Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn. Katekyo Hitman Reborn belongs to Amano Akira. The following fanfiction is written before the release of the manga chapter 357, therefore, before the Arcobleno Arc can make any sense in my mind. I'm just thinking how the representative battle will turn out and so I wrote this. ENJOY!

Spoiler alert! As aforementioned, this story is written before I read the manga chapter 357. If you do not wish to be spoiled, read this story some other time. Thank you for your cooperation. :)

Note:

Fong - (still unknown)
Yuni - Byakuran, Gamma, Six Funeral Wreaths (except Ghost)
Reborn - Tsuna, Vongola Guardians (except Mukuro and Hibari), Dino
Verde - Mukuro, Kokuyo Gang (minus Chrome)
Colonello - CEDEF
Marmon - Xanxus, Varia
Skull - Enma

CHAPTER ONE

The New Arcobaleno Boss

"From the very start, I had been lying about the removal of the curse from the strongest Arcobaleno."

These words of the man with the iron hat surprised the seven strongest infants of Mafia and their representatives.

Tsuna was the first to react. "W-What do you mean? Are you telling us that all these fights had been a waste?"

The mysterious man looked at Tsuna. "Waste? Not at all, I tell you. It had been as satisfying as I thought, Sawada Tsunayoshi."

Tsuna felt a shiver ran down his spine when he heard his name spoken by this mysterious man. Then he heard Reborn ask, "What do you mean?"

"This contest had been a lure for you-" The man with the iron hat indicated the Arcobaleno. "-to bring to me representatives I am sure are strong since the winner of this battle had been promised to be removed of the curse. Thanks to you seven, I saw the possible candidates for being an Arcobaleno. And I have chosen one to replace one of you."

"I don't understand!" Marmon put in. "The curse should be lifted from me!"

The mysterious man ignored the outburst and continued, "The one with the same flame attribute to the one I had chosen from the representatives will be the Arcobaleno who will have their 'curse' lifted. Which is, of course, the Sky flame."

Yuni was startled. "Me?"

"Yes. You, the Boss Arcobaleno, will be replaced," the man with the iron hat explained. "You will no longer be the Sky Arcobaleno and your lifespan will return to the length of a normal human's. Please give me your Pacifier."

Yuni handed him her Pacifier, which had already gone colorless. She returned to her companions.

"Isn't that wonderful, Yuni-chan?" Byakuran said, holding her closely on the shoulders.

Gamma raised a fist towards Byakuran's direction. "Aren't you getting quite too close with the Princess? Maybe it's time to let go?"

"No, Gamma. It's alright," Yuni said. Her reaction was noticeably sad at the possible start of an argument between her companions. That made Gamma lower his fist.

"Congratulations, Princess," he said with a smile.

Yuni blushed and said her thanks softly. Suddenly, she became troubled and turned to the man who had just removed the curse trancending from her grandmother's generation until hers.

"Who will be the next Sky Arcobaleno, mister?" she asked, drawing the attention of all those in the room.

Tsuna counted with his fingers. "The ones with the Sky attribute in the battle are Dino-san, Byakuran and Xanxus."

"And you and Iemitsu," Reborn added.

"Oh yeah, me and Dad... Wait, what?!" Tsuna flustered. "I'm not included in the choices!"

"The new Sky Arcobaleno is..." the mysterious man started, building suspense.

"You just said that the persons you're enumerating are the ones with the Sky flames," Reborn said in a matter-of-fact tone.

"Anyway, I'm not included in this. Neither is Dad. So probably it's Dino-san. He's powerful, especially when his subordinates are around. But Byakuran knows a lot and can create great decisions. Xanxus has his Flames of Wrath..." Tsuna mumbled.

Reborn kicked him on the face. "Focus on what is being said,-!"

"...Sawada Tsunayoshi," the man with the iron hat said with some finality.

The scene froze.

"HIEEE!" Tsuna exclaimed, rubbing the cheek that Reborn just kicked. "I-I'm the new Sky Arcobaleno?!"

"Yes, you will inherit the title of being boss and join the strongest babies of Mafia," the man stated. "You have the qualities appropriate for being their boss. One is that you consider the life of your friends more important than your own. Another is that you have the power sufficient for the rebirth of your Guardian Arcobaleno and for protecting yourself. Last is that you have Hyper Intuition from your Vongola blood, allowing you to decide even if the tide of the situation is against you."

"But I'm not the boss," Tsuna said. "It's ridiculous for me to become a boss!"

"Not at all. If there is anything ridiculous, it will be the time when the strongest Arcobaleno is removed from his or her position as the protector of the world balance." The man chuckled to himself. And then he became serious. "You are now, as I say, the Sky Arcobaleno. Accept what is in store for you, Sawada Tsunayoshi."

A sudden burst of blinding light came from the Sky Pacifier, forcing the Arcobleno and their representatives to cover their own eyes with their arms and their hands. The light waned slowly and for a while, most people in the room had their eyes closed. When the light finally disappeared, there was a little confusion.

"What happened?"

"Are you alright?"

"Jyuudaime! Where are you?" the loud voice of Gokudera rang out.

"I'm here..." came the reply of a muffled small voice.

Everyone turned to look at the source of the voice. A pile of clothes-a white-and-orange jacket and black pants-lay on the floor, seemingly moving on its own. There was a tiny voice of struggle and a head popped out of the pile. Brown eyes blinked; a head of spiky brown hair shook.

A laugh. "Everything seems to be bigger!"

Reborn approached the pile of clothes.

"HIEEE! We're of the same height, Reborn!"

Reborn stared. "You're really an Arcobaleno now, Tsuna."

"What? I don't understand."

Reborn extended his arms and Leon turned into a mirror his height. He angled it silently.

"HIEEE!"

And the mirror showed an infant Tsuna, already wearing an orange Pacifier.

"You're cute, Tsuna-kun," Byakuran said.

"Please don't tease me, Byakuran!" Tsuna put his hands on the sides of his rather large head. "I can't let Mom or Kyoko-chan or Haru see me like this!"

"This is the weirdest ability you've got TO THE EXTREME, Sawada!" Ryohei yelled.

'N-Niisan... are you thinking I became small like this willingly?' Tsuna thought.

"Gao," something murmurred just beside Tsuna.

"Natsu! Since when-?" Tsuna exclaimed. "Not to mention, you're as big as I am."

Gokudera got his dynamites out. "Where is that weird man? Hey, what have you done to Jyuudaime?! Show yourself!"

"Where is he?" Enma asked.

The man with the iron hat disappeared from the room.

"For the time being," Reborn said. "We should go home."

"Didn't I already tell you?" Tsuna exclaimed. "I can't let Mom see me like this!"

Chrome approached, extending her hands towards him. "Don't cry, baby Bossu."

'Even you, Chrome?' Tsuna thought. Chrome picked him up and he could feel his clothes slipping through his body. Before his clothes go past down his waist, he yelled, already blushing, "Natsu! Cambio Forma!"

Tsuna sighed thankfully as the Primo's cloak wrapped around him, oddly fitting his infant size perfectly. Hibird fluttered and settled on his bush of brown hair.

"A lullaby from Hibari! A lullaby from Hibari!" the bird said.

"Ah, don't tell me-" Tsuna said.

The bird opened its beak and sang the Nanimori School Anthem with its tiny voice.

'I-I figured...' Tsuna thought.

"Well, well. Children should go to sleep, Tsuna," Yamamoto said, picking up Tsuna's clothes. A black ring rolled on the floor, which Yamamoto picked up as well. "Oh, it's your ring."

Tsuna accepted the Vongola Ring.

"Uwaah! It's so big I can almost fit all my fingers in it!"

"Trash," Xanxus said.

"What did you say, Xanxus?" Gokudera asked angrily.

"Calm down, Gokudera-kun," Tsuna said, staring at his Vongola Ring. He felt kind of sad that he can no longer wear it as usual. "We should do as Reborn said. We should all go home."

Author's Note:

It's me again, 'born on the day of earthquakes', writing what my curious mind is on about. I don't know why I feel I want you all to understand me, but... actually, I found this story in a pile of paper, notebooks, books, photo albums, sketchpads and other items in a corner of my room and decided to upload it on this account.

And I started writing this on Tsuna's birthday, October 14, 2011-more than a year ago and it goes unpublished (in fanfiction. net, that is). But not anymore. :)

Now that I know a whole lot more about the Representative Battle and Checkered Face, it seems funny to me that I had been fantasizing about 'another' turn of events. You can think of this as a parallel world to the story in the manga-that is, if this is worthy enough.

I am also happy that I somehow knew that the Representative Battle wouldn't be complete without Hibari Kyoya. Though I never thought that Vindice would show up to take Skull's place in the battle.

And yeah, I know: the form of Tsuna's Cambio Forma is his red metallic gloves. But I fell in love with Natsu and Mantello di Primo so in this fanfic, Tsuna's Vongola Ring can turn into the red gloves, Natsu and Primo's cloak. Sorry, but this is a fanfic, after all. :)

Yes, and there are OCs starting from chapter 6. And they're kind of major people (main antagonist) so I can do nothing but not remove them from the story. Also, I am trying my hardest not to make the characters too OOC, but if I don't succeed, sorry. :)

Anyway, too much of this and the author's note will be longer than the story itself. ^^

Thank you for reading. Please review!

I hope the manga wouldn't end yet. I want more of the KHR goodness! More power, Amano Akira!