bokura hiroiatsumete ikeruto shinji

Dare ga kitemo koko kara saki wa dare hitori toosanai

Hakanaku mai tobu you ni

Aoku izanau sora e

Tatoe donna iro somatte mo

Mamorinuiteku

Uzumaku kanjyou ni sae

Nagasarenai tsuyosa wo

Futatabi kurikaesareru akashi

Jibun no risou oimotomeru

Kedakaki kokou no ukigumo no you ni

Kono boku ni tachimukau kakugo to chikara wa kimi ni aru no ka

Nibiiro ni somaru machi

Awaku kagayaku you ni

Tatoe donna miraizou demo

Shinjiru tsuyosa

Jyakusha wa tsuchi ni kaeri

Tsuyoki mono ga nokotteku

Futatabi kurikaesareru akashi

Atsui kumo wo nukereba

Shiroki sekai utsuridasu

Tatoe donna michi dato shitemo

Tsunagatte iru

Torawarenai tsuyosa ga

Waga michi wo kirihiraku

Futatabi kurikaesareru akashi

Dare ga kitemo koko kara saki wa dare hitori toosanai

Hakanaku mai tobu you ni

Aoku izanau sora e

Tatoe donna iro somatte mo

Mamorinuiteku

Uzumaku kanjyou ni sae

Nagasarenai tsuyosa wo

Futatabi kurikaesareru akashi

Tatoe donna iro somatte mo

Hakanaku mai tobu you ni

Futatabi kurikaesareru akashi..."

"Wao."

Tsuna whirled around and screamed. "Hiiie! Wha-wha—I, uh, I-I… Don't tell anyone!" Tsuna slowly realized that it was Hibari. "Uh… Uh..."

Hibari snorted. "Really… A herbivore is a herbivore, no matter what."

Tsuna looked down in embarrassment. "It's just… No one knows that I can sing… and I'd like to keep it that way."

Hibari was curious. "Oh, why?"

"Because of my bullies!" Tsuna snapped. His eyes widened and then softened. "Sorry, it's just that they might think it's girly..."

Hibari ignored the fact that he snapped at him. "There are male singers," Hibari contradicted.

"That's true, but… it doesn't matter. They would look for any chance to make fun of me."

"There shouldn't be bullies anyway. I should bite them to death." A strange, evil glint appeared in Hibari's eyes. Tsuna shivered at this, but he settled for sighing.

"I wish I can fight back like you. I wish I wasn't Dame-Tsuna!" Tears started to pour. "Why am I so useless?"

Tsuna shrunk back and hid his face away from the world, crawling into a fetal position. Hibari shifted uncomfortably, not knowing what to do. "Herbivore..."

Tsuna paid no attention for his misery was too great.

"Herbivore, if you don't stop moping, I will bite you to death," Hibari threatened, attempting to stop him from crying.

Tsuna simply curled up into a tighter ball, which made him look like a cute brown ball of misery.

To Tsuna, this whole predicament made him feel miserable. As he was wallowing in self pity, he felt a lot more warmer. And tired. So he decided that he would go to sleep and try not to bother Hibari too much.

Hibari frowned. Why was he doing this again? He should've just bitten the herbivore to death. Then he recalled the flickering flames.

Tsuna was moping and curled up in a tight ball. Suddenly, orange flames began to form over him. Hibari stared, shocked, but quickly took action.

"Herbivore, your back—it's on fire again."

He was about to stand up and get water, but then he realized that Tsuna was not flinching in pain. He narrowed his eyes, deep in thought. Wasn't he wincing in pain before? No, he seemed oblivious of the flames. Do the flames not hurt? he paused and then stood. Walking over to Tsuna he held a hand near the flames.

It's looks the same as before, and it radiates heat. However, it doesn't seem to burn...

He touched the flames, amazed at the fact that his hand was not burning. His eye twitched. "What kind of fire does not burn things?"

What is this herbivore…? What was he doing with those suspicious herbivores? Hm, I— His thoughts were cut off by Tsuna.

Tsuna shifted and hugged Hibari. Tsuna was barely conscious at the time, and thought Hibari was his plushy that he usually slept with. His plushy was a lion cub that was very chibi, which Tsuna named Natsu because it was summer when Nana purchased it for him.

Hibari was tempted to throw Tsuna off of him, but saw his very… cute, herbivorous face. His weakness for cute animals seem to have taken over and let Tsuna sleep peacefully.

"What a strange herbivore…" Hibari whispered.

When Tsuna woke up once again, he felt very comfortable and warm. He saw pale arms wrapped around him and concluded that everything was a bad dream.

Ah, but that takoyaki was so good~ And that takoyaki was made… by… Hibari-san…

"Hibari-san…?" Tsuna mumbled and looked up. And there he saw Hibari peacefully sleeping. Tsuna was tempted to scream, but caught himself before he did. It wouldn't do for him to get more hurt.

Hibari was beginning to wake up. The sunlight was, once again, waking him up and someone was calling his name. Oh, how he hated the sun.

"Hibari-san…?"

His eyes fluttered opened, wondering who was there. He looked down.

Ah.

"Herbivore," he acknowledged.

Tsuna paused. "Uh, I—er, s-sorry!" And he hurriedly got off. Well, he would've, if not for the fact that Hibari didn't let go. So he fell.

On top of Hibari.

"S-sorry…!"

Hibari ignored him and looked at the single calendar in the room.

Sunday. My patrol does not start until one o'clock. And judging by how the sun just came up, it's about six o'clock.

"I'm going to sleep more, "Hibari simply stated, motioning Tsuna to do the same.

"A-ah..." Tsuna replied.

Tsuna did not know what to do. On one hand, he wanted to get up and…

And what? Look for Mama?

… And on the other hand, he did not want to go against Hibari. It was like a death wish to go against him.

But, he still was sleepy. Sleep it is.

It was not comfortable for Tsuna, who was stiff yet sleepy, but over time he fell asleep against Hibari.

"U-um… " Tsuna mumbled from his blanket cocoon.

Hibari was long gone from the room, mumbling about, "Clingy herbivore..." and a quiet "cute..."

He did not mean to hug Hibari when he was sleeping. He was now embarrassed.

What a sight it could've been if someone had seen.

But Tsuna did not know that Kusakabe came and went silently, smirking to himself when he saw. And Hibari bit him to death for that when he found out.

Kusakabe honestly thought it was going to be a normal day.

Wake up, deal with hair, eat, go to Kyo-san's house, wait for orders, beat up delinquents, eat, beat up more rule-breakers, eat, sleep, and repeat.

But that was not the case when he went to Kyo-san's house. He saw a… "herbivore" cuddling with Kyo-san. That never happens.

Ever.

He wished he could take a picture just for the sake of the picture, but he knew that the slightest of sounds can wake him up. Just like a beast.

So he settled for staring for longer, then left with a content smirk.

Then the smirk turned into a sheepish smile later that day when Kyo-san found out.

I ended with a happy note, no? :D