Chiwassu Minna-san~
I'm sorry that it's been so long since the last chapter
I'm trying my best to update all the stories that are my priorities
Not the ones that are for fun…

Recently, I updated Keeper of the Dying Will
And hopefully I'll finish the OP: 2-B Field Trip story as well
Then there's the KnB: Middle Years story
Then I added a PoT Story: The Unknown Prince of Tennis
I think that's it for now…
Those are my priorities right now

And I can explain my absence… (_ _") I blame school and KPOP haha yeah
I've into KPOP recently and I don't know how but it's REALLY addictive… I'm warning you
Well let's start this story!

Disclaimer: If I owned KHR, then I would... hmmm…. I probably would've elaborated more on Hibari's backstory…. I sooo wanna know how he got that way

Target 7: Family Entrance Test

Mochida was fidgeting as he was sitting in the bedroom of one of the most antisocial guys he knows; also, his fidgeting was mostly because he was sitting across an infant with a gun at hand. He didn't know what this kid was about but he knew that if he spilled anything he heard today, then he'd be as good as dead. The blond from earlier had said his goodbyes, so there was no need to worry about those men in black anymore but somehow, he got the feeling that this kid was much worse than any of them put together.

"S-So..." He mumbled, wanting to break the silence in the room.

It wasn't like anyone else would say anything since Yamamoto seemed content just sitting and looking like he didn't have a thought in his brain at all. Then there was Gokudera who was just passed out on the ground for who knows what reason. And finally the infant was just sitting there with his black beady eyes staring at him like he knew everything that he was thinking.

"We're only waiting for Dame-Tsuna to finish helping Mama put away the groceries." The infant answered before Mochida said anything else.

"Ah." The raven haired boy mumbled again.

"Maa don't be so uptight sempai, we're all friends here." Yamamoto grinned at the other. Mochida didn't really know what had changed in the baseball ace's expression but somehow, he seemed to look much happier than what he had seen before.

"R-Right." Mochida still didn't relax however. Finally, after a while, Tsuna had walked in with an annoyed looking expression.

"Alright, so I'm not saying this because I'm going to rejoin the family or anything but if we get him to join, then it wouldn't be breaking omerta right?" Tsuna looked at the infant as he sat down, around the table with Yamamoto and Mochida.

"That's right, but only if he agrees." Reborn had an evil glint in his eye. "And also, you can't just claim to leave the family since there's no documentation stating such a thing."

"Well, that's still in processing then." The brunette insisted. "And with you around, I don't think sempai'll have much of a choice." Tsuna sounded like this was all just too troublesome to deal with. The boy then looked at Mochida. "Although it doesn't really sound like it, I really am sorry about getting you involved by accident, sempai." Tsuna leaned on the table, resting his head on his left palm.

"He really doesn't sound like he's sorry." Mochida sweatdropped. "Well whatever, let's just get this over with. So what did that kid with the spaced out eyes mean when he said that I was ranked as some assassin?"

"Yeah, he ranks people who are part of the mafia in random categories that are either asked or at random. You just happened to be in the room when he was ranking so that's probably why we ended up with such." The brunette still didn't give the slightest interest in the topic.

"Th-The Maf...ia?" Mochida sat there, mouth hung open while looking at everyone present in the room to see some sort of reaction, or there lack of much to his surprise. "Wh-Why aren't you guys the least bit taken aback by any of this?" The older black haired boy questioned them, seemingly getting more and more hysterical.

"Hmm? Oh are we talking about the mafia game?" Yamamoto snapped up and looked around at everyone.

"Yamamoto, I'm pretty sure it's not a game." Mochida's eye started to twitch as he to note of the infant and Tsuna's seriousness, or their air of seriousness.

"Maa, that's what Gokudera says." The ravenhaired baseball player laughed.

"So, he's in on it too?" the third year pointed to the silverette.

"He was born into it." Reborn answered.

"Wow, so Gokudera's been playing this mafia game since he was born? That's cool." Yamamoto commented again lightheartedly. At this point, everyone just decided that they were going to ignore these comments from then on.

"So then you guys really are..."

"Hey... I said that I'm not part of any of this. I just happen to know stuff." Tsuna cut the older boy off.

"Tsuna is supposed to be the one to become the tenth head of the mafia family, Vongola. But some... complicated issues happened and now he's rebelling against his family. Of course Mama is unaware of this so I expect you to keep this from her. And if you endanger or mention any of this to unrelated personnel or endanger the lives of innocent civilians, or if you reveal classified information on the Family to any outsiders, then you'll drop dead quicker than you can blink." Reborn said with a heavy tone.

"G-Gotcha... so is that that Omerta thing that Sawada mentioned?" Mochida somewhat hesitated to ask anything after getting threatened like that. Of course this was a whole load heavier than what he was letting on but he couldn't freak out with the crazy infant with a gun.

"Those are just subparts to the Omerta, it's mainly a code of silence between members to not reveal any information to anyone." Reborn explained.

"Uh huh... so why is the mafia in Namimori?" Mochida asked another question.

"Like I said, Tsuna's going to be a mafia boss."

"Am not." The brunette rebutted.

"So he needs to be surrounded by things mafia related to get him in the mood." The infant continued.

"It's not like I wanted you to show up out of thin air." Tsuna retorted.

"And as long as you understand the importance of secrecy, your life will be spared." Mochida was a little bit more relieved to hear that. "So what's your decision? Will you join the famiglia or will you walk away like nothing happened?" Reborn looked at the boy dead in the eyes. Mochida stared back to see if he had any chance of escape but after a few moments, he shivered and blinked before looking away.

"Like Sawada said, you won't give me much of a choice, will you?" Mochida scratched the back of his head, starting to get used to the idea that these guys were mafia related; at least, he tried to get used to it. "So, if that's it, then I guess I'll head home for the day." Mochida stood up and slung his shinai bag over his shoulder.

"Hold it right there." Reborn said and everyone in the room froze, looking at him.

"What is it now, Reborn?" Tsuna frowned, suspicion was heard in his voice.

"Now that the Kendo Captain as joined our ranks, I think it's time that we have our family entrance test." The infant's eye had an evil glint for a moment.

"Never heard of it and am not interested. I'm sure you just made this up to kill time." Tsuna crossed his arms at the back of his head and leaned against his bedframe.

"Come on Tsuna, it sounds like fun." Yamamoto shifted over and slung an arm around the boy's shoulders as he leaned forward.

"I-If y-yak-kyuu b-baka is in... th-then I'm i-in." Gokudera suddenly woke up and struggled to sit up right, using the table as his support.

"Is he alright?" Mochida pointed towards the silverette.

"He's like that usually." Tsuna brushed it off. "So what do you say, Mochida-sempai? Though I don't think it's a good idea, if you say yes, then there's no helping it."

The senior sighed. "Like I said before, with the kid here, I won't have much of a choice myself."

"Good, then let's get going to the school grounds shall we?" The hitman jumped onto Tsuna's head, crossing his arms.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

"Alright, so what's this about?" Tsuna sat on the grassy hill that rested on the side of the baseball diamond while the other three boys stood on the dirt playing field. Reborn was seated beside him on a bench drinking what smelt like coffee.

"Simple, I'll give them a series of tests to test their flexibility, quick wits and their ability to survive." The infant explained.

"So survival's a major part huh?" Tsuna brought his knees to his chest hugging them, and rested his chin upon them; his facial expression still unexpressive.

"What do you mean survival?" Mochida questioned, feeling much regret for agreeing to such a thing.

"Failing this test equals death." The hitman put it as bluntly as possible.

"Aha, the kid's so funny." Yamamoto laughed the condition off.

"Something's seriously messed up in your mind." Mochida flicked Yamamoto's forehead. The boy flinched and rubbed the spot that had been hit. Gokudera then praised the senior, whom he deemed as a 'Bamboo Leech', for finally saying something he agreed on. Mochida then retorted using 'Guard Mutt' as his insult. The two then started to get at each other's necks before Yamamoto tried to separate them with his 'maa, maa~ let's calm down now', but neither boy calmed and just directed their anger towards him. And to make them even angrier, he didn't react in a way that any normal person would and just continually took their insults as their way of showing affection, which they rebutted immediately.

"This is what you get for bringing them in for a fake test." Tsuna sighed at the yelling and arguing. "It's pointless to bring them all into the same family if they're just going to argue with each other. If they were on a battlefield right now, they'd all be shot dead in an instant." The infant looked at his student's expression to see if there was any sort of feeling but much to his dread, there was just a sign of boredom and annoyance.

That was something that he had to fix and fast if the hitman didn't want to be disturbed by this any longer. Yes, the world's strongest hitman did find this apathetic attitude disturbing, especially with the words that usually came out of the boy's mouth.

"If they're going to be in your family, then they need to be trained on how to behave and act properly towards urgent situations and this test is the perfect way for us to know in what areas each one is lacking in." Reborn shook off his previous feeling and looked towards the bickering trio, or the one smiling and two yelling idiots. He then tilted his fedora down over his eyes as Leon transformed into a gun. He then took aim and shot towards their feet. That caused the three to freeze, staring at the spot where the bullet disappeared.

"I don't miss shots purposely, so if you three don't shape up, then you'll get a bullet through your brains." Gokudera and Mochida shivered at the thought while Yamamoto just stood there with his ever present smile, though it was a bit different from before.

"That's interesting kid, but just so you know, I'm really competitive and don't take to losing very well." The baseball ace challenged, seemingly joking.

"Hey Yamamoto, this isn't a game. You have to take this seriously." Mochida had a dead serious look in his eyes.

"Come on sempai, this is the kid's game, if we don't let him win then how can we call ourselves his nii-san? We're gonna be in his family right?" The boy answered simply.

"No use talking to that idiot, his mind's beyond help and if he dies, then that's one less person that will get in Juudaime's way." Gokudera got into serious mode as well. He didn't have the time to be messing around with those other two, this was his time to appeal towards his Juudaime and he wasn't going to blow this chance to become his boss' right hand man.

Mochida just sighed inwardly at the other's comment and finally understood why he called Sawada 'Juudaime'. Though the silverette is right in a way, if this whole thing was real and death was a natural occurrence in this type of world, then he didn't have time to be worrying about others. But he still thought it a shame that people had to be killed in such a way.

"So now that you're all ready, let's get this test started." Reborn held up Leon who transformed from a gun to a push button. He then pressed it and suddenly, out of the ground came various machine guns and mechanical arms holding swords and other weapons. Mochida decided to throw his shinai to the side as it wouldn't stand a chance against the real deal. Gokudera just shifted his feet, getting ready to dodge. Yamamoto was just standing casually with his hands in his pockets.

'The three of them are so different.' Thought Tsuna as he observed each of their stances. He then took a look at the various weapons and robotics that came from the ground. 'Hibari-san isn't going to be happy about this when or if he finds out that someone messed with school property.' The brunette thought sarcastically.

"There's no time for your sarcastic thoughts, Dame-Tsuna. Observe your family well." Reborn instructed. Tsuna just ignored the mindreading and just did what the infant wanted without saying a word for once.

"Okay, let's start with stage one." Reborn then activated the mechanical arms and they started throwing knives towards the boys while a few others fired bullets. They all flinched and ducked out of the way before they were impaled by various blades, but that wasn't the only round. As the three separated, the mechanical arms threw knives towards each person and aimed smartly. "They move well." Reborn commented, watching each person's movements.

"They each have a good start, Mochida-sempai doesn't have many unnecessary movements most likely due to his kendo training, Yamamoto is an amateur and is moving on instinct and Gokudera is experienced in battle so it should be natural for him." Tsuna commented.

"Indeed. You aren't as Dame as your name suggests." Reborn taunted.

"You know that that's just a misunderstanding." Tsuna said annoyed at his tutor's childishness.

"Maa, let's add on stage two, they're getting used to the arms' strategies." He pushed the button again and bow guns had appeared.

"Putting them in the middle of knives and bow guns on top of shooting at them... you're really trying to kill them aren't you?" Tsuna eyed his tutor.

"It wouldn't be an experience unless they experience the real thing." They then looked back towards the boys to see how they were doing. Mochida was keeping an eye on every machine that was armed and made sure to effectively dodge each thing that came at him. He couldn't risk getting injured as his teammates needed him to lead them in the upcoming tournament. From the corner of his eye, he saw Gokudera take out dynamite from who knows where and lit them before tossing them towards some of the more troublesome arms.

He inwardly thanked the boy for taking out some of the targets, yet wondered at the same time why he carried dynamite randomly and how he instantly lit them for that matter. The third year then started to get the idea of attacking without a weapon and ducked in between two machines and forced them to hit each other, causing both weapons to blow up.

"Aha, toys these days are very realistic aren't they sempai?" Yamamoto called out as he dodged a medley of arrows and bullets. The boy then slid on his knees to dodge a large knife coming at his head. The two then watched as it embedded itself in a tree trunk. Mochida just gaped at his kouhai's words.

'Something's seriously messed up there.' Mochida just focused on his own problems at hand.

"Are you an idiot?" Gokudera's concentration was broken the moment he heard words come out of the baseball player's mouth.

"You've been calling him an idiot since the first time I met you and you choose now to question that?!" Mochida felt a vein throb in his forehead at the silverette's response to the black haired boy's statement. Just then, he unconsciously grabbed a knife and was defending against the oncoming weapons by knocking them out of the air.

"What was that, Bamboo Leech?!" Gokudera yelled back, blowing up another arm.

"Name calling again, Guard Mutt? You're all bark but no bite!" Mochida continued to yell at the silverette.

"Are we starting this conversation again?" Yamamoto looked at the other two.

"This isn't a conversation!" The two boys exclaimed towards the one, yet at the same time, they were still dodging and defending themselves.

"And who was the one who said that they'd be shot dead in an instant if they were standing on a battlefield while bickering?" Reborn smirked at his student.

"Guess you're gonna rub that in my face for a long time." Tsuna responded, scratching the back of his head, yawning.

"Good to see you so concerned." Reborn just shook his head, ashamed that he thought he would get some reaction from the boy. "So why don't we turn up to stage three." He pressed the button and the mechanical arms, the ones remaining anyways, stopped shooting and disappeared back into the ground. The three boys in the field paused, wondering what was going on. Looking around, they realized that the baseball field was torn up and littered with blades, arrows and bullets. It was then that they turned their focus towards a giant missile launcher that suddenly appeared.

"Are you kidding me right now? It was a miracle that I survived the other things but a missile?!" Mochida gaped at the large weapon.

"Wow, how did the kid get a toy like that?" Yamamoto put a hand over his eyes to shield the sun so he could get a better look.

"In what way would that be considered a toy, yakyuu-baka?!" Gokudera couldn't take it anymore. "Reborn-san, I can't allow this guy to be part of Juudaime's famiglia." The silverette complained.

"Like I said, I don't plan on being a boss." Tsuna commented.

Ignoring his student, Reborn responded back. "If Yamamoto makes it through this last trial, then he'll be considered as part of the family whether you are okay with it or not. If you don't like it, then you can leave any time you like."

"There's no way I'm letting him become Juudaime's right hand man." Gokudera fought back.

"There's no need for me to have a right hand if I'm not part of the family." Tsuna tried to voice out again but once again, it fell on deaf ears. Mochida just pitied the boy, but after that, he focused again on the missile launcher.

"You're not really going to attack us with missiles are you?" Mochida asked before the infant pressed the button again.

"Of course not, I'm going to attack you with the missile launcher." The hitman stated as if there were a difference between them.

"There's no difference!" Mochida started grinding his teeth in frustration at this madness.

"Here we go." He then pushed the button and the launcher started to fire off missiles going in every direction. The boys were ducking and running, trying to avoid getting blown up but that got harder and harder as explosions started to cover the area and it didn't help that Gokudera tried to explode an explosive with dynamite. The third year refrained from commenting however, since it would without a doubt lead to a fight.

"Wow, this is like Gokudera's fireworks." Yamamoto laughed. The two boys just bit their tongues this time. Just then, a missile had lost a side flap that caused it to fly around haphazardly until headed straight for Tsuna and Reborn.

"That's not good." Tsuna simply looked at the approaching object but didn't make much of a rush to get out of the way.

"Juudaime! Reborn-san!" Gokudera exclaimed and tried to run to save him but he was all the way on the opposite side of the field. Mochida wanted to make a dash for it as well but he was in the outfields. That only left Yamamoto who was already running up the hill and rushed the two who were still sitting. His momentum caused them to roll down the hill.

(A/N: let's say a 10 foot high hill... I don't think that's very big but is big enough to get up there fast and to roll down XD haha)

"They're not going to make it!" Mochida was still running, seeing that the explosion would still hit them partially at their distance. It was the very last missile and of course the last one was a misfire.

'They're just making this much more troublesome.' Tsuna grabbed Yamamoto to stop rolling just as they reached the field's surface and then pushed off the ground causing the dirt to cloud around them. The boy then, as discreetly as he could, produced a dying will flame in his palm and used it as a thrust to get away faster. Reborn had felt the presence of a flame but wasn't sure of its origin. He didn't want to question it right now as he was doing his best to hang on to Yamamoto's shoulder.

The three then landed with a thud, Tsuna landed that way on purpose so as to make it look like Yamamoto had pushed them that far away, and they then looked to see the explosive blow a large crater into the side of the hill. "And who said this was a good idea?" The brunette looked at the hitman.

"Don't get cheeky." The infant retorted.

Mochida had finally reached them and was panting, bending down and leaning on his knees. "Hibari isn't going to like the look of this place. We'll get bitten to death for sure." A shiver went down his spine just thinking about it.

"Juudaime! Juudaime! Are you alright? Injured? Hurt?" He started to do a checkup on the boy.

"I'm fine, Gokudera-kun." Tsuna stood up and brushed himself off to prove his point.

"That's a relief." Yamamoto stood up as well. "I was really worried there for a second." The black haired boy smiled sheepishly. Reborn was still present on his shoulder.

"And there's no need to worry about the damages, the Vongola will handle the cleanup." Reborn reassured.

"That's another relief." Mochida calmed. "Though, I guess you aren't much of a baka, Yamamoto." Mochida said towards him.

"Maa~ my body just moved by itself." The boy admitted.

"That's a good reflex to have." Reborn informed.

"That's cool." Yamamoto grinned again but he replaced it with a surprised expression when Gokudera stood in front of him. "What is it, Gokudera?" He questioned the silverette.

"I guess you aren't useless after all." Gokudera admitted. "Good job on saving Juudaime."

"Wow, the Guard Mutt has a soft side." Mochida smirked.

"Why you..." the silverette held a shaking fist.

"Can't you guys just drop it?" Tsuna finally spoke up.

"I'll do whatever Juudaime wishes." Gokudera grumbled to Mochida.

"Aw, cute." Mochida took the opportunity. The silverette just maintained his face and bore with the taunt.

"Moving on, since you all are still alive, you are granted permission to officially join the famiglia." Reborn announced. "You all did a good job at defending yourselves but there are things that you lack. Gokudera, you need to think straight and not lose your head when you are taunted. You also need to use common sense when using your own weapons." Gokudera shrunk back a bit at the last bit, realizing that it wasn't so smart to throw dynamite at exploding missiles.

"Mochida, you have good movement but like Gokudera, you're a lit fuse and are easily provoked and when pushed into a weaponless situation, you resort to reckless behavior. You must think smart and value your life like it's your last, which it is." Reborn reminded. Mochida also shrunk back a bit, realizing his mistakes as well.

"Yamamoto, you have too much excessive movement when dodging and running. You're form and stamina is good but you need to perk your brain up more."

"Thanks for the advice, kid. That'll help me shape up for baseball too." Yamamoto said to the hitman on his shoulder.

"Right, this is all good and well but the sun's setting, so I'm going home now." Tsuna turned away and walked off.

"Ah, Juudaime, please allow me to escort you back." Gokudera offered.

"I'll come along too." Yamamoto ran after them.

"My house is that way, so I don't have much of a choice but to go with you guys." Mochida put up a front. Reborn just smiled at this scene from under his hat. It was refreshing to see a new famiglia grow and with aspiring assassins no less. Reborn had seen the potential that both Yamamoto and Mochida carried as future killers and he agreed that Mochida would no doubt become one of the top in his generation. The other important factor was that they were loyal and would undoubtly follow Tsuna no matter what and it was just a matter of time before Tsuna realized how lucky he was to have such comrades by his side.

'When Tsuna finally agrees to rejoin the family, they'll become a strong force in the future.'

Yoshaa~ another chapter down
And I realized but Mochida says that he 'doesn't have a choice' very often haha
Come on dude, you always have a choice
It's just that you can't do anything to keep from choosing a specific choice XDD

Hope you guys enjoyed it
And sorry for my four month absence
I'll make up for it, I swear
But for now, I'm off the clock haha ^^
Owari desu~

Updated: 09/05/2013