//(A Few Days Later)//

Tsuna yawned into his hand.

He was nodding off while sitting on the train.

To rephrase that, Tsuna was sitting on top of the train that was going at 50 mph.

(O.D.D.- Don't try this at home. （−＿−；）)

Well, the brunet was wearing his hacker-mask and the rest of his gear, so it would be a little strange to have him inside of the train--although a lot of the Japanese people in there might've mistaken it as 'cosplay'. He was currently wearing a black hoodie with navy-blue jeans; his orange mask was fixed into place.

Yes, currently, Tsuna was in Japan, on his way to meet up with Reborn at the Sawada Household.

The brunet ran a hand through his hair as he felt the wind whip across the uncovered parts of his face.

He saw that the train was going to stop soon at his destination.

Nostalgia filled his eyes at the familiar town that was slowly coming closer.

'Namimori.....it's been 9 years, neh?'

"Such a disgusting child."

"You're a disgrace!"

"You're no son of mine. I'll be selling you to the scientists--Nana won't know any of this." A blonde man with brown eyes glared a a trembling brunet child. "It's your fault that she was hit by that truck--Ieyasu almost got injured because of you! She'll wake with no memory of you--I'll make sure of it." The man sneered. "May you die in that he** hole."

"Attention. We are now at Namimori Station. Please depart if this is your stop."

Tsuna blinked and saw that the train stopped completely.

He sighed and shook his head, slapping his cheeks while grinning brightly.

"Yosh! Let's go."

~~

"Alba?"

The said brunet grinned while saluting the other while hanging upside down on a tree limb.

*Yo, Reborn-san.*

The flaming words disappeared as Alba landed on the ground before the said ravenet adult.

Reborn raised an eyebrow and smirked amusedly.

"Is that how you greet people, Baka-Alba?"

A tick mark appeared on Alba's head; he turned away from the other and took a deep breath.

'Calm down, Tsuna. Calm down......d**n it! It's only the beginning of the mission and he's already being a pain in the a**! Why did the number one hitman have to be a sadist!?'

As if reading his thoughts, Reborn chuckled and ruffled the other's hair briefly.

"Being a pain in the a** is one of my hobbies. And I'm happy that you think of me as a sadist."

Alba scowled and swatted at the other angrily.

Reborn merely smirked as he walked ahead of the other.

The brunet sighed once the other was out of view; he quickly took his mask off and tugged his hoodie on, making sure it covered the top half of his face.

'I think it'll a bit too strange to wear my mask around Ieyasu-kun and Kaa-san.'

He blinked his eyes as he tugged his hood down further.

'I'll be in big trouble if Reborn-san found out who I was...'

He sighed as he quickly caught up with the hitman.

~~

Alba leaned against the wall as Reborn placed a letter into the mailbox of the Sawada Household.

The brunet shifted and closed his eyes as he stretched his senses out.

'......There are no potential Guardians here. Who will be Ieyasu-kun's Guardians?'

He frowned and didn't notice the other in front of him.

Reborn flicked the brunet's forehead, careful to not move the hoodie since he understood that the other wanted to hide his face at the moment.

On the other hand, Alba clutched his forehead, kneeling on the ground.

'Why the f*** did that feel like a hammer to the head instead of a normal flick!? He's crazy strong!'

Reborn smirked as he nudged the other with his foot.

"Oi~let's go. Our student will be coming out soon."

Alba glared at the other from underneath his hood; Reborn merely smirked wider when he caught a brief glimpse of irritated orange eyes.

'He seems too familiar to me...'

The hitman narrowed his eyes for a brief second, thinking about another brunet he met in Venice.

The hitman snapped out of his thoughts in time to dodge a smack to his head; Reborn smirked as Alba crossed his arms childishly.

"Now, now...don't be childish, Baka-Alba. You're--what? 14?"

Alba's jaw dropped; he whipped out a phone and typed on it furiously.

*I'll have you know that I'm 24, Reborn-san!*

The ravenet chuckled; he started to walk ahead of the brunet.

"Heh, you don't look like it..." The hitman turned a corner before poking his head back out. "Shorty."

Alba resisted the urge to throw his phone at the other as the man disappeared once more.

'UHEDCHINDEIYNCJBHERBIY--I'M GONNA FREAKING KILL HIM BEFORE WE EVEN FINISH THIS MISSION!'

Alba took multiple calming breaths as he then jumped over to the tree in the backyard of the Sawada Household.

Reborn was probably going to continue his observations at Ieyasu's school; Alba decided to stick with the blonde teen until he got to school.

Alba leaned against the tree as he crossed his legs on the limb he was sitting on.

It wasn't long before a blonde teen came out of the house.

His hair was unruly and gravity-defying--much like Tsuna's.

The teen's warm-brown eyes flitted over the area as he dragged a bag of trash out.

The blonde left the trash outside of the walls surrounding the household; he then checked the mail.

The teen went through them all and paused at the flyer that Reborn had slipped in before.

Alba chuckled at how the boy looked at the paper with uncertainty and suspicion.

Suddenly, the teen's eyes went to the tree Alba was on.

The brunet in tree merely smiled; he knew that the blonde couldn't actually see him.

'Hm~he's already activated his Hyper Intuition...Good job, Ieyasu-kun.'

The teen, Ieyasu looked at the tree for a few more seconds before sighing.

"Eh...nothing there..."

Ieyasu went back into the house, taking the mail with him.

Alba, with his sensitive ears, listened to Nana talking excitedly to Ieyasu, saying that the tutors must be really handsome and all. Ieyasu protested, saying that it might be a scam.

Alba jumped from the tree and leaned against the wall outside of the household area.

He heard 'ittekimasu' and 'itterasshai' before the sound of a door opening and closing.

Alba heard hurried footsteps and saw Ieyasu run through the gates with a piece of toast in his mouth.

Ieyasu froze at the sight of Alba--hoodie covering half of his face; dark colors for his clothes.

The blonde quickly ate his piece of toast and gulped.

'H-He looks like some sort of k-killer!' "E-Eto....k-konichiwa?"

Alba slowly turned his head to the teen; the brunet nodded his head in a greeting as he brought his phone out.

*Konichiwa. I will be one of your tutors from now on.*

Ieyasu blinked owlishly.

".....Eh?"

Alba smiled before 'magically' disappearing. It didn't matter that the brunet showed his Mist flames to Ieyasu--the boy would see stranger things in the later future.

Alba watched from the shadows as Ieyasu stood there--stunned.

There was a few seconds of silence before Ieyasu let out a girlish shriek; Alba merely chuckled softly from his spot.

"WHO WAS THAT!? WHAT IN THE--?! Ack! I'M LATE FOR SCHOOOOOOL!"

Alba sighed from his spot in the shadows.

'Good luck with Reborn-san, Ieyasu-kun.'