Her alarm blared an obnoxious siren and her bleary eyes slowly opened.

Tsunami sluggishly sat up and snoozed the alarm; her hands moving to rub the sleep out of her eyes. She sat staring at a wall for a few moments before moving to get ready for school.

As she made her way down the stairs, her lovely mother was preparing a delicious breakfast. Tsunami joined her, helping prepare breakfast and her own lunch for the day.

"Good morning Tsu-chan! Did you sleep well?" Nana beamed at her daughter.

"I slept just fine, and you?" Nana gave no indication that she heard her daughter's reply, far too occupied with humming to herself whilst stirring around the miso soup.

Tsuna sighed, it always hurt her to see her mother like this. It seemed to get worse each and every time her absent father would come home. Her Mama was always so patient to wait for when Iemitsu would find it convenient to visit again. Eating with her Mama is always a silent affair, nothing but the repetitive ticking of the clock to focus on.

"I'm off to school!" She yelled while pulling her shoes on, "Be safe!"

As she neared the school, she couldn't help but overhear something that churned something in her gut.

"Hey Kyoko, wanna be my girlfriend?"

"Umm…"

"Great! See you after school then." A grinning Mochida slung an arm over a frowning Kyoko. The lack of the idol's shrewd best friend made the girl an easy target for Mochida's forceful advances.

"Mochida-san, she did not reply and you did not give her a chance to reply. What makes you so sure that she is willing to date you?" Tsuna interrogated with cold eyes, bodily standing between them. Students stopped and stared

"None of your business, Sawada! What's your problem? Of course Kyoko would want to be my girlfriend, who wouldn't want to be?" boasted the boy while tugging a timid Kyoko closer to his side.

"My problem is that you are trying to force a relationship and a girl who is clearly uncomfortable with you. And if you can't see that then you must be blind, stupid or both." Tsuna tugged the girl to her side, "Come on Kyoko, you shouldn't have to deal with people like him."

Mochida roughly grabbed her arm and pulled her back, leering at her. "Well since you're so confident, why don't you take her place then?"

"I'm not interested in potentially getting raped." Mochida froze with his jaw hanging open, as do the rest of the onlookers.

"You'll pay for this! I challenge you to a duel for our honour! The prize is Kyoko! Tomorrow after school in the gym!"

"No thanks." Mochida's eyes flipped in confusion.

"W-wha? What do you mean 'no thanks'? Are you too much of a little bitch to fight me?"

"I just find it ludicrous that you believe that you think that a human being is an object to be won." she took Kyoko's hand and left the scene leaving many in shock and awe.

"Interesting…" smirked a figure in the trees.

After the final school bell rung, she began packing her school bag to get ready for home when she was interrupted by Kyoko and Hana. Kyoko looked nervous, playing with the edges of her skirt and looking as if she wanted to say something. She must have worn out her friend's patience as Hana nudged her.

" Sawada-chan, I didn't get the chance to say this earlier… but thank you. I really appreciate what you did for me this morning."

"It was nothing, I did what I thought was right, that's all."

"We need more people to stand up to these monkeys at this school. We should have lunch together sometime." Hana offered.

"If you'd like. I must get home now."

"W-we can walk with you!" Tsuna shrugged.

The three girls then began their trek home. The sweet small talk was great. Stuff like: how their day went, how stressed they were for an upcoming test, or how good the book they were reading was. Tsuna found that she liked these girls, they had a perfect balance to her personality.

Where she was silent, Kyoko and Hana had endless streams of things to say. Where she was negative and pessimistic, Kyoko and Hana were optimistic and ambitious. What seemed like far too soon, they separated ways with smiles on their faces.

"I'm home!"

"Tsu-chan! Look what I got in the mail today! There's a flyer for a home tutor! 'I will train your child to become the leader of the next generation'! Doesn't that sound great?" A delicate eyebrow lifted itself in confusion.

"I guess, but what does that have to do with me?"

"Well…he's going to be tutoring you!"

"But Mama, you know my grades are just fine. And how much is this 'tutor' asking for?"

"Free of charge! All they ask for is food and board! Great, isn't it?"

"That sounds like a scam." Tsuna said blandly. The doorbell rang.

"That must be them!" Tsuna could do nothing but bury her head in her hands. She loved her mother to death, but sometimes… She was too innocent to realize anything.

"Chaos, ma'am. My name is Reborn and I am the home tutor." Came a deep baritone. Nana couldn't help but blush in the presence of such a tall, handsome man.

"Good evening!" Nana pulled her daughter to her side, "This is my Tsunami! She is a very smart girl, but I really want her to get out more and find some friends and really love life!"

"I can do that, don't you worry ma'am."

"Oh please just call me Mama!" she beamed, "Take Reborn to your room and get him acquainted with you!" Tsunami wordlessly agreed and led the much taller man to her bedroom.

As Reborn stepped inside her room, he observed the cleanliness and the warm orange tones of the walls. Her decor reflected her maturity. A neat desk with many notebooks in one pile and a multitude of books and dictionaries in different languages tucked away in shelves.

"You study languages?" Tsunami nodded.

"Just a few, like Chinese, English and Spanish. Would you like anything to eat or drink? Tea?" She offered. He refused and sat down, coaxing her to do the same.

"I am a Hitman, and I am here to train you to become the Tenth Head of the Mafia." He smirked, but frowned at the lack of response.

"Umm… okay? Can I get an explanation on why?" her eyes darted in confusion

"You and your father, are direct descendants of the first boss of Vongola, Giotto. After the three previous candidates died horrible deaths, you are the last surviving eligible for inheriting the title." her eyes narrowed at the mention of her father.

"If all this is true, then why can't the bastard inherit?" Reborn smirked at her choice of wording for the idiota.

"He is currently the Head of CEDEF, the outside advisor to the main organization. He, cannot become Decimo as the old laws state that no outside advisors may become Don at any moment."

"How convenient, I assume that he has been in Italy working and refusing to let any of his family know of this? Know of how much of a target he is painting on us?" Tsuna complained. Reborn's eyes narrowed.

"What has your father been telling you?"

"Well he says that he is a construction worker." she spat the words out with venom, "Taking pictures up North with the penguins with his golden pickaxe. I am not stupid. Construction workers don't make enough for that. I know that no project would ever take two years straight to finish."

"I see…" Reborn's forehead crinkled in distaste for the man. He never liked the idiot, he knew he was stupid, but not this stupid. Leaving his family ignorant of his Underground ties is a very bad idea. In a position like his, there were many wanting to get any kind of leverage on him and with no competent security detail for them. In the past week he had been in the small town, the 'security' that Iemitsu had were absolutely useless and negligent.

Reborn gave out a long sigh, "Are you okay? Tired?" Tsuna asked, concerned.

"Just thinking, I want to see your grades and get ready for training tomorrow." His smirk turned predatory and a shiver went down Tsuna's back.

'What have I gotten myself into?'