MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!! (By the way, I'm sorry that this isn't a Christmas Special sort of chapter, the christmas chapter will come when the timeline in this fic reaches that date.)

Hope you all are enjoying Christmas and the holidays!!

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We're starting out this chapter with the Mukuro like I promised you guys last chapter, enjoy!!

And wow, it's gonna be so weird for the twins, and awkward too haha!! Tsuna doesn't understand why Ieyoshi stopped insulting him, and has no idea why he feels guilty. And Ieyoshi just can't work up the courage to apologise or even talk with Tsuna!! For Ieyoshi, that's gonna be awkward, and for Tsuna, he just feels confused. Let the sibling awkwardness commence!!!

And as you will see, the first part in Tsuna's room, everything seems so vague, like there's nothing much to write and that there's nothing happening. Half-true, nothing important is happening, but it is written in such a way to portray Tsuna's morning confusion.

And everyone's still very worried, but we'll get past that.

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THE CURRENT TIMELINE OF EVENTS UNTIL THIS CHAPTER:

2003 - Lancia is born

2012 - Byakuran's uncle was assassinated on December 22nd. Lancia gets taken into the Serpentine Famiglia on December 24th.

2013 - Byakuran is born (March 14) , Mukuro is born, Kyoya is born, Ryohei is born. Michaelo killed Gesso's brother's (Bya-kun's uncle) murderer on December 22nd. Ken and Chikusa are born.

2014 - Tsuna (13/10) and Ieyoshi (14/10) are born, Kensuke is born, Takeshi and Hayato (September 9th) are born. Kyoko and Hana are born

2016 - Yuni is born on January 15, Sawada twins are 2

2017 - Tsuna (3) gets sold to Estraneo and meets Mukuro, Ken and Chikusa.

2018 - Hayato started to perform piano for guests, first time eating Bianchi's poison cooking. Officially met Michaelo who consoled the crying Hayato.

2019 - Yuni is 3, Estraneo gets destroyed, Tsuna was rescued by ghosts to Giglio Nero mansion in January. Tsuna is now 5, Byakuran and Mukuro 6. Arcobaleno visited Aria and Yuni. Tsuna arrived after they left. Byakuran and Yuni officially meet each other and meets Tsuna, Yuni and Byakuran revealed to be half-siblings through Byakuran's father. (The Future Heirs Arc Part 2). In April, Tsuna goes back to Namimori. YUNIted is built. An unofficial alliance was created between Michaelo and the Giglio Nero.

2020 - The Crib Incident. Gesso becomes a Famiglia. Official (but silent) announcement of the alliance between Gesso and Giglio Nero. Mukuro (7) gets taken into the Serpentine Famiglia (lancia's Famiglia) along with Ken and Chikusa, both also 7 years old.

2022 - Hayato ran away. Mukuro(9) gets taken away by the Vindice with Ken (9), Chikusa (9) and Lancia (19). Lambo is born

2027 - Tsuna is 13, Reborn arrives. (by the way, since his birthday hasn't passed, he's not really 13 yet, so he'll be 14 in the Varia Arc)

(Whew!)

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2027 (I'm really following the 2027 calendar...)

14/6 - Reborn boards the plane to Japan.
20/6 - Reborn arrives in Japan (presumably on that day since Tsuna can only guess), and is introduced in YUNIted
21/6 - Reborn arrives at the Sawada household. The kendo match happened.
22/6 - Smoking Bomb Hayato arrives, Tsuna gains a Storm, Mochida is scouted by Reborn to become Ieyoshi's Cloud. Mukuro broke out of Vendicare.
23/6 - Takeshi's attempted suicide, was saved and became Tsuna's Rain.
29/6 - Bianchi and Lambo arrived.
30/6 - TYL Lambo makes an appearance and stirs things up.
12/7 - Haru makes an appearance. Tsuna's PTSD attack
13/7 - Haru attempts to challenge Ieyoshi. Tsuna gets interrogated and Reborn gets played.

Hopefully this will make the timeline less confusing. I've already developed the timeline from Daily Life Arc to the first day of Varia Arc (when Basil enters), and have included a lot of the other events that will happen which may or may not be included within canon.

So I have a question for you guys, do you want me to follow the canon manga timeline where the Daily Life Arc in between Kokuyo and Varia doesn't have as much context, but that also means that the present Daily Arc is going to be pretty long. Or do you want me to follow the anime timeline where after Kokuyo Arc, we jump back to the Daily Life Arc which happens before Kokuyo Arc? Same goes for after Varia Arc.

Since Kokuyo Arc happens around 7/9 - 9/9 of 2028 (this fic), and Varia Arc starts from 13/10 of 2028.

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Chapter 20

When he isn't around...

(This won't happen but I'm just writing it to see what would happen)

Ah, you must be Tsunayoshi, happy to meet you!! I'm the Cavallone boss, Dino.

Sawada Tsunayoshi........

He's the twin of Baka-Ie, Baka-Dino.

The names, oh how I've missed them......

Hello hello~~~

Byakuran! What are you doing here?!?!

You...... you're the Gesso boss......

Ciao~ Reborn-chan, Dino-chan~~

That crest...... Don Gesso...

Dame-Tsuna, how do you know a boss of a fearsome famiglia?

No one has ever seen him in person......

......Byakuran, I'm going to kill you later......

He's like my little brother~~~

Byakuran!!!

-What if Byakuran introduces himself when Dino comes around? And Reborn is right there!

(Won't happen in the story XD. Just a what-if)

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Somewhere in Russia, in an abandoned warehouse, eight escaped convicts sat in silence. A girl with bright hair, a pair of creepy twins, a creepy bird-obsessed old man, a man with a scarred face, and three teens, one who seemed to be the leader of the small group, seeing as how the others turned to him, waiting for him to speak.

The blue-haired leader had shut his eyes, sweat had begun beading down his forehead as the other two teens and the scarred man looked at him in concern.

"Mukuro-sama?" One teen with wild features asked once 'Mukuro' opened his eyes, a frown evident on his face.

What he growled out caused the other two teens to worry. The scarred man looked at him with reluctant respect at those words. The others paid no mind, seeing as they didn't know what he was talking about and did not feel the same way as the scarred man.

"My Sky is in distress..."

Fratellino, ti prego, essere va bene......

(Little brother, please be okay......)

(I'm using my limited Italian knowledge here since Google Translate gives me strange things which I'm pretty sure is not totally correct... Any Italian Native speakers out there, please check it for me, thank you.)

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The ghosts crowded Tsuna's room ever since he started sleeping until the next day's noon. The brunette took his time waking up, his alarm clock turned off, thanks to Reborn in a rare moment of kindness.

"Papa......?" Tsuna mumbled blearily, his mind still in a sleeping state. The words spilled out before he could stop them at the sight of his ancestor, he wasn't even aware that he called Giotto by what he used to call him when he was still a child.

"Tsuna!!" Giotto's own shout covered the rest of his Guardian's, all with different variations, but with the same meaning nonetheless.

"Why.... my alarm clock, it didn't go off..." he noticed. Then, he scanned the room. The floor was tidy, clean, nothing in his room a mess. "This reeks of Kyoya... wait a minute..."

He noticed that his assignments were gone, the file along with it. A sticky note was placed on his opened bag, with a small Leon drawing. Okay, now this is definitely Reborn and Kyoya, he deadpanned.

Your assignments have been given to your Storm to hand in, you're sleeping in today.

"Huh???" He just said in complete confusion. Finally, his mind awoken fully and he was now fully aware of everything that was out of place.

The ghosts look worried, my room is tidy now, Reborn's letting me sleep in, my alarm clock was turned off,...... Reborn's letting me sleep in!!! What?!?! The world is coming to an end, isn't it...?

He would've moved on to more thoughts had it not been for Giotto's voice interrupting him.

"Tsuna, what do you remember of yesterday?"

It was also then that he realised, he didn't have any memories of anything from half past 8 and after...

"Nothing..."

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Tsuna decided to not wear his school uniform since he was supposedly 'sleeping in' for the day. No use even going to school anyway, since it was already noon. His head hurt, and he knew it wasn't his intuition. Ugh..... what did happen yesterday? he sighed groggily.

"Mama?" he called out, hesitant just in case no one was in the house. It was quiet, something that he used to love and was now unused to thanks to the chaos that Reborn brought along with him. That's strange, he thought as he walked down the stairs and around the house.

She must be out then, he figured. Then, where was Bianchi? Lambo? Would they all just leave the house empty and unguarded? Tsuna frowned, everyone warmed up to Mama and no one was ever willing to leave the house unguarded. Reborn also mentioned that he wanted Tsuna to sleep in so who was guarding the house during his sleep?

There's something I'm missing, but my Intuition isn't alerting me to anything dangerous. It wasn't going off, only a dull thump, someone was in the house but wasn't a threat.

"Hello?" Tsuna slowly walked into each room, keeping his footsteps as silent as he could, even though there wasn't a threat laying about. It was only when he walked into the living room that drew out another sound.

"Dame-Tsuna." Said a voice from behind and above him. Tsuna shrieked a bit, he was not expecting to get spooked, especially after the weirdness just before in his room. Oh well, at least Reborn doesn't have any plans for him, for now at least, otherwise his Hyper Intuition would be banging on his skull.

"R-Reborn, afternoon." Tsuna finally managed to stutter out. Why would Reborn hide in silence? Was it just to mess with him? "Where's everyone else?" He turned around and tried to find the hitman. Nowhere in sight, of course, however, following his Intuition, his eyes were directed at the wall diagonally behind him.

Empty, until a sort of compartment opened up, the sight of it made Tsuna's jaw slack open. "You even have h-hideouts here......"

"Hup!" There was no warning when Reborn suddenly leaped off the platform in the compartment and onto his head. "I'm a hitman." he said, as if it answered everything.

"R-right..." Seems like there was no getting the hitman off his back, more like his head in this situation...... Maybe making some lunch would be enough to bore the hitman? It was obvious no one else was home, the living room was the last place he checked and school was still ongoing. Time to ask the burning question on his mind then...

"Reborn, why did you want me to sleep in?"

Reborn had noticed that as more Elements began to bond with Tsuna as their Sky, his stuttering was dropping to a minimum. And from what he heard yesterday during the breakdown, Tsuna already had a Mist, one that he looked to as an older brother. Here he thought Tsuna only had three, which was two ahead of Baka-Ie, his true student, but now it seems he already had one from when he was younger, making it four.

Perhaps it was time to rope in Kurokawa Hana, he also saw Fon's student running around town these days. Maybe Bianchi too, Mochida certainly is the weakest but he's already loyal to Baka-Ie.

The question made him snap out. It also made Reborn narrow his eyes as he began to suspect something, that the sudden PTSD attack had caused his brain forget about that to protect the mind. He needed confirmation.

"Tsuna, what do you remember from last night?"

It was said in a clear and precise tone, leaving no room for refusal to answer, the hitman wore a strange expression, unfortunately it couldn't be seen by Tsuna because he was carrying the hitman on his head as he was making lunch. Just simple salad.

However, it was easy to note that the brunette's eyebrows furrowed together, that same question again. What actually happened? Why was everyone so worried? Perhaps he should take a look at the footage from Michaelo's cameras in the house.

That is, if Reborn had not taken them out or discovered them yet. He definitely would inspect the house more than once, he wouldn't be Reborn if he didn't.

The man no longer used them after Reborn's arrival, it was too much of a risk for Byakuran, although no one knew his face, they would still recognise the ring he wore on his finger. Not the Sky Mare Ring, no, it was a ring that was designed by Michaelo and some other skilled people after the Gesso Famiglia officially formed. Everyone recognised the symbol, just like everyone recognised the symbol of Vongola.

"Tsuna!" Reborn shouted at him, his tone worried. Oh right, Tsuna must've spaced out thinking about too much stuff again.

"S-sorry Reborn. I guessed I spaced out, hehe." he laughed sheepishly, and stopped with whatever he was doing, concentrating on trying to think back to what had happened.

He started speaking his mind, unaware of it, so his words weren't being filtered.

"I... I remember going t-to my room, then this m-man came up the stairs. I just followed h-him and stayed out of sight, t-thought it would be fun to shock the group." At this, he chuckled a bit, yes, their expressions were totally worth the stealth. "Then....... Then there w-was this problem on that paper, I h-heard my friend r-rant on and o-on about it a-and I still remember it c-clearly. So I solved i-it to just get that friend's rantings o-out of m-my head. Then...... then......." He bit his lip.

What happened next? What happened? Oh god, why couldn't he remember?!?! What if he said something suspicious?!?! What happened next?!?!?!

"I.... I can't remember!!" He dropped the ladle containing the salad dressing onto the kitchen counter and clutched at his head. It hurt it hurt!! Why couldn't he remember anything?!?!

What happened last night?!?!

Why can't I remember!?! It hurts! My head hurts so much!!

Why can't I remember?!?!

"Reborn..." he gasped out softly. The hitman had jumped off his head and onto the kitchen counter, staring at Tsuna in obvious worry and concern. "What happened last night!"

Reborn's eyes seemed to darken. But it was only for a split second and if it was anyone else, they would've thought it was a trick of the light. "You over-exhausted yourself. You fainted."

I..... I what?

There was something more, something more that no one seemed to want him to remember. Something more that made everyone way too worried about him.

But what?!?!

He wasn't going to pry, if not even Reborn or Giotto would tell him, not even any of the other ghosts, he would've to find out himself. Preferably away from the ghosts, he felt a pang of guilt about hiding what he was planning to do from them, but they weren't going to tell him. A bad habit of Cielo27, the need to know everything.

Even if Reborn took away the cameras Michaelo had set up, Tsuna has his own bugs planted. Listening bugs everywhere. And a single hidden camera monitoring the second floor hallway.

Whatever happened last night, made everyone worried about Tsuna, and whatever it was was horrible enough for them to try and hide it from him.

And Tsuna will get to the bottom of it.

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Reborn knew from the instant the brunette went silent that Tsunayoshi would not give up, it could be the Vongola Hyper Intuition or Tsuna's perceptiveness, but he knew that something was wrong. Reborn made sure that his tone of voice gave nothing away and was quick to wipe away his expression, but Tsuna somehow still knew that he was lying.

And not only lying, that whatever he couldn't remember was something big.

Reborn tilted down his fedora as he watched the twin of his idiot student bring his salad over to the dining table to eat. There were a list of characteristics and personality quirks to each twin, mostly contrasting each other. He saw the resolve in the brunette's eyes, curiousity is a dangerous thing, needless to say, it is something important for gathering information as well.

Any information, no matter how small, whether it be a sentence or a word, an object or just some leftover dust, could change everything. And it seemed Tsuna knew this as well. It no longer seemed surprising, considering what he discovered yesterday.

Any victim of the mafia, actually, any victim would always make sure that they had more than enough info, never writing off anything as useless. Just to escape, just for vengeance, they all value information.

Ieyoshi was charismatic and could manipulate the crowd with charm and looks, he would have to teach him to do so with words as well. Tsunayoshi was...... he had the Sky aura down quicker than Ieyoshi, perhaps even before Reborn arrived. He had never tutored Tsunayoshi in anything Dying Will related, but now seeing as he has four Guardians already, one still unknown (that grated on his nerves), perhaps he should amend that......

After all, two victi- students at the same time, are better than one......

Tsuna felt a sudden chill go down his spine.

Oh no, he has a bad feeling that Reborn is planning his doom........

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Hayato and Takeshi spent the entire day at YUNIted, Hibari Kyoya left many classes of beat up bodies on school grounds, including teachers, before also heading out to YUNIted. he sat at the table furthest from them, who were sitting at the counter.

Tsuna isn't here...

Hayato worried a lot about his Sky, he was right, damn it!! Why couldn't he be wrong about that?!?! Why must his Sky suffer?!?!

Takeshi had the same thoughts. He had never partook in the bullying and jeering before because he admired Tsuna for being so strong, especially when his twin also joined in on the bullying. It was something he found cruel about Ieyoshi and wondered why no one ever picked up on it.

He only shouted good luck to the brunette, a stuttering timid person with a big heart, and......

With a dark past, it seems.

"Eh? Looks like Dame-Tsuna has finally managed to piss off his bodyguards!!! Hahaha!!"

"I knew he was good for nothing!!"

"Now that Dame-Tsuna is gone, we can approach those two hotties!!!"

"Ieyoshi-sama must be so happy!!!"

Laughter of joy filled the classroom when both Hayato and Takeshi walked in without Tsuna, both wore frowns, scowls in the case of Hayato.

"...I'm not staying here any longer. Baseball nut, you coming?" Hayato clicked his tongue and turned around, slamming the door so both him and Takeshi were still outside.

"Yeah... let's go." Takeshi agreed easily. This was what Tsuna had to deal with before, but he had never thought that it would be so bad.

"Hn." Hibari Kyoya approached from behind. "Omnivore?"

It was clear to the two of them that he was asking about Tsuna. Takeshi had always noticed how close the brunette was to the prefect and subsequently, the fearsome disciplinary committee. "Reborn has him sleeping in." Takeshi answered so that Hayato wouldn't say anything to provoke him.

"Hn."

They were astonished when the prefect turned around, leaving them alone when it was clear to him what they were planning. They exchanged glances and ran towards the school gate before the bell even rung.

School was not worth it if Tsuna wasn't there...

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Ieyoshi watched as the two of them left school, bruises-free, and ignoring all the questions about why they left from the class. He wishes he had the courage to be like them, to stand up for someone, to walk away from situations that aren't worth it. However, he doesn't.

"Ie." Kensuke, his best friend. The kendo captain looked at him with worry written all over his face. "You okay? You seem out of it..."

"I am." Kensuke looked at him for more explanations, but the blonde stayed quiet, the distant look in his eyes made him look sad. The other boy noticed the disappearance of Tsunayoshi and wanted to ask what happened, Tsunayoshi's two friends have also stomped off.

They weren't the only ones. Two girls in the class kept staring at Tsunayoshi's empty desk, their eyes sometimes flitting to the other two empty desks, belonging to Tamamoto Takeshi and Gokudera Hayato.

"Tsuna-kun......" Kyoko spoke, worried for her friend since 7. Hana remained silent, worried for him as well.

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Tsunayoshi badly wanted to go to YUNIted, he had a very strong feeling that his friends are there, probably drowning in their worry, and he supposed that they didn't want to disturb his rest which is why they didn't come here. However, Reborn seems to be keeping a close eye on him, and this time, he figured it wasn't just because of the events of last night.

"Reborn?"

"What is it Dame-Tsuna?" The hitman said, smirking in his makeshift hammock in Tsuna's room. The brunette was lying on the bed, stomach faced down, a book in front of him. The plot was rather interesting, Tsunayoshi decided, completely ignoring the baby above him until the silence was too much.

"Aren't you s-supposed to be with Ieyoshi? You a-are his tutor, after all." Why was the Arcobaleno even here with him?!

Reborn only smirked and stayed silent, which freaked Tsuna out, who gulped. "Oh, so you're chasing me away? You have more of a backbone than I thought hmm, Dame-Tsuna?"

"No no no! T-that's not what I m-meant!! Just curious..." he hurriedly defended himself, the smirk on the toddler's face was like the devil himself...

Reborn turned over in his hammock, hiding his face from Tsuna, the air around them suddenly growing serious. Tsuna shivered a bit and tried to concentrate on his book, Reborn then broke the silence. "Dame-Tsuna, I will be asking you some questions. And if you don't answer truthfully, well...." he jumped down from the hammock and landed in front of the brunette, Leon transforming from the hammock into the familiar green gun. Reborn cocked the gun directly in his face with a smirk, backing up his unspoken threat.

Oh shit....

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In the end, Reborn left the room with the unconscious brunette on the bed, unconscious by falling asleep though, not by Reborn. Well... he may have contributed to a bit of kicks here and there... and if the room was a bit smoky and grenades were lying about, he didn't have anything to do with it.

The house was still empty, it was approaching the end of the school day. Reborn thought about the information he had finally gotten during that Q&A session, one-sided of course, and decided to cross-reference it with that damn VentiSette's information. To this day, Reborn really couldn't understand who on earth spread a second name for that hacker, tch.....

He had Leon transform into a laptop for him to access the information about the twins he bought from Cielo27, VentiSette, the damn hacker, whatever...... Mentally, he compiled everything that Dame-Tsuna said.

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"Listen up now Dame-Tsuna, it's quiet and empty enough for this session to go smoothly for both of us. No small talk, you'll be sleeping once we're done, don't bother to hide your exhaustion you idiot." Reborn never really states such things, but Tsunayoshi could be an exception this time, besides, not wasting either of their time would turn out to be beneficial to them both. "You can refuse to answer if its too pai- personal." he couldn't say painful, that would be suspicious since Tsunayoshi doesn't remember anything from the night before.

"Fine..." the brunette answered, looking put out, basically, no small talk, no changing the subject etc etc... he should be careful on how he answers, if only he remembered what happened yesterday, then he could word his answers to be less suspicious...

"Have you been out of the country?"

Tsuna winced, a tough question right off the bat, his intuition was prompting him to answer positive. "Yes. When I was younger." Reborn had seen that picture of him and Byakuran, and the Giglio Nero trio ones too, he knew that, but what else did the hitman find out?

Reborn raised his eyebrows, but didn't comment. This was beginning to feel more and more like an interrogation, wait, yeah, this is an interrogation. "Alone?" a nod. "Why?"

Remembering would be useful now!!! He mentally yelled in his mind. The ghosts of the first generation floated around nervously at that question and Tsuna shot them a subtle quick look, this would be a great time to tell him, or at least give him some help!!

He held back from breathing out in relief, and outwardly he displayed a face of trying to remember something far back, as Giotto spoke up nervously. "You had a breakdown yesterday, PTSD attack. They know that you were experimented on. They know you have a Mist who is like an older brother to you, but they don't know who, you spoke in brief Italian."

That wasn't much but it was enough to make his eyes darken with the memory of that rainy day a decade ago, when he was 3.

"Scientists, that bastard of a sperm-donor..." he growled out, completely forgetting that he was talking to Reborn. "Treated me like I'm some object to sell, I'll make him suffer the way I did......" he managed to stop himself as he snapped back to reality.

Reborn managed to piece together what he meant and he brimmed with righteous fury at Iemitsu, Tsuna was leaking a lot of killing intent and bloodlust, his hate runs strong it seems, and he couldn't blame him at all. "Moving on, I saw a picture of you as a child and some white-haired kid, who is he?"

Tsuna was thankful and relived to move past the previous subject, and pondered on how to answer this question... Byakuran would no doubt make his appearance soon, as a surprise of course, so it would be good to clear up one subject now. He also remembered that Bya-kun made himself way too suspicious in that chatroom which Reborn was spying on, so he couldn't say that that 'white-haired kid' was 'Bya-kun'...

"He's Ran, I call him Ran-nii, met him in Italy..." That wasn't bad, not too much not too little, enough to be not suspicious. "He gave me a plushy of him actually......"

Reborn looked satisfied at that, and amused at the last part, and the questions continued. "When did you return to Namimori after Italy?"

"5." That was an easy question, and it would match up with anything Mama might say if Reborn were to ask, and definitely would match up with the information he gave Reborn as Cielo27.

"What other languages do you know?" Reborn gestured to his bookshelves which still had the language dictionaries.

"Japanese, Italian, English, I know a bit of Chinese..." an easy question to answer because the dictionaries themselves are proof.

"Chinese, why? And how good are you at those four?" This was purely educational, Reborn needed to see what standards his would-be student was at, now doesn't he?

"I-I'm most fluent in Italian, second is J-Japanese...... I have grammar i-issues in English and I can o-only speak Chinese for a short p-period of time, I can't write that w-well.... As for why, i-interest, mostly." At Reborn's unwavering stare, he elaborated. "Mostly interest, yeah, b-but I learn i-it just in case I run i-into the Chinese Triads. I g-got involved in the Italian m-mafia unwillingly after all, it's a p-precaution."

Reborn nodded, that made sense. Onwards, it seems. "Who is this Yu-chan and Bya-kun in that chatroom of yours?"

Ah, damn it... he was hoping the question would not come out, oh well, time to wing it. "Yu-chan is Bya-kun's f-friend, and I met Bya-kun through t-the Internet when I was y-younger, we became friends quickly a-and he introduced me to Yu-chan... he's not d-dangerous, really, he isn't. He is just mischievous.."

That.... wasn't what he was hoping for, online friends? And he couldn't be sure if Tsuna was lying or not, he could be telling the truth, that, or he was a very very good liar......

Reborn expected that, good.... now for the two hardest questions. "Dame-Tsuna, I know you have an unusual amount of wealth, with those glasses, able to buy information from that damn hacker..."

Shit, Tsuna just realised that he had slipped out on that one subject many times, now how to explain it.....

"You know I already k-know about the mafia, because o-of that damn bastard and s-scientists... a mafia f-famiglia helped me recuperate, they g-gave me a trust fund, I don't know t-the limits of it.... I still have it, they don't c-check up on me, but I k-know they still care because they haven't c-cancelled the trust fund yet..."

A mafia famiglia?!?! Those pictures...... could it be.... "Dame-Tsuna, who?"

Tsuna hesitated for a bit, before saying, in a very soft voice. "They call themselves the Giglio Nero."

Aria!! So he has met them before!! Now that makes perfect sense, and the pictures slot into place as well!! I see.....

"What do you know of the mafia, Dame-Tsuna? Tell me everything you know about it." There was a glint in his eyes that told him that the consequences wouldn't be fun if he lied.

Tsuna gulped, the ultimate question.

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Sawada Tsunayoshi, born 11:55pm of 13/10/2014, first year in Namimori Middle. Nickname, Dame-Tsuna. He isn't good at anything, his grades have been sabotaged ever since elementary school. Infamous for being friends with Hibari Kyoya and Sasagawa Kyoko. He disappeared from Namimori at age 3, returned when he was 5. Mistreated verbally and physically, as well as emotionally, by everyone else in Namimori, especially Sawada Ieyoshi. The physical stopped when he turned 7 and became fast friends with Hibari Kyoya. Skittish, timid, stutters everytime, suspected PTSD. It seems that he has flames, and were forcefully awakened by an outside party.

You got this much info, Chaos-bringer-Espresso-Addict-Sun-Toddler. This is 300 yen remember? Want more? We can negotiate, hahaha...

Reborn twitched at the long nickname, oh, when he finds that stupid hacker........

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It was on the very last page of the PDF file, an entire paragraph filled with information. That matched up to what Tsunayoshi was saying and his strange stuttering that seemed to get better the more Guardians he has, there was also that Mist that Reborn still had no clue of......

And what Tsunayoshi said......

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"I know I was experimented by m-mafiosi, I-I know that the stronzo Iemitsu is part of the mafia, I got that information from VentiSette by the way. I k-know that when I managed to escape the lab, some mafiosi, l-like I said, a mafia famiglia, the Giglio Nero were t-the ones who helped me get better and back to Namimori. I know you're apart of the mafia, I know Ieyoshi will b-become the Decimo, these two you told me. I know w-what you told me about Vongola, I don't know m-much aside from that, I just know that they're t-the biggest and one of the o-oldest. I know about Flames, I know m-my flames were awakened o-only because of those experiments, I try to hide them to a-avoid that stronzo coming back. Lui un perdente, un essere umano di merda." The last words were spoken quietly but Reborn could hear what he said and snickered at the insults. Reborn noted that when he spoke Italian, there was no stuttering, it was like Tsuna felt more at home with that language.

Stronzo, asshole.

He is a loser, a shitty human being.

Reborn completely agrees with Tsuna.

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Ignoring the unforgettable and completely true insults, what he said completely matches with what Cielo27 gave him and what he had observed for himself. However......

Reborn glanced at the stairs, where he was sitting at in the dining room, he could see a bit of the stairs if he turned around.

Why does he feel as if there are many things missing and off?

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Back in the brunette's room, where said brunette was fast sleep, hugging a plushy that he hid behind the dictionaries, in a plastic bag to prevent it from becoming dusty, now that Reborn knew about that, no need to hide it anymore, besides, he likes the plushy a lot because it serves as a reminder for him that he's never alone and that he's safe. Call it childish, embarrassing, or anything really, Tsuna wouldn't care.

The first generation ghosts were looking over the teen, protectiveness leaking through, Giotto smirked at his Guardians, Alaude nodded and Daemon Spade just laughed, a Mist form of him anyway, the ghost himself was off half-possessing the body of a Shimon member just in case they decide to move out, he could give a warning to Tsuna if they did.

"Tsuna really played that Arcobaleno eh?"

"Just like a fiddle, nufufu......"

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Reborn left the house as soon as Bianchi, Nana and Lambo came home, the cow staying a bit quieter than normal after they found out that Tsuna was still asleep.

"Thank you very much for looking after Tsu-kun, Reborn-kun!!" Nana thanked him. He nodded to her as response and jumped out of the window.

He arrived in time to see his idiot student and his Cloud apparent exit the school gates, both looking worse for wear. There was worry written all over Baka-Ie's face and confusion on Mochida Kensuke's, good, at least mistreatment isn't much of an issue anymore...

He doesn't want to think about what would happen if Tsunayoshi had never befriended Hibari......

None of them brought up Tsunayoshi, each for different reasons, and as they passed the bridge, they met up with the girl from the day before again. Reborn only watched on, noting the difference in his behaviour, he had become a bit less rude than when the tutor first met him, and Reborn could only attribute it to the many run-ins with Tsunayoshi and bearing witness to the brunette's own improvement to his personality. The mental scars that had finally shown itself with a PTSD attack must've given the idiot student of his a lot to think about.

Mochida was also changing, bit by bit, maybe Vongola does have hope after all.

Even Baka-Ie's own will and resolve has changed drastically, though not as pure, Reborn saw that the blonde actually starts to feel the burden of responsibility and the realisation that actions and words have consequences. When he jumps into the water to save Miura Haru from drowning, Reborn could see the flash of guilt before the Dying Will Bullet hit him.

Though not what Reborn was hoping for, it was a big step forward than the first time.

Doing it out of responsiblity, way better than to do it just for one's own benefit in the future, perhaps soon, Reborn could hammer into him the importance of mercy and compassion towards others. Not only would it benefit one's self, but it would also paint a good image in the eyes of others, it would also ensure loyalty.

The bouts of cruelty were starting to be shadowed by contemplation, the arrogance still shining through in school, but it was getting lesser as the days go by.

Vongola may still have some hope after all...

"Oi!! Stop stalking Ieyoshi unless you want to end up like that again!!" Kensuke was shouting as he fretted over the exhausted blonde. "Damn Ieyoshi, I had no idea feet could act as motors........"

"AH IT'S SORE!!! REBORN WHAT WAS THAT BULLET?!?!?!?! DAMN I- OW OW OW!!!"

Haru kept quiet until this moment, then she burst into exclamations. "I'll save Haru with my dying will!!!!! That was so cheesy, hahi!!!"

"Ieyoshi-kun?" At that moment, Sasagawa Kyoko and Kurokawa Hana walked up to the group. "Nice meeting you here!"

"K-Kyoko-chan!!" Ieyoshi exclaimed. Ever since Reborn came along, Tsunayoshi's appearances became a bit more frequent, and the two girls' too, seeing as they have always accompanied the brunette. As time went by, after that Yamamoto incident, he started to notice Kyoko more, her kindness, how sweet she is..... ah!!!!

Damn it, and he thought that his crush on her was gone after he became popular..... guess that crush never went away...

He completely ignored Mochida's teasing look.

"I'll save Haru with my dying will!! I'll save Haru with my dying will!!! Hahi!!!!"

"Damn it!! Oi, stop that!! It's embarrassing, especially with others here!!"

"Ieyoshi-kun~~ Tenth generation boss, Juu. Dai. Me!!!!!" Haru bounced up and down. "Hold me tight, Ie-kun!!!" She started to chase him around, being her eccentric self as Ieyoshi ran away from her, screaming as he did so. Kensuke followed him, laughing at Ieyoshi's predicament.

"Oi!!! Stop laughing and help me!!"

"You brought that upon yourself!!"

Kyoko just chuckled and Hana scoffed, the latter shook her head.

"So unlike Tsuna-san, tch. Such a monkey..."

Reborn analyzed the two girls. Sasagawa Kyoko, before, Baka-Ie only chased her for popularity, now, it seems as if a crush has started to form. Sister to Sasagawa Ryohei, boxing enthusiast, an ideal Sun, however, Sasagawa Ryohei seems to get along more with the other twin. Another Guardian lost it seems.

Kurokawa Hana, one of Tsuna's fierce protectors, but more likely to follow Kyoko. An intelligence that rivals that of Gokudera Hayato, but she has a wild imagination as well. Reborn knew that as he often spied on the students during their classes, searching for prospective elements. Doesn't seem to have much of a liking for Baka-Ie, but if she has to go with him just to protect either Dame-Tsuna or Sasagawa Kyoko, she'd do so in an instant. Fierce tongue, thorough researcher... and a dormant Mist, nearly active though, probably because of the time she spent around an active Sky, Sawada Tsunayoshi.

I don't mind dragging civilians in for the ride, anyway.

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Reborn just got played, like, really really badly. And when he finally figures it out, I don't want to be Tsuna when that happens haha!!! And Hana is now being observed very closely by Reborn, yep, she's gonna be Ieyoshi's Mist, very reluctantly. We already have Mochida as his Cloud, ouch, when the Varia Arc comes, Hibari is gonna beat the stuffing out of him just because he can.....

Nothing much really happened this chapter, but I hope you all enjoyed it.

Oh, and Merry Christmas to you guys!! Hope you are having a great day!!!

Notes:

1) Tsuna really doesn't remember anything from that night, so he relies on the ghosts to tell him when he's in a pinch, like we see just now.

2) No one wants Tsuna to remember, everyone is just too worried.

3) We see Mukuro behaving so much like an elder brother to Tsuna. Yeah, we'll have quite a lot of brotherly Mukuro here.

4) We'll be seeing Enma very soon, before Ipin in fact, since the summer holidays are approaching, as well as the summer festivals, Enma will be making an appearance during this short period of time.

5) Following Vongola 77, Daily Life Arc lasts until 6/9, 7/9 - 9/9 is Kokuyo Arc, and 13/10 is the start of Varia Arc. The anime jumps from Kokuyo back to Daily (which is before Kokuyo), same goes for after Varia arc. So please tell me if you guys want me to follow the anime timeline (where we jump back to Daily for a while before going to the next arc) or just follow the canon timeline where we don't jump at all and just follow the normal canon timeline.

6) We have a glimpse of the Kokuyo gang still on the run, and huddled up in an abandoned warehouse. Cliche hiding spot haha.

7) Tsuna has a good bond with his fellow Guardians, and with a strong bond, both sides can feel extreme emotions from the other, which is how Mukuro knew that Tsuna was feeling distressed. Chikusa and Ken still remember Tsuna.

8) Yeah, Ieyoshi now has a crush on Kyoko......

9) Merry Christmas everyone!!!