A/N: Aaaand the camp feels are back!

"Excuse me, darlings, but ah, please move a little, yes..." Tsunahime had been chatting with Takeshi and this nice girl she met – Nagi Dokuro – when Luce came over with what seemed to be another freshman. Shrugging, the brown-haired girl shifted so that there was a spot on the floor between Takeshi and herself.

The black-haired male dropped down on the ground, and Tsuna regarded him curiously as Luce babbled on about how they all should 'make friends and be nice'. He was dressed a little formally, black button-up shirt and grey bermuda shorts. Squinting at the male, she frowned. Tsuna was sure she had seen him somewhere before… or maybe not.

"So, Arkkies, introduce yourself!" Luce finished off with a flourish, waving the fan in her hand wildly. Tsuna thought idly that she was surprised the excessively excited young woman did not manage to miraculously hurt herself with the fan yet.

"I am Takeshi!" The baseball player butted in first, an easy-going grin on his face. Taking the cue, Tsuna gave a small, crooked smile, still not very used to the vibrant atmosphere around.

"I am Tsunahime," she offered. The spiky-haired male nodded slowly, as if contemplating something, before he gave an awkward smile to the both of them.

"Renato," he said simply. Tsuna raised an eyebrow. Not much of a talker, huh… Feeling mildly ambitious, she gave a bigger smile to the guy. If they were going to survive the next two weeks together, they might as well be friends. Besides, Nagi seems to be getting along well with a small Luce look-alike. (Shudders – one was enough, thank you very much.)

"It's nice to meet you! Which Junior High did you come from?" Tsuna asked curiously.

"Ah," Renato fidgeted. "I was homeschooled..." The brown-haired girl blinked, a little surprised. But from his overall body language, it made sense. Tsuna felt a spike of sympathy to him. She was new here too, to the environment and people, unlike the students who had grown up in this town. In a way, they were of equal standing, right?

"I came from Italy, so I don't know anyone as well," she smiled sheepishly. As Luce hollered for Arctaz to move to the auditorium, and they stood up, continuing their conversation as they left the Sports Complex. Takeshi wandered off to greet a few of his baseball mates, and Nagi and the Luce look-alike didn't seem intent to stopping their giggling any time soon. The teen girl turned her attention back to Renato.

"Wow," he said. "Are you on a scholarship?" Tsuna smiled – yes, she could make something out of this budding friendship yet.

"I am not," she answered truthfully. "I'm half-Japanese, and my parents wanted me to experience education here." That was the half-truth. It would be too pretentious to just say that her family literally runs Vongola, right?

"Why were you homeschooled though?" She asked as they started scaling the stairs. Damn huge schools.

"Ah..." he hesitated. "My parents were teachers, and they were...strict." Poor thing. Change topic, Tsuna!

"I see," she nodded slowly. "So, what do you want to major in?" Safe topic, probably.

Renato smiled sheepishly. "Typography, but I am colour-blind, so I decided to just go for Senior High first." Tsuna blinked. Unsafe topic.

"Oh," Tsuna replied plainly. "I didn't know you had to see colours for typography." Guess so.

He let out a laugh. Tsuna found it quite suited him more than the hesitant movements. His aristocratic features seem to lighten up slightly when his mouth quirked up in a way that suggested it was not his first time smirking. "Yes, I suppose." Tsuna opened her mouth to reply, then closed it again. Right, what was she going to say again?

They reached the auditorium soon, and took a seat next to each other in the (thank goodness) air-conditioned hall. Takeshi grabbed the seat next to Renato, having made more friends (how can a human be so social?) - but well, the glaring silver-haired lad didn't seem to be intent on talking properly to him other than spitting fire.

Renato seemed to have reverted to his jittery self, as he balanced his elbows on his knees, his eyes darting left and right as if scanning the auditorium. Tsuna felt a measure of pity – it seemed as if he was having a tough time adjusting.

"Renato," he jerked, looking up at her, his onyx eyes questioning.

Tsuna tried for a reassuring smile. "Do you know your class yet?"

"I..." he started. "...am not sure."

"You can go to the school website, they already posted the class list," Tsuna tried to help. "And the electives, too. I heard the survey will be open on the first day of school." Renato nodded along to her advice, and Tsuna fell silent, having ran out of advices to give. She was new too, dammnit!

"HELLO, MY ARKKIES!" There was a collective wince when Luce's loud voice was heard. Members of other empires peered over curiously, and some group leaders laughed. Tsuna spotted a flash of white at the backstage – and wondered idly if Byakuran got caught in the end after all. Bless the poor thing – he got caught even after going to all the trouble of hiding under the table…

"For now, we're going to learn the cheers!"

"SALMON!" The Arctaz group leaders replied, doing a swimming motion upwards with their hands pressed together.

Luce grinned. "Reply 'salmon' whenever we Arctaz answer something, is that ooookay?"

"SALMON!" The group leaders and some freshmen replied. Tsuna stared blankly. She decided to stop keeping count of how many times she was going to be shocked over what happens in this camp.

"NICE ONE, FRESHIES!" Luce said.

"EH, NICE ONE!" The answering calls from the group leaders no longer surprised Tsuna. They seemed to have a reply for every single thing they said. The girl sighed, rubbing at the insides of her wrists. It's too damn early for this.

"Let's learn the cheers now then! The first cheer would be our Arctaz cheer –" at that, the leaders at the front brought out a large cardboard with words written in bold on them. "–and I want all of you to listen to a demo by the GLs first, capiche?"

"SALMON!" Oh lord. Tsuna thought privately. She's going to die.

Luce grinned widely, so much so that Tsuna wondered if she was going to burst a vein from her excitement. "ARCTAZ OI!"

"SALMON SWIM~" wiggle upper part of body lazily

"ARCTAZ OI!"

"SALMON DIVE~" make a v sign with arms over head and bring it down

"ARCTAZ OI!"

"SALMON THERE, point to the left SALMON HERE, point to the right SALMON, SALMON EVERYWHERE! Point left, right, up

Strip of orange, flesh of red, swim~ wiggle dive~ move shoulders from left to right you think we can't?

WE CAN, stomp forward WE WILL, stomp forward WE ALWAYS DO! ARCTAZ, ARCTAZ DROWN IT ALL!"

Yes, she's going to die. Tsuna slid down in her seat a little. Why does their cheer have to be so embarrassing? She glanced over at the other Empires who were demonstrating their equally-embarrassing cheers too. Great, not just us then.

"Let's do it together this time!" Luce cheered. The GLs replied 'salmon!' but it seems the freshies (even the more easygoing, outgoing ones) were a little too horrified. Were all of them going to do it? Takeshi laughed from a seat down. "Sounds fun!"

Did he get dropped on the head as a baby or something. Tsuna thought with a deadpan. Renato let out a muffled chuckle, and Tsuna flushed, realizing she said that out loud. The silver-head who was busy ignoring Takeshi felt a smirk twitch up when he heard the sarcastic comment. Tsuna blushed even more. Well, that went well. It really did, considering Takeshi was the only one who didn't hear it.

"Do you not like cheers?" Renato questioned.

Tsuna sighed. "It's not that I particularly dislike them…" It's just that I haven't been to a Vongola camp before.

The guy blinked, nodding slowly.

"ALRIGHT, LET'S TRY IT TOGETHER!" Fuck.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP, TRASH!" Tsuna's head snapped up at that. What the hell? It can't be – but, fratello…?

Xanxus stood there proudly in a pink shirt like the rest of the group leaders, wielding his fan in a threatening manner and waving it wildly at Luce, who just harrumphed but stayed quiet. Xanxus tch-ed, before turning back to his own Empire.

"TRASHES, LISTEN UP! YOU BETTER DO OUR EMPIRE CHEER BETTER THAN THE OTHERS. IS THAT CLEAR?" He said, his booming voice carrying easily to the freshmen in front of him.

"DORY!" The Indiox Empire screamed. Tsuna deadpanned. No really, dory? Seriously?

Luce flipped her long hair dramatically. "Arkkie lovelies, don't worry! We won't lose to that brute. YEAH?!"

"SALMON!" Where are they? In the bloody aquarium? Oh god.

Suddenly, Byakuran emerged from backstage. "EY, PACIE ISN'T LOSING!"

"MAAAACKEREL!" Tsuna covered her face with a handkerchief.

Enrico emerged calmly from the door, his Empire trailing timidly behind him. Tsuna looked up when the noise level increased with the new people coming in, and her eyes bulged. Fratello?! Are they all here?!

"What do you say, Southes?" He asked calmly after they had settled down in their seats. The freshmen themselves didn't seem to know what to say, but the group leaders screamed louder on their behalf.

"DROP THE BASS!" Tsuna covered her face with her hands. Her brothers were terrible. Terrible with puns, that is. She still couldn't believe the 'secret school' they are studying at is Namimori Senior High in Japan of all places.

"ARCTAZ OI!"

The freshmen reluctantly followed the cue (not including Takeshi's case – that guy's a saint).

"SALMON SWIM~" Tsuna mumbled the words out, her voice lost amongst the louder ones.

"ARCTAZ OI!"

"SALMON DIVE~" She did the same, and reluctantly put her hands up.

"ARCTAZ OI!"

Renato suddenly jumped up, and Tsuna startled, turning to regard him. He had a smirk on his face so different from his usual character – yet his confident, almost cocky posture now seemed to fit so well like he had done it his entire life.

"SALMON THERE, SALMON HERE, SALMON, SALMON EVERYWHERE!

Strip of orange, flesh of red, swim~dive~ you think we can't?

WE CAN, WE WILL, WE ALWAYS DO! ARCTAZ, ARCTAZ DROWN IT ALL!"

Tsuna watched blankly as Renato did an overstated wiggle and proceeded to shout out the cheers perfectly. Takeshi looked over curiously, a little bewildered as well. Did he think he'll fit in better because he's homeschooled and don't really get how to socialize? Tsuna wondered, making up her mind to explain to the poor boy that he didn't need to do that to make friends.

But after the cheer ended, Renato made his way to the side where the group leaders were standing, and shrugged off his black button-up tee to reveal a bright…pink…shirt…

Oh.

"He's a group leader?" Takeshi leaned over the empty seat to whisper loudly. The silver-haired lad beside him snorted, and Tsuna and Takeshi turned to him. The former flushed, a defensive glare ready in his eyes.

"What? It's obvious now, look." He pointed towards where the other Empires were, where 'freshmen' detached from the gaggle of people and took off their outerwear to reveal the pink t-shirts below. "They're 'fake freshies', I heard some group leaders mention this term by the toilet just now." He explained grouchily.

Well, shit. Tsuna sunk back in her seat. She didn't know why she felt so betrayed, watching as 'Renato' (was it even his real name?) exchange a fist bump with a blond group leader.

Just her luck. She sighed, wanting to go home already.

"Hey, sorry bout just now." Tsuna harrumphed and gave 'Renato' the stinkeye. Takeshi watched the interaction curiously, and the silver-haired lad (who introduced himself as Hayato reluctantly) raised an eyebrow.

"Homeschooled? Colour-blind?" Tsuna scoffed. The group leader had the gall to look amused. He chuckled and held out a hand. "People call me Reborn."

"And people call me a bitch," Tsuna replied without missing a beat, turning around to give a kick at his shin. Who could blame her? She felt so embarrassed thinking back on their interactions. She couldn't believe she fell for that. Reborn cursed and danced away, dodging the violent girl.

Nagi looked promptly horrified that Tsuna would do that, while her new friend (the Luce look-alike) giggled. Takeshi laughed at that and took Reborn's extended hand instead, giving a firm shake. "I'm Takeshi! And that's – "

"A-Are you really The Reborn-san?" Hayato asked, sparkles in his eyes as he forced himself into Reborn's personal space. The black-haired male raised an eyebrow, still dodging Tsuna who was trying to step on his foot.

"Yeah."

Tsuna stopped. "Hah? Why does he get a The before his name?" She asked skeptically.

Hayato looked torn between glaring at Tsuna and worshipping her for daring to hit Reborn. "H-He's the top student of all Vongola-sponsored schools in the world!" He whispered-shouted. Tsuna stared blankly.

"So?" Her eyes snapped to his, fiery ones meeting amused dark ones. "Doesn't mean he feels less of a jerk to me." Hayato now looked torn between looking horrified or awed.

Reborn chuckled. "It was fun while it lasted."

Tsuna bristled. "What was that?" And I have to spend 2 weeks with him as my group leader? She internally let out a indignant scream.

He smirked – and it almost seemed like a challenge. "Why, Sawada? Scared that you'll fall for me and my charming looks?"

She let out the biggest scoff she could muster that even Nagi winced at how insulting it seems. "Me? Scared of you?" Tsuna laughed, glaring back with equal fervor.

"You wish, Renato."

"Hey, Reborn, stop flirting and get the freshies over here! We're starting the introductory games!" Reborn bit back his reply to the fiery brown-head, who was so, so interesting to him. He fixed a smirk that he knew would rile her up on his face instead.

"Let's go, then." She flipped her hair and strode towards the main group whom they got separated from when Reborn apologized, her friends trailing behind her. Hayato cast him a hesitant look, as if he wanted to say more, before Takeshi dragged him along.

Reborn smiled to himself. He could tell that this camp would be great.

A/N: soo I got the camp feels back since it's that time of the year again! This year, I'm not a freshie but a planner for the FO at my school

May all things go well, and happy very late new year to everyone!