Author's note: It's been a while since I wrote fanfiction so please bear with me if there are any inconsistencies in the story. Constructive criticism, story suggestion and the likes are most welcome.

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In the town of Namimory, a boy of 16 years of age can be seen reading through a stack of papers in his room. There isn't anything unusual in the scene apart from the fact that the stacks of paper have Italian words written on it. If one who understands Italian is to read it, he will read that the papers contain a request to be allied to a certain Vongola familigia. If one does not know of the Vongola, he would just shrug and move on. But for those who know what Vongola is exactly, he would be shocked, not at the fact that Vongola is a mafia familigia, but because a 16-year old boy, who is known to be good at nothing and hence nicknamed "Dame-Tsuna", is leading a large family such as the Vongola.

So how come that someone who is good at nothing became the heir of such a renowned family and much less, be able to read Italian as if it was the most natural thing for him when he fails miserably in academics? It all happened when a hitman in the body of a baby entered the Sawada's doorstep in the prospect of becoming young Sawada's tutor. That in itself is not a lie because the hitman who goes by Reborn was ordered by the Ninth boss to tutor young Sawada Tsunayoshi, not only in academics but also to become the tenth generation boss. At first, he was wary. Being a mafia don is not in his agenda. But as time went on, he got used to Reborn's sadistic way of tor-teaching. Eventually, he got into fights to resolve an issue regarding escaped convicts, fight a battle to inherit his current status, get into yet another fight to save the world. When they got back from the future after saving the world, there's yet another fight with the first generation Mist Guardian of Vongola that resulted to the reunion of Vongola and Shimon, and the recent memorable fight being the Representative battle of the Rainbow and successfully lifting the curse placed on the Arcobaleno. Despite all the battles he went through, it still has its perks. If it wasn't for the hitman, he wouldn't have the friends he currently has.

After all the battles he and his friends have been through, Reborn drilled to him and his guardians the history and foundations of Vongola as well as drilling into his head the Italian culture and language. That hadn't been the most pleasant experience he ever had, especially since his life was on the line while learning all those things. On breaks, the core members of the tenth generation Vongola family would fly to Italy via Vongola's prestigious private jets to know more of the Vongola and get used to the fact that they are the next ones to run it.

Now it has been two years since the fight with Daemon Spade. Two years since he almost became an Arcobaleno. Almost, since if the device that old Talbot made failed, he would be one of the new Arcobaleno and Reborn, that sadistic, egoistical, trigger-happy-

"Oi, what are you doing, Dame-Tsuna? Who told you to stop reading those papers?"

Just the devil he's thinking of. But really, despite his tutor's sadistic way of tor-teaching, he can't bear the thought of Reborn dying. Heck, when Reborn went missing after he got hit by the ten-year bazooka that started the whole future fiasco, Tsuna was all panicky. "What if something happened to Reborn? What if he cannot return anymore? What if he's dead?" Those were the thoughts that echoed his head that time. Then he, with his guardians - those stupid, stupid, stupid guardians that might be the cause of his early death because of their crazy and outright insane antics, those guardians that bring havoc in their wake, those guardians that he can't bear to lose no matter what, his precious friends - got sent into the future to save man-kind from the crazy marshmallow king named Byakuran.

"Oi, Dame-Tsuna, if you're not going to answer my question..." then the click of a gun.

"HIIEEE! Reborn! Put your gun away! I'm just resting my eyes, that's all. No need to be so trigger happy," Tsuna said, raising his arms in defense.

"You know you don't have the luxury of resting. You have to finish reading through the request letters. You still have to go to school tomorrow." Reborn said, gun still pointed at his student.

"Mou. Why do I still have to go to school? I thought that if I agree to be the boss, I no longer have to go to school. And to top it all off, I have to read all these papers" the brunette sighed, picking up the top paper in his stack. "I haven't even taken the position yet, but there are already lots of alliance request coming in."

When Tsuna finally agreed (more like threatened) to take the position as the next generation heir of Vongola, the Ninth boss have been teaching his heir the duties and responsibilities of a boss. He taught him of what Vongola is as a company on the surface, how to handle people, what are the laws concerning them as mafiosi, and the likes. The most difficult lesson that Tsuna had to swallow was the fact that he'd eventually have to assassinate people.

"I just don't understand it," Tsuna said that time when Nono was explaining to him that he'd have to kill someday, "Why take somebody else's life when it can be resolved without resorting to violence? I mean, look at Mukuro. He tried to kill me once, but now he's one of my guardians. And Xanxus wanted me dead but he's still in the Vongola, leading Varia. And there's Byakuran. Sure, he assassinated my future self and caused a big mess in the future, but he's now one of our trusted and most valuable ally."

"I wish things would always turn out that way but, unfortunately, that's not the way it works in our world," Nono said, giving Tsuna a sad look "Even I wouldn't want to kill people but that is something unavoidable in the mafia, especially when it concerns your familigia. The more you try to avoid it, the more lives are lost."

"But I still don't accept it." Tsuna said, giving the Ninth a determined look.

Eventually, though, Tsuna learned the hard way that it really is not something you can avoid. It happened when he sent Yamamoto and Gokudera, as suggested by Reborn, to attend an alliance meeting in his place. They can't risk people seeing the face of the next heir, lest they attempt an assassination on him. And that's exactly what happened when the Giagolo familigia requested an alliance with the Vongola. Giagolo family were enemies of the Vongola and their sudden move to make an alliance with Vongola was more than enough to make Reborn take precautionary measures. So he sent Tsuna's right and left hand men to take his place, and, just as his instincts told him, the alliance was a disguise to assassinate the future boss.

At first, Tsuna tried to negotiate peacefully. But as time dragged on and the casualties becoming worse with the security of his family at risk, Tsuna finally accepted the hard and cold fact that he have to assassinate the head of the Giagolo family. With a dejected heart, he ordered Reborn to "clean up" the family's boss, knowing that the hitman will make it quick and painless. The Giagolo family subsided and other familigias then recognized that, despite being a teenager, the Tenth meant business. But that didn't stop some families from getting their hands on Vongola. After that incident, Tsuna stayed in his room for three days until he came out declaring that the only time he'll order someone dead is if it's his last option. That incident caused the tenth generation to mature and take things seriously if they want to lead Vongola right. But that didn't cause them to lose their real selves.

"It can't be helped. Lots of familigias want to be Vongola's allies. Some of them are probably taking advantage of the fact that a teenager is the one that's going to take the position. We don't want to have a repeat of what happened with the Giagolo family. And you haven't been instated yet," Reborn said, finally lowering his hand.

"Mou, I know that. Are there any updates yet regarding the inheritance ceremony," Tsuna said, picking up the paper that is on top of his stack. His question was met with silence as Reborn let his student read the contents of the paper. Luckily, that is the last one he needs to read. As he scanned the paper, his expression became more and more serious.

"What's wrong, Tsuna," the hitman asked, noting the change of his student's expression.

"I think we need to send an ally to spy on this family," Tsuna said, holding out the paper for the hitman to read. Reborn scanned the paper, frowning after every sentence.

"Dino and his subordinates can handle the task," Reborn said, returning the paper to Tsuna. Tsuna silently took it and sighed whilst placing it back in his stack.

"It's getting late. You should get some rest. You still have school tomorrow. We'll take care of business tomorrow," Reborn said, climbing into his hammock.

"Yeah yeah," Tsuna said, turning off the lights in his room.

"Ah, I almost forgot. The Ninth has a message regarding the inheritance ceremony next month," Reborn said, pulling up his blanket to his chest.

"Hmm, what is it," Tsuna said, settling on his bed. His question was met with silence, indicating that Reborn has already fallen asleep. Too used to his antics of falling asleep when delivering important messages (Reborn likes his suspense, thank you very much), Tsuna closed his eyes. Tomorrow, he'll find out what it is. His intuition's telling him so. For now, he'll rest his tired self.

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