Title: Tutor Twilight

Rated: T-M

Main Pairing: Tsuna (Ichigo)/Hibari

Summary: What if Tsuna was kidnapped when he was 6 months old? What if the Kurosaki's found and adopted Tsuna and named him Ichigo. What happens if Ichigo never lost his power after defeating Aizen, but is wanted by the Shinigami? Read and find out.

Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach or Katekyo Hitman Reborn; this is purely fan-fiction

Warnings: MALE/MALE - Slash. Adult Situations, darkish type themes, blood, language

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"I am talking," Ichigo said

These are my thoughts, Ichigo thought

King you are weird,Ryu (Ichigo's Hollow) responded

Be calm. Zangetsu teased both Ichigo and Ryu

Beta by: 13animenurd13

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Chapter 7

Once Ichigo's little session with Reborn was over, he opened the door and entered the house. He instantly stilled, and tensed. A frown etched itself on his face. Something was not right.

Reborn saw his student tense and he had Leon shift into a gun. He hoped off his shoulder and prepared himself for an ambush.

Ichigo quietly padded down the hallway. He knew Reborn was following him, but at the moment all he could focus on was his feeling of alertness. Had the assassins from the Soul Society found him at last? He entered into the living room and gasped in surprise. "Mother!" He rushed over to her.

Reborn tensed and lowered his gun. A frown appeared on his face. He lowered his fedora to cover his eyes. He silently watched his student.

Nana was sitting on the floor sobbing hysterically.

Ichigo crouched down to her level and placed his hands on her small trembling shoulders. "Mother! Are you alright? Are you hurt? What's wrong?!" He was worried. He had finally managed to get her back to normal, only to have this happen.

Nana ignored Ichigo. She was too far gone at the moment. With a whimper, she quietly whispered, "M-my Tsu-chan was here... I-I know he was! I'm not insane! My baby was really here! I know he was."

Zangetsu pulled Ichigo into the inner world. 'I believe she thought you were a dream. School ended over an hour ago, and you had not returned right after. She must have thought your homecoming never happened, hence her current state.'

Ichigo sighed. He smiled gently and tightened his grip on Nana's shoulders. "Mother I'm here, and I promise I'm not going anywhere. I was just talking to some people at school, and time got away from me. Please Mother snap out of this."

Zangetsu materialized next to him.

He glanced at Zangetsu. 'Could you please go to Ryu-jii-san? I can't leave mother in this condition.'

Zangetsu nodded, and disappeared.

Reborn shuddered. He felt the air next to him turn colder. He glanced at it and saw nothing. He frowned. He knew something was there, yet he couldn't see it. He glanced at his student, and he lowered his fedora. Tsuna was spacing out, and he kept looking at the invisible spot. It was as if he was having a conversation with someone. Oh, his student was hiding something from him, and he didn't like not knowing. He would find out what his student was hiding, but for now Nana's health was the priority.

Ichigo turned his attention back to Nana, and held her close. He picked her up gently and looked at Reborn. He motioned to the couch with his head.

Nana finally calmed down and, fell asleep.

Ichigo set her down on the couch. He held her hand and sighed. "Reborn, once Mother is better; I want her to know the truth."

Reborn sighed. "Tsuna..." he paused. He didn't know how to tell him this. "I understand why you want to tell Nana but, Iemitsu has specifically ordered that Nana is to stay away from our business." Reborn was monitoring his words just in case Nana was awake and listening.

He tensed and growled angrily. "I really don't give a crap about what Iemitsu wants at this point. If I am going to be the next boss of Vongola, then I want Mother to know the truth, therefore his orders are obsolete. I don't care if he tells her or not, I am going to tell her. There is nothing that will stop me, you can go ahead and try." He glared fiercely at the baby Hitman, and released some of his reiatsu.

Reborn tensed and fixed his fedora to hide his smirk. Tsuna had the great makings of a boss; he couldn't wait to see the final result. "Spoken like a true Vongola boss. I won't stop you. I know you will follow the correct path. If you believe telling Nana the truth is the right option then by all means do so. Do it with your dying will; however..." Leon transformed into a gun. "Don't you dare speak to me like that again Tsu-chan." The second part was said after a gunshot. He had Leon use the silencer. He didn't want to wake up Nana.

The bullet grazed Ichigo's cheek, and blood trickled down it. He yelped and cupped his face with his hand. "Understood."

Ichigo felt Zangetsu return to his inner world.'I have done as you requested Ichigo.'He transferred the memory over.

Ryuken was surprised when Zangetsu showed up; he and Uryu were having their weekly dinner. He calmly set down his chopsticks. "Is something wrong Zangetsu?" He acted calm, like having a sword spirit show up was completely normal.

Zangetsu bowed respectfully. "Unfortunately there is a problem. I apologize for barging in, but Nana-san had an anxiety attack. Ichigo asked me to come here and see if you could assist in any way possible."

Ryuken sighed and took a sip from his tea. "I had hoped Ichigo would have had things under control, but this is to be expected. Nana-san lived thinking Ichgio was dead for the past sixteen years." He lowered his tea cup onto the table. "I'll schedule an appointment for this Sunday. Let Ichigo know that this would be more of a psychologist appointment than a doctor's, and that he is required to be present during it. I personally will be directing it."

Uryu looked at Ryuken in shock. He didn't know what to say. He knew his father a bit better due to the war, but his soft side was still highly unexpected.

Ryuken went back to his dinner, bluntly ignoring Uryu's face of disbelief. He picked up his chopsticks and resumed eating.

Zangetsu bowed. "Thank you, I will take my leave now." He started to fade away.

Ryuken paused in his eating, and turned towards the spirit. "One other thing Zangetsu, if her attacks get more frequent, have Ichigo make mint and herbal tea. That should effectively calm Nana-san down."

He nodded. "Until next time Ryuken-san." He disappeared.

Ichigo sighed in relief. 'Thank you Zan-nii! I'll contact Jii-san later tonight about the appointment. 'Though...' He frowned. 'I don't know what to tell him, no more like HOW to tell him about Reborn.'

Zangetsu cracked a small smile. 'Anytime Ichigo.' He hummed. 'Just give it time, I'm sure you'll think of something.'

Ichigo shook Nana awake gently.

Reborn watched quietly from the side lines. He frowned. 'Tsuna drifted off again... Just who was he talking with? I have to figure this out soon, before something happens.'

Nana groaned tiredly. Her eyelids fluttered, and she cracked open her eyes. "T-tsu-chan? You're here... I thought…" Nana's eyes started to water at the thought.

"Mother calm down. I'm here and I'm not going anywhere." He gave Reborn a pointed look and continued, "I will be here right after school till you believe that I will always come back home."

Nana felt touched. As much as she wanted to keep her baby locked away next to her forever, she knew she couldn't be selfish with him. "Tsu-chan don't you dare do that!" She scolded sternly. "You're still a child! You should go out and make friends and enjoy what life has to offer!"

He jumped in slight surprise at her sudden shout. He mentally laughed at the irony. How could he enjoy life when he was being hunted down by his friends? He sighed. "I know Mother, but till your health has improved, I will be taking care of you. I will be here and I can always make friends later." 'Friends? Ya right. Look what happened the last time I made friends. Besides, I'll be leaving at the end of next year...'

Reborn hit Ichigo with his Leon Hammer, "Don't think like that of course you need friends."

Ichigo winced and rubbed the spot where Reborn had hit him. He glared at him. 'How the hell did he know I was thinking that?' Shaking it off with a sigh, he turned his attention back to his mother, and held her hand. "With that being said, Mother would you still like to go out for Sushi or should I prepare some food?"

Nana smiled brightly and squeezed his hand. "Oh Tsu-chan we should go out! Definitely go out! Let's go Reborn-chan." She eagerly stands up from the couch and fixes her appearance with a big smile.

With that, all three of them headed to the door. Reborn was riding in Nana's arms, while Ichigo was to the left of Nana.

After ten minutes or so, they reached Take-sushi. Upon entering, Yamamoto Takeshi welcomed them. He noticed Ichigo and gave a huge fake smile. "Oh Tsuna! Welcome to Take-sushi!"

Ichigo saw the fake smile and he instantly frowned. His eyes trailed towards the cast on Yamamoto's right arm, his throwing arm. His eyes narrowed and he placed his usual scowl on his face. "Yo Yamamoto, we would like a table for three please." He ignored the injured arm for now. When the time was right, he would fully interrogate the baseball player in regards to his fake smile and arm.

He smiled. "Yes of course! Right this way!"

As Yamamoto led the trio to their seats, Ichigo observed his surroundings. The restaurant was empty, save for three other customers.

Once they were at their table, Ichigo helped his mother into her seat, earning an approving stare from Reborn. He pulled the menu opened and ordered some salmon and tuna sushi, as well as water.

Nana ordered eel and water, and Reborn ordered the same.

Yamamoto left to place their order. The baseball idiot failed to notice Ichigo's worried stare as he went.

About ten minutes later, the baseball student brought back their orders.

Nana smiled. "This looks good!~ Well then, dig in Tsu-chan, Reborn!"

Reborn and Ichigo did just that.

As the night came to close, and the food was eaten, Ichigo decided to begin his interrogation.

Nana was distracted by the elder Yamamoto, and they were talking about sushi recipes and what not.

Ichigo slightly smiled. At least she was happy. He glanced at Reborn, and already knew that he would be following after him. With a sigh, Ichigo stood up and approached the tall teen. He felt extra weight on his shoulder, and concluded that Reborn had hopped on. He stopped behind the teen and tapped him on the shoulder.

Yamamoto slightly jumped in surprise. He turned around and smiled again, "Oh Tsuna! You scared me there!" He laughed. "What's up?"

He scowled. There is was again, that damn fake smile. He sighed. "Yamamoto what happened to your arm? You were fine the last time I saw you."

The teen waved his left arm with his fake smile present. "Nothing happened Tsuna. I can call you Tsuna right? That's what your little brother calls you."

The short tempered teen felt his vein popping in annoyance. Ignoring that for now, he calmly inhaled and gave a firm glare at the other. "Fine, I understand if you don't want to tell me anything, just don't lie about it straight to my face."

Reborn sighed and punched Ichigo in the face.

He went flying into the wall. "Ouch! What the hell Reborn? Why did you punch me?" He seethed.

Reborn looked innocently at him. "Whatever are you talking about? I don't recall punching you Tsu-chan."

He twitched in anger. "The hell Reborn?!"

Reborn struck again. "You're one-hundred years too young to talk to me like that Tsu-chan."

Ichigo successfully blocked him this time.

Reborn looked disgruntled at being blocked. He; however, is proud over this fact. Not many can actually block his attacks.

Leon transformed into a gun, and Reborn pointed it at him.

Ichigo gulped and paled a bit. He got the general idea of what Reborn wanted him to do. He looked up and saw a spark of amusement in Yamamoto's eyes. He awkwardly cleared his throat. "So… are you going to tell me what happened Yamamoto?"

He chuckled. The two of them made quite the comedy duo. "Oh, it was really nothing. Like I said Tsuna, nothing to worry about, it was just a training accident. I was practicing pitching when I pushed too hard and I broke my arm. The doctor said it would take weeks to heal and that I have to take a break from baseball for a while."

Ichigo sighed. "I see. It will heal, and you will be back playing. Just be careful to not overdo it again ok?"

He laughed and rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "Ya sure!"

Ichigo left with that. 'I better keep an eye on him something tells me he's going to hurt himself more...'

Reborn nodded to himself in approval.

The trio left the restaurant, and after another ten minutes of walking, they made it home.

Ichigo went upstairs to his room to finish his homework.

Reborn followed after his student with an evil smirk present on his face.

An explosion sounded in Ichigo's room.

"WHAT THE HELL REBORN?!" He coughed and rubbed the soot out of his eyes.

Reborn was wearing a construction worker outfit with a hard hat. In his hands was a little pump. "For every incorrect answer you give, I will fire off an explosion or throw a grenade at you." He tossed a grenade at Ichigo just for the fun of it.

"Where are you getting these anyways?!" Ichigo quickly dodged the grenade and threw it out of the window, where it exploded. He sighed in relief. 'That was a close one...'

"I have an arsenal of explosives on my person. You need to answer the question correctly in the next forty seconds, or I am throwing four more grenades for you to dodge."

Ryu cackled from within his inner mind. 'This is hilarious! It's just like Urahara's training all over again!~"

Ichgio mentally grumbled. 'Oh shut up Ryu-nii….'

So began Reborn's spartan tutoring from hell.

The Next day

Ichigo's day started the same as always. He woke up to Reborn trying to hit him with the Leon ten ton hammer. He quickly rolled out of bed. He mentally smirked. 'Dodge successfull.' "You will have to do better than that Reborn." He ignored Reborn's frown, and went downstairs into the kitchen. "Good morning Mother, you're awake early again…"

"Oh Tsu-chan, I just woke up." This time it was true. She woke up in the middle of night, but when she went in Ichigo's room, just looking at him was enough for her to go back to sleep.

Ichigo nodded and started eating his breakfast. "Mother I will be back as soon as school is done." He walked towards the back door of the kitchen. He took his lunch from Nana, and gave her a hug. He looked back to the dining table and saw Reborn eating. He shrugged and walked out the door.

"Take care Tsu-chan!" Nana smiled as her son left.

As he arrived at school, he noticed that Hibari was waiting by the front gate in anticipation.

He sighed and gave a small smirk. He was looking forward to their spar. He waved at Hibari.

Hibari saw him and grunted. He motioned for Ichigo to follow him.

Ichigo followed Hibari to the roof. He cracked his neck and stretched his muscles. He quickly dodged the incoming tonfa by rolling to the right.

The spar had begun.

Unknown to Ichigo, Reborn had followed him to the roof and had called Gokudera as well.

Gokudera was completely taken aback by the skill that Ichigo showed while sparring with Hibari.

He looked at Reborn. "I need to improve my skills. They're above my level, even within the Mafia, I haven't seen this much talent and skill. I know for a fact that bastard Shamal is not going to train me…" He bowed to the baby. "Please guide me Reborn-san."

Reborn considered his next words carefully. "Shamal is your best option. I will get him here, and we shall see. I'm not the one who can make the best use of multiple projectiles as weapons as you and Shamal can."

Gokudera deflated. He sighed. 'I'll never have as much talent and skill as the tenth...'

Reborn smirked. "You have talent and skill as well Gokudera never doubt yourself. You can catch up to Tsuna. He's just really well trained."

Hibari and Ichigo's fight came to a close.

Gokudera showed himself, and bowed ninety degrees. "Good morning Juudaime!"

Ichigo frowned.

Gokudera blinked, and realized his mistake, "P-pardon me! I meant good morning Tsuna-sama! I went to your house to escort you to school, but your mother told me that you had already left! Please forgive my failure!"

Ichigo sighed and scratched the back of his head, "Morning Gokudera-kun, meet Hibari-san I promised him that I'd spar with him every morning." He sighed. "It's fine Gokudera-kun, you don't have to apologize. I should have told you that I leave early in the mornings." Ichigo said with his normal scowl in place.

Hibari growled. "You're crowding omnivore… Get to class…" He turned around and exited from the school roof.

Ichigo sweat dropped. "Right… Anyways, let's get to class Gokudera-kun."

Gokudera beamed, "Yes Tsuna-sama!"

School started, and as the day went on Ichigo kept an eye on Takeshi.

Gokudera saw how his Juudaime was watching the baseball freak constantly. He was jealous of how much attention that idiot was getting from Tsuna-sama. He didn't like it one bit...

The day passed rather quickly, and before anyone knew it, lunch came.

Gokudera went up to Ichigo, "Tsuna-sama, would you like to eat with me?"

Ichigo nodded. "Sure." He stood up and left the classroom with Gokudera.

This caused the girls to pout. Two handsome men went to eat lunch together, and leave them all behind? No it wasn't fair. Some of the other girls giggled and started a fanclub. A fanclub of the two. Hence the start of the yaoi fanclub.

"Can we go to the roof Gokudera-kun?" He liked eating lunch on the roof, as he often did that in Karakura town. Though, he had another reason for eating up there today. He sensed Yamamoto heading towards the same place, and that left him with a foreboding feeling.

Gokudera nodded eagerly. "Of course Tsuna-sama!" Anything to please the tenth!

Yamamoto had already arrived at the roof. He walked towards the edge of the building and stepped over the gate that protected him from the ground. 'I have nothing left to live for… My career in baseball is over… It's the only thing I'm good at… My arm is broken, I can't play anymore… I have no reason to keep on living.' He was just about to step off from the rooftop, when the door slammed open.

"Yamamoto stop!" Ichigo growled in anger.

He chuckled. "Ah… Tsuna… Did you come here to stop me? It's useless."

Ichigo tightened his fists. "Yes, I did come here to stop you. I'm here to stop you from making the biggest mistake of your life."

He snorted. "You don't know how I feel. You don't know how it feels when everything you do goes wrong, and how you'd be better off dead."

Ichigo gritted his teeth, and remained silent.

Yamamoto laughed bitterly. "See! You don't do you! You don't know how-"

"I do."

Yamamoto looked back at Tsuna in shock. "W-what?"

Ichigo looked up at Yamamoto with such a pain filled face.

From the sidelines Reborn stared in shock at his usually scowling student. He never has seen or heard of Tsuna having so much pain. 'What could the of caused this?'

Gokudera gaped. "T-tsuna-sama…."

Ichigo looked straight into Yamamoto's eyes. "I do know how it feels. I know the feeling of trying to do something right, but only having it backfire horribly on you. I know the feeling of wanting to die. I know the meaning of anguish and the meaning of pain, I've lived it my whole life." His voice trembled. He was remembering the death of his mom, sisters and dad. He was remembering the death of all the friends he lost during the war. He remembered the feeling of betrayal when the Soul Society, his friends, all tried to kill him. "I know Yamamoto… I know very well."

Yamamoto blinked his shock away. "Then you can understand why I want to-"

"No, I don't." He glared fiercely at him. "You and I, we are two different people, Yamamoto."

Yamamoto got angry. "Oh! So the all mighty Tsuna is some sort of big shot now? Now you do everything right? We're the same!"

Ichigo scowled at him. "No. I still don't do everything right, and I'm not a big shot." He sighed and glanced up at the sky. "There's one major point that makes us different Yamamoto." He glared fiercely into his eyes. "And that's the fact that I never ever considered suicide or tried to kill myself! I survived and fought on! I worked around that pain!" He grit his teeth. "You, you're willing to die for such a trivial thing! Your arm will heal! Think about it! If you throw away your life you'll never have a chance again! And what of your Dad!?"

This snapped Yamamoto out of his daze. "M-my d-dad?"

Ichigo nodded. "Yes! Your dad! You're the only thing he has left! Think of how he'd feel if you died!"

Yamamoto opened and closed his mouth. "T-tsuna… y-you're right…." He laughed. "I was such a fool!" He carefully stepped over the gate, much to Tsuna's relief.

Ichigo groaned and fell on his butt.

"T-tsuna-sama!" Gokudera rushed towards him.

Ichigo waved at him. "I'm fine, just a little tired." He stood back up and glared fiercely at Yamamoto. "Don't you EVER do something like that again. Do you understand me?"

Yamamoto looked down guiltily. "Yes, I won't Tsuna, I promise."

He sighed. "Good. Now let's eat some lunch. Whoa!" He wobbled a bit.

Yamamoto had placed his right arm around Ichigo's shoulder. He laughed.

Ichigo lightly smiled. 'Finally a true smile...'

Yamamoto looked at Ichigo in awe. "T-tsuna… y-you smiled!"

Ichigo realized this and replaced his smile with his usual scowl. "I did no such thing."

Gokudera became jealous and full of rage. 'That baseball idiot got to see the tenth smile?! I haven't even seen it yet! That bastard!' He twitches in anger. "Oi you baseball idiot! As Tsuna-sama's right hand man I would advise to stay away from him!"

"Oh why would Tsuna need a right hand man?" He tilted his head in curiosity.

Reborn popped up. "Because Tsuna is the next Vongola family boss!"

Ichigo glared at him. "Reborn!"

Yamamoto tilted his head to the side. "Vongola?"

"It's the strongest mafia family." Reborn chirped.

"Tsuna's the next boss? Excellent choice little fella." His eyes sparkled.

Reborn smirked.

Ichigo blanched. "Yamamoto, this is dangerous."

He laughed. "C'mon Tsuna! It's like when we played cops and robbers as a kid!"

Ichigo paled. 'Are you kidding me?'

"Hey kid, count me in that mafia game of yours! With Tsuna as the boss nothing will ever go bad!"

Reborn smirked again.

"Y-yamamoto!" Ichigo tried to protest.

He threw his right arm around Tsuna. "I'll be your right-hand man then!"

Gokudera turned red in anger. "What?! No way! I am Tsuna-sama's right-hand man! You can be the collarbone!"

He looked at Gokudera and laughed "I always thought you were funny Gokudera! But I have no intention of giving up my position as Tsuna's right-hand man. You can be his earlobes."

Ichigo groaned. 'Can I pretend to not know them? I'm still stuck in the middle…..' He sighed.

So began the rivalry as the lunch period ended.

The rest of day went with no real issue, and soon the bell rang, signifying that school was over for the day.

Ichigo started to head home.

Both Yamamoto and Gokudera look to him and follow him out.

He contains the smile that threatens to spill from his face. "What are you both doing?"

Yamamoto laughed. "Tsuna we were wondering if we could study at your place."

"Tsuna-sama would it be okay if we come to your place to study?"

He shrugged. "Sure whatever."

Reborn popped up from the bushes and hit Ichigo. "Show more respect to your family."

Ichigo groaned and held his abused chin. "Reborn would you quit hitting me?"

"No. A Mafia boss should be prepared at all times."

Sighing again, Ichigo led the group back home. "Mother I'm home, and I brought friends."

Nana popped out from the kitchen with a huge smile on her face."Oh Tsu-chan! Welcome home!~"

As Ichigo and others head upstairs, Ichigo noticed Nana's hands were shaking. He glanced at Reborn. "Could you both follow Reborn up to my room. I'll be up in a minute."

Ichigo headed into the kitchen.

Nana was preparing a tray, probably for him and his friends, but her hands were shaking badly.

"Mother everything okay?"

"Oh Tsu-chan why are you downstairs? I was just preparing some snacks for you and your friends."

He sighed. "Mother you don't need to put on a happy face for me. Please tell me what's wrong? I will do my best to help you."

"Nothing Tsu-chan... I… nothing. Really I am fine." She smiled.

It would seem that talking was all she needed, since her hands stopped shaking. And her smile reached her eyes.

Ichigo nodded and took the tray. "Mother, Ryuken-Jii made our appointment this Sunday and I will be there with you. Maybe we will take Jii-san and Uryu out for lunch after the appointment's done, if that's okay with you?"

She smiled. "Oh that sounds wonderful, but why do I need an appointment?" She was afraid that if the doctor thought she couldn't take care of Ichigo, that he would be taken away from her.

"I would ask Ryuken jii-san, but I believe he wishes to follow up and check on you." Ichigo amended the truth.

She nodded."Fine. Now go, don't let your friends wait."

Ichigo headed up the stairs and heard noises. He hurried up, to make sure his room wasn't damaged more than usual. Like when Rukia and the others would usually do when they visited. He entered, and saw that Gokudera had his dynamites out and Takeshi was laughing at him. "Gokudera-kun! Put those away! I don't want you to damage my room. And start working on homework!"

Gokudera nodded and instantly got to work.

He groaned when Reborn pulled out his little explosive box. 'Here comes the unorthodox methods of teaching… My poor room.'

After an hour of explosions, Gokudera and Yamamoto leave. It was just him and Reborn now. Save his poor room.

Reborn blasted him again.

"Ugh! Damn it Reborn!" He coughed. His room was in shambles. "Can't you teach me in a normal way?"

"Of course I can, but I find this method more useful. Now…"

Ichigo glanced to the window and did a double take. His brow rose. "What the hell?"

A kid wearing a cow costume was outside his window. The kid had a gun out and pointed to Reborn. "Die Reborn!" The kid fired the gun, but it failed. He had already used the ammunition earlier in the day.

"Hey… Reborn, there's this kid outside. He's got you in his sights…"

Reborn ignored him. "You need to apply the formula here…"

The branch the child was standing on suddenly cracked, causing him to fall to the ground. "P-perseverance!" He sobbed. He got up and ran to the door. He rang the doorbell over and over again until Nana opened the door. He entered the house and ran up the stairs towards Ichigo's room. "Success!" He laughed.

Ichigo was surprised to see him. "He got in."

He slammed the door open with a bang. "Long time no see Reborn! It's me Lambo!"

Ichigo rose his eyebrow. "You know him?"

Reborn ignored his question. "Remember this formula."

The cow child cried. "Hey! Don't ignore me! I'm here! Get used to it!" He charged at Reborn with a knife.

Reborn easily diverted his attack toward the closed window.

Ichigo blanched. 'So cruel… Hope that child is ok… He rammed into it pretty hard.'

The child slid down the wall. "Ow.. That smarts… I must have tripped on something…" He stood up and laughed loudly. "I, Lambo age five, a hitman from the Bovino Family tripped! I, Lambo whose favorite foods are grapes and hard candies and who met Reborn at a bar tripped!"

He sweat dropped. 'He's so desperate to introduce himself...'

Lambo trotted over to Reborn. "So Reborn! Let's start over! It's me Lambo!"

Reborn continued to ignore him.

He still tried. "Oh! I brought you lots of gifts from Italy!" He dug into his bag. "Oh? What's this? Sticky rice treats! So sticky!"

Ichigo sighed. "Four?"

Reborn nodded. "Correct."

Lambo sobbed. "T-tolerate…" He crawled into the corner and sobbed.

Ichigo sighed. He was about to go over there and comfort the child, as he had a weak spot for kids, when Lambo bounced right back up.

"I brought all sorts of weapons made especially by the Bovino Family!" He pulled out a long purple bazooka. "Ta-da!~ The ten-year bazooka! If this hits you, you'll swap places with you ten-years older self for five minutes!"

Ichigo perked up at that. 'A time machine? How cool. I'd love to see it in action.'

Lambo put it away. "This is just for display, Oh!~ Look what I found! What could this be?~" In his hands was a grenade.

"A hand grenade?!" Ichigo slightly tensed.

"Correct!" He threw it. "Die Reborn!"

Reborn deflected the grenade back at him, which causes him to fly out the window where the grenade exploded.

Ichigo decided to intervene. "Reborn you should be nicer. Who was that anyways? He is a child so don't do that again." He emitted some of his reiatsu to make his point.

Reborn shrugged. "I don't know him, and I don't associate with that lower echelon crowd."

Ichigo was surprised.

Nana called Ichigo and told him to be stop the fighting between Lambo and Reborn.

With a sigh Ichigo left the house with Lambo, and brought him to the riverbank. "Lambo what happened between you and Reborn?"

Lambo looked up and answered. "Lambo-sama met Reborn in a bar. He was blowing gum bubbles through his nose. Then the Bovino Family gave Lambo an mission to kill Reborn." He nodded.

Ichigo was thoroughly mad. He never thought a mafia family would send a five year old to kill the worlds greatest hitman. That was a guaranteed suicide. He bit back his anger. "Lambo, Reborn was likely asleep and didn't remember you... Now do you have a place to stay while in Japan?"

"Stay Nii-san?" Lambo never thought of that...

Ichigo sighed and gave Lambo his ever so rare smiles. "Well why don't you stay with us? Come on." With that, he picked up Lambo and walked back home. He entered the house. "Mother I'm back with Lambo."

She smiled. "Oh! Tsu-chan!~ Welcome home!~"

He frowned. "Mother, Lambo doesn't have a place to stay… So I was wondering… could he possibly stay with us mother? Please?"

Nana gasped at this and took Lambo from Ichigo's arms. "Oh my! You poor dear! Of course he can stay Tsu-chan! If I knew he didn't have a home I would have taken him in earlier!" She hugged Lambo, and Lambo hugged her back.

Lambo didn't really know the touch of a mother… It felt nice….

Ichigo smiled.

Nana set Lambo down in a chair, and she gathered dinner. She set the table.

Reborn appeared from upstairs, and instantly frowned when he noticed that the cow nuisance was still here. With a shrug, he took his seat at the table.

Lambo noticed the knife on the table. He gulped and quickly grabbed it. He tossed it at Reborn, only for Reborn to deflect it with his fork. The knife flew and imbedded itself into Lambo's head. Blood trickled down his face and he sobbed.

Ichigo was pissed. He shot up out of his seat. He was about to go and help the poor child, but Lambo pulled out his bazooka and fired it at himself.

Smoke filled the air.

Ichigo coughed. "W-what in the?"

"Oh man… Looks like someone used the ten-year bazooka… And I've been summoned ten-years into the past…" A tall man stood in Lambo's place. He wore a cow print shirt with white pants and a suit jacket.

Ichigo stared at the newcomer in surprise. 'He has Lambo's reiatsu signature… No being can have an identical reiatsu signature… unless… This was Lambo?'

Lambo seemed to notice Ichigo. His face lit up. "Tsuna-nii!" He hugged him. "Long time no see young Vongola Decimo!" He squeezed him tight. "Ah!~ you were so small back then! Definitely shorter than Ahodera and Yamamoto!"

Reborn picked up on that information quickly.

Ichigo sweat dropped. "E-eh?"

Lambo released him and smiled at him. "Thanks for taking me in ten years ago. It's me, Lambo the crybaby."

Ichigo was stunned.

Lambo proceeded to explain how the ten-year bazooka worked. His eyes landed on Reborn, who was still eating. "Yo, Reborn! You didn't recognize me did you? It's me Lambo, the guy you always ignored.

Reborn continued to eat, and continued to ignore Lambo.

Ichigo sweat dropped. 'He's still ignoring him...'

"Oh well, if that's how you're going to be, then I'll have to resort to brute force. I'll show you how much I've changed in ten years." He took out a pair of horns and attached them to his head. "Thunder… Set!" Lightning appeared and crackled around Lambo.

Ichigo watched interestedly. 'He's actually using lightning? Without a zanpaktou? Is it a new form of reiatsu that enables him to do this?'

"My horns carry a million volts." He charged at Reborn. "Electrico Cornada! Die Reborn!"

Reborn continued munching away. He took his fork out of his mouth and stabbed Lambo in the head with it.

Ichigo gaped at them.

Blood drips down his face. "T-tolerate…" He runs out of the room crying. "Waaaaaaaaahhhh!"

Ichigo sweat dropped. 'He hasn't changed one bit….'

There was a poof of smoke from the other room, and a younger five year old Lambo came running back in the kitchen with a lollipop.

Starled Ichigo turned to Reborn for an explanation; however, Reborn continued to ignore both Ichigo and Lambo. He was thoroughly enjoying his food.

Once dinner was done, Nana led Lambo up to the guest room and started getting him ready for bed.

Ichigo went upstairs to his room to find Reborn with traps set up sleeping. He twitched in annoyance. He effectively disengages all his traps and storms up to the pajama clad hitman. "Reborn I know you're awake. I have some questions and I need the answers right now."

He had to suffer all day. He was extremely frustrated. He wanted answers. Answers as to why Reborn treated Lambo the way he did. Answers about Reborn's loyalty. And most importantly, why Reborn acted like a toddler, even though he clearly was older.

Reborn opened his eyes and sighed. This was something he was hoping to avoid. "Fine. I'll answer your questions Tsuna. Just so you know I won't answer some questions right now for your safety."

Ichigo nodded, and sat on his bed. He stared intently at Reborn. "First why was Lambo sent to kill you? He's a five year old kid that should have nothing to do with killing." He inhaled and made direct eye contact with Reborn. "And finally...Why don't you act your age?"

HOPE you all enjoyed the new chapter