So my friend Lady Lily Anne and I have been talking about KHR a lot lately and I couldn't get this particular plot idea out of my head. So here's fem!Tsuna, who being a girl was 'spoiled' a bit more by Iemitsu by being brought to Italy to 'see daddy at work'. Which translated to him running off with Nana and leaving Tsunako with Lal as her babysitter, and she ended up awesome because of it.

For story pacing sake, neither Reborn or the Ninth know about the fact that Tsunako not only knows but is on great terms with a few of the Arcobaleno, it'll be more fun that way. Anywho this might just be a one shot, like I said couldn't get it out of my head so had to write it out, please review!

Before it was ever announced that she was to be the Vongola Decima, Tsunako Sawada had already been head of a semi-benevolent yakuza group that had formed around her without her consent. It was something she had to reiterate every now and then to keep herself sane, even if the eccentric group that surrounded her largely ignored her pained declarations.

It had all started out so innocently, she'd just been walking home minding her own business when she heard loud yelling in a vacant building. Peeking inside she saw a couple of middle schoolers beating on a boy a bit older then her as a girl her own age cowered in the corner.

This was unacceptable, if they kept this up the Demon of Namimori would be summoned and bite everyone to death for breaking the peace, including Tsunako for just being in proximity of said disturbance.

Tsunako did not want to be bitten to death.

So she pulled out the taser Lal Mirch had given her during Tsunako and mama's visit to Italy this spring from her hoody pocket and turned it on.

What Tsunako was unaware of though was that Lal Mirch was of the opinion that if a little girl was in a situation that she needed to use a taser, then the target of said tasering deserved to be in a world of pain.

So with two quick jabs, followed by the disconcertingly loud discharges of electricity both older boys were thrown to the far wall and left there twitching. Glancing down at the bloodied boy with white hair at her feet Tsunako sighed in resignation knowing full well that her conscious wouldn't let her leave him like this.

It was a decision she'd come to dearly to regret in later years.

Shrugging her Hello Kitty backpack off, Tsunako rummaged inside for a moment and soon pulled out a military grade first aid kit. She'd never actually opened it before; it along with many of the things Lal had given her was likely largely illegal so she did her best to remain ignorant just in case the police in Namimori ever bothered to do their jobs. As Skull liked to say, 'Plausible deniability is a wonderful thing, especially when no one expects you to be so underhanded.'

She really had no idea why everyone was so rough on the poor guy, Skull was awesome when he wasn't tricking everyone into thinking he was a moron.

Popping the kit open Tsunako let out a fond snort as she plucked the Walther PPK pistol from the case and slid it back into her backpack, the near comatose boy none the wiser to the weapons existence. Seriously, Lal Mirch was the best babysitter ever, the woman in a toddlers body was of the belief that you could never be paranoid enough and tried to imbue that philosophy in her unofficial disciple.

Tsunako honestly thought she did her sensei proud in that department, regardless she had to get this done and over with before the boys she tased recovered. She was midway through treating the boy's wounds when the girl in the corner finally seemed to recover her wits and rushed over to offer a hand.

Apparently her name was Kyoko Sasagawa, the boy she was patching up was her brother Ryohei, and the boys smoldering in the corner had kidnapped Kyoko to hurt said brother.

That just wouldn't do. Seriously, was she the only person in this city who realized behavior like this would summon the Bloodlusting Skylark? Was she the only one with survival instincts and common sense?!

She just sighed at that remembering Lal's lessons, common sense was anything but, so leaving Kyoko to finish bandaging her now semi-coherent brother Tsunako took the pistol from her bookbag and approached the boys who instigated this entirely absurd series of events.

She none too gently began kicking each of them for a time, eventually they came to groaning and sat up backs propped against the wall. Let it be said, while they lacked common sense they weren't idiots, so when they focused on the nine year old girl with burning orange eyes aiming a gun right in their faces, they listened.

Inwardly she sighed in annoyance, why, why did she have to have her hair in pigtails today? This would be so much more intimidating without them and the pink hoody...ugh...

"Listen up, my name is Tsunako Sawada and this is my territory. I like to keep things peaceful around Namimori, I like it quiet, I like it sedate. So if you idiots ever try something like this again on my watch?"

She cocked the hammer back and raised a single brow, "Savvy?" It was a word Colonnello had taught her, and it didn't translate well to Japanese, but thankfully gun totting little girls grinning in a creepy manner conveyed much more than words. The two boys nodded emphatically, one of them even peeing himself, and they quickly rushed to leave the building.

Turning back to the Sasagawa siblings Tsunako reclaimed her partially used medkit, shoved it, and the Walther back into the Hello Kitty backpack, and helped Kyoko pull the still shaky boy from the floor.

"I Extremely appreciate the help little lady!" The boy rasped out, she had the distinct impression that if his neck hadn't been bruised he'd have yelled that at the top of his lungs.

"Just doing my best to help keep Namimori a safe place," she muttered in turn. Leaving the building she helped guide the semi-lucid boy home as his sister fretted about his injuries, not that she could particularly blame her. He'd gotten quite the thorough beat down, only time she'd ever been that messed up was when she and Basil had fought over the TV remote back in Italy.

Mind, Basil was one of the few people in the world with the common sense to recognize that Tsunako was not made of porcelain and was in fact legitimately dangerous. After all, Lal had arranged for Tsunako to be trained by her friend Fon when the girl was six, mostly due to her father being an oblivious idiot in regards to her personal safety. Luckily Tsunako had taken to martial arts like a duck to water and Basil being her cohort and partner in crime was aware of this.

Thus it was no shock that he went all out when the confrontation began, it had begun epicly enough but neither had won in the end though. Lal had walked in on them, smacked the both of them around like they were disobedient puppies (which they were in her eyes) and grounded them for the weekend after scolding Basil for hitting girls, leaving the poor boy in tears.

Basil being Basil gave Tsunako his chocolate muffin at dinner that night to apologize, he was kinda awesome like that so Tsunako had forgiven him after giving the boy a hug.

Shaking herself from her reverie Tsunako entered the Sasagawa household and after walking into the living room she and Kyoko gently lowered Ryohei to the couch. Kyoko then ran off to get her mother, leaving Tsunako standing there awkwardly not knowing whether she should stay or go.

That was when she had made one of her many terrible life decisions that guaranteed she would never have anything related to 'Peace and Quiet' in her life ever again.

"Hey, Sawada," Ryohei rasped out, "I saw how you Extremely took those guys out, and Extremely threatened them. I appreciate it, I'm strong, and I know it, so people go after my Extreme weaknesses... I don't know what I would do if anything happened to Kyoko... So I offer my Extreme thanks..."

He extended his arm out with his fist clenched as he gave her a lopsided grin, Tsunako couldn't help returning it as she bumped her fist against his, "Only the strong can show mercy and kindness. We're the only ones who can afford to do so, it goes the same way when you protect the weak eh? If they can't protect themselves, we use our excess strength to protect them instead."

Ryohei's grin turned into a wide smile that seemed to shine like the sun after that, "Extremely right Sawada! You should join my boxing club! Well, I don't have it yet, but when I enter middle school I Extremely will! What do you say?"

She should have kept her stupid mouth shut, but how was she to know what would eventually come from this decision?

"Sure, sounds like fun."

Not long after that fateful choice had been made she left the Sasagawa household and headed home, feeling that creeping feeling that Lal told her was Hyper Intuition begin to freak out she ducked into a side alley. Taking her Walther from the Hello Kitty backpack she jammed it into her hoody pocket with her taser and quickly resumed her journey home.

Not a block from her house she felt her Intuition spike and dove to the side, a clang of steel on concrete echoing across the empty streets as she pulled the taser and pistol from her pockets. She had no idea who or what was attacking her, she simply blindly countered the striking tonfa with her pistol while lashing out with the sparking taser, and after a few minutes of this her assailant stopped all motion.

Breathing heavily she stared at the boy before her, his cold grey blue eyes staring at her in interest, tonfas held lazily in his hands as his head cocked to the side and a damn scary smirk crawled up his lips.

"Wao..." Oh no. Nonononononono. NO. JUST NO!

Kyoya Hibari, the freaking Demon of Namimori, the flesh eating Skylark she'd tried so hard to avoid since she'd become aware of his existence was standing right in front of her, smiling, looking highly impressed.

She was going to die.

Before she could even fully process this he slid his tonfas back up his sleeves and approached the very weary Tsunako, a moment later he slowly stretched out a hand and ruffled her hair.

Really. What. The. Hell.

"Small animal, it is close to curfew, head home," and with that he stuck his hands in his pockets and walked off as if he hadn't just tried to beat her skull in.

"What is...you know...never mind...I don't want to know, screw it...I'll Skype Basil about it tomorrow..." Stupid time zone differences... Making her way home she entered the house and quickly received an enthusiastic hug from mama, ate a delicious dinner, and took a relaxing bath.

Pushing the days events to the back of her head the nine year old girl fell asleep peacefully, confidant that tomorrow everything would be back to normal. In the morning she brushed her hair, cleaned her teeth, shucked her pajamas and pulled on her school clothes. Heading downstairs she entered the kitchen and ate breakfast, drank too much coffee for a girl her age (she was stressed out, give her a break) and quickly made up her bento for lunch.

Pausing in the motions she remembered something Skull had once told her when Lal had dragged him into the CEDEF infirmary after one of his jobs had gone pear shaped, "If you run into someone stronger than you, bribe them to leave you alone." It was cowardly, but she did oh so enjoy her peace, thus she used the leftover hamburger steak from last nights dinner to make up an extra bento for the terrifying Skylark.

This would end up being yet another mistake she had inadvertently made in the past two days, but one with long reaching repercussions. Really, how was she supposed to know it was his favorite food?!

Walking to school Tsunako met up with her best friend Hana, who she had been unaware was actually acquaintances with Kyoko who was currently shyly standing at her side. It really took no time at all for them to all relate over something and soon the trio become solid friends. This would seriously be, in Tsunako's opinion anyway, the only good thing that had come out of the situation she would soon find herself in.

Reaching their elementary school the girls passed the gates and froze as The Skylark stood in their path, in no mood to fight Tsunako stepped forward and offered the bento she'd made earlier to the boy.

"Hibari-senpai, I...I made you lunch, because of yesterday and all, it's hamburger steak, I hope you like it!" He'd looked unimpressed at first but at the announcement of its contents both his brows rose in interest, taking the offered box he let out a 'Hn' before ruffling her hair once again and then as if by magic jumped to the school roof.

What. The. Hell.

Not asking questions, Hana because she didn't care, Kyoko because she was oblivious, and Tsunako due to knowing this was all going to end in a headache, the trio quickly entered the school.

School, thankfully was not a big deal, when you were tutored by someone like Lal Mirch and Fon alongside someone as brilliant as Basil well... Being mediocre was just unacceptable, and she was just going to leave it at that.

So after what amounted to a complete and utter waste of her time school ended, and as she and her friends left the gates they were once again intercepted by Hibari. He stared down at them for a moment before offering the now empty bento box, ruffling her hair once again he spoke quietly yet firmly.

"Small animal, I require one of these every Thursday," with that he turned around and again gave physics the finger as he jumped to a buildings roof like it was nothing out of the ordinary. Hana just eyed the empty box while shaking her head, Kyoko looked confused, and Tsunako felt like she had unintentionally made a grave mistake.

She had officially earned the interest of one Kyoya Hibari, despite everything she had done to avoid the boy in question.

She was good as dead.

If only...

What do you all think, hmm?