Sawada Tsunayoshi was a strange child. Reborn couldn't put his finger on it. It felt… scripted, like every reaction he had received from the teenager was being acted out. The boy shrieked in all the right places, reacted with disbelief to the knowledge that Reborn was here to teach him how to be a mafia boss, but it felt unnatural. Like he wasn't really surprised by the news.

Now why would a boy who, according to his sources, had no knowledge of the mafia and was a civilian for all intent and purposes, not be surprised that he was going to be Decimo to the largest and most bloodthirsty mafia famiglia in the world?

Plus, there was this look in Tsuna's eyes, one Reborn couldn't place.

He put it aside for now. Reborn was in Namimori until further notice. There was time to figure it out.

Leon transformed into a gun; Dying Will Bullet readied. First, let him see how Tsuna would react to being hit by the Dying Will Bullet.

Tsuna had darted away, clumsily trying to talk to Sasagawa Kyoko. That was the girl Tsuna supposedly had a crush on.

Perfect. He could use that.

"That is the girl who you have a crush on?" Reborn asked mildly.

"No," Tsuna said, unable to keep a small smile from forming on his face.

Clearly that was a lie. "Well then die," Reborn said. He pulled the trigger, nailing Tsuna in the forehead. Predictably, Tsuna fell to the ground.

Reborn waited for the Dying Will Bullet to kick in. For the hilarious sight of Tsuna's clothing burning off, the shouting and the following chaos. It was bound to be good. The reactions to the Dying Will Bullets were legendary (and definitely blackmail worthy.)

Only Tsuna didn't get up.

Black eyes widened, a jolt of alarm hitting Reborn like a hammer. He hopped over to Tsuna's side. It shouldn't take this long. Seconds, that was all it took for the Dying Will Bullets to work. It was already passing the thirty second mark.

His heart squeezed tight as he realized that Tsuna wasn't breathing. Impossible. No. They weren't lethal! He touched Tsuna's neck, feeling for a pulse. Nothing. Reborn paled, expression grim. How? Dying Will Bullets didn't do that!

Unless you didn't have any regrets.

Impossible. Tsunayoshi was a teenager. Old enough to have some sort of regret. Young enough not to have come to terms with them. The setup of his life, from the bullying to the bad grades to not being unable to speak to the girl he had a crush on, everything about Tsuna's life had plenty of regrets.

Shit. How was he going to explain this to Nono? That he killed the last heir to Vongola because of his (and Vongola's) preferred training method? This was completely imposs-

Reborn woke up.

Oh man, I wanted to write this fic for a long time. -rubs hands together- I'm so excited. I hope you are too.

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